oxygen

oxígeno

Elemento presente en el aire y el agua, necesario para la vida de personas y animales.

En inglés sencillo: A chemical element found in air and water, needed by people and animals to live.

• Air contains oxygen.
• Hydrogen and oxygen combine to form water.
• Many metals react with oxygen.

Sinónimos: sourstuff

Expresiones frecuentes: oxygen atom, oxygen gas, oxygen molecule

oxígeno

Oxígeno que se suministra a alguien para ayudarle a respirar.

En inglés sencillo: A gas supply given to someone to help them breathe.

• The nurse gave him oxygen.
• She needed oxygen during the flight.
• The patient was still on oxygen the next morning.

Cómo se usa: on oxygen (He is on oxygen while his lungs recover.)

Expresiones frecuentes: give oxygen, oxygen mask, on oxygen

alimento, combustible

Algo que permite que una idea, actividad o emoción crezca o continúe.

En inglés sencillo: Something that allows an idea, activity, or feeling to grow or continue.

• Freedom is oxygen for creativity.
• Public attention became the oxygen of the movement.
• Open debate provides oxygen for new ideas.

Cómo se usa: oxygen for something (Encouragement is oxygen for young talent.)

Sinónimos: lifeblood, fuel

Expresiones frecuentes: oxygen of something, oxygen for something

átomo de oxígeno

Un solo átomo del elemento oxígeno, cuyo símbolo es O.

En inglés sencillo: One atom of the chemical element with the symbol O.

• Each molecule has one oxygen.
• The terminal oxygen forms a bond with carbon.
• Two oxygens are attached to the central atom.

Expresiones frecuentes: one oxygen, terminal oxygen