passage

fragmento, pasaje

Parte breve de un libro o de otro texto escrito.

En inglés sencillo: A short part of a book or another piece of writing.

• Read the passage below.
• He quoted two passages from the book.
• Which passage did you find most interesting?

Cómo se usa: a passage from something (She read a passage from her favourite novel.)

Sinónimos: section, extract, excerpt

Expresiones frecuentes: read a passage, a short passage, a passage from something

paso, tránsito

Movimiento de un lugar o etapa vital a otro, o permiso para atravesar un lugar.

En inglés sencillo: Movement from one place or stage of life to another, or permission to move through a place.

• The guards allowed us safe passage.
• The ceremony marked her passage into adulthood.
• The passage of time changed his views.

Cómo se usa: passage from A to B (The ceremony marks the passage from childhood to adulthood.); passage through something (The army allowed safe passage through the area.)

Sinónimos: passing, transition

Expresiones frecuentes: safe passage, free passage, rite of passage, passage of time

pasillo, pasadizo

Camino largo y estrecho dentro de un edificio o entre dos lugares.

En inglés sencillo: A long, narrow way through a building or between places.

• The passage leads to the kitchen.
• We walked down a dark passage.
• Are there secret passages under the castle?

Sinónimos: passageway, corridor

Expresiones frecuentes: a narrow passage, a secret passage, down the passage, through a passage

conducto, vía

Abertura o tubo por donde pueden pasar aire, líquidos u otras cosas.

En inglés sencillo: An opening or tube that allows air, liquid, or other things to move through.

• The swelling blocked her nasal passage.
• Air flows through these narrow passages.
• The doctor checked whether the passage was clear.

Sinónimos: channel, duct

Expresiones frecuentes: nasal passage, an air passage, a blocked passage

pasaje, fragmento

Parte breve de una pieza musical.

En inglés sencillo: A short part of a piece of music.

• Play that passage again.
• The final passage is very quiet.
• She practised the difficult passages before the concert.

Cómo se usa: a passage from something (The violinist played a passage from the concerto.)

Sinónimos: section

Expresiones frecuentes: a musical passage, a difficult passage, play a passage

travesía, viaje

Viaje realizado en barco o avión.

En inglés sencillo: A journey by ship or aircraft.

• We had a rough passage.
• She booked passage on the next ship.
• Their passage across the ocean took six weeks.

Cómo se usa: passage to somewhere (She booked passage to New Zealand.); passage on something (He paid for passage on a cargo ship.)

Sinónimos: journey, crossing, voyage

Expresiones frecuentes: book passage, a sea passage, a rough passage, passage to somewhere

subcultivar

Trasladar células o microbios a otro animal o medio de cultivo para que sigan creciendo.

En inglés sencillo: To move cells or germs into another animal or growth material so they keep growing.

• We passage the cells every week.
• The team passaged the virus through mice.
• These cultures have been passaged several times.

Cómo se usa: passage something through something (The researchers passaged the virus through several hosts.); passage something into something (They passaged the cells into fresh medium.)

Sinónimos: subculture

Expresiones frecuentes: passage a virus, passage the cells, passage through something