patience

paciencia

Capacidad de esperar o afrontar dificultades sin enfadarse ni alterarse.

En inglés sencillo: The ability to wait or deal with difficulties without becoming angry or upset.

• Thank you for your patience.
• I lost patience with the noisy children.
• Learning to sew takes time and patience.

Cómo se usa: patience with someone/something (She has great patience with young children.); patience to do something (I lack the patience to untangle all these wires.)

Sinónimos: forbearance

Antónimos: impatience

Expresiones frecuentes: lose patience, have patience, patience with someone, great patience

solitario

Juego de cartas para una sola persona, que consiste en ordenarlas de una manera determinada.

En inglés sencillo: A card game you play alone, arranging cards in a particular order.

• She plays patience every evening.
• I dealt the cards for a game of patience.
• Would you like to learn how to play patience?

Sinónimos: solitaire

Expresiones frecuentes: play patience, game of patience