pendant

colgante, dije

Pequeño objeto decorativo que cuelga de una cadena llevada al cuello.

En inglés sencillo: A small decorative object that hangs from a chain around your neck.

• She wears a silver pendant.
• He gave me a pendant shaped like a leaf.
• The pendants hung from delicate gold chains.

Expresiones frecuentes: gold pendant, wear a pendant, pendant necklace

lámpara colgante

Lámpara que cuelga del techo.

En inglés sencillo: A light that hangs down from the ceiling.

• A pendant hangs above the table.
• We installed three pendants in the kitchen.
• This glass pendant gives a soft light.

Sinónimos: hanging light

Expresiones frecuentes: pendant light, kitchen pendant, glass pendant

argolla del reloj

Soporte y argolla en la parte superior de un reloj de bolsillo para sujetarlo a una cadena.

En inglés sencillo: The stem and ring at the top of a pocket watch, used to attach it to a chain.

• The watch chain clips onto the pendant.
• The antique watch had a damaged pendant.
• She examined the pendant before repairing the watch.

Expresiones frecuentes: watch pendant, pendant ring

obra complementaria

Obra artística, literaria o musical creada para formar pareja con otra o completarla.

En inglés sencillo: A work of art, writing, or music made to match or complete another work.

• The portrait was painted as a pendant to another.
• His second essay forms a pendant to the first.
• The composer wrote a pendant to the opening piece.

Cómo se usa: a pendant to something (The poem is a pendant to her earlier story.)

Sinónimos: companion piece

Expresiones frecuentes: pendant to something, musical pendant

contraparte, pareja

Una de dos cosas que forman pareja, o algo que se corresponde estrechamente con otra cosa.

En inglés sencillo: One of two matching things, or something that corresponds closely to another.

• This vase has a matching pendant.
• The bronze figure is a pendant to the marble one.
• We displayed the ornament beside its pendant.

Cómo se usa: a pendant to something (This vase is the pendant to the one beside it.)

Sinónimos: counterpart, match

Expresiones frecuentes: pendant to something, matching pendant