person

persona

Un ser humano considerado individualmente.

En inglés sencillo: A human being considered as one individual.

• She is a kind person.
• Only one person came to the meeting.
• Who was the person you met yesterday?

Sinónimos: human being, individual

Expresiones frecuentes: a nice person, one person, person next door

persona

Categoría gramatical que distingue entre quien habla, quien escucha y otra persona o cosa.

En inglés sencillo: A grammar category showing whether words refer to the speaker, the listener, or someone or something else.

• The story is written in the first person.
• This verb has different endings for each person.
• Which pronouns belong to the third person?

Expresiones frecuentes: first person, second person, third person

persona, sujeto de derecho

Individuo u organización que la ley reconoce como titular de derechos y obligaciones.

En inglés sencillo: An individual or organization that the law recognizes as having rights and responsibilities.

• A company can be a legal person.
• The law treats each corporation as a separate person.
• The court considered whether the animal could be recognized as a person.

Sinónimos: legal entity

Expresiones frecuentes: legal person, natural person, artificial person

cuerpo

El cuerpo de alguien, especialmente al hablar de objetos que lleva encima o de daños físicos.

En inglés sencillo: Someone’s body, especially when talking about things carried or physical harm.

• He carried no money on his person.
• The guard searched her person for hidden weapons.
• The prisoner suffered injuries to his person.

Cómo se usa: on someone’s person (The officer found a knife on his person.); about someone’s person (She kept the keys about her person.)

Sinónimos: body

Expresiones frecuentes: on your person, search someone’s person