principal

principal

Que tiene más importancia que los demás.

En inglés sencillo: Main or more important than the others.

• Cost is our principal concern.
• Tourism is the island’s principal source of income.
• What was the principal reason for your decision?

Sinónimos: main, chief, primary, leading

Antónimos: secondary

Expresiones frecuentes: principal reason, principal aim, principal source

principal

Elegido como valor de referencia único cuando una función matemática puede tener varios valores.

En inglés sencillo: Chosen as the single standard value when a mathematical function could have several values.

• The principal square root of nine is three.
• Use the principal value of the logarithm.
• This graph shows the function’s principal branch.

Expresiones frecuentes: principal square root, principal value, principal branch

director, directora

Persona responsable de dirigir una escuela.

En inglés sencillo: The person in charge of a school.

• The principal welcomed the new students.
• My parents met with the principal yesterday.
• She became principal of a small school.

Sinónimos: headteacher, headmaster, headmistress

Expresiones frecuentes: school principal, principal’s office, assistant principal

directivo, primer bailarín

Persona que dirige una empresa o interpreta un papel principal en un grupo artístico.

En inglés sencillo: A leading person in a business or a performer with a main role in an artistic group.

• The firm has three principals.
• He became a principal with the ballet company.
• All the principals attended the business meeting.

Cómo se usa: principal of something (She is a principal of the architectural firm.)

Sinónimos: leader, head

Expresiones frecuentes: company principal, ballet principal, principal of something

capital

Cantidad de dinero prestada o invertida al principio, sin intereses ni ganancias.

En inglés sencillo: The original amount of money borrowed or invested, without interest or profits.

• The principal is ten thousand dollars.
• Each payment reduces the principal of your loan.
• Interest is calculated on the remaining principal.

Sinónimos: capital

Expresiones frecuentes: repay the principal, principal and interest, outstanding principal

rector, rectora

Persona que dirige una institución de educación superior y se encarga de su enseñanza y gestión.

En inglés sencillo: The person who leads a college or university and is responsible for its teaching and management.

• The principal welcomed the new students.
• Our college has appointed a new principal.
• The university principal spoke at the graduation ceremony.

Sinónimos: head

Expresiones frecuentes: college principal, university principal, appoint a principal

mandante, representado

Persona u organización en cuyo nombre actúa otra, especialmente en asuntos comerciales o legales.

En inglés sencillo: A person or organization that another person acts for, especially in business or legal matters.

• The agent signed for her principal.
• An agent must follow the principal's instructions.
• The contract named both principals and their agents.

Sinónimos: client

Expresiones frecuentes: act for a principal, principal and agent, disclosed principal