project

proyecto

Trabajo organizado para alcanzar un objetivo concreto, a menudo con varias tareas y personas.

En inglés sencillo: A piece of planned work with a particular goal, often involving several tasks and people.

• Our class started a science project.
• She managed a project to repair the bridge.
• Have you finished your history project?

Sinónimos: assignment, undertaking

Expresiones frecuentes: school project, research project, building project, development project

complejo de viviendas sociales

Edificio o conjunto de edificios con viviendas económicas, a menudo financiadas por el gobierno.

En inglés sencillo: A building or group of buildings providing low-cost homes, often paid for by the government.

• She grew up in a housing project.
• The city repaired several old projects.
• Residents of the project asked for better lighting.

Sinónimos: public housing development

Expresiones frecuentes: housing project, live in projects, public housing project

prever, pronosticar

Calcular qué ocurrirá o qué cantidad habrá de algo en el futuro.

En inglés sencillo: You estimate what will happen or how much something will be in the future.

• They project higher sales next year.
• The company projected a small loss.
• We project that demand will double by June.

Cómo se usa: project something to be something (We project costs to be lower next year.); project that… (Analysts project that sales will rise.)

Sinónimos: forecast, predict, estimate

Expresiones frecuentes: project future growth, project sales, project a loss, project completion

proyectar

Usar luz y un aparato para mostrar una imagen en una pantalla u otra superficie.

En inglés sencillo: You use light and a machine to make a picture appear on a screen or surface.

• We projected photos onto the wall.
• The teacher projects maps during lessons.
• Can this machine project a clear image outside?

Cómo se usa: project something onto something (They projected the film onto a white wall.)

Sinónimos: display, show

Expresiones frecuentes: project an image, project onto something, project a film

proyectar, transmitir

Hacer que los demás perciban a alguien o algo de una manera determinada.

En inglés sencillo: You make other people see you or something else in a particular way.

• She projects confidence when she speaks.
• The company projected an image of success.
• His relaxed manner projects a sense of calm.

Sinónimos: convey, communicate

Expresiones frecuentes: project confidence, project an image, project a sense

sobresalir

Extenderse hacia fuera más allá de la superficie o el borde de otra cosa.

En inglés sencillo: Something extends outward beyond the surface or edge of something else.

• A shelf projects from the wall.
• The balcony projected over the street.
• These sharp edges project beyond the frame.

Cómo se usa: project from something (A wooden beam projects from the wall.); project beyond something (The roof projects beyond the outer walls.)

Sinónimos: stick out, protrude, extend

Expresiones frecuentes: project from something, project beyond something, project over something

proyectar la voz

Hablar o cantar de forma que las personas que están lejos puedan oírte claramente.

En inglés sencillo: You speak or sing so that people far away can hear you clearly.

• Try to project your voice.
• The actor projected every word clearly.
• She learned to project without shouting.

Expresiones frecuentes: project your voice, project the words