rehearsal

ensayo

Sesión en la que se practica una obra, un concierto u otro espectáculo antes de presentarlo al público.

En inglés sencillo: A time when people practise a play, concert, or other performance before presenting it to an audience.

• Rehearsal starts at six.
• The actors held three rehearsals this week.
• Did you remember your costume for the dress rehearsal?

Cómo se usa: rehearsal for something (We have a rehearsal for the concert tonight.)

Sinónimos: practice, run-through

Expresiones frecuentes: dress rehearsal, band rehearsal, rehearsal for something

ensayo, simulacro

Actividad o acontecimiento que prepara para algo futuro o permite imaginar cómo será.

En inglés sencillo: An activity or event that prepares you for, or gives an idea of, something that will happen later.

• The drill was a useful rehearsal.
• This small flood felt like a rehearsal for a greater disaster.
• We treated the practice interview as a rehearsal for tomorrow.

Cómo se usa: rehearsal for something (The exercise was a rehearsal for a real emergency.)

Sinónimos: trial run, practice, preview

Expresiones frecuentes: rehearsal for something, emergency rehearsal, a useful rehearsal