renaissance

Renacimiento

Período europeo iniciado hacia el siglo XIV, de gran desarrollo del arte, el conocimiento y la ciencia.

En inglés sencillo: The period of European history when art, learning, and science developed greatly, beginning around the fourteenth century.

• We studied the Renaissance.
• Florence was an important city during the Renaissance.
• The museum has paintings by several Renaissance artists.

Expresiones frecuentes: the Renaissance, Renaissance art, Renaissance painters

renacimiento, resurgimiento

Época en que algo vuelve a tener popularidad, actividad o éxito.

En inglés sencillo: A time when something becomes popular, active, or successful again.

• The city enjoyed a renaissance.
• There is a renaissance in traditional music.
• Young artists helped bring about a cultural renaissance.

Cómo se usa: a renaissance in something (The town is seeing a renaissance in local crafts.)

Sinónimos: revival, rebirth

Antónimos: decline

Expresiones frecuentes: a cultural renaissance, artistic renaissance, renaissance in something