reservation

reserva

Acuerdo para que una habitación, un asiento o una mesa quede disponible para ti en un momento concreto.

En inglés sencillo: An arrangement to keep a room, seat, or table available for you at a particular time.

• We have a reservation for tonight.
• She canceled her hotel reservation.
• Did you make a reservation at the restaurant?

Cómo se usa: reservation for someone/something (I made a reservation for four people.); reservation at somewhere (We have a reservation at the hotel.)

Sinónimos: booking

Expresiones frecuentes: make a reservation, hotel reservation, reservation for two

reserva, reparo, duda

Duda o preocupación que impide estar plenamente de acuerdo con algo o apoyarlo sin reservas.

En inglés sencillo: A doubt or concern that makes you unsure whether you fully agree with or support something.

• I have some reservations about this plan.
• He expressed serious reservations about the cost.
• Would you recommend her without reservation?

Cómo se usa: have reservations about something/doing something (I have reservations about lending him money.); without reservation (She supported the proposal without reservation.)

Sinónimos: doubt, misgiving, qualm

Expresiones frecuentes: have a reservation, serious reservation, without reservation

reserva indígena

Territorio de Estados Unidos destinado a un pueblo indígena.

En inglés sencillo: Land set aside in the United States for a Native American people.

• She lives on a reservation.
• The reservation has its own local government.
• They visited a museum on the Hopi Reservation.

Sinónimos: reserve, res, rez, rezzy

Expresiones frecuentes: tribal reservation, reservation land, on a reservation

reserva, retención

Acción de guardar algo para un fin concreto o decidir no entregarlo.

En inglés sencillo: The act of keeping something for a particular purpose or choosing not to give it away.

• The agreement allows reservation of certain rights.
• They approved the reservation of funds for repairs.
• Reservation of these rooms for staff use reduced the available space.

Cómo se usa: reservation of something for something (The plan requires reservation of land for future schools.)

Sinónimos: withholding, setting aside

Expresiones frecuentes: reservation of funds, reservation of rights, reservation of land

mediana

Franja de terreno o barrera que separa los dos sentidos de una carretera principal.

En inglés sencillo: A strip of land or a barrier between the two sides of a main road.

• Grass grows on the central reservation.
• The car hit the central reservation.
• Workers repaired the barrier along the central reservation.

Sinónimos: median, divider

Expresiones frecuentes: central reservation, cross the reservation

reserva, parte retenida

Algo que se guarda aparte en vez de entregarlo, compartirlo o incluirlo con el resto.

En inglés sencillo: Something kept back rather than given, shared, or included with the rest.

• The retained field was a reservation from the grant.
• The document lists each reservation of property separately.
• His share of the income remained a reservation under the agreement.

Sinónimos: retained portion

Expresiones frecuentes: a small reservation, reservation of property