resort

complejo turístico, centro vacacional

Lugar para pasar vacaciones, con alojamiento, actividades y servicios para descansar.

En inglés sencillo: A place where people stay on holiday, with rooms, activities, and things to help them relax.

• We stayed at a beach resort.
• The resort has three swimming pools.
• Which ski resorts are open in April?

Sinónimos: holiday centre

Expresiones frecuentes: beach resort, ski resort, luxury resort, seaside resort

recurso, refugio

Persona o medio al que se acude para obtener ayuda, protección o una solución cuando fallan las demás opciones.

En inglés sencillo: Someone or something you turn to for help, protection, or a solution when other choices fail.

• Surgery is a last resort.
• His savings were his only resort in an emergency.
• They solved the dispute without resort to violence.

Cómo se usa: as a last resort (Call the emergency number only as a last resort.); have resort to something (They had resort to the courts when negotiations failed.)

Sinónimos: recourse, refuge

Expresiones frecuentes: last resort, resort to violence, final resort

recurrir, apelar

Usar una acción o un método desagradable porque no se encuentra una opción mejor.

En inglés sencillo: To use an unpleasant action or method because you cannot find a better choice.

• Don't resort to threats.
• We resorted to borrowing money from friends.
• Why did they resort to force?

Cómo se usa: resort to something (They refused to resort to violence.); resort to doing something (We resorted to sleeping on the floor.)

Sinónimos: fall back on, turn to

Expresiones frecuentes: resort to violence, resort to force, resort to something

reordenar, volver a ordenar

Volver a organizar cosas por grupos o en un orden determinado.

En inglés sencillo: To arrange things into groups or order again.

• Please resort these cards.
• She resorted the names alphabetically.
• We need to resort the folders by year.

Cómo se usa: resort something by something (Please resort the files by date.)

Sinónimos: reorder, sort again

Expresiones frecuentes: resort the files, resort a list, resort by date