second

segundo

Que viene inmediatamente después de la primera persona o cosa en un orden.

En inglés sencillo: Coming immediately after the first person or thing in an order.

• This is my second visit.
• She finished in second place.
• Did you read the second chapter?

Expresiones frecuentes: second place, second floor, second attempt

secundario

Menos importante o poderoso que quien o lo que ocupa el primer lugar.

En inglés sencillo: Less important or powerful than the person or thing ranked first.

• Work takes second place in his life.
• Safety must never be a second priority.
• He accepted a second role in the team.

Cómo se usa: second to someone/something (For her, work is second to family.)

Sinónimos: secondary, subordinate

Antónimos: primary

Expresiones frecuentes: second priority, second choice, second place

segundo, otro

Otra persona o cosa que se parece a una anterior concreta.

En inglés sencillo: Another person or thing similar to a particular earlier one.

• They called her a second Mozart.
• The accident threatened to become a second disaster of the same kind.
• His fans hoped he would be a second Shakespeare.

Sinónimos: another

Expresiones frecuentes: a second someone, a second disaster

en segundo lugar

En la posición justo después de quien o lo que ocupa el primer puesto.

En inglés sencillo: In the position immediately below the highest or best.

• This tree is second tallest.
• Our team ranked second in the league.
• She is the second fastest runner in her class.

Expresiones frecuentes: second largest, second best, rank second

en segundo lugar

Después de la primera persona, acción o situación y antes de la tercera.

En inglés sencillo: After one person, action, or event and before the third.

• You can go second.
• She spoke second at the meeting.
• First, wash the rice; second, add water.

Sinónimos: secondly

Expresiones frecuentes: go second, speak second, bat second

segundo

Unidad breve de tiempo; sesenta segundos forman un minuto.

En inglés sencillo: A very short unit of time; sixty of these make one minute.

• Wait one second.
• The race lasted forty seconds.
• How many seconds are left on the timer?

Expresiones frecuentes: one second, ten seconds, wait a second, per second

producto de segunda

Producto que se vende más barato porque tiene pequeños defectos.

En inglés sencillo: A product sold more cheaply because small faults make it less than perfect.

• This plate is a factory second.
• The shop sells seconds at lower prices.
• She bought some seconds with tiny marks on the edges.

Expresiones frecuentes: factory second, buy a second

secundar, apoyar

Apoyar formalmente la propuesta de otra persona para que el grupo pueda debatirla o votarla.

En inglés sencillo: To officially support another person’s proposal so that a group can discuss or vote on it.

• I second the proposal.
• Another member seconded her nomination.
• Will anyone second this motion?

Sinónimos: support, back

Antónimos: oppose

Expresiones frecuentes: second a motion, second a nomination, second a proposal, second a resolution