sovereign

soberano, independiente

Que puede gobernarse sin estar bajo el control de otro país.

En inglés sencillo: Able to govern itself without being controlled by another country.

• The island became a sovereign state.
• Each sovereign country makes its own laws.
• The treaty recognizes their right to remain sovereign.

Sinónimos: independent, self-governing

Antónimos: dependent

Expresiones frecuentes: sovereign state, sovereign nation, sovereign country

soberano, supremo

Que posee la máxima autoridad para gobernar o tomar decisiones.

En inglés sencillo: Having the highest power to rule or make decisions.

• The queen held sovereign power.
• In this system, parliament is sovereign.
• The people claimed sovereign authority over their government.

Sinónimos: supreme

Antónimos: subordinate

Expresiones frecuentes: sovereign power, sovereign authority, sovereign ruler, sovereign rights

excelso, supremo

Extraordinariamente bueno o superior a todo lo demás de su clase.

En inglés sencillo: Extremely good or better than everything else of its kind.

• Patience was her sovereign virtue.
• The poet praised the sovereign beauty of the landscape.
• His sovereign skill set him apart from every other musician.

Sinónimos: outstanding, supreme, excellent

Expresiones frecuentes: sovereign talent, sovereign virtue, sovereign excellence

soberano, monarca

Rey, reina u otro gobernante que tiene la máxima autoridad en un país.

En inglés sencillo: A king, queen, or other ruler with the highest authority in a country.

• The sovereign entered the palace.
• Every coin showed the reigning sovereign.
• The new sovereign promised to protect her subjects.

Cómo se usa: sovereign of somewhere (She became sovereign of the kingdom at twenty.)

Sinónimos: monarch, ruler

Antónimos: subject

Expresiones frecuentes: reigning sovereign, the sovereign, sovereign of something

soberano

Moneda británica de oro cuyo valor oficial es una libra.

En inglés sencillo: A British gold coin with an official value of one pound.

• He found a gold sovereign.
• The collector bought three sovereigns at the auction.
• This sovereign was minted during the queen’s reign.

Expresiones frecuentes: gold sovereign, British sovereign, buy a sovereign

individuo soberano

Persona que no está sometida a la autoridad de ningún gobernante ni país.

En inglés sencillo: A person who is not under the authority of any ruler or country.

• He declared himself an independent sovereign.
• The essay imagines each person as a sovereign owing allegiance to no nation.
• She claimed to be a sovereign rather than a subject of the king.

Antónimos: subject

Expresiones frecuentes: individual sovereign, independent sovereign, a free sovereign