spinoff

serie derivada

Nueva serie, película o libro centrado en un personaje que tenía un papel secundario en una obra anterior.

En inglés sencillo: A new show, film, or book about a character who had a smaller part in an earlier one.

• Her favourite character now has a spinoff.
• The spinoff follows the detective's former assistant.
• Have you watched both spinoffs of that comedy?

Cómo se usa: a spinoff of something (The new comedy is a spinoff of a popular hospital series.)

Expresiones frecuentes: a television spinoff, a comedy spinoff, spinoff series

empresa derivada, producto derivado

Algo que surge de una organización, un proyecto o una actividad mayor y pasa a ser independiente.

En inglés sencillo: Something that develops from a larger organization, project, or activity and becomes separate from it.

• The small firm began as a university spinoff.
• Several useful spinoffs came from the space programme.
• The parent company sold its stake in the spinoff.

Cómo se usa: a spinoff from something (The company is a spinoff from a university research project.)

Sinónimos: offshoot

Expresiones frecuentes: a university spinoff, a commercial spinoff, spinoff company