subject

propenso, expuesto

Que puede sufrir algo o verse afectado por ello, sobre todo si es desagradable.

En inglés sencillo: Likely to experience or be affected by something, especially something unpleasant.

• Prices are subject to change.
• This area is subject to flooding.
• Older buildings may be subject to stricter safety checks.

Cómo se usa: be subject to something (Flights are subject to delays in bad weather.)

Sinónimos: prone, susceptible

Expresiones frecuentes: subject to change, subject to flooding, subject to delays

condicionado

Que solo se permite o es posible si se cumple una condición concreta.

En inglés sencillo: Only allowed or possible if a particular condition is met.

• The offer is subject to approval.
• Discounted tickets are subject to availability.
• The agreement remains subject to legal review.

Cómo se usa: subject to something (The booking is subject to confirmation.)

Sinónimos: conditional

Antónimos: unconditional

Expresiones frecuentes: subject to approval, subject to availability, subject to agreement

sometido, subordinado

Que está gobernado o controlado por una persona, un Estado u otra autoridad.

En inglés sencillo: Ruled or controlled by a person, state, or other authority.

• The province was subject to the emperor.
• Subject peoples had little political power.
• Several small states became subject to the empire.

Cómo se usa: be subject to someone/something (The island was subject to the king.)

Sinónimos: subordinate, dependent

Antónimos: independent

Expresiones frecuentes: subject to someone, subject peoples, subject nations

asignatura, materia

Área de conocimiento que se estudia en la escuela o en la universidad.

En inglés sencillo: An area of knowledge that you study at school or university.

• History is my favourite subject.
• Which subjects do you study?
• She teaches three subjects at the college.

Sinónimos: discipline, field of study

Expresiones frecuentes: school subject, favourite subject, study a subject, academic subject

sujeto

Parte de la oración que indica quién hace algo o de quién o de qué se dice algo.

En inglés sencillo: The sentence part that tells who or what does something, or who or what the sentence describes.

• Find the subject of this sentence.
• The subject comes before the verb here.
• Some sentences have more than one subject.

Expresiones frecuentes: sentence subject, subject pronoun, subject and verb

súbdito

Persona que vive bajo el gobierno de un rey o una reina.

En inglés sencillo: A person who lives under the rule of a king or queen.

• The king spoke to his subjects.
• She was born a British subject.
• Many subjects demanded a change in the law.

Expresiones frecuentes: loyal subject, british subject, royal subject, British subject

someter

Hacer que alguien o algo pase por una situación o un trato desagradable.

En inglés sencillo: To make someone or something experience an unpleasant situation or treatment.

• They subjected him to hours of questioning.
• Nobody should be subjected to such abuse.
• The samples were subjected to extreme heat.

Cómo se usa: subject someone/something to something (They subjected the prisoners to harsh treatment.)

Sinónimos: expose

Expresiones frecuentes: subject someone to, subject something to