suffice

bastar

Ser suficiente para un propósito o una necesidad concreta.

En inglés sencillo: To be enough for a particular purpose or need.

• One bag should suffice.
• This money will suffice for the journey.
• A short note sufficed to explain the delay.

Cómo se usa: suffice for something (Two chairs will suffice for our guests.); suffice to do something (These figures suffice to show the difference.)

Sinónimos: be enough, do

Expresiones frecuentes: should suffice, suffice for something, suffice to say

satisfacer

Cubrir por completo las necesidades de alguien o satisfacer un deseo.

En inglés sencillo: To fully meet someone’s needs or satisfy a desire.

• Bread and cheese sufficed his hunger.
• The small income sufficed their modest needs.
• Even a large meal could not suffice his appetite.

Cómo se usa: suffice something (A simple meal sufficed their needs.)

Sinónimos: satisfy, meet

Expresiones frecuentes: suffice someone’s needs, suffice someone’s appetite