volume

volumen

Nivel de fuerza con que se oye un sonido.

En inglés sencillo: How loud a sound is.

• Please turn the volume down.
• The music was playing at full volume.
• Can you increase the volume on your phone?

Sinónimos: loudness

Expresiones frecuentes: turn the volume, high volume, volume control

volumen, cantidad

Cantidad de algo, especialmente cuando es grande.

En inglés sencillo: The amount of something, especially when there is a lot of it.

• The volume of traffic is growing.
• Sales volumes fell last month.
• We cannot handle this volume of work.

Cómo se usa: volume of something (We receive a large volume of calls.)

Sinónimos: amount, quantity

Expresiones frecuentes: volume of something, high volume, sales volume, production volume

volumen

Cantidad de espacio que ocupa algo o que cabe dentro de un recipiente.

En inglés sencillo: The amount of space something fills or a container can hold.

• Measure the volume of the water.
• The gas increased in volume as it warmed.
• These containers have different volumes.

Cómo se usa: volume of something (What is the volume of this tank?)

Expresiones frecuentes: volume of something, total volume, measure the volume, calculate the volume

tomo, volumen

Un libro, especialmente uno que forma parte de una colección de libros.

En inglés sencillo: One book, especially one that belongs to a set of books.

• The second volume is missing.
• His letters fill three volumes.
• Have you read the latest volume in the series?

Cómo se usa: volume of something (She bought a volume of poetry.)

Sinónimos: book

Expresiones frecuentes: first volume, volume of something, two volume set