zone

zona

Área con un uso, una característica o una norma particular.

En inglés sencillo: An area with a particular use, feature, or rule.

• This is a parking zone.
• Cars are banned from the pedestrian zone.
• We crossed into a different time zone.

Sinónimos: area, district, region

Expresiones frecuentes: industrial zone, pedestrian zone, time zone

zona, ámbito

Conjunto de situaciones, experiencias o ideas con características o límites comunes.

En inglés sencillo: A particular range of situations, experiences, or ideas with shared limits or features.

• This topic takes me outside my comfort zone.
• Their argument had entered a danger zone.
• Her questions pushed the discussion into an unfamiliar zone.

Sinónimos: area, sphere

Expresiones frecuentes: comfort zone, danger zone, safe zone

estado de flujo

Estado de concentración total en el que se rinde especialmente bien.

En inglés sencillo: A state in which you are completely focused and perform especially well.

• I was in the zone today.
• Once he gets in the zone, he writes for hours.
• The team stayed in the zone throughout the final.

Cómo se usa: be in the zone (She was in the zone and scored three times.)

Sinónimos: flow

Expresiones frecuentes: in the zone, get into the zone

franja, cinturón

Banda de plantas u otros elementos que crecen alrededor de algo.

En inglés sencillo: A band of plants or other growth around something.

• A forest zone circles the mountain.
• Above it lies a narrow zone of grasses.
• The map shows several zones of plant growth.

Cómo se usa: zone of something (A zone of young trees surrounds the clearing.)

Sinónimos: belt, band

Expresiones frecuentes: vegetation zone, forest zone, zone of trees

zonificar

Determinar oficialmente para qué pueden utilizarse los terrenos o edificios.

En inglés sencillo: To officially decide how land or buildings may be used.

• They zoned this land for housing.
• The council has zoned the property as commercial.
• Can this site be zoned for shops?

Cómo se usa: zone something for something (The council zoned the land for housing.); zone something as something (They zoned the property as commercial.)

Sinónimos: classify, designate

Expresiones frecuentes: zone for housing, zone as residential, zone the land, zone for industry

dividir en zonas

Dividir un lugar en áreas separadas destinadas a usos distintos.

En inglés sencillo: To divide a place into separate areas for different purposes.

• Zone the room into separate work areas.
• They zoned the warehouse for different types of goods.
• We zoned off the back section for storage.

Cómo se usa: zone something into something (We zoned the hall into separate activity areas.); zone off something (They zoned off a section for equipment.)

Sinónimos: divide, partition

Expresiones frecuentes: zone the space, zone an area, zone off something

distraerse, quedarse en las nubes

Dejar de prestar atención por un momento al ensimismarse o empezar a dormirse.

En inglés sencillo: To stop paying attention for a short time and become sleepy or lost in thought.

• I sometimes zone out in meetings.
• She zoned while he explained the directions.
• You look tired; did you zone out again?

Cómo se usa: zone out (I zoned out during the long speech.)

Sinónimos: daydream, doze off

Expresiones frecuentes: zone out, zone during something