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commonplace [commonplaces] (platitude or cliché) noun [UK: ˈkɒ.mən.pleɪs] [US: ˈkɑː.mən.ˌples] | tópiconoun |
complacency (feeling of self-satisfaction) noun [UK: kəm.ˈpleɪ.sən.si] [US: kəm.ˈpleɪ.sən.si] | autocomplacencianoun suficiencianoun |
complacent (uncritically satisfied with oneself or one's achievements) adjective [UK: kəm.ˈpleɪ.sənt] [US: kəm.ˈpleɪ.sənt] | autocomplacienteadjective |
displace [displaced, displacing, displaces] (to move something or someone) verb [UK: dɪs.ˈpleɪs] [US: ˌdɪ.ˈspleɪs] | desahuciarverb desplazarverbDozens of thousands of people are displaced by war. = Docenas de miles de personas son desplazadas por las guerras. desterrarverb |
displace [displaced, displacing, displaces] (to supplant, or take the place of something or someone; to substitute) verb [UK: dɪs.ˈpleɪs] [US: ˌdɪ.ˈspleɪs] | reprimirverb |
displaced person [displaced persons] (refugee) noun [UK: dɪs.ˈpleɪst.ˌpɜːsn] [US: dɪs.ˈpleɪst.ˌpɜːsn] | persona desplazadanoun |
displacement [displacements] (the state of being displaced) noun [UK: dɪs.ˈpleɪ.smənt] [US: ˌdɪ.ˈspleɪ.smənt] | desplazamientonoun |
displacement current (change of the electric displacement field) noun | corriente de desplazamientonoun |
fireplace [fireplaces] (open hearth) noun [UK: ˈfaɪə.pleɪs] [US: ˈfaɪər.ˌples] | chimeneanoun hogarnoun |
friends in high places noun | enchufismonoun |
hiding place (a place where something or someone may be hidden) noun [UK: ˈhaɪd.ɪŋ ˈpleɪs] [US: ˈhaɪd.ɪŋ ˈpleɪs] | esconditenoun zulonoun |
hip replacement (surgical procedure) noun | |
in place of preposition [UK: ɪn ˈpleɪs əv] [US: ɪn ˈpleɪs əv] | en lugar depreposition |
in the first place (to begin with) preposition [UK: ɪn ðə ˈfɜːst ˈpleɪs] [US: ɪn ðə ˈfɝːst ˈpleɪs] | de entradapreposition en primer lugarpreposition para empezarpreposition primeropreposition |
internally displaced person (someone who is forced to flee home but remains within his or her country's borders) noun | desplazado internonoun |
irreplaceable (that cannot be replaced) adjective [UK: ˌɪ.rɪ.ˈpleɪ.səb.l̩] [US: ɪ.rə.ˈpleɪ.səb.l̩] | insustituibleadjective irreemplazableadjectiveThe time we've spent together is irreplaceable. = El tiempo que hemos pasado juntos es irreemplazable. |
Laplace distribution (probability distribution) noun | |
Laplace operator (mathematics, physics: differential operator used in modeling of wave propagation, heat flow and many other applications) noun | laplacianonoun operador de Laplacenoun |
lightning never strikes twice in the same place phrase | |
marketplace [marketplaces] (open area in a town housing a public market) noun [UK: ˈmɑːk.ɪt.pleɪs] [US: ˈmɑːrk.ət.ˌples] | mercadonoun |
misplace [misplaced, misplacing, misplaces] (to put something somewhere and then forget its location) verb [UK: ˌmɪs.ˈpleɪs] [US: ˌmɪ.ˈspleɪs] | extraviarverb traspapelarverb |
nonplace (that which is not a place) noun | no-lugarnoun |
outplacement (the process of helping to find new employment for redundant workers) noun [UK: ˈaʊt.pleɪ.smənt] [US: ˈaʊt.ˌple.smənt] | desvinculación asistidanoun |
product placement (a form of advertising) noun | emplazamiento de productonoun publicidad por emplazamientonoun |
put someone in their place (to humble or rebuke) verb | |
replace [replaced, replacing, replaces] (to substitute) verb [UK: rɪ.ˈpleɪs] [US: ˌri.ˈpleɪs] | reemplazarverbI'd like to replace it. = Quisiera reemplazarlo. sustituirverbNo one can replace you. = Nadie puede sustituirte. |