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1 alter
'o:ltə(to make or become different; to change: Will you alter this dress (to fit me)?; The town has altered a lot in the last two years.) cambiar, modificar, alteraralter vb cambiar / modificartr['ɔːltəSMALLr/SMALL]2 SMALLAMERICAN ENGLISH/SMALL euphemistic use castrar1 cambiar, cambiarse■ she's altered so much that you'll hardly recognize her ha cambiado tanto que apenas la reconocerásalter ['ɔltər] vt: alterar, cambiar, modificarv.• alterar v.• demudar v.• desfigurar v.• enmendar v.• inmutar v.• tornar v.'ɔːltər, 'ɔːltə(r)
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a) ( change) \<\<text/situation\>\> cambiar, modificar*, alterar; \<\<garment\>\> arreglarb) ( castrate) (AmE colloq & euph) capar
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vi cambiar['ɒltǝ(r)]1. VT1) (=change) [+ text] modificar, cambiar; (esp for the worse) alterar; [+ painting, speech] retocar; [+ opinion, course] cambiar de; (Archit) reformar; (Sew) arreglarit has altered things for the better — ha cambiado las cosas para mejor, ha mejorado las cosas
2) (=falsify) [+ evidence] falsificar; [+ document] alterar3) (US) (=castrate) castrar2.VI [person, place] cambiarto alter for the better — mejorar, cambiar para mejor
to alter for the worse — empeorar, cambiar para peor
* * *['ɔːltər, 'ɔːltə(r)]
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a) ( change) \<\<text/situation\>\> cambiar, modificar*, alterar; \<\<garment\>\> arreglarb) ( castrate) (AmE colloq & euph) capar
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2 circumstance
'sə:kəmstæns(a condition (time, place etc) connected with an event: In the circumstances, I don't see what else I could have done.) circunstanciatr['sɜːkəmstəns]1 (condition, fact) circunstancia1 (financial position) situación nombre femenino económica\SMALLIDIOMATIC EXPRESSION/SMALLin/under no circumstances en ningún caso, bajo ningún conceptoin/under the circumstances dadas las circunstanciascircumstance ['sərkəm.stænts] n1) event: circunstancia f, acontecimiento m2) circumstances nplsituation: circunstancias fpl, situación funder the circumstances: dadas las circunstanciasunder no circumstances: de ninguna manera, bajo ningún concepto3) circumstances npl: situación f económican.• ceremonia s.f.• circunstancia s.f.• conque s.m.'sɜːrkəmstæns, 'sɜːkəmstəns1) (condition, fact) circunstancia fin o under the circumstances — dadas las circunstancias
in o under no circumstances — bajo ningún concepto, bajo ninguna circunstancia
2) circumstances pl ( financial position)a person in my circumstances — una persona en mi situación or posición económica
['sɜːkǝmstǝns](usu pl) N1) circunstancia fin or under the circumstances — en or dadas las circunstancias
under no circumstances — de ninguna manera, bajo ningún concepto
pompwere it not for the circumstance that... — si no se diera la circunstancia de que...
2) (=economic situation)to be in easy/poor circumstances — estar en buena/mala situación económica
what are your circumstances? — ¿cuál es su situación económica?
* * *['sɜːrkəmstæns, 'sɜːkəmstəns]1) (condition, fact) circunstancia fin o under the circumstances — dadas las circunstancias
in o under no circumstances — bajo ningún concepto, bajo ninguna circunstancia
2) circumstances pl ( financial position)a person in my circumstances — una persona en mi situación or posición económica
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