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1. noun1) (a movable seat for one person, with a back to it: a table and four chairs.) silla2) (the position of a person who is chairman at a meeting etc: Who is in the chair?) presidencia3) (the office of a university professor: He holds the chair of History at this university.) cátedra
2. verb(to be chairman at (a meeting etc): He chaired the meeting last night.) presidir- chairman
- chairperson
- chairwoman
- chairmanship
chair n sillatr[ʧeəSMALLr/SMALL]1 (meeting) presidir1 (in meeting) presidencia; (at university) cátedra\SMALLIDIOMATIC EXPRESSION/SMALLto address the chair dirigirse al presidente, dirigirse a la presidenciachair lift telesillafolding chair silla plegablechair ['ʧɛr] vt: presidir, moderarchair n1) : silla f2) chairmanship: presidencia fn.• asiento s.m.• cojinete s.m.• cátedra s.f.• silla s.f.v.• asentar v.• llevar en una silla v.• presidir v.
I tʃer, tʃeə(r)1)b) ( electric chair) (AmE colloq)2)a) ( at university) cátedra fb) ( in meeting) presidencia fto be in/take the chair — presidir
c) ( person) presidente, -ta m,f
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transitive verb \<\<meeting/committee\>\> presidir[tʃɛǝ(r)]1. N1) (gen) silla f ; (=armchair) sillón m, butaca f ; (=wheelchair) silla f (de ruedas); (=seat) lugar m, asiento mplease take a chair — siéntese or tome asiento por favor
2) (Univ) cátedra f3) [of meeting] presidencia f ; (=chairman) presidente mto be in the chair, take the chair — presidir
4)the chair — (US) (=electric chair) la silla eléctrica
2. VT1) [+ person] llevar a hombros2) [+ meeting] presidir* * *
I [tʃer, tʃeə(r)]1)b) ( electric chair) (AmE colloq)2)a) ( at university) cátedra fb) ( in meeting) presidencia fto be in/take the chair — presidir
c) ( person) presidente, -ta m,f
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transitive verb \<\<meeting/committee\>\> presidir
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