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1 practically
1) (almost: The room was practically full.) prácticamente, casi2) (in a practical way: Practically, it's more difficult than you think.) en la prácticapractically adv prácticamente / casitr['præktɪkəlɪ]1 (almost) casi, prácticamente2 (in a practical way) de manera práctica, con sentido prácticopractically ['præktɪkli] adv1) : de manera práctica2) almost: casi, prácticamenteadv.• casi adv.• poco más o menos adv.• prácticamente adv.'præktɪkli1) (almost, virtually) casi, prácticamentehe practically broke my arm! — casi or por poco me rompe el brazo!
2) ( in a practical way) <consider/think> con sentido práctico['præktɪklɪ]ADV1) (=almost) casi, prácticamentepractically everybody — casi todos, prácticamente todos
the town was practically deserted — el pueblo estaba casi or prácticamente desierto
there has been practically no rain — apenas ha llovido, casi no ha llovido
you've eaten practically nothing — apenas has comido, casi no has comido
it practically killed me — por poco me mata, casi me mata
this disease has been practically eliminated — esta enfermedad ha sido erradicada casi completamente
2) (=sensibly) con sentido práctico"how can we pay for it?" Bertha asked practically — -¿cómo vamos a pagarlo? -preguntó Bertha con sentido práctico
3) (=in practical terms)we are interested in how this might be used practically — nos interesa saber cómo se podría usar en la práctica, estamos interesados en las aplicaciones prácticas de esto
what this means practically is unclear — se desconocen las ramificaciones prácticas de esto, se desconoce lo que esto supondría en la práctica
* * *['præktɪkli]1) (almost, virtually) casi, prácticamentehe practically broke my arm! — casi or por poco me rompe el brazo!
2) ( in a practical way) <consider/think> con sentido práctico -
2 nil
nil((in scoring) nothing; zero: Leeds United won two-nil / by two goals to nil.) ceronil n cerotr[nɪl]1 cero, nada2 SMALLSPORT/SMALL ceronil ['nɪl] n: nada f, cero mn.• nada s.f.• nulo s.m.nɪla) ( nothing)b) (BrE Sport) cero m[nɪl]1.N (=nothing) nada f ; (Sport) cero mGranada beat Murcia two-nil — el Granada venció al Murcia dos-cero or por dos a cero
See:see cultural note ZERO in zero in on2.ADJ nuloits merits are nil — sus méritos son nulos, no tiene mérito alguno
3.CPDnil balance N — (Econ) balance m nulo
* * *[nɪl]a) ( nothing)b) (BrE Sport) cero m
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