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1 principally
adverb (mostly; chiefly: I am principally concerned with teaching English.) principalmenteprincipally adv principalmentetr['prɪnsɪpəlɪ]1 principalmente, sobre todoadv.• mayormente adv.• máxime adv.'prɪnsəpliadverb principalmente['prɪnsɪpǝlɪ]ADV principalmente* * *['prɪnsəpli]adverb principalmente -
2 principally
adv.principalmente, primeramente, en primer lugar. -
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4 principal
'prinsəpəl
1. adjective(most important: Shipbuilding was one of Britain's principal industries.) principal
2. noun1) (the head of a school, college or university.) director2) (a leading actor, singer or dancer in a theatrical production.) protagonista3) (the amount of money in a bank etc on which interest is paid.) capital•principal1 adj principal / más importanteprincipal2 n director
principal adjetivo main; ‹ papel› leading ( before n);◊ lo principal es que… the main thing is that…
principal adjetivo main, principal ' principal' also found in these entries: Spanish: central - constreñir - dirección - director - directora - eclipsar - maestra - maestro - mayor - nudo - puerta - requerir - sita - sito - soler - subdirector - subdirectora - mayordomo - mayoritario - plato - portón - protagonista English: already - anchor - attraction - averse - bed - body - bomb - bread-and-butter - by - central - chief - dash - deputy - dinner - do - enjoy - flagship - foremost - head - high - high road - imagine - irony - lead - lead off from - lead story - leading - leading lady - leading man - main - mainland - mainstay - master - mind - objective - on - opposed - premier - primary - prime - principal - road - runaway - title role - trunk road - upstage - course - limb - major - rattr['prɪnsɪpəl]1 principal1 SMALLEDUCATION/SMALL director,-ra2 SMALLTHEATRE/SMALL protagonista nombre masulino o femenino, primera figura4 SMALLLAW/SMALL autor,-ra\SMALLIDIOMATIC EXPRESSION/SMALLprincipal boy SMALLTHEATRE/SMALL actriz que representa el papel del protagonista principal masculinoprincipal ['prɪntsəpəl] adj: principal♦ principally adv1) protagonist: protagonista mf2) : director m, -tora f (de una escuela)3) capital: principal m, capital m (en finanzas)n.adj.• capital adj.• granado, -a adj.• maestro, -a adj.• máximo, -a adj.• principal adj.• rector adj.n.• capital s.m.• causante s.m.• jefe s.m.• principal s.m.• rector s.m.
I 'prɪnsəpəladjective (before n) principal
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1) ( of school) director, -tora m,f; ( of university) rector, -tora m,f2)a) ( Theat) protagonista mf3) ( Fin) capital m, principal m['prɪnsɪpǝl]1. ADJ1) [reason, cause, source] principalour principal concern is the well-being of our children — nuestra mayor or principal preocupación es el bienestar de nuestros hijos
2) (Mus) primero3) (Econ)principal amount — capital m principal, principal m
2. N1) [of school, college] director(a) m / f ; (Univ) rector(a) m / f2) (Theat) protagonista mf principal3) (Mus) primer(a) instrumentista mf4) (Econ) capital m, principal m3.CPDprincipal boy N — (Brit) (Theat) joven héroe m (papel de actriz en la "pantomime" navideña)
See:see cultural note PANTOMIME in pantomime* * *
I ['prɪnsəpəl]adjective (before n) principal
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1) ( of school) director, -tora m,f; ( of university) rector, -tora m,f2)a) ( Theat) protagonista mf3) ( Fin) capital m, principal m -
5 mainly
adverb (more (of) the thing mentioned than anything else; mostly or largely: This skirt is mainly dark grey.) principalmente, sobre todo, en su mayoríamainly adv principalmente / sobre todotr['meɪnlɪ]mainly ['meɪnli] adv1) principally: principalmente, en primer lugar2) mostly: principalmente, en la mayor parteadv.• en su mayor parte adv.• mayormente adv.• primeramente adv.• principalmente adv.'meɪnlia) ( chiefly) principalmente, fundamentalmenteb) ( for the most part)the people in the streets were mainly tourists — la mayoría de la gente que había en la calle eran turistas
['meɪnlɪ]ADV1) (=fundamentally) principalmente, fundamentalmente; (=for the greater part) mayormente, principalmentethey have stayed together mainly because of their children — han seguido juntos principalmente or fundamentalmente por sus hijos
he lives mainly in Paris — vive mayormente or principalmente en París
it was mainly his idea — fue mayormente or principalmente idea suya
2) (=in the majority) en su mayoría, en su mayor parteher customers are mainly women — sus clientes son en su mayoría or en su mayor parte mujeres
* * *['meɪnli]a) ( chiefly) principalmente, fundamentalmenteb) ( for the most part)
См. также в других словарях:
Principally — Prin ci*pal*ly, adv. In a principal manner; primarily; above all; chiefly; mainly. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
principally — index ab initio, as a rule, generally, particularly Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
principally — in the first place, mainly, mid 14c., from PRINCIPAL (Cf. principal) (adj.) + LY (Cf. ly) (2) … Etymology dictionary
principally — mainly, chiefly, mostly, *largely, greatly, generally … New Dictionary of Synonyms
principally — [adv] mainly above all, basically, before anything else, cardinally, chiefly, dominantly, eminently, especially, essentially, first and foremost, first of all, for the most part, fundamentally, generally, importantly, in the first place, in the… … New thesaurus
principally — ► ADVERB ▪ for the most part; chiefly … English terms dictionary
principally — prin|ci|pally [ˈprınsıpli] adv mainly ▪ The money is principally invested in stocks and shares. ▪ He was principally a landscape painter. ▪ We met principally to discuss the future of the school … Dictionary of contemporary English
principally — prin|ci|pal|ly [ prınsəp(ə)li ] adverb * mainly: The software is designed principally for classroom use. It appeals principally to teenagers. Their duties consisted principally of approving expenditure and appointments … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
principally — [[t]prɪ̱nsɪpəli[/t]] ADV: ADV with cl/group Principally means more than anything else. This is principally because the major export markets are slowing... Embryonic development seems to be controlled principally by a very small number of master… … English dictionary
principally */ — UK [ˈprɪnsəp(ə)lɪ] / US adverb mainly The software is designed principally for classroom use. It appeals principally to teenagers. Their duties consisted principally of approving expenditure and appointments … English dictionary
principally — adv. Principally is used with these adjectives: ↑concerned, ↑responsible Principally is used with these verbs: ↑aim, ↑consist, ↑direct, ↑focus … Collocations dictionary