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1 aspirante
adj.1 aspiring (person).2 aspirant, suction, aspiring.f. & m.1 candidate.un aspirante a actor/político (en deportes, concursos) a would-be actor/politician2 applicant, office seeker.* * *► adjetivo1 suction1 candidate, applicant\bomba aspirante suction pump* * *noun mf.1) applicant, candidate2) challenger* * *1. ADJ1) [persona] aspiring2) (=aspirador)2.SMF candidate, applicant (a for)* * *Ia) < persona>aspirante a algo: los alumnos aspirantes a becas — students who wish to be awarded scholarships
b) < bomba> suction (before n)IImasculino y femeninoaspirante a algo: las aspirantes al título the contenders for the title; ocho aspirantes al puesto de redactor — eight candidates o applicants for the post of editor
* * *= aspiring, wannabe, challenger, aspirant, hopeful.Ex. The idea was to give the 'best and most aspiring poor' the opportunity to improve; the not so good and less aspiring be damned!.Ex. However, it is not clear that this is the case with other (actual or wannabe) schools whose aspirations, to be blunt, may be outpacing their assets.Ex. They simply must find new ways of storing and retrieving that information more rapidly and more concisely in ways that can compete with the commercial challengers.Ex. 'He who pays the piper calls the tune,' said Muiru, a presidential aspirant when asked why his rating was so low on the polls.Ex. When asked what advice she might give to curatorial hopefuls, Jones quickly replied: 'Go for it -- There are plenty of opportunities'.* * *Ia) < persona>aspirante a algo: los alumnos aspirantes a becas — students who wish to be awarded scholarships
b) < bomba> suction (before n)IImasculino y femeninoaspirante a algo: las aspirantes al título the contenders for the title; ocho aspirantes al puesto de redactor — eight candidates o applicants for the post of editor
* * *= aspiring, wannabe, challenger, aspirant, hopeful.Ex: The idea was to give the 'best and most aspiring poor' the opportunity to improve; the not so good and less aspiring be damned!.
Ex: However, it is not clear that this is the case with other (actual or wannabe) schools whose aspirations, to be blunt, may be outpacing their assets.Ex: They simply must find new ways of storing and retrieving that information more rapidly and more concisely in ways that can compete with the commercial challengers.Ex: 'He who pays the piper calls the tune,' said Muiru, a presidential aspirant when asked why his rating was so low on the polls.Ex: When asked what advice she might give to curatorial hopefuls, Jones quickly replied: 'Go for it -- There are plenty of opportunities'.* * *1 ‹persona› aspirante A algo:los alumnos aspirantes a becas deberán pasar un segundo examen students who wish to be awarded scholarships will have to take a second exam2 ‹bomba› suction ( before n)aspirante A algo:otra de las aspirantes al título another of the contenders for the titlelos aspirantes al poder aspirants to power ( frml), those who aspire to powertenemos ocho aspirantes al puesto de redactor we have eight candidates o applicants for the post of editor* * *
aspirante sustantivo masculino y femenino:
ocho aspirantes al puesto de redactor eight candidates o applicants for the post of editor
aspirante mf candidate, applicant
' aspirante' also found in these entries:
English:
aspirant
- midshipman
- would-be
- contender
- hopeful
- would
* * *♦ adj1. [persona] aspiring♦ nmf[candidato] candidate (a for); [en deportes, concursos] contender (a for);un aspirante al trono an aspirant to the throne;los dos aspirantes a la presidencia the two presidential candidates* * *I adj aspiring* * *aspirante nmf: applicant, candidate* * *aspirante n (a un puesto) candidate -
2 imitador barato
m.wannabe.
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