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1 compromiso
compromiso sustantivo masculino sin compromiso alguno without obligation; los invitó por compromiso she felt obliged to invite them; yo con ellos no tengo ningún compromiso I'm under no obligation to them◊ compromisos sociales social engagements o commitments( con concesiones recíprocas) compromise;◊ llegaron a un compromiso they came to o reached an agreement/a compromise
compromiso sustantivo masculino
1 (obligación) obligation, commitment: pida presupuesto sin compromiso, ask for an estimate without obligation
tengo que hacer una visita de compromiso, I must pay a duty call
hacer algo por compromiso, to do sthg because one feels that one has to
2 (cita) engagement: tengo un compromiso previo, I have a previous engagement
3 (situación apurada) difficult o embarrassing situation: me pones en un compromiso, you're making it difficult for me
4 (acuerdo) agreement
5 frml compromiso (de boda), engagement: le regaló un anillo de compromiso, he gave her an engagement ring ' compromiso' also found in these entries: Spanish: ligadura - obligación - palabra - vale - anillo - argolla - contraer - cumplir - deshacer - desligarse - deuda - eludir - novio - plan - romper - usar - zafar English: attach - back out - booking - commitment - date - dedication - default setting - discharge - engagement - engagement ring - fulfil - fulfill - half-way - honour - keep - obligation - otherwise - outpouring - pledge - previous - stand by - stick by - stick to - unattached - compromise - engaged - foot - on - prior -
2 prior
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adjective1) (already arranged for the same time: a prior engagement.) previo, anterior2) (more important: She gave up her job as she felt her family had a prior claim on her attention.) prioritario•- priority- prior to
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feminine - prioress; noun(the head of a priory.) prior; priora- priory
prior,-a m,f (hombre) prior (mujer) prioress ' prior' also found in these entries: Spanish: anterioridad - cita - octava - octavo - previa - previo - priora - antelación - anterior - avisar - aviso - víspera English: engagement - prior - warningtr['praɪəSMALLr/SMALL]1 anterior, previo,-a\SMALLIDIOMATIC EXPRESSION/SMALLprior to antes deto have a prior claim on/to something tener prioridad sobre algo————————tr['praɪəSMALLr/SMALL]1 SMALLRELIGION/SMALL prior nombre masculinoprior ['praɪər] adj1) : previo2)prior to : antes deadj.• anterior adj.• previo, -a adj.n.• anterior s.m.• prior s.m.
I 'praɪər, 'praɪə(r)adjective (before n) <knowledge/warning> previoI had a prior engagement — ya tenía un compromiso, tenía un compromiso previo
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noun prior m
I ['praɪǝ(r)]1. ADJ1) (=previous) previo•
to have a prior claim to or on sth/sb, there are others who have a prior claim on my time — hay otros a los que tengo que dedicar mi tiempo que tienen prioridad or están antesshe felt that her past connection with him gave her a prior claim to him — le parecía que su pasada relación le daba ciertos derechos sobre él
2) (=earlier) [week, month, year] anterior2.ADVfrmprior to sth — anterior or previo a algo
prior to (his) leaving he hid the money — antes de marchar, escondió el dinero
in the years prior to his death — en los años anteriores or previos a su muerte
prior to that day we had not met — antes de ese día no nos conocíamos, hasta ese día no nos conocimos
prior to this/that — antes de esto/eso
3.ADV (US) antes
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['praɪǝ(r)]N (Rel) prior m* * *
I ['praɪər, 'praɪə(r)]adjective (before n) <knowledge/warning> previoI had a prior engagement — ya tenía un compromiso, tenía un compromiso previo
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noun prior m
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