desventaja

f.

disadvantage.

estar en desventaja to be at a disadvantage

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desventaja

► nombre femenino

1 disadvantage, drawback

2 (problema) problem

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FRASEOLOGÍA

estar en desventaja to be at a disadvantage

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noun f.

1) disadvantage

2) handicap

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SF

1) (=perjuicio) disadvantage

estar en desventaja — to be at a disadvantage

2) (=inconveniente) disadvantage, drawback

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femenino disadvantage

estar en desventaja — to be at a disadvantage

poner a alguien en desventaja — to put somebody at a disadvantage

con una desventaja de dos goles — two goals down

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= disadvantage, drawback, flaw, limitation, weakness, minus [minuses, pl.], downside, weak point.

Ex. Item record indexes, whatever their physical format, share certain advantages and disadvantages.

Ex. The drawbacks of this form are its limited flexibility, and the time taken in maintenance.

Ex. The author lists 10 advantages of procuring the journals through STC, but counterbalances these by listing 14 flaws in the corporation's organisation.

Ex. In general then, the analytical approach is to be preferred, but it does have two limitations.

Ex. The strengths and weaknesses of natural language indexing derive from this basic characteristic.

Ex. Whether these differences are pluses or minuses depends very much on a library's needs and expectations.

Ex. The article 'The upside and downside of information highway capitology' compares the writings of optimistic futurists and pessimistic visionaries on the subject of the information superhighway.

Ex. Both earch engines has their own strong and weak points.

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* adolecer de desventaja = suffer from + limitation.

* desventaja del primero en tomar la iniciativa = first-mover disadvantage.

* desventaja del primero que hace Algo = first-mover disadvantage, first-mover advantage.

* estar en desventaja = be disadvantaged, be at a disadvantage.

* ventajas y desventajas = trade-off [tradeoff/trade off], pros and cons, benefits and pitfalls.

* ventajas (y/o) desventajas = merits (and/or) demerits, advantages (and/or) disadvantages, strengths (and/or) weaknesses, pluses (and/or) minuses.

* ver desventajas = see + drawbacks.

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femenino disadvantage

estar en desventaja — to be at a disadvantage

poner a alguien en desventaja — to put somebody at a disadvantage

con una desventaja de dos goles — two goals down

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= disadvantage, drawback, flaw, limitation, weakness, minus [minuses, pl.], downside, weak point.

Ex: Item record indexes, whatever their physical format, share certain advantages and disadvantages.

Ex: The drawbacks of this form are its limited flexibility, and the time taken in maintenance.

Ex: The author lists 10 advantages of procuring the journals through STC, but counterbalances these by listing 14 flaws in the corporation's organisation.

Ex: In general then, the analytical approach is to be preferred, but it does have two limitations.

Ex: The strengths and weaknesses of natural language indexing derive from this basic characteristic.

Ex: Whether these differences are pluses or minuses depends very much on a library's needs and expectations.

Ex: The article 'The upside and downside of information highway capitology' compares the writings of optimistic futurists and pessimistic visionaries on the subject of the information superhighway.

Ex: Both earch engines has their own strong and weak points.

* adolecer de desventaja = suffer from + limitation.

* desventaja del primero en tomar la iniciativa = first-mover disadvantage.

* desventaja del primero que hace Algo = first-mover disadvantage, first-mover advantage.

* estar en desventaja = be disadvantaged, be at a disadvantage.

* ventajas y desventajas = trade-off [tradeoff/trade off], pros and cons, benefits and pitfalls.

* ventajas (y/o) desventajas = merits (and/or) demerits, advantages (and/or) disadvantages, strengths (and/or) weaknesses, pluses (and/or) minuses.

* ver desventajas = see + drawbacks.

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desventaja

feminine

disadvantage

este método tiene sus desventajas this method has its drawbacks o disadvantages

con una desventaja de dos goles two goals down

al no saber idiomas está en desventaja he's at a disadvantage not knowing any languages, not knowing any languages puts him at a disadvantage

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desventaja sustantivo femenino
disadvantage;

◊ en desventaja at a disadvantage

desventaja sustantivo femenino
1 (desigualdad, inferioridad) disadvantage: estamos en desventaja, we are at a disadvantage
2 (inconveniente) drawback: esa solución tiene una desventaja, that solution has a disadvantage

'desventaja' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
inconveniente
English:
disadvantage
- handicap
- handicapped
- liability
- minus
- at
- draw

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desventaja nf

disadvantage;

afrontan el encuentro de vuelta con una desventaja de quince puntos they go into the return match trailing by fifteen points o fifteen points behind;

compite con desventaja he's competing at a disadvantage;

estar en desventaja to be at a disadvantage

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desventaja

f disadvantage

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desventaja nf

: disadvantage, drawback

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desventaja n disadvantage