discriminar

v.

1 to discriminate against.

Ella discrimina a los gordos She discriminates fat people.

Los racistas discriminan Racists have prejudice.

Los signos discriminan las enfermedades Signs discriminate diseases.

2 to discern, to analyze, to judge, to analyse.

Ella discrimina los pro y contra She discerns the pros and cons.

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discriminar

► verbo transitivo

1 (diferenciar) to discriminate, distinguish

2 (por raza, religión, etc) to discriminate against

■ nos discriminaron porque éramos extranjeros we were discriminated against because we were foreigners

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1. VT

1) [+ persona, colectivo] to discriminate against

2) [+ colores, sabores] to differentiate between

2.

VI to discriminate (entre between)

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verbo transitivo

a) <persona/colectividad> to discriminate against

b) (distinguir) to differentiate, distinguish

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= discriminate, disenfranchise.

Ex. It is also possible to assign weights to the concepts in document profiles, that is to indicate the primary concepts in a document and discriminate between these and subsidiary concepts.

Ex. This article discusses an emerging class of Americans being disenfranchised by the growing importance of information technologies they cannot afford.

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* sin discriminar = indiscriminate.

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verbo transitivo

a) <persona/colectividad> to discriminate against

b) (distinguir) to differentiate, distinguish

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= discriminate, disenfranchise.

Ex: It is also possible to assign weights to the concepts in document profiles, that is to indicate the primary concepts in a document and discriminate between these and subsidiary concepts.

Ex: This article discusses an emerging class of Americans being disenfranchised by the growing importance of information technologies they cannot afford.

* sin discriminar = indiscriminate.

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discriminar [A1 ]

vt

1 ‹persona/colectividad› to discriminate against

se siente discriminado por sus compañeros he feels discriminated against by his colleagues

2 (distinguir) to differentiate, distinguish

■ discriminar

vi

to discriminate

no discrimina he's completely undiscriminating

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discriminar (conjugate discriminar) verbo transitivo

a) ‹persona/colectividad› to discriminate against

b) (distinguir) to differentiate, distinguish

discriminar verbo transitivo
1 (marginar) to discriminate against
estar discriminado, to be discriminated against
sentirse discriminado, to feel discriminated against
2 (diferenciar, distinguir) to discriminate between o to tell the difference between: no discrimina los colores, she can't tell one colour from another
'discriminar' also found in these entries:
English:
discriminate

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discriminar vt

1. [marginar] to discriminate against;

discriminar a alguien por algo to discriminate against sb because of sth;

sentirse discriminado to feel discriminated against

2. [distinguir] to discriminate;

discriminar algo de to discriminate o distinguish sth from

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discriminar

v/t

1 discriminate against

2 (diferenciar) differentiate

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discriminar vt

1) : to discriminate against

2) : to distinguish, to differentiate

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discriminar vb to discriminate against

Hitler discriminó al pueblo judío Hitler discriminated against Jewish people