- herencia
- f.1 inheritance.recibir una herencia to receive an inheritance2 heredity.3 heritage, legacy.* * *herencia► nombre femenino1 inheritance, legacy2 (genética) heredity* * *noun f.1) heritage2) inheritance3) legacy* * *SF1) [de propiedad, valores] inheritance, legacy
malgastó la herencia del padre — he squandered his father's legacy, he squandered the inheritance he had from his father
me dejó las joyas en herencia — she left o bequeathed me her jewels
recibieron la finca en herencia — they inherited the estate
es parte de la herencia cultural de los españoles — it's part of the cultural heritage of the Spanish, it's part of Spanish heritage
la herencia cultural que recibimos de los romanos — the cultural legacy of the Romans
herencia yacente — unsettled estate
2) (Bio) heredityherencia genética — genetic inheritance
* * *femenino1) (Der) inheritancele dejó en herencia la finca — he bequeathed o left her the farm
nuestra herencia cultural — our cultural heritage
2) (Biol) heredity* * *= inheritance, spillover, heredity.Ex. This involves the entire process by which man profits by his inheritance of acquired knowledge.Ex. A third major trend that is a spillover from the 1980s is the proliferation of microcomputers in all sectors of society.Ex. Their job is to make sense of all the empirical and statistical evidence of age, gender, health, heredity, life styles, and living and working conditions that serve as indicators of longevity, productivity, and obligation.----* dejar en herencia = bequeath.* herencia cultural = heritage, cultural inheritance, cultural heritage.* herencia histórica = historical inheritance, historical heritage.* herencia intelectual = intellectual heritage.* impuesto a la herencia = inheritance tax.* * *femenino1) (Der) inheritancele dejó en herencia la finca — he bequeathed o left her the farm
nuestra herencia cultural — our cultural heritage
2) (Biol) heredity* * *= inheritance, spillover, heredity.Ex: This involves the entire process by which man profits by his inheritance of acquired knowledge.
Ex: A third major trend that is a spillover from the 1980s is the proliferation of microcomputers in all sectors of society.Ex: Their job is to make sense of all the empirical and statistical evidence of age, gender, health, heredity, life styles, and living and working conditions that serve as indicators of longevity, productivity, and obligation.* dejar en herencia = bequeath.* herencia cultural = heritage, cultural inheritance, cultural heritage.* herencia histórica = historical inheritance, historical heritage.* herencia intelectual = intellectual heritage.* impuesto a la herencia = inheritance tax.* * *herenciafeminineA (Der) inheritancele dejó en herencia la finca he bequeathed o left her the farmrecibió cinco millones de bolívares en herencia he inherited five million bolivarsnuestra herencia cultural our cultural heritageCompuesto:herencia yacenteunclaimed o unsettled estateB (Biol) heredity* * *
herencia sustantivo femeninoa) (Der) inheritance;◊ le dejó en herencia la finca he bequeathed o left her the farmb) (patrimonio cultural, nacional) heritagec) (Biol) heredity
herencia sustantivo femenino
1 Jur inheritance, legacy
2 Biol heredity
'herencia' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
dilapidar
- dividir
- parte
- partición
- renunciar
- rompecabezas
- acabar
- corresponder
- dejar
- disputar
- malgastar
- paterno
- pretensión
- repudiar
- sucesión
- tocar
English:
disposal
- estate
- fall out
- hand down
- heritage
- inheritance
- legacy
- squander
- heredity
* * *herencia nf1. [de bienes] inheritance;dejar algo en herencia a alguien to bequeath sth to sb;recibir una herencia to receive an inheritance;la casa le corresponde por herencia the house has been left o bequeathed to him;el conflicto es herencia de su pasado colonial the conflict is a legacy of their colonial past;la herencia cultural de un país a country's cultural heritageCompherencia yacente unclaimed estate, estate in abeyance2. [de rasgos] heredity;los ojos azules son herencia de su madre she gets her blue eyes from her motherCompherencia genética genetic inheritance* * *herenciaf inheritance* * *herencia nf1) : inheritance2) : heritage3) : heredity* * *herencia n inheritance
Spanish-English dictionary. 2013.