incapacidad

f.

1 inability.

2 incompetence.

3 incapacity (law).

incapacidad laboral industrial disability o disablement (British)

4 handicap, disability, disablement.

5 sick leave.

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incapacidad

► nombre femenino

1 (gen) incapacity, inability

■ su incapacidad para el trabajo queda patente his inability to do the job is obvious

2 (insuficiencia) disability

3 DERECHO incapacity

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FRASEOLOGÍA

incapacidad física physical disability

incapacidad laboral invalidity

incapacidad laboral transitoria temporary disability

incapacidad parcial partial disability

incapacidad psíquica mental handicap

incapacidad total total disability

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noun f.

1) inability

2) disability

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SF

1) (=falta de capacidad) [para una actividad] inability; [para una profesión] incompetence

incapacidad de concentración — inability to concentrate

su incapacidad de respuesta — his failure to reply

incapacidad de o para hacer algo — inability to do sth

incapacidad laboral permanente — invalidity

incapacidad laboral transitoria, incapacidad temporal — temporary disability

2) (=discapacidad) [física] physical handicap, disability; [mental] mental handicap

3) (Jur) (tb: incapacidad legal) legal incapacity

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femenino

1)

a) (física) disability, physical handicap; (mental) mental handicap

b) (Der) incapacity

- incapacidad laboral

2) (ineptitud) incompetence; (falta de capacidad) inability

su incapacidad para organizarse — his inability to organize himself

3) (Col) (baja) sick leave

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= disability, inability, inadequacy, ineptitude, ineptness, incapacity.

Ex. All these influences are at work before a child goes to school, yet until quite recently we have behaved as though good teaching in good schools was enough to compensate for the disabilities of verbally impoverished children.

Ex. The catalog user is perhaps not quite so amused by his/her inability to divine why it's not GALERIE MIKRO BERLIN, but BERLIN, MUSEUM FUR VOLKERKUNDE (WEST BERLIN).

Ex. Inadequacies in the specific A/Z subject index entry made for a subject can also occur if the indexer bases his analysis solely on the class number for that subject.

Ex. Our ineptitude in getting at the record is largely caused by the artificiality of systems of indexing.

Ex. Denigrating the ideas of others is just one step away from a personal attack and reflects the speaker's ineptness.

Ex. Also under this Act, maternity leaves must be treated as temporary leave comparable to disability due to injury, surgery, or other incapacity.

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* incapacidad física = physical disability.

* incapacidad laboral = work disability, work incapacity.

* pensión por incapacidad = disability pension.

* seguro de incapacidad = disability insurance.

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femenino

1)

a) (física) disability, physical handicap; (mental) mental handicap

b) (Der) incapacity

- incapacidad laboral

2) (ineptitud) incompetence; (falta de capacidad) inability

su incapacidad para organizarse — his inability to organize himself

3) (Col) (baja) sick leave

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= disability, inability, inadequacy, ineptitude, ineptness, incapacity.

Ex: All these influences are at work before a child goes to school, yet until quite recently we have behaved as though good teaching in good schools was enough to compensate for the disabilities of verbally impoverished children.

Ex: The catalog user is perhaps not quite so amused by his/her inability to divine why it's not GALERIE MIKRO BERLIN, but BERLIN, MUSEUM FUR VOLKERKUNDE (WEST BERLIN).

Ex: Inadequacies in the specific A/Z subject index entry made for a subject can also occur if the indexer bases his analysis solely on the class number for that subject.

Ex: Our ineptitude in getting at the record is largely caused by the artificiality of systems of indexing.

Ex: Denigrating the ideas of others is just one step away from a personal attack and reflects the speaker's ineptness.

Ex: Also under this Act, maternity leaves must be treated as temporary leave comparable to disability due to injury, surgery, or other incapacity.

* incapacidad física = physical disability.

* incapacidad laboral = work disability, work incapacity.

* pensión por incapacidad = disability pension.

* seguro de incapacidad = disability insurance.

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incapacidad

feminine

A

1 (física) disability, physical handicap; (mental) mental handicap

2 (Der) incapacity

Compuestos:

● incapacidad laboral

invalidity

● incapacidad laboral transitoria

temporary disability

● incapacidad legal

legal incapacity

B

1 (ineptitud) incompetence

2 (falta de capacidad) inability

su incapacidad de or para organizarse their inability to organize themselves

C (Col, Méx) (baja) sick leave

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incapacidad sustantivo femenino
1 (física) disability, physical handicap;
(mental) mental handicap;
(Der) incapacity;

◊ incapacidad laboral invalidity

2 (ineptitud) incompetence;
(falta de capacidad) inability
3 (Col) (baja) sick leave
incapacidad sustantivo femenino
1 incapacity, inability
incapacidad física, physical disability
2 (incompetencia) incompetence: su incapacidad para aprender idiomas es llamativa, her inability to learn a language is striking
'incapacidad' also found in these entries:
English:
disability
- inability
- incapability
- incapacity

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incapacidad nf

1. [imposibilidad] inability

2. [falta de aptitud]

su incapacidad para organizar fiestas es manifiesta he's clearly no good at o useless at organizing parties;

tengo incapacidad para los idiomas I'm no good at o useless at languages

3. Der incapacity

Comp

incapacidad laboral industrial disability o Br disablement;

incapacidad laboral transitoria temporary disability;

incapacidad legal legal incapacity;

incapacidad permanente invalidity;

incapacidad temporal temporary disability

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incapacidad

f

1 disability

2 (falta de capacidad) inability;

incapacidad mental mental incapacity

3 (ineptitud) incompetence

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incapacidad nf

1) : inability, incapacity

2) : disability, handicap

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incapacidad n inability