inseguridad

f.

1 insecurity (falta de confianza).

2 uncertainty (duda).

3 lack of safety (peligro).

inseguridad ciudadana lack of law and order

4 unsafe condition, unsafety.

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inseguridad

► nombre femenino

1 (falta de confianza) insecurity

2 (duda) uncertainty

3 (peligro) lack of safety

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FRASEOLOGÍA

inseguridad ciudadana lack of safety on the streets

■ hay que solucionar el problema de la inseguridad ciudadana we have to make our streets safer

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SF

1) (=peligro) lack of safety

inseguridad ciudadana — lack of safety in the streets, decline in law and order

2) (=falta de confianza) insecurity

3) (=falta de estabilidad) unsteadiness

4) (=incertidumbre) uncertainty

inseguridad laboral — lack of job security

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femenino

a) (falta de confianza) insecurity

b) (falta de firmeza, estabilidad) unsteadiness

c) (falta de garantías) insecurity, lack of security

d) (en ciudad, barrio)

hay mucha inseguridad en esta ciudad — this city is very unsafe o dangerous

la inseguridad ciudadana — the lack of safety on our streets

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= insecurity, precariousness, unsureness.

Ex. Both staff and users may suffer from fear, insecurity and general apprehension of new technology.

Ex. In the 1980s, both groups became subject to greater instability, an increasing precariousness of contracts and decreases in real wages.

Ex. She somehow manages to put her foot in it and get laughed at every time, usually as a direct consequence of her unsureness of her own capabilities.

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* inseguridad ciudadana = street crime.

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femenino

a) (falta de confianza) insecurity

b) (falta de firmeza, estabilidad) unsteadiness

c) (falta de garantías) insecurity, lack of security

d) (en ciudad, barrio)

hay mucha inseguridad en esta ciudad — this city is very unsafe o dangerous

la inseguridad ciudadana — the lack of safety on our streets

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= insecurity, precariousness, unsureness.

Ex: Both staff and users may suffer from fear, insecurity and general apprehension of new technology.

Ex: In the 1980s, both groups became subject to greater instability, an increasing precariousness of contracts and decreases in real wages.

Ex: She somehow manages to put her foot in it and get laughed at every time, usually as a direct consequence of her unsureness of her own capabilities.

* inseguridad ciudadana = street crime.

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inseguridad

feminine

1 (falta de confianza) insecurity

2 (falta de firmeza, estabilidad) unsteadiness

3 (falta de garantías) insecurity, lack of security

4

(en una ciudad, un barrio): hay mucha inseguridad en nuestras ciudades our cities are very unsafe

la inseguridad ciudadana the lack of safety on our streets

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inseguridad sustantivo femenino

a) (falta de confianza) insecurity;

◊ inseguridad laboral job insecurity

b) (falta de firmeza, estabilidad) unsteadiness

c) (falta de garantías) insecurity, lack of security

d) (en ciudad, barrio):

◊ la inseguridad ciudadana the lack of safety on our streets

inseguridad sustantivo femenino
1 (falta de confianza) insecurity
2 (duda) uncertainty
3 (peligro) lack of safety
inseguridad ciudadana, crime
'inseguridad' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
ciudadano
English:
diffidence
- insecurity
- unsteadiness

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inseguridad nf

1. [falta de confianza] insecurity

2. [duda] uncertainty

3. [peligro] lack of safety

Comp

inseguridad ciudadana:

ha aumentado la inseguridad ciudadana people feel less safe on the streets

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inseguridad

f

1 de una persona insecurity

2 de estructura unsteadiness

3 (peligro) lack of safety, danger;

está aumentando la inseguridad ciudadana the coutry is becoming increasingly dangerous

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inseguridad nf

1) : insecurity

2) : lack of safety

3) : uncertainty

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inseguridad n insecurity

Si hay inseguridad ciudadana se dice the streets are not safe