- potencial
- adj.potential.m.1 power (fuerza).2 potential (posibilidades).3 conditional (grammar).4 (electric) potential (electricity and electronics).* * *potencial► adjetivo1 potential► nombre masculino1 potential■ la región ha aumentado su potencial económico the region's economic potential has increased■ nuestro potencial investigador está abandonando el país our best researchers are leaving the country2 LINGÚÍSTICA conditional tense\FRASEOLOGÍApotencial humano human resources plural* * *noun m. adj.potential* * *1.ADJ potential2. SM1) (=capacidad) potential
potencial comercial — market potential
potencial de ventas — sales potential
potencial ganador — (Econ) earning potential; (Dep) potential to win
2) (Ling) conditional* * *Iadjetivo (posible) potential; (Ling) conditionalIImasculino1) (capacidad, posibilidades) potential2)a) (Fís) potential energyb) (Elec) tbpotencial eléctrico — potential difference
3) (Ling) conditional* * *= capability, potential, potential power.Ex. DOBIS/LIBIS may replace the typewriter and the catalog card but it cannot replace the decision-making capabilities of the library staff.Ex. However, its potential in this direction became evident, and in 1966 a catalogue card service was started.Ex. This article examines the potential power of hypertext technology for the domains of journal and book publishing, insurance policy management, and software engineering.----* aprovechar + Posesivo + potencial = reach + Posesivo + potential.* desarrollar el potencial = develop + potential.* desarrollar el potencial de Algo = develop + Posesivo + (full) potential, achieve + Posesivo + potential, achieve + Posesivo + full potential.* desarrollo del potencial = capacity building.* lograr desarrollar el potencial de Algo = achieve + Posesivo + full potential.* no aprovechar el potencial = fall (far) short of + potential, fall (far) behind + potential.* tener potencial = have + potential.* * *Iadjetivo (posible) potential; (Ling) conditionalIImasculino1) (capacidad, posibilidades) potential2)a) (Fís) potential energyb) (Elec) tbpotencial eléctrico — potential difference
3) (Ling) conditional* * *= capability, potential, potential power.Ex: DOBIS/LIBIS may replace the typewriter and the catalog card but it cannot replace the decision-making capabilities of the library staff.
Ex: However, its potential in this direction became evident, and in 1966 a catalogue card service was started.Ex: This article examines the potential power of hypertext technology for the domains of journal and book publishing, insurance policy management, and software engineering.* aprovechar + Posesivo + potencial = reach + Posesivo + potential.* desarrollar el potencial = develop + potential.* desarrollar el potencial de Algo = develop + Posesivo + (full) potential, achieve + Posesivo + potential, achieve + Posesivo + full potential.* desarrollo del potencial = capacity building.* lograr desarrollar el potencial de Algo = achieve + Posesivo + full potential.* no aprovechar el potencial = fall (far) short of + potential, fall (far) behind + potential.* tener potencial = have + potential.* * *potencial1adjective1 ‹cliente/ventas› potentialuna fuente potencial de energía a potential source of energy2 (Ling) conditionalpotencial2masculineA (capacidad, posibilidades) potentiallos estudiantes no desarrollan todo su potencial the students do not develop their potential to the fullB1 (Fís) potential energy2 (Elec) tbpotencial eléctrico potential differenceC (Ling) conditional* * *
potencial adjetivo (posible) potential;
(Ling) conditional
■ sustantivo masculino (capacidad, posibilidades) potential
potencial
I adjetivo potential
II sustantivo masculino
1 potential
potencial eléctrico, voltage
potencial humano, manpower
2 Ling conditional (tense)
'potencial' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
capacidad
- posibilidad
- virtual
English:
potential
* * *potencial♦ adjpotential♦ nm1. [fuerza] power2. [posibilidades] potential3. Gram conditional4. Elec (electric) potential* * *potencialm/adj potential* * *potencial adj & nm: potential* * *potencial n potential
Spanish-English dictionary. 2013.