ascendencia

f.

1 descent (linaje).

2 ascendancy, ancestry, birth, blood.

3 total amount.

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ascendencia

► nombre femenino

1 ancestry, ancestors plural

■ era alemán, pero de ascendencia polaca he was German, but of Polish descent

2 (influencia) ascendancy

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noun f.

descent, ancestry, origin

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SF

1) (=linaje) ancestry; (=origen) origin

de remota ascendencia normanda — of remote Norman ancestry

2) (=dominio) ascendancy; (=influencia) hold, influence

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femenino

a) (origen, linaje) ancestry

es de ascendencia francesa — he is of French descent

de ascendencia noble — of noble ancestry

su ascendencia humilde — her humble origins

b) (AmL) ascendiente 2)

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= ascendancy, descent, ancestry, parentage, lineage, stock.

Ex. Their ascendancy may be traced through the Main or tumbler machine of 1840, Payne's Wharfedale stop-cylinder machine of 1858, and the improved Wharfedales produced by Paine and others in the mid 1860s.

Ex. The editions of a work need have little in common other than descent from a common origin.

Ex. These terms are necessarily rather vague, but have a very respectable ancestry (they go back to Aristotle).

Ex. The database may, as a result of its parentage, be handicapped by features that are not suited to computerized retrieval.

Ex. The lineage of PRECIS indexing: PRECIS indexing has roots in faceted classification.

Ex. It also proves the absurdity of Nazi race theories of 'racial purity,' since the various peoples of Mitteleurope, the Germans in particular, are among the most mixed stocks in Europe.

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* ascendencia + remontarse a = trace + ascendancy.

* de ascendencia + Adjetivo = of + Adjetivo + descent.

* tener una ascendencia = descend from + ancestry.

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femenino

a) (origen, linaje) ancestry

es de ascendencia francesa — he is of French descent

de ascendencia noble — of noble ancestry

su ascendencia humilde — her humble origins

b) (AmL) ascendiente 2)

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= ascendancy, descent, ancestry, parentage, lineage, stock.

Ex: Their ascendancy may be traced through the Main or tumbler machine of 1840, Payne's Wharfedale stop-cylinder machine of 1858, and the improved Wharfedales produced by Paine and others in the mid 1860s.

Ex: The editions of a work need have little in common other than descent from a common origin.

Ex: These terms are necessarily rather vague, but have a very respectable ancestry (they go back to Aristotle).

Ex: The database may, as a result of its parentage, be handicapped by features that are not suited to computerized retrieval.

Ex: The lineage of PRECIS indexing: PRECIS indexing has roots in faceted classification.

Ex: It also proves the absurdity of Nazi race theories of 'racial purity,' since the various peoples of Mitteleurope, the Germans in particular, are among the most mixed stocks in Europe.

* ascendencia + remontarse a = trace + ascendancy.

* de ascendencia + Adjetivo = of + Adjetivo + descent.

* tener una ascendencia = descend from + ancestry.

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ascendencia

feminine

1 (origen, linaje) ancestry

es de ascendencia francesa he is of French descent o extraction o ancestry

de ascendencia noble of noble ancestry

su ascendencia humilde her humble origins

2 (AmL) ascendiente mf B. (↑ ascendiente)

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ascendencia sustantivo femenino

a) (linaje) descent, ancestry;

◊ es de ascendencia francesa he is of French descent

b) (origen) origin(s);

◊ su ascendencia humilde her humble origins

ascendencia sustantivo femenino ancestry, ancestors pl; de ascendencia peruana, of Peruvian descent
'ascendencia' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
casta
- influencia
- origen
English:
ancestry
- descent

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ascendencia nf

1. [linaje] descent, ancestry;

[extracción social] extraction;

de ascendencia aristocrática of aristocratic ancestry;

soy de ascendencia mexicana I'm of Mexican extraction

2. [influencia] ascendancy

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ascendencia

f ancestry

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ascendencia nf

1) : ancestry, descent

2)

ascendencia sobre : influence over