- ascendencia
- f.1 descent (linaje).2 ascendancy, ancestry, birth, blood.3 total amount.* * *ascendencia► nombre femenino1 ancestry, ancestors plural■ era alemán, pero de ascendencia polaca he was German, but of Polish descent2 (influencia) ascendancy* * *noun f.descent, ancestry, origin* * *SF1) (=linaje) ancestry; (=origen) origin
de remota ascendencia normanda — of remote Norman ancestry
2) (=dominio) ascendancy; (=influencia) hold, influence* * *femeninoa) (origen, linaje) ancestryes de ascendencia francesa — he is of French descent
de ascendencia noble — of noble ancestry
su ascendencia humilde — her humble origins
b) (AmL) ascendiente 2)* * *= 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.* * *femeninoa) (origen, linaje) ancestryes de ascendencia francesa — he is of French descent
de ascendencia noble — of noble ancestry
su ascendencia humilde — her humble origins
b) (AmL) ascendiente 2)* * *= 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.* * *ascendenciafeminine1 (origen, linaje) ancestryes de ascendencia francesa he is of French descent o extraction o ancestryde ascendencia noble of noble ancestrysu ascendencia humilde her humble origins* * *
ascendencia sustantivo femeninoa) (linaje) descent, ancestry;◊ es de ascendencia francesa he is of French descentb) (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
* * *ascendencia nf1. [linaje] descent, ancestry;[extracción social] extraction;de ascendencia aristocrática of aristocratic ancestry;soy de ascendencia mexicana I'm of Mexican extraction2. [influencia] ascendancy* * *ascendenciaf ancestry* * *ascendencia nf1) : ancestry, descent2)ascendencia sobre : influence over
Spanish-English dictionary. 2013.