balanza

f.

scales.

balanza de cocina kitchen scales

balanza de precisión precision balance

la balanza se inclinó a nuestro favor the balance o scales tipped in our favor

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balanza

► nombre femenino

1 (aparato) scales plural

2 COMERCIO balance

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FRASEOLOGÍA

inclinar la balanza a favor de ... to tip the scales in favour (US favor) of ...

balanza comercial trade balance, balance of trade

balanza de pagos balance of payments

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noun f.

1) balance

2) scales

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SF

1) (=instrumento) scales pl ; (Quím) balance

- estar en la balanza

balanza de cocina — kitchen scales pl

balanza de cruz — grocer's scales pl

balanza de laboratorio — precision scales pl

balanza de muelle — spring balance

balanza de precisión — precision scales pl

balanza romana — steelyard

2) (Com, Pol) balance

balanza comercial, balanza de pagos — balance of payments

balanza de poder, balanza política — balance of power

balanza por cuenta corriente — balance on current account

3) frm (=sensatez) judgment

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femenino scales (pl); (de dos platillos) scales (pl), balance

inclinar la balanza a favor de alguien — to tip the balance in favor of somebody

poner en la balanza — to weigh (AmE), to weigh up (BrE)

- balanza comercial/de pagos

- balanza de baño/de cocina

- balanza de precisión

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= scales, beamed scale, balance, weighing scales.

Ex. It indicates the changes and limitations which fill the other pan of the scales and which are frequently only discovered by bitter experience.

Ex. If the budget can be thought of as a beamed scale, ideally kept in balance, the counterpoint to revenue ups and downs must necessarily lie with the control of expenditures = Si concebimos el presupuesto como una balanza, que idealmente nos gustaría mantener en equilibrio, el contrapunto de los altibajos de los ingresos consiste necesariamente en el control de los gastos.

Ex. Officials are hopeful that all delivery men in the city will be equipped with balances within a month.

Ex. Weighing scales are also sometimes used to measure force rather than mass.

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* balanza de pagos = balance, balance of payments.

* déficit de la balanza comercial = trade deficit.

* déficit de la balanza de pagos = trade deficit.

* desequilibrar la balanza = tip + the scales.

* equilibrar la balanza = adjust + the balance, redress + imbalance, redress + the balance.

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femenino scales (pl); (de dos platillos) scales (pl), balance

inclinar la balanza a favor de alguien — to tip the balance in favor of somebody

poner en la balanza — to weigh (AmE), to weigh up (BrE)

- balanza comercial/de pagos

- balanza de baño/de cocina

- balanza de precisión

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= scales, beamed scale, balance, weighing scales.

Ex: It indicates the changes and limitations which fill the other pan of the scales and which are frequently only discovered by bitter experience.

Ex: If the budget can be thought of as a beamed scale, ideally kept in balance, the counterpoint to revenue ups and downs must necessarily lie with the control of expenditures = Si concebimos el presupuesto como una balanza, que idealmente nos gustaría mantener en equilibrio, el contrapunto de los altibajos de los ingresos consiste necesariamente en el control de los gastos.

Ex: Officials are hopeful that all delivery men in the city will be equipped with balances within a month.

Ex: Weighing scales are also sometimes used to measure force rather than mass.

* balanza de pagos = balance, balance of payments.

* déficit de la balanza comercial = trade deficit.

* déficit de la balanza de pagos = trade deficit.

* desequilibrar la balanza = tip + the scales.

* equilibrar la balanza = adjust + the balance, redress + imbalance, redress + the balance.

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balanza

feminine

scales (pl); (de dos platillos) scales (pl), balance

esto inclinaría la balanza a favor de los visitantes this would tip the scales o tip the balance in favor of the visitors

poner en la balanza to weigh (AmE), to weigh up (BrE)

hay que poner los pros y los contras en la balanza we must weigh (up) the pros and cons

Compuestos:

● balanza comercial

balance of trade, trade balance

el desequilibrio de la balanza comercial the imbalance in the trade figures

● balanza de baño

bathroom scales (pl)

● balanza de cocina

kitchen scales (pl)

● balanza de muelle

spring balance

● balanza de pagos

balance of payments

● balanza de precisión

precision balance, precision scales (pl)

● balanza por cuenta corriente

balance on current account

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balanza sustantivo femenino
scales (pl);
(de dos platillos) scales (pl), balance;

◊ balanza comercial/de pagos balance of trade/of payments;

poner en la balanza to weigh (AmE), to weigh up (BrE)
balanza sustantivo femenino scales pl
balanza comercial, balance of trade
balanza de pagos, balance of payments
♦ Locuciones: figurado inclinar(se) la balanza a favor de alguien, to tip the scales in someone's favor: los dos tenían la misma experiencia, pero el padre de Juan inclinó la balanza a su favor, they both had the same experience, but Juan's father tipped the balance in his favour

'balanza' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
fiel
- plato
- aguja
- equilibrar
- pesa
- platillo
English:
balance
- balance of payments
- scale
- trade gap

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balanza

♦ nf

1. [báscula] scales;

la balanza se inclinó a nuestro favor the balance o scales tipped in our favour

Comp

balanza de cocina kitchen scales;

balanza de cruz beam balance scale(s);

balanza de precisión precision balance

2. Com balanza comercial balance of trade;

balanza por cuenta corriente current account balance;

balanza de pagos balance of payments;

balanza de pagos por cuenta corriente balance of payments on current account

♦ nf inv

[signo] Libra

♦ nmf inv

[persona] Libra

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balanza

f scales pl ;

balanza para cartas letter scales pl ;

inclinar la balanza fig tip the balance o

scales

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balanza nf

báscula: scales pl, balance

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balanza n (para pesar) scales

el frutero puso el melón en la balanza the greengrocer put the melon on the scales