- circunstancial
- adj.1 chance.un hecho circunstancial a chance occurrenceuna decisión circunstancial an ad hoc decision2 circumstantial, incidental.* * *circunstancial► adjetivo1 circumstantial* * *ADJ1) [gen] circumstantial; [caso] incidental
mi estancia en Lima era circunstancial — I just happened to be in Lima
2) (=temporal) [arreglo, acuerdo] makeshift, temporary* * *adjetivo1) <factor/hecho> circumstantial, incidentalfue testigo circunstancial de los hechos — she was a chance witness to the events
2) (Ling) complemento 1)* * *= ad hoc, situational, circumstantial.Ex. Begun in 1973, CONSER was conceived by an ad hoc discussion group on Serials Data Bases of American and Canadian librarians.Ex. The search process variables are inadequate because they are situational and subject to constant change.Ex. Circumstantial reasons for such deviant behaviour were not significant in this study.----* pruebas circunstanciales = circumstantial evidence.* * *adjetivo1) <factor/hecho> circumstantial, incidentalfue testigo circunstancial de los hechos — she was a chance witness to the events
2) (Ling) complemento 1)* * *= ad hoc, situational, circumstantial.Ex: Begun in 1973, CONSER was conceived by an ad hoc discussion group on Serials Data Bases of American and Canadian librarians.
Ex: The search process variables are inadequate because they are situational and subject to constant change.Ex: Circumstantial reasons for such deviant behaviour were not significant in this study.* pruebas circunstanciales = circumstantial evidence.* * *circunstancialadjectiveA ‹factor/hecho› circumstantial, incidentalfue testigo circunstancial de los hechos she was a chance witness to the eventslo que me dijo es absolutamente circunstancial y no influirá en mi decisión what he told me is completely incidental and will have no influence on my decisionB (Ling):complemento circunstancial adverbial complement* * *
circunstancial adjetivo circumstancial
'circunstancial' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
ocasional
English:
circumstantial
* * *circunstancial adj1. [del momento] chance;un hecho circunstancial a chance occurrence;una decisión circunstancial an ad hoc decision2. Gramcomplemento circunstancial adjunct* * *circunstancialadj circumstantial* * *circunstancial adj: circumstantial, incidental
Spanish-English dictionary. 2013.