characterize

UK: /ˈkær.ɪk.tə.raɪz/ US: /ˈker.ɪk.tə`.aɪz/ [characterized, characterizing] (UK tb characterise)

Translation

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⇨ caracterizar

Her personality is characterized above all by optimism and happiness

Optimismo y alegría son las principales cualidades que caracterizan su personalidad

■ constr. Se usa más en pasiva

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⇨ describir

They characterized the meeting as a confrontation between the two sides

Describieron la reunión como un enfrentamiento entre las dos partes

⇨ calificar

(Definition of characterize v from the Diccionario Cambridge Compact English-Spanish © Cambridge University Press and Ediciones SM 2011)

to express disagreement or refuse to do something

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