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company

/ˈkʌm.pə.ni/ (pl companies)

Translation

n [c]
empresa
compañía
La forma abreviada es Co.
compañía
a dance company
una compañía de baile
grupo de artistas
Por ser un nombre colectivo se puede usar con el verbo en singular o en plural
to keep sb company
hacer compañía a alguien
I kept her company because she was all alone
Le hice compañía porque estaba sola
Véase tb: limited company; parent company; to part company {from/with}
(Definition of company n from the Diccionario Cambridge Compact English-Spanish © Cambridge University Press and Ediciones SM 2011)

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