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opportunity

UK: /ˌɒp.əˈtjuː.nə.ti/ US: /ˌɑː.pə`ˈtuː.nə.t̮i/ (pl opportunities)

Translation

n [c, u]
ocasión
oportunidad
Give me one last opportunity to do it right
Dame una última oportunidad para hacerlo bien
equal opportunities
igualdad de oportunidades
to take the opportunity to do sth
aprovechar la ocasión para hacer algo
Véase tb: a golden opportunity; equal opportunities employer; photo opportunity
(Definition of opportunity n from the Diccionario Cambridge Compact English-Spanish © Cambridge University Press and Ediciones SM 2011)

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