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service1

UK: /ˈsɜː.vɪs/ US: /ˈsɝː-/

Translation

n [u]
servicio
The service isn't very good in this restaurant
El servicio de este restaurante no es muy bueno
She retired after fifty years' service
Se jubiló después de cincuenta años de servicio
n [c]
servicio religioso
servicio público
the bus service
el servicio público de autobuses
(de un coche o una máquina)
revisión
(tb serve) (en algunos deportes)
saque
servicio
Distinto de toilet (servicio)
Véase tb: a skeleton {crew/service/staff}; after-sales service; church service; Civil Service; dinner service; National Health Service; national service; room service; the Internal Revenue Service
(Definition of service nn from the Diccionario Cambridge Compact English-Spanish © Cambridge University Press and Ediciones SM 2011)

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