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second adjective

  /ˈsɛk.(ə)nd/ , /ˈsɛk.(ə)nt/ , /ˈsɛkənd/ , /ˈsɛkɪnd/
  • Number-two; following after the first one with nothing between them. The ordinal number corresponding to the cardinal number two.
 segundo, segunda

second noun

  /ˈsɛk.(ə)nd/ , /ˈsɛk.(ə)nt/
  • A unit of time historically and commonly defined as a sixtieth of a minute which the International System of Units more precisely defines as the duration of 9,192,631,770 periods of radiation corresponding to the transition between two hyperfine levels of caesium-133 in a ground state at a temperature of absolute zero and at rest.
 segundo, momento
  • A unit of angle equal to one-sixtieth of a minute of arc or one part in 3600 of a degree.
 segundo
  • (informal) A short, indeterminate amount of time.
 momento, segundo

second noun

  /ˈsɛk.(ə)nd/ , /ˈsɛk.(ə)nt/ , /ˈsɛkənd/ , /ˈsɛkɪnd/
  • The second gear of an engine.
 segunda
  • (music) The interval between two adjacent notes in a diatonic scale (either or both of them may be raised or lowered from the basic scale via any type of accidental).
 segundo

second verb

  /səˈkɑnd/ , /səˈkɒnd/ , /ˈsɛk.(ə)nd/ , /ˈsɛk.(ə)nt/
  • (Should we move, merge or split(+) this sense?) (transitive) To agree as a second person to (a proposal), usually to reach a necessary quorum of two. (This may come from etymology 1 above.)
 secundar
  • (transitive) To assist or support; to back.
 apoyar, secundar

second verb

  /ˈsɛk.(ə)nd/ , /ˈsɛk.(ə)nt/ , /ˈsɛkənd/ , /ˈsɛkɪnd/
  • (Should we move, merge or split(+) this sense?) (transitive) To agree as a second person to (a proposal), usually to reach a necessary quorum of two. (See etymology 3 for translations.)
 secundar
  • To follow in the next place; to succeed.
 secundar, segundar

secondment noun

  /səˈkɒn(d)mənt/
  • The process or state of being seconded, the temporary transfer of a person from their normal duty to another assignment.
 comisión de servicio
second-guess
criticar, cuestionar, dudar, evaluar, pensar[lo] dos veces, reconsiderar
second fiddle
subordinado
second hand
segundero
second leg
vuelta, partido de regreso, partido de vuelta
second lieutenant
alférez
second-rate
de baja estofa, de chichinabo, de pacotilla, de tres al cuarto, segundón
have second thoughts
dudar
second nature
automático, instintivo, natural, segunda naturaleza
second person
segunda persona
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