Traducción & Definición
(These) figures (are interesting): (Estas) cifras, estadísticas (son interesantes)
Atención, figure es un falso amigo:
Could you send over those figures I asked for? ¿Puedes enviarme las estadísticas que te pedí?
Kevin earns a six-figure salary. Kevin gana un salario de seis cifras.
(to keep one's) figure: (mantener) la silueta
I'm trying to watch my figure. Estoy tratando de cuidar mi silueta.
a (political) figure: una figura (política)
Pronunciation examples
UK: Icarus is a key figure at Delavigne, and obsessed with figures.
US: I keep my figure by exercising twice a day.
Ejemplos
- "I'm used to hearing figures like "30,000" from small clients."
- "Kevin : The figures you quoted in your emails are very intriguing, Mrs Lee."
- "The auditing team noticed some inconsistencies in Leeson's figures."
- "Accounting at your level, Icarus, isn't just about figures on a page, it's about having a feel for those numbers, and knowing what they represent in real life."
- "Those same scientists predict that this figure is likely to increase in coming years."
- "According to your figures, we've got more than 2 million dollars' worth of Moulin Magic in our central San Francisco warehouse."
- "I would appreciate it if you could check these figures, and get to the bottom of this."
- "Is there an error in the figures?"
- "Tomorrow morning I have to finish an interim financial report, and Kevin still hasn't gotten back to me with the figures I need from the factories in Asia, and I already asked him eight times, and Bruno's going to be furious if the finished report isn't on his desk by 12."
- "He is a magnetic, popular figure, known as much for his business acumen as he is for his charity work and intense affection for dogs."
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