minor

minor
1. adjective
1) (less, or little, in importance, size etc: Always halt when driving from a minor road on to a major road; She has to go into hospital for a minor operation.) menor
2) ((American) a secondary subject that a student chooses to study at university or college: Her major is in physics, but she has a minor in computer science.) secundario

2. verb
((American) to study something as a minor subject: He is minoring in French.) estudiar como asignatura secundaria

3. noun
(a person who is not yet legally an adult.) menor
- be in the minority
minor1 adj
1. pequeño / de poca importancia
minor damage daños de poca importancia
minor injuries heridas poco importantes
2. secundario
a minor role un papel secundario
minor roads carreteras secundarias
minor2 n menor / menor de edad
minors don't go to prison los menores de edad no van a la cárcel
minor
tr['maɪnəSMALLr/SMALL]
adjective
1 (unimportant) menor; (secondary) secundario,-a
■ it caused minor damage ocasionó daños menores
■ he got a minor part in a film consiguió un papel secundario en una película
■ a minor operation una operación de poca importancia
2 SMALLMUSIC/SMALL menor
■ in a minor key en tono menor
■ in F minor en fa menor
noun
1 SMALLLAW/SMALL menor nombre masulino o femenino
■ he's a minor es menor de edad
\
SMALLIDIOMATIC EXPRESSION/SMALL
minor offence SMALLLAW/SMALL delito de menor cuantía
minor planet asteroide nombre masculino
minor ['maɪnər] adj
: menor
minor n
1) : menor mf (de edad)
2) : asignatura f secundaria (de estudios)
minor
adj.
• menor adj.
• secundario, -a adj.
• sin importancia adj.
• subalterno, -a adj.
n.
• asignatura secundaria s.f.
• menor s.m.
• menor de edad s.m.

I 'maɪnər, 'maɪnə(r)
adjective
1) (unimportant) <poet/work> menor; <role> secundario, menor; <road> (in UK) secundario; <operation> de poca importancia or gravedad
2) (Mus) menor

B flat minor/C minor — si bemol menor/do menor


II
noun
1) (Law) menor mf (de edad)
2) (Educ) asignatura f secundaria
3) minors pl (in US) (Sport colloq)

the minors — las ligas menores


III
intransitive verb (in US) (Educ)

to minor IN something — estudiar algo como asignatura secundaria

['maɪnǝ(r)]
1. ADJ
1) (=small, unimportant) [problem] de poca importancia; [adjustment, detail] menor, de poca importancia; [change, damage, poet, work] menor; [role] (in film, play) secundario; (in negotiations) de poca importancia; [road] secundario

of minor importance — de poca importancia

2) (=not serious) [injury] leve; [illness] poco grave; [surgery, operation] de poca importancia
3) (Mus) [chord] menor

in F minor — en fa menor

in a minor key — en clave menor

4) (Brit)
(Scol) †

Smith minor — Smith el pequeño, Smith el menor

2. N
1) (Jur) menor mf (de edad)
2) (US) (Univ) asignatura f secundaria
3.
VI
(US) (Univ)

to minor in sth — estudiar algo como asignatura secundaria

4.
CPD

minor league N — (Baseball) liga f menor

minor-league

minor offence (Brit) , minor offense (US) N — delito m de menor cuantía

* * *

I ['maɪnər, 'maɪnə(r)]
adjective
1) (unimportant) <poet/work> menor; <role> secundario, menor; <road> (in UK) secundario; <operation> de poca importancia or gravedad
2) (Mus) menor

B flat minor/C minor — si bemol menor/do menor


II
noun
1) (Law) menor mf (de edad)
2) (Educ) asignatura f secundaria
3) minors pl (in US) (Sport colloq)

the minors — las ligas menores


III
intransitive verb (in US) (Educ)

to minor IN something — estudiar algo como asignatura secundaria


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