prejudice

prejudice
'pre‹ədis
1. noun
((an) opinion or feeling for or especially against something, formed unfairly or unreasonably ie without proper knowledge: The jury must listen to his statement without prejudice; Is racial prejudice (= dislike of people because of their race) increasing in this country?) prejuicio

2. verb
1) (to cause to feel prejudice for or against something.) predisponer contra/en favor de
2) (to harm or endanger (a person's position, prospects etc) in some way: Your terrible handwriting will prejudice your chances of passing the exam.) perjudicar
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prejudice n prejuicio
prejudice
tr['preʤədɪs]
noun
1 (unfavourable bias) prejuicio; (favourable) predisposición nombre femenino
■ racial prejudice prejuicio racial
2 SMALLLAW/SMALL (injury, harm) perjuicio
transitive verb
1 (influence, bias) predisponer (against, contra), (in favor of, a favor de)
2 (harm) perjudicar
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SMALLIDIOMATIC EXPRESSION/SMALL
to the prejudice of SMALLLAW/SMALL en perjuicio de, detrimento de
without prejudice to SMALLLAW/SMALL sin perjuicio de
prejudice ['prɛʤədəs] vt, -diced ; -dicing
1) damage: perjudicar
2) bias: predisponer, influir en
prejudice n
1) damage: perjuicio m (en derecho)
2) bias: prejuicio m
prejudice
n.
• parcialidad s.f.
• perjuicio s.m.
• prejuicio s.m.
• preocupación s.f.
• prevención s.f.
v.
• perjudicar v.
• predisponer v.
• preocupar v.
• prevenir v.
(§pres: -vengo, -vienes...-venimos) pret: -vin-
fut: -vendr-•)

I 'predʒədəs, 'predʒʊdɪs
noun
1) u c (biased opinion) prejuicio m

her lack of prejudice — su falta de prejuicios

2) u (injury, harm) (frml) perjuicio m

without prejudice to your claim — sin perjuicio de su derecho

to the prejudice of something/somebody — en perjuicio or en detrimento de algo/alguien


II
transitive verb
1) (influence) predisponer*

to prejudice something/somebody against/in favor of something/somebody — predisponer* algo/a alguien en contra/a favor de algo/alguien

2) (harm) \<\<case/claim\>\> perjudicar*
['predʒʊdɪs]
1. N
1) (=biased opinion) prejuicio m

there's a lot of racial prejudice — hay muchos prejuicios raciales

prejudice against women is widespread — los prejuicios machistas son moneda corriente

to have a prejudice against/in favour of sth/sb — estar predispuesto en contra de/a favor de algo/algn

we all have our prejudices — todos tenemos nuestros prejuicios

he is quite without prejudice in this matter — sobre esto no tiene ningún prejuicio

2) (Jur) (=injury, detriment) perjuicio m

to the prejudice of — con perjuicio de, con menoscabo de

without prejudice — (Jur) sin detrimento de sus propios derechos

without prejudice to — sin perjuicio de

2. VT
1) (=bias) predisponer, prevenir (against contra)
2) (=damage) perjudicar

to prejudice one's chances — perjudicar sus posibilidades

* * *

I ['predʒədəs, 'predʒʊdɪs]
noun
1) u c (biased opinion) prejuicio m

her lack of prejudice — su falta de prejuicios

2) u (injury, harm) (frml) perjuicio m

without prejudice to your claim — sin perjuicio de su derecho

to the prejudice of something/somebody — en perjuicio or en detrimento de algo/alguien


II
transitive verb
1) (influence) predisponer*

to prejudice something/somebody against/in favor of something/somebody — predisponer* algo/a alguien en contra/a favor de algo/alguien

2) (harm) \<\<case/claim\>\> perjudicar*

English-spanish dictionary. 2013.

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