principal

principal
'prinsəpəl
1. adjective
(most important: Shipbuilding was one of Britain's principal industries.) principal

2. noun
1) (the head of a school, college or university.) director
2) (a leading actor, singer or dancer in a theatrical production.) protagonista
3) (the amount of money in a bank etc on which interest is paid.) capital
•
principal1 adj principal / más importante
the country's principal export el principal artículo de exportación del país
principal2 n director
the college principal el director del colegio


principal adjetivo main; ‹papel› leading (before n);
◊ lo principal es que… the main thing is that…

principal adjetivo main, principal 'principal' also found in these entries: Spanish: central - constreñir - dirección - director - directora - eclipsar - maestra - maestro - mayor - nudo - puerta - requerir - sita - sito - soler - subdirector - subdirectora - mayordomo - mayoritario - plato - portón - protagonista English: already - anchor - attraction - averse - bed - body - bomb - bread-and-butter - by - central - chief - dash - deputy - dinner - do - enjoy - flagship - foremost - head - high - high road - imagine - irony - lead - lead off from - lead story - leading - leading lady - leading man - main - mainland - mainstay - master - mind - objective - on - opposed - premier - primary - prime - principal - road - runaway - title role - trunk road - upstage - course - limb - major - rat
principal
tr['prɪnsɪpəl]
adjective
1 principal
noun
1 SMALLEDUCATION/SMALL director,-ra
2 SMALLTHEATRE/SMALL protagonista nombre masulino o femenino, primera figura
3 SMALLFINANCE/SMALL capital nombre masculino, principal nombre masculino
4 SMALLLAW/SMALL autor,-ra
\
SMALLIDIOMATIC EXPRESSION/SMALL
principal boy SMALLTHEATRE/SMALL actriz que representa el papel del protagonista principal masculino
principal ['prɪntsəpəl] adj
: principal
♦ principally adv
principal n
1) protagonist: protagonista mf
2) : director m, -tora f (de una escuela)
3) capital: principal m, capital m (en finanzas)
principal (School)
n.
• director (Centro de enseñanza) s.m.
adj.
• capital adj.
• granado, -a adj.
• maestro, -a adj.
• máximo, -a adj.
• principal adj.
• rector adj.
n.
• capital s.m.
• causante s.m.
• jefe s.m.
• principal s.m.
• rector s.m.

I 'prɪnsəpəl
adjective (before n) principal

II
noun
1) (of school) director, -tora m,f; (of university) rector, -tora m,f
2)
a) (Theat) protagonista mf
b) (Mus) (leader) primer violín mf
3) (Fin) capital m, principal m
['prɪnsɪpǝl]
1. ADJ
1) [reason, cause, source] principal

our principal concern is the well-being of our children — nuestra mayor or principal preocupación es el bienestar de nuestros hijos

2) (Mus) primero
3) (Econ)

principal amount — capital m principal, principal m

2. N
1) [of school, college] director(a) m / f ; (Univ) rector(a) m / f
2) (Theat) protagonista mf principal
3) (Mus) primer(a) instrumentista mf
4) (Econ) capital m , principal m

principal and interest — el principal y los intereses

3.
CPD

principal boy N — (Brit) (Theat) joven héroe m (papel de actriz en la "pantomime" navideña)

See:
see cultural note PANTOMIME in pantomime
* * *

I ['prɪnsəpəl]
adjective (before n) principal

II
noun
1) (of school) director, -tora m,f; (of university) rector, -tora m,f
2)
a) (Theat) protagonista mf
b) (Mus) (leader) primer violín mf
3) (Fin) capital m, principal m

English-spanish dictionary. 2013.

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