casualty

casualty
'kæʒuəlti
plural - casualties; noun
(a person who is wounded or killed in a battle, accident etc: There were hundreds of casualties when the factory went on fire.) baja, víctima
casualty n baja / herido
there were many casualties hubo muchos heridos
El plural de casualty se escribe casualties
casualty
tr['kæʒjʊəltɪ]
noun (pl casualties)
1 SMALLMILITARY/SMALL baja
2 (of accident) herido,-a
3 figurative use víctima
plural noun casualties
1 pérdidas nombre femenino plural
\
SMALLIDIOMATIC EXPRESSION/SMALL
casualty department departamento de traumatología
casualty ['kæʒʊəlti, 'kæʒəl-] n, pl -ties
1) accident: accidente m serio, desastre m
2) victim: víctima f ; baja f ; herido m , -da f
casualty
n.
• accidentado s.m.
• accidente s.m.
• baja s.f.
kæʒuəlti
noun (pl -ties)
1) (injured person) herido, -da m,f; (dead person) víctima f; (Mil) baja f
2) (hospital department) (BrE) (no art) urgencias fpl
['kæʒjʊǝltɪ]
1. N
1) (Mil) (dead) baja f ; (wounded) herido(-a) m / f

there were heavy casualties — hubo muchas bajas

2) (in accident) (dead) víctima f ; (wounded) herido(-a) m / f

Casualty — (=hospital department) Urgencias

fortunately there were no casualties — por fortuna no hubo víctimas or heridos

3) (fig)

a casualty of modern society — una víctima de la sociedad moderna

2.
CPD

casualty department N — (servicio m de) urgencias fpl

casualty list N — (Mil) lista f de bajas; (in accident) lista f de víctimas

casualty ward N — sala f de urgencias

* * *
[kæʒuəlti]
noun (pl -ties)
1) (injured person) herido, -da m,f; (dead person) víctima f; (Mil) baja f
2) (hospital department) (BrE) (no art) urgencias fpl

English-spanish dictionary. 2013.

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