age Significado & definición

Significado de age en español

• 0 the number of years that someone has lived, or that something has existed -- edad

  • Mozart died at the age of 35.

  • a child under/over the age of five

  • Some trees live to a great age.

  • Their son is your age (= as old as you are).

• 1 a period of history -- edad

  • the Ice Age

• 2 the state of being old -- edad

  • Some wines improve with age.

• 3 a very long time -- siglos

  • I’ve been waiting here for ages.

• 4 to become older or to make someone seem older -- (hacer) envejecer

  • Dad has aged a lot recently.

• 5 the number of years sb or sth has lived or existed -- edad [ feminine ]

  • died at the age of 88 murió a los 88 años de edad

  • starting school at age 4 empezar la escuela a los 4 años de edad

  • children of all ages niños de todas las edades

  • determining the age of the dinosaur bones determinar la edad de los huesos de dinosaurio.

  • She’s tall for her age. Ella es alta para su edad.

  • children in the 1-4 age group niños en el grupo de edad de 1-4

  • the age limit for drinking alcohol el límite de edad para beber alcohol

• 6 time in life when you can do sth -- edad [ feminine ]

  • young people who have reached voting age jóvenes que han alcanzado la edad de votar

• 7 period of history -- edad [ feminine ]

  • the Golden Age of Ancient Greece la edad de oro de la antigua Grecia

  • in this age of mobile electronics en esta era de la electrónica móvil

• 8 to become or look older -- envejecer

  • She had aged noticeably since then. Ella había envejecido notablemente desde entonces.

  • as the population ages a medida que la población envejece