subject Significado & definición

Significado de subject en español

• 0 an area of knowledge studied at school or university -- asignatura, materia

  • Chemistry is my favourite subject.

• 1 what someone is writing or talking about -- tema

  • The subject of the programme was mental health.

• 2 in grammar, the person or thing that does the action described by a verb. In the sentence ‘Bob phoned me yesterday’, ‘Bob’ is the subject. -- sujeto

• 3 someone who is from a particular country -- ciudadano, -a

  • a British subject

• 4 an idea that sb discusses or writes about -- tema [ masculine ]

  • The subject of my paper is late 19th century French painting. El tema de mi trabajo es la pintura francesa de finales del siglo XIX.

  • a conversation on the subject of teenage drinking una conversación sobre el tema del consumo de alcohol entre adolescentes

• 5 a topic sb learns about at school, college, etc. -- asignatura [ feminine ]

  • Math is his favorite subject. Las matemáticas son su asignatura favorita.

• 6 a person being studied -- sujeto [ masculine-feminine ]

  • There were 32 subjects in the first test. Hubo 32 sujetos en la primera prueba.

• 7 sb or sth that is the focus of a work of art -- sujeto [ masculine-feminine ]

  • the subject of the photograph el sujeto de la fotografia

• 8 in grammar, the person, place, or thing that does the action of the verb in a sentence -- sujeto [ masculine ]

  • Identify the subject of the sentence. Identifica el sujeto de la oración.

• 9 affected or controlled by -- sujeto/ta a

  • Small businesses are subject to monthly inspections. Las pequeñas empresas están sujetas a inspecciones mensuales.

  • Boaters are subject to drunk driving laws. Los navegantes están sujetos a las leyes de conducción bajo los efectos del alcohol.

  • We will start next week, subject to the board’s approval. Comenzaremos la próxima semana, dependiendo de la aprobación de la junta.

• 10 to force sb to do or experience sth -- someter

  • prisoners subjected to horrible torture prisioneros sometidos a horribles torturas