acción

/akˈθjon/, [akˈθjõn]

action


Noun acción f (plural acciones)

  1. action, act, deed (something done)
  2. action (way of motion or functioning)
  3. action (fast-paced activity)
  4. (military) combat, action
  5. (law) general legal action; lawsuit
  6. share (financial instrument)

Interjection acción

  1. action (demanding the start of something)

Source: Wiktionary available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License


Examples
  • Fue una acción miserable.

    It was a contemptible thing to do.

  • Luces, cámara y acción.

    Lights, camera, action!

  • Por una vez en mi vida hago una buena acción... y no sirve de nada.

    For once in my life I'm doing a good deed... And it is useless.

  • Él enfatizó la necesidad de una acción inmediata.

    He put emphasis on the necessity for immediate action.

  • A Tom le gusta acercarse a la acción.

    Tom likes to get close to the action.

  • Thomas es un hombre de acción.

    Thomas is a man of action.

  • Su plan fue puesto en acción.

    His plan was put into action.

  • El día de Acción de Gracias en Canadá y el de Colón en EE. UU. coinciden, por lo que los hablantes de esperanto de ambos países aprovechan la oportunidad para tener un encuentro internacional.

    Canadian Thanksgiving Day and Columbus Day in the USA coincide, so Esperanto speakers from both countries take this opportunity to have an international meeting.

  • El "sujeto" es la persona u objeto que lleva a cabo la acción de la frase. Pasado a Japonés sería la parte que acaba en "wa" o "ga".

    The "subject" is the person or object to carry out the action in the sentence. Transformed to Japanese it would be the part that end in "wa" or "ga".

  • La bondad es abstracta, una buena acción es concreta.

    Benevolence is abstract, a good deed is concrete.

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