At this rate of growth, she is going to be six feet tall when she's a teenager.A esta tasa de crecimiento, va a medir seis pies cuando llegue a la adolescencia.
Felipe had a growth removed from his back.A Felipe le quitaron un tumor de la espalda.
5.(vello facial)
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Una frase idiomatica cuyo significado no es deducible si se traduce palabra por palabra.
sin traducción directa
He thought he looked good with two days' growth on his face, but he looked ridiculous.Pensó que lucía bien con una barba de dos días, pero se veía ridículo.
I usually keep about two weeks' growth of a beard.Normalmente mantengo una barba de dos semanas.
How long does it take after a forest fire for new growth to appear?¿Cuánto tiempo toma después de un incendio forestal para que aparezcan nuevos brotes?
malnutrition stunts growththe drug had caused decreased sex drive, unusual growth of body hair, and varied effects of his vocal chordsacid mists have damaged leaves and slowed plant growthto reach [full] growth
the growth in demand has been phenomenalthere is usually an immediate growth in productivity of 20 30 per centthey're able to maintain an almost constant growth in saleswe cannot account for it's increase in popularity
population growthcrecimiento (m) demográfico
the government sought to limit population growthhis music experienced a tremendous growth in popularity in the fifties
the pine tree was putting out new growthel pino estaba echando brotes nuevos
the exuberance of plant growth may produce overcrowdinga long, low, sandy sea island, almost denuded of growth, save a few palmetto trees
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with three days' growth on his facecon barba de tres días
6(Med)tumor (m)
I have cancer. They operated. But the growth is malignant
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growth area (n)(Economics)[of country]polo (m) de desarrollo;[of industry]sector (m) en crecimiento or expansión
Communication is a growth area, creative writing perhaps is notReal estate lending has become the biggest growth area for American banks
growth hormone (n)hormona (f) del crecimiento
some athletes are using human growth hormone with, or instead of, steroidsthe use of illegal growth hormones to treat animals where they are unaware that they are due for slaughter is an area of concern1,700 youngsters who underwent courses of growth hormone treatment
growth industry (n)industria (f) en crecimiento or expansión
growth point (n)punto (m) de desarrollo
growth potential (n)potencial (m) de crecimiento
the shares are regarded as having excellent growth potential
