1 (physical) [+goods, needs, comforts, benefits, damage] material to do sth for material gain hacer algo para obtener un beneficio material; material possessions bienes (m) materiales; the material world el mundo físico
3 (Jur) (relevant) [+fact] pertinente; [+witness] primordial; principal material evidence pruebas (f) sustanciales; to be material to sth ser pertinente a algo
he was withholding information material to a federal case a quarter or a half per cent off global growth is not material to the world economy