chunk
BrE /tʃʌŋk/ AmE /tʃʌŋk/
noun en → es
a large piece of something, especially food or wood
trozo, pedazo, porción
- a chunk of something
Collocations chunk of bread · chunk of meat
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He took a big chunk out of the cake.
Sacó un gran trozo del pastel.
a piece of information or data that is stored in a computer system
bloque de datos, segmento
- chunk of data
Collocations data chunk · memory chunk
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The computer processes each chunk of data separately.
El ordenador procesa cada bloque de datos por separado.
a group or part of a larger organization, such as a company or political party
sección, grupo, unidad
- chunk of something
Collocations chunk of the workforce · chunk of the market
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The company's sales have increased in a particular chunk of the market.
Las ventas de la empresa han aumentado en una parte específica del mercado.
a period or length of time, especially a long one
período, tiempo, etapa
- chunk of time
Collocations chunk of the day · chunk of the year
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She spent a chunk of her life in Africa.
Pasó una parte significativa de su vida en África.
a short piece or section of music, especially one that is repeated several times in a song
sección musical, frase, riff
- chunk of music
Collocations chunk of the chorus · chunk of the verse
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The band plays a chunk of their new album.
La banda toca una parte de su nuevo álbum.
a short piece or section of text, especially one that is used in language learning materials
fragmento, texto, pasaje
- chunk of text
Collocations chunk of the article · chunk of the book
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The teacher gave us a chunk of the chapter to read.
El profesor nos dio un fragmento del capítulo para leer.
a piece of computer code or software that can be used separately from other parts of a program
módulo, componente, paquete
- chunk of code
Collocations chunk of the system · chunk of the application
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The programmer added a chunk of new code to the program.
El programador añadió un módulo de código nuevo al programa.
to be large or substantial in size, amount, or importance
ser grande, significativo, considerable
- chunk of something
Collocations chunk of the budget · chunk of the population
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The project took up a chunk of our time.
El proyecto ocupó una parte considerable de nuestro tiempo.