son

S1 W1

BrE /sɒn/ AmE /sɑːn/

noun en → es

1 CHILD A1

a boy child; a male offspring of someone's parents

hijo, varón

Collocations young son · only son

  • He has two sons and a daughter.

    Tiene dos hijos varones y una hija.

2 NOISE A1

the sound made by something, especially when it is mechanical or electronic

ruido, sonido

Collocations loud son · strange son

  • The machine made a strange son.

    La máquina hizo un ruido extraño.

3 PLURAL A1

used to show that the subject of a sentence is more than one person or thing

son, son los/los son las

  • T + verb + T
  • Those are my sons.

    Eso son mis hijos.

4 TIME A2

used to show the time of day or night when something happens

es la hora de, es el momento de

  • it is T + verb
  • It's seven o'clock.

    Son las siete.

5 MUSIC B1

a note in music; a sound made by singing or playing an instrument

nota, sonido musical

Collocations high son · low son

  • The song starts with a high son.

    La canción empieza con una nota alta.

6 ECHO B2

the sound that is produced when something makes an echo; the sound of a word or phrase repeated after it has been said

eco, repetición de sonido

Collocations loud son · soft son

  • The sound of the bell had a long son.

    El sonido de la campana tuvo un eco largo.

7 SOUND EFFECT C1

an artificial sound used in films, television programmes or computer games to make them more realistic

efecto de sonido

Collocations sound effect · special son

  • The film uses lots of sound effects.

    La película usa muchos efectos de sonido.

8 MATH C1

the result of multiplying a number by itself; the square root of this is the original number

cuadrado, resultado de multiplicar un número por sí mismo

Collocations square son

  • The square of 4 is 16.

    El cuadrado de 4 es 16.