riesgo

/ˈrjesɡo/, [ˈrjez.ɣ̞o]

risk


Examples
  • Corramos ese riesgo.

    Let's take that chance.

  • Ella puso en riesgo su vida para salvar a un niño de ahogarse.

    She saved the drowning child at the risk of her own life.

  • No quiero correr el riesgo de perderlo.

    I don't want to risk losing it.

  • Esos trajes verdes son trajes especiales para reducir el riesgo de contaminación biológica.

    Those green suits are special suits for reducing the risk of biological contamination.

  • Su estilo (si se puede llamar así) usaba excesivamente (aunque corro el riesgo de hipocresía) los paréntesis (disculpen por el juego de palabras).

    His style (if you were to call it that) was excessively (though I run the risk of hypocrisy) parenthetical (pardon the pun).

  • Este símbolo tiene la finalidad de advertir al usuario sobre la existencia de un "voltaje peligroso" sin aislamiento dentro del producto que puede ser de suficiente magnitud para constituir un riesgo de descarga eléctrica para las personas.

    This symbol is intended to alert the user to the presence of uninsulated "dangerous voltage" within the product's enclosure that may be of sufficient magnitude to constitute a risk of electric shock to persons.

  • Tomé el riesgo de aconsejarla.

    I ran a risk of advising her.

  • Los que fueron obesos durante más de 15 años tienen 3 veces más riesgo de mortalidad que los que nunca fueron obesos.

    People who were obese at 15 years of age or over have a three times higher risk of mortality than those who'd never been obese.

  • Atención: riesgo de descarga eléctrica. No abrir.

    Caution: risk of electric shock. Do not open.

  • Tom tomó un gran riesgo.

    Tom took a big risk.

  • ¿Hay algún riesgo de ser atrapado por la policía?

    Is there any risk of being caught by the police?

  • Cuando una nación persigue un arma nuclear, el riesgo de ataques nucleares aumenta para todas las naciones.

    When one nation pursues a nuclear weapon, the risk of nuclear attack rises for all nations.


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