herencia

/eˈɾenθja/, [eˈɾẽn̟.θja]

inheritance


Noun herencia f (plural herencias)

  1. heredity, inheritance

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Examples
  • Los hermanos se están peleando con uñas y dientes por la herencia que su padre les dejó en su testamento.

    The siblings are fighting tooth and nail over the estate their father left them in his will.

  • Ella reclama la herencia.

    She claims the inheritance.

  • Las leyes de herencia suelen ser complejas.

    Usually, inheritance laws are complex.

  • Él despilfarró su herencia en copete y mujeres fáciles.

    He pissed away his inheritance on booze and loose women.

  • Su herencia le dio una riqueza suficiente para satisfacer todas sus necesidades y caprichos.

    Her inheritance gave her a purse adequate to satisfy all her needs and wants.

  • Ellas defienden sus errores como si estuvieran defendiendo su herencia.

    They defend their errors as if they were defending their inheritance.

  • Juntos, podemos componer nuestro sistema migratorio descompuesto de manera que le haga honor a nuestra herencia tanto como nación de leyes que como nación de inmigrantes.

    Together we can build a fair, effective and common sense immigration system that lives up to our heritage as a nation of laws and a nation of immigrants.

  • Él recibió una herencia al morir su padre.

    He came into a fortune when his father died.

  • En Kabuki no solo cuenta el talento sino también la herencia.

    In Kabuki, not only talent, but also heredity counts.

  • No, no estás enamorado; pues lo que tú llamas amor es solo una creación psicosocial para hacer que la gente ignore su herencia animal.

    No, you aren't in love, for what you call love is just a psychosocial construct to make people ignore their animalic heritance.

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