| Principal Translations |
WordReference English-Spanish Dictionary © 2026:
| circuit n | (electric circuit) (eléctrico) | circuito nm |
| | The entire house is wired on one circuit. |
| | Toda la casa está conectada a un único circuito. |
| circuit n | (racetrack) (de carreras) | circuito nm |
| | | pista nf |
| | You can hear the cars from the circuit ten miles away. |
| | Puedes escuchar los autos en el circuito desde diez kilómetros a la redonda. |
| circuit n | (sports: lap) | vuelta nf |
| | He set a record speed for one circuit. |
| | Batió el récord de velocidad para una vuelta. |
| Compound Forms: |
WordReference English-Spanish Dictionary © 2026:
| CCTV n | initialism (closed-circuit television) | circuito cerrado de televisión loc nom m |
| | | videovigilancia nf |
| | The robbery was captured on the bank's CCTV. |
| circuit board n | (electrical component) (electrónica) | placa base, placa madre loc nom f |
| | | placa de circuito loc nom f |
| circuit breaker n | (electrical device) | disyuntor nm |
| | | interruptor nm |
| | A loose connection kept causing the circuit breaker to trip. |
| | Una conexión suelta hacía que saltara el disyuntor. |
| circuit breaker n | figurative, US (tax relief) | desgravación nf |
| | The circuit breaker meant the elderly lady had enough money to visit her kids. |
| circuit breaker n | figurative (strict measures to reduce infection) | restricciones nfpl |
| | | cierre nm |
| circuit court n | US (court: several locations) | juzgado nm |
| | | corte de circuito, tribunal de circuito loc nom f, loc nom m |
| circuit court of appeals n | US (law court in US system) | tribunal del circuito de apelaciones loc nom m |
| circuit judge n | (law: oversees specific locations) | juez de circuito loc nom m |
| circuit training n | (athletic exercise) | entrenamiento en circuito loc nom m |
| | | circuito nm |
| | Circuit training is effective for building aerobic endurance and burning fat, but not so much so for adding muscle. |
| | El entrenamiento en circuito es efectivo para la resistencia aeróbica y para quemar grasa, pero no mucho para ganar músculos. |
| | | circuito de entrenamiento grupo nom |
| | ⓘEsta oración no es una traducción de la original. La milicia utiliza circuitos de entrenamiento con diferentes obstáculos para sus soldados. |
| circuit-breaker n as adj | figurative (strict measures to reduce infection) | para romper la cadena de contagios loc adj |
| | The government announced a two-week circuit-breaker lockdown. |
| closed circuit n | (electronics) | circuito cerrado loc nom m |
closed circuit,
closed-circuit n as adj | (TV, electronics) | de circuito cerrado loc adj |
| Note: A hyphen is usually used when the adjective precedes the noun. |
| closed-circuit television n | (monitoring system) | circuito cerrado de televisión loc nom m |
| | The thief was caught stealing the car on closed-circuit television. |
| | ⓘEsta oración no es una traducción de la original. Los ladrones fueron capturados gracias a que la tienda tenía circuito cerrado de televisión. |
| complete circuit n | (sport: full lap) | vuelta nf |
| complete circuit n | (electricity: unbroken connection) (electricidad) | circuito eléctrico nm |
electric circuit,
electrical circuit n | (path of a current) | circuito eléctrico nm |
| federal judicial circuit n | (law: federal courts) | división judicial federal grupo nom |
| | | distrito judicial federal grupo nom |
| integrated circuit n | (electronics) | circuito integrado nm + adj |
| | (informal) | microchip, chip nm |
| judicial circuit n | (court serving a local jurisdiction) | circuito judicial nm + adj mf |
| open circuit n as adj | (electronics: voltage) (electrónica) | circuito abierto loc nom m |
| printed circuit n | (type of electronic circuit) | circuito impreso loc nom m |
| short circuit n | (electrical malfunction) | cortocircuito nm |
| short-circuit⇒ vi | (malfunction electrically) | provocar un cortocircuito loc verb |
| | | hacer un cortocircuito loc verb |
| short-circuit [sth]⇒ vtr | (cause to malfunction electrically) | hacer cortocircuito en loc verb |
| | | cortocircuitar⇒ vtr |
| | The flooding in the basement short-circuited the freezer. |
| | La inundación en el sótano hizo cortocircuito en el freezer. |
| short-circuit [sth] vtr | US, figurative (impede, thwart) | arruinar⇒ vtr |
| | Bad weather short-circuited our plans for a picnic. |
| | El mal tiempo arruinó nuestros planes de un picnic. |
| short-circuit [sth] vtr | figurative (procedure: not follow) (procedimiento) | saltar⇒ vtr |
| | The construction company put pressure on the council to short-circuit the planning permission process. |
| | La compañía constructora presionó al municipio para saltar los procedimientos de licencias. |