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Inglés		Español
proportion n	(ratio)	proporción nf
		radio nm
		relación nf
	What proportion of local residents are Latino?
	¿Qué proporción de los residentes locales son latinos?
proportion n	(relative amount)	proporción nf
	Try reducing the proportion of yeast in your recipe.
	Trata de reducir la proporción de levadura en tu receta.
proportion n	(portion, part of [sth])	proporción nf
		cuota nf
		parte nf
		ración nf
	We gained a larger proportion of the popular vote yesterday.
	Ganamos una amplia proporción de los votos populares ayer.

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Compound Forms:
Inglés		Español
blow [sth] out of proportion v expr	figurative, informal (overdramatize)	exagerar⇒ vtr
	Sure, it seems like a lot of snow, but don't blow it out of proportion -- we usually have several inches in April.
	Sí, parece bastante nieve pero tampoco es para exagerar. En abril es normal que se acumulen varias pulgadas.
	(figurado)	hacer una montaña de un grano de arena loc verb
	ⓘEsta oración no es una traducción de la original. Sí, es un problema, pero tampoco hay que hacer una montaña de un grano de arena.
		armar un escándalo loc verb
	ⓘEsta oración no es una traducción de la original. No vamos a armar un escándalo por una minucia como esta.
in proportion adj	(balanced)	en proporción loc adv
	It's a great painting but I'm not sure everything's in proportion.
	Es una gran pintura, pero no estoy seguro de que todo esté en proporción.
in proportion adv	(in a balanced way)	balanceado participio
		bien sopesado loc adj
	It's important to keep things in proportion when making a decision that will affect your future.
	Es importante tener todo balanceado cuando tomas decisiones que afectarán tu futuro.
out of proportion adj	(excessively large)	desproporcionado/a adj
		exagerado/a adj
	What a huge hairdo for such a small woman! It's out of proportion.
	¡Qué peinado enorme para una mujer tan pequeña! Es desproporcionado.
out of proportion with [sth] adj + prep	(excessively large)	desproporcionado con respecto a adj + loc prep
	In children's drawings of people, the head is usually out of all proportion with the rest of the body.
	En los dibujos de los niños, la cabeza suele estar bastante desproporcionada con respecto al resto del cuerpo.
		desproporcionado con respecto a adj + loc prep
		exageradamente grande para loc adj
	En los dibujos de los niños, la cabeza suele ser desproporcionada con respecto al resto del cuerpo.
	En los dibujos de los niños, la cabeza suele ser exageradamente grande para el resto del cuerpo.
out of proportion, out of all proportion adj	figurative (exaggerated, excessive)	exagerado/a adj
		desproporcionado/a adj
out of proportion to [sth], out of all proportion to [sth] adj + prep	figurative (exaggerated, excessive)	desproporcionado adj
		exagerado adj
	Your anger is out of proportion to the insult.
	Tu enojo es desproporcionado en relación al insulto.

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'proportion' aparece también en las siguientes entradas:

In the English description:

according to - direct - disproportional - disproportionate - fineness - incommensurate - percent - percentage - proportional - proportionally - proportionate - relative - scale drawing - sex ratio - to scale - well balanced

Spanish:

proporción - cuantía - desproporcionado - inflar - proporcional - desmedido - hacer una montaña de un grano de arena - sacar de quicio - en la medida en que - en proporción a - agigantar - desproporción - proporcionadamente - desproporcionar - desorbitar - magnificar

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Synonyms: portion, share, part, cut, slice, more...

Forum discussions with the word(s) "proportion" in the title:

a low proportion
a proportion of
approximate proportion to dose - medical
benefits still make up a higher proportion of social wefare
blow out of proportion
Blow out of proportion
blow things out of proportion
blown out of proportion
call on a proportion
canon = proportion of body?
Due proportion
exceedance proportion tests
for only such proportion as the amount - financial
get out of proportion/take out of proportion
in direct proportion /in inverse proportion - financial
in proportion as we love
in that proportion to
miriam tought the whole paper on the bed incident was blown out of proportion
out of all proportion to its size
out of proportion
Potent in the proportion of seven fights to a drink
proportion its available head over the longest circuit
proportion of / quantity of - grammar
Proportion of fixed term and open term contracts
proportion, ratio
put in proportion
rateable proportion - legal
ratio and proportion
Set up a proportion
shall be liable only for his own share of his Syndicate's proportion - legal
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