Definición de personal

Frecuencia de uso de la palabra

personal

(pɜːʳsənəl )

1. adjetivo [ADJECTIVE noun]

A personal opinion, quality, or thing belongs or relates to one particular person rather than to other people.

He learned this lesson the hard way–from his own personal experience.

That's my personal opinion.

...books, furniture, and other personal belongings.

The President arrived, followed by his personal bodyguard.

...an estimated personal fortune of almost seventy million dollars.

Sinónimos:own, special, private, individual Más sinónimos de personal

2. adjetivo [usually ADJECTIVE noun]

If you give something your personal care or attention, you deal with it yourself rather than letting someone else deal with it.

...a business that requires a great deal of personal contact.

...a personal letter from the President's secretary.

People do not mind paying a bit extra for the personal touch.

3. adjetivo

Personal matters relate to your feelings, relationships, and health.

...teaching young people about marriage and personal relationships.

You never allow personal problems to affect your performance.

We sacrifice our personal lives to our work.

Mr Knight said that he had resigned for personal reasons.

4. adjetivo

Personal comments refer to someone's appearance or character in an offensive way.

Newspapers resorted to personal abuse.

Myra was attacking something I'd written, and her attack got a little personal.

5. adjetivo [ADJECTIVE noun]

Personal care involves looking after your body and appearance.

...people who take time and care over personal hygiene.

6. adjetivo

A personal relationship is one that is not connected with your job or public life.

He was a personal friend whom I've known for many years.

What began as a professional relationship became a personal one pretty quickly.

7. See also personals

Más sinónimos de personal

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Frecuencia de uso de la palabra

personal in American

(ˈpɜrsənəl ; pʉrˈsənəl)

adjetivo

of or peculiar to a certain person; private; individual

done in person or by oneself without the use of another person or outside agency

a personal interview

involving persons or human beings

personal relationships

of the person, body, or physical appearance

personal hygiene

having to do with the character, personality, intimate affairs, conduct, etc. of a certain person

a personal remark

tending to make personal, esp. derogatory, remarks

to get personal in an argument

of, like, or having the nature of a person, or rational, self-conscious being

7. Grammar

indicating grammatical person

personal pronouns, personal endings of verbs in Greek and other highly inflected languages

8. Law

of or constituting personal property

sustantivo

9. US

a local news item about a person or persons

10. US

a short, personal communication placed as in a newspaper

a classified advertisement placed for the purpose of seeking someone to date or have a personal relationship with

c. [pl.]

a section of such advertisements, as in a newspaper

Origen de la palabra personal

OFr < L personalis

Frecuencia de uso de la palabra

personal in British

(ˈpɜːsənəl )

adjetivo

of or relating to the private aspects of a person's life

personal letters

a personal question

2. (prenominal)

of or relating to a person's body, its care, or its appearance

personal hygiene

great personal beauty

belonging to or intended for a particular person and no-one else

as a personal favour

for your personal use

4. (prenominal)

undertaken by an individual himself or herself

a personal appearance by a celebrity

referring to, concerning, or involving a person's individual personality, intimate affairs, etc, esp in an offensive way

personal remarks

don't be so personal

having the attributes of an individual conscious being

a personal God

of or arising from the personality

personal magnetism

of, relating to, or denoting grammatical person

9. law

of or relating to movable property, such as money

Compare real1 (sense 8)

sustantivo

10. law

an item of movable property

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