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modal

/ˈmoʊ.dəl/

Traducción: Relativo al modo o a la forma; en lingüística, describe verbos que expresan necesidad, posibilidad, permiso o capacidad., Sustantivo que designa un verbo auxiliar como 'can' o 'will', usado para expresar modalidad, incluyendo capacidad, permiso u obligación.

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adjective

C1formalcommontechnical/ˈmoʊ.dəl/

Relating to mode or form; in linguistics, describing verbs that express necessity, possibility, permission, or ability.

  • 🇪🇸Relativo al modo o a la forma; en lingüística, describe verbos que expresan necesidad, posibilidad, permiso o capacidad.
  1. Statistical mode C1 formal

    Relating to or representing the most frequent value in a set of data.

    • The modal value in this dataset is 25.
    • Modal analysis helps identify the most common outcome.
    • Researchers calculated the modal age of the participants.

    🇪🇸modal (estadística)

  2. Musical mode C1 formal

    Relating to a musical scale or mode, especially an ecclesiastical mode.

    • The piece is written in a modal style, using the Dorian mode.
    • Modal music was common in medieval church compositions.
    • The composer explored various modal harmonies.

    🇪🇸Modal (relativo al modo musical)

  3. Grammatical mood B2 formal

    Relating to the mood of a verb, expressing necessity, possibility, permission, or obligation.

    • Modal verbs like 'can' and 'must' express ability and necessity.
    • The modal auxiliary 'should' indicates advice or obligation.
    • In English, modal verbs are used to modify the meaning of the main verb.

    🇪🇸modal (modo gramatical)

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noun

B2formalcommon/ˈməʊ.dəl/

A noun referring to an auxiliary verb, such as 'can' or 'will', that is used to express modality, including ability, permission, or obligation.

  • 🇪🇸Sustantivo que designa un verbo auxiliar como 'can' o 'will', usado para expresar modalidad, incluyendo capacidad, permiso u obligación.
  1. Modal verb B2 formal

    An auxiliary verb that expresses necessity, possibility, permission, or ability, such as 'can', 'will', 'must', or 'should'.

    • In English, 'can' is a modal used to express ability.
    • You must use a modal verb to make polite requests.
    • The teacher explained how modals change the meaning of a sentence.

    🇪🇸Verbo modal

  • modals plural form
  • modals' possessive plural form
  • modal's possessive singular form