comité de nominaciones
/komite de nominaθjones/from spelling rules
The English phrase "nominating committee" is translated into Spanish as comité de nominaciones.
What does it mean word for word?
The phrase is composed of comité (committee), de (of) and nominaciones (nominations).
How does it change in a sentence?
To make the phrase plural, comités de nominaciones, the noun comité changes to comités while the noun nominaciones remains plural.
Did you know?
- The word comité was actually borrowed into Spanish from French, which had previously borrowed it from the English word 'committee'.
- In some Spanish-speaking countries, the process of a comité de nominaciones may involve a 'voto de confianza', a specific type of confidence vote not always used in English nominations.
- In Spanish administrative culture, a comité often has more advisory power than a decision-making power, unlike some English-speaking corporate structures.
Examples in context
- La comisión de nominaciones evaluará a los candidatos y seleccionará al mejor para el puesto.The nominating committee will evaluate the candidates and select the best one for the position.
- ¿Quiénes forman parte de la junta de nominaciones de este año?Who are the members of this year's nominating committee?
- El comité de nominaciones presenta la lista hoy.The nominating committee presents the list today.
- ¿Quiénes forman parte del comité de nominaciones?Who is part of the nominating committee?
- Necesitamos un nuevo comité de nominaciones para el club.We need a new nominating committee for the club.
Example conversation
Javier and Lucía are discussing the upcoming association elections.
- JavierLucía, ¿ya sabes quién es la presidenta del comité de nominaciones?Lucía, do you already know who the chair of the nominating committee is?
- LucíaNo, Javier, todavía no han anunciado al comité de nominaciones.No, Javier, they haven't announced the nominating committee yet.
- JavierEspero que el comité de nominaciones trabaje rápido.I hope the nominating committee works quickly.
- LucíaYo también, porque las elecciones son muy pronto.Me too, because the elections are very soon.
Sources
- IPA marked “from spelling rules” is derived from standard Spanish spelling, where Wiktionary gives none.
- Word origins: Wiktionary entries comité, de, CC BY-SA 4.0.
