Both prepositions mean «debajo de», but under is used to
indicate direct vertical relationship or contiguity:
under
the table debajo
de la mesa
under the sheets debajo
de las sábanas
or movement:
He
tried to crawl under the wire fence Trató
de arrastrarse por debajo de la alambrada
whereas below indicates a lower level:
the
valley below the hill el
valle debajo de la colina
Other meanings of below
«por debajo de» (inferiority, lower rank):
I’m afraid
your work is below average Me temo
que tu trabajo está por debajo de la media
A sergeant
in the police force is below an inspector Un
sargento del cuerpo de policía está
por debajo de un inspector
— «por debajo de, bajo, menos de» (less
amount, age, temperature):
below £ 5 menos
de £ 5
below the
age of fifteen menos
de 15 años de edad
below zero por
debajo de cero/bajo cero
Other meanings of under
- «menos de» (time):
It’ll
take you under an hour to finish it Te
llevará menos de una hora terminarlo
- «menos de» (amount, age, distance):
an
annual income of under £ 5000 unos
ingresos anuales inferiores a £ 5000
Nobody
under 18 is allowed to buy alcohol No se
permite comprar alcohol a los menores
de 18 años
It’s under
a mile from here to the British Museum Hay menos
de una milla de aquí al Museo
Británico
- «bajo» (government, control, etc):
under
Charles II bajo
(el reinado de) Carlos II
under new
management bajo
nueva dirección
She has
more than 30 people under her Ella
tiene a más de 30 personas a su mando/cargo
- «bajo, en» (heading):
If it’s
not under ‘wild flowers’, look under ‘tropical plants’ Si no
está en ‘flores silvestres’, mira/busca
en ‘plantas tropicales’
Other expressions
under (an)
anaesthetic bajo
los efectos de la anestesia
under age menor
de edad (cf of age ‘mayor de edad’)
under
arrest bajo
arresto
under
lock and key bajo
llave
under
oath bajo
juramento
under
pressure bajo
presión
under
repair en
reparación
under
separate cover por
correo aparte
under
suspicion bajo
sospecha
under the
circumstances dadas
las circunstancias
under the
name/pseudonym of bajo/con el
nombre/seudónimo de
under the weather indispuesto
under
way en
curso, haciéndose
EXERCISE
Insert the appropriate preposition in the gaps:
1.- The cat is .........the bed.
2.- The climbers stopped just one hundred meters ...... the top of the mountain.
3.- He was wearing a blue shirt ...... his sweater.
4.- Some parts of the city are ..... sea level.
5.- The whole village was ..... water
6.- Your son can't come into the bar because he is ...... age..
7.- You've got a stain ........ the pocket.
8.- There were ..... ten students in his class.
9.- Dad says that skirts must be ..... the knee.
10.- The army moved in ........ cover of darkness.
11.- In winter, temperatures dip to 20 degrees ........zero.
12.- They camped a few hundred feet ..... the summit.
13.- I wish I'd met him ...... different circumstances.
14.- Tom's spelling is well ........ average.
KEY
1.- under; 2.- below; 3.- under; 4.- below; 5.- under; 6.- under; 7.- below; 8.- under; 9.- below; 10.- under; 11.- below; 12.- below; 13.- under; 14.- below.
Insert the appropriate preposition in the gaps:
1.- The cat is .........the bed.
2.- The climbers stopped just one hundred meters ...... the top of the mountain.
3.- He was wearing a blue shirt ...... his sweater.
4.- Some parts of the city are ..... sea level.
5.- The whole village was ..... water
6.- Your son can't come into the bar because he is ...... age..
7.- You've got a stain ........ the pocket.
8.- There were ..... ten students in his class.
9.- Dad says that skirts must be ..... the knee.
10.- The army moved in ........ cover of darkness.
11.- In winter, temperatures dip to 20 degrees ........zero.
12.- They camped a few hundred feet ..... the summit.
13.- I wish I'd met him ...... different circumstances.
14.- Tom's spelling is well ........ average.
KEY
1.- under; 2.- below; 3.- under; 4.- below; 5.- under; 6.- under; 7.- below; 8.- under; 9.- below; 10.- under; 11.- below; 12.- below; 13.- under; 14.- below.
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