Spanish Conversation · Level 73
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Spanish word
balance
Pronunciation
IPA/baˈlanθe/
Meaning
- masculine nounbalance
Example
Necesitas un balance para mantener la salud.
You need balance to preserve your health.
More examples
Busca un balance entre trabajo y vida personal.
Find a balance between work and personal life.
Core concept
Two scale pans balanced at the same level.
Common phrases
mantener el balance
keep one's balance
el balance entre trabajo y vida
balance between work and personal life
perder el balance
lose one's balance
lograr un balance
reach a balance
Similar words
equilibrio: Physical steadiness of a body or object that prevents wobbling or loss of posture.
estabilidad: Enduring steadiness of a system or situation that stays constant and resists change.
armonía: Arrangement of parts whose proportions and relations produce a pleasing, unified effect.
Definition in Spanish
Situación de igualdad o compensación entre fuerzas, cantidades o aspectos que evita el desequilibrio.
Word origin
The word comes from medieval Latin bilancia, ultimately from Latin bi- 'two' plus lanx 'plate', referring to the two pans of a scale.
Usage tips
- Masculine noun el balance, hacer un balance means to take stock or assess a situation while physical bodily balance is expressed with equilibrio.
Opposites
- desequilibrioimbalancenoun
- inestabilidadinstabilitynoun
Related words
- balancearbalanceverb
- balanceadobalancedadjective