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▾ dictionary english-spanish, assignment noun ( plural: assignments ) —, asignación f ( plural: asignaciones f ), tarea f ( plural: tareas f ), assign (~ sb. , ~ sb. sth. ) verb ( assigned , assigned ) —, designar a algn. v, assign sth. to sb. verb —, asignar algo a algn. v, transferir algo a algn. v, purported assignment n —, random assignment n —, project assignment n —, temporary assignment n —, class assignment n —, wage assignment n —, assignment of interest n —, professional assignment n —, seat assignment n —, first assignment n —, material assignment n —, assignment conditions pl —, address assignment n —, partial assignment n —, assignment overview n —, clear assignment n —, assignment of roles n —, channel assignment n —, particular assignment n —, variable assignment n —, key assignment n —, contract assignment n —, assign resources v —, assign n —, ▾ external sources (not reviewed).

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What is the translation of "assignment" in Spanish?

"assignment" in spanish, assignment {noun}.

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assignable {adj.}

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assigns {pl}

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• appointment
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• • The students were given a homework assignment .
• • The reporter's assignment is to interview the candidate.
• • The reporter is here on an assignment .
• • The reporter is here on assignment .
• • The article discusses the recent assignment of senators to some of the more powerful committees.
• • her assignment to the embassy in India
• • the computer's assignment of a number to each image
• • She asked if she could change her seating assignment .

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• Every available officer will be assigned to the investigation .
• The textbooks were assigned by the course director .
• Part of the group were assigned to clear land mines .
• Each trainee is assigned a mentor who will help them learn more about the job .
• We were assigned an interpreter for the duration of our stay .
• She was assigned to the Paris office .
• All the team were assigned to Poland.

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How to Say “Assignment” in Spanish: Formal and Informal Ways

Learning how to say “assignment” in Spanish can be useful when navigating various situations, whether you’re a student, a professional, or simply looking to expand your language skills. In this guide, we’ll explore the formal and informal ways of expressing “assignment” in Spanish, along with some regional variations. We’ll provide tips, examples, and explanations to help you grasp the nuances of the language. So, let’s dive in and enrich our vocabulary!

Formal Ways to Say “Assignment” in Spanish

When it comes to formal situations, such as business meetings or academic discussions, it’s essential to use the appropriate language. Here are some formal ways to say “assignment” in Spanish:

• Tarea – This is the most common and versatile word for “assignment” in formal Spanish. It can refer to both school assignments and professional tasks. For example, “I have a new assignment” translates to “Tengo una nueva tarea” in Spanish.
• Encargo – This term is generally used in professional contexts to refer to assignments, tasks, or responsibilities given to someone. For instance, “He handed me an important assignment” can be translated as “Me entregó un encargo importante.”
• Misión – When referring to a significant task or mission, “misión” can be an appropriate term. For example, “Completing this assignment is our mission” can be translated as “Completar esta misión es nuestra misión” in Spanish.

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In Spanish, the nouns “tarea,” “encargo,” and “misión” have gender, so you need to use the appropriate article and adjective form to match the noun’s gender. For instance, “a new assignment” is “una nueva tarea” (feminine) while “an important mission” is “una misión importante” (feminine as well).

Informal Ways to Say “Assignment” in Spanish

When speaking informally among friends, family, or in casual settings, expressions for “assignment” in Spanish become more colloquial. Below are a few informal alternatives:

• Tarea – While “tarea” was mentioned as a formal term, it is also commonly used in informal contexts. Consider using it during casual conversations, whether referring to a school assignment or a task. For instance, “I have so much homework to do” translates to “Tengo muchas tareas que hacer” in Spanish.
• Curro – This term is more regionally specific to Spain and is quite informal. It’s derived from “curro” meaning “work” and can be used to refer to assignments. An example of using this term is “I have a lot of curro to finish” which can be translated as “Tengo mucho curro por terminar” in Spanish.

Regional Variations

In regions throughout the Spanish-speaking world, different phrases or slang words may be used to refer to an “assignment.” While the formal and informal terms listed above are generally recognized in most Spanish-speaking countries, here’s a variation commonly heard in Latin America:

Deber – In some Latin American countries, “deber” is a commonly used verb that can mean “to owe” or “to have to.” It can also be used to convey the meaning of “assignment.” For example, “I have an assignment due tomorrow” can be translated as “Tengo un deber para mañana” in Spanish.

Examples Using Various Expressions

Let’s take a look at some examples that demonstrate the usage of the different expressions for “assignment” in Spanish:

• “Please complete the assignment by Friday.” = “Por favor, complete la tarea para el viernes.”
• “The manager assigned me an important task.” = “El gerente me asignó una tarea importante.”
• “As part of the project, each team member has specific assignments.” = “Como parte del proyecto, cada miembro del equipo tiene tareas específicas.”
• “I forgot to do my homework.” = “Olvidé hacer mi tarea.”
• “We have a group project to work on together.” = “Tenemos un trabajo en grupo para hacer juntos.”
• “Hey, can you help me with this task?” = “Oye, ¿me puedes ayudar con esta tarea?”

Regional Variation:

• “I owe you an assignment, I’ll send it to you tomorrow.” = “Te debo un deber, te lo enviaré mañana.”
• “We have a lot of ‘deberes’ for next week.” = “Tenemos muchos ‘deberes’ para la próxima semana.”

Congratulations! You now have a wide range of expressions to use when referring to “assignment” in Spanish, both formally and informally. Remember to adapt your vocabulary based on the context and the Spanish-speaking region you are in. Keep practicing, expanding your linguistic repertoire, and enjoy your journey to becoming fluent in Spanish! ¡Buena suerte!

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Guide: How to Apologize for a Late Submission of an Assignment

Submitting an assignment late can be a stressful situation, but it's important to take responsibility and apologize. Whether you need to apologize to a professor, boss, or colleague, this guide will provide you with tips and examples on how to say sorry for a late submission of an assignment. We'll cover both formal and informal ways to apologize, focusing on a warm and sincere tone.

How to Say Thank You for an Assignment

Expressing gratitude for an assignment is not only courteous but also portrays professionalism and appreciation for the effort put in by others. Whether you want to thank your classmates, colleagues, or supervisors for assigning you a task, it's important to use the right words to convey your appreciation. This guide will provide you with formal and informal ways to say thank you for an assignment, along with some tips, examples, and regional variations, if applicable.

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For the first time, a brain implant has helped a bilingual person who is unable to articulate words to communicate in both of his languages. An artificial-intelligence (AI) system coupled to the brain implant decodes, in real time, what the individual is trying to say in either Spanish or English.

The findings 1 , published on 20 May in Nature Biomedical Engineering , provide insights into how our brains process language , and could one day lead to long-lasting devices capable of restoring multilingual speech to people who can’t communicate verbally.

“This new study is an important contribution for the emerging field of speech-restoration neuroprostheses,” says Sergey Stavisky, a neuroscientist at the University of California, Davis, who was not involved in the study. Even though the study included only one participant and more work remains to be done, “there’s every reason to think that this strategy will work with higher accuracy in the future when combined with other recent advances”, Stavisky says.

Speech-restoring implant

The person at the heart of the study, who goes by the nickname Pancho, had a stroke at age 20 that paralysed much of his body. As a result, he can moan and grunt but cannot speak clearly. In his thirties, Pancho partnered with Edward Chang, a neurosurgeon at the University of California, San Francisco, to investigate the stroke’s lasting effects on his brain. In a groundbreaking study published in 2021 2 , Chang’s team surgically implanted electrodes on Pancho’s cortex to record neural activity, which was translated into words on a screen.

Pancho’s first sentence — ‘My family is outside’ — was interpreted in English. But Pancho is a native Spanish speaker who learnt English only after his stroke. It’s Spanish that still evokes in him feelings of familiarity and belonging. “What languages someone speaks are actually very linked to their identity,” Chang says. “And so our long-term goal has never been just about replacing words, but about restoring connection for people.”

Brain-reading device is best yet at decoding ‘internal speech’

To achieve this goal, the team developed an AI system to decipher Pancho’s bilingual speech. This effort, led by Chang’s PhD student Alexander Silva, involved training the system as Pancho tried to say nearly 200 words. His efforts to form each word created a distinct neural pattern that was recorded by the electrodes.

The authors then applied their AI system, which has a Spanish module and an English one, to phrases as Pancho tried to say them aloud. For the first word in a phrase, the Spanish module chooses the Spanish word that matches the neural pattern best. The English component does the same, but chooses from the English vocabulary instead. For example, the English module might choose ‘she’ as the most likely first word in a phrase and assess its probability of being correct to be 70%, whereas the Spanish one might choose ‘estar’ (to be) and measure its probability of being correct at 40%.

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From there, both modules attempt to build a phrase. They each choose the second word based on not only the neural-pattern match but also whether it is likely to follow the first one. So ‘I am’ would get a higher probability score than ‘I not’. The final output produces two sentences — one in English and one in Spanish — but the display screen that Pancho faces shows only the version with the highest total probability score.

The modules were able to distinguish between English and Spanish on the basis of the first word with 88% accuracy and they decoded the correct sentence with an accuracy of 75%. Pancho could eventually have candid, unscripted conversations with the research team. “After the first time we did one of these sentences, there were a few minutes where we were just smiling,” Silva says.

Two languages, one brain area

The findings revealed unexpected aspects of language processing in the brain. Some previous experiments using non-invasive tools have suggested that different languages activate distinct parts of the brain 3 . But the authors’ examination of the signals recorded directly in the cortex found that “a lot of the activity for both Spanish and English was actually from the same area”, Silva says.

Furthermore, Pancho’s neurological responses didn’t seem to differ much from those of children who grew up bilingual, even though he was in his thirties when he learnt English — in contrast to the results of previous studies. Together, these findings suggest to Silva that different languages share at least some neurological features, and that they might be generalizable to other people.

Kenji Kansaku, a neurophysiologist at Dokkyo Medical University in Mibu, Japan, who was not involved in the study, says that in addition to adding participants, a next step will be to study languages “with very different articulatory properties” to English, such as Mandarin or Japanese. This, Silva says, is something he’s already looking into, along with ‘code switching’, or the shifting from one language to another in a single sentence. “Ideally, we’d like to give people the ability to communicate as naturally as possible.”

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