Meanings (ES + gloss)
ascendencia • formación • procedencia • proveniencia
One's social heritage, or previous life; what one did in the past.
The lawyer had a background in computer science.
fondo • foro • lejanía • lontananza • trasfondo
A part of the picture that depicts scenery to the rear or behind the main subject; context.
Earless ghost swift moths become “invisible” to echolocating bats by forming mating clusters close[…]above vegetation and effectively blending into the clutter of echoes that the b…
antecedente
Information relevant to the current situation about past events; history.
segundo plano
A less important feature of scenery (as opposed to foreground).
The photographer let us pick a background for the portrait.
There was tons of noise in the background.
en segundo plano
A type of activity on a computer that is not normally visible to the user.
The antivirus program is running in the background.
Phrases
background checkbackground fodderbackground investigationbackground musicbackground noisebackground processbackground processingbackground radiationbackground radiation equivalent timebackground rightbackgrounderbackgroundycosmic background radiationcosmic gravitational wave backgroundcosmic gravitational-wave backgroundcosmic infrared backgroundcosmic microwave backgroundcosmic neutrino backgrounddeep backgroundextragalactic background lightgravitational wave backgroundgravitational-wave backgroundheadgroundlow-backgroundlow-background leadlow-background steelmultibackgroundon backgroundsuperbackground
Word forms