English-Spanish translations for backbone

• columna vertebral
  El artículo 9 es la columna vertebral de esta directiva. Article 9 is the backbone of this directive.
  Son la columna vertebral de su futuro. They are the backbone of their future.
  Son la columna vertebral de la economía europea. They are the backbone of the European economy.
• carácter
• coraje
  En cuanto a la Comisión, realmente posee usted buenas intenciones y en la Comisión hay buenas personas, incluyendo a Olli Rehn, que es finlandés y se trata de una persona ética y con coraje. As for the Commission, you certainly have good intentions and there are good people in the Commission, including Olli Rehn, who is Finnish, and who is a moral person with backbone.
• espina dorsal
  Faltan la espina dorsal y los dientes. There is no backbone, and no teeth.
  Estos sectores son la espina dorsal de nuestra economía. These industries are the backbone of our economy.
  Los pequeños inversores constituyen la espina dorsal del sector bancario. Small savers are the backbone of the banking industry.
• espinazo
  El tratamiento de calor para grasas de rumiantes que vayan a incorporarse a piensos animales y la retirada de la columna vertebral, el espinazo, del ganado. The heat treatment of ruminant fats for inclusion in animal feed and the removal of the vertebral column, the backbone, from cattle.
• red troncal

Definition of backbone

• The series of vertebrae, separated by disks, that encloses and protects the spinal cord, and runs down the middle of the back in vertebrate animals
• Courage, fortitude, or strength

Examples

• Before automobiles, railroads were a backbone of commerce
• He would make a good manager, if he had a little more backbone

Related words

• backboned
• backbone network
• backbone chain
• Internet backbone