English-Spanish translations for circumstance

• circunstancia
  Todos conocemos las circunstancias. We all know the circumstances.
  ¿Y cuáles son las circunstancias? And what are the circumstances?
  En circunstancias graves los afectados pueden fallecer. In severe circumstances people die.
• pormenor

Definition of circumstance

• That which attends, or relates to, or in some way affects, a fact or event; an attendant thing or state of things
• An event; a fact; a particular incident
• Circumlocution; detail
• Condition in regard to worldly estate; state of property; situation; surroundings
• To place in a particular situation, especially with regard to money or other resources

Related words

• circumstances
• circumstantial
• circumstantiality
• circumstantiate
• circumstanced
• circumstantial evidence
• circumstances of life
• pomp and circumstance
• under no circumstance