English-Spanish translations for determination

• ahínco
  Quiero felicitar una vez más a la Presidencia alemana, en particular a la señora Merkel, por llevar adelante todas estas cuestiones con tanto ahínco. I should once again like to commend the German Presidency, and in particular Mrs Merkel, on pursuing all these issues with such determination.
  . – Señor Presidente, desde mi informe anterior, el Gobierno turco no ha permanecido de brazos cruzados y ha adoptado una serie de reformas legislativas con cierto ahínco. . – Mr President, since my previous report, the Turkish Government has not been idle and has, with some determination, adopted a number of reforms in legislation.
• determinación
  Mostramos una determinación común. We showed common determination.
  ¿Qué ha sido de la libre determinación? What has become of self-determination?
  Sólo hace falta tomar la determinación de llegar hasta allí. It only takes determination to get there.
• decisión
  En esto hemos de actuar con más decisión que hasta ahora. In doing this now, we must act with greater determination than in the past.
  Mantengamos este rumbo con decisión, compromiso y confianza en nosotros mismos. Let us pursue this course with determination, commitment and self-assurance.
  Creo que esta Asamblea tiene la voluntad y la firme decisión de hacerlo así. I believe that this House has the goodwill and determination to do just that.
• resolución
  Ahora bien, la desesperación cede el lugar a la resolución, a la determinación y a la esperanza. Yet out of despair comes resolution, determination and hope.
  Sin embargo, deben proseguir con resolución las reformas necesarias. However, the necessary reforms need to be pursued with determination.
  Las fuerzas de seguridad han evacuado a los colonos con delicadeza pero con firmeza y resolución. The security forces evacuated the settlers sensitively but with resolve and determination.

Definition of determination

• The act of determining, or the state of being determined
• Bringing to an end; termination; limit
• Direction or tendency to a certain end; impulsion
• The state of decision; a judicial decision, or ending of controversy
• A flow, rush, or tendency to a particular part
• The act, process, or result of any accurate measurement, as of length, volume, weight, intensity, etc
• The act of defining a concept or notion by giving its essential constituents
• The act of determining the relations of an object, such as genus and species; the referring of minerals, plants, or animals, to the species to which they belong; classification

Examples

• Through sheer determination, we managed to escape from the tornado
• a determination of blood to the head
• the determination of the wavelength of light
• the determination of the level of salt in sea water
• the determination of the oxygen in the air
• I am indebted to a friend for the determination of most of these shells

Related words

• determinate
• indeterminate
• self-determination
• determinative
• indetermination
• predetermination
• overdetermination
• determinator
• indeterminateness