English-Spanish translations for example

• ejemplo
  Los cereales, por ejemplo, ofrecen aquí un ejemplo muy ilustrativo. Cereals, for example, offer a striking example.
  Permítanme citar dos ejemplos. Allow me to give two examples.
  Permítanme recordar, a modo de ejemplo, algunos ejemplos evidentes. Let me remind you of some obvious examples.
• ejemplar
  Con ello se ha inaugurado una nueva vía que puede tener un carácter ejemplar para la Unión Europea. It breaks new ground and can set an example to the European Union.
  Las sanciones contra los usuarios de material pornográfico infantil deben ser ejemplares. Users of child pornography must be punished severely to serve as examples.
  Usted misma ha hablado de un trapo rojo que no siempre es tan ejemplar. You spoke yourself of a red scarf, which is not always such a good example.

Definition of example

• Something that is representative of all such things in a group
• Something that serves to illustrate or explain a rule
• Something that serves as a pattern of behaviour to be imitated or not to be imitated (a bad example
• A person punished as a warning to others
• A parallel or closely similar case, especially when serving as a precedent or model
• An instance serving to illustrate the rule or precept or to act as an exercise in the application of the rule
• To be illustrated or exemplified (by

Related words

• unexampled
• counterexample
• for example
• learn from example
• lead by example
• make an example of
• set an example
• case example
• audio example