English-Spanish translations for incumbent

• titular
  El titular del cargo debe expresar los puntos de vista del conjunto de Jefes de Estado o de Gobierno. The incumbent must express the views of the collective Heads of State or Government.
  Va incluso más lejos, ya que pide que se prohíba bajar las tarifas a las empresas titulares. It even goes so far as to call for a ban on price reductions by 'incumbents'.
  Estamos investigando la conducta de los titulares en determinados mercados y prevemos llevar a cabo investigaciones sectoriales. We are investigating the conduct of incumbents in certain markets and plan to carry out sector inquiries.
• competente
• obligatorio
  El sector de la pesca de bajura puede y debe hacer esta importante actividad económica compatible con la conservación del entorno marino, algo que tiene carácter necesario y obligatorio para nosotros. The inshore fisheries sector can and must make this important economic activity compatible with preservation of the marine environment, which is both necessary and incumbent upon us.

Definition of incumbent

• Imposed on someone as an obligation, especially due to one's office
• Lying; resting; reclining; recumbent
• Prevalent, prevailing, predominant
• Bent downwards so that the ends touch, or rest on, something else
• Being the current holder of an office or a title
• The current holder of an office, such as ecclesiastical benefice or an elected office
• A holder of a position as supplier to a market or market segment that allows the holder to earn above-normal profits

Examples

• Proper behavior is incumbent on all holders of positions of trust.
• the incumbent toe of a bird
• If the incumbent senator dies, he is replaced by a person appointed by the governor.

Related words

• incubus
• pincushion
• incursion
• incus
• inculcate
• incurable
• incunabulum
• incubator
• inculpatory