English-Spanish translations for instrument

• instrumento
  Es un instrumento, pero uno importante. It is an instrument, but an important one.
  La PESC es más que un instrumento. The CFSP is more than an instrument.
  Las cuotas son un instrumento rígido. Quotas are a rigid instrument.
• herramienta
  ¿Es la mejor herramienta disponible? Is this the best instrument available?
  La influencia política constituye ahí una herramienta importante. Policy direction is an important instrument here.
• utensilio

Definition of instrument

• A device used to produce music
• A means or agency for achieving an effect
• A measuring or displaying device
• A tool, implement used for manipulation or measurement
• A legal document, such as a contract, deed, trust, mortgage, power, indenture, or will
• A person used as a mere tool for achieving a goal
• To apply measuring devices
• To perform upon an instrument; to prepare for an instrument

Examples

• The violinist was a master of her instrument
• The instrument detected an increase in radioactivity
• The dentist set down his tray of instruments
• The scientist recorded the temperature with a thermometer but wished he had a more accurate instrument
• A bond indenture is the instrument that gives a bond its value
• Negotiable instruments are the foundation of the debt markets
• a sonata instrumented for orchestra

Related words

• instrumental
• instrumentate
• instruments
• instrumentalist
• instrumentality
• instrumentally
• instrumentation
• instrumentalism
• multi-instrumentalist