English-Spanish translations for supernumerary

• supernumeraria
• supernumerario
  Del mismo modo, queremos excluir de la financiación las investigaciones en que se empleen embriones supernumerarios y células madre de embriones supernumerarios. We also want to see a ban on financing research using supernumerary human embryos and the stem cells of supernumerary embryos.
  Está usted premiando la producción de embriones supernumerarios, lo que podría calificarse de incentivo a las existencias. You are rewarding the production of supernumerary embryos, which one might term a stock incentive.
  Espero que, por nuestra parte, lleguemos este mediodía a una posición de compromiso sobre las normas de ética, así como sobre la investigación sobre células madre de embriones supernumerarios. By midday I hope that we will also reach agreement on ethical rules and on stem cell research on supernumerary embryos.

Definition of supernumerary

• A person who work#Verb|works in a group#Noun|group, association, or public office without forming part of the regular#Adjective|regular staff#Noun|staff .
• An extra#Noun|extra or walk-on, often nonspeaking|non-speaking, in a film#Noun|film or play#Noun|play; a spear carrier
• Something which is beyond the prescribed#Adjective|prescribed or standard#Adjective|standard amount#Noun|amount or number#Noun|number
• An animal which has not form#Verb|formed a pair bond and is therefore single#Adjective|single
• A married man or woman who is a secular member of Opus Dei, a Roman Catholic religious institution
• Greater in number#Noun|number than
• Beyond the prescribed#Adjective|prescribed or standard#Adjective|standard amount#Noun|amount or number; excess#Adjective|excess, extra#Adjective|extra
• Beyond what is necessary; redundant

Examples

• The judge was a supernumerary, helping the regular judges whenever there was a surplus amount of work
• a supernumerary nipple; a supernumerary tooth

Related words

• supernatural
• supernova
• supernaturalness
• supernal
• supernatant
• supernaturalism
• supernode
• supernaturalist
• supernova remnant