English-Spanish translations for tantamount

• equivalente
  También concluye que el sitio de Gaza es equivalente al castigo colectivo de los 1,5 millones de habitantes, lo que es contrario al Derecho internacional. It also concluded that the siege of Gaza is tantamount to collective punishment of the 1.5m population, contrary to international law.
  Aumentar esta media es equivalente a darles a los empleadores permiso para no pagar en el futuro las horas extra. Increasing this average is tantamount to giving employers permission not to pay for overtime in future.
  Sería equivalente a reivindicar que partir en dos el grosor del muro de Berlín hubiera sido una buena solución. It would be tantamount to claiming that halving the thickness of the Berlin wall would have been a good solution.

Definition of tantamount

• Equivalent in meaning or effect; amounting to the same thing in practical terms, even if being technically distinct
• To amount to as much; to be equivalent
• Something which has the same value or amount .

Examples

• Its tantamount to fraud.
• In this view, disagreement and treason are tantamount.

Related words

• tantalum
• instantaneous
• tantalising
• tantalizing
• tantalize
• tantalise
• instantaneously
• constantan
• tantalus