Spanish-English translations for trasfondo

• background
  And what was the background to that? ¿Y cuál era el trasfondo de todo ello?
  Such is the background to today's debate. Éste es el trasfondo del debate de hoy.
  Repression often has a religious background. La represión tiene a menudo un trasfondo religioso.
• undercurrent
  There is a huge undercurrent of popular opinions, fears and prejudices. Existe un gran trasfondo de opiniones, temores y prejuicios populares.
  Mr President, However, there is a worrying undercurrent in the way human rights and terrorism have been addressed. – Señor Presidente, Sin embargo, hay un trasfondo preocupante en la forma en que se han tratado los derechos humanos y el terrorismo.
  Unfortunately, even though these amendments were adopted, this has not, in my view, significantly changed the liberal undercurrents of the draft text. Por desgracia, aunque estas enmiendas han sido aprobadas, no se ha modificado, en mi opinión, el trasfondo liberal del proyecto.

Related words

• trasformar
• trasformamiento
• trasfondo migratorio