devolve

dɪˈvɒlv
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Translation of devolve from English into Spanish

Verb

1.

delegate

tr.
transfer duties or responsibilities to someone else
tr.
  • The manager devolved tasks to her team.La gerente delegó tareas a su equipo.
2.

law

intr.
fall as a duty or responsibility on someone
intr.
  • The task devolved upon the committee.La tarea recayó en el comité.
3.

inheritance

intr.
pass to someone else by inheritance
intr.
  • The estate devolved to the eldest son.La propiedad pasó al hijo mayor.
4.

degenerate

intr.
become worse over time
intr.
  • The situation devolved into chaos.La situación degeneró en caos.
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Expressions with devolve: examples in English and translations in Spanish

recaer
delegar
The task will devolve on the new manager.
pasar a
transferir a
The estate will devolve upon the eldest son.

Synonyms and analogies of devolve in English

Examples of devolve in a sentence

  • He devolved the planning to his capable deputy.
  • Responsibility for repairs devolves on the landlord.
  • If she resigns, the role will devolve upon her deputy.
  • The title deeds devolved to the younger daughter.
  • Upon his passing, the family business devolved to his niece.
  • The debate devolved into personal attacks.

Translations of "devolve" in Context ordered by category and frequency

Verb
delegarv.

In short, to devolve power from the top downward.

En resumen, de delegar el poder desde arriba hacia abajo.

recaerv.

I think that's also when we start to see offices devolve into politics and passive-aggressive situations.

Creo que también es en este punto cuando empezamos a ver las oficinas recaer en la política y en situaciones pasivo-agresivas.

involucionarv.

This lamentable state of affairs is not to devolve into something much worse.

Este lamentable estado de cosas no va a involucionar en algo mucho peor.

devolverv.

Improve the public service sector and devolve power to the regions

Mejorar el sector de servicios públicos y devolver el poder a las regiones

transferirv.

Support amore strategic selection of priority conservation functions, support them better, and devolve others to customary forms of management.

Favorecer una selección más estratégica de las funciones prioritarias de conservación, prestarles un mayor apoyo y transferir otras funciones a los mecanismos consuetudinarios de gestión.

traspasarv.

The new system will enable the government to devolve financial management to its line agencies.

El nuevo sistema permitirá al Gobierno traspasar las competencias de gestión financiera a sus organismos especializados.

degenerarv.

An immense repository can quickly devolve into a heap of unorganized files.

Un repositorio inmenso puede degenerar rápidamente en un montón de archivos sin organizar.

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Other translations for devolve:

  • descentralizarv.
  • asignarv.
  • cederv.

devolve: Examples and translations in context

In addition, some line ministries are still reluctant to devolve their authority to the local councils.

Por otro lado, algunos ministerios pertinentes no abandonan su renuencia a delegar su autoridad en los consejos locales.

Others remain sceptical about the commitment of the particular ministries to devolve sufficient competencies to the councils.

Otros permanecen escépticos sobre el compromiso de los ministerios particulares para delegar competencias suficientes a los ayuntamientos.

Governments could not devolve part of their responsibilities to civil society bodies without providing any support.

Los gobiernos no pueden delegar parte de sus responsabilidades en órganos de la sociedad civil sin proporcionarles apoyo.

At the same time, governments will have to devolve as much official responsibility as possible to the local level.

Al mismo tiempo, los gobiernos deberán delegar competencias oficiales en el ámbito local en la mayor medida posible.

It was important to follow up the legislation that had been implemented and to devolve more authority on health to the local level.

Es importante hacer un seguimiento de la legislación que se ha aplicado y delegar más facultades en materia de sanidad a nivel local.

The committees have decided to devolve a great deal of the work to their respective secretariats under the "no objection" procedure.

Los comités han decidido delegar gran parte del trabajo en sus respectivas secretarías con arreglo al procedimiento de "no objeción".

It had also put in place a decentralization programme to devolve powers to local governments and policies targeting vulnerable groups.

Asimismo, ha puesto en marcha un programa de descentralización para delegar facultades en los gobiernos locales y políticas dirigidas a los grupos vulnerables.

The trouble, again, is if we're simply trying to establish relationships among ourselves they will tend to devolve into bickering and ultimately into division.

El problema, una vez más, es que si simplemente estamos tratando de establecer relaciones entre nosotros mismos entonces tenderán a recaer en disputa y finalmente en la división.

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