What does dominio in Spanish mean?

What is the meaning of the word dominio in Spanish? The article explains the full meaning, pronunciation along with bilingual examples and instructions on how to use dominio in Spanish.

The word dominio in Spanish means command, control, possession, territory, field, domain, domain, declaratory action of ownership, bossy nature, public property, public, freehold, shared domain, fluency in, life estate. To learn more, please see the details below.

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Meaning of the word dominio

command

nombre masculino (conocimiento) (ability, skill)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
Se necesita un buen dominio del inglés.
Good command of English is required.

control

nombre masculino (poder)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
Ejerce un dominio tiránico sobre sus empleados.
He rules over the workers with tyrannical control.

possession, territory

nombre masculino (posesión de territorio)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
España no tuvo ningún dominio en África del Sur.
Spain has never had any territory in Southern Africa.

field

nombre masculino (campo de una ciencia)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
La geometría pertenece al dominio de las ciencias exactas.
Geometry falls under the field of exact sciences.

domain

nombre masculino (Informática: nombre de sitio web)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)

domain

nombre masculino (Matemáticas: sistema algebraico)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)

declaratory action of ownership

locución nominal femenina (der: protege título de propiedad)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)

bossy nature

(intención de mandar) (character)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
Un día será una buena jefa, tiene ánimo de dominio.
She'll make a good manager one day because she has a bossy nature.

public property

locución nominal masculina plural (der: bienes propiedad del estado)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)

public

locución adjetiva (de uso libre)

(adjective: Describes a noun or pronoun--for example, "a tall girl," "an interesting book," "a big house.")
Word Reference es un diccionario de dominio público.
Word Reference is a free dictionary.

freehold

(der: potestad total)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)

shared domain

(der: potestad dividida)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)

fluency in

(nivel de conocimiento)

Converso con un amigo carioca para mejorar mi dominio del idioma portugués.
I talk with a friend from Rio de Janeiro to improve my fluency in the Portuguese language.

life estate

(der: potestad de por vida)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)

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