What does sociedad in Spanish mean?

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

The word sociedad in Spanish means society, company, high society, partnership contract, elite, high society, upper class, society news, certificate of incorporation, articles of incorporation, partnership agreement, parlor game, table game, liquidation of a company, come out in society, public limited company, variable capital company, single-shareholder corporation, capitalist society, civil society, general partnership, partnership, limited partnership, concessionary company, concessionaire, parent company, holding company, marriage contract, marriage, cooperative, legal aid society, community property, welfare society, welfare state, capital firm, venture capital firm, labor and capital partnership, holding company, consumer society, holding company, control society, domestic partnership, credit company, credit institution, community of property, mutual guarantee company, limited liability company, securities firm, securities company, limited liability company, financial institution, industrial society, limited liability company, single-person limited liability company, matriarchal society, mercantile society, patriarchal society, pluralist society, sole proprietorship, connection with society, live in society. To learn more, please see the details below.

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Meaning of the word sociedad

society

nombre femenino (colectivo de personas)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
La sociedad española está hasta las narices de política.
Spanish society is fed up with politics.

company

nombre femenino (asociación)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
La sociedad está constituida por varios accionistas.
The company is composed of several investors.

high society

(aristocracia)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
La alta sociedad no acepta con facilidad a los nuevos ricos.
High society doesn't easily accept new rich people.

partnership contract

locución nominal masculina (der: documento, constituye sociedad)

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

elite, high society, upper class

locución adjetiva (adinerado, acomodado)

(adjective: Describes a noun or pronoun--for example, "a tall girl," "an interesting book," "a big house.")
María nació en una familia de alta sociedad que tiene mucho dinero.
ⓘEsta oración no es una traducción de la original. She's a socialite and always makes an appearance at exclusive parties and launches.

society news

(noticias de sociedad) (section of a newspaper)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
La noticia solo ocupó diez líneas en los ecos de sociedad.
The news only took up ten lines in the society news.

certificate of incorporation, articles of incorporation

(Derecho: documento notarial)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
La escritura de constitución de sociedad fue formalizada el pasado 15 de mayo.
The articles of incorporation were formalised this past May 15.

partnership agreement

(der: documento de creación) (between partners)

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

parlor game, table game

locución nominal masculina (varios juegos de mesa)

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

liquidation of a company

locución nominal femenina (der: pérdida personalidad jurídica)

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

come out in society

locución adjetiva (dado a conocer socialmente)

(verbal expression: Phrase with special meaning functioning as verb--for example, "put their heads together," "come to an end.")

public limited company

(asociación mercantil)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
Cada titular de la sociedad anónima tiene acciones.
Every partner in the public limited company is a shareholder.

variable capital company

locución nominal femenina (asociación de fondos variables)

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

single-shareholder corporation

locución nominal femenina (sociedad limitada)

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

capitalist society

(de libre mercado)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
El libre mercado es un pilar fundamental de la sociedad capitalista.

civil society

locución nominal femenina (comunidad)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
La sociedad civil, formada por instituciones y personas, es la base de la democracia.
The civil society, made up of institutions and people, is the base of democracy.

general partnership

locución nominal femenina (con ánimo de lucro) (legal agreement)

La sociedad civil es un contrato privado entre socios para realizar una actividad.
A general partnership is a private contract between partners for a specific activity.

partnership

(tipo de sociedad)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
Por tratarse de una sociedad colectiva, los fundadores serán responsables de las deudas contraídas.
Since this is a partnership, the founders will be responsible for the debts accrued.

limited partnership

(tipo de sociedad mercantil)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
Carlos y dos de sus hermanos constituyeron hace diez años una exitosa sociedad comanditaria.
Carlos and two of his siblings formed a successful limited partnership ten years ago.

concessionary company, concessionaire

(empresa que tiene concesión)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
Matías es gerente en una sociedad concesionaria.

parent company, holding company

(grupo que controla)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
La sociedad controladora tiene un gran poder de decisión sobre nuestra compañía.
The parent company has great decision-making power over our company.

marriage contract, marriage

locución nominal femenina (matrimonio)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
El abandono del hogar es causal de disolución de la sociedad conyugal.
Abandonment is a cause for the dissolution of the marriage contract.

cooperative

(der: tipo de sociedad) (US)

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

legal aid society

locución nominal femenina (Derecho (defensa de imputados)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
El abogado de una sociedad de auxilio legal se encargó de su defensa en el juicio.
A lawyer from a legal aid society took care of his defense at the trial.

community property

locución nominal femenina (sociedad matrimonial)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
Nos casamos en régimen de sociedad de gananciales, por lo que todo es de los dos.
We got married under a community property agreement, meaning we share everything.

welfare society, welfare state

locución nominal femenina (estado de coberturas sociales)

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

capital firm

(grupo de capital social)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
Todos los accionistas de una sociedad de capital tienen derecho a recibir una parte de las ganancias.
All shareholders in a capital firm have the right to receive a portion of the earnings.

venture capital firm

locución nominal femenina (sociedad de inversiones)

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

labor and capital partnership

locución nominal femenina (AR (der: tipo de sociedad comercial) (US)

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

holding company

locución nominal femenina (grupo de adquisición de acciones)

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

consumer society

nombre femenino (mercadeo: consumidores)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
La sociedad de consumo es un efecto de la producción en serie.
The consumer society is a result of mass production.

holding company

(neg: compañía controladora, holding) (business)

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

control society

(política: sistema de gobierno)

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

domestic partnership

nombre femenino (vivir juntos)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
La sociedad de convivencia no es lo mismo que el matrimonio.

credit company, credit institution

(derecho: tipo de sociedad mercantil)

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

community of property

(régimen económico matrimonial)

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

mutual guarantee company

locución nominal femenina (entidad financiera de crédito)

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

limited liability company

(tipo de sociedad comercial)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
Opté por invertir mi dinero en una sociedad de responsabilidad limitada porque me pareció menos arriesgado.
I decided to invest my money in a limited liability company, because it seemed less risky.

securities firm, securities company

(grupo de servicios de inversión)

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

limited liability company

(empresas de responsabilidad limitada)

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

financial institution

(derecho: establecimiento de crédito)

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

industrial society

(der: tipo de sociedad)

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

limited liability company

(sociedad mercantil)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
Todos los socios deben aportar al capital de la sociedad limitada.
All partners should contribute capital to the limited liability company.

single-person limited liability company

(sociedad de un solo socio)

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

matriarchal society

(sociedad con rol principal de mujeres)

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

mercantile society

(sujeta al comercio)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
La empresa se estableció como sociedad comercial a principios del siglo XX.
The company was established as a mercantile society at the beginning of the 20th century.

patriarchal society

(grupo con rol predominante masculino)

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

pluralist society

(sociedad con diversidad)

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

sole proprietorship

(de un solo socio)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
Es una pequeña empresa, una sociedad unipersonal.
It's a small business, a sole proprietorship.

connection with society

(interacción humana)

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

live in society

locución verbal (relacionarse con otros)

(verbal expression: Phrase with special meaning functioning as verb--for example, "put their heads together," "come to an end.")
Debemos aprender a vivir en sociedad.
We must learn to live in society.

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