Translation meaning & definition of the word "inherit" into Spanish language

verb

1. Obtain from someone after their death

• "I inherited a castle from my french grandparents"

synonym:
• inherit

1. Obtener de alguien después de su muerte

• "Heredé un castillo de mis abuelos franceses"

sinónimo:
• heredar

2. Receive from a predecessor

• "The new chairman inherited many problems from the previous chair"

synonym:
• inherit

2. Recibir de un predecesor

• "El nuevo presidente heredó muchos problemas de la silla anterior"

sinónimo:
• heredar

3. Receive by genetic transmission

• "I inherited my good eyesight from my mother"

synonym:
• inherit

3. Recibir por transmisión genética

• "Heredé mi buena vista de mi madre"

sinónimo:
• heredar

Examples of using

The entire colony will inherit the mutant DNA.

Toda la colonia heredará el DNA mutante.

His relatives took it for granted that they would inherit the bulk of his wealth.

Sus parientes estaban seguros de que ellos heredarían la mayoría de su riqueza.

A son who could not learn to paddle his own canoe does not deserve to inherit his father's fortune.

Un hijo que no aprenda a remar su propia canoa, no merece heredar la fortuna de su padre.

In the case of language, however, it is only the ability to talk and understand that we inherit genetically; the particular language or languages that we speak are passed on to us not by genetic transmission but by cultural transmission.

En el caso del lenguaje, sin embargo, es sólo la capacidad de hablar y comprender lo que heredamos genéticamente, el idioma o idiomas que hablamos en particular nos son transmitidos no genética, sino culturalmente.