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expedient:
- recurso; arbitrio; medio auxiliar; salida; remedio
- aconsejable; recomendable; conveniente; prudente; encomiable; loable; digno de encomio
Wiktionary:
- expedient → acomodado, adecuado, útil, utilizable, oportuno, cómodo, conveniente, decente, expediente, remedio, medio, recurso, medicamento, medicina, víveres

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Detailed Translations for expedient from English to Spanish

expedient:

expedient [the ~] noun

the expedient (remedy; resources; makeshift; help)
el recurso; el arbitrio; el medio auxiliar; la salida; el remedio
- recurso [el ~] noun
- arbitrio [el ~] noun
- medio auxiliar [el ~] noun
- salida [la ~] noun
- remedio [el ~] noun

expedient adj

expedient (recommendable; advisable)
aconsejable; recomendable; conveniente; prudente
- aconsejable adj
- recomendable adj
- conveniente adj
- prudente adj
expedient (commendable; praiseworthy; honourable; laudable; recommendable; advisable; honorable)
encomiable; loable; digno de encomio
- encomiable adj
- loable adj
- digno de encomio adj

Translation Matrix for expedient:

Noun	Related Translations	Other Translations
arbitrio	expedient; help; makeshift; remedy; resources
medio auxiliar	expedient; help; makeshift; remedy; resources
recurso	expedient; help; makeshift; remedy; resources	asset; legal remedy; remedy at law; resource; richness; wealth; work center
remedio	expedient; help; makeshift; remedy; resources	drug; medicament; medication; medicine; remedy
salida	expedient; help; makeshift; remedy; resources	departing; departure; exit; exodus; going away; leaving; output; putting to sea; sailing; starting; taking off; way out
Other	Related Translations	Other Translations
-	means; resource; way out
Modifier	Related Translations	Other Translations
aconsejable	advisable; expedient; recommendable
conveniente	advisable; expedient; recommendable	agreeable; as it should be; becoming; befitting; chaste; civil; civilised; civilized; correct; courteous; cultivated; cultured; desirable; desired; enjoyable; essential; fitting; gladly seen; impressive; in demand; necessary; nice; pleasant; polite; proper; properly; reasonable; respectable; right; seemly; sought-after; suitably; wanted; wished for
digno de encomio	advisable; commendable; expedient; honorable; honourable; laudable; praiseworthy; recommendable
encomiable	advisable; commendable; expedient; honorable; honourable; laudable; praiseworthy; recommendable
loable	advisable; commendable; expedient; honorable; honourable; laudable; praiseworthy; recommendable
prudente	advisable; expedient; recommendable	able; capable; cautious; clairvoyant; clear-sighted; competent; efficient; forward-looking; good; harmless; perspicuous; predictive; visionary; without danger; without risk
recomendable	advisable; expedient; recommendable

Related Words for "expedient":

expedients, expediently

Synonyms for "expedient":

advantageous; appropriate; opportunist; opportunistic; timeserving; convenient; politic; useful; utile
politic
means; agency; way

Antonyms for "expedient":

inexpedient

Related Definitions for "expedient":

serving to promote your interest¹
- was merciful only when mercy was expedient¹
appropriate to a purpose; practical¹
- in the circumstances it was expedient to express loyalty¹
a means to an end; not necessarily a principled or ethical one¹

Wiktionary Translations for expedient:

Cross Translation:

From	To	Via
• expedient	→ acomodado; adecuado; útil; utilizable; oportuno; cómodo; conveniente; decente	↔ convenable — Qui est approprier, qui convient à quelqu’un ou à quelque chose.
• expedient	→ expediente	↔ expédient — moyen de rencontre pour résoudre quelque difficulté, surmonter un obstacle, réussir dans quelque affaire.
• expedient	→ remedio; medio; recurso; medicamento; medicina	↔ remède — médecine\|fr substance qui sert à guérir un mal ou une maladie.
• expedient	→ víveres; medio; recurso	↔ ressource — Traductions à trier suivant le sens

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