How is the word firma translated from Spanish to English

English translation
signature
noun
firm

Nombre escrito a mano para validar algo.

A name written by hand to confirm something.

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Examples with “firma”

See how the word “firma” is used in sentences

  • Falta tu firma en el contrato. — Your signature is missing on the contract.

  • ¿Esta firma es suya? — Is this signature yours?

  • Compararon las firmas de los dos documentos. — They compared the signatures on the two documents.

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How “firma” is used

Two meanings, one word, and the overlap is not an accident: both grow out of «making something firm». La firma at the bottom of a contract is the signature; una firma de abogados is a law firm. Context separates them cleanly, because a signature is something you put and a firm is somewhere you work: poner la firma against trabajar en una firma.

The English side hides a false friend. Firm as an adjective means firme — a firm handshake, a firm mattress — and has nothing to do with firma. Going the other way, English signature has an adjective life Spanish lacks: a signature dish is what a chef is known for, a signature move something someone always does. And the electronic kind is firma electrónica or firma digital, a phrase on every Spanish government website.

Forms of “firma”

  • firma singular
  • firmas plural
  • firmar to sign
  • firmado signed

Common phrases with “firma”

  • poner la firma to sign
  • firma electrónica electronic signature
  • una firma de abogados a law firm
  • recoger firmas to collect signatures

How “firma” differs from similar words

  • contrato contract

    Where the firma goes, and why it matters.

  • abogado lawyer

    Works at una firma — the company sense of the word.

  • empresa company

    The ordinary word for a company; firma is narrower and more formal.

  • sello stamp

    Spanish offices often want it next to the signature.

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