(То reduce to lay status)

tardaron dos días en quitar los escombros — it took two days to clear o remove the rubble

• quitar la mesa — to clear the table

• quitar el sitio a algn — to steal sb's place

• quitar el hambre, un par de rodajas deben quitar el hambre — a couple of slices should stop you feeling hungry

• quitar la sed — to quench one's thirst

• quitar el sueño, el café me quita el sueño — coffee stops me sleeping

• quitar importancia a algo — to play sth down

• quitando el postre comimos bien — apart o aside from the dessert we had a good meal

quitar a algn de hacer algo — to stop o prevent sb (from) doing sth

¡quita!, ¡quita de ahí! — (=¡aparta!) get out of the way!; (=¡qué va!) get away!, come off it!

eso no quita para que me ayudes — that doesn't stop o prevent you helping me, that doesn't mean you can't help me

quítalo de aquí! — get o take it out of here!

quitar la mesa — (Esp) to clear the table; (+ me/te/le etc)

le quitó la pistola al ladrón — he got o took the gun off the thief

me quitaron la cartera del bolsillo — someone took o stole my wallet from my pocket

de quita y pon — <funda/etiqueta> removable

eso no quita que...: pero eso no quita que se pueda hacer de otra manera but that doesn't mean that there aren't other ways of doing it; ni quitar ni poner (fam): yo aquí ni quito ni pongo I don't count o my opinion doesn't count around here; quien quita y... (Méx fam): quien quita y me saco la lotería maybe I'll even win the lottery; quien quita y lo encontramos — we might still find it

se quita años or la edad — she lies about her age

quítalo de aquí! — get o take it out of here!

quitar la mesa — (Esp) to clear the table; (+ me/te/le etc)

le quitó la pistola al ladrón — he got o took the gun off the thief

me quitaron la cartera del bolsillo — someone took o stole my wallet from my pocket

de quita y pon — <funda/etiqueta> removable

eso no quita que...: pero eso no quita que se pueda hacer de otra manera but that doesn't mean that there aren't other ways of doing it; ni quitar ni poner (fam): yo aquí ni quito ni pongo I don't count o my opinion doesn't count around here; quien quita y... (Méx fam): quien quita y me saco la lotería maybe I'll even win the lottery; quien quita y lo encontramos — we might still find it

se quita años or la edad — she lies about her age

Ex: Folders allow a set of papers to be kept together when a set on a given topic is removed from the file.

to accept nuclear weapons on one's territory — допускать размещение ядерного оружия на своей территории

to allow nuclear weapons into a country — допускать размещение ядерного оружия в какой-л. стране

to battle-test one's weapons — проводить боевые испытания своего оружия

to block the supply of weapons from... — препятствовать поставкам оружия откуда-л.

to buy weapons from a country — закупать оружие у какой-л. страны

to carry nuclear weapons — иметь ядерное оружие (о самолете, судне)

to eliminate nuclear weapons from a territory — убирать ядерное оружие с какой-л. территории

to freeze the modernization of one's weapons — замораживать модернизацию оружия

to give smb access to nuclear weapons — предоставлять кому-л. доступ к ядерному оружию

to guard against accidental or unauthorized use of nuclear weapons — предупреждать / исключать случайное или несанкционированное применение ядерного оружия

to halve the number of one's strategic nuclear weapons — сокращать наполовину объем своих стратегических ядерных вооружений

to hand in / over one's weapons — сдавать оружие

to lay down one's weapons — складывать оружие

to place nuclear weapons in a country — размещать ядерное оружие в какой-л. стране

to search smb for weapons — обыскивать кого-л. в поисках оружия

to supply smb with weapons — снабжать кого-л. оружием, поставлять оружие кому-л.

to surrender one's weapons — сдавать / складывать оружие

to take one's strategic weapons off alert status — выводить свое стратегическое оружие из состояния повышенной боевой готовности

to turn in one's weapons — сдавать оружие

to use weapons against smb — использовать / применять ядерное оружие против кого-л.

to withdraw nuclear weapons (from a country) in two phases — выводить ядерное оружие (из какой-л. страны) в два этапа

planta baja — ground floor, first floor (EEUU)

los bajos fondos — the underworld sing

• estar bajo de algo, estar bajo de ánimo o de moral — to be in low spirits

hablar en voz baja — to speak quietly o in a low voice

bajo comercial — ground-floor o (EEUU) first-floor business premises

hablar bajo — (=en voz baja) to speak quietly, speak softly; (=tener una voz suave) to be softly spoken, be soft spoken

• bajo cero — below zero

• bajo la lluvia — in the rain

• bajo tierra — underground

tiene la tensión or presión baja — he has low blood pressure

bajo el cielo estrellado — (liter) beneath the starry sky (liter)

tiene la tensión or presión baja — he has low blood pressure

bajo el cielo estrellado — (liter) beneath the starry sky (liter)

Ex: Russian singer Vladimir Ognovenko is one of the most arresting basses on the opera scene today.

Ex: The ground floor of the library contains a foyer with separate entrance to different departments.

Ex: Carlton Duncan discussed the difficulties built into the educational processes which led to under-performance at school and the resulting low representation in higher education and low entry into the professions.

Ex: One of the outcomes of entry under title has been the proliferation of serials titles.

Ex: The board clearly didn't care if its commissioner was a lowdown, lying, corrupt and untrustworthy creep, likely because that is the nature of the entire organization.