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bo:ld1) ((of people) with little or no hair on the head: a bald head; He is going bald (= becoming bald).) calvo2) ((of birds, animals) without feathers, fur etc: a bald patch on the dog's back.) pelado3) (bare or plain: a bald statement of the facts.) escueto, sencillo•- baldness- balding
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bald adj calvotr[bɔːld]1 calvo,-a2 (tyre) desgastado,-a3 (style) escueto,-a4 (statement) directo,-a, franco,-a\SMALLIDIOMATIC EXPRESSION/SMALLto be as bald as a coot estar calvo,-a como una bola de billarto go bald quedarse calvo,-abald patch calvabald ['bɔld] adj1) : calvo, pelado, pelón2) plain: simple, purothe bald truth: la pura verdadadj.• calvo, -a adj.• desnudo, -a adj.• escueto, -a adj.• franco, -a adj.• pelado, -a adj.bɔːldadjective -er, -est1)a) < man> calvo, pelón (AmC, Méx), pelado (CS)he's bald — es calvo (or pelón etc)
to go bald — quedarse calvo (or pelón etc)
bald patch — calva f
2) ( plain)[bɔːld]1. ADJ(compar balder) (superl baldest)1) (=hairless) [person, head] calvo; (=shaven) peladobald patch — (on head) calva f, claro m ; (on animal) calva f
he can't spend much on the barber's, with that bald head of his — con lo calvo que está no puede gastar mucho en peluquería
- as bald as an egg or a coot2) (=worn) [tyre] desgastado, gastado; [lawn] peladobald patches on the lawn/carpet — calvas fpl en el césped/la alfombra
3) (=unadorned) [statement] directo, sin rodeos; [style] escueto2.CPDbald eagle N — águila f de cabeza blanca
* * *[bɔːld]adjective -er, -est1)a) < man> calvo, pelón (AmC, Méx), pelado (CS)he's bald — es calvo (or pelón etc)
to go bald — quedarse calvo (or pelón etc)
bald patch — calva f
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calva sustantivo femenino ( cabeza sin pelo) bald head; ( parte sin pelo) bald patch
calvo,-a
I adjetivo bald, glabrous: Juan se está quedando calvo, Juan is going bald
II m, f bald person Locuciones: ni tanto ni tan calvo, there's no need to go as far as that
calva sustantivo femenino
1 (piel sin pelo) bald patch: el sol le quemó la calva, the sun burnt his bald patch
2 (mujer) bald woman ' calva' also found in these entries: English: balding -
5 claro
claro 1
◊ -ra adjetivo‹ piel› fair;◊ tiene los ojos claros she has blue/green/gray eyes‹ideas/explicación/instrucciones› clear; ‹situación/postura› clear; ¿está claro? is that clear?; quiero dejar (en) claro que … I want to make it clear that …; sacar algo en claro de algo to make sense of sth◊ está claro que … it is clear o obvious that …;a no ser, claro está, que esté mintiendo unless, of course, he's lying
claro 2 adverbio 1 ‹ ver› clearly;◊ voy a hablarte claro I'm not going to beat around o about the bush;me lo dijo muy claro he made it very quite clear (to me) 2 ( indep) ( en exclamaciones de asentimiento) of course ■ sustantivo masculino (en pelo, barba) bald patchb) (Meteo) sunny spell o period
claro,-a
I adjetivo
1 (despejado, evidente) clear: tengo muy claro que no va a volver, I'm quite sure she won't come back
un asunto poco claro, a shady deal
2 (poco espeso) thin
3 (color) light
II sustantivo masculino
1 (de un bosque) clearing
2 (entre las nubes) break in the clouds
3 claro de luna, moonlight
III adverbio clearly: deberías hablar claro, you must speak clearly
IV exclamación of course!
¡claro que puedo!, of course I can! Locuciones: a las claras, clearly
dejar algo claro, to make something clear
lo lleva claro si piensa que voy a tolerarlo, she can be quite sure that i?m not going to put up with it
sacar algo en claro, to draw a conclusion: después de tanta discusión, no sacamos nada en claro, we were back to square one after hours of discussion ' claro' also found in these entries: Spanish: clara - escarceo - estar - hombre - nebulosa - nebuloso - nítida - nítido - notoria - notorio - patente - poca - poco - precisa - preciso - pues - rondar - sacar - salvaje - agua - celeste - color - constar - hablar - lavado - neto - oscuro - palpable - que - quedar - visto English: ale - apparent - articulate - break - broad - clean-cut - clear - clear-cut - clearing - confusing - crystal-clear - decided - distinct - enough - fuzzy - good - ice-blue - indistinct - let - light - lucid - mousy - mud - neat - obscure - outset - pale - plain - precise - sharp - speak out - spell out - straight - surely - tenuous - then - thin - transparently - unclear - unequivocal - why - blur - by - certainly - clearly - course - crystal - flash - increasingly - more
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bald patch — noun An area of baldness on a partially bald head. The vain man grew his remaining hair long and twirled it in a spiral to try to cover his growing bald patch, which looked ridiculous when ever it unspiralled, which was always … Wiktionary
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Bald! — was a fly on the wall documentary about baldness, broadcast on Channel 4 in the United Kingdom in April 2003. The show followed a number of men as they tried to hold back the advancement of hairloss, and the methods that they tried to cope with… … Wikipedia
bald — [bo:ld US bo:ld] adj [Date: 1300 1400; Origin: Perhaps from ball white spot on an animal s head (13 16 centuries), probably from Welsh bal] 1.) having little or no hair on your head ▪ a bald man ▪ his shiny bald head ▪ Dad started going bald when … Dictionary of contemporary English
patch — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun 1 material over a hole VERB + PATCH ▪ have ▪ Her jeans have patches all over them. ▪ sew on/onto ▪ She wore a jacket with bright patches sewn onto it. PREPOSITION … Collocations dictionary
patch — patch1 [pætʃ] n ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(part of an area)¦ 2¦(over a hole)¦ 3¦(for growing something)¦ 4¦(computer)¦ 5¦(eye)¦ 6¦(decoration)¦ 7 a bad/difficult/sticky/rough patch 8 somebody s patch 9 not be a patch on somebody/something ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ [ … Dictionary of contemporary English
patch — patch1 [ pætʃ ] noun count ** ▸ 1 piece of cloth ▸ 2 different part of something ▸ 3 piece of ground ▸ 4 piece of software ▸ 5 with nicotine ▸ + PHRASES 1. ) a piece of cloth that you sew over a hole in clothes, or over a part where holes might… … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
patch — [[t]pæ̱tʃ[/t]] patches, patching, patched 1) N COUNT: usu with supp A patch on a surface is a part of it which is different in appearance from the area around it. ...the bald patch on the top of his head... There was a small patch of blue in the… … English dictionary
patch — I UK [pætʃ] / US noun [countable] Word forms patch : singular patch plural patches ** 1) an area that is different from what surrounds it Icy patches are likely on some roads. The male has a distinctive white patch on its tail. There were damp… … English dictionary
patch — 01. Your mother has sewn a [patch] on the knee of your pants where there was a hole. 02. My uncle got a sunburn on his bald [patch] while at the beach yesterday. 03. I got a flat tire on my bicycle, but had the tools to [patch] it myself. 04. We… … Grammatical examples in English
bald — (adj.) c.1300, ballede, probably, with M.E. ede adjectival suffix, from Celt. bal white patch, blaze especially on the head of a horse or other animal (from PIE root *bhel (1) to shine, flash, gleam; see BLEACH (Cf. bleach)). Cf., from the same… … Etymology dictionary