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1 breadthways
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2 ancho
ancho 1
◊ - cha adjetivo1 a lo ancho breadthways o (BrE) widthways 2 (cómodo, tranquilo): estar/sentirse/ponerse a sus anchas to be/feel/make oneself at home
ancho 2 sustantivo masculino width;◊ ¿cuánto mide de ancho? how wide is it?;tiene 6 metros de ancho it's 6 meters wide
ancho,-a
I adjetivo wide, broad
ese vestido te está muy ancho, that dress is too big for you
II sustantivo masculino
1 (anchura) width, breadth: ¿qué ancho tiene?, how wide is it?
la mesa tiene un metro de ancho, the table is a metre wide
2 Cost width Locuciones: familiar quedarse tan ancho (tranquilo): llega tarde y se queda tan ancha, she is always late but never shows any sign of remorse
a lo ancho: mide la cocina a lo ancho, measure the kitchen widthways familiar a mis/tus/sus anchas, at ease, comfortable Empleamos wide (ancho) para hablar de distancias físicas: Vivimos en una calle ancha. We live in a wide street. El coche no entra, es demasiado ancho. The car won't go in, it's too wide. Broad (amplio) es más abstracto y lo usamos en ciertas expresiones (plena luz de día, broad daylight; liberal, broad-minded) o en estilo literario para describir ríos, valles u otros elementos geográficos: Al otro lado del ancho valle se encuentra el castillo. On the other side of the broad valley stands the castle.
' ancho' also found in these entries: Spanish: amplia - amplio - ancha - interlineal - medir - sacar - tener - de - espalda - impresión - por English: across - breadth - broad - frame - gauge - in - wide - width - baggy - coast - depth - how - length
См. также в других словарях:
Breadthways — Breadth ways (br[e^]dth w[asl]z), ads. Breadthwise. Whewell. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
breadthways — also breadth.wise, adjective, adverb with the broad side nearest to the person who is looking at it: The box should fit in the case breadthways … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
breadthways — /bredth wayz , bretth , breth /, adv. in the direction of the breadth. Also, breadthwise /bredth wuyz , bretth , breth /. [1670 80; BREADTH + WAYS] * * * … Universalium
breadthways — adverb breadthwise … Wiktionary
breadthways — adv. in the direction of the breadth … English contemporary dictionary
breadthways — breadth·ways … English syllables
breadthways — breadth•ways [[t]ˈbrɛdθˌweɪz, ˈbrɛtθ , ˈbrɛθ [/t]] also breadth•wise [[t] ˌwaɪz[/t]] adv. in the direction of the breadth • Etymology: 1670–80 … From formal English to slang
breadthways — /ˈbrɛdθweɪz/ (say bredthwayz) adverb in the direction of the breadth. Also, especially US, breadthwise /ˈbrɛdθwaɪz/ (say bredthwuyz) …
breadthways — adverb in the direction of the breadth cut the cloth breadthwise • Syn: ↑breadthwise, ↑broadwise … Useful english dictionary
-ways — suffix forming adjectives and adverbs of direction or manner (sideways) (cf. WISE). Etymology: WAY + S * * * ˌwāzfl>adverb suffix Etymology: Middle English ways, weys, from ways, weyes, wayes, gen. of way, wey way more at way : in ( … Useful english dictionary
breadth|wise — «BREHDTH WYZ, BREHTTH », adverb. = breadthways. (Cf. ↑breadthways) … Useful english dictionary