el siete de agosto

Seventh Cavalry — (US) Séptimo m de Caballería

a los pocos días — within o after a few days, a few days later

• día a día — day in day out, day by day

prefiero el día a día — I prefer to do things from one day to the next o on a day-to-day basis

• siete veces al día — seven times a day

• ese problema es ya de días — that's an old problem

• de día en día — from day to day

• día (de) por medio — LAm every other day, on alternate days

• ocho días — a week

• quince días — a fortnight

• un día sí y otro no — every other day

• día tras día — day after day

día azul — (Ferro) cheap ticket day

Día de la Hispanidad — Columbus Day ( 12 October)

Día de la Raza — = Día de la Hispanidad

día del espectador — day each week when cinema tickets are discounted

estaremos aquí hasta el día del Juicio — iró we'll be here till Kingdom come

día de los inocentes — ≈ April Fools' Day ( 1 April)

Día de (los) Muertos — Méx All Souls' Day, Day of the Dead

Día de Reyes — Epiphany ( 6 January)

día de tribunales — day on which courts are open

día franco — (Mil) day's leave

días de gracia — (Com) days of grace

día señalado — [gen] special day; [en calendario] red-letter day

• ¡ buenos días!, ¡ buen día! — Cono Sur good morning!

• de día — by day, during the day

• día y noche — night and day

¿qué día es hoy? — [del mes] what's the date today?; [de la semana] what day is it today?

día lunes/martes etc — LAm Monday/Tuesday etc

• el día de hoy — today

• el día de mañana — (lit) tomorrow; (fig) at some future date

cada día es peor — it's getting worse every day o by the day

• cualquier día (de estos) — one of these days

cualquier día tendrá un accidente — he's going to have an accident one of these days o any day now

¡cualquier día! — iró not on your life!

cualquier día viene — iró we'll be waiting till the cows come home for him to turn up

• en nuestros días — nowadays

uno de los principales problemas de nuestros días — one of the major problems of our day o our times

• otro día — some other day, another day

dejémoslo para otro día — let's leave it for the moment o for another day

• del día — [estilo] fashionable, up-to-date

• estar al día — (=actualizado) to be up to date; (=de moda) to be with it

• poner al día — [+ texto, contabilidad] to bring up to date; [+ base de datos] to update; [+ diario] to write up

• ponerse al día (en algo) — to get up to date (with sth)

• vivir al día — to live from one day to the next

el día siguiente — the next o the following day

el día de ayer/hoy — (frml) yesterday/today

día (de) por medio — (AmL) every other day, on alternate days

dentro de quince días — in two weeks o (BrE) a fortnight

buenos días or (RPl) buen día — good morning

al día: estoy al día en los pagos I'm up to date with the payments; ponerse al día con algo <noticias/trabajo> to get up to date on/with something; ponga al día su correspondencia bring your correspondence up to date; de un día para otro overnight, from one day to the next; día y noche day and night, continually; hoy en día nowadays, these days; mantenerse al día to keep abreast of things, keep up to date; todo el santo día all day long; se pasa todo el santo día en el teléfono he's on the phone all day long; vivir al día — to live from hand to mouth

duerme durante el día — it sleeps during the day o daytime

ya era de día — it was already light o day

de día claro — (Chi) in broad daylight

pásate por casa un día — why don't you drop in sometime o one day?

en su día: se lo contaré en su día I'll tell him in due course; dio lugar a un gran escándalo en su día it caused a huge scandal in its day o time; un buen día — one fine day

estar en sus días — (Méx fam) to have one's period

el día siguiente — the next o the following day

el día de ayer/hoy — (frml) yesterday/today

día (de) por medio — (AmL) every other day, on alternate days

dentro de quince días — in two weeks o (BrE) a fortnight

buenos días or (RPl) buen día — good morning

al día: estoy al día en los pagos I'm up to date with the payments; ponerse al día con algo <noticias/trabajo> to get up to date on/with something; ponga al día su correspondencia bring your correspondence up to date; de un día para otro overnight, from one day to the next; día y noche day and night, continually; hoy en día nowadays, these days; mantenerse al día to keep abreast of things, keep up to date; todo el santo día all day long; se pasa todo el santo día en el teléfono he's on the phone all day long; vivir al día — to live from hand to mouth

duerme durante el día — it sleeps during the day o daytime

ya era de día — it was already light o day

de día claro — (Chi) in broad daylight

pásate por casa un día — why don't you drop in sometime o one day?

en su día: se lo contaré en su día I'll tell him in due course; dio lugar a un gran escándalo en su día it caused a huge scandal in its day o time; un buen día — one fine day

estar en sus días — (Méx fam) to have one's period

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• menos aún — even less

• menos de — [con sustantivos incontables, medidas, dinero, tiempo] less than; [con sustantivos contables] fewer than

llegamos en menos de diez minutos — we got there in less than o in under ten minutes

• en menos de nada — in no time at all

• menos que — less than

• al menos — at least

• de menos, hay siete de menos — we're seven short, there are seven missing

me dieron un paquete con medio kilo de menos — they gave me a packet which was half a kilo short o under weight

• echar de menos a algn — to miss sb

• ir a menos — to come down in the world

• lo menos diez — at least ten

• eso es lo de menos — that's the least of it

• ¡menos mal! — thank goodness!

• era nada menos que un rey — he was a king, no less

• no es para menos — quite right too

• por lo menos — at least

• ¡ qué menos!, -le di un euro de propina -¡qué menos! — "I tipped her a euro" - "that was the least you could do!"

• quedarse en menos, no se quedó en menos — he was not to be outdone

• tener a menos hacer algo — to consider it beneath o.s. to do sth

• venir a menos — to come down in the world

• y menos, no quiero verle y menos visitarle — I don't want to see him, let alone visit him

• ¡ ya será menos! — come off it!

• menos... que, A tiene menos ventajas que B — A has fewer advantages than B

no soy menos hombre que él — * I'm as much of a man as he is

este es menos coche que el anterior — * this is not as good a car as the last one

• ser menos que, ganaremos porque son menos que nosotros — we'll win because there are fewer of them than there are of us

cinco menos dos — five minus o less two

• a menos que — unless

ahora lo vemos menos — we don't see him so often o we don't see so much of him now

menos (...) que: un hallazgo no menos importante que éste a find which is no less important than this one; ella menos que nadie puede criticarte she of all people is in no position to criticize you; menos (...) de less than; pesa menos de 50 kilos it weighs less than o under 50 kilos; no lo haría por menos de cien mil I wouldn't do it for less than a hundred thousand; éramos menos de diez there were fewer than ten of us; los niños de menos de 7 años children under seven; es menos peligroso de lo que tú crees — it's not as dangerous as you think

cuando menos lo esperábamos — when we were least expecting it; para locs ver menos III 2)

ya hace menos frío — it's not as o so cold now

menos (...) que: tengo menos tiempo que tú I haven't as o so much time as you; menos estudiantes que el año pasado fewer students than last year; yo no soy menos que él — he's no better than me

de menos: me ha dado 100 pesos de menos you've given me 100 pesos too little; me has cobrado de menos you've undercharged me; lo menos (fam) at least; menos mal just as well, thank goodness; menos mal que no me oyó just as well o it's a good thing he didn't hear me; por lo menos at least; ir a menos to go downhill; ser lo de menos: eso es lo de menos, a mí lo que me preocupa es... that's the least of it, what worries me is...; la fecha es lo de menos the date is the least of our/their problems; tener a alguien en menos to feel somebody is beneath one; tener algo a menos to think something is beneath one o beneath one's dignity; venirse a menos — to come down in the world

firmaron todos menos Alonso — everybody but Alonso signed, everybody signed except o but Alonso

menos estos dos, todos están en venta — apart from o with the exception of these two, they are all for sale

ahora lo vemos menos — we don't see him so often o we don't see so much of him now

menos (...) que: un hallazgo no menos importante que éste a find which is no less important than this one; ella menos que nadie puede criticarte she of all people is in no position to criticize you; menos (...) de less than; pesa menos de 50 kilos it weighs less than o under 50 kilos; no lo haría por menos de cien mil I wouldn't do it for less than a hundred thousand; éramos menos de diez there were fewer than ten of us; los niños de menos de 7 años children under seven; es menos peligroso de lo que tú crees — it's not as dangerous as you think

cuando menos lo esperábamos — when we were least expecting it; para locs ver menos III 2)

ya hace menos frío — it's not as o so cold now

menos (...) que: tengo menos tiempo que tú I haven't as o so much time as you; menos estudiantes que el año pasado fewer students than last year; yo no soy menos que él — he's no better than me

de menos: me ha dado 100 pesos de menos you've given me 100 pesos too little; me has cobrado de menos you've undercharged me; lo menos (fam) at least; menos mal just as well, thank goodness; menos mal que no me oyó just as well o it's a good thing he didn't hear me; por lo menos at least; ir a menos to go downhill; ser lo de menos: eso es lo de menos, a mí lo que me preocupa es... that's the least of it, what worries me is...; la fecha es lo de menos the date is the least of our/their problems; tener a alguien en menos to feel somebody is beneath one; tener algo a menos to think something is beneath one o beneath one's dignity; venirse a menos — to come down in the world

firmaron todos menos Alonso — everybody but Alonso signed, everybody signed except o but Alonso

menos estos dos, todos están en venta — apart from o with the exception of these two, they are all for sale

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