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1 split

split
1. verb
present participle splitting: past tense, past participle split)

1) (to cut or (cause to) break lengthwise: to split firewood; The skirt split all the way down the back seam.) rajar

2) (to divide or (cause to) disagree: The dispute split the workers into two opposing groups.) dividir

2. noun
(a crack or break: There was a split in one of the sides of the box.) grieta, raja

- split-level
- split second
- splitting headache
- the splits

split¹ n raja / hendidura

there's a split in your shorts tienes una raja en el pantalón corto

split² vb

1. partir

the ruler split down the middle la regla se partió por la mitad

2. rajarse

my trousers split when I bent down al agacharme, se me rajó el pantalón

3. dividir / repartir

they split the money between them se repartieron el dinero

El pasado y participio pasado de split es split; el gerundio se escribe splitting

split

tr[splɪt]

noun

1 (crack, cut, break) grieta, hendidura, raja

2 (tear - in garment) desgarrón nombre masculino, rasgón nombre masculino; (- in seam) descosido

3 (division - gen) división nombre femenino, ruptura, cisma nombre masculino; (- in politics) escisión nombre femenino, cisma nombre masculino, ruptura

4 (division, sharing out) reparto

adjective

1 (cracked) partido,-a, hendido,-a, rajado,-a; (torn) desgarrado,-a, rasgado,-a

■ split lip labio partido

■ split seam descosido

2 (divided - gen) dividido,-a; (- in politics) dividido,-a, escindido,-a

■ the party is split on this issue el partido está dividido por este tema

transitive verb (pt & pp split, ger splitting)

1 (crack, break) agrietar, hender; (cut) partir

■ he's splitting logs está partiendo troncos

■ she split the coconut open abrió el coco

2 (tear - garment) rajar, desgarrar; (- seam) descoser

■ he split his trousers rompió los pantalones

3 SMALLPHYSICS/SMALL (atom) desintegrar

4 (divide, separate) dividir (up, -); (political party etc) dividir, escindir

■ she split the class (up) into two groups dividió la clase en dos grupos

■ the issue of the prison has split the community el asunto de la cárcel ha dividido a la comunidad

5 (share) repartir, dividir

■ we had to split the prize money between 10 people tuvimos que repartir el premio entre 10 personas

■ let's split the cost paguemos a medias

intransitive verb

1 (crack) agrietarse, henderse, rajarse; (in two parts) partirse

■ this wood splits easily esta madera se parte fácilmente

2 (tear - garment) rajarse, desgarrarse; (- seams) descoserse

■ his trousers split se le descosieron los pantalones

3 (divide - gen) dividirse (up, -); (- in politics) dividirse, escindirse

■ the river splits in two here aquí el río se divide en dos

■ the students split up into small groups los estudiantes se dividieron en grupos reducidos

■ the coalition split over the issue of abortion la coalición se escindió por el tema del aborto

4 familiar (tell tales) acusar, soplar, chivarse (on, de)

■ don't split on me no me soples

5 slang (leave) largarse, abrirse, pirárselas

■ let's split larguémonos

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SMALLIDIOMATIC EXPRESSION/SMALL

in a split second en una fracción de segundo, en menos de un segundo

to do the splits abrir las piernas en cruz

to split hairs rizar el rizo, buscarle tres pies al gato

to split one's head open romperse la crisma, partirse la crisma

to split one's sides laughing partirse de risa, troncharse de risa

to split the difference partir la diferencia

cream split / jam split pastelito relleno de nata / pastelito relleno de mermelada

split decision decisión nombre femenino no unánime

split ends (of hair) puntas nombre femenino plural abiertas

split infinitive SMALLLINGUISTICS/SMALL infinitivo con un adverbio intercalado entre el "to" y el verbo

split peas guisantes nombre masculino plural secos

split pin chaveta

split personality desdoblamiento de personalidad

split ring llavero

split shift horario partido

split ['splɪt] v, split ; splitting vt

1) cleave: partir, hender

to split wood: partir madera

2) burst: romper, rajar

to split open: abrir

3) divide, share: dividir, repartir

split vi

1) : partirse (dícese de la madera, etc.)

2) burst, crack: romperse, rajarse

3) or to split up : dividirse

split n

1) crack: rajadura f

2) tear: rotura f

3) division: división f, escisión f

split

adj.

• dividido, -a adj.

• grieta adj.

• hendido, -a adj.

• partido, -a adj.

• raja adj.

• separarse adj.

n.

• cisma s.m.

• despatarrada s.f.

• división s.f.

• hendedura s.f.

• hendidura s.f.

• quebraja s.f.

• raja s.f.

• rendija s.f.

• resquebrajadura s.f.

• ruptura s.f.

pret., p.p.

(Preterito definido y participio pasivo de "to split")

v.

(§ p.,p.p.: split) = cachar v.

• cascar v.

• desdoblar v.

• dividir v.

• escindir v.

• grietarse v.

• hender v.

• partir v.

• resquebrajar v.

• tronchar v.

splɪt
I

noun

1)

a) (in garment, cloth - in seam) descosido m; (- part of design) abertura f, raja f, tajo m (CS)

b) (in wood, glass) rajadura f, grieta f

2)

a) ( Pol) escisión f; ( Relig) cisma m, escisión f

b) ( break up) ruptura f, separación f

c) (share-out, distribution)

a six-way split would give everyone $1,500 — si se dividiera la suma en seis partes, cada uno se llevaría $1.500

3) splits pl

to do the splits — abrirse* completamente de piernas, hacer* el spagat (Esp)

4) ( bottle) (AmE) botella individual de vino o champán

II

adjective

1)

a) ( damaged) < wood> rajado, partido; < lip> partido

her trousers were split at the seams — tenía las costuras de los pantalones descosidas

b) ( cleft) < logs> partido

2)

a) ( divided)

split decision — decisión f no unánime

split personality — doble personalidad f

split shift — horario m (de trabajo) partido or no corrido

b) ( in factions) dividido

III
1.

(pres p splitting; past & past p split) transitive verb

1)

a) ( break) \<\<wood/stone\>\> partir

to split the atom — fisionar or desintegrar el átomo

to split something in two/in half — partir algo en dos/por la mitad

b) ( burst)

he bent down and split his pants — se agachó y reventó los pantalones

she split her head open — se partió or se abrió la cabeza

to split one's sides (laughing) — partirse or troncharse or desternillarse de risa

c) ( divide into factions) \<\<nation/church\>\> dividir, escindir

2) (divide, share) \<\<cost/food\>\> dividir

do you want to split a bottle? — ¿nos tomamos una botella a medias?

2.

vi

1) (crack, burst) \<\<wood/rock\>\> partirse, rajarse; \<\<leather/seam\>\> abrirse*, romperse*

his bag split (open) — se le rompió or rajó la bolsa

I've got a splitting headache — tengo un dolor de cabeza espantoso

2) \<\<political party/church\>\> dividirse, escindirse

3) ( leave) (sl) abrirse* (arg), largarse* (fam)

4) ( denounce) (BrE colloq)

to split ON somebody — acusar or (Méx fam) rajar a alguien, chivarse de alguien (Esp fam)

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Phrasal Verbs:

- split away

- split up

[splɪt] (vb: pt, pp split)
1. N

1) (=crack) (in wood, rock) hendidura f, grieta f

2) (=rift) ruptura f, escisión f

• there are threats of a split in the progressive party — se oyen voces or hay amenazas de escisión en el partido progresista

3) (=division) división f

• the split between the rich and the poor — la división entre ricos y pobres

• a three- way split — una división en tres partes

4)

• to do the splits — (Gymnastics) hacer el spagat; (accidentally) abrirse completamente de piernas, espatarrarse *

5) (Culin)

jam split — pastel m de mermelada

banana split — (banana) split m

6) (Sew) (in skirt) abertura f

2. ADJ

1) (=cracked) [wood, rock] partido, hendido

he had a split lip — tenía un labio partido

2) (=divided) dividido

the government is split on this question — el gobierno está dividido en este asunto

• it was a split decision — la decisión no fue unánime

• the party was split — el partido estaba escindido or dividido

• the votes are split 15-13 — los votos están repartidos 15 a 13

• the party is split three ways — el partido está escindido or dividido en tres grupos

3. VT

1) (=break) partir

the sea had split the ship in two — el mar había partido el barco en dos

he split the wood with an axe — partió la madera con un hacha

• to split the atom — desintegrar el átomo

• to split sth open — abrir algo

he split his head open — se abrió la cabeza de un golpe

- split hairs

- split one's sides laughing

2) (=divide, share) repartir

• let's split the money between us — repartámonos el dinero

• to split the difference — repartir la diferencia (a partes iguales)

• to split sth into three parts — dividir algo en tres partes

the children were split into two groups — dividieron a los niños en dos grupos

• to split the vote — (Pol) repartirse los votos

• to split the profit five ways — repartir las ganancias entre cinco

3) (fig) [+ government, group] dividir; [+ party] escindir, dividir

the dispute split the party — la disputa escindió or dividió el partido

4. VI

1) (=come apart) [stone etc] henderse, rajarse

the jeans split the first time she wore them — los vaqueros se le abrieron por las costuras la primera vez que se los puso

• to split open — abrirse

• the ship hit a rock and split in two — el barco chocó con una roca y se partió en dos

- my head is splitting

2) (fig) [government, group] dividirse; [party] escindirse, dividirse

3) * (=tell tales) chivatear **, soplar *

to split on sb — chivatear contra algn **, soplar contra algn *

don't split on me — de esto no digas ni pío

4) (esp US) * (=leave) largarse **, irse

5.

CPD

split ends NPL — puntas fpl abiertas

split infinitive N — infinitivo en el que un adverbio o una frase se intercala entre "to" y el verbo

split pea N — guisante m majado

split personality N — personalidad f desdoblada

split pin N — (Brit) chaveta f, pasador m

split screen N — pantalla f partida
split-screen
split second N — fracción f de segundo

in a split second — en un instante, en un abrir y cerrar de ojos
split-second
split shift N — jornada f partida

split ticket N (US) —

• to vote a split ticket — dar el voto fraccionado, votar a candidatos de diferentes partidos en la misma papeleta

- split off

- split up

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[splɪt]
I

noun

1)

a) (in garment, cloth - in seam) descosido m; (- part of design) abertura f, raja f, tajo m (CS)

b) (in wood, glass) rajadura f, grieta f

2)

a) ( Pol) escisión f; ( Relig) cisma m, escisión f

b) ( break up) ruptura f, separación f

c) (share-out, distribution)

a six-way split would give everyone $1,500 — si se dividiera la suma en seis partes, cada uno se llevaría $1.500

3) splits pl

to do the splits — abrirse* completamente de piernas, hacer* el spagat (Esp)

4) ( bottle) (AmE) botella individual de vino o champán

II

adjective

1)

a) ( damaged) < wood> rajado, partido; < lip> partido

her trousers were split at the seams — tenía las costuras de los pantalones descosidas

b) ( cleft) < logs> partido

2)

a) ( divided)

split decision — decisión f no unánime

split personality — doble personalidad f

split shift — horario m (de trabajo) partido or no corrido

b) ( in factions) dividido

III
1.

(pres p splitting; past & past p split) transitive verb

1)

a) ( break) \<\<wood/stone\>\> partir

to split the atom — fisionar or desintegrar el átomo

to split something in two/in half — partir algo en dos/por la mitad

b) ( burst)

he bent down and split his pants — se agachó y reventó los pantalones

she split her head open — se partió or se abrió la cabeza

to split one's sides (laughing) — partirse or troncharse or desternillarse de risa

c) ( divide into factions) \<\<nation/church\>\> dividir, escindir

2) (divide, share) \<\<cost/food\>\> dividir

do you want to split a bottle? — ¿nos tomamos una botella a medias?

2.

vi

1) (crack, burst) \<\<wood/rock\>\> partirse, rajarse; \<\<leather/seam\>\> abrirse*, romperse*

his bag split (open) — se le rompió or rajó la bolsa

I've got a splitting headache — tengo un dolor de cabeza espantoso

2) \<\<political party/church\>\> dividirse, escindirse

3) ( leave) (sl) abrirse* (arg), largarse* (fam)

4) ( denounce) (BrE colloq)

to split ON somebody — acusar or (Méx fam) rajar a alguien, chivarse de alguien (Esp fam)

•

Phrasal Verbs:

- split away

- split up

English-spanish dictionary > split
2 split

1. noun
1) (tear) Riß, der

2) (division into parts) [Auf]teilung, die

3) (fig.): (rift) Spaltung, die

a split between Moscow and her allies — ein Bruch zwischen Moskau und seinen Verbündeten

4) (Gymnastics, Skating)

the splits or (Amer.) split — Spagat, der od. das

do the splits — Spagat machen
2. adjective
gespalten

be split on a question — [sich (Dat.)] in einer Frage uneins sein
3. transitive verb,
-tt-, split

1) (tear) zerreißen

2) (divide) teilen; spalten [Holz]

split persons/things into groups — Personen/Dinge in Gruppen (Akk.) aufteilen od. einteilen

split the difference — sich in der Mitte treffen

split hairs — (fig.) Haare spalten

3) (divide into disagreeing parties) spalten

4) (remove by breaking)

split [off or away] — abbrechen
4. intransitive verb,
-tt-, split

1) (break into parts) [Holz:] splittern; [Stoff, Seil:] reißen

2) (divide into parts) sich teilen; [Gruppe:] sich spalten; [zwei Personen:] sich trennen

3) (be removed by breaking)

split from — absplittern von

split apart — zersplittern

4) (sl.): (depart) abhauen (ugs.)

Phrasal Verbs:

- academic.ru/120834/split_away">split away

- split off

- split on

- split open

- split up

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[split] 1. verb
present participle splitting: past tense, past participle split)

1) (to cut or (cause to) break lengthwise: to split firewood; The skirt split all the way down the back seam.) spalten,reißen

2) (to divide or (cause to) disagree: The dispute split the workers into two opposing groups.) spalten,reißen
2. noun
(a crack or break: There was a split in one of the sides of the box.) der Spalt

- split-level
- split second
- splitting headache
- the splits
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split

[splɪt]

I. n

1. (crack) Riss m (in in + dat); (in wall, cement, wood) Spalt m

2. (division in opinion) Kluft f; POL Spaltung f

there was a three-way \split in the voting die Wählerschaft zerfiel in drei Lager

3. (marital separation) Trennung f

4. ECON, STOCKEX Aktiensplit m, Entzweiung f, Spaltung f

5. (share) Anteil m

a two/three/four-way \split eine Aufteilung in zwei/drei/vier Teile

6. (with legs)

▪ the \splits pl [or AM a \split] Spagat m

to do the \splits [einen] Spagat machen

7. FOOD

[banana] \split Bananensplit m

8. (small bottle) kleine Flasche; of champagne Pikkolo m BRD fam

II. vt

<-tt-, split, split>

1. (divide)

▪ to \split sth etw teilen

the teacher \split the children into three groups der Lehrer teilte die Kinder in drei Gruppen [ein]

to \split an atom ein Atom spalten

to \split the difference ( fig) sich akk auf halbem Weg einigen

to \split sth in half etw halbieren

to \split sth down the middle etw in der Mitte [durch]teilen

to \split a muffin/a roll in two einen Muffin/ein Brötchen in der Mitte durchschneiden

to \split shares Aktien splitten

to \split the vote AM POL die Stimme auf mehrere Kandidaten/Kandidatinnen verteilen

to \split wood Holz spalten

2. ( fig: create division)

to \split a group/a party eine Gruppe/eine Partei spalten

the issue has \split the employers' group die Arbeitgeber haben sich über die Frage entzweit

▪ to be \split over sth in etw dat gespalten sein

3. (rip, crack)

to \split a seam eine Naht aufplatzen lassen

to \split one's head open sich dat den Kopf aufschlagen

to \split a log open ein Holzscheit spalten

4.

▶ to \split a gut AM ( fam) Bauchweh vor Lachen haben

▶ to \split hairs ( pej) Haarspalterei betreiben pej

▶ to \split one's sides vor Lachen fast platzen fam

III. vi

<-tt-, split, split>

1. (divide) wood, board, wall, stone [entzwei]brechen; seam, cloth aufplatzen; fabric zerreißen; hair splissen

to \split into groups sich akk aufteilen

to \split in half entzweibrechen

to \split open aufplatzen, aufbrechen; ( fig) sich akk entzweien

2. (become splinter group)

▪ to \split from sth sich akk von etw dat abspalten

3. (end relationship) sich akk trennen

4. ( dated fam: leave) abhauen fam

hey man, let's \split before the cops come Mann, lass uns abhauen, bevor die Bullen kommen

5. BRIT, AUS ( dated fam: inform)

▪ to \split on sb [to sb] jdn [bei jdm] verpfeifen [o verpetzen] pej fam

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[splɪt] vb: pret, ptp split
1. n

1) Riss m (in in +dat); (esp in wall, rock, wood) Spalt m (in in +dat)

2) (fig: division) Bruch m (in in +dat), Entzweiung f (+gen); (POL, ECCL) Spaltung f (
in +gen)
there is a split in the party over... — die Partei ist in der Frage (+gen)... gespalten

there is a three-way split in the party over... — die Partei zerfällt in der Frage (+gen)... in drei Lager, die Partei ist in der Frage (+gen)... dreigeteilt

a three-way split of the profits — eine Drittelung des Gewinns

I want my split (inf) — ich will meinen Schnitt (inf)

3) (= distinction in meaning) Aufteilung f

4) pl

the splits — Spagat m

to do the splits — (einen) Spagat machen

5) (inf: sweet) (also banana split) (Bananen)split m

jam/cream split — mit Marmelade/Sahne gefülltes Gebäckstück

6) (esp US: bottle) kleine Flasche

7) (COMPUT) (of window) Teilung f

remove split — Teilung aufheben

2. adj
gespalten (on, over in +dat); (COMPUT) screen geteilt
3. vt

1) (= cleave) (zer)teilen; wood, atom spalten; stone zerbrechen; fabric, garment zerreißen, zerschlitzen; seam aufplatzen lassen

the sea had split the ship in two — in dem Sturm zerbrach das Schiff in zwei Teile

I split the seam — die Naht ist (auf)geplatzt

to split hairs (inf) — Haarspalterei treiben (inf)

to split one's sides ( laughing) (inf) — vor Lachen fast platzen (inf)

to split sth open — etw aufbrechen

his lip had been split open — seine Lippe war aufgeplatzt

he split his head open when he fell — er hat sich (dat) beim Fallen den Kopf aufgeschlagen

2) (= divide) spalten; (COMPUT) screen, window teilen; (= share) work, costs, roles etc (sich dat) teilen

to split sth into three parts — etw in drei Teile aufteilen

to split the vote — die Abstimmung zum Scheitern bringen

a party split three ways — eine in drei Lager gespaltene Partei

ticket — panaschieren

they split the profit three ways — sie haben den Gewinn gedrittelt or in drei Teile geteilt

to split the difference ( fig : in argument etc ) — sich auf halbem Wege einigen; ( lit, with money etc ) sich (dat) die Differenz teilen

4. vi

1) (wood, stone) (entzwei)brechen; (hair) sich spalten; (trousers, seam etc) platzen; (fabric) zerreißen; (ship) auseinanderbrechen

to split open — aufplatzen, aufbrechen

to split at the seams (lit) — an den Nähten aufplatzen; (fig) aus allen or den Nähten platzen

my head is splitting (fig) — mir platzt der Kopf

2) (= divide) sich teilen; (people) sich aufteilen; (POL, ECCL) sich spalten (on, over wegen)

3) (inf: leave) abhauen (inf)

4) (Brit inf

= tell tales) to split on sb — jdn verpfeifen (inf)

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split [splıt]

A v/t prät und pperf split

1. (zer-, auf)spalten, (zer)teilen; COMPUT Bildschirm, Fenster teilen:

split sth from etwas abspalten von;

split words wortklauberisch sein; → hair Bes Redew

2. zerreißen: → side A 4

3. auch split up (untereinander) (auf)teilen, sich in einen Gewinn etc teilen:

split a bottle eine Flasche zusammen trinken;

split the difference

a) WIRTSCH sich in die Differenz teilen,

b) sich auf halbem Wege einigen;

split shares (bes US stocks) Aktien splitten;

split one’s vote(s) ( oder ticket) POL US panaschieren

4. split up

a) aufgliedern, untergliedern,

b) auseinanderreißen

5. trennen, entzweien, eine Partei etc spalten, SPORT das Feld auseinanderreißen

6. sl (absichtlich oder unabsichtlich) verraten

7. US umg Whisky etc spritzen, mit Wasser verdünnen

8. PHYS

a) Atome etc (auf)spalten

b) Licht zerlegen

B v/i

1. sich (auf)spalten, reißen

2. zerspringen, (-)platzen, bersten:

my head is splitting fig ich habe rasende Kopfschmerzen

3. a) zerschellen (Schiff)

b) fig scheitern

4. sich entzweien oder spalten (on, over wegen gen):

split off sich abspalten

5. sich spalten oder teilen ( into in akk)

6. auch split up (from, with) Schluss machen (mit), sich trennen (von)

7. sich teilen (on in akk)

8. split on sb (to) sl

a) besonders SCHULE jemanden verpetzen (bei),

b) jemanden verpfeifen (bei)

9. umg sich vor Lachen schütteln

10. POL besonders US panaschieren

11. sl abhauen, verschwinden

C s

1. Spalt m, Riss m, Sprung m

2. abgespaltener Teil, Bruchstück n

3. fig Spaltung f (einer Partei etc)

4. fig Entzweiung f, Zerwürfnis n, Bruch m

5. Splittergruppe f

6. (Bananen- etc) Split n

7. halbe Flasche (Mineralwasser etc)

8. meist pl (als sg konstruiert)

a) Akrobatik, Tanz etc: Spagat m:

do the splits einen Spagat machen

b) Turnen: Grätsche f

9. TECH Schicht f (von Spaltleder)

D adj

1. zer-, gespalten, geteilt, Spalt…:

split ends pl (Haar)Spliss m

2. fig gespalten, zerrissen:

be split (on the issue) (in der Sache) uneinig oder gespalten sein

3. WIRTSCH geteilt:

split quotation Notierung f in Bruchteilen

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1. noun
1) (tear) Riß, der

2) (division into parts) [Auf]teilung, die

3) (fig.): (rift) Spaltung, die

a split between Moscow and her allies — ein Bruch zwischen Moskau und seinen Verbündeten

4) (Gymnastics, Skating)

the splits or (Amer.) split — Spagat, der od. das

do the splits — Spagat machen
2. adjective
gespalten

be split on a question — [sich (Dat.)] in einer Frage uneins sein
3. transitive verb,
-tt-, split

1) (tear) zerreißen

2) (divide) teilen; spalten [Holz]

split persons/things into groups — Personen/Dinge in Gruppen (Akk.) aufteilen od. einteilen

split the difference — sich in der Mitte treffen

split hairs — (fig.) Haare spalten

3) (divide into disagreeing parties) spalten

4) (remove by breaking)

split [off or away] — abbrechen
4. intransitive verb,
-tt-, split

1) (break into parts) [Holz:] splittern; [Stoff, Seil:] reißen

2) (divide into parts) sich teilen; [Gruppe:] sich spalten; [zwei Personen:] sich trennen

3) (be removed by breaking)

split from — absplittern von

split apart — zersplittern

4) (sl.): (depart) abhauen (ugs.)

Phrasal Verbs:

- split away

- split off

- split on

- split open

- split up

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adj.

gespalten adj.

geteilt adj. n.

Riss -e m.

Spalt -e m.

Spaltung -en f. v.

(§ p.,p.p.: split)

= aufteilen v.

spalten v.

teilen v.

zersplittern v.

English-german dictionary > split
3 doppio

(pl -pi) 1. adj double

2. m double

sports doubles

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doppio agg.

1 double: doppia altezza, ( di stoffa) double width; doppi vetri, double glazing; doppio fondo, (di valigia ecc.) false bottom; doppio mento, double chin; doppia porta, double door; doppio whisky, double whisky; binario doppio, double track; filo doppio, double thread; in doppio esemplare, in duplicate; margherita doppia, double daisy; paga doppia, double pay; parola a doppio senso, ambiguous word; la sua canna da pesca ha una lunghezza doppia della mia, his fishing rod is twice the length of mine; avere una doppia vita, to lead a double life; chiudere una porta a doppio giro di chiave, to double-lock a door // doppio gioco, double-cross: non fare il doppio gioco con me!, don't double-cross me! // a doppio effetto, double-acting: pompa a doppio effetto, double-acting pump // a doppio uso, dual-purpose // a doppio petto, double-breasted: giacca a doppio petto, double-breasted jacket // a doppio taglio, ( di lama) double-edged: argomento a doppio taglio, argument that cuts both ways // (comm.): partita doppia, double entry; doppia prezzatura, double pricing; doppio mercato, two-tier market // (fin.): doppio bilancio, double budget; doppio mercato dei cambi, two-tier foreign exchange market; doppio regime dei cambi, split exchange system // (trib.) doppia imposizione, double taxation // (astr.) stella doppia, double star // (fis.) doppia rifrazione, double refraction // (med.): doppia visione, diplopia; doppia circolazione ( del sangue), double circulation // (psic.) doppia personalità, dual personality

2 ( ambiguo) two-faced, double-dealing, deceitful: atteggiamento doppio, two-faced attitude; persona doppia, two-faced person

3 (mecc.) dual: doppio comando, dual control

◆ s.m.

1 double; twice as much, twice as many: più caro del doppio, twice as expensive; ho il doppio della tua età, I am twice your age; ho preso il doppio di quanto prendi tu, I got twice as much as you do; venti è il doppio di dieci, twenty is the double of ten

2 ( tennis) doubles (pl.): doppio femminile, women's doubles; doppio maschile, men's doubles; doppio misto, mixed doubles

3 ( di attore) understudy

4 (lett.) double.

doppio avv.

1 double, twofold, doubly: legame doppio, double bond; piega doppio questo foglio, fold this sheet in half (o in two) // vede doppio, he sees double

2 ( ambiguamente) double, deceitfully: non parlare doppio!, don't speak ambiguously!

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['doppjo] doppio -pia, -pi, -pie
1. agg

(gen) double, (vantaggio) double, twofold, (fig : persona) deceitful

battere una lettera in doppia copia — to type a letter with a carbon copy

chiudere a doppia mandata — to double-lock

un utensile a doppio uso — a dual-purpose utensil

fare il doppio gioco fig — to play a double game

doppio senso — double entendre

frase a doppio senso — sentence with a double meaning

strada a doppio senso di circolazione — two-way street

un doppio whisky — a double whisky

doppi vetri — double-glazing

fare doppio clic su Inform — to double-click on

- doppio fallo

2. sm

1)

pagare il doppio — to pay twice as much o double the amount

10 è il doppio di 5 — 10 is twice o two times 5

2) Tennis doubles (match)

facciamo un doppio — let's have a game of doubles

- doppio misto

3. avv

double

vedere o vederci doppio — to see double

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1.
pl. -pi, - pie ['doppjo, pi, pje] aggettivo

1) (duplice) [quantità, somma, spessore, consonante] double

camera -a — double(-bedded) room

- a vita — double life

- pi comandi — dual controls

frase a doppio senso — sentence with a double meaning

strada a doppio senso — two-way street

parcheggiare in -a fila — to double-park

capelli con le -pie punte — hair with split ends

un'arma a doppio taglio — a double-edged o two-edged sword (anche fig.)

-a "m" — (facendo lo spelling) double "m"

2) (falso, ambiguo) [ persona] two-faced
2.
sostantivo maschile

1) (due volte di più) double

è il doppio di quello che ho pagato! — that's double o twice what I paid!

guadagna il doppio di me — he earns twice as much as I do, he earns double what I earn

è alto il doppio (di me) — he's twice as tall (as me)

30 è il doppio di 15 — 30 is twice 15

ci ha messo il doppio per fare — he took twice as long o double the time to do

2) (esemplare supplementare) (di cose) copy; (di persona) double

3) sport (nel tennis) doubles pl.

giocare un doppio — to play a doubles match o a game of doubles
3.
avverbio

vedere doppio — to see double

doppio clic — double click

doppio femminile — sport ladies' doubles

doppio fondo — doppiofondo

doppio gioco — doppiogioco

doppio maschile — sport men's doubles

doppio mento — double chin

doppio misto — sport mixed doubles

doppio petto — doppiopetto

- pi vetri — double o secondary glazing

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doppio

pl. -pi, - pie /'doppjo, pi, pje/

I aggettivo

1 (duplice) [quantità, somma, spessore, consonante] double; camera -a double(-bedded) room; - a vita double life; - pi comandi dual controls; frase a doppio senso sentence with a double meaning; strada a doppio senso two-way street; parcheggiare in -a fila to double-park; capelli con le -pie punte hair with split ends; un'arma a doppio taglio a double-edged o two-edged sword (anche fig.); -a "m" (facendo lo spelling) double "m"

2 (falso, ambiguo) [ persona] two-faced

II sostantivo maschile

1 (due volte di più) double; è il doppio di quello che ho pagato! that's double o twice what I paid! guadagna il doppio di me he earns twice as much as I do, he earns double what I earn; è alto il doppio (di me) he's twice as tall (as me); 30 è il doppio di 15 30 is twice 15; ci ha messo il doppio per fare he took twice as long o double the time to do

2 (esemplare supplementare) (di cose) copy; (di persona) double

3 sport (nel tennis) doubles pl.; giocare un doppio to play a doubles match o a game of doubles

III avverbio

vedere doppio to see double

COMPOUNDS

doppio clic double click; doppio femminile sport ladies' doubles; doppio fondo → doppiofondo; doppio gioco → doppiogioco; doppio maschile sport men's doubles; doppio mento double chin; doppio misto sport mixed doubles; doppio petto → doppiopetto; - pi vetri double o secondary glazing.

Dizionario Italiano-Inglese > doppio
4 punta

f.

1 point (extremo) (de cuchillo, lápiz, aguja).

este zapato me aprieta en la punta this shoe's squashing the ends of my toes

recorrimos Chile de punta a punta we traveled from one end of Chile to the other

en la otra punta de la ciudad on the other side of town

en la otra punta de la mesa at the other end of the table

sacar punta a un lápiz to sharpen a pencil

2 touch, bit (pizca).

3 small nail (clavo).

4 point, headland (geography).

5 tip, tine, nib, peak.

pres.indicat.

3^rd person singular (él/ella/ello) present indicative of spanish verb: puntar.

imperat.

2^nd person singular (tú) Imperative of Spanish verb: puntar.

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punta

► nombre femenino

1 (extremo) tip; (extremo afilado) point

2 (clavo) nail

3 COCINA (pizca) pinch

4 GEOGRAFÍA point

► nombre femenino plural puntas

1 (del pelo) ends

■ sólo quiero que me corte un poco las puntas I just want a trim

2 (zapatillas de ballet) point shoes, ballet shoes

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FRASEOLOGÍA

a punta de pistola at gunpoint

a punta pala familiar by the hundreds

■ había niños a punta pala there were hordes of kids

de punta a punta from one end to the other

■ nos recorrimos la ciudad de punta a punta we went all round the town

de punta en blanco dressed up to the nines

en hora punta at peak time

estar de punta con alguien to be at odds with somebody

sacar punta a (lápiz) to sharpen 2 (palabras) to read too much into

ser la punta del iceberg to be the tip of the iceberg

tener algo en la punta de la lengua to have something on the tip of one's tongue

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noun f.

1) point, head

2) end, tip

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1. SF

1) (=extremo) [de dedo, lengua, pincel] tip; [de ciudad] side; [de mesa] end; [de pañuelo] corner

la punta de los dedos — the fingertips, the tips of one's fingers

colocad la punta del pie hacia arriba — point your toes upwards

vivimos en la otra punta de Barcelona — we live on the other side of Barcelona

se sentó en la otra punta de la mesa — she sat at the other end of the table

• de punta a cabo o de punta a punta — from one end to the other

nos recorrimos la ciudad de punta a punta — we went from one end of the city to the other

me leí el periódico de punta a cabo — I read the paper from cover to cover

- la punta del iceberg

- tener algo en la punta de la lengua

2) (=extremo puntiagudo) [de cuchillo, tijeras, lápiz] point; [de flecha] tip

un rotulador de punta fina — a felt-tip pen with a fine point

un cuchillo con punta — a pointed knife

una estrella de cinco puntas — a five-pointed star

• de punta, tenía todo el pelo de punta — her hair was all on end

las tijeras le cayeron de punta en el pie — the scissors fell point down o point first on his foot

unos zapatos de punta — a pair of pointed shoes

• acabado en punta — pointed

• a punta de navaja — at knife point

• a punta de pistola — at gunpoint

• sacar punta a — [+ lápiz] to sharpen; Esp [+ comentario, opinión] to twist

le saca punta a todo lo que digo — she twists everything I say

a punta de LAm * —

salió adelante a punta de esfuerzo — he got ahead by sheer effort o by dint of hard work

va a entender a punta de patadas — he has to have sense beaten into him

vive a punta de remedios — he lives on medicines

- estar de punta

estar de punta con algn — to be annoyed with sb

ponerse de punta con algn — to fall out with sb

- ir de punta en blanco

- ponerse de punta en blanco

- poner a algn los pelos o el vello de punta

se me ponen los pelos de punta de pensar en el miedo que pasamos — my hair stands on end when I think of how scared we were

esas imágenes me pusieron el vello de punta — those images were really spine-chilling, those images made my hair stand on end

- estar hasta la punta de los pelos con o de algn

a punta (de) pala Esp * —

había gente a punta pala — there were loads of people *

tienen dinero a punta pala — they're loaded *, they've got loads of money *

punta de diamante — (=cortador) diamond glass cutter; (=diseño) diamond point

cristal tallado a punta de diamante — diamond-cut glass

punta de lanza — spearhead

son la punta de lanza de nuestra ofensiva comercial — they are spearheading our marketing campaign
nervio 2)
3) (=cantidad pequeña) (lit) bit; (fig) touch

una puntita de sal — a pinch of salt

tiene sus puntas de filósofo — there's a touch of the philosopher about him

tiene una punta de loco — he has a streak of madness

4) (=clavo) tack

5) (Geog) (=cabo) point; (=promontorio) headland

6) (=asta) [de toro] horn; [de ciervo] point, tine

7) (Ftbl)

juega en la punta — he plays up front

8) (=colilla) stub, butt

9) (Cos) (=encaje) dentelle

10) pl puntas

a) [del pelo] ends

tengo las puntas abiertas — I have split ends

quiero cortarme las puntas — I'd like a trim, I'd like to have my hair trimmed

b) (Ballet) points, ballet shoes

c) (Culin)

puntas de espárrago — asparagus tips

puntas de solomillo — finest cuts of pork

11) Cono Sur, Méx

una punta de algo — a lot of sth

pagó una punta de pesos por eso — he paid a lot of money for that

son todos una punta de ladrones — they are all a bunch of thieves

12) Cuba [de tabaco] leaf of best tobacco

13) Bol eight-hour shift of work

14) Caribe (=mofa) taunt, snide remark

2.

ADJ INV peak

• horas punta — [de electricidad, teléfono] peak times

la hora punta — [del tráfico] the rush hour

el tráfico en la hora punta — rush-hour traffic

• tecnología punta — latest technology, leading edge technology

• velocidad punta — maximum speed, top speed

3.

SMF (Dep) striker, forward

media punta — midfield player

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I
adjetivo invariable

la hora punta — the rush hour

un sector punta de nuestra industria — a sector which is at the forefront of our industry

velocidad punta — top speed
II
femenino

1)

a) (de lengua, dedos) tip; ( de nariz) end, tip; ( de pan) end; ( de pincel) tip

en la otra punta de la mesa — at the other end of the table

vivo en la otra punta de la ciudad — I live on the other side o at the other end of town

con la punta del pie — with his toes

a punta (de) pala — (Esp fam) loads (colloq)

a punta de pistola or (Per) de bala — at gunpoint

ir/ponerse de punta en blanco — to be/get (all) dressed up

la punta del iceberg — the tip of the iceberg

tener algo en la punta de la lengua — to have something on the tip of one's tongue

b) puntas femenino plural ( del pelo) ends (pl)

2) (de aguja, clavo, cuchillo, lápiz) point; (de flecha, lanza) tip

sácale punta al lápiz — sharpen the pencil

de punta — point first

en punta — pointed

por un extremo acaba en punta — it's pointed at one end

mandar a alguien a la punta del cerro — (CS fam) to send somebody packing (colloq), to tell somebody to get lost (colloq)

- punta de lanza

3) ( de pañuelo) corner

4) (Dep)

juega en la punta — he's a forward o striker

5) (Geog) point

6) (CS fam) ( montón)

una punta de plata — a lot of money, a fortune (colloq)

tiene una punta de cosas que hacer — she has loads o stacks of things to do (colloq)

son una punta de asesinos — they're a bunch of murderers (colloq)

7)

a punta de — (AmL fam)

a punta de repetírselo mil veces — by telling him it a thousand times

a punta de palos lo hicieron obedecer — they beat him until he did as he was told

una dieta a punta de líquidos — a liquid-based diet

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= apex, barb, end, tip.

Ex. A hierarchy is usually illustrated as a triangle with the ultimate authority at the apex of the triangle and authority flowing downward to all other parts of the triangle.

Ex. The letters are upright, narrow, and angular, standing on crooked feet, and the ascenders are usually decorated with barbs or thorns; f and p do not normally descend below the base line.

Ex. Scanning must start to the left of the bar codes and must continue past the right end.

Ex. Reportedly the tip of his nose is so damaged from the operations that the tissue has died.

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* acabado en punta = pointed.

* a punta de pistola = at gunpoint.

* con los nervios de punta = edgy [edgier -comp., edgiest -sup.], nervy [nervier -comp., nerviest -sup.], on edge.

* de punta en blanco = dressed (up) to the nines, spic(k)-and-span.

* de una punta a otra = end to end.

* de una punta de la ciudad a otra = cross-town.

* durante las horas puntas = at peak periods.

* en una punta... en la otra = at one end... at the other.

* golpear ligeramente la punta de los dedos en sucesión sobre una superficie = tap + fingers.

* grabado a la punta seca = drypoint.

* hora punta = peak period, peak hour.

* horas no punta = off-peak times.

* poner los pelos de punta = bristle, scare + the living daylights out of, frighten + the living daylights out of, frighten + Nombre + to death, make + Posesivo + hair stand on end, scare + the hell out of.

* ponerse de punta = stand out.

* punta de espárrago = asparagus tip.

* punta de flecha = arrowhead.

* punta de lanza = spearpoint.

* punta del dedo = fingertip.

* punta del iceberg, la = tip of the iceberg, the.

* punta de trazar = scribe.

* puntas abiertas = split ends.

* sacar punta = sharpen.

* senos firmes y de punta = pert breasts.

* ser la punta de lanza de = spearhead.

* tecnología punta = cutting edge technology.

* tener dinero a punta pala = roll in + Dinero.

* tener los nervios de punta = have + butterflies in + Posesivo + stomach.

* vestirse de punta en blanco = tog out, tog up.

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I
adjetivo invariable

la hora punta — the rush hour

un sector punta de nuestra industria — a sector which is at the forefront of our industry

velocidad punta — top speed
II
femenino

1)

a) (de lengua, dedos) tip; ( de nariz) end, tip; ( de pan) end; ( de pincel) tip

en la otra punta de la mesa — at the other end of the table

vivo en la otra punta de la ciudad — I live on the other side o at the other end of town

con la punta del pie — with his toes

a punta (de) pala — (Esp fam) loads (colloq)

a punta de pistola or (Per) de bala — at gunpoint

ir/ponerse de punta en blanco — to be/get (all) dressed up

la punta del iceberg — the tip of the iceberg

tener algo en la punta de la lengua — to have something on the tip of one's tongue

b) puntas femenino plural ( del pelo) ends (pl)

2) (de aguja, clavo, cuchillo, lápiz) point; (de flecha, lanza) tip

sácale punta al lápiz — sharpen the pencil

de punta — point first

en punta — pointed

por un extremo acaba en punta — it's pointed at one end

mandar a alguien a la punta del cerro — (CS fam) to send somebody packing (colloq), to tell somebody to get lost (colloq)

- punta de lanza

3) ( de pañuelo) corner

4) (Dep)

juega en la punta — he's a forward o striker

5) (Geog) point

6) (CS fam) ( montón)

una punta de plata — a lot of money, a fortune (colloq)

tiene una punta de cosas que hacer — she has loads o stacks of things to do (colloq)

son una punta de asesinos — they're a bunch of murderers (colloq)

7)

a punta de — (AmL fam)

a punta de repetírselo mil veces — by telling him it a thousand times

a punta de palos lo hicieron obedecer — they beat him until he did as he was told

una dieta a punta de líquidos — a liquid-based diet

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= apex, barb, end, tip.

Ex: A hierarchy is usually illustrated as a triangle with the ultimate authority at the apex of the triangle and authority flowing downward to all other parts of the triangle.

Ex: The letters are upright, narrow, and angular, standing on crooked feet, and the ascenders are usually decorated with barbs or thorns; f and p do not normally descend below the base line.

Ex: Scanning must start to the left of the bar codes and must continue past the right end.

Ex: Reportedly the tip of his nose is so damaged from the operations that the tissue has died.

* acabado en punta = pointed.

* a punta de pistola = at gunpoint.

* con los nervios de punta = edgy [edgier -comp., edgiest -sup.], nervy [nervier -comp., nerviest -sup.], on edge.

* de punta en blanco = dressed (up) to the nines, spic(k)-and-span.

* de una punta a otra = end to end.

* de una punta de la ciudad a otra = cross-town.

* durante las horas puntas = at peak periods.

* en una punta... en la otra = at one end... at the other.

* golpear ligeramente la punta de los dedos en sucesión sobre una superficie = tap + fingers.

* grabado a la punta seca = drypoint.

* hora punta = peak period, peak hour.

* horas no punta = off-peak times.

* poner los pelos de punta = bristle, scare + the living daylights out of, frighten + the living daylights out of, frighten + Nombre + to death, make + Posesivo + hair stand on end, scare + the hell out of.

* ponerse de punta = stand out.

* punta de espárrago = asparagus tip.

* punta de flecha = arrowhead.

* punta de lanza = spearpoint.

* punta del dedo = fingertip.

* punta del iceberg, la = tip of the iceberg, the.

* punta de trazar = scribe.

* puntas abiertas = split ends.

* sacar punta = sharpen.

* senos firmes y de punta = pert breasts.

* ser la punta de lanza de = spearhead.

* tecnología punta = cutting edge technology.

* tener dinero a punta pala = roll in + Dinero.

* tener los nervios de punta = have + butterflies in + Posesivo + stomach.

* vestirse de punta en blanco = tog out, tog up.

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punta¹

adj inv

en la hora punta during the rush hour

un sector punta de nuestra industria a sector which is at the forefront of our industry

velocidad punta top speed

punta²

feminine

A

1 (de la lengua, los dedos) tip; (de la nariz) end, tip; (del pan) end

mojó la punta del pincel she wetted the tip of the paintbrush

en la otra punta de la mesa at the other end of the table

vivo en la otra punta de la ciudad I live on the other side o at the other end of town

con la punta del pie with his toes

me recorrí la ciudad de punta a punta I traipsed all over town o from one end of town to the other

bailaba en puntas de pie (CS); she danced on the tips of her toes o ( frml) on her points

entró caminando en puntitas de pie para no despertarlo (CS); she tiptoed in o she went in on tiptoe so as not to wake him

a punta (de) pala ( Esp fam); loads ( colloq)

tiene dinero a punta pala she's loaded ( colloq), she's got pots o stacks o loads of money ( colloq)

a punta de pistola or ( Per) de bala at gunpoint

hasta la punta de los pelos or del pelo ( fam): estoy hasta la punta del pelo de este trabajo I've had it up to here o I'm fed up to the backteeth with this job ( colloq)

ir/ponerse de punta en blanco to be/get dressed up

la punta del iceberg the tip of the iceberg

tener algo en la punta de la lengua to have sth on the tip of one's tongue

lo tengo en la punta de la lengua it's on the tip of my tongue, I have it on the tip of my tongue

2 puntas fpl (del pelo) ends (pl)

vengo a cortarme las puntas I'd like a trim

Compuesto:

puntas de espárrago

fpl asparagus tips (pl)

B (de una aguja) point; (de una flecha, lanza) tip; (de un clavo, cuchillo, lápiz) point

sácale punta al lápiz sharpen the pencil

el cuchillo cayó de punta the knife fell point first

en punta pointed

los zapatos en punta pointed shoes

por un extremo acaba en punta it's pointed at one end

hacerle punta a algn ( Chi fam); to try to win sb's affections

mandar a algn a la punta del cerro (CS fam); to send sb packing ( colloq), to tell sb to get lost ( colloq)

sacarle punta a algo ( Esp); to read too much into sth, distort o twist sth

Compuesto:

punta de lanza

spearhead

estos grupos fueron la punta lanza de del cambio social these groups spearheaded the process of social change o were the spearhead of social change

C (de un pañuelo) corner

D ( Dep):

juega en la punta he's a forward o striker

E ( Geog) point

F

(CS fam) (montón): costó una punta de plata it cost a lot of money o ( colloq) a fortune

tiene una punta de cosas que hacer she has loads o stacks of things to do ( colloq)

son una punta de asesinos they're a bunch of murderers ( colloq)

G

a punta de ( AmL fam): a punta de repetírselo mil veces by telling him it a thousand times

se curó a punta de antibióticos he got better by taking antibiotics

a punta de palos lo hicieron obedecer they beat him until he did as he was told

una dieta a punta de líquidos a liquid-based diet

punta³

masculine and feminine

( Dep) striker, forward

punta izquierdo/punta derecho left/right winger

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punta sustantivo femenino
1
a) (de lengua, dedos) tip;

( de nariz) end, tip;
( de pan) end;
( de pincel) tip;
◊ vivo en la otra punta de la ciudad I live on the other side o at the other end of town;

con la punta del pie with the print of one's foot;
la punta del iceberg the tip of the iceberg;
tener algo en la punta de la lengua to have sth on the tip of one's tongue
b)

◊ puntas sustantivo femenino plural ( del pelo) ends (pl)

2
a) (de aguja, clavo, cuchillo, lápiz) point;

(de flecha, lanza) tip;
◊ punta de lanza spearhead;

sácale punta al lápiz sharpen the pencil;
de punta point first;
en punta pointed;
por un extremo acaba en punta it's pointed at one end
b)

◊ a punta de (AmL fam): a punta de repetírselo mil veces by telling him it a thousand times;

a punta de palos lo hicieron obedecer they beat him until he did as he was told
3 ( de pañuelo) corner
■ adjetivo invariable:
◊ la hora punta the rush hour

punta
I adjetivo hora punta, peak o rush hour
tecnología punta, high technology, familiar high-tech
velocidad punta, top o maximum speed
II sustantivo femenino
1 (extremo puntiagudo) point: la punta del cuchillo, the tip of the knife
(extremo) end, tip
punta del dedo, fingertip
punta del pie, toetip
2 (de un sitio) trabaja en la otra punta del país, he works at the other side of the country
3 (del pelo) puntas, ends pl
4 Dep jugar en punta, to play as a forward or striker
♦ LOC ir/ponerse de punta en blanco, to be/get all dressed up
sacar punta, (a un objeto) to sharpen, (a un comentario, suceso) to twist
tener algo en la punta de la lengua, to have sthg on the tip of one's tongue
a punta de pistola, at gunpoint
de punta a punta, from end to end

' punta' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
ápice
- clavo
- despuntar
- iceberg
- lanza
- pelo
- rotulador
- tecnología
- terminar
- afinar
- agudo
- cesta
- cortar
- embotado
- en
- erizado
- fino
- hora
- nervio
- pistola
- puntiagudo
- puntilla
- torre
English:
cutting-edge
- edge
- end
- gunpoint
- hair
- headland
- high-tech
- mad
- nail
- nerve
- nine
- peak hours
- point
- prong
- rush-hour
- scary
- sharpen
- spike
- spiky
- stick up
- taper
- tip
- weapon
- bristle
- corner
- edgy
- gun
- hang
- head
- off
- pointed
- rat
- rush
- sharp
- stand
- stick

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punta

♦ adj inv

hora punta rush hour;

velocidad punta top speed

♦ nf

1. [extremo] [de cuchillo, lápiz, aguja] point;
[de pan, pelo, nariz] end; [de dedo, cuerno, flecha, pincel] tip; [de zapato] toe; [de pistola] muzzle; [de sábana, pañuelo] corner;
este zapato me aprieta en la punta this shoe's squashing the ends of my toes;

punta fina/gruesa [de bolígrafo] fine/thick point;

lo sujetó con la punta de los dedos she held it with the tips of her fingers;

tengo las puntas (del pelo) abiertas o RP [m5] florecidas I've got split ends;

en la otra punta de la ciudad on the other side of town;

en la otra punta de la mesa at the other end of the table;

se dio en la rodilla con la punta de la mesa she banged her knee on the corner of the table;

lleva el pelo de punta he has spiky hair;

recorrimos Chile de punta a punta we travelled from one end of Chile to the other;

acabado en punta [objeto, instrumento] pointed;

a punta de pistola at gunpoint;

sacar punta a un lápiz to sharpen a pencil;

Comp
Fam
a punta (de) pala: tiene libros a punta (de) pala he has loads of books;

vinieron turistas a punta (de) pala loads of tourists came, tourists came by the busload;

Comp

estar de punta con alguien to be on edge with sb;

Comp

ir de punta en blanco to be dressed up to the nines;

Comp
Fam
sacarle punta a algo to read too much into sth;

Comp

tener algo en la punta de la lengua to have sth on the tip of one's tongue

Comp
punta de flecha arrowhead; Fig la punta del iceberg the tip of the iceberg; Fig punta de lanza spearhead;
los obreros de la capital fueron la punta de lanza de la revolución the industrial workers of the capital spearheaded the revolution;
Perú, Ven punta trasera [de carne] rump tail;
punta de velocidad: [m5] tiene una gran punta de velocidad he's very pacey, Br he has a good turn of pace

2. [pizca] touch, bit;
[de sal] pinch
3. [clavo] small nail

4. Dep [zona de ataque] attack;
[jugador de ataque] forward;
jugar en punta to play in attack, to be a forward;

jugar como media punta to play just in behind the strikers

5. Geog point, headland

6. CSur
en puntas de pie on tiptoe;

andar en puntas de pie to (walk on) tiptoe

7. RP Fam
una punta [mucho] loads;

se casó hace una punta de años he got married donkey's years ago;

tiene una punta de primos she's got loads of cousins

8. Comp
Am
a punta de [a fuerza de] by dint of;

lo convencí a punta de amenazas I threatened him into doing it

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punta

f

1 de dedo, nariz, pie tip

2 ( extremo) end;

de punta a punta (de principio a fin) from beginning to end; (de un extremo a otro) from one extreme to the other

3 de lápiz, GEOG point;

sacar punta a sharpen

4 L.Am. ( grupo) group

5

:

a punta de pistola at gunpoint;

ir de punta en blanco be dressed up

6 en fútbol forward

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punta nf

1) : tip, end

punta del dedo: fingertip

en la punta de la lengua: at the tip of one's tongue

2) : point (of a weapon or pencil)

punta de lanza: spearhead

3) : point, headland

4) : bunch, lot

una punta de ladrones: a bunch of thieves

5)

a punta de : by, by dint of

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punta n

1. (extremo afilado) point

la punta de un lápiz the point of a pencil

2. (de lengua, dedo) tip

las puntas de los dedos fingertips

3. (de nariz, pelo) end

tiene un grano en la punta de la nariz he's got a spot on the end of his nose

4. (de ciudad) side

vive en la otra punta de la ciudad she lives on the other side of town

5. (clavo) nail

sacarle punta a un lápiz to sharpen a pencil

Spanish-English dictionary > punta
5 włos

m 1. zw. pl hair C/U
- miała długie, kręcone włosy she had long curly hair

- w mojej zupie jest włos! there’s a hair in my soup!

- czesać włosy szczotką to brush one’s hair

- upiąć włosy w kok to put one’s hair up in a bun

- rozpuścić włosy to let down one’s hair
2. zw. pl (owłosienie) hair U
- depilować włosy pod pachami to remove the hair from one’s armpits
3. zw. pl (sierść zwierząt) fur U, hair U
- cała kanapa oblazła psimi włosami the whole sofa was covered in dog hair

- pies z długim błyszczącym włosem a dog with a long shiny coat
4. zw. sg (w szczotce) bristle; (w kożuchu) fleece U
- kożuch włosem do góry a sheepskin coat with the fleece on the outside

- pędzel z wytartym włosem a brush with worn bristles

- dywan z długim puszystym włosem a shag carpet
5. Techn. (w zegarku) hairspring
- □ włosy anielskie tinsel

■ wziąć kogoś pod włos pot. to sweet-talk sb pot.

- dzielić a. rozdzielać włos na czworo pot. to split hairs

- o mały włos spóźniłbym się na samolot pot. I just barely made it onto the plane

- uniknęłam tego wypadku o mały włos I avoided the accident by a hair’s breadth a. by the skin of my teeth

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- sa; -sy; loc sg - sie; m

hair

o mały włos nie oblałem — (przen) I only passed by the skin of my teeth

jeśli choćby włos mu z głowy spadnie,... — if you harm a hair on his head,...

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włos

mi

Gen. -a

1. ( na głowie) hair; o mały włos by a hair's breadth l. hairbreadth, by the skin of one's teeth; o (mały) włos od czegoś within an ace of sth; nie ustąpić ani na włos not yield an inch; pokonać kogoś o włos nose sb out; wygrać o włos scrape home; ( o koniu na wyścigach) win by a nose; dzielić włos na czworo split hairs; włosy stanęły mu na głowie l. dęba l. włos mu się zjeżył na głowie his hair rose l. stood on end; ona ma więcej długów niż włosów na głowie she owes more than she is worth; prędzej mi włosy na dłoni wyrosną l. kaktus wyrośnie niż... all hell will freeze over before..., it will be a cold day in August before...; rwać sobie włosy z głowy tear l. pull one's hair out; jeśli choćby włos mu z głowy spadnie... if you harm a hair on his head...; farba do włosów hair-dye; kosmyk włosów wisp of hair; lakier do włosów ( w aerozolu) hair spray l. lacquer; lokówka do włosów hair-curler; odżywka do włosów hair-conditioner; opaska do włosów hair band; pianka do (układania) włosów (styling) mousse; płukanka (koloryzująca) do włosów rinse; rozdwojone końcówki włosów split ends; spinka do włosów bobby pin, hair clip; suszarka do włosów hairdryer; środek na porost włosów hair restorer; wałek do włosów curler; wsuwka do włosów hairpin; żel do (układania) włosów styling gel.

2. (= owłosienie ciała) hair; pies z długim włosem dog with long hair; pod włos (czesać, głaskać) against the hair; brać kogoś pod włos rub sb the right way, give sb a pep talk.

3. ( na tkaninie) pile, nap; dywan z długim włosem long-pile carpet.

4. techn. hairspring.

The New English-Polish, Polish-English Kościuszko foundation dictionary > włos
6 greñudo

adj.

shaggy-haired, shaggy.

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greñudo

► adjetivo

1 (pelo) tangled

2 (persona) unkempt, dishevelled (US disheveled)

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ADJ [cabello] tangled, matted; [persona] dishevelled, disheveled (EEUU)

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= shaggy-haired, shaggy [shaggier -comp., shaggiest -sup.].

Ex. One of the cartoons shows a shaggy-haired scientist working at the blackboard with a caption that reads 'Time is money'.

Ex. Then, she noticed the split ends on his shaggy hair.

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= shaggy-haired, shaggy [shaggier -comp., shaggiest -sup.].

Ex: One of the cartoons shows a shaggy-haired scientist working at the blackboard with a caption that reads 'Time is money'.

Ex: Then, she noticed the split ends on his shaggy hair.

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greñudo -da

adjective

‹pelo› tangled; ‹persona› untidy, disheveled*

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greñudo, -a adj
Pey with matted o tangled hair
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greñudo

adj unkempt, disheveled, Br

dishevelled

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greñudo, -da n

hippie, melenudo: longhair, hippie

Spanish-English dictionary > greñudo
7 peludo

adj.

1 hairy, furred, bushy, covered with hair.

2 hairy, crinite.

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peludo

► adjetivo

1 hairy

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1. ADJ

1) (=con mucho pelo) hairy, shaggy; (=con pelo largo) long-haired; [animal] furry, shaggy; [barba] bushy

2) CAm * (=difícil) hard

2. SM

1) (=felpudo) round felt mat

2) Cono Sur (Zool) (species of) armadillo

3) Cono Sur
** (=borrachera)
agarrarse un peludo — to get sloshed **

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I
- da adjetivo <hombre/brazo> hairy; < barba> bushy; < animal> hairy, furry; < cola> bushy; <lana/jersey> hairy
II
masculino (Zool) armadillo

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= furry [furrier -comp., furriest -sup.], shaggy [shaggier -comp., shaggiest -sup.], hairy [hairier -com., hairiest -sup.], bushy [bushier -comp., bushiest -sup.].

Ex. Try to imagine yourself as a 2 1/2-year-old, out walking in the park with your mum, when across your path pads a little furry animal.

Ex. Then, she noticed the split ends on his shaggy hair.

Ex. Do men find hairy legs more unattractive or stubbly legs more annoying on a woman?.

Ex. Whether short and thin or long and bushy, applying a fake mustache is often the best solution to create the look of a character.

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* lengua peluda = hairy tongue.

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I
- da adjetivo <hombre/brazo> hairy; < barba> bushy; < animal> hairy, furry; < cola> bushy; <lana/jersey> hairy
II
masculino (Zool) armadillo

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= furry [furrier -comp., furriest -sup.], shaggy [shaggier -comp., shaggiest -sup.], hairy [hairier -com., hairiest -sup.], bushy [bushier -comp., bushiest -sup.].

Ex: Try to imagine yourself as a 2 1/2-year-old, out walking in the park with your mum, when across your path pads a little furry animal.

Ex: Then, she noticed the split ends on his shaggy hair.

Ex: Do men find hairy legs more unattractive or stubbly legs more annoying on a woman?.

Ex: Whether short and thin or long and bushy, applying a fake mustache is often the best solution to create the look of a character.

* lengua peluda = hairy tongue.

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peludo¹ -da

adjective

1 ‹hombre/brazo› hairy; ‹barba› bushy

2 ‹animal› hairy, furry ‹perro› (con mucho pelo) shaggy; (con pelo largo) long-haired; ‹cola› bushy

3 ‹lana/jersey› hairy

peludo²

masculine

1 ( Zool) armadillo

como peludo de regalo ( RPl fam); out of the blue

2

( RPl fam) (borrachera): agarró un peludo impresionante she got completely legless o plastered ( colloq)

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peludo
◊ -da adjetivo ‹hombre/brazo› hairy;

‹ barba› bushy;
‹ animal› hairy, furry;
‹ cola› bushy;
‹lana/jersey› hairy
peludo,-a adjetivo
1 (una persona) hairy
2 (un animal) furry
' peludo' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
lanuda
- lanudo
- peluda
English:
furry
- hairy
- shaggy

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peludo, -a

♦ adj

1. [con pelo] hairy

2. Ven Fam [complicado] tricky

♦ nm
RP
1. [animal] armadillo;

Comp
Fam
caer como peludo de regalo to appear out of the blue

2. Fam [borrachera]
agarrar un peludo to get plastered

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peludo

adj persona hairy; animal furry

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peludo, -da adj

: hairy, shaggy, bushy

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peludo adj

1. (persona) hairy [comp. hairier; superl. hairiest]

2. (animal) long haired

Spanish-English dictionary > peludo
8 lanudo

adj.

1 woolly (lanoso), consisting of wool, clothed with wool, lanigerous, fleecy.

2 rustic, uncouth (maleducado). (Andes & Caribbean)

3 well off (rico). (Caribbean & Mexico)

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lanudo

► adjetivo

1 woolly (US wooly)

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ADJ

1) (=lanoso) woolly, wooly (EEUU), fleecy

2) Méx * (=rico) well off

3) And, Caribe (=maleducado) rustic, uncouth

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- da adjetivo long-haired, shaggy

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= fleecy, wooly [woolier -comp., wooliest -sup.], furry [furrier -comp., furriest -sup.], shaggy [shaggier -comp., shaggiest -sup.].

Ex. Results of experiments have indicated that because the beetles favour fleecy woollen material, this material can be used to trap insects in library book depositories.

Ex. The problem used was the riddle of the frozen wooly mammoths.

Ex. Try to imagine yourself as a 2 1/2-year-old, out walking in the park with your mum, when across your path pads a little furry animal.

Ex. Then, she noticed the split ends on his shaggy hair.

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- da adjetivo long-haired, shaggy

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= fleecy, wooly [woolier -comp., wooliest -sup.], furry [furrier -comp., furriest -sup.], shaggy [shaggier -comp., shaggiest -sup.].

Ex: Results of experiments have indicated that because the beetles favour fleecy woollen material, this material can be used to trap insects in library book depositories.

Ex: The problem used was the riddle of the frozen wooly mammoths.

Ex: Try to imagine yourself as a 2 1/2-year-old, out walking in the park with your mum, when across your path pads a little furry animal.

Ex: Then, she noticed the split ends on his shaggy hair.

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lanudo -da

adjective

long-haired, shaggy

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lanudo
◊ -da adjetivo

long-haired, shaggy
lanudo,-a adjetivo woolly, fleecy
(peludo) furry

' lanudo' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
lanuda
English:
shaggy

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lanudo, -a adj

1. [con lana, vello] woolly

2. Ven Fam [adinerado] loaded

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lanoso, lanudo

adj oveja, cabra wooly, Br

woolly; perro shaggy, long-haired

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lanudo, -da adj

: woolly

Spanish-English dictionary > lanudo
9 acabar

v.

1 to finish, to end.

hemos acabado el trabajo we've finished the work

acabó sus días en el exilio he ended his days in exile

el asunto acabó mal the affair finished o ended badly

acabar bien to have a happy ending (película)

cuando acabes, avísame tell me when you've finished

acabar de trabajar/comer to finish working/eating

el cuchillo acaba en punta the knife ends in a point

¡acabáramos! (informal) at last!, about time!

La película acabó The film finished.

Ya terminé I already finished

Acabé mi trabajo I finished my job.

2 to end up (tener un fin determinado).

acabar loco to end up (going) mad

ese acabará en la cárcel he'll end up in jail

Acabé muy cansado I ended up exhausted.

Ella acabó cantando en un club nocturno She ended up singing in a nightclub.

3 to finish with, to destroy, to be someone's ruin, to cause someone's ruin.

La mafia acabó con Ricardo The Mafia finished with Richard.

4 to tire out.

El esfuerzo lo acabó The effort tired him out.

5 to have an orgasm, to come.

María acabó al hacer el amor Mary had an orgasm when making love.

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acabar

► verbo transitivo

1 (gen) to finish, finish off; (completar) to complete

■ he acabado el trabajo I've finished the work

2 (consumir) to use up

■ acabaron las provisiones they used up their supplies

► verbo intransitivo

1 (gen) to finish, end; (pareja) to split up

■ la película acaba con la muerte del rey the film ends with the death of the king

■ acaba en punta it has a pointed end

■ Pilar y Juan han acabado Pilar and Juan have split up

2 acabar por + gerundio to end up + - ing

■ acabé por comprar el vestido I ended up buying the dress

► verbo pronominal acabarse

1 to end, finish, come to an end (no quedar) to run out

■ el partido se acabó con empate a dos goles the match ended in a two-all draw

■ se acabó la fiesta the party's over

■ se le acaba el contrato el mes que viene his contract runs out next month

■ se nos ha acabado el butano we've run out of butane

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FRASEOLOGÍA

acabar bien to have a happy ending

acabar con (destruir) to destroy, put an end to 2 (terminar) to finish, finish off

■ la revolución acabó con los privilegios de los aristócratas the revolution put an end to the privileges of the aristocrats

■ la caída de la bolsa acabó con su fortuna the stock market crash ruined him

■ ¡este chico acabará conmigo! this boy will be the death of me!

acabar de + inf to have just + past participle

■ no lo toques, acabo de pintarlo ahora mismo don't touch it, I've just painted it

acabar mal (cosa) to end badly 2 (persona) to come to a bad end

■ como sigas así acabarás mal if you carry on like that you'll come to a bad end

¡acabáramos! familiar at last!

no acabar de...

■ el autobús no acaba de venir the bus still hasn't come

■ este queso no acaba de gustarme I don't really like this cheese

¡se acabó! that's it!

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verb

to finish, complete, end

- acabarse
- acabar de
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1. VT

1) (=terminar) [+ actividad, trabajo] [gen] to finish; (=dar el toque final a) to finish off

¿habéis acabado la instalación de la antena? — have you finished installing the aerial?

me falta poco para acabar el jersey — I've nearly finished the jumper

me quedan solo un par de horas para acabar este cuadro — it'll only take me another couple of hours to finish off this painting

acabó sus días en prisión — he ended his days in prison

2) (=consumir) to finish

ya hemos acabado el aceite — we've used up o finished the oil

cuando acabe esta cerveza me voy — when I've finished this beer I'm going

3) LAm (=hablar mal de)

acabar a algn — to speak ill of sb

2. VI

1) (=terminar) to finish, end

¿te falta mucho para acabar? — are you nearly finished?, have you got long to go?

la crisis lleva años y no acaba — the recession has been going on for years and there's no sign of it ending

es cosa de nunca acabar — there's no end to it

acabáramos —

acabáramos, ¿así que se trata de tu hijo? — oh, I see, so it's your son, then?
cuento I, 1), rosario 1)
2)

• acabar con —

a) [+ comida] to finish off; [+ injusticia] to put an end to, stop; [+ relación] to end; [+ reservas] to exhaust, use up; [+ esperanzas] to put paid to

acabaron con la tarta en un minuto — they finished off the cake within a minute

¿todavía no has acabado con la carta? — haven't you finished the letter yet?

hay que acabar con tanto desorden — we must put an end to all this confusion

hemos acabado con todas las provisiones — we've exhausted o used up all our supplies

b) [+ persona] (=atender) to finish with; (=matar) to do away with

cuando acabe con ella, te lavo la cabeza — when I'm done o finished with her, I'll wash your hair

¡acabemos con él! — let's do away with him! *

esto acabará conmigo — this will be the end of me

3)

• acabar de hacer algo —

a) [cuando se ha terminado]

acabo de llamarla por teléfono — I have just phoned her

acababa de entrar cuando sonó el teléfono — I had just come in when the phone rang

b) [cuando se está haciendo]

cuando acabemos de pagarlo — when we finish paying for it

para acabar de arreglarlo —

para acabar de arreglarlo, se fue sin despedirse — on top of everything, she left without even saying goodbye

- ¡acaba de parir!

c)

• no acabo de entender por qué lo hizo — I just can't understand why she did it

no acabo de entender este concepto — I just can't seem to understand this concept

ese candidato no me acaba de convencer — I'm not too sure about that candidate

4) [con complemento de modo]

la película acaba bien — the film has a happy ending

su relación acabó mal — their relationship came to an unhappy end

si sigues así vas a acabar mal — if you carry on like that you'll come to a sticky end

acabé harto de tantas fiestas — I ended up getting fed up of all those parties

la palabra acaba con o por "z" — the word ends in a "z"

• acabar en algo — to end in sth

espero que no acabe en tragedia — I hope it won't end in tragedy

el palo acaba en punta — the stick ends in a point

unos zapatos que acaban en punta — a pair of pointed shoes

la fiesta acabó en un baile — the party ended with everyone dancing

después de tanto hablar, todo acabó en nada — after all that talk, it all came to nothing

5)

• acabar haciendo algo, acabar por hacer algo — to end up doing sth

acabó aceptándolo — he ended up accepting it

6) [en una relación] to finish, split up

hemos acabado — we've finished, we've split up

¿cuánto hace que acabaste con ella? — how long is it since you split up with o finished with her?

7) LAm *** (=eyacular) to come ***

3.

See:

acabarse

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1.
verbo intransitivo

Sentido I

1)

a) reunión/película to finish, end; persona to finish; novios to split up

ya casi acabo — I've nearly finished

acabáramos! — (fam) now I get it! (colloq)

b) (en un estado, situación) to end up

¿cómo acabó lo de anoche? — how did things end up last night?

acabó en la cárcel — he ended up in jail; (+ compl)

acabamos cansadísimos — by the end we were exhausted

tanta historia para acabar en nada — all that fuss for nothing

ese chico va a acabar mal — that boy will come to no good

esto puede acabar mal — things could turn nasty o get ugly

la película acabó bien — the movie had a happy ending

acabar + ger o acabar por + inf — to end up -ing

acabarán aceptándolo o por aceptarlo — they'll end up accepting it

acabé por convencerme de que... — in the end I became convinced that...

acabar de algo — to end up as something

acabó de camarero — he ended up (working) as a waiter

c) ( rematar)

acabar en algo — to end in something

la palabra acaba en vocal — the word ends in a vowel

Sentido II

2) acabar con

a)

acabar con algo — ( terminar) con libro/tarea to finish with something; con bombones/bebidas to finish off something; con salud/carrera to ruin something; con sueldo/herencia to fritter away something; con abuso/problema to put an end to something

estás acabando con mi paciencia — you're trying my patience

b) (fam)

acabar con alguien — ( pelearse) to finish with somebody; ( matar) to do away with somebody (colloq)

este niño va a acabar conmigo — this child will be the death of me

Sentido III

3) acabar de

a) ( terminar)

acabar de + inf — to finish -ing

cuando acabes de leerlo — when you've finished reading it

para acabar de arreglarlo se puso a llover — to top o cap it all it started to rain

b) ( para referirse a acción reciente)

acabar de + inf: acaba de salir she's just gone out; acababa de meterme en la cama cuando... — I had just got into bed when...

c) ( llegar a)

acabar de + inf: no acabo de entenderlo I just don't understand; no acababa de gustarle/convencerla — she wasn't totally happy about it/totally convinced
2.
acabar vt

1) <trabajo/libro> to finish; <curso/carrera> to finish, complete

2) ( destrozar)

el esfuerzo lo acabó — he was exhausted by the effort

la tragedia la acabó — the tragedy destroyed her
3.
acabarse v pron

1) ( terminarse) provisiones/comida to run out; problema to be over; reunión/fiesta to end

se nos acabó el café — we ran out of coffee

se le acabaron las fuerzas — he ran out of energy

se me está acabando la paciencia — I'm running out of patience

es un trabajo que no se acaba nunca — it's a never-ending o an endless task

esto se acabó! — that's it!

y (san) se acabó — (fam) and that's that

2)

a) (liter) ( morir)

se fue acabando poco a poco — her life's breath slowly ebbed away (liter)

b) (Méx) ( quedar destrozado)

se acabó en ese trabajo — that job finished him off (colloq)

3) (enf) ( comer) to finish (up)

* * *

= end, end up, see through + to its completion, finish up, finish, wind up (in/at), curtain + fall, call it quits, lay + Nombre + to rest, wrap up, break up, finish off, top + Nombre + off, be over.

Ex. Each field also ends with a special delimiter, which signals the end of the fields.

Ex. But if you have a certain feeling about language, then language ends up becoming very, very important.

Ex. I would like to thank all those who at various times throughout the course of the project assisted so ably in seeing the work through to its completion.

Ex. In trying to get the best of both worlds, we may have finished up with the worst.

Ex. Activities can be plotted to allow the librarian to determine the most expeditious route that can be taken to finish the event.

Ex. Besides, winding up in an exclusive arrangement with a distributor that has rotten customer service ruins any advantage.

Ex. The third act is of course the denouement, when everything is made clear, all the loose ends are tied up, and the curtain falls.

Ex. 'Professional people don't live by the clock: you wouldn't tell a doctor or a lawyer that he couldn't make a decision to call it quits on a particular day'.

Ex. A New Orleans style funeral provided a humorous backdrop for library staff to relive the tragedies and successes of the old system as it was laid to rest.

Ex. The article is entitled 'ACRL wraps up year 1 of Academic Library Statistics Project'.

Ex. Tom Hernandez tried not to show how sad he felt about his friends' leaving, and managed to keep up a cheerful facade until the party broke up.

Ex. His statement is a serious threat to the cooperative sector and was aimed at finishing off the movement.

Ex. Top it off with spicy yacamole and it's worth the nosh.

Ex. Alternatively, the loan policy may be changed to make documents due when the vacation is over.

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* acabar cargando con Algo = wind up with + Nombre.

* acabar con = put + paid to, quell, put to + rest, snuff out, stamp out, kill off, eat + Posesivo + way through.

* acabar con Algo = be done with it.

* acabar con el sufrimiento de Alguien = put + Nombre + out of + Posesivo + misery.

* acabar con la paciencia de Alguien = try + Nombre + patience.

* acabar con la paciencia de un santo = test + the patience of a saint, try + the patience of a saint.

* acabar con mejor cara = end up on + a high note.

* acabar con una nota de optimismo = end + Nombre + on a high (note).

* acabar con un broche de oro = end + Nombre + on a high (note).

* acabar de forma positiva = end + Nombre + on a high (note).

* acabar de + Infinitivo = have + just + Participio Pasado.

* acabar de salir de = be fresh out of.

* acabar de trabajar = clock off + work.

* acabar en = result (in), land in.

* acabar mal = come to + a bad end.

* acabar mejor de lo que + empezar = end up on + a high note.

* acabar paulatinamente = wind + Nombre + down.

* acabar + Posesivo + días en = end up + Posesivo + days in.

* acabar + Posesivo + vida útil = run towards + the end of + Posesivo + useful life.

* acabar repentinamente = come to + a swift end, come to + an abrupt end.

* acabarse = draw to + a close, peter out, run out, be gone, come to + an end, run out of, draw to + an end, wind down, be all gone.

* acabarse el entusiasmo = run out of + steam.

* acabarse el espacio = run out of + space.

* acabarse el tiempo = time + run out, time + be + up.

* acabarse la buena racha = the good times + run out.

* acabarse la (buena) suerte = run out of + luck, luck + run out.

* acabar teniendo = end up with.

* como si se acabara el mundo = like there's no tomorrow.

* como si se fuese a acabar el mundo = like there's no tomorrow.

* empezar a acabarse = run + low (on).

* estar acabando con = eat away at.

* estar acabándose = be on the way out, be on + Posesivo + last legs.

* nada se acaba hasta que no se acaba = nothing is done until it's done.

* ¡se te acabó el cuento! = the jig's up!.

* sin acabar = unfinished.

* tumulto + acabar = tumult + die.

* * *
1.
verbo intransitivo

Sentido I

1)

a) reunión/película to finish, end; persona to finish; novios to split up

ya casi acabo — I've nearly finished

acabáramos! — (fam) now I get it! (colloq)

b) (en un estado, situación) to end up

¿cómo acabó lo de anoche? — how did things end up last night?

acabó en la cárcel — he ended up in jail; (+ compl)

acabamos cansadísimos — by the end we were exhausted

tanta historia para acabar en nada — all that fuss for nothing

ese chico va a acabar mal — that boy will come to no good

esto puede acabar mal — things could turn nasty o get ugly

la película acabó bien — the movie had a happy ending

acabar + ger o acabar por + inf — to end up -ing

acabarán aceptándolo o por aceptarlo — they'll end up accepting it

acabé por convencerme de que... — in the end I became convinced that...

acabar de algo — to end up as something

acabó de camarero — he ended up (working) as a waiter

c) ( rematar)

acabar en algo — to end in something

la palabra acaba en vocal — the word ends in a vowel

Sentido II

2) acabar con

a)

acabar con algo — ( terminar) con libro/tarea to finish with something; con bombones/bebidas to finish off something; con salud/carrera to ruin something; con sueldo/herencia to fritter away something; con abuso/problema to put an end to something

estás acabando con mi paciencia — you're trying my patience

b) (fam)

acabar con alguien — ( pelearse) to finish with somebody; ( matar) to do away with somebody (colloq)

este niño va a acabar conmigo — this child will be the death of me

Sentido III

3) acabar de

a) ( terminar)

acabar de + inf — to finish -ing

cuando acabes de leerlo — when you've finished reading it

para acabar de arreglarlo se puso a llover — to top o cap it all it started to rain

b) ( para referirse a acción reciente)

acabar de + inf: acaba de salir she's just gone out; acababa de meterme en la cama cuando... — I had just got into bed when...

c) ( llegar a)

acabar de + inf: no acabo de entenderlo I just don't understand; no acababa de gustarle/convencerla — she wasn't totally happy about it/totally convinced
2.
acabar vt

1) <trabajo/libro> to finish; <curso/carrera> to finish, complete

2) ( destrozar)

el esfuerzo lo acabó — he was exhausted by the effort

la tragedia la acabó — the tragedy destroyed her
3.
acabarse v pron

1) ( terminarse) provisiones/comida to run out; problema to be over; reunión/fiesta to end

se nos acabó el café — we ran out of coffee

se le acabaron las fuerzas — he ran out of energy

se me está acabando la paciencia — I'm running out of patience

es un trabajo que no se acaba nunca — it's a never-ending o an endless task

esto se acabó! — that's it!

y (san) se acabó — (fam) and that's that

2)

a) (liter) ( morir)

se fue acabando poco a poco — her life's breath slowly ebbed away (liter)

b) (Méx) ( quedar destrozado)

se acabó en ese trabajo — that job finished him off (colloq)

3) (enf) ( comer) to finish (up)

* * *

= end, end up, see through + to its completion, finish up, finish, wind up (in/at), curtain + fall, call it quits, lay + Nombre + to rest, wrap up, break up, finish off, top + Nombre + off, be over.

Ex: Each field also ends with a special delimiter, which signals the end of the fields.

Ex: But if you have a certain feeling about language, then language ends up becoming very, very important.

Ex: I would like to thank all those who at various times throughout the course of the project assisted so ably in seeing the work through to its completion.

Ex: In trying to get the best of both worlds, we may have finished up with the worst.

Ex: Activities can be plotted to allow the librarian to determine the most expeditious route that can be taken to finish the event.

Ex: Besides, winding up in an exclusive arrangement with a distributor that has rotten customer service ruins any advantage.

Ex: The third act is of course the denouement, when everything is made clear, all the loose ends are tied up, and the curtain falls.

Ex: 'Professional people don't live by the clock: you wouldn't tell a doctor or a lawyer that he couldn't make a decision to call it quits on a particular day'.

Ex: A New Orleans style funeral provided a humorous backdrop for library staff to relive the tragedies and successes of the old system as it was laid to rest.

Ex: The article is entitled 'ACRL wraps up year 1 of Academic Library Statistics Project'.

Ex: Tom Hernandez tried not to show how sad he felt about his friends' leaving, and managed to keep up a cheerful facade until the party broke up.

Ex: His statement is a serious threat to the cooperative sector and was aimed at finishing off the movement.

Ex: Top it off with spicy yacamole and it's worth the nosh.

Ex: Alternatively, the loan policy may be changed to make documents due when the vacation is over.

* acabar cargando con Algo = wind up with + Nombre.

* acabar con = put + paid to, quell, put to + rest, snuff out, stamp out, kill off, eat + Posesivo + way through.

* acabar con Algo = be done with it.

* acabar con el sufrimiento de Alguien = put + Nombre + out of + Posesivo + misery.

* acabar con la paciencia de Alguien = try + Nombre + patience.

* acabar con la paciencia de un santo = test + the patience of a saint, try + the patience of a saint.

* acabar con mejor cara = end up on + a high note.

* acabar con una nota de optimismo = end + Nombre + on a high (note).

* acabar con un broche de oro = end + Nombre + on a high (note).

* acabar de forma positiva = end + Nombre + on a high (note).

* acabar de + Infinitivo = have + just + Participio Pasado.

* acabar de salir de = be fresh out of.

* acabar de trabajar = clock off + work.

* acabar en = result (in), land in.

* acabar mal = come to + a bad end.

* acabar mejor de lo que + empezar = end up on + a high note.

* acabar paulatinamente = wind + Nombre + down.

* acabar + Posesivo + días en = end up + Posesivo + days in.

* acabar + Posesivo + vida útil = run towards + the end of + Posesivo + useful life.

* acabar repentinamente = come to + a swift end, come to + an abrupt end.

* acabarse = draw to + a close, peter out, run out, be gone, come to + an end, run out of, draw to + an end, wind down, be all gone.

* acabarse el entusiasmo = run out of + steam.

* acabarse el espacio = run out of + space.

* acabarse el tiempo = time + run out, time + be + up.

* acabarse la buena racha = the good times + run out.

* acabarse la (buena) suerte = run out of + luck, luck + run out.

* acabar teniendo = end up with.

* como si se acabara el mundo = like there's no tomorrow.

* como si se fuese a acabar el mundo = like there's no tomorrow.

* empezar a acabarse = run + low (on).

* estar acabando con = eat away at.

* estar acabándose = be on the way out, be on + Posesivo + last legs.

* nada se acaba hasta que no se acaba = nothing is done until it's done.

* ¡se te acabó el cuento! = the jig's up!.

* sin acabar = unfinished.

* tumulto + acabar = tumult + die.

* * *

acabar [A1 ]

vi

Sentido I

A

1 (terminar) «reunión/partido/película» to finish, end

¿te falta mucho? — no, ya casi acabo do you have much to do? — no, I've nearly finished

todavía no he acabado I haven't finished yet, I'm not through yet ( colloq)

2 acabar CON algo/algn to finish WITH sth/sb

¿has acabado con esto? have you finished with this?

ven cuando acabes con lo que estás haciendo come as soon as you've finished what you're doing

espera, que todavía no he acabado contigo wait a minute, I haven't finished with you yet

cuando acabes con Cristina ¿me puedes atender a mí? when you've finished with o ( colloq) when you're through with Cristina, can you help me?

3 «novios» to split up, break up acabar CON algn to break up o split up WITH sb, finish WITH sb

he acabado con ella I've broken up with o split up with o finished with her, I'm through with her ( colloq)

4 acabar DE + INF:

cuando acabes de leer el libro me lo pasas ¿vale? will you lend me the book when you've finished (reading) it?

todavía no he acabado de pagar la casa I still haven't finished paying for the house

para acabar de arreglarlo, se puso a llover and to top it all o cap it all o make matters worse, it began to rain

¡acabáramos! ( fam); now I get it! ( colloq)

¡acabáramos! así que lo que quería era dinero now I get it! it was money he was after

es que vivió siete años en Tokio — ¡acabáramos! con razón habla tan bien japonés she lived in Tokyo for seven years, you know — oh, I see! that's why she speaks Japanese so well

5 acabar + GER or acabar POR + INF to end up -ING

acabarán por aceptarlo or aceptándolo they'll end up accepting it, they'll accept it in the end

B (+ compl):

la palabra acaba en or por `r' the word ends in `r'

por este lado acaba en punta this side ends in a point

acabamos cansadísimos by the end we were dead tired

¿en qué acabó lo de anoche? how did things end up last night?

tanta historia para acabar en nada all that fuss for nothing

siempre decía que ese chico iba a acabar mal I always said that boy would come to no good

no te metas que esto puede acabar mal don't get involved, things could turn nasty o get ugly

la película acabó bien the movie had a happy ending

C ( AmS arg) (tener un orgasmo) to come ( colloq)

Sentido II

A acabar con

(terminar, destruir): acabó con todos los bombones he finished off o ( colloq) polished off all the chocolates

en dos años acabó con la herencia he went through his inheritance in two years

si tratas así los zapatos vas a acabar con ellos en dos días if you treat your shoes like that, they'll be ruined o you'll wear them out in a couple of days

estás acabando con mi paciencia you're trying my patience, I'm running out of patience with you

este escándalo puede acabar con su carrera this scandal could ruin o finish his career

hay que acabar con este tipo de discriminaciones this sort of discrimination must be eliminated o eradicated, we/they must do away with o put an end to o put a stop to this sort of discrimination

B ( fam)

(matar): sabe demasiado, hay que acabar con él he knows too much, we're going to have to eliminate him o ( colloq) get rid of him

este clima/niño va a acabar conmigo this weather/child will be the death of me

Sentido III acabar de

A (para referirse a una acción reciente) acabar DE + INF:

acaba de salir she's just gone out

acababa de meterme en la cama cuando sonó el teléfono I had just got into bed when the telephone rang

acabo de comer I've just eaten

B no acabar DE + INF:

no acaba de convencerme la idea I'm not totally convinced by the idea

no acabo de entenderlo I just don't understand

el color no me acaba de gustar or ( Esp fam) no me acaba I'm not too sure I like the color, I'm not too sure about the color

■ acabar

vt

A ‹trabajo› to finish

ya acabé el libro I've finished the book

no logró acabar el curso he didn't manage to finish o complete the course

iré cuando acabe lo que estoy haciendo I'll go when I've finished what I'm doing

B

(destrozar): el esfuerzo lo acabó y tuvo que abandonar la carrera he was exhausted by the effort and had to drop out of the race

la tragedia la acabó the tragedy destroyed o killed her

■ acabarse

v pron

A

(terminarse): se nos ha acabado el café we've run out of coffee, the coffee's run out, we're out of coffee ( colloq)

se le acabaron las fuerzas he ran out of energy o ( colloq) steam

se me está acabando la paciencia I'm running out of patience

el trabajo de la casa no se acaba nunca housework is a never-ending o an endless job

se fue él y se acabaron los problemas as soon as he left, the problems ended

¡esto se acabó! no lo aguanto más that's it! I can't take any more

y (san) se acabó ( fam); and that's that

le dices que no quieres y (san) se acabó tell him you don't want to and that's that

te he dicho que no vas y (san) se acabó I've told you you're not going and that's all there is to it! o and that's that! o and let that be an end to it!

B

1 ( liter)

(morir): se fue acabando poco a poco she slowly slipped away, her life's breath slowly ebbed away ( liter)

2

( Méx) (quedar destrozado): se acabó en ese trabajo that job finished him off o did for him ( colloq)

C ( enf) (comer) to finish, finish up

acábate todas las lentejas finish (up) all the lentils

* * *

acabar ( conjugate acabar) verbo intransitivo
1
a) [reunión/película] to finish, end;

[ persona] to finish;
[ novios] to split up;
◊ ya casi acabo I've nearly finished

b) (en un estado, situación) to end up;

◊ acabó en la cárcel he ended up in jail;

(+ compl)
◊ acabamos cansadísimos by the end we were exhausted;

ese chico va a acabar mal that boy will come to no good;
la película acabó bien the movie had a happy ending;
acabarán aceptándolo o por aceptarlo they'll end up accepting it;
acabar de algo to end up as sth;
acabó de camarero he ended up (working) as a waiter
c) ( rematar) acabar en algo to end in sth

2
◊ acabar con

a) acabar con algo ( terminar) ‹con libro/tarea› to finish with sth;

‹con bombones/bebidas› to finish off sth;
‹con salud/carrera› to ruin sth;
‹con sueldo/herencia› to fritter away sth;
‹con abuso/problema› to put an end to sth
b) (fam) acabar con algn ( pelearse) to finish with sb;

( matar) to do away with sb (colloq);
◊ este niño va a acabar conmigo this child will be the death of me

3
◊ acabar de

a) ( terminar) acabar de hacer algo to finish doing sth;

◊ cuando acabes de leerlo when you've finished reading it

b) ( para referirse a acción reciente):

◊ acaba de salir she's just gone out;

acababa de meterme en la cama cuando … I had just got into bed when …
c) ( llegar a):

◊ no acabo de entenderlo I just don't understand;

no acababa de gustarle she wasn't totally happy about it
verbo transitivo ‹trabajo/libro› to finish;
‹curso/carrera› to finish, complete
acabarse verbo pronominal
1 ( terminarse) [provisiones/comida] to run out;
[ problema] to be over;
[reunión/fiesta/curso] to end;
[ proyecto] to finish, come to an end;
[ año] to come to an end;
◊ se nos acabó el café we ran out of coffee;

se le acabaron las fuerzas he ran out of energy;
un trabajo que no se acaba nunca a never-ending o an endless task;
¡esto se acabó! that's it!
2 ( enf) ( comer) to finish (up)
acabar
I verbo transitivo
1 to finish (off) ➣ Ver nota en finish 2 (completar) to complete
II verbo intransitivo
1 to finish, end: todo acabó bien, it all ended happily 2 acabar con (agotar las existencias) to finish something
figurado estás acabando con mi paciencia, I'm losing my patience with you
(romper algo) to break something
(matar) to kill: la droga está acabando con él, he's killing himself with drugs
(destruir, eliminar) to destroy something: hay que acabar con la tortura, we must get rid of torture
figurado las presiones acabaron con su carrera política, the overwhelming pressure finished off his political career 3 acabar de: acaba de llegar de Río, he's just arrived from Río
no acaba de decidirse, she hasn't made up her mind yet 4 acabar en: el partido de fútbol acabó en tragedia, the football match ended in tragedy 5 acabar por/acabar + gerundio acabé creyendo/por creer que estaba loca, I ended up thinking she was mad
' acabar' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
apurar
- finiquitar
- incompleta
- incompleto
- levantarse
- paciencia
- temblar
- terminar
- tabla
English:
barrier
- break
- break down
- burial
- complete
- distance
- drag on
- end
- end up
- fade
- finish
- finish up
- get over
- get through
- grief
- illiteracy
- it
- paid
- racism
- round off
- settle
- sink
- stamp out
- there
- time-wasting
- use up
- wind up
- destroy
- do
- finished
- get
- kill
- near
- smash
- stop
- wind
- wipe

* * *

acabar

♦ vt
[terminar] to finish;
hemos acabado el trabajo we've finished the work;

todavía no ha acabado el primer plato he still hasn't finished his first course;

acabamos el viaje en Canadá our journey ended in Canada;

la bufanda está sin acabar the scarf isn't finished yet;
RP Fam
¡acabala! that's enough!

♦ vi

1. [terminar] to finish, to end;

el cuchillo acaba en punta the knife ends in a point;

el asunto acabó mal o [m5] de mala manera the affair finished o ended badly;

detesto las películas que acaban bien I hate films that have a happy ending;

acabó sus días en el exilio he ended his days in exile;

ése acabará en la cárcel he'll end up in jail;

cuando acabes, avísame tell me when you've finished;

acabar de hacer algo to finish doing sth;

acabar de trabajar/comer to finish working/eating;

acabar con algo to finish with sth;

¿has acabado con el martillo? have o are you finished with the hammer?;

acabar por hacer algo, acabar haciendo algo to end up doing sth;

acabarán por llamar o [m5] llamando they'll call eventually o sooner or later;

para acabar de arreglarlo to cap it all;
Fam
¡acabáramos! so that's what it was!

2. [haber hecho recientemente]
acabar de hacer algo to have just done sth;

acabo de llegar I've just arrived

3.
acabar con [destruir] [enemigo] to destroy;
[salud] to ruin; [violencia, crimen] to put an end to;
acabar con la paciencia de alguien to exhaust sb's patience;

está acabando con mi paciencia she's trying my patience;

acabaron con todas las provisiones they used up all the provisions;

la droga acabó con él drugs killed him;

¡ese niño va a acabar conmigo! that boy will be the death of me!

4. [volverse] to end up;

acabar loco to end up (going) mad

5. [en construcciones con infinitivo]
no acabo de entenderlo I can't quite understand it;

no acaba de parecerme bien I don't really think it's a very good idea;

no acaba de gustarme del todo I just don't really like it;

el plan no me acaba de convencer I'm not totally convinced by the plan

6. RP, Ven Fam [tener un orgasmo] to come

7. Comp

de nunca acabar never-ending;

este proyecto es el cuento de nunca acabar this project just seems to go on and on

♦ See also the pronominal verb acabarse

* * *

acabar

I v/t

1 finish

2

:

acabé haciéndolo yo I ended up doing it myself

II v/i

1 de persona finish; de función, acontecimiento finish, end;

acabar con put an end to; caramelos finish off; persona destroy;

acabar en end in;

acabar en punta end in a point;

acabar bien/mal end well/badly;

va a acabar mal fam this is going to end badly; persona he’ll come to no good o

to a bad end;

acabó por comprender in the end he understood;

no acabo de comprender I still don’t understand;

acabar con sus huesos en end up in;

es cosa de nunca acabar it’s never-ending;

¡acabáramos! now I get it!;

¡acaba ya! hurry up and finish!;

la cosa no acaba aquí and that’s not all, and there’s worse

2

:

acabar de hacer algo have just done sth;

acabo de escribirlo I’ve just written it

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acabar vi

1) terminar: to finish, to end

2)

acabar de : to have just (done something)

acabo de ver a tu hermano: I just saw your brother

3)

acabar con : to put an end to, to stamp out

acabar vt

terminar: to finish

♦ See also the reflexive verb acabarse

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acabar vb

1. (terminar) to finish

aún no he acabado de comer I haven't finished eating yet

2. (acción, objeto) to end

la cena acabó en baile the supper ended with a dance

la navaja acaba en punta the knife ends in a point

acabar de hacer algo to have just done something

acaba de llegar she's just arrived

acabar por to end up

acabó por comprarlo he ended up buying it

Spanish-English dictionary > acabar
10 demasiado

adj.

too much, far too much, a bit much, much too much.

adv.

too, much, too much, all too.

pron.

too much.

past part.

past participle of spanish verb: demasiarse.

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demasiado

► adjetivo

1 (singular) too much; (plural) too many

■ tienes demasiados discos you've got too many records

■ hay demasiado pan there's too much bread

► adverbio

1 (modificador de adjetivo) too; (modificador de verbo) too much

■ es demasiado gordo he's too fat

■ bebes demasiado you drink too much

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1. (f. - demasiada)
adj.

too much, too many
2. adv.
too, too much

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1. ADJ

1) (=excesivo) too much

eso es demasiado — that's too much

hace demasiado calor — it's too hot

con demasiado cuidado — with excessive care

¡esto es demasiado! — that's the limit!

no tengo demasiado tiempo — I don't have much time

¡qué demasiado! — * wow! *

2) pl demasiados too many

2. ADV

1) (=en exceso) [con adjetivos, adverbios] too; [con verbos] too much

es demasiado pesado para levantarlo — it is too heavy to lift

demasiado bien lo sé — I know it only too well

comer demasiado — to eat too much

2) LAm (=mucho)

lo siento demasiado — I'm very o really sorry

es demasiado sabio — he's very wise
DEMASIADO ¿"Too", "too much" o "too many"? ► Demasiado se traduce por too delante de {adjetivos} y {adverbios}: Hace demasiado calor It's too hot Hace un día demasiado bueno para quedarse trabajando en casa It's too nice a day to stay at home working Hablas demasiado deprisa You talk too quickly ► Se traduce por too much cuando demasiado describe o se refiere a nombres {incontables} y como complemento de verbos: Le he echado demasiada agua a las patatas I've put too much water in the potatoes Creo que he comido demasiado I think I've eaten too much Habla demasiado He talks too much Cuando acompaña a un verbo de tiempo demasiado suele traducirse como too long: Ha tardado demasiado en acabar la tesis He's taken too long to finish his thesis ► Se traduce por too many cuando demasiado precede a nombres {contables} en {plural}: Tiene demasiadas preocupaciones She has too many worries Para otros usos y ejemplos ver la entrada
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I
- da adjetivo (delante del n)

le dio demasiado dinero — he gave her too much money

había demasiada gente/demasiados coches — there were too many people/cars

hace demasiado calor — it's too hot

con demasiada frecuencia — too often
II
adverbio

1) <pequeño/caliente/caro> too

fue un esfuerzo demasiado grande para él — it was too much of an effort for him

es demasiado largo (como) para que lo termine hoy — it's too long for me to finish today

2) <comer/hablar/preocuparse> too much

trabajas demasiado — you work too hard
III
- da pronombre

piden demasiado por la casa — they're asking too much for the house

somos demasiados — there are too many of us

hizo demasiados — she made too many

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= far too (many/much), too + Adjetivo/Adverbio, too great, too heavily, too much, too far, all too + Adjetivo, way too much, overly much.

Ex. Obviously this is far too many references or added entries.

Ex. A user may reject a document because it is in a language that he cannot read or because it was written too long ago.

Ex. Truuskee Sanders, NBLC organiser for the Children's Panel, feels that the press attach too great importance to the books thus selected.

Ex. This leads to an approach which is insufficiently analytical, and which relies too heavily upon enumeration.

Ex. Finally a word of caution: do not expect too much.

Ex. Public libraries have had difficulty in establishing such a role without straying too far outside their own area of competence.

Ex. The author compares the high tech dreams of access to information technology for US school libraries with the all too shabby reality that currently exists.

Ex. Staying out late, lots of glasses of wine and having way too much fun has resulted in us both feeling under the weather all weekend long.

Ex. In the past, she's relied overly much on her ready laugh, lean looks, and willingness to doff her duds.

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* alcanzar + Posesivo + mejor momento demasiado pronto = peak + too early.

* calentarse demasiado = overheat.

* con demasiada facilidad = all too easily, all too easy.

* con demasiada frecuencia = all too often.

* con demasiadas expectativas = over expectant.

* con demasiado trabajo = overworked.

* conducir demasiado cerca de otro = tailgate.

* confiarse demasiado = be lulled into a false sense of.

* consentir demasiado = overindulge.

* demasiada presión = overpressure.

* demasiadas veces = one too many times.

* demasiado + Adjetivo = over + Adjetivo, too narrowly + Adjetivo, overly + Adjetivo, disappointingly + Adjetivo.

* demasiado + Adjetivo + para su desgracia = too + Adjetivo + for + Posesivo + own good.

* demasiado amplio = overwide [over-wide].

* demasiado ansioso = overeager [over-eager].

* demasiado bien pagado = overpaid.

* demasiado blando = mushy [mushier -comp., mushiest -sup.].

* demasiado caro = overpriced [over-priced].

* demasiado cerca = too close for comfort.

* demasiado chabacano = all too shabby.

* demasiado complejo = overcomplex.

* demasiado complicado = overcomplicated [over-complicated].

* demasiado común = all too common.

* demasiado corto = all too short.

* demasiado costoso = non-affordable [nonaffordable].

* demasiado cualificado = overqualified.

* demasiado decorado = overly-decorated.

* demasiado delgado = underweight.

* demasiado donde elegir = embarrassment of riches, spoilt for choice.

* demasiado entusiasmado = overeager [over-eager].

* demasiado entusiasta = overenthusiastic [over-enthusiastic].

* demasiado exagerado = overly-exaggerated.

* demasiado fácil = all too easy, far too easy.

* demasiado fácilmente = all too easily.

* demasiado frecuente = all too frequent.

* demasiado fuerte = over-strong.

* demasiado gordo = overweight.

* demasiado grande = overgrown, oversized.

* demasiado indulgente con uno mismo = self-indulgent.

* demasiado lejos = too far.

* demasiado líquido = runny [runnier -comp., runniest -sup.].

* demasiado maduro = overripe.

* demasiado mayor en relación con Algo = overage.

* demasiado mayor para su curso = overage for grade.

* demasiado meticuloso = nitpicking [nit-picking].

* demasiado optimista = over-optimistic [overoptimistic].

* demasiado poco común = all too rare.

* demasiado precipitado = too hurried, too rush.

* demasiado preciso = over-precise.

* demasiado pronto = too soon.

* demasiado puntilloso = hair-splitting [hairsplitting].

* demasiado raro = all too rare.

* demasiado recargado = glaring.

* demasiados = too many, all too many, Número + too many.

* demasiado seguro de uno mismo = overconfident.

* demasiado simplificado = oversimplified [over-simplified].

* demasiados participantes = too many cooks (spoil the broth).

* demasiados pocos = all too few.

* demasiado susceptible = oversensitive.

* demasiado sutil = hair-splitting [hairsplitting].

* demasiado tarde = too late.

* demasiado temprano = too early.

* demasiado tiempo = too long.

* demasiado usado = overworked, overused [over-used].

* desarrollarse demasiado pronto = peak + too early.

* durante demasiado tiempo = for too long.

* encabezamiento demasiado general = much-too-broad heading.

* encarecer demasiado = price out of + the market, price out of + the reach.

* encontrar Algo demasiado difícil = be out of + Posesivo + league.

* enfatizar demasiado = overstress.

* estar demasiado representado = overrepresent.

* exigir demasiado = overtax.

* exigir demasiado de = put + strain on.

* fruta demasiado madura = overripe fruit.

* gastar demasiado = overspend.

* haber bebido demasiado = be over the limit.

* hace demasiado tiempo = too long ago.

* hilar demasiado fino = split + hairs.

* horarios de trabajo demasiado cargados = over-long hours.

* intentar abarcar demasiado = burn + the candle at both ends.

* ir demasiado lejos = overstate + case, go + too far.

* llegar demasiado lejos = go + too far.

* llevar Algo demasiado lejos = push + Nombre + too far.

* mimar demasiado = spoil + Nombre + rotten, overindulge.

* no darle demasiada importancia a Algo = think + little of.

* pagar demasiado = pay through + the nose.

* prometer demasiado = over-promise.

* proteger demasiado = overprotect.

* que espera demasiado = over expectant.

* regado con demasiada frecuencia = heavily watered.

* ser Algo demasiado difícil para = be in over + Posesivo + head, be out of + Posesivo + depth.

* ser demasiado = be over-provided, be a mouthful.

* ser demasiado + Adjetivo = be too + Adjetivo + by half.

* ser demasiado común = be all too common.

* ser demasiado precavido = err + on the side of caution.

* ser demasiado tarde para echar atrás = reach + the point of no return.

* sin pensarlo demasiado = off-the-cuff, off the top of + Posesivo + head.

* tener demasiada prisa = be in too much of a hurry, be in too much of a rush.

* utilizarse con demasiada frecuencia = be overworked.

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I
- da adjetivo (delante del n)

le dio demasiado dinero — he gave her too much money

había demasiada gente/demasiados coches — there were too many people/cars

hace demasiado calor — it's too hot

con demasiada frecuencia — too often
II
adverbio

1) <pequeño/caliente/caro> too

fue un esfuerzo demasiado grande para él — it was too much of an effort for him

es demasiado largo (como) para que lo termine hoy — it's too long for me to finish today

2) <comer/hablar/preocuparse> too much

trabajas demasiado — you work too hard
III
- da pronombre

piden demasiado por la casa — they're asking too much for the house

somos demasiados — there are too many of us

hizo demasiados — she made too many

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= far too (many/much), too + Adjetivo/Adverbio, too great, too heavily, too much, too far, all too + Adjetivo, way too much, overly much.

Ex: Obviously this is far too many references or added entries.

Ex: A user may reject a document because it is in a language that he cannot read or because it was written too long ago.

Ex: Truuskee Sanders, NBLC organiser for the Children's Panel, feels that the press attach too great importance to the books thus selected.

Ex: This leads to an approach which is insufficiently analytical, and which relies too heavily upon enumeration.

Ex: Finally a word of caution: do not expect too much.

Ex: Public libraries have had difficulty in establishing such a role without straying too far outside their own area of competence.

Ex: The author compares the high tech dreams of access to information technology for US school libraries with the all too shabby reality that currently exists.

Ex: Staying out late, lots of glasses of wine and having way too much fun has resulted in us both feeling under the weather all weekend long.

Ex: In the past, she's relied overly much on her ready laugh, lean looks, and willingness to doff her duds.

* alcanzar + Posesivo + mejor momento demasiado pronto = peak + too early.

* calentarse demasiado = overheat.

* con demasiada facilidad = all too easily, all too easy.

* con demasiada frecuencia = all too often.

* con demasiadas expectativas = over expectant.

* con demasiado trabajo = overworked.

* conducir demasiado cerca de otro = tailgate.

* confiarse demasiado = be lulled into a false sense of.

* consentir demasiado = overindulge.

* demasiada presión = overpressure.

* demasiadas veces = one too many times.

* demasiado + Adjetivo = over + Adjetivo, too narrowly + Adjetivo, overly + Adjetivo, disappointingly + Adjetivo.

* demasiado + Adjetivo + para su desgracia = too + Adjetivo + for + Posesivo + own good.

* demasiado amplio = overwide [over-wide].

* demasiado ansioso = overeager [over-eager].

* demasiado bien pagado = overpaid.

* demasiado blando = mushy [mushier -comp., mushiest -sup.].

* demasiado caro = overpriced [over-priced].

* demasiado cerca = too close for comfort.

* demasiado chabacano = all too shabby.

* demasiado complejo = overcomplex.

* demasiado complicado = overcomplicated [over-complicated].

* demasiado común = all too common.

* demasiado corto = all too short.

* demasiado costoso = non-affordable [nonaffordable].

* demasiado cualificado = overqualified.

* demasiado decorado = overly-decorated.

* demasiado delgado = underweight.

* demasiado donde elegir = embarrassment of riches, spoilt for choice.

* demasiado entusiasmado = overeager [over-eager].

* demasiado entusiasta = overenthusiastic [over-enthusiastic].

* demasiado exagerado = overly-exaggerated.

* demasiado fácil = all too easy, far too easy.

* demasiado fácilmente = all too easily.

* demasiado frecuente = all too frequent.

* demasiado fuerte = over-strong.

* demasiado gordo = overweight.

* demasiado grande = overgrown, oversized.

* demasiado indulgente con uno mismo = self-indulgent.

* demasiado lejos = too far.

* demasiado líquido = runny [runnier -comp., runniest -sup.].

* demasiado maduro = overripe.

* demasiado mayor en relación con Algo = overage.

* demasiado mayor para su curso = overage for grade.

* demasiado meticuloso = nitpicking [nit-picking].

* demasiado optimista = over-optimistic [overoptimistic].

* demasiado poco común = all too rare.

* demasiado precipitado = too hurried, too rush.

* demasiado preciso = over-precise.

* demasiado pronto = too soon.

* demasiado puntilloso = hair-splitting [hairsplitting].

* demasiado raro = all too rare.

* demasiado recargado = glaring.

* demasiados = too many, all too many, Número + too many.

* demasiado seguro de uno mismo = overconfident.

* demasiado simplificado = oversimplified [over-simplified].

* demasiados participantes = too many cooks (spoil the broth).

* demasiados pocos = all too few.

* demasiado susceptible = oversensitive.

* demasiado sutil = hair-splitting [hairsplitting].

* demasiado tarde = too late.

* demasiado temprano = too early.

* demasiado tiempo = too long.

* demasiado usado = overworked, overused [over-used].

* desarrollarse demasiado pronto = peak + too early.

* durante demasiado tiempo = for too long.

* encabezamiento demasiado general = much-too-broad heading.

* encarecer demasiado = price out of + the market, price out of + the reach.

* encontrar Algo demasiado difícil = be out of + Posesivo + league.

* enfatizar demasiado = overstress.

* estar demasiado representado = overrepresent.

* exigir demasiado = overtax.

* exigir demasiado de = put + strain on.

* fruta demasiado madura = overripe fruit.

* gastar demasiado = overspend.

* haber bebido demasiado = be over the limit.

* hace demasiado tiempo = too long ago.

* hilar demasiado fino = split + hairs.

* horarios de trabajo demasiado cargados = over-long hours.

* intentar abarcar demasiado = burn + the candle at both ends.

* ir demasiado lejos = overstate + case, go + too far.

* llegar demasiado lejos = go + too far.

* llevar Algo demasiado lejos = push + Nombre + too far.

* mimar demasiado = spoil + Nombre + rotten, overindulge.

* no darle demasiada importancia a Algo = think + little of.

* pagar demasiado = pay through + the nose.

* prometer demasiado = over-promise.

* proteger demasiado = overprotect.

* que espera demasiado = over expectant.

* regado con demasiada frecuencia = heavily watered.

* ser Algo demasiado difícil para = be in over + Posesivo + head, be out of + Posesivo + depth.

* ser demasiado = be over-provided, be a mouthful.

* ser demasiado + Adjetivo = be too + Adjetivo + by half.

* ser demasiado común = be all too common.

* ser demasiado precavido = err + on the side of caution.

* ser demasiado tarde para echar atrás = reach + the point of no return.

* sin pensarlo demasiado = off-the-cuff, off the top of + Posesivo + head.

* tener demasiada prisa = be in too much of a hurry, be in too much of a rush.

* utilizarse con demasiada frecuencia = be overworked.

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demasiado¹ -da

adjective

A ( delante del n):

le dio demasiado dinero he gave her too much money

había demasiada gente there were too many people

trajeron demasiadas cajas they brought too many boxes

hace demasiado calor it's too hot

con demasiada frecuencia too often

aquí lo que hay es demasiado extranjero ( fam); there are far too many foreigners around here

B ( fam)

(en interjecciones): ¡qué demasiado! wow! ( colloq), that's incredible o amazing! ( colloq)

demasiado²

adverb

A ‹pequeño/caliente/caro› too

fue un esfuerzo demasiado grande para él it was too much of an effort for him

es demasiado poco it isn't enough

es demasiado largo (como) para que lo termine hoy it's too long for me to finish today

B ‹comer/hablar› too much

trabajas demasiado you work too hard

C ( Méx) (muy) very

demasiado³ -da

pronoun

no te preocupes, demasiado has hecho ya don't worry, you've done far too much already

piden demasiado por la casa they're asking too much for the house

somos demasiados there are too many of us

hizo demasiados she made too many

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demasiado 1
◊ -da adjetivo ( delante del n): demasiado dinero too much money;

había demasiados coches there were too many cars;
hace demasiado calor it's too hot
■ pronombre: es demasiado it's too much;
somos demasiados there are too many of us;
hizo demasiados she made too many
demasiado 2 adverbio
1 ‹pequeño/caliente/caro› too;
◊ fue un esfuerzo demasiado grande para él it was too much of an effort for him

2 ‹comer/hablar/preocuparse› too much;
‹ trabajar› too hard
demasiado,-a
I adj (cuando el sustantivo inglés es singular) too much
(cuando el sustantivo inglés es plural) too many: hay demasiada pobreza, there is too much poverty
guardas demasiados trastos, you keep too much junk
había demasiada gente, there were too many people
II adv (modificando un adjetivo) too: es demasiado pesado/caro, it is too heavy/expensive
(modificando un verbo) bebe/habla demasiado, he drinks/talks too much
' demasiado' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
ancha
- ancho
- arriesgarse
- caldosa
- caldoso
- clavar
- complaciente
- contemplar
- demasiada
- desventura
- dulzón
- dulzona
- empalagar
- herniarse
- histriónica
- histriónico
- inasequible
- interlineal
- lejos
- mucha
- mucho
- muy
- pagadera
- pagadero
- rápida
- rápido
- razón
- reciente
- resultar
- tardar
- tozuda
- tozudo
- transigente
- abrigado
- alejar
- apresurar
- bastante
- ceñir
- confiar
- demorar
- detener
- duro
- enfriar
- espacio
- exigir
- extender
- impresión
- junto
- justo
- para
English:
administration
- age
- assailant
- attractive
- awesome
- boat
- bristle
- candle
- carry
- chew
- close-fitting
- commercialize
- cord
- deny
- digestion
- domineering
- easy
- expose
- far
- far-fetched
- frame
- gristle
- late
- lay on
- limit
- loud
- moderately
- much
- obtrusive
- over
- overconfident
- overdo
- overgrown
- overly
- overpay
- overwork
- rank
- scare
- sentimental
- something
- space
- spread
- still
- swallow up
- take on
- temptation
- tight
- to
- too
- weak

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demasiado, -a

♦ adj
[en exceso] too much; [plural] too many;
demasiada comida too much food;

demasiados niños too many children;

aquí hay demasiado niño there are too many kids in here, this place is too full of kids;

tiene demasiada estatura she's too tall;

hay demasiado ruido it's too noisy;

¡esto es demasiado! [el colmo] this is too much!

♦ adj inv
Esp Fam [genial] great, cool;
esta discoteca es demasiado this club is something else;

¿que te has casado? ¡qué demasiado! you're married? too much!

♦ adv
[en exceso] too much;
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demasiado

I adj too much; antes de pl too many;

demasiada gente too many people;

hace demasiado calor it's too hot

II adv antes de adj, adv too; con verbo too much;

¡esto es demasiado! fig this is too much!

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demasiado adv

1) : too

vas demasiado aprisa: you're going too fast

2) : too much

estoy comiendo demasiado: I'm eating too much

demasiado, -da adj

: too much, too many, excessive

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demasiado¹ adj

1. (con sustantivo incontable) too much

has comprado demasiado queso you've bought too much cheese

2. (con sustantivo contable) too many

hay demasiados coches en la ciudad there are too many cars in the city

demasiado² adv

1. (con adjetivos, adverbios) too

ibas demasiado deprisa you were going too fast

hace demasiado calor it's too hot

2. (con verbos) too much

he comido demasiado I've eaten too much

creo que ya has dicho demasiado I think you've said too much already

demasiado³ pron

1. (con sustantivo incontable) too much

¿cuánto piden? Demasiado how much are they asking? Too much

2. (con sustantivo contable) too many

¿cuántos has comido? Demasiados how many have you eaten? Too many

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פֵּאָה, פֵּי׳f. (b. h.; פאה to split, divide; v. Ges. H. Dict.12> s. v.) section, segment, corner.Pl. פֵּאוֹת, פֵּי׳. Erub.51a (ref. to Num. 35:5) פ׳ כתיבן the text speaks of corners (angular additions); ib. לזה אתה נותן פ׳ אין אתה נותן פ׳וכ׳ for this purpose (the definition of suburbs) you allow corners to be included (i. e. square measurements), but you must not allow corners to those appointing a Sabbath center (שְׁבִיתָה), i. e. you must allow them to walk only within a circle the radius of which is two thousand cubits. Ib. 11a בארבע פ׳ השדה Ar. (ed. פינות) in the four corners of the field; a. e.Esp. 1) פְּאַת ראש the hair on the temples; פאת זקן the hair on the chin. Macc.III, 5 המקיף פ׳ ראשו והמשחית פ׳ זקנו (v. Lev. 19:27) he who cuts off (shaves) the hair of his temples and destroys the hair of his chins; expl. ib. 20b פאת ראשו סוף ראשווכ׳ the peah of his head means cutting the tail-end of the hair of his head … making his temples as smooth as the spot behind the ear and as the forehead; פאת זקנו סוף זקנווכ׳ the peah of his chin means the pointed ends of his chin, v. שִׁיבּוֹלֶת; Sifra Kdosh., Par. 3, ch. VI; a. e.In gen. curls; פ׳ נכרית strange (false) curls, wig. Sabb.VI, 5. Naz.28b; a. e. 2) (פאת שדה) the corner of the field, the portion of the harvest left for the poor, peah (Lev. 19:9 sq.) Sifra Kdosh., Par. 1, ch. I פטור מן הלקט … והפ׳ is exempt from the duty of leaving for the poor the gleanings, the forgotten sheaf, and the corner. Ib. חייבים בפ׳ are subject to peah. Ib. אין פ׳ אלא מחמת הכילויוכ׳ the title of peah comes only through the finishing (of the cutting of the field, i. e. if one left a plot uncut in the middle of a field, the poor cannot take it, before the field is entirely cut), and only when it has a name (has been designated by the owner as the poor mans share), and the real peah is only that which is left at the end (i. e. he who has left a plot in the middle, must also leave a corner); ib. נתן בתחילה הרי זו פ׳ if he left a portion on beginning to cut or in the middle, it is peah (belongs to the poor, and is exempt from tithes); Peah I, 3; a. v. fr. 3) (transf.) braid, vines plaited together so as to form a cover or a partition. Tosef.Kil.IV, 5 אם היו קנים מדוקרנין עושה אותן פ׳ מלמעלה ומותר if forked reeds were standing there, he forms a plait above, and it is permitted (it forms a partition with regard to mixed seeds); Erub.11b. Y.Kil.IV, 29b מציל משום פ׳ it saves (makes the place marked off by reeds a partitioned field) the same as a garland of vines. Ib. הדא פ׳ מה אתוכ׳ what do you mean by that peah? do you mean overhead, or on the side? Ib. bot. הפ׳ אינהוכ׳ the ‘plait does not save (is not considered a partition), unless it is solidly joined on four sides. Ib. פ׳ מהו שתציל בסוכה do intertwined vines form a partition with regard to Succah (to be considered a wall)?; Y.Succ.I, 52a bot. Erub. l. c. top פ׳ מותרת לענין כלאיםוכ׳ (Ms. M. פ׳ קליעית קליעית, being a gloss to פ׳; v. Rabb. D. S. a. l. note) ‘braids form a partition with regard to mixed seeds, but not with regard to Sabbath laws; a. fr. Peah, name of a treatise of Mishnah, Tosefta and Talmud Yrushalmi, of the Order of Zraʿim.

Jewish literature > פאה
12 פי׳

פֵּאָה, פֵּי׳f. (b. h.; פאה to split, divide; v. Ges. H. Dict.12> s. v.) section, segment, corner.Pl. פֵּאוֹת, פֵּי׳. Erub.51a (ref. to Num. 35:5) פ׳ כתיבן the text speaks of corners (angular additions); ib. לזה אתה נותן פ׳ אין אתה נותן פ׳וכ׳ for this purpose (the definition of suburbs) you allow corners to be included (i. e. square measurements), but you must not allow corners to those appointing a Sabbath center (שְׁבִיתָה), i. e. you must allow them to walk only within a circle the radius of which is two thousand cubits. Ib. 11a בארבע פ׳ השדה Ar. (ed. פינות) in the four corners of the field; a. e.Esp. 1) פְּאַת ראש the hair on the temples; פאת זקן the hair on the chin. Macc.III, 5 המקיף פ׳ ראשו והמשחית פ׳ זקנו (v. Lev. 19:27) he who cuts off (shaves) the hair of his temples and destroys the hair of his chins; expl. ib. 20b פאת ראשו סוף ראשווכ׳ the peah of his head means cutting the tail-end of the hair of his head … making his temples as smooth as the spot behind the ear and as the forehead; פאת זקנו סוף זקנווכ׳ the peah of his chin means the pointed ends of his chin, v. שִׁיבּוֹלֶת; Sifra Kdosh., Par. 3, ch. VI; a. e.In gen. curls; פ׳ נכרית strange (false) curls, wig. Sabb.VI, 5. Naz.28b; a. e. 2) (פאת שדה) the corner of the field, the portion of the harvest left for the poor, peah (Lev. 19:9 sq.) Sifra Kdosh., Par. 1, ch. I פטור מן הלקט … והפ׳ is exempt from the duty of leaving for the poor the gleanings, the forgotten sheaf, and the corner. Ib. חייבים בפ׳ are subject to peah. Ib. אין פ׳ אלא מחמת הכילויוכ׳ the title of peah comes only through the finishing (of the cutting of the field, i. e. if one left a plot uncut in the middle of a field, the poor cannot take it, before the field is entirely cut), and only when it has a name (has been designated by the owner as the poor mans share), and the real peah is only that which is left at the end (i. e. he who has left a plot in the middle, must also leave a corner); ib. נתן בתחילה הרי זו פ׳ if he left a portion on beginning to cut or in the middle, it is peah (belongs to the poor, and is exempt from tithes); Peah I, 3; a. v. fr. 3) (transf.) braid, vines plaited together so as to form a cover or a partition. Tosef.Kil.IV, 5 אם היו קנים מדוקרנין עושה אותן פ׳ מלמעלה ומותר if forked reeds were standing there, he forms a plait above, and it is permitted (it forms a partition with regard to mixed seeds); Erub.11b. Y.Kil.IV, 29b מציל משום פ׳ it saves (makes the place marked off by reeds a partitioned field) the same as a garland of vines. Ib. הדא פ׳ מה אתוכ׳ what do you mean by that peah? do you mean overhead, or on the side? Ib. bot. הפ׳ אינהוכ׳ the ‘plait does not save (is not considered a partition), unless it is solidly joined on four sides. Ib. פ׳ מהו שתציל בסוכה do intertwined vines form a partition with regard to Succah (to be considered a wall)?; Y.Succ.I, 52a bot. Erub. l. c. top פ׳ מותרת לענין כלאיםוכ׳ (Ms. M. פ׳ קליעית קליעית, being a gloss to פ׳; v. Rabb. D. S. a. l. note) ‘braids form a partition with regard to mixed seeds, but not with regard to Sabbath laws; a. fr. Peah, name of a treatise of Mishnah, Tosefta and Talmud Yrushalmi, of the Order of Zraʿim.

Jewish literature > פי׳
13 פֵּאָה

פֵּאָה, פֵּי׳f. (b. h.; פאה to split, divide; v. Ges. H. Dict.12> s. v.) section, segment, corner.Pl. פֵּאוֹת, פֵּי׳. Erub.51a (ref. to Num. 35:5) פ׳ כתיבן the text speaks of corners (angular additions); ib. לזה אתה נותן פ׳ אין אתה נותן פ׳וכ׳ for this purpose (the definition of suburbs) you allow corners to be included (i. e. square measurements), but you must not allow corners to those appointing a Sabbath center (שְׁבִיתָה), i. e. you must allow them to walk only within a circle the radius of which is two thousand cubits. Ib. 11a בארבע פ׳ השדה Ar. (ed. פינות) in the four corners of the field; a. e.Esp. 1) פְּאַת ראש the hair on the temples; פאת זקן the hair on the chin. Macc.III, 5 המקיף פ׳ ראשו והמשחית פ׳ זקנו (v. Lev. 19:27) he who cuts off (shaves) the hair of his temples and destroys the hair of his chins; expl. ib. 20b פאת ראשו סוף ראשווכ׳ the peah of his head means cutting the tail-end of the hair of his head … making his temples as smooth as the spot behind the ear and as the forehead; פאת זקנו סוף זקנווכ׳ the peah of his chin means the pointed ends of his chin, v. שִׁיבּוֹלֶת; Sifra Kdosh., Par. 3, ch. VI; a. e.In gen. curls; פ׳ נכרית strange (false) curls, wig. Sabb.VI, 5. Naz.28b; a. e. 2) (פאת שדה) the corner of the field, the portion of the harvest left for the poor, peah (Lev. 19:9 sq.) Sifra Kdosh., Par. 1, ch. I פטור מן הלקט … והפ׳ is exempt from the duty of leaving for the poor the gleanings, the forgotten sheaf, and the corner. Ib. חייבים בפ׳ are subject to peah. Ib. אין פ׳ אלא מחמת הכילויוכ׳ the title of peah comes only through the finishing (of the cutting of the field, i. e. if one left a plot uncut in the middle of a field, the poor cannot take it, before the field is entirely cut), and only when it has a name (has been designated by the owner as the poor mans share), and the real peah is only that which is left at the end (i. e. he who has left a plot in the middle, must also leave a corner); ib. נתן בתחילה הרי זו פ׳ if he left a portion on beginning to cut or in the middle, it is peah (belongs to the poor, and is exempt from tithes); Peah I, 3; a. v. fr. 3) (transf.) braid, vines plaited together so as to form a cover or a partition. Tosef.Kil.IV, 5 אם היו קנים מדוקרנין עושה אותן פ׳ מלמעלה ומותר if forked reeds were standing there, he forms a plait above, and it is permitted (it forms a partition with regard to mixed seeds); Erub.11b. Y.Kil.IV, 29b מציל משום פ׳ it saves (makes the place marked off by reeds a partitioned field) the same as a garland of vines. Ib. הדא פ׳ מה אתוכ׳ what do you mean by that peah? do you mean overhead, or on the side? Ib. bot. הפ׳ אינהוכ׳ the ‘plait does not save (is not considered a partition), unless it is solidly joined on four sides. Ib. פ׳ מהו שתציל בסוכה do intertwined vines form a partition with regard to Succah (to be considered a wall)?; Y.Succ.I, 52a bot. Erub. l. c. top פ׳ מותרת לענין כלאיםוכ׳ (Ms. M. פ׳ קליעית קליעית, being a gloss to פ׳; v. Rabb. D. S. a. l. note) ‘braids form a partition with regard to mixed seeds, but not with regard to Sabbath laws; a. fr. Peah, name of a treatise of Mishnah, Tosefta and Talmud Yrushalmi, of the Order of Zraʿim.

Jewish literature > פֵּאָה
14 פֵּי׳

פֵּאָה, פֵּי׳f. (b. h.; פאה to split, divide; v. Ges. H. Dict.12> s. v.) section, segment, corner.Pl. פֵּאוֹת, פֵּי׳. Erub.51a (ref. to Num. 35:5) פ׳ כתיבן the text speaks of corners (angular additions); ib. לזה אתה נותן פ׳ אין אתה נותן פ׳וכ׳ for this purpose (the definition of suburbs) you allow corners to be included (i. e. square measurements), but you must not allow corners to those appointing a Sabbath center (שְׁבִיתָה), i. e. you must allow them to walk only within a circle the radius of which is two thousand cubits. Ib. 11a בארבע פ׳ השדה Ar. (ed. פינות) in the four corners of the field; a. e.Esp. 1) פְּאַת ראש the hair on the temples; פאת זקן the hair on the chin. Macc.III, 5 המקיף פ׳ ראשו והמשחית פ׳ זקנו (v. Lev. 19:27) he who cuts off (shaves) the hair of his temples and destroys the hair of his chins; expl. ib. 20b פאת ראשו סוף ראשווכ׳ the peah of his head means cutting the tail-end of the hair of his head … making his temples as smooth as the spot behind the ear and as the forehead; פאת זקנו סוף זקנווכ׳ the peah of his chin means the pointed ends of his chin, v. שִׁיבּוֹלֶת; Sifra Kdosh., Par. 3, ch. VI; a. e.In gen. curls; פ׳ נכרית strange (false) curls, wig. Sabb.VI, 5. Naz.28b; a. e. 2) (פאת שדה) the corner of the field, the portion of the harvest left for the poor, peah (Lev. 19:9 sq.) Sifra Kdosh., Par. 1, ch. I פטור מן הלקט … והפ׳ is exempt from the duty of leaving for the poor the gleanings, the forgotten sheaf, and the corner. Ib. חייבים בפ׳ are subject to peah. Ib. אין פ׳ אלא מחמת הכילויוכ׳ the title of peah comes only through the finishing (of the cutting of the field, i. e. if one left a plot uncut in the middle of a field, the poor cannot take it, before the field is entirely cut), and only when it has a name (has been designated by the owner as the poor mans share), and the real peah is only that which is left at the end (i. e. he who has left a plot in the middle, must also leave a corner); ib. נתן בתחילה הרי זו פ׳ if he left a portion on beginning to cut or in the middle, it is peah (belongs to the poor, and is exempt from tithes); Peah I, 3; a. v. fr. 3) (transf.) braid, vines plaited together so as to form a cover or a partition. Tosef.Kil.IV, 5 אם היו קנים מדוקרנין עושה אותן פ׳ מלמעלה ומותר if forked reeds were standing there, he forms a plait above, and it is permitted (it forms a partition with regard to mixed seeds); Erub.11b. Y.Kil.IV, 29b מציל משום פ׳ it saves (makes the place marked off by reeds a partitioned field) the same as a garland of vines. Ib. הדא פ׳ מה אתוכ׳ what do you mean by that peah? do you mean overhead, or on the side? Ib. bot. הפ׳ אינהוכ׳ the ‘plait does not save (is not considered a partition), unless it is solidly joined on four sides. Ib. פ׳ מהו שתציל בסוכה do intertwined vines form a partition with regard to Succah (to be considered a wall)?; Y.Succ.I, 52a bot. Erub. l. c. top פ׳ מותרת לענין כלאיםוכ׳ (Ms. M. פ׳ קליעית קליעית, being a gloss to פ׳; v. Rabb. D. S. a. l. note) ‘braids form a partition with regard to mixed seeds, but not with regard to Sabbath laws; a. fr. Peah, name of a treatise of Mishnah, Tosefta and Talmud Yrushalmi, of the Order of Zraʿim.

Jewish literature > פֵּי׳
15 совокупляться

1) General subject: copulate, couple, tread (используется по отношению к птицам мужского пола)

2) Biology: pair

3) Colloquial: lallygag, lollygag

4) American: jazz

5) Religion: fornicate

6) Rude: fuck

7) Jargon: janney, score

8) Makarov: do the trick (о мужчине)

9) Taboo: Donald ( см. Donald Duck), Dutch-kiss, Zinzanbrook (произносится zin-zan-bruck), aardvark, accommodate, at it, bag up, ball, ball somebody (с кем-л.), ball with somebody (с кем-л.), band somebody (с кем-л.), bang, bang somebody (с кем-л.), bang with somebody (с кем-л.), bash somebody (с кем-л.), bate up, batter, beak, beanbag, bear, bed with somebody (с кем-л.), belly-bamp, belly-bump, (о мужчине) belt, belt (one's) batter, biff, (о мужчине) blow through, blue goose, board, bob, boff, boink, bone down, bonk, boogie, boom-boom, booty, bop, (о мужчине) break a lance with somebody (с кем-л.), bugger, bump, bump tummies, bump uglies, bun, (о мужчине) bury (one's) wick, bury the brisket, bus somebody out (с точки зрения мужчины), cane, canoe, (о мужчине) carve oneself a slice, cattle (см. cattle-truck), cha-cha, chafer, charver, chauver somebody (с кем-л.), (о мужчине) chuck a tread, chuff, clip somebody (с кем-л.), cock, cool out, cram, (о мужчине) cram it, (о мужчине) crawl somebody (с кем-л.), cure the horn (см. horn), dance on the mattress, dance the miller's reel, daub the brush, dick, diddle, dig out, dight, (о мужчине) dip (one's) dick, dip the fly, discuss Uganda (см. Ugandan affairs), do, (о мужчине) do a grind, (о мужчине) do a hoist, do a jottle, (о мужчине) do a slide up the broad, (о мужчине) do a tread, (о женщине) do a wet 'un, do an inside worry, do it, do the do, do the natural thing, (о женщине) do the naughty, (о мужчине) do the trick, do the two-backed beast, drill (for oil), (о мужчине) drive into somebody, dunk, ease nature, empty (one's) trash, exchange spits, exercise the ferret, federate, (о женщине) feed (one's) pussy, fer somebody (с кем-л.), (о мужчине) fettle, fill (one's) boots, (о мужчине) fill somebody up, fit ends, fix somebody up (с кем-л.), fix somebody's plumbing, fla (от ирл. Fleadh - party), flame, (о мужчине) flesh it, flimp, flip, flop, flop somebody (с кем-л.), fore-and-aft, four-nine-three-eleven (4-9-3-11, по номерам букв в алфавите), frame, freak, frig, frig somebody (с кем-л., об обоих полах), frock, frottage, fuck somebody (с кем-л., об обоих полах), futter (от фр. foutre), futy, futz, g, ganch somebody (с кем-л., букв.посадить на кол), gasp and grunt, gay it, gee, get (one's) ashes hauled, (о мужчине) get (one's) end away, get (one's) greens, get (one's) leg across, get (one's) nuts cracked, get (one's) oats from somebody, get (one's) oil changed, get Jack in the orchard (см. garden), get a bit, (о мужчине) get a couple of lengths in (somebody) (с кем-л.), get a leg over, get a little, (о женщине) get a wet bottom, get any (часто употребляется при приветствии мужчин - Getting any?), get boots, get busy, get down, get fixed up, get in, (о мужчине) get into somebody (см. get outside of somebody), get it off, (о женщине) get laid, get on the old fork, (о женщине) get outside of somebody (см. get into somebody), get over, get some, (о мужчине) get some trim, (о мужчине) get there, get up somebody (с кем-л.), get up them stairs (употребляется как приказ мужчины), gib, git skins, (о мужчине) give hard for soft, give it to somebody (с кем-л.), give it up, give somebody a shot (с кем-л.), give somebody a thrill (с кем-л.), give somebody one (с кем-л.), give somebody the business, give the dog a bone, (о женщине) go a bit of beef, go case with somebody (с кем-л.), go jottling, go leather-stretching, go post a letter, (о женщине) go star-gazing on (one's) back, go the route, go to Hairyfordshire (см. hair; игра слов на Herefordshire), go to bed with somebody (с кем-л.), go to town (with somebody), go tromboning, grease the wheel, grind, (о мужчине) grind (one's) tool, groan and grunt, haul (one's) ashes, have (one's) banana peeled, (о мужчине) have (one's) cut, have (one's) greens, (о мужчине) have (one's) nuts cracked, (о мужчине) have a bit, (о женщине) have a bit of beef, have a bit of fun, have a bit of rabbit-pie, have a bit of slap and tickle, (о женщине) have a bit of the gut-stick, have a bit off, (о мужчине) have a blow-through, have a flutter, have a go, (о мужчине) have a hoist, (о женщине) have a hot pudding for supper (см. pudding), have a naughty, have a put-in, (о мужчине) have a rattle, (о женщине) have a taste of the gut-stick, have carnal knowledge of somebody (с кем-л.), have contact with somebody (с кем-л.), have it away (together), have it in, have it off, have sex, have some, have somebody (с кем-л.), hide the salami, hit it off, hit skins, hive it, hobble, hog, hop, (о мужчине) hop into the horse's collar, (о мужчине) hop on, horizontalize, hose, huddle (somebody) (с кем-л.), hump (somebody) (с кем-л.), hump something heavy, hustle somebody (с кем-л.), inch, indulge, (о мужчине) introduce Charley, irrigate (см. lubricate), jab, jack, jack somebody (с кем-л.), jack up, jam, jape, jerk, jig, jiggle, jive, job, jog with somebody (с кем-л.), join giblets, join guts, jook, jottle, jump (somebody) (с кем-л.), jump up and down, kipper basting, knob, knock, knock boots, knock it off, knock off with somebody (с кем-л.), knock one on, knock somebody off (с кем-л.), knock somebody up (с кем-л.), know somebody (с кем-л.), know, in the Biblical sense, labor leather, lay, (о пожилых парах) lay (one's) cane in a dusty corner (намек на редкость совокупления), lay back, lay pipe, lay some pipe, lay somebody (с кем-л.), lay the leg, leap, leg-over, let Percy in the playpen, let nature take its course, (о женщине) lie feet uppermost, lift (one's) leg, lift a leg on somebody (с кем-л.), (о женщине) light the lamp, line, lobster, love somebody up (с кем-л.), (о мужчине) lubricate somebody (с кем-л.), mac, mack, make (one's) love come down, make babies, make ends meet, make it (with), make it together (обыч. употребляется в продолженных временах), make it with somebody (с кем-л.), make love (to somebody) (с кем-л.), make the scene, mash the fat, mount somebody (с кем-л.), muff, mug (somebody) (с кем-л.), naughty (somebody) (с кем-л.), nibble, nob, off, (о мужчине) pack, paint the bucket, park the pink bus, party, peg somebody (с кем-л.), perform, plank, plant a man, plant oats, (о женщине) play (one's) ace and take the jack (см. ace), play doctor, play fathers and mothers, play horses and mares (см. play fathers and mothers), play house, play in-and-out, play night baseball, play stable-my-naggy, play the national indoor game, play the organ, (о мужчине) play three to one (and be sure to lose) ("три" представляют собой пенис и яички, "однo" - влагалище, "потерять" означает эякулировать), play tiddlywinks, play top-sawyer (игра слов на Tom Sawyer и top-drawer), play tops and bottoms, plowter, pluck somebody (с кем-л.), plug (somebody) (с женщиной), pluke, poke somebody (с кем-л.), polish (one's) ass on the top sheet, pop, pop somebody (с кем-л.), pork, pork somebody (away) (см. meat; с кем-л.), pot pink, pound (somebody) (с кем-л.), (о женщине) pray with knees upwards, (о женщине) prod, pump somebody (с кем-л.), punch somebody (с кем-л.), push, put it to her, put the boots to somebody, put the devil into hell, quiff, rack, ram somebody (с кем-л.), rasp, rattle, ride (с точки зрения мужчины), ride somebody (с кем-л.), rip off a piece of ass, rock, roll, roll in the hay, roll somebody (с кем-л.), roller skate, root, rootle, (о мужчине) rump, sauce, saw off a chunk, scam, schtup (из идиш), score between the posts, scrape, screw, screw somebody (с кем-л., как о мужчинах, так и о женщинах), scrog, scrump somebody (с кем-л.), scuttle (об. в положении "мужчина сзади"), see, (о женщине) see stars lying on (one's) back, sex, sexing, sexpress, shake a tart, shake somebody down, shift, shoop, shove somebody (с кем-л.), shtup, shunt, skeet, skeeze, skin the cat, sklook, slam, slap skins, smash, snag, snake, snug, sock it to somebody (с кем-л.), spear the bearded clam (см. bearded clam), splay, splice, split, spread (one's) jenk, square someone's circle, stand somebody up (с кем-л.), (о женщине) stare at the ceiling over a man's shoulder, stick it (о мужчине), (о мужчине) stick somebody (с кем-л.), stretch leather, strum (somebody) (с кем-л.), (о женщине) study astronomy, (о мужчине) stuff, swing, tail, take a turn, take a turn among the parsley, (о женщине) take in beef, (о женщине) take it lying down, take somebody on (с кем-л.), tear a strip off, (о мужчине) tear off a hunk of skirt, tear up, tether (one's) nag, throw, throw a leg over somebody (с кем-л.), (о женщине) throw ass, throw one a hump, tick-tack, tie the true lovers' knot, till, tip somebody (с кем-л.), (о мужчине) tom, tonk, toss in the hay, trim the buff, trip, trow, tumble in, tup somebody (с кем-л.), twang, (о мужчине) varnish (one's) cane, (о мужчине) wag (one's) bum, wallow, wax, wear somebody, wedge, (о мужчине) wet (one's) wick, whack it up, wham (особ. быстро, без любовной игры), wham-bam (особ. быстро, без любовной игры), work, work (one's) bot, wriggle navels, yentz (из идиш), zap, zig-zag, bone, converge

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16 middle

1. attributive adjective
mittler...

the middle one — der/die/das mittlere

middle point — Mittelpunkt, der
2. noun
1) Mitte, die; (central part) Mittelteil, der

in the middle of the room/the table — in der Mitte des Zimmers/des Tisches; (emphatic) mitten im Zimmer/auf dem Tisch

right in the middle of Manchester — genau im Zentrum von Manchester

in the middle of the forest — mitten im Wald

fold something down the middle — etwas in der Mitte falten

in the middle of the day — mittags

in the middle of the morning/afternoon — mitten am Vor-/Nachmittag

in the middle of the night/week — mitten in der Nacht/Woche

be in the middle of doing something — (fig.) gerade mitten dabei sein, etwas zu tun

2) (waist) Taille, die

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['midl] 1. noun
1) (the central point or part: the middle of a circle.) die Mitte

2) (the central area of the body; the waist: You're getting rather fat round your middle.) die Mitte
2. adjective
(equally distant from both ends: the middle seat in a row.) mittler

- academic.ru/46725/middling">middling
- middle age
- middle-aged
- Middle Ages
- Middle East
- middleman
- be in the middle of doing something
- be in the middle of something
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mid·dle

[ˈmɪdl̩]

I. n

1. (centre) Mitte f; of fruit, nuts Innere[s] nt; (centre part) of book, film, story Mittelteil m

the \middle of the earth das Erdinnere

2. (in time, space) mitten

in the \middle of the road/room/table mitten auf der Straße/im Zimmer/auf dem Tisch

in the \middle of the afternoon/morning mitten am Nachmittag/Morgen

in the \middle of the night mitten in der Nacht

in the \middle of nowhere ( fig) am Ende der Welt, mitten im Nirgendwo [o ÖSTERR, SCHWEIZ Nichts]

in the \middle of summer/March mitten im Sommer/März

in the \middle of 1985/the century Mitte 1985/des Jahrhunderts

to be in one's \middle forties/sixties in den Mittvierzigern/-sechzigern sein; (busy with)

to be in the \middle of eating/cooking/writing a letter mitten dabei sein zu essen/kochen/einen Brief zu schreiben

to be in the \middle of an argument/a project mitten in einer Diskussion/einem Projekt sein

3. ( fam: waist) Taille f

to be large/small around the \middle breit/schmal um die Taille sein; (belly) Bauch m

4. (between things) Mitte f

she parts her hair in [or down] the \middle sie trägt einen Mittelscheitel

cut the piece of cake in the \middle! schneide das Stück Kuchen in der Mitte durch!

to divide [or split] sth [right] down the \middle etw halbieren

let's split the cost right down the \middle! lass uns die Kosten teilen!

the issue of a single European currency divided the country down the \middle das Problem einer einheitlichen europäischen Währung spaltete das Land

II. adj attr, inv mittlere(r, s)

▶ to steer the \middle course, to take the \middle path [or way] den Mittelweg gehen [o wählen]

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['mɪdl]
1. n
Mitte f; (= central section: of book, film etc) Mittelteil m, mittlerer Teil; (= inside of fruit, nut etc) Innere(s) nt; (= stomach) Bauch m, Leib m; (= waist) Taille f
in the middle of the table — mitten auf dem Tisch

he passed the ball to the middle of the field — er spielte den Ball zur (Feld)mitte

in the middle of the night — mitten in der Nacht

in the middle of the day — mitten am Tag

to live in the middle of nowhere — am Ende der Welt wohnen

in the middle of summer — mitten im Sommer

in or about the middle of May — Mitte Mai

in the middle of the century — um die Jahrhundertmitte, Mitte des Jahrhunderts

we were in the middle of lunch —

in the middle of my back — im Kreuz

to be in the middle of doing sth — mitten dabei sein, etw zu tun

I'm in the middle of reading it — ich bin mittendrin

down the middle — in der Mitte

he parts his hair down the middle — er hat einen Mittelscheitel

2. adj
mittlere(r, s)
the middle house — das mittlere Haus, das Haus in der Mitte

to be in one's middle twenties/thirties — Mitte zwanzig/dreißig sein

I'm the middle child of three — ich bin das mittlere der drei Kinder

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middle [ˈmıdl]

A adj

1. (auch zeitlich und fig) mittler(er, e, es), Mittel…:

middle C MUS eingestrichenes C;

middle finger Mittelfinger m;

middle life mittleres Lebensalter;

middle quality WIRTSCH Mittelqualität f;

in the middle fifties Mitte der Fünfziger(jahre);

he was the middle of three children er war das mittlere von drei Kindern; → management 2, rhyme A 1

2. LING

a) Mittel…:

Middle Latin Mittellatein n

b) → medial A 2

B s

1. Mitte f:

in the middle in der oder die Mitte;

in the middle of in der Mitte (gen), mitten in (dat), inmitten (gen);

in the middle of the street mitten auf der Straße;

in the middle of speaking mitten im Sprechen;

in the middle of July Mitte Juli; → nowhere B

2. mittlerer Teil, Mittelstück n (auch eines Schlachttieres)

3. Mitte f (des Leibes), Taille f

4. LING Medium n (griechische Verbform)

5. Logik: Mittelglied n (eines Schlusses)

6. auch middle article Br Feuilleton n

7. pl WIRTSCH Mittelsorte f

C v/t

1. in die Mitte platzieren

2. besonders Fußball: den Ball zur Mitte geben

mid. abk middle

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1. attributive adjective
mittler...

the middle one — der/die/das mittlere

middle point — Mittelpunkt, der
2. noun
1) Mitte, die; (central part) Mittelteil, der

in the middle of the room/the table — in der Mitte des Zimmers/des Tisches; (emphatic) mitten im Zimmer/auf dem Tisch

right in the middle of Manchester — genau im Zentrum von Manchester

in the middle of the forest — mitten im Wald

fold something down the middle — etwas in der Mitte falten

in the middle of the day — mittags

in the middle of the morning/afternoon — mitten am Vor-/Nachmittag

in the middle of the night/week — mitten in der Nacht/Woche

be in the middle of doing something — (fig.) gerade mitten dabei sein, etwas zu tun

2) (waist) Taille, die

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adj.

Mittel- präfix. n.

Mitte -n f.

English-german dictionary > middle

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