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1 high-ranking official
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2 high-ranking official
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3 high-ranking
tr[haɪ'ræŋkɪŋ]1 de alta graduación, superior, de categoría\SMALLIDIOMATIC EXPRESSION/SMALLhigh-ranking official alto funcionario'haɪ'ræŋkɪŋ[ˌhaɪ'ræŋkɪŋ]ADJ de categoría; [official] de alto rango, de alto grado; (Mil) de alta graduación* * *['haɪ'ræŋkɪŋ] -
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'æltəuplural - altos; noun((a singer having) a singing voice of the lowest pitch for a woman.) contralto
alto 1
◊ -ta adjetivo1 ‹pared/montaña› high;b) [ESTAR]:◊ ¡qué alto estás! haven't you grown!;está tan alta como yo she's as tall as me now 2 (indicando posición, nivel)a) [ser] high;b) [estar]:la marea está alta it's high tide; los pisos más altos the top floors; salgan con los brazos en alto come out with your hands in the air; con la moral bastante alta in pretty high spirits; en lo alto de la montaña high up on the mountainside; en lo alto del árbol high up in the tree; por todo lo alto in style 3 (en cantidad, calidad) high; productos de alta calidad high-quality products; tirando por lo alto at the most 4 5 ( delante del n)c) ( en nombres compuestos)◊ alta burguesía sustantivo femeninoupper-middle classes (pl); alta costura sustantivo femenino haute couture; alta fidelidad sustantivo femenino high fidelity, hi-fi; alta mar sustantivo femenino: en alta mar on the high seas; flota/pesca de alta mar deep-sea fleet/fishing; alta sociedad sustantivo femenino high society; alta tensión sustantivo femenino high tension o voltage; alto cargo sustantivo masculino ( puesto) high-ranking position; ( persona) high-ranking official;◊ alto mando sustantivo masculinohigh-ranking officer
alto 2 adverbio 1 ‹volar/subir› high 2 ‹ hablar› loud, loudly;
alto 3 interjección halt!;◊ ¡alto el fuego! cease fire!
alto 4 sustantivo masculino 1a) ( altura)tiene tres metros de alto it's three meters high 2a) (parada, interrupción):alto el fuego (Esp) (Mil) cease-fireb) (Méx) (Auto):( un stop) to go through the stop sign
alto,-a 2
I adjetivo
1 (que tiene altura: edificio, persona, ser vivo) tall
2 (elevado) high
3 (sonido) loud
en voz alta, aloud, in a loud voice (tono) high-pitched
4 (precio, tecnología) high
alta tensión, high tension
5 (antepuesto al nombre: de importancia) high-ranking, high-level: es una reunión de alto nivel, it's a high-level meeting
alta sociedad, high society ➣ Ver nota en aloud II sustantivo masculino
1 (altura) height: ¿cómo es de alto?, how tall/high is it?
2 (elevación del terreno) hill
III adverbio
1 high, high up
2 (sonar, hablar, etc) loud, loudly: ¡más alto, por favor!, louder, please!
tienes que poner el horno más alto, you must turn the oven up ➣ Ver nota en high
Locuciones: la boda se celebró por todo lo alto, the wedding was celebrated in style
alto 1 sustantivo masculino (interrupción) stop, break ' alto' also found in these entries: Spanish: alta - así - barrio - caer - colmo - cómo - ella - fuerte - horno - listón - medir - media - monte - ojo - pasar - relativamente - riesgo - superior - suprimir - suspender - tacón - tono - última - último - vida - vocinglera - vocinglero - buzo - contralto - cuello - funcionario - grande - hablar - imaginar - individuo - lo - nivel - redondear - saltar - salto - subir - taco - tanto - todo - torre English: above - aloud - alto - arch - atop - blast-furnace - brass - ceasefire - discount - foreigner - gloss over - halt - height - high - high-end - high-level - high-powered - inflated - labour-intensive - laugh - lifestyle - loud - omission - overhead - overlook - pass down - pass over - peak - polo neck - second - senior - short - sing up - small - soar - speak up - stop - tall - top - top-level - top-secret - topmost - tree-house - turtleneck - unemployment - up - upper - uppermost - world - alofttr['æltəʊ]n.• contralto s.m.
I 'æltəʊ
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adjective alto['æltǝʊ]1.N (=instrument, male singer) alto m ; (=female singer) contralto f2.ADJ alto3.CPDalto saxophone N — saxofón m alto
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5 funcionario
funcionario
◊ - ria sustantivo masculino, femenino◊ un alto funcionario a senior o high-ranking official
funcionario,-a sustantivo masculino y femenino official, employee, staff member
funcionario público, Government employee, civil servant ' funcionario' also found in these entries: Spanish: administrativa - administrativo - empleada - empleado - funcionaria - insobornable - oposición - rebajar - agente - alto - burócrata - destinado - destinar - interino - morder - reponer - sueldo - tramitar - trasladar English: civil servant - officer - official - probation officer - public employee - bailiff - civil - coroner - prison - registrar - town
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