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1 amoldar a

• mold upon

Diccionario Técnico Español-Inglés > amoldar a
2 moldura

• mold

• molding

• mould

• moulding

• picture frame

• picture rail

Diccionario Técnico Español-Inglés > moldura
3 tomar como modelo a

• mold oneself on

Diccionario Técnico Español-Inglés > tomar como modelo a
4 molde

mold; mould

Metalurgia diccionario Español-Inglés > molde
5 molde

m.

1 mold (objeto hueco).

2 prototype, archetype.

3 pattern.

4 die.

pres.subj.

1^st person singular (yo) Present Subjunctive of Spanish verb: moldar.

* * *

molde

► nombre masculino

1 mould (US mold)

\

FRASEOLOGÍA

romper el molde to break the mould (US mold)

* * *

noun m.

1) mold

2) cast

* * *

SM

1) (Culin, Téc) mould, mold (EEUU); (=vaciado) cast; (Tip) form

- romper moldes

molde de corona — ring mould o (EEUU) mold

2) (Cos) (=patrón) pattern; (=aguja) knitting needle

3) (=modelo) model

4)

- de molde

el vestido le está de molde — the dress is just right for her

esto me viene de molde — this is just what I want o need, this is just the job *
letra 1), pan 1)
* * *

masculino

1) ( pieza hueca)

a) ( para hornear) baking pan (AmE), baking tin (BrE); (para flanes, gelatina) mold*

molde de pan — loaf pan (AmE) o (BrE) tin

b) ( para jugar en la arena) mold*

c) (Tec) cast

un molde de yeso — (Art) a plaster cast

de molde — just right, perfect

d) (Impr) form

de molde — just right, perfect

romper moldes: un atleta que rompe los moldes an athlete who is in a class of his own; los jóvenes rompen todos los moldes — young people break all the molds

2) (AmL) ( para coser) pattern; ( para tejer) (knitting) pattern

* * *

= mould [mold, -USA], cast.

Ex. Indeed, I would guess that we measure the success of our Schools by how well they train their students to fit the existing mold.

Ex. His sculptures were made by making casts of the cavities left in snow onto which the artist and a collaborator had urinated.

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* fabricante de moldes = die-sinker.

* hacer del mismo molde = cast in + the same mould as.

* hacer una plancha a partir de un molde = cast + plate + from mould.

* hacer un molde = cast in + mould.

* letra de molde = block letter.

* letra de molde, carácter de imprenta = block capital.

* molde de dos hojas = two-sheet mould.

* molde de escayola = plaster cast.

* molde de yeso = plaster mould [plaster-mould].

* molde para hacer gofres = waffle iron.

* molde para pasteles = cake pan.

* molde tipográfico = type image.

* romper el molde tradicional = break out of + the traditional mould.

* sacar del mismo molde = cast in + the same mould as.

* salirse del molde = think out(side) + (of) the box.

* * *

masculino

1) ( pieza hueca)

a) ( para hornear) baking pan (AmE), baking tin (BrE); (para flanes, gelatina) mold*

molde de pan — loaf pan (AmE) o (BrE) tin

b) ( para jugar en la arena) mold*

c) (Tec) cast

un molde de yeso — (Art) a plaster cast

de molde — just right, perfect

d) (Impr) form

de molde — just right, perfect

romper moldes: un atleta que rompe los moldes an athlete who is in a class of his own; los jóvenes rompen todos los moldes — young people break all the molds

2) (AmL) ( para coser) pattern; ( para tejer) (knitting) pattern

* * *

= mould [mold, -USA], cast.

Ex: Indeed, I would guess that we measure the success of our Schools by how well they train their students to fit the existing mold.

Ex: His sculptures were made by making casts of the cavities left in snow onto which the artist and a collaborator had urinated.

* fabricante de moldes = die-sinker.

* hacer del mismo molde = cast in + the same mould as.

* hacer una plancha a partir de un molde = cast + plate + from mould.

* hacer un molde = cast in + mould.

* letra de molde = block letter.

* letra de molde, carácter de imprenta = block capital.

* molde de dos hojas = two-sheet mould.

* molde de escayola = plaster cast.

* molde de yeso = plaster mould [plaster-mould].

* molde para hacer gofres = waffle iron.

* molde para pasteles = cake pan.

* molde tipográfico = type image.

* romper el molde tradicional = break out of + the traditional mould.

* sacar del mismo molde = cast in + the same mould as.

* salirse del molde = think out(side) + (of) the box.

* * *

molde

masculine

A (pieza hueca)

1 ( Coc) (para hornear) baking tin; (para flanes, gelatina) mold*

molde de pan loaf tin

2 (para jugar en la arena) mold*

3 ( Tec) cast

un molde de yeso ( Art) a plaster cast

el dentista me sacó el molde de los dientes the dentist made an impression of my teeth

una obra que rompe con todos los moldes clásicos a work that breaks all the classical molds

4 ( Impr) form letra

de molde just right, perfect

quedarse en el molde ( Arg); to keep one's mouth shut

romper moldes: un atleta que rompe los moldes an athlete who is rewriting the record books o who is in a class of his own

fue una fiesta que rompió moldes it was the party to end all parties

ustedes los jóvenes rompen todos los moldes you young people break with all the traditions o break all the molds

sacarle molde a algo ( Chi fam): su metida de pata fue como para sacarle molde it was a terrible o a classic o an unforgettable faux pas

Compuesto:

molde savarín or chimenea or de corona

ring mold*

B ( AmL) (para coser) pattern; (para tejer) (knitting) pattern

* * *

molde sustantivo masculino
a) ( para hornear) baking pan (AmE), baking tin (BrE);

(para flanes, gelatina) mold^{( conjugate mold)};
◊ molde de pan loaf pan (AmE) o (BrE) tin

b) (Tec) cast;

◊ un molde de yeso (Art) a plaster cast

c) (AmL) ( para coser) pattern

molde sustantivo masculino mould, US mold
(de cocina) tin
' molde' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
engrasar
- letra
- matriz
- moldear
- untar
- vaciado
- acaramelado
- pan
- sándwich
English:
cast
- loaf
- mold
- mould
- sandwich
- baking
- cake
- pattern
- plaster cast
- print

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molde nm

1. [objeto hueco] mould;

un molde de yeso a plaster cast

2. [para tartas] baking Br tin o US pan;
[para flanes] mould
Comp
molde de pastel cake Br tin o US pan
3. [norma] tradition;

Comp

romper moldes: un estilo que rompe moldes a style that breaks with tradition o breaks the mould;

una mujer acostumbrada a romper moldes en la política a woman used to breaking with political tradition;

Comp
RP Fam
quedarse en el o [m5] hacer molde to behave

4. Imprenta form

5. Am [para coser] pattern

* * *

molde

m para metal, cera mold, Br

mould; para bizcocho (cake) tin;

romper moldes fig break the mold

* * *

molde nm

1) : mold, form

2)

letras de molde : printing, block lettering

* * *

molde n

1. (para hornear) tin

utilizamos moldes para hacer pasteles we use tins to make cakes

2. (para enfriar) mould

saca el postre del molde antes de servirlo take the pudding out of the mould before serving

Spanish-English dictionary > molde
6 moldear

v.

1 to mold (dar forma).

Ella moldea la arcilla She molds the clay.

Sus enseñanzas moldearon bien al chico His teachings molded the boy well.

2 to cast (sacar un molde).

3 to give a soft perm to (cabello).

* * *

moldear

► verbo transitivo

1 ARTE (dar forma) to mould (US mold); (- en un molde) to cast

2 (pelo) to give a soft perm

* * *

verb

1) to mold

2) cast

* * *

VT

1) (=modelar) to mould, mold (EEUU); [en yeso] to cast

2) [+ pelo] to give a soft perm

3) [+ persona] to mould, mold (EEUU), shape

* * *

verbo transitivo

a) ( en bronce) to cast; ( en barro) to mold*, model

b) <persona/carácter> to mold*, shape; < pelo> to style

* * *

= shape, mould [mold, -USA].

Ex. A dynamic information centre has to satisfy 2 types of enquiry -- single requests for information and enquiries on standing order -- each contributing to and shaping the information network.

Ex. For storytelling and reading aloud are performance arts: They involve a script (even when the words are improvised on the spot), an interpreter (the teller or reader), and an audience, and as in all performances, the audience plays a part in molding the finished work.

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* moldear la opinión pública = mould + public opinion.

* prensa de moldear = punch press.

* * *

verbo transitivo

a) ( en bronce) to cast; ( en barro) to mold*, model

b) <persona/carácter> to mold*, shape; < pelo> to style

* * *

= shape, mould [mold, -USA].

Ex: A dynamic information centre has to satisfy 2 types of enquiry -- single requests for information and enquiries on standing order -- each contributing to and shaping the information network.

Ex: For storytelling and reading aloud are performance arts: They involve a script (even when the words are improvised on the spot), an interpreter (the teller or reader), and an audience, and as in all performances, the audience plays a part in molding the finished work.

* moldear la opinión pública = mould + public opinion.

* prensa de moldear = punch press.

* * *

moldear [A1 ]

vt

1 (en bronce) to cast; (en barro) to mold*, model

2 ‹persona/carácter› to mold*, shape

3 ‹pelo› to style

* * *

moldear ( conjugate moldear) verbo transitivo
a) ( en bronce) to cast;

( en barro) to mold^{( conjugate mold)}, model
b) ‹persona/carácter› to mold^{( conjugate mold)}, shape;

‹ pelo› to style
moldear verbo transitivo
1 (barro, masa) to mould, US mold
2 (sacar el molde) to cast
3 (el carácter) to shape
' moldear' also found in these entries:
English:
cast
- mold
- mould
- shape

* * *

moldear

♦ vt

1. [dar forma] to mould

2. [cabello] to give a soft perm to

♦ See also the pronominal verb moldearse

* * *

moldear

v/t mold, Br

mould

* * *

moldear vt

1) formar: to mold, to shape

2) : to cast

Spanish-English dictionary > moldear
7 moho

m.

1 mold (hongo).

2 rust (herrumbre).

3 mildew.

* * *

moho

► nombre masculino

1 mould, (US mold)

2 (de metales - hierro) rust; (- cobre) verdigris

\

FRASEOLOGÍA

criar moho to go mouldy (US moldy)

no criar moho figurado to be always on the move

■ no cría moho he never sits still

* * *

SM

1) [en metal] rust

2) [en alimentos] mould, mold (EEUU), mildew

cubierto de moho — mouldy, moldy (EEUU)

olor a moho — musty smell

- no cría moho

- no dejar criar moho a algn

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masculino

a) (en fruta, pan) mold*, mildew

criar moho — fruta/queso to go moldy*

b) ( en cobre) patina, verdigris; ( en hierro) rust

* * *

= mould [mold, -USA], mildew.

Ex. It describes our experience in combatting mould which grew as a result of high humidity and temperatures when the air conditioning system broke down for several days after several days of rain.

Ex. One week elapsed between discovery of the damage and the day archivists were called to begin restoration, so mildew in bound volumes became a problem.

* * *

masculino

a) (en fruta, pan) mold*, mildew

criar moho — fruta/queso to go moldy*

b) ( en cobre) patina, verdigris; ( en hierro) rust

* * *

= mould [mold, -USA], mildew.

Ex: It describes our experience in combatting mould which grew as a result of high humidity and temperatures when the air conditioning system broke down for several days after several days of rain.

Ex: One week elapsed between discovery of the damage and the day archivists were called to begin restoration, so mildew in bound volumes became a problem.

* * *

moho

masculine

1 (en fruta, pan) mold*, mildew

criar moho «fruta/queso» to go moldy*;

«persona» to vegetate

2 (en cobre) patina, verdigris; (en hierro) rust

* * *

moho sustantivo masculino
a) (en fruta, pan) mold^{( conjugate mold)}, mildew;

◊ criar moho [fruta/queso] to go moldy^{( conjugate moldy)}

b) ( en cobre) patina, verdigris;

( en hierro) rust
moho sustantivo masculino
1 Bot mould, US mold: el pan tiene moho, this bread is mouldy
2 (óxido) rust
' moho' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
lama
- mufa
- verdín
English:
mildew
- mold
- moss
- mould
- musty

* * *

moho nm

1. [hongo] mould;

criar moho to go o get mouldy

2. [herrumbre] rust

* * *

moho

m mold, Br

mould;

criar moho go moldy;

no criar moho fig not let the grass grow beneath one’s feet

* * *

moho nm

1) : mold, mildew

2) : rust

* * *

moho n mould

Spanish-English dictionary > moho
8 matriz

adj.

1 parent (empresa).

casa matriz head office

2 holding.

La compañía matriz The holding company.

3 matrix.

f.

1 womb (anatomy).

2 (check) stub.

3 mold (molde).

4 matrix (math & computing).

5 die, swage, hub, swage block.

6 parent, parent company.

* * *

matriz

(pl matrices)

► nombre femenino

1 ANATOMÍA womb

2 TÉCNICA mould (US mold)

3 (original) original, master copy

4 (de talonario) stub, counterfoil

5 MATEMÁTICAS matrix

► adjetivo

1 principal

* * *

1. SF

1) (Anat) womb, uterus

2) (Téc) mould, mold (EEUU), die; (Tip) matrix

3) [de talonario] stub, counterfoil

4) (Jur) original, master copy

5) (Mat) matrix; (Inform) array

2.

ADJ

casa matriz — (Com) (=sede) head office; (=compañía) parent company; (=convento) parent house

* * *

femenino

1)

a) ( útero) womb, uterus

b) ( molde) mold*

c) ( de documento) original; ( de disco) master

d) ( de talonario) stub

e) ( de un test) master copy

f) ( esténcil) stencil

2) (Inf, Mat) matrix

3) ( de empresa) headquarters (sing or pl)

* * *

= hose, master, matrix [matrixes/matrices, -pl.], type image, matrix [matrixes/matrices, -pl.].

Nota: En imprenta, molde usado para la fundición de los tipos de imprenta.

Ex. Further down still the shank of the spindle, rounded again, entered the hose, which was an oblong rectangular wooden box, 25 cm. long by 12.5 cm. square bored with a hole to take the spindle down its long axis.

Ex. The great significance of a fully developed network will be that it will relieve libraries of the necessity of maintaining their own copies of the master data base.

Ex. The combination of material type and borrower type specifies one cell in each of these matrices.

Ex. An edition is all those copies of an item produced from substantially the same type image, whether by direct contact or by photographic method.

Ex. The rate of production of ordinary matrices was slightly increased by the use of a screw press instead of a hammer for striking the punches, and of simple jigs for justification = El ritmo de producción de las matrices normales aumentó ligeramente por el uso de las prensas de tornillo en lugar de un martillo para golpear los tipos movibles y de unas simples plantillas de guía para la justificación.

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* documento matriz = master document.

* matrices = matrices [matrix, -sing.].

* matriz de puntos de impacto = impact dot matrix.

* matriz de similitud = similarity matrix.

* número matriz = master number.

* Procesador de Matrices de Texto (TAP) = Text Array Processor (TAP).

* registro matriz = master record.

* * *

femenino

1)

a) ( útero) womb, uterus

b) ( molde) mold*

c) ( de documento) original; ( de disco) master

d) ( de talonario) stub

e) ( de un test) master copy

f) ( esténcil) stencil

2) (Inf, Mat) matrix

3) ( de empresa) headquarters (sing or pl)

* * *

= hose, master, matrix [matrixes/matrices, -pl.], type image, matrix [matrixes/matrices, -pl.].

Nota: En imprenta, molde usado para la fundición de los tipos de imprenta.

Ex: Further down still the shank of the spindle, rounded again, entered the hose, which was an oblong rectangular wooden box, 25 cm. long by 12.5 cm. square bored with a hole to take the spindle down its long axis.

Ex: The great significance of a fully developed network will be that it will relieve libraries of the necessity of maintaining their own copies of the master data base.

Ex: The combination of material type and borrower type specifies one cell in each of these matrices.

Ex: An edition is all those copies of an item produced from substantially the same type image, whether by direct contact or by photographic method.

Ex: The rate of production of ordinary matrices was slightly increased by the use of a screw press instead of a hammer for striking the punches, and of simple jigs for justification = El ritmo de producción de las matrices normales aumentó ligeramente por el uso de las prensas de tornillo en lugar de un martillo para golpear los tipos movibles y de unas simples plantillas de guía para la justificación.

* documento matriz = master document.

* matrices = matrices [matrix, -sing.].

* matriz de puntos de impacto = impact dot matrix.

* matriz de similitud = similarity matrix.

* número matriz = master number.

* Procesador de Matrices de Texto (TAP) = Text Array Processor (TAP).

* registro matriz = master record.

* * *

matriz¹

adjective

casa

matriz²

feminine

A

1 (útero) womb, uterus

2 (molde) mold*

3 (de un documento) original; (de un disco) master

4 (de un talonario) stub, counterfoil

5 (de un test) master copy

6 (esténcil) stencil

B ( Mat) matrix

C (de una empresa) headquarters ( sing o pl); (de una orden religiosa) mother church

* * *

matriz sustantivo femenino
a) ( útero) womb, uterus

b) ( molde) mold^{( conjugate mold)}

c) ( de talonario) stub

matriz sustantivo femenino
1 Anat womb, uterus
2 (molde) mould
3 Mat matrix
' matriz' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
casa
- talón
English:
matrix
- parent company
- stub
- womb
- counter
- master
- parent
- uterus

* * *

matriz

♦ nf

1. Anat womb, Espec uterus

2. [molde] mould

3. Imprenta [espacio] character

4. [de talonario] (cheque) stub

5. Informát matrix

Comp
matriz activa active matrix
6. Mat matrix

7. [empresa] parent company

♦ adj
[empresa] parent;
casa matriz head office

* * *

matriz

f

1 MAT, TÉC, GEOL matrix

2 ANAT womb

* * *

matriz nf, pl matrices

1) : uterus, womb

2) : original, master copy

3) : main office, headquarters

4) : stub (of a check)

5) : matrix

matriz de puntos: dot matrix

Spanish-English dictionary > matriz
9 modelar

v.

1 to model (art).

2 to model (clothes). ( Latin American Spanish)

* * *

modelar

► verbo transitivo

1 to model, shape

* * *

verb

to model, mold, shape

* * *

1.

VT (=dar forma a) to shape, form; [escultor] to sculpt; [alfarero] to model

la vida nos modela — life moulds o (EEUU) molds us

modelar el futuro — to shape the future

2.

See:

modelarse

* * *
1.
verbo transitivo (Art) < arcilla> to model; <estatua/figura> to model, sculpt; < carácter> to mold*
2.
modelar vi

1) (Art) to model

2) (Andes) (para fotos, desfiles) to model

* * *

= model.

Ex. Other users are likely to model their thesauri on the ROOT thesaurus and to extract terms from it for more applications-oriented lists.

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* arcilla de modelar = play dough, modelling dough, modelling clay.

* * *
1.
verbo transitivo (Art) < arcilla> to model; <estatua/figura> to model, sculpt; < carácter> to mold*
2.
modelar vi

1) (Art) to model

2) (Andes) (para fotos, desfiles) to model

* * *

= model.

Ex: Other users are likely to model their thesauri on the ROOT thesaurus and to extract terms from it for more applications-oriented lists.

* arcilla de modelar = play dough, modelling dough, modelling clay.

* * *

modelar [A1 ]

vt

1 ( Art) ‹barro/arcilla› to model; ‹estatua/figura› to model, sculpt

2 ‹carácter/personalidad› to mold*

■ modelar

vi

A ( Art) to model

modelar en barro to model in clay

B ( Andes) (para fotos, desfiles) to model

* * *

modelar ( conjugate modelar) verbo transitivo (Art) ‹ arcilla› to model;
‹estatua/figura› to model, sculpt;
‹ carácter› to mold^{( conjugate mold)}
verbo intransitivo
1 (Art) to model
2 (Andes) (para fotos, desfiles) to model
modelar verbo transitivo to model, shape
' modelar' also found in these entries:
English:
model
- mold
- mould
- shape

* * *

modelar

♦ vt

1. Arte to model

2. [dar forma, configurar] to form, to shape;

su padre modeló su personalidad her father shaped o moulded her character

3. Am [ropa] to model

♦ vi
Arte to model
* * *

modelar

v/t model

* * *

modelar vt

: to model, to mold

♦ See also the reflexive verb modelarse

Spanish-English dictionary > modelar
10 flan

m.

1 crème caramel.

flan de huevo/vainilla = crème caramel made with egg/vanilla

estar hecho un flan, estar como un flan (informal) to be shaking like a jelly, to be a bundle of nerves

2 custard, caramel custard, creme caramel, egg custard.

* * *

flan

► nombre masculino

1 (dulce) crème caramel

2 (de arena, arroz, etc) pie

\

FRASEOLOGÍA

estar como un flan to be shaking like a leaf

estar hecho,-a un flan→ link=estar estar como un flan

* * *

SM [dulce] creme caramel; [salado] mould, mold (EEUU)

- estar hecho o estar como un flan

* * *

masculino ( dulce) crème caramel; ( salado - de arroz) mold*; (- de pescado, verduras) terrine

estar como un flan — to be shaking like a leaf

- flan de arena

* * *

= flong, flong mould, crème caramel.

Ex. Flexible moulds made of laminated paper called 'flong' were first used in Lyons in 1829 and were blotting and tissue paper pasted together, and the mould was formed by beating damp flong on the face of the type.

Ex. The overwhelming advantages of flong moulds were that they were both quicker to make and quicker to cast from than plaster moulds.

Ex. This report analyses the markets for ice cream, yoghurts and chilled desserts (e.g. cheesecake, tiramisu and crème caramel) in Italy.

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* estar hecho un flan = shake like + a leaf, tremble like + a leaf.

* temblar como un flan = shake like + a leaf, tremble like + a leaf.

* * *

masculino ( dulce) crème caramel; ( salado - de arroz) mold*; (- de pescado, verduras) terrine

estar como un flan — to be shaking like a leaf

- flan de arena

* * *

= flong, flong mould, crème caramel.

Ex: Flexible moulds made of laminated paper called 'flong' were first used in Lyons in 1829 and were blotting and tissue paper pasted together, and the mould was formed by beating damp flong on the face of the type.

Ex: The overwhelming advantages of flong moulds were that they were both quicker to make and quicker to cast from than plaster moulds.

Ex: This report analyses the markets for ice cream, yoghurts and chilled desserts (e.g. cheesecake, tiramisu and crème caramel) in Italy.

* estar hecho un flan = shake like + a leaf, tremble like + a leaf.

* temblar como un flan = shake like + a leaf, tremble like + a leaf.

* * *

flan

masculine

(dulce) crème caramel; (salado) mold*

flan de arroz/espinacas rice/spinach mold

estar como un flan to be shaking like a leaf o ( BrE) jelly ( colloq)

Compuesto:

flan de arena

sandcastle

* * *

flan sustantivo masculino
a) ( dulce) crème caramel

b) ( de arroz) mold^{( conjugate mold)};

(de pescado, verduras) terrine
flan sustantivo masculino caramel custard
♦ Locuciones: estar hecho un flan, to be shaking like a jelly
' flan' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
casero
- cuajar
English:
flan
- jittery
- shake
- tremble
- custard

* * *

flan nm

1. [dulce] crème caramel;

flan de huevo/vainilla = crème caramel made with egg/vanilla;

Comp
Fam
estar hecho un flan, estar como un flan to be shaking like a jelly, to be a bundle of nerves

2. [salado] mould;

flan de verduras vegetable mould, timbale of vegetables

* * *

flan

m crème caramel;

estar hecho un flan be shaking like a leaf

* * *

flan n crème caramel

estar como un flan to be shaking like a leaf

Spanish-English dictionary > flan
11 verdín

m.

1 moss.

2 mold.

3 fresh green, verdure.

4 verdigris.

5 slime.

* * *

verdín

► nombre masculino

1 (de plantas) verdure, fresh green

2 (capa - de algas) green slime; (- de paredes, frutas) green mould (US mold)

3 (capa - de óxido) verdigris

4 (mancha) green stain, grass stain

* * *

SM

1) (=color) fresh green

2) (Bot) (=verdete) verdigris; (=capa) scum; (=musgo) moss

3) (en la ropa) green stain

* * *

masculino

a) ( musgo) moss

b) ( moho) mold*; ( en el agua) slime; ( en metal) verdigris

* * *

masculino

a) ( musgo) moss

b) ( moho) mold*; ( en el agua) slime; ( en metal) verdigris

* * *

verdín

masculine

1 (musgo) moss

2 (moho) mold*; (en el agua) slime

3 (en metal) verdigris

* * *

verdín sustantivo masculino
a) ( musgo) moss

b) ( moho) mold^{( conjugate mold)};

( en el agua) slime;
( en metal) verdigris
' verdín' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
lama

* * *

verdín nm

1. [de plantas, algas] slime

2. [moho] mould, mildew

3. [musgo] moss

4. [cardenillo] verdigris

* * *

verdín nm, pl verdines : slime, scum

Spanish-English dictionary > verdín
12 lama

f.

1 slime, mud, silt.

2 lama.

m.

lama.

pres.subj.

1^st person singular (yo) Present Subjunctive of Spanish verb: lamer.

* * *

lama

► nombre femenino

1 (lámina) slat

2 (barro) slime

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lama

► nombre masculino

1 RELIGIÓN lama

* * *
I
SF

1) (=cieno) mud, slime, ooze

2) LAm (=moho) mould, mold (EEUU), verdigris; (Min) crushed ore

3) Méx (=musgo) moss
II
SM (Rel) lama
III
SF [de persiana] slat
IV
SF (=tejido) lamé

* * *
I
masculino lama
II
femenino (AmL) ( musgo) moss; ( verdín) green slime; ( moho) mold*

* * *

= lama.

Ex. Exhibits consisted of bronzes of Tibetan deities and famous lamas, and ritual objects such as mirrors, flasks, fly whisks, and seals.

* * *
I
masculino lama
II
femenino (AmL) ( musgo) moss; ( verdín) green slime; ( moho) mold*

* * *

= lama.

Ex: Exhibits consisted of bronzes of Tibetan deities and famous lamas, and ritual objects such as mirrors, flasks, fly whisks, and seals.

* * *

lama¹

masculine

lama

lama²

feminine

A

1 ( AmL) (musgo) moss

2 ( AmL) (verdín) green slime

3 ( AmL) (moho) mold*

4 ( Col) (liquen) lichen

B (listón) slat

* * *

Del verbo lamer: ( conjugate lamer)

lama es:

1ª persona singular (yo) presente subjuntivo

3ª persona singular (él/ella/usted) presente subjuntivo

3ª persona singular (él/ella/usted) imperativo

Multiple Entries:
lama
lamer
lama sustantivo masculino
lama
■ sustantivo femenino (AmL) ( musgo) moss;
( verdín) green slime;
( moho) mold^{( conjugate mold)}
lamer ( conjugate lamer) verbo transitivo [persona/animal] to lick
lama
I m (sacerdote tibetano) lama
II (de una persiana, un somier) un somier de lamas, slat mattress
lamer verbo transitivo to lick: las olas lamían sus pies, the waves lapped at his feet
' lama' also found in these entries:
English:
louver

* * *

lama¹ nf

1. Am [musgo] moss

2. Am [verdín] slime

3. Méx [moho] mould

lama² nm

lama

* * *

lama

m

1 REL lama

2 Méx

moho moss

3 L.Am.

musgo slime

* * *

lama nf

: slime, ooze

lama nm

: lama

Spanish-English dictionary > lama
13 flanera

f.

1 crème caramel mold.

2 caramel custard mould.

* * *

flanera

► nombre femenino

1 mould (US mold)

* * *

SF jelly mould, jelly mold (EEUU)

* * *

femenino mold*

* * *

femenino mold*

* * *

flanera

feminine

flanero

masculine

mold*

* * *

flanera nf

crème caramel mould

* * *

flanera

f ramekin

Spanish-English dictionary > flanera
14 forma

f.

1 shape, form (figura).

en forma de in the shape of

en forma de L L-shaped

tener forma ovalada o de óvalo to be oval in shape

formas figure, curves (silueta)

2 way, manner (manera).

se puede hacer de varias formas it can be done in several different ways

¡qué forma de llover! it's absolutely pouring down!

de cualquier forma, de todas formas anyway, in any case

de esta forma in this way

forma de pago method of payment

forma de ser: es su forma de ser that's just the way he is

3 form.

la fotografía es una forma de arte photography is an art form

formas de vida life forms

4 form (no fondo).

forma y fondo form and content

5 host (religion).

6 form (formulario). (Mexican Spanish)

7 kind, form.

8 aspect, semblance, appearance.

9 cast.

pres.indicat.

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

imperat.

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

* * *

forma

► nombre femenino

1 (gen) form, shape

■ en forma de X X-shaped

2 (manera) way

3 DEPORTE form

► nombre femenino plural formas

1 (modales) manners, social conventions

2 familiar (de mujer) curves

\

FRASEOLOGÍA

de esta forma in this way

de forma que so that

de todas formas anyway, in any case

estar en baja forma to be off form

estar en forma to be in shape, be fit

ponerse en forma to get fit

buenas formas good manners

forma de pago method of payment

forma física physical fitness

la Sagrada Forma the Host

* * *

noun f.

1) form, shape

2) manner, way

•

- estar en forma

* * *

SF

1) (=figura) shape

tiene forma de pirámide — it is pyramid-shaped

hojas de forma triangular — triangular leaves

una serie de elementos dispuestos de forma circular — a series of elements arranged in a circle

la camisa ha cogido la forma de la percha — the shirt has been stretched out of shape by the hanger

• nubes de humo con forma de hongo — mushroom-shaped clouds of smoke

un pendiente con forma de animal mitológico — an earring in the shape of a mythological animal

• dar forma a — [+ objeto, joya] to shape; [+ idea, teoría] to give shape to

quiso dar forma literaria a sus teorías filosóficas — he wanted to put his philosophical theories into literary form

• en forma de U — U-shaped

pendientes en forma de corazón — heart-shaped earrings

• tomar forma — to take shape

la idea empezó a tomar forma el año pasado — the idea began to take shape last year

2) (=modo) way

me gusta más de esta forma — I like it better this way

yo tengo otra forma de ver las cosas — I see things in a different way

solo conozco una forma llegar hasta allí — I only know one way of getting there o one way to get there

no estoy de acuerdo con su forma de actuar — I don't agree with his way of doing things

no hubo forma de convencerlo — there was no way we could persuade him

• de forma directa/inmediata/natural — directly/immediately/naturally

el plan entrará en vigor de forma inmediata — the plan will take immediate effect, the plan will take effect immediately

este tema me preocupa de forma especial — this subject is of particular concern to me

• de esta forma — [gen] in this way; (=por consecuencia) thus

queremos controlar los costes y, de esta forma, evitar reducir la plantilla — we want to bring down costs and thus avoid having to downsize

• de todas formas — anyway, in any case

pero de todas formas te agradezco que me lo hayas dicho — but thank you for letting me know anyway, but in any case thank you for letting me know

forma de pago — method of payment, form of payment

forma de ser, es mi forma de ser — that's how I am, that's the way I am

3)

• de forma que — (=en un modo que) in such a way as, so as; (=por eso) so that

él intentó contestar la pregunta de forma que no le comprometiese — he tried to answer the question so as o in such a way as not to commit himself

el número de socios fue creciendo cada año, de forma que en 1989 eran ya varios miles — the number of members grew every year, so that o such that by 1989 there were several thousand

• de tal forma que — (=en un modo que) in such a way that; (=tanto que) so much that; (=por eso) so that

la noticia se filtró de tal forma que fueron incapaces de evitarlo — news leaked out in such a way that they were unable to stop it

la empresa ha crecido de tal forma que es irreconocible — the company has grown so much o to such an extent that it is unrecognizable

su padre era italiano y su madre polaca, de tal forma que él siempre se ha sentido europeo — his father was Italian and his mother Polish, so (that) he has always felt himself to be European

4) (tb: forma física) fitness, form

si no está al cien por cien de forma no jugará — if he isn't a hundred per cent fit he won't play

el jugador ha recuperado su forma física — the player is fit again, the player has regained fitness o form

cuida su forma física practicando también otros deportes — he keeps fit by playing other sports too

• estar en (buena) forma — [para hacer deporte] to be fit, be in good shape; [para realizar otra actividad] to be in (good) form

estar en baja forma — (lit) to be not fully fit; (fig) to be in bad shape

estar bajo de forma — to be in poor shape

mantenerse en forma — to keep fit

ponerse en forma — to get fit

5) (=aspecto externo) form

la forma y el fondo — form and content

es pura forma — it's just for the sake of form, it's a mere formality

• defecto de forma — (Jur) technicality

6) pl formas [femeninas] figure sing

7) pl formas [sociales] appearances

• guardar o mantener las formas — to keep up appearances

8) (Rel)

• la Sagrada Forma — the Host

9) (=molde) (Téc) mould, mold (EEUU); [de zapatero] last; [de sombrero] hatter's block; (Tip) forme, form (EEUU)

10) (Ling) [del verbo] form

11) (Tip) (=formato) format

12) LAm
*
• en forma, una fiesta en forma — a proper party, a blowout *

va a celebrar su cumpleaños en forma — he's going to have a proper o a serious * birthday party

nos aburrimos en forma — we were seriously bored *

13) Méx form
see MANERA, FORMA, MODO
* * *

femenino

1)

a) (contorno, apariencia) shape

tiene forma circular — it's circular (in shape)

en forma de cruz — in the shape of a cross

tiene la forma de un platillo — it's the shape of a saucer

dar forma a algo — ( al barro) to shape something; ( a proyecto) to give shape to something

tomar forma — to take shape

el suéter ha tomado la forma de la percha — the sweater's been stretched out of shape by the coat hanger

b) (tipo, modalidad) form

la discriminación no se tolerará bajo ninguna de sus formas — discrimination will not be tolerated in any shape or form

el medicamento se presenta en forma de comprimidos — the medicine comes in tablet form

2) (Lit) (de una novela, obra) form; (Fil) form

3) (Ling) form

4) (Dep, Med)

estar/mantenerse en forma — to be/keep fit

está en baja forma — he's not on form

en plena forma — on top form

en forma — (AmL fam)

una comida en forma — a good square meal (colloq)

nos divertimos en forma — (AmL fam) we had a really good time

5) (manera, modo) way

es su forma de ser — it's just the way he is

tiene una forma de ser que desconcierta — he has a rather disconcerting manner

qué forma de gritar! — there's no need to shout!

así no hay forma de entenderse — we'll never get anywhere like this

no veía la forma de convencerlo — I couldn't see how to convince him

de forma que — (frml) in such a way that

de cualquier forma or de todas formas — anyway, in any case

- forma de pago

6) formas femenino plural

a) ( de mujer) figure

b) ( apariencias) appearances (pl)

guardar las formas — to keep up appearances

7) (Méx) ( formulario) form

* * *

= approach [approaches, -pl.], form, guise, means, mode, shape, way, mould [mold, -USA], shaping, complexion, manner, fashion.

Ex. During the last twenty years the variety of approaches to the organisation of knowledge has proliferated with the introduction of computer-based methods.

Ex. It is under the chosen form of heading that the catalogue entry for a particular document is filed and hence located.

Ex. In various guises, the basic concepts have found application in the design of a number of special classification schemes.

Ex. The easiest means of illustrating some of the foregoing points is to introduce in outline some special classification schemes.

Ex. Various modes of operation are possible for such a journal, and the precise operation will depend upon the type of information being conveyed.

Ex. If the book has an unusual shape then both the height and the width of the book will be given.

Ex. They are likely to influence the future function of DC, and the way in which the scheme will evolve, but since there will be a continuing need for shelf arrangement, DC will remain necessary.

Ex. The two moulds, which were twins, were oblong wire sieves mounted on wooden frames, and the deckle was a removable wooden rim which could be fitted to either mould to make it into a tray-like sieve with a raised edge.

Ex. The process of shaping the scientific and technical propaganda into a legitimate specialisation is described.

Ex. These documents contain the Commission's sentiments on how policy should be evolved in particular sectors and what complexion it should take = Estos documentos contienen el sentir de la Comisión de cómo debería desarrollarse la política en sectores concretos y qué cariz debería tomar.

Ex. City planning is a body of techniques and theories for co-ordinative decision-making which tries to distribute the community's resources in a manner which will best achieve the community's specific goals, whatever they may be = El urbanismo es un conjunto de técnicas y teorías para la toma coordinada de decisiones que intenta distribuir los recursos de la comunidad de tal forma que se consigan mejor los objetivos específicos de ésta, sean cuales sean.

Ex. It was on the tip of his tongue to say: 'Must you speak to me in this uncivilized fashion?' But he discreetly forbore.

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

* actuar de forma negligente = be remiss.

* adoptar forma = take + shape.

* adoptar la forma de = take + form, take + the form of, come in + the form of.

* aprender de la forma más difícil = learn + the hard way.

* asumir una forma = assume + form.

* botón en forma de palo = toggle fastener.

* buena forma física = fitness, physical fitness.

* buscar la forma de = look for + ways to.

* buscar la forma de + Infinitivo = develop + way of + Gerundio.

* buscar una forma de hacer (algo) = develop + way + to make + Nombre.

* caer en forma de cascada = cascade.

* cambiar de forma = shape-shift.

* cambiar de forma de vivir = turn + Posesivo + life around.

* catálogo encuadernado en forma de listado de ordenador = computer book form catalogue.

* catálogo en forma de álbum = guard (book) catalogue.

* catálogo en forma de libro = bookform catalogue, book catalogue.

* catálogo en forma de libro encuadernado = bound book form catalogue.

* catálogo en forma de listado = computer print-out catalogue.

* catálogo en forma de listado de ordenador = computer book form catalogue.

* catálogo impreso en forma de libro = printed book catalogue.

* como forma de vida = as a way of life.

* como una forma de = as a means of.

* concepto de forma = form concept.

* con forma de castillo = castellated.

* con forma de estrella = star-shaped [star shaped].

* con forma de pelo = hair-like.

* con forma de pera = pear-shaped.

* con forma de pirámide = trihedral, pyramidal-shaped.

* con forma de tetraedro = trihedral.

* con forma de U = U-shaped.

* con forma piramidal = pyramidal-shaped.

* dar cuerpo y forma a = lend + substance and form to.

* dar forma = become + cast, give + shape, shape, mould [mold, -USA], inform.

* dar nueva forma = reformat [re-format].

* de alguna forma = in one way or another, one way or another.

* de alguna otra forma = in any other way.

* de cualquier forma = in any event, in any way [in anyway], in any case, in any way at all.

* de cualquier forma posible = in any and all ways.

* de esta forma = in this fashion, in this manner, in this way.

* de forma = in form.

* de forma abrumadora = overwhelmingly.

* de forma aceptable = adequately, acceptably.

* de forma adecuada = adequately, appropriately.

* de forma alternada = in alternating fashion.

* de forma alternativa = alternatively.

* de forma anónima = anonymously.

* de forma aplastante = overwhelmingly.

* de forma apreciable = markedly.

* de forma apropiada = properly, fitly, appropriately.

* de forma audible = audibly.

* de forma autónoma = autonomously.

* de forma caprichosa = capriciously.

* de forma clara = clearly.

* de forma colegiada = collegially.

* de forma combinada = in combination.

* de forma competitiva = competitively.

* de forma complementaria = complimentarily.

* de forma completa = in full.

* de forma conjunta con = in partnership with.

* de forma considerable = considerably.

* de forma continuada = continuously.

* de forma cuadrada = squarish, square-shaped.

* de forma deductiva = deductively.

* de forma desastrosa = disastrously.

* de forma deshonesta = dishonestly.

* de forma diferente = differently shaped.

* de forma digital = digitally.

* de forma divertida = funnily.

* de forma económica = cost-effectively.

* de forma errática = erratically.

* de forma escandalosa = outrageously.

* de forma especulativa = speculatively.

* de forma estructurada = in a structured fashion.

* de forma exquisita = exquisitely.

* de forma extraña = oddly, funnily.

* de forma federal = federally.

* de forma general = widely, bulk.

* de forma global = holistically.

* de forma graciosa = funnily.

* de forma gratis = on a complimentary basis.

* de forma gratuita = on a complimentary basis.

* de forma grotesca = grotesquely.

* de forma heterogénea = heterogeneously [heterogenously].

* de forma heurística = heuristically.

* de forma humorística = in a humorous vein.

* de forma imaginativa = imaginatively.

* de forma indirecta = circuitous route.

* de forma inesperada = like a bolt out of the blue, like a bolt from the blue.

* de forma innata = innately.

* de forma irregular = erratically.

* de forma lamentable = miserably.

* de forma lógica = in a meaningful way.

* de forma mágica = magically.

* de forma mecánica = mechanically.

* de forma mordaz = pungently.

* de forma muy parecida a = in much the same way as.

* de forma muy similar a = in much the same way as.

* de forma negativa = in a negative light.

* de forma neutral = neutrally.

* de forma notoria = markedly.

* de forma óptima = optimally.

* de forma personalizada = on a one-to-one basis.

* de forma poco ética = unethically.

* de forma poco imaginativa = unimaginatively.

* de forma poco profesional = unprofessionally.

* de forma poco razonable = unreasonably.

* de forma positiva = in a positive light, constructively.

* de forma práctica = pragmatically.

* de forma precisa = precisely.

* de forma puntual = occasionally, when necessary.

* de forma que = in ways that.

* de forma que resulta más fácil de entender = in digestible form.

* de forma rara = oddly, funnily.

* de forma recíproca = reciprocally.

* de forma regular = regularly.

* de forma rentable = cost-effectively.

* de forma ridícula = grotesquely.

* de forma saludable = healthily.

* de forma sana = healthily.

* de forma significativa = to any significant extent, to a significant extent.

* de forma sistemática = in a systematic fashion.

* de forma sofisticada = sophisticatedly.

* de forma subconsciente = subconsciously.

* de forma sublime = subliminally.

* de forma suscinta = in brief.

* de forma terapéutica = therapeutically.

* de forma tosca = in crude form.

* de forma trágica = tragically.

* de igual forma = in like manner, in a like manner, in like fashion, in like vein.

* de la forma más difícil = the hard way.

* de la forma más fácil = the easy way .

* de la mejor forma posible = to the best of + Posesivo + ability.

* de la misma forma que = in the same way (as), in the same manner (as), in much the same way as.

* de la otra forma = the other way (a)round.

* de muchas formas = in more ways than one.

* de ninguna forma = in any way at all.

* de ninguna otra forma = in any other way.

* de nuevas formas = in new ways.

* de otra forma = in any other way.

* describir de forma general = outline.

* de tal forma que + ser/estar = in such form as to + be.

* de todas formas = anyway(s), at any rate, anyhow.

* de todas las formas posibles = in any and all ways.

* de una forma = in a fashion.

* de una forma + Adjetivo = in + Adjetivo + manner.

* de una forma ambigua = ambiguously.

* de una forma brillante = brilliantly.

* de una forma deplorable = execrably.

* de una forma fácil = easily.

* de una forma hábil = skilfully [skillfully, -USA].

* de una forma intangible = intangibly.

* de una forma lógica = logically.

* de una forma monstruosa = monstrously.

* de una forma organizada = in an organised fashion.

* de una forma rápida = quickly.

* de una forma relativamente + Nombre = relatively + Adverbio.

* de una forma simple = in a simple manner, simply.

* de una forma tautológica = tautologically.

* de una forma u otra = in some form or other, in one way or another, one way or another, in one form or another.

* de una nueva forma = in a new way.

* dispuesto de forma uniforme = regimented.

* división de forma = form division.

* edificio en forma de cubo = cubic building.

* en buena forma = in good nick.

* encabezamiento de forma = form heading.

* encontrar la forma de = devise + ways.

* en forma = fit [fitter -comp., fittest -sup.], toned.

* en forma de = in the form of, in the shape of.

* en forma de A = A-shaped.

* en forma de arco = arched, bowed.

* en forma de capa = cape-like.

* en forma de cruz = cross-shaped.

* en forma de cuadrado = square-shaped.

* en forma de cuña = wedge-shaped.

* en forma de cúpula = dome-shaped, domed.

* en forma de D = d-shaped.

* en forma de estrella = star-shaped [star shaped].

* en forma de libro = in book form.

* en forma de medialuna = crescent-shaped.

* en forma de parásito = parasitically.

* en forma de pera = pear-shaped.

* en forma de pirámide = pyramidal-shaped.

* en forma de trompeta = trumpet-shaped.

* en forma de U = U-shaped.

* en forma de V = V-shaped.

* en forma física = physically fit.

* en forma física y mental = physically and mentally fit.

* en forma ovalada = oval-shaped.

* en forma piramidal = pyramidal-shaped.

* en mala forma = in bad nick.

* en plena forma = in peak condition, in tip-top form, in tip-top condition.

* en su forma más básica = at its most basic.

* entintar la forma = beat + the forme.

* entrada de forma = form entry.

* estar en forma = be in shape, be in good shape.

* estar ordenado en forma circular = be on a wheel.

* faceta de forma = Form facet.

* forma adjetival = adjectival form.

* forma artística = art form.

* forma de actuar = discourse.

* forma de comportamiento = mode of behaviour, way of conduct.

* forma de conducta = mode of conduct, way of conduct.

* forma de conseguir algo = lever.

* forma de doble fondo = double-faced mould.

* forma de escribir = writing style.

* forma de evitar Algo = way round + Algo.

* forma de evitar una dificultad = way (a)round + difficulty.

* forma de evitar un problema = way round + problem.

* forma de expresión = way of expression, mode of expression.

* forma de funcionar = business model.

* forma de hablar = manner of speaking.

* forma de hacer papel = paper mould.

* forma de impresión = composing frame, forme, plate, frame.

* forma de la curva estadística en su valor más alto = peak-shape.

* forma de pago = form of payment.

* forma de papel vitela = wove mould.

* forma de pensar = thinking, belief system, set of opinions, mode of thought, mode of thinking.

* forma de presentación = form of presentation.

* forma de trabajar = working practice, work practice, business model.

* forma de un solo fondo = single-faced mould.

* forma de un solo fondo para papel verjurado = single-faced laid mould.

* forma de ver las cosas = way of putting things together, bent of mind.

* forma de vida = way of life.

* forma excelente = commanding form.

* forma física = physical form, physical condition, physical shape.

* forma flexionada = inflected form.

* forma geométrica = geometric shape, geometric pattern.

* forma impresa = hard copy [hardcopy].

* forma intelectual = intellectual form.

* forma manual = hand mould.

* forma nominal = noun form.

* forma para papel verjurado = laid mould.

* ganar de forma abrumadora = beat + Nombre + hands down, win + hands down.

* ganar de forma aplastante = beat + Nombre + hands down, win + hands down, win by + a landslide.

* ganar de forma arrolladora = win by + a landslide.

* guardar las formas = keep up + appearances.

* indicar las formas (de/en que) = point to + ways (of/in which).

* la forma correcta de hacer las cosas = the way to go.

* la forma de = ways and means (of/for/to/in/by).

* la forma de + Infinitivo = the way to go about + Gerundio.

* la forma de ver las cosas = the way + to see things.

* la mejor forma de hacer Algo = lessons learned [lessons learnt].

* mantenerse en forma = keep + fit.

* no haber forma de = there + be + no way.

* no hay forma de que = for the life of me.

* ofrecer una forma de = provide + a way of/to.

* orientado hacia la forma = form-oriented.

* participar de forma activa = involve.

* participar de forma activa en = engage in.

* participar de una forma activa = become + involved.

* pensar de forma creativa = think out(side) + (of) the box.

* poner en forma = buff up.

* ponerse en forma = get + fit.

* ponerse en forma para la lucir el cuerpo en la playa = get + beach-fit.

* por la forma = by the way.

* presentar en forma de tabla = tabulate.

* red en forma de estrella = star network [star-network].

* sentirse en plena forma = feel + tip-top.

* ser la forma abreviada de = be short for.

* ser la forma de = be a recipe for.

* ser mirado de forma extraña = get + some funny looks.

* ser una forma de = provide + a way of/to.

* sin forma = bodilessly, formless.

* sugerir la forma de = suggest + way in which.

* tener forma + Adjetivo = be + Adjetivo + in shape.

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

* tomar forma = take + form, take + shape, assume + form, shape up.

* una buena forma de empezar = a good way to start.

* volver a dar forma = reshape [re-shape].

* * *

femenino

1)

a) (contorno, apariencia) shape

tiene forma circular — it's circular (in shape)

en forma de cruz — in the shape of a cross

tiene la forma de un platillo — it's the shape of a saucer

dar forma a algo — ( al barro) to shape something; ( a proyecto) to give shape to something

tomar forma — to take shape

el suéter ha tomado la forma de la percha — the sweater's been stretched out of shape by the coat hanger

b) (tipo, modalidad) form

la discriminación no se tolerará bajo ninguna de sus formas — discrimination will not be tolerated in any shape or form

el medicamento se presenta en forma de comprimidos — the medicine comes in tablet form

2) (Lit) (de una novela, obra) form; (Fil) form

3) (Ling) form

4) (Dep, Med)

estar/mantenerse en forma — to be/keep fit

está en baja forma — he's not on form

en plena forma — on top form

en forma — (AmL fam)

una comida en forma — a good square meal (colloq)

nos divertimos en forma — (AmL fam) we had a really good time

5) (manera, modo) way

es su forma de ser — it's just the way he is

tiene una forma de ser que desconcierta — he has a rather disconcerting manner

qué forma de gritar! — there's no need to shout!

así no hay forma de entenderse — we'll never get anywhere like this

no veía la forma de convencerlo — I couldn't see how to convince him

de forma que — (frml) in such a way that

de cualquier forma or de todas formas — anyway, in any case

- forma de pago

6) formas femenino plural

a) ( de mujer) figure

b) ( apariencias) appearances (pl)

guardar las formas — to keep up appearances

7) (Méx) ( formulario) form

* * *

= approach [approaches, -pl.], form, guise, means, mode, shape, way, mould [mold, -USA], shaping, complexion, manner, fashion.

Ex: During the last twenty years the variety of approaches to the organisation of knowledge has proliferated with the introduction of computer-based methods.

Ex: It is under the chosen form of heading that the catalogue entry for a particular document is filed and hence located.

Ex: In various guises, the basic concepts have found application in the design of a number of special classification schemes.

Ex: The easiest means of illustrating some of the foregoing points is to introduce in outline some special classification schemes.

Ex: Various modes of operation are possible for such a journal, and the precise operation will depend upon the type of information being conveyed.

Ex: If the book has an unusual shape then both the height and the width of the book will be given.

Ex: They are likely to influence the future function of DC, and the way in which the scheme will evolve, but since there will be a continuing need for shelf arrangement, DC will remain necessary.

Ex: The two moulds, which were twins, were oblong wire sieves mounted on wooden frames, and the deckle was a removable wooden rim which could be fitted to either mould to make it into a tray-like sieve with a raised edge.

Ex: The process of shaping the scientific and technical propaganda into a legitimate specialisation is described.

Ex: These documents contain the Commission's sentiments on how policy should be evolved in particular sectors and what complexion it should take = Estos documentos contienen el sentir de la Comisión de cómo debería desarrollarse la política en sectores concretos y qué cariz debería tomar.

Ex: City planning is a body of techniques and theories for co-ordinative decision-making which tries to distribute the community's resources in a manner which will best achieve the community's specific goals, whatever they may be = El urbanismo es un conjunto de técnicas y teorías para la toma coordinada de decisiones que intenta distribuir los recursos de la comunidad de tal forma que se consigan mejor los objetivos específicos de ésta, sean cuales sean.

Ex: It was on the tip of his tongue to say: 'Must you speak to me in this uncivilized fashion?' But he discreetly forbore.

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

* actuar de forma negligente = be remiss.

* adoptar forma = take + shape.

* adoptar la forma de = take + form, take + the form of, come in + the form of.

* aprender de la forma más difícil = learn + the hard way.

* asumir una forma = assume + form.

* botón en forma de palo = toggle fastener.

* buena forma física = fitness, physical fitness.

* buscar la forma de = look for + ways to.

* buscar la forma de + Infinitivo = develop + way of + Gerundio.

* buscar una forma de hacer (algo) = develop + way + to make + Nombre.

* caer en forma de cascada = cascade.

* cambiar de forma = shape-shift.

* cambiar de forma de vivir = turn + Posesivo + life around.

* catálogo encuadernado en forma de listado de ordenador = computer book form catalogue.

* catálogo en forma de álbum = guard (book) catalogue.

* catálogo en forma de libro = bookform catalogue, book catalogue.

* catálogo en forma de libro encuadernado = bound book form catalogue.

* catálogo en forma de listado = computer print-out catalogue.

* catálogo en forma de listado de ordenador = computer book form catalogue.

* catálogo impreso en forma de libro = printed book catalogue.

* como forma de vida = as a way of life.

* como una forma de = as a means of.

* concepto de forma = form concept.

* con forma de castillo = castellated.

* con forma de estrella = star-shaped [star shaped].

* con forma de pelo = hair-like.

* con forma de pera = pear-shaped.

* con forma de pirámide = trihedral, pyramidal-shaped.

* con forma de tetraedro = trihedral.

* con forma de U = U-shaped.

* con forma piramidal = pyramidal-shaped.

* dar cuerpo y forma a = lend + substance and form to.

* dar forma = become + cast, give + shape, shape, mould [mold, -USA], inform.

* dar nueva forma = reformat [re-format].

* de alguna forma = in one way or another, one way or another.

* de alguna otra forma = in any other way.

* de cualquier forma = in any event, in any way [in anyway], in any case, in any way at all.

* de cualquier forma posible = in any and all ways.

* de esta forma = in this fashion, in this manner, in this way.

* de forma = in form.

* de forma abrumadora = overwhelmingly.

* de forma aceptable = adequately, acceptably.

* de forma adecuada = adequately, appropriately.

* de forma alternada = in alternating fashion.

* de forma alternativa = alternatively.

* de forma anónima = anonymously.

* de forma aplastante = overwhelmingly.

* de forma apreciable = markedly.

* de forma apropiada = properly, fitly, appropriately.

* de forma audible = audibly.

* de forma autónoma = autonomously.

* de forma caprichosa = capriciously.

* de forma clara = clearly.

* de forma colegiada = collegially.

* de forma combinada = in combination.

* de forma competitiva = competitively.

* de forma complementaria = complimentarily.

* de forma completa = in full.

* de forma conjunta con = in partnership with.

* de forma considerable = considerably.

* de forma continuada = continuously.

* de forma cuadrada = squarish, square-shaped.

* de forma deductiva = deductively.

* de forma desastrosa = disastrously.

* de forma deshonesta = dishonestly.

* de forma diferente = differently shaped.

* de forma digital = digitally.

* de forma divertida = funnily.

* de forma económica = cost-effectively.

* de forma errática = erratically.

* de forma escandalosa = outrageously.

* de forma especulativa = speculatively.

* de forma estructurada = in a structured fashion.

* de forma exquisita = exquisitely.

* de forma extraña = oddly, funnily.

* de forma federal = federally.

* de forma general = widely, bulk.

* de forma global = holistically.

* de forma graciosa = funnily.

* de forma gratis = on a complimentary basis.

* de forma gratuita = on a complimentary basis.

* de forma grotesca = grotesquely.

* de forma heterogénea = heterogeneously [heterogenously].

* de forma heurística = heuristically.

* de forma humorística = in a humorous vein.

* de forma imaginativa = imaginatively.

* de forma indirecta = circuitous route.

* de forma inesperada = like a bolt out of the blue, like a bolt from the blue.

* de forma innata = innately.

* de forma irregular = erratically.

* de forma lamentable = miserably.

* de forma lógica = in a meaningful way.

* de forma mágica = magically.

* de forma mecánica = mechanically.

* de forma mordaz = pungently.

* de forma muy parecida a = in much the same way as.

* de forma muy similar a = in much the same way as.

* de forma negativa = in a negative light.

* de forma neutral = neutrally.

* de forma notoria = markedly.

* de forma óptima = optimally.

* de forma personalizada = on a one-to-one basis.

* de forma poco ética = unethically.

* de forma poco imaginativa = unimaginatively.

* de forma poco profesional = unprofessionally.

* de forma poco razonable = unreasonably.

* de forma positiva = in a positive light, constructively.

* de forma práctica = pragmatically.

* de forma precisa = precisely.

* de forma puntual = occasionally, when necessary.

* de forma que = in ways that.

* de forma que resulta más fácil de entender = in digestible form.

* de forma rara = oddly, funnily.

* de forma recíproca = reciprocally.

* de forma regular = regularly.

* de forma rentable = cost-effectively.

* de forma ridícula = grotesquely.

* de forma saludable = healthily.

* de forma sana = healthily.

* de forma significativa = to any significant extent, to a significant extent.

* de forma sistemática = in a systematic fashion.

* de forma sofisticada = sophisticatedly.

* de forma subconsciente = subconsciously.

* de forma sublime = subliminally.

* de forma suscinta = in brief.

* de forma terapéutica = therapeutically.

* de forma tosca = in crude form.

* de forma trágica = tragically.

* de igual forma = in like manner, in a like manner, in like fashion, in like vein.

* de la forma más difícil = the hard way.

* de la forma más fácil = the easy way.

* de la mejor forma posible = to the best of + Posesivo + ability.

* de la misma forma que = in the same way (as), in the same manner (as), in much the same way as.

* de la otra forma = the other way (a)round.

* de muchas formas = in more ways than one.

* de ninguna forma = in any way at all.

* de ninguna otra forma = in any other way.

* de nuevas formas = in new ways.

* de otra forma = in any other way.

* describir de forma general = outline.

* de tal forma que + ser/estar = in such form as to + be.

* de todas formas = anyway(s), at any rate, anyhow.

* de todas las formas posibles = in any and all ways.

* de una forma = in a fashion.

* de una forma + Adjetivo = in + Adjetivo + manner.

* de una forma ambigua = ambiguously.

* de una forma brillante = brilliantly.

* de una forma deplorable = execrably.

* de una forma fácil = easily.

* de una forma hábil = skilfully [skillfully, -USA].

* de una forma intangible = intangibly.

* de una forma lógica = logically.

* de una forma monstruosa = monstrously.

* de una forma organizada = in an organised fashion.

* de una forma rápida = quickly.

* de una forma relativamente + Nombre = relatively + Adverbio.

* de una forma simple = in a simple manner, simply.

* de una forma tautológica = tautologically.

* de una forma u otra = in some form or other, in one way or another, one way or another, in one form or another.

* de una nueva forma = in a new way.

* dispuesto de forma uniforme = regimented.

* división de forma = form division.

* edificio en forma de cubo = cubic building.

* en buena forma = in good nick.

* encabezamiento de forma = form heading.

* encontrar la forma de = devise + ways.

* en forma = fit [fitter -comp., fittest -sup.], toned.

* en forma de = in the form of, in the shape of.

* en forma de A = A-shaped.

* en forma de arco = arched, bowed.

* en forma de capa = cape-like.

* en forma de cruz = cross-shaped.

* en forma de cuadrado = square-shaped.

* en forma de cuña = wedge-shaped.

* en forma de cúpula = dome-shaped, domed.

* en forma de D = d-shaped.

* en forma de estrella = star-shaped [star shaped].

* en forma de libro = in book form.

* en forma de medialuna = crescent-shaped.

* en forma de parásito = parasitically.

* en forma de pera = pear-shaped.

* en forma de pirámide = pyramidal-shaped.

* en forma de trompeta = trumpet-shaped.

* en forma de U = U-shaped.

* en forma de V = V-shaped.

* en forma física = physically fit.

* en forma física y mental = physically and mentally fit.

* en forma ovalada = oval-shaped.

* en forma piramidal = pyramidal-shaped.

* en mala forma = in bad nick.

* en plena forma = in peak condition, in tip-top form, in tip-top condition.

* en su forma más básica = at its most basic.

* entintar la forma = beat + the forme.

* entrada de forma = form entry.

* estar en forma = be in shape, be in good shape.

* estar ordenado en forma circular = be on a wheel.

* faceta de forma = Form facet.

* forma adjetival = adjectival form.

* forma artística = art form.

* forma de actuar = discourse.

* forma de comportamiento = mode of behaviour, way of conduct.

* forma de conducta = mode of conduct, way of conduct.

* forma de conseguir algo = lever.

* forma de doble fondo = double-faced mould.

* forma de escribir = writing style.

* forma de evitar Algo = way round + Algo.

* forma de evitar una dificultad = way (a)round + difficulty.

* forma de evitar un problema = way round + problem.

* forma de expresión = way of expression, mode of expression.

* forma de funcionar = business model.

* forma de hablar = manner of speaking.

* forma de hacer papel = paper mould.

* forma de impresión = composing frame, forme, plate, frame.

* forma de la curva estadística en su valor más alto = peak-shape.

* forma de pago = form of payment.

* forma de papel vitela = wove mould.

* forma de pensar = thinking, belief system, set of opinions, mode of thought, mode of thinking.

* forma de presentación = form of presentation.

* forma de trabajar = working practice, work practice, business model.

* forma de un solo fondo = single-faced mould.

* forma de un solo fondo para papel verjurado = single-faced laid mould.

* forma de ver las cosas = way of putting things together, bent of mind.

* forma de vida = way of life.

* forma excelente = commanding form.

* forma física = physical form, physical condition, physical shape.

* forma flexionada = inflected form.

* forma geométrica = geometric shape, geometric pattern.

* forma impresa = hard copy [hardcopy].

* forma intelectual = intellectual form.

* forma manual = hand mould.

* forma nominal = noun form.

* forma para papel verjurado = laid mould.

* ganar de forma abrumadora = beat + Nombre + hands down, win + hands down.

* ganar de forma aplastante = beat + Nombre + hands down, win + hands down, win by + a landslide.

* ganar de forma arrolladora = win by + a landslide.

* guardar las formas = keep up + appearances.

* indicar las formas (de/en que) = point to + ways (of/in which).

* la forma correcta de hacer las cosas = the way to go.

* la forma de = ways and means (of/for/to/in/by).

* la forma de + Infinitivo = the way to go about + Gerundio.

* la forma de ver las cosas = the way + to see things.

* la mejor forma de hacer Algo = lessons learned [lessons learnt].

* mantenerse en forma = keep + fit.

* no haber forma de = there + be + no way.

* no hay forma de que = for the life of me.

* ofrecer una forma de = provide + a way of/to.

* orientado hacia la forma = form-oriented.

* participar de forma activa = involve.

* participar de forma activa en = engage in.

* participar de una forma activa = become + involved.

* pensar de forma creativa = think out(side) + (of) the box.

* poner en forma = buff up.

* ponerse en forma = get + fit.

* ponerse en forma para la lucir el cuerpo en la playa = get + beach-fit.

* por la forma = by the way.

* presentar en forma de tabla = tabulate.

* red en forma de estrella = star network [star-network].

* sentirse en plena forma = feel + tip-top.

* ser la forma abreviada de = be short for.

* ser la forma de = be a recipe for.

* ser mirado de forma extraña = get + some funny looks.

* ser una forma de = provide + a way of/to.

* sin forma = bodilessly, formless.

* sugerir la forma de = suggest + way in which.

* tener forma + Adjetivo = be + Adjetivo + in shape.

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

* tomar forma = take + form, take + shape, assume + form, shape up.

* una buena forma de empezar = a good way to start.

* volver a dar forma = reshape [re-shape].

* * *

forma

feminine

A

1 (contorno, apariencia) shape

tiene forma circular it's circular (in shape)

en forma de cruz in the shape of a cross

tiene la forma de un platillo it's the shape of a saucer o it's saucer-shaped

los tenemos de todas formas y tamaños we have them in all shapes and sizes

el alfarero da forma al barro the potter shapes the clay

finalmente logró dar forma a sus proyectos he finally managed to give some shape to his plans

el suéter ha cogido la forma de la percha the sweater's been stretched out of shape by the coat hanger

el príncipe tomó la forma de una rana the prince turned into a frog

la escultura/el proyecto está empezando a tomar forma the sculpture/plan is beginning to take shape

2 (tipo, modalidad) form

la discriminación no puede ser tolerada bajo ninguna de sus formas discrimination cannot be tolerated in any shape or form

las distintas formas de vida animal the different forms of animal life

el medicamento se presenta en forma de supositorios y de comprimidos the medicine comes in suppository or tablet form

B

1 ( Lit) (de una novela, obra) form

fondo y forma form and content

2 ( Der):

un defecto de forma a technicality ( in drafting or presentation)

3 ( Fil) form

C ( Ling) form

la forma singular the singular (form)

D ( Dep, Med):

estar/mantenerse en forma to be/keep fit

esta temporada está en baja forma this season he's off form o he's not in good form

me siento en plena forma I feel on top form

en forma ( AmL fam): una comida en forma a good square meal ( colloq)

hoy nos divertimos en forma we had a terrific o fantastic time today

metiste la pata en (gran) forma you really put your foot in it ( colloq)

E (manera, modo) way

es su forma de ser it's just his way, it's just the way he is

no me gusta nada su forma de organizar las cosas I don't like his way of organizing things at all

¡qué forma de gritar, ni que estuviese sorda! there's no need to shout, I'm not deaf!

así no hay forma de entenderse we'll never get anywhere like this

lo hizo de forma que él no se enterase ( frml); she did it in such a way that he would not find out

de cualquier forma or de todas formas or de una forma o de otra anyway, in any case

Compuesto:

forma de pago

form o method of payment

F formas fpl

1 (de una mujer) figure

2 (apariencias) appearances (pl)

en público siempre guardan or cubren las formas they always keep up appearances in public

G ( Méx) (formulario) form

* * *

Del verbo formar: ( conjugate formar)

forma es:

3ª persona singular (él/ella/usted) presente indicativo

2ª persona singular (tú) imperativo

Multiple Entries:
forma
formar
forma sustantivo femenino
1
a) (contorno, apariencia) shape;

◊ en forma de cruz in the shape of a cross;

tiene la forma de un platillo it's the shape of a saucer;
dar forma a algo ( al barro) to shape sth;

( a proyecto) to give shape to sth
b) (tipo, modalidad) form;

◊ distintas formas de vida animal different forms of animal life;

forma de pago form o method of payment
2 (Dep, Med):
◊ estar en forma to be fit;

está en baja forma he's not on form;
en plena forma on top form;
en forma: nos divertimos en forma we had a really good time
3 (manera, modo) way;
◊ es su forma de ser it's just the way he is;

¡vaya forma de conducir! what a way to drive!;
forma de vida way of life;
de forma distinta differently;
de cualquier forma or de todas formas anyway, in any case
4
◊ formas sustantivo femenino plural

a) ( de mujer) figure

b) ( apariencias) appearances (pl);

◊ guardar las formas to keep up appearances

5 (Méx) ( formulario) form
formar ( conjugate formar) verbo transitivo
1
a) ( crear) ‹círculo/figura› to make, form;

‹asociación/gobierno› to form, set up;
‹ barricada› to set up;
◊ ¡formen parejas! ( en clase) get into pairs o twos!;

( en baile) take your partners!
b) (Ling) to form

c) (Mil) ‹ tropas› to have … fall in

2 ( componer) to make up;
◊ un equipo formado por cinco personas a team made up of five people;

forma parte de algo to be part of sth, to belong to sth
3 ‹carácter/espíritu› to form, shape
4 ( educar) to bring up;
( para trabajo) to train
verbo intransitivo (Mil) to fall in
formarse verbo pronominal
1
a) (hacerse, crearse) [grupo/organismo] to form;

◊ se formó una cola a line (AmE) o (BrE) queue formed

b) ( desarrollarse) [niño/huesos] to develop

c) ‹idea/opinión› to form

2 ( educarse) to be educated;
( para trabajo) to be trained
forma sustantivo femenino
1 form, shape: una vasija en forma de campana, a bell-shaped vessel
2 (modo) way: hazlo de otra forma do it another way
no hay forma de probarlo, there's no way to prove it
forma de pago, method of payment
3 Dep form: está en baja forma, she's off form
me mantengo en forma, I keep fit 4 formas, (modales) manners
guardar las formas, to keep up appearances
♦ Locuciones: de forma que, so that
de todas formas, anyway, in any case
formar verbo transitivo
1 to form
2 (criar) to bring up
(instruir) to educate, train
' forma' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
A
- acento
- aerodinámica
- aerodinámico
- amorfa
- amorfo
- anacrónica
- anacrónico
- borla
- cerrada
- cerrado
- circular
- congruente
- cónica
- cónico
- corpórea
- corpóreo
- defraudar
- diferente
- ser
- escribano
- estrafalaria
- estrafalario
- estrechamiento
- estrellada
- estrellado
- formalmente
- herida
- histriónica
- histriónico
- imitar
- inicua
- inicuo
- ladrón
- ladrona
- mercenaria
- mercenario
- modo
- óptica
- oscurecer
- pequeña
- pequeño
- política
- redonda
- redondo
- sambenito
- tallar
- tela
- tener
- Tiro
English:
A
- agenda
- agree
- alternately
- amusing
- an
- and
- angular
- anyhow
- arrange
- as
- attuned to
- be
- begin
- best
- blend
- circle
- crescent
- cupcake
- day
- deny
- diamond
- disgusting
- do
- enjoy
- expect
- expedient
- faint
- figure
- fish
- fit
- fitness
- form
- freeware
- from
- go
- heart-shaped
- hexagon
- jelly baby
- jelly bean
- Jerkily
- keep
- kidney shaped
- lack
- lie
- manner
- mister
- must
- parcel
- pear-shaped

* * *

forma nf

1. [figura] shape, form;

¿qué forma tiene? what shape is it?;

en forma de triángulo in the shape of a triangle;

en forma de L L-shaped;

el escultor dio forma al barro the sculptor shaped the clay;

tener forma ovalada o [m5] de óvalo to be oval (in shape);

el proyecto comienza a tomar forma the project is starting to take shape

2. [manera] way, manner;

tiene una forma de hablar muy divertida she has a very funny way of talking;

no ha habido forma de localizarlo it was impossible to find him;

se puede hacer de varias formas it can be done in several different ways;

lo siento, es mi forma de ser I'm sorry, that's just the way I am o that's just my way;

¡qué forma de llover! it's absolutely pouring down!;

de cualquier forma, de todas formas anyway, in any case;

si lo hacemos de esta forma, acabaremos antes if we do it this way, we'll finish earlier;

viajaremos en segunda, de esta forma recortaremos gastos we can travel second class, that way we'll keep the cost down;

han organizado las conferencias de forma que haya diez minutos de intervalo entre ellas they've arranged the speeches in such a way that there's a ten-minute break between each one;

llegaremos a las ocho, de forma que podamos comenzar temprano we'll be there by eight so (that) we can start early;

dobla la camisa de forma que no se arruguen las mangas fold the shirt so (that) the sleeves don't get creased

Comp
forma de pago method of payment
3. [manifestación] form;

la fotografía es una forma de arte photography is an art form

4. [condición física] fitness;

estar en forma to be fit;

estar en baja/plena forma to be in poor/top shape;

vuelvo a estar en plena forma I'm fully fit again;

mantenerse/ponerse en forma to keep/get fit

Comp
forma física physical fitness;
en perfecta forma física in perfect (physical) shape

5. [de equipo, artista] form;

estar en forma to be on form;

estar en baja/plena forma to be off form/on top form

6.
formas [silueta] figure, curves;

un cuerpo de formas armoniosas a curvaceous body

7.
formas [modales] manners, social conventions;

guardar las formas to keep up appearances

8. [horma, molde] mould

9. Rel host;

la Sagrada Forma the Holy Host

10. Arte & Lit form;

a este escritor le importa más la forma que el contenido this writer is more interested in form than content

11. Ling form;

en forma plural in the plural

12. Méx [formulario] form

* * *

forma

f

1 form

2 ( apariencia) shape;

en forma de in the shape of;

dar forma a algo shape sth

3 ( manera) way;

de forma que in such a way that;

de todas formas in any case, anyway;

de alguna forma, en cierta forma in a way;

de cualquier forma anyway;

de ninguna forma not in the slightest, fam no way;

no hay forma de que coma/estudie nothing will make him eat/study, it’s impossible to get him to eat/study

4

:

formas pl proprieties;

guardar las formas keep up appearances

5

:

estar en forma be fit;

mantenerse en forma stay in shape

6 Méx ( formulario) form

* * *

forma nf

1) : form, shape

2) manera, modo: manner, way

3) : fitness

estar en forma: to be fit, to be in shape

4) formas nfpl

: appearances, conventions

* * *

forma n

1. (contorno) shape

¿qué forma tiene? what shape is it?

tiene forma de corazón it's heart shaped

una tarta suele tener una forma redonda cakes are usually round in shape

2. (manera) way

su forma de trabajar his way of working

de forma distinta in a different way / differently

de todas formas anyway

estar en forma to be fit

mantenerse en forma to keep fit

ponerse en forma to get fit

Spanish-English dictionary > forma
15 horma

f.

1 mold, pattern (molde).

encontrar la horma de su zapato (figurative) to meet one's match

2 shoetree, shoe tree, boot tree.

3 mold for making shoes, last.

* * *

horma

► nombre femenino

1 mould (US mold), form

2 (de zapato) last

\

FRASEOLOGÍA

encontrar uno la horma de su zapato figurado to meet one's match

* * *

SF

1) (Téc) form, mould, mold (EEUU); [de calzado] last, shoetree

- encontrarse con la horma de su zapato

horma de sombrero — hat block

2) (=muro) dry-stone wall

* * *

femenino ( para hacer zapatos) last; ( para conservar su forma) shoetree

zapatos de horma ancha/estrecha — broad-fitting/narrow-fitting shoes

encontrar la horma de su zapato — to meet one's match

* * *

= last.

Nota: Para zapatos.

Ex. The article 'New competitors for the publishers: the cobbler and his last' examines the role of the publisher in the age of information technology and electronic publishing.

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* encontrar la horma de + Posesivo + zapato = meet + Posesivo + match.

* * *

femenino ( para hacer zapatos) last; ( para conservar su forma) shoetree

zapatos de horma ancha/estrecha — broad-fitting/narrow-fitting shoes

encontrar la horma de su zapato — to meet one's match

* * *

= last.

Nota: Para zapatos.

Ex: The article 'New competitors for the publishers: the cobbler and his last' examines the role of the publisher in the age of information technology and electronic publishing.

* encontrar la horma de + Posesivo + zapato = meet + Posesivo + match.

* * *

horma

feminine

A (para hacer zapatos) last; (para conservar su forma) shoetree

zapatos de horma ancha/estrecha broad-fitting/narrow-fitting shoes

encontrar la horma de su zapato to meet one's match

B

( Arg) ( Coc): una horma de queso a cheese

* * *

horma sustantivo femenino ( para hacer zapatos) last;
( para conservar su forma) shoetree
horma sustantivo femenino form, width (of a shoe)
♦ Locuciones: familiar dar con/encontrar la horma de su zapato, to meet one's match
' horma' also found in these entries:
English:
fitting

* * *

horma nf

1. [molde] mould, pattern;
[de zapatos] shoe tree; [de sombrero] hat block;
Comp

encontrar o [m5] hallar alguien la horma de su zapato to meet one's match

2. RP
una horma de queso a (whole) cheese

* * *

horma

f form, mold, Br

mould; de zapatos last

* * *

horma nf

1) : shoe tree

2) : shoemaker's last

Spanish-English dictionary > horma
16 mufa

femenino (RPl fam)

a) ( mal humor) bad mood

b) ( moho) mold*

* * *

femenino (RPl fam)

a) ( mal humor) bad mood

b) ( moho) mold*

* * *

mufa

feminine

( RPl fam)

1 (mal humor) bad mood

se levantó con mufa he got up in a bad mood

2 (moho) mold*

* * *

mufa sustantivo femenino (RPl fam)
a) ( mal humor) bad mood

b) ( moho) mold^{( conjugate mold)}

' mufa' also found in these entries:
English:
huff

* * *

mufa nf
RP Fam foul mood;
hoy tiene una mufa impresionante she's in a really foul mood today

Spanish-English dictionary > mufa
17 vaciar

v.

1 to empty.

vaciar el agua de la botella (líquido) to pour the water out of the bottle

vacía las bolsas de la compra take the shopping out of the bags

Ella vació el barril She emptied the barrel.

2 to hollow (out) (dejar hueco).

3 to cast, to mold (art).

Ellos vaciaron el metal They cast the metal.

4 to clear out.

* * *

vaciar

Conjugation model [ DESVIAR], like link=desviar desviar

► verbo transitivo

1 (recipiente) to empty; (local) to empty, clear

2 (contenido) to pour away, pour out

3 (dejar hueco) to hollow out

4 (moldear) to cast, mould (US mold)

5 (afilar) to sharpen

6 (escrito) to take information from

■ hemos vaciado las revistas para hacer un índice de materias we've taken information from the magazines to make a table of contents

► verbo intransitivo

1 (ríos etc) to flow (en, into)

► verbo pronominal vaciarse

1 (dejar vacío) to empty

2 familiar figurado (desahogarse) to let it all out

* * *

verb

to drain, empty

* * *

1. VT

1) [+ recipiente, contenido] to empty; [+ radiador] to drain; (=beber) to drink up; (Aer) to jettison; (Inform) to dump

vacié la nevera para limpiarla — I emptied the fridge to clean it

vació los bolsillos en la mesa — he emptied out his pockets on to the table

vació la leche en un vaso — he poured the milk into a glass

lo vació todo sobre su cabeza — he poured the lot over his head

2) [+ madera, piedra] to hollow out; [+ estatua] to cast

3) [+ cuchillo] to sharpen, grind

4) [+ tema, teoría] to expound at length

5) [+ texto] to copy out

6) * (=hacer una histerectomía a) to give a hysterectomy to

2.

VI [río] to flow, empty (en into)

3.

See:

vaciarse

* * *
1.
verbo transitivo

1)

a) <vaso/botella> to empty; < radiador> to drain; <bolsillo/cajón> to empty

me vaciaron la casa — they cleaned my house out (colloq)

b) < contenido> to empty (out)

2) < estatua> to cast

3) ( ahuecar) to hollow out
2.
vaciarse v pron to empty

* * *

= gut, empty, flush, drain, hollow out.

Ex. Prices of European produced scientific, technical and medical serials continue to gut US research libraries.

Ex. When student mobilisation started in June 43, the library rooms began to empty.

Ex. The sea swept in across a newly and solidly-built bus stand to come into the river which quickly and conveniently flushed the waters back into the sea.

Ex. The garden had obviously been flooded with sea-water although now it was all drained.

Ex. The Irish President said last night that Irish society is being hollowed out by individualism.

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* vaciar el interior de Algo = gut.

* * *
1.
verbo transitivo

1)

a) <vaso/botella> to empty; < radiador> to drain; <bolsillo/cajón> to empty

me vaciaron la casa — they cleaned my house out (colloq)

b) < contenido> to empty (out)

2) < estatua> to cast

3) ( ahuecar) to hollow out
2.
vaciarse v pron to empty

* * *

= gut, empty, flush, drain, hollow out.

Ex: Prices of European produced scientific, technical and medical serials continue to gut US research libraries.

Ex: When student mobilisation started in June 43, the library rooms began to empty.

Ex: The sea swept in across a newly and solidly-built bus stand to come into the river which quickly and conveniently flushed the waters back into the sea.

Ex: The garden had obviously been flooded with sea-water although now it was all drained.

Ex: The Irish President said last night that Irish society is being hollowed out by individualism.

* vaciar el interior de Algo = gut.

* * *

vaciar [ A17 ]

vt

A

1 ‹vaso/botella› to empty; ‹radiador› to drain; ‹bolsillo› to empty, turn out

vació el vaso de un trago he emptied o drained his glass in one go

en dos días me vaciaron la despensa in two days they ate everything I had in the house o ( colloq) they ate me out of house and home

vació todos los cajones she emptied (out) all the drawers, she took everything out of the drawers

2 ‹contenido› to empty (out)

B ‹estatua› to cast

C (ahuecar) to hollow out

D ( Fin) to asset-strip, strip … of assets

■ vaciarse

v pron

to empty

* * *

vaciar ( conjugate vaciar) verbo transitivo
1
a) ‹vaso/botella› to empty;

‹ radiador› to drain;
‹bolsillo/cajón› to empty;
‹armario/habitación› to clean out
b) ‹ contenido› to empty (out)

2 ( ahuecar) to hollow out
vaciarse verbo pronominal
to empty
vaciar verbo transitivo
1 (un cajón, una botella, un contenedor) to empty: vaciamos la piscina, we emptied the pool
2 Arte (una escultura, etc) to mould, US mold
3 (dejar hueco) to hollow out
' vaciar' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
despejar
- volcar
English:
clean out
- clear out
- empty
- pump out
- scoop out
- turn out
- clean
- clear
- drain
- hollow
- strip
- turn

* * *

vaciar

♦ vt

1. [botella, bolsillo, cajón] to empty (de of); [líquido] to pour;

vacía las bolsas de la compra take the shopping out of the bags;

vaciar el agua de la botella to pour the water out of the bottle

2. [dejar hueco] to hollow (out)

3. [escultura] to cast, to mould

4. [empresa] to asset-strip, to plunder

♦ See also the pronominal verb vaciarse

* * *

vaciar

v/t empty; madera hollow out; en escultura cast

* * *

vaciar {85} vt

1) : to empty, to empty out, to drain

2) ahuecar: to hollow out

3) : to cast (in a mold)

vaciar vi

vaciar en : to flow into, to empty into

* * *

vaciar vb to empty [pt. & pp. emptied]

Spanish-English dictionary > vaciar
18 patrón

m.

1 boss, employer, man in charge.

2 pattern, standard, model, canon.

3 boss, landlord, owner, governor.

4 patron saint, patron.

5 farm manager, caporal.

6 pattern, norm, pattern of behavior.

7 template.

8 master of a ship, skipper, patron.

* * *

patrón

► nombre masculino,nombre femenino

1 (dueño de una casa) landlord; (dueña) landlady

2 (jefe) employer, boss; (hombre) master; (mujer) mistress

3 RELIGIÓN patron saint

► nombre masculino patrón

1 (en costura) pattern

2 (de barco) skipper

3 (modelo) standard

\

FRASEOLOGÍA

cortado,-a por el mismo patrón cast in the same mould

donde hay patrón no manda marinero what the boss says goes

patrón oro gold standard

————————

patrón

► nombre masculino

1 (en costura) pattern

2 (de barco) skipper

3 (modelo) standard

* * *
1. noun m.
1) model, pattern

2) standard
2. (f. - patrona)
noun

1) employer

2) patron saint

* * *
patrón, -ona
1. SM / F

1) (=jefe) boss *; (=dueño) employer, owner; ( Hist) [de esclavo] master/mistress

2) [de pensión] landlord/landlady

3) (Náut) [gen] skipper; [de barco mercante] master/mistress

4) (Rel) (tb: santo patrón) (=santo) patron saint; (=virgen) patron

5) (=protector) patron/patroness

2. SM

1) (Cos) pattern; (Téc) standard, norm

patrón de distribución — distribution pattern

patrón oro — gold standard

patrón picado — stencilled pattern

2) (Bot) stock ( for grafting)

3) (=puntal) prop, shore

3.

ADJ INV [gen] standard, regular; (=muestra) sample antes de s

* * *

- trona masculino, femenino

1)

a) (Rels Labs) employer (frml), boss

b) (Esp) ( de casa de huéspedes) (m) landlord; (f) landlady

c) (Náut) skipper; ( de buque mercante) master, skipper

2) (Relig) patron saint

3) (CS fam) ( como apelativo) (m) sir; (f) madam

4) patrón masculino

a) ( en costura) pattern

cortados por el mismo patrón — cast in the same mold*

b) ( para mediciones) standard

- patrón oro

5) la patrona femenino (CS fam & hum) ( esposa) the boss (colloq & hum)

* * *

- trona masculino, femenino

1)

a) (Rels Labs) employer (frml), boss

b) (Esp) ( de casa de huéspedes) (m) landlord; (f) landlady

c) (Náut) skipper; ( de buque mercante) master, skipper

2) (Relig) patron saint

3) (CS fam) ( como apelativo) (m) sir; (f) madam

4) patrón masculino

a) ( en costura) pattern

cortados por el mismo patrón — cast in the same mold*

b) ( para mediciones) standard

- patrón oro

5) la patrona femenino (CS fam & hum) ( esposa) the boss (colloq & hum)

* * *

patrón¹

¹ = employer, master, patron, gaffer.

Ex: But we have an obligation to these students, to their future employers and colleagues, to society in general and to ourselves to ensure that our 'processing' makes an important difference.

Ex: They were displeased, as were the men, that we should be the masters, and should behave towards each other in this way.

Ex: As a result they were obligated to remain generally uninvolved in the patron's efforts to make a decision.

Ex: Watford gaffer believes his team's home games hold the key to their ability to survive in the Premiership.

* apoyado por los patrones = employer-backed.

* santo patrón = patron saint.

patrón²

² = pattern.

Ex: In the same way that citation orders may have more or less theoretical foundations, equally reference generation may follow a predetermined pattern.

* patrón común = ruling pattern.

* patrón de cita = citation pattern.

* patrón de citación = citation behaviour.

* patrón de comportamiento = pattern of behaviour, behavioural pattern, behaviour pattern.

* patrón de conducta = pattern of behaviour, behavioural pattern, behaviour pattern.

* patrón de encuadernación = binding pattern.

* patrón de errores = error pattern.

* patrón de hacer punto = knitting pattern.

* patrón de predicción = prediction pattern.

* patrón de uso = use pattern, usage pattern.

* patrón oro, el = gold standard, the.

* reconocimiento de patrones = pattern recognition.

* seguir un patrón = conform to + image.

* * *

patrón - trona

masculine, feminine

A

1 ( Rels Labs) employer ( frml), boss

2 ( ant) (de un empleado doméstico) ( masculine) master ( dated); ( feminine) mistress ( dated)

3 ( Esp) (de una casa de huéspedes) ( masculine) landlord; ( feminine) landlady

4 ( Náut) skipper; (de un buque mercante) master, skipper

donde hay patrón no manda marinero what the boss says goes

B ( Relig) patron saint

C (CS fam) (como apelativo) ( masculine) sir; ( feminine) madam

D

patrón masculine

1 (en costura) pattern

cortados por el mismo patrón cast in the same mold*

2 ( Agr, Bot) stock

3 (para mediciones) standard

Compuesto:

patrón oro

gold standard

E

patrona feminine (CS fam hum) (esposa): la patrón the boss ( colloq hum), the missus ( colloq)

* * *

patrón
◊ - trona sustantivo masculino, femenino

1
a) (Rels Labs) employer (frml), boss

b) (Esp) ( de casa de huéspedes) (m) landlord;

(f) landlady
2 (Relig) patron saint
3 (CS fam) ( como apelativo) (m) sir;
(f) madam
4
◊ patrón sustantivo masculino

a) ( en costura) pattern

b) ( para mediciones) standard

patrón,-ona
I sustantivo masculino y femenino
1 (de una empresa, negocio) employer
fam (jefe) boss
2 Rel patron saint
3 (de un barco) skipper
4 (de una pensión) (hombre) landlord
(mujer) landlady
II sustantivo masculino
1 (modelo) pattern
2 (medida) standard
' patrón' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
blanca
- blanco
- mecenas
- patrona
- patrono
- protector
- protectora
- proteger
- según
- apadrinar
- mero
- padrino
- parroquiano
- patrocinador
English:
boss
- employer
- gold standard
- landlord
- lord
- norm
- patron
- patron saint
- pattern
- skipper
- master

* * *

patrón, -ona

♦ nm,f

1. [de obreros] boss;
[de criados] master, f mistress; [empresario] employer
2. Esp [de pensión] landlord, f landlady

3. [santo] patron saint

♦ nm

1. [de barco] skipper

2. [medida] standard

Comp
Econ patrón internacional international standard;
patrón oro gold standard;

patrón de referencia reference gauge

3. [en costura] pattern

* * *

patrón

m

1 ( jefe) boss; MAR skipper

2 REL patron saint

3 para costura pattern

4 ( modelo) standard;

cortado por el mismo patrón fig cast in the same mold o Br

mould

* * *

patrón, - trona n, mpl patrones

1) jefe: boss

2) : patron saint

patrón nm, pl patrones

1) : standard

2) : pattern (in sewing)

* * *

patrón n

1. (jefe) boss

2. (propietario) landlord

3. (santo) patron saint

4. (dibujo) pattern

Spanish-English dictionary > patrón
19 percán

SM Chile mould, mold (EEUU), mildew

* * *

masculino (Chi) mold*

* * *

masculino (Chi) mold*

* * *

percán

masculine

( Chi)

mold*

* * *

percán nm
Chile mould

Spanish-English dictionary > percán
20 adobera

f.

1 mould for making bricks.

2 (queso) Brick-shaped cheese, (molde) cheese mould. (Mexico)

3 big foot. (Southern Cone)

4 brick mold.

5 type of Mexican mature cheese.

* * *

SF

1) [para ladrillos] mould o (EEUU) mold for making adobes

2) Cono Sur, Méx * (=queso) brick-shaped cheese; (=molde) cheese mould, cheese mold (EEUU)

3) Cono Sur hum (=pie) big foot

* * *

adobera

feminine

( Méx)

(queso) type of mature cheese; (molde) mold* ( in which this cheese is made)

* * *

adobera

f Méx

type of mature cheese

Spanish-English dictionary > adobera

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