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'æltəuplural - altos; noun((a singer having) a singing voice of the lowest pitch for a woman.) contralto
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◊ -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
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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.
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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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2 breakdown
nCHEM pressure, stress ruptura fCOMP&DP avería fCONST descarga eléctrica f, descomposición f, desglose m, fallo m, ruptura fELEC avería f, of dielectric descarga disruptiva f, disrupción f, perforación f, ruptura fELEC ENG avería f, of insulator, p-n junction descarga a través de un aislante f, interrupción del servicio fELECTRON avería f, communications, perturbación fGAS avería fGEOL disgregación fMECH, MECH ENG avería f, fallo mMINE descomposición fNUCL avería f, descarga fP&R avería f, descarga disruptiva f, descomposición f, desintegración fPHYS, fallo m, for cable descarga a través de un aislante f, interrupción del servicio f, interrupción del suministro eléctrico fPROD avería f, discontinuidad fQUALITY, SAFE, SPACE avería fTELECOM avería f, interrupción del servicio fTEXTIL desglose mWATER TRANSP avería f -
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1 adjAIR TRANSP, CHEM, MECH ENG, NUCL, QUALITY crítico2 -
5 lower
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6 on
adjMECH ENG en funcionamiento
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