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1 recall

[ri'ko:l] 1. verb
1) (to order (a person etc) to return: He had been recalled to his former post.) nazaj poklicati; odpoklicati

2) (to remember: I don't recall when I last saw him.) spomniti se
2. noun
1) (an order to return: the recall of soldiers to duty.) ponoven poziv

2) (['ri:ko:l] the ability to remember and repeat what one has seen, heard etc: He has total recall.) spomin

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I [rikɔ:l]
noun

odpoklic (poslanika itd.); odpust; preklic, razveljavitev; ponoven poklic, poziv (to k); American suspendiranje uradnika, sodnika; military znak (z bobnom itd.) za ponovno zbiranje; nautical znak (z zastavo) za vrnitev ladje

without recall — brez preklica, nepreklicno

actions are beyond recall — dejanj ni mogoče preklicati; kar je storjeno, je storjeno

it is past (beyond) recall — to je nepreklicno, se ne da preklicati; to je pozabljeno

to sound the recall military trobiti k ponovnemu zbiranju, k vrnitvi
II [rikɔ:l]
transitive verb

nazaj poklicati, odpoklicati (poslanika itd.); preklicati, razveljaviti (sodbo); v spomin (si) poklicati, spomniti (se), zopet oživiti (čustva), poklicati v življenje; nazaj vzeti (darilo)

until recalled — do preklica

to recall s.o.'s attention to sth. — zopet obrniti komu pozornost na kaj

to recall to life — zopet oživiti

to recall the past — poklicati si preteklost v spomin

to recall s.o. to his duty — spomniti koga na njegovo dolžnost

English-Slovenian dictionary > recall
2 recall

/ri'kɔ:l/ * danh từ - sự gọi về, sự đòi về, sự triệu về, sự triệu hồi (một đại sứ...) =letters of recall+ thư triệu hồi - (quân sự) hiệu lệnh thu quân; lệnh gọi tái ngũ (quân dự bị...); (hàng hải) tín hiệu gọi về (một chiếc tàu...) - sự nhắc nhở - khả năng huỷ bỏ; sự rút lại, sự lấy lại =a decision past recall+ một quyết định không thể huỷ bỏ được =lost without recall+ mất hẳn không lấy lại được =beyond (past) recall+ không thể lấy lại được, không thể huỷ bỏ được; bị lãng quên - (từ Mỹ,nghĩa Mỹ) bị bâi miễn (một đại biểu quốc hội...) * ngoại động từ - gọi về, đòi về, triệu về, triệu hồi =to recall an ambassador+ triệu hồi một đại sứ - (quân sự) thu (quân); gọi tái ngũ (quân dự bị...); (hàng hải) gọi trở về (một chiếc tàu) - nhắc nhở, nhắc lại, gợi lại =to recall someone to his duty+ nhắc nhở ai nhớ đến nhiệm vụ của mình =legends that recall the past+ những truyền thuyết gợi lại dĩ vãng - nhớ, nhớ lại =to recall someone's name+ nhớ lại tên ai - làm sống lại, gọi tỉnh lại =to recall someone to life+ gọi người nào tỉnh lại - huỷ bỏ; rút lại, lấy lại =to recall a decision+ huỷ bỏ một quyết nghị - (từ Mỹ,nghĩa Mỹ) bâi miễn (một đại biểu quốc hội...)

English-Vietnamese dictionary > recall
3 recall that statements that are accepted without proof are called postulates

Математика: напомним, что утверждения, которые принимаются без доказательства, называются аксиомами

Универсальный англо-русский словарь > recall that statements that are accepted without proof are called postulates
4 without right of recall

Юридический термин: без права отзыва

Универсальный англо-русский словарь > without right of recall
5 it is not without a shudder that I recall (...)

Общая лексика: не без содрогания я вспоминаю, как (...)

Универсальный англо-русский словарь > it is not without a shudder that I recall (...)
6 it is not without a shudder that I recall

Общая лексика: (...) не без содрогания я вспоминаю, как (...)

Универсальный англо-русский словарь > it is not without a shudder that I recall
7 besinnen

v/refl (unreg.)

1. (nachdenken) reflect, think; sich anders besinnen change one’s mind; sich eines Besseren besinnen think better of it; ohne sich lang zu besinnen without thinking twice

2. geh.

a) (sich erinnern) remember; sich auf jemanden besinnen remember s.o.; ich besinne mich nicht, ihn je getroffen zu haben I don’t recall ever meeting him; sich auf sich (Akk) selbst besinnen become self-aware; wenn ich mich recht besinne if I remember rightly;

b) (zur Vernunft kommen) come to one’s senses; (in sich gehen) think about things, do a bit of thinking umg.

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sich besinnen

(überlegen) to think; to reflect

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be|sịn|nen ptp beso\#nnen [bə'zɔnən]
1. vr irreg
(= überlegen) to reflect, to think; (= erinnern) to remember (auf jdn/etw sb/sth); (= es sich anders überlegen) to have second thoughts
besinne dich, mein Kind! — take thought, my child

sich anders or eines anderen besinnen — to change one's mind

sich eines Besseren besinnen — to think better of it

er hat sich besonnen — he has seen the light

ohne sich ( viel) zu besinnen, ohne langes Besinnen — without a moment's thought or hesitation

wenn ich mich recht besinne — if I remember correctly

See:

→ auch besonnen

2. vt
geh = bedenken) to reflect on, to ponder, to consider
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be·sin·nen *

vr irreg

1. (überlegen)

▪ sich akk \besinnen to think [for a moment], to consider, to reflect, to contemplate liter

ohne sich zu \besinnen without hesitation [or stopping to think]

sich akk anders \besinnen [o sich akk eines anderen [o Besseren] \besinnen] to reconsider [or think better of] sth, to change one's mind [about sth]

sich akk [für einen Moment] \besinnen after [a moment's] consideration

da brauche ich mich nicht lange zu \besinnen, das weiß ich auswendig! I don't need to think about that, I know it by heart!

nach kurzem B\besinnen after brief consideration

2. (an etw denken)

▪ sich akk [auf jdn/etw] \besinnen to think [about sb/sth], to consider [or liter contemplate] [sb/sth], to reflect [on sb/sth]; (auf Vergangenes) to remember, to recall

wenn ich mich recht besinne if I remember rightly [or correctly], if my memory serves me right

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unregelmäßiges reflexives Verb

1) think it or things over

sich anders/eines Besseren besinnen — change one's mind/think better of it

2) (sich erinnern)

sich [auf jemanden/etwas] besinnen — remember or recall [somebody/something]

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besinnen v/r (irr)

1. (nachdenken) reflect, think;

sich anders besinnen change one’s mind;

sich eines Besseren besinnen think better of it;

ohne sich lang zu besinnen without thinking twice

2. geh (sich erinnern) remember;

sich auf jemanden besinnen remember sb;

ich besinne mich nicht, ihn je getroffen zu haben I don’t recall ever meeting him;

sich auf sich (akk)

selbst besinnen become self-aware;

wenn ich mich recht besinne if I remember rightly; (zur Vernunft kommen) come to one’s senses; (in sich gehen) think about things, do a bit of thinking umg

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unregelmäßiges reflexives Verb

1) think it or things over

sich anders/eines Besseren besinnen — change one's mind/think better of it

2) (sich erinnern)

sich [auf jemanden/etwas] besinnen — remember or recall [somebody/something]

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v.

to bethink v.

Deutsch-Englisch Wörterbuch > besinnen
8 lleno

adj.

1 full, filled, replete.

2 full, full up.

3 full, crowded.

4 fraught, filled.

m.

fullness, full house.

pres.indicat.

1^st person singular (yo) present indicative of spanish verb: llenar.

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lleno

► adjetivo

1 full (de, of)

■ dame un vaso lleno de agua give me a glass full of water

■ está lleno de gente it's full of people

2 (cubierto) covered (de, with)

► nombre masculino lleno

1 TEATRO full house

■ hoy hay lleno total it's a full house today

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FRASEOLOGÍA

de lleno smack, right

■ le dio de lleno en el ojo it hit him smack in the eye

lleno,-a hasta el borde brimful

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lleno

► nombre masculino

1 TEATRO full house

■ hoy hay lleno total it's a full house today

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(f. - llena)

adj.

full, filled

- de lleno

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1. ADJ

1) (=completo) [plato, vaso] full; [teatro, tren] full

el depósito está lleno — the tank is full

no me pongas el plato muy lleno — don't give me too much food

¡lleno, por favor! — [en una gasolinera] fill her up, please!

no hables con la boca llena — don't talk with your mouth full

el autobús iba lleno — the bus was full (up)

lleno hasta el borde — full to the brim

- lleno a reventar o hasta la bandera o hasta los topes

2)

lleno de —

a) [espacio] full of; [superficie] covered in

le gusta tener la casa llena de gente — she likes to have the house full of people

los muebles están llenos de polvo — the furniture is covered in dust

llevaba el traje lleno de manchas — his suit was covered in stains

b) [complejos, problemas] full of; [odio, esperanza] filled with

un viaje lleno de aventuras — a journey full of adventures

estaba lleno de dudas — I was filled with doubt

una mirada llena de odio — a hateful look, a look full of hate

llegué lleno de alegría — I arrived in high spirits

3)

de lleno — directly

los cambios nos afectarán de lleno — the changes will affect us directly

nos daba el sol de lleno — the sun was (shining) directly on us

la bala le alcanzó de lleno en el corazón — the bullet hit him straight in the heart

está dedicado de lleno a su familia — he is entirely dedicated to his family

el impacto le dio de lleno en la cara — he took the impact full in the face

acertaste de lleno con ese comentario — you've hit the nail on the head (with that remark), that remark was spot on

4) (=saciado) full, full up *

5) (=regordete) plump, chubby

6) (Astron) [luna] full

hoy es luna llena — there is a full moon today

2. SM

1) (=aforo completo) [gen] sellout; (Cine, Teat) full house

ayer hubo lleno en el concierto — there was a full house for the concert yesterday, yesterday's concert was a sellout

el espectáculo sigue representándose con llenos absolutos — the show continues to play to packed houses

lleno absoluto, lleno hasta la bandera, lleno total — (Cine, Teat) packed house; (Dep) capacity crowd

2) (Astron) full moon

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I
- na adjetivo

1)

a) <estadio/autobús/copa> full

no hables con la boca llena — don't speak with your mouth full

lleno de algo — full of something

está lleno de agujeros — it's full of holes

tiene la casa llena de gente — she has a full house at the moment

calles llenas de gente — streets crowded with people

una mirada llena de rencor — a resentful look

b) ( cubierto)

lleno de algo — <de granos/manchas/polvo> covered in something

c) ( después de comer) full (up) (colloq)

2) ( regordete) plump

3)

de lleno — fully

dedicarse de lleno a algo — to dedicate oneself fully o entirely to something

el sol nos daba de lleno — the sun was shining down on us
II
masculino sellout

hubo un lleno total — it was completely sold out

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= laden, whole, saturated, full [fuller -comp., fullest -sup.], packed full.

Ex. When you arrive at the check-out desk you have a laden trolley and many more items than on your shopping list.

Ex. One of them will take instructions and data from a whole roomful of girls armed with simple keyboard punches.

Ex. Place a drop of a saturated solution of sugar in water on the paper and dab up the excess liquid with cotton wool.

Ex. Since recall goes up as precision goes down, it is clearly not possible to achieve in general a system which gives full recall at the same time as full precision.

Ex. The days will be packed full, without any filler and without a moment wasted.

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* cabeza llena de pájaros = head in the clouds.

* cafetera llena de café = pot of coffee.

* camino lleno de baches = bumpy road.

* dar de lleno = hit + home.

* decir con la boca llena = say in + full confidence.

* dedicarse de lleno a = get + Posesivo + teeth into.

* el camino hacia + Nombre + está lleno de + Nombre = the road (to/towards) + Nombre + is paved with + Nombre.

* enfrascar a Alguien de lleno en lo más difícil = throw in + at the deep end.

* entrar de lleno = plunge into.

* entrar de lleno en = get + stuck into, get + stuck into.

* estar lleno de problemas = bristle with + problems.

* habitación llena de = roomful.

* hablar con la boca llena = speak with + Posesivo + mouth full, talk with + Posesivo + mouth full.

* llena de argot = slangy.

* llena de depresiones = pitted.

* lleno al máximo = packed to capacity, packed to the rafters.

* lleno a reventar = bursting, bursting at the seams, packed to capacity, packed to the rafters.

* lleno a tope = packed to capacity, packed to the rafters.

* lleno completo = full house.

* lleno de = fraught with, replete with, full of, bursting with, strewn with, plagued with, teeming with, studded with, brimful (of/with), riddled with, jam-packed (with), filled to capacity, flush with, laden with.

* lleno de acción = actionful [action-full], action-packed.

* lleno de aciertos = crowned with + success.

* lleno de acontecimientos = eventful, event-filled.

* lleno de actividades = event-filled.

* lleno de angustia = angst-ridden.

* lleno de baches = bumpy.

* lleno de cardenales = black and blue.

* lleno de chismes = gossipy.

* lleno de clichés = cliche-ridden.

* lleno de delincuentes = crime-ridden.

* lleno de disgresiones = meandering.

* lleno de divagaciones = meandering.

* lleno de dudas = doubtful.

* lleno de energía = energetic, feisty [feistier -comp., feistiest -sup.], full of beans.

* lleno de entusiasmo = enthusiastic.

* lleno de errores = buggy [buggier -comp., buggiest -sup.].

* lleno de espinas = bony [bonier -comp., boniest -sup.].

* lleno de estrellas = starry.

* lleno de eventos = event-filled.

* lleno de éxitos = crowned with + success.

* lleno de famosos = celebrity-studded.

* lleno de gracia = graceful.

* lleno de hierbajos = weedy [weedier -comp., weediest -sup.].

* lleno de huesos = bony [bonier -comp., boniest -sup.].

* lleno de ilusiones = stardust in + Posesivo + eyes.

* lleno de información = populated.

* lleno de interés = solicitously.

* lleno de matojos = weedy [weedier -comp., weediest -sup.].

* lleno de nudos = gnarly [gnarlier -comp., gnarliest -sup.].

* lleno de odio = hateful.

* lleno de polilla = mothy [mothier -comp., mothiest -sup.].

* lleno de prejuicios = prejudiced.

* lleno de problemas = plagued with problems, problem-ridden.

* lleno de remordimiento = remorseful.

* lleno de retos = challenging.

* lleno de sabor = flavourful [flavorful, -USA], full-flavoured [full-flavored, -USA].

* lleno de sandeces = rubbishy.

* lleno de significado = purposeful.

* lleno de vida = vibrant, feisty [feistier -comp., feistiest -sup.], perky [perkier -comp., perkiest -sup.], spry [spryer comp., spryest -sup.], sprightly [sprightlier -comp., sprightliest -sup.], spirited, teeming with life, vivacious, ebullient, saucy [saucier -comp., sauciest -sup.].

* lleno de vitalidad = full of beans.

* lleno hasta el borde = full to the brim.

* lleno hasta la bandera = packed to capacity, packed to the rafters.

* lleno hasta los topes = bursting, bursting at the seams, packed to capacity, packed to the rafters.

* lleno total = full house.

* luna llena = full moon.

* meter a Alguien de lleno en lo más difícil = throw in + at the deep end.

* meterse de lleno en = get + Posesivo + teeth into.

* meterse de lleno en lo más difícil = plunge in at + the deep end.

* meterse de lleno en lo más difícil = swim in + the deep end, jump in at + the deep end.

* palabra llena de contenido = substantive word.

* participar de lleno en = become + a stakeholder in.

* rebosante de energía y lleno de entusiasmo = all bright-eyed and bushy-tailed.

* repartir a manos llenas = dish out.

* tetera llena de té = pot of tea.

* un saco lleno de = a sackful of.

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I
- na adjetivo

1)

a) <estadio/autobús/copa> full

no hables con la boca llena — don't speak with your mouth full

lleno de algo — full of something

está lleno de agujeros — it's full of holes

tiene la casa llena de gente — she has a full house at the moment

calles llenas de gente — streets crowded with people

una mirada llena de rencor — a resentful look

b) ( cubierto)

lleno de algo — <de granos/manchas/polvo> covered in something

c) ( después de comer) full (up) (colloq)

2) ( regordete) plump

3)

de lleno — fully

dedicarse de lleno a algo — to dedicate oneself fully o entirely to something

el sol nos daba de lleno — the sun was shining down on us
II
masculino sellout

hubo un lleno total — it was completely sold out

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= laden, whole, saturated, full [fuller -comp., fullest -sup.], packed full.

Ex: When you arrive at the check-out desk you have a laden trolley and many more items than on your shopping list.

Ex: One of them will take instructions and data from a whole roomful of girls armed with simple keyboard punches.

Ex: Place a drop of a saturated solution of sugar in water on the paper and dab up the excess liquid with cotton wool.

Ex: Since recall goes up as precision goes down, it is clearly not possible to achieve in general a system which gives full recall at the same time as full precision.

Ex: The days will be packed full, without any filler and without a moment wasted.

* cabeza llena de pájaros = head in the clouds.

* cafetera llena de café = pot of coffee.

* camino lleno de baches = bumpy road.

* dar de lleno = hit + home.

* decir con la boca llena = say in + full confidence.

* dedicarse de lleno a = get + Posesivo + teeth into.

* el camino hacia + Nombre + está lleno de + Nombre = the road (to/towards) + Nombre + is paved with + Nombre.

* enfrascar a Alguien de lleno en lo más difícil = throw in + at the deep end.

* entrar de lleno = plunge into.

* entrar de lleno en = get + stuck into, get + stuck into.

* estar lleno de problemas = bristle with + problems.

* habitación llena de = roomful.

* hablar con la boca llena = speak with + Posesivo + mouth full, talk with + Posesivo + mouth full.

* llena de argot = slangy.

* llena de depresiones = pitted.

* lleno al máximo = packed to capacity, packed to the rafters.

* lleno a reventar = bursting, bursting at the seams, packed to capacity, packed to the rafters.

* lleno a tope = packed to capacity, packed to the rafters.

* lleno completo = full house.

* lleno de = fraught with, replete with, full of, bursting with, strewn with, plagued with, teeming with, studded with, brimful (of/with), riddled with, jam-packed (with), filled to capacity, flush with, laden with.

* lleno de acción = actionful [action-full], action-packed.

* lleno de aciertos = crowned with + success.

* lleno de acontecimientos = eventful, event-filled.

* lleno de actividades = event-filled.

* lleno de angustia = angst-ridden.

* lleno de baches = bumpy.

* lleno de cardenales = black and blue.

* lleno de chismes = gossipy.

* lleno de clichés = cliche-ridden.

* lleno de delincuentes = crime-ridden.

* lleno de disgresiones = meandering.

* lleno de divagaciones = meandering.

* lleno de dudas = doubtful.

* lleno de energía = energetic, feisty [feistier -comp., feistiest -sup.], full of beans.

* lleno de entusiasmo = enthusiastic.

* lleno de errores = buggy [buggier -comp., buggiest -sup.].

* lleno de espinas = bony [bonier -comp., boniest -sup.].

* lleno de estrellas = starry.

* lleno de eventos = event-filled.

* lleno de éxitos = crowned with + success.

* lleno de famosos = celebrity-studded.

* lleno de gracia = graceful.

* lleno de hierbajos = weedy [weedier -comp., weediest -sup.].

* lleno de huesos = bony [bonier -comp., boniest -sup.].

* lleno de ilusiones = stardust in + Posesivo + eyes.

* lleno de información = populated.

* lleno de interés = solicitously.

* lleno de matojos = weedy [weedier -comp., weediest -sup.].

* lleno de nudos = gnarly [gnarlier -comp., gnarliest -sup.].

* lleno de odio = hateful.

* lleno de polilla = mothy [mothier -comp., mothiest -sup.].

* lleno de prejuicios = prejudiced.

* lleno de problemas = plagued with problems, problem-ridden.

* lleno de remordimiento = remorseful.

* lleno de retos = challenging.

* lleno de sabor = flavourful [flavorful, -USA], full-flavoured [full-flavored, -USA].

* lleno de sandeces = rubbishy.

* lleno de significado = purposeful.

* lleno de vida = vibrant, feisty [feistier -comp., feistiest -sup.], perky [perkier -comp., perkiest -sup.], spry [spryer comp., spryest -sup.], sprightly [sprightlier -comp., sprightliest -sup.], spirited, teeming with life, vivacious, ebullient, saucy [saucier -comp., sauciest -sup.].

* lleno de vitalidad = full of beans.

* lleno hasta el borde = full to the brim.

* lleno hasta la bandera = packed to capacity, packed to the rafters.

* lleno hasta los topes = bursting, bursting at the seams, packed to capacity, packed to the rafters.

* lleno total = full house.

* luna llena = full moon.

* meter a Alguien de lleno en lo más difícil = throw in + at the deep end.

* meterse de lleno en = get + Posesivo + teeth into.

* meterse de lleno en lo más difícil = plunge in at + the deep end.

* meterse de lleno en lo más difícil = swim in + the deep end, jump in at + the deep end.

* palabra llena de contenido = substantive word.

* participar de lleno en = become + a stakeholder in.

* rebosante de energía y lleno de entusiasmo = all bright-eyed and bushy-tailed.

* repartir a manos llenas = dish out.

* tetera llena de té = pot of tea.

* un saco lleno de = a sackful of.

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lleno¹ -na

adjective

A

1 ‹teatro/estadio/autobús› full; ‹copa/tanque› full

sírveme una taza bien llena pour me a nice full cup

el teatro estaba lleno de bote en bote or hasta los topes the theater was (jam) packed o was full to bursting

no hables con la boca llena don't speak with your mouth full

lleno DE algo full OF sth

lo dijo con los ojos llenos de lágrimas he said it with his eyes full of tears

le gusta tener la casa llena de gente she loves having a houseful of people

una mirada llena de rencor a look full of resentment, a resentful look

2 (cubierto) lleno DE algo covered IN sth

esta falda está llena de manchas this skirt is covered in o with stains

tengo la cara llena de granos my face is covered in o with spots

3 (de comida) full, full up ( colloq)

no gracias, estoy lleno no thanks, I'm full (up)

B (expresando abundancia) lleno DE algo full OF sth

es una persona llena de complejos he's full of complexes

C (regordete) plump

es de cara llena she has a full face

está algo llenita she has a full figure ( euph), she's a bit on the plump side

D

(Ur fam) (harto): me tiene lleno I'm fed up with her ( colloq), I'm sick of her ( colloq)

E

de lleno fully

se dedicó de lleno a su carrera she dedicated herself fully o entirely to her career

el sol le daba de lleno en la cara the sun was full on his face o was shining directly on his face

lleno²

masculine

sellout

se espera un lleno total they're expecting a sellout

se registraron llenos totales or completos noche tras noche the show played to capacity audiences o was sold out night after night

* * *

Del verbo llenar: ( conjugate llenar)

lleno es:

1ª persona singular (yo) presente indicativo

llenó es:

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

Multiple Entries:
llenar
lleno
llenó
llenar ( conjugate llenar) verbo transitivo
1
a) ‹vaso/plato/cajón› to fill;

‹ tanque› to fill (up);
‹ maleta› to fill, pack;
◊ no me llenes el vaso don't fill my glass right up;

lleno algo de/con algo to fill sth with sth
b) ‹ formulario› to fill out, to fill in (esp BrE)

2
a) ( cubrir) lleno algo de algo to cover sth with sth

b) ‹ vacante› to fill

3 ( colmar) ‹ persona›:
◊ la noticia nos llenó de alegría we were overjoyed by the news;

nos llenó de atenciones he made a real fuss of us
4 ( hacer sentirse realizado) ‹ persona›:
◊ su carrera no la llena she doesn't find her career fulfilling

verbo intransitivo [ comida] to be filling
llenarse verbo pronominal
1
a) [recipiente/estadio] to fill (up);

◊ el teatro solo se llenó a la mitad the theater only filled to half capacity o was only half full;

llenose de algo to fill with sth
b) ( cubrirse) llenose de algo ‹de polvo/pelos› to be covered in sth

2 ‹bolsillo/boca› to fill;
llenose algo de algo to fill sth with sth
3 ( colmarse):
◊ su corazón se llenó de alegría she filled with joy;

se llenoon de deudas they got heavily into debt
4 [ persona] ( de comida):
◊ con un plato de ensalada ya se llena one plate of salad and she's full;

me llené (colloq) I'm full (up) (colloq)
lleno 1
◊ -na adjetivo

1
a) ‹estadio/autobús/copa› full;

lleno de algo full of sth
b) ( cubierto) lleno de algo ‹de granos/manchas/polvo› covered in sth

c) ( después de comer) full (up) (colloq)

2
◊ de lleno ‹consagrarse/dedicarse› fully;

el sol nos daba de lleno the sun was shining down on us
lleno 2 sustantivo masculino
sellout
llenar
I verbo transitivo
1 to fill: me llena de vergüenza/alegría, it fills me with shame/happiness
2 (una superficie) llené la pared de fotografías, I covered the wall with photos
3 (una comida, actividad, etc) to satisfy
II verbo intransitivo to be filling: la paella llena mucho, paella is very filling
lleno,-a
I adjetivo
1 (colmado) full (up)
luna llena, full moon
2 (superficie) covered: está llena de manchas, it's covered with stains
3 (gordito) plump
II m (en espectáculos) full house
♦ Locuciones: figurado de lleno, fully: se equivocó de lleno, he went fully wrong
' lleno' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
auspiciar
- cabeza
- cargada
- cargado
- completa
- completo
- destilar
- expositor
- expositora
- franchuta
- franchute
- hervir
- llena
- propaganda
- sugestiva
- sugestivo
- telaraña
- tope
- borde
- cháchara
- chisme
- dar
- desconcierto
- desnivel
- energía
- espanto
- estrellado
- grasa
- llenar
- peripecia
- poder
- recoveco
- rencor
- roncha
- roña
- satisfecho
- vida
English:
action-packed
- alive
- bean
- bony
- bouncy
- brim
- bristle with
- bumpy
- capacity
- chock-a-block
- chock-full
- colourful
- cram
- crowded
- dynamic
- eventful
- fill
- full
- gulley
- gully
- half-full
- jam-packed
- life
- lumpy
- overgrown
- remorseful
- replete
- roomful
- scabby
- scummy
- sell-out
- smoky
- squarely
- steamy
- thick
- truckload
- well-intentioned
- action
- adore
- anxious
- beat
- blotchy
- bright
- bubbly
- chatty
- colorful
- deep
- delight
- dudgeon
- energetic

* * *

lleno, -a

♦ adj

1. [recipiente, habitación] full (de of); [suelo, mesa, pared] covered (de in o with);
lleno, por favor [en gasolinera] fill her up, please;

el estadio estaba lleno hasta los topes o [m5] hasta la bandera the stadium was packed to the rafters;

estaba lleno de tristeza I was full of sadness;

su discurso estaba lleno de promesas her speech was full of promises

2. [regordete] plump

3. [satisfecho] full (up);

no quiero postre, gracias, estoy lleno I don't want a dessert, thanks, I'm full (up)

4. [luna] full

5. Urug Fam [harto] fed up;

estoy lleno de esta computadora I'm fed up o I've had it up to here with this computer;

me tiene llena I've had it with him;

Comp
muy Fam
tengo las pelotas llenas I'm Br bloody o US goddamn fed up!

♦ nm
[en teatro, estadio] full house;
se espera un lleno total a full house is expected

♦ de lleno loc adv

le dio de lleno en la cara it hit him full in the face;

acertó de lleno he was right o Br bang on target

* * *

lleno

I adj full (de of); pared covered (de with);

estar lleno fam be full

II m TEA full house;

hubo un lleno total it was a complete sellout

III adv

:

de lleno fully;

meterse de lleno en algo put all one’s energy into sth

* * *

lleno, -na adj

1) : full, filled

2)

de lleno : completely, fully

3)

estar lleno de sí mismo : to be full of oneself

lleno nm

1) fam : plenty, abundance

2) : full house, sellout

* * *

lleno adj

1. (en general) full

la caja está llena de libros the box is full of books

2. (superficie) covered

la estantería está llena de polvo the shelves are covered in dust

3. (de comida) full up

estoy lleno I'm full up

Spanish-English dictionary > lleno
9 mejorar

v.

to improve, to get better.

María mejoró la receta Mary improved the recipe.

Ricardo mejoró Richard got better.

Las perspectivas mejoraron The outlook got better.

mejorar una oferta to make a better offer

* * *

mejorar

► verbo transitivo

1 to improve

► verbo intransitivo

1 to improve, get better

► verbo pronominal mejorarse

1 to get better

■ ¡que te mejores! I hope you get better

* * *

verb

1) to improve

2) make better

* * *

1. VT

1) [+ servicio, resultados] to improve; [+ enfermo] to make better; (=realzar) to enhance; [+ oferta] to raise, improve; [+ récord] to break; (Inform) to upgrade

- mejorando lo presente

2)

mejorar a algn — (=ser mejor que) to be better than sb

2. VI

1) [situación] to improve, get better; (Meteo) to improve, clear up; (Econ) to improve, pick up; [enfermo] to get better

han mejorado de actitud/imagen — their attitude/image has improved

los negocios mejoran — business is picking up

está mejorado de sus dolores — the pain has gone away

2) [en subasta] to raise one's bid

3.

See:

mejorarse

* * *
1.
verbo transitivo

a) <condiciones/situación> to improve

este tratamiento te mejorará enseguida — this treatment will make you better right away

intentó mejorar su marca — she tried to improve on o beat her own record

b) < oferta> ( en subastas) to increase

los empresarios mejoraron la propuesta — the management improved their offer o made a better offer
2.
mejorar vi tiempo to improve, get better; resultados/calidad/situación to improve, get better; persona (Med) to get better

ha mejorado de aspecto — he looks a lot better

han mejorado de posición — they've come o gone up in the world
3.
mejorarse v pron

a) enfermo to get better

¿ya te mejoraste de la gripe? — have you got over the flu?

que te mejores — get well soon, I hope you get better soon

b) (Chi fam & euf) ( dar a luz) to give birth

* * *

= ameliorate, boost, cultivate, enhance, improve, optimise [optimize, -USA], scale up, score over, upgrade, give + improvement (in), better, bring + Nombre + up to par, get + better, gain + confidence (with/in), do + a better job, pump up, ease, outdo, jazz up, take + a turn, take + a turn, take + a turn for the better, turn + Nombre + (a)round, polish up, best, trump, buff up, go + one better, move it up + a gear, notch it up + a gear, take it up + a gear, take it up + a notch, crank it up + a notch, crank it up + a gear, move it up + a notch, look up.

Ex. These articles are compared with 34 articles on how similar blood changes might ameliorate Raynaud's disease.

Ex. If the title is selected by a book club this helps boost the print-run and overall sales.

Ex. Such familiarity can be cultivated with experience, and will consider the following features of data bases.

Ex. An introduction explaining the nature and scope of the indexing language will enhance its value.

Ex. Notice that it would be possible to improve recall indefinitely by scanning the entire document collection.

Ex. The DOBIS/Leuven data bases is designed to optimize search and updating procedures, because these functions are critical to the operation of a library.

Ex. After a brief discussion of basic hypertext operations, it considers some of the issues that arise in 'scaling up' hyptertext data base.

Ex. A Permuterm index scores over a Double-KWIC index in that it avoids repetitive printing of one title.

Ex. Sometimes it will be necessary to upgrade CIP records once the book is published, and this process is undertaken by BLBSD as appropriate.

Ex. There was, it appeared, little point in spending more than four minutes indexing a particular document, for the additional time gave no improvement in results.

Ex. She thumbed the pages slowly, explaining that the study had been conducted to try to ascertain student attitudes toward the media center, why they used it, which facilities they used, and to see if they had suggestions for bettering it.

Ex. The article ' Bringing your golf collection up to par' gives guidelines on selecting library materials on golf.

Ex. Systems will get better and cheaper with the passage of time.

Ex. This assignment was designed to help students gain confidence in using print and computerized sources.

Ex. At the same time librarians need to do a better job communicating information about available research and instructional support.

Ex. The article ' Pump up the program...' identifies the costs and benefits of undertaking a software upgrade.

Ex. To ease the cataloguer's job and save him the trouble of counting characters, DOBIS/LIBIS uses a special function.

Ex. This novel is narrated by William, an underachiever who is constantly outdone by his charming and lovable identical twin brother.

Ex. After jazzing up her appearance with a new blonde hairdo, she turns up in his office and talks him into taking her out for a meal.

Ex. All went well, and with the addition of two new people, computer science took a turn.

Ex. All went well, and with the addition of two new people, computer science took a turn.

Ex. His private life, however, took a turn for the better.

Ex. When he was younger he really turned the library around, from a backwater, two-bit operation to the respected institution it is today.

Ex. If we polish up and internalize these pearls of wisdom, especially those which challenge our existing boundaries and beliefs, the payoff can be priceless.

Ex. Back in 2001, the tossed salad they prepared fed some 5,000, which then bested the record held by a community in Utah in the United States.

Ex. If prejudice is allowed to trump the rights that all citizens should enjoy, then everyone's freedoms are ultimately endangered.

Ex. As a general rule, you can ' buff up' your look by making your shoulders seem wider and your waist narrower.

Ex. I think Murray will go one better than Wimbledon, but will lose to Federer again in the final.

Ex. Liverpool and Chelsea are grabbing all the headlines, but Arsenal have quietly moved it up a gear scoring 10 goals in their last three league games.

Ex. Start gently, ease yourself in by breaking the workout down into three one minute sessions until you are ready to notch it up a gear and join them together.

Ex. There was not much to separate the sides in the first ten minutes however Arsenal took it up a gear and got the goal but not without a bit of luck.

Ex. We have a good time together and we're good friends.. but I'd like to take it up a notch.

Ex. David quickly comprehended our project needs and then cranked it up a notch with impactful design.

Ex. Went for a bike ride with a mate last week, no problems so will crank it up a gear and tackle some hills in the next few weeks.

Ex. After a regular walking routine is established, why not move it up a notch and start jogging, if you haven't already.

Ex. Things may be looking up for Blair, but it is still not certain that he will fight the election.

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* cosas + mejorar = things + get better.

* empezar a mejorar = turn + a corner, take + a turn, take + a turn for the better.

* información que permite mejorar la situación social de Alguien = empowering information.

* mejorar con respecto a = be an improvement on.

* mejorar considerablemente = raise to + greater heights, take + Nombre + to greater heights.

* mejorar el pasado = improve on + the past.

* mejorar la autoestima = improve + self-esteem.

* mejorar la calidad = raise + standard, raise + quality.

* mejorar la calidad de vida = improve + living standards, raise + living standards.

* mejorar la eficacia = enhance + effectiveness.

* mejorar la exhaustividad = improve + recall.

* mejorar la pertinencia = improve + precision.

* mejorar la precisión = improve + precision.

* mejorar la productividad = improve + productivity.

* mejorar las destrezas = sharpen + Posesivo + skills.

* mejorar la situación = improve + the lot.

* mejorar las probabilidades = shorten + the odds.

* mejorar la suerte = improve + the lot.

* mejorar + Posesivo + apariencia = smarten (up) + Posesivo + appearance.

* mejorar + Posesivo + autoestima = enhance + Posesivo + self-esteem.

* mejorar + Posesivo + calidad de vida = raise + Posesivo + quality of living.

* mejorar + Posesivo + imagen = raise + Posesivo + profile, smarten up + Posesivo + image, enhance + Posesivo + image, buff up + Posesivo + image.

* mejorar + Posesivo + imagen = enhance + Posesivo + identity.

* mejorar + Posesivo + suerte = improve + Posesivo + lot.

* mejorar + Posesivo + vida = improve + Posesivo + life.

* mejorar una situación = ameliorate + situation.

* que mejora la calidad de vida = life-enhancing.

* situación + mejorar = situation + ease.

* * *
1.
verbo transitivo

a) <condiciones/situación> to improve

este tratamiento te mejorará enseguida — this treatment will make you better right away

intentó mejorar su marca — she tried to improve on o beat her own record

b) < oferta> ( en subastas) to increase

los empresarios mejoraron la propuesta — the management improved their offer o made a better offer
2.
mejorar vi tiempo to improve, get better; resultados/calidad/situación to improve, get better; persona (Med) to get better

ha mejorado de aspecto — he looks a lot better

han mejorado de posición — they've come o gone up in the world
3.
mejorarse v pron

a) enfermo to get better

¿ya te mejoraste de la gripe? — have you got over the flu?

que te mejores — get well soon, I hope you get better soon

b) (Chi fam & euf) ( dar a luz) to give birth

* * *

= ameliorate, boost, cultivate, enhance, improve, optimise [optimize, -USA], scale up, score over, upgrade, give + improvement (in), better, bring + Nombre + up to par, get + better, gain + confidence (with/in), do + a better job, pump up, ease, outdo, jazz up, take + a turn, take + a turn, take + a turn for the better, turn + Nombre + (a)round, polish up, best, trump, buff up, go + one better, move it up + a gear, notch it up + a gear, take it up + a gear, take it up + a notch, crank it up + a notch, crank it up + a gear, move it up + a notch, look up.

Ex: These articles are compared with 34 articles on how similar blood changes might ameliorate Raynaud's disease.

Ex: If the title is selected by a book club this helps boost the print-run and overall sales.

Ex: Such familiarity can be cultivated with experience, and will consider the following features of data bases.

Ex: An introduction explaining the nature and scope of the indexing language will enhance its value.

Ex: Notice that it would be possible to improve recall indefinitely by scanning the entire document collection.

Ex: The DOBIS/Leuven data bases is designed to optimize search and updating procedures, because these functions are critical to the operation of a library.

Ex: After a brief discussion of basic hypertext operations, it considers some of the issues that arise in 'scaling up' hyptertext data base.

Ex: A Permuterm index scores over a Double-KWIC index in that it avoids repetitive printing of one title.

Ex: Sometimes it will be necessary to upgrade CIP records once the book is published, and this process is undertaken by BLBSD as appropriate.

Ex: There was, it appeared, little point in spending more than four minutes indexing a particular document, for the additional time gave no improvement in results.

Ex: She thumbed the pages slowly, explaining that the study had been conducted to try to ascertain student attitudes toward the media center, why they used it, which facilities they used, and to see if they had suggestions for bettering it.

Ex: The article ' Bringing your golf collection up to par' gives guidelines on selecting library materials on golf.

Ex: Systems will get better and cheaper with the passage of time.

Ex: This assignment was designed to help students gain confidence in using print and computerized sources.

Ex: At the same time librarians need to do a better job communicating information about available research and instructional support.

Ex: The article ' Pump up the program...' identifies the costs and benefits of undertaking a software upgrade.

Ex: To ease the cataloguer's job and save him the trouble of counting characters, DOBIS/LIBIS uses a special function.

Ex: This novel is narrated by William, an underachiever who is constantly outdone by his charming and lovable identical twin brother.

Ex: After jazzing up her appearance with a new blonde hairdo, she turns up in his office and talks him into taking her out for a meal.

Ex: All went well, and with the addition of two new people, computer science took a turn.

Ex: All went well, and with the addition of two new people, computer science took a turn.

Ex: His private life, however, took a turn for the better.

Ex: When he was younger he really turned the library around, from a backwater, two-bit operation to the respected institution it is today.

Ex: If we polish up and internalize these pearls of wisdom, especially those which challenge our existing boundaries and beliefs, the payoff can be priceless.

Ex: Back in 2001, the tossed salad they prepared fed some 5,000, which then bested the record held by a community in Utah in the United States.

Ex: If prejudice is allowed to trump the rights that all citizens should enjoy, then everyone's freedoms are ultimately endangered.

Ex: As a general rule, you can ' buff up' your look by making your shoulders seem wider and your waist narrower.

Ex: I think Murray will go one better than Wimbledon, but will lose to Federer again in the final.

Ex: Liverpool and Chelsea are grabbing all the headlines, but Arsenal have quietly moved it up a gear scoring 10 goals in their last three league games.

Ex: Start gently, ease yourself in by breaking the workout down into three one minute sessions until you are ready to notch it up a gear and join them together.

Ex: There was not much to separate the sides in the first ten minutes however Arsenal took it up a gear and got the goal but not without a bit of luck.

Ex: We have a good time together and we're good friends.. but I'd like to take it up a notch.

Ex: David quickly comprehended our project needs and then cranked it up a notch with impactful design.

Ex: Went for a bike ride with a mate last week, no problems so will crank it up a gear and tackle some hills in the next few weeks.

Ex: After a regular walking routine is established, why not move it up a notch and start jogging, if you haven't already.

Ex: Things may be looking up for Blair, but it is still not certain that he will fight the election.

* cosas + mejorar = things + get better.

* empezar a mejorar = turn + a corner, take + a turn, take + a turn for the better.

* información que permite mejorar la situación social de Alguien = empowering information.

* mejorar con respecto a = be an improvement on.

* mejorar considerablemente = raise to + greater heights, take + Nombre + to greater heights.

* mejorar el pasado = improve on + the past.

* mejorar la autoestima = improve + self-esteem.

* mejorar la calidad = raise + standard, raise + quality.

* mejorar la calidad de vida = improve + living standards, raise + living standards.

* mejorar la eficacia = enhance + effectiveness.

* mejorar la exhaustividad = improve + recall.

* mejorar la pertinencia = improve + precision.

* mejorar la precisión = improve + precision.

* mejorar la productividad = improve + productivity.

* mejorar las destrezas = sharpen + Posesivo + skills.

* mejorar la situación = improve + the lot.

* mejorar las probabilidades = shorten + the odds.

* mejorar la suerte = improve + the lot.

* mejorar + Posesivo + apariencia = smarten (up) + Posesivo + appearance.

* mejorar + Posesivo + autoestima = enhance + Posesivo + self-esteem.

* mejorar + Posesivo + calidad de vida = raise + Posesivo + quality of living.

* mejorar + Posesivo + imagen = raise + Posesivo + profile, smarten up + Posesivo + image, enhance + Posesivo + image, buff up + Posesivo + image.

* mejorar + Posesivo + imagen = enhance + Posesivo + identity.

* mejorar + Posesivo + suerte = improve + Posesivo + lot.

* mejorar + Posesivo + vida = improve + Posesivo + life.

* mejorar una situación = ameliorate + situation.

* que mejora la calidad de vida = life-enhancing.

* situación + mejorar = situation + ease.

* * *

mejorar [A1 ]

vt

1 ‹condiciones/situación› to improve

este tratamiento te mejorará enseguida this treatment will make you better right away

tienes que mejorar las notas/la letra you must improve your grades/your handwriting

intentó mejorar su marca she tried to improve on o beat her own record

2 ‹oferta› (en subastas) to increase

los empresarios mejoraron la propuesta the management improved their offer o made a better offer

■ mejorar

vi

«tiempo» to improve, get better; «resultados/calidad» to improve, get better; «persona» ( Med) to get better

mi situación económica no ha mejorado nada my financial situation hasn't improved at all o got any better

ha mejorado de aspecto he looks a lot better

tus notas no han mejorado mucho your grades haven't improved much o got(ten) any better

han mejorado de posición they've come o gone up in the world

el paciente sigue mejorando the patient is making a steady improvement

■ mejorarse

v pron

1 «enfermo» to get better

¿ya te mejoraste de la gripe? have you got over the flu?

que te mejores get well soon, I hope you get better soon

2 ( Chi fam euf) (dar a luz) to give birth

* * *

mejorar ( conjugate mejorar) verbo transitivo ‹condiciones/situación/oferta› to improve;
‹ marca› to improve on, beat;
◊ el tratamiento la mejoró the treatment made her a lot better

verbo intransitivo [tiempo/calidad/situación] to improve, get better;

[ persona] (Med) to get better;
◊ ha mejorado de aspecto he looks a lot better

mejorarse verbo pronominal [ enfermo] to get better;
que te mejores get well soon, I hope you get better soon
mejorar
I verbo transitivo
1 to improve: han mejorado la educación, education has been improved
2 Dep (un tiempo, una marca) to break
II verbo intransitivo to improve, get better: espero que el tiempo mejore, I hope the weather gets better
su salud no mejora, his health is not improving

' mejorar' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
enriquecer
- ganar
- perfeccionar
- potenciar
- refacción
- superar
English:
ameliorate
- better
- existence
- get along
- improve
- improve on
- improvement
- look up
- pick up
- progress
- raise
- security
- technique
- turn
- upgrade
- brighten
- enhance
- go
- look
- matter
- out
- perk
- pick
- rise
- room
- smarten up
- up

* * *

mejorar

♦ vt

1. [hacer mejor] to improve;

mejoraron las condiciones de trabajo working conditions were improved;

su principal objetivo es mejorar la economía their main aim is to improve the economy's performance

2. [enfermo] to make better;

estas pastillas lo mejorarán these tablets will make him better

3. [superar] to improve;

mejorar una oferta to make a better offer;

mejoró el recórd mundial she beat the world record

♦ vi

1. [ponerse mejor] to improve, to get better;

el paciente está mejorando the patient's condition is improving, the patient is getting better;

necesita mejorar en matemáticas he needs to improve o do better in mathematics

2. [tiempo, clima] to improve, to get better;

tan pronto como mejore, salimos a dar un paseo as soon as the weather improves o gets better we'll go out for a walk;

después de la lluvia el día mejoró after the rain it cleared up

♦ See also the pronominal verb mejorarse

* * *

mejorar

I v/t improve

II v/i improve

* * *

mejorar vt

: to improve, to make better

mejorar vi

: to improve, to get better

♦ See also the reflexive verb mejorarse

* * *

mejorar vb to improve

sus notas han mejorado his marks have improved

mañana mejorará el tiempo the weather will be better tomorrow

Spanish-English dictionary > mejorar
10 perjudicial

adj.

harmful.

* * *

perjudicial

► adjetivo

1 harmful

* * *

adj.

harmful

* * *

1.

ADJ damaging, harmful, detrimental frm

2.

SM Méx ** secret policeman

* * *

adjetivo damaging, harmful, detrimental (frml)

el alcohol es perjudicial para la salud — alcohol is damaging o detrimental to your health

esta sequía es perjudicial para el campo — this drought is bad for agriculture

* * *

= adverse, bad [worse -comp., worst -sup.], detrimental, damaging, harmful, crippling, prejudicial, disruptive, destructive, deleterious, untoward.

Ex. An increase in recall tends to have an adverse effect on another measure of performance, precision -- as recall is increased precision is lowered.

Ex. I'm not saying that it is bad, but it is a real difference of interest between the needs and purposes of research libraries and the public libraries, and I would also throw in the school and almost certainly junior college libraries.

Ex. But the proposal to enter all serials under their titles, while obviously easier to apply, is equally detrimental to the integrity of the catalog.

Ex. Potentially as damaging are errors that result from poor editing and proofreading.

Ex. These multiple-concept terms yield greater precision, but are associated with a rather larger indexing language and a higher likelihood of harmful scatter.

Ex. Can we avoid racism, sexism and the crippling effects of other forms of prejudicial stereotyping without recourse to censorship?.

Ex. Decentralisation of corporate libraries into smaller units can be prejudicial to the technical and market development in the company.

Ex. The crisis in South African education -- particularly black education -- has resulted from the disruptive effects of apartheid.

Ex. The Archives are located in an area that experiences severe air pollution and levels of ozone that are very destructive to paper and parchment.

Ex. This article attempts to show the influence of man on the beneficial or deleterious use of information.

Ex. Efforts to destigmatize euthanasia or even encourage it for some groups may have the untoward effect of promoting suicide in other groups.

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* efecto perjudicial = harmful effect.

* hacer que sea perjudicial para = render + detrimental to.

* perjudicial para = injurious to.

* perjudicial para el entorno = environmentally-damaging.

* perjudicial para el medioambiente = environmentally-damaging.

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adjetivo damaging, harmful, detrimental (frml)

el alcohol es perjudicial para la salud — alcohol is damaging o detrimental to your health

esta sequía es perjudicial para el campo — this drought is bad for agriculture

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= adverse, bad [worse -comp., worst -sup.], detrimental, damaging, harmful, crippling, prejudicial, disruptive, destructive, deleterious, untoward.

Ex: An increase in recall tends to have an adverse effect on another measure of performance, precision -- as recall is increased precision is lowered.

Ex: I'm not saying that it is bad, but it is a real difference of interest between the needs and purposes of research libraries and the public libraries, and I would also throw in the school and almost certainly junior college libraries.

Ex: But the proposal to enter all serials under their titles, while obviously easier to apply, is equally detrimental to the integrity of the catalog.

Ex: Potentially as damaging are errors that result from poor editing and proofreading.

Ex: These multiple-concept terms yield greater precision, but are associated with a rather larger indexing language and a higher likelihood of harmful scatter.

Ex: Can we avoid racism, sexism and the crippling effects of other forms of prejudicial stereotyping without recourse to censorship?.

Ex: Decentralisation of corporate libraries into smaller units can be prejudicial to the technical and market development in the company.

Ex: The crisis in South African education -- particularly black education -- has resulted from the disruptive effects of apartheid.

Ex: The Archives are located in an area that experiences severe air pollution and levels of ozone that are very destructive to paper and parchment.

Ex: This article attempts to show the influence of man on the beneficial or deleterious use of information.

Ex: Efforts to destigmatize euthanasia or even encourage it for some groups may have the untoward effect of promoting suicide in other groups.

* efecto perjudicial = harmful effect.

* hacer que sea perjudicial para = render + detrimental to.

* perjudicial para = injurious to.

* perjudicial para el entorno = environmentally-damaging.

* perjudicial para el medioambiente = environmentally-damaging.

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perjudicial

adjective

damaging, harmful, detrimental ( frml)

el alcohol y el tabaco son perjudiciales para la salud alcohol and tobacco are harmful o damaging o detrimental to your health

esta sequía es muy perjudicial para el campo this drought is very bad for agriculture o is seriously damaging agriculture

resultaría perjudicial para la economía it would be damaging o prejudicial to the economy

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perjudicial adjetivo [ser] damaging, harmful, detrimental (frml);
perjudicial para algo/algn damaging o harmful o detrimental to sth/sb
perjudicial adjetivo damaging, harmful: esa amistad es perjudicial para ti, that friendship is bad for you
' perjudicial' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
fatal
- costar
- demasía
English:
damaging
- detrimental
- disruptive
- harmful
- injurious
- damage
- untoward

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perjudicial adj

harmful ( para to);
el exceso de colesterol es perjudicial para la salud too much cholesterol is damaging to your health;

la decisión es perjudicial para nuestros planes the decision upsets our plans

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perjudicial

adj harmful, damaging;

perjudicial para la salud harmful to one’s health

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perjudicial adj

: harmful, detrimental

* * *

perjudicial adj bad / harmful

fumar es perjudicial para la salud smoking is bad for your health

Spanish-English dictionary > perjudicial
11 subir

v.

1 to go/come up (ascender) (calle, escaleras).

subió las escaleras a toda velocidad she ran up o climbed the stairs as fast as she could

subir en ascensor to go/come up in the lift o (British) elevator (United States)

subir por la escalera to go/come up the stairs

2 to lift up (poner arriba).

ayúdame a subir la caja help me get the box up; (a lo alto) help me carry the box upstairs (al piso de arriba)

3 to put up, to increase (increase) (precio, peso).

La empresa sube los precios The company increases the prices.

Me subió la calentura My fever increased.

4 to raise (alzar) (mano, bandera, voz).

El chico sube la cama The boy raises the bed.

5 to raise the pitch of (Music).

6 to go up, to rise (increase) (precio, temperatura).

subir de categoría to improve; (mejorar) to be promoted (ser ascendido)

El elevador sube The elevator climbs.

7 to get on (montar) (en avión, barco).

sube al coche get into the car

8 to rise (cooking) (crecer).

9 to walk up, to climb.

Ella subió el sendero She walked up the path.

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subir

► verbo intransitivo

1 (ir hacia arriba - gen) to go up, come up; (- avión) to climb

2 (en un vehículo - coche) to get in; (autobús, avión, barco, tren) to get on, get onto

■ ¡venga, sube! go on, get in!

3 (montar - bicicleta) to get on; (- caballo) to get on, mount

4 (a un árbol) to climb up

5 figurado (elevarse, aumentar) to rise

6 figurado (categoría, puesto) to be promoted

7 figurado (cuenta) to come (a, to)

■ la deuda sube a dos mil euros the debt comes to two thoudsand euros

► verbo transitivo

1 (escaleras, calle) to go up, climb; (montaña) to climb

2 (mover arriba) to carry up, take up, bring up; (poner arriba) to put upstairs

■ súbelo arriba take it upstairs

3 (cabeza etc) to lift, raise

4 (pared) to raise

5 COSTURA to take up

■ subir un dobladillo to take up a hem

6 figurado (precio, salario, etc) to raise, put up

7 figurado (subir el volumen - voz) to raise; (- aparato) to turn up

8 figurado (color) to strengthen

► verbo pronominal subirse

1 (piso, escalera) to go up

2 (árbol, muro, etc) to climb up (a, -)

3 (en un vehículo - coche) to get in (a, -); (autobús) to get on (a, -); (avión, barco, tren) to get on (a, -), get onto (a,-)

■ ¡súbete, súbete al coche! get in, get into the car!

4 (en animales, bicicleta) to get on (a, -), mount

5 (ropa, calcetines) to pull up; (cremallera) to do up, zip up; (mangas) to roll up

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FRASEOLOGÍA

subir a bordo to get on board

subir al trono figurado to ascend to the throne

subir como la espuma familiar to spread like wildfire

subirse por las paredes figurado to hit the roof

subírsele a uno los humos a la cabeza figurado to become conceited

subírsele algo a la cabeza figurado to go to one's head

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verb

1) to increase, rise

2) raise

3) climb

•

- subir a

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1. VT

1) (=levantar) [+ pierna, brazo, objeto] to lift, lift up, raise; [+ calcetines, pantalones, persianas] to pull up

sube los brazos — lift your arms (up), raise your arms

2) (=poner arriba) [llevando] to take up; [trayendo] to bring up

¿me puedes ayudar a subir las maletas? — can you help me to take up the cases?

voy a subir esta caja arriba — I'll take this box upstairs

¿puedes subir ese cuadro de abajo? — could you bring that picture up from down there?

lo subieron al portaequipajes — they put it up on the rack

lo subimos a un taxi — we put him in a taxi

3) (=ascender) [+ calle, cuesta, escalera, montaña] (=ir arriba) to go up; (=venir arriba) to come up

subió las escaleras de dos en dos — she went up the stairs two at a time

tenía problemas para subir las escaleras — he had difficulty getting up o climbing the stairs

4) (=aumentar) [+ precio, salario] to put up, raise, increase; [+ artículo en venta] to put up the price of

los taxistas han subido sus tarifas — taxi drivers have put their fares up o have raised their fares

van a subir la gasolina — they are going to put up o increase the price of petrol

5) (=elevar) [+ volumen, televisión, radio] to turn up; [+ voz] to raise

sube la radio, que no se oye — turn the radio up, I can't hear it

6) [en escalafón] [+ persona] to promote

7) (Arquit) to put up, build

subir una pared — to put up o build a wall

8) (Mús) to raise the pitch of

2. VI

1) (=ir arriba) to go up; (=venir arriba) to come up; [en un monte, en el aire] to climb

suba al tercer piso — go up to the third floor

sube, que te voy a enseñar unos discos — come up, I've got some records to show you

seguimos subiendo hasta la cima — we went on climbing till we reached the summit

estaba mirando como la mosca subía por la ventana — I watched the fly move slowly up the window

tuvimos que subir andando — we had to walk up

2) (Transportes) [en autobús, avión, tren, bicicleta, moto, caballo] to get on; [en coche, taxi] to get in

subir a un autobús/avión/tren — to get on(to) a bus/plane/train

subir a un coche — to get in(to) a car

subir a una bicicleta — to get on(to) a bike

subir a un caballo — to mount a horse, get on(to) a horse

subir a bordo — to go o get on board

3) [en el escalafón] to be promoted (a to)

nuestro objetivo es subir a primera división — our aim is to go up o be promoted to the First Division

4) (=aumentar) [precio, valor] to go up, rise; [temperatura] to rise

la gasolina ha vuelto a subir — (the price of) petrol has gone up again

sigue subiendo la bolsa — share prices are still rising

le ha subido la fiebre — her temperature has gone up o risen
tono 2)
5) (=aumentar de nivel) [río, mercurio] to rise; [marea] to come in

6) [cantidad]

subir a — to come to, total

3.

See:

subirse
SUBIR Otros verbos de movimiento ► Subir la cuesta/ la escalera {etc}, por regla general, se suele traducir por to come up o por to go up, según la dirección del movimiento (hacia o en sentido contrario al hablante), pero come y go se pueden reemplazar por otros verbos de movimiento si la oración española especifica la forma en que se sube mediante el uso de adverbios o construcciones adverbiales: Tim subió las escaleras a gatas Tim crept up the stairs El mes pasado los precios subieron vertiginosamente Prices shot up last month Para otros usos y ejemplos ver la entrada
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1.
verbo intransitivo

1)

a) ascensor/persona ( alejándose) to go up; ( acercándose) to come up

hay que subir a pie — you have to walk up

ahora subo — I'll be right up

los autobuses que suben al pueblo — the buses that go up to the village

el camino sube hasta la cima — the path goes up to o leads to the top of the hill

b)

subir A algo — a autobús/tren/avión to get on o onto sth; a coche to get in o into sth; a caballo/bicicleta to get on o onto sth, to mount sth (frml)

subir a bordo — to go o get on board

c) ( de categoría) to go up; ( en el escalafón) to be promoted

han subido a primera división — they've been promoted to o they've gone up to the first division

d) ( en tenis)

subir a la red — to go up to the net

2)

a) marea to come in; aguas/río to rise

b) fiebre/tensión to go up, rise; temperatura to rise

c) leche materna to come in

3) precio/valor/cotización/salario to rise, go up
2.
subir vt

1) < montaña> to climb; < cuesta> to go up, climb; < escaleras> to go up, climb

subió corriendo la escalera — she ran upstairs

2)

a) <objeto/niño> ( llevar arriba - acercándose) to bring up; (- alejándose) to take up

voy a subir la compra — I'm just going to take the shopping upstairs

tengo que subir unas cajas al desván — I have to put some boxes up in the attic

b) <objeto/niño> ( poner más alto)

sube al niño al caballo — lift the child onto the horse

voy a subir un poco este cuadro — I'm going to put this picture up a bit higher

traía el cuello del abrigo subido — he had his coat collar turned up

c) <persiana/telón> to raise; < pantalones> to pull up

¿me subes la cremallera? — will you zip me up?, will you fasten my zipper (AmE) o (BrE) zip?

subió la ventanilla — she raised the window

d) < dobladillo> to take up; < falda> to take o turn up

3) (Inf) to upload

4)

a) <precios/salarios> to raise, put up

¿cuánto te han subido este año? — how much did your salary go up this year?

b) <volumen/radio> to turn up

sube un poco la calefacción — turn the heating o heat up a little
3.
subirse verbo pronominal

1)

a) (a coche, autobús, etc) verbo intransitivo 1 b

b) ( trepar) to climb

se subió al árbol/al muro — she climbed up the tree/(up) onto the walls

estaba subido a un árbol/caballo — he was up a tree/sitting on a horse

c) (a la cabeza, cara) (+ me/te/le etc)

el éxito se le subió a la cabeza — the success went to his head

se me subieron los colores — I went red o blushed

2) (refl) <calcetines/pantalones> to pull up

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= go up, move up, raise, rise, ascend, mount, walk up, elevate, climb, bring up, zip, move down, hike up, scale, spike, crank up, get + high, move it up + a gear, notch it up + a gear, take it up + a gear, take it up + a notch, crank it up + a notch, crank it up + a gear, move it up + a notch, ratchet up, mark + Nombre + up, amp up, turn up.

Ex. Since recall goes up as precision goes down, it is clearly not possible to achieve in general a system which gives full recall at the same time as full precision.

Ex. Now we move up the chain providing index entries for each of the potentially sought terms.

Ex. The speaker said that James estimated people function at only 20% of their capacity, and concluded that they could raise this percentage considerable if they knew how to manage their time more efficiently.

Ex. If suppliers are forced out of business, there will be less software to lend and prices will rise with the lack of competition.

Ex. As she ascended the staircase to the library director's office, she tried to fathom the reason for the imperious summons.

Ex. He fully expected the director to acquiesce, for his eyebrows mounted ever so slightly.

Ex. Some of the questions to ask ourselves are will people walk up or down stairs, across quadrangles, etc just to visit the library?.

Ex. Some of the things that are said about genuine bookselling do at times seem to elevate this occupation to a level far beyond mere commerce.

Ex. Stanton felt a bit like someone who, after boasting that she could dive into water from a great height has climbed to the height and dares not jump, but knows that she must jump.

Ex. Matrix and mould were pivoted and were brought up to the nozzle of a metal pump for the moment of casting, and then swung back to eject the new-made letter.

Ex. The study investigated the use of a video to teach 3 self-help skills (cleaning sunglasses, putting on a wristwatch, and zipping a jacket) to 3 elementary students with mental disabilities.

Ex. Of the 32 institutions indicating some change in status from July 1982 to January 1983, 19 moved down in status and 13 moved up.

Ex. The government has hiked up the rate of income tax being paid by oil multinationals.

Ex. You'll be scaling walls, jumping between rooftops, swinging on ropes, hanging from pipes, sliding under 4WDs and doing anything you can to avoid those zombies.

Ex. Baby boomers are desperately trying to hold onto their salad days -- plastic surgery, vitamins and drugs like Viagra have spiked in public demand.

Ex. Refiners are cranking up diesel output to meet rising global demand.

Ex. Yes, some people with thin blood or whose pulse and blood pressure get high enough will have a nose bleed when excited.

Ex. Liverpool and Chelsea are grabbing all the headlines, but Arsenal have quietly moved it up a gear scoring 10 goals in their last three league games.

Ex. Start gently, ease yourself in by breaking the workout down into three one minute sessions until you are ready to notch it up a gear and join them together.

Ex. There was not much to separate the sides in the first ten minutes however Arsenal took it up a gear and got the goal but not without a bit of luck.

Ex. We have a good time together and we're good friends.. but I'd like to take it up a notch.

Ex. David quickly comprehended our project needs and then cranked it up a notch with impactful design.

Ex. Went for a bike ride with a mate last week, no problems so will crank it up a gear and tackle some hills in the next few weeks.

Ex. After a regular walking routine is established, why not move it up a notch and start jogging, if you haven't already.

Ex. The health department has ratcheted up efforts to prevent or slow down the spread of swine flu in schools.

Ex. Determine how much it costs to make the item, how much it costs to market that item, and then mark it up by 15-30% or more.

Ex. In order to gain strength fast, you need to immediately begin amping up your strength thermostat in your mind.

Ex. Cytokines are small proteins used to communicate messages between the immune cells in the immune system to either turn up or down the immune response.

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* estar que + subirse + por las paredes = tear + Posesivo + hair out.

* obligar a subir el precio = force up + prices.

* subir a = board.

* subir al poder = rise to + power.

* subir al trono = ascend (to) + the throne.

* subir a un barco = board + ship.

* subir de nivel = move it up + a gear, take it up + a gear, notch it up + a gear, take it up + a notch, crank it up + a notch, crank it up + a gear, move it up + a notch.

* subir de precio = rise in + price.

* subir el listón = raise + the bar, move it up + a gear, take it up + a gear, notch it up + a gear, take it up + a notch, crank it up + a notch, crank it up + a gear, move it up + a notch.

* subir el nivel = raise + standard, raise + the bar.

* subir el precio = push + cost + up, raise + price, jack up + the price, rack up + the price.

* subir el volumen = pump up + the volume.

* subir en = ride.

* subir en bici = ride + a bike.

* subir en bicicleta = ride + a bike.

* subir exageradamente = rise + steeply.

* subir la moral = boost + Posesivo + morale, lift + morale, increase + morale, improve + morale, boost + Posesivo + confidence, bolster + confidence.

* subirle la nota a Alguien = mark + Nombre + up.

* subir ligeramente = nudge up.

* subir los impuestos = push + taxes.

* subir repentinamente = shoot up.

* subirse al autobús = get on + the bus.

* subirse al tren = jump on + the bandwagon, ride + the hype, catch + the fever.

* subírsele a la cabeza = go to + Posesivo + head.

* subírsele los colores = go + bright red.

* subírsele los humos a la cabeza = get + too big for + Posesivo + boots, get + too big for + Posesivo + breeches.

* subirse por las paredes = be beside + Reflexivo.

* subir y/o bajar = move up and/or down.

* telón + subir = curtain + rise.

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1.
verbo intransitivo

1)

a) ascensor/persona ( alejándose) to go up; ( acercándose) to come up

hay que subir a pie — you have to walk up

ahora subo — I'll be right up

los autobuses que suben al pueblo — the buses that go up to the village

el camino sube hasta la cima — the path goes up to o leads to the top of the hill

b)

subir A algo — a autobús/tren/avión to get on o onto sth; a coche to get in o into sth; a caballo/bicicleta to get on o onto sth, to mount sth (frml)

subir a bordo — to go o get on board

c) ( de categoría) to go up; ( en el escalafón) to be promoted

han subido a primera división — they've been promoted to o they've gone up to the first division

d) ( en tenis)

subir a la red — to go up to the net

2)

a) marea to come in; aguas/río to rise

b) fiebre/tensión to go up, rise; temperatura to rise

c) leche materna to come in

3) precio/valor/cotización/salario to rise, go up
2.
subir vt

1) < montaña> to climb; < cuesta> to go up, climb; < escaleras> to go up, climb

subió corriendo la escalera — she ran upstairs

2)

a) <objeto/niño> ( llevar arriba - acercándose) to bring up; (- alejándose) to take up

voy a subir la compra — I'm just going to take the shopping upstairs

tengo que subir unas cajas al desván — I have to put some boxes up in the attic

b) <objeto/niño> ( poner más alto)

sube al niño al caballo — lift the child onto the horse

voy a subir un poco este cuadro — I'm going to put this picture up a bit higher

traía el cuello del abrigo subido — he had his coat collar turned up

c) <persiana/telón> to raise; < pantalones> to pull up

¿me subes la cremallera? — will you zip me up?, will you fasten my zipper (AmE) o (BrE) zip?

subió la ventanilla — she raised the window

d) < dobladillo> to take up; < falda> to take o turn up

3) (Inf) to upload

4)

a) <precios/salarios> to raise, put up

¿cuánto te han subido este año? — how much did your salary go up this year?

b) <volumen/radio> to turn up

sube un poco la calefacción — turn the heating o heat up a little
3.
subirse verbo pronominal

1)

a) (a coche, autobús, etc) verbo intransitivo 1 b

b) ( trepar) to climb

se subió al árbol/al muro — she climbed up the tree/(up) onto the walls

estaba subido a un árbol/caballo — he was up a tree/sitting on a horse

c) (a la cabeza, cara) (+ me/te/le etc)

el éxito se le subió a la cabeza — the success went to his head

se me subieron los colores — I went red o blushed

2) (refl) <calcetines/pantalones> to pull up

* * *

= go up, move up, raise, rise, ascend, mount, walk up, elevate, climb, bring up, zip, move down, hike up, scale, spike, crank up, get + high, move it up + a gear, notch it up + a gear, take it up + a gear, take it up + a notch, crank it up + a notch, crank it up + a gear, move it up + a notch, ratchet up, mark + Nombre + up, amp up, turn up.

Ex: Since recall goes up as precision goes down, it is clearly not possible to achieve in general a system which gives full recall at the same time as full precision.

Ex: Now we move up the chain providing index entries for each of the potentially sought terms.

Ex: The speaker said that James estimated people function at only 20% of their capacity, and concluded that they could raise this percentage considerable if they knew how to manage their time more efficiently.

Ex: If suppliers are forced out of business, there will be less software to lend and prices will rise with the lack of competition.

Ex: As she ascended the staircase to the library director's office, she tried to fathom the reason for the imperious summons.

Ex: He fully expected the director to acquiesce, for his eyebrows mounted ever so slightly.

Ex: Some of the questions to ask ourselves are will people walk up or down stairs, across quadrangles, etc just to visit the library?.

Ex: Some of the things that are said about genuine bookselling do at times seem to elevate this occupation to a level far beyond mere commerce.

Ex: Stanton felt a bit like someone who, after boasting that she could dive into water from a great height has climbed to the height and dares not jump, but knows that she must jump.

Ex: Matrix and mould were pivoted and were brought up to the nozzle of a metal pump for the moment of casting, and then swung back to eject the new-made letter.

Ex: The study investigated the use of a video to teach 3 self-help skills (cleaning sunglasses, putting on a wristwatch, and zipping a jacket) to 3 elementary students with mental disabilities.

Ex: Of the 32 institutions indicating some change in status from July 1982 to January 1983, 19 moved down in status and 13 moved up.

Ex: The government has hiked up the rate of income tax being paid by oil multinationals.

Ex: You'll be scaling walls, jumping between rooftops, swinging on ropes, hanging from pipes, sliding under 4WDs and doing anything you can to avoid those zombies.

Ex: Baby boomers are desperately trying to hold onto their salad days -- plastic surgery, vitamins and drugs like Viagra have spiked in public demand.

Ex: Refiners are cranking up diesel output to meet rising global demand.

Ex: Yes, some people with thin blood or whose pulse and blood pressure get high enough will have a nose bleed when excited.

Ex: Liverpool and Chelsea are grabbing all the headlines, but Arsenal have quietly moved it up a gear scoring 10 goals in their last three league games.

Ex: Start gently, ease yourself in by breaking the workout down into three one minute sessions until you are ready to notch it up a gear and join them together.

Ex: There was not much to separate the sides in the first ten minutes however Arsenal took it up a gear and got the goal but not without a bit of luck.

Ex: We have a good time together and we're good friends.. but I'd like to take it up a notch.

Ex: David quickly comprehended our project needs and then cranked it up a notch with impactful design.

Ex: Went for a bike ride with a mate last week, no problems so will crank it up a gear and tackle some hills in the next few weeks.

Ex: After a regular walking routine is established, why not move it up a notch and start jogging, if you haven't already.

Ex: The health department has ratcheted up efforts to prevent or slow down the spread of swine flu in schools.

Ex: Determine how much it costs to make the item, how much it costs to market that item, and then mark it up by 15-30% or more.

Ex: In order to gain strength fast, you need to immediately begin amping up your strength thermostat in your mind.

Ex: Cytokines are small proteins used to communicate messages between the immune cells in the immune system to either turn up or down the immune response.

* estar que + subirse + por las paredes = tear + Posesivo + hair out.

* obligar a subir el precio = force up + prices.

* subir a = board.

* subir al poder = rise to + power.

* subir al trono = ascend (to) + the throne.

* subir a un barco = board + ship.

* subir de nivel = move it up + a gear, take it up + a gear, notch it up + a gear, take it up + a notch, crank it up + a notch, crank it up + a gear, move it up + a notch.

* subir de precio = rise in + price.

* subir el listón = raise + the bar, move it up + a gear, take it up + a gear, notch it up + a gear, take it up + a notch, crank it up + a notch, crank it up + a gear, move it up + a notch.

* subir el nivel = raise + standard, raise + the bar.

* subir el precio = push + cost + up, raise + price, jack up + the price, rack up + the price.

* subir el volumen = pump up + the volume.

* subir en = ride.

* subir en bici = ride + a bike.

* subir en bicicleta = ride + a bike.

* subir exageradamente = rise + steeply.

* subir la moral = boost + Posesivo + morale, lift + morale, increase + morale, improve + morale, boost + Posesivo + confidence, bolster + confidence.

* subirle la nota a Alguien = mark + Nombre + up.

* subir ligeramente = nudge up.

* subir los impuestos = push + taxes.

* subir repentinamente = shoot up.

* subirse al autobús = get on + the bus.

* subirse al tren = jump on + the bandwagon, ride + the hype, catch + the fever.

* subírsele a la cabeza = go to + Posesivo + head.

* subírsele los colores = go + bright red.

* subírsele los humos a la cabeza = get + too big for + Posesivo + boots, get + too big for + Posesivo + breeches.

* subirse por las paredes = be beside + Reflexivo.

* subir y/o bajar = move up and/or down.

* telón + subir = curtain + rise.

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subir [I1 ]

vi

A

1 «ascensor/persona» (alejándose) to go up; (acercándose) to come up

hay que subir a pie you have to walk up

ahora subo I'll be right up, I'm coming up now

voy a subir al caserío I'm going up to the farmhouse

los autobuses que suben al pueblo the buses that go up to the village

el camino sube hasta la cima the path goes up to o leads to the top of the hill

2 (a un coche) to get in; (a un autobús, etc) to get on subir A algo ‹a un autobús/un tren/un avión› to get ON o ONTO sth; ‹a un coche› to get IN o INTO sth; ‹a un caballo/una bicicleta› to get ON o ONTO sth, to mount sth ( frml)

subir a bordo to go/get on board

3 (de categoría) to go up

ha subido en el escalafón he has been promoted

han subido a primera división they've been promoted to o they've gone up to the first division

ha subido mucho en mi estima she has gone up a lot o ( frml) risen greatly in my estimation

4 ( Arg fam) to take up office/one's post

5

(en tenis): subir a la red to go up to the net

B

1 «marea» to come in; «aguas/río» to rise

las aguas no subieron de nivel the water level did not rise

2 «fiebre/tensión» to go up, rise

han subido las temperaturas temperatures have risen

3 ( Med) «leche» to come in, be produced

C «precio/valor/cotización» to rise, go up

la leche subió a 60 céntimos milk went up to sixty cents

el desempleo subió en 94.500 personas en el primer trimestre unemployment rose by 94,500 in the first quarter

ha subido el dólar con respecto al euro the dollar has risen against the euro

D ( Inf) to upload

■ subir

vt

A ‹montaña› to climb; ‹cuesta› to go up, climb

subió corriendo la escalera she ran upstairs

tiene problemas para subir la escalera he has trouble getting up o climbing the stairs

subió los escalones de dos en dos he went o walked up the stairs two at a time

B

1 ‹objeto/niño› (acercándose) to bring up; (alejándose) to take up

voy a subir la compra I'm just going to take the shopping upstairs

tengo que subir unas cajas al desván I have to put some boxes up in the attic

¿puedes subir las maletas? could you take the cases up?

sube al niño al caballo lift the child onto the horse

ese cuadro está muy bajo, ¿puedes subirlo un poco? that picture is very low, can you put it up a little higher?

traía el cuello del abrigo subido he had his coat collar turned up

2 ‹persiana/telón› to raise

¿me subes la cremallera? will you zip me up?, will you fasten my zipper ( AmE) o ( BrE) zip?

subió la ventanilla she wound the window up o closed o raised the window

ven que te suba los pantalones come here and let me pull your pants ( AmE) o ( BrE) trousers up for you

3 ‹dobladillo› to take up; ‹falda› to take o turn up

C

1 ‹precios/salarios› to raise, put up

¿cuánto te han subido este año? how much did your salary go up this year?

2 ‹volumen/radio› to turn up

sube el volumen turn the volume up

sube el tono que no te oigo speak up, I can't hear you

sube un poco la calefacción turn the heating o heat up a little

■ subirse

v pron

A

1 (a un coche, autobús, etc) subir vi A 2.

2 (trepar) to climb

se subió al muro she climbed (up) onto the wall

les encanta subirse a los árboles they love to climb trees

estaban subidos a un árbol they were up a tree

el niño se le subió encima the child climbed on top of him

3 (a la cabeza, cara) (+ me/te/le etc):

el vino enseguida se me subió a la cabeza the wine went straight to my head

el éxito se le ha subido a la cabeza success has gone to his head

noté que se me subían los colores (a la cara) I realized that I was going red o blushing

B ( refl) ‹calcetines/pantalones› to pull up

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subir ( conjugate subir) verbo intransitivo
1
a) [ascensor/persona/coche] ( ir arriba) to go up;

( venir arriba) to come up;
◊ hay que subir a pie you have to walk up;

ahora subo I'll be right up;
el camino sube hasta la cima the path goes up to o leads to the top of the hill
b) subir A algo ‹a autobús/tren/avión› to get on o onto sth;

‹ a coche› to get in o into sth;
‹a caballo/bicicleta› to get on o onto sth, to mount sth (frml);
◊ subir a bordo to go o get on board

c) ( de categoría) to go up;

( en el escalafón) to be promoted
2
a) [ marea] to come in;

[aguas/río] to rise
b) [fiebre/tensión] to go up, rise;

[ temperatura] to rise
3 [precio/valor/cotización/salario] to rise, go up
verbo transitivo
1 ‹ montaña› to climb;
‹escaleras/cuesta› to go up, climb
2
a) ‹objeto/niño› ( traer arriba) to bring up;

( llevar arriba) to take up;
◊ tengo que subir unas cajas al desván I have to put some boxes up in the attic

b) ( poner más alto) ‹ objeto› to put up … (higher);

‹ cuello de prenda› to turn up:
◊ sube al niño al caballo lift the child onto the horse

c) ‹persiana/telón/ventanilla› to raise;

‹ pantalones› to pull up;
◊ ¿me subes la cremallera? will you zip me up?, will you fasten my zipper (AmE) o (BrE) zip?

d) ‹ dobladillo› to take up;

‹ falda› to take o turn up
e) (Inf) to upload

3
a) ‹precios/salarios› to raise, put up

b) ‹volumen/radio/calefacción› to turn up

subirse verbo pronominal
1
a) (a coche, autobús, etc) See Also→ subir verbo intransitivo 1b

b) ( trepar) to climb;

◊ se subió al árbol/al muro she climbed up the tree/(up) onto the wall;

estaba subido a un árbol he was up a tree
c) ( a la cabeza) (+ me/te/le etc):

◊ el éxito se le subió a la cabeza the success went to his head

2 ( refl) ‹calcetines/pantalones› to pull up;
‹ cuello› to turn up
subir
I verbo transitivo
1 (una pendiente, las escaleras) to go up
(hacia el hablante) to come up
(una montaña) to climb
2 (llevar arriba) to take up: voy a subir las cajas, I'm going to take the boxes upstairs
(hacia el hablante) to bring up
3 (elevar) to raise: sube la mano izquierda, lift your left hand
(el sueldo, la temperatura, la voz, etc) to raise: sube (el volumen de) la radio, turn the radio up
II verbo intransitivo
1 (ascender) to go up: ¿por qué no subimos a verla?, why don't we go up to see her?
(acercándose al hablante) to come up ➣ Ver nota en ir 2 (a un avión, tren, autobús) to get on o onto: subimos al tren, we boarded the train
(a un coche) to get into o in
3 (la marea, las aguas) to rise
4 (la temperatura) to rise
5 (los precios, el sueldo, etc) to rise, go up
6 (de categoría) to go up
' subir' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
A
- abrochar
- ascender
- bordo
- cajón
- cerrar
- cortante
- embarcación
- escena
- estrado
- irse
- trono
- abordar
- alto
- bien
- escalafón
- montar
- volumen
English:
aboard
- ascend
- board
- boarding card
- boarding pass
- climb
- come in
- come up
- curl
- elevate
- escalate
- flight
- get into
- get on
- go up
- hand up
- heave
- hoist
- increase
- jump on
- mount
- move up
- pile in
- push
- raise
- rise
- roll up
- send up
- sharply
- shoot up
- show up
- slope
- spiral up
- stair
- stand
- steeply
- tree
- turn up
- up
- volume
- walk up
- zip up
- air
- come
- do
- flow
- gain
- get
- go
- jump

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subir

♦ vt

1. [poner arriba] [libro, cuadro] to put up;
[telón] to raise; [persiana] to roll up; [ventanilla] to wind up, to close;
he subido la enciclopedia de la primera a la última estantería I've moved the encyclopedia up from the bottom shelf to the top one;

sube el cuadro un poco move the picture up a bit o a bit higher;

¿me ayudas a subir las bolsas? could you help me take the bags up?;

ayúdame a subir la caja [a lo alto] help me get the box up;
[al piso de arriba] help me carry the box upstairs
2. [montar]
subir algo/a alguien a to lift sth/sb onto

3. [alzar] [bandera] to raise;

subir la mano to put one's hand up, to raise one's hand

4. [ascender] [calle, escaleras] to go/come up;
[escalera de mano] to climb; [pendiente, montaña] to go up;
subió las escaleras a toda velocidad she ran up o climbed the stairs as fast as she could;

subió la calle a todo correr he ran up the street as fast as he could

5. [aumentar] [precio, impuestos] to put up, to increase;
[música, volumen, radio] to turn up;
subió la voz o [m5] el tono para que se le oyera she raised her voice so she could be heard;

sube la voz o [m5]el tono, no te oigo speak up, I can't hear you;

subir el fuego de la cocina to turn up the heat;

subir la moral a alguien to lift sb's spirits, to cheer sb up

6. [hacer ascender de categoría] to promote

7. Mús to raise the pitch of

8. Fam Informát to upload

♦ vi

1. [a piso, azotea] to go/come up;

¿podrías subir aquí un momento? could you come up here a minute?;

subo enseguida I'll be up in a minute;

subir corriendo to run up;

subir en ascensor to go/come up in the Br lift o US elevator;

subir por la escalera to go/come up the stairs;

subir (a) por algo to go up and get sth;

subir a la red [en tenis] to come (in) to the net

2. [montar] [en avión, barco] to get on;
[en coche] to get in; [en moto, bicicleta, tren] to get on; [en caballo] to get on, to mount; [en árbol, escalera de mano, silla] to climb up;
subir a [coche] to get in(to);
[moto, bicicleta, tren, avión] to get on; [caballo] to get on, to mount; [árbol, escalera de mano] to climb up; [silla, mesa] to get o climb onto; [piso] to go/come up to;
subir a bordo to go on board;

es peligroso subir al tren en marcha it is dangerous to board the train while it is moving

3. [aumentar] to rise, to go up;
[hinchazón, cauce] to rise; [fiebre] to raise, to go up;
los precios subieron prices went up o rose;

subió la gasolina the price of petrol went up o rose;

el euro subió frente a la libra the euro went up o rose against the pound;

las acciones de C & C han subido C & C share prices have gone up o risen;

han subido las ventas sales are up;

este modelo ha subido de precio this model has gone up in price, the price of this model has gone up;

el coste total no subirá del millón the total cost will not be more than o over a million;

no subirá de tres horas it will take three hours at most, it won't take more than three hours;

está subiendo la marea the tide is coming in;

el jefe ha subido mucho en mi estima the boss has gone up a lot in my estimation

4. [cuenta, importe]
subir a to come o amount to

5. Culin [crecer] to rise

6. Fam [ir, venir] to come/go up;

subiré a la capital la próxima semana I'll be going up to the capital next week;

¿por qué no subes a vernos este fin de semana? why don't you come up to see us this weekend?

7. [ascender de categoría] to be promoted (a to); Dep to be promoted, to go up (a to);
el Atlético subió de categoría Atlético went up

♦ See also the pronominal verb subirse

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subir

I v/t

1 cuesta, escalera go up, climb; montaña climb

2 objeto raise, lift; intereses, precio raise

II v/i

1 para indicar acercamiento come up; para indicar alejamiento go up

2 de precio rise, go up

3 a un tren, autobús get on; a un coche get in

4

:

subir al poder rise to power;

subir al trono ascend to the throne

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subir vt

1) : to bring up, to take up

2) : to climb, to go up

3) : to raise

subir vi

1) : to go up, to come up

2) : to rise, to increase

3) : to be promoted

4)

subir a : to get on, to mount

subir a un tren: to get on a train

♦ See also the reflexive verb subirse

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subir vb

1. (ir arriba) to go up

subí las escaleras I went up the stairs

¡sube! ¡la vista es fantástica! come up! the view is fantastic!

2. (escalar) to climb

subimos la montaña we climbed the mountain

3. (en un coche) to get in

sube al coche get in the car

4. (en un tren, autobús, avión) to get on

subió al tren he got on the train

5. (aumentar) to rise [pt. rose; pp. risen] / to go up

el precio ha subido the price has gone up

6. (llevar arriba) to take up [pt. took; pp. taken] / to put up [pt. & pp. put]

sube estos trastos al desván put these old things up in the loft

7. (incrementar) to put up [pt. & pp. put] / to raise

han subido el precio del pan they've put the price of bread up

8. (hacer más fuerte) to turn up

sube el volumen de la radio turn the radio up

Spanish-English dictionary > subir
12 an

I Präp.

1. (+ Dat) zeitlich: on; an Ostern / Weihnachten at Easter / Christmas; an einem schönen Sonntagabend on a pleasant Sunday evening; an jenem Morgen on that morning; an dem Tag, als... on the day when...; es ist an der Zeit it’s about time

2. (+ Dat) örtlich: at, on; Richtung: to; an der Grenze at the border; am Himmel in the sky; an einem Ort in a place; an seinem Platz in its place; an der Themse on the Thames; an erster Stelle in the first place; an Bord on board; an Deck on deck; an Land on land; am / ans Fenster at / to the window; an der / die Wand (lehnen[d]) against the wall; (hängen[d]) on the wall; eine Lampe an die Decke hängen hang a lamp (from the ceiling); an der Decke hängen hang from the ceiling; Schaden am Dach damage to the roof; den Hund an den Zaun binden tie the dog to the fence; jemanden an sich drücken / ziehen embrace s.o. / pull s.o. to one(‘s breast); er ging an i-r rechten / i-e rechte Seite he was walking on her right (side); an die frische Luft gehen get a breath of fresh air; es am Herzen / an der Lunge haben have heart / lung trouble

3. (+ Akk/Dat) (neben) by, next to; (nahe) by, near; am Wald by the woods; am Kamin ( Tisch) sitzen sit by the fire (at the table); sich ( nahe) an die Tür setzen take a seat next to the door; etw. an den Eingang stellen place s.th. near the entrance; an jemandem vorbeifahren drive past s.o., pass s.o. in the car; Kopf an Kopf neck and neck; Tür an Tür door to door

4. (+ Dat) (bei) at, by; an einer Schule / einem Theater at a school / theat|re (Am. auch -er); jemanden an der Hand führen / nehmen lead / take s.o. by the hand; an der Arbeit sein be at work

5. (+ Dat) (bezüglich, hinsichtlich) in; arm / reich an poor / rich in; jung an Jahren young in years; drei etc. an der Zahl three in number; unerreicht an Schönheit etc. unparalleled in beauty; ist das alles, was Sie an Hemden etc. haben? is that all you have in the way of shirts etc.?

6. fig.: das Leben etc. an sich as such, per se; eine an sich praktikable Lösung a solution, practicable in itself; Geld an sich reicht nicht aus money alone ( oder by itself) will not do; an ( und für) sich (genau genommen) properly speaking; (im Grunde) basically, actually; eine an ( und für) sich gute Idee a basically good ( oder sound) idea; etw. Seltsames etc. an sich (Dat) haben have s.th. odd etc. about it, him etc.; ist etwas an der Sache? is there something to it?; was ist denn an ihm, das dich so ärgert? what is it about him that annoys you so much?; was gefällt dir an ihm? what do you like about him?; es ist nicht an mir etc. zu (+ Inf.) it is not for me ( oder my place) to (+ Inf.)

7. ein Brief an jemanden for ( oder to) s.o.; eine Bitte an jemanden to s.o.; eine Frage an jemanden for ( oder to) s.o.; der Glaube(n) an (+ Akk) faith ( oder belief) in; die Schuld an (+ Dat) the blame for; arbeiten an work on; denken an think of; leiden an suffer from; etc. am, bis und die mit an verbundenen Adjektive, Substantive, Verben etc.

II Adv.

1. von... an from... (on[wards]); von da / nun an from then / now on; von heute an from today (on)

2. London an 19.05 arr. (= arrival) London 19.05 (Am. 7:05 p.m.)

3. das Gas ist an the gas is on; an - aus on - off

4. an die 50 Leute about ( oder roughly) 50 people

5. umg.: mit dem Mantel an wearing his, her etc. coat; ohne Mütze an without a cap; ohne was an umg. with nothing on, in the buff, without a stitch on hum.

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on (Präp.); beside (Präp.); to (Präp.); at (Präp.); upon (Präp.); unto (Präp.);

(angeschaltet) on (Adv.)

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ạn [an]
1. prep +dat

1) (räumlich: wo?) at; (= an etw dran) on

am Haus/Bahnhof — at the house/station

an dieser Schule — at this school

an der Wand stehen — to stand by the wall

am Fenster sitzen — to sit at or by the window

am Tatort — at the scene of the crime

an der Tür/Wand — on the door/wall

an der Donau/Autobahn/am Ufer/am Rhein — by or (direkt an gelegen) on the Danube/motorway/bank/Rhine

Frankfurt an der Oder — Frankfurt on (the) Oder

an etw hängen (lit) — to hang from or on sth

zu nahe an etw stehen — to be too near to sth

etw an etw festmachen — to fasten sth to sth

jdn an der Hand nehmen — to take sb by the hand

oben am Berg — up the mountain

unten am Fluss — down by the river

sie wohnen Tür an Tür — they live next door to one another, they are next-door neighbours (Brit) or neighbors (US)

Haus an Haus — one house after the other

Laden an Laden — one shop after the other

an etw vorbeigehen — to go past sth, to pass sth

See:

→ am, Bord, Land etc

2) (zeitlich) on

an diesem Abend — (on) that evening

am Tag zuvor — the day before, the previous day

an dem Abend, als ich... — the evening I...

an Ostern/Weihnachten (dial) — at Easter/Christmas

See:

→ am

3) (fig) siehe auch Substantive, Adjektive, Verben

jung an Jahren sein — to be young in years

fünf an der Zahl — five in number

jdn an etw erkennen — to recognize sb by sth

der Mangel/das Angebot an Waren — the lack/choice of goods

an etw arbeiten/schreiben/kauen — to be working on/writing/chewing sth

an etw sterben/leiden — to die of/suffer from sth

was haben Sie an Weinen da? — what wines do you have?

unübertroffen an Qualität — unsurpassed in quality

an etw schuld sein — to be to blame for sth

an der ganzen Sache ist nichts — there is nothing in it

es an der Leber etc haben (inf) — to have trouble with one's liver etc, to have liver etc trouble

was findet sie an dem Mann? — what does she see in that man?

sie hat etwas an sich, das... — there is something about her that...

es ist an ihm, etwas zu tun (geh) — it's up to him to do something

2. prep +acc

1) (räumlich: wohin?) to; (= gegen) on, against

etw an die Wand/Tafel schreiben — to write sth on the wall/blackboard

die Zweige reichten ( bis) an den Boden/mein Fenster — the branches reached down to the ground/up to my window

etw an etw hängen — to hang sth on sth

er ging ans Fenster — he went (over) to the window

An den Vorsitzenden... (bei Anschrift) — The Chairman...

ans Telefon gehen — to answer the phone

See:

→ bis, Bord, Land

2)

(zeitlich: woran?) an die Zukunft/Vergangenheit denken — to think of the future/past

bis an mein Lebensende — to the end of my days

3) (fig) siehe auch Substantive, Adjektive, Verben

an die Arbeit gehen — to get down to work

an jdn/etw glauben — to believe in sb/sth

ich habe eine Bitte/Frage an Sie — I have a request to make of you/question to ask you

an ( und für) sich — actually

eine an ( und für) sich gute Idee — actually quite a good idea, as such quite a good idea

wie war es? – an (und für) sich ganz schön — how was it? – on the whole it was quite nice

See:

→ ab

3. adv

1) (= ungefähr) about

an (die) hundert — about a hundred

2)

(Ankunftszeit) Frankfurt an: 18.30 Uhr — arriving Frankfurt 18.30

3)

von diesem Ort an — from here onwards

von diesem Tag an — from this day on(wards)

von heute an — from today onwards

4) (inf = angeschaltet, angezogen) on

Licht an! — lights on!

ohne etwas an — with nothing on, without anything on

See:

→ an sein

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1) (touching or in contact with: He stood with his back against the wall; The rain beat against the window.) against

2) at

3) (used to indicate a cause or reason: He is suffering from a cold.) from

4) (used to show a cause: She died of hunger.) of

5) (at or during a certain day, time etc: on Monday; On his arrival, he went straight to bed.) on

6) on

7) (near or beside: a shop on the main road.) on

8) (( also adjective) (of electric light, machines etc) working: The television is on; Turn/Switch the light on.) on

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an

[an]

I. präp

1. +dat (direkt bei) at

der Knopf \an der Maschine the button on the machine

nahe \an der Autobahn close to the motorway [or AM freeway]

\an dieser Stelle in this place, on this spot

2. +dat (in Berührung mit) on

er nahm sie \an der Hand he took her by the hand

3. +dat (auf/bei) at

sie ist am Finanzamt she works for the Inland Revenue

4. +dat (zur Zeit von) on

\an den Abenden in the evenings

\an jenem Morgen that morning

\an Weihnachten at Christmas; (25. Dezember) on Christmas Day

5. +dat (verbunden mit einer S./Person) about

das Angenehme/Besondere/Schwierige \an etw the nice [or pleasant]/special/difficult thing about sth

was ist \an ihm so besonders? what's so special about him?

das gefällt mir gar nicht \an ihr I don't like that about her at all

6. +dat (nebeneinander)

Tür \an Tür wohnen to be next-door neighbours [or AM -ors]

in der Altstadt steht Haus \an Haus dicht beieinander in the old town the houses are very close together

die Zuschauer standen dicht \an dicht the spectators were packed close together

7. + dat SCHWEIZ (auf) on; (bei) at; (in) in

das kam gestern am Fernsehen it was on television yesterday

8. + akk räumlich

sie ging \ans Klavier she went to the piano

er setzte sich \an den Tisch he sat down at the table

die Hütte war \an den Fels gebaut the hut was built on the rocks

bis \an etw reichen to reach as far as sth

pflanze den Baum nicht zu dicht \ans Haus don't plant the tree too close to the house

er schrieb etw \an die Tafel he wrote sth on the board

etw \an etw lehnen to lean sth against sth

er setzte sich gleich \an den Computer he went straight to the computer

9. +akk (sich wendend) to

\an das Telefon gehen to answer the telephone

\an dieses Gerät lasse ich keinen ran! I won't let anybody touch this equipment!

10. +akk zeitlich (sich bis zu etw erstreckend) of, about

sie dachten nicht \an Morgen they didn't think about [or of] tomorrow

kannst du dich noch \an früher erinnern? can you still remember the old days?

11. + akk SCHWEIZ (zu) to

12.

▶ \an [und für] sich actually

▶ \an jdm/etw vorbei past; s.a. ab

II. adv

1. (ungefähr)

▪ \an die... about, approximately

2. (Ankunftszeit) arriving at

3. ELEK (fam: angeschaltet) on

\an sein to be on; Licht a. to be burning

4. (fam: angezogen) on

ohne etwas \an with nothing on

5. (zeitlich)

von etw \an from sth on [or onwards]

von seiner Kindheit \an from the time he was a child

von jetzt \an from now on

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1.
Präposition mit Dat

1) (räumlich) at; (auf) on

an einem Ort — at a place

an der Wand hängen — be hanging on the wall

an der Wand stehen — stand by or against the wall

an der Mosel/Donau liegen — be [situated] on the Moselle/Danube

Frankfurt an der Oder — Frankfurt on [the] Oder

an etwas lehnen — lean against something

Tür an Tür — next door to one another

2) (zeitlich) on

an jedem Sonntag — every Sunday

an dem Abend, als er... — [on] the evening he...

an Ostern — (bes. südd.) at Easter

3) (bei bestimmten Substantiven, Adjektiven und Verben)

arm/reich an Vitaminen — low/rich in vitamins

jemanden an etwas erkennen — recognize somebody by something

ein Mangel an etwas — a shortage of something

an etwas leiden — suffer from something

es an der Leber haben — have liver trouble

an einer Krankheit sterben — die of a disease

es ist an ihm, das zu tun — it is up to him to do it

er hat etwas an sich — there ist something about him

4)

an [und für] sich — (eigentlich) actually
2.
Präposition mit Akk

1) to; (auf, gegen) on

etwas an jemanden schicken — send something to somebody

etwas an etwas hängen — hang something on something

2) (bei bestimmten Substantiven, Adjektiven und Verben)

an etwas/jemanden glauben — believe in something/somebody

an etwas denken — think of something

sich an etwas erinnern — remember or recall something

an die Arbeit gehen — get down to work

einen Gruß an jemanden ausrichten lassen — send greetings to somebody

ich konnte kaum an mich halten vor Lachen/Ärger — I could hardly contain myself for laughing/hardly contain my anger
3.
Adverb

1) (Verkehrsw.)

Köln an: 9.15 — arriving Cologne 09.15

2) (ugs.): (in Betrieb) on

die Waschmaschine/der Fernseher/das Licht/das Gas ist an — the washing machine/television/light/gas is on

Scheinwerfer an! — spotlights on!

3) (ugs.): (ungefähr) around; about

an [die] 20 000 Euro — around or about 20,000 euros; s. auch ab 2. 4); von 1. 1), 2)

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an

A. präp

1. (+dat) zeitlich: on;

an Ostern/Weihnachten at Easter/Christmas;

an einem schönen Sonntagabend on a pleasant Sunday evening;

an jenem Morgen on that morning;

an dem Tag, als … on the day when …;

es ist an der Zeit it’s about time

2. (+dat) örtlich: at, on; Richtung: to;

an der Grenze at the border;

am Himmel in the sky;

an einem Ort in a place;

an seinem Platz in its place;

an der Themse on the Thames;

an erster Stelle in the first place;

an Bord on board;

an Deck on deck;

an Land on land;

am/ans Fenster at/to the window;

an der/die Wand (lehnen[d]) against the wall; (hängen[d]) on the wall;

eine Lampe an die Decke hängen hang a lamp (from the ceiling);

an der Decke hängen hang from the ceiling;

Schaden am Dach damage to the roof;

den Hund an den Zaun binden tie the dog to the fence;

jemanden an sich drücken/ziehen embrace sb/pull sb to one(’s breast);

er ging an i-r rechten/i-e rechte Seite he was walking on her right (side);

an die frische Luft gehen get a breath of fresh air;

es am Herzen/an der Lunge haben have heart/lung trouble

3. (+akk/dat) (neben) by, next to; (nahe) by, near;

am Wald by the woods;

am Kamin (Tisch) sitzen sit by the fire (at the table);

sich (nahe) an die Tür setzen take a seat next to the door;

etwas an den Eingang stellen place sth near the entrance;

an jemandem vorbeifahren drive past sb, pass sb in the car;

Kopf an Kopf neck and neck;

Tür an Tür door to door

4. (+dat) (bei) at, by;

an einer Schule/einem Theater at a school/theatre (US auch -er);

jemanden an der Hand führen/nehmen lead/take sb by the hand;

an der Arbeit sein be at work

5. (+dat) (bezüglich, hinsichtlich) in;

arm/reich an poor/rich in;

jung an Jahren young in years;

drei etc

an der Zahl three in number;

unerreicht an Schönheit etc unparalleled in beauty;

ist das alles, was Sie an Hemden etc

haben? is that all you have in the way of shirts etc?

6. fig: das Leben etc

an sich as such, per se;

eine an sich praktikable Lösung a solution, practicable in itself;

Geld an sich reicht nicht aus money alone ( oder by itself) will not do;

an (und für) sich (genau genommen) properly speaking; (im Grunde) basically, actually;

eine an (und für) sich gute Idee a basically good ( oder sound) idea;

etwas Seltsames etc

an sich (dat)

haben have sth odd etc about it, him etc;

ist etwas an der Sache? is there something to it?;

was ist denn an ihm, das dich so ärgert? what is it about him that annoys you so much?;

was gefällt dir an ihm? what do you like about him?;

es ist nicht an mir etc

zu (+inf) it is not for me ( oder my place) to (+inf)

7. ein Brief

an jemanden for ( oder to) sb;

eine Bitte

an jemanden to sb;

eine Frage

an jemanden for ( oder to) sb;

der Glaube(n) an (+akk) faith ( oder belief) in;

die Schuld an (+dat) the blame for;

arbeiten an work on;

denken an think of;

leiden an suffer from; etc → am, bis und die mit an verbundenen Adjektive, Substantive, Verben etc

B. adv

1.

von … an from … (on[wards]);

von da/nun an from then/now on;

von heute an from today (on)

2.

London an 19.05 arr. (= arrival) London 19.05 (US 7:05 p.m.)

3.

das Gas ist an the gas is on;

an - aus on - off

4.

an die 50 Leute about ( oder roughly) 50 people

5. umg:

mit dem Mantel an wearing his, her etc coat;

ohne Mütze an without a cap;

ohne was an umg with nothing on, in the buff, without a stitch on hum

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1.
Präposition mit Dat

1) (räumlich) at; (auf) on

an einem Ort — at a place

an der Wand hängen — be hanging on the wall

an der Wand stehen — stand by or against the wall

an der Mosel/Donau liegen — be [situated] on the Moselle/Danube

Frankfurt an der Oder — Frankfurt on [the] Oder

an etwas lehnen — lean against something

Tür an Tür — next door to one another

2) (zeitlich) on

an jedem Sonntag — every Sunday

an dem Abend, als er... — [on] the evening he...

an Ostern — (bes. südd.) at Easter

3) (bei bestimmten Substantiven, Adjektiven und Verben)

arm/reich an Vitaminen — low/rich in vitamins

jemanden an etwas erkennen — recognize somebody by something

ein Mangel an etwas — a shortage of something

an etwas leiden — suffer from something

es an der Leber haben — have liver trouble

an einer Krankheit sterben — die of a disease

es ist an ihm, das zu tun — it is up to him to do it

er hat etwas an sich — there ist something about him

4)

an [und für] sich — (eigentlich) actually
2.
Präposition mit Akk

1) to; (auf, gegen) on

etwas an jemanden schicken — send something to somebody

etwas an etwas hängen — hang something on something

2) (bei bestimmten Substantiven, Adjektiven und Verben)

an etwas/jemanden glauben — believe in something/somebody

an etwas denken — think of something

sich an etwas erinnern — remember or recall something

an die Arbeit gehen — get down to work

einen Gruß an jemanden ausrichten lassen — send greetings to somebody

ich konnte kaum an mich halten vor Lachen/Ärger — I could hardly contain myself for laughing/hardly contain my anger
3.
Adverb

1) (Verkehrsw.)

Köln an: 9.15 — arriving Cologne 09.15

2) (ugs.): (in Betrieb) on

die Waschmaschine/der Fernseher/das Licht/das Gas ist an — the washing machine/television/light/gas is on

Scheinwerfer an! — spotlights on!

3) (ugs.): (ungefähr) around; about

an [die] 20 000 Euro — around or about 20,000 euros; s. auch ab 2. 4); von 1. 1), 2)

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präp.

at prep.

by prep.

in prep.

on prep.

to prep.

Deutsch-Englisch Wörterbuch > an
13 mezcla

f.

1 mixture.

una mezcla explosiva an explosive combination (de personalidades, factores)

una mezcla de tabacos a blend of tobaccos

2 mixing.

3 mix (Music).

4 dough, kneading.

5 mortar, plaster.

6 crossbreed, mixing.

pres.indicat.

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

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mezcla

► nombre femenino

1 (acción) mixing, blending

2 (producto) mixture, blend

3 (de película etc) mixing

4 (textil) mixed fibres

■ una falda de mezcla a skirt made from mixed fibres

5 (argamasa) mortar

\

FRASEOLOGÍA

mezcla de razas mixture of races

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noun f.

mix, mixture, blend

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SF

1) (=acción) [de ingredientes, colores] mixing; [de razas, culturas] mixing; [de sonidos] mixing; [de cafés, tabacos, whiskies] blending

la mezcla de lo dulce y lo amargo — mixing sweet and sour flavours
mesa 1)
2) (=resultado) [de ingredientes, colores] mixture; [de razas, culturas] mix; [de cafés, tabacos, whiskies] blend

añade más agua a la mezcla — add some more water to the mixture

sin mezcla — [sustancia] pure; [gasolina] unadulterated

costumbres transmitidas sin mezcla de influencias externas — customs passed on without any external influence

mezcla explosiva — (lit) explosive mixture; (fig) lethal combination

los dos hermanos formaban una mezcla explosiva — the two brothers formed a lethal combination

3) (Mús) mix

4) (Constr) mortar

5) (Cos) blend, mix

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femenino

1) ( proceso)

a) ( de productos) mixing; (de vinos, tabacos, cafés) blending

b) (de razas, culturas) mixing

estos perros son producto de una mezcla — these dogs are crossbreeds

c) (Audio) mixing

2)

a) ( combinación de - productos) mixture; (- vinos, tabacos, cafés) blend; (- tejidos) mix

una mezcla de distintos colores — a combination o mixture of different colors

b) (de razas, culturas) mix

c) (Audio) mix

•

- mezcla explosiva

* * *

= admixture, amalgam, blend, mix, mixing, mixture, alchemy, concoction, combination, potpourri, conflation, cocktail, recombination, bringing together, meld, mishmash, melange.

Ex. No 'bona fide' author will wish to exhibit reduced output efficiency due to admixture with false authorship.

Ex. Nevertheless, modern cataloguing practices often represent some amalgam of the collocative and the direct approaches.

Ex. Thus in index or catalogue or data base design the indexer must choose an appropriate blend of recall and precision for each individual application.

Ex. There are important employment opportunities available to people equipped with the right mix of skills and experience.

Ex. This article describes the architecture and the main features of DOMINO, a multimedia information retrieval system whose data base is a collection of multimedia documents (MDs) constituted of a mixing of texts and images.

Ex. When used by skilled abstractors this mixture of styles can achieve the maximum transmission of information, within a minimum length.

Ex. This is a specialist service calling for a unique alchemy of librarian and computing skills.

Ex. Statistics show black family life to be an appalling concoction of poverty, shooting and rampant teenage pregnancy.

Ex. The software can search each field or a combination of fields.

Ex. This center holds one of the most significant collections (dare we call it potpourri?) of science, natural history, art, history, and culture in the world = Este centre posee uno de las colecciones (¿o quizás popurrí?) más significativas de la ciencia, historia natural, arte, historia y cultura del mundo.

Ex. It found differences in the abbreviations used and other stylistic matters (mainly due to language differences) but was able to propose a conflation of the descriptions that formed the basis of what became the SBD and later the ISBD.

Ex. He rightly characterizes his book as a ' cocktail of personal and public observations.

Ex. These genomes are inherited in strictly lineal fashion, without recombination.

Ex. I have already mentioned that the bringing together of the various editions is the real problem.

Ex. The article is entitled 'Scholars and media: an unmixable mess of oil and water or a perfect meld of oil and vinegar?'.

Ex. We follow a mishmash of characters as they move through their unfortunate life without felicity.

Ex. There were space cadets, aimless women -- the melange was incredible.

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* hacer mezcla = mix + cement.

* mezcla de lluvia helada y aguanieve = wint(e)ry mix, wint(e)ry shower.

* mezcla heterogénea = mixed bag.

* que mezcla sensaciones = synesthetic, cross-sensory.

* sin mezcla = unmixed.

* una mezcla de = a mixture of, a blend of, a mix of, a rollup of.

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femenino

1) ( proceso)

a) ( de productos) mixing; (de vinos, tabacos, cafés) blending

b) (de razas, culturas) mixing

estos perros son producto de una mezcla — these dogs are crossbreeds

c) (Audio) mixing

2)

a) ( combinación de - productos) mixture; (- vinos, tabacos, cafés) blend; (- tejidos) mix

una mezcla de distintos colores — a combination o mixture of different colors

b) (de razas, culturas) mix

c) (Audio) mix

•

- mezcla explosiva

* * *

= admixture, amalgam, blend, mix, mixing, mixture, alchemy, concoction, combination, potpourri, conflation, cocktail, recombination, bringing together, meld, mishmash, melange.

Ex: No 'bona fide' author will wish to exhibit reduced output efficiency due to admixture with false authorship.

Ex: Nevertheless, modern cataloguing practices often represent some amalgam of the collocative and the direct approaches.

Ex: Thus in index or catalogue or data base design the indexer must choose an appropriate blend of recall and precision for each individual application.

Ex: There are important employment opportunities available to people equipped with the right mix of skills and experience.

Ex: This article describes the architecture and the main features of DOMINO, a multimedia information retrieval system whose data base is a collection of multimedia documents (MDs) constituted of a mixing of texts and images.

Ex: When used by skilled abstractors this mixture of styles can achieve the maximum transmission of information, within a minimum length.

Ex: This is a specialist service calling for a unique alchemy of librarian and computing skills.

Ex: Statistics show black family life to be an appalling concoction of poverty, shooting and rampant teenage pregnancy.

Ex: The software can search each field or a combination of fields.

Ex: This center holds one of the most significant collections (dare we call it potpourri?) of science, natural history, art, history, and culture in the world = Este centre posee uno de las colecciones (¿o quizás popurrí?) más significativas de la ciencia, historia natural, arte, historia y cultura del mundo.

Ex: It found differences in the abbreviations used and other stylistic matters (mainly due to language differences) but was able to propose a conflation of the descriptions that formed the basis of what became the SBD and later the ISBD.

Ex: He rightly characterizes his book as a ' cocktail of personal and public observations.

Ex: These genomes are inherited in strictly lineal fashion, without recombination.

Ex: I have already mentioned that the bringing together of the various editions is the real problem.

Ex: The article is entitled 'Scholars and media: an unmixable mess of oil and water or a perfect meld of oil and vinegar?'.

Ex: We follow a mishmash of characters as they move through their unfortunate life without felicity.

Ex: There were space cadets, aimless women -- the melange was incredible.

* hacer mezcla = mix + cement.

* mezcla de lluvia helada y aguanieve = wint(e)ry mix, wint(e)ry shower.

* mezcla heterogénea = mixed bag.

* que mezcla sensaciones = synesthetic, cross-sensory.

* sin mezcla = unmixed.

* una mezcla de = a mixture of, a blend of, a mix of, a rollup of.

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mezcla

feminine

A (proceso)

1 (de productos) mixing; (de vinos, tabacos, cafés) blending

2 (de razas, culturas) mixing

estos perros son producto de una mezcla these dogs are crossbreeds

3 ( Audio) mixing

B (combinación)

1 (de productos) mixture; (de vinos, tabacos, cafés) blend; (de tejidos) mix

añadir cuatro cucharadas de azúcar a la mezcla add four spoonfuls of sugar to the mixture

es una mezcla de distintos colores it is a combination o mixture of different colors

no me gusta la mezcla de dulce y salado I don't like mixing sweet and savory things

habla una mezcla de inglés y francés he speaks a mixture of English and French

2 (de razas, culturas) mix

3 ( Audio) mix

4 ( Const) mortar

Compuesto:

mezcla explosiva

( Arm) explosive mixture

este cóctel es una mezcla explosiva ( hum); this is a lethal cocktail ( hum)

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Del verbo mezclar: ( conjugate mezclar)

mezcla es:

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

2ª persona singular (tú) imperativo

Multiple Entries:
mezcla
mezclar
mezcla sustantivo femenino
1 ( proceso)
a) ( en general) mixing

b) (de vinos, tabacos, cafés) blending

2 ( combinación )
a) ( de cosas diversas) mixture;

(de vinos, tabacos, cafés) blend;
( de tejidos) mix;
◊ una mezcla de harina y azúcar a mixture of flour and sugar

b) (de razas, culturas) mix

c) (Audio) mix

mezclar ( conjugate mezclar) verbo transitivo
1
a) ( combinar) to mix;

mezcla algo con algo to mix sth with sth
b) ‹café/vino/tabaco› to blend

2 ‹documentos/ropa› to mix up, get … mixed up;
mezcla algo con algo to get sth mixed up with sth
3 ( involucrar) mezcla a algn en algo to get sb mixed up o involved in sth
mezclarse verbo pronominal
1
a) ( involucrarse) mezclase en algo to get mixed up o involved in sth

b) ( tener trato con) mezclase con algn to mix with sb

2 [razas/culturas] to mix
mezcla sustantivo femenino
1 (acción) mixing, blending
Rad Cine mixing
2 (producto) mixture, blend: me gusta esta mezcla de cafés, I like this blend of coffee
Audio mix
Text mix
una mezcla de seda y lino, a silk/linen mix
mezclar verbo transitivo
1 (combinar, amalgamar) to mix, blend: no me gusta mezclar a los amigos, I don't like to mix my friends
2 (algo ordenado antes) to mix up: mezcló sus cosas con las tuyas, he got his things mixed up with yours
3 (involucrar) to involve, mix up
' mezcla' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
barro
- consistente
- expandirse
- homogeneizar
- spanglish
- consistencia
- contenido
- homogéneo
- mezclilla
- puro
English:
add in
- blend
- cross
- mix
- mixture
- Spanglish
- stand
- medley
- mixed

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mezcla nf

1. [de materiales, productos] [resultado] mixture, combination;
[acción] mixing;
una mezcla de tabacos/whiskys a blend of tobaccos/whiskies;

el verde es resultado de la mezcla del azul y del amarillo green is the result of mixing blue and yellow;

cuando hierva la leche, añádala a la mezcla when the milk boils, add it to the mixture;

es una mezcla de comedia y tragedia it's a mixture of comedy and tragedy

2. [de culturas, pueblos] [resultado] mixture;
[acción] mixing
3. [tejido] mix

4. Mús & TV [resultado] mix;
[acción] mixing;
mesa de mezclas mixing desk, mixer

5. mezcla explosiva explosive mixture;
Fig
la mezcla explosiva de alcohol y drogas the explosive combination of alcohol and drugs

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mezcla

f

1 mixture; de tabaco, café etc blend

2 acto mixing; de tabaco, café etc blending

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mezcla nf

1) : mixing

2) : mixture, blend

3) : mortar (masonry material)

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mezcla n

1. (en general) mixture

2. (de tabaco) blend

3. (de personas) mix

Spanish-English dictionary > mezcla
14 acordar

v.

1 to agree (on) (ponerse de acuerdo en).

acordar hacer algo to agree to do something

acordaron que lo harían they agreed to do it

Ellos acordaron sin problemas They agreed without problem.

2 to award. ( Latin American Spanish)

3 to remind. ( Latin American Spanish)

acuérdame de llamar remind me to call

4 to agree on, to decide, to agree to, to agree upon.

Ellos acuerdan un procedimiento They agree on a procedure.

Ellos acordaron cercar el terreno They agreed to fence the land.

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acordar

Conjugation model [ CONTAR], like link=contar contar

► verbo transitivo

1 to agree

2 (decidir) to decide

3 (conciliar) to reconcile

4 MÚSICA to tune

► verbo pronominal acordarse

1 to remember (de, -)

■ no se acuerda de nada she can't remember anything

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verb

to agree, resolve

- acordarse

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1. VT

1) (=decidir) [+ precio, fecha] to agree, agree on

eso no es lo que acordamos — that is not what we agreed

han acordado la suspensión provisional de las obras — it was agreed that the works should be suspended temporarily

• acordar hacer algo — to agree to do sth

acordaron retrasar la reunión — they agreed to put back the meeting

• acordar que — to agree that

acordamos que nadie saliera de la sala — we agreed that no one should leave the room

2) [+ opiniones] to reconcile; [+ instrumentos] to tune; [+ colores] to blend, harmonize

3) (=recordar)

acordar algo a algn — †† to remind sb of sth

acordar a algn de hacer algo, acordar a algn que haga algo — And, Chile to remind sb to do sth

4) LAm (=conceder) to grant, accord frm

2.

VI

• acordar con algo — to go with sth, match sth

3.

See:

acordarse

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1.
verbo transitivo

1) < términos> to agree; <precio/fecha> to agree (on)

2) (esp AmL frml) < premio> to award

3) ( recordar)

acordarle a alguien de + inf/que + subj — (Andes) to remind somebody to + inf

háganme acordar de llamarlo — (RPl) remind me to phone him
2.
acordarse v pron to remember

si mal no me acuerdo — if I remember right

acordarse de alguien/algo — to remember somebody/something

no quiero ni acordarme — I don't even want to think about it

acordarse de + inf — (de una acción que hay/había que realizar) to remember to + inf; ( de una acción que ya se realizó) to remember o recall -ing

acuérdate de dárselo — remember o don't forget to give it to him

se acordó de haberlo visto allí — she remembered o recalled seeing him there

acordarse (de) que... — to remember that...

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= concert.

Ex. Such modifications should be concerted, and not left to the whims and caprices of individual classifiers.

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* acordar sobre = agree (on/upon).

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1.
verbo transitivo

1) < términos> to agree; <precio/fecha> to agree (on)

2) (esp AmL frml) < premio> to award

3) ( recordar)

acordarle a alguien de + inf/que + subj — (Andes) to remind somebody to + inf

háganme acordar de llamarlo — (RPl) remind me to phone him
2.
acordarse v pron to remember

si mal no me acuerdo — if I remember right

acordarse de alguien/algo — to remember somebody/something

no quiero ni acordarme — I don't even want to think about it

acordarse de + inf — (de una acción que hay/había que realizar) to remember to + inf; ( de una acción que ya se realizó) to remember o recall -ing

acuérdate de dárselo — remember o don't forget to give it to him

se acordó de haberlo visto allí — she remembered o recalled seeing him there

acordarse (de) que... — to remember that...

* * *

= concert.

Ex: Such modifications should be concerted, and not left to the whims and caprices of individual classifiers.

* acordar sobre = agree (on/upon).

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acordar [ A10 ]

vt

A (convenir) to agree

acordaron los términos del contrato they agreed the terms of the contract

se acordó reanudar las conversaciones it was agreed that discussions should be restarted

acordaron que los gastos correrían por cuenta de la empresa they agreed that the costs would be met by the company

B ( esp AmL frml) ‹premio› to award

la distinción le fue acordada por decisión unánime the decision to award him the honor o to confer the honor on him was unanimous

C

(recordar): háganme acordar de llamarlo ( RPl); remind me to phone him

acuérdeme de llamarlo/de que hay que comprar pan ( Andes); remind me to phone him/that we have to buy some bread

■ acordarse

v pron

to remember

no me acuerdo or no me puedo acordar I don't o can't remember

si mal no me acuerdo fue un jueves if I remember right it was a Thursday

acordarse DE algn/algo to remember sb/sth

¿no te acuerdas de Elena? don't you remember Elena?

no quiero ni acordarme de lo que pasó I don't even want to think about what happened

si lo vuelves a hacer te vas a acordar de mí ( fam); if you do it again I'll give you something to remember me by o I'll teach you a lesson o you'll be sorry ( colloq)

acordarse DE + INF (de una acción que hay/había que realizar) to remember to + INF; (de una acción que ya se realizó) to remember o recall -ING

acuérdate de dárselo remember to give it to him

ni me acordé de decírselo I completely forgot to tell him

se acordó de haberlo visto allí she remembered o recalled seeing him there, she remembered o recalled having seen him there

no me acuerdo de haber dicho semejante cosa I don't remember o recall saying such a thing

acordarse ( DE) QUE … to remember THAT …

¿te acordaste (de) que me lo había llevado? did you remember that I'd taken it?

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acordar ( conjugate acordar) verbo transitivo ‹ términos› to agree;
‹precio/fecha› to agree (on)
■ verbo intransitivo (Andes) ( recordar) acordarle a algn de hacer algo/que haga algo to remind sb to do sth
acordarse verbo pronominal
to remember;
◊ si mal no me acuerdo if I remember right;

acordarse de algn/algo to remember sb/sth;
no quiero ni acordarme I don't even want to think about it;
acordarse de hacer algo (de una acción que hay/había que realizar) to remember to do sth;

( de una acción que ya se realizó) to remember o recall doing sth;
◊ se acordó de haberlo visto allí she remembered o recalled seeing him there;

acordarse (de) que … to remember that …
acordar verbo transitivo to agree: los sindicatos acordaron convocar una huelga, the trade unions agreed to call a strike ➣ Ver nota en agree

' acordar' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
apalabrar
- concertar
- convenir
- fijar
- negociar
- quedar
- tregua
English:
agree
- set
- settle
- think

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acordar

♦ vt

1. [ponerse de acuerdo en] to agree (on);

acordar hacer algo to agree to do sth;

acordaron que lo harían they agreed to do it;

el Consejo de Ministros acordó los nuevos precios de la gasolina the Cabinet fixed o set the new petrol prices

2. Am [conceder] to award

3. Am [recordar] to remind;

acuérdame de llamar a mi madre, RP [m5] haceme acordar que llame a mi madre remind me to call my mother

♦ vi

to go together

♦ See also the pronominal verb acordarse

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acordar

v/t agree;

lo acordado what was agreed

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acordar {19} vt

1) : to agree on

2) otorgar: to award, to bestow

♦ See also the reflexive verb acordarse

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acordar vb to agree

acordamos vernos luego we agreed to see each other later

Spanish-English dictionary > acordar
15 retirar

v.

1 to remove.

me ha retirado el saludo he's not speaking to me

2 to force to retire (jubilar) (a deportista).

una lesión lo retiró de la alta competición an injury forced him to retire from top-flight competition

3 to pick up, to collect.

puede pasar a retirar sus fotos el jueves you can pick your photos up o collect your photos on Thursday

4 to take back (retractarse de).

¡retira eso que o lo que dijiste! take that back!, take back what you said!

5 to withdraw, to draw off, to draw out, to retire.

Retiramos nuestro dinero We withdrew our money.

6 to call in, to call back.

La fábrica retiró diez piezas malas The factory called in ten damaged units.

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retirar

► verbo transitivo

1 (apartar - gen) to take away, remove; (- un mueble) to move away

2 (un carnet) to take away

3 (algo dicho) to take back

4 (dinero, ley, moneda) to withdraw

5 (jubilar) to retire

► verbo pronominal retirarse

1 MILITAR to retreat, withdraw

2 (apartarse del mundo) to go into seclusion

3 (apartarse) to withdraw, draw back, move back

■ retírate, no veo move back, I can't see

4 (alejarse) to move away

■ retírate de la ventana, te van a ver move away from the window, they'll see you

5 (marcharse) to leave

■ cuando acabó, se retiró when he finished, he left

6 (irse a descansar) to retire

■ se retiró a su habitación she retired to her bedroom

7 (jubilarse) to retire

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FRASEOLOGÍA

no se retire (al teléfono) hold on, don't hang up

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verb

1) to take away, remove

2) withdraw

•

- retirarse

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1. VT

1) [+ acusación, apoyo, subvención] to withdraw; [+ demanda] to withdraw, take back

han retirado su apoyo al Gobierno — they have withdrawn their support for the Government

les retiraron las subvenciones — they had their subsidies taken away o withdrawn

retiró su candidatura a la Presidencia — he stood down from the presidential election, he withdrew his candidacy for the presidency

la mayoría del electorado le ha retirado la confianza — he has lost the confidence o trust of the majority of the electorate

retirar la palabra a algn — to stop speaking to sb

retirar el saludo a algn — to stop saying hello to sb

2) [+ moneda, sello] to withdraw (from circulation); [+ autobús, avión] to withdraw (from service)

estos aviones serán retirados de o del servicio — these planes are to be withdrawn from service

el producto fue retirado del mercado — the product was withdrawn from the market o taken off the market

3) [+ permiso, carnet, pasaporte] to withdraw, take away

le han retirado el permiso de conducir — he's had his driving licence taken away

4) [+ dinero] to withdraw

fui a retirar dinero de la cuenta — I went to withdraw some money from my account

5) [+ tropas] to withdraw; [+ embajador] to recall, withdraw; [+ atleta, caballo] to withdraw, scratch

6) (=quitar) to take away, remove

la camarera retiró las copas — the waitress took the glasses away

le retiraron todos los objetos afilados de la celda — all sharp objects were removed from his cell

7) [+ cabeza, cara] to pull back, pull away; [+ mano] to draw back, withdraw; [+ tentáculo] to draw in

8) (=jubilar) to retire, pension off

2.

See:

retirarse

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1.
verbo transitivo

1)

a) ( quitar) to remove, take away; ( apartar) to move away

retíralo de ahí un poco — move it a bit further away from there

retiró la cacerola del fuego — he removed the saucepan from the heat, he took the saucepan off the heat

el autobús fue retirado del servicio — the bus was withdrawn from service

retirar de la circulación — to withdraw from circulation

b) <cabeza/mano> to pull... back

retiré la mano de la bolsa — I took my hand out of the bag

c) <embajador/tropas> to withdraw, pull out

d) < jugador> to take off, pull... out of the game; <corredor/ciclista> to withdraw, pull out

e) (+ me/te/le etc) < apoyo> to withdraw; <pasaporte/carnet> to withdraw, take away

me retiró la palabra — she stopped speaking to me

2) <afirmaciones/propuesta> to withdraw

retiro lo dicho — I take back what I said

3)

a) (de cuenta, fondo) < dinero> to withdraw

b) ( recoger) <carnet/entradas> to collect
2.
retirarse v pron

1)

a) ( apartarse) to move back o away; ( irse) to leave, withdraw

cuando las aguas se retiraron — when the waters receded

b) ejército/tropas to withdraw, pull out

c) ( irse a dormir) to go to bed, retire (frml)

2) ( jubilarse) to retire; ( de actividad) to withdraw

se retiró de la carrera — ( antes de iniciarse) he pulled out of o withdrew from the race; ( una vez iniciada) he pulled out of o retired from the race

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= pick up, withdraw, retire, take back, perfect, revoke, haul away.

Ex. Then these suggestion can be picked up by the editor, and communicated to the author.

Ex. Thus, all cards corresponding to documents covering 'Curricula' are withdrawn from the pack.

Ex. This article stresses the importance for libraries of making current informationav ailable on AIDS, and of retiring out-of-date information on the subject.

Ex. These are some of the questions the librarian may have to answer: 'Can you recommend a baby-sitter I can trust?', 'How can I stop the hire-purchase company taking back my furniture?', 'Which is the best shoe repairer's in the neighbourhood?'.

Ex. Even the fully-developed rotary, which soon included devices for cutting and folding the paper as well as for printing and perfecting it, remained fundamentally simple.

Ex. I would think that we would still charge for lost and damaged books and that we would revoke borrowing privileges of chronic offenders, or whatever we decide to call them.

Ex. City workers carried out orders to burn some of the library books, while others were buried with the aid of a bulldozer; the remaining books were loaded on trucks and hauled away to trash dumps on the outskirts of the city.

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* retirar del mercado = withdraw from + sale, take off + the market.

* retirar dinero = withdraw + cash.

* retirar paulatinamente = phase out.

* retirarse = retreat, pull back, bow out, draw back, stand down, back out, walk out.

* retirarse a los aposientos de Uno = retire + at night.

* retirarse (de) = pull out of, pull away (from).

* retirarse por cobardía = wimp out (on), wimp, chicken out (on/of).

* retirarse por miedo = wimp out (on), wimp, chicken out (on/of).

* retirar una acusación = drop + a charge.

* retirar una propuesta = withdraw + proposal.

* retirar un libro en préstamo = check out + book.

* sin retirar = uncleared, uncollected.

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1.
verbo transitivo

1)

a) ( quitar) to remove, take away; ( apartar) to move away

retíralo de ahí un poco — move it a bit further away from there

retiró la cacerola del fuego — he removed the saucepan from the heat, he took the saucepan off the heat

el autobús fue retirado del servicio — the bus was withdrawn from service

retirar de la circulación — to withdraw from circulation

b) <cabeza/mano> to pull... back

retiré la mano de la bolsa — I took my hand out of the bag

c) <embajador/tropas> to withdraw, pull out

d) < jugador> to take off, pull... out of the game; <corredor/ciclista> to withdraw, pull out

e) (+ me/te/le etc) < apoyo> to withdraw; <pasaporte/carnet> to withdraw, take away

me retiró la palabra — she stopped speaking to me

2) <afirmaciones/propuesta> to withdraw

retiro lo dicho — I take back what I said

3)

a) (de cuenta, fondo) < dinero> to withdraw

b) ( recoger) <carnet/entradas> to collect
2.
retirarse v pron

1)

a) ( apartarse) to move back o away; ( irse) to leave, withdraw

cuando las aguas se retiraron — when the waters receded

b) ejército/tropas to withdraw, pull out

c) ( irse a dormir) to go to bed, retire (frml)

2) ( jubilarse) to retire; ( de actividad) to withdraw

se retiró de la carrera — ( antes de iniciarse) he pulled out of o withdrew from the race; ( una vez iniciada) he pulled out of o retired from the race

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= pick up, withdraw, retire, take back, perfect, revoke, haul away.

Ex: Then these suggestion can be picked up by the editor, and communicated to the author.

Ex: Thus, all cards corresponding to documents covering 'Curricula' are withdrawn from the pack.

Ex: This article stresses the importance for libraries of making current informationav ailable on AIDS, and of retiring out-of-date information on the subject.

Ex: These are some of the questions the librarian may have to answer: 'Can you recommend a baby-sitter I can trust?', 'How can I stop the hire-purchase company taking back my furniture?', 'Which is the best shoe repairer's in the neighbourhood?'.

Ex: Even the fully-developed rotary, which soon included devices for cutting and folding the paper as well as for printing and perfecting it, remained fundamentally simple.

Ex: I would think that we would still charge for lost and damaged books and that we would revoke borrowing privileges of chronic offenders, or whatever we decide to call them.

Ex: City workers carried out orders to burn some of the library books, while others were buried with the aid of a bulldozer; the remaining books were loaded on trucks and hauled away to trash dumps on the outskirts of the city.

* retirar del mercado = withdraw from + sale, take off + the market.

* retirar dinero = withdraw + cash.

* retirar paulatinamente = phase out.

* retirarse = retreat, pull back, bow out, draw back, stand down, back out, walk out.

* retirarse a los aposientos de Uno = retire + at night.

* retirarse (de) = pull out of, pull away (from).

* retirarse por cobardía = wimp out (on), wimp, chicken out (on/of).

* retirarse por miedo = wimp out (on), wimp, chicken out (on/of).

* retirar una acusación = drop + a charge.

* retirar una propuesta = withdraw + proposal.

* retirar un libro en préstamo = check out + book.

* sin retirar = uncleared, uncollected.

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retirar [A1 ]

vt

A

1 (quitar) to remove, take away; (apartar) to move o take away

retiraron las sillas para que pudiéramos bailar they moved o took away the chairs so that we could dance

el camarero retiró los platos the waiter took o cleared the plates away

retiraron los dos vehículos accidentados the two vehicles involved in the accident were moved out of the way o were removed

los vehículos mal estacionados serán retirados badly-parked vehicles will be towed (away) o removed

sin retirar la tapadera without taking off o removing the lid

retiraremos a nuestro embajador we shall recall o withdraw our ambassador

retirar algo DE algo:

retíralo de la chimenea un poco move it back from the fireplace a little, move it a bit further away from the fire

retiró la cacerola del fuego he removed the saucepan from the heat, he took the saucepan off the heat

retiraron los tres coches de la calzada the three cars were removed from o moved off the road

el autobús tuvo que ser retirado del servicio the bus had to be withdrawn from service

retiró el ejército de la frontera he withdrew the army from the border

serán retirados de la circulación they will be withdrawn from circulation

2 ‹cabeza/mano›

en el último momento retiró la cabeza at the last moment she pulled her head back o away

no intentes retirar la mano don't try to pull your hand back ( o out etc), don't try to remove o withdraw your hand

retirar algo DE algo:

retiré la mano de la bolsa I took my hand out of the bag, I removed o withdrew my hand from the bag

3 «entrenador» ‹jugador› to take off, pull … out of the game; ‹corredor/ciclista› to withdraw, pull out

4 (+ me/te/le etc) ‹apoyo› to withdraw; ‹pasaporte/carnet› to withdraw, take away

me retiró el saludo/la palabra she stopped saying hello to me/speaking to me

B ‹afirmaciones/acusación› to withdraw; ‹candidatura/propuesta› to withdraw

retiro lo dicho I take back o withdraw what I said

C

1 (de una cuenta, un fondo) ‹dinero› to withdraw

2 (recoger) ‹certificado/carnet/entradas› to collect

■ retirarse

v pron

A

1 (apartarse) to move back o away; (irse) to leave, withdraw

me retiré de la puerta para dejarle paso I moved back from o away from o I stood back from the door to let him through

puede retirarse you may go o ( frml) withdraw

el ejército se retiró de la zona the army withdrew from o pulled out of the area

se retiró a un convento he retired o withdrew to a monastery

cuando las aguas se retiraron when the waters receded o retreated

2 (irse a dormir) to go to bed, retire ( frml)

B

1 (jubilarse) to retire

2 (de una actividad) to withdraw

se retiró una semana antes de la votación he withdrew one week before the vote

se retiró de la vida pública she retired o withdrew from public life

se retiró de la carrera/competición (antes de iniciarse) he pulled out of o withdrew from the race/competition; (una vez iniciada) he pulled out of o retired from the race/competition

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retirar ( conjugate retirar) verbo transitivo
1
a) ( quitar) to remove, take away;

( apartar) to move away;
◊ retiró la cacerola del fuego he removed the saucepan from the heat;

retirar de la circulación to withdraw from circulation
b) ‹cabeza/mano› to pull … back

c) ‹embajador/tropas› to withdraw, pull out

d) (+ me/te/le etc) ‹ apoyo› to withdraw;

‹pasaporte/carnet› to withdraw, take away
2 ‹afirmaciones/propuesta› to withdraw;
◊ retiro lo dicho I take back what I said

3 ( de cuenta) ‹ dinero› to withdraw
retirarse verbo pronominal
1
a) ( apartarse) to move back o away;

( irse) to leave, withdraw
b) [ejército/tropas] to withdraw, pull out

c) ( irse a dormir) to go to bed, retire (frml)

2 ( jubilarse) to retire;
( de competición — antes de iniciarse) to withdraw, pull out;
(— una vez iniciada) to pull out
retirar verbo transitivo
1 (de un lugar) to remove, move away: ya hemos retirado todos los muebles, we've already removed all of the furniture
2 (de una actividad) to retire from
3 (una ayuda, dinero) to withdraw
4 (un comentario) to take back: espero que retires esas palabras, I hope you take back those words
5 (el pasaporte, carné) to take away
' retirar' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
quitar
- saludo
- desautorizar
- sacar
English:
draw back
- ex
- ground
- ill health
- phase
- pull out
- recall
- retire
- retract
- take back
- take out
- withdraw
- call
- disengage
- drop
- pull
- reclaim
- take

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retirar

♦ vt

1. [quitar, sacar] to remove (a from); [moneda, producto] to withdraw (de from); [carné, pasaporte] to take away (a from); [ayuda, subvención, apoyo] to withdraw (a from); [ejército, tropas] to withdraw (de from); [embajador] to withdraw, to recall (de from);
retirar dinero del banco/de la cuenta to withdraw money from the bank/one's account;

el entrenador retiró a Claudio del terreno de juego/del equipo the manager took Claudio off/left Claudio out of the team;

me ha retirado el saludo she's not speaking to me

2. [apartar, quitar de en medio] [objeto] to move away;
[nieve] to clear; [mano] to withdraw;
habrá que retirar ese armario de ahí we'll have to move that wardrobe (away) from there;

retira el dedo o te cortarás move your finger back or you'll cut yourself

3. [recoger, llevarse] to pick up, to collect;

puede pasar a retirar sus fotos el jueves you can pick your photos up o collect your photos on Thursday

4. [retractarse de] [insultos, acusaciones, afirmaciones] to take back;
[denuncia] to drop;
¡retira eso que o [m5] lo que dijiste! take that back!, take back what you said!

5. [jubilar] [a empleado] to retire;

una lesión lo retiró de la alta competición an injury forced him to retire from top-flight competition

♦ See also the pronominal verb retirarse

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retirar

v/t silla, obstáculo take away, remove; acusación, dinero withdraw

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retirar vt

1) : to remove, to take away, to recall

2) : to withdraw, to take out

♦ See also the reflexive verb retirarse

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retirar vb

1. (en general) to withdraw [pt. withdrew; pp. withdrawn]

le han retirado el pasaporte his passport has been withdrawn

retiró todo su dinero del banco he withdrew all his money from the bank

retiró la denuncia she withdrew the complaint

retira la olla del fuego remove the pan from the heat

2. (acusación, palabras) to take back [pt. took; pp. taken]

retiro lo dicho I take back what I said

Spanish-English dictionary > retirar
16 querer

m.

love.

v.

1 to want.

quiero una bicicleta I want a bicycle

¿quieren ustedes algo más? would you like anything else?

haz lo que quieras do what you want o like, do as you please o like

querer que alguien haga algo to want somebody to do something

quiero que lo hagas tú I want you to do it

queremos que las cosas te vayan bien we want things to go well for you

quisiera hacerlo, pero… I'd like to do it, but…

¡qué quieres que haga! what am I supposed to do?

qué quieres que te diga, a mí me parece caro to be honest, it seems expensive to me, what can I say? it seems expensive to me

ven cuando quieras come whenever you like o want

no me voy porque no quiero I'm not going because I don't want to

queriendo on purpose

sin querer accidentally

querer decir to mean

¿qué quieres decir con eso? what do you mean by that?

querer es poder where there's a will there's a way

Quiero paz I want peace.

Quiero un taxi I need a taxi.

2 to love.

te quiero I love you

Yo quiero a mi esposo I love my husband.

3 to want to, to be willing to, to desire to, to have a desire to.

Quiero estudiar I want to study.

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QUERER

CONJUGACIÓN

Present Indicative

quiero, quieres, quiere, queremos, queréis, quieren.

Past Indicative

quise, quisiste, quiso, quisimos, quisisteis, quisieron.

Future Indicative

querré, querrás, querrá, querremos, querréis, querrán.

Conditional

querría, querrías, querría, querríamos, querríais, querrían.

Present Subjunctive

quiera, quieras, quiera, queramos, queráis, quieran.

Imperfect Subjunctive

quisiera, quisieras, quisiera, quisiéramos, quisierais, quisieran;

quisiese, quisieses, quisiese, quisiésemos, quisieseis, quisiesen.

Future Subjunctive

quisiere, quisieres, quisiere, quisiéremos, quisiereis, quisieren.

Imperative

quiere (tú), quiera (él/Vd.), queramos (nos.), quered (vos.), quieran (ellos/Vds.).

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verb

1) to want

2) love

3) like

•

- querer decir

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Para la expresión querer decir, ver la otra entrada.
1. VERBO TRANSITIVO

1) [a una persona] (=amar) to love; (=apreciar) to like

¡te quiero! — I love you!

quiero mucho a mis abuelos — I love my grandparents very much

no estoy enamorado, pero la quiero mucho — I'm not in love with her, but I'm very fond of her

la quiero con locura — I'm madly in love with her

me quiere... no me quiere — [deshojando una margarita] she loves me... she loves me not

en la oficina lo quieren mucho — he is well liked at the office

• querer [bien] a algn — to want the best for sb

• [hacerse] querer por algn — to endear o.s. to sb

• querer [mal] a algn — to wish sb ill

- ¡por lo que más quieras!

- querer a algn como a la niña de sus ojos

la quiere como a la niña de sus ojos — she's the apple of his eye, he dotes on her

2) (=desear)

a) [+ objeto] to want

¿cuál quieres? — which one do you want?

¿qué más quieres? — (lit) what else do you want?; iró what more do you want?

hace lo que quiere — she does what she wants {o} as she pleases

se lo di, pero no lo quiso — I gave it to him, but he didn't want (to take) it

¡lo que quieras! — as you wish!, have it your own way!

¿quieres un café? — would you like some coffee?

• querer [pelea] — to be looking for trouble

• [todo] lo que tú quieras, será muy feo y todo lo que tú quieras, pero es muy buena persona — he may be ugly and all that, but he's a very nice person

b) + infin to want

querer hacer algo — to want to do sth

quiere ser ingeniero — he wants to be an engineer

lleva días que no quiere comer — she's been off her food for several days

¿qué quieres comer hoy? — what would you like for dinner today?

no quiso pagar — he refused to pay, he wouldn't pay

ha querido quedarse en casa — he preferred to stay at home

c)

• querer [que] algn haga algo — to want sb to do sth

no quiero que vayas — I don't want you to go

el destino quiso que volvieran a verse — fate decreed that they should see each other again

la tradición quiere que... — tradition has it that...

este quiere que le rompan la cabeza — * this guy is asking to get his head kicked in *

¿quieres que me crea que tú solo te has bebido todo el whisky? — are you asking me to believe that you drank all the whisky by yourself?

• ¿qué quieres que te [diga]? — what can I say?

• ¿qué quieres que le [haga]?, si se va por ahí sin hacer caso, ¿qué quieres que le haga? — if he goes off without taking any notice, what am I supposed to do {o} what can I do about it?

si estudio y no apruebo, ¿qué quieres que le haga? — if I study and still don't pass, what can I do?

• ¡[qué más] quisiera yo! — if only I could!

¿qué más quisiera yo que ver juntos a mis hijos? — what more could I wish for {o} want than to see my children together?

3) (=tener intención de)
+ infin
no quería hacerte daño — I didn't mean to hurt you

al querer abrir la botella, saltó el tapón — the cork exploded while she was trying to open the bottle

quiso hacerlo pero no pudo — he tried to do it but he couldn't

4) [pidiendo algo]

quería dos kilos de patatas, por favor — I'd like two kilos of potatoes, please, could I have two kilos of potatoes, please?

¿quieres darme tu nueva dirección? — would {o} could you give me your new address?

¿querría participar en nuestra oferta? — would you like to take advantage of our offer?

¿cuánto quieren por el coche? — what are they asking for the car?, how much do they want for the car?

5) (=requerir)

¿para qué me querrá? — I wonder what he wants me for?, what can he want me for?

el traje quiere un sombrero ancho — that dress needs a big hat to go with it

6) [uso impersonal]

quería amanecer — dawn was about to break

quiere llover — it looks like rain

2. VERBO INTRANSITIVO

1) (=desear)

¿quieres? — [ofreciendo algo] do you want some?, would you like some?

lo hago porque quiero — I do it because I want to

-¿quieres casarte conmigo? -sí, quiero — "will you marry me?" - "yes, I will"

-¿puedes enviar tú el correo? -como usted quiera — "could you take the post?" - "as you wish"

mientras el jefe no quiera, no hay nada que hacer — as long as the boss is opposed, there's nothing to be done {o} nothing we can do about it

• ven [cuando] quieras — come whenever you like

como quiere —

¡está como quiere! — Esp ** she's a bit of all right! **

tiene tanto dinero que vive como quiere — he's so rich he can live as he pleases

- quiera o no

quieras o no, eso cambiará nuestras vidas — whether you like it or not, that's going to change our lives

con el cambio de trabajo, quieras que no, se ha animado un poco — you may agree or disagree, but the fact is he's perked up a bit since he changed jobs

- querer es poder

2) (=tener intención)

lo hizo queriendo — he did it deliberately {o} on purpose

lo hizo sin querer — he didn't mean to do it, he did it inadvertently

3)

como quiera que — = comoquiera

donde quiera que — = dondequiera

3.

See:

quererse

4.

SUSTANTIVO MASCULINO

cosas del querer — affairs of the heart

dimitieron por culpa de algún querer — they resigned because of love affairs

tener querer a — to be fond of

* * *
I
masculino love

las penas del querer — the pangs of love
II 1.
verbo transitivo

Sentido I

1) ( amar) to love

se hace querer — she/he endears herself/himself to people

sus alumnos lo quieren mucho — his pupils are very fond of him

me quiere, no me quiere — ( al deshojar una margarita) she loves me, she loves me not

por lo que más quieras! — for pity's sake!, for God's sake!

querer bien a alguien — to be fond of somebody

querer mal a alguien — to have it in for somebody (colloq)

quien bien te quiere te hará llorar — sometimes you have to be cruel to be kind

Sentido II

2)

a) (expresando deseo, intención, voluntad)

quiero una casa más grande — I want a bigger house

no sabe lo que quiere — she doesn't know what she wants

quisiera una cerveza/habitación doble — I'd like a beer/double room

haz lo que quieras — do as you like

¿qué más quieres? — what more do you want?

hazlo cuando/como quieras — do it whenever/however you like

quiera o no quiera — whether she/he likes it or not

iba a hacerlo pero él no quiso — I was going to do it but he didn't want me to

será muy listo y todo lo que tú quieras, pero... — he may be very smart and all that, but...

tráemelo mañana ¿quieres? — bring it tomorrow, will you?

no quiero — I don't want to

querer + INF — to want to + inf

quiero ir — I want to go

quisiera reservar una mesa — I'd like to book a table

quisiera poder ayudarte — I wish I could help you

ya quisiera yo estar en su lugar! — I'd change places with him any day!

no quiso comer nada — she wouldn't eat anything

querer QUE alguien+ SUBJ — to want somebody to + inf

quiero que estudies más — I want you to study harder

¿y qué querías que hiciera? — so what did you expect me to do o what was I supposed to do?

qué quieres que te diga...! — quite honestly o frankly...

qué quieres que (le) haga! — what can you do?

querer es poder — where there's a will there's a way

b) ( al ofrecer algo)

¿quieres un café/algo de beber? — would you like o (less frml) do you want a coffee/something to drink?

c) ( introduciendo un ruego)

querer + INF: ¿quieres pasarme el pan? could you pass me the bread, please?; ¿querrías hacerme un favor? would you mind doing me a favor?; ¿te quieres callar? — be quiet, will you?

3) (en locs)

como quiera que — ( de cualquier manera que) however

como quiera que haya sido... — whatever happened o it doesn't matter what happened...

como quiera que se mire — whichever way you look at it

cuando quiera que — whenever

donde quiera que — wherever

queriendo: lo hizo queriendo she/he did it on purpose o deliberately; sin querer accidentally; perdona, fue sin querer sorry, it was an accident o I didn't mean to; querer decir to mean; ¿qué quieres decir con eso? what do you mean by that?; está como quiere! — (Esp, Méx fam) (es muy guapo, guapa) he's/she's hot stuff! (colloq); ( tiene mucha suerte) some people have got it made (colloq)

4) ( como precio)

querer algo POR algo: ¿cuánto quieres por el coche? — how much do you want o are you asking for the car?

5) ( referido a cosas inanimadas)

el coche no quiere arrancar — the car won't start

el destino así lo quiso — it was destined to be

parece que quiere llover — it looks as if it's going to rain
2.
quererse v pron (recípr)

se quieren mucho — they love each other very much

se quieren como hermanos — they're so close, they're like brothers

* * *

= want, be after, wanna [want to].

Nota: Contracción de want to usada en el lenguaje coloquial.

Ex. On other occasions a user wants every document or piece of information on a topic traced, and then high recall must be sought, to the detriment of precision.

Ex. Silas H Berry told his colleagues at the New York Library Club: 'It is so hard to get a reader to tell what he is really after'.

Ex. When McCall finished his book by saying, 'It makes me wanna holler and throw up my hands,' he almost described my reaction perfectly.

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* ¡Dios no lo quiera! = God forbid.

* cuantas veces se quiera = any number of times.

* cuantos + Nombre + se quiera = any number of + Nombre.

* dos no se pelean si uno no quiere = it takes two to tangle, it takes two to tango, it takes two to make a quarrel.

* enterarse de lo que Uno quiere decir = get + Posesivo + drift.

* esto no quiere decir que = this is not to say that.

* expresar lo que Uno quiere decir = make + Posesivo + point.

* hacer lo que Uno quiera = get away with + murder.

* hacerse querer = endear.

* ¡No, por lo que más quieras! = Not on your life!.

* no querer saber más nada de = drop + Nombre + like a hot potato, drop + Nombre + like a hot brick.

* no querer saber nada de = want + nothing to do with.

* no querer tener nada que ver con = want + nothing to do with.

* no queriendo + Infinitivo = unwilling to + Infinitivo.

* ¡Por lo que más quieras! = for God's sake.

* que quiere(n) = of + Posesivo + choosing, of + Posesivo + choice.

* queramos o no = like it or not, like them or not.

* querer decir = mean.

* querer el oro y el moro = have + Posesivo + cake and eat it.

* querer es poder = where there's a will there's a way.

* quererlo todo = have + Posesivo + cake and eat it.

* querer tenerlo todo = have + Posesivo + cake and eat it.

* querer tetas y sopas = have + Posesivo + cake and eat it.

* quien algo quiere algo le cuesta = no pain, no gain.

* quien quiera peces que se moje el culo = you cannot make an omelette without breaking eggs.

* quiera Dios que = God willing.

* si Dios quiere = God willing.

* siempre querer más = enough + be + not/never + enough.

* sin querer = involuntarily, unwilling, by accident, accidentally, unintentionally, unwantedly.

* sin querer + Infinitivo = unwilling to + Infinitivo.

* sin quererlo = unwantedly.

* si se quiere que + Nombre + sea = if + Nombre + be + to be.

* * *
I
masculino love

las penas del querer — the pangs of love
II 1.
verbo transitivo

Sentido I

1) ( amar) to love

se hace querer — she/he endears herself/himself to people

sus alumnos lo quieren mucho — his pupils are very fond of him

me quiere, no me quiere — ( al deshojar una margarita) she loves me, she loves me not

por lo que más quieras! — for pity's sake!, for God's sake!

querer bien a alguien — to be fond of somebody

querer mal a alguien — to have it in for somebody (colloq)

quien bien te quiere te hará llorar — sometimes you have to be cruel to be kind

Sentido II

2)

a) (expresando deseo, intención, voluntad)

quiero una casa más grande — I want a bigger house

no sabe lo que quiere — she doesn't know what she wants

quisiera una cerveza/habitación doble — I'd like a beer/double room

haz lo que quieras — do as you like

¿qué más quieres? — what more do you want?

hazlo cuando/como quieras — do it whenever/however you like

quiera o no quiera — whether she/he likes it or not

iba a hacerlo pero él no quiso — I was going to do it but he didn't want me to

será muy listo y todo lo que tú quieras, pero... — he may be very smart and all that, but...

tráemelo mañana ¿quieres? — bring it tomorrow, will you?

no quiero — I don't want to

querer + INF — to want to + inf

quiero ir — I want to go

quisiera reservar una mesa — I'd like to book a table

quisiera poder ayudarte — I wish I could help you

ya quisiera yo estar en su lugar! — I'd change places with him any day!

no quiso comer nada — she wouldn't eat anything

querer QUE alguien+ SUBJ — to want somebody to + inf

quiero que estudies más — I want you to study harder

¿y qué querías que hiciera? — so what did you expect me to do o what was I supposed to do?

qué quieres que te diga...! — quite honestly o frankly...

qué quieres que (le) haga! — what can you do?

querer es poder — where there's a will there's a way

b) ( al ofrecer algo)

¿quieres un café/algo de beber? — would you like o (less frml) do you want a coffee/something to drink?

c) ( introduciendo un ruego)

querer + INF: ¿quieres pasarme el pan? could you pass me the bread, please?; ¿querrías hacerme un favor? would you mind doing me a favor?; ¿te quieres callar? — be quiet, will you?

3) (en locs)

como quiera que — ( de cualquier manera que) however

como quiera que haya sido... — whatever happened o it doesn't matter what happened...

como quiera que se mire — whichever way you look at it

cuando quiera que — whenever

donde quiera que — wherever

queriendo: lo hizo queriendo she/he did it on purpose o deliberately; sin querer accidentally; perdona, fue sin querer sorry, it was an accident o I didn't mean to; querer decir to mean; ¿qué quieres decir con eso? what do you mean by that?; está como quiere! — (Esp, Méx fam) (es muy guapo, guapa) he's/she's hot stuff! (colloq); ( tiene mucha suerte) some people have got it made (colloq)

4) ( como precio)

querer algo POR algo: ¿cuánto quieres por el coche? — how much do you want o are you asking for the car?

5) ( referido a cosas inanimadas)

el coche no quiere arrancar — the car won't start

el destino así lo quiso — it was destined to be

parece que quiere llover — it looks as if it's going to rain
2.
quererse v pron (recípr)

se quieren mucho — they love each other very much

se quieren como hermanos — they're so close, they're like brothers

* * *

= want, be after, wanna [want to].

Nota: Contracción de want to usada en el lenguaje coloquial.

Ex: On other occasions a user wants every document or piece of information on a topic traced, and then high recall must be sought, to the detriment of precision.

Ex: Silas H Berry told his colleagues at the New York Library Club: 'It is so hard to get a reader to tell what he is really after'.

Ex: When McCall finished his book by saying, 'It makes me wanna holler and throw up my hands,' he almost described my reaction perfectly.

* ¡Dios no lo quiera! = God forbid.

* cuantas veces se quiera = any number of times.

* cuantos + Nombre + se quiera = any number of + Nombre.

* dos no se pelean si uno no quiere = it takes two to tangle, it takes two to tango, it takes two to make a quarrel.

* enterarse de lo que Uno quiere decir = get + Posesivo + drift.

* esto no quiere decir que = this is not to say that.

* expresar lo que Uno quiere decir = make + Posesivo + point.

* hacer lo que Uno quiera = get away with + murder.

* hacerse querer = endear.

* ¡No, por lo que más quieras! = Not on your life!.

* no querer saber más nada de = drop + Nombre + like a hot potato, drop + Nombre + like a hot brick.

* no querer saber nada de = want + nothing to do with.

* no querer tener nada que ver con = want + nothing to do with.

* no queriendo + Infinitivo = unwilling to + Infinitivo.

* ¡Por lo que más quieras! = for God's sake.

* que quiere(n) = of + Posesivo + choosing, of + Posesivo + choice.

* queramos o no = like it or not, like them or not.

* querer decir = mean.

* querer el oro y el moro = have + Posesivo + cake and eat it.

* querer es poder = where there's a will there's a way.

* quererlo todo = have + Posesivo + cake and eat it.

* querer tenerlo todo = have + Posesivo + cake and eat it.

* querer tetas y sopas = have + Posesivo + cake and eat it.

* quien algo quiere algo le cuesta = no pain, no gain.

* quien quiera peces que se moje el culo = you cannot make an omelette without breaking eggs.

* quiera Dios que = God willing.

* si Dios quiere = God willing.

* siempre querer más = enough + be + not/never + enough.

* sin querer = involuntarily, unwilling, by accident, accidentally, unintentionally, unwantedly.

* sin querer + Infinitivo = unwilling to + Infinitivo.

* sin quererlo = unwantedly.

* si se quiere que + Nombre + sea = if + Nombre + be + to be.

* * *

querer¹

masculine

love

sufre por culpa de un querer he is suffering because of an unhappy love affair

las penas del querer the pangs of love

¡niña de mi querer! my dear child!

querer² [ E24 ]

vt

A (amar) to love

me gusta, pero no lo quiero I like him, but I don't love him o I'm not in love with him

quiere mucho a sus sobrinos/su país he loves his nephews/his country very much

quiere con locura a su nieta she absolutely dotes on her granddaughter

es una persona que se hace querer he's the sort of person who endears himself to you

sus alumnos lo quieren mucho his pupils are very fond of him, he's well liked by his pupils

me quiere, no me quiere (al deshojar una margarita) she loves me, she loves me not

¡por lo que más quieras! ¡no me abandones! for pity's sake o for God's sake! don't leave me!

¡Antonio, por lo que más quieras! ¡baja el volumen! Antonio, turn the volume down, for heaven's sake o for goodness sake!

querer bien a algn to be fond of sb, care about sb

querer mal a algn to have it in for sb ( colloq)

quien bien te quiere te hará llorar sometimes you have to be cruel to be kind

B

1

(expresando deseo, intención, voluntad): quiere un tren para su cumpleaños he wants a train for his birthday

¿que querían, chicas? can I help you, girls?, what can I do for you, girls?

quería un kilo de uvas I'd like a kilo of grapes

quisiera una habitación doble I'd like a double room

no sabe lo que quiere she doesn't know what she wants

haz lo que quieras do as you like, do as you please

¿qué más quieres? what more do you want?

¿cuándo/cómo lo podemos hacer? — cuando/como tú quieras when/how can we do it? — whenever/however you like o any time/any way you like

¿nos vemos a las siete? — como quieras shall we meet at seven? — if you like

quiera o no quiera, tendrá que hacerlo he'll have to do it, whether he likes it or not

iba a llamar al médico pero él no quiso I was going to call the doctor but he wouldn't let me o he said no

¿quieres por esposo a Diego Sosa Díaz? — sí, quiero will/do you take Diego Sosa Díaz to be your lawfully wedded husband? — I will/do

¿qué querrán esta vez? I wonder what they want this time

será muy listo y todo lo que tú quieras, pero es insoportable he may be very smart and all that, but personally I can't stand him

tráemelo mañana ¿quieres? bring it tomorrow, will you?

dejemos esto para otro día ¿quieres? let's leave this for another day, shall we o can we?

querer + INF to want to + INF

¿quiere usted hacer algún comentario? do you want to o ( frml) do you wish to make any comment?

no sé si querrá hacerlo I don't know if she'll want to do it o if she'll do it

hacía tiempo que quería decírselo I'd been meaning/wanting to tell him for some time

quisiera reservar una mesa para dos I'd like to book a table for two

quisiera poder ayudarte I wish I could help you

¡ya quisiera yo estar en su lugar! I'd change places with him any day!

no creo que quiera prestártelo I don't think she'll (be willing to) lend it to you

cuando se quiera dar cuenta será demasiado tarde by the time he realizes it'll be too late

nosotros nos fuimos temprano pero él quiso quedarse we left early but he stayed/decided to stay/ wanted to stay/chose to stay

no quiso escuchar razones he wouldn't listen to reason

no quiso comer nada she wouldn't eat anything, she refused to eat anything

quería hacerlo sola pero no habría podido she wanted to do it on her own but she wouldn't have been able to

quiso hacerlo sola pero no pudo she tried to do it on her own but she couldn't

querer QUE algn/algo + SUBJ to want sb/sth to + INF

quisiera que alguien me explicara por qué could someone please explain why?

¿qué quieres que traiga? what do you want o what would you like me to bring?

¿por qué lo dejaste entrar? — ¿qué querías que hiciera? why did you let him in? — what did you expect me to do o what was I supposed to do?

quiso que nos quedáramos a cenar y no tuvimos más remedio she insisted we stay for dinner and we couldn't say no o we couldn't refuse

¿tú quieres que acabemos en la cárcel? do you want us to end up in jail?, are you trying to get us put in jail?

la etiqueta quiere que uno lleve sombrero etiquette requires one to wear a hat

su teoría quiere que … his theory has it that …

querer es poder where there's a will there's a way

2 ( en locs):

como quiera que (de cualquier manera que) however;

(ya que, como) ( liter) since

como quiera que haya sido, creo que deberías disculparte whatever happened o it doesn't matter what happened, I still think you should apologize

cuando quiera que whenever

donde quiera que wherever

¡qué quieres que te diga …! quite honestly o frankly …

¡qué quieres que (le) haga! what can you do?

ya sé que no debería fumar, pero no puedo dejarlo ¡qué quieres que le haga! I know I shouldn't smoke but well, what can you do? I can't give up

quieras que no ( fam): quieras que no, ha ido mejorando desde que fue al curandero believe it or not, she's been getting better ever since she went to see that faith healer

la decisión, quieras que no, nos va a afectar a todos whether we like it or not, the decision is going to affect us all, there's no getting away from the fact that the decision is going to affect us all

quieras que no, yo he notado la diferencia I have to say o admit that it's made a difference

el quiero y no puedo: con ese quiero y no puedo inspiran hasta lástima it's rather pathetic how they're always trying to be something they aren't

¡está como quiere! (Esp, Méx fam); (es muy guapo, guapa) he's/she's hot stuff! ( colloq), he's/she's a bit of all right! ( BrE colloq); (tiene mucha suerte) some people have got it made ( colloq)

3

(al ofrecer algo): ¿quieres algo de beber? would you like o ( less frml) do you want something to drink?

4 (introduciendo un pedido) querer + INF:

¿quieres pasarme el pan? could you pass me the bread, please?

¿querrías hacerme un favor? would you mind doing me a favor?

¿te quieres callar? will you be quiet?, be quiet, will you?

¿quieres hacerme el favor de no interrumpirme? would you please stop interrupting me?

¿quieres decirme qué has hecho con mi abrigo? would you mind telling me what you've done with my coat?

5 (como precio) querer algo POR algo:

¿cuánto quieres por el coche? how much do you want o are you asking for the car?

6

queriendo/sin querer: estoy segura de que lo hizo queriendo I'm sure he did it on purpose o deliberately

perdona, fue sin querer sorry, it was an accident o I didn't mean to

no te pongas así, lo hizo sin querer don't be like that, he didn't do it deliberately o on purpose

7

querer decir to mean

¿qué quiere decir `democracia'? what does `democracy' mean?

¿qué quieres decir con eso? what do you mean by that?

8

(referido a cosas inanimadas): el coche no quiere arrancar the car won't start

el destino quiso que se volvieran a encontrar they were destined to meet again

parece que quiere llover/nevar it looks as if it's going to rain/snow, it looks like rain/snow

hace horas que quiere salir el sol the sun's been trying to break through for hours

■ quererse

v pron

( recípr):

se quieren como hermanos they're like brothers

hombre, si se quieren ¿por qué no han de casarse? well, if they love each other, why shouldn't they get married?

* * *

querer ( conjugate querer) verbo transitivo ( amar) to love;
◊ te querré siempre I'll always love you;

sus alumnos lo quieren mucho his pupils are very fond of him;
¡por lo que más quieras! for pity's sake!, for God's sake!
1
a) (expresando deseo, intención, voluntad):

◊ no sabe lo que quiere she doesn't know what she wants;

quisiera una habitación doble I'd like a double room;
¿qué más quieres? what more do you want?;
hazlo cuando/como quieras do it whenever/however you like;
iba a hacerlo pero él no quiso I was going to do it but he didn't want me to;
tráemelo mañana ¿quieres? bring it tomorrow, will you?;
no quiero I don't want to;
quiero ir I want to go;
quisiera reservar una mesa I'd like to book a table;
quisiera poder ayudarte I wish I could help you;
no quiso comer nada she wouldn't eat anything;
quiero que estudies más I want you to study harder;
¡qué quieres que te diga …! quite honestly o frankly …;
el destino así lo quiso it was destined to be;
querer es poder where there's a will there's a way
b) ( al ofrecer algo):

◊ ¿quieres un café? would you like a coffee?;

( menos formal) do you want a coffee?
c) ( introduciendo un pedido):

◊ ¿querrías hacerme un favor? could you do me a favor?;

¿te quieres callar? be quiet, will you?
2 ( en locs)
◊ cuando quiera que whenever;

donde quiera que wherever;
queriendo ( adrede) on purpose, deliberately;
sin querer accidentally;
fue sin querer it was an accident;
querer decir to mean;
¿qué quieres decir con eso? what do you mean by that?
3 ( como precio):
◊ ¿cuánto quieres por el coche? how much do you want o are you asking for the car?

quererse verbo pronominal ( recípr):
◊ se quieren mucho they love each other very much

querer
I verbo transitivo
1 (a alguien) to love
2 (algo) to want, wish ➣ Ver nota en want
3 (intención, ruego, ofrecimiento) to like: ¿quieres otra taza de té?, would you like another cup of tea?
¿quieres callarte?, will you shut up?
II sustantivo masculino love, affection
♦ Locuciones: quieras o no, tendrás que oírme, you'll have to listen to me, whether you want to or not
querer decir, to mean
ser algo un quiero y no puedo, to try to make people think that one is more affluent than one actually is
como quiera que, since: como quiera que no pueden vernos, no saben qué aspecto tenemos, since they can't see us, they don't know what we look like
sin querer, unintentionally, by accident

' querer' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
adorar
- berrido
- decir
- desabrocharse
- desear
- significar
- gustar
- ofrecer
- pisar
- pisotón
- querré
- quiera
- quise
- sin
English:
accident
- accidentally
- attached
- blurt out
- cherish
- chew
- clear
- delete
- endear
- fancy
- feel
- hand
- like
- love
- mean
- mistake
- off
- please
- slip out
- truck
- unintentionally
- unwittingly
- want
- will
- wish
- aim
- care
- denial
- inadvertently
- intend
- unwilling
- way

* * *

querer

♦ vt

1. [amar] to love;

te quiero I love you;

lo quiero como a un hermano I love him like a brother;

es muy querida por todo el mundo she is much loved by everyone;

me quiere, no me quiere [deshojando margarita] she loves me, she loves me not;

¡por lo que más quieras, cállate! for heaven's sake shut up!;

querer bien a alguien to care a lot about sb;

querer mal a alguien to wish sb ill;

Prov

quien bien te quiere te hará llorar you have to be cruel to be kind

2. [desear] to want;

quiero una bicicleta I want a bicycle;

dime lo que quieres tell me what you want;

lo único que quiero o [m5] todo lo que quiero es un poco de comprensión all I want o all I ask for is a little understanding;

¿qué es lo que quieres ahora? [con tono de enojo] what do you want now?, what is it now?;

haz lo que quieras do what you want o like, do as you please o like;

querer hacer algo to want to do sth;

quiere explicártelo, te lo quiere explicar she wants to explain it to you;

no quiso ayudarnos she didn't want to help us;

era muy tarde pero tú querías quedarte it was very late, but you insisted on staying o would stay o you wanted to stay;

quisiera informarme o [m5] que me informaran sobre vuelos a Nueva York I'd like some information about flights to New York;

quisiera hacerlo, pero… I'd like to do it, but…;

¡eso quisiera yo saber! that's what I want to know!;

¡ya quisieran muchos tener tu suerte! a lot of people would be very grateful to be as lucky as you!;

el maldito clavo no quiere salir the damn nail won't o refuses to come out;

querer que alguien haga algo to want sb to do sth;

quiero que lo hagas tú I want you to do it;

querer que pase algo to want sth to happen;

queremos que las cosas te vayan bien we want things to go well for you;

el azar quiso que nos volviéramos a ver fate decreed that we should see each other again;

como quien no quiere la cosa as if it were nothing;

qué quieres que te diga, a mí me parece caro to be honest, it seems expensive to me, what can I say? it seems expensive to me;

¡qué quieres que haga! what am I supposed to do?;

alto, guapo y todo lo que tú quieras, pero no me gusta sure, he's tall, handsome and all that, but I don't find him attractive;

Prov

el que algo quiere, algo le cuesta no pain, no gain

3. [en preguntas, ofrecimientos, ruegos] [con amabilidad]
¿quieren ustedes algo más/algo de postre? would you like anything else/anything for dessert?;

¿quieres un pitillo? do you want a cigarette?;

¿quiere decirle a su amigo que pase? could you tell your friend to come in, please?;

¿querrías explicarme qué ha pasado aquí? would you mind explaining what happened here?;

¿quieres por esposo a Francisco? do you take Francisco to be your lawfully wedded husband?

4. [pedir]
querer algo (por) to want sth (for);

¿cuánto quieres por la casa? how much do you want for the house?

5. Irónico [dar motivos para]
tú lo que quieres es que te pegue you're asking for a smack;

¿quieres que te atropelle el tren o qué? do you want to get run over by a train or something?

6. [en naipes] [aceptar apuesta]
quiero tus cinco mil I'll see your five thousand

♦ vi

to want;

ven cuando quieras come whenever you like o want;

cuando quieras [estoy listo] ready when you are;

no me voy porque no quiero I'm not going because I don't want to;

si quieres, lo dejamos we can forget about it if you like;

quieras o no, quieras que no (whether you) like it or not;

pásame el martillo, ¿quieres? pass me the hammer, would you?;

déjame en paz, ¿quieres? leave me alone, will you?;
Fam
le pedí que lo dejara, pero que si quieres I asked him to stop, but would he?;

queriendo on purpose;

ha sido queriendo he did it on purpose;

hacer algo sin querer to do sth accidentally;

lo siento, ha sido sin querer sorry, it was an accident;

querer decir to mean;

¿qué quieres decir con eso? what do you mean by that?;

¿sabes lo que quiere decir “procrastination”? do you know what “procrastination” means?;

“NB” quiere decir “nota bene” “NB” stands for “nota bene”;

Comp
Fam
está como quiere [es guapísimo] he's gorgeous;
[en una situación ideal] he's got it made;
Prov

querer es poder where there's a will there's a way

♦ v impersonal
[haber atisbos de]
parece que quiere llover it looks like rain

♦ nm
[amor] love;
las cosas del querer matters of the heart

♦ See also the pronominal verb quererse

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querer

1 v/t

1 ( desear) want;

quisiera … I would like …;

quieras que no … like it or not …;

sin querer unintentionally

2 ( amar) love;

querer bien a alguien be fond of s.o.;

querer mal a alguien not care for s.o.;

por lo que más quieras for pity’s sake, for the love of God

3 ( esperar)

:

¡qué más quieres! what more do you want o expect!;

¿qué quieres que (le) haga? what do you expect me to do?

4

:

querer decir mean;

quiere decir it means;

¡que si quieres! irón no way!

5

:

como quiera que however

querer

2 m love

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querer {64} vt

1) desear: to want, to desire

quiere ser profesor: he wants to be a teacher

¿cuánto quieres por esta computadora?: how much do you want for this computer?

2) : to love, to like, to be fond of

te quiero: I love you

3) (indicating a request)

¿quieres pasarme la leche?: please pass the milk

4)

querer decir : to mean

5)

sin querer : unintentionally

querer vi

: like, want

si quieras: if you like

querer nm

: love, affection

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querer vb

1. (desear) to want

quiero volver a casa I want to go home

quería una manzana he wanted an apple

quieren que vayas en seguida they want you to go immediately

En inglés I want resulta demasiado directo si queremos pedir algo con educación. En estos casos se suele decir I'd like con please

I'd like a kilo of potatoes, please quiero un kilo de patatas

Para pedir que alguien haga algo, se dice could you o would you con please

could you pass me the salt, please? ¿quieres acercarme la sal?

would you please be quiet? ¿quieres callarte?

could you close the door, please? cierra la puerta, ¿quieres?

2. (amar) to love

quiero mucho a mis padres I love my parents very much

como quieras as you wish

haz lo que quieras do what you like

sin querer accidentally

lo hice sin querer I didn't mean to do it / it was an accident

querer decir to mean [pt. & pp. meant]

¿qué quiere decir "chance"? what does "chance" mean?

¿qué quieres decir con eso? what do you mean by that?

quieras o no whether you like it or not

Spanish-English dictionary > querer
17 medir

v.

1 to measure (hacer mediciones).

Elsa midió la harina Elsa measured the flour.

Ricardo mide las consecuencias Richard measures=weighs the consequences.

2 to weigh up.

3 to weigh carefully (palabras).

4 to evaluate.

María midió los resultados Mary evaluated the results.

5 to take measurements.

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medir

Conjugation model [ SERVIR], like link=servir servir

► verbo transitivo

1 (dimensiones) to measure

2 (riesgos) to gauge, weigh up

3 (palabras) to weigh, choose carefully

4 (versos) to scan

► verbo intransitivo

1 (tener una dimensión) to measure, be

■ ¿cuánto mides? how tall are you?

■ mide dos metros de alto por uno de ancho it's two metres high by one metre wide

► verbo pronominal medirse

1 to measure oneself

\

FRASEOLOGÍA

medirse con alguien to measure oneself against somebody

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verb

1) to measure

2) gauge

3) weigh

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1. VT

1) (=tomar la medida de) [+ habitación, ángulo] to measure; [+ distancia, temperatura] to measure, gauge, gage (EEUU); [+ tierra] to survey, plot

medir algo por millas — to measure sth in miles

- medir a algn con la vista

- medir las calles

2) (=calcular) to weigh up

deberías medir las consecuencias de lo que dices — you should consider o weigh up the consequences of what you say

deberíamos medir los pros y los contras de esta decisión — we should weigh up the pros and cons of this decision

3) (=enfrentar)

los dos púgiles medirán sus fuerzas — the two boxers will be pitted against each other o will take each other on
rasero
4) (=moderar) [+ comentarios] to choose carefully

mide tus palabras — [aconsejando] choose your words carefully; [regañando] mind your language

5) (Literat) to scan

¿cómo se mide este verso? — how does this line scan?

2.

VI to measure, be

el tablero mide 80 por 20 — the board measures o is 80 by 20

¿cuánto mides? — how tall are you?

mido 1,80m — I am 1.80m

la caja mide 20cm de ancho — the box is 20cm wide

mide 88cm de pecho — her bust measurement is 88cms

3.

See:

medirse

* * *
1.
verbo transitivo

1) to measure

¿me mide tres metros de esta tela? — can you measure me off three meters of this material?

2) ( tener ciertas dimensiones) to be, measure

mido 60 cm de cintura — I measure o I'm 60 cm round the waist

la tela mide 90 cm de ancho — the cloth is 90 cm wide

¿cuánto mide de alto/largo? — how tall/long is it?

mide casi 1,90 m — he's almost 1.90 m (tall)

3) (calcular, considerar) to consider, weigh up

medir las consecuencias de algo — to consider the consequences of something

medir los pros y los contras de algo — to weigh up the pros and cons of something

4) ( moderar)

mide tus palabras — you'd better choose o weigh your words carefully
2.
medirse v pron

1) (refl) to measure oneself; <caderas/pecho> to measure

2) (Col, Méx, Ven) ( probarse) to try on

* * *

= measure, quantify, gauge, meter, clock.

Ex. Thus it is apparent that it is easier to measure precision that recall.

Ex. The two measurements are quantified as the recall ratio and the precision ratio.

Ex. The 2nd 'Think Tank' held in Dallas, June 89, focused on gauging what breakthrough issues are occurring in the field that directly concern libraries and merit consideration.

Ex. The author concludes that a hybrid approach may be the ideal; involving an initial fee of one tenth the usual, single subscription price, and metering subsequent use.

Ex. The cameras clock your speed and if you are going faster than you are supposed to, you can get a speed ticket in the post.

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* cinta de medir = measuring tape.

* fácil de medir = measurable.

* imposible de medir = incommemsurable, incommensurate.

* medir a dos raseros = double standard.

* medir el impacto de Algo = gauge + the impact of.

* medir la profundidad de Algo = plumb + the depths of.

* medir las palabras = watch + Posesivo + mouth, watch what + say, weigh + Posesivo + words (carefully), choose + Posesivo + words (carefully), pick + Posesivo + words (carefully), measure + Posesivo + words (carefully).

* medirse la fuerzas (con) = lock + horns (with).

* medirse las fuerzas = pit against.

* sin medir = unmeasured.

* * *
1.
verbo transitivo

1) to measure

¿me mide tres metros de esta tela? — can you measure me off three meters of this material?

2) ( tener ciertas dimensiones) to be, measure

mido 60 cm de cintura — I measure o I'm 60 cm round the waist

la tela mide 90 cm de ancho — the cloth is 90 cm wide

¿cuánto mide de alto/largo? — how tall/long is it?

mide casi 1,90 m — he's almost 1.90 m (tall)

3) (calcular, considerar) to consider, weigh up

medir las consecuencias de algo — to consider the consequences of something

medir los pros y los contras de algo — to weigh up the pros and cons of something

4) ( moderar)

mide tus palabras — you'd better choose o weigh your words carefully
2.
medirse v pron

1) (refl) to measure oneself; <caderas/pecho> to measure

2) (Col, Méx, Ven) ( probarse) to try on

* * *

= measure, quantify, gauge, meter, clock.

Ex: Thus it is apparent that it is easier to measure precision that recall.

Ex: The two measurements are quantified as the recall ratio and the precision ratio.

Ex: The 2nd 'Think Tank' held in Dallas, June 89, focused on gauging what breakthrough issues are occurring in the field that directly concern libraries and merit consideration.

Ex: The author concludes that a hybrid approach may be the ideal; involving an initial fee of one tenth the usual, single subscription price, and metering subsequent use.

Ex: The cameras clock your speed and if you are going faster than you are supposed to, you can get a speed ticket in the post.

* cinta de medir = measuring tape.

* fácil de medir = measurable.

* imposible de medir = incommemsurable, incommensurate.

* medir a dos raseros = double standard.

* medir el impacto de Algo = gauge + the impact of.

* medir la profundidad de Algo = plumb + the depths of.

* medir las palabras = watch + Posesivo + mouth, watch what + say, weigh + Posesivo + words (carefully), choose + Posesivo + words (carefully), pick + Posesivo + words (carefully), measure + Posesivo + words (carefully).

* medirse la fuerzas (con) = lock + horns (with).

* medirse las fuerzas = pit against.

* sin medir = unmeasured.

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medir [ I14 ]

vt

A ‹habitación/ángulo› to measure; ‹distancia/temperatura/velocidad› to measure, gauge

¿me mide tres metros de esta tela? can you measure me off three meters of this material?

B (tener ciertas dimensiones) to be, measure

mido 60 cm de cintura I measure o I'm 60 cm round the waist

la tela mide 90 cm de ancho the cloth is 90 cm wide

la mesa mide 50 por 40 the table is 50 by 40, the table measures 50 by 40

¿cuánto mide de ancho/largo? how wide/long is it?

mide casi 1,90 m he's almost 1.90 m (tall)

medía 52 cm al nacer she measured o was 52 cm at birth

C (calcular, considerar) to consider, weigh up

eso te pasa por no medir las consecuencias de tus actos that is what happens (to you) when you don't consider the consequences of your actions

midió cuidadosamente las ventajas y los inconvenientes de la oferta she carefully weighed up the pros and cons of the offer

D

(moderar): mediré mis palabras I'll choose my words carefully, I'll weigh my words

tuvo que medir lo que decía para no ofender a nadie he had to choose o measure his words carefully so as not to offend anyone, he had to be as restrained as possible in what he said so as not to offend anyone

■ medirse

v pron

A ( refl) to measure oneself; ‹caderas/pecho› to measure

me medí sin zapatos I measured myself without shoes on

mídete la cintura measure your waist

medírsele a algo/algn ( Col): me retó a cruzar el río a nado, pero no me le medí al asunto he dared me to swim across the river but I didn't take up the challenge

era capaz de medírsele a cualquier tarea she was capable of taking on o tackling any task

B (Col, Méx) (probarse) ‹ropa/zapatos› to try on

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medir ( conjugate medir) verbo transitivo
1 ‹habitación/distancia/velocidad› to measure
2 ( tener ciertas dimensiones) to be, measure;
◊ mido 60 cm de cintura I measure o I'm 60 cm round the waist;

¿cuánto mide de alto/largo? how tall/long is it?;
mide casi 1,90 m he's almost 1.90 m (tall)
3 (calcular, considerar) to consider, weigh up;
◊ medir los pros y contras de algo to weigh up the pros and cons of sth.

medirse verbo pronominal
1 ( refl) to measure oneself;
‹caderas/pecho› to measure
2 (Col, Méx, Ven) ( probarse) to try on
medir
I verbo transitivo
1 (dimensiones) to measure
2 (ponderar) to weigh up: deberías medir los riesgos, you should weigh up the risks
II verbo intransitivo to measure, be: mide dos metros de alto, he is two metres tall
mide cinco metros de ancho, it is five metres wide
' medir' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
granel
- metro
- rasero
- regla
- tallar
- contorno
- huincha
- mida
- varilla
English:
double standards
- gauge
- measure
- measure out
- pace out
- precisely
- record
- stand
- survey
- measuring
- meter
- weigh

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medir

♦ vt

1. [hacer mediciones] to measure;

Comp

medir por el mismo rasero to treat alike

2. [verso] to scan

3. [sopesar] to weigh up;

tenemos que medir las ventajas y desventajas de este sistema we have to weigh up the advantages and disadvantages of this system

4. [palabras] to weigh carefully;

mide bien tus palabras cuando hables con ellos be careful what you say when you talk to them

5. [fuerzas]
los dos equipos medirán sus fuerzas en la semifinal the two sides will do battle in the semifinal

♦ vi
[tener de medida]
¿cuánto mides? how tall are you?;

¿cuánto mide de largo? how long o what length is it?;

mido 1,80 I'm 6 foot (tall);

mide diez metros it's ten metres long;

el cuadro mide 30 por 90 the picture measures o is 30 by 90;

mide dos metros de ancho por cuatro de largo it's two metres wide by four metres long;

mide 90-60-90 her vital statistics are 36-24-36;

este armario mide demasiado this cupboard is too big

♦ See also the pronominal verb medirse

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medir

I v/t measure;

medir sus palabras fig weigh one’s words

II v/i

:

mide 2 metros de ancho/largo/alto it’s 2 meters wide/long/tall

* * *

medir {54} vt

1) : to measure

2) : to weigh, to consider

medir los riesgos: to weigh the risks

medir vi

: to measure

♦ See also the reflexive verb medirse

* * *

medir vb to measure

Spanish-English dictionary > medir
18 aumentar

v.

1 to increase, to rise.

aumentar la producción to increase production

la lente aumenta la imagen the lens magnifies the image

me han aumentado el sueldo my salary has been raised

aumentó casi 10 kilos he put on almost 10 kilos

aumentar de peso/tamaño to increase in weight/size

aumentar de precio to go up o increase in price

el desempleo aumentó en un 4 por ciento unemployment rose o increased by 4 percent

El ejercicio aumenta el apetito Exercising increases the appetite.

Aumentaron los gastos The expenses increased.

Nos aumentaron las ganancias este año Our profits increased this year.

2 to magnify, to amplify.

El reportero aumentó la noticia The reporter magnified the news story.

3 to enlarge.

Vamos a aumentar la casa We will enlarge the house.

4 to raise, to improve.

El movimiento aumentó la temperatura Movement raised the temperature.

5 to increase the size of, to enlarge.

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aumentar

► verbo transitivo

1 to augment, increase (precios) to put up; (producción) to step up

2 (óptica) to magnify

3 (fotos) to enlarge

4 (sonido) to amplify

► verbo intransitivo

1 to rise, go up

► verbo pronominal aumentarse

1 to increase, be on the increase (precios) to go up, rise

* * *

verb

1) to increase

2) raise

* * *

1. VT

1) [+ tamaño] to increase; (Fot) to enlarge; (Ópt) to magnify

2) [+ cantidad] to increase; [+ precio] to increase, put up; [+ producción] to increase, step up

me van a aumentar el sueldo — they are going to increase o raise my salary

no aumentes la velocidad todavía — don't speed up yet

esto aumentó el número de parados — this swelled the numbers of the unemployed

3) [+ intensidad] to increase

su dimisión ha aumentado la tensión política — his resignation has increased political tension

estas pastillas pueden aumentar las molestias — these tablets can make the problem worse

4) (Elec, Radio) to amplify

2. VI

1) [tamaño] to increase

2) [cantidad, precio, producción] to increase, go up

las temperaturas aumentarán mañana — temperatures will rise tomorrow

el número de asesinatos ha aumentado en 200 — the number of killings has increased o gone up by 200

este semestre aumentó la inflación en un 2% — inflation has increased o gone up by 2% over the last 6 months

3) [intensidad] to increase

el calor aumenta por la tarde — the heat increases in the afternoon

su popularidad ha aumentado — his popularity has increased o risen

la crispación política aumenta por momentos — political tension is increasing o rising by the moment

4)

aumentar de — to increase in

aumentar de peso — [objeto] to increase in weight; [persona] to put on o gain weight

aumentar de tamaño — to increase in size

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1.
verbo transitivo

a) <precio/sueldo> to increase, raise; <cantidad/velocidad/tamaño> to increase; <producción/dosis> to increase, step up; dolor/miedo/tensión to increase

el microscopio aumenta la imagen — the microscope enlarges o magnifies the image

b) < puntos> ( en tejido) to increase
2.
aumentar vi temperatura/presión to rise; velocidad to increase; precio/producción/valor to increase, rise

el niño aumentó 500 gramos — the child put on o gained 500 grams

su popularidad ha aumentado — his popularity has grown

aumentará el frío — it will become colder

aumentar de algo — de volumen/tamaño to increase in something

aumentó de peso — he put on o gained weight

* * *

= accelerate, augment, become + large, enhance, enlarge, escalate, expand, grow + larger, increase, raise, rise, strengthen, accentuate, grow, add to, deepen, mushroom, intensify, wax, swell, pump up, bump up, step up, spike, crank up, ramp up, move it up + a gear, notch it up + a gear, take it up + a gear, take it up + a notch, crank it up + a notch, crank it up + a gear, move it up + a notch, ratchet up, amp up, turn up.

Ex. In recent years, the pace of change has accelerated with the introduction of on-line information retrieval.

Ex. These sources which form the basis of the intellectual selection of terms may be augmented by the machine selection of terms.

Ex. If the number of categories becomes large, cross-references will be necessary between individual files.

Ex. An introduction explaining the nature and scope of the indexing language will enhance its value.

Ex. Here entry is made under the original author of an edition that has been revised, enlarged, updated, condensed, and so on by another person.

Ex. Over the past two to three years the numbers of full text data bases and data banks has started to escalate considerably.

Ex. As the quantity of knowledge expands the need to organise it becomes more pressing.

Ex. As the system grows larger it's more difficult to maintain that control.

Ex. Recall is inversely proportional to precision, and vice versa, or in other words, as one increases, the other must decrease.

Ex. The speaker said that James estimated people function at only 20% of their capacity, and concluded that they could raise this percentage considerable if they knew how to manage their time more efficiently.

Ex. If suppliers are forced out of business, there will be less software to lend and prices will rise with the lack of competition.

Ex. He proposes a research agenda that could strengthen archival appraisal and the profession's ability to document society.

Ex. However, future trends may tend to accentuate this division.

Ex. No true reader can be expected to grow on a diet of prescribed texts only regardless of how well chosen they are.

Ex. In addition, Britain has one of the most extensive bodies of legislation in the world, which is added to daily and encrusted with myriad rules and regulations.

Ex. One of the effects of reading in children is that their appreciation of the processes and function of literature is deepened.

Ex. The use of electronic mail systems has mushroomed in the last 5 years in industrialised nations.

Ex. Whilst these achievements are commendable, there is a catch in them -- there can be used to 'intensify' the economic exploitation of women.

Ex. The population waxed again slightly, then waned again, until it finally stabilized around its present 55,000.

Ex. Reference work has been ill-served in the past by its expositors and theoreticians: its extensive literature of several hundred papers and books is swollen by a mass of the transient and the trivial.

Ex. The article ' Pump up the program...' identifies the costs and benefits of undertaking a software upgrade.

Ex. Most librarians will admit that they could probably increase the use made of their lending libraries and bump up their annual loans by stocking more romances and thrillers and fewer serious novels, but they do not do this.

Ex. The intensity of marketing to schools and parents will have to be stepped up by publishers if they are to succeed in the more competitive market.

Ex. Baby boomers are desperately trying to hold onto their salad days -- plastic surgery, vitamins and drugs like Viagra have spiked in public demand.

Ex. Refiners are cranking up diesel output to meet rising global demand.

Ex. EGND has hit a home run with the introduction of a new product line, increasing sales projections, and ramping up production schedules.

Ex. Liverpool and Chelsea are grabbing all the headlines, but Arsenal have quietly moved it up a gear scoring 10 goals in their last three league games.

Ex. Start gently, ease yourself in by breaking the workout down into three one minute sessions until you are ready to notch it up a gear and join them together.

Ex. There was not much to separate the sides in the first ten minutes however Arsenal took it up a gear and got the goal but not without a bit of luck.

Ex. We have a good time together and we're good friends.. but I'd like to take it up a notch.

Ex. David quickly comprehended our project needs and then cranked it up a notch with impactful design.

Ex. Went for a bike ride with a mate last week, no problems so will crank it up a gear and tackle some hills in the next few weeks.

Ex. After a regular walking routine is established, why not move it up a notch and start jogging, if you haven't already.

Ex. The health department has ratcheted up efforts to prevent or slow down the spread of swine flu in schools.

Ex. In order to gain strength fast, you need to immediately begin amping up your strength thermostat in your mind.

Ex. Cytokines are small proteins used to communicate messages between the immune cells in the immune system to either turn up or down the immune response.

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* aumentar de importancia = grow in + importance, grow in + significance.

* aumentar de tamaño = grow in + size, grow + larger, increase in + size.

* aumentar de valor = increase in + value.

* aumentar el conocimiento = expand + Posesivo + knowledge, deepen + awareness.

* aumentar el control = tighten (up) + control.

* aumentar el esfuerzo = increase + effort.

* aumentar el precio = mark up + price, jack up + the price.

* aumentar el presupuesto = add + monies to + budget.

* aumentar en cantidad = increase in + quantity.

* aumentar en número = grow in + numbers, increase in + numbers.

* aumentar en variedad = grow in + kind.

* aumentar la confusión = add to + the confusion.

* aumentar la experiencia = deepen + experience.

* aumentar la productividad = increase + productivity, boost + Posesivo + productivity.

* aumentar las diferencias entre... y = widen + the gap between... and.

* aumentar las posibilidades = increase + the odds.

* aumentar las probabilidades = shorten + the odds.

* aumentar las ventas = boost + sales.

* aumentar la velocidad = grow + faster.

* aumentar los costes = cost + rise.

* aumentar los impuestos = increase + taxes.

* aumentar los ingresos = boost + Posesivo + income.

* aumentar rápidamente = snowball.

* crisis + aumentar = crisis + deepen.

* estar aumentando = be on the increase.

* * *
1.
verbo transitivo

a) <precio/sueldo> to increase, raise; <cantidad/velocidad/tamaño> to increase; <producción/dosis> to increase, step up; dolor/miedo/tensión to increase

el microscopio aumenta la imagen — the microscope enlarges o magnifies the image

b) < puntos> ( en tejido) to increase
2.
aumentar vi temperatura/presión to rise; velocidad to increase; precio/producción/valor to increase, rise

el niño aumentó 500 gramos — the child put on o gained 500 grams

su popularidad ha aumentado — his popularity has grown

aumentará el frío — it will become colder

aumentar de algo — de volumen/tamaño to increase in something

aumentó de peso — he put on o gained weight

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= accelerate, augment, become + large, enhance, enlarge, escalate, expand, grow + larger, increase, raise, rise, strengthen, accentuate, grow, add to, deepen, mushroom, intensify, wax, swell, pump up, bump up, step up, spike, crank up, ramp up, move it up + a gear, notch it up + a gear, take it up + a gear, take it up + a notch, crank it up + a notch, crank it up + a gear, move it up + a notch, ratchet up, amp up, turn up.

Ex: In recent years, the pace of change has accelerated with the introduction of on-line information retrieval.

Ex: These sources which form the basis of the intellectual selection of terms may be augmented by the machine selection of terms.

Ex: If the number of categories becomes large, cross-references will be necessary between individual files.

Ex: An introduction explaining the nature and scope of the indexing language will enhance its value.

Ex: Here entry is made under the original author of an edition that has been revised, enlarged, updated, condensed, and so on by another person.

Ex: Over the past two to three years the numbers of full text data bases and data banks has started to escalate considerably.

Ex: As the quantity of knowledge expands the need to organise it becomes more pressing.

Ex: As the system grows larger it's more difficult to maintain that control.

Ex: Recall is inversely proportional to precision, and vice versa, or in other words, as one increases, the other must decrease.

Ex: The speaker said that James estimated people function at only 20% of their capacity, and concluded that they could raise this percentage considerable if they knew how to manage their time more efficiently.

Ex: If suppliers are forced out of business, there will be less software to lend and prices will rise with the lack of competition.

Ex: He proposes a research agenda that could strengthen archival appraisal and the profession's ability to document society.

Ex: However, future trends may tend to accentuate this division.

Ex: No true reader can be expected to grow on a diet of prescribed texts only regardless of how well chosen they are.

Ex: In addition, Britain has one of the most extensive bodies of legislation in the world, which is added to daily and encrusted with myriad rules and regulations.

Ex: One of the effects of reading in children is that their appreciation of the processes and function of literature is deepened.

Ex: The use of electronic mail systems has mushroomed in the last 5 years in industrialised nations.

Ex: Whilst these achievements are commendable, there is a catch in them -- there can be used to 'intensify' the economic exploitation of women.

Ex: The population waxed again slightly, then waned again, until it finally stabilized around its present 55,000.

Ex: Reference work has been ill-served in the past by its expositors and theoreticians: its extensive literature of several hundred papers and books is swollen by a mass of the transient and the trivial.

Ex: The article ' Pump up the program...' identifies the costs and benefits of undertaking a software upgrade.

Ex: Most librarians will admit that they could probably increase the use made of their lending libraries and bump up their annual loans by stocking more romances and thrillers and fewer serious novels, but they do not do this.

Ex: The intensity of marketing to schools and parents will have to be stepped up by publishers if they are to succeed in the more competitive market.

Ex: Baby boomers are desperately trying to hold onto their salad days -- plastic surgery, vitamins and drugs like Viagra have spiked in public demand.

Ex: Refiners are cranking up diesel output to meet rising global demand.

Ex: EGND has hit a home run with the introduction of a new product line, increasing sales projections, and ramping up production schedules.

Ex: Liverpool and Chelsea are grabbing all the headlines, but Arsenal have quietly moved it up a gear scoring 10 goals in their last three league games.

Ex: Start gently, ease yourself in by breaking the workout down into three one minute sessions until you are ready to notch it up a gear and join them together.

Ex: There was not much to separate the sides in the first ten minutes however Arsenal took it up a gear and got the goal but not without a bit of luck.

Ex: We have a good time together and we're good friends.. but I'd like to take it up a notch.

Ex: David quickly comprehended our project needs and then cranked it up a notch with impactful design.

Ex: Went for a bike ride with a mate last week, no problems so will crank it up a gear and tackle some hills in the next few weeks.

Ex: After a regular walking routine is established, why not move it up a notch and start jogging, if you haven't already.

Ex: The health department has ratcheted up efforts to prevent or slow down the spread of swine flu in schools.

Ex: In order to gain strength fast, you need to immediately begin amping up your strength thermostat in your mind.

Ex: Cytokines are small proteins used to communicate messages between the immune cells in the immune system to either turn up or down the immune response.

* aumentar de importancia = grow in + importance, grow in + significance.

* aumentar de tamaño = grow in + size, grow + larger, increase in + size.

* aumentar de valor = increase in + value.

* aumentar el conocimiento = expand + Posesivo + knowledge, deepen + awareness.

* aumentar el control = tighten (up) + control.

* aumentar el esfuerzo = increase + effort.

* aumentar el precio = mark up + price, jack up + the price.

* aumentar el presupuesto = add + monies to + budget.

* aumentar en cantidad = increase in + quantity.

* aumentar en número = grow in + numbers, increase in + numbers.

* aumentar en variedad = grow in + kind.

* aumentar la confusión = add to + the confusion.

* aumentar la experiencia = deepen + experience.

* aumentar la productividad = increase + productivity, boost + Posesivo + productivity.

* aumentar las diferencias entre... y = widen + the gap between... and.

* aumentar las posibilidades = increase + the odds.

* aumentar las probabilidades = shorten + the odds.

* aumentar las ventas = boost + sales.

* aumentar la velocidad = grow + faster.

* aumentar los costes = cost + rise.

* aumentar los impuestos = increase + taxes.

* aumentar los ingresos = boost + Posesivo + income.

* aumentar rápidamente = snowball.

* crisis + aumentar = crisis + deepen.

* estar aumentando = be on the increase.

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aumentar [A1 ]

vt

1 ‹precio› to increase, raise, put up; ‹sueldo› to increase, raise; ‹cantidad/velocidad/tamaño› to increase; ‹producción/dosis› to increase, step up

el microscopio aumenta la imagen the microscope enlarges o magnifies the image

no hizo más que aumentar su dolor/miedo all it did was increase her pain/fear

esto aumentó la tensión this added to o increased the tension

2 ‹puntos› (en tejido) to increase

■ aumentar

vi

«temperatura» to rise; «presión» to rise, increase; «velocidad» to increase; «precio/producción/valor» to increase, rise

el niño aumentó 500 gramos the child put on o gained 500 grams

su popularidad ha aumentado his popularity has grown, he has gained in popularity

el costo de la vida aumentó en un 3% the cost of living rose by 3%

la dificultad de los ejercicios va aumentando the exercises get progressively more difficult

aumentará el frío durante el fin de semana it will become colder over the weekend

aumentar DE algo to increase IN sth

aumentó de volumen/tamaño it increased in volume/size

ha aumentado de peso he's put on o gained weight

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aumentar ( conjugate aumentar) verbo transitivo
a) ( en general) to increase;

‹precio/sueldo› to increase, raise
b) (Opt) to magnify

verbo intransitivo [temperatura/presión] to rise;
[ velocidad] to increase;
[precio/producción/valor] to increase, rise;
◊ aumentará el frío it will become colder;

aumentar de algo ‹de volumen/tamaño› to increase in sth;
aumentó de peso he put on o gained weight
aumentar
I verbo transitivo to increase
Fot to enlarge
Ópt to magnify
II vi (una cantidad) to go up, rise
(de valor) to appreciate

' aumentar' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
alargar
- engordar
- explorar
- separar
- separarse
- doblar
- elevar
- multiplicar
- redoblar
English:
add to
- appreciate
- augment
- boost
- build up
- deepen
- efficiency
- enhance
- escalate
- gain
- grow
- heighten
- improve
- increase
- intensify
- jack up
- jump
- magnify
- mark up
- mount
- odds
- put up
- quantity
- raise
- rise
- snowball
- step up
- surge
- swell
- up
- add
- develop
- go
- put
- soar
- strengthen

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aumentar

♦ vt

to increase;

aumentar la producción to increase production;

los enfrentamientos aumentaron la tensión en la zona the clashes increased the tension in the zone;

me han aumentado el sueldo my salary has been increased o raised;

la lente aumenta la imagen the lens magnifies the image;

aumentó casi 10 kilos he put on almost 10 kilos

♦ vi
[temperatura, precio, gastos, tensión] to increase, to rise; [velocidad] to increase;
aumentar de tamaño to increase in size;

aumentar de precio to go up o increase in price;

el desempleo aumentó en un 4 por ciento unemployment rose o increased by 4 percent;

con lo que come, no me sorprende que haya aumentado de peso it doesn't surprise me that he's put on weight, considering how much he eats

* * *

aumentar

I v/t increase; precio increase, raise, put up

II v/i de precio, temperatura rise, increase, go up

* * *

aumentar vt

acrecentar: to increase, to raise

aumentar vi

: to rise, to increase, to grow

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aumentar vb

1. (hacer subir) to increase / to raise

han aumentado el número de plazas they've increased the number of places

el Gobierno aumentará los impuestos the government will raise taxes

2. (subir) to rise [pt. rose; pp. risen] / to increase

las temperaturas aumentan en verano temperatures rise in summer

aumenta el número de accidentes de moto the number of motorbike accidents is increasing

3. (con lupa, microscopio) to magnify [pt. & pp. magnified]

un instrumento que aumenta el tamaño de cosas pequeñas an instrument that magnifies the size of small things

Spanish-English dictionary > aumentar
19 consciente

adj.

conscious.

estar consciente to be conscious (estar despierto)

ser consciente de to be aware of

m.

conscious mind, conscious level of the mind, conscious part of the mind.

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consciente

► adjetivo

1 conscious, aware

2 MEDICINA conscious

3 (responsable) reliable, responsible

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FRASEOLOGÍA

estar consciente to be conscious

ser consciente de algo to be aware of something

■ es muy consciente de sus limitaciones he's well aware of his own limitations

* * *

adj.

aware, conscious

* * *

1. ADJ

1)

ser consciente de algo — to be conscious o aware of sth

2) (Med)

estar consciente — to be conscious

3) (Jur) fully responsible

4) (=sensato) responsible

2.

SM conscious, conscious mind

* * *

adjetivo

a) [estar] (Med) conscious

b) (de problema, hecho)

ser or (Chi, Méx) estar consciente de algo — to be aware o conscious of something

una persona plenamente consciente de sus actos — a person who is fully responsible for his/her actions

c) [ser] ( sensato) sensible; ( responsable) responsible

* * *

= conscientious, conscious, deliberate, knowing, sentient.

Ex. Then the conscientious manager can help solve his problems without engaging in original laborious research or the risky practice of trial and error.

Ex. Unless a conscious decision has been made to the contrary, the abstractor should not introduce any new biases or emphases.

Ex. Deliberate mnemonics are devices which help the user to remember and recall the notation for given subjects.

Ex. 'Much as I hate to admit it,' she added, her face creasing in a knowing smile, 'some of my best friends are librarians, and I can't get over how they tear their colleagues to shreds when they're together' = "Siento mucho admitirlo", ella añadió mientras su cara se arrugaba dibujándose en ella una sonrisa de complicidad, "algunos de mis mejores amigos son bibliotecarios y no puedo entender cómo critican a otros colegas suyos cuando se jutan".

Ex. He lives in a world in which machines become sentient and begin to demand rights.

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* consciente de = cognisant of.

* consciente de la importancia de la información = information conscious, information conscious.

* consciente de los deberes de Uno = dutiful.

* consciente de uno mismo = self-conscious.

* hacer más consciente de Algo = heighten + awareness.

* no ser consciente de = remain + unaware of.

* ser consciente = sentient being.

* ser consciente de = be alive to, be aware of, be cognisant of, be mindful of/that, become + cognisant of, be aware of, realise [realize, -USA].

* ser consciente de + Posesivo + valía = be alive to + Posesivo + worth.

* ser consciente + desafortunadamente = be painfully aware of.

* sin ser consciente de ello = unbeknownst to, unbeknown to.

* * *

adjetivo

a) [estar] (Med) conscious

b) (de problema, hecho)

ser or (Chi, Méx) estar consciente de algo — to be aware o conscious of something

una persona plenamente consciente de sus actos — a person who is fully responsible for his/her actions

c) [ser] ( sensato) sensible; ( responsable) responsible

* * *

= conscientious, conscious, deliberate, knowing, sentient.

Ex: Then the conscientious manager can help solve his problems without engaging in original laborious research or the risky practice of trial and error.

Ex: Unless a conscious decision has been made to the contrary, the abstractor should not introduce any new biases or emphases.

Ex: Deliberate mnemonics are devices which help the user to remember and recall the notation for given subjects.

Ex: 'Much as I hate to admit it,' she added, her face creasing in a knowing smile, 'some of my best friends are librarians, and I can't get over how they tear their colleagues to shreds when they're together' = "Siento mucho admitirlo", ella añadió mientras su cara se arrugaba dibujándose en ella una sonrisa de complicidad, "algunos de mis mejores amigos son bibliotecarios y no puedo entender cómo critican a otros colegas suyos cuando se jutan".

Ex: He lives in a world in which machines become sentient and begin to demand rights.

* consciente de = cognisant of.

* consciente de la importancia de la información = information conscious, information conscious.

* consciente de los deberes de Uno = dutiful.

* consciente de uno mismo = self-conscious.

* hacer más consciente de Algo = heighten + awareness.

* no ser consciente de = remain + unaware of.

* ser consciente = sentient being.

* ser consciente de = be alive to, be aware of, be cognisant of, be mindful of/that, become + cognisant of, be aware of, realise [realize, -USA].

* ser consciente de + Posesivo + valía = be alive to + Posesivo + worth.

* ser consciente + desafortunadamente = be painfully aware of.

* sin ser consciente de ello = unbeknownst to, unbeknown to.

* * *

consciente

adjective

1 [ ESTAR] ( Med) conscious

2 (de un problema, hecho) ser or ( AmL) estar consciente DE algo to be aware o conscious OF sth

no era or no estaba consciente de lo que hacía she was not aware o conscious of what she was doing

una persona plenamente consciente de sus actos a person who is fully responsible for his/her actions

3 [ SER] (sensato) sensible; (responsable) responsible

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consciente adjetivo
a) [estar] (Med) conscious

b) (de problema, hecho) ser or (Chi, Méx) estar consciente de algo to be aware o conscious of sth

c) [ser] ( sensato) sensible;

( responsable) responsible
consciente adjetivo
1 conscious, aware
2 Med conscious
' consciente' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
sensibilizar
English:
awake
- aware
- conscious
- consequence
- magnetic
- mindful
- dutiful
- unaware
- unconscious
- unwittingly

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consciente adj

1. [despierto] conscious;

estar consciente to be conscious

2.
ser consciente de [darse cuenta de] to be aware of;

no era consciente de lo que hacía he was not aware of what he was doing

* * *

consciente

adj

1 MED conscious

2

:

consciente de aware of, conscious of;

ser consciente de algo be aware o conscious of sth

* * *

consciente adj

: conscious, aware

♦ conscientemente adv

* * *

consciente adj aware / conscious

ser consciente de algo to be aware of something

Spanish-English dictionary > consciente
20 cuento

m.

1 tale.

cuento de hadas fairy tale

el cuento de la lechera (informal) wishful thinking

cuento popular folk tale

2 short story.

3 story, lie (informal) (mentira, exageración).

cuento chino tall story, whopper

pres.indicat.

1^st person singular (yo) present indicative of spanish verb: contar.

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cuento

► nombre masculino

1 (relato) story, tale

2 LITERATURA short story

3 familiar (chisme) gossip

4 familiar (embuste) fib, story

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FRASEOLOGÍA

¿a cuento de qué? familiar why?, what for?

dejarse de cuentos familiar (ir al grano) to get to the point 2 (decir mentiras) to stop telling fibs

ir con el cuento a alguien to go and tell somebody

no hagas como el cuento de la lechera figurado don't count your chickens before they are hatched

tener mucho cuento familiar to make a lot of fuss

traer algo a cuento figurado to bring something up

venir a cuento to be pertinent

cuento chino tall story

cuento de hadas fairy tale

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noun m.

story, tale

* * *
I
SM

1) (=historia corta) short story; [para niños] story, tale

el cuento de Blancanieves — the tale o story of Snow White

contar un cuento — to tell a story

• de cuento, un héroe de cuento — a storybook o fairytale hero

una casita de cuento — a fairytale house

• ir con el cuento, en seguida le fue con el cuento a la maestra — he went straight off and told the teacher

- aplicarse el cuento

el cuento de la lechera —

eso es como el cuento de la lechera — it's a case of wishful thinking

- es el cuento de nunca acabar

cuento corto — short story

cuento de hadas — a fairytale

vive en un cuento de hadas — she lives in a fairytale world

cuento infantil — children's story

2) * (=mentira)

no le duele nada, no es nada más que cuento — it doesn't hurt at all, he's just putting it on

todo eso es puro cuento para no ir al colegio — he just made it all up because he doesn't want to go to school

¡no me cuentes cuentos!, ¡no me vengas con cuentos!, ¡déjate de cuentos! — don't give me that! *

eso se me hace cuento — Cono Sur * I don't believe that for a minute, come off it! *

• tener cuento, tu hermanito tiene mucho cuento — your little brother is a big fibber *

- tener más cuento que siete viejas

- vivir del cuento

cuento chino — tall story, cock-and-bull story *

¡no me vengas con cuentos chinos! — don't give me that (rubbish)! *

el cuento del tío — And, Cono Sur confidence trick, confidence game ( EEUU)

cuento de viejas — old wives' tale

3) [otras locuciones]

• ¿a cuento de qué?, ¿a cuento de qué sacas ese tema ahora? — what are you bringing that up for now?

• traer algo a cuento — to bring sth up

• venir a cuento, eso no viene a cuento — that's irrelevant, that doesn't come into it, that has nothing to do with it

todo esto viene a cuento de lo que acaba de pasar — this all has some bearing on what has just happened

lo dijo sin venir a cuento — she said it for no reason at all

4) frm (=cómputo)

sin cuento — countless
II
SM [de bastón] point, tip

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I
masculino

1)

a) ( narración corta) short story; ( para niños) story, tale

el cuento de Cenicienta — the tale o story of Cinderella

cuéntame un cuento — tell me a story

aplícate el cuento — (fam) take note

cuento de nunca acabar: esto es el cuento de nunca acabar it just never ends, it just goes on and on; traer algo a cuento to bring something up; venir a cuento: eso no viene a cuento that doesn't come into it; sin venir a cuento — for no reason at all

b) ( chiste) joke, story

el cuento del elefante — the joke about the elephant

- cuento corto

- cuento de hadas

2)

a) (fam) ( chisme)

le fue con el cuento al profesor — she went and told the teacher (colloq)

siempre anda con cuentos — she's always gossiping

comer cuentos — (Ven fam) to fall for anything

b) (fam) (mentira, excusa) story (colloq)

no me vengas con cuentos — I'm not interested in your excuses o stories

hacerle al cuento — (Méx fam) to pretend

c) (fam) ( exageración)

todo ese llanto es puro cuento — all that crying is just put on

tú lo que tienes es mucho cuento! — you're just putting it on!

- cuento chino

- cuento del tío

- cuento de viejas

3) ( número)

sin cuento — countless, innumerable
II
see contar

* * *

= story, story book [storybook], tale, yarn, nursery story, storie.

Nota: Forma arcaica de "story".

Ex. There were lessons in this story which appear to have been ignored but remain valid for the future.

Ex. These he bound up in three volumes, and on the fly leaf of the first volume wrote 'I have always retained a kind of affection for little story books, as they recall muy early days'.

Ex. 'I only wanted to write an interesting tale,' he will say, ignoring that the interest of a story almost always comes from seeing the human will in action -- against chaos or against order.

Ex. Every teacher, I suppose, has his own collection of favorite yarns based on personal experiences.

Ex. The child who has the advantage of being brought up enriched by hearing stories and reading books will have the opportunity to air his knowledge about the characters in nursery stories.

Ex. One of these collectors was a Captain Cox, stone mason of Coventry, a person with 'great oversight... in matters of storie'.

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* aplicársele el cuento a Alguien = cap + fit.

* contar un cuento = tell + story.

* cuenta-cuentos = storyteller [story-teller], storytelling [story-telling].

* cuento chino = tall tale, tall story.

* cuento de hadas = fairy story, fairy tale [fairytale].

* cuento de viejas = old wives' tale.

* cuento escrito = written story.

* cuento infantil = picture book.

* cuento popular = folk tale, folktale [folk tale].

* hora del cuento = story hour [storyhour], storytelling [story-telling], storytime [story time].

* lectura de cuentos = story reading.

* narración de cuentos = storytelling [story-telling].

* narrador de cuentos = storyteller [story-teller], story teller.

* que no viene a cuento = off-topic.

* rincón del cuento, el = storycorner, the.

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

* sin venir a cuento = out of the blue, like a bolt out of the blue, like a bolt from the blue, for no reason, for no specific reason, for no particular reason, for no good reason.

* urdir un cuento = weave + a tale.

* vivir del cuento = live off + the fat of the land.

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I
masculino

1)

a) ( narración corta) short story; ( para niños) story, tale

el cuento de Cenicienta — the tale o story of Cinderella

cuéntame un cuento — tell me a story

aplícate el cuento — (fam) take note

cuento de nunca acabar: esto es el cuento de nunca acabar it just never ends, it just goes on and on; traer algo a cuento to bring something up; venir a cuento: eso no viene a cuento that doesn't come into it; sin venir a cuento — for no reason at all

b) ( chiste) joke, story

el cuento del elefante — the joke about the elephant

- cuento corto

- cuento de hadas

2)

a) (fam) ( chisme)

le fue con el cuento al profesor — she went and told the teacher (colloq)

siempre anda con cuentos — she's always gossiping

comer cuentos — (Ven fam) to fall for anything

b) (fam) (mentira, excusa) story (colloq)

no me vengas con cuentos — I'm not interested in your excuses o stories

hacerle al cuento — (Méx fam) to pretend

c) (fam) ( exageración)

todo ese llanto es puro cuento — all that crying is just put on

tú lo que tienes es mucho cuento! — you're just putting it on!

- cuento chino

- cuento del tío

- cuento de viejas

3) ( número)

sin cuento — countless, innumerable
II
see contar

* * *

= story, story book [storybook], tale, yarn, nursery story, storie.

Nota: Forma arcaica de "story".

Ex: There were lessons in this story which appear to have been ignored but remain valid for the future.

Ex: These he bound up in three volumes, and on the fly leaf of the first volume wrote 'I have always retained a kind of affection for little story books, as they recall muy early days'.

Ex: 'I only wanted to write an interesting tale,' he will say, ignoring that the interest of a story almost always comes from seeing the human will in action -- against chaos or against order.

Ex: Every teacher, I suppose, has his own collection of favorite yarns based on personal experiences.

Ex: The child who has the advantage of being brought up enriched by hearing stories and reading books will have the opportunity to air his knowledge about the characters in nursery stories.

Ex: One of these collectors was a Captain Cox, stone mason of Coventry, a person with 'great oversight... in matters of storie'.

* aplicársele el cuento a Alguien = cap + fit.

* contar un cuento = tell + story.

* cuenta-cuentos = storyteller [story-teller], storytelling [story-telling].

* cuento chino = tall tale, tall story.

* cuento de hadas = fairy story, fairy tale [fairytale].

* cuento de viejas = old wives' tale.

* cuento escrito = written story.

* cuento infantil = picture book.

* cuento popular = folk tale, folktale [folk tale].

* hora del cuento = story hour [storyhour], storytelling [story-telling], storytime [story time].

* lectura de cuentos = story reading.

* narración de cuentos = storytelling [story-telling].

* narrador de cuentos = storyteller [story-teller], story teller.

* que no viene a cuento = off-topic.

* rincón del cuento, el = storycorner, the.

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

* sin venir a cuento = out of the blue, like a bolt out of the blue, like a bolt from the blue, for no reason, for no specific reason, for no particular reason, for no good reason.

* urdir un cuento = weave + a tale.

* vivir del cuento = live off + the fat of the land.

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cuento¹

masculine

A

1 (narración corta) short story; (para niños) story, tale

escritor de cuentos a short-story writer

libro de cuentos book of short stories

el cuento de Caperucita Roja the tale o story of Little Red Riding Hood

cuéntame un cuento tell me a story

aplícate el cuento ( fam); take note

contar el cuento: un minuto más y no habría contado el cuento one minute more and I wouldn't have been here o have lived to tell the tale ( colloq)

el cuento de nunca acabar: ¿otra vez nos vamos a mudar? esto es el cuento de nunca acabar we're going to move again? this is like a neverending story o there seems to be no end to this

traer algo a cuento to bring sth up

venir a cuento: no saques a relucir cosas que no vienen a cuento don't dredge up things that have nothing to do with this o which have no bearing on this o which are irrelevant

sin venir a cuento for no reason at all

2 (chiste) joke, story

¿sabes el cuento del elefante que …? do you know the joke o ( colloq) the one about the elephant that …?

Compuestos:

● cuento corto

short story

● cuento de hadas

fairy story, fairy tale

B

1 ( fam)

(chisme): se enteró y le fue con el cuento al profesor she found out and ran off to tell the teacher ( colloq)

siempre anda con cuentos sobre todo el mundo she's always gossiping about everybody

comer cuentos ( Ven fam): ¡tú sí que comes cuentos! you're so gullible! o you'd believe anything! o ( colloq) you'd fall for anything!

2 ( fam) (mentira, excusa) story ( colloq)

no me vengas con cuentos I'm not interested in excuses o stories

hacerle al cuento ( Méx fam); to pretend, put sb on ( AmE colloq), have sb on ( BrE colloq)

3 ( fam)

(exageración): todos esos lloros son puro cuento para que te perdone all that crying is just put on to get me to forgive you

¡qué vas a estar enfermo!, ¡tú lo que tienes es mucho cuento! you're not sick, you're just putting it on! ( colloq), you're not sick, stop fibbing! ( colloq)

Compuestos:

● cuento chino

( fam):

eso de que se va a casar es un cuento chino all that stuff about getting married is a load of baloney o ( AmE) bull o ( BrE) rubbish ( colloq)

yo no soy tan ingenuo, así que no me vengas con cuentos chinos I'm not as gullible as you think, so don't give me your cock-and-bull story ( colloq)

● cuento del tío

(CS fam): el cuento del tío a con trick

me quiso hacer el cuento del tío y no me dejé he tried to con me o pull a fast one on me but I didn't fall for it ( colloq)

● cuento de viejas

( fam); old wives' tale

C

(número): sin cuento countless, innumerable

cuento²

contar

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Del verbo contar: ( conjugate contar)

cuento es:

1ª persona singular (yo) presente indicativo

Multiple Entries:
contar
cuento
contar ( conjugate contar) verbo transitivo
1 ‹dinero/votos/días› to count;
◊ eran 6 sin cuento al conductor there were 6 of them not counting the driver;

y eso sin cuento las horas extras and that's without including overtime;
lo cuento entre mis amigos I consider him (to be) one of my friends
2 ‹cuento/chiste/secreto› to tell;
◊ no se lo cuentes a nadie don't tell anyone;

es muy largo de cuento it's a long story;
¿qué cuentas (de nuevo)? (fam) how're things? (colloq)
verbo intransitivo
1 ( en general) to count;
◊ cuento con los dedos to count on one's fingers;

¿este trabajo cuenta para la nota final? does this piece of work count toward(s) the final grade?;
ella no cuenta para nada what she says (o thinks etc) doesn't count for anything
2
◊ contar con

a) ‹persona/ayuda/discreción› to count on, rely on;

◊ cuento contigo para la fiesta I'm counting o relying on you being at the party;

sin cuento con que … without taking into account that …
b) ( prever) to expect;

◊ no contaba con que hiciera tan mal tiempo I wasn't expecting the weather to be so bad

c) (frml) ( tener) to have;

◊ cuenta con 10 años de experiencia she has 10 years of experience

contarse verbo pronominal
a) (frml) ( estar incluido):

◊ me cuento entre sus partidarios I count myself as one of their supporters;

su novela se cuenta entre las mejores his novel is among the best
b)

◊ ¿qué te cuentas? how's it going? (colloq)

cuento sustantivo masculino
a) ( narración corta) short story;

( para niños) story, tale;
◊ cuéntame un cuento tell me a story;

cuento de hadas fairy story, fairy tale;
venir a cuento: eso no viene a cuento that doesn't come into it;
sin venir a cuento for no reason at all
b) ( chiste) joke, story

c) (fam) (mentira, excusa) story (colloq);

◊ no me vengas con cuentos I'm not interested in your excuses o stories

d) (fam) ( exageración):

◊ todo ese llanto es puro cuento all that crying is just put on;

eso es un cuento chino what a load of baloney;
el cuento del tío a con trick
contar
I verbo transitivo
1 (un suceso, una historia) to tell
2 (numerar) to count
II verbo intransitivo to count
♦ Locuciones: contar con, (confiar en) to count on
(constar de) to have
cuento sustantivo masculino
1 story
2 Lit short story
contar un cuento, to tell a story
cuento de hadas, fairy tale
3 (embuste) lie: ¡déjate de cuentos!, get on with it!
4 (cotilleo, acusación) ya le fue con el cuento a la suegra, she ran off to tell the tale to her mother-in-law
5 cuento chino, tall story
♦ Locuciones: figurado eso no viene a cuento, that's beside the point
vivir del cuento, to live off other people
' cuento' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
colorín
- gratuitamente
- historia
- historieta
- modular
- moraleja
- novela
- si
- tal
- alargar
- aquél
- chabacano
- chiste
- colar
- contar
- inventar
- relato
- tragar
- venir
English:
bank on
- cock and bull story
- expect
- fairy story
- fairy tale
- horror story
- lurid
- moral
- number
- racy
- relate
- run
- spin out
- story
- tale
- tall story
- tell
- unfold
- yarn
- act
- eye
- fairy
- old
- short
- tall
- way
- yet

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cuento

♦ ver contar

♦ nm

1. [narración] short story;
[fábula] tale;
un libro de cuentos a storybook;

contar un cuento to tell a story;

Comp

venir a cuento to be relevant;

sin venir a cuento for no reason at all;

y eso, ¿a cuento de qué? what's all this in aid of?;

Comp

aplicarse el cuento: ¿ves lo que le ha pasado? pues aplícate el cuento see what happened to him? well, you just have a good think about that;

Comp
Fam
ir con el cuento a alguien to go and tell sb;

Comp
Fam
ser el cuento de nunca acabar to be a never-ending story o an endless business

Comp
cuento de hadas fairy tale; Fam el cuento de la lechera:
es el cuento de la lechera that's pie in the sky

2. Fam [mentira, exageración] story, lie;

¡déjate de cuentos! stop making things up!, don't give me that!;

ése tiene mucho cuento he's always putting it on;

venir con cuentos to tell fibs o stories;

Comp
CSur
hacerle a alguien el cuento del tío to pull a scam on sb, to con sb;

Comp
Esp
tener más cuento que Calleja to be a big fibber;

Comp

vivir del cuento to live by one's wits

Comp
cuento chino:
lo del final del mundo es cuento chino that stuff about the end of the world is a load of Br rubbish o US bull;

a mí no me vengas con cuentos chinos don't give me that (US rubbish o US bull)

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cuento

m

1 (short) story;

cuento de nunca acabar fig never-ending story;

ir con el cuento a alguien tell s.o. tales

2 ( pretexto) excuse;

tener mucho cuento put it on fam ;

vivir del cuento fam live off other people

3

:

venir a cuento be relevant;

eso no viene a cuento that’s irrelevant;

traer a cuento bring up

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cuento nm

1) : story, tale

2)

cuento de hadas : fairy tale

3)

sin cuento : countless

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cuento n

1. (en general) story [pl. stories] / tale

cuéntame un cuento tell me a story

no me vengas con cuentos don't come to me telling tales

2. (en literatura) short story

venir a cuento to be relevant

cuento chino tall story

cuento de hadas fairy story

Spanish-English dictionary > cuento

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