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1 animal salvaje

m.

wild beast, wild animal, wilding.

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wild animal

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(n.) = wild animal

Ex. The familiar standards of love and justice doubtfully apply to wild animals, where neither compassion nor rights may be appropriate.

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wild animal

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(n.) = wild animal

Ex: The familiar standards of love and justice doubtfully apply to wild animals, where neither compassion nor rights may be appropriate.

Spanish-English dictionary > animal salvaje
2 animal salvaje

• wild beast

Diccionario Técnico Español-Inglés > animal salvaje
3 salvaje

adj.

1 wild (animal, terreno).

el salvaje oeste the wild West

2 savage (pueblo, tribu).

3 brutal, savage (cruel, brutal).

f. & m.

1 savage (primitivo).

2 brute (bruto).

unos salvajes prendieron fuego a un inmigrante some inhuman brutes set fire to an immigrant

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salvaje

► adjetivo

1 (planta) wild; (terreno) uncultivated

2 (animal) wild

3 (pueblo, tribu) savage, uncivilized

4 familiar figurado (violento) savage, wild

5 (bruto) uncouth, boorish

6 figurado (incontrolado) haphazard, uncontrolled

■ edificación salvaje uncontrolled building development

■ huelga salvaje wildcat strike

► nombre masulino o femenino

1 (no civilizado) savage

2 figurado (violento) savage

3 (bruto) brute, boor

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1. noun mf.
savage
2. adj.
1) savage

2) wild

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1. ADJ

1) [planta, animal, tierra] wild

2) (=no autorizado) [huelga] unofficial, wildcat; [construcción] unauthorized

3) [pueblo, tribu] savage

4) (=brutal) savage, brutal

un salvaje asesinato — a brutal o savage murder

5) LAm * (=estupendo) terrific *, smashing *

2.

SMF (lit, fig) savage

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I
adjetivo

1)

a) < animal> wild

b) ( primitivo) < tribu> savage

c) <vegetación/terreno> wild

2) ( cruel) <persona/tortura> brutal; <ataque/matanza> savage
II
masculino y femenino ( primitivo) savage; ( bruto) (pey) animal, savage

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= uncivilised [uncivilized, -USA], savage, wild [wilder -comp., wildest -sup.], swingeing, savage, barbarian, barbarian, in the wild, feral, brutish.

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

Ex. The most vulnerable nations are Burma, Cambodia, Laos and Vietnam, which have all experienced savage war and civil unrest in recent years.

Ex. The letter sent Tomas Hernandez into a frenzy of conflicting reactions: ecstatic jubilation and ego-tripping, wild speculation and outrageous fantasy, compounded by confusion and indirection.

Ex. Faced with the prospect of a swingeing cut of 15% in the periodical budget, the library had to determine which titles could be cancelled with least damage to the integrity of the research collections.

Ex. The father is ultimately a figure of fun and the archetype of an irrational savage.

Ex. The article is entitled 'Waiting for the barbarians? Multicultural public library services in Australia 1985-1992'.

Ex. The writer examines the hierarchy and organization of barbarian churches that developed in the western Roman Empire in late antiquity.

Ex. I spoke of capturing e-scholarship disseminated outside the library, or, as one librarian put it, ' in the wild'.

Ex. The film offers a repulsive creature whose croaks and drools recall the demonic child in The Exorcist, instead of the feral but relatively articulate person that Morrison created.

Ex. In his most famous work, the Leviathan, Hobbes famously argued that life in the state of nature is 'solitary, poor, nasty, brutish, and short'.

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* crecer salvaje = grow + rampant.

* flor salvaje = wildflower [wild flower].

* gato salvaje = feral cat.

* monte salvaje = backcountry.

* regiones salvajes de Africa, las = wilds of Africa, the.

* vida salvaje = wildlife.

* zonas salvajes del interior = back country.

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I
adjetivo

1)

a) < animal> wild

b) ( primitivo) < tribu> savage

c) <vegetación/terreno> wild

2) ( cruel) <persona/tortura> brutal; <ataque/matanza> savage
II
masculino y femenino ( primitivo) savage; ( bruto) (pey) animal, savage

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= uncivilised [uncivilized, -USA], savage, wild [wilder -comp., wildest -sup.], swingeing, savage, barbarian, barbarian, in the wild, feral, brutish.

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

Ex: The most vulnerable nations are Burma, Cambodia, Laos and Vietnam, which have all experienced savage war and civil unrest in recent years.

Ex: The letter sent Tomas Hernandez into a frenzy of conflicting reactions: ecstatic jubilation and ego-tripping, wild speculation and outrageous fantasy, compounded by confusion and indirection.

Ex: Faced with the prospect of a swingeing cut of 15% in the periodical budget, the library had to determine which titles could be cancelled with least damage to the integrity of the research collections.

Ex: The father is ultimately a figure of fun and the archetype of an irrational savage.

Ex: The article is entitled 'Waiting for the barbarians? Multicultural public library services in Australia 1985-1992'.

Ex: The writer examines the hierarchy and organization of barbarian churches that developed in the western Roman Empire in late antiquity.

Ex: I spoke of capturing e-scholarship disseminated outside the library, or, as one librarian put it, ' in the wild'.

Ex: The film offers a repulsive creature whose croaks and drools recall the demonic child in The Exorcist, instead of the feral but relatively articulate person that Morrison created.

Ex: In his most famous work, the Leviathan, Hobbes famously argued that life in the state of nature is 'solitary, poor, nasty, brutish, and short'.

* crecer salvaje = grow + rampant.

* flor salvaje = wildflower [wild flower].

* gato salvaje = feral cat.

* monte salvaje = backcountry.

* regiones salvajes de Africa, las = wilds of Africa, the.

* vida salvaje = wildlife.

* zonas salvajes del interior = back country.

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salvaje¹

adjective

A

1 ‹animal› wild

2 (primitivo) ‹tribu› savage

3 ‹vegetación/terreno› wild

B (cruel) ‹persona/tortura› brutal; ‹ataque/matanza› savage

hay que ser salvaje para decirle eso a una pobre anciana ( fam); you have to be pretty cruel o brutal o nasty to say a thing like that to an old lady ( colloq)

se vuelve muy salvaje cuando está borracho he gets very vicious o brutal when he's drunk

C ‹construcción› uncontrolled, illegal; ‹camping› unauthorized

para controlar la colocación salvaje de carteles to control illegal o unauthorized bill posting

salvaje²

masculine and feminine

1 (primitivo) savage

2 ( pey) (bruto) animal, savage

te comportaste como un salvaje you behaved like a savage o an animal

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salvaje adjetivo
1
a) ‹ animal› wild

b) ( primitivo) ‹ tribu› savage

c) ‹vegetación/terreno› wild

2 ( cruel) ‹persona/tortura› brutal;
‹ataque/matanza› savage
■ sustantivo masculino y femenino ( primitivo) savage;
( bruto) (pey) animal, savage
salvaje
I adjetivo
1 Bot Zool wild: el tigre es un animal salvaje, the tiger is a wild animal
2 (terreno) uncultivated
3 (cultura, tribu) savage
4 (comportamiento) cruel, brutal
5 (incontrolable, imparable) huelga salvaje, protracted strike
6 pey (inculto, maleducado) uncouth
(zoquete) thick: no seas salvaje, claro que fue Colón, don't be so thick, of course it was Columbus
II m, f
1savage
2 fam (bruto) animal, savage
' salvaje' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
brava
- bravo
- lado
- selvática
- selvático
- bestia
- indomable
English:
abundance
- frazzled
- loose
- rice
- savage
- savagely
- wild
- wilderness
- wildness
- cut
- vicious

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salvaje

♦ adj

1. [animal] wild

2. [planta, terreno] wild

3. [pueblo, tribu] savage

4. [cruel, brutal] brutal, savage;

se escuchó una explosión salvaje there was a massive explosion;

el capitalismo salvaje ruthless capitalism

5. [incontrolado]
acampada salvaje unauthorized camping;

una huelga salvaje an unofficial strike, a wildcat strike;

vertidos salvajes illegal dumping

♦ nmf

1. [primitivo] savage

2. [bruto] brute;

unos salvajes prendieron fuego a un inmigrante some inhuman brutes set fire to an immigrant;

la salvaje de tu hermana ha suspendido todas las asignaturas your thick sister has failed every subject;

es un salvaje, se comió un pollo él sólo he's an animal, he ate a whole chicken by himself;

eres un salvaje, ¿cómo tratas así a tu madre? you're a monster, how can you treat your mother like that?

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salvaje

I adj

1 animal wild

2 ( bruto) brutal

II m/f savage

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salvaje adj

1) : wild

animales salvajes: wild animals

2) : savage, cruel

3) : primitive, uncivilized

salvaje nmf

: savage

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salvaje adj

1. (animal) wild

animales salvajes wild animals

2. (tribu) savage

estudia una tribu salvaje he's studying a savage tribe

Spanish-English dictionary > salvaje
4 animal

adj.

1 animal (instintos, funciones).

el reino animal the animal kingdom

2 rough (person) (basto).

f. & m.

animal, brute (person).

m.

animal.

animal de carga beast of burden

animal de compañía pet

animal doméstico farm animal; (de granja) pet (de compañía)

animal protegido protected species

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animal

► adjetivo

1 animal

2 figurado (basto) rough; (necio) ignorant, stupid; (grosero) rude, coarse, uncouth

► nombre masculino

1 animal

2 figurado (basto) rough person, brute, lout; (necio) dunce; (grosero) rude person

■ ¡animal! you brute!

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FRASEOLOGÍA

animal de carga beast of burden

animal doméstico pet

reino animal animal kingdom

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noun m.

animal

- animal de compañía

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1. ADJ

1) (=de los animales) animal

instinto animal — animal instinct

2) * (=estúpido) stupid

el muy animal no sabe la capital de España — he's so stupid he doesn't know what the capital of Spain is

3) * (=bruto)

¡deja ya de empujar, no seas tan animal! — stop pushing, you great oaf o brute

no seas animal, trátala con cariño — don't be such a brute, be kind to her

¡el muy animal se comió tres platos! — he had three helpings, the oaf o pig!

2.

SM animal

los animales salvajes — wild animals

soy un animal político — I am a political animal

ser animal de costumbres — to be a creature of habit

- ser un animal de bellota

- comer como un animal

- trabajar como un animal

animal de carga — (=burro, buey) beast of burden

¡me tratas como a un animal de carga! — what did your last servant die of? *

animal de compañía — pet

animal de laboratorio — laboratory animal

animal de tiro — draught animal, draft animal (EEUU)

animal doméstico — [de compañía] pet; [de granja] domestic animal

3. SMF *

1) (=estúpido) fool, moron *

¡animal!, tres y dos son cinco — you fool o moron *, three plus two makes five

2) (=bruto) brute

el animal de Juan seguía pegándole — that brute Juan kept on hitting him

el animal de Antonio se comió su plato y el mío — that pig Antonio ate all his own dinner and mine too

eres un animal, lo has roto — you're so rough you've gone and broken it

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I
adjetivo

1) < instinto> animal (before n)

grasas de origen animal — animal fats

2)

a) (fam) ( estúpido) stupid

no seas animal! — don't be so stupid!

b) ( grosero) rude, uncouth
II
masculino

1)

a) (Zool) animal

comer como un animal — (fam) to eat like a horse (colloq)

b) ( persona con cierta característica)

no soy un animal político — I'm not a political animal

un animal de costumbres — a creature of habit

- animal doméstico

- animal salvaje

2) animal masculino y femenino (fam) ( persona violenta) brute, animal; ( grosero) lout

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= animal, brute.

Ex. Common names are, for example, names of animals, tools, diseases, and chemicals.

Ex. It is often held that brute animals cannot have legal rights.

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* amante de los animales = animal lover.

* animal acuático = water animal, aquatic animal.

* animal anfibio = amphibian.

* animal carnívoro = carnivorous animal.

* animal carroñero = scavenger.

* animal ciliado = ciliate.

* animal dañino = pest.

* animal de carga = pack animal.

* animal de corral = farmyard animal.

* animal de costumbres = creature of habit.

* animal de granja = farm animal, farmyard animal.

* animal de presa = prey animal.

* animal disecado = stuffed animal.

* animal doméstico = pet, domestic animal.

* animales de caza = game.

* animal herbívoro = herbivorous animal.

* animal joven = kit.

* animal marino = marine animal.

* animal que ataca al hombre = man-eater.

* animal que se alimenta filtrando plancton = filter feeder.

* animal salvaje = wild animal.

* animal terrestre = land animal.

* animal vertebrado = vertebrate animal.

* animal víctima de la carretera = road kill [roadkill].

* aprovechamiento de los restos de animales = animal rendering.

* centro de acogida de animales = animal shelter.

* colección de animales = menagerie.

* comer como un animal = eat like + an animal.

* comida para animales = animal feed.

* cría de animales = animal husbandry.

* cría intensiva de animales = factory farming.

* cuerpo de animal muerto = carcass.

* cuidado de animales = animal care.

* cuidado de animales domésticos = pet care.

* cuidador de animales de parque zoológico = zookeeper.

* defensor de los derechos de los animales = animal rights campaigner.

* defensor de los derechos de los animales = animal rights activist.

* derechos de los animales = animal rights.

* especie animal = animal species.

* experimentación con animales = animal experimentation.

* experimentos con animales = animal experimentation.

* gran extensión de tierra dedicada a la cría de animales de pasto = rangeland.

* grasa animal = animal fat.

* instinto animal = animal instinct.

* llamada de animal en celo = rutting call.

* movimiento en defensa de los derechos de los animales = animal rights movement.

* novela de animales = animal story.

* pecera para animales anfibios = amphibian tank.

* piel de animal = pelt.

* producto derivado de la grasa animal = fat product.

* refugio de animales = wildlife centre.

* refugio para animales = animal sanctuary.

* reino animal, el = animal kingdom, the.

* reserva de animales = wildlife preserve, game reserve.

* reutilización de los restos de animales = animal rendering.

* sociedad protectora de animales = RSPCA (Royal Society for the Protection of Cruelty to Animals), animal protection society.

* tienda de animales = pet shop.

* vida animal = animal life.

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I
adjetivo

1) < instinto> animal (before n)

grasas de origen animal — animal fats

2)

a) (fam) ( estúpido) stupid

no seas animal! — don't be so stupid!

b) ( grosero) rude, uncouth
II
masculino

1)

a) (Zool) animal

comer como un animal — (fam) to eat like a horse (colloq)

b) ( persona con cierta característica)

no soy un animal político — I'm not a political animal

un animal de costumbres — a creature of habit

- animal doméstico

- animal salvaje

2) animal masculino y femenino (fam) ( persona violenta) brute, animal; ( grosero) lout

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= animal, brute.

Ex: Common names are, for example, names of animals, tools, diseases, and chemicals.

Ex: It is often held that brute animals cannot have legal rights.

* amante de los animales = animal lover.

* animal acuático = water animal, aquatic animal.

* animal anfibio = amphibian.

* animal carnívoro = carnivorous animal.

* animal carroñero = scavenger.

* animal ciliado = ciliate.

* animal dañino = pest.

* animal de carga = pack animal.

* animal de corral = farmyard animal.

* animal de costumbres = creature of habit.

* animal de granja = farm animal, farmyard animal.

* animal de presa = prey animal.

* animal disecado = stuffed animal.

* animal doméstico = pet, domestic animal.

* animales de caza = game.

* animal herbívoro = herbivorous animal.

* animal joven = kit.

* animal marino = marine animal.

* animal que ataca al hombre = man-eater.

* animal que se alimenta filtrando plancton = filter feeder.

* animal salvaje = wild animal.

* animal terrestre = land animal.

* animal vertebrado = vertebrate animal.

* animal víctima de la carretera = road kill [roadkill].

* aprovechamiento de los restos de animales = animal rendering.

* centro de acogida de animales = animal shelter.

* colección de animales = menagerie.

* comer como un animal = eat like + an animal.

* comida para animales = animal feed.

* cría de animales = animal husbandry.

* cría intensiva de animales = factory farming.

* cuerpo de animal muerto = carcass.

* cuidado de animales = animal care.

* cuidado de animales domésticos = pet care.

* cuidador de animales de parque zoológico = zookeeper.

* defensor de los derechos de los animales = animal rights campaigner.

* defensor de los derechos de los animales = animal rights activist.

* derechos de los animales = animal rights.

* especie animal = animal species.

* experimentación con animales = animal experimentation.

* experimentos con animales = animal experimentation.

* gran extensión de tierra dedicada a la cría de animales de pasto = rangeland.

* grasa animal = animal fat.

* instinto animal = animal instinct.

* llamada de animal en celo = rutting call.

* movimiento en defensa de los derechos de los animales = animal rights movement.

* novela de animales = animal story.

* pecera para animales anfibios = amphibian tank.

* piel de animal = pelt.

* producto derivado de la grasa animal = fat product.

* refugio de animales = wildlife centre.

* refugio para animales = animal sanctuary.

* reino animal, el = animal kingdom, the.

* reserva de animales = wildlife preserve, game reserve.

* reutilización de los restos de animales = animal rendering.

* sociedad protectora de animales = RSPCA (Royal Society for the Protection of Cruelty to Animals), animal protection society.

* tienda de animales = pet shop.

* vida animal = animal life.

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animal¹

adjective

A ‹instinto› animal ( before n)

grasas de origen animal animal fats

B

1 ( fam) (estúpido) stupid

¡no seas animal, vamos a chocar! don't be so stupid o reckless, we'll crash!

2 (grosero) rude, uncouth

animal²

masculine

A

1 ( Zool) animal

comer como un animal ( fam); to eat like a horse ( colloq)

ser un animal de bellota(s) ( fam); to be as thick as two short planks ( colloq)

2

(persona con cierta característica): no soy un animal político I'm not a political animal

es un animal de costumbres he's a creature of habit

Compuestos:

● animal doméstico

(de granja) domestic animal; (mascota) pet

● animal salvaje

wild animal

B

animal masculine and feminine ( fam)

1 (persona violenta) brute, animal

2 (grosero) lout

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animal adjetivo
1 ‹ instinto› animal ( before n)
2 (fam)
a) ( estúpido) stupid

b) ( grosero) rude, uncouth

■ sustantivo masculino
a) (Zool) animal;

◊ animal doméstico ( de granja) domestic animal;

( mascota) pet
b) (fam) ( persona — violenta) brute, animal;

(— grosera) lout
animal
I sustantivo masculino
1 animal
2 fig (persona bruta, fuerte) brute
(necio) dunce
II adjetivo animal
' animal' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
abandonar
- abrir
- acariciar
- arisca
- arisco
- babear
- bellota
- bestia
- bicha
- bicho
- brazo
- buey
- bufar
- caballería
- cadáver
- callejera
- callejero
- calostro
- caricia
- cebar
- cerda
- cerdo
- cola
- congénere
- consigo
- cordera
- cordero
- cría
- cruce
- cruzar
- cruzada
- cruzado
- cualquiera
- cuarta
- cuarto
- degollar
- despiece
- deyección
- disecar
- diurna
- diurno
- domesticar
- dopar
- ejemplar
- él
- ella
- enjaular
- entrañas
- fiera
- fiero
English:
animal
- antenna
- baby
- back
- bellow
- belly
- bite
- breed
- brute
- bugger
- care for
- coat
- creep
- cub
- den
- destroy
- dig
- domestic
- domesticated
- fierce
- finish off
- flamingo
- flesh
- forerunner
- fur
- furry
- good-natured
- habit
- hardy
- hide
- host
- house-train
- instinct
- kick
- kill
- lap
- lap up
- lead
- lean
- leg
- magnetism
- master
- maul
- milk
- mistress
- neck
- neglect
- nocturnal
- nurture
- pack-animal

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animal

♦ adj

1. [instintos, funciones] animal;

el reino animal the animal kingdom

2. [persona] [basto] rough

3. [persona] [ignorante] ignorant

♦ nm

animal;

Comp

como un animal: sudaba como un animal he was sweating like a pig;

trabajamos como animales para acabar a tiempo we worked like slaves to get it finished on time

Comp
animal de bellota [cerdo] pig; Fam [insulto] ignoramus;
animal de carga beast of burden;

animal de compañía pet;

animal doméstico [de granja] farm animal;
[de compañía] pet;
animales de granja farm animals;

animal de laboratorio laboratory animal;

animal político political animal;

animal protegido protected species;

animal racional rational being;

animal de tiro draught animal;

animal transgénico transgenic animal

♦ nmf

1. [persona basta] animal, brute

2. [persona ignorante] (ignorant) brute

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animal

I adj

1 animal atr ;

reino animal animal kingdom

2 fig

stupid

II m tb fig

animal

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animal adj

1) : animal

2) estúpido: stupid, idiotic

3) : rough, brutish

animal nm

: animal

animal nmf

1) idiota: idiot, fool

2) : brute, beastly person

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animal adj n animal

animal salvaje wild animal

animal doméstico pet

Spanish-English dictionary > animal
5 indomable

adj.

1 untameable (animal).

2 rebellious.

3 indomitable, wild, rebel, savage.

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indomable

► adjetivo

1 (animal) untamable

2 figurado (valor, heroísmo) indomitable; (carácter) unruly

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ADJ [espíritu] indomitable; [animal] untameable; [pelo] unmanageable; [energía] boundless

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adjetivo

a) < animal salvaje> untamable*; < caballo> unbreakable

b) <pueblo/tribu> indomitable, unconquerable

un joven indomable — an indomitable young man

c) (fam) <pelo/remolino> unruly, unmanageable

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= indomitable.

Ex. This demonstrates that even in the face of devastation and hopelessness, the indomitable spirit to survive carries on in all species.

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adjetivo

a) < animal salvaje> untamable*; < caballo> unbreakable

b) <pueblo/tribu> indomitable, unconquerable

un joven indomable — an indomitable young man

c) (fam) <pelo/remolino> unruly, unmanageable

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= indomitable.

Ex: This demonstrates that even in the face of devastation and hopelessness, the indomitable spirit to survive carries on in all species.

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indomable

adjective

1 ‹animal salvaje› untamable*; ‹caballo› unbreakable

2 ‹pueblo/tribu› indomitable, unconquerable

un joven valiente e indomable a courageous, indomitable young man

niños rebeldes e indomables rebellious, uncontrollable children

3 ( fam); ‹pelo/remolino› unruly, unmanageable

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indomable adjetivo
a) ‹ animal salvaje› untamable^{( conjugate untamable)};

‹ caballo› unbreakable
b) ‹pueblo/tribu› indomitable, unconquerable;

‹ persona› indomitable
c) (fam) ‹pelo/remolino› unruly, unmanageable

indomable adjetivo
1 (animal) untameable
2 (pueblo) ungovernable, unruly
(persona) uncontrollable
(sentimiento) indomitable

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indomable adj

1. [animal] untameable

2. [carácter] rebellious;
[pueblo] unruly
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indomable

adj animal untameable; persona indomitable

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indomable adj

1) : indomitable

2) : unruly, unmanageable

Spanish-English dictionary > indomable
6 domar

v.

to tame (animales salvajes).

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domar

► verbo transitivo

1 to tame (caballos) to break in

2 figurado to tame, control

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VT

1) [+ animal salvaje] (=amansar) to tame; (=adiestrar) to train

2) [+ caballo] to break in

3) [+ emoción] to master, control

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verbo transitivo

a) < fieras> to tame; < caballo> to break in

b) (fam) < niño> to bring o get... under control

c) (fam) < zapatos> to break in

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= tame, break + Nombre + in.

Ex. The problem reside in the fact that they environment we seek to tame and control is an open, unstructured dynamic process, while human organizations are static and highly resistant to change.

Ex. You'll never wear your combat boots until they're comfortable, and this is the fastest and easiest way to break them in.

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* domar la fiera = tame + the beast.

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verbo transitivo

a) < fieras> to tame; < caballo> to break in

b) (fam) < niño> to bring o get... under control

c) (fam) < zapatos> to break in

* * *

= tame, break + Nombre + in.

Ex: The problem reside in the fact that they environment we seek to tame and control is an open, unstructured dynamic process, while human organizations are static and highly resistant to change.

Ex: You'll never wear your combat boots until they're comfortable, and this is the fastest and easiest way to break them in.

* domar la fiera = tame + the beast.

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domar [A1 ]

vt

1 ‹fieras› to tame; ‹caballo› to break in

2 ( fam); ‹niño› to bring o get … under control, bring … into line

3 ( fam); ‹zapatos› to break in

4 ( liter); ‹emociones/pasiones› to check, restrain, curb

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domar ( conjugate domar) verbo transitivo
a) ‹ fieras› to tame;

‹ caballo› to break in
b) (fam) ‹ niño› to bring o get … under control

c) (fam) ‹ zapatos› to break in

domar verbo transitivo to tame, conquer, overcome
(un caballo) to break (in): por fin ha domado su vicio con el alcohol, she has at last overcome her alcohol addiction
' domar' also found in these entries:
English:
break
- tame
- untamed

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domar vt

1. [animal salvaje] to tame;
[caballo] to break in
2. [calzado] to break in

3. [personas, pasiones] to control;

es un niño muy difícil de domar he's a very difficult child to control

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domar

v/t tb fig

tame; caballo break in

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domar vt

: to tame, to break in

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domar vb to tame

Spanish-English dictionary > domar
7 fiero

adj.

1 fierce, feral, ferocious, rancorous.

2 harsh, angry.

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fiero

► adjetivo

1 (animal salvaje) wild; (feroz) fierce, ferocious

2 (persona) cruel

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1. ADJ

1) (=feroz) fierce, ferocious; (Zool) wild

- no es tan fiero el león como lo pintan

2) (=cruel) cruel

3) † (=feo) ugly

2.

pl fieros
† SMPL (=amenazas) threats; (=bravatas) boasts, bragging sing
echar o hacer fieros — (=amenazas) to utter threats; (=bravatas) to boast, brag

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- ra adjetivo

a) ( feroz) < animal> fierce, ferocious; <huracán/tormenta> fierce

b) (RPl fam) ( feo) ugly

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= ferocius, ferocious.

Ex. Fuller's novel make for a form of intellectual clarity, even if that clarity, paradoxically, is expressed in a ferocious hell-bent manner.

Ex. One by one, he wiped the floor with opponents who had spoken in the debate -- with a ferocious blend of rant, rhetoric and rumbustious counterattack.

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- ra adjetivo

a) ( feroz) < animal> fierce, ferocious; <huracán/tormenta> fierce

b) (RPl fam) ( feo) ugly

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= ferocius, ferocious.

Ex: Fuller's novel make for a form of intellectual clarity, even if that clarity, paradoxically, is expressed in a ferocious hell-bent manner.

Ex: One by one, he wiped the floor with opponents who had spoken in the debate -- with a ferocious blend of rant, rhetoric and rumbustious counterattack.

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fiero -ra

adjective

1 (feroz) ‹animal› fierce, ferocious; ‹huracán/tormenta› fierce

animales de aspecto fiero fierce-looking animals

2 ( RPl fam) (feo) ugly

es fiera como la noche she's as ugly as sin ( colloq)

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fiero
◊ -ra adjetivo ‹ animal› fierce, ferocious

fiero,-a adjetivo
1 (animal) wild
2 (batalla, combate) fierce, ferocious

' fiero' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
brava
- bravo
- fiera
English:
fierce
- raging
- vicious

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fiero, -a adj

1. [feroz] savage, ferocious

2. RP Fam [feo] [persona, edificio] hideous;
[situación] horrendous;
no vayas a su casa que está fiera la cosa don't go round to his place because things are pretty heavy

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fiero

adj fierce

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fiero, -ra adj

feroz: fierce, ferocious

* * *

fiero adj (feroz) fierce / ferocious

Spanish-English dictionary > fiero
8 chillido

m.

1 scream, yell.

2 shriek, scream, screech, yell.

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chillido

► nombre masculino

1 (de persona) shriek, scream, cry

2 (de cerdo) squeal; (de ratón) squeak; (de pájaro) squawk, screech

3 (de puerta, ventana) creak, creaking, squeaking

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noun m.

scream

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SM [de persona] shriek, scream; [de gato, animal salvaje] screech, yowling; [de ratón] squeak; [de cerdo] squeal; [de ave] screech, squawk

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masculino

1) ( de ave) screech; ( de cerdo) squeal; ( de ratón) squeak

2) ( grito) shout, yell; (de dolor, miedo) scream, shriek

dar opegar chillidos o un chillido — (fam) to shout, to yell

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= yelp, squeak, shriek, scream, squeal, holler.

Ex. Then he did several backflips and wailed aloud in his misery and woe, his yelps of distress quite filling the empyrean.

Ex. On a bicycle there can be nothing more annoying then a squeak while you're riding.

Ex. He heard curses of lost men and women; he heard shrieks and groans and all that goes with drunkenness, debauchery, lust and sin.

Ex. Research shows that chimpanzees vary their screams depending on the severity of the attack.

Ex. Like fingernails scraping across a blackboard, disc brake squeal is enough to make anybody's hair stand on end.

Ex. But luckily the animals were all fairly timid and with a holler they would take off running.

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* dar chillidos = shriek.

* dar un chillido = holler.

* pegar chillidos = shriek.

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masculino

1) ( de ave) screech; ( de cerdo) squeal; ( de ratón) squeak

2) ( grito) shout, yell; (de dolor, miedo) scream, shriek

dar opegar chillidos o un chillido — (fam) to shout, to yell

* * *

= yelp, squeak, shriek, scream, squeal, holler.

Ex: Then he did several backflips and wailed aloud in his misery and woe, his yelps of distress quite filling the empyrean.

Ex: On a bicycle there can be nothing more annoying then a squeak while you're riding.

Ex: He heard curses of lost men and women; he heard shrieks and groans and all that goes with drunkenness, debauchery, lust and sin.

Ex: Research shows that chimpanzees vary their screams depending on the severity of the attack.

Ex: Like fingernails scraping across a blackboard, disc brake squeal is enough to make anybody's hair stand on end.

Ex: But luckily the animals were all fairly timid and with a holler they would take off running.

* dar chillidos = shriek.

* dar un chillido = holler.

* pegar chillidos = shriek.

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chillido

masculine

A (de un ave) screech; (de un cerdo) squeal; (de un ratón) squeak

B (grito) shout, yell; (de dolor) scream; (de miedo) scream, shriek

no hace falta que des or pegues esos chillidos ( fam); there's no need to shout o yell

daba unos chillidos que ni que la estuvieran matando the way she was screaming o shrieking, you'd have thought that someone was trying to kill her ( colloq)

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chillido sustantivo masculino
a) ( de ave) screech;

( de cerdo) squeal;
( de ratón) squeak
b) ( grito) shout, yell;

(de dolor, miedo) scream, shriek;
dar chillidos o un chillido (fam) to shout, to yell
chillido sustantivo masculino
1 (de terror, dolor) scream, shriek
2 (grito, berrido de persona) shout
3 (grito de ave) screech
(de cerdo) squeal
' chillido' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
chillar
- pegar
English:
scream
- shriek
- squeak
- squeal
- cry
- screech

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chillido nm

1. [de persona] scream, yell;

pegar o [m5] dar un chillido to scream, to yell

2. [de ave, mono] screech;
[de cerdo] squeal; [de ratón] squeak
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chillido

m scream, shriek; de cerdo squeal

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chillido nm

1) : scream, shout

2) : squeal, screech, cry (of an animal)

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chillido n

1. (de persona) scream

2. (de loro, frenos) screech

3. (de cerdo) squeal

4. (de ratón) squeak

Spanish-English dictionary > chillido
9 domesticación

f.

domestication, taming, animal training, training.

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domesticación

► nombre femenino

1 domestication, taming

2 (adiestramiento) training

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SF

1) [en costumbres] domestication

2) [de animal salvaje] taming

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= domestication.

Ex. Another factor contributing to the truce involved changes in their warmongering attitudes on domestication.

* * *

= domestication.

Ex: Another factor contributing to the truce involved changes in their warmongering attitudes on domestication.

* * *

domesticación

feminine

domestication

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domesticación nf

domestication

Spanish-English dictionary > domesticación
10 retobado

adj.

1 artful, crafty. (Metaphorical)

2 wild (animal); wild (person), unruly; rebellious. (Latin American)

3 grumbling (gruñón). (Andes & Central America & Mexico)

4 cunning (taimado). (Andes)

5 unruly, rebellious, bolshy, insubordinate.

6 obstinate, pigheaded, stubborn, headstrong.

past part.

past participle of spanish verb: retobar.

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ADJ

1) LAm [animal] (=salvaje) wild

2) LAm [persona] (=taimado) sly, crafty; (=rebelde) rebellious; (=terco) obstinate; (=hosco) sullen; (=caprichoso) unpredictable, capricious

3) And, CAm, Méx * (=gruñón) grumbling; (=descarado) saucy, sassy (EEUU), cheeky *

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- da adjetivo ( rebelde) (Méx, RPl fam) rebellious; ( terco) (Méx fam) stubborn

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- da adjetivo ( rebelde) (Méx, RPl fam) rebellious; ( terco) (Méx fam) stubborn

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retobado -da

adjective

A

1 (Méx, RPl fam) (rebelde) unruly, rebellious, bolshy ( BrE colloq)

2 ( Méx fam) (terco) obstinate, stubborn

B

( Chi fam) (directo): cuando vuelvas te vas retobado a la cama when you get back you're going straight to bed

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retobado, -a adj

1. Méx [obstinado] stubborn, obstinate

2. Méx, RP [indómito] wild, unruly

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retobado

adj L.Am.

unruly

Spanish-English dictionary > retobado
11 desbravar

v.

to tame, to break in (ganado).

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desbravar

► verbo transitivo

1 (animal) to tame; (caballo) to break in

► verbo intransitivo

1 (perder braveza) to become less wild, become less fierce

2 (calmarse) to calm down

3 (licor) to lose its strength

► verbo pronominal desbravarse

1 (perder braveza) to become less wild, become less fierce

2 (calmarse) to calm down

3 (un licor) to lose its strength

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1.

VT (=amansar) [+ caballo] to break in; [+ animal salvaje] to tame

2.

VI

See:

desbravarse

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desbravar vt
[ganado] to tame, to break in

Spanish-English dictionary > desbravar
12 chillar

v.

1 to scream, to yell (gritar) (person).

2 to screech.

3 to yell at (informal) (reñir).

4 to shriek, to screech, to howl, to scream.

5 to bawl out.

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chillar

► verbo intransitivo

1 (persona) to scream, shriek, shout

■ ¡no chilles! stop shouting!

■ chilla más que no te oigo speak up, I can't hear you

2 (cerdo) to squeal; (ratón) to squeak; (pájaro) to squawk, screech

3 (radio) to blare; (frenos) to screech, squeal; (puerta, ventana) to creak, squeak

4 (colores) to be loud, be gaudy, clash

5 familiar (reñir) to tell off

6 figurado (protestar) to protest, complain

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verb

to scream

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1. VI

1) (=gritar) [persona] to shriek, scream; [gato, animal salvaje] to screech, yowl; [ratón] to squeak; [cerdo] to squeal; [ave] to screech, squawk; [radio] to blare

- el cochino chilló

- no chillar

2) (Mec) [frenos] to screech, squeal

3) [colores] to scream, jar, be loud

4) LAm (=llorar) to bawl

2.

See:

chillarse

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verbo intransitivo

1) pájaro to screech; cerdo to squeal; ratón to squeak

2)

a) persona to shout, yell (colloq); (de dolor, miedo) to scream

chillarle a alguien — to yell o shout at somebody

b) bebé/niño ( llorar) to scream

3) (Col) colores to clash

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= screech, scream, shrill, howl, yelp, shriek, squeal, holler.

Ex. They laughed and screeched and mocked as long as I went on swearing.

Ex. What's the ordinary response if you're a red-blooded American consumer? I mean, you scream like hell and run to the store and demand your money back.

Ex. And those users who are unfortunate enough to hit on a librarian who booms (or shrills) their private problems around the library floor may never ask a question again.

Ex. If we do not listen to other people whispering their prayers today we may have to meet them tomorrow when they are howling their war cries.

Ex. He yelped in pain and she grabbed his wrists and pinned his arms to the floor.

Ex. At most summer camps, children shriek, laugh and generally make a ruckus.

Ex. Our political class yaps and squeals but is incapable of rational thought.

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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* chillar a gripo pelado = scream + Posesivo + head off.

* chillar a grito pelado = scream at + the top of + Posesivo + head, shout + Posesivo + head off, shout at + the top of + Posesivo + lungs, shout at + the top of + Posesivo + voice, scream at + the top of + Posesivo + voice, scream at + the top of + Posesivo + lungs, scream like + a banshee, wail like + a banshee.

* chillar como alma en pena = scream like + a banshee, wail like + a banshee.

* chillar como un cerdo = squeal like + a pig.

* chillar como un condenado = scream like + a banshee.

* chillar como un loco = shout + Posesivo + head off, scream + Posesivo + head off, shout at + the top of + Posesivo + lungs, scream at + the top of + Posesivo + head, shout at + the top of + Posesivo + voice, scream at + the top of + Posesivo + voice, scream at + the top of + Posesivo + lungs, scream like + a banshee, wail like + a banshee.

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verbo intransitivo

1) pájaro to screech; cerdo to squeal; ratón to squeak

2)

a) persona to shout, yell (colloq); (de dolor, miedo) to scream

chillarle a alguien — to yell o shout at somebody

b) bebé/niño ( llorar) to scream

3) (Col) colores to clash

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= screech, scream, shrill, howl, yelp, shriek, squeal, holler.

Ex: They laughed and screeched and mocked as long as I went on swearing.

Ex: What's the ordinary response if you're a red-blooded American consumer? I mean, you scream like hell and run to the store and demand your money back.

Ex: And those users who are unfortunate enough to hit on a librarian who booms (or shrills) their private problems around the library floor may never ask a question again.

Ex: If we do not listen to other people whispering their prayers today we may have to meet them tomorrow when they are howling their war cries.

Ex: He yelped in pain and she grabbed his wrists and pinned his arms to the floor.

Ex: At most summer camps, children shriek, laugh and generally make a ruckus.

Ex: Our political class yaps and squeals but is incapable of rational thought.

Ex: When McCall finished his book by saying, 'It makes me wanna holler and throw up my hands,' he almost described my reaction perfectly.

* chillar a gripo pelado = scream + Posesivo + head off.

* chillar a grito pelado = scream at + the top of + Posesivo + head, shout + Posesivo + head off, shout at + the top of + Posesivo + lungs, shout at + the top of + Posesivo + voice, scream at + the top of + Posesivo + voice, scream at + the top of + Posesivo + lungs, scream like + a banshee, wail like + a banshee.

* chillar como alma en pena = scream like + a banshee, wail like + a banshee.

* chillar como un cerdo = squeal like + a pig.

* chillar como un condenado = scream like + a banshee.

* chillar como un loco = shout + Posesivo + head off, scream + Posesivo + head off, shout at + the top of + Posesivo + lungs, scream at + the top of + Posesivo + head, shout at + the top of + Posesivo + voice, scream at + the top of + Posesivo + voice, scream at + the top of + Posesivo + lungs, scream like + a banshee, wail like + a banshee.

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chillar [A1 ]

vi

A «pájaro» to screech; «cerdo» to squeal; «ratón» to squeak

B

1 (gritar) to shout, yell ( colloq); (de dolor) to scream; (de miedo) to scream, shriek

chillaban como locos they were shouting their heads off, they were shouting like crazy o ( BrE) mad

chillarle A algn to yell o shout AT sb

no hace falta que me chilles, no estoy sorda there's no need to shout o yell, I'm not deaf

si llega tarde le chillarán ( fam); if he's late he'll get a real earful o he'll get bawled out o he'll get yelled at ( colloq)

2 «oídos» to ring

3 «bebé/niño» (llorar) to scream

C ( Col) «colores» to clash

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chillar ( conjugate chillar) verbo intransitivo
a) [ pájaro] to screech;

[ cerdo] to squeal;
[ ratón] to squeak
b) [ persona] to shout, yell (colloq);

(de dolor, miedo) to scream;
chillarle a algn to yell o shout at sb
c) [bebé/niño] ( llorar) to scream

chillar verbo intransitivo
1 (emitir un chillido) to scream, shriek
2 (levantar la voz) to shout
3 (un ave) to screech
(un cerdo) to squeal
' chillar' also found in these entries:
English:
bawl
- call
- jar
- scream
- screech
- shriek
- squall
- squeak
- squeal
- cry
- squawk

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chillar

♦ vi

1. [gritar] [personas] to scream, to yell;
[aves, monos] to screech; [cerdo] to squeal; [ratón] to squeak
2. [hablar alto] to shout;

chilla más, que aquí atrás no se te oye speak up, we can't hear you at the back;

¡no chilles, que no somos sordos! don't shout, we're not deaf!

3. [chirriar] to screech;
[puerta, madera] to creak; [bisagras] to squeak
♦ vt
Fam [reñir] to yell o shout at;
siempre le chilla al niño she's always yelling o shouting at the child;

a mí no me chilla nadie no one shouts at me

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chillar

v/i scream, shriek; de cerdo squeal

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chillar vi

1) : to squeal, to screech

2) : to scream, to yell

3) : to be gaudy, to clash

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chillar vb

1. (gritar) to shout

2. (hablar más fuerte) to speak up [pt. spoke; pp. spoken]

3. (berrear) to scream

4. (loro, frenos) to screech

5. (cerdo) to squeal

6. (ratón) to squeak

Spanish-English dictionary > chillar
13 doma

f.

taming.

doma de caballos breaking-in of horses

pres.indicat.

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

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doma

► nombre femenino

1 taming (de caballos) breaking in

* * *

SF [de caballo] breaking-in; [de animal salvaje] taming

* * *

femenino ( de fieras) taming; ( de caballos) breaking-in

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* doma de exhibición = dressage.

* doma ecuestre de exhibición = dressage.

* pista de doma = dressage ring, dressage arena.

* * *

femenino ( de fieras) taming; ( de caballos) breaking-in

* * *

* doma de exhibición = dressage.

* doma ecuestre de exhibición = dressage.

* pista de doma = dressage ring, dressage arena.

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doma

feminine

1 (de fieras) taming; (de caballos) breaking-in

2 (competición hípica) dressage

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doma nf
[de animales salvajes] taming;
doma de caballos breaking-in of horses;

concurso de doma [en equitación] dressage competition

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doma

f taming; de caballo breaking in

Spanish-English dictionary > doma
14 desbravarse

desbravarse

► verbo pronominal

1 (perder braveza) to become less wild, become less fierce

2 (calmarse) to calm down

3 (un licor) to lose its strength

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VPR

1) [animal salvaje] to become tamer

2) (=perder fuerza) [corriente] to lose its strength; [viento] to drop, become less wild; [licor] to lose its strength

Spanish-English dictionary > desbravarse
15 domable

adj.

tamable, conquerable.

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ADJ tamable

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domable

adjective

‹fieras› tamable; ‹caballo› breakable

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domable adj
[animal salvaje] tameable; [caballo] breakable

Spanish-English dictionary > domable
16 bestia

adj.

1 thick (ignorante).

2 amazing (extraordinario).

¡qué bestia, regateó a seis jugadores él solito! wow o that's amazing, he beat six players all by himself!

3 beast.

f.

beast (animal).

bestia de carga beast of burden

bestia negra bête noire

f. & m.

1 oaf (bruto).

2 brute (ignorante).

3 brute (violento).

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bestia

► nombre femenino

1 (animal) beast

► nombre masulino o femenino

1 (persona - bruto) brute; (- ignorante) ignorant fool; (- torpe) clumsy oaf

► adjetivo

1 (bruto) brutish

2 (ignorante) ignorant; (grosero) rude; (torpe) clumsy

3 (asombroso) fantastic, amazing

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FRASEOLOGÍA

a lo bestia (fuerte) hard 2 (a lo loco) like a madman 3 (rápido) like mad 4 (en cantidad) in enormous amounts

mala bestia nasty piece of work

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noun f.

beast

* * *

1. ADJ *

1) (=bruto)

ese tío bestia le ha vuelto a pegar a su mujer — that brute o animal * has been beating his wife again

no lo vayas a asustar ¡no seas bestia! — you're not going to frighten him, are you? don't be such a brute o such an animal! *

los hinchas llegaron en plan bestia — Esp the supporters came looking for trouble

poner a algn bestia Esp *** —

esa tía me pone bestia — I've really got the hots for her **

2)

a lo bestia: un deporte parecido a la lucha libre pero más a lo bestia — a sport that's similar to wrestling but more rough

lo tuyo son mentiras a lo bestia — your lies are real whoppers *

todo lo haces a lo bestia — you make a mess of everything you do

hoy hemos entrenado a lo bestia — we trained really hard today

comimos a lo bestia — we really stuffed ourselves *, we pigged out *

conducen a lo bestia — they drive like idiots

bebe a lo bestia — he drinks like a fish

3) (=ignorante) thick *

es tan bestia que no sabe ni sumar — he's so thick he can't even add up *

¡anda, no seas bestia! ¡eso no puede ser verdad! — don't be an idiot! that can't be true!

4) [con admiración, asombro]

¡qué bestia! ¡ha ganado todos los partidos! — she's amazing o incredible! she's won all the matches!

¡qué bestia! ¡se come cuatro huevos diarios! — it's amazing! she eats four eggs a day!

¡qué bestia eres, le has ganado al campeón! — what a star! you beat the champion!

2.

SMF * (=bruto)

¡eres un bestia! — you're a brute!, you're an animal! *

el muy bestia se ha bebido media botella de whisky él solo — that animal drank half a bottle of whisky on his own *

es un bestia con el trabajo — he works like a dog *

3.

SF (Zool) beast

- ser una mala bestia

bestia de arrastre — draught animal, draft animal (EEUU)

bestia de carga — beast of burden, pack animal

bestia de tiro — draught animal, draft animal (EEUU)

bestia feroz, bestia salvaje — wild animal, wild beast

bestia negra, bestia parda — bête noire

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I
adjetivo

1) (fam)

a) (ignorante, estúpido)

es tan bestia que no distingue un Picasso de un Velázquez — he's so ignorant he can't tell a Picasso from a Velázquez

no seas bestia que vas a chocar! — watch out, you're going to crash!

b) ( grosero) rude

no seas bestia ¿cómo le vas a decir eso? — don't be so crass, you can't say that to him!

c) (violento, brusco)

qué hombre más bestia! ha vuelto a pegarle — what a brute o an animal! he's hit her again

a lo bestia — (fam)

comen a lo bestia — they eat an incredible o a massive amount!

conducen a lo bestia — they drive like madmen (colloq)

2) (fam) (expresando admiración, asombro) amazing (colloq)

qué bestia! mira cuánto ha comido — this guy's incredible! look how much he's eaten
II
femenino beast

bestia salvaje or feroz — wild animal

bestia de carga — beast of burden

ser una mala bestia — (fam) to be a nasty piece of work (colloq)

- bestia negra
III
masculino y femenino

a) (fam) ( ignorante)

es un bestia que no sabe ni usar el cuchillo — he's so uncouth, he can't even hold his knife properly

b) ( persona violenta) animal, brute

* * *

= beast, brute, behemoth, behemoth.

Nota: Criatura mitológica.

Ex. In Little Gidding T.S. Eliot gives us some lines that express what I mean not just by saying it but by demonstrating it too: Last season's fruit is eaten And the fullfed beast shall kick the empty pail.

Ex. It is often held that brute animals cannot have legal rights.

Ex. And we have the slumbering behemoth: the vast quantity of researchers who don't understand the system and don't care.

Ex. And we have the slumbering behemoth: the vast quantity of researchers who don't understand the system and don't care.

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* bestia negra = bête noire.

* bestia salvaje = wild beast.

* La Bella y la Bestia = Beauty and the Beast.

* * *
I
adjetivo

1) (fam)

a) (ignorante, estúpido)

es tan bestia que no distingue un Picasso de un Velázquez — he's so ignorant he can't tell a Picasso from a Velázquez

no seas bestia que vas a chocar! — watch out, you're going to crash!

b) ( grosero) rude

no seas bestia ¿cómo le vas a decir eso? — don't be so crass, you can't say that to him!

c) (violento, brusco)

qué hombre más bestia! ha vuelto a pegarle — what a brute o an animal! he's hit her again

a lo bestia — (fam)

comen a lo bestia — they eat an incredible o a massive amount!

conducen a lo bestia — they drive like madmen (colloq)

2) (fam) (expresando admiración, asombro) amazing (colloq)

qué bestia! mira cuánto ha comido — this guy's incredible! look how much he's eaten
II
femenino beast

bestia salvaje or feroz — wild animal

bestia de carga — beast of burden

ser una mala bestia — (fam) to be a nasty piece of work (colloq)

- bestia negra
III
masculino y femenino

a) (fam) ( ignorante)

es un bestia que no sabe ni usar el cuchillo — he's so uncouth, he can't even hold his knife properly

b) ( persona violenta) animal, brute

* * *

= beast, brute, behemoth, behemoth.

Nota: Criatura mitológica.

Ex: In Little Gidding T.S. Eliot gives us some lines that express what I mean not just by saying it but by demonstrating it too: Last season's fruit is eaten And the fullfed beast shall kick the empty pail.

Ex: It is often held that brute animals cannot have legal rights.

Ex: And we have the slumbering behemoth: the vast quantity of researchers who don't understand the system and don't care.

Ex: And we have the slumbering behemoth: the vast quantity of researchers who don't understand the system and don't care.

* bestia negra = bête noire.

* bestia salvaje = wild beast.

* La Bella y la Bestia = Beauty and the Beast.

* * *

bestia¹

adjective

A ( fam)

1

(ignorante, estúpido): es tan bestia que no distingue un Picasso de un Velázquez he's so ignorant he can't tell a Picasso from a Velázquez

¡no seas bestia que vas a chocar! don't be so stupid o reckless, you're going to crash!

2 (grosero) rude

mira si es bestia, entra sin saludar a nadie he's so rude, he just comes in without saying hello to anyone

no seas bestia, ¿cómo le vas a decir eso? don't be so crass, you can't say that to him!

3

(violento, brusco): ¡ay, perdón! ¡qué bestia que soy! oh, sorry! I'm so clumsy o careless!

¡qué hombre más bestia! ha vuelto a pegarle what a brute o an animal! he's hit her again

a lo bestia ( fam): comen a lo bestia they eat an incredible o a massive amount!

el público se puso a gritar a lo bestia the crowd began to shout like crazy ( colloq)

todo lo hace a lo bestia he's so slap-dash in everything he does

conducen a lo bestia they drive like madmen ( colloq)

B ( fam) (expresando admiración, asombro) amazing ( colloq)

¡qué bestia! ¡metió seis goles! that's amazing o he's amazing, he scored six goals!

¡qué bestia! se ha comido dos platos enteros de lentejas this guy's incredible! he's just eaten two whole plates of lentils ( colloq)

bestia²

feminine

beast

bestia salvaje or feroz wild animal

bestia de carga beast of burden

ser una mala bestia ( fam); to be a nasty character o a nasty piece of work ( colloq), to be bad news ( colloq)

trabajar

Compuesto:

bestia negra

bête-noire

bestia³

masculine and feminine

A

1 ( fam)

(ignorante): es un bestia que no sabe ni usar el cuchillo he's so uncouth, he can't even hold his knife properly

2 (persona violenta) animal, brute

B (expresando admiración) whiz* ( colloq)

el bestia de tu hermano ha vuelto a ganar el concurso your brother's incredible o amazing o ( colloq) a real star! he's won the competition again

este bestia arrasó con todos los premios en el colegio this whiz kid walked off with all the school prizes ( colloq)

* * *

bestia adjetivo (fam)
a) ( grosero) rude

b) (violento, brusco):

◊ ¡qué hombre más bestia! ha vuelto a pegarle what a brute o an animal! he's hit her again

■ sustantivo femenino
beast;
bestia salvaje or feroz wild animal
■ sustantivo masculino y femenino ( persona violenta) animal, brute
bestia
I sustantivo femenino
1 beast, animal
2 fig fam mala bestia, bully, thug
3 figurado bestia negra, bête noire
II m,f fam fig brute, beast
III adj fig brutish, boorish
♦ Locuciones: a lo bestia, (groseramente) rudely
trabajar como una bestia, to slave away
' bestia' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
cabestro
English:
animal
- beast
- brute
- pack-animal

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bestia

♦ adj
Fam
1. [bruto]
es tan bestia que quería meter el piano por la ventana he's such an oaf, he wanted to try and get the piano in through the window;

un chiste muy bestia a really gross joke

2. [violento]
es muy bestia con su mujer he's a real brute to his wife;

¡qué tipo más bestia! what a brute o thug!

3. [ignorante] thick;

¡qué bestia, no sabe quién descubrió América! he's so thick he doesn't even know who discovered America!

4. [extraordinario] amazing;

¡qué bestia, regateó a seis jugadores él solito! wow o that's amazing!, he beat six players all by himself!

5.
a lo bestia: conduce siempre a lo bestia he always drives like a maniac;

comer a lo bestia to stuff one's face;

cerró la puerta a lo bestia he slammed the door shut;

si metes el clavo a lo bestia se va a doblar if you just bash the nail in like that it'll get bent;

trata a su mujer a lo bestia he treats his wife like dirt

♦ nmf
Fam
1. [bruto] oaf;

yo no le dejo mi coche al bestia de tu hermano I'm not going to let your oaf of a brother have my car

2. [ignorante] brute

3. [violento] brute

♦ nf
[animal] beast; Fam
ese tipo es una mala bestia that guy's Br a really nasty piece of work o US a real piece of work

Comp
bestia de carga beast of burden; Fig bestia negra bête noire
* * *

bestia

I f beast;

trabajar como una bestia work like a dog

II m/f

1 ( zopenco) fam

brute; antipático swine fam ; mujer bitch;

ser un bestia be a brute

2

:

conducir a lo bestia fam drive like a madman

* * *

bestia adj

1) : ignorant, stupid

2) : boorish, rude

bestia nf

: beast, animal

bestia nmf

1) ignorante: ignoramus

2) : brute

* * *

bestia¹ adj

1. (estúpido) stupid [comp. stupider; superl. stupidest]

no seas bestia don't be so stupid

2. (grosero) rude

a lo bestia (con violencia) like crazy (enorme) huge / enormous

se preparó un desayuno a lo bestia he made himself a huge breakfast

bestia² n

1. (animal) beast / animal

el mulo y el asno son bestias mules and donkeys are beasts

2. (persona) brute

ese tío es un bestia that guy is a brute

Spanish-English dictionary > bestia
17 puerco

adj.

dirty, filthy, grimy, grubby.

m.

1 pig, hog, swine.

2 pork, pork meat.

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puerco

► adjetivo

1 familiar (sucio) filthy

2 (canalla) rotten

► nombre masculino,nombre femenino

1 (animal - macho) pig; (- hembra) sow

2 familiar (persona sucia) pig

3 familiar (sinvergüenza) swine, rotter

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FRASEOLOGÍA

puerco espín / puerco espino porcupine

* * *
1. (f. - puerca)
adj.

filthy
2. (f. - puerca)
noun

pig, hog

* * *
puerco, -a
1. SM / F

1) (=cerdo) pig/sow, hog/sow (EEUU)

puerco de mar — porpoise

puerco espín — porcupine

puerco jabalí — wild boar, wild pig

puerco marino — dolphin

puerco montés, puerco salvaje — wild boar, wild pig
Martín
2) * (=sinvergüenza) pig *; (=canalla) swine *, rotter *

2. ADJ

1) (=asqueroso) dirty, filthy

2) (=repugnante) nasty, disgusting

3) (=grosero) coarse

4) (=mezquino) rotten *, mean
puerca
* * *
I
- ca adjetivo (fam & pey) ( sucio) dirty; ( despreciable) low-down (colloq)

el muy puerco — the dirty rat (colloq)
II
- ca masculino, femenino

1)

a) ( animal) (m) pig, hog, boar; (f) pig, hog, sow

b) (Méx) ( carne) pork

- puerco espín

2) (fam) ( persona - sucia) pig (colloq); (- despreciable) swine (colloq)

* * *

= mucky pup, swine, pig.

Ex. I would recommend this product if you don't have many white clothes and if you don't have children, as we all know they are mucky pups.

Ex. The words ' swine,' 'hogs,' and 'pigs' refer to animals of the porcine family or pig family.

Ex. A child may find through reading a book that a dull day is transformed because he has met a talking pig and a spider that can write in 'Charlotte's Web'.

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* puerco espín = hedgehog.

* * *
I
- ca adjetivo (fam & pey) ( sucio) dirty; ( despreciable) low-down (colloq)

el muy puerco — the dirty rat (colloq)
II
- ca masculino, femenino

1)

a) ( animal) (m) pig, hog, boar; (f) pig, hog, sow

b) (Méx) ( carne) pork

- puerco espín

2) (fam) ( persona - sucia) pig (colloq); (- despreciable) swine (colloq)

* * *

= mucky pup, swine, pig.

Ex: I would recommend this product if you don't have many white clothes and if you don't have children, as we all know they are mucky pups.

Ex: The words ' swine,' 'hogs,' and 'pigs' refer to animals of the porcine family or pig family.

Ex: A child may find through reading a book that a dull day is transformed because he has met a talking pig and a spider that can write in 'Charlotte's Web'.

* puerco espín = hedgehog.

* * *

puerco¹ -ca

adjective

( fam pey)

1 ‹persona› (sucio) dirty; (despreciable) low-down ( colloq)

el muy puerco the rat ( colloq), the low-down so-and-so ( colloq)

2 ‹película/libro› dirty, smutty ( colloq)

puerco² -ca

masculine, feminine

A

1 (animal) ( masculine) pig, hog, boar; ( feminine) pig, hog, sow margarita

a cada puerco le llega su San Martín everyone gets their just deserts o their comeuppance in the end

2 ( Méx) (carne) pork

Compuestos:

● puerco espín

porcupine

● puerco salvaje

wild boar

B ( fam) (persona — sucia) pig ( colloq); (— despreciable) swine ( colloq)

* * *

puerco
◊ -ca adjetivo (fam &

pey) ( sucio) dirty;
( despreciable) low-down (colloq)
■ sustantivo masculino, femenino
1
a) ( animal) (m) pig, hog, boar;

(f) pig, hog, sow;
◊ puerco espín porcupine

b) (Méx) ( carne) pork

2 (fam) ( persona — sucia) pig (colloq);
(— despreciable) swine (colloq)
puerco,-a
I adj pey (sucio, cochino) dirty, filthy
II sustantivo masculino y femenino
1 (animal) pig
(macho) hog, (hembra) sow
puerco espín, porcupine
2 pey (persona sucia) pig
' puerco' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
puerca
- carne
English:
hog
- swine
- pork

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puerco, -a

♦ adj
Fam
1. [sucio] filthy

2. [malintencionado] nasty, mean

♦ nm,f

1. [animal] pig, f sow

Comp
puerco espín porcupine
2. Fam [persona malintencionada] swine

3. Fam [persona sucia] pig

♦ nm
Méx [carne] pork
* * *

puerco

I adj dirty; fig

filthy fam

II m

1 ZO pig; fig

persona slob

2 Méx: cerdo pork

* * *

puerco, -ca adj

: dirty, filthy

puerco, -ca n

1) cerdo, marrano: pig, hog

2) : pig, dirty or greedy person

3)

puerco espín : porcupine

* * *

puerco n pig

Spanish-English dictionary > puerco
18 vida

f.

1 life (existencia).

en vida de during the life o lifetime of

estar con vida to be alive

perder la vida to lose one's life

quitar la vida a alguien to kill somebody

¿qué es de tu vida? how's life?

vida amorosa love life

vida campestre country life

la vida estudiantil student life

vida eterna eternal life

vida de familia family life

vida laboral working life

vida matrimonial married life

vida privada private life

vida sana clean living

vida sentimental love life

vida sexual sex life

vida social social life

vida útil shelf life

2 life span, life span of person, duration.

3 livelihood, subsistence.

4 cost of living.

5 Vida.

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vida

► nombre femenino

1 (gen) life

2 (viveza) liveliness

3 (tiempo) lifetime, life

4 (modo de vivir) life, way of life

5 (medios) living, livelihood

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FRASEOLOGÍA

amargarle la vida a alguien to make somebody's life a misery

¡así es la vida! such is life!, that's life!

cambiar de vida to change one's life style

como si le fuera la vida en ello as if his life depended on it

costarle algo la vida a alguien to pay with one's life

dar la vida por to give one's life for, give one's right arm for

dar vida a (parir) to give birth to 2 (realizar) to bring to life

darse la gran vida / pegarse la gran vida / darse la vida padre familiar to live it up

debatirse entre la vida y la muerte to fight for one's life

de por vida for life

de toda la vida lifelong

■ un amigo de toda la vida a lifelong friend

echarse a la vida familiar to go on the game, become a prostitute

en la flor de la vida in the prime of life

en mi (tu, su, etc) vida never in my (your, his, etc) life

en vida de during the life of

escapar con vida / salir con vida to come out alive, survive

estar con vida / estar sin vida to be alive / be dead

¡esto es vida! / ¡esto sí que es vida! this is the life!

ganarse la vida to earn one's living

hacerle la vida imposible a alguien to make life impossible for somebody

llevar una vida agitada / llevar una vida tranquila to lead a busy life / lead a quiet life

pagar alguien con su vida to pay with one's life

pasar a mejor vida eufemístico to pass away

perder la vida to die

¿qué es de tu vida? how are things?

quitarle la vida a alguien to take somebody's life

¡vida mía! / ¡mi vida! my love!, darling!

la otra vida the next life

señales de vida signs of life

vida de perros dog's life

vida familiar family life

vida íntima private life

vida sentimental love life

* * *

noun f.

1) life

2) lifetime

* * *

SF

1) (=existencia) life

he vivido aquí toda mi vida — I've lived here all my life

está escribiendo la vida de Quevedo — he is writing the life o a life o a biography of Quevedo

¿qué es de tu vida? — what's new?, how's life?

le va la vida en ello — his life depends on it

• con vida — alive

estar con vida — to be still alive

escapar o salir con vida — to escape o come out alive

•en vida de, en vida de mi marido — when my husband was alive, during my husband's lifetime

¡en la o mi vida! — never (in all my life)!

en mi vida he visto semejante cosa — I've never seen such a thing (in all my life)

• vida o muerte, una operación a vida o muerte — a life-or-death operation

es una cuestión de vida o muerte — it's a matter of life and death

estar entre la vida y la muerte — to be at death's door

debatirse entre la vida y la muerte — to be fighting for one's life

• la otra vida — the next life

• perder la vida — to lose one's life

• de por vida — for life

• quitar la vida a algn — to take sb's life

• quitarse la vida — to take one's own life

• rehacer la vida — to start a new life

• sin vida — lifeless

encontró en el suelo el cuerpo sin vida de su marido — she found her husband's lifeless body on the floor

fue hallado sin vida — he was found dead

un cuerpo sin vida — a (dead) body, a corpse

• toda la vida, un amigo de toda la vida — a lifelong friend

ya no hay trabajos para toda la vida — there are no jobs for life nowadays

vida eterna — everlasting life

vida íntima — private life

vida nocturna — nightlife

vida privada — private life

vida sentimental — love-life
esperanza
2) (=forma de vivir) life

llevan una vida muy tranquila — they lead a very quiet life

• la vida airada — (=modo de vida) the criminal life; (=hampa) the underworld

de vida airada — loose-living, immoral

• mujer de vida alegre — loose woman

• vida arrastrada — wretched life

• la vida cotidiana — everyday life

• doble vida — double life

llevar una doble vida — to lead o live a double life

• hacer vida marital — to live together (as man and wife)

hacer una vida normal — to lead a normal life

no hacer vida social — to have no social life

hay que dejarles hacer su vida — you must let them live their own life

• mala vida, echarse a la mala vida — to go astray

llevar mala vida — to have a dissolute lifestyle

mujer de mala vida — loose woman

vida de perros, vida perra — dog's life, wretched life

3) (=sustento)

la vida está muy cara — the cost of living is very high

tienen la vida resuelta — they are set up for life

• coste de la vida — cost of living

• ganarse la vida — to earn o make one's living

se gana la vida haciendo traducciones — he earns o makes his living doing translations

• nivel de vida — standard of living
buscar 3.
4) [de objeto]

la vida de estos edificios es breve — the life of these buildings is short

la media de vida de un televisor — the average lifespan of a television set

vida útil — (Com) lifespan; (Téc) useful life

5)

- amargar la vida a algn

- así es la vida

- ¡por vida del chápiro verde!

- complicarse la vida

contar la vida —

¡no me cuentes tu vida! — I don't want your life story!

costarle la vida a algn —

le costó la vida — it cost him his life

dar vida a algn —

la mujer que me dio la vida — the woman who brought me into the world

dar vida a un personaje — to play a part

- darse buena vida o la vida padre

- estar encantado de la vida

acepté encantada de la vida — I was delighted to accept

- enterrarse en vida

- ¡esto es vida!

- hacer por la vida

- dar mala vida a algn

- meterse en vidas ajenas

- ¡hijo de mi vida!

- la vida y milagros de algn

cuéntame tu vida y milagros — tell me all about yourself

pasarse la vida —

se pasa la vida quejándose — he's forever complaining

pasar la vida a tragos — *to have a miserable life

- pasar a mejor vida

- pegarse la gran vida o la vida padre

- tener siete vidas como los gatos

- vender cara la vida
vivir 2., 1)
6) (=vitalidad)

lleno de vida — [ojos] lively; [persona] full of life

sus ojos sin vida — his lifeless eyes

este sol es la vida — this sunshine is a real tonic

• dar vida a, la música le da vida a estas imágenes — the music brings these images to life

dar vida a una fiesta — to liven up a party

7) (apelativo cariñoso)

¡vida!, ¡vida mía! — my love!, my darling!

8) euf
(=prostitución)
una mujer de la vida — a loose woman

echarse a la vida — to go on the game *

hacer la vida — to be on the game *

* * *

femenino

1)

a) (Biol) life

la vida marina — marine life

a los tres meses de vida — at three months (old)

el derecho a la vida — the right to life

una cuestión de vida o muerte — a matter of life and death

se debate entre la vida y la muerte — she's fighting for her life

140 personas perdieron la vida — (period) 140 people lost their lives (journ)

quitarse la vida — to take one's (own) life (frml)

eso le costó la vida — (period) that cost him his life

como si le fuera la vida en ello — as if his life depended on it

salir con vida — to escape alive

dieron la vida por la patria — they gave o sacrificed their lives for their country

la mujer que te dio la vida — the woman who brought you into this world

mientras hay vida hay esperanza — where there is life there is hope

b) (viveza, vitalidad) life

lleno de vida — full of life

le falta vida — it's/she's/he's not very lively

2) ( extensión de tiempo) life

a lo largo de su vida — throughout his life

toda una vida — a lifetime

en vida de tu padre — when your father was alive

la relación tuvo una vida muy corta — the relationship was very short-lived

la vida de un coche — the life-span of a car

un amigo de toda la vida — a lifelong friend

el hombre de su vida — the man of her dreams

el amor de mi vida — the love of my life

amargarle la vida a alguien — to make somebody's life a misery

amargarse la vida — to make oneself miserable

complicarle la vida a alguien — to make somebody's life difficult

complicarse la vida — to make life difficult for oneself

de por vida — for life

en la/mi vida: en la or en mi vida he visto cosa igual! I've never seen anything like it in my life!; en la or mi vida haría una cosa así! I'd never dream of doing something like that!; hacerle la vida imposible a alguien to make somebody's life impossible; tener siete vidas — to have nine lives

3)

a) (manera de vivir, actividades) life

lleva una vida muy ajetreada — she leads a very busy life

la música es toda su vida — she lives for music

¿qué es de tu vida? — what have you been up to?

hace or vive su vida — he gets on with o lives his own life

esto sí que es vida! — this is the life!

(así) es la vida! — that's life, such is life

qué vida ésta! — what a life!

darse la gran vida — to live the life of Riley (colloq)

estar encantado de la vida — to be thrilled, to be over the moon (colloq)

estar/quedar loco de la vida — (CS fam) to be over the moon (colloq)

la vida y milagros de alguien — (CS fam) somebody's life story

pasar a mejor vida — (hum) persona to kick the bucket (colloq); traje/botas to bite the dust (colloq)

pegarse la vida padre — (fam) to live the life of Riley (colloq)

b) ( en determinado aspecto) life

vida privada — private life

su vida sentimental — his love life

c) ( biografía) life

- vida alegre

- vida de perros

- vida eterna

- vida social

4) ( necesidades materiales)

tiene la vida resuelta — she's set up for life

la vida está carísima — the cost of living is very high

ganarse la vida — to earn one's o a living

buscarse la vida — (fam) to make a living

5) ( como apelativo) darling

mi vida! — (my) darling!

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= life [lives, -pl.], life story, lifeblood, lifetime [life time], living, life's work, lifework, life and limb.

Ex. We are comfortable with the things we know and can do because they give us a sense of control over our lives.

Ex. This study attempts to illustrate and illuminate the life story of a remarkable pioneering woman, Tryn Ras, using pictorial sources.

Ex. Since libraries are the lifeblood of research, it seems only fitting then that the education of librarians should include familiarity with research methodology.

Ex. Bibliography and Library science reflect the changes that took place in Bliss's lifetime.

Ex. They seem to regard literature as a secondary experience, more akin to being a peeping Tom, an impotent voyeur, rather than being one of the healthy, active people who get on with real living.

Ex. Evelyn Bliss devoted his life's work to the study of classification and BC is the results of his efforts.

Ex. This is an eloquent, moving testament to the lifework of a major artist of unimpeachable technique and passion.

Ex. This is a special issue devoted partly to the theme: Life and limb: issues of security and safety.

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* abrirse camino en la vida = get on in + life.

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

* acortar + Posesivo + vida = cut + Posesivo + life short.

* actitud ante la vida = approach to life.

* a favor de la vida humana = pro-life.

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

* ahorros de toda la vida = life-time savings, life savings.

* ahorros de toda una vida = life savings.

* alargar la vida = prolong + life, prolong + longevity.

* alegrar la vida a Alguien = brighten up + Posesivo + life.

* al igual que con todo en la vida = as with everything in life.

* amante de la vida al aire libre = outdoor enthusiast.

* apostarse la vida = bet + Posesivo + life.

* aprendizaje a lo largo de la vida = lifelong learning.

* aprendizaje durante toda la vida = lifelong education.

* arreglar + Posesivo + vida = put + Posesivo + (own) house in order.

* arriesgar la vida = risk + life and limb, play + Russian roulette, risk + Posesivo + life.

* arriesgar + Posesivo + vida = put + Posesivo + life on the line.

* aspectos de la vida = sphere of life.

* atentar contra la vida de Alguien = attempt on + Posesivo + life.

* atraído por la promesa de una vida mejor = drawn by the promise of a better life.

* aunque me fuera la vida ene ello = for the life of me.

* autoaprendizaje durante toda la vida = lifelong learning.

* buena vida = good life.

* calidad de vida = quality of life.

* cambiar la vida = change + life.

* cambiar + Posesivo + vida = turn + Posesivo + life around.

* ciencias de la vida = biosciences.

* ciencias de la vida, las = life sciences, the.

* ciencias sobre la vida en el espacio = space life sciences.

* circunstancias de la vida = accident of birth.

* cobrarse la vida de Alguien = claim + life.

* cobrarse muchas vidas = take + a heavy toll of life.

* cobrar vida = come + alive, come to + life.

* comenzar una nueva vida = make + a new life for + Reflexivo.

* como con todo en la vida = as with everything in life.

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

* como si + Pronombre + fuese la vida en ello = like there's no tomorrow.

* compañero de vida = lifemate.

* compañía aseguradora de vida = life-insurance company.

* compañía de seguros de vida = life-insurance company.

* complicarse la vida = ask for + trouble.

* condicionar la vida = condition + life.

* condiciones de vida = living conditions.

* conocer vida = see + the world.

* contar + Posesivo + propia vida y milagros = spill + Posesivo + guts.

* costar la vida = cost + life.

* coste de la vida = cost of living.

* coste de vidas humanas = human cost.

* crearse una vida = build + life.

* crucial para la vida de una persona = lifesaving.

* cuerpo sin vida = dead body.

* cuestión de vida o muerte = life or death issue.

* culto a la vida = cult of life.

* dar la vida = lay down + Posesivo + life, give + Posesivo + life.

* dar nueva vida = give + Nombre + new life, give + a second life.

* dar + Posesivo + vida = give + Posesivo + all.

* dar sentido a la vida = give + meaning to life.

* dar sentido a + Posesivo + vida = make + sense of + Posesivo + life.

* dar señales de vida = show + signs of life.

* dar una segunda vida = give + a second life.

* dar vida = imbue with + life, animate, bring to + life.

* dar vida a = jazz up, brighten up, give + life to.

* dar vida a Algo = bring + Nombre + to life.

* dedicar la vida a = devote + life to.

* dedicar toda una vida = spend + lifetime.

* defensor de la vida humana = pro-lifer.

* de la vida real = real-life.

* de por vida = lifelong [life-long], lifetime [life-time].

* derecho a la vida = right to live.

* desquiciar + Posesivo + vida = turn + Posesivo + life upside down.

* de toda la vida = lifelong [life-long].

* de vida enclaustrada = cloistered.

* de vida o muerte = lifesaving, life threatening.

* devolver el sentido a la vida = put + meaning + back in + Posesivo + life.

* devolver la vida = bring + Nombre + back to life.

* disfrutar de la vida = sail through + life.

* diversidad de la vida = biodiversity, diversity of life, life-form diversity.

* durante toda la vida = lifelong [life-long].

* durante toda una vida = over a lifetime.

* durar toda una vida = go on + for a lifetime, last + (for) a lifetime.

* el amor de + Posesivo + vida = the love of + Posesivo + life.

* empezar una nueva etapa en la vida = turn over + a new page, turn over + a new leaf.

* encarcelar de por vida = jail for + life.

* en el transcurso normal de + Posesivo + vida(s) = in the normal course of + Posesivo + life/lives.

* enfrentarse a la vida = cope with + life, face + life, cope.

* en la vida real = in real life.

* en los primeros años de vida = early in life.

* en + Posesivo + vida = in + Posesivo + time.

* enriquecer la vida de Alguien = enrich + Posesivo + life.

* entregar + Posesivo + vida, = give + Posesivo + all.

* equipo de mantenimiento artificial de la vida = life-support system.

* esperanza de vida = life expectancy, lifespan [life span].

* estilo de vida = lifestyle [life style/life-style], style of life, way of life.

* estilo de vida alternativo = alternative life-style.

* etapa de la vida = life stage.

* expectativas de vida = life expectancy.

* experiencia de la vida = experience of life.

* facilitarle la vida a todos = simplify + life for everyone.

* filosofía de vida = philosophy of life.

* forma de vida = way of life.

* ganarse la vida = earn + a living, make + a living, earn + income, earn + Posesivo + living, make + Posesivo + living, Verbo + for a living.

* ganarse la vida a duras penas = eke out + a living, scratch (out) + a living, scrape + a living, eke out + an existence.

* habilidades necesarias para la vida cotidiana = life skills.

* hábitos de vida = lifestyle [life style/life-style].

* hacer frente a la vida = cope.

* hacer la vida imposible = make + life hell.

* hacerle la vida más simple a todos = simplify + life for everyone.

* hacer que la vida sea un infierno = make + life hell.

* hacerse un hueco en la vida = get on in + life.

* hacer vida social = socialise [socialize, -USA].

* historia de vida = life history.

* índice del coste de (la) vida = cost of living index.

* índice del costo de (la) vida = cost of living index.

* infundir nueva vida a = breathe + (new) life into.

* inmiscuirse en la vida de Alguien = intrude on + Posesivo + privacy.

* jugarse la vida = play + Russian roulette, risk + Posesivo + life, risk + life and limb, bet + Posesivo + life.

* la oportunidad de + Posesivo + vida = the opportunity of a lifetime.

* la vida continúa = the show must go on.

* la vida + continuar = life + go on.

* la vida es así = life's like that.

* ¡la vida no es un camino de rosas! = the course of true love never did run smooth!.

* la vida + seguir = life + go on.

* ley de vida = fact of life, laws of nature.

* lienzo de la vida, el = canvas of life, the.

* línea de vida = lifeline.

* lisiado de por vida = lamed for life.

* lisiar a Alguien de por vida = lame + Nombre + for life.

* llegar al final de su vida útil = come to + the end of + Posesivo + useful life, reach + the end of + Posesivo + useful life.

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

* llevar una vida + Ajetivo = lead + an + Adjetivo + existence.

* llevar una vida arriesgada = live + dangerously, live + dangerously close to the edge.

* llevar una vida de perros = lead + a dog's life.

* llevar una vida miserable = live + wretched existence.

* mantener la vida = sustain + life.

* mantenimiento artificial de la vida = life support.

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

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

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

* meterse en la vida de Alguien = intrude on + Posesivo + privacy.

* mientras hay vida hay esperanza = where there's life there's hope.

* modo de vida = way of life.

* modo de vida tradicional = folklife.

* muerto en vida = living dead.

* nada en la vida es gratuito = you cannot make an omelette without breaking eggs.

* nivel de vida = standard of living, living standard.

* no tener vida privada = like being in a (gold)fish bowl.

* nueva vida = greener pastures, pastures new.

* oportunidad única en la vida = chance of a lifetime.

* otra vida, la = afterlife [after-life].

* para toda la vida = lifelong [life-long], for life.

* pasar a mejor vida = bite + the dust, give up + the ghost.

* pasar a vida mejor = lay + Nombre + low.

* perder la vida = lose + Posesivo + life.

* pérdida de vidas = loss of life, toll on life.

* perdonar la vida = spare + life.

* permanecer con vida = stay + alive.

* pletórico de vida = teeming with life.

* poner en peligro la vida = risk + Posesivo + life, risk + life and limb.

* poner la vida en peligro = put + Posesivo + life at risk.

* por toda la vida = lifetime [life-time].

* por toda una vida = lifetime [life-time].

* posteriormente en + Posesivo + vida = in later life.

* problemas de la vida = life problems [life-problems].

* prolongar la vida = prolong + life, prolong + longevity.

* prolongar la vida útil = extend + the useful life, prolong + useful life, increase + useful life.

* que cambia la vida = life-changing, life-altering.

* que da vida = life-giving.

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

* que pone la vida en peligro = life threatening.

* quitarse la vida = take + Posesivo + (own) life.

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

* reconstruir + Posesivo + vida = rebuild + Posesivo + life.

* reformar + Posesivo + vida = reform + Posesivo + life.

* régimen de vida = lifestyle [life style/life-style].

* rehacer + Posesivo + vida = rebuild + Posesivo + life.

* salir adelante en la vida, = get on in + life.

* salvar la vida = save + life.

* salvar la vida de milagro = have + a close shave with death.

* secreto de la vida, el = secret of life, the.

* seguir con + Posesivo + vida normal = get on with + Posesivo + life.

* seguro de vida = life insurance.

* seguro de vida a término = term life insurance.

* seguro de vida vitalicio = whole life insurance.

* sentido de la vida, el = meaning of life, the.

* sentido de la vida y al muerte, el = meaning of life and death, the.

* ser todo vida = be all life.

* situaciones de la vida = life situations [life-situations].

* soplo de vida = kiss of life.

* tener éxito en la vida = succeed in + life, get on in + life.

* tener una vida larga y próspera = live + long and prosper.

* toda la vida = from the cradle to the grave, whole lifelong, whole life.

* toda una vida = a lifetime.

* toda una vida de experiencia = a lifetime of experience.

* toda una vida de trabajo = a lifetime of work.

* trabajo de toda una vida = life's work, lifework.

* triunfar en la vida = succeed in + life.

* truncar + Posesivo + vida = snip + Posesivo + life short, cut + Posesivo + life short.

* una cuestión de vida o muerte = a matter of life and death.

* una oportunidad única en la vida = once in a lifetime opportunity.

* una vez en la vida = once in a lifetime.

* una vez en + Posesivo + vida = once in + Posesivo + lifetime.

* ver las cosas positivas de la vida = look on + the bright side of life.

* vida acuática = aquatic life.

* vida afectiva = love life.

* vida amorosa = love life.

* vida animal = animal life.

* vida a toda pastilla = life in the fast lane.

* vida + cambiar por completo = turn + Posesivo + life around.

* vida cívica = civic life.

* vida civil = civic life.

* vida como trabajador = working life.

* vida corporativa = corporate life.

* vida cotidiana = daily life, everyday living, daily living.

* vida cotidiana, la = day to day life, the, everyday life.

* vida cultural = cultural life.

* vida + dar un giro de 180 grados = turn + Posesivo + life around.

* vida + dar un vuelco = turn + Posesivo + life upside down.

* vida de archivo = archival life.

* vida de, la = life nerve of, the.

* vida de la ciudad = urban life, city life.

* vida de la comunidad = community life.

* vida del mundo literario = literary life.

* vida de perros = a dog's life.

* vida desenfrenada = life in the fast lane.

* vida desequilibrada = unbalanced life, imbalanced life.

* vida después de la muerte = afterlife [after-life].

* vida diaria = daily life.

* vida diaria, la = everyday life.

* vida dilatada = long life.

* vida disoluta = life in the fast lane, loose life.

* vida doméstica = domestic life, home life.

* vida emocional = emotional life.

* vida en el campo = rural life.

* vida en el entorno familiar = family life.

* vida en el hogar = home life.

* vida en el trabajo = job life.

* vida entera, la = whole lifelong, whole life.

* vida equilibrada = balanced life.

* vida espiritual = spiritual life.

* vida + expirar = life + expire.

* vida extraterrestre = alien life.

* vida fácil = fast living.

* vida familiar = family life.

* vida futura = future life.

* vida humana = human life.

* vida laboral = working life.

* vida literaria = literary life.

* vida marítima = seafaring.

* vida media = half-life.

* vida mejor = better life.

* vida moderna, la = modern life.

* vida nocturna = nightlife, night life.

* vida or muerte = life or death.

* vida pasada = previous life.

* vida + pender + de un hilo = live on + the line.

* vida personal = personal life.

* vida privada = private life.

* vida profesional = professional life.

* vida pública = public life.

* vida real = real life.

* vida rural = rural life.

* vida salvaje = wildlife.

* vida sana = healthy life.

* vida sentimental = love life.

* vida sexual = sex life.

* vida social = social life.

* vida urbana = city life, urban life.

* vida útil = lifetime [life time], life expectancy, lifespan [life span], useful life, shelf life, service life.

* vida útil de un documento = shelf life.

* vida vegetal = plant life.

* vivir la vida al máximo = live + life to the full.

* volver a la vida normal = get (back) into + the swings of things.

* vuelta a la vida = resuscitation, resurrection.

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1)

a) (Biol) life

la vida marina — marine life

a los tres meses de vida — at three months (old)

el derecho a la vida — the right to life

una cuestión de vida o muerte — a matter of life and death

se debate entre la vida y la muerte — she's fighting for her life

140 personas perdieron la vida — (period) 140 people lost their lives (journ)

quitarse la vida — to take one's (own) life (frml)

eso le costó la vida — (period) that cost him his life

como si le fuera la vida en ello — as if his life depended on it

salir con vida — to escape alive

dieron la vida por la patria — they gave o sacrificed their lives for their country

la mujer que te dio la vida — the woman who brought you into this world

mientras hay vida hay esperanza — where there is life there is hope

b) (viveza, vitalidad) life

lleno de vida — full of life

le falta vida — it's/she's/he's not very lively

2) ( extensión de tiempo) life

a lo largo de su vida — throughout his life

toda una vida — a lifetime

en vida de tu padre — when your father was alive

la relación tuvo una vida muy corta — the relationship was very short-lived

la vida de un coche — the life-span of a car

un amigo de toda la vida — a lifelong friend

el hombre de su vida — the man of her dreams

el amor de mi vida — the love of my life

amargarle la vida a alguien — to make somebody's life a misery

amargarse la vida — to make oneself miserable

complicarle la vida a alguien — to make somebody's life difficult

complicarse la vida — to make life difficult for oneself

de por vida — for life

en la/mi vida: en la or en mi vida he visto cosa igual! I've never seen anything like it in my life!; en la or mi vida haría una cosa así! I'd never dream of doing something like that!; hacerle la vida imposible a alguien to make somebody's life impossible; tener siete vidas — to have nine lives

3)

a) (manera de vivir, actividades) life

lleva una vida muy ajetreada — she leads a very busy life

la música es toda su vida — she lives for music

¿qué es de tu vida? — what have you been up to?

hace or vive su vida — he gets on with o lives his own life

esto sí que es vida! — this is the life!

(así) es la vida! — that's life, such is life

qué vida ésta! — what a life!

darse la gran vida — to live the life of Riley (colloq)

estar encantado de la vida — to be thrilled, to be over the moon (colloq)

estar/quedar loco de la vida — (CS fam) to be over the moon (colloq)

la vida y milagros de alguien — (CS fam) somebody's life story

pasar a mejor vida — (hum) persona to kick the bucket (colloq); traje/botas to bite the dust (colloq)

pegarse la vida padre — (fam) to live the life of Riley (colloq)

b) ( en determinado aspecto) life

vida privada — private life

su vida sentimental — his love life

c) ( biografía) life

- vida alegre

- vida de perros

- vida eterna

- vida social

4) ( necesidades materiales)

tiene la vida resuelta — she's set up for life

la vida está carísima — the cost of living is very high

ganarse la vida — to earn one's o a living

buscarse la vida — (fam) to make a living

5) ( como apelativo) darling

mi vida! — (my) darling!

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= life [lives, -pl.], life story, lifeblood, lifetime [life time], living, life's work, lifework, life and limb.

Ex: We are comfortable with the things we know and can do because they give us a sense of control over our lives.

Ex: This study attempts to illustrate and illuminate the life story of a remarkable pioneering woman, Tryn Ras, using pictorial sources.

Ex: Since libraries are the lifeblood of research, it seems only fitting then that the education of librarians should include familiarity with research methodology.

Ex: Bibliography and Library science reflect the changes that took place in Bliss's lifetime.

Ex: They seem to regard literature as a secondary experience, more akin to being a peeping Tom, an impotent voyeur, rather than being one of the healthy, active people who get on with real living.

Ex: Evelyn Bliss devoted his life's work to the study of classification and BC is the results of his efforts.

Ex: This is an eloquent, moving testament to the lifework of a major artist of unimpeachable technique and passion.

Ex: This is a special issue devoted partly to the theme: Life and limb: issues of security and safety.

* abrirse camino en la vida = get on in + life.

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

* acortar + Posesivo + vida = cut + Posesivo + life short.

* actitud ante la vida = approach to life.

* a favor de la vida humana = pro-life.

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

* ahorros de toda la vida = life-time savings, life savings.

* ahorros de toda una vida = life savings.

* alargar la vida = prolong + life, prolong + longevity.

* alegrar la vida a Alguien = brighten up + Posesivo + life.

* al igual que con todo en la vida = as with everything in life.

* amante de la vida al aire libre = outdoor enthusiast.

* apostarse la vida = bet + Posesivo + life.

* aprendizaje a lo largo de la vida = lifelong learning.

* aprendizaje durante toda la vida = lifelong education.

* arreglar + Posesivo + vida = put + Posesivo + (own) house in order.

* arriesgar la vida = risk + life and limb, play + Russian roulette, risk + Posesivo + life.

* arriesgar + Posesivo + vida = put + Posesivo + life on the line.

* aspectos de la vida = sphere of life.

* atentar contra la vida de Alguien = attempt on + Posesivo + life.

* atraído por la promesa de una vida mejor = drawn by the promise of a better life.

* aunque me fuera la vida ene ello = for the life of me.

* autoaprendizaje durante toda la vida = lifelong learning.

* buena vida = good life.

* calidad de vida = quality of life.

* cambiar la vida = change + life.

* cambiar + Posesivo + vida = turn + Posesivo + life around.

* ciencias de la vida = biosciences.

* ciencias de la vida, las = life sciences, the.

* ciencias sobre la vida en el espacio = space life sciences.

* circunstancias de la vida = accident of birth.

* cobrarse la vida de Alguien = claim + life.

* cobrarse muchas vidas = take + a heavy toll of life.

* cobrar vida = come + alive, come to + life.

* comenzar una nueva vida = make + a new life for + Reflexivo.

* como con todo en la vida = as with everything in life.

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

* como si + Pronombre + fuese la vida en ello = like there's no tomorrow.

* compañero de vida = lifemate.

* compañía aseguradora de vida = life-insurance company.

* compañía de seguros de vida = life-insurance company.

* complicarse la vida = ask for + trouble.

* condicionar la vida = condition + life.

* condiciones de vida = living conditions.

* conocer vida = see + the world.

* contar + Posesivo + propia vida y milagros = spill + Posesivo + guts.

* costar la vida = cost + life.

* coste de la vida = cost of living.

* coste de vidas humanas = human cost.

* crearse una vida = build + life.

* crucial para la vida de una persona = lifesaving.

* cuerpo sin vida = dead body.

* cuestión de vida o muerte = life or death issue.

* culto a la vida = cult of life.

* dar la vida = lay down + Posesivo + life, give + Posesivo + life.

* dar nueva vida = give + Nombre + new life, give + a second life.

* dar + Posesivo + vida = give + Posesivo + all.

* dar sentido a la vida = give + meaning to life.

* dar sentido a + Posesivo + vida = make + sense of + Posesivo + life.

* dar señales de vida = show + signs of life.

* dar una segunda vida = give + a second life.

* dar vida = imbue with + life, animate, bring to + life.

* dar vida a = jazz up, brighten up, give + life to.

* dar vida a Algo = bring + Nombre + to life.

* dedicar la vida a = devote + life to.

* dedicar toda una vida = spend + lifetime.

* defensor de la vida humana = pro-lifer.

* de la vida real = real-life.

* de por vida = lifelong [life-long], lifetime [life-time].

* derecho a la vida = right to live.

* desquiciar + Posesivo + vida = turn + Posesivo + life upside down.

* de toda la vida = lifelong [life-long].

* de vida enclaustrada = cloistered.

* de vida o muerte = lifesaving, life threatening.

* devolver el sentido a la vida = put + meaning + back in + Posesivo + life.

* devolver la vida = bring + Nombre + back to life.

* disfrutar de la vida = sail through + life.

* diversidad de la vida = biodiversity, diversity of life, life-form diversity.

* durante toda la vida = lifelong [life-long].

* durante toda una vida = over a lifetime.

* durar toda una vida = go on + for a lifetime, last + (for) a lifetime.

* el amor de + Posesivo + vida = the love of + Posesivo + life.

* empezar una nueva etapa en la vida = turn over + a new page, turn over + a new leaf.

* encarcelar de por vida = jail for + life.

* en el transcurso normal de + Posesivo + vida(s) = in the normal course of + Posesivo + life/lives.

* enfrentarse a la vida = cope with + life, face + life, cope.

* en la vida real = in real life.

* en los primeros años de vida = early in life.

* en + Posesivo + vida = in + Posesivo + time.

* enriquecer la vida de Alguien = enrich + Posesivo + life.

* entregar + Posesivo + vida, = give + Posesivo + all.

* equipo de mantenimiento artificial de la vida = life-support system.

* esperanza de vida = life expectancy, lifespan [life span].

* estilo de vida = lifestyle [life style/life-style], style of life, way of life.

* estilo de vida alternativo = alternative life-style.

* etapa de la vida = life stage.

* expectativas de vida = life expectancy.

* experiencia de la vida = experience of life.

* facilitarle la vida a todos = simplify + life for everyone.

* filosofía de vida = philosophy of life.

* forma de vida = way of life.

* ganarse la vida = earn + a living, make + a living, earn + income, earn + Posesivo + living, make + Posesivo + living, Verbo + for a living.

* ganarse la vida a duras penas = eke out + a living, scratch (out) + a living, scrape + a living, eke out + an existence.

* habilidades necesarias para la vida cotidiana = life skills.

* hábitos de vida = lifestyle [life style/life-style].

* hacer frente a la vida = cope.

* hacer la vida imposible = make + life hell.

* hacerle la vida más simple a todos = simplify + life for everyone.

* hacer que la vida sea un infierno = make + life hell.

* hacerse un hueco en la vida = get on in + life.

* hacer vida social = socialise [socialize, -USA].

* historia de vida = life history.

* índice del coste de (la) vida = cost of living index.

* índice del costo de (la) vida = cost of living index.

* infundir nueva vida a = breathe + (new) life into.

* inmiscuirse en la vida de Alguien = intrude on + Posesivo + privacy.

* jugarse la vida = play + Russian roulette, risk + Posesivo + life, risk + life and limb, bet + Posesivo + life.

* la oportunidad de + Posesivo + vida = the opportunity of a lifetime.

* la vida continúa = the show must go on.

* la vida + continuar = life + go on.

* la vida es así = life's like that.

* ¡la vida no es un camino de rosas! = the course of true love never did run smooth!.

* la vida + seguir = life + go on.

* ley de vida = fact of life, laws of nature.

* lienzo de la vida, el = canvas of life, the.

* línea de vida = lifeline.

* lisiado de por vida = lamed for life.

* lisiar a Alguien de por vida = lame + Nombre + for life.

* llegar al final de su vida útil = come to + the end of + Posesivo + useful life, reach + the end of + Posesivo + useful life.

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

* llevar una vida + Ajetivo = lead + an + Adjetivo + existence.

* llevar una vida arriesgada = live + dangerously, live + dangerously close to the edge.

* llevar una vida de perros = lead + a dog's life.

* llevar una vida miserable = live + wretched existence.

* mantener la vida = sustain + life.

* mantenimiento artificial de la vida = life support.

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

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

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

* meterse en la vida de Alguien = intrude on + Posesivo + privacy.

* mientras hay vida hay esperanza = where there's life there's hope.

* modo de vida = way of life.

* modo de vida tradicional = folklife.

* muerto en vida = living dead.

* nada en la vida es gratuito = you cannot make an omelette without breaking eggs.

* nivel de vida = standard of living, living standard.

* no tener vida privada = like being in a (gold)fish bowl.

* nueva vida = greener pastures, pastures new.

* oportunidad única en la vida = chance of a lifetime.

* otra vida, la = afterlife [after-life].

* para toda la vida = lifelong [life-long], for life.

* pasar a mejor vida = bite + the dust, give up + the ghost.

* pasar a vida mejor = lay + Nombre + low.

* perder la vida = lose + Posesivo + life.

* pérdida de vidas = loss of life, toll on life.

* perdonar la vida = spare + life.

* permanecer con vida = stay + alive.

* pletórico de vida = teeming with life.

* poner en peligro la vida = risk + Posesivo + life, risk + life and limb.

* poner la vida en peligro = put + Posesivo + life at risk.

* por toda la vida = lifetime [life-time].

* por toda una vida = lifetime [life-time].

* posteriormente en + Posesivo + vida = in later life.

* problemas de la vida = life problems [life-problems].

* prolongar la vida = prolong + life, prolong + longevity.

* prolongar la vida útil = extend + the useful life, prolong + useful life, increase + useful life.

* que cambia la vida = life-changing, life-altering.

* que da vida = life-giving.

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

* que pone la vida en peligro = life threatening.

* quitarse la vida = take + Posesivo + (own) life.

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

* reconstruir + Posesivo + vida = rebuild + Posesivo + life.

* reformar + Posesivo + vida = reform + Posesivo + life.

* régimen de vida = lifestyle [life style/life-style].

* rehacer + Posesivo + vida = rebuild + Posesivo + life.

* salir adelante en la vida, = get on in + life.

* salvar la vida = save + life.

* salvar la vida de milagro = have + a close shave with death.

* secreto de la vida, el = secret of life, the.

* seguir con + Posesivo + vida normal = get on with + Posesivo + life.

* seguro de vida = life insurance.

* seguro de vida a término = term life insurance.

* seguro de vida vitalicio = whole life insurance.

* sentido de la vida, el = meaning of life, the.

* sentido de la vida y al muerte, el = meaning of life and death, the.

* ser todo vida = be all life.

* situaciones de la vida = life situations [life-situations].

* soplo de vida = kiss of life.

* tener éxito en la vida = succeed in + life, get on in + life.

* tener una vida larga y próspera = live + long and prosper.

* toda la vida = from the cradle to the grave, whole lifelong, whole life.

* toda una vida = a lifetime.

* toda una vida de experiencia = a lifetime of experience.

* toda una vida de trabajo = a lifetime of work.

* trabajo de toda una vida = life's work, lifework.

* triunfar en la vida = succeed in + life.

* truncar + Posesivo + vida = snip + Posesivo + life short, cut + Posesivo + life short.

* una cuestión de vida o muerte = a matter of life and death.

* una oportunidad única en la vida = once in a lifetime opportunity.

* una vez en la vida = once in a lifetime.

* una vez en + Posesivo + vida = once in + Posesivo + lifetime.

* ver las cosas positivas de la vida = look on + the bright side of life.

* vida acuática = aquatic life.

* vida afectiva = love life.

* vida amorosa = love life.

* vida animal = animal life.

* vida a toda pastilla = life in the fast lane.

* vida + cambiar por completo = turn + Posesivo + life around.

* vida cívica = civic life.

* vida civil = civic life.

* vida como trabajador = working life.

* vida corporativa = corporate life.

* vida cotidiana = daily life, everyday living, daily living.

* vida cotidiana, la = day to day life, the, everyday life.

* vida cultural = cultural life.

* vida + dar un giro de 180 grados = turn + Posesivo + life around.

* vida + dar un vuelco = turn + Posesivo + life upside down.

* vida de archivo = archival life.

* vida de, la = life nerve of, the.

* vida de la ciudad = urban life, city life.

* vida de la comunidad = community life.

* vida del mundo literario = literary life.

* vida de perros = a dog's life.

* vida desenfrenada = life in the fast lane.

* vida desequilibrada = unbalanced life, imbalanced life.

* vida después de la muerte = afterlife [after-life].

* vida diaria = daily life.

* vida diaria, la = everyday life.

* vida dilatada = long life.

* vida disoluta = life in the fast lane, loose life.

* vida doméstica = domestic life, home life.

* vida emocional = emotional life.

* vida en el campo = rural life.

* vida en el entorno familiar = family life.

* vida en el hogar = home life.

* vida en el trabajo = job life.

* vida entera, la = whole lifelong, whole life.

* vida equilibrada = balanced life.

* vida espiritual = spiritual life.

* vida + expirar = life + expire.

* vida extraterrestre = alien life.

* vida fácil = fast living.

* vida familiar = family life.

* vida futura = future life.

* vida humana = human life.

* vida laboral = working life.

* vida literaria = literary life.

* vida marítima = seafaring.

* vida media = half-life.

* vida mejor = better life.

* vida moderna, la = modern life.

* vida nocturna = nightlife, night life.

* vida or muerte = life or death.

* vida pasada = previous life.

* vida + pender + de un hilo = live on + the line.

* vida personal = personal life.

* vida privada = private life.

* vida profesional = professional life.

* vida pública = public life.

* vida real = real life.

* vida rural = rural life.

* vida salvaje = wildlife.

* vida sana = healthy life.

* vida sentimental = love life.

* vida sexual = sex life.

* vida social = social life.

* vida urbana = city life, urban life.

* vida útil = lifetime [life time], life expectancy, lifespan [life span], useful life, shelf life, service life.

* vida útil de un documento = shelf life.

* vida vegetal = plant life.

* vivir la vida al máximo = live + life to the full.

* volver a la vida normal = get (back) into + the swings of things.

* vuelta a la vida = resuscitation, resurrection.

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vida

feminine

A

1 ( Biol) life

la vida marina marine life

a los tres meses de vida at three months (old)

el derecho a la vida the right to life

no pudieron salvarle la vida they were unable to save his life

era una cuestión de vida o muerte it was a matter of life and death

se debate entre la vida y la muerte she's fighting for her life

140 personas perdieron la vida en el accidente ( period); 140 people lost their lives in the accident ( journ)

quitarse la vida to take one's (own) life ( frml)

el accidente que le costó la vida ( period); the accident that cost him his life

jugarse la vida to risk one's life

se puso como si le fuera la vida en ello he behaved as if his life depended on it

sólo tres personas lograron salir con vida only three people escaped alive, there were only three survivors

encontraron su cuerpo sin vida junto al río ( period); his body was found by the river

el cuerpo sin vida de su amada ( liter); the lifeless body of his beloved ( liter)

dieron la vida por la patria they gave o sacrificed their lives for their country

la mujer que te dio la vida the woman who brought you into this world

el actor que da vida al personaje de Napoleón the actor who plays o portrays Napoleon

con la vida en un hilo or pendiente de un hilo: estuvo un mes entero con la vida en un hilo his life hung by a thread for a whole month

real como la vida misma true, true-life

es una historia real como la vida misma it's a true o true-life story

mientras hay vida hay esperanza where there is life there is hope

2 (viveza, vitalidad) life

es un niño sano, lleno de vida he's a healthy child, full of life

la ciudad es bonita, pero le falta vida it's a nice city but it's not very lively o it doesn't have much life

unas cortinas amarillas le darían vida a la habitación yellow curtains would liven up o brighten up the room

B (extensión de tiempo) life

se pasa la vida viendo la televisión he spends his life watching television

toda una vida dedicada a la enseñanza a lifetime dedicated to teaching

a lo largo de su vida throughout his life

en vida de tu padre when your father was alive

la corta vida del último gobierno the short life of the last government

la relación tuvo una vida muy corta the relationship was very short-lived

la vida de un coche/electrodoméstico the life-span of a car/an electrical appliance

cuando encuentres al hombre de tu vida when you find the man of your dreams o your Mr Right

es el amor de mi vida she's the love of my life

amargarle la vida a algn to make sb's life a misery

amargarse la vida to make oneself miserable

complicarle la vida a algn to make sb's life difficult

complicarse la vida to make life difficult for oneself

de por vida for life

de toda la vida loc adj/adv (desde siempre) lifelong

se conocen de toda la vida they know each other from way back

un programa/una medicina de toda la vida a run-of-the-mill program*/medicine

un amigo/votante de toda la vida a lifelong friend/voter

en la/mi vida: ¡en la or en mi vida he visto cosa igual! I've never seen anything like it in my life!

¡en la or mi vida haría una cosa así! I'd never dream of doing something like that!

en mi perra vida lo he visto (CS fam); I've never seen him in my life

enterrarse en vida to cut oneself off from the world

hacerle la vida imposible a algn to make sb's life impossible

tener siete vidas como los gatos to have nine lives

C

1 (manera de vivir, actividades) life

lleva una vida muy ajetreada she leads a very busy life

la medicina/pintura es toda su vida she lives for medicine/painting

¿qué tal? ¿qué es de tu vida? how are you? what have you been up to?

déjalo que haga or viva su vida let him get on with o let him live his own life

¡esto sí que es vida! this is the life!

¡(así) es la vida! that's life, such is life

la vida le sonríe fortune has smiled on her

hacen vida de casados or marital they live together

comparten la casa pero no hacen vida en común they share the house but they lead separate lives o they live separately

¡qué vida ésta! what a life!

¡qué vida más cruel! ( hum); it's a hard life! ( hum)

darse or pegarse una or la gran vida to have an easy life ( colloq), to live the life of Riley ( colloq)

estar encantado de la vida to be thrilled, to be thrilled to bits ( colloq), to be over the moon ( colloq)

está encantada de la vida con el nuevo trabajo she's thrilled to bits o she's over the moon with her new job

¿podríamos hacer la fiesta en tu casa? — por mí, encantado de la vida could we have the party at your house? — I'd be delighted to o that's absolutely fine by me

estar/quedar loco de la vida (CS fam); to be over the moon ( colloq), to be thrilled

la vida y milagros or ( RPI) la vida, obra y misterios ( fam); life story

se sabe la vida y milagros de todo el mundo he knows everybody's life story

pasar a mejor vida ( hum) «persona» to kick the bucket ( colloq), to croak ( colloq);

«vestido/zapatos» to bite the dust ( colloq)

pegarse la vida padre ( fam); to have an easy life

2 (en determinado aspecto) life

vida privada/militar private/military life

su vida sentimental or amorosa his love life

3 (biografía) life

la vida y obra de Cervantes the life and works of Cervantes

las vidas de los santos the lives of the saints

Compuestos:

● vida alegre

( euf):

ser de vida alegre to be in the profession o the life ( AmE), to be on the game ( BrE colloq)

● vida contemplativa

life of contemplation

● vida de perros

( fam); dog's life

tuvo una vida de perros she led a dog's life

● vida eterna or perdurable

la vida eterna or perdurable eternal o everlasting life

● vida nocturna

nightlife

● vida social

social life

no hacen mucha vida social they don't socialize much, they don't have much social life

D

(necesidades materiales): con ese dinero tiene la vida resuelta with that money she's set up for life

la vida está carísima everything is so expensive, the cost of living is very high

ganarse la vida to earn one's o a living

buscarse la vida ( fam): me busco la vida como puedo one way or another I get by o I make a living

¡pues, ahora que se busque la vida! well, now he'll have to stand on his own two feet o get by on his own!

E (como apelativo) darling

¡mi vida! or ¡vida mía! my darling!, darling!

pero hija de mi vida ¿cómo se te ocurrió hacer eso? but my dear, what made you do that?

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vida sustantivo femenino
1
a) (Biol) life;

◊ la vida marina marine life;

una cuestión de vida o muerte a matter of life and death;
quitarse la vida to take one's (own) life (frml);
salir con vida to escape alive
b) (viveza, vitalidad) life;

◊ lleno de vida full of life;

le falta vida it's/she's/he's not very lively
2 ( extensión de tiempo, existencia) life;
◊ a lo largo de su vida throughout his life;

toda una vida a lifetime;
la vida de un coche the life-span of a car;
un amigo de toda la vida a lifelong friend;
amargarle la vida a algn to make sb's life a misery;
complicarse la vida to make life difficult for oneself;
de por vida for life;
hacerle la vida imposible a algn to make sb's life impossible
3 (manera de vivir, actividades) life;
◊ lleva una vida muy ajetreada she leads a very busy life;

¿qué es de tu vida? what have you been up to?;
hace or vive su vida he lives his own life;
¡esto sí que es vida! this is the life!;
¡(así) es la vida! that's life, such is life;
vida privada private life;
su vida sentimental his love life;
una mujer de vida alegre a woman of easy virtue;
¡qué vida de perros! it's a dog's life;
hacer vida social to socialize;
estar encantado de la vida to be thrilled, to be over the moon (colloq)
4 ( necesidades materiales):
◊ la vida está carísima the cost of living is very high;

ganarse la vida to earn one's o a living;
tiene la vida resuelta he's set up for life
5 ( como apelativo) darling;
◊ ¡mi vida! (my) darling!

vida sustantivo femenino
1 (existencia) life: no hay vida en Marte, there is no life on Mars
estar con vida, to be alive
quitarse la vida, to take one's own life
2 (periodo vital) life: toda la vida ha sido socialista, he's been a socialist all his life
de corta vida, short-lived
toda una vida, a lifetime
3 (modo de vida) ¿cómo te va la vida?, how's life?
la literatura es su vida, he lives for literature o literature is his life
lleva una vida muy desordenada, she lives o leads a very chaotic life
♦ Locuciones: familiar ¡esto es vida!, this is the life (situación muy agradable, placentera) ¡esto es vida!, todo el día tumbado sin tener que trabajar, this is the life! lazing around all day without having to work
fam (resolver un asunto, problema) buscarse la vida: no tengo dinero, - me da igual, ¡búscate la vida!, I haven't got any money, - I couldn't care less, go and sort your own problems out
figurado Lit Cine Teat (representar un personaje) dar vida: en esa película el actor da vida a Napoleón, in that film the actor plays the part of Napoleon
dar la vida, to sacrifice o give one's life
ganarse la vida, to earn one's living
fig fam (morir) pasar a mejor vida, to pass away
(independencia) tener/vivir su (propia) vida alguien: ya no está con sus padres, tiene su propia vida, he isn't with his parents anymore, he's living his own life
a vida o muerte, (situación de alto riesgo) le tuvieron que operar a vida o muerte, it was a life or death operation
de mi/tu/su... vida: el amor de mi vida, the love of my life
de por vida, for life
de toda la vida, lifelong
en la vida, never in one's life
Rel la otra vida, the next life
familiar vida de perros, dog's life
fam (hechos y anécdotas de un personaje o persona) vida y milagros de alguien, the full details about sb
' vida' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
agitada
- agitado
- amargarse
- andar
- atentar
- comentar
- complicarse
- constante
- contemplativa
- contemplativo
- convivencia
- conyugal
- cosa
- crepúsculo
- cruzarse
- delante
- descansada
- descansado
- desengañarse
- desgraciada
- desgraciado
- encarrilar
- episodio
- ser
- ermitaña
- ermitaño
- esperanza
- flor
- ir
- ganarse
- hipótesis
- ilusión
- indigna
- indigno
- inerte
- intrepidez
- jamás
- juego
- jugar
- martirio
- muerta
- muerto
- mujer
- normalización
- oportunidad
- padecer
- padre
- pajolera
- pajolero
- pantalla
English:
abundance
- account
- active
- afterlife
- alive
- amenities
- assurance
- attempt
- bang up
- battle
- bread
- breeding ground
- bright
- busy
- carp
- chapter
- clean
- conception
- cost
- cost of living
- crossroads
- dead
- dear
- dedicate
- destroy
- dodge
- dog
- domestic
- earn
- easy
- eccentric
- emigrate
- existence
- fascination
- flat
- give up
- gracious
- greed
- greediness
- hell
- herself
- high life
- himself
- hurdle
- impossible
- index-linked
- insurance
- lead
- life
- life expectancy

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vida nf

1. [estado fisiológico, hecho de existir] life;

¿hay vida en otros planetas? is there life on other planets?;

el cuerpo sin vida de un soldado the lifeless body of a soldier;

el conflicto se cobró muchas vidas many lives were lost in the conflict;

aquello le costó la vida that cost him his life;

dar la vida por to give one's life for;

estar con vida to be alive;

va a ser una operación a vida o muerte the operation may save his life but it may also kill him;

estar entre la vida y la muerte to be at death's door;

perder la vida to lose one's life;

quitar la vida a alguien to kill sb;

quitarse la vida to take one's (own) life;

salir con vida to come out alive;

como si la vida le fuera en ello as if his/her life depended on it;

ser una cuestión o [m5] un asunto de vida o muerte to be a matter of life and death;

Comp

enterrarse en vida to forsake the world;

Comp

pasar a mejor vida Euf [persona] to pass away;
[prenda, aparato, utensilio] to have had it;
Comp

la otra vida the next life;

Comp

tenía la vida pendiente de un hilo her life was hanging by a thread;

Comp

tener siete vidas (como los gatos) to have nine lives;

Prov

mientras hay vida hay esperanza hope springs eternal

Comp
vida artificial artificial life;
la vida eterna eternal life;

vida extraterrestre extraterrestrial life;

vida intrauterina intrauterine life

2. [periodo de existencia] life;

trabajó toda su vida he worked all his life;

una vida plagada de éxitos a lifetime of success;

de mi/tu/ etc[m5] vida of my/your/ etc life;

el amor/la oportunidad de su vida the love/chance of his life;

un amigo de toda la vida a lifelong friend;

le conozco de toda la vida I've known him all my life;

de toda la vida las novias van de blanco brides have worn white since time immemorial, brides have always worn white;

de por vida for life;

en vida de during the life o lifetime of;

eso no lo hubieras dicho en vida de tu padre you would never have said that while your father was alive;

así no vas a aprobar en la o [m5] tu vida you'll never pass like that;

¡en mi o [m5] la vida vi cosa igual! I'd never seen such a thing in all my life!;

pasarse la vida haciendo algo to spend one's life doing sth;

se pasa la vida quejándose he does nothing but complain all the time;

Comp

hacer la vida imposible a alguien to make sb's life impossible;

Comp
Am
toda la vida: [sin duda] [m5]¿prefieres África a Europa? – ¡toda la vida! do you prefer Africa to Europe? – every time! o you bet!;

Comp

la vida da muchas vueltas you never know what life has got in store for you;

Comp

la vida y milagros de alguien sb's life story

3. Com [de maquinaria, aparato, automóvil] life;

tiene una vida útil de veinte años it has a useful life of twenty years, it's designed to last for twenty years

Comp
vida en estantería shelf life;
vida media average life, mean lifetime

4. [forma de vivir, faceta cotidiana] life;

su vida es el teatro the theatre is her life;

¿cómo es tu vida diaria? what would be a typical day in your life?;

la vida política del país the country's political life;

¿no te gustaría cambiar de vida? wouldn't you like to change your life o the way you live?;

yo hago o [m5] vivo mi vida como todo el mundo I just get on with my life like everyone else;

lleva una vida muy tranquila she leads o lives a very peaceful life;

¡así es la vida! that's life!, such is life!;

¡esto (sí que) es vida! this is the life!;

una mujer de vida alegre a loose woman;

¿qué es de tu vida? how's life?;

¡qué vida ésta! what a life!;

la buena vida the good life;

Comp

darse o [m5]pegarse la gran vida, darse o [m5] pegarse la vida padre to live the life of Riley;

Comp

llevar una vida de perros to lead a dog's life

Comp
vida amorosa love life;
vida de familia family life;

vida privada private life;

vida pública public life;

vida sentimental love life;

vida sexual sex life;

vida social social life;

hacer vida social (con) to socialize (with)

5. [animación] life;

este pueblo tiene mucha vida this town is very lively;

estar lleno de vida to be full of life;

Brando da vida al personaje del padre Brando plays the father

Comp
vida nocturna nightlife
6. [necesidades materiales]
la vida está muy cara en Japón the cost of living is very high in Japan;
Fam
está la vida muy achuchada money's very tight;

ganarse la vida to earn a living;

con este trabajo me gano bien la vida I make a good living from this job

7. [apelativo cariñoso] darling;

¡mi vida!, ¡vida mía! my darling!

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vida

f life; esp
TÉC life span;
de por vida for life;

toda la vida all one’s life;

somos amigos de toda la vida we have been friends all our lives;

en mi vida never (in my life);

en vida in his/ her etc lifetime;

¿qué es de tu vida? how are things?;

ganarse la vida earn a living;

vivir su vida live one’s own life;

hacer la vida imposible a alguien make s.o.’s life impossible;

a vida o muerte life-or-death;

estar entre la vida y la muerte be hovering between life and death, be fighting for life;

darse buena vida o

la gran vida live high on the hog fam, live the life of Riley fam ;

pasar a mejor vida pass away;

quitarse la vida take one’s own life, kill o.s.;

perder la vida lose one’s life;

salir con vida come out alive;

sin vida lifeless;

la vida y milagros de alguien s.o.’s life story;

vida en pareja married life, life together;

vida familiar/sentimental family/love life;

vida interior inner self;

así es la vida that’s life;

vida mía my love;

mujer de la vida loose woman;

dar vida a TEA play the part of

* * *

vida nf

1) : life

la vida cotidiana: everyday life

2) : life span, lifetime

3) biografía: biography, life

4) : way of life, lifestyle

5) : livelihood

ganarse la vida: to earn one's living

6) viveza: liveliness

7)

media vida : half-life

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vida n

1. (en general) life [pl. lives]

lleva una vida muy interesante she leads a very interesting life

2. (sustento) living

se gana la vida como escritor he earns a living as a writer

de toda la vida all one's life

lo conozco de toda la vida I've known him all my life

en la vida never

en la vida había visto algo así I've never seen anything like it

estar con vida to be alive

Spanish-English dictionary > vida
19 crecer

v.

1 to grow (persona, planta).

La expectación crece con cada minuto Expectation grows with every minute.

2 to grow longer.

3 to rise.

4 to rise, to increase (increase) (desempleo, valor).

5 to wax (la luna).

6 to grow up, to grow, to get bigger, to get big.

Las plantas crecen con el agua Plants grow with water.

7 to bulge, to rise up, to heave.

El tumor crece The tumor bulges.

8 to grow on.

Le crecen pelos negros Black hairs grow on him.

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crecer

Conjugation model [ AGRADECER], like link=agradecer agradecer

► verbo intransitivo

1 (persona, planta) to grow

■ has crecido mucho you've grown a lot

■ se dejó crecer la barba he grew a beard

2 (incrementar) to increase, grow, get bigger

■ la población ha crecido un uno por ciento the population has grown by one per cent

3 (corriente, marea) to rise

4 (luna) to wax

5 (días) to get longer

■ los días crecen the days are getting longer

6 (en labor de punto) to add, increase

► verbo pronominal crecerse

1 (tomar mayor fuerza) to grow in confidence

■ se crece ante las dificultades he comes into his own when faced with problems

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verb

1) to grow

2) expand

3) increase

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1. VI

1) (=desarrollarse) [animal, planta, objeto] to grow

el jazmín ha dejado de crecer — the jasmine has stopped growing

te ha crecido mucho el pelo — your hair's grown a lot

me he dejado crecer la barba — I've grown a beard

crecí en Sevilla — I grew up in Seville

la princesa fue creciendo en belleza y sabiduría — the princess grew in beauty and wisdom

2) (=aumentar) [cantidad, producción, sentimiento] to grow; [gastos] to increase, rise; [inflación] to rise; [desempleo] to increase, grow, rise

el número de heridos seguía creciendo — the number of wounded continued to grow

la economía española crecerá un 4% — the Spanish economy will grow by 4%

crece el temor de un conflicto armado — there are growing fears of an armed conflict

el viento fue creciendo en intensidad — the wind increased o grew in intensity

crecer en importancia — to grow in importance

3) (=extenderse) [ciudad] to grow; [río, marea] to rise; [luna] to wax

2.

See:

crecerse

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1.
verbo intransitivo

1)

a) ( aumentar de tamaño)ser vivo/pelo/uñas to grow

ha crecido mucho — he's grown a lot

b) ( criarse) to grow up

crecieron en un pueblo — they grew up in a village

2) río to rise; ciudad to grow; luna to wax

3)

a) sentimiento/interés to grow; rumor to spread

creció en la estima de todos — he grew in everyone's estimation

b) (en número, monto)

los sueldos no han crecido al ritmo de la inflación — wages have not kept pace with inflation

el número de desempleados ha crecido — the number of unemployed has risen

la economía ha crecido un 4% — the economy has grown by 4%

c) (en importancia, sabiduría)

crecer en algo — to grow in something
2.
crecerse v pron

el equipo se crece en los partidos coperos — the team rises to the challenge in cup games

crecerse ante algo/alguien: se crece ante el peligro — he rises to the occasion when faced with danger

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= grow, wax, vegetate.

Nota: Aplicado generalmente a las plantas.

Ex. Thus, for example, various books on growing different flowers should be close to one another when arranged on shelves in accordance with the classification scheme.

Ex. The population waxed again slightly, then waned again, until it finally stabilized around its present 55,000.

Ex. Plants vegetate on an 18/6 light cycle (18 hours of light, 6 hours of darkness).

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* arroyo + crecer = stream + swell.

* crecer de modo exhuberante = grow + rampant.

* crecer en importancia = grow from + strength to strength, increase in + importance.

* crecer en importancia, ganar cada vez más importancia, ir cada vez mejor, i = grow from + strength to strength.

* crecer exhuberante = grow + rampant.

* crecer salvaje = grow + rampant.

* el dinero no crece en los árboles = money doesn't grow on trees.

* que crece despacio = slowly growing.

* que crece hacia dentro = ingrown.

* riachuelo + crecer = stream + swell.

* río + crecer = river + swell.

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1.
verbo intransitivo

1)

a) ( aumentar de tamaño)ser vivo/pelo/uñas to grow

ha crecido mucho — he's grown a lot

b) ( criarse) to grow up

crecieron en un pueblo — they grew up in a village

2) río to rise; ciudad to grow; luna to wax

3)

a) sentimiento/interés to grow; rumor to spread

creció en la estima de todos — he grew in everyone's estimation

b) (en número, monto)

los sueldos no han crecido al ritmo de la inflación — wages have not kept pace with inflation

el número de desempleados ha crecido — the number of unemployed has risen

la economía ha crecido un 4% — the economy has grown by 4%

c) (en importancia, sabiduría)

crecer en algo — to grow in something
2.
crecerse v pron

el equipo se crece en los partidos coperos — the team rises to the challenge in cup games

crecerse ante algo/alguien: se crece ante el peligro — he rises to the occasion when faced with danger

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= grow, wax, vegetate.

Nota: Aplicado generalmente a las plantas.

Ex: Thus, for example, various books on growing different flowers should be close to one another when arranged on shelves in accordance with the classification scheme.

Ex: The population waxed again slightly, then waned again, until it finally stabilized around its present 55,000.

Ex: Plants vegetate on an 18/6 light cycle (18 hours of light, 6 hours of darkness).

* arroyo + crecer = stream + swell.

* crecer de modo exhuberante = grow + rampant.

* crecer en importancia = grow from + strength to strength, increase in + importance.

* crecer en importancia, ganar cada vez más importancia, ir cada vez mejor, i = grow from + strength to strength.

* crecer exhuberante = grow + rampant.

* crecer salvaje = grow + rampant.

* el dinero no crece en los árboles = money doesn't grow on trees.

* que crece despacio = slowly growing.

* que crece hacia dentro = ingrown.

* riachuelo + crecer = stream + swell.

* río + crecer = river + swell.

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crecer [E3 ]

vi

A «niño/animal/planta» to grow; «pelo/uñas» to grow

se está dejando crecer el pelo/las uñas she's letting her hair/nails grow, she's growing her hair/nails

ha crecido mucho he's grown a lot

han crecido rodeados de cariño they've grown up o they've been brought up in a loving atmosphere

B

1 «río» to rise

2 «ciudad» to grow

3 «luna» to wax

C

1 «sentimiento/interés» to grow; «rumor» to spread

creció en la estima de todos he grew in everyone's estimation

2

(en número, monto): creced y multiplicaos ( Bib) go forth and multiply

los sueldos no han crecido al mismo ritmo que la inflación wages have not kept pace with o risen at the same rate as inflation

el número de parados sigue creciendo the number of unemployed continues to rise

la economía ha crecido un 4% este año the economy has grown by 4% this year

3 (en importancia, sabiduría) crecer EN algo to grow IN sth

ha ido creciendo en hermosura she has continued to grow in beauty

■ crecerse

v pron

se creció hacia el final de la corrida his performance became more impressive toward(s) the end of the fight

el equipo se crece en los partidos coperos the team rises to the challenge in cup games

crecerse ANTE algo/algn:

hay gente que se crece ante el peligro some people rise to the occasion o come into their own when faced with danger

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crecer ( conjugate crecer) verbo intransitivo
1
a) [ser vivo/pelo/uñas] to grow;

◊ dejarse crecer la barba to grow a beard

b) ( criarse) to grow up;

◊ crecieron en un pueblo they grew up in a village

2
a) [ río] to rise;

[ ciudad] to grow;
[ luna] to wax
b) [sentimiento/interés] to grow;

[ rumor] to spread
c) [ economía] to grow;

◊ el número de desempleados ha crecido the number of unemployed has risen

d) (en importancia, sabiduría) crecer en algo to grow in sth

crecer verbo intransitivo
1 to grow
2 Astron la Luna está creciendo, the moon is waxing
3 (la marea, un río) to rise
4 (poner puntos al calcetar) to increase
' crecer' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
desarrollarse
- espuma
- paralelo
English:
burgeon
- deceive
- develop
- expand
- flourish
- grow
- growing
- mushroom
- rise
- shoot up
- sprout
- straggle
- swell
- thrive
- deepen
- increase
- let
- mount
- shoot
- wax

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crecer

♦ vi

1. [persona, planta, pelo, ciudad] to grow

2. [días, noches] to grow longer

3. [río, marea] to rise

4. [aumentar] [desempleo, inflación] to rise, to increase;
[valor] to increase; [rumores] to spread; [descontento, interés] to grow
5. [la Luna] to wax

♦ See also the pronominal verb crecerse

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crecer

v/i grow

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crecer {53} vi

1) : to grow

2) : to increase

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crecer vb

1. to grow [pt. grew; pp. grown]

esta planta no para de crecer this plant just won't stop growing

la industria española creció en los años sesenta Spanish industry grew during the sixties

2. (problema, preocupación) to increase / to get bigger

crece la influencia de la televisión the influence of television is increasing

3. (número, río, marea) to rise [pt. rose; pp. risen]

la tasa de paro ha crecido the rate of unemployment has risen

4. (luna) to wax

dejarse crecer to grow

me estoy dejando crecer la barba I'm growing a beard

Spanish-English dictionary > crecer
20 bruto

adj.

1 stupid, blockhead, ignorant, brute.

2 raw.

3 animal, beast.

4 brute, impetuous.

5 gross.

m.

1 brute, beast, oaf.

2 Brutus, Marcus Junius Brutus.

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bruto

► adjetivo

1 (cruel) brutal

2 (necio) stupid, thick

3 (tosco) rough, coarse

4 (torpe) clumsy

5 (grosero) rude

6 (sueldo etc) gross

7 (peso) gross

8 (piedra) rough, uncut

9 (petróleo) crude

► nombre masculino,nombre femenino

1 (persona - violenta) brute, beast; (necio) ignoramus; (grosero) rude person

► nombre masculino bruto

1 (animal) beast

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bruto

► nombre masculino

1 (animal) beast

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1. (f. - bruta)
adj.

1) gross, raw

2) brutish, stupid
2. (f. - bruta)
noun

brute, beast

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SM Brutus

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I
- ta adjetivo

1) < persona>

a) ( ignorante) ignorant

b) ( grosero) uncouth

c) (violento, brusco)

qué hombre más bruto! ha vuelto a pegarle — what a brute! o what an animal! he's hit her again

2) <peso/sueldo> gross

en bruto — < diamante> uncut; < mineral> crude
II
- ta masculino, femenino

a) ( ignorante) ignorant person

¿cómo aprobaron a un bruto como él? — how could they pass someone as ignorant o as stupid as him?

b) ( grosero)

es un bruto — he's very rude

c) ( persona violenta) brute, animal

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= grossed-up, crude [cruder -comp., crudest -sup.], brute, brutish.

Ex. Applying a factor of 1.441 for 1979 to give the grossed-up estimates, the total grossed-up turnover figure for the year was Table 3.

Ex. Some unfortunate children grow up as readers of James Bond, of dashing thrillers and the blood-and-guts of crude war stories.

Ex. It is often held that brute animals cannot have legal rights.

Ex. In his most famous work, the Leviathan, Hobbes famously argued that life in the state of nature is 'solitary, poor, nasty, brutish, and short'.

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* datos en bruto = raw data.

* estimación bruta = grossed-up estimate.

* fuerza bruta = brute power.

* ganancia bruta = gross profit.

* hierro bruto = pig iron.

* hierro en bruto = pig iron.

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I
- ta adjetivo

1) < persona>

a) ( ignorante) ignorant

b) ( grosero) uncouth

c) (violento, brusco)

qué hombre más bruto! ha vuelto a pegarle — what a brute! o what an animal! he's hit her again

2) <peso/sueldo> gross

en bruto — < diamante> uncut; < mineral> crude
II
- ta masculino, femenino

a) ( ignorante) ignorant person

¿cómo aprobaron a un bruto como él? — how could they pass someone as ignorant o as stupid as him?

b) ( grosero)

es un bruto — he's very rude

c) ( persona violenta) brute, animal

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= grossed-up, crude [cruder -comp., crudest -sup.], brute, brutish.

Ex: Applying a factor of 1.441 for 1979 to give the grossed-up estimates, the total grossed-up turnover figure for the year was Table 3.

Ex: Some unfortunate children grow up as readers of James Bond, of dashing thrillers and the blood-and-guts of crude war stories.

Ex: It is often held that brute animals cannot have legal rights.

Ex: In his most famous work, the Leviathan, Hobbes famously argued that life in the state of nature is 'solitary, poor, nasty, brutish, and short'.

* datos en bruto = raw data.

* estimación bruta = grossed-up estimate.

* fuerza bruta = brute power.

* ganancia bruta = gross profit.

* hierro bruto = pig iron.

* hierro en bruto = pig iron.

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bruto¹ -ta

adjective

A ‹persona›

1 (ignorante) bestia¹ adj A 1. (↑ bestia (1))

2 (grosero) bestia¹ adj A 2. (↑ bestia (1))

3

(violento, brusco): ¡ay, perdón! ¡qué bruto que soy! oh, sorry! I'm so clumsy o careless!

¡qué hombre más bruto! ha vuelto a pegarle what a brute! o an animal! he's hit her again

B ‹peso/sueldo› gross

en bruto ‹diamante› uncut;

‹mineral› crude

C ( delante del n)

( RPl fam) (enorme): gana bruto sueldo she earns a hell of a salary ( colloq), she earns a terrific o an enormous o an incredible salary

bruto² -ta

masculine, feminine

1 (ignorante) ignorant person

¿cómo aprobaron a un bruto como él? how could they pass someone as ignorant o as stupid as him?

2

(grosero): es un bruto he's very rude

3 (persona violenta) brute, animal

el bruto de su primo lo empujó por las escaleras that brute o lout of a cousin of his pushed him down the stairs

noble¹ (↑ noble (1))

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Multiple Entries:
Bruto
bruto
bruto
◊ -ta adjetivo

1 ‹ persona›
a) ( ignorante) ignorant

b) (violento, brusco):

◊ ¡qué bruto! what a brute!

2 ‹peso/sueldo› gross;
◊ en bruto ‹ diamante› uncut;

‹ mineral› crude
■ sustantivo masculino, femenino
a) ( ignorante) ignorant person

b) ( persona violenta) brute, animal

bruto,-a
I adjetivo
1 (poco inteligente) stupid, thick
2 (grosero) coarse, uncouth
3 (sin descuentos) gross
4 (peso) gross 5 diamante en bruto, uncut diamond
fig (persona) rough diamond
II sustantivo masculino y femenino blockhead, brute
' bruto' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
bruta
- PIB
- PNB
- producto
- salvaje
- troglodita
- vándala
- vándalo
- bárbaro
- peso
English:
beast
- brute
- brutish
- GDP
- GNP
- gross
- Gross National Product
- pig-ignorant
- thug
- uncut
- unrefined

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Bruto n pr

Brutus

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bruto

I adj

1 brutish;

a lo bruto using brute force

2 ( inculto) ignorant

3 ( torpe) clumsy

4 COM gross;

peso bruto gross weight

5 diamante uncut;

en bruto petróleo crude;

II m, bruta f brute; ( idiota) idiot

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bruto, -ta adj

1) : gross

peso bruto: gross weight

ingresos brutos: gross income

2) : unrefined

petróleo bruto: crude oil

3) : brutish, stupid

bruto, -ta n

1) : brute

2) : dunce, blockhead

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bruto¹ adj

1. (estúpido) stupid [comp. stupider; superl. stupidest] / thick

no seas bruto: la llave se mete al revés don't be stupid: the key goes in the other way

2. (bestia) rough

¡qué bruto eres: me has hecho daño! you're so rough: you've hurt me!

3. (peso, ingresos) gross

el producto nacional bruto the gross national product

bruto² n

1. (idiota) idiot

2. (bestia) brute

Spanish-English dictionary > bruto

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