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1 cuna
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2 cuna
f.1 cot, cradle (for child).2 cradle.3 birthplace.4 lineage.pres.indicat.3rd person singular (él/ella/ello) present indicative of spanish verb: cunar.imperat.2nd person singular (tú) Imperative of Spanish verb: cunar.* * *1 (cama) cradle2 (linaje) birth, lineage, stock4 (lugar de nacimiento) birthplace* * *noun f.1) cradle2) birthplace* * *SF1) [de bebé] cot, crib (EEUU); [con balancines] cradle2) (=lugar de nacimiento) [de persona] birthplace; [de tendencia, movimiento] cradleMálaga, la cuna de Picasso — Málaga, the birthplace of Picasso
Atenas, la cuna de las olimpiadas — Athens, the birthplace of the Olympics
Escocia, la cuna del golf — Scotland, the home of golf
3) (=linaje)de cuna humilde — of humble birth o stock o origin
* * *a) ( tradicional) cradle; ( cama con barandas) crib (AmE), cot (BrE); ( portabebé) portacrib (AmE), carrycot (BrE)b) (liter) (estirpe, linaje)ser de ilustre/humilde cuna — to be of noble/humble birth (liter)
c) ( lugar de nacimiento) birthplaced) (origen de filosofía, movimiento) birthplace* * *= cradle, crib, seedbed, cot.Ex. This is the cradle of Shangri-la and one of the deepest river gorges on earth = Ésta es la cuna del Shangrilá y uno de los desfiladeros más profundos de la tierra.Ex. The same set of toys, which included a doll, a saucepan, a baby bottle, coffee mug, teacup, teaspoon, doll crib, blanket, toy phone and dump truck, was presented to children of all ages during individual 10-minute sessions.Ex. The article has the title 'The last thirty years as the seedbed of the future'.Ex. Infants and young children may be exposed to a variety of dangerous situations when left sleeping in cots.----* canción de cuna = lullaby.* cuna de la civilización = cradle of civilisation.* cuna de la humanidad = cradle of mankind.* de alta cuna = well-born.* la mano que mece la cuna gobierna el mundo = the hand that rocks the cradle rules the world, the hand that rocks the cradle rules the world.* * *a) ( tradicional) cradle; ( cama con barandas) crib (AmE), cot (BrE); ( portabebé) portacrib (AmE), carrycot (BrE)b) (liter) (estirpe, linaje)ser de ilustre/humilde cuna — to be of noble/humble birth (liter)
c) ( lugar de nacimiento) birthplaced) (origen de filosofía, movimiento) birthplace* * *= cradle, crib, seedbed, cot.Ex: This is the cradle of Shangri-la and one of the deepest river gorges on earth = Ésta es la cuna del Shangrilá y uno de los desfiladeros más profundos de la tierra.
Ex: The same set of toys, which included a doll, a saucepan, a baby bottle, coffee mug, teacup, teaspoon, doll crib, blanket, toy phone and dump truck, was presented to children of all ages during individual 10-minute sessions.Ex: The article has the title 'The last thirty years as the seedbed of the future'.Ex: Infants and young children may be exposed to a variety of dangerous situations when left sleeping in cots.* canción de cuna = lullaby.* cuna de la civilización = cradle of civilisation.* cuna de la humanidad = cradle of mankind.* de alta cuna = well-born.* la mano que mece la cuna gobierna el mundo = the hand that rocks the cradle rules the world, the hand that rocks the cradle rules the world.* * *1 (tradicional) cradle; (cama con barandas) crib ( AmE), cot ( BrE); (portabebé) portacrib ( AmE), carrycot ( BrE)2 ( liter)(estirpe, linaje): un joven de ilustre/humilde cuna a young man of noble/humble birth ( liter)3 (lugar de nacimiento) birthplace4 (origen, principio) birthplace, cradlela cuna de la civilización the cradle of civilization5 (juego) cat's cradle(jugar a) hacer cunitas to do o play cat's cradle* * *
Multiple Entries:
cuna
cuña
cuna sustantivo femenino
( cama con barandas) crib (AmE), cot (BrE);
( portabebé) portacrib (AmE), carrycot (BrE)
cuña sustantivo femenino
1
◊ en cuña in a V-formation o wedge formation
2 (CS fam) See Also→ palanca 2
cuna sustantivo femenino
1 cot
2 figurado (linaje) cradle
cuña sustantivo femenino wedge
cuña publicitaria, commercial break
' cuña' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
anticiclónica
- anticiclónico
- barrote
- canción
- cuna
- extracción
- pegar
- vaivén
- calza
- inclinar
- mecer
- moisés
- muerte
- nana
- sala
English:
born
- burble
- cot
- cradle
- crib
- lullaby
- ridge
- rock
- wedge
- bed
- birth
- carry
- door
* * *cuna nf1. [de niño] cot, cradleMéx cuna viajera Br carrycot, US portacrib2. [de movimiento, civilización] cradle;[de persona] birthplace3. [linaje]es de cuna noble/humilde he is of noble/humble birth* * *f cama crib, Brcradle* * *cuna nf1) : cradle2) : birthplacePuerto Rico es la cuna de la música salsa: Puerto Rico is the birthplace of salsa music* * * -
3 cuña
f.1 cot, cradle (for child).2 cradle.3 birthplace.4 lineage.pres.indicat.3rd person singular (él/ella/ello) present indicative of spanish verb: cunar.imperat.2nd person singular (tú) Imperative of Spanish verb: cunar.* * *1 (cama) cradle2 (linaje) birth, lineage, stock4 (lugar de nacimiento) birthplace* * *noun f.1) cradle2) birthplace* * *SF1) [de bebé] cot, crib (EEUU); [con balancines] cradle2) (=lugar de nacimiento) [de persona] birthplace; [de tendencia, movimiento] cradleMálaga, la cuna de Picasso — Málaga, the birthplace of Picasso
Atenas, la cuna de las olimpiadas — Athens, the birthplace of the Olympics
Escocia, la cuna del golf — Scotland, the home of golf
3) (=linaje)de cuna humilde — of humble birth o stock o origin
* * *a) ( tradicional) cradle; ( cama con barandas) crib (AmE), cot (BrE); ( portabebé) portacrib (AmE), carrycot (BrE)b) (liter) (estirpe, linaje)ser de ilustre/humilde cuna — to be of noble/humble birth (liter)
c) ( lugar de nacimiento) birthplaced) (origen de filosofía, movimiento) birthplace* * *= wedge.Ex. Oak was shaped by splitting with wooden wedges, and by hewing with axes or adzes.----* cuña anticiclónica = ridge of high pressure.* cuña automática = mechanical quoin.* cuña de fijación = quoin.* cuña de madera = wooden quoin.* en forma de cuña = wedge-shaped.* * *a) ( tradicional) cradle; ( cama con barandas) crib (AmE), cot (BrE); ( portabebé) portacrib (AmE), carrycot (BrE)b) (liter) (estirpe, linaje)ser de ilustre/humilde cuna — to be of noble/humble birth (liter)
c) ( lugar de nacimiento) birthplaced) (origen de filosofía, movimiento) birthplace* * *= cradle, crib, seedbed, cot.Ex: This is the cradle of Shangri-la and one of the deepest river gorges on earth = Ésta es la cuna del Shangrilá y uno de los desfiladeros más profundos de la tierra.
Ex: The same set of toys, which included a doll, a saucepan, a baby bottle, coffee mug, teacup, teaspoon, doll crib, blanket, toy phone and dump truck, was presented to children of all ages during individual 10-minute sessions.Ex: The article has the title 'The last thirty years as the seedbed of the future'.Ex: Infants and young children may be exposed to a variety of dangerous situations when left sleeping in cots.* canción de cuna = lullaby.* cuna de la civilización = cradle of civilisation.* cuna de la humanidad = cradle of mankind.* de alta cuna = well-born.* la mano que mece la cuna gobierna el mundo = the hand that rocks the cradle rules the world, the hand that rocks the cradle rules the world.* * *1 (tradicional) cradle; (cama con barandas) crib ( AmE), cot ( BrE); (portabebé) portacrib ( AmE), carrycot ( BrE)2 ( liter)(estirpe, linaje): un joven de ilustre/humilde cuna a young man of noble/humble birth ( liter)3 (lugar de nacimiento) birthplace4 (origen, principio) birthplace, cradlela cuna de la civilización the cradle of civilization5 (juego) cat's cradle(jugar a) hacer cunitas to do o play cat's cradle* * *
Multiple Entries:
cuna
cuña
cuna sustantivo femenino
( cama con barandas) crib (AmE), cot (BrE);
( portabebé) portacrib (AmE), carrycot (BrE)
cuña sustantivo femenino
1
◊ en cuña in a V-formation o wedge formation
2 (CS fam) See Also→ palanca 2
cuna sustantivo femenino
1 cot
2 figurado (linaje) cradle
cuña sustantivo femenino wedge
cuña publicitaria, commercial break
' cuña' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
anticiclónica
- anticiclónico
- barrote
- canción
- cuna
- extracción
- pegar
- vaivén
- calza
- inclinar
- mecer
- moisés
- muerte
- nana
- sala
English:
born
- burble
- cot
- cradle
- crib
- lullaby
- ridge
- rock
- wedge
- bed
- birth
- carry
- door
* * *cuna nf1. [de niño] cot, cradleMéx cuna viajera Br carrycot, US portacrib2. [de movimiento, civilización] cradle;[de persona] birthplace3. [linaje]es de cuna noble/humilde he is of noble/humble birth* * *f cama crib, Brcradle* * *cuna nf1) : cradle2) : birthplacePuerto Rico es la cuna de la música salsa: Puerto Rico is the birthplace of salsa music* * * -
4 cuna
(Sp. model spelled same [kúna] < Latin cuna 'cradle')According to Watts, a cowhide stretched under a wagon to carry fuel and equipment. Spanish sources do not reference this meaning, but this carrying device likely received its name because it is similar in shape to a cuna or child's cradle.Alternate forms: cooney, coonie, cuña.Also called bitch, caboose, coosie, possum belly. -
5 cúna
"k" 1 adj. "bent, curved", from which is derived 2 cúna- vb. "bend", occurring with a- prefix changed by Tolkien from a na-prefix in Markirya. Here cúna- is intransitive; we do not know whether it can also be transitive "bend". -
6 cuña anticiclónica
(n.) = ridge of high pressureEx. Ridges of high pressure often occur between two frontal systems and move with them.* * *(n.) = ridge of high pressureEx: Ridges of high pressure often occur between two frontal systems and move with them.
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7 cuña publicitaria
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8 cuña
spa cuña (f)eng wedge (trench timbering) -
9 cuña
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10 cuna de la civilización
(n.) = cradle of civilisationEx. Iraq is universally recognized to be especially rich in cultural heritage and the area is often described as the ' cradle of civilisation'.* * *(n.) = cradle of civilisationEx: Iraq is universally recognized to be especially rich in cultural heritage and the area is often described as the ' cradle of civilisation'.
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11 cuna de la humanidad
(n.) = cradle of mankindEx. Therefore the region is often referred to as the cradle of mankind.* * *(n.) = cradle of mankindEx: Therefore the region is often referred to as the cradle of mankind.
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12 cuña automática
(n.) = mechanical quoinEx. When a book was to be printed from type the pages were locked up in the composing room, usually with wooden furniture and quoins although metal furniture and mechanical quoins were used increasingly from the mid century.* * *(n.) = mechanical quoinEx: When a book was to be printed from type the pages were locked up in the composing room, usually with wooden furniture and quoins although metal furniture and mechanical quoins were used increasingly from the mid century.
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13 cuña de fijación
(n.) = quoinEx. Short wedges, or quoins, were then put in between the long wedges and the inside of the chase, loosely at first so that the string with which the pages were tied up could be unwound and removed.* * *(n.) = quoinEx: Short wedges, or quoins, were then put in between the long wedges and the inside of the chase, loosely at first so that the string with which the pages were tied up could be unwound and removed.
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14 cuña de madera
(n.) = wooden quoinEx. When a book was to be printed from type the pages were locked up in the composing room, usually with wooden furniture and quoins although metal furniture and mechanical quoins were used increasingly from the mid century.* * *(n.) = wooden quoin -
15 cuña anticiclónica or de alta presión
Spanish-English dictionary > cuña anticiclónica or de alta presión
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16 cuna
cradle (usu. pl.); nest for young birds; one's earliest years -
17 cuna
• birthplace• cradle• crib• lineage -
18 cuńa
• chock• cleat• packing strip• sprag• wedding present• wedge-heeled -
19 cuńa alcista
• rising tendency• rising vote• rising wedge• rising yield pattern -
20 cuna colgante
• swing cot
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