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81 cama
cama sustantivo femenino ( para dormir) bed; hacer or (AmL) tender la cama to make the bed;◊ ¡métete en la cama! get into bed!;guardar cama to stay in bed; está en cama she's in bed; cama camarote (AmL) bunk bed; cama doble or de matrimonio or (AmL) de dos plazas double bed; cama individual or (AmL) de una plaza single bed; cama solar sunbed; caer en cama to fall ill
cama sustantivo femenino bed
cama de matrimonio, double bed
cama elástica, trampoline
cama individual, single bed
cama turca, divan Locuciones: estar en o guardar cama, to be confined to bed
hacer la cama, to make the bed familiar hacerle la cama a alguien, (perjudicar) to frame somebody
irse a la cama, to go to bed ➣ Ver nota en bed
' cama' also found in these entries: Spanish: abatible - acostada - acostado - atonía - cabecera - coche - cuidar - debajo - dejarse - deshacer - deshecha - deshecho - encogerse - estirar - extrañar - fleje - guardar - hacer - hora - larguero - lecho - levantarse - manía - matrimonio - peor - recostarse - resistir - revolverse - ropa - salto - sofá - tálamo - tapar - taparse - tener - trancazo - travesera - travesero - turca - turco - abajo - acabar - afuera - angosto - arrimar - arropar - blando - borde - bueno - cabezal English: air - bed - bedclothes - bedding - bung - bunk - camp bed - car - comfortable - convert - cover - double bed - flu - fold - folding - fresh - full-length - get up - head - homework - keep - lay up - leap - lie down - lumpy - move back - ordinarily - pillow talk - rise - sag - sheet - single - sleeper - sleeping car - snuggle - sofa bed - stay - strip - sunbed - thrash about - thrash around - toss - tuck up - wet - bolt - cot - divan - dressing - flat - flop -
82 recuerdo
Del verbo recordar: ( conjugate recordar) \ \
recuerdo es: \ \1ª persona singular (yo) presente indicativoMultiple Entries: recordar recuerdo
recordar ( conjugate recordar) verbo transitivo 1◊ recuerdo que lo puse ahí I remember o recall putting it there2a) ( traer a la memoria) recuerdole A algnalgo/ que haga algo to remind sb about sth/to do sth;◊ les recuerdo que … I would like to remind you that …verbo intransitivo ( acordarse) to remember;
recuerdo sustantivo masculino 1 ( regalo) memento, keepsake; 2◊ recuerdos sustantivo masculino pluralregards (pl), best wishes (pl); dale recuerdos give him my regards
recordar
I verbo transitivo
1 (acordarse) to remember, recall: no recuerdo su nombre, I can't remember his name
2 (hacer recordar) to remind: recuérdame que compre el pan, remind me to buy some bread
me recuerda a su madre, she reminds me of her mother
II verbo intransitivo to remember: si mal no recuerdo, if I remember rightly ➣ Ver nota en remember y remind To remember significa recordar algo ocurrido en el pasado: Recuerdo mi último cumpleaños. I remember my last birthday. To remind significa recordar a alguien que tiene que hacer algo: Recuérdame que mañana tengo que ir al banco. Remind me to go to the bank tomorrow.
recuerdo sustantivo masculino
1 (en la mente) memory: tiene malos recuerdos de su infancia, he's got some unhappy memories from his childhood
2 (objeto) (para recordar a alguien) keepsake: me dio una vieja moneda como recuerdo, he gave me an old coin as a keepsake (para recordar un lugar) souvenir: no trajeron ningún recuerdo de Viena, they didn't bring any souvenirs back from Vienna
3 recuerdos, (saludo) regards ' recuerdo' also found in these entries: Spanish: borrosa - borroso - cicatrizar - desenterrar - despertar - desvanecerse - evanescente - guardar - imborrable - les - mantener - memoria - nebulosa - nebuloso - neta - neto - olvido - perdurable - recordar - temprana - temprano - vivir - amargo - caer - confuso - doloroso - duradero - entrañable - llevar - nitidez - perdurar - vago - viveza English: blank out - blot out - escape - hazy - live on - make - memento - memory - name - obliterate - recollect - recollection - remember - remembrance - reminder - rightly - souvenir - tender - vivid - far - keepsake - last - which -
83 bread
bred1) (a type of food made of flour or meal baked: bread and butter.) pan2) (one's living: This is how I earn my daily bread.) pan, las habichuelas•- breadwinner
- bread and butter
- on the breadline
bread n pana loaf of bread un pan / una barra de pantr[bred]1 pan nombre masculino\SMALLIDIOMATIC EXPRESSION/SMALLto be on bread and water estar a pan y aguato cast one's bread upon the water hacer el bien sin mirar a quiénto earn one's bread and butter ganarse el panto know which side one's bread is buttered saber lo que más le conviene a unoto take the bread out of somebody's mouth quitarle el pan de la boca a alguienman cannot live by bread alone no sólo de pan vive el hombrebread and wine SMALLRELIGION/SMALL Eucaristíabread bin caja para guardar el panbread sauce salsa hecha con migas de pan, cebolla y lechebrown bread pan nombre masculino morenowhite bread pan nombre masculino blancocommunion bread pan nombre masculino benditofresh bread pan nombre masculino tiernolinseed bread pan nombre masculino de linazawholemeal bread pan nombre masculino integralbread ['brɛd] vt: empanarbread n: pan mn.• pan s.m.bredmass noun1) ( Culin) pan mbread and butter — pan con mantequilla or (RPl) manteca
the greatest/best thing since sliced bread — (colloq) lo mejor que hay
to be somebody's bread and butter: teaching is his bread and butter se gana la vida enseñando; to earn one's bread (and butter) ganarse la vida or (liter) el pan; to know which side one's bread is buttered (on) saber* lo que conviene (a uno); to take the bread out of somebody's mouth quitarle el pan de la boca a alguien; to want one's bread buttered on both sides querer* el oro y el moro; (before n) bread knife — cuchillo m del pan
2) ( money) (sl & dated) guita f (arg), lana f (AmL fam), pasta f (Esp fam)[bred]1. N1) (=food) pan mwhite/brown/rye/wholemeal bread — pan m blanco/moreno/de centeno/integral
bread and butter — pan m con mantequilla; (fig) * (=living) pan de cada día *
the bread and wine — (Rel) el pan y el vino
- break bread with- cast one's bread on the waters- earn one's daily bread- know which side one's bread is buttered on- take the bread out of sb's mouthbread-and-butter2) ** (=money) pasta * f, lana f (LAm) *, plata f (LAm) *2.CPDbread grains NPL — granos mpl panificables
bread pudding N — pudín m de leche y pan
bread roll N — panecillo m
bread sauce N — salsa f de pan
* * *[bred]mass noun1) ( Culin) pan mbread and butter — pan con mantequilla or (RPl) manteca
the greatest/best thing since sliced bread — (colloq) lo mejor que hay
to be somebody's bread and butter: teaching is his bread and butter se gana la vida enseñando; to earn one's bread (and butter) ganarse la vida or (liter) el pan; to know which side one's bread is buttered (on) saber* lo que conviene (a uno); to take the bread out of somebody's mouth quitarle el pan de la boca a alguien; to want one's bread buttered on both sides querer* el oro y el moro; (before n) bread knife — cuchillo m del pan
2) ( money) (sl & dated) guita f (arg), lana f (AmL fam), pasta f (Esp fam) -
84 correspondencia
f.1 correspondence.2 correspondence (correo).mantengo correspondencia con ella she and I write to each other¿te importaría recogerme mi correspondencia? would you mind picking up my post o (British) mail for me? (United States)3 connection.próxima estación, Sol, correspondencia con línea tres next stop Sol, change here for line three4 mail, letters, correspondence.* * *1 (gen) correspondence2 (cartas) post, US mail3 (de trenes etc) connection\mantener correspondencia con alguien to correspond with somebodycurso por correspondencia correspondence course* * *noun f.1) correspondence, mail2) equivalence* * *SF1) (=cartas) mail, postdespachar la correspondencia — to deal with o attend to the mail
2) (=relación por correo) correspondence3) [en el metro] connection"correspondencia con las líneas 3 y 5" — "change here for lines 3 and 5"
4) (=relación recíproca) correspondence5) (Mat) correspondence* * *1)a) ( relación por correo) correspondenceb) ( cartas) mail, post (BrE)2) ( equivalencia) correspondence3) ( en el metro) interchangeesta estación tiene correspondencia con la línea tres — you can change to line three at this station
* * *1)a) ( relación por correo) correspondenceb) ( cartas) mail, post (BrE)2) ( equivalencia) correspondence3) ( en el metro) interchangeesta estación tiene correspondencia con la línea tres — you can change to line three at this station
* * *correspondencia11 = match, consonance, correspondence.Nota: Relación.Ex: When documents relevant to a request have been located, a match has been achieved between the information requested and the information retrieved.
Ex: The system is designed to ensure consonance between the indexer and the user.Ex: Throughout, the key issue addressed is the correspondence problem, ie how to associate visual events with words and vice versa.* correspondencia absoluta = perfect match.* correspondencia de rasgos = feature matching.* falta de correspondencia = mismatch.* guardar correspondencia = bear + correspondence (to).* tener correspondencia = bear + correspondence (to).correspondencia22 = correspondence, mailing.Ex: Almost all papers, notes reviews, corrections and correspondence published in many scientific and other journals contain citations to associated works.
Ex: Many publishers seem fixated on the term 'acquisitions librarian' for promotional mailings.* amigo por correspondencia = penfriend [pen-friend], pen-pal [penpal].* correspondencia comercial = business correspondence.* curso por correspondencia = correspondence course.* dirección para correspondencia = mailing address.* lista de correspondencia = mailing list.* * *A1 (relación por correo) correspondencemantenemos correspondencia we stay in contact o touch by letter, we keep up a correspondence ( frml)mantiene correspondencia con chicos extranjeros he corresponds with penfriends in other countriesabrir la correspondencia to open the mail o postdespachar la correspondencia to deal with o attend to the mail o postcorrespondencia comercial business correspondenceB1 (equivalencia) correspondence2 ( Mat) correspondence, mappingC (en el metro) interchangeesta estación tiene correspondencia con la línea tres you can change to line three at this station* * *
correspondencia sustantivo femenino
( cartas) mail, post (BrE);
correspondencia sustantivo femenino
1 (cartas) correspondence
2 Ferroc connection
' correspondencia' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
escribirse
- estampar
- señor
- señora
- Sres.
- curso
- desfase
- despachar
- Fdo
- interceptar
- mantener
- relación
English:
correspondence
- correspondence course
- dear
- fan mail
- give
- mail
- correspond
- first
- pen pal
* * *1. [relación] correspondence;no hay correspondencia entre la calidad y el precio there is no relation between the quality and the price2. [correo] correspondence;mantengo correspondencia con ella she and I write to each other;¿te importaría recogerme mi correspondencia? would you mind picking up my Br post o US mail for me?3. [de metro, tren] connection;este tren tiene correspondencia con el de las 8 horas this train connects with the one at 8 o'clock;próxima estación, Sol, correspondencia con línea 3 next stop Sol, change here for line 34. Mat correspondence* * *f1 correspondence* * *1) : correspondence, mail2) : equivalence3) : connection, interchange* * *1. (correo) correspondence / post¿has recogido la correspondencia? have you collected the post?2. (relación) relation3. (transportes) connection -
85 callado
adj.1 quiet, tranquil, silent, close-lipped.Ella es muy callada She is very quiet2 soft, hushed, soft-sounding.3 unsaid.past part.past participle of spanish verb: callar.* * *1→ link=callar callar► adjetivo1 (silencioso) silent, quiet2 (reservado) reserved, quiet\más callado,-a que un muerto familiar as quiet as a mousetener algo callado to keep something quiet■ ¡eso lo tenías bien callado! you really kept that one quiet!* * *(f. - callada)adj.quiet, silent* * *ADJ1) [carácter] quiet, reserved2) (=silencioso) quiettener algo callado — to keep quiet about sth, keep sth secret
¡qué callado te lo tenías! — you kept pretty quiet about it!
pagar para tener callado a algn — to pay to keep sb quiet, pay for sb's silence
* * *- da adjetivo [estar] quietestuvo callado durante toda la reunión — he didn't say a thing o he kept quiet throughout the whole meeting
para callado — (Chi fam) < contar> in secret
tener algo callado or calladito — to keep something quiet
* * *= muted, subdued, quiet [quieter -comp., quietest -sup.], reserved.Ex. In more muted fashion the universities have displayed a similar interest.Ex. Male librarians believed the public's image of themselves to be more submissive, meek, nervous, effeminate, reserved, following, subdued and less approachable, athletic, and attractive than the undergraduate sample actually saw them.Ex. Properly read, live literature -- even the quietest or most light-hearted -- may be disturbing, may subvert our view of life.Ex. Male librarians believed the public's image of themselves to be more submissive, meek, nervous, effeminate, reserved, following, subdued and less approachable, athletic, and attractive than the undergraduate sample actually saw them.----* estar callado = keep + quiet.* mantenerse callado = keep + quiet.* * *- da adjetivo [estar] quietestuvo callado durante toda la reunión — he didn't say a thing o he kept quiet throughout the whole meeting
para callado — (Chi fam) < contar> in secret
tener algo callado or calladito — to keep something quiet
* * *= muted, subdued, quiet [quieter -comp., quietest -sup.], reserved.Ex: In more muted fashion the universities have displayed a similar interest.
Ex: Male librarians believed the public's image of themselves to be more submissive, meek, nervous, effeminate, reserved, following, subdued and less approachable, athletic, and attractive than the undergraduate sample actually saw them.Ex: Properly read, live literature -- even the quietest or most light-hearted -- may be disturbing, may subvert our view of life.Ex: Male librarians believed the public's image of themselves to be more submissive, meek, nervous, effeminate, reserved, following, subdued and less approachable, athletic, and attractive than the undergraduate sample actually saw them.* estar callado = keep + quiet.* mantenerse callado = keep + quiet.* * *callado -daA [ ESTAR] (silencioso) quietestuvo callado durante toda la reunión he didn't say a thing o he kept quiet throughout the whole meetingsiéntate aquí y estáte calladito sit here and keep quietlo escucharon callados y atentos they listened to him quietly and attentivelyque sea para callado keep it a secret, keep it quiettenerse algo callado or calladito to keep sth quiet¡qué calladito te lo tenías! you kept it very quiet!B [ ESTAR] (reservado) quiet* * *
Del verbo callar: ( conjugate callar)
callado es:
el participio
Multiple Entries:
callado
callar
callado◊ -da adjetivo
lo escucharon callados they listened to him quietly
callar ( conjugate callar) verbo intransitivo
to be quiet, shut up (colloq);
hacer callado a la oposición to silence the opposition
verbo transitivoa) ‹secreto/información› to keep … quiet
callarse verbo pronominal
cuando entró todos se calladoon when he walked in everyone went quiet o stopped talking;
la próxima vez no me calladoé next time I'll say something
callado,-a adjetivo quiet: es un tipo serio y callado, he's the quiet silent type
♦ Locuciones: se lo tiene muy callado, she's keeping that quiet
callar
I verbo intransitivo
1 (parar de hablar) to stop talking: calla un momento, ¿qué ruido es ése?, be quiet, what's that noise?
2 (no decir nada) to keep quiet, say nothing: tus ojos asienten y tu boca calla, your eyes say it all
II verbo transitivo (dejar de dar una noticia) not to mention o to keep to oneself: desconfía de sus palabras, callarán la verdad, you can't trust what they're saying, they are going to hush up the truth
♦ Locuciones: ¡calla!, (para indicar sorpresa) never!: ¡calla, no me digas que se casó!, did she really marry?
hacer callar, (hacer que alguien pare de hablar) to get someone to be quiet
(silenciar) to silence: ¡no podrán hacernos callar! they can't make us keep our mouths shut
quien calla otorga, silence speaks volumes
' callado' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
callada
- enmudecer
- especialmente
- reservada
- reservado
- preferible
- ser
- taciturno
English:
fall
- quiet
- silent
- subdued
* * *callado, -a adjestar callado to be quiet o silent;¿quieres estar callado, por favor? would you please be o keep quiet!;ser callado to be quiet o reserved;tener algo callado to keep sth quiet o a secret;¡qué callado lo tenías! you certainly kept that quiet o a secret!* * *adj quiet* * *callado, -da adj: quiet, silent♦ calladamente adv* * *callado adj quiet -
86 таить
несов., вин. п.1) encubrir (непр.) vt, ocultar vt; disimular vt (не показывать, не обнаруживать); guardar vt ( скрывать)таи́ть зло́бу про́тив кого́-либо — guardar rencor a alguien2) ( заключать в себе) entrañar vt, encerrar (непр.) vt••таи́ть в груди́ — llevar en el almaне́чего греха́ таи́ть, что греха́ таи́ть разг. — para qué ocultar, no hay por qué ocultar, hay que reconocerlo -
87 luto
m.mourning.estar de luto to be in mourning* * *1 mourning2 figurado grief\estar de luto to mournir de luto to be in mourningluto oficial official mourningmedio luto half-mourning* * *SM mourningestar de luto, llevar luto, vestir(se) de luto — to be in mourning ( por for)
* * *masculino mourningestar de or guardar luto — to be in mourning
ir de or llevar luto — to wear mourning (clothes)
* * *= mourning.Ex. During our lives we face situations of losses and mournings, connected or not to death.----* de luto = in mourning.* ropa de luto = weeds.* vestir de luto = dress in + mourning.* * *masculino mourningestar de or guardar luto — to be in mourning
ir de or llevar luto — to wear mourning (clothes)
* * *= mourning.Ex: During our lives we face situations of losses and mournings, connected or not to death.
* de luto = in mourning.* ropa de luto = weeds.* vestir de luto = dress in + mourning.* * *mourningestar de luto to be in mourningestá de luto por su hermano she's mourning her brother, she's in mourning for her brotherestán de luto riguroso they are in deep mourningir de luto or llevar luto to wear mourning clothes o mourningel luto se lleva por dentro grief is carried withinguardó luto a su marido durante cinco años she was in mourning for her husband for five yearsponerse de luto to go into mourningquitarse el luto to come out of mourningCompuesto:luto oficial/nacionalofficial/national mourning* * *
luto sustantivo masculino
mourning;
luto riguroso deep mourning;
ir de luto to wear mourning (clothes);
ponerse de luto to go into mourning
luto sustantivo masculino mourning: han declarado jornada de luto para mañana, tomorrow has been declared a day of mourning
' luto' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
duelo
English:
mourn
- mourning
* * *luto nmmourning;estar de luto to be in mourning;la ciudad está de luto por la muerte de su alcalde the city is mourning the death of the mayor;en los pueblos el luto puede durar varios años in villages the period of mourning may last several years;las banderas ondean a media asta en señal de luto the flags are flying at half-mast as a sign of mourning;luto oficial official mourning* * *m mourning;estar de luto por alguien be in mourning for s.o.;llevar luto, ir de luto wear mourning, be in mourning* * *luto nm: mourningestar de luto: to be in mourning* * *luto n mourning -
88 vigilar
v.1 to guard (preso, banco).vigila que nadie toque esto make sure no-one touches thisme vigilan desde hace días they've been watching me for days2 to keep watch.vigilar por algo to (keep a) watch over something3 to watch, to keep an eye on, to keep a tab on, to guard.María vela al chico Mary watches over the boy.* * *1 (cuidar) to watch (over), look after2 (con armas etc) to guard3 (supervisar) to oversee4 (estar atento) to keep an eye on, take care of■ vigila la puerta, que no entre nadie keep an eye on the door and see nobody gets in1 (gen) to keep watch\vigilar por algo to watch over something, look after somethingvigilar sobre alguien to watch over somebody, look after somebody* * *verb1) to watch, guard2) police3) look after* * *1. VT1) [+ niño, enfermo, equipaje, máquina] to keep an eye on, watchvigila a los niños para que no se hagan daño — keep an eye on o watch the children to see they don't get hurt
2) [+ trabajo] to supervise3) [+ presos] to guard; [+ frontera] to guard, police2.tú vigila fuera mientras yo me escondo — you keep a lookout o keep watch outside while I hide
* * *1.verbo transitivoa) (cuidar, atender) to watch, keep an eye onb) <preso/local> to guard, keep watch on; <frontera/zona> to guard, patrol; < examen> to proctor (AmE), to invigilate at (BrE)c) (fam) ( espiar) to watch2.vigilar vi to keep watch* * *= police, keep + watch upon, keep + an eye on, watch over, patrol, stand + guard over, stalk.Ex. For many centuries local authorities have been responsible for policing Weights and Measures Acts and regulations and, where a breach of legislation was uncovered, would prosecute in the criminal court.Ex. It is, moreover, not easy for the competent authorities to keep a careful watch upon potential breaches of the regulations precisely because the producers are difficult to recognize as publishers.Ex. Instructors have to keep an eye always on the clock to ensure time does not run out before the essence of the case has been extracted.Ex. Certainly the last thing we want is that books be shut up in tastefully decorated warehouses, watched over by highly trained storekeepers whose main purpose is to see that everything is kept tidily in its place and, as far as possible, untouched by human hands -- especially the sticky-fingered hands of marauding children.Ex. The article is entitled ' Patrolling the border: a reply'.Ex. Librarians are doomed if they are seen by their patrons as standing guard over information and seemingly barring access to it.Ex. So Hutchins arranges her drawings in such a way that as your eye travels leftwards across the page you see the fox who is stalking the hen and trying to catch her.----* vigilar Algo muy de cerca = keep + a watchful eye, keep + a watchful eye.* vigilar atentamente = keep + a watchful eye.* * *1.verbo transitivoa) (cuidar, atender) to watch, keep an eye onb) <preso/local> to guard, keep watch on; <frontera/zona> to guard, patrol; < examen> to proctor (AmE), to invigilate at (BrE)c) (fam) ( espiar) to watch2.vigilar vi to keep watch* * *= police, keep + watch upon, keep + an eye on, watch over, patrol, stand + guard over, stalk.Ex: For many centuries local authorities have been responsible for policing Weights and Measures Acts and regulations and, where a breach of legislation was uncovered, would prosecute in the criminal court.
Ex: It is, moreover, not easy for the competent authorities to keep a careful watch upon potential breaches of the regulations precisely because the producers are difficult to recognize as publishers.Ex: Instructors have to keep an eye always on the clock to ensure time does not run out before the essence of the case has been extracted.Ex: Certainly the last thing we want is that books be shut up in tastefully decorated warehouses, watched over by highly trained storekeepers whose main purpose is to see that everything is kept tidily in its place and, as far as possible, untouched by human hands -- especially the sticky-fingered hands of marauding children.Ex: The article is entitled ' Patrolling the border: a reply'.Ex: Librarians are doomed if they are seen by their patrons as standing guard over information and seemingly barring access to it.Ex: So Hutchins arranges her drawings in such a way that as your eye travels leftwards across the page you see the fox who is stalking the hen and trying to catch her.* vigilar Algo muy de cerca = keep + a watchful eye, keep + a watchful eye.* vigilar atentamente = keep + a watchful eye.* * *vigilar [A1 ]vt1 (cuidar, atender) to watchvigila la leche para que no se salga watch the milk so that it doesn't boil overtengo que vigilar a los niños I have to keep an eye on o to watch the childrenvigila tu peso watch your weight2 ‹preso› to guard, keep watch on; ‹frontera› to patrol; ‹local/zona› to guard, patrol, keep watch on; ‹examen› to proctor ( AmE), to invigilate at ( BrE)varios policías vigilaban la entrada several police officers were guarding the entrancevigilaba cualquier movimiento sospechoso she was watching for any suspicious movementcreo que nos están vigilando I think we're being watched■ vigilarvito keep watch* * *
vigilar ( conjugate vigilar) verbo transitivo
‹frontera/zona› to guard, patrol;
‹ examen› to proctor (AmE), to invigilate at (BrE)
verbo intransitivo
to keep watch
vigilar
I verbo transitivo to watch, keep an eye on
(un lugar, un preso, una frontera) to guard
II verbo intransitivo
1 (gen) to keep watch
2 (en un examen) to invigilate, US to proctor
' vigilar' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
cuidar
- rondar
- velar
- aguaitar
- checar
- controlar
English:
guard
- look out for
- obligation
- observe
- police
- stand over
- supervise
- tab
- watch
- weight-watching
- close
- eye
* * *♦ vt1. [presos, banco] to guard;el guarda que vigila la salida the guard on the exit2. [observar, cuidar] [enfermo] to watch over;[niños, bolso] to keep an eye on; [proceso] to oversee;vigila que nadie toque esto make sure no one touches this3. [espiar] to watch;me vigilan desde hace días they've been watching me for days♦ vito keep watch;él vigilaba mientras los demás dormían he kept watch while the others slept;vigilar por algo to (keep a) watch over sth;el Estado vigila por la salud/seguridad de los ciudadanos the state looks after o watches over people's health/security* * *I v/i keep watch* * *vigilar vt1) cuidar: to look after, to keep an eye on2) guardar: to watch over, to guardvigilar vi1) : to be watchful2) : to keep watch* * *vigilar vb1. (cuidar, atender) to watch2. (custodiar) to guard -
89 BEd
,bi: 'ed,,bi: i: 'di:( abbreviation) (Bachelor of Education; a first university degree in education or teaching.) licenciatura en Magisteriobed n1. cama2. lecho / cauce / fondotr[bed]1 cama2 (for animals) lecho3 (of flowers) arriate nombre masculino, macizo5 SMALLGEOLOGY/SMALL capa, yacimiento1 slang acostarse con\SMALLIDIOMATIC EXPRESSION/SMALLto go to bed acostarseto put somebody to bed acostar a alguiento put a newspaper to bed figurative use terminar la redacción de un númeroto take to one's bed guardar camato make the bed hacer la camato make one's bed and lie in it quien mala cama hace en ella yaceto get out of bed on the wrong side familiar levantarse con el pie izquierdobunk bed literadouble bed cama de matrimoniosingle bed cama individualtwin beds camas nombre femenino plural separadasbed and board pensión nombre femenino completabed and breakfast alojamiento con desayuno incluidoa bed of roses figurative use un lecho de rosas: acostarbed vi: acostarsebed n1) : cama f, lecho m2) : cauce m (de un río), fondo m (del mar)3) : arriate m (para plantas)4) layer, stratum: estrato m, capa fn.• cama s.f.• cubil s.m.• estrato s.m.• lecho s.m.• yacija s.f.• yacimiento s.m.v.• embutir v.• plantar v.• sembrar v.'biː'ed[biː'ed]N ABBR = Bachelor of Education* * *['biː'ed] -
90 retener
v.1 to hold back.no me retuvo mucho tiempo he didn't keep me longretener el tráfico to hold up the traffic2 to hold back, to restrain (contener) (impulso, ira).3 to retain.Ellos retuvieron el dinero They retained the money.4 to remember.5 to deduct (deducir del sueldo).el fisco me retiene el 20 por ciento del sueldo 20 percent of my salary goes in tax6 to conceal, to black out, to blank out, to cover.Ellos retuvieron la verdad They concealed the truth.* * *1 (contener) to restrain, hold back2 (no dejar marchar) to keep, keep back3 (no devolver) to keep4 (en la memoria) to retain, remember5 (detener) to detain; (arrestar) to arrest6 FINANZAS to deduct, withhold7 (absorber) to retain, hold1 to restrain oneself, hold oneself back* * *verb1) to retain, keep2) detain3) hold* * *1. VT1) (=no dejar marchar) to keep; [la policía] to detain, holdno intentes retenerme porque pienso ir — don't try and keep o stop me because I'm going
retuvieron a los inmigrantes en la aduana — they held o detained the immigrants at customs
una llamada de última hora me retuvo en la oficina — a last-minute phone call held me up o kept me back at the office
retener a algn preso — to hold o keep sb prisoner
2) (=conservar) [+ datos, información] to withhold; [+ pasaporte] to retainel Atlético ha conseguido retener el título de Liga — Atlético managed to hold on to o keep o retain the league title
3) (=memorizar) to retain4) (Econ) [+ dinero] to deduct5) [+ calor] to retain; [+ líquido] to hold6) frm [+ atención, interés] to retain2.See:* * *1.verbo transitivo1)a) <datos/información> to keep back, withholdb) <pasaporte/tarjeta> to retainc) (Fin, Fisco) <dinero/cuota> to deduct, withhold2)b) ( hacer permanecer)3) <calor/carga/líquidos> to retain4) <atención/interés> to keep, retain5) ( recordar) to retain, keep... in one's head2.retenerse v pron to restrain oneself* * *= hold up, retain, withhold, hold + Nombre + back, dam (up), hold + prisoner.Ex. Unfortunately, goods of Community origin can also be held up by the surveillance system, often for several weeks.Ex. At an earlier stage, the Library of Congress had decided to retain certain pre-AACR headings, in order to avoid the expense of extensive recataloguing.Ex. It was agreed to withhold supplies from booksellers who offered new books at a discount greater than the 10 per cent usually allowed for cash.Ex. Despite the improvements in the 17th edition, the scheme has been held back for years by the old policy of 'integrity of numbers' referred to above, the effects of which are not likely to be quickly mitigated.Ex. But to prevent any meandering at all, or to dam the flow of talk too soon and too often by intruding, generally only frustrates spontaneity = Aunque evitar cualquier divagación o cortar el flujo de la conversación demasiado pronto y con demasiada frecuencia con interrupciones generalmente sólo coarta la espontaneidad.Ex. Tom Sutherland, a professor at the American University of Beirut, was kidnapped in 1985 and held prisoner for six and a half years, for much of the time shackled to his prisoner Terry Anderson.----* que retiene el calor = heat absorbing.* retener la atención de Alguien = retain + attention.* * *1.verbo transitivo1)a) <datos/información> to keep back, withholdb) <pasaporte/tarjeta> to retainc) (Fin, Fisco) <dinero/cuota> to deduct, withhold2)b) ( hacer permanecer)3) <calor/carga/líquidos> to retain4) <atención/interés> to keep, retain5) ( recordar) to retain, keep... in one's head2.retenerse v pron to restrain oneself* * *= hold up, retain, withhold, hold + Nombre + back, dam (up), hold + prisoner.Ex: Unfortunately, goods of Community origin can also be held up by the surveillance system, often for several weeks.
Ex: At an earlier stage, the Library of Congress had decided to retain certain pre-AACR headings, in order to avoid the expense of extensive recataloguing.Ex: It was agreed to withhold supplies from booksellers who offered new books at a discount greater than the 10 per cent usually allowed for cash.Ex: Despite the improvements in the 17th edition, the scheme has been held back for years by the old policy of 'integrity of numbers' referred to above, the effects of which are not likely to be quickly mitigated.Ex: But to prevent any meandering at all, or to dam the flow of talk too soon and too often by intruding, generally only frustrates spontaneity = Aunque evitar cualquier divagación o cortar el flujo de la conversación demasiado pronto y con demasiada frecuencia con interrupciones generalmente sólo coarta la espontaneidad.Ex: Tom Sutherland, a professor at the American University of Beirut, was kidnapped in 1985 and held prisoner for six and a half years, for much of the time shackled to his prisoner Terry Anderson.* que retiene el calor = heat absorbing.* retener la atención de Alguien = retain + attention.* * *vtA1 ‹datos/información› to keep back, withhold2 ‹pasaporte/tarjeta› to retainB1 «policía» ‹persona› to detain, hold2(hacer permanecer): no te retendré demasiado tiempo I won't keep you longel maestro nos retuvo the teacher kept us in o kept us back after classtres reclusos retuvieron a un funcionario three prisoners held a prison guard hostageya nada me retiene aquí there's nothing to keep me here nowno sabe cómo retener a su marido she doesn't know what to do to hold on to o to keep her husbandC1 ‹calor/carga› to retain2 ( Med) ‹orina/líquidos› to retainD ‹atención/interés› to keep, retainE (recordar) ‹lección/texto/ideas› to retain, keep … in one's headto restrain oneself* * *
retener ( conjugate retener) verbo transitivo
1
2
b) ( hacer permanecer):
3 ‹calor/carga/líquidos› to retain
4 ‹atención/interés› to keep, retain
5 ( recordar) to retain, keep … in one's head
retener verbo transitivo
1 (para sí) to keep: querría retenerte junto a mí, I would like to keep you near me
2 (en sí) to retain: las esponjas retienen agua, sponges retain water
3 (en un lugar) to keep: debo ir, no intentes retenerme, I need to leave, don't try to hold me back
(en una comisaría) to detain, keep in custody
4 (en la memoria) to remember: no puedo retener todos los nombres, I can't remember all the names
5 (un sentimiento, impulso, etc) to restrain, hold back: no sabe retener sus emociones, she can't control her emotions
6 (el curso normal de algo) to stop, hold back: la presa retiene el agua del río, the dam holds back the river
7 (un sueldo, capital) to deduct, withhold: le retienen el 40% de los ingresos, they withhold 40% of his earnings
' retener' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
sujetar
- entretener
English:
detain
- hang up
- hold
- hold back
- keep back
- keep down
- retain
- stay down
- withhold
- keep
* * *retener vt1. [detener] to hold back;[en comisaría] to detain;no me retuvo mucho tiempo he didn't keep me long;retener el tráfico to hold up the traffic2. [contener] [impulso, ira] to hold back, to restrain;[aliento] to hold3. [conservar] to retain;las hojas retienen la humedad leaves retain moisture4. [quedarse con] to hold on to, to keep5. [memorizar] to remember6. [deducir del sueldo] to deduct;el fisco me retiene el 20 por ciento del sueldo 20 percent of my salary goes in o for tax7. [apoderarse de] [sueldo] to withhold* * *v/t2 persona detain, hold* * *retener {80} vt1) : to retain, to keep2) : to withhold3) : to detain* * *retener vb2. (conservar) to retain3. (memorizar) to remember -
91 calle
Del verbo callar: ( conjugate callar) \ \
callé es: \ \1ª persona singular (yo) pretérito indicativo
calle es: \ \1ª persona singular (yo) presente subjuntivo3ª persona singular (él/ella/usted) presente subjuntivo3ª persona singular (él/ella/usted) imperativoMultiple Entries: c/ callar calle
c/ (◊ calle) St, Rd
callar ( conjugate callar) verbo intransitivo to be quiet, shut up (colloq); no pude hacerlo calle I couldn't get him to be quiet; hacer calle a la oposición to silence the opposition verbo transitivoa) ‹secreto/información› to keep … quietcallarse verbo pronominal cuando entró todos se calleon when he walked in everyone went quiet o stopped talking; la próxima vez no me calleé next time I'll say something
calle sustantivo femenino 1 ( vía) street; calle ciega (Andes, Ven) dead end, cul-de-sac (BrE); calle de dirección única or (Col) de una vía one-way street; hoy no he salido a la calle I haven't been out today; el libro saldrá a la calle mañana the book comes out tomorrow; el hombre de la calle the man in the street; el lenguaje de la calle colloquial language; echar a algn a la calle to throw sb out (on the street); en la calle ‹estar/quedar› ( en la ruina) penniless; ( sin vivienda) homeless; ( sin trabajo) out of work 2 (Esp) (en atletismo, natación) lane; ( en golf) fairway
callar
I verbo intransitivo
1 (parar de hablar) to stop talking: calla un momento, ¿qué ruido es ése?, be quiet, what's that noise?
2 (no decir nada) to keep quiet, say nothing: tus ojos asienten y tu boca calla, your eyes say it all
II verbo transitivo (dejar de dar una noticia) not to mention o to keep to oneself: desconfía de sus palabras, callarán la verdad, you can't trust what they're saying, they are going to hush up the truth Locuciones: ¡calla!, (para indicar sorpresa) never!: ¡calla, no me digas que se casó!, did she really marry?
hacer callar, (hacer que alguien pare de hablar) to get someone to be quiet (silenciar) to silence: ¡no podrán hacernos callar! they can't make us keep our mouths shut
quien calla otorga, silence speaks volumes
calle sustantivo femenino
1 street, road
calle cortada, cul-de-sac, dead end
calle mayor, high street, US main street
2 Dep (de una pista, un circuito) lane Locuciones: echarse a la calle: los vecinos se echaron a la calle, the residents took to the streets familiar en la calle, (sin trabajo) con esa ley, miles de obreros se quedaron en la calle, thousands of workers were put out of a job
hacer la calle, to be a prostitute o to prostitute oneself o to walk the streets
poner a alguien (de patitas) en la calle, to throw sb out into the street (en el trabajo) to give sb the boot
el hombre de la calle, the man in the street
una mujer de la calle, a prostitute
llevarse de calle, to win easily
tirar/coger por la calle de en medio, to bowl sb over
traer/llevar por la calle de la amargura, to give sb a difficult time ' calle' also found in these entries: Spanish: abajo - abordar - achuchar - amargura - ancha - ancho - aparcamiento - atinar - atracador - atracadora - atravesar - cabo - caca - cariño - colapso - deferencia - descolgarse - desembocar - digna - digno - dupdo - ensanchar - ensordecer - equivocarse - foco - gorro - horda - hormiguear - invadir - isleta - lateral - manzana - mayor - mujer - obra - ojo - pajarito - papelera - pasar - paseo - pavimento - portal - precaución - próxima - próximo - regar - robar - sita - sito - sola English: across - activity - anybody - barricade - block off - boom box - boot out - bootleg - bottom - busk - collapse - common - commotion - continuation - corner - crescent - cross - decorate - distraught - down - drain - end - evict - front door - go along - gutter - high street - hold on - hoodlum - illuminate - illumination - lane - lead off from - length - look at - main - map - mend - middle - multinational - off - on - one-way - open out - out - out of - outdoor - over - peddle - pedestrianize -
92 away
adv.a long way away, far away muy lejosit's 10 kilometers away está a 10 kilómetrosto keep away from something/somebody mantenerse alejado(a) de algo/alguiento go away marcharse, irsego away! ¡vete!to put something away recoger o guardar algoto take something away from somebody quitarle algo a alguiento stand away from something mantenerse alejado(a) de algoto turn away apartar o desviar la mirada2 (no en la escuela, trabajo)to be away estar fueraright away inmediatamenteChristmas is only two weeks away sólo quedan dos semanas para la Navidad4 fuera.excl.fuera, fuera de aquí, quita o quítate de aquí o de ahí. -
93 anstandshalber
'anʃtantshalbəradvpara complacer a alguien, para guardar el decoro, por decenciapor decencia, por decoroAdverb -
94 callar
callar ( conjugate callar) verbo intransitivo to be quiet, shut up (colloq); hacer callar a la oposición to silence the opposition verbo transitivoa) ‹secreto/información› to keep … quietcallarse verbo pronominal cuando entró todos se callaron when he walked in everyone went quiet o stopped talking; la próxima vez no me callaré next time I'll say something
callar
I verbo intransitivo
1 (parar de hablar) to stop talking: calla un momento, ¿qué ruido es ése?, be quiet, what's that noise?
2 (no decir nada) to keep quiet, say nothing: tus ojos asienten y tu boca calla, your eyes say it all
II verbo transitivo (dejar de dar una noticia) not to mention o to keep to oneself: desconfía de sus palabras, callarán la verdad, you can't trust what they're saying, they are going to hush up the truth Locuciones: ¡calla!, (para indicar sorpresa) never!: ¡calla, no me digas que se casó!, did she really marry?
hacer callar, (hacer que alguien pare de hablar) to get someone to be quiet (silenciar) to silence: ¡no podrán hacernos callar! they can't make us keep our mouths shut
quien calla otorga, silence speaks volumes ' callar' also found in these entries: Spanish: hacer - para - silenciar - mandar - querer English: hush - shout down - shut up - silence - quiet - shut - unsaid -
95 sitio
Del verbo sitiar: ( conjugate sitiar) \ \
sitio es: \ \1ª persona singular (yo) presente indicativo
sitió es: \ \3ª persona singular (él/ella/usted) pretérito indicativoMultiple Entries: sitiar sitio
sitiar ( conjugate sitiar) verbo transitivoa) (Mil) to besiege;
sitio sustantivo masculino 1 cambié la tele de sitio I moved the TV; déjalo en cualquier sitio leave it anywhere; tiene que estar en algún sitio it must be around somewhere◊ ¿hay sitio para todos? is there (enough) room for everyone?;hacer sitio to make roomc) (plaza, asiento):◊ guárdame el sitio keep my seat o place;le cambié el sitio I changed places with himd) (Inf): tb2 (Mil) siege
sitiar verbo transitivo to besiege
sitio 1 sustantivo masculino
1 (espacio) room: no hay sitio para tres, there is no room for three
hazme un sitio en el sofá, make room for me on the sofa
2 (lugar) place: lo he leído en algún sitio, I've read it somewhere
en cualquier sitio, anywhere
en todos los sitios, everywhere
3 (posición, lugar, función) place: éste no es mi sitio, this isn't my place Locuciones: poner a alguien en su sitio, to put sb in his/her place figurado quedarse en el sitio, to die
sitio 2 m Mil siege ' sitio' also found in these entries: Spanish: achicar - adorno - amarre - aparte - cambiar - camino - cerco - comunicar - conducir - cualquier - dejar - destartalar - distribuir - entrañable - escabullirse - esnob - espacio - estado - estancia - guardar - hueca - hueco - ideal - llevarse - parte - permanecer - poner - punta - recoger - replantar - rodar - sacar - santuario - tal - torno - ver - viaje - volver - coger - gallinero - habitual - lado - obra - otro - puesto - traer - trasladar English: accessible - anywhere - approach - back - beauty spot - behind - belong - below - bombed-out - bottleneck - bursting - bust - busy - capture - change - change around - congested - convenient - cool - cut off - dark - death trap - definite - depart - desert - desolate - dismal - displacement - distant - drown - dull - dump - else - fashionable - feel - for - friendly - from - go - godforsaken - golf club - grim - hole - improve - in - inhospitable - inner - intimate - joint - jump out -
96 box
s.1 caja (container)2 recuadro (printed, drawn)4 palco (in theater)5 cofre.6 bofetada, cachetada, pela.7 cubículo para el caballo, cabina rectangular donde se guarda el caballo.8 monedero público.9 intersección de la calle, intersección de calles, parrilla.10 regalo empacado.11 cabina telefónica.12 cabaña de caza.13 cofre para la ropa, baúl ropero.14 buzón de voz, audiobuzón.s. & adj.1 cuarto muy reducido en una taberna o botillería. (familiar)2 cajetín en las imprentavt.1 guardar en una caja (place in box)to box somebody's ears abofetear a alguien3 boxear.4 empacar, empacar en una caja, encajonar.5 dar un puñetazo.vi.boxear (fight) (plural boxfuls) (pt & pp boxed) -
97 добро
I с.борьба́ добра́ со злом — la lucha del bien y el malжела́ть кому́-либо добра́ — desear el bien a alguienде́лать мно́го добра́ — hacer mucho bienиз э́того добра́ не вы́йдет (не бу́дет) разг. — de ésto no saldrá nada bueno••не к добру́ — no (es) para bien, mala señalдать добро́ — dar el beneplácitoнет ху́да без добра́ посл. — no hay mal que por bien no vengaот добра́ добра́ не и́щут погов. — ≈ quien bien tiene y mal escoge, del mal que le venga no se enojeдобро́ пожа́ловать! — ¡bienvenido(s)!II нареч. безл. в знач. сказ., разг.( хорошо) bienну и добро́ — está bien- добро бы -
98 aside
1. adverb(on or to one side: They stood aside to let her pass; I've put aside two tickets for you to collect.) aparte, a un lado
2. noun(words spoken (especially by an actor) which other people (on the stage) are not supposed to hear: She whispered an aside to him.) aparteaside adv al lado / a un ladotr[ə'saɪd]1 al lado, a un lado\SMALLIDIOMATIC EXPRESSION/SMALLaside from aparte deto cast aside echar a un ladoto set aside apartar, reservarto step aside apartarseto take somebody aside separar a alguien (del grupo) para hablar aparteaside [ə'saɪd] adv1) : a un ladoto step aside: hacerse a un lado2) : de lado, apartejesting aside: bromas aparte3)to set aside : guardar, apartar, reservaradv.• a un lado adv.• al lado adv.• aparte adv.n.• aparte s.m.
I ə'saɪd1) a un lado; see also cast aside, put aside, set aside, stand II 2) a), step aside, take aside2)aside from — (as prep) (esp AmE)
a) ( except for) aparte deb) ( as well as) aparte de, además de
II
noun (line, comment) aparte m[ǝ'saɪd] When aside is an element in a phrasal verb, eg brush aside, cast aside, put aside, stand aside, look up the verb.1. ADV1) (=to one side) a un ladoto set or put sth aside — apartar algo
to cast aside — desechar, echar a un lado
2)aside from — (=as well as) aparte de, además de; (=except for) aparte de
2.N (Theat) aparte m* * *
I [ə'saɪd]1) a un lado; see also cast aside, put aside, set aside, stand II 2) a), step aside, take aside2)aside from — (as prep) (esp AmE)
a) ( except for) aparte deb) ( as well as) aparte de, además de
II
noun (line, comment) aparte m -
99 cheque
ek(a written order on a printed form telling a bank to pay money to the person named: to pay by cheque.)- cheque card
cheque n cheque / talón
cheque sustantivo masculino check (AmE), cheque (BrE); un cheque a nombre de … a check made out to o made payable to …; cheque bancario o (AmL) de gerencia banker's draft; cheque cruzado/en blanco crossed/blank check( conjugate check); cheque de viaje or de viajero traveler's check (AmE), traveller's cheque (BrE); cheque sin fondos bad o (frml) dishonored( conjugate dishonored) check( conjugate check)
cheque sustantivo masculino cheque, US check
cheque al portador, bearer cheque
cheque de viaje, traveller's cheque, US traveler's check ' cheque' also found in these entries: Spanish: cobrar - cobro - efectiva - efectivo - endosar - extender - fondo - talón - tesorería - abonar - anular - beneficiario - blanco - checar - chimbo - compensar - conformar - cruzado - cruzar - falsificar - girar - giro - guardar - hacer - ingresar - mismo - nominativo - vencido English: bearer - bounce - by - cash - check - cheque - cheque book - clearance - clearing - draft - dud - endorsement - make out - pay in - payment - rubber check - take - token - traveller's cheque - write - write out - blank - book - cashier - gift - make - payable - pay - travelertr[ʧek]1 cheque nombre masculino, talón nombre masculino■ can I pay by cheque? ¿puedo pagar con talón?\SMALLIDIOMATIC EXPRESSION/SMALLto give somebody a blank cheque to do something darle a alguien carta blanca para hacer algocheque book talonario (de cheques)cheque (guarantee) card tarjeta de identificación bancarian.• cheque s.m.tʃek(US) [tʃek]cheque (guarantee) card — tarjeta f bancaria
1.N (Brit) cheque m, talón m (bancario) (Sp)a cheque for £20 — un cheque por or de 20 libras
to make out or write a cheque (for £100/to Rodríguez) — extender un cheque (de 100 libras/a favor de Rodríguez)
bad cheque — cheque m sin fondos or sin provisión
2.CPDcheque account (Brit) N — cuenta f cheque
cheque card N — (also: cheque guarantee card) tarjeta f de identificación bancaria
cheque stub (Brit) N — talón m del cheque
See:* * *[tʃek]cheque (guarantee) card — tarjeta f bancaria
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100 scale
I skeil noun1) (a set of regularly spaced marks made on something (eg a thermometer or a ruler) for use as a measure; a system of numbers, measurement etc: This thermometer has two scales marked on it, one in Fahrenheit and one in Centigrade.) escala2) (a series or system of items of increasing or decreasing size, value etc: a wage/salary scale.) escala3) (in music, a group of notes going up or down in order: The boy practised his scales on the piano.) escala4) (the size of measurements on a map etc compared with the real size of the country etc shown by it: In a map drawn to the scale 1:50,000, one centimetre represents half a kilometre.) escala5) (the size of an activity: These guns are being manufactured on a large scale.) escala
II skeil verb(to climb (a ladder, cliff etc): The prisoner scaled the prison walls and escaped.) escalar
III skeil noun(any of the small thin plates or flakes that cover the skin of fishes, reptiles etc: A herring's scales are silver in colour.)- scalyscale n1. escalawhat is the scale of the map? ¿qué escala tiene el mapa?2. escamatr[skeɪl]1 (measure) escala2 (size, amount) escala, magnitud nombre femenino3 SMALLMUSIC/SMALL escala1 (climb up) escalar\SMALLIDIOMATIC EXPRESSION/SMALLon a large scale a gran escalaout of scale fuera de escalato scale a escalapay scale escala de salariosscale drawing dibujo a escalascale model maquetasocial scale escala social————————tr[skeɪl]1 (of fish, reptile) escama2 (on skin) escama3 (in kettle etc) sarro, incrustaciones nombre femenino plural1 (fish) escamar, quitar las escamas a————————tr[skeɪl]1 (pan) platillo1 SMALLSPORT/SMALL (weigh) pesar1 (for weighing in shop, kitchen) balanza; (bathroom, large weights) báscula1 Libra f sing\SMALLIDIOMATIC EXPRESSION/SMALLto tip the scales in somebody's favour inclinar la balanza a favor de alguien1) : escamar (un pescado)2) climb: escalar (un muro, etc.)3)to scale down : reducirscale viweigh: pesarhe scaled in at 200 pounds: pesó 200 librasscale n2) : escama f (de un pez, etc.)3) extent: escala f, proporción fwage scale: escala salarial4) : escala f (en música, en cartografía, etc.)to draw to scale: dibujar a escalascale (Of fish, etc.)n.• escama (Biología) s.f.n.• balanza s.f.• cochinilla (AGR, BIO) s.f.• escala (Matemática) s.f.• gama s.f.• platillo de balanza s.m.• talla s.f.v.• descamar v.• escalar v.• escamar v.• graduar v.• raspar v.• trepar v.
I skeɪl1) noun2) (no pl)a) (extent, size) escala fon a large/small scale — en gran/pequeña escala
b) (of map, diagram) escala fto draw/make something to scale — dibujar/hacer* algo a escala
not to scale — no está a escala; (before n) <model, drawing> a escala
3) c ( on measuring instrument) escala fscale of charges — tarifa f de precios (or honorarios etc)
4) c ( Mus) escala f5) ca) ( for weighing) (usu pl) balanza f, pesa fbathroom scales — una báscula or pesa (de baño)
a kitchen scale — una balanza or una pesa de cocina, un peso; tip II 2) a)
b) ( pan) platillo m6) c (on fish, snake) escama fthe scales fell from my/her/their eyes — se me/le/les cayó la venda de los ojos
7) u (deposit - in kettle, pipes) sarro m
II
transitive verb \<\<mountain/wall/rock face\>\> escalar; \<\<ladder\>\> subirPhrasal Verbs:- scale up
I [skeɪl]1.N [of fish, reptile etc] escama f ; (=flake) [of rust, chalk] hojuela f ; [of skin] escama f ; (inside kettle, boiler) costra f ; (on teeth) sarro m2.VT [+ fish] quitar las escamas a, escamar; (Tech) raspar; [+ teeth] quitar el sarro a3.VI (also: scale off) [skin] descamarse
II
[skeɪl]Nbathroom scale(s) — báscula f (de baño)
a kitchen scale, a pair of kitchen scales — una balanza de cocina
to turn or tip the scales (in sb's favour/against sb) — inclinar la balanza (a favor de algn/en contra de algn)
2) [of balance] platillo m
III [skeɪl]1. N•
he likes to do things on a grand scale — le gusta hacer las cosas a gran escala or por todo lo alto or a lo grande•
on a large scale — a gran escala•
they were engaged in fraud on a massive scale — estaban realizando un fraude a gran escala or de gran envergadura•
on a national scale — a escala nacional•
on a small scale — a pequeña escala•
borrowing on this scale will bankrupt the country — el país va a caer en la bancarrota si sigue aceptando préstamos de esta magnitud2) (=graduated system) (gen, for salaries) escala f•
the Richter scale — la escala de Richterpay, sliding•
the social scale — la escala or jerarquía social3) (=ratio, proportion) [of map, model] escala f•
on a scale of 1cm to 5km — con una escala de 1cm a 5km•
to be out of scale (with sth) — no guardar proporción (con algo)•
the drawing is not to scale — el dibujo no está a escala4) (Mus) escala f2.VT [+ wall] trepar a, escalar; [+ tree] trepar a; [+ mountain] escalar3.CPDscale drawing N — dibujo m a escala
scale model N — modelo m a escala
- scale up* * *
I [skeɪl]1) noun2) (no pl)a) (extent, size) escala fon a large/small scale — en gran/pequeña escala
b) (of map, diagram) escala fto draw/make something to scale — dibujar/hacer* algo a escala
not to scale — no está a escala; (before n) <model, drawing> a escala
3) c ( on measuring instrument) escala fscale of charges — tarifa f de precios (or honorarios etc)
4) c ( Mus) escala f5) ca) ( for weighing) (usu pl) balanza f, pesa fbathroom scales — una báscula or pesa (de baño)
a kitchen scale — una balanza or una pesa de cocina, un peso; tip II 2) a)
b) ( pan) platillo m6) c (on fish, snake) escama fthe scales fell from my/her/their eyes — se me/le/les cayó la venda de los ojos
7) u (deposit - in kettle, pipes) sarro m
II
transitive verb \<\<mountain/wall/rock face\>\> escalar; \<\<ladder\>\> subirPhrasal Verbs:- scale up
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