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1 retintín
m.1 tinkle, jingle, clink, rhythmic tapping.2 undertone.* * *1 (sonido) tinkling, ringing2 figurado innuendo, sarcastic tone* * *SM1) (=tono sarcástico) sarcastic tone2) (=tilín) tinkle, tinkling; [de llaves] jingle, jangle; [en el oído] ringing* * *a) (fam) ( tonillo sarcástico) sarcastic tone of voiceb) ( sonido) ( de cascabeles) tinkling; ( de pulseras) jingling, jangling* * *= tinkle, jingle.Ex. When we stopped half-way up for tea I put my rucksack down on a rock and heard a tinkle of breaking glass -- my thermos was at the bottom.Ex. She heard a jingle of keys and turned to find that a man standing next to her had removed keys and some cash from her purse.* * *a) (fam) ( tonillo sarcástico) sarcastic tone of voiceb) ( sonido) ( de cascabeles) tinkling; ( de pulseras) jingling, jangling* * *= tinkle, jingle.Ex: When we stopped half-way up for tea I put my rucksack down on a rock and heard a tinkle of breaking glass -- my thermos was at the bottom.
Ex: She heard a jingle of keys and turned to find that a man standing next to her had removed keys and some cash from her purse.* * *1 ( fam) (tonillo sarcástico) sarcastic tone of voicelo dijo con cierto retintín he said it somewhat sarcastically, he said it in a rather snide way2(sonido): el retintín de los cascabeles the tinkling of (little) bellsel retintín de las pulseras que llevaba the jingling o jangling of the bracelets she was wearingme quedó un retintín en los oídos I had a ringing in my ears* * *
retintín sustantivo masculino (fam) ( tonillo sarcástico) sarcastic tone of voice;
retintín m fam
1 (al hablar) sarcasm
con retintín, sarcastically
2 (de una campana, pulseras, etc) tinkling, jingling
* * *retintín nm1. [ironía] sarcastic tone;con retintín sarcastically2. [tintineo] ringing;aún tengo el retintín de las campanas en el oído I can still hear the bells ringing in my ears* * *m:con retintín fam sarcastically* * *1) : jingle, jangle2)con retintín : sarcastically -
2 detect
di'tekt(to notice or discover: She thought she could detect a smell of gas.) detectar, sentir- detention
detect vb detectar / descubrirtr[dɪ'tekt]1 (notice, sense - gen) detectar, advertir; (- sarcasm, difference) notar; (- sound, small) percibir2 (find - object, substance) detectar, encontrar■ small quantities of morphine were detected in his blood detectaron pequeñas cantidades de morfina en su sangre3 (discover - crime, criminal, fraud) descubrirdetect [di'tɛkt] vt: detectar, descubrirn.• falta s.f.v.• descubrir v.• detectar v.• percibir v.dɪ'tekttransitive verb \<\<object/substance\>\> detectar[dɪ'tekt]VT (=discover) descubrir; (=notice) percibir, detectar; [+ crime] descubrir; [+ criminal] identificar; (Tech) (by radar etc) detectar* * *[dɪ'tekt]transitive verb \<\<object/substance\>\> detectar -
3 retintín
retintín sustantivo masculino (fam) ( tonillo sarcástico) sarcastic tone of voice;
retintín m fam
1 (al hablar) sarcasm
con retintín, sarcastically
2 (de una campana, pulseras, etc) tinkling, jingling
См. также в других словарях:
Tono — (Del lat. tonus < gr. tonos.) ► sustantivo masculino 1 Intensidad o grado de mayor o menor elevación de un sonido o de la voz humana. 2 Modo de hablar o de decir una cosa que manifiesta un estado de ánimo o una intención: ■ sus palabras tenían … Enciclopedia Universal
