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1 Asian American
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noun asiático m americano, asiática f americana
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adjective asiático-americano
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Cultural note:
El término de más amplia aceptación hoy en día para referirse a norteamericanos de origen asiático, especialmente del Extremo Oriente* * *
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noun asiático m americano, asiática f americana
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adjective asiático-americano
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Cultural note:
El término de más amplia aceptación hoy en día para referirse a norteamericanos de origen asiático, especialmente del Extremo Oriente -
2 Asian-American
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3 buffalo
plurals - buffalo, buffalo(e)s; noun1) (a large kind of ox, especially the Asian and African varieties.) búfalo2) (the American variety of ox; the bison.) búfalobuffalo n búfalotr['bʌfələʊ]1 SMALLZOOLOGY/SMALL búfalo1) : búfalo m2) bison: bisonte mn.• bisonte s.m.• búfalo s.m.'bʌfələʊa) ( wild ox) búfalo m; ( water buffalo) búfalo m de agua, carabao mb) ( bison) (AmE) bisonte m['bʌfǝlǝʊ]N (pl buffalo or buffaloes)1) búfalo m2) (esp US) (=bison) bisonte m* * *['bʌfələʊ]a) ( wild ox) búfalo m; ( water buffalo) búfalo m de agua, carabao mb) ( bison) (AmE) bisonte m -
4 central
'sentrəl1) (belonging to or near the centre (eg of a town): His flat is very central.) central2) (principal or most important: the central point of his argument.) principal•- centralise
- centralization
- centralisation
- centrally
- central heating
- central processing unit
central adj central
central adjetivo central ■ sustantivo femenino head office; central hidroeléctrica/nuclear hydroelectric/nuclear power station
central
I adjetivo central
II sustantivo femenino
1 (oficina principal) head office
central de correos, main post office
2 Elec (planta de generación de energía) power station
central hidroeléctrica, hydroelectric power station
central nuclear, nuclear power station
central térmica, coal-fired power station ' central' also found in these entries: Spanish: administración - América - calefacción - Centroamérica - centroamericana - centroamericano - centroeuropea - centroeuropeo - cierre - energía - granítica - granítico - hidroeléctrica - hidroeléctrico - jefatura - jugar - lechera - lechero - mediana - reclamar - térmica - térmico - céntrico - eje - funcionamiento - interior - isla - jardín - Mesoamérica - plática - platicar - plato - separador - sos - vos English: America - central - Central America - Central Europe - central government - central heating - CIA - core memory - CPU - focal point - government - headquarters - main - middle - point - power plant - power station - thrust - Central - central reservation - CST - dairy - devolution - essence - exchange - focal - focus - head - heart - home - key - median - Midwest - nuclear - OCAS - power - put - telephonetr['sentrəl]1 (government, bank, committee) central2 (of, at or near centre) céntrico,-a3 (main, principal) principal, fundamental■ central character personaje central, personaje principal\SMALLIDIOMATIC EXPRESSION/SMALLto be central to something ser fundamental para algoCentral African Republic República Centroafricanacentral heating calefacción nombre femenino centralcentral locking cierre nombre masculino centralizadocentral nervous system sistema nombre masculino nervioso centralcentral processing unit unidad nombre femenino central de procesocentral reservation SMALLBRITISH ENGLISH/SMALL medianacentral ['sɛntrəl] adj1) : céntrico, centralin a central location: en un lugar céntrico2) main, principal: central, fundamental, principaladj.• central adj.• centralizado, -a adj.n.• central s.m.'sentrəlto be central TO something: this is central to the success of the project — esto es fundamental para que el proyecto sea un éxito
2) ( in the center) <area/street> céntrico['sentrǝl]our office is very central — nuestra oficina está en una zona céntrica or en un lugar muy céntrico
1. ADJ1) (=in the middle) centralthe houses are arranged around a central courtyard — las casas están distribuidas alrededor de un patio central
2) (=near the centre of town) [house, office, location] céntrico3) (=principal) [figure, problem, idea, fact] central, fundamental; [role] fundamental; [aim] principalof central importance — de la mayor importancia, primordial
the issue of Aids is central to the plot of the film — el tema del SIDA es fundamental en el argumento de la película
4) (Admin, Pol) [committee, planning, control etc] central2.N (US) (=exchange) central f telefónica3.CPDCentral America N — Centroamérica f, América f Central
Central Asia N — Asia f Central
central bank N — banco m central
central casting N — (Cine) departamento m de reparto or casting
a Texan farmer straight from or out of central casting — hum un granjero tejano de pura cepa or con toda la barba
Central Daylight Time N — (US) horario m de verano de la zona central (de Estados Unidos)
Central Europe N — Europa f Central
central government N — gobierno m central
central heating N — calefacción f central
central locking N — (Aut) cierre m centralizado
central nervous system N — sistema m nervioso central
central processing unit N — (Comput) unidad f central de proceso
central reservation N — (Brit) (Aut) mediana f
Central African, Central American, Central Asian, Central EuropeanCentral Standard Time N — (US) horario m de la zona central (de Estados Unidos)
* * *['sentrəl]to be central TO something: this is central to the success of the project — esto es fundamental para que el proyecto sea un éxito
2) ( in the center) <area/street> céntricoour office is very central — nuestra oficina está en una zona céntrica or en un lugar muy céntrico
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