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1 бить(ся)

гл.

1. to beat; 2. to strike; 3. to hit; 4. to tap; 5. to pat; 6. to rap; 7. to punch; 8. to thump; 9. to slap; 10. to knock; 11. to knock smb about/ around; 12. to club; 13. to kick; 14. to lash; 15. to pound; 16. to smack

Русский глагол бить указывает на многократный характер действия, но не конкретизирует как, чем и по отношению к кому или чему было произведено это действие. Английские соответствия различают многократность и однократность действия и поэтому они эквивалентны не только глаголу бить, но и глаголам ударять/ударить и стучать/стукнуть. Кроме этого английские глаголы указывают и на то, как и чем наносятся удары.

1. to beat — бить, биться, колотить, ударять, избить (подчеркивается многократность действия; разный характер ударов в русском языке может передаваться разными приставками, как, например, побить, избить и распространенными словосочетаниями; в английском языке в таких случаях используются послелоги или другие глаголы): to beat a carpet — выколачивать ковер; to beat a rug — вытряхивать половик; to beat the dust out of the rug — выбивать пыль из ковра; to beat a drum — бить в барабан; to beat time — отбивать такт; to beat eggs — взбивать яйца; to beat meat — отбивать мясо; to beat smb (up) — бить кого-либо/избивать кого-либо; to beat smb cruelly (to death) — жестоко (до смерти) избить кого-либо; to beat smb with a stick — избивать кого-либо палкой/бить кого-либо папкой; to beat smb for stealing (for lying) — побить кого-либо за воровство (за вранье); one's heart beats — сердце бьется. The rain beat the grass flat. — Дождь прибил траву. You ought to be well beaten. — Тебя надо как следует выпороть. The bird beats its wings against the cage. — Птица бьется крыльями в клетке. Не was badly beaten. — Его здорово избили./Ero сильно избили. We heard the waves beating against the shore. — Мы слышали, как волны, бились о берег. The rain beats against the roof. — Дождь бьет по крыше./Дождь стучит по крыше.

2. to strike — ударять, ударить, стукнуть, нанести удар (упот- ребляется в официа.1ьной речи, описывает удар по какой-либо части тела): The evidence showed that the victim had been struck over the head with an iron bar. — Свидетельские показания указывают на то, что пострадавшему/жертве был нанесен удар по голове железным прутом. The clock was striking midnight. — Часы били полночь. Jane was on the point of striking the child again when her husband stopped her. — Джейн собиралась еще раз ударить ребенка, но муж остановил ее. The court heard that the defendant had struck Ted repeatedly in the face, causing serious bruising. — Суд заслушал свидетельские показания о том, что ответчик нанес Тэду многократные удары в лицо, избив его до синяков. Sergeant Morris struck the drum and the band started to march down the street. — Сержант Моррис ударил в барабан, и оркестр стал маршировать по улице. The lightning struck the tree. — Молния ударила в дерево./Молния попала в дерево.

3. to hit — ударить, ударять, стукнуть (употребляется в обыденных ситуациях, чаще, чем to strike и обычно подразумевает одушевленное существительное в качестве подлежащего): to hit smb with smth — ударить кого-либо чем-либо (тем, что держат в руке) Peter keeps hitting me. — Петр постоянно меня бьет./Петр все время дает мне подзатыльники. She swung around and hit him with her umbrella. — Она круто развернулась и ударила его зонтиком. After she told him off to stop complaining he hit her over the head with a book. — После того, как она приказала ему перестать жаловаться, он ударил ее по голове книгой. Hitting him hard in the stomach she dashed for the phone and called the police. — Сильно ударив его в живот, она бросилась к телефону и вызвала полицию. Don't fight with your brother, he will only hit you back as he is older than you are. — He дерись с братом, он старше тебя и даст тебе сдачи./Не дерись с братом, он старше тебя и нанесет тебе ответный удар.

4. to tap — ударять, ударить, стукнуть (легкий, негромкий стук или удар пальцами или ногой, постукивание): She tapped her foot in time to the music. — Она постукивала ногой в такт музыке. Не tapped his fingers on the arm of the chair. — Он легко постукивал пальцами по подлокотнику кресла. Не tapped her on the shoulder to attract her attention. — Он похлопал ее по плечу, чтобы привлечь внимание.

5. to pat — похлопать, потрепать (так же как и глагол to tap, описывает легкий, негромкий стук или удар, легкое постукивание, как знак одобрения или ласки): She patted the child on the shoulder encouragingly. — Она ободряюще похлопала ребенка по плечу. Не patted the dog affectionately as he spoke. — Говоря, он ласково трепал свою собаку. You can pat yourself on the shoulder/arm for the well done job. — Вы можете похвалить себя за хорошо выполненную работу.

6. to rap — ударить, стукнуть (в отличие от глаголов to tap и to pat — нанести резкий, отрывистый удар при неодобрении, раздражении или критике): She rapped the table with her hand and called for silence. — Она ударила рукой по столу, призывая к тишине. She rapped loudly on the door. — Она громко стукнула в дверь.

7. to punch — нанести сильный удар кулаком ( в гневе или борьбе): I punched him on the jaw. — Я дал ему в челюсть. Не punched him on the nose. — Он дал ему по носу./Он заехал ему по носу. The woman claimed that she had been punched and kicked by one of the policeman. — Женщина заявила, что один из полицейских ударил ее кулаком и пнул ногой. Employees are protected by screens to stop the angry clients from punching them in the face. — Служащих от посетителей отделяет защитный экран, чтобы разъяренные клиенты не набросились на них с кулаками.

8. to thump — сильно бить, биться, колотить, колотиться ( обо чтолибо), стукнуть, сильно ударить ( но не по голове или лицу), надавать тумаков: The chairman thumped the table for silence. — Председатель стукнул по столу, призывая к тишине. His heart (head) was thumping. — У него колотилось сердце (стучало в висках). Не was thumping on the door. — Он колотил в дверь. The teacher told Peter off for thumping the kids sitting next to him. — Учитель отчитывал Петра за то, что тот бил ребят, сидящих рядом. Steve choked and I thumped him on the back several times until he began to breathe. — Стив подавился, и я стукнул его несколько раз по спине, пока он не начал дышать. Не thumped him in the stomach and ran off. — Он ударил его в живот и убежал./Он стукнул его по животу и убежал. I tried to stop the fighting boys but only got thumped on my chest. — Я пыталась разнять дерущихся мальчишек, но только получила удар в грудь.

9. to slap — дать пощечину, ударить по лицу, ударить наотмашь: She was so angry with her husband she was really tempted to slap him. — Она так рассердилась на мужа, что готова была ударить его по лицу/ Она так рассердилась на мужа, что готова была дать ему пощечину. She slapped him across the face and stormed out of the room. — Она отвесила ему звонкую пощечину и, разъяренная, вылетела из комнаты. I slapped his face a few times to see if he regained his consciousness. — Я несколько раз похлопала его по щеке, чтобы привести его в сознание.

10. to knock — бить, стукать, стукнуть: They knocked him on the head. — Его ударили по голове./Его стукнули по голове. 1 knocked my head against/on a beam. — Я стукнулся головой о балку./ Я ударился головой о балку. Someone is knocking at the door. — Кто-то стучит в дверь. They knocked the bottom of the barrel out. — Они выбили дно бочки. She knocked the ball out of my hand. — Она выбила мяч у меня из рук. I knocked the cup flying off the table. — Я смахнул чашку со стола. 1). to knock smb about/around — ударить кого-либо несколько раз (особенно для того, чтобы напугать), толкать друг друга, тузить друг друга: The boys are knocking each other about in the yard. — Мальчики дерутся во дворе, толкая друг друга./Мальчики дерутся во дворе, мутузя друг друга. The car was badly knocked about. — Машина была сильно помята. Their father used to knock their mother about when he was drunk. — Когда отец бывал пьян, он бил их мать./Отец избивал их мать, когда бывал пьян.

12. to club — стукнуть, ударить ( по голове) ( чем-либо тяжелым или палкой): The attacker clubbed the gas station attendant and escaped with the money. — Нападающий стукнул работника бензоколонки чем-то тяжелым по голове и убежал, забрав все деньги. They clubbed the boy to death. — Они забили мальчика до смерти.

13. to kick — ударить, ударять, наподдать ногой, толкнуть ногой, пнуть, пинать, дрыгать ногами, отбиваться ногами: She kicked me under the table. — Она толкнула меня под столом ногой. The police kicked the door down. — Полицейские выбили ногами дверь. Billy was kicking a ball around the yard. — Билли гонял мяч по двору. Не got kicked in the face playing rugby. — Во время игры в регби ему попали ногой в лицо. The cow may kick a bit when you milk it. — Корова может лягнуть во время дойки. They danced and sang and kicked their legs high in the air. — Они пели и плясали, высоко вскидывая ноги. The baby kicked its legs and its mother could hardly dress it. — Ребенок болтал ногами, и мать с трудом его одевала./Ребенок дрыгал ногами, и мать с трудом его одевала.

14. to lash — бить наотмашь, хлестать, стегать ( кнутом): The rain lashed her face. — Дождь хлестал ей в лицо. The waves lashed the shore. — Волны яростно бились о берег. The gale lashed violently against the window. — Шторм с силой ударял в окно./Шторм яростно бился в оконные рамы. The driver lashed the horse until it pulled the carriage out onto a drier place of the road. — Возница стегал лошадь до тех пор, пока она не вытащила воз на сухое место на дороге. The cows were lashing their tails to keep the gadflies away. — Коровы махали хвостами, отгоняя оводов.

15. to pound — бить, биться, колотить, колотиться ( ударяясь о какую-либо поверхность), разбивать, толочь: The heavy sea pounded against the pier. — Штормовые волны бились о причал. Tomas pounded the door with his fists. — Томас колотил в дверь кулаками. Не pounded up the stairs in front of her. — Он, топоча, поднимался по лестнице впереди нее. She rushed home, her heart pounding with excitement. — Она ринулась домой, сердце ее колотилось в груди от возбуждения./Она ринулась домой, сердце ее билось в груди от волнения. Pound the almonds and mix with bread crumbs. — Растолките миндаль и смешайте его с хлебной крошкой.

16. to smack — шлепать, нашлепать, чавкать, чмокать ( губами) (обозначает легкий удар по какой-либо поверхности, сопровождаемый звуком): То bed now, or I'll smack your bottom! — Немедленно в постель, а то я тебя отшлепаю! Не smacked his fist against his palm. — Он (с досадой, в восторге) ударил кулаком по ладони. Не smelled the air and smacked his lips with expectation. — Он втянул носом воздух и почмокал губами в предвкушении еды. A piece of plaster smacked against the floor. — Кусок штукатурки шмякнулся на пол.

Русско-английский объяснительный словарь > бить(ся)
2 recevoir

recevoir [ʀ(ə)səvwaʀ]

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1. transitive verb

   a. to receive ; [+ confession] to hear

• recevoir les ordres [religieux] to take holy orders

• je vous reçois cinq sur cinq I'm receiving you loud and clear

• le procédé a reçu le nom de son inventeur the process got its name from the inventor

• j'ai reçu un caillou sur la tête I got hit on the head by a stone

• il a reçu un coup de poing dans la figure he got punched in the face

• recevez, Monsieur (or Madame), l'expression de mes sentiments distingués (formule épistolaire) yours faithfully (Brit) or truly (US)

   b. [+ personne] (en entrevue) to see ; [+ invité] ( = accueillir) to receive ; ( = traiter) to entertain ; ( = loger) to receive ; [+ Jeux olympiques, championnat] to host ; [+ demande, déposition, plainte] to receive

• recevoir qn à dîner to have sb to dinner

• être bien/mal reçu [proposition, nouvelles] to be well/badly received ; [personne] to get a good/bad reception

• on est toujours bien reçu chez eux they always make you feel welcome

• recevoir qn à bras ouverts to welcome sb with open arms

• les Dupont reçoivent beaucoup the Duponts entertain a lot

• le directeur reçoit le jeudi the principal receives visitors on Thursdays

• recevoir la visite de qn/d'un cambrioleur to receive a visit from sb/from a burglar

• se faire recevoir (inf) to get shouted at

   c. [+ candidat à un examen] to pass

• être reçu à un examen to pass an exam

• il a été reçu dans les premiers/dans les derniers he was near the top/bottom in the exam

• il a été reçu premier he came first in the exam

   d. [hôtel, lycée] to accommodate

• recevoir un affluent [rivière] to be joined by a tributary

• leur chambre ne reçoit jamais le soleil their room never gets any sun

2. reflexive verb

► se recevoir ( = tomber) to land

• il s'est mal reçu he landed badly

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ʀəsvwaʀ, ʀ(ə)səvwaʀ
1.

verbe transitif

1) ( être le destinataire de) to receive, to get (de from)

nous avons bien reçu votre lettre — we acknowledge receipt of your letter

il a reçu le ballon dans le visage — he was hit in the face by the ball

j'ai reçu le marteau sur le pied — the hammer landed on my foot

je n'ai d'ordre à recevoir de personne — I don't take orders from anyone

la mesure a reçu un accueil favorable de la part des enseignants — the measure met with approval from teachers

2) ( accueillir) to welcome, to receive [invités, délégation]

être bien/mal reçu — [proposition] to be well/badly received; [invités] to get a good/bad reception

recevoir quelqu'un froidement — to give somebody a cold reception

demain nous les recevons à dîner — we're having them to dinner tomorrow

ils reçoivent beaucoup — they do a lot of entertaining

Laval reçoit Caen — Sport Laval is playing host to Caen

il va se faire recevoir — (colloq) he's going to get it (colloq)

3) ( pour consultation) to see [patients, clients]

elle reçoit entre 14 et 17 heures — she's available for consultation between 2 and 5 pm

4) Radio, Télévision ( capter) to receive [signal, ondes]

on reçoit mal cette chaîne — we get bad reception on that channel

je vous reçois cinq sur cinq — Radio I'm receiving you loud and clear

5) ( contenir) [hôtel, refuge] to accommodate [personne]; [salle de spectacle, stade] to hold [spectateurs]

6) ( recueillir) to get [soleil, pluie]

des bassins reçoivent l'eau de pluie — pools collect the rainwater

7) École, Université ( admettre) to pass [élève, candidat]

être reçu à un examen — to pass an exam

il a été reçu premier au concours — he came first in the examination

2.

se recevoir verbe pronominal (après un saut, une chute) to land

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ʀ(ə)səvwaʀ
1. vt

1) [lettre, prime] to receive, to get

J'ai reçu une lettre. — I received a letter., I got a letter.

2) [coup, choc] to get

Il a reçu un mauvais coup sur la tête. — He got a nasty blow on the head.

Il a reçu un coup de pied en pleine figure. — He got kicked right in the face.

3) [nouvelle] to have

Nous avons reçu de bien mauvaises nouvelles. — We've had some bad news.

4) [accueil] to get, to receive, [critiques] to get, to meet with

Ils ont reçu un accueil chaleureux. — They got a warm welcome.

L'accueil qu'ils ont reçu là-bas a été merveilleux. — They got a marvellous welcome over there.

Cette initiative a reçu de nombreuses critiques. — This initiative has met with a lot of criticism.

5) (= bénéficier de) [aval, feu vert] to get, [soutien] to get, to receive

Cette initiative a reçu le feu vert du gouvernement. — This initiative got the go ahead from the government.

6) [invité, visiteur] to receive

recevoir qn à dîner — to have sb for dinner

Je reçois des amis à dîner. — I'm having friends for dinner.

7) [client, patient, représentant] to see

Il a reçu trois clients ce matin. — He has seen three clients this morning.

8) [jour, soleil] [pièce] to get

9) UNIVERSITÉ, ÉDUCATION

être reçu à un examen [candidat] — to pass, to pass an exam

2. vi

1) (donner des réceptions) to entertain

Ils reçoivent beaucoup. — They do a lot of entertaining.

2) [docteur, dentiste] to see patients

Il reçoit de 8 à 10. — He sees patients from 8 to 10.

3) [député, artiste] to receive visitors

Il reçoit de 8 à 10. — He sees visitors from 8 to 10.

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recevoir verb table: recevoir

A vtr

1 ( être le destinataire de) to receive, to get [lettre, argent, appel téléphonique, compliment, récompense, conseil, ordre, autorisation, formation, blessure] (de from); nous avons bien reçu votre lettre we acknowledge receipt of your letter; recevoir une gifle to get a slap; recevoir un coup de pied/coup de poing dans le ventre to get kicked/punched in the stomach; recevoir une fessée to get a spanking; il a reçu le ballon dans le visage he was hit in the face by the ball; il a reçu une tuile/un caillou sur la tête he got hit ou struck on the head by a tile/a stone; j'ai reçu le marteau sur le pied the hammer landed on my foot; je n'ai pas de leçons à recevoir de cet imbécile I'm not going to be lectured by that idiot; je n'ai d'ordre à recevoir de personne I don't take orders from anyone; la mesure a reçu un accueil favorable de la part des enseignants the measure met with approval from teachers; je n'ai reçu aucun encouragement de sa part he/she gave me no encouragement at all; recevoir les ordres Relig to take holy orders;

2 ( accueillir) to welcome, to receive [amis, invités]; ( de façon officielle) ( brièvement) to receive [ministre, ambassadeur, délégation]; ( plus longuement) to play host to [ministre, ambassadeur, délégation]; être bien/mal reçu [proposition] to be well/badly received; [invités] to get a good/bad reception; il nous a très gentiment reçus dans sa villa he very kindly welcomed us into his villa; recevoir qn froidement to give sb a cold reception; je vous remercie de nous avoir si bien reçus thank you for giving us such a warm welcome ou for being so welcoming; demain nous les recevons à dîner tomorrow we're having them to dinner; on a reçu mon frère pour les vacances we had my brother staying with us for the holidays GB ou vacation US; ils reçoivent beaucoup they do a lot of entertaining, they entertain a lot; ils reçoivent très peu they don't do a lot of entertaining; ces gens-là ne savent pas recevoir! those people don't know how to entertain!; le délégué syndical a été reçu par le ministre the union representative was received by the minister; Laval reçoit Caen Sport Laval is playing host to Caen; il va se faire recevoir○ he's going to get it○;

3 ( pour consultation) to see [patients, clients]; il reçoit uniquement sur rendez-vous he only sees people by appointment; elle reçoit entre 14 et 17 heures she's available for consultation between 2 and 5 pm; le directeur va vous recevoir dans son bureau the manager will see you in his office;

4 Radio, TV ( capter) to receive [signal, ondes]; on reçoit mal cette chaîne we get bad reception on that channel; je vous reçois cinq sur cinq Radio I'm receiving you loud and clear; reçu! Roger!;

5 ( contenir) [hôtel, refuge] to accommodate [personne]; [salle de spectacle, stade] to hold [spectateurs];

6 ( recueillir) to get [soleil, pluie]; cette région reçoit 500 millimètres de pluie par an this region gets 500 millimetres^GB of rain a year; la pièce ne reçoit jamais le soleil the room never gets the sun; le fleuve reçoit plusieurs affluents several tributaries flow into the river; des bassins reçoivent l'eau de pluie pools collect the rainwater;

7 Scol, Univ ( admettre) to pass [élève, candidat]; être reçu à un examen to pass an exam; il a été reçu premier/second au concours he came first/second in the examination; il a été reçu à l'Académie française he was admitted to the Académie française.

B se recevoir vpr (après un saut, une chute) to land; il s'est reçu sur les mains he landed on his hands; il s'est mal reçu et s'est cassé le poignet he landed badly and broke his wrist.

[rəsəvwar] verbe transitif

1. [courrier, coup de téléphone, compliments] to receive, to get

[salaire, somme] to receive, to get, to be paid

[cadeau] to get, to receive, to be given

[prix, titre] to receive, to get, to be awarded

[déposition, réclamation, ordre] to receive

voilà longtemps que je n'ai pas reçu de ses nouvelles it's a long time since I last heard from him

nous avons bien reçu votre courrier du 12 mai we acknowledge receipt ou confirm receipt of your letter dated May 12th

la rose a reçu le nom de la cantatrice the rose took its name from ou was named after the singer

cette hypothèse n'a pas encore reçu de confirmation that hypothesis has yet to receive confirmation ou to be confirmed

je n'ai de conseils à recevoir de personne! I don't have to take advice from anybody!

veuillez recevoir, Madame, l'expression de mes sentiments les meilleurs ou mes salutations distinguées yours sincerely

2. [attention] to receive, to get

[affection, soins] to receive

3. [subir - coups] to get, to receive

recevoir un coup sur la tête to receive a blow to ou to get hit on the head

la bouteille est tombée et c'est lui qui a tout reçu the bottle fell over and it went all over him

4. [chez soi - accueillir] to greet, to welcome ; [ - inviter] to entertain ; [ - héberger] to take in (separable), to put up (separable)

je reçois quelques amis lundi, serez-vous des nôtres? I'm having a few friends round on Monday, will you join us?

recevoir quelqu'un à dîner

a. [avec simplicité] to have somebody round for dinner, to invite somebody to dinner

b. [solennellement] to entertain somebody to dinner

j'ai été très bien reçu I was made (to feel) most welcome

j'ai été mal reçu I was made to feel unwelcome

ils ont reçu la visite de la police they received a visit from the police

se faire recevoir (familier) to get told off

5. [à son lieu de travail - client, représentant] to see

ils furent reçus par le Pape they had an audience with ou were received by the Pope

6. [dans un club, une société - nouveau membre] to admit

7. [abriter]

le chalet peut recevoir six personnes the chalet sleeps six (people)

le stade peut recevoir jusqu'à 75 000 personnes the stadium can hold up to 75,000 people ou has a capacity of 75,000

8. [eaux de pluie] to collect

[lumière] to receive

9. (surtout au passif) [candidat] to pass

elle a été reçue à l'épreuve de français she passed her French exam

je ne suis pas reçu I didn't pass

10. RADIO & TÉLÉVISION to receive, to get

11. RELIGION [sacrement, vœux] to receive

[confession] to hear

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[rəsəvwar] verbe intransitif

1. [donner une réception] to entertain

elle sait merveilleusement recevoir she's marvellous at entertaining, she's a marvellous hostess

[tenir salon]

la comtesse recevait le mardi the countess used to be at home (to visitors) on Tuesdays

2. [avocat, conseiller, médecin] to be available (to see clients)

le médecin reçoit/ne reçoit pas aujourd'hui the doctor is/isn't seeing patients today

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se recevoir verbe pronominal (emploi réciproque)

[s'inviter] to visit each other

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se recevoir verbe pronominal intransitif

SPORT to land

Dictionnaire Français-Anglais > recevoir
3 virer

virer [viʀe]

➭ TABLE 1

1. intransitive verb

   a. ( = changer de direction) [véhicule, avion, bateau] to turn

• virer sur l'aile [avion] to bank

   b. virer de bord [bateau] to tack ; (figurative) to take a new line

   c. ( = tourner sur soi-même) to turn (around)

   d. [cuti-réaction] to come up positive

2. transitive verb

   a. [+ somme] to transfer

• virer 1 000 € sur un compte to transfer 1,000 euros into an account

   b. ( = expulser) (inf) to kick out (inf) ; ( = renvoyer) to fire (inf)

• virer qn d'une réunion to kick sb out of a meeting (inf)

• se faire virer ( = se faire expulser) to get o.s. kicked out (de of ) ; ( = se faire renvoyer) to be fired (inf)

   c. ( = jeter) (inf) to throw out

   d. il a viré sa cuti (inf) (figurative) he changed totally

3. indirect transitive verb

• virer à ( = devenir) le bleu vire au violet the blue is turning purple

• virer au froid/à la pluie/au beau [temps] to turn cold/rainy/fine

• virer à l'aigre to turn sour

• cette région a viré à droite (Politics) this region has swung to the right

• virer au rouge [comptes, résultats] to go into the red

• les indicateurs (financiers) virent au rouge indicators have dropped sharply

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viʀe
1.

verbe transitif

1) Finance to transfer [argent, salaire] ( sur to)

2) (colloq) ( licencier) to fire, to sack (colloq) GB [employé]

se faire virer — to get fired

3) (colloq) ( expulser) gén to throw [somebody] out [importun]; ( d'un cours) to send [somebody] out [élève]; ( du lycée) to expel [élève]

4) (colloq) ( enlever) to get rid of

2.

verbe intransitif

1) ( changer de direction) [véhicule] to turn

virer à droite — [véhicule, parti politique] to turn ou shift to the right

virer sur l'aile — to bank

2) Nautisme [navire] to turn

virer de bord or vent devant — lit to go about

virer de bord — fig to do a U-turn, to do a flip-flop US

3) ( changer de couleur) [étoffes, solution] to change colour [BrE]; [couleur] to change

4) Photographie [épreuve] to tone

3.

virer à verbe transitif indirect

virer au rouge — to turn red

virer à l'aigre — to turn sour

virer au conservatisme — to turn conservative

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viʀe
1. vt

1) FINANCE to transfer

virer qch sur — to transfer sth to

2) PHOTOGRAPHIE to tone

3) * (= renvoyer) to sack, to boot out

2. vi

1) (= tourner, changer de direction) to turn

virer de bord — to tack, figto change tack

virer sur l'aile — to bank

2) CHIMIE to change colour Grande-Bretagne to change color USA

virer au bleu — to turn blue

3) PHOTOGRAPHIE to tone

4) [cuti-réaction] to come up positive

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virer verb table: aimer

A vtr

1 Fin to transfer [argent, somme, salaire] (sur to);

2 ○( licencier) to fire, to sack○ GB [employé]; où qu'il travaille, il finit toujours par se faire virer wherever he works, he always ends up getting fired ou getting the sack○ GB;

3 ○( expulser) gén to throw [sb] out [importun] (de of); ( d'un cours) to send [sb] out [élève]; ( du lycée) to expel [élève];

4 ○( enlever) to remove; on va virer la table, ça nous fera plus de place we'll move the table out ou get rid of the table, it'll give us more space; vire-moi ce chapeau, tu as l'air ridicule! take off that hat ou get rid of that hat, you look ridiculous!;

5 Phot to tone [épreuve];

6 Naut to weigh [ancre]; to haul in [amarres].

B vi

1 ( tourner sur soi) to turn around;

2 ( changer de direction) [véhicule] to turn; virer à droite/gauche [véhicule, parti politique] to turn ou shift to the right/left; virer sur l'aile to bank;

3 Naut [navire] to turn; virer de bord or vent devant lit to go about; virer de bord fig to do a U-turn, to do a flip-flop US; virer sur les amarres to turn at anchor; virer au cabestan to strain at the capstan; virer vent arrière to gybe GB, to jibe;

4 ( changer de couleur) [étoffes, solution] to change colour^GB; [couleur] to change;

5 Phot [épreuve] to tone.

C virer à vtr ind virer au rouge/bleu to turn red/blue; virer à l'aigre to turn sour; le parti vire au conservatisme the party is turning ou going conservative.

D ○ se virer vpr to beat it○; vire-toi de là! beat it○!, scram○!

[vire] verbe intransitif

1. [voiture] to turn

[vent] to veer

[grue] to turn round

[personne] to turn ou to pivot round

virer sur l'aile AÉRONAUTIQUE to bank

virer de bord

a. NAUTIQUE [généralement] to veer

b. [voilier] to tack

c. (figuré) to take a new line ou tack

2. CHIMIE [liquide] to change colour

3. MÉDECINE [cuti-réaction] to come up positive

4. PHOTOGRAPHIE to tone

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[vire] verbe transitif

1. BANQUE to transfer

virer 300 euros sur un compte to transfer 300 euros to an account

2. (familier) [jeter - meuble, papiers] to chuck (out), to ditch

vire-moi ces journaux de là get those papers out of there

3. (familier) [renvoyer - employé] to fire, to sack (UK) ; [ - importun] to kick ou to chuck out (separable)

se faire virer [employé] to get the sack (UK) ou the bounce (US)

je me suis fait virer de chez moi I got kicked ou thrown out of my place

4. MÉDECINE

il a viré sa cuti

a. (sens propre) his skin test was positive

b. (figuré & familier) he changed radically

5. NAUTIQUE to veer

virez l'ancre! weigh the anchor!

6. PHOTOGRAPHIE to tone

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virer à verbe plus préposition

virer à l'aigre [vin] to turn sour

virer au vert/rouge to turn green/red

Dictionnaire Français-Anglais > virer
4 выгнать

1) General subject: boot out, boot round, bounce, chuck out, clean out, dislodge, distil, excommunicate (из школы, организации), give a kiss-off, give her marching orders (кого-л.), give his marching orders (кого-л.), kick away (часто с позором), kick out, oust, out, put out, rout, send out, send packing (кого-л.), send to the right-about (кого-л.), sling out, stink out, whip away, whip off, expel, fire, hoof out, put to grass, turn out of door, send flying (кого-л.)

2) Colloquial: fire out, hoof, hooves, kick off (he got kicked off the force - его выгнали из полиции/вооруженных сил), punch-out, flush out

3) Church: excommunicate (из школы, организации и т.п.)

4) Diplomatic term: bump

5) Jargon: kick( someone) out, pinkslip, push someone off the sled (кого-л.), ship

6) Makarov: kick, stink out (зверя, противника), cast out, drive out, fight off, force out

7) Taboo: hoof somebody's bum (кого-л.)

Универсальный русско-английский словарь > выгнать
5 выгонять

1) General subject: axe, boot out, boot round, cashier, chuck (off, out of), chuck out, dislodge (зверя из берлоги), drive out of a place, eject, expel, ferret (from, out of) (из норы; тж. ferret off), ferret from, ferret off, flush (людей), flusher (людей), hoot away, hoot off, hoot out, kick out, oust, out (out that man! - выставьте этого человека!), pitch out (кого-л.), put out, rout, router, shepherd, stink out, throw out, thrust out, turn out, banish from, butt away, chuck it out, give the bucket, oust from, rout out, clear off

2) Biology: force (растения)

3) Colloquial: (off, out of) chuck, (off, out of) chuck steak, (off, out of) chucker, kick off (she got kicked off the team - ее выгнали из команды)

4) Engineering: expel (исключать)

5) Agriculture: force (напр. рассаду), turn in (скот), turn out (скот), send out, send up, turn in (скот на пастбище), turn out (скот на пастбище), turn to (скот на пастбище)

6) Chemistry: distill (получать перегонкой)

7) Religion: expulse

8) Forestry: fire (увольнять)

9) Polygraphy: take over (строку или букву)

10) Jargon: bounced, give someone his running shoes

11) Makarov: banish, butt away (ударами головы или рогов), chase, evict, out of, send out (побеги, ростки), send up (побеги, ростки), shepherd (овец), start (рассаду), cast out, chuck off, chuck out of, drive out, exclude from, fire out, force out, chuck out (беспокойного посетителя из комнаты общественного места и т. п.), flood out (из жилища), ferret out of (из норы), drive out of a place (кого-л. откуда-л.), flush from (людей), flush out of (людей)

12) Taboo: ass somebody (кого-л., особ. с работы)

Универсальный русско-английский словарь > выгонять
6 derche

n. m.

1. 'Backside', 'rump', behind. Il s'est fait botter le derche: He got kicked up the jacksey.

2. Se magner le derche: To 'get a move on', to hurry up (also: se magner le train or la rondelle).

3. Faf a derche: 'Bumf', 'bumfodder', toilet paper.

4. Faux-derche: 'Two-faced person', hypocrite (also: faux-jeton).

Dictionary of Modern Colloquial French > derche
7 miches

n. f. pl.

1. 'Cheeks', 'bum', behind. Il s'est fait botter les miches: He got kicked in the jacksey. Mettre ses miches en veilleuse (of prostitute): To retire from 'the game', to give up soliciting.

2. Avoir les miches à zéro: To 'have the shits', to be 'in a blue funk', to be petrified.

Dictionary of Modern Colloquial French > miches
8 mouilles

n. f. pl. 'Cheeks', 'bum', behind. Il s'est fait botter les mouilles: He got kicked up the backside.

Dictionary of Modern Colloquial French > mouilles
9 saton

n. m. Coup de saton: Kick. Il a pris un coup de saton dans les joyeuses: He got kicked in the goolies.

Dictionary of Modern Colloquial French > saton
10 как кум королю

прост., шутл.

cf. sit on top of the world; be (live) in clover, live like a fighting cock; live like a lord (like a prince); be comfy and cosy; be fortune's darling

Нищая. До революции я жила - кум королю! В то время я юродивой ходила. У меня в банке три с половиной тыщи лежало золотом. (Н. Погодин, Кремлёвские куранты) — Beggar: Before the Revolution I was sitting on top of the world! I played the weak-witted pious beggar then. And I had three and a half thousand in gold put away in the bank.

Он сидел на высоком табурете, окружённый приборами, включал, выключал, настраивал, сам себе хозяин, кум королю. (Д. Гранин, Иду на грозу) — He sat on a high stool surrounded by apparatus. He switched on and switched off, and made adjustments, he was his own master, fortune's darling.

- Две ночи там переночевал, как кум королю. А вчерась всех нас - взашей! (Ю. Бондарев, Выбор) — 'We spent two nights there, comfy and cozy. But yesterday - we all got kicked out!'

Русско-английский фразеологический словарь > как кум королю
11 patada

f.

1 kick.

había turistas a patadas there were loads of tourists

dar una patada a to kick

me da cien patadas (que…) it makes me mad (that…)

dar la patada a alguien to kick somebody out

en dos patadas (figurative) in two shakes (en seguida)

sentar como una patada (en el estómago) to be like a kick in the teeth

tratar a alguien a patadas to treat somebody like dirt

2 punt, place-kick, drop kick.

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patada

► nombre femenino

1 kick

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FRASEOLOGÍA

dar una patada to kick

echar a alguien a patadas to kick somebody out

me da cien patadas familiar I can't bear it

sentar como una patada en el estómago familiar to be like a kick in the teeth

tener de algo a patadas familiar to have lots of something

tratar a patadas familiar to treat like dirt

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noun f.

kick

* * *

SF

1) (=puntapié) kick

una patada en la espinilla — a kick in the shin

abrieron la puerta de una patada — they kicked the door open

• a patadas, echar a algn a patadas — to kick o boot sb out

tratar a algn a patadas — to treat sb very badly o like dirt *

• dar patadas — to kick

ya noto como da pataditas — I can feel it kicking now

• dar o meter o pegar una patada a algn/algo — to kick sb/sth, give sb/sth a kick

le dio una fuerte patada al balón — he kicked the ball hard, he gave the ball a hard kick

¡como te meta una patada en el culo, verás! — * if you don't watch it, I'll give you a kick up the arse! *

cada vez que habla le mete una patada al diccionario — hum every time he opens his mouth his words come out all wrong

• dar patadas en el suelo — to stamp (the floor)

2)

a patadas * (=en gran cantidad) —

ejemplos de eso los hay a patadas — there are loads of examples of that *

había comida a patadas — there was loads o heaps of food *

- a las patadas

hace todo a las patadas — he makes a real mess of everything, he does everything really badly

- dar la patada a

darse patadas por algo —

la gente se daba patadas por conseguir una entrada — people would do anything to get a ticket

- dar cien patadas a algn

me da cien patadas no poder hablar con libertad — it bugs me that I can't speak freely *

de la patada CAm, Méx * —

me fue de la patada — it was a disaster, it all went pear-shaped on me *

me cae de la patada — I can't stand the sight of him *

- en dos patadas

- caer o sentar como una patada en el estómago

- me cayó o sentó como una patada en los cojones

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femenino

1) ( puntapié) kick

le dio una patada al balón — he kicked the ball, he gave the ball a kick

tiró la puerta abajo de una patada — he kicked the door down

dio una patada en el suelo — he stamped his foot

lo agarraron a patadas — (AmL) they kicked him about

te voy a dar una patada en el culo! — (vulg) I'm gonna kick your ass (AmE) o (BrE) arse (vulg)

a las patadas — (AmL fam) terribly

el informe está hecho a las patadas — the report has just been thrown together

a patadas — (fam)

la trata a patadas — he treats her like dirt (colloq)

los echaron a patadas — they were kicked out

había comida a patadas — there was tons o loads of food

como una patada — (fam)

lo que dijo me sentó como una patada (en el estómago or hígado) — what he said was like a kick in the teeth (colloq)

la cena me sentó como una patada — what I had for dinner really disagreed with me

darle la patada a alguien — to give somebody the push o boot (colloq)

darse de patadas — (fam) to clash

de la patada — (Méx fam)

me ha ido de la patada — everything has gone wrong for me

el estreno estuvo de la patada — the premiere was a flop (colloq)

me cae de la patada — I can't stand her (colloq)

en dos patadas — (AmL fam) in a flash (colloq)

me/le da cien patadas — (fam) I/he can't stand it

ni a patadas — (Chi, Méx fam) no way (colloq)

2) (AmL)

a) ( de arma) kick

b) (fam) ( producida por la electricidad) shock (colloq)

me dio tremenda patada — I got a real shock

* * *

= kick.

Ex. If such a game is still tied after extra-time it is usually decided by kicks from the penalty mark, commonly called a penalty shootout.

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* dar patadas en el estómago = stick in + Posesivo + craw.

* dar una patada = kick, boot.

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femenino

1) ( puntapié) kick

le dio una patada al balón — he kicked the ball, he gave the ball a kick

tiró la puerta abajo de una patada — he kicked the door down

dio una patada en el suelo — he stamped his foot

lo agarraron a patadas — (AmL) they kicked him about

te voy a dar una patada en el culo! — (vulg) I'm gonna kick your ass (AmE) o (BrE) arse (vulg)

a las patadas — (AmL fam) terribly

el informe está hecho a las patadas — the report has just been thrown together

a patadas — (fam)

la trata a patadas — he treats her like dirt (colloq)

los echaron a patadas — they were kicked out

había comida a patadas — there was tons o loads of food

como una patada — (fam)

lo que dijo me sentó como una patada (en el estómago or hígado) — what he said was like a kick in the teeth (colloq)

la cena me sentó como una patada — what I had for dinner really disagreed with me

darle la patada a alguien — to give somebody the push o boot (colloq)

darse de patadas — (fam) to clash

de la patada — (Méx fam)

me ha ido de la patada — everything has gone wrong for me

el estreno estuvo de la patada — the premiere was a flop (colloq)

me cae de la patada — I can't stand her (colloq)

en dos patadas — (AmL fam) in a flash (colloq)

me/le da cien patadas — (fam) I/he can't stand it

ni a patadas — (Chi, Méx fam) no way (colloq)

2) (AmL)

a) ( de arma) kick

b) (fam) ( producida por la electricidad) shock (colloq)

me dio tremenda patada — I got a real shock

* * *

= kick.

Ex: If such a game is still tied after extra-time it is usually decided by kicks from the penalty mark, commonly called a penalty shootout.

* dar patadas en el estómago = stick in + Posesivo + craw.

* dar una patada = kick, boot.

* * *

patada

feminine

A (puntapié) kick

le dio una patada al balón he kicked the ball, he gave the ball a kick

me dio una patada por debajo de la mesa she gave me a kick o kicked me under the table

tiró la puerta abajo de una patada he kicked the door down

dio una patada en el suelo he stamped his foot

lo agarraron a patadas ( AmL); they kicked him about

¡te voy a dar una patada en el culo! ( vulg); I'm gonna kick your ass ( AmE) o ( BrE) arse ( vulg)

merece que le den una buena patada en el culo ( vulg); he deserves to get his butt kicked ( AmE colloq), he deserves a good kick up the backside ( BrE colloq)

a las patadas ( AmL fam); terribly

se llevan a las patadas they fight terribly o like cat and dog

el informe está hecho a las patadas the report has just been thrown together

los tratan a las patadas they treat them terribly o ( colloq) like dirt

a patadas ( fam): trata a la mujer y a los hijos a patadas he treats his wife and children really badly o ( colloq) like dirt

los echaron del bar a patadas they were kicked out of the bar

había comida a patadas there was tons o loads o ( BrE) masses of food

como una patada ( fam): cuando me lo dijo me sentó como una patada (en el estómago or hígado) when he told me it was like a kick in the teeth ( colloq)

la cena me sentó como una patada what I had for dinner really disagreed with me

esa camisa le queda como una patada ( RPl); that shirt looks terrible on him

pintó la pieza pero le quedó como una patada ( RPl); she painted the room but it looked terrible when she'd finished

darle la patada a algn ‹empleado› to give sb the push o boot ( colloq);

‹novio› to dump sb ( colloq), to give sb the push ( colloq)

darse de patadas ( fam); to clash

de la patada ( Méx fam): este año me ha ido de la patada everything has gone wrong for me this year

el estreno estuvo de la patada the premiere was a flop ( colloq)

me cae de la patada I can't stand her ( colloq)

en dos patadas ( AmL fam); in a flash ( colloq), in no time ( colloq)

me/le da cien patadas ( fam); I/he can't stand it, it pisses me/him off (sl), it ticks me/him off ( AmE colloq)

me da cien patadas madrugar I can't stand getting up early

ni a patadas ( Méx fam); no way ( colloq)

ni a patadas vamos a llegar a tiempo there's no way we're going to get there on time

ser una patada para algn ( fam); to be one in the eye for sb ( colloq)

Compuestos:

● patada corta

onside kick

● patada de inicio

kickoff

● patada fija

place kick

● patada voladora

dropkick

B ( AmL)

1 (de un arma) kick

2 ( fam) (producida por la electricidad) shock ( colloq), jolt ( colloq)

toqué el cable y me dio tremenda patada I touched the cable and it gave me a real shock o jolt

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patada sustantivo femenino
1 ( puntapié) kick;
◊ le dio una patada al balón he kicked the ball, he gave the ball a kick;

tiró la puerta abajo de una patada he kicked the door down;
dio una patada en el suelo he stamped his foot;
los echaron a patadas they were kicked out
2 (AmL)
a) ( de arma) kick

b) (fam) ( producida por la electricidad) shock (colloq);

◊ me dio tremenda patada I got a real shock

patada sustantivo femenino kick, (pisotón) stamp: no le des patadas a la puerta, don't kick the door
figurado este periodista le da cada patada al diccionario que te deja temblando, this journalist's poor spelling and incorrect usage of the language is shocking
♦ Locuciones: dar la patada a alguien, to give sb the boot
' patada' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
de
- patear
- soltar
- pegar
- puntapié
- tremendo
English:
it
- kick
- kick away
- stamp
- boot
- free

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patada nf

1. [con el pie] kick;
[en el suelo] stamp;
dar una patada a algo/alguien to kick sth/sb;

dar patadas [el feto] to kick;

dar patadas en el suelo to stamp one's feet;

echar a alguien a patadas de to kick sb out of;
Am
los agarraron a patadas they gave them a kicking;

derribaron la puerta a patadas they kicked the door down o in;
Fam
había turistas a patadas there were loads of tourists;

Comp
Am Fam
a las patadas really badly;

me trata a las patadas he treats me really badly o like dirt;

se llevan a las patadas they can't stand each other;

Comp
Fam
me da cien patadas (que…) it makes me mad (that…);

Comp

dar la patada a alguien [de un lugar, empleo] to kick sb out, to give sb the boot;
Fam Hum
le da patadas continuas al diccionario he murders o butchers the (English/Spanish/ etc) language;

Comp
Fam
darse de patadas con algo [no armonizar] to clash horribly with sth;

Comp
CSur Fam
le dio una patada al hígado it went straight to her liver;

Comp
Méx Fam
de la patada: me cae de la patada I can't stand her;

hace un frío de la patada it's freezing;

Comp

en dos patadas [en seguida] in two shakes;

Comp
RP Fam
quedar como una patada to look really bad;

Comp
Fam
sentar como una patada (en el estómago) to be like a kick in the teeth;

Comp
Fam
lo que dijo me sentó como una patada en el culo Br what she said really pissed me off, US I was really pissed about what she said;

Comp

tratar a alguien a patadas to treat sb like dirt

Comp
Méx patada de ahogado desperate last effort;
patada a seguir [en rugby] kick and chase

2. Am [descarga eléctrica] (electric) shock;

el enchufe le dio una patada he got a shock when he touched the plug

3. Am [retroceso] kick

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patada

f kick;

dar una patada kick;

dar la patada a alguien fig kick s.o. out;

echar a alguien a patadas fig kick s.o. out;

tratar a alguien a patadas treat s.o. like dirt

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patada nf

1) puntapié: kick

2) : stamp (of the foot)

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patada n (puntapié) kick

dar una patada to kick

dio una patada al balón he kicked the ball

echar a alguien a patadas to kick somebody out

Spanish-English dictionary > patada
12 follón

m.

1 bedlam, fuss, carry-on, hoo-ha.

2 muddle, tricky situation.

3 racket, loud voices.

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follón

► nombre masculino

1 familiar (alboroto) rumpus, shindy

2 familiar (enredo, confusión) mess, trouble

\

FRASEOLOGÍA

armar (un) follón familiar to kick up a rumpus

meterse en un follón to get into a mess, get into trouble

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1. SM

1) * (=desorden) mess

¡qué follón de papeles! — what a mess of papers!

2) * (=alboroto) rumpus, row; (=lío) trouble

armar un follón — to make a row, kick up a fuss

hubo o se armó un follón tremendo — there was a hell of a row

3) (Bot) sucker

4) And (=prenda) petticoat

5) Caribe (=juerga de borrachera) drinking bout

6) (=cohete) noiseless rocket

7) Méx * silent fart **

2. ADJ †

1) (=perezoso) lazy, idle

2) (=arrogante) arrogant, puffed-up; (=fanfarrón) blustering

3) (=cobarde) cowardly

4) CAm [vestido] roomy, loose

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masculino (Esp fam)

a) ( trifulca) commotion, ruckus; ( ruido) racket (colloq), din (AmE colloq)

armó or montó un buen follón — ( montar una trifulca) he kicked up a hell of a fuss (colloq); ( hacer ruido) he made such a racket o din (colloq)

b) (situación confusa, desorden) mess

que follón de papeles! — these papers are in such a mess!

el follón este de MEPIRESA — this MEPIRESA business (colloq)

c) ( problema)

no te metas en follones — don't get into trouble

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= muddle, cock-up, bedlam, ruckus, scandal, a pretty kettle of fish, a fine kettle of fish, palaver, rigmarole [rigamarole].

Ex. The author attempts to sort out the muddle in which librarians have found themselves = El autor intenta aclarar la confusión en la que se encuentran los bibliotecarios.

Ex. The repatriation of the emigres was a tragic oversight rather than a war crime, a cock-up rather than a conspiracy.

Ex. In subsequent years, Bethlem became ' Bedlam,' a metaphor for madness; being so long the only public receptacle for the insane, it became equated with madness itself.

Ex. Sometime back a heroine created a ruckus by saying that the actor acted fresh with her by biting her lips in a smooching scene.

Ex. The subjects referred to recur frequently in the writings of the 'socially committed' -- drugs, sex, racism, student unrest, riots, scandals in government, conservation, the role of women in society are among them.

Ex. A pretty kettle of fish indeed, out of whom only Tracy is really trying seriously to make a new life for herself.

Ex. Knowing the historical roots of their misfortune may not make it easier for them to escape the fine kettle of fish they are in.

Ex. Most fashion-conscious shoppers will beaware of the palaver caused last month by the swastika design embroidered on a Zara handbag.

Ex. The government is creating a rigmarole of a process for residents to exercise their constitutional right.

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* ¡qué follón! = what a palaver!.

* en un follón = in a (pretty) pickle, in a turmoil, in a twirl.

* meterse en follones = get into + trouble.

* montar un follón = raise + a stink, make + a stink (about), make + a racket, make + a row, make + a ruckus.

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masculino (Esp fam)

a) ( trifulca) commotion, ruckus; ( ruido) racket (colloq), din (AmE colloq)

armó or montó un buen follón — ( montar una trifulca) he kicked up a hell of a fuss (colloq); ( hacer ruido) he made such a racket o din (colloq)

b) (situación confusa, desorden) mess

que follón de papeles! — these papers are in such a mess!

el follón este de MEPIRESA — this MEPIRESA business (colloq)

c) ( problema)

no te metas en follones — don't get into trouble

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= muddle, cock-up, bedlam, ruckus, scandal, a pretty kettle of fish, a fine kettle of fish, palaver, rigmarole [rigamarole].

Ex: The author attempts to sort out the muddle in which librarians have found themselves = El autor intenta aclarar la confusión en la que se encuentran los bibliotecarios.

Ex: The repatriation of the emigres was a tragic oversight rather than a war crime, a cock-up rather than a conspiracy.

Ex: In subsequent years, Bethlem became ' Bedlam,' a metaphor for madness; being so long the only public receptacle for the insane, it became equated with madness itself.

Ex: Sometime back a heroine created a ruckus by saying that the actor acted fresh with her by biting her lips in a smooching scene.

Ex: The subjects referred to recur frequently in the writings of the 'socially committed' -- drugs, sex, racism, student unrest, riots, scandals in government, conservation, the role of women in society are among them.

Ex: A pretty kettle of fish indeed, out of whom only Tracy is really trying seriously to make a new life for herself.

Ex: Knowing the historical roots of their misfortune may not make it easier for them to escape the fine kettle of fish they are in.

Ex: Most fashion-conscious shoppers will beaware of the palaver caused last month by the swastika design embroidered on a Zara handbag.

Ex: The government is creating a rigmarole of a process for residents to exercise their constitutional right.

* ¡qué follón! = what a palaver!.

* en un follón = in a (pretty) pickle, in a turmoil, in a twirl.

* meterse en follones = get into + trouble.

* montar un follón = raise + a stink, make + a stink (about), make + a racket, make + a row, make + a ruckus.

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follón

masculine

A ( Esp fam)

1 (alboroto) commotion, ruckus ( AmE colloq)

hubo un follón tremendo a la salida del estadio there was a lot of trouble o an incredible commotion o ruckus outside the stadium ( colloq)

cuando lo intentaron echar, armó or montó un buen follón when they tried to throw him out, he kicked up a hell of a fuss o created a real stink ( colloq)

2

(situación confusa, desorden): en este follón de papeles no hay quien encuentre nada these papers are so jumbled up o in such a mess, it's impossible to find anything ( colloq)

¿sabes algo del follón este de MEPIRESA? do you know anything about this MEPIRESA business? ( colloq)

me armé un buen follón con la última pregunta I got into a real mess with the last question ( colloq)

3

(problema): si te juntas con esa gente, te meterás en follones if you go around with that lot, you'll get into trouble

B ( Chi fam hum) (pedo) fart (sl)

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follón sustantivo masculino (Esp fam)
a) ( trifulca) commotion, ruckus;

( ruido) racket (colloq), din (AmE colloq);
◊ armó un buen follón ( montó una trifulca) he kicked up a hell of a fuss (colloq);

( hizo ruido) he made such a racket o din (colloq)
b) (situación confusa, desorden) mess

c) ( problema) trouble;

◊ no te metas en follones don't get into trouble

follón m fam
1 (escándalo, jaleo) row, fuss, commotion: estáis armando mucho follón, you are making a lot of noise
montó un follón por esa tontería, he kicked up a fuss over that nonsense
2 (lío, confusión, caos) mess, trouble: me vas a meter en un buen follón, you are going to get me into a real mess
tengo un follón de papeles sobre la mesa, the papers on my desk are in a terrible mess
' follón' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
esperar
- taco
- zipizape
English:
cock-up
- hullabaloo
- kick up
- palaver
- rigmarole
- row
- muddle
- stink

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follón nm
Esp Fam
1. [discusión] row;

se armó un follón there was an almighty row;

me montó un follón tremendo porque faltaba dinero he kicked up an almighty fuss o row because there was some money missing

2. [lío] mess;

¡vaya follón! what a mess!;

tengo un follón de libros encima de la mesa I've got piles of books scattered all over my desk;

¡dejad de armar follón! stop making such a row!;

me hice un follón con las listas I got into a real muddle o mess with the lists;

está metido en un follón de dinero he's got into some money trouble;

esta tarde tengo mucho follón, mañana sería mejor I won't have a minute this afternoon, so tomorrow would be better

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follón

m

1 argument

2 ( lío) mess

3

:

armar un follón kick up a fuss

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follón n

1. (alboroto) racket / noise

el follón de la calle the noise in the street

2. (desorden, confusión) mess

tengo un auténtico follón en los apuntes my notes are in a right mess

3. (problema) trouble

no te metas en follones don't get into trouble

Spanish-English dictionary > follón
13 bekommen

I v/t (unreg., hat bekommen) get

1. (erhalten) weitS. get, auch be given; ohne Zutun: receive; durch Anstrengung: obtain; ich bekomme schon seit Tagen keine Post mehr I haven’t had any mail for days now; ich bekomme noch 20 Euro von dir you still owe me 20 euros; hast du meinen Brief bekommen? did you get ( oder receive) my letter?; er bekam einen sehr hohen Preis / eine gute Stellung he got a very good price / a good position; hast du noch Karten bekommen? did you manage to get tickets?; das bekommt man überall you can get that anywhere; bekommen Sie schon? im Geschäft: can I help you?; im Lokal: have you ordered (yet)?; was bekommen Sie? a) im Geschäft: yes, please?, can I help you?; im Lokal: are you ready to order?; b) (wieviel kostet das) how much is that?; was haben Sie von uns zu bekommen? how much do we owe you?; bekommen Sie noch etwas? anything else?; am Telefon: ich bekomme keinen Anschluss I can’t get through; keine / eine gute Verbindung bekommen get a bad / good line; einen Schlag auf die Hand / aufs Auge bekommen get a slap on the wrist / a punch in the eye; einen Tritt ans Bein bekommen get kicked in the leg; einen Schneeball / eine Flasche an den Kopf bekommen get hit on the head by a snowball / bottle

2. (entwickeln) get; ein Kind bekommen (be going to) have a baby; Junge bekommen have pups etc.; Junge2; einen Bauch bekommen develop a (bit of a) paunch; eine Glatze bekommen go bald, develop a bald patch; graue Haare bekommen go grey, get grey hair; Hunger bekommen get hungry; Durst bekommen get thirsty, develop a thirst; Schnupfen / Grippe bekommen get ( oder come down with) a cold / (the) flu; Kopfweh bekommen get a headache; Kinder bekommen leicht Fieber children are quick to run a temperature; das Baby bekommt Zähne the baby’s teething; einen epileptischen Anfall bekommen have an epileptic seizure ( oder fit umg); die Bäume bekommen Blätter the trees are coming into leaf; sobald die Pflanze neue Knospen bekommt,... as soon as the plant begins to bud ( oder gets new buds)...; (seelische Zustände): Angst bekommen get scared ( oder frightened); es mit der Angst zu tun bekommen get scared, get the wind up umg.; ( eine) Wut bekommen get angry ( oder furious); ich habe eine Wut bekommen! I was furious! einen Wutanfall bekommen lose one’s temper; einen roten Kopf bekommen go red, blush; Heimweh bekommen get ( oder start to feel) homesick; da kann man doch zuviel bekommen! umg. umg. it’s enough to drive you mad

3. umg. (Wetter): ich glaube, wir bekommen bald Regen I think there’s rain on the way; endlich bekommen wir wärmeres Wetter there’s warmer weather on the way at last

4. Zustand: einen Riss bekommen get oder be torn, get a tear; Flecken bekommen get oder be marked ( oder stained); es hat Löcher bekommen it’s got holes (in it), it’s full of holes

5. (Zug, Flug etc.) get, catch

6. umg. (etw. bewerkstelligen): ich bekomme den Nagel nicht in die / aus der Wand I can’t get this nail into / out of the wall; bekommen wir das ganze Gepäck in den Kofferraum? will we get all the luggage into the boot (Am. trunk)?; die Packer bekommen das Klavier nicht durch die Tür the removal men (Am. movers) can’t get the piano through the door

7. mit zu + Inf.: etw. zu sehen bekommen get to see s.th.; etw. zu spüren bekommen get to know s.th., get a taste of s.th.; wo kann man hier etwas zu essen / trinken bekommen? is there anywhere you can get something to eat / drink around here?; jemanden / etw. zu fassen bekommen get hold of s.o. / s.th.; warte nur, wenn ich den Kerl zu fassen bekomme! just wait till I get hold of him!; das bekomme ich überall / von allen Leuten zu hören that’s what I’ve been hearing everywhere / from everyone; das wird er noch jahrelang zu hören bekommen he won’t be allowed to forget about that for years; er bekommt es nicht über sich, das zu tun umg. he can’t bring himself to do it

8. mit Part.: etw. geschenkt bekommen get a present, be given s.th. (as a present); er bekommt zu Hause alles gemacht he has ( oder gets) everything done for him at home; er bekommt einen Dienstwagen gestellt he gets the use of a company car; bekommst du deine Wohnung geputzt? umg. (lässt du sie putzen) do you have someone to clean the house?; siehe auch kriegen

II v/i (ist): jemandem ( gut) bekommen Essen, Wetter etc.: agree with s.o., suit s.o.; Ruhe etc.: do s.o. good, be good for s.o.; jemandem nicht oder schlecht bekommen Essen, Wetter: disagree with s.o.; das Wetter bekommt ihm nicht auch he can’t cope with the weather; es bekommt ihm gut / ausgezeichnet it’s doing him the world of (Am. a world of) good; es bekommt ihm überhaupt nicht it doesn’t agree with him at all; wohl bekomm’s! cheers!, iro. the best of luck, Brit. the best of British

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to come by; to obtain; to get; to receive

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be|kọm|men ptp beko\#mmen irreg
1. vt

1) (= erhalten) to get; Genehmigung, Stimmen, Nachricht to get, to obtain; Geschenk, Brief, Lob, Belohnung to get, to receive; Zug, Bus, Krankheit to get, to catch; Schlaganfall, Junges, ein Kind, Besuch to have; Spritze, Tadel to be given

ein Jahr Gefängnis bekommen — to be given one year in prison

wir bekommen Kälte/anderes Wetter — the weather is turning cold/is changing

wir bekommen Regen/Schnee — we're going to have rain/snow

einen Stein/Ball etc an den Kopf bekommen — to be hit on the head by a stone/ball etc

kann ich das schriftlich bekommen? — can I have that in writing?

wir haben das große Bett nicht nach oben bekommen — we couldn't get the big bed upstairs

jdn ins/aus dem Bett bekommen — to get sb into/out of bed

was bekommen Sie(, bitte)? — what will you have, sir/madam?

ich bekomme bitte ein Glas Wein — I'll have a glass of wine, please

was bekommen Sie dafür? — how much is that?

was bekommen Sie von mir? — how much do I owe you?

jdn dazu bekommen, etw zu tun — to get sb to do sth

er bekam es einfach nicht über sich,... — he just could not bring himself to...

ich bekomme den Deckel nicht abgeschraubt (inf) — I can't unscrew the lid

2) (= entwickeln) Fieber, Schmerzen, Vorliebe, Komplexe to get, to develop; Zähne to get, to cut; Übung, neue Hoffnung to gain

Rost/Risse bekommen — to get or become rusty/cracked, to develop rust/cracks

Heimweh bekommen — to get or become homesick

Sehnsucht bekommen — to develop a longing ( nach for)

graue Haare/eine Glatze bekommen — to go grey (Brit) or gray (US)/bald

Hunger/Durst bekommen — to get or become hungry/thirsty

Angst bekommen — to get or become afraid

einen roten Kopf bekommen — to go red

3) (mit Infinitivkonstruktion) to get

etw zu essen bekommen — to get sth to eat

etw zu sehen/hören bekommen — to get to see/hear sth

was muss ich denn da zu hören bekommen? — what's all this I've been hearing?

es mit jdm zu tun bekommen — to get into trouble with sb

etw zu fassen bekommen — to catch hold of sth

wenn ich ihn zu fassen bekomme... — if I get my hands on him...

4)

(mit ptp oder adj siehe auch dort) etw gemacht bekommen — to get or have sth done

bekommen — to get one's work finished or done

etw geschenkt bekommen — to be given sth ( as a present)

ich habe das Buch geliehen bekommen — I have been lent the book

etw bezahlt bekommen — to get paid for sth

einen Wunsch erfüllt bekommen — to have a wish fulfilled

das Haus sauber bekommen — to get the house clean

See:

→ sattbekommen

5)

(in Verbindung mit n siehe auch dort) Lust bekommen, etw zu tun — to feel like doing sth

es mit der Angst/Wut bekommen — to become afraid/angry

Ärger bekommen — to get into trouble

bekommen — to catch (Brit) or get it (inf)

bekommen — to be given or to get a hiding

2. vi

1) aux sein +dat

(= zuträglich sein) jdm (gut) bekommen — to do sb good; (Essen) to agree with sb

jdm nicht or schlecht bekommen — not to do sb any good; (Essen) to disagree with sb, not to agree with sb

wie ist Ihnen das Bad bekommen? — how was your bath?

wie bekommt ihm die Ehe? — how is he enjoying married life?

es ist ihm schlecht bekommen, dass er nicht gearbeitet hat — not working did him no good

wohl bekomms! — your health!

2)

(= bedient werden) bekommen Sie schon? — are you being attended to or served?

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1) ((with with) to be good for (usually one's health): Cheese does not agree with me.) agree

2) (to succeed (in doing) or to happen( to do) something: I'll soon get to know the neighbours; I got the book read last night.) get

3) (to catch (a disease etc): She got measles last week.) get

4) ((sometimes with back) to receive or get: Have you had any news of your brother?; Thank you for lending me the book - you can have it back next week.) have

5) have

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be·kom·men *

irreg

I. vt Hilfsverb: haben

1. (erhalten)

▪ etw [von jdm] \bekommen to get sth [from sb]

wir \bekommen demnächst Kabelfernsehen we're going to get cable TV soon

von dieser Schokolade kann ich einfach nicht genug \bekommen! I just can't get enough of that chocolate!

habe ich heute Post \bekommen? did I get any post today?

einen Anruf/Brief \bekommen to get [or have] [or receive] a call/letter

ich habe seit Wochen keinen Brief/Anruf von ihr \bekommen I haven't had [or got] [or received] a letter/call from her in weeks

eine Antwort [von jdm] \bekommen to get [or have] an answer [from sb]

ich habe bisher noch keine Antwort auf meinen Brief \bekommen I haven't got an answer to my letter yet

Besuch/Gäste \bekommen to have visitors/guests

wir \bekommen am Wochenende Besuch we are having visitors at the weekend

ich bekam gestern Nacht noch Besuch von der Polizei last night the police paid me a visit

nächste Woche \bekommen wir Besuch von meiner Mutter my mother is visiting [us] next week

ein Geschenk [von jdm] \bekommen to get [or receive] a present [from sb]

ich habe das zum Geburtstag \bekommen I got [or was given] this for my birthday

die Genehmigung/die Mehrheit \bekommen to obtain permission/the majority

etw in die Hände \bekommen (fam) to get hold of sth

ein Lob/einen Tadel \bekommen to be praised/reprimanded

eine Massage/eine Spritze \bekommen to get [or have] a massage/an injection

eine gute/schlechte Note \bekommen to get a good/bad grade [or BRIT mark]

eine Ohrfeige/einen [Strom]schlag \bekommen to get a clip on the ear/an electric shock

einen Preis \bekommen to get [or win] [or receive] a prize

Prügel [o Schläge] \bekommen to get [or receive] a thrashing [or licking]

eine Stelle \bekommen to get a job

Tritte \bekommen to get kicked [or fam a kicking]

Unterkunft und Verpflegung bekommen to get food and lodging

die Zeitung regelmäßig \bekommen to have [or get] the newspaper delivered regularly

2. FIN

▪ etw \bekommen to get sth; Bezahlung to get [or be] paid sth

ich bekomme noch €4.000 von dir you still owe me €4,000

was \bekommen Sie dafür? how much is it?, how much do I owe you?

hast schon das Geld von ihr \bekommen? have you got the money from her yet?

hast du dein Gehalt [o Geld] schon \bekommen? have you been paid yet?

sie bekommt €28 die Stunde she gets [or is] paid €28 an hour

eine Ermäßigung \bekommen to get [or qualify for] a reduction

Geld/Finderlohn/Unterhalt \bekommen to receive [or get] money/a reward/support

Sozialhilfe \bekommen to be on social security [or AM on welfare

3. (kaufen)

▪ etw \bekommen to get sth, to buy sth

das Buch ist nicht mehr zu \bekommen the book is out of print

hast du noch Karten für das Konzert \bekommen? did you manage to get tickets for the concert?

4. (serviert erhalten)

▪ etw \bekommen to get sth, to be served sth

was \bekommen Sie? what would you like [or can I get you]?

ich bekomme bitte ein Bier I'd like [or I'll have] a beer, please

wer bekommt das Steak? who ordered [or whose is] the steak?

5. (verhängt erhalten)

eine Gefängnisstrafe/Geldstrafe \bekommen to get [or be given] a prison sentence/a fine

drei Jahre Gefängnis \bekommen to be sentenced to [or to get] three years in prison

6. (erreichen)

den Bus/das Flugzeug/den Zug \bekommen to catch the bus/plane/train

die Maschine nach Honolulu \bekommen to catch the flight to Honolulu

7. (involviert werden)

▪ etw \bekommen to have sth

Ärger/Schwierigkeiten [mit jdm] \bekommen to have [or get into] trouble/difficulties [with sb]

Probleme mit jdm \bekommen to have problems with sb

8. METEO (zu erwarten haben)

▪ etw \bekommen to have sth

wir \bekommen Regen/Schnee we're going to have rain/snow

\bekommen gutes/schlechtes Wetter we are going to have good/bad weather

wir \bekommen besseres Wetter the weather is going to get better

9. (zur Welt bringen)

ein Baby [o Kind] \bekommen to have a baby

wir \bekommen im Februar unser zweites Kind we will be having our second child in February

sie kann keine Kinder \bekommen she cannot have children

10. (entwickeln)

▪ etw \bekommen to get sth

[es mit der] Angst \bekommen to get [or become] afraid

Durst/Hunger \bekommen to get thirsty/hungry

einen Eindruck [von etw dat] \bekommen to get an impression [of sth]

Farbe/einen Sonnenbrand \bekommen to get a [sun]tan/sunburnt

du hast wieder [richtig] Farbe \bekommen you look much better

Flecken/Pickel \bekommen to get spots, to go spotty

eine Glatze/graue Haare \bekommen to go bald [or to be balding]/to go grey [or AM gray]

Heimweh \bekommen to get homesick

Lust \bekommen, etw zu tun to feel like doing sth

Zähne \bekommen to teethe, to get [or cut] teeth

11. (erkranken an)

▪ etw \bekommen to get sth; (erleiden) to have [or suffer] sth

eine Erkältung \bekommen to catch [or come down with] [or get] a cold

einen Herzinfarkt/Schlaganfall \bekommen to have [or to suffer] a heart attack/stroke

Krebs/die Masern \bekommen to get cancer/the measles

12. + inf

etw zu essen/trinken \bekommen to get sth to eat/drink

etw zu fassen \bekommen to catch hold of sth

etw zu hören/sehen \bekommen to get to hear/see sth

der wird von mir etwas zu hören \bekommen! (fam) I'll give him what-for [or a piece of my mind]! fam

etw zu lachen \bekommen to have sth to laugh

bei seinem Referat \bekommen wir bestimmt was zu lachen! with his presentation we'll have something to laugh about!

in einem Kaufhaus bekommt man alles zu kaufen you can buy anything in a department store

es mit jdm zu tun \bekommen to get into trouble with sth

13. + pp

etw [von jdm] erzählt \bekommen to hear sth [from sb]

etw [von jdm] geliehen \bekommen to borrow sth [from sb]

von ihm bekommst du das Buch sicher geliehen he's sure to lend you that book

etw gemacht \bekommen to get [or have] sth done

etw geschenkt \bekommen to be given sth [as a present], to get sth as a present

seinen Wunsch erfüllt \bekommen to have one's wish fulfilled

14. + adj

etw sauber \bekommen to get sth clean

jdn wieder gesund \bekommen to get sb healthy

15. (schaffen)

etw in/unter etw akk \bekommen to get sth into/under sth

sie konnten das Klavier nicht ins Haus \bekommen they couldn't get the piano into the house

16. (bringen)

▪ jdn dazu \bekommen, etw zu tun to get sb to do sth

er ist einfach nicht ins Bett zu \bekommen he just won't go [or we just can't get him] to bed

▪ jd bekommt es nicht über sich akk, etw zu tun sb cannot bring themselves to do sth

ich bekam es nicht über mich, ihr die Wahrheit zu sagen I couldn't bring myself to tell her the truth

17. (finden)

▪ etw \bekommen to find sth

er hat noch keine Arbeit \bekommen he hasn't found work yet

II. vi

1. Hilfsverb: sein (zuträglich sein)

jdm [gut]/schlecht [o nicht] \bekommen to do sb good/to not do sb any good; Essen to agree/to disagree with sb

2. (bedient werden)

\bekommen Sie schon? are you being served?

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1.
unregelmäßiges transitives Verb

1) get; get, receive <money, letter, reply, news, orders>; (erlangen) get; obtain; (erreichen) catch <train, bus, flight, etc.>

eine Flasche usw. an den Kopf bekommen — get hit on the head with a bottle etc.

was bekommen Sie? — (im Geschäft) can I help you?; (im Lokal, Restaurant) what would you like?

was bekommen Sie [dafür]? — how much is that?

noch Geld von jemandem bekommen — be owed money by somebody

wir bekommen Regen/besseres Wetter — we're going to get some rain/some better weather; there's rain/better weather on the way

ich bekomme keine Verbindung — I can't get through

Besuch bekommen — have a visitor/visitors

sie bekommt ein Kind — she's expecting a baby

Hunger/Durst bekommen — get hungry/thirsty

einen roten Kopf/eine Glatze bekommen — go red/bald

eine Erkältung bekommen — catch a cold

Krebs bekommen — get cancer

Mut/Angst bekommen — take heart/become frightened

er bekommt einen Bart — he's growing a beard

sie bekommt eine Brust — her breasts are developing

Zähne bekommen — < baby> teethe

wo bekomme ich etwas zu essen/trinken? — where can I get something to eat/drink?

etwas/jemanden zu fassen bekommen — get hold of something/lay one's hands on somebody

etwas zu sehen bekommen — set eyes on something; s. auch hören; spüren

2)

etwas durch die Tür/ins Auto bekommen — get something through the door/into the car

jemanden nicht aus dem Bett bekommen — be unable to get somebody out of bed or up

jemanden dazu bekommen, die Wahrheit zu sagen — get somebody to tell the truth

etwas sauber bekommen — get something clean

jemanden satt bekommen — feed somebody

3)

es nicht über sich (Akk.) bekommen, etwas zu tun — be unable to bring oneself to do something
2.
unregelmäßiges Verb; in der Funktion eines Hilfsverbs zur Umschreibung des Passivs get

etwas geschenkt bekommen — get [given] something or be given something as a present

etwas gestohlen bekommen — have something stolen

etwas geliehen bekommen — be lent something

einen Zahn gezogen bekommen — have a tooth out
3.
unregelmäßiges intransitives Verb; mit sein

jemandem [gut] bekommen — do somebody good; be good for somebody; <food, medicine> agree with somebody

jemandem schlecht od. nicht bekommen — not be good for somebody; not do somebody any good; <food, medicine> not agree with somebody

wohl bekomm's! — your [very good] health!

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bekommen

A. v/t (irr, hat bekommen) get

1. (erhalten) weitS. get, auch be given; ohne Zutun: receive; durch Anstrengung: obtain;

ich bekomme schon seit Tagen keine Post mehr I haven’t had any mail for days now;

ich bekomme noch 20 Euro von dir you still owe me 20 euros;

hast du meinen Brief bekommen? did you get ( oder receive) my letter?;

er bekam einen sehr hohen Preis/eine gute Stellung he got a very good price/a good position;

hast du noch Karten bekommen? did you manage to get tickets?;

das bekommt man überall you can get that anywhere;

bekommen Sie schon? im Geschäft: can I help you?; im Lokal: have you ordered (yet)?;

was bekommen Sie? im Geschäft: yes, please?, can I help you?; im Lokal: are you ready to order?; (wie viel kostet das) how much is that?;

was haben Sie von uns zu bekommen? how much do we owe you?;

bekommen Sie noch etwas? anything else?; am Telefon:

ich bekomme keinen Anschluss I can’t get through;

keine/eine gute Verbindung bekommen get a bad/good line;

einen Schlag auf die Hand/aufs Auge bekommen get a slap on the wrist/a punch in the eye;

einen Tritt ans Bein bekommen get kicked in the leg;

einen Schneeball/eine Flasche an den Kopf bekommen get hit on the head by a snowball/bottle

2. (entwickeln) get;

ein Kind bekommen (be going to) have a baby;

Junge bekommen have pups etc; → Junge(s)²;

einen Bauch bekommen develop a (bit of a) paunch;

eine Glatze bekommen go bald, develop a bald patch;

graue Haare bekommen go grey, get grey hair;

Hunger bekommen get hungry;

Durst bekommen get thirsty, develop a thirst;

Schnupfen/Grippe bekommen get ( oder come down with) a cold/(the) flu;

Kopfweh bekommen get a headache;

Kinder bekommen leicht Fieber children are quick to run a temperature;

das Baby bekommt Zähne the baby’s teething;

einen epileptischen Anfall bekommen have an epileptic seizure ( oder fit umg);

die Bäume bekommen Blätter the trees are coming into leaf;

sobald die Pflanze neue Knospen bekommt, … as soon as the plant begins to bud ( oder gets new buds)…; (seelische Zustände):

Angst bekommen get scared ( oder frightened);

es mit der Angst zu tun bekommen get scared, get the wind up umg;

(eine) Wut bekommen get angry ( oder furious);

ich habe eine Wut bekommen! I was furious!

einen Wutanfall bekommen lose one’s temper;

einen roten Kopf bekommen go red, blush;

Heimweh bekommen get ( oder start to feel) homesick;

da kann man doch zuviel bekommen! umg it’s enough to drive you mad

3. umg (Wetter):

ich glaube, wir bekommen bald Regen I think there’s rain on the way;

endlich bekommen wir wärmeres Wetter there’s warmer weather on the way at last

4. Zustand:

einen Riss bekommen get oder be torn, get a tear;

Flecken bekommen get oder be marked ( oder stained);

es hat Löcher bekommen it’s got holes (in it), it’s full of holes

5. (Zug, Flug etc) get, catch

6. umg (etwas bewerkstelligen):

ich bekomme den Nagel nicht in die/aus der Wand I can’t get this nail into/out of the wall;

bekommen wir das ganze Gepäck in den Kofferraum? will we get all the luggage into the boot (US trunk)?;

die Packer bekommen das Klavier nicht durch die Tür the removal men (US movers) can’t get the piano through the door

7. mit zu +inf:

etwas zu sehen bekommen get to see sth;

etwas zu spüren bekommen get to know sth, get a taste of sth;

wo kann man hier etwas zu essen/trinken bekommen? is there anywhere you can get something to eat/drink around here?;

jemanden/etwas zu fassen bekommen get hold of sb/sth;

warte nur, wenn ich den Kerl zu fassen bekomme! just wait till I get hold of him!;

das bekomme ich überall/von allen Leuten zu hören that’s what I’ve been hearing everywhere/from everyone;

das wird er noch jahrelang zu hören bekommen he won’t be allowed to forget about that for years;

er bekommt es nicht über sich, das zu tun umg he can’t bring himself to do it

8. mit part:

etwas geschenkt bekommen get a present, be given sth (as a present);

er bekommt zu Hause alles gemacht he has ( oder gets) everything done for him at home;

er bekommt einen Dienstwagen gestellt he gets the use of a company car;

bekommst du deine Wohnung geputzt? umg (lässt du sie putzen) do you have someone to clean the house?; → auch kriegen

B. v/i (ist):

jemandem (gut) bekommen Essen, Wetter etc: agree with sb, suit sb; Ruhe etc: do sb good, be good for sb;

jemandem nicht oder

schlecht bekommen Essen, Wetter: disagree with sb;

das Wetter bekommt ihm nicht auch he can’t cope with the weather;

es bekommt ihm gut/ausgezeichnet it’s doing him the world of (US a world of) good;

es bekommt ihm überhaupt nicht it doesn’t agree with him at all;

wohl bekomm’s! cheers!, iron the best of luck, Br the best of British

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1.
unregelmäßiges transitives Verb

1) get; get, receive <money, letter, reply, news, orders>; (erlangen) get; obtain; (erreichen) catch <train, bus, flight, etc.>

eine Flasche usw. an den Kopf bekommen — get hit on the head with a bottle etc.

was bekommen Sie? — (im Geschäft) can I help you?; (im Lokal, Restaurant) what would you like?

was bekommen Sie [dafür]? — how much is that?

noch Geld von jemandem bekommen — be owed money by somebody

wir bekommen Regen/besseres Wetter — we're going to get some rain/some better weather; there's rain/better weather on the way

ich bekomme keine Verbindung — I can't get through

Besuch bekommen — have a visitor/visitors

sie bekommt ein Kind — she's expecting a baby

Hunger/Durst bekommen — get hungry/thirsty

einen roten Kopf/eine Glatze bekommen — go red/bald

eine Erkältung bekommen — catch a cold

Krebs bekommen — get cancer

Mut/Angst bekommen — take heart/become frightened

er bekommt einen Bart — he's growing a beard

sie bekommt eine Brust — her breasts are developing

Zähne bekommen — < baby> teethe

wo bekomme ich etwas zu essen/trinken? — where can I get something to eat/drink?

etwas/jemanden zu fassen bekommen — get hold of something/lay one's hands on somebody

etwas zu sehen bekommen — set eyes on something; s. auch hören; spüren

2)

etwas durch die Tür/ins Auto bekommen — get something through the door/into the car

jemanden nicht aus dem Bett bekommen — be unable to get somebody out of bed or up

jemanden dazu bekommen, die Wahrheit zu sagen — get somebody to tell the truth

etwas sauber bekommen — get something clean

jemanden satt bekommen — feed somebody

3)

es nicht über sich (Akk.) bekommen, etwas zu tun — be unable to bring oneself to do something
2.
unregelmäßiges Verb; in der Funktion eines Hilfsverbs zur Umschreibung des Passivs get

etwas geschenkt bekommen — get [given] something or be given something as a present

etwas gestohlen bekommen — have something stolen

etwas geliehen bekommen — be lent something

einen Zahn gezogen bekommen — have a tooth out
3.
unregelmäßiges intransitives Verb; mit sein

jemandem [gut] bekommen — do somebody good; be good for somebody; <food, medicine> agree with somebody

jemandem schlecht od. nicht bekommen — not be good for somebody; not do somebody any good; <food, medicine> not agree with somebody

wohl bekomm's! — your [very good] health!

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p.p.

got p.p. v.

to get v.

(§ p.,p.p.: got)

or p.p.: gotten•)

to have v.

(§ p.,p.p.: had)

to obtain v.

to receive v.

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14 culo

m.

1 bum (British), butt (United States). ( Latin American Spanish)

me caí de culo I fell flat on my backside o bum (British)

ir de culo (muy informal) to be going down the tubes (negocio, país)

el equipo va de culo este año the team's doing shit o crap this year

ser un culo inquieto o de mal asiento (figurative) to be fidgety; (enredador) to be a restless soul (errante)

vive en el culo del mundo (muy informal) he lives bloody o (British) goddamn miles from anywhere (United States)

2 bottom.

3 anus.

4 butt end, back part.

5 ass, buttocks, butt, arse.

6 attractive woman.

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culo

► nombre masculino

1 familiar bottom, bum, arse (US ass)

2 familiar (ano) arse (US ass)

3 (de recipiente) bottom

■ queda un culo there's a bit left in the bottom

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FRASEOLOGÍA

caer de culo familiar to fall flat on one's bottom

con el culo al aire figurado in a fix, in a tight spot

ir de culo familiar to be rushed off one's feet

lamer el culo a alguien tabú to lick somebody's arse (US ass)

mojarse el culo figurado to come down off the fence, make up one's mind

ser culo de mal asiento figurado to be a fidget, not to be able to sit still

¡vete a tomar por el culo! tabú fuck off!, up yours!

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noun m.

1) bottom

2) ass

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SM

1) * (=nalgas) backside *, bum **, arse ***, ass (EEUU) ***, butt (EEUU) **; (=ano) arsehole ***, asshole (EEUU) ***

le dio un puntapié en el culo — he kicked him in the backside *

le limpió el culito al niño — he wiped the baby's bottom

caer de culo — to fall on one's backside *

dar a algn por el culo — *** (=sexualmente) to bugger sb; (=fastidiar) to piss sb off ***

me da por culo tener que trabajar tan temprano — it really pisses me off having to go to work so early ***

¡que te den por (el) culo! — *** fuck you! ***, screw you! ***

- confunde el culo con las témporas

el culo del mundo ** —

está en el culo del mundo — it's in the back of beyond

es el culo del mundo — it's the arsehole of the world ***

- dejar a algn con el culo al aire

- ir con el culo a rastras

ir de culo ** —

con tanta llamada, esta mañana voy de culo — with all these calls this morning I'm way behind *

si no apruebas esta asignatura vas de culo — if you don't pass this subject you've had it *

en cuanto al paro, el país va de culo — the country's unemployment record is disastrous

- lamer el culo a algn

meterse algo por el culo *** —

¡métetelo por el culo! — stick it up your ass! ***

mojarse el culo ** —

para conseguirlo tendrás que mojarte el culo — you won't achieve that without getting your feet wet *

partirse el culo ** —

me partí el culo de risa con él — I laughed myself silly with him

se parten el culo por encontrar entradas — they're pulling their hair out trying to get tickets

- pasarse algo por el culo

perder el culo por algn/algo ** —

pierde el culo por ella — he's nuts about her *

pierde el culo por conocerlos — she's dying to be introduced to them

ser un culo de mal asiento —

se mudó cinco veces en un año, es un culo de mal asiento — she moved house five times in one year, she just can't stay in one place

tomar por culo *** —

¡vete a tomar por culo! — *** screw you! ***, fuck off! ***, piss off! ***

¡que se vayan a tomar por culo! — *** they can go screw themselves ***, they can fuck o piss off ***

si nos pillan nos vamos todos a tomar por culo — if they catch us we'll all be fucked o screwed ***

el proyecto se fue a tomar por culo — the project went down the toilet **

les mandó a tomar por culo — he told them to fuck off o piss off ***

un día se hartó y mandó el trabajo a tomar por culo — one day he got fed up with it and jacked his job in *

- su casa está a tomar por culo

- culo que veo, culo que deseo

2) * [de vaso, botella] bottom

el vaso se rompió por el culo — the bottom of the glass broke

-¿queda cerveza? -sí, un culillo — "is there any beer left in there?" - "yes, a drop"

se bebió los culos de todos los vasos — he drank the dregs of all the glasses

gafas de culo de vaso — pebble glasses

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masculino (fam: en algunas regiones vulg)

a) ( nalgas) backside (colloq), butt (AmE colloq), bum (BrE colloq), ass (AmE vulg), arse (BrE vulg)

te voy a dar unos azotes or pegar en el culo — I'm going to spank o smack you

caerse or (AmL) irse de culo (fam) ( literal) — to fall on one's backside o ass; ( asombrarse) to be flabbergasted o amazed (colloq)

tiene una casa que te caes de culo — he has the most amazing house

darle por (el) culo a alguien — (vulg) to screw somebody (sl)

que te den por culo! — (vulg) screw you! (vulg)

en el culo del mundo — (fam) in the back of beyond

ir de culo — (fam)

el negocio va de culo — the business is going really badly

lamerle el culo a alguien — (vulg) to lick somebody's ass (vulg)

mandar a alguien a tomar por culo — (Esp vulg) to tell someone to piss off (vulg)

mandar algo a tomar por culo — (Esp vulg) to pack o chuck something in (colloq)

meterse algo en or por el culo — (vulg)

métetelo en el culo — stick it up your ass (vulg)

pasarse algo por el culo — (vulg)

las reglas me las paso por el culo — I don't give a shit about the rules (vulg)

perder el culo por algo/alguien — (fam)

pierde el culo por él/porque la inviten — she's just crazy about him/she's just dying to be asked (colloq)

quedar como el or un culo — (AmS fam o vulg) to look awful o terrible

ni la llamó y quedó como el or un culo — he didn't even call her, it was so rude of him! (colloq)

ser un culo de mal asiento — (fam)

es un culo de mal asiento or sin asiento — ( no se está quieto) he can't sit still for a minute; (en cuestiones de trabajo, vivienda) he never stays in one place for long

b) (de vaso, botella) bottom

gafas de culo de vaso or botella — pebble (lens) glasses (colloq)

c) (RPl fam) ( suerte) luck

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= bum, bottom, backside, arse, ass, bahookie, tush, heinie, booty, tushy.

Ex. At heart, it is a smirkingly adolescent pursuit of cheap laughs and mild titillation, with a surfeit of jokes involving breasts and bums and with new extremes of scatological humiliation.

Ex. There is 'no bottom which can be decisively kicked or even a soul to damn'.

Ex. Corporal punishment, the act of disciplining students by inflicting physical pain (usually paddling the child's backside), has recently come under fire due to the public's growing concern over child abuse.

Ex. I don't really care if he does like real ale, even if his arse was hung with diamonds he would still be a twat.

Ex. She loves taking a cock in the twat and another in the ass.

Ex. She's not as fragile as she looks and you may end up with her toe up your bahookie.

Ex. They are just sitting on their tushes and doing nothing but talking about what is wrong with their country.

Ex. Sheep walk in a row by sniffing each other's heinies.

Ex. American socialite Kim Kardashian has revealed that she's planning to get her booty insured.

Ex. He lost his job as a male model after an injury left him with an unsightly scar on his tushy.

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* besarle el culo a Alguien = kiss + Posesivo + butt.

* con el culo al aire = out in the cold.

* culo del mundo, el = back of beyond, the.

* culo respingón = pert bum, pert bottom.

* dar por culo = piss + Nombre + off.

* dar un pellizco en el culo = bottom pinching.

* dejar con el culo al aire = leave + Nombre + out in the cold.

* en el culo = in the bottom.

* en el culo del mundo = in the arse of nowhere.

* enseñar el culo = moon, do + a moony.

* irse a tomar por culo = naff off.

* lamerle el culo a Alguien = kiss + Posesivo + butt.

* mojarse el culo = get + involved with/in.

* mover el culo = shake + a leg, rattle + Posesivo + dags, get + a wiggle on, get off + Posesivo + ass, get off + Posesivo + arse.

* pasarse Algo por el culo = not give a shit.

* pellizcar el culo = bottom pinching.

* perder el culo = go into + raptures.

* poner el culo = take + Nombre + lying down.

* quedarse con el culo al aire = come + unstuck.

* quien quiera peces que se moje el culo = you cannot make an omelette without breaking eggs.

* ser el culo del mundo = be the pits.

* tonto del culo = arsehole [asshole, -USA], mug, prick, as daft as a brush, as thick as two (short) planks, prize idiot, knucklehead.

* vete a tomar por culo = fuck off.

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masculino (fam: en algunas regiones vulg)

a) ( nalgas) backside (colloq), butt (AmE colloq), bum (BrE colloq), ass (AmE vulg), arse (BrE vulg)

te voy a dar unos azotes or pegar en el culo — I'm going to spank o smack you

caerse or (AmL) irse de culo (fam) ( literal) — to fall on one's backside o ass; ( asombrarse) to be flabbergasted o amazed (colloq)

tiene una casa que te caes de culo — he has the most amazing house

darle por (el) culo a alguien — (vulg) to screw somebody (sl)

que te den por culo! — (vulg) screw you! (vulg)

en el culo del mundo — (fam) in the back of beyond

ir de culo — (fam)

el negocio va de culo — the business is going really badly

lamerle el culo a alguien — (vulg) to lick somebody's ass (vulg)

mandar a alguien a tomar por culo — (Esp vulg) to tell someone to piss off (vulg)

mandar algo a tomar por culo — (Esp vulg) to pack o chuck something in (colloq)

meterse algo en or por el culo — (vulg)

métetelo en el culo — stick it up your ass (vulg)

pasarse algo por el culo — (vulg)

las reglas me las paso por el culo — I don't give a shit about the rules (vulg)

perder el culo por algo/alguien — (fam)

pierde el culo por él/porque la inviten — she's just crazy about him/she's just dying to be asked (colloq)

quedar como el or un culo — (AmS fam o vulg) to look awful o terrible

ni la llamó y quedó como el or un culo — he didn't even call her, it was so rude of him! (colloq)

ser un culo de mal asiento — (fam)

es un culo de mal asiento or sin asiento — ( no se está quieto) he can't sit still for a minute; (en cuestiones de trabajo, vivienda) he never stays in one place for long

b) (de vaso, botella) bottom

gafas de culo de vaso or botella — pebble (lens) glasses (colloq)

c) (RPl fam) ( suerte) luck

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= bum, bottom, backside, arse, ass, bahookie, tush, heinie, booty, tushy.

Ex: At heart, it is a smirkingly adolescent pursuit of cheap laughs and mild titillation, with a surfeit of jokes involving breasts and bums and with new extremes of scatological humiliation.

Ex: There is 'no bottom which can be decisively kicked or even a soul to damn'.

Ex: Corporal punishment, the act of disciplining students by inflicting physical pain (usually paddling the child's backside), has recently come under fire due to the public's growing concern over child abuse.

Ex: I don't really care if he does like real ale, even if his arse was hung with diamonds he would still be a twat.

Ex: She loves taking a cock in the twat and another in the ass.

Ex: She's not as fragile as she looks and you may end up with her toe up your bahookie.

Ex: They are just sitting on their tushes and doing nothing but talking about what is wrong with their country.

Ex: Sheep walk in a row by sniffing each other's heinies.

Ex: American socialite Kim Kardashian has revealed that she's planning to get her booty insured.

Ex: He lost his job as a male model after an injury left him with an unsightly scar on his tushy.

* besarle el culo a Alguien = kiss + Posesivo + butt.

* con el culo al aire = out in the cold.

* culo del mundo, el = back of beyond, the.

* culo respingón = pert bum, pert bottom.

* dar por culo = piss + Nombre + off.

* dar un pellizco en el culo = bottom pinching.

* dejar con el culo al aire = leave + Nombre + out in the cold.

* en el culo = in the bottom.

* en el culo del mundo = in the arse of nowhere.

* enseñar el culo = moon, do + a moony.

* irse a tomar por culo = naff off.

* lamerle el culo a Alguien = kiss + Posesivo + butt.

* mojarse el culo = get + involved with/in.

* mover el culo = shake + a leg, rattle + Posesivo + dags, get + a wiggle on, get off + Posesivo + ass, get off + Posesivo + arse.

* pasarse Algo por el culo = not give a shit.

* pellizcar el culo = bottom pinching.

* perder el culo = go into + raptures.

* poner el culo = take + Nombre + lying down.

* quedarse con el culo al aire = come + unstuck.

* quien quiera peces que se moje el culo = you cannot make an omelette without breaking eggs.

* ser el culo del mundo = be the pits.

* tonto del culo = arsehole [asshole, -USA], mug, prick, as daft as a brush, as thick as two (short) planks, prize idiot, knucklehead.

* vete a tomar por culo = fuck off.

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culo

masculine

(fam: en algunas regiones vulg)

1 (nalgas) backside ( colloq), butt ( AmE colloq), bum ( BrE colloq), ass ( AmE vulg), arse ( BrE vulg)

te voy a dar unos azotes en el culo I'm going to spank o smack your bottom

me dan ganas de darle una patada en el culo I feel like giving him a kick up the backside o ass

cada cual hace de su culo un pito ( RPl vulg); I/you can do what I/you bloody well like

caerse or ( AmL) irse de culo ( fam) (literal) to fall on one's backside o ass; (asombrarse) to be flabbergasted o amazed ( colloq)

tiene una casa que te caes or vas de culo he has an amazing o incredible house

casi me caigo de culo cuando la vi entrar I couldn't believe my eyes o I was amazed o flabbergasted when I saw her come in

darle por (el) culo a algn ( vulg); to screw sb (sl), to shaft sb (sl)

¡que te den por culo! ( vulg); screw you! ( vulg), piss off! ( vulg)

en el culo del mundo ( fam); in the back of beyond, in the sticks ( colloq), in the Boonies ( AmE colloq)

ir de culo ( fam): el negocio va de culo the business is going really badly

voy de culo con tanto trabajo ( Esp); I'm up to my ears o eyes in work ( colloq)

lamerle el culo a algn ( vulg); to lick sb's ass ( vulg), to brown-nose sb ( vulg), to suck up to sb ( BrE colloq)

mandar a algn a tomar por culo ( Esp vulg); to tell someone to piss off ( vulg)

¡vete a tomar por culo! ( Esp vulg); screw you! ( vulg), piss off! ( vulg)

mandar algo a tomar por culo ( Esp vulg); to pack sth in ( colloq), to chuck sth in ( BrE colloq)

meterse algo en or por el culo ( vulg): métetelo en el culo you can stick it up your ass ( vulg)

mojarse el culo ( Esp fam); to get one's feet wet ( colloq)

pasarse algo por el culo ( vulg): las reglas me las paso por el culo I don't give a shit about the rules ( vulg)

perder el culo por algo/algn ( fam): pierde el culo por él she's just crazy o nuts about him ( colloq)

está que pierde el culo por que la inviten she's just dying to be asked

quedar como el or un culo ( AmS fam o vulg); to look awful o terrible

ese color te queda como el or un culo you look a sight in that color, you look bloody awful in that color ( BrE sl)

ni la llamó y quedó como el or un culo he didn't even call her, it was so rude of him! ( colloq)

romperse el culo ( fam); to work one's butt off ( AmE colloq), to slog one's guts out ( BrE colloq)

ser un culo de mal asiento or sin asiento ( fam); to have ants in one's pants ( colloq)

es un culo de mal asiento or sin asiento (no se está quieto) he's got ants in his pants; (en cuestiones de trabajo, vivienda) he never stays in one place for long o he's a restless soul

ser un culo veo culo quiero ( fam): es un culo veo culo quiero when he sees something he likes, he just has to have it

tener culo ( Esp fam); to have a nerve ( colloq)

traerle de culo a algn ( Esp fam o vulg); to drive sb bananas o nuts ( colloq), to drive sb round the bend o twist ( colloq)

2 (de un vaso, una botella) bottom

gafas de culo de vaso or botella pebble (lens) glasses ( colloq)

3 ( RPl fam) (suerte) luck

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culo sustantivo masculino (fam: en algunas regiones vulg)
a) ( nalgas) backside (colloq), butt (AmE colloq), bum (BrE colloq), ass (AmE vulg), arse (BrE vulg);

◊ te voy a pegar en el culo I'm going to spank o smack you

b) (de vaso, botella) bottom

culo sustantivo masculino
1 familiar (trasero) backside, butt, bottom
2 (de recipiente) bottom
' culo' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
caerse
English:
arse
- ass
- backside
- bum
- butt
- fanny
- tail
- bun
- fuck

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culo nm Fam Note that in some regions of Latin America this term is vulgar in register.

1. [nalgas] Br bum, US butt;

le di una patada en el culo I gave him a kick up the backside, US I kicked his butt;

culo firme firm buttocks;

culo respingón pert bottom;

¡vaya culo tiene! she's got a nice Br arse o US ass!;

me caí de culo I fell flat on my backside o Br bum;
Fig
cuando vi su moto me caí de culo I was flabbergasted o Br gobsmacked when I saw his motorbike;

Comp

con el culo al aire: su confesión dejó a sus compinches con el culo al aire his confession left his accomplices up the creek;

Comp
muy Fam
vive en el culo del mundo she lives Br bloody o US goddamn miles from anywhere;

Comp
muy Fam
estoy hasta el culo de trabajo I've got so much Br bloody o US goddamn work to do!;

Comp
muy Fam
ir de culo: el equipo va de culo este año the team's doing shit o crap this year;

con esa estrategia vas de culo that strategy's a load of crap;

esta última semana hemos ido de culo, sin parar ni un minuto this last week has been a Br bloody o US goddamn nightmare, we haven't had a minute's rest;

Comp
muy Fam
lamer el culo: siempre está lamiéndole el culo al jefe he's always licking the boss's Br arse o US ass, he's always sucking up to o brown-nosing the boss;

Comp
muy Fam
mojarse el culo: éste no se moja el culo por nadie he wouldn't lift a Br bloody o US goddamn finger to help anyone;

Comp
muy Fam
partirse el culo: con este tío te partes el culo that guy's a Br bloody o US goddamn hoot;

Comp
muy Fam
pensar con el culo: ¡qué estupideces dice!, parece que piense con el culo what a load of nonsense, she's just talking out of her Br arse o US ass;

Comp
muy Fam
perder el culo: ha perdido el culo por una compañera de clase he's madly in love with a girl in his class;

Comp
muy Fam
ponerse hasta el culo: nos pusimos hasta el culo de cerveza we got wasted on beer;

Comp

ser un culo inquieto o [m5] de mal asiento [enredador] to be fidgety;
[errante] to be a restless soul
2. [ano] Br arsehole, US asshole;

Comp
RP muy Fam
como el culo: me siento como el culo I feel like shit;

esa muchacha me cae como el culo I hate that girl's Br bloody o US goddamn guts;

Comp
Vulg
dar por el culo a alguien [sodomizar] to give it to sb up the Br arse o US ass;
Esp
¡que te den por culo!, ¡vete a tomar por culo! fuck off!;
Esp
no quiere ayudar – ¡que le den por culo! he doesn't want to help – well, fuck him, then!

Comp
Vulg
meterse algo por el culo: te puedes meter tu propuesta por el culo you can stick your proposal up your Br arse o US ass

Comp
Esp Vulg
a tomar por culo: le pedí dinero prestado, y me mandó a tomar por culo I asked her to lend me some money and she told me to fuck off o where to stick it;

estoy harto, voy a mandar todo a tomar por culo fuck this o Br fuck this for a lark, I've had enough of it;

todo lo que habíamos hecho se fue a tomar por culo con el apagón the power cut completely fucked up everything we'd done;
muy Fam
está a tomar por culo it's Br bloody o US goddamn miles from anywhere;

3. [de vaso, botella] bottom;
Esp
gafas de culo de vaso, Am [m5] lentes de culo de botella pebble-glasses

4. [líquido]
queda un culo de vino there's a drop (or two) of wine left in the bottom

5. [zurcido]
me has hecho un culo de pollo en el calcetín you've made a mess of darning my sock

6. RP Fam [suerte]
me gané la lotería – ¡qué culo! I won the lottery – you lucky o Br jammy thing!

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culo

m vulg

ass vulg, Br

arse vulg ; fam

butt fam, Br

bum fam ;

caer(se) de culo fall on one’s ass;

lamer el culo a alguien vulg brown-nose s.o. fam ;

ir de culo fig fam do badly;

ser culo de mal asiento fig fam be restless, have ants in one’s pants fam ;

en el culo del mundo fig in the boondocks fam, in the middle of nowhere

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culo nm

1) fam : backside, behind

2) : bottom (of a glass)

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culo n

1. (trasero) bottom / bum

te daré un azote en el culo I'll smack your bottom

2. (de vaso, botella) bottom

Spanish-English dictionary > culo
15 armar

v.

1 to assemble (montar) (mueble, modelo).

2 to arm.

El general armó los soldados The general armed his soldiers.

3 to load (fusil, pistola).

4 to cause (informal) (scandal).

armarla to cause trouble

armó una buena con sus comentarios she really went and did it with the comments she made

5 to put together, to assemble, to fit out, to mount.

Ricardo armó la estantería Richard put the shelves together.

6 to create, to bring about, to make, to make up.

Armaron un gran alboroto anoche They created a lot of noise last night.

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armar

► verbo transitivo

1 (dar armas) to arm

■ armaron al pueblo they armed the people

2 (cargar) to load; (bayoneta) to fix

3 (montar - mueble) to assemble; (- tienda) to pitch, put up; (- trampa) to set

4 (preparar) to arrange, prepare; (organizar) to organize

5 familiar (causar, originar) to cause, kick up, create

■ armó un lío tremendo he kicked up a tremendous fuss

6 (embarcación) to fit out

7 (tela) to stiffen

8 TÉCNICA to reinforce

► verbo pronominal armarse

1 (proveerse) to provide oneself (de, with), arm oneself (de, with)

■ se armó de pintura y pincel y se puso a pintar he provided himself with paint and paintbrush and began to paint

2 (producirse) to be, break out

■ se armó un jaleo there was a right row

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FRASEOLOGÍA

armarla familiar to cause trouble, kick up a fuss

armarse de paciencia to summon up patience

armarse de valor to pluck up courage

va a armarse la gorda familiar there's going to be real trouble

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verb

1) to arm

2) assemble, put together

•

- armar un escándalo

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1. VT

1) [+ persona, ejército] to arm (con, de with)

un arsenal suficiente para armar a un comando — enough weapons to arm a commando group

vino armado de brocha y pintura — he came armed with a brush and paint

se desconoce quién ha armado a los terroristas — it is not known who provided o supplied the terrorists with arms
caballero
2) (=montar) [+ mueble, ventana, juguete] to assemble, put together; [+ tienda de campaña] to pitch, put up; [+ trampa] to set; LAm [+ rompecabezas] to piece together, put together; [+ cigarrillo] to roll

tuvimos que desarmar la cama y volverla a armar — we had to take the bed apart and reassemble it o put it back together again

3) * (=organizar)

armar una bronca o un escándalo — to kick up a fuss

armaron un follón tremendo con lo del cambio de horario — they kicked up a real fuss about the timetable change

amenacé con marcharme armando un escándalo y cedieron — I threatened to leave and create a scene, so they gave in

el cuadro que ha armado tanta polémica — the painting which has caused such controversy

por favor, id entrando despacio, sin armar jaleo — go in slowly please, without making a racket

armarla — to stir up trouble

buena la armó con esa declaración — he really stirred up trouble with that statement

pienso armarla hasta que consiga lo que quiero — I'm going to make a real fuss until I get what I want

4) [+ hormigón] to reinforce

5) (Mil) [+ bayoneta] to fix; [+ rifle, cañón] to load; [+ arco] to bend

6) (Náut) to fit out, commission

7) (Cos) [+ chaqueta, solapa] to stiffen

una chaqueta sin armar — a loose jacket

8)

armar un pleito — LAm * to kick up a fuss *, get ready

2.

See:

armarse

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1.
verbo transitivo

1)

a) (Mil) <ciudadanos/país> to arm, supply... with arms

b) ( equipar) < embarcación> to fit out, equip

2)

a) <estantería/reloj> to assemble; <tienda/carpa> to pitch, put up

b) (AmL) < rompecabezas> to do, piece together

c) (Col, RPl) < cigarro> to roll

d) ( dar cuerpo a) <chaqueta/solapa> to stiffen

3) (fam) <alboroto/ruido/lío> to make

armar jaleo — to kick up o make a racket (colloq)

armaron un escándalo porque... — they caused a real scene o commotion because...

armarla — (fam)

no tengo ganas de armarla otra vez — I don't want to stir things up again (colloq)

buena la has armado! — you've really done it now! (colloq)

la que me armó porque llegué tarde — you should have seen the way he went on because I was late
2.
armarse v pron

1)

a) (Mil) to arm oneself

b)

armarse de algo — de armas/herramientas to arm oneself with something

tendrás que armarte de paciencia — you will have to be patient o (liter) arm yourself with patience

tuvo que armarse de valor — he had to pluck up courage

2)

a) (fam) lío/jaleo

qué lío/jaleo se armó! — there was a real commotion, it was pandemonium

se armó una discusión terrible — a terrible argument broke out

b) (fam) persona < lío>

me armé un lío — I got into a mess (colloq)

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1.
verbo transitivo

1)

a) (Mil) <ciudadanos/país> to arm, supply... with arms

b) ( equipar) < embarcación> to fit out, equip

2)

a) <estantería/reloj> to assemble; <tienda/carpa> to pitch, put up

b) (AmL) < rompecabezas> to do, piece together

c) (Col, RPl) < cigarro> to roll

d) ( dar cuerpo a) <chaqueta/solapa> to stiffen

3) (fam) <alboroto/ruido/lío> to make

armar jaleo — to kick up o make a racket (colloq)

armaron un escándalo porque... — they caused a real scene o commotion because...

armarla — (fam)

no tengo ganas de armarla otra vez — I don't want to stir things up again (colloq)

buena la has armado! — you've really done it now! (colloq)

la que me armó porque llegué tarde — you should have seen the way he went on because I was late
2.
armarse v pron

1)

a) (Mil) to arm oneself

b)

armarse de algo — de armas/herramientas to arm oneself with something

tendrás que armarte de paciencia — you will have to be patient o (liter) arm yourself with patience

tuvo que armarse de valor — he had to pluck up courage

2)

a) (fam) lío/jaleo

qué lío/jaleo se armó! — there was a real commotion, it was pandemonium

se armó una discusión terrible — a terrible argument broke out

b) (fam) persona < lío>

me armé un lío — I got into a mess (colloq)

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armar¹

¹ = arm, gird for.

Ex: If the worst comes to the worst and you are attacked, try to escape rather than fight back, especially if you believe that your assailant may be armed.

Ex: Australia's government girded on Monday for a battle with miners over its plan to slap the industry with a new 40 percent profits tax.

* armar con = arm with.

* armarse de = summon up.

* armarse de munición = arm + Reflexivo + with ammunition.

* armarse de paciencia = arm + Reflexivo + with patience, be extremely patient.

* armarse de valor = muster (up) + (the) courage, pluck up + courage, nerve + Reflexivo, gather up + courage.

* armarse hasta los dientes = be armed to the teeth.

armar²

² = put together, fit out.

Ex: The way in which this scheme is put together in book form often causes some confusion at first.

Ex: To get full use out of them, however, you have to fit them out with accessories.

* armar bulla = kick up + a stink, kick up + a fuss, raise + a stink, make + a stink (about), make + a racket, make + a row, make + a ruckus, kick up + a row.

* armar el lío = make + trouble.

* armar enredos = make + trouble.

* armarla = kick up + a fuss, kick up + a stink, make + a stink (about), kick up + a row, raise + a stink, make + a racket, make + a row, make + a ruckus.

* armar la de Dios = set + the cat among the pigeons, put + the cat among the pigeons.

* armar la de San Quintín = kick up + a fuss, kick up + a stink, raise + a stink, make + a stink (about), make + a racket, make + a row, make + a ruckus, kick up + a row.

* armarse la de Dios = bedlam + break loose, all hell + break loose.

* armarse la de San Quintín = all hell + break loose, bedlam + break loose.

* armar una bronca = kick up + a fuss, kick up + a stink, raise + a stink, make + a stink (about), make + a racket, make + a row, make + a ruckus, kick up + a row.

* armar un escándalo = raise + a stink, kick up + a fuss, kick up + a stink, make + a stink (about), make + a racket, make + a row, make + a ruckus, kick up + a row.

* armar un gran revuelo = set + the cat among the pigeons, put + the cat among the pigeons.

* armar un lío = kick up + a fuss, kick up + a stink, raise + a stink, make + a stink (about), make + a racket, make + a row, make + a ruckus, kick up + a row.

* armar un revuelo = create + a storm.

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armar [A1 ]

vt

A

1 (proveer de armas) ‹ciudadanos/país› to arm, supply … with arms

2 (equipar) ‹embarcación› to fit out, equip

B

1 ‹mueble/máquina› to assemble; ‹tienda/carpa› to pitch, put up; ‹aparato/reloj› to assemble, put together

2 ( AmL) ‹rompecabezas› to do, piece together

3 (Col, RPl) ‹cigarro› to roll

4 (dar cuerpo a) ‹chaqueta/solapa› to stiffen

C ( fam); ‹alboroto› to make

sigan jugando pero sin armar alboroto/jaleo carry on playing but don't kick up o make a racket ( colloq)

armaron un escándalo porque no les quise devolver el dinero they caused a real scene o commotion o ( AmE) ruckus because I wouldn't give them their money back ( colloq), they kicked up a terrible fuss because I wouldn't give them their money back ( BrE colloq)

armarla ( fam): no quiero hablar de eso, no tengo ganas de armarla otra vez I don't want to talk about that, I don't want to stir things up again o cause any more trouble ( colloq)

¡buena la has armado! you've really done it now! ( colloq)

la que me armó porque llegué diez minutos tarde you should have seen the way he went on o ( colloq) carried on because I was 10 minutes late

■ armarse

v pron

A

1 (proveerse de armas) to arm oneself

2 (de un utensilio) armarse DE algo to arm oneself WITH sth

lo mejor es armarse de paciencia y esperar the best thing is just to be patient o ( liter) to arm yourself with patience and wait

tuvo que armarse de valor y decírselo he had to pluck up courage o ( liter) arm himself with courage and tell her

B

1 ( fam)

«lío/jaleo»: ¡qué lío/jaleo se armó! nadie se ponía de acuerdo there was a real commotion o it was pandemonium, nobody could agree on anything ( colloq)

se armó una discusión terrible a terrible argument broke out, there was a terrible argument

2 ( fam)

«persona» ‹lío› me armé un lío con tanto número I got into a mess o ( BrE) muddle with all those numbers ( colloq), I got confused with all those numbers

C ( Méx) (enriquecerse) ( fam) to make a fortune, to make a bundle ( AmE colloq), to make a packet ( BrE colloq)

se armó para el resto de su vida he made enough to last him the rest of his life

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armar ( conjugate armar) verbo transitivo
1
a) (Mil) ‹ciudadanos/país› to arm, supply … with arms

b) ( equipar) ‹ embarcación› to fit out, equip

2
a) ‹estantería/reloj› to assemble;

‹tienda/carpa› to pitch, put up
b) (AmL) ‹ rompecabezas› to do, piece together

c) (Col, RPl) ‹ cigarro› to roll

3 (fam) ‹alboroto/ruido/lío› to make;
◊ armar jaleo to kick up o make a racket (colloq);

armar un escándalo to kick up a fuss;
armarla (fam): ¡buena la has armado! you've really done it now! (colloq);
la que me armó porque llegué tarde you should have seen the way he went on because I was late
armarse verbo pronominal
1
a) (Mil) to arm oneself

b) armarse de algo ‹de armas/herramientas› to arm oneself with sth;

◊ armarse de paciencia to be patient;

armarse de valor to pluck up courage
2
a) (fam) [pelea/discusión] to break out;

◊ ¡qué jaleo se armó! there was a real commotion

b) (fam) [ persona]:

◊ me armé un lío/una confusión I got into a mess (colloq)

armar verbo transitivo
1 (dar armas) to arm
2 (ensamblar) to fit o put together, assemble
3 fam (organizar un escándalo, un alboroto) la armaron buena, they kicked up a real fuss
' armar' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
bulla
- cirio
- Cristo
- jaleo
- lío
- bronca
- camorra
- escándalo
English:
arm
- fuss
- kick up
- pitch
- put together
- rig
- row
- song
- stink
- assemble
- construct
- disturbance
- erect
- kick
- put
- set
- stiffen
- stir

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armar

♦ vt

1. [montar] [mueble, modelo] to assemble;
[tienda] to pitch
2. [ejército, personas] to arm;

armaron a los ciudadanos con fusiles they armed the citizens with rifles;

armar caballero a alguien to knight sb

3. [fusil, pistola] to load

4. Fam [lío, escándalo] to cause;

armarla to cause trouble;

armó una buena con sus comentarios she really went and did it with the comments she made;

¡buena la has armado! you've really gone and done it now!;

armar bronca o [m5] bulla to kick up a row o racket;

armar camorra to pick a fight;

Comp

armar la gorda to kick up a fuss o stink

5. [fundar, sentar] to base, to found

6. Náut to fit out

7. Am [cigarrillo] to roll

8. Comp
Méx Fam
armarla: ¿sabes algo de electrónica? – no, no la armo do you know anything about electronics? – no, I'm no good in that department

♦ See also the pronominal verb armarse

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armar

v/t

1 MIL arm

2 TÉC assemble, put together

3

:

armar un escándalo fam kick up a fuss fam, make a scene fam ;

armarla cause trouble

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armar vt

1) : to assemble, to put together

2) : to create, to cause

armar un escándalo: to cause a scene

3) : to arm

♦ See also the reflexive verb armarse

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armar vb

1. (proporcionar armas) to arm

hay pistolas suficientes para armar a la población there are enough guns to arm the population

2. (montar muebles) to assemble

¿sabes armar la estantería? can you assemble the shelves?

3. (montar tienda) to put up [pt. & pp. put]

armamos la tienda muy rápido we put the tent up very quickly

4. (causar) to make

les pidió que no armaran tanto ruido she asked them no to make so much noise

armar jaleo to make a racket

armar un lío to kick up a fuss

Spanish-English dictionary > armar
16 lío

m.

1 mess, difficulty, mix-up, problem.

2 bundle.

pres.indicat.

1^st person singular (yo) present indicative of spanish verb: liar.

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lío

► nombre masculino

1 (embrollo) mess

2 (aventura amorosa) affair

3 (fardo) bundle

\

FRASEOLOGÍA

armar un lío to make a fuss

hacerse un lío (uso literal) to get tangled up 2 (uso figurado) to get muddled up

meterse en un lío to get oneself into a mess

¡qué lío! what a mess!

tener un lío con alguien to be having an affair with somebody

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noun m.

1) mess

2) trouble

3) affair, liaison

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SM

1) (=fardo) bundle; Cono Sur truss

2) * (=jaleo) fuss; (=confusión) muddle, mix-up

ese lío de los pasaportes — that fuss about the passports

en mi mesa hay un lío enorme de papeles — my desk is in a real muddle with all these bits of paper

• armar un lío — to make a fuss, kick up a fuss

• armarse un lío, se armó un lío tremendo — there was a terrific fuss

• hacerse un lío — to get into a muddle, get mixed up

se hizo un lío con tantos nombres — he got into a muddle with all the names

3) (=aprieto)

meterse en un lío — to get into trouble

4) * (=amorío) affair

tener un lío con algn — to be having an affair with sb

lío de faldas — affair

5) (=cotilleo) tale, piece of gossip

¡no me vengas con líos! — less of your tales!

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masculino

1)

a) (fam) (embrollo, confusión) mess

qué lío! — what a mess!

hacerse un lío con algo — to get into a mess with something (colloq)

b) (fam) (problema, complicación)

tiene líos con la policía — he's in trouble with the police (colloq)

no me vengas con tus líos — don't come to me with your problems

qué lío se va a armar! — there's going to be hell to pay! (colloq)

armó un lío — he kicked up a fuss (colloq)

meterse en un lío — to get oneself into trouble

c) (fam) ( amorío) affair

2) ( fardo) bundle

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= mess, jumble, hassle, cock-up, bedlam, snarl, snarl-up, a pretty kettle of fish, a fine kettle of fish, palaver, predicament, rigmarole [rigamarole].

Ex. 'Look, Mel,' said James after the hiatus, 'I'm irritated at the convoluted mess this simple case of filling a vacancy has become'.

Ex. Compared to this fairly ordered monographic literature, the multiple contents of a collection of periodicals seemed like a terrible jumble.

Ex. The article is entitled 'How to implement electronic subscriptions replacing the routing list hassle'.

Ex. The repatriation of the emigres was a tragic oversight rather than a war crime, a cock-up rather than a conspiracy.

Ex. In subsequent years, Bethlem became ' Bedlam,' a metaphor for madness; being so long the only public receptacle for the insane, it became equated with madness itself.

Ex. His work is such a snarl of so many different things that it is as endlessly demanding as it is rewarding.

Ex. However, taxi is a more advisable option considering the never-ending Bangkok traffic snarl-up, especially during the rush hour.

Ex. A pretty kettle of fish indeed, out of whom only Tracy is really trying seriously to make a new life for herself.

Ex. Knowing the historical roots of their misfortune may not make it easier for them to escape the fine kettle of fish they are in.

Ex. Most fashion-conscious shoppers will beaware of the palaver caused last month by the swastika design embroidered on a Zara handbag.

Ex. Any attempt to coerce a response without good reason based on that child's present predicament is to place in jeopardy the child's willing engagement now and in the future.

Ex. The government is creating a rigmarole of a process for residents to exercise their constitutional right.

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* armar el lío = make + trouble.

* armar un lío = kick up + a fuss, kick up + a stink, raise + a stink, make + a stink (about), make + a racket, make + a row, make + a ruckus, kick up + a row.

* ¡En qué lío cada vez más complicado nos metemos al mentir! = O what a tangled web we weave when first we practise to deceive!.

* en un lío = in a (pretty) pickle, in a turmoil, in a twirl.

* estar hecho un lío = be at sixes and sevens with.

* lío amoroso = fling.

* meterse en líos = get into + trouble.

* meterse en un lío = be in trouble, get into + a predicament.

* no meterse en líos = keep out of + trouble.

* ¡qué lío! = what a palaver!.

* tener un lío amoroso = have + an affair, have + a fling.

* * *

masculino

1)

a) (fam) (embrollo, confusión) mess

qué lío! — what a mess!

hacerse un lío con algo — to get into a mess with something (colloq)

b) (fam) (problema, complicación)

tiene líos con la policía — he's in trouble with the police (colloq)

no me vengas con tus líos — don't come to me with your problems

qué lío se va a armar! — there's going to be hell to pay! (colloq)

armó un lío — he kicked up a fuss (colloq)

meterse en un lío — to get oneself into trouble

c) (fam) ( amorío) affair

2) ( fardo) bundle

* * *

= mess, jumble, hassle, cock-up, bedlam, snarl, snarl-up, a pretty kettle of fish, a fine kettle of fish, palaver, predicament, rigmarole [rigamarole].

Ex: 'Look, Mel,' said James after the hiatus, 'I'm irritated at the convoluted mess this simple case of filling a vacancy has become'.

Ex: Compared to this fairly ordered monographic literature, the multiple contents of a collection of periodicals seemed like a terrible jumble.

Ex: The article is entitled 'How to implement electronic subscriptions replacing the routing list hassle'.

Ex: The repatriation of the emigres was a tragic oversight rather than a war crime, a cock-up rather than a conspiracy.

Ex: In subsequent years, Bethlem became ' Bedlam,' a metaphor for madness; being so long the only public receptacle for the insane, it became equated with madness itself.

Ex: His work is such a snarl of so many different things that it is as endlessly demanding as it is rewarding.

Ex: However, taxi is a more advisable option considering the never-ending Bangkok traffic snarl-up, especially during the rush hour.

Ex: A pretty kettle of fish indeed, out of whom only Tracy is really trying seriously to make a new life for herself.

Ex: Knowing the historical roots of their misfortune may not make it easier for them to escape the fine kettle of fish they are in.

Ex: Most fashion-conscious shoppers will beaware of the palaver caused last month by the swastika design embroidered on a Zara handbag.

Ex: Any attempt to coerce a response without good reason based on that child's present predicament is to place in jeopardy the child's willing engagement now and in the future.

Ex: The government is creating a rigmarole of a process for residents to exercise their constitutional right.

* armar el lío = make + trouble.

* armar un lío = kick up + a fuss, kick up + a stink, raise + a stink, make + a stink (about), make + a racket, make + a row, make + a ruckus, kick up + a row.

* ¡En qué lío cada vez más complicado nos metemos al mentir! = O what a tangled web we weave when first we practise to deceive!.

* en un lío = in a (pretty) pickle, in a turmoil, in a twirl.

* estar hecho un lío = be at sixes and sevens with.

* lío amoroso = fling.

* meterse en líos = get into + trouble.

* meterse en un lío = be in trouble, get into + a predicament.

* no meterse en líos = keep out of + trouble.

* ¡qué lío! = what a palaver!.

* tener un lío amoroso = have + an affair, have + a fling.

* * *

lío

masculine

A

1 ( fam) (embrollo, confusión) mess

¡qué lío! ¡esto no hay quién lo entienda! what a mess! this is totally incomprehensible

se hizo un lío con las cuentas she got into a mess o a muddle o she got confused with the accounts ( colloq)

2 ( fam)

(problema, complicación): tiene líos con la policía he is in trouble with the police ( colloq)

no me vengas con tus líos don't come to me with your problems

¡qué lío se va a armar! there's going to be hell to pay! ( colloq), the shit is really going to hit the fan (sl)

armó un lío tremendo porque le sirvieron la sopa fría he created o kicked up a real fuss because his soup was cold ( colloq)

si no obedeces te vas a meter en un buen lío if you don't do as you're told, you're going to get into a lot of trouble o to land yourself in serious trouble

no vengas aquí buscando líos don't come here looking for trouble ( colloq)

3 ( fam) (amorío) affair

tuvo un lío con una periodista famosa he had an affair o ( colloq) a fling with a famous journalist

B (fardo) bundle

* * *

Del verbo liar: ( conjugate liar)

lío es:

1ª persona singular (yo) presente indicativo

lió es:

3ª persona singular (él/ella/usted) pretérito indicativo

Multiple Entries:
liar
lío
liar ( conjugate liar) verbo transitivo
1
a) ‹ cigarrillo› to roll

b) ( atar) to tie (up);

( envolver) to wrap (up);
(en un fardo, manojo) to bundle (up)
2 (fam)
a) ‹situación/asunto› to complicate

b) ( confundir) ‹ persona› to confuse, get … in a muddle

c) ( en un asunto) ‹ persona› to involve

liarse verbo pronominal
1 (fam)
a) [ asunto] to get complicated

b) [ persona] to get confused

2 (Esp fam)
a) ( entretenerse):

◊ nos liamos a hablar y … we got talking and …

b) ( emprenderla):

◊ se líoon a golpes they started throwing punches at each other

lío sustantivo masculino
1
a) (fam) (embrollo, confusión) mess;

◊ armarse/hacerse un lío (con algo) to get into a mess (with sth) (colloq)

b) (fam) (problema, complicación) trouble;

◊ meterse en un lío to get oneself into trouble;

tiene líos con la policía he's in trouble with the police (colloq);
¡qué lío se va a armar! there's going to be hell to pay! (colloq)
c) (fam) ( amorío) affair

2 ( fardo) bundle
liar verbo transitivo
1 (envolver) to wrap up
(un cigarro) to roll
2 (embrollar) to muddle up
(aturdir) to confuse
lío sustantivo masculino
1 fam (desorden) mess, muddle
2 fam (romance) affair
3 (de ropa, etc) bundle
♦ Locuciones: armar un lío, to kick up a fuss
hacerse líos con, to get mixed up
meterse en un lío, to get into trouble
' lío' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
avispero
- barullo
- berenjenal
- buena
- bueno
- enredarse
- follón
- gorda
- gordo
- meterse
- mogollón
- monumental
- petate
- tinglado
- tomate
- trapisonda
- armar
- bochinche
- bronca
- desenredar
- despelote
- enredado
- enredar
- enredo
- menudo
- meter
- pedo
- pelotera
- quilombo
English:
carry-on
- cock-up
- fuss
- hassle
- hot
- hot water
- jam
- kick up
- mess
- misunderstanding
- mix-up
- muddle
- palaver
- pickle
- rigmarole
- scrape
- screw-up
- tangle
- to-do
- trouble
- ungodly
- water
- bundle
- get
- havoc
- mix
- muddled
- rumpus
- stink
- stir
- to
- wad

* * *

lío nm

1. Fam [enredo] mess;

esto de la declaración de hacienda es un lío filling in your tax return is a real pain o Br palaver;

hacerse un lío to get muddled up;

son tantos hermanos que siempre me armo un lío con sus nombres there are so many different brothers, I always get their names muddled up;

estoy hecho un lío, no sé qué hacer I'm all confused, I don't know what to do

2. Fam [problema]
meterse en líos to get into trouble;

me he metido en un lío del que no sé salir I've got myself into a mess that I don't know how to get out of

3. Fam [jaleo] racket, row;

armar un lío to kick up a fuss

4. Fam [amorío] affair;

está casado pero tiene un lío con alguien del trabajo he's married, but he's having an affair with someone from work

Comp

tener un lío de faldas to be having an affair

5. [paquete] bundle

* * *

lío

m

1 bundle

2 fam ( desorden) mess;

lío amoroso fam affair;

estar hecho un lío be all confused;

hacerse un lío get into a muddle;

meterse en líos get into trouble

3 fam ( jaleo) fuss;

armar un lío fam kick up a fuss fam

* * *

lío nm, fam

1) : confusion, mess

2) : hassle, trouble, jam

meterse en un lío: to get into a jam

3) : affair, liason

* * *

lío n

1. (desorden) mess

tiene la habitación hecha un lío his room is in a right mess

2. (problema) trouble

se ha metido en un buen lío she's in big trouble

se va a armar un lío there's going to be trouble

hacerse un lío to get into a muddle

Spanish-English dictionary > lío
17 tremendo

adj.

1 tremendous, extraordinary, huge, colossal.

2 great, royal.

3 terrible, naughty.

4 crushing, large.

* * *

tremendo

► adjetivo

1 (terrible) terrible, dreadful, frightful

2 (muy grande) huge, enormous, tremendous

3 (travieso) terrible

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FRASEOLOGÍA

tomarse algo por la tremenda figurado to make a great fuss about something

* * *

(f. - tremenda)

adj.

1) tremendous

2) terrible

* * *

ADJ

1) * (=grandísimo) tremendous

hay unas diferencias tremendas entre los dos — there are tremendous differences between the two of them

le dio una paliza tremenda — he gave him a tremendous beating

un error tremendo — a terrible mistake

me llevé un disgusto tremendo — I was terribly upset

una roca tremenda de alta — a terrifically high rock *

2) (=terrible) terrible, horrific

hemos presenciado escenas tremendas — we witnessed terrible o horrific scenes

3) * (=divertido)

es tremendo, ¿eh? — he's something else, isn't he? *

4) * (=travieso)

esta niña es tremenda — this girl is a (little) terror

* * *

- da adjetivo

1) ( terrible) terrible, dreadful

se hallan en una situación tremenda — they're in a terrible o dreadful situation

la película tiene unas escenas tremendas — the film has some horrific scenes

tiene (un) tremendo chichón — (AmL) he has a huge o massive o terrible bump on his head

me dio (una) tremenda patada — (AmL) he kicked me really hard

2) (fam) ( travieso) terrible, naughty; ( desobediente) disobedient, terrible

* * *

= daunting, formidable, phenomenal, terrific, tremendous, hefty [heftier -comp., heftiest -sup.], of the highest order, awesome.

Ex. One of the most daunting aspect of music cataloguing arises from the fact that music and music recordings have international value.

Ex. 'It's up to you to see that things are done,' she defended herself, somewhat nervous and abashed by his formidable stare.

Ex. Over the last 10 years public archive material has come under increased pressure because of the growing numbers of users and the phenomenal expansion in the range of material.

Ex. However, fiction -- from a public library standpoint, but not from a research or academic standpoint -- is a terrific example of undercataloging.

Ex. There has been tremendous growth in libraries since then, but, fundamentally, it has been possible to build on the foundation that nineteenth-century heroes constructed.

Ex. Research publication had to adopt the same economic model as trade publication, and research libraries the world over paid the hefty price = Las publicaciones científicas tuvieron que adoptar el mismo modelo económico que las publicaciones comerciales y las bibliotecas universitarias de todo el mundo pagaron un precio elevado.

Ex. I've got to tell you, and I do say this affectionately, but we're talking about a geek of the highest order.

Ex. In the sometimes frenetic push towards the somewhat awesome concept of Universal Bibliographic Control (UBC), the library needs of the nonscholar are easily overlooked.

* * *

- da adjetivo

1) ( terrible) terrible, dreadful

se hallan en una situación tremenda — they're in a terrible o dreadful situation

la película tiene unas escenas tremendas — the film has some horrific scenes

tiene (un) tremendo chichón — (AmL) he has a huge o massive o terrible bump on his head

me dio (una) tremenda patada — (AmL) he kicked me really hard

2) (fam) ( travieso) terrible, naughty; ( desobediente) disobedient, terrible

* * *

= daunting, formidable, phenomenal, terrific, tremendous, hefty [heftier -comp., heftiest -sup.], of the highest order, awesome.

Ex: One of the most daunting aspect of music cataloguing arises from the fact that music and music recordings have international value.

Ex: 'It's up to you to see that things are done,' she defended herself, somewhat nervous and abashed by his formidable stare.

Ex: Over the last 10 years public archive material has come under increased pressure because of the growing numbers of users and the phenomenal expansion in the range of material.

Ex: However, fiction -- from a public library standpoint, but not from a research or academic standpoint -- is a terrific example of undercataloging.

Ex: There has been tremendous growth in libraries since then, but, fundamentally, it has been possible to build on the foundation that nineteenth-century heroes constructed.

Ex: Research publication had to adopt the same economic model as trade publication, and research libraries the world over paid the hefty price = Las publicaciones científicas tuvieron que adoptar el mismo modelo económico que las publicaciones comerciales y las bibliotecas universitarias de todo el mundo pagaron un precio elevado.

Ex: I've got to tell you, and I do say this affectionately, but we're talking about a geek of the highest order.

Ex: In the sometimes frenetic push towards the somewhat awesome concept of Universal Bibliographic Control (UBC), the library needs of the nonscholar are easily overlooked.

* * *

tremendo -da

adjective

A (terrible) terrible, dreadful

se hallan en una situación tremenda they're in a terrible o dreadful situation

la película tiene unas escenas tremendas the film has some horrific scenes

tiene (un) tremendo chichón ( AmL); he has a huge o massive o terrible bump on his head

me dio (una) tremenda patada ( AmL); he kicked me really hard

B ( fam) (travieso) terrible, naughty; (desobediente) disobedient, terrible

* * *

tremendo
◊ -da adjetivo

1
a) (muy grande, extraordinario) ‹diferencia/cambio› tremendous, enormous;

‹velocidad/éxito› tremendous;
‹ chichón› huge;
◊ hace un frío tremendo it's incredibly cold! (colloq);

me dio (una) tremenda patada he kicked me really hard
b) ( terrible) ‹ruido/dolor/situación› terrible;

◊ la película tiene unas escenas tremendas (AmL) the film has some horrific scenes

2 (fam) ‹ persona› terrible
tremendo,-a adjetivo
1 (muy grande, excesivo) tremendous
2 (terrible) terrible
3 (el colmo) limit: tu marido es tremendo, siempre se olvida de los cumpleaños, your husband is the limit, he always forgets birthdays
' tremendo' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
bochinche
- bufido
- cabreo
- golpe
- patinazo
- tremenda
- disgusto
English:
almighty
- awful
- baking
- carry-on
- exert
- formidable
- terrific
- to-do
- tremendous
- unearthly
- ungodly
- uproar
- fearsome
- havoc
- stupendous

* * *

tremendo, -a adj

1. [enorme] tremendous, enormous;

una caída/un éxito tremendo a tremendous o huge fall/success;

se llevó un disgusto tremendo he was terribly upset

2. [horrible] terrible;

un espectáculo tremendo a terrible o horrific sight;

tengo un dolor de cabeza tremendo I've got a terrible headache

3. [enfadado]
ponerse tremendo to get very angry

4. [increíble]
¡ese niño es tremendo! that boy is a handful!;

cuando se enfada es tremendo he's really scary when he gets angry

5. Fam [atractivo]
estar tremendo to be hot o Br fit

* * *

tremendo

adj

1 susto, imagen awful, dreadful

2 éxito, alegría tremendous

* * *

tremendo, -da adj

1) : tremendous, enormous

2) : terrible, dreadful

3) fam : great, super

* * *

tremendo adj

1. (terrible) terrible

un crimen tremendo a terrible crime

2. (enorme) tremendous

una cantidad tremenda a tremendous quantity

tengo unas ganas tremendas de irme a Inglaterra I'm really looking forward to going to England

hace un frío tremendo it's absolutely freezing

Spanish-English dictionary > tremendo
18 poco

adj.

not much, a small amount of, a small quantity of, little.

adv.

little, not very, not much.

m.

little.

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poco

► adjetivo

1 little (plural) few, not many

■ hago muy poco ejercicio últimamente I do very little exercise these days

■ somos pocos para tanto trabajo there are too few of us for so much work

■ pocas Navidades salimos de viaje we don't often travel at Christmas

► pronombre poco

1 little (en plural) not many

■ lo poco que aprendí se me ha olvidado what little I learned I've forgotten

■ pocos conocen la importancia del descubrimiento not many people realize the importance of the discovery

► adverbio

1 little, not much

■ voy poco por allí I rarely go there, I go there very little

■ bebí muy poco I didn't drink much

► nombre masculino un poco

1 a little, a bit

■ ¿me das un poco? could you give me a little?

■ échale un poco de sal add a bit of salt

■ espera un poco wait a bit

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FRASEOLOGÍA

a poco de shortly after

dentro de poco soon, presently

hace poco not long ago

pocas veces rarely, not often, seldom

poco a poco slowly, gradually, bit by bit

poco antes shortly before

poco después shortly afterwards

poco después de shortly after

poco más o menos more or less

poco menos que almost, nearly

por poco nearly

por si fuera poco as if that weren't enough, to top it all, on top of everything

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poco

► pronombre

1 little (en plural) not many

■ lo poco que aprendí se me ha olvidado what little I learned I've forgotten

■ pocos conocen la importancia del descubrimiento not many people realize the importance of the discovery

► adverbio

1 little, not much

■ voy poco por allí I rarely go there, I go there very little

■ bebí muy poco I didn't drink much

► nombre masculino

* * *
1. adv.
little, few

- poco a poco
- por poco 2. (f. - poca)
pron.

little, few
3. (f. - poca)
adj.

little, few, not much

* * *

1. ADJ

1) [en singular] little, not much

tenemos poco tiempo — we have little time, we don't have much time

hay muy poco queso — there's very little cheese, there's hardly any cheese

de poco interés — of little interest

con poco respeto — with little respect, with scant respect

el provecho es poco — the gain is small, there isn't much to gain

• poca cosa, no te preocupes por tan poca cosa — don't worry about such a little thing

poca cosa se podría haber hecho — there wasn't much we could have done

comemos, jugamos a cartas, leemos y poca cosa más — we eat, play cards, read and do little else o and that's about it

es poca cosa — (=no mucho) it's not much; (=no importante) it's nothing much

somos tan poca cosa — we're so insignificant

es muy guapa pero poca cosa — she's very pretty, but there isn't much to her

• y por si fuera poco — and as if that weren't enough, and to cap it all

2) [en plural] few, not many

pocos niños saben que... — few o not many children know that...

tiene pocos amigos — he has few friends, he hasn't got many friends

pocos días después — a few days later

compré unos pocos libros — I bought a few books

me quedan pocas probabilidades — I don't have much chance

todas las medidas son pocas — no measure will be enough

2. PRON

1) [en singular]

a) (=poca cosa)

la reforma servirá para poco — the reform won't do much good o won't be much use

una hora da para poco — you can't get much done in an hour

con lo poco que me quedaba — with what little I had left

ya sabes lo poco que me interesa — you know how little it interests me

b)

• un poco — a bit, a little

-¿tienes frío? -un poco — "are you cold?" - "a bit o a little"

he bebido un poco, pero no estoy borracho — I've had a bit to drink, but I'm not drunk

voy a dormir un poco — I am going to have a little sleep

le conocía un poco — I knew him a bit o slightly

necesito descansar un poco — I need to rest for a while

espera un poco — wait a minute o moment

estoy un poco triste — I am rather o a little sad

es un poco lo que yo comentaba — that's more or less what I was saying

• un poco como, es un poco como su padre — he's rather o a bit like his father

lo hice un poco como protesta — I did it partly as a protest

• un poco de, un poco de dinero — a little money

dame un poco de vino — can I have some wine?

¡un poco de silencio! — let's have some quiet here!

c) [referido a tiempo] not long

tardaron poco en hacerlo — it didn't take them long to do it, they didn't take long to do it

lleva poco trabajando aquí — he hasn't been working here long

• a poco de — shortly after

a poco de haberlo firmado — shortly after signing it

• cada poco — every so often

• dentro de poco — shortly, soon

• poco después — shortly after

• hace poco — not long ago

fuimos a verla hace poco — we visited her not long ago, we visited her quite recently

tu hermana ha llamado hace poco — your sister called a short while ago

la conozco desde hace poco — I haven't known her long, I've only known her for a short while

hasta hace poco — until recently

2) [en plural] few

pocos son los que... — there are few who...

ya somos pocos los que nos sentimos así — there are now very few of us who feel this way

pocos de entre ellos — few of them

como hay pocos —

es tonto como hay pocos — he's as stupid as they come

3. ADV

1) [con verbos] not much, little

cuesta poco — it doesn't cost much, it costs very little

habla poco — he doesn't say much

ahora trabaja poco — he doesn't work much now

vamos poco a Madrid — we don't go to Madrid much, we hardly ever go to Madrid

lo estiman poco — they hardly value it at all, they value it very little

2) [con adjetivos: se traduce a menudo por medio de un prefijo]

poco dispuesto a ayudar — disinclined to help

poco amable — unkind

poco probable — unlikely

poco inteligente — unintelligent, not very intelligent

sus libros son poco conocidos aquí — his books are not very well known here

3) [otras locuciones]

poco a poco — little by little

¡poco a poco! — steady on!, easy does it!

a poco Méx —
*
¿a poco? — never!, you don't say!

¡a poco no! — not much! *

¿a poco no? — (well) isn't it?

¿a poco crees que...? — do you really imagine that...?

• de a poco — LAm gradually

• tener en poco, tiene en poco a su jefe — she doesn't think much of her boss

tiene la vida en poco — he doesn't value his life

• poco más o menos — more or less

• por poco — almost, nearly

por poco me ahogo — I almost o nearly drowned

• a poco que, a poco que pueda — if at all possible

a poco que corras, lo alcanzas — if you run now you'll catch it

* * *
I
adverbio

es muy poco agradecido — he is very ungrateful

un autor muy poco conocido — a very little-known author

me resultó poco interesante — I didn't find it very interesting

habla poco — he doesn't say much o a lot

viene muy poco por aquí — he hardly ever comes around

... con lo poco que le gusta el arroz —... and he doesn't even like rice; para locs ver poco III 4)
II
- ca adjetivo ( con sustantivos no numerables) little; ( en plural) few

muy poco vino — very little wine

muy pocos niños — very few children

qué poco sentido común tienes! — you don't have much common sense, do you?

tengo muy poca ropa — I have very few clothes

éramos demasiado pocos — there were too few of us

fue asombroso, todo lo que te pueda decir es poco — it was amazing, I can't (even) begin to tell you

todo le parece poco — she is never satisfied
III
- ca pronombre

1) (poca cantidad, poca cosa)

le serví sopa pero comió poca — I gave her some soup but she didn't eat much

por poco que gane... — no matter how little o however little she earns...

se conforma con poco — he's easily satisfied

poco faltó para que me pegara — he nearly hit me

lo poco que gana se lo gasta en vino — he spends the little o what little he earns on wine

compra más lentejas, nos quedan muy pocas — buy some more lentils, we've hardly any left

es un profesor como pocos — there aren't many teachers like him

pocos pueden permitirse ese lujo — not many people can afford to do that

2) poco ( refiriéndose a tiempo)

lo vi hace poco — I saw him recently o not long ago

hace muy poco que lo conoce — she hasn't known him for very long

tardó poco en hacerlo — it didn't take him long to do it

falta poco para las navidades — it's not long till Christmas

a poco de venir él — soon o shortly after he came

dentro de poco — soon

poco antes de que... — a short while o shortly before...

3) un poco

a) ( refiriéndose a cantidades) a little; ( refiriéndose a tiempo) a while

espera un poquito — wait a little while

todavía le duele un poco — it still hurts him a little o a bit

es un poco lo que está pasando en Japón — it's rather like what's happening in Japan

un poco porque me dio lástima — partly because I felt sorry for him

b)

un poco de: un poco de pimienta/vino a little (bit of) pepper/wine; come un poco de jamón — have a bit of ham

c)

un poco + adj/adv: un poco caro/tarde — a bit o a little expensive/late

4) (en locs)

a poco — (Méx)

¿a poco no lees los periódicos? — don't you read the newspapers?

a poco no está fabuloso Acapulco! — isn't Acapulco just fantastic!

a poco ganaron! — don't tell me they won!

de a poco — (AmL) gradually

agrégale la leche de a poquito — add the milk gradually o a little at a time

de a poquito se lo fue comiendo — little by little she ate it all up

en poco: en poco estuvo que no viniéramos we almost didn't come; tienen en poco la vida ajena they set little value on other people's lives; me tienes bien en poco si crees que... you can't think very highly o much of me if you think...; poco a poco gradually; poco más o menos approximately, roughly; poco menos que nearly; poco menos que la mata (fam) he almost killed her; poco menos que los echan a patadas (fam) they practically kicked them out; por poco — nearly

* * *

= little [less -comp., least -sup.], low [lower -comp., lowest -sup.], scant, trifle, tad, little in the way of.

Ex. Explanatory references give a little more explanation as to why the link between two names is being made in the catalogue or index.

Ex. Carlton Duncan discussed the difficulties built into the educational processes which led to under-performance at school and the resulting low representation in higher education and low entry into the professions.

Ex. Scant attention is paid to evaluation and the needs of users.

Ex. She had been a trifle nervous until it was formally announced that the position was hers.

Ex. Williams is one of those rare poets who satisfies the yearning that many of us have for the memorable phrase we wish we had said were our perceptions a tad keener.

Ex. Without any significant restructuring, the LIS programme in Iran will provide little in the way of riding out the rapid transition that the field is currently experiencing.

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* abultar poco = be skimpy.

* acercarse poco a poco (a) = edge (toward(s)).

* actuar con poca consideración hacia = play + fast and loose with.

* agua poco profunda = shallow water.

* aguas poco profundas = shallows.

* alimentos poco saludables = unhealthy foods.

* a poca distancia = not far behind.

* a poca distancia andando = within walking distance, within an easy walk.

* a poca distancia a pie = within an easy walk, within walking distance.

* a pocos minutos andando = within walking distance, within easy walking distance, within an easy walk.

* a pocos minutos a pie = within walking distance, within easy walking distance, within an easy walk.

* avanzar poco a poco (hacia) = edge (toward(s)).

* cada pocos años = every few years.

* comida poco saludable = unhealthy foods.

* comportamiento poco cívico = uncivic behaviour.

* con muchos huesos y poca carne = bony [bonier -comp., boniest -sup.].

* con muy poca antelación = at (a) very short notice.

* con muy poca anticipación = at (a) very short notice.

* con muy poca frecuencia = all too seldom.

* con muy pocas excepciones = with few exceptions.

* con muy pocos medios = on a shoestring (budget).

* con poca claridad = indistinctly.

* con poca exactitud = loosely.

* con poca experiencia = inexperienced.

* con poca iluminación = dimly illuminated.

* con poca imaginación = unimaginatively.

* con poca naturalidad = stiltedly.

* con poca población = thinly populated.

* con pocas habilidades = poor-ability.

* con poca visión de futuro = short-sighted [shortsighted].

* con poco dinero = on the cheap.

* con poco entusiasmo = half-heartedly.

* con pocos recursos = under-resourced.

* con pocos recursos económicos = low-budget.

* consumir poco a poco = eat away at.

* con tan poca antelación = at such short notice.

* con tan poca anticipación = at such short notice.

* correr poco a poco = eat away at.

* cuestiones poco claras = grey area [gray area].

* de forma poco ética = unethically.

* de forma poco imaginativa = unimaginatively.

* de forma poco profesional = unprofessionally.

= petty criminal.

Ex. When the security services carry out acts of terror, they employ patsies who often are petty criminals or people who are mentally backward or mentally unstable.

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* de manera poco ética = unethically.

* de manera poco profesional = unprofessionally.

* demasiado poco común = all too rare.

* de modo poco imaginativo = unimaginatively.

* dentro de poco = before long.

* de población poco densa = sparsely populated.

* de poca importancia = menial, small-time.

* de poca monta = hack, small-time.

* de pocas luces = dim [dimmer -comp., dimmest -sup.], dim-witted [dimwitted].

* de poco impacto = low impact [low-impact].

* de poco peso = pat, feeble.

* de poco provecho = fruitless.

* de poco uso = low-use.

* de poco valor = a dime a dozen.

* desaparecer poco a poco = fade into + the sunset.

* de todo un poco = about this and that and everything else, about this and that.

* de un modo poco constructivo = unconstructively.

* de un modo poco económico = wastefully.

* de un modo poco natural = unnaturally.

* donde cabe mucho también cabe poco = what holds a lot will hold a little.

* durar poco = be short term.

* echar poco a poco = dribble.

* el que mucho abarca poco aprieta = jack of all trades, master of none.

* en el caso poco probable de que = in the unlikely case (that).

* en muy poco tiempo = before long.

* en pocas palabras = simply put, in brief, to say the least, to put it (quite) simply, in short, to cut a long story short, bottom line, the, put simply, to make a long story short, the short story + be, simply stated.

* en poco tiempo = before very long, in quite a short time, in a short time, in a short span of time.

* en unos pocos años = within a few years.

* estar poco dispuesto = be reluctant.

* estar poco representado = underrepresent [under-represent].

* estar un poco anticuado = be some years old.

* excusa poco convincente = lame excuse.

* faltar poco (para) = have + a short way to go (before).

* faltar un poco = be some way off.

* gente de poca importancia = small fry, the.

* haber poca duda de que = there + be + little doubt that.

* hace muy poco tiempo = a short time ago.

* hace poco tiempo = a short time ago.

* hacer poca distinción entre... y... = make + little distinction between... and....

* hacer poco = do + little.

* hacer que sea poco probable = render + unlikely.

* hace unos pocos años = a few years ago.

* hace unos pocos días = a few days ago.

* hasta hace muy poco = until recently, up until recently.

* hasta hace relativamente poco tiempo = until relatively recently.

* horas de poca actividad = slack hours.

* horas de poco movimiento = slack hours.

* introducirse poco a poco = ease + Reflexivo + in.

* ir poco más allá de + Infinitivo = go little further than + Gerundio.

* llegar poco a poco = dribble in.

* lo poco común = rarity, rareness.

* mucho ruido para pocas nueces = much ado about nothing.

* mucho ruido y pocas nueces = storm in a teacup, Posesivo + bark is worse than + Posesivo + bite.

* muchos jefes y pocos trabajadores = too many chiefs and not enough Indians.

* muy poco = minimally.

* ofrecer poco = low-ball.

* operación de poca monta = one-room, one-person operation.

* pagando un poco más = at additional cost.

* parece tener poco sentido que = there + seem + little point in.

* pasar poco a poco = slide into.

* período de poca actividad = slack time.

* perro ladrador, poco mordedor = barking dogs seldom bite, Posesivo + bark is worse than + Posesivo + bite.

* poca cantidad = trickle.

* poca cosa = small fry, the.

* poca iluminación = poor lighting.

* poca importancia = unimportance, low profile.

* poca notoriedad = low profile.

* poca probabilidad = slim chance.

* poca severidad = lenience, leniency.

* pocas expectativas = low expectation.

* poca utilidad = unhelpfulness.

* poco abundante = light [lighter -comp., lightest -sup.].

* poco accesible = unapproachable.

* poco acertado = clumsy [clumsier -comp., clumsiest -sup.], injudicious.

* poco acogedor = inhospitable.

* poco aconsejable = unwise, inadvisable.

* poco adecuado = unsuited, unsuitable, inapt.

* poco + Adjetivo = slightly + Adjetivo, less than + Adjetivo.

* poco afortunado = unhappy, ill-favoured [ill-favored, -USA].

* poco agraciado = ill-favoured [ill-favored, -USA].

* poco amable = off-putting, surly [surlier -comp., surliest -sup.], crusty [crustier -comp., crustiest -sup.], unkind.

* poco americano = un-American.

* poco amistoso = off-putting, unfriendly.

* poco antes de + Fecha = shortly before + Fecha.

* poco a poco = gradually, piecemeal, slowly, incrementally, at a snail's pace, little by little, bit by bit.

* poco apreciado = unappreciated.

* poco apropiado = unsuited, unsuitable, inapt.

* poco apto = inapt.

* poco arriesgado = low-risk.

* poco asequible = unapproachable.

* poco atractivo = off-putting, unattractive, unglamorous, uninviting, unappealing.

* poco atrevido = unadventurous.

* poco audaz = unadventurous.

* poco aventurero = unadventurous.

* poco cabelleroso = ungentlemanlike.

* poco cálido = lukewarm.

* poco científico = hit-or-miss, unscientific.

* poco cívico = uncivic.

* poco claro = confusing, fuzzy [fuzzier - comp., fuzziest -sup.], indistinct, obscure, unclear, untidy, hazy, inconclusive, slurred, clouded, blurry [blurrier -comp., blurriest -sup.], undistinguished, uncleared, indistinctive, bleary [blearier -comp., bleariest -sup.].

* poco colaborador = unresponsive.

* poco comercial = uncommercial.

* poco competitivo = uncompetitive.

* poco complicado = uncomplicated, uncomplicatedly.

* poco comprensivo = unsympathetic.

* poco común = rare, unfamiliar, unusual, uncommon, unordinary, out of the ordinary.

* poco comunicativo = uncommunicative, reserved.

* poco confortable = uncomfortable.

* poco conocido = obscure, little known.

* poco convencido = unconvinced.

* poco convencional = unconventional.

* poco convincente = unconvincing, inconclusive, pat, feeble.

* poco convincentemente = unconvincingly.

* poco correcto = ungentlemanlike.

* poco cortés = impolite, ungentlemanlike.

* poco culto = unenlightened.

* poco decidido = half-hearted [halfhearted].

* poco definido = blurry [blurrier -comp., blurriest -sup.], bleary [blearier -comp., bleariest -sup.].

* poco denso = rarefied.

* poco deportivo = unsportsmanlike.

* poco después = soon afterwards, shortly afterwards, shortly after, not long after.

* poco después de = soon after (that), shortly after.

* poco después de que = shortly after.

* poco diestro = poor-ability.

* poco diplomático = indiscreet.

* poco dispuesto = disinclined.

* poco dispuesto a colaborar = uncooperative.

* poco ducho en las nuevas tecnologías = technologically challenged.

* poco económico = uneconomical.

* poco efectivo = ineffectual.

* poco eficaz = non-efficient.

* poco elegante = inelegant, awkward, dowdy [dowdier -comp., dowdiest -sup.].

* poco embarazoso = unembarrassing.

* poco entusiasta = half-hearted [halfhearted], lukewarm.

* poco envidiable = unenviable.

* poco estable = unsettled.

* poco estético = unaesthetic.

* poco estimulador = unchallenging.

* poco estimulante = unexciting, uninspiring, unmoving.

* poco estricto = lax.

* poco ético = unethical.

* poco evidente = unnoticed, unnoted.

* poco exigente = untaxing, undemanding.

* poco favorable = unpromising.

* poco favorecedor = unflattering.

* poco fiable = unreliable, undependable, flaky [flakey].

* poco firme = tenuous, rocky [rockier -comp., rockiest -sup.].

* poco flexible = monolithic, inelastic.

* poco frecuente = infrequent.

* poco fructífero = unfruitful.

* poco gratificante = unrewarding, unsatisfying.

* poco grato = unwelcome.

* poco hábil = poor-ability.

* poco habitual = unaccustomed.

* poco halagador = unflattering.

* poco halagüeño = unflattering.

* poco hospitalario = inhospitable.

* poco idóneo = unsuited, unsuitable, inapt.

* poco iluminado = dimly illuminated.

* poco imaginativo = unimaginative.

* poco importante = menial, small-time.

* poco impresionado = unimpressed.

* poco informativo = uninformative.

* poco intelectual = lowbrow [low-brow].

* poco inteligente = unintelligent.

* poco intenso = light [lighter -comp., lightest -sup.].

* poco interesante = dull, jackdaw, uninteresting, uninspiring, unremarkable.

* poco juicioso = injudicious.

* poco justificado = ill-justified.

* poco listo = underprepared.

* poco maduro = underripe.

* poco más = little else.

* poco materialista = unworldly.

* poco memorable = forgettable.

* poco mundano = unwordly.

* poco natural = unnatural, stilted.

* poco nítido = untidy.

* poco normal = unnatural, unordinary, out of the ordinary.

* poco novedoso = trite.

* poco original = unoriginal.

* poco ortodoxo = unorthodox.

* poco poblado = thinly populated.

* poco práctico = impractical, awkward.

* poco preparado = underprepared.

* poco probable = unlikely, far-fetched [farfetched].

* poco productivo = unproductive.

* poco profesional = amateurish, unprofessional.

* poco profundo = shallow [shallower -comp., shallowest -sup.].

* poco prometedor = bleak, unpromising.

* poco propicio = unpromising, unpromising.

* poco provechoso = fruitless, unrewarding.

* poco prudente = ill-advised, ill-judged.

* poco pulido = unpolished.

* poco razonable = unreasonable.

* poco realista = unrealistic, unreal, unwordly, way out in left field, airy-fairy.

* poco recomendable = inadvisable.

* poco refinado = unrefined, unpolished.

* poco rentable = uneconomical.

* poco representativo = unrepresentative.

* poco romántico = unromantic.

* poco sabido = little known.

* poco saludable = unwholesome, insalubrious.

* poco sano = unwholesome, insalubrious.

* poco seguro = dicey [dicier -comp., diciest -sup.].

* poco sensato = ill-advised, injudicious, ill-judged.

* poco sentimental = unsentimental.

* poco serio = flippant.

* poco sincero = insincere.

* poco sistemático = sloppy [sloppier -comp., sloppiest -sup.].

* poco social = unsocial.

* poco sofisticado = elementary, unsophisticated, corn-fed.

* poco sólido = insubstantial.

* poco tiempo = short while, short time.

* poco tiempo después = shortly afterwards.

* poco tradicional = untraditional.

* poco unido = loosely knit.

* poco uniforme = patchy [patchier -comp., patchiest -sup.].

* poco usado = little-used.

* poco usual = unusual.

* poco útil = clumsy [clumsier -comp., clumsiest -sup.], unhelpful.

* poquito a poco = little by little.

* por mencionar sólo unos pocos = to name but a few.

* por mencionar uno pocos = just to name a few.

* por nombrar sólo unos pocos = to name but a few.

* por nombrar unos pocos = to name a few.

* por poco dinero = cheaply.

* por poco o nada = at little or no extra cost.

* por si era poco = for good measure.

* por si fuera poco = to boot, for good measure, to add insult to injury, to add salt to injury, to rub salt in the wound.

* prestar poca atención a = give + little thought to.

* pretexto poco convincente = lame excuse.

* quedar poco (para) = have + a short way to go (before).

* quedar un poco = be some way off.

* quedar un poco perjudicado = be a little worse prepared, be a little worse off.

* que ocupa poco espacio = space-saving.

* qué poco común = how odd.

* quien mucho abarca poco aprieta = bite off more than + Pronombre + can chew.

* reducirse poco a poco = dribble off.

* resultar poco fructífero = prove + unfruitful.

* roer poco a poco = eat away at.

* saber un poco de todo y mucho de nada = jack of all trades, master of none.

* sacar poco a poco = tease out.

* salir un poco perjudicado = be a little worse prepared, be a little worse off.

* sangre poco espesa = thin blood.

* ser algo muy poco frecuente = be a rare occurrence.

* ser algo poco común = be the exception rather than the rule.

* ser algo poco conocido que = it + be + a little known fact that.

* ser algo poco frecuente = be a rare occurrence.

* ser algo poco sabido que = it + be + a little known fact that.

* ser de poco valor = be of little use, be of little value.

* ser muy poco probable = be remote.

* ser poco = be under-provided.

* ser poco agradecido = be thankless.

* ser poco eficaz = do + little.

* ser poco reconocido = be thankless.

* ser pocos = be few in number, be small in number.

* ser un hecho poco conocido que = it + be + a little known fact that.

* ser un hecho poco sabido que = it + be + a little known fact that.

* servir de poco = be of little use.

* servir de poco o nada = be of little or no avail.

* solución poco real = pie in the sky solution.

* tener poca información = be information poor.

* tener pocas luces = as thick as a brick, as thick as two (short) planks, as daft as a brush, knucklehead.

* tener pocas posibilidades de = have + little recourse.

* tener poco que ver = have + little to do.

* tener poco valor = be of little value.

* trabajo de poca monta = odd-job.

* un hombre de pocas palabras = a man of few words.

* unos pocos elegidos = a select few.

* un poco = a bit, somewhat, slightly, something of, a little bit, kinda [kind of].

* un poco áspero = roughish.

* un poco como = kind of like.

* un poco de = a measure of, a touch (of), a bit of, a piece of, a spot of, a splash of, a hint of.

* un poco + Nombre = a shade + Nombre.

* un poco obscuro = dusky.

* un poco perdido = a bit at sea.

* un poco rugoso = roughish.

* usado con poca frecuencia = seldom used [seldom-used].

* usuario que hace poco uso del préstamo = light borrower.

* utilizar poco = underutilise/under-utilise [underutilize/under-utilize, -USA].

* vivienda poco digna = poor housing.

* y poco más = and little more.

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I
adverbio

es muy poco agradecido — he is very ungrateful

un autor muy poco conocido — a very little-known author

me resultó poco interesante — I didn't find it very interesting

habla poco — he doesn't say much o a lot

viene muy poco por aquí — he hardly ever comes around

... con lo poco que le gusta el arroz —... and he doesn't even like rice; para locs ver poco III 4)
II
- ca adjetivo ( con sustantivos no numerables) little; ( en plural) few

muy poco vino — very little wine

muy pocos niños — very few children

qué poco sentido común tienes! — you don't have much common sense, do you?

tengo muy poca ropa — I have very few clothes

éramos demasiado pocos — there were too few of us

fue asombroso, todo lo que te pueda decir es poco — it was amazing, I can't (even) begin to tell you

todo le parece poco — she is never satisfied
III
- ca pronombre

1) (poca cantidad, poca cosa)

le serví sopa pero comió poca — I gave her some soup but she didn't eat much

por poco que gane... — no matter how little o however little she earns...

se conforma con poco — he's easily satisfied

poco faltó para que me pegara — he nearly hit me

lo poco que gana se lo gasta en vino — he spends the little o what little he earns on wine

compra más lentejas, nos quedan muy pocas — buy some more lentils, we've hardly any left

es un profesor como pocos — there aren't many teachers like him

pocos pueden permitirse ese lujo — not many people can afford to do that

2) poco ( refiriéndose a tiempo)

lo vi hace poco — I saw him recently o not long ago

hace muy poco que lo conoce — she hasn't known him for very long

tardó poco en hacerlo — it didn't take him long to do it

falta poco para las navidades — it's not long till Christmas

a poco de venir él — soon o shortly after he came

dentro de poco — soon

poco antes de que... — a short while o shortly before...

3) un poco

a) ( refiriéndose a cantidades) a little; ( refiriéndose a tiempo) a while

espera un poquito — wait a little while

todavía le duele un poco — it still hurts him a little o a bit

es un poco lo que está pasando en Japón — it's rather like what's happening in Japan

un poco porque me dio lástima — partly because I felt sorry for him

b)

un poco de: un poco de pimienta/vino a little (bit of) pepper/wine; come un poco de jamón — have a bit of ham

c)

un poco + adj/adv: un poco caro/tarde — a bit o a little expensive/late

4) (en locs)

a poco — (Méx)

¿a poco no lees los periódicos? — don't you read the newspapers?

a poco no está fabuloso Acapulco! — isn't Acapulco just fantastic!

a poco ganaron! — don't tell me they won!

de a poco — (AmL) gradually

agrégale la leche de a poquito — add the milk gradually o a little at a time

de a poquito se lo fue comiendo — little by little she ate it all up

en poco: en poco estuvo que no viniéramos we almost didn't come; tienen en poco la vida ajena they set little value on other people's lives; me tienes bien en poco si crees que... you can't think very highly o much of me if you think...; poco a poco gradually; poco más o menos approximately, roughly; poco menos que nearly; poco menos que la mata (fam) he almost killed her; poco menos que los echan a patadas (fam) they practically kicked them out; por poco — nearly

* * *

= little [less -comp., least -sup.], low [lower -comp., lowest -sup.], scant, trifle, tad, little in the way of.

Ex: Explanatory references give a little more explanation as to why the link between two names is being made in the catalogue or index.

Ex: Carlton Duncan discussed the difficulties built into the educational processes which led to under-performance at school and the resulting low representation in higher education and low entry into the professions.

Ex: Scant attention is paid to evaluation and the needs of users.

Ex: She had been a trifle nervous until it was formally announced that the position was hers.

Ex: Williams is one of those rare poets who satisfies the yearning that many of us have for the memorable phrase we wish we had said were our perceptions a tad keener.

Ex: Without any significant restructuring, the LIS programme in Iran will provide little in the way of riding out the rapid transition that the field is currently experiencing.

* abultar poco = be skimpy.

* acercarse poco a poco (a) = edge (toward(s)).

* actuar con poca consideración hacia = play + fast and loose with.

* agua poco profunda = shallow water.

* aguas poco profundas = shallows.

* alimentos poco saludables = unhealthy foods.

* a poca distancia = not far behind.

* a poca distancia andando = within walking distance, within an easy walk.

* a poca distancia a pie = within an easy walk, within walking distance.

* a pocos minutos andando = within walking distance, within easy walking distance, within an easy walk.

* a pocos minutos a pie = within walking distance, within easy walking distance, within an easy walk.

* avanzar poco a poco (hacia) = edge (toward(s)).

* cada pocos años = every few years.

* comida poco saludable = unhealthy foods.

* comportamiento poco cívico = uncivic behaviour.

* con muchos huesos y poca carne = bony [bonier -comp., boniest -sup.].

* con muy poca antelación = at (a) very short notice.

* con muy poca anticipación = at (a) very short notice.

* con muy poca frecuencia = all too seldom.

* con muy pocas excepciones = with few exceptions.

* con muy pocos medios = on a shoestring (budget).

* con poca claridad = indistinctly.

* con poca exactitud = loosely.

* con poca experiencia = inexperienced.

* con poca iluminación = dimly illuminated.

* con poca imaginación = unimaginatively.

* con poca naturalidad = stiltedly.

* con poca población = thinly populated.

* con pocas habilidades = poor-ability.

* con poca visión de futuro = short-sighted [shortsighted].

* con poco dinero = on the cheap.

* con poco entusiasmo = half-heartedly.

* con pocos recursos = under-resourced.

* con pocos recursos económicos = low-budget.

* consumir poco a poco = eat away at.

* con tan poca antelación = at such short notice.

* con tan poca anticipación = at such short notice.

* correr poco a poco = eat away at.

* cuestiones poco claras = grey area [gray area].

* de forma poco ética = unethically.

* de forma poco imaginativa = unimaginatively.

* de forma poco profesional = unprofessionally.

= petty criminal.

Ex: When the security services carry out acts of terror, they employ patsies who often are petty criminals or people who are mentally backward or mentally unstable.

* de manera poco ética = unethically.

* de manera poco profesional = unprofessionally.

* demasiado poco común = all too rare.

* de modo poco imaginativo = unimaginatively.

* dentro de poco = before long.

* de población poco densa = sparsely populated.

* de poca importancia = menial, small-time.

* de poca monta = hack, small-time.

* de pocas luces = dim [dimmer -comp., dimmest -sup.], dim-witted [dimwitted].

* de poco impacto = low impact [low-impact].

* de poco peso = pat, feeble.

* de poco provecho = fruitless.

* de poco uso = low-use.

* de poco valor = a dime a dozen.

* desaparecer poco a poco = fade into + the sunset.

* de todo un poco = about this and that and everything else, about this and that.

* de un modo poco constructivo = unconstructively.

* de un modo poco económico = wastefully.

* de un modo poco natural = unnaturally.

* donde cabe mucho también cabe poco = what holds a lot will hold a little.

* durar poco = be short term.

* echar poco a poco = dribble.

* el que mucho abarca poco aprieta = jack of all trades, master of none.

* en el caso poco probable de que = in the unlikely case (that).

* en muy poco tiempo = before long.

* en pocas palabras = simply put, in brief, to say the least, to put it (quite) simply, in short, to cut a long story short, bottom line, the, put simply, to make a long story short, the short story + be, simply stated.

* en poco tiempo = before very long, in quite a short time, in a short time, in a short span of time.

* en unos pocos años = within a few years.

* estar poco dispuesto = be reluctant.

* estar poco representado = underrepresent [under-represent].

* estar un poco anticuado = be some years old.

* excusa poco convincente = lame excuse.

* faltar poco (para) = have + a short way to go (before).

* faltar un poco = be some way off.

* gente de poca importancia = small fry, the.

* haber poca duda de que = there + be + little doubt that.

* hace muy poco tiempo = a short time ago.

* hace poco tiempo = a short time ago.

* hacer poca distinción entre... y... = make + little distinction between... and....

* hacer poco = do + little.

* hacer que sea poco probable = render + unlikely.

* hace unos pocos años = a few years ago.

* hace unos pocos días = a few days ago.

* hasta hace muy poco = until recently, up until recently.

* hasta hace relativamente poco tiempo = until relatively recently.

* horas de poca actividad = slack hours.

* horas de poco movimiento = slack hours.

* introducirse poco a poco = ease + Reflexivo + in.

* ir poco más allá de + Infinitivo = go little further than + Gerundio.

* llegar poco a poco = dribble in.

* lo poco común = rarity, rareness.

* mucho ruido para pocas nueces = much ado about nothing.

* mucho ruido y pocas nueces = storm in a teacup, Posesivo + bark is worse than + Posesivo + bite.

* muchos jefes y pocos trabajadores = too many chiefs and not enough Indians.

* muy poco = minimally.

* ofrecer poco = low-ball.

* operación de poca monta = one-room, one-person operation.

* pagando un poco más = at additional cost.

* parece tener poco sentido que = there + seem + little point in.

* pasar poco a poco = slide into.

* período de poca actividad = slack time.

* perro ladrador, poco mordedor = barking dogs seldom bite, Posesivo + bark is worse than + Posesivo + bite.

* poca cantidad = trickle.

* poca cosa = small fry, the.

* poca iluminación = poor lighting.

* poca importancia = unimportance, low profile.

* poca notoriedad = low profile.

* poca probabilidad = slim chance.

* poca severidad = lenience, leniency.

* pocas expectativas = low expectation.

* poca utilidad = unhelpfulness.

* poco abundante = light [lighter -comp., lightest -sup.].

* poco accesible = unapproachable.

* poco acertado = clumsy [clumsier -comp., clumsiest -sup.], injudicious.

* poco acogedor = inhospitable.

* poco aconsejable = unwise, inadvisable.

* poco adecuado = unsuited, unsuitable, inapt.

* poco + Adjetivo = slightly + Adjetivo, less than + Adjetivo.

* poco afortunado = unhappy, ill-favoured [ill-favored, -USA].

* poco agraciado = ill-favoured [ill-favored, -USA].

* poco amable = off-putting, surly [surlier -comp., surliest -sup.], crusty [crustier -comp., crustiest -sup.], unkind.

* poco americano = un-American.

* poco amistoso = off-putting, unfriendly.

* poco antes de + Fecha = shortly before + Fecha.

* poco a poco = gradually, piecemeal, slowly, incrementally, at a snail's pace, little by little, bit by bit.

* poco apreciado = unappreciated.

* poco apropiado = unsuited, unsuitable, inapt.

* poco apto = inapt.

* poco arriesgado = low-risk.

* poco asequible = unapproachable.

* poco atractivo = off-putting, unattractive, unglamorous, uninviting, unappealing.

* poco atrevido = unadventurous.

* poco audaz = unadventurous.

* poco aventurero = unadventurous.

* poco cabelleroso = ungentlemanlike.

* poco cálido = lukewarm.

* poco científico = hit-or-miss, unscientific.

* poco cívico = uncivic.

* poco claro = confusing, fuzzy [fuzzier - comp., fuzziest -sup.], indistinct, obscure, unclear, untidy, hazy, inconclusive, slurred, clouded, blurry [blurrier -comp., blurriest -sup.], undistinguished, uncleared, indistinctive, bleary [blearier -comp., bleariest -sup.].

* poco colaborador = unresponsive.

* poco comercial = uncommercial.

* poco competitivo = uncompetitive.

* poco complicado = uncomplicated, uncomplicatedly.

* poco comprensivo = unsympathetic.

* poco común = rare, unfamiliar, unusual, uncommon, unordinary, out of the ordinary.

* poco comunicativo = uncommunicative, reserved.

* poco confortable = uncomfortable.

* poco conocido = obscure, little known.

* poco convencido = unconvinced.

* poco convencional = unconventional.

* poco convincente = unconvincing, inconclusive, pat, feeble.

* poco convincentemente = unconvincingly.

* poco correcto = ungentlemanlike.

* poco cortés = impolite, ungentlemanlike.

* poco culto = unenlightened.

* poco decidido = half-hearted [halfhearted].

* poco definido = blurry [blurrier -comp., blurriest -sup.], bleary [blearier -comp., bleariest -sup.].

* poco denso = rarefied.

* poco deportivo = unsportsmanlike.

* poco después = soon afterwards, shortly afterwards, shortly after, not long after.

* poco después de = soon after (that), shortly after.

* poco después de que = shortly after.

* poco diestro = poor-ability.

* poco diplomático = indiscreet.

* poco dispuesto = disinclined.

* poco dispuesto a colaborar = uncooperative.

* poco ducho en las nuevas tecnologías = technologically challenged.

* poco económico = uneconomical.

* poco efectivo = ineffectual.

* poco eficaz = non-efficient.

* poco elegante = inelegant, awkward, dowdy [dowdier -comp., dowdiest -sup.].

* poco embarazoso = unembarrassing.

* poco entusiasta = half-hearted [halfhearted], lukewarm.

* poco envidiable = unenviable.

* poco estable = unsettled.

* poco estético = unaesthetic.

* poco estimulador = unchallenging.

* poco estimulante = unexciting, uninspiring, unmoving.

* poco estricto = lax.

* poco ético = unethical.

* poco evidente = unnoticed, unnoted.

* poco exigente = untaxing, undemanding.

* poco favorable = unpromising.

* poco favorecedor = unflattering.

* poco fiable = unreliable, undependable, flaky [flakey].

* poco firme = tenuous, rocky [rockier -comp., rockiest -sup.].

* poco flexible = monolithic, inelastic.

* poco frecuente = infrequent.

* poco fructífero = unfruitful.

* poco gratificante = unrewarding, unsatisfying.

* poco grato = unwelcome.

* poco hábil = poor-ability.

* poco habitual = unaccustomed.

* poco halagador = unflattering.

* poco halagüeño = unflattering.

* poco hospitalario = inhospitable.

* poco idóneo = unsuited, unsuitable, inapt.

* poco iluminado = dimly illuminated.

* poco imaginativo = unimaginative.

* poco importante = menial, small-time.

* poco impresionado = unimpressed.

* poco informativo = uninformative.

* poco intelectual = lowbrow [low-brow].

* poco inteligente = unintelligent.

* poco intenso = light [lighter -comp., lightest -sup.].

* poco interesante = dull, jackdaw, uninteresting, uninspiring, unremarkable.

* poco juicioso = injudicious.

* poco justificado = ill-justified.

* poco listo = underprepared.

* poco maduro = underripe.

* poco más = little else.

* poco materialista = unworldly.

* poco memorable = forgettable.

* poco mundano = unwordly.

* poco natural = unnatural, stilted.

* poco nítido = untidy.

* poco normal = unnatural, unordinary, out of the ordinary.

* poco novedoso = trite.

* poco original = unoriginal.

* poco ortodoxo = unorthodox.

* poco poblado = thinly populated.

* poco práctico = impractical, awkward.

* poco preparado = underprepared.

* poco probable = unlikely, far-fetched [farfetched].

* poco productivo = unproductive.

* poco profesional = amateurish, unprofessional.

* poco profundo = shallow [shallower -comp., shallowest -sup.].

* poco prometedor = bleak, unpromising.

* poco propicio = unpromising, unpromising.

* poco provechoso = fruitless, unrewarding.

* poco prudente = ill-advised, ill-judged.

* poco pulido = unpolished.

* poco razonable = unreasonable.

* poco realista = unrealistic, unreal, unwordly, way out in left field, airy-fairy.

* poco recomendable = inadvisable.

* poco refinado = unrefined, unpolished.

* poco rentable = uneconomical.

* poco representativo = unrepresentative.

* poco romántico = unromantic.

* poco sabido = little known.

* poco saludable = unwholesome, insalubrious.

* poco sano = unwholesome, insalubrious.

* poco seguro = dicey [dicier -comp., diciest -sup.].

* poco sensato = ill-advised, injudicious, ill-judged.

* poco sentimental = unsentimental.

* poco serio = flippant.

* poco sincero = insincere.

* poco sistemático = sloppy [sloppier -comp., sloppiest -sup.].

* poco social = unsocial.

* poco sofisticado = elementary, unsophisticated, corn-fed.

* poco sólido = insubstantial.

* poco tiempo = short while, short time.

* poco tiempo después = shortly afterwards.

* poco tradicional = untraditional.

* poco unido = loosely knit.

* poco uniforme = patchy [patchier -comp., patchiest -sup.].

* poco usado = little-used.

* poco usual = unusual.

* poco útil = clumsy [clumsier -comp., clumsiest -sup.], unhelpful.

* poquito a poco = little by little.

* por mencionar sólo unos pocos = to name but a few.

* por mencionar uno pocos = just to name a few.

* por nombrar sólo unos pocos = to name but a few.

* por nombrar unos pocos = to name a few.

* por poco dinero = cheaply.

* por poco o nada = at little or no extra cost.

* por si era poco = for good measure.

* por si fuera poco = to boot, for good measure, to add insult to injury, to add salt to injury, to rub salt in the wound.

* prestar poca atención a = give + little thought to.

* pretexto poco convincente = lame excuse.

* quedar poco (para) = have + a short way to go (before).

* quedar un poco = be some way off.

* quedar un poco perjudicado = be a little worse prepared, be a little worse off.

* que ocupa poco espacio = space-saving.

* qué poco común = how odd.

* quien mucho abarca poco aprieta = bite off more than + Pronombre + can chew.

* reducirse poco a poco = dribble off.

* resultar poco fructífero = prove + unfruitful.

* roer poco a poco = eat away at.

* saber un poco de todo y mucho de nada = jack of all trades, master of none.

* sacar poco a poco = tease out.

* salir un poco perjudicado = be a little worse prepared, be a little worse off.

* sangre poco espesa = thin blood.

* ser algo muy poco frecuente = be a rare occurrence.

* ser algo poco común = be the exception rather than the rule.

* ser algo poco conocido que = it + be + a little known fact that.

* ser algo poco frecuente = be a rare occurrence.

* ser algo poco sabido que = it + be + a little known fact that.

* ser de poco valor = be of little use, be of little value.

* ser muy poco probable = be remote.

* ser poco = be under-provided.

* ser poco agradecido = be thankless.

* ser poco eficaz = do + little.

* ser poco reconocido = be thankless.

* ser pocos = be few in number, be small in number.

* ser un hecho poco conocido que = it + be + a little known fact that.

* ser un hecho poco sabido que = it + be + a little known fact that.

* servir de poco = be of little use.

* servir de poco o nada = be of little or no avail.

* solución poco real = pie in the sky solution.

* tener poca información = be information poor.

* tener pocas luces = as thick as a brick, as thick as two (short) planks, as daft as a brush, knucklehead.

* tener pocas posibilidades de = have + little recourse.

* tener poco que ver = have + little to do.

* tener poco valor = be of little value.

* trabajo de poca monta = odd-job.

* un hombre de pocas palabras = a man of few words.

* unos pocos elegidos = a select few.

* un poco = a bit, somewhat, slightly, something of, a little bit, kinda [kind of].

* un poco áspero = roughish.

* un poco como = kind of like.

* un poco de = a measure of, a touch (of), a bit of, a piece of, a spot of, a splash of, a hint of.

* un poco + Nombre = a shade + Nombre.

* un poco obscuro = dusky.

* un poco perdido = a bit at sea.

* un poco rugoso = roughish.

* usado con poca frecuencia = seldom used [seldom-used].

* usuario que hace poco uso del préstamo = light borrower.

* utilizar poco = underutilise/under-utilise [underutilize/under-utilize, -USA].

* vivienda poco digna = poor housing.

* y poco más = and little more.

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poco¹

adverb

[ Grammar notes (Spanish) ]

es muy poco agradecido he is very ungrateful, he isn't at all grateful

es un autor muy poco conocido he is a very little-known author

me resultó poco interesante I didn't find it very interesting, I found it rather uninteresting

habla poco he doesn't say much o a lot

duerme poquísimo she sleeps very little, she doesn't sleep very much

viene muy poco por aquí he hardly ever comes around

poco y nada me ayudaron they hardly helped me at all

… con lo poco que le gusta el arroz … and he doesn't even like rice

para locs ver poco³ pron D. (↑ poco (3))

poco² -ca

adjective

[ Grammar notes (Spanish) ] (con sustantivos no numerables) little; (en plural) few

muy poco vino very little wine

muy pocos niños very few children

hemos tenido muy poca suerte we've been very unlucky, we've had very little luck

¡qué poco sentido común tienes! you don't have much common sense, do you?

tengo muy poca ropa I have hardly any clothes, I have very few clothes

a poca gente se le presenta esa oportunidad not many people get that opportunity

hay muy pocas mujeres en el gremio there are very few women in the trade

éramos demasiado pocos there were too few of us, there weren't enough of us

fue asombroso, todo lo que te pueda decir es poco it was amazing, I can't begin to tell you

a esta mujer todo le parece poco this woman is never satisfied

me he olvidado del poco francés/de las pocas palabras que sabía I've forgotten the little French/the few words I knew

le dio unos pocos pesos she gave him a few pesos

poco³ -ca

pronoun

[ Grammar notes (Spanish) ]

A

(poca cantidad, poca cosa): le serví sopa pero comió poca I gave her some soup but she only ate a little o she didn't eat much

sírvele poco, desayunó muy tarde don't give him (too) much, he had a late breakfast

por poco que gane, siempre es otro sueldo no matter how little o however little she earns o even if she doesn't earn much, it's still another salary coming in

se conforma con poco he's easily satisfied

poco faltó para que me pegara he nearly hit me

poco y nada saqué en limpio de lo que dijo what he said made little or no sense to me

lo poco que gana se lo gasta en vino he spends the little o what little he earns on wine

compra más lentejas, nos quedan muy pocas buy some more lentils, we've hardly any left o we have very few left

es un profesor como pocos there aren't many teachers like him

pocos pueden permitirse ese lujo not many people can afford to do that

B

poco (refiriéndose a tiempo): lo vi hace poco I saw him recently o not long ago

hace muy poco que lo conoce she hasn't known him for very long, she's only known him a little while

tardó poco en pintar la cocina it didn't take him long to paint the kitchen

falta poco para las navidades it's not long till Christmas, Christmas isn't far off

a poco de terminar el bombardeo soon o shortly after the bombing stopped

dentro de poco sale otro tren there'll be another train soon o shortly

poco antes de que ella se fuera a short while o shortly before she left

C

un poco

1 (refiriéndose a cantidades) a little; (refiriéndose a tiempo) a while

¿te sirvo un poco? would you like a little o some?

descansemos un poco let's rest for a while, let's have a little rest

espera un poquito wait a little while

todavía le duele un poquitín or poquitito it still hurts him a little

2

un poco de: ponle un poco de pimienta/vino add a little (bit of) pepper/wine

tiene un poco de fiebre he has a slight fever, he has a bit of a temperature o a slight temperature ( BrE)

come un poco de jamón have a bit of o some o a little ham

3

un poco (hasta cierto punto): es un poco lo que está pasando en Japón it's rather like what's happening in Japan

un poco porque me dio lástima partly because I felt sorry for him

4 un poco + ADJ/ADV:

un poco caro/tarde a bit o a little expensive/late

me queda un poco corto it's a bit short o a little short o slightly too short (for me)

habla un poco más fuerte speak up a bit o a little

D ( en locs):

a poco ( Méx): ¿a poco no lees los periódicos? don't you read the newspapers?

¡a poco no está fabuloso Acapulco! isn't Acapulco just fantastic!

¡a poco ganaron! don't tell me they won!

nos sacamos el gordo de la lotería — ¡a poco ! we won the big lottery prize — you didn't!

de a poco ( AmL); gradually

agrégale la leche de a poquito add the milk gradually o a little at a time

de a poquito se lo fue comiendo little by little o slowly she ate it all up

en poco: en poco estuvo que nos ganaran they came very close to beating us, they very nearly beat us

en poco estuvo que no viniéramos we almost didn't come

tienen en poco la vida ajena they set little value on other people's lives

me tienes bien en poco si me crees capaz de eso you can't think very highly o much of me if you think I could do such a thing

poco a poco or ( Méx) a poquito gradually

poco a poco la fueron arreglando they gradually fixed it up, they fixed it up little by little

poco más o menos approximately, roughly

habrán gastado unos dos millones, poco más o menos they must have spent in the neighborhood o ( BrE) region of two million

poco menos que nearly

es poco menos que imposible it's well-nigh o almost o very nearly impossible

le pegó una paliza que poco menos que la mata ( fam); he gave her such a beating he almost o nearly killed her

poco menos que los echan a patadas ( fam); they practically kicked them out

por poco nearly

por poco nos descubren we were nearly found out

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poco 1 adverbio:
◊ habla poco he doesn't say much o a lot;

es muy poco agradecido he is very ungrateful;
un autor muy poco conocido a very little-known author;
viene muy poco por aquí he hardly ever comes around;
para locs ver poco 2 4
poco 2 -ca adjetivo ( con sustantivos no numerables) little;

( en plural) few;
◊ muy poco vino very little wine;

muy pocos niños very few children;
había poquísimos coches there were hardly any cars
■ pronombre
1 (poca cantidad, poca cosa):
◊ había poco que hacer there was little to do;

por poco que gane … no matter how little o however little she earns …;
se conforma con poco he's easily satisfied;
todo le parece poco she is never satisfied;
pocos quisieron ayudar few were willing to help;
pocos pueden permitirse ese lujo not many people can afford to do that
2
◊ poco ( refiriéndose a tiempo): lo vi hace poco I saw him recently o not long ago;

hace muy poco que lo conoce she hasn't known him for very long;
tardó poco en hacerlo it didn't take him long to do it;
falta poco para las navidades it's not long till Christmas;
a poco de venir él soon o shortly after he came;
dentro de poco soon;
poco antes de que … a short while o shortly before …
3
◊ un poco

a) ( refiriéndose a cantidades) a little;

( refiriéndose a tiempo) a while;
◊ dame un poco I'll have some o a little;

espera un poco wait a while
b)

◊ un poco de a little, a bit of

c) un poco + adj/adv:

◊ un poco caro/tarde a bit o a little expensive/late

4 ( en locs)
◊ a poco (Méx): ¡a poco no está fabuloso Acapulco! isn't Acapulco just fantastic!;

¡a poco ganaron! don't tell me they won!;
de a poco (AmL) gradually, little by little;
poco a poco gradually;
poco más o menos approximately, roughly;
por poco nearly
poco,-a
I adjetivo
1 (con el sustantivo en singular) not much, little: tengo poco apetito, I haven't got much appetite
2 (con el sustantivo en plural) not many, few: conozco pocos lugares de Italia, I don't know many places in Italy
II pron (singular) little, not much
(plural) (objetos) few, not many
(personas) few people, not many people ➣ Ver nota en few
III adverbio
1 (con verbo) not (very) much, little: entiendo poco del tema, I don't understand much about the issue
2 (con adjetivo) not very: está poco claro, it's not very clear
3 (de tiempo) hace poco que nos conocemos, we met a short time ago
IV sustantivo masculino
1 (acompañado de adjetivo o adverbio) lo noté un poco molesto, I thought he was a bit annoyed
tendré que hacerlo un poco después, I'll have to do it a little later
2 (acompañando a un sustantivo) dame un poco de agua, give me a little water ➣ Ver nota en little
♦ Locuciones: a poco de, shortly after
dentro de poco, soon
poco a poco, little by little, gradually
poco antes/después, shortly before/afterwards
por poco, almost
' poco' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
abreviar
- aclimatarse
- adelgazar
- aguantar
- ahora
- alcornoque
- alentador
- alentadora
- algo
- antes
- apercibirse
- bagatela
- baja
- bajo
- brusca
- brusco
- bruta
- bruto
- buscar
- calentar
- cargada
- cargado
- cascada
- cascado
- cerebral
- chapucera
- chapucero
- chispa
- clara
- claro
- común
- cruda
- crudo
- cualquiera
- de
- dentro
- descuidada
- descuidado
- descuidarse
- desigual
- desmoronada
- desmoronado
- despatarrarse
- despistada
- despistado
- despreciable
- después
- desvaído
- disipar
- dudosa
English:
accomplice
- add to
- adjust
- aerial
- after
- afterwards
- along
- aloof
- amateurish
- balding
- bark
- belly
- bit
- black
- blind
- blow up
- boot
- by
- can
- careless
- chat
- comedown
- confusing
- cowboy
- degree
- derivative
- desultory
- disagreement
- disingenuous
- diving
- do
- dodgy
- doubtful
- dowdy
- earthy
- easy-going
- edge
- effect
- element
- evasion
- exist
- expect
- fall apart
- far-fetched
- fine
- flippant
- forge
- furnish
- fuzzy
- gradually

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poco, -a

♦ adj
(singular) little, not much; (plural) few, not many;
de poca importancia of little importance;

poca agua not much water;

pocas personas lo saben few o not many people know it;

hay pocos árboles there aren't many trees;

tenemos poco tiempo we don't have much time;

hace poco tiempo not long ago;

dame unos pocos días give me a few days;

esto ocurre pocas veces this rarely happens, this doesn't happen often;

tengo pocas ganas de ir I don't really o much feel like going;

poca sal me parece que le estás echando I don't think you're putting enough salt in, I think you're putting too little salt in;

con lo poco que le gusta la ópera, y la han invitado a La Traviata it's ironic, considering how she dislikes opera, that they should have invited her to see La Traviata

♦ pron

1. [escasa cantidad] (singular) little, not much;

* * *

poco

I adj sg little, not much; pl few, not many;

un poco de a little;

unos pocos a few

II adv little;

trabaja poco he doesn’t work much;

ahora se ve muy poco it’s seldom seen now;

estuvo poco por aquí he wasn’t around much;

poco conocido little known;

poco a poco little by little;

dentro de poco soon, shortly;

hace poco a short time ago, not long ago;

desde hace poco (for) a short while;

por poco nearly, almost;

¡a poco no lo hacemos! Méx don’t tell me we’re not doing it;

de a poco me fui tranquilizando Rpl little by little I calmed down;

por si fuera poco as if that weren’t o wasn’t enough

III m

:

un poco a little, a bit

* * *

poco adv

1) : little, not much

poco probable: not very likely

come poco: he doesn't eat much

2) : a short time, a while

tardaremos poco: we won't be very long

3)

poco antes : shortly before

4)

poco después : shortly after

poco, -ca adj

1) : little, not much, (a) few

tengo poco dinero: I don't have much money

en no pocas ocasiones: on more than a few occasions

poca gente: few people

2)

pocas veces : rarely

poco, -ca pron

1) : little, few

le falta poco para terminar: he's almost finished

uno de los pocos que quedan: one of the remaining few

2)

un poco : a little, a bit

un poco de vino: a little wine

un poco extraño: a bit strange

3)

a poco Mex (used to express disbelief)

¿a poco no se te hizo difícil?: you mean you didn't find it difficult?

4)

de a poco : little by little

5)

hace poco : not long ago

6)

poco a poco : little by little

7)

dentro de poco : shortly, in a little while

8)

por poco : nearly, almost

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poco¹ adj

1. (singular) not much

hay poco café there's not much coffee

has comido poco arroz you haven't eaten much rice

2. (plural) few / not many

tiene pocos amigos he has few friends / he hasn't got many friends

muy poco very little

hay muy poco té there's very little tea

poco² adv

1. (con verbos) not much

trabaja poco he doesn't work much

2. (no mucho tiempo) not long

estuve con él hace poco I was with him not long ago

llegó poco después she arrived not long after

3. (con adjetivos) not very

es poco simpática she's not very friendly

poco a poco little by little

por poco nearly

por poco se cae he nearly fell

por poco pierdo el tren I nearly missed the train

poco³ n a little / a bit

un poco de pan a bit of bread

un poco de agua a little water

tengo de sobra, toma un poco I've got plenty, take a little

poco⁴ pron

1. (singular) not much

compra café, que queda muy poco buy some coffee, there's not much left

2. (plural) few / not many

¿cuántos vinieron? pocos how many came? not many

Spanish-English dictionary > poco
19 reventar

v.

1 to burst.

si no se lo digo, reviento (figurative) I'd have exploded if I hadn't said anything to him

por mí, como si revienta (informal figurative) he can drop dead as far as I'm concerned

El globo reventó The balloon exploded.

2 to break down (echar abajo).

3 to ruin, to spoil.

reventar los precios (commerce) to make massive price cuts

4 to shatter (informal) (cansar mucho).

5 to annoy (informal) (fastidiar).

me revienta que… it really bugs me that…

6 to explode (informal) (perder los nervios).

7 to crack, to split-open, to crack open.

El golpe reventó el coco The blow cracked the coconut.

8 to blow up, to make explode, to detonate.

El chico reventó la bomba The boy blew up the bomb.

9 to vex, to get up someone's nose.

Todo eso me revienta! All that gets up my nose!

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reventar

Conjugation model [ ACERTAR], like link=acertar acertar

► verbo transitivo

1 (gen) to burst

2 (neumático) to puncture, burst

3 (romper) to break, smash

4 (estropear) to ruin, spoil

5 figurado (agotar) to exhaust, tire out

6 familiar figurado (hacer fracasar) to spoil, mess up, ruin

■ aquel grupo reventó la función that group spoiled the performance

► verbo intransitivo

1 familiar (fastidiar) to annoy

■ me revientan sus preguntas her questions get on my nerves

2 familiar (disgustar) to disgust, make sick

■ me revienta su hermana his sister makes me sick

3 (estallar) to burst

■ la cañería reventó the pipe burst

■ el sitio donde revientan las olas the place where the waves break

4 (rajarse) to split

5 familiar (tener un deseo) to be dying ( por, to)

■ está que revienta por hablar she's dying to talk

6 familiar (morir) to kick it, snuff it

► verbo pronominal reventarse

1 (estallar) to burst

2 familiar (cansarse) to tire oneself out

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FRASEOLOGÍA

reventar de cansancio to be dead tired

reventar de orgullo to be bursting with pride

reventar de rabia to be furious, be fuming

reventar de risa to die laughing

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verb

to burst

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1. VT

1) [por presión] [+ globo, neumático, tubería, ampolla] to burst; [+ espinilla] to squeeze

tengo una cubierta reventada — I've got a puncture, I have a flat tyre

el ruido de las discotecas me revienta los oídos — I find the racket inside clubs deafening, the noise in clubs is enough to burst your eardrums

"reventamos los precios" — "prices slashed"

tanto alcohol le va a reventar el hígado — all this drink is going to do his liver in *

2) [por una explosión] [+ puente, vehículo] to blow up; [+ cristales] to shatter, blow out

la granada le reventó la mano — the grenade blew off his hand

los ladrones reventaron la caja fuerte — the robbers blew (open) the safe

reventaron la puerta de un disparo — they shot open the door

3) (=estropear) to ruin

reventarás la moto conduciendo así — you'll ruin the motorbike riding it like that

4) (=agotar) [+ caballo] to ride into the ground

5) * (=golpear)

lo reventaron a palos — they beat the living daylights out of him *

te voy a reventar a patadas — I'm going to kick your face in *

si me desobedece lo reviento — if he doesn't obey me, I'll kill him *

6) * (=hacer fracasar) [+ plan, espectáculo] to wreck; [+ asamblea, mitin, ceremonia] to disrupt; [+ huelga] to smash, quash; [+ manifestación] to break up

le encanta reventar nuestros planes — he loves wrecking our plans

un grupo de sindicalistas intentó reventar la intervención del conferenciante — a group of trade union members heckled the delegate's speech o tried to shout down the delegate during his speech

7) * (=fastidiar)

le revienta tener que levantarse temprano — he can't stand having to get up early

me revienta que nos traten así — being treated like that really bugs me *

2. VI

1) (=explotar) [globo, tubería, depósito] to burst; [neumático] to burst, blow out; [granada, proyectil] to blow up; [cristal] to break, shatter

la presa reventó e inundó el valle — the dam burst, flooding the valley

parecía que las venas del cuello le iban a reventar — it looked as if the veins in his neck were about to burst

le va a reventar el pantalón — his trousers are going to split

hacer reventar — [+ neumático] to burst; [+ costuras] to split

- a todo reventar

es bastante joven, a todo reventar tiene 30 años — he's pretty young, 30 years old at the most

no llegué tan tarde anoche, a todo reventar debían ser las once — I didn't get back so late last night, it must have been eleven at the latest

2) [persona]

a) [por estar lleno]

no puedo comer más, voy a reventar — I can't eat any more, I'm full to bursting

necesito entrar al baño, voy a reventar — I need to go to the toilet, I'm bursting *

b) [por enfado] to explode

cuando dijeron que no querían trabajar, reventé — when they told me they didn't want to work, I just exploded

como esto dure un día más, creo que reviento — if this carries on one more day, I think I'll explode

sus relaciones son tan tensas que van a reventar en cualquier momento — relations between them are so tense that things are going to blow up at any moment

3) [lugar]

el teatro estaba a reventar — the theatre was packed full, the theatre was full to bursting

más de 20.000 personas llenaron la plaza de toros a reventar — more than 20,000 people packed the bullring, the bullring was full to bursting with more than 20,000 people

4)

reventar de: reventaba de ganas de decirlo todo — I was dying o bursting to tell him all about it

reventar de cansancio — to be worn out, be shattered

reventar de indignación — to be bursting with indignation

reventar de ira — to be livid, be absolutely furious

reventar de risa — to kill o.s. laughing, split one's sides (laughing)

5)

reventar por — to be dying to, be bursting to

reventaba por ver lo que pasaba — he was dying o bursting to see what was going on

revienta por saber lo que dicen — she's dying o bursting to know what they're saying

6) * (=morir) to drop dead *

por mí como si revientas — you can drop dead for all I care *

7) [ola] to break

3.

See:

reventarse

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1.
verbo intransitivo

1)

a) globo to burst, pop; neumático to blow out, burst; ampolla/tubería to burst; ola to break; capullo to burst open

b) (fam) prenda to split

2)

a) persona ( uso hiperbólico)

si sigue comiendo así va a reventar — if he carries on eating like that, he'll burst!

que reviente! — he can go to hell! (colloq)

reventaba de indignación — she was bursting with indignation

b) (fam) ( de ganas)

cuéntamelo, que si no vas a reventar — come on, I can see you're bursting to tell me (colloq)

c) ( de ganas de orinar)

estoy que reviento — I'm bursting (to go) (colloq)

d) (fam) ( de cansancio)

trabajan hasta reventar — they work their butts off (AmE colloq), they slog their guts out (BrE colloq)

3) (fam) ( molestar) to rile (colloq), to make... mad (colloq)

me revienta su tonito paternal — that patronizing tone of his really gets me (colloq)
2.
reventar vt

a) <globo/neumático> to burst

b) (fam) ( destrozar)

reventó la puerta a patadas — he kicked the door down

le reventó la nariz de un puñetazo — he punched him and broke o smashed his nose

c) (fam) ( agotar) < caballo> to ride... into the ground
3.
reventarse v pron

1)

a) globo, etc reventar 1) a)

b) (fam) ( agotarse) to work one's butt off (AmE colloq), to slog one's guts out (BrE colloq)

2) (refl) < grano> to squeeze; < ampolla> to burst

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= bust, burst, pop, rupture.

Ex. 'That new project he's been busting himself and everyone else over is way behind schedule and Peterson is getting fed up'.

Ex. The article 'Will the CD bubble burst: conflicting messages on the future of electronic publishing' considers the future of the CD-ROM market.

Ex. The azaleas are popping, the redbuds are in their finest attire, and the dogwoods are lacy jewels at the edge of the wood.

Ex. In conversing with her you hadn't got to tread lightly and warily, lest at any moment you might rupture the relationship, and tumble into eternal disgrace.

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* a reventar (de) = jam-packed (with), filled to capacity.

* hablar hasta reventar = talk + Reflexivo + blue in the face.

* lleno a reventar = bursting, bursting at the seams, packed to capacity, packed to the rafters.

* reventarse la cabeza = smash + Posesivo + head.

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1.
verbo intransitivo

1)

a) globo to burst, pop; neumático to blow out, burst; ampolla/tubería to burst; ola to break; capullo to burst open

b) (fam) prenda to split

2)

a) persona ( uso hiperbólico)

si sigue comiendo así va a reventar — if he carries on eating like that, he'll burst!

que reviente! — he can go to hell! (colloq)

reventaba de indignación — she was bursting with indignation

b) (fam) ( de ganas)

cuéntamelo, que si no vas a reventar — come on, I can see you're bursting to tell me (colloq)

c) ( de ganas de orinar)

estoy que reviento — I'm bursting (to go) (colloq)

d) (fam) ( de cansancio)

trabajan hasta reventar — they work their butts off (AmE colloq), they slog their guts out (BrE colloq)

3) (fam) ( molestar) to rile (colloq), to make... mad (colloq)

me revienta su tonito paternal — that patronizing tone of his really gets me (colloq)
2.
reventar vt

a) <globo/neumático> to burst

b) (fam) ( destrozar)

reventó la puerta a patadas — he kicked the door down

le reventó la nariz de un puñetazo — he punched him and broke o smashed his nose

c) (fam) ( agotar) < caballo> to ride... into the ground
3.
reventarse v pron

1)

a) globo, etc reventar 1) a)

b) (fam) ( agotarse) to work one's butt off (AmE colloq), to slog one's guts out (BrE colloq)

2) (refl) < grano> to squeeze; < ampolla> to burst

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= bust, burst, pop, rupture.

Ex: 'That new project he's been busting himself and everyone else over is way behind schedule and Peterson is getting fed up'.

Ex: The article 'Will the CD bubble burst: conflicting messages on the future of electronic publishing' considers the future of the CD-ROM market.

Ex: The azaleas are popping, the redbuds are in their finest attire, and the dogwoods are lacy jewels at the edge of the wood.

Ex: In conversing with her you hadn't got to tread lightly and warily, lest at any moment you might rupture the relationship, and tumble into eternal disgrace.

* a reventar (de) = jam-packed (with), filled to capacity.

* hablar hasta reventar = talk + Reflexivo + blue in the face.

* lleno a reventar = bursting, bursting at the seams, packed to capacity, packed to the rafters.

* reventarse la cabeza = smash + Posesivo + head.

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reventar [A5 ]

vi

A

1 «globo» to burst, pop; «neumático» to blow out, burst; «ampolla» to burst; «tubería» to burst

las olas reventaban contra el acantilado the waves were breaking against the cliff

capullos a punto de reventar buds about to burst open

2 ( fam); «prenda» to split

B

1

«persona» (uso hiperbólico): si sigue comiendo así va a reventar if he carries on eating like that, he'll burst!

por mí ¡que reviente! as far as I'm concerned, he can go to hell! ( colloq)

estaba que reventaba de rabia she was absolutely furious o livid, she was seething with rage

reventaba de indignación she was bursting with indignation

2 ( fam)

(de ganas): anda, cuéntamelo, que si no, vas a reventar come on, then, I can see you're bursting o dying to tell me ( colloq)

3

(de ganas de orinar): no puedo aguantar más, estoy que reviento I can't hold on any longer, I'm bursting (to go) ( colloq)

4 ( fam)

(de cansancio): trabajaron hasta reventar they worked until they dropped ( colloq), they worked their butts off ( AmE colloq), they slogged their guts out ( BrE colloq)

■ reventar

vt

1 ‹globo/neumático› to burst

2 ( fam)

(destrozar): reventó la puerta a patadas he kicked the door down

le reventó la nariz de un puñetazo he punched him and broke o smashed his nose

¡o lo haces o te reviento! ( AmS); do it or I'll wallop you o ( BrE) I'll thump you ( colloq), if you don't do it, I'll knock you into the middle of next week! ( colloq)

3 ( fam) (agotar) ‹caballo› to ride … into the ground

4 (hacer fracasar) ‹marcha/mitin› to break up; ‹plan/reunión/fiesta› to wreck

planean reventar el homenaje al escritor they are planning to disrupt the ceremony in honor of the writer

hay muchos interesados en reventar las elecciones locales there are a lot of people who have an interest in wrecking the local elections

5 ( fam) (irritar, molestar) to rile ( colloq), to make … mad ( colloq)

me revienta su tonito paternal that patronizing tone of his really riles me o makes me mad o gets me ( colloq)

■ reventarse

v pron

A

1 «globo, etc» reventar vi A 1.

2 ( fam) (agotarse) to work one's butt off ( AmE colloq), to slog one's guts out ( BrE colloq)

B ( refl) ‹grano› to squeeze; ‹ampolla› to burst

se reventó un dedo con el martillo ( fam); he banged up ( AmE) o ( BrE) banged his finger with the hammer ( colloq)

iban a 120 y se reventaron contra un árbol ( AmS fam); they were doing 120 and they smashed straight into a tree

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reventar ( conjugate reventar) verbo intransitivo
1 [ globo] to burst, pop;
[ neumático] to blow out, burst;
[ampolla/tubería] to burst;
[ ola] to break
2
a) [ persona] ( uso hiperbólico):

◊ si sigue comiendo así, va a reventar if he carries on eating like that, he'll burst!

b) (fam) ( irritar) to rile (colloq), to make … mad (colloq);

◊ me revienta cocinar I hate cooking

verbo transitivo ‹globo/neumático› to burst
reventarse verbo pronominal
a) [globo/tuberia] See Also→ reventar verbo intransitivo 1

b) ( refl) ‹ grano› to squeeze;

‹ ampolla› to burst
reventar
I verbo intransitivo
1 (un globo, una rueda) to burst
2 (un caballo) to die of exhaustion
3 (una situación) to blow up, (una persona) to explode: está que revienta, he is fuming
reventábamos de orgullo, we were bursting with pride
4 fam (de deseos, ganas) to be dying: revienta de ganas de preguntarnos, he is dying to ask us
II verbo transitivo
1 (a un caballo) to ride to death
2 (una propuesta, huelga) to break
3 (molestar mucho, enfadar) to annoy, bother: le revienta que le lleven la contraria, he hates it when people cross him
4 (un globo, las costuras) to burst
5 (una puerta, cerradura, ventana, caja fuerte: con explosivos) to blow open
(: con palanca) to lever open
' reventar' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
estallar
- revienta
English:
blow
- burst
- pop
- rupture
- seam
- split
- pound

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reventar

♦ vt

1. [hacer estallar] to burst;

el hielo reventó las tuberías the ice burst the pipes

2. [romper] to break;
[echar abajo] to break down; [con explosivos] to blow up
3. Andes, RP Fam [golpear]
si no me devolvés eso te reviento if you don't give that back to me I'm going to thump you one

4. [hacer fracasar] to ruin, to spoil;
Com
reventar los precios to make massive price cuts

5. [boicotear] to disrupt

6. Fam [cansar mucho] to shatter;

el jinete reventó al caballo the jockey rode the horse into the ground

7. Fam [fastidiar] to get;

me revienta que… it really gets me that…;

me revienta que nunca cuenten conmigo it bugs the hell out of me that they never include me

♦ vi

1. [estallar] [globo, neumático] to burst;

el jarrón reventó al estrellarse contra el suelo the vase shattered when it hit the ground;
Fig
si no se lo digo, reviento I'd have exploded if I hadn't said anything to him;
Fam
por mí, como si revienta he can drop dead as far as I'm concerned

2. [estar lleno]
reventar de to be bursting with;
Fam
estoy que reviento [estoy lleno] I'm stuffed;

el estadio reventaba de espectadores the stadium was packed to the rafters;

la sala estaba (llena) a reventar the room was bursting at the seams

3. [desear mucho]
reventar por hacer algo to be bursting to do sth;

reventaba por contarnos el último cotilleo she was dying o bursting to tell us the latest gossip

4. Fam [cansarse mucho]
trabajaron hasta reventar they worked their socks off

5. Fam [perder los nervios] to explode (de with);
al final reventó de impaciencia her impatience finally got the better of her

♦ See also the pronominal verb reventarse

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reventar

I 1 v/i burst;

lleno a reventar bursting at the seams, full to bursting;

reventar de risa burst out laughing;

reventar de orgullo be bursting with pride

2 ( molestar)

:

me revienta que … it really irritates me that …

3

:

si no va revienta he’ll be so disappointed if he doesn’t go

II v/t puerta etc break down

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reventar {55} vi

1) estallar, explotar: to burst, to blow up

2)

reventar de : to be bursting with

reventar vt

1) : to burst

2) fam : to annoy, to rile

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reventar vb (globo, neumático, cañería) to burst [pt. & pp. burst]

reventó el globo he burst the balloon

me revienta... I hate...

me revienta tener que pedirte dinero I hate having to ask you for money

Spanish-English dictionary > reventar
20 arrancar

v.

1 to uproot (sacar de su sitio) (árbol).

arrancar a alguien de un sitio (figurative) to shift somebody from somewhere

2 to start (poner en marcha) (coche, máquina).

El carro no arranca The car won't start.

3 to set off.

4 to pull out, to break off, to break away, to pluck.

Juana arrancó las hierbas Johanna pulled out the weeds.

5 to start up, to boot up, to boot, to get started.

Ricardo arrancó el auto sin problemas Richard started the car up without trouble

6 to begin, to start.

Arrancamos el año con optimismo We began the year with optimism.

7 to blow off.

El huracán arrancó las plantas The hurricane blew off the plants.

8 to avulse, to pull off forcibly.

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arrancar

Conjugation model [ SACAR], like link=sacar sacar

► verbo transitivo

1 (árbol) to uproot; (flor) to pull up

2 (plumas, cejas) to pluck; (cabello, diente) to pull out; (con violencia - página) to tear out

3 (arrebatar) to snatch, grab

■ me arrancó el bolso he snatched my bag

4 (obtener - aplausos, sonrisa) to get; (- confesión, información) to extract

5 (rescatar) to rescue, save

■ intentaron arrancarle de la droga they tried to get him off drugs

6 (coche) to start

► verbo intransitivo

1 (partir) to begin, start

2 (salir) to go, leave

3 (coche) to start; (tren) to pull out

4 figurado (provenir) to stem (de, from)

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FRASEOLOGÍA

arrancar a correr to break into a run

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verb

1) to pull out, tear out

2) pluck

3) snatch

4) start

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1. VT

1) (=sacar de raíz)

a) [+ planta, pelo] to pull up; [+ clavo, diente] to pull out; [+ pluma] to pluck; [+ ojos] to gouge out; [+ botón, esparadrapo, etiqueta] to pull off, tear off; [+ página] to tear out, rip out; [+ cartel] to pull down, tear down

he estado arrancando las malas hierbas del jardín — I've been pulling up the weeds in the garden

le arrancó la oreja de un mordisco — he bit off his ear

azulejos arrancados de las paredes de una iglesia — tiles that have been pulled off the walls of a church

b) [explosión, viento] to blow off

una explosión le arrancó las dos piernas — an explosion blew both his legs off

el vendaval ha arrancado varios árboles — the gale has uprooted several trees

el golpe le arrancó dos dientes — the blow knocked two of his teeth out
cuajo, raíz
c) (Med) [+ flema] to bring up

2) (=arrebatar) to snatch (a, de from)
[con violencia] to wrench (a, de from)
le arrancó al niño de los brazos — she snatched the baby from his arms

no podían arrancarle el cuchillo — they were unable to get the knife off him, they were unable to wrest o wrench the knife from him

el viento me lo arrancó de las manos — the wind blew it out of my hands, the wind snatched it from my hands más frm

3) (=provocar) [+ aplausos] to draw; [+ risas] to provoke, cause

el tenor arrancó una gran ovación — the tenor received a great ovation

hemos conseguido arrancarle una sonrisa — we managed to get a smile out of him

el beso arrancó algunos suspiros entre el público — when they kissed part of the audience let out a sigh

• arrancar las lágrimas a algn — to bring tears to sb's eyes

4) (=separar)

• arrancar a algn de — [+ lugar] to drag sb away from; [+ éxtasis, trance] to drag sb out of; [+ vicio] to wean sb off a bad habit

no había forma de arrancarla del teléfono — there was no way I could drag her away from the phone

5) (=obtener) [+ apoyo] to gain, win; [+ victoria] to snatch; [+ confesión, promesa] to extract; [+ sonido, nota] to produce

no hubo forma de arrancarle una palabra — we couldn't get a word out of him

• arrancar información a algn — to extract information from sb, get information out of sb

6) (Aut) [+ vehículo, motor] to start

un motor de los que se arrancan con manivela — an engine that you crank up

7) (Inform) [+ ordenador] to boot, boot up, start up

tengo problemas para arrancar el ordenador — I have problems starting up o booting the computer

2. VI

1) [vehículo, motor] to start

el coche no arranca — the car won't start o isn't starting

esperé hasta que arrancó el tren — I waited until the train left

2) (=moverse) to get going, get moving

¡venga, arranca! — * come on, get going o get moving!, come on, get a move on! *

3) (=comenzar) to start

¿desde dónde arranca el camino? — where does the road start?

el momento donde arrancó nuestra relación — the moment when our relationship started

• arrancar a hacer algo — to start doing sth, start to do sth

arrancó a hablar a los dos años — she started talking o to talk when she was two

arrancó a cantar/llorar — he broke o burst into song/tears

• arrancar de — to go back to, date back to

esta celebración arranca del siglo XV — this celebration dates o goes back to the 15th century

problemas que arrancan de muy antiguo — problems that go back a long way

4) (Náut) to set sail

5) (Arquit) [arco] to spring (de from)

6) Chile
* (=escapar)
salieron arrancado — they ran away

arranquemos de aquí — let's get away from here

tuvieron que arrancar del país — they had to get out of the country

- arrancar a perderse

3.

See:

arrancarse

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1.
verbo transitivo

1) < hoja de papel> to tear out; < etiqueta> to tear o rip off; < botón> to tear o pull off; < planta> to pull up; < flor> to pick; <diente/pelo> to pull out; < esparadrapo> to pull off

hubo un forcejeo y le arrancó la pistola — there was a struggle and he wrenched the pistol away from her

le arrancó el bolso — he snatched her bag

2) <confesión/declaración> to extract

no hay quien le arranque una palabra — no one can get a word out of him

consiguió arrancarle una sonrisa — she managed to get a smile out of him

3) <motor/coche> to start
2.
arrancar vi

1)

a) motor/vehículo to start

el tren está a punto de arrancar — the train is about to leave

no arranques en segunda! — don't try and move off in second gear!

b) (moverse, decidirse) (fam) to get going

no hay quien lo haga arrancar — it's impossible to get him going

c) ( empezar)

arrancar a + inf — to start to + inf, to start -ing

2) (provenir, proceder)

a) costumbre to originate

esta tradición arranca del siglo XIV — this tradition dates from the 14th century

de allí arrancan todas sus desgracias — that's where all his misfortunes stem from

b) carretera to start

3) (Chi fam) ( huir) to run off o away

arrancar de algo/alguien — to get away from something/somebody
3.
arrancarse v pron

1) (refl) <pelo/diente> to pull out; <piel/botón> to pull off

2) (Taur) to charge

3) (Chi fam) ( huir) to run away

arrancarse de algo/alguien — to run away from something/somebody

* * *
1.
verbo transitivo

1) < hoja de papel> to tear out; < etiqueta> to tear o rip off; < botón> to tear o pull off; < planta> to pull up; < flor> to pick; <diente/pelo> to pull out; < esparadrapo> to pull off

hubo un forcejeo y le arrancó la pistola — there was a struggle and he wrenched the pistol away from her

le arrancó el bolso — he snatched her bag

2) <confesión/declaración> to extract

no hay quien le arranque una palabra — no one can get a word out of him

consiguió arrancarle una sonrisa — she managed to get a smile out of him

3) <motor/coche> to start
2.
arrancar vi

1)

a) motor/vehículo to start

el tren está a punto de arrancar — the train is about to leave

no arranques en segunda! — don't try and move off in second gear!

b) (moverse, decidirse) (fam) to get going

no hay quien lo haga arrancar — it's impossible to get him going

c) ( empezar)

arrancar a + inf — to start to + inf, to start -ing

2) (provenir, proceder)

a) costumbre to originate

esta tradición arranca del siglo XIV — this tradition dates from the 14th century

de allí arrancan todas sus desgracias — that's where all his misfortunes stem from

b) carretera to start

3) (Chi fam) ( huir) to run off o away

arrancar de algo/alguien — to get away from something/somebody
3.
arrancarse v pron

1) (refl) <pelo/diente> to pull out; <piel/botón> to pull off

2) (Taur) to charge

3) (Chi fam) ( huir) to run away

arrancarse de algo/alguien — to run away from something/somebody

* * *

arrancar¹

¹ = rip off, wrench, pluck up, rip + open, pluck out, strip off, winkle out, pull up, rip.

Ex: Within the social sciences psychology journals are the most ripped off.

Ex: The first thing that's worrying me is that things are getting wrenched out of context.

Ex: The article is entitled 'To everything there is a season...a time to plant and a time to pluck up that which is planted: a life-cycle analysis of education for librarianship'.

Ex: The tidal wave ripped open the steel security shutters of the shops.

Ex: According to a myth about the phases of the moon, the wicked god Seth plucked out the eye of Horus and tore it to bits.

Ex: They gathered a whole sackful, stripped off the husks, and filled the sack again.

Ex: Small business operators can be easy prey for scamsters trying to winkle out money for unsolicited - and unneeded - 'services'.

Ex: Hundreds of pounds worth of damage was caused when youths pulled up and smashed two floodlights and kicked roof tiles from the chapel of rest.

Ex: He punched her in the head and forced her to another room where he pinned her to the floor and ripped her shirt trying to remove it.

* abrir arrancando = rip + open.

* arrancar a la fuerza = prise + Nombre + away.

* arrancar con los dientes = bite off.

* arrancar de = wretch from.

* arrancar de un mordisco = bite off.

* arrancar el cuero cabelludo a Alguien = scalp.

* arrancar haciendo palanca = pry.

* arrancar la cabellera a Alguien = scalp.

* arrancar + Nombre + de = wring + Nombre + out of/from.

* arrancarse el pelo a manojos = tear + Posesivo + hair out.

* arrancar una página = tear out + page.

arrancar²

² = boot, boot up, crank up.

Ex: In computer science to boot means to start up a computer system.

Ex: Since then, the computer has started to make a whirring noise everytime it is booted up.

Ex: As the sun begins to move toward the horizon, you want to crank up the engine again and head back home.

* al arrancar = at startup.

* arrancar con cables = jump-start [jump start].

* arrancar + Sistema Operativo = start + Sistema Operativo.

* * *

arrancar [A2 ]

vt

A ‹hoja de papel/página› to tear out; ‹etiqueta› to tear o rip off; ‹esparadrapo› to pull off; ‹botón› to tear o rip o pull off; ‹planta› to pull up; ‹flor› to pick; ‹diente› to pull out

arrancó la planta de raíz she pulled the plant up by the roots, she uprooted the plant

le arrancó un mechón de pelo he pulled out a clump of her hair

no le arranques hojas al libro don't tear pages out of the book

arrancó la venda he tore off the bandage

me arrancó la carta de las manos she snatched the letter out of my hands

hubo un forcejeo y le arrancó la pistola there was a struggle and he wrenched the pistol away from her

le arrancó el bolso he snatched her bag, he grabbed her bag from her

cuando se apoltrona no hay quien consiga arrancarlo de casa when he gets into one of his stay-at-home moods it's impossible to drag him out

arrancar a algn de los brazos del vicio ( liter); to rescue sb from the clutches of evil ( liter)

el teléfono lo arrancó de sus pensamientos the sound of the telephone brought him back to reality with a jolt

B ‹confesión/declaración› to extract

consiguieron arrancarle una confesión they managed to extract a confession from o get a confession out of her

no hay quien le arranque una palabra de lo ocurrido no one can get a word out of him about what happened

por fin consiguió arrancarle una sonrisa she finally managed to get a smile out of him

C ‹motor/coche› to start; ( Inf) to boot; ( Inf) to boot (up)

■ arrancar

vi

A

1 ( Auto, Mec) «motor/vehículo» to start

el coche no arranca the car won't start

el tren está a punto de arrancar the train is about to leave

¡no arranques en segunda! don't try and move off o pull away in second gear!

2 (moverse, decidirse) ( fam):

no hay quien lo haga arrancar it's impossible to get him moving o to get him off his backside ( colloq)

tarda horas en arrancar it takes him hours to get started o to get down to doing anything ( colloq)

3 (empezar) arrancar A + INF to start to + INF, to start -ING

arrancó a llorar he burst into tears, he started crying o to cry

B (provenir, proceder)

1 «problema/crisis/creencia»: arrancar DE algo; to stem FROM sth

esta tradición arranca del siglo XIV this tradition dates from o back to the 14th century

de allí arrancan todas sus desgracias that's where all his misfortunes stem from

2 «carretera» to start

la senda que arranca de or en este punto the path that starts from this point

3 ( Const):

el punto del cual arranca el arco the point from which the arch springs o stems

de la pared arrancaba un largo mostrador a long counter came out from o jutted out from the wall

C ( Inf) to boot up

volver* a arrancar to reboot

D «toro» to charge

E ( Chi fam) (huir) to run off o away arrancar DE algo/algn to get away FROM sth/sb

fueron los primeros en arrancar del país they were the first to get out of o skip the country ( colloq)

arrancar a perderse ( Chi fam); to be off like a shot ( colloq)

■ arrancarse

v pron

A ( refl) ‹pelo/diente› to pull out; ‹piel› to pull off; ‹botón› to pull off

B

1 ( Taur) to charge

2 ( Mús):

arrancarse por sevillanas to break into dance o into a sevillana ; sevillanas

C

1 ( Chi fam) (huir) to run away

se les arrancó el prisionero the prisoner got away from them o ran away ( colloq)

arrancarse DE algo/algn to run away FROM sth/sb

2 ( Chi fam) «precios» to shoot up ( colloq)

* * *

arrancar ( conjugate arrancar) verbo transitivo
1 ‹ hoja de papel› to tear out;
‹ etiqueta› to tear off;
‹botón/venda› to pull off;
‹ planta› to pull up;
‹ flor› to pick;
‹diente/pelo› to pull out;
◊ le arrancó el bolso he snatched her bag

2 ‹confesión/declaración› to extract
3 ‹motor/coche› to start
verbo intransitivo [motor/vehículo] to start
arrancarse verbo pronominal
1 ( refl) ‹pelo/diente› to pull out;
‹piel/botón› to pull off
2 (Chi fam) ( huir) to run away
arrancar
I verbo transitivo
1 (una planta) to uproot, pull up
arrancar de raíz, to uproot
2 (una página) to tear out
(un diente) to pull out
3 fig (una confesión) to extract
4 (mover) no había manera de arrancar a Rodrigo de allí, it was impossible to pull Rodrigo away
5 Auto Téc to start
II verbo intransitivo
1 Auto Téc to start
2 (empezar) to begin: estábamos tan tranquilos y de repente arrancó a llorar, everything was quiet when he suddenly started crying
' arrancar' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
arrebatar
- mala
- malo
- calentar
- cuajo
- raíz
English:
boot
- crank
- dig up
- extract
- get
- light
- pick off
- pluck
- pull away
- pull off
- pull up
- rip off
- root out
- root up
- scalp
- start
- start up
- tear
- tear away
- tear off
- tear out
- tear up
- wrench
- yank
- dig
- draw
- exact
- jump
- kick
- move
- pull
- push
- rip
- root
- strip
- up

* * *

arrancar

♦ vt

1. [sacar de su sitio] [árbol] to uproot;
[malas hierbas, flor] to pull up; [cable, página, pelo] to tear out; [cartel, cortinas] to tear down; [muela] to pull out, to extract; [ojos] to gouge out; [botón, etiqueta] to tear o rip off;
arranqué el póster de la pared I tore the poster off the wall;

arrancar la cabellera a alguien to scalp sb;

arrancar de cuajo o [m5] de raíz [árbol] to uproot;
[brazo, pierna] to tear right off; Fig
arrancar a alguien de un sitio to shift sb from somewhere;
Fig
arrancar a alguien de las drogas/del alcohol to get sb off drugs/alcohol

2. [arrebatar]
arrancar algo a alguien to grab o snatch sth from sb;

arrancar algo de las manos de alguien to snatch sth out of sb's hands;

tenía el bolso muy bien agarrado y no se lo pudieron arrancar she was holding on very tight to her handbag and they couldn't get it off her;

el vigilante consiguió arrancarle el arma al atracador the security guard managed to grab the robber's gun;

el Barcelona consiguió arrancar un punto en su visita a Madrid Barcelona managed to take a point from their visit to Madrid;

la oposición arrancó varias concesiones al gobierno the opposition managed to win several concessions from the government

3. [poner en marcha] [coche, máquina] to start;
Informát to start up, to boot (up)
4. [obtener]
arrancar algo a alguien [confesión, promesa, secreto] to extract sth from sb;
[sonrisa, dinero, ovación] to get sth out of sb; [suspiro, carcajada] to bring sth from sb;
no consiguieron arrancarle ninguna declaración they failed to get a statement out of him

♦ vi

1. [partir] to leave;

¡corre, que el autobús está arrancando! quick, the bus is about to leave;

el Tour ha arrancado finalmente the Tour has finally got o is finally under way

2. [máquina, coche] to start;

no intentes arrancar en segunda you shouldn't try to start the car in second gear

3. [empezar] to get under way, to kick off;

ya arrancó la campaña electoral the election campaign is already under way;

el festival arrancó con un concierto de música clásica the festival got under way o kicked off with a classical music concert;

empataron al poco de arrancar la segunda mitad they equalized shortly after the second half had got under way o kicked off

4. Fam
arrancar a hacer algo [persona] to start doing o to do sth;

arrancó a llorar de repente she suddenly started crying, she suddenly burst into tears

5. [provenir]
la tradición arranca de la Edad Media the tradition dates back to the Middle Ages;

el río arranca de los Andes the river has its source in the Andes;

todos los problemas arrancan de una nefasta planificación all the problems stem from poor planning

♦ See also the pronominal verb arrancarse

* * *

arrancar

I v/t

1 planta, página pull out

2 vehículo start (up)

3 ( quitar) snatch;

le arrancaron el bolso they snatched her purse

II v/i

1 de vehículo, máquina start (up)

2 INFOR boot (up)

3

:

arrancar a hacer algo start to do sth, start doing sth

4 Chi ( huir) run away

* * *

arrancar {72} vt

1) : to pull out, to tear out

2) : to pick, to pluck (a flower)

3) : to start (an engine)

4) : to boot (a computer)

arrancar vi

1) : to start an engine

2) : to get going

♦ See also the reflexive verb arrancarse

* * *

arrancar vb

1. (sacar) to pull out

el dentista me ha arrancado un diente I've had a tooth out

2. (página) to tear out [pt. tore; pp. torn]

arrancó una hoja del libro she tore a page out of the book

3. (planta) to pull up

han arrancado todas las plantas all the plants have been pulled up

4. (arrebatar) to snatch

me arrancó el libro de las manos he snatched the book out of my hands

5. (motor, coche) to start

el motor no arranca the engine won't start

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