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1. dri:m noun1) (thoughts and pictures in the mind that come mostly during sleep: I had a terrible dream last night.) sueño2) (a state of being completely occupied by one's own thoughts: Don't sit there in a dream!) sueño3) (something perfect or very beautiful: Your house is a dream!) maravilla4) (an ambition or hope: It's my dream to win a Nobel Prize.) sueño, deseo
2. dremt verb((sometimes with of) to see visions and pictures in the mind, especially when asleep: For years I dreamed of being a great artist; I dreamt last night that the house had burnt down.) soñar- dreamer- dreamless
- dreamy
- dreamily
- dreaminess
- dream up
dream1 n sueñodream2 vb soñartr[driːm]1 (while asleep) sueño■ sweet dreams! ¡felices sueños!, ¡que duermas bien!, ¡que sueñes con los angelitos!2 (daydream) ensueño, sueño3 (hope, fantasy) sueño (dorado), deseo, ilusión nombre femenino■ it's like a dream come true! ¡es como un sueño hecho realidad!4 familiar (wonderful thing, person) sueño, encanto, maravilla1 (imaginary) imaginario,-a; (ideal) ideal, de ensueño1 (while asleep) soñar2 (imagine) imaginarse1 (while asleep) soñar (about/of, con); (daydream) soñar (despierto,-a)2 (imagine) soñar (of, con); (contemplate) soñar, ocurrírsele a uno\SMALLIDIOMATIC EXPRESSION/SMALLto have a dream (about somebody/something) soñar (con alguien/algo)to live in a dream world vivir en las nubesdream team SMALLSPORT/SMALL equipo de ensueñodream ticket SMALLPOLITICS/SMALL lista de ensueño1) : soñarto dream about: soñar con2) fantasize: fantaseardream vt1) : soñar2) imagine: imaginarse3)to dream up : inventar, ideardream n1) : sueño m, ensueño m2)bad dream nightmare: pesadilla fn.• ensueño s.m.• ilusión s.f.• soñación s.f.• sueño s.m.• visión s.f.v.(§ p.,p.p.: dreamed, dreamt) = soñar v.driːm
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1)a) ( while sleeping) sueño mto have a dream about something/somebody — soñar* con algo/alguien
sweet dreams! — que duermas bien!, que sueñes con los angelitos! (hum)
b) ( daydream) sueño m, ensueño mhe goes around in a dream — vive en las nubes
2) (fantasy, ideal, aspiration) sueño mI had dreams of being famous — soñaba con la fama or con hacerme famoso; (before n)
he lives in a dream world — vive de ilusiones, vive en las nubes
3) ( something wonderful) (colloq) sueño mto go like a dream — \<\<event\>\> salir* a las mil maravillas; \<\<car\>\> funcionar de maravilla
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1)a) ( in sleep) soñar*to dream ABOUT o OF something/somebody — soñar* con algo/alguien
b) ( daydream) soñar* (despierto), estar* en las nubes2)a) ( imagine)to dream OF something — soñar* con algo
b) ( contemplate)(not) to dream OF something/-ING: would you do that? - I wouldn't dream of it! ¿harías eso? - ni pensarlo! or ni en sueños!; I wouldn't dream of borrowing money — ni se me ocurriría pedir dinero prestado
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vt1) ( in sleep) soñar*2) ( imagine) (usu neg) imaginarse•Phrasal Verbs:- dream up[driːm] (vb: pt, pp dreamed, dreamt)1. N1) (while asleep) sueño m•
to have a dream about sth/sb — soñar con algo/algn•
to see sth in a dream — ver algo en sueñoswet 4.•
sweet dreams! — ¡que sueñes con los angelitos!2) (=daydream) sueño m, ensueño m3) (=fantasy, ideal) sueño mmy (fondest) dream is to... — el sueño de mi vida es..., mi mayor ilusión es...
the house/man/woman of my dreams — mi casa/hombre/mujer ideal, la casa/el hombre/la mujer de mis sueños
the museum was an archaeologist's dream — para un arqueólogo, el museo era un sueño
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the American Dream — el sueño americano•
it was like a dream come true — fue como un sueño hecho realidad•
a dream holiday in Jamaica — unas vacaciones de ensueño en Jamaica•
in your dreams! * — ¡ni en sueños! *•
she succeeded beyond her wildest dreams — consiguió más éxito del que jamás había soñadonever in my wildest dreams did I expect to win — ni en mis sueños más dorados hubiera podido imaginar que ganaría
pipe 4.in a dream world no one would be poor — en un mundo ideal, nadie sería pobre
4) * (=marvel)"how was the holiday?" - "it was a dream!" — -¿qué tal las vacaciones? -¡de ensueño!
it worked like a dream — funcionó de maravilla or a las mil maravillas
2. VT1) (while asleep) soñar2) (=imagine) soñar, imaginarseyou must have dreamed it — lo habrás soñado, te lo habrás imaginado
I never dreamed that she would accept — jamás soñé con que aceptaría, jamás me imaginé que aceptaría
3. VI1) (while asleep) soñar (of, about con)2) (=daydream) estar en las nubesI'm sorry, I was dreaming — disculpa, estaba en las nubes or pensando en las musarañas
3) (=fantasize) soñarthey have a lifestyle most of us only dream of or about — llevan un tren de vida que para la mayoría de nosotros no pasa de ser un sueño
dream on! * — ¡ni en sueños! *
4) (=imagine) soñar, imaginarse; (in neg context) imaginarsethere were more than I'd ever dreamed of — había más de lo que jamás hubiera podido soñar or imaginar
who would ever dream of a disaster like this? — ¿quién hubiera podido imaginarse una catástrofe así?
5) (=consider)"will you ask them?" - "I wouldn't dream of it!" — -¿les preguntarás? -¡ni pensarlo! or ¡ni en sueños! *
I wouldn't dream of going! — ¿ir? ¡ni pensarlo! or ¡ni en sueños! *
4.CPDdream house N — casa f de ensueño
dream team N — (=ideal group) equipo m de ensueño, dream team m
dream ticket N — (Pol) candidatos mpl ideales
- dream up* * *[driːm]
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1)a) ( while sleeping) sueño mto have a dream about something/somebody — soñar* con algo/alguien
sweet dreams! — que duermas bien!, que sueñes con los angelitos! (hum)
b) ( daydream) sueño m, ensueño mhe goes around in a dream — vive en las nubes
2) (fantasy, ideal, aspiration) sueño mI had dreams of being famous — soñaba con la fama or con hacerme famoso; (before n)
he lives in a dream world — vive de ilusiones, vive en las nubes
3) ( something wonderful) (colloq) sueño mto go like a dream — \<\<event\>\> salir* a las mil maravillas; \<\<car\>\> funcionar de maravilla
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1)a) ( in sleep) soñar*to dream ABOUT o OF something/somebody — soñar* con algo/alguien
b) ( daydream) soñar* (despierto), estar* en las nubes2)a) ( imagine)to dream OF something — soñar* con algo
b) ( contemplate)(not) to dream OF something/-ING: would you do that? - I wouldn't dream of it! ¿harías eso? - ni pensarlo! or ni en sueños!; I wouldn't dream of borrowing money — ni se me ocurriría pedir dinero prestado
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vt1) ( in sleep) soñar*2) ( imagine) (usu neg) imaginarse•Phrasal Verbs:- dream up
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