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1 tronco

m.

1 trunk (anatomy & botany).

dormir como un tronco (informal) to sleep like a log

2 team.

pres.indicat.

1^st person singular (yo) present indicative of spanish verb: troncar.

* * *

tronco

► nombre masculino

1 ANATOMÍA trunk, torso

2 BOTÁNICA (tallo de árbol) trunk; (leño) log

3 figurado (linaje) family stock

4 figurado (persona inútil) blockhead

5 (geometría) frustum

6 argot (compañero) mate, pal, chum

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FRASEOLOGÍA

dormir como un tronco familiar to sleep like a log

tronco de cono truncated cone

* * *

noun m.

1) torso

2) trunk

3) log

* * *
I
SM

1) [de árbol] trunk; (=leño) log

- dormir como un tronco

tronco de Navidad — (Culin) yule log

2) (Anat) trunk

3) (=estirpe) stock

4) (Ferro) main line, trunk line

5) *** (=pene) prick ***
II
tronco, -a
** SM / F
1) (=tío) bloke * /bird *

María y su tronco — María and her bloke *

2) (=amigo) [en oración directa] mate *, pal *

-oye, tronco — "hey, man" *

* * *

masculino

1)

a) (Bot) trunk

b) ( leño) log

dormir como un tronco — to sleep like a log

estar como un tronco — to be dead to the world (colloq)

c) (Coc)

tronco de Navidad — chocolate yule log

2) ( en genealogía) stock

3) (Ling) branch

4) (Anat) trunk, torso

5) (Andes, RPl fam) ( persona inepta)

es un tronco — he's useless; (colloq)

es un tronco para los idiomas — he's hopeless at languages

* * *

= log, trunk, bole.

Ex. Wood pulp can be made either by grinding up untreated logs (when it is called mechanical wood, or groundwood), or by digesting wood chips chemically (chemical wood).

Ex. The lower limbs (49.8%), upper limbs (23.3%), and back and trunk (22.8%) were most commonly injured.

Ex. There is a chance that I may be given a few boles from some very large pistachio trees and I would like to know if it would be worth it to try and do anything with them.

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* cabaña de troncos de madera = log cabin, wood cabin.

* casa de troncos de madera = log house.

* piragua de tronco de árbol = dugout, dugout canoe.

* silla tallada en tronco = log chair.

* tronco de árbol = tree trunk.

* * *

masculino

1)

a) (Bot) trunk

b) ( leño) log

dormir como un tronco — to sleep like a log

estar como un tronco — to be dead to the world (colloq)

c) (Coc)

tronco de Navidad — chocolate yule log

2) ( en genealogía) stock

3) (Ling) branch

4) (Anat) trunk, torso

5) (Andes, RPl fam) ( persona inepta)

es un tronco — he's useless; (colloq)

es un tronco para los idiomas — he's hopeless at languages

* * *

= log, trunk, bole.

Ex: Wood pulp can be made either by grinding up untreated logs (when it is called mechanical wood, or groundwood), or by digesting wood chips chemically (chemical wood).

Ex: The lower limbs (49.8%), upper limbs (23.3%), and back and trunk (22.8%) were most commonly injured.

Ex: There is a chance that I may be given a few boles from some very large pistachio trees and I would like to know if it would be worth it to try and do anything with them.

* cabaña de troncos de madera = log cabin, wood cabin.

* casa de troncos de madera = log house.

* piragua de tronco de árbol = dugout, dugout canoe.

* silla tallada en tronco = log chair.

* tronco de árbol = tree trunk.

* * *

tronco¹

masculine

A

1 ( Bot) trunk

2 (leño) log

dormir como un tronco to sleep like a log

estar como un tronco to be dead to the world ( colloq), to be out for the count ( colloq)

3 ( Coc):

tronco de Navidad chocolate yule log

B (en genealogía) stock

C ( Ling) branch

D

1 [ Vocabulary notes (Spanish) ] ( Anat) trunk, torso

2 (en geometría) frustum

E

( AmL fam) (persona inepta): esa niña es un tronco that girl is a complete bonehead o blockhead ( colloq)

es un tronco para los idiomas he's hopeless o useless at languages

ese zaguero es un tronco that back is useless o ( AmE) is a real jerk o zero ( colloq), that back is a dead loss ( BrE colloq)

F

( Ven fam) (en exclamaciones): ¡tronco de carro! what a car! ( colloq)

¡ay sí! ¡tronco de favor me hiciste con eso! ( iró); oh yeah! that was some favor you did me! ( iro)

tronco² -ca

masculine, feminine

( Esp arg)

buddy ( AmE colloq), mate ( BrE colloq)

¡tranqui, tronco! chill out! (sl), cool it, buddy o mate! ( colloq)

* * *

tronco sustantivo masculino
1 (Bot) trunk;
( leño) log
2 ( en genealogía) stock
3 (Anat) trunk, torso
tronco
I sustantivo masculino
1 (de un árbol) trunk
2 (para la chimenea) log
3 Anat trunk, torso
II m,f argot (en oración directa) mate, US buddy
♦ Locuciones: dormir como un tronco, to sleep like a log
' tronco' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
corteza
- cuerpo
- dormir
- trepar
- vacía
- vacío
- ahuecar
English:
log
- trunk
- tree

* * *

tronco¹ nm

1. [de árbol] trunk;
[talado y sin ramas] log;
Comp
Fam
como un tronco: dormir como un tronco to sleep like a log;

estar como un tronco to be dead to the world

2. [dulce]
tronco (de Navidad) yule log

3. [de persona] trunk

4. [origen común] [en una familia] stock;
Ling branch
Comp
Univ tronco común compulsory subjects
5. Geom [sección] frustum

Comp
tronco de cono truncated cone
6. Anat tronco arterial arterial trunk;

tronco braquiocefálico brachiocephalic trunk;

tronco celíaco Br coeliac o US celiac trunk

tronco², -a

♦ nm,f
Fam
1. Esp [hombre] pal, Br mate

2. Esp [mujer]
mira, tronca, yo sólo te digo que no te aguanto look, darling, what I'm telling you is that I can't stand you;

¿qué tal, tronca? how's it going?

3. Am [persona estúpida] thicko;
[persona torpe] bungler, US klutz
♦ adj
Am [estúpido] thick; [torpe] clumsy, US klutzy
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tronco

m trunk; cortado log;

dormir como un tronco sleep like a log

* * *

tronco nm

1) : trunk (of a tree)

2) : log

3) : torso

* * *

tronco n

1. (de cuerpo, árbol) trunk

2. (leña) log

dormir com un tronco to sleep like a log

Spanish-English dictionary > tronco
2 nulidad

f.

1 ity (no validez).

2 incompetence.

3 nonentity (informal) (person).

ser una nulidad to be useless

4 nullity, incapacity, voidness, incompetence.

5 no-hoper, useless person from whom nothing can be expected, loser, failure.

* * *

nulidad

► nombre femenino

1 (ineptitud) incompetence

2 (persona) hopeless person

3 DERECHO nullity

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FRASEOLOGÍA

conceder la nulidad de un matrimonio to have a marriage annulled

ser una nulidad (para algo) to be useless (at something)

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SF

1) (Jur) nullity

2) (=incapacidad) incompetence, incapacity

3) (=persona) nonentity

es una nulidad — he's a dead loss *, he's useless

* * *

femenino

1) (Der) nullity

2) (fam) ( calamidad) dead loss (colloq)

como cocinero es una nulidad — he's a hopeless cook (colloq)

* * *

= non-entity, nullity.

Ex. He had been feeling like a cipher, a nonentity.

Ex. And also until Groome appeared, newcomers were a nullity as an active political force, exerting little influence in city affairs.

* * *

femenino

1) (Der) nullity

2) (fam) ( calamidad) dead loss (colloq)

como cocinero es una nulidad — he's a hopeless cook (colloq)

* * *

= non-entity, nullity.

Ex: He had been feeling like a cipher, a nonentity.

Ex: And also until Groome appeared, newcomers were a nullity as an active political force, exerting little influence in city affairs.

* * *

nulidad

feminine

A ( Der) nullity

B ( fam) (calamidad) dead loss ( colloq)

como cocinero es una nulidad he's a hopeless cook ( colloq), as a cook he's hopeless o he's a dead loss ( colloq)

* * *

nulidad sustantivo femenino
1 (Der) nullity
2 (fam) ( calamidad) dead loss (colloq);
◊ soy una nulidad para los idiomas I'm useless at languages

nulidad sustantivo femenino
1 (ineptitud) incompetence: eres una nulidad, you're a dead loss
2 Jur nullity
' nulidad' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
invalidez

* * *

nulidad nf

1. [no validez] nullity

2. [ineptitud] incompetence

3. Fam [persona]
ser una nulidad to be useless;

es una nulidad para la física he's useless o hopeless at physics

* * *

nulidad

f nullity; fig fam

dead loss fam

* * *

nulidad nf

1) : nullity

2) : incompetent person

¡es una nulidad!: he's hopeless!

Spanish-English dictionary > nulidad
3 incapacidad

f.

1 inability.

2 incompetence.

3 incapacity (law).

incapacidad laboral industrial disability o disablement (British)

4 handicap, disability, disablement.

5 sick leave.

* * *

incapacidad

► nombre femenino

1 (gen) incapacity, inability

■ su incapacidad para el trabajo queda patente his inability to do the job is obvious

2 (insuficiencia) disability

3 DERECHO incapacity

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FRASEOLOGÍA

incapacidad física physical disability

incapacidad laboral invalidity

incapacidad laboral transitoria temporary disability

incapacidad parcial partial disability

incapacidad psíquica mental handicap

incapacidad total total disability

* * *

noun f.

1) inability

2) disability

* * *

SF

1) (=falta de capacidad) [para una actividad] inability; [para una profesión] incompetence

incapacidad de concentración — inability to concentrate

su incapacidad de respuesta — his failure to reply

incapacidad de o para hacer algo — inability to do sth

incapacidad laboral permanente — invalidity

incapacidad laboral transitoria, incapacidad temporal — temporary disability

2) (=discapacidad) [física] physical handicap, disability; [mental] mental handicap

3) (Jur) (tb: incapacidad legal) legal incapacity

* * *

femenino

1)

a) ( física) disability, physical handicap; ( mental) mental handicap

b) (Der) incapacity

- incapacidad laboral

2) ( ineptitud) incompetence; ( falta de capacidad) inability

su incapacidad para organizarse — his inability to organize himself

3) (Col) ( baja) sick leave

* * *

= disability, inability, inadequacy, ineptitude, ineptness, incapacity.

Ex. All these influences are at work before a child goes to school, yet until quite recently we have behaved as though good teaching in good schools was enough to compensate for the disabilities of verbally impoverished children.

Ex. The catalog user is perhaps not quite so amused by his/her inability to divine why it's not GALERIE MIKRO BERLIN, but BERLIN, MUSEUM FUR VOLKERKUNDE (WEST BERLIN).

Ex. Inadequacies in the specific A/Z subject index entry made for a subject can also occur if the indexer bases his analysis solely on the class number for that subject.

Ex. Our ineptitude in getting at the record is largely caused by the artificiality of systems of indexing.

Ex. Denigrating the ideas of others is just one step away from a personal attack and reflects the speaker's ineptness.

Ex. Also under this Act, maternity leaves must be treated as temporary leave comparable to disability due to injury, surgery, or other incapacity.

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* incapacidad física = physical disability.

* incapacidad laboral = work disability, work incapacity.

* pensión por incapacidad = disability pension.

* seguro de incapacidad = disability insurance.

* * *

femenino

1)

a) ( física) disability, physical handicap; ( mental) mental handicap

b) (Der) incapacity

- incapacidad laboral

2) ( ineptitud) incompetence; ( falta de capacidad) inability

su incapacidad para organizarse — his inability to organize himself

3) (Col) ( baja) sick leave

* * *

= disability, inability, inadequacy, ineptitude, ineptness, incapacity.

Ex: All these influences are at work before a child goes to school, yet until quite recently we have behaved as though good teaching in good schools was enough to compensate for the disabilities of verbally impoverished children.

Ex: The catalog user is perhaps not quite so amused by his/her inability to divine why it's not GALERIE MIKRO BERLIN, but BERLIN, MUSEUM FUR VOLKERKUNDE (WEST BERLIN).

Ex: Inadequacies in the specific A/Z subject index entry made for a subject can also occur if the indexer bases his analysis solely on the class number for that subject.

Ex: Our ineptitude in getting at the record is largely caused by the artificiality of systems of indexing.

Ex: Denigrating the ideas of others is just one step away from a personal attack and reflects the speaker's ineptness.

Ex: Also under this Act, maternity leaves must be treated as temporary leave comparable to disability due to injury, surgery, or other incapacity.

* incapacidad física = physical disability.

* incapacidad laboral = work disability, work incapacity.

* pensión por incapacidad = disability pension.

* seguro de incapacidad = disability insurance.

* * *

incapacidad

feminine

A

1 (física) disability, physical handicap; (mental) mental handicap

2 ( Der) incapacity

Compuestos:

● incapacidad laboral

invalidity

● incapacidad laboral transitoria

temporary disability

● incapacidad legal

legal incapacity

B

1 (ineptitud) incompetence

2 (falta de capacidad) inability

su incapacidad de or para organizarse their inability to organize themselves

C (Col, Méx) (baja) sick leave

* * *

incapacidad sustantivo femenino
1 ( física) disability, physical handicap;
( mental) mental handicap;
(Der) incapacity;
◊ incapacidad laboral invalidity

2 ( ineptitud) incompetence;
( falta de capacidad) inability
3 (Col) ( baja) sick leave
incapacidad sustantivo femenino
1 incapacity, inability
incapacidad física, physical disability
2 (incompetencia) incompetence: su incapacidad para aprender idiomas es llamativa, her inability to learn a language is striking
' incapacidad' also found in these entries:
English:
disability
- inability
- incapability
- incapacity

* * *

incapacidad nf

1. [imposibilidad] inability

2. [falta de aptitud]
su incapacidad para organizar fiestas es manifiesta he's clearly no good at o useless at organizing parties;

tengo incapacidad para los idiomas I'm no good at o useless at languages

3. Der incapacity

Comp
incapacidad laboral industrial disability o Br disablement;
incapacidad laboral transitoria temporary disability;

incapacidad legal legal incapacity;

incapacidad permanente invalidity;

incapacidad temporal temporary disability

* * *

incapacidad

f

1 disability

2 ( falta de capacidad) inability;

incapacidad mental mental incapacity

3 ( ineptitud) incompetence

* * *

incapacidad nf

1) : inability, incapacity

2) : disability, handicap

* * *

incapacidad n inability

Spanish-English dictionary > incapacidad
4 duro

adj.

1 hard, hard-core, stiff, strong.

2 hard, hard-boiled, hard-bitten, severe.

3 hard, tough, difficult, rough.

4 headstrong, unbending, obdurate.

5 harsh, severe.

adv.

hard, with force.

pres.indicat.

1^st person singular (yo) present indicative of spanish verb: durar.

* * *

duro

► adjetivo

1 hard

2 (carne) tough; (pan) stale

3 (difícil) hard, difficult

4 (cruel) tough, hardhearted, callous

5 (resistente) strong, tough

6 (obstinado) obstinate, stubborn

► nombre masculino duro

1 (antiguamente) five pesetas; (moneda) five-peseta coin

2 familiar tough guy

► adverbio

1 hard

■ dale duro hit him hard

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FRASEOLOGÍA

lo que faltaba para el duro familiar just what I (we etc) needed!

ser duro,-a de mollera to be thick, be as thick as two short planks

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duro

► nombre masculino

1 (antiguamente) five pesetas; (moneda) five-peseta coin

2 familiar tough guy

► adverbio

1 hard

■ dale duro hit him hard

* * *
1. adv.
hard
2. (f. - dura)
adj.

1) hard

2) harsh

3) rough

* * *
duro, -a
1. ADJ

1) (=resistente) [material, superficie, cama, agua] hard; [cable, alambre] stiff; [pan] hard, stale; [carne] tough; [legumbres] hard; [articulación, mecanismo] stiff; [músculo] firm, hard

la cerradura está muy dura — the lock is very stiff

- más duro que una piedra

2) (=agresivo) [clima, tiempo, crítica] harsh, severe; [deporte, juego] rough; [ataque] fierce; [castigo, sentencia] severe, harsh; [carácter, actitud] tough

fue un duro golpe para el partido — it was a severe o heavy blow to the party

una postura dura contra la droga — a tough stance o hard line against drugs

el sector duro del partido — the hardliners in the party

es muy duro con sus hijos — he's very strict o tough with his children

hay que tener mano dura con los estudiantes — you have to be firm o strict with students, students need a firm hand

rock duro — hard rock

- a las duras y a las maduras

3) (=difícil) [tarea, prueba, examen] hard

el slálom es una prueba muy dura — the slalom is a very hard o tough race

este coche ha pasado las pruebas más duras — this car has passed the most stringent tests

lo tienes duro para aprobar — * it will be hard o difficult for you to pass

¡qué dura es la vida! — it's a hard life!

- ser duro de pelar

4) * (=torpe)

es muy duro para las matemáticas — he's hopeless o no good at maths *

duro de mollera — dense *, dim *

duro de oído — (=medio sordo) hard of hearing; (Mús) tone deaf

5) Méx
* (=borracho)
estar duro — to be drunk

2.

ADV hard

mi padre trabaja duro — my father works hard

pégale o dale duro — hit him hard

3.

SM (=cinco pesetas) five pesetas; (=moneda) five-peseta coin

estar sin un duro — * to be broke *

- ¡lo que faltaba para el duro!

- ¡y que te den dos duros!

vender duros a tres pesetas —

cree que en Estados Unidos venden duros a tres pesetas — he thinks that in the States the streets are paved with gold

4. SM / F

1) [en película, historia] tough character

se hizo el duro para disimular su tristeza — he acted the tough guy o hard man in order to hide his sadness

2) (Pol) hard-liner

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I
- ra adjetivo

1) < mineral> hard; < material> hard, tough; <asiento/colchón> hard; < carne> tough; < músculo> hard; < pan> stale

las peras todavía están duras — the pears aren't ripe yet

2) <luz/voz> harsh; < facciones> hard, harsh; < agua> hard

3)

a) (severo, riguroso) < persona> harsh, hard; <castigo/palabras> harsh, severe; <crítica/ataque> harsh; < clima> harsh; < juego> rough, hard

estuviste or fuiste demasiado duro con él — you were too hard on him

una postura más dura — a tougher line

los defensores de la línea dura — the hardliners

b) (difícil, penoso) <trabajo/vida> hard, tough

fue un golpe muy duro para ella — it was a very hard blow for her

a las duras y a las maduras — through thick and thin (colloq)

estar duro — (Méx fam) ( poco probable) to be unlikely; ( muy difícil) to be tough

está duro que nos aumenten el sueldo — it's unlikely that we'll get a pay rise

estar duro de pelar — (fam) < problema> to be tough o hard (colloq)

ser duro de pelar — (fam) < persona> to be a hard o tough nut to crack

4) (Per) ( tacaño) (fam) tight (colloq), stingy (colloq)
II
adverbio (esp AmL) <trabajar/estudiar/llover> hard

pégale duro! — hit him hard!

le estamos dando duro — we're working hard on it

hable más duro — (Col, Ven) speak up!

reírse duro — (Col, Ven) to laugh loudly

agárrense duro — (Col, Ven) hold on tight

duro y parejo — (AmL fam) flat out

darle duro y parejo al trabajo — to work flat out
III
masculino

1) ( en España) (Hist) five-peseta coin

estar sin un duro — (Esp fam) to be broke (colloq)

2)

a) (fam) ( en películas) tough guy

b) (Pol) hardliner

* * *
I
- ra adjetivo

1) < mineral> hard; < material> hard, tough; <asiento/colchón> hard; < carne> tough; < músculo> hard; < pan> stale

las peras todavía están duras — the pears aren't ripe yet

2) <luz/voz> harsh; < facciones> hard, harsh; < agua> hard

3)

a) (severo, riguroso) < persona> harsh, hard; <castigo/palabras> harsh, severe; <crítica/ataque> harsh; < clima> harsh; < juego> rough, hard

estuviste or fuiste demasiado duro con él — you were too hard on him

una postura más dura — a tougher line

los defensores de la línea dura — the hardliners

b) (difícil, penoso) <trabajo/vida> hard, tough

fue un golpe muy duro para ella — it was a very hard blow for her

a las duras y a las maduras — through thick and thin (colloq)

estar duro — (Méx fam) ( poco probable) to be unlikely; ( muy difícil) to be tough

está duro que nos aumenten el sueldo — it's unlikely that we'll get a pay rise

estar duro de pelar — (fam) < problema> to be tough o hard (colloq)

ser duro de pelar — (fam) < persona> to be a hard o tough nut to crack

4) (Per) ( tacaño) (fam) tight (colloq), stingy (colloq)
II
adverbio (esp AmL) <trabajar/estudiar/llover> hard

pégale duro! — hit him hard!

le estamos dando duro — we're working hard on it

hable más duro — (Col, Ven) speak up!

reírse duro — (Col, Ven) to laugh loudly

agárrense duro — (Col, Ven) hold on tight

duro y parejo — (AmL fam) flat out

darle duro y parejo al trabajo — to work flat out
III
masculino

1) ( en España) (Hist) five-peseta coin

estar sin un duro — (Esp fam) to be broke (colloq)

2)

a) (fam) ( en películas) tough guy

b) (Pol) hardliner

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duro¹

¹ = harsh [harsher -comp., harshest -sup.], severe [severer -comp., severest -sup.], stiff [stiffer -comp., stiffest -sup.], tough [tougher -comp., toughest -sup.], flinty [flintier -comp., flintiest -sup.], hard [harder -comp., hardest -sup.], stern, rough [rougher -comp., roughest -sup.], rugged, hard-nosed, unfeeling, tough-minded, hard-line, hardy [hardier -comp., hardiest -sup.], hard-wearing, gruelling [grueling, -USA].

Ex: In this unhappy pattern SLIS are not being singled out for especially harsh treatment.

Ex: Obviously if it were not for the fact that such indexes also have severe limitations there would be little need to produce any other type of subject index.

Ex: Ironically, however, the internal organisation walls librarians have built to categorise materials by format remain stiff and solid.

Ex: As educators, then, we need to ask ourselves some very tough questions -- some to which we would rather not hear the answers.

Ex: 'I wish she'd tell me when she asks one of my people to do something,' she added in the same flinty tone.

Ex: The amount of stuffing in the balls was varied to suit the nature of the work; large, soft balls with weak ink were used for low-grade work; small, hard balls and strong ink for work of better quality.

Ex: There are two good reasons for this stern rule.

Ex: The changes for the latter group are going to be abrupt, and rough -- very revolutionary.

Ex: The article 'Where no drive has gone before: ruggedized CD-ROM drives' provides examples of conditions where CD-ROM drives need to be particularly rugged (severe industrial conditions, severe shock and vibration conditions, and severe military conditions).

Ex: Companies must adopt a hard-nosed attitude in judging the cost benefits of teletext.

Ex: The discourteous, unfeeling, & degrading reception encountered by job applicants is discussed.

Ex: Carnegie was a conservative, rigidly moralistic, and tough-minded individualist.

Ex: Many school districts have adopted a hard-line approach to reducing unexcused absenteeism; in one such district, truancy rates were reduced 45 percent when truants and their parents were taken to court.

Ex: These plants are often not as hardy when placed in the garden under less than hothouse conditions.

Ex: The manufacturers of this type of artificial turf say that while the grass is soft and springy underfoot it is extremely tough and hard-wearing.

Ex: He has become one of the first people in the world to complete a gruelling foot race involving four deserts on four different continents.

* actuar duro = play + hardball.

* a duras penas = with great difficulty.

* arreglárselas a duras penas = muddle through.

* avanzar a duras penas = flounder, grind on.

* cara dura = impudence, effrontery, blatancy, shameless, shamelessness.

* ciencias duras, las = hard sciences, the.

* dar duro = pack + a wallop.

* de línea dura = hard-line.

* disco duro = hard disc.

* dura realidad = fact of life, harsh reality.

* duro como una piedra = rock-hard.

* duro de corazón = hard-hearted.

* duro de oído = hard-of-hearing.

* duro despertar = rude awakening.

* duro golpe = cruel blow.

* duro revés = cruel blow.

* edición en cubierta dura = hardcover.

* edición en tapas duras = hardcover.

* ganarse la vida a duras penas = eke out + a living, scratch (out) + a living, scrape + a living, eke out + an existence.

* hacerse el duro = play it + cool, play + hard to get.

* hueso duro = tough nut.

* hueso duro de roer = uphill struggle, tough nut to crack, hard nut to crack.

* huevo duro = hard-boiled egg.

* la parte más dura de = brunt of, the.

* libro impreso en pastas duras = board book.

* madera dura = hardwood.

* ¿mano blanda o mano dura? = the carrot vs. the stick.

* mano blanda y mano dura = carrots and sticks.

* mano dura = iron fist, iron hand.

* más duro que la suela de un zapato = as tough as leather, as tough as nails, as tough as nuts, as tough as old boots, as tough as shoe leather.

* más duro que una piedra = as tough as nuts, as tough as nails, as tough as leather, as tough as old boots, as tough as shoe leather.

* paladar duro = hard palate.

* pastas duras = hard cover.

* personas que son duras de oído, las = hard of hearing, the.

* pornografía dura = hard core pornography.

* puro y duro = unvarnished.

* recibir duras críticas = take + a pounding, take + a beating.

* salir adelante a duras penas = eke out + a living, scratch (out) + a living, scrape + a living, eke out + an existence.

* sector duro = hard sector.

* tan duro como el pedernal = as hard as nails.

* tan duro como la piedra = as hard as nails.

* tan duro como la suela de un zapato = as tough as leather, as tough as nails, as tough as nuts, as tough as old boots, as tough as shoe leather.

* tan duro como una piedra = as hard as nails, as tough as nuts, as tough as nails, as tough as leather, as tough as old boots, as tough as shoe leather.

* tenerlo duro = not be easy.

* tener un duro despertar = rude awakening + be in store.

* trabajar duro = labour [labor, -USA], toil, slave away.

* trabajo duro = hard graft, hard labour, thirsty work, hard work.

duro²

* dejar a Alguien sin un duro = take + Nombre + to the cleaners.

* estar sin un duro = not have a bean.

* faltar el canto de un duro para = by the skin of + Posesivo + teeth, come + very close to.

* no tener un duro = not have a bean.

* novela a duro = dime and nickel novel.

* sin un duro = broke, down-and-out, skint, penniless.

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duro¹ -ra

adjective

A

1 ‹mineral› hard; ‹material› hard, tough; ‹asiento/colchón› hard; ‹carne› tough; ‹músculo› hard

las zanahorias todavía están duras the carrots are still hard

huevo

2 ‹pan›

este pan está duro como una piedra this bread is rock-hard

pan duro para rallar stale bread for making breadcrumbs

3 (entumecido) ‹cuello/dedos› stiff

estoy duro de frío ( fam); I'm frozen stiff

B

1 ‹luz/voz› harsh; ‹facciones› hard, harsh

2 ‹agua› hard

C

1 (severo, riguroso) ‹persona› harsh, hard; ‹castigo/palabras› harsh, severe; ‹crítica/ataque› harsh; ‹clima› harsh

estuviste demasiado duro con él you were too hard on him

una postura más dura a tougher line

los defensores de la línea dura the hardliners, those who favor a tough stance

el equipo es famoso por su juego duro the team is notorious for its rough o hard play

lo que hace falta aquí es una mano dura what's needed here is a firm hand

2 (difícil, penoso) ‹trabajo/vida› hard, tough

fue un golpe muy duro para ella it was a very hard o a terrible blow for her

a las duras y a las maduras through thick and thin ( colloq)

estar duro ( Méx fam) (poco probable) to be unlikely; (muy difícil) to be tough

está duro que nos aumenten el sueldo it's unlikely that we'll get a pay rise

estar duro de pelar ( fam); ‹problema› to be tough o hard ( colloq)

ser duro de pelar ( fam); ‹persona› to be a hard o tough nut to crack

3 ( fam) (torpe) dumb ( colloq)

es duro para los idiomas he's useless at languages ( colloq)

D ( Per) (tacaño) ( fam) tight ( colloq), stingy ( colloq)

duro²

adverb

( esp AmL) ‹trabajar/estudiar/llover› hard

¡pégale duro! hit him hard!

¡agárrate duro! hold on tight!

le estamos dando duro we're working hard on it

los periódicos le dieron duro the newspapers gave him a rough ride

hable más duro (Col, Ven); speak up!

estábamos riéndonos muy duro (Col, Ven); we were laughing very loudly

agárrense duro (Col, Ven); hold on tight

corrimos bien duro (Col, Ven); we ran really fast

duro y parejo ( AmL fam); flat out

darle duro y parejo al trabajo to work flat out

duro³

masculine

A (en España) ( Hist) five-peseta coin

estar sin un duro ( Esp fam); to be broke ( colloq)

B

1 ( fam) (en películas) tough guy

2 ( Pol) hardliner

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Del verbo durar: ( conjugate durar)

duro es:

1ª persona singular (yo) presente indicativo

duró es:

3ª persona singular (él/ella/usted) pretérito indicativo

Multiple Entries:
durar
duro
durar ( conjugate durar) verbo intransitivo
a) [reunión/guerra/relación] to last;

◊ ¿cuánto dura la película? how long is the film?

b) [coche/zapatos] to last

c) (Col, Ven) See Also→ demorar a

durarse verbo pronominal (Ven) See Also→
◊ demorarse

duro 1 -ra adjetivo
1 ( en general) hard;
‹ carne› tough;
‹ pan› stale;
◊ las peras están duras the pears aren't ripe

2 ‹luz/voz› harsh;
‹ facciones› hard, harsh
3
a) (severo, riguroso) harsh;

‹ juego› rough, hard;
◊ fuiste demasiado duro con él you were too hard on him;

una postura más dura a tougher line
b) (difícil, penoso) ‹trabajo/vida› hard, tough;

◊ fue un golpe muy duro it was a very hard blow

duro 2 adverbio (esp AmL) ‹trabajar/estudiar/llover› hard;
‹ hablar› (Col, Ven) loudly
duro 3 sustantivo masculino ( en España) (Hist) five-peseta coin
durar verbo intransitivo
1 to last
2 (ropa, calzado) to wear well, last
duro,-a
I adjetivo
1 hard: ... y también dos huevos duros,... and also two hard-boiled eggs
2 (insensible, intransigente) harsh, hard: su mirada era dura, her look was harsh
3 (violento, brusco) rough: aguanté una dura reprimenda, I endured a rough reprimand
II m (moneda) five-peseta coin
III adverbio hard
' duro' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
bregar
- canto
- disco
- dura
- durante
- edificación
- golpe
- huevo
- larga
- largo
- mollera
- oído
- pelar
- roer
- sobremesa
- suela
- tarugo
- aplastar
- entrado
- noviazgo
- pesado
- piedra
- rock
- tieso
English:
achieve
- blow
- broke
- celebration
- cold-hearted
- dammit
- disc
- disk
- easy
- elbow-grease
- empire
- exacting
- exertion
- graft
- grill
- gristle
- hard
- hard disk
- hard porn
- hard-boiled
- hard-core
- harsh
- hawkish
- lack
- last
- long
- nail
- not
- nougat
- nut
- penny
- punishing
- recognition
- rough
- rugged
- second
- severe
- slog
- stale
- stark
- stiff
- sweat
- thrive
- toil
- tough
- tough-minded
- arduous
- boil
- dense
- firm

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duro, -a

♦ adj

1. [objeto, material, superficie] hard;
[carne] tough; [pan] stale;
estas peras están todavía muy duras these pears are still hard o not ripe;
Vulg
ponérsele dura a alguien: se me puso dura I got a hard-on;

Comp

estar duro como una piedra to be rock-hard;

Comp

más dura será la caída: cuanto más famosos se hagan, más dura será la caída the more famous they get, the worse it is when they fall from popularity;

Comp
Fam
ser duro de mollera [estúpido] to be thick in the head;
[testarudo] to be pigheaded;
Comp
Fam
ser duro de oído to be hard of hearing

2. [cerradura, grifo, mecanismo] stiff;

los cajones van un poco duros the drawers are a bit stiff

3. [agua] hard

4. [penoso, inclemente] [clima, invierno] harsh, severe;
[etapa, experiencia, vida] hard, tough;
fue un golpe muy duro para todos it was a heavy blow for everybody;

son o [m5] corren tiempos muy duros these are hard times;

Comp
Fam
estar a las duras y a las maduras [sin rendirse] to be there through thick and thin;
[sin quejarse] to take the rough with the smooth
5. [severo, áspero] [persona, palabras, críticas] harsh, severe;
[acciones, medidas, condena] harsh; [postura, sector] hard-line; [juego, partido] rough;
estuvo muy duro con él he was very hard on him;

el ala dura del partido the hard-line faction of the party;

una entrada muy dura [de futbolista] a very hard tackle

6. [fuerte, resistente] tough;

un tipo duro a tough guy;

Comp
Fam
ser duro de pelar to be a hard nut to crack

♦ nm

1. [persona] tough guy;
[en partido político] hardliner;
hacerse el duro to act tough

2. Esp Antes [moneda] 5-peseta coin;

me debes 1.000 duros you owe me 5,000 pesetas;

5 duros [moneda] 25-peseta coin;

Comp

estar sin un duro to be flat broke;

Comp
Fam
¡lo que faltaba para el duro! that really is all we needed!;

Comp
Fam
que le/te/ etc [m5] den dos duros to hell with him/you/ etc

♦ adv

1. [mucho] hard;

trabajar duro to work hard

2. Col, Ven Fam [alto] loudly;

hablar duro to talk loudly;

reír duro to laugh noisily

3. Col, Ven Fam [rápido] quickly, fast;

nadan muy duro, es imposible alcanzarlos they're very strong swimmers, it's impossible to catch them

4. Col, Ven Fam [fuerte] hard;

pégale duro hit him hard

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duro

I adj

1 material hard; carne tough

2 clima, fig

harsh

3

:

duro de oído fam hard of hearing;

duro de corazón hard-hearted;

ser duro de pelar be a tough nut to crack

II adv hard

III m five peseta coin

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duro adv

: hard

trabajé tan duro: I worked so hard

duro, -ra adj

1) : hard, tough

2) : harsh, severe

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duro¹ adj

1. (en general) hard

es duro como una roca it's as hard as a rock

2. (carne, persona) tough

es un tipo duro he's a tough guy

3. (castigo, clima) harsh

una crítica muy dura very harsh criticism

4. (pan) stale

duro² adv hard

trabajó muy duro he worked very hard

duro³ n five peseta coin

no tener ni un duro to be broke

Spanish-English dictionary > duro
5 nulo

adj.

void, null, nil, invalid.

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nulo

► adjetivo

1 (persona) useless, totally inept

2 (sin valor) null and void, invalid

\

FRASEOLOGÍA

ser nulo,-a para algo to be useless at something

voto nulo invalid vote

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(f. - nula)

adj.

1) null

2) null and void

3) inept

* * *

1. ADJ

1) (Jur) void, null, null and void

nulo y sin efecto — null and void

el matrimonio fue declarado nulo — the marriage was annulled

2) [persona] useless *, hopeless *

es nulo para la música — he's useless at music *

3) [en boxeo]

combate nulo — draw

2.

pl nulos
SMPL (Naipes) misère sing
bridge con nulos — bridge with the misère variation

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- la adjetivo

1) (Der) <testamento/votación/contrato> null and void; < voto> void

2) < persona> useless (colloq), hopeless (colloq)

3) ( inexistente)

mis conocimientos del tema son nulos — I know absolutely nothing about the subject

* * *

= dummy, zero + Nombre, lame.

Ex. DOBIS/LIBIS, therefore, assigns them the dummy master number zero.

Ex. In recent years special libraries have been faced with a number of important factors, including reduced purchase budgets, zero increases in staffing, and the opportunities offered by automation.

Ex. Democrats are lame, feckless, timid, with no ideas, no vision, no message, and no future.

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- la adjetivo

1) (Der) <testamento/votación/contrato> null and void; < voto> void

2) < persona> useless (colloq), hopeless (colloq)

3) ( inexistente)

mis conocimientos del tema son nulos — I know absolutely nothing about the subject

* * *

= dummy, zero + Nombre, lame.

Ex: DOBIS/LIBIS, therefore, assigns them the dummy master number zero.

Ex: In recent years special libraries have been faced with a number of important factors, including reduced purchase budgets, zero increases in staffing, and the opportunities offered by automation.

Ex: Democrats are lame, feckless, timid, with no ideas, no vision, no message, and no future.

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nulo -la

adjective

A ( Der) ‹testamento/votación/contrato› null and void; ‹voto› void

B ‹persona› useless ( colloq), hopeless ( colloq)

es nulo para los idiomas he's useless o hopeless at languages

C

(inexistente): mis conocimientos del tema son nulos I know absolutely nothing about the subject

su valor nutritivo es casi nulo its nutritional value is virtually zero o ( BrE) virtually nil

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nulo
◊ -la adjetivo

a) (Der) ‹testamento/votación› null and void;

‹ voto› void
b) ‹ persona› useless (colloq), hopeless (colloq)

c) ( inexistente):

◊ mis conocimientos del tema son nulos my knowledge of the subject is virtually nil

nulo,-a adjetivo
1 (no válido) null and void, invalid
Dep lanzamiento/gol nulo, disallowed shot/goal
2 (sin valor, inexistente) su repercusión fue nula, it had no repercussions
3 (inepto) useless, hopeless
' nulo' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
inválida
- inválido
- nula
- voto
English:
annul
- invalid
- null
- void
- nil

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nulo, -a adj

1. [sin validez] null and void, invalid;

nulo y sin valor null and void

2. Fam [inútil] useless ( para at)

3. Fam [inexistente]
mis conocimientos sobre la materia son nulos I know absolutely zilch about the subject;

mi fe en ellos es nula I have absolutely no faith in them

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nulo

adj

1 JUR null and void

2 fam

persona hopeless

3 ( inexistente) non-existent, zero

4 DEP

:

salida nula false start

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nulo, -la adj

1) : null, null and void

2) inepto: useless, inept

es nula para la cocina: she's hopeless at cooking

* * *

nulo adj (sin valor) invalid

ser nulo en/para algo to be hopeless at something

Spanish-English dictionary > nulo
6 fuerte

adj.

1 strong (persona, viento).

un medicamento muy fuerte a very powerful medicine

2 heavy (food) (pesado).

3 loud (alto) (sonido).

está demasiado fuerte it's on too loud

4 tight (nudo).

5 strong.

es una empresa fuerte en el sector the company's strong in this sector

una moneda fuerte a strong currency

6 large, considerable (grande) (cantidad).

una fuerte presencia de artistas europeos a large contingent of European artists

adv.

1 hard (intensamente).

2 a lot (abundantemente) (comer).

3 loudly.

4 strong.

m.

1 fort.

2 strong point, forte (punto fuerte).

su fuerte son las matemáticas mathematics is his forte

3 fortress, fort, bastille, fortification.

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fuerte

► adjetivo

1 (gen) strong

■ un café bien fuerte a good strong coffee

■ un fuerte olor a gas a strong smell of gas

■ tiene un sabor fuerte it has a strong taste

■ una cuerda fuerte a strong rope

■ un acento vasco fuerte a strong Basque accent

■ el euro está muy fuerte the euro is very strong

■ hay una fuerte conexión entre los dos there is a strong connection between them

2 (en asignatura) strong, good

■ está muy fuerte en historia she's very strong on history

3 (viento) strong; (lluvia, nevada) heavy; (tormenta, seísmo) severe; (calor) intense

■ vientos fuertes del norte strong northerly winds

■ los fuertes calores del verano the intense summer heat

4 (escena - violento) violent; (- escandaloso) shocking; (- inquietante) disturbing

5 (dolor, enfermedad) severe, bad

■ una fuerte colitis a severe stomach infection

■ una jaqueca fuerte a splitting headache

6 (golpe) hard, heavy

7 (sonido) loud

8 (subida) steep, sharp; (bajada) sharp

■ el fuerte aumento del paro the steep rise in unemployment

■ un fuerte descenso en el precio del petróleo a sharp fall in the price of oil

9 (discusión) heated, violent; (protesta) violent, vigorous; (polémica) bitter; (aplauso) loud, thunderous

10 (presión) intense; (influencia) powerful, strong

11 (suma de dinero) large

■ pagaron una fuerte suma de dinero they paid a large sum of money

■ tuvo que hacer un fuerte desembolso he had to spend a great deal of money

■ esto requiere una fuerte inversión this requires large-scale investment

12 (comida - pesado) heavy; (- cargado) rich

■ no le gustan las cenas muy fuertes he doesn't like heavy suppers

■ este guiso lo encuentro un poco fuerte I find this stew a little rich

13 (color) intense

14 (contraste) marked, sharp; (tendency) strong, marked

15 (cosa fija) stiff, tight

16 familiar (terrible) awful

► nombre masculino

1 (fortificación) fort

2 (punto fuerte) forte, strong point

► adverbio

1 (mucho) a lot

■ comer fuerte to eat a lot

2 (con fuerza) hard

■ empuja fuerte push hard

■ llovía fuerte it was raining hard

■ le pegó fuerte she hit him hard

3 (volumen) loud

■ la música sonaba fuerte the music was loud

\

FRASEOLOGÍA

¡abrázame fuerte! hold me tight!

estar fuerte en algo to be good at something

¡habla más fuerte! speak up!

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1. adv.
1) hard

2) loudly
2. adj.
1) strong

2) loud
3. noun m.
fort

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1. ADJ

1) [persona]

a) [físicamente] [gen] strong; (=robusto) sturdy, powerfully built; euf (=obeso) large

- fuerte como un roble o un toro

b) [emocionalmente] strong, tough

hemos de ser fuertes ante la adversidad — we must be strong o tough in the face of adversity

c)

estar fuerte en filosofía/historia — [estudiante] to be strong in philosophy/history

2) (=intenso)

a) [sabor, olor, viento] strong; [dolor, calor] intense; [lluvia] heavy; [ejercicio] strenuous

b) [explosión, voz, ruido] loud; [golpe] heavy, hard; [acento] strong, thick

c) [color] (=no pálido) strong; (=llamativo) bright

una blusa de un rosa fuerte — a bright pink blouse

d) [impresión] strong, powerful; [deseo] strong, deep; [fe, objeción] strong; [discusión] heated

los vecinos tuvieron una discusión muy fuerte — the neighbours had a heated argument

en la película se oyen expresiones muy fuertes — the film contains strong language

el taco más fuerte que ha pronunciado — the worst swearword he has ever said

e) [abrazo, beso] big

un beso muy fuerte — [en cartas] lots of love

un fuerte abrazo, Carmen — best wishes, Carmen; [más cariñoso] love, Carmen

3) [bebida, medicamento] strong; [comida] (=pesada) heavy; (=indigesta) indigestible

nunca toma cosas fuertes, solo cerveza y vino — he never drinks spirits o the hard stuff *, just beer and wine

4) (=resistente) [cuerda, tela] strong; [economía, moneda, país] strong

5) (=importante) [aumento, bajada] sharp; [crisis] serious, severe; [pérdidas] large, substantial

la fuerte caída de ventas — the sharp drop in sales

6) (=impactante) [escena] shocking, disturbing

me dijo cosas muy fuertes que no podría repetir ahora — she said some harsh o nasty * things that I couldn't repeat now

-lo llamó a la oficina y lo despidió en el acto -¡qué fuerte! — * "he called him at the office and fired him there and then" - "that's outrageous o appalling!"

7)

hacerse fuerte — (=protegerse) to hole up; (=volverse fuerte) to gain strength

un comando se hizo fuerte en las montañas — a group of commandos holed up in the mountains

el fundamentalismo se hace fuerte otra vez — fundamentalism is gaining strength again

8) [terreno] rough, difficult

9) Chile (=apestoso) [persona] stinky

ser o estar fuerte a algo — to stink of sth

2. ADV

1) (=con fuerza) [golpear] hard; [abrazar] tight, tightly

pegar fuerte al enemigo — to hit the enemy hard

apostar fuerte — to bet heavily

la editorial ha apostado fuerte por los nuevos poetas — the publishing house is backing new poets in a big way

jugar fuerte — (lit) to gamble heavily; (fig) to take a gamble

2) (=en voz alta) [hablar, tocar] loud, loudly

toca muy fuerte — she plays very loud o loudly

¡más fuerte! ¡que no se le oye aquí atrás! — speak up! we can't hear at the back

poner la radio más fuerte — to turn the radio up

3) (=gran cantidad)

desayunar fuerte — to have a big breakfast

comer fuerte — to have a big lunch

3. SM

1) (Mil) fort

2) (Mús) forte

3) (=especialidad) forte, strong point

el canto no es mi fuerte — singing is not my forte o strong point

4) Chile (=bebida) hard liquor, hard stuff *

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I
adjetivo

1) < persona>

a) ( físicamente) strong

de complexión fuerte — well-built

es un hombre fuertísimo or fortísimo — he's an exeptionally strong man

b) ( moralmente) strong

hacerse fuerte — to pull oneself together

c) ( en asignatura) strong

no estoy muy fuerte en ese tema/en física — I'm not very strong on that topic/in physics (colloq)

2) ( resistente) <tela/cuerda> strong

una silla bien fuerte — a good sturdy chair

3)

a) < viento> strong; < terremoto> severe; <lluvia/nevada> heavy

b) < dolor> intense, bad; < resfriado> bad

un fuerte golpe — a heavy o hard blow

c) <abrazo/beso> big

4) < ruido> loud

la música está muy fuerte — the music's too loud

5)

a) <olor/sabor> strong

b) <licor/medicina> strong

c) < comida> heavy

6) < acento> strong, thick

7) ( violento) < discusión> violent, heated

tiene escenas muy fuertes — it has some very shocking scenes

me dijo que era un inútil - qué fuerte! — (fam) he said I was useless - that's a bit much (AmE) o (BrE) a bit over the top!

8)

a) ( poderoso) <nación/empresa/equipo> strong

es más fuerte que yo — it's stronger than I am

b) < moneda> strong

c) ( importante)

una fuerte suma de dinero — a large sum of money

un fuerte contingente de la policía — a strong police contingent

un fuerte incremento de precio — a sharp price increase

una fuerte dosis de analgésicos — a heavy dose of painkillers

9) (Ling) < vocal> stressed
II
adverbio

1) <golpear/empujar> hard; <agarrar/apretar> tightly; < llover> heavily

una canción que está pegando fuerte — a song that's a big hit at the moment

2) < hablar> loudly

pon la radio más fuerte — turn the radio up

hable más fuerte — speak up

3) ( mucho)

desayunar fuerte — to have a big breakfast

4) <jugar/apostar> heavily
III
masculino

1) (Mil) fort

2) ( especialidad) strong point, forte

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I
adjetivo

1) < persona>

a) ( físicamente) strong

de complexión fuerte — well-built

es un hombre fuertísimo or fortísimo — he's an exeptionally strong man

b) ( moralmente) strong

hacerse fuerte — to pull oneself together

c) ( en asignatura) strong

no estoy muy fuerte en ese tema/en física — I'm not very strong on that topic/in physics (colloq)

2) ( resistente) <tela/cuerda> strong

una silla bien fuerte — a good sturdy chair

3)

a) < viento> strong; < terremoto> severe; <lluvia/nevada> heavy

b) < dolor> intense, bad; < resfriado> bad

un fuerte golpe — a heavy o hard blow

c) <abrazo/beso> big

4) < ruido> loud

la música está muy fuerte — the music's too loud

5)

a) <olor/sabor> strong

b) <licor/medicina> strong

c) < comida> heavy

6) < acento> strong, thick

7) ( violento) < discusión> violent, heated

tiene escenas muy fuertes — it has some very shocking scenes

me dijo que era un inútil - qué fuerte! — (fam) he said I was useless - that's a bit much (AmE) o (BrE) a bit over the top!

8)

a) ( poderoso) <nación/empresa/equipo> strong

es más fuerte que yo — it's stronger than I am

b) < moneda> strong

c) ( importante)

una fuerte suma de dinero — a large sum of money

un fuerte contingente de la policía — a strong police contingent

un fuerte incremento de precio — a sharp price increase

una fuerte dosis de analgésicos — a heavy dose of painkillers

9) (Ling) < vocal> stressed
II
adverbio

1) <golpear/empujar> hard; <agarrar/apretar> tightly; < llover> heavily

una canción que está pegando fuerte — a song that's a big hit at the moment

2) < hablar> loudly

pon la radio más fuerte — turn the radio up

hable más fuerte — speak up

3) ( mucho)

desayunar fuerte — to have a big breakfast

4) <jugar/apostar> heavily
III
masculino

1) (Mil) fort

2) ( especialidad) strong point, forte

* * *

fuerte¹

¹ = fort (ft).

Ex: Had he consulted an Indian history, he would have found, for instance, that what the Britannica called the Fort Phil Kearney massacre the Indians call the 'Battle of the Hundred Slain'.

* defender el fuerte = hold + the fortress.

fuerte²

² = robust, strong [stronger -comp., strongest -sup.], sturdy [sturdier -comp., sturdiest -sup.], loud [louder -comp., loudest -sup.], hefty [heftier -comp., heftiest -sup.], tight [tighter -comp., tightest -sup.], forte, brawny [brawnier -comp., brawniest -sup.], buoyant, hard-wearing, strong point, nippy [nippier -comp., nippiest -sup.].

Nota: Generalmente referido a los sabores.

Ex: Although microcomputers are relatively robust, they do not take kindly to frequent moves from one location to another, particularly on wheeled trollies.

Ex: In fact, the 1979 index figures show a strong contrast between the hardback and paperback turnovers, with the hardback market being down and the paperback market up.

Ex: Here came every sort of human ingredient -- sturdy homesteaders, skilled craftsmen, precious scoundrels.

Ex: Visitors would be surprised by the loud creaking and groaning of the presses as the timbers gave and rubbed against each other.

Ex: This new font had increased contrast and x-height in the lower case and a hefty set of capitals = Este nuevo tipo de letra había aumentado el contraste y el ojo medio de las minúsculas y las mayúsculas eran voluminosas.

Ex: The platen was lashed up tight to the toe of the spindle by cords which connected hooks at its four corners to another set of hooks at the four lower corners of the hose.

Ex: Statistical analysis has long been a forte of sociological & social research.

Ex: This revolutionary syndicalist union consistently supported the most downtrodden & oppressed, & encouraged a cult of the unspoiled, heroic brawny proletarian with raw courage & 'natural' virtues.

Ex: The foreign relations of the Community will probably remain a buoyant area.

Ex: The manufacturers of this type of artificial turf say that while the grass is soft and springy underfoot it is extremely tough and hard-wearing.

Ex: One of the strong points of the DIALOG service is the documentation.

Ex: Blend cream cheese with prepared horseradish for a nippy taste.

* amarillo fuerte = bright yellow.

* andar pisando fuerte = go from + strength to strength, make + a big impact.

* apretar fuerte = bear down on.

* bebida alcohólica fuerte = hard drink, hard liquor.

* caja fuerte = safe, safety deposit box.

* combinación de la caja fuerte = safe code, safe combination.

* con fuertes aspiraciones profesionales = upward-mobile.

* dar fuerte = pack + a wallop.

* delgado y fuerte = wiry.

* demasiado fuerte = over-strong.

* de olor fuerte = strong-smelling.

* fuerte como un roble = as strong as an ox.

* fuerte como un toro = as strong as an ox.

* fuertes lluvias = heavy rain.

* fuerte viento = strong wind.

* golpear fuerte = wallop, whack.

* golpe fuerte = whack.

* hacer más fuerte = toughen.

* hacerse más fuerte = gain in + strength, grow in + strength.

* iluminación fuerte = task lighting.

* ley del más fuerte, la = law of the jungle, the, survival of the fittest, survival of the strongest.

* mar fuerte = heavy sea.

* más fuerte que un roble = as strong as an ox.

* más fuerte que un toro = as strong as an ox.

* naranja fuerte = bright orange.

* olor fuerte y penetrante = tang.

* pegar fuerte = pack + a wallop.

* pisar fuerte = go from + strength to strength, make + a big impact, stomp.

* plato fuerte = main dish, strong point, entrée, main entrée.

* poner más fuerte = crank up.

* punto fuerte = strength.

* sabor fuerte y penetrante = tang.

* supervivencia del más fuerte = survival of the fittest, survival of the strongest.

* tener una personalidad muy fuerte = be full of character.

* tener un carácter muy fuerte = be full of character.

* un fuerte sentimiento de = a strong sense of.

* viento fuerte = high wind.

fuerte³

³ = tangy [tangier - comp., tangiest -sup.].

Ex: The most boring meal can be pepped up with spicy and tangy herbs.

* * *

fuerte¹

adjective

A ‹persona›

1 (físicamente) strong

nunca ha sido muy fuerte he has never been very strong

es un hombre fuertísimo or fortísimo he's an exceptionally strong man

de complexión fuerte well-built

2 (moralmente) strong

hacerse fuerte to pull oneself together

3 (en una asignatura) strong

no estoy muy fuerte en ese tema I'm not very strong on o well up on that topic ( colloq)

anda muy fuerte en física he's doing very well in physics

B (resistente) ‹tela/cuerda› strong

una caja bien fuerte a good, sturdy o strong box

una valla alta y fuerte a tall, sturdy o strong fence

C

1 ‹viento› strong; ‹terremoto› severe; ‹lluvia/nevada› heavy

2 ‹dolor› intense, bad; ‹resfriado› bad

un fuerte golpe a heavy o hard blow

reinaba un fuerte nerviosismo tension was high

3 ‹abrazo/beso› big

D ‹ruido› loud

la radio está muy fuerte, bájale el volumen the radio's too loud, turn it down

E

1 ‹olor/sabor› strong

2 ‹licor› strong; ‹medicina› strong

3 ‹comida› heavy

F ‹acento› strong, thick

G

(violento): tiene escenas muy fuertes it has some very shocking o disturbing scenes

me dijo que no valía para nada — ¡qué fuerte! ( fam); he said I was absolutely useless — strong o harsh words!

tuvieron una discusión fortísima or fuertísima they had a violent o heated argument

H

1 (poderoso) ‹nación/empresa/equipo› strong

es algo más fuerte que yo, no puedo dejar de hacerlo it's stronger than I am, I can't stop o give it up

2 ‹moneda› strong

3

(importante): una fuerte suma de dinero a large sum of money

un fuerte contingente de la policía a strong police contingent

un fuerte incremento de precio a sharp price increase

le recetó una fuerte dosis de analgésicos she prescribed a heavy dose of painkillers

I ( Ling) ‹vocal› stressed

J

( Chi fam) (hediondo): ¡qué fuerte andas! you stink! ( colloq)

es fuerte de patas his feet stink ( colloq)

fuerte²

adverb

A ‹golpear/empujar› hard; ‹agarrar/apretar› tightly; ‹llover› heavily

una canción que está pegando fuerte a song that's a big hit at the moment

B ‹hablar› loudly

pon la radio más fuerte turn the radio up

hable más fuerte speak up

C

(abundantemente): desayunar fuerte to have a big breakfast

D ‹jugar/apostar› heavily

fuerte³

masculine

A ( Mil) fort

B (especialidad) strong point, forte

C ( Chi fam) (licor) hard stuff ( colloq)

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fuerte adjetivo
1 ( en general) strong;
◊ un equipo/una cuerda fuerte a strong team/rope

2
a) ‹ viento› strong;

‹ terremoto› severe;
‹lluvia/nevada› heavy
b) ‹ dolor› intense, bad;

‹ golpe› heavy;
‹ resfriado› bad;
‹abrazo/beso› big
c) ‹ruido/música› loud

d) ‹olor/sabor/medicina› strong;

‹comida/dosis› heavy
e) ‹ acento› strong, thick

3 ( violento) ‹ discusión› violent, heated;
‹película/escena› shocking
■ adverbio
1 ‹golpear/empujar› hard;
‹agarrar/apretar› tightly;
‹ llover› heavily
2 ‹ hablar› loudly;
◊ pon la radio más fuerte turn the radio up;

habla más fuerte speak up
■ sustantivo masculino
a) (Mil) fort

b) ( especialidad) strong point, forte

fuerte
I adjetivo
1 strong
2 (intenso) (dolor) severe
(color) intense
3 (excesivo) strong
(comida) heavy: el café es muy fuerte para la niña, coffee is too strong for the child
4 (volumen) loud
5 (impactante) (escenas) violent, grisly
(comentarios) serious
II sustantivo masculino
1 (fortificación) fort
2 (punto fuerte) forte, strong point
III adv (con fuerza, con violencia) hard: el viento sopla fuerte, the wind is blowing hard
(con intensidad, apretadamente) tight: ¡agárrate fuerte!, hold on tight!
(en cantidad) tienes que desayunar fuerte, you have to have a good breakfast
(más alto) louder: ¡habla más fuerte!, speak up!
' fuerte' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
A
- acento
- agarrarse
- animal
- caja
- campeonato
- conmoción
- débil
- diezmar
- dirigir
- espanto
- estirón
- férrea
- férreo
- frágil
- fulminante
- grande
- hacer
- opresión
- pisar
- plato
- relumbrón
- resistente
- reventar
- sacudida
- suave
- sujetar
- tirón
- torta
- tortazo
- trompazo
- viento
- abrazar
- agarrar
- apariencia
- bajón
- caer
- carácter
- codazo
- combinación
- comida
- constitución
- crecida
- dispositivo
- estridente
- fortín
- golpe
- impulso
- indignación
- indignado
English:
A
- agony
- ale
- aloud
- backbone
- bad
- balance
- bang
- bash
- beat down
- best
- blare
- bond
- boo
- break into
- burly
- crack
- dish
- fluid
- forte
- fresh
- fuck
- great
- grip
- hard
- hard currency
- heady
- heavy
- high
- highlight
- hold
- hold on
- hug
- iron
- keen
- liaison
- loud
- lung
- must
- point
- potent
- powerful
- press
- resilient
- robust
- rugged
- safe
- sing up
- slight
- slog

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fuerte

♦ adj

1. [persona] [físicamente] strong;

Comp

estar fuerte como un roble to be as strong as an ox

2. [persona] [psicológicamente] strong;

tiene un carácter muy fuerte she has a strong character

3.
hacerse fuerte en Mil to make one's stronghold in;
Fig
el equipo se hizo fuerte en su área the team fell back into their own half

4. [material] strong;

necesito un tejido fuerte I need a strong material

5. [viento] strong;
[lluvia] heavy
6. [intenso] [frío, dolor, color] intense;
[golpe, pelea] hard
7. [medicamento] powerful

8. [influyente, sólido] strong;

es una empresa fuerte en el sector the company's strong in this sector;

una moneda fuerte a strong currency;

fuertes razones powerful reasons

9. [violento, impactante] powerful, shocking;

lenguaje fuerte strong language;

un chiste fuerte a crude joke;

algunas de las escenas son muy fuertes some of the scenes are very shocking

10. [grande] large, considerable;

una fuerte cantidad de dinero a large o considerable amount of money;

una fuerte presencia de artistas caribeños a large contingent of Caribbean artists

11. [comida] [pesado] heavy;
[picante] hot
12. [nudo] tight

13. [sílaba] accented, stressed

14. [vocal] strong

15. [versado]
estoy fuerte en idiomas I'm good at languages

16. [alto] [sonido] loud;

la televisión está demasiado fuerte the television is on too loud

17. Fam [increíble] astonishing, amazing;

¡qué fuerte! [fabuloso] wow!, amazing!;
[terrible] how awful!, oh no!;
…y después me insultó – ¡qué fuerte! …and then he insulted me – that's awful o terrible!

♦ adv

1. [intensamente] hard;
[abrazar, agarrar] tight;
está nevando fuerte it's snowing hard o heavily;

lo ató bien fuerte she tied it tight;

chuta fuerte he has a powerful kick

2. [abundantemente] a lot;

en España se suele almorzar fuerte in Spain, people usually have a big meal at lunchtime

3. [en voz alta] loudly;

¿podría hablar más fuerte? could you speak louder?

♦ nm

1. [fortificación] fort

2. [especialidad] strong point, forte;

su fuerte son las matemáticas mathematics is his forte

* * *

fuerte

I adj

1 strong

2 dolor intense; lluvia heavy

3 aumento sharp

4 ruido loud

5

:

estoy fuerte en idiomas I’m good at languages

6 fig pop

incredible fam ;

¡qué fuerte!, ¡esto es muy fuerte! fam God, this is awful! fam

II adv hard;

hablar fuerte speak loudly;

jugar fuerte bet heavily

III m MIL fort;

hacerse fuerte dig o.s. in

* * *

fuerte adv

1) : strongly, tightly, hard

2) : loudly

3) : abundantly

fuerte adj

1) : strong

2) : intense

un fuerte dolor: an intense pain

3) : loud

4) : extreme, excessive

fuerte nm

1) : fort, stronghold

2) : forte, strong point

* * *

fuerte¹ adj

1. (en general) strong

una persona fuerte a strong person

un sabor muy fuerte a very strong taste

2. (dolor) severe

sentí un fuerte dolor en el costado I felt a severe pain in my side

3. (voz, ruido) loud

4. (golpe) hard

5. (comida) heavy [comp. heavier; superl. heaviest]

6. (imágenes) violent

estar fuerte en algo to be good at something

¡qué fuerte! how awful!

fuerte² adv

1. (con fuerza) hard

le pegó fuerte he hit him hard

está lloviendo fuerte it's raining hard

2. (hablar) loud / loudly

no hables tan fuerte don't talk so loud

3. (sujetar) tight

abrázame fuerte hold me tight

4. (comer)

desayuna fuerte antes de salir have a good breakfast before you leave

fuerte³ n

1. (fortificación) fort

2. (punto sobresaliente) strong point

su fuerte son las mates maths are her strong point

Spanish-English dictionary > fuerte
7 música

adj. femeninine of músico

musical, harmonious, relating to music.

f.

1 music.

2 female musician, one skilled in harmony, harmonist; one who performs upon instruments of music.

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música

► nombre femenino

1 music

\

FRASEOLOGÍA

irse con la música a otra parte familiar to clear off

música ambiental Muzak

música de fondo background music

música clásica classical music

música de cámara chamber music

música ligera easy listening

* * *
1. noun f.
music
2. f., (m. - músico)
* * *

SF

1) music

poner música a algo — to set sth to music

- irse con la música a otra parte

¡vete con la música a otra parte! — clear off! *

- me suena a música de caballitos

música ambiental, música ambiente — background music

música antigua — early music

música celestial — heavenly music

sus ideas me suenan a música celestial — iró his ideas sound like hot air to me

música clásica — classical music

música concreta — concrete music

música coreada — choral music

música culta — classical music

música de cámara — chamber music

música de fondo — background music

música de las esferas, música de los planetas — music of the spheres

música disco — disco music

música enlatada — canned music, piped music

música étnica — world music

música folk — folk music

música ligera — light music

música militar — military music

música pop — pop music

música rock — rock music

música sacra, música sagrada — sacred music

2) (=banda) band

3) pl músicas * (=tonterías) drivel sing

no estoy para músicas — I'm not in the mood to listen to such drivel

4) Esp † (=cartera) wallet, billfold (EEUU); (=dinero) bread **, money
músico
* * *
I
adjetivo (Méx fam)

a) [SER] ( antipático) mean (colloq)

b) [SER] ( negado)

música PARA algo — hopeless at something (colloq)
II
femenino

1) (Mús) music

pon algo de música — put some music on

música en directo or en vivo — live music

puso música a los versos de Machado — he set Machado's poetry to music

la música amansa las fieras — (fr hecha) music has a great calming effect

irse con la música a otra parte — (fam)

vámonos con la música a otra parte — let's get out of here (colloq)

vete con la música a otra parte — clear off! (colloq)

sonar a/ser música celestial — (fam) to be music to one's ears

- música ambiental

- música clásica/folk/ligera

- música de acompañamiento/de cámara/de fondo

2) (Chi fam) ( armónica) mouth organ, harmonica

* * *

= music.

Nota: Uno de los varios tipos de materiales bibliográficos que describen las Reglas de Catalogación y que se usa para referirse a aquellas publicaciones que tratan de la composición musical.

Ex. Music can include a variety of forms, such as works about musicians and music, music scores and recordings.

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* adaptar a la música = set to + music.

* banda de música = band, musical band, marching band, brass band.

* biblioteca de música = music library.

* biblioteca especializada en música = music library.

* cadena de música = sound system, hi-fi system.

* CD de música = music CD.

* colección de música = music collection.

* colección de música popular = popular music collection.

* comercio de la música = music trade.

* compañía de música rock = rock company.

* concierto de música = musical concert, music concert.

* concurso de música = music competition.

* conjunto de música = musical band.

* conservatorio de música = music academy, conservatoire, music conservatory, music conservatoire.

* crítica de música = music review.

* crítico de música = music critic.

* descarga de música = music download.

* desde el punto de vista de la música = musically.

* equipo de música = home stereo system, stereo system.

* estrella de la música pop = pop star.

* estudio de música = music studio.

* festival de música = music festival.

* festival de música pop = pop festival.

* grabación de banda de música = band recording.

* grabaciones de música = music recordings.

* instrumento o intérprete de la música = executant.

* interpretar música = perform + music.

* letra de la música = music lyrics.

* mención específica del formato de música impresa = musical presentation statement.

* mundo de la música, el = music world, the.

* mundo de la música popular, el = Tin Pan Alley.

* música ambiental = ambient music.

* música blue = blues music.

* música celestial = music to + Posesivo + ears.

* música contemporánea = contemporary music.

* música coral = choral music.

* música country = country music.

* música de acompañamiento = backing track.

* música de alta fidelidad = hi-fi music.

* música de baile = dance music.

* música de cámara = chamber music.

* música de circo = circus music.

* música de cowboys = western dance.

* música de discoteca = disco.

* música del oeste = western dance.

* música de los Beatles = Beatlemusik.

* música de obra de teatro = stage music.

* música de orquesta = orchestral music.

* música de rhythm and blues = rhythm and blues music.

* música de teclado = keyboard music.

* música digital = digital music.

* música disco = disco.

* música dramática = dramatic music.

* música en directo = live band, live music.

* música en vivo = live music.

* música espiritual negra = gospel music.

* música étnica = ethnic music.

* música grabada = recorded music.

* música incidental = incidental music.

* música instrumental = instrumental music.

* música litúrgica = liturgical music.

* música militar = martial music.

* música moderna = beat music.

* música para laúd = lute-playing.

* música pop = pop music.

* música popular = popular music.

* música rap = rap music.

* música reggae = reggae music.

* música religiosa = religious music.

* música rock = rock music.

* música sacra = passion music.

* música skiffle = skiffle.

* música vocal = vocal music.

* práctica de música = music-making.

* relacionado con la música = music related [music-related].

* teoría de la música = theory of music.

* tienda de música = music store.

* tocar música = play + music.

* vídeo de música rock = rock video.

* * *
I
adjetivo (Méx fam)

a) [SER] ( antipático) mean (colloq)

b) [SER] ( negado)

música PARA algo — hopeless at something (colloq)
II
femenino

1) (Mús) music

pon algo de música — put some music on

música en directo or en vivo — live music

puso música a los versos de Machado — he set Machado's poetry to music

la música amansa las fieras — (fr hecha) music has a great calming effect

irse con la música a otra parte — (fam)

vámonos con la música a otra parte — let's get out of here (colloq)

vete con la música a otra parte — clear off! (colloq)

sonar a/ser música celestial — (fam) to be music to one's ears

- música ambiental

- música clásica/folk/ligera

- música de acompañamiento/de cámara/de fondo

2) (Chi fam) ( armónica) mouth organ, harmonica

* * *

= music.

Nota: Uno de los varios tipos de materiales bibliográficos que describen las Reglas de Catalogación y que se usa para referirse a aquellas publicaciones que tratan de la composición musical.

Ex: Music can include a variety of forms, such as works about musicians and music, music scores and recordings.

* adaptar a la música = set to + music.

* banda de música = band, musical band, marching band, brass band.

* biblioteca de música = music library.

* biblioteca especializada en música = music library.

* cadena de música = sound system, hi-fi system.

* CD de música = music CD.

* colección de música = music collection.

* colección de música popular = popular music collection.

* comercio de la música = music trade.

* compañía de música rock = rock company.

* concierto de música = musical concert, music concert.

* concurso de música = music competition.

* conjunto de música = musical band.

* conservatorio de música = music academy, conservatoire, music conservatory, music conservatoire.

* crítica de música = music review.

* crítico de música = music critic.

* descarga de música = music download.

* desde el punto de vista de la música = musically.

* equipo de música = home stereo system, stereo system.

* estrella de la música pop = pop star.

* estudio de música = music studio.

* festival de música = music festival.

* festival de música pop = pop festival.

* grabación de banda de música = band recording.

* grabaciones de música = music recordings.

* instrumento o intérprete de la música = executant.

* interpretar música = perform + music.

* letra de la música = music lyrics.

* mención específica del formato de música impresa = musical presentation statement.

* mundo de la música, el = music world, the.

* mundo de la música popular, el = Tin Pan Alley.

* música ambiental = ambient music.

* música blue = blues music.

* música celestial = music to + Posesivo + ears.

* música contemporánea = contemporary music.

* música coral = choral music.

* música country = country music.

* música de acompañamiento = backing track.

* música de alta fidelidad = hi-fi music.

* música de baile = dance music.

* música de cámara = chamber music.

* música de circo = circus music.

* música de cowboys = western dance.

* música de discoteca = disco.

* música del oeste = western dance.

* música de los Beatles = Beatlemusik.

* música de obra de teatro = stage music.

* música de orquesta = orchestral music.

* música de rhythm and blues = rhythm and blues music.

* música de teclado = keyboard music.

* música digital = digital music.

* música disco = disco.

* música dramática = dramatic music.

* música en directo = live band, live music.

* música en vivo = live music.

* música espiritual negra = gospel music.

* música étnica = ethnic music.

* música grabada = recorded music.

* música incidental = incidental music.

* música instrumental = instrumental music.

* música litúrgica = liturgical music.

* música militar = martial music.

* música moderna = beat music.

* música para laúd = lute-playing.

* música pop = pop music.

* música popular = popular music.

* música rap = rap music.

* música reggae = reggae music.

* música religiosa = religious music.

* música rock = rock music.

* música sacra = passion music.

* música skiffle = skiffle.

* música vocal = vocal music.

* práctica de música = music-making.

* relacionado con la música = music related [music-related].

* teoría de la música = theory of music.

* tienda de música = music store.

* tocar música = play + music.

* vídeo de música rock = rock video.

* * *

música¹

adjective

( Méx fam)

1 [ SER] (antipático) mean ( colloq)

no seas música, préstame tus apuntes don't be mean, lend me your notes

2 [ SER] (negado) música PARA algo hopeless AT sth ( colloq)

de veras que eres música para bailar you really are hopeless at dancing o a hopeless dancer

música²

feminine

A ( Mús) music

pon algo de música put some music on

música en directo or en vivo live music

una banda de música a band

una música muy pegadiza a very catchy piece of music

a los 20 años se dedicó a hacer música she took up music when she was 20

no sabe leer música she can't read music

letra y música de una canción lyrics and music of a song

puso música a los versos de Machado he set Machado's poetry to music

la música amansa las fieras ( fr hecha); music has a great calming effect, music calms the nerves

irse con la música a otra parte ( fam): vámonos con la música a otra parte let's go somewhere else o get out of here ( colloq)

vete con la música a otra parte clear off! ( colloq)

sonar a/ser música celestial ( fam); to be music to one's ears

Compuestos:

● música ambiental

background music; (en un supermercado, una fábrica) piped o canned music

● música atonal

atonal music

● música clásica

classical music

● música coral

choral music

● música culta

classical music

● música de acompañamiento

incidental music

● música de cámara

chamber music

● música de créditos

title music

● música de fondo

background music

● música de programa

program* music

● música dodecafónica

twelve-tone music

● música folk

folk music

● música funcional

( RPl) piped o canned music

● música incidental

incidental music

● música instrumental

instrumental music

● música ligera

light music, easy listening

● música moderna

modern music

● música sacra

sacred music

● música serial

serial music

● música tonal

tonal music

B ( Chi fam) (armónica) mouth organ, harmonica

* * *

Del verbo musicar: ( conjugate musicar)

musica es:

3ª persona singular (él/ella/usted) presente indicativo

2ª persona singular (tú) imperativo

música sustantivo femenino
music;
◊ pon algo de música put some music on;

música ambiental background music;

(en tienda, fábrica) piped o canned music
músico,-a
I adjetivo musical
II sustantivo masculino y femenino musician
música sustantivo femenino music: eso que dices me suena a música celestial, (agradable) what you are saying is music to my ears
(vacuidades) that sounds like a lot of mumbo jumbo to me
' música' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
aceptación
- aficionada
- aficionado
- agrado
- alegre
- ambiental
- amuermar
- baja
- bajo
- cadena
- cámara
- casco
- chiflar
- compacta
- compacto
- conjunta
- conjunto
- determinada
- determinado
- embriagar
- enlatada
- enlatado
- entender
- equipo
- folclórica
- folclórico
- fondo
- gustar
- ídolo
- iniciación
- instrumental
- ligera
- ligero
- marchosa
- marchoso
- martirizar
- musiquilla
- negra
- negro
- paroxismo
- pirata
- resurgimiento
- saber
- sala
- suave
- suavidad
- templete
- afición
- alternativo
- apasionar
English:
alive
- background
- band
- bandstand
- blare out I
- blast out
- blood
- boom box
- box
- brass band
- bring back
- busk
- canned
- catchy
- chamber music
- country music
- dance music
- deck
- disco music
- festival
- fiddler
- folk music
- freak
- full
- gospel
- hi-fi
- jaunty
- loud
- make
- music
- music box
- number
- part-payment
- passion
- piped music
- play
- playback
- pop
- rave
- score
- set
- snatch
- soft
- somber
- sombre
- soul
- sound
- stand
- talent
- appreciation

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música¹ adj
Méx Fam
1.
ser música [inútil] to be useless o hopeless;

soy muy música para los idiomas I'm useless o hopeless at languages

2.
ser música [egoísta] to be mean;

no seas música, déjame dar una vuelta en la moto don't be so mean, let me have a go on the motorbike

música² nf

1. [arte] music;

pon un poco de música put some music on;

estudia música en el conservatorio she is studying music at the conservatoire;

es el autor de la música y la letra he wrote the music and the lyrics;

Comp

la música amansa a las fieras music has a really calming effect;

Comp
Fam
irse con la música a otra parte: nos fuimos con la música a otra parte we made ourselves scarce;

¡vete con la música a otra parte! clear off!, US take a hike!

Comp
música de acompañamiento incidental music;
música ambiental piped music;

música antigua early music;

música de baile dance music;

música de cámara chamber music;

música celestial: [m5] eso me suena a música celestial [a falsa promesa] that sounds like a lot of hot air;
[maravillosamente] that's music to my ears;
música clásica classical music;

música en directo live music;

música disco disco music;

música electrónica electronic music;

música enlatada canned music;

música étnica world music;

música folk folk music;

música de fondo background music;
RP música funcional piped music;
música heavy heavy metal;

música instrumental instrumental music;

música ligera light music;

música militar military music;

música pop pop music;

música popular folk music;

música rock rock music;

música sinfónica orchestral music;

música tecno techno (music);

música tradicional traditional music;

música vocal vocal music

2. ver músico

* * *

música

f

I music;

leer música read music;

poner algo en música, poner música a algo set sth to music;

hacer música make music;

ir con la música a otra parte fig go somewhere else

II adj Méx fam

:

ser música be mean;

ser música para algo be useless at sth

músico

I adj musical

II m, música f musician

* * *

música nf

: music

* * *

música n music

me gusta escuchar música I like listening to music

música clásica classical music

música de fondo background music

Spanish-English dictionary > música
8 pez

f.

pitch, tar (sustancia).

m.

1 fish (animal).

estar como pez en el agua (figurative) to be in one's element

estar pez (en algo) (informal) to have no idea (about something) (peninsular Spanish)

pez de colores goldfish

me río yo de los peces de colores (informal) I couldn't care less

pez espada swordfish

pez gordo (informal) big shot

pez martillo hammerhead shark

pez de río freshwater fish

pez volador flying fish

2 pitch, tar.

* * *

pez

► nombre femenino

1 pitch

\

FRASEOLOGÍA

negro,-a como la pez pitch-black

————————

pez

► nombre masculino (pl peces)

1 fish

\

FRASEOLOGÍA

estar/sentirse como pez en el agua to be in one's element

estar pez en algo familiar to be useless at something, know nothing about something

pez espada swordfish

pez gordo figurado big shot

pez martillo hammerhead shark

pez rata stargazer

* * *

noun m.

fish

* * *
I
1.

SM fish

cogimos tres peces — we caught three fish

- estar como el pez en el agua

- ser un buen pez

- quien quiera peces que se moje el culo

pez de colores — goldfish

- ¡me río de los peces de colores!

pez espada — swordfish

pez gordo — * big shot *

pez martillo — hammerhead

pez mujer — manatee

pez sierra — sawfish

pez volador, pez volante — flying fish

2.

ADJ *

- estar pez en algo

están algo peces en idiomas — they're pretty clueless about languages
II
SF (=brea) pitch, tar

* * *
I
masculino fish

pez de río — freshwater fish

estar pez en algo — (Esp fam)

en cuestiones de cocina estoy pez — I don't know the first thing about cooking (colloq)

estar or sentirse como pez en el agua — to be in one's element

- pez de colores

- pez espada

- pez gordo

- pez martillo

- pez sierra

- pez volador
II
femenino ( sustancia) pitch, tar

- pez de Castilla

* * *

= fish.

Ex. What is absolutely certain is that without some preparation by the teacher, a visitor cannot hope to achieve very much; he is in little better a position than cold fish on a marble slab.

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* banco de peces = school of fish, shoal of fish.

* cardumen de peces = school of fish, shoal of fish.

* charca con peces = fish pond [fishpond].

* como pez fuera del agua = like a fish out of water.

* criadero de peces = fishery, hatchery.

* estanque con peces = fish pond [fishpond].

* fuente con peces = fish pond [fishpond].

* nadar como un pez = swim like + a fish.

* pez de agua dulce = freshwater fish.

* pez de colores = goldfish, tropical fish.

* pez de fondo = groundfish, bottom fish.

* pez de río = freshwater fish.

* pez de valor = game fish.

* pez escorpión = scorpion fish.

* pez espada = swordfish.

* pez gordo = power player, big wheel, big shot, big noise, big wig, fat cat.

* pez marino = marine fish.

* pez óseo = bony fish.

* pez pequeño = minnow, bait fish.

* pez piloto = pilot fish.

* pez remo = oarfish.

* pez tropical = tropical fish.

* pez volador = flying fish.

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

* sentirse como pez en el agua = take to + Nombre + like ducks to water.

* sueldo de pez gordo = fat-cat salary.

* * *
I
masculino fish

pez de río — freshwater fish

estar pez en algo — (Esp fam)

en cuestiones de cocina estoy pez — I don't know the first thing about cooking (colloq)

estar or sentirse como pez en el agua — to be in one's element

- pez de colores

- pez espada

- pez gordo

- pez martillo

- pez sierra

- pez volador
II
femenino ( sustancia) pitch, tar

- pez de Castilla

* * *

= fish.

Ex: What is absolutely certain is that without some preparation by the teacher, a visitor cannot hope to achieve very much; he is in little better a position than cold fish on a marble slab.

* banco de peces = school of fish, shoal of fish.

* cardumen de peces = school of fish, shoal of fish.

* charca con peces = fish pond [fishpond].

* como pez fuera del agua = like a fish out of water.

* criadero de peces = fishery, hatchery.

* estanque con peces = fish pond [fishpond].

* fuente con peces = fish pond [fishpond].

* nadar como un pez = swim like + a fish.

* pez de agua dulce = freshwater fish.

* pez de colores = goldfish, tropical fish.

* pez de fondo = groundfish, bottom fish.

* pez de río = freshwater fish.

* pez de valor = game fish.

* pez escorpión = scorpion fish.

* pez espada = swordfish.

* pez gordo = power player, big wheel, big shot, big noise, big wig, fat cat.

* pez marino = marine fish.

* pez óseo = bony fish.

* pez pequeño = minnow, bait fish.

* pez piloto = pilot fish.

* pez remo = oarfish.

* pez tropical = tropical fish.

* pez volador = flying fish.

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

* sentirse como pez en el agua = take to + Nombre + like ducks to water.

* sueldo de pez gordo = fat-cat salary.

* * *

pez¹

masculine

fish

pez de río freshwater fish

estar pez en algo ( Esp fam): en geografía estoy pez I haven't a clue when it comes to geography ( colloq)

en cuestiones de cocina estoy pez I don't know the first thing about cooking ( colloq)

estar or sentirse como pez en el agua to be in one's element

boca

Compuestos:

● pez de colores

goldfish

me río/se ríe de los peces de colores I/he couldn't care less

● pez cebra

medaka

● pez dípneo

lungfish

● pez espada

swordfish

● pez gordo

( fam) (persona importante) bigwig ( colloq), big cheese ( colloq); (en un delito) big fish

● pez luna

moonfish

● pez martillo

hammerhead

● pez pulmonado

lungfish

● pez sierra

sawfish

● pez volador

flying fish

pez²

feminine

pitch, tar

Compuesto:

pez de Castilla

( Chi) chalk

* * *

pez sustantivo masculino
fish;
◊ pez de río freshwater fish;

pez de colores goldfish;
pez espada swordfish;
pez gordo (fam) ( persona importante) bigwig (colloq);

( en delito) big shot (colloq);
◊ pez volador flying fish;

estar or sentirse como pez en el agua to be in one's element
■ sustantivo femenino ( sustancia) pitch, tar
pez
I sustantivo masculino
1 Zool fish
pez de colores, goldfish
pez espada, swordfish
pez martillo, hammerhead shark
pez sierra, sawfish
pez volador, flying fish
2 familiar pez gordo, bigwig, big shot
II sustantivo femenino (alquitrán) pitch
♦ Locuciones: estar como pez en el agua, to be in one's element
estar pez (en algo), to know nothing at all about sthg

' pez' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
agalla
- aleta
- alevín
- coletazo
- espina
- globo
- lenguado
- picar
- rape
- reo
- albacora
- dulce
- enganchar
- nadar
- pescado
English:
angler fish
- bigshot
- bigwig
- carp
- catch
- element
- fish
- flounder
- flying fish
- freshwater
- gill
- goldfish
- gut
- peasant
- pitch
- scale
- sea-fish
- slimy
- spawn
- swordfish
- big
- sword

* * *

pez¹ nm
[animal] fish;
Comp

estar como pez en el agua to be in one's element;

Comp
Esp Fam
estar pez (en algo) to have no idea (about sth);

Comp

el pez grande se come al chico the big fish swallow up the little ones;

Prov

por la boca muere el pez, RP [m5] el pez por la boca muere silence is golden

Comp
pez de agua dulce freshwater fish;
pez de agua salada saltwater fish;

pez de colores goldfish;

Comp
Fam
me río yo de los peces de colores I couldn't care less;

pez erizo porcupine fish;

pez espada swordfish;
Fam Fig pez gordo big shot;
pez luna sunfish;

pez martillo hammerhead shark;

pez piloto pilot fish;

pez de río freshwater fish;

pez sierra sawfish;

pez volador flying fish

pez² nf
[sustancia] pitch, tar
* * *

pez

I m ZO fish;

estar pez en algo fam be clueless about sth fam ;

estar como pez en el agua be in one’s element

II f pitch, tar

* * *

pez nm, pl peces

1) : fish

2)

pez de colores : goldfish

3)

pez espada : swordfish

4)

pez gordo : big shot

pez nf, pl peces : pitch, tar

* * *

pez n fish [pl. fish o fishes]

pez de colores goldfish [pl. goldfish o goldfishes]

Spanish-English dictionary > pez
9 VATN

water

* * *

(gen. vatris or vatz), n.

1) water, fresh water (spratt þar vatn upp); sól gengr at vatni, the sun sets in the sea;

2) fears (vatnit for niðr eptir kjálkanum á honum); halda vatni, to forbear weeping;

3) lake (Mjörs er svá mikit vatn, at líkara er sjó);

4) pl., vötn, large rivers (hnigu heilög vötn af Himin-fjöllum).

* * *

n., pl. vötn; vant occurs in N. G. L. i. 363: the gen. sing. is, agreeably with the pronunciation, in old vellums invariably spelt vatz or vaz, vazt, Clem. 148, l. 32; the mod. sound is vass; in the Editions, however, the etymological form vatns has mostly been restored; all the South Teut. languages use a form with an r. The form vatr only occurs in two instances, perhaps used only for the rhyme’s sake, in hvatr vátri, a poem of the beginning of the 12th century; and hélt und vatr enn vitri, Sighvat; but vatn vitni in another verse cf the same poet: [A. S. wæter; Engl. and Dutch water; Hel. watar; O. H. G. wazar; Germ. wasser; cp. Gr. υδατ-ος; Lat. udus: on the other hand, Icel. vatn; Swed. vatten; Dan. vand, qs. vadn.]

A. Water, fresh water; jörð, vatn, lopt, eldr, Eluc. 19; spratt þar vatn upp, Edda (pref.); blóð ok vatn, Rb. 334; grafa til vatz, Edda (pref.); taka vatn upp at sínum hluta, Vm. 168; þá er vötnin vóru sköpuð, 655. 1; drepa í vatn eða hella á vatni, K. Þ. K.; ef vatn er svá mikit at þar má barn í hylja, N. G. L. i. 363.

2. phrases; ausa vatni, to besprinkle infants with water, see ausa I. 2. β; to which add, þar stendr þú, Özorr, kvað Helgi, ok mun ek ekki við þér sjá, þvíat þú jóst mik vatni, Dropl. 25; mærin var vatni ausin ok þetta nafn gefit, Nj. 25: ganga til vatns, to go to the water, to go to the ‘trapiza,’ q. v., of washing before meals, Ld. 296: þá er sól gengr at vatni. when the sun goes into the water, sets in the sea, K. Þ. K. 96; sér ekki högg á vatni, a blow in the water is not seen, of a useless effort: á vatni, afloat, Fas. ii. 532; svá skjótt, at ekki tók á vatni, Fms. vii. 344.

3. of tears; halda ekki vatni, could not forbear weeping, Fms. vi. 236 (in a verse), viii. 232.

II. a lake; [cp. North. E. Derwent-water, etc.]; uppí vatnið Væni, Fms. vi. 333; lét flytja sik út í vatn eitt, ok leyndisk þar í hólma nökkurum, i. 66; er í norðanverðum flóanum vatn þat er nes liggr í, Ísl. ii. 345; til vatz þess er Á en Helga fellr ór, Ó. H. 163; sjór eða vatn, a sea or lake, Edda.

III. streams, waters, esp. in plur. of large streams; hnigu heilög vötn af Himin-fjöllum, Hkv. 1. 1; þaðan eigu vötn öll vega, Gm.; þar er djúpt vatn ( deep water) er umhverfis, Grág. ii. 131; geysask vötn at þeim með forsfalli … vötnin flutu um völluna alla, Ó. H. 164; brúar um ár eða vötn, Grág. i. 149; vötn þau er ór jöklum höfðu fallit, Eg. 133; fjörðr sá er flóir allr af vötnum, Fs. 26; en nú falla vötn öll til Dýrafjarðar, Gísl. 20; fóru þar til er vötn hnigu til vestr-ættar af fjöllum, Orkn. 4.

IV. in local names, Vatn, Vatna-hverfi, Vatns-lausa, Vatns-á, Vatns-dalr, Vatns-endi, Vatns-fell, Vatns-fjörðr, Vatns-nes, Vatns-horn, Vatns-skarð, etc., Landn.; Vatns-dælir, Vatns-firðingar, the men from Vatnsfjörðr, Vatnsdalr, id., Sturl.: of lakes, Gríms-vötn, Fiski-vötn, Elliða-vatn, Mý-vatn, Ólvus-vatn, Landn., map of Icel.; more seldom of rivers, as Héraðsvötn in north of Icel.: Vatns-dælskr, adj. from Vatnsdalr, Finnb. 334, Ísl. ii. 335; Vatnsfirðinga-kyn, -búð, Nj. 248, Ld. 120 (see búð).

B. COMPDS, with gen. vatna-, vatns-, in vellums vatz-, vaz-: vatns-agi, a, m. dampness. vatns-bakki, a, m. a bank, shore of a water or lake, Grág. ii. 355, Jb. 315, Fms. viii. 32, Fas. i. 360. vatns-beri, a, m. the water-bearer, Aquarius in the zodiac, Rb. vatns-blandaðr, part. mixed with water. vatns-bolli, a, m. a water-jug, Am. 35. vatns-borinn, part. mixed with water. vatns-botn, m. the foot of a lake, Hrafn, 11, Fms. ix. 367. vatns-ból, n. a watering-place, well, where drinking-water is drawn. vatns-bóla, u, f. a water-bubble, vatns-bragð, n. a taste of water. vatns-burðr, m. carrying water, Bs. i. vatns-dauði, a, m. water-death, death by drowning in fresh water. vatna-djúp, n. a water-deep, abyss, Skálda 209. vatns-dropi, a, m. a drop of water, Stj. 154. vatns-drykkr, m. a drink of water, Stj. 150, 581, Edda 24. vatns-dæld, f. a watery hollow. vatns-endi, a, m. the end of a lake, Fms. ix. 406. vatns-fall, n. a stream, river; lítið vatnsfall, a small river, Eg. 134, v. l.: of rain, vindr ok vatnsfall, Art. 85. vatns-farvegr, m. a ‘water’s fairway,’ the bed of a river, Grág. ii. 291. vatns-fata, u, f. a water-pail, Fb. i. 258, O. H. L. ch. 96. vatna-flaumr, m. [Norse vand-flom], a water-flood, swell of water, D. N. vi. 148. vatns-flóð, n. water-flood. vatna-gangr, m. a flood, Stj. 59, Grág. i. 219, Landn. 251: a fall of rain, = vatnfall, veðrátta ok v., Grett. 24 new Ed. vatns-heldr, adj. water-tight. vatns-hestr, m. = nykr, q. v., Landn. 93, v. l.; but vatna-hestr, m. a good horse to cross rivers. vatna-hlaup, n. floods, a rushing forth of waters, Landn. 250. vatns-horn, n. a water-horn, a vessel for holy water in church, Pm. 6: the end or angle of a lake, and as a local name, Ld., Landn. vatns-hríð, f. a storm, Ann. 1336 C. vatns-íss, m. ice on a lake, Stj. 510, Fms. viii. 398, ix. 367. vatns-kanna, u, f. a water-can, Vm. 86. vatns-karl, m. a water-can shaped like a man; vatnskarl til vígðs vatns, Vm. 21; vatnskarl ok munnlaug, Fb. i. 359, D. N. iv. 457. vatns-ker, n. a water-jug, Stj. vatns-kerald, n. = vatnsker, Fms. i. 127, Vm. 21, Jb. 409, vatns-ketill, m. a water-kettle, Vm. 21, 114, B. K. 83. vatns-kottr, m. a water-insect, in foul pools. vatns-lauss, adj. waterless, without water, Barl. 196. vatns-leysi, n. lack of water. vatns-litr, m. water-colour, Rb. 336. vatns-megin, n. fulness of water. vatns-mikill, adj. swelling with water, of a river. vatns-minni, n. the inlet of a lake, Fms. ix. 394. vatns-munnlaug, f. a water hand-basin, Pm. 60. vatns-ósa, adj. soaked with water. vatns-óss, m. the mouth of a lake connected with the sea, Landn. 207. vatns-rás, f. a trench, water-course, Bs. i. 148, Stj. 593. vatns-sár, m. a font, Vm. 110, N. G. L. i. 327. vatns-skál, f. a water-jug, D. N. vatns-skírn, f. baptism in water, Barl. 116, 144 (vatnz-skírn). vatns-skortr, m. lack of water, Barl. 196. vatns-sótt, f water-sickness, dropsy, medic., Post. vatns-steinn, m. a font of stone, Vm. 110. vatns-strönd, f. the bank of a lake, Fms. viii. 32, MS. 623. 33, Vkv. (prose, vaz-strouds). vatns-stökkull, m. a watering-pot, a vessel or brush for sprinkling water, Bs. i. 464. vatns-tjörn, f. a ‘water-tarn,’ pool, Sks. 682. vatna-tunna, u, f. a water-tub. vatns-uppspretta, u, f. a jet of water, Stj. 646. vatns-veita, u, f. a drain, trench, aqueduct, Grág. ii. 289. vatns-veiting, f. a draining. vatns-vetr, m. a winter of floods, Ann. 1191 C. vatns-vígsla, u, f. consecration of water, Bs. i. 97. vatns-vík, f. a creek in a lake, Fms. viii. 67. vatna-vöxtr, m. ‘water-growth,’ a flood, Bs. i. 138, Grett. 133 A, D. N. ii. 35, passim. vatna-þytr, m. the thud, sound of falling waters, Skálda. vatns-æðr, f. a vein of water, Stj. 29, 205.

C. REAL COMPDS, with the root word vatn- prefixed: vatn-bátr, m. a lake-boat, Jb. 410 B. vatn-beri, a, m. = vatnsberi, Rb. (1812) 65, 66. vatn-dauðr, adj. drowned in fresh water, Grág. i. 223. vatn-dragari, a, m. a drawer of water, Stj. 358. vatn-dragi, a, m. id., Fas. iii. 21 (in a verse). vatn-dýr, n. water-animals, Al. 167. vatn-fall, n. a waterfall, stream; vatnföll deilir: a torrent, stream, í bráða-þeyjum var þar vatnfall mikit, a great torrent, Eg. 766; lítið v., 134; var v. þat fullt af fiskum, Fms. i. 253; svá mikit v. sem áin Níð er, v. 182; deilir norðr vatnföllum til héraða, Ísl. ii. 345; er vatnföll deila til sjóvar, Eg. 131, Grág. i. 440; með öllum vatnföllum, Nj. 265: of rain, fyrir vatnfalli ok regni, Gullþ. 8; vatnfall fylgði hér svá mikit ór lopti, torrents of rain, Gísl. 105, Fms. x. 250. vatn-fátt, n. adj. short of water, Landn. 34, Fms. ix. 45. vatn-fiskr, m. a fresh-water fish, Fs. 165. vatn-gangr, m. a swelling of water, Vápn. 24. vatn-horn, n. a water-horn, as church inventory, Vm. 110. vatn-kakki, a, m. = trapiza, q. v.; gékk hann til vatnkakka ok þó sér, Korm. 24. vatn-karl, m. a jug, Stj. 153, D. I. i. 597, Dipl. v. 18; vatnkarlar fjórir, könnur sextán, iii. 4, Rb. (of the zodiacal Aquarius). vatn-kálfr, m. dropsy; þá sótt er heitir idropicus, þat köllu vér vatnkálf, Hom. 25, 150; hann er góðr við vatnkálfi, Hb. 544. 39. vatn-ker, vatn-kerald, vatn-ketill, n. a water-jug …, Grág. ii. 397, Stj. 311, Nj. 134, Ísl. ii. 410, Fms. xi. 34, Ám. 29, Vm. 35. vatn-lauss, adj. = vatnslauss, Al. 172, Stj. 194. vatn-legill, m. a water-jug, Stj. 128. vatn-leysi, n. lack of water, Al. 173. vatn-ormr, m. a water-serpent, Al. 168; Hercules sigraði v. (the Hydra), MS. 732. 17: a pr. name, Mork. vatn-rás, f. = vatnsrás, Stj. 58, 642. Ísl. ii. 92. vatn-skjóla, u, f. a water-skeel, pail, D. I. i. 225. vatn-staðr, m. a water-place, 655 xxviii. 2. vatn-torf, n. soaked turf, Ísl. ii. 412. vatn-trumba, u, f. a water-pipe, Hom. 131. vatn-veita, u, f. = vatnsveita, a drain, water-trench, Grág. ii. 289, Stj. 498. vatn-viðri, n. = vátviðri, Bs. i. 245. vatn-vígsla, u, f. the consecrating streams and wells, of bishop Gudmund, Bs. i. vatn-ærinn, adj. plentiful as water, abundant; vatnærin hef ek vitni, Sighvat.

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