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2 culo

m.

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

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

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

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

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

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

2 bottom.

3 anus.

4 butt end, back part.

5 ass, buttocks, butt, arse.

6 attractive woman.

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culo

► nombre masculino

1 familiar bottom, bum, arse (US ass)

2 familiar (ano) arse (US ass)

3 (de recipiente) bottom

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

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FRASEOLOGÍA

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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noun m.

1) bottom

2) ass

* * *

SM

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

- confunde el culo con las témporas

el culo del mundo ** —

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

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

- dejar a algn con el culo al aire

- ir con el culo a rastras

ir de culo ** —

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

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

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

- lamer el culo a algn

meterse algo por el culo *** —

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

mojarse el culo ** —

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

partirse el culo ** —

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

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

- pasarse algo por el culo

perder el culo por algn/algo ** —

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

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

ser un culo de mal asiento —

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

tomar por culo *** —

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

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

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

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

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

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

- su casa está a tomar por culo

- culo que veo, culo que deseo

2) * [de vaso, botella] bottom

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

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

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

gafas de culo de vaso — pebble glasses

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masculino (fam: en algunas regiones vulg)

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

ir de culo — (fam)

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

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

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

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

meterse algo en or por el culo — (vulg)

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

pasarse algo por el culo — (vulg)

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

perder el culo por algo/alguien — (fam)

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

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

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

ser un culo de mal asiento — (fam)

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

b) (de vaso, botella) bottom

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

c) (RPl fam) ( suerte) luck

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

* culo respingón = pert bum, pert bottom.

* dar por culo = piss + Nombre + off.

* dar un pellizco en el culo = bottom pinching.

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

* en el culo = in the bottom.

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

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

* irse a tomar por culo = naff off.

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

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

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

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

* pellizcar el culo = bottom pinching.

* perder el culo = go into + raptures.

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

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

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

* ser el culo del mundo = be the pits.

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

* vete a tomar por culo = fuck off.

* * *

masculino (fam: en algunas regiones vulg)

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

ir de culo — (fam)

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

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

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

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

meterse algo en or por el culo — (vulg)

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

pasarse algo por el culo — (vulg)

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

perder el culo por algo/alguien — (fam)

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

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

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

ser un culo de mal asiento — (fam)

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

b) (de vaso, botella) bottom

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

c) (RPl fam) ( suerte) luck

* * *

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

* culo respingón = pert bum, pert bottom.

* dar por culo = piss + Nombre + off.

* dar un pellizco en el culo = bottom pinching.

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

* en el culo = in the bottom.

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

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

* irse a tomar por culo = naff off.

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

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

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

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

* pellizcar el culo = bottom pinching.

* perder el culo = go into + raptures.

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

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

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

* ser el culo del mundo = be the pits.

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

* vete a tomar por culo = fuck off.

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culo

masculine

(fam: en algunas regiones vulg)

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

2 (de un vaso, una botella) bottom

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

3 ( RPl fam) (suerte) luck

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

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

b) (de vaso, botella) bottom

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

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

1. [nalgas] Br bum, US butt;

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

culo firme firm buttocks;

culo respingón pert bottom;

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

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

Comp

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Comp

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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culo

m vulg

ass vulg, Br

arse vulg ; fam

butt fam, Br

bum fam ;

caer(se) de culo fall on one’s ass;

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

ir de culo fig fam do badly;

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

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

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culo nm

1) fam : backside, behind

2) : bottom (of a glass)

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culo n

1. (trasero) bottom / bum

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

2. (de vaso, botella) bottom

Spanish-English dictionary > culo
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nut
-, анкерная — anchor nut
-, барашковая — wing nut
-, глухая — cap nut
-, затяжная (возд. винта). — retaining nut
-, колпачковая (заглушка) — cap nut
-, контровочная (контргайка) — locking nut, locknut
-, корончатая — castellated nut
-, манжетная — packirfg nut
-, накидная (рис. 101) — coupling /union/ nut
-, плавающая — floating nut
- распорной втулки (колеса) (рис. 32) — sleeve nut
- с вырезами под вилочный ключ, круглая — spanner nut
- с двумя ребрами на ципиндрической боковой поверхности — two-ribbed nut
- с накаткой — knurled nut
- с четырьмя ребрами на ципиндрической боковой поверхности — four-ribbed nut
-, самоконтрящаяся — self-locking nut
не допускается установка сомоконтрящихся гаек на болты, служащие в качестве осей, — no self-locking nut may be used on any bolt subject to rotation during airplane operation.
-, самотормозящаяся (самоконтрящаяся) — friction nut
-, слабозатянутая — loose nut
-, стопорная — retaining nut
-, четырехгранная — square nut
-, шестигранная (самопроизвольное) отворачиванне г. — hexagonal nut loosening of the nut
завертывать г. — screw on the nut
завертывать г. до соприкосновения с — turn the nut down until it contacts
завертывать г. на c6eг резьбы — start the nut on the thread
завертывать г. от руки — finger tighten the nut, screw the nut f7nger-tight
завинчивать г. — screw on the nut install the bolts in the holes and screw on the nuts.
затягивать г. — tighten the nut
затягивать г.до отказа — tighten the nut fully
затягивать г. моментом до кгм — tighten the nut by torque not exceeding kg-m
затягивать г. моментом кгм — tighten the nut to kg-m
затягивать г. моментом от до кгм kg-m — tighten the nut to to
затягивать г. на (3) нитки резьбы — tighten the nut (3) threads
затягивать г. от руки — finger tighten the nut
затягивать г. попеременно и равномерно — tighten the nuts alternately and evenly
затягивать г. равномерно — apply torque to the nut with steady even pressure
затягивать г. туго — tighten the nut tightly
контрить г. — lock the nut
навертывать г. — screw on the nut
наворачивать г. на болт — screw the nut on the bolt
наживлять г. — start the nut on thread
ослаблять г. — back /loosen/ the nut off
ослаблять затяжку г. на один оборот — back the nut off one revolution
ослаблять затяжку г. на одну грань — back the nut off one flat
ослаблять затяжку (корончатой) г. на одну — back the nut off one castellaгрань tion
отвертывать г. полностью — remove the nut
отворачивать r. — unscrew the nut
отворачивать г. на оборотов — back out the nut revolutions

Русско-английский сборник авиационно-технических терминов > гайка
4 nut

noun

1) Nuss, die

be a hard or tough nut [to crack] — [Problem usw.:] eine harte Nuss sein (ugs.)

2) (Mech. Engin.) [Schrauben]mutter, die

nuts and bolts — (fig.) praktische Grundlagen

3) (coll.): (head) Kürbis, der (salopp)

4) (crazy person) Verrückte, der/die (ugs.)

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noun

1) (a fruit consisting of a single seed in a hard shell: a hazel-nut; a walnut.) die Nuß

2) (a small round piece of metal with a hole through it, for screwing on the end of a bolt to hold pieces of wood, metal etc together: a nut and bolt.) die Mutter

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- nutcracker
- nutshell
- in a nutshell
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nut

[nʌt]

I. n

1. (fruit) Nuss f

2. TECH Mutter f

to tighten the \nut up die Mutter festziehen

3. ( fam: madman) Bekloppte(r) f(m) BRD sl, Dodel m ÖSTERR pej derb

4. ( fam: fool) Verrückte(r) f(m), ÖSTERR a. Spinner m

5. ( fam: fan) Fanatiker(in) m(f)

health/sports \nut Gesundheits-/Sportfanatiker(in) m(f)

6. ( fam: head) Schädel m fam, Birne f fam, Grind m fam

to be off one's \nut übergeschnappt sein fam

to do one's \nut BRIT, AUS ausrasten, durchdrehen fam

to use one's \nut sein Hirn benutzen

7. AM ( fam: costs) Geldbedarf m

8.

▶ the \nuts and bolts of sth die fundamentalen Grundlagen einer S. gen

▶ a hard [or tough] \nut to crack (problem) eine harte Nuss; (person) eine schwierige Person

II. n modifier

\nut allergy Nussallergie f

\nut cutlet Nussschnitzel nt

\nut filling Nussfüllung f

\nut tree Nussbaum m

III. vt

<- tt->

( fam)

▪ to \nut sb jdm eine Kopfnuss geben

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(Brit) abbr See: of National Union of Teachers
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nut [nʌt]

A s

1. BOT Nuss f:

be a hard ( oder tough) to crack fig eine harte Nuss sein, (Person) schwierig sein;

not for nuts Br umg überhaupt nicht;

he can’t play for nuts Br umg er spielt miserabel

2. TECH

a) (Schrauben)Mutter f:

the nuts and bolts fig die praktischen Grundlagen

b) Triebel m

c) Radnabenmutter f

d) Türschlossnuss f

3. MUS

a) Frosch m (am Bogen)

b) Saitensattel m

4. pl WIRTSCH Br Nusskohle f

5. umg

a) Birne f (Kopf):

be (go) off one’s nut verrückt sein (werden);

do one’s nut Br durchdrehen

b) Verrückte(r) m/f(m), Spinner(in):

be a car (tennis) nut autonärrisch (tennisverrückt) sein;

be a nut on total abfahren auf (akk) sl

6. pl vulg Eier pl (Hoden)

B v/i Nüsse pflücken

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noun

1) Nuss, die

be a hard or tough nut [to crack] — [Problem usw.:] eine harte Nuss sein (ugs.)

2) (Mech. Engin.) [Schrauben]mutter, die

nuts and bolts — (fig.) praktische Grundlagen

3) (coll.): (head) Kürbis, der (salopp)

4) (crazy person) Verrückte, der/die (ugs.)

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(for screw) n.

Mutter -¨ (zur Schraube) f. n.

Nuss ¨-e f.

Nuß ¨-e (alt.Rechtschreibung) f.

Schraubenmutter f.

English-german dictionary > nut
5 ♦ nut

♦ nut /nʌt/
n.

1 (bot., scient.) achenio

2 (bot.) (usato come termine generico in alcuni composti:) walnut, noce; hazelnut, nocciola; peanut, nocciolina americana; cashew ( nut), noce di acagiù; Brazil nut, noce del Brasile

3 (mecc.) dado

4 ( slang) testa, zucca; (fig.) cervello: Use your nut!, adopera la testa!; usa il cervello!; to be off one's nut, essere matto; essere fuori di testa; mancare d'una rotella

5 (naut.) mazza ( dell'ancora)

6 (mus.: di violino) capotasto

7 ( slang) matto; eccentrico; pazzoide

8 ( slang) fanatico, patito (di q. o qc.)

9 (pl.) piccoli pezzi di carbone

10 (pl.) (volg.) palle; coglioni (volg.); zebedei (pop.)

● nut allergy, allergia alla frutta secca ( noci, ecc.) □ nut-brown, (color) nocciola □ nut butter, burro di noci □ (bot.) nut-gall, galla nuciforme; galla di quercia □ nut-hook, bacchio per le noci □ nut oil, olio di noci □ (bot.) nut palm, Cycas media □ nuts and bolts, (mecc.) dadi e bulloni, bulloneria; (fig. fam.) dettagli tecnici, rudimenti: the nuts and bolts of cooking, i rudimenti dell'arte culinaria □ nuts-and-bolts (agg.), fondamentale; essenziale; pratico □ (mecc.) nut screw, madrevite □ (bot.) nut tree, noce; ( anche) nocciòlo, avellano □ (zool.) nut weevil ( Balaninus nucum), balanino □ nut wrench, serradadi □ ( slang) to do one's nut, arrabbiarsi; incavolarsi, essere incavolato (pop.) □ ( slang) to go off one's nut, andare giù di testa; impazzire □ ( slang) He can't play bridge for nuts, non sa neanche da che parte si cominci a giocare a bridge.
(to) nut /nʌt/
A v. i.

( di solito to go nutting) raccoglier noci

B v. t.

( slang) dare una testata a (q.)

● (fig. slang USA) to nut up, dare i numeri (fam.).

English-Italian dictionary > ♦ nut
6 ajustar

v.

1 to fit (encajar) (piezas de motor).

2 to adjust.

Silvia ajustó el plan adecuadamente Silvia adjusted the plan adequately.

Silvia ajustó las tuercas de la caldera Silvia adjusted the boiler nuts.

3 to tighten.

ajusta bien la tapa screw the lid on tight

4 to arrange (pactar) (matrimonio).

5 to fit properly, to be a good fit (venir justo).

la ventana no ajusta bien the window won't close properly

6 to control, to set.

Mario ajustó la temperatura Mario controlled the temperature.

7 to hire.

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ajustar

► verbo transitivo

1 (adaptar) to adjust, regulate

2 (apretar) to tighten

3 (encajar) to fit, fit tight

4 (acordar) to fix, agree on, set

► verbo intransitivo

1 to fit

► verbo pronominal ajustarse

1 (ceñirse) to fit

■ la puerta se ajusta perfectamente al marco the door is a perfect fit

2 (ponerse de acuerdo) to come to an agreement; (estar de acuerdo) to agree with, fit in with

■ esto no se ajusta a la verdad this is not true

■ esto no se ajusta a mi presupuesto this is outside my price range

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FRASEOLOGÍA

ajustar cuentas COMERCIO to settle up 2 figurado to settle a score

ajustarse el cinturón to tighten one's belt

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verb

1) to adjust

2) fit, tighten

•

- ajustarse

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1. VT

1) (Téc)

a) [+ pieza, grifo] [colocando] to fit; [apretando] to tighten

¿cómo se ajusta la baca al vehículo? — how does the roof rack fit onto the vehicle?

necesito unos alicates para ajustar la válvula — I need some pliers to tighten the valve

b) (=regular) [+ volumen, temperatura] to adjust, regulate; [+ asiento, retrovisor] to adjust; [+ cinturón] to tighten

c) Chile, Méx [+ motor] to fix

hay que ajustarle el motor a la moto — we need to fix the motorbike's engine

2) (=pactar) [+ acuerdo, trato] to reach; [+ boda] to arrange; [+ precio] to agree on

ya hemos ajustado el presupuesto con los albañiles — we have already agreed on the price with the builders

el precio ha quedado ajustado en 500 euros — the price has been fixed o set at 500 euros

• ajustar cuentas con algn — (lit) to settle accounts with sb; (fig) to settle one's scores with sb

3) (=adaptar) to adjust (a to)

deben ajustar la producción a la demanda — they must adjust production to demand

tuvieron una reunión para ajustar diferencias — they had a meeting to settle their differences

4) euf (=reducir)

han tenido que ajustar el número de sucursales — the number of branches had to be rationalized euf

este año hemos tenido que ajustar drásticamente el presupuesto — this year we have had to sharply reduce our budget

5) (Cos) [+ cintura, manga] to take in

hay que ajustar la cintura — the waist needs taking in

6) (Tip) to compose

7) † [+ criado] to hire, engage

8) CAm, Méx, Chile, Ven

ajustar un golpe a algn — to deal sb a blow

ajustar un garrotazo a algn — to beat sb with a club

2. VI

1) (=encajar) to fit

este corcho no ajusta en la botella — this cork doesn't fit in the bottle

rellena con masilla los empalmes que no ajusten — fill the joints that don't fit together with putty

2) Ven (=agudizarse) to get worse

durante la noche me ajustó el dolor — the pain got worse during the night

por el camino ajustó el aguacero — on the way, there was a sudden downpour

3.

See:

ajustarse

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1.
verbo transitivo

1)

a) ( apretar) to tighten (up)

b) ( regular) to adjust

ajustar la entrada de agua — to regulate the flow of water

c) <retrovisor/asiento/cinturón de seguridad> to adjust

d) ( encajar) < piezas> to fit

2) ( en costura) to take in

3)

a) <gastos/horarios>

ajustar algo a algo — to adapt something to something

b) <sueldo/jubilación> to adjust

les ajustan el sueldo con la inflación — their wages are adjusted in line with inflation

4) <precio/alquiler/sueldo> to fix, set

5) < cuentas> ( sacar el resultado de) to balance; ( saldar) to settle
2.
ajustar vi to fit
3.
ajustarse v pron

1) (refl) < cinturón de seguridad> to adjust

2) piezas to fit

3) (ceñirse, atenerse)

ajustarse a algo: su declaración no se ajusta a la verdad his statement is not strictly true; deberá ajustarse a estas condiciones it will have to comply with these conditions; una sentencia que no se ajusta a derecho — a legally flawed verdict

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= adjust, calibrate, twiddle, scale, tweak, fine tune [fine-tune], muck around/about, align.

Ex. The brightness can be adjusted by turning the two knobs at the lower right of the screen.

Ex. The maps are calibrated to show fine distinctions within Geauga = Se calibran los mapas para mostrar pequeñas distinciones dentro de la región de Geauga.

Ex. Meek took her glasses off and twiddled them as her supervisor related the following incident.

Ex. To produce a statewide estimate, this framework would need to be scaled to accommodate all public libraries in a particular state.

Ex. This book offers strategies for high school teachers that provide tools for creating, repairing, and tweaking all the discernible components of teaching.

Ex. These statistics have been used to fine tune the system and improve response time = Se han usado estos resultados estadísticos para ajustar el funcionamiento del sistema y mejorar el tiempo de respuesta.

Ex. I have looked at the book and mucked around with the database and using switches but can't see a solution.

Ex. Entry words may be aligned in a centre column or in a left hand column.

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* ajustar Algo a = bring + Nombre + into compliance with.

* ajustar cuentas = settle + a score, settle + things, get + even.

* ajustar la exposición = adjust + exposure.

* ajustarse = suit, fit + snugly, suit + best.

* ajustarse a = conform to, befit, align.

* ajustarse a exigencias = suit + demands.

* ajustarse el cinturón = tighten + Posesivo + belt, gird (up) + Posesivo + loins.

* desajustar = throw out of + alignment.

* que no ajusta bien = ill-fitting.

* sin ajustar = unadjusted, loosely hanging, baggy [baggier -comp., baggiest -sup.], saggy [saggier -comp., saggiest -sup.].

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1.
verbo transitivo

1)

a) ( apretar) to tighten (up)

b) ( regular) to adjust

ajustar la entrada de agua — to regulate the flow of water

c) <retrovisor/asiento/cinturón de seguridad> to adjust

d) ( encajar) < piezas> to fit

2) ( en costura) to take in

3)

a) <gastos/horarios>

ajustar algo a algo — to adapt something to something

b) <sueldo/jubilación> to adjust

les ajustan el sueldo con la inflación — their wages are adjusted in line with inflation

4) <precio/alquiler/sueldo> to fix, set

5) < cuentas> ( sacar el resultado de) to balance; ( saldar) to settle
2.
ajustar vi to fit
3.
ajustarse v pron

1) (refl) < cinturón de seguridad> to adjust

2) piezas to fit

3) (ceñirse, atenerse)

ajustarse a algo: su declaración no se ajusta a la verdad his statement is not strictly true; deberá ajustarse a estas condiciones it will have to comply with these conditions; una sentencia que no se ajusta a derecho — a legally flawed verdict

* * *

= adjust, calibrate, twiddle, scale, tweak, fine tune [fine-tune], muck around/about, align.

Ex: The brightness can be adjusted by turning the two knobs at the lower right of the screen.

Ex: The maps are calibrated to show fine distinctions within Geauga = Se calibran los mapas para mostrar pequeñas distinciones dentro de la región de Geauga.

Ex: Meek took her glasses off and twiddled them as her supervisor related the following incident.

Ex: To produce a statewide estimate, this framework would need to be scaled to accommodate all public libraries in a particular state.

Ex: This book offers strategies for high school teachers that provide tools for creating, repairing, and tweaking all the discernible components of teaching.

Ex: These statistics have been used to fine tune the system and improve response time = Se han usado estos resultados estadísticos para ajustar el funcionamiento del sistema y mejorar el tiempo de respuesta.

Ex: I have looked at the book and mucked around with the database and using switches but can't see a solution.

Ex: Entry words may be aligned in a centre column or in a left hand column.

* ajustar Algo a = bring + Nombre + into compliance with.

* ajustar cuentas = settle + a score, settle + things, get + even.

* ajustar la exposición = adjust + exposure.

* ajustarse = suit, fit + snugly, suit + best.

* ajustarse a = conform to, befit, align.

* ajustarse a exigencias = suit + demands.

* ajustarse el cinturón = tighten + Posesivo + belt, gird (up) + Posesivo + loins.

* desajustar = throw out of + alignment.

* que no ajusta bien = ill-fitting.

* sin ajustar = unadjusted, loosely hanging, baggy [baggier -comp., baggiest -sup.], saggy [saggier -comp., saggiest -sup.].

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ajustar [A1 ]

vt

A

1 (apretar) ‹tornillo/freno› to tighten (up)

2 (regular) ‹tornillo/dispositivo› to adjust

ajustar la entrada de agua to regulate the flow of water

3 ‹retrovisor/asiento/cinturón› to adjust

4 (encajar) ‹piezas› to fit

5 ‹página› to make up

B (en costura) to take in

C

1 ‹gastos/horarios› ajustar algo A algo to adapt sth TO sth

tenemos que ajustar los gastos a los ingresos we have to tailor our expenditure to our income

2 ‹sueldo/jubilación› to adjust

les ajustan el sueldo con la inflación their wages are adjusted in line with inflation

D (acordar) ‹precio/alquiler/sueldo› to fix, set

ajustaron el precio en 120 euros the price was fixed o set at 120 euros, they agreed on a price of 120 euros

todavía falta ajustar el alquiler we still have to reach an agreement on o agree on o fix o set the rent

E ‹cuentas›

1 (sacar el resultado de) to balance

2 (saldar) to settle ver tb cuenta¹ f E. (↑ cuenta (1))

■ ajustar

vi

to fit

■ ajustarse

v pron

A ( refl) ‹cinturón› to adjust

B (encajarse, alinearse) «piezas» to fit

C (a una condición, un horario) ajustarse A algo:

una distribución jerárquica que no se ajusta a las necesidades reales a hierarchical structure that does not meet real needs

esta decisión no se ajusta a su política de apertura this decision is out of line with o not in keeping with their policy of openness

tenemos que ajustarnos al horario we must keep to o work within the timetable

ajustémonos al tema let's keep to the subject

su declaración no se ajusta a la verdad his statement is not strictly true

siempre tengo que ajustarme a sus caprichos I always have to go along with his whims

deberá ajustarse a las condiciones aquí descritas it will have to comply with the conditions laid down here

una sentencia que no se ajusta a derecho a verdict which is legally flawed o which is wrong in law

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ajustar ( conjugate ajustar) verbo transitivo
1
a) ( apretar) to tighten (up)

b) ‹volumen/temperatura› to adjust;

◊ ajustar la entrada de agua to regulate the flow of water

c) ‹retrovisor/asiento/cinturón de seguridad› to adjust

d) ( encajar) ‹ piezas› to fit

2 ( en costura) to take in
3
a) ‹gastos/horarios› ajustar algo a algo to adapt sth to sth

b) ‹sueldos/precios› to adjust

4 ( concertar) to fix, set
5 ‹ cuentas› ( sacar el resultado de) to balance;
( saldar) to settle
verbo intransitivo
to fit
ajustarse verbo pronominal
1 ( refl) ‹ cinturón de seguridad› to adjust
2 [ piezas] to fit
ajustar verbo transitivo
1 to adjust
2 (apretar) to tighten
(encajar) to fit
3 Fin (cuenta) to settle
♦ Locuciones: figurado ¡ya te ajustaré las cuentas!, I'll get even with you!
' ajustar' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
adaptar
- cuenta
- regular
- poner
English:
adjust
- fit
- score
- square
- work in
- bone

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ajustar

♦ vt

1. [encajar] [piezas de motor] to fit;
[puerta, ventana] to push to
2. [arreglar] to adjust;

el técnico ajustó la antena the engineer adjusted the aerial

3. [apretar] to tighten;

ajusta bien la tapa screw the lid on tight

4. [poner en posición] [retrovisor, asiento] to adjust

5. [pactar] [matrimonio] to arrange;
[pleito] to settle; [paz] to negotiate; [precio] to fix, to agree;
hemos ajustado la casa en cinco millones we have agreed a price of five million for the house

6. [adaptar] to alter;

el sastre ajustó el vestido the tailor altered the dress;

tendrás que ajustar tus necesidades a las nuestras you'll have to adapt your needs to fit in with ours;

tenemos que ajustar los gastos a los ingresos we shouldn't spend more than we earn;

ajustar las pensiones al índice de inflación to index-link pensions

7. [asestar] to deal, to give

8. Imprenta to make up

9. [reconciliar] to reconcile

10. [saldar] to settle;

Comp

ajustar las cuentas a alguien to settle a score with sb;

¡la próxima vez que te vea ajustaremos cuentas! you'll pay for this the next time I see you!

♦ vi
[venir justo] to fit properly, to be a good fit;
la ventana no ajusta bien the window won't close properly

♦ See also the pronominal verb ajustarse

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ajustar

I v/t

1 máquina etc adjust; tornillo tighten

2 precio set;

ajustar(le) las cuentas a alguien fig have a settling of accounts with s.o., settle accounts with s.o.

II v/i fit

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ajustar vt

1) : to adjust, to adapt

2) : to take in (clothing)

3) : to settle, to resolve

♦ See also the reflexive verb ajustarse

* * *

ajustar vb

1. (adaptar) to adjust

se puede ajustar la temperatura the temperature can be adjusted

2. (apretar) to tighten

hay que ajustar los tornillos you must tighten the screws

Spanish-English dictionary > ajustar
7 NUT

noun

1) Nuss, die

be a hard or tough nut [to crack] — [Problem usw.:] eine harte Nuss sein (ugs.)

2) (Mech. Engin.) [Schrauben]mutter, die

nuts and bolts — (fig.) praktische Grundlagen

3) (coll.): (head) Kürbis, der (salopp)

4) (crazy person) Verrückte, der/die (ugs.)

* * *

noun

1) (a fruit consisting of a single seed in a hard shell: a hazel-nut; a walnut.) die Nuß

2) (a small round piece of metal with a hole through it, for screwing on the end of a bolt to hold pieces of wood, metal etc together: a nut and bolt.) die Mutter

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- nutcracker
- nutshell
- in a nutshell
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nut

[nʌt]

I. n

1. (fruit) Nuss f

2. TECH Mutter f

to tighten the \nut up die Mutter festziehen

3. ( fam: madman) Bekloppte(r) f(m) BRD sl, Dodel m ÖSTERR pej derb

4. ( fam: fool) Verrückte(r) f(m), ÖSTERR a. Spinner m

5. ( fam: fan) Fanatiker(in) m(f)

health/sports \nut Gesundheits-/Sportfanatiker(in) m(f)

6. ( fam: head) Schädel m fam, Birne f fam, Grind m fam

to be off one's \nut übergeschnappt sein fam

to do one's \nut BRIT, AUS ausrasten, durchdrehen fam

to use one's \nut sein Hirn benutzen

7. AM ( fam: costs) Geldbedarf m

8.

▶ the \nuts and bolts of sth die fundamentalen Grundlagen einer S. gen

▶ a hard [or tough] \nut to crack (problem) eine harte Nuss; (person) eine schwierige Person

II. n modifier

\nut allergy Nussallergie f

\nut cutlet Nussschnitzel nt

\nut filling Nussfüllung f

\nut tree Nussbaum m

III. vt

<- tt->

( fam)

▪ to \nut sb jdm eine Kopfnuss geben

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(Brit) abbr See: of National Union of Teachers
* * *

NUT abk Br National Union of Teachers (Gewerkschaft)

* * *

noun

1) Nuss, die

be a hard or tough nut [to crack] — [Problem usw.:] eine harte Nuss sein (ugs.)

2) (Mech. Engin.) [Schrauben]mutter, die

nuts and bolts — (fig.) praktische Grundlagen

3) (coll.): (head) Kürbis, der (salopp)

4) (crazy person) Verrückte, der/die (ugs.)

* * *

(for screw) n.

Mutter -¨ (zur Schraube) f. n.

Nuss ¨-e f.

Nuß ¨-e (alt.Rechtschreibung) f.

Schraubenmutter f.

English-german dictionary > NUT
8 затяжка

tightening
(болтов, винтов, гаек)
- болта с натягом гладкой части — tightening of bolt to be fitted with interference
-, окончательная — final tightening
-, попеременная (болтов, винтов) — alternate tightening
-, предварительная — preliminary tightening
-, равномерная — even tightening
-, тарированная (болтов, гаек) — tightening (bolts, nuts) with torque wrench
момент 3. — torque
порядок 3. — tightening sequence
последовательность 3. — tightening sequence
ослаблять 3. болта (винта, гайки) — slacken the bolt (screw, nut)
ослаблять 3. болта (винта, гайки) на один оборот — slacken /back off/ the bolt (screw, nut) one revolution
ослаблять 3. (корончатой) гайки на одну грань — back the nut off one castellation

Русско-английский сборник авиационно-технических терминов > затяжка
9 chaveta

f.

1 cotter pin (clavija).

2 nut, head (informal) (cabeza).

perder la chaveta (figurative) to go off one's rocker

3 penknife. (Andean Spanish (Bolivia, Chilean Spanish, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru))

4 locking pin, linchpin, cotter with a split end which bends after insertion to secure its position, lynchpin.

5 flick knife.

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chaveta

► nombre femenino

1 TÉCNICA cotter, cotter pin, key

\

FRASEOLOGÍA

estar mal de la chaveta familiar to have a screw loose

perder la chaveta familiar to go off one's rocker

perder la chaveta por algo/alguien familiar to be crazy about something/somebody

* * *

1. SF

1) (Téc) cotter, cotter pin

- perder la chaveta

- perder la chaveta por algn

2) LAm (=navaja) broad-bladed knife

2.

ADJ INV

estar chaveta — ** to be nuts *

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femenino

a) ( clavija) pin, cotter pin

estar mal de la chaveta — (fam) to have a screw loose (colloq)

perder la chaveta — (fam) to go off one's rocker (colloq)

b) (Per fam) ( navaja) switchblade (AmE), flick-knife (BrE)

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= haywire.

Ex. The concept is brilliant -- young Owen begins to get back his superpowers but they are, well, a little bit haywire.

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* perder la chaveta = go + bonkers, go (right) off + Posesivo + rocker, go + berserk, go + postal, go + haywire.

* perder la chaveta por = have + a crush on.

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femenino

a) ( clavija) pin, cotter pin

estar mal de la chaveta — (fam) to have a screw loose (colloq)

perder la chaveta — (fam) to go off one's rocker (colloq)

b) (Per fam) ( navaja) switchblade (AmE), flick-knife (BrE)

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= haywire.

Ex: The concept is brilliant -- young Owen begins to get back his superpowers but they are, well, a little bit haywire.

* perder la chaveta = go + bonkers, go (right) off + Posesivo + rocker, go + berserk, go + postal, go + haywire.

* perder la chaveta por = have + a crush on.

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chaveta

feminine

1 (clavija) pin, cotter pin

estar mal de la chaveta ( fam); to have a screw loose ( colloq)

perder la chaveta ( fam); to go off one's rocker ( colloq)

perdió la chaveta por ella he lost his head over her

2 ( Per fam) (navaja) switchblade ( AmE), flick-knife ( BrE)

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chaveta nf

1. [clavija] cotter pin

2. Fam [cabeza] nut, head;

Comp

estar mal de la chaveta to be funny in the head;

Comp

perder la chaveta [volverse loco] to go off one's rocker;

ha perdido la chaveta por una compañera de clase he's gone nuts about one of the girls in his class

3. Andes [navaja] penknife

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chaveta

f TÉC (cotter) pin;

estar chaveta fam be crazy fam, be nuts fam ;

perder la chaveta fam go off one’s rocker fam

Spanish-English dictionary > chaveta
10 chiflado

adj.

nutty, batty, crazy, bananas.

f. & m.

nut, crackpot, eccentric person, fruitcake.

past part.

past participle of spanish verb: chiflar.

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chiflado

► participio pasado

1→ link=chiflar chiflar

► adjetivo

1 familiar mad, crazy, barmy, nuts, bonkers

► nombre masculino,nombre femenino

1 familiar nut, loony, headcase

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FRASEOLOGÍA

estar chiflado,-a con/por algo familiar to be crazy about something, be mad about something

estar chiflado,-a por alguien familiar (enamorado) to be madly in love with somebody

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(f. - chiflada)

adj.

nutty, crazy

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chiflado, -a *
1.

ADJ crazy *, barmy *

esa chica le tiene chiflado — he's crazy about that girl

estar chiflado con o por algo/algn — to be crazy about sth/sb

2.

SM / F nutter *, nutcase *

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I
- da adjetivo (fam) crazy (colloq), mad (BrE)

ese viejo está chiflado — that old guy's crazy, that old guy's a nutter (colloq)

estar chiflado por algo/alguien — to be crazy o nuts o (BrE) mad about something/somebody (colloq)
II
- da masculino, femenino (fam) nutcase (colloq), nutter (colloq)

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= crazy [crazier -comp., craziest -sup.], crank, loony [loonier -comp., looniest -sup], nuts, zany [zanier -comp., zaniest -sup.], bonkers, wacko, screwy [screwier -comp., screwiest -sup.], wacky [wackier -comp., wackiest -sup.], stark raving mad, raving mad, raving lunatic, lunatic, nutter, cuckoo, off + Posesivo + nut, potty [pottier -comp., pottiest -sup.], kook, nutty [nuttier -comp., nuttiest -sup.], mad, daffy [daffier -comp., daffiest -sup.], space cadet, off + Posesivo + knocker, off + Posesivo + rocker, moonstruck, barmy [barmier -comp., barmiest -sup.].

Ex. Lest it appear that Ms Marshall's committee and a few others of us, notoriously associated with that kind of work, are little more than crazy, fire-breathing radicals, let me add this gloss immediately.

Ex. The British Museum Reading Room is filled with cranks, hacks, poverty-stricken scholars who cherish their hobby.

Ex. Some loud loonies are not dangerous to the library while others may be; the librarian needs to be able to guess which is which.

Ex. I think some people would think my approach is nuts.

Ex. His zany humor, gawky production, and sexual exhibitionism have grown in this new film into a confident, ironic account of a world in which it pays to be rich and beautiful.

Ex. This client was bonkers, but believable.

Ex. Varieties of bad bosses include disagreeable taskmasters, overly ambitious artists, and outright ' wackos'.

Ex. This is the newspaper that ran a lengthy article about LaRouche's screwy assertion that the greenhouse effect doesn't exist and that the ozone layer is not disappearing.

Ex. 'Open Season' is a wild and wacky animated comedy set in the town of Timberline.

Ex. Since he wasn't stark raving mad as a result, but simply very relaxed, I decided I would try it when the opportunity arose.

Ex. It is said that if anybody remained there for a night, he would be found in the morning either dead, raving mad, or endowed with remarkable genius.

Ex. Since January of 2006 we have had to deal with the raving lunatics and suicidal madmen of the ruling party of Hamas.

Ex. This put the matter down to the work of a marginal fringe of hotheads & lunatics.

Ex. Even if we do come up with an alternative to nuclear power, in the future, there will be nutters protesting that as well.

Ex. Meanwhile, further proof that the entire party is cuckoo comes to us with the passage of another big tax cut for the rich.

Ex. A few years later Stewart went completely off his nut, staged a series of bombings, and wound up in prison after a bizarre kidnapping stunt.

Ex. The press may be free, but the system is potty.

Ex. He then ended his affair with Mia, Bram's housekeeper cum lottery winner and daughter of the kook who swears he was abuducted by aliens.

Ex. When squirrels are acting ' nutty,' it is often caused by a warble or botfly larva living beneath the animal's skin.

Ex. When J D Brown allowed the public of Islington to have open access to the books in the 1890s he was regarded by many of his colleagues as mad!.

Ex. This isn't as daffy as it seems to us as we hustle about on the verge of the third millennium.

Ex. There were space cadets, aimless women -- the melange was incredible.

Ex. Every firearm hast its pros and cons and anyone who tells you otherwise is off their knocker.

Ex. I find it fascinating how Bradley can be perfectly reasonable one moment, and off his rocker the next.

Ex. ' Moonstruck' has all the fun of movies about weddings: a reluctant groom, an overeager bride, and an emotionally distraught family.

Ex. He gets more and more hysterical every week and frankly gives the impression of being a bit barmy by grinning like a maniac and shouting his head off.

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* chiflado de la informática = computer geek.

* chiflado perdido = as daft as a brush, as thick as two (short) planks, stir-crazy, knucklehead.

* estar chiflado = be off + Posesivo + rocker.

* estar chiflado por = have + a crush on.

* volverse chiflado = go + potty, go off + Posesivo + rocker.

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I
- da adjetivo (fam) crazy (colloq), mad (BrE)

ese viejo está chiflado — that old guy's crazy, that old guy's a nutter (colloq)

estar chiflado por algo/alguien — to be crazy o nuts o (BrE) mad about something/somebody (colloq)
II
- da masculino, femenino (fam) nutcase (colloq), nutter (colloq)

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= crazy [crazier -comp., craziest -sup.], crank, loony [loonier -comp., looniest -sup], nuts, zany [zanier -comp., zaniest -sup.], bonkers, wacko, screwy [screwier -comp., screwiest -sup.], wacky [wackier -comp., wackiest -sup.], stark raving mad, raving mad, raving lunatic, lunatic, nutter, cuckoo, off + Posesivo + nut, potty [pottier -comp., pottiest -sup.], kook, nutty [nuttier -comp., nuttiest -sup.], mad, daffy [daffier -comp., daffiest -sup.], space cadet, off + Posesivo + knocker, off + Posesivo + rocker, moonstruck, barmy [barmier -comp., barmiest -sup.].

Ex: Lest it appear that Ms Marshall's committee and a few others of us, notoriously associated with that kind of work, are little more than crazy, fire-breathing radicals, let me add this gloss immediately.

Ex: The British Museum Reading Room is filled with cranks, hacks, poverty-stricken scholars who cherish their hobby.

Ex: Some loud loonies are not dangerous to the library while others may be; the librarian needs to be able to guess which is which.

Ex: I think some people would think my approach is nuts.

Ex: His zany humor, gawky production, and sexual exhibitionism have grown in this new film into a confident, ironic account of a world in which it pays to be rich and beautiful.

Ex: This client was bonkers, but believable.

Ex: Varieties of bad bosses include disagreeable taskmasters, overly ambitious artists, and outright ' wackos'.

Ex: This is the newspaper that ran a lengthy article about LaRouche's screwy assertion that the greenhouse effect doesn't exist and that the ozone layer is not disappearing.

Ex: 'Open Season' is a wild and wacky animated comedy set in the town of Timberline.

Ex: Since he wasn't stark raving mad as a result, but simply very relaxed, I decided I would try it when the opportunity arose.

Ex: It is said that if anybody remained there for a night, he would be found in the morning either dead, raving mad, or endowed with remarkable genius.

Ex: Since January of 2006 we have had to deal with the raving lunatics and suicidal madmen of the ruling party of Hamas.

Ex: This put the matter down to the work of a marginal fringe of hotheads & lunatics.

Ex: Even if we do come up with an alternative to nuclear power, in the future, there will be nutters protesting that as well.

Ex: Meanwhile, further proof that the entire party is cuckoo comes to us with the passage of another big tax cut for the rich.

Ex: A few years later Stewart went completely off his nut, staged a series of bombings, and wound up in prison after a bizarre kidnapping stunt.

Ex: The press may be free, but the system is potty.

Ex: He then ended his affair with Mia, Bram's housekeeper cum lottery winner and daughter of the kook who swears he was abuducted by aliens.

Ex: When squirrels are acting ' nutty,' it is often caused by a warble or botfly larva living beneath the animal's skin.

Ex: When J D Brown allowed the public of Islington to have open access to the books in the 1890s he was regarded by many of his colleagues as mad!.

Ex: This isn't as daffy as it seems to us as we hustle about on the verge of the third millennium.

Ex: There were space cadets, aimless women -- the melange was incredible.

Ex: Every firearm hast its pros and cons and anyone who tells you otherwise is off their knocker.

Ex: I find it fascinating how Bradley can be perfectly reasonable one moment, and off his rocker the next.

Ex: ' Moonstruck' has all the fun of movies about weddings: a reluctant groom, an overeager bride, and an emotionally distraught family.

Ex: He gets more and more hysterical every week and frankly gives the impression of being a bit barmy by grinning like a maniac and shouting his head off.

* chiflado de la informática = computer geek.

* chiflado perdido = as daft as a brush, as thick as two (short) planks, stir-crazy, knucklehead.

* estar chiflado = be off + Posesivo + rocker.

* estar chiflado por = have + a crush on.

* volverse chiflado = go + potty, go off + Posesivo + rocker.

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chiflado¹ -da

adjective

( fam); crazy ( colloq), mad ( BrE)

ese viejo está chiflado that old guy's crazy o mad o nuts ( colloq), that old guy's a nutter o off his rocker o round the bend ( colloq)

estar chiflado POR algo/algn to be crazy o nuts o mad ABOUT sth/sb ( colloq)

está chiflado por ti he's crazy o nuts o mad about you ( colloq)

chiflado² -da

masculine, feminine

( fam); nutcase ( colloq), nutter ( colloq)

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Del verbo chiflar: ( conjugate chiflar)

chiflado es:

el participio

Multiple Entries:
chiflado
chiflar
chiflado
◊ -da adjetivo (fam) crazy (colloq), mad (BrE);

estar chiflado por algo/algn to be crazy o mad about sth/sb (colloq)
■ sustantivo masculino, femenino (fam) nutter (colloq)
chiflar ( conjugate chiflar) verbo transitivo ‹actor/cantante› to whistle at ( as sign of disapproval), ≈ to boo
verbo intransitivo
1 ( silbar) to whistle
2 (fam) ( gustar mucho):
◊ le chiflan los coches he's crazy about cars (colloq)

chiflarse verbo pronominal (fam) chifladose por algo/algn to be crazy about sth/sb (colloq)
chiflado,-a
I adjetivo familiar mad, crazy [por, about]
II sustantivo masculino y femenino (loco) nut, loony
chiflar verbo intransitivo
1 (con la boca) to whistle
(con un silbato) to blow
2 familiar (gustar mucho) me chifla esta música, I love this music
' chiflado' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
chiflada
- sonada
- sonado
- loco
English:
barmy
- batty
- bend
- loony
- mental
- moonstruck
- nut
- nutcase
- nuts
- nutty
- plumb
- potty
- wacky
- zany
- cracked
- crush
- dotty
- kooky
- screw

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chiflado, -a Fam

♦ adj

crazy, mad;

está chiflado por la música étnica he's crazy o mad about ethnic music;

está chiflado por una compañera de clase he's really fallen for one of his classmates

♦ nm,f

loony

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chiflado

adj fam

crazy fam

( por about), nuts fam

( por about)

II m, chiflada f nutcase fam, basketcase fam

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chiflado, -da adj, fam : nuts, crazy

chiflado, -da n, fam : crazy person, lunatic

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chiflado adj crazy [comp. crazier; superl. craziest] / mad [comp. madder; superl. maddest]

Spanish-English dictionary > chiflado
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1) General subject: copulate, couple, tread (используется по отношению к птицам мужского пола)

2) Biology: pair

3) Colloquial: lallygag, lollygag

4) American: jazz

5) Religion: fornicate

6) Rude: fuck

7) Jargon: janney, score

8) Makarov: do the trick (о мужчине)

9) Taboo: Donald ( см. Donald Duck), Dutch-kiss, Zinzanbrook (произносится zin-zan-bruck), aardvark, accommodate, at it, bag up, ball, ball somebody (с кем-л.), ball with somebody (с кем-л.), band somebody (с кем-л.), bang, bang somebody (с кем-л.), bang with somebody (с кем-л.), bash somebody (с кем-л.), bate up, batter, beak, beanbag, bear, bed with somebody (с кем-л.), belly-bamp, belly-bump, (о мужчине) belt, belt (one's) batter, biff, (о мужчине) blow through, blue goose, board, bob, boff, boink, bone down, bonk, boogie, boom-boom, booty, bop, (о мужчине) break a lance with somebody (с кем-л.), bugger, bump, bump tummies, bump uglies, bun, (о мужчине) bury (one's) wick, bury the brisket, bus somebody out (с точки зрения мужчины), cane, canoe, (о мужчине) carve oneself a slice, cattle (см. cattle-truck), cha-cha, chafer, charver, chauver somebody (с кем-л.), (о мужчине) chuck a tread, chuff, clip somebody (с кем-л.), cock, cool out, cram, (о мужчине) cram it, (о мужчине) crawl somebody (с кем-л.), cure the horn (см. horn), dance on the mattress, dance the miller's reel, daub the brush, dick, diddle, dig out, dight, (о мужчине) dip (one's) dick, dip the fly, discuss Uganda (см. Ugandan affairs), do, (о мужчине) do a grind, (о мужчине) do a hoist, do a jottle, (о мужчине) do a slide up the broad, (о мужчине) do a tread, (о женщине) do a wet 'un, do an inside worry, do it, do the do, do the natural thing, (о женщине) do the naughty, (о мужчине) do the trick, do the two-backed beast, drill (for oil), (о мужчине) drive into somebody, dunk, ease nature, empty (one's) trash, exchange spits, exercise the ferret, federate, (о женщине) feed (one's) pussy, fer somebody (с кем-л.), (о мужчине) fettle, fill (one's) boots, (о мужчине) fill somebody up, fit ends, fix somebody up (с кем-л.), fix somebody's plumbing, fla (от ирл. Fleadh - party), flame, (о мужчине) flesh it, flimp, flip, flop, flop somebody (с кем-л.), fore-and-aft, four-nine-three-eleven (4-9-3-11, по номерам букв в алфавите), frame, freak, frig, frig somebody (с кем-л., об обоих полах), frock, frottage, fuck somebody (с кем-л., об обоих полах), futter (от фр. foutre), futy, futz, g, ganch somebody (с кем-л., букв.посадить на кол), gasp and grunt, gay it, gee, get (one's) ashes hauled, (о мужчине) get (one's) end away, get (one's) greens, get (one's) leg across, get (one's) nuts cracked, get (one's) oats from somebody, get (one's) oil changed, get Jack in the orchard (см. garden), get a bit, (о мужчине) get a couple of lengths in (somebody) (с кем-л.), get a leg over, get a little, (о женщине) get a wet bottom, get any (часто употребляется при приветствии мужчин - Getting any?), get boots, get busy, get down, get fixed up, get in, (о мужчине) get into somebody (см. get outside of somebody), get it off, (о женщине) get laid, get on the old fork, (о женщине) get outside of somebody (см. get into somebody), get over, get some, (о мужчине) get some trim, (о мужчине) get there, get up somebody (с кем-л.), get up them stairs (употребляется как приказ мужчины), gib, git skins, (о мужчине) give hard for soft, give it to somebody (с кем-л.), give it up, give somebody a shot (с кем-л.), give somebody a thrill (с кем-л.), give somebody one (с кем-л.), give somebody the business, give the dog a bone, (о женщине) go a bit of beef, go case with somebody (с кем-л.), go jottling, go leather-stretching, go post a letter, (о женщине) go star-gazing on (one's) back, go the route, go to Hairyfordshire (см. hair; игра слов на Herefordshire), go to bed with somebody (с кем-л.), go to town (with somebody), go tromboning, grease the wheel, grind, (о мужчине) grind (one's) tool, groan and grunt, haul (one's) ashes, have (one's) banana peeled, (о мужчине) have (one's) cut, have (one's) greens, (о мужчине) have (one's) nuts cracked, (о мужчине) have a bit, (о женщине) have a bit of beef, have a bit of fun, have a bit of rabbit-pie, have a bit of slap and tickle, (о женщине) have a bit of the gut-stick, have a bit off, (о мужчине) have a blow-through, have a flutter, have a go, (о мужчине) have a hoist, (о женщине) have a hot pudding for supper (см. pudding), have a naughty, have a put-in, (о мужчине) have a rattle, (о женщине) have a taste of the gut-stick, have carnal knowledge of somebody (с кем-л.), have contact with somebody (с кем-л.), have it away (together), have it in, have it off, have sex, have some, have somebody (с кем-л.), hide the salami, hit it off, hit skins, hive it, hobble, hog, hop, (о мужчине) hop into the horse's collar, (о мужчине) hop on, horizontalize, hose, huddle (somebody) (с кем-л.), hump (somebody) (с кем-л.), hump something heavy, hustle somebody (с кем-л.), inch, indulge, (о мужчине) introduce Charley, irrigate (см. lubricate), jab, jack, jack somebody (с кем-л.), jack up, jam, jape, jerk, jig, jiggle, jive, job, jog with somebody (с кем-л.), join giblets, join guts, jook, jottle, jump (somebody) (с кем-л.), jump up and down, kipper basting, knob, knock, knock boots, knock it off, knock off with somebody (с кем-л.), knock one on, knock somebody off (с кем-л.), knock somebody up (с кем-л.), know somebody (с кем-л.), know, in the Biblical sense, labor leather, lay, (о пожилых парах) lay (one's) cane in a dusty corner (намек на редкость совокупления), lay back, lay pipe, lay some pipe, lay somebody (с кем-л.), lay the leg, leap, leg-over, let Percy in the playpen, let nature take its course, (о женщине) lie feet uppermost, lift (one's) leg, lift a leg on somebody (с кем-л.), (о женщине) light the lamp, line, lobster, love somebody up (с кем-л.), (о мужчине) lubricate somebody (с кем-л.), mac, mack, make (one's) love come down, make babies, make ends meet, make it (with), make it together (обыч. употребляется в продолженных временах), make it with somebody (с кем-л.), make love (to somebody) (с кем-л.), make the scene, mash the fat, mount somebody (с кем-л.), muff, mug (somebody) (с кем-л.), naughty (somebody) (с кем-л.), nibble, nob, off, (о мужчине) pack, paint the bucket, park the pink bus, party, peg somebody (с кем-л.), perform, plank, plant a man, plant oats, (о женщине) play (one's) ace and take the jack (см. ace), play doctor, play fathers and mothers, play horses and mares (см. play fathers and mothers), play house, play in-and-out, play night baseball, play stable-my-naggy, play the national indoor game, play the organ, (о мужчине) play three to one (and be sure to lose) ("три" представляют собой пенис и яички, "однo" - влагалище, "потерять" означает эякулировать), play tiddlywinks, play top-sawyer (игра слов на Tom Sawyer и top-drawer), play tops and bottoms, plowter, pluck somebody (с кем-л.), plug (somebody) (с женщиной), pluke, poke somebody (с кем-л.), polish (one's) ass on the top sheet, pop, pop somebody (с кем-л.), pork, pork somebody (away) (см. meat; с кем-л.), pot pink, pound (somebody) (с кем-л.), (о женщине) pray with knees upwards, (о женщине) prod, pump somebody (с кем-л.), punch somebody (с кем-л.), push, put it to her, put the boots to somebody, put the devil into hell, quiff, rack, ram somebody (с кем-л.), rasp, rattle, ride (с точки зрения мужчины), ride somebody (с кем-л.), rip off a piece of ass, rock, roll, roll in the hay, roll somebody (с кем-л.), roller skate, root, rootle, (о мужчине) rump, sauce, saw off a chunk, scam, schtup (из идиш), score between the posts, scrape, screw, screw somebody (с кем-л., как о мужчинах, так и о женщинах), scrog, scrump somebody (с кем-л.), scuttle (об. в положении "мужчина сзади"), see, (о женщине) see stars lying on (one's) back, sex, sexing, sexpress, shake a tart, shake somebody down, shift, shoop, shove somebody (с кем-л.), shtup, shunt, skeet, skeeze, skin the cat, sklook, slam, slap skins, smash, snag, snake, snug, sock it to somebody (с кем-л.), spear the bearded clam (см. bearded clam), splay, splice, split, spread (one's) jenk, square someone's circle, stand somebody up (с кем-л.), (о женщине) stare at the ceiling over a man's shoulder, stick it (о мужчине), (о мужчине) stick somebody (с кем-л.), stretch leather, strum (somebody) (с кем-л.), (о женщине) study astronomy, (о мужчине) stuff, swing, tail, take a turn, take a turn among the parsley, (о женщине) take in beef, (о женщине) take it lying down, take somebody on (с кем-л.), tear a strip off, (о мужчине) tear off a hunk of skirt, tear up, tether (one's) nag, throw, throw a leg over somebody (с кем-л.), (о женщине) throw ass, throw one a hump, tick-tack, tie the true lovers' knot, till, tip somebody (с кем-л.), (о мужчине) tom, tonk, toss in the hay, trim the buff, trip, trow, tumble in, tup somebody (с кем-л.), twang, (о мужчине) varnish (one's) cane, (о мужчине) wag (one's) bum, wallow, wax, wear somebody, wedge, (о мужчине) wet (one's) wick, whack it up, wham (особ. быстро, без любовной игры), wham-bam (особ. быстро, без любовной игры), work, work (one's) bot, wriggle navels, yentz (из идиш), zap, zig-zag, bone, converge

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12 piedra

f.

1 stone (material, roca).

una casa/un muro de piedra a stone house/wall

poner la primera piedra to lay the foundation stone; (inaugurar) to lay the foundations (figurative)

dejar a alguien de piedra to stun somebody

no dejar piedra sobre piedra to leave no stone standing

menos da una piedra (informal) it's better than nothing

quedarse de piedra to be thunderstruck

tirar la piedra y esconder la mano (figurative) to play the innocent

piedra angular (también figurative) cornerstone

piedra pómez/preciosa pumice/precious stone

2 flint.

3 stone.

una piedra en la vesícula a gallstone

4 calculus, stone.

5 crack, rock cocaine.

6 crib, hidden notes used to cheat on exams, pony.

7 lapis.

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piedra

► nombre femenino

1 stone

2 (granizo) hailstone

3 (en el riñón) stone

4 (de un encendedor) flint

5 (de afilar) grindstone

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FRASEOLOGÍA

no ser de piedra familiar to be human, not be made of stone

pasar a alguien por la piedra tabú to lay somebody

quedarse de piedra familiar to be stunned

piedra angular cornerstone

piedra filosofal philosopher's stone

piedra pómez pumice stone

piedra preciosa gem, precious stone

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noun f.

1) stone

2) flint

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1. SF

1) (=material) stone; (=trozo) stone, rock (EEUU)

la piedra de la torre está gastada — the stone in the tower is ruined

un puente de piedra — a stone bridge

nos tiraban piedras — they were throwing stones at us

primera piedra — foundation stone

colocar la primera piedra — to lay the foundation stone

¿quién se atreve a lanzar la primera piedra? — which of you shall cast the first stone?

- no dejar piedra por mover

- no dejar piedra sobre piedra

- hablar piedras

- menos da una piedra

- pasarse a algn por la piedra

no ser de piedra —

no soy de piedra — I'm not made of stone, I do have feelings

- tener el corazón de piedra

- tirar la piedra y esconder la mano

- tirar piedras a o contra su propio tejado

piedra angular — cornerstone

piedra arenisca — sandstone

piedra caliza — limestone

piedra de afilar, piedra de amolar — grindstone

piedra de cal — limestone

piedra de escándalo — source of scandal

piedra de molino — millstone

piedra de toque — touchstone

piedra filosofal — philosopher's stone

piedra fundamental — (lit) foundation stone; (fig) basis, cornerstone

piedra imán — lodestone

piedra poma Méx —

piedra pómez — pumice (stone)

piedra preciosa — precious stone
tiro 1)
2) [de mechero] flint

3) (Med) stone

4) (Meteo) hailstone

5)

en piedra — Cono Sur (Culin) with hot sauce

2.

SMF Caribe (=pesado) bore

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femenino

1) ( material) stone; ( trozo) stone, rock (esp AmE)

casas de piedra — stone houses

lavado a la piedra — stonewashed

ablandar hasta las piedras — (fam) to melt a heart of stone

caer como (una) piedra — (AmL fam) to go out like a light, crash out (colloq)

darse con una piedra en el pecho — (Chi fam) to think o count oneself lucky, to be thankful

dejar a alguien de piedra — (fam) to stun

(duro) como una piedra — rock hard

tiene el corazón duro como una piedra — he has a heart of stone

lo saben hasta las piedras — it's common knowledge

menos da una piedra — (Esp fam) it's better than nothing

no dejar piedra por mover — to leave no stone unturned

no dejar piedra sobre piedra — ejército/enemigo to raze the town (o village etc) to the ground; terremoto to leave nothing standing

no soy/no es de piedra — I'm not/he's not made of stone

quedarse de piedra — (fam) to be flabbergasted o stunned (colloq)

tirar la primera piedra — to cast the first stone

tirar piedras a su propio tejado — to foul one's own nest

- piedra angular

- piedra arenisca

- piedra caliza or de cal

- piedra de afilar

- piedra de molino

- piedra de toque

- piedra filosofal

- piedra pómez or poma

- piedra preciosa

2)

a) ( de mechero) flint

b) ( cálculo) stone

tiene piedras en el riñón/la vesícula — she has kidney stones/gallstones

c) (Meteo) large hailstone

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= stone, rock.

Ex. A manuscript is a writing made by hand (including musical scores), typescripts, and inscriptions on clay tablets, stone, etc.

Ex. The Museum's scientific research draws on unique fossil, rock and mineral collections.

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* algo grabado en piedra = tablet of stone.

* a un tiro de piedra = just a shot away, within a stone's throw (away/from).

* banco de piedra = stone bench.

* bloque de piedra = stone block.

* cartón piedra = papier mâché.

* con corazón de piedra = stony-hearted.

* corazón de piedra = stony heart, heart of stone.

* de piedra = stone, flinty [flintier -comp., flintiest -sup.].

* de tirar la piedra y esconder la mano = hit-and-run.

* duro como una piedra = rock-hard.

* Edad de Piedra, la = Stone Age, the.

* en la edad de la piedra = in the dark ages.

* grabado en piedra = carved in a tablet of stone.

* grabar en piedra = engrave in + stone.

* 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.

* muro de piedra = stone wall, masonry wall.

* piedra angular = cornerstone [corner-stone], keystone, linchpin.

* piedra arenisca = sandstone.

* piedra caliza = limestone.

* piedra + charca + formar + ondas = stone + pond + cast + ripples.

* piedra de afilar = sharpening stone.

* piedra de amolar = sharpening stone.

* piedra de encendedor = lighter flint.

* piedra de mechero = lighter flint.

* piedra de toque = touchstone.

* piedra fisosofal, la = philosopher's stone, the.

* piedra litográfica = press stone, litho stone, lithographic stone, limestone.

* piedra litográfica de color = colour stone.

* piedra pómez = pumice, pumice stone.

* piedra preciosa = gem, cameo, precious stone, gemstone.

* piedra renal = kidney stone.

* piedra rojiza = brownstone.

* piedra Roseta = Rosetta stone.

* piedra semipreciosa = semi-precious stone.

* piedra volcánica = lava rock.

* quedarse de piedra = You could have pushed + Nombre + over with a feather.

* sólido como una piedra = rock solid.

* tablilla de piedra = stone tablet.

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

* 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.

* tirar piedras contra tu propio tejado = cut + the branch + you sit on, cut off + Posesivo + nose to spite + Posesivo + face.

* tirarse piedras contra el propio tejado = shoot + Reflexivo + in the foot.

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femenino

1) ( material) stone; ( trozo) stone, rock (esp AmE)

casas de piedra — stone houses

lavado a la piedra — stonewashed

ablandar hasta las piedras — (fam) to melt a heart of stone

caer como (una) piedra — (AmL fam) to go out like a light, crash out (colloq)

darse con una piedra en el pecho — (Chi fam) to think o count oneself lucky, to be thankful

dejar a alguien de piedra — (fam) to stun

(duro) como una piedra — rock hard

tiene el corazón duro como una piedra — he has a heart of stone

lo saben hasta las piedras — it's common knowledge

menos da una piedra — (Esp fam) it's better than nothing

no dejar piedra por mover — to leave no stone unturned

no dejar piedra sobre piedra — ejército/enemigo to raze the town (o village etc) to the ground; terremoto to leave nothing standing

no soy/no es de piedra — I'm not/he's not made of stone

quedarse de piedra — (fam) to be flabbergasted o stunned (colloq)

tirar la primera piedra — to cast the first stone

tirar piedras a su propio tejado — to foul one's own nest

- piedra angular

- piedra arenisca

- piedra caliza or de cal

- piedra de afilar

- piedra de molino

- piedra de toque

- piedra filosofal

- piedra pómez or poma

- piedra preciosa

2)

a) ( de mechero) flint

b) ( cálculo) stone

tiene piedras en el riñón/la vesícula — she has kidney stones/gallstones

c) (Meteo) large hailstone

* * *

= stone, rock.

Ex: A manuscript is a writing made by hand (including musical scores), typescripts, and inscriptions on clay tablets, stone, etc.

Ex: The Museum's scientific research draws on unique fossil, rock and mineral collections.

* algo grabado en piedra = tablet of stone.

* a un tiro de piedra = just a shot away, within a stone's throw (away/from).

* banco de piedra = stone bench.

* bloque de piedra = stone block.

* cartón piedra = papier mâché.

* con corazón de piedra = stony-hearted.

* corazón de piedra = stony heart, heart of stone.

* de piedra = stone, flinty [flintier -comp., flintiest -sup.].

* de tirar la piedra y esconder la mano = hit-and-run.

* duro como una piedra = rock-hard.

* Edad de Piedra, la = Stone Age, the.

* en la edad de la piedra = in the dark ages.

* grabado en piedra = carved in a tablet of stone.

* grabar en piedra = engrave in + stone.

* 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.

* muro de piedra = stone wall, masonry wall.

* piedra angular = cornerstone [corner-stone], keystone, linchpin.

* piedra arenisca = sandstone.

* piedra caliza = limestone.

* piedra + charca + formar + ondas = stone + pond + cast + ripples.

* piedra de afilar = sharpening stone.

* piedra de amolar = sharpening stone.

* piedra de encendedor = lighter flint.

* piedra de mechero = lighter flint.

* piedra de toque = touchstone.

* piedra fisosofal, la = philosopher's stone, the.

* piedra litográfica = press stone, litho stone, lithographic stone, limestone.

* piedra litográfica de color = colour stone.

* piedra pómez = pumice, pumice stone.

* piedra preciosa = gem, cameo, precious stone, gemstone.

* piedra renal = kidney stone.

* piedra rojiza = brownstone.

* piedra Roseta = Rosetta stone.

* piedra semipreciosa = semi-precious stone.

* piedra volcánica = lava rock.

* quedarse de piedra = You could have pushed + Nombre + over with a feather.

* sólido como una piedra = rock solid.

* tablilla de piedra = stone tablet.

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

* 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.

* tirar piedras contra tu propio tejado = cut + the branch + you sit on, cut off + Posesivo + nose to spite + Posesivo + face.

* tirarse piedras contra el propio tejado = shoot + Reflexivo + in the foot.

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piedra¹

adjective

( Col fam) livid ( colloq), mad ( colloq)

está muy piedra con ella he's really mad at o livid with her ( colloq)

piedra²

feminine

A (material) stone; (trozo) stone, rock ( esp AmE)

casas de piedra stone houses

tiraba piedritas or ( Esp) piedrecitas al agua he was throwing stones into the water

pantalones lavados a la piedra stonewashed jeans

ablandar hasta las piedras ( fam); to melt a heart of stone

caer como (una) piedra ( AmL fam); to go out like a light, crash out ( colloq)

cerrado a piedra y lodo all shut up ( colloq), firmly locked

darse con una piedra en el pecho ( Chi fam); to think o count oneself lucky, to be thankful

dejar a algn de piedra ( fam); to stun sb ( colloq), to knock sb for a loop ( AmE colloq), to knock sb for six ( BrE colloq)

(duro) como una piedra rock hard

este pan está como (una) piedra this bread's rock hard

tiene el corazón duro como una piedra he has a heart of stone, he's very hardhearted

lo saben hasta las piedras it's common knowledge o everybody knows

menos da una piedra ( Esp fam); it's better than nothing, it's better than a poke in the eye with a sharp stick ( colloq hum), things could be worse ( colloq)

no dejar piedra por mover to leave no stone unturned

no dejar piedra sobre piedra to raze to the ground

los rebeldes arrasaron la villa, no dejando piedra sobre piedra the rebels razed the town to the ground

el terremoto no dejó piedra sobre piedra nothing o not a stone was left standing after the earthquake

cuando los niños nos visitan no dejan piedra sobre piedra when the children come to visit us they wreak havoc o leave a trail of destruction

no soy/no es de piedra I'm/he's only human, I'm not/he's not made of stone

pasar a algn por la piedra ( Esp vulg); to lay sb ( vulg)

quedarse de piedra ( fam); to be flabbergasted o stunned o amazed ( colloq)

tirar la piedra y esconder la mano to play sneaky tricks

tirar la primera piedra to cast the first stone

tirar piedras a su propio tejado to foul one's own nest

Compuestos:

● piedra angular

( Arquit) cornerstone; (fundamento, base) cornerstone

● piedra arenisca

sandstone

● piedra berroqueña

granite

● piedra caliza or de cal

limestone

● piedra de afilar

whetstone

● piedra de escándalo

source of gossip

● piedra de molino

millstone

● piedra de toque

(en joyería) touchstone, standard; (muestra, punto de referencia) touchstone

● piedra filosofal

philosopher's stone

● piedra fundamental

foundation stone

● piedra imán

lodestone

● piedra miliar or millar

milestone

● piedra poma

( Méx) pumice stone

● piedra pómez

pumice stone

● piedra preciosa

precious stone

● piedra semipreciosa

semiprecious stone

B

1 (de un mechero) flint

2 (cálculo) stone

tiene piedras en el riñón/la vesícula she has kidney stones/gallstones

3 ( Meteo) large hailstone

cayó piedra sin llover ( RPl fam hum); uh-oh! look who's coming to visit

C

( Col fam) (rabia): me da piedra it makes me mad ( colloq)

¡qué piedra! dejé el libro en casa damn o what a drag! I've left the book at home ( colloq)

sacarle or volarle la piedra a algn (Col, Ven fam); to get on sb's nerves, make sb mad ( colloq)

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piedra sustantivo femenino
1 ( material) stone;
( trozo) stone, rock (esp AmE);
◊ casas de piedra stone houses;

me tiró una piedra he threw a stone o rock at me;
piedra caliza or de cal limestone;
piedra de molino millstone;
piedra pómez pumice stone;
piedra preciosa precious stone;
dejar a algn de piedra (fam) to stun sb;
(duro) como una piedra ‹pan/asado› rock hard;
tiene el corazón duro como una piedra he has a heart of stone
2
a) ( de mechero) flint

b) ( cálculo) stone;

◊ tiene piedras en el riñón/la vesícula she has kidney stones/gallstones

piedra sustantivo femenino
1 stone
2 (de mechero) flint
♦ Locuciones: menos da una piedra, it's better than nothing
dejar o quedarse de piedra, to be stunned
' piedra' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
angular
- cantera
- cartón
- convidada
- convidado
- crucero
- dócil
- esconder
- faceta
- grava
- inscripción
- labrada
- labrado
- picar
- pómez
- sillar
- tejo
- Tiro
- adoquín
- ámbar
- ara
- astillarse
- aventar
- bloque
- calizo
- cerca
- cercado
- china
- cincelar
- corazón
- diamante
- edad
- encima
- engarzar
- grano
- incrustar
- jaspe
- labrar
- machacar
- montar
- partir
- pulir
- rebotar
- tropezar
- vena
English:
age
- carve
- cast
- chalk
- chisel
- cornerstone
- cut
- flint
- gem
- gouge out
- jewel
- limestone
- millstone
- missile
- moss
- mottled
- polish
- polished
- precious stone
- pumice (stone)
- rhinestone
- set
- slab
- spitting distance
- split
- stone
- Stone Age
- stonewashed
- tablet
- wear away
- change
- corner
- grind
- hail
- lime
- meteoric
- precious
- rock
- scrape

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piedra nf

1. [material, roca] stone;

una casa/un muro de piedra a stone house/wall;

lavado a la piedra stonewashed;

Comp

¡uno no es o [m5] yo no soy de piedra! I'm only human!;

Comp

dejar a alguien de piedra to stun sb;

Comp

estar más duro que una piedra to be rock hard;

Comp
Fam
menos da una piedra it's better than nothing;

Comp

no dejar piedra por mover o [m5] sin remover to leave no stone unturned;

Comp

no dejar piedra sobre piedra to leave no stone standing;

Comp
Esp muy Fam
pasarse por la piedra a alguien [sexualmente] to have it off with sb;

Comp

poner la primera piedra [inaugurar] to lay the foundation stone;
[sentar las bases] to lay the foundations;
Comp

no quedar piedra sobre piedra: tras el terremoto no quedaba piedra sobre piedra there wasn't a stone left standing after the earthquake;

Comp

quedarse de piedra to be stunned;

Comp

tirar la piedra y esconder la mano to play the innocent;

Comp

tirar la primera piedra to cast the first stone;

Comp

están tirando piedras contra su propio tejado they're just harming themselves

Comp
piedra de afilar whetstone, grindstone; también Fig piedra angular cornerstone;
piedra arenisca sandstone;

piedra caliza limestone;

piedra filosofal philosopher's stone;

piedra fina precious stone;
RP piedra laja slate paving stone;
piedra de molino millstone;
Méx piedra poma pumice stone;
piedra pómez pumice stone;

piedra preciosa precious stone;
Hist la piedra de Roseta the Rosetta stone;
piedra semipreciosa semi-precious stone;

piedra de toque touchstone;
Fig
fue la piedra de toque del equipo it was a chance to see how good the team was

2. [de mechero] flint;

se le ha gastado o [m5] agotado la piedra the flint has worn down

3. [en vejiga, riñón, vesícula] stone;

tiene una piedra en el riñón/en la vesícula she has a kidney stone/gallstone

4. [granizo] hailstone;

Comp
RP Fam
cayó piedra sin llover oh no, look who's here

5. [de molino] millstone, grindstone

6. Fam
piedra (de hachís) lump of hash

7. Col Fam

Comp

tener una piedra con alguien to be hacked off with sb;

sacarle la piedra a alguien to hack sb off

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piedra

f tb MED stone;

quedarse de piedra fig fam be stunned;

el ejército invasor no dejó piedra sobre piedra de la ciudad fig the invading army razed the city to the ground o

did not leave a stone standing in the city;

tirar piedras a su propio tejado fig fam shoot o.s. in the foot fam ;

tirar la piedra y esconder la mano do things on the sly;

poner o

colocar la primera piedra lay the foundation stone;

pasar por la piedra vulg lay fam, screw vulg

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piedra nf

1) : stone

2) : flint (of a lighter)

3) : hailstone

4)

piedra de afilar : whetstone, grindstone

5)

piedra angular : cornerstone

6)

piedra arenisca : sandstone

7)

piedra caliza : limestone

8)

piedra imán : lodestone

9)

piedra de molino : millstone

10)

piedra de toque : touchstone

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piedra n stone

estuvimos tirando piedras al agua we threw stones into the water

piedra preciosa gem / precious stone

Spanish-English dictionary > piedra
13 bolt

I [bəʊlt]
nome

1) (lock) catenaccio m.

2) (screw) bullone m.

3)

bolt of lightning — saetta, fulmine

4) (of cloth) pezza f.

5) (for crossbow) freccia f., dardo m.

6) (for rifle) otturatore m.

7) (in mountaineering) tassello m. a espansione

8) (dash) scatto m.

to make a bolt for the door — precipitarsi verso la porta

to make a bolt for it — darsela a gambe

9) bolt upright dritto come un fuso, impalato

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a bolt from o out of the blue un fulmine a ciel sereno; to have shot one's bolt — avere sparato le proprie cartucce
II 1. [bəʊlt]
verbo transitivo

1) (lock) chiudere col catenaccio, sprangare [window, door]

2) ing. (im)bullonare [plate, section]

3) (anche bolt down) (swallow) ingoiare, inghiottire [ food]
2.
verbo intransitivo [ horse] imbizzarrirsi; [ person] fuggire, darsela a gambe

to bolt off — scappare da

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[boult] 1. noun
1) (a bar to fasten a door etc: We have a bolt as well as a lock on the door.) catenaccio

2) (a round bar of metal, often with a screw thread for a nut: nuts and bolts.) bullone

3) (a flash of lightning.) saetta, fulmine

4) (a roll (of cloth): a bolt of silk.) rotolo
2. verb
1) (to fasten with a bolt: He bolted the door.) sprangare

2) (to swallow hastily: The child bolted her food.) ingoiare

3) (to go away very fast: The horse bolted in terror.) scappare; imbizzarrirsi

•

- bolt-upright
- boltupright
- a bolt from the blue
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[bəʊlt]
1. n

1) (on door) chiavistello, catenaccio, (of lock) catenaccio, Tech bullone m, (of crossbow) dardo, (of cloth) pezza

there was a heavy bolt on the door — c'era un pesante catenaccio alla porta

nuts and bolts — dadi e bulloni

he's shot his bolt fig — ha giocato la sua ultima carta

2)

(dash) to make a bolt for the door — fare un balzo or schizzare verso la porta

to make a bolt for it — darsela a gambe

3) (lightning) fulmine m

a bolt of lightning — un fulmine

a bolt from the blue fig — un fulmine a ciel sereno

2. adv

bolt upright — diritto (-a) come un fuso

3. vt

1) (door) chiudere con il catenaccio or il chiavistello, serrare, Tech, (also: bolt together) imbullonare

2) (food), (also: bolt down) ingollare

4. vi

(run away: person) darsela a gambe, (horse) imbizzarrirsi, (rush) scappare via

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bolt (1) /bəʊlt/
n.

1 bullone: bolt head, testa del bullone

2 catenaccio; chiavistello; paletto; spranga

3 otturatore ( d'arma da fuoco)

4 freccia, dardo (spec. di balestra)

5 saetta; fulmine

6 rotolo ( di carta); rotolo, pezza ( di stoffa)

● a bolt from (o out of) the blue, un fulmine a ciel sereno □ (mecc.) bolt-on, (agg.) fissabile con bulloni; imbullonabile; (fig.) che può essere aggiunto all'occorrenza; (sost.) parte imbullonabile, (fig.) aggiunta □ (naut.) bolt-rope, gratile; ralinga □ bolt upright, eretto; diritto come un fuso; impalato □ (fam.) to have shot one's bolt, aver sparato l'ultima cartuccia; aver giocato l'ultima carta.
bolt (2) /bəʊlt/
n.

balzo, scatto ( per fuggire); fuga improvvisa: to make a bolt for the door, lanciarsi verso la porta

● bolt-action rifle, fucile con otturatore a cilindro □ bolt-hole, rifugio □ (fam.) to make a bolt for it, darsela a gambe; squagliarsela.
(to) bolt (1) /bəʊlt/
A v. t.

1 (mecc.) imbullonare

2 mettere il paletto a; chiudere col catenaccio, sprangare

B v. i.

1 (mecc.) imbullonarsi

2 ( di porta, finestra) chiudersi col paletto (o col catenaccio)

● to bolt sb. in [out], chiudere q. dentro [fuori]
bolting (1)
n. [u]

1 imbullonatura

2 chiusura col catenaccio; sprangatura.
(to) bolt (2) /bəʊlt/
A v. i.

1 ( di animale spaventato) fuggire, scappar via; (di cavallo, ecc.) imbizzarrirsi, prendere la mano

2 fuggire di corsa; prendere la fuga; scappare; darsela a gambe (fam.): The man bolted down the lane, l'uomo è fuggito giù per il vicolo; His partner bolted with the money, il suo socio è scappato con il denaro

3 ( USA) abbandonare un partito

4 ( di pianta) fiorire anzitempo

B v. t.

1 ( caccia) far uscire dalla tana

2 ( anche to bolt down) mangiare velocemente, trangugiare; ingollare: to bolt down one's food, mangiare velocemente; buttar giù il cibo

3 ( USA) abbandonare ( un partito)

4 dire all'improvviso; esclamare; dire avventatamente

5 arrotolare ( carta, stoffa)
bolting (2)
n. [u]

il tagliare la corda; fuga improvvisa.
(to) bolt (3) /bəʊlt/
v. t.

abburattare; setacciare
bolter (1)
n.

buratto; setaccio; staccio
bolting (3)
n.

abburattatura; setacciatura.
bolter (2) /ˈbəʊltə(r)/
n.

1 cavallo ombroso; cavallo in fuga

2 ( USA) transfuga politico.

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I [bəʊlt]
nome

1) (lock) catenaccio m.

2) (screw) bullone m.

3)

bolt of lightning — saetta, fulmine

4) (of cloth) pezza f.

5) (for crossbow) freccia f., dardo m.

6) (for rifle) otturatore m.

7) (in mountaineering) tassello m. a espansione

8) (dash) scatto m.

to make a bolt for the door — precipitarsi verso la porta

to make a bolt for it — darsela a gambe

9) bolt upright dritto come un fuso, impalato

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a bolt from o out of the blue un fulmine a ciel sereno; to have shot one's bolt — avere sparato le proprie cartucce
II 1. [bəʊlt]
verbo transitivo

1) (lock) chiudere col catenaccio, sprangare [window, door]

2) ing. (im)bullonare [plate, section]

3) (anche bolt down) (swallow) ingoiare, inghiottire [ food]
2.
verbo intransitivo [ horse] imbizzarrirsi; [ person] fuggire, darsela a gambe

to bolt off — scappare da

English-Italian dictionary > bolt
14 dicht

I Adj.

1. dense, thick; Verkehr: auch heavy; Hecke: auch close-set; Gewebe: dense, closely-woven; (gedrängt) tightly packed

2. (undurchlässig); für Wasser: watertight, waterproof; für Luft: airtight; Vorhang: thick, heavy; nicht mehr dicht sein Gefäß etc.: leak, be leaky; dicht machen Gefäß: seal, stop the leak(s), make watertight; Dach: seal (the cracks); Fenster: seal; er ist nicht ganz dicht umg., fig. he’s got a screw loose

3. fig. Stil: compact, dense; Atmosphäre: dense; Programm: tightly-packed, full; in dichter Folge in quick succession

4. umg. (geschlossen, zu) closed, shut; Grenze: blocked; Eugen war gestern wieder total dicht umg. (betrunken) Eugen was pissed (Am. plastered) again last night

II Adv.

1. densely, thickly; dicht behaart (very) hairy, hirsute geh.; ein dicht bepflanztes Beet a closely planted (flower)bed; dicht besiedelt oder bevölkert densely populated; dicht gedrängt tightly packed; eine dicht gepflanzte Hecke a close-set hedge; der Himmel ist dicht mit Wolken verhangen oder dicht bewölkt there is thick cloud cover

2. (nahe) closely; dicht an oder bei close to; dicht an-, bei- oder nebeneinander close together; dicht daneben stehen: close by, right next to; schießen: right by; dicht gefolgt von closely followed by; dicht hinter jemandem her sein be hot on s.o.’s heels; auffahren 2

3. fig.: dicht bevorstehen be imminent; ich war dicht daran oder davor aufzugeben I was just about to give up ( oder on the verge of giving up); das Geschäft steht dicht vor dem Abschluss the deal is almost completed

4. dicht schließen shut tight(ly); Tür: shut tight ( oder properly); nicht mehr dicht halten not close ( oder shut) properly any more

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tight; compact; thick; serried; turbid; thickset; leakproof; concentrated; dense

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dịcht [dɪçt]
1. adj

1) Gefieder, Haar, Hecke thick; Laub, Nebel thick, dense; Wald, (Menschen)menge, Gewühl dense; Verkehr heavy, dense; Gewebe close; Stoff closely-woven; (fig = konzentriert) Stil dense; Szene full, compact

in dichter Folge — in rapid or quick succession

sie standen in dichten Reihen — they were standing row upon row close together

2) (= undurchlässig) Vorhänge thick, heavy; Rollladen heavy; (= wasserdicht) watertight; (= luftdicht) airtight

dicht machen — to seal, to make watertight/airtight; Fenster to seal → auch dichtmachen

er ist nicht ganz dicht (inf) — he's crackers (Brit inf) or nuts (inf)

3) (inf = zu) shut, closed

4) (sl = betrunken, high) off one's face (Brit inf out of it (inf)

2. adv

1) (= nahe) closely

(dicht an) dicht stehen — to stand close together

dicht gefolgt von — closely followed by

2) (= fest) zuziehen, schließen tightly; weben densely

dicht halten — to be watertight

dicht verhängen — to curtain heavily

3) (= sehr stark) bevölkert, bepflanzt densely; bewaldet densely, thickly

dicht bevölkert — densely populated

dicht bewachsen Baumstämme — grown over with moss and lichen; Ufer thickly covered with vegetation; Landstrich rich in vegetation

dicht mit Efeu bewachsen — overgrown with ivy

dicht mit etw übersät — covered with sth

dicht behaart — very hairy

dicht belaubt — thick with leaves, densely foliated

dicht bewölkt — heavily overcast

dicht gedrängt — closely packed; Programm packed

4)

(mit Präpositionen) dicht an/bei — close to

dicht dahinter/darüber/davor — right behind/above/in front

dicht daneben — right or close beside it

dicht bevor — right before

dicht daran — hard by it

dicht hintereinander — close(ly) or right behind one another

dicht beieinander or beisammen — close together

dicht am Winde halten (Naut) — to sail close to the wind, to hug the wind

dicht hinter jdm her sein — to be right or hard or close behind sb

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1) (very closely together: The crowd was densely packed.) densely

2) (thick and close: We made our way through dense forest; The fog was so dense that we could not see anything.) dense

3) (made of many single units placed very close together; dense: a thick forest; thick hair.) thick

4) (difficult to see through: thick fog.) thick

5) (not allowing much time: We hope to finish this next week but the schedule's a bit tight.) tight

6) ((also tightly) closely; with no extra room or space: The bags were packed tight / tightly packed.) tight

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dicht

[ˈdɪçt]

I. adj

1. (ohne Lücken) thick, dense; (zusammengedrängt) dense

eine \dichte Atmosphäre PHYS a dense atmosphere

\dichter Baumwollstoff closely woven cotton fabric

in \dichter Folge in quick [or rapid] succession

ein \dichtes Gedränge a tight [or dense] crowd

\dichtes Gewebe tight [or close] weave

\dichtes Haar thick hair

\dichter Verkehr heavy [or dense] traffic

im \dichten Verkehr festsitzen to be stuck in a traffic jam

2. (fig: konzentriert) dense; (voll ausgefüllt) full; (effizient) tight

a \dichte Atmosphäre/Stimmung/Szene a dense atmosphere/mood/scene

ein \dichter Dialog a dense dialogue

\dichte Lyrik/Prosa dense poetry/prose

ein \dichtes soziales Netz a tight [or compact] social network

ein \dichtes Programm a full programme [or AM program

3. (undurchsichtig) thick, dense

\dichter Nebel thick [or dense] fog

\dichter Schneefall heavy snowfall

\dichtes Schweigen (fig liter) complete silence

4. (undurchlässig) tight; Vorhänge thick, heavy; Rollladen heavy; (luftdicht) airtight; (wasserdicht) watertight; (wasserabweisend) waterproof

etw \dicht machen (versiegeln) to seal sth; (luftdicht machen) to make sth airtight; (wasserabweisend machen) to waterproof sth; (wasserdicht machen) to make sth watertight

ein Dach \dicht machen to repair [or seal] a leaking roof

ein Fenster \dicht machen to repair [or seal] a window

Fugen \dicht machen to seal joints

nicht mehr \dicht sein to leak; Fenster to be cracked [or broken]; Blende to let in [the] light

5. (fig: ausgebucht) full, packed

6. pred, inv (fam: geschlossen) closed; Laden a. shut

7.

▶ nicht ganz \dicht sein (pej fam) to be off one's head pej fam

II. adv

1. (ohne Lücken) thickly, densely; (zusammengedrängt) densely

wir standen \dicht gedrängt im Bus we stood squeezed together in the bus

\dicht an [o bei] \dicht close together

\dicht an [o bei] \dicht stehen to be [or stand] close together

\dicht bebaut heavily built up

\dicht behaart [very] hairy

ein \dicht behaarter Kopf a good head of hair

\dicht behaart sein to have a lot of hair

auf der Brust \dicht behaart sein to have a very hairy chest

\dicht belaubt sein to be covered in dense foliage

\dicht mit Rosen bepflanzt sein to be full of roses

\dicht besetzt full, packed

\dicht besiedelt [o bevölkert] densely [or heavily] populated

\dicht bewaldet thickly wooded, densely forested

\dicht bewölkt very cloudy, heavily overcast

\dicht mit Efeu/Moos bewachsen overgrown with ivy/moss

\dicht gepackt tightly packed

\dicht gewebt tightly [or closely] woven

\dicht mit etw dat übersät sein to be thickly strewn with sth

2. (fig: voll)

\dicht gedrängt Zeitplan packed, full

3. (undurchlässig) tightly

die Gardinen \dicht zuziehen to draw the curtains to, to close the curtains properly

\dicht halten Schuhe, Verschluss to keep out [the] water, to be watertight

\dicht schließen to close properly

Behälter \dicht geschlossen halten keep container tightly closed

\dicht verhängt thickly draped; Fenster thickly curtained

4. (nah) closely

\dicht auffahren to tailgate, to drive too closely to the car in front

\dicht beieinander/hintereinander close together

\dicht gefolgt von jdm/etw followed closely by sb/sth

▪ \dicht an etw/jdm close to sb/sth

▪ \dicht hinter jdm/etw just [or right] behind sb/sth

\dicht hinter jdm sein to be right behind sb

▪ \dicht neben jdm/etw just [or right] beside sb/sth, just [or right] next to sb/sth

▪ \dicht über/unter etw/jdm just above/under sth/sb

\dicht über etw akk hängen to hang just over sth

▪ \dicht vor jdm/etw just [or right] in front of sb/sth

5. (bald)

\dicht bevorstehen to be coming up soon; Gefahr to be imminent

Weihnachten steht \dicht bevor it's not long till Christmas, Christmas is just around the corner fam

an etw dat \dicht dran sein (fam) to be close to sth

\dicht dran sein, etw zu tun (fam) to be just about to do sth, to be on the point of doing sth

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1.
Adjektiv

1) thick <hair, fur, plumage, moss>; thick, dense <foliage, fog, cloud>; dense <forest, thicket, hedge, crowd>; heavy, dense < traffic>; densely ranked, close-ranked < rows of houses>; heavy <snowstorm, traffic>; (fig.) full, packed < programme>

in dichter Folge — in rapid or quick succession

2) (undurchlässig) (für Luft) airtight; (für Wasser) watertight < shoes>; (für Licht) heavy <curtains, shutters>

dicht machen — seal < crack>; seal the crack[s]/leak[s] in <roof, window, etc.>; waterproof < material, umbrella, etc.>

nicht ganz dicht sein — (salopp) have a screw loose (coll.)

3) (ugs.): (geschlossen) shut; closed
2.
adverbial

1) densely < populated>; tightly < packed>; thickly, densely < wooded>; heavily < built up>

dicht verschneit — thick with snow

dicht besetzt — full; packed

dicht bewachsen — covered with dense vegetation

dicht bebaut — heavily built-up

dicht gedrängt — tightly or closely packed

dicht behaart — [very] hairy

dicht an dicht od. dicht gedrängt stehen/sitzen — stand/sit close together

2) (undurchlässig) tightly

3) mit Präp. (nahe)

dicht neben — right next to

dicht daran — hard by

dicht beieinander — close together

dicht vor/hinter ihm — right or just in front of/behind him

die Polizei ist ihm dicht auf den Fersen — the police are hard or close on his heels

4) (zeitlich): (unmittelbar)

ich war dicht daran, es zu tun — I was just about to do it

dicht bevorstehen — be imminent

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dicht

A. adj

1. dense, thick; Verkehr: auch heavy; Hecke: auch close-set; Gewebe: dense, closely-woven; (gedrängt) tightly packed

2. (undurchlässig); für Wasser: watertight, waterproof; für Luft: airtight; Vorhang: thick, heavy;

nicht mehr dicht sein Gefäß etc: leak, be leaky;

dicht machen Gefäß: seal, stop the leak(s), make watertight; Dach: seal (the cracks); Fenster: seal;

er ist nicht ganz dicht umg, fig he’s got a screw loose

3. fig Stil: compact, dense; Atmosphäre: dense; Programm: tightly-packed, full;

in dichter Folge in quick succession

4. umg (geschlossen, zu) closed, shut; Grenze: blocked;

Eugen war gestern wieder total dicht umg (betrunken) Eugen was pissed (US plastered) again last night

B. adv

1. densely, thickly;

dicht behaart (very) hairy, hirsute geh;

ein dicht bepflanztes Beet a closely planted (flower)bed;

dicht besiedelt oder

bevölkert densely populated;

dicht gedrängt tightly packed;

eine dicht gepflanzte Hecke a close-set hedge;

der Himmel ist dicht mit Wolken verhangen oder

dicht bewölkt there is thick cloud cover

2. (nahe) closely;

dicht an oder

bei close to;

dicht an-, bei- oder

nebeneinander close together;

dicht daneben stehen: close by, right next to; schießen: right by;

dicht gefolgt von closely followed by;

dicht hinter jemandem her sein be hot on sb’s heels; → auffahren 2

3. fig:

dicht bevorstehen be imminent;

ich war dicht daran oder

davor aufzugeben I was just about to give up ( oder on the verge of giving up);

das Geschäft steht dicht vor dem Abschluss the deal is almost completed

4.

dicht schließen shut tight(ly); Tür: shut tight ( oder properly);

nicht mehr dicht halten not close ( oder shut) properly any more

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1.
Adjektiv

1) thick <hair, fur, plumage, moss>; thick, dense <foliage, fog, cloud>; dense <forest, thicket, hedge, crowd>; heavy, dense < traffic>; densely ranked, close-ranked < rows of houses>; heavy <snowstorm, traffic>; (fig.) full, packed < programme>

in dichter Folge — in rapid or quick succession

2) (undurchlässig) (für Luft) airtight; (für Wasser) watertight < shoes>; (für Licht) heavy <curtains, shutters>

dicht machen — seal < crack>; seal the crack[s]/leak[s] in <roof, window, etc.>; waterproof <material, umbrella, etc.>

nicht ganz dicht sein — (salopp) have a screw loose (coll.)

3) (ugs.): (geschlossen) shut; closed
2.
adverbial

1) densely < populated>; tightly < packed>; thickly, densely < wooded>; heavily < built up>

dicht verschneit — thick with snow

dicht besetzt — full; packed

dicht bewachsen — covered with dense vegetation

dicht bebaut — heavily built-up

dicht gedrängt — tightly or closely packed

dicht behaart — [very] hairy

dicht an dicht od. dicht gedrängt stehen/sitzen — stand/sit close together

2) (undurchlässig) tightly

3) mit Präp. (nahe)

dicht neben — right next to

dicht daran — hard by

dicht beieinander — close together

dicht vor/hinter ihm — right or just in front of/behind him

die Polizei ist ihm dicht auf den Fersen — the police are hard or close on his heels

4) (zeitlich): (unmittelbar)

ich war dicht daran, es zu tun — I was just about to do it

dicht bevorstehen — be imminent

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(Mathematik) adj.

dense adj. (an) adv.

close by adv.

close to adv. adj.

consistent adj.

dense adj.

serried adj.

thick adj.

thickset adj.

tight adj.

waterproof adj. adv.

closely adv.

densely adv.

Deutsch-Englisch Wörterbuch > dicht
15 bescheuert

Adj. umg.

1. (dumm, verrückt) cracked, präd. auch nuts; er ist bescheuert auch he’s gone off his nut (Am. rocker); ich bin doch nicht bescheuert! I’m not that stupid; jemanden bescheuert finden think s.o. is crazy

2. (dumm, ärgerlich) Situation, Idee etc.: stupid, crazy; so was Bescheuertes! what a nuisance ( oder pain)!

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be|scheu|ert [bə'ʃɔyɐt] (inf)
1. adj
stupid; Mensch auch dumb (inf)
2. adv

sich beschéúert anstellen — to act stupidly

wie beschéúert putzen — to clean like crazy (inf)

beschéúert aussehen — to look idiotic or ridiculous

beschéúert fragen — to ask idiotic or stupid questions

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be·scheu·ert

I. adj (fam)

1. (blöd) screwy fam, BRIT a. daft fam

dieser \bescheuerte Kerl that daft idiot

der ist etwas \bescheuert he's got a screw loose fam

da hast du dir aber etwas B\bescheuertes ausgedacht! what you've come up with there is a load of nonsense [or twaddle]! fam

2. (unangenehm) stupid

so was B\bescheuertes! how stupid!

mein \bescheuertes Auto wollte einfach nicht anspringen! my frigging car just wouldn't start!

II. adv (fam) in a stupid [or BRIT a. daft] way, stupidly

sie hat das Gedicht total \bescheuert übersetzt she really screwed up the translation of this poem sl

du siehst total \bescheuert aus you look really daft

wie kann man nur so \bescheuert fragen! how can you ask such daft questions!

red nicht so \bescheuert! don't talk such claptrap [or codswallop]! fam, don't talk daft! fam

stell dich nicht so \bescheuert an! don't be so stupid [or BRIT a. daft]!, don't be such an idiot! fam

▪ wie \bescheuert like crazy [or a mad thing] fam

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Adjektiv (salopp)

1) barmy (Brit. coll.); nuts (sl.)

2) (unangenehm) stupid <task, party, etc.>

etwas bescheuert finden — find something a real pain [in the neck] (coll.)

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bescheuert adj umg

1. (dumm, verrückt) cracked, präd auch nuts;

er ist bescheuert auch he’s gone off his nut (US rocker);

ich bin doch nicht bescheuert! I’m not that stupid;

jemanden bescheuert finden think sb is crazy

2. (dumm, ärgerlich) Situation, Idee etc: stupid, crazy;

so was Bescheuertes! what a nuisance ( oder pain)!

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Adjektiv (salopp)

1) barmy (Brit. coll.); nuts (sl.)

2) (unangenehm) stupid <task, party, etc.>

etwas bescheuert finden — find something a real pain [in the neck] (coll.)

Deutsch-Englisch Wörterbuch > bescheuert
16 cafetera

f.

1 (filter) coffee machine.

cafetera de émbolo cafetiere

2 old crock (informal) (aparato viejo).

3 coffee maker, coffee pot, coffeepot, coffee urn.

4 rickety car, noisy old car, old banger.

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cafetera

► nombre femenino

1 (para hacer café) coffee-maker

2 (para servir café) coffeepot

3 familiar (coche viejo) old banger, old crock

\

FRASEOLOGÍA

estar como una cafetera familiar to be barmy, be nuts

cafetera exprés expresso-coffee machine

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SF

1) (=aparato) coffee maker, coffee machine; (=jarra) coffee pot

- estar como una cafetera

cafetera automática — coffee machine

cafetera de filtro — filter coffee maker

cafetera exprés — espresso coffee maker

2) (Aut) * old banger *, jalop(p)y *; [de policía] police car
cafetero
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femenino

a) ( para hacer café) coffee maker; ( para servir café) coffeepot

estar como una cafetera — (fam) to be off one's rocker o head (colloq)

b) (fam) ( coche viejo) old heap (colloq)

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= coffee pot, coffee maker.

Ex. 'No question,' she said meditatively, 'we have to do something'; 'like more coffee?' proffered the waitress, the coffee pot hovered above Jergens' cup.

Ex. It is a grinder/ coffee maker all in one.

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* cafetera llena de café = pot of coffee.

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femenino

a) ( para hacer café) coffee maker; ( para servir café) coffeepot

estar como una cafetera — (fam) to be off one's rocker o head (colloq)

b) (fam) ( coche viejo) old heap (colloq)

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= coffee pot, coffee maker.

Ex: 'No question,' she said meditatively, 'we have to do something'; 'like more coffee?' proffered the waitress, the coffee pot hovered above Jergens' cup.

Ex: It is a grinder/ coffee maker all in one.

* cafetera llena de café = pot of coffee.

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cafetera

feminine

1 (para hacer café) coffee maker; (para servir café) coffeepot

estar como una cafetera ( fam); to be off one's rocker o head ( colloq), to have a screw loose ( colloq)

2 ( fam) (coche viejo) old heap ( colloq), old banger ( BrE colloq)

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cafetera sustantivo femenino
a) ( para hacer café) coffee maker;

( para servir café) coffeepot;
◊ estar como una cafetera (fam) to be off one's rocker o head (colloq)

b) (fam) ( coche viejo) old heap (colloq)

cafetero,-a adjetivo
1 (industria) coffee
2 familiar ser muy cafetero, to love coffee o to be a caffeine addict
cafetera sustantivo femenino
1 (para hacer café) coffee-maker
(en una cafetería) expresso machine
2 (para servir café) coffeepot
' cafetera' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
perder
English:
coffeepot
- filter coffee
- percolator
- pot
- coffee

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cafetera nf

1. [para preparar café] [italiana] = stove-top coffee percolator;
[eléctrica] (filter) coffee machine; [de émbolo] Br cafetière, US French press; [en bares] expresso machine; [para servir café] coffee pot;
Comp
Fam
estar como una cafetera to be nuts o batty

2. Fam [aparato viejo] old crock;
[coche] boneshaker, jalop(p)y
3. ver cafetero

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cafetera

f coffee maker o

pot; para servir coffee pot

cafetero

I adj coffee atr ;

ser muy cafetero fam be very fond of coffee, be a big coffee drinker

II m, cafetera f coffee grower

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cafetera nf

: coffeepot, coffeemaker

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cafetera n coffee pot

Spanish-English dictionary > cafetera
17 мастурбация

1) General subject: autoeroticism, automanipulation, masturbation, self abuse

2) Medicine: autoerotism, ipsation, ipsism, manustlipration, manustupration, onanism, self-abuse, self-pollution

3) Jargon: (сл.) hand-to-gland battle

4) Simple: handjob

5) Taboo: Barclays (см. Barclays bank), Egyptian PT, Irish promotion, Irish wedding, Levy, Madam Palm and her five sisters (мужская), Old Lady Five Fingers, Palmela Handerson (игра слов на имени Pamela Anderson - весьма сексапильная американская актриса) (мужская), Palmela and her five sisters (мужская), Roman helmet rumba, Shabba (см. Shabba Ranks), Welsh, Yankee, armswing, bachelor's fare, backstroke roulette, ball-off, barclay's, beating off, beating your meat, blanket drill, boffer, bollock service (особ. после длительного воздержания), churning man cream, creaming your cock, cruising for an oozing, dishonourable discharge (особ. после неудачной попытки найти полового партнера), do-it-yourself, duel with the pink Darth Vader (см. pink Darth Vader), finger-job, fist rape, five finger knuckle shuffle, five knuckle shuffle, four sisters on thumb street, frig (обыч. о женщине), frigging, getting, grind, ham shank (см. Barclays Bank), hand fucking, hand job, hand shandy, jackin, jacking off, jazzing your juicer, jerk, jerkin' the gherkin, jerking off, jilling off, jodrell (см. Jodrell Bank), juicing, juicing the plum, knob job (мужская), letting loose the juice, making prick juice, manual exercises (pl), milk your dick, milking the mouse, milking your doodle, number three, old one-two, one off the wrist, one-legged race, pealing the banana, peeling the wand, play with oneself, playing pocket pool, playing with yourself, poe slap, popping your cork, popping your nuts, pull one's pud, pumping the juice handle, pumping up ball juice, rub-off, rub-up, rubbin' the rigid rod, sap your woody, screw-off, shelling the bean pod, shooting off, simple infanticide, sixth gear (особ. в припаркованном автомобиле), skinning the onion, slicking the slippery stick, slicking the willow twig, slicking your stick, soldier's joy, spanking the monkey, spanking the stick, sperming the worm, strangling the goose, stroking or stroking it, stroking your cock, stroking your meat, toss, toss-off, tug, wank, watcha, whacking off, whitewater wristing, willie and the hand jive, wrist job (партнером), yank, zig-a-zig ahhhh! (об. при просмотре порнофильма)

Универсальный русско-английский словарь > мастурбация
18 tête

tête [tεt]

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1. feminine noun

2. compounds

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   a. [de personne, animal] head

• être tête nue to be bareheaded

• avoir mal à la tête to have a headache

• j'ai la tête lourde my head feels heavy

• tomber la tête la première to fall headfirst

• se laver la tête to wash one's hair

• c'est à se cogner la tête contre les murs it's enough to drive you up the wall (inf)

• j'en donnerais ma tête à couper I would stake my life on it

• des têtes vont tomber heads will roll

• faire la tête au carré à qn (inf!) to smash sb's face in (inf!)

• tenir tête à qn/qch to stand up to sb/sth

• réclamer la tête de qn to demand sb's head

• jurer sur la tête de qn to swear on sb's life

• risquer sa tête to risk one's neck

• sauver sa tête to save one's neck

• gagner d'une tête [cheval] to win by a head

• garder la tête froide to keep a cool head

• avoir la tête dure ( = têtu) to be stubborn

• être une tête de mule (inf) to be as stubborn as a mule

   b. ( = visage, expression) face

• il a une tête sympathique he has a nice face

• il a une tête sinistre he has a sinister look about him

• il a une bonne tête he looks a decent sort

• quand il a appris la nouvelle il a fait une drôle de tête ! you should have seen his face when he heard the news!

• il en fait une tête ! just look at his face!

• faire la tête to sulk

• c'est une tête à claques (inf) he has got the sort of face you'd love to smack

• c'est à la tête du client (inf) it depends on the person

• avoir ses têtes (inf) to have one's favourites

   c. ( = personne) head

• de nouvelles têtes new faces

• le repas coûtera 150 € par tête de pipe (inf!) the meal will cost 150 euros a head

   d. ( = partie supérieure) [de clou, marteau] head ; [d'arbre] top

• tête d'ail head of garlic

• tête d'épingle pinhead

   e. ( = partie antérieure) head

• l'équipe conserve la tête du classement the team retains its lead

• prendre la tête to take the lead

   f. ( = facultés mentales) avoir toute sa tête to have all one's faculties

• n'avoir rien dans la tête to be empty-headed

• où ai-je la tête ? whatever am I thinking of?

• avoir une petite tête to be dim-witted

• avoir une tête de linotte to be a scatterbrain

• être tête en l'air to be a scatterbrain

• c'est une tête (inf) he's really brainy (inf)

• c'est une tête en maths he's (or she's) really good at maths

• avoir la tête sur les épaules to be level-headed

• calculer qch de tête to work sth out in one's head

• chercher qch dans sa tête to search one's memory for sth

• fourrer qch dans la tête de qn (inf) to put sth into sb's head

• se mettre dans la tête que to get it into one's head that

• avoir la tête à ce que l'on fait to have one's mind on what one is doing

• avoir la tête ailleurs to have one's mind on other matters

• n'en faire qu'à sa tête to do as one pleases

• se prendre la tête to get in(to) a state (inf)

• il me prend la tête (inf) he drives me nuts (inf)

• la géométrie, ça me prend la tête (inf) geometry does my head in (inf)

• j'y réfléchirai à tête reposée I'll think about it when I've got a quiet moment

   g. (Football) header

• faire une tête to head the ball

   h. (locutions)

► tête baissée

• foncer or se jeter tête baissée dans to rush headlong into► la tête haute

• marcher la tête haute to walk with one's head held high► coup de tête head-butt ; (figurative) sudden impulse

• donner un coup de tête à qn to head-butt sb

• agir sur un coup de tête to act on impulse► à la tête de

• à la tête du cortège at the head of the procession

• être à la tête d'un mouvement/d'une affaire ( = diriger) to head a movement/a business

• se trouver à la tête d'une petite fortune to find o.s. the owner of a small fortune► de la tête aux pieds from head to foot

► en tête

• je n'ai plus le nom en tête I can't recall the name

• se mettre en tête de faire qch to take it into one's head to do sth

• on monte en tête ou en queue ? shall we get on at the front or the back?

• être en tête to be in the lead

• dans les sondages, il arrive largement en tête he's well ahead in the polls

• en tête de phrase at the beginning of the sentence

• être en tête de liste to come at the top of the list

• il arrive en tête du scrutin he's leading in the elections

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► tête d'affiche top of the bill

• être la tête d'affiche to be top of the bill ► tête brûlée ( = baroudeur) desperado

► tête d'enregistrement recording head

► tête de lecture [de magnétophone, magnétoscope] play-back head ; (Computing) reading head

► tête de ligne terminus

► tête de liste (Politics) chief candidate (in list system of voting)

► tête de lit bedhead

► tête de mort ( = emblème) death's-head ; (sur pavillon) skull and crossbones

► tête de nœud (vulg!) dickhead (vulg!)

► tête nucléaire nuclear warhead

► tête de série (Tennis) seeded player

• il est tête de série numéro 2 he's the number 2 seed ► tête de Turc whipping boy

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1) gén head

la tête basse — ( humblement) with one's head bowed

la tête haute — ( dignement) with one's head held high

tête baissée — [se lancer, foncer] headlong

la tête en bas — [être suspendu, se retrouver] upside down

au-dessus de nos têtes — ( en l'air) overhead

sans tête — headless

coup de tête — headbutt

donner un coup de tête à quelqu'un — to headbutt somebody

être tombé sur la tête — (colloq) fig to have gone off one's rocker (colloq)

2) ( dessus du crâne) head

se laver la tête — to wash one's hair

j'ai la tête toute mouillée — my hair's all wet

3) ( visage) face

une bonne/sale tête — a nice/nasty face

tu en fais une tête! — what a face!, why the long face?

ne fais pas cette tête-là! — don't pull such a face!

quelle tête va-t-il faire? — how's he going to react?

il (me) fait la tête — he's sulking

ne fais pas ta mauvaise tête — don't be so difficult

elle fait sa mauvaise tête — she's being difficult

il a une tête à tricher — he looks like a cheat

tu as une tête à faire peur, aujourd'hui! — you look dreadful today!

4) ( esprit) mind

de tête — [citer, réciter] from memory; [calculer] in one's head

tu n'as pas de tête! — you have a mind like a sieve!

je n'ai pas la référence en tête — I can't recall the reference

où avais-je la tête? — whatever was I thinking of?

ça (ne) va pas, la tête? — (colloq) are you out of your mind or what?

j'avais la tête ailleurs — I was thinking of something else

n'avoir rien dans la tête — to be empty-headed

c'est lui qui t'a mis ça dans la tête! — you got that idea from him!

mets-lui ça dans la tête — drum it into him/her

se mettre dans la or en tête de faire — to take it into one's head to do

monter la tête à Pierre contre Paul — to turn Pierre against Paul

monter à la tête de quelqu'un, faire tourner la tête de quelqu'un — [alcool, succès] to go to somebody's head

elle t'a fait tourner la tête — she's turned your head

il n'est pas bien dans sa tête — (colloq) he isn't right in the head

il a encore toute sa tête (à lui) — he's still got all his faculties

n'en faire qu'à sa tête — to go one's own way

tenir tête à quelqu'un — to stand up to somebody

sur un coup de tête — on an impulse

5) ( personne) face

avoir ses têtes — to have one's favourites [BrE]

en tête à tête — [être, dîner] alone together

rencontrer quelqu'un en tête à tête — to have a meeting with somebody in private

un dîner en tête à tête — an intimate dinner for two

6) ( mesure de longueur) head

avoir une tête de plus que quelqu'un — to be a head taller than somebody

gagner d'une courte tête — [personne] to win by a narrow margin; [cheval] to win by a short head

avoir une tête d'avance sur quelqu'un — to be a short length in front of somebody

7) ( unité de troupeau) head (inv)

8) ( individu)

par tête — gén a head, each; ( dans des statistiques) per capita

par tête de pipe — (colloq) each

9) ( vie) head

vouloir la tête de quelqu'un — ( mort) to want somebody's head; ( disgrâce) to be after somebody's head

risquer sa tête — to risk one's neck (colloq)

des têtes vont tomber — fig heads will roll

10) ( direction)

le groupe de tête — the leading group

c'est lui la tête pensante du mouvement — he's the brains behind the movement

il restera à la tête du groupe — he will stay on as head of the group

prendre la tête du parti — to become leader of the party

prendre la tête des opérations — to take charge of operations

être à la tête d'une immense fortune — to be the possessor of a huge fortune

11) ( premières places) top

être en tête — (de liste, classement) to be at the top; (d'élection, de course, sondage) to be in the lead

venir en tête — to come first

marcher en tête — to walk at the front

marcher en tête d'un cortège — to head a procession

le gouvernement, le premier ministre en tête, a décidé que... — the government, led by the Prime Minister, has decided that...

des tas de gens viendront, ta femme en tête — heaps of people are coming, your wife to begin with

en tête de phrase — at the beginning of a sentence

12) ( extrémité) ( de train) front; (de convoi, cortège) head; (d'arbre, de mât) top; (de vis, rivet, clou) head

une place en tête de train — a seat at the front of the train

en tête de file — first in line

13) Sport ( au football) header

faire une tête — to head the ball

14) Armée ( d'engin) warhead

15) ( en électronique) (d'enregistrement, effacement) head; ( d'électrophone) cartridge

tête de lecture — (de magnétophone, magnétoscope) head

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Phrasal Verbs:

- tête d'affiche

- tête en l'air

- tête brûlée

- tête de chapitre

- tête à claques

- tête de cochon

- tête d'épingle

- tête de lard

- tête de linotte

- tête de liste

- tête de lit

- tête de mort

- tête de mule

- tête d'oiseau

- tête de pioche

- tête de série

- tête de Turc

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j'en mettrais ma tête à couper or sur le billot — I'd swear to it

en avoir par-dessus la tête — (colloq) to be fed up to the back teeth (colloq)

se prendre la tête à deux mains — (colloq) ( pour réfléchir) to rack one's brains (colloq)

prendre la tête — (colloq) to be a drag (colloq)

se prendre la tête — (colloq) to do one's head in (colloq)

te prends pas la tête pour ça! — don't worry about it!

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tɛt nf
1) [personne, animal] head

de la tête aux pieds — from head to toe

la tête en bas — with one's head down

la tête la première [tomber] — head first

se laver la tête — to wash one's hair

gagner d'une (courte) tête — to win by a (short) head

2) (= visage, expression) face

faire la tête — to sulk

3) FOOTBALL header

faire une tête — to head the ball, to do a header

4) (= position)

wagon de tête — front carriage

en tête SPORT — in the lead, (d'un cortège) at the front, at the head

en tête de SPORT — leading, [cortège] leading

en tête de la course — in the lead

en tête des meilleures ventes — at the top of the best-seller list

à la tête de [organisation] — at the head of, in charge of

prendre la tête de [peloton, course] — to take the lead in, [organisation, société] to become the head of

5) (autres locutions)

calculer qch de tête — to work sth out in one's head, to do a mental calculation of sth

avoir la tête dure — to be thickheaded

perdre la tête (= s'affoler) — to lose one's head, (= devenir fou) to go off one's head

ça ne va pas, la tête? * — are you crazy?

se mettre en tête que — to get it into one's head that

se mettre en tête de faire — to take it into one's head to do

une forte tête — a rebel

la tête basse — hanging one's head

par tête — per head

tenir tête à qn — to stand up to sb, to defy sb

en avoir par-dessus la tête — to be fed up

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tête ⇒ Le corps humain nf

1 gén (d'animal, insecte, de personne, plante) head; bouger la tête to move one's head; dessiner une tête de femme to draw a woman's head; statue à tête de chien statue with a dog's head; en pleine tête (right) in the head; blessure à la tête head injury; frapper qn à la tête to hit sb on the head; la tête la première [tomber, plonger] head first; la tête basse ( humblement) with one's head bowed; la tête haute ( dignement) with one's head held high; garder la tête haute fig to hold one's head high; tête baissée [se lancer, foncer] headlong; la tête en bas [être suspendu, se retrouver] upside down; au-dessus de nos têtes ( en l'air) overhead; sans tête [corps, cadavre] headless; coup de tête headbutt; donner un coup de tête à qn to headbutt sb; tomber sur la tête lit to fall on one's head; être tombé sur la tête○ fig to have gone off one's rocker○; salut, p’tite tête○! hello, bonehead○!; ⇒ bille, coûter, donner, gros;

2 ( dessus du crâne) head; se couvrir/se gratter la tête to cover/to scratch one's head; avoir la tête rasée to have a shaven head; sortir tête nue or sans rien sur la tête to go out bareheaded; se laver la tête to wash one's hair; j'ai la tête toute mouillée my hair's all wet;

3 ( visage) face; une bonne/sale tête a nice/nasty face; il a une belle tête he's got a nice face; si tu avais vu ta tête! you should have seen your face!; t'as vu la tête qu'il a tirée○? did you see his face?; tu en fais une tête! what a face you're pulling!; ne fais pas cette tête-là! don't pull such a face!; faire une tête longue comme ça○ to look miserable; il a fait une drôle de tête quand il m'a vu he pulled a face when he saw me; quelle tête va-t-il faire? how's he going to react?; faire une tête de circonstance to assume a suitable expression; à cette nouvelle, il a changé de tête on hearing this, his face fell; il (me) fait la tête he's sulking; ne fais pas ta mauvaise tête don't be so difficult; elle fait sa mauvaise tête she's being difficult; il a une tête à tricher he looks like a cheat; elle a une tête à être du quartier she looks like a local; tu as une tête à faire peur, aujourd'hui! you look dreadful today!; se faire la or une tête de Pierrot to make oneself up as (a) Pierrot; ⇒ six;

4 ( esprit) de tête [citer, réciter] from memory; [calculer] in one's head; tu n'as pas de tête! you have a mind like a sieve!; avoir en tête de faire to have it in mind to do; avoir qch en tête to have sth in mind; j'ai bien d'autres choses en tête pour le moment I've got a lot of other things on my mind at the moment; je n'ai pas la référence en tête I can't recall the reference; où avais-je la tête? whatever was I thinking of?; ça (ne) va pas, la tête○? are you feeling all right?; j'ai la tête vide my mind is a blank; j'avais la tête ailleurs I was dreaming, I was thinking of something else; elle n'a pas la tête à ce qu'elle fait her mind isn't on what she's doing; avoir la tête pleine de projets, avoir des projets plein la tête to have one's head full of plans; quand il a quelque chose dans la or en tête, il ne l'a pas ailleurs○ once he's got GB ou gotten US something into his head, he can't think of anything else; n'avoir rien dans la tête to be empty-headed, to be an airhead○; c'est lui qui t'a mis ça dans la tête! you got that idea from him!; mets-lui ça dans la tête drum it into him/her; se mettre dans la or en tête que to get it into one's head that; se mettre dans la or en tête de faire to take it into one's head to do; mets-toi bien ça dans la tête! get it into your head once and for all!; mettez-vous dans la tête que je ne signerai pas get it into your head that I won't sign; passer par la tête de qn [idée] to cross sb's mind; on ne sait jamais ce qui leur passe par la tête you never know what's going through their minds; passer au-dessus de la tête de qn to be ou go (right) over sb's head; sortir de la tête de qn to slip sb's mind; ça m'est sorti de la tête it slipped my mind; cette fille lui a fait perdre la tête he's lost his head over that girl; monter la tête à Pierre contre Paul to turn Pierre against Paul; j'ai la tête qui tourne my head's spinning; ça me fait tourner la tête it's making my head spin; monter à la tête, faire tourner la tête de qn [alcool, succès] to go to sb's head; elle t'a fait tourner la tête she's turned your head; il n'est pas bien dans sa tête○ he isn't right in the head; il a encore toute sa tête (à lui) he's still got all his faculties ou marbles○; il n'a plus sa tête à lui he's no longer in possession of all his faculties, he's lost his marbles○; n'en faire qu'à sa tête to go one's own way; tenir tête à qn to stand up to sb; sur un coup de tête on an impulse; ⇒ fort;

5 ( personne) face; j'ai déjà vu cette tête-là quelque part I've seen that face somewhere before; voir de nouvelles têtes to see new faces; avoir ses têtes to have one's favourites^GB; en tête à tête [être, rester, dîner] alone together; être (en) tête à tête avec qn to be alone with sb; rencontrer qn en tête à tête to have a meeting with sb in private; un dîner en tête à tête an intimate dinner for two;

6 ( mesure de longueur) head; avoir une tête de plus que qn, dépasser qn d'une tête to be a head taller than sb; gagner d'une courte tête [personne] to win by a narrow margin; [cheval] to win by a short head; avoir une tête d'avance sur qn to be a short length in front of sb;

7 ( unité de troupeau) head ( inv); 30 têtes de bétail 30 head of cattle; un troupeau de 500 têtes a herd of 500 head;

8 ( individu) par tête gén a head, each; Stat per capita; par tête de pipe○ each; ça fera 100 euros par tête it'll be 100 euros each ou a head; le PNB par tête the per capita GNP;

9 ( vie) head; ma tête est mise à prix there's a price on my head; vouloir la tête de qn ( mort) to want sb's head; ( disgrâce) to be after sb's head; risquer sa tête to risk one's neck○; des têtes vont tomber fig heads will roll;

10 ( direction) frapper une révolte à la tête to go for the leaders of an uprising; le groupe de tête the leading group; c'est lui la tête pensante du projet/mouvement/gang he's the brains behind the project/movement/gang; être à la tête d'un mouvement/parti to be at the head of a movement/party; il restera à la tête du groupe he will stay on as head of the group; il a été nommé à la tête du groupe he was appointed head of the group; on l'a rappelé à la tête de l'équipe he was called back to head up ou lead the team; prendre la tête du parti to become leader of the party; prendre la tête des opérations to take charge of operations; être à la tête d'une immense fortune to be the possessor of a huge fortune;

11 ( premières places) top; les él èves qui forment la tête de la classe the pupils at the top of the class; les candidats en tête de liste the candidates at the top of the list; être en tête (de liste, classement) to be at the top; (d'élection, de course, sondage) to be in the lead; venir en tête to come first; marcher en tête to walk at the front; à la tête d'un cortège at the head of a procession; marcher en tête d'un cortège to head ou lead a procession; il est en tête au premier tour Pol he's in the lead after the first round; il est en tête dans les sondages he's leading in the polls; l'équipe de tête au championnat the leading team in the championship; arriver en tête [coureur] to come in first; [candidat] to come first; le gouvernement, le premier ministre en tête, a décidé que… the government, led by the Prime Minister, has decided that…; des tas de gens viendront, ta femme en tête heaps of people are coming, your wife to begin with; en tête de phrase at the beginning of a sentence;

12 ( extrémité) ( de train) front; (de convoi, cortège) head; (d'arbre, de mât) top; (de vis, rivet, clou) head; les wagons de tête the front carriages GB ou cars US; une place en tête de train a seat at the front of the train; je préfère m'asseoir en tête I prefer to sit at the front; la tête du convoi s'est engagée sur le pont the head of the convoy went onto the bridge; l'avion a rasé la tête des arbres the plane clipped the tops of the trees ou the treetops; en tête de file first in line; ⇒ queue;

13 Sport ( au football) header; faire une tête to head the ball;

14 Mil ( d'engin) warhead; tête chimique/nucléaire chemical/nuclear warhead; missile à têtes multiples multiple-warhead missile;

15 Électron (d'enregistrement, effacement) head; ( d'électrophone) cartridge; tête de lecture (de magnétophone, magnétoscope) head.

Composés

tête d'affiche Cin, Théât top of the bill; tête d'ail Bot, Culin head of garlic; tête en l'air scatterbrain; être tête en l'air to be scatterbrained; tête blonde ( enfant) little one; nos chères têtes blondes hum our little darlings; tête brûlée daredevil; tête de chapitre chapter heading; tête chercheuse Mil homing device; missile à tête chercheuse homing missile; tête à claques○ pain○; quelle tête à claques, ce type! he's somebody you could cheerfully punch in the face; tête de cochon○ = tête de lard; tête couronnée crowned head; tête de delco® Aut distributor cap; tête d'écriture Ordinat write ou writing head; tête d'effacement Ordinat erase ou erasing head; tête d'épingle lit, fig pinhead; tête flottante Ordinat floating head; tête de lard○ péj ( têtu) mule; ( mauvais caractère) grouch; tête de ligne Transp end of the line; tête de linotte scatterbrain; tête de liste Pol chief candidate; tête de lit bedhead GB, headboard; tête magnétique magnetic head; tête de mort ( crâne) skull; ( symbole de mort) death's head; ( emblème de pirates) skull and crossbones (+ v sg); tête de mule○ mule; être une vraie tête de mule to be as stubborn as a mule; tête de nègre Culin chocolate marshmallow; tête de nœud● offensive prick●; tête d'oiseau○ péj featherbrain; tête de pioche○ = tête de mule; tête de pont Mil bridgehead; tête de série Sport seeded player; tête de série numéro deux number two seed; tête de Turc○ whipping boy; être la tête de Turc de qn to be sb's whipping boy; tête de veau Culin calf's head.

Idiomes

j'en mettrais ma tête à couper or sur le billot I'd put my head on the block; en avoir par-dessus la tête to be fed up to the back teeth○ (de with); se prendre la tête à deux mains ( pour réfléchir)○ to rack one's brains○; prendre la tête○, être une (vraie) prise de tête○ to be a drag○.

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1. ANATOMIE head

la tête haute with (one's) head held high

la tête la première head first

de la tête aux pieds from head to foot ou toe

avoir mal à la tête to have a headache

avoir la tête lourde to have a thick head (UK), to feel fuzzy

j'ai la tête qui tourne [malaise] my head is spinning

ne tourne pas la tête, elle nous regarde don't look round, she's watching us

dès qu'il m'a vu, il a tourné la tête as soon as he saw me, he looked away

en avoir par-dessus la tête (familier) to be sick (and tired) of it

avoir la tête sur les épaules to have a good head on one's shoulders

faire une grosse tête (familier) ou la tête au carré (familier) à quelqu'un to smash somebody's head ou face in

j'en donnerais ou j'en mettrais ma tête à couper I'd stake my life on it

être tombé sur la tête (familier) to have a screw loose

il ne réfléchit jamais, il fonce tête baissée he always charges in ou ahead without thinking

se cogner ou se taper la tête contre les murs to bang one's head against a (brick) wall

se jeter à la tête de quelqu'un to throw oneself at somebody

2. [en référence à la chevelure, à la coiffure]

se laver la tête to wash one's hair

tête nue bareheaded

nos chères têtes blondes [les enfants] our little darlings

3. [visage, expression] face

avoir une bonne tête to look like a nice person

ne fais pas cette tête! don't pull (UK) ou make such a long face!

il a fait une de ces têtes quand je lui ai dit! you should have seen his face when I told him!

elle n'a pas une tête à se laisser faire she doesn't look the sort to be pushed around

il a ou c'est une tête à claques (familier) you just want to smack him in the mouth

tête de nœud (vulgaire) dickhead (vulgaire)

faire la tête to sulk

faire la tête à quelqu'un to ignore somebody

avec lui, c'est à la tête du client

a. [restaurant] he charges what he feels like

b. [professeur] he gives you a good mark if he likes your face

4. [mesure] head

il a une tête de plus que son frère he's a head taller than his brother

5. CUISINE head

tête pressée (Belgique) [fromage de tête] pork brawn (UK), headcheese (US)

6. SPORT header

B.[SIÈGE DE LA PENSÉE]

1. [siège des pensées, de l'imagination, de la mémoire] mind, head

il a des rêves plein la tête he's a dreamer

une drôle d'idée m'est passée par la tête I had a strange idea

se mettre dans la tête que to get it into one's head that

se mettre dans la tête ou en tête de faire quelque chose to make up one's mind to do something

une tête bien faite Montaigne (allusion) a good mind

avoir la grosse tête (familier) to be big-headed

avoir toute sa tête to have all one's faculties

faire sa mauvaise tête to dig one's heels in

avoir la tête chaude, avoir la tête près du bonnet to be quick-tempered

monter la tête à quelqu'un to give somebody (big) ideas

monter à la tête de quelqu'un

a. [succès] to go to somebody's head

b. [chagrin] to unbalance somebody

se monter la tête to get carried away

tourner la tête à quelqu'un to turn somebody's head

avoir la tête vide/dure to be empty-headed/stubborn

il est tête en l'air he's got his head in the clouds

excuse-moi, j'avais la tête ailleurs sorry, I was thinking about something else ou I was miles away

il n'a pas de tête [il est étourdi] he is scatterbrained ou a scatterbrain

ça m'est sorti de la tête I forgot, it slipped my mind

il ne sait plus où donner de la tête he doesn't know whether he's coming or going

n'en faire qu'à sa tête to do exactly as one pleases

je le lirai à tête reposée I'll take the time to read it in a quiet moment

2. [sang-froid, présence d'esprit] head

avoir ou garder la tête froide to keep a cool head

C.[PERSONNE, ANIMAL]

1. [individu] person

plusieurs têtes connues several familiar faces

prendre une assurance sur la tête de quelqu'un to take out an insurance policy on somebody

être une tête de lard ou de mule to be as stubborn as a mule, to be pig-headed

tête de linotte ou d'oiseau ou sans cervelle scatterbrain

tête de cochon bloody-minded individual

tête couronnée crowned head

forte tête rebel

une grosse tête (familier) a brain

petite tête (familier) pinhead

avoir ses têtes (familier) to have one's favourites

2. [vie d'une personne] head, neck

le procureur réclame la tête de l'accusé the prosecution is demanding the prisoner's execution

jouer ou risquer sa tête to risk one's skin

sauver sa tête to save one's skin ou neck

3. [meneur, leader] head, leader

les têtes pensantes du comité the brains of the committee

4. [animal d'un troupeau] head (invariable)

D.[PARTIE HAUTE, PARTIE AVANT, DÉBUT]

1. [faîte] top

la tête d'un arbre a treetop

2. [partie avant] front end

la tête du train the front of the train

tête de lit bedhead

mets la tête du lit vers le nord turn the head of the bed towards the north

prendre la tête du défilé to head ou to lead the procession

prendre la tête

a. [marcher au premier rang] to take the lead

b. [commander, diriger] to take over

tête de ligne

a. [généralement] terminus, end of the line

b. RAIL railhead

3. [début]

faites ressortir les têtes de chapitres make the chapter headings stand out

4. [dans un classement] top, head

les dix élèves qui forment la tête de la classe the ten best pupils in the class

tête d'affiche top of the bill

tête de série SPORT seeded player

tête de série numéro huit number eight seed

5. [extrémité - d'un objet, d'un organe] head ; [ - d'un os] head, caput

tête d'ail head of garlic

tête de bielle big end

tête d'épingle pinhead

gros comme une tête d'épingle the size of a pinhead

6. ACOUSTIQUE head

tête d'effacement erase head

tête de lecture head

7. IMPRIMERIE head, top

8. INFORMATIQUE head

9. MILITAIRE head

tête de pont

a. [sur rivière] bridgehead

b. [sur plage] beachhead

10. PHYSIQUE NUCLÉAIRE head

tête chercheuse homing device

tête nucléaire nuclear warhead

à la tête de locution prépositionnelle

1. [en possession de]

elle s'est trouvée à la tête d'une grosse fortune she found herself in possession of a great fortune

2. [au premier rang de] at the head ou front of

à la tête d'un groupe de mécontents heading a group of protesters

3. [à la direction de] in charge of, at the head of

être à la tête d'une société to head a company

il est à la tête d'un cabinet d'assurances he runs an insurance firm

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de tête locution adjectivale

1. [femme, homme] able

2. [convoi, voiture] front (avant nom)

3. IMPRIMERIE head (modificateur)

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de tête locution adverbiale

[calculer] in one's head

de tête, je dirais que nous étions vingt at a guess I'd say there were twenty of us

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en tête locution adverbiale

1. [devant]

monter en tête to go to the front

être en tête

a. [généralement] to be at the front

b. [dans une course, une compétition] to (be in the) lead

2. [à l'esprit]

avoir quelque chose en tête to have something in mind

je ne l'ai plus en tête I can't remember it

en tête à tête locution adverbiale

alone together

dîner en tête à tête avec quelqu'un to have a quiet dinner (alone) with somebody

en tête de locution prépositionnelle

1. [au début de] at the beginning ou start of

tous les mots placés en tête de phrase the first word of every sentence

2. [à l'avant de] at the head ou front of

les dirigeants syndicaux marchent en tête du défilé the union leaders are marching at the head of the procession

3. [au premier rang de] at the top of

en tête des sondages leading the polls

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par tête locution adverbiale

per head, a head, apiece

ça coûtera 40 euros par tête it'll cost 40 euros a head ou per head ou apiece

par tête de pipe (familier)

→ link=parpar tête

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sur la tête de locution prépositionnelle

1. [sur la personne de]

le mécontentement populaire s'est répercuté sur la tête du Premier ministre popular discontent turned towards the Prime Minister

2. [au nom de] in the name of

3. [en prêtant serment]

je le jure sur la tête de mes enfants I swear on my mother's grave

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tête brûlée nom féminin

hothead

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tête de mort nom féminin

1. [crâne] skull

2. [emblème] death's head, skull and crossbones

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tête de nègre

→ link=tête-de-nègretête-de-nègre (nom féminin)

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tête de Turc nom féminin

whipping boy, scapegoat

Dictionnaire Français-Anglais > tête

19 drive

I 1. [draɪv]
nome

1) (car journey)

to go for a drive — andare a fare un giro in auto

it's only five minutes' drive from here — è solo a cinque minuti d'auto da qui

it's a 40 km drive to the hospital — ci sono 40 km (di strada) fino all'ospedale

2) (campaign, effort) campagna f., sforzo m. ( against contro; for, towards per; to do per fare)

3) (motivation, energy) iniziativa f., energia f.; (inner urge) pulsione f., istinto m.

the drive to win — la volontà di vincere

4) inform. drive m., unità f.

5) mecc. trasmissione f.

6) (path) (of house) vialetto m., strada f. privata

7) sport (in golf) drive m., colpo m. lungo; (in tennis) drive m., diritto m.
2.
modificatore mecc. [ mechanism] di trasmissione
II 1. [draɪv]
verbo transitivo (pass. drove; p.pass. driven)

1) [ driver] guidare, condurre [car, bus, train]; pilotare [ racing car]; trasportare [cargo, load, passenger]; percorrere (in auto) [ distance]

to drive sb. home — portare a casa qcn. (in auto)

to drive sth. into — portare qcs. dentro [garage, space]

2) (force, compel) [poverty, urge] spingere [ person] ( to do a fare)

he was driven to drink — fu spinto all'alcolismo (by da)

to be driven out of business — essere costretto a cessare l'attività, a ritirarsi dagli affari

to drive sb. mad o crazy — colloq. fare impazzire o diventare matto qcn. (anche fig.)

3) (chase or herd) spingere, condurre [herd, cattle]; spingere [ game]

he was driven from o out of the country — fu cacciato dal paese

4) (power, propel) azionare, fare funzionare [engine, pump]

what drives the economy? — qual è il motore dell'economia?

5) (push) [tide, wind] spingere, sospingere [boat, clouds]; [ person] piantare, conficcare [ nail]

to drive sth. into sb.'s head — fig. fare entrare qcs. nella testa di qcn., ficcare qcs. in testa a qcn

6) (force to work hard) incalzare, fare lavorare sodo [pupil, recruit]

7) sport (in golf) colpire, tirare con un driver [ ball]; (in tennis) colpire di diritto [ ball]
2.
verbo intransitivo (pass. drove; p.pass. driven)

1) aut. guidare

I took pictures as we drove along — feci delle foto mentre viaggiavamo in auto

you can't drive along the High Street — non è possibile percorrere in auto la via principale

to drive to work — andare a lavorare in auto

to drive into — entrare (con l'auto) in [garage, space]; andare a sbattere contro [tree, lamppost]

to drive up, down a hill — salire su, scendere da una collina (in auto)

to drive past — passare (con l'auto)

2) sport (in golf) fare un drive; (in tennis) tirare di diritto, fare un drive
3.
verbo riflessivo

1) aut.

the Minister drives himself — il ministro in persona guida l'auto

2) (push oneself)

to drive oneself to do — sforzarsi di fare

to drive oneself too hard — sforzarsi troppo

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- drive at

- drive away

- drive back

- drive off

- drive on

- drive out

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1. past tense - drove; verb
1) (to control or guide (a car etc): Do you want to drive (the car), or shall I?) guidare

2) (to take, bring etc in a car: My mother is driving me to the airport.) portare

3) (to force or urge along: Two men and a dog were driving a herd of cattle across the road.) spingere innanzi

4) (to hit hard: He drove a nail into the door; He drove a golf-ball from the tee.) battere; scagliare

5) (to cause to work by providing the necessary power: This mill is driven by water.) azionare
2. noun
1) (a journey in a car, especially for pleasure: We decided to go for a drive.) gita in automobile

2) (a private road leading from a gate to a house etc: The drive is lined with trees.) viale d'accesso, strada privata

3) (energy and enthusiasm: I think he has the drive needed for this job.) energia

4) (a special effort: We're having a drive to save electricity.) campagna

5) (in sport, a hard stroke (with a golf-club, a cricket bat etc).) colpo

6) ((computers) a disk drive.) drive, lettore, unità

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- driver
- driver's license
- drive-in
- drive-through
- driving licence
- be driving at
- drive off
- drive on
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drive /draɪv/
n.

1 giro (o viaggio) in macchina: to go for a drive, fare un giro in macchina; to take sb. for a drive, portare q. a fare un giro in macchina; It's two hours' drive there and back, ci sono due ore di macchina per andare e venire; a long and boring drive, un viaggio in macchina lungo e noioso; a 50 mile drive, un percorso in macchina di 50 miglia; The mountains are a short drive away, ci vuole poco in macchina per andare in montagna; a drive in the country [along the coast], un giro in macchina in campagna [lungo la costa]

2 strada carrozzabile; (spec.) viale, vialetto ( di una casa): The house is reached by means of a tree-lined drive, si raggiunge la casa per mezzo di un viale alberato

3 ( in nomi di vie) «drive»: 4 Privet Drive, Privet Drive No 4

4 [u] determinazione, volontà: the drive to succeed, la volontà di riuscire; You need a lot of drive to succeed in business, ci vuole molta determinazione per riuscire in affari

5 [uc] (psic.) pulsione, impulso: basic human drives, le pulsioni fondamentali dell'essere umano; the sex drive, l'impulso sessuale

6 [u] aspirazione: the drive for peace, l'aspirazione alla pace; the drive for perfection [improvement, change], l'aspirazione alla perfezione [al miglioramento, al cambiamento]

7 ( anche comm.) sforzo collettivo, campagna: a recruitment [sales] drive, una campagna di assunzioni [di vendite]; an export drive, una campagna per promuovere le esportazioni; a concerted drive to raise the firm's profile, una campagna comune per far salire il profilo dell'azienda

8 (comput.) drive; ( anche) lettore, unità: hard ( disk) drive, hard disk, disco fisso; disk drive, unità disco

9 ( sport) colpo ( dato a una palla); ( tennis) diritto, drive; ( calcio) tiro; ( golf) colpo lungo, drive; ( pallavolo) attacco, schiacciata: drive against the post, palo ( il tiro sul montante); drive at goal, tiro in porta; drive down the sideline, lungolinea (sost.)

10 [uc] (autom.) guida ( il meccanismo, lo sterzo): left-hand drive, guida a sinistra ( negli automezzi dei paesi in cui il traffico tiene la destra); right-hand drive, guida a destra ( negli automezzi dei paesi in cui il traffico tiene la sinistra)

11 [uc] (autom., mecc.) trazione: front-[rear-]wheel drive, trazione anteriore [posteriore]; four-wheel drive, trazione integrale

12 [uc] (mecc.) comando trasmissione; presa: belt drive, trasmissione a cinghia; direct drive, presa diretta

13 battuta di caccia; inseguimento

14 (mil.) attacco; offensiva

15 [uc] (ind. min.) scavo di galleria; avanzamento; ( anche) galleria in direzione

16 (ingl.: nei giochi di carte) torneo: a whist drive, un torneo di whist

● drive belt, cinghia di trasmissione □ (mecc.) drive gear, ingranaggio conduttore □ (elettr.) drive pulse, impulso di comando □ (mecc.) drive screw, vite autofilettante □ (mecc.) drive wheel, ruota motrice.
♦ (to) drive /draɪv/
(pass. drove, p. p. driven)

A v. t.

1 guidare ( un veicolo); ( sport) pilotare: to drive a car [a van, a bus, a train], guidare una macchina [un furgone, un autobus, un treno]; to drive a racing car, pilotare una vettura da corsa; What do you drive?; che macchina hai?

2 accompagnare, portare (q.) in macchina: to drive sb. home, accompagnare q. a casa in macchina; Can you drive me to the office?, puoi portarmi in macchina in ufficio?

3 (fig.) spingere, portare (q. a qc.): to drive sb. to drink, spingere q. a bere (o a darsi all'alcol); to drive sb. to suicide, spingere q. al suicidio; to drive sb. to despair, portare q. alla disperazione; His insane jealousy drove her to leave him, la sua folle gelosia l'ha spinta a lasciarlo; High interest rates drove them to bankruptcy, gli alti tassi di interesse li hanno portati al fallimento; ( anche fig.) to drive sb. crazy (o mad) fare impazzire q.; (fam.) to drive sb. nuts (o round the bend, round the twist, up the wall) fare impazzire q.

4 spingere, motivare: He is driven by a need to outshine his older brother, è motivato dal bisogno di superare il fratello più grande; I want to find out what drives him, voglio scoprire cos'è che lo motiva; His novels are driven by plot rather than character, i suoi romanzi sono incentrati più sulla trama che sui personaggi

5 condurre un gregge (o una mandria) di: to drive sheep [cattle], condurre un gregge di pecore [una mandria di bovini]

6 (fig.) far lavorare (duro): He drives his employees hard, fa lavorare duro i suoi dipendenti; She drives herself too hard, si dà troppo da fare

7 ( sport) battere, scagliare; ( calcio) spedire ( la palla); ( tennis) colpire di diritto; ( golf) colpire con un driver: ( baseball) The batter drove the ball into the bleachers, il battitore ha scagliato la palla nelle gradinate

8 conficcare, piantare: to drive a stake into the ground [a nail into a wall], piantare un palo per terra [un chiodo nel muro]

9 scavare: to drive a tunnel through a mountain, scavare una galleria attraverso un monte

10 sospingere: The storm drove the boat onto the reef, la tempesta ha sospinto la barca sulla scogliera

11 fare andare, cacciare: The enemy were driven out of the town, i nemici sono stati cacciati dalla città; They drove the animals away by shouting and waving their arms, hanno mandato via gli animali urlando e agitando le braccia; Heavy rain drove them inside, la forte pioggia li ha fatti rientrare in casa; Thousands were driven from their home, migliaia di persone sono state costrette a lasciare la loro casa; Lots of holidaymakers were driven away by the bad weather, il cattivo tempo ha fatto partire in tutta fretta molti vacanzieri

12 (di solito al passivo) azionare; far funzionare: The turbines are driven by water, le turbine sono azionate dall'acqua

13 ( nella caccia) stanare ( la selvaggina); battere ( un terreno)

B v. i.

1 (autom.) guidare: He's learning to drive, sta imparando a guidare; Let me drive, please!, fa' guidare me, per favore; I can't drive, non so guidare; He drives very well [too fast], guida molto bene [troppo forte]; Shall we drive back?, torniamo indietro?; He drove into a wall, è andato a sbattere con la macchina contro un muro; to drive out of the garage, uscire dal garage

2 andare ( con un veicolo privato); andare in macchina: Shall we drive or walk?, andiamo in macchina o a piedi?; They drove to the airport, sono andati all'aeroporto in macchina; We got into the car and drove home, siamo saliti in macchina e siamo andati a casa; I don't drive anymore into town, there's never anywhere to park, non vado più in centro in macchina, non si trova mai parcheggio; After waiting for five minutes, the taxi-driver drove away, dopo avere aspettato cinque minuti, il tassista è andato via

3 ( di veicolo) andare: The car drove into a lamppost, la macchina è andata a sbattere contro un lampione

4 ( della pioggia, ecc.) cadere (forte); battere: The snow was driving down, nevicava forte; Rain was driving against the windows, la pioggia batteva contro le finestre

5 (mil.) spingersi; addentrarsi: Napoleon drove ( ahead) into the plains of Russia, Napoleone si addentrò nelle pianure della Russia

6 (ind. min.) avanzare ( con lo scavo)

7 (naut., spesso to drive along) correre in poppa; fuggire il tempo

● to drive oneself, guidare: She can't drive herself any more, her daughter has to do it, non può più guidare, deve accompagnarla sua figlia □ ( slang USA) to drive the big (o the porcelain) bus, vomitare nella toilette □ (ingl.) to drive a coach and horses through st., mostrare chiaramente tutte le falle di qc.: This verdict drives a coach and horses through the legislation, questo verdetto mostra chiaramente tutte le falle della legislazione □ (autom., GB) to drive with excess alcohol, guidare in stato di ebbrezza □ to drive st. home, chiarire (bene) qc.: to drive home one's point, chiarire bene il proprio punto di vista; I drove home to them what the problem was, gli ho fatto capire qual era il problema □ to drive a hard bargain, fare un accordo molto vantaggioso □ to drive a wedge between, seminare zizzania tra □ (fig.) to drive sb. into a corner, mettere q. alle strette (o con le spalle al muro) □ (fig.) to drive st. into the ground, portare qc. alla rovina: They drove the business into the ground, hanno portato l'azienda alla rovina □ to drive prices through the roof, far salire i prezzi alle stelle.

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I 1. [draɪv]
nome

1) (car journey)

to go for a drive — andare a fare un giro in auto

it's only five minutes' drive from here — è solo a cinque minuti d'auto da qui

it's a 40 km drive to the hospital — ci sono 40 km (di strada) fino all'ospedale

2) (campaign, effort) campagna f., sforzo m. ( against contro; for, towards per; to do per fare)

3) (motivation, energy) iniziativa f., energia f.; (inner urge) pulsione f., istinto m.

the drive to win — la volontà di vincere

4) inform. drive m., unità f.

5) mecc. trasmissione f.

6) (path) (of house) vialetto m., strada f. privata

7) sport (in golf) drive m., colpo m. lungo; (in tennis) drive m., diritto m.
2.
modificatore mecc. [ mechanism] di trasmissione
II 1. [draɪv]
verbo transitivo (pass. drove; p.pass. driven)

1) [ driver] guidare, condurre [car, bus, train]; pilotare [ racing car]; trasportare [cargo, load, passenger]; percorrere (in auto) [ distance]

to drive sb. home — portare a casa qcn. (in auto)

to drive sth. into — portare qcs. dentro [garage, space]

2) (force, compel) [poverty, urge] spingere [ person] ( to do a fare)

he was driven to drink — fu spinto all'alcolismo (by da)

to be driven out of business — essere costretto a cessare l'attività, a ritirarsi dagli affari

to drive sb. mad o crazy — colloq. fare impazzire o diventare matto qcn. (anche fig.)

3) (chase or herd) spingere, condurre [herd, cattle]; spingere [ game]

he was driven from o out of the country — fu cacciato dal paese

4) (power, propel) azionare, fare funzionare [engine, pump]

what drives the economy? — qual è il motore dell'economia?

5) (push) [tide, wind] spingere, sospingere [boat, clouds]; [ person] piantare, conficcare [ nail]

to drive sth. into sb.'s head — fig. fare entrare qcs. nella testa di qcn., ficcare qcs. in testa a qcn

6) (force to work hard) incalzare, fare lavorare sodo [pupil, recruit]

7) sport (in golf) colpire, tirare con un driver [ ball]; (in tennis) colpire di diritto [ ball]
2.
verbo intransitivo (pass. drove; p.pass. driven)

1) aut. guidare

I took pictures as we drove along — feci delle foto mentre viaggiavamo in auto

you can't drive along the High Street — non è possibile percorrere in auto la via principale

to drive to work — andare a lavorare in auto

to drive into — entrare (con l'auto) in [garage, space]; andare a sbattere contro [tree, lamppost]

to drive up, down a hill — salire su, scendere da una collina (in auto)

to drive past — passare (con l'auto)

2) sport (in golf) fare un drive; (in tennis) tirare di diritto, fare un drive
3.
verbo riflessivo

1) aut.

the Minister drives himself — il ministro in persona guida l'auto

2) (push oneself)

to drive oneself to do — sforzarsi di fare

to drive oneself too hard — sforzarsi troppo

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- drive at

- drive away

- drive back

- drive off

- drive on

- drive out

English-Italian dictionary > drive

20 wrench

1. noun
1) (tool) verstellbarer Schraubenschlüssel

2) (Amer.) see academic.ru/69201/spanner">spanner

3) (violent twist) Verrenkung, die

4) (fig.)

be a great wrench [for somebody] — sehr schmerzhaft für jemanden sein
2. transitive verb
1) (tug violently) reißen

wrench at something — an etwas (Dat.) reißen

wrench something round/off/open — etwas herum-/ab-/aufreißen

wrench something from somebody — jemandem etwas entreißen

2) (injure by twisting)

wrench one's ankle — etc. sich (Dat.) den Knöchel usw. verrenken

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[ren ] 1. verb
1) (to pull with a violent movement: He wrenched the gun out of my hand.) entwinden

2) (to sprain: to wrench one's shoulder.) verrenken
2. noun
1) (a violent pull or twist.) heftiger Ruck

2) (a type of strong tool for turning nuts, bolts etc.) der Schraubenschlüssel

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wrench

[ren(t)ʃ]

I. n

<pl -es>

1. usu sing (twisting) Ruck m; PHYS Drehung f (unter Zug o. Druck)

2. usu sing ( fig: painful feeling) Trennungsschmerz m

what a \wrench, seeing you board the plane! ich werde total traurig, wenn ich sehe, wie du ins Flugzeug steigst!

3. esp AM (spanner) Schraubenschlüssel m

screw \wrench Franzose m, Rollgabelschlüssel m fachspr

II. vt

1. (twist)

▪ to \wrench sb/sth from sb jdm jdn/etw entreißen a. fig

▪ to \wrench sth from sth etw aus etw dat reißen

to \wrench sth free [from sb/sth] etw [von jdm/etw] losreißen

▪ to \wrench sth off sth etw von etw dat abreißen

2. (injure)

to \wrench a muscle sich dat einen Muskel zerren

to \wrench one's shoulder sich dat die Schulter verrenken

3. (turn)

to \wrench a bolt/nut eine Schraube/Mutter drehen

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[rentS]
1. n

1) (= tug) Ruck m; (MED) Verrenkung f

to give sth a wrench — einer Sache (dat) einen Ruck geben

he gave his shoulder a nasty wrench — er hat sich (dat) die Schulter schlimm verrenkt

2) (= tool) Schraubenschlüssel m

3) (fig)

to be a wrench — wehtun

the wrench of parting — der Trennungsschmerz

2. vt

1) (= tug) winden

to wrench sth ( away) from sb — jdm etw entwinden

to wrench a door open — eine Tür aufzwingen

to wrench a door off its hinges — eine Tür aus den Angeln reißen

he wrenched the steering wheel round — er riss das Lenkrad herum

to wrench sb's arm out of its socket — jdm den Arm ausrenken

2) (MED)

to wrench one's ankle/shoulder — sich (dat) den Fuß/die Schulter verrenken

3) (fig) reißen

if you could wrench yourself away from the TV — wenn du dich vom Fernseher losreißen könntest

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wrench [rentʃ]

A s

1. (drehender oder heftiger) Ruck, heftige Drehung

2. MED Verrenkung f, Verstauchung f:

give one’s knee, etc a wrench → B 2

3. fig Verzerrung f, -drehung f, Entstellung f

4. fig (Trennungs)Schmerz m:

leaving home was a great wrench der Abschied von zu Hause tat sehr weh

5. TECH Schraubenschlüssel m

6. scharfe Wendung, besonders JAGD Haken m (eines Hasen)

B v/t

1. (mit einem Ruck) reißen, zerren, ziehen:

wrench sth (away) from sb jemandem etwas entwinden oder -reißen (a. fig);

wrench open die Tür etc aufreißen

2. MED sich das Knie etc verrenken oder verstauchen:

wrench one’s knee

3. fig verdrehen, -zerren, entstellen

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1. noun
1) (tool) verstellbarer Schraubenschlüssel

2) (Amer.) see spanner

3) (violent twist) Verrenkung, die

4) (fig.)

be a great wrench [for somebody] — sehr schmerzhaft für jemanden sein
2. transitive verb
1) (tug violently) reißen

wrench at something — an etwas (Dat.) reißen

wrench something round/off/open — etwas herum-/ab-/aufreißen

wrench something from somebody — jemandem etwas entreißen

2) (injure by twisting)

wrench one's ankle — etc. sich (Dat.) den Knöchel usw. verrenken

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v.

reißen v.

(§ p.,pp.: riß, ist/hat gerissen) (US) n.

Hakenschlüssel m.

Schlüssel m.

Schraubenschlüssel m. n.

(§ pl.: wrenches)

= Abschiedsschmerz m.

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