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"deviation;

Abweichung;

aberração (luz)"

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f light

luce al neon neon light

dare alla luce un figlio give birth to a son

fig far luce su qualcosa shed light on something

motoring luci pl di posizione side lights

luci pl posteriori rear lights

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luce s.f.

1 light (anche fig.): luce del sole, sunlight; luce della luna, moonlight; luce elettrica, electric light; luce diurna, daylight; luce diretta, direct light; luce debole, faint light; luce forte, bright light; luce diffusa, diffused light; luce abbagliante, dazzling light; un filo di luce, a glimmer of light; fascio di luce, beam of light; raggio di luce, ray of light; quella stanza riceve luce dal cortile, that room is lit by a window overlooking the courtyard; sposta quel vaso, lì non prende luce, move that flowerpot, it doesn't get any light there; dar luce a un locale, to let light into a room; tre finestre danno luce alla sala da pranzo, the dining room is lit by three windows; quel quadro non è in buona luce, that picture is not in a good light; non riesco a vederti perché ho la luce negli occhi, I can't see you because I'm dazzled (o because the light is shining into my eyes); aveva una strana luce negli occhi, (fig.) he had a strange gleam in his eyes // alla luce del sole, by the light of the sun, (fig.) openly (o publicly): ho agito alla luce del sole, I acted openly // alla luce della fede, della ragione, della scienza, (fig.) by the light of faith, reason, science

2 (sorgente luminosa, lampada, dispositivo illuminante) light; (elettricità) electricity: le luci della città, the lights of the town; le luci dei negozi, the shop lights; la bolletta della luce, the electricity bill; accendere la luce, to turn (o to switch o to put) on the light; spegnere la luce, to turn out (o to switch off o to put off) the light; è andata via la luce per tre ore, the electricity (o power) was cut off for three hours; è tornata la luce, the electricity (o power) has come back on; la città è ancora senza luce, the city is still without electricity (o power) // (aut.): luci di posizione, di arresto, parking, stop lights; luci della retromarcia, reversing (o amer. backup) lights // luci della ribalta, (fig.) limelight // cinema a luci rosse, porno cinema

3 pl. (poet.) (occhi) eyes

4 (apertura) opening; light window; (arch.) span; (mecc.) port: (arch.) luce di un arco, arch span; un negozio con tre luci, a shop with three windows (o lights); luce di aspirazione, (di motore) inlet port (o admission opening); luce di scarico, (di motore) exhaust port

5 (lastra di specchio) mirror, looking glass: un armadio a tre luci, a wardrobe with three mirrors.

◆ FRASEOLOGIA: far luce su qlco., (fig.) to throw (o cast) light upon sthg. // mettere qlcu. in buona, cattiva luce, (fig.) to place s.o. in a favourable, unfavourable light // alla luce di quanto ha detto..., in the light of what he said... // mettere in luce, (fig.) to show (o to display o to stress o to emphasize): quell'opera ha messo in luce le sue qualità di scrittore, that work has shown (o brought out) his qualities as a writer; mettere in luce l'importanza di qlco., to stress (o to bring out) the importance of sthg.; ha messo i fatti nella giusta luce, he showed the facts in their true light; si è messo in luce vincendo il torneo di tennis, he stepped into the limelight by winning the tennis tournament // dare alla luce un bambino, to give birth to a child; venire alla luce, (nascere) to be born; (essere scoperto) to come to light: fatti curiosi sono venuti alla luce, some curious facts have come to light // portare alla luce, to bring to light: gli scavi hanno portato alla luce oggetti di grande interesse archeologico, the excavations have brought to light objects of great archaeological interest // far luce su un argomento, to throw (o to shed) light on a subject.

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sostantivo femminile

1) light

2) (elettricità) electricity, power

3) fig.

4) arch. (di ponte, arco) span

5) tecn. opening

6) edil.

7) cinem.

sostantivo femminile plurale luci (fanali) (head)lights

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luce

/'lut∫e/

I sostantivo f.

 1 light; luce naturale, artificiale natural, artificial light; luce del sole, delle stelle sunlight, starlight; luce del giorno daylight; fa poca luce [lampada, candela] it doesn't give much light

 2 (elettricità) electricity, power; accendere, spegnere la luce to turn the light on, off; bolletta della luce electricity bill; palo della luce electricity pole o post

 3 fig. alla luce di in the light of [ fatti]; fare luce su to cast o throw o shed light on; (ri)portare alla luce to dig up o unearth o excavate [ rovine]; venire alla luce (nascere) to come into the world; vedere la luce [ opera] to see the light of day; dare alla luce qcn. to give birth to sb., to bring sb. into the world; la luce della ragione (lume) the light of reason; è la luce dei suoi occhi she's the light of her life

 4 arch. (di ponte, arco) span

 5 tecn. opening

 6 edil. un bagno senza luce a bathroom without windows

 7 cinem. cinema a -i rosse porno cinema BE o movie theater AE; film a -i rosse blue film BE colloq. o movie AE colloq.

II luci f.pl.

  (fanali) (head)lights

IDIOMS

mettere in luce qcs. to highlight sth.; mettersi in luce to draw attention to oneself; brillare di luce propria to be a shining light; brillare di luce riflessa to bask in sb.'s reflected glory; agire alla luce del sole to act openly; in o sotto falsa luce in a false light; in buona luce in a favourable light; non ti conoscevo in o sotto questa luce I knew nothing of o about that side of you

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COMPOUNDS

luce di retromarcia reversing o backup AE light; - i abbaglianti headlights on full beam BE, high beam AE, brights AE colloq.; - i anabbaglianti dipped BE o dimmed AE headlights; - i di emergenza hazard lamps BE o lights AE; - i fendinebbia foglamps, foglights; - i di posizione sidelights, parking lights; - i della ribalta footlights.

1 to suck.

2 to soak up.

3 to booze, to tipple (informal) (to drink). ( Latin American Spanish)

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► verbo transitivo

1 to suck

2 (absorber) to absorb, soak up, suck up

■ esta planta chupa mucha agua this plant absorbs a lot of water

3 (hacienda) to drain, sponge on

4 familiar (aprovecharse) to milk

► verbo intransitivo

1 to suck

► verbo pronominal chuparse

1 (consumirse) to grow thin, waste away

2 familiar (aguantar) to put up with

■ me chupé toda la conferencia I sat through the whole lecture

■ nos chupamos tres horas de cola we had to queue up for three hours

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chuparle la sangre a alguien to bleed somebody dry

chuparse los dedos to lick one's fingers

¡chúpate ésa! familiar stick that in your pipe and smoke it!

está para chuparse los dedos familiar it's really mouthwatering, it's fingerlicking good

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1) to suck

2) puff on

3) absorb

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1. VT

1) (=succionar) [+ biberón, caramelo, bolígrafo] to suck; [+ pipa] to puff at, puff on

- chupar cámara

- chupar el balón

- chupar la sangre a algn

2) * (=aguantar) to put up with, take

- chupar banquillo

3) [planta] [+ agua] to absorb, take in, take up

4) * (=beber) to drink, knock back *

5)

VI to suck

- chupar del bote

chuparse

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verbo transitivo

1)

a) ( extraer) <sangre/savia> to suck

b) <biberón/chupete> to suck (on); <naranja/caramelo> to suck; <pipa/cigarrillo> to puff on

c) (AmL fam) ( beber) to drink

2) (fam) < dinero> (+ me/te/le etc)

a) bebé/cría to suckle

b) (AmL fam) ( beber) to booze (colloq)

chuparse v pron

1) < dedo> to suck

2) (Esp fam) ( soportar)

3) (Andes fam) ( inhibirse) to chicken out (colloq)

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= suck, siphon [syphon], suck up.

Ex. Small opening windows provide fresh air from the sides of the roof, the ceiling fans sucking air into the clerestory and down to the saloon.

Ex. You have to have a different mindset when you think about the possibility of an ex-employee or contractor sitting out in the car park late one night, with his laptop siphoning the company's data.

Ex. Cinder blocks do suck up paint quickly but mine are light because I only used the left over paint from the walls.

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* chupando rueda de = on the coattails of.

* chupar de la teta = line + Posesivo + (own) pocket(s), feather + Posesivo/the + nest.

* chupar del bote = line + Posesivo + (own) pocket(s), feather + Posesivo/the + nest.

* chupar la sangre = suck + wealth.

* chupar rueda de = cash in on, ride (on) + Posesivo + coattails.

* chuparse el dedo = suck + Posesivo + thumb.

* ¡chúpate esa! = eat your heart out!.

* estar chupado = be a cinch, be a doddle, be a breeze, be a picnic, be a snap, be duck soup.

* para chuparse los dedos = scrumptious, yummy [yummier -comp., yummiest -sup.].

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verbo transitivo

1)

a) ( extraer) <sangre/savia> to suck

b) <biberón/chupete> to suck (on); <naranja/caramelo> to suck; <pipa/cigarrillo> to puff on

c) (AmL fam) ( beber) to drink

2) (fam) < dinero> (+ me/te/le etc)

a) bebé/cría to suckle

b) (AmL fam) ( beber) to booze (colloq)

chuparse v pron

1) < dedo> to suck

2) (Esp fam) ( soportar)

3) (Andes fam) ( inhibirse) to chicken out (colloq)

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chupar [A1 ]

1 ‹biberón/chupete/teta› to suck, suck on; ‹naranja› to suck

2 ‹caramelo› to suck

3 ‹pipa› to suck on, puff on; ‹cigarrillo› to puff at o on

4 (absorber) to absorb

los polvos de talco chupan la grasa talcum powder absorbs grease

un papel que chupa la tinta paper which absorbs o soaks up ink

5 ( AmL fam) (beber) to drink

se pasaron la noche chupando whisky they spent the night drinking whiskey o ( colloq) knocking back the whiskey

( Esp fam) ‹televisión› están todo el día chupando televisión they spend the whole day glued to o in front of o watching the television

( RPl) ‹frío› ¿qué hacés ahí chupando frío? what are you doing out there getting cold?

3 ( fam):

chupó un viaje pagado a Nueva York he wangled a free trip to New York ( colloq)

(+ me/te/le etc): siempre les está chupando dinero a sus padres she's always getting cash out of her parents ( colloq)

los socios le están chupando todo el dinero his associates are milking him dry ( colloq)

C ( Chi fam) (robar) to go off with ( colloq), to swipe ( colloq)

1 «bebé/cría» to suckle

2 ( AmL fam) (beber) to booze ( colloq) bote

A ‹dedo› to suck

¡chúpate ésa! ( fam); so there! ( colloq), put that in your pipe and smoke it! ( colloq)

dedo

B ( fam)

(soportar): esta semana me he chupado tres conferencias I've had to sit through o suffer three lectures this week

tuvimos que chuparnos una enorme caravana we had to sit in a huge jam o backup ( AmE) o ( BrE) tailback

1 ( Andes fam) (inhibirse) to chicken out ( colloq), to bottle out ( BrE colloq)

2 (Per, Ur arg) (enojarse) to get in a bad mood

D ( recípr) ( Col fam o vulg) (besarse) to neck ( colloq), to snog ( BrE colloq)

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a) ( extraer) ‹sangre/savia› to suck

b) ‹biberón/chupete› to suck (on);

c) (AmL fam) ( beber) to drink

a) [bebé/cría] to suckle

b) (AmL fam) ( beber) to booze (colloq)

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♦ vt

1. [succionar] to suck;

chuparle la polla a alguien to go down on sb, to give sb a blowjob

2. [absorber] to soak up;

esta bayeta chupa el agua muy bien this cloth really soaks up the water

3. Fam [quitar]

esa mujer le está chupando la sangre that woman is bleeding him dry

4. Fam [abusar de]

chupar banquillo [en partido] to be confined to the bench;

le gusta chupar cámara he likes to hog the camera;

chupar la pelota to hog the ball;

chupar rueda [en motociclismo] to slipstream;

5. Esp Fam [aguantar] to put up with;

me tuve que chupar un viaje en autobús de cuatro horas I was stuck with a four-hour bus journey

6. Am Fam [beber] to booze on, to tipple

♦ vi

1. [succionar] to suck;

chupar del bote to feather one's nest

2. Fam [en deportes] to hog the ball

3. Am Fam [beber] to booze, to tipple

♦ See also the pronominal verb chuparse

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I v/t

1 suck

2 ( absorber) soak up;

chupar rueda en ciclismo tuck in, follow

II v/i

chupar del bote fam line one’s pockets

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chupar vt

1) : to suck

2) : to absorb

3) : to puff on

4) fam : to drink, to guzzle

chupar vi

: to suckle

♦ See also the reflexive verb chuparse

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chupar vb

1. (caramelo etc) to suck

2. (helado) to lick

3. (lápiz) to chew

4. (cigarrillo) to puff

5. (planta) to soak up

1. (gewährleisten) safeguard ( vor + Dat, gegen against); (schützen) auch protect (from); (Arbeitsplätze, Existenz) auch make secure; (Bergsteiger, Tür) secure

2. EDV (Datei etc.) save

3. (verschaffen) (Beweise, Spuren etc.) secure; (Karten etc.) auch get hold of; sich (Dat) die besten Plätze sichern get hold of the best seats; sich (Dat) den Sieg / einen Vorsprung sichern secure victory / a lead

4. (Schusswaffe) put the safety catch on; gesichert

II v/refl: sich sichern vor oder gegen protect o.s. from, guard against,

III v/i Jägerspr. scent, test the wind

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to secure; to save; to back up; to ensure; to safeguard

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1. vt

1) (gegen, vor +dat against) to safeguard; (= absichern) to protect; (= sicher machen) Tür, Wagen, Fahrrad, Unfallstelle to secure; Bergsteiger etc to belay, to secure; (MIL) to protect, to cover; (COMPUT ) Daten to save, (mittels Sicherungskopie) to back up

2)

2. vr

3. vi (HUNT)

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1) (to fasten or make firm: He secured the boat with a rope.) secure

2) (to protect: Put a good lock on your door to safeguard your property.) safe

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1. (schützen)

▪ etw [durch etw akk [o mit etw dat]] [gegen etw akk] \sichern to safeguard sth [with sth] [from sth]

die Grenzen/den Staat \sichern to safeguard the borders/state

2. (mit der Sicherung versehen)

eine Schusswaffe \sichern to put on a safety catch on a firearm

die Tür/Fenster \sichern to secure the door/windows

3. (absichern)

▪ jdn/etw \sichern to protect sb/sth

▪ sich akk [durch etw akk] [gegen etw akk] \sichern to protect oneself [with sth] [against sth]

einen Bergsteiger mit einem Seil \sichern to secure [or belay] a climber with a rope

den Tatort \sichern to secure the scene of the crime

▪ gesichert sein to be protected

4. (sicherstellen, verschaffen)

▪ etw \sichern to secure sth

ein Vorkaufsrecht \sichern to secure an option to buy

einen Sieg \sichern to secure a victory

5. INFORM

▪ etw \sichern to save sth

Daten \sichern to save data

6. (sicherstellen, garantieren)

▪ [jdm/sich] etw \sichern to secure sth [for sb/oneself]

die Verfassung sichert allen Bürgern die Menschenrechte the constitution guarantees all citizens human rights

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1) make <door etc.> secure; (garantieren) safeguard <rights, peace>; (schützen) protect <rights etc.>

2) (verschaffen; polizeilich ermitteln) secure <ticket, clue, etc.>

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A. v/t

1. (gewährleisten) safeguard (

vor +dat,

gegen against); (schützen) auch protect (from); (Arbeitsplätze, Existenz) auch make secure; (Bergsteiger, Tür) secure

2. IT (Datei etc) save

3. (verschaffen) (Beweise, Spuren etc) secure; (Karten etc) auch get hold of;

sich (dat)

die besten Plätze sichern get hold of the best seats;

sich (dat)

den Sieg/einen Vorsprung sichern secure victory/a lead

4. (Schusswaffe) put the safety catch on; → gesichert

B. v/r:

sich sichern vor oder

gegen protect o.s. from, guard against,

C. v/i JAGD scent, test the wind

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1) make <door etc.> secure; (garantieren) safeguard <rights, peace>; (schützen) protect <rights etc.>

2) (verschaffen; polizeilich ermitteln) secure <ticket, clue, etc.>

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to assure v.

to back up v.

to backup v.

to fuse v.

to protect (from) v.

to protect v.

to safeguard v.

to save v.