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a pair of socks

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1 par

adj.

1 even (number).

2 equal (igual).

m.

1 pair (two things or people).

a o en pares in pairs, two by two

2 couple.

un par de copas a couple of o a few drinks

un par de veces a couple of times, a few times

3 par.

dos bajo/sobre par two under/over par

4 peer (noble).

5 equal, par, counterpart, match.

6 even number.

7 torque.

8 rafter.

9 placenta.

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PAR

► abreviatura

1 PLÍTICA ( Partido Aragonés Regionalista) Aragonese regionalist party

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1. noun m.
1) pair, couple

2) par

3) peer
2. adj.
even

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SM ABR Esp
= Partido Aragonés Regionalista
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I
adjetivo < número> even

jugarse algo a pares o nones — to decide something by guessing whether the number of objects held is odd or even
II
masculino

1)

a) (de guantes, zapatos) pair

un par de preguntas/de veces — a couple of questions/of times

a pares — two at a time

b) ( comparación) equal

sin par — (liter) incomparable, matchless (liter)

un atleta sin par — an athlete without equal

- par de fuerzas

- par de torsión

2) (Arquit) rafter

(abierto) de par en par — wide open

3)

al par — ver par III

4) ( en golf) par

sobre/bajo par — over/under par

5) (Hist) ( título) peer
III
femenino par

a la par — (Fin) at par (value)

estar a la par/por encima de la par — to be at/above par

sabroso a la par que sano — both tasty and healthy

es lengua oficial a la par del castellano — it is an official language on a par with o along with Spanish

baila a la par que canta — he dances and sings at the same time

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I
adjetivo < número> even

jugarse algo a pares o nones — to decide something by guessing whether the number of objects held is odd or even
II
masculino

1)

a) (de guantes, zapatos) pair

un par de preguntas/de veces — a couple of questions/of times

a pares — two at a time

b) ( comparación) equal

sin par — (liter) incomparable, matchless (liter)

un atleta sin par — an athlete without equal

- par de fuerzas

- par de torsión

2) (Arquit) rafter

(abierto) de par en par — wide open

3)

al par — ver par III

4) ( en golf) par

sobre/bajo par — over/under par

5) (Hist) ( título) peer
III
femenino par

a la par — (Fin) at par (value)

estar a la par/por encima de la par — to be at/above par

sabroso a la par que sano — both tasty and healthy

es lengua oficial a la par del castellano — it is an official language on a par with o along with Spanish

baila a la par que canta — he dances and sings at the same time

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par¹

¹ = peer.

Nota: Noble.

Ex: Not only are the standards written, but there is a body called the peer Council which works very hard at enforcing the standards.

* evaluación por pares = peer review, refereeing, peer reviewing.

* evaluado por pares = peer-reviewed, refereed.

* evaluar anónimamente por pares = double-blind review.

* primero entre pares = first among equals.

* primo entre pares = primus inter pares.

* revista evaluada por pares = refereed journal, peer-reviewed journal.

* sin par = unequalled, unexampled, unsurpassed, unique unto itself, unique, without peer, unrivalled [unrivaled, -USA], without equal, matchless.

* sistema de evaluación por pares anónima = double-blind refereeing system.

par²

² = pair.

Ex: Double KWIC and Permuterm indexes arrange pairs of keywords, so that the entries under one keyword are organised according to the second keyword.

* abierto de par en par = wide open.

* a la par = in concert, in tandem, neck and neck, in a tandem fashion, in parallel.

* a la par que = in tandem with, hand in hand (with), as the same time as.

* a pares = in pairs.

* dejar la puerta abierta de par en par = leave + the door wide open.

* desde hace un par de + Tiempo = in these past couple of + Tiempo.

* en un par de segundos = in an instant or two.

* estar a la par de = rank with.

* hace un par de años = a couple of years ago.

* ir a la par = proceed + in parallel.

* ir a la par con = go + hand in hand (with), go + hand in glove with.

* mantener a la par de = keep up with.

* par de recién casados = newlywed couple.

* par de torsión = torque.

* par trenzado = twisted pair.

* un par de = a couple of.

* un par de minutos = a couple of moments.

par³

³ = even, even-numbered.

Ex: Results of comparisons are given in a number of tables and examined by factors such as results obtained in even and odd years and results of votes taken in spring and autumn.

Ex: More people vote in even-numbered years, so holding elections in odd-numbered years effectively disenfranchises thousands of voters.

* número par = even number.

* página par = even page.

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par¹

adjective

‹número› even

jugarse algo a pares o nones to decide sth by guessing whether the number of objects held is odd or even

par²

masculine

A

1 (de guantes, zapatos) pair

dos pares de vaqueros two pairs of jeans

¿puedo hacerte un par de preguntas? can I ask you a couple of questions o one or two questions?

sólo lo he visto un par de veces I've only seen him a couple of times o once or twice

a pares two at a time, two by two

de tres pares de narices ( fam): me ha echado una bronca de tres pares de narices he gave me a tremendous telling off o a hell of a telling off ( colloq), he really tore into me ( AmE colloq)

hace un frío de tres pares de narices it's absolutely freezing!

2 (comparación, igual) equal

un atleta sin par an athlete without equal

como ceramista no tiene par as a ceramicist he has no equal o he is unrivaled

una mujer de una belleza/un talento sin par a woman of matchless beauty/unrivaled talent

Compuestos:

● par de fuerzas

couple

● par de torsión

torque

● par ordenado

ordered pair

B ( Arquit) rafter

de par en par wide open

¿quién dejó la puerta abierta de par en par? who left the door wide open?

abrió la boca de par en par she opened her mouth wide

C

al par ver par³ (↑ par (3))

D (en golf) par

dos golpes sobre/bajo par two strokes over/under par

E ( Hist) (título) peer

par³

feminine

par

a la par ( Fin) at par, at par value

estar a la par/por encima de la par/por debajo de la par to be at/above/below par

una cocina imaginativa a la par que sana or una cocina imaginativa y a la par sana cooking that is both imaginative and healthy

el guaraní es lengua oficial a la par del castellano Guarani is an official language on a par with o along with Spanish

baila a la par que toca la armónica he dances and plays the harmonica at the same time

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par adjetivo ‹ número› even;
◊ jugarse algo a pares o nones to decide sth by guessing whether the number of objects held is odd or even

■ sustantivo masculino
1
a) (de guantes, zapatos) pair;

◊ un par de preguntas/de veces a couple of questions/of times;

a pares two at a time
b) ( comparación) equal;

◊ sin par (liter) incomparable, matchless (liter)

2 (Arquit) rafter;
◊ (abierto) de par en par wide open

3 ( en golf) par;
◊ sobre/bajo par over/under par

■ sustantivo femenino
par;
◊ a la par (Fin) at par (value);

sabroso a la par que sano both tasty and healthy;
baila a la par que canta he dances and sings at the same time
par
I adj Mat even
II sustantivo masculino
1 (conjunto de dos) pair
un par de calcetines, a pair of socks
(número reducido, dos) couple: bebimos un par de copas, we had a couple of drinks
2 Mat even number
pares y nones, odds and evens
3 (noble) peer
4 Golf par
cinco bajo par, five under par
♦ Locuciones: a la par, (a la vez) at the same time
de par en par, wide open
figurado sin par, matchless

' par' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
abierta
- abierto
- ablandar
- antonomasia
- binomio
- bofetada
- caminar
- desliz
- durante
- esquí
- excelencia
- gachó
- mediar
- nominal
- número
- pincelada
- altura
- igual
- manubrio
- parejo
- reserva
English:
couple
- cuff links
- even
- gape
- incomparable
- lie down
- match
- neck
- pair
- par
- peer
- pin up
- spoonful
- stocking
- underpants
- unrivaled
- unrivalled
- wide open
- brace
- premium
- take
- trousers
- unsurpassed
- wide

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par

♦ adj

1. [número] even;

echar algo a pares o nones = to decide something between two people by a game in which each holds out a certain number of fingers behind their back, predicts whether the total will be odd or even, then reveals their hand to the other

2. [igual] equal

♦ nm

1. [conjunto] [de zapatos, guantes] pair;

a o [m5] en pares in pairs, two by two;
Vulg
es un tipo con un par de cojones o [m5] huevos he's got guts o balls

2. [dos] couple;

tardaré un par de días it'll take me a couple of days;

Comp
Fam Hum
de tres pares de narices: está cayendo una tormenta de tres pares de narices there's an almighty storm going on;

tengo un lumbago de tres pares de narices I've got horrendous lumbago

3. [número indeterminado] couple;

un par de copas a couple of drinks;

un par de veces a couple of times

4. [número par] even number

5. [en golf] par;

dos bajo/sobre par two under/over par;

hacer par en un hoyo to par a hole

6. [noble] peer

7. Fís couple

Comp
par de fuerzas couple;
par de torsión torque

8.
sin par [sin comparación] without equal, matchless;

de una belleza sin par incomparably beautiful

9.
(abierto) de par en par [puerta, ventana, boca] wide open

10. Tel par trenzado twisted pair

♦ a la par loc adv

1. [simultáneamente] at the same time;

los dos llegaron a la par they both arrived at the same time

2. [a igual nivel] at the same level;

se han colocado a la par de la competencia they have put themselves on an equal footing with their competitors

3. Fin at par;

el dólar cotiza a la par con el euro the dollar is trading at par with the euro

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par

I f par;

es bella a la par que inteligente she is beautiful as well as intelligent, she is both beautiful and intelligent;

a la par COM at par (value);

sin par unequaled, Br unequalled, unparalleled

II m pair;

un par de a pair of;

a pares in pairs, two by two;

abierto de par en par wide open

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par adj

: even (in number)

par nm

1) : pair, couple

2) : equal, peer

sin par: matchless, peerless

3) : par (in golf)

4) : rafter

5)

de par en par : wide open

par nf

1) : par

por encima de la par: above par

2)

a la par que : at the same time as, as well as

interesante a la par que instructivo: both interesting and informative

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par¹ adj even

un número par an even number

par² n

1. (de zapatos, etc) pair

un par de calcetines a pair of socks

2. (número indefinido) couple

un par de veces a couple of times

a la par at the same time

de par en par wide open

Spanish-English dictionary > par
2 emparejar

v.

1 to pair off (juntar en pareja) (people).

2 to make level.

3 to make even, to equalize, to even, to even out.

4 to form a pair, to match.

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emparejar

► verbo transitivo

1 (cosas) to put into pairs, match; (personas) to pair off

■ empareja los dibujos put the drawings into pairs

2 (nivelar) to make level; (comparar) to put on a par ( con, with)

3 (cuadrar) to match ( con, with)

■ empareja el animal con el país match the animal with the country

► verbo intransitivo

1 (ser parejo) to be even ( con, with)

2 (alcanzar) to catch up ( con, with)

► verbo pronominal emparejarse

1 (personas) to pair up, pair off

2 (alcanzar nivel) to catch up

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verb

1) to pair, match

2) make even

•

- emparejarse

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1. VT

1) [+ dos cosas, dos personas] to pair, match

2) (=nivelar) to level, make level

2. VI

1) (=alcanzar) to catch up ( con with)

2) (=nivelarse) to be even ( con with)

3.

See:

emparejarse

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1.
verbo transitivo

1) < personas> to pair... off; <calcetines/zapatos> to pair up

2) ( nivelar) < pelo> to make... even; < dobladillo> to even up; <pared/suelo> to level, make... level; <montones/pilas> to make... the same height, make... level
2.
emparejar vi

emparejar con alguien — to catch up with somebody
3.
emparejarse v pron

a) ( formar parejas) to pair off

b) ( nivelarse) to level off, even up

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= match, level, pair, couple, conjoin, pair up, pair off.

Ex. A fundamental theoretical rule of subject indexing is that each heading should be co-extensive with the subject of the document, that is, the label and the information or documents found under that label should match.

Ex. Academic librarians have seen their budgets levelled and shrinking and have witnessed serials prices spiralling out of control.

Ex. The movie rudicule the Hollywood convention of pairing decrepit male actors with starlets young enough to be their granddaughters.

Ex. The author describes a model for coupling hypertext and a knowledge based system.

Ex. The grotesque is an effect achieved by conjoining disparate framents which do not realistically belong together.

Ex. Researchers have found that protons are about 20 times more likely to pair up with neutrons than with other protons in the nucleus.

Ex. Being single when all your friends are pairing off can be difficult.

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* emparejarse = mate, interbreed, pair up.

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1.
verbo transitivo

1) < personas> to pair... off; <calcetines/zapatos> to pair up

2) ( nivelar) < pelo> to make... even; < dobladillo> to even up; <pared/suelo> to level, make... level; <montones/pilas> to make... the same height, make... level
2.
emparejar vi

emparejar con alguien — to catch up with somebody
3.
emparejarse v pron

a) ( formar parejas) to pair off

b) ( nivelarse) to level off, even up

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= match, level, pair, couple, conjoin, pair up, pair off.

Ex: A fundamental theoretical rule of subject indexing is that each heading should be co-extensive with the subject of the document, that is, the label and the information or documents found under that label should match.

Ex: Academic librarians have seen their budgets levelled and shrinking and have witnessed serials prices spiralling out of control.

Ex: The movie rudicule the Hollywood convention of pairing decrepit male actors with starlets young enough to be their granddaughters.

Ex: The author describes a model for coupling hypertext and a knowledge based system.

Ex: The grotesque is an effect achieved by conjoining disparate framents which do not realistically belong together.

Ex: Researchers have found that protons are about 20 times more likely to pair up with neutrons than with other protons in the nucleus.

Ex: Being single when all your friends are pairing off can be difficult.

* emparejarse = mate, interbreed, pair up.

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emparejar [A1 ]

vt

A

1 ‹personas› to pair … off

2 ‹cosas›

hay que emparejar los calcetines the socks have to be paired up o put into pairs

emparejó las dos piezas she matched up the two parts

B (nivelar) ‹pelo› to make … even, cut … to the same length; ‹dobladillo› to even up; ‹pared/suelo› to level, make … level; ‹montones/pilas› to make … the same height, make … level emparejar algo CON algo:

empareja este lado con el otro even o level this side up with the other, make this side level with the other

■ emparejar

vi

emparejar CON algn to catch up WITH sb

■ emparejarse

v pron

1 (formar parejas) to pair off

llegaron emparejados al baile they came to the dance as a couple

2 (nivelarse) to level off, even up

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emparejar ( conjugate emparejar) verbo transitivo
1 ‹ personas› to pair … off;
‹calcetines/zapatos› to pair up
2 ( nivelar) ‹ pelo› to make … even;
‹ dobladillo› to even up;
‹pared/suelo› to level, make … level;
‹montones/pilas› to make … the same height
emparejarse verbo pronominal
a) ( formar parejas) to pair off

b) ( nivelarse) to level off, even up

emparejar verbo transitivo
1 (hacer pares iguales) to match
emparejar calcetines, to match socks
2 (personas) to pair off
' emparejar' also found in these entries:
English:
match
- match up
- mismatch
- pair off

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emparejar

♦ vt

1. [juntar en pareja] [personas] to pair off;
[zapatos, calcetines] to match (up)
2. [nivelar] to make level;

hay que emparejar los bajos del pantalón the Br turn-ups o US cuffs on the trousers have to be made the same length

♦ vi

to be a match

♦ See also the pronominal verb emparejarse

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emparejar

v/t personas pair off; calcetines match up

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emparejar vt

1) : to pair, to match up

2) : to make even

emparejar vi

: to catch up

♦ See also the reflexive verb emparejarse

Spanish-English dictionary > emparejar
3 compañero

adj.

accompanying.

m.

1 companion, comrade, friend, pal.

2 associate, affiliate, partner.

3 live-in lover.

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compañero

► nombre masculino,nombre femenino

1 (sentimental, pareja) partner

2 (colega) companion, mate; (camarada) comrade

3 figurado (guante, zapato, etc) the other one, the one that goes with this one

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FRASEOLOGÍA

compañero,-a de armas comrade-in-arms

compañero,-a de colegio schoolmate

compañero,-a de equipo team-mate

compañero,-a de fatigas fellow sufferer

compañero,-a de habitación roommate

compañero,-a de piso flatmate

compañero,-a de trabajo workmate, colleague

compañero,-a de viaje travelling companion

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(f. - compañera)

noun

companion, fellow

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compañero, -a
SM / F
1) [gen] companion; (Dep, Naipes) partner; (Dep) [de equipo] team-mate

compañero/a de armas — comrade-in-arms

compañero/a de baile — dancing partner

compañero/a de cama — bedfellow

compañero/a de candidatura — running mate

compañero/a de clase — schoolmate, classmate

compañero/a de cuarto — roommate

compañero/a de infortunio — companion in misfortune

compañero/a de juego — playmate

compañero/a de piso — flatmate, roommate (EEUU)

compañero/a de rancho — messmate

compañero/a de trabajo — [en fábrica] workmate, fellow worker; [en oficina] colleague

compañero/a de viaje — fellow traveller, fellow traveler (EEUU)

compañero/a sentimental — partner

2)

dos calcetines que no son compañeros — two odd socks, two socks which do not match

¿dónde está el compañero de este? — where is the one that goes with this?, where is the other one (of the pair)?

3) (Pol) brother/sister

¡compañeros! — comrades!

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- ra masculino, femenino

a) ( en actividad)

un compañero de equipo — a fellow team member

fuimos compañeros de universidad — we were at college together

compañero de cuarto or habitación — roommate

compañero de juegos/de clase/de trabajo — playmate/classmate/workmate

b) (pareja sentimental, en juegos) partner

c) (fam) (de guante, calcetín) pair

¿dónde está el compañero de este guante? — where's the other glove?

d) ( Pol) comrade

- compañero de armas

- compañero de viaje

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= bedfellow, colleague, companion, fellow, partner, helpmate, mate, partner, male partner, sexual partner, matching.

Ex. I would like to devote a couple of moments each to what may seem strange bedfellows at first: Sholom Aleichem, Melvil's Rib, the CIA, and La Jolla, California.

Ex. Thus the electronic journal (e-journal) is a concept where scientists are able to input ideas and text to a computer data base for their colleagues to view, and similarly to view the work of others.

Ex. In one, called working on time or in pocket, the clicker received copy and instructions from the overseer and divided the work among his companions.

Ex. Some children are swayed more than others by the attitudes, opinions, behavior of friends and fellows, but none escapes unaffected, not even the outsider, the loner.

Ex. Under this agreement, UTLAS has a Quebec partner with the exclusive right to offer UTLAS' services and products in that province.

Ex. The article is entitled 'Microcomputer library resources: headache or helpmate?.

Ex. Equally the housewife happily crossing off her numbers in the bingo hall is just as much at leisure as is her husband painting his pigeon loft and then going for a drink with his mates at the pub.

Ex. This project did not attempt to look at more personal factors such as partners and dependants on this occasion.

Ex. According to custom, men are allowed to have concubines & women lack the right to refuse sex to their male partners.

Ex. Mating strategies also appeared to be influenced by birth order, most notably in the area of infidelity, with middleborns being the least likely birth order to cheat on a sexual partner.

Ex. By selecting this qualifier all works having a matching number of pages will be included in the search.

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* compañero de casa = housemate.

* compañero de casa, compañero de piso = housemate.

* compañero de clase = classmate.

* compañero de equipo = teammate.

* compañero de estudios = co-student.

* compañero de fatigas = brother in arms.

* compañero de habitación = roommate.

* compañero de juego = teammate.

* compañero del alma = soulmate, kindred spirit.

* compañero de piso = flatmate, housemate.

* compañero de profesión = colleague.

* compañero de trabajo = co-worker [coworker], male colleague, work colleague, fellow worker.

* compañero de viaje = fellow traveller.

* compañero de vida = lifemate.

* compañeros = peer group.

* compañero sentimental = male partner.

* enseñanza por compañeros = peer instruction.

* red de antiguos compañeros = old boy network.

* relación entre compañeros = peer interaction.

* tutorías por compañeros = peer coaching.

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- ra masculino, femenino

a) ( en actividad)

un compañero de equipo — a fellow team member

fuimos compañeros de universidad — we were at college together

compañero de cuarto or habitación — roommate

compañero de juegos/de clase/de trabajo — playmate/classmate/workmate

b) (pareja sentimental, en juegos) partner

c) (fam) (de guante, calcetín) pair

¿dónde está el compañero de este guante? — where's the other glove?

d) ( Pol) comrade

- compañero de armas

- compañero de viaje

* * *

= bedfellow, colleague, companion, fellow, partner, helpmate, mate, partner, male partner, sexual partner, matching.

Ex: I would like to devote a couple of moments each to what may seem strange bedfellows at first: Sholom Aleichem, Melvil's Rib, the CIA, and La Jolla, California.

Ex: Thus the electronic journal (e-journal) is a concept where scientists are able to input ideas and text to a computer data base for their colleagues to view, and similarly to view the work of others.

Ex: In one, called working on time or in pocket, the clicker received copy and instructions from the overseer and divided the work among his companions.

Ex: Some children are swayed more than others by the attitudes, opinions, behavior of friends and fellows, but none escapes unaffected, not even the outsider, the loner.

Ex: Under this agreement, UTLAS has a Quebec partner with the exclusive right to offer UTLAS' services and products in that province.

Ex: The article is entitled 'Microcomputer library resources: headache or helpmate?.

Ex: Equally the housewife happily crossing off her numbers in the bingo hall is just as much at leisure as is her husband painting his pigeon loft and then going for a drink with his mates at the pub.

Ex: This project did not attempt to look at more personal factors such as partners and dependants on this occasion.

Ex: According to custom, men are allowed to have concubines & women lack the right to refuse sex to their male partners.

Ex: Mating strategies also appeared to be influenced by birth order, most notably in the area of infidelity, with middleborns being the least likely birth order to cheat on a sexual partner.

Ex: By selecting this qualifier all works having a matching number of pages will be included in the search.

* compañero de casa = housemate.

* compañero de casa, compañero de piso = housemate.

* compañero de clase = classmate.

* compañero de equipo = teammate.

* compañero de estudios = co-student.

* compañero de fatigas = brother in arms.

* compañero de habitación = roommate.

* compañero de juego = teammate.

* compañero del alma = soulmate, kindred spirit.

* compañero de piso = flatmate, housemate.

* compañero de profesión = colleague.

* compañero de trabajo = co-worker [coworker], male colleague, work colleague, fellow worker.

* compañero de viaje = fellow traveller.

* compañero de vida = lifemate.

* compañeros = peer group.

* compañero sentimental = male partner.

* enseñanza por compañeros = peer instruction.

* red de antiguos compañeros = old boy network.

* relación entre compañeros = peer interaction.

* tutorías por compañeros = peer coaching.

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compañero -ra

masculine, feminine

1

(en una actividad): un compañero de equipo a fellow team member, another member of the team

es una compañera que trabaja en la fábrica she works with me at the factory, she's a worker from the factory ( AmE), she's a workmate of mine at the factory

compañero de clase classmate

mi compañero de banco or pupitre the boy who sits next to me at school

fuimos compañeros de universidad we were at college together

éramos compañeras de clase we were schoolmates, we were at school together

compañero de piso roommate ( AmE), flatmate ( BrE)

compañero de cuarto or habitación roommate

compañero de trabajo (en una fábrica) workmate, fellow worker, coworker ( AmE) (en una oficina) colleague, workmate, coworker ( AmE)

2 (en naipes) partner

siempre que jugamos de compañeros perdemos every time we play together o as partners we lose

3 (pareja) partner

4 ( fam) (de un guante, calcetín) pair

¿dónde está el compañero de este guante/pendiente? where's the pair for this glove/earring?, where's the glove/earring that goes with this one?

Compuestos:

● compañero de armas

comrade-in-arms

● compañero de viaje

(en un viaje) traveling* companion; ( Pol) fellow traveler*

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compañero
◊ -ra sustantivo masculino, femenino

a) ( en actividad):

◊ un compañero de equipo a fellow team member;

fuimos compañeros de universidad we were at college together;
compañero de clase/de trabajo classmate/workmate
b) (pareja sentimental, en juegos) partner;

(de guante, calcetín) (fam) pair
c) ( Pol) comrade

compañero,-a sustantivo masculino y femenino
1 companion: fuimos compañeros de colegio, we were school friends
(de piso) flatmate
(de habitación) roommate
2 (pareja sentimental) partner
' compañero' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
amiga
- amigo
- compadre
- compañera
- pareja
- parejo
- socia
- socio
- compinche
- cuñado
English:
associate
- brother
- cellmate
- classmate
- colleague
- companion
- comrade
- escort
- fellow
- flatmate
- match
- mate
- partner
- playmate
- roommate
- team-mate
- workmate
- class
- coworker
- flat
- man
- play
- room
- team

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compañero, -a nm,f

1. [pareja, acompañante] partner;

la actriz asistió junto a su actual compañero the actress was accompanied by her current partner

2. [colega] colleague;

compañero (de clase) classmate;

compañero (de trabajo) colleague, Br workmate, US co-worker;

fue compañero mío en la universidad he was at university with me;

hemos sido compañeros de aventuras we've done lots of things together

Comp
compañero de apartamento Br flatmate, US roommate;
compañero de armas comrade-in-arms;

compañero de casa housemate;

compañero de cuarto roommate;

compañero de equipo team-mate;
Esp compañero de piso Br flatmate, US roommate;
compañero de viaje travelling companion

3. [en juegos por parejas] partner

4. [par]
el compañero de este guante/calcetín the glove/sock that goes with this one

5. [camarada] comrade;

el compañero Rodríguez comrade Rodríguez

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compañero

m, compañera f companion; en una relación, un juego partner

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compañero, - ñera n

: companion, mate, partner

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compañero n

1. (amigo) companion

su perro es su único compañero his dog is his only companion

2. (pareja) partner

es mi compañera de tenis she's my tennis partner

3. (de trabajo) colleague

compañero de clase classmate

compañero de piso flatmate

Spanish-English dictionary > compañero
4 media

f.

1 average (Mat) (promedio).

media aritmética/proporcional arithmetic/proportional mean

media horaria hourly average

2 stocking, short stocking.

pres.indicat.

3^rd person singular (él/ella/ello) present indicative of spanish verb: mediar.

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media

► nombre femenino

1 (media calza) stocking; (calcetín) sock

2 (promedio) average

3 MATEMÁTICAS mean

4 la media (hora) half past, half past the hour

■ llegó a la media en punto he arrived at exactly half past

■ al dar la media at half past the hour

► nombre femenino plural medias

1 (enteras) tights, pantihose; (no enteras) stockings

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FRASEOLOGÍA

a medias (sin terminar) not finished, half done 2 (compartido) half each

■ ha dejado ese cuadro a medias he's left that painting half finished

■ compramos el ordenador a medias we went halves on the computer

hacer media to knit

ir/pagar a medias to go halves

media naranja better half

media pensión half board

medias enteras tights

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1. noun f.
1) average

2) stocking
2. f., (m. - medio)
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SF

1) pl medias (=hasta la cintura) tights, pantyhose sing (EEUU); [hasta el muslo] stockings

medias de compresión — support tights

medias de malla — [hasta el muslo] fishnet stockings; [hasta la cintura] fishnet tights

medias de red, medias de rejilla — = medias de malla

medias pantalón — Col tights pl
see PANTALONES, ZAPATOS, GAFAS
2) LAm (=calcetín) sock

3)

de media — [aguja] knitting antes de s ; [punto] plain

hacer media — to knit

4) (Dep) midfield

5) (=promedio) average

100 de media al día — an average of 100 a day

dan una media de cinco conciertos al mes — they give an average of five concerts a month

media aritmética — arithmetic mean

media ponderada — weighted average

6)

media de cerveza — 1/4 litre bottle of beer

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femenino

1) (Indum)

a) ( hasta el muslo) stocking

medias con/sin costura — seamed/seamless stockings

b) medias femenino plural ( hasta la cintura) panty hose (pl) (AmE), tights (pl) (BrE)

c) (AmL) ( calcetín) sock

chuparle las medias a alguien — (CS fam) to lick somebody's boots (colloq)

- medias bombacha or pantalón

2) (Mat) average

la media de velocidad — the average speed

una media de siete horas — an average of seven hours

- media aritmética

3)

a medias — (loc adv)

a) ( incompleto)

dejó el trabajo a medias — he left the work half-finished

me dijo la verdad a medias — she didn't tell me the whole truth o story

lo arregló a medias — he didn't fix it properly

b) ( entre dos)

pagar a medias — to pay half each, go halves

lo hicimos a medias — we did it between us

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femenino

1) (Indum)

a) ( hasta el muslo) stocking

medias con/sin costura — seamed/seamless stockings

b) medias femenino plural ( hasta la cintura) panty hose (pl) (AmE), tights (pl) (BrE)

c) (AmL) ( calcetín) sock

chuparle las medias a alguien — (CS fam) to lick somebody's boots (colloq)

- medias bombacha or pantalón

2) (Mat) average

la media de velocidad — the average speed

una media de siete horas — an average of seven hours

- media aritmética

3)

a medias — (loc adv)

a) ( incompleto)

dejó el trabajo a medias — he left the work half-finished

me dijo la verdad a medias — she didn't tell me the whole truth o story

lo arregló a medias — he didn't fix it properly

b) ( entre dos)

pagar a medias — to pay half each, go halves

lo hicimos a medias — we did it between us

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media¹

¹ = stocking, sock.

Ex: The book 'Legging it' overviews trends in male and female dress from the Middle Ages to the present, concentrating on leg coverings: breeches, trousers, stockings'.

Ex: To make room for your puppet's mouth, make a slit in the sock between your thumb and fingers.

media²

² = average, mean.

Ex: The totals and averages at the right-hand side if the screen give summary information about the performance of the vendor.

Ex: It was therefore decided to re-index the documents with a mean of 3.8 entries each.

* desviación media = mean deviation.

* edad media = average age.

* edad media de las referencias = mean reference age.

* media aritmética = arithmetic mean.

* media armónica = harmonic mean.

* media de edad = mean age.

* media geométrica = geometric mean.

* media nacional = national average.

* método de la media ponderada = weighted means method.

* método de la media sin ponderar = unweighted means method.

* nota media = grade point average (GPA).

* por debajo de la media = sub-par, below-average.

* por encima de la media = above average.

* puntuación media = mean score.

* rendimiento por debajo de la media = under-performance.

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media¹

feminine

A ( Indum)

1 (hasta el muslo) stocking

medias con costura seamed stockings

medias sin costura seamless stockings

2 medias fpl (hasta la cintura) panty hose (pl) ( AmE), tights (pl) ( BrE)

3 ( AmL) (calcetín) sock

chuparle las medias a algn ( RPl fam); to suck up to sb ( colloq), to lick sb's boots ( colloq)

Compuestos:

● medias bombacha(s) ( RPl) or ( Col) pantalón

fpl panty hose (pl) ( AmE), tights ( BrE) (pl)

● medias elásticas

fpl surgical stockings (pl)

● medias veladas

fpl ( Col) nylon stockings (pl)

● media tobillera

( Col) anklet ( AmE), ankle sock ( BrE)

B ( Mat) average

la media de velocidad es 80 km/h the average speed is 80 kph

duerme una media de siete horas on average she sleeps seven hours a night, she sleeps an average of seven hours a night

Compuestos:

● media aritmética

arithmetic mean

● media de edad

average age

● media móvil

( Fin) moving average

C

a medias ( loc adv)

1

(de manera incompleta): dejó el trabajo a medias he left the work half-finished

me dijo la verdad a medias she didn't tell me the whole truth o story

lo arregló a medias he didn't fix it properly

2

(entre dos): voy a comprar un número de lotería ¿vamos a medias? I'm going to buy a lottery ticket. Do you want to go halves?

pagar a medias to pay half each, go halves

lo hicimos a medias we did it between us

media²

mpl

media (pl)

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Del verbo mediar: ( conjugate mediar)

media es:

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

2ª persona singular (tú) imperativo

Del verbo medir: ( conjugate medir)

medía es:

1ª persona singular (yo) imperfecto indicativo

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

Multiple Entries:
media
mediar
medir
media sustantivo femenino
1 (Indum)
a) ( hasta el muslo) stocking;

◊ medias con/sin costura seamed/seamless stockings

b)

◊ medias sustantivo femenino plural ( hasta la cintura) panty hose (pl) (AmE), tights (pl) (BrE);

medias bombacha(s) (RPl) or (Col, Ven) pantalón panty hose (pl) (AmE), tights (BrE) (pl)
c) (AmL) ( calcetín) sock

2 (Mat) average;
◊ la media de velocidad the average speed

3
◊ a medias ( loc adv)

a) ( incompleto):

◊ dejó el trabajo a medias he left the work half-finished;

me dijo la verdad a medias she didn't tell me the whole truth o story
b) ( entre dos):

◊ pagar a medias to pay half each, go halves;

lo hicimos a medias we did half (of it) each
mediar ( conjugate mediar) verbo intransitivo
a) ( intervenir) to mediate;

media EN algo ‹en conflicto/negociaciones› to mediate in sth, to act as mediator in sth
b) ( interceder) media POR algn to intercede for sb;

media ANTE algn to intercede o intervene with sb
medir ( conjugate medir) verbo transitivo
1 ‹habitación/distancia/velocidad› to measure
2 ( tener ciertas dimensiones) to be, measure;
◊ mido 60 cm de cintura I measure o I'm 60 cm round the waist;

¿cuánto mide de alto/largo? how tall/long is it?;
mide casi 1,90 m he's almost 1.90 m (tall)
3 (calcular, considerar) to consider, weigh up;
◊ media los pros y contras de algo to weigh up the pros and cons of sth.

medirse verbo pronominal
1 ( refl) to measure oneself;
‹caderas/pecho› to measure
2 (Col, Méx, Ven) ( probarse) to try on
medio,-a
I adjetivo
1 (mitad) half: sólo queda medio melón, there is only half a melon left
una hora y media, an hour and a half
2 (no extremo) middle
a media tarde, in the middle of the afternoon
clase media, middle class
punto medio, middle ground
3 (prototípico) average: la calidad media es baja, the average quality is poor
la mujer media, the average woman
II adverbio half: el trabajo está medio hecho, the work is half done
III sustantivo masculino
1 (mitad) half
2 (centro) middle
en medio de la batalla, in the midst of the battle
en medio de los árboles, among the trees
(entre dos) in between the trees
un barco en medio del desierto, a ship in the middle of the desert
sal de ahí en medio, get out of the way
3 (instrumento, vía) means: el fin no justifica los medios, the aim doesn't justify the means
4 (entorno) enviroment
un medio hostil, a hostile enviroment
media sustantivo femenino
1 (hasta el muslo) stocking
2 (hasta la cintura) (pair of) tights
3 (calcetín alto) long socks
4 (cantidad proporcional) average: camino una media de dos horas diarias, I walk an average of two hours a day
ahora saca la media, now calculate the average
♦ Locuciones: a medias, (no del todo) unfinished: me convence a medias, I'm only half convinced
(a partes iguales) half and half: hicimos el trabajo a medias, we did the essay between us
mediar verbo intransitivo
1 (arbitrar, intervenir) to mediate: España mediará en el conflicto, Spain will mediate in the conflict
2 (interceder) to intercede: mediará por ti, she'll intercede on your behalf
3 (interponerse) media la circunstancia de que..., you must take into account that...
4 (periodo de tiempo) to pass: mediaron un par de días, two days passed
medir
I verbo transitivo
1 (dimensiones) to measure
2 (ponderar) to weigh up: deberías medir los riesgos, you should weigh up the risks
II verbo intransitivo to measure, be: mide dos metros de alto, he is two metres tall
mide cinco metros de ancho, it is five metres wide
' media' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
A
- abismo
- alargarse
- almorzar
- almuerzo
- ambientar
- asta
- atusarse
- carrera
- clase
- comunicóloga
- comunicólogo
- datar
- debajo
- edad
- esperar
- hora
- inferior
- jornada
- luna
- mediar
- medio
- mediodía
- melena
- naranja
- onda
- sala
- vasallaje
- ver
- voz
- vuelta
- bota
- burgués
- burguesía
- caña
- ciencia
- correr
- diadema
- difusión
- docena
- encima
- enganchar
- enseñanza
- entrada
- mañana
- penumbra
- piano
- pie
- promedio
- retraso
English:
A
- about-face
- about-turn
- age
- average
- average out at
- back off
- barbecue
- board
- class
- earnings
- fly
- gap
- give
- GMT
- GPA
- half
- half-a-dozen
- half-an-hour
- half-board
- half-day
- half-holiday
- half-hourly
- half-mast
- half-moon
- half-pay
- half-pint
- hour
- mass media
- mean
- media
- media studies
- medium
- mid
- Middle Ages
- middle-class
- midmorning
- nelson
- past
- raise
- round
- standard
- stocking
- turn about
- turn around
- above
- around
- by
- come
- crescent

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media

♦ nf

1.
medias [prenda interior] [hasta la cintura] Br tights, US pantyhose;
[hasta medio muslo] stockings
Comp
RP medias bombacha Br tights, US pantyhose; RP medias cancán Br tights, US pantyhose;
medias elásticas surgical stockings;
RP medias largas Br tights, US pantyhose; Col media pantalón Br tights, US pantyhose
2. [calcetín] [hasta la rodilla] (knee-length) sock;
Am [de cualquier longitud] sock;
Comp
CSur Fam
chupar las medias a alguien to lick sb's boots

Comp
Col media media [hasta la rodilla] knee-length sock; [calcetín corto] ankle sock; Col medias rodilleras knee-length socks; Col medias tobilleras [calcetines cortos] ankle socks; RP medias tres cuartos knee-length socks
3. [promedio] average, mean

Comp
media aritmética arithmetic mean;
media geométrica geometric mean;

media horaria hourly average;

media ponderada weighted mean;

media proporcional proportional mean

4. [hora]
al dar la media on the half-hour

♦ nmpl
[medios de comunicación] media
♦ a medias loc adv

1. [sin completar]
hacer algo a medias to half-do o half-finish sth;

la central está funcionando sólo a medias the power station is operating at only half its full capacity;

se ve perfectamente que este trabajo está hecho a medias it's perfectly obvious that this piece of work is only half-finished;

me contó la verdad a medias he only told me half the truth

2. [por la mitad]
dejaron la comida a medias they left their food half-eaten

3. [a partes iguales]
pagar a medias to go halves, to share the cost;

el alquiler lo pagamos a medias we split the rent;

¿por qué no compramos el libro a medias? why don't we go halves on the book?

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media

f

1 hasta el muslo stocking;

medias pl pantyhose pl, Br tights pl

2 L.Am. calcetín

sock

3 MAT mean

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media nf

1) calcetín: sock

2) : average, mean

3) medias nfpl

: stockings, hose, tights

4)

a medias : by halves, half and half, halfway

ir a medias: to go halves

verdad a medias: half-truth

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media n

1. (promedio) average

la media de edad es de 20 años the average age is 20

2. (mitad) half [pl. halves]

son las diez y media it's half past ten

a medias unfinished

dejó el trabajo a medias she left the work unfinished

pagar algo a medias to go halves on something

pagan los gastos a medias they go halves on the expenses

Spanish-English dictionary > media
5 comer

v.

1 to eat (ingerir alimentos).

no come carne casi nunca she hardly ever eats meat

¿qué hay de comer? what's for lunch?; (al mediodía) what's for dinner? (a noche)

comer fuera to go out for lunch (al mediodía)

¡a comer, chicos! lunch is/dinner's/etc ready, children!

dar de comer to feed

2 to take, to capture.

me comió un alfil he took one of my bishops

3 to eat up.

les come la envidia they're eaten up with envy

eso me come mucho tiempo that takes up a lot of my time

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comer

► verbo transitivo

1 to eat

■ comer pescado to eat fish

2 (tomar) to have

■ para cenar comimos sopa we had soup for dinner

3 (color) to fade

4 (corroer) to corrode

5 figurado (gastar) to eat away; (combustible) to use, use up

6 (en ajedrez) to take, capture

► verbo intransitivo

1 (gen) to eat; (a mediodía) to have lunch, lunch; (por la noche) to have dinner, dine

■ ayer comimos a las dos yesterday we had lunch at two

■ mañana vamos a comer fuera tomorrow we're going to eat out

■ David me ha invitado a comer David's invited me to lunch

► nombre masculino

1 eating

► verbo pronominal comerse

1 to eat

■ se lo comió todo he ate all of it

2 figurado (saltarse) to omit; (párrafo) to skip; (palabra) to swallow

■ se come las palabras she doesn't pronounce her words very clearly

3 (color) to fade

4 (el mar, la tierra) to swallow

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FRASEOLOGÍA

comer como un pajarito familiar not to eat enough to feed a sparrow

comer como una lima / comer como un regimiento / comer por cuatro familiar to eat like a horse

come con los ojos his (her, your, etc) eyes are bigger than his (her, your, etc) belly

comerse a alguien a besos figurado to smother somebody with kisses

comerse a alguien con los ojos figurado to look at somebody lovingly

comerse algo con los ojos familiar to devour something with one's eyes

comerse las uñas to bite one's nails

¿con qué se come eso? familiar what the heck is that?

dar de comer to feed

echar de comer (a los animales) to feed (the animals)

está para comérsela familiar (mujer) she's really tasty

me come la envidia figurado I'm green with envy

no tener qué comer not to have enough to live on

ser de buen comer to be a good eater

sin comerlo ni beberlo familiar without having had anything to do with it

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verb

to eat

- dar de comer

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1. VT

1) [+ comida] to eat

¿quieres comer algo? — would you like something to eat?

no tienen qué comer — they have nothing to eat

sin comerlo ni beberlo —

sin comerlo ni beberlo, me vi envuelto en un caso de contrabando de drogas — without really knowing how, I found myself involved in a drug smuggling case

ha recibido una herencia sin comerlo ni beberlo — he's come into an inheritance without having done anything to deserve it
coco I, 2), tarro 2)
2) (=almorzar) to have for lunch, eat for lunch

los domingos suelo comer paella — on Sundays I usually have paella for lunch

3) (=hacer desaparecer)

el pelo te come la cara — your hair's covering half your face

esto come las existencias — this devours the stocks

poco a poco el polvo fue comiendo la casa — dust gradually took over the house

• comer terreno, la derecha les está comiendo terreno — the right is gaining ground on them

el equipo se dejó comer el terreno — the team conceded a lot of ground

4) (=destruir, consumir)

un ácido que come la plata — an acid that corrodes silver

el agua comió la piedra — the water wore down the stone

eso les come la moral — that's eating away at their morale

le come la envidia por dentro — she is eaten up o consumed with envy

5) (=escocer)

el picor me come la pierna — my leg's stinging

6) (Ajedrez) to take

2. VI

1) (=ingerir alimento) to eat

¿qué hay para comer? — what have we got to eat?, what is there to eat?

los leones tienen que cazar para comer — lions have to hunt to eat

¡come y calla! — shut up and eat your food! *

• comer de algo — (=tomar comida) to eat sth; (=vivir) to live off sth

come de los platos de los demás — she eats other people's food

no todos podemos comer de lo que cultivamos — not all of us can live off what we grow ourselves

• comer fuera — to eat out

comer con los ojos —

siempre comes con o por los ojos — your eyes are bigger than your stomach

- comer como una vaca o fiera

- no comer ni dejar comer

- el mismo que come y viste

2) (=tomar la comida principal) esp Esp [a mediodía] to have lunch; LAm [por la noche] to have dinner

comemos a la una — we have lunch at one

me gusta comer fuerte y cenar poco — I like to have a big lunch and a light evening meal

3)

• dar de comer — to feed

estaba dando de comer al niño — she was feeding her child

dar de comer a las gallinas — to feed the hens

ni siquiera nos dio de comer — she didn't even give us anything to eat

4) And
***
comer a algn — to screw sb ***

3.

See:

comerse

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I 1.
verbo intransitivo

1)

a) ( tomar alimentos) to eat

no tengo ganas de comer — I'm not hungry

este niño no me come nada — (fam) this child won't eat anything (colloq)

comer como un sabañón or (Esp) una lima or (Méx) un pelón de hospicio — (fam) to eat like a horse

b)

dar de comer — to feed

dar(le) de comer a alguien (en la boca) — to spoonfeed somebody

darle de comer al gato/al niño — to feed the cat/the kid

come y calla! — shut up and do as you're told

2)

a) ( tomar una comida) to eat

todavía no hemos comido — we haven't eaten yet

salir a comer (fuera) — to go out for a meal, to eat out

a comer! — lunch (o dinner etc) is ready!

¿qué hay de comer? — ( a mediodía) what's for lunch?; ( por la noche) what's for dinner o supper?

aquí se come muy bien — the food here is very good

b) (esp Esp, Méx) ( almorzar) to have lunch, have dinner (BrE colloq)

nos invitaron a comer — they asked us to lunch

c) (esp AmL) ( cenar) to have dinner

comemos a las nueve — we have o eat dinner at nine
2.
comer vt

1) <fruta/verdura/carne> to eat

no puedo comer chocolate — I can't have o eat chocolate

come un poco de queso — have a little cheese

¿puedo comer otro? — can I have another one?

no tienen qué comer — they don't have anything to eat

mira el suéter, me lo comió la polilla — look at my sweater, the moths have been at it

como un cáncer que le come las entrañas — (liter) like a cancer gnawing away at his insides

sin comerlo ni beberlo — (Esp)

me llevé el castigo sin comerlo ni beberlo — I got punished even though I didn't have anything to do with it

¿(y) eso con qué se come? — (Esp fam) what on earth's that? (colloq)

2) (fam) ( hacer desaparecer) comerse 3

3) (en ajedrez, damas) to take
3.
comerse v pron

1) ( al escribir) <acento/palabra> to leave off; <línea/párrafo> to miss out; ( al hablar) < letra> to leave off; < palabra> to swallow

2)

a) (enf) < comida> to eat

cómetelo todo — eat it all up

comerse algo de un bocado — to gulp something down in one go

está para comérsela — (fam) she's really tasty (colloq)

comerse las uñas — to bite one's nails

se lo come la envidia — he's eaten up o consumed with envy

comerse a alguien vivo — (fam) to skin somebody alive (colloq)

b) (fam) ( ser muy superior) to surpass, overshadow

3) (enf) (fam) ( hacer desaparecer)

a) acido/óxido to eat away (at); polilla/ratón to eat away (at)

b) inflación/alquiler <sueldo/ahorros> to eat away at

el colegio de los niños se come casi todo el sueldo — almost all my salary goes on the children's school fees

se los va a comer la mugre — they'll be up to their ears in muck (colloq)

4) (Col fam) ( poseer sexualmente) to have (colloq)
II
masculino eating

una persona de buen comer — someone who enjoys his/her food

* * *

= eat, graze (on), dine, munch, nosh.

Ex. Even the fearsome shark knows enough not to drive away the pilot fish while it eats, nor does it make a meal of the pilot fish when food is scarce.

Ex. Whereas, before, the land was dense with stately white pines, now apple, plum, pear, peach, and cherry orchards stood in regimented rows and cattle grazed peacefully.

Ex. They drove from the airport to the restaurant where he was to dine with the president of the 'Friends of the Library' group.

Ex. People engage in a wide range of activities in libraries, from lively dialog while munching sandwiches and sipping soda, to flirting and caressing, to the more traditional activities of reading and information searching.

Ex. Several hundred fans noshed on gourmet sandwiches, pizza, pasta and fancy chips and dips.

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* comer a dos carrillos = stuff + Posesivo + face.

* comer Algo para matar el gusanillo = eat + Comida + to keep + Nombre + going.

* comer carroña = scavenging.

* comer como una lima = eat like + a horse.

* comer como un animal = eat like + an animal.

* comer como una vaca = eat like + a horse.

* comer como un pajarito = eat like + a bird.

* comer como un sabañón = eat like + a horse.

* comer con apetito = eat with + appetite.

* comer en casa = eat in.

* comer fuera = eat out.

* comerse = make + a meal of, prey on/upon, chew up.

* comerse Algo vivo = eat + Nombre + alive.

* comerse con los ojos = ogle.

* comerse el tarro = dwell on/upon.

* comerse las uñas = bite + Posesivo + fingers, bite + Posesivo + fingernails.

* comerse los restos de = scavenge.

* comerse los restos dejados por otro = scavenge.

* comérselo todo = eat + Posesivo + way through.

* como el perro del hortelano que ni come ni deja comer = a dog in the manger.

* dar de comer = feed.

* descanso para comer = meal break.

* estar tan bueno que no se puede dejar de comer = moreish.

* ganas de comer = appetite.

* hora de comer = mealtime [meal time].

* juntarse el hambre con las ganas de comer = made for each other, be two of a kind, be a right pair.

* lugar para comer = eating facility.

* morder la mano del que + dar de comer = bite + the hand that feeds + Pronombre.

* naranja de comer = eating orange.

* no tener ganas de comer = be off + Posesivo + food, be off + Posesivo + oats.

* salir a comer = eat out.

* ser muy delicado para comer = be a picky eater.

* ser muy melindroso para comer = be a picky eater.

* ser muy tiquismiquis para comer = be a picky eater.

* sin comerlo ni beberlo = without having anything to do with it.

* sin comérselo ni bebérselo = without having anything to do with it.

* somos lo que comemos = we are what we eat.

* tú te lo guisas, tú te lo comes = you've made your bed, now you must lie in it!.

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I 1.
verbo intransitivo

1)

a) ( tomar alimentos) to eat

no tengo ganas de comer — I'm not hungry

este niño no me come nada — (fam) this child won't eat anything (colloq)

comer como un sabañón or (Esp) una lima or (Méx) un pelón de hospicio — (fam) to eat like a horse

b)

dar de comer — to feed

dar(le) de comer a alguien (en la boca) — to spoonfeed somebody

darle de comer al gato/al niño — to feed the cat/the kid

come y calla! — shut up and do as you're told

2)

a) ( tomar una comida) to eat

todavía no hemos comido — we haven't eaten yet

salir a comer (fuera) — to go out for a meal, to eat out

a comer! — lunch (o dinner etc) is ready!

¿qué hay de comer? — ( a mediodía) what's for lunch?; ( por la noche) what's for dinner o supper?

aquí se come muy bien — the food here is very good

b) (esp Esp, Méx) ( almorzar) to have lunch, have dinner (BrE colloq)

nos invitaron a comer — they asked us to lunch

c) (esp AmL) ( cenar) to have dinner

comemos a las nueve — we have o eat dinner at nine
2.
comer vt

1) <fruta/verdura/carne> to eat

no puedo comer chocolate — I can't have o eat chocolate

come un poco de queso — have a little cheese

¿puedo comer otro? — can I have another one?

no tienen qué comer — they don't have anything to eat

mira el suéter, me lo comió la polilla — look at my sweater, the moths have been at it

como un cáncer que le come las entrañas — (liter) like a cancer gnawing away at his insides

sin comerlo ni beberlo — (Esp)

me llevé el castigo sin comerlo ni beberlo — I got punished even though I didn't have anything to do with it

¿(y) eso con qué se come? — (Esp fam) what on earth's that? (colloq)

2) (fam) ( hacer desaparecer) comerse 3

3) (en ajedrez, damas) to take
3.
comerse v pron

1) ( al escribir) <acento/palabra> to leave off; <línea/párrafo> to miss out; ( al hablar) < letra> to leave off; < palabra> to swallow

2)

a) (enf) < comida> to eat

cómetelo todo — eat it all up

comerse algo de un bocado — to gulp something down in one go

está para comérsela — (fam) she's really tasty (colloq)

comerse las uñas — to bite one's nails

se lo come la envidia — he's eaten up o consumed with envy

comerse a alguien vivo — (fam) to skin somebody alive (colloq)

b) (fam) ( ser muy superior) to surpass, overshadow

3) (enf) (fam) ( hacer desaparecer)

a) acido/óxido to eat away (at); polilla/ratón to eat away (at)

b) inflación/alquiler <sueldo/ahorros> to eat away at

el colegio de los niños se come casi todo el sueldo — almost all my salary goes on the children's school fees

se los va a comer la mugre — they'll be up to their ears in muck (colloq)

4) (Col fam) ( poseer sexualmente) to have (colloq)
II
masculino eating

una persona de buen comer — someone who enjoys his/her food

* * *

= eat, graze (on), dine, munch, nosh.

Ex: Even the fearsome shark knows enough not to drive away the pilot fish while it eats, nor does it make a meal of the pilot fish when food is scarce.

Ex: Whereas, before, the land was dense with stately white pines, now apple, plum, pear, peach, and cherry orchards stood in regimented rows and cattle grazed peacefully.

Ex: They drove from the airport to the restaurant where he was to dine with the president of the 'Friends of the Library' group.

Ex: People engage in a wide range of activities in libraries, from lively dialog while munching sandwiches and sipping soda, to flirting and caressing, to the more traditional activities of reading and information searching.

Ex: Several hundred fans noshed on gourmet sandwiches, pizza, pasta and fancy chips and dips.

* comer a dos carrillos = stuff + Posesivo + face.

* comer Algo para matar el gusanillo = eat + Comida + to keep + Nombre + going.

* comer carroña = scavenging.

* comer como una lima = eat like + a horse.

* comer como un animal = eat like + an animal.

* comer como una vaca = eat like + a horse.

* comer como un pajarito = eat like + a bird.

* comer como un sabañón = eat like + a horse.

* comer con apetito = eat with + appetite.

* comer en casa = eat in.

* comer fuera = eat out.

* comerse = make + a meal of, prey on/upon, chew up.

* comerse Algo vivo = eat + Nombre + alive.

* comerse con los ojos = ogle.

* comerse el tarro = dwell on/upon.

* comerse las uñas = bite + Posesivo + fingers, bite + Posesivo + fingernails.

* comerse los restos de = scavenge.

* comerse los restos dejados por otro = scavenge.

* comérselo todo = eat + Posesivo + way through.

* como el perro del hortelano que ni come ni deja comer = a dog in the manger.

* dar de comer = feed.

* descanso para comer = meal break.

* estar tan bueno que no se puede dejar de comer = moreish.

* ganas de comer = appetite.

* hora de comer = mealtime [meal time].

* juntarse el hambre con las ganas de comer = made for each other, be two of a kind, be a right pair.

* lugar para comer = eating facility.

* morder la mano del que + dar de comer = bite + the hand that feeds + Pronombre.

* naranja de comer = eating orange.

* no tener ganas de comer = be off + Posesivo + food, be off + Posesivo + oats.

* salir a comer = eat out.

* ser muy delicado para comer = be a picky eater.

* ser muy melindroso para comer = be a picky eater.

* ser muy tiquismiquis para comer = be a picky eater.

* sin comerlo ni beberlo = without having anything to do with it.

* sin comérselo ni bebérselo = without having anything to do with it.

* somos lo que comemos = we are what we eat.

* tú te lo guisas, tú te lo comes = you've made your bed, now you must lie in it!.

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comer¹ [E1 ]

vi

A

1 (tomar alimentos) to eat

no tengo ganas de comer I'm not hungry o I don't feel like eating anything

no hay nada para comer there's nothing to eat

este niño no me come nada ( fam); this child won't eat anything (I make for him) ( colloq)

las palomas comían de su mano the pigeons were eating out of o from her hand

el sueldo apenas si les alcanza para comer he hardly earns enough to feed them

comer como un sabañón or ( Esp) una lima or ( Méx) un pelón de hospicio ( fam); to eat like a horse

comer como un pajarito ( fam); to eat like a bird

2

dar de comer to feed

todavía hay que darle de comer (en la boca) we still have to spoonfeed him

darle de comer al gato to feed the cat

tengo que darles de comer a los niños I have to get the kids something to eat, I have to feed the kids

nos dieron de comer muy bien they fed us very well

ni siquiera nos dieron de comer they didn't even give us anything to eat

darle a algn de comer aparte ( fam); to treat sb with kid gloves

B

1

(tomar una comida): todavía no hemos comido we haven't eaten yet, we haven't had lunch ( o dinner etc) yet

hace mucho tiempo que no salimos a comer (fuera) we haven't been out for a meal o eaten out for ages

¿dónde comieron anoche? where did you go for dinner o have dinner last night?

no queremos comer en el hotel we don't want to have our meals in the hotel o to eat at the hotel

¡niños, a comer! lunchtime ( o dinnertime etc), children!

¿qué hay de comer? (a mediodía) what's for lunch?; (por la noche) what's for dinner o supper?

aquí se come muy bien the food here is very good

donde comen dos, comen tres there's always room for one more at the table

2 (esp Esp, Méx) (almorzar) to have lunch, have dinner ( BrE colloq)

nos invitaron a comer they asked us to lunch

3 ( esp AmL) (cenar) to have dinner

comemos a las nueve we have o eat dinner at nine

nos invitaron a comer they asked o invited us to dinner

■ comer

vt

A ‹fruta/verdura/carne› to eat

como mucha fruta I eat a lot of fruit

no puedo comer chocolate I can't have o eat chocolate

come un poco de queso have a little cheese

tienes que comer todo lo que te sirvan you must eat (up) everything they give you

¿puedo comer otro? can I have another one?

no tienen qué comer they don't have anything to eat

nadie te va a comer ( fam); nobody's going to bite your head off, nobody's going to eat you

mira el suéter, me lo comió la polilla look at my sweater, the moths have been at it o it's really moth-eaten

como un cáncer que le come las entrañas ( liter); like a cancer gnawing away at his insides

sin comerlo ni beberlo or sin comerla ni beberla: me llevé el castigo sin comerlo ni beberlo I got punished even though I didn't have anything to do with it o any part in it

¿(y) eso con qué se come? ( fam); what on earth's that? ( colloq), what's that when it's at home? ( BrE colloq)

B ( fam)

(hacer desaparecer): ese peinado le come mucho la cara that hairstyle hides half her face

estos zapatos me comen los calcetines my socks keep slipping down with these shoes

estos gastos nos han empezado a comer los ahorros these expenses have started eating into our savings

el alquiler me come la mitad del sueldo the rent swallows up half my salary, half my salary goes on the rent

si seguimos así nos va a comer la mugre if we go on like this we'll be swallowed up by dirt

C (en ajedrez, damas) to take

■ comerse

v pron

A ‹acento/palabra›

te has comido todos los acentos you've left off o forgotten o ( BrE) missed off all the accents

me comí dos líneas I missed out o skipped two lines

se comen la `s' final they don't pronounce the final `s', they leave off o drop the final `s'

se come la mitad de las palabras he swallows o he doesn't pronounce half his words

B

1 ( enf) ‹comida› to eat

cómetelo todo eat it all up

se lo comió de un bocado he gulped it down in one go

está para comérsela ( fam); she's really tasty ( colloq), she's a real dish ( colloq)

no te comas las uñas don't bite your nails

¿se te ha comido la lengua el gato? ( fam); have you lost your tongue?, has the cat got your tongue? ( colloq)

se lo come la envidia he's eaten up o consumed with envy

se comió cuatro años de cárcel ( fam); he did four years in prison o inside ( colloq)

comerse a algn vivo ( fam); to skin sb alive ( colloq)

si se entera mi madre me come viva if my mother finds out she'll skin me alive o have my guts for garters o make mincemeat of me ( colloq)

2 (estrellarse contra) ‹árbol/poste› to smash o crash into

3 (ser muy superior) to surpass, overshadow

nadando y corriendo, él se come a su hermano ( fam); he can beat his brother hollow at swimming and running ( colloq), he knocks spots off his brother when it comes to swimming and running ( colloq)

C ( fam)

(hacer desaparecer): el sol se ha ido comiendo los colores de la alfombra the sun has faded the colors in the carpet

el mar se ha comido casi toda la arena the sea has washed away nearly all the sand

el ácido se come el metal the acid eats into o eats away the metal

el colegio de los niños se me come casi todo el sueldo almost all my salary goes on the children's school fees, the children's school fees eat up almost all of my salary

D ( Col fam) (poseer sexualmente) to have ( colloq)

comer²

masculine

eating

una persona de buen comer someone who enjoys his/her food

el arte del buen comer the art of good eating

el comer es como el rascar, todo es cuestión de empezar once you start eating, you don't want to stop

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comer ( conjugate comer) verbo intransitivo
a) ( en general) to eat;

◊ no tengo ganas de comer I'm not hungry;

este niño no me come nada (fam) this child won't eat anything (colloq);
dar(le) de comer a algn (en la boca) to spoonfeed sb;
darle de comer al gato/al niño to feed the cat/the kid;
salir a comer (fuera) to go out for a meal, to eat out;
¿qué hay de comer? ( a mediodía) what's for lunch?;

( por la noche) what's for dinner o supper?
b) (esp Esp, Méx) ( almorzar) to have lunch;

◊ nos invitaron a comer they asked us to lunch

c) (esp AmL) ( cenar) to have dinner

verbo transitivo
a) ‹fruta/verdura/carne› to eat;

◊ ¿puedo comer otro? can I have another one?;

no tienen qué comer they don't have anything to eat
b) (fam) ( hacer desaparecer) See Also→ comerse 3

c) (en ajedrez, damas) to take

comerse verbo pronominal
1
a) ( al escribir) ‹acento/palabra› to leave off;

‹línea/párrafo› to miss out
b) ( al hablar) ‹ letra› to leave off;

‹ palabra› to swallow
2 ( enf) ‹ comida› to eat;
◊ cómetelo todo eat it all up;

comerse las uñas to bite one's nails
3 (fam) ( hacer desaparecer)
a) [acido/óxido] to eat away (at);

[polilla/ratón] to eat away (at)
b) [inflación/alquiler] ‹sueldo/ahorros› to eat away at

comer
I verbo transitivo
1 to eat
2 (en el parchís, etc) to take
3 (estrechar) ese corte de pelo te come la cara, that haircut makes your face look thinner
ese mueble te come mucho salón, that piece of furniture makes your living room look smaller
II verbo intransitivo to eat: hay que darle de comer al perro, we have to feed the dog
♦ Locuciones: familiar comer como una lima, to eat like a horse
familiar comer el coco/tarro a alguien, to brainwash somebody
sin comerlo ni beberlo, le pusieron una sanción, although he has nothing to do with it, he was disciplined
' comer' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
acostumbrar
- aire
- algo
- alimentar
- carrillo
- cosa
- dar
- deshora
- después
- empezar
- emplazar
- enana
- enano
- estomacal
- exacerbar
- exigua
- exiguo
- gana
- hambre
- hasta
- hincharse
- jambar
- le
- leguminosa
- menda
- mierda
- picar
- reserva
- rollo
- sabañón
- saciedad
- saque
- sopor
- tarde
- tarro
- terminar
- tragar
- troglodita
- tutiplén
- a
- acabar
- ansia
- apretujado
- austero
- barato
- barbaridad
- bueno
- carta
- chocolate
- de
English:
any
- avoid
- before
- bolt
- brisk
- buffet
- company
- conscious
- craving
- crunch
- cut out
- digestion
- directive
- eat
- eat out
- entertain
- fancy
- feed
- feeding
- finish
- for
- forage
- free rein
- full
- go
- go out
- good
- grab
- grain
- guzzle
- have
- hour
- invite
- just
- leftovers
- linger
- lunch
- lunchtime
- mealtime
- mop
- nosh
- out
- overwhelming
- pick at
- plate
- plough through
- process
- put away
- spoon-feed
- spot

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comer

♦ vt

1. [alimentos] to eat;

no come carne casi nunca she hardly ever eats meat;

¿quieres comer algo? would you like something to eat?;

no tengas miedo, nadie te va a comer don't be afraid, nobody's going to eat you;

Comp

ni come ni deja comer he's a dog in the manger;

Comp
Fam
comer el coco o [m5] tarro a alguien [convencer] to brainwash sb;

Comp

sin comerlo ni beberlo: sin comerlo ni beberlo, le hicieron jefe he became boss through no merit of his own;

sin comerlo ni beberlo, nos encontramos en la bancarrota through no fault of our own, we went bankrupt

2. Esp, Méx [al mediodía] to have for lunch;
esp Andes [a la noche] to have for dinner;
hoy hemos comido pescado we had fish today

3. [en juegos de mesa] to take, to capture;

me comió un alfil he took one of my bishops

4. [consumir] to eat up;

tus gastos nos comen casi todo mi sueldo your expenses eat up almost all of my salary;

esta estufa come mucha leña this stove uses o gets through a lot of wood;

los come la envidia they're eaten up with envy;

eso me come mucho tiempo that takes up a lot of my time;

me están comiendo los mosquitos the mosquitoes are eating me alive

♦ vi

1. [ingerir alimentos] to eat;

ahora no tengo ganas de comer I don't feel like eating o I'm not hungry right now;

comer fuera, salir a comer to eat out;

yo llevaré la bebida, tú compra las cosas de comer I'll get the drink, you buy the food;

comer a la carta to eat à la carte;

¡a comer, chicos! lunch is/dinner's/ etc ready, children!;

¡come y calla! shut up and eat your dinner!;

dar de comer al perro to feed the dog;

no sé qué darles de comer a mis hijos esta noche I don't know what to give the children to eat this evening;

en ese restaurante dan de comer muy bien the food is very good in that restaurant;
Fam
ser de buen comer to have a healthy appetite;
Fig
tener qué comer to have enough to live on;

Comp
Fam
comer a dos carrillos to stuff one's face;

Comp

comer como una lima o [m5] un regimiento to eat like a horse;

Comp

comimos como curas o [m5] reyes we ate like kings;

Comp

comer y callar beggars can't be choosers;

Comp
Fam
dar o [m5]echar de comer aparte a alguien: a mi profesor hay que darle o [m5] echarle de comer aparte you have to be careful how you deal with my teacher, because you never know how he's going to react;

Comp

donde comen dos comen tres there's always room for one more at the table

2. Esp, Méx [al mediodía] to have lunch;

¿qué hay de comer? what's for lunch?;

en casa comemos a las tres we have lunch at three o'clock at home;

hemos quedado para comer we've arranged to meet for lunch;

comer fuera, salir a comer to go out for lunch

3. esp Andes [a la noche] to have dinner

♦ See also the pronominal verb comerse

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comer

I v/t eat; a mediodía have for lunch

II v/i eat; a mediodía have lunch;

dar de comer a alguien feed s.o.;

no tienen qué comer they haven’t a thing to eat;

sin comerlo ni beberlo fam all of a sudden

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comer vt

1) : to eat

2) : to consume, to eat up, to eat into

comer vi

1) : to eat

2) cenar: to have a meal

3)

dar de comer : to feed

♦ See also the reflexive verb comerse

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comer vb

1. (en general) to eat [pt. ate; pp. eaten]

hay que comer más verduras you must eat more vegetables

¿comes pescado? do you eat fish?

2. (al mediodía) to have lunch

siempre como en casa I always have lunch at home

me ha invitado a comer he's invited me to lunch

dar de comer to feed [pt. & pp. fed]

fuimos a dar de comer a los patos we went to feed the ducks

Spanish-English dictionary > comer
6 desparejado

adj.

without pair, without its pair, odd, unmatching.

past part.

past participle of spanish verb: desparejar.

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desparejado

► participio pasado

1→ link=desparejar desparejar

► adjetivo

1 (persona) without a partner; (objeto) odd

■ un calcetín desparejado an odd sock

* * *

- da adjetivo odd, unpaired

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- da adjetivo odd, unpaired

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desparejado -da

adjective

odd, unpaired

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desparejado,-a adjetivo unmatched: ¡tengo un montón de calcetines desparejados!, I have a ton of unmatched socks!
' desparejado' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
desparejada
English:
odd

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desparejado, -a adj
[calcetín, guante] odd
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desparejado, desparejo

adj calcetín odd

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desparejado adj odd

un calcetín desparejado an odd sock

Spanish-English dictionary > desparejado
7 talla

f.

1 size (medida).

¿qué talla usas? what size are you?

no es de mi talla it's not my size

2 height (estatura).

es de mi talla she's as tall as me

3 stature.

dar la talla to be up to it

no dio la talla como representante del colegio he wasn't up to the task of representing his school

4 carving (art) (en madera).

5 cutting.

pres.indicat.

3^rd person singular (él/ella/ello) present indicative of spanish verb: tallar.

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talla

► nombre femenino

1 (estatura) height

2 figurado (moral, intelectual) stature

3 (de prenda) size

■ ¿qué talla usa? what size is he?

4 (escultura) carving, sculpture

5 (tallado - piedras) cutting; (- metal) engraving

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FRASEOLOGÍA

dar la talla para hacer algo figurado to be up to doing something

■ no da la talla para el trabajo he's not up to the job

de talla / de mucha talla figurado outstanding, prominent

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noun f.

1) carving

2) cutting

3) height

4) stature

5) size

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I
SF

1) [de ropa] size

camisas de todas las tallas — shirts in all sizes

¿de qué talla son estos pantalones? — what size are these trousers?

2) (=altura) height

dar la talla — (lit) to be tall enough; (fig) to measure up

no ha dado la talla para ingresar en el ejército — he wasn't tall enough to join the army, he didn't satisfy the minimum height requirement for joining the army

no dio la talla como solista — he didn't make the grade as a soloist, he didn't measure up as a soloist

no dio la talla en la disputa — he couldn't hold his own in the argument

tener poca talla — to be short

3) (=categoría, nivel) stature

hay pocos políticos de la talla de este ministro — there are few politicians of the stature of this minister

4) (Arte) (=escultura) sculpture; [de madera] carving; (=grabado) engraving

talla en madera — woodwork, wood carving

5) (=vara) measuring rod

6) (Naipes) hand

7) (Med) † gallstones operation

8) (Jur) † reward ( for capture of a criminal)

poner a algn a talla — to offer a reward for sb's capture
II
SF

1) CAm (=mentira) fib, lie

2) Cono Sur (=chismes) gossip, chitchat; (=piropo) compliment

echar tallas a algn — to pay a compliment to a woman

- echar talla

3) And (=paliza) beating

4) Méx * (=pelea) set-to *, squabble

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femenino

1)

a) (Indum) size

¿cuál es su talla? — what size are you?

de o en todas las tallas — in all sizes

b) ( estatura) size, height

de talla mediana — of medium height

dar la talla — ( en altura) to be tall enough; ( mostrarse competente) to make the grade, measure up

c) ( categoría)

un escritor de talla internacional — a writer of international stature

una revista de la talla de `Semana' — a magazine as important as `Semana'

2) ( escultura) sculpture; ( de madera) carving; ( de piedras preciosas) cutting

3) (AmL) (Jueg)

a) ( repartición) deal

b) ( banca) bank

4) (Chi fam)

a) ( dicho) joke, wisecrack (colloq)

b) ( broma) practical joke

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= carving.

Ex. She situates the vessels in the context of Icelandic carving traditions in horn, bone, and walrus ivory = Ella sitúa las vasijas en el contexto de la tradición islandesa de la escultura en astas de cuernos, huesos y marfil de morsa.

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* dar la talla = be up to the mark, be up to scratch, measure up (to), be up to snuff, make + the cut.

* de talla media = middle-sized.

* de talla mundial = world-class.

* talla de madera = wood carving.

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femenino

1)

a) (Indum) size

¿cuál es su talla? — what size are you?

de o en todas las tallas — in all sizes

b) ( estatura) size, height

de talla mediana — of medium height

dar la talla — ( en altura) to be tall enough; ( mostrarse competente) to make the grade, measure up

c) ( categoría)

un escritor de talla internacional — a writer of international stature

una revista de la talla de `Semana' — a magazine as important as `Semana'

2) ( escultura) sculpture; ( de madera) carving; ( de piedras preciosas) cutting

3) (AmL) (Jueg)

a) ( repartición) deal

b) ( banca) bank

4) (Chi fam)

a) ( dicho) joke, wisecrack (colloq)

b) ( broma) practical joke

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= carving.

Ex: She situates the vessels in the context of Icelandic carving traditions in horn, bone, and walrus ivory = Ella sitúa las vasijas en el contexto de la tradición islandesa de la escultura en astas de cuernos, huesos y marfil de morsa.

* dar la talla = be up to the mark, be up to scratch, measure up (to), be up to snuff, make + the cut.

* de talla media = middle-sized.

* de talla mundial = world-class.

* talla de madera = wood carving.

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talla

feminine

A

1 [ Vocabulary notes (Spanish) ] ( Indum) size

¿cuál es su talla? what size are you?

¿qué talla usa? what size do you take?

una camisa de la talla 42 a size 42 shirt

te hace falta una talla más you need the next size up o a size larger

calcetines de talla única one-size socks

abrigos en todas las tallas coats in all sizes

2 (estatura) size, height

de talla mediana of medium height

dar la talla (en altura) to be tall enough; (mostrarse competente) to make the grade, measure up

3

(categoría): un escritor de talla internacional/de gran talla a writer of international/of considerable stature

una revista de la talla de `Semana' a magazine as important as `Semana'

B

1 (escultura) sculpture

2 (de madera) carving

3 (de piedras preciosas) cutting

C (de reclutas) measuring ( and kitting out)

D ( AmL) (en naipes)

1 (repartición) deal

2 (banca) bank

¿quién tiene or lleva la talla? who's the bank?, who's banker?

E ( Chi fam)

1 (dicho) joke, wisecrack ( colloq)

2 (broma) practical joke

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Del verbo tallar: ( conjugate tallar)

talla es:

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

2ª persona singular (tú) imperativo

Multiple Entries:
talla
tallar
talla sustantivo femenino
a) (Indum) size;

◊ ¿cuál es su talla? what size are you?;

de o en todas las tallas in all sizes
b) ( estatura) size, height;

◊ de talla mediana of medium height

tallar ( conjugate tallar) verbo transitivo
1 ‹ madera› to carve;
‹escultura/mármol› to sculpt;
‹ piedras preciosas› to cut
2 (Méx)
a) ( para limpiar) to scrub

b) ( para aliviar) to rub

verbo intransitivo (Col) [ zapatos] to be too tight
tallarse verbo pronominal (Méx)
a) ( para limpiarse) to scrub oneself

b) ( para aliviar) to rub oneself;

‹ ojos› to rub
talla sustantivo femenino
1 (de ropa) size
¿cuál es tu talla?, what size are you?
2 (altura) height, stature: no da la talla para jugar al baloncesto, he's not tall enough to play basketball
3 (categoría, importancia) standing
un pintor de gran talla, a painter of great stature
4 (acción de tallar: piedras preciosas) cutting
(: madera) carving
(: metal) engraving
5 (escultura tallada) sculpture, (wood) carving
♦ Locuciones: figurado dar la talla, to make the grade, measure up
tallar verbo transitivo
1 (dar forma, esculpir) to sculpt
(piedras preciosas) to cut
(la madera) to carve
(el metal) to engrave
2 (medir a una persona) to measure the height of
' talla' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
belleza
- mayor
- sentar
- única
- único
- quedar
English:
fit
- height
- M
- scratch
- size
- take
- wanting
- woodcarving
- carving
- L
- medium
- out
- preferably
- stature

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talla nf

1. [medida] size;

¿qué talla usas? what size are you?;

¿qué talla de camisa usas? what size shirt are you?, what size shirt do you take?;

yo uso la talla XL I take size XL;

unos pantalones de la talla 44 a pair of size 44 trousers;

gorros de talla única one-size caps;

no es de mi talla it's not my size

2. [estatura] height;

¿qué talla tiene el bebé? what does the baby measure?;

es de mi talla she's my height

3. [valor, capacidad] stature;

hay pocos atletas de la talla del cubano there are few athletes to match the Cuban;

políticos de gran talla moral politicians of considerable moral stature;

Comp

dar la talla to be up to it;

no dio la talla como representante del colegio he wasn't up to the task of representing his school

4. [figura tallada] [en madera] carving;
[en piedra] sculpture, carving; [en metal] sculpture
5. [tallado] [de madera] carving;
[piedra] sculpting, carving; [de metal] sculpting; [de piedras preciosas] cutting
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talla

f

1 size;

de gran talla fig outstanding;

dar la talla fig make the grade

2 ( estatura) height

3 C.Am. ( mentira) lie

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talla nf

1) estatura: height

2) : size (in clothing)

3) : stature, status

4) : sculpture, carving

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talla n (de ropa) size

¿qué talla usas? what size are you?

necesito una talla más grande I need a bigger size

dar la talla to be good enough

Spanish-English dictionary > talla

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