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hil1) (noun a piece of high land, smaller than a mountain: We went for a walk in the hills yesterday.) colina2) (a slope on a road: This car has difficulty going up steep hills.)•- hillock- hilly
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hill n colinatr[hɪl]1 colina, cerro2 (slope) cuesta\SMALLIDIOMATIC EXPRESSION/SMALLto be as old as the hills ser más viejo,-a que Matusalénto be over the hill familiar ser viejo,-a yato take to the hills echarse al montehill climb subida en cuestahill ['hɪl] n1) : colina f, cerro m2) slope: cuesta f, pendiente fn.• alcor s.m.• altozano s.m.• cerro s.m.• colina s.f.• collado s.m.• cuesta s.f.• eminencia s.f.• morro s.m.• otero s.m.• subido s.m.v.• acohombrar v.hɪlon a hill — ( on the top) en (lo alto de) una colina; ( on a slope) en una ladera
to walk up/down a hill — subir/bajir una colina (andando)
as old as the hills — más viejo que Matusalén (fam), más viejo que andar a pie (CS fam)
not to amount to a hill of beans — (AmE) no valer* nada
to be over the hill — (colloq) estar* para el arrastre or (RPl) para el deje (fam); (before n)
[hɪl]hill country — territorio m montañoso, región f montañosa
1.the hills la montaña fsing, la sierra fsing- be over the hill- chase sb up hill and down dale- take to the hills2.CPDhill climb N — (Sport) ascensión f de montaña
hill farmer N — agricultor(a) m / f de montaña
hill farming N — agricultura f de montaña
hill start N — (in vehicle) arranque m en cuesta
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to do a hill start — arrancar (un coche) en cuestahill walker N — montañero(-a) m / f, senderista mf
hill walking N — montañismo m, senderismo m
to go hill-walking — hacer montañismo, hacer senderismo
* * *[hɪl]on a hill — ( on the top) en (lo alto de) una colina; ( on a slope) en una ladera
to walk up/down a hill — subir/bajir una colina (andando)
as old as the hills — más viejo que Matusalén (fam), más viejo que andar a pie (CS fam)
not to amount to a hill of beans — (AmE) no valer* nada
to be over the hill — (colloq) estar* para el arrastre or (RPl) para el deje (fam); (before n)
hill country — territorio m montañoso, región f montañosa
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2 not to amount to a hill or row of beans
* no valer nadaEnglish-spanish dictionary > not to amount to a hill or row of beans
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bi:n1) (any one of several kinds of pod-bearing plant or its seed: black beans; green beans; red beans.) judía, habichuela2) (the bean-like seed of other plants: coffee beans.) granobean n1. judía / alubia / haba2. granotr[biːn]1 (vegetable) alubia, judía, haba2 (of coffee) grano\SMALLIDIOMATIC EXPRESSION/SMALLto be full of beans rebosar vitalidadto spill the beans descubrir el pastelnot a bean SMALLBRITISH ENGLISH/SMALL ni un duronot to know beans about something SMALLAMERICAN ENGLISH/SMALL no saber ni jota de algobean shoot brote nombre masculino de sojabroad bean habaFrench bean judía verdegreen bean judía verdekidney bean frijol nombre masculinorunner bean judía verdestring bean judía verdebean ['bi:n] n1) : habichuela f, frijol m2)broad bean : haba f3)string bean : judía fn.• algarroba s.f.• alubia s.f.• haba s.f.• judía s.f.v.• golpear en la cabeza v.
I biːn1)a) (fresh, in pod) green beanb) ( dried) frijol m or (Esp) alubia f or judía f or (CS) poroto m or (Ven) caraota fto be full of beans — (colloq) estar* lleno de vida
to spill the beans — descubrir* el pastel, levantar la liebre or (RPl) la perdiz
c) ( coffee bean) grano m (de café)2) (colloq)a) (scrap, trace) (esp BrE) (with neg)not to have a bean — (BrE) estar* pelado (fam)
not to know beans about something — (AmE) no saber* ni papa de algo (fam)
b) ( head) (AmE) coco m (fam), mate m (AmS fam)
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transitive verb (AmE colloq)[biːn]to bean somebody — darle* un porrazo or un mamporro en la cabeza a alguien (fam)
1. N1) (gen) frijol m, alubia f (Sp); (kidney) frijol m, judía f (Sp), poroto m (S. Cone); (broad, haricot) haba f ; (green) habichuela f, judía f verde (Sp), ejote m (Mex), poroto m verde (S. Cone); (coffee) grano mnot a bean! * — ¡nada en absoluto!
I haven't a bean — (Brit) * estoy pelado *, no tengo un duro (Sp) *, no tengo un peso (LAm) *
- be full of beans- know how many beans make fivespill I, 1., 1)hello, old bean! — (Brit) † * ¡hola, macho! (Sp) *, ¡hola, viejo! (LAm) *
3) (US) * (=head, brain) coco * m2.CPDbean counter * N — pej contable o gerente obsesionado por los números
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I [biːn]1)a) (fresh, in pod) green beanb) ( dried) frijol m or (Esp) alubia f or judía f or (CS) poroto m or (Ven) caraota fto be full of beans — (colloq) estar* lleno de vida
to spill the beans — descubrir* el pastel, levantar la liebre or (RPl) la perdiz
c) ( coffee bean) grano m (de café)2) (colloq)a) (scrap, trace) (esp BrE) (with neg)not to have a bean — (BrE) estar* pelado (fam)
not to know beans about something — (AmE) no saber* ni papa de algo (fam)
b) ( head) (AmE) coco m (fam), mate m (AmS fam)
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transitive verb (AmE colloq)to bean somebody — darle* un porrazo or un mamporro en la cabeza a alguien (fam)
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