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1 pera
adj.posh (informal). (peninsular Spanish)niño pera spoiled o posh bratf.1 pear (fruit).2 (rubber) bulb.3 chin.* * *1 (fruta) pear2 (interruptor) pear-shaped switch■ dale a la pera de la luz switch the light on/off\pedir peras al olmo familiar to ask the impossibleponerle a alguien las peras al cuarto familiar to tear somebody off a stripser la pera familiar (persona divertida) to be a real laugh 2 (situación indignante) to be unbelievable, be incredible* * *noun f.* * *ISF1) (Bot) pear3) [de atomizador, bocina] bulb4) (Elec) (=bombilla) bulb; (=interruptor) switch5) ** (=cabeza) nut *, bonce *, noggin (EEUU) *7) * (=empleo) cushy job *8) LAm (Dep) punchballII* ADJ INV (=pijo) posh *fuimos a un restaurante muy pera — we went to a really swish o posh restaurant *
IIIniño o pollo pera — spoiled upper-class brat
** SM fence *, receiver (of stolen goods)* * *1) (Bot) pearser la pera — (fam) to be the limit (colloq)
2)a) ( de goma) bulbb) ( interruptor) switchc) (Col) (para abrir, tirar, etc) perilla 2)3) ( en boxeo) punching ball (AmE), punchball (BrE)* * *= pear.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.----* con forma de pera = pear-shaped.* de higos a brevas = once in a blue moon.* del año de la pera = from the year dot.* en forma de pera = pear-shaped.* No se le puede pedir peras al olmo = You can't make a silk purse out of a sow's ear.* pedirle peras al olmo = cry for + the moon, ask for + the moon, reach for + the moon.* tomate de pera = pear tomato, Italian tomato, Roma tomato.* * *1) (Bot) pearser la pera — (fam) to be the limit (colloq)
2)a) ( de goma) bulbb) ( interruptor) switchc) (Col) (para abrir, tirar, etc) perilla 2)3) ( en boxeo) punching ball (AmE), punchball (BrE)* * *= pear.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.
* con forma de pera = pear-shaped.* de higos a brevas = once in a blue moon.* del año de la pera = from the year dot.* en forma de pera = pear-shaped.* No se le puede pedir peras al olmo = You can't make a silk purse out of a sow's ear.* pedirle peras al olmo = cry for + the moon, ask for + the moon, reach for + the moon.* tomate de pera = pear tomato, Italian tomato, Roma tomato.* * *pera1pera2A ( Bot) pearpedirle peras al olmo to ask the impossibleponer las peras al cuarto to tear sb off a strip ( colloq), to give sb a piece of one's mindser una perita en dulce ( fam) «persona» to be lovely;«situacion/mercado» to be ripe for the pickingCompuesto:dessert pearB1 (de goma) bulb2 (interruptor) switchD (CS fam)1 (mentón) chin2 (barba) goatee* * *
pera sustantivo femenino
1 (Bot) pear;
pedirle peras al olmo to ask the impossible
2 ( de goma) bulb
3 ( en boxeo) punching ball (AmE), punchball (BrE)
4 (CS fam) ( mentón) chin;
( barba) goatee
pera sustantivo femenino
1 Bot pear
2 (objeto de goma) bulb
3 (interruptor eléctrico) switch
♦ Locuciones: es del año de la pera, he's out of the ark
eso es la pera, that's the limit
pedir peras al olmo, to ask for the moon
' pera' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
año
- corazón
English:
pear
- pear-shaped
- peel
- ancient
- one
* * *♦ nf1. [fruta] pear;Famser una pera en dulce to be a gempera de agua dessert pear;pera limonera = type of pear which has a lemony taste2. [de goma] (rubber) bulb3. [interruptor] = light switch on cord4. [en barba] goatee7. Comppartir peras to fall out;pedir peras al olmo to ask (for) the impossible;Famponerle a alguien las peras al cuarto to put the squeeze on sb;Esp Famser la pera to be something else;Famser una pera en dulce to be a gem♦ adj invEsp Fam posh;* * *f pear;pedir peras al olmo ask the impossible;poner a alguien las peras al cuarto fig fam give s.o. a piece of one’s mind fam ;ser la pera fig pop be the limit* * *pera nf: pear* * *pera n pear -
2 в упор
1) (очень близко (подойти, стать и т. п.)) come (stand, etc.) close to smb., smth.2) (пристально, прямо (смотреть, глядеть, рассматривать и т. п.)) gaze (look) fixedly (closely) at smb.; give smb. a fixed lookКто-то смотрит пристально и строго / Сквозь прямые сосны на меня. / Глаз не отводя и не мигая, / Кто-то смотрит на меня в упор: / - Я-то думал, ты теперь другая, Ну а ты, / всё та же ты, с тех пор... (М. Алигер, Просека) — In my forest there's a path where always, / Be it morning, afternoon or night, / Someone looks at me attentively and closely / Through the wall of slender, stately pines. / Someone always watches me, unblinking, / With a stare that's piercing and intent: / 'You'd have altered greatly, I was thinking. / You're the same, / You haven't changed since then.
Он смотрел на подругу в упор, стараясь поймать взгляд, чтобы понять, лжёт та или нет. (А. Битов, Дверь) — He looked fixedly at the girlfriend, trying to catch her eye, trying to work out whether she was lying or not.
Дед смотрит на меня пристально, в упор, и я чувствую, что краснею. (А. Лиханов, Мой генерал) — Grandad gave me a fixed look, straight in the eyes, and I felt blushing.
3) (с близкого расстояния, приблизившись почти вплотную (стрелять в кого-либо, что-либо, бить и т. п.)) fire at close (point-blank) range; fire point-blankПаровоз летел, не сбавляя хода, непрерывно свистя. Лишь в последнюю минуту с бронепоезда догадались дать по нему несколько выстрелов в упор. (А. Толстой, Хождение по мукам) — The engine flew on, at full speed, whistling incessantly. Only at the last moment did the crew of the armoured train recover sufficient presence of mind to fire a few rounds at close range.
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