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aburrirse de algo

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1 aburrirse de algo

aburrirse de algo

etwas satt bekommen

Diccionario Español-Alemán > aburrirse de algo
2 aburrirse

pron.v.

to be bored, to get bored.

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aburrirse

► verbo pronominal

1 to get bored (con/de/por, with)

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to be bored, get bored

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VPR to be bored, get bored (con, de, por with)

aburrirse como una ostra — to be bored stiff

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aburrirse (con)

(v.) = be bored (with)

Ex: Students are understandably bored with learning on-line catalgue use when the focus is on the technicalities of the catalogue itself.

* * *

■aburrirse verbo reflexivo to get bored
♦ Locuciones: aburrirse como una ostra, to be bored stiff
' aburrirse' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
ostra
- aburrir
- cansar
- chorear
- hartar
English:
bored
- death

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vpr

to get bored;

cuando no tengo nada que hacer me aburro I get bored when I haven't got anything to do;

se aburrieron muchísimo en la fiesta they were really bored at the party;

Comp
Fam
aburrirse como una ostra to be bored stiff

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aburrirse

v/r get bored aburrirse de algo get bored o

fed up fam

with sth;

aburrirse como una ostra fam get bored stiff fam

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vr

: to get bored

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aburrirse vb to get bored

Miguel nunca se aburre Miguel never gets bored

Spanish-English dictionary > aburrirse
3 aburrirse

(de, por algo)

1) томи́ться, тяготи́ться ( чем); изныва́ть от чего

se aburre por todo — ничто́ его́ не ра́дует

2) скуча́ть ( от чего)

me aburro; estoy aburrido — мне ску́чно

Diccionario Español-Ruso de Uso Moderno > aburrirse
4 aburrir

v.

1 to bore.

este trabajo me aburre this job is boring

aburre a todo el mundo con sus batallitas he bores everyone with his old stories

2 to be boring, to bore, to dull, to pall.

Este juego aburre This game is boring.

3 to tire, to weary, to bore, to bore the pants off.

María aburre a Ricardo con su charla Mary tires Richard with her chattering.

4 to be boring to.

Aburre estudiar sola It is boring to study alone.

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aburrir

► verbo transitivo

1 to bore

2 (cansar) to tire

► verbo pronominal aburrirse

1 to get bored (con/de/por, with)

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FRASEOLOGÍA

aburrirse como una ostra familiar to be bored stiff

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verb

to bore

- aburrirse

* * *

1. VT

1) [gen] to bore; (=cansar) to tire, weary

2) ** [+ dinero] to blow *; [+ tiempo] to waste

2.

See:

aburrirse

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1.
verbo transitivo to bore
2.
aburrirse v pron

a) ( por falta de entretenimiento) to get bored

nunca me había aburrido tanto — I'd never been so bored

b) ( hartarse)

aburrirse de algo/alguien — to get tired of o fed up with something/somebody

aburrirse de + inf — to get tired of -ing

* * *

= pall, bore, wear + a little thin, weary.

Ex. The experience of 'flying through' virtual worlds to discover the identities of hundreds of criptics nodes palls very quickly.

Ex. Frustrated by the limitations on developing work relationships with students, and bored with the demands of the library, she returned to teaching English.

Ex. His jauntiness can wear a little thin, and the buff will be sorry there is no index, but there is much to be grateful for in this book.

Ex. She wearies of the constant procession of visitors, and the round of invitations and commissions, which swallow up her time.

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* aburrirse como ostras = be bored stiff, be bored to death, be bored to tears, be bored out of + Posesivo + mind.

* aburrirse (con) = be bored (with).

* no aburrir a Alguien con todos los detalles = spare + Nombe + all the details.

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1.
verbo transitivo to bore
2.
aburrirse v pron

a) ( por falta de entretenimiento) to get bored

nunca me había aburrido tanto — I'd never been so bored

b) ( hartarse)

aburrirse de algo/alguien — to get tired of o fed up with something/somebody

aburrirse de + inf — to get tired of -ing

* * *

= pall, bore, wear + a little thin, weary.

Ex: The experience of 'flying through' virtual worlds to discover the identities of hundreds of criptics nodes palls very quickly.

Ex: Frustrated by the limitations on developing work relationships with students, and bored with the demands of the library, she returned to teaching English.

Ex: His jauntiness can wear a little thin, and the buff will be sorry there is no index, but there is much to be grateful for in this book.

Ex: She wearies of the constant procession of visitors, and the round of invitations and commissions, which swallow up her time.

* aburrirse como ostras = be bored stiff, be bored to death, be bored to tears, be bored out of + Posesivo + mind.

* aburrirse (con) = be bored (with).

* no aburrir a Alguien con todos los detalles = spare + Nombe + all the details.

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aburrir [I1 ]

vt

to bore

estas reuniones me aburren these meetings bore me, I find these meetings boring o tedious

no aburras a la abuela con tus historias don't bore Granny with your stories

■ aburrirse

v pron

1 (por falta de entretenimiento) to get bored

nunca me había aburrido tanto I'd never been so bored

ostra

2 (hartarse) aburrirse DE algo/algn to get tired OF o fed up WITH sth/sb

se aburrió de hacer lo mismo todos los días he got tired of o fed up with doing the same thing every day, he tired of doing the same thing every day

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aburrir ( conjugate aburrir) verbo transitivo
to bore
aburrirse verbo pronominal
a) ( por falta de entretenimiento) to get bored

b) ( hartarse) aburrirse de algo/algn to get tired of o fed up with sth/sb;

aburrirse de hacer algo to get tired of doing sth
aburrir verbo transitivo to bore
♦ Locuciones: aburrir a las ovejas, to be incredibly boring
' aburrir' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
amuermar
- cansar
- empalagar
- martirizar
- asquear
- chorear
English:
bore

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aburrir

♦ vt

to bore;

este trabajo me aburre this job is boring;

aburre a todo el mundo con sus batallitas he bores everyone with his old stories;

me aburre tener que madrugar todos los días it's really tiresome having to get up early every day

♦ See also the pronominal verb aburrirse

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aburrir

v/t bore

* * *

aburrir vt

: to bore, to tire

♦ See also the reflexive verb aburrirse

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aburrir vb

1. (cansar) to bore

las tareas domésticas la aburren domestic chores bore her

2. (resultar pesado) to be boring

el partido aburría the match was boring

Spanish-English dictionary > aburrir
5 aburrir

abu'rrir
v

anöden

verbo transitivo

langweilen

————————

aburrirse verbo pronominal

sich langweilen

aburrir

aburrir [aβu'rrir]

I verbo transitivo

num1num (hastiar) langweilen

num2num (fastidiar) auf die Nerven gehen +dativo

II verbo reflexivo

■ aburrirse sich langweilen [con bei+dativo]; aburrirse de algo etw satt bekommen; aburrirse como una ostra (familiar) sich zu Tode langweilen

Diccionario Español-Alemán > aburrir
6 hartar

v.

1 to stuff (full).

2 to get sick, to irritate, to put off, to overtire.

Su actitud harta a María His attitude overtires Mary.

3 to satiate, to fill up, to glut, to feed up.

La comida harta a Ricardo The food satiates Richard.

4 to annoy, to cheese up, to suck.

Su actitud harta His attitude annoys.

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hartar

► verbo transitivo

1 (atiborrar) to satiate, fill up

■ los pasteles de chocolate hartan mucho chocolate cakes are very filling

2 figurado (deseo etc) to satisfy

3 (fastidiar) to annoy, irritate

■ me harta con sus tonterías his silly remarks get on muy nerves

4 (cansar) to tire, bore

5 (causar, dar) to overwhelm (de, with)

■ lo hartó de regalos she showered him with presents

■ lo hartaron a golpes they beat him up

► verbo pronominal hartarse

1 (atiborrarse) to eat one's fill, stuff oneself

2 (cansarse) to get fed up (de, with), get tired (de, of)

■ me harté de esperarla I got tired of waiting for her

3 familiar (hacer algo) to do nothing but

■ me harté de leer I did nothing but read

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FRASEOLOGÍA

hasta hartarse to repletion

■ dormir hasta hartarse to have one's fill of sleep

■ comer hasta hartarse to eat oneself sick

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1. VT

1) (=cansar)

me harta tanta televisión — I get tired of o fed up with * o sick of * watching so much television

los estás hartando con tantas bobadas — they're getting tired of o fed up with * o sick of * your fooling around

ya me está hartando que siempre me hable de lo mismo — I'm getting tired of o fed up with * o sick of * him always talking about the same thing

2) (=atiborrar)

hartar a algn a o de — [+ comida, alcohol] to fill sb full of

nos hartan a chistes malos — we get fed up with * o sick of * o tired of their bad jokes

el maestro los harta a deberes — their teacher overloads them with homework

lo hartaron a palos — they gave him a real beating

3) CAm (=maldecir de) to malign, slander

2.

VI (=cansar)

todos estos tópicos manidos ya hartan — all these worn-out clichés get so boring, you get tired of o get fed up with * o sick of * all these worn-out clichés

3.

See:

hartarse

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1.
verbo transitivo

1) (cansar, fastidiar)

me hartó con sus quejas — I got tired o (colloq) sick of his complaints

2) (fam) ( llenar)

hartar a alguien a or de algo: nos hartaban a sopa they fed us on nothing but soup; lo hartaron a palos — they gave him a real beating
2.
hartarse v pron

1) (cansarse, aburrirse) to get fed up

hartarse de algo — to get tired o sick of something, get fed up with something

hartarse de alguien — get tired of somebody, get fed up with somebody

hartarse de + inf — to get tired o sick of -ing, get fed up with -ing

me harté de que se burlara de mí — I got fed up with o I got tired of her making fun of me

2) ( llenarse)

comieron hasta hartarse — they gorged o (colloq) stuffed themselves

hartarse de algo — to gorge oneself on something, to stuff oneself with something (colloq)

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= weary.

Ex. She wearies of the constant procession of visitors, and the round of invitations and commissions, which swallow up her time.

* * *
1.
verbo transitivo

1) (cansar, fastidiar)

me hartó con sus quejas — I got tired o (colloq) sick of his complaints

2) (fam) ( llenar)

hartar a alguien a or de algo: nos hartaban a sopa they fed us on nothing but soup; lo hartaron a palos — they gave him a real beating
2.
hartarse v pron

1) (cansarse, aburrirse) to get fed up

hartarse de algo — to get tired o sick of something, get fed up with something

hartarse de alguien — get tired of somebody, get fed up with somebody

hartarse de + inf — to get tired o sick of -ing, get fed up with -ing

me harté de que se burlara de mí — I got fed up with o I got tired of her making fun of me

2) ( llenarse)

comieron hasta hartarse — they gorged o (colloq) stuffed themselves

hartarse de algo — to gorge oneself on something, to stuff oneself with something (colloq)

* * *

= weary.

Ex: She wearies of the constant procession of visitors, and the round of invitations and commissions, which swallow up her time.

* * *

hartar [A1 ]

vt

A

(cansar, fastidiar): me estás empezando a hartar con tus quejas I'm beginning to get sick o tired of your complaints, your complaints are beginning to get on my nerves

B ( fam) (llenar) hartar a algn Aor DE algo:

nos hartaban a sopa de verduras they used to give us vegetable soup until it came out of our ears ( colloq), they fed us on nothing but vegetable soup

entre los tres lo hartaron a palos the three of them gave him a real beating

■ hartarse

v pron

A (cansarse, aburrirse) to get fed up

un día se hartó y se fue one day he got fed up and left, one day he got sick o tired of it ( o of things etc) and he left

hartarse DE algo to get tired o sick OF sth, get fed up WITH sth

ya me estoy hartando de tus tonterías I'm getting tired of o sick of o fed up with your nonsense

hartarse DE algn to tire of sb, get tired OF sb, get fed up WITH sb

pronto se hartará de él she'll soon tire of him o get tired of him o get fed up with him

hartarse DE + INF to get tired o sick of -ING, get fed up WITH -ING

me harté de repetírselo I got tired o sick of telling him over and over again, I got fed up with telling him over and over again

hartarse DE QUE + SUBJ:

me harté de que se burlara de mí I got fed up with o I got tired of her making fun of me

B

(llenarse): comieron hasta hartarse they gorged themselves, they stuffed themselves ( colloq)

hartarse DEor ( Esp) A algo to gorge oneself ON sth, to stuff oneself WITH sth ( colloq)

vamos a hartarnos de mariscos y champán we're going to gorge ourselves on o stuff ourselves with shellfish and champagne

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hartar ( conjugate hartar) verbo transitivo
1 (cansar, fastidiar):
◊ me hartó con sus quejas I got tired of his complaints

2 (fam) ( llenar): nos hartaban a or de sopa they fed us on nothing but soup;
◊ lo hartaron a palos they gave him a real beating

hartarse verbo pronominal
1 (cansarse, aburrirse) to get fed up;
hartarse de algo/algn to get tired o sick of sth/sb, get fed up with sth/sb;
hartarse de hacer algo to get tired o sick of doing sth, get fed up with doing sth
2 ( llenarse): hartarse (de algo) to gorge oneself (on sth), to stuff oneself (with sth) (colloq)
hartar verbo transitivo
1 (molestar, cansar) to annoy: la escuché hasta que me hartó con tanto reproche, I listened to her until I got sick of hearing so much criticism
2 (saciar) to satiate
3 (dar en abundancia) to overwhelm [de, with]: me hartaron de comida, they made me eat too much
' hartar' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
cansar
- asquear
English:
weary

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hartar

♦ vt

1. [atiborrar] to stuff (full);

hartaron de regalos a sus nietos they showered gifts on their grandchildren;

sus detractores lo hartaron a insultos his critics showered him with insults;

los atacantes los hartaron a golpes they were very badly beaten up by the attackers

2. [fastidiar, cansar]
hartar a alguien to annoy sb, to get on sb's nerves;

me estás hartando con tantas exigencias I'm getting fed up with all your demands

♦ vi

esta comida harta mucho you can't eat a lot of this food;

esta telenovela ya está empezando a hartar this soap is beginning to get tedious

♦ See also the pronominal verb hartarse

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hartar

v/t

:

hartar a alguien con algo tire s.o. with sth;

hartar a alguien de algo give s.o. too much of sth

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hartar vt

1) : to glut, to satiate

2) fastidiar: to tire, to irritate, to annoy

♦ See also the reflexive verb hartarse

Spanish-English dictionary > hartar
7 cansar

v.

1 to tire (out).

me cansa mucho leer sin gafas I get very tired if I read without my glasses

El relato cansa a la audiencia The story tired the audience.

2 to be tiring.

esta tarea cansa mucho it's a very tiring job o task

3 to be tiresome, to get tedious, to bore, to get tiresome.

Su actitud cansa His attitude is tiresome.

4 to get tired of.

Me cansa trabajar hasta tarde I get tired of working late.

5 to be tiresome to.

Cansa trabajar tanto It is tiresome to work so much.

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cansar

► verbo transitivo

1 (causar cansancio) to tire, tire out, make tired

■ este trabajo me cansa mucho this work tires me out

■ esta letra cansa la vista this writing strains my eyes

2 (molestar) to annoy; (aburrir) to tire, bore

■ me cansan sus discursos I'm fed up with his speeches

■ ¿no te cansa ver la televisión cada día? don't you get tired of watching TV every day?

3 (tierra) to exhaust

► verbo intransitivo

1 (causar cansancio) to be tiring

■ eso que haces cansa mucho what you do is very tiring

2 (aburrir) to be boring

■ ¡cómo cansan esas clases! those clases bore me stiff!

► verbo pronominal cansarse

1 (padecer cansancio) to get tired, tire

■ se cansa enseguida she gets tired easily

2 figurado (hartarse) to get tired (de, of), get fed up (de, with)

■ me cansé de sus chistes y me fui I got tired of their jokes and I left

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verb

1) to tire

2) be tiring

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1. VT

1) (=fatigar) to tire, tire out

no canse más a la paciente con sus preguntas — don't tire the patient (out) with your questions

me cansa mucho trabajar en el jardín — I get really tired working in the garden, working in the garden really tires me out, I find working in the garden really tiring

cansar la vista — to strain one's eyes, make one's eyes tired

2) (=aburrir)

no quiero cansaros con tanta gramática — I don't want to bore you with too much grammar

me cansa ir siempre a los mismos bares — I get tired of o bored with always going to the same old bars, it's boring always going to the same old bars

3) (Agr) [+ tierra] to exhaust

2. VI

1) (=fatigar) to be tiring

conducir cansa mucho — driving is very tiring

2) (=hartar)

los niños cansan a veces — children can sometimes be tiresome o trying

3.

See:

cansarse

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1.
verbo transitivo

a) ( fatigar) to tire, tire... out, make... tired

le cansa la vista — it makes her eyes tired, it strains her eyes

b) (aburrir, hartar)

¿no te cansa oír siempre la misma música? — don't you get tired of listening to the same music all the time?
2.
cansar vi

a) ( fatigar) to be tiring

un trabajo que cansa mentalmente — a job which is mentally tiring

b) (aburrir, hartar) to get tiresome
3.
cansarse v pron

a) ( fatigarse) to tire oneself out

se le cansa la vista — her eyes get tired

b) (aburrirse, hartarse) to get bored

cansarse de algo/alguien — to get tired of something/somebody, get bored with something/somebody

cansarse de + inf — to get tired of -ing

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= wear + a little thin, fatigue, weary.

Ex. His jauntiness can wear a little thin, and the buff will be sorry there is no index, but there is much to be grateful for in this book.

Ex. Always snivelling, coughing, spitting; a stupid, tedious, ill-natured fellow, who was for ever fatiguing people.

Ex. She wearies of the constant procession of visitors, and the round of invitations and commissions, which swallow up her time.

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* cansar la vista = cause + eyestrain.

* cansarse = tire, get + tired.

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1.
verbo transitivo

a) ( fatigar) to tire, tire... out, make... tired

le cansa la vista — it makes her eyes tired, it strains her eyes

b) (aburrir, hartar)

¿no te cansa oír siempre la misma música? — don't you get tired of listening to the same music all the time?
2.
cansar vi

a) ( fatigar) to be tiring

un trabajo que cansa mentalmente — a job which is mentally tiring

b) (aburrir, hartar) to get tiresome
3.
cansarse v pron

a) ( fatigarse) to tire oneself out

se le cansa la vista — her eyes get tired

b) (aburrirse, hartarse) to get bored

cansarse de algo/alguien — to get tired of something/somebody, get bored with something/somebody

cansarse de + inf — to get tired of -ing

* * *

= wear + a little thin, fatigue, weary.

Ex: His jauntiness can wear a little thin, and the buff will be sorry there is no index, but there is much to be grateful for in this book.

Ex: Always snivelling, coughing, spitting; a stupid, tedious, ill-natured fellow, who was for ever fatiguing people.

Ex: She wearies of the constant procession of visitors, and the round of invitations and commissions, which swallow up her time.

* cansar la vista = cause + eyestrain.

* cansarse = tire, get + tired.

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cansar [A1 ]

vt

1 (fatigar) to tire, tire … out, make … tired

dar clase me cansa mucho I find teaching really tiring, teaching really tires me out

le cansa la vista it makes her eyes tired o it strains her eyes

2

(aburrir, hartar): ¿no te cansa oír siempre la misma música? don't you get tired of listening to the same music all the time?

3 ‹tierra› to exhaust

■ cansar

vi

1 (fatigar) to be tiring

un trabajo que cansa mentalmente a job which is mentally tiring

2 (aburrir, hartar) to get tiresome

■ cansarse

v pron

1 (fatigarse) to tire oneself out

se le cansa la vista her eyes get tired

2 (aburrirse, hartarse) to get bored

se cansó y dejó de asistir a las clases she got bored and stopped going to the classes o she got tired of the classes and stopped going

cansarse DE algo/algn to get tired OF sth/sb, get bored WITH sth/sb, tire OF sth/sb cansarse DE + INF to get tired OF -ING, tire OF -ING

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cansar ( conjugate cansar) verbo transitivo
a) ( fatigar) to tire, tire … out;

◊ le cansa la vista it makes her eyes tired, it strains her eyes

b) ( aburrir):

◊ ¿no te cansa oír la misma música? don't you get tired of listening to the same music?

verbo intransitivo
a) ( fatigar) to be tiring

b) ( aburrir) to get tiresome

cansarse verbo pronominal
a) ( fatigarse) to tire oneself out;

◊ se le cansa la vista her eyes get tired

b) ( aburrirse) to get bored;

cansarse de algo/algn to get tired of sth/sb, get bored with sth/sb, cansarse de hacer algo to get tired of doing sth
cansar
I verbo transitivo
1 to tire
2 (hartar, aburrir) to get tired: tus quejas me cansan, I'm getting tired of your complaints
II verbo intransitivo
1 (agotar las fuerzas) to be tiring
2 (hartar, aburrir) to get tiresome
' cansar' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
hartar
- machacar
- agotar
English:
pall
- strain
- tire
- weary

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cansar

♦ vt

1. [producir cansancio] to tire (out);

me cansa mucho leer sin gafas I get very tired if I read without my glasses

2. [tierra] to exhaust

♦ vi

to be tiring;

esta tarea cansa mucho it's a very tiring job o task;

la misma música todos los días acaba por cansar the same music every day gets a bit wearying, you get tired of hearing the same music every day

♦ See also the pronominal verb cansarse

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cansar

v/t

1 tire

2 ( aburrir) bore

* * *

cansar vt

fatigar: to wear out, to tire

cansar vi

: to be tiresome

♦ See also the reflexive verb cansarse

* * *

cansar vb

1. (fatigar) to tire / to tire out

me cansa bailar toda la noche dancing all night tires me out

2. (causar cansancio) to be tiring

subir escaleras cansa mucho going up stairs is very tiring

3. (aburrir) to tire / to bore

le cansa ver la televisión watching television bores her

Spanish-English dictionary > cansar
8 como

adv.

1 as.

lo he hecho como es debido I did it as o the way it should be done

me encanta como bailas I love the way you dance

lo hagamos como lo hagamos habrá problemas whichever way we do it there'll be problems

2 as.

como te decía ayer… as I was telling you yesterday…

3 as.

trabaja como bombero he works as a fireman

dieron el dinero como anticipo they gave the money as an advance

4 about (aproximadamente).

me quedan como mil pesos I've got about a thousand pesos left

estamos como a mitad de camino we're about half-way there

tiene un sabor como a naranja it tastes a bit like an orange

5 like, as, such as, qua.

6 how, in which way.

7 some.

Pesa como cien libras It weighs some hundred pounds.

conj.

1 as, since (ya que).

como no llegabas, nos fuimos as o since you didn't arrive, we left

2 if (si). (peninsular Spanish)

como no me hagas caso, lo pasarás mal if you don't listen to me, there will be trouble

3 that (que).

después de tantas veces como te lo he explicado after all the times (that) I've explained it to you

prep.

1 like, as, just like, such as.

Te di esto en condición de préstamo I gave this to you as a loan.

2 as to.

3 how to.

pres.indicat.

1^st person singular (yo) present indicative of spanish verb: comer.

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como

► adverbio

1 (modo) how

■ así fue como nos encontramos this is how we met

■ lo hizo como quiso he did it the way he wanted to

2 (comparación) as, like

■ negro como la noche as dark as night

■ camina como su madre he walks like his mother

■ hablas como un político you talk like a politician

3 (en calidad de) as

■ como director as director

■ como invitado as a guest

4 (según) as

■ como dice tu amigo as your friend says

5 familiar (aproximadamente) about

■ había como unos cien there were about a hundred

► conjunción

1 (así que) as

■ como llegaban se presentaban they introduced themselves as they arrived

2 (si) if

■ como lo vuelvas a hacer... if you do it again...

3 (porque) as, since

■ como llegamos tarde no pudimos entrar since we arrived late we couldn't get in

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FRASEOLOGÍA

como quiera que (no importa cómo) however 2 (ya que) since, as, inasmuch as

como no sea que unless

como sea whatever happens, no matter what

como si lo viera familiar I can imagine perfectly well

como si nada / como si tal cosa as if nothing had happened

hacer como quien to pretend to +inf

■ hizo como quien estaba enfermo he pretended to be ill

hacer como si to pretend to +inf

■ hace como si no viese nada he's pretending not to see anything

tanto como eso no familiar not as much as that

* * *
1. conj.
1) as

2) like

3) if

4) since, given that
2. prep.
as, like

* * *

1. ADV

1) [indicando semejanza] like

tienen un perro como el nuestro — they've got a dog like ours

se portó como un imbécil — he behaved like an idiot

es como un pez — it's like a fish

juega como yo — he plays like me o like I do

como este hay pocos — there are few like this o him

sabe como a queso — it tastes a bit like cheese

blanco como la nieve — as white as snow

tuvo resultados como no se habían conocido antes — it had results such as had never been known before

2) [introduciendo ejemplo] such as

hay peces, como truchas y salmones — there are fish, such as trout and salmon

tiene ventajas, como son la resistencia y durabilidad — it has advantages, such as o like strength and durability

3) [indicando modo]

a) + indic

lo hice como me habían enseñado — I did it as I had been taught

hazlo como te dijo ella — do it like * o the way she told you

toca como canta — she plays like * o the same way as she sings

no es como me lo imaginaba — it isn't as o like * I imagined it

prefiero como lo haces tú — I prefer it the way you do it

la manera como sucedió — the way (in which) it happened

fue así como comenzó — that was how it began

lo levanté como pude — I lifted it as best I could

• tal como, tal como lo había planeado — just as o the way I had planned it

b) + subjun

hazlo como quieras — do it however you want o like

hazlo como puedas — do your best, do the best you can

• como sea — at all costs

tratan de mantenerse en el poder como sea — they will do whatever it takes to stay in power

está decidido a salvar como sea la vida del niño — he's determined to do whatever it takes to save the child's life

sea como sea — in any case

hay que evitar que nos eliminen sea como sea — we must avoid getting knocked out at all costs

4) (=en calidad de) as

lo usé como cuchara — I used it as a spoon

asistió como espectador — he attended as a spectator

lo dice como juez — he says it speaking as a judge

vale más como poeta — he is better as a poet

5) (=más o menos) about, around

había como cincuenta — there were about o around fifty

vino como a las dos — he came at about o around two

sentía como tristeza — she felt a sort o kind of sadness

6) [con valor causal]

libre como estaba — free as he was

2. CONJ

1) + indic (=ya que) as, since

como no tenía dinero — as o since I had no money

2) + indic (=según) as

como dice mi profesor — as my teacher says

como se ve en el gráfico — as you can see from the diagram

• tal (y) como están las cosas — the way things are, as things stand

tal como están los precios de las motos... — with motorbike prices as they are at the moment...

3) + indic (=cuando) as soon as

así como nos vio lanzó un grito — as soon as he saw us he shouted

4) + indic
(=que)
verás como les ganamos — we'll beat them, you'll see

ya verás como no vienen — I bet they won't come

• de tanto como, tienen las manos doloridas de tanto como aplaudieron — they clapped so much their hands hurt

de tanto como odio a los dos, no sé a quien odio más — I hate them both so much, I don't know which I hate the most

5) + subjun (=si) if

como vengas tarde, no comes — if you're late you'll get nothing to eat

como sea cierto, ¡estamos perdidos! — if it's true, we're done for!

¡como lo pierdas! — you'd better not lose it!, don't you lose it!

• como no, como no lo haga en seguida... — if he doesn't do it at once..., unless he does it at once...

no salimos, como no sea para ir al cine — we only go out if it's to go to the cinema, we don't go out unless it's to go to the cinema

6)

• como que — as if

¡como que yo soy tonto y me creo esas mentiras! — as if I was stupid enough to believe lies like that!

¡como que te van a pagar! — don't tell me they're going to pay you!

hizo como que no nos veía — he pretended not to see us

al tragar nota como que le molesta — he shows discomfort when swallowing

7)

• como si — as if, as though

siguió leyendo, como si no hubiera oído nada — he kept on reading, as if o as though he hadn't heard

sentí como si fuera a caerme — I felt as if o as though I was about to fall

como si no hubiera pasado nada — as if o as though nothing had happened

se comporta como si me odiara — he behaves as if o as though he hated me

como si fuera a llover — as if o as though it was going to rain

8)

• como para, ¡es como para denunciarlos! — it's enough to make you want to report them to the police!

tampoco es como para enfadarse tanto — there's no need to get so angry about it

9) CAm, Méx

a como dé o diera lugar — at any cost
así 1., 5), pronto 1., 4), querer 2., 1)
* * *
I
preposición

1)

a) ( en calidad de) as

quiero hablarte como amigo — I want to speak to you as a friend

el director tendrá como funciones... — the director's duties will be...

está considerado como lo mejor — he's considered (to be) the best

b) ( con el nombre de) as

se la conoce como `flor de luz' — it's known as `flor de luz'

c) ( por ejemplo) like

en algunos lugares como Londres — in some places such as o like London

2) (en comparaciones, contrastes) like

uno como el tuyo — one like yours

pienso como tú — I agree with you

fue ella, como que me llamo Beatriz — it was her, as sure as my name's Beatriz

bailó como nunca — she danced as o like she'd never danced before

me trata como a un imbécil — he treats me like an idiot

no hay nada como un buen coñac! — there's nothing like a good brandy!

como para + inf: es como para echarse a llorar it's enough to make you want to cry; fue como para pegarle — I could have hit him

3) (en locs)

así como — (frml) as well as

como él solo/ella sola: es egoísta como él solo he's so o he's incredibly selfish!; como mucho/poco at (the) most/at least; como nadie: cocina como nadie nobody cooks like her; como que...: conduce muy bien - como que es piloto de carreras he drives very well - well, he is a racing driver, after all; y no me lo dijiste - como que no lo sabía! and you didn't tell me about it - that's because I didn't know about it!; como ser (CS) such as, for example; como si (+ subj) as if, as though; ella está grave y él como si nada or como si tal cosa — she's seriously ill and he doesn't seem at all o in the least worried
II
conjunción

1) ( de la manera que) as

tal como había prometido — just as he had promised

como era de esperar — as was to be expected

como dice el refrán — as the saying goes

no me gustó como lo dijo — I didn't like the way she said it

(tal y) como están las cosas — as things stand; (+ subj)

hazlo como quieras/como puedas — do it any way you like/as best as you can

no voy - como quieras — I'm not going - please yourself o as you like

como quiera que sea — no matter what

la buganvilla, o como quiera que se llame — bougainvillea or whatever it's called

2) ( puesto que) as, since

como era temprano, nos fuimos a dar una vuelta — since o as it was early, we went for a walk

3) (si) (+ subj) if

como te pille... — if I catch you...

4) ( en oraciones concesivas)

cansado como estaba, me ayudó — tired though o tired as he was, he helped me

5) ( que)

vimos como se los llevaban — we saw them being taken away

vas a ver como llega tarde — he'll be late, you'll see
III
adverbio

1) ( expresando aproximación) about

está como a cincuenta kilómetros — it's about fifty kilometers away

un sabor como a almendras — a kind of almondy taste

2) ( uso expletivo) kind of (colloq)

me da como vergüenza... — I find it kind of embarrassing...

* * *

= as, by way of, for the purpose of + Nombre, how, in the guise of, just as, like, qua, much as, as a kind of, as serving as, along the lines of, in + Posesivo + capacity as, such as, kind of like.

Ex. This scheme aims for a more helpful order than the major schemes, by following the groupings of subjects as they are taught in schools.

Ex. An annotation is a note added to the title and/or other bibliographic information concerning a document, by way of comment or explanation.

Ex. Taking the second situation for the purpose of illustration, there are four options for choice of title.

Ex. Inevitably any abridgement poses the dilemma how to abridge, that is, what to leave out and what to include.

Ex. Further, these indexers are probably so familiar with their subject area that, they whether in the guise of indexer or searcher, will profit little from any additional guides to relationships.

Ex. Just as Ivan finds that by taking pleasure in an extra piece of food he makes survival possible and beats Stalin and his jailors at heir own game.

Ex. Thus, the computer-held term record files are most suitable for applications like Selective Dissemination of Information (SDI) systems.

Ex. Such a concept came as a great surprise to many information educators who rather dismissively regarded the information qua information field of activity as being too limited.

Ex. More studies are needed to identify the full temporal effects of the personal computer, much as they did for television.

Ex. In a way, it is acting as a kind of bridge between the two, permitting traffic both ways where once there was a divide.

Ex. 45 libraries have been unofficially recognised by librarians as serving as model children's libraries.

Ex. The author considers the possibility of a shift from libraries to personal information service along the lines of the shift that has occured from public to private transport.

Ex. Strange that so helpful and charming a person in his capacity as a librarian could behave so monstrously; but behave thus he did.

Ex. Indicative abstracts abound in phrases such as 'is discussed' or 'has been surveyed', but do not record the outcome of the discussion or survey.

Ex. It's kind of like trumping in public -- You simply do not do it!.

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* ¡cómo se nota que no está el jefe! = while the cat's away, the mice will play.

* aducir como evidencia = adduce as + evidence.

* algo así como = something like.

* añádase cómo = expand like.

* así como = as, as well as.

* así como así = just like that.

* así como... de igual modo... = just as... so....

* así es como = this is how.

* así es como es = that's how it is.

* caer como moscas = drop like + flies.

* como aclaración = in parenthesis.

* como algo natural = as a matter of course.

* como algo normal = as a matter of course.

* como algo opuesto a = as against.

* como algo residual = residually.

* como alternativa = as an alternative.

* como anillo al dedo = just the ticket, the right twigs for an eagle's nest, perfect fit, perfect match, that's the ticket!.

* como antes = as before.

* como apoyo a = in support of.

* como barcos que se cruzan (en la noche) = like passing ships (in the night).

* como barcos que se cruzan (en la oscuridad) = like passing ships (in the night).

* como base para = as a basis for.

* como cabe esperar = unsurprisingly, as one might expect, as expected.

* como cabía esperar = as expected.

* como cabría esperar = as might be expected, as one might expect.

* como cabría suponer = as might be expected.

* como consecuencia = on this basis, on that basis, in doing so, in consequence, in accordance.

* como consecuencia (de) = as a result (of), in the wake of, as a consequence (of).

* cómo conseguir = obtainability.

* como con todo en la vida = as with everything in life.

* como contrapartida = in return.

* como cooperativa = collegially.

* como corresponde = fittingly.

* como corresponde a = as befits.

* como cuando + Indicativo = as in + Gerundio.

* como de costumbre = as usual, as always, according to normal practice.

* cómo demonios = how on earth.

* como dice el dicho = as the saying goes, so the saying goes.

* como dice el refrán = as the saying goes, so the saying goes.

* como diferente a = as distinct from.

* cómo disponer de (algo) = disposition.

* como dos gotas de agua = as alike as two peas in a pod, like two peas in a pod.

* como ejemplo = as an example, by way of illustration.

* como el cuero = leathery.

* como el desierto = desert-like.

* como el día y la noche = worlds apart, like oil and water, like chalk and cheese, like apples and oranges.

* como el fuego = like wildfire.

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

* como en casa = like home (away) from home.

* como en casa no se está en ningún sitio = there's no place like home.

* como en el caso de = as with, just as for, as in the case of.

* como era de esperar = as expected.

* como es debido = fittingly.

* como es de esperar = predictably, not surprisingly, as expected.

* como es el caso de = as it is with, as with.

* como es habitual = as always.

* como es natural = not unnaturally.

* como es normal = as always.

* como esto = like this.

* como fecha final = at the very latest.

* como forma de vida = as a way of life.

* como grogui = drowsily, groggily.

* como grupo = collectively.

* como guía = for guidance.

* como la noche y el día = like oil and water, worlds apart, like chalk and cheese, like apples and oranges.

* como la pólvora = like wildfire.

* como las ardillas = squirrel-like.

* como las empresas = business-like.

* como loca = like a madwoman.

* como loco = like hell, like crazy, like mad, like a lunatic, like a madman.

* como medida de seguridad = as a backup.

* como medida provisional = as an interim measure.

* como medida temporal = as an interim measure.

* como medida transitoria = as an interim measure.

* como mejor + poder = as best + Pronombre + can.

* como mínimo = at least, conservatively, at a minimum.

* como mínimo hasta que = minimally until.

* como mucho = at best, at most, if at all, at the most, at the very latest.

* como muestra de agradecimiento = as a token of thanks.

* como muestra de + Posesivo + agradecimiento = as a token of + Posesivo + appreciation.

* como muestra de + Posesivo + gratitud = as a token of + Posesivo + gratitude.

* como muy tarde = at the latest.

* como norma = as a rule, as a matter of policy.

* como norma general = as a rule of thumb, as a general rule, as a general rule of thumb, as a rough guide.

* cómo nos las ingeniamos para... = how in the world....

* como nota al margen = on a sidenote.

* como nuevo = in mint condition, in tip-top condition, in tip-top form.

* como ocurre en estos casos = as is the way with these things.

* como + ocurrir + en el caso de = as + be + the case for.

* como opuesto a = as distinct from, as opposed to.

* como otra posibilidad = as an alternative.

* ¡como para creérselo! = Posesivo + famous last words.

* como parásito = parasitically.

* como persona que = as one who.

* como pez fuera del agua = like a fish out of water.

* como polo opuesto = by polar contrast.

* como por arte de magia = magically, into thin air.

* como por ejemplo = such as, to the effect of.

* como por encanto = magically.

* como poseído = as one possessed.

* como preámbulo de = as a preamble to.

* como primera elección = as a first preference.

* como prueba de = as a token of, as a sign of.

* como prueba de agradecimiento = as a token of thanks.

* como prueba de + Posesivo + agradecimiento = as a token of + Posesivo + appreciation.

* como prueba de + Posesivo + gratitud = as a token of + Posesivo + gratitude.

* como pruebas = in evidence, in evidence.

* como quiera que + Verbo = however + Verbo.

* como quieras llamarlo = whatever you call it.

* como reconocimiento a = in recognition of.

* como respuesta a = in reply to, in response to.

* como resultado = in consequence, on this basis, on that basis, in doing so.

* como resultado (de) = as a consequence (of).

* como salido de fábrica = in mint condition.

* como segunda alternativa = as a backup.

* como se indicó en = as was pointed out in.

* como señal de agradecimiento = as a token of thanks.

* como señal de + Posesivo + agradecimiento = as a token of + Posesivo + appreciation.

* como señal de + Posesivo + gratitud = as a token of + Posesivo + gratitude.

* cómo + ser = what + be like.

* como si = as though.

* como si dijéramos = as it were.

* como siempre = as always.

* como si fuese = as it were.

* como siga así = at this rate.

* como sigue = as follows.

* como símbolo de = as a token of, as a sign of.

* como si nada = be right as rain, unfazed.

* como si no hubiera mañana = like there's no tomorrow.

* como si + Pronombre + fuese la vida en ello = like there's no tomorrow.

* como si se acabara el mundo = like there's no tomorrow.

* como si se fuese a acabar el mundo = like there's no tomorrow.

* como si se + Pronombre + hubiera tragado la tierra = into thin air.

* como si (se tratase de) = as if.

* como si tal cosa = be right as rain, unfazed, just like that.

* como sustituto de = in place of.

* como tal = as such, in this capacity, qua.

* como término medio = on average.

* como todo un caballero = sportingly.

* como último recurso = as a last resort, in the last resort.

* como una aguja en un pajar = like a needle in a haystack.

* como una balsa de aceite = like a millpond, calm like a millpond.

* como una cabra = stark raving mad, raving mad.

* como una cebolla = onion-like.

* como una condenada = like a madwoman.

* como una descosida = like a madwoman.

* como una forma de = as a means of.

* como una metralladora = quick-fire.

* como un basilisco = like a bear with a sore head.

* como un bobo = stupidly.

* como un bólido = like the clappers.

* como un campo de batalla = like a war zone.

* como un cencerro = barking mad, raving mad, stark raving mad.

* como un condenado = like the clappers, like crazy, like mad, like a lunatic, like a madman, as one possessed.

* como un descosido = like a lunatic, like a madman, as one possessed.

* como un detective = detectivelike, sleuthlike.

* como un elefante en una cacharrería = like an elephant in a china shop.

* como un energúmeno = like a bear with a sore head.

* como un estúpido = stupidly.

* como un experto = expertly.

* como un glaciar = glacially.

* como unidad global = as a whole.

* como un idiota = stupidly.

* como un loca = like a madwoman.

* como un loco = like crazy, like mad, like a lunatic, madly, like a madman.

* como un método para = as a means of.

* como un modo de = as a way of.

* como un necio = stupidly.

* como un observador que pasa desapercibido = fly-on-the-wall, fly-on-the-wall.

* cómo uno se identifica a sí mismo = self-identification.

* como un platillo = saucer-like.

* como un poseído = as one possessed.

* como un rayo = in a flash.

* como un reguero de pólvora = like wildfire.

* como un relámpago = like greased lightning, like the clappers.

* como un reloj = as regular as clockwork, like clockwork.

* como un televisor = television-type.

* como un todo = as a whole.

* como un tonto = stupidly, foolishly.

* como un torpe = foolishly.

* como un zombi = zombielike.

* como vivir en un escaparate = like being in a (gold)fish bowl.

* como + Voz Pasiva = as + Participio Pasado.

* como y cuando = as and when.

* como y cuando sea + Adjetivo = as + Adjetivo.

* comportarse como se espera = be a sport.

* con el mismo + Nombre + como el que... = as + Adverbio + as....

* conocerse como = be known as.

* dar como resultado = result (in).

* de cómo = as to how.

* durante tanto tiempo como sea posible = for as long as possible.

* el modo como = the way in which.

* el problema no es el qué, sino el cómo = the devil (is/lives) in the details.

* frase como encabezamiento = phrase heading.

* llegar a ser conocido como = become + known as.

* mantenerse como válido = hold up.

* nada menos que + Nombre + tan + Adjetivo + como = no less + Adjetivo + Nombre + than.

* no + haber + nada como = there + be + nothing like.

* ofrecerse como voluntario = volunteer.

* para colmo = on top of everything else.

* plan de cómo disponer de Algo = disposition instruction.

* proponer como principio = posit.

* sea como sea = be that as it may, at all costs, at any cost.

* seleccionar como relevante = hit.

* ser como hablar con la pared = be like talking to a brick wall.

* ser tan buen momento como cualquier otro = be as good a time as any.

* ser un momento tan bueno como cualquier otro = be as good a time as any.

* tal como = such as, such + Nombre + as, just as.

* tal y como aparece = as it/they stand(s).

* tal y como es/son = as it/they stand(s).

* tal y como + ser = in + Posesivo + true colours.

* tan + Adjetivo + como = as + Adjetivo + as, every bit as + Adjetivo + as.

* tan + Adjetivo + como de costumbre = as + Adjetivo + as ever.

* tan + Adjetivo + como siempre = as + Adjetivo + as ever.

* tan pronto como = as soon as, just as soon as, no sooner... than.

* tan pronto como sea posible = as soon as possible (asap).

* tanto como = as many... as..., as much as + Adjetivo, both... and..., no less than, equally, if not, so much as.

* tanto como siempre = as much as ever.

* tener como equivalente = have + counterpart.

* tener como motivo central = plan around + Nombre.

* tener como objetivo = have + as + Posesivo + objective.

* tomar como ejemplo = take.

* un poco como = kind of like.

* * *
I
preposición

1)

a) ( en calidad de) as

quiero hablarte como amigo — I want to speak to you as a friend

el director tendrá como funciones... — the director's duties will be...

está considerado como lo mejor — he's considered (to be) the best

b) ( con el nombre de) as

se la conoce como `flor de luz' — it's known as `flor de luz'

c) ( por ejemplo) like

en algunos lugares como Londres — in some places such as o like London

2) (en comparaciones, contrastes) like

uno como el tuyo — one like yours

pienso como tú — I agree with you

fue ella, como que me llamo Beatriz — it was her, as sure as my name's Beatriz

bailó como nunca — she danced as o like she'd never danced before

me trata como a un imbécil — he treats me like an idiot

no hay nada como un buen coñac! — there's nothing like a good brandy!

como para + inf: es como para echarse a llorar it's enough to make you want to cry; fue como para pegarle — I could have hit him

3) (en locs)

así como — (frml) as well as

como él solo/ella sola: es egoísta como él solo he's so o he's incredibly selfish!; como mucho/poco at (the) most/at least; como nadie: cocina como nadie nobody cooks like her; como que...: conduce muy bien - como que es piloto de carreras he drives very well - well, he is a racing driver, after all; y no me lo dijiste - como que no lo sabía! and you didn't tell me about it - that's because I didn't know about it!; como ser (CS) such as, for example; como si (+ subj) as if, as though; ella está grave y él como si nada or como si tal cosa — she's seriously ill and he doesn't seem at all o in the least worried
II
conjunción

1) ( de la manera que) as

tal como había prometido — just as he had promised

como era de esperar — as was to be expected

como dice el refrán — as the saying goes

no me gustó como lo dijo — I didn't like the way she said it

(tal y) como están las cosas — as things stand; (+ subj)

hazlo como quieras/como puedas — do it any way you like/as best as you can

no voy - como quieras — I'm not going - please yourself o as you like

como quiera que sea — no matter what

la buganvilla, o como quiera que se llame — bougainvillea or whatever it's called

2) ( puesto que) as, since

como era temprano, nos fuimos a dar una vuelta — since o as it was early, we went for a walk

3) (si) (+ subj) if

como te pille... — if I catch you...

4) ( en oraciones concesivas)

cansado como estaba, me ayudó — tired though o tired as he was, he helped me

5) ( que)

vimos como se los llevaban — we saw them being taken away

vas a ver como llega tarde — he'll be late, you'll see
III
adverbio

1) ( expresando aproximación) about

está como a cincuenta kilómetros — it's about fifty kilometers away

un sabor como a almendras — a kind of almondy taste

2) ( uso expletivo) kind of (colloq)

me da como vergüenza... — I find it kind of embarrassing...

* * *

= as, by way of, for the purpose of + Nombre, how, in the guise of, just as, like, qua, much as, as a kind of, as serving as, along the lines of, in + Posesivo + capacity as, such as, kind of like.

Ex: This scheme aims for a more helpful order than the major schemes, by following the groupings of subjects as they are taught in schools.

Ex: An annotation is a note added to the title and/or other bibliographic information concerning a document, by way of comment or explanation.

Ex: Taking the second situation for the purpose of illustration, there are four options for choice of title.

Ex: Inevitably any abridgement poses the dilemma how to abridge, that is, what to leave out and what to include.

Ex: Further, these indexers are probably so familiar with their subject area that, they whether in the guise of indexer or searcher, will profit little from any additional guides to relationships.

Ex: Just as Ivan finds that by taking pleasure in an extra piece of food he makes survival possible and beats Stalin and his jailors at heir own game.

Ex: Thus, the computer-held term record files are most suitable for applications like Selective Dissemination of Information (SDI) systems.

Ex: Such a concept came as a great surprise to many information educators who rather dismissively regarded the information qua information field of activity as being too limited.

Ex: More studies are needed to identify the full temporal effects of the personal computer, much as they did for television.

Ex: In a way, it is acting as a kind of bridge between the two, permitting traffic both ways where once there was a divide.

Ex: 45 libraries have been unofficially recognised by librarians as serving as model children's libraries.

Ex: The author considers the possibility of a shift from libraries to personal information service along the lines of the shift that has occured from public to private transport.

Ex: Strange that so helpful and charming a person in his capacity as a librarian could behave so monstrously; but behave thus he did.

Ex: Indicative abstracts abound in phrases such as 'is discussed' or 'has been surveyed', but do not record the outcome of the discussion or survey.

Ex: It's kind of like trumping in public -- You simply do not do it!.

* ¡cómo se nota que no está el jefe! = while the cat's away, the mice will play.

* aducir como evidencia = adduce as + evidence.

* algo así como = something like.

* añádase cómo = expand like.

* así como = as, as well as.

* así como así = just like that.

* así como... de igual modo... = just as... so....

* así es como = this is how.

* así es como es = that's how it is.

* caer como moscas = drop like + flies.

* como aclaración = in parenthesis.

* como algo natural = as a matter of course.

* como algo normal = as a matter of course.

* como algo opuesto a = as against.

* como algo residual = residually.

* como alternativa = as an alternative.

* como anillo al dedo = just the ticket, the right twigs for an eagle's nest, perfect fit, perfect match, that's the ticket!.

* como antes = as before.

* como apoyo a = in support of.

* como barcos que se cruzan (en la noche) = like passing ships (in the night).

* como barcos que se cruzan (en la oscuridad) = like passing ships (in the night).

* como base para = as a basis for.

* como cabe esperar = unsurprisingly, as one might expect, as expected.

* como cabía esperar = as expected.

* como cabría esperar = as might be expected, as one might expect.

* como cabría suponer = as might be expected.

* como consecuencia = on this basis, on that basis, in doing so, in consequence, in accordance.

* como consecuencia (de) = as a result (of), in the wake of, as a consequence (of).

* cómo conseguir = obtainability.

* como con todo en la vida = as with everything in life.

* como contrapartida = in return.

* como cooperativa = collegially.

* como corresponde = fittingly.

* como corresponde a = as befits.

* como cuando + Indicativo = as in + Gerundio.

* como de costumbre = as usual, as always, according to normal practice.

* cómo demonios = how on earth.

* como dice el dicho = as the saying goes, so the saying goes.

* como dice el refrán = as the saying goes, so the saying goes.

* como diferente a = as distinct from.

* cómo disponer de (algo) = disposition.

* como dos gotas de agua = as alike as two peas in a pod, like two peas in a pod.

* como ejemplo = as an example, by way of illustration.

* como el cuero = leathery.

* como el desierto = desert-like.

* como el día y la noche = worlds apart, like oil and water, like chalk and cheese, like apples and oranges.

* como el fuego = like wildfire.

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

* como en casa = like home (away) from home.

* como en casa no se está en ningún sitio = there's no place like home.

* como en el caso de = as with, just as for, as in the case of.

* como era de esperar = as expected.

* como es debido = fittingly.

* como es de esperar = predictably, not surprisingly, as expected.

* como es el caso de = as it is with, as with.

* como es habitual = as always.

* como es natural = not unnaturally.

* como es normal = as always.

* como esto = like this.

* como fecha final = at the very latest.

* como forma de vida = as a way of life.

* como grogui = drowsily, groggily.

* como grupo = collectively.

* como guía = for guidance.

* como la noche y el día = like oil and water, worlds apart, like chalk and cheese, like apples and oranges.

* como la pólvora = like wildfire.

* como las ardillas = squirrel-like.

* como las empresas = business-like.

* como loca = like a madwoman.

* como loco = like hell, like crazy, like mad, like a lunatic, like a madman.

* como medida de seguridad = as a backup.

* como medida provisional = as an interim measure.

* como medida temporal = as an interim measure.

* como medida transitoria = as an interim measure.

* como mejor + poder = as best + Pronombre + can.

* como mínimo = at least, conservatively, at a minimum.

* como mínimo hasta que = minimally until.

* como mucho = at best, at most, if at all, at the most, at the very latest.

* como muestra de agradecimiento = as a token of thanks.

* como muestra de + Posesivo + agradecimiento = as a token of + Posesivo + appreciation.

* como muestra de + Posesivo + gratitud = as a token of + Posesivo + gratitude.

* como muy tarde = at the latest.

* como norma = as a rule, as a matter of policy.

* como norma general = as a rule of thumb, as a general rule, as a general rule of thumb, as a rough guide.

* cómo nos las ingeniamos para... = how in the world....

* como nota al margen = on a sidenote.

* como nuevo = in mint condition, in tip-top condition, in tip-top form.

* como ocurre en estos casos = as is the way with these things.

* como + ocurrir + en el caso de = as + be + the case for.

* como opuesto a = as distinct from, as opposed to.

* como otra posibilidad = as an alternative.

* ¡como para creérselo! = Posesivo + famous last words.

* como parásito = parasitically.

* como persona que = as one who.

* como pez fuera del agua = like a fish out of water.

* como polo opuesto = by polar contrast.

* como por arte de magia = magically, into thin air.

* como por ejemplo = such as, to the effect of.

* como por encanto = magically.

* como poseído = as one possessed.

* como preámbulo de = as a preamble to.

* como primera elección = as a first preference.

* como prueba de = as a token of, as a sign of.

* como prueba de agradecimiento = as a token of thanks.

* como prueba de + Posesivo + agradecimiento = as a token of + Posesivo + appreciation.

* como prueba de + Posesivo + gratitud = as a token of + Posesivo + gratitude.

* como pruebas = in evidence, in evidence.

* como quiera que + Verbo = however + Verbo.

* como quieras llamarlo = whatever you call it.

* como reconocimiento a = in recognition of.

* como respuesta a = in reply to, in response to.

* como resultado = in consequence, on this basis, on that basis, in doing so.

* como resultado (de) = as a consequence (of).

* como salido de fábrica = in mint condition.

* como segunda alternativa = as a backup.

* como se indicó en = as was pointed out in.

* como señal de agradecimiento = as a token of thanks.

* como señal de + Posesivo + agradecimiento = as a token of + Posesivo + appreciation.

* como señal de + Posesivo + gratitud = as a token of + Posesivo + gratitude.

* cómo + ser = what + be like.

* como si = as though.

* como si dijéramos = as it were.

* como siempre = as always.

* como si fuese = as it were.

* como siga así = at this rate.

* como sigue = as follows.

* como símbolo de = as a token of, as a sign of.

* como si nada = be right as rain, unfazed.

* como si no hubiera mañana = like there's no tomorrow.

* como si + Pronombre + fuese la vida en ello = like there's no tomorrow.

* como si se acabara el mundo = like there's no tomorrow.

* como si se fuese a acabar el mundo = like there's no tomorrow.

* como si se + Pronombre + hubiera tragado la tierra = into thin air.

* como si (se tratase de) = as if.

* como si tal cosa = be right as rain, unfazed, just like that.

* como sustituto de = in place of.

* como tal = as such, in this capacity, qua.

* como término medio = on average.

* como todo un caballero = sportingly.

* como último recurso = as a last resort, in the last resort.

* como una aguja en un pajar = like a needle in a haystack.

* como una balsa de aceite = like a millpond, calm like a millpond.

* como una cabra = stark raving mad, raving mad.

* como una cebolla = onion-like.

* como una condenada = like a madwoman.

* como una descosida = like a madwoman.

* como una forma de = as a means of.

* como una metralladora = quick-fire.

* como un basilisco = like a bear with a sore head.

* como un bobo = stupidly.

* como un bólido = like the clappers.

* como un campo de batalla = like a war zone.

* como un cencerro = barking mad, raving mad, stark raving mad.

* como un condenado = like the clappers, like crazy, like mad, like a lunatic, like a madman, as one possessed.

* como un descosido = like a lunatic, like a madman, as one possessed.

* como un detective = detectivelike, sleuthlike.

* como un elefante en una cacharrería = like an elephant in a china shop.

* como un energúmeno = like a bear with a sore head.

* como un estúpido = stupidly.

* como un experto = expertly.

* como un glaciar = glacially.

* como unidad global = as a whole.

* como un idiota = stupidly.

* como un loca = like a madwoman.

* como un loco = like crazy, like mad, like a lunatic, madly, like a madman.

* como un método para = as a means of.

* como un modo de = as a way of.

* como un necio = stupidly.

* como un observador que pasa desapercibido = fly-on-the-wall, fly-on-the-wall.

* cómo uno se identifica a sí mismo = self-identification.

* como un platillo = saucer-like.

* como un poseído = as one possessed.

* como un rayo = in a flash.

* como un reguero de pólvora = like wildfire.

* como un relámpago = like greased lightning, like the clappers.

* como un reloj = as regular as clockwork, like clockwork.

* como un televisor = television-type.

* como un todo = as a whole.

* como un tonto = stupidly, foolishly.

* como un torpe = foolishly.

* como un zombi = zombielike.

* como vivir en un escaparate = like being in a (gold)fish bowl.

* como + Voz Pasiva = as + Participio Pasado.

* como y cuando = as and when.

* como y cuando sea + Adjetivo = as + Adjetivo.

* comportarse como se espera = be a sport.

* con el mismo + Nombre + como el que... = as + Adverbio + as....

* conocerse como = be known as.

* dar como resultado = result (in).

* de cómo = as to how.

* durante tanto tiempo como sea posible = for as long as possible.

* el modo como = the way in which.

* el problema no es el qué, sino el cómo = the devil (is/lives) in the details.

* frase como encabezamiento = phrase heading.

* llegar a ser conocido como = become + known as.

* mantenerse como válido = hold up.

* nada menos que + Nombre + tan + Adjetivo + como = no less + Adjetivo + Nombre + than.

* no + haber + nada como = there + be + nothing like.

* ofrecerse como voluntario = volunteer.

* para colmo = on top of everything else.

* plan de cómo disponer de Algo = disposition instruction.

* proponer como principio = posit.

* sea como sea = be that as it may, at all costs, at any cost.

* seleccionar como relevante = hit.

* ser como hablar con la pared = be like talking to a brick wall.

* ser tan buen momento como cualquier otro = be as good a time as any.

* ser un momento tan bueno como cualquier otro = be as good a time as any.

* tal como = such as, such + Nombre + as, just as.

* tal y como aparece = as it/they stand(s).

* tal y como es/son = as it/they stand(s).

* tal y como + ser = in + Posesivo + true colours.

* tan + Adjetivo + como = as + Adjetivo + as, every bit as + Adjetivo + as.

* tan + Adjetivo + como de costumbre = as + Adjetivo + as ever.

* tan + Adjetivo + como siempre = as + Adjetivo + as ever.

* tan pronto como = as soon as, just as soon as, no sooner... than.

* tan pronto como sea posible = as soon as possible (asap).

* tanto como = as many... as..., as much as + Adjetivo, both... and..., no less than, equally, if not, so much as.

* tanto como siempre = as much as ever.

* tener como equivalente = have + counterpart.

* tener como motivo central = plan around + Nombre.

* tener como objetivo = have + as + Posesivo + objective.

* tomar como ejemplo = take.

* un poco como = kind of like.

* * *

como¹

prep

A

1 (en calidad de) as

usando el paraguas como bastón using his umbrella as a walking stick

quiero hablarte como amigo y no como abogado I want to speak to you as a friend and not as a lawyer

el director tendrá como funciones … the director's duties will be …

está considerado como lo mejor he's considered (to be) the best

lo presentó como su ex-marido she introduced him as her ex-husband

2 (con el nombre de) as

la flor conocida allí como `Santa Rita' the flower known there as `Santa Rita'

3 (por ejemplo) like

en algunas capitales como Londres in some capital cities such as London o like London

necesitamos a alguien como tú we need someone like you

tengo ganas de comer algo dulce — ¿como qué? I fancy something sweet — like what?

B (en comparaciones, contrastes) like

quiero un vestido como el tuyo I want a dress like yours

pienso como tú I agree with you

fue ella, como que me llamo Beatriz it was her, as sure as my name's Beatriz

se portó como un caballero he behaved like a gentleman

la quiero como a una hija I love her like a daughter o as if she were my own daughter

bailó como nunca she danced as o like she'd never danced before

me trata como a un imbécil he treats me like an idiot o as if I were an idiot

se llama algo así como Genaro o Gerardo he's called something like Genaro or Gerardo

¡no hay nada como un buen coñac! there's nothing like a good brandy!

era verde, un verde como el de la alfombra de la oficina it was green, the color of the office carpet

como PARA + INF:

es como para echarse a llorar it's enough to make you want to cry, it makes you want to cry

C ( en locs):

así como ( frml); as well as

por esto, así como por muchas otras razones because of this, and for many other reasons as well o as well as for many other reasons

sus abundantes recursos naturales, así como su importancia estratégica its abundant natural resources, together with o as well as its strategic importance

como él solo/ella sola: es egoísta como él solo he's so o he's incredibly selfish!

como mucho at (the) most, at the outside

como poco at least

como nadie: hace la paella como nadie she makes wonderful paella, nobody makes paella like her

como que …: conduce muy bien — como que es piloto de carreras he drives very well — well, he is a racing driver, after all

le voy a decir cuatro cosas — sí, sí, como que te vas a atrever … I'm going to give him a piece of my mind — oh, yes? I'll believe that when I see it

y no me lo dijiste — ¡como que no sabía nada! and you didn't tell me about it — that's because I didn't know anything about it myself!

como ser (CS); such as, for example, like

como si (+ subj) as if, as though

actuó como si no le importara she acted as if o as though she didn't care

ella está grave y él como si nada or como si tal cosa she's seriously ill and he doesn't seem at all worried o he behaves as if it's nothing (to worry about)

él como si nada or como si tal cosa, ni se inmutó he just stood there without batting an eyelid

como²

conjunction

A (de la manera que) as

no me gustó el modo or la manera como lo dijo I didn't like the way she said it

llegó temprano, tal como había prometido he arrived early, just as he had promised

ganó Raúl, como era de esperar Raúl won, as was to be expected

así en la tierra como en el cielo on Earth as it is in Heaven

como dice el refrán as the saying goes

(tal y) como están las cosas as things stand, the way things are

(+ subj): hazlo como quieras do it any way you like o how you like

no voy — como quieras I'm not going — please yourself o as you like

me dijo que me las arreglara como pudiera he told me to sort things as best I could

la buganvilla, o como quiera que se llame bougainvillea or whatever it's called

como quiera que sea, ellos se llevaron la copa anyway, the point is they won the cup

B (puesto que) as, since

como todavía era temprano, nos fuimos a dar una vuelta since o as it was still early, we went for a walk, it was still early so we went for a walk

C (+ subj) (si) if

como te vuelva a encontrar por aquí if I catch you around here again

D

(en oraciones concesivas): cansado como estaba, se ofreció a ayudarme tired though o tired as he was, he offered to help me

joven como es, tiene más sentido común que tú he may be young but he has more common sense than you

E

(que): vimos como se los llevaban en una furgoneta we saw them being taken away in a van, we saw how they were taken away in a van

vas a ver como llega tarde he'll be late, you'll see

como³

adverb

A (expresando aproximación) about

como a la mitad del camino about half way there

está como a cincuenta kilómetros it's about fifty kilometers away

vino como a las seis she came at around o about six

tiene un sabor como a almendras it has a kind of almondy taste, it tastes something like o a bit like almonds

un ruido como de un motor a noise like that of an engine

B (uso expletivo) kind of ( colloq)

es que me da como vergüenza … I find it kind of embarrassing …

* * *

Del verbo comer: ( conjugate comer)

como es:

1ª persona singular (yo) presente indicativo

Multiple Entries:
algo como
comer
como
cómo
comer ( conjugate comer) verbo intransitivo
a) ( en general) to eat;

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

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

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

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

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

no tienen qué cómo 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;

cómose 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

como preposición
a) ( en calidad de) as;

◊ quiero hablarte cómo amigo I want to speak to you as a friend

b) ( con el nombre de) as;

◊ se la conoce cómo `flor de luz' it's known as `flor de luz'

c) (en comparaciones, contrastes) like;

◊ uno cómo el tuyo one like yours;

¡no hay nada cómo un buen coñac! there's nothing like a good brandy!;
es cómo para echarse a llorar it's enough to make you want to cry
d) ( en locs)

◊ así como (frml) as well as;

como mucho/poco at (the) most/at least;
como ser (CS) such as, for example;
como si (+ subj) as if, as though
■ conjunción
a) ( de la manera que) as;

◊ tal cómo había prometido just as he had promised;

cómo era de esperar as was to be expected;
no me gustó cómo lo dijo I didn't like the way she said it;
(tal y) cómo están las cosas as things stand;
hazlo cómo quieras/cómo mejor puedas do it any way you like/as best as you can;
no voy — cómo quieras I'm not going — please yourself
b) ( puesto que) as, since;

◊ cómo era temprano, fui a dar una vuelta as it was early, I went for a walk

c) (si) (+ subj) if;

◊ cómo te pille … if I catch you …

■ adverbio ( expresando aproximación) about;
◊ está cómo a cincuenta kilómetros it's about fifty kilometers away;

un sabor cómo a almendras a kind of almondy taste
cómo adverbio
a) ( de qué manera) how;

◊ ¿cómo estás? how are you?;

¿cómo es tu novia? what's your girlfriend like?;
¿cómo es de grande? how big is it?;
¿cómo te llamas? what's your name?
b) ( por qué) why, how come (colloq);

◊ ¿cómo no me lo dijiste antes? why didn't you tell me before?

c) ( al solicitar que se repita algo) sorry?, pardon?;

◊ ¿cómo dijo? sorry, what did you say?

d) ( en exclamaciones):

◊ ¡cómo llueve! it's really raining!;

¡cómo comes! the amount you eat!;
¡cómo! ¿no te lo han dicho? what! haven't they told you?
e) ( en locs)

◊ ¿a cómo …?: ¿a cómo están los tomates? (fam) how much are the tomatoes?;

¿a cómo estamos hoy? (AmL) what's the date today?;
¡cómo no! of course!;
¿cómo que …?: ¿cómo que no fuiste tú? what do you mean it wasn't you?;
aquí no está — ¿cómo que no? it isn't here — what do you mean it isn't there?
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
como
I adverbio
1 (manera) how: hazlo como quieras, do it however you like
me gusta como habla, I like the way he speaks
2 (semejanza, equivalencia) as: es como tú, he's just like you
terco como una mula, as stubborn as a mule
3 (conformidad) as: como estaba diciendo..., as I was saying...
como indica el prospecto, as the instructions say
4 (aproximadamente) about
como a la mitad de camino, more or less halfway
como unos treinta, about thirty
II conj
1 como [+ subj], (si) if: como no comas, no vas al cine, if you don't eat, you won't go to the cinema
2 (porque) as, since
como llamó tan tarde, ya no me encontró, as he phoned so late, he didn't find me in
3 como si, as if
como si nada o tal cosa, as if nothing had happened
familiar como si lo viera, I can just imagine it
III prep (en calidad de) as: lo aconsejé como amigo, I advised him as a friend
visitó el museo como experto, she visited the museum as an expert
¿As, like o how?
As se usa para hablar de la función, uso, papel o trabajo de una persona o cosa (trabajó como camarera durante las vacaciones, she worked as a waitress during the holidays) o para comparar dos acciones o situaciones y expresar su similitud. En este caso es necesario disponer de un verbo: Entró de botones, como lo había hecho su padre veinte años antes. He entered as an office-boy, as his father had twenty years before.
Cuando como va seguido de un sustantivo o pronombre también puedes usar like para comparar dos acciones o situaciones: Es como su padre. He's just like his father. Sin embargo, si va seguido de una preposición, hay que usar as: En marzo, como en abril, llovió. In March, as in April, it rained.
Nunca debes usar how en comparaciones, porque sólo expresa la manera de hacer las cosas: ¿Cómo lo hiciste?, How did you do it?
cómo adverbio
1 (interrogativo) how: ¿cómo es de alto?, how high is it?
¿cómo estás?, how are you?
¿cómo se hace?, how is it made?
2 (cuánto) ¿a cómo están los plátanos?, how much are the bananas?
3 (por qué) ¿cómo es que no nos avisaste?, why didn't you warn us?
familiar ¿cómo es eso?, how come?
4 (cuando no se ha oído bien) ¿cómo?, what?
5 (exclamativo) how
¡cómo ha cambiado!, how she's changed!
♦ Locuciones: cómo no, of course
' cómo' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
aburrirse
- acabada
- acabado
- acondicionar
- acreditar
- actuar
- adiós
- alma
- alquilar
- alta
- alto
- amable
- andar
- apear
- apenas
- aprendizaje
- arreglarse
- arte
- así
- atizar
- atonía
- baja
- bajo
- bala
- balsa
- bañera
- bastante
- beber
- bestia
- borrega
- borrego
- botija
- buenamente
- cabra
- cada
- caracterización
- casa
- cencerro
- cerrarse
- cesar
- chinche
- cielo
- coco
- coletilla
- colorada
- colorado
- comer
- como
- como quiera
- comoquiera
English:
ablaze
- above
- abroad
- acclaim
- accordingly
- act
- address
- alternatively
- always
- arouse
- as
- ashen
- attractive
- awaken
- away
- back
- barrage
- bash out
- be
- beaver away
- best
- bicker
- big
- black
- blind
- bolt
- bombshell
- bone
- border
- bored
- both
- break
- breed
- brownout
- by-product
- cake
- calculate
- care
- chalk
- champagne
- change
- charm
- cheer
- churn out
- class
- climax
- clown around
- coin
- colour
- come about

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Como nm

el lago Como Lake Como

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como

I adv

1 as;

como amigo as a friend

2 ( aproximadamente)

:

había como cincuenta there were about fifty;

hace como una hora about an hour ago

3

:

así como as well as

II conj

1 if;

como si as if;

como si fuera tonto as if he were o was an idiot;

como no bebas vas a enfermar if you don’t drink you’ll get sick

2 expresando causa as, since;

como no llegó, me fui solo as o since she didn’t arrive, I went by myself

3

:

me gusta como habla I like the way he talks;

como quiera any way you want

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cómo adv

: how

¿cómo estás?: how are you?

¿a cómo están las manzanas?: how much are the apples?

¿cómo?: excuse me?, what was that?

¿se puede? ¡cómo no!: may I? please do!

como adv

1) : around, about

cuesta como 500 pesos: it costs around 500 pesos

2) : kind of, like

tengo como mareos: I'm kind of dizzy

como conj

1) : how, as

hazlo como dijiste que lo harías: do it the way you said you would

2) : since, given that

como estaba lloviendo, no salí: since it was raining, I didn't go out

3) : if

como lo vuelva a hacer lo arrestarán: if he does that again he'll be arrested

4)

como quiera : in any way

como prep

1) : like, as

ligero como una pluma: light as a feather

2)

así como : as well as

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como¹ adv

1. (manera) how

te puedes vestir como quieras you can dress how you like

hazlo como te he enseñado do it the way I showed you

2. (comparaciones) as / like

ya estás tan alta como tu hermano you're as tall as your brother now

tengo una camiseta como ésa I've got a T shirt like that one

3. (según) as

como se puede ver as can be seen

4. (ejemplo) like

algunas aves, como el pingüino, no vuelan some birds, like penguins, can't fly

5. (aproximadamente) about

creo que tengo como cien novelas de aventuras I think I've got about a hundred adventure novels

6. (en calidad de) as

utiliza la caja como una mesilla use the box as a beside table

como sea at all costs / no matter what

como si as if / as though

sigue como si no estuviera aquí carry on as if I weren't here

como² conj

1. (causa) as

como hacía sol, nos fuimos a la playa as it was sunny, we went to the beach

2. (condición) if

como llegues tarde, te quedarás sin pastel if you're late, you won't get any cake

Spanish-English dictionary > como
9 cansado

adj.

1 tired, all-in, worn-out, bleary.

2 tiresome.

past part.

past participle of spanish verb: cansar.

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cansado

► participio pasado

1→ link=cansar cansar

► adjetivo

1 (gen) tired, weary

■ estoy cansada I'm tired

2 (que fatiga) tiring

■ es un trabajo muy cansado it's a very tiring job

3 (pesado) boring, tiresome

4 (harto) tired (de, of), fed up (de, with)

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FRASEOLOGÍA

tener la vista cansada to have eyestrain

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(f. - cansada)

adj.

1) tired, weary

2) tiring

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ADJ

1) (=fatigado) [persona] tired (de from)
[aspecto, apariencia] weary, tired; [ojos] tired, strained
lo noto cansado últimamente — he's been looking tired lately

es que nació cansada — iró she was born lazy

con voz cansada — with a weary voice
vista 1., 1)
2) (=harto)

• estar cansado de algo — to be tired of sth

estoy cansado de que me hagan siempre la misma pregunta — I'm tired of always being asked the same question

estamos más que cansados de tanta corrupción — we are sick and tired of all this corruption

¡ya estoy cansado de vuestras tonterías! — I've had enough of this nonsense of yours!

• estar cansado de hacer algo — to be tired of doing sth

estoy cansado de tanto viajar — I'm tired of so much travelling

sus amigos, cansados de esperarlo, se habían ido — tired of waiting, his friends had left

3) (=pesado) tiring

debe de ser cansado corregir tantos exámenes — it must be tiring marking o to mark so many exams, marking so many exams must be tiring

4)

- a las cansadas
CANSADO ¿"Tired" o "tiring"? Hay que tener en cuenta la diferencia entre tired y tiring a la hora de traducir cansado. ► Lo traducimos por tired cuando queremos indicar que {estamos} o que nos sentimos cansados: Se sintió cansado y se marchó He felt tired and left Estoy cansado de trabajar I'm tired of working Estábamos cansados del viaje We were tired after the journey ► Lo traducimos por tiring cuando queremos indicar que algo {es} cansado, es decir, que nos produce cansancio: Conducir 140 kms. todos los días es muy cansado Driving 140 kms every day is very tiring Para otros usos y ejemplos ver la entrada
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- da adjetivo

1)

a) [estar] ( fatigado) tired

tienes cara de cansado — you look tired

en un tono cansado — in a weary tone of voice

tengo los pies cansados — my feet are tired

b) [estar] (aburrido, harto)

cansado de algo/+ inf — tired of something/-ing

estoy cansado de decírtelo — I'm tired of telling you

a las cansadas — (RPl) at long last

2) [ser] <viaje/trabajo> tiring

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= fatigued, tired, wearisome, weary [wearier -comp., weariest -sup.], wearying, wearied, washed-out.

Ex. In the event of any incorrect citations, one can then return to the 'scene of the crime' and discover whether the error was in the source or in one's fatigued perception of it.

Ex. In this reading mood we feel anxious, tired, lazy, worried -- whatever causes us to reject demanding and 'new' literature and forces us to take up again books that are comfortably -- and comfortingly -- known and easily enjoyed.

Ex. The earliest binding machines replaced the wearisome hand-beating of the sheets in order to fold them.

Ex. Humanity is returning to the downsized, reengineered, total quality management weary business world.

Ex. A new wave of books dealing frankly with such concerns as sex, alcoholism and broken homes was seen as a breakthrough, but plots and styles have begun to show a wearying sameness.

Ex. 'I better go in,' Leforte muttered, a wearied, disillusioned expression coming over her pallid features.

Ex. He calls himself a writer but he never produces anything because he says he's always too washed-out to write.

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* con cara de cansado = bleary-eyed.

* de un modo cansado = wearily.

* sentirse cansado = feel + tired.

* tener la vista cansada = need + reading glasses.

* vista cansada = presbyopia.

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- da adjetivo

1)

a) [estar] ( fatigado) tired

tienes cara de cansado — you look tired

en un tono cansado — in a weary tone of voice

tengo los pies cansados — my feet are tired

b) [estar] (aburrido, harto)

cansado de algo/+ inf — tired of something/-ing

estoy cansado de decírtelo — I'm tired of telling you

a las cansadas — (RPl) at long last

2) [ser] <viaje/trabajo> tiring

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= fatigued, tired, wearisome, weary [wearier -comp., weariest -sup.], wearying, wearied, washed-out.

Ex: In the event of any incorrect citations, one can then return to the 'scene of the crime' and discover whether the error was in the source or in one's fatigued perception of it.

Ex: In this reading mood we feel anxious, tired, lazy, worried -- whatever causes us to reject demanding and 'new' literature and forces us to take up again books that are comfortably -- and comfortingly -- known and easily enjoyed.

Ex: The earliest binding machines replaced the wearisome hand-beating of the sheets in order to fold them.

Ex: Humanity is returning to the downsized, reengineered, total quality management weary business world.

Ex: A new wave of books dealing frankly with such concerns as sex, alcoholism and broken homes was seen as a breakthrough, but plots and styles have begun to show a wearying sameness.

Ex: 'I better go in,' Leforte muttered, a wearied, disillusioned expression coming over her pallid features.

Ex: He calls himself a writer but he never produces anything because he says he's always too washed-out to write.

* con cara de cansado = bleary-eyed.

* de un modo cansado = wearily.

* sentirse cansado = feel + tired.

* tener la vista cansada = need + reading glasses.

* vista cansada = presbyopia.

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cansado -da

adjective

A

1 [ ESTAR] (fatigado) tired

tienes cara de cansado you look tired

creo que nació cansado ( hum); I reckon he was born lazy

en un tono cansado in a weary tone of voice

tengo los pies cansados my feet are tired

2 [ ESTAR] (aburrido, harto) cansado DE algo/+ INF tired OF sth/ -ING

estoy cansado de decirle que me deje en paz I'm tired of telling him to leave me alone

a las cansadas ( RPl); at long last

B [ SER] ‹viaje/trabajo› tiring

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Del verbo cansar: ( conjugate cansar)

cansado es:

el participio

Multiple Entries:
cansado
cansar
cansado
◊ -da adjetivo

1 [estar]
a) ( fatigado) tired;

◊ cansados de tanto caminar tired from so much walking;

tienes cara de cansado you look tired;
en un tono cansado in a weary tone of voice
b) ( aburrido) cansado de algo/hacer algo tired of sth/doing sth

2 [ser] ‹viaje/trabajo› tiring
cansar ( conjugate cansar) verbo transitivo
a) ( fatigar) to tire, tire … out;

◊ le cansa la vista it makes her eyes tired, it strains her eyes

b) ( aburrir):

◊ ¿no te cansa oír la misma música? don't you get tired of listening to the same music?

verbo intransitivo
a) ( fatigar) to be tiring

b) ( aburrir) to get tiresome

cansarse verbo pronominal
a) ( fatigarse) to tire oneself out;

◊ se le cansa la vista her eyes get tired

b) ( aburrirse) to get bored;

cansadose de algo/algn to get tired of sth/sb, get bored with sth/sb, cansadose de hacer algo to get tired of doing sth
cansado,-a adjetivo
1 (fatigado) tired, weary
(harto, hastiado) estoy cansado de oírte, I'm tired of hearing you 2 ser cansado (que produce cansancio) to be tiring
(que produce aburrimiento) to be boring
cansar
I verbo transitivo
1 to tire
2 (hartar, aburrir) to get tired: tus quejas me cansan, I'm getting tired of your complaints
II verbo intransitivo
1 (agotar las fuerzas) to be tiring
2 (hartar, aburrir) to get tiresome
' cansado' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
aburrida
- aburrido
- algo
- cansada
- dejar
- deshecha
- deshecho
- destrozada
- destrozado
- fatigada
- fatigado
- muerta
- muerto
- notar
- polvo
- tanta
- tanto
- trabajada
- trabajado
- veras
- cara
- fresco
- harto
- mamado
- muy
- palmado
- poder
English:
deadbeat
- done
- fatigued
- gaunt
- out
- start
- strained
- tired
- tiring
- war-weary
- weary
- zonked
- little
- run
- wearily
- wonder

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cansado, -a adj

1. [fatigado] tired;

tener cara de cansado to look tired;

estar cansado de algo/de hacer algo to be tired of sth/of doing sth

2. [harto] tired, sick;

estoy cansado de decirte que apagues la luz al salir I'm tired o sick of telling you to turn off the light when you go out

3. [pesado, cargante] tiring;

es muy cansado viajar cada día en tren it's very tiring travelling on the train every day

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cansado

adj tired;

vista cansada farsightedness, Br longsightedness

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cansado, -da adj

1) : tired

estar cansado: to be tired

2) : tiresome, wearying

ser cansado: to be tiring

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cansado adj

1. (persona fatigado) tired

estaba muy cansado y se quedó dormido he was very tired and fell asleep

2. (persona harto) tired of

estoy cansada de tus excusas I'm tired of your excuses

3. (trabajo, viaje) tiring

un trabajo muy cansado a very tiring job

Spanish-English dictionary > cansado
10 harto

adj.

1 fed-up, satiate, glutted, up to one's ears.

2 fed-up, disgruntled, browned-off, brassed off.

adv.

enough.

pres.indicat.

1^st person singular (yo) present indicative of spanish verb: hartar.

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harto

► adjetivo

1 (repleto) full, satiated

2 familiar (cansado) tired (de, of), fed up (de, with)

■ estoy harto de leer I'm tired of reading

3 desuso (bastante) enough

■ hartas dificultades enough difficulties

► adverbio harto

1 desuso (muy) quite, very

■ harto bueno very good

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FRASEOLOGÍA

¡me tienes harto,-a! I'm fed up with you!

¡ya estoy harto,-a! I'm fed up!, I'm sick and tired of it!

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harto

► adverbio

1 desuso (muy) quite, very

■ harto bueno very good

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(f. - harta)

adj.

1) full

2) fed up

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1. ADJ

1) (=cansado) fed up *

¡ya estamos hartos! — we've had enough!, we're fed up! *

¡me tienes harto! — I'm fed up with you! *

• estar harto de algo/algn — to be tired of sth/sb, be fed up with sth/sb *, be sick of sth/sb *

estaban un poco hartos de tanta publicidad — they were a bit tired of all the publicity, they were a bit fed up with o sick of all the publicity *

está harto de su jefe — he's fed up with o sick of his boss *

• estar harto de hacer algo — to be tired of doing sth, be fed up of doing sth *, be sick of doing sth *

está harto de no tener dinero — he's tired o fed up * o sick of * not having any money

• estar harto de que — + subjun to be fed up with * + ger, be sick of * + ger

estamos hartos de que lleguen siempre tarde — we're tired of o fed up with * o sick of * them arriving late

2) (=lleno)

• harto de algo — stuffed with sth *

3) (=mucho)

a) frm

ocurre con harta frecuencia — it happens very often o very frequently

tienen hartas razones para sentirse ofendidos — they have plenty of reasons to feel offended

b) LAm plenty of, a lot of

usaste harta harina — you used plenty of o a lot of flour

hartos chilenos — plenty of o a lot of Chileans

ha habido hartos accidentes — there have been a lot of o plenty of accidents

2. ADV

1) [con adjetivo]

a) frm very, extremely

una tarea harto difícil — a very difficult task, an extremely difficult task

b) LAm very

llegaron harto cansados — they were very tired when they arrived

2) LAm [con adverbio] very

lo sé harto bien — I know that very well o all too well

3) LAm [con verbo] a lot

te quiero harto — I love you a lot

dormí harto anoche — I slept a lot last night

3.

PRON LAm

hace harto que no lo veo — it's been a long time since I saw him

-¿queda leche? -sí, harta — "is there any milk left?" - "yes, lots"

falta harto para llegar — there's still a long way to go

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I
- ta adjetivo

1)

a) (cansado, aburrido) fed up

me tienes harto con tantas exigencias — I'm sick o tired of all your demands

harto de algo/alguien — fed up with something/somebody, tired of something/somebody

harto de + inf — tired of -ing, fed up with -ing

estaba harta de que le dijeran eso — she was tired of o fed up with them telling her that

b) ( de comida) full

2) (delante del n) ( mucho)

a) (frml)

con harta frecuencia — very frequently

tenían hartas ventajas — they had many advantages

b) (AmL exc RPl)

te llamé hartas veces — I phoned you lots of times

tiene hartas ganas de verte — he really wants to see you

había harta gente — there were a lot of people
II
adverbio

1) ( modificando un adjetivo)

a) (frml) extremely, very

b) (AmL exc RPl) very

es harto mejor que el hermano — he's much o a lot better than his brother

2) ( modificando un verbo) (AmL exc RPl)

me gustó harto — I really liked it

bailamos harto — we danced a lot
III
- ta pronombre (AmL exc RPl)

tenía harto que hacer — I had an awful lot to do

¿tienes amigos allí? - sí, hartos! — do you have friends there? - yes, lots

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= fed up, jaded.

Ex. The article is entitled 'Tough luck: To be a professional sport climber in America probably means you're broke, fed up and still no match for the foreign competition'.

Ex. He is notorious for poking fun at those who advance jaded, esoteric ideas about the importance of studying classical languages.

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* estar harto = have had enough.

* estar harto de = be all too familiar with, be sick and tired of.

* harto de = sick of.

* harto de comida = fullfed.

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I
- ta adjetivo

1)

a) (cansado, aburrido) fed up

me tienes harto con tantas exigencias — I'm sick o tired of all your demands

harto de algo/alguien — fed up with something/somebody, tired of something/somebody

harto de + inf — tired of -ing, fed up with -ing

estaba harta de que le dijeran eso — she was tired of o fed up with them telling her that

b) ( de comida) full

2) (delante del n) ( mucho)

a) (frml)

con harta frecuencia — very frequently

tenían hartas ventajas — they had many advantages

b) (AmL exc RPl)

te llamé hartas veces — I phoned you lots of times

tiene hartas ganas de verte — he really wants to see you

había harta gente — there were a lot of people
II
adverbio

1) ( modificando un adjetivo)

a) (frml) extremely, very

b) (AmL exc RPl) very

es harto mejor que el hermano — he's much o a lot better than his brother

2) ( modificando un verbo) (AmL exc RPl)

me gustó harto — I really liked it

bailamos harto — we danced a lot
III
- ta pronombre (AmL exc RPl)

tenía harto que hacer — I had an awful lot to do

¿tienes amigos allí? - sí, hartos! — do you have friends there? - yes, lots

* * *

= fed up, jaded.

Ex: The article is entitled 'Tough luck: To be a professional sport climber in America probably means you're broke, fed up and still no match for the foreign competition'.

Ex: He is notorious for poking fun at those who advance jaded, esoteric ideas about the importance of studying classical languages.

* estar harto = have had enough.

* estar harto de = be all too familiar with, be sick and tired of.

* harto de = sick of.

* harto de comida = fullfed.

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harto¹ -ta

adjective

A

1 (cansado, aburrido) fed up

me tienes harta con tantas exigencias I'm sick of o tired of o fed up with all your demands, I've had enough of your demands

¡ya estoy harto! I've had enough!

harto DE algo/algn fed up WITH sth/sb, tired OF sth/sb, sick OF sth/sb harto DE + INF tired OF -ING, fed up WITH -ING, sick OF -ING

estoy harto de tener que repetirte todo I'm tired of o fed up with o sick of having to repeat everything I tell you

harto DE QUE + SUBJ:

estaba harta de que le dijeran lo que tenía que hacer she was tired of o fed up with o sick of them telling her what to do

2 (de comida) full, full up ( BrE colloq)

B ( delante del n) (mucho)

1 ( frml):

esto sucede con harta frecuencia this happens very frequently

tenían hartas ventajas they had many advantages

2

( AmL exc RPl): te he llamado hartas veces I've phoned you lots of o ( colloq) loads of times

tiene hartas ganas de verte he really wants to see you, he's dying to see you ( colloq)

había harta gente allí there were a lot of o ( colloq) loads of people there

harto²

adverb

A (modificando un adjetivo)

1 ( frml); extremely, very

una doctrina harto peligrosa an extremely o a very o a highly dangerous doctrine

una tarea harto difícil an extremely o a very difficult task

2 ( AmL exc RPl) very

tiene una nariz harto grande she has a very big nose

es harto mejor que el hermano he's much o a lot o ( colloq) miles better than his brother

para serte harto franca to be quite frank with you

B

(modificando un verbo) ( AmL exc RPl): me gustó harto la película I really liked the movie, I thought the movie was great ( colloq)

bailamos harto we danced a lot

me divertí harto con él I had a great time with him

harto³ -ta

pronoun

( AmL exc RPl): tenía harto que hacer I had an awful lot to do, I had loads to do ( colloq)

¿tienes amigos allí? — ¡sí, hartos! do you have friends there? — yes, lots o loads ( colloq)

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Del verbo hartar: ( conjugate hartar)

harto es:

1ª persona singular (yo) presente indicativo

hartó es:

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

Multiple Entries:
hartar
harto
hartar ( conjugate hartar) verbo transitivo
1 (cansar, fastidiar):
◊ me hartó con sus quejas I got tired of his complaints

2 (fam) ( llenar): nos hartaban a or de sopa they fed us on nothing but soup;
◊ lo hartoon a palos they gave him a real beating

hartarse verbo pronominal
1 (cansarse, aburrirse) to get fed up;
hartose de algo/algn to get tired o sick of sth/sb, get fed up with sth/sb;
hartose de hacer algo to get tired o sick of doing sth, get fed up with doing sth
2 ( llenarse): hartose (de algo) to gorge oneself (on sth), to stuff oneself (with sth) (colloq)
harto 1
◊ -ta adjetivo

1
a) (cansado, aburrido) fed up;

harto de algo/algn fed up with sth/sb, tired of sth/sb;
harto de hacer algo tired of doing sth, fed up with doing sth;
◊ estaba harta de que le dijeran eso she was tired of o fed up with them telling her that

b) ( de comida) full

2 ( delante del n) ( mucho) (AmL exc RPl):
◊ te llamé hartas veces I phoned you lots of times;

tiene hartas ganas de verte he really wants to see you
■ pronombre (AmL exc RPl):
◊ tenía harto que hacer I had an awful lot to do;

¿tienes amigos allí? — ¡sí, hartos! do you have friends there? — yes, lots
harto 2 adverbio
a) (AmL exc RPl) ( modificando un adjetivo) very;

◊ es harto mejor que el hermano he's much o a lot better than his brother

b) ( modificando un verbo):

◊ me gustó harto I really liked it;

bailamos harto we danced a lot
hartar verbo transitivo
1 (molestar, cansar) to annoy: la escuché hasta que me hartó con tanto reproche, I listened to her until I got sick of hearing so much criticism
2 (saciar) to satiate
3 (dar en abundancia) to overwhelm [de, with]: me hartaron de comida, they made me eat too much
harto,-a
I adjetivo
1 (de comida) full
2 (hastiado, aburrido) fed up: ¡me tiene harto!, I'm fed up with him!
estoy harto de decírtelo, I'm fed up with telling you
II adv frml (muy) very: es harto difícil que ganemos, it's going to be hard for us to win
' harto' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
ahíta
- ahíto
- amargada
- amargado
- cansada
- cansado
- enferma
- enfermo
- frita
- frito
- harta
- hartar
- hartarse
- quemada
- quemado
- satisfecha
- satisfecho
- torear
- aburrido
- podrido
English:
brassed off
- cheese off
- enough
- fed
- fill
- play along
- sick
- tired
- weary
- dare
- ditto
- thing
- whole

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harto, -a

♦ adj

1. [de comida] full;

estoy harto de dulces I've had enough sweet things;

Comp
Esp Fam
ni harto de vino: ése no ayuda a nadie ni harto de vino he wouldn't help you if you were drowning;

no le dejaría mi coche ni harto de vino I wouldn't lend him my car in a million years

2. [cansado] tired (de of), fed up (de with);
estoy harto de mi jefe I'm sick of my boss;

estoy harto de repetirte que cierres la puerta I'm sick and tired of telling you to shut the door;

me tiene harto con el piano I'm fed up of o with her and her piano;

empiezo a estar un poco harto de sus quejas I'm starting to get rather tired of o fed up with his complaints

3. Am salvo RP [mucho] a lot of, lots of;

tiene harto dinero she has a lot of o lots of money;

de este aeropuerto salen hartos aviones a lot of o lots of planes fly from this airport

♦ adv

1. Esp Formal [muy] extremely;

es harto frecuente it's extremely common;

el examen fue harto difícil the exam was extremely difficult

2. Am salvo RP [muy] very, really;
[mucho] a lot, very much;
es harto grande it's very o really big;

nos cansamos harto we got really tired;

te quiero harto I love you very much

♦ pron
Am salvo RP [mucho]
¿tiene muchos muebles? – hartos does she have a lot of furniture? – yes, she's got loads;

sabes harto que te quiero you know perfectly well that I love you

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harto

I adj

1 fed up fam ;

estar harto de algo be sick of sth fam, be fed up with sth fam

2 ( lleno) full (up)

3

:

había hartos pasteles there were cakes in abundance

II adv very much; delante del adjetivo extremely;

me gusta harto L.Am. I like it a lot;

hace harto frío L.Am. it’s very cold

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harto adv

: most, extremely, very

harto, -ta adj

1) : full, satiated

2) : fed up

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harto adj

1. (en general) fed up

estoy harto de esto I'm fed up with this

me tienes harto con tus tonterías I'm fed up with your nonsense

2. (de comida) full up

Spanish-English dictionary > harto
11 pasar

pa'sar
v

1) passieren, geschehen, vorkommen

¿Qué ha pasado? — Was ist geschehen?

algo pasa a alguien — jdm passiert etw

2)

pasar por — passieren, vorbeigehen an, vorbeikommen an

¿Ya ha pasado? — Ist es schon vorbei?

Yo pasaro. — Ich komme vorbei.

pasar por agua fría — ( los huevos) Eier abschrecken

pasar por algún sitio — durchfahren

pasar por alto — übersehen

pasar corriendo — durchlaufen

pasar delante de — vorbeikommen

pasar por delante de — vorbeigehen an

pasar una noche en vela — eine Nacht durchwachen

pasar en coche por algún sitio — durchfahren

pasar a — weitergeben an

pasar de mano en mano — herumreichen

3) ( un tiempo) verbringen, verleben

pasar frío — frieren

pasar la noche en — übernachten

pasar el tiempo — die Zeit vertreiben

¡Que lo pase bien! — Alles Gute!/Viel Spaß!

4) ( sobre pasar) überholen

5)

pasar a máquina — abtippen

6) ( entrar) hereinkommen

hacer pasar — hereinlassen

7) ( las horas) vergehen

8) ( alcanzar) reichen

9) ( colar) sieben

verbo transitivo

1. [trasladar]

pasar algo a etw verlegen in (+A) o nach

2. [conducir hacia adentro] hineinführen

3. [acercar] geben

¿me pasas la sal? gibst du mir bitte das Salz?

4. [hacer llegar] weitergeben

5. [atravesar] überqueren

6. [filtrarse] durchsickern

7. [filtrar]

pasar algo etw durchsieben

8. [deslizar] streichen

me pasó la mano por el pelo er strich mir mit der Hand durchs Haar

9. [contagiar]

pasar algo a alguien jn mit etw anstecken

10. [aceptar] annehmen

11. [consentir]

pasarle algo a alguien jm etw durchgehen lassen

12. [cruzar - en espacio] überqueren

pasar(se) el semáforo en rojo bei rot über die Ampel gehen ; [ - en tiempo] hinter sich lassen

13. [ocupar tiempo] verbringen

14. [padecer] erleiden

15. [aprobar] bestehen

16. [sobrepasar] überschreiten

17. [adelantar] überholen

18. [omitir] auslassen

19. [revisar]

pasar lista die Anwesenheit prüfen

pasar visita Visite machen

20. [película] zeigen

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verbo intransitivo

1. [ir] gelangen

2. [circular - en vehículo] vorbeifahren ; [ - a pie] vorbeigehen

el Manzanares pasa por Madrid der Manzanares fließt durch Madrid

pasar de largo weitergehen/-fahren

3. [entrar] eintreten

¡pase! herein!

4. [poder entrar] durchkommen

pasar por durchgehen als

5. [ir un momento] vorbeischauen

6. [suceder] passieren

¿qué pasa aquí? was ist hier los?

pase lo que pase egal, was passiert

7. [terminarse] vorüber sein

8. [transcurrir] vergehen

9. [cambiar de situación]

pasar de... a... von... zu überwechseln

10. [cambiar de acción]

pasar a übergehen zu

11. [conformarse]

pasar con/sin algo mit /ohne etw auskommen

12. [servir] taugen

13. (muy familiar) [prescindir] kein Interesse haben

pasar de algo / alguien mit etw/jm nichts zu tun haben wollen

14. [aguantar]

pasar por algo etw durchmachen

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pasarse verbo pronominal

1. [acabarse] zu Ende gehen

2. [emplear tiempo] verbringen

3. [perder] entgehen

4. [descomponerse] verderben

5. [cambiar de bando]

pasarse a überlaufen zu

6. [omitir] auslassen

7. [olvidar] vergessen

8. [quedar inadvertido]

se me ha pasado lo que has dicho ich habe nicht mitbekommen, was du gesagt hast

no se le pasa nada ihm entgeht nichts

9. [excederse]

pasarse de tonto den Dummen markieren

10. (familiar) [propasarse] zu weit gehen

11. [divertirse o aburrirse]

¿cómo te lo pasaste en la fiesta? Wie gefiel's dir auf dem Fest?

pasárselo bien sich amüsieren

pasárselo mal sich unwohl fühlen

pasar

pasar [pa'sar]

I verbo intransitivo

num1num (por delante) vorbeigehen; (en coche) vorbeifahren; pasar corriendo vorbeilaufen; pasar desapercibido unbemerkt bleiben; pasar de largo (no detenerse) nicht anhalten; (no entrar) nicht hereinkommen; pásate un momento por mi casa komm doch auf einen Sprung zu mir; dejar pasar (por delante) vorbeilassen; no dejes pasar la oportunidad lass die Gelegenheit nicht ungenutzt; el avión pasó por encima del Teide das Flugzeug flog über den Teide

num2num (por un hueco) durchgehen; (en coche) durchfahren; el sofa no pasa por la puerta das Sofa passt nicht durch die Tür; el Ebro pasa por Zaragoza der Ebro fließt durch Zaragoza; pasar por una crisis eine Krise durchleben

num3num (trasladarse) hinübergehen; (entrar) hereinkommen; me hizo pasar er/sie bat mich herein; pasemos al comedor lass uns doch ins Esszimmer gehen

num4num (acaecer) passieren; ¿qué pasa? was ist los?; ¿qué te pasa? was hast du?; pase lo que pase auf jeden Fall; dejar pasar algo etw zulassen; lo que pasa es que,... es ist Folgendes:...

num5num (acabar) vorübergehen; ya ha pasado la tormenta das Gewitter ist vorbei; cuando pasen las vacaciones... nach den Ferien...

num6num (el tiempo) vergehen; han pasado dos semanas sin llover es hat schon seit zwei Wochen nicht mehr geregnet; lo pasado, pisado Schwamm drüber

num7num (ser transferido) übergehen; medicina sich übertragen

num8num (poder existir) auskommen; vamos pasando es geht uns (einigermaßen) gut

num9num (aparentar) durchgehen [por als+nominativo]; pasa por nuevo alle glauben, es sei neu; podrías pasar por alemana man könnte dich glatt für eine Deutsche halten; hacerse pasar por médico sich als Arzt ausgeben

num10num (cambiar) übergehen [a zu+dativo]; paso a explicarte porqué ich erzähle dir jetzt, warum; pasar a mayores sich verschlimmern

num11num (ser admisible) durchgehen; arreglándolo aún puede pasar wenn du es reparierst, ist es noch brauchbar; pasar por un control einer Prüfung standhalten

num12num (no jugar) passen

num13num (familiar: no necesitar) verzichten (können) [de auf+acusativo]; yo paso de salir ich möchte nicht ausgehen; paso de esta película dieser Film interessiert mich nicht; pasa de todo ihm/ihr ist alles egal

num14num (loc): pasar por alto auslassen; pasar por encima de (un obstáculo) überwinden; (una persona) übergehen, ignorieren

II verbo transitivo

num1num (atravesar) überqueren; (un territorio) durchqueren; pasar el semáforo en rojo (a pie) über eine rote Ampel laufen; (en coche) über eine rote Ampel fahren; pasar el puente über die Brücke gehen

num2num (por un hueco) (durch)führen; pasar la tarjeta por la ranura die Karte durch den Schlitz ziehen; pasar algo por debajo de la puerta etw unter der Tür durchschieben

num3num (trasladar) verlegen; pasar a limpio ins Reine schreiben

num4num (dar) reichen

num5num (una temporada) verbringen; pasar el invierno en Mallorca auf Mallorca überwintern; pasarlo bien sich amüsieren; pasarlo en grande einen Riesenspaß haben; pasarlo mal eine schlechte Zeit durchleben; ¡que lo paséis bien! viel Spaß!

num6num (sufrir) leiden; pasar hambre hungern; pasar frío frieren; has pasado mucho du hast viel durchgemacht; pasé un mal rato es ging mir schlecht

num7num (transmitir) übertragen; (una película) vorführen; (una noticia) weiterleiten; (dinero) überweisen; pasar un recado etwas ausrichten; me has pasado el resfriado du hast mich mit deiner Erkältung angesteckt; le paso a la Sra. Ortega ich verbinde Sie mit Fr. Ortega

num8num (sobrepasar) übertreffen; (cierta edad) überschreiten; he pasado los treinta ich bin schon über dreißig; te paso en altura ich bin größer als du

num9num (hacer deslizar) pasar la mano por la mesa mit der Hand über den Tisch streichen; pasar la aspiradora Staub saugen

num10num (tolerar) durchgehen lassen

num11num (aprobar) bestehen

num12num (omitir) auslassen

num13num (leer sin atención) überfliegen; (recitar sin atención) herunterleiern

num14num (repasar) wiederholen; (estudiar) durchgehen

num15num (tragar) (hinunter)schlucken; no puedo pasarme la pastilla ich krieg die Tablette nicht runter

num16num (colar) passieren

num17num (la pelota) abspielen; (a alguien) zuspielen

num18num (las hojas de un libro) umblättern

num19num (géneros prohibidos) schmuggeln

III verbo reflexivo

■ pasarse

num1num (acabarse) verstreichen; (dolor) nachlassen; se me han pasado las ganas ich habe keine Lust mehr; ya se le pasará el enfado sein/ihr Ärger wird schon verfliegen; pasarse de fecha das Verfallsdatum überschreiten

num2num (exagerar) übertreiben; pasarse de la raya über die Stränge schlagen; pasarse de listo besonders schlau sein wollen; te has pasado de listo da hast du dich selbst überlistet; te has pasado un poco con la sal du hast etwas zu viel Salz genommen

num3num (por un sitio) vorbeigehen; me pasé un rato por casa de mi tía ich habe kurz bei meiner Tante vorbeigeschaut; se me pasó por la cabeza que... es ging mir durch den Kopf, dass...; no se te pasará ni por la imaginación du wirst ja wohl nicht im Traum daran denken; pasarse la mano por el pelo sich dativo mit der Hand durch die Haare fahren

num4num (cambiar) wechseln [a zu+dativo] fuerzas armadas überlaufen [a zu+dativo]; se ha pasado de trabajadora a perezosa sie ist jetzt nicht mehr fleißig, sondern faul

num5num (olvidarse) entfallen; se me pasó tu cumpleaños ich habe deinen Geburtstag vergessen

num6num (estropearse) verderben; (fruta) faul werden; (alimentos) schlecht werden; (leche) sauer werden; (mantequilla) ranzig werden; (flores) welken; se ha pasado el arroz der Reis ist zerkocht

num7num (escaparse) entgehen; se me pasó la oportunidad ich verpasste die Chance; se me pasó el turno ich merkte nicht, dass ich an der Reihe war

num8num (loc): pasarse de moda aus der Mode kommen

Diccionario Español-Alemán > pasar
12 aburrido

adj.

1 boring, dull, humdrum, uninteresting.

2 bored, tired.

f. & m.

bore, boring person, tiresome person.

past part.

past participle of spanish verb: aburrir.

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aburrido

► participio pasado

1→ link=aburrir aburrir

► adjetivo

1 (ser aburrido) boring, tedious; (monótono) dull, dreary

2 (estar aburrido) bored, weary; (cansado) tired of; (harto) fed up with

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(f. - aburrida)

adj.

1) boring, tedious

2) bored, fed up

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ADJ (=que aburre) boring, tedious; (=que siente aburrimiento) bored

un libro aburrido — a boring book

una espera aburrida — a tedious wait

¡estoy aburrido de decírtelo! — I'm tired of telling you!
ABURRIDO ¿"Bored" o "boring"? ► Usamos bored para referirnos al hecho de {estar} aburrido, es decir, de sentir aburrimiento: Si estás aburrida podrías ayudarme con este trabajo If you're bored you could help me with this work ► Usamos boring con personas, actividades y cosas para indicar que alguien o algo {es} aburrido, es decir, que produce aburrimiento: ¡Qué novela más aburrida! What a boring novel! No me gusta salir con él; es muy aburrido I don't like going out with him; he's very boring
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I
- da adjetivo

1) < persona>

a) [estar] ( sin entretenimiento) bored

estoy muy aburrido — I'm bored stiff

b) [estar] ( harto) fed up

aburrido de algo — tired of something, fed up with something

aburrido de + inf — tired of -ing

2) [ser] <película/persona> boring; < trabajo> boring, tedious
II
- da masculino, femenino bore

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= tedious, deadly [deadlier -comp., deadliest -sup.], drab, stodgy, unexciting, uninteresting, wearisome, weary [wearier -comp., weariest -sup.], bored, boring, wearying, dreary [drearier -comp., dreariest -sup.], uninspiring, unmoving, dull, cut and dried [cut and dry].

Nota: Escrito con guiones cuando se usa como adjetivo.

Ex. In other places too many references could make for a very tedious search.

Ex. Some authors, of course, object to their work being subjected to compulsory dissection for exams in the traditional deadly manner and like Bernard Shaw, they swear to haunt anyone who so mistreats them (Shaw's ghost must be busy these days).

Ex. Have reading foisted on you as a duty, a task to be put up with, from which you expect no delight, and it can appear a drab business gladly to be given up.

Ex. One could easily prefer the convenience of the stodgy single-volume work.

Ex. The author argues that the advantages for higher education are unclear, and rather unexciting.

Ex. There is no such thing on earth as an uninteresting subject; the only thing that can exist is an uninterested person.

Ex. The earliest binding machines replaced the wearisome hand-beating of the sheets in order to fold them.

Ex. Humanity is returning to the downsized, reengineered, total quality management weary business world.

Ex. One should answer the telephone clearly and pleasantly -- not in a bored voice or in slurred haste.

Ex. This article shows how the dowdy and boring image of the stereotypical librarian as presented in fiction, taints the portrayal of all who work in libraries.

Ex. A new wave of books dealing frankly with such concerns as sex, alcoholism and broken homes was seen as a breakthrough, but plots and styles have begun to show a wearying sameness.

Ex. The city was considered to be seedy (decayed, littered, grimy, and dreary), crowded, busy, and strongly idiosyncratic (quaint, historic, colorful, and full of 'atmosphere').

Ex. Though the novel begins like a house ablaze, it later thickens slightly into an acceptable if uninspiring finale.

Ex. The outcome is strangely unmoving.

Ex. These librarians are given Haykin upon the day of their arrival and are expected to read the entire dull document and use it as a guideline in establishing subject headings.

Ex. I don't like to hear cut-and-dried sermons -- when I hear a man preach, I like to see him act as if he were fighting bees.

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* de un modo aburrido y pesado = tediously, ponderously, boringly.

* día aburrido = dull day.

* estar aburrido como una ostra = be bored stiff.

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I
- da adjetivo

1) < persona>

a) [estar] ( sin entretenimiento) bored

estoy muy aburrido — I'm bored stiff

b) [estar] ( harto) fed up

aburrido de algo — tired of something, fed up with something

aburrido de + inf — tired of -ing

2) [ser] <película/persona> boring; < trabajo> boring, tedious
II
- da masculino, femenino bore

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= tedious, deadly [deadlier -comp., deadliest -sup.], drab, stodgy, unexciting, uninteresting, wearisome, weary [wearier -comp., weariest -sup.], bored, boring, wearying, dreary [drearier -comp., dreariest -sup.], uninspiring, unmoving, dull, cut and dried [cut and dry].

Nota: Escrito con guiones cuando se usa como adjetivo.

Ex: In other places too many references could make for a very tedious search.

Ex: Some authors, of course, object to their work being subjected to compulsory dissection for exams in the traditional deadly manner and like Bernard Shaw, they swear to haunt anyone who so mistreats them (Shaw's ghost must be busy these days).

Ex: Have reading foisted on you as a duty, a task to be put up with, from which you expect no delight, and it can appear a drab business gladly to be given up.

Ex: One could easily prefer the convenience of the stodgy single-volume work.

Ex: The author argues that the advantages for higher education are unclear, and rather unexciting.

Ex: There is no such thing on earth as an uninteresting subject; the only thing that can exist is an uninterested person.

Ex: The earliest binding machines replaced the wearisome hand-beating of the sheets in order to fold them.

Ex: Humanity is returning to the downsized, reengineered, total quality management weary business world.

Ex: One should answer the telephone clearly and pleasantly -- not in a bored voice or in slurred haste.

Ex: This article shows how the dowdy and boring image of the stereotypical librarian as presented in fiction, taints the portrayal of all who work in libraries.

Ex: A new wave of books dealing frankly with such concerns as sex, alcoholism and broken homes was seen as a breakthrough, but plots and styles have begun to show a wearying sameness.

Ex: The city was considered to be seedy (decayed, littered, grimy, and dreary), crowded, busy, and strongly idiosyncratic (quaint, historic, colorful, and full of 'atmosphere').

Ex: Though the novel begins like a house ablaze, it later thickens slightly into an acceptable if uninspiring finale.

Ex: The outcome is strangely unmoving.

Ex: These librarians are given Haykin upon the day of their arrival and are expected to read the entire dull document and use it as a guideline in establishing subject headings.

Ex: I don't like to hear cut-and-dried sermons -- when I hear a man preach, I like to see him act as if he were fighting bees.

* de un modo aburrido y pesado = tediously, ponderously, boringly.

* día aburrido = dull day.

* estar aburrido como una ostra = be bored stiff.

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aburrido¹ -da

adjective

A ‹persona›

1 [ ESTAR] (sin entretenimiento) bored

estoy muy aburrido I'm bored stiff

2 [ ESTAR] (harto) fed up

me tienes aburrido con tus quejas I'm fed up with your complaints

aburrido DE algo tired OF sth, fed up WITH sth

estoy aburrido de sus bromas I'm tired of o fed up with her jokes

aburrido DE + INF tired of -ING

estoy aburrido de pedírselo I'm tired of asking him for it

B [ SER] ‹película/persona› boring

es un trabajo muy aburrido it's a really boring o tedious job

la conferencia fue aburridísima the lecture was really boring

aburrido² -da

masculine, feminine

bore

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Del verbo aburrir: ( conjugate aburrir)

aburrido es:

el participio

Multiple Entries:
aburrido
aburrir
aburrido
◊ -da adjetivo

1 [estar] ‹ persona›
a) ( sin entretenimiento) bored;

◊ estoy muy aburrido I'm bored stiff

b) ( harto) fed up;

aburrido de algo tired of sth, fed up with sth;
aburrido de hacer algo tired of doing sth
2 [ser] ‹película/persona› boring;
‹ trabajo› boring, tedious
■ sustantivo masculino, femenino
bore
aburrir ( conjugate aburrir) verbo transitivo
to bore
aburrirse verbo pronominal
a) ( por falta de entretenimiento) to get bored

b) ( hartarse) aburridose de algo/algn to get tired of o fed up with sth/sb;

aburridose de hacer algo to get tired of doing sth
aburrido,-a adjetivo
1 (cargante, tedioso) tu hermano es aburrido, your brother's boring
2 (que no se divierte) tu hermano está aburrido, your brother's bored
(cansado, hastiado) estoy aburrido de tus quejas, I'm tired of your complaints
aburrir verbo transitivo to bore
♦ Locuciones: aburrir a las ovejas, to be incredibly boring
' aburrido' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
aburrida
- acto
- amargada
- amargado
- harta
- harto
- insípida
- insípido
- ladrillo
- pesada
- pesado
- petardo
- plomo
- sopa
- tostón
- aburridor
- aguado
- bastante
- cansado
- de
- enojoso
- latoso
- mamado
- podrido
English:
bored
- boring
- dreary
- dull
- grind
- plough through
- quiet
- shade
- stiff
- tedious
- tediously
- uninspiring
- especially
- staid
- wade

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aburrido, -a

♦ adj

1. [harto, fastidiado] bored;

estar aburrido de hacer algo to be fed up with doing sth;

estoy aburrido de esperar I'm fed up with o tired of waiting;

me tiene muy aburrido con sus constantes protestas I'm fed up with her constant complaining;

Comp
Fam
estar aburrido como una ostra to be bored stiff

2. [que aburre] boring;

este libro es muy aburrido this book is very boring;

la fiesta está muy aburrida it's a very boring party

♦ nm,f

bore;

¡eres un aburrido! you're so boring!

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aburrido

adj que aburre boring; que se aburre bored;

aburrido de algo bored o fed up fam with sth

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aburrido, -da adj

1) : bored, tired, fed up

2) tedioso: boring, tedious

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aburrido¹ adj

1. (sin entretenimiento) bored

no tengo nada que hacer y estoy aburrido I haven't got anything to do and I'm bored

2. (tedioso, pesado) boring

¡qué programa más aburrido! what a boring programme!

aburrido² n (persona) bore

Spanish-English dictionary > aburrido
13 aguantar

v.

1 to bear.

está aguantando bien las presiones she's holding o bearing up well under the pressure

esa estantería no va a aguantar el peso de los libros that shelf won't take the weight of the books

2 to bear, to stand.

no lo aguanto I can't bear him

no sé cómo la aguantas I don't know how you put up with her

no sabe aguantar una broma he doesn't know how to take a joke

3 to hold.

aguanta los libros mientras limpio la estantería hold the books while I dust the shelf

Aguante su respiración Hold your breath.

4 to hold (contener) (respiración, mirada).

apenas pude aguantar la risa it was all I could do not to laugh

5 to hold on (time).

aguanta un poco más hold on a bit longer

no aguanto más I can't take any more

Ella aguantará porque es fuerte She will hold on because she is strong.

6 to wait for (esperar). (Mexican Spanish, River Plate)

7 to last.

estas botas aguantarán hasta al año que viene these boots should last me till next year

aguantar hasta el final to stay the course o the distance

8 to endure, to abide, to bear, to tolerate.

Noel aguanta muchas penas Noel endures many sorrows.

9 to withstand, to hold, to uphold, to support.

El barrote aguanta el techo The crosspiece holds the roofing.

10 to tolerate to, to suffer to, to bear to, to endure to.

Silvia aguanta estudiar de noche Silvia tolerates to study nights.

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aguantar

► verbo transitivo

1 (contener) to hold (back)

2 (sostener) to hold, support

3 (soportar) to tolerate

■ no aguanto más I can't stand any more, I can't take any more

► verbo pronominal aguantarse

1 (contenerse) to keep back; (risa, lágrimas) to hold back

2 (resignarse) to resign oneself

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FRASEOLOGÍA

¡que se aguante! familiar that's her/his tough luck!

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verb

1) to bear, endure, withstand

2) hold

•

- aguantarse

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1. VT

1) (=soportar deliberadamente) to put up with, endure

aguanté el dolor como pude — I bore o put up with o endured the pain as best as I could

tenemos que estar aguantando continuas ofensas — we have to put up with o endure continual insults

no aguantaré tus impertinencias ni un minuto más — I won't stand for o take o put up with your cheek a minute longer

- aguantar el chaparrón

2) (=tener capacidad de resistir) to stand up to

esta planta aguanta bien el calor — this plant withstands o can take heat well, this plant stands up well to heat

aguanta bastante bien el trabajo en la mina — he stands up pretty well to the work in the mine

no sé si podré aguantar ese ritmo — I don't know if I'll be able to stand the pace

sabe aguantar bien las bromas — he can take a joke

• no aguantar, no aguanto a los cotillas — I can't bear o stand gossips

no aguanto ver sufrir a un animal — I can't bear o stand to see an animal suffering

no aguantaba la rutina de los entrenamientos — he couldn't cope with o take the training programme

• no hay quien te aguante — you're impossible o insufferable

este frío no hay quien lo aguante — this cold is just unbearable

no hay quien aguante una ópera tan larga — who could sit through an opera that long?

3) (=sostener) [persona] to hold; [muro, columna] to support, hold up

aguanta un momento el paquete — hold the parcel a minute

la pierna que aguanta la guitarra — the leg that supports the guitar

se rompió el cable que aguantaba la antena — the cable holding up o supporting the aerial broke

estas vigas pueden aguantar cualquier peso — these beams can take any weight

esta estantería no podrá aguantar tantos libros — these shelves won't take so many books

4) (=contener) [+ respiración] to hold; [+ risa, llanto] to hold back

soy capaz de aguantar la respiración durante dos minutos — I can hold my breath for two minutes

el mundo aguantó la respiración temiendo un desastre — the world waited with bated breath, fearing a disaster

apenas podía aguantar la risa — she couldn't hold back her laughter

• aguantar las ganas de hacer algo — to resist the urge to do sth

no pude aguantar las ganas de decirle lo que pensaba — I couldn't resist telling her what I thought, I couldn't resist the urge to tell her what I thought

se tuvo que aguantar las ganas de llorar — she had to stifle her desire to cry

5) (=durar) to last

este abrigo no aguantará otro invierno — this coat won't last another winter

2. VI

1) [persona]

ya no aguanto más — I can't bear it o stand it o take it any longer, I can't bear o stand o take any more

cuando empezaba a correr no aguantaba más de diez minutos — when she started running she couldn't keep going o last for more than ten minutes

aguantaré en Madrid hasta que pueda — I'll hang on o hold on in Madrid as long as I can

yo me emborracho enseguida, pero él aguanta mucho — I get drunk straight away but he can really hold his drink

tienes que aguantar hasta el año que viene con esos zapatos — you'll have to make do with those shoes until next year

yo ya no aguanto mucho, a las diez estoy en la cama — I can't take the pace any more, I'm in bed by ten

aguantan poco sin aburrirse — they have a low boredom threshold, they're easily bored

bailaremos hasta que el cuerpo aguante — we'll dance till we drop

es de guapo que no se puede aguantar — * he's drop dead gorgeous *, he's to die for *

2) [clavo, columna] to hold

¿crees que este clavo aguantará? — do you think this nail will hold?

esa columna va a aguantar poco — that pillar won't hold (out) much longer

3) LAm * (=esperar) to hang on *, hold on

¡aguanta! — hang on * o hold on a minute!

3.

See:

aguantarse

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1.
verbo transitivo

1) <dolor/sufrimiento> to bear, endure

aguanto bien el calor — I can take the heat

tuvieron que aguantar temperaturas altísimas — they had to endure extremely high temperatures

no tengo por qué aguantar esto — I don't have to put up with this

su madre le aguanta todo — his mother lets him get away with murder

aguantó su mirada un momento — he held her stare for a moment

este calor no hay quien lo aguante — this heat is unbearable

no sabes aguantar una broma — you can't take a joke

no los aguanto — I can't stand them

no puedo aguantar este dolor de muelas — this toothache's unbearable

2)

a) <peso/carga> to support, bear; < presión> to withstand

ella aguanta el doble que yo bebiendo — she can take twice as much drink as I can

b) ( durar)

estas botas aguantarán otro invierno — these boots will last (me/you/him) another winter

han aguantado el paso del tiempo — they have survived the passing of time

3) ( sostener) to hold

aguántame los paquetes — hold (on to) the parcels for me

4) (contener, reprimir) <risa/lágrimas> to hold back

aguantar la respiración — to hold one's breath

ya no aguanto las ganas de decírselo — I can't resist the temptation to tell him any longer
2.
aguantar vi

ya no aguanto más! — I can't take any more!

con ese tren de vida no hay salud que aguante — that sort of lifestyle would be enough to destroy anyone's health

¿puedes aguantar hasta que lleguemos? — can you hang o hold on until we arrive?

no creo que este clavo aguante — I don't think this nail will hold
3.
aguantarse v pron

1) (conformarse, resignarse)

me tendré que aguantar — I'll just have to put up with it

si no le gusta, que se aguante — if he doesn't like it, he can lump it (colloq)

2) (euf) (reprimirse, contenerse)

no me pude aguantar y me puse a llorar — I couldn't contain myself and burst into tears

aguántate un poquito que ya llegamos — just hold o hang on a minute, we'll soon be there

no se aguanta las ganas de abrirlos — he can't resist opening them

3) (AmL fam) ( esperarse) to hang on (colloq)

* * *

= stand up to, bear, withstand, endure, hold + fire, put up with, hold off, stand + the gaff, stomach, weather, hold + Nombre + in.

Ex. However, he would prefer a binding that will stand up to being stuffed into after-hours book drops and being hauled from one library to another.

Ex. One is tempted to say that the enthusiasts for postcoordinate systems, being forced to admit reluctantly that control was necessary, couldn't bear to use the old-fashioned term 'list of subject headings'.

Ex. While the current problems associated with serial economics have driven a wedge between vendors, librarians and publishers, they should be cooperating and communicating in order to withstand the information explosion.

Ex. On the other hand people passionately devoted to a hobby or sport or their work will endure without complaint conditions which less ardent folk think outrageously insupportable.

Ex. However, in producing a bulletin one is often torn between including the scanty, undigested and possibly inaccurate details of a new proposal and holding fire until fuller information is available, and thereby missing a publication deadline.

Ex. Have reading foisted on you as a duty, a task to be put up with, from which you expect no delight, and it can appear a drab business gladly to be given up.

Ex. A dam at the Strait of Gibraltar could be constructed to limit the outflow and reverse the climate deterioration, thus holding off the next ice age.

Ex. Thus far the oil companies have stood the gaff well, considering the burden thrown on them by declining prices and mounting stocks.

Ex. Early man couldn't stomach milk, according to research.

Ex. The small publishers seem to be weathering the industry changes, and have expectations of growth.

Ex. The longer a fart is held in, the larger the proportion of inert nitrogen it contains, because the other gases tend to be absorbed into the bloodstream through the walls of the intestine.

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* aguantar con resignación = take it on + the chin.

* aguantar el acoso de = run + the gauntlet of.

* aguantar el aliento = hold + Posesivo + breath.

* aguantar estoicamente = weather, take it on + the chin.

* aguantar hasta el final = stick it out.

* aguantar la respiración = hold + Posesivo + breath.

* aguantarlo = live with it.

* aguantarlo bien = take it in + Posesivo + stride.

* aguantar mecha = stick it out, stand + the gaff.

* aguantarse = hold + Posesivo + horses.

* aguantar un golpe = take + a hit.

* aguántate = lump it.

* no aguantar más = have had enough.

* no aguantar ver Algo o Alguien = can't stand + sight.

* no poder aguantar a Alguien = have + it in for + Nombre.

* no puedo aguantarlo = can't take it.

* no voy a aguantarlo más = not going to take it any more.

* si no aguantas el calor, sal de la cocina = if you can't stand the heat, get out of the kitchen.

* si no te gusta, te aguantas = like it or lump it, if you don't like it you can lump it.

* tener que aguantar Algo = be stuck with, get + stuck with.

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1.
verbo transitivo

1) <dolor/sufrimiento> to bear, endure

aguanto bien el calor — I can take the heat

tuvieron que aguantar temperaturas altísimas — they had to endure extremely high temperatures

no tengo por qué aguantar esto — I don't have to put up with this

su madre le aguanta todo — his mother lets him get away with murder

aguantó su mirada un momento — he held her stare for a moment

este calor no hay quien lo aguante — this heat is unbearable

no sabes aguantar una broma — you can't take a joke

no los aguanto — I can't stand them

no puedo aguantar este dolor de muelas — this toothache's unbearable

2)

a) <peso/carga> to support, bear; < presión> to withstand

ella aguanta el doble que yo bebiendo — she can take twice as much drink as I can

b) ( durar)

estas botas aguantarán otro invierno — these boots will last (me/you/him) another winter

han aguantado el paso del tiempo — they have survived the passing of time

3) ( sostener) to hold

aguántame los paquetes — hold (on to) the parcels for me

4) (contener, reprimir) <risa/lágrimas> to hold back

aguantar la respiración — to hold one's breath

ya no aguanto las ganas de decírselo — I can't resist the temptation to tell him any longer
2.
aguantar vi

ya no aguanto más! — I can't take any more!

con ese tren de vida no hay salud que aguante — that sort of lifestyle would be enough to destroy anyone's health

¿puedes aguantar hasta que lleguemos? — can you hang o hold on until we arrive?

no creo que este clavo aguante — I don't think this nail will hold
3.
aguantarse v pron

1) (conformarse, resignarse)

me tendré que aguantar — I'll just have to put up with it

si no le gusta, que se aguante — if he doesn't like it, he can lump it (colloq)

2) (euf) (reprimirse, contenerse)

no me pude aguantar y me puse a llorar — I couldn't contain myself and burst into tears

aguántate un poquito que ya llegamos — just hold o hang on a minute, we'll soon be there

no se aguanta las ganas de abrirlos — he can't resist opening them

3) (AmL fam) ( esperarse) to hang on (colloq)

* * *

= stand up to, bear, withstand, endure, hold + fire, put up with, hold off, stand + the gaff, stomach, weather, hold + Nombre + in.

Ex: However, he would prefer a binding that will stand up to being stuffed into after-hours book drops and being hauled from one library to another.

Ex: One is tempted to say that the enthusiasts for postcoordinate systems, being forced to admit reluctantly that control was necessary, couldn't bear to use the old-fashioned term 'list of subject headings'.

Ex: While the current problems associated with serial economics have driven a wedge between vendors, librarians and publishers, they should be cooperating and communicating in order to withstand the information explosion.

Ex: On the other hand people passionately devoted to a hobby or sport or their work will endure without complaint conditions which less ardent folk think outrageously insupportable.

Ex: However, in producing a bulletin one is often torn between including the scanty, undigested and possibly inaccurate details of a new proposal and holding fire until fuller information is available, and thereby missing a publication deadline.

Ex: Have reading foisted on you as a duty, a task to be put up with, from which you expect no delight, and it can appear a drab business gladly to be given up.

Ex: A dam at the Strait of Gibraltar could be constructed to limit the outflow and reverse the climate deterioration, thus holding off the next ice age.

Ex: Thus far the oil companies have stood the gaff well, considering the burden thrown on them by declining prices and mounting stocks.

Ex: Early man couldn't stomach milk, according to research.

Ex: The small publishers seem to be weathering the industry changes, and have expectations of growth.

Ex: The longer a fart is held in, the larger the proportion of inert nitrogen it contains, because the other gases tend to be absorbed into the bloodstream through the walls of the intestine.

* aguantar con resignación = take it on + the chin.

* aguantar el acoso de = run + the gauntlet of.

* aguantar el aliento = hold + Posesivo + breath.

* aguantar estoicamente = weather, take it on + the chin.

* aguantar hasta el final = stick it out.

* aguantar la respiración = hold + Posesivo + breath.

* aguantarlo = live with it.

* aguantarlo bien = take it in + Posesivo + stride.

* aguantar mecha = stick it out, stand + the gaff.

* aguantarse = hold + Posesivo + horses.

* aguantar un golpe = take + a hit.

* aguántate = lump it.

* no aguantar más = have had enough.

* no aguantar ver Algo o Alguien = can't stand + sight.

* no poder aguantar a Alguien = have + it in for + Nombre.

* no puedo aguantarlo = can't take it.

* no voy a aguantarlo más = not going to take it any more.

* si no aguantas el calor, sal de la cocina = if you can't stand the heat, get out of the kitchen.

* si no te gusta, te aguantas = like it or lump it, if you don't like it you can lump it.

* tener que aguantar Algo = be stuck with, get + stuck with.

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aguantar [A1 ]

vt

A

1

(tolerar, soportar): aguanto bien el calor I can take the heat

tuvieron que aguantar temperaturas altísimas en el desierto they had to endure extremely high temperatures in the desert

y como no tengo donde ir tengo que aguantar sus bromas estúpidas and since I have nowhere to go I have to put up with o suffer his stupid jokes

aguantó el dolor con gran fortaleza she bore o endured the pain very bravely

lo aguantó durante años she put up with him for years

no tengo por qué aguantar que me traten así I don't have to stand for this kind of treatment, I don't have to put up with being treated like this

a ése le aguantan todo porque es el hijo del jefe he gets away with anything because he's the boss's son

aguantó su mirada un momento y desvió los ojos he held her stare for a moment, then averted his eyes

2

(uso hiperbólico): este calor no hay quien lo aguante this heat is unbearable

no sabes aguantar una broma you can't take a joke

no puedo aguantarlo I can't stand him

no puedo aguantar este dolor de muelas this toothache's unbearable

B

1 ‹peso/presión›

aguanta todo el peso del tejado it supports o bears the whole weight of the roof

el puente no aguanta más de cierto tonelaje the bridge will only withstand o take o stand a certain tonnage

no aguantó la presión it didn't take o withstand the pressure

el mástil no aguantaría otra embestida del viento the mast wouldn't stand up to o take another gust

ella aguanta el doble que yo bebiendo she can take twice as much drink as I can

2

(durar): estas botas aguantarán otro invierno these boots will last (me/you/him) another winter

construcciones que han aguantado el paso del tiempo buildings that have survived the passing of time

aguantó tres meses en ese trabajo he lasted three months in that job

C (sostener) to hold

aguántame los paquetes mientras compro las entradas hold (on to) the parcels for me while I buy the tickets

una cuña para aguantar la puerta a wedge to hold the door open

D (contener, reprimir) ‹risa/lágrimas› to hold back

aguanta la respiración todo lo que puedas hold your breath for as long as you can

ya no aguanto las ganas de decírselo I can't resist the temptation to tell him any longer

■ aguantar

vi

¡ya no aguanto más! yo renuncio I can't take any more! I quit

con ese tren de vida no hay salud que aguante that sort of lifestyle would be enough to destroy anyone's health

¿puedes aguantar hasta que lleguemos? can you hang o hold on until we arrive?

no puedo aguantar hasta enero con este abrigo I can't last till January with this coat, this coat won't last me till January

tenemos que aguantar hasta fin de mes con este dinero we have to make this money last o stretch till the end of the month, we have to get by on o manage on o survive on this money till the end of the month

no creo que este clavo aguante I don't think this nail will hold

■ aguantarse

v pron

A

(conformarse, resignarse): no me apetece ir pero me tendré que aguantar I don't feel like going, but I'll just have to grin and bear it o put up with it

si no le gusta, que se aguante if he doesn't like it, he can lump it ( colloq)

me he quedado sin cena — te aguantas, por no haber llegado antes there's no dinner left for me — tough, you should have got(ten) here earlier ( colloq)

B ( euf)

(reprimirse, contenerse): aguántate un poquito que enseguida llegamos just hold o hang on a minute, we'll soon be there

ya no se aguanta las ganas de abrir los paquetes he can't resist the temptation to open the packages any longer

se aguantó hasta que no pudo más y se lo dijo todo she kept quiet as long as she could and then she told him everything

C ( AmL fam) (esperarse) to hang on ( colloq)

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aguantar ( conjugate aguantar) verbo transitivo
1 ‹dolor/sufrimiento› to bear, endure;
◊ aguanto bien el calor I can take the heat;

no tengo por qué aguantar esto I don't have to put up with this;
este calor no hay quien lo aguante this heat is unbearable;
no sabes aguantar una broma you can't take a joke;
no los aguanto I can't stand them;
no puedo aguantar este dolor de muelas this toothache's unbearable
2
a) ‹peso/carga› to support, bear;

‹ presión› to withstand
b) ( durar):

◊ estas botas aguantarán otro invierno these boots will last (me/you/him) another winter

3 ( sostener) to hold
4 (contener, reprimir) ‹risa/lágrimas› to hold back;
◊ aguantar la respiración to hold one's breath

verbo intransitivo:
◊ ¡ya no aguanto más! I can't take any more!;

no creo que este clavo aguante I don't think this nail will hold
aguantarse verbo pronominal
1 (conformarse, resignarse):
◊ me tendré que aguantar I'll just have to put up with it;

si no le gusta, que se aguante if he doesn't like it, he can lump it (colloq)
2 (euf) (reprimirse, contenerse):
◊ no me pude aguantar y me puse a llorar I couldn't contain myself and burst into tears;

aguántate un poquito que ya llegamos just hold o hang on a minute, we'll soon be there
3 (AmL fam) ( esperarse) to hang on (colloq)
aguantar
I verbo transitivo
1 (soportar, tolerar) to tolerate: no puedo aguantar más tu prepotencia, I can't stand your arrogance any longer ➣ Ver nota en bear y stand
2 (sujetar) to support, hold: por favor, aguanta la escalera mientras cambio la bombilla, please hold the ladder while I change the bulb
3 (reprimirse) aguantó la respiración tres minutos, he held his breath for three minutes
II verbo intransitivo
1 (durar) to last
2 (soportar) aguanta un poco más, hold on a bit longer
' aguantar' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
calibre
- mecha
- pasar
- resistir
- saber
- sufrir
- tipo
- soplar
- tragar
English:
abide
- bear
- bear up
- brave
- bullet
- endure
- going
- hang on
- hold
- hold on
- hold out
- last
- pace
- put up with
- ride out
- ridicule
- sit out
- sit through
- stand
- stay
- stick
- stick out
- stomach
- suffer
- sweat out
- take
- go
- hang
- keep
- put
- ride
- sit
- stuck
- support
- tolerate

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aguantar

♦ vt

1. [sostener] to hold;

aguanta los libros mientras limpio la estantería hold the books while I dust the shelf

2. [peso, presión] to bear;

esa estantería no va a aguantar el peso de los libros that shelf won't take the weight of the books;

la presa no aguantará otro terremoto the dam won't withstand another earthquake;

está aguantando bien las presiones she's holding o bearing up well under the pressure

3. [tolerar, soportar] to bear, to stand;

estas plantas no aguantan bien el calor these plants don't like the heat;

no aguantó el ritmo de sus rivales she couldn't keep up with her rivals;

a tu hermana no hay quien la aguante your sister's unbearable;

no puedo aguantarlo, no lo aguanto I can't bear him;

no sé cómo la aguantas I don't know how you put up with her;

ya no aguanto más este dolor this pain is unbearable;

no sabe aguantar una broma he doesn't know how to take a joke

4. [tiempo] to hold out for;

aguantó dos meses en el desierto he survived for two months in the desert;

no creo que aguante mucho tiempo fuera su país I don't think he'll be able to last long abroad;

¿cuánto tiempo aguantas sin fumar un cigarillo? how long can you go without smoking a cigarette?;

este abrigo me ha aguantado cinco años this coat has lasted me five years

5. [contener] [respiración, mirada] to hold;
[risa] to contain;
debes aguantar la respiración para hacerte la radiografía you'll have to hold your breath when you have the X-ray;

apenas pude aguantar la risa it was all I could do not to laugh

6. Méx, RP Fam [esperar] to wait for

♦ vi

1. [tiempo] to hold on;

aguanta un poco más, en seguida nos vamos hold on a bit longer, we'll be going soon;

no aguanto más – necesito un vaso de agua I can't take any more, I need a glass of water;

¡ya no aguanto más, vámonos! I've had enough, let's go!

2. [resistir] to last;

estas botas aguantarán hasta al año que viene these boots should last me till next year;

aguantar hasta el final to stay the course o the distance;

a pesar de estar lesionado, aguantó hasta el final despite his injury, he carried on until the end

3. Taurom to stand firm

♦ See also the pronominal verb aguantarse

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aguantar

I v/t

1 un peso bear, support

2 respiración hold

3 ( soportar) put up with;

no lo puedo aguantar I can’t stand o bear it

II v/i

:

no aguanto más I can’t take (it) any more, I can’t bear it any longer

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aguantar vt

1) soportar: to bear, to tolerate, to withstand

2) : to hold

3)

aguantar las ganas : to resist an urge

no pude aguantar las ganas de reír: I couldn't keep myself from laughing

aguantar vi

: to hold out, to last

♦ See also the reflexive verb aguantarse

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aguantar vb

1. (sufrir frases afirmativas) to put up with [pt. & pp. put]

no sé cómo aguanta a su marido I don't know how she puts up with her husband

2. (sufrir frases negativas) to stand [pt. & pp. stood]

no aguanto a gente como él I can't stand people like him

3. (peso) to take [pt. took; pp. taken]

la estantería no aguantó el peso de los libros the shelf couldn't take the weight of the books

4. (durar) to last

el coche tendrá que aguantar un año más the car will have to last another year

5. (esperar) to hold on [pt. & pp. held]

aguanta, que falta poco hold on, we're nearly there

6. (en la mano) to hold

¿me aguantas la carpeta un momento? can you hold my folder for a minute?

aguantar la respiración to hold your breath

aguantar las lágrimas to hold back your tears

Spanish-English dictionary > aguantar
14 cansarse

cansarse

► verbo pronominal

1 (padecer cansancio) to get tired, tire

■ se cansa enseguida she gets tired easily

2 figurado (hartarse) to get tired (de, of), get fed up (de, with)

■ me cansé de sus chistes y me fui I got tired of their jokes and I left

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verb

to get tired

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VPR

1) (=fatigarse) to get tired

me canso mucho subiendo las escaleras — I get very tired going up stairs

se cansa con nada — the slightest effort makes him tired, he gets tired at the slightest effort

cuando ando mucho se me cansan las piernas — when I walk a lot my legs get very tired

se me cansan los ojos con la televisión — television strains my eyes, my eyes get tired watching television

2) (=hartarse) to get bored

cansarse de algo — to get tired of sth, get bored with sth

se cansó de él y lo dejó — she got tired of him o got bored with him and left him

cansarse de hacer algo — to get tired of doing sth

me cansé de esperar y me fui — I got tired of waiting and left

no me canso de repetirle que deje de fumar — I'm always telling him to stop smoking

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(v.) = tire, get + tired

Ex. Customers seem to be tiring of malls and chain stores, seeking a more personal service and wanting to bargain.

Ex. 'I'm getting tired of it, really, and my bringing these problems home to my husband every night is not at all helpful, you know what I mean?' She lowered her voice.

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(v.) = tire, get + tired

Ex: Customers seem to be tiring of malls and chain stores, seeking a more personal service and wanting to bargain.

Ex: 'I'm getting tired of it, really, and my bringing these problems home to my husband every night is not at all helpful, you know what I mean?' She lowered her voice.

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■cansarse verbo reflexivo to get tired: me cansé de llamarle, I got fed up (with) phoning him
no se cansa nunca de oír Rigoletto, she never gets tired of listening to Rigoletto
' cansarse' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
agotarse
- hartarse
- cansar
- fatigar
- hartar
English:
tire
- weary
- get
- tired

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vpr
también Fig to get tired (de of);
los niños se cansan muy pronto de todo children get tired of things very quickly;

¡ya me he cansado de repetirlo! ¡cállense ahora mismo! I'm sick of repeating it! be quiet this minute!;

no se cansa nunca de escribirme she's always writing to me

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cansarse

v/r

1 get tired;

cansarse de algo get tired of sth

2 ( aburrirse) get bored

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vr

1) : to wear oneself out

2) : to get bored

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cansarse vb to get tired

se cansó de correr he got tired of running

Spanish-English dictionary > cansarse
15 hartá

f., (m. - harto)

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* gustar una hartá = love + Nombre + to bits.

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* gustar una hartá = love + Nombre + to bits.

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Del verbo hartar: ( conjugate hartar)

harta es:

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

2ª persona singular (tú) imperativo

Multiple Entries:
harta
hartar
hartar ( conjugate hartar) verbo transitivo
1 (cansar, fastidiar):
◊ me hartó con sus quejas I got tired of his complaints

2 (fam) ( llenar): nos hartaban a or de sopa they fed us on nothing but soup;
◊ lo hartaon a palos they gave him a real beating

hartarse verbo pronominal
1 (cansarse, aburrirse) to get fed up;
hartase de algo/algn to get tired o sick of sth/sb, get fed up with sth/sb;
hartase de hacer algo to get tired o sick of doing sth, get fed up with doing sth
2 ( llenarse): hartase (de algo) to gorge oneself (on sth), to stuff oneself (with sth) (colloq)
harto,-a
I adjetivo
1 (de comida) full
2 (hastiado, aburrido) fed up: ¡me tiene harto!, I'm fed up with him!
estoy harto de decírtelo, I'm fed up with telling you
II adv frml (muy) very: es harto difícil que ganemos, it's going to be hard for us to win
hartar verbo transitivo
1 (molestar, cansar) to annoy: la escuché hasta que me hartó con tanto reproche, I listened to her until I got sick of hearing so much criticism
2 (saciar) to satiate
3 (dar en abundancia) to overwhelm [de, with]: me hartaron de comida, they made me eat too much
' harta' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
devaneo
- forcejear
- hartarse
- harto
- lamentación
- lo
- ya
English:
male

Spanish-English dictionary > hartá
16 uña

adj.

one.

art.

1 one.

2 sole, only.

3 closely resembling the same (idéntico).

4 it is used relatively or to supply a name.

Uno a otro one another, reciprocally

Todo es uno it is all the same; it is foreign to the point

Uno a uno one by one

Uno por uno one and then another: used to mark the distinction more forcibly

Váyase uno por otro let one go for the other

Una cosa a thing undetermined

Una y no más never, no more

Ser para en una to be well matched: applied to a married couple

Ir a una to act of the same accord, or to the same end

Cada uno a la suyo everyone should mind his own business

Uno nunca sabe qué hacer one never knows what to do

Uno dijo it was said, or one said.

5 an, a.

pron.

one, oneself, one woman.

pres.subj.

1^st person singular (yo) Present Subjunctive of Spanish verb: unir.

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uña

► nombre femenino

1 nail (del dedo) fingernail; (del dedo del pie) toenail

2 (garra) claw; (pezuña) hoof

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FRASEOLOGÍA

arreglarse las uñas to manicure one's nails

estar de uñas figurado to be at daggers drawn

hacerse las uñas to do one's nails

ser uña y carne to be inseparable

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1. f., (m. - uno) 2. = un 3. = uno
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PRON

1)

es la una — (=hora) it's one o'clock

¡a la una, a las dos, a las tres! — [antes de empezar algo] one, two, three!; [en subasta] going, going, gone!; (Dep) ready, steady, go!

- una de dos

- todos a una

2) [enfático]

a) (=pelea, paliza)

armar una — to kick up a fuss

te voy a dar una que verás — I'm going to give you what for

- no dar una

b) (=mala pasada)

hacerle una a algn — to play a dirty trick on sb

3) [enfático]

¡había una de gente! — what a crowd there was!

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pronombre ( ver tb un, uno)

a) (fam) ( mala pasada)

me hizo una gordísima — she played a really dirty trick on me (colloq)

b) (fam) (paliza, bofetada, etc)

te voy a dar una — you're going to get a good thumping (o whack etc) (colloq)

c) (fam) ( con valor ponderativo)

había una de gente...! — there was such a crowd (colloq)

d)

a una — together

e)

a la una, a las dos, a las tres! — ready, steady, go!

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= claw, nail, fingernail.

Ex. The dragon had very long claws and a great many teeth so she felt that it ought to be treated with respect.

Ex. Occasionally we find inverted headings, giving a small measure of grouping in the alphabetical section: nails; nails, INGROWN; nails, MALFORMED.

Ex. One quarter inch fingernail size receiver holds 50 times more optical and electronic components than ever previously assembled on a chip.

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* arreglarse las uñas = manicure.

* arreglo de uñas = manicuring.

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

* con las uñas fuera = knives-out.

* esmalte de uñas = fingernail polish, nail polish.

* lima de uñas = emery board, nail file.

* luchar con uñas y dientes = fight + tooth and nail.

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

* mordiéndose las uñas = on tenterhooks.

* uña del pie = toenail.

* uña encarnada = ingrown (toe)nail.

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pronombre ( ver tb un, uno)

a) (fam) ( mala pasada)

me hizo una gordísima — she played a really dirty trick on me (colloq)

b) (fam) (paliza, bofetada, etc)

te voy a dar una — you're going to get a good thumping (o whack etc) (colloq)

c) (fam) ( con valor ponderativo)

había una de gente...! — there was such a crowd (colloq)

d)

a una — together

e)

a la una, a las dos, a las tres! — ready, steady, go!

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= claw, nail, fingernail.

Ex: The dragon had very long claws and a great many teeth so she felt that it ought to be treated with respect.

Ex: Occasionally we find inverted headings, giving a small measure of grouping in the alphabetical section: nails; nails, INGROWN; nails, MALFORMED.

Ex: One quarter inch fingernail size receiver holds 50 times more optical and electronic components than ever previously assembled on a chip.

* arreglarse las uñas = manicure.

* arreglo de uñas = manicuring.

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

* con las uñas fuera = knives-out.

* esmalte de uñas = fingernail polish, nail polish.

* lima de uñas = emery board, nail file.

* luchar con uñas y dientes = fight + tooth and nail.

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

* mordiéndose las uñas = on tenterhooks.

* uña del pie = toenail.

* uña encarnada = ingrown (toe)nail.

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una

pronoun

(ver tb un, uno¹ (↑ uno (1)), uno² (↑ uno (2)))

1 ( fam)

(mala pasada): me hizo una gordísima she played a really dirty trick on me ( colloq)

2 ( fam)

(paliza, bofetada, etc): te voy a dar una you're going to get a good thumping ( o whack etc) ( colloq)

3 ( fam)

(con valor ponderativo): ¡había una de gente …! there was such a crowd!, there were so many people!

4

a una together

tiremos todos a una let's all pull together

5

a la una, a las dos, ¡a las tres! ready, steady, go!

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Del verbo unir: ( conjugate unir)

una es:

1ª persona singular (yo) presente subjuntivo

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

3ª persona singular (él/ella/usted) imperativo

Multiple Entries:
una
unir
uña
una pronombre ( ver tb
◊ un, uno): a la uña, a las dos, ¡a las tres! ready, steady, go!

unir ( conjugate unir) verbo transitivo
1
a) ‹ cables› to join;

(con cola, pegamento) to stick … together;
‹ esfuerzos› to combine
b) [sentimientos/intereses] to unite

c) ‹características/cualidades/estilos› to combine;

uña algo a algo to combine sth with sth
2 ( comunicar) ‹ lugares› to link
3 ( fusionar) ‹empresas/organizaciones› to merge
unirse verbo pronominal
1 ( aliarse) [personas/colectividades] to join together;
◊ se unió a nuestra causa he joined our cause

2 ( juntarse) [ caminos] to converge, meet
3 ( fusionarse) [empresas/organizaciones] to merge
uña sustantivo femenino
a) (Anat) ( de la mano) nail, fingernail;

( del pie) nail, toenail;
arreglarse or hacerse las uñas ( refl) to do one's nails;
( caus) to have one's nails done
b) (de oso, gato) claw;

(de caballo, oveja) hoof
uno,-a
I adjetivo
1 (cardinal) one
una manzana y dos limones, one apple and two lemons
necesito unas zapatillas, I need a pair of slippers
unos árboles, some trees
2 (ordinal) first
el uno de cada mes, the first of every month
II pron one: falta uno más, we need one more
hubo uno que dijo que no, there was one person who said no
vi unas de color verde, I saw some green ones
uno de ellos, one of them
unos cuantos, a few: unos cuantos nos arriesgamos, some of us took the chance
el uno al otro, each other
III sustantivo femenino
1 (hora) comimos a la una, we had lunch at one o'clock
2 (impers) you, one: uno tiene que..., you have to...
IV m Mat one
un, una
I art indet
1 a
una azafata, a hostess
(antes de vocal) an
un paraguas, an umbrella
2 unos,-as, some: pasamos unos días en la playa, we spent some days by the sea
II adj (cardinal) one: solo queda una, there is only one
un kilo de azúcar, one kilo of sugar ➣ tb uno,-a
unir verbo transitivo
1 (cables, conexiones) to join, unite
2 (esfuerzos, intereses) to join
(asociar, fusionar) unieron sus empresas, they merged their companies
3 (comunicar) to link: ese camino une las dos aldeas, that path links the two villages
uña sustantivo femenino
1 (de una persona) nail
(de la mano) fingernail
(del pie) toenail
2 (de animal: en la garra, la zarpa) claw
(casco, pezuña) hoof
♦ Locuciones: defender con uñas y dientes, to defend tooth and nail o to defend firmly
ponerse de uñas con alguien, to get very angry with sb
familiar ser uña y carne, to be as thick as thieves
' uña' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
A
- abajo
- abanderar
- abandonar
- abatimiento
- aberración
- abertura
- abierta
- abierto
- abismal
- abogar
- abono
- abordar
- aborregarse
- abotargarse
- abotonar
- abrir
- abrazar
- abrazarse
- abreviar
- abrigar
- abrigada
- abrigado
- abrigo
- abrochar
- abultar
- aburrirse
- abusar
- abusiva
- abusivo
- academia
- acaparar
- acartonarse
- accidentada
- accidentado
- accionariado
- aceitunada
- aceitunado
- acento
- achantarse
- aclimatarse
- acoger
- acogerse
- acogida
- acolchar
- acometer
- acompañar
- acordar
- acta
- actitud
English:
A
- abandon
- ablaze
- about
- absent
- absurd
- accomplished
- accomplishment
- account
- account for
- accumulate
- accusation
- acknowledge
- acoustic
- acquire
- act
- act on
- activity
- acute
- add on
- addicted
- address
- adjourn
- adjust
- adjustment
- administration
- admire
- admit
- adopt
- advance
- advantage
- after
- again
- against
- agency
- agent
- aggressive
- alleged
- alliance
- allow
- allowance
- alone
- aloud
- amass
- ambush
- amenities
- amid
- amorphous
- announce
- annoy

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una²

♦ nf

1.
la una [hora] one o'clock;
ver también tres
2.
a una [a la vez, juntos] together;

todos a una [a la vez] everyone at once

♦ pron
Fam [con valor enfático]
lleva paraguas, que está cayendo una… take your umbrella, Br it's tipping (it) down o US it's pouring rain;

dijo una de tonterías she talked such a load of rubbish;

te va a caer una buena como no apruebes you'll really be in for it if you fail;
ver también uno
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un, una

art indet a; antes de vocal y h muda an;

unos coches/pájaros some cars/birds

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uña nf

1) : fingernail, toenail

2) : claw, hoof, stinger

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uña n

1. (de la mano) nail / fingernail

se muerde las uñas she bites her nails

2. (del pie) nail / toenail

tengo que cortarme las uñas del pie I must cut my toenails

3. (de gato) claw

4. (de caballo) hoof [pl. hooves]

ser uña y carne to be as thick as thieves

Spanish-English dictionary > uña
17 empacharse

empacharse

► verbo pronominal

1 (de comer) to have indigestion, get indigestion, get an upset stomach

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VPR

1) (Med) to get indigestion

2) (=molestarse) to get annoyed

3) (=aburrirse) to get bored, get fed up *

4) (=avergonzarse) to get embarrassed, feel awkward

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empacharse verbo transitivo to get indigestion
' empacharse' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
indigestarse
- empachar

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vpr

1. [comer demasiado] to stuff oneself (de with); [sufrir indigestión] to get indigestion

2. Fam [hartarse]
empacharse de algo to have had too much of sth, to overdose on sth;

me he empachado de televisión I've overdosed on television

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empacharse

v/r fam

1 get an upset stomach (de from)

2

:

empacharse de fig overdose on

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vr

1) indigestarse: to get indigestion

2) avergonzarse: to be embarrassed

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empacharse vb to get indigestion

empacharse de algo to make yourself sick on something

Spanish-English dictionary > empacharse
18 enfadar

emfa'đar
v

aufregen, verärgern

Estoy muy enfadado. — Ich bin sehr verärgert.

verbo transitivo

ärgern

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enfadarse verbo pronominal

sich ärgern

enfadarse por algo sich über etw (A) ärgern

enfadarse con alguien sich über jn ärgern

enfadar

enfadar [e98780C67ɱ98780C67fa'ðar]

I verbo transitivo

num1num (irritar) ärgern; estar enfadado con alguien jdm böse sein

num2num americanismo (aburrir) langweilen

II verbo reflexivo

■ enfadarse

num1num (irritarse) sich ärgern [con über+acusativo]; enfadarse con alguien auf jemanden böse werden

num2num americanismo (aburrirse) sich langweilen

Diccionario Español-Alemán > enfadar

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