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101 pendiente
adj.1 pending.2 failed (asignatura).3 hanging, pendent.f.1 slope.el terreno está en pendiente the ground slopes o is on a slopeuna pendiente del 25 por ciento a gradient of 1 in 4, a 1 in 4 gradient2 steepness, pitch.3 earring, eardrop, pendant, pendent.4 steep incline, drop.m.earring. (peninsular Spanish)* * *► adjetivo1 hanging2 (asunto) pending, outstanding1 (cuesta) slope; (inclinación) gradient1 (joya) earring\estar pendiente de algo (a la espera) to be waiting for something 2 (atento) to follow something closelyestar pendiente de alguien (atento) to be watching somebody 2 (dispuesto) to be at somebody's beck and call* * *1. noun f. 2. adj. 3. noun m.* * *1. ADJ1) (=a la expectativa)estar pendiente de algo: estaban pendientes de su llegada — they were waiting for him to arrive
2) (=atento)estar pendiente de algo/algn: está muy pendiente de la salud de su madre — he always keeps an eye on his mother's health
3) [juicio, caso, pedido] pending4) [cuenta] outstanding, unpaid5) [asignatura]6) (=colgado) hanging2.SM (=arete) earring3.SF [de un terreno] slope; [de un tejado] pitch* * *I1) <asunto/problema> unresolvedtenemos algunas cuentas pendientes — ( hablando - de dinero) we have some bills outstanding; (- de problemas) we have some unfinished business to settle
2) ( atento)IIestar pendiente DE algo/alguien: está pendiente del niño a todas horas she devotes every minute of the day to the child; estoy pendiente de que me llamen I'm waiting for them to call me; siempre está pendiente de los demás — he's always watching to see what other people are doing
masculino (Esp) earringIIIuna pendiente muy pronunciada — a very steep slope o incline
la colina tiene una pendiente del 20% — the hill has a one-in-five gradient
* * *I1) <asunto/problema> unresolvedtenemos algunas cuentas pendientes — ( hablando - de dinero) we have some bills outstanding; (- de problemas) we have some unfinished business to settle
2) ( atento)IIestar pendiente DE algo/alguien: está pendiente del niño a todas horas she devotes every minute of the day to the child; estoy pendiente de que me llamen I'm waiting for them to call me; siempre está pendiente de los demás — he's always watching to see what other people are doing
masculino (Esp) earringIIIuna pendiente muy pronunciada — a very steep slope o incline
la colina tiene una pendiente del 20% — the hill has a one-in-five gradient
* * *pendiente11 = escarpment, rise, slope, hill-hugging, descent, ascent.Ex: Use of Woolston Library has declined slightly: the area is isolated by the River Itchen, a busy main road, and a natural escarpment.
Ex: Consideration must be given to vertical rises (from floor to floor), wiring compartment (don't underestimate need), horizontal cable distribution, and ducting systems.Ex: The heading PITCH (Slope) illustrates how to qualify a word by another in parenthesis to clarify the meaning = El encabezamiento PENDIENTE (inclinación) ilustra cómo modificar una palabra con otra entre paréntesis para aclarar el significado.Ex: Dubrovnic is a beautiful natural location on the Adriatic Sea with small, intriguing hill-hugging streets and pedestrian-only traffic within the walls.Ex: The street-smart kid's descent into crime and heroin addiction is now too familiar a story.Ex: Highways with repeating hairpin turns allow easier, safer ascents and descents of mountainous terrain than a direct, steep climb and descent.pendiente22 = pendant, earring.Ex: Dress was from animal hides and pelts, tattoos ornamented both men and women, and bead pendants were worn in ear lobes and rings.
Ex: The author discusses the social and economic role of jewelry and traces cultural differences in the forms of jewels, focusing on fibulas and earrings.pendiente33 = pending, outstanding, unresolved.Ex: Obviously with the definition of what constitutes an entire work still pending it is not easy to define analytical cataloguing precisely.
Ex: Dialog also wants relief from outstanding royalty claims from the American Chemical Society.Ex: Other instances of unresolved or partially resolved conflicts of this type abound in our precomputer cataloging codes.* adquisición pendiente de examen y aceptación = on approval acquisition, sending on approbation, sending on approval.* asignatura pendiente = unfinished business.* asunto pendiente = unfinished business, unresolved matter.* con pagos pendientes = be in arrears.* estar pendiente de = be on the lookout for, pay + attention to, keep + an eye on, keep + Posesivo + eyes peeled, keep + Posesivo + eyes skinned.* estar pendiente de todo = stay on + top of things, keep on + top of things, be on top of things.* pendiente de = on the lookout for.* pendiente de anunciarse = yet to be announced.* pendiente de confirmación = to be confirmed.* pendiente de ir a la última moda = fashion-conscious.* pendiente de seguir la última moda = fashion-conscious.* quedar pendiente = remain + to be done.* saldo pendiente = outstanding balance.pendiente44 = hanging.Ex: The catenary, often confused with the parabola, is the curve formed by a hanging chain held only at its ends.
* * *A ‹asunto/problema› unresolvedel asunto todavía está pendiente de resolución the matter has still to be resolved, a decision on the matter is still pending ( frml)aún tenemos algunas cuentas pendientes (hablando — de dinero) we still have some bills outstanding; (— de problemas) we have some unfinished business to settleB (atento) estar pendiente DE algo/algn:está pendiente del niño a todas horas she devotes her constant attention to the childvive pendiente del marido she's always at her husband's beck and callestoy pendiente de que me llamen I'm waiting for them to call mesiempre está pendiente de lo que hacen los demás he's always watching to see what other people are doing, he always has his eye on what everyone else is doing( Esp)earring(inclinación — de un terreno) slope, incline; (— de un tejado) slopesubíamos un camino en pendiente we were following an uphill pathla ladera tiene mucha pendiente the hillside slopes steeplyel coche se deslizó por la pendiente the car slid down the slope o hilluna pendiente muy pronunciada a very steep slope o inclinela colina tiene una pendiente del 20% the hill has a one-in-five o a 20% gradient* * *
pendiente adjetivo
1 ‹asunto/problema› unresolved;
‹ cuenta› outstanding
2 ( atento):
estoy pendiente de que me llamen I'm waiting for them to call me
■ sustantivo masculino (Esp) earring
■ sustantivo femenino ( de terreno) slope, incline;
( de tejado) slope;◊ una pendiente muy pronunciada a very steep slope o incline;
tiene mucha pendiente it slopes steeply
pendiente
I adjetivo
1 (sin resolver) unresolved, pending
2 ( dinero) unpaid, outstanding: tiene algunas cuentas pendientes, he has some bills outstanding
3 (estar atento) tienes que estar pendiente de la comida, you must pay attention to the cooking
4 (esperar) to be waiting for
5 (colgante) hanging [de, from]
II m (joya) earring
pendientes de clip, clip-on earring
III sustantivo femenino
1 (del terreno) incline, slope
2 (de techo, tejado) pitch
' pendiente' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
arete
- asignatura
- bajada
- clip
- declive
- desnivel
- encima
- escarpada
- escarpado
- escorrentía
- rellano
- remontar
- subir
- subida
- tela
- zarcillo
- abrupto
- caer
- cuesta
- empinado
- gradiente
- inclinación
- inclinado
- pronunciado
- rampa
- tanto
- topo
English:
alert
- coast
- dip
- downhill
- earring
- eye
- gradient
- hanging
- inclination
- incline
- open
- outstanding
- owing
- pending
- pitch
- preoccupied
- rise
- rising
- slant
- slip down
- slope
- sloping
- steep
- stud
- undecided
- unfinished
- unpaid
- unsettled
- descent
- ear
- hang
- out
* * *♦ adj1. [por resolver] pending;[deuda] outstanding;estar pendiente de [a la espera de] to be waiting for;tiene dos asignaturas pendientes she has to retake two subjects;estar pendiente de un hilo to be hanging by a thread2.estar pendiente de [atento a] to keep an eye on;estoy pendiente de conocer la respuesta I'm anxious to know the reply;vive pendiente del teléfono she spends her life waiting for the phone to ring3. [colgante] hanging♦ nmpendiente de clip clip-on earring2. Am [asunto] unresolved matter;la lista de pendientes es enorme there is an enormous backlog of matters to be dealt with♦ nf1. [cuesta] slope;una calle con mucha pendiente a very steep street;el terreno está en pendiente the ground slopes o is on a slope;una pendiente del 20 por ciento a 1:5 gradient2. [de tejado] pitch* * *I adj1 unresolved, unfinished;estar pendiente be pending;pendiente de solución awaiting a solution, still to be resolved2 cuenta unpaid3 ( alerta):estar pendiente de be waiting forII m earringIII f slope* * *pendiente adj1) : pending2)estar pendiente de : to be watchful of, to be on the lookout forpendiente nf: slope, incline* * *pendiente1 adj1. (asunto, factura) outstanding2. (juicio, decisión) pendingpendiente2 n1. (adorno) earring2. (cuesta) slope -
102 piñata
f.1 piñata, container filled with party favors.2 birthday party.* * *1 hollow figure filled with sweets (which children try to break open at parties)* * *ISF [en fiestas] container hung up at parties to be beaten with sticks until sweets or presents fall outII** SF (=dientes) ivories * pl, teeth plIIISF Cono Sur brawl, scrap ** * *femenino: container hung up during festivities and hit with a stick to release candy inside* * *femenino: container hung up during festivities and hit with a stick to release candy inside* * *piñata (↑ piñata a1)container hung up during festivities and hit with a stick to release candy insideA hollow figure made of cardboard, or from a clay pot lined with colored paper. Filled with fruit, candy, toys, etc, and hung up at parties, people take turns to stand in front of them blindfolded and try to break them with a stick. They feature in Mexican posadas posada (↑ posada a1) and in children's parties there, in Cuba and in Spain.* * *
piñata sustantivo femenino: container hung up during festivities and hit with a stick to release candy inside
* * *piñata nf= suspended pot full of sweets which blindfolded children try to break open with sticks at parties* * *piñata nf: piñata -
103 salteado
adj.sauté, sautéed.past part.past participle of spanish verb: saltear.* * *1 COCINA sauté————————1→ link=saltear saltear► adjetivo1 (espaciado) spaced out2 COCINA sauté, sautéed1 COCINA sauté* * *ADJ1) (=discontinuo)-¿has leído el libro? -solo unas páginas salteadas — "have you read the book?" - "I just skipped through it"
hizo unos cuantos ejercicios salteados y dejó el resto — he skipped through a couple of exercises and left the rest
2) (Culin) sauté, sautéed* * *- da adjetivo¿se pueden contestar las preguntas salteadas? — can we answer the questions in any order?
* * *- da adjetivo¿se pueden contestar las preguntas salteadas? — can we answer the questions in any order?
* * *salteado -da¿se pueden contestar las preguntas salteadas? can we answer the questions in any order?tenía los nombres y los títulos todo salteado he had the names and titles all jumbled up o mixed up o in the wrong orderleí unos capítulos salteados I read a few odd chapters* * *
Del verbo saltear: ( conjugate saltear)
salteado es:
el participio
Multiple Entries:
salteado
saltear
salteado◊ -da adjetivo: ¿se pueden contestar las preguntas salteadas? can we answer the questions in any order?;
leí unos capítulos salteados I read a few odd chapters
saltear ( conjugate saltear) verbo transitivo (Coc) to sauté
saltear verbo transitivo
1 (un camino) to rob
2 (una actividad o cosa con otra) to do things by turns
3 Culin to sauté
* * *salteado, -a adj1. [sofrito] sautéedse sentaron en pupitres salteados they sat at alternate desks* * *salteado, -da adj1) : sautéed2) : jumbled uplos episodios se transmitieron salteados: the episodes were broadcast in random order -
104 embrocar
v.1 to pour out of one vessel into another.2 with embroiderers, to wind thread or twist upon quills.3 to fasten with tacks to the last (zapateros).4 to catch the bull between the horns.5 to turn upside down.María embroca las copas Mary turns the wine glasses upside down.6 to tip over.Ella embroca el pichel para servir She tips over the pitcher to serve.* * *1. VT1) (Cos) [+ hilo] to wind ( on to a bobbin); [+ zapatos] to tack2) [+ líquido] to pour from one container into another3) (=volcar) to turn upside down, invert2.See:* * *embrocar viMéx [vestirse] to put a garment on over one's head
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