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back band

  • 1 band

    band1
    I 〈de〉
    1 [strook stof] band ⇒ ribbon, tape, 〈 karate, judo〉 belt
    2 [ring om een wiel] tyre
    3 [magneetband] tape
    4 [transportband] conveyor (belt)
    5 [nauwe betrekking] tie, bond ⇒ link, alliance, association
    6 [boekband] binding ⇒ cover, 〈 boekdeel〉 volume
    7 [communicatiemedia] (wave)band ⇒ wave
    8 [wat rondom iets wordt bevestigd] band
    9 [biljart] cushion ⇒ bank
    ♦voorbeelden:
    2   een lekke band • a flat tyre, a puncture
    3   een band afspelen • play a tape back
         iets op de band opnemen • tape something
    4   de lopende band • the conveyor belt
         aan de band staan • work on the assembly line
    5   banden van vriendschap • ties of friendship
         nauwe banden met het moederland onderhouden • maintain strong ties with one's mother country
         de banden der vriendschap aanhalen • tighten the bonds of friendship
         geen enkele band meer hebben met zijn familie • have severed all connections with one's family
         de banden verbreken • sever the ties
    6   in kalfsleren/linnen/leren 〈enz.〉 band • calf-/cloth-/leather- 〈enz.〉 bound
    7   27 MC-band • citizen's band
    ¶   aan de lopende band doelpunten scoren/rotopmerkingen maken • pile on scores, make scathing remarks all the time
         iemand aan banden leggen • restrain someone
         door de band • on average
         uit de band springen • get out of hand
    II 〈 het〉
    1 [lintvormig weefsel] tape ⇒ 〈 breed〉 ribbon, 〈 smal〉 string, 〈 hoed〉 band
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    band2
    〈de〉 〈 Engels〉

    Van Dale Handwoordenboek Nederlands-Engels > band

  • 2 Play-back

    ['pleːbɛk]
    1. nt -s, -s, Play|back
    2. nt -s, -s
    (= Band) (bei Musikaufnahme) backing track; (TV) recording; (= Playbackverfahren) (bei Musikaufnahme) double-tracking no pl; (TV) miming no pl

    ein Play-back von einem Lied machen — to double-track a song; (TV) to prerecord a song, to make a recording of a song

    etw im Play-back machen — to double-track sth; (TV) to mime to (a recording of) sth

    Play-back singen — to mime, to lip-sync(h)

    * * *
    Play-backRR, Play·back
    <-, -s>
    [ˈple:bɛk]
    nt
    1. (aufgenommene Musikbegleitung) backing track
    3. kein pl MUS, TV, TECH recording
    4. kein pl (getrennte Aufnahme von Orchester und Gesang) double-tracking no pl
    * * *
    Play-back [ˈpleːbɛk] n; -, -s
    1. TV etc: miming; (Gesang) auch singing to playback, US lip-sync(h);
    es ist Play-back auch he’s etc (just) miming (US lip-sync[h]ing), it’s a recording
    2. (Verfahren) double-tracking, multiple-tracking;
    mit Play-back arbeiten use double-tracking ( oder multiple-tracking)

    Deutsch-Englisch Wörterbuch > Play-back

  • 3 een band afspelen

    een band afspelen

    Van Dale Handwoordenboek Nederlands-Engels > een band afspelen

  • 4 тормозная лента

    * * *
    (барабана лебёдки, вала станка канатного бурения) back band

    Русско-английский словарь по нефти и газу > тормозная лента

  • 5 тормозная лента (вала станка канатного бурения)

    1. back band

    Русско-английский словарь нормативно-технической терминологии > тормозная лента (вала станка канатного бурения)

  • 6 чересседельник

    2) Horse breeding: back band, ridge band, ridgeland

    Универсальный русско-английский словарь > чересседельник

  • 7 тормозная лента

    1) Geology: back band (бульвера), brakeband
    2) Aviation: friction strip
    3) Engineering: brake band, brake rim, check band
    5) Automation: brake lining
    7) Caspian: break ribbon

    Универсальный русско-английский словарь > тормозная лента

  • 8 grupo

    m.
    1 group (conjunto).
    en grupo in a group
    grupo ecologista environmental group
    grupo de estudio study group
    grupo de presión (politics) pressure group, lobby
    grupo de riesgo group at risk
    grupo de rock rock group
    2 group of people, bevy, circle, group.
    * * *
    1 group
    2 TÉCNICA unit, set
    \
    en grupo together, en masse
    grupo electrógeno power plant
    grupo sanguíneo blood group
    * * *
    noun m.
    2) band
    •
    * * *
    SM
    1) [gen] group; (=equipo) team; [de árboles] cluster, clump

    grupo de contacto — (Pol) contact group

    grupo de estafas — (Policía) fraud squad

    grupo de estupefacientes — (Policía) drug squad

    grupo de homicidios — (Policía) murder squad

    grupo de investigación — research team, team of researchers

    grupo de presión — pressure group, special interest group (EEUU)

    2) (Elec, Téc) unit, plant; (=montaje) assembly

    grupo electrógeno, grupo generador — generating set, power plant

    3) Cono Sur (=trampa) trick, con *
    * * *
    a) (de personas, empresas, países) group; ( de árboles) clump

    en grupo — <salir/trabajar> in a group/in groups

    b) (Mús) tb

    grupo musical — group, band

    * * *
    = aggregate, bank, batch [batches, -pl.], body, class, cluster, clutch, congeries, grouping, pack, cohort, camp, set, group, gang, bunch, corps, band, class group, combine, constituent group, collective, ensemble, bevy, line-up, cluster, segment, pod, order, mob.
    Ex. The result of this is to provide a distinct class number for an aggregate of subjects which are adjacent in the UDC schedule order.
    Ex. A recitation of the best thought out principles for a cataloging code is easily drowned out by the clatter of a bank of direct access devices vainly searching for misplaced records.
    Ex. A KWIC index is based upon the 'keywords' in the titles of the batch of documents to be indexed.
    Ex. The main body of criticism centred upon the treatment of nonbook materials.
    Ex. The following highlights are what this first class of Fellows recall of their time overseas.
    Ex. The local system is designed to be flexible enough to meet the needs of a single library or those of a library cluster.
    Ex. This approach does tend to lead to small clutches of periodicals on a given subject.
    Ex. To be sure, it still has its congeries of mills and factories, its grimy huddle of frame dwellings and congested tenements, its stark, jagged skyline, but its old face is gradually changing.
    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. The notched cards, representing relevant documents, will drop off the needle and fall from the bulk of the pack.
    Ex. This article examines the views of librarians held by a number of faculty cohorts.
    Ex. This is a situation much debated between the two camps of those who would give everyone what he wants and those who would give each reader only the things of some constructive value.
    Ex. SELECT retrieves records containing the search term or terms you specify and stores them in sets.
    Ex. The groups continue, however, to keep alive their heritages through festivals and cultural activities.
    Ex. In the 1920s and 1930s more than 1 million books were being loaned each year to members as far afield as the most isolated settlers' gangs working on distant branch lines.
    Ex. They are a very impatient bunch, however: knowing themselves what the technology can do, they can get a little short with obstructionists who raise non-technical objections.
    Ex. Quality abstracting services take pride in their corps of abstractors.
    Ex. In recent years a band of disciples has grown up in India, and has contributed to the revision and expansion of the schedules.
    Ex. If the panel members represent class groups, they must canvass for suggestions.
    Ex. 158 public organisations with very diverse computer machinery formed a combine to develop an application which would make the database available on the organisations' different computer systems. = 158 instituciones públicas con equipos informáticos muy diversos crearon un grupo para desarrollar una aplicación que hiciera que la base de datos estuviese disponible en sus diferentes sistemas informáticos.
    Ex. Different constituent groups tend to rate aspects of the library quite differently.
    Ex. These collectives are at present seeking compensation for copies made of copyrighted material based on the nature, volume and use of copies made.
    Ex. DIANE is the name that has been given to the ensemble of available information services.
    Ex. It contains a bevy of fearsomely feisty female archetypes removed from domestic obligations and toughened in the brutal setting of prison life.
    Ex. The title of the article is 'The information market: a line-up of competitors'.
    Ex. Various other methods of obtaining clusters have been described, including the use of fuzzy sets, but these are beyond the scope of this book.
    Ex. No such constraints exist where online display is anticipated, since only one segment at a time is displayed.
    Ex. The large pod of about 75 narwhals milled around the bay in the summer feeding grounds.
    Ex. The taxonomic subclass of acari (mites and ticks) comprises tens of thousands of species, grouped in many families and several orders.
    Ex. In the afternoon quite a few of our mob decided that they would prefer to spend a bit of time lazing about in the water and soaking up a few rays.
    ----
    * admitir a Alguien en un grupo = adopt + Nombre + into the fold.
    * análisis de grupo = cohort analysis.
    * atacar en grupo = swarm.
    * camaradería de grupo = group ride.
    * cena de grupo = dinner party.
    * cena en grupo = group dinner, dinner party.
    * como grupo = collectively.
    * crear un grupo = set up + group.
    * debate de grupo = group discussion.
    * debate en grupo = group discussion.
    * división del mercado por grupos de consumidores = market segmentation.
    * empresa de nuestro grupo = sister company, sister organisation.
    * empresa de un grupo = operating company.
    * en algunos grupos = in some quarters.
    * en algunos grupos de la población = in some quarters.
    * enano del grupo, el = runt of the litter, the.
    * en muchos grupos = in many quarters.
    * en muchos grupos de la población = in many quarters.
    * entre grupos sociales = intergroup.
    * entrevista en grupo = group interview.
    * formación de grupos de presión = lobbying representation.
    * formar un grupo = set up + group.
    * formar un grupo de presión = form + lobby.
    * G7 (Grupo de los Siete), el = G7 (Group of Seven), the.
    * gran grupo = constellation.
    * grupo activista = faction group.
    * grupo al Algo que va dirigido = target group.
    * grupo alimenticio = food group.
    * grupo asesor = advisory group.
    * Grupo Asesor sobre Redes (NAG) = Network Advisory Group (NAG).
    * grupo chantajista = extortion racket.
    * grupo cívico = civic group.
    * grupo consultivo = advisory group.
    * grupo coordinador = steering group.
    * grupo cultural = cultural group.
    * grupo de acción ciudadana = citizen action group, community action group.
    * grupo de amigos = clan of friends.
    * grupo de amigos y conocidos = social network.
    * grupo de apoyo = interest group, support group.
    * grupo de autoayuda = self-help group, self-help group, self-help group.
    * grupo de cantantes femenino = girl band.
    * grupo de cantantes masculino = boy band.
    * grupo de ciudadanos desatentido = unserved, the.
    * grupo de consumidores = consumer group.
    * grupo de control = control group.
    * grupo de datos = data set [dataset].
    * grupo de debate = discussion group, focus group, discussion list, electronic forum, panel discussion, panel debate.
    * grupo de dirección = management.
    * grupo de discusión = discussion group.
    * grupo de edad = age bracket, age group [age-group].
    * grupo de empresas = business group.
    * grupo de estanterías = stack, stack range.
    * grupo de estudio = study circle.
    * grupo de expertos = cadre, brains trust, group of experts, network, think tank.
    * grupo defensor = interest group.
    * grupo de gestión = management team.
    * grupo de incondicionales, el = hard core, the.
    * grupo de intelectuales = intelligentsia.
    * grupo de interés = focus group, interest group.
    * grupo de investigación = research group.
    * Grupo de Investigación sobre la Clasificación (CRG) = Classification Research Group (CRG).
    * grupo de la oposición = opposition group.
    * grupo de los 20 = G-20.
    * grupo de los ocho, el = G8, the.
    * grupo del proyecto = project team.
    * grupo de negociación = bargaining unit.
    * grupo de normalización = standards group.
    * grupo de opinión = focus group.
    * grupo de personas o cosas de la misma edad o categoría = peer group.
    * grupo de poder = power group.
    * grupo de presión = lobby group, pressure group, lobbyist.
    * grupo de protección a menores = Shelter group.
    * grupo de protección ciudadana = civic trust group.
    * grupo de recursos = clump.
    * grupo de referencia = reference group.
    * grupo de representantes = focus group.
    * grupo de rock = rock group.
    * grupo de seguidores = fandom.
    * grupo de términos de búsqueda relacionados = search hedge, subject hedge.
    * grupo de trabajo = study group, study team, task force, working party, task group, research group, working group, project team.
    * Grupo de Trabajo de Ingeniería de Internet (IETF) = Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF).
    * grupo de trabajo por tema de interés = breakout group.
    * Grupo de Trabajo sobre los Sistemas Nacionales de Información de la Asociaci = NISTF (Society of American Archivists National Information Systems Task Force).
    * grupo de tres = threesome.
    * grupo de usuarios = user group, users' group, population served.
    * grupo de usuarios al que va dirigido = target user group.
    * grupo disidente = splinter group, splinter party.
    * grupo dominante = dominant group.
    * grupo eléctrico = power unit, electrical generator, power generator.
    * grupo electrógeno = electrical generator, power unit, power generator.
    * grupo especial = special interest group.
    * grupo específico = niche.
    * grupo etario = age bracket.
    * grupo étnico = ethnic group, racial group, cultural group.
    * grupo experimental = experimental group.
    * grupo extremista = extremist group.
    * grupo incondicional, el = hard core, the.
    * grupo influyente = force.
    * grupo instrumental = ensemble.
    * grupo integrante = constituent group.
    * grupo interdisciplinar = cross-functional team.
    * grupo intérprete = executant body.
    * grupo marginado = deprived group, marginalised group.
    * grupo marginal = disadvantaged community, marginalised group.
    * grupo mayoritario = majority group.
    * grupo mínimo relacionado = minimum zone cohort.
    * grupo minoritario = minority group.
    * grupo mixto = cross-functional team.
    * grupo musical en directo = live band.
    * grupo político = political group.
    * grupo principal de usuarios = primary user group.
    * grupo profesional = occupational group.
    * grupo racial = racial group.
    * grupo racista = hate group.
    * grupo referente = reference group.
    * grupo religioso = denominational body, religious group.
    * grupos = quarters.
    * grupo sanguíneo = blood group, blood type.
    * grupos de diez = tens of.
    * grupo según edad = age group [age-group].
    * grupo social = community group, social group.
    * grupo supervisor = steering group.
    * grupo temáticamente afín = subject-related group.
    * grupo terrorista = terrorist group.
    * más débil del grupo, el = runt of the litter, the.
    * obra para grupo instrumental = ensemble work.
    * pensamiento de grupo = groupthink.
    * perfil de grupo = group profile.
    * por grupos = in batches.
    * presión del grupo = peer pressure.
    * relativo a un grupo = group-related.
    * reunión de grupo = group meeting.
    * RLG (Grupo de Bibliotecas de Investigación) = RLG (Research Libraries Group).
    * rodear en grupo = swarm.
    * SDI por grupos = group SDI.
    * sentimiento de grupo = togetherness.
    * sesión de grupo = group session.
    * tarifa de grupo = group rate.
    * técnica de grupo nominal = nominal group technique.
    * terapia de grupo = group therapy.
    * trabajar en grupo = team.
    * trabajar en grupo (con) = team up (with).
    * una grupo impreciso de = a cloud of.
    * un grupo aferrado de = a hard core of.
    * un grupo cada vez mayor de = a growing body of.
    * un grupo de = a set of, a bunch of, a crop of, a pool of, a cadre of, a cluster of, a galaxy of, a clutch of, a company of.
    * un grupo de gente variada = a cast of people.
    * un grupo incondicional de = a hard core of.
    * un grupo variado de = a collection of.
    * violación en grupo = gang rape.
    * * *
    a) (de personas, empresas, países) group; ( de árboles) clump

    en grupo — <salir/trabajar> in a group/in groups

    b) (Mús) tb

    grupo musical — group, band

    * * *
    = aggregate, bank, batch [batches, -pl.], body, class, cluster, clutch, congeries, grouping, pack, cohort, camp, set, group, gang, bunch, corps, band, class group, combine, constituent group, collective, ensemble, bevy, line-up, cluster, segment, pod, order, mob.

    Ex: The result of this is to provide a distinct class number for an aggregate of subjects which are adjacent in the UDC schedule order.

    Ex: A recitation of the best thought out principles for a cataloging code is easily drowned out by the clatter of a bank of direct access devices vainly searching for misplaced records.
    Ex: A KWIC index is based upon the 'keywords' in the titles of the batch of documents to be indexed.
    Ex: The main body of criticism centred upon the treatment of nonbook materials.
    Ex: The following highlights are what this first class of Fellows recall of their time overseas.
    Ex: The local system is designed to be flexible enough to meet the needs of a single library or those of a library cluster.
    Ex: This approach does tend to lead to small clutches of periodicals on a given subject.
    Ex: To be sure, it still has its congeries of mills and factories, its grimy huddle of frame dwellings and congested tenements, its stark, jagged skyline, but its old face is gradually changing.
    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: The notched cards, representing relevant documents, will drop off the needle and fall from the bulk of the pack.
    Ex: This article examines the views of librarians held by a number of faculty cohorts.
    Ex: This is a situation much debated between the two camps of those who would give everyone what he wants and those who would give each reader only the things of some constructive value.
    Ex: SELECT retrieves records containing the search term or terms you specify and stores them in sets.
    Ex: The groups continue, however, to keep alive their heritages through festivals and cultural activities.
    Ex: In the 1920s and 1930s more than 1 million books were being loaned each year to members as far afield as the most isolated settlers' gangs working on distant branch lines.
    Ex: They are a very impatient bunch, however: knowing themselves what the technology can do, they can get a little short with obstructionists who raise non-technical objections.
    Ex: Quality abstracting services take pride in their corps of abstractors.
    Ex: In recent years a band of disciples has grown up in India, and has contributed to the revision and expansion of the schedules.
    Ex: If the panel members represent class groups, they must canvass for suggestions.
    Ex: 158 public organisations with very diverse computer machinery formed a combine to develop an application which would make the database available on the organisations' different computer systems. = 158 instituciones públicas con equipos informáticos muy diversos crearon un grupo para desarrollar una aplicación que hiciera que la base de datos estuviese disponible en sus diferentes sistemas informáticos.
    Ex: Different constituent groups tend to rate aspects of the library quite differently.
    Ex: These collectives are at present seeking compensation for copies made of copyrighted material based on the nature, volume and use of copies made.
    Ex: DIANE is the name that has been given to the ensemble of available information services.
    Ex: It contains a bevy of fearsomely feisty female archetypes removed from domestic obligations and toughened in the brutal setting of prison life.
    Ex: The title of the article is 'The information market: a line-up of competitors'.
    Ex: Various other methods of obtaining clusters have been described, including the use of fuzzy sets, but these are beyond the scope of this book.
    Ex: No such constraints exist where online display is anticipated, since only one segment at a time is displayed.
    Ex: The large pod of about 75 narwhals milled around the bay in the summer feeding grounds.
    Ex: The taxonomic subclass of acari (mites and ticks) comprises tens of thousands of species, grouped in many families and several orders.
    Ex: In the afternoon quite a few of our mob decided that they would prefer to spend a bit of time lazing about in the water and soaking up a few rays.
    * admitir a Alguien en un grupo = adopt + Nombre + into the fold.
    * análisis de grupo = cohort analysis.
    * atacar en grupo = swarm.
    * camaradería de grupo = group ride.
    * cena de grupo = dinner party.
    * cena en grupo = group dinner, dinner party.
    * como grupo = collectively.
    * crear un grupo = set up + group.
    * debate de grupo = group discussion.
    * debate en grupo = group discussion.
    * división del mercado por grupos de consumidores = market segmentation.
    * empresa de nuestro grupo = sister company, sister organisation.
    * empresa de un grupo = operating company.
    * en algunos grupos = in some quarters.
    * en algunos grupos de la población = in some quarters.
    * enano del grupo, el = runt of the litter, the.
    * en muchos grupos = in many quarters.
    * en muchos grupos de la población = in many quarters.
    * entre grupos sociales = intergroup.
    * entrevista en grupo = group interview.
    * formación de grupos de presión = lobbying representation.
    * formar un grupo = set up + group.
    * formar un grupo de presión = form + lobby.
    * G7 (Grupo de los Siete), el = G7 (Group of Seven), the.
    * gran grupo = constellation.
    * grupo activista = faction group.
    * grupo al Algo que va dirigido = target group.
    * grupo alimenticio = food group.
    * grupo asesor = advisory group.
    * Grupo Asesor sobre Redes (NAG) = Network Advisory Group (NAG).
    * grupo chantajista = extortion racket.
    * grupo cívico = civic group.
    * grupo consultivo = advisory group.
    * grupo coordinador = steering group.
    * grupo cultural = cultural group.
    * grupo de acción ciudadana = citizen action group, community action group.
    * grupo de amigos = clan of friends.
    * grupo de amigos y conocidos = social network.
    * grupo de apoyo = interest group, support group.
    * grupo de autoayuda = self-help group, self-help group, self-help group.
    * grupo de cantantes femenino = girl band.
    * grupo de cantantes masculino = boy band.
    * grupo de ciudadanos desatentido = unserved, the.
    * grupo de consumidores = consumer group.
    * grupo de control = control group.
    * grupo de datos = data set [dataset].
    * grupo de debate = discussion group, focus group, discussion list, electronic forum, panel discussion, panel debate.
    * grupo de dirección = management.
    * grupo de discusión = discussion group.
    * grupo de edad = age bracket, age group [age-group].
    * grupo de empresas = business group.
    * grupo de estanterías = stack, stack range.
    * grupo de estudio = study circle.
    * grupo de expertos = cadre, brains trust, group of experts, network, think tank.
    * grupo defensor = interest group.
    * grupo de gestión = management team.
    * grupo de incondicionales, el = hard core, the.
    * grupo de intelectuales = intelligentsia.
    * grupo de interés = focus group, interest group.
    * grupo de investigación = research group.
    * Grupo de Investigación sobre la Clasificación (CRG) = Classification Research Group (CRG).
    * grupo de la oposición = opposition group.
    * grupo de los 20 = G-20.
    * grupo de los ocho, el = G8, the.
    * grupo del proyecto = project team.
    * grupo de negociación = bargaining unit.
    * grupo de normalización = standards group.
    * grupo de opinión = focus group.
    * grupo de personas o cosas de la misma edad o categoría = peer group.
    * grupo de poder = power group.
    * grupo de presión = lobby group, pressure group, lobbyist.
    * grupo de protección a menores = Shelter group.
    * grupo de protección ciudadana = civic trust group.
    * grupo de recursos = clump.
    * grupo de referencia = reference group.
    * grupo de representantes = focus group.
    * grupo de rock = rock group.
    * grupo de seguidores = fandom.
    * grupo de términos de búsqueda relacionados = search hedge, subject hedge.
    * grupo de trabajo = study group, study team, task force, working party, task group, research group, working group, project team.
    * Grupo de Trabajo de Ingeniería de Internet (IETF) = Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF).
    * grupo de trabajo por tema de interés = breakout group.
    * Grupo de Trabajo sobre los Sistemas Nacionales de Información de la Asociaci = NISTF (Society of American Archivists National Information Systems Task Force).
    * grupo de tres = threesome.
    * grupo de usuarios = user group, users' group, population served.
    * grupo de usuarios al que va dirigido = target user group.
    * grupo disidente = splinter group, splinter party.
    * grupo dominante = dominant group.
    * grupo eléctrico = power unit, electrical generator, power generator.
    * grupo electrógeno = electrical generator, power unit, power generator.
    * grupo especial = special interest group.
    * grupo específico = niche.
    * grupo etario = age bracket.
    * grupo étnico = ethnic group, racial group, cultural group.
    * grupo experimental = experimental group.
    * grupo extremista = extremist group.
    * grupo incondicional, el = hard core, the.
    * grupo influyente = force.
    * grupo instrumental = ensemble.
    * grupo integrante = constituent group.
    * grupo interdisciplinar = cross-functional team.
    * grupo intérprete = executant body.
    * grupo marginado = deprived group, marginalised group.
    * grupo marginal = disadvantaged community, marginalised group.
    * grupo mayoritario = majority group.
    * grupo mínimo relacionado = minimum zone cohort.
    * grupo minoritario = minority group.
    * grupo mixto = cross-functional team.
    * grupo musical en directo = live band.
    * grupo político = political group.
    * grupo principal de usuarios = primary user group.
    * grupo profesional = occupational group.
    * grupo racial = racial group.
    * grupo racista = hate group.
    * grupo referente = reference group.
    * grupo religioso = denominational body, religious group.
    * grupos = quarters.
    * grupo sanguíneo = blood group, blood type.
    * grupos de diez = tens of.
    * grupo según edad = age group [age-group].
    * grupo social = community group, social group.
    * grupo supervisor = steering group.
    * grupo temáticamente afín = subject-related group.
    * grupo terrorista = terrorist group.
    * más débil del grupo, el = runt of the litter, the.
    * obra para grupo instrumental = ensemble work.
    * pensamiento de grupo = groupthink.
    * perfil de grupo = group profile.
    * por grupos = in batches.
    * presión del grupo = peer pressure.
    * relativo a un grupo = group-related.
    * reunión de grupo = group meeting.
    * RLG (Grupo de Bibliotecas de Investigación) = RLG (Research Libraries Group).
    * rodear en grupo = swarm.
    * SDI por grupos = group SDI.
    * sentimiento de grupo = togetherness.
    * sesión de grupo = group session.
    * tarifa de grupo = group rate.
    * técnica de grupo nominal = nominal group technique.
    * terapia de grupo = group therapy.
    * trabajar en grupo = team.
    * trabajar en grupo (con) = team up (with).
    * una grupo impreciso de = a cloud of.
    * un grupo aferrado de = a hard core of.
    * un grupo cada vez mayor de = a growing body of.
    * un grupo de = a set of, a bunch of, a crop of, a pool of, a cadre of, a cluster of, a galaxy of, a clutch of, a company of.
    * un grupo de gente variada = a cast of people.
    * un grupo incondicional de = a hard core of.
    * un grupo variado de = a collection of.
    * violación en grupo = gang rape.

    * * *
    A
    1 (de personas) group; (de empresas, países) group; (de árboles) clump
    los grupos sociales marginados marginalized social groups
    un grupo de casas a group o cluster of houses
    se dividieron en grupos de (a) cuatro they split into groups of four
    en grupo ‹salir/trabajar› in a group/in groups
    2 ( Mús) tb
    grupo musical group, band
    3 ( Quím) group
    Compuestos:
    support group
    advisory group, think tank
    construction consortium
    control group
    consortium
    hotel chain
    ● grupo de interés or presión
    pressure group
    jazz group o band
    internet forum
    press consortium
    ( Pol) Group of Eight
    newsgroup
    working party
    user group
    generator
    ● grupo fónico/tónico
    phonic/tonic group
    target group
    ( frml); peer group
    parliamentary group
    blood group
    tener el grupo sanguíneo Rh or Rhesus positivo/negativo to be Rhesus positive/negative
    ¿qué grupo sanguíneo tiene? what blood group are you?
    tengo el grupo sanguíneo A/AB/B positivo/negativo I'm blood group A/AB/B positive/negative
    control group
    B ( Chi arg) (mentira) lie; (engaño) trick
    * * *

     

    grupo sustantivo masculino
    a) (de personas, empresas, países) group;

    ( de árboles) clump;

    grupos sociales social groups;
    de grupo ‹terapia/trabajo› group ( before n);
    en grupo ‹salir/trabajar› in a group/in groups
    b) (Mús) tb


    grupo sustantivo masculino
    1 g roup: no queda sangre del groupo B+, there is no B+ blood left
    tiene mi grupo sanguíneo, he has the same blood group as I do
    grupo de trabajo, working party
    terapia de grupo, group therapy
    2 Mús group, band
    3 Elec grupo electrógeno, power generator o electric generating set
    ' grupo' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    aparato
    - argot
    - beatería
    - cada
    - clase
    - comando
    - componente
    - conjunta
    - conjunto
    - contra
    - cuerpo
    - delirio
    - descolgarse
    - desfilar
    - dirigirse
    - disolver
    - disolverse
    - dispersar
    - dispersarse
    - ecologista
    - entrada
    - equipo
    - escolta
    - estamento
    - exclusión
    - figurar
    - fuerza
    - GEO
    - guerrilla
    - incorporarse
    - iniciar
    - jerga
    - junta
    - manifestarse
    - maquinaria
    - mayoría
    - minoritaria
    - minoritario
    - ninguna
    - ninguno
    - núcleo
    - nutrido-a
    - panel
    - paquete
    - patrulla
    - pertenencia
    - pesar
    - piña
    - readmitir
    - relevo
    English:
    address
    - army
    - back
    - band
    - bear down on
    - blood group
    - body
    - bracket
    - breakaway
    - bunch
    - camp
    - chain gang
    - class
    - cliquey
    - clump
    - cluster
    - collection
    - collective
    - combine
    - come under
    - commission
    - contra
    - crowd
    - demo
    - dense
    - drummer
    - dynamics
    - fervent
    - flagship
    - flock
    - foursome
    - fraternity
    - frenzied
    - gather
    - group
    - guard
    - heterogeneous
    - homogeneous
    - huddle
    - inbred
    - Ivy League
    - join
    - knot
    - lead
    - leadership
    - lobby
    - make up
    - manager
    - manageress
    - motley
    * * *
    grupo nm
    1. [conjunto] group;
    [de árboles] cluster;
    grupo (de empresas) (corporate) group;
    en grupo in a group;
    el grupo de cabeza [en carrera] the leading group
    Pol grupo de contacto contact group; Econ grupo de control control group; Informát grupo de discusión discussion group;
    grupo ecologista environmental group;
    grupo de edad age group;
    grupo empresarial (business) group o combine;
    grupo de estudio study group;
    Pol grupo mixto = independent MPs and MPs from minor parties in Spanish parliament; Informát grupo de noticias newsgroup;
    grupo parlamentario parliamentary group;
    Pol grupo de presión pressure group, lobby;
    grupo de riesgo group at risk;
    UE Grupo de Sabios Committee of Wise Men;
    grupo sanguíneo blood group;
    Informát grupo de usuarios user group
    2. [de músicos] group, band
    3. Tec unit, set
    Elec grupo electrógeno generator
    4. Quím group
    5. Ling grupo consonántico consonant cluster;
    grupo fónico phonic group;
    grupo nominal noun phrase;
    grupo de palabras word group;
    grupo vocálico vowel cluster
    * * *
    m group;
    en grupos in groups
    * * *
    grupo nm
    : group
    * * *
    grupo n group

    Spanish-English dictionary > grupo

  • 9 профильная раскладка, узкий наличник

    Construction: back band

    Универсальный русско-английский словарь > профильная раскладка, узкий наличник

  • 10 feuillure

    f
    * * *
    f
    back band, feather edge, fillister, groove, rabbet, rebate

    Dictionnaire d'ingénierie, d'architecture et de construction > feuillure

  • 11 להקת ליווי

    back up band

    Hebrew-English dictionary > להקת ליווי

  • 12 banda

    f.
    banda armada terrorist organization
    2 sash (faja).
    banda magnética magnetic strip
    banda impositiva tax bracket
    banda salarial wage bracket, salary band
    4 waveband (radio).
    banda de frecuencias frequency (band)
    5 cushion.
    6 group of men, group of people, party, corps.
    7 music band, band.
    8 edge of billiard table.
    9 lemniscus.
    * * *
    1 (faja) sash
    2 (lista) band
    3 (tira) strip
    4 (lado) side
    5 (en billar) cushion
    \
    cerrarse en banda to dig one's heels in
    coger por banda a alguien / pillar en banda a alguien to lay one's hands on somebody
    banda magnética magnetic strip
    banda sonora sound track
    banda transportadora conveyor belt
    línea de banda touchline
    ————————
    1 (músicos) band
    3 (pájaros) flock
    \
    banda armada (delincuentes) armed gang 2 (terroristas) terrorist group
    banda de rock rock group
    banda municipal town band
    banda terrorista terrorist group
    * * *
    noun f.
    1) band
    2) gang
    •
    * * *
    SF
    1) (=grupo) [de música] band; [de delincuentes, amigos] gang; [de guerrilleros] band; [de partidarios] party, group; [de aves] flock

    negociaciones a tres bandas — three-party talks, trilateral negotiations

    banda juvenil — youth gang, street gang

    2) (=cinta) [en la ropa] band, strip; [de gala] sash

    banda gástrica — (Med) gastric band

    3) (=franja) [de tierra] strip, ribbon; [de carretera, pista de atletismo] lane

    banda de frecuencia — band, waveband

    banda de rodaje, banda de rodamiento — (Aut) tread

    la Banda Oriental — esp Cono Sur Uruguay

    banda sonora — [de película] soundtrack; [en carretera] rumble strip

    4) (=lado) [de río] side, bank; [de monte] side, edge; [de barco] side

    coger a algn por banda —

    ¡como te coja por banda! — I'll get even with you!

    5) (Dep) sideline, touchline

    fuera de banda — out of play, in touch

    sacar de banda — to take a throw-in, throw the ball in

    línea de banda — sideline, touchline

    6) (Billar) cushion
    * * *
    1) (en la cintura, cruzando el pecho) sash; (franja, lista) band; ( para pelo) (Méx) hairband; ( en brazo) armband
    2) ( de barco) side; ( en billar) cushion; (en fútbol, rugby) touchline

    saque de banda — ( en fútbol) throw-in; ( en rugby) put-in

    irse en banda — (CS fam)

    el equipo se fue en banda — the team did terribly

    3)
    a) ( de delincuentes) gang
    b) (Mús) band
    * * *
    = bandwidth, strip, band, band, sideline, prong, stripe, group, pod, gang, sash, band.
    Ex. Digital transmission is therefore more profligate in its use of bandwidth for the same information.
    Ex. Later this strip is retyped into ordinary language, for in its nascent form it is intelligible only to the initiated.
    Ex. For transmission by the telephone network, data must be converted into signals in this band of frequencies, by means of modems.
    Ex. The cords themselves could be placed either outside the backs of the folded sheets, where they would show as raised bands across the spine of the book, or in slots sawn into the folds to give the book a flat back.
    Ex. The article 'Off the sidelines, onto the playing field' discusses a recent project which commissioned 9 research papers to explore the future of libraries.
    Ex. There are 2 prongs to this research, one explores the use of the term 'information' and the other major part of the study investigates a number of aspects of some information management positions.
    Ex. This paper describes an oscillating chemical reaction, and discusses numerous parallels to it in research, such as in fibrillation of the heart, body-clock rhythms of animals and plants, the self-assembly of multicellular organisms, and certain stripes in volcanic rock.
    Ex. The groups continue, however, to keep alive their heritages through festivals and cultural activities.
    Ex. The large pod of about 75 narwhals milled around the bay in the summer feeding grounds.
    Ex. In the 1920s and 1930s more than 1 million books were being loaned each year to members as far afield as the most isolated settlers' gangs working on distant branch lines.
    Ex. Just one other question: why are some of the sashes worn from left shoulder to right hip or right shoulder to left hip?.
    Ex. In recent years a band of disciples has grown up in India, and has contributed to the revision and expansion of the schedules.
    ----
    * ancho de banda = bandwidth.
    * asalto a dos bandas = two-pronged attack.
    * a tres bandas = three pronged.
    * banda ancha = wide-band, broadband.
    * banda antirrobo magnética = magnetic security tag.
    * banda callejera = street gang, gang, gang of youths.
    * banda de base = baseband.
    * banda de delincuentes = crime ring.
    * banda de linchadores = lynch mob.
    * banda de música = band, musical band, marching band, brass band.
    * banda de rodamiento de neumático = tyre tread.
    * banda estrecha = narrow-band.
    * banda gástrica = gastric band.
    * banda impositiva = income tax bracket, tax bracket.
    * banda juvenil = gang of youths.
    * banda magnética = magnetic strip, magnetic stripe, magstripe.
    * banda musical = musical band.
    * banda sonora = sound track film, soundtrack [sound track], rumble strip.
    * banda sonora de película = film music.
    * banda terrorista = terrorist group.
    * cabecilla de la banda = leader of the pack.
    * carrete de banda sonora = sound track film reel.
    * grabación de banda de música = band recording.
    * tarjeta de banda magnética = swipecard.
    * * *
    1) (en la cintura, cruzando el pecho) sash; (franja, lista) band; ( para pelo) (Méx) hairband; ( en brazo) armband
    2) ( de barco) side; ( en billar) cushion; (en fútbol, rugby) touchline

    saque de banda — ( en fútbol) throw-in; ( en rugby) put-in

    irse en banda — (CS fam)

    el equipo se fue en banda — the team did terribly

    3)
    a) ( de delincuentes) gang
    b) (Mús) band
    * * *
    = bandwidth, strip, band, band, sideline, prong, stripe, group, pod, gang, sash, band.

    Ex: Digital transmission is therefore more profligate in its use of bandwidth for the same information.

    Ex: Later this strip is retyped into ordinary language, for in its nascent form it is intelligible only to the initiated.
    Ex: For transmission by the telephone network, data must be converted into signals in this band of frequencies, by means of modems.
    Ex: The cords themselves could be placed either outside the backs of the folded sheets, where they would show as raised bands across the spine of the book, or in slots sawn into the folds to give the book a flat back.
    Ex: The article 'Off the sidelines, onto the playing field' discusses a recent project which commissioned 9 research papers to explore the future of libraries.
    Ex: There are 2 prongs to this research, one explores the use of the term 'information' and the other major part of the study investigates a number of aspects of some information management positions.
    Ex: This paper describes an oscillating chemical reaction, and discusses numerous parallels to it in research, such as in fibrillation of the heart, body-clock rhythms of animals and plants, the self-assembly of multicellular organisms, and certain stripes in volcanic rock.
    Ex: The groups continue, however, to keep alive their heritages through festivals and cultural activities.
    Ex: The large pod of about 75 narwhals milled around the bay in the summer feeding grounds.
    Ex: In the 1920s and 1930s more than 1 million books were being loaned each year to members as far afield as the most isolated settlers' gangs working on distant branch lines.
    Ex: Just one other question: why are some of the sashes worn from left shoulder to right hip or right shoulder to left hip?.
    Ex: In recent years a band of disciples has grown up in India, and has contributed to the revision and expansion of the schedules.
    * ancho de banda = bandwidth.
    * asalto a dos bandas = two-pronged attack.
    * a tres bandas = three pronged.
    * banda ancha = wide-band, broadband.
    * banda antirrobo magnética = magnetic security tag.
    * banda callejera = street gang, gang, gang of youths.
    * banda de base = baseband.
    * banda de delincuentes = crime ring.
    * banda de linchadores = lynch mob.
    * banda de música = band, musical band, marching band, brass band.
    * banda de rodamiento de neumático = tyre tread.
    * banda estrecha = narrow-band.
    * banda gástrica = gastric band.
    * banda impositiva = income tax bracket, tax bracket.
    * banda juvenil = gang of youths.
    * banda magnética = magnetic strip, magnetic stripe, magstripe.
    * banda musical = musical band.
    * banda sonora = sound track film, soundtrack [sound track], rumble strip.
    * banda sonora de película = film music.
    * banda terrorista = terrorist group.
    * cabecilla de la banda = leader of the pack.
    * carrete de banda sonora = sound track film reel.
    * grabación de banda de música = band recording.
    * tarjeta de banda magnética = swipecard.

    * * *
    A
    1 ( Indum) (en la cintura, cruzando el pecho) sash; (franja, lista) band; (para el pelo) ( Méx) hair band
    llevaba una banda negra en el brazo he was wearing a black armband
    2 (de tierra) strip
    Compuestos:
    broad band
    frequency band
    ( Méx) fan belt
    tread
    ( Ven) rubber band, elastic band ( BrE)
    tax band
    trim
    magnetic strip
    ceremonial sash ( worn by the president)
    salary band
    ( Cin) sound track; ( Auto) rumble strip
    ( Méx) conveyor belt
    B
    2 (en el billar) cushion
    3 (en fútbol) touchline
    lanzó el balón fuera de banda he kicked the ball into touch o out of play o ( AmE) out of bounds
    cerrarse en banda to refuse to listen
    coger a algn por banda ( Esp fam); to corner sb
    dejar a algn/andar/quedar en banda ( RPl fam): anda en banda he doesn't know what to do with himself, he's at a bit of a loss
    se fueron y me dejaron en banda they went off and left me not knowing what to do with myself o and left me at a bit of a loss
    irse en banda (CS fam): el equipo se fue en banda the team did terribly
    C
    banda armada armed gang
    banda terrorista terrorist group
    2 ( Mús) band
    3 (de aves) flock
    * * *

     

    banda sustantivo femenino
    1 (en la cintura, cruzando el pecho) sash;
    (franja, lista) band;
    ( para pelo) (Méx) hair-band;
    ( en brazo) armband;

    banda sonora (Cin) sound track;
    banda ancha broadband;
    banda transportadora (Méx) conveyor belt
    2 ( de barco) side;
    ( en billar) cushion;
    (en fútbol, rugby) touchline;


    ( en rugby) put-in
    3

    b) (Mús) band

    banda 1 sustantivo femenino
    1 Mús band
    2 (de criminales) gang
    banda armada, armed gang
    banda terrorista, terrorist group
    3 (de pájaros) flock
    banda 2 sustantivo femenino
    1 (cinta) sash
    2 (franja, lista) strip
    3 (lado) side
    4 (billar) cushion
    5 Ftb línea de banda, touchline
    saque de banda, throw-in
    6 Telec banda de frecuencia, frequency band
    Cine banda sonora, sound track
    ♦ Locuciones: cerrarse en banda, to dig in one's heels
    coger a alguien por banda, to approach someone o to put one's hand in someone
    jugar a varias bandas, to double-deal o to play the field
    ' banda' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    cabeza
    - cerebro
    - cerrarse
    - escindirse
    - forajida
    - forajido
    - madriguera
    - saque
    - separarse
    - terrorista
    - barra
    - doblar
    - escoleta
    - franja
    - juez
    English:
    band
    - boundary
    - brass band
    - bust
    - flute
    - gang
    - protection money
    - ring
    - rough up
    - sideline
    - soundtrack
    - split off
    - strike up
    - throw in
    - throw-in
    - touch
    - touchline
    - wing
    - brass
    - broadband
    - conveyor (belt)
    - crew
    - elastic
    - fan
    - hair
    - sash
    - side
    - sound
    - swipe
    - tread
    - wave
    * * *
    banda nf
    1. [cuadrilla] gang
    banda armada terrorist organization
    2. [de música] [de viento y percusión] (brass) band;
    [de rock, pop] band;
    3. [faja] sash
    banda presidencial presidential sash
    4. [para el pelo] hairband
    5. [cinta] ribbon
    banda magnética magnetic strip;
    banda de Möbius Möbius strip;
    banda sonora [de película] soundtrack;
    banda transportadora [para bultos, mercancía] conveyor belt;
    [para peatones] moving walkway
    6. [franja] stripe;
    una camisa con bandas blancas a T-shirt with white stripes
    banda sonora [en carretera] rumble strip
    7. [escala] band
    Fin banda de fluctuación fluctuation o currency band;
    banda de precios price range o band;
    banda salarial salary range o band
    8. Rad waveband;
    ancho de banda bandwidth
    banda ancha broadband;
    banda estrecha narrow band;
    banda de frecuencia(s) frequency band
    9. [en fútbol]
    línea de banda touchline;
    el balón salió por la banda the ball went out of play;
    avanzar por la banda to go down the wing
    10. [en billar] cushion
    11. [pez] dealfish
    12. Hist la Banda Oriental = name of former Spanish territories comprising the present-day Republic of Uruguay and southern Brazil
    13. Méx [grupo de jóvenes] gang, crowd;
    se descolgó toda la banda al concierto de rock the whole gang went to the rock concert
    14. Comp
    cerrarse en banda to dig one's heels in;
    se han cerrado en banda a cualquier reforma they have flatly refused to accept any reforms;
    Esp Fam
    agarrar o [m5] coger a alguien por banda [para reñirle] to have a little word with sb;
    [atrapar] to buttonhole sb;
    jugar a dos bandas to play a double game;
    RP Fam
    estar/quedar en banda to be/be left at a loss
    * * *
    f
    1 MÚS ( grupo) band
    2 de delincuentes gang
    3 ( cinta) sash
    4 en fútbol touchline
    5 de billar cushion
    6
    :
    cerrarse en banda fam stand firm, dig one’s heels in fam
    * * *
    banda nf
    1) : band, strip
    2) Mex : belt
    banda transportadora: conveyor belt
    3) : band (of musicians)
    4) : gang (of persons), flock (of birds)
    5)
    banda de rodadura : tread (of a tire, etc.)
    6)
    banda de sonido : sound track
    * * *
    1. (de músicos) band / group
    3. (franja) stripe

    Spanish-English dictionary > banda

  • 13 sujetar

    v.
    sujeta la cuerda al poste tie the rope to the post
    sujetar con clavos/cola to fasten with nails/glue
    sujeta los papeles con un clip fasten the papers together with a paper clip
    intentó escapar, pero la sujetaron firmemente she tried to escape, but they kept a firm grip on her
    si no lo llegan a sujetar, la mata if they hadn't held him back, he would have killed her
    María sujeta la cuerda Mary holds the rope.
    2 to hold.
    3 to fasten, to anchor, to attach, to bind.
    María sujetó los barriles Mary fastened the barrels.
    * * *
    1 (fijar) to fix, secure, hold
    2 (agarrar, sostener) to hold, hold on to
    3 (para que no escape) to hold down
    4 (papeles) to fasten; (pelo) to hold in place
    5 figurado (dominar, someter) to control, restrain
    6 figurado (atar) to tie down
    1 (agarrarse) to hold on, hold tight
    ■ sujétate, que el autobús corre mucho hold tight, the bus is going really fast
    2 figurado (someterse) to subject oneself (a, to)
    \
    sujetar con clavos to nail down
    * * *
    verb
    2) attach, fasten, secure
    * * *
    1. VT
    1) (=agarrar) to hold

    lo tuvieron que sujetar entre tres personas para que no huyera — he had to be held back o restrained by three people to stop him escaping

    2) (=afianzar)

    sujeta bien la ropa, que no se la lleve el viento — peg the clothes (up) properly so the wind doesn't blow them away

    • sujetar algo a, se sujeta a la pared por medio de argollas — it is fixed o attached o secured to the wall through rings

    • sujetar algo con, sujetar algo con clavos — to nail sth down

    3) (=contener) [+ rebelde] to subdue, conquer; [+ rival, animal enfurecido] to keep down

    vive sin ataduras que la sujeten — she has nothing to tie her down, she has no ties to bind her

    2.
    See:
    * * *
    1.
    verbo transitivo
    1)
    a) ( mantener sujeto) to hold

    sujétalo bien, que no se escape — hold it tight, don't let it go

    b) ( sostener) to hold
    c) (fijar, trabar)
    2) ( dominar) to subdue, conquer
    2.
    sujetarse v pron
    1)
    a) ( agarrarse)
    b) (trabar, sostener)

    se sujetó el pelo en un moño — she put o pinned her hair up in a bun

    2) ( someterse)

    sujetarse A algo — a ley/reglas to abide by something

    * * *
    = lock in + place, hold in + place, fasten together, clamp, fasten, grip, secure, clip, cinch, rein in.
    Ex. Most card catalogues are equipped with rods which lock the cards in place and prevent unauthorized removal of entries.
    Ex. It may be seen that one or more pairs of leaves, joined to each other at the back, are held in place by a double stitch of thread running up the fold.
    Ex. A book is physically a collection of sheets usually paper ones fastened together and protected by a cover which do form a genuine unit.
    Ex. The original is clamped around the left hand cylinder and a special stencil fastened around the other cylinder.
    Ex. The original is clamped around the left hand cylinder and a special stencil fastened around the other cylinder.
    Ex. The entrance door should be automatic or with a handle easy to grip.
    Ex. Many books were still large and solid, their blind-tooled covers secured with clasps or ties.
    Ex. Plastic-covered wire or metal supports are designed to clip firmly to the shelf itself or to the base of the shelf above.
    Ex. The men who rushed to California soon adopted a unique uniform of broad-brimmed hats, flannel shirts, coarse trousers cinched with a leather belt, and tall boots.
    Ex. If librarians hope to rein in escalating periodical prices, they must become more assertive consumers.
    ----
    * sujetar abarcando = brace.
    * sujetar con algo pesado = weight down.
    * sujetar con tornillo o perno = bolt.
    * sujetar contra = pin + Nombre + against.
    * sujetar fuertemente = keep + a tight hold on.
    * sujetar + Nombre + contra el suelo = pin + Nombre + to the floor.
    * sujetarse a = hold on to.
    * * *
    1.
    verbo transitivo
    1)
    a) ( mantener sujeto) to hold

    sujétalo bien, que no se escape — hold it tight, don't let it go

    b) ( sostener) to hold
    c) (fijar, trabar)
    2) ( dominar) to subdue, conquer
    2.
    sujetarse v pron
    1)
    a) ( agarrarse)
    b) (trabar, sostener)

    se sujetó el pelo en un moño — she put o pinned her hair up in a bun

    2) ( someterse)

    sujetarse A algo — a ley/reglas to abide by something

    * * *
    = lock in + place, hold in + place, fasten together, clamp, fasten, grip, secure, clip, cinch, rein in.

    Ex: Most card catalogues are equipped with rods which lock the cards in place and prevent unauthorized removal of entries.

    Ex: It may be seen that one or more pairs of leaves, joined to each other at the back, are held in place by a double stitch of thread running up the fold.
    Ex: A book is physically a collection of sheets usually paper ones fastened together and protected by a cover which do form a genuine unit.
    Ex: The original is clamped around the left hand cylinder and a special stencil fastened around the other cylinder.
    Ex: The original is clamped around the left hand cylinder and a special stencil fastened around the other cylinder.
    Ex: The entrance door should be automatic or with a handle easy to grip.
    Ex: Many books were still large and solid, their blind-tooled covers secured with clasps or ties.
    Ex: Plastic-covered wire or metal supports are designed to clip firmly to the shelf itself or to the base of the shelf above.
    Ex: The men who rushed to California soon adopted a unique uniform of broad-brimmed hats, flannel shirts, coarse trousers cinched with a leather belt, and tall boots.
    Ex: If librarians hope to rein in escalating periodical prices, they must become more assertive consumers.
    * sujetar abarcando = brace.
    * sujetar con algo pesado = weight down.
    * sujetar con tornillo o perno = bolt.
    * sujetar contra = pin + Nombre + against.
    * sujetar fuertemente = keep + a tight hold on.
    * sujetar + Nombre + contra el suelo = pin + Nombre + to the floor.
    * sujetarse a = hold on to.

    * * *
    sujetar [A1 ]
    vt
    A
    1
    (mantener sujeto): las cuerdas que sujetan las maletas a la baca the ropes which hold the suitcases on the roof rack
    una cinta roja le sujetaba el pelo her hair was tied back with a red ribbon
    para sujetarlo mientras se pega to hold it in place while it sticks
    sujétalo bien, que no se te escape hold it tight, don't let it go
    tuvimos que sujetarlos para que no se pegaran we had to hold them back to stop them hitting each other
    yo lo derribé y ellos lo sujetaron I knocked him over and they held him down
    sujétalo mientras llamo a la policía keep hold of him o hold on to him while I call the police
    2 (sostener) to hold
    sujétame los paquetes mientras abro la puerta hold o keep hold of o hold on to the packages for me while I open the door
    3
    (fijar, trabar): sujeta los documentos con un clip fasten the documents together with a paper clip, clip the documents together
    sujetó los papeles con una goma elástica she put a rubber band around the papers
    sujeta la cuerda al árbol tie the rope to the tree
    sujetar las tablas al bastidor con los tornillos screw the boards to the frame, use the screws to fix the boards to the frame
    B (dominar) to subdue, conquer
    A
    1 (agarrarse) sujetarse A algo to hold on TO sth
    2
    (trabar, sostener): sujétate ese mechón con una horquilla use a clip to hold your hair back off your face
    se sujetó la falda con una cuerda she tied up o fastened her skirt with a piece of string
    se sujetó el pelo en un moño she put o tied o pinned her hair up in a bun
    B (someterse, ajustarse) sujetarse A algo to abide BY sth
    hay que sujetarse a lo que dice la ley you have to abide by what the law says
    * * *

     

    sujetar ( conjugate sujetar) verbo transitivo
    1

    ◊ sujétalo bien, que no se escape hold it tight, don't let it go;

    tuvimos que sujetarlos para que no se pegaran we had to hold them back to stop them hitting each other


    c) (fijar, trabar — con clip) to fasten … together;

    (— con alfileres) to pin … together
    2 ( dominar) to subdue, conquer
    sujetarse verbo pronominal
    1
    a) ( agarrarse) sujetarse A algo to hold on to sth

    b) (trabar, sostener):


    se sujetó la falda con un imperdible she fastened her skirt with a safety pin
    2 ( someterse) sujetarse A algo ‹a ley/reglas› to abide by sth
    sujetar verbo transitivo
    1 (coger, agarrar) to hold: sujétalo fuerte, hold it tight
    ¿puedes sujetarme la escalera?, can you hold the ladder for me?
    (retener) to hold down
    (fijar) to fasten, fix
    2 (controlar, someter) to restrain, keep in check
    ' sujetar' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    agarrar
    - aguantar
    - asegurar
    - clavar
    - clip
    - normalizar
    - prender
    - sustentar
    - tener
    - tirante
    - trincar
    - atorar
    - corchete
    - goma
    - gomita
    - peineta
    - sostener
    English:
    anchor
    - attach
    - clamp
    - clasp
    - clip
    - fasten
    - fasten on to
    - fix
    - hold down
    - lash down
    - pin
    - pin down
    - pin up
    - place
    - screw down
    - secure
    - strap down
    - strap in
    - tie down
    - bolt
    - hold
    - keep
    - peg
    - steady
    - strap
    - weight
    * * *
    ♦ vt
    1. [agarrar] [para mantener en su sitio] to hold in place;
    [sobre una superficie, con un peso] to hold down; [para que no se caiga] to hold up;
    sujeta la cuerda al poste tie the rope to the post;
    sujetar con clavos/cola to fasten with nails/glue;
    sujeta los papeles con un clip fasten the papers together with a paper clip;
    le sujetó el pelo con una goma she tied his hair back with an elastic band;
    intentó escapar, pero la sujetaron firmemente she tried to escape, but they kept a firm grip on her;
    si no lo llegan a sujetar, la mata if they hadn't held him back, he would have killed her
    2. [sostener] to hold;
    sujétame esta bolsa un momento hold this bag for a moment, will you?
    3. [someter] to control
    * * *
    v/t
    1 ( fijar) hold (down), keep in place
    2 ( sostener) hold
    * * *
    1) : to hold on to, to steady, to hold down
    2) fijar: to fasten, to attach
    3) dominar: to subdue, to conquer
    * * *
    1. (coger) to hold [pt. & pp. held]
    ¿me sujetas el bolso? can you hold my bag, please?
    2. (fijar) to fasten

    Spanish-English dictionary > sujetar

  • 14 franja

    f.
    1 strip (banda, tira).
    la franja de Gaza the Gaza Strip
    2 stripe.
    3 fringe.
    4 lacinia.
    pres.indicat.
    3rd person singular (él/ella/ello) present indicative of spanish verb: franjar.
    pres.subj.
    3rd person singular (él/ella/ello) Present Subjunctive of Spanish verb: frangir.
    imperat.
    2nd person singular (tú) Imperative of Spanish verb: franjar.
    * * *
    1 (banda) band, strip
    2 (de tierra) strip
    3 COSTURA fringe, border
    \
    la franja de Gaza the Gaza strip
    * * *
    noun f.
    1) band, stripe
    * * *
    SF
    1) (=banda) strip; [de uniforme] stripe
    2) (=borde) fringe, border
    * * *
    femenino ( banda) stripe, band; (cinta, adorno) border, fringe
    * * *
    = band, stripe, swath [swathe], belt.
    Nota: Zona.
    Ex. The cords themselves could be placed either outside the backs of the folded sheets, where they would show as raised bands across the spine of the book, or in slots sawn into the folds to give the book a flat back.
    Ex. This paper describes an oscillating chemical reaction, and discusses numerous parallels to it in research, such as in fibrillation of the heart, body-clock rhythms of animals and plants, the self-assembly of multicellular organisms, and certain stripes in volcanic rock.
    Ex. Blair's determination to stand 'shoulder to shoulder' with a Bush administration on the warpath put him at odds with a vast swath of British public opinion.
    Ex. While Singapore enterprises are active in China's thriving eastern and coastal belt, the western region remains almost virgin territory to them.
    ----
    * franja de Gaza, la = Gaza Strip, the.
    * franja horaria = time slot.
    * franja salarial = salary scale, salary band.
    * * *
    femenino ( banda) stripe, band; (cinta, adorno) border, fringe
    * * *
    = band, stripe, swath [swathe], belt.
    Nota: Zona.

    Ex: The cords themselves could be placed either outside the backs of the folded sheets, where they would show as raised bands across the spine of the book, or in slots sawn into the folds to give the book a flat back.

    Ex: This paper describes an oscillating chemical reaction, and discusses numerous parallels to it in research, such as in fibrillation of the heart, body-clock rhythms of animals and plants, the self-assembly of multicellular organisms, and certain stripes in volcanic rock.
    Ex: Blair's determination to stand 'shoulder to shoulder' with a Bush administration on the warpath put him at odds with a vast swath of British public opinion.
    Ex: While Singapore enterprises are active in China's thriving eastern and coastal belt, the western region remains almost virgin territory to them.
    * franja de Gaza, la = Gaza Strip, the.
    * franja horaria = time slot.
    * franja salarial = salary scale, salary band.

    * * *
    1 (banda) stripe, band
    las franjas rojas y blancas de la bandera the red and white stripes of the flag
    una franja de terreno a strip of land
    el sol entraba a franjas por las persianas the sun filtered through the blinds
    2 (cinta, adorno) border, fringe
    Compuesto:
    Gaza Strip
    * * *

     

    franja sustantivo femenino ( banda) stripe, band;
    (cinta, adorno) border, fringe
    franja sustantivo femenino
    1 (de tierra) strip
    2 (en una tela) stripe
    ' franja' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    banda
    - lengua
    - lista
    - orla
    - ribera
    - barra
    - faja
    English:
    strip
    - band
    * * *
    franja nf
    [banda, tira] strip; [en bandera, uniforme] stripe franja de edad age bracket;
    la Franja de Gaza the Gaza Strip;
    franja horaria [en televisión] time slot;
    [huso horario] time zone
    * * *
    f
    1 ( orilla) fringe
    2 de tierra strip
    * * *
    franja nf
    1) : stripe, band
    2) : border, fringe
    * * *
    franja n stripe / band

    Spanish-English dictionary > franja

  • 15 cinta

    f.
    1 strip, band.
    cinta adhesiva o autoadhesiva adhesive o sticky tape
    cinta aislante insulating tape
    cinta de impresora printer ribbon
    cinta métrica tape measure
    cinta perforada punched tape
    2 tape.
    cinta de audio audio cassette
    cinta digital/magnética digital/magnetic tape
    cinta magnetofónica recording tape
    cinta virgen blank tape
    3 belt (mecanismo).
    cinta transportadora conveyor belt
    4 movie.
    5 film, movie.
    6 ribbon.
    7 spider plant, ribbon grass.
    8 lemniscus.
    pres.indicat.
    3rd person singular (él/ella/ello) present indicative of spanish verb: cintar.
    imperat.
    2nd person singular (tú) Imperative of Spanish verb: cintar.
    * * *
    1 (gen) band, strip; (decorativa) ribbon
    2 COSTURA braid, edging
    3 (para el pelo) headband
    4 TÉCNICA tape
    7 (casete) tape
    \
    cinta adhesiva adhesive tape
    cinta aislante insulating tape
    cinta de vídeo video tape
    cinta magnética magnetic tape
    cinta magnetofónica recording tape
    cinta métrica tape measure
    cinta transportadora conveyor belt
    * * *
    noun f.
    2) tape
    * * *
    SF
    1) (=tira) ribbon

    cinta aislante, cinta de aislar — CAm, Méx insulating tape

    2) [de vídeo, sonido] tape

    cinta limpiadora — head cleaner, head-cleaning tape

    3) (Cine) film
    4) (Téc)

    cinta de equipajes — baggage o luggage carousel

    5) (Culin)

    cinta de cerdo, cinta de lomo — loin of pork

    6) (Bot) spider plant
    * * *
    1)
    a) (para adornar, envolver) ribbon
    b) ( en gimnasia rítmica) ribbon; ( en carreras) tape
    2)
    a) (Audio, Video) tape
    b) (period o ant) (Cin) tb

    cinta cinematográfica — movie (AmE), film (BrE)

    •
    * * *
    = ribbon, strip, tape, loop.
    Ex. Dot matrix printers have a matrix or 'grid' of pins which are pushed against the ribbon by solenoids in response to CPU signals.
    Ex. Later this strip is retyped into ordinary language, for in its nascent form it is intelligible only to the initiated.
    Ex. A portfolio is a container for holding loose materials consisting of two covers joined together at the back; the covers are usually tied with tapes at the fore edge, top, and bottom.
    Ex. People are positively delighted to find that there are motion picture loops on how to throw a ball properly, art slides, and all this sort of thing.
    ----
    * carrete de cinta = sound tape reel.
    * cartucho de cinta = ribbon cartridge.
    * cinta adhesiva = Sellotape, Scotch tape, adhesive tape.
    * cinta adhesiva ancha para libros = book tape.
    * cinta adhesiva protectora = masking tape.
    * cinta aislante = electrical tape, insulating tape.
    * cinta ancha adhesiva plateada = duct tape.
    * cinta de carrocero = masking tape.
    * cinta de casete = cassette tape.
    * cinta de embalar = packing tape.
    * cinta de enmascarar = masking tape.
    * Cinta de Intercambio de Registros MARC = MARC Exchange Tape.
    * cinta de medir = measuring tape.
    * cinta de papel continuo = web of paper.
    * cinta de sonido = tape, phonotape.
    * cinta de vídeo = video cassette, video tape, videotape.
    * cinta magnética = magnetic tape.
    * cinta métrica = measuring tape.
    * cinta perforada = ticker tape.
    * cinta sin fin = endless belt, conveyor belt, conveyor [conveyer].
    * cinta sonora = sound tape.
    * cinta transportadora = endless belt, conveyor belt, conveyor [conveyer].
    * con varios lectores de cintas = multi-drive.
    * grabación en cinta = audio tape recording.
    * grabado en cinta = tape-recorded, audiotaped [audio-taped].
    * grabar en cinta = tape-record [tape record], tape.
    * lector de cinta = tape drive.
    * lector de cinta magnética = magnetic tape drive.
    * pegar con cinta adhesiva = tape.
    * presentación de diapositivas con cinta = tape/slide show.
    * unidad de cinta = tape deck.
    * videocinta = videotape.
    * volcado de cintas = tape dump.
    * * *
    1)
    a) (para adornar, envolver) ribbon
    b) ( en gimnasia rítmica) ribbon; ( en carreras) tape
    2)
    a) (Audio, Video) tape
    b) (period o ant) (Cin) tb

    cinta cinematográfica — movie (AmE), film (BrE)

    •
    * * *
    = ribbon, strip, tape, loop.

    Ex: Dot matrix printers have a matrix or 'grid' of pins which are pushed against the ribbon by solenoids in response to CPU signals.

    Ex: Later this strip is retyped into ordinary language, for in its nascent form it is intelligible only to the initiated.
    Ex: A portfolio is a container for holding loose materials consisting of two covers joined together at the back; the covers are usually tied with tapes at the fore edge, top, and bottom.
    Ex: People are positively delighted to find that there are motion picture loops on how to throw a ball properly, art slides, and all this sort of thing.
    * carrete de cinta = sound tape reel.
    * cartucho de cinta = ribbon cartridge.
    * cinta adhesiva = Sellotape, Scotch tape, adhesive tape.
    * cinta adhesiva ancha para libros = book tape.
    * cinta adhesiva protectora = masking tape.
    * cinta aislante = electrical tape, insulating tape.
    * cinta ancha adhesiva plateada = duct tape.
    * cinta de carrocero = masking tape.
    * cinta de casete = cassette tape.
    * cinta de embalar = packing tape.
    * cinta de enmascarar = masking tape.
    * Cinta de Intercambio de Registros MARC = MARC Exchange Tape.
    * cinta de medir = measuring tape.
    * cinta de papel continuo = web of paper.
    * cinta de sonido = tape, phonotape.
    * cinta de vídeo = video cassette, video tape, videotape.
    * cinta magnética = magnetic tape.
    * cinta métrica = measuring tape.
    * cinta perforada = ticker tape.
    * cinta sin fin = endless belt, conveyor belt, conveyor [conveyer].
    * cinta sonora = sound tape.
    * cinta transportadora = endless belt, conveyor belt, conveyor [conveyer].
    * con varios lectores de cintas = multi-drive.
    * grabación en cinta = audio tape recording.
    * grabado en cinta = tape-recorded, audiotaped [audio-taped].
    * grabar en cinta = tape-record [tape record], tape.
    * lector de cinta = tape drive.
    * lector de cinta magnética = magnetic tape drive.
    * pegar con cinta adhesiva = tape.
    * presentación de diapositivas con cinta = tape/slide show.
    * unidad de cinta = tape deck.
    * videocinta = videotape.
    * volcado de cintas = tape dump.

    * * *
    A
    1 (para adornar, envolver) ribbon
    tocar/romper la cinta to breast/break the tape
    Compuestos:
    (en papelería) adhesive tape, sticky tape; ( Med) sticking plaster
    insulating tape, friction tape ( AmE)
    ( Esp) heavy-duty tape
    correction tape o ribbon
    ● cinta de andar or de correr
    treadmill
    ● cinta de celo or cello®
    ● cinta durex®
    tape measure
    ( Méx) cinturón negro/verde/azul (↑ cinturón)
    tickertape
    ● cinta scotch®
    ( AmL) Scotch tape® ( AmE), Sellotape® ( BrE)
    conveyor belt
    ( Chi); treadmill
    B ( Bot) spider plant
    C
    1 ( Audio, Vídeo) tape
    2 ( period o ant) ( Cin) tb
    cinta cinematográfica movie ( AmE), film ( BrE)
    Compuestos:
    ● cinta de video or ( Esp) vídeo
    videotape
    head-cleaning tape
    magnetic tape
    blank tape
    D ( Coc) tb
    cinta de lomo loin of pork
    * * *

     

    cinta sustantivo femenino
    a) (para adornar, envolver) ribbon;



    (Med) sticking plaster;
    cinta durex® (AmL excl CS) or (AmL) scotch® or (Col) pegante Scotch tape® (AmE), Sellotape® (BrE);

    cinta negra (Méx) sustantivo masculino y femenino (Dep) black belt;
    cinta transportadora conveyor belt

    ( en carreras) tape
    c) (Audio, Video) tape;


    cinta de video or (Esp) vídeo videotape
    cinta sustantivo femenino
    1 (para el pelo) band, strip
    (para envolver, para la máquina de escribir) ribbon
    2 Téc Mús tape
    3 Cine film
    cinta de vídeo, video tape
    cinta virgen, blank tape
    4 cinta adhesiva/aislante, adhesive/insulating tape
    cinta métrica, tape measure
    cinta transportadora, conveyor belt
    ' cinta' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    aislante
    - banda
    - casete
    - grabar
    - lazada
    - rizar
    - transportador
    - transportadora
    - virgen
    - atar
    - avanzar
    - carrete
    - celo
    - elástico
    - franja
    - huincha
    - jareta
    - lazo
    - listón
    - metro
    - poner
    - video
    English:
    adhesive tape
    - band
    - belt
    - blank
    - bootleg
    - carousel
    - cassette
    - conveyor belt
    - duct tape
    - duplicate
    - fast forward
    - insulating tape
    - magnetic
    - masking tape
    - measure
    - ribbon
    - Scotch tape
    - seal
    - sellotape
    - sticky tape
    - strip
    - tape
    - tape measure
    - tape-record
    - tie on
    - unused
    - video-tape
    - wind
    - wipe
    - wipe off
    - black
    - conveyor (belt)
    - demo
    - draw
    - hair
    - head
    - mask
    - Scotch
    - sticking plaster
    - string
    * * *
    cinta nf
    1. [de plástico, papel] strip, band;
    [de tela, en gimnasia rítmica] ribbon cinta adhesiva adhesive o sticky o US Scotch® tape; RP [esparadrapo] surgical tape; CSur cinta aisladora insulating tape;
    cinta aislante insulating tape;
    Am salvo RP cinta durex® adhesive o sticky tape; RP cinta engomada adhesive o sticky tape;
    cinta de impresora printer ribbon;
    cinta de llegada [en carrera] finishing tape;
    cinta métrica tape measure;
    cinta perforada punched tape;
    RP cinta scotch® adhesive o sticky tape
    2. [de imagen, sonido, ordenadores] tape
    cinta de audio audio cassette;
    cinta digital digital tape;
    cinta digital de audio digital audio tape;
    cinta limpiadora head cleaner, head-cleaning tape;
    cinta magnética magnetic tape;
    cinta magnetofónica recording tape;
    cinta de Esp vídeo o Am video videotape;
    cinta virgen blank tape
    3. [mecanismo] belt
    cinta transportadora conveyor belt
    4. [película] movie, Br film;
    la última cinta de Lynch Lynch's latest movie o Br film
    5. [planta] spider plant
    * * *
    f
    1 ribbon
    2 de música, vídeo tape
    3 BOT spider plant
    * * *
    cinta nf
    1) : ribbon
    2) : tape
    cinta métrica: tape measure
    3) : strap, belt
    cinta transportadora: conveyor belt
    * * *
    1. (casete, vídeo) tape
    2. (lazo) ribbon

    Spanish-English dictionary > cinta

  • 16 FALLA

    * * *
    (fell; féll, féllum; fallinn), v.
    eigi fellr tré við fyrsta högg, a tree falls not with the first stroke;
    falla af baki, to fall from horse back;
    falla á kné, to fall on one’s knees;
    falla áfram (á bak aptr), to fall forwards (backwards);
    falla flatr, to fall prostrate;
    falla til jarðar, to fall to the ground;
    refl., láta fallast (= sik falla), to let oneself fall (þá lét Loki falla í kné Skaða);
    2) to drop down dead, be killed, fall (in battle);
    3) to die of plague (féllu fátœkir menn um alit land);
    4) to flow, run (of water, stream, tide);
    særinn fell út frá landi, ebbed;
    féll sjór fyrir hellismunnann, the sea rose higher than the cave-mouth;
    síðan féll sjór at, the tide rose;
    þeir sá þá ós mikinn falla í sjóinn, fall into the sea;
    á fél (a river flowed) við skála Ásólfs;
    var skipit svá hlaðit, at inn féll um söxin, that the sea rushed in at the prow;
    5) of clothes, hair, to fall, hang down;
    hárit féll á herðar honum aptr, the hair fell back on his shoulders;
    létu kvennváðir um kné falla, they let women’s dress fall about hi s knees;
    6) to fall, calm down (of the wind);
    féll veðrit (the storm fell) ok gerði logn;
    7) to fail, be foiled;
    sá eiðr fellr honum til útlegðar, if he fails in taking the oath, he shall be liable to outlawry;
    falla á verkum sínum, to have been caught red-handed, to be justly slain;
    falla or fallast at máli, sókn, to fail in one’s suit;
    falla frá máli, to give it up;
    fallinn at frændum, bereft of kinsmen;
    dœmi ek fyrir dráp hans fallnar yðrar eignir, I sentence your estates to be forfieited for his slaughter;
    refl., ef gerðarmenn láta fallast, if the umpires fail to do their duty;
    þá fallust öllum Ásum orðtök ok svá hendr, then voice and hands alike failed the Gods;
    féllust þeim allar kvéðjur, their greetings died on their lips;
    vill sá eigi falust láta andsvör, he will not fail or falter in replying;
    mér féll svá gæfusamliga (it befell me so quickly), at;
    stundum kann svá at falla, at, sometimes it may so happen that;
    9) to be had or produced (þat járn fellr í firði þeim; þar fellr hveiti ok vín);
    10) with adv., e-m fellr e-t þungt, létt, a thing falls heavily, lightly upon one (þetta mun ðr þungt falla);
    féll þá keisaranum þyngra bardaginn, the battle turned against the emperor;
    e-m fellr e-t nær, it falls nigh to one, touches one nearly;
    henni féll meinit svá nær, at, the illness fell on her so sore, that;
    mér fellr eigi firr en honum, it touches me no less than him;
    hörmuliga fellr oss nú, at, it falls out sadly for us, that;
    11) to please, suit;
    kvað sér, þat vel falla til attekta, said that it suited him well for drawing revenue from;
    honum féll vel í eyru lofsorð konungs, the king’s praise was pleasant in his ears;
    jarli féllst þat vel í eyru, the earl was well pleased to hear it;
    mun mér illa falla, ef, it will displease me, if;
    féll vel á með þeim, they were on good terms;
    refl., honum féllst þat vel í skap, it suited his mind well, he was pleased with it;
    féllst hvárt öðru vel í geð, they loved each other;
    12) with preps. and advs.,
    falla af, to fall, abate (féll af vindr, byrr);
    falla á e-n, to befall one;
    þær féllu lyktir í, at, the end was, that;
    falla í e-t, to fall into;
    falla í brot, to fall in a fit;
    falla í óvit, to faint, swoon;
    falla í villu, to fall into heresy;
    falla í vald e-s, to fall into one’s power;
    féll veðrit í logn, the storm calmed down;
    falla niðr, to fall, drop;
    mitt kvæði mun skjótt niðr falla, my poem will soon be forgotten;
    féll svá niðr þeirra tal, their conversation dropped, they left off talking;
    falla saman, to fill in with, agree;
    þó at eigi félli alit saman með þeim, though they, did not agree in everything;
    falla til, to occur, happen, fall out;
    ef auðna fellr til, if luck will have it so;
    litlu síðar féll til fagrt leiði, fair wind came on;
    öll þingviti, er til falla, all the fines that may fall in, be due;
    nema þörf falli til, unless need be;
    sem sakir falla til, as the case falls;
    falla undir e-n, to fall to one’s lot (of inheritance, obligation);
    arfr fellr undir e-n, devolves upon one;
    falla út, to recede, of the tide (þá er út féll sjórinn);
    falla við árar, to fall to at the oars.
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    pret. féll, 2nd pers. féllt, mod. féllst, pl. féllu; pres. fell, pl. föllum; part. fallinn; reflex. féllsk, fallisk, etc., with the neg. suffix fellr-at, féll-at, féllsk-at, Am. 6, vide Lex. Poët. [Common to all Teut. languages except Goth. (Ulf. renders πίπτειν by drjûsan); A. S. feallan; Engl. fall; Germ. fallen; Dan. falde; Swed. falla.]
    A. to fall; as in Engl. so in Icel. falla is the general word, used in the broadest sense; in the N. T. it is therefore used much in the same passages as in the Engl. V., e. g. Matth. v. 14, vii. 25, 27, x. 29, xii. 11, xiii. 4, xxi. 44, Luke xiv. 5, John xii. 24, Rom. xi. 11, xiv. 4, 1 Cor. x. 12, 1 Tim. vi. 9, Rev. viii. 10: blómstrið fellr, James i. 11: again, the verbs hrynja and hrapa denote ruin or sudden fall, detta a light fall, hrasa stumbling; thus in the N. T. hrynja is used, Luke xxiii. 30, Rev. vi. 16; hrapa, Luke x. 18, xi. 17, xiii. 4, Matth. xxiv. 29; hrasa, Luke x. 30; detta, xvi. 21: the proverb, eigi fellr tré við hit fyrsta högg, a tree falls not by the first stroke, Nj. 163, 224; hann féll fall mikit, Bs. i. 343; hón féll geigvænliga, id.; falla af baki, to fall from horseback, 344; f. áfram, to fall forwards, Nj. 165; f. á bak aptr, to fall on the back, 9; f. um háls e-m, to fall on one’s neck, Luke xv. 20; f. til jarðar, to fall to the ground, fall prostrate, Fms. vii. 13, Pass. 5. 4: to fall on one’s face, Stj. 422. Ruth ii. 10; f. fram, to fall down, Matth. iv. 9; f. dauðr ofan, to fall down dead, Fær. 31; ok jafnsnart féll á hann dimma og myrkr, Acts xiii. 11; hlutr fellr, the lot fell (vide hlut-fall), i. 26.
    2. to fall dead, fall in battle, Lat. cadere, Nj. 31, Eg. 7, 495, Dropl. 25, 36, Hm. 159, Fms. i. 8, 11, 24, 38, 95, 173, 177, 178, ii. 318, 324, 329, iii. 5, iv. 14, v. 55, 59, 78, 85, vi. 406–421, vii–xi, passim.
    3. of cattle, to die of plague or famine, Ann. 1341.
    4. medic., falla í brot, to fall in a fit, Bs. i. 335; f. í óvit, to swoon, Nj. 210: the phrase, f. frá, to fall, die (frá-fall, death), Grág. i. 139, 401, Fms. iv. 230, vii. 275; f. í svefn, to fall asleep, Acts xx. 9.
    II. to flow, run, of water, stream, tide, etc.: of the tide, særinn féll út frá landi, ebbed, Clem. 47; féll þar sær fyrir hellismunnann, the sea rose higher than the cave’s mouth, Orkn. 428; síðan féll sjór at, the tide rose, Ld. 58; ok þá er út féll sjórinn, Þorf. Karl. 420; sjórinn féll svá skjótt á land, at skipin vóru öll á floti, Fms. iv. 65: also used of snow, rain, dew, Vsp. 19; snjó-fall, a fall of snow: of the ashes of a volcano, cp. ösku-fall, s. v. aska: of a breaker, to dash, menn undruðusk er boði féll í logni, þar sem engi maðr vissi ván til at fyrri hefði fallit, Orkn. 164: of a river, nema þar falli á sú er eigi gengr fé yfir, Grág. ii. 256; vötn þau er ór jöklum höfðu fallit, Eg. 133; á féll ( flowed) við skála Ásólfs, Landn. 50, A. A. 285; þeir sá þá ós (fors, Hb.) mikinn falla í sjóinn, Landn. 29, v. l., cp. Fms. i. 236; Markar-fljót féll í millum höfuð-ísa, Nj. 142; á fellr austan, Vsp. 42; falla forsar, 58; læk er féll meðal landa þeirra, Landn. 145: of sea water, sjár kolblár fellr at þeim, the ship took in water, Ld. 118, Mar. 98; svá at inn féll um söxin, that the tea rushed in at the stern, Sturl. iii. 66.
    2. to stream, of hair; hárit silki-bleikt er féll ( streamed) á herðar honum aptr, Fms. vii. 155.
    β. of clothes, drapery, Edda (Ht. 2) 121.
    III. to fall, of the wind; féll veðrit ok görði logn, the wind fell, Eg. 372; þá féll byrrinn, Eb. 8; ok fellr veðrit er þeir koma út at eyjum, Ld. 116; hón kvaðsk mundu ráða at veðrit félli eigi, Gullþ. 30; í því bili fellr andviðrit, Fbr. 67; þá féll af byrrinn, Fms. vi. 17.
    2. falla niðr, to fall, drop; mitt kvæði mun skjótt niðr f., my poem will soon be forgotten, Fms. vi. 198; mun þat (in the poem) aldri niðr f. meðan Norðrlönd eru bygð, 372; féll svá þeirra tal, their speech dropped, they left off talking, Fas. iii. 579; as a law term, to let a thing drop, lát niðr f., Fs. 182; féllu hálfar bætr niðr fyrir sakastaði þá er hann þótti á eiga, Nj. 166, 250, Band. 18; þat eitt fellr niðr, Grág. i. 398, Fms. vii. 137; falla í verði, to fall in price, etc.
    IV. to fail, be foiled, a law term; sá (viz. eiðr) fellr honum til útlegðar, i. e. if he fails in taking the oath he shall be liable to outlawry, N. G. L. i. 84 (eið-fall); en ef eiðr fellr, þá fari hann útlægr, K. Á. 214; fellr aldri sekt handa á milli, the fine is never cancelled, N. G. L. i. 345; f. á verkum sínum, to have been caught red-handed, to be justly slain, Eg. 736; vera fallinn at sókn, to fail in one’s suit, N. G. L. i. 166; hence metaph. fallin at frændum, failing, bereft of friends, Hðm. 5; fallinn frá minu máli, having given my case up, Sks. 554, 747; því dæmi ek fyrir dráp hans fallnar eignir ykkar, I sentence your estates to lie forfeited for his slaughter, Fs. 122; f. í konungs garð, to forfeit to the king’s treasury. Fms. iv. 227; reflex., ef honum fellsk þessor brigð, if his right of reclamation fails, Gþl. 300; ef menn fallask at því, if men fail in that, N. G. L. ii. 345; ef gerð fellsk, if the reparation comes to naught, id.; ef gerðar-menn láta fallask, if they fail to do their duty, id., cp. i. 133, 415; to fail, falter, in the phrase, e-m fallask hendr, the hands fail one; bliknaði hann ok féllusk honum hendr, Ó. H. 70; þá féllusk öllum Ásum orðtök ok svá hendr, their voice and hands alike failed them, Edda 37; en bóndum féllusk hendr, því á þeir höfðu þá engan foringja, Fms. vi. 281; féllusk þeim allar kveðjur er fyrir vóru, their greeting faltered, i. e. the greeting died on their lips, Nj. 140; vill sá eigi fallask fáta andsvör, he would not fail or falter in replying, Hkr. i. 260; féllskat saðr sviðri, her judgment did not fail, Am. 6.
    V. metaph., falla í villu, to fall into heresy, Ver. 47; f. í hórdóm, to fall into whoredom, Sks. 588; f. í vald e-s. to fall into one’s power, Ld. 166; f. í fullsælu, to drop ( come suddenly) into great wealth, Band. 31; f. í fullting við e-n, to fall a-helping one, to take one’s part, Grág. i. 24; lyktir falla á e-t, to come to a close, issue, Fms. ix. 292. xi. 326; f. á, to fall on, of misfortune, vide á-fall.
    2. falla undir e-n, to full to one’s lot, of inheritance, obligation; arfr fellr undir e-n. devolves upon one, Gþl. 215; f. frjáls á jörð to be free born, N. G. L. i. 32; f. ánanðigr á jörð, to be born a bondsman, Grág. ii. 192.
    3. falla við árar, to fall to at the oars, Fms. xi. 73, 103; Þorgeirr féll þá svá fast á árar (pulled, so bard), at af gengu báðir háirnir, Grett. 125 A; f. fram við árar, id., Fas. ii. 495 (in a verse).
    VI. to fall out, befall; ef auðna fellr til, if it so falls out by luck, Fms. iv. 148; ef auðna vildi til f. með þeim, xi. 267; litlu siðar fellr til fagrt leiði, a fair wind befell them, 426; alla hluti þá er til kunni f., Nj. 224; öll þingvíti er til f., all the fines that may fall in, be due, Gþl. 21; nema þörf falli til, unless a mishap befalls him, i. e. unless he be in a strait, 76; mér féll svá gæfusamliga, it befell me so luckily, Barl. 114; verðuliga er fallit á mik þetta tilfelli, this accident has justly befallen me, 115; sem sakir f. til, as the case falls, Eg. 89.
    2. to fall, be produced; þat (the iron) fellr í firði þeim er Ger heitir, Fas. iii. 240; þar fellr hveiti ok vín, 360.
    VII. impers. in the phrases, e-m fellr e-t þungt, létt, etc., a thing falls lightly, heavily upon, esp. of feeling; þetta mun yðr þungt f., it will fall heavily on you, Band. 18; felir þá keisaranum þyngra bardaginn, the battle fell out ill to ( turned against) the emperor, Fms. xi. 32; at oss mundi þungt f. þessi mál, Nj. 191.
    2. the phrases, e-m fellr e-t nær, it falls nigh to one, touches one nearly; svá fellr mér þetta nær um trega, Nj. 170; sjá einn var svá hlutr, at Njáli féll svá nær, at hana mátti aldri óklökvandi um tala, this one thing touched Njal so nearly, that he could never speak of it without tears, 171; mér fellr eigi firr en honum, it touches me no less than him, Blas. 41; henni féll meinit svá, nær, at …, the illness fell on her so sore, that …, Bs. i. 178; féll henni nær allt saman, she was much vexed by it all (of illness), 351; e-t fellr bágliga, hörmuliga etc. fyrir e-m, things fall out sadly for one. Vígl. 30, El. 15.
    B. Metaph. to fall in with, agree, fit, suit, Germ. gefallen:
    I. to please, suit; kvað sér þat vel falla til aftekta, said that it suited him well for drawing taxes from, Fb. ii. 122: en allt þat, er hann heyrði frá himnaguði, féll honum harla vel, pleased him very well, Fms. i. 133; honum féll vel í eyru lofsorð konungs, the king’s praise suited his ears well, tickled, pleased his fancy, Bret. 16: reflex., þat lof fellsk honum í eyru, 4; jarli fellsk þat vel í eyru, the earl was well pleased to hear it, Bjarn. 7.
    β. falla saman, to fall in with, comply, agree; en þó at eigi félli allt saman með þeim, though they did not agree in all, Bs. i. 723.
    γ. féllsk vel á með þeim, they loved one another, Fas. i. 49; féll vel á með þeim Styrkári, i. e. he and S. were on good terms, Fms. iii. 120.
    δ. honum féllsk þat vel í skap, it suited his mind well, pleased him, Fas. i. 364; féllsk hvárt öðru vel í geð, they agreed well, liked one another well, Band. 9; fallask á e-t, to like a thing; brátt kvartar að mér fellst ei á, Bb. 3. 23.
    2. to beseem, befit; heldr fellr þeim ( it befits them), at sýna öðrum með góðvilja, Str. 2.
    3. falla at e-u, to apply to, refer to; þetta eitt orð er at fellr eiðstafnum, Band. MS. 15 (Ed. 18 wrongly eiðrinn instead of eiðnum).
    4. the phrase ‘falla við’ in Luke vi. 36 (bótin af því hinu nýja fellr eigi við hið gamla) means to agree with; hence also viðfeldinn, agreeable:—but in the two passages to be cited falla við seems to be intended for falda við, to enfold; hvergi nema þar sem falli við akr eða eng, unless field or meadow be increased or improved, N. G. L. ii. 116; ekki má falla (qs. falda) við hamingju-leysi mitt, ‘tis impossible to add a fold to my bad luck, it cannot be worse than it is, Al. 110.
    II. part. fallinn; svá f., such-like, so framed; eitt lítið dýr er svá fallið, at …, a small animal is so framed, that …, Stj. 77; hví man hinn sami maðr svá fallinn, how can the same man be so framed? Fms. xi. 429:—in law phrases, such-like, as follows, svá fallinn vitnisburð, testimony as follows, Vm. 47; svo fallinn órskurð, dóm, etc., a decision, sentence … as follows, a standing phrase; þá leið fallinn, such, such-like (Germ. beschaffen), Stj. 154.
    2. fallinn vel, illa, etc., well, ill-disposed; hann var vænn maðr ok vel fallinn, Fms. xi. 422; þau vóru tröll bæði ok at öllu illa fallin, Bárð. 165; fitted, worthy, bezt til konungs fallinn, Fms. i. 58; ok er hann bezt til þess f. af þessum þremr, vi. 386; at hann væri betr til fallinn at deyja fyrir þá sök en faðir hans, that he more deserved to die than his father did, x. 3; Ólafr er betr til yfirmanns f. enn mínir synir, Ld. 84; margir eru betr til fallnir fararinnar, Ísl. ii. 327; Hallgerðr kvað hann sér vel fallinn til verkstjóra, Nj. 57; sá er til þess er f., Sks. 299; ‘worthy,’ 1 Cor. vi. 2.
    3. neut. fit; ok hætti þá er honum þótti fallit, when he thought fit, Fms. vi. 364; slík reip sem f. þykir, as seems needful, Sks. 420; væri þat vel fallit, at …, it would do well, to …, Fms. ii. 115; þat mun nú vel fallit, that will be right, that will do well, Nj. 145; kallaði vel til fallit, said it was quite right, Fms. xi. 321.
    4. of a thing, with dat. suited to one; eigi þyki mér þér sú ferð vel fallin, i. e. this journey will not do for thee, will not do thee good, Fms. vi. 200; cp. ó-fallit, unfit.

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    v.
    1 to pick up.
    recogí los papeles del suelo I picked the papers up off the ground
    Ella recoge la ropa She picks up the clothes.
    María recoge a su hijo Mary picks up her son.
    2 to collect, to gather.
    Ellos recogen manzanas They gather apples.
    3 to clear (ordenar, limpiar) (mesa).
    4 to pick up, to fetch.
    iré a recoger a los niños a la escuela I'll pick the children up from school
    5 to take in (acoger) (mendigo, huérfano, animal).
    6 to gather, to harvest.
    7 to take up, to shorten (acortar) (item of clothing).
    8 to show (mostrar) (sujeto: foto, película).
    la exposición recoge su obra más reciente the exhibition brings together his latest works
    * * *
    Conjugation model [ PROTEGER], like link=proteger proteger
    1 (volver a coger) to take again, take back
    2 (coger) to pick up, take back
    3 (ir a buscar) to pick up, collect
    4 (cosecha) to harvest, gather; (fruta) to pick
    5 (guardar) to put away
    6 (poner al abrigo) to bring in
    ■ recoge las toallas, va a llover bring those towels in, it's going to rain
    7 (suspender) to seize
    8 (juntar) to gather, collect
    9 (velas) to take in; (cortinas) to draw
    10 (dar asilo) to take in, shelter
    11 (ordenar) to clear up, tidy up
    12 (limpiar) to clean; (el polvo) to wipe off; (líquido) to wipe up
    13 (remangar - prendas) to pick up, lift up; (- mangas) to roll up
    14 COSTURA to shorten, take up
    1 (irse a casa) to go home
    2 (irse a dormir) to go to bed
    3 (para meditar) to retire, withdraw
    \
    recoger la mesa to clear the table
    recogerse el pelo to put one's hair up, tie one's hair back
    * * *
    verb
    to collect, gather
    * * *
    1. VT
    1) (=levantar) [+ objeto caído] to pick up; [+ objetos dispersos] to gather (up), gather together
    2) (=recolectar) [+ datos, información] to gather, collect; [+ dinero, firmas] to collect; [+ correo, basura] to collect, pick up

    ¿a qué hora recogen el correo? — what time is the mail o post collected?, what time do they collect the mail o post?

    3) (=ordenar) [+ objetos] to clear up, clear away; [+ casa, habitación] to tidy up, straighten up

    recoge tus cosas — get your things together, gather up your things

    4) (=guardar) [+ ropa lavada] to take in, get in; [+ herramientas] to put away
    5) (Agr) to harvest, gather in, take in; [+ fruta, guisantes] to pick; [+ flores] to pick, gather
    6) (=reducir, ajustar) [+ cuerda, vela] to take in; [+ alas] to fold; [+ cuernos] to draw in; [+ falda] to gather up, lift up; [+ mangas] to roll up; (Cos) to take in, reduce, shorten
    7) (=almacenar) [+ polvo] to gather; [+ líquido] to absorb, take up; [en recipiente] to collect
    8) (=ir a buscar) [+ persona] to pick up, fetch, collect; [+ billetes, paquete] to collect, pick up

    te vendremos a recoger a las ocho — we'll come and pick you up o fetch you o collect you at eight o'clock, we'll come for you at eight o'clock

    9) (=mostrar) to show

    la imagen recoge uno de los momentos más dramáticos — the picture shows o captures one of the most dramatic moments

    10) (=incluir) to include

    el informe recoge diversas sugerencias — various suggestions are included in the report, the report includes various suggestions

    11) [+ demandas, reivindicaciones] to take into account
    12) (=recibir)

    de todo esto van a recoger muy poco — they won't get much back out of all this, they will get very little return from all this

    13) (=retirar) [+ periódico, libro] to seize; [+ moneda] to call in
    14) (=dar asilo) to take in, shelter
    2.
    VI (=ordenar) to tidy up, straighten up; [al cerrar, terminar] to clear up
    3.
    See:
    * * *
    1.
    verbo transitivo
    1)
    a) ( levantar) to pick up
    b) <casa/habitación> to straighten (up) (AmE), to tidy (up) (BrE)
    2)
    a) <dinero/firmas> to collect
    b) <deberes/cuadernos> to collect, take in
    c) <trigo/maíz> to harvest, gather in; < fruta> to pick; <flores/hongos> to pick, gather
    d) <tienda de campaña/vela> to take down
    e) < pelo>
    3) ( recibir y retener) <agua/polvo> to collect
    4) ( ir a buscar) < persona> to pick up, fetch, collect; < paquete> to collect, pick up; < basura> to collect

    ¿puedes recoger el traje de la tintorería? — can you fetch o pick up the suit from the dry-cleaners?

    fui a recoger mis cosas — I went to get o to pick up my things

    5) <huérfano/gatito> to take in
    6) foto <instantánea/momento> to capture; novela <ambiente/contexto social> to depict
    2.
    recoger vi ( guardar) to clear up, to straighten up (AmE), to tidy up (BrE)
    3.
    recogersev pron
    1) ( volver a casa) to go home; ( ir a la cama) to go to bed, retire; (para meditar, rezar) to withdraw
    2) < pelo> to tie up
    * * *
    = capture, collect, cull, gather, pick up, record, reap, harvest, garner, shuffle together, scoop (out), sweep up, wind, stow, pack + Posesivo + bags, clear up, pack up.
    Ex. In those early days, so the story goes, the library movement was in danger of being captured by an aristocratic intellectual class designing to make the public library an elitist center for scholarly research.
    Ex. Synonyms, related terms and other variants must now be collected, either by human selection, or with the aid of the machine.
    Ex. The contents of an extract will often be culled from the results, conclusions or recommendations, i.e. the concluding segments, of the document.
    Ex. A bibliography is a list of materials or items which is restricted in its coverage by some feature other than the materials being gathered in one library collection.
    Ex. Then these suggestion can be picked up by the editor, and communicated to the author.
    Ex. Editors and compilers of editions of works are recorded together with the edition statement in the edition area = En en área de edición se incluyen los editores y compiladores de las ediciones de trabajos junto con la mención de edición.
    Ex. Women suffragists reaped an unexpected publicity bonanza when the 1913 national suffrage parade in Washington was broken up by a drunken mob.
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    Ex. The hall is quiet, the band has packed up, and the munchies are all gone.
    ----
    * encargado de recoger = gatherer.
    * frase que recoge el tema principal del artículo = topic sentence.
    * persona que recoge algo = picker.
    * quien siembra vientos recoge tempestades = as you sow, so shall you reap.
    * recoger con un rastrillo = rake.
    * recoger datos = collect + data.
    * recoger datos para hacer estadísticas = collect + statistics.
    * recoger evidencia = collect + evidence.
    * recoger experiencia = garner + experience.
    * recoger información = collect + data, collect + information, gather + information, summon + knowledge, harvest + information.
    * recoger la mesa = clear away + the things.
    * recoger las cosas = clear away + the things.
    * recoger las cosas de Uno antes de irse = pack + Posesivo + things.
    * recoger los platos rotos = pick up + the pieces, sort out + the mess.
    * recoger material = gather + material.
    * recoger pruebas = collect + evidence, gather + evidence, accumulate + evidence.
    * recoger y enviar datos = telemeter.
    * sin recoger = uncollected.
    * * *
    1.
    verbo transitivo
    1)
    a) ( levantar) to pick up
    b) <casa/habitación> to straighten (up) (AmE), to tidy (up) (BrE)
    2)
    a) <dinero/firmas> to collect
    b) <deberes/cuadernos> to collect, take in
    c) <trigo/maíz> to harvest, gather in; < fruta> to pick; <flores/hongos> to pick, gather
    d) <tienda de campaña/vela> to take down
    e) < pelo>
    3) ( recibir y retener) <agua/polvo> to collect
    4) ( ir a buscar) < persona> to pick up, fetch, collect; < paquete> to collect, pick up; < basura> to collect

    ¿puedes recoger el traje de la tintorería? — can you fetch o pick up the suit from the dry-cleaners?

    fui a recoger mis cosas — I went to get o to pick up my things

    5) <huérfano/gatito> to take in
    6) foto <instantánea/momento> to capture; novela <ambiente/contexto social> to depict
    2.
    recoger vi ( guardar) to clear up, to straighten up (AmE), to tidy up (BrE)
    3.
    recogersev pron
    1) ( volver a casa) to go home; ( ir a la cama) to go to bed, retire; (para meditar, rezar) to withdraw
    2) < pelo> to tie up
    * * *
    = capture, collect, cull, gather, pick up, record, reap, harvest, garner, shuffle together, scoop (out), sweep up, wind, stow, pack + Posesivo + bags, clear up, pack up.

    Ex: In those early days, so the story goes, the library movement was in danger of being captured by an aristocratic intellectual class designing to make the public library an elitist center for scholarly research.

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    Ex: The serials file contains a large number of titles, not only contributed by members, but also garnered from other sources.
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    Ex: Bring the kite down by slowly winding the kite string around a kite spool.
    Ex: It is a matter of basic safety for everyone on board, before casting off in the morning for that next heavenly anchorage, to see that everything be properly stowed and secured.
    Ex: The next day we shook off our hangovers with another refreshing dip under the waterfall, packed our bags and headed off.
    Ex: What they will not do is clear up the foggy area in most cataloguers' minds, the area that leads to an inconsistent application of half-understood principles'.
    Ex: The hall is quiet, the band has packed up, and the munchies are all gone.
    * encargado de recoger = gatherer.
    * frase que recoge el tema principal del artículo = topic sentence.
    * persona que recoge algo = picker.
    * quien siembra vientos recoge tempestades = as you sow, so shall you reap.
    * recoger con un rastrillo = rake.
    * recoger datos = collect + data.
    * recoger datos para hacer estadísticas = collect + statistics.
    * recoger evidencia = collect + evidence.
    * recoger experiencia = garner + experience.
    * recoger información = collect + data, collect + information, gather + information, summon + knowledge, harvest + information.
    * recoger la mesa = clear away + the things.
    * recoger las cosas = clear away + the things.
    * recoger las cosas de Uno antes de irse = pack + Posesivo + things.
    * recoger los platos rotos = pick up + the pieces, sort out + the mess.
    * recoger material = gather + material.
    * recoger pruebas = collect + evidence, gather + evidence, accumulate + evidence.
    * recoger y enviar datos = telemeter.
    * sin recoger = uncollected.

    * * *
    recoger [E6 ]
    vt
    A
    1 (levantar) to pick up
    recoge la servilleta pick up the napkin
    lo recogió del suelo she picked it up off the floor
    no pienso recoger vuestros trastos I don't intend to pick up your junk o to clear up after you
    recogía el agua que se salía de la lavadora I was mopping up the water that was coming out of the washing machine
    recoge estos cristales clear up this broken glass
    2 ‹casa/habitación› to straighten (up) ( AmE), to tidy (up) ( BrE)
    recoger la mesa to clear the table
    B
    1 ‹dinero/firmas› to collect
    2 ‹deberes/cuadernos› to collect, take in
    recoger la ropa del tendedero to bring the washing in
    3 ‹trigo/maíz› to gather in, take in, harvest; ‹fruta› to pick, harvest; ‹flores/hongos› to pick, gather
    no llegó a recoger el fruto de su trabajo he was unable to reap the fruits of his labor
    4 ‹tienda de campaña› to take down; ‹alfombra› to take up; ‹vela› to take down
    5 ‹pelo›
    le recogió el pelo en una cola he gathered her hair into a ponytail
    C (retener) ‹agua› to collect
    esta alfombra recoge mucho polvo this carpet collects o gathers a lot of dust
    D (retirar de circulación) ‹periódico› to seize; ‹monedas› to withdraw, take … out of circulation
    E (ir a buscar) ‹persona› to pick up, fetch, collect; ‹paquete› to collect, pick up ‹equipaje› ( Aviac) to reclaim
    ¿a qué hora pasan a recoger la basura? what time do they come to take away o collect the garbage ( AmE) o ( BrE) rubbish?
    el autobús pasará a recogernos a las ocho the bus will come by to collect us o pick us up at eight
    ¿puedes recoger el traje del tinte? can you fetch o pick up the suit from the dry-cleaners
    voy adentro a recoger las maletas I'll go inside and get the suitcases
    fui a recoger mis cosas I went to get o to pick up my things
    F (dar asilo) to take in
    recogieron a un gatito abandonado they took in an abandoned kitten
    un asilo para recoger a los vagabundos a hostel to provide shelter for vagrants
    G
    (incluir, registrar): la obra recoge el trasfondo social de aquel momento the work depicts the social context of that time
    la imagen recoge el momento en que … the picture shows o captures the moment in which …
    el informe recoge estas últimas estadísticas these latest statistics figure o appear in the report
    esta acepción no la recoge ningún diccionario this meaning isn't included in o isn't in any dictionary
    su obra está siendo recogida en cuatro volúmenes his works are being collected for publication in four volumes
    un espectáculo que recoge tres de sus obras breves a show which brings together three of his short works
    ■ recoger
    vi
    to clear up, to straighten up ( AmE), to tidy up ( BrE)
    venga, recoger ya, que vamos a comer come on, clear up (your things), it's time to eat
    A
    1 (volver a casa) to go home; (ir a la cama) to go to bed, retire
    2 (para meditar, rezar) to withdraw
    B
    1 ‹mangas/pantalones› to roll up; ‹falda› to lift up
    2 ‹pelo› to tie up
    recogerse el pelo en un moño to put one's hair up in a bun
    * * *

     

    recoger ( conjugate recoger) verbo transitivo
    1
    a) ( levantar) ‹objeto/papeles› to pick up;


    b) ‹casa/habitación› to straighten (up) (AmE), to tidy (up) (BrE);

    ‹ platos› to clear away;

    2
    a) ‹dinero/firmas› to collect

    b) ‹deberes/cuadernos› to collect, take in

    c) ‹trigo/maíz› to harvest, gather in;

    ‹ fruta› to pick;
    ‹flores/hongos› to pick, gather
    d) ‹tienda de campaña/vela› to take down

    e) ‹ pelo› to tie … back;


    3 ( ir a buscar) ‹ persona› to pick up, fetch, collect;
    ‹ paquete› to collect, pick up;
    ‹ basura› to collect;
    ‹ equipaje› to reclaim
    verbo intransitivo ( guardar) to clear up, to straighten up (AmE), to tidy up (BrE)
    recogerse verbo pronominal ‹ pelo› to tie up;
    ‹ falda› to gather up
    recoger
    I verbo transitivo
    1 (un objeto caído) to pick up
    2 (información, dinero, basura, etc) to gather, collect
    3 (una casa) to tidy up
    recoger la mesa, to clear the table
    4 (en un sitio a alguien o algo) to pick up, fetch, collect: vino a recogernos a las tres, she came to pick us up at three o'clock
    5 (ordenar, guardar) to tidy (up), clear up: recoge tus juguetes inmediatamente, pick up your toys this instant
    6 (a una persona o animal necesitados) to take in
    7 (cosecha) to harvest, gather in
    8 (fruta) to pick
    II vi (poner orden, colocar, guardar) to tidy up: antes de irnos tenemos que recoger, we'll have to tidy up before we go
    ' recoger' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    buscar
    - coger
    - inclinarse
    - vendimiar
    - cosechar
    - mesa
    - pala
    - pinchar
    - pretexto
    English:
    call
    - call for
    - clear away
    - clear up
    - collect
    - gather
    - gather in
    - gather up
    - harvest
    - nuisance
    - pack up
    - pick
    - pick off
    - pick up
    - pull in
    - put away
    - rake up
    - reclaim
    - scoop up
    - sweep up
    - tidy away
    - tidy up
    - up
    - clear
    - collection
    - get
    - glean
    - overflow
    - pack
    - pull
    - reap
    - scoop
    - sweep
    - take
    - tidy
    * * *
    ♦ vt
    1. [coger, levantar] to pick up;
    recogí los papeles del suelo I picked the papers up off the ground;
    recogieron el agua con una fregona they mopped up the water
    2. [reunir, retener] to collect, to gather;
    están recogiendo firmas/dinero para… they are collecting signatures/money for…;
    este trasto no hace más que recoger polvo this piece of junk is just gathering dust
    3. [ordenar, limpiar] [mesa] to clear;
    [casa, habitación, cosas] to tidy o clear up
    4. [ir a buscar] to pick up, to fetch;
    iré a recoger a los niños a la escuela I'll pick the children up from school;
    ¿a qué hora paso a recogerte? what time shall I pick you up?;
    ¿a qué hora recogen la basura? what time do they collect the rubbish?
    5. [recolectar] [mies, cosecha] to harvest;
    [fruta, aceitunas] to pick; [setas, flores] to pick, to gather; [beneficios] to reap;
    ahora empieza a recoger los frutos de su trabajo now she's starting to reap the rewards of her work
    6. [mostrar] [sujeto: foto, película] to show;
    [sujeto: novela] to depict;
    su ensayo recoge una idea ya esbozada por Spinoza her essay contains an idea already hinted at by Spinoza;
    una comedia que recoge el ambiente de los ochenta a comedy which captures the atmosphere of the eighties;
    la exposición recoge su obra más reciente the exhibition brings together his latest works
    7. [sujeto: ley] to include;
    un derecho recogido por la ley a right enshrined in law
    8. [acoger] [mendigo, huérfano, animal] to take in;
    en el albergue recogen a los sin techo the hostel takes in homeless people
    9. [plegar] [velas, sombrillas] to take down;
    [cortinas] to tie back
    10. [prenda] [acortar] to take up, to shorten;
    [estrechar] to take in
    ♦ vi
    [ordenar, limpiar] to tidy o clear up;
    cuando acabes de recoger… when you've finished tidying o clearing up…
    * * *
    v/t
    1 pick up, collect;
    recoger firmas collect signatures;
    recoger las cartas collect one’s mail
    2 habitación tidy up;
    recoger la mesa clear the table
    3 AGR harvest
    4 ( mostrar) show
    5
    :
    recoger las piernas lift up one’s legs
    * * *
    recoger {15} vt
    1) : to collect, to gather
    2) : to get, to retrieve, to pick up
    3) : to clean up, to tidy (up)
    * * *
    1. (coger, ir a buscar) to pick up
    2. (ordenar) to tidy [pt. & pp. tidied]
    3. (reunir) to collect

    Spanish-English dictionary > recoger

  • 18 TAKA

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    I)
    (tek; tók, tókum; tekinn), v.
    1) to take, catch, seize (tóku þeir laxinn ok otrinn ok báru með sér);
    G. tók inni vinstri hendi spjótit á lopti, G. caught the spear with his left hand;
    man hón taka fé okkart allt með ráni, she will take all our goods by force;
    taka e-n höndum, to seize one, take captive;
    tökum vápn vár, let us take to our weapons;
    2) fig., taka trú, to take the faith, become a Christian;
    taka skírn, to be baptized;
    taka hvíld, to take a rest;
    taka flótta, to take to flight;
    taka rœðu, umrœðu, to begin a parley;
    taka ráð, to take a counsel (= taka til ráðs);
    taka e-n orðum, to address one;
    taka sættir or sættum, to accept terms;
    taka þenna kost, to take this choice;
    taka stefnu, to fix a meeting;
    taka boði, to accept an offer;
    taka sótt, to be taken ill;
    taka úgleði, to get out of spirits;
    taka konung, to take, elect a king;
    taka konu, to take a wife;
    taka úkunna stigu, to take to unknown ways;
    taka e-n or e-m vel, to receive one well;
    taka e-t þvert, to take a thing crossly, deny flatly;
    taka upp höndum, to raise the hands;
    3) to reach, stretch forth, touch;
    fremri hyrnan tók viðbeinit, the upper horn caught the collar bone;
    því at ek tek eigi heim í kveld, for I shall not reach home to-night;
    hárit tók ofan á belti, the hair came down to her waist;
    4) to reach and take harbour (þeir tóku land á Melrakka-sléttu);
    5) to take, hold, of a vessel (ketill, er tók tvær tunnur);
    6) to be equivalent to, be worth (hringrinn tók tólf hundruð mórend);
    7) with infin., to begin (hann tók at yrkja, þegar er hann var ungr);
    nú taka öll húsin at lóga, now the whole house began to blaze;
    impers., þá tók at lægja veðrit, then the wind began to fall;
    8) to touch, regard, concern (þat allt, sem leikmenn tekr);
    9) to catch (up), come up with (hann var allra manna fóthvatastr, svá at engi hestr tók hann á rás);
    10) to start, rush (Eirikr tók út or stofunni, en konungr bað menn hlaupa eptir honum);
    taka á rás, taka frá, to take to running, run away (svá illt sem nú er frá at taka, þá mun þó síðarr verra);
    11) impers. it is taken;
    þá tók af veðrit (acc.) then the storm abated;
    kom á fótinn, svá at af tók, the stroke came on his leg, so that it was cut off;
    sýnina tekr frá e-m, one becomes blind;
    tók út skip Þangbrands, Th.’s ship drifted out;
    um várit er sumarhita tók, when the summer heat set in;
    12) with preps, and advs., taka e-n af lífi, lífdögum, taka e-n af, to take one’s life, put to death;
    taka e-n af nafni ok veldi, to deprive one of his title and power;
    taka e-t af e-m, to take a thing from one, deprive one of (er vér tókum seglit af honum, þá grét hann);
    taka af sér ópit, to cease weeping;
    taka e-t af e-m, to get frotn one (tekr hann af öllu fólki mikil lof);
    taka mikinn (mikil), lítinn (lítil) af e-u, to make (say) much, little of;
    hón tók lítil af öllu, she said little about it, took it coldly;
    øngan tek ek af um liðveizlu við þik, I will not pledge myself as to helping thee;
    taka e-t af, to choose, take;
    G. bauð þér góð boð, en þú vildir engi af taka, G. made thee good offers, but thou wouldst take none of them;
    fara sem fœtr mega af taka, at the top of one’s speed;
    hann sigldi suðr sem af tók, as fast as possible;
    to abolish, do away with (lagði á þat allan hug al taka af heiðni ok fornar venjur);
    taka e-t aptr, to take back, render void (taka aptr þat, er ek gef); to recall (taka aptr orð, heil sín);
    taka á e-u, to touch (hón tók á augum hans);
    taka vel, auðvelliga, lítt, illa á e-u, to take (a thing) well, in good part, ill, in ill part (fluttu þeir þetta fyrir jarli, en hann tók vel á);
    taka e-t á sik, to take upon oneself (kvaðst heldr vilja taka þat á sik at gefa honum annát augat);
    tóku þeir á sik svefn mikinn, they fell fast asleep;
    taka arf eptir e-n, to inherit one;
    taka e-t eptir, to get in return;
    með því at þú gerir svá, sem ek býð þér, skaltu nökkut eptir taka, thou shalt have some reward;
    taka e-t frá e-m, to take a thing away from one (þeir tóku spjótin frá þeim ok báru út á ána);
    taka e-n frá e-u, to deprive one of (taka e-n frá landi, ríki);
    taka e-t fyrir e-t, to take in return for (hann keypti sveinana ok tók fyrir þá vesl gott ok slagning); to take for, look upon as (lökum vér þat allt fyrir satt; því tek ek þat fyrir gaman);
    taka fyrir e-t, to refuse (tók E. eigi fyrir útanferð at sumri);
    taka hendi í e-t, to thrust one’s hand into;
    taka í hönd e-m, to shake hands with one;
    taka í móti, to offer resistance (þeir brendu víða bygðina, en bœndr tóku ekki í móti);
    taka niðr, to pull down, demolish (taka niðr til grundvallar allt þat verk); to graze a little, = taka til jarðar (þeir láta nú taka niðr hesta sína);
    taka ofan, to take down (Högni tekr ofan atgeirinn); to pull down (hann hafði látil taka ofan skála sinn);
    taka í sundr, to cut asunder;
    impers., slœmdi sverðinu til hans, svá at í sundr tók manninn, so that the man was cleft asunder;
    taka til e-s, to take to (tóku þá margir til at níða hann);
    taka til máls (orðs, orða), to begin to speak;
    nú er þar til máls at taka, at, now we must take up the story at this point, that;
    taka til varnar, to begin the defence;
    taka til e-s, to have recourse to, resort to (taka e-t til ráðs, bragðs); to concern (þetta mál, er til konungs tók);
    láta e-t til sín taka, to let it concern oneself, meddle with (Gísli lét fátt til sín taka);
    taka e-n til e-s, to choose, elect (Ólafr var til konungs tekinn um allt land);
    absol., taka til, to begin (hann hélt allt austr um Svínasund, þá tók til vald Svíakonungs);
    taka e-t til, to take to, do;
    ef hann tekr nökkut illt til, if he takes to any ill;
    taka um e-t, to take hold of, grasp (nú skaltu taka um fót honum);
    taka e-t undan, to take away;
    impers., undan kúnni tók nyt alla, the cow ceased to give milk;
    taka undan, to run away, escape (B. tók undan með rás);
    hann tók undir kverkina ok kyssti hana, he took her by the chin and kissed her;
    to undertake, take upon oneself;
    H. kvaðst ekki taka mundu undir vandræði þeira, H. said he would have nothing to do with their troubles;
    taka undir e-t með e-m, to back, help one in a thing (vil ek, at þér takit undir þetta mál með mér);
    þau tóku undir þetta léttiliga, they seconded it readily;
    hann tók seinliga undir, he was slow to answer;
    taka undir, to echo, resound (fjöllin tóku undir);
    taka e-t undir sik, to take on hand (Gizurr tók undir sik málit); to lay hold of (hann tekr undir sik eignir þær, er K. átti í Noregi);
    taka e-t upp, to pick up (S. tók upp hanzka sinn);
    taka upp fé fyrir e-m, to seize on, confiscate;
    taka upp borð, to set up the tables before a meal, but also to remove them after a meal;
    taka upp bygð sína, to remove one’s abode;
    hón tekr mart þat upp, er fjarri er mínum vilja, she takes much in hand that is far from my will;
    drykk ok vistir, svá sem skipit tók upp, as the ship could take;
    taka upp ný goðorð, to establish new priesthoods;
    taka upp verknað, to take up work;
    taka upp stœrð, to take to pride;
    taka upp sök, to take up a case;
    taka upp draum, to interpret a dream;
    taka e-t upp, to choose (seg nú skjótt, hvern kost þú vill upp taka);
    absol., taka upp, to extend, rise (rekkjustokkr tekr upp á millum rúma okkarra);
    taka út, to run out (E. tók út ór stofunni);
    taka við e-u, to receive (A. hafði tekit við föðurarf sínum);
    taka vel við e-m, to receive one well, give one a hearty welcome;
    taka við trú, to take the faith;
    þeir tóku vel við, they made a bold resistance;
    tók við hvárr af öðrum, one took up where the other left off;
    taka yfir e-t, to extend over (hann skal eignast af Englandi þat, sem uxahúð tekr yfir);
    impers. to come to an end, succeed (kveðst nú vænta, at nú mundi yfir taka);
    þeir munu allt til vinna at yfir taki við oss, to get the better of us;
    13) refl., takast;
    f.
    1) taking, capture, of a fortress, prisoner;
    2) taking, seizing, of property;
    * * *
    pres. tek, tekr; tökum, takit, taka; pret. tók, tókt (tókst), tók, pl. tóku; subj. tæki (tœki); imperat. tak, taktú; part. tekinn: with neg. suff. tek’k-at ek, I take not, Kristni S. (in a verse); tak-a-ttu, take thou not, Fas. i. (in a verse); tekr-at, Grág. (Kb.) i. 9: [Ulf. têkan, pret. taitok = απτεσθαι; Swed. take; Dan. tage, sounded tā, ‘du tar det ikke, vil du ta det;’ Engl. take is a word borrowed from the Dan., which gradually displaced the Old Engl. niman.]
    A. To take hold of, seize, grasp; taka sér alvæpni, Eg. 236; tóku menn sér þar byrðar ok báru út, Egill tók undir hönd sér mjöð-drekku, 237; nú taki hest minn, ok skal ek ríða eptir honum, 699; tóku þeir skíð sín ok stigu á, 545; hann tók inni vinstri hendi spjótið ok skaut, Nj. 42; lauk upp kistu ok tók upp góð kvennmanna-klæði, Ld. 30; hann tekr nú bogann, … tekr nú kaðal einn, Fas. ii. 543; taka upp net, K. Þ. K. 90; hross skal maðr taka ok teyma ok hepta, þótt heilagt sé, id.
    2. to seize; þeir tóku þar herfang mikit, Nj. 43; tóku skipit ok allt þat er á var, Fms. vii. 249; þeir tóku þar skútu, viii. 438; tóku skip hans, landtjald, klæði, ix. 275; taka fé okkat allt með ráni, Nj. 5; engi maðr skal fyrir öðrum taka, Gþl. 473; hann leiddi þik til arfs … munu taka óvinir þínir ef þú kemr eigi til, Nj. 4; þeir tóku bæinn, seized, Sturl. ii. 149; kona hafði tekit ( stolen) … ok vildi hann refsa henni, Fms. vii. 330.
    3. to catch; Skotar munu hafa tekit njósnir allar, Nj. 126; standi menn upp ok taki hann, 130; hann skyldi taka hundinn, 114; þeir tóku á sundi mann einn, Fms. vii. 225; gröf, at taka í dýr, Flóv. 33; taka höndum, to lay hold of, take captive, Nj. 114, 275; in a good sense, Fms. x. 314.
    4. taka e-n af lífi, to take one from life, Fms. x. 3, Eg. 70; taka e-n af lífdögum, id., Fms. vii. 204: ellipt., taka af (af-taka), to take one off, put to death, Js. 23; taka e-n af nafni ok veldi, to deprive of …, Eg. 268; tóku þeir af eignum jarla konungs, Fms. i. 6: taka af e-m, to take a thing from one, x. 421, Nj. 103, 131, Eg. 120, Ld. 288; taka frá e-m, to take from, off, Nj. 253, K. Þ. K. 48; taka ofan, to take down, pull down, Nj. 119, 168; taka ór, to set apart, 232; taka undir sik, to take under oneself, subject, Fms. x. 24: to take charge of, Nj. 110, Eg. 725: taka upp, to take up, pick up, assume, 23.
    5. to take, grasp; taka í hönd e-m, to shake hands, Nj. 129; taka á lopti, to interrupt, Fms. x. 314; taka í ketil, of the ordeal, Grág. i. 381, Gkv. 3. 7; taka í jörð, to graze, of an animal, Bs. i. 338; jó lætr til jarðar taka, Skm. 15; skulu þér láta taka niðr hesta yðra, to graze a little, Band. 14 new Ed.; tók einn þeirra niðr í sinn klæðsekk, Stj.
    II. metaph., taka upphaf, to begin, Hom. 49; taka vöxt ok þroska, to increase, Rb. 392; taka konungdóm, Eg. 646; taka ráð, 49; taka skírn, 770; taka trú, to take the faith, become a Christian, Nj. 273; taka hvíld, to take rest, 43, 115; taka á sik svefn, 252; taka ræðu, to begin a parley, Eg. 578; taka umræðu, id., Nj. 146; þau taka þá tal, Ld. 72, Fms. ii. 254; taka nærri sér, see nær l. 2; taka á sik göngu, Fbr. 101 new Ed.; taka á sik svefn, Nj.; taka eld, to light a fire, 199; taka e-n orðum, to address; taka í sætt, to receive into reconciliation, Eg. 168; taka sættir, to accept terms, id. (also taka sættum, id.); taka þenna kost, 280; taka samheldi, Fms. ix. 344; ok tóku þat fastliga, at friðr skyldi standa, declared firmly that, x. 40, v. l.; taka stefnu, to fix a meeting, xi. 400; tóku þeir stefnu í milli sín, 402; nú er svá tekið um allt landit, at …, fixed by law that …, Gþl. 275; þeir tóku fastmælum sín í milli, at …, Bret. 82; taki í lög, to take into fellowship, Fms. xi. 96; lög-taka, cp. lófa-tak, vápna-tak; Gunnarr bauð þér góð boð enn þú vildir engi af taka, thou wouldst accept none of them, Nj. 77; tók hann þann kost af, at leggja allt á konungs vald, Fms. iv. 224; ok þat tóku þeir af, ix. 367; Ólafr kvaðsk þat mundu af taka, Ld. 72; taka e-t til ráðs, or taka ráðs, bragðs, to resort to, Nj. 75, 124, 199: also, taka e-t til, to resort to, 26, Fms. xi, 253, passim (til-tæki); taka mót, to receive, Edda 15; taka e-t við, to receive in return, Fms. ii. 269; taka bætr fyrir e-t, xi. 253; með því þú görir sem ek býð þér, skaltú nökkuð eptir taka, take some reward for it, Ld. 44; þat er bæði at vér róum hart, enda mun nú mikit eptir taka, a great reward, Finnb. 232 (eptir-tekja); taka fæðu, to take food; taka corpus Domini, Mar.; taka samsæti, Fms. ii. 261; taka arf, Eg. 34; taka erfð, Gþl. 241; taka fé eptir föður sinn, Fms. xi. 47; taka laun, Nj. 68; taka veizlu, to take, receive a veizla (q. v.), Fms. xi. 239; konungr … hann tekr ( receives) af mörgum, skal hann því mikit gefa, 217; taka mikit lof, x. 367; taka helgun af Guði, Rb. 392; taka heilsu, to recover, Stj. 624; ek skal taka hæði-yrði af þér, Nj. 27; taka af honum rán ok manntjón, Ld. 64; taka úskil af íllum mönnum, Greg. 44; taka píslir ok dauða, 656 B. 30; drap hann þar menn nökkura, þótti mönnum hart at taka þat af útlendum manni, Bs. i. 19; þeir tóku mikinn andróða, Fms. viii. 438; taka andviðri, Eg. 87; þeir tóku norðan-veðr hörð, were overtaken by, Nj. 124; taka sótt, to be taken sick or ill (North E. to take ill), 29, Fms. xi. 97, Eg. 767; taka þyngd. id., Ísl. ii. 274; taka fótar-mein, Nj. 219; taka úgleði, to get out of spirits, Eg. 322; hann tók þá fáleika ok úgleði, Fms. vii. 103; hann tók langt kaf, 202; taka arftaki, to adopt, Grág. i. 232; taka konung, to take, elect a king, Fms. ix. 256; taka konu, to take a wife, x. 397; hann kvángaðisk ok tók bróður-dóttur þess manns er Finnr hét, 406; tók Magnús konungr Margrétu, 413; taka konu brott nauðga, to carry off a woman, Grág. i. 353; tók hann þá til háseta, he hired them, Eg. 404; taka far or fari, Landn. 307, Grág. ii. 406 (far, ii. 3); taka úkunna stigu, to take to unknown ways, Fms. viii. 30; taka ferð, to start, Stj.; taka til konungs, or the like, Eg. 367, 400, Fms. vii. 252; taka til siðar, Sks. 313; taka e-n vel, to receive well; ok taki ér, herra, vel þá Hjalta ok Gizur, Bs. i. 19; tók Skota-konungr hann vel, Fms. xi. 419; taka e-t þvert, to take a thing crossly, deny flatly, Nj. 26; taka fyrir e-t, to stop, interrupt, refuse, Fms. x. 251.
    III. to reach, stretch forth, touch; hann beit skarð, allt þat er tennr tóku, Eg. 605; eigi djúpara enn þeim tók undir hendr, Ld. 78; skurðrinn tók á framan-verðan bakkann, Krók.; hyrnan tók andlitið, Nj. 253; rödd tekr eyru, Skálda 175; döggskórinn tók niðr akrinn upp-standanda, Fas. i. 173; hafði flóð tekit þær, swept them away, Fms. xi. 393; spjót langskept svá at vel taki skipa meðal, Sks. 385; nef hans tók austr til landsenda … véli-fjarðar tóku norðr í Finnabú, Fms. viii. 10; tekr mörkin náliga allt it efra suðr, Eg. 58; þvíat ekki tek ek heim í kveld, Nj. 275; mun ek taka þangat í dag? Hbl.; bóndans bót tekr fyrir ( encompasses) konu, hans ok börn ok hjón, N. G. L. i. 341; taka niðri, to take the ground, of a ship or thing floating, Fas. iii. 257; svá at upp tekr um klaufir, Boll. 336; at eigi tæki hann (acc.) regnit, Stj. 594; skulu vér varask, at eigi taki oss þau dæmi, Hom. 70; svá mikit er uxa-húð tekr yfir, Fas. i. 288; nær því er þú sér at taka mun en ekki ór hófi, Sks. 21; hundr bundinn svá at taki eigi til manna, Grág. ii. 119; taka höndum upp, to lift up hands, Bs. i. 735, Edda 22; ek sé fram undir brekkuna, at upp taka spjóts-oddar fimtán, Finnb. 286; þetta smíði (Babel) tók upp ór veðrum, Edda 146 (pref.); hárit tók ofan á belti, Nj. 2; stöpul er til himins tæki, 645. 71; hér til tekr en fyrsta bók, reaches here, 655 vii. 4; taka mátti hendi til fals, Eg. 285; þeir tóku fram árum, took the oars, Fms. vii. 288; smeygði á sik ok tók út höndunum, 202; þeir tóku undun, to escape, viii. 438: to reach, land, take harbour, gaf honum vel byri ok tóku Borgarfjörð, Nj. 10; tóku þeir Friðar-ey, 268; þeir tóku land á Melrakka-sléttu, Ísl. ii. 246; byrjaði vel ok tóku Noreg, Ld. 72, 310; tóku þar land sem heitir Vatnsfjörðr, Landn. 30: ellipt., hann tók þar sem nú heitir Herjólfs-höfn, id.; þeir tóku fyrir sunnan land, 175.
    2. to take, hold, of a vessel; ketill or tók tvær tunnur, Fb. i. 524; lands þess er tæki ( of the value of) fjóra tigi hundraða, Sturl. i. 98, v. l.; hringrinn tók tólf hundruð mórend, Nj. 225: so in the phrase, það tekr því ekki, it is not worth the while; þann enn eina grip er hann átti svá at fé tæki, the sole object of value he had, Bs. i. 636.
    3. spec. usages; fara sem fætr mega af taka, Finnb. 288; konur æpa sem þær megu mest af taka, Al. 47, (aftak, aftaka-veðr, q. v.), Karl. 109, 196; fóru hvárir-tveggju sem af tók, went as fast as possible, Fms, iv. 304; hann sigldi suðr sem af tók, Eg. 93: in the phrase, taka mikinn, lítinn … af e-u, to make much, little of, take it to heart or lightly; mikit tekr þú af þessu, thou takest it much to heart, Lv. 10; öngan tek ek af um liðveizlu við þik, I will not pledge myself as to helping thee, Ld. 105; eigi töku vér mikit af at tortryggva þá bók, þótt mart sé undarligt í sagt, we will not strongly question the truth of the book, although many wonders are told therein, Sks. 78; Óspakr kvað hana mikit af taka, said he used very strong language, Ld. 216; mikinn tekr þú af, segir konungr, thou settest much by it, said the king, Fms. vi. 206: munda ek sýnu minna hafa af tekit ef ek væra údrukkinn, I would have kept a better tongue, xi. 112; Þórvarðr tók eigi af fyrir útanferð sína, did not quite refuse the going abroad, Sturl. iii. 244; hann kvaðsk eigi taka mega af því hvat mælt væri, he did not much mind what folks said, Nj. 210; hón tók lítið af öllu, said little about it, took it coolly, Eg. 322; tók hann minna af enn áðr við Íslendinga, he spoke not so strongly of them as he used to do, Glúm. 328; ok er sendi-menn kómu tók hann lítið af, Fms. x. 101; Flosi svaraði öllu vel, en tók þó lítið af, F. gave a civil but reserved answer, Nj. 180.
    IV. with prepp.; taka af hesti, to take (the saddle) off a horse, Nj. 4, 179; taka af sér ópit, to cease weeping, Ölk. 35; taka skriðinn af skipinu, Fms. ii. 305; taka e-t af, to abolish, vii. 1, x. 152, Ísl. ii. 258:—taka á e-u, to touch (á-tak), Nj. 118; þegar sem nær þeim er komit ok á þeim tekit, Stj. 76; sá er tekr fyrst á funa, Gm.; þat er ok, áðr þeir taki á dómum sinum ( ere they deliver sentence), at þeir skolu eið vinna áðr, Grág. i. 64; taka vel, auðvelliga, lítt, ekki vel, ílla … á e-u, to take a thing so and so, take it well, in good part, ill, in ill part, etc., Ld. 50, 248, Fms. xi. 124, Nj. 206, 265; Gunnarr talaði fátt um ok tók á öngu úlíkliga, 40; tak glaðan á ( cheerfully) við konunginn, Fms. xi. 112; þeir höfðu sagt hversu hann hafði á tekit þeim feðgum, Rd. 284; Leifr tekr á þessu eigi mjök, Fb. ii. 397; tók Börkr (á) því seinliga, Eb. 15 new Ed.:—taka eptir, to notice, observe, Sturl. i. 2 (eptir-tekt):—taka móti, to withstand, resist, Nj. 261, Fms. ix. 307, 513 (mót-tak):—taka með, to reserve, accept, iv. 340, xi. 427 (með-taka): taka við, hann tókþar ok við mörg önnur dæmi, bæði konunga æfi, he tacked to it many records, the lives of kings, etc., Ó. H. (pref.): this isolated phrase has led editors (but wrongly) to substitute hann ‘jók’ þar við:—taka aptr, to take back, render void, undo, Bs. i. 631, Nj. 191, Sks. 775; eigi má aptr taka unnit verk, a saying, Fms. ii. 11: to recall, unsay, mun ek þau orð eigi aptr taka, Ld. 42, Fms. ii. 253:—taka í, to pull off; taktu í hann, to pull his stocking off:—taka um, to take hold of, grasp, Eg. 410, Hkr. ii. 322:—taka upp, to pick up, assume; niðr at fella ok upp at taka, 625. 68, Eg. 23; taka upp borð, to put up the tables before a meal; tekr upp borð ok setr fyrir þá Butralda, Fbr. 37; vóru borð upp tekin um alla stofuna ok sett á vist, Eg. 551: but also to remove them after a meal (= taka borð ofan), 408, Hkr. ii. 192, Fms. i. 41, Orkn. 246 (see borð II); taka upp vist, to put food on the table, Vm. 168; taka upp bygð sína, to remove one’s abode, passim; taka upp, of a body, to take up, disinter, Hkr. ii. 388; taka upp, to seize on, confiscate, Nj. 73, 207, Ld. 38, Eg. 73; þeir tóku upp ( laid waste) þorp þat er heitir Tuma-þorp, Fms. i. 151; var þá tekin upp bygð Hrolleifs, Fs. 34; hón tekr þat mart upp er fjarri er mínum vilja, Nj. 6l; at þú gefir ró reiði ok takir þat upp er minnst vandræði standi af, 175; taka upp verknað, to take up work, Ld. 34; taka upp stærð, to take to pride, Fms. x. 108; halda upp-teknu efni, i. 263; taka upp sök, mál, to take up a case, Nj. 31, 71, 231: to interpret, eigi kann ek öðruvís at ráða þenna draum … glíkliga er upp tekit, Sturl. iii. 216; ok skal svá upp taka ‘síks glóð,’ þat er ‘gull,’ Edda 127; kvæði, ef þau eru rétt kveðin ok skynsamliga upp tekin, Hkr. (pref.); tók hann svá upp, at honum væri eigi úhætt, Fms. ix. 424; drykk ok vistir svá sem skipit tók upp, as the ship could take, iv. 92; er þat skip mikit, ok mun þat taka oss upp alla, Nj. 259; þat hjóna er meira lagði til félags skal meira upp taka, Gþl. 220; þótti þeim í hönd falla at taka upp land þetta hjá sér sjálfum, Ld. 210; skal sá sem at Kálfafelli býr taka upp vatn at sínum hlut, Vm. 168; taka upp giptu hjá Dana-konungi, Fms. xi. 426; taka upp goðorð, Nj. 151, 168, Grág. i. 24; taka upp þing. Ann. 1304 ( to restore); tókusk þá upp lög ok landsréttr, Fs. 27; taka upp vanda, Fms. vii. 280:—taka til, to take to; hefna svá at ekki fýsi annan slík firn til at taka, 655 xiii. A. 3; tóku margir þá til at níða hann, Bs. i; taka til ráða, ráðs, bragðs, Nj. 19, 75, 124; hann tók til ráða skjótt, 19; enn þó munu vér þat bragðs taka, 199; hvat skal nú til ráða taka, 124; ef hann tekr nökkut íllt til, 26; hverja úhæfu er hann tekr til, Fms. xi. 253; taka til máls, to take to talking, Nj. 16, 71; taka til orðs, or orða, 122, 230, 264; hann tók nú til at segja söguna, to take to telling a story; taka til varnar, to begin the defence, Grág. i. 60, Nj. 271; nú er þar til at taka, at …, 74; er blót tóku til, Landn. 111; þá tók til ríki Svía-konungs, Fms. iv. 118; um Slésvík þar sem Dana-ríki tók til, xi. 417: to concern, þat mun taka til yðar, Hom. 150; þetta mál er til konungs tók, Fms. xi. 105; láta til sín taka, to let it concern oneself, meddle with, Band. 23 new Ed.; Gísl lét fátt til sín taka, Fms. vii. 30; vil ek nú biðja þik at þú létir ekki til þín taka um tal várt, Nj. 184: to have recourse to, þú tekr eigi til þeirra liðsinnis ef ekki þarf, Fms. vii. 17, Grág. i. 41; taka til segls, Eg. 573, Fms. ix. 22; taka til sunds, 24; taka til e-s, to note, mark, with dislike:—taka undir, to take under a thing; hann tók undir kverkina, took her by the chin, Nj. 2; þá tók Egill undir höfða-hlut Skalla-grími, Eg. 398: to undertake, þat mál er þeir skyldi sjálfir undir taka, Hkr. i. 266; þá skal hann taka undir þá sömu þjónostu, Ó. H. 120: to back, second, hann kvaðsk ekki mundu taka undir vandræði þeirra, Nj. 182; undir þann kviðling tók Rúnolfr goði, ok sótti Hjalta um goðgá, Bs. i. 17: ek mun taka undir með þér ok styðja málit, Fms. xi. 53; hann tók ekki undir þat ráð, Fb. ii. 511; þau tóku undir þetta léttliga, seconded it readily, Ld. 150; hann tók seinliga undir, Nj. 217; hann hafði heyrt tal þeirra ok tók undir þegar, ok kvað ekki saka, Ld. 192: göra tilraun hversu þér tækit undir þetta, Fb. i. 129: to echo, blésu herblástr svá at fjöllin tóku undir, Fas. i. 505; taka undir söng, to accompany singing:—taka við, to receive; nú tóktú svá við sverði þessu, Fms. i. 15; siðan hljópu menn hans, enn hann túk við þeim, 105; jörð tekr við öldri, Hm.; til þess er akkerit tók við, grappled, took hold, Dan. holde igen, Fms. x. 135. v. l.; þar til er sjár tók við honum, Edda 153 (pref.); taka við ríki, Eg. 241, Fms. i. 7; taka við trú, Nj. 158, 159; taka við handsölum á e-u, 257; ef maðr görr við at taka við dæmdum úmaga, Grág. i. 258; taka vel við e-m, to receive well, Nj. 5; ekki torleiði tekr við yðr, no obstacle stops you, Al. 120; þeir tóku við vel ok vörðusk, made a bold resistance, Fms. i. 104; eggjuðu sumir at við skyldi taka, vii. 283; at þeir skyldi verja landit, en þeir vildu eigi við taka, xi. 386; ganga fram á mel nökkurn, ok segir Hrútr at þeir mundu þar við taka, Ld. 62; þar stóð steinn einn mikill, þar bað Kjartan þá við taka, 220; seg þú æfi-sögu þína, Ásmundr, en þá skal Egill við taka, tell thy life’s tale, Asmund, and then shall Egil take his turn, Fas. iii. 374; tók við hvárr af öðrum, one took up where the other left off:—taka yfir, hann vildi eigi til ráða nema hann ætlaði at yfir tæki, Fms. iv. 174; þeir munu allt til vinna, at yfir taki með oss, Nj. 198; at eyrendi þeirra skyldi eigi lyktuð né yfir tekin, Fms. iv. 224.
    V. to take to, begin:
    1. with infin., tóku menn at binda sár sín, Eg. 93; hann tók at yrkja þegar er hann var ungr, 685; hans afli tók at vaxa, Fms. viii. 47; á þeim veg er ek tæka ganga, Sks. 3; taka at birtask, 568; tekr at dimma, birta … rigna, it gets dim, takes to darken … rain; allt þat er hann tekr at henda, Nj. 5; þá tók at lægja veðrit, 124; tók þá at morna, 131; tók þá at nátta, Fms. ix. 54; kvölda tekr = Lat. vesperascit, Luke xxiv. 29.
    2. in other phrases, taka á rás, to take to running, to run, Nj. 253, Eg. 216, 220, Eb. 62 (hófu á rás, 67 new Ed.), Hrafn. 7: ellipt., tók bogmaðr ok hans menn á land upp undan, they took to the inland and escaped, Fms. ix. 275; tók hann þegar upp um brú, viii. 169; svá íllt sem nú er frá at taka (to escape, shun), þá mun þó síðarr verr, Fs. 55; taka flótta, to take to flight, Hm. 30; Eirekr tók út ór stofunni, took out of the room, ran out, Sturl. ii. 64; þeir tóku út eitt veðr allir, stood out to sea with the same wind, Fb. ii. 243.
    VI. with dat., to take to, receive (perh. ellipt. for taka við- e-u); jarl tók vel sendi-mönnum ok vináttu-málum konungs, Fms. i. 53; konungr tók honum vel ok blíðliga, vii. 197; tekit mundu vér hafa kveðju þinni þóttú hefðir oss fyrri fagnat, Ld. 34; Grímr tók því seinliga, Eg. 764; Sigurðr tók því máli vel, 38, Fms. x. 2; konungr tók þá vel orðum Þórólfs, Eg. 44; hann tók því þakksamliga, Fms. i. 21; taka vel þeirra eyrendum, x. 33; Barði tók þessu vel, Ld. 236; Hákon tók því seinliga, Fms. i. 74; eigi mun konungr taka því þótt slík lygi sé upp borin fyrir hann, Eg. 59; tók Brynjólfr þá sættum fyrir Björn, 168; Njáll átti hlut at, at þeir skyldi taka sættum, Nj. 120; taka handsölum á fé, 257; taka heimildum á e-u, Fms. x. 45; taka fari, Grág. ii. 399, Nj. 111, 258 (see far); taka bóli, to take a farm (on lease), Gþl. 328, 354; mun ek máli taka fyrir alla Íslenzka menn þá er á skipi eru, speak for them, Bs. i. 421.
    VII. impers. it is taken; hann brá upp hendinni ok tók hana af honum ok höfuðit af konunginum, Nj. 275; ok tók af nasarnar, Fms. x. 135, v. l.; þá tók af veðrit (acc.), the weather ‘took up’ (as is said in North of England), the storm abated. Fas. i. 157; svá at þar tæki af vega alla, all roads were stopped, Fms, iii. 122; af þeim tók málit ok görask úfærir, Fas. ii. 549; kom á höndina fyrir ofan úlflið svá at af tók, Nj. 84; kom á fótinn svá at af tók, 123; þá tók efa af mörgum manni, Fms. iii. 8; sýnina tekr frá e-m, to become blind, x. 339; undan kúnni tók nyt alla, Eb. 316; jafnskjótt tók ór verkinn allan, Fms. iv. 369; tók út skip Þangbrands ór Hitará, she drifted out, Bs. i. 15; í þat mund dags er út tók eykðina, when the time of ‘eykð’ was nearly passed, Fms. xi. 136; um várit er sumar-hita tók, when the summer heat set in, Fs. 67; réru svá skjótt at ekki tók (viz. þá) á vatni, Fms. vii. 344.
    2. as a naut. term, to clear, weather a point; veðr var litið ok tók þeim skamt frá landi, the weather was still, and they kept close in shore, Fms. vi. 190: hence the mod. naut. phrase, e-m tekr, to clear, weather; mér tók fyrir nesit, I cleared, weathered the ness; vindr þver, svo að þeim tekr ekki.
    3. þar er eigi of tekr torf eðr grjót, where neither is at hand, Grág. ii. 262; þau dæmi tekr til þessa máls, the proofs of this are, that when …, Hom. 127.
    B. Reflex., takask mikit á hendr, to take much in hand, Band. 3, Nj. 228, Fms. i. 159; tókumk ek þat á hendr, xi. 104; láta af takask, to let oneself be deprived of, Eg. 296; takask e-n á hendr.
    2. to be brought about, take effect, succeed; cp. þykkir mikit í hættu hversu þér teksk, Ld. 310; þat tóksk honum, he succeeded, Bárð. 167; tekst þá tveir vilja, it succeeds when two will, i. e. joint efforts prevail, a saying:—takask til, to happen; Ásgrími tóksk svá til (it so happened to A.), sem sjaldan var vant, at vörn var í máii hans, Nj. 92; ef svá vill til takask. Fas. i. 251; svá erviðliga sem þeim hafði til tekizk at herja á þá feðga, Fms. i. 184; mér hefir úgiptuliga tekizk, Ld. 252; þætti mér allmiklu máli skipta at þér tækisk stórmannliga, that thou wouldst behave generously, Hkr. ii. 32; hefir þetta svá tekizk sem ván var at, er hann var barn at aldri, 268.
    3. to take place, begin; tóksk orrosta, Nj. 8; teksk þar orrosta, 122; ráð takask, of a marriage; en ef þá takask eigi ráðin, if the wedding takes not place then, Grág. i. 311; lýkr svá at ráðin skyldi takask, 99; ráð þau skyldi takask at öðru sumri, Eg. 26, Fms. x. 40: to be realised, hvatamaðr at þessi ferð skyldi takask, Ld. 240; síðan er mægð hafdi tekizk með þeim, since they had intermarried, Eg. 37; takask með þeim góðar ástir, they came to love one another much, of newly-married people, passim; féráns dómr teksk, Grág. i. 95; takask nú af heimboðin, to cease, Ld. 208; ok er allt mál at ættvíg þessi takisk af, 258.
    II. recipr., takask orðum, to speak to one another, Fms. xi. 13; ok er þeir tókusk at orðum, spurði hann …, Eg. 375; bræðr-synir takask arf eptir, entreat one another, Gþl. 241; ef menn takask fyrir árar eða þiljur, take from one another, 424: takask á, to wrestle, Bárð. 168; takask fangbrögðum, Ld. 252, Ísl. ii. 446: takask í hendr, to shake hands, Grág. i. 384, Nj. 3, 65.
    III. part. tekinn; vóru þá tekin ( stopped) öll borgar-hlið ok vegar allir, at Norðmönnum kæmi engi njósn, Fms. vi. 411: Steinþórr var til þess tekinn, at …, S. was particularly named as …, Eb. 32, 150; hann var til þess tekinn, at honum var verra til hjóna en öðrum mönnum, Grett. 70 new Ed. (cp. mod. usage, taka til e-s, to wonder at): lá hann ok var mjök tekinn, very ill, Sturl. i. 89: Álfhildr var þungliga tekin, ok gékk henni nær dauða, Fms. iv. 274; hann var mjök tekinn ok þyngdr af líkþrá, ii. 229; þú ert Ílla at tekin fyrir vanheilsu sakir, vii. 244; ú-tekin jörð, an untaken, unclaimed estate, Sturl. iii. 57, Gþl. 313.
    2. at af teknum þeim, except, Fms. x. 232; at af teknum úvinum sínum, 266, (Latinism.)

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    = a (an).
    Ex. A good example is the British Catalogue of Music Classification.
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    * a uno u otro lado de = on either side of.
    * a un paso asombroso = at an astounding pace.
    * cada uno = apiece, each.
    * cambiar de una vez a otra = vary + from time to time.
    * cercano uno del otro = in close proximity.
    * cerca uno del otro = in close proximity.
    * dedicar unos minutos = take + a few minutes.
    * de uno a otro = across.
    * en unos momentos = momentarily, at any moment.
    * estar hecho el uno para el otro = be well suited to each other, be two of a kind, be a right pair.
    * estar un poco anticuado = be some years old.
    * los unos a costa de los otros = at each other's expense.
    * lo uno es tan malo como lo otro = one is as bad as the other.
    * más de unos cuantos + Nombre = not a few + Nombre.
    * ni lo uno ni lo otro = in-between, betwixt and between.
    * por mencionar sólo unos pocos = to name but a few.
    * por mencionar unos pocos = just to name a few.
    * por nombrar sólo unos cuantos = to name only some.
    * pospuesto una y otra vez = ever-postponed.
    * ser complementario el uno del otro = be integral one to another.
    * ser uno de entre varios + Nombre = be one of a number of + Nombre.
    * todos y cada uno = all and sundry, each and everyone.
    * todos y cada uno de = any and every, any and all.
    * tropezar los unos con los otros = trip over + each other.
    * una amplia gama de = a wide band of, a wide variety of, a wide range of, a broad variety of, a broad range of.
    * una amplia variedad de = a broad variety of, a wide range of, a broad range of.
    * una apuesta segura = a sure bet.
    * una avalancha de = a flood of, a flood tide of.
    * un abanico de = a palette of.
    * una bobadita = a little something.
    * una buena alternativa a = the next best thing to.
    * una buena cantidad de = a fair amount of.
    * una buena cosa = a good thing.
    * una buena forma de empezar = a good way to start.
    * una buena parte de = a large measure of, a good deal of, a great deal of.
    * una buena pesca = a good catch.
    * una cadena de = a necklace of.
    * una cadena de + Montañas = a range of + Montañas.
    * una cantidad ingente de = a wealth of.
    * una capa fina de = a skim of.
    * una causa perdida = a dead dog.
    * una cierta cantidad de = a measure of, a proportion of.
    * una clase de = a kind of.
    * una colección desordenada de = a scrapbook of.
    * una combinación de = a mixture of, a mix of, a rollup of.
    * una comparsa de = a cavalcade of.
    * una constelación de = a galaxy of.
    * una convocatoria de = a call for.
    * una cosa no + tener + nada que ver con la otra = one thing + have + nothing to do with the other.
    * una cosita = a little something.
    * una cubeta llena de = a pailful of.
    * una cucharadita de = a teaspoon of.
    * una cuestión de principios = a matter of principle.
    * una cuestión de vida o muerte = a matter of life and death.
    * una desgracia = a crying shame.
    * una de varios = one of a variety of.
    * una diversidad de = a variety of, an array of, a mosaic of, a diversity of, a menu of.
    * una escasez de = a dearth of.
    * una especie de = a kind of.
    * una especie de + Nombre = Nombre + of sorts.
    * una espléndida variedad de = a panoply of.
    * una estaca en el corazón = a stake in the heart.
    * una estructura de = a pattern of.
    * una eternidad = ages and ages (and ages).
    * una fortuna = a king's ransom.
    * una fuente de = a treasure trove of.
    * una gama de = a suite of, a palette of.
    * una gama de posibilidades = a palette of possibilities.
    * una gama muy variada de = a whole gamut of.
    * una gama variada de = a trawling of.
    * una gran = a large measure of.
    * una gran cantidad de = a good deal of, a great deal of, a large degree of, a mass of, a plethora of, a supply of, a vast amount of, a city of, a wealth of, a sea of, a cascade of, an army of, a good many, a huge number of, a great number of, a multitude of, scores of, a host of, a vast corpus of, a whole host of.
    * una gran cantidad y variedad de = a wealth and breadth of.
    * una gran diversidad de = a wide range of, a broad variety of, a wide variety of.
    * una gran experiencia = a wealth of experience.
    * una gran extensión de = a sea of.
    * una gran gama de = a wide range of, a rich tapestry of, a wide band of, a broad variety of, a wide variety of, a broad range of, a whole gamut of.
    * una gran mayoría de = a large proportion of.
    * una gran parte de = a broad population of, a lion's share of.
    * una gran pérdida = a great loss.
    * una gran proporción de = a large proportion of.
    * una gran variedad de = a wide range of, a multiplicity of, a rich tapestry of, a plurality of, a broad variety of, a broad range of, a whole gamut of.
    * una grupo impreciso de = a cloud of.
    * una guía general = a rough guide.
    * una idea general = a rough guide.
    * una inmensa cantidad de = a treasure chest of, a huge number of.
    * una intentona de = attempted.
    * un aire de = an air of, a whiff of.
    * una joya = a little gem.
    * una lotería = hit (and/or) miss.
    * un alto en el camino = a stop on the road, a pit stop on the road.
    * un aluvión de = a flood of, a rash of, a barrage of, a flurry of.
    * una manera de empezar = a foot in the door.
    * una mayor variedad de = a wider canvas of.
    * una mejor ocasión = a better time.
    * una mezcla de = a mixture of, a blend of, a mix of, a rollup of.
    * una mina de = a treasure trove of.
    * una mina de información = a mine of information.
    * una mina inagotable de = a treasure house of.
    * una minoría de = a minority of.
    * una minoría selecta = a select few.
    * una miscelánea de = a miscellany of.
    * una misma cosa = one and the same.
    * una montaña de = a mountain of.
    * un amplio espectro de = a broad band of, a broad spectrum of, a wide band of.
    * una muestra variada de = a mosaic of.
    * una mujer de mundo = a woman of the world.
    * una multidud de = a host of.
    * una multiplicidad de = a multiplicity of.
    * una multitud de = a swarm of.
    * una necesidad cada vez mayor = a growing need.
    * una negociación justa = a square deal.
    * una noche tras otra = night after night.
    * una nube de = a haze of, a cloud of, a swarm of.
    * un año tras otro = year after year.
    * una ola de = a wave of, a tide of.
    * una oleada de = an army of, a flurry of, a swell of.
    * una oportunidad casi segura = a sporting chance.
    * una oportunidad como es debido = a fair chance.
    * una oportunidad de triunfar = a fighting chance.
    * una oportunidad única en la vida = once in a lifetime opportunity.
    * una organización de = a pattern of.
    * una palmada en la espalda = a pat on the back.
    * una palmadita en la espala = a pat on the back.
    * una pareja ideal = a match made in heaven.
    * una pareja perfecta = a match made in heaven.
    * una parte de = a share of, a snatch of.
    * una pequeña minoría de = a marginal fringe of.
    * una pérdida constante de = a haemorrhage of.
    * una pila de = a pile of, a stack of, a sackful of, a whole slew of, a raft of, a mass of.
    * una pincelada de = a splash of, a hint of.
    * una pizca de = a dash of, a grain of, a pinch of.
    * una pizca de verdad = a grain of truth.
    * una plena convicción de = a strong sense of.
    * una posibilidad muy remota = a long shot.
    * una primera y última vez = a first and last time.
    * una probabilidad muy alta = a sporting chance.
    * una profusión de = a profusion of.
    * una provisión constante de = a diet of.
    * una racha de = a rash of, a stretch of.
    * una retahíla de = a volley of, a string of.
    * una ristra de = a long tail of, a volley of.
    * un arraigado sentido de = a strong sense of.
    * un arte = a fine art.
    * un arte en extinción = a dying art.
    * un arte que se está perdiendo = a dying art.
    * una salva de = a volley of.
    * una sarta de = a volley of.
    * una sarta de mentiras = a sackful of lies, a pack of lies.
    * unas cuantas ideas = a rough guide.
    * una segunda opinión = a second opinion.
    * una segunda vez = a second time around, a second time.
    * una selecta minoría, una minoría selecta, unos pocos elegidos = a select few.
    * una semblanza de = an air of.
    * una serie de = a choice of, a number of, a range of, a series of, a suite of, an array of, a string of, a pattern of, a stream of, a battery of, a succession of.
    * una serie de + Nombre + organizados por turnos = a rota of + Nombre.
    * un aspecto de = an air of.
    * una sucesión de = a succession of.
    * una tanda de = a flurry of.
    * un ataque de = an access of, a shock of.
    * una tentativa de = attempted.
    * una tira de = a raft of.
    * un atisbo de = a hint of.
    * una tontería = a little something.
    * una tormenta en un vaso de agua = a tempest in a teapot.
    * una última vez = one last time.
    * una única fuente para Algo = one-stop, one-stop shopping, one stop shop.
    * un auténtico infierno = a living hell.
    * una variada gama de = a whole gamut of.
    * una variedad de = a range of, a variety of, an array of, an assortment of, a spectrum of, a menu of, a diversity of, a palette of.
    * una variedad muy rica de = a treasure of.
    * una vasta cantidad de = a vast amount of.
    * una verdadera lástima = a crying shame.
    * una verdadera pena = a crying shame.
    * una vez cada quincena = once a fortnight.
    * una vez cumplimentado = completed.
    * una vez + Participio = upon + Nombre.
    * una vez + Participio Pasado = having + Participio Pasado, having + just + Participio Pasado.
    * una vez + Participio Pasado + Nombre = with + Nombre + Participio Pasado.
    * una vez que + Frase = once + Frase.
    * una vez quincenalmente = once a fortnight.
    * una vez relleno = completed.
    * una vista digna de contemplar = a sight to behold.
    * una vista digna de ver = a sight to behold.
    * una yarda de largo = a yard long.
    * una zona de = a stretch of.
    * un bariburrillo de = a welter of.
    * un bebé = a babe in arms.
    * un bocadito = a little something.
    * un bombardeo de = a barrage of.
    * un buen lugar de partida = a good place to start.
    * un buen número de = a good number of.
    * un buen partido = a good catch.
    * un camino largo y difícil = a long haul.
    * un camión de = a truckload of.
    * un caso perdido = a dead dog.
    * un caudal de experiencia = a wealth of experience.
    * un centro único = one stop shop.
    * un chorreón de = a splash of, a hint of.
    * un chorretón de = a splash of, a hint of.
    * un cierto grado de = a certain amount of, a modicum of.
    * un cierto número de = a number of.
    * un conglomerado de = a conglomeration of.
    * un conjunto cada vez mayor de = a growing body of.
    * un conjunto de = a set of, a suite of, a pool of, an assembly of, a pattern of, a universe of, a harvest of, a complement of.
    * un corpus de = a body of.
    * un costal de = a sackful of.
    * un cuarto = one in four.
    * un cuarto de = a quarter of.
    * un cúmulo de = a treasure trove of.
    * un detalle = a little something.
    * un día de descanso = a day away from.
    * un día fuera = a day out.
    * un día haciendo algo diferente = a day away from.
    * un día normal = on a typical day.
    * un día sí y otro no = every other day.
    * un día sí y otro también = day in and day out.
    * un día tras otro = day after day.
    * un día y medio = one and a half days.
    * un dineral = a king's ransom, a huge amount of money.
    * un donnadie = a nobody.
    * un ejemplo claro = a case in question, a case in point.
    * un ejército de = an army of.
    * un enjambre de = a swarm of.
    * un equipo de = a team of.
    * un espectáculo digno de contemplar = a sight to behold.
    * un espectáculo digno de ver = a sight to behold.
    * un fuerte sentimiento de = a strong sense of.
    * un gran diversidad de = a broad range of.
    * un gran espectro de = a wide band of, a wide band of.
    * un gran número de = a good deal of, a great deal of, a plethora of, a wide range of, a full roster of, a fair number of, a great number of, a broad variety of, a wide variety of, a broad range of, a vast corpus of.
    * un grano de arena en el desierto = a drop in the ocean, a drop of water in a bucket.
    * un gran repertorio de = an arsenal of, an armoury of [armory].
    * un gran volumen de = a vast corpus of.
    * un grupo aferrado de = a hard core of.
    * un grupo cada vez mayor de = a growing body of.
    * un grupo de = a set of, a bunch of, a crop of, a pool of, a cadre of, a cluster of, a galaxy of, a clutch of, a company of.
    * un grupo de gente variada = a cast of people.
    * un grupo incondicional de = a hard core of.
    * un grupo variado de = a collection of.
    * un halo de bruma = a veil of mist.
    * un hombre de gentes = a man of the people.
    * un hombre de mundo = a man of the world.
    * un hombre de palabra = a man of his word.
    * un hombre de pocas palabras = a man of few words, a man of few words.
    * un intento de = an exercise in, attempted.
    * un juego de = a battery of.
    * un kaleidoscopio de = a mosaic of.
    * un lecho de rosas = a bed of roses.
    * un lujo asiático = the lap of luxury.
    * un manojo de llaves = a set of + keys.
    * un manojo de nervios = a bundle of nerves.
    * un mar de = a sea of.
    * un mar de papel = a sea of + paper.
    * un medio para alcanzar un fin = a means to an end.
    * un medio para conseguir un fin = a means to an end.
    * un medio para llegar a fin = a means to an end.
    * un mejor momento = a better time.
    * un mequetrefe = a nobody.
    * un minuto en los labios, para siempre en las caderas = a minute on the lips, forever on the hips.
    * un momento bueno de = a peak of.
    * un momento determinado = a frozen moment in time, a given moment in time.
    * un montón = like crazy, like mad.
    * un montonazo = like crazy, like mad.
    * un montonazo de = a truckload of, a whole slew of, a raft of.
    * un montonazo de dinero = a huge amount of money.
    * un montón de = a pile of, a stack of, a bundle of, a truckload of, a sackful of, a raft of.
    * un montón de dinero = a huge amount of money.
    * un mundo aparte = a world apart, a breed apart.
    * un + Nombre + a altas horas de la noche = a late night + Nombre.
    * un + Nombre + a primera hora de la mañana = an early morning + Nombre.
    * un + Nombre + a última hora de la mañana = a late morning + Nombre.
    * un + Nombre + por la mañana temprano = an early morning + Nombre.
    * un no sé qué = a je ne sais quoi.
    * un nuevo comienzo = a fresh start.
    * un nuevo impulso = a new lease of life.
    * un número cada vez mayor = growing numbers.
    * un número cada vez mayor de = a growing number of, a growing body of.
    * un número de = a series of.
    * un número reducido de = a residue of, a small number of.
    * un número variado de + Nombre = any number of + Nombre.
    * un oásis de = an oasis of.
    * uno de los + Nombre + más + Adjetivo = not the least + Adjetivo + Nombre, not the least of the + Adjetivo + Nombre.
    * uno de los + Nombre + más importante = not the least + Nombre.
    * uno de los + Nombre + más importantes = not the least of + Nombre.
    * uno de tantos = little fish in a big pond.
    * uno más = one of equals.
    * unos + Cantidad = around + Cantidad.
    * unos con otros = one another.
    * unos cuantos = a few, a smattering of + Nombre Contable, a sprinkling of.
    * unos de otros = one another.
    * unos días más tarde = a few days later.
    * unos encima de los otros = one on another.
    * unos + Fecha = about + Fecha.
    * unos + Número = some + Número.
    * unos pocos elegidos = a select few.
    * unos segundos de reflexión = a moment's thought, a moment's reflection.
    * uno u otro = one or another.
    * un paquete de = a suite of.
    * un paquete integrado de programas = a suite of + programmes.
    * un paquete ofimático integrado = a suite of office automation software.
    * un par de = a couple of.
    * un par de minutos = a couple of moments.
    * un pasado oscuro = a dark past.
    * un paso por delante de = one step ahead of.
    * un pequeño puntito = just a little dot.
    * un período de = a stretch of.
    * un período determinado = a frozen moment in time.
    * un periodo intenso de = a flurry of.
    * un pilón de = a raft of, a mass of, a stack of.
    * un poco = a bit, somewhat, slightly, something of, a little bit, kinda [kind of].
    * un poco áspero = roughish.
    * un poco como = kind of like.
    * un poco de = a measure of, a touch (of), a bit of, a piece of, a spot of, a splash of, a hint of.
    * un poco + Nombre = a shade + Nombre.
    * un poco obscuro = dusky.
    * un poco perdido = a bit at sea.
    * un poco rugoso = roughish.
    * un popurrí de = a potpourri of, a welter of.
    * un poquito = a wee bit.
    * un poquito (de) = a dash of, a tiny bit of, a splash of, a hint of, a touch (of).
    * un porrón de tiempo = donkey's years.
    * un puñado de = a bunch of, a handful of, a clutch of.
    * un rato = awhile.
    * un rayo de = a shimmer of.
    * un rayo de esperanza = a faint glimmer of light.
    * un rayo de luz esperanzador = a faint glimmer of light, a peep of light.
    * un regalito = a little something.
    * un revoltijo de = a jumble of, a welter of.
    * un rosario de = a rash of.
    * un saco de = a sackful of.
    * un saco lleno de = a sackful of.
    * un servicio las 24 horas = a 24-hour service.
    * un sinfín de = a myriad of, a host of, a whole host of.
    * un sinnúmero de = a myriad of, a host of, a whole host of.
    * un sueño hecho realidad = a dream come true.
    * un surtido de = an assortment of.
    * un tanto + Adjetivo = vaguely + Adjetivo.
    * un tiempo = awhile.
    * un tipo de = a kind of.
    * un toque de = a touch of, a splash of, a hint of.
    * un torrente de = a cascade of.
    * un total de = a universe of, a total of.
    * un trabajo bien hecho = a job well done.
    * un trabajo cualquiera = casual job.
    * un tramo de = a stretch of.
    * un trato justo = a square deal.
    * un trozo de = a piece of, a snatch of, a stretch of.
    * un velo de bruma = a veil of mist.
    * un viso de = a whiff of.
    * variar de una vez a otra = vary + from time to time.

    Spanish-English dictionary > un2

  • 20 un

    adj.
    one.
    art.
    an, a.
    * * *
    un
    1 a, an
    1 (numeral) one
    2 (indef) some
    ■ un día volverá he'll come some day Table 1 NOTA See also uno,-a/Table 1
    * * *
    1. adj. 2. = una, art.
    a, an
    - unos I
    - unas I
    * * *
    un, -a
    1. ART INDEF
    1) [en singular] [refiriéndose a algo no conocido o de forma imprecisa] a; [antes de vocal o de h] an; [dando mayor énfasis, con expresiones temporales] one
    2) [en plural]
    a) [uso indefinido] (=algunos) some; (=pocos) a few

    hay unas cervezas en la nevera — there are a few o some beers in the fridge

    b) [con partes del cuerpo]
    c) [con objetos a pares] some
    d) [con cantidades, cifras] about, around

    había unas 20 personas — there were about o around 20 people, there were some 20 people

    unos 80 dólares — about o around 80 dollars, some 80 dollars

    3) [enfático]

    ¡se dio un golpe...! — he banged himself really hard!

    ¡había una gente más rara...! — there were some real weirdos there! *

    ¡sois unos vagos! — you're so lazy!

    2.
    ADJ [numeral] one

    una excursión de un día — a one-day trip, a day trip

    uno
    * * *
    (pl unos), una (pl unas) articulo
    [the masculine article un is also used before feminine nouns which begin with stressed a or ha e.g. un arma poderosa, un hambre feroz]
    1) (sing) a; (delante de sonido vocálico) an; (pl) some

    tú haces unas preguntas... — you do ask some questions!

    me dio una vergüenza... — I was so embarrassed!

    4) (sing) ( como genérico)
    5) (pl) ( expresando aproximación) about
    * * *
    (pl unos), una (pl unas) articulo
    [the masculine article un is also used before feminine nouns which begin with stressed a or ha e.g. un arma poderosa, un hambre feroz]
    1) (sing) a; (delante de sonido vocálico) an; (pl) some

    tú haces unas preguntas... — you do ask some questions!

    me dio una vergüenza... — I was so embarrassed!

    4) (sing) ( como genérico)
    5) (pl) ( expresando aproximación) about
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    un2

    Ex: A good example is the British Catalogue of Music Classification.

    * a uno u otro lado de = on either side of.
    * a un paso asombroso = at an astounding pace.
    * cada uno = apiece, each.
    * cambiar de una vez a otra = vary + from time to time.
    * cercano uno del otro = in close proximity.
    * cerca uno del otro = in close proximity.
    * dedicar unos minutos = take + a few minutes.
    * de uno a otro = across.
    * en unos momentos = momentarily, at any moment.
    * estar hecho el uno para el otro = be well suited to each other, be two of a kind, be a right pair.
    * estar un poco anticuado = be some years old.
    * los unos a costa de los otros = at each other's expense.
    * lo uno es tan malo como lo otro = one is as bad as the other.
    * más de unos cuantos + Nombre = not a few + Nombre.
    * ni lo uno ni lo otro = in-between, betwixt and between.
    * por mencionar sólo unos pocos = to name but a few.
    * por mencionar unos pocos = just to name a few.
    * por nombrar sólo unos cuantos = to name only some.
    * pospuesto una y otra vez = ever-postponed.
    * ser complementario el uno del otro = be integral one to another.
    * ser uno de entre varios + Nombre = be one of a number of + Nombre.
    * todos y cada uno = all and sundry, each and everyone.
    * todos y cada uno de = any and every, any and all.
    * tropezar los unos con los otros = trip over + each other.
    * una amplia gama de = a wide band of, a wide variety of, a wide range of, a broad variety of, a broad range of.
    * una amplia variedad de = a broad variety of, a wide range of, a broad range of.
    * una apuesta segura = a sure bet.
    * una avalancha de = a flood of, a flood tide of.
    * un abanico de = a palette of.
    * una bobadita = a little something.
    * una buena alternativa a = the next best thing to.
    * una buena cantidad de = a fair amount of.
    * una buena cosa = a good thing.
    * una buena forma de empezar = a good way to start.
    * una buena parte de = a large measure of, a good deal of, a great deal of.
    * una buena pesca = a good catch.
    * una cadena de = a necklace of.
    * una cadena de + Montañas = a range of + Montañas.
    * una cantidad ingente de = a wealth of.
    * una capa fina de = a skim of.
    * una causa perdida = a dead dog.
    * una cierta cantidad de = a measure of, a proportion of.
    * una clase de = a kind of.
    * una colección desordenada de = a scrapbook of.
    * una combinación de = a mixture of, a mix of, a rollup of.
    * una comparsa de = a cavalcade of.
    * una constelación de = a galaxy of.
    * una convocatoria de = a call for.
    * una cosa no + tener + nada que ver con la otra = one thing + have + nothing to do with the other.
    * una cosita = a little something.
    * una cubeta llena de = a pailful of.
    * una cucharadita de = a teaspoon of.
    * una cuestión de principios = a matter of principle.
    * una cuestión de vida o muerte = a matter of life and death.
    * una desgracia = a crying shame.
    * una de varios = one of a variety of.
    * una diversidad de = a variety of, an array of, a mosaic of, a diversity of, a menu of.
    * una escasez de = a dearth of.
    * una especie de = a kind of.
    * una especie de + Nombre = Nombre + of sorts.
    * una espléndida variedad de = a panoply of.
    * una estaca en el corazón = a stake in the heart.
    * una estructura de = a pattern of.
    * una eternidad = ages and ages (and ages).
    * una fortuna = a king's ransom.
    * una fuente de = a treasure trove of.
    * una gama de = a suite of, a palette of.
    * una gama de posibilidades = a palette of possibilities.
    * una gama muy variada de = a whole gamut of.
    * una gama variada de = a trawling of.
    * una gran = a large measure of.
    * una gran cantidad de = a good deal of, a great deal of, a large degree of, a mass of, a plethora of, a supply of, a vast amount of, a city of, a wealth of, a sea of, a cascade of, an army of, a good many, a huge number of, a great number of, a multitude of, scores of, a host of, a vast corpus of, a whole host of.
    * una gran cantidad y variedad de = a wealth and breadth of.
    * una gran diversidad de = a wide range of, a broad variety of, a wide variety of.
    * una gran experiencia = a wealth of experience.
    * una gran extensión de = a sea of.
    * una gran gama de = a wide range of, a rich tapestry of, a wide band of, a broad variety of, a wide variety of, a broad range of, a whole gamut of.
    * una gran mayoría de = a large proportion of.
    * una gran parte de = a broad population of, a lion's share of.
    * una gran pérdida = a great loss.
    * una gran proporción de = a large proportion of.
    * una gran variedad de = a wide range of, a multiplicity of, a rich tapestry of, a plurality of, a broad variety of, a broad range of, a whole gamut of.
    * una grupo impreciso de = a cloud of.
    * una guía general = a rough guide.
    * una idea general = a rough guide.
    * una inmensa cantidad de = a treasure chest of, a huge number of.
    * una intentona de = attempted.
    * un aire de = an air of, a whiff of.
    * una joya = a little gem.
    * una lotería = hit (and/or) miss.
    * un alto en el camino = a stop on the road, a pit stop on the road.
    * un aluvión de = a flood of, a rash of, a barrage of, a flurry of.
    * una manera de empezar = a foot in the door.
    * un amante = a little something on the side.
    * una mayor variedad de = a wider canvas of.
    * una mejor ocasión = a better time.
    * una mezcla de = a mixture of, a blend of, a mix of, a rollup of.
    * una mina de = a treasure trove of.
    * una mina de información = a mine of information.
    * una mina inagotable de = a treasure house of.
    * una minoría de = a minority of.
    * una minoría selecta = a select few.
    * una miscelánea de = a miscellany of.
    * una misma cosa = one and the same.
    * una montaña de = a mountain of.
    * un amplio espectro de = a broad band of, a broad spectrum of, a wide band of.
    * una muestra variada de = a mosaic of.
    * una mujer de mundo = a woman of the world.
    * una multidud de = a host of.
    * una multiplicidad de = a multiplicity of.
    * una multitud de = a swarm of.
    * una necesidad cada vez mayor = a growing need.
    * una negociación justa = a square deal.
    * una noche tras otra = night after night.
    * una nube de = a haze of, a cloud of, a swarm of.
    * un año tras otro = year after year.
    * una ola de = a wave of, a tide of.
    * una oleada de = an army of, a flurry of, a swell of.
    * una oportunidad casi segura = a sporting chance.
    * una oportunidad como es debido = a fair chance.
    * una oportunidad de triunfar = a fighting chance.
    * una oportunidad única en la vida = once in a lifetime opportunity.
    * una organización de = a pattern of.
    * una palmada en la espalda = a pat on the back.
    * una palmadita en la espala = a pat on the back.
    * una pareja ideal = a match made in heaven.
    * una pareja perfecta = a match made in heaven.
    * una parte de = a share of, a snatch of.
    * una pequeña minoría de = a marginal fringe of.
    * una pérdida constante de = a haemorrhage of.
    * una pila de = a pile of, a stack of, a sackful of, a whole slew of, a raft of, a mass of.
    * una pincelada de = a splash of, a hint of.
    * una pizca de = a dash of, a grain of, a pinch of.
    * una pizca de verdad = a grain of truth.
    * una plena convicción de = a strong sense of.
    * una posibilidad muy remota = a long shot.
    * una primera y última vez = a first and last time.
    * una probabilidad muy alta = a sporting chance.
    * una profusión de = a profusion of.
    * una provisión constante de = a diet of.
    * una racha de = a rash of, a stretch of.
    * una retahíla de = a volley of, a string of.
    * una ristra de = a long tail of, a volley of.
    * un arraigado sentido de = a strong sense of.
    * un arte = a fine art.
    * un arte en extinción = a dying art.
    * un arte que se está perdiendo = a dying art.
    * una salva de = a volley of.
    * una sarta de = a volley of.
    * una sarta de mentiras = a sackful of lies, a pack of lies.
    * unas cuantas ideas = a rough guide.
    * una segunda opinión = a second opinion.
    * una segunda vez = a second time around, a second time.
    * una selecta minoría, una minoría selecta, unos pocos elegidos = a select few.
    * una semblanza de = an air of.
    * una serie de = a choice of, a number of, a range of, a series of, a suite of, an array of, a string of, a pattern of, a stream of, a battery of, a succession of.
    * una serie de + Nombre + organizados por turnos = a rota of + Nombre.
    * un aspecto de = an air of.
    * una sucesión de = a succession of.
    * una tanda de = a flurry of.
    * un ataque de = an access of, a shock of.
    * una tentativa de = attempted.
    * una tira de = a raft of.
    * un atisbo de = a hint of.
    * una tontería = a little something.
    * una tormenta en un vaso de agua = a tempest in a teapot.
    * una última vez = one last time.
    * una única fuente para Algo = one-stop, one-stop shopping, one stop shop.
    * un auténtico infierno = a living hell.
    * una variada gama de = a whole gamut of.
    * una variedad de = a range of, a variety of, an array of, an assortment of, a spectrum of, a menu of, a diversity of, a palette of.
    * una variedad muy rica de = a treasure of.
    * una vasta cantidad de = a vast amount of.
    * una verdadera lástima = a crying shame.
    * una verdadera pena = a crying shame.
    * una vez cada quincena = once a fortnight.
    * una vez cumplimentado = completed.
    * una vez + Participio = upon + Nombre.
    * una vez + Participio Pasado = having + Participio Pasado, having + just + Participio Pasado.
    * una vez + Participio Pasado + Nombre = with + Nombre + Participio Pasado.
    * una vez que + Frase = once + Frase.
    * una vez quincenalmente = once a fortnight.
    * una vez relleno = completed.
    * una vista digna de contemplar = a sight to behold.
    * una vista digna de ver = a sight to behold.
    * una yarda de largo = a yard long.
    * una zona de = a stretch of.
    * un bariburrillo de = a welter of.
    * un bebé = a babe in arms.
    * un bocadito = a little something.
    * un bombardeo de = a barrage of.
    * un buen lugar de partida = a good place to start.
    * un buen número de = a good number of.
    * un buen partido = a good catch.
    * un camino largo y difícil = a long haul.
    * un camión de = a truckload of.
    * un caso perdido = a dead dog.
    * un caudal de experiencia = a wealth of experience.
    * un centro único = one stop shop.
    * un chorreón de = a splash of, a hint of.
    * un chorretón de = a splash of, a hint of.
    * un cierto grado de = a certain amount of, a modicum of.
    * un cierto número de = a number of.
    * un conglomerado de = a conglomeration of.
    * un conjunto cada vez mayor de = a growing body of.
    * un conjunto de = a set of, a suite of, a pool of, an assembly of, a pattern of, a universe of, a harvest of, a complement of.
    * un corpus de = a body of.
    * un costal de = a sackful of.
    * un cuarto = one in four.
    * un cuarto de = a quarter of.
    * un cúmulo de = a treasure trove of.
    * un detalle = a little something.
    * un día de descanso = a day away from.
    * un día fuera = a day out.
    * un día haciendo algo diferente = a day away from.
    * un día normal = on a typical day.
    * un día sí y otro no = every other day.
    * un día sí y otro también = day in and day out.
    * un día tras otro = day after day.
    * un día y medio = one and a half days.
    * un dineral = a king's ransom, a huge amount of money.
    * un donnadie = a nobody.
    * un ejemplo claro = a case in question, a case in point.
    * un ejército de = an army of.
    * un enjambre de = a swarm of.
    * un equipo de = a team of.
    * un espectáculo digno de contemplar = a sight to behold.
    * un espectáculo digno de ver = a sight to behold.
    * un fuerte sentimiento de = a strong sense of.
    * un gran diversidad de = a broad range of.
    * un gran espectro de = a wide band of, a wide band of.
    * un gran número de = a good deal of, a great deal of, a plethora of, a wide range of, a full roster of, a fair number of, a great number of, a broad variety of, a wide variety of, a broad range of, a vast corpus of.
    * un grano de arena en el desierto = a drop in the ocean, a drop of water in a bucket.
    * un gran repertorio de = an arsenal of, an armoury of [armory].
    * un gran volumen de = a vast corpus of.
    * un grupo aferrado de = a hard core of.
    * un grupo cada vez mayor de = a growing body of.
    * un grupo de = a set of, a bunch of, a crop of, a pool of, a cadre of, a cluster of, a galaxy of, a clutch of, a company of.
    * un grupo de gente variada = a cast of people.
    * un grupo incondicional de = a hard core of.
    * un grupo variado de = a collection of.
    * un halo de bruma = a veil of mist.
    * un hombre de gentes = a man of the people.
    * un hombre de mundo = a man of the world.
    * un hombre de palabra = a man of his word.
    * un hombre de pocas palabras = a man of few words, a man of few words.
    * un intento de = an exercise in, attempted.
    * un juego de = a battery of.
    * un kaleidoscopio de = a mosaic of.
    * un lecho de rosas = a bed of roses.
    * un lujo asiático = the lap of luxury.
    * un manojo de llaves = a set of + keys.
    * un manojo de nervios = a bundle of nerves.
    * un mar de = a sea of.
    * un mar de papel = a sea of + paper.
    * un medio para alcanzar un fin = a means to an end.
    * un medio para conseguir un fin = a means to an end.
    * un medio para llegar a fin = a means to an end.
    * un mejor momento = a better time.
    * un mequetrefe = a nobody.
    * un minuto en los labios, para siempre en las caderas = a minute on the lips, forever on the hips.
    * un momento bueno de = a peak of.
    * un momento determinado = a frozen moment in time, a given moment in time.
    * un montón = like crazy, like mad.
    * un montonazo = like crazy, like mad.
    * un montonazo de = a truckload of, a whole slew of, a raft of.
    * un montonazo de dinero = a huge amount of money.
    * un montón de = a pile of, a stack of, a bundle of, a truckload of, a sackful of, a raft of.
    * un montón de dinero = a huge amount of money.
    * un mundo aparte = a world apart, a breed apart.
    * un + Nombre + a altas horas de la noche = a late night + Nombre.
    * un + Nombre + a primera hora de la mañana = an early morning + Nombre.
    * un + Nombre + a última hora de la mañana = a late morning + Nombre.
    * un + Nombre + por la mañana temprano = an early morning + Nombre.
    * un no sé qué = a je ne sais quoi.
    * un nuevo comienzo = a fresh start.
    * un nuevo impulso = a new lease of life.
    * un número cada vez mayor = growing numbers.
    * un número cada vez mayor de = a growing number of, a growing body of.
    * un número de = a series of.
    * un número reducido de = a residue of, a small number of.
    * un número variado de + Nombre = any number of + Nombre.
    * un oásis de = an oasis of.
    * uno de los + Nombre + más + Adjetivo = not the least + Adjetivo + Nombre, not the least of the + Adjetivo + Nombre.
    * uno de los + Nombre + más importante = not the least + Nombre.
    * uno de los + Nombre + más importantes = not the least of + Nombre.
    * uno de tantos = little fish in a big pond.
    * uno más = one of equals.
    * unos + Cantidad = around + Cantidad.
    * unos con otros = one another.
    * unos cuantos = a few, a smattering of + Nombre Contable, a sprinkling of.
    * unos de otros = one another.
    * unos días más tarde = a few days later.
    * unos encima de los otros = one on another.
    * unos + Fecha = about + Fecha.
    * unos + Número = some + Número.
    * unos pocos elegidos = a select few.
    * unos segundos de reflexión = a moment's thought, a moment's reflection.
    * uno u otro = one or another.
    * un paquete de = a suite of.
    * un paquete integrado de programas = a suite of + programmes.
    * un paquete ofimático integrado = a suite of office automation software.
    * un par de = a couple of.
    * un par de minutos = a couple of moments.
    * un pasado oscuro = a dark past.
    * un paso por delante de = one step ahead of.
    * un pequeño puntito = just a little dot.
    * un período de = a stretch of.
    * un período determinado = a frozen moment in time.
    * un periodo intenso de = a flurry of.
    * un pilón de = a raft of, a mass of, a stack of.
    * un poco = a bit, somewhat, slightly, something of, a little bit, kinda [kind of].
    * un poco áspero = roughish.
    * un poco como = kind of like.
    * un poco de = a measure of, a touch (of), a bit of, a piece of, a spot of, a splash of, a hint of.
    * un poco + Nombre = a shade + Nombre.
    * un poco obscuro = dusky.
    * un poco perdido = a bit at sea.
    * un poco rugoso = roughish.
    * un popurrí de = a potpourri of, a welter of.
    * un poquito = a wee bit.
    * un poquito (de) = a dash of, a tiny bit of, a splash of, a hint of, a touch (of).
    * un porrón de tiempo = donkey's years.
    * un puñado de = a bunch of, a handful of, a clutch of.
    * un querido = a little something on the side.
    * un rato = awhile.
    * un rayo de = a shimmer of.
    * un rayo de esperanza = a faint glimmer of light.
    * un rayo de luz esperanzador = a faint glimmer of light, a peep of light.
    * un regalito = a little something.
    * un revoltijo de = a jumble of, a welter of.
    * un rosario de = a rash of.
    * un saco de = a sackful of.
    * un saco lleno de = a sackful of.
    * un servicio las 24 horas = a 24-hour service.
    * un sinfín de = a myriad of, a host of, a whole host of.
    * un sinnúmero de = a myriad of, a host of, a whole host of.
    * un sueño hecho realidad = a dream come true.
    * un surtido de = an assortment of.
    * un tanto + Adjetivo = vaguely + Adjetivo.
    * un tiempo = awhile.
    * un tipo de = a kind of.
    * un toque de = a touch of, a splash of, a hint of.
    * un torrente de = a cascade of.
    * un total de = a universe of, a total of.
    * un trabajo bien hecho = a job well done.
    * un trabajo cualquiera = casual job.
    * un tramo de = a stretch of.
    * un trato justo = a square deal.
    * un trozo de = a piece of, a snatch of, a stretch of.
    * un velo de bruma = a veil of mist.
    * un viso de = a whiff of.
    * variar de una vez a otra = vary + from time to time.

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    (en Col) = Universidad Nacional
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    un (pl
    ◊ unos), una (pl unas) art the masculine article un is also used before feminine nouns which begin with stressed a or ha e.g. un arma poderosa, un hambre feroz

    1 ( sing) a;
    ( delante de sonido vocálico) an;
    (pl) some;

    un asunto importante an important matter;
    hay unas cartas para ti there are some letters for you;
    tiene unos ojos preciosos he has lovely eyes
    2 ( con valor ponderativo):
    ◊ tú haces unas preguntas … you do ask some questions!

    3 ( con nombres propios) a;

    4 (pl) ( expresando aproximación) about;

    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
    'un' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    A
    - abajo
    - abanderar
    - abandonar
    - abandono
    - abanico
    - abatirse
    - aberración
    - abertura
    - abierta
    - abierto
    - abismo
    - ablandar
    - abogada
    - abogado
    - abordar
    - abrir
    - abrazar
    - abrazo
    - abreviar
    - abrigar
    - abrochar
    - abrupta
    - abrupto
    - absoluta
    - absoluto
    - absurda
    - absurdo
    - abusar
    - abusiva
    - abusivo
    - abusón
    - abusona
    - acá
    - acabada
    - acabado
    - acariciar
    - acaudillar
    - accidental
    - accidente
    - acelerón
    - acento
    - achatamiento
    - achicar
    - acidez
    - acierto
    - aclimatarse
    - acoger
    - acogida
    - acompañar
    English:
    A
    - abandon
    - abandoned
    - about
    - abridged
    - abroad
    - abrupt
    - absent
    - absolute
    - abuse
    - academy
    - accent
    - accept
    - acceptable
    - accepted
    - accidentally
    - accommodation
    - accomplishment
    - accuracy
    - accurate
    - accustom
    - achievement
    - acknowledgement
    - across
    - act
    - action
    - actual
    - addicted
    - adjourn
    - adjust
    - administer
    - administration
    - admission
    - admit
    - advance
    - advertise
    - advice
    - advise
    - adviser
    - afford
    - Afro
    - after
    - after-sales
    - aged
    - agent
    - aggravating
    - aggregate
    - aggressive
    - agree
    - agreement
    * * *
    un, una1 (mpl unos, fpl unas) art indeterminado Un is used instead of una before feminine nouns which begin with a stressed “a” or “ha” (e.g. un águila an eagle; un hacha an axe).
    1. [singular] a;
    [ante sonido vocálico] an;
    un hombre/tren a man/train;
    una mujer/mesa a woman/table;
    una hora an hour;
    tengo un hambre enorme I'm extremely hungry;
    un Picasso auténtico a genuine Picasso;
    un niño necesita cariño children need o a child needs affection
    2. [plural] some;
    tengo unos regalos para ti I have some presents for you;
    llegaremos en unos minutos we will arrive in a few minutes;
    había unos coches mal estacionados there were some badly parked cars;
    son unas personas muy amables they are very kind people;
    tiene unas ganas enormes de viajar he is extremely keen to travel;
    unas tijeras/gafas a pair of scissors/glasses;
    llevaba unas gafas de sol she was wearing sunglasses
    3. [ante números] [indica aproximación]
    había unos doce muchachos there were about o some twelve boys there
    4. [con valor enfático]
    ¡me dio una pena! I felt so sorry for her!;
    se te ocurren unas ideas you have some really odd ideas
    * * *
    un, una
    art indet a; antes de vocal y h muda an;
    unos coches/pájaros some cars/birds
    * * *
    un uno
    un, una art, mpl unos
    1) : a, an
    2) unos or unas pl
    : some, a few
    hace unas semanas: a few weeks ago
    3) unos or unas pl
    : about, approximately
    unos veinte años antes: about twenty years before
    * * *
    un det a / an

    Spanish-English dictionary > un

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