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1 recesión económica

f.

economic recession, recession, depression, slump.

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(n.) = economic recession, financial restraint, financial restriction, bad economic times, economic downturn, difficult economic times, difficult economic times, economic depression

Ex. Worse still, some EC countries, particularly in a period of world economic recession, become adept at bending the Community's rules to suit their own purposes.

Ex. In times of financial restraint, library services to children and young adults are reduced disproportionately to services for adults.

Ex. In this age of financial restriction we have to see ourselves, even at the smallest unit, as an international library resource network, and unless we can deal with this concept we can't rework the ISBD into a viable tool.

Ex. With rare exceptions, law firms prosper during good and bad economic times.

Ex. The program focused on the chain reaction caused by the current economic downturn on publishers, librarians and vendors of library materials.

Ex. This sector has been something of a social 'shock absorber' in recent difficult economic times.

Ex. This sector has been something of a social 'shock absorber' in recent difficult economic times.

Ex. Due to economic depression, lap dog thievery is now on the increase.

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(n.) = economic recession, financial restraint, financial restriction, bad economic times, economic downturn, difficult economic times, difficult economic times, economic depression

Ex: Worse still, some EC countries, particularly in a period of world economic recession, become adept at bending the Community's rules to suit their own purposes.

Ex: In times of financial restraint, library services to children and young adults are reduced disproportionately to services for adults.

Ex: In this age of financial restriction we have to see ourselves, even at the smallest unit, as an international library resource network, and unless we can deal with this concept we can't rework the ISBD into a viable tool.

Ex: With rare exceptions, law firms prosper during good and bad economic times.

Ex: The program focused on the chain reaction caused by the current economic downturn on publishers, librarians and vendors of library materials.

Ex: This sector has been something of a social 'shock absorber' in recent difficult economic times.

Ex: This sector has been something of a social 'shock absorber' in recent difficult economic times.

Ex: Due to economic depression, lap dog thievery is now on the increase.

Spanish-English dictionary > recesión económica
2 crisis económica

f. s.&pl.

economic crisis, slump, depression, financial crisis.

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crisis económica

economic crisis, recession

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(n.) = financial straits, economic crisis, financial crisis, crash, bad economic times, shakeout [shake-out], financial crunch, economic slump, difficult economic times, economic depression, economic doldrums

Ex. Despite the present financial straits of developing countries, she argues in favour of long-term plan for the acquisition of relevant rare book material.

Ex. During the economic crisis of the inter-war years, the development of Polish libraries was hampered by lack of funds and the inflationary cost of books.

Ex. In 1893 when the nation was deep in one of its worst financial crises, librarians across the land were emphasizing the public library's role as a conservator of order.

Ex. The article 'After the crash: librarians take stock following the market's recent nosedive' discusses the possible effects of the recent stock market crash on U.S. libraries and suggests how libraries can protect themselves during economic recession.

Ex. With rare exceptions, law firms prosper during good and bad economic times.

Ex. There will be a dramatic shakeout in librarianship but information scientists face a great opportunity to develop their skills by the opportunities afforded by the new technology.

Ex. The article is entitled 'Book acquisition programme in libraries and information centres under the financial crunch'.

Ex. The mysterious decline in the profitability of the children's book market has less to do with an economic slump than with shifts in market share between established players and the newcomers.

Ex. This sector has been something of a social 'shock absorber' in recent difficult economic times.

Ex. Due to economic depression, lap dog thievery is now on the increase.

Ex. People on both sides noted sardonically that economic doldrums were forcing Croats to turn to Serbs to help save them.

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(n.) = financial straits, economic crisis, financial crisis, crash, bad economic times, shakeout [shake-out], financial crunch, economic slump, difficult economic times, economic depression, economic doldrums

Ex: Despite the present financial straits of developing countries, she argues in favour of long-term plan for the acquisition of relevant rare book material.

Ex: During the economic crisis of the inter-war years, the development of Polish libraries was hampered by lack of funds and the inflationary cost of books.

Ex: In 1893 when the nation was deep in one of its worst financial crises, librarians across the land were emphasizing the public library's role as a conservator of order.

Ex: The article 'After the crash: librarians take stock following the market's recent nosedive' discusses the possible effects of the recent stock market crash on U.S. libraries and suggests how libraries can protect themselves during economic recession.

Ex: With rare exceptions, law firms prosper during good and bad economic times.

Ex: There will be a dramatic shakeout in librarianship but information scientists face a great opportunity to develop their skills by the opportunities afforded by the new technology.

Ex: The article is entitled 'Book acquisition programme in libraries and information centres under the financial crunch'.

Ex: The mysterious decline in the profitability of the children's book market has less to do with an economic slump than with shifts in market share between established players and the newcomers.

Ex: This sector has been something of a social 'shock absorber' in recent difficult economic times.

Ex: Due to economic depression, lap dog thievery is now on the increase.

Ex: People on both sides noted sardonically that economic doldrums were forcing Croats to turn to Serbs to help save them.

Spanish-English dictionary > crisis económica
3 recesión

f.

recession, slump, contraction, economic recession.

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recesión

► nombre femenino

1 recession

■ una fuerte recesión a deep recession

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noun f.

1) recession

2) slump

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SF (Com, Econ) recession; [de precios] slide, fall

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femenino recession

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= downturn, ebb, recession.

Ex. Part of the trend towards declining conference attendance results from the downturn in the economy = Parte de la tendencia hacia el descenso de la asistencia a los congresos es consecuencia de la caída de la economía.

Ex. The ebb in religious life is explained in terms of the stress experienced by the nation during the period of confederation when it was groping for cohesiveness & some symbol of national unity.

Ex. Publishers have been holding prices down in the face of deepening recession.

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* de recesión = recessionary.

* de recesión económica = recessionary.

* en tiempos de recesión = in recessionary times.

* en tiempos de recesión económica = in recessionary times.

* hastiado de la recesión económica = recession-weary.

* recesión + caer en = recession + set in.

* recesión económica = economic recession, financial restraint, financial restriction, bad economic times, economic downturn, difficult economic times, difficult economic times, economic depression.

* recesión + entrar = recession + set in.

* recesión + llegar = recession + set in.

* recesión mundial = world recession.

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femenino recession

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= downturn, ebb, recession.

Ex: Part of the trend towards declining conference attendance results from the downturn in the economy = Parte de la tendencia hacia el descenso de la asistencia a los congresos es consecuencia de la caída de la economía.

Ex: The ebb in religious life is explained in terms of the stress experienced by the nation during the period of confederation when it was groping for cohesiveness & some symbol of national unity.

Ex: Publishers have been holding prices down in the face of deepening recession.

* de recesión = recessionary.

* de recesión económica = recessionary.

* en tiempos de recesión = in recessionary times.

* en tiempos de recesión económica = in recessionary times.

* hastiado de la recesión económica = recession-weary.

* recesión + caer en = recession + set in.

* recesión económica = economic recession, financial restraint, financial restriction, bad economic times, economic downturn, difficult economic times, difficult economic times, economic depression.

* recesión + entrar = recession + set in.

* recesión + llegar = recession + set in.

* recesión mundial = world recession.

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recesión

feminine

recession

entrar en recesión to go into recession

recesión económica economic recession

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recesión sustantivo femenino
recession
recesión f Econ recession
' recesión' also found in these entries:
English:
bounce back
- recession
- sale

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recesión nf

1. [económica] recession

2. [suspensión] recess

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recesión

f recession

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recesión nf, pl - siones : recession

Spanish-English dictionary > recesión
4 crisis

f. s.&pl.

crisis.

estar en crisis to be in crisis

crisis económica recession

crisis energética energy crisis

crisis de identidad identity crisis

crisis nerviosa nervous breakdown

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crisis

► nombre femenino invariable

1 (dificultad) crisis

2 (ataque) fit, attack

■ crisis de asma asthma attack

■ crisis de llanto fit of tears

3 (escasez) shortage

■ crisis de alimentos food shortage

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FRASEOLOGÍA

estar en crisis to be in crisis, reach crisis point

crisis de gobierno cabinet crisis

crisis financiera financial crisis

crisis nerviosa nervous breakdown

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noun f.

crisis

- crisis nerviosa

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SF INV

1) (Econ, Pol, Sociol) crisis

la situación económica está pasando por una nueva crisis — the economy is undergoing o going through a new crisis

• lo que está en crisis es el propio sistema — the system itself is in crisis

nuestro matrimonio está en crisis — our marriage is in crisis o going through a crisis

• hacer crisis — to reach crisis point, come to a head

crisis de fe — crisis of faith

crisis de gobierno — government crisis

crisis de identidad — identity crisis

crisis de la vivienda — housing crisis

crisis de los cuarenta — midlife crisis

crisis económica — economic crisis

crisis energética — energy crisis

crisis ministerial — cabinet reshuffle

2) (Med)

alguien a quien recurrir en momentos de crisis — someone to turn to in moments of crisis

crisis cardíaca — cardiac arrest, heart failure

crisis de ansiedad — anxiety attack

crisis epiléptica — epileptic fit, epileptic attack

crisis nerviosa — nervous breakdown

crisis respiratoria — respiratory failure

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femenino (pl crisis)

a) ( situación grave) crisis

una grave crisis energética — a serious energy crisis

estar en crisis — to be in crisis

crisis de fe — crisis of faith

pasar por una etapa de crisis — to go through a crisis

b) (Med) crisis

hacer crisis — enfermedad to become critical

c) (period) ( remodelación ministerial) tb

crisis de Gobierno — cabinet reshuffle

- crisis cardíaca

- crisis de identidad

- crisis de los cuarenta

- crisis ministerial

- crisis nerviosa

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= crisis [crises, -pl.], trough, shakeout [shake-out], crunch, slump, downswing, bust.

Ex. An I&R service may involve itself in providing 'hotlines', that is emergency help during times of crises or when other services close down, eg evenings, weekends or public holidays.

Ex. Public libraries have continued to expand since the trough of the 1950s.

Ex. There will be a dramatic shakeout in librarianship but information scientists face a great opportunity to develop their skills by the opportunities afforded by the new technology.

Ex. The author of the article 'The crunch and academic library services: a personal view' believes that inflation is one of the underlying causes of the crisis in university libraries.

Ex. The author discusses the current upswing in paperback sales of children's books in the USA and the slump in hardback sales.

Ex. A new solution to the problem of predicting cyclical highs and lows in the economy enables one to gauge whether an incipient economic downswing will turn out to be a slowdown in economic growth or a real recession.

Ex. The article 'El Dorado or bust?' warns that the electronic market is changing.

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* agravar una crisis = exacerbate + crisis.

* alcanzar proporciones de crisis = grow to + crisis proportions.

* causar esta crisis = precipitate + crisis.

* convertirse en una crisis = grow to + a crisis.

* crisis + aumentar = crisis + deepen.

* crisis bursátil = market crash, stock market crash.

* crisis crediticia = credit crunch, credit squeeze.

* crisis de enormes proporciones = situation of crisis proportions.

* crisis de fe = crisis of faith.

* crisis de identidad = crisis of confidence, identity crisis, crisis in confidence.

* crisis de la industria del libro = book crisis.

* crisis del libro = book crisis.

* crisis de los cuarenta = mid-life crisis, middle-age crisis, middle-age blues.

* crisis de los siete años = seven-year itch.

* crisis económica = financial straits, economic crisis, financial crisis, crash, bad economic times, shakeout [shake-out], financial crunch, economic slump, difficult economic times, economic depression, economic doldrums.

* crisis económica mundial = global economic slump.

* crisis emocional = emotional crisis.

* crisis energética = energy crisis.

* crisis financiera = financial crisis, financial crunch.

* crisis medioambiental = environmental crisis.

* crisis social = social crisis.

* desatar una crisis = precipitate + crisis.

* en crisis = depressed, crisis-ridden, on the rocks.

* enfrentarse a una crisis = face + crisis.

* en situación de crisis = on the rocks.

* estar sumido en una crisis = be deep in crisis.

* gestión de crisis = crisis management.

* hacer frente a una crisis = face + crisis, meet + crisis.

* ocasionar una crisis = precipitate + crisis.

* pasar una crisis = face + crisis.

* provocar una crisis = precipitate + crisis.

* resolver una crisis = solve + crisis.

* sobrevivir una crisis = survive + crisis.

* superar una crisis = ford + crisis, survive + crisis.

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femenino (pl crisis)

a) ( situación grave) crisis

una grave crisis energética — a serious energy crisis

estar en crisis — to be in crisis

crisis de fe — crisis of faith

pasar por una etapa de crisis — to go through a crisis

b) (Med) crisis

hacer crisis — enfermedad to become critical

c) (period) ( remodelación ministerial) tb

crisis de Gobierno — cabinet reshuffle

- crisis cardíaca

- crisis de identidad

- crisis de los cuarenta

- crisis ministerial

- crisis nerviosa

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= crisis [crises, -pl.], trough, shakeout [shake-out], crunch, slump, downswing, bust.

Ex: An I&R service may involve itself in providing 'hotlines', that is emergency help during times of crises or when other services close down, eg evenings, weekends or public holidays.

Ex: Public libraries have continued to expand since the trough of the 1950s.

Ex: There will be a dramatic shakeout in librarianship but information scientists face a great opportunity to develop their skills by the opportunities afforded by the new technology.

Ex: The author of the article 'The crunch and academic library services: a personal view' believes that inflation is one of the underlying causes of the crisis in university libraries.

Ex: The author discusses the current upswing in paperback sales of children's books in the USA and the slump in hardback sales.

Ex: A new solution to the problem of predicting cyclical highs and lows in the economy enables one to gauge whether an incipient economic downswing will turn out to be a slowdown in economic growth or a real recession.

Ex: The article 'El Dorado or bust?' warns that the electronic market is changing.

* agravar una crisis = exacerbate + crisis.

* alcanzar proporciones de crisis = grow to + crisis proportions.

* causar esta crisis = precipitate + crisis.

* convertirse en una crisis = grow to + a crisis.

* crisis + aumentar = crisis + deepen.

* crisis bursátil = market crash, stock market crash.

* crisis crediticia = credit crunch, credit squeeze.

* crisis de enormes proporciones = situation of crisis proportions.

* crisis de fe = crisis of faith.

* crisis de identidad = crisis of confidence, identity crisis, crisis in confidence.

* crisis de la industria del libro = book crisis.

* crisis del libro = book crisis.

* crisis de los cuarenta = mid-life crisis, middle-age crisis, middle-age blues.

* crisis de los siete años = seven-year itch.

* crisis económica = financial straits, economic crisis, financial crisis, crash, bad economic times, shakeout [shake-out], financial crunch, economic slump, difficult economic times, economic depression, economic doldrums.

* crisis económica mundial = global economic slump.

* crisis emocional = emotional crisis.

* crisis energética = energy crisis.

* crisis financiera = financial crisis, financial crunch.

* crisis medioambiental = environmental crisis.

* crisis social = social crisis.

* desatar una crisis = precipitate + crisis.

* en crisis = depressed, crisis-ridden, on the rocks.

* enfrentarse a una crisis = face + crisis.

* en situación de crisis = on the rocks.

* estar sumido en una crisis = be deep in crisis.

* gestión de crisis = crisis management.

* hacer frente a una crisis = face + crisis, meet + crisis.

* ocasionar una crisis = precipitate + crisis.

* pasar una crisis = face + crisis.

* provocar una crisis = precipitate + crisis.

* resolver una crisis = solve + crisis.

* sobrevivir una crisis = survive + crisis.

* superar una crisis = ford + crisis, survive + crisis.

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crisis

feminine

(pl crisis)

1 (situación grave) crisis

el país sufre/está atravesando una grave crisis energética the country has/is experiencing a serious energy crisis

la crisis de la vivienda the housing crisis o shortage

la economía está en crisis the economy is in crisis

crisis de fe crisis of faith

su relación está pasando por una etapa de crisis their relationship is going through a crisis

la situación hizo crisis the situation came to a head, the situation reached crisis point o a crisis level

2 ( Med) crisis

la enfermedad hizo crisis al día siguiente the illness became critical the next day

3 ( period) (remodelación ministerial) tb

crisis de Gobierno cabinet reshuffle

Compuestos:

● crisis cardíaca

heart failure, cardiac arrest

● crisis crediticia or del crédito

credit crunch, credit crisis

● crisis de identidad

identity crisis

● crisis de los cuarenta

midlife crisis

● crisis ministerial

cabinet crisis ( resulting in dismissals or resignations)

● crisis nerviosa

nervous breakdown

● crisis respiratoria

respiratory failure

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crisis sustantivo femenino (pl
◊ crisis)

a) ( en general) crisis;

◊ crisis nerviosa nervous breakdown

b) (period) ( remodelación ministerial) tb

◊ crisis de Gobierno cabinet reshuffle

crisis sustantivo femenino inv
1 (mala situación) crisis
2 Fin crisis
3 Med (ataque) fit, attack
' crisis' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
acentuarse
- actual
- álgida
- álgido
- depresión
- encarar
- frenar
- galopante
- ingresar
- pasar
- agudizar
- agudo
- atravesar
- causante
- desencadenar
- económico
- energético
- estallar
- perdurar
- sacar
English:
actual
- acute
- background
- breakdown
- carry through
- corner
- crack
- crisis
- flap
- identity crisis
- midlife
- nervous breakdown
- pull through
- religion
- break
- confront
- crunch
- deepen
- defuse
- depression
- develop
- hang
- head
- trouble

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crisis nf inv

1. [situación difícil] crisis;

la crisis del petróleo the oil crisis;

la crisis del matrimonio the crisis affecting the institution of marriage;

la crisis en el mercado de valores the stock market crisis;

estar en crisis to be in crisis;

atravesar una crisis to go through a crisis;

entrar en una época de crisis to go into crisis, to enter a period of crisis

Comp
crisis económica economic crisis, recession;
crisis energética energy crisis;

crisis financiera financial crisis;

crisis de identidad identity crisis;

crisis ministerial cabinet crisis;
Hist la crisis de los misiles [en Cuba] the Cuban Missile Crisis
2. [médica] crisis

Comp
crisis cardiaca cardiac arrest;
crisis epiléptica epileptic attack;

crisis nerviosa nervous breakdown

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crisis

f inv crisis

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crisis nf

1) : crisis

2)

crisis nerviosa : nervous breakdown

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crisis n

1. (situación grave) crisis [pl. crises]

crisis económica economic crisis

2. (escasez) shortage

la crisis de la vivienda the housing shortage

3. (cambio brusco) attack / fit

crisis de tos coughing fit

crisis nerviosa nervous breakdown

Spanish-English dictionary > crisis
5 bonanza económica

(n.) = good economic times

Ex. With rare exceptions, law firms prosper during good and bad economic times.

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(n.) = good economic times

Ex: With rare exceptions, law firms prosper during good and bad economic times.

Spanish-English dictionary > bonanza económica
6 salvo raras excepciones

= with rare exceptions

Ex. With rare exceptions, law firms prosper during good and bad economic times.

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= with rare exceptions

Ex: With rare exceptions, law firms prosper during good and bad economic times.

Spanish-English dictionary > salvo raras excepciones
7 malo

adj.

1 bad, wrong.

2 bad, lousy, crummy, below par.

3 bad, wicked, evil, ill.

4 bad, rotten, crook, decayed.

5 bad, out of order, out of service.

m.

1 bad one.

2 bad guy, baddy.

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malo

► adjetivo

1 bad

■ ¡qué día tan malo hace! what dreadful weather!

■ este vino es muy malo this wine is very bad

■ es mala señal que no hayan llamado todavía it's a bad sign that they haven't phoned yet

2 (malvado) wicked, evil

■ es muy mala persona he's a nasty piece of work

3 (travieso) naughty

■ ¡qué niño más malo! what a naughty child!

4 (nocivo) harmful

■ el tabaco es malo para la salud smoking is bad for you

5 (enfermo) ill, sick

■ no ha venido a trabajar porque está malo con gripe he's off sick with flu

6 (estropeado) off

■ este pescado ya está malo this fish has gone off already

7 (falso) false

■ este rubí es malo this ruby is false

8 (difícil) difficult

■ el tobillo es malo de curar ankles take a long time to heal

► nombre masculino,nombre femenino

1 (en la ficción) baddy, villain

■ ¿quién es el malo? who's the baddy?

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FRASEOLOGÍA

de mala manera badly, rudely

estar a malas con alguien to be on bad terms with somebody

estar de malas (malhumorado) to be in a bad mood 2 (desafortunado) to be unlucky

estar mala familiar to have one's period

estar malo,-a familiar to be ill, US be sick

lo malo es que... the trouble is that...

¡malo! bad news!

■ cuando no mira a los ojos ¡malo! if he doesn't look you in the eye it's bad news

poner malo,-a a alguien familiar to drive somebody mad

ponerse malo,-a familiar to get ill, US get sick

por las buenas o por las malas whether one likes it or not

por las malas by force

ser el malo de la película to be the baddy

mala educación bad manners plural

mala hierba weed

mala jugada dirty trick

mala pasada dirty trick

mala pata bad luck

malos tratos ill-treatment

mala voluntad ill will

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1. (f. - mala)
noun

villain, bad person
2. (f. - mala)
adj.

1) bad

2) evil

3) harmful

4) ill

5) poor, cheap

6) rotten

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malo, -a
1. ADJ
( antes de sm sing mal)
1) (=perjudicial) bad

es malo para la salud — it's bad for your health

- más vale lo malo conocido que lo bueno por conocer

2) (=imperfecto) bad

esta película es bastante mala — this is a pretty bad film

un chiste malísimo — a really bad joke, a terrible joke

este papel es malo para escribir — this paper is bad for writing

mala calidad — poor quality

es una tela muy mala — it's a very poor-quality material

joyas malas — fake jewels

• ni un(a) mal(a)..., no hay ni un mal bar para tomar algo — there isn't a single little bar where we can get a drink

3) (=adverso) bad

he tenido mala suerte — I've had bad luck, I've been unlucky

eso es una mala señal — that's a bad sign

-es tarde y no ha llamado -¡malo! — "it's late and she hasn't called" - "oh dear!"

malo sería que no ganáramos — it would be a disaster if we didn't win

lo malo es que... — the trouble is (that)...
pata 1., 6)
4) (=desagradable) bad

un mal día — a bad day

el tiempo estuvo muy malo todo el verano — we had really bad weather all summer

un olor muy malo — a bad o nasty smell

5) (=podrido)

esta carne está mala — this meat's off

6) (=reprobable) wrong

¿qué tiene de malo? — what's wrong with that?

¿qué tiene de malo comer helados en invierno? — what's wrong with eating ice cream in winter?

van por mal camino — they'll come to no good if they carry on like this

es una mala persona — he's a bad person

una bruja mala — a wicked witch
arte 2), idea 3), leche 10), lengua 1), manera 2), pasada 5), trato 4), uva 1)
7) (=travieso) naughty

¡no seas malo! — don't be naughty!

8) (=enfermo) ill

mi hija está mala — my daughter's ill

tienes muy mala cara — you look awful o really ill

se puso malo después de comer — he started to feel ill after lunch

me puse malo de reírme — I nearly died laughing

tengo mala la garganta — I've got a sore throat

9) (=inepto) bad

ser malo para algo — to be bad at sth

soy muy mala para la física — I'm very bad at physics

10) (=difícil) hard, difficult

es un animal malo de domesticar — it's a hard o difficult animal to tame

es muy malo de vencer — he's very hard o difficult to beat

11)

- a la mala

- andar a malas con algn

ponerse a malas con algn — to fall out with sb

- estar de malas

- venir de malas

- por las malas

2.

SM / F (=personaje) (Teat) villain; (Cine) baddie *

3.

SM

el malo — (Rel) the Evil One, the Devil

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I
1) - la adjetivo [ The form mal is used before masculine singular nouns]

Sentido I

2) [ser] ( en calidad) < producto> bad, poor; <película/novela> bad

es de mala calidad — it is poor quality

tiene mala ortografía — her spelling is bad o poor

más vale malo conocido que bueno por conocer — better the devil you know (than the devil you don't)

3) [ser]

a) ( incompetente) <alumno/actor> bad

soy muy mala para los números — I'm terrible o very bad with figures

b) <padre/marido/amigo> bad

4) [SER] (desfavorable, adverso) bad

qué mala suerte! — what bad luck!, how unlucky!

lo malo es que... — the thing o trouble is that...

en las malas se conoce a los amigos — a friend in need is a friend indeed

estar de malas — ( de mal humor) (fam) to be in a bad mood; ( desafortunado) (esp AmL) to be unlucky

por las malas — unwillingly

5) [ser] (inconveniente, perjudicial) <hábitos/lecturas> bad

las malas compañías — bad company

llegas en mal momento — you've come at an awkward o a bad moment

es malo tomar tanto sol — it's not good to sunbathe so much

6) [SER] ( sin gracia) < chiste> bad

7) [SER] ( desagradable) <olor/aliento> bad

hace un día muy malo — it's a horrible day

hace tan malo — (Esp) it's such horrible weather

8) [estar] ( en mal estado) < alimento>

el pescado/queso está malo — the fish/cheese has gone bad, that fish/cheese is off (BrE)

9)

a) (desmejorado, no saludable)

tienes mala cara/mal aspecto — you don't look well

yo le veo muy mal color — he looks terribly pale to me

b) [SER] (serio, grave) serious

no tiene nada malo — it's nothing serious

una mala caída — a bad fall

c) [estar] (Esp, Méx fam) ( enfermo) sick (AmE), ill (BrE)

el pobre está malito — the poor thing's not very well (colloq)

d) [ESTAR] (Esp fam & euf) < mujer>

estoy mala — it's that time of the month (colloq & euph)

me he puesto mala — my period's started

10) [ser] ( difícil)

malo de + inf — difficult to + inf

es muy malo de convencer — he's very difficult o hard to persuade

Sentido II

11) [ser] ( en sentido ético) < persona> nasty

qué malo eres con tu hermano! — you're really horrible o nasty to your brother

no seas mala, préstamelo — don't be mean o rotten, lend it to me (colloq)

una mala mujer — a loose woman

una mujer mala — a wicked o an evil woman

a la mala — (Chi fam)

se lo quitaron a la mala — they did him out of it (colloq)

pasó la cámara a la mala — she sneaked the camera through (colloq)

Sentido III

12) (Esp) ( uso enfático) (delante del n)

no nos ofrecieron ni un mal café — they didn't even offer us a cup of coffee

no había ni una mala silla para sentarse — there wasn't a single damn chair to sit on (colloq)

•

- mala hierba

- mala idea

- mala leche

- mala palabra

- mala pata

- mala sangre

- malas artes

- malas lenguas

- malos pensamientos

- malos tratos
II
- la masculino, femenino (leng infantil o hum) baddy (colloq)

* * *

= bad [worse -comp., worst -sup.], poor [poorer -comp., poorest -sup.], wrong, trashy [trashier -comp., trashiest -sup.], naughty [naughtier -comp., naugtiest -sup.], villain, evil, crummy [crummier -comp., crummiest -sup.], lame.

Ex. I'm not saying that it is bad, but it is a real difference of interest between the needs and purposes of research libraries and the public libraries, and I would also throw in the school and almost certainly junior college libraries.

Ex. Examples are generally poor or obscure (often in Latin or German).

Ex. In a conventional system, the omission of a punctuation mark or an abbreviation will not necessarily cause an entry to be filed in the wrong place, because humans can compensate for variations in spelling and punctuation.

Ex. Wilensky has argued that 'the good, the mediocre and the trashy are becoming fused in one massive middle mush' and that 'intellectuals are increasingly tempted to play to mass audiences'.

Ex. He felt like a naughty school-boy.

Ex. The father, Old Brightwell, curses his daughter, Jane, for preferring the love of the smooth-tongued villain, Grandley, to that of her own parents.

Ex. One teacher I knew used to poke his head round the door just at the end of the day and say something like, 'Tomorrow when we meet I am going to tell you about the evil magician,' and then he would disappear leaving us all agog.

Ex. One librarian bluntly wondered about the ethics of sending ' crummy looking books with information that is incorrect or obsolete to the needy (because) everyone should have access to good material'.

Ex. Democrats are lame, feckless, timid, with no ideas, no vision, no message, and no future.

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* acabar mal = come to + a bad end.

* algo anda mal = something is amiss.

* algo va mal = something is amiss.

* andar mal = feel under + the weather, be under the weather.

* andar tramando algo malo = be up to no good, get up to + no good.

* aplicar mal = misapply.

* a veces las cosas salen mal = shit happens.

* bastante malo = third rate [third-rate].

* bicho malo = nasty piece of work.

* caer mal = rub + Nombre + up the wrong way.

* calcular mal = misjudge.

* chiste malo = shaggy dog story.

* citar mal = misquote.

* comportarse mal = misbehave, act up.

* comportarse muy mal con = be rotten to.

* comprender mal = misunderstand.

* concebir mal = misconceive.

* con mala fama = disreputable.

* con mala reputación = disreputable.

* control de las malas hierbas = weed control.

* corregir un mal = correct + a wrong.

* creer que estar mal = feel + wrong.

* dar de mala gana = begrudge, grudge.

* dar mala impresión = look + bad.

* decían las malas lenguas que = rumour had it that.

* decir con mal humor = spit out.

* dejar un mal sabor de boca = leave + a bad taste in + Posesivo + mouth.

* de mala calidad = shabby [shabbier -comp., shabbiest -sup.].

* de mala fama = of bad repute, notorious.

* de mala gana = reluctantly, grudgingly, grudging, begrudgingly, unwillingly.

* de mala leche = like a bear with a sore head, in a foul mood.

* de mala reputación = of bad repute, notorious.

* de mal aspecto = seedy [seedier -comp., seediest -sup.], nasty looking, shanky [shankier -comp., shankiest -sup.].

* de malas pulgas = in a grouch.

* de mala uva = in a foul mood.

* de mal carácter = ill-natured.

* de mal en peor = out of the fire and into the frying pan.

* de mal genio = bad-tempered, grumpy [grumpier -comp., grumpiest -sup.], curmudgeonly, crusty [crustier -comp., crustiest -sup.], irascible, shrewish, short-tempered, ill-natured.

* de mal gusto = in bad taste, distasteful, tawdry [tawdrier -comp., tawdriest -sup.], unbecoming, tasteless, tacky [tackier -comp., tackiest -sup.], naff, trashy [trashier -comp., trashiest -sup.].

* de mal humor = crotchety.

* de mal sabor = unbecoming.

* de mal vivir = disreputable.

* dentro de lo malo lo menos malo = the best of a bad lot.

* diagnosticar mal = misdiagnose.

* día malo = bad hair day.

* dicen las malas lenguas que = rumour has it that.

* el cielo rojo al atardecer augura buen tiempo, el cielo rojo al amanecer aug = red sky at night, (shepherd/sailor)'s delight, red sky in the morning, (shepherd/sailor)'s warning.

* en mala forma = in bad nick.

* en malas condiciones = in poor condition, in bad condition, in bad shape, in poor shape, in bad nick.

* en mal estado = in bad condition, in poor condition, in bad shape, in poor shape, in bad nick.

* entender mal = misunderstand, misconceive, mishearing.

* escuchar mal = mishearing.

* estar mal = be wrong, feel under + the weather, be under the weather.

* estar mal comunicado con = have + poor connections with.

* estar mal encaminado = be on the wrong track, be headed down the wrong track.

* estar mal preparado = ill-prepared.

* estar mal visto = frown on/upon.

* estar tramando algo malo = be up to no good, get up to + no good.

* funcionar mal = malfunction.

* gestionar mal = mismanage.

* golpe de malasuerte = stroke of misfortune.

* hablar mal de = speak out against, speak + ill of, say + nasty things about, slag + Nombre + off, slate, diss.

* hacer sentir mal = make + Nombre + feel bad.

* ir de mal en peor = go from + bad to worse.

* ir mal = go + wrong.

* ir mal encaminado = be on the wrong track, be headed down the wrong track.

* ir por mal camino = be on the wrong track, be headed down the wrong track.

* juzgar mal = misjudge, misconceive.

* limpieza de malas hierbas = weeding.

* llevar por el mal camino = lead + astray.

* llevar por mal camino = mislead.

* lo bueno y lo malo = the rights and wrongs.

* lo que está bien y lo que está mal = rights and wrongs.

* lo uno es tan malo como lo otro = one is as bad as the other.

* mala administración = mismanagement.

* mala aplicación = misapplication.

* mala calidad = badness.

* mala cizaña = rotten apple.

* mala colocación = misplacement, misfiling.

* mala colocación en los estantes = misshelving.

* mala compañía = bad apple, rotten apple, damaged goods.

* mala conducta = misconduct, misbehaviour [misbehavior, -USA].

* mala conducta científica = scientific misconduct.

* mala decisión = bad judgement.

* mal + Adjetivo = poorly + Adjetivo.

* mala educación = impoliteness.

* mala experiencia = horror story.

* mala fama = ill-repute, bad repute, bad reputation, ill reputation.

* mala fortuna = misfortune.

* mala gestión = mismanagement.

* mala hierba = weed, bad apple, rotten apple.

* mala influencia = bad seed, bad influence.

* mala intención = sinisterness, ill will.

* mala interpretación = misinterpretation.

* mala jugada = dirty trick.

* mala leche = nastiness, bad blood.

* mal aliento = bad breath.

* mala ordenación = misfiling.

* mala palabra = dirty word.

* mala pasada = dirty trick.

* mala persona = rotten apple, a bad lot.

* mala racha económica = economic doldrums.

* mala reputación = ill-repute, bad repute, bad reputation, ill reputation.

* mal armado = ill-armed.

* mala salud = poor health.

* mala semilla = bad seed.

* malas experiencias = awful experience.

* malas pulgas = ornery, grouchiness, grouch.

* mala suerte = misfortune, mischance, bad luck, tough luck, hard luck, losing streak.

* malas vibraciones = bad vibes.

* mal atendido = ill-served.

* mala tierra = poor soil.

* mala vista = poor eyesight.

* mala voluntad = ill will.

* mal batido = badly-beaten.

* mal comportamiento = misconduct, disruptive behaviour, misbehaviour [misbehavior, -USA].

* mal comportamiento científico = scientific misconduct.

* mal concebido = ill-conceived.

* mal configurado = misconfigured.

* mal considerado = poorly-regarded.

* mal cuidado = mishandling.

* mal día = bad hair day.

* mal digerido = ill-digested.

* mal educado = impolite.

* mal emparejado = mismated.

* mal enfocado = ill-adapted.

* mal escrito = mistyped, ill-written, badly written.

* mal estado = disrepair, state of disrepair.

* mal estado de salud = poor health.

* mal estructurado = ill-structured.

* mal expresado = inarticulate.

* mal formado = ill-trained.

* mal formulado = badly formulated.

* mal funcionamiento = malfunction, malfunctioning.

* mal fundido = ill-cast.

* mal genio = bile, short temper.

* mal gusto = bad taste, tawdriness.

* mal hecho para = ill suited to/for.

* mal iluminado = badly-lit.

* mal informado = ill-informed.

* mal juicio = bad judgement.

* mal llamado = ill-named.

* mal menor = lesser evil.

* malo del estómago = upset stomach.

* malo, el = bad guy, the.

* mal oído = poor hearing.

* mal olor = stench.

* mal ordenado en los estantes = misshelved.

* mal ordenado los estantes = misshelved.

* mal organizado = ill-structured.

* malos, los = baddies, the.

* malos tiempos = bad times.

* malos tratos = mistreatment, battery, maltreatment, physical abuse.

* malos tratos a la mujer = wife beating, wife battering, wife abuse.

* mal pagado = low-paid, underpaid.

* mal perdedor = sore loser, bad loser.

* mal planeado = ill-planned.

* mal preparado = ill-prepared, ill-equipped, ill-trained.

* mal presentado = poorly presented.

* mal provisto = poorly stocked.

* mal remunerado = poorly paid, poorly remunerated.

* mal retribuido = underpaid.

* mal rollo = bad vibes.

* mal sabor de boca = bad taste in + Posesivo + mouth.

* mal social = societal ill.

* mal surtido = poorly stocked.

* mal trago = awful experience.

* mal uso = misuse, mishandling.

* mal ventilado = stuffy [stuffier -comp., stuffies -sup.].

* manejar mal = mishandle.

* más vale malo conocido que bueno por conocer = better the devil you know (than the devil you don't).

* mirar con malos ojos = glower, scowl (at).

* muy mal tiempo = severe weather.

* no + haber + nada malo en = there + be + nothing wrong in/with.

* no hay mal que por bien no venga = to every cloud, there is a silver lining.

* no hay mal que por bien no venga = every cloud has a silver lining, be a blessing in disguise.

* no salir mal parado por = be none the worse for (that).

* oír mal = mishearing.

* para bien o para mal = for better or (for) worse, for good or (for) ill, for good or (for) evil.

* para mal = for the worse.

* pasarlo mal = have + a thin time, have + a difficult time, experience + difficult times, pass through + difficult times, face + difficult times.

* pasarlo muy mal = have + a tough time, have + a hard time.

* persona vaga y mal vestida = slob.

* poner a mal tiempo buena cara = keep + Posesivo + chin up.

* ponerse a malas con = run + afoul of, fall + afoul of.

* por la mala fortuna = by ill fate.

* por la mala suerte = by ill luck, by bad luck, by ill fate.

* por las buenas o por las malas = by hook or by crook.

* por mala fortuna = unfortunately, unhappily, sadly.

* por mala suerte = by ill luck, by bad luck, by a stroke of bad luck, by ill fate.

* por mal camino = astray.

* portarse muy mal con = be rotten to.

* quedar mal = lose + face.

* que queda mal = ill-fitting.

* quitarse una mala reputación = clean up + bad reputation.

* racha de mala suerte = losing streak.

* recibir mala prensa = acquire + a bad name.

* reformar malos hábitos = reform + bad habits.

* representar mal = misrepresent.

* salir horriblemente mal = go + horribly wrong.

* salir mal = go + wrong, go + awry, misfire, backfire.

* se avecinan malos tiempos = hard times lie ahead.

* sentirse mal = feel + bad, feel under + the weather, be under the weather, feel + wrong.

* sentirse mal con Uno mismo = feel + wrong.

* ser malo = be a joke, spell + bad news, make + poor + Nombre.

* si mal no + Pronombre + acordarse = to the best of + Posesivo + recollection.

* tener mala fama = hold in + disrepute.

* tener mala fama por = be infamous for.

* tener malas conexiones con = have + poor connections with.

* tener malas intenciones = be up to no good, get up to + no good.

* tener mal ojo para juzgar a la gente = be a bad judge of character.

* tener muy mala cara = look like + death warmed (over/up).

* tener un mal concepto de Alguien = show + low regard for, give + low regard to.

* tener un mal día = have + a bad day.

* terminar mal = come to + a bad end.

* tiempo muy malo = severe weather.

* tierra mala = poor soil.

* traerse algo malo entre manos = be up to no good, get up to + no good.

* tratar mal = maltreat, manhandle.

* usar mal = abuse, misuse.

* * *
I
1) - la adjetivo [ The form mal is used before masculine singular nouns]

Sentido I

2) [ser] ( en calidad) < producto> bad, poor; <película/novela> bad

es de mala calidad — it is poor quality

tiene mala ortografía — her spelling is bad o poor

más vale malo conocido que bueno por conocer — better the devil you know (than the devil you don't)

3) [ser]

a) ( incompetente) <alumno/actor> bad

soy muy mala para los números — I'm terrible o very bad with figures

b) <padre/marido/amigo> bad

4) [SER] (desfavorable, adverso) bad

qué mala suerte! — what bad luck!, how unlucky!

lo malo es que... — the thing o trouble is that...

en las malas se conoce a los amigos — a friend in need is a friend indeed

estar de malas — ( de mal humor) (fam) to be in a bad mood; ( desafortunado) (esp AmL) to be unlucky

por las malas — unwillingly

5) [ser] (inconveniente, perjudicial) <hábitos/lecturas> bad

las malas compañías — bad company

llegas en mal momento — you've come at an awkward o a bad moment

es malo tomar tanto sol — it's not good to sunbathe so much

6) [SER] ( sin gracia) < chiste> bad

7) [SER] ( desagradable) <olor/aliento> bad

hace un día muy malo — it's a horrible day

hace tan malo — (Esp) it's such horrible weather

8) [estar] ( en mal estado) < alimento>

el pescado/queso está malo — the fish/cheese has gone bad, that fish/cheese is off (BrE)

9)

a) (desmejorado, no saludable)

tienes mala cara/mal aspecto — you don't look well

yo le veo muy mal color — he looks terribly pale to me

b) [SER] (serio, grave) serious

no tiene nada malo — it's nothing serious

una mala caída — a bad fall

c) [estar] (Esp, Méx fam) ( enfermo) sick (AmE), ill (BrE)

el pobre está malito — the poor thing's not very well (colloq)

d) [ESTAR] (Esp fam & euf) < mujer>

estoy mala — it's that time of the month (colloq & euph)

me he puesto mala — my period's started

10) [ser] ( difícil)

malo de + inf — difficult to + inf

es muy malo de convencer — he's very difficult o hard to persuade

Sentido II

11) [ser] ( en sentido ético) < persona> nasty

qué malo eres con tu hermano! — you're really horrible o nasty to your brother

no seas mala, préstamelo — don't be mean o rotten, lend it to me (colloq)

una mala mujer — a loose woman

una mujer mala — a wicked o an evil woman

a la mala — (Chi fam)

se lo quitaron a la mala — they did him out of it (colloq)

pasó la cámara a la mala — she sneaked the camera through (colloq)

Sentido III

12) (Esp) ( uso enfático) (delante del n)

no nos ofrecieron ni un mal café — they didn't even offer us a cup of coffee

no había ni una mala silla para sentarse — there wasn't a single damn chair to sit on (colloq)

•

- mala hierba

- mala idea

- mala leche

- mala palabra

- mala pata

- mala sangre

- malas artes

- malas lenguas

- malos pensamientos

- malos tratos
II
- la masculino, femenino (leng infantil o hum) baddy (colloq)

* * *

el malo

(n.) = bad guy, the

Ex: The author offers an interpretation of why in professional wrestling the bad guy is often victorious, by whatever means necessary including foul play.

= bad [worse -comp., worst -sup.], poor [poorer -comp., poorest -sup.], wrong, trashy [trashier -comp., trashiest -sup.], naughty [naughtier -comp., naugtiest -sup.], villain, evil, crummy [crummier -comp., crummiest -sup.], lame.

Ex: I'm not saying that it is bad, but it is a real difference of interest between the needs and purposes of research libraries and the public libraries, and I would also throw in the school and almost certainly junior college libraries.

Ex: Examples are generally poor or obscure (often in Latin or German).

Ex: In a conventional system, the omission of a punctuation mark or an abbreviation will not necessarily cause an entry to be filed in the wrong place, because humans can compensate for variations in spelling and punctuation.

Ex: Wilensky has argued that 'the good, the mediocre and the trashy are becoming fused in one massive middle mush' and that 'intellectuals are increasingly tempted to play to mass audiences'.

Ex: He felt like a naughty school-boy.

Ex: The father, Old Brightwell, curses his daughter, Jane, for preferring the love of the smooth-tongued villain, Grandley, to that of her own parents.

Ex: One teacher I knew used to poke his head round the door just at the end of the day and say something like, 'Tomorrow when we meet I am going to tell you about the evil magician,' and then he would disappear leaving us all agog.

Ex: One librarian bluntly wondered about the ethics of sending ' crummy looking books with information that is incorrect or obsolete to the needy (because) everyone should have access to good material'.

Ex: Democrats are lame, feckless, timid, with no ideas, no vision, no message, and no future.

* acabar mal = come to + a bad end.

* algo anda mal = something is amiss.

* algo va mal = something is amiss.

* andar mal = feel under + the weather, be under the weather.

* andar tramando algo malo = be up to no good, get up to + no good.

* aplicar mal = misapply.

* a veces las cosas salen mal = shit happens.

* bastante malo = third rate [third-rate].

* bicho malo = nasty piece of work.

* caer mal = rub + Nombre + up the wrong way.

* calcular mal = misjudge.

* chiste malo = shaggy dog story.

* citar mal = misquote.

* comportarse mal = misbehave, act up.

* comportarse muy mal con = be rotten to.

* comprender mal = misunderstand.

* concebir mal = misconceive.

* con mala fama = disreputable.

* con mala reputación = disreputable.

* control de las malas hierbas = weed control.

* corregir un mal = correct + a wrong.

* creer que estar mal = feel + wrong.

* dar de mala gana = begrudge, grudge.

* dar mala impresión = look + bad.

* decían las malas lenguas que = rumour had it that.

* decir con mal humor = spit out.

* dejar un mal sabor de boca = leave + a bad taste in + Posesivo + mouth.

* de mala calidad = shabby [shabbier -comp., shabbiest -sup.].

* de mala fama = of bad repute, notorious.

* de mala gana = reluctantly, grudgingly, grudging, begrudgingly, unwillingly.

* de mala leche = like a bear with a sore head, in a foul mood.

* de mala reputación = of bad repute, notorious.

* de mal aspecto = seedy [seedier -comp., seediest -sup.], nasty looking, shanky [shankier -comp., shankiest -sup.].

* de malas pulgas = in a grouch.

* de mala uva = in a foul mood.

* de mal carácter = ill-natured.

* de mal en peor = out of the fire and into the frying pan.

* de mal genio = bad-tempered, grumpy [grumpier -comp., grumpiest -sup.], curmudgeonly, crusty [crustier -comp., crustiest -sup.], irascible, shrewish, short-tempered, ill-natured.

* de mal gusto = in bad taste, distasteful, tawdry [tawdrier -comp., tawdriest -sup.], unbecoming, tasteless, tacky [tackier -comp., tackiest -sup.], naff, trashy [trashier -comp., trashiest -sup.].

* de mal humor = crotchety.

* de mal sabor = unbecoming.

* de mal vivir = disreputable.

* dentro de lo malo lo menos malo = the best of a bad lot.

* diagnosticar mal = misdiagnose.

* día malo = bad hair day.

* dicen las malas lenguas que = rumour has it that.

* el cielo rojo al atardecer augura buen tiempo, el cielo rojo al amanecer aug = red sky at night, (shepherd/sailor)'s delight, red sky in the morning, (shepherd/sailor)'s warning.

* en mala forma = in bad nick.

* en malas condiciones = in poor condition, in bad condition, in bad shape, in poor shape, in bad nick.

* en mal estado = in bad condition, in poor condition, in bad shape, in poor shape, in bad nick.

* entender mal = misunderstand, misconceive, mishearing.

* escuchar mal = mishearing.

* estar mal = be wrong, feel under + the weather, be under the weather.

* estar mal comunicado con = have + poor connections with.

* estar mal encaminado = be on the wrong track, be headed down the wrong track.

* estar mal preparado = ill-prepared.

* estar mal visto = frown on/upon.

* estar tramando algo malo = be up to no good, get up to + no good.

* funcionar mal = malfunction.

* gestionar mal = mismanage.

* golpe de malasuerte = stroke of misfortune.

* hablar mal de = speak out against, speak + ill of, say + nasty things about, slag + Nombre + off, slate, diss.

* hacer sentir mal = make + Nombre + feel bad.

* ir de mal en peor = go from + bad to worse.

* ir mal = go + wrong.

* ir mal encaminado = be on the wrong track, be headed down the wrong track.

* ir por mal camino = be on the wrong track, be headed down the wrong track.

* juzgar mal = misjudge, misconceive.

* limpieza de malas hierbas = weeding.

* llevar por el mal camino = lead + astray.

* llevar por mal camino = mislead.

* lo bueno y lo malo = the rights and wrongs.

* lo que está bien y lo que está mal = rights and wrongs.

* lo uno es tan malo como lo otro = one is as bad as the other.

* mala administración = mismanagement.

* mala aplicación = misapplication.

* mala calidad = badness.

* mala cizaña = rotten apple.

* mala colocación = misplacement, misfiling.

* mala colocación en los estantes = misshelving.

* mala compañía = bad apple, rotten apple, damaged goods.

* mala conducta = misconduct, misbehaviour [misbehavior, -USA].

* mala conducta científica = scientific misconduct.

* mala decisión = bad judgement.

* mal + Adjetivo = poorly + Adjetivo.

* mala educación = impoliteness.

* mala experiencia = horror story.

* mala fama = ill-repute, bad repute, bad reputation, ill reputation.

* mala fortuna = misfortune.

* mala gestión = mismanagement.

* mala hierba = weed, bad apple, rotten apple.

* mala influencia = bad seed, bad influence.

* mala intención = sinisterness, ill will.

* mala interpretación = misinterpretation.

* mala jugada = dirty trick.

* mala leche = nastiness, bad blood.

* mal aliento = bad breath.

* mala ordenación = misfiling.

* mala palabra = dirty word.

* mala pasada = dirty trick.

* mala persona = rotten apple, a bad lot.

* mala racha económica = economic doldrums.

* mala reputación = ill-repute, bad repute, bad reputation, ill reputation.

* mal armado = ill-armed.

* mala salud = poor health.

* mala semilla = bad seed.

* malas experiencias = awful experience.

* malas pulgas = ornery, grouchiness, grouch.

* mala suerte = misfortune, mischance, bad luck, tough luck, hard luck, losing streak.

* malas vibraciones = bad vibes.

* mal atendido = ill-served.

* mala tierra = poor soil.

* mala vista = poor eyesight.

* mala voluntad = ill will.

* mal batido = badly-beaten.

* mal comportamiento = misconduct, disruptive behaviour, misbehaviour [misbehavior, -USA].

* mal comportamiento científico = scientific misconduct.

* mal concebido = ill-conceived.

* mal configurado = misconfigured.

* mal considerado = poorly-regarded.

* mal cuidado = mishandling.

* mal día = bad hair day.

* mal digerido = ill-digested.

* mal educado = impolite.

* mal emparejado = mismated.

* mal enfocado = ill-adapted.

* mal escrito = mistyped, ill-written, badly written.

* mal estado = disrepair, state of disrepair.

* mal estado de salud = poor health.

* mal estructurado = ill-structured.

* mal expresado = inarticulate.

* mal formado = ill-trained.

* mal formulado = badly formulated.

* mal funcionamiento = malfunction, malfunctioning.

* mal fundido = ill-cast.

* mal genio = bile, short temper.

* mal gusto = bad taste, tawdriness.

* mal hecho para = ill suited to/for.

* mal iluminado = badly-lit.

* mal informado = ill-informed.

* mal juicio = bad judgement.

* mal llamado = ill-named.

* mal menor = lesser evil.

* malo del estómago = upset stomach.

* malo, el = bad guy, the.

* mal oído = poor hearing.

* mal olor = stench.

* mal ordenado en los estantes = misshelved.

* mal ordenado los estantes = misshelved.

* mal organizado = ill-structured.

* malos, los = baddies, the.

* malos tiempos = bad times.

* malos tratos = mistreatment, battery, maltreatment, physical abuse.

* malos tratos a la mujer = wife beating, wife battering, wife abuse.

* mal pagado = low-paid, underpaid.

* mal perdedor = sore loser, bad loser.

* mal planeado = ill-planned.

* mal preparado = ill-prepared, ill-equipped, ill-trained.

* mal presentado = poorly presented.

* mal provisto = poorly stocked.

* mal remunerado = poorly paid, poorly remunerated.

* mal retribuido = underpaid.

* mal rollo = bad vibes.

* mal sabor de boca = bad taste in + Posesivo + mouth.

* mal social = societal ill.

* mal surtido = poorly stocked.

* mal trago = awful experience.

* mal uso = misuse, mishandling.

* mal ventilado = stuffy [stuffier -comp., stuffies -sup.].

* manejar mal = mishandle.

* más vale malo conocido que bueno por conocer = better the devil you know (than the devil you don't).

* mirar con malos ojos = glower, scowl (at).

* muy mal tiempo = severe weather.

* no + haber + nada malo en = there + be + nothing wrong in/with.

* no hay mal que por bien no venga = to every cloud, there is a silver lining.

* no hay mal que por bien no venga = every cloud has a silver lining, be a blessing in disguise.

* no salir mal parado por = be none the worse for (that).

* oír mal = mishearing.

* para bien o para mal = for better or (for) worse, for good or (for) ill, for good or (for) evil.

* para mal = for the worse.

* pasarlo mal = have + a thin time, have + a difficult time, experience + difficult times, pass through + difficult times, face + difficult times.

* pasarlo muy mal = have + a tough time, have + a hard time.

* persona vaga y mal vestida = slob.

* poner a mal tiempo buena cara = keep + Posesivo + chin up.

* ponerse a malas con = run + afoul of, fall + afoul of.

* por la mala fortuna = by ill fate.

* por la mala suerte = by ill luck, by bad luck, by ill fate.

* por las buenas o por las malas = by hook or by crook.

* por mala fortuna = unfortunately, unhappily, sadly.

* por mala suerte = by ill luck, by bad luck, by a stroke of bad luck, by ill fate.

* por mal camino = astray.

* portarse muy mal con = be rotten to.

* quedar mal = lose + face.

* que queda mal = ill-fitting.

* quitarse una mala reputación = clean up + bad reputation.

* racha de mala suerte = losing streak.

* recibir mala prensa = acquire + a bad name.

* reformar malos hábitos = reform + bad habits.

* representar mal = misrepresent.

* salir horriblemente mal = go + horribly wrong.

* salir mal = go + wrong, go + awry, misfire, backfire.

* se avecinan malos tiempos = hard times lie ahead.

* sentirse mal = feel + bad, feel under + the weather, be under the weather, feel + wrong.

* sentirse mal con Uno mismo = feel + wrong.

* ser malo = be a joke, spell + bad news, make + poor + Nombre.

* si mal no + Pronombre + acordarse = to the best of + Posesivo + recollection.

* tener mala fama = hold in + disrepute.

* tener mala fama por = be infamous for.

* tener malas conexiones con = have + poor connections with.

* tener malas intenciones = be up to no good, get up to + no good.

* tener mal ojo para juzgar a la gente = be a bad judge of character.

* tener muy mala cara = look like + death warmed (over/up).

* tener un mal concepto de Alguien = show + low regard for, give + low regard to.

* tener un mal día = have + a bad day.

* terminar mal = come to + a bad end.

* tiempo muy malo = severe weather.

* tierra mala = poor soil.

* traerse algo malo entre manos = be up to no good, get up to + no good.

* tratar mal = maltreat, manhandle.

* usar mal = abuse, misuse.

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malo¹ -la

adjective

[ The form mal is used before masculine singular nouns. mal² (↑ mal (2)) ]

Sentido I

A [ SER] (en calidad) ‹producto› bad, poor; ‹película/novela› bad

la tela es de mala calidad the material is poor quality

tiene mala ortografía her spelling is bad o poor, she's a bad o poor speller

más vale malo conocido que bueno por conocer better the devil you know (than the devil you don't)

B [ SER]

1 (incompetente) ‹alumno/actor› bad

soy muy mala para los números I'm terrible o very bad with figures

2 ‹padre/marido/amigo› bad

C [ SER] (desfavorable, adverso) bad

¡qué mala suerte! what bad luck!, how unlucky!

la obra tuvo mala crítica the play got bad reviews

están en mala situación económica they're going through hard times

lo malo es que va a haber mucho tráfico the only thing o trouble o problem is that there'll be a lot of traffic

en las malas ( AmS): un amigo no te abandona en las malas a friend doesn't abandon you when things are tough o when times are bad

estar de malas (de mal humor) ( fam) to be in a bad mood; (desafortunado) ( esp AmL) to be unlucky

por las malas unwillingly

vas a tener que hacerlo, ya sea por las buenas o por las malas you'll have to do it whether you like it or not

D [ SER] (inconveniente, perjudicial) ‹hábitos/lecturas› bad

las malas compañías bad company

llegas en mal momento you've come at an awkward o a bad moment

es malo tomar tanto sol it's not good to sunbathe so much

E [ SER] (sin gracia) ‹chiste› bad

F [ SER]

1 (desagradable) ‹olor/aliento› bad

hace un día muy malo it's a horrible day

nos hizo mal tiempo we had bad weather

hace tan malo ( Esp); it's such horrible weather, the weather's so horrible

2 ( Chi fam) (feo) ugly

G [ ESTAR] (en mal estado) ‹alimento›

ese pescado/queso está malo that fish/cheese has gone bad, that fish/cheese is off ( BrE)

H

1

(desmejorado, no saludable): tienes mal aspecto you don't look very well

tienes mala cara you don't look well

yo le veo muy mal color he looks terribly pale to me

2 [ SER] (serio, grave) serious

fue una mala caída it was a bad fall

no tiene nada malo it's nothing serious

3 [ ESTAR] (Esp, Méx fam) (enfermo) sick ( AmE), ill ( BrE)

el pobre está malito the poor thing's not very well ( colloq)

4 [ ESTAR]

( Esp fam euf) ‹mujer› estoy mala I've got my period, it's the time of the month ( colloq euph)

me he puesto mala my period's started

I [ SER] (difícil) malo DE + INF difficult to + INF

esta tela es mala de planchar this material is difficult to iron

es muy malo de convencer he's very difficult o hard to persuade, it's very difficult o hard to persuade him

Sentido II [ SER] (en sentido ético) ‹persona›

¡qué malo eres con tu hermano! you're really horrible o nasty to your brother

no seas mala, préstamelo don't be mean o rotten, lend it to me ( colloq)

una mala mujer a loose woman

es una mujer muy mala she's a wicked o an evil woman

a la mala ( Chi fam): se lo quitaron a la mala they did him out of it ( colloq)

pasó la cámara a la mala she sneaked the camera through ( colloq)

un ataque a la mala a sneak attack

Sentido III (uso enfático) ( delante del n):

no nos ofrecieron ni un mal café they didn't even offer us a (lousy) cup of coffee

no había ni una mala silla para sentarse there wasn't a single damn chair to sit on ( colloq)

Compuestos:

● mala hierba

feminine weed

● mala idea

feminine

( Esp): tiene muy maloa idea she's a nasty character o a nasty piece of work ( colloq)

lo hizo a or con maloa idea he did it deliberately o to be nasty, he did it knowing it would hurt ( o cause trouble etc)

● mala leche

feminine ( fam):

lo hizo con maloa leche (Esp, Méx, Ven); he did it deliberately o to be nasty, he did it knowing it would hurt ( o cause trouble etc)

está de maloa leche ( Esp); she's in a foul mood ( colloq)

¡qué maloa leche, se ha puesto a llover! ( Esp); what a drag! it's started raining ( colloq)

● mala palabra

feminine ( esp AmL) rude o dirty word

● mala pasada

feminine dirty trick

me hizo or jugó una maloa pasada she played a dirty trick on me

los nervios me jugaron una maloa pasada my nerves got the better of me

● mala pata

feminine ( fam); bad luck

● mala sangre

feminine:

hacerse maloa sangre to get worked up ( colloq), to get into a state ( colloq)

● malas artes

fpl guile, cunning

todo lo ha conseguido con maloas artes she's got everything she has by guile o through cunning

● malas lenguas

fpl ( fam):

dicen las maloas lenguas que … rumor* has it that …, there's a rumor* o there are rumors* going around that …, people are saying that …

● mala uva

feminine ( Esp) mala leche

● malos pensamientos

mpl bad o impure thoughts (pl)

● malos tratos

mpl (a persona, animal) maltreatment, ill-treatment; (a un niño, mujer) physical abuse, battery

malos tratos a menores or a la infancia child abuse

malo² -la

masculine, feminine

( leng infantil or hum); baddy ( colloq)

uno de los malos one of the baddies o bad guys

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malo
◊ -la adjetivo [The form mal is used before masculine singular nouns]

1
a) [ser] ( en general) bad;

◊ una novela mala a bad novel;

un mal amigo a bad friend;
una mala caída a bad fall;
soy muy malo para los números I'm very bad with figures;
¡qué mala suerte or (fam) pata! what bad luck!, how unlucky!;
lo malo es que … the thing o trouble is that …;
las malas compañías bad company;
mala hierba weed;
malos tratos ill-treatment;
es malo tomar tanto sol it's not good to sunbathe so much;
tienes mala cara or mal aspecto you don't look well
b) ‹calidad/visibilidad› poor;

◊ tiene mala ortografía her spelling is poor;

estar de malas ( de mal humor) (fam) to be in a bad mood;

( con mala suerte) (esp AmL) to be unlucky;
◊ más vale malo conocido que bueno por conocer better the devil you know (than the devil you don't)

2 [ser] ‹ persona› ( en sentido ético) nasty;
( travieso) naughty;
◊ ¡qué malo eres con tu hermano! you're really horrible o nasty to your brother;

no seas mala, préstamelo don't be mean o rotten, lend it to me (colloq);
una mala mujer a loose woman;
una mujer mala a wicked o an evil woman;
lo hizo a or con mala idea he did it deliberately o to be nasty;
mala palabra (esp AmL) rude o dirty word;
dicen las malas lenguas que … (fam) there's a rumor going around that …, people are saying that …;
hacerse mala sangre to get upset;
ver tb leche 3
3 [estar]
a) ( en mal estado) ‹ alimento›:

◊ el pescado/queso está malo the fish/cheese has gone bad, that fish/cheese is off (BrE)

b) (Esp, Méx fam) ( enfermo) sick (AmE), ill (BrE);

◊ el pobre está malito the poor thing's not very well (colloq)

■ sustantivo masculino, femenino (leng infantil o hum) baddy (colloq)
malo,-a
I adjetivo ➣ mal
1 bad: he tenido un día muy malo, I've had a bad day
2 (perverso) wicked, bad
(desobediente, travieso) naughty: es una mala persona, he's wicked
préstame el coche, no seas malo, lend me your car, don't be so mean
3 (espectáculo, libro, etc) bad, poor: es un argumento muy malo, it's a feeble argument
4 (dañino) harmful: es malo para ti que él lo sepa, it's bad for you that he knows it
tenemos que arrancar las malas hierbas, we'll have to pull out the weeds
5 (enfermo) ill, sick
6 (alimentos) rotten: se puso mala la carne, the meat went bad
II m,f fam el malo, the baddy o villain
♦ Locuciones: estar de malas, to be in a bad mood
por las malas, by force
' malo' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
abominable
- ínfima
- ínfimo
- mal
- mala
- peor
- quina
- redundar
- santita
- santito
- antología
- chimbo
- en
- endiablado
- fatal
- fondo
- igualmente
- pata
- pichanga
- sangre
English:
abominable
- abysmal
- bad
- baddy
- devil
- evil
- good
- half
- ill
- lean
- low
- mean
- nasty
- off
- poor
- rotten
- shocking
- spiteful
- thick
- up
- villain
- wicked
- wrong
- your
- corny
- crummy
- indulgence
- lame
- naughty
- paltry
- ropey
- severe
- trashy
- unkind

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malo, -a Mal is used instead of malo before singular masculine nouns (e.g. un mal ejemplo a bad example). The comparative form of malo (= worse) is peor, the superlative forms (= the worst) are el peor (masculine) and la peor (feminine).

♦ adj

1. [perjudicial, grave] bad;

traigo malas noticias I have some bad news;

es malo para el hígado it's bad for your liver;

¿es algo malo, doctor? is it serious, doctor?;

una mala caída a nasty fall

2. [sin calidad, sin aptitudes] poor, bad;

una mala novela/actriz a bad novel/actress;

tiene muy malas notas her Br marks o US grades are very poor o bad;

ser de mala calidad to be poor quality;

este material/producto es muy malo this material/product is very poor quality;

soy muy malo para la música I'm no good at o very bad at music;

Comp
Hum
es más malo que hecho de encargo [producto, jugador] he's/it's truly awful o as bad as they come;

Prov

más vale lo malo conocido que lo bueno por conocer better the devil you know (than the devil you don't)

3. [inapropiado, adverso] bad;

fue una mala decisión it was a bad decision;

he dormido en mala postura I slept in a funny position;

es mala señal it's a bad sign;

lo malo es que… the problem is (that)…;

disparó con la pierna mala y metió gol he shot with his weaker foot and scored;

tener mala suerte to be unlucky;

¡qué mala suerte! how unlucky!

Comp
Am mala palabra swearword
4. [malvado] wicked, evil;

es muy mala persona she's a really nasty person;

tiene muy mala intención he's very spiteful;

eso sólo lo haría un mal amigo it's a poor friend who would do a thing like that;

¡mira que eres malo, criticarla así! it's not very nice of you to criticize her like that!;

anda, no seas malo y déjame que vaya go on, don't be mean, let me go

5. [travieso] naughty;

¡no seas malo y obedece! be good and do as I say!;

el crío está muy malo últimamente the child has been very naughty recently

6. [enfermo] ill, sick;

estar/ponerse malo to be/fall ill;

tiene a su padre malo her father's ill;

Comp

poner malo a alguien to drive sb mad;

me pongo mala cada vez que la veo I get mad every time I see her

7. [desagradable] bad;

esta herida tiene mal aspecto this wound looks nasty;

mal tiempo bad weather;

hace mal tiempo the weather's bad;
Esp
está muy malo el día it's a horrible day, it's not a very nice day

8. [podrido, pasado] bad, off, spoiled;

la fruta está mala the fruit is bad o spoiled;

la fruta se ha puesto mala the fruit has gone bad o Br gone off

9. [uso enfático]
ni un mal trozo de pan not even a crust of bread;

no había ni un mal supermercado en el pueblo there wasn't a single supermarket to be found in the village

10. [difícil]
el asunto es malo de entender the matter is hard o difficult to understand;

una lesión muy mala de curar an injury that won't heal easily

11. Esp Fam Euf [con la menstruación]
estar/ponerse mala to be on/start one's period

♦ nm,f

el malo, la mala [en cine] the villain, the baddy

♦ interj

cuando nadie se queja, ¡malo! it's a bad sign when nobody complains

♦ malas nfpl

está o [m5] se ha puesto a malas con él she's fallen out with him;

estar de malas to be in a bad mood;

por las malas [a la fuerza] by force;

lo vas a hacer, aunque tenga que ser por las malas you're going to do it, whether you like it or not;

por las malas es de temer she's a fearful sight when she's angry;

Comp
Am
estar o [m5] andar de malas to be having a hard time;

Comp
Andes, CSur
en las malas [de mal humor] in a bad mood;

los amigos no te abandonan en las malas friends don't let you down when things get bad

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malo

I adj

1 bad

2 calidad poor

3 ( enfermo) sick, ill;

ponerse malo get sick, fall ill

4

:

por las buenas o por las malas whether he/she etc likes it or not;

estar de malas be in a bad mood;

por las malas by force;

andar a malas con alguien be on bad terms with s.o.;

lo malo es que unfortunately

II m hum

bad guy, baddy

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malo, -la adj, ( mal before masculine singular nouns)

1) : bad

mala suerte: bad luck

2) : wicked, naughty

3) : cheap, poor (quality)

4) : harmful

malo para la salud: bad for one's health

5) (using the form mal) : unwell

estar mal del corazón: to have heart trouble

6)

estar de malas : to be in a bad mood

malo, -la n

: villain, bad guy (in novels, movies, etc.)

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malo¹ adj

1. (en general) bad [comp. worse; superl. worst]

un cantante malo a bad singer

hace un día malo the weather's bad

2. (travieso) naughty [comp. naughtier; superl. naughtiest]

es un niño muy malo he's a very naughty boy

3. (enfermo) ill [comp. worse; superl. worst]

ayer estuve malo I was ill yesterday

4. (pasado) off

creo que este yogur está malo I think this yoghurt is off

5. (malvado) evil

tiene cara de ser malo he looks evil

estar de malas to be in a bad mood

ser malo en/para algo to be bad at something

mala hierba weed

malo² n villain

Spanish-English dictionary > malo
8 racha

f.

1 spell.

buena/mala racha good/bad patch

una racha de buena suerte a run of good luck

una mala racha de resultados económicos a string of poor financial results

rompieron una racha de seis derrotas consecutivas they ended a run of six consecutive defeats

a rachas in fits and starts

2 gust (of wind).

3 string of events, bout, streak.

4 burst.

pres.indicat.

3^rd person singular (él/ella/ello) present indicative of spanish verb: rachar.

imperat.

2^nd person singular (tú) Imperative of Spanish verb: rachar.

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racha

► nombre femenino

1 (ráfaga) gust, squall

2 figurado (período) spell, patch

3 figurado (serie) string, run, series sing

■ hubo una racha de incendios there was a series of fires

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FRASEOLOGÍA

a rachas in fits and starts, on and off

tener una buena racha to have a run of good luck

tener una mala racha to go through a bad patch

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noun f.

1) run, streak

2) gust

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SF

1) (Meteo) gust of wind

2) (=periodo) string, series

buena racha — run of good luck

mala racha — run of bad luck

- a rachas

- estar de racha

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femenino

a) ( secuencia)

ha pasado una racha de mala suerte — she's had a run o spell of bad luck

una racha de enfermedades — a series o string of illnesses

pasar una mala racha — to go through bad times o (BrE) a bad patch

tengo una buena racha, voy a seguir jugando — I'm on a winning streak so I'm going to carry on playing

a or por rachas: llueve a rachas it keeps raining on and off; va por rachas — it goes in phases

b) (Meteo) gust of wind

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= gust, spurt.

Ex. His sudden gust of audacity was quickly extinguished by her words and by her glance.

Ex. Consistent productivity is the goal of any supervisor -- not brief spurts of effort followed by a reduction of activities.

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* acabarse la buena racha = the good times + run out.

* a rachas = by fits and starts.

* buena racha = winning streak.

* mala racha económica = economic doldrums.

* racha de aire = blast.

* racha de buena suerte = winning streak.

* racha de mala suerte = losing streak.

* racha de victorias = unbeaten run.

* una racha de = a rash of, a stretch of.

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femenino

a) ( secuencia)

ha pasado una racha de mala suerte — she's had a run o spell of bad luck

una racha de enfermedades — a series o string of illnesses

pasar una mala racha — to go through bad times o (BrE) a bad patch

tengo una buena racha, voy a seguir jugando — I'm on a winning streak so I'm going to carry on playing

a or por rachas: llueve a rachas it keeps raining on and off; va por rachas — it goes in phases

b) (Meteo) gust of wind

* * *

= gust, spurt.

Ex: His sudden gust of audacity was quickly extinguished by her words and by her glance.

Ex: Consistent productivity is the goal of any supervisor -- not brief spurts of effort followed by a reduction of activities.

* acabarse la buena racha = the good times + run out.

* a rachas = by fits and starts.

* buena racha = winning streak.

* mala racha económica = economic doldrums.

* racha de aire = blast.

* racha de buena suerte = winning streak.

* racha de mala suerte = losing streak.

* racha de victorias = unbeaten run.

* una racha de = a rash of, a stretch of.

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racha

feminine

1

(secuencia): últimamente estoy pasando una racha de mala suerte I've been having a run o spell of bad luck recently

una racha de enfermedades/escándalos a series o string of illnesses/scandals

está pasando una mala racha he's going through bad times o ( BrE) a bad patch

ya que tengo una buena racha voy a seguir jugando I'm on a winning streak so I'm going to carry on playing

a or por rachas: duermo a rachas I sleep very fitfully

va por rachas it goes in phases

llueve a rachas it's raining on and off

2 ( Meteo) gust of wind

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racha sustantivo femenino
a) ( secuencia) una racha de algo ‹de buena/mala suerte› a run o spell of sth;

‹de enfermedades/éxitos› a string of sth;
◊ pasar una mala racha to go through bad times o (BrE) a bad patch;

tengo una buena racha, voy a seguir jugando I'm on a winning streak so I'm going to carry on playing;
va/viene por rachas it goes/comes in phases
b) (Meteo) gust of wind

racha sustantivo femenino
1 (periodo de tiempo) run, spell: tengo una mala racha, I'm going through a bad patch
2 (de viento) gust
♦ Locuciones: a rachas, in fits and starts
' racha' also found in these entries:
English:
gust
- patch
- run
- spate
- spurt
- streak
- unbroken
- luck
- spell

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racha nf

1. [época]
buena/mala racha good/bad spell o Br patch;

estamos pasando una buena racha [en deportes, juegos de azar] we're on a winning streak, we're on a roll;
[en empresa] things are going well for us at the moment;
una racha de buena suerte a run of good luck, a lucky streak;

una mala racha de resultados económicos a string of poor financial results;

rompieron una racha de seis derrotas consecutivas they ended a run of six consecutive defeats;

a rachas in fits and starts

2. [ráfaga] gust (of wind)

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racha

f spell;

buena/mala racha fam good/bad spell

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racha nf

1) : gust of wind

2) : run, series, string

racha perdedora: losing streak

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racha n (ráfaga) gust

una racha de aire a gust of wind

buena racha run of good luck

quiso aprovechar su buena racha he wanted to make the most of his run of good luck

mala racha bad patch

estamos pasando por una mala racha we're going through a bad patch

Spanish-English dictionary > racha
9 bache

m.

1 pothole.

2 air pocket.

3 bad patch (dificultades).

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bache

► nombre masculino

1 (en carretera) pothole

2 (de aire) air pocket

3 figurado bad patch

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noun m.

1) pothole

2) bad period

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SM

1) (Aut) hole, pothole

bache de aire — (Aer) air pocket

2) (=mal momento) bad patch, rough patch

atravesar un bache — to go through a bad o rough patch

remontar el o salir del bache — to get through the bad o rough patch, pull through

salvar el bache — to get the worst over, be over the worst

bache económico — slump, depression

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masculino

a) (Auto) pothole

b) (Aviac) air pocket

c) ( mal momento) bad time o (BrE) patch

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= pothole, chuckhole, divot [divet], dry spell.

Ex. The article is entitled ' Potholes in the road to professionalism in medical informatics'.

Ex. Left unattended, cracks in asphalt will eventually turn into chuckholes.

Ex. The only problem with divots is when you walk along the golf course and see them strewn about like so much 'Fairway Roadkill'.

Ex. After ten years of glut in the economy, a dry spell is due, and it will last for more than a year or two.

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* bache económico = economic doldrums.

* camino lleno de baches = bumpy road.

* lleno de baches = bumpy.

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masculino

a) (Auto) pothole

b) (Aviac) air pocket

c) ( mal momento) bad time o (BrE) patch

* * *

= pothole, chuckhole, divot [divet], dry spell.

Ex: The article is entitled ' Potholes in the road to professionalism in medical informatics'.

Ex: Left unattended, cracks in asphalt will eventually turn into chuckholes.

Ex: The only problem with divots is when you walk along the golf course and see them strewn about like so much 'Fairway Roadkill'.

Ex: After ten years of glut in the economy, a dry spell is due, and it will last for more than a year or two.

* bache económico = economic doldrums.

* camino lleno de baches = bumpy road.

* lleno de baches = bumpy.

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bache

masculine

1 ( Auto) pothole

2 ( Aviac) air pocket

3 (mal momento) bad time o ( BrE) patch

4 (CS fam) (omisión) gap

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bache sustantivo masculino
a) (Auto) pothole

b) (Aviac) air pocket

c) ( mal momento) bad time o (BrE) patch

bache sustantivo masculino
1 (en una carretera) pot hole
2 Av air pocket
3 figurado bad patch: está atravesando un bache, he's going through a bad patch
' bache' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
sortear
English:
bump
- hole
- pothole
- pot

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bache nm

1. [en carretera] pothole

2. [en un vuelo] air pocket

3. [dificultades] bad spell o Br patch;

el sector atraviesa un profundo bache the industry is going through hard times

4. CSur Fam [olvido]
me olvidé de apagar la estufa, ¡qué bache! how silly of me, I forgot to switch the stove off!;

a la tercera pregunta me dio un bache I drew a blank on the third question

5. RP Fam [trauma] hang-up

6. RP Fam [de conocimientos] gap

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bache

m

1 en carretera pothole

2 fig

rough patch

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bache nm

1) : pothole

2) PRi : deep puddle

3) : bad period, rough time

bache económico: economic slump

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bache n

1. (agujero) hole

hay muchas baches en esta carretera there are a lot of holes on this road

2. (dificultad) bad patch [pl. patches]

parece que está atravesando un bache it looks as though he's going through a bad patch

Spanish-English dictionary > bache
10 influencia

f.

influence.

tuvo gran influencia sobre el resultado de las elecciones it had a considerable influence on the result of the election, it heavily influenced the result of the election

bajo la influencia de la anestesia under (the influence of) the anesomethingetic

pres.indicat.

3^rd person singular (él/ella/ello) present indicative of spanish verb: influenciar.

imperat.

2^nd person singular (tú) Imperative of Spanish verb: influenciar.

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influencia

► nombre femenino

1 influence

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FRASEOLOGÍA

tener influencia sobre alguien to have an influence on somebody

tener influencias to be influential

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noun f.

influence

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SF

1) (=influjo) influence

Cervantes ejerció gran influencia en su poesía — Cervantes had a great influence on his poetry

sus pinturas tienen influencia modernista — his pictures show a modernist influence

la tele tiene influencia negativa sobre mis hijos — telly has o is a bad influence on my children

ya no tiene influencia dentro del gobierno — he now has no influence in the government

tiene influencia con el jefe — she has influence with the boss

actuó bajo la influencia de las drogas — he acted under the influence of drugs

2) pl influencias (=contactos) contacts

siempre se vale de sus influencias — he always uses his contacts
tráfico 3)
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femenino

1) ( influjo) influence

bajo la influencia del alcohol — under the influence of alcohol

influencia en or sobre algo — influence on o upon something

influencia sobre alguien — influence on somebody

ejerce una mala influencia sobre ti — she's a bad influence on you

2) influencias femenino plural ( contactos) contacts (pl)

tiene influencias en las altas esferas — she has friends in high places

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= force, influence, lever, leverage, say, clout, good offices, sway.

Ex. Her reason admitted the force of his arguments, but her instinct opposed it.

Ex. All these influences are at work before a child goes to school, yet until quite recently we have behaved as though good teaching in good schools was enough to compensate for the disabilities of verbally impoverished children.

Ex. An indication that the Commission would be prepared to accept a borderline project would provide a useful lever when the application is passed to the UK Government.

Ex. At certain times, dubious interpretations of the rules have even been used as leverage in gaining ground on matters of dispute between Community partners.

Ex. I've seen people clamor for a say and when it's given to them they don't take it.

Ex. IT executives would like to see their role in the organization elevated, giving them more ' clout', stature and visibility.

Ex. This enables the library to use the MPEs' good offices and contacts to influence the national government on projects which are important for the area.

Ex. During this period Africa was influenced by external forces as the Islamic states of the north extended their sway south.

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* área de influencia = remit.

* buena influencia = good influence.

* campaña contra la conducción bajo la influencia del alcohol = drink-drive campaign, anti-drink-drive campaign.

* conducción bajo la influencia del alcohol = drink driving, drunk driving.

* conducir bajo la influencia del alcohol = drive while under + the influence of alcohol.

* de gran influencia = seminal.

* ejercer influencia = exert + influence, wield + influence, deliver + clout.

* ejercer influencia (sobre) = come to + bear influence (on).

* ejercer una gran influencia en = play + a strong hand in.

* esfera de influencia = sphere of influence.

* extender la influencia = spread + influence.

* hacer uso de influencias = pull + strings.

* influencia de los amigos = peer influence.

* influencia económica = economic influence.

* influencia electoral = coattails, political coattails, electoral coattails.

* influencia histórica = historical influence.

* influencia política = political clout, political influence.

* influencia social = social influence.

* mala influencia = bad seed, bad influence.

* perder influencia = lose + clout.

* tener influencias = have + pull.

* tener influencia sobre = have + hold on.

* traficante de influencias = power broker.

* tráfico de influencias = spoils system, nepotism.

* valerse de influencias = pull + strings.

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femenino

1) ( influjo) influence

bajo la influencia del alcohol — under the influence of alcohol

influencia en or sobre algo — influence on o upon something

influencia sobre alguien — influence on somebody

ejerce una mala influencia sobre ti — she's a bad influence on you

2) influencias femenino plural ( contactos) contacts (pl)

tiene influencias en las altas esferas — she has friends in high places

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= force, influence, lever, leverage, say, clout, good offices, sway.

Ex: Her reason admitted the force of his arguments, but her instinct opposed it.

Ex: All these influences are at work before a child goes to school, yet until quite recently we have behaved as though good teaching in good schools was enough to compensate for the disabilities of verbally impoverished children.

Ex: An indication that the Commission would be prepared to accept a borderline project would provide a useful lever when the application is passed to the UK Government.

Ex: At certain times, dubious interpretations of the rules have even been used as leverage in gaining ground on matters of dispute between Community partners.

Ex: I've seen people clamor for a say and when it's given to them they don't take it.

Ex: IT executives would like to see their role in the organization elevated, giving them more ' clout', stature and visibility.

Ex: This enables the library to use the MPEs' good offices and contacts to influence the national government on projects which are important for the area.

Ex: During this period Africa was influenced by external forces as the Islamic states of the north extended their sway south.

* área de influencia = remit.

* buena influencia = good influence.

* campaña contra la conducción bajo la influencia del alcohol = drink-drive campaign, anti-drink-drive campaign.

* conducción bajo la influencia del alcohol = drink driving, drunk driving.

* conducir bajo la influencia del alcohol = drive while under + the influence of alcohol.

* de gran influencia = seminal.

* ejercer influencia = exert + influence, wield + influence, deliver + clout.

* ejercer influencia (sobre) = come to + bear influence (on).

* ejercer una gran influencia en = play + a strong hand in.

* esfera de influencia = sphere of influence.

* extender la influencia = spread + influence.

* hacer uso de influencias = pull + strings.

* influencia de los amigos = peer influence.

* influencia económica = economic influence.

* influencia electoral = coattails, political coattails, electoral coattails.

* influencia histórica = historical influence.

* influencia política = political clout, political influence.

* influencia social = social influence.

* mala influencia = bad seed, bad influence.

* perder influencia = lose + clout.

* tener influencias = have + pull.

* tener influencia sobre = have + hold on.

* traficante de influencias = power broker.

* tráfico de influencias = spoils system, nepotism.

* valerse de influencias = pull + strings.

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influencia

feminine

A (influjo) influence

el edificio es de or tiene influencia barroca the building displays baroque influence

bajo la influencia del alcohol under the influence of alcohol

influencia EN or SOBRE algo influence ON o UPON sth

los clásicos ejercieron una gran influencia en su obra his works were greatly influenced by the classics, the classics had an important influence on his works

la influencia de los astros sobre la vida humana the influence of the stars on human life

influencia SOBRE algn influence ON sb

esa mujer ejerce una mala influencia sobre ti that woman is o has a bad influence on you

B influencias fpl (contactos) contacts (pl)

tiene influencias en las altas esferas she's got friends in high places, she's got influential contacts

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Del verbo influenciar: ( conjugate influenciar)

influencia es:

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

2ª persona singular (tú) imperativo

Multiple Entries:
influencia
influenciar
influencia sustantivo femenino
1 ( influjo) influence;
◊ bajo la influencia del alcohol under the influence of alcohol;

influencia en or sobre algo influence on o upon sth;
influencia sobre algn influence on sb
2
◊ influencias sustantivo femenino plural ( contactos) contacts (pl)

influenciar ( conjugate influenciar) verbo transitivo
to influence
influencia sustantivo femenino
1 (ascendencia, efecto) influence: tiene mucha influencia sobre él, he has a lot of influence on/over him
2 influencias (contacto con personas decisivas); tener influencias, to be influential
tráfico de influencias, insider trading/dealing
influenciar verbo transitivo to influence
' influencia' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
ámbito
- contacto
- ejercer
- menoscabo
- militarista
- neutralizar
- órbita
- palanca
- parcela
- peso
- regusto
- sobre
- benéfico
- capital
- enchufe
- extender
- exterior
- externo
- maléfico
- maligno
- malsano
- menguar
- nefasto
- nocivo
- poder
- vara
English:
architecture
- clout
- DUI
- exert
- expansion
- extend
- influence
- pull
- shrink
- shrinkage
- sphere
- stretch
- sway

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influencia nf

1. [poder] influence;

ejerce una gran influencia sobre su marido she has a lot of influence over her husband;

está creciendo su influencia dentro del partido her influence within the party is growing;

tuvo gran influencia sobre el resultado de las elecciones it had a considerable influence on the result of the election, it greatly influenced the result of the election;

un país dentro de la esfera de influencia de Rusia a country within Russia's sphere of influence;

bajo la influencia de la anestesia under (the influence of the) anaesthetic

2.
influencias [contactos] contacts, pull;

consiguió ese puesto por influencias she got that job through knowing the right people

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influencia

f influence;

tener influencias have contacts

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influencia nf

influjo: influence

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influencia n influence

tiene mucha influencia sobre su hijo he has a lot of influence on his son

Spanish-English dictionary > influencia
11 padecer

v.

1 to endure, to undergo (sufrimiento).

padecer inundaciones/un terremoto to be hit by floods/an earthquake

2 to suffer.

padecer del corazón/riñón to suffer from a heart/kidney complaint

padeció mucho por sus hijos she suffered a lot for the sake of her children

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padecer

Conjugation model [ AGRADECER], like link=agradecer agradecer

► verbo transitivo

1 to suffer

■ padece una enfermedad incurable he suffers from an incurable disease

► verbo intransitivo

1 (sufrir) to suffer (de, from)

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verb

to suffer

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1.

VI to suffer

ha padecido mucho — she has suffered a lot

padecer de — to suffer from

padece del corazón — he has heart trouble

ella padece por todos — she suffers on everybody's account

padece en su amor propio — his self-respect suffers

se embala bien para que no padezca en el viaje — it is well packed so that it will not get damaged on the journey

2. VT

1) (=sufrir) to suffer

eso hace padecer el metal de los goznes — that puts a strain on the metal of the hinges

2) (=aguantar) [+ malos tratos, adversidades] to endure, put up with

padecer un error — to labour under a misapprehension

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1.
verbo transitivo <enfermedad/hambre> to suffer from; <desgracias/injusticias/privaciones> to suffer, undergo
2.
padecer vi to suffer

padecer DE algo — to suffer from something

padecía de los nervios — I had trouble with my nerves

padece del corazón — he has heart trouble

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= experience, suffer, strike, face.

Nota: En la voz pasiva va seguido de la preposición (with).

Ex. If facilities like these are not supported by the data base design, the users of the system will experience slow response times.

Ex. Since the introduction of computer-based indexing systems alphabetical indexing languages have become more prevalent, and UDC has suffered a reduction in use.

Ex. The collections of the National Library of the Czech Republic have suffered from the floods that recently struck a large part of the country.

Ex. Hungary faces far-reaching socio-economic transformation which will inevitably affect libraries as well.

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* bebé que padece de cólicos = colicky baby, colicky infant.

* padecer de = suffer from.

* padecer de cólicos = be colicky.

* padecer del síndrome de abstinencia = suffer from + withdrawal symptoms.

* padecer enfermedad = get + Enfermedad, suffer from + condition.

* padecer hambre = suffer from + hunger.

* padecer recortes = experience + cutbacks.

* padecer tensión = experience + stress.

* que padece de cólicos = colicky newborn.

* recién nacido que padece de cólicos = colicky newborn.

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1.
verbo transitivo <enfermedad/hambre> to suffer from; <desgracias/injusticias/privaciones> to suffer, undergo
2.
padecer vi to suffer

padecer DE algo — to suffer from something

padecía de los nervios — I had trouble with my nerves

padece del corazón — he has heart trouble

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= experience, suffer, strike, face.

Nota: En la voz pasiva va seguido de la preposición (with).

Ex: If facilities like these are not supported by the data base design, the users of the system will experience slow response times.

Ex: Since the introduction of computer-based indexing systems alphabetical indexing languages have become more prevalent, and UDC has suffered a reduction in use.

Ex: The collections of the National Library of the Czech Republic have suffered from the floods that recently struck a large part of the country.

Ex: Hungary faces far-reaching socio-economic transformation which will inevitably affect libraries as well.

* bebé que padece de cólicos = colicky baby, colicky infant.

* padecer de = suffer from.

* padecer de cólicos = be colicky.

* padecer del síndrome de abstinencia = suffer from + withdrawal symptoms.

* padecer enfermedad = get + Enfermedad, suffer from + condition.

* padecer hambre = suffer from + hunger.

* padecer recortes = experience + cutbacks.

* padecer tensión = experience + stress.

* que padece de cólicos = colicky newborn.

* recién nacido que padece de cólicos = colicky newborn.

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padecer [E3 ]

vt

‹enfermedad/hambre› to suffer from; ‹injusticias/desgracias/privaciones› to suffer, undergo

el país está padeciendo una crisis económica sin precedentes the country is suffering o going through an unprecedented economic crisis

■ padecer

vi

to suffer padecer DE algo to suffer FROM sth

padecía de los nervios I had trouble with my nerves, my nerves were bad

padece del corazón he has heart trouble, he suffers with his heart

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padecer ( conjugate padecer) verbo transitivo ‹enfermedad/hambre› to suffer from;
‹desgracias/injusticias/privaciones› to suffer, undergo
verbo intransitivo
to suffer;
padecer DE algo to suffer from sth;
◊ padece del corazón he has heart trouble

padecer
I verbo transitivo
1 (una enfermedad) to suffer from: padece una extraña enfermedad, he suffers from a strange illness
2 (soportar) to endure: tiene que padecer a su marido, she has to put up with her husband
II verbo intransitivo
1 (de un mal funcionamiento) padece del hígado, he suffers from liver trouble
2 (sufrir) to suffer: ha padecido mucho en la vida, he has suffered a lot in his life

' padecer' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
adolecer
- castigar
- tener
- pasar
English:
climate
- suffer

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padecer

♦ vt

1. [sufrimiento] to endure, to undergo;
[hambre, injusticia] to suffer; [enfermedad] to suffer from;
padecer inundaciones/un terremoto to be hit by floods/an earthquake

2. Formal [error, confusión]
padece usted un error you are mistaken, you are labouring under a misapprehension

♦ vi

to suffer;

padecer del corazón/riñón to suffer from o to have a heart/kidney complaint;

padeció mucho por sus hijos she suffered a lot for the sake of her children

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padecer

I v/t suffer

II v/i suffer;

padecer de have trouble with;

padecer del estómago/corazón have stomach/heart trouble

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padecer {53} vt

: to suffer, to endure

padecer vi adolecer

padecer de : to suffer from

* * *

padecer vb to suffer from

padece fuertes dolores de cabeza she suffers from bad headaches

padecer del corazón to have heart trouble

Spanish-English dictionary > padecer
12 caída

f.

1 fall, collapse, downfall, downturn.

2 wipe-out.

3 prolapse, ptosis, drooping, lapsus.

past part.

past participle of spanish verb: caer.

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caída

► nombre femenino

1 (acción de caer) fall, falling

2 (pérdida) loss

■ la caída del cabello hair loss

3 (de precios, temperatura) fall, drop

■ ha habido una fuerte caída de ventas sales have fallen sharply

4 (de un terreno) slope

5 (del sol) setting

6 (de tejidos) body, hang

■ una tela con mucha caída a material with a lot of body

7 COSTURA (ancho) width; (largo) length

8 figurado downfall, fall

■ la caída del Imperio the fall of the Empire

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FRASEOLOGÍA

a la caída del sol at sunset

caída de ojos demure look

caída libre free fall

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noun f.

1) fall

2) drop

3) collapse

4) loss

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SF

1) (=accidente) fall; [de caballo] fall, tumble

tuvo una aparatosa caída de la moto — he had a spectacular fall from his motorbike

• sufrir una caída — to have a fall, take a tumble

durante un campeonato regional, sufrió una grave caída del caballo — during a regional championship, he had a bad fall o tumble off his horse

caída de agua — waterfall

caída de cabeza, sufrir una caída de cabeza — to fall headfirst, take a header *

caída en barrena — spiral fall

2) [de gobierno, imperio] fall, collapse; [de un gobernante] downfall

la caída del Muro de Berlín — the collapse o fall of the Berlin Wall

la crisis ocasionó la caída del gobierno — the crisis brought down the government

la caída del Imperio Romano — the fall of the Roman Empire

la caída de Napoleón se produjo en Waterloo — Waterloo was Napoleon's downfall

3) (=pérdida) [de cabello, dientes] loss

un champú contra la caída del cabello — a shampoo that helps prevent hair loss

4) (Dep)

caída al vacío, caída libre — free fall

5) (=descenso) [de precios, ventas] fall, drop; [de divisa] fall

la espectacular caída de precios afectó con gran dureza a numerosas economías — many economies were hard hit by the dramatic fall o drop in prices

el gobierno está decidido a frenar la caída de la libra — the government is determined to curb the fall of the pound

caída de la temperatura — drop in temperature

caída de tensión — (Med) drop in blood pressure; (Elec) drop in voltage

caída de la actividad económica — downturn in the economy

• caída en picado — sharp fall

el banco intervino para evitar la caída en picado del dólar — the bank intervened to stop the dollar taking a nose-dive o plummeting

6)

• a la caída del sol o de la tarde — at sunset

7) (=desprendimiento) fall

había una continua caída de piedras desde la cima de la montaña — rocks fell continuously from the top of the mountain

8) (=inclinación) [de terreno] slope; [brusco] drop

9) [de tela, ropa] hang

esta chaqueta tiene buena caída — this jacket hangs well

caída de hombros — slope of the shoulders

caída de ojos, tenía una caída de ojos entre coqueta y malvada — the way she lowered her eyes was somewhere between coquettish and wicked

10) (Rel)

la Caída — the Fall

11)

caída radiactiva — radioactive fallout

12) pl caídas

a) * (=golpes) witty remarks

¡qué caídas tiene! — isn't he witty?

b) (=lana) low-grade wool sing

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femenino

1) ( accidente) fall

sufrir una caída — persona to have a fall

fue una mala caída — it was a nasty fall

- caída libre

2) ( del cabello)

la caída del cabello — hair loss

3) (de tela, falda)

necesitas una tela con más caída — you need a heavier material

tiene buena caída — it hangs well

4) (de gobierno, de ciudad) fall

la caída del Imperio Romano — the fall o collapse of the Roman Empire

5) ( descenso) fall, drop

la caída del dólar — the fall in the dollar

- caída de agua

6)

a la caída del sol or de la tarde — at sunset, at dusk

7) (de terreno, de superficie) slope; ( más pronunciada) drop

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= drop, spiral, downfall, slippage, downturn, droop, trough, downward spiral, fall, slump, downswing, descent, labefaction.

Ex. Perfect recall can only be achieved by a drop in the proportion of relevant documents considered.

Ex. The spiral begins its downward swirl very early in life when a child has difficulty learning to read.

Ex. What this time will be the cause of his slapstick downfall?.

Ex. The Food and Agricultural Organization (FAO) also publishes FAO Books in Print on an intended annual cycle but the programme has been subject to slippage in recent years.

Ex. Part of the trend towards declining conference attendance results from the downturn in the economy = Parte de la tendencia hacia el descenso de la asistencia a los congresos es consecuencia de la caída de la economía.

Ex. This article describes a study undertaken in Brazil to investigate the phenomenon of the droop at the end of the graph demonstrating Bradford's law which corresponds to the journals of low productivity.

Ex. Public libraries have continued to expand since the trough of the 1950s.

Ex. The downward spiral of increasing serial prices and decreasing subscriptions is well documented.

Ex. There has been a rapid increase in the number and costs of science, technology and medicine scholarly titles in recent years, and a fall in subscriptions.

Ex. The author discusses the current upswing in paperback sales of children's books in the USA and the slump in hardback sales.

Ex. A new solution to the problem of predicting cyclical highs and lows in the economy enables one to gauge whether an incipient economic downswing will turn out to be a slowdown in economic growth or a real recession.

Ex. The street-smart kid's descent into crime and heroin addiction is now too familiar a story.

Ex. The natural result of this labefaction is the Delaware neonate killing by a freshman couple.

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* a la caída de la noche = at nightfall, at twilight.

* a la caída de la tarde = at twilight.

* amortiguar la caída = break + Posesivo + fall.

* caída al vacío = fall into + (empty) space.

* caída de la bolsa = market crash, stock market crash.

* caída de la tarde = sundown.

* caída del imperio romano, la = Fall of the Roman Empire, the.

* caída de los precios = falling prices.

* caída del sistema = system crash.

* caída de pelo = hair loss.

* caída en picado = plunge, nosedive, swoop.

* caída libre = free fall.

* en caída = flowing.

* * *

femenino

1) ( accidente) fall

sufrir una caída — persona to have a fall

fue una mala caída — it was a nasty fall

- caída libre

2) ( del cabello)

la caída del cabello — hair loss

3) (de tela, falda)

necesitas una tela con más caída — you need a heavier material

tiene buena caída — it hangs well

4) (de gobierno, de ciudad) fall

la caída del Imperio Romano — the fall o collapse of the Roman Empire

5) ( descenso) fall, drop

la caída del dólar — the fall in the dollar

- caída de agua

6)

a la caída del sol or de la tarde — at sunset, at dusk

7) (de terreno, de superficie) slope; ( más pronunciada) drop

* * *

= drop, spiral, downfall, slippage, downturn, droop, trough, downward spiral, fall, slump, downswing, descent, labefaction.

Ex: Perfect recall can only be achieved by a drop in the proportion of relevant documents considered.

Ex: The spiral begins its downward swirl very early in life when a child has difficulty learning to read.

Ex: What this time will be the cause of his slapstick downfall?.

Ex: The Food and Agricultural Organization (FAO) also publishes FAO Books in Print on an intended annual cycle but the programme has been subject to slippage in recent years.

Ex: Part of the trend towards declining conference attendance results from the downturn in the economy = Parte de la tendencia hacia el descenso de la asistencia a los congresos es consecuencia de la caída de la economía.

Ex: This article describes a study undertaken in Brazil to investigate the phenomenon of the droop at the end of the graph demonstrating Bradford's law which corresponds to the journals of low productivity.

Ex: Public libraries have continued to expand since the trough of the 1950s.

Ex: The downward spiral of increasing serial prices and decreasing subscriptions is well documented.

Ex: There has been a rapid increase in the number and costs of science, technology and medicine scholarly titles in recent years, and a fall in subscriptions.

Ex: The author discusses the current upswing in paperback sales of children's books in the USA and the slump in hardback sales.

Ex: A new solution to the problem of predicting cyclical highs and lows in the economy enables one to gauge whether an incipient economic downswing will turn out to be a slowdown in economic growth or a real recession.

Ex: The street-smart kid's descent into crime and heroin addiction is now too familiar a story.

Ex: The natural result of this labefaction is the Delaware neonate killing by a freshman couple.

* a la caída de la noche = at nightfall, at twilight.

* a la caída de la tarde = at twilight.

* amortiguar la caída = break + Posesivo + fall.

* caída al vacío = fall into + (empty) space.

* caída de la bolsa = market crash, stock market crash.

* caída de la tarde = sundown.

* caída del imperio romano, la = Fall of the Roman Empire, the.

* caída de los precios = falling prices.

* caída del sistema = system crash.

* caída de pelo = hair loss.

* caída en picado = plunge, nosedive, swoop.

* caída libre = free fall.

* en caída = flowing.

* * *

caída

feminine

A (accidente) fall

sufrir una caída «persona» to have a fall

ha sufrido varias caídas y no se ha roto it's fallen on the floor/it's been dropped several times without breaking

fue una mala caída it was a nasty fall, he took a nasty tumble ( colloq)

Compuestos:

● caída de ojos

hacerle una caída de ojos a algn to flutter one's eyelids at sb

● caída libre

free fall

B

(del cabello): un tratamiento contra la caída del cabello a treatment to prevent hair loss

C

(de una tela, falda): para esta falda se necesita una tela con más caída you need a heavier material for this skirt

tiene muy buena caída it hangs very well

D

1 (de un gobierno) fall; (de una ciudad) fall

la caída del Imperio Romano the fall o collapse of the Roman Empire

2

la Caída ( Bib) the Fall

E (descenso) fall, drop

la caída del dólar/del precio del petróleo the fall in the dollar/in the price of oil

se ha producido una caída de las exportaciones/la demanda there has been a fall o drop in exports/demand

la caída de la temperatura the drop in temperature

una caída de voltaje or tensión a drop in voltage

Compuesto:

caída de agua

waterfall

F

a la caída del sol or de la tarde at sunset, at dusk

G

1 (del terreno) slope; (más pronunciada) drop

2 (de un techo) slope, pitch; (de una superficie) slope, drop

H ( Náut) (de un palo, mástil) rake

* * *

caída sustantivo femenino
1 ( en general) fall;
◊ sufrir una caída [ persona] to have a fall;

caída libre free fall;
la caída del gobierno the fall of the government;
la caída del cabello hair loss
2 (de tela, falda):
◊ necesitas una tela con más caída you need a heavier material;

tiene buena caída it hangs well
3 ( descenso) caída de algo ‹del dólar/de los precios/de la demanda› fall in sth;
‹de temperatura/voltaje› drop in sth;
◊ caída de agua waterfall

caído,-a
I adjetivo
1 fallen: había varios troncos caídos en la carretera, there were tree trunks on the road
2 (en defensa de una causa) los soldados caídos en el desembarco de Normandía, the soldiers who fell in during the Normandy landings
3 (parte del cuerpo) Pedro es caído de hombros, Pedro has drooping shoulders
II mpl Mil los caídos, the fallen
caída sustantivo femenino
1 fall
la caída del muro de Berlín, the fall of the Berlin wall
2 (del pelo, los dientes) loss
3 (de los precios) drop
4 (de un tejido) es una tela con poca caída, it's a fabric that hangs badly
5 Pol downfall, collapse
6 (salto de agua) waterfall, cascade
' caída' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
capa
- convalecer
- escalabrarse
- patinazo
- precipitarse
- aparatoso
- malo
- pique
- revolcón
English:
break
- collapse
- cushion
- downfall
- drape
- fall
- free fall
- inflamed
- rise
- sheer
- sky-dive
- sky-diver
- tumble
- descent
- dip
- doldrums
- down
- drop
- sky
- slump
- sun
- wind

* * *

caída nf

1. [de persona] fall;

sufrir una caída to have a fall;

se rompió la cadera por una mala caída he fell badly and broke his hip

2. [de hojas, lluvia, nieve] fall;
[de diente, pelo] loss;
en la época de la caída de la hoja when the leaves fall off the trees;

Comp
RP Fam
ser la caída de la estantería to be out of this world

Comp
caída de agua waterfall;
caída libre free fall;

caída de ojos: [m5] tiene una atractiva caída de ojos she has an attractive way of lowering her eyelashes;

caída en picado [de avión] crash dive

3. [de imperio, ciudad, dictador] fall;

la caída del Imperio Romano the fall of the Roman Empire;

la caída del muro (de Berlín) the fall of the Berlin Wall

4. [de paro, precios] drop (de in);
se espera una caída de las temperaturas temperatures are expected to drop;

se ha registrado una caída del desempleo there has been a fall in unemployment, unemployment has gone down

Comp
caída en picado [de la economía] free fall; [de precios] nose-dive;
caída de tensión voltage drop

5. [de sol]
a la caída del sol at sunset;

a la caída de la tarde at nightfall

6. [de terreno] drop (de in);
una caída muy pronunciada del terreno a steep incline o slope

7. [de tela, vestido] drape

8. Fam Informát [de red] crash

9. Náut [de velas] drop, hoist

10. [en golf] break

* * *

caída

f fall;

a la caída del sol at sunset;

a la caída de la tarde at sunset;

caída del gobierno fall of the government;

caída del pelo hair loss

* * *

caída nf

1) baja, descenso: fall, drop

2) : collapse, downfall

* * *

caída n fall

tuvo una caída muy fuerte he had a very bad fall

la caída del imperio romano the fall of the Roman Empire

a la caída de la tarde at dusk

Spanish-English dictionary > caída
13 cancelar

v.

1 to cancel.

Pedro canceló la otra deuda Peter canceled the other debt.

Ella canceló el acto de agresión She canceled=counteracted the act of...

Pedro canceló ayer Peter canceled=paid off yesterday.

Pedro canceló su membresía Peter canceled his membership.

María cancela sus malos pensamientos Mary canceled her bad thoughts.

2 to pay, to settle (deuda).

3 to pay off, to cancel.

* * *

cancelar

► verbo transitivo

1 (anular) to cancel

2 (saldar una deuda) to settle, pay

* * *

verb

1) to cancel

2) pay off

* * *

VT

1) [+ pedido, suscripción, tarjeta] to cancel; [+ cuenta bancaria] to close

2) [+ reunión, concierto, viaje, proyecto] to cancel

cancelaron el vuelo a causa de la nieve — they cancelled the flight because of the snow

3) [+ deuda] to pay off

tendré que ahorrar para cancelar el crédito — I'll have to save up to pay off my debt

4) LAm (=pagar) to pay, settle

* * *

verbo transitivo

1) <reunión/viaje/pedido> to cancel

2) < deuda> to settle, pay off; < cuenta> to pay

* * *

= cancel, kill, wipe out, waive, pull + the plug on, drive out, counteract, block off, write off, call off.

Ex. Pressing the RESET key cancels the insert mode.

Ex. He was looking for the book 'Flowers and Bullets and Freedom to kill' = Estaba buscando el libro "Flores, balas y libertad para matar".

Ex. Strong economic forces, inflation and an over-strong pound wiped out any noticeable benefits of EEC membership to industry.

Ex. When only partial success in contracted terms is achieved, the repayment due may be reduced or waived.

Ex. However, the effects of media conglomeration on Times Mirror for bottom line results would pull the plug on the New York venture that was nearing its provisional term and beginning to show positive results.

Ex. The development of user-friendly interfaces to data bases may drive out the unspecialised information broker in the long run.

Ex. Closed system tendencies, such as invoking system controls designed to counteract differences and correct deviations (thus scoring creativity as error), only push the institution more rapidly toward extinction.

Ex. A globalizing world so devoted to 'diversity,' as the present one is, can ill afford to block off one particular communication channel in favor of any other.

Ex. They express concern over Povinelli's certainty in writing off that multicultural project, however.

Ex. The second training run for the marathon was called off because of poor weather conditions.

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* cancelar debido a la lluvia = rain out, wash out.

* cancelar por la lluvia = rain out, wash out.

* cancelar una reunión = call off + meeting.

* cancelar una suscripción = churn.

* sin cancelar = uncancelled.

* * *

verbo transitivo

1) <reunión/viaje/pedido> to cancel

2) < deuda> to settle, pay off; < cuenta> to pay

* * *

= cancel, kill, wipe out, waive, pull + the plug on, drive out, counteract, block off, write off, call off.

Ex: Pressing the RESET key cancels the insert mode.

Ex: He was looking for the book 'Flowers and Bullets and Freedom to kill' = Estaba buscando el libro "Flores, balas y libertad para matar".

Ex: Strong economic forces, inflation and an over-strong pound wiped out any noticeable benefits of EEC membership to industry.

Ex: When only partial success in contracted terms is achieved, the repayment due may be reduced or waived.

Ex: However, the effects of media conglomeration on Times Mirror for bottom line results would pull the plug on the New York venture that was nearing its provisional term and beginning to show positive results.

Ex: The development of user-friendly interfaces to data bases may drive out the unspecialised information broker in the long run.

Ex: Closed system tendencies, such as invoking system controls designed to counteract differences and correct deviations (thus scoring creativity as error), only push the institution more rapidly toward extinction.

Ex: A globalizing world so devoted to 'diversity,' as the present one is, can ill afford to block off one particular communication channel in favor of any other.

Ex: They express concern over Povinelli's certainty in writing off that multicultural project, however.

Ex: The second training run for the marathon was called off because of poor weather conditions.

* cancelar debido a la lluvia = rain out, wash out.

* cancelar por la lluvia = rain out, wash out.

* cancelar una reunión = call off + meeting.

* cancelar una suscripción = churn.

* sin cancelar = uncancelled.

* * *

cancelar [A1 ]

vt

A (anular) ‹concierto/reunión› to cancel; ‹viaje/vuelo› to cancel; ‹pedido› to cancel

B (pagar)

1 ‹deuda› to settle, pay off; ‹cuenta› to pay

2 ( Chi) (en una tienda) to pay for

C ( Inf) to cancel

■ cancelar

vi

( Chi) to pay

* * *

cancelar ( conjugate cancelar) verbo transitivo
a) ‹reunión/viaje/pedido› to cancel

b) ‹ deuda› to settle, pay off;

‹ cuenta› to pay
cancelar verbo transitivo
1 (una cuenta, viaje, etc) to cancel
2 (una deuda) to pay off
3 (una puerta) to close off
' cancelar' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
suspender
English:
annihilate
- cancel
- expunge
- pay off
- rain off
- redeem
- stop
- withdraw
- write off
- pay
- repay
- write

* * *

cancelar

♦ vt

1. [contrato, vuelo, reunión] to cancel

2. [deuda] to pay, to settle

3. Informát to cancel

4. Chile, Ven [compra] to pay for

♦ vi
Chile, Ven [pagar] to pay
* * *

cancelar

v/t

1 tb INFOR cancel

2 deuda, cuenta settle, pay

* * *

cancelar vt

1) : to cancel

2) : to pay off, to settle

* * *

cancelar vb

1. (suspender) to cancel [pt. & pp. cancelled]

hemos cancelado el viaje we've cancelled the trip

2. (saldar) to pay off [pt. & pp. paid] / to settle

canceló la deuda he settled his debt

Spanish-English dictionary > cancelar
14 ser

m.

1 being (ente).

ser humano human being

los seres vivos living things

2 ens.

v.

1 to be (to be in some place or situation, to originate in, to belong to, to pertain, to exist really).

fue aquí it was here

lo importante es decidirse the important thing is to reach a decision

ser de to be made of; (estar hecho de) to be from; (provenir de) to belong to; (ser propiedad de) to be a member of (formar parte de)

¿de dónde eres? where are you from?

los juguetes son de mi hijo the toys are my son's

es alto/gracioso he is tall/funny

es azul/difícil it's blue/difficult

es un amigo/el dueño he is a friend/the owner

Yo soy buena I am good.

2 to be (to be worth, quantity).

¿cuánto es? how much is it?

son 300 pesos that'll be 300 pesos

¿qué (día) es hoy? what day is it today?, what's today?

mañana será 15 de julio tomorrow (it) will be 15 July

¿qué hora es? what time is it?, what's the time?

son las tres (de la tarde) it's three o'clock (in the afternoon), it's three (pm)

3 to be (joined to nouns which signify employment or occupation).

soy abogado/actriz I'm a lawyer/an actress

son estudiantes they're students

4 to be (to happen, to occur, to fall out).

es muy tarde it's rather late

era de noche/de día it was night/day

5 to be (auxiliary verb, by which the passive is formed).

fue visto por un testigo he was seen by a witness

6 to exist, to live.

7 to be for.

Me es muy fácil aprender español It is very easy for me to learn Spanish.

* * *

SER

CONJUGACIÓN

Present Indicative

soy, eres, es, somos, sois, son.

Imperfect Subjunctive

era, eras, era, éramos, erais, eran.

Past Indicative

fui, fuiste, fue, fuimos, fuisteis, fueron.

Future Indicative

seré, serás, será, seremos, seréis, serán.

Conditional

sería, serías, sería, seríamos, seríais, serían.

Present Subjunctive

sea, seas, sea, seamos, seáis, sean.

Imperfect Subjunctive

fuera, fueras, fuera, fuéramos, fuerais, fueran;

fuese, fueses, fuese, fuésemos, fueseis, fuesen.

Future Subjunctive

fuere, fueres, fuere, fuéremos, fuereis, fueren.

Imperative

sé (tú), sea (él/Vd.), seamos (nos.), sed (vos.), sean (ellos/Vds.).

Past Participle

sido.

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SER

► abreviatura

1 RADIO ( Sociedad Española de Radiodifusión) Spanish private broadcasting company

* * *
1. verb
to be

- ser de
2. noun m.
being

* * *

SF ABR Esp
= Sociedad Española de Radiodifusión radio network
* * *
I 1.
cópula

1) ( seguido de adjetivos) to be

[ ser expresses identity or nature as opposed to condition or state, which is normally conveyed by estar. The examples given below should be contrasted with those to be found in estar 1 cópula 1]

es bajo — he's short

es muy callada — she's very quiet

mi padre es calvo — my father's bald

es sorda de nacimiento — she was born deaf

es inglés/rubio/católico — he's English/fair/(a) Catholic

era cierto/posible — it was true/possible

sé bueno, estáte quieto — be a good boy and keep still

que seas muy feliz — I hope you'll be very happy; (+ me/te/le etc)

para serte sincero — to be honest with you, to tell you the truth

siempre le he sido fiel — I've always been faithful to her; ver tb verbo intransitivo I 5

¿éste es o se hace?/¿tú eres o te haces? — (AmL fam) is he/are you stupid or something? (colloq)

2) ( hablando de estado civil) to be

el mayor es casado/divorciado — the oldest is married/divorced

es viuda — she's a widow; ver tb estar I 3)

3) (seguido de nombre, pronombre, sintagma nominal) to be

soy peluquera/abogada — I'm a hairdresser/a lawyer

es madre de dos niños — she's a mother of two

ábreme, soy Mariano/yo — open the door, it's Mariano/it's me

el que fuera presidente — the former president

años más tarde sería mi asistente — years later she would become my assistant

por ser usted, haremos una excepción — for you o since it's you, we'll make an exception

dame cualquiera que no sea ése — give me any one except o but that one

ya no soy lo que era — I'm not what I used to be

4) (con predicado introducido por `de')

esos zapatos son de plástico — those shoes are (made of) plastic

soy de Córdoba — I'm from Cordoba

es de los vecinos — it belongs to the neighbors, it's the neighbors'

este libro no es de aquí — this book doesn't go o belong here

ésa es de las que... — she's one of those people who..., she's the sort of person who...

ser de lo que no hay — (fam) to be incredible (colloq)

5) (hipótesis, futuro)

será un error — it must be a mistake

¿será cierto? — can it be true?

pero será animal! — he must be a complete idiot
2.
ser vi

Sentido I

1)

a) ( existir) to be

b) (liter) ( en cuentos)

érase una vez... — once upon a time there was...

2)

a) (tener lugar, ocurrir)

la fiesta va a ser en su casa — the party is going to be (held) at her house

¿dónde fue el accidente? — where did the accident happen?

el asunto fue así... — it happened like this...

b) ( en preguntas)

ser de algo/alguien: ¿qué habrá sido de él? I wonder what happened to o what became of him; ¿qué es de Marisa? (fam) what's Marisa up to (these days)? (colloq); ¿qué va a ser de nosotros? — what will become of us?

3) ( sumar)

¿cuánto es (todo)? — how much is that (altogether)?

son 3.000 pesos — that'll be o that's 3,000 pesos

cuatro y cuatro son ocho — four and four are o make eight

somos diez en total — there are ten of us altogether

4) (causar, significar) to be

aquello fue su ruina — that was his downfall

5) ( resultar)

me va a ser imposible venir — I'm not going to be able to come

me fue muy difícil entenderlo — I found it very difficult to understand

6) ( consistir en) to be

lo importante es participar — the important o main thing is to take part

7) (indicando finalidad, adecuación)

ser para algo — to be for something

este agua es para beber — this water is for drinking

este traje no es para usarlo mucho — this suit is not for frequent wear

Sentido II

8) ( usado para enfatizar)

así es como queda mejor — like that it looks best

fue aquí donde lo vi — this is where I saw him, it was here that I saw him

era él el que quería — he was the one who wanted to

fueron los bancos los que se beneficiaron — it was the banks that benefited

fui yo quien or la que lo dije fui yo quien or la que lo dijo — I was the one who said it, it was me that said it

9)

es que...: ¿es que no lo saben? do you mean to say they don't know?; es que no sé nadar the thing is I can't swim; díselo, si es que te atreves — tell him, if you dare

10)

lo que es... — (fam)

lo que es yo, no pienso hablarle más — I certainly have no intention of speaking to him again

lo que es saber idiomas! — it sure is something to be able to speak languages! (AmE), what it is to be able to speak languages! (BrE)

11) (en locs)

a no ser que — (+ subj) unless

como debe ser: ¿ves como me acordé? - como debe ser! see, I did remember- I should think so too!; los presentó uno por uno, como debe ser she introduced them one by one, as you should; ¿cómo es eso? why is that?, how come? (colloq); como/cuando/donde sea: tengo que conseguir ese trabajo como sea I have to get that job no matter what; hazlo como sea, pero hazlo do it any way o however you want but get it done; puedo dormir en el sillón o donde sea I can sleep in the armchair or wherever you like o anywhere you like; como ser (CS) such as; de no ser así (frml) should this not be the case (frml); de ser así (frml) should this be so o the case (frml); de no ser por...: de no ser por él,... if it hadn't been o if it weren't for him,...; eso es! that's it!, that's right!; lo que sea: cómete una manzana, o lo que sea have an apple or something; tú pagas tus mil pesos o lo que sea... you pay your thousand pesos or whatever...; estoy dispuesta a hacer lo que sea I'm prepared to do whatever it takes o anything; no sea que or no vaya a ser que (+ subj) in case; cierra la ventana, no sea or no vaya a ser que llueva close the window in case it rains; ten cuidado, no sea or no vaya a ser que lo eches todo a perder be careful or you'll ruin everything; o sea: los empleados de más antigüedad, o sea los que llevan aquí más de... longer serving employees, that is to say those who have been here more than...; o sea que no te interesa in other words, you're not interested; o sea que nunca lo descubriste so you never found out; (ya) sea..., (ya) sea... either..., or...; (ya) sea por caridad, (ya) sea por otra razón,... whether he did it out of charity or for some other reason,...; sea como sea: hay que impedirlo, sea como sea it must be prevented now matter how o at all costs; sea cuando sea whenever it is; sea quien sea le dices que no estoy whoever it is, tell them I'm not in; si no fuera/hubiera sido por... — if it wasn't o weren't/hadn't been for...

Sentido III

12) ( en el tiempo) to be

¿qué fecha es hoy? — what's the date today?, what's today's date

¿qué día es hoy? — what day is it today?

es miércoles — it's Wednesday

serían las cuatro cuando llegó — it must have been (about) four (o'clock) when she arrived; ver tb verbo impersonal
3.
ser v impers to be

era primavera — it was spring(time)

es demasiado tarde para llamar — it's too late to phone
4.
ser v aux ( en la voz pasiva)

ser + pp — to be + pp

fue construido en 1900 — it was built in 1900
II
masculino

1)

a) ( ente) being

seres sobrenaturales — supernatural beings

b) (individuo, persona)

un ser querido — a loved one

un ser muy especial — a very special person

- ser humano/vivo

2)

a) ( naturaleza)

desde lo más profundo de mi ser — from the bottom of my heart

b) ( carácter esencial) essence

3) (Fil) being

la mujer que te dio el ser — the woman who brought you into this world

* * *
I 1.
cópula

1) ( seguido de adjetivos) to be

[ ser expresses identity or nature as opposed to condition or state, which is normally conveyed by estar. The examples given below should be contrasted with those to be found in estar 1 cópula 1]

es bajo — he's short

es muy callada — she's very quiet

mi padre es calvo — my father's bald

es sorda de nacimiento — she was born deaf

es inglés/rubio/católico — he's English/fair/(a) Catholic

era cierto/posible — it was true/possible

sé bueno, estáte quieto — be a good boy and keep still

que seas muy feliz — I hope you'll be very happy; (+ me/te/le etc)

para serte sincero — to be honest with you, to tell you the truth

siempre le he sido fiel — I've always been faithful to her; ver tb verbo intransitivo I 5

¿éste es o se hace?/¿tú eres o te haces? — (AmL fam) is he/are you stupid or something? (colloq)

2) ( hablando de estado civil) to be

el mayor es casado/divorciado — the oldest is married/divorced

es viuda — she's a widow; ver tb estar I 3)

3) (seguido de nombre, pronombre, sintagma nominal) to be

soy peluquera/abogada — I'm a hairdresser/a lawyer

es madre de dos niños — she's a mother of two

ábreme, soy Mariano/yo — open the door, it's Mariano/it's me

el que fuera presidente — the former president

años más tarde sería mi asistente — years later she would become my assistant

por ser usted, haremos una excepción — for you o since it's you, we'll make an exception

dame cualquiera que no sea ése — give me any one except o but that one

ya no soy lo que era — I'm not what I used to be

4) (con predicado introducido por `de')

esos zapatos son de plástico — those shoes are (made of) plastic

soy de Córdoba — I'm from Cordoba

es de los vecinos — it belongs to the neighbors, it's the neighbors'

este libro no es de aquí — this book doesn't go o belong here

ésa es de las que... — she's one of those people who..., she's the sort of person who...

ser de lo que no hay — (fam) to be incredible (colloq)

5) (hipótesis, futuro)

será un error — it must be a mistake

¿será cierto? — can it be true?

pero será animal! — he must be a complete idiot
2.
ser vi

Sentido I

1)

a) ( existir) to be

b) (liter) ( en cuentos)

érase una vez... — once upon a time there was...

2)

a) (tener lugar, ocurrir)

la fiesta va a ser en su casa — the party is going to be (held) at her house

¿dónde fue el accidente? — where did the accident happen?

el asunto fue así... — it happened like this...

b) ( en preguntas)

ser de algo/alguien: ¿qué habrá sido de él? I wonder what happened to o what became of him; ¿qué es de Marisa? (fam) what's Marisa up to (these days)? (colloq); ¿qué va a ser de nosotros? — what will become of us?

3) ( sumar)

¿cuánto es (todo)? — how much is that (altogether)?

son 3.000 pesos — that'll be o that's 3,000 pesos

cuatro y cuatro son ocho — four and four are o make eight

somos diez en total — there are ten of us altogether

4) (causar, significar) to be

aquello fue su ruina — that was his downfall

5) ( resultar)

me va a ser imposible venir — I'm not going to be able to come

me fue muy difícil entenderlo — I found it very difficult to understand

6) ( consistir en) to be

lo importante es participar — the important o main thing is to take part

7) (indicando finalidad, adecuación)

ser para algo — to be for something

este agua es para beber — this water is for drinking

este traje no es para usarlo mucho — this suit is not for frequent wear

Sentido II

8) ( usado para enfatizar)

así es como queda mejor — like that it looks best

fue aquí donde lo vi — this is where I saw him, it was here that I saw him

era él el que quería — he was the one who wanted to

fueron los bancos los que se beneficiaron — it was the banks that benefited

fui yo quien or la que lo dije fui yo quien or la que lo dijo — I was the one who said it, it was me that said it

9)

es que...: ¿es que no lo saben? do you mean to say they don't know?; es que no sé nadar the thing is I can't swim; díselo, si es que te atreves — tell him, if you dare

10)

lo que es... — (fam)

lo que es yo, no pienso hablarle más — I certainly have no intention of speaking to him again

lo que es saber idiomas! — it sure is something to be able to speak languages! (AmE), what it is to be able to speak languages! (BrE)

11) (en locs)

a no ser que — (+ subj) unless

como debe ser: ¿ves como me acordé? - como debe ser! see, I did remember- I should think so too!; los presentó uno por uno, como debe ser she introduced them one by one, as you should; ¿cómo es eso? why is that?, how come? (colloq); como/cuando/donde sea: tengo que conseguir ese trabajo como sea I have to get that job no matter what; hazlo como sea, pero hazlo do it any way o however you want but get it done; puedo dormir en el sillón o donde sea I can sleep in the armchair or wherever you like o anywhere you like; como ser (CS) such as; de no ser así (frml) should this not be the case (frml); de ser así (frml) should this be so o the case (frml); de no ser por...: de no ser por él,... if it hadn't been o if it weren't for him,...; eso es! that's it!, that's right!; lo que sea: cómete una manzana, o lo que sea have an apple or something; tú pagas tus mil pesos o lo que sea... you pay your thousand pesos or whatever...; estoy dispuesta a hacer lo que sea I'm prepared to do whatever it takes o anything; no sea que or no vaya a ser que (+ subj) in case; cierra la ventana, no sea or no vaya a ser que llueva close the window in case it rains; ten cuidado, no sea or no vaya a ser que lo eches todo a perder be careful or you'll ruin everything; o sea: los empleados de más antigüedad, o sea los que llevan aquí más de... longer serving employees, that is to say those who have been here more than...; o sea que no te interesa in other words, you're not interested; o sea que nunca lo descubriste so you never found out; (ya) sea..., (ya) sea... either..., or...; (ya) sea por caridad, (ya) sea por otra razón,... whether he did it out of charity or for some other reason,...; sea como sea: hay que impedirlo, sea como sea it must be prevented now matter how o at all costs; sea cuando sea whenever it is; sea quien sea le dices que no estoy whoever it is, tell them I'm not in; si no fuera/hubiera sido por... — if it wasn't o weren't/hadn't been for...

Sentido III

12) ( en el tiempo) to be

¿qué fecha es hoy? — what's the date today?, what's today's date

¿qué día es hoy? — what day is it today?

es miércoles — it's Wednesday

serían las cuatro cuando llegó — it must have been (about) four (o'clock) when she arrived; ver tb verbo impersonal
3.
ser v impers to be

era primavera — it was spring(time)

es demasiado tarde para llamar — it's too late to phone
4.
ser v aux ( en la voz pasiva)

ser + pp — to be + pp

fue construido en 1900 — it was built in 1900
II
masculino

1)

a) ( ente) being

seres sobrenaturales — supernatural beings

b) (individuo, persona)

un ser querido — a loved one

un ser muy especial — a very special person

- ser humano/vivo

2)

a) ( naturaleza)

desde lo más profundo de mi ser — from the bottom of my heart

b) ( carácter esencial) essence

3) (Fil) being

la mujer que te dio el ser — the woman who brought you into this world

* * *

ser¹

¹ = being, creature.

Ex: A feeling of unshielded relief filled Pope's whole being.

Ex: Stories that lead to doing things are all the more attractive to children, who are active rather than passive creatures.

* abducción por seres extraterrestres = alien abduction.

* alimentación del ser humano = human nutrition.

* llegada de seres extraterrestres = alien visitation.

* nutrición del ser humano = human nutrition.

* ser consecuente con Uno mismo = be true to + Reflexivo.

* ser extraterrestre = alien creature.

* ser fiel con Uno mismo = be true to + Reflexivo.

* ser humano = human being, human, human person.

* ser inteligente = intelligent being.

* ser pensante = sentient being.

* ser superior = supreme being, higher being, superior being.

* ser supremo = supreme being.

* ser todo un éxito = hit + a home run, knock it out of + the park.

* ser vivo = living being, sentient being.

* todo ser humano = every living soul.

* tráfico de seres humanos = trafficking in human beings.

* trata de seres humanos = trafficking in human beings.

ser²

² = be, take + the form of, stand as.

Ex: Systems such as Dialog, IRS, ORBIT and BLAISE may be accessed by libraries and information units.

Ex: Hierarchical relationships may also take the form of co-ordinate relationships, in which case they may be represented by 'RT' or related term, in a similar manner to affinitive relationships below.

Ex: Meantime, our new library stand as as a confident symbol of the importance of ALL librarires to the nation's cultural, educational and economic success.

* anhelar ser = ache to be.

* a no ser que = unless.

* así es = that's how it is.

* así sea = amen.

* así son las cosas = that's they way things are.

* centrado en el ser humano = anthropocentric.

* clonación del ser humano = human cloning.

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

* cómo + ser = what + be like.

* conseguir ser el centro de atención = capture + spotlight.

* continuar siendo importante = remain + big.

* crearse el prestigio de ser = establish + a record as.

* cualquiera que fuere = any... whatsoever.

* cualquiera que fuese = any... whatsoever.

* cualquiera que sea + Nombre = whichever + Nombre.

* debilidad del ser humano = mankind's frailty.

* dejar de ser útil = outlive + Posesivo + usefulness.

* demostrar ser = prove + to be.

* de tal forma que + ser/estar = in such form as to + be.

* dicho sea de paso = by the by(e).

* dime con quién andas y te diré quién eres = you are known by the company you keep.

* dinero + ser para = money + go towards.

* el + Nombre + es inestimable = the + Nombre + cannot be overestimated.

* el ser barato = cheapness.

* el sueño de todo ser viviente = the stuff dreams are made of.

* entrar sin ser visto = sneak into.

* es = it's [it is].

* esa es la cuestión = herein lies the rub, there's the rub.

* esa es la dificultad = herein lies the rub, there's the rub.

* es decir = i.e. (latín - id est), in other words, that is, that is to say, which is to say.

* es de deducir que = it follows that.

* es de destacar que = significantly.

* es de esperar = hopefully.

* es de esperar que = all being well.

* es de resaltar que = significantly.

* es de suponer que = presumably.

* ese es el asunto = herein lies the rub, there's the rub.

* ese es el problema = herein lies the rub, there's the rub.

* es el momento adecuado = the moment is ripe, the time is ripe.

* es el momento oportuno = the moment is ripe, the time is ripe.

* es evidente = clearly.

* es importante destacar = importantly.

* es inevitable que = inevitably.

* es interesante que = interestingly.

* es lo que a mí me parece = my two cents' worth.

* es lo que yo pienso = my two cents' worth.

* es más = more important, moreover.

* es más fácil decirlo que hacerlo = easier said than done.

* es mi opinión = my two cents' worth.

* es mi parecer = my two cents' worth.

* es por lo tanto deducible que = it therefore follows that.

* es por lo tanto de esperar que = it therefore follows that.

* es por lo tanto lógico que = it therefore follows that.

* ¡esta es tu oportunidad! = here's your chance!.

* estar siendo + Participio = be in process of + Nombre.

* evitar ser afectado = escape + unaffected.

* fue durante mucho tiempo = long remained.

* haber sido aceptado = be here to stay, have come + to stay.

* haber sido comprobado exhaustivamente = be thoroughly tested.

* la razón de ser = the reason for being.

* la verdad sea dicha = to tell the truth.

* llegar a ser = become, develop into.

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

* lo que es aun peor = worse still.

* lo que es peor = what's worse.

* lo que haya que de ser, será = que sera sera, what's meant to be, will be, whatever will be, will be.

* lo que + ser = what + be like.

* lo que tenga que ser, será = que sera sera, whatever will be, will be, what's meant to be, will be.

* merecer ser mencionado = deserve + mention.

* no ser aconsejable = be undesirable.

* no ser + Adjetivo + Infinitivo = be less than + Adjetivo + Infinitivo.

* no ser así ya = be no longer the case.

* no ser bien visto = be in the doghouse.

* no ser cobarde = be no chicken.

* no ser consciente de = remain + unaware of.

* no ser deseable = be undesirable.

* no + ser + de sorprender que = it + be + not surprising that.

* no ser fácil = be no picnic, not be easy.

* no ser gran cosa = not add up to much, add up to + nothing.

* no ser lo suficientemente bueno = not be good enough.

* no ser más que = be nothing more than, be nothing but.

* no ser nada = add up to + nothing.

* no ser nada fácil = be hard-pushed to.

* no ser ningún jovencito = be no chicken.

* no ser ni una cosa ni otra = fall between + two stools.

* no ser sino = be nothing but.

* no ser una gran pérdida = be no great loss.

* no ser un lecho de rosas = be not all roses.

* no ser verdad = be untrue.

* no somos todos iguales = one size doesn't fit all.

* no tener razón de ser + Infinitivo = there + be + no sense in + Gerundio.

* para ser específico = to be specific.

* para ser franco = in all honesty.

* para ser sincero = to be honest, in all honesty.

* pasar a ser = become, develop into.

* por ser + Adjetivo = as being + Adjetivo.

* por si fuera poco = to boot, to add salt to injury, to rub salt in the wound.

* posible de ser consultado por máquina = machine-viewable.

* posible de ser visto en pantalla = displayable.

* primer puesto + ser para = pride of place + go to.

* puede muy bien ser = could well be.

* puede muy bien ser que = it may well be that.

* que fue = one-time.

* que fue común antes = once-common.

* que ha sido abordado con preguntas = accost.

* que puede ser apilado = stacking.

* razón de ser = point, raison d'etre, rationale, sense of purpose.

* ser reconocido = gain + recognition.

* resultar ser = prove + to be, turn out to be, happen + to be.

* sea como sea = be that as it may, at all costs, at any cost, at any price, come hell or high water.

* sea cual fuere = any... whatsoever, any... whatsoever.

* sea cual fuese = any... whatsoever, any... whatsoever.

* sea cual sea el criterio utilizado = by any standard(s).

* sea lo que sea = whatever it is, be that as it may, call it what you want.

* seamos realistas = face it, let's face it.

* sean cuales sean = whatever they may be.

* sentido del ser humano = human sense.

* ser accesible a través de = be available through.

* ser aceptado = take + hold, gain + acceptance, take off.

* ser acertado = be spot on.

* ser aconsejable = be welcome, be better served by, be in order.

* ser acorde con = be commensurate with.

* ser acuciante = be acute.

* ser acusado de delito criminal = face + criminal charge.

* ser adecuado = be right, stand up, fit + the bill.

* ser + Adjetivo = get + Adjetivo.

* ser + Adjetivo + para = have + a + Adjetivo + effect on.

* ser afectado por = have + a high stake in.

* ser aficionado a = be fond of.

* ser afortunado = be lucky, strike + lucky.

* ser agradable de oír = be good to hear.

* ser agradable + Verbo = be neat to + Verbo.

* ser algo bien conocido que = it + be + a (well)-known fact that.

* ser algo bueno = be a good thing.

* ser algo completamente distinto = be nothing of the sort.

* ser algo común = be a fact of life, dominate + the scene, be a common occurrence, become + a common feature, be a part of life.

* ser Algo demasiado difícil para = be in over + Posesivo + head, be out of + Posesivo + depth.

* ser algo excepcional = be the exception rather than the rule, be in a league of its own.

* ser algo fácil = be a cinch, be a doddle, be a breeze, be a picnic, be duck soup.

* ser algo facilísimo = be a cinch, be a doddle, be a breeze, be a picnic, be duck soup.

* ser algo habitual = become + a common feature, be a fact of life.

* ser Algo imponente = loom + large.

* ser algo inevitable = the (hand)writing + be + on the wall, see it + coming.

* ser algo más profundo que = go + deeper than.

* ser algo más serio que = go + deeper than.

* ser algo (muy) bien sabido que = it + be + a (well)-known fact that.

* ser algo muy claro = be a dead giveaway.

* ser algo muy fácil de conseguir = be there for the taking.

* ser Algo muy importante = loom + large.

* ser algo muy obvio = be a dead giveaway.

* ser algo muy poco frecuente = be a rare occurrence.

* ser algo muy raro = be a rare occurrence.

* ser algo muy revelador = be a giveaway.

* ser algo natural para = be second nature to + Pronombre, come + naturally to.

* ser algo normal = be a fact of life, become + a common feature, be a part of life.

* ser algo permanente = be here to stay.

* ser algo poco común = be the exception rather than the rule.

* ser algo poco conocido que = it + be + a little known fact that.

* ser algo poco frecuente = be a rare occurrence.

* ser algo poco sabido que = it + be + a little known fact that.

* ser algo por lo que = be a matter for/of.

* ser algo por ver = be an open question.

* ser algo que no ocurre con frecuencia = be a rare occurrence.

* ser algo seguro = be a cinch, be a doddle, be a breeze, be a picnic, be duck soup.

* ser algo útil para = be something in the hand for.

* ser amado = loved-one.

* ser amigo de = be buddies with.

* ser analizado como una frase = be phrase parsed.

* ser apreciado = receive + appreciation.

* ser apropiado = be right.

* ser aproximadamente + Número = be around + Número, be about + Número.

* ser arrestado = be under arrest.

* ser asequible = be available, become + available.

* ser asequible a = be amenable to.

* ser así = be the case (with), be just like that.

* ser atacado = be under attack, come under + fire, be under assault.

* ser atractivo = look + attractive, be popular in appeal.

* ser atrevido = make + a bold statement.

* ser atribuible a = be attributable to.

* ser aun más = be all the more.

* ser autosuficiente = stand on + Posesivo + own, self-serve.

* ser autosuficiente económicamente = pay + Posesivo + own way.

* ser avaricioso = have + Posesivo + cake and eat it.

* ser bienvenido = be most welcome, make + welcome, be welcome.

* ser bonito + Verbo = be neat to + Verbo.

* ser buenísimo + Gerundio = be terrific at + Gerundio.

* ser bueno = make + good + Nombre.

* ser bueno en = be good at.

* ser bueno para Alguien = be to + Posesivo + advantage.

* ser cada vez más importante = increase in + importance.

* ser capaz de = be capable of.

* ser capaz de hacer cualquier cosa por = go to + any lengths to, go to + great lengths to.

* ser característico de = be emblematic of.

* ser carísimo = cost + be prohibitive.

* ser caro = be steep.

* ser casi seguro = be a good bet.

* ser chiquito pero matón = punch above + Posesivo + weight.

* ser chulo = be cool.

* ser clavado a = be a dead ringer for.

* ser cliente de una tienda = patronise + shop.

* ser coherente = cohere.

* ser como el día y la noche = different as night and day.

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

* ser como mínimo = be no less than.

* ser como una esfera = wrap around.

* ser como un círculo = wrap around.

* ser como un libro abierto = be an open book.

* ser complementario el uno del otro = be integral one to another.

* ser complementarios = be integral one to another.

* ser completamente diferente = be in a different league.

* ser completo = be all inclusive.

* ser común = be the case (with).

* ser condenado a prisión = receive + prison sentence.

* ser confuso = be deceiving.

* ser conocido por = famously, have + a track record of.

* ser conocido por todos = be out in the open.

* ser consciente = sentient being.

* ser consciente de = be alive to, be aware of, be cognisant of, be mindful of/that, become + cognisant of, be aware of, realise [realize, -USA].

* ser consciente de + Posesivo + valía = be alive to + Posesivo + worth.

* ser consciente + desafortunadamente = be painfully aware of.

* ser contradictorio de = run + contrary to.

* ser contraproducente = defeat + Posesivo + purpose, blowback.

* ser contrario a = be contrary to, be hostile to.

* ser conveniente + Infinitivo = be as well + Infinitivo, be well + Infinitivo.

* ser correcto = be all right, be correct, be right.

* ser cortés con = be civil towards.

* ser costumbre = be customary.

* ser creativo = be inventive.

* ser creíble = invoke + belief.

* ser criticado = be subjected to + criticism, be (the) subject of/to criticism, take + heat, come under + fire.

* ser crucial (para) = be central (to).

* ser cuestión de = come down to.

* ser culpable = be to blame.

* ser culpable (por/de) = be at fault (for/to).

* ser dado a = be amenable to, be apt to, be given to.

* ser de = be a native of.

* ser de alto nivel = be at a high level.

* ser de armas tomar = be a (real) handful.

* ser de ayuda = be of assistance.

* ser debatible = be a moot point, be open to question, be open to debate, be at issue.

* ser de calidad = be up to snuff, be up to scratch.

* ser decisión de + Nombre = be down to + Nombre.

* ser de contenido + Adjetivo = be + Adjetivo + in content.

* ser de crecimiento rápido = be a quick grower.

* ser de difícil acceso = tuck away.

* ser de dominio público = be public domain.

* ser deficiente = be wanting.

* ser definitivo = be final.

* ser de gran ayuda para = be a boon to.

* ser de gran beneficio para = be of great benefit to.

* ser de importancia primordial = be of key importance.

* ser de importancia vital = lie at + the heart of.

* ser de interés para = be of interest (to/for).

* ser dejado en la obligación de Uno = be derelict in + duty.

* ser de la izquierda = be of the left.

* ser de la noche = night creature.

* ser de la opinión de que = be of the opinion that, be of the view that.

* ser del gusto de Uno = be to + Posesivo + taste.

* ser del orden de + Número = be of the order of + Número.

* ser de los que piensan que = subscribe to + view.

* ser demasiado = be over-provided, be a mouthful.

* ser demasiado + Adjetivo = be too + Adjetivo + by half.

* ser demasiado complaciente = lean over + too far backwards.

* ser demasiado común = be all too common.

* ser demasiado para = be too much for, be too much for.

* ser demasiado precavido = err + on the side of caution.

* ser demasiado preciso = put + too fine a point on, split + hairs.

* ser demasiado quisquilloso = put + too fine a point on, split + hairs.

* ser demasiado tarde para echar atrás = reach + the point of no return.

* ser de mucho uso = take + Nombre + a long way.

* ser de número limitado = be limited in number.

* ser de origen + Adjetivo = be + Adjetivo + in origin.

* ser de poco valor = be of little use, be of little value.

* ser de primera categoría = be top notch.

* ser de raza negra o de piel morena = be coloured.

* ser de sabios = be a point of wisdom.

* ser desacertado = miss + the mark, miss + the point.

* ser desastroso = spell + bad news, be a shambles, be (in) a mess.

* ser desconocido para = be alien to.

* ser descorazonador = be dispiriting.

* ser desoído = be unheeded.

* ser despiadado = play + hardball.

* ser detenido = be under arrest.

* ser de un solo uso = be a one-trip pony.

* ser de un tipo diferente = be different in kind, differ in + kind (from).

* ser de un valor especial = be of particular value.

* ser de uso general = be in general use, be generally available.

* ser de utilidad = be of use.

* ser de utilidad a = be of service to.

* ser diestro en = be skilled at.

* ser difícil = be a stretch.

* ser difícil de bregar = be a (real) handful.

* ser difícil de conseguir = be hard to get.

* ser difícil de creer = beggar + belief.

* ser difícil de encontrar = be hard to find.

* ser difícil de lograr = be hard to get.

* ser difícil de superar = take + some beating.

* ser digno de = merit.

* ser digno de admiración = deserve + admiration.

* ser digno de crítica = merit + a critical eye.

* ser digno de + Infinitivo = be worth + Gerundio.

* ser diplomático = say + the right thing.

* ser discutible = be open to question, be open to debate, be at issue.

* ser dogmático = be dogmatic.

* ser dos mundos completamente distintos = be poles apart.

* ser dudoso = be doubtful.

* ser duro = play + hardball.

* ser eficaz para + Infinitivo = be efficient at + Gerundio.

* ser el acabóse = take + the biscuit, take + the cake, be the limit.

* ser el alma de = be the life of, be the life and soul of.

* ser el asunto = be the point.

* ser el beneficiario de = be on the receiving end of.

* ser el blanco de = be a pushover for.

* ser el blanco de las críticas = come under + fire.

* ser el canalizador de = be the conduit for.

* ser el capitán = skipper, captain.

* ser el caso (de) = be the case (with).

* ser el centro de atención = steal + the limelight, steal + the show, cut + a dash.

* ser el centro de todas las miradas = cut + a dash.

* ser el colmo = be the last straw, bring + the situation to a head, take + the biscuit, take + the cake, be the limit.

* ser el contrincante más débil = punch above + Posesivo + weight.

* ser el culo del mundo = be the pits.

* ser elegido = get in.

* ser elevado = be steep.

* ser el éxito de la fiesta = steal + the limelight, steal + the show.

* ser el fin de = sign + a death warrant (for).

* ser el jefe = be in charge, call + the shots, be the boss, call + the tune, rule + the roost.

* ser el límite = be the limit.

* ser el mandamás = call + the shots, be the boss, call + the tune, rule + the roost.

* ser el más afectado por = bear + the brunt of.

* ser el máximo = be the limit.

* ser el momento clave = mark + the watershed.

* ser el momento (de) = be the time to.

* ser el momento decisivo = mark + the watershed.

* ser el momento de/para = it + be + time to/for.

* ser el objetivo de Uno = be in business for.

* ser el orgullo de = be the pride and joy of.

* ser el origen de = provide + the material for.

* ser el paraje natural de = be home to.

* ser el preludio = usher in.

* ser el primero = be second to none, come out on + top.

* ser el primero en = lead + the way in.

* ser el primero en + Infinitivo = take + the lead in + Gerundio.

* ser el punto de partida de = form + the basis of.

* ser el punto más débil de Alguien = be at + Posesivo + weakest.

* ser el punto más flaco de Alguien = be at + Posesivo + weakest.

* ser el que con mayor frecuencia = be (the) most likely to.

* ser el que con menor frecuencia = be (the) least likely to.

* ser el resultado de = follow from, result from.

* ser el segundo de a bordo = play + second fiddle.

* ser el último grito = be all the rage.

* ser el último mono ser el último mono = feel + pulled and tugged.

* ser emblemático de = be emblematic of.

* ser en balde = be of no avail, be to no avail.

* ser en cierto modo un + Nombre = be something of a + Nombre.

* ser en vano = be of no avail, be to no avail.

* ser enviado a = have + the lead to.

* ser equiparable a = be commensurate with.

* ser erróneo = be wide of the mark, be wrong.

* ser escaso = be few and far between, be in short supply.

* ser esclavo de = be slave to.

* ser estupendo = sound + great, be fine and dandy.

* ser estúpido = be off + Posesivo + rocker.

* ser exigente al elegir = pick and choose.

* ser exigente al escoger = pick and choose.

* ser experto en = be skilled at.

* ser expulsado de = be dropped from.

* ser extraño para = be alien to.

* ser extremadamente + Adjetivo = be too + Adjetivo + by half.

* ser fácil = be easy.

* ser fácil de conseguir = be readily available.

* ser facilísimo = be a snap, be a piece of cake.

* ser factible de = be amenable to.

* ser familiar = strike + familiar chords, ring + a bell.

* ser famoso = gain + recognition, be popular.

* ser famoso por = famously, have + a track record of.

* ser favorable = be a plus.

* ser ficticio = be fiction.

* ser fiel a = cleave to.

* ser fructífero = come to + fruition.

* ser goloso = have + a sweet tooth.

* ser grosero con = be abusive of.

* ser hábil para = be adroit at.

* ser habitual = be customary.

* ser harina de otro costal = be a different kettle of fish.

* ser hipertenso = be hyper.

* ser hora de = it + be + time to/for.

* ser hora de definirse = time to climb off the fence.

* ser hora de irse = be time to go.

* ser hora de marcharse = be time to go.

* ser hora ya de que = be about time (that), be high time (that/to/for).

* ser humilde = hide + Posesivo + light under a bushel.

* sería mejor que + Subjuntivo = better + Infinitivo.

* ser ideal = suit + best, be just the thing, be just the ticket, be just the job.

* ser ideal para Uno = be (right) up + Posesivo + alley, be + Posesivo + cup of tea.

* ser idóneo para = be suited to.

* ser ignorado = be unheeded.

* ser igual a = be equivalent to, equal.

* ser igual que = amount to + the same thing as.

* ser ilegal = be against the law.

* ser ilimitado = be boundless.

* ser implacable = play + hardball.

* ser imponente = be awe-inspiring.

* ser importante = be of importance, make + a difference, be of consequence.

* ser importantísimo = make + all the difference in the world, make + difference in the world.

* ser importantísimo (para) = be central (to).

* ser imposible = be dead meat.

* ser imprescindible = be a must.

* ser improcedente = be out of order.

* ser imprudente = be reckless.

* ser inalterable = set in + stone, set in + tablets of stone.

* ser incapaz de = be unable to.

* ser incoherente = Negativo + hold + water.

* ser incompatible (con) = be irreconcilable (with).

* ser inconsistente = Negativo + hold + water.

* ser increíble = beggar + belief.

* ser independiente = go + Posesivo + own way, stew in + Posesivo + own juice, stand on + Posesivo + own (two) feet.

* ser indescriptible = beggar + description.

* ser indispensable = be a must.

* ser ineficaz = fire + blanks.

* ser infundado = be unfounded.

* ser inherente a = inhere in.

* ser inimaginable = beggar + imagination.

* ser inminente = be on the cards.

* ser inmune a = be immune from, be immune against.

* ser innovador = break + new ground, break + ground.

* ser innumerable = be without number, be legion.

* ser innumerables = run into + the thousands.

* ser insignificante = pale into + insignificance, stick + Algo + on a pin-point, be of no consequence.

* ser insignificante de = be slight in.

* ser inteligente = be talented.

* ser interesante = be of interest (to/for).

* ser interesante + Infinitivo = be as well + Infinitivo, be well + Infinitivo.

* ser interesante + Verbo = be neat to + Verbo.

* ser interminable = there + be + no end to.

* ser intransigente = play + hardball.

* ser inútil = fire + blanks.

* ser irrespetuoso con = disrespect, diss.

* ser justo = play + fair.

* ser justo con todos = give the devil his due.

* ser justo hasta con el diablo = give the devil his due.

* ser justo lo que se necesita = be just the thing, be just the ticket, be just the job.

* ser justo lo que Uno necesita = be (right) up + Posesivo + alley.

* ser justo que = there + be + justice in.

* ser juzgado = stand + trial, stand for + trial.

* ser la abreviatura de = be short for.

* ser la base de = be at the core of, form + the basis of, be at the heart of.

* ser la ciudad de = be home to.

* ser la clave de = hold + the key to.

* ser la comidilla del barrio = be the talk of the town.

* ser la comidilla del pueblo = be the talk of the town.

* ser la consecuencia de = follow from, result from.

* ser la costumbre = be customary.

* ser la cuestión = be the point.

* ser la culminación de Algo = represent + the culmination of, mark + the culmination of.

* ser la culpa de = be the fault of.

* ser la debilidad de Alguien = be a sucker for.

* ser la elección lógica = be a/the natural choice.

* ser la elección natural = be a/the natural choice.

* ser la excepción = be the exception.

* ser la excepción a la regla = constitute + the exception to the rule.

* ser la excepción que confirma la regla = be the exception rather than the rule.

* ser la forma abreviada de = be short for.

* ser la forma de = be a recipe for.

* ser la fórmula para = be a recipe for.

* ser la gota que colma el vaso = bring + the situation to a head.

* ser la idea central de = be at the core of, be at the heart of.

* ser la imagen de = be a picture of.

* ser la intención = be the intention.

* ser la intención de uno = be + Posesivo + intention.

* ser la manera de = be a recipe for.

* ser la materia prima de = be grist to + Posesivo + mill.

* ser la mayoría = be in the majority.

* ser la mejor alternativa = be the best bet.

* ser la mejor manera de = be the conduit for.

* ser lamentable = be a pity.

* ser la minoría = be in the minority.

* ser la norma = be the norm, be the rule, become + the norm.

* ser la novedad = be on the scene.

* ser la obra de = be the work of.

* ser la persona ideal para = be the best placed to.

* ser la persona más indicada para = be in a position to.

* ser la propia responsabilidad de Alguien = be of + Posesivo + own making.

* ser la prueba de fuego de Algo = test + Nombre + to the limit.

* ser la punta de lanza de = spearhead.

* ser la razón de = lie at + the root of.

* ser la representación misma de = be a picture of.

* ser la responsabilidad de = be the responsibility of.

* ser la responsabilidad de Alguien + Infinitivo = it + lie with + Nombre/Pronombre + to + Infinitivo.

* ser la última palabra = be all the rage.

* ser la última persona del mundo que + Infinitivo = be one of the last people in the world to + Infinitivo.

* ser lector de una biblioteca = library membership.

* ser lento = be slow off the mark, be slow off the blocks.

* ser líder en = take + the lead in + Gerundio.

* ser lo de Uno = be cut out for, be (right) up + Posesivo + alley.

* ser lo más parecido a = be as close as we come to.

* ser lo mismo = be one and the same.

* ser lo normal = be the order of the day.

* ser lo principal de = be at the core of, be at the heart of.

* ser lo que a Uno le encanta = be (right) up + Posesivo + alley.

* ser lo que a Uno le gusta = be (right) up + Posesivo + alley, be + Posesivo + cup of tea.

* ser lo que a Uno le interesa = be (right) up + Posesivo + alley, be + Posesivo + cup of tea.

* ser lo que a Uno le va = be (right) up + Posesivo + alley.

* ser lo que a Uno más le gusta = be + Posesivo + big scene.

* ser lo que nos espera = be the shape of things to come.

* ser lo suficientemente + Adjetivo + como para = be + Adjetivo + enough to.

* ser lo suficientemente comprensivo = go + far enough.

* ser lo suficientemente conocido como para que = be sufficiently well known for.

* serlo todo para todos = be all things to all men, be all things to all people.

* ser lo último = be all the rage, be the pits.

* ser lo último en = become + the next stop in.

* ser lo último en lo que + pensar = be the last thing of + Posesivo + mind.

* ser lo último que + ocurrir + a Alguien = be the last thing of + Posesivo + mind.

* ser magnífico + Gerundio = be terrific at + Gerundio.

* ser malo = be a joke, spell + bad news, make + poor + Nombre.

* ser maravilloso = sound + great.

* ser más astuto que = outfox, outwit, outsmart.

* ser más interno = inner being.

* ser más un + Nombre = be more of a + Nombre.

* ser mayor = be older.

* ser mejor en = be better at.

* ser mejor que = be superior to, compare + favourably.

* ser mejor que + Subjuntivo = better + Infinitivo.

* ser menor = be less.

* ser menos + Adjetivo = be less of a(n) + Nombre.

* ser mínimo = be at a minimum.

* ser mirado de forma extraña = get + some funny looks.

* ser modesto = hide + Posesivo + light under a bushel.

* ser molesto = be disturbing.

* ser moroso = be in default.

* ser motivador = be motivating.

* ser motivo de preocupación = loom + large.

* ser mucho = be a mouthful.

* ser mucho más = be all the more.

* ser mucho más que = be far more than.

* ser muy aconsejable que = be well advised to.

* ser muy alto = be metres high.

* ser muy amigo de = be pally with.

* ser muy antiguo = go ba

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SER

/ser/

feminine

= Sociedad Española de Radiodifusión

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ser ( conjugate ser) cópula
1 ( seguido de adjetivos) to be
◊ ser expresses identity or nature as opposed to condition or state, which is normally conveyed by estar. The examples given below should be contrasted with those to be found in estar 1 cópula 1 es bajo/muy callado he's short/very quiet;

es sorda de nacimiento she was born deaf;
es inglés/católico he's English/(a) Catholic;
era cierto it was true;
sé bueno, estate quieto be a good boy and keep still;
que seas muy feliz I hope you'll be very happy;

(+ me/te/le etc)
◊ siempre le he sido fiel I've always been faithful to her;

ver tb imposible, difícil etc
2 ( hablando de estado civil) to be;
◊ el mayor es casado the oldest is married;

es viuda she's a widow;
ver tb estar 1 cópula 2
3 (seguido de nombre, pronombre) to be;
◊ soy abogada I'm a lawyer;

ábreme, soy yo open the door, it's me
4 (con predicado introducido por `de'):
◊ esos zapatos son de plástico those shoes are (made of) plastic;

soy de Córdoba I'm from Cordoba;
es de los vecinos it belongs to the neighbors, it's the neighbors';
no soy de aquí I'm not from around here
5 (hipótesis, futuro):
◊ será un error it must be a mistake;

¿será cierto? can it be true?
verbo intransitivo
1
a) ( existir) to be

b) (liter) ( en cuentos):

◊ érase una vez … once upon a time there was …

2
a) (tener lugar, ocurrir):

◊ la fiesta va a ser en su casa the party is going to be (held) at her house;

¿dónde fue el accidente? where did the accident happen?
b) ( en preguntas):

◊ ¿qué habrá sido de él? I wonder what happened to o what became of him;

¿qué es de Marisa? (fam) what's Marisa up to (these days)? (colloq);
¿qué va a ser de nosotros? what will become of us?
3 ( sumar):
◊ ¿cuánto es (todo)? how much is that (altogether)?;

son 3.000 pesos that'll be o that's 3,000 pesos;
somos diez en total there are ten of us altogether
4 (indicando finalidad, adecuación) ser para algo to be for sth;
◊ este agua es para beber this water is for drinking

( en locs)
◊ a no ser que (+ subj) unless;

¿cómo es eso? why is that?, how come? (colloq);
como/cuando/donde sea: tengo que conseguir ese trabajo como sea I have to get that job no matter what;
hazlo como sea, pero hazlo do it any way o however you want but get it done;
el lunes o cuando sea next Monday or whenever;
puedo dormir en el sillón o donde sea I can sleep in the armchair or wherever you like o anywhere you like;
de ser así (frml) should this be so o the case (frml);
¡eso es! that's it!, that's right!;
es que …: ¿es que no lo saben? do you mean to say they don't know?;
es que no sé nadar the thing is I can't swim;
lo que sea: cómete una manzana, o lo que sea have an apple or something;
estoy dispuesta a hacer lo que sea I'm prepared to do whatever it takes;
o sea: en febrero, o sea hace un mes in February, that is to say a month ago;
o sea que no te interesa in other words, you're not interested;
o sea que nunca lo descubriste so you never found out;
(ya) sea …, (ya) sea … either …, or …;
sea como sea at all costs;
sea cuando sea whenever it is;
sea donde sea no matter where;
sea quien sea whoever it is;
si no fuera/hubiera sido por … if it wasn't o weren't/hadn't been for …
( en el tiempo) to be;
◊ ¿qué fecha es hoy? what's the date today?, what's today's date;

serían las cuatro cuando llegó it must have been (about) four (o'clock) when she arrived;
ver tb v impers
ser v impers to be;
◊ era primavera it was spring(time)

ser v aux ( en la voz pasiva) to be;
fue construido en 1900 it was built in 1900
■ sustantivo masculino
1
a) ( ente) being;

◊ ser humano/vivo human/living being

b) (individuo, persona):

◊ un ser querido a loved one

2 ( naturaleza):
◊ desde lo más profundo de mi ser from the bottom of my heart

ser
I sustantivo masculino
1 being: es un ser despreciable, he's despicable
ser humano, human being
ser vivo, living being
2 (esencia) essence: eso forma parte de su ser, that is part of him
II verbo intransitivo
1 (cualidad) to be: eres muy modesto, you are very modest
2 (fecha) to be: hoy es lunes, today is Monday
ya es la una, it's one o'clock
3 (cantidad) eran unos cincuenta, there were about fifty people
(al pagar) ¿cuánto es?, how much is it?
son doscientas, it is two hundred pesetas
Mat dos y tres son cinco, two and three make five
4 (causa) aquella mujer fue su ruina, that woman was his ruin
5 (oficio) to be a(n): Elvira es enfermera, Elvira is a nurse
6 (pertenencia) esto es mío, that's mine
es de Pedro, it is Pedro's
7 (afiliación) to belong: es del partido, he's a member of the party
es un chico del curso superior, he is a boy from the higher year
8 (origen) es de Málaga, she is from Málaga
¿de dónde es esta fruta? where does this fruit come from?
9 (composición, material) to be made of: este jersey no es de lana, this sweater is not (made of) wool
10 ser de, (afinidad, comparación) lo que hizo fue de tontos, what she did was a foolish thing
11 (existir) Madrid ya no es lo que era, Madrid isn't what it used to be
12 (suceder) ¿qué fue de ella?, what became of her?
13 (tener lugar) to be: esta tarde es el entierro, the funeral is this evening 14 ser para, (finalidad) to be for: es para pelar patatas, it's for peeling potatoes
(adecuación, aptitud) no es una película para niños, the film is not suitable for children
esta vida no es para ti, this kind of life is not for you
15 (efecto) era para llorar, it was painful
es (como) para darle una bofetada, it makes me want to slap his face
no es para tomárselo a broma, it is no joke
16 (auxiliar en pasiva) to be: fuimos rescatados por la patrulla de la Cruz Roja, we were rescued by the Red Cross patrol
17 ser de (+ infinitivo) era de esperar que se marchase, it was to be expected that she would leave
♦ Locuciones: a no ser que, unless
como sea, anyhow
de no ser por..., had it not been for
es más, furthermore
es que..., it's just that...
lo que sea, whatever
o sea, that is (to say)
sea como sea, in any case o be that as it may
ser de lo que no hay, to be the limit
' ser' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
A
- acceder
- además
- aficionada
- aficionado
- alardear
- alcanzar
- alimentar
- alta
- alto
- ambicionar
- antigüedad
- aparición
- arma
- atinar
- atorarse
- aúpa
- babear
- básica
- básico
- bendición
- caber
- cacho
- cada
- cafetera
- cafetero
- calco
- callo
- canela
- cansada
- cansado
- cantar
- capaz
- capirote
- carácter
- cardo
- carne
- carné
- caso
- cero
- colarse
- comida
- comidilla
- comido
- conmigo
- conquistador
- conquistadora
- contagiarse
- contemplar
- contienda
English:
accountable
- addicted
- adjust
- allow
- allowance
- ambition
- amount to
- anathema
- anomaly
- arduous
- around
- aspire
- aware
- bad
- be
- beating
- being
- belong
- betray
- big
- bill
- bind over
- bird
- booby trap
- boring
- bounce
- can
- carry
- catch up
- cerebral
- ceremonial
- ceremony
- charm
- chip
- claim
- come into
- come under
- connoisseur
- court
- degree
- deserve
- destroy
- differ
- do
- dodger
- doubly
- due
- ear
- easy
- edit

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ser The auxiliary verb ser is used with the past participle of a verb to form the passive (e.g. la película fue criticada the movie was criticized).

♦ v aux
[para formar la voz pasiva] to be;
fue visto por un testigo he was seen by a witness;

la propuesta es debatida o [m5] está siendo debatida en el parlamento the proposal is being debated in parliament

♦ v copulativo

1. [con adjetivos, sustantivos, pronombres] [indica cualidad, identidad, condición] to be;

es alto/gracioso he's tall/funny;

soy chileno/chiapaneco I'm Chilean/from Chiapas;

es azul/difícil it's blue/difficult;

sé discreta/paciente be discreet/patient;

es un amigo/el dueño he's a friend/the owner;

son unos amigos míos they're friends of mine;

es el cartero/tu madre it's the postman o US mailman/your mother;

soy yo, ábreme open up, it's me;

soy Víctor [al teléfono] it's Víctor;

la casa es aquella de ahí the house is that one over there;

es un tipo muy simpático he's a very nice guy;

¿es eso verdad? is that true?;

eso no es cierto that isn't true;

es obvio que le gustas it's obvious that he likes you;

no es necesario ir it isn't necessary to go;

es posible que llueva it may rain;

no está mal para ser de segunda mano it's not bad considering it's second-hand;

no pierde sus derechos por ser inmigrante just because he's an immigrant doesn't mean he doesn't have any rights;

te lo dejo en la mitad por ser tú seeing as o because it's you, I'll let you have it half-price;

por ser usted, señora, 15 euros to you, madam, 15 euros;

que seas muy feliz I wish you every happiness, I hope you'll be very happy;

¡será imbécil el tipo! the guy must be stupid!;

este restaurante ya no es lo que era this restaurant isn't as good as it used to be o isn't what it used to be;
RP Fam
ser loco por algo to be wild about sth

2. [con sustantivos, adjetivos] [indica empleo, dedicación, estado civil, religión] to be;

soy abogado/actriz I'm a lawyer/an actress;

son estudiantes they're students;

para ser juez hay que trabajar mucho you have to work very hard to be o become a judge;

es padre de tres hijos he's a father of three;

es soltero/casado/divorciado he's single/married/divorced;

era viuda she was a widow;

son budistas/protestantes they are Buddhists/Protestants;

el que fuera gobernador del estado the former governor of the state;

Comp
Am Fam
¿tú eres o te haces? are you stupid or what?;

Comp
RP Fam
¿vos sos o te hacés? are you stupid or what?

3. [con "de"] [indica material, origen, propiedad]
ser de [estar hecho de] to be made of;
[provenir de] to be from; [pertenecer a] to belong to;
un juguete que es todo de madera a completely wooden toy, a toy made completely of wood;

¿de dónde eres? where are you from?;

estas pilas son de una linterna these batteries are from a torch;

¿es de usted este abrigo? is this coat yours?, does this coat belong to you?;

los juguetes son de mi hijo the toys are my son's;

portarse así es de cobardes only cowards behave like that, it's cowardly to behave like that

4. [con "de"] [indica pertenencia a grupo]
ser de [club, asociación, partido] to be a member of;

¿de qué equipo eres? [aficionado] which team o who do you support?;

soy del Barcelona I support Barcelona;

ser de los que… to be one of those people who…;

ése es de los que están en huelga he is one of those on strike;

no es de las que se asustan por cualquier cosa she's not one to get scared easily

♦ vi

1. [ocurrir, tener lugar] to be;

fue aquí it was here;

¿cuándo es la boda? when's the wedding?;

la final era ayer the final was yesterday;

¿cómo fue lo de tu accidente? how did your accident happen?;

¿qué fue de aquel amigo tuyo? what happened to that friend of yours?;

¿qué es de Pablo? how's Pablo (getting on)?

2. [constituir, consistir en] to be;

fue un acierto que nos quedáramos en casa we were right to stay at home;

lo importante es decidirse the important thing is to reach a decision;

su ambición era dar la vuelta al mundo her ambition was to travel round the world;

tratar así de mal a la gente es buscarse problemas treating people so badly is asking for trouble

3. [con fechas, horas] to be;

¿qué (día) es hoy? what day is it today?, what's today?;

hoy es jueves today's Thursday, it's Thursday today;

¿qué (fecha) es hoy? what's the date today?, what date is it today?;

mañana será 15 de julio tomorrow (it) will be 15 July;

¿qué hora es? what time is it?, what's the time?;

son las tres (de la tarde) it's three o'clock (in the afternoon), it's three (pm);

serán o [m5] deben de ser las tres it must be three (o'clock)

4. [con precios] to be;

¿cuánto es? how much is it?;

son 300 pesos that'll be 300 pesos;

¿a cómo son esos tomates? how much are those tomatoes?

5. [con cifras, en operaciones] to be;

ellos eran unos 500 there were about 500 of them;

11 por 100 son 1.100 11 times 100 is 1,100

6. [servir, ser adecuado]
ser para to be for;

este trapo es para (limpiar) las ventanas this cloth is for (cleaning) the windows;

este libro es para niños this book is for children;

la ciudad no es para mí the city isn't for me

7. [con "de" más infinitivo] [indica necesidad, posibilidad]
es de desear que… it is to be hoped that…;

era de esperar que pasara algo así it was to be expected that something like that would happen;

es de suponer que aparecerá presumably, he'll turn up;

es de temer cuando se enoja she's really scary when she gets angry

8. [para recalcar, poner énfasis]
ése es el que me lo contó he's the one who told me;

lo que es a mí, no me llamaron they certainly didn't call me, they didn't call me, anyway;

¿es que ya no te acuerdas? don't you remember any more, then?, you mean you don't remember any more?

9. [indica excusa, motivo]
es que no me hacen caso but o the thing is they don't listen to me;

es que no vine porque estaba enfermo the reason I didn't come is that I was ill, I didn't come because I was ill, you see;

¿cómo es que no te han avisado? how come they didn't tell you?

10. Literario [existir]
Platón, uno de los grandes sabios que en el mundo han sido Plato, one of the wisest men ever to walk this earth

11. [en frases]
a no ser que venga unless she comes;

tengo que conseguirlo (sea) como sea I have to get it one way or another;

hay que evitar (sea) como sea que se entere we have to prevent her from finding out at all costs o no matter what;

hazlo cuando sea do it whenever;

de no ser/haber sido por… if it weren't/hadn't been for…;

de no ser por él no estaríamos vivos if it weren't for him, we wouldn't be alive;

de no ser así otherwise;

de ser así if that should happen;

déjalo donde sea leave it anywhere o wherever;

érase una vez, érase que se era once upon a time;

dile lo que sea, da igual tell her anything o whatever, it doesn't make any difference;

haré lo que sea para recuperar mi dinero I will do whatever it takes o anything to get my money back;

se enfadó, y no era para menos she got angry, and not without reason;

no sea que…, no vaya a ser que… in case…;

la llamaré ahora no sea que luego me olvide I'll call her now in case I forget later;

Estados Unidos y Japón, o sea, las dos economías mundiales más importantes the United States and Japan, that is to say o in other words, the two most important economies in the world;

50 euros, o sea unas 8.300 pesetas 50 euros, that's about 8,300 pesetas;

o sea que no quieres venir so you don't want to come then?;

por si fuera poco as if that wasn't enough;

habla con quien sea talk to anyone;

sea quien sea no abras la puerta don't open the door, whoever it is;

si no fuera/hubiera sido por… if it weren't/hadn't been for…;
Am
siendo que… seeing that o as…, given that…;
Am
siendo que tienes la plata, cómprate el vestido más caro seeing as o since you've got the money, buy yourself the more expensive dress

♦ v impersonal
[indica tiempo] to be;
es muy tarde it's rather late;

era de noche/de día it was night/day

♦ nm

1. [ente] being;

seres de otro planeta beings from another planet

Comp
ser humano human being;
Ser Supremo Supreme Being;

los seres vivos living things

2. [persona] person;

sus seres queridos his loved ones

3. [existencia]
mis padres me dieron el ser my parents gave me my life

4. [esencia, naturaleza] being;

la quiero con todo mi ser I love her with all my being o soul

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SER

f abr (= Sociedad Española de Radiodifusión) network of independent Spanish radio stations

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ser {77} vi

1) : to be

él es mi hermano: he is my brother

Camila es linda: Camila is pretty

2) : to exist, to live

ser, o no ser: to be or not to be

3) : to take place, to occur

el concierto es el domingo: the concert is on Sunday

4) (used with expressions of time, date, season)

son las diez: it's ten o'clock

hoy es el 9: today's the 9th

5) : to cost, to come to

¿cuánto es?: how much is it?

6) (with the future tense) : to be able to be

¿será posible?: can it be possible?

7)

ser de : to come from

somos de Managua: we're from Managua

8)

ser de : to belong to

ese lápiz es de Juan: that's Juan's pencil

9)

es que : the thing is that

es que no lo conozco: it's just that I don't know him

10)

¡sea! : agreed!, all right!

11)

sea... sea : either... or

ser v aux (used in passive constructions) : to be

la cuenta ha sido pagada: the bill has been paid

él fue asesinado: he was murdered

ser nm

: being

ser humano: human being

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ser¹ n (ente) being

ser humano human being

ser vivo living creature

ser² vb

1. (en general) to be

mi amigo es alemán my friend is German

es médico he's a doctor

el cuadro es de Picasso the painting is by Picasso

cinco más cinco son diez five plus five are ten

serán quince euros that'll be fifteen euros

somos cinco there are five of us

la fiesta es el sábado the party is on Saturday

el presidente fue asesinado the president was murdered

2. (estar hecho) to be made

la mesa es de madera the table is made of wood

3. (pertenecer) to belong

este libro es de María this book belongs to María / this book is María's

a no ser que unless

a no ser que llueva unless it rains

érase una vez once upon a time

Spanish-English dictionary > ser
15 sufrir

v.

1 to suffer.

no sufrió daños it wasn't damaged

sufrió una agresión he was the victim of an attack

sufrir de to suffer from (enfermedad)

sufrir del estómago to have a stomach complaint

Los chicos penan en su cuarto The boys suffer in their room.

2 to bear, to stand.

tengo que sufrir sus manías I have to put up with his idiosyncrasies

No pudo sufrirla I cannot stand her.

3 to undergo, to experience.

la Bolsa sufrió una caída the stock market fell

la empresa ha sufrido pérdidas the company has reported o made losses

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sufrir

► verbo transitivo

1 (padecer) to suffer

2 (accidente, ataque) to have; (operación) to undergo

3 (dificultades, cambios) to experience; (derrota, consecuencias) to suffer

4 (aguantar) to bear, stand, put up with

■ no la puedo sufrir I can't stand her

5 (consentir) to tolerate

► verbo intransitivo

1 (padecer) to suffer

\

FRASEOLOGÍA

hacer sufrir a alguien to cause somebody pain, make somebody suffer

sufrir del corazón to have a heart condition

sufrir hambre to go hungry

sufrir vergüenza to be ashamed

* * *

verb

1) to suffer

2) endure, bear

* * *

1. VT

1) (=tener) [+ accidente] to have, suffer; [+ consecuencias, revés] to suffer; [+ cambio] to undergo; [+ intervención quirúrgica] to have, undergo; [+ pérdida] to suffer, sustain

la ciudad sufrió un ataque — the city suffered o sustained an attack

sufrió un ataque al corazón — he had a heart attack

sufrir un colapso — to collapse

2) (=soportar)

Juan no puede sufrir a su jefe — Juan can't bear o stand his boss

no puede sufrir que la imiten — she can't bear o stand people imitating her

3) [+ examen, prueba] to undergo

4) frm (=sostener) to hold up, support

2.

VI to suffer

sufría en silencio — she suffered in silence

mi madre sufre mucho si llego tarde a casa — my mother gets terribly worried if I'm late home

hacer sufrir a algn — to make sb suffer

sufrir de algo — to suffer from sth

sufre de reumatismo — she suffers from rheumatism

sufre mucho de los pies — she suffers a lot o has a lot of trouble with her feet

* * *
1.
verbo transitivo

a) <dolores/molestias> to suffer

sufre lesiones de gravedad — he has serious injuries

sufrió una grave enfermedad — she had a serious illness

b) <derrota/persecución/consecuencias> to suffer; < cambio> to undergo; < accidente> to have

sufrió un atentado — there was an attempt on his life

el coche sufrió una avería — the car broke down

son los que más sufren la crisis económica — they are the ones hardest hit by the economic crisis

c) ( soportar) (en frases negativas) to bear

no puedo sufrir que se ría de mí — I can't bear o stand him laughing at me
2.
sufrir vi to suffer

sufrir de algo — to suffer from something

sufre del hígado — she suffers from o has a liver complaint

* * *
1.
verbo transitivo

a) <dolores/molestias> to suffer

sufre lesiones de gravedad — he has serious injuries

sufrió una grave enfermedad — she had a serious illness

b) <derrota/persecución/consecuencias> to suffer; < cambio> to undergo; < accidente> to have

sufrió un atentado — there was an attempt on his life

el coche sufrió una avería — the car broke down

son los que más sufren la crisis económica — they are the ones hardest hit by the economic crisis

c) ( soportar) (en frases negativas) to bear

no puedo sufrir que se ría de mí — I can't bear o stand him laughing at me
2.
sufrir vi to suffer

sufrir de algo — to suffer from something

sufre del hígado — she suffers from o has a liver complaint

* * *

sufrir¹

¹ = grieve, suffer, pine, suffer.

Ex: If we take Cindi, Albert will almost surely grieve.

Ex: Since the introduction of computer-based indexing systems alphabetical indexing languages have become more prevalent, and UDC has suffered a reduction in use.

Ex: The 2.1 km trail is perfect for working up a thirst - just long enough to make you feel like you got a bit of exercise, but short enough that you aren't pining for very long.

Ex: In this study of sapphism in the British novel, Moore often directs our attention to the periphery of sapphic romances, when an abjected body suffers on behalf of the stainless heroine.

* cuando a Alguien le ocurre Algo, Otra Persona sufre las consecuencias = when + Alguien + sneeze, + Otro + catch cold.

* dejar de hacer sufrir = put + Nombre + out of + Posesivo + misery.

* sufrir un suplicio = agonise over [agonize, -USA].

sufrir²

² = experience, feel, sustain, stew, undergo.

Nota: Verbo irregular: pasado underwent, participio undergone.

Ex: If facilities like these are not supported by the data base design, the users of the system will experience slow response times.

Ex: Public libraries, especially in New York City, are feeling severe budget crunches, because we really haven't been relevant to people and, therefore, nobody uses us = Las bibliotecas públicas, especialmente de la ciudad de Nueva York, están sufriendo graves recortes presupuestarios debido a que la gente no nos ha encontrado necesarios y, por lo tanto, nadie nos utiliza.

Ex: In soccer, females injured their toe 17% more than males and sustained 19% more fractures.

Ex: He was unhappy about Rosecrans grabbing the limelight and just getting too big for his breeches and decided to let him stew a little bit.

Ex: Syntactic relationships arise from the syntax of the document which is undergoing analysis, and derive solely from literary warrant.

* no sufrir cambios = remain + normal.

* persona que sufre de insomio = insomniac.

* sufrir daños = suffer + damage, suffer + harm, come to + harm.

* sufrir el acoso de = run + the gauntlet of.

* sufrir el efecto de Algo = suffer + effect.

* sufrir las consecuencias = suffer + consequences, take it on + the chin.

* sufrir las consecuencias de Algo = suffer + effect.

* sufrir pérdidas = make + a loss.

* sufrir una catástrofe = experience + disaster.

* sufrir una depresión nerviosa = have + a breakdown.

* sufrir una experiencia = undergo + experience.

* sufrir una pérdida = suffer + loss.

* sufrir un ataque = be under attack, be under assault.

* sufrir un cambio = experience + change, undergo + change.

* sufrir un contratiempo = suffer + bruises.

* sufrir un inconveniente = suffer + inconvenience.

* sufrir un retraso = encounter + delay.

* sufrir un revés = take + an unfortunate turn, take + a pounding, take + a beating.

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sufrir [I1 ]

vt

1 ‹dolores/molestias› to suffer; ‹persecución/exilio› to suffer

sufre lesiones de gravedad he has serious injuries

sufrió una grave enfermedad she had a serious illness

2 ‹derrota/castigo› to suffer; ‹cambio› to undergo

sufrieron un accidente en el camino de descenso they had an accident on the way down

había sufrido otro atentado en 1992 he had been the target of a previous attack in 1992, there had been a previous attempt on his life in 1992

nuestro ejército sufrió bajas importantes our army suffered serious losses

el avión sufrió un retraso de dos horas the plane was two hours late

el dólar sufrió un fuerte descenso the dollar suffered a sharp fall

uno de los motores sufrió una avería one of the engines broke down

ahora tendrás que sufrir las consecuencias now you'll have to suffer the consequences

son los que más sufren la crisis económica they are the ones hardest hit by the economic crisis

3 (soportar) ( en frases negativas) to bear

no puedo sufrir que se ría de mí I can't bear o stand him laughing at me, I can't bear o stand it when he laughs at me

es que no puedo sufrirla I just can't bear o stand her

■ sufrir

vi

to suffer

murió de repente, sin sufrir she died suddenly, she didn't suffer

está sufriendo mucho con los dolores she's suffering a great deal with the pain

sufrir DE algo to suffer FROM sth

sufre del hígado/los riñones she suffers from o has a liver/kidney complaint

* * *

sufrir ( conjugate sufrir) verbo transitivo
a) ‹dolores/molestias› to suffer;

◊ sufre lesiones de gravedad he has serious injuries

b) ‹derrota/persecución/consecuencias› to suffer;

‹ cambio› to undergo;
‹ accidente› to have;
◊ sufrió un atentado there was an attempt on his life;

el coche sufrió una avería the car broke down
verbo intransitivo
to suffer;
sufrir de algo to suffer from sth
sufrir
I verbo intransitivo to suffer: sufre de reumatismo, he suffers from rheumatism
II verbo transitivo
1 (un daño, un perjuicio) to suffer: sufría una extraña enfermedad, he had a rare illness
(un accidente) to have
(una derrota) to suffer
(una operación) to undergo
2 (cambios) to undergo: en la adolescencia se sufre una gran transformación, you go through a lot of changes during adolescence
3 (soportar, aguantar) to bear: tuvimos que sufrir sus chistes machistas, we had to put up with his sexist jokes
' sufrir' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
atravesada
- atravesado
- castigar
- desengaño
- llevar
- martirizar
- padecer
- pasar
- soportar
- accidente
- caída
- contratiempo
- daño
- desmayo
- experimentar
- herida
- persecución
- quemar
- regodearse
- resentirse
English:
break down
- brunt
- collapse
- crack
- crack up
- experience
- have
- incur
- meet with
- penalty
- relapse
- squirm
- suffer
- sustain
- undergo
- concuss
- die
- grieve
- height
- hemorrhage
- hurt
- mutate
- rack
- receive
- under
- weak

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sufrir

♦ vt

1. [padecer] to suffer;
[accidente] to have;
sufre frecuentes ataques epilépticos she often has epileptic fits;

sufrió persecución por sus ideas she suffered persecution for her ideas;

no sufrió daños it wasn't damaged;

sufrió una agresión/un atentado he was attacked/an attempt was made on his life;

sufrí una vergüenza increíble I felt incredibly embarrassed;

la empresa ha sufrido pérdidas the company has reported o made losses;

el ejército invasor sufrió numerosas bajas the invading army suffered numerous casualties

2. [soportar] to put up with, to bear;

tengo que sufrir sus manías I have to put up with his idiosyncrasies;

a tu jefe no hay quien lo sufra your boss is impossible to put up with

3. [experimentar] to undergo, to experience;

la Bolsa sufrió una caída the stock market fell;

las temperaturas sufrirán un descenso temperatures will fall

♦ vi
[padecer] to suffer;
sufrió mucho antes de morir she suffered a lot before she died;

sufre mucho si su hijo no lo llama he gets very anxious if his son doesn't call him;

sufrir de [enfermedad] to suffer from;

sufrir del estómago/riñón to have stomach/kidney trouble o a stomach/kidney complaint

* * *

sufrir

I v/t fig

suffer, put up with

II v/i suffer (de from);

sufre del estómago he has stomach problems

* * *

sufrir vt

1) : to suffer

sufrir una pérdida: to suffer a loss

2) : to tolerate, to put up with

ella no lo puede sufrir: she can't stand him

sufrir vi

: to suffer

* * *

sufrir vb (en general) to suffer

sufre fuertes dolores de cabeza he suffers from bad headaches

sufrir un accidente to have an accident

sufrir un cambio to change

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