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1 convertirse en una leyenda
(v.) = become + a proverbEx. Little did the betrayer know that the kiss of Judas would become a proverb in every nation.* * *(v.) = become + a proverbEx: Little did the betrayer know that the kiss of Judas would become a proverb in every nation.
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2 convertir
v.1 to convert (religion).El calor convierte los elementos Heat converts the elements.La magia lo convierte en sapo Magic converts him into a toad.2 to win over, to gain as a follower, to convert, to persuade.María convierte a Ricardo fácilmente Mary wins Richard over easily.* * *1 (transformar) to change, turn, transform, convert2 (valores, monedas) to change, exchange3 RELIGIÓN to convert1 (transformarse) to turn (en, into), change (en, into)2 (volverse) to become (en, -), turn (en, into)3 RELIGIÓN to be converted (a, to)* * *verb* * *1. VT1)la victoria le convirtió en un héroe — the victory turned him into a hero, the victory made him a hero
2) [a una religión, ideología] to convert3) (Dep) [+ penalti] to convert, score; [+ gol, tanto] to score2.See:* * *1.verbo transitivo1)a) ( transformar)convertir algo/a alguien en algo — to turn something/somebody into something
b) ( a una religión) to convertc) <medida/peso>convertir algo A algo or (Esp) EN algo — to convert something into something
2) (period) (Dep) to score2.convertir vi (AmL period) (Dep) to score3.convertirse v prona) ( transformarse)b) ( a una religión) to convert, be converted* * *= convert, render, remake, transform.Ex. All listings for the final thesaurus must be converted to the format appropriate for typing, printing or input to a computer data base.Ex. So strongly was it felt by proponents of change that just such unconscious biases rendered libraries 'part of the problem, instead of the solution'.Ex. The article 'The remaking of librarians in the knowledge era' details some of the efforts made to ' remake' the collection, advertise library services and rebuild membership.Ex. We can permit ourselves to be hypnotized by the gadgetry for access and by illusory cost reductions, or we can use the computer effectively to transform the catalog into a truly responsive instrument.----* convertir a Algo en presa fácil para = render + Nombre + easy prey to.* convertir al cristianismo = evangelise [evangelize, -USA].* convertir Algo en un artículo de consumo = commodify.* convertir al sistema decimal = decimalise [decimalize, -USA].* convertir en = make into.* convertir en dinero = monetise [monetize, -USA].* convertir en pasta = pulp.* convertir en pulpa = pulp.* convertir en valor monetario = monetise [monetize, -USA].* convertirse = become, grow up to be, metamorphose.* convertirse en = grow into, blossom into, spiral into, grow up into, develop into.* convertirse en algo normal = become + standard practice, settle into + the norm.* convertirse en importante = become + central.* convertirse en la ciudad de (uno) = become + the home-from-home of.* convertirse en la norma = become + the norm.* convertirse en muy importante = achieve + a high profile.* convertirse en + Nombre + normal = become + standard + Nombre.* convertirse en polvo = turn to + dust.* convertirse en realidad = become + a reality.* convertirse en una crisis = grow to + a crisis.* convertirse en una leyenda = become + a proverb.* convertirse en un círculo vicioso = become + circular.* convertirse en un gran problema = grow to + a crisis.* convertir totalmente = desuperimpose.* estar convirtiéndose rápidamente = be fast becoming.* todo lo que toca se convierte en oro = Midas touch, the.* volver a convertir = reconvert.* * *1.verbo transitivo1)a) ( transformar)convertir algo/a alguien en algo — to turn something/somebody into something
b) ( a una religión) to convertc) <medida/peso>convertir algo A algo or (Esp) EN algo — to convert something into something
2) (period) (Dep) to score2.convertir vi (AmL period) (Dep) to score3.convertirse v prona) ( transformarse)b) ( a una religión) to convert, be converted* * *= convert, render, remake, transform.Ex: All listings for the final thesaurus must be converted to the format appropriate for typing, printing or input to a computer data base.
Ex: So strongly was it felt by proponents of change that just such unconscious biases rendered libraries 'part of the problem, instead of the solution'.Ex: The article 'The remaking of librarians in the knowledge era' details some of the efforts made to ' remake' the collection, advertise library services and rebuild membership.Ex: We can permit ourselves to be hypnotized by the gadgetry for access and by illusory cost reductions, or we can use the computer effectively to transform the catalog into a truly responsive instrument.* convertir a Algo en presa fácil para = render + Nombre + easy prey to.* convertir al cristianismo = evangelise [evangelize, -USA].* convertir Algo en un artículo de consumo = commodify.* convertir al sistema decimal = decimalise [decimalize, -USA].* convertir en = make into.* convertir en dinero = monetise [monetize, -USA].* convertir en pasta = pulp.* convertir en pulpa = pulp.* convertir en valor monetario = monetise [monetize, -USA].* convertirse = become, grow up to be, metamorphose.* convertirse en = grow into, blossom into, spiral into, grow up into, develop into.* convertirse en algo normal = become + standard practice, settle into + the norm.* convertirse en importante = become + central.* convertirse en la ciudad de (uno) = become + the home-from-home of.* convertirse en la norma = become + the norm.* convertirse en muy importante = achieve + a high profile.* convertirse en + Nombre + normal = become + standard + Nombre.* convertirse en polvo = turn to + dust.* convertirse en realidad = become + a reality.* convertirse en una crisis = grow to + a crisis.* convertirse en una leyenda = become + a proverb.* convertirse en un círculo vicioso = become + circular.* convertirse en un gran problema = grow to + a crisis.* convertir totalmente = desuperimpose.* estar convirtiéndose rápidamente = be fast becoming.* todo lo que toca se convierte en oro = Midas touch, the.* volver a convertir = reconvert.* * *vtA1 (transformar) convertir algo/a algn EN algo to turn sth/sb INTO sthla soledad lo convirtió en un hombre amargado loneliness turned o made o changed him into a bitter manla iglesia ha sido convertida en museo the church has been turned o converted into a museum2 (a una religión) to convert convertir a algn A algo to convert sb TO sth3 ‹temperatura/distancia/peso› convertir algo A algo or ( Esp) EN algo to convert sth INTO sthpara convertir millas a kilómetros/libras a kilos to convert miles into kilometers/pounds into kilos■ convertirvi1 (transformarse) convertirse EN algo to turn INTO sthel príncipe se convirtió en rana the prince turned into a frogsu sueño se convirtió en realidad her dream came true o became a reality2 (a una religión) to convert, be converted convertirse A algo to convert TO sth* * *
convertir ( conjugate convertir) verbo transitivo
1a) ( transformar) convertir algo/a algn en algo to turn sth/sb into sth
convertir a algn a algo to convert sb to sthc) ‹medida/peso› convertir algo A algo or (Esp) EN algo to convert sth into sth
2 (period) (Dep) to score
convertirse verbo pronominala) ( transformarse) convertirse en algo to turn into sth
convertirse a algo to convert to sth
convertir verbo transitivo
1 to turn, change
2 Rel to convert
' convertir' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
hacer
- reducir
- santificar
- transformar
- erigir
- volver
English:
change
- convert
- pedestrianize
- turn
* * *♦ vt2. [transformar]convertir algo/a alguien en to convert sth/sb into, to turn sth/sb into;convirtió la tienda en bar she converted the shop into a bar;convirtió al príncipe en rana she turned the prince into a frogconvertir dólares en pesos to convert dollars into pesos* * *v/t convert* * *convertir {76} vt1) : to convert2) : to transform, to change3) : to exchange (money)* * *convertir vb to turn / to convert -
3 leyenda
f.1 legend.2 inscription, legend.3 caption, legend.* * *1 (narración) legend2 (inscripción) inscription\leyenda negra black legend* * *noun f.1) legend2) caption* * *SF1) (=historia) legendleyenda negra — (=mala fama) bad reputation; ( Hist) view of the Conquest of Latin America which emphasized the negative side of Spanish involvement
2) (=inscripción) [de moneda, medalla, lápida] legend, inscription3) [de cuadro, grabado, mapa] (=encabezamiento) heading; (=pie) caption4) (=eslogan) slogan* * *1) (Lit) ( narración) legend2) (de moneda, escudo) legend; ( de ilustración) caption, legend* * *= caption, cutline, legend, legend, El Dorado, symbol-template.Ex. The text accompanying an illustration and explaining the subject represented is known as caption, legend or cutline.Ex. The text accompanying an illustration and explaining the subject represented is known as caption, legend or cutline.Ex. The best material to use in this approach is that great corpus of traditional folk and fairy tale myth, legend and stories from biblical and historical sources.Ex. The text accompanying an illustration and explaining the subject represented is known as caption, legend or cutline.Ex. The article ' El Dorado or bust?' warns that the electronic market is changing.Ex. This article identifies map reading tools (such as coordinate readers, protractors, dividers, planimeters, and symbol-templates) according to a functional classification = Este artículo identifica instrumentos para la lectura de mapas (como, por ejemplo, lectores de coordinadas, cartabones, compás, planímetros y leyendas) de acuerdo con una clasificación funcional.----* auténtica leyenda = living legend.* convertirse en una leyenda = become + a proverb.* cuenta la leyenda que = legend has it that, as legend goes.* leyenda fantástica = tall tale, tall story.* leyenda popular = folktale [folk tale].* leyenda viva = living legend.* según cuenta la leyenda = legend has it that, as legend goes.* según la leyenda = as legend goes, legend has it that.* * *1) (Lit) ( narración) legend2) (de moneda, escudo) legend; ( de ilustración) caption, legend* * *= caption, cutline, legend, legend, El Dorado, symbol-template.Ex: The text accompanying an illustration and explaining the subject represented is known as caption, legend or cutline.
Ex: The text accompanying an illustration and explaining the subject represented is known as caption, legend or cutline.Ex: The best material to use in this approach is that great corpus of traditional folk and fairy tale myth, legend and stories from biblical and historical sources.Ex: The text accompanying an illustration and explaining the subject represented is known as caption, legend or cutline.Ex: The article ' El Dorado or bust?' warns that the electronic market is changing.Ex: This article identifies map reading tools (such as coordinate readers, protractors, dividers, planimeters, and symbol-templates) according to a functional classification = Este artículo identifica instrumentos para la lectura de mapas (como, por ejemplo, lectores de coordinadas, cartabones, compás, planímetros y leyendas) de acuerdo con una clasificación funcional.* auténtica leyenda = living legend.* convertirse en una leyenda = become + a proverb.* cuenta la leyenda que = legend has it that, as legend goes.* leyenda fantástica = tall tale, tall story.* leyenda popular = folktale [folk tale].* leyenda viva = living legend.* según cuenta la leyenda = legend has it that, as legend goes.* según la leyenda = as legend goes, legend has it that.* * *A ( Lit) (narración) legendsegún cuenta la leyenda according to the legend, the legend has it that …un actor que se convirtió en leyenda an actor who became a legendCompuesto:B (de una moneda, un escudo) legend; (de una ilustración, foto) caption, legendcomo reza la leyenda according to the caption* * *
leyenda sustantivo femenino
( de ilustración) caption, legend
leyenda sustantivo femenino
1 (narración) legend
2 (inscripción) inscription, lettering
' leyenda' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
folklórico
- inscripción
- mito
English:
caption
- legend
- story
* * *leyenda nf1. [narración] legendla leyenda negra Hist = the negative picture traditionally given of Spain by many European historians, and especially of the Inquisition and the conquest of the Americas; Figsobre él pesa una leyenda negra he has an appalling reputation2. [ídolo] legend;una leyenda del jazz a jazz legend3. [inscripción] [en moneda, escudo, estandarte] inscription, legend;[en mapa] legend* * *f legend* * *leyenda nf1) : legend2) : caption, inscription* * *leyenda n legend -
4 traidor
adj.1 treacherous, traitor, backstabbing, disloyal.2 treacherous, traitorous.m.1 traitor, snake in the grass, betrayer, double-crosser.2 backstabber.* * *► adjetivo1 treacherous► nombre masculino,nombre femenino1 traitor* * *traidor, -a1.ADJ [persona] treacherous; [acto] treasonable2.SM / F traitor/traitress; (Teat) villain* * *I- dora adjetivo traitorous, treacherousII- dora masculino, femenino traitor* * *= treasonable, traitor, betrayer, snake in the grass, backstabber.Ex. Printers or publishers were sometimes shy of giving their real names -- usually because a book was treasonable, or libellous, or a piracy -- and for similar reasons they might give a false place of publication and a false date.Ex. President Fidel Castro denounced the independent librarians, along with other dissidents, as traitors who have conspired with U.S. diplomats to undermine Cuba's national sovereignty.Ex. Little did the betrayer know that the kiss of Judas would become a proverb in every nation.Ex. You can fend off a danger which you can see, but you are more liable to be taken unawares and be bitten by a snake in the grass.Ex. They won't change, because backstabber behavior has worked for them in the past.* * *I- dora adjetivo traitorous, treacherousII- dora masculino, femenino traitor* * *= treasonable, traitor, betrayer, snake in the grass, backstabber.Ex: Printers or publishers were sometimes shy of giving their real names -- usually because a book was treasonable, or libellous, or a piracy -- and for similar reasons they might give a false place of publication and a false date.
Ex: President Fidel Castro denounced the independent librarians, along with other dissidents, as traitors who have conspired with U.S. diplomats to undermine Cuba's national sovereignty.Ex: Little did the betrayer know that the kiss of Judas would become a proverb in every nation.Ex: You can fend off a danger which you can see, but you are more liable to be taken unawares and be bitten by a snake in the grass.Ex: They won't change, because backstabber behavior has worked for them in the past.* * *treacherous, traitorous ( arch hum)masculine, femininetraitor traidor A algo traitor TO sthes un traidor a su patria/la causa he is a traitor to his country/the cause* * *
traidor◊ - dora adjetivo
traitorous, treacherous
■ sustantivo masculino, femenino
traitor;
traidor a algo traitor to sth
traidor,-ora
I adjetivo treacherous
II sustantivo masculino y femenino traitor
' traidor' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
traidora
English:
fifth-columnist
- traitor
- treacherous
* * *traidor, -ora♦ adj1. [persona] [contra amigos, camaradas] treacherous;[contra el Estado] treasonous2. [tiempo, corriente] treacherous, dangerous3. [gesto, lágrimas] revealing, telltale♦ nm,ftraitor;es un traidor a la patria he's a traitor to his country* * *I adj treacherousII m, traidora f traitor* * *: traitorous, treasonous: traitor* * *traidor n traitor -
5 beso de Judas, el
= kiss and tell, kiss of Judas, theEx. The author analyzes the index to Alain de Botton's novel ' Kiss and tell'.Ex. Little did the betrayer know that the kiss of Judas would become a proverb in every nation. -
6 beso de Judas
kiss of Judas* * *el beso de Judas= kiss and tell, kiss of Judas, theEx: The author analyzes the index to Alain de Botton's novel ' Kiss and tell'.
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7 sueño
m.1 sleep, cyclical resting period, shut-eye, sleeping state.2 aspiration, dream, hope, dreaming.3 dream.pres.indicat.1st person singular (yo) present indicative of spanish verb: soñar.* * *1 (acto) sleep2 (ganas de dormir) sleepiness3 (lo soñado) dream\caerse de sueño figurado not to be able to keep one's eyes openconciliar el sueño to get to sleepdar sueño to make sleepyechar un sueño to take a napentre sueños while half-asleep¡ni en sueños! familiar not on your life!perder el sueño por algo to lose sleep over somethingquitar el sueño to keep awakeser un sueño familiar to be a dreamtener el sueño ligero to be a light sleepertener sueño to feel sleepy, be sleepysueño dorado figurado cherished dream, greatest dream* * *noun m.1) dream2) sleep* * *SM1) (=estado) sleepcoger o conciliar el sueño — to get to sleep
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echarse un sueño o un sueñecito * — to have a nap, have a kip *•
en o entre sueños, me hablaste entre sueños — you talked to me but you were half asleepdormir 2., 2)sueño invernal — (Zool) winter sleep
2) (=ganas de dormir)tengo sueño atrasado — I haven't caught up on sleep, I haven't had much sleep lately
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caerse de sueño — to be asleep on one's feet•
dar sueño, su conversación me da sueño — his conversation sends me to sleep•
morirse de sueño, estar muerto de sueño — to be asleep on one's feet, be so tired one can hardly stand•
quitar el sueño a algn — to keep sb awakevencer•
tener sueño — to be sleepy, be tired3) (=imagen soñada) dream¿sabes interpretar los sueños? — do you know how to interpret dreams?
¡que tengas dulces sueños! — sweet dreams!
4) (=ilusión) dreampor fin consiguió la casa de sus sueños — she finally got the house of her dreams o her dream home
* * *1)a) ( estado) sleeptener el sueño ligero/pesado — to be a light/heavy sleeper
el sueño eterno — (euf) eternal rest (euf)
descabezar or echar un sueñecito — (fam) to have forty winks, have a (little) nap
perder el sueño (por algo) — to lose sleep (over something)
quitarle el sueño a alguien — to keep somebody awake
tener (el) sueño atrasado: tengo sueño atrasado — I have missed out on a lot of sleep
b) ( ganas de dormir)¿tienes sueño? — are you tired/sleepy?
me estoy cayendo or muriendo de sueño — I'm falling asleep on my feet
se me ha quitado el sueño — I've woken up again now, I don't feel sleepy any more
lo venció el sueño — (liter) sleep overcame him, he was overcome by sleep
2)a) ( representación) dreamni en sueños: no pienso prestarle ese dinero ni en sueños — I wouldn't dream of lending him that money
b) ( ilusión) dreamser un sueño — (fam) to be divine (colloq)
•* * *= wishful thinking, dream, fantasy [phantasy], sleep, vision, slumber, shut-eye.Ex. I suspect that Mr Byrum's personal opinion that AACR2 will force libraries to close their catalogs is partly wishful thinking.Ex. The computer, once instructed on the desired filing order, is eminently suitable for filing, achieving a level of consistency which was a remote dream in the days of human filers.Ex. The ALA and some of its members seem to have taken in upon themselves to whip up a frenzy of public relations style fantasy that market reality simply cannot match.Ex. Sleep is the simplest category to deal with as the person asleep is unconscious and can be said therefore to be inactive.Ex. It appears, however, that the role of security in this vision has not been fully delineated.Ex. The clock radio came suddenly to life, rousing Jack from his fitful slumber.Ex. America is raising a nation of sleep-deprived kids, with only 20 percent getting the recommended nine hours of shut-eye on school nights.----* apnea del sueño = sleep apnoea.* apnea durante el sueño = sleep apnoea.* con cara de sueño = bleary-eyed.* con sueño = drowsily.* el sueño de toda persona = the stuff dreams are made of.* el sueño de todos = the stuff dreams are made of.* el sueño de todo ser viviente = the stuff dreams are made of.* enfermedad del sueño = sleeping sickness.* falto de sueño = sleep-deprived.* hacer realidad un sueño = realise + dream, fulfil + dream, make + vision + a reality, realise + vision, fulfil + vision, make + Posesivo + dream come true.* hipopnea del sueño = sleep hypopnoea.* hipopnea durante el sueño = sleep hypopnoea.* ¡ni en sueños! = no dice!.* no poder conciliar el sueño = have + trouble sleeping.* perder el sueño por = lose + sleep over/on.* robarle tiempo al sueño = burn + the candle at both ends.* Sueño Americano, el = American Dream, the.* sueño de los padres = hand-me-down dream.* sueño despierto = waking dream.* sueño escapista = dreamscape.* sueño + hacerse realidad = dream + come true.* sueño húmedo = wet dream.* sueño imposible = pipe dream [pipedream], impossible dream.* sueño profundo = deep slumber, deep sleep, sound night's sleep.* tener sueño = be sleepy, feel + sleepy.* un sueño hecho realidad = a dream come true.* * *1)a) ( estado) sleeptener el sueño ligero/pesado — to be a light/heavy sleeper
el sueño eterno — (euf) eternal rest (euf)
descabezar or echar un sueñecito — (fam) to have forty winks, have a (little) nap
perder el sueño (por algo) — to lose sleep (over something)
quitarle el sueño a alguien — to keep somebody awake
tener (el) sueño atrasado: tengo sueño atrasado — I have missed out on a lot of sleep
b) ( ganas de dormir)¿tienes sueño? — are you tired/sleepy?
me estoy cayendo or muriendo de sueño — I'm falling asleep on my feet
se me ha quitado el sueño — I've woken up again now, I don't feel sleepy any more
lo venció el sueño — (liter) sleep overcame him, he was overcome by sleep
2)a) ( representación) dreamni en sueños: no pienso prestarle ese dinero ni en sueños — I wouldn't dream of lending him that money
b) ( ilusión) dreamser un sueño — (fam) to be divine (colloq)
•* * *= wishful thinking, dream, fantasy [phantasy], sleep, vision, slumber, shut-eye.Ex: I suspect that Mr Byrum's personal opinion that AACR2 will force libraries to close their catalogs is partly wishful thinking.
Ex: The computer, once instructed on the desired filing order, is eminently suitable for filing, achieving a level of consistency which was a remote dream in the days of human filers.Ex: The ALA and some of its members seem to have taken in upon themselves to whip up a frenzy of public relations style fantasy that market reality simply cannot match.Ex: Sleep is the simplest category to deal with as the person asleep is unconscious and can be said therefore to be inactive.Ex: It appears, however, that the role of security in this vision has not been fully delineated.Ex: The clock radio came suddenly to life, rousing Jack from his fitful slumber.Ex: America is raising a nation of sleep-deprived kids, with only 20 percent getting the recommended nine hours of shut-eye on school nights.* apnea del sueño = sleep apnoea.* apnea durante el sueño = sleep apnoea.* con cara de sueño = bleary-eyed.* con sueño = drowsily.* el sueño de toda persona = the stuff dreams are made of.* el sueño de todos = the stuff dreams are made of.* el sueño de todo ser viviente = the stuff dreams are made of.* enfermedad del sueño = sleeping sickness.* falto de sueño = sleep-deprived.* hacer realidad un sueño = realise + dream, fulfil + dream, make + vision + a reality, realise + vision, fulfil + vision, make + Posesivo + dream come true.* hipopnea del sueño = sleep hypopnoea.* hipopnea durante el sueño = sleep hypopnoea.* ¡ni en sueños! = no dice!.* no poder conciliar el sueño = have + trouble sleeping.* perder el sueño por = lose + sleep over/on.* robarle tiempo al sueño = burn + the candle at both ends.* Sueño Americano, el = American Dream, the.* sueño de los padres = hand-me-down dream.* sueño despierto = waking dream.* sueño escapista = dreamscape.* sueño + hacerse realidad = dream + come true.* sueño húmedo = wet dream.* sueño imposible = pipe dream [pipedream], impossible dream.* sueño profundo = deep slumber, deep sleep, sound night's sleep.* tener sueño = be sleepy, feel + sleepy.* un sueño hecho realidad = a dream come true.* * *A1 (estado) sleepconciliar el sueño to get to sleepoyó un ruido entre sueños she heard a noise in her sleep o when she was half asleeptener el sueño ligero/pesado to be a light/heavy sleeperdescabezar or echar un sueñecito ( fam); to have forty winks, have a (little) napdormir el sueño de los justos (con la conciencia tranquila) to sleep the sleep of the just; (con un sueño profundo) to sleep deeplyperder el sueño to lose sleepquitar(le) el sueño a algn to keep sb awakeesas cosas no me quitan el sueño I don't have sleepless nights o lose any sleep over such things, things like that don't keep me awake at night2(ganas de dormir): ¿tienes sueño? are you tired/sleepy?¡qué sueño (tengo)! I'm so sleepy!me voy a la cama, tengo un sueño que no veo ( fam); I'm going to bed, I'm very tired o I'm falling asleepsobre las 11 ya me empieza a entrar sueño about 11 o'clock I start feeling sleepyme estoy cayendo or muriendo de sueño I'm falling asleep on my feetestoy cansado, pero no tengo sueño I'm tired but I don't feel sleepyse me ha quitado el sueño I've woken up again o I don't feel sleepy any morelo venció el sueño ( liter); sleep overcame him, he was overcome by sleepB1 (representación) dreamla interpretación de los sueños the interpretation of dreamsanoche tuve un sueño muy raro I had a very strange dream last nightque tengas dulces sueños sweet dreams!te lo has debido de imaginar en sueños you must have dreamed itni en sueños: no pienso prestarle ese dinero ni en sueños I wouldn't dream of lending him that money, there's no way I would lend him that money ( colloq)2 (ilusión) dreamla mujer de sus sueños the woman of his dreams, his dream womansus sueños se hicieron realidad her dreams came truetiene una casa que es un sueño her house is gorgeous o divine ( colloq), her house is a dream ( colloq)Compuestos:rapid-eye-movement o REM sleeptwilight sleepsu sueño dorado es llegar a ser actriz her (greatest) dream is to become an actresseternal sleepdormir el sueño eterno to sleep the eternal sleep( Méx) pipe dreamwet dreamrapid-eye-movement o REM sleep* * *
Del verbo sonar: ( conjugate sonar)
sueno es:
1ª persona singular (yo) presente indicativo
Multiple Entries:
sonar
sueño
sonar ( conjugate sonar) verbo intransitivo
1 [teléfono/timbre] to ring;
[ disparo] to ring out;
sueñoon las doce en el reloj the clock struck twelve;
me suenan las tripas (fam) my tummy's rumbling (colloq)
2 (+ compl)
[ persona] to sound;
sonaba preocupada she sounded worried;
suena a hueco it sounds hollow
3
◊ me suena tu cara your face is o looks familiar;
¿te suena este refrán? does this proverb ring a bell (with you) o sound familiar to you?
4 (AmL fam) ( fracasar):◊ soné en el examen I blew it in the exam (colloq);
sonamos we've blown it now (colloq)
verbo transitivo
1
2 (Méx fam)
sonarse verbo pronominal: tb
sueño sustantivo masculino
1
tener el sueño ligero/pesado to be a light/heavy sleeper;
perder el sueño (por algo) to lose sleep (over sth)b) ( ganas de dormir):◊ ¿tienes sueño? are you tired/sleepy?;
el vino me dio sueño the wine made me sleepy;
me empezó a entrar sueño I started feeling sleepy;
se me quitó el sueño I don't feel sleepy any more
2
su sueño dorado es llegar a ser actriz her (greatest) dream is to become an actress
sonar verbo intransitivo
1 (un instrumento, una melodía) to sound: su voz sonaba a preocupación, her voice sounded worried
(un despertador) to ring, buzz
2 (dar una impresión) to sound: lo que dices me suena a chino, what you are saying is Greek to me
eso me suena a problemas, that sounds like trouble
su propuesta no suena mal, I like the sound of her proposal
3 (ser familiar) su cara me suena, his face rings a bell, ese nombre no me suena de nada, that name is completely unknown to me
4 (ser citado, mencionado) su nombre suena como candidato al premio, his name was put forward as a candidate for the prize
sueño sustantivo masculino
1 (estado de dormir) sleep: tengo el sueño ligero/pesado, I'm a light/heavy sleeper
2 (necesidad de dormir) sleepiness: te caes de sueño, you can hardly keep your eyes open
tenía sueño, she felt o was sleepy
3 (lo soñado) dream: tuve un sueño espantoso, I had a nightmare
4 (ilusión, ambición, deseo) dream: se cumplieron sus sueños, her dreams came true
5 (fantasías) fancy, delusion: eso no son más que sueños, that is nothing but dreams
6 sueño eterno, last sleep o eternal rest
♦ Locuciones: conciliar el sueño, to fall asleep
quitar el sueño, to be worried about sthg o sb
' sueño' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
cabecear
- comentar
- conciliar
- engañar
- ilusión
- intranquila
- intranquilo
- lograr
- pesada
- pesado
- quitar
- realizar
- repetirse
- romper
- rondar
- satisfacer
- vencer
- atrasado
- dar
- despertar
- despierto
- desvelar
- dormir
- entrar
- espabilar
- imposible
- ininterrumpido
- interpretar
- ligero
- liviano
- muerto
- pesadilla
- profundo
- rendir
- reparador
- repetición
- repetir
- tener
- terrible
English:
American Dream
- broken
- catch up
- come
- deprivation
- disturb
- disturbed
- dream
- drowsy
- feel
- fulfil
- fulfill
- fulfillment
- fulfilment
- lie down
- nourish
- refreshing
- short
- sleep
- sleeper
- sleepy
- snatch
- true
- undisturbed
- vision
- wild
- bleary
- fantasy
- keep
- pipe
- slumber
* * ** * *mtener sueño be sleepy;echar un sueño grab some sleep, take a nap;caerse de sueño be dead tired, be out on one’s feet;quitar el sueño a alguien keep s.o. awakeni en sueños fig not in a million years* * *sueño nm1) : dream2) : sleepperder el sueño: to lose sleep3) : sleepinesstener sueño: to be sleepy* * *sueño n1. (estado de dormir) sleep2. (lo soñado, ilusión) dream¿no tienes sueño? aren't you sleepy?
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