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between the covers of

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1 entre las páginas de

= between the covers of

Ex. I treasure the note sent by a reader to a publisher which said ' between the covers of your books I can ignore the TV, transistors, politics, and the weather'.

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= between the covers of

Ex: I treasure the note sent by a reader to a publisher which said ' between the covers of your books I can ignore the TV, transistors, politics, and the weather'.

Spanish-English dictionary > entre las páginas de
2 entre

prep.

1 between.

entre las diez y las once between ten and eleven o'clock

entre paréntesis in brackets

entre nosotros between you and me, between ourselves (en confianza)

discutían entre sí they were arguing with each other

era un color entre verde y azul the color was somewhere between green and blue

dudo entre ir o quedarme I don't know o can't decide whether to go or to stay

2 among, amongst.

estaba entre los asistentes she was among those present

estuvo entre los mejores he was one of o amongst the best

entre otras cosas among other things

3 divided by.

intj.

come in.

pres.subj.

3^rd person singular (él/ella/ello) Present Subjunctive of Spanish verb: entrar.

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entre

► preposición

1 (dos términos) between

■ entre las cuatro y las cinco between four and five

■ entre tú y yo between the two of us

2 (varios) among, amongst

■ entre los periódicos among the newspapers

3 (sumando) counting

■ entre niños y adultos somos doce there are twelve of us counting children and adults

■ entre todos éramos veinte there were twenty of us all together

4 (en) in

■ entre la lluvia in the rain

5 (entremedio) somewhere between

■ entre azul y verde somewhere between blue and green

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FRASEOLOGÍA

de entre from among, out of

■ la mejor de entre todas the best out of all of them

entre... y... what with... and...

■ entre el frío y la lluvia... what with the cold and the rain...

entre tanto meanwhile, in the meantime

por entre (entre) among, amongst 2 (a través) through

■ pasó por entre la multitud he made his way through the crowd

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prep.

1) between

2) among

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PREP

1) (=en medio de)

a) [dos elementos] between

entre las montañas y el mar — between the mountains and the sea

vendrá entre las diez y las once — he'll be coming between ten and eleven

nos veíamos entre clase y clase — we saw each other between lessons

entre azul y verde — somewhere between blue and green

un líquido entre dulce y amargo — a liquid which is half-sweet, half-sour

dudo entre comprar este o aquel — I'm not sure whether to buy this one or that one

lo cogió entre sus manos — she took it in her hands

- estar entre la vida y la muerte
paréntesis, semana
b) [más de dos elementos] among, amongst

había un baúl entre las maletas — there was a trunk in among(st) the cases

¿has buscado entre las fotografías? — have you looked among(st) the photographs?

una costumbre muy extendida entre los romanos — a widespread custom among(st) the Romans

puedes hablar, estamos entre amigos — you can speak freely, we're among(st) friends

paso el día entre estas cuatro paredes — I spend the whole day within these four walls

se abrieron paso entre la multitud — they forced their way through the crowd

lo vi entre el público — I saw him in the audience

entre los que conozco es el mejor — it's the best of those that I know

empezó a trabajar como mensajero, entre otras cosas — he started work as a courier, among(st) other things

2) [indicando colaboración, participación]

lo terminamos entre los dos — between the two of us we finished it

le compraremos un regalo entre todos — we'll buy her a present between all of us, we'll all club together to buy her a present

¿entre cuántos habéis hecho el trabajo? — how many of you did it take to do the work?

esto lo solucionaremos entre nosotros — we'll sort that out among(st) o between ourselves

la cuento entre mis mejores amigas — I count her as one of my best friends

entre sí: las mujeres hablaban entre sí — the women were talking among(st) themselves

los tres hermanos están muy unidos entre sí — the three brothers are very close to each other

3) [uso aditivo]

entre viaje y alojamiento nos gastamos 80 euros — we spent 80 euros between the travel and the accommodation, the travel and the accommodation came to 80 euros between them

entre niños y niñas habrá unos veinte en total — there are about twenty in total, if you count boys and girls

entre que era tarde y hacía frío, decidimos no salir — what with it being late and cold, we decided not to go out

entre unas cosas y otras no conseguía dormir — what with one thing and another I couldn't sleep

entre unas cosas y otras se nos hizo de noche — before we knew it, it was night

4) (Mat)

20 entre 4 — 20 divided by 4

20 entre 4 es igual a 5 — 4 into 20 goes 5 (times)

5) esp LAm
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entre más estudia más aprende — the more he studies the more he learns

6)

entre tanto — ver entretanto

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I
preposición

1)

a) ( indicando posición en medio de) between

se sienta entre Carlos y yo — he sits between Carlos and me

entre estas cuatro paredes — within these four walls

entre paréntesis — in brackets

se me escapó por entre los dedos — it slipped through my fingers

abierto entre semana — open during the week

comer entre horas — to eat between meals

b) ( en relaciones de comunicación o cooperación) between

que quede entre tú y yo — this is just between you and me

entre los tres logramos levantarlo — between the three of us we managed to lift it

¿por qué no le hacemos un regalo entre todos? — why don't we all get together to buy him a present?

c) ( con verbos recíprocos) among

cuando hablan entre ellos — ( dos personas) when they talk to each other; ( más de dos personas) when they talk among themselves

entre ellos se entienden — they understand each other o one another

2)

a) (en el número, la colectividad de) among

entre los trabajadores — among the workers

hay un traidor entre nosotros — there's a traitor among us

entre otras cosas — among other things

b) ( mezclado con) among

entre las monedas que me dio — among the coins he gave me

se perdió entre la muchedumbre — he got lost in the crowd

c) ( sumando una cosa a otra) with

hay unas cien personas entre alumnos y profesores — with o including pupils and teachers there are about a hundred people

entre una cosa y otra... — (fam) what with one thing and another... (colloq)

d) ( en distribuciones) among

repártelos entre los niños — share them out among the children

e) (Mat)

diez entre dos es (igual a) cinco — two into ten goes five (times)

3)

entre tanto — meanwhile, in the meantime
II
adverbio (esp AmL)

entre más... menos/más... — the more... the less/more...

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= amidst, among, amongst, between, inter, across, amid, twixt, betwixt, in between.

Ex. The second edition of AACR was published in 1978, amidst some dispute as to whether it was either necessary or desirable.

Ex. He is probably unique among Associations of Research Libraries directors in that he played a significant role in the creation of ALA's Social Responsibilities Round Table.

Ex. Amongst these are numbered: some specific legal and governmental works, such as laws, decrees, treaties; works that record the collective thought of a body, for example, reports of commissions and committees; and various cartographic materials.

Ex. Citations to 33 Ph.D.theses produced at the University between 1974 and 1978 were analysed.

Ex. On magnetic tape, for instance, there will be a need for an inter record gap so that the tape drive has some space, some leeway, when starting or stopping the fast moving tape.

Ex. Other important elements of libraries, such as the quality of the staff and the nature of the reference collections themselves, vary across libraries.

Ex. The director continued speaking amid the embers of their mirth.

Ex. The article ' Twixt dilemma and desk-top deluxe' reports on the developments from the major computer printer manufacturers.

Ex. Hume says we must distinguish ' betwixt personal identity as it regards our thought or imagination and as it regards our passions or the concern we take in ourselves'.

Ex. The reason for this is that the qualifier, Public Libraries, is randomly distributed depending on whether other facets are cited in between.

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* a caballo entre = midway between.

* a mitad de camino entre = midway between.

* compromiso entre novios = engagement.

* conector entre facetas = intra-facet connector.

* de entre los nuestros = in our ranks.

* de la zona de entre mareas = intertidal.

* distinguir entre... y... = draw + the line between... and....

* entre bastidores = behind the scenes, backstage, offstage.

* entre corchetes = in brackets.

* entre culturas = intercultural.

* entre diferentes edades = cross-age [cross age].

* entre dos fuegos = crossfire, pig(gy) in the middle.

* entre el dicho y el hecho hay un gran trecho = many a slip between the cup and the lip.

* entre el dicho y el hecho hay un gran trecho = There's many a slip 'twixt cup and lip.

* entre el hombre y el sistema = human-system.

* entre ellos contamos con los siguientes = numbered amongst these are.

* entre éstos se incluyen = amongst these are numbered.

* entre fronteras = transborder.

* entre grupos sociales = intergroup.

* entre instituciones = interagency [inter-agency].

* entre la espada y la pared = between the rock and the hard place, between the devil and the deep blue sea, between a rock and a hard place.

* entre la máquina y el hombre = human-machine.

* entre la población en general = mainstream.

* entre la profesión = intra-professional.

* entre las dos y las cuatro = mid-afternoon.

* entre las páginas de = between the covers of.

* entre los miembros de la familia = intergenerational.

* entre los vivos = land of the living, the.

* entre manos = at hand, in hand.

* entre medias = in between.

* entre + Nombre Singular + y + Nombre Singular = between + Nombre Plural.

* entre nosotros = with us, between you and me, between ourselves.

* entre ordenadores = computer-to-computer.

* entre otras cosas = amongst other things, for one thing, inter alia, among other things.

* entre otros = amongst others, among others.

* entre países = transfrontier, transborder, transnational, cross-country, cross-national [cross national], cross-border.

* entre paréntesis = parenthetically, parenthetic, in brackets, in parenthesis.

* entre profesiones = cross-occupational.

* entre + Pronombre = in + Posesivo + midst.

* entre regiones = cross-regional, inter-regional [interregional].

* entre semana = on weekdays, midweek, weekday.

* entre sí = each other.

* entre tres partes = 3-party [three-party].

* entre tú y yo = between you and me, between ourselves.

* entre varias bibliotecas = cross-library, cross-library.

* entre varias instituciones = inter-institutionally [interinstitutionally].

* entre varias lenguas = cross-lingual.

* entre varios países = multi-country [multicountry].

* entre... y... = anywhere from/between... and...., somewhere between... and....

* espacio entre columnas = intercolumn spacing.

* estar a caballo entre = stand + midway between.

* estar entre = fall between.

* hablar entre dientes sin ser entendido = mumble.

* niños entre cinco y siete años = five-to-sevens.

* que quede entre nosotros = between you and me, between ourselves.

* reconciliación entre = healing of the breach between.

* resolución de la ambigüedad entre términos = term disambiguation.

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I
preposición

1)

a) ( indicando posición en medio de) between

se sienta entre Carlos y yo — he sits between Carlos and me

entre estas cuatro paredes — within these four walls

entre paréntesis — in brackets

se me escapó por entre los dedos — it slipped through my fingers

abierto entre semana — open during the week

comer entre horas — to eat between meals

b) ( en relaciones de comunicación o cooperación) between

que quede entre tú y yo — this is just between you and me

entre los tres logramos levantarlo — between the three of us we managed to lift it

¿por qué no le hacemos un regalo entre todos? — why don't we all get together to buy him a present?

c) ( con verbos recíprocos) among

cuando hablan entre ellos — ( dos personas) when they talk to each other; ( más de dos personas) when they talk among themselves

entre ellos se entienden — they understand each other o one another

2)

a) (en el número, la colectividad de) among

entre los trabajadores — among the workers

hay un traidor entre nosotros — there's a traitor among us

entre otras cosas — among other things

b) ( mezclado con) among

entre las monedas que me dio — among the coins he gave me

se perdió entre la muchedumbre — he got lost in the crowd

c) ( sumando una cosa a otra) with

hay unas cien personas entre alumnos y profesores — with o including pupils and teachers there are about a hundred people

entre una cosa y otra... — (fam) what with one thing and another... (colloq)

d) ( en distribuciones) among

repártelos entre los niños — share them out among the children

e) (Mat)

diez entre dos es (igual a) cinco — two into ten goes five (times)

3)

entre tanto — meanwhile, in the meantime
II
adverbio (esp AmL)

entre más... menos/más... — the more... the less/more...

* * *

= amidst, among, amongst, between, inter, across, amid, twixt, betwixt, in between.

Ex: The second edition of AACR was published in 1978, amidst some dispute as to whether it was either necessary or desirable.

Ex: He is probably unique among Associations of Research Libraries directors in that he played a significant role in the creation of ALA's Social Responsibilities Round Table.

Ex: Amongst these are numbered: some specific legal and governmental works, such as laws, decrees, treaties; works that record the collective thought of a body, for example, reports of commissions and committees; and various cartographic materials.

Ex: Citations to 33 Ph.D.theses produced at the University between 1974 and 1978 were analysed.

Ex: On magnetic tape, for instance, there will be a need for an inter record gap so that the tape drive has some space, some leeway, when starting or stopping the fast moving tape.

Ex: Other important elements of libraries, such as the quality of the staff and the nature of the reference collections themselves, vary across libraries.

Ex: The director continued speaking amid the embers of their mirth.

Ex: The article ' Twixt dilemma and desk-top deluxe' reports on the developments from the major computer printer manufacturers.

Ex: Hume says we must distinguish ' betwixt personal identity as it regards our thought or imagination and as it regards our passions or the concern we take in ourselves'.

Ex: The reason for this is that the qualifier, Public Libraries, is randomly distributed depending on whether other facets are cited in between.

* a caballo entre = midway between.

* a mitad de camino entre = midway between.

* compromiso entre novios = engagement.

* conector entre facetas = intra-facet connector.

* de entre los nuestros = in our ranks.

* de la zona de entre mareas = intertidal.

* distinguir entre... y... = draw + the line between... and....

* entre bastidores = behind the scenes, backstage, offstage.

* entre corchetes = in brackets.

* entre culturas = intercultural.

* entre diferentes edades = cross-age [cross age].

* entre dos fuegos = crossfire, pig(gy) in the middle.

* entre el dicho y el hecho hay un gran trecho = many a slip between the cup and the lip.

* entre el dicho y el hecho hay un gran trecho = There's many a slip 'twixt cup and lip.

* entre el hombre y el sistema = human-system.

* entre ellos contamos con los siguientes = numbered amongst these are.

* entre éstos se incluyen = amongst these are numbered.

* entre fronteras = transborder.

* entre grupos sociales = intergroup.

* entre instituciones = interagency [inter-agency].

* entre la espada y la pared = between the rock and the hard place, between the devil and the deep blue sea, between a rock and a hard place.

* entre la máquina y el hombre = human-machine.

* entre la población en general = mainstream.

* entre la profesión = intra-professional.

* entre las dos y las cuatro = mid-afternoon.

* entre las páginas de = between the covers of.

* entre los miembros de la familia = intergenerational.

* entre los vivos = land of the living, the.

* entre manos = at hand, in hand.

* entre medias = in between.

* entre + Nombre Singular + y + Nombre Singular = between + Nombre Plural.

* entre nosotros = with us, between you and me, between ourselves.

* entre ordenadores = computer-to-computer.

* entre otras cosas = amongst other things, for one thing, inter alia, among other things.

* entre otros = amongst others, among others.

* entre países = transfrontier, transborder, transnational, cross-country, cross-national [cross national], cross-border.

* entre paréntesis = parenthetically, parenthetic, in brackets, in parenthesis.

* entre profesiones = cross-occupational.

* entre + Pronombre = in + Posesivo + midst.

* entre regiones = cross-regional, inter-regional [interregional].

* entre semana = on weekdays, midweek, weekday.

* entre sí = each other.

* entre tres partes = 3-party [three-party].

* entre tú y yo = between you and me, between ourselves.

* entre varias bibliotecas = cross-library, cross-library.

* entre varias instituciones = inter-institutionally [interinstitutionally].

* entre varias lenguas = cross-lingual.

* entre varios países = multi-country [multicountry].

* entre... y... = anywhere from/between... and...., somewhere between... and....

* espacio entre columnas = intercolumn spacing.

* estar a caballo entre = stand + midway between.

* estar entre = fall between.

* hablar entre dientes sin ser entendido = mumble.

* niños entre cinco y siete años = five-to-sevens.

* que quede entre nosotros = between you and me, between ourselves.

* reconciliación entre = healing of the breach between.

* resolución de la ambigüedad entre términos = term disambiguation.

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entre¹

prep

A

1 (indicando posición en medio de) between

se sienta entre Carlos y yo he sits between Carlos and me

entre estas cuatro paredes within these four walls

creó una barrera entre ellos it created a barrier between them

lo escribió entre paréntesis she wrote it in brackets

se me escapó por entre los dedos it slipped through my fingers

correteaban por entre los arbustos they ran in and out of the bushes

no pruebo bocado entre horas I don't eat a thing between meals

entre estas dos fechas between these two dates

está abierto entre semana it is open during the week

entre las cuatro y las cinco between four and five (o'clock)

con una expresión entre complacida y sorprendida with an expression somewhere between pleasure and surprise, with a half pleased, half surprised look

es de un color entre el azul y el violeta it's a bluey purple color o a purplish blue color

vacilaba entre decírselo y callar she was torn between telling him and keeping quiet

estoy entre el verde y el azul I can't decide between the green one and the blue one

2 (en relaciones de comunicación) between

entre nosotros or entre tú y yo, no tiene la más mínima idea between you and me o just between ourselves, he doesn't have a clue

las relaciones entre los cuatro hermanos relations between the four brothers

3 (en relaciones de cooperación) between

entre los dos/cuatro logramos levantarlo between the two of us/four of us we managed to lift it

¿por qué no le hacemos un regalo entre todos? why don't we all get together to buy him a present?

4 (con verbos recíprocos) among

entre ellos se entienden they understand each other o one another

cuando hablan entre ellos no entiendo nada when they talk among themselves, I can't understand a thing

tres depósitos unidos entre sí por una serie de tubos three tanks linked (to each other) by a series of pipes

B

1 (en el número, la colectividad de) among, amongst ( BrE)

entre los trabajadores among the workers

bendita tú eres entre todas las mujeres blessed art thou among women

está entre los mejores/más grandes del mundo it is among the best/largest in the world, it is one of the best/largest in the world

entre los temas debatidos, éste fue el más conflictivo of the topics discussed this proved to be the most controversial

hay un traidor entre nosotros there's a traitor among us o ( liter) in our midst

estamos entre amigos we're all friends here, you're among friends

es mentiroso, entre otras cosas he's a liar, among other things

2 (mezclado con) among

entre las monedas que me dio había algunas extranjeras there were some foreign coins among the ones he gave me

se perdió entre la muchedumbre he got lost in the crowd

lo encontré entre la arena I found it in the sand

3 (sumando una cosa a otra) with

hay unas cien personas entre alumnos, padres y profesores with o including pupils, parents and teachers there are about a hundred people

entre una cosa y otra nos llevó toda una mañana ( fam); what with one thing and another it took us a whole morning ( colloq)

4 (en distribuciones) among

repártelos entre los niños share them out among the children

5 [ Vocabulary notes (Spanish) ] ( Mat):

tienes que dividirlo entre cinco you have to divide it by five

diez entre dos es (igual a) cinco two into ten goes five (times), ten divided by two is five

C

entre tanto meanwhile, in the meantime

entre tanto, vayan poniendo la mesa meanwhile o in the meantime, you can lay the table

entre tanto (que) lo hacen while they do it

entre²

adverb

( esp AmL): entre más/menos... the more/less...

entre más pide, menos le dan the more he asks for, the less they give him

entre menos estudies, menos aprenderás the less you study, the less you will learn

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Del verbo entrar: ( conjugate entrar)

entré es:

1ª persona singular (yo) pretérito indicativo

entre es:

1ª persona singular (yo) presente subjuntivo

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

3ª persona singular (él/ella/usted) imperativo

Multiple Entries:
algo entre
entrar
entre
entrar ( conjugate entrar) verbo intransitivo
1 ( acercándose) to come in;
( alejándose) to go in;
◊ déjame entre let me in;

hazla entre tell her to come in, show her in;
entró corriendo he ran in, he came running in;
¿se puede entre con el coche? can you drive in?;
había gente entrando y saliendo there were people coming and going;
¿cómo entró? how did he get in?;
entre en or (esp AmL) a algo ‹a edificio/habitación› to go into sth;
entró en el or al banco she went into the bank
2 (en etapa, estado) entre en algo ‹en periodo/guerra/negociaciones› to enter sth;
◊ entre en calor to get warm;

entró en coma he went into a coma
3
a) (introducirse, meterse):

◊ cierra la puerta, que entra frío close the door, you're letting the cold in;

me entró arena en los zapatos I've got sand in my shoes
b) ( poderse meter):

◊ ¿entrará por la puerta? will it get through the door?;

(+ me/te/le etc):
◊ estos vaqueros no me entran I can't get into these jeans;

el zapato no le entra he can't get his shoe on;
no me entra la segunda (Auto) I can't get it into second (gear)
4 [ hambre] (+ me/te/le etc):
◊ le entró hambre she felt o got hungry;

me ha entrado la duda I'm beginning to have my doubts;
me entró sueño I got o began to feel sleepy
5 ( empezar) to start, begin;
◊ entró de aprendiz he started o began as an apprentice

6 ( incorporarse) entre en or (esp AmL) a algo ‹en empresa/ejército/club› to join sth;
‹ en convento› to enter sth;
el año que entré en or a la universidad the year I started college I've just joined the association
7 ( estar incluido):
◊ el postre no entra en el precio dessert is not included in the price;

¿cuántas entran en un kilo? how many do you get in a kilo?
verbo transitivo ( traer) to bring in;
( llevar) to take in;
◊ ¿cómo van a entre el sofá? how are they going to get the sofa in?

entre preposición
1
a) (dos personas, cosas) between;

◊ lo decidieron entre ellos dos they decided it between the two of them;

está entre las dos casas it's between the two houses;
entre paréntesis in brackets;
cuando hablan entre los dos when they talk to each other
b) (más de dos personas, cosas) among;

◊ los alumnos hablaban entre ellos the pupils were talking among themselves;

entre otras cosas among other things;
se perdió entre la muchedumbre he disappeared into the crowd;
entre estas cuatro paredes within these walls
c) (indicando cooperación, distribución):

◊ entre los tres logramos levantarlo we managed to lift it between the three of us;

le hicimos con regalo entre todos we all got together and brought him a present;
repártelos entre los niños/entre todos share them out among the children/between everybody
2 ( en expresiones de tiempo):
◊ abierto entre semana open during the week;

llegaré entre las tres y las cuatro I'll be arriving between three and four;
cualquier semana entre julio y agosto any week in July or August
3
◊ entre tanto meanwhile, in the meantime

■ adverbio (esp AmL):
◊ entre más come más/menos engorda the more he eats the more/less he puts on weight

entrar
I verbo intransitivo
1 to come in, go in, enter: los ladrones entraron por la ventana, the burglars entered through the window ➣ Ver nota en ir
2 (encajar) to fit: esta llave no entra, this key doesn't fit
3 (estar incluido) to be included: eso no entra en el precio, that's not included in the price
4 (en una organización, partido) to join, get into: entró en el club, he was admitted to the club
5 (en una situación) to go into: el avión entró en barrena, the plane went into a spin
entrar en calor, to warm up
6 (comenzar) el mes que entra, next month, the coming month
7 (sobrevenir) to come over: le entraron ganas de llorar, he felt like crying
me entró un ataque de histeria, I went into hysterics
8 (agradar) no me entran las lentejas, I don't like lentils
II verbo transitivo
1 to bring in: entra las sillas, take the chairs in
2 Inform to enter
♦ Locuciones: entrar en la cabeza: no me entra en la cabeza que hayas hecho eso, I can't understand why you have done that
ni entrar ni salir, to play no part in the matter: en cuestiones sentimentales ni entro ni salgo, I steer well clear of touchy subjects
entre preposición
1 (señalando límites) between: ponlo entre tú y ella, put it between you and her
entre azul y verde, between blue and green
(con la colaboración de) lo haremos entre Pedro, Pablo y yo, Peter, Paul and myself will do it between us
2 (rodeado de) among(st)
estoy entre amigos, I'm among friends
(incluido en) está entre los primeros de la clase, he's among the best students of his class
En general, entre se traduce por between cuando se refiere a dos cosas y among o amongst (más antiguo) cuando se refiere a más de dos. Sin embargo, se puede emplear between, junto con un verbo de movimiento, cuando queremos indicar que un conjunto de cosas se dividió en dos grupos: El río fluye entre los árboles. The river flows between the trees.

' entre' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
abismal
- abismo
- abordaje
- aclarar
- adherencia
- analogía
- apareamiento
- barrera
- bastante
- bastidor
- bien
- caballero
- caballo
- cada
- camaradería
- camino
- ceja
- cerrarse
- clara
- claro
- comillas
- compenetración
- competencia
- conexión
- confianza
- confundirse
- congruencia
- considerada
- considerado
- contarse
- corporativismo
- correlación
- cruce
- desnivel
- despertarse
- dicotomía
- diente
- disidencia
- distanciamiento
- dividir
- dividirse
- dudar
- economía
- entendimiento
- escaramuza
- escoger
- espada
- estragos
- estrechar
- estrechamiento
English:
ability
- alike
- already
- amid
- among
- amongst
- angular
- antagonism
- antipathy
- backstage
- barrel
- barrier
- behind
- between
- blue-collar
- bond
- bonding
- border
- bracket
- cement
- chip in
- choose
- chuckle
- circulate
- civilian
- clash
- close
- club
- connect
- connected
- dart
- derby
- devil
- differentiate
- discriminate
- distinction
- distinguish
- divide
- dole out
- enter
- entrails
- equal
- equality
- evenly
- exit poll
- export
- fall out
- fatalism
- feature
- fence

* * *

entre

♦ prep

1. [en medio de dos] between;

está entre mi casa y la suya it's between my house and hers, it's on the way from my house to hers;

entre las diez y las once between ten and eleven o'clock;

entre 1939 y 1945 between 1939 and 1945, from 1939 to 1945;

entre paréntesis in brackets, in parentheses;

no abre entre semana it doesn't open during the week;

no hay punto de comparación entre la ciudad y el campo there's no comparison between the city and the countryside;

la diferencia entre tú y yo es que… the difference between you and me is that…;

era un color entre verde y azul the colour was somewhere between green and blue;

su estado de ánimo estaba entre la alegría y la emoción his state of mind was somewhere between o was a mixture of joy and excitement;

se encuentra entre la vida y la muerte she is fighting for her life;

entre nosotros [en confianza] between you and me, between ourselves;

que quede esto entre tú y yo this is between you and me;

dudo entre ir o quedarme I don't know o can't decide whether to go or to stay;

entre una(s) cosa(s) y otra(s)… what with one thing and another…;

no tuve tiempo de llamarte entre unas cosas y otras between one thing and another I didn't have time to phone you

2. [en medio de muchos] among, amongst;

estaba entre los asistentes she was among those present;

entre los celtas se solía… the Celts used to…;

entre los médicos se considera que… most doctors believe that…;

lo hicieron entre tres amigos the three friends did it between them;

entre todos estoy seguro de que lo conseguiremos I'm sure we'll manage to do it between us;

es el favorito entre los expertos the experts have him as the favourite;

estuvo entre los mejores he was one of o amongst the best;

no temas, estás entre amigos don't be afraid, you're amongst friends;

desapareció entre la multitud she disappeared into the crowd;

apareció de entre el humo it emerged from the smoke;

entre hombres y mujeres somos más de cien there are over a hundred of us, men and women together;

me regaló, entre otras cosas, una botella de whisky she gave me several things, including a bottle of whisky;

tu principal defecto, entre otros, es que… your main defect, amongst others, is that…;

lo encontré entre mis papeles I found it amongst my papers;

entre sí amongst themselves;

discutían entre sí they were arguing with each other

3. [en divisiones]
divide veinte entre cuatro divide twenty by four;

ocho entre dos cuatro eight divided by two is four

♦ entre que loc conj
Fam [mientras]
entre que se levanta y se arregla, se le va media mañana it takes her half the morning just to get up and get ready

♦ entre tanto loc adv
[mientras tanto] meanwhile;
haz las camas, entre tanto, yo lavo los platos you make the beds, in the meantime, I'll do the washing up

♦ entre más loc adv
Andes, CAm, Méx [cuanto más] the more;
entre más duerme, más cansado se siente the more she sleeps, the more tired she feels

* * *

entre

prp

1 dos cosas, personas between;

entre las dos y las tres between two and three

2 más de dos among(st), between;

entre nosotros among o between us;

repartir algo entre tres split sth three ways

3 expresando cooperación between;

lo pagamos entre todos we paid for it among o between us;

lo hicieron entre tres they did it between the three of them;

la relación entre ellos the relationship between them;

te cuento entre mis amigos I regard you as a friend

4 MAT

:

ocho entre cuatro son dos eight divided by four is two, four into eight is two

* * *

entre prep

1) : between

2) : among

* * *

entre prep

1. (dos cosas) between

se sentó entre sus dos hermanos he sat between his two brothers

entre las dos y las cinco between two and five o'clock

2. (más de dos cosas) among

lo encontré entre mis libros I found it among my books

entre todos together

Spanish-English dictionary > entre
3 página

f.

page, leaf.

* * *

página

► nombre femenino

1 page

\

FRASEOLOGÍA

páginas amarillas yellow pages

* * *

noun f.

page

* * *

SF page

anuncio a toda página, anuncio a página entera — full-page advertisement

primera página — front page

- currarse la página

página de inicio — (Internet) home page

página personal — (Internet) personal web page

páginas amarillas, páginas doradas — Arg Yellow Pages ®

página web — web page

* * *

femenino

1) ( de libro) page

los ejercicios de la página cinco — the exercises on page five

en la página siguiente — on the next page, overleaf

- páginas amarillas

2) ( episodio) chapter

* * *

= page.

Nota: Cada cara de una hoja de un documento cuando ambas están numeradas o cuando estando las hojas sin numerar se hayan impresas por las dos caras.

Ex. A book index is an alphabetically arranged list of words or terms leading the reader to the numbers of pages on which specific topics are considered, or on which specific names appear.

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* administrador de página web = webmaster.

* alojamiento de páginas web = web hosting.

* arrancar una página = tear out + page.

* autoedición de páginas web = Web authoring.

* AvPág (Avance Página) = PgDn (Page Down).

* componer una página = set + page.

* con notas a pie de página = footnoted.

* de dos páginas = two-page.

* de página completa = full-page.

* de tres páginas = three-page.

* distribución de la página = page layout.

* entre las páginas de = between the covers of.

* extensión de página = page length.

* formateo de página = page formatting.

* herramienta de autoedición para páginas web = Web authoring tool.

* ilustración a doble página = spread, double-page spread.

* marcador de páginas = bookmark.

* marcapágina = bookmark.

* nota a pie de página = footnote.

* numeración de páginas = page numbering.

* número de páginas = pagination.

* página compuesta = made-up page.

* página de contactos = dating service.

* página de inicio = home page [homepage].

* página de presentación = home page [homepage].

* página de resúmenes = abstract page, abstract sheet.

* página espía = spy page.

* página impar = odd page number, odd page.

* página opuesta = facing page.

* página par = even page.

* Páginas Amarillas = Yellow Pages.

* páginas contrapuestas = facing pages.

* páginas y páginas de = pages of.

* página videocámara = cam page, Web cam [Webcam].

* página videocámara de despacho = office cam.

* página web = Web page [Webpage], portal page, portal page, Internet site, Web site [website].

* página web de empresa = business site, corporate site.

* página web de universidad = academic site, university site.

* página web de vacaciones = holiday site.

* página web excéntrica = odd ball site.

* página web principal = home page [homepage].

* pasar a la página + Número = turn to + page + Número.

* pasar la página = turn over + page.

* pie de página = footer.

* pie de página repetido = running foot, footline.

* presentación de la página = page layout.

* RePág (Retroceso de Página) = PgUp (Page Up).

* salto de página = page break.

* tamaño de página = page size.

* tecla de Avance de Página = Page Down key.

* tecla de Retroceso de Página = Page Up key.

* volver la página = turn over + page.

* * *

femenino

1) ( de libro) page

los ejercicios de la página cinco — the exercises on page five

en la página siguiente — on the next page, overleaf

- páginas amarillas

2) ( episodio) chapter

* * *

= page.

Nota: Cada cara de una hoja de un documento cuando ambas están numeradas o cuando estando las hojas sin numerar se hayan impresas por las dos caras.

Ex: A book index is an alphabetically arranged list of words or terms leading the reader to the numbers of pages on which specific topics are considered, or on which specific names appear.

* administrador de página web = webmaster.

* alojamiento de páginas web = web hosting.

* arrancar una página = tear out + page.

* autoedición de páginas web = Web authoring.

* AvPág (Avance Página) = PgDn (Page Down).

* componer una página = set + page.

* con notas a pie de página = footnoted.

* de dos páginas = two-page.

* de página completa = full-page.

* de tres páginas = three-page.

* distribución de la página = page layout.

* entre las páginas de = between the covers of.

* extensión de página = page length.

* formateo de página = page formatting.

* herramienta de autoedición para páginas web = Web authoring tool.

* ilustración a doble página = spread, double-page spread.

* marcador de páginas = bookmark.

* marcapágina = bookmark.

* nota a pie de página = footnote.

* numeración de páginas = page numbering.

* número de páginas = pagination.

* página compuesta = made-up page.

* página de contactos = dating service.

* página de inicio = home page [homepage].

* página de presentación = home page [homepage].

* página de resúmenes = abstract page, abstract sheet.

* página espía = spy page.

* página impar = odd page number, odd page.

* página opuesta = facing page.

* página par = even page.

* Páginas Amarillas = Yellow Pages.

* páginas contrapuestas = facing pages.

* páginas y páginas de = pages of.

* página videocámara = cam page, Web cam [Webcam].

* página videocámara de despacho = office cam.

* página web = Web page [Webpage], portal page, portal page, Internet site, Web site [website].

* página web de empresa = business site, corporate site.

* página web de universidad = academic site, university site.

* página web de vacaciones = holiday site.

* página web excéntrica = odd ball site.

* página web principal = home page [homepage].

* pasar a la página + Número = turn to + page + Número.

* pasar la página = turn over + page.

* pie de página = footer.

* pie de página repetido = running foot, footline.

* presentación de la página = page layout.

* RePág (Retroceso de Página) = PgUp (Page Up).

* salto de página = page break.

* tamaño de página = page size.

* tecla de Avance de Página = Page Down key.

* tecla de Retroceso de Página = Page Up key.

* volver la página = turn over + page.

* * *

página

feminine

A (de un libro) page

volver or (CS) dar vuelta la página to turn the page

los ejercicios de la página cinco the exercises on page five

en la página siguiente on the next page, overleaf

Compuestos:

● páginas amarillas or ( Arg) doradas

fpl ( Telec) yellow pages (pl)

● página de inicio or página inicial

( Inf) home page

● página web

Web page

B (episodio) chapter

una página gloriosa de nuestra historia a glorious chapter in our history

* * *

Del verbo paginar: ( conjugate paginar)

pagina es:

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

2ª persona singular (tú) imperativo

Multiple Entries:
paginar
página
página sustantivo femenino
page;
◊ páginas amarillas yellow pages;

página web (Inf) Web page;
página inicial or frontal (Inf) home page
página sustantivo femenino
1 page: vamos por la página setenta y dos, we are on page seventy two
2 (episodio) chapter: la página más divertida del cine español, the funniest episode in the Spanish cinema

' página' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
arrancar
- av pág
- de
- ir
- pie
- saltarse
- volver
- vuelta
- apenas
- blanco
- cincuenta
- correspondiente
- desde
- marcar
- nota
- pág.
- pasar
- por
- recién
- saltar
- señal
- venir
- voltear
English:
bottom
- footnote
- front-page
- get up to
- leaf
- page
- place
- reverse
- spread
- top
- turn
- turn over
- above
- down
- foot
- get
- home
- including
- next
- on
- see
- web

* * *

página nf

1. [de libro, publicación] page;

a toda página full-page

Comp
las páginas amarillas® the Yellow Pages®;
página central centrefold

2. [episodio] chapter;

con su muerte se cierra una página en la historia del teatro mexicano his death closes a chapter in the history of Mexican theatre

3. Informát page

Comp
página de búsqueda search engine;
página inicial o de inicio home page;

página personal personal home page;

página web web page

* * *

página

f page

* * *

página nf

: page

* * *

página n page

Spanish-English dictionary > página
4 apreciar muchísimo

(v.) = treasure

Ex. I treasure the note sent by a reader to a publisher which said 'Between the covers of your books I can ignore the TV, transistors, politics, and the weather'.

* * *

(v.) = treasure

Ex: I treasure the note sent by a reader to a publisher which said 'Between the covers of your books I can ignore the TV, transistors, politics, and the weather'.

Spanish-English dictionary > apreciar muchísimo
5 guardar como un tesoro

(v.) = treasure

Ex. I treasure the note sent by a reader to a publisher which said 'Between the covers of your books I can ignore the TV, transistors, politics, and the weather'.

* * *

(v.) = treasure

Ex: I treasure the note sent by a reader to a publisher which said 'Between the covers of your books I can ignore the TV, transistors, politics, and the weather'.

Spanish-English dictionary > guardar como un tesoro
6 guardar con mucho cariño

(v.) = treasure

Ex. I treasure the note sent by a reader to a publisher which said 'Between the covers of your books I can ignore the TV, transistors, politics, and the weather'.

* * *

(v.) = treasure

Ex: I treasure the note sent by a reader to a publisher which said 'Between the covers of your books I can ignore the TV, transistors, politics, and the weather'.

Spanish-English dictionary > guardar con mucho cariño
7 lazo

m.

1 bow.

2 ribbon.

3 snare.

echar el lazo a alguien (figurative) to snare somebody

4 tie, loop, knot, string tie.

5 bond, relation, relationship, tie.

6 lasso, lariat, long rope with a sliding noose.

pres.indicat.

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

* * *

lazo

► nombre masculino

1 (cinta) ribbon; (de adorno) bow

2 figurado (vínculo) tie, bond

3 (trampa) snare, trap

\

FRASEOLOGÍA

lazo corredizo slipknot

* * *

noun m.

1) bond

2) link

3) bow

* * *

SM

1) (=nudo) [para asegurar] knot; [decorativo] bow

lazo corredizo — slipknot

lazo de zapato — shoelace

2) (Agr) lasso, lariat

3) (Caza) snare, trap

- caer en el lazo

- tender un lazo a algn

4) (Aut) hairpin bend

5) pl lazos (=vínculos) ties

lazos familiares — family ties

los lazos culturales entre los dos países — cultural ties between the two countries

lazos de parentesco — ties of blood

* * *

masculino

1)

a) ( cinta) ribbon; ( nudo decorativo) bow

¿te hago un lazo? — shall I tie it in a bow?

b) (Méx) ( del matrimonio) cord with which the couple are symbolically united at a wedding

2)

a) (Agr) lasso

le echó el lazo al potro — he lassoed the colt

no echarle or tirarle un lazo a alguien — (Méx fam) not to give somebody a second glance

poner a alguien como lazo de cochino — (Méx fam) to give somebody a dressing-down

b) ( cuerda) (Col, Méx) rope; ( para saltar) (Col) cuerda 1) b)

c) ( para cazar) snare, trap

3) ( vínculo) bond, tie

lazos culturales — cultural ties

* * *

= tape, tie, knot, bond, lashing, loop, bonding, tie.

Ex. A portfolio is a container for holding loose materials consisting of two covers joined together at the back; the covers are usually tied with tapes at the fore edge, top, and bottom.

Ex. Eastern European countries longing for western scientific ties have wanted to participate in the Internet for a long time, but were excluded by government regulations.

Ex. Often, too, there were knots of badly-beaten fibre visible in the substance of the sheet.

Ex. Networking creates bonds where none may have existed and multiplies individual capabilities manifold.

Ex. This type of lashing is used to tie 4 or more poles together at one point.

Ex. Let us empower ourselves to bring those persons who cannot read, or those with a low level of literacy, or those who have been locked out of the information cycle, into the literacy loop.

Ex. The authors suggest that there should be a bonding between and among governing agencies and local schools.

Ex. Her shoulder length hair was pushed back and held with a tie.

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* colgado de un lazo continuo = looped.

* con lazos muy estrechos = close-knit.

* creación de lazos de amistad entre hombres = male bonding.

* crear lazos = build up + links.

* crear lazos afectivos = bond.

* establecer lazos afectivos = bond.

* estrechar los lazos = strengthen + links.

* fortalecer los lazos = strengthen + links.

* lazo afectivo = human bonding.

* lazo cultural = cultural bond.

* lazo étnico = ethnic bond.

* lazo familiar = family bond.

* lazos = ties.

* lazos de amistad = bonding.

* lazos de amor = bonding.

* lazos familiares = family ties.

* lazos sangüíneos = blood ties.

* romper los lazos con = sever + Posesivo + links with, sever + Posesivo + ties with, break + ties with.

* romper un lazo = sever + connection.

* ruptura de lazos = severing of ties, breaking of ties.

* tender lazos = build + bridges.

* * *

masculino

1)

a) ( cinta) ribbon; ( nudo decorativo) bow

¿te hago un lazo? — shall I tie it in a bow?

b) (Méx) ( del matrimonio) cord with which the couple are symbolically united at a wedding

2)

a) (Agr) lasso

le echó el lazo al potro — he lassoed the colt

no echarle or tirarle un lazo a alguien — (Méx fam) not to give somebody a second glance

poner a alguien como lazo de cochino — (Méx fam) to give somebody a dressing-down

b) ( cuerda) (Col, Méx) rope; ( para saltar) (Col) cuerda 1) b)

c) ( para cazar) snare, trap

3) ( vínculo) bond, tie

lazos culturales — cultural ties

* * *

= tape, tie, knot, bond, lashing, loop, bonding, tie.

Ex: A portfolio is a container for holding loose materials consisting of two covers joined together at the back; the covers are usually tied with tapes at the fore edge, top, and bottom.

Ex: Eastern European countries longing for western scientific ties have wanted to participate in the Internet for a long time, but were excluded by government regulations.

Ex: Often, too, there were knots of badly-beaten fibre visible in the substance of the sheet.

Ex: Networking creates bonds where none may have existed and multiplies individual capabilities manifold.

Ex: This type of lashing is used to tie 4 or more poles together at one point.

Ex: Let us empower ourselves to bring those persons who cannot read, or those with a low level of literacy, or those who have been locked out of the information cycle, into the literacy loop.

Ex: The authors suggest that there should be a bonding between and among governing agencies and local schools.

Ex: Her shoulder length hair was pushed back and held with a tie.

* colgado de un lazo continuo = looped.

* con lazos muy estrechos = close-knit.

* creación de lazos de amistad entre hombres = male bonding.

* crear lazos = build up + links.

* crear lazos afectivos = bond.

* establecer lazos afectivos = bond.

* estrechar los lazos = strengthen + links.

* fortalecer los lazos = strengthen + links.

* lazo afectivo = human bonding.

* lazo cultural = cultural bond.

* lazo étnico = ethnic bond.

* lazo familiar = family bond.

* lazos = ties.

* lazos de amistad = bonding.

* lazos de amor = bonding.

* lazos familiares = family ties.

* lazos sangüíneos = blood ties.

* romper los lazos con = sever + Posesivo + links with, sever + Posesivo + ties with, break + ties with.

* romper un lazo = sever + connection.

* ruptura de lazos = severing of ties, breaking of ties.

* tender lazos = build + bridges.

* * *

lazo

masculine

A

1 (cinta) ribbon

2 (nudo decorativo) bow

¿te hago un lazo? shall I tie it in a bow for you?

se puso un lazo en la cabeza she put a bow in her hair

3 ( RPl) (medio nudo) knot

le hizo el lazo del zapato he tied her shoelace

4 ( Méx) (del matrimonio) cord with which the couple are symbolically united during the wedding ceremony

B

1 ( Agr) lasso

le echó el lazo al potro he lassoed the colt

no echarle or tirarle un lazo a algn ( Méx fam); not to give sb a second glance

poner a algn como lazo de cochino ( Méx fam); to give sb a dressing-down

2 (cuerda — para atar) (Col, Méx) rope; (— para saltar) ( Col) skip o jump rope ( AmE), skipping rope ( BrE)

saltar lazo to skip rope ( AmE), to skip ( BrE)

3 (para cazar) snare, trap

C (vínculo) link, bond, tie

nos unen lazos de amistad we are joined by bonds of friendship

lazos culturales cultural ties

Compuesto:

lazo de amor

( RPI) ( Bot) spider plant

* * *

Del verbo lazar: ( conjugate lazar)

lazo es:

1ª persona singular (yo) presente indicativo

lazó es:

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

Multiple Entries:
lazar
lazo
lazar ( conjugate lazar) verbo transitivo (Méx) to rope, lasso
lazo sustantivo masculino
1
a) ( cinta) ribbon;

( nudo decorativo) bow;
◊ ¿te hago un lazo? shall I tie it in a bow?

b) (Méx) ( del matrimonio) cord with which the couple are symbolically united during the wedding ceremony

2
a) (Agr) lasso

b) ( cuerda) (Col, Méx) rope;

( para saltar) (Col) See Also→ cuerda 1b
c) ( para cazar) snare, trap

3 ( vínculo) bond, tie
lazo sustantivo masculino
1 (lazada) bow: le regalé un lazo a la niña, I gave the girl a ribbon
2 (nudo) knot
3 fig (usu pl) (vínculo, relación) tie, bond
' lazo' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
corbata
- desatar
- deshacer
- hacer
- moña
- moño
- presilla
- trampa
English:
bond
- bow
- lasso
- loop
- noose
- pretzel
- ribbon
- tie
- link

* * *

lazo nm

1. [atadura] bow;

hacer un lazo to tie a bow;

hacerle el lazo del zapato a alguien to tie sb's shoelace

Comp
lazo corredizo slipknot
2. [cinta] ribbon

3. [bucle] loop

4. [trampa] snare;
[de vaquero] lasso;
echar el lazo a un animal to lasso an animal;

Comp

echar el lazo a alguien to snare sb;

Comp
Méx Fam
poner a alguien como lazo de cochino to have a go at sb

5.
lazos [vínculos] ties, bonds;

los lazos económicos entre los dos países the economic ties o links between the two countries;

los unen fuertes lazos de amistad they share a strong bond of friendship;

no hay lazos de parentesco entre las víctimas the victims were not related to each other

6. [en arte] tracery motif

7. Col [juego] skipping;

jugar o [m5] saltar al lazo to skip, US to jump rope

8. Col [cuerda] skipping rope, US jump rope

9. RP lazo de amor spider plant

* * *

lazo

m

1 knot

2 de adorno bow

3 para atrapar animales lasso;

caer en el lazo fig fall into the trap

4

:

lazos pl ties

* * *

lazo nm

1) vínculo: link, bond

2) : bow, ribbon

3) : lasso, lariat

* * *

lazo n

1. (lazada) bow

2. (cinta) ribbon

Spanish-English dictionary > lazo
8 equilibrio

m.

1 balance.

mantener algo en equilibrio to balance something

mantener/perder el equilibrio to keep/lose one's balance

hacer equilibrios (figurative) to perform a balancing act

hay un equilibrio de fuerzas the forces are evenly balanced

equilibrio ecológico ecological balance

equilibrio de poder balance of power

2 equilibrium, balance.

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equilibrio

► nombre masculino

1 (estabilidad) balance

■ perdió el equilibrio he lost his balance

2 FÍSICA equilibrium

3 figurado (armonía) balance, harmony

4 figurado (serenidad) poise, composure

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FRASEOLOGÍA

hacer equilibrios figurado to perform a balancing act

■ tuvo que hacer equilibrios para llegar a fin de mes he had to pinch pennies to get to the end of the month

mantener el equilibrio to keep one's balance

perder el equilibrio to lose one's balance

equilibrio de poderes balance of power

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noun m.

balance, equilibrium

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SM

1) (=estabilidad) balance

perturbó el equilibrio de la balanza — he threw the scales out of balance

ahora las pesas están en equilibrio — now the weights are evenly balanced

intentó mantener el equilibrio sobre la cuerda — he tried to keep his balance on the rope

mantuvo en equilibrio el palo sobre su dedo — he balanced the stick on his finger

perder el equilibrio — to lose one's balance

- hacer equilibrios

equilibrio ecológico — ecological balance

equilibrio estable — stable equilibrium

equilibrio inestable — unstable equilibrium

equilibrio presupuestario — balanced budget

2) (=armonía) balance, equilibrium

existe un equilibrio estable entre las dos potencias mundiales — there is a stable balance between the two superpowers

equilibrio de fuerzas, equilibrio de poderes — balance of power

3) (=serenidad) level-headedness

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masculino

1) (de fuerzas, estabilidad) balance

la balanza está en equilibrio — the scales are (evenly) balanced

el equilibrio entre la oferta y la demanda — the balance between supply and demand

perdió/mantuvo el equilibrio — he lost/kept his balance

en estado de equilibrio — in equilibrium

hacer equilibrios — to do a balancing act

2) (sensatez, juicio)

una persona de gran equilibrio — a very level-headed o well-balanced person

equilibrio mental — mental stability

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= equilibrium, equity, trade-off [tradeoff/trade off], balance, levelling-off, levelling [leveling, -USA], compromise, equipoise, even keel.

Nota: Nombre.

Ex. On the one hand, the world is in a continuous state of change -- always seeking, as it were, to find the equilibrium of its natural state.

Ex. It covers selected news reports which include the president's programme, power for youth services workers, pay equity, and equity in information services.

Ex. There are always trade-offs between the ability and ease of online updates, speed and accessibility in searching, integration of the data base, and data-base maintenance procedures.

Ex. The concept of such co-operation is very interesting and we continue to build a history of Stumpers activity to assess the balance of 'giving and taking'.

Ex. A rapid growth in demand in the 1st 7 years was followed by a decline and then a levelling-off in 1982-83.

Ex. The author examines the implications for publishers of the possible levelling of VAT on books in the UK.

Ex. A compromise between expressive and non-expressive notation is to be found in the Second Edition of the Bliss Bibliographic Classification Scheme.

Ex. America's present need is not heroics, but healing; not nostrums, but normalcy; not experiment, but equipoise; not submergence in internationality, but sustainment in triumphant nationality.

Ex. That even keel, that unflappable demeanor is what made him such a steady player.

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* alterar el equilibrio = upset + the balance.

* conseguir un equilibrio = strike + a balance.

* crear un equilibrio = establish + a balance.

* encontrar el equilibrio = strike + the right note.

* encontrar un equilibrio = find + a balance.

* equilibrio de poder = balance of power.

* equilibrio emocional = emotional health.

* establecer un equilibrio = establish + a balance.

* mantener Algo en equilibrio = keep + Nombre + in balance.

* mantener un equilibrio = balance, maintain + a balance, keep + a balance.

* perder el equilibrio = lose + Posesivo + balance.

* punto de equilibrio = break-even, break-even point.

* restablecer el equilibrio = re-establish + the balance.

* romper el equilibrio = tip + the scales.

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masculino

1) (de fuerzas, estabilidad) balance

la balanza está en equilibrio — the scales are (evenly) balanced

el equilibrio entre la oferta y la demanda — the balance between supply and demand

perdió/mantuvo el equilibrio — he lost/kept his balance

en estado de equilibrio — in equilibrium

hacer equilibrios — to do a balancing act

2) (sensatez, juicio)

una persona de gran equilibrio — a very level-headed o well-balanced person

equilibrio mental — mental stability

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= equilibrium, equity, trade-off [tradeoff/trade off], balance, levelling-off, levelling [leveling, -USA], compromise, equipoise, even keel.

Nota: Nombre.

Ex: On the one hand, the world is in a continuous state of change -- always seeking, as it were, to find the equilibrium of its natural state.

Ex: It covers selected news reports which include the president's programme, power for youth services workers, pay equity, and equity in information services.

Ex: There are always trade-offs between the ability and ease of online updates, speed and accessibility in searching, integration of the data base, and data-base maintenance procedures.

Ex: The concept of such co-operation is very interesting and we continue to build a history of Stumpers activity to assess the balance of 'giving and taking'.

Ex: A rapid growth in demand in the 1st 7 years was followed by a decline and then a levelling-off in 1982-83.

Ex: The author examines the implications for publishers of the possible levelling of VAT on books in the UK.

Ex: A compromise between expressive and non-expressive notation is to be found in the Second Edition of the Bliss Bibliographic Classification Scheme.

Ex: America's present need is not heroics, but healing; not nostrums, but normalcy; not experiment, but equipoise; not submergence in internationality, but sustainment in triumphant nationality.

Ex: That even keel, that unflappable demeanor is what made him such a steady player.

* alterar el equilibrio = upset + the balance.

* conseguir un equilibrio = strike + a balance.

* crear un equilibrio = establish + a balance.

* encontrar el equilibrio = strike + the right note.

* encontrar un equilibrio = find + a balance.

* equilibrio de poder = balance of power.

* equilibrio emocional = emotional health.

* establecer un equilibrio = establish + a balance.

* mantener Algo en equilibrio = keep + Nombre + in balance.

* mantener un equilibrio = balance, maintain + a balance, keep + a balance.

* perder el equilibrio = lose + Posesivo + balance.

* punto de equilibrio = break-even, break-even point.

* restablecer el equilibrio = re-establish + the balance.

* romper el equilibrio = tip + the scales.

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equilibrio

masculine

A

1 (de fuerzas, componentes) balance

la balanza está en equilibrio the scales are (evenly) balanced

el precario equilibrio entre los partidos the precarious balance o equilibrium between the parties

el equilibrio entre la oferta y la demanda the balance between supply and demand

2 (estabilidad) balance

perdió/mantuvo el equilibrio he lost/kept his balance

lo mantuvo en equilibrio sobre el filo del cuchillo he balanced it on the edge of the knife

en estado de equilibrio in equilibrium

hacer equilibrios to do a balancing act

B

(sensatez, juicio): es una persona de gran equilibrio she's a very level-headed o well-balanced person

existen dudas sobre su equilibrio mental there are doubts about his mental stability

aquella desgracia le hizo perder el equilibrio that unfortunate incident unbalanced him

Compuestos:

● equilibrio ecológico

ecological balance

● equilibrio estable/inestable

stable/unstable equilibrium

● equilibrio indiferente

neutral equilibrium

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equilibrio sustantivo masculino (de fuerzas, estabilidad) balance;
◊ perdió el equilibrio he lost his balance;

en estado de equilibrio in equilibrium
equilibrio sustantivo masculino balance

' equilibrio' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
ir
- mantener
- mareado
- marear
- mareo
- perder
English:
balance
- balance of power
- equilibrium
- footing
- strike
- over

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equilibrio nm

1. [estabilidad] balance;
Fís equilibrium;
la balanza permanecía en equilibrio the scales were evenly balanced;

hay equilibrio de fuerzas en el parlamento the forces are evenly balanced in the parliament;

el gobierno busca el equilibrio presupuestario the government is seeking a balanced budget;

mantener algo en equilibrio to balance sth;

mantuvo el balón en equilibrio sobre un dedo he balanced the ball on his finger;

mantener/perder el equilibrio to keep/lose one's balance;

Comp

hacer equilibrios to perform a balancing act;

hacíamos verdaderos equilibrios para llegar a fin de mes we performed balancing acts to reach the end of the month

Comp
Fís equilibrio dinámico dynamic equilibrium;
equilibrio ecológico ecological balance;
Fís equilibrio inestable unstable equilibrium;
equilibrio de poder balance of power;

equilibrio político balance of power;

equilibrio químico chemical equilibrium

2. [contrapeso] counterbalance, counterpoise

3. [sensatez] composure, poise

Comp
equilibrio mental mental equilibrium
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equilibrio

m

1 balance;

falta de equilibrio imbalance;

mantener/perder el equilibrio keep/lose one’s balance equilibrio ecológico ecological balance

2 FÍS equilibrium

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equilibrio nm

1) : balance, equilibrium

perder el equilibrio: to lose one's balance

equilibrio político: balance of power

2) : poise, aplomb

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equilibrio n balance

mantener el equilibrio to keep your balance [pt. & pp. kept]

perder el equilibrio to lose your balance [pt. & pp. lost]

Spanish-English dictionary > equilibrio
9 comprender

v.

1 to include, to comprise.

el periodo comprendido entre 1995 y 1999 the period from 1995 to 1999, the period between 1995 and 1999

El estudio comprende muchas áreas The study comprises several areas.

2 to understand.

te comprendo perfectamente I quite understand

comprendo que estés triste I can understand that you're unhappy

como comprenderás, me enfadé muchísimo I don't have to tell you I was absolutely furious

Ella comprende y perdona She understands and forgives.

Ella comprendió la lección She understood the lesson.

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comprender

► verbo transitivo

1 (entender) to understand

■ lo comprendiste mal you misunderstood it

2 (contener) to comprise, include

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FRASEOLOGÍA

¿comprendes? (en conversación) you see?

hacerse comprender to make oneself understood

todo comprendido (excursión etc) all-in, inclusive

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verb

1) to understand, realize

2) comprise, cover

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1. VT

1) (=entender) to understand

espero que comprendan nuestras razones — I hope that they understand our reasons

compréndeme, no me quedaba más remedio — you have to understand, I had no choice

te comprendo perfectamente — I understand perfectly

no acabo de comprender qué es lo que pasa — I still don't understand what's going on

no comprendo cómo ha podido pasar esto — I don't see o understand how this could have happened

• hacer comprender algo a algn, esto bastó para hacernos comprender su posición — this was all we needed to understand his position

• hacerse comprender — to make o.s. understood

2) (=darse cuenta) to realize

al final comprendió que yo no iba a ayudarle — he finally realized I wasn't going to help him

comprendemos perfectamente que haya gente a quien le molesta el tabaco — we fully understand o appreciate that some people are bothered by smoking

3) (=incluir) to comprise frm

la colección comprende cien discos y cuarenta libros — the collection consists of o frm comprises a hundred records and forty books

el primer tomo comprende las letras de la A a la G — the first volume covers o frm comprises letters A to G

está todo comprendido en el precio — the price is all-inclusive

el período comprendido entre 1936 y 1939 — the period from 1936 to 1939 o between 1936 and 1939
edad 1)
2. VI

1) (=entender) to understand

¿comprendes? — do you understand?

no hay forma de hacerle comprender — there is no way to make him understand

2) (=darse cuenta)

¡ya comprendo! — now I see!, I get it (now)! *

como tú comprenderás, no soy yo quién para juzgarlo — as you will appreciate o understand, I'm not the best person to judge him

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1.
verbo transitivo

1)

a) ( entender) to understand, comprehend (frml)

nadie me comprende — nobody understands me

¿comprendido? — do you understand? (colloq)

como usted comprenderá... — as I'm sure you will appreciate...

b) ( darse cuenta) to realize, understand

comprendió que lo habían engañado — he realized that he had been tricked

2) (abarcar, contener): libro to cover; factura/precio to include

personas de edades comprendidas entre los 19 y los 23 años — people between the ages of 19 and 23
2.
comprender vi ( entender) to understand

hacerse comprender — to make oneself understood

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= comprehend, comprise (of), gain + an understanding, grasp, have + some grasp, understand, achieve + understanding, fathom, sympathise [sympathize, -USA], see, include, get + Posesivo + head around, wrap + Posesivo + head around, have + a handle on, get + a handle on.

Ex. Thus, a predominant feature of such software packages is the user related interfaces, which permit a non-programmer to comprehend and interrogate the data stored.

Ex. The first edition comprised basic classes analysed into facets, using the colon as the notational device for synthesis.

Ex. Read the document with a view to gaining an understanding of its content and an appreciation of its scope.

Ex. She must try to convince him that no single individual, no matter how gifted, can any longer grasp the innumerable facets of modern corporate effort.

Ex. It is necessary to have some grasp of some fundamental aspects of computerized information-retrieval systems.

Ex. They assume only that the reader has some knowledge of the subject, so that the abstract can be understood.

Ex. From time to time it may be necessary to consult external references sources in order for the indexer to achieve a sufficient understanding of the document content for effective indexing.

Ex. As she ascended the staircase to the library director's office, she tried to fathom the reason for the imperious summons.

Ex. In World War 2 librarians generally sympathised with Britain, but many were isolationist or apathetic during the early years = En la Segunda Guerra Mundial los bibliotecarios generalmente simpatizaban con Gran Bretaña, aunque muchos mantuvieron una actitud no intervencionista o indiferente durante los primeros años.

Ex. I don't see why the smokers can't leave the building briefly when they want to smoke.

Ex. Document descriptions may be included in catalogues, bibliographies and other listings of documents.

Ex. You are not quite sure how one man could get his head around this at the time, but he managed, in a masterful way.

Ex. Sleuthing is like second-nature to her, and she can't possibly wrap her head around the concept of renouncing it completely.

Ex. 'I sure wish I had a better handle on this contract language,' he said.

Ex. Children get a handle on personal responsibility by holding a library card of their own, a card that gives them access to new worlds.

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* a medio comprender = half-understood.

* ayudar a comprender mejor = offer + insights, improve + understanding, give + an insight into, glean + insights, provide + insight into, lend + understanding to.

* comprender bien = be clear in your mind.

* comprender mal = misunderstand.

* comprender mejor = gain + insight into, increase + understanding, place + Nombre + in/into + perspective, put into + perspective, gain + a better understanding, gain + a greater understanding, gain + a better sense of, get + a better sense of.

* comprenderse bien = be well understood.

* comprender un punto de vista = take + point.

* difícil de comprender = difficult to understand.

* empezar a comprender = grow on/upon + Pronombre.

* fácil de comprender = easy to grasp.

* hacer comprender = bring + home.

* no comprender = be beyond + Pronombre.

* no puedo comprender = I can't get over.

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1.
verbo transitivo

1)

a) ( entender) to understand, comprehend (frml)

nadie me comprende — nobody understands me

¿comprendido? — do you understand? (colloq)

como usted comprenderá... — as I'm sure you will appreciate...

b) ( darse cuenta) to realize, understand

comprendió que lo habían engañado — he realized that he had been tricked

2) (abarcar, contener): libro to cover; factura/precio to include

personas de edades comprendidas entre los 19 y los 23 años — people between the ages of 19 and 23
2.
comprender vi ( entender) to understand

hacerse comprender — to make oneself understood

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= comprehend, comprise (of), gain + an understanding, grasp, have + some grasp, understand, achieve + understanding, fathom, sympathise [sympathize, -USA], see, include, get + Posesivo + head around, wrap + Posesivo + head around, have + a handle on, get + a handle on.

Ex: Thus, a predominant feature of such software packages is the user related interfaces, which permit a non-programmer to comprehend and interrogate the data stored.

Ex: The first edition comprised basic classes analysed into facets, using the colon as the notational device for synthesis.

Ex: Read the document with a view to gaining an understanding of its content and an appreciation of its scope.

Ex: She must try to convince him that no single individual, no matter how gifted, can any longer grasp the innumerable facets of modern corporate effort.

Ex: It is necessary to have some grasp of some fundamental aspects of computerized information-retrieval systems.

Ex: They assume only that the reader has some knowledge of the subject, so that the abstract can be understood.

Ex: From time to time it may be necessary to consult external references sources in order for the indexer to achieve a sufficient understanding of the document content for effective indexing.

Ex: As she ascended the staircase to the library director's office, she tried to fathom the reason for the imperious summons.

Ex: In World War 2 librarians generally sympathised with Britain, but many were isolationist or apathetic during the early years = En la Segunda Guerra Mundial los bibliotecarios generalmente simpatizaban con Gran Bretaña, aunque muchos mantuvieron una actitud no intervencionista o indiferente durante los primeros años.

Ex: I don't see why the smokers can't leave the building briefly when they want to smoke.

Ex: Document descriptions may be included in catalogues, bibliographies and other listings of documents.

Ex: You are not quite sure how one man could get his head around this at the time, but he managed, in a masterful way.

Ex: Sleuthing is like second-nature to her, and she can't possibly wrap her head around the concept of renouncing it completely.

Ex: 'I sure wish I had a better handle on this contract language,' he said.

Ex: Children get a handle on personal responsibility by holding a library card of their own, a card that gives them access to new worlds.

* a medio comprender = half-understood.

* ayudar a comprender mejor = offer + insights, improve + understanding, give + an insight into, glean + insights, provide + insight into, lend + understanding to.

* comprender bien = be clear in your mind.

* comprender mal = misunderstand.

* comprender mejor = gain + insight into, increase + understanding, place + Nombre + in/into + perspective, put into + perspective, gain + a better understanding, gain + a greater understanding, gain + a better sense of, get + a better sense of.

* comprenderse bien = be well understood.

* comprender un punto de vista = take + point.

* difícil de comprender = difficult to understand.

* empezar a comprender = grow on/upon + Pronombre.

* fácil de comprender = easy to grasp.

* hacer comprender = bring + home.

* no comprender = be beyond + Pronombre.

* no puedo comprender = I can't get over.

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comprender [E1 ]

vt

A (entender) to understand

comprendo tus temores/su reacción I understand your fears/his reaction

nadie me comprende nobody understands me

vuelve a las once ¿comprendido? I want you back at eleven, do you understand?, I want you back at eleven, do you have that? ( AmE) o ( BrE) have you got that? ( colloq)

entonces comprendió que lo habían engañado he realized then that he had been tricked

como usted comprenderá, no podemos hacer excepciones as I'm sure you will appreciate, we cannot make exceptions

designios que la mente humana no alcanza a comprender designs that the human mind cannot comprehend

B

(abarcar, contener): el segundo tomo comprende los siglos XVII y XVIII the second volume covers the 17th and 18th centuries

los gastos de calefacción están comprendidos en esta suma the heating costs are included in this total

IVA no comprendido not including VAT, excluding VAT, exclusive of VAT ( frml)

jóvenes de edades comprendidas entre los 19 y los 23 años young people between the ages of 19 and 23

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comprender ( conjugate comprender) verbo transitivo
1
a) ( entender) to understand, comprehend (frml);

◊ nadie me comprende nobody understands me

b) ( darse cuenta) to realize, understand;

◊ comprendió que lo habían engañado he realized that he had been tricked

2 (abarcar, contener) [ libro] to cover;
[factura/precio] to include
verbo intransitivo ( entender) to understand;
◊ hacerse comprender to make oneself understood

comprender verbo transitivo
1 (incluir, abarcar) to comprise, include
2 (entender) to understand ➣ Ver nota en understand

' comprender' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
aclararse
- asequible
- concebir
- entender
- explicarse
- percibir
- seguir
- cuenta
- explicar
- incluir
English:
comprehend
- comprise
- cotton on
- figure out
- get through
- grasp
- incorporate
- insight
- sympathize
- understand
- misunderstand
- realize
- though

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comprender

♦ vt

1. [incluir] to include, to comprise;

el grupo comprende varias empresas the group comprises several companies;

el país comprende tres regiones bien diferenciadas the country consists of three quite distinct regions;

el gasto de instalación no está comprendido the cost of installation is not included;

la exposición comprende 500 cuadros the exhibition consists of 500 paintings;

el periodo comprendido entre 1995 y 1999 the period between 1995 and 1999 o from 1995 to 1999

2. [entender] to understand;

como comprenderás, me enfadé muchísimo I don't have to tell you I was absolutely furious;

te comprendo perfectamente I quite understand;

no comprendo tu actitud I don't understand your attitude;

no comprendo cómo puede gustarte Carlos I don't know what you see in Carlos;

comprendo que estés triste I can understand that you're unhappy;

¿comprendes?, si no se lo decimos se va a enfadar look, if we don't tell him, he's going to get angry

♦ See also the pronominal verb comprenderse

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comprender

v/t

1 understand;

hacerse comprender make o.s. understood;

comprender mal misunderstand

2 ( abarcar) include

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comprender vt

1) entender: to comprehend, to understand

2) abarcar: to cover, to include

comprender vi

: to understand

¡ya comprendo!: now I understand!

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comprender vb

1. (entender) to understand [pt. & pp. understood]

no me comprende he doesn't understand me

nunca comprenderé por qué lo hizo I'll never understand why he did it

2. (incluir) to be made up of

el examen comprende tres partes the exam is made up of three parts

Spanish-English dictionary > comprender
10 interior

adj.

1 inside, inner.

ropa interior underwear

2 domestic (politics) (comercio, política).

3 inland (geography).

4 interior, inside, indoor, inland.

5 internal.

f. & m.

central midfielder (sport) (jugador).

interior derecho/izquierdo inside right/left

m.

1 interior (parte de dentro).

el interior del edificio the inside of the building

en el interior de inside

2 interior, inland area (geography).

3 inner self, heart.

en mi interior deep down

4 underpants (calzoncillos). (Colombian Spanish, Venezuelan Spanish)

5 inside, interior.

6 indoor scene.

7 provinces.

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interior

► adjetivo

1 (bolsillo) inside; (habitación) without a view, interior; (jardín) interior

■ es un piso muy oscuro porque es todo interior it's a very dark flat as none of the rooms has an outside window

2 (del país) domestic, internal

3 GEOGRAFÍA inland

► nombre masculino

1 (en una vivienda) inside

■ pasemos al interior let's go inside

2 (conciencia) inside

■ en mi interior pienso que me he equivocado deep down I think I made a mistake

3 GEOGRAFÍA interior

4 Interior Ministry of the Interior, ≈ GB Home Office, ≈ US Department of the Interior

► nombre masculino plural interiores

1 (en cine) interiors, interior shots

■ rodaron los interiores en el palacio they shot the interiors in the palace

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FRASEOLOGÍA

patio interior inner courtyard

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1. adj.
1) interior

2) inner

3) internal

4) indoor
2. noun m.
1) inside

2) interior

3) inland

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1. ADJ

1) [espacio] interior; [patio] inner, interior; [escalera] internal, interior; [bolsillo] inside; [paz, fuerza] inner

la parte interior de la casa — the inside o interior of the house

en la parte interior — inside, on the inside

habitación/piso interior — room/flat without a view onto the street

pista interior — (Dep) inside lane

un joven con mucha vida interior — a reflective young man
ropa
2) (=nacional) [comercio, política, mercado] domestic

3) (Geog) inland

2. SM

1) (=parte interna) inside, interior

el interior quedó destrozado por el fuego — the inside o interior was destroyed by the fire

el interior de la cueva — the inside o interior of the cave

se dirigieron al interior del edificio — they went inside the building

el cuerpo fue hallado en el interior de un vehículo — the body was found inside a vehicle

busque su regalo en el interior del paquete — look for your free gift inside the packet

plantas de interior — house plants

diseño de interiores — interior design

decoración de interiores — interior decoration

2) (=alma) soul

esto refleja un interior atormentado — that reflects a soul in torment

en mi interior seguía amándola — in my heart I loved her still

dije para mi interior — I said to myself

3) (Geog) interior

una tribu del interior del Brasil — a tribe from the Brazilian interior

no soy de la costa, soy del interior — I'm not from the coast, I'm from inland

mañana lloverá en las zonas del interior — tomorrow there will be rain in inland areas

4)

(Ministerio del) Interior — (Pol) ≈ Home Office, ≈ Justice Department (EEUU)

5) (Dep) inside-forward

interior derecho — inside-right

interior izquierdo — inside-left

6) pl interiores (Cine) interiors

el estudio donde ruedan los interiores — the studio where they shoot the interiors

7) pl interiores Col, Ven (=calzoncillos) (under)pants, shorts (EEUU)

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I
adjetivo

a) <patio/escalera> interior, internal, inside (before n); <habitación/piso> with windows facing onto a central staircase or patio

b) <bolsillo/revestimiento> inside (before n)

la parte interior del colchón — the inside of the mattress

en la parte interior — inside o on the inside

c) <vida/mundo> inner

oyó una voz interior — she heard an inner voice

d) <política/comercio> domestic, internal
II
masculino

1)

a) ( parte de dentro)

en el interior de la habitación — inside the room

el interior estaba en perfectas condiciones — the interior was in perfect condition

b) ( de un país) interior

c) (Méx, RPl, Ven) ( provincias) provinces (pl)

d) ( de una persona)

en su interior estaba muy intranquilo — inside he was very worried

allá en su interior la amaba — deep down he really loved her

- interior derecho/izquierdo

2) Interior masculino (period) ( Ministerio del Interior) Ministry of the Interior, ≈Department of the Interior ( in US), ≈Home Office ( in UK)

3) interiores masculino plural (Cin) interior shots (pl)

4) interiores masculino plural (Col, Ven) (Indum) underwear

* * *

= interior, intra- + Nombre, indoor, inland.

Ex. The variety of reader places in a library adds interest to the interior but also provide for the many preferences of the users, some of whom seem to prefer a very busy location.

Ex. The Nomenclature of Goods for the External Trade Statistics of the Community and Statistics of Trade between Member States (NIMEXE) was devised in order to facilitate the presentation of comparable statistics on intra- and extra- Community trade.

Ex. If we wanted to gather everything on particular plants together under the general heading 'Horticulture,' we might change the above example to 635.9(582.675)65 to make the main facet the individual plant (in this case anemones), with environment ( indoor...) a secondary feature.

Ex. However, diaries and photos also show the efforts of all expedition members to fulfil Wegener's plans for a meteorological and glaciological profile of Greenland's entire inland ice cap.

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* camiseta interior de tirantes = singlet, vest.

* decoración de interiores = interior landscaping, interior decoration, interior design.

* decorador de interiores = interior designer.

* del interior = inland.

* desierto interior de Australia, el = outback, the.

* diseño de interiores = interior design.

* en su interior = between its covers.

* escuchar la voz interior = listen to + the voice within.

* hacia el interior y el exterior de = in and out of.

* interior de la cubierta = inside cover.

* jardín interior = internal garden.

* la voz interior = the voice within.

* Ministerio del Interior, el = Home Office, the.

* Ministro del Interior = Minister of Internal Affairs, Home Secretary.

* mobiliario y decoración interior = furnishings, home furnishings.

* patio interior = enclosed courtyard.

* paz interior = peace of mind, inner peace.

* planta de interior = houseplant.

* prenda de ropa interior = undergarment.

* prenda interior = undergarment.

* ropa interior = undies, underclothes.

* sólo con la ropa interior puesta = in + Posesivo + underclothes.

* vaciar el interior de Algo = gut.

* vuelo interior = domestic flight.

* zona del interior = hinterland.

* zona interior despoblada = backcountry.

* zonas inhabitadas del interior = back country.

* zonas salvajes del interior = back country.

* * *
I
adjetivo

a) <patio/escalera> interior, internal, inside (before n); <habitación/piso> with windows facing onto a central staircase or patio

b) <bolsillo/revestimiento> inside (before n)

la parte interior del colchón — the inside of the mattress

en la parte interior — inside o on the inside

c) <vida/mundo> inner

oyó una voz interior — she heard an inner voice

d) <política/comercio> domestic, internal
II
masculino

1)

a) ( parte de dentro)

en el interior de la habitación — inside the room

el interior estaba en perfectas condiciones — the interior was in perfect condition

b) ( de un país) interior

c) (Méx, RPl, Ven) ( provincias) provinces (pl)

d) ( de una persona)

en su interior estaba muy intranquilo — inside he was very worried

allá en su interior la amaba — deep down he really loved her

- interior derecho/izquierdo

2) Interior masculino (period) ( Ministerio del Interior) Ministry of the Interior, ≈Department of the Interior ( in US), ≈Home Office ( in UK)

3) interiores masculino plural (Cin) interior shots (pl)

4) interiores masculino plural (Col, Ven) (Indum) underwear

* * *

= interior, intra- + Nombre, indoor, inland.

Ex: The variety of reader places in a library adds interest to the interior but also provide for the many preferences of the users, some of whom seem to prefer a very busy location.

Ex: The Nomenclature of Goods for the External Trade Statistics of the Community and Statistics of Trade between Member States (NIMEXE) was devised in order to facilitate the presentation of comparable statistics on intra- and extra- Community trade.

Ex: If we wanted to gather everything on particular plants together under the general heading 'Horticulture,' we might change the above example to 635.9(582.675)65 to make the main facet the individual plant (in this case anemones), with environment ( indoor...) a secondary feature.

Ex: However, diaries and photos also show the efforts of all expedition members to fulfil Wegener's plans for a meteorological and glaciological profile of Greenland's entire inland ice cap.

* camiseta interior de tirantes = singlet, vest.

* decoración de interiores = interior landscaping, interior decoration, interior design.

* decorador de interiores = interior designer.

* del interior = inland.

* desierto interior de Australia, el = outback, the.

* diseño de interiores = interior design.

* en su interior = between its covers.

* escuchar la voz interior = listen to + the voice within.

* hacia el interior y el exterior de = in and out of.

* interior de la cubierta = inside cover.

* jardín interior = internal garden.

* la voz interior = the voice within.

* Ministerio del Interior, el = Home Office, the.

* Ministro del Interior = Minister of Internal Affairs, Home Secretary.

* mobiliario y decoración interior = furnishings, home furnishings.

* patio interior = enclosed courtyard.

* paz interior = peace of mind, inner peace.

* planta de interior = houseplant.

* prenda de ropa interior = undergarment.

* prenda interior = undergarment.

* ropa interior = undies, underclothes.

* sólo con la ropa interior puesta = in + Posesivo + underclothes.

* vaciar el interior de Algo = gut.

* vuelo interior = domestic flight.

* zona del interior = hinterland.

* zona interior despoblada = backcountry.

* zonas inhabitadas del interior = back country.

* zonas salvajes del interior = back country.

* * *

interior¹

adjective

1 ‹patio/escalera› interior, internal, inside ( before n); ‹habitación/piso› with windows facing onto a central staircase or patio

2 ‹bolsillo/revestimiento› inside ( before n)

la parte interior del colchón the inside o interior of the mattress

en la parte interior inside o on the inside

ropa

3 ‹vida/mundo› inner

oyó una voz interior que la recriminaba she heard an inner voice reproaching her

4 ‹política/comercio› domestic, internal

interior²

masculine

A

1

(parte de dentro): el interior del cajón estaba vacío the drawer was empty

veía lo que ocurría en el interior de la habitación she could see what was happening inside the room

el interior estaba en perfectas condiciones the interior was in perfect condition, inside it was in perfect condition

2 (de un país) interior

el interior es muy montañoso the interior is very mountainous, inland it is very mountainous

3 (Méx, RPl, Ven) (provincias) provinces (pl)

en el interior in the provinces, away from the capital

4

(de una persona): en su interior estaba muy intranquilo inside o inwardly he was very worried

en el interior de su alma la amaba deep down he really loved her

Compuestos:

● interior derecho

masculine and feminine inside right

● interior izquierdo

masculine and feminine inside left

B

Interior masculine ( period) (Ministerio del Interior) Ministry of the Interior, ≈ Department of the Interior ( in US), ≈ Home Office ( in UK)

C interiores mpl ( Cin) interior shots (pl)

D interiores mpl (Col, Ven) ( Indum) underwear

E interiores mpl ( Chi) ( Coc) offal

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interior adjetivo
a) ‹patio/escalera› interior, internal, inside ( before n);

‹habitación/piso› with windows facing onto a central staircase or patio
b) ‹bolsillo/revestimiento› inside ( before n);

◊ en la parte interior inside o on the inside

c) ‹vida/mundo› inner

d) ‹política/comercio› domestic, internal

■ sustantivo masculino
1
a) (de cajón, maleta, coche) inside;

( de edificio) interior, inside;
( de un país) interior;
◊ en el interior de la habitación inside the room

b) (Méx, RPl, Ven) ( provincias) provinces (pl)

c) ( de una persona):

◊ en su interior estaba muy intranquilo inside he was very worried;

allá en su interior la amaba deep down he really loved her
2
◊ Interior sustantivo masculino (period) ( Ministerio del Interior) Ministry of the Interior, ≈ Department of the Interior ( in US), ≈ Home Office ( in UK)

3
◊ interiores sustantivo masculino plural (Col, Ven) (Indum) underwear

interior
I adjetivo
1 inner, inside, interior: es un piso interior, the flat doesn't overlook the street
ropa interior, underwear
2 (espiritual) inward, interior
monólogo interior, interior monologue
3 Pol domestic, internal
comercio interior, inland o domestic trade
4 Geography inland
II sustantivo masculino
1 inside, interior
figurado en mi interior estaba arrepentida, deep down I was sorry
2 Geography interior
3 Pol Ministerio del Interior, Home Office, US Department of the Interior ➣ Ver nota en ministerio 4 Cine (usu pl) están rodando interiores, they are filming interiors
' interior' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
adentro
- baldosa
- camiseta
- chimenea
- combinación
- comercio
- corral
- decoración
- decorador
- decoradora
- dentro
- destripar
- faja
- fondo
- forrar
- forro
- homóloga
- homólogo
- iluminación
- interiorismo
- interiorista
- lencería
- linterna
- ministerio
- ministra
- ministro
- nacional
- PIB
- prenda
- producto
- revocar
- ropa
- seno
- vacía
- vacío
- corpiño
- enagua
- franela
- galería
- planta
- política
- relleno
- retrovisor
- secretario
- slip
English:
affair
- bodice
- brassiere
- corner
- design
- emptiness
- GDP
- gut
- home
- Home Secretary
- inboard
- indoor
- inland
- inner
- inside
- interior
- internal
- inward
- offshore
- passage
- passageway
- shadow cabinet
- slip
- small
- sparsely
- stream
- trade
- underclothes
- underwear
- unspoken
- wall
- within
- house
- ledge
- out
- pith
- quadrangle
- revamp
- under

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interior

♦ adj

1. [de dentro] inside, inner;
[patio, jardín] interior, inside; [habitación, vida] inner;
ropa interior, prendas interiores underwear;

adelantó por la calle interior he overtook on the inside

2. [nacional] domestic;

comercio interior domestic trade;

un asunto de política interior a domestic (policy) issue

3. Geog inland

♦ nm

1. [parte de dentro] inside, interior;

desalojaron el interior del edificio they evacuated the (inside of the) building;

pintaron el interior de la habitación they painted the room;

en el interior del hotel se agolpaban las admiradoras his admirers formed a crowd inside the hotel;

en el interior de la botella había un mensaje there was a message inside the bottle

2. [de país] interior, inland area

3. [de una persona] inner self, heart;

en mi interior deep down

4. Col, Ven [calzoncillos] underpants

♦ nmf
Dep [jugador] central midfielder
Comp
interior izquierdo inside left;
interior derecho inside right

* * *

interior

I adj

1 interior; bolsillo inside atr

2 COM, POL domestic

II m

1 interior;

en su interior fig inwardly

2 DEP inside-forward, central midfielder

3

:

interiores pl TV etc indoor shots

* * *

interior adj

: interior, inner

interior nm

1) : interior, inside

2) : inland region

* * *

interior¹ adj

1. (jardín, patio) interior

algunas casas tienen un patio interior some houses have got an interior courtyard

2. (habitación, piso) inner

duermo en una habitación interior I sleep in an inner room

3. (bolsillo) inside

lo metió en el bolsillo interior he put it in his inside pocket

4. (comercio, política) domestic

el mercado interior the domestic market

interior² n interior / inside

hace más frío en el interior que en la costa it's colder in the interior than on the coast

sólo se come el interior de la fruta you only eat the inside of the fruit

en el interior de inside / in

en el interior del hotel inside the hotel

Spanish-English dictionary > interior
11 su

adj. poss.

1 his, her, her own, his own, its, of theirs, their own, its own.

su coche his/her/your/their car

sus libros his/her/your/their books

su hocico its snout

2 your, your own, thy.

3 their.

* * *

su

► adjetivo

1 (de él) his; (de ella) her; (de usted, de ustedes) your; (de ellos, de ellas) their; (de animales, cosas) its; (de uno) one's

■ es su coche (de ella) it's her car

■ me dieron sus libros they gave me their books

■ uno tiene que hacer su deber one must do one's duty

■ abra su maleta, por favor open your suitcase, please

* * *

adj.

1) his, her, its, their

2) your

* * *

ADJ POSES

1) [sing] (=de él) his; (=de ella) her; (=de usted) your; (=de animal, cosa) its; [impersonal] one's

el chico perdió su juguete — the boy lost his toy

María vino con su padre — María came with her father

dígame su número de teléfono — give me your telephone number

un oso y su cachorro — a bear and its cub

uno tiene que mirar por su negocio — one has to look after one's own business

2) [pl] (=de ustedes) your; (=de ellos, de ellas) their

no olviden sus paraguas — don't forget your umbrellas

las niñas se quedaron en su cuarto — the girls stayed in their room

3) [uso enfático]

tendrá sus buenos 80 años — he must be a good 80 years old

su dinero le habrá costado — it must have cost her a pretty penny

una casa de muñecas con sus cortinitas y todo — a doll's house with little curtains and everything

* * *

adjetivo (delante del n)

a) ( de él) his; ( de ella) her; (de usted, ustedes) your; (de ellos, ellas) their; (de animal, cosa) its

cuando uno ha perdido su última esperanza — when one's last hope is gone

b) ( uso enfático)

pesará sus buenos 90 kilos — he must weigh a good 90 kilos

* * *

= his, its, their, your.

Ex. Of particular note is his classic monograph 'Prejudices and Antipathies', published by Scarecrow Press, a critique of LC entry and subject heading practices.

Ex. Special thanks to the ISAD Program Planning Committee, in particular its chairperson, for the conceptual organization.

Ex. The physical format of manual post-coordinate indexes also restricts their use to sectors in which the librarian or information officer acts as an intermediary between the index and its users.

Ex. And there is a basis for your belief: money.

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* adelantado a su tiempo = ahead of + Posesivo + time(s).

* aguas + volver a su cauce = dust + settle.

* aprender a su propio ritmo = learn at + Posesivo + own pace.

* a su debido tiempo = in due course, timely, in due time.

* a su propio ritmo = at an individual pace.

* a su tiempo = in a timely fashion, in due course.

* a su vez = Verbo + further, in turn.

* atribuir su origen a = trace to, trace back to.

* colocar en su lugar = drop into + place.

* considerar en su justa medida = see + in proportion.

* con sus propias palabras = in + Posesivo + own words.

* criticar a Alguien a sus espaldas = cut + Nombre + up + behind + Posesivo + back.

* dar su conformidad a = assent to.

* dejar a su aire = leave to + Reflexivo.

* dejar su impronta en = set + Posesivo + stamp on.

* demostrar su valía = prove + its worth, realise + its full potential.

* desde su época = since + Posesivo + day.

* desde su origen = from + its/their + inception, since + its/their + inception.

* desde sus comienzos = from + its/their + inception, from + its/their + beginnings, since + its/their + beginnings, since + its/their + inception.

* de su época = of + Posesivo + time.

* dicho sea a su favor = to + Posesivo + credit.

* directorio accesible por su contenido (cafs) = content-addressable file store (cafs).

* distribución de una materia en su índice = subject scatter.

* el todo es más grande que la suma de sus partes = the whole is greater than the sum of its parts.

* encontrar su propio modo de actuar = find + Posesivo + own way.

* encontrar su sitio = find + a home.

* en su base = at its core.

* en su conjunto = overall, together, collective, put together.

* en su debido momento = in due time.

* en su defecto = failing that/these.

* en su día = in its day.

* en su eje = at its core.

* en su esencia = in substance.

* en su estricto sentido = strictly speaking.

* en su haber = on the credit side.

* en su infancia = in + Posesivo + infancy.

* en su interior = between its covers.

* en su lugar = instead, in + Posesivo + stead.

* en su mayoría = for the most part, mostly, in most respects.

* en su mayor parte = largely, mostly.

* en su mejor momento = at + Posesivo + peak.

* en su momento = in timely fashion.

* en su momento álgido = at + Posesivo + peak.

* en su nivel más bajo = at its lowest ebb.

* en su parte central = at its core.

* en su punto = ripe [riper -comp., ripest -sup.].

* en su punto más álgido = at its height.

* en su punto más bajo = at its lowest ebb.

* en sus años de apogeo = in + Posesivo + heyday.

* en sus años de auge = in + Posesivo + heyday.

* en sus buenos tiempos = in + Posesivo + heyday.

* en su seno = therein.

* en sus inicios = in + Posesivo + infancy.

* en su sitio = in place.

* en sus orígenes = originally.

* en su tiempo = formerly.

* en su totalidad = as a whole, in + Posesivo + entirety, in full, in toto, in whole, wholesale.

* esperar su momento = wait in + the wings.

* esperar su oportunidad = wait in + the wings.

* estar muy por delante de su tiempo = be years ahead of + Posesivo + time.

* forma de la curva estadística en su valor más alto = peak-shape.

* formar en su conjunto = weave + to form.

* hacer su debut = make + Posesivo + debut.

* hacer valer sus derechos = assert + Posesivo + rights.

* hay que decir a su favor que = to + Posesivo + credit.

* hundirse por su propio peso = sink under + its own weight.

* información en su estado primario = raw information.

* llegar al final de su vida útil = come to + the end of + Posesivo + useful life, reach + the end of + Posesivo + useful life.

* madre que se dedica a sus hijos = practising mother.

* mordaz en sus comentarios = sharp of tongue.

* para su fácil + Nombre = for ease of + Nombre.

* poner en su sitio = put in + place.

* por su cuenta y riesgo = at + Posesivo + own risk.

* por su naturaleza = by + Posesivo + nature.

* por su papel = in its role.

* por su propia voluntad = of its own accord.

* por su volatilidad = mercurially.

* que conserva su encanto natural = unspoilt [unspoiled, -USA].

* reducción de una palabra a su raíz = stemming.

* reducir una palabra a su raíz = stem.

* retomar su camino = get back on + track.

* reunión a la que los padres acuden con sus bebés = lapsit.

* se cae de su peso que = it goes without saying that.

* según sus propias condiciones = in + Posesivo + own terms.

* según sus propias palabras = in + Posesivo + own terms.

* sentido muy desarrollado de su propio territorio = territoriality.

* ser un producto de su tiempo = be a product of + Posesivo + time.

* su (de ella) = her.

* Sus Majestades = Their Majesties.

* sustituir a Alguien en su ausencia = fill in + in + Posesivo + absence.

* tener programado su comienzo = be scheduled to start.

* tener su apogeo = flourish.

* tener su efecto = take + Posesivo + toll (on).

* tener su origen en = trace to, trace back to, have + Posesivo + roots in.

* tener sus diferencias = have + their differences.

* tener sus orígenes = be rooted in.

* todo en su conjunto = whole affair, the.

* vencer a Alguien en su propio terreno = beat + Nombre + at + Posesivo + own game.

* ver las cosas en su conjunto = see + things as a whole.

* ver las cosas en su totalidad = see + things as a whole.

* volver Algo a su estado anterior = put + Nombre + back on track.

* volver a por sus fueros = be back on track, bite back.

* volver a su camino = get back on + track.

* * *

adjetivo (delante del n)

a) ( de él) his; ( de ella) her; (de usted, ustedes) your; (de ellos, ellas) their; (de animal, cosa) its

cuando uno ha perdido su última esperanza — when one's last hope is gone

b) ( uso enfático)

pesará sus buenos 90 kilos — he must weigh a good 90 kilos

* * *

su (de ella)

(adj.) = her

Ex: Ms. Hinton received her library degree from the University of North Carolina after getting her bachelor's from the Agnes Scott College in Decatur, Georgia.

= his, its, their, your.

Ex: Of particular note is his classic monograph 'Prejudices and Antipathies', published by Scarecrow Press, a critique of LC entry and subject heading practices.

Ex: Special thanks to the ISAD Program Planning Committee, in particular its chairperson, for the conceptual organization.

Ex: The physical format of manual post-coordinate indexes also restricts their use to sectors in which the librarian or information officer acts as an intermediary between the index and its users.

Ex: And there is a basis for your belief: money.

* adelantado a su tiempo = ahead of + Posesivo + time(s).

* aguas + volver a su cauce = dust + settle.

* aprender a su propio ritmo = learn at + Posesivo + own pace.

* a su debido tiempo = in due course, timely, in due time.

* a su propio ritmo = at an individual pace.

* a su tiempo = in a timely fashion, in due course.

* a su vez = Verbo + further, in turn.

* atribuir su origen a = trace to, trace back to.

* colocar en su lugar = drop into + place.

* considerar en su justa medida = see + in proportion.

* con sus propias palabras = in + Posesivo + own words.

* criticar a Alguien a sus espaldas = cut + Nombre + up + behind + Posesivo + back.

* dar su conformidad a = assent to.

* dejar a su aire = leave to + Reflexivo.

* dejar su impronta en = set + Posesivo + stamp on.

* demostrar su valía = prove + its worth, realise + its full potential.

* desde su época = since + Posesivo + day.

* desde su origen = from + its/their + inception, since + its/their + inception.

* desde sus comienzos = from + its/their + inception, from + its/their + beginnings, since + its/their + beginnings, since + its/their + inception.

* de su época = of + Posesivo + time.

* dicho sea a su favor = to + Posesivo + credit.

* directorio accesible por su contenido (cafs) = content-addressable file store (cafs).

* distribución de una materia en su índice = subject scatter.

* el todo es más grande que la suma de sus partes = the whole is greater than the sum of its parts.

* encontrar su propio modo de actuar = find + Posesivo + own way.

* encontrar su sitio = find + a home.

* en su base = at its core.

* en su conjunto = overall, together, collective, put together.

* en su debido momento = in due time.

* en su defecto = failing that/these.

* en su día = in its day.

* en su eje = at its core.

* en su esencia = in substance.

* en su estricto sentido = strictly speaking.

* en su haber = on the credit side.

* en su infancia = in + Posesivo + infancy.

* en su interior = between its covers.

* en su lugar = instead, in + Posesivo + stead.

* en su mayoría = for the most part, mostly, in most respects.

* en su mayor parte = largely, mostly.

* en su mejor momento = at + Posesivo + peak.

* en su momento = in timely fashion.

* en su momento álgido = at + Posesivo + peak.

* en su nivel más bajo = at its lowest ebb.

* en su parte central = at its core.

* en su punto = ripe [riper -comp., ripest -sup.].

* en su punto más álgido = at its height.

* en su punto más bajo = at its lowest ebb.

* en sus años de apogeo = in + Posesivo + heyday.

* en sus años de auge = in + Posesivo + heyday.

* en sus buenos tiempos = in + Posesivo + heyday.

* en su seno = therein.

* en sus inicios = in + Posesivo + infancy.

* en su sitio = in place.

* en sus orígenes = originally.

* en su tiempo = formerly.

* en su totalidad = as a whole, in + Posesivo + entirety, in full, in toto, in whole, wholesale.

* esperar su momento = wait in + the wings.

* esperar su oportunidad = wait in + the wings.

* estar muy por delante de su tiempo = be years ahead of + Posesivo + time.

* forma de la curva estadística en su valor más alto = peak-shape.

* formar en su conjunto = weave + to form.

* hacer su debut = make + Posesivo + debut.

* hacer valer sus derechos = assert + Posesivo + rights.

* hay que decir a su favor que = to + Posesivo + credit.

* hundirse por su propio peso = sink under + its own weight.

* información en su estado primario = raw information.

* llegar al final de su vida útil = come to + the end of + Posesivo + useful life, reach + the end of + Posesivo + useful life.

* madre que se dedica a sus hijos = practising mother.

* mordaz en sus comentarios = sharp of tongue.

* para su fácil + Nombre = for ease of + Nombre.

* poner en su sitio = put in + place.

* por su cuenta y riesgo = at + Posesivo + own risk.

* por su naturaleza = by + Posesivo + nature.

* por su papel = in its role.

* por su propia voluntad = of its own accord.

* por su volatilidad = mercurially.

* que conserva su encanto natural = unspoilt [unspoiled, -USA].

* reducción de una palabra a su raíz = stemming.

* reducir una palabra a su raíz = stem.

* retomar su camino = get back on + track.

* reunión a la que los padres acuden con sus bebés = lapsit.

* se cae de su peso que = it goes without saying that.

* según sus propias condiciones = in + Posesivo + own terms.

* según sus propias palabras = in + Posesivo + own terms.

* sentido muy desarrollado de su propio territorio = territoriality.

* ser un producto de su tiempo = be a product of + Posesivo + time.

* su (de ella) = her.

* Sus Majestades = Their Majesties.

* sustituir a Alguien en su ausencia = fill in + in + Posesivo + absence.

* tener programado su comienzo = be scheduled to start.

* tener su apogeo = flourish.

* tener su efecto = take + Posesivo + toll (on).

* tener su origen en = trace to, trace back to, have + Posesivo + roots in.

* tener sus diferencias = have + their differences.

* tener sus orígenes = be rooted in.

* todo en su conjunto = whole affair, the.

* vencer a Alguien en su propio terreno = beat + Nombre + at + Posesivo + own game.

* ver las cosas en su conjunto = see + things as a whole.

* ver las cosas en su totalidad = see + things as a whole.

* volver Algo a su estado anterior = put + Nombre + back on track.

* volver a por sus fueros = be back on track, bite back.

* volver a su camino = get back on + track.

* * *

su

adjective

( delante del n) [ Grammar notes (Spanish) ]

1 (de él) his; (de ella) her; (de usted, ustedes) your; (de ellos, ellas) their; (de un animal, una cosa) its

cuando uno ha perdido su última esperanza when one's last hope is gone

2

(uso enfático): estas botas ya tienen sus años these boots have lasted a good many years

debe pesar sus buenos 90 kilos he must weigh a good 90 kilos

* * *

su adjetivo ( delante del n) ( de él) his;
( de ella) her;
(de usted, ustedes) your;
(de ellos, ellas) their;
(de animal, cosa) its
su adj pos
1 (de él) his: vino con su hija, he came with his daughter
(de ella) her: sus amigos son italianos, her friends are Italians
(de ellos, de ellas) their: perdieron su coche, they lost their car
(de cosa, animal) its: su cola es naranja, its tail is orange
(de varios animales) sus cachorros son moteados, their cubs are spotted
(de usted, ustedes) your: su cena está lista, your dinner is ready
sus entradas, por favor, your tickets, please
2 fam (más o menos) cuesta sus (buenos) dos millones, it costs about two million
'su' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
A
- abandonar
- abandonada
- abandonado
- abandonarse
- abarcar
- abdicar
- ablandar
- abogada
- abogado
- abominable
- abrazarse
- abuhardillada
- abuhardillado
- abusar
- acabar
- academicismo
- acallar
- acanallar
- acentuar
- acerba
- acerbo
- achantar
- aciaga
- aciago
- aclararse
- acoger
- acometer
- acostumbrar
- acto
- actuación
- acusar
- adolecer
- afán
- afectar
- agradecer
- agrado
- agriar
- aguijonear
- aire
- ajena
- ajeno
- alcanzar
- alejarse
- álgida
- álgido
- algo
- alma
- alteza
- altura
English:
aback
- abroad
- abrupt
- absence
- abuse
- acclaim
- accompany
- accomplished
- account
- aching
- acknowledgement
- admire
- advantage
- affirm
- afford
- after
- against
- ageing
- aggravate
- album
- alienate
- allege
- aloud
- ambit
- amok
- amount to
- amusing
- analyst
- anniversary
- announcement
- annul
- anticipate
- apathetic
- apologetic
- applaud
- applicant
- apron
- Arabian
- archives
- argue
- around
- aside
- ask back
- assignment
- astonishment
- astray
- attachment
- attest
- attraction
- auction

* * *

su adj posesivo
[de él] his; [de ella] her; [de cosa, animal] its; [de uno] one's; [de ellos, ellas] their; [de usted, ustedes] your;
su libro his/her/your/their book;

sus libros his/her/your/their books;

su hocico its snout;
Fam
debe de tener sus buenos millones en el banco she must have a good few million in the bank

* * *

su, sus

adj pos: de él his; de ella her; de cosa its; de usted, ustedes your; de ellos their; de uno his, Br

one’s

* * *

su adj

1) : his, her, its, their, one's

su libro: her book

sus consecuencias: its consequences

2) (formal) : your

tómese su medicina, señor: take your medicine, sir

* * *

su adj

1. (de él) his

su mujer his wife

2. (de ella) her

su marido her husband

3. (de un animal, cosa) its

el loro está en su jaula the parrot is in its cage

4. (de ellos) their

sus hijos their children

5. (de usted) your

abra su maleta, por favor open your suitcase, please

Spanish-English dictionary > su
12 agujero

m.

1 hole (hueco, abertura).

agujero de bala bullet hole

agujero negro (astronomy) black hole

2 deficit (deuda).

hay un agujero de cien millones a hundred million are unaccounted for

3 orifice, bore.

pres.indicat.

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

* * *

agujero

► nombre masculino

1 hole

2 figurado (falta de dinero) shortfall

■ encontraron un agujero de varios millones de euros they found that several million euros were missing

\

FRASEOLOGÍA

agujero negro black hole

* * *

noun m.

hole

* * *

SM

1) (=abertura) hole

hacer un agujero en — to make a hole in

agujero de hombre — manhole

agujero de ozono — ozone hole, hole in the ozone layer

agujero negro — black hole

2) (Cos) [para agujas] needle case; [para alfileres] pincushion

3) (Econ) (=deuda) hole, drain, deficit

* * *

masculino

a) (en prenda, pared) hole

hacerse agujeros en las orejas — to have one's ears pierced

tiene más agujeros que un colador — it's riddled with holes

b) (Fin) shortfall, hole

tapar agujeros — (fam) to pay off one's debts

- agujero negro

* * *

= eyelet hole, hole, perforation, hole punch, puncture, puncture hole.

Ex. These machines were similar in principle to the desk punches used today for making eyelet holes in paper.

Ex. Edge notch cards have a series of holes around the perimeter, and the piece of card between the hole and the edge of the card may be removed, using a punch, to form a notch.

Ex. The top edge of the stencil is then attached to the cylinder of the duplicating machine using the slots or perforations provided.

Ex. Theft is probably unavoidable, but can be limited through use of magnetic security tags and by slightly defacing covers with hole punches or library stamps.

Ex. Treatment of the paper items included varnish removal; washing; and repairs to tears, punctures and missing areas.

Ex. He even has found a fish's stomach with puncture holes caused by eating a catfish, and the fish was still none the worse for wear.

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* agujero de hombre = manhole.

* agujero de la cerradura = keyhole.

* agujero negro = black hole.

* hacer un agujero = punch + hole, cut + hole, drill out + hole.

* perforar un agujero = drill out + hole.

* retrete de agujero en el suelo = squat toilet, squatty potty, squat loo.

* * *

masculino

a) (en prenda, pared) hole

hacerse agujeros en las orejas — to have one's ears pierced

tiene más agujeros que un colador — it's riddled with holes

b) (Fin) shortfall, hole

tapar agujeros — (fam) to pay off one's debts

- agujero negro

* * *

= eyelet hole, hole, perforation, hole punch, puncture, puncture hole.

Ex: These machines were similar in principle to the desk punches used today for making eyelet holes in paper.

Ex: Edge notch cards have a series of holes around the perimeter, and the piece of card between the hole and the edge of the card may be removed, using a punch, to form a notch.

Ex: The top edge of the stencil is then attached to the cylinder of the duplicating machine using the slots or perforations provided.

Ex: Theft is probably unavoidable, but can be limited through use of magnetic security tags and by slightly defacing covers with hole punches or library stamps.

Ex: Treatment of the paper items included varnish removal; washing; and repairs to tears, punctures and missing areas.

Ex: He even has found a fish's stomach with puncture holes caused by eating a catfish, and the fish was still none the worse for wear.

* agujero de hombre = manhole.

* agujero de la cerradura = keyhole.

* agujero negro = black hole.

* hacer un agujero = punch + hole, cut + hole, drill out + hole.

* perforar un agujero = drill out + hole.

* retrete de agujero en el suelo = squat toilet, squatty potty, squat loo.

* * *

agujero

masculine

1 (en una prenda, pared) hole

tiene más agujeros que un colador it's riddled with holes

hacerse agujeros en las orejas to have one's ears pierced

2 ( Fin) shortfall, hole

tapar agujeros ( fam); to pay off one's debts

Compuesto:

agujero negro

black hole

* * *

agujero sustantivo masculino
hole;
◊ hacerse agujeros en las orejas to have one's ears pierced

agujero sustantivo masculino
1 hole
agujero negro, black hole
2 Econ deficit, shortfall

' agujero' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
abrir
- estopa
- rellena
- relleno
- taladro
- tapar
- tomate
- abertura
- agrandar
- coser
- hoyo
- rellenar
- roto
- taponar
English:
black hole
- blow
- bore
- close
- fit into
- gouge
- hole
- leak
- pick
- stop
- stop up
- work in
- black
- down
- notch
- prick
- punch
- squeeze

* * *

agujero nm

1. [hueco, abertura] hole

Comp
agujero en la capa de ozono hole in the ozone layer;
agujero de ozono hole in the ozone layer

2. [en oreja, ombligo]
se hizo agujeros en las orejas she had her ears pierced

3. [deuda] deficit;

hay un agujero de cien millones de pesos a hundred million pesos are unaccounted for

4. Astron agujero negro black hole

* * *

agujero

m hole

* * *

agujero nm

1) : hole

2)

agujero negro : black hole (in astronomy)

* * *

agujero n hole

Spanish-English dictionary > agujero
13 demora

f.

1 delay.

sin demora without delay, immediately

2 time extension, ampliation.

pres.indicat.

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

imperat.

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

* * *

demora

► nombre femenino

1 delay

\

FRASEOLOGÍA

sin demora without delay

* * *

noun f.

delay

* * *

SF

1) (=retraso) delay

sin demora — without delay

2) (Náut) bearing

* * *

femenino

1) (esp AmL) ( retraso) delay

perdón por la demora — I'm sorry I'm late

demora en + inf — delay in -ing

sin demora — without delay

2) (Náut) bearing

* * *

= delay, lag, time lag [timelag], tardiness, slippage, lag time [lag-time], lateness, time-delay, holdout.

Nota: Actitud de una persona de negarse a hacer algo con la esperanza de conseguir lo que busca en mejores condiciones, por ejemplo en una compra, contrato, etc..

Ex. If there are excessive delays in the record becoming available, and long delays become a common phenomenon, the librarian who is anxious to make new stock available for the user as soon as possible will resort to local cataloguing.

Ex. If this periodical is normally received about the middle of the month, the lag is about 15 days.

Ex. It is difficult to avoid an unacceptable time lag between the appearance of the original document and its announcement in an abstracting journal.

Ex. Since 1963 they have produced their own bibliographic listings with various degrees of efficiency and comprehensiveness but usually with the same depressing tardiness in recording new publications which has so beset the UNDEX listings.

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. This article covers ways in which producers of business information on-line have to increase the speed with which searchers can retrieve information, with particular emphasis on increased update frequencies and reduced lag times.

Ex. This excellent cumulative index has not yet realized its full potential because of the relative lateness of its publication.

Ex. Although the entry time-delay for US publications is about 7 months, priority publications are nearly current.

Ex. The article carries the title ' Holdouts and other sneaky vendor tactics: no one profits when providers keep searchers from finding information'.

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* actuar sin demora = act + promptly.

* demora en la recepción = receipt lag.

* demora postal = mail lag.

* gastos de demora = demurrage.

* sin demora = on the spot, straight away, without delay, at short notice, promptly, right away, at once.

* sin demoras = in a timely fashion, in a timely manner.

* tiempo de demora = lead time.

* * *

femenino

1) (esp AmL) ( retraso) delay

perdón por la demora — I'm sorry I'm late

demora en + inf — delay in -ing

sin demora — without delay

2) (Náut) bearing

* * *

= delay, lag, time lag [timelag], tardiness, slippage, lag time [lag-time], lateness, time-delay, holdout.

Nota: Actitud de una persona de negarse a hacer algo con la esperanza de conseguir lo que busca en mejores condiciones, por ejemplo en una compra, contrato, etc..

Ex: If there are excessive delays in the record becoming available, and long delays become a common phenomenon, the librarian who is anxious to make new stock available for the user as soon as possible will resort to local cataloguing.

Ex: If this periodical is normally received about the middle of the month, the lag is about 15 days.

Ex: It is difficult to avoid an unacceptable time lag between the appearance of the original document and its announcement in an abstracting journal.

Ex: Since 1963 they have produced their own bibliographic listings with various degrees of efficiency and comprehensiveness but usually with the same depressing tardiness in recording new publications which has so beset the UNDEX listings.

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: This article covers ways in which producers of business information on-line have to increase the speed with which searchers can retrieve information, with particular emphasis on increased update frequencies and reduced lag times.

Ex: This excellent cumulative index has not yet realized its full potential because of the relative lateness of its publication.

Ex: Although the entry time-delay for US publications is about 7 months, priority publications are nearly current.

Ex: The article carries the title ' Holdouts and other sneaky vendor tactics: no one profits when providers keep searchers from finding information'.

* actuar sin demora = act + promptly.

* demora en la recepción = receipt lag.

* demora postal = mail lag.

* gastos de demora = demurrage.

* sin demora = on the spot, straight away, without delay, at short notice, promptly, right away, at once.

* sin demoras = in a timely fashion, in a timely manner.

* tiempo de demora = lead time.

* * *

demora

feminine

A ( esp AmL) (retraso) delay

perdón por la demora, pero había mucho tráfico I'm sorry I'm late, but the traffic was bad

le pido disculpas por mi demora en contestarle I do hope that you will forgive my delay in replying

sin demora without delay

B ( Náut) bearing

tomar una demora to take a bearing

* * *

Del verbo demorar: ( conjugate demorar)

demora es:

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

2ª persona singular (tú) imperativo

Multiple Entries:
demora
demorar
demora sustantivo femenino
1 (esp AmL) ( retraso) delay;
◊ perdón por la demora I'm sorry I'm late;

demora en hacer algo delay in doing sth;
sin demora without delay
2 (Náut) bearing
demorar ( conjugate demorar) verbo transitivo
a) (AmL) ( tardar):

◊ demoró tres horas en llegar he took o it took him three hours to arrive

b) (AmL) ( retrasar) ‹viaje/decisión› to delay

verbo intransitivo (AmL):
◊ ¡no demores! don't be long!

demorarse verbo pronominal (AmL)
a) ( tardar cierto tiempo):

◊ ¡qué poco te demoraste! that didn't take you very long;

me demoro 3 horas it takes me 3 hours
b) ( tardar demasiado) to be o take too long;

demorase en hacer algo to take a long time to do sth
demora sustantivo femenino delay
demorar verbo transitivo to delay, hold up
' demora' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
menester
- retraso
English:
delay
- lag
- promptly
- bearing
- hold

* * *

demora nf
[retraso] delay;
el vuelo sufre una demora de una hora the flight has been delayed by one hour;

la demora en el pago conlleva una sanción delay in payment will entail a penalty;

disculpen la demora we apologize for the delay;

sin demora without delay, immediately

* * *

demora

f delay;

sin demora without delay

* * *

demora nf

: delay

Spanish-English dictionary > demora
14 una gran cantidad de

= a good deal of, a great deal of, a large degree of, a mass of, a plethora of, a supply of, a vast amount of, a city of, a wealth of, a sea of, a cascade of, an army of, a good many, a huge number of, a great number of, a multitude of, scores of, a host of, a vast corpus of, a whole host of

Ex. There is a good deal of scope for users and novice cataloguers to find difficulty in identifying the appropriate heading for many of the works which are the responsibility of corporate bodies.

Ex. As earlier sections amply demonstrate, there is a great deal of choice with regards to data bases.

Ex. The floor is carpeted, thus providing a large degree of acoustic absorption and a unifying and dominant colour pattern through the library.

Ex. Flaws are emphasized and frequent comparisons made with similar tools, but these are often buried in a mass of minutiae.

Ex. A good thesaurus is not necessarily one that has been published with a plethora of effective relationship displays.

Ex. If your library has decided to operate this way, there will be a supply of preprinted labels at the circulation desk.

Ex. This 15 page report has a vast amount of valuable information between its covers derived from a variety of sources.

Ex. This article outlines the preparatory stages and describes some of the problems presented by the physical conditions in a city of tents either drenched by rain or smothered by dust = Este artículo esboza las etapas preparatorias y describe algunos de los problemas que presentan las condiciones físicas de una gran cantidad de tiendas de campaña empapadas por la lluvia o cubiertas por el polvo.

Ex. Such reports often make available a wealth of factual and statistical information which is not published elsewhere in such detail.

Ex. In 'upper town' streets are broad, quiet, and tree-shaded; the homes are tall and heavy and look like battleships, each anchored in its private sea of grass.

Ex. Managers, overwhelmed by a cascade of documents, tend to turn away from print.

Ex. The UK government will need to mobilize an 'army' of 30,000 civil servants to solve the Year 2000 problem.

Ex. A good many heavily gilt retailers' bindings (such as the small English devotional books that were sold in large numbers from the 1560s until the later seventeenth century) were indeed intended to look expensive while really being cheaply executed.

Ex. A user searching for Smith's 'History as Argument' who was not sure under which subject it would be entered, would have to prowl through a huge number of cards in a card catalog to find the entry under SMITH.

Ex. Environmental organization receive a great number of public enquiries by phone and letter.

Ex. In the midst of an industrialized and bureaucratized society made up of multitudes of people we live separate lives = En medio de una sociedad industrializada y burocratizada compuesta de una gran cantidad de gente, vivimos vidas distintas.

Ex. Popular authors receive scores, in some cases hundreds, of letters a year from their young readers and every correspondent, I am quite sure, wants a reply.

Ex. There is a host of legislative, political, financial, consumer, and other reports of individuals and corporate bodies.

Ex. Basically, the book deals with a vast corpus of oral tradition, including both prose and poetic texts.

Ex. If you want to buy a spit roaster beware; a whole host of illegal spit roasters are now on the market in the UK.

* * *

= a good deal of, a great deal of, a large degree of, a mass of, a plethora of, a supply of, a vast amount of, a city of, a wealth of, a sea of, a cascade of, an army of, a good many, a huge number of, a great number of, a multitude of, scores of, a host of, a vast corpus of, a whole host of

Ex: There is a good deal of scope for users and novice cataloguers to find difficulty in identifying the appropriate heading for many of the works which are the responsibility of corporate bodies.

Ex: As earlier sections amply demonstrate, there is a great deal of choice with regards to data bases.

Ex: The floor is carpeted, thus providing a large degree of acoustic absorption and a unifying and dominant colour pattern through the library.

Ex: Flaws are emphasized and frequent comparisons made with similar tools, but these are often buried in a mass of minutiae.

Ex: A good thesaurus is not necessarily one that has been published with a plethora of effective relationship displays.

Ex: If your library has decided to operate this way, there will be a supply of preprinted labels at the circulation desk.

Ex: This 15 page report has a vast amount of valuable information between its covers derived from a variety of sources.

Ex: This article outlines the preparatory stages and describes some of the problems presented by the physical conditions in a city of tents either drenched by rain or smothered by dust = Este artículo esboza las etapas preparatorias y describe algunos de los problemas que presentan las condiciones físicas de una gran cantidad de tiendas de campaña empapadas por la lluvia o cubiertas por el polvo.

Ex: Such reports often make available a wealth of factual and statistical information which is not published elsewhere in such detail.

Ex: In 'upper town' streets are broad, quiet, and tree-shaded; the homes are tall and heavy and look like battleships, each anchored in its private sea of grass.

Ex: Managers, overwhelmed by a cascade of documents, tend to turn away from print.

Ex: The UK government will need to mobilize an 'army' of 30,000 civil servants to solve the Year 2000 problem.

Ex: A good many heavily gilt retailers' bindings (such as the small English devotional books that were sold in large numbers from the 1560s until the later seventeenth century) were indeed intended to look expensive while really being cheaply executed.

Ex: A user searching for Smith's 'History as Argument' who was not sure under which subject it would be entered, would have to prowl through a huge number of cards in a card catalog to find the entry under SMITH.

Ex: Environmental organization receive a great number of public enquiries by phone and letter.

Ex: In the midst of an industrialized and bureaucratized society made up of multitudes of people we live separate lives = En medio de una sociedad industrializada y burocratizada compuesta de una gran cantidad de gente, vivimos vidas distintas.

Ex: Popular authors receive scores, in some cases hundreds, of letters a year from their young readers and every correspondent, I am quite sure, wants a reply.

Ex: There is a host of legislative, political, financial, consumer, and other reports of individuals and corporate bodies.

Ex: Basically, the book deals with a vast corpus of oral tradition, including both prose and poetic texts.

Ex: If you want to buy a spit roaster beware; a whole host of illegal spit roasters are now on the market in the UK.

Spanish-English dictionary > una gran cantidad de
15 igualdad

f.

1 equality (equivalencia).

en igualdad de condiciones on equal terms

igualdad de derechos equal rights

igualdad de oportunidades equal opportunities

2 sameness.

3 equation.

* * *

igualdad

► nombre femenino

1 equality

2 (de superficie) levelness

\

FRASEOLOGÍA

en igualdad de condiciones,... all things being equal,...

estar en igualdad de condiciones to be on equal terms

igualdad de derechos equal rights

igualdad de oportunidades equal opportunities

* * *

noun f.

equality

* * *

SF

1) (=equivalencia) equality

igualdad de derechos — equal rights

igualdad de oportunidades — equal opportunities

igualdad de salario — equal pay

en igualdad de condiciones — on an equal basis, on an equal footing

2) (=uniformidad) [de superficie] evenness; [de rasgos, formas] similarity

* * *

femenino equality

igualdad de oportunidades — equal opportunities

en igualdad de condiciones — on equal terms

* * *

= equity, parity, equality, equitability.

Ex. It covers selected news reports which include the president's programme, power for youth services workers, pay equity, and equity in information services.

Ex. The two cases perhaps indicate the beginning of attitudinal changes in awards administrators which will give parity of esteem to information-driven programmes.

Ex. The national ethos is much more egalitarian than it was and more and more appeals can successfully be made to the argument of equality in political discussion.

Ex. These variables ensured equitability by virtue of enabling each department to acquire the same percentage of the literature published in its field.

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* concienciacion de la igualdad de sexos = gender awareness.

* directiva sobre la igualdad de trato = equal treatment directive.

* en condiciones de igualdad = on an equal footing, on equal terms, on an equal basis.

* en igualdad de condiciones = other things being equal, on equal terms, one of equals, ceteris paribus, in a tie, on an equal footing, on an equal basis.

* en igualdad de condiciones para todos los sexos = gender-equitable.

* estar en igualdad de condiciones con = be on (an) equal footing with.

* igualdad de acceso = equity of access.

* igualdad de condiciones para todos = levelling of the playing field.

* igualdad de derechos = equal rights, equality of rights.

* igualdad de género = gender equality, sex equality, sexual equality.

* igualdad de oportunidad en el trabajo = equal employment opportunity.

* igualdad de oportunidades = equal opportunity, equality of opportunities, equity of opportunity.

* igualdad de poder = parity of power.

* igualdad de retribución = equal pay.

* igualdad de retribución por un trabajo de valor comparable = equal pay for equal work, equal pay for comparable work.

* igualdad de tratamiento = fairness.

* igualdad de trato = equal treatment.

* igualdad entre las razas = race equality.

* igualdad entre los sexos = gender equality, sex equality, sexual equality.

* igualdad racial = race equality, racial equality.

* igualdad retributiva = equal pay.

* igualdad social = social equity.

* leyes sobre la igualdad = equity laws.

* principio de igualdad, el = egalitarian principle, the.

* * *

femenino equality

igualdad de oportunidades — equal opportunities

en igualdad de condiciones — on equal terms

* * *

= equity, parity, equality, equitability.

Ex: It covers selected news reports which include the president's programme, power for youth services workers, pay equity, and equity in information services.

Ex: The two cases perhaps indicate the beginning of attitudinal changes in awards administrators which will give parity of esteem to information-driven programmes.

Ex: The national ethos is much more egalitarian than it was and more and more appeals can successfully be made to the argument of equality in political discussion.

Ex: These variables ensured equitability by virtue of enabling each department to acquire the same percentage of the literature published in its field.

* concienciacion de la igualdad de sexos = gender awareness.

* directiva sobre la igualdad de trato = equal treatment directive.

* en condiciones de igualdad = on an equal footing, on equal terms, on an equal basis.

* en igualdad de condiciones = other things being equal, on equal terms, one of equals, ceteris paribus, in a tie, on an equal footing, on an equal basis.

* en igualdad de condiciones para todos los sexos = gender-equitable.

* estar en igualdad de condiciones con = be on (an) equal footing with.

* igualdad de acceso = equity of access.

* igualdad de condiciones para todos = levelling of the playing field.

* igualdad de derechos = equal rights, equality of rights.

* igualdad de género = gender equality, sex equality, sexual equality.

* igualdad de oportunidad en el trabajo = equal employment opportunity.

* igualdad de oportunidades = equal opportunity, equality of opportunities, equity of opportunity.

* igualdad de poder = parity of power.

* igualdad de retribución = equal pay.

* igualdad de retribución por un trabajo de valor comparable = equal pay for equal work, equal pay for comparable work.

* igualdad de tratamiento = fairness.

* igualdad de trato = equal treatment.

* igualdad entre las razas = race equality.

* igualdad entre los sexos = gender equality, sex equality, sexual equality.

* igualdad racial = race equality, racial equality.

* igualdad retributiva = equal pay.

* igualdad social = social equity.

* leyes sobre la igualdad = equity laws.

* principio de igualdad, el = egalitarian principle, the.

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igualdad

feminine

A (equidad) equality

libertad, igualdad, fraternidad liberty, equality, fraternity

igualdad de oportunidades/derechos equal opportunities/rights

por primera vez se enfrentaban en igualdad de condiciones for the first time they faced each other on equal terms o on an equal footing

B ( Mat) equation

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igualdad sustantivo femenino
equality;
◊ igualdad de oportunidades equal opportunities;

en igualdad de condiciones on equal terms
igualdad sustantivo femenino
1 (de trato) equality: exigimos igualdad de oportunidades para los minusválidos, we demand equality of opportunity for handicapped people
igualdad ante la ley, equality before the law
en igualdad de condiciones, on equal terms
2 (coincidencia, parecido) similarity: hay mucha igualdad entre ambos equipos, there is a lot of similarity between the two teams

' igualdad' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
consonancia
- estar
- identidad
- oportunidad
- pie
English:
arm's length
- equal
- equality
- footing
- lobby
- minority
- parity
- sameness
- par
- pay

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igualdad nf

1. [equivalencia] equality;

la igualdad ante la ley equality before the law;

piden un trato de igualdad they are asking for equal treatment;

en igualdad de condiciones on equal terms;

para garantizar la igualdad de condiciones in order to ensure a level playing field;

en pie de igualdad on an equal footing

Comp
igualdad de derechos equal rights;
igualdad de oportunidades equal opportunities;

igualdad de retribuciones equal pay;

igualdad de sexos sexual equality

2. [identidad] sameness

3. Mat equation

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igualdad

f equality

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igualdad nf

1) : equality

2) uniformidad: evenness, uniformity

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igualdad n equality

igualdad de derechos equal rights

igualdad de oportunidades equal opportunities

Spanish-English dictionary > igualdad
16 aire

m.

1 air (fluido).

al aire libre in the open air

con el pecho al aire bare-chested

cambiar de aires to have a change of scene

dejar algo en el aire to leave something up in the air

estar en el aire to be in the air

saltar o volar por los aires to be blown sky high

tomar el aire to go for a breath of fresh air

a mi aire in my own way

aire acondicionado air-conditioning

aire comprimido compressed air

aire puro fresh air

aire viciado foul air

2 wind (viento).

hoy hace mucho aire it's very windy today

3 air, appearance (aspecto).

tiene un aire a su madre she has something of her mother

aires airs (and graces) (vanidad)

darse aires (de algo) to put on airs (about something)

4 resemblance, likeness, air, look.

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aire

► nombre masculino

1 air

2 (viento) wind; (corriente) draught

■ hace aire it's windy

3 figurado (aspecto) air, appearance

■ tiene un aire cansado she looks tired

4 figurado (parecido) resemblance, likeness

■ este niño tiene un aire a su abuelo this boy takes after his grandfather

■ tienen un aire de familia there's a family likeness to them

5 figurado (estilo) style, manner, way

■ lo hizo a su aire he did it his way

6 figurado (gracia) gracefulness, elegance

■ Luisa camina con mucho aire Luisa walks very gracefully

7 figurado (ambiente) atmosphere

■ había mucha tensión en el aire the atmosphere was very tense

8 MÚSICA air, melody

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FRASEOLOGÍA

al aire (hacia arriba) into the air 2 (al raso) uncovered

al aire libre in the open air, outdoors

cambiar de aires to change one's surroundings, have a change of scenery

darse aires to put on airs

estar en el aire (en antena) to be on the air

hacerse/darse aire to fan oneself

saltar por los aires to blow up

tener aires to put on airs

tomar el aire to take the air, get some fresh air

vivir del aire to live on air

¡vete a tomar (el) aire! familiar get lost!

aire acondicionado air conditioning

aire puro clean air

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noun m.

air

- aire acondicionado

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SM

1) (=elemento) air

una bocanada de aire fresco — a breath of fresh air

parece que me falta el aire — I feel as if I can't breathe

ir a la montaña a respirar aire puro — to go to the hills where the air is pure

¡fuera de aquí, aire! — * get out of here! scram! *

• al aire, lanzar algo al aire — to throw sth into the air

la fruta se deja secar al aire — the fruit is left to dry uncovered

un vestido con la espalda al aire — a backless dress

• estar en el aire — [balón, paracaidista] to be in the air; (Radio) to be on (the) air

todo está en el aire hasta que se conozcan los resultados — it's all up in the air until the results are known

la polémica estaba en el aire — controversy hung in the air

dejar una pregunta/problema en el aire — to leave a question/an issue up in the air

• al aire libre — [con verbo] outdoors, in the open air; [con sustantivo] outdoor antes de s, open-air antes de s

el concierto se celebró al aire libre — the concert was held outdoors o in the open air

una piscina al aire libre — an outdoor o open-air pool

le gusta la vida al aire libre — she loves the outdoor life

actividades al aire libre — outdoor activities

• salir al aire — (Radio) to go on (the) air

• saltar por los aires — to blow up, explode

• tomar el aire — to get some fresh air

salió a tomar un poco el aire — he went out to get o for some fresh air

¡vete a tomar el aire! — * scram! *, clear off! *

• aire viciado — [en habitación cerrada] stale air; [en fábrica, ciudad contaminada] foul air

• volar por los aires — to blow up, explode

todas las esperanzas de paz han volado por los aires — all hopes of peace have been dashed

a mi/tu/su aire —

aprendieron a su aire — they learned in their own way

le gusta hacer las cosas a su aire — he likes to do things his own way

eso le permitió trabajar a su aire — that enabled her to work the way she wanted

ir a su aire — to go one's own way, do one's own thing *

- beber los aires por algn

darle un aire a algn —

le dio un aire y perdió el habla — he had a stroke and lost the power of speech

- estar de buen/mal aire

- mantenerse del aire

- mudarse a cualquier aire

- ofenderse del aire

- seguir el aire a algn

- vivir del aire

aire acondicionado — air conditioning

un vehículo con aire acondicionado — an air-conditioned vehicle

aire colado — cold draught, cold draft (EEUU)

aire comprimido — compressed air

una escopeta de aire comprimido — an air rifle

aire detonante — firedamp

aire líquido — liquid air

2) (Meteo) (=viento) wind; (=corriente) draught, draft (EEUU)

no corre nada de aire — there isn't a breath of wind

entra mucho aire por la puerta — there's a strong draught coming in through the door

hoy hace mucho aire — it's very windy today

entraba un aire muy agradable de la calle — there was a lovely breeze coming in from the street

• dar aire a algn — to fan sb

la prensa no da aire al éxito del gobierno — the press is giving no coverage to the government's success

darse aire — to fan o.s.

- ¿qué aires te traen por aquí?

- cambiar o mudar de aires

aires de cambio — (Pol) winds of change

3) (=aspecto) air

los techos altos le daban un aire señorial a la casa — high ceilings gave a stately air to the house

le respondió con aire cansado — he replied wearily

su cara tiene un aire familiar — there's something familiar about his face

tienen aire de no haber roto un plato en su vida — they look as if butter wouldn't melt in their mouths

- darse aires

eso te pasa por darte aires de superioridad — that's what happens when you think you're better than everyone else o when you put on airs

no te des esos aires de suficiencia conmigo — don't get on your high horse with me

4) (=parecido)

¿no le notas un aire con Carlos? — don't you think he looks a bit like Carlos?

• darse un aire a algn — to look a bit like sb

aire de familia — family resemblance, family likeness

5) (=aerofagia) wind

las lentejas me provocan mucho aire — lentils give me a lot of wind

6) (=garbo) style, panache

lleva la ropa con mucho aire — she wears her clothes with great style o panache

dio unos pases de muleta con buen aire — he did a few stylish passes with the cape

7) (Mús) air

música con aires populares — music with popular airs

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masculino

1) air

sintió que le faltaba el aire — she felt as if she was going to suffocate

para que entre un poco de aire — to let some (fresh) air in

salir a tomar el aire — to go outside for a breath of fresh air

ponerles aire a las ruedas — to put some air in the tires

se elevó por los aires — it rose up into the air

al aire libre — outdoors, in the open air

un vestido con la espalda al aire — a backless dress

deja la herida al aire — leave the wound uncovered

disparar un tiro al aire — to fire a shot into the air

a mi/tu/su aire: ellos salen en grupo, yo prefiero ir a mi aire they go out in a group, I prefer doing my own thing (colloq); cambiar or mudar de aire(s): necesito cambiar de aires I need a change of scene o air; dejar a alguien en el aire to leave somebody in suspense; quedar en el aire: todo quedó en el aire everything was left up in the air; su futuro quedó en el aire his future hung in the balance; saltar or volar por los aires to explode, blow up; vivir del aire — to live on air

- aire acondicionado

- aire comprimido

2) ( viento) wind; ( corriente) draft (AmE), draught (BrE)

no corre nada de aire — there's not a breath of wind

3) (Rad, TV)

estar en el aire — to be on the air

en el aire — on air

salir al aire — to go out

4)

a) ( aspecto) air

tiene un aire aristocrático — she has an aristocratic air

un rostro con un aire infantil — a face with a childish look to it

sus composiciones tienen un aire melancólico — her compositions have a melancholy feel to them

esto tiene todo el aire de tratarse de una broma — this looks for all the world like a joke

la protesta tomó aires de revuelta — the protest began to look like a revolt

darse aires (de grandeza) — to put on o give oneself airs

b) ( parecido) resemblance

le encuentro un aire a Alberto — I think he looks (a little) like Alberto

tienen un aire — they look a bit alike

- aire de familia

5) (Mús) tune

aires populares — traditional tunes o airs

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= air.

Ex. This article diagnoses the information needs of those who work in the area of pollution of air, soil and earth.

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* actividad al aire libre = outdoor activity.

* aire acondicionado = air-conditioning.

* aire a presión = air pressure.

* aire caliente = hot air.

* aire cargado = fug.

* aire comprimido = compressed air.

* aire de optimismo = air of optimism.

* aire de superioridad = condescension, condescension, attitude of superiority.

* aire fresco = fresh air.

* aire puro = fresh air.

* aires de cambio = wind(s) of change, the, seas of change, the.

* aire viciado = fug.

* al aire libre = open-air, outdoors, in the open, out of doors.

* amante de la vida al aire libre = outdoor enthusiast.

* aparato de aire acondicionado = air conditioner.

* a + Posesivo + aire = to + Posesivo + heart's content.

* bocanada de aire = gust of wind, blast.

* bocanada de aire caliente = gust of warm air, gust of hot air, gust of heat.

* bocanada de aire fresco = breath of fresh air.

* bolsa de aire = air bag [airbag].

* bolsa de aire caliente = pocket of warm air.

* calentador de aire = air heater.

* calidad del aire = air quality.

* cambiar de aire = move on to + pastures new.

* cambiar de aires = change + scenery.

* cambio de aires = change of air and scene, change of scenery, change of air, change of scene, greener pastures, pastures new.

* castillo en el aire = castle in the air.

* circulación del aire = air flow, airflow.

* comida al aire libre = cookout.

* compresor de aire = air compressor.

* con aire acondicionado = air conditioned.

* conducto de aire = air duct.

* conducto de aire caliente = hot air duct.

* con el culo al aire = out in the cold.

* contaminación del aire = air pollution.

* contaminante del aire = air pollutant.

* con un aire de = with an air of.

* corriente de aire = air current, draught [draft, -USA].

* dar la vuelta en el aire = give + a toss.

* darse aires = strut.

* darse aires de grandeza = give + Reflexivo + such airs, aggrandise + Reflexivo.

* darse (muchos) aires = give + Reflexivo + such airs, aggrandise + Reflexivo.

* dejar a su aire = leave to + Reflexivo, leave + unchecked.

* dejar con el culo al aire = leave + Nombre + out in the cold.

* dispersado por el aire = wind-blown, wind-borne.

* echarse una cana al aire = have + a fling.

* echarse una canita al aire = have + a fling.

* echar una cana al aire = one-night stand, kick up + Posesivo + heels.

* echar una cana al aire antes de sentar la cabeza = sow + Posesivo + wild oats.

* echar una cana al aire cuando joven = sow + Posesivo + wild oats.

* echar una canica al aire = disport + Reflexivo.

* ejército del aire = Army Air Force, Air Force.

* en el aire = in mid-air, airborne.

* entrada de aire = air intake.

* espacio al aire libre = outdoor space.

* espray de aire comprimido = compressed air can.

* filtro del aire = air cleaner.

* flujo del aire = airflow.

* globo de aire caliente = hot-air balloon.

* haber un aire de emoción = there + be + an air of excitement.

* haber un aire de expectación = there + be + an air of expectation.

* hacer el aire irrespirable = choke + the air.

* hacer saltar por los aires = blow + sky high.

* índice de calidad del aire = air quality index.

* industria de actividades al aire libre, la = outdoor industry, the.

* juego de exterior, juego al aire libre = outdoor game.

* lata de aire comprimido = compressed air can.

* llevado por el aire = wind-borne.

* llevar por el aire = waft.

* mantener suspenso en el aire = suspend.

* masa de aire = air mass.

* mercadillo al aire libre = street market, open-air market.

* mercado al aire libre = street market, open-air market.

* palos al aire = a stab in the dark, a shot in the dark.

* pared con cámara de aire = cavity wall.

* piscina al aire libre = outdoor pool, open-air swimming pool, open-air pool.

* piscina climatizada al aire libre = outdoor heated pool.

* presión del aire = air pressure.

* purificación del aire = air purification.

* quedarse con el culo al aire = come + unstuck.

* racha de aire = blast.

* ráfaga de aire = blast.

* rejilla para el aire = air vent.

* respirarse emoción en el aire = there + be + an air of excitement.

* respirarse un aire de expectación = there + be + an air of expectation.

* salida de aire = venting.

* sistema de aire acondicionado = air conditioning system, air cooling system.

* soplado por el aire = wind-blown.

* suspender en el aire = hover.

* teatro al aire libre = outdoor theatre.

* tener aire acondiconado = be air-conditioned.

* toma de aire = air intake.

* transmitido por el aire = airborne [air-borne].

* transportado por el aire = wind-borne, wind-blown.

* transportar por aire = airlift.

* tubo de aire caliente = hot air duct.

* un aire de = an air of, a whiff of.

* ventilador del aire = heater blower.

* volar en el aire = fly in + the air.

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masculino

1) air

sintió que le faltaba el aire — she felt as if she was going to suffocate

para que entre un poco de aire — to let some (fresh) air in

salir a tomar el aire — to go outside for a breath of fresh air

ponerles aire a las ruedas — to put some air in the tires

se elevó por los aires — it rose up into the air

al aire libre — outdoors, in the open air

un vestido con la espalda al aire — a backless dress

deja la herida al aire — leave the wound uncovered

disparar un tiro al aire — to fire a shot into the air

a mi/tu/su aire: ellos salen en grupo, yo prefiero ir a mi aire they go out in a group, I prefer doing my own thing (colloq); cambiar or mudar de aire(s): necesito cambiar de aires I need a change of scene o air; dejar a alguien en el aire to leave somebody in suspense; quedar en el aire: todo quedó en el aire everything was left up in the air; su futuro quedó en el aire his future hung in the balance; saltar or volar por los aires to explode, blow up; vivir del aire — to live on air

- aire acondicionado

- aire comprimido

2) ( viento) wind; ( corriente) draft (AmE), draught (BrE)

no corre nada de aire — there's not a breath of wind

3) (Rad, TV)

estar en el aire — to be on the air

en el aire — on air

salir al aire — to go out

4)

a) ( aspecto) air

tiene un aire aristocrático — she has an aristocratic air

un rostro con un aire infantil — a face with a childish look to it

sus composiciones tienen un aire melancólico — her compositions have a melancholy feel to them

esto tiene todo el aire de tratarse de una broma — this looks for all the world like a joke

la protesta tomó aires de revuelta — the protest began to look like a revolt

darse aires (de grandeza) — to put on o give oneself airs

b) ( parecido) resemblance

le encuentro un aire a Alberto — I think he looks (a little) like Alberto

tienen un aire — they look a bit alike

- aire de familia

5) (Mús) tune

aires populares — traditional tunes o airs

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= air.

Ex: This article diagnoses the information needs of those who work in the area of pollution of air, soil and earth.

* actividad al aire libre = outdoor activity.

* aire acondicionado = air-conditioning.

* aire a presión = air pressure.

* aire caliente = hot air.

* aire cargado = fug.

* aire comprimido = compressed air.

* aire de optimismo = air of optimism.

* aire de superioridad = condescension, condescension, attitude of superiority.

* aire fresco = fresh air.

* aire puro = fresh air.

* aires de cambio = wind(s) of change, the, seas of change, the.

* aire viciado = fug.

* al aire libre = open-air, outdoors, in the open, out of doors.

* amante de la vida al aire libre = outdoor enthusiast.

* aparato de aire acondicionado = air conditioner.

* a + Posesivo + aire = to + Posesivo + heart's content.

* bocanada de aire = gust of wind, blast.

* bocanada de aire caliente = gust of warm air, gust of hot air, gust of heat.

* bocanada de aire fresco = breath of fresh air.

* bolsa de aire = air bag [airbag].

* bolsa de aire caliente = pocket of warm air.

* calentador de aire = air heater.

* calidad del aire = air quality.

* cambiar de aire = move on to + pastures new.

* cambiar de aires = change + scenery.

* cambio de aires = change of air and scene, change of scenery, change of air, change of scene, greener pastures, pastures new.

* castillo en el aire = castle in the air.

* circulación del aire = air flow, airflow.

* comida al aire libre = cookout.

* compresor de aire = air compressor.

* con aire acondicionado = air conditioned.

* conducto de aire = air duct.

* conducto de aire caliente = hot air duct.

* con el culo al aire = out in the cold.

* contaminación del aire = air pollution.

* contaminante del aire = air pollutant.

* con un aire de = with an air of.

* corriente de aire = air current, draught [draft, -USA].

* dar la vuelta en el aire = give + a toss.

* darse aires = strut.

* darse aires de grandeza = give + Reflexivo + such airs, aggrandise + Reflexivo.

* darse (muchos) aires = give + Reflexivo + such airs, aggrandise + Reflexivo.

* dejar a su aire = leave to + Reflexivo, leave + unchecked.

* dejar con el culo al aire = leave + Nombre + out in the cold.

* dispersado por el aire = wind-blown, wind-borne.

* echarse una cana al aire = have + a fling.

* echarse una canita al aire = have + a fling.

* echar una cana al aire = one-night stand, kick up + Posesivo + heels.

* echar una cana al aire antes de sentar la cabeza = sow + Posesivo + wild oats.

* echar una cana al aire cuando joven = sow + Posesivo + wild oats.

* echar una canica al aire = disport + Reflexivo.

* ejército del aire = Army Air Force, Air Force.

* en el aire = in mid-air, airborne.

* entrada de aire = air intake.

* espacio al aire libre = outdoor space.

* espray de aire comprimido = compressed air can.

* filtro del aire = air cleaner.

* flujo del aire = airflow.

* globo de aire caliente = hot-air balloon.

* haber un aire de emoción = there + be + an air of excitement.

* haber un aire de expectación = there + be + an air of expectation.

* hacer el aire irrespirable = choke + the air.

* hacer saltar por los aires = blow + sky high.

* índice de calidad del aire = air quality index.

* industria de actividades al aire libre, la = outdoor industry, the.

* juego de exterior, juego al aire libre = outdoor game.

* lata de aire comprimido = compressed air can.

* llevado por el aire = wind-borne.

* llevar por el aire = waft.

* mantener suspenso en el aire = suspend.

* masa de aire = air mass.

* mercadillo al aire libre = street market, open-air market.

* mercado al aire libre = street market, open-air market.

* palos al aire = a stab in the dark, a shot in the dark.

* pared con cámara de aire = cavity wall.

* piscina al aire libre = outdoor pool, open-air swimming pool, open-air pool.

* piscina climatizada al aire libre = outdoor heated pool.

* presión del aire = air pressure.

* purificación del aire = air purification.

* quedarse con el culo al aire = come + unstuck.

* racha de aire = blast.

* ráfaga de aire = blast.

* rejilla para el aire = air vent.

* respirarse emoción en el aire = there + be + an air of excitement.

* respirarse un aire de expectación = there + be + an air of expectation.

* salida de aire = venting.

* sistema de aire acondicionado = air conditioning system, air cooling system.

* soplado por el aire = wind-blown.

* suspender en el aire = hover.

* teatro al aire libre = outdoor theatre.

* tener aire acondiconado = be air-conditioned.

* toma de aire = air intake.

* transmitido por el aire = airborne [air-borne].

* transportado por el aire = wind-borne, wind-blown.

* transportar por aire = airlift.

* tubo de aire caliente = hot air duct.

* un aire de = an air of, a whiff of.

* ventilador del aire = heater blower.

* volar en el aire = fly in + the air.

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aire¹

masculine

A air

sintió que le faltaba el aire en aquel cuarto tan pequeño she felt as if she was going to suffocate in that tiny room

abre la ventana, que entre un poco de aire open the window and let some (fresh) air in

voy a salir a tomar el aire I'm going outside for a breath of fresh air

tengo que ponerles aire a las ruedas I have to put some air in the tires

el globo se elevó por los aires the balloon rose up into the air

una piscina al aire libre an outdoor pool, an open-air pool ( BrE)

debería pasar más tiempo al aire libre he ought to spend more time outdoors o out of doors o in the open air

un vestido con la espalda al aire a backless dress

deja la herida al aire leave the wound uncovered

disparar un tiro al aire to fire a shot into the air

a mi/tu/su aire: ellos salen en grupo, yo prefiero ir a mi aire they go out in a group, I prefer doing my own thing ( colloq)

cambiar or mudar de aire(s): lo que necesitas es cambiar de aires (cambio temporal) what you need is a change of scene o change of air; (cambio permanente) what you need is a change of scene

estar/dejar/quedar en el aire: todo quedó muy en el aire everything was left very much up in the air

su futuro quedó en el aire a question mark hung over his future, his future hung in the balance

no me contestó ni sí ni no, dejándome en el aire he left me in suspense, not giving me a definite yes or no

estamos todos en el aire sin saber qué hacer we're all at a loss as to what to do

saltar or volar por los aires to explode, blow up

vivir del aire (sin dinero) to live on thin air; (sin comer) to live on air

Compuestos:

● aire acondicionado

air-conditioning

local con (instalación de) aire acondicionado air-conditioned premises

● aire comprimido

compressed air

una escopeta de aire comprimido an air rifle

B (viento) wind; (corriente) draft ( AmE), draught ( BrE)

un airecillo fresco a cool breeze

¡qué calor! no corre nada de aire it's so hot! there's not a breath of wind

se daba aire con un abanico she was fanning herself

darle un aire a algn ( fam): le dio un aire y quedó con la boca torcida he had some sort of stroke which left his mouth twisted

C ( Rad, TV):

estar en el or ( Méx) al aire to be on the air

[ S ] en el aire on air

salir al aire to go out

sale al aire en dos canales it goes out o is shown on two different channels

D

1

(aspecto): ese pequeño detalle le da un aire distinguido that little touch gives him a distinguished appearance

tiene un aire extranjero she has a foreign air about her

su rostro tiene un aire infantil his face has a childish look about it

sus composiciones tienen un aire melancólico her compositions have a melancholy feel to them

esto tiene todo el aire de tratarse de una broma this looks for all the world like a joke

con ese aire de superioridad/inocencia que tiene with that air of superiority/innocence he has

la protesta tomó aires de revuelta the protest began to look like a revolt

darse aires to put on o give oneself airs

2

(parecido): ¿no le encuentras un aire con Alberto? don't you think he looks (a bit) like Alberto?

se dan or tienen un aire they look a bit alike, there is a slight likeness o resemblance between them

Compuesto:

aire de familia

family resemblance

E ( Mús) tune, air

aires populares castellanos traditional Castilian tunes o airs

aire²

interjection

( fam); scram! ( colloq)

* * *

Del verbo airar: ( conjugate airar)

airé es:

1ª persona singular (yo) pretérito indicativo

aíre es:

1ª persona singular (yo) presente subjuntivo

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

3ª persona singular (él/ella/usted) imperativo

Multiple Entries:
airar
aire
aire sustantivo masculino
1 air;
◊ sintió que le faltaba el aire she felt as if she was going to suffocate;

salir a tomar el aire to go outside for a breath of fresh air;
al aire libre outdoors, in the open air;
aire acondicionado air-conditioning;
con aire acondicionado air-conditioned;
a mi/tu/su aire: ellos salen en grupo, yo prefiero ir a mi aire they go out in a group, I prefer doing my own thing (colloq);
quedar en el aire: todo quedó en el aire everything was left up in the air;
saltar or volar por los aires to explode, blow up;

2 ( viento) wind;
( corriente) draft (AmE), draught (BrE)
3 (Rad, TV):
◊ salir a aire to go on the air

4
a) ( aspecto) air;

◊ tiene un aire aristocrático she has an aristocratic air;

la protesta tomó aires de revuelta the protest began to look like a revolt;
darse aires (de grandeza) to put on o give oneself airs
b) ( parecido) resemblance;

◊ tienen un aire they look a bit alike;

◊ aire de familia family resemblance

aire sustantivo masculino
1 air
aire acondicionado, air conditioning
2 (aspecto) air, appearance
(parecido) resemblance: tiene un aire a su padre, she looks like her father
3 (viento) wind: hace aire, it's windy
4 Mús tune
5 Auto choke
6 aires (alardes, pretensiones) airs: ¡vaya unos aires de condesa que se da!, she really gives herself such airs
♦ Locuciones: al aire: (hacia arriba) tirar al aire, to throw into the air
(al descubierto) llevar los brazos al aire, to have one's arms uncovered
comer al aire libre, to eat in the open air
estar en el aire, (una pregunta, un proyecto) to be up in the air
Rad on the air
necesitar un cambio de aires, to need a change of scene
saltar por los aires, to blow up
tomar el aire, to get some fresh air
' aire' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
acondicionada
- acondicionado
- ahogar
- ahogarse
- bocanada
- bolsa
- bombear
- bombeo
- brizna
- cana
- castillo
- circular
- condescendiente
- corriente
- cortante
- desinflarse
- dotada
- dotado
- echar
- espantar
- familia
- frigoría
- globo
- hinchada
- hinchado
- izar
- inspiración
- mover
- pura
- puro
- refrigeración
- remolino
- remontar
- remontarse
- resuello
- sabor
- sofocarse
- surcar
- suspensión
- tomar
- vacía
- vacío
- viciar
- vilo
- volandas
- voltear
- acondicionador
- aliento
- bomba
- burbuja
English:
air
- air gun
- air pocket
- air-conditioning
- airborne
- airlock
- breezy
- clear
- crisp
- dangle
- device
- dissipate
- door
- draught
- draughty
- festival
- foul
- fresh
- fug
- garden party
- gasp
- grim
- hair
- hang
- hover
- impure
- inhale
- intake
- jet
- jet-stream
- kiss
- likeness
- manner
- midair
- open
- open-air
- outdoor
- outdoors
- outdoorsman
- pipe dream
- pocket
- puff
- rush
- sardonically
- sleep out
- somersault
- spirit level
- spring
- still
- stuffy

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aire

♦ nm

1. [fluido] air;

al aire [al descubierto] exposed;

con el pecho al aire bare-chested;

con las piernas al aire with bare legs, bare-legged;

si duermes con los pies al aire te enfriarás if you sleep with your feet sticking out from under the covers, you'll catch cold;

el médico le aconsejó que dejara la quemadura al aire the doctor advised him to leave the burn uncovered;

disparar al aire to shoot into the air;

disparó al aire she fired a shot into the air;

aire-aire [misil] air-to-air;

a esta rueda le falta aire this tyre is a bit flat;

al aire libre in the open air;

un concierto al aire libre an open-air concert;

Comp

a mi/tu/ etc[m5]. aire: prefiero hacerlo a mi aire I'd rather do it my (own) way;

tú a tu aire, si te aburres vete a casa do whatever you like, if you're bored just go home;

Comp

cambiar de aires to have a change of scene;

el médico le recomendó cambiar de aires the doctor recommended a change of air;

Comp

dejar algo en el aire to leave sth up in the air;

Comp

estar en el aire [sin decidir] to be in the air;
Rad & TV to be on the air;
el resultado todavía está en el aire the result could still go either way;

el programa sale al aire los lunes a las nueve the programme is broadcast on Mondays at nine o'clock;

Comp

saltar o [m5]volar por los aires: el automóvil saltó o [m5] voló por los aires the car was blown into the air;

Comp

tomar el aire to go for a breath of fresh air;

Comp
Fam
vivir del aire [no tener nada] to live on thin air;
[comer poco] to eat next to nothing;
sin trabajo ni casa, ¿es que piensa vivir del aire? how does she expect to survive without a job or a home?

Comp
aire acondicionado air-conditioning;
aire comprimido compressed air;

aire líquido liquid oxygen;

aire del mar sea air;

aire puro fresh air;

aire viciado foul air

2. [viento] wind;

hoy hace mucho aire it's very windy today;

cierra la puerta que entra aire close the door, there's a draught

Comp
aire polar polar wind;
aire tropical tropical wind

3. [aspecto] air, appearance;

un vehículo de aire deportivo a sporty-looking car;

tiene un aire distraído she has an absent-minded air about her, she comes across as rather absent-minded;

su respuesta tenía un cierto aire de escepticismo there was a touch of scepticism about her answer

4. [parecido]
tiene un aire a su madre she has something of her mother;

tiene un aire con alguien que conozco he reminds me of someone I know

5.
aires [vanidad] [m5] se da aires de lista she makes out she's clever;

desde que es jefe se da muchos aires (de grandeza) since he became the boss he's been giving himself airs

6. Fam [parálisis] attack, fit;

le dio un aire he had a fit

7. Mús [melodía] air, tune;
[ritmo] tempo
Comp
aire lento slow tempo;
aire popular folk song, traditional song;

aire rápido fast o upbeat tempo

8. [ventosidad] wind;

tener aire to have wind

9. Méx Fam
dar aire a alguien [despedir] to sack sb;

dio aire a su novio she dumped her boyfriend

♦ interj
Fam clear off!;
¡aire, y no se te ocurra volver por aquí! clear off and don't let me see you here again!

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aire

m

1 air;

al aire libre in the open air;

traer aire fresco a algo bring a breath of fresh air to sth;

estar en el aire fig fam be up in the air fam ;

dejar en el aire fig leave … up in the air;

vivir del aire fam live on thin air;

a mi aire in my own way

2 MÚS tune

3 ( viento)

:

hace mucho aire it is very windy;

corre mucho aire it is very windy;

cambiar de aires have a change of scene

4

:

darse aires fam give o.s. airs, put on airs and graces

* * *

aire nm

1) : air

2)

aire acondicionado : air-conditioning

3)

darse aires : to give oneself airs

* * *

aire n

1. (en general) air

el aire está formado por oxígeno y nitrógeno air is made up of oxygen and nitrogen

2. (viento) wind

hoy hace mucho aire it's very windy today

a mi aire my way

al aire libre in the open air

cambiar de aires to have a change of scenery

darse aires to put on airs

en el aire (sin solución) up in the air (programa de radio etc) on the air

tomar el aire to get a breath of fresh air

aire acondicionado air conditioning

Spanish-English dictionary > aire
17 salvar

v.

1 to save (librar de peligro).

nos salvó del peligro he saved us from danger

Ella salva la situación She saves the situation.

María salva a Ricardo Mary saves Richard.

El tipo salva la información The guy saves=saves to disk the information.

La fe redimió a Ricardo Faith redeemed Richard.

2 to rescue.

3 to overcome (superar) (dificultad).

4 to cover.

5 to bridge.

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salvar

► verbo transitivo

1 (librar de peligro) to save, rescue

2 (barco) to salvage

3 (honor, ruina) to save

4 (obstáculo) to clear

5 (dificultad) to overcome, get round

6 (distancia) to cover

7 (atravesar) to cross, span

8 (exceptuar) to exclude, except

► verbo pronominal salvarse

1 (sobrevivir) to survive, come out alive

2 (escaparse) to escape (de, from)

3 RELIGIÓN to be saved, save one's soul

\

FRASEOLOGÍA

salvarse por los pelos familiar to have a narrow escape, get away by the skin of one's teeth

¡sálvese quien pueda! every man for himself!

* * *

verb

1) to save

2) overcome

3) cover

•

- salvarse

* * *

1. VT

1) [de un peligro] to save

me salvó la vida — he saved my life

los bomberos nos salvaron del fuego — the firemen saved us from the blaze

apenas salvaron nada del incendio — they hardly managed to salvage anything from the fire

me has salvado de tener que sentarme con ese pesado — you saved me (from) having to sit next to that old bore

2) (Rel) to save

3) (Inform) to save

4) (=evitar) [+ dificultad, obstáculo] to get round, overcome; [+ montaña, río, barrera] to cross; [+ rápidos] to shoot

5) frm [+ distancia] to cover

el tren salva la distancia en dos horas — the train covers o does the distance in two hours

6) (=exceptuando)

salvando: salvando algún detalle, la traducción está muy bien — apart from a few minor details, the translation is very good
distancia 1)
7) frm [+ altura] to rise above

8) Cono Sur [+ examen] to pass

2.

See:

salvarse

* * *
1.
verbo transitivo

1)

a) (de la muerte, de un peligro) to save

lograron salvarle la vida — they managed to save her life

salvar algo/a alguien DE algo — to save something/somebody from something

salvó al niño de perecer ahogado — she saved the child from drowning

b) (fam) ( librar) to save

salvar a alguien DE algo — to save somebody from something

c) (Relig) to save

2)

a) <dificultad/obstáculo> to overcome

b) < distancia> to cover

c) (Per, Ur) < examen> to pass
2.
salvarse v pron

a) (de la muerte, de un peligro)

sólo se salvaron tres personas — only three people got out alive, only three people survived

sálvese quien pueda! — every man for himself!

salvarse DE algo — to escape from something

b) (fam) ( librarse)

de la familia, el único que se salva es Alejandro — the only one of the family who's all right is Alejandro

sólo se salva él porque no lo sabía — he's the only one who can be excused because he didn't know

salvarse DE algo: se salvó de hacer el servicio militar — he got out of doing his military service

c) (Relig) to be saved

* * *

= circumvent, save, redeem, salvage, hold together.

Ex. Plainly, the familiarization stage is circumvented in a computer-based indexing system with machine-assigned terms.

Ex. Whenever this code is entered, the system saves the document or list of documents being displayed and displays a summary of the documents saved up to that point.

Ex. Eliot somehow suggests that a mix of blood and electricity might yet redeem the petty materialism of the modern world that he had previously seen only as a wasteland.

Ex. It details steps to be taken to salvage discs which have been damaged by spilled substances such as coffee with cream and sugar, Classic Coke, hamburger and french fries, and hand cream.

Ex. The organization was trembling on the brink of financial disaster, and only the journal, American Documentation, was holding it together.

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* salvado por la campana = saved by the bell.

* salvado por los pelos = saved by the bell.

* salvar el mundo = save + the world.

* salvar la división = bridge + the divide.

* salvar las distancias = bridge + the gap, bridge + the divide, bridge + the chasm, bridge + the gulf.

* salvar la vida = save + life.

* salvar la vida de milagro = have + a close shave with death.

* salvar registros = download + records.

* salvarse de milagro = have + a narrow escape, have + a lucky escape, have + a close call, have + a close shave.

* salvarse por los pelos = have + a narrow escape, have + a lucky escape, have + a close call, have + a close shave.

* salvar un problema = circumvent + problem, negotiate + problem.

* sálvese el que pueda = free-for-all.

* sálvese quien pueda = the devil take the hindmost, every man for himself, let battle commence.

* * *
1.
verbo transitivo

1)

a) (de la muerte, de un peligro) to save

lograron salvarle la vida — they managed to save her life

salvar algo/a alguien DE algo — to save something/somebody from something

salvó al niño de perecer ahogado — she saved the child from drowning

b) (fam) ( librar) to save

salvar a alguien DE algo — to save somebody from something

c) (Relig) to save

2)

a) <dificultad/obstáculo> to overcome

b) < distancia> to cover

c) (Per, Ur) < examen> to pass
2.
salvarse v pron

a) (de la muerte, de un peligro)

sólo se salvaron tres personas — only three people got out alive, only three people survived

sálvese quien pueda! — every man for himself!

salvarse DE algo — to escape from something

b) (fam) ( librarse)

de la familia, el único que se salva es Alejandro — the only one of the family who's all right is Alejandro

sólo se salva él porque no lo sabía — he's the only one who can be excused because he didn't know

salvarse DE algo: se salvó de hacer el servicio militar — he got out of doing his military service

c) (Relig) to be saved

* * *

= circumvent, save, redeem, salvage, hold together.

Ex: Plainly, the familiarization stage is circumvented in a computer-based indexing system with machine-assigned terms.

Ex: Whenever this code is entered, the system saves the document or list of documents being displayed and displays a summary of the documents saved up to that point.

Ex: Eliot somehow suggests that a mix of blood and electricity might yet redeem the petty materialism of the modern world that he had previously seen only as a wasteland.

Ex: It details steps to be taken to salvage discs which have been damaged by spilled substances such as coffee with cream and sugar, Classic Coke, hamburger and french fries, and hand cream.

Ex: The organization was trembling on the brink of financial disaster, and only the journal, American Documentation, was holding it together.

* salvado por la campana = saved by the bell.

* salvado por los pelos = saved by the bell.

* salvar el mundo = save + the world.

* salvar la división = bridge + the divide.

* salvar las distancias = bridge + the gap, bridge + the divide, bridge + the chasm, bridge + the gulf.

* salvar la vida = save + life.

* salvar la vida de milagro = have + a close shave with death.

* salvar registros = download + records.

* salvarse de milagro = have + a narrow escape, have + a lucky escape, have + a close call, have + a close shave.

* salvarse por los pelos = have + a narrow escape, have + a lucky escape, have + a close call, have + a close shave.

* salvar un problema = circumvent + problem, negotiate + problem.

* sálvese el que pueda = free-for-all.

* sálvese quien pueda = the devil take the hindmost, every man for himself, let battle commence.

* * *

salvar [A1 ]

vt

A

1 (de la muerte, de un peligro) to save

los médicos no consiguieron salvarlo the doctors were unable to save him

lograron salvarle la vida they managed to save her life

salvar algo/a algn DE algo to save sth/sb FROM sth

salvó al niño de perecer ahogado she saved the child from drowning

consiguieron salvar las joyas del incendio they managed to save o rescue the jewels from the fire

2 ( fam) (librar) to save salvar a algn DE algo to save sb FROM sth

me has salvado de tener que aguantar su discurso you've saved me from having to listen to his speech

3 ( Relig) to save

B

1 ‹dificultad/obstáculo› to overcome

2 ‹distancia› to cover ver tb distancia

3 (Per, Ur) ‹examen› to pass

C salvando ger (exceptuando) except for, excluding

salvando a los presentes present company excepted

■ salvarse

v pron

1

(de la muerte, de un peligro): sólo se salvaron tres personas only three people got out o escaped alive, only three people survived

¡sálvese quien pueda! every man for himself!

salvarse DE algo to escape FROM sth

se salvó de un terrible incendio she escaped from o survived a terrible fire

se salvaron de una muerte segura they escaped certain death

2 ( fam)

(librarse): de la familia, el único que se salva es Alejandro of the family, the only one who isn't ugly ( o stupid etc) is Alejandro, of the family, the only one who's all right is Alejandro

sólo se salva él porque no lo sabía you/we can't count him because he didn't know

salvarse DE algo:

se salvó de hacer el servicio militar he got out of doing his military service

3 ( Relig) to be saved

* * *

salvar ( conjugate salvar) verbo transitivo
1 ( en general) to save;
salvar algo/a algn DE algo to save sth/sb from sth
2
a) ‹dificultad/obstáculo› to overcome

b) ‹ distancia› to cover

c) (Per, Ur) ‹ examen› to pass

salvarse verbo pronominal
to survive;
◊ ¡sálvese quien pueda! every man for himself!;

salvarse DE algo ‹de accidente/incendio› to survive sth;
se salvaron de una muerte segura they escaped certain death
salvar verbo transitivo
1 (librar de un peligro) to save [de, from]
2 (conservar) no salvaron nada de la tormenta, they didn't save anything from the storm
3 Rel to save
4 (pasar un obstáculo) to cross
5 (superar una dificultad, un apuro) to overcome
6 (hacer una excepción) salvando a José, todos fueron castigados, except for José, everyone was punished
7 (recorrer una distancia) salvó 400 km en tres horas, she covered 400 km in three hours

' salvar' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
abismo
- pellejo
- rescatar
- sacar
English:
appearance
- clear
- cross
- day
- face
- face saving
- futile
- jump
- negotiate
- reprieve
- retrieve
- salvage
- save
- shoot
- wreckage
- bridge
- get
- pass
- rescue

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salvar

♦ vt

1. [librar de peligro] to save;

nos salvó del peligro he saved us from danger;

la subvención los salvó de la ruina the subsidy saved them from ruin;

el portero salvó el gol en el último instante the goalkeeper saved the goal at the last moment;

me has salvado de tener que ir a visitarla you've saved me from having to go and visit her

2. [rescatar] to rescue;

salvaron todo lo que pudieron del edificio en llamas they rescued all they could from the blazing building

3. [superar] [dificultad] to overcome;
[obstáculo] to go over o around;
el caballo salvó el foso de un salto the horse jumped (across) the ditch;

un puente salva la distancia entre las dos orillas a bridge spans the river;

la atleta salvó los 2 metros the athlete cleared 2 metres

4. [recorrer] to cover;

salvaron la distancia entre las dos ciudades en tres días they covered the distance between the two cities in three days

5. [exceptuar]
salvando algunos detalles except for a few details;

salvando las distancias allowing for the obvious differences

6. Rel to save

7. Urug [aprobar] to pass

♦ See also the pronominal verb salvarse

* * *

salvar

v/t

1 vida, matrimonio save;

salvar la vida a alguien save s.o.’s life

2 obstáculo get round, get over

3 REL save

* * *

salvar vt

1) : to save, to rescue

2) : to cover (a distance)

3) : to get around (an obstacle), to overcome (a difficulty)

4) : to cross, to jump across

5)

salvando : except for, excluding

♦ See also the reflexive verb salvarse

* * *

salvar vb (en general) to save

el médico le salvó la vida the doctor saved her life

Spanish-English dictionary > salvar
18 clásico

adj.

classical, classic.

m.

classic.

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clásico

► adjetivo

1 (de los clásicos) classical

■ literatura clásica classical literature

2 (típico) classic, typical

■ la clásica pregunta the typical question

3 (tradicional) classic

■ es un vestido clásico it's a classic dress

► nombre masculino clásico

1 classic

■ este libro es un clásico de la ciencia ficción this book is a science-fiction classic

————————

clásico

► nombre masculino

1 classic

■ este libro es un clásico de la ciencia ficción this book is a science-fiction classic

* * *
1. noun m.
classic
2. (f. - clásica)
adj.

1) classic

2) classical

* * *

1. ADJ

1) (Arte, Mús) classical

2) (=característico) classic

el clásico error de los estudiantes ingleses — the classic mistake of students of English

es la clásica plazuela española — it is a typical Spanish square

3) (=de época) [coche] vintage

4) [costumbre] time-honoured

le dio el clásico saludo — he gave him the time-honoured greeting

5) (=destacado) outstanding, remarkable

2. SM

1) (=obra, película) classic

2) (=artista, escritor) outstanding figure, big name *
CLÁSICO ¿"Classic" o "classical"? Hay que tener en cuenta que el adjetivo clásico se puede traducir por classic o por classical: ► Se traduce por classic cuando el sustantivo al que acompaña reúne todas las características propias de su especie o cuando nos referimos a películas, libros {etc} de una calidad extraordinaria: Es el clásico ejemplo de niño mimado He's a classic example of a spoilt child ... una de las historias de detectives clásicas de esa época...... one of the classic detective stories of that time... ► Se traduce por classical cuando clásico hace referencia a la música clásica o a asuntos relacionados con las civilizaciones griega y romana: Cuanta más música clásica escucho más me gusta The more classical music I listen to the more I enjoy it El Partenón es uno de los ejemplos más significativos de la arquitectura clásica The Parthenon is one of the most significant examples of classical architecture Para otros usos y ejemplos ver la entrada
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I
- ca adjetivo

a) <decoración/estilo/ropa> classical

b) < música> classical; < método> standard, traditional; <error/malentendido/caso> classic

c) <lengua/mundo> classical
II
masculino

a) ( obra) classic

b) ( autor)

los clásicos de la música pop — the giants of pop music

c) (AmL) (Dep) traditional big game

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I
- ca adjetivo

a) <decoración/estilo/ropa> classical

b) < música> classical; < método> standard, traditional; <error/malentendido/caso> classic

c) <lengua/mundo> classical
II
masculino

a) ( obra) classic

b) ( autor)

los clásicos de la música pop — the giants of pop music

c) (AmL) (Dep) traditional big game

* * *

clásico¹

¹ = classic.

Nota: Nombre.

Ex: Some recipe classics never go out of fashion and fairy cakes top the list.

* clásico de la literatura = literary classic.

* clásico literario = literary classic.

* clásicos = classics, oldies.

clásico²

² = classic, classical, vintage, conventional, classicising [classicizing, -USA], classicised [classicized, -USA], vintage.

Ex: The classic and well-known example of such a distinction is that which is frequently found in libraries where books are arranged in separate sequences according to their size; for example, octavo, quarto and folio.

Ex: Music, especially classical works, often requires the establishment of a uniform title.

Ex: Indeed, advantage was taken of the tenth anniversary of British membership to make 1983 a vintage year for monographs on the European Communities.

Ex: The foregoing discussion concerning analytical entries assumes implicitly a conventional catalogue format, that is, card, microform or other printed catalogue.

Ex: By modelling her portraits on ancient Roman busts, she was responding to cultural and political forces which fostered a classicizing style.

Ex: His Cubist still lifes with figures rendered in a sketchily classicized style echoes the conflict between the academic and the avant-garde in the early 20th century.

Ex: When she discovered vintage comics and their lurid covers, she went nuts.

* a imitación de lo clásico = classicising [classicizing, -USA], classicised [classicized, -USA].

* arquitectura clásica = classical architecture.

* ejemplo clásico = classical example.

* época clásica, la = classical age, the.

* imitando a lo clásico = classicising [classicizing, -USA], classicised [classicized, -USA].

* latín clásico = Classical Latin.

* literatura clásica = classical literature.

* mundo clásico, el = classical world, the.

* neoclásico = neoclassical [neo-classical].

* obra anónima clásica = anonymous classic.

* texto clásico = classical text.

* * *

clásico¹ -ca

adjective

1 ‹decoración/estilo/ropa› classical

2 ‹método› standard, traditional; ‹error/malentendido› classic

el clásico remedio para la gripe the traditional cure for flu

es el clásico caso de la niña pobre que se casa con un hombre rico it's the classic case of the poor girl who marries a rich man

3 ‹lengua/mundo› classical

clásico²

masculine

1 (obra) classic

2

(autor): los Beatles y otros clásicos de la música pop the Beatles and other giants of pop music o other all-time great pop stars

3 ( AmL) ( Dep) traditional big game

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clásico 1
◊ -ca adjetivo

a) ‹lengua/mundo› classical;

‹decoración/estilo/ropa› classical
b) ‹ método› standard, traditional;

‹error/malentendido/caso› classic
clásico 2 sustantivo masculino
a) ( obra) classic

b) (AmL) (Dep) traditional big game

clásico,-a
I adjetivo
1 Arte classical
una obra clásica de la literatura universal, a classic work of world literature
2 (tradicional) classic
3 (típico) classic: le hicieron las clásicas preguntas tontas, they asked him all the typically stupid questions
II sustantivo masculino classic
Si clásico se refiere a una obra escrita durante un periodo clásico (romano, griego, etc.), se traduce por classical: Virgilio es un autor clásico. Virgil is a classical writer. Si se refiere a algo típico y conocido, se traduce por classic: Es un ejemplo clásico. It's a classic example.
' clásico' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
clásica
English:
classic
- classical
- conventional
- dance
- vintage
- ancient
- derby

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clásico, -a

♦ adj

1. [de la Antigüedad] classical;

lenguas clásicas classical languages

2. [ejemplar, prototípico] classic

3. [peinado, estilo] classical;

tiene unos gustos muy clásicos she has very classical tastes

4. [música] classical

5. [habitual] customary;

es muy clásico en estos casos it's very typical in these cases

6. [peculiar]
clásico de typical of

♦ nm

1. [escritor, músico] classic

2. [obra] classic;

un clásico de la música moderna a classic of modern music

3. Am Dep big game

* * *

clásico

I adj classical

II m classic

* * *

clásico, -ca adj

1) : classic

2) : classical

clásico nm

: classic

* * *

clásico¹ adj classical

música clásica classical music

clásico² n classic

este libro es un clásico this book is a classic

Spanish-English dictionary > clásico
19 clásico2

² = classic, classical, vintage, conventional, classicising [classicizing, -USA], classicised [classicized, -USA], vintage.

Ex. The classic and well-known example of such a distinction is that which is frequently found in libraries where books are arranged in separate sequences according to their size; for example, octavo, quarto and folio.

Ex. Music, especially classical works, often requires the establishment of a uniform title.

Ex. Indeed, advantage was taken of the tenth anniversary of British membership to make 1983 a vintage year for monographs on the European Communities.

Ex. The foregoing discussion concerning analytical entries assumes implicitly a conventional catalogue format, that is, card, microform or other printed catalogue.

Ex. By modelling her portraits on ancient Roman busts, she was responding to cultural and political forces which fostered a classicizing style.

Ex. His Cubist still lifes with figures rendered in a sketchily classicized style echoes the conflict between the academic and the avant-garde in the early 20th century.

Ex. When she discovered vintage comics and their lurid covers, she went nuts.

----

* a imitación de lo clásico = classicising [classicizing, -USA], classicised [classicized, -USA].

* arquitectura clásica = classical architecture.

* ejemplo clásico = classical example.

* época clásica, la = classical age, the.

* imitando a lo clásico = classicising [classicizing, -USA], classicised [classicized, -USA].

* latín clásico = Classical Latin.

* literatura clásica = classical literature.

* mundo clásico, el = classical world, the.

* neoclásico = neoclassical [neo-classical].

* obra anónima clásica = anonymous classic.

* texto clásico = classical text.

Spanish-English dictionary > clásico2
20 cubrir

v.

1 to cover.

cubrir algo de algo to cover something with o in something

cubrir a alguien de insultos/alabanzas to heap insults/praise on somebody

Ilse cubre los restos del cuerpo Ilse covers the remains of the body.

El reportero cubre el suceso The reporter covers the event.

2 to cover (proteger) (retirada, asegurado).

3 to fill (puesto, vacante).

4 to cover (gastos).

el presupuesto no cubre todos los gastos the budget doesn't cover all the expenses

cubrir gastos to break even (exactamente)

5 to cover (noticia).

6 to cover up, to hush up, to hide, to mask.

Ilse cubre la verdad Ilse covers up the truth.

7 to cover for, to cover, to cover up for.

La enfermera Juana cubre a Ilse Nurse Johanna covers for Ilse.

* * *

cubrir

(pp cubierto,-a)

► verbo transitivo

1 (gen) to cover

■ cubre la silla con una sábana cover the chair with a sheet

2 COCINA to coat (de, with)

3 (poner tejado) to put a roof on

4 (niebla etc) to shroud (de, in), cloak

5 (ocultar) to hide

■ cubrir un sentimiento to hide a feeling

6 (llenar) to fill (de, with), cover (de, with)

■ cubrir de agua to fill with water

■ cubrir una plaza to fill a vacancy

7 (alcanzar) to come up

■ el agua le cubría hasta los tobillos the water came up to his ankles

8 (gastos, necesidades) to cover; (deuda) to meet, repay

9 (recorrer) to cover; (distancia) to travel

10 (prensa) to cover

■ Juan cubrió el accidente Juan covered the accident

11 (animales) to pair, cover

► verbo pronominal cubrirse

1 (abrigarse) to cover oneself

2 (la cabeza) to put one's hat on

3 figurado (protegerse) to protect oneself

4 (cielo) to become overcast

5 (llenarse) to be filled

\

FRASEOLOGÍA

cubrir de besos to smother with kisses

cubrir las apariencias to keep up appearances

* * *

verb

to cover

* * *
( pp cubierto)
1. VT

1) (=ocultar)

a) [+ superficie, objeto] to cover

un velo le cubría el rostro — a veil covered her face

las nubes cubrían la cima de la montaña — the mountain top was covered by clouds

habían cubierto el suelo de papeles — they had covered the floor with papers

b) [agua]

lo cubrieron las aguas — the waters closed over it

no te metas donde te cubra el agua — don't go out of your depth

c) (=poner techo a) to roof, roof over

queremos cubrir parte del patio — we want to roof (over) part of the patio

d) [+ fuego] to make up, bank up

2) (=llenar) [+ agujero] to fill in; [+ hueco] to fill

cubrieron el hoyo con la tierra del jardín — they filled in the hole with soil from the garden

cubrir el hueco existente en el mercado — to fill the existing gap in the market

• cubrir a algn de alabanzas — to heap praises on sb

• cubrir a algn de atenciones — to lavish attention on sb

• cubrir a algn de besos — to smother sb with kisses

• cubrir a algn de improperios — to shower sb with insults

• cubrir a algn de oprobio — to bring shame on sb

3) (=proteger) (Dep, Mil) to cover

intenta llegar a las líneas enemigas: nosotros te cubriremos — try to get to the enemy lines: we'll cover you

cubrir su retirada — to cover one's retreat

4) (=recorrer) [+ ruta, distancia] to cover

cubrió 80 kms en una hora — he covered 80 km in an hour

el autocar cubría el trayecto entre León y Madrid — the coach was travelling between León and Madrid

5) (=ocupar) [+ vacante, plaza] to fill

6) (=pagar) [+ gastos, déficit, préstamo] to cover

esto apenas cubre los gastos — this scarcely covers the expenses

7) (=satisfacer) [+ necesidades, demanda] to meet

esto cubre todas nuestras necesidades — this meets all our needs

8) (Prensa) [+ suceso] to cover

todos los periódicos cubrieron la noticia — all the newspapers covered the event

9) (Zool) (=montar) to cover

10) (=disimular) [+ emoción] to cover up, conceal

cubre su tristeza con una falsa alegría — she covers up o conceals her sadness with a false cheerfulness

- cubrir las apariencias o las formas

2.

See:

cubrirse

* * *
1.
verbo transitivo

1) ( tapar) to cover

la niebla cubría el valle — the valley was covered in mist

cubrir algo de algo — to cover something with something

lo cubrió de besos — she smothered him with kisses

2)

a) <gastos/daños/riesgos> to cover

b) <demanda/necesidad> to meet; < carencia> to cover

c) <plaza/vacante> to fill

3)

a) (Period, Rad, TV) to cover

b) ( recorrer) <etapa/trayecto> to cover

4) <retirada/flanco> to cover

cúbreme — cover me

5) (Zool) to cover
2.
cubrirse v pron

1)

a) (refl) ( taparse) to cover oneself

se cubrió la cara — he covered his face

b) ( ponerse el sombrero) to put one's hat on

c) ( protegerse) to take cover

d) ( contra riesgo) to cover oneself

2) ( llenarse)

cubrirse de algo: las calles se habían cubierto de nieve — the streets were covered with snow

* * *

= cover, relate to, smother, take + care of, canopy, cover, line, blanket, address, cover up, screen, drape, meet, incrust [encrust], encrust [incrust].

Ex. This started in 1980, and has around forty members who receive some support to cover telephone charges.

Ex. The major difference is that a periodical index relates to a number of issues and to contributions from a number of different authors.

Ex. This article outlines the preparatory stages and describes some of the problems presented by the physical conditions in a city of tents either drenched by rain or smothered by dust = Este artículo esboza las etapas preparatorias y describe algunos de los problemas que presentan las condiciones físicas de una gran cantidad de tiendas de campaña empapadas por la lluvia o cubiertas por el polvo.

Ex. The matter of bulk is well taken care of by improved microfilm.

Ex. The university buildings are grouped about stretches of greensward crisscrossed by paths and canopied by impressive trees.

Ex. I have used the following as structures on which to mount displays: packing cases used like building blocks and attractively covered and painted.

Ex. The books meanwhile had been sewn on to sawn-in cords, or on to tapes, and their spines had been lined with strips of muslin and paper = Por su porte, los libros eran cosidos a nervios o cintas, y los lomos, forrados con tiras de muselina y papel.

Ex. This type of broom is extremely competitive with the native flora, blanketing the ground and preventing growth of many understorey species in many areas.

Ex. The inclusion of vendors and publishers allows everyone to address sticky business relationships head-on.

Ex. The grating was used to cover up dryer and toilet vents on the side of the building.

Ex. During the war, all of the light fittings on the bridge were screened as a blackout measure.

Ex. Classrooms were draped with cloth and garlanded with lattices and vines.

Ex. There may be a threat of over-capacity; if so, this could be met by diversification, an enlargement of the SLIS role.

Ex. The hilt is of solid gold incrusted in every part with diamonds, sapphires, rubies, and emeralds.

Ex. The sultan requited the king of China's present by sending him ten swords with scabbards encrusted in pearls.

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* cubre hasta la rodilla = knee deep.

* cubrir con = top with.

* cubrir Algo con la mano = cup + Posesivo + hand + over + Nombre.

* cubrir con tablas = board up.

* cubrir con toldo = canopy.

* cubrir de = flood with.

* cubrir de arcilla = clay.

* cubrir de grava = gravel.

* cubrir de gravilla = gravel.

* cubrir el mundo = span + the globe.

* cubrir gastos = allow for + costs, cover + costs.

* cubrir lagunas = fill + lacunae.

* cubrir la mayoría de las necesidades = go + most of the way.

* cubrir las necesidades de = provide for.

* cubrir la superficie de Algo = surface.

* cubrirse contra = hedge against.

* cubrirse de cardenales = go + black and blue.

* cubrirse de moratones = go + black and blue.

* cubrir toda la gama = run + the gamut.

* cubrir todo el espectro = run + the gamut.

* cubrir una laguna = fill + gap, fill + the breach.

* cubrir una necesidad = cover + need, meet + need, serve + need, fill + need, fulfil + need, speak to + need.

* cubrir una vacante = fill + vacancy.

* cubrir un objetivo = meet + objective, meet + purpose.

* cubrir un puesto de trabajo = fill + position.

* cubrir un uso = address + use.

* para cubrir gastos = on a cost-recovery basis.

* para cubrirse las espaldas = as a backup.

* que cubre hasta la rodilla = knee deep.

* que cubre hasta los tobillos = ankle deep.

* que cubre todo el cuerpo = head to toe.

* sin cubrir = unfilled.

* tasa para cubrir gastos = cost-recovery fee.

* * *
1.
verbo transitivo

1) ( tapar) to cover

la niebla cubría el valle — the valley was covered in mist

cubrir algo de algo — to cover something with something

lo cubrió de besos — she smothered him with kisses

2)

a) <gastos/daños/riesgos> to cover

b) <demanda/necesidad> to meet; < carencia> to cover

c) <plaza/vacante> to fill

3)

a) (Period, Rad, TV) to cover

b) ( recorrer) <etapa/trayecto> to cover

4) <retirada/flanco> to cover

cúbreme — cover me

5) (Zool) to cover
2.
cubrirse v pron

1)

a) (refl) ( taparse) to cover oneself

se cubrió la cara — he covered his face

b) ( ponerse el sombrero) to put one's hat on

c) ( protegerse) to take cover

d) ( contra riesgo) to cover oneself

2) ( llenarse)

cubrirse de algo: las calles se habían cubierto de nieve — the streets were covered with snow

* * *

= cover, relate to, smother, take + care of, canopy, cover, line, blanket, address, cover up, screen, drape, meet, incrust [encrust], encrust [incrust].

Ex: This started in 1980, and has around forty members who receive some support to cover telephone charges.

Ex: The major difference is that a periodical index relates to a number of issues and to contributions from a number of different authors.

Ex: This article outlines the preparatory stages and describes some of the problems presented by the physical conditions in a city of tents either drenched by rain or smothered by dust = Este artículo esboza las etapas preparatorias y describe algunos de los problemas que presentan las condiciones físicas de una gran cantidad de tiendas de campaña empapadas por la lluvia o cubiertas por el polvo.

Ex: The matter of bulk is well taken care of by improved microfilm.

Ex: The university buildings are grouped about stretches of greensward crisscrossed by paths and canopied by impressive trees.

Ex: I have used the following as structures on which to mount displays: packing cases used like building blocks and attractively covered and painted.

Ex: The books meanwhile had been sewn on to sawn-in cords, or on to tapes, and their spines had been lined with strips of muslin and paper = Por su porte, los libros eran cosidos a nervios o cintas, y los lomos, forrados con tiras de muselina y papel.

Ex: This type of broom is extremely competitive with the native flora, blanketing the ground and preventing growth of many understorey species in many areas.

Ex: The inclusion of vendors and publishers allows everyone to address sticky business relationships head-on.

Ex: The grating was used to cover up dryer and toilet vents on the side of the building.

Ex: During the war, all of the light fittings on the bridge were screened as a blackout measure.

Ex: Classrooms were draped with cloth and garlanded with lattices and vines.

Ex: There may be a threat of over-capacity; if so, this could be met by diversification, an enlargement of the SLIS role.

Ex: The hilt is of solid gold incrusted in every part with diamonds, sapphires, rubies, and emeralds.

Ex: The sultan requited the king of China's present by sending him ten swords with scabbards encrusted in pearls.

* cubre hasta la rodilla = knee deep.

* cubrir con = top with.

* cubrir Algo con la mano = cup + Posesivo + hand + over + Nombre.

* cubrir con tablas = board up.

* cubrir con toldo = canopy.

* cubrir de = flood with.

* cubrir de arcilla = clay.

* cubrir de grava = gravel.

* cubrir de gravilla = gravel.

* cubrir el mundo = span + the globe.

* cubrir gastos = allow for + costs, cover + costs.

* cubrir lagunas = fill + lacunae.

* cubrir la mayoría de las necesidades = go + most of the way.

* cubrir las necesidades de = provide for.

* cubrir la superficie de Algo = surface.

* cubrirse contra = hedge against.

* cubrirse de cardenales = go + black and blue.

* cubrirse de moratones = go + black and blue.

* cubrir toda la gama = run + the gamut.

* cubrir todo el espectro = run + the gamut.

* cubrir una laguna = fill + gap, fill + the breach.

* cubrir una necesidad = cover + need, meet + need, serve + need, fill + need, fulfil + need, speak to + need.

* cubrir una vacante = fill + vacancy.

* cubrir un objetivo = meet + objective, meet + purpose.

* cubrir un puesto de trabajo = fill + position.

* cubrir un uso = address + use.

* para cubrir gastos = on a cost-recovery basis.

* para cubrirse las espaldas = as a backup.

* que cubre hasta la rodilla = knee deep.

* que cubre hasta los tobillos = ankle deep.

* que cubre todo el cuerpo = head to toe.

* sin cubrir = unfilled.

* tasa para cubrir gastos = cost-recovery fee.

* * *

cubrir [ I33 ]

vt

A (tapar) to cover

cubrió al niño con una manta he covered the child with a blanket, he put a blanket over the child

el velo le cubría la cara the veil covered her face

la niebla cubría el valle the valley was covered in o ( liter) shrouded in mist

cubrir algo DE algo to cover sth WITH sth

han cubierto las paredes de publicidad the walls have been covered with advertisements

los muebles están cubiertos de polvo the furniture is covered with o ( BrE) in dust

el escándalo los ha cubierto de oprobio the scandal has brought great shame on them

lo cubrió de besos she smothered him with kisses

B

1 ‹costos/gastos› to cover; ‹daños/riesgos› to cover

para cubrir los costos de envío to cover the cost of postage

los bienes cubiertos por esta póliza the items covered by this policy

2 ‹demanda/necesidad› to meet; ‹carencia› to cover

3 ‹plaza/vacante› to fill

C

1 ( Period) ‹noticia/suceso› to cover

2 (recorrer) ‹etapa/distancia/trayecto› to cover

3 ( Rad, TV) ‹área› to cover

D ‹retirada/flanco› to cover

voy a salir, cúbreme I'm going out there, cover me

E ( Zool) to cover

■ cubrirse

v pron

A

1 ( refl) (taparse) to cover oneself

se cubrió con una toalla he covered himself with a towel

se cubrió la cara con las manos he covered his face with his hands

2 (ponerse el sombrero) to put one's hat on

3 (protegerse) to take cover

se cubrieron del fuego enemigo they took cover from the enemy fire

4 (contra un riesgo) to cover oneself

B (llenarse) cubrirse DE algo:

las calles se habían cubierto de nieve snow had covered the streets, the streets were covered with snow

* * *

cubrir ( conjugate cubrir) verbo transitivo
a) ( en general) to cover;

cubrir algo de algo to cover sth with sth;
◊ cubrí al niño con una manta I covered the child with a blanket

b) ‹demanda/necesidad› to meet

c) ‹plaza/vacante› to fill

cubrirse verbo pronominal
1
a) ( refl) ( taparse) to cover oneself;

‹ cara› to cover
b) ( ponerse el sombrero) to put one's hat on

c) ( protegerse) to take cover

d) ( contra riesgo) to cover oneself

2 ( llenarse):
◊ las calles se habían cubierto de nieve the streets were covered with snow

cubrir verbo transitivo to cover
' cubrir' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
abrigar
- bañar
- descubierta
- descubierto
- empapelar
- envolver
- gasto
- laminar
- montar
- proveer
- sepultar
- tapar
- cubierto
- llenar
- recorrido
- revestir
- untar
- vacante
English:
bad debt
- clothe
- coat
- cover
- drape
- hedge
- need
- paint out
- plaster
- rubberize
- smother
- best
- fill
- gamut
- line
- mask

* * *

cubrir

♦ vt

1. [tapar, recubrir] to cover ( con with);
cubrió la moto con una lona he covered the motorbike with a tarpaulin;

cubrieron la pared con una mano de pintura they gave the wall a coat of paint;

cubrir algo de algo to cover sth with o in sth;

cubrir a alguien de insultos/alabanzas to heap insults/praise on sb;

Ana cubrió de besos a su padre Ana covered her father with kisses

2. [proteger] to protect;

esta póliza nos cubre contra cualquier accidente this policy covers us against all accidents

3. [a policía, soldado] to cover;

cubrir la retirada to cover the retreat

4. [ocultar] to cover up, to hide

5. [puesto, vacante] to fill;

hay veinte solicitudes para cubrir tres plazas there are twenty applications for three jobs

6. [gastos] to cover;

el presupuesto no cubre todos los gastos the budget doesn't cover all the expenses;

cubrir gastos [exactamente] to break even

7. [noticia] to cover;

cubrió la guerra del Golfo he covered the Gulf War

8. [recorrer] to cover;

el ganador cubrió los 100 metros en 9 segundos the winner did the 100 metres in 9 seconds

9. [el macho a la hembra]
cubrir a to mate with

10. Dep [marcar] to cover;

se encarga de cubrir la banda derecha he covers the right wing

♦ See also the pronominal verb cubrirse

* * *

cubrir

v/t cover (de with)

* * *

cubrir {2} vt

: to cover

♦ See also the reflexive verb cubrirse

* * *

cubrir vb

1. (en general) to cover

el tejado cubre la casa the roof covers the house

cubrió los muebles con sábanas she covered the furniture with sheets

2. (correr) to run [pt. ran; pp. run]

cubre varios kilómetros al día he runs several kilometres a day

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