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1 morder el polvo
to bite the dust* * *(v.) = bite + the dust, give up + the ghost, eat + humble pie, eat + crow, eat + dirt, be kaputEx. The article 'Interchange bites the dust' comments on the decision by AT&T to abandon the Interchange online service technology.Ex. This article examines one such example, Cherrie Moraga's ' Giving Up the Ghost' where, for the first time, the issue of Chicana lesbian sexuality is addressed on the stage.Ex. I will have to eat humble pie and face humiliation though but I was good at the job and wish I could turn the clock back.Ex. You who carped that the 007 films had devolved into a catalog of fresh gadgets and stale puns, eat crow.Ex. He walloped Bud, tore his shirt, and made him eat dirt.Ex. I had a mechanic chap take a gander earlier on and he said it's possible the pedal itself is kaput, as in there's something fishy going on with the mechanics of it.* * *(v.) = bite + the dust, give up + the ghost, eat + humble pie, eat + crow, eat + dirt, be kaputEx: The article 'Interchange bites the dust' comments on the decision by AT&T to abandon the Interchange online service technology.
Ex: This article examines one such example, Cherrie Moraga's ' Giving Up the Ghost' where, for the first time, the issue of Chicana lesbian sexuality is addressed on the stage.Ex: I will have to eat humble pie and face humiliation though but I was good at the job and wish I could turn the clock back.Ex: You who carped that the 007 films had devolved into a catalog of fresh gadgets and stale puns, eat crow.Ex: He walloped Bud, tore his shirt, and made him eat dirt.Ex: I had a mechanic chap take a gander earlier on and he said it's possible the pedal itself is kaput, as in there's something fishy going on with the mechanics of it. -
2 fracasar
v.1 to fail (intento, persona).El chico fracasó The boy failed.2 to be unsuccessful, to fail to accomplish anything, to draw a blank.El chico fracasó The boy failed.El detective fracasó The detective failed to accomplish anything.El proyecto fracasó The project failed.Me fracasó el muchacho My boy failed.* * *1 to fail, be unsuccessful, fall through* * *verb1) to fail2) collapse* * *1.VT LAm to mess up, make a mess of2.VI [gen] to fail, be unsuccessful; [plan] to fail, fall through* * *verbo intransitivo to fail* * *= flounder, fail, misfire, founder, be unsuccessful, bite + the dust, backfire, go under, give up + the ghost, meet with + failure, flop, fall + apart, come + unstuck, fall + flat, go + pear-shaped, fizzle, go out + the window, come + a cropper, fall through, go + kaput, go + haywire, be up the spout.Ex. I have noticed in many walks of life, people doing jobs, paid or unpaid, in which they are floundering because they do not have what I might call a job description.Ex. This article suggests the steps that libraries might take during periods of instability to reduce their chances of being injured by a vendor that fails.Ex. While project ALBIS was seen as an exercise in networking that misfired it did produce some positive results = Aunque se consideraba que el proyecto ALBIS fue un intento de cooperación en red que fracasó, no obstante produjo algunos resultados positivos.Ex. It is that, without direction, the library craft may founder in the perpetual whitewater.Ex. Alex Wilson sides with the librarians who say 'concentrate your book service first and foremost on existing users because expenditure on attracting those with a low motivation is much more costly and likely to be mostly unsuccessful'.Ex. The article 'Interchange bites the dust' comments on the decision by AT&T to abandon the Interchange online service technology.Ex. While this direct contact can backfire if the person is not knowledgeable about the product, it is also a golden opportunity to respond directly to customer questions and unique needs.Ex. Many of them are likely to go under in the next wave of economic recession.Ex. This article examines one such example, Cherrie Moraga's ' Giving Up the Ghost' where, for the first time, the issue of Chicana lesbian sexuality is addressed on the stage.Ex. However, many attempts to actively involve the community in reducing its risks of becoming ill have met with failure.Ex. This opera flopped at its premiere in 1819.Ex. Most of the packaging for cassettes provided by commercial vendors that are known nationwide is lousy, falls apart, looks bad, and so on.Ex. Bright people will always manage towork out the technology but it is the higher-level issues and processes that usually cause a project to come unstuck.Ex. The performance nevertheless falls flat due to the singers' failure to create true exhilaration.Ex. The test on the new machines went pear-shaped: nothing really worked properly and they had to install everything again.Ex. Sure we can, but minus the original moment of sizzle, our excellent choice might very well fizzle.Ex. The lack of centralisation means that good management goes out the window and everything gets sloppier.Ex. He had years of experience and common sense and to the best of my knowledge never came a cropper.Ex. The sale fell through recently, after the buyer was unable to come up with the money.Ex. With oil at $76 a barrel, it won't be long until it all goes kaput!.Ex. They left a trail of destruction in the wake of a plan gone haywire.Ex. Their email system has been up the spout since Saturday preventing the staff from communicating everyday matters and causing extensive housekeeping delays.----* esfuerzo + fracasar = effort + founder.* fracasar de manera lamentable = fail + miserably, fail + dismally.* fracasar estrepitosamente = fall + flat on + Posesivo + face.* fracasar miserablemente = fail + dismally, fail + miserably, come + a cropper.* hacer fracasar = foil, derail.* planes + fracasar = plan + fall through.* prosperar o fracasar = sink or swim.* * *verbo intransitivo to fail* * *= flounder, fail, misfire, founder, be unsuccessful, bite + the dust, backfire, go under, give up + the ghost, meet with + failure, flop, fall + apart, come + unstuck, fall + flat, go + pear-shaped, fizzle, go out + the window, come + a cropper, fall through, go + kaput, go + haywire, be up the spout.Ex: I have noticed in many walks of life, people doing jobs, paid or unpaid, in which they are floundering because they do not have what I might call a job description.
Ex: This article suggests the steps that libraries might take during periods of instability to reduce their chances of being injured by a vendor that fails.Ex: While project ALBIS was seen as an exercise in networking that misfired it did produce some positive results = Aunque se consideraba que el proyecto ALBIS fue un intento de cooperación en red que fracasó, no obstante produjo algunos resultados positivos.Ex: It is that, without direction, the library craft may founder in the perpetual whitewater.Ex: Alex Wilson sides with the librarians who say 'concentrate your book service first and foremost on existing users because expenditure on attracting those with a low motivation is much more costly and likely to be mostly unsuccessful'.Ex: The article 'Interchange bites the dust' comments on the decision by AT&T to abandon the Interchange online service technology.Ex: While this direct contact can backfire if the person is not knowledgeable about the product, it is also a golden opportunity to respond directly to customer questions and unique needs.Ex: Many of them are likely to go under in the next wave of economic recession.Ex: This article examines one such example, Cherrie Moraga's ' Giving Up the Ghost' where, for the first time, the issue of Chicana lesbian sexuality is addressed on the stage.Ex: However, many attempts to actively involve the community in reducing its risks of becoming ill have met with failure.Ex: This opera flopped at its premiere in 1819.Ex: Most of the packaging for cassettes provided by commercial vendors that are known nationwide is lousy, falls apart, looks bad, and so on.Ex: Bright people will always manage towork out the technology but it is the higher-level issues and processes that usually cause a project to come unstuck.Ex: The performance nevertheless falls flat due to the singers' failure to create true exhilaration.Ex: The test on the new machines went pear-shaped: nothing really worked properly and they had to install everything again.Ex: Sure we can, but minus the original moment of sizzle, our excellent choice might very well fizzle.Ex: The lack of centralisation means that good management goes out the window and everything gets sloppier.Ex: He had years of experience and common sense and to the best of my knowledge never came a cropper.Ex: The sale fell through recently, after the buyer was unable to come up with the money.Ex: With oil at $76 a barrel, it won't be long until it all goes kaput!.Ex: They left a trail of destruction in the wake of a plan gone haywire.Ex: Their email system has been up the spout since Saturday preventing the staff from communicating everyday matters and causing extensive housekeeping delays.* esfuerzo + fracasar = effort + founder.* fracasar de manera lamentable = fail + miserably, fail + dismally.* fracasar estrepitosamente = fall + flat on + Posesivo + face.* fracasar miserablemente = fail + dismally, fail + miserably, come + a cropper.* hacer fracasar = foil, derail.* planes + fracasar = plan + fall through.* prosperar o fracasar = sink or swim.* * *fracasar [A1 ]vi1 «negociaciones» to fail; «plan» to fail, fall through2 «persona» to failcomo padre fracasó horriblemente he failed miserably as a fatherfracasó como actor he failed o was unsuccessful as an actorfracasar EN algo to fail IN sthfracasó en su intento de conquistar el Everest he was unsuccessful o he failed in his attempt to conquer Everest* * *
fracasar ( conjugate fracasar) verbo intransitivo
to fail
fracasar verbo intransitivo to fail
' fracasar' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
venirse
- sonar
- tronar
English:
backfire
- bomb
- break down
- fail
- fall apart
- fall through
- flop
- founder
- miserably
- unstuck
- back
- break
- collapse
- flat
- grief
* * *fracasar vi1. [intento] to fail;[producto] to be a failure;el modelo fracasó en Europa the model was a failure in Europe2. [persona] to fail;fracasó en su intento de obtener un acuerdo he failed in his attempt to get an agreement;fracasó como cantante she was a failure as a singer* * *v/i fail* * *fracasar vi1) fallar: to fail2) : to fall through* * *fracasar vb1. (en general) to fail -
3 irse a pique
(barco) to sink 2 (plan, proyecto) to go under, fall through————————(barco) to sink 2 (proyecto etc) to fall through* * *(v.) = founder, bite + the dust, give up + the ghost, come + unstuck, go + pear-shaped, go + kaput, be kaput, go + haywire, go down + the tube, go down + the drain, be up the spoutEx. It is that, without direction, the library craft may founder in the perpetual whitewater.Ex. The article 'Interchange bites the dust' comments on the decision by AT&T to abandon the Interchange online service technology.Ex. This article examines one such example, Cherrie Moraga's ' Giving Up the Ghost' where, for the first time, the issue of Chicana lesbian sexuality is addressed on the stage.Ex. Bright people will always manage towork out the technology but it is the higher-level issues and processes that usually cause a project to come unstuck.Ex. The test on the new machines went pear-shaped: nothing really worked properly and they had to install everything again.Ex. With oil at $76 a barrel, it won't be long until it all goes kaput!.Ex. I had a mechanic chap take a gander earlier on and he said it's possible the pedal itself is kaput, as in there's something fishy going on with the mechanics of it.Ex. They left a trail of destruction in the wake of a plan gone haywire.Ex. No wonder their paper is going down the tube with their trashy reporting.Ex. These businesses were growing rapidly until 1964 when the economy started to go down the drain and manufacturing was not anymore profitable.Ex. Their email system has been up the spout since Saturday preventing the staff from communicating everyday matters and causing extensive housekeeping delays.* * *(v.) = founder, bite + the dust, give up + the ghost, come + unstuck, go + pear-shaped, go + kaput, be kaput, go + haywire, go down + the tube, go down + the drain, be up the spoutEx: It is that, without direction, the library craft may founder in the perpetual whitewater.
Ex: The article 'Interchange bites the dust' comments on the decision by AT&T to abandon the Interchange online service technology.Ex: This article examines one such example, Cherrie Moraga's ' Giving Up the Ghost' where, for the first time, the issue of Chicana lesbian sexuality is addressed on the stage.Ex: Bright people will always manage towork out the technology but it is the higher-level issues and processes that usually cause a project to come unstuck.Ex: The test on the new machines went pear-shaped: nothing really worked properly and they had to install everything again.Ex: With oil at $76 a barrel, it won't be long until it all goes kaput!.Ex: I had a mechanic chap take a gander earlier on and he said it's possible the pedal itself is kaput, as in there's something fishy going on with the mechanics of it.Ex: They left a trail of destruction in the wake of a plan gone haywire.Ex: No wonder their paper is going down the tube with their trashy reporting.Ex: These businesses were growing rapidly until 1964 when the economy started to go down the drain and manufacturing was not anymore profitable.Ex: Their email system has been up the spout since Saturday preventing the staff from communicating everyday matters and causing extensive housekeeping delays. -
4 morir
v.1 to die.murió apuñalado he was stabbed to deathmurió asesinado he was murderedmurió ahogado he drownedLa niña murió al nacer The baby girl died at birth.Mis flores murieron My flowers died.2 to die down (fuego).3 to subside, to die, to peter off.El sonido murió al fin The sound subsided at last.4 to die on.* * *1 (ser vivo) to die2 (día) to finish, come to an end3 (fuego) to die down4 (sendero, río) to end1 to die\morir ahogado to drownmorir con las botas puestas to die with one's boots onmorirse de aburrimiento to be bored to deathmorirse de ganas de... to be dying to...morirse de hambre to starve 2 figurado to be starvingmorirse de miedo to be scared stiffmorirse de pena to die of a broken heartmorirse de risa to kill oneself laughingmorirse del susto to die of shockmorirse de vergüenza to die of embarrassmentmorirse por + inf algo to be dying to + inf somethingmorirse por alguien to be mad about somebody¡muera...!/¡mueran...! death to...!, down with...!■ ¡mueran los dictadores! down with the dictators!* * *verb* * *(pp muerto)1. VI1) [persona, animal, planta] to die¡muera el tirano! — down with the tyrant!, death to the tyrant!
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morir de algo — to die of sthmurió de cáncer/del corazón — he died of cancer/of a heart attack
morir de frío — to die of cold, freeze to death
morir de hambre — to die of hunger, starve to death
morir de muerte natural — to die a natural death, die of natural causes
morir de vejez o de viejo — to die of old age
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morir por algo — to die for sth2) (=extinguirse) [civilización] to die, die out, come to an end; [amor] to die; [fuego] to die down; [luz] to fademoría el día — liter the day was drawing to a close liter
las olas iban a morir a la playa — liter the waves ran out on the beach
2.See:* * *1.verbo intransitivoa) persona to diemorir de vejez/de muerte natural — to die of old age/of natural causes
y allí muere! — (AmC fam) and that's all there is to it!
hasta morir — (Méx fam)
b) (liter) civilización/costumbre to die out2.morirse v pron to dieno te vas a morir por ayudarlo — (fam) it won't kill you to help him (colloq)
como se entere me muero — (fam) I'll die if she finds out (colloq)
muérete! me caso el sábado — (fam) you'll never guess what! I'm getting married on Saturday! (colloq)
morirse DE algo: se murió de un infarto he died of a heart attack; morir de miedo/aburrimiento to be scared stiff/bored stiff; me muero de frío I'm freezing; me estoy muriendo de hambre I'm starving (colloq); es para morirse de risa it's hilariously funny; me muero de ganas de verlos I'm dying to see them (colloq); morirse POR algo/alguien: me muero por una cerveza I'm dying for a beer (colloq); se muere por ella he's nuts o crazy about her (colloq); morirse POR + INF — to be dying to + inf (colloq)
* * *= die, pass on, bite + the dust, die away, give up + the ghost, kick + the bucket, pass away, die off.Ex. I understand that Mr. Haykin was hoping to develop a code for subject practice, but he died and it was never done, so that today we lack a code.Ex. Further, it is true in nature that organisms are born, grow and mature, decline and pass on.Ex. The article 'Interchange bites the dust' comments on the decision by AT&T to abandon the Interchange online service technology.Ex. The desire soon dies away and the book is forgotten if copies are not handy = El deseo pronto muere y el libro se olvida si no hay ejemplares a mano.Ex. This article examines one such example, Cherrie Moraga's ' Giving Up the Ghost' where, for the first time, the issue of Chicana lesbian sexuality is addressed on the stage.Ex. The author hypothesized that schizophrenia patients would show impaired idiom processing for literally plausible idioms (e.g., kick the bucket) but not for literally implausible idioms (e.g., be on cloud nine).Ex. A great deal of traditional indigenous knowledge is being irretrievably lost in New Zealand as the Maori elders age and pass away.Ex. Bees in southern Germany have been dying off in their hundreds of thousands.----* antes morir que = would rather + Verbo + than.* a punto de morir = on + Posesivo + deathbed.* casi + morir = nearly + die.* deseo inconsciente de morir = death-wish.* luchar hasta morir = battle + it out.* morir ahogado = drown.* morir al instante = die + there and then, die on + the spot.* morir aplastado = crush to + death.* morir con dignidad = die with + dignity, have + a dignified death, die + a dignified death.* morir de hambre = starve to + death, die of + hunger, starve of + hunger.* morir de inanición = starve to + death, die of + hunger, starve of + hunger.* morir de muerte natural = die + a natural death.* morir después que = outlive.* morir de viejo = die of + old age.* morir dignamente = have + a dignified death, die with + dignity, die + a dignified death.* morir instantáneamente = die + there and then, die on + the spot.* morirse de frío = freeze to + death.* morirse de hambre = starve.* morirse de risa = laugh + Posesivo + head off.* morirse de vergüenza = squirm with + embarrassment.* morirse por = itch for.* morirse por + Infinitivo = be dying to + Infinitivo.* morir una muerte horrible = suffer + a horrible death, die + a horrible death.* ¡muérete de envidia! = eat your heart out!.* nosotros lo hacíamos y no nos moríamos = it never did + Pronombre + any harm.* ser para morirse de risa = be a hoot.* * *1.verbo intransitivoa) persona to diemorir de vejez/de muerte natural — to die of old age/of natural causes
y allí muere! — (AmC fam) and that's all there is to it!
hasta morir — (Méx fam)
b) (liter) civilización/costumbre to die out2.morirse v pron to dieno te vas a morir por ayudarlo — (fam) it won't kill you to help him (colloq)
como se entere me muero — (fam) I'll die if she finds out (colloq)
muérete! me caso el sábado — (fam) you'll never guess what! I'm getting married on Saturday! (colloq)
morirse DE algo: se murió de un infarto he died of a heart attack; morir de miedo/aburrimiento to be scared stiff/bored stiff; me muero de frío I'm freezing; me estoy muriendo de hambre I'm starving (colloq); es para morirse de risa it's hilariously funny; me muero de ganas de verlos I'm dying to see them (colloq); morirse POR algo/alguien: me muero por una cerveza I'm dying for a beer (colloq); se muere por ella he's nuts o crazy about her (colloq); morirse POR + INF — to be dying to + inf (colloq)
* * *= die, pass on, bite + the dust, die away, give up + the ghost, kick + the bucket, pass away, die off.Ex: I understand that Mr. Haykin was hoping to develop a code for subject practice, but he died and it was never done, so that today we lack a code.
Ex: Further, it is true in nature that organisms are born, grow and mature, decline and pass on.Ex: The article 'Interchange bites the dust' comments on the decision by AT&T to abandon the Interchange online service technology.Ex: The desire soon dies away and the book is forgotten if copies are not handy = El deseo pronto muere y el libro se olvida si no hay ejemplares a mano.Ex: This article examines one such example, Cherrie Moraga's ' Giving Up the Ghost' where, for the first time, the issue of Chicana lesbian sexuality is addressed on the stage.Ex: The author hypothesized that schizophrenia patients would show impaired idiom processing for literally plausible idioms (e.g., kick the bucket) but not for literally implausible idioms (e.g., be on cloud nine).Ex: A great deal of traditional indigenous knowledge is being irretrievably lost in New Zealand as the Maori elders age and pass away.Ex: Bees in southern Germany have been dying off in their hundreds of thousands.* antes morir que = would rather + Verbo + than.* a punto de morir = on + Posesivo + deathbed.* casi + morir = nearly + die.* deseo inconsciente de morir = death-wish.* luchar hasta morir = battle + it out.* morir ahogado = drown.* morir al instante = die + there and then, die on + the spot.* morir aplastado = crush to + death.* morir con dignidad = die with + dignity, have + a dignified death, die + a dignified death.* morir de hambre = starve to + death, die of + hunger, starve of + hunger.* morir de inanición = starve to + death, die of + hunger, starve of + hunger.* morir de muerte natural = die + a natural death.* morir después que = outlive.* morir de viejo = die of + old age.* morir dignamente = have + a dignified death, die with + dignity, die + a dignified death.* morir instantáneamente = die + there and then, die on + the spot.* morirse de frío = freeze to + death.* morirse de hambre = starve.* morirse de risa = laugh + Posesivo + head off.* morirse de vergüenza = squirm with + embarrassment.* morirse por = itch for.* morirse por + Infinitivo = be dying to + Infinitivo.* morir una muerte horrible = suffer + a horrible death, die + a horrible death.* ¡muérete de envidia! = eat your heart out!.* nosotros lo hacíamos y no nos moríamos = it never did + Pronombre + any harm.* ser para morirse de risa = be a hoot.* * *vi1 «persona/animal» to diemorir ahogado to drownmurió asesinada she was murderedmorir DE algo to die OF sthmorir de viejo or de vejez to die of old agemorir de muerte natural to die of natural causesmorir de frío to die of cold, freeze to deathmurió de hambre she died of hunger, she starved to deathmurieron por la libertad de su patria they died for their country's freedomantes morir que rendirse (it's) better to die than to surrender¡muera el dictador! death to the dictator!2 ( liter); «civilización/costumbre» to die outcon él moría el siglo XIX the 19th century died with himel río va a morir a la mar the river runs to the seaun caminito que muere al llegar al pueblo a little path which peters out when it gets to the village■ morirse«persona/animal/planta» to diese murió a los 80 años she died at the age of 80se le ha muerto la madre her mother has diedse me murió la perra my dog diedsi no riegas las plantas se te van a morir your plants will die if you don't water thempor poco me muero cuando me dijo el precio ( fam); I nearly died when he told me the price ( colloq)no te vas a morir por ayudarlo a hacer las camas ( fam); it won't kill you to help him make the beds ( colloq)que me muera si miento cross my heart and hope to die ( colloq)¡por mí que se muera! he can drop dead for all I care ( colloq)¡muérete! me caso el sábado ( fam); you'll never guess what! I'm getting married on Saturday! ( colloq)morirse DE algo:se murió de un infarto he died of a heart attackse moría de miedo he was nearly dead with fright, he was scared stiffnos morimos de aburrimiento we got bored stiff o to deathcierra la ventana, que me muero de frío close the window, I'm freezinges para morirse de risa it's hilariously funny, you just kill yourself o die laughing ( colloq)me muero de ganas de ver a los niños I'm dying to see the children ( colloq), I'm really looking forward to seeing the childrenmorirse POR algo/algn:me muero por un vaso de agua I'm dying for a glass of water ( colloq)me muero por una cerveza fría I could murder a cold beer ( colloq), I'm dying for a cold beer ( colloq)morirse POR + INF to be dying to + INF ( colloq)me muero por irme de vacaciones I'm dying o I can't wait to go on vacation* * *
morir ( conjugate morir) verbo intransitivo
murió asesinada she was murdered;
morir DE algo ‹de vejez/cáncer› to die of sth;
murió de hambre she starved to death;
¡y allí muere! (AmC fam) and that's all there is to it!
morirse verbo pronominal [persona/animal/planta] to die;
se me murió la perra my dog died;
no te vas a morir por ayudarlo (fam) it won't kill you to help him (colloq);
como se entere me muero (fam) I'll die if she finds out (colloq);
morirse DE algo ‹de un infarto/de cáncer› to die of sth;
se moría de miedo/aburrimiento he was scared stiff/bored stiff;
me muero de frío I'm freezing;
me estoy muriendo de hambre I'm starving (colloq);
me muero por una cerveza I'm dying for a beer (colloq);
se muere por verla he's dying to see her (colloq)
morir verbo intransitivo to die
morir de agotamiento/hambre, to die of exhaustion/starvation
' morir' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
ahogada
- ahogado
- antes
- cascar
- de
- descendencia
- tiesa
- tieso
- vida
- acto
- caer
- librar
- malograr
- matar
- muera
- muriera
English:
before
- bleed
- cause
- death wish
- die
- drown
- expire
- freeze
- save
- than
- exposure
- go
* * *♦ vimurió asesinado he was murdered;murió ahogado he drowned;morir (de) joven to die young;morir de cáncer/de frío/de muerte natural to die of cancer/of cold/of natural causes;murió de (un) infarto he died from a heart attack;morir por la patria/por una causa to die for one's country/for a cause;¡muera el tirano! death to the tyrant!;Fama morir: la quiero a morir I love her to death;aquella noche bebimos a morir we had absolutely loads to drink that nightaquel camino muere en el bosque that path peters out in the forest[luz] to go out; [día] to come to a close; [tradición, costumbres, civilización] to die out;nuestra relación murió hace tiempo our relationship died a long time ago* * *<part muerto> v/i die (de of);morir de hambre die of hunger, starve to death* * *morir {46} vi1) fallecer: to die2) apagarse: to die out, to go out* * *morir vb to die -
5 pasar a mejor vida
eufemístico to pass away* * *= bite + the dust, give up + the ghostEx. The article 'Interchange bites the dust' comments on the decision by AT&T to abandon the Interchange online service technology.Ex. This article examines one such example, Cherrie Moraga's ' Giving Up the Ghost' where, for the first time, the issue of Chicana lesbian sexuality is addressed on the stage.* * *= bite + the dust, give up + the ghostEx: The article 'Interchange bites the dust' comments on the decision by AT&T to abandon the Interchange online service technology.
Ex: This article examines one such example, Cherrie Moraga's ' Giving Up the Ghost' where, for the first time, the issue of Chicana lesbian sexuality is addressed on the stage. -
6 morder
v.1 to bite.salúdala, que no muerde (informal) you can say hello to her, she doesn't biteEl perro muerde a Ricardo The dog bites Richard.Ese perro muerde That dog bites.2 to eat into.3 to buy off (informal) (sobornar). (Caribbean Spanish (Cuba, Puerto Rico, Dominican Republic, Venezuela), Mexican Spanish)4 to gnaw at, to nibble.El conejo muerde la jaula The rabbit gnaws at the cage.5 to get a bribe from, to extract a bribe from.* * *1 to bite1 to bite■ ten cuidado que muerde be careful, it bites1 to bite\está que muerde familiar he's/she's fumingmorder el anzuelo to take the baitmorder el polvo to bite the dustmorderse las uñas to bite one's nails* * *verb* * *1. VT1) [con los dientes] to bite2) (=corroer) (Quím) to corrode, eat away; [+ recursos] to eat into3) (Mec) [+ embrague] to catch5) Méx (=estafar) to cheat6) * (=denigrar) to gossip about, run down7) ** (=reconocer) to recognize2.VI to bite3.See:* * *1.verbo transitivo1)a) ( con los dientes) to biteb) (Tec) lima to file2) (Méx fam) policía/funcionario to extract a bribe from3) (Ven fam) (captar, entender) to get2.morder vi1) perro/serpiente to biteestar que muerde — (fam): to be hopping mad (colloq)
2) (Ven fam) ( entender)3.no mordió — he didn't get it (colloq)
morderse v pron (refl) to bite oneself* * *= bite.Ex. The author examines why a deviant news story such as 'Man bites dog' is more memorable than 'Dog bites man'.----* intentar morder = snap at.* morder el polvo = bite + the dust, give up + the ghost, eat + humble pie, eat + crow, eat + dirt, be kaput.* morder la mano del que + dar de comer = bite + the hand that feeds + Pronombre.* morderse el labio = bite + Posesivo + lip.* morderse la lengua = stay + Posesivo + tongue, hold + Posesivo + tongue, bite + Posesivo + tongue, bite + Posesivo + lip.* morderse las uñas = bite + Posesivo + fingers, bite + Posesivo + fingernails.* mordiéndose las uñas = on tenterhooks.* no morderse la lengua = call + a spade a spade.* * *1.verbo transitivo1)a) ( con los dientes) to biteb) (Tec) lima to file2) (Méx fam) policía/funcionario to extract a bribe from3) (Ven fam) (captar, entender) to get2.morder vi1) perro/serpiente to biteestar que muerde — (fam): to be hopping mad (colloq)
2) (Ven fam) ( entender)3.no mordió — he didn't get it (colloq)
morderse v pron (refl) to bite oneself* * *= bite.Ex: The author examines why a deviant news story such as 'Man bites dog' is more memorable than 'Dog bites man'.
* intentar morder = snap at.* morder el polvo = bite + the dust, give up + the ghost, eat + humble pie, eat + crow, eat + dirt, be kaput.* morder la mano del que + dar de comer = bite + the hand that feeds + Pronombre.* morderse el labio = bite + Posesivo + lip.* morderse la lengua = stay + Posesivo + tongue, hold + Posesivo + tongue, bite + Posesivo + tongue, bite + Posesivo + lip.* morderse las uñas = bite + Posesivo + fingers, bite + Posesivo + fingernails.* mordiéndose las uñas = on tenterhooks.* no morderse la lengua = call + a spade a spade.* * *morder [E9 ]vtA1 «animal» to bitela mordió un perro a dog bit hermordía la manzana con avidez he was eagerly munching the apple2 ( Tec) «lima» to file¿mordiste la indirecta? did you get the hint?■ morderviA «perro/serpiente» to biteten cuidado que muerde be careful, it bitesestar que muerde ( fam): no le preguntes hoy, está que muerde don't ask him today, he'll just snap at you o bite your head offB■ morderse( refl) to bitemorderse las uñas/los labios to bite one's nails/one's lip* * *
morder ( conjugate morder) verbo transitivo
1 ( con los dientes) to bite;
2 (Méx fam) [policía/funcionario] to extract a bribe from
verbo intransitivo
to bite
morderse verbo pronominal ( refl) to bite oneself;
morder verbo transitivo to bite ➣ Ver nota en sting
♦ Locuciones: familiar está que muerde, she is in a foul mood
' morder' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
anzuelo
- correosa
- correoso
- polvo
- picar
English:
bite
- chew
- chew up
- crunch
- nip
- pie
- savage
- snap
- dust
* * *♦ vt1. [con los dientes] to bite2. [apretar] to grip3. [gastar] to eat into5. Carib, Méx [estafar] to cheat♦ vi1. [con los dientes] to bite;Famsalúdala, que no muerde you can say hello to her, she doesn't bite;Famestá que muerde he's hopping mad* * *v/t bite;está que muerde fig fam he’s/she’s furious fam* * *morder {47} v: to bite* * *
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