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1) (chances; probability: The odds are that he will win.) probabilidades, posibilidades2) (a difference in strength, in favour of one side: They are fighting against heavy odds.) ventajatr[ɒdz]1→ link=odd odd{————————1 (probability, chances) probabilidades nombre femenino plural, posibilidades nombre femenino plural■ the odds are that... lo más probable es que...■ the odds are in your favour llevas ventaja, tienes las de ganar2 (in betting) apuestas nombre femenino pluralodds ['ɑdz] npl1) chances: probabilidades fpl2) : puntos mpl de ventaja (de una apuesta)3)to be at odds : estar en desacuerdon.pl.• posibilidades s.f.pl.ɑːdz, ɒdz1) ( in betting) proporción en que se ofrece pagar una apuesta, que refleja las posibilidades de acierto de la mismabookmakers are giving o laying odds of ten to one — los corredores de apuestas están dando or ofreciendo diez contra uno
by all odds — (AmE) sin lugar a dudas, indiscutiblemente
to pay over the odds — (BrE) pagar* más de la cuenta
2) (likelihood, chances) probabilidades fpl, posibilidades fplall the odds are in your favor — tienes todas las de ganar, lo tienes todo a tu favor
the pilot survived against (all) the odds — aunque parezca increíble, el piloto sobrevivió
3) ( difference) (BrE colloq)it makes no odds (to me) — (me) da igual or da lo mismo, no (me) importa
4) ( variance)to be at odds with somebody/something: those two are always at odds with each other esos dos siempre están en desacuerdo; that's at odds with the official version — eso no concuerda con la versión oficial
[ɒdz]NPL1) (in betting) puntos mpl de ventajawhat odds will you give me? — ¿cuánta ventaja me da?
short/long odds — pocas/muchas probabilidades
to lay odds on sth — (fig) hacer apuestas sobre algo
- pay over the odds2) (=chances for or against) probabilidades fplthe odds are that... — lo más probable es que...
3) * (=difference)what's the odds? — ¿qué importa?, ¿qué más da?
it makes no odds — da lo mismo, da igual
4) (=variance, strife)to be at odds with sb over sth — estar reñido or en desacuerdo con algn por algo
5)odds and ends — (=bits and pieces) trozos mpl, pedacitos mpl, corotos mpl (Col, Ven); [of cloth etc] retazos mpl, retales mpl ; [of food] restos mpl, sobras fpl
6)all the odds and sods ** — todo quisque *, todo hijo de vecina *
* * *[ɑːdz, ɒdz]1) ( in betting) proporción en que se ofrece pagar una apuesta, que refleja las posibilidades de acierto de la mismabookmakers are giving o laying odds of ten to one — los corredores de apuestas están dando or ofreciendo diez contra uno
by all odds — (AmE) sin lugar a dudas, indiscutiblemente
to pay over the odds — (BrE) pagar* más de la cuenta
2) (likelihood, chances) probabilidades fpl, posibilidades fplall the odds are in your favor — tienes todas las de ganar, lo tienes todo a tu favor
the pilot survived against (all) the odds — aunque parezca increíble, el piloto sobrevivió
3) ( difference) (BrE colloq)it makes no odds (to me) — (me) da igual or da lo mismo, no (me) importa
4) ( variance)to be at odds with somebody/something: those two are always at odds with each other esos dos siempre están en desacuerdo; that's at odds with the official version — eso no concuerda con la versión oficial
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