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121 quedarse embarazada
(v.) = become + pregnant, be up the spout, have + a bun in the ovenEx. Many people who would normally practise safe sex do become pregnant, or else catch venereal diseases, through having unprotected sex while drunk.Ex. Well, she's gone and done it again -- she's up the spout and with another sprog on the way.Ex. She has been sporting a little bit of a bump lately, leading everyone to think she may have a bun in the oven.* * *(v.) = become + pregnant, be up the spout, have + a bun in the ovenEx: Many people who would normally practise safe sex do become pregnant, or else catch venereal diseases, through having unprotected sex while drunk.
Ex: Well, she's gone and done it again -- she's up the spout and with another sprog on the way.Ex: She has been sporting a little bit of a bump lately, leading everyone to think she may have a bun in the oven. -
122 resalto
m.1 rebound (rebote), resilience, prominence; act of shooting boars when rising from their bed.2 ledge, jut, ridge.pres.indicat.1st person singular (yo) present indicative of spanish verb: resaltar.* * *1 ledge* * *= speed bump, sleeping policeman, speed hump.Ex. The article 'The information highway: on ramps, checkpoints, speed bumps and tollbooths' offers a comprehensive snapshot of the current policy and practices regarding the dissemination of government information in electronic form.Ex. Perhaps if the council used less money on laying the many many sleeping policeman on our roads, then there would be no need to increase our council and road tax each year.Ex. Roundabouts and speed humps are forms of traffic calming which offer promise to curb speeding.* * *= speed bump, sleeping policeman, speed hump.Ex: The article 'The information highway: on ramps, checkpoints, speed bumps and tollbooths' offers a comprehensive snapshot of the current policy and practices regarding the dissemination of government information in electronic form.
Ex: Perhaps if the council used less money on laying the many many sleeping policeman on our roads, then there would be no need to increase our council and road tax each year.Ex: Roundabouts and speed humps are forms of traffic calming which offer promise to curb speeding. -
123 sacudida
f.1 shake (movimiento).2 tremor (terremoto).3 shock.sacudida eléctrica electric shockpast part.past participle of spanish verb: sacudir.* * *1 (gen) shake2 (movimiento violento) jolt, jerk3 (terremoto) earthquake4 (alteración, conmoción) shock\avanzar a sacudidas to jolt alongdar una sacudida a algo to shake something out, give something a good shakedar una sacudida a alguien familiar to give somebody a good hidingsacudida eléctrica electric shock* * *noun f.1) shaking2) jerk* * *SF1) (=agitación) shake, shakingavanzar dando sacudidas — to bump o jolt o lurch along
2) (=movimiento brusco) [de cuerpo, rodilla] jerk; [de cabeza] toss3) [de terremoto] shock; [de explosión] blast4) (=alteración brusca) [de situación] violent change; (Pol) upheaval* * *b) ( de terremoto) tremor; ( de explosión) blast; (de tren, coche) jerk, joltavanzaba dando sacudidas — it bumped o jolted along
c) (fam) ( descarga) electric shock* * *= jolt, jerk, lurch, shaking, shake.Ex. The automation of the catalogue was the single most disconcerting jolt to hit modern libraries up to that time.Ex. He then dropped the metal suddenly into the mouth of the mould, and at the same instant gave it a jerk or toss to force the metal into the recesses of the matrix (the precise form of the jerk varying with the different letters).Ex. The leftward lurch in the Swedish Social-Democratic Party since 1973 led to a sudden demand for 'industrial democracy' & 'worker participation.Ex. The shaking of an infant or child, can be devastating and result in irreversible brain damage, blindness, and even death.Ex. It's a very intense throbbing pain that sends her body into quivers and shakes.----* a sacudidas = jerkily.* dando sacudidas = jerkily.* dar una sacudida = give + a shake, give + a jerk.* sacudida eléctrica = electric shock.* sacudidas = jarring.* * *b) ( de terremoto) tremor; ( de explosión) blast; (de tren, coche) jerk, joltavanzaba dando sacudidas — it bumped o jolted along
c) (fam) ( descarga) electric shock* * *= jolt, jerk, lurch, shaking, shake.Ex: The automation of the catalogue was the single most disconcerting jolt to hit modern libraries up to that time.
Ex: He then dropped the metal suddenly into the mouth of the mould, and at the same instant gave it a jerk or toss to force the metal into the recesses of the matrix (the precise form of the jerk varying with the different letters).Ex: The leftward lurch in the Swedish Social-Democratic Party since 1973 led to a sudden demand for 'industrial democracy' & 'worker participation.Ex: The shaking of an infant or child, can be devastating and result in irreversible brain damage, blindness, and even death.Ex: It's a very intense throbbing pain that sends her body into quivers and shakes.* a sacudidas = jerkily.* dando sacudidas = jerkily.* dar una sacudida = give + a shake, give + a jerk.* sacudida eléctrica = electric shock.* sacudidas = jarring.* * *A1 (agitando) shake, shaking; (golpeando) beatingles dio una buena sacudida a las toallas she shook the towels out vigorously, she gave the towels a good shake o shakingel carromato avanzaba dando sacudidas the wagon bumped o jolted o lurched along3 ( fam) (descarga) electric shockB (golpe emocional) shock* * *
sacudida sustantivo femenino
( golpeando) beating
( de explosión) blast;
(de tren, coche) jerk, jolt
sacudida sustantivo femenino
1 (movimiento brusco) shake
2 avanzar a sacudidas, to go forwards in jerks, to jerk along
3 (de terremoto) tremor
4 fam (eléctrica) electric shock
5 (fuerte impresión) shock
' sacudida' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
tirón
- calambre
- remezón
English:
bump
- jerk
- jolt
- lurch
- shake
- shock
- shudder
- toss
- jar
* * *sacudida nf1. [movimiento] shake;[de la cabeza] toss; [de tren, coche] jolt;el avión dio una fuerte sacudida the plane shuddered o lurched2. [terremoto] tremor3. [conmoción] shock;la noticia le produjo una fuerte sacudida the news gave her a deep shockle dio una sacudida al tocar el enchufe she got a shock when she touched the socket* * *f2 EL shock* * *sacudida nf1) : shaking2) : jerk, jolt, shock3) : shake-up, upheaval* * *sacudida n shake -
124 salir corriendo
v.to run out, to beat a hasty retreat, to charge off, to burst out.* * *(v.) = leg it, run off, run away, bolt, make + a bolt for, dash off, take off, shoot off, take off + running, take to + Posesivo + heelsEx. The book ' Legging it' overviews trends in male and female dress from the Middle Ages to the present, concentrating on leg coverings: breeches, trousers, stockings'.Ex. She ran off to take out the appropriate protection order against Mr. Pants, considering his intent to kill her.Ex. Street boys like Slake, a dodger used to running away, do not, even when they are myopic and dreamers, allow themselves to bump into lampposts.Ex. These are some of the shots I took before the heavens opened and we bolted for the car.Ex. Most birds, faced with a predator, will make a bolt for safety, even if it means abandoning any eggs or chicks in its nest.Ex. One at a time a bird lands, picks out a fat sunflower seed and then dashes off.Ex. No, he was not one to take off like a deer at the first warning of certain dangers.Ex. The witness said that the cockpit of the ill-fated Boeing 737 shot off 'like a meteorite' when the plane hit the ground on its belly.Ex. But luckily the animals were all fairly timid and with a holler they would take off running.Ex. When the lad heard it he got frightened, and took to his heels as though he were running a race.* * *(v.) = leg it, run off, run away, bolt, make + a bolt for, dash off, take off, shoot off, take off + running, take to + Posesivo + heelsEx: The book ' Legging it' overviews trends in male and female dress from the Middle Ages to the present, concentrating on leg coverings: breeches, trousers, stockings'.
Ex: She ran off to take out the appropriate protection order against Mr. Pants, considering his intent to kill her.Ex: Street boys like Slake, a dodger used to running away, do not, even when they are myopic and dreamers, allow themselves to bump into lampposts.Ex: These are some of the shots I took before the heavens opened and we bolted for the car.Ex: Most birds, faced with a predator, will make a bolt for safety, even if it means abandoning any eggs or chicks in its nest.Ex: One at a time a bird lands, picks out a fat sunflower seed and then dashes off.Ex: No, he was not one to take off like a deer at the first warning of certain dangers.Ex: The witness said that the cockpit of the ill-fated Boeing 737 shot off 'like a meteorite' when the plane hit the ground on its belly
.Ex: But luckily the animals were all fairly timid and with a holler they would take off running.Ex: When the lad heard it he got frightened, and took to his heels as though he were running a race. -
125 susto
m.1 fright.dar o pegar un susto a alguien to give somebody a frightdarse o pegarse un susto to get a frightno ganar para sustos to have no end of troubles2 scare, start, fright, turn.* * *1 fright, scare, shock\caerse del susto figurado to be frightened to deathdar un susto a alguien to give somebody a frightdarse un susto / llevarse un susto to get a frightno pasar del susto figurado to be just a scare* * *noun m.* * *SM1) (=impresión repentina) fright, scare¡qué susto! — what a fright!
dar un susto a algn — to give sb a fright o scare
darse o pegarse un susto — * to have a fright, get scared (EEUU)
caerse del susto — to be frightened o scared to death
meter un susto a algn — * to put the wind up sb *
2) And (=crisis nerviosa) nervous breakdown3)el susto — hum [en restaurante] the bill
* * *a) ( impresión momentánea) frightqué susto me has dado or (fam) pegado! — you gave me such a fright!
me di or llevé un susto de padre y señor mío — (fam) I got the fright of my life (colloq)
no ganar para sustos — (Esp fam)
b) ( miedo) fearestá con un susto que se muere — she's frightened o scared to death
* * *= scare, fright.Ex. These stories are sometimes treated inaccurately, creating health scares and misinformation.Ex. The article is entitled 'Children's fright reactions to television news'.----* dar un susto = spook.* dar un susto de muerte = scare + the living daylights out of, frighten + the living daylights out of, frighten + Nombre + to death, scare + the hell out of.* dar un susto morrocotudo = scare + the living daylights out of, frighten + the living daylights out of, frighten + Nombre + to death, scare + the hell out of.* pegar un susto = spook.* que da susto = scary [scarier -comp., scariest -sup.].* sustos = things that go bump in the night.* * *a) ( impresión momentánea) frightqué susto me has dado or (fam) pegado! — you gave me such a fright!
me di or llevé un susto de padre y señor mío — (fam) I got the fright of my life (colloq)
no ganar para sustos — (Esp fam)
b) ( miedo) fearestá con un susto que se muere — she's frightened o scared to death
* * *= scare, fright.Ex: These stories are sometimes treated inaccurately, creating health scares and misinformation.
Ex: The article is entitled 'Children's fright reactions to television news'.* dar un susto = spook.* dar un susto de muerte = scare + the living daylights out of, frighten + the living daylights out of, frighten + Nombre + to death, scare + the hell out of.* dar un susto morrocotudo = scare + the living daylights out of, frighten + the living daylights out of, frighten + Nombre + to death, scare + the hell out of.* pegar un susto = spook.* que da susto = scary [scarier -comp., scariest -sup.].* sustos = things that go bump in the night.* * *1 (impresión momentánea) fright¡qué susto me has dado or ( fam) pegado! you gave me a real fright!el accidente no pasó del susto the accident shook us up a bit but that was allmás feo que un susto a medianoche ( fam); as ugly as sin2 (miedo) fearestá con un susto que se muere she's frightened o scared to death* * *
susto sustantivo masculino ( impresión momentánea) fright;
darse or llevarse un susto to get a fright (colloq)
susto sustantivo masculino fright, scare: me llevé un gran susto, I got a terrible fright
' susto' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
alivio
- dar
- llevarse
- pegar
- rebotar
- soponcio
- ay
- brinco
- bueno
- grande
- Jesús
- julepe
- llevar
- mayúsculo
- muerte
- recobrar
- salto
English:
fright
- give
- jolt
- jump
- scare
- shock
- silly
- start
- turn
- wind
- wit
- a
* * *susto nmfright;tenía cara de susto he looked frightened;¡qué susto (me di)! I got the fright of my life!;¡qué susto me has dado! you gave me a real fright!;reponerse del susto to get over the shock;después del susto del accidente… after the shock of the accident…;nos dimos un susto mortal o [m5]de muerte cuando nos enteramos de que… we got the shock of our lives when we found out that…;Famno ganar para sustos to have no end of troubles* * *m fright, scare;dar opegar un susto a alguien give s.o. a fright;no gano para sustos fam nothing’s going right for me, my world has gone haywire* * *susto nm: fright, scare* * *susto n fright / scaredar un susto / pegar un susto to give a fright -
126 templar
v.1 to warm (up) (entibiar) (lo frío).2 to calm (calmar) (nervios, ánimos).3 to temper (mechanics) (metal).Hay que templar el agua antes del baño We must temper the water before bathEl herrero templa el hierro en el yunke The smith tempers iron in the anvil.4 to tune (Music).5 to tighten (up).6 to get milder.7 to attune, to tune.Templa tu guitarra antes de tocar Attune the guitar before you play.8 to anneal.* * *1 (moderar) to moderate, temper2 (algo frío) to warm up; (algo caliente) to cool down4 (cuerda, tornillo) to tighten (up)6 MÚSICA to tune7 TÉCNICA to temper8 (colores) to match1 (el tiempo) to warm up1 (contenerse) to restrain oneself, control oneself* * *verb1) to warm up2) temper3) moderate* * *1. VT1) [+ comida] (=calentar) to warm up; (=enfriar) to cool down2) [+ clima] to make mild; [+ calor] to reduce3) (=moderar) to moderate; [+ ánimos] to calm; [+ cólera] to restrain, control4) (Quím) [+ solución] to dilute5) [+ acero] to temper, harden6) (Mús) to tune (up)7) (Mec) to adjust; [+ tornillo] to tighten up; [+ resorte] to set properly8) (Arte) [+ colores] to blend10) Caribe *** to screw ***, fuck ***2. VI1) (Meteo) (=refrescar) to get cooler; (=hacer más calor) to get warmer, get milder2) Caribe (=huir) to flee3.See:* * *1.verbo transitivo1) (Tec) < acero> to temper2) (Mús) <violín/cuerda> to tune3) ( entibiar - enfriando) to cool down; (- calentando) to warm up2.templar vi ( hacer más calor) to get warmer o milder; ( refrescar) to get cooler3.* * *= temper.Ex. This advantage must be tempered by the fact that the standard centrally produced record may not always be consistent with local requirements.* * *1.verbo transitivo1) (Tec) < acero> to temper2) (Mús) <violín/cuerda> to tune3) ( entibiar - enfriando) to cool down; (- calentando) to warm up2.templar vi ( hacer más calor) to get warmer o milder; ( refrescar) to get cooler3.* * *= temper.Ex: This advantage must be tempered by the fact that the standard centrally produced record may not always be consistent with local requirements.
* * *templar [A1 ]vtA ( Tec) ‹acero› to temperB ( Mús) ‹violín/cuerda› to tuneuna guitarra bien templada a well-tuned guitarC (entibiar — enfriando) to cool, cool down; (— calentando) to warm up, warmencendí la estufa para templar la habitación I put the heater on to warm the room upD ( fam)1 (derribar) to knock down, floor ( colloq)2 (matar) to kill, bump off (sl)■ templarvi(hacer más calor) to get warmer o milder; (refrescar) to get cooler(enfriarse) to cool down; (calentarse) to get warmer, warm upestá muy caliente, espera a que se temple it's very hot, wait until it cools down* * *
templar
I verbo transitivo
1 (un metal) to temper
2 (una habitación) to warm up
3 (moderar, suavizar) to moderate: templa tus nervios, calm your nerves
templar los ánimos, to calm o cool everyone down
4 Mús (un instrumento) to tune
II verbo intransitivo (el tiempo) to get warmer
♦ Locuciones: templar gaitas, to compromise
' templar' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
gaita
- templario
English:
temper
- harden
* * *♦ vt1. [entibiar] [lo frío] to warm (up);[lo caliente] to cool (down);templaban las manos al calor de la hoguera they warmed their hands at the bonfire2. [calmar] [nervios, ánimos] to calm;[ira, pasiones] to restrain; [voz] to soften;4. [instrumento musical] to tune;Esptemplar gaitas to calm things down5. [tensar] to tighten (up)♦ vi1. [tiempo, día] to get milder;[viento] to lighten, to moderate2. Taurom = to control the movement of the cape to accompany the bull's charge* * ** * *templar vt1) : to temper (steel)2) : to restrain, to moderate3) : to tune (a musical instrument)4) : to warm up, to cool down -
127 tientas
----* andar a tientas = kiss + in the dark, grope (for/toward).* andar a tientas y a ciegas = grope (for/toward).* a tientas = in the dark.* a tientas y a ciegas = blindly, in the dark.* buscar a tientas = grope (for/toward).* ir a tientas y a ciegas = bump around + in the dark, fumble.* * ** andar a tientas = kiss + in the dark, grope (for/toward).* andar a tientas y a ciegas = grope (for/toward).* a tientas = in the dark.* a tientas y a ciegas = blindly, in the dark.* buscar a tientas = grope (for/toward).* ir a tientas y a ciegas = bump around + in the dark, fumble.* * *fpl:andar a tientas fig feel one’s way -
128 topetón
m.crash, bump, collision.* * *1→ link=topetazo topetazo* * *SM = topetazo* * ** * *Ex. Freezing rain caused numerous fender-benders across central North Carolina.* * ** * *Ex: Freezing rain caused numerous fender-benders across central North Carolina.
* * ** * *
topetazo, topetón m (golpe) butt, bump (with the head)
' topetón' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
topetazo
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