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21 clima1
1 = climate, weather.Ex. These figures are based on UK climate where the winter external temperature is about -1ºC (degree centigrade).Ex. Data Resources Inc., again US-based, covers data bases in economics, finance, energy and weather.----* clima árido = arid climate.* clima boreal = boreal climate.* clima de invierno = winter weather.* clima desértico = desert climate.* clima de verano = summer weather.* clima estival = summer weather.* clima invernal = winter weather.* clima subártico = subarctic climate.* clima tropical = tropical climate.* degradación del clima = climate deterioration.* microclima = micro-climate [microclimate].* paleoclima = palaeoclimate [paleoclimate, -USA].* rigores del clima = rigours of the climate. -
22 helar
v.1 to freeze.El viento heló las rosas The wind froze the roses.2 to dumbfound.3 to frostbite.El viento frío heló mis pies The icy wind frostbit my feet.* * *1 (congelar) to freeze2 (plantas) to kill, freeze► verbo intransitivo (Used only in the 3rd person; it does not take a subject)1 METEREOLOGÍA to freeze1 (congelarse) to freeze2 (planta) to be killed by frost3 (persona) to freeze, freeze to death\se me heló la sangre figurado my blood ran cold* * *verb* * *1. VT1) (Meteo) to freeze, ice up2) (=congelar) [+ líquido] to freeze; [+ bebidas] to ice, chill3) (=pasmar) to dumbfound, amaze4) (=aterrar) to scare to death2.VI (=hacer frío) (Meteo) to freeze3.See:* * *1.verbo transitivo/ intransitivo to freeze2.helar v impers3.anoche heló — it went below freezing last night (AmE), there was a frost last night (BrE)
helarse v pron1)a) río/charco to freeze (over); agua to freezeb) plantas/cosecha to freeze2) (fam)a) persona to freezeb) comida/café to get o go cold* * *= ice.Ex. The loins were divided into 2 lots: one lot was iced immediately and the other lot was left at room temperature for 6 hours before icing.* * *1.verbo transitivo/ intransitivo to freeze2.helar v impers3.anoche heló — it went below freezing last night (AmE), there was a frost last night (BrE)
helarse v pron1)a) río/charco to freeze (over); agua to freezeb) plantas/cosecha to freeze2) (fam)a) persona to freezeb) comida/café to get o go cold* * *= ice.Ex: The loins were divided into 2 lots: one lot was iced immediately and the other lot was left at room temperature for 6 hours before icing.
* * *helar [A5 ]vt1 ‹estanque/agua› to freeze2 ‹plantas/cosecha› to freeze■ helarvi«congelador» to freeze■anoche heló there was a frost last night■ helarseA1 «río» to freeze, freeze over; «estanque/charco» to freeze, freeze over, ice over; «agua» to freeze2 «plantas/cosecha» to freezeB ( fam)1 «persona» to freezecierra la ventana, que me estoy helando close the window, I'm freezing2 «comida/café» to get o go cold* * *
helar ( conjugate helar) verbo transitivo/intransitivo
to freeze
helar v impers:
helarse verbo pronominal
1 [río/charco] to freeze (over);
[agua/plantas/cosecha] to freeze
2 (fam)
b) [comida/café] to get o go cold
helar
I vtr (congelar) to freeze
II verbo impersonal to freeze: anoche heló, there was a frost last night
' helar' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
hiela
English:
freeze
- frost
* * *♦ vt1. [líquido] to freeze3. [dejar atónito] to dumbfound♦ v impersonalanoche heló there was a frost last night* * *I v/t freezeII v/i freeze;anoche heló there was a frost last night* * *helar {55} vcongelar: to freezehelar v impers: to produce frostanoche heló: there was frost last night* * * -
23 oscilar
v.1 to swing (moverse) (péndulo).2 to fluctuate.el precio oscila entre los mil y los dos mil euros the price can be anything between one and two thousand euros3 to oscillate, to bob, to quiver, to swing.* * *1 (variar) to vary, fluctuate2 FÍSICA to oscillate* * *VI1) [péndulo] to swing, oscillate2) [luz] to wink, blink; [llama] to flicker3) [precio, peso, temperatura] to fluctuate ( entre between)[calidad, diseño] to vary ( entre between) [distancia, intensidad] to range ( entre between)la distancia oscila entre los 100 y 500m — the distance ranges between 100 and 500m o from 100 to 500m
4) (=dudar) to hesitate ( entre between)waver ( entre between)* * *verbo intransitivo2) ( fluctuar)sus edades oscilaban entre... — their ages ranged between...
la cotización osciló entre $90 y $92 — the share price fluctuated between $90 and $92
oscila entre la depresión y la euforia — he oscillates o fluctuates between depression and euphoria
* * *= swing, dangle, pendulum + swing back and forth, oscillate, sway.Ex. The article has the title 'The pendulum swings to the right: censorship in the eighties'.Ex. The LA dangles between short-term exigencies and long-term potentials, and a call for cuts in library school output is trying to cure symptoms rather than diseases.Ex. The pendulum has swung back and forth between emphasis on rehabilitation and punishment.Ex. This dichotomy in Muslim history, which has oscillated between periods of piousness & decadence, demonstrates further disunity in the Muslim world.Ex. The floor lamp swayed and the window curtains waved back and forth.----* oscilar entre... y = ricochet between... and.* * *verbo intransitivo2) ( fluctuar)sus edades oscilaban entre... — their ages ranged between...
la cotización osciló entre $90 y $92 — the share price fluctuated between $90 and $92
oscila entre la depresión y la euforia — he oscillates o fluctuates between depression and euphoria
* * *= swing, dangle, pendulum + swing back and forth, oscillate, sway.Ex: The article has the title 'The pendulum swings to the right: censorship in the eighties'.
Ex: The LA dangles between short-term exigencies and long-term potentials, and a call for cuts in library school output is trying to cure symptoms rather than diseases.Ex: The pendulum has swung back and forth between emphasis on rehabilitation and punishment.Ex: This dichotomy in Muslim history, which has oscillated between periods of piousness & decadence, demonstrates further disunity in the Muslim world.Ex: The floor lamp swayed and the window curtains waved back and forth.* oscilar entre... y = ricochet between... and.* * *oscilar [A1 ]viA1 «péndulo» to swing, oscillate ( tech); «aguja» to oscillate2 «torre/columna» to swayB«precios/temperatura»: sus edades oscilaban entre los 10 y los 15 años their ages ranged between 10 and 15 years old o from 10 to 15la cotización osciló entre $90 y $92 the share price fluctuated between $90 and $92C«persona/humor»: oscila entre la depresión y la euforia he oscillates o fluctuates between depression and euphoria* * *
oscilar ( conjugate oscilar) verbo intransitivo
1 [ péndulo] to swing, oscillate (tech);
[ aguja] to oscillate;
[torre/columna] to sway
2 ( fluctuar) [cotización/valores] to fluctuate;◊ sus edades oscilaban entre … their ages ranged between …
oscilar verbo intransitivo
1 Fís to oscillate, swing
(la luz de una vela) to flicker
2 (variar) to vary, fluctuate: en verano la temperatura oscila entre los 25 y los 35 grados centígrados, summer temperatures range from 25 to 35 degrees centigrade
' oscilar' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
vacilar
English:
oscillate
- range
- reciprocate
- seesaw
- swing
- vary
- dangle
- pulsate
- vacillate
* * *oscilar vi1. [moverse] [péndulo] to swing;[torre] to sway; [llama] to flicker2. Fís to oscillate3. [variar] to vary, to fluctuate;el precio oscila entre los mil y los dos mil pesos the price ranges between one and two thousand pesos;la temperatura osciló entre los 20° y los 30° the temperature fluctuated between 20° and 30°;la longitud de estas serpientes oscila entre cinco y siete metros these snakes vary o range in length between five and seven metres4. [vacilar] to vacillate, to waver;oscila entre el pesimismo y la esperanza she fluctuates between pessimism and hope* * *v/i oscillate; de precios fluctuate* * *oscilar vi1) balancearse: to swing, to sway, to oscillate2) fluctuar: to fluctuate3) : to vacillate, to waver* * *oscilar vb -
24 termómetro
m.thermometer, temperature indicator.* * *1 thermometer\termómetro clínico clinical thermometertermómetro de máxima y mínima maximum and minimum thermometer* * *SM thermometer* * *masculino thermometer* * *= thermometer.Ex. For example, thermometer may be specified as Instrument: Measuring: Temperature; and barometer may be specified as Instrument: Measuring: Pressure.* * *masculino thermometer* * *= thermometer.Ex: For example, thermometer may be specified as Instrument: Measuring: Temperature; and barometer may be specified as Instrument: Measuring: Pressure.
* * *thermometerCompuestos:clinical thermometermaximum-minimum thermometer* * *
termómetro sustantivo masculino
thermometer
termómetro sustantivo masculino thermometer
' termómetro' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
graduar
- sensibilidad
- graduado
English:
show
- thermometer
* * *termómetro nmthermometer;poner el termómetro a alguien to take sb's temperaturetermómetro centígrado centigrade o Celsius thermometer;termómetro clínico clinical thermometer;termómetro de mercurio mercury thermometer* * *m thermometer* * *termómetro nm: thermometer* * *termómetro n thermometer -
25 clima
m.1 climate.clima continental continental climateclima mediterráneo mediterranean climateclima tropical tropical climate2 atmosphere (ambiente).las negociaciones se desarrollaron en un clima de distensión the talks took place in a relaxed atmosphere3 weather, climate, clime.* * *1 climate2 figurado atmosphere, climate* * *noun m.* * *SM (Meteo) climate; [de reunión] atmosphere; [de situación] climateclima artificial — LAm air conditioning
* * *1) (Meteo) climate2) ( ambiente) atmosphereal clima — (Col) at room temperature
* * *1) (Meteo) climate2) ( ambiente) atmosphereal clima — (Col) at room temperature
* * *clima11 = climate, weather.Ex: These figures are based on UK climate where the winter external temperature is about -1ºC (degree centigrade).
Ex: Data Resources Inc., again US-based, covers data bases in economics, finance, energy and weather.* clima árido = arid climate.* clima boreal = boreal climate.* clima de invierno = winter weather.* clima desértico = desert climate.* clima de verano = summer weather.* clima estival = summer weather.* clima invernal = winter weather.* clima subártico = subarctic climate.* clima tropical = tropical climate.* degradación del clima = climate deterioration.* microclima = micro-climate [microclimate].* paleoclima = palaeoclimate [paleoclimate, -USA].* rigores del clima = rigours of the climate.clima22 = climate.Ex: The article 'Keeping your ear to the ground' discusses the skills and knowledge information professionals need to have in today's IT-rich climate.
* clima de cambio = climate of change.* clima económico = economic climate.* clima político = political climate.* clima social = social climate.* crear un clima = promote + climate.* en el clima actual de = in the present climate of.* propiciar un clima = promote + climate.* * *A ( Meteo) climateun clima malsano an unhealthy climateCompuestos:continental climatemaritime climateMediterranean climatepolar climatetemperate climatetropical climateB (ambiente) atmosphereen un clima festivo in a festive atmosphereel clima económico the economic climateuna cerveza al clima a beer served at room temperature, a beer that isn't chilledCompuestos:investment climateclimate of public opinion* * *
clima sustantivo masculinoa) (Meteo) climate
el clima económico the economic climate
clima sustantivo masculino climate
' clima' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
aclimatarse
- agobiante
- benigna
- benigno
- cruda
- crudeza
- crudo
- destemplada
- destemplado
- hecha
- hecho
- húmeda
- húmedo
- propia
- propio
- reinar
- reinante
- rigurosa
- riguroso
- saludable
- sentar
- severa
- severidad
- severo
- suave
- suavidad
- suavizarse
- tórrida
- tórrido
- apacible
- aspereza
- áspero
- benignidad
- bondad
- caluroso
- contrario
- desértico
- franco
- hostil
- hostilidad
- malsano
- privilegiado
- sabroso
- sabrosón
- sano
- seco
- templado
English:
balmy
- changeable
- climate
- dry
- dryness
- enjoy
- erratic
- healthy
- hot
- humid
- mild
- mildness
- severe
- severity
- snowy
- sticky
- temperate
- toll
* * *clima nm1. [atmosférico] climateclima de alta montaña high mountain climate;clima árido arid climate;clima continental continental climate;clima desértico desert climate;clima ecuatorial equatorial climate;clima marítimo maritime climate;clima mediterráneo Mediterranean climate;clima de montaña mountain climate;clima polar polar climate;clima subtropical subtropical climate;clima tropical tropical climate2. [ambiente] atmosphere;las negociaciones se desarrollaron en un clima de distensión the talks took place in a relaxed atmosphere;un clima de nerviosismo dominó la reunión there was a tense atmosphere throughout the meeting;se detecta un clima de euforia there is a palpable mood of euphoria* * *m climate* * *clima nm1) : climate2) ambiente: atmosphere, ambience* * *clima n climate -
26 hervir
v.1 to boil.hervir a borbotones to be at a rolling boilElla hierve el agua She boils the water.La poción hierve The potion boils.Ella hierve el huevo She boils the egg.2 to be boiling (hot) (estar caliente).esa sopa está hirviendo that soup is boiling (hot)* * *(e changes to ie in stressed syllables or to i in certain persons of certain tenses)Present IndicativePast IndicativePresent SubjunctiveImperfect SubjunctiveFuture SubjunctiveImperative* * *verb* * *1.VT to boil2. VI1) [agua, leche] to boildejar de hervir — to go off the boil, stop boiling
empezar o romper a hervir — to come to the boil, begin to boil
2) (=burbujear) [líquido] to bubble, seethe; [mar] to seethe, surge3) (=persona)hiervo en deseos de... — I'm just itching to...
el público hervía de emoción — the audience was carried away with o bubbling with excitement
4)hervir de o en — (=estar lleno de) to swarm with
la cama hervía de pulgas — the bed was swarming o alive with fleas
* * *1.verbo intransitivoa) líquido to boillas calles hervían de gente — the streets were seething o swarming with people
hervía de rabia — she was boiling o seething with rage
b) hirviendo adjetivo ( muy caliente) boiling (colloq), roasting (colloq)2.el niño está hirviendo — ( de fiebre) the child is burning up with fever
hervir vt to boil* * *1.verbo intransitivoa) líquido to boillas calles hervían de gente — the streets were seething o swarming with people
hervía de rabia — she was boiling o seething with rage
b) hirviendo adjetivo ( muy caliente) boiling (colloq), roasting (colloq)2.el niño está hirviendo — ( de fiebre) the child is burning up with fever
hervir vt to boil* * *hervir11 = boil, stew.Ex: Some success was achieved in 1851 by boiling straw in caustic soda and mixing it with rag stock, but the resulting paper was still of poor quality and was little used by printers.
Ex: Drying and stewing fruit was a picnic compared to the elaborate rituals involved in the preparation and preservation of meat.* hervir a fuego lento = simmer.* hervir agua = boil + water.* tetera para hervir agua = kettle.hervir22 = buzz with.Ex: The entire USA has begun to buzz with discusions on making this way of doing business the rule rather than the exception of 21st century life.
* * *vi1 «líquido» to boil¿ya hierve el agua? is the water boiling yet?cuando empiece or rompa a hervir se añade … when it starts to boil o comes to the boil, add …las calles hervían de gente the streets were seething o swarming with peopleestaba que hervía de rabia she was boiling o seething with rageel niño está hirviendo (de fiebre) the child is burning up with fever o is boiling■ hervirvt‹agua/leche/verduras› to boil; ‹jeringa/biberón› to boil, sterilizehervir la mezcla a fuego lento allow the mixture to simmer* * *
hervir ( conjugate hervir) vi/vt
to boil;
hervir
I vtr (el agua, la leche) to boil
II verbo intransitivo
1 Culin to boil: añade la sal cuando rompa a hervir, add salt when it comes to the boil
2 (estar ansioso) to seethe: hiervo en deseos de volver a verla, I'm dying to see her again
3 (estar lleno) to swarm, seethe [de, with]
' hervir' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
cocer
- cocerse
- salirse
- borbotón
- burbujear
- gorgotear
- hirviendo
- tetera
English:
add in
- boil
- fry
- seethe
- simmer
* * *♦ vtto boil♦ vi1. [líquido] to boil;hervir a fuego lento to simmer;hervir a borbotones to be at a rolling boil;cuando empiece a hervir when it comes to the boil;le hervía la sangre his blood was boiling2. [estar caliente] to be boiling (hot);esa sopa está hirviendo that soup is boiling (hot)la ciudad hierve de turistas the city is swarming with touristshervía de cólera she was boiling with rage;hiervo en deseos de decirle lo que pienso I'm dying to tell him what I think* * *I v/i boil; figswarm, seethe (de with)II v/t boil* * *hervir {76} vi1) bullir: to boil, to bubble2)hervir de : to teem with, to be swarming withhervir vt: to boil* * *hervir vb to boil -
27 Celsius
m.1 Celsius, Anders Celsius.2 Celsius, Celsius degree.3 Celsius, centigrade.* * *adj.* * *ADJ INV [escala] Celsius* * *Celsius adjCelsius;grado Celsius degree Celsius;escala Celsius Celsius (temperature) scale -
28 c, C
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29 centígrado
• Celsius• centigrade -
30 grado celsius
m.Celsius degree, centigrade degree. -
31 termómetro centígrado
m.centigrade thermometer.
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