changed the pitch

Ex: 'Get on with this,' the principal dictated, in a somewhat less severe tone.

Ex: Those materials they describe as ephemera must be collected and despite the derogatory overtones of the descriptor, carefully organized.

Ex: 'I'm rather surprised that Arnold would have bothered you with such a trivial matter, Ms. Bragge,' Wronski said with a reassuring smile which had an almost fatherly quality.

Ex: The darkest and the lightest shading took the shortest amount of time, the medium shading the longest.

Ex: The heading PITCH (Music) illustrates how to qualify a word by another in parenthesis to clarify the meaning = El encabezamiento TONO (Música) ilustra cómo modificar una palabra con otra entre paréntesis para aclarar el significado.

Ex: Speakers covered the history of the campaign to alert parents to racist undertones in children's books.

Ex: After hearing the chimes, dial your ten-digit customer identification number.

* cambiar el tono = modulate.

* con un tono + Adjetivo = in a + Adjetivo + tone.

* dar tono = tone.

* dar un tono = give + effect.

* de dos tonos = bitonal.

* de tono + Adjetivo = Adjetivo + in tone.

* en tono cáustico = scathingly.

* en tono mordaz = scathingly.

* en tono reprobatorio = reprovingly, reproachfully.

* en tono sarcástico = sardonically.

* establecer el tono = set + the theme.

* marcar el tono = establish + the tone.

* recitar en tono monótono = chant.

* relativo al tono = tonal.

* subido de tono = risqué, racy [racier -comp., raciest -sup.], bawdy [bawdier -comp., bawdiest -sup.].

* tener un tono + Adjetivo = have + a + Adjetivo + quality.

* terminar en un tono + Adjetivo = end on + a + Adjetivo + note.

* tomar un tono + Adjetivo = take on + Adjetivo + character.

* tono apagado = flat tone.

* tono auditivo = audio tune.

* tono continuo modulado = half-tone.

* tono de llamada = dial tone.

* tono de voz = tone of voice.

* tono ligero = light touch.

* tono muscular = muscle tone.

* tono rojizo = reddishness.

* tono superficial = light touch.

 

tono sustantivo masculino
1


en tono de reproche reproachfully;
el tono en que lo dijo the way he said it;
el tono general de la conversación the general tone of the conversation

este teléfono no da or tiene tono I can't get a dial tone (AmE) o (BrE) dialling tone on this phone;
tono de marcar or (AmL) de discado or (AmS) de discar dial tone (AmE), dialling tone (BrE);

no venir a tono to be out of place
2 ( de color) shade;

3 (Mús) key
tono sustantivo masculino
1 (de la voz: intensidad) tone, pitch
un tono alto/bajo, a high/low pitch
(: modo) lo dijo en tono despectivo, he said it in a contemptuous tone
2 (de un color) shade, tone
diferentes tonos de verde, different shades of green
3 Mús key
4 (del teléfono) tone
♦ Locuciones: familiar darse tono, to put on airs
a tono con, in tune with
a tono con los tiempos, in keeping with the times
de buen/mal tono, in good/bad taste
fuera de tono, inappropiate, out of place
figurado (algo grosero, obsceno) subido de tono, arrogant, (altanero) haughty
' tono' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
acre
- agradar
- aguda
- agudo
- alta
- alto
- atonía
- bajar
- clave
- grave
- inflexión
- jovial
- rebajar
- salida
- sarcástica
- sarcástico
- sorna
- suave
- suavidad
- subida
- subido
- abrupto
- ácido
- agrio
- amigable
- atenuar
- bajo
- brusco
- burlón
- cálido
- cansado
- cantarín
- cortante
- decidido
- despectivo
- destemplado
- disuasivo
- elevar
- endulzar
- familiar
- humilde
- imperativo
- impertinente
- irónico
- magistral
- pastoso
- resuelto
- sequedad
- tajante
- teatral
English:
abrupt
- bawdy
- chord
- emphatic
- friendly
- hue
- injured
- key
- measured
- menace
- off-color
- off-colour
- pitch
- pose
- shade
- subdued
- talk down
- tone
- tune
- unnatural
- urgent
- coloring
- critically
- dial
- gentle
- high
- lilt
- monotone
- name
- note
- off
- pastel
- pleasantly
- racy
- rise
- risqué
- show
- step
- talk
- tint
- valentine
tono continuo [de teléfono] Br dialling o US dial tone; Andes, RP tono de discado o de discar [de teléfono] Br dialling o US dial tone; [situación] to get angrier; [impertinente] impertinent tono muscular muscle tone [altura] pitch; [intervalo] tone, US step tono agudo high pitch; Fam Fam

propeller pitch
(воздушного винта)
расстояние в осевом направлении, которое прошла бы хорда данного сечения лопасти винта при данном угле установки за один оборот, если бы не было скольжения (рис. 58). — the distance а propeller would advance in one revolution if there was no slip.
-, большой (возд. винта) — (propeller) high /coarse/ pitch
положение лопастей винта, повернутых специальным механизмом на максимальный установочный угол. — the maximum pitch angle setting obtainable in any variable pitch propeller.
- во флюгерном положении (возд. винта) — feathering pitch
- (-) газ (система управления вертолетом) (рис. 40) — collective-pitch (throttle) control
-, геометрический (возд. винта) — (propeller) geometrical pitch
- заклепок (заклепочного шва) — pitch of rivets
расстояние между заклепками одного продольного или поперечного ряда (рис. 156). — distance between two rivets, measured from centre to centre.
-, изменяемый в полете (возд. винта) — variable pitch
шаг возд. винта изменяемый при его вращении принудительно (членом экипажа) или автоматичееким устройством. — а propeller pitch setting which can be changed by the flight crew or by automatic means while the propeller is rotating.
- кресел (сидений) — seat pitch
кресла установлены в 10 рядов с шагом 1 м. — the seats are arranged in 10 rows at 1-meter pitch.
- лопасти воздушного винта — propeller blade pitch
- лопасти воздушного винта (угол установки) — propeller blade pitch setting
- лопасти несущего винта — rotor blade pitch

the acute angle between the no-lift direction and the plane normal to the hub axis.
- лопаток (размещение лопаток компрессора, турбины) — blade spacing
-, малый (возд. винта) — low pitch, fine pitch
положение лопастей, повернутых механизмом на минимальный угол установки. — the lowest pitch angle setting obtainable on any given propeller.
- на режиме торможения (возд. винта) — braking pitch
- на режиме торможения (реверc возд. винта) — reverse pitch
-, неизменяемый (возд. винта) — fixed pitch
- несущего винта — main rotor pitch
- несущего винта, большой — main rotor high pitch
- несущего винта, малый — main rotor low pitch

the normal main rotor low pitch limit provides suficient rotor speed in any autorotative condition.
- нулевой тяги (возд. винта) — zero-thrust pitch
- нулевой тяги (несущего винта) — no-lift pitch
-, общий — collective pitch
при изменении общего шага несущего винта, шаг всех лопастей изменяется одновременно. — when collective pitch is арplied, the pitch of each blade is increased simultaneously.
- отрицательной тяги (возд. винта, w=0о (рис. 58) — (propeller) drag pitch
- отрицательной тяги (возд. винта, реверсивный) (рис. 58) — reverse pitch reverse pitch is a negative pitch setting.
-, отрицательный — reverse pitch
шаг для создания отрицательной тяги возд. винта. — а pitch setting to give a negative thrust.
-, переменный (возд. винта) — variable (propeller) pitch
- перфорации — perforation interval /pitch/
-, полетный малый (возд. винта — flight low /fine/ pitch
- положительной тяги — forward pitch
-, положительный (возд. винта) винт авторотирует при малом положительном шаге лопастей. — positive pitch propeller windmilling at small positive pitch (setting).
-, поступательный (возд. винта, обеспечивающий положительную тягу) — forward pitch pitch setting to give positive thrust.
- при торможении воздушным винтом — propeller braking pitch
угол установки лопастей, обеспечивающий создание отрицательной тяги, либо авторотацией на малом шаге или при реверсировании тяги винта. — а pitch setting selected to give а negative thrust either by windmilling at small positive pitch or by power operation at reverse pitch.
- при торможении воздушным винтом (реверсивный) — propeller braking pitch
- при флюгировании (возд. винта) (рис. 58) — feathering pitch
- программы — program step
- реверсивной тяги (возд. винта) (рис. 58) — reverse pitch
-, реверсивный (возд. винта) — reverse pitch
- резьбы (рис. 155) — thread pitch
- резьбы, крупный — coarse thread pitch
- резьбы, мелкий — fine thread pitch
- сидений (кресел) — seat pitch
-, флюгерный (возд. винта) — feathering pitch
шаг, обеспечивающий наименьшее сопротивление лопастей при неработающем (в полете) двигателе (рис. 58). — the pitch setting which gives the minimum drag when the engine is stopped.
-, циклический — cyclic pitch
при циклическом шаге несущего винта шаг каждой отдельной лопасти увеличивается н уменьшается за полный оборот винта относительно неизменного среднего положения (шага). — as cyclic pitch is applied, individual blade pitch increases and decreases in each revolution of the rotary wing but their average pitch remains unchanged.
-, эффективный (возд. винта) — effective pitch
расстояние, проходимое самолетом по траектории полета за один оборот возд. винта — the distance an aircraft advances along its flight path for one revolution of the propeller.
изменение ш. — pitch (setting) change
перевод лопастей в сторону большого ш. — movement от blades to higher pitch
перевод лопастей в сторону малого ш. — movement of blades to lower pitch
регулирование ш. (в полете) — pitch control
регулирование ш. (на земле) — (ground) pitch adjustment
скорость изменения ш. — pitch-change rate
управление ш. — pitch control
управление общим ш. — collective pitch control
управл. о.ш. обеспечивает одинаковое изменение шагa всех лопастей несущ. винта независимо от их азимутального положения. — collective pitch contr vides equal alteration of blade pitch angle imposed on all blades independently of their azimuthal position.
управление циклическим ш. — cyclic pitch control
синусоидальное изменение шага лопастей за один оборот несущего винта. — cyclic pitch control varies blade pitch angle sinusoidally with blade azimuth position.
установка ш. (процесс и угол) — pitch setting
изменять ш. — change pitch
переводить лопасти в сторону большого ш. — move blades to higher pitch
переводить лопасти в сторону малого ш. — move blades to lower pitch
увеличивать ш. — increase pitch
уменьшать ш. — decrease pitch
управлять общим ш. — control collective pitch
управлять циклическим ш. — control cyclic pitch
устанавливать ш. — set pitch
устанавливать ш. винта для создания отрицательной (реверсивной) тяги — select propeller pitch setting to give negative thrust

propeller
лопастный агрегат, приводимый во вращение двигателем для преобразования мощности (крутящего момента) двигателя в тягу (рис. 58) — function of propeller is conversion of engine shaft torque into thrust.
-, автоматический (ав) — automatically controllable propeller
-, авторотирующий — windmilling propeller
-, воздушный — propeller
-, гидравлический — hydraulically-controlled propeller
воздушный винт изменяемого шага, у которого перестановка лопастей в обоих направлениях (на больший шаг и на меньший) или только в одном направлении производится под действием масла, подаваемого в механизм винта. — a propeller the blades of which are adjusted hydraulically to a low and a high pitch angle.
-, гидромеханический — hydro-mechanical propeller
- двухсторонней схемы — propeller with double-acting system
-, зафлюгированный — feathered propeller
- изменяемого шага (виш, управляемый автоматически и принудительно) — variable-pitch propeller
воздушный винт, лопасти которого во время работы могут принудительно или автоматически поворачиваться вокруг своих осей (изменять шаг) — a propeller the pitch setting of which can be changed by the flight crew or by automatic means while the propeller is rotating.
- изменяемого шага с наземной регулировкой — ground adjustable-pitch propeller
- изменяемого шага (с принудительным управлением) — manually controllable propeller
-, моноблочный — integral propeller
-, находящийся на упоре полетного малого шага — propeller blades set in flightfine-pitch stop position
- неизменяемого шага — fixed-pitch propeller
воздушный винт, попасти которого не могут поворачиваться вокруг своих осей. — a propeller having no provision for changing the pitch setting.
-, неотбалансированный — out-of-balance propeller
-, неуравновешенный — out-of-balance propeller
- переменного шага — controllable /variable/ pitch propeller
-, разбалансированный — out-of-balance propeller
-, реверсивный — reversible-pitch propeller
воздушный винт, лопасти которого во время работы могут быть установлены в такое положение, при котором его вращение создает отрицательную сипу тяги. — reversible-pitch propellers. 200 complete cycles of control must be made from the lowest normal pitch to the maximum reverse pitch.
- с наземной регулировкой шага — ground adjustable-pitch propeller
- с неодинаковым уводом лопастей от плоскости вращения — out-of-track propeller a propeller having the blade tilt ot one blade different from that of the other(s).
- с неодинаковым шагом лопастей — out-of-pitch propeller a propeller having the blade angle of one blade different from that of any other.
- с упором земного малого шага — ground-fine-pitch propeller
- с упором полетного малого шага — flight-low/-fine/-pitch propeller
-, типичный (для испытаний) — representative propeller
-, толкающий — pusher propeller a propeller producing compression in the propeller shaft.
-, тянущий — tractor propeller a propeller producing tension in the propeller shaft.
- фиксированного шага — adjustable-pitch propeller
воздушный винт, попасти которого могут быть установлены под любым углом к плоскости вращения, но во время работы винта поворачиваться вокруг своих осей не могут. — a propeller, the blades of which can be adjusted to a desired pitch when not rotating.
-, флюгерный (флюгируемый) — feathering propeller
воздушный винт изменяемого шага, попасти которого могут быть установлены в положение "по потоку", характеризуемое тем, что в случае выключенного двигателя винт в полете прекращает вращаться и имеет минимальное лобовое сопротивление. — the propeller the blades of which can be set nearly parallel with the line of flight of the airplane for the purpose to decrease air resistance in case of engine failure, so that the propeller will not be rotated by the air.
-, четырехлопастный — four-blade(d) propeller
-, электромеханический — electrically-operated propeller
балансировка в. — propeller balancing
зазор между в. и элементами конструкции самолета — propeller structural clearance
клиренс в. — propeller clearance
обдувка от в. — slipstream
обороты (воздушного) в. — propeller speed
плоскость вращения в. — propeller disc plane
площадь диска в. — propeller disc area
площадь ометаемая воздушным в. — propeller disc area
поступь в. — propeller effective pitch
спед за в. — propeller wake
характеристика воздушного винта в. — propeller characteristic
шаг в. — propeller pitch
балансировать в. — balance the propeller
вводить винт во флюгер вращать в. по (через) 30о — feather the propeller turn the.propeller in increments of approx. 30 deg.
выводить в. из реверса — unreverse the propeller
выводить в. из флюгера — unfeather the propeller
застопорить в. — brake the propeller
затяжелять в. — set the propeller blades to higher pitch
зафлюгировать в. — feather the propeller
изменять шаг в. — change the propeller pitch
облегчать в. — move the propeller blades to lower pitch
отбалансировать в. — balance the propeller
поворачивать в. постепенно через...град. — turn the propeller in increments of... deg.
расфлюгировать в. — unfeather the propeller
реверсировать в. — reverse the propeller
снимать в. с упора полетного малого шага — unlatch the propeller flight low-pitch stop
ставить в. на упор малого полетного шага — latch the propeller flight lowpitch stop
флюгировать в. — feather the propeller

[glaiç] like 1. 2. 3. 4. 1. 2. 3. 4.

Ex: Although the slave narratives were usually intended to serve in the cause of abolition, not all of them were bitter, unrelieved tirades against the institution of slavery, but rather there were frequently moments of relieving laughter.

Ex: Consequently, the overriding demand made by the academic community is bibliographical in nature.

Ex: When she said 'That's no way to speak about a patron, Mike,' he turned on her a look of sublime unconcern.

Ex: Such an appraoch is unlikely to improve the social sciences unless valid informaton can first be distinguished from out-and-out incorrect information.

Ex: There is no hard and fast answer to this question.

Ex: A review of the research shows that there are no clear and ironclad answers.

Ex: Only Bush could take a horrible situation and create an unmitigated disaster.

* correspondencia absoluta = perfect match.

* en absoluto = at all, in the slightest, whatsoever, not at all, in any shape or form.

* éxito absoluto = award-winning success.

* mayoría absoluta = absolute majority.

* miseria más absoluta = abject poverty.

* nada en absoluto = not at all, nothing whatsoever.

* no importar en absoluto = have + no qualms about.

* norma absoluta = hard and fast rule, ironclad rule, steadfast rule.

* o nada en absoluto = if at all.

* oscuridad absoluta = pitch darkness, pitch blackness.

absoluto

1 ‹monarca/poder› absolute
2




no lo consentiré en absoluto there is absolutely no way I will agree to it
absoluto,-a
I adj (independiente) absolute
(completo, intenso) total, complete: necesito silencio absoluto para poder escribir, I need total silence to be able to write
(sin réplica) absolute: ejerce un dominio absoluto sobre sus amigos, he has total control over his friends
II sustantivo masculino absolute
♦ Locuciones: en absoluto, not at all, by no means: no creas en absoluto que me fío de él, don't believe for a minute that I trust him
' absoluto' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
absoluta
- identidad
- interesar
- llevarse
- recogimiento
- completo
- perfecto
- relativo
- silencio
- total
English:
absolute
- absolutely
- all
- clear
- dead
- dislike
- earthly
- ignorance
- implicit
- least
- long shot
- mismatch
- not
- out-and-out
- quite
- rank
- remotely
- stranglehold
- strict
- unmitigated
- unqualified
- whatever
- whatsoever
- any
- downright
- hard
[silencio] total, absolute; [reposo] complete;

1. (f. - negra)

noun

black person

2. (f. - negra)

adj.

1) black

2) disastrous, awful

* * *

negro, -a

1. ADJ

1) [color, pelo] black; [ojos, tabaco] dark; [raza] black, Negro †

- más negro que el azabache

- negro como boca de lobo

2) (=moreno) [piel] dark, swarthy; [por el sol] tanned, brown

ponerse negro — to go brown, tan

3) (=sucio) filthy, black

4) [estado de ánimo, humor] black, gloomy; [suerte] terrible, atrocious

la cosa se pone negra — it's not going well, it looks bad

lo ve todo negro — he always sees the negative side of things, he's terribly pessimistic about everything

ve muy negro el porvenir — he's very gloomy about the future

- pasarlas negras

- verse negro

verse negro para hacer algo — to have one's work cut out to do sth

nos vimos negros para salir del apuro — we had a tough time getting out of it

- vérselas negras

5) * (=enfadado) cross, peeved *

estoy negro con esto — I'm getting desperate about it

poner negro a algn — to make sb cross, upset sb

ponerse negro — to get cross, cut up rough

6) (=ilegal) black

dinero negro — hot money

economía negra — black economy

mercado negro — black market

7) (Pol) fascist

terrorismo negro — fascist terrorism

2. SM

1) (=color) black

en negro — (Fot) in black and white

negro de humo — lampblack

2) Caribe (=café) black coffee

3. SM / F

1) (=persona) black, coloured person †, Negro †

¡no somos negros! — we won't stand for it!, you can't do that to us!

- trabajar como un negro

2) * (=escritor) ghostwriter

3)

mi negro — And, Cono Sur * (=cariño) darling, honey

negra

* * *

I

- gra adjetivo

1)

a) <pelo/ropa> black; < ojos> dark

negro como el azabache — jet-black

negro como el carbón or un tizón — as black as coal o soot

poner negro a alguien — (fam) to drive somebody up the wall (colloq)

b) (fam) ( por el sol) tanned

c) ( sombrío) black, gloomy

lo ve todo tan negro — she's always so pessimistic

pasarlas negras — (fam) to have a rough time of it (colloq)

vérselas negras — (fam)

se las vio negras para terminarlo — he had a tough time finishing it (colloq)

me las estoy viendo negras con este trabajito — this job is a real uphill struggle (colloq)

2) <hombre/raza/piel> black

II

masculino ( color) black

- negro azabache

III

- gra masculino, femenino ( de raza negra) black person

trabajar como un negro — to work like a slave

* * *

I

- gra adjetivo

1)

a) <pelo/ropa> black; < ojos> dark

negro como el azabache — jet-black

negro como el carbón or un tizón — as black as coal o soot

poner negro a alguien — (fam) to drive somebody up the wall (colloq)

b) (fam) ( por el sol) tanned

c) ( sombrío) black, gloomy

lo ve todo tan negro — she's always so pessimistic

pasarlas negras — (fam) to have a rough time of it (colloq)

vérselas negras — (fam)

se las vio negras para terminarlo — he had a tough time finishing it (colloq)

me las estoy viendo negras con este trabajito — this job is a real uphill struggle (colloq)

2) <hombre/raza/piel> black

II

masculino ( color) black

- negro azabache

III

- gra masculino, femenino ( de raza negra) black person

trabajar como un negro — to work like a slave

* * *

negro¹

¹ = black, negro [negroes, -pl.], nigger, hack, ghost writer, black man, coloured man.

Ex: Only blacks had both a social and a moral condition; only women had both a history and a condition.

Ex: Why do only Catholics, Jews, Negroes, and women transcend their particular nationality?.

Ex: KAFIRS, which LC recently changed, is the equivalent of niggers.

Ex: Such commissioning of books of this sort does not in any way imply that the author is working as a hack.

Ex: Thus the sportsman who cannot express himself well in writing can still put over ideas for his ghost writer to transcribe.

Ex: But he will soon discover that even then all the accidents of birth, upbringing, education, and social history will prevent his truly knowing the very thing he wants to know -- how can a white man experience directly what it means to be a black man.

Ex: He looked up and saw two figures cutting across the field, a colored man and woman, each carrying a bottle.

* autobiografía escrita por un negro = ghosted autobiography.

* escribir como negro = ghosting.

* escribir en calidad de negro = ghost.

* escrito por un negro = ghosted, ghost-written.

* hombre negro = black man, coloured man.

* inglés hablado por los negros = Ebonics.

* persona de raza negra = black.

negro²

² = black [blacker -comp., blackest -sup.].

Ex: Thoughts of this sort kept running about like clockwork mice in his head, while the murmur of chatter filled the room and outside dusk had yielded to black night.

* aguas negras = waste water [wastewater], sewage, sewerage.

* bestia negra = bête noire.

* blanco y negro = black & white.

* caja negra = flight recorder.

* caja negra, la = black box, the.

* comedia de humor negro = black comedy.

* de pelo negro = dark-haired.

* dinero negro = undeclared income, grey money [gray money], black money.

* en blanco y negro = b&w (black and white).

* espino negro = blackthorn, blackthorn tree.

* espiritual negro = spiritual.

* hacérselas pasar negras a Alguien = have + Nombre + jump through the hoops.

* hielo negro = black ice.

* lengua negra = hairy tongue.

* lingua negra = lingua negra.

* mano negra = schemer.

* marea negra = oil slick.

* Mar Negro = Black Sea.

* martes negro = Black Tuesday.

* mercado negro = black market.

* minoría negra = black minority.

* mosca negra = black fly.

* muñeco negro de trapo = golly, gollywog.

* música espiritual negra = gospel music.

* negro como boca de lobo = pitch-black.

* negro como el azabache = pitch-black, pitch-dark.

* negro como el carbón = pitch-black, pitch-dark.

* negro como el tizón = pitch-black, pitch-dark.

* negro de humo = lampblack.

* negro rojizo = reddish black.

* negro sobre fondo blanco = black on white.

* novela negra = crime fiction, crime novel.

* oso negro = black bear.

* oso negro americano = black bear.

* oveja negra de la familia, la = black sheep of the family, the.

* pasarlas negras = jump through + hoops, have + a devil of a time.

* peste negra, la = Black Death, the.

* punto negro = blackhead.

* ser de raza negra o de piel morena = be coloured.

* vérselas negras = jump through + hoops, have + Posesivo + work cut out for + Pronombre, have + Posesivo + job cut out for + Pronombre, have + a devil of a time.

* verse negro = have + Posesivo + work cut out for + Pronombre, have + Posesivo + job cut out for + Pronombre.

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negro¹ - gra

adjective

A

1 [ Vocabulary notes (Spanish) ] ‹color/pelo/ropa› black; ‹ojos› dark

mira qué negro está el cielo look how dark o black the sky is

tienes las manos negras your hands are black o filthy

negro como el azabache jet-black

negro como el carbón or un tizón or la pez as black as coal o soot

poner negro a algn ( fam); to drive sb crazy o up the wall ( colloq)

2 ( fam) (por el sol) tanned, brown ( BrE)

se pone negra enseguida she tans o ( BrE) goes brown very quickly

3 (sombrío) black, gloomy, bleak

lo ve todo tan negro she's always so pessimistic, she always takes such a gloomy view of things

pasarlas negras ( fam); to have a rough o tough time of it ( colloq)

vérselas negras ( fam): me las estoy viendo negras con este trabajito this job is a real uphill struggle ( colloq)

se las vio negras para terminarlo he had a tough time finishing it ( colloq)

B ‹hombre/raza/piel› black

la población negra the black population

negro²

masculine

(color) [ Vocabulary notes (Spanish) ]; black

Compuesto:

negro azabache

A masculine jet black

B adj inv jet-black

negro³ - gra

masculine, feminine

A (de raza negra) black person trabajar vi B. (↑ trabajar)

B ( period) (escritor) ghost writer

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negro 1

◊ - gra adjetivo

a) ‹pelo/hombre/raza› black;

‹ ojos› dark

b) (fam) ( por el sol) tanned

c) ( sombrío) black, gloomy;

◊ lo ve todo tan negro she's always so pessimistic;

pasarlas negras (fam) to have a rough time of it (colloq)
■ sustantivo masculino, femenino ( persona de raza negra) black person
negro 2 sustantivo masculino ( color) black
negro,-a
I adjetivo
1 black
(bronceado) suntanned
pan negro, brown bread
(oscuro) estaba negro como boca de lobo, it was pitch-black
2 (muy sucio) filthy, black
3 (suerte, situación) awful
un día negro, a black day
(lóbrego, triste) gloomy
4 (furioso) furious: ese ruido me pone negra, that noise drives me up the wall
5 (raza, música) black
6 (no legalizado) mercado negro, black market
II m,f (hombre) black man
(mujer) black woman
III sustantivo masculino
1 (color) black
siempre viste de negro, she always dresses in black
2 (tabaco) black tobacco
3 (escritor anónimo) ghostwriter
IV sustantivo femenino
1 Mús crotchet, US quarter note
2 (mala suerte) la negra, bad luck
♦ Locuciones: tener la negra, to be very unlucky: últimamente mi hermana tiene la negra, my sister's been having a run of bad luck recently
vérselas negras para hacer algo, to have a tough time doing sthg
' negro' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
agujero
- cielo
- decidirse
- dinero
- fanática
- fanático
- fotografía
- ir
- garbanzo
- humor
- incondicional
- mercado
- negra
- pantalla
- pozo
- tabaco
- tizón
- vestirse
- azabache
- blanco
- café
- carbón
- chocolate
- cinturón
- ennegrecer
- espiritual
- frijol
- manía
- oro
- televisión
English:
black
- black hole
- blackhead
- buckwheat
- cesspit
- dappled
- dark
- dismal
- fill out
- ghostwriter
- haul
- intersperse
- jet black
- launder
- laundering
- monochrome
- negro
- nigger
- normally
- obtainable
- off-day
- or
- pitch-black
- pitch-dark
- questionnaire
- sick
- the
- turn
- brown
- change
- coffee
- ebony
- edge
- in
- jet
- Negro
- slave
- spiritual

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negro, -a

♦ adj

1. [color] black;

estos pantalones están negros these Br trousers o US pants are filthy o absolutely black;

Comp

negro como el azabache jet black;

Comp

negro como el carbón as black as coal

2. [bronceado] tanned;

estar negro to have a deep tan

3. [pan] brown

4. [tabaco] black, dark

5. [raza] black

6. [suerte] awful, rotten;

[porvenir] black, gloomy;

llevo una tarde negra I'm having a terrible afternoon;

ver(lo) todo negro to be pessimistic;

Comp

pasarlas negras to have a hard time

7. Fam [furioso] furious, fuming;

me pone negro que nunca me avisen de nada it makes me mad that they never tell me anything

8. [ilegal] [trabajo] illegal, in the black economy;

[mercado] black; [dinero] dirty;

en negro [trabajo, dinero] undeclared;

[trabajar, cobrar] illegally, on the black economy

9. Cine

cine negro film noir

♦ nm,f

1. [de raza negra] black man, f black woman;

Comp

trabajar como un negro to work like a slave

2. Fam [escritor] ghost writer

♦ nm

1. [color] black;

el negro es mi color favorito black is my favourite colour

2. [tabaco] black o dark tobacco

3. Ven Fam [café] black coffee

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negro

I adj black;

estar negro fam be furious;

poner negro a alguien fam make s.o. furious, make s.o. see red;

verse negro para hacer algo fam have one’s work cut out to do sth;

las he pasado negras I’ve had a rough time

II m

1 black man;

trabajar como un negro fam work one’s butt off fam

2 L.Am. ( querido) honey, dear

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negro, - gra adj

1) : black, dark

2) bronceado: suntanned

3) : gloomy, awful, desperate

la cosa se está poniendo negra: things are looking bad

4)

mercado negro : black market

negro, - gra n

1) : dark-skinned person, black person

2) fam : darling, dear

negro nm

: black (color)

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negro¹ adj black

un gato negro a black cat

estar negro to be furious

negro² n

1. (color) black

me gusta el negro I like black

2. (persona) black man [pl. men] / black woman [pl. women]

los negros black people

Ex: A mannequin head is used to teach the swinging flashlight test for examining eye pupils.

linterna sustantivo femenino ( fanal) lantern;
( de pilas) flashlight (AmE), torch (BrE)
linterna sustantivo femenino
1 (con pilas) torch, US flashlight: vimos la luz de una linterna, we saw a torchlight
2 (farol portátil) lantern
linterna mágica, magic lantern
3 Arquit lantern: la linterna de la cúpula ilumina el espacio interior, the dome lantern lights the inside
4 pl LAm linternas, eyes
' linterna' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
enfocar
- foco
English:
battery
- flash
- flashlight
- shine
- torch
linterna mágica magic lantern