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1 cloud-cuckoo-land
tr[klaʊd'kʊkʊːlænd]\SMALLIDIOMATIC EXPRESSION/SMALLto live in cloud-cuckoo-land vivir en las nubes'klaʊd'kuːkuːlænd, ˌklaʊd'kʊkuːlændshe lives in cloud-cuckoo-land-cuckoo-land — vive en las nubes or en otro mundo
(US)Nto be in cloud-cuckoo-land — estar en babia, estar con la cabeza en el aire (LAm)
* * *['klaʊd'kuːkuːlænd, ˌklaʊd'kʊkuːlænd]she lives in cloud-cuckoo-land-cuckoo-land — vive en las nubes or en otro mundo
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2 cloud-cuckoo-land
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3 to live in cloud-cuckoo-land
vivir en las nubes -
4 La La Land
['lɑːlɑːlænd]N (=cloud-cuckoo land)•
to be in La La Land — estar en las nubes -
5 mundo
mundo sustantivo masculino 1 ( en general) world; el mejor del mundo the best in the world; me parece lo más normal del mundo it seems perfectly normal to me; es conocido en todo el mundo he is known worldwide; el mundo árabe the Arab world; el mundo de la droga the drugs world; el mundo del espectáculo showbusiness; todo el mundo lo sabe everybody knows it; el mundo es un pañuelo it's a small world; por nada del or en el mundo: yo no me lo pierdo por nada del mundo I wouldn't miss it for the world; no lo vendería por nada en el mundo I wouldn't sell it for anything in the world o (colloq) for all the tea in China; traer a algn/venir al mundo to bring sb/come into the world; ver mundo to see the world 2 (planeta, universo) planet, world;◊ él vive en otro mundo he's on another planet o in another world
mundo sustantivo masculino
1 world
el mundo de la farándula, the show-business world
2 (seres humanos) todo el mundo, everybody
3 (experiencia) tener mucho mundo, to be a man/woman of the world Locuciones: caérsele/ venírsele el mundo encima, to be overwhelmed
nada del otro mundo, nothing special
por nada del mundo, not for all the world
ver mundo, to travel around ' mundo' also found in these entries: Spanish: comparable - consagración - de - desconectarse - islámico - más - miss - nada - ni - ombligo - oro - prioritaria - prioritario - proclamarse - recorrer - solidaria - solidario - tenerse - tercer - terráquea - terráqueo - toda - todo - tramoya - universal - valle - venir - voz - vuelta - actual - aislado - campeón - clásico - comercio - conocer - desquiciado - emotivo - entero - espectáculo - exterior - fantasía - globo - interior - natural - naturalidad - negocio - parejo - superpoblado - tercero - volver English: advanced - agreement - airport - Armageddon - around - astronomical - autonomous - awe-inspiring - best - brink - cat - circle - cloud cuckoo land - cocoon - common - concerned - cruise - densely - deny - earth - enunciate - everybody - everyone - exist - flash - flirt - globe trotting - high - home - hot - knowledge - large - male-dominated - man - manufacturer - Miss World - navigate - never-never land - over - publishing - quarrel - revolve - save - sought-after - sundry - Third World - ultimately - wander - wing - world -
6 cloudland
(US)Nto be in cloud-cuckoo-land — estar en babia, estar con la cabeza en el aire (LAm)
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7 inopia
inopia sustantivo femenino poverty Locuciones: estar en la inopia, to be daydreaming o not to catch on ' inopia' also found in these entries: English: cloud cuckoo land -
8 otro
otro,◊ otra adjetivo1 ( con carácter adicional) ( sing) another; (pl) other; ( con numerales) another;◊ ¿puedo comer otro trozo? can I have another piece?;prueba otra vez try again; una y otra vez time and time again; ver tanto 2 pronombre 2 2 ( diferente) ( sing) another; (pl) other; ¿no sabes ninguna otra canción? don't you know any other songs?; en otro sitio somewhere else; en otro momento some other time 3 ( estableciendo un contraste) other; 4 (siguiente, contiguo) next; ver tb◊ día■ pronombre 1 ( con carácter adicional) ( sing) another (one);◊ ¿quieres otro? would you like another (one)?2 ( diferente): no voy a aceptar ningún otro I won't accept any other; lo cambié por otro I changed it for another one; ¿no tiene otros? have you any other ones?; otros piensan que no es así others feel that this is not so 3 ( estableciendo un contraste): (— de cosas) the others o the other ones aren't ready 4 (siguiente, contiguo):◊ la semana que viene no, la otra not next week, the week after;uno detrás del otro one after the other
otro,-a
I adj indef
1 (adicional, añadido) another: había otra muñeca, there was another doll (distinto, diferente) no veo otra solución, I can see no other solution
otras veces es más amable, other times he's nicer
2 (con artículo definido) other: la otra hermana es rubia, the other sister is blonde
el otro día no pude llamarte, I couldn't phone you the other day
II pron indef
1 (adicional, extra) another (one): me tomaría otra, I'll have another one (distinto, diferente) no quiero otra, I don't want any other one
unos ganan y otros pierden, some win, others lose
lo confundí con otro, I mistook him for somebody else
2 (con artículo definido) (sing) the other (one) (pl) (personas, cosas) the others, the other ones
Another se emplea con sustantivos en singular y (any) other con sustantivos en plural: No tengo otro. I haven't got another. No tengo otros. I haven't got any others. Si, además, quieres añadir un número, emplearemos another o more: Quiero otros tres pasteles. I want another three cakes o I want three more cakes.
' otro' also found in these entries: Spanish: abajo - alguna - alguno - ancha - ancho - apestosa - apestoso - bailar - bando - beneficio - cambiar - cantar - cascar - collado - comunicar - contraria - contrario - dejar - día - dicha - dicho - embestir - encargo - enfadarse - enjabonar - espíritu - gallo - grosor - hacer - harina - jueves - lado - llevarse - lo - marcar - más - mí - mismamente - momento - mundo - nada - nadie - ninguna - ninguno - no - nunca - oído - otra - pasar - preferir English: about - across - affair - after - alien - another - apart - approach - astir - blind - breadth - bygone - chain-smoke - cloud cuckoo land - connect - cop - copycat - cross - dash - die off - disturbing - dribble - each - ear - else - elsewhere - escape - far - flip side - foreign - further - get on to - get onto - hand - home - hot - interfere - marmalade - minute - miss - mix up - more - neither - new - nutty - object - odd - one - other - otherwise
См. также в других словарях:
cloud-cuckoo-land — n. an imaginary place where fantasy and illusion predominate; it is a place where you say people are when they seem optimistically out of touch with reality. [WordNet 1.5 +PJC] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
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cloud cuckoo land — If someone has ideas or plans that are completely unrealistic, they are living on cloud cuckoo land … The small dictionary of idiomes
cloud cuckoo land — ► NOUN ▪ a state of unrealistic or absurdly over optimistic fantasy. ORIGIN translation of Greek Nephelokokkugia, the name of a city built by the birds in Aristophanes comedy Birds, from nephel cloud + kokkux cuckoo … English terms dictionary
cloud-cuckoo-land — [kloud΄ko͞o′ko͞o land΄] n. a place or condition that is fanciful, lacking in reality, impractically utopian, etc … English World dictionary
Cloud Cuckoo Land — Imaginary city built in air, translating Aristophanes Nephelokokkygia in The Birds (414 B.C.E.) … Etymology dictionary
Cloud cuckoo land — For the album by Lightning Seeds, see Cloudcuckooland (album). Cloud Cuckoo Land refers to an unrealistically idealistic state where everything is perfect. ( You re living in Cloud Cuckoo Land. ) It hints that the person referred to is naïve,… … Wikipedia
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cloud cuckoo land — If someone has ideas or plans that are completely unrealistic, they are living on cloud cuckoo land. (Dorking School Dictionary) *** This expression refers to an imaginary unrealistic place where everything is perfect and impossible… … English Idioms & idiomatic expressions
cloud-cuckoo-land — /klowd kooh kooh land , kook ooh /, n. an idealized, illusory domain of imagination; cloudland: the cloud cuckoo land of technicolor cartoon whimsy. [1815 25; trans. of Gk Nephelokokkygía, the realm which separates the gods from mankind in… … Universalium
cloud-cuckoo-land — UK / US noun someone is (living) in cloud cuckoo land informal used for saying that someone is silly if they believe that there are no problems in a situation … English dictionary