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1 ♦ comic
♦ comic /ˈkɒmɪk/A a.1 comico; buffo; che fa ridere; umoristico: a comic coincidence, una coincidenza comica; comic song, canzone umoristica3 a fumetti; dei fumetti: comic book, giornalino a fumetti; comic strip, striscia a fumetti; fumettoB n. (fam.)1 (attore) comico; attore di varietà● comic dramatist, commediografo □ comic relief, intermezzo comico; parentesi comica □ (mus.) comic opera, opera buffa. -
2 relief
rə'li:f1) (a lessening or stopping of pain, worry, boredom etc: When one has a headache, an aspirin brings relief; He gave a sigh of relief; It was a great relief to find nothing had been stolen.) alivio2) (help (eg food) given to people in need of it: famine relief; (also adjective) A relief fund has been set up to send supplies to the refugees.) auxilio, socorro3) (a person who takes over some job or task from another person, usually after a given period of time: The bus-driver was waiting for his relief; (also adjective) a relief driver.) relevo4) (the act of freeing a town etc from siege: the relief of Mafeking.) liberación5) (a way of carving etc in which the design is raised above the level of its background: a carving in relief.) relieve•- relieve- relieved
relief n aliviowhat a relief! ¡qué alivio!tr[rɪ'liːf]1 (from pain etc) alivio2 (help) auxilio, socorro, ayuda3 (person) relevo4 (lifting of siege) liberación nombre femenino5 SMALLGEOGRAPHY/SMALL relieve nombre masculino\SMALLIDIOMATIC EXPRESSION/SMALLto breathe a sigh of relief / heave a sigh of relief dar un suspiro de alivioto throw into relief poner en relievewhat a relief! ¡qué alivio!relief fund fondo de ayudarelief map mapa nombre masculino físicorelief road vía de descongestiónrelief [ri'li:f] n1) : alivio m, desahogo mrelief from pain: alivio del dolor2) aid, welfare: ayuda f (benéfica), asistencia f social3) : relieve m (en la escultura)relief map: mapa en relieve4) replacement: relevo mn.• aligeramiento s.m.• alivio s.m.• asistencia s.f.• auxilio s.m.• consuelo s.m.• desahogo s.m.• descanso s.m.• realce s.m.• relevación s.f.• relevo s.m.• relieve s.m.• remedio s.m.• socorro s.m.rɪ'liːf1) u (from worry, pain) alivio mmuch to my relief, I wasn't late — por suerte, no llegué tarde
it's a relief that the rain's stopped/to sit down at last — menos mal que ha parado de llover/que al fin puedo sentarme
the news came as a great relief to us — respiramos aliviados or tranquilos al oír la noticia
to give relief from pain — calmar or aliviar el dolor
to be on relief — (AmE) recibir prestaciones de la seguridad social; (before n)
relief agency — organismo de ayuda a los damnificados de una catástrofe
3) ca) ( Mil) liberación f ( de una plaza sitiada)b) ( replacement) relevo m; (before n) <driver, crew> de relevorelief road — vía f de descongestión or (Méx) de libramiento
4) u ca) (esp BrE Tax) desgravación f5) u c (Art, Geog) relieve mto bring o throw something into relief — poner* algo de relieve; (before n)
[rɪ'liːf]relief map — mapa m físico or orográfico; ( three-dimensional) mapa m en relieve
1. N1) (from pain, anxiety) alivio mthat's a relief! — ¡qué alivio!
there was a sense of relief that the war was finally over — todos sintieron un gran alivio cuando se supo que la guerra había terminado por fin
to bring or give or provide relief from sth — aliviar algo
to heave or breathe a sigh of relief — dar un suspiro de alivio
to our (great) relief, she accepted — para (gran) alivio nuestro, aceptó
she almost wept with or in relief — casi lloró del alivio que sintió
comicit's a relief to get out of the office once in a while — es un respiro salir de la oficina de vez en cuando
3) (=aid) auxilio m, ayuda fdisaster relief — auxilio a las víctimas de una catástrofe
faminerelief efforts have been hampered by the rains — la lluvia ha dificultado las operaciones de auxilio
4) (=state welfare)to be on or get relief — (US) recibir prestaciones de la seguridad social
poor relief — (Brit) (Hist) socorro m, beneficencia f
5) (Mil) [of town] liberación f6) (Art, Geog) relieve min high/low relief — en alto/bajo relieve
to stand out in (bold or sharp or stark) relief against sth — (lit, fig) contrastar dramáticamente con algo
bas-reliefto throw or bring sth into (sharp) relief — (fig) poner algo de relieve, hacer resaltar algo
7) (=replacement) relevo m, sustituto m9) (Jur) desagravio m2.CPD [train, bus] de reemplazo; [typist, secretary] suplenterelief agency N — organización f humanitaria
relief driver N — conductor(a) m / f de relevo
relief fund N — fondo m de auxilio (a los damnificados)
relief map N — mapa m físico or de relieve; (3-D) mapa m en relieve
relief organization N — organización f humanitaria
relief road N — carretera f de descongestión
relief supplies NPL — provisiones fpl de auxilio
relief troops NPL — tropas fpl de relevo
relief work N — labor f humanitaria
relief worker N — trabajador(a) m / f humanitario(-a)
relief workers — personal m de asistencia humanitaria
* * *[rɪ'liːf]1) u (from worry, pain) alivio mmuch to my relief, I wasn't late — por suerte, no llegué tarde
it's a relief that the rain's stopped/to sit down at last — menos mal que ha parado de llover/que al fin puedo sentarme
the news came as a great relief to us — respiramos aliviados or tranquilos al oír la noticia
to give relief from pain — calmar or aliviar el dolor
to be on relief — (AmE) recibir prestaciones de la seguridad social; (before n)
relief agency — organismo de ayuda a los damnificados de una catástrofe
3) ca) ( Mil) liberación f ( de una plaza sitiada)b) ( replacement) relevo m; (before n) <driver, crew> de relevorelief road — vía f de descongestión or (Méx) de libramiento
4) u ca) (esp BrE Tax) desgravación f5) u c (Art, Geog) relieve mto bring o throw something into relief — poner* algo de relieve; (before n)
relief map — mapa m físico or orográfico; ( three-dimensional) mapa m en relieve
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