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41 jugarse el todo por el todo

jugarse el todo por el todo

figurado to take the plunge

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jugarse el todo por el todo

to stake everything one has

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to take the plunge

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(v.) = take + the plunge, risk + life and limb

Ex. The article is entitled 'Internet access to OCLC: should the smaller library take the Internet plunge?'.

Ex. The draw of earning up to 30 pounds per cadaver without risking life or limb proved too tempting for some of the more barbarous resurrectionists, however, leading them to commit murder.

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(v.) = take + the plunge, risk + life and limb

Ex: The article is entitled 'Internet access to OCLC: should the smaller library take the Internet plunge?'.

Ex: The draw of earning up to 30 pounds per cadaver without risking life or limb proved too tempting for some of the more barbarous resurrectionists, however, leading them to commit murder.

Spanish-English dictionary > jugarse el todo por el todo
42 declarar

v.

1 to declare.

declarar la verdad to tell the truth

declarar culpable/inocente a alguien to find somebody guilty/not guilty

¿algo que declarar? anything to declare? (en aduana)

Ella declaró sus razones She declared her reasons.

2 to testify, to give evidence (law).

lo llamaron a declarar he was called to give evidence

3 to bear witness, to testify, to give evidence, to depose.

Ricardo declara en contra de ella Richard bears witness against her.

4 to pronounce, to declare, to adjudge.

Los declaro marido y mujer I pronounce you husband and wife.

5 to declare oneself to.

Declaró ser el único líder He declared himself to be the only leader.

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declarar

► verbo transitivo

1 (gen) to declare; (manifestar) to state

■ el inspector nos preguntó si teníamos algo que declarar the inspector asked us whether we had anything to declare

■ lo declararon vencedor he was declared the winner

■ el presidente declaró que no se devaluaría la corona the President stated that the crown would not be devalued

2 DERECHO to find

■ lo declararon culpable he was found guilty

3 (en bridge) to bid, declare

► verbo intransitivo

1 to declare

2 DERECHO to testify

► verbo pronominal declararse

1 (amor) to declare one's love (a, for)

■ le declaró su amor durante la fiesta he declared his love for her during the party

2 (fuego, guerra, etc) to break out, start

■ se declaró un incendio en el monte a fire broke out on the mountain

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FRASEOLOGÍA

declarar la guerra a un país to declare war on a country

declararse a favor de to declare oneself in favour (US in favor) of

■ se declaró a favor del aborto she declared herself in favour of abortion

declararse en contra to declare oneself against

declararse en huelga to go on strike

declararse en quiebra to go into bankruptcy, declare oneself bankrupt

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verb

1) to declare, state

2) testify

•

- declararse

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1. VT

1) (=proclamar) [+ guerra, independencia] to declare

Japón declaró la guerra a China — Japan declared war on China

fue declarado el estado de sitio — a state of siege was declared

el tribunal declaró la inconstitucionalidad de la ley — the court declared the law unconstitutional

yo os declaro marido y mujer — I pronounce you man and wife

- tener declarada la guerra a algo

- tener declarada la guerra a algn

2) (=considerar) to declare

el tribunal médico lo declaró no apto para el servicio militar — the medical board declared him unfit for military service

el bosque fue declarado zona protegida — the forest was declared a conservation area

fue declarada abierta la competición — the competition was declared open

el premio fue declarado desierto — the prize was not awarded

este matrimonio podría declararse nulo — this marriage could be annulled

• declarar culpable a algn — to find sb guilty

• declarar inocente a algn — to find sb innocent

3) (=manifestar) [en público, ante el juez] to state; [como anuncio, noticia] to announce

declaró su apoyo a la democracia — he stated his support for democracy

el ministro declaró no saber nada del asunto — the minister stated that he knew nothing of the matter

según declaró un portavoz del gobierno — as a government spokesperson announced

4) (Com) [en la aduana, a Hacienda] to declare

¿(tiene) algo que declarar? — (do you have) anything to declare?

nada que declarar — nothing to declare

5) (Naipes) to bid

declaró dos picos — she bid two spades

declaró menos de lo que tenía — he underbid

2. VI

1) (Jur) (=testificar) to give evidence, testify

fue llamada a declarar por el juez — the judge called her to give evidence o to testify

• declarar en falso — to commit perjury

2) (=declarar impuestos) to submit one's tax return

3) (Naipes) to bid

3.

See:

declararse

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1.
verbo transitivo

1)

a) ( manifestar) <apoyo/oposición/intención> to declare, state

declaró que no renunciaría — he announced o stated that he would not resign

le declaró su amor — he declared his love to her

b) ( proclamar) to declare

declarar la guerra/el cese de las hostilidades — to declare war/a ceasefire

el presidente declaró abierta la sesión — the chairman pronounced o declared the session open

os declaro marido y mujer — I pronounce you man and wife

el jurado lo declaró culpable/inocente — the jury found him guilty/not guilty

2)

a) ( en la aduana) to declare

¿algo que declarar? — anything to declare?

b) (Fisco) <bienes/ingresos> to declare
2.
declarar vi to give evidence, testify

fue llamado a declarar como testigo — he was called to give evidence o to testify
3.
declararse v pron

1)

a) ( manifestarse) to declare oneself

se declaró partidaria del divorcio — she declared herself (to be) in favor of divorce

declararse culpable/inocente — to plead guilty/not guilty

declararse en quiebra or bancarrota — to declare oneself bankrupt

declararse en huelga — to go on strike

b) ( confesar amor) (+ me/te/le etc)

se le declaró — he declared himself o his love to her

2) incendio/epidemia to break out

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= declare, state, pronounce, adjudge, affirm.

Ex. 24.17 declares Enter a body created or controlled by a government under its own name unless it belongs to one or more of the types listed in 24.18.

Ex. Short abstracts are generally preferred, but there are instances where the most effective approach is to cite the original unamended, and to state that this is what has been done.

Ex. 'Look,' she pronounced impatiently, 'I have lots of work to do'.

Ex. National library associations should look for sponsors who will publish manuscripts they have adjudged to have met international standards.

Ex. This move has probably affirmed the future of DC.

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* declarar a favor de = testify (to/of).

* declarar culpable = convict.

* declarar ilegal = outlaw.

* declarar la guerra = break out into + declared war, go to + war, take up + arms.

* declarar la guerra a = declare + war on.

* declarar la guerra a muerte a = declare + open season on, declare + open season on.

* declarar muerto = declare + dead, pronounce + dead.

* declararse culpable = plead + guilty.

* declararse en guerra = go to + war.

* declararse en huelga = strike, stage + strike, strike + break out.

* declararse en quiebra = go into + liquidation.

* declararse inocente = protest + Posesivo + innocence, plead + not guilty.

* declarar vencedor = adjudge + winner.

* digno de declarar = reportable.

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1.
verbo transitivo

1)

a) ( manifestar) <apoyo/oposición/intención> to declare, state

declaró que no renunciaría — he announced o stated that he would not resign

le declaró su amor — he declared his love to her

b) ( proclamar) to declare

declarar la guerra/el cese de las hostilidades — to declare war/a ceasefire

el presidente declaró abierta la sesión — the chairman pronounced o declared the session open

os declaro marido y mujer — I pronounce you man and wife

el jurado lo declaró culpable/inocente — the jury found him guilty/not guilty

2)

a) ( en la aduana) to declare

¿algo que declarar? — anything to declare?

b) (Fisco) <bienes/ingresos> to declare
2.
declarar vi to give evidence, testify

fue llamado a declarar como testigo — he was called to give evidence o to testify
3.
declararse v pron

1)

a) ( manifestarse) to declare oneself

se declaró partidaria del divorcio — she declared herself (to be) in favor of divorce

declararse culpable/inocente — to plead guilty/not guilty

declararse en quiebra or bancarrota — to declare oneself bankrupt

declararse en huelga — to go on strike

b) ( confesar amor) (+ me/te/le etc)

se le declaró — he declared himself o his love to her

2) incendio/epidemia to break out

* * *

= declare, state, pronounce, adjudge, affirm.

Ex: 24.17 declares Enter a body created or controlled by a government under its own name unless it belongs to one or more of the types listed in 24.18.

Ex: Short abstracts are generally preferred, but there are instances where the most effective approach is to cite the original unamended, and to state that this is what has been done.

Ex: 'Look,' she pronounced impatiently, 'I have lots of work to do'.

Ex: National library associations should look for sponsors who will publish manuscripts they have adjudged to have met international standards.

Ex: This move has probably affirmed the future of DC.

* declarar a favor de = testify (to/of).

* declarar culpable = convict.

* declarar ilegal = outlaw.

* declarar la guerra = break out into + declared war, go to + war, take up + arms.

* declarar la guerra a = declare + war on.

* declarar la guerra a muerte a = declare + open season on, declare + open season on.

* declarar muerto = declare + dead, pronounce + dead.

* declararse culpable = plead + guilty.

* declararse en guerra = go to + war.

* declararse en huelga = strike, stage + strike, strike + break out.

* declararse en quiebra = go into + liquidation.

* declararse inocente = protest + Posesivo + innocence, plead + not guilty.

* declarar vencedor = adjudge + winner.

* digno de declarar = reportable.

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declarar [A1 ]

vt

A

1 (manifestar) ‹apoyo/oposición› to declare, state; ‹noticia/decisión› to announce, state

declaró abiertamente su simpatía por el régimen he openly declared his sympathy with the régime

declaró que no convocaría elecciones anticipadas he announced that he would not call early elections

2 (proclamar) to declare

declarar la guerra/el cese de las hostilidades to declare war/a ceasefire

declararon la comarca zona catastrófica the region was declared a disaster area

el presidente declaró abierta la sesión the chairman pronounced o declared the session open

lo declararon apto para el servicio militar he was declared o passed fit for military service

yo os declaro marido y mujer I pronounce you man and wife

el jurado lo declaró culpable the jury found him guilty

B

1 (en la aduana) to declare

¿algo que declarar? anything to declare?

2 ( Fisco) ‹bienes/ingresos› to declare

■ declarar

vi

to give evidence, testify

fue llamado a declarar como testigo he was called to give evidence o to testify o as a witness

■ declararse

v pron

A

1 (manifestarse) to declare oneself

se declaró partidaria del divorcio she declared herself (to be) in favor of divorce, she declared o stated that she was in favor of divorce

se declaró culpable he pleaded guilty

declararse en quiebra or bancarrota to declare oneself bankrupt

declararse en huelga to go on strike

2 (confesar amor) (+ me/te/le etc):

se le declaró he declared his love to her, he told her he loved her

B «incendio/epidemia» to break out

se declaró una emergencia a bordo del barco an emergency arose on board the ship

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declarar ( conjugate declarar) verbo transitivo
1
a) ( manifestar) ‹apoyo/oposición/intención› to declare, state;

◊ le declaró su amor he declared his love to her

b) ( proclamar) ‹guerra/independencia› to declare;

◊ el jurado lo declaró inocente the jury found him not guilty

2
a) ( en la aduana) to declare

b) (Fisco) ‹bienes/ingresos› to declare

verbo intransitivo
to give evidence, testify;
◊ declarar como testigo to give evidence, to testify

declararse verbo pronominal
1
a) ( manifestarse) to declare oneself;

◊ declararse en quiebra to declare oneself bankrupt;

declararse culpable/inocente to plead guilty/not guilty;
declararse en huelga to go on strike
b) ( confesar amor):

◊ se le declaró he declared himself o his love to her

2 [incendio/epidemia] to break out
declarar
I verbo transitivo
1 to declare
2 (decir, anunciar) to state
3 Jur (un juez) to find: les declararon culpables/ inocentes, they were found guilty/not guilty
4 (un bien a Hacienda) to declare
US to report
II vi Jur (ante un juez) to testify
' declarar' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
opinar
- profesar
English:
affirm
- announce
- annul
- assert
- certify
- condemn
- convict
- declare
- find
- pronounce
- protest
- state
- testify
- war
- write off
- evidence
- null
- outlaw
- proclaim
- write

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declarar

♦ vt

1. [manifestar] [ante la autoridad] to declare;

declarar la verdad to tell the truth;

declarar el patrimonio to declare one's property;

declarar culpable/inocente a alguien to find sb guilty/not guilty;

¿algo que declarar? [en aduana] anything to declare?;

¿tú declaras (a Hacienda) todo lo que ganas? do you declare all your earnings (to the Tax Inspector)?

2. [afirmar] to state, to say;

declaró a la prensa sus próximos proyectos he informed the press of his future plans/projects;

el monarca declaró su apoyo al nuevo gobierno the monarch expressed his support for the new government;

el secretario declaró abierta la sesión the secretary declared the session open;

la región fue declarada zona catastrófica the region was declared a disaster area;

ha sido declarado candidato a la presidencia his candidacy for the presidency has been announced

♦ vi
Der to testify, to give evidence;
declarar ante un tribunal to testify before a tribunal;

lo llamaron a declarar he was called to give evidence

♦ See also the pronominal verb declararse

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declarar

I v/t

1 state

2 bienes declare

3

:

declarar culpable a alguien find s.o. guilty

II v/i JUR give evidence

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declarar vt

: to declare, to state

declarar vi

atestiguar: to testify

♦ See also the reflexive verb declararse

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declarar vb

1. (en general) to declare

declaró la guerra a los invasores he declared war on the invaders

2. (decir en público) to state / to announce

el ministro declaró que se investigaría el caso the minister announced that the case would be investigated

3. (determinar) to find [pt. & pp. found]

el juez lo declaró culpable the judge found him guilty

4. (en un tribunal) to give evidence [pt. gave; pp. given]

fui llamado a declarar I was called to give evidence

Spanish-English dictionary > declarar
43 escrito

adj.

written.

m.

1 paper, handwritten paper, manuscript, article.

2 note, script.

3 writ, brief.

past part.

past participle of spanish verb: escribir.

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escrito

► nombre masculino

1 (documento) writing, document, text

2 (obra) work, writing

■ los escritos de Orwell Orwell's writings

3 DERECHO writ

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escrito

► participio pasado

1→ link=escribir escribir

► adjetivo

1 written (mencionado) stated

■ un examen escrito a written exam

■ lo que viene escrito arriba what is stated above

► nombre masculino escrito

1 (documento) writing, document, text

2 (obra) work, writing

■ los escritos de Orwell Orwell's writings

3 DERECHO writ

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FRASEOLOGÍA

escrito,-a a máquina typewritten, typed

poner por escrito to write down

por escrito in writing, in black and white

■ se lo mandé por escrito I sent it to him in writing

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noun m.

1) written document

2) writings

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1.

PP de escribir

2.

ADJ written, in writing

examen escrito — written exam

lo escrito arriba — what has been said above

3. SM

1) (tb: texto escrito) writing; (=documento) document; (=original) manuscript

por escrito — in writing

acuerdo por escrito — written agreement, agreement in writing

poner por escrito — to write down, get down in writing, commit to paper

tomar algo por escrito — to write sth down, take sth down in writing

no lo creeré hasta que no lo vea por escrito — I won't believe it until I see it in black and white o in writing

2) (Jur) brief

3) pl escritos (Literat) writings, works

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I
- ta adjetivo < examen> written

por escrito — in writing

estar escrito: estaba escrito que iba a acabar mal he was destined to come to a bad end; tener/llevar algo escrito en la cara — to have something written all over one's face
II
masculino

a) ( documento) document

b) escritos masculino plural ( obras) writings (pl), works (pl)

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I
- ta adjetivo < examen> written

por escrito — in writing

estar escrito: estaba escrito que iba a acabar mal he was destined to come to a bad end; tener/llevar algo escrito en la cara — to have something written all over one's face
II
masculino

a) ( documento) document

b) escritos masculino plural ( obras) writings (pl), works (pl)

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escrito¹

¹ = writing.

Ex: His library, a rare survival of the Graeco-Roman period, comprised his own writings and philosophical readings.

* escritos = writings.

escrito²

² = scripted, written.

Ex: A program consisting of readings, improvised scenes, and scripted extracts from the author's work is the kind of project I have in mind.

Ex: When Britain coolly marked, if not celebrated, the tenth anniversary of membership, the number of written enquiries totalled no more than twenty a week.

* acuerdo escrito = written agreement.

* borrador escrito a mano = manuscript draft.

* borrador escrito a máquina = typewritten draft.

* comentario escrito = write-up.

* compromiso por escrito = written commitment, promissory.

* escrito a lápiz = pencilled [penciled, -USA].

* escrito a mano = handwritten [hand-written], in black and white, in handwriting, longhand [long-hand].

* escrito a máquina = typewritten.

* escrito en coautoría = co-authored.

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

* escrito por un solo autor = single authored [single-authored].

* escrito por varios autores = multiauthored [multi-authored], collaboratively authored.

* escrito sólo por un lado = one-sided.

* historia escrita = written history.

* historia escrita, la = recorded history.

* lengua escrita = written language.

* lenguaje escrito = written language.

* mal escrito = mistyped, badly written.

* no escrito = unwritten.

* novela escrita a base de fórmulas o clichés = formula fiction.

* palabra escrita, la = written word, the.

* por escrito = in writing, in print, written.

* sociedad de tradición escrita = literate society.

* solicitud por escrito = written application.

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escrito¹ -ta

adjective

‹examen› written

por escrito in writing

y lo quiero por escrito and I want it in writing o in black and white

se lo comunicarán por escrito you will be notified in writing

estar escrito: estaba escrito que no iban a verse nunca más they were destined never to meet again

estaba escrito que iba a acabar mal he was destined to come to a bad end, it was inevitable that he would come to a bad end

tener/llevar algo escrito en la cara to have sth written all over one's face

escrito²

masculine

1 (documento) document

presentaron un escrito detallando sus objeciones they presented a document detailing their objections

2 (examen) written test o examination

3 escritos mpl (obras) writings (pl), works (pl)

en los escritos de su juventud in his early writings

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Del verbo escribir: ( conjugate escribir)

escrito es:

el participio

Multiple Entries:
escribir
escrito
escribir ( conjugate escribir) verbo transitivo
1
a) ( anotar) to write;

◊ escríbelo aquí write it down here

b) ( ser autor de) ‹libro/canción/carta› to write

2 ( ortográficamente) to write;
◊ la escribió sin acento she wrote it without an accent;

no sé cómo se escribe I don't know how you spell it;
se escribe sin acento it's written without an accent
verbo intransitivo
to write;
◊ nunca le escribe she never writes him (AmE) o (BrE) writes to him;

escrito a máquina to type
escribirse verbo pronominal ( recípr): me escribo con ella we write to each other;
se escribe con un peruano she has a Peruvian penfriend o penpal
escrito 1 -ta adjetivo ‹ examen› written;
por escrito in writing
escrito 2 sustantivo masculino ( documento) document
escribir verbo transitivo to write
(a máquina, en el ordenador) to type
escrito,-a
I adjetivo written
escrito a mano, handwritten, longhand
una queja por escrito, a complaint in writing
II sustantivo masculino writing
por escrito, in writing
♦ Locuciones: estar escrito, to be destined
llevar escrito en la frente, to be written all over one's face

' escrito' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
A
- borrador
- borrosa
- borroso
- cara
- comunicación
- dirigir
- ensayo
- escrita
- exponer
- extensión
- florida
- florido
- gusto
- instancia
- nota
- petición
- poner
- por
- preámbulo
- proyecto
- puntuación
- recado
- recorrer
- redacción
- réplica
- saluda
- suplantación
- tachar
- tachón
- trabajada
- trabajado
- alegato
- calumniar
- constar
- dicho
- difamar
- encabezar
- felicitación
- mano
- pie
- tic
- tomar
English:
black
- brief
- discuss
- down
- essay
- face
- handwritten
- letter
- line
- lionise
- note
- notification
- script
- set down
- sign away
- spree
- taste
- typescript
- typewritten
- waffle
- well-written
- write down
- write off
- writing
- wrongly
- yet
- account
- apply
- bad
- hand
- permit
- recorded
- reproach
- seal
- unwritten
- written

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escrito, -a

♦ participio
ver escribir
♦ adj

written;

por escrito in writing;

Comp

estar escrito: estaba escrito que acabaría mal it was fated o destined to end badly;

estaba escrito que nos conoceríamos we were fated o destined to meet

♦ nm

1. [texto, composición] text;
[documento] document; [obra literaria] writing, work;
envió un escrito de protesta al ayuntamiento he sent a letter of protest to the council;

una antología de sus escritos periodísticos a collection of his journalism;

Comp
Fam
lo que no está en los escritos: trabajé lo que no está en los escritos Br I slogged my guts out, US I worked my butt off;

aquello pesaba lo que no está en los escritos it weighed a ton

2. Der brief

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escrito

I part → escribir

II adj

1 written;

por escrito in writing;

escrito a mano handwritten

2

:

estaba escrito it was inevitable

III m

1 document

2

:

escritos pl writings

* * *

escrito pp escribir

escrito, -ta adj

: written

escrito nm

1) : written document

2) escritos nmpl

: writings, works

* * *

escrito¹ adj written

escrito² n document

Spanish-English dictionary > escrito
44 vamos

intj.

1 let's go, come on, get with it, get on with it.

2 come now.

pres.indicat.

1^st person plural (nosotros) present indicative of spanish verb: ir.

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ver ir

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see ir

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see ir

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vamos

ir

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Del verbo ir: ( conjugate ir)

vamos es:

1ª persona plural (nosotros) presente indicativo

Multiple Entries:
ir
vamos
ir ( conjugate ir) verbo intransitivo
1
a) (trasladarse, desplazarse) to go;

◊ vamos en taxi to go by taxi;

iban a caballo/a pie they were on horseback/on foot;
vamos por mar to go by sea;
¡Fernando! — ¡voy! Fernando! — (just) coming! o I'll be right there!;
el vamos y venir de los invitados the coming and going of the guests;
vamos a casa let's go home;
¿adónde va este tren? where's this train going (to)?;
vamos de compras/de caza to go shopping/hunting;
ya vamos para allá we're on our way;
¿por dónde se va a …? how do you get to …?;
vamos por or (Esp) a por algo/algn to go to get sth/sb;
voy (a) por pan I'm going to get some bread
b) ( asistir) to go to;

◊ voy a clases nocturnas I go to evening classes;

ya va al colegio she's already at school
2 ( expresando propósito) vamos a + inf:
◊ ¿has ido a verla? have you been to see her?;

ve a ayudarla go and help her;
ver tb vamos v aux 1
3 (al arrojar algo, arrojarse):
◊ tírame la llave — ¡allá va! throw me the key — here you are o there you go!;

tírate del trampolín — ¡allá voy! jump off the board! — here I go/come!
4 [ comentario]:
◊ no iba con mala intención it wasn't meant unkindly;

eso va por ti también that goes for you too, and the same goes for you
1 (+ compl) ( sin énfasis en el movimiento):
◊ iban cantando por el camino they sang as they went along;

¿van cómodos? are you comfortable?;
íbamos sentados we were sitting down;
vas muy cargada you have a lot to carry;
yo iba a la cabeza I was in the lead
2 ( refiriéndose al atuendo):
◊ iban de largo they wore long dresses;

voy a vamos de Drácula I'm going to go as Dracula;
iba de verde she was dressed in green
3 ( en calidad de) vamos de algo to go (along) as sth;
◊ yo fui de intérprete I went along as interpreter

1 [camino/sendero] ( llevar) vamos a algo to lead to sth, to go to sth
2 (extenderse, abarcar):
◊ la autopista va desde Madrid hasta Valencia the highway goes from Madrid to Valencia;

el período que va desde … hasta … the period from … to …
1 (marchar, desarrollarse):
◊ ¿cómo va el nuevo trabajo? how's the new job going?;

va de mal en peor it's going from bad to worse;
¿cómo te va? how's it going?, how are things? (colloq), what's up? (AmE colloq);
¿cómo les fue en Italia? how was Italy?, how did you get on in Italy?;
me fue mal/bien en el examen I did badly/well in the exam;
¡que te vaya bien! all the best!, take care!;
¡que te vaya bien (en) el examen! good luck in the exam
2 ( en competiciones):
◊ ¿cómo van? — 3-1 what's the score? — 3-1;

voy ganando yo I'm ahead, I'm winning
3 ( en el desarrollo de algo):
◊ ¿por dónde van en historia? where have you got (up) to in history?;

¿todavía vas por la página 20? are you still on page 20?
4 ( estar en camino):
◊ ¡vamos para viejos! we're getting on o old!;

va para los cincuenta she's going on fifty;
ya va para dos años que … it's getting on for two years since …
5 (sumar, hacer):
◊ ya van tres veces que te lo digo this is the third time I've told you;

con este van seis six, counting this one
6 ( haber transcurrido): en lo que va del or (Esp) de año/mes so far this year/month
1 ( deber colocarse) to go;
◊ ¿dónde van las toallas? where do the towels go?;

¡qué va! (fam): ¿has terminado? — ¡qué va! have you finished? — you must be joking!;
¿se disgustó? — ¡qué va! did she get upset? — not at all!;
vamos a perder el avión — ¡qué va! we're going to miss the plane — no way!
2
a) ( combinar) vamos con algo to go with sth

b) (sentar bien, convenir) (+ me/te/le etc):

◊ el negro no te va bien black doesn't suit you;

te vamosá bien un descanso a rest will do you good
3 (Méx) (tomar partido por, apoyar) vamosle a algo/algn to support sth/sb;
◊ le va al equipo peruano he supports the Peruvian team

1
◊ vamos

a) (expresando incredulidad, fastidio):

◊ ¡vamos! ¿eso quién se lo va a creer? come off it o come on! who do you think's going to believe that?

b) (intentando tranquilizar, animar, dar prisa):

◊ vamos, mujer, dile algo go on, say something to him;

¡vamos, date prisa! come on, hurry up!
c) (al aclarar, resumir):

◊ eso sería un disparate, vamos, digo yo that would be a stupid thing to do, well, that's what I think anyway;

vamos, que no es una persona de fiar basically, he's not very trustworthy;
es mejor que el otro, vamos it's better than the other one, anyway
2
◊ vaya

a) (expresando sorpresa, contrariedad):

◊ ¡vaya! ¡tú por aquí! what a surprise! what are you doing here?;

¡vaya! ¡se ha vuelto a caer! oh no o (colloq) damn! it's fallen over again!
b) (Esp) ( para enfatizar):

◊ ¡vaya cochazo! what a car!

vamos v aux vamos a + inf:
1
a) (para expresar tiempo futuro, propósito) to be going to + inf;

◊ voy a estudiar medicina I'm going to study medicine;

va a hacer dos años que … it's getting on for two years since …
b) (en propuestas, sugerencias):

◊ vamos a ver ¿cómo dices que te llamas? now then, what did you say your name was?;

bueno, vamos a trabajar all right, let's get to work
2 (al prevenir, hacer recomendaciones):
◊ que no se te vaya a caer make sure you don't drop it;

cuidado, no te vayas a caer mind you don't fall (colloq);
lleva el paraguas, no vaya a ser que llueva take the umbrella, in case it rains
3 ( expresando un proceso paulatino):
◊ poco a poco irá aprendiendo she'll learn little by little;

ya puedes vamos haciéndote a la idea you'd better get used to the idea;
la situación ha ido empeorando the situation has been getting worse and worse
irse verbo pronominal
1 ( marcharse) to leave;
◊ ¿por qué te vas tan temprano? why are you leaving o going so soon?;

vámonos let's go;
bueno, me voy right then, I'm taking off (AmE) o (BrE) I'm off;
no te vayas don't go;
vete a la cama go to bed;
se fue de casa/de la empresa she left home/the company;
vete de aquí get out of here;
se han ido de viaje they're away, they've gone away
2 (consumirse, gastarse):
◊ ¡cómo se va el dinero! I don't know where the money goes!;

se me va medio sueldo en el alquiler half my salary goes on the rent
3 ( desaparecer) [mancha/dolor] to go;
◊ se ha ido la luz the electricity's gone off;

(+ me/te/le etc)
◊ ¿se te ha ido el dolor de cabeza? has your headache gone?

4 (salirse, escaparse) [líquido/gas] to escape;
◊ se le está yendo el aire al globo the balloon's losing air o going down

5 (caerse, perder el equilibrio) (+ compl):
◊ vamosse de boca/espaldas to fall flat on one's face/back;

me iba para atrás I was falling backwards;
frenó y nos fuimos todos para adelante he braked and we all went flying forwards
vamos see
◊ ir

ir
I verbo intransitivo
1 (dirigirse a un lugar) to go: ¡vamos!, let's go!
voy a París, I'm going to Paris ➣ Ver nota en go
2 (acudir regularmente) to go: va al colegio, he goes to school
van a misa, they go to church
3 (conducir a) to lead, go to: el sendero va a la mina, the path goes to the mine
esta carretera va a Londres, this road leads to London
4 (abarcar) to cover: la finca va desde la alambrada al camino, the estate extends from the wire fence to the path
las lecciones que van desde la página 1 a la 53, the lessons on pages 1 to 53
5 (guardarse habitualmente) va al lado de éste, it goes beside this one
6 (mantener una posición) to be: va el primero, he's in first place
7 (tener un estado de ánimo, una apariencia) to be: iba furioso/radiante, he was furious/radiant
vas muy guapa, you look very smart o pretty
8 (desenvolverse) ¿cómo te va?, how are things? o how are you doing?
¿cómo te va en el nuevo trabajo?, how are you getting on in your new job?
9 (funcionar) to work (properly): el reloj no va, the clock doesn't go o work
10 (sentar bien) to suit: ese corte de pelo no te va nada, that haircut doesn't suit you at all
11 (combinar) to match, go: el rojo no va con el celeste, red doesn't go with pale blue
12 (vestir) to wear
ir con abrigo, to wear a coat
ir de negro/de uniforme, to be dressed in black/in uniform
la niña irá de enfermera, the little girl will dress up as a nurse
13 fam (importar, concernir) to concern: eso va por ti también, and the same goes for you
ni me va ni me viene, I don't care one way or the other
14 (apostar) to bet: va un café a que no viene, I bet a coffee that he won't come
15 (ir + de) fam (comportarse de cierto modo) to act
ir de listo por la vida, to be a smart ass
(tratar) to be about: ¿de qué va la película?, what's the film about?
16 (ir + detrás de) to be looking for: hace tiempo que voy detrás de un facsímil de esa edición, I've been after a facsimile of that edition for a long time
17 (ir + por) ir por la derecha, to keep (to the) right
(ir a buscar) ve por agua, go and fetch some water
(haber llegado) voy por la página noventa, I've got as far as page ninety
18 (ir + para) (tener casi, estar cercano a) va para los cuarenta, she's getting on for forty
ya voy para viejo, I'm getting old
(encaminarse a) iba para ingeniero, she was studying to be an engineer
este niño va para médico, this boy's going to become a doctor
II verbo auxiliar
1 (ir + gerundio) va mejorando, he's improving
ir caminando, to go on foot
2 (ir + pp) ya van estrenadas tres películas de Almodóvar, three films by Almodovar have already been released
3 ( ir a + infinitivo) iba a decir que, I was going to say that
va a esquiar, she goes skiing
va a nevar, it's going to snow
vas a caerte, you'll fall
♦ Locuciones: a eso iba, I was coming to that
¡ahí va!, catch!
en lo que va de año, so far this year
¡qué va!, of course not! o nothing of the sort!
¡vamos a ver!, let's see!
van a lo suyo, they look after their own interests
¡vaya!, fancy that
¡vaya cochazo!, what a car!
ir a parar, to end up
vamos exclamación let's go!, come on!

' vamos' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
adonde
- apear
- aplanar
- aviar
- birra
- cogollo
- conjuntamente
- cribar
- detallada
- detallado
- ermita
- escalonar
- eso
- familiar
- ir
- hacer
- hasta
- incluso
- judicialmente
- mal
- mojar
- mucha
- mucho
- O
- página
- parecer
- pascua
- protestar
- pues
- remojón
- adelantado
- adentro
- allá
- con
- copa
- empezar
- mejor
- prueba
- sensación
- tiempo
- tirar
- ver
English:
basic
- boogie
- book
- come on
- come to
- commit
- crosscheck
- discuss
- dishwasher
- dispense with
- extend
- fifty
- go
- going
- grand
- hint
- inquire into
- iron out
- leftovers
- let
- miserable
- now
- often
- optimistic
- outing
- relax
- seaside
- see
- shall
- sing up
- sport
- there
- twirl
- wood
- anywhere
- arrangement
- blitz
- celebrate
- certainly
- come
- do
- ferry
- flip
- for
- game
- give
- join
- knock
- next
- on

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vamos

♦ ver ir

♦ adv
[introduce inciso, matiz o conclusión]
tendrás que hacer la compra tú, vamos, si no es mucha molestia you'll have to do the shopping yourself, if it's not too much trouble, of course;

se trata de un amigo, vamos, de un conocido he's a friend, well, more of an acquaintance, really;

vamos, que al final la fiesta fue un desastre anyway, in the end the party was a disaster

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vamos ir

Spanish-English dictionary > vamos
45 existencia

f.

1 existence.

se ha confirmado la existencia de varios manuscritos inéditos it has been confirmed that there are several unpublished manuscripts

este niño me está amargando la existencia that child is making my life a misery

2 stock, supply.

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existencia

► nombre femenino

1 (vida) existence, life

► nombre femenino plural existencias

1 stock sing, stocks

\

FRASEOLOGÍA

en existencia in stock

liquidación de existencias clearance sale

renovar las existencias to restock

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noun f.

existence

- existencias

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SF

1) [de ser humano, animal] existence

desconocía la existencia de ese documento — I was unaware of the existence of that document

lucha por la existencia — struggle for survival

amargar la existencia a algn — to make sb's life a misery

quitarse la existencia — euf to do away with o.s., commit suicide

2) pl existencias (Com) stock sing

nuestras existencias de carbón — our coal stocks

liquidar existencias — to clear stock

renovar existencias — to restock

hasta que se acaben las existencias — while stocks last

sin existencias — out of stock

tener algo en existencias — to have sth in stock

existencias de mercancías — stock-in-trade

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femenino

1)

a) ( hecho de existir) existence

b) ( vida) life

amargarle la existencia a alguien — to make somebody's life a misery

2) (Com) stock

no lo tenemos en existencia — we don't have it in stock

liquidación de existencias — clearance sale, stock clearance

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= availability, existence, provision, living.

Nota: Nombre.

Ex. Cross-classification, or the availability of more than one place for a subject, is quite common in a discipline oriented scheme, that is a scheme which starts by producing main classes which coincide with major disciplines.

Ex. Having been alerted to the existence of a document, the user needs information concerning the actual location of the document, in order that the document may be read.

Ex. Some school libraries are becoming involved in life-long learning but local government and public libraries must take responsibility for provisions for this.

Ex. They seem to regard literature as a secondary experience, more akin to being a peeping Tom, an impotent voyeur, rather than being one of the healthy, active people who get on with real living.

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* conocimiento de la existencia = awareness.

* en existencia = remain + in being, in existence.

* existencia humana = human existence.

* existencia precaria = precarious existence.

* ganarse la existencia = earn + a living, earn + Posesivo + living.

* justificar la existencia = justify + Posesivo + existence.

* seguir en existencia = remain + in being.

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femenino

1)

a) ( hecho de existir) existence

b) ( vida) life

amargarle la existencia a alguien — to make somebody's life a misery

2) (Com) stock

no lo tenemos en existencia — we don't have it in stock

liquidación de existencias — clearance sale, stock clearance

* * *

= availability, existence, provision, living.

Nota: Nombre.

Ex: Cross-classification, or the availability of more than one place for a subject, is quite common in a discipline oriented scheme, that is a scheme which starts by producing main classes which coincide with major disciplines.

Ex: Having been alerted to the existence of a document, the user needs information concerning the actual location of the document, in order that the document may be read.

Ex: Some school libraries are becoming involved in life-long learning but local government and public libraries must take responsibility for provisions for this.

Ex: They seem to regard literature as a secondary experience, more akin to being a peeping Tom, an impotent voyeur, rather than being one of the healthy, active people who get on with real living.

* conocimiento de la existencia = awareness.

* en existencia = remain + in being, in existence.

* existencia humana = human existence.

* existencia precaria = precarious existence.

* ganarse la existencia = earn + a living, earn + Posesivo + living.

* justificar la existencia = justify + Posesivo + existence.

* seguir en existencia = remain + in being.

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existencia

feminine

A

1 (hecho de existir) existence

la posible existencia de estos seres the possible existence of these beings

2 (vida) life

amargarle a algn la existencia to make sb's life a misery

B ( Com) stock

no lo tenemos en existencia we don't have it in stock

se han agotado las existencias supplies o stocks have run out

[ S ] liquidación de existencias clearance sale, stock clearance

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existencia sustantivo femenino
1
a) ( hecho de existir) existence

b) ( vida) life;

◊ amargarle la existencia a algn to make sb's life a misery

2 (Com) stock
existencia sustantivo femenino
1 existence: este niño me alegra la existencia, this child brightens my life
2 Com existencias, stock sing, stocks
' existencia' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
regalada
- regalado
- vida
- virtual
- amargar
- ausencia
- conocer
- prosaico
- teórico
English:
being
- existence
- go under
- in
- throw
- very

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existencia nf

1. [circunstancia de existir] existence;

se ha confirmado la existencia de varios manuscritos inéditos it has been confirmed that there are several unpublished manuscripts

2. [vida] life;

este niño me está amargando la existencia that child is making my life a misery

3. Com
existencias stock, inventory;

quedan muy pocas existencias en el almacén there's isn't much stock in the warehouse;

en existencias in stock;

hasta agotar existencias [en letrero] while stocks last;

quedarse sin existencias (de algo) to run out (of sth);

reponer (las) existencias to restock

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existencia

f

1 existence

2 ( vida) life

3

:

existencias pl COM supplies, stocks;

hasta que se agoten las existencias while stocks last

* * *

existencia nf

1) : existence

2) existencias nfpl

mercancía: goods, stock

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existencia n existence

Spanish-English dictionary > existencia
46 mojar

v.

1 to wet.

2 to get wet, to dip in water, to damp, to moisten.

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mojar

► verbo transitivo

1 (gen) to wet

2 (humedecer) to dampen

3 (alimento) to dip, dunk

■ moja el pan en la salsa dip your bread in the sauce

4 (cama) to wet

► verbo pronominal mojarse

1 to get wet

2 familiar (comprometerse) to commit oneself, get involved

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verb

to wet

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1. VT

1) [involuntariamente] to get wet; [voluntariamente] to wet; (=humedecer) to damp(en), moisten; (=empapar) to drench, soak

¡no mojes la alfombra! — don't get the carpet wet!

mojar la cabeza al niño — to wet the baby's head

el niño ha mojado la cama — the baby's wet the bed

moja un poco el trapo — dampen the cloth

la lluvia nos mojó a todos — we all got soaked in the rain

moje ligeramente el sello — moisten the stamp a little

mojar la ropa en agua — to soak o steep the washing in water

2) (=meter) to dip

mojar el pan en el café — to dip o dunk one's bread in one's coffee

mojar la pluma en la tinta — to dip one's pen into the ink

3) * [+ triunfo] to celebrate with a drink

4)

- mojarla

5) (Ling) to palatalize

6) (=apuñalar) to stab

7) Caribe [+ camarero] to tip; (=sobornar) * to bribe

2.

VI

mojar en — (=hacer pinitos) to dabble in; (=entrometerse) to meddle o get involved in

3.

See:

mojarse

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1.
verbo transitivo

1)

a) <suelo/papel/pelo> ( accidentalmente) to get o make... wet; ( a propósito) to wet

pasó un coche y me mojó — a car went by and splashed me

aún moja la cama — (euf) he still wets the bed

moja la gasa con colonia — moisten the gauze with cologne

b) ( sumergiendo) <galleta/bizcocho> to dip, dunk (colloq)

mojó la pluma en el tintero — she dipped the pen in the inkwell

no moja pero empapa — (Ven fam) he's/she's a wolf in sheep's clothing

2) (fam) ( celebrar)

esto hay que mojarlo — this calls for a drink (colloq)
2.
mojarse v pron

a) persona/ropa/suelo to get wet

se me mojaron los zapatos — my shoes got wet

me mojé toda — I got soaked

b) <pelo/pies> ( a propósito) to wet; ( accidentalmente) to get... wet

c) ( orinarse)

se mojó en los pantalones — he wet his pants

el bebé está mojado — the baby is wet

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= wet, dab, damp, dip, douse.

Ex. In the future pictures may need not be wetted at all.

Ex. Meanwhile the other man got the ink ready -- it was simply a black oil paint -- and dabbed it over the face of the type when the press was open.

Ex. Type was thrust deep into roughish paper which had been softened by damping.

Ex. Two sheets were made each time the two-sheet mould was dipped by the maker into the vat, and they were turned out together on to a single felt by the coucher.

Ex. Iran has imported high-tech armored anti-riot vehicles equipped with water cannons that can douse people with boiling water or tear gas.

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* mojar con la lengua = lick.

* mojarle la oreja a = knock + spots off + Nombre.

* mojarle la oreja a Alguien = outdo, outrun [out-run], trump.

* mojarse = get + involved with/in, implicate + Reflexivo.

* mojarse el culo = get + involved with/in, implicate + Reflexivo.

* quien quiera peces que se moje el culo = you cannot make an omelette without breaking eggs.

* salsa para mojar = dip, dipping sauce.

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1.
verbo transitivo

1)

a) <suelo/papel/pelo> ( accidentalmente) to get o make... wet; ( a propósito) to wet

pasó un coche y me mojó — a car went by and splashed me

aún moja la cama — (euf) he still wets the bed

moja la gasa con colonia — moisten the gauze with cologne

b) ( sumergiendo) <galleta/bizcocho> to dip, dunk (colloq)

mojó la pluma en el tintero — she dipped the pen in the inkwell

no moja pero empapa — (Ven fam) he's/she's a wolf in sheep's clothing

2) (fam) ( celebrar)

esto hay que mojarlo — this calls for a drink (colloq)
2.
mojarse v pron

a) persona/ropa/suelo to get wet

se me mojaron los zapatos — my shoes got wet

me mojé toda — I got soaked

b) <pelo/pies> ( a propósito) to wet; ( accidentalmente) to get... wet

c) ( orinarse)

se mojó en los pantalones — he wet his pants

el bebé está mojado — the baby is wet

* * *

= wet, dab, damp, dip, douse.

Ex: In the future pictures may need not be wetted at all.

Ex: Meanwhile the other man got the ink ready -- it was simply a black oil paint -- and dabbed it over the face of the type when the press was open.

Ex: Type was thrust deep into roughish paper which had been softened by damping.

Ex: Two sheets were made each time the two-sheet mould was dipped by the maker into the vat, and they were turned out together on to a single felt by the coucher.

Ex: Iran has imported high-tech armored anti-riot vehicles equipped with water cannons that can douse people with boiling water or tear gas.

* mojar con la lengua = lick.

* mojarle la oreja a = knock + spots off + Nombre.

* mojarle la oreja a Alguien = outdo, outrun [out-run], trump.

* mojarse = get + involved with/in, implicate + Reflexivo.

* mojarse el culo = get + involved with/in, implicate + Reflexivo.

* quien quiera peces que se moje el culo = you cannot make an omelette without breaking eggs.

* salsa para mojar = dip, dipping sauce.

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mojar [A1 ]

vt

A

1 ‹suelo/papel/pelo› (accidentalmente) to get o make … wet; (a propósito) to wet

tiró el vaso de agua y mojó el mantel he knocked over the glass of water and got o made the tablecloth (all) wet

moja un poco la toalla dampen o wet the towel a little

pasó un coche y me mojó a car went by and splashed me

¡no me mojes! don't get me wet!, don't splash ( o soak etc) me!

aún moja la cama ( euf); he still wets the bed

moja la gasa con colonia moisten the gauze with cologne

mojar el bizcocho con jerez soak the sponge in sherry

2 (sumergiendo) ‹galleta/bizcocho› to dip, dunk ( colloq)

mojó la pluma en el tintero she dipped the pen in the inkwell

mojé el pan en la salsa I dipped the bread in the sauce

no moja pero empapa ( Ven fam); he's/she's a wolf in sheep's clothing

B ( fam)

(celebrar): esto hay que mojarlo this calls for a drink ( colloq)

■ mojarse

v pron

1 «persona/ropa/suelo» to get wet

se me mojaron los zapatos my shoes got wet

me mojé toda I got wet through o drenched o soaked

2 ‹pelo/pies› (a propósito) to wet; (accidentalmente) to get … wet

mójate el pelo si quieres que te lo corte wet your hair first if you want me to cut it

me mojé los pies my feet got wet, I got my feet wet

3

(orinarse): cámbiale el pañal a la niña porque se mojó change the baby's diaper ( AmE) o ( BrE) nappy, she's wet

se mojó en los pantalones he wet his pants

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mojar ( conjugate mojar) verbo transitivo
a) ‹suelo/papel/pelo› ( accidentalmente) to get o make … wet;

( a propósito) to wet;
◊ pasó un coche y me mojó a car went by and splashed me;

mojar la cama (euf) to wet the bed
b) ( sumergiendo) ‹galleta/bizcocho› to dip, dunk (colloq)

mojarse verbo pronominal
a) [persona/ropa/suelo] to get wet;

◊ se me mojaron los zapatos my shoes got wet;

me mojé toda I got soaked
b) ‹pelo/pies› ( a propósito) to wet;

( accidentalmente) to get … wet
mojar verbo transitivo
1 to wet
2 (en la leche, el café, etc) to dip, dunk
3 fam (celebrar) vamos a mojar este éxito, let's go and celebrate this success with a drink
' mojar' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
caldo
- empapar
English:
douse
- dunk
- wet
- dampen
- dip

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mojar

♦ vt

1. [con líquido] to wet;
[humedecer] to moisten;
la lluvia nos mojó de pies a cabeza we got soaked through in the rain;

moje bien el trapo antes de limpiar la ventana wet the cloth thoroughly before using it to clean the window;

moje la parte de atrás de la etiqueta con la lengua moisten the back of the label with your tongue;

el niño ya no moja la cama the boy doesn't wet his bed any more

2. [comida] to dunk;

moja el pan en la salsa dip your bread in the sauce

3. Fam [celebrar con bebida] to celebrate with a drink;

esta victoria hay que mojarla we'll have to celebrate this win with a drink

♦ vi
muy Fam [copular] to get one's rocks off
♦ See also the pronominal verb mojarse

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mojar

v/t

1 ( humedecer) dampen, moisten; ( empapar) wet

2 galleta dunk, dip

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mojar vt

1) : to wet, to moisten

2) : to dunk

♦ See also the reflexive verb mojarse

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mojar vb

1. (en general) to wet [pt. & pp. wet o wetted]

la lluvia moja la tierra the rain wets the ground

2. (alimento) to dip [pt. & pp. dipped]

mojaba las galletas en la leche he dipped the biscuits in the milk

Spanish-English dictionary > mojar
47 quitar

v.

1 to remove.

quitar la mesa to clear the table (peninsular Spanish)

quitarle algo a alguien to take something away from somebody

quita tus cosas de en medio clear your things up (out of the way)

de quita y pon removable; detachable (capucha)

2 to take away, to relieve.

María quita los muebles Mary removes the furniture.

el aperitivo me ha quitado el hambre I don't feel hungry after that snack

3 to take up (time).

me quitan mucho tiempo los niños the children take up a lot of my time

4 to take, to steal.

me han quitado la cartera someone has taken o stolen my wallet

5 to switch off.

6 to eliminate, to suppress, to abstract.

María quita el reglamento Mary eliminates the rules.

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quitar

► verbo transitivo

1 (separar) to remove, take off

■ le quitó la piel a la pera he peeled the pear

■ quita la tapa remove the lid

2 (sacar) to take off, take out; (prendas) to take off; (tiempo) to take up

■ el médico quitó los puntos al enfermo the doctor took out the patient's stitches

■ quítate los zapatos take your shoes off

3 (apartar) to take away, take off

■ quita eso de ahí clear that away

4 (hacer desaparecer) to remove; (dolor) to relieve; (sed) to quench

■ si lo comes te quitará el apetito if you eat it, it will spoil your appetite

■ eso te quitará el hambre that'll stop you feeling hungry

■ el café me quita el sueño coffee keeps me awake

5 (despojar) to take; (robar) to steal

■ me han quitado la cartera my wallet's been stolen

■ le quitó la vida he killed him

6 (restar) to subtract; (descontar) to take off

7 (prohibir) to forbid, rule out

■ me han quitado el alcohol I've been told to cut out alcohol

8 (impedir) to prevent

■ eso no quita para que se lo diga that's no reason not to tell him

9 (disminuir) to take away

■ eso no le quita mérito a la obra that doesn't take anything away from the work

10 familiar (radio, agua, etc) to turn off

► verbo pronominal quitarse

1 (desaparecer) to go away, come out

■ se me han quitado las ganas I don't feel like it any more

■ esa mancha no se quita that stain won't come out

2 quitarse de (del juego, bebida, etc) to give up

■ se quitó de fumar she gave up smoking

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FRASEOLOGÍA

de quita y pon (que se desprende) removable, detachable 2 (no permanente) temporary

¡quita/quítate de ahí! move!, get away!

quitando... except...

quitar de delante to clear away

quitar el hipo figurado to take one's breath away

quitar el sueño (desvelar) to keep awake 2 (preocupar) to worry

■ eso no me quitará el sueño I won't lose any sleep over that

quitar importancia a algo to play something down

quitar la mesa to clear the table

quitar las ganas a alguien to put somebody off

quitarse algo/a alguien de encima to get rid of something/somebody

quitarse años figurado to lie about one's age

quitarse la vida eufemístico to commit suicide 2 (admirar) to admire

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verb

1) to remove

2) take off

3) clear

4) rob

•

- quitarse
- quitarse a alguien
- quitarse algo de encima
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1. VT

1) (=sacar) [gen] to remove; [+ ropa, zapatos] to take off; [+ póster, estantes] to take down

le quitaron las vendas — they took her bandages off, they removed her bandages

tardaron dos días en quitar los escombros — it took two days to clear o remove the rubble

quitaron las banderas de los balcones — they took the flags down from the balconies, they removed the flags from the balconies

quita eso de allí — get that away from there

querían quitarle de su puesto — they wanted to remove him from his post

• quitar la mesa — to clear the table

- quitar de en medio a algn

- no quitarle ojo a algn

2) (=arrebatar) [gen] to take away; [para robar] to take, steal; [+ vida] to take

su hermana le quitó la pelota — his sister took the ball away from him

me quitaron la licencia — I had my licence taken away

le quitaron la cartera en el tren — someone took his wallet on the train, he had his wallet stolen on the train

me quitó la novia — he stole my girlfriend

• quitar el sitio a algn — to steal sb's place

3) (=eliminar) [+ mancha] to remove, get rid of; [+ dolor] to relieve, stop; [+ felicidad, ilusión, ganas] to take away; [+ preocupaciones, temores] to allay

me quitó las ganas de comer — it took my appetite away

trataba de quitarme esa idea de la cabeza — she tried to make me change my mind

• quitar el hambre, un par de rodajas deben quitar el hambre — a couple of slices should stop you feeling hungry

no alimenta mucho, pero quita el hambre — it's not very nutritious, but it's filling

• quitar la sed — to quench one's thirst

el vino no quita la sed — wine doesn't quench your thirst, wine isn't thirst-quenching

• quitar el sueño, el café me quita el sueño — coffee stops me sleeping

ese asunto no me quita el sueño — I'm not losing any sleep over that matter

4) (=restar)

no quita nada de su valor — it does not detract at all from its value

no le quiero quitar méritos — I don't want to detract from him

eso le quita la razón — that shows he's wrong, that proves him wrong

quiero quitar unos cuantos centímetros a mi cintura — I want to lose a few centimetres from around the waist

me quita mucho tiempo — it takes up a lot of my time

quitar extensión a un campo — to reduce the size of a field

• quitar importancia a algo — to play sth down

• quitando el postre comimos bien — apart o aside from the dessert we had a good meal

quitando tres o cuatro, van a ir todos — except for three or four (people), everybody is going

5) (=impedir)

quitar a algn de hacer algo — to stop o prevent sb (from) doing sth

6) (Mat) to take away, subtract

7) [+ golpe] to ward off; (Esgrima) to parry

8) ** [+ dinero] to make

2.

VI

¡quita!, ¡quita de ahí! — (=¡aparta!) get out of the way!; (=¡qué va!) get away!, come off it!

eso no quita —

eso no quita para que me ayudes — that doesn't stop o prevent you helping me, that doesn't mean you can't help me

eso no quita que eche de menos a mi mujer — that doesn't mean I don't miss my wife

- ni quito ni pongo
quita
3.

See:

quitarse

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1.
verbo transitivo

1)

a) (apartar, retirar)

quítalo de aquí! — get o take it out of here!

quita esa silla de en medio! — get that chair out of the way!

quita tus cosas de mi escritorio — take your things off my desk

quitó los obstáculos de mi camino — he removed the obstacles from my path

quitar la mesa — (Esp) to clear the table; (+ me/te/le etc)

quítame las manos de encima! — take your hands off me!

le quitó la piel al pollo — he skinned the chicken

me quitó una pelusa del hombro — she picked a bit of fluff off my shoulder

no le puedo quitar la tapa — I can't get the top off

b) <prenda/anillo> (+ me/te/le etc) to take off

quítale los zapatos — take his shoes off

2) (+ me/te/le etc)

a) ( de las manos)

le quitó la pistola al ladrón — he got o took the gun off the thief

se lo quitó de un manotazo — she swiped it out of his hand

le quité el cuchillo — I took the knife (away) from her

b) ( privar de)

la policía le quitó el pasaporte — the police took his passport away

c) ( robar)

me quitaron la cartera del bolsillo — someone took o stole my wallet from my pocket

me quitó el asiento — he took my seat

3) ( restar) (+ me/te/le etc)

me estás quitando autoridad — you're undermining my authority

me quita mucho tiempo — it takes up a lot of my time

no le quites méritos — give him his due

quitarle años a alguien — to take years off somebody

quitarle importancia a algo — to play something down

le quita valor/credibilidad — it detracts from its value/credibility

4) ( hacer desaparecer) < mancha> to remove, get... out; < dolor> to relieve, get rid of; < sed> to quench; < apetito> to take away; (+ me/te/le etc)

eso te quitará el hambre — that will stop you feeling hungry

hay que quitarle esa idea de la cabeza — we must get that idea out of his head

5) quitando (ger) (fam) except for
2.
quitar vi

1) (Esp fam)

quita (de ahí)! — get out of the way!

quita ya! eso no se lo cree nadie! — oh come off it, nobody believes that!

2) (en locs)

de quita y pon — <funda/etiqueta> removable

eso no quita que...: pero eso no quita que se pueda hacer de otra manera but that doesn't mean that there aren't other ways of doing it; ni quitar ni poner (fam): yo aquí ni quito ni pongo I don't count o my opinion doesn't count around here; quien quita y... (Méx fam): quien quita y me saco la lotería maybe I'll even win the lottery; quien quita y lo encontramos — we might still find it
3.
quitarse v pron

1) ( desaparecer) mancha to come out; dolor go (away); viento to die down; (+ me/te/le etc)

se me quitó el dolor — I got rid of the pain

ya se me quitaron las ganas — I don't feel like it any more

2) (apartarse, retirarse) to get out of the way

quítate de mi vista! — get out of my sight!

3) (refl)

a) <prenda/alhaja/maquillaje> to take off

b) <dolor/resfriado> to get rid of; < miedo> to overcome, get over

se quita años or la edad — she lies about her age

quitarse algo DE algo: quítate el dedo de la nariz! stop picking your nose!; quítate las manos de los bolsillos! take your hands out of your pockets!; quitarse algo/a alguien de encima/en medio to get rid of something/somebody; te has quitado veinte años de encima — you look twenty years younger

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= remove, take off, take away, strip away, roll back, strip, trim off, strip off, take down, commandeer, get off.

Ex. Folders allow a set of papers to be kept together when a set on a given topic is removed from the file.

Ex. Meek took her glasses off and twiddled them as her supervisor related the following incident.

Ex. For example, books close to the door and the circulation desk may be intended for the user who merely wishes to make a swift selection of items to take away and read elsewhere.

Ex. Like its predecessor, it wants to strip away the sentimentality surrounding male-female relationships and reveal the ugly, unvarnished truth.

Ex. Some Russia specialists say President Putin is rolling back liberal economic and political reforms ushered in by his predecessor.

Ex. Pluto, scorned by astronomers who considered it too dinky and distant, was unceremoniously stripped of its status as a planet Thursday.

Ex. If you repeatedly deadhead - trim off the spent flowers - the plant goes into overdrive.

Ex. They gathered a whole sackful, stripped off the husks, and filled the sack again.

Ex. State officials urge people to take down bird feeders after recent reports of sick and dead birds, according to a news release.

Ex. He was left without a scratch and pursued the shooter on foot until the gunman commandeered a passing car.

Ex. The full-length, two-direction zipper makes it easy to get on and off, and the bottom is easy to unzip for diaper changes.

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* de quita y pon = burn-'em-down-build-'em-up, removable.

* hablar a calzón quitado = lay + Posesivo + cards on the table, put + Posesivo + cards on the table.

* hasta el cuarenta de mayo no te quites el sayo = cast no clout till May is out.

* no poder quitarse Algo de la cabeza = can't get it out of my mind.

* pala de quitar nieve = snow shovel.

* pala para quitar nieve = snow shovel.

* poner y quitar = get on and off.

* que se puede quitar = detachable, removable.

* quita o pon = give or take.

* quitar Algo = take + Nombre + out of + Posesivo + hands.

* quitar con pala = shovel.

* quitar con un cepillo = brush away.

* quitar con un golpe = knock off.

* quitar de las manos = snap up.

* quitar el deseo = suffocate + desire.

* quitar el estigma = destigmatise [destigmatize, -USA].

* quitar el interés = take + the shine off things.

* quitar el mérito a Algo = belittle.

* quitar el poder = disempower.

* quitar el polvo = dust.

* quitar el sufijo a una palabra = strip + suffix.

* quitar el valor = render + valueless.

* quitar frotando = rub off, rub.

* quitar importancia = de-emphasise [de-emphasize, -USA], understate, trivialise [trivialize, -USA], minimise + importance, downplay, gloss over, negate, soft-pedal.

* quitar importancia a un problema = trivialise + trouble.

* quitar la credibilidad = destroy + credence.

* quitar la humedad = dehumidify.

* quitar la idea = wipe away + idea.

* quitar la marca = unmark.

* quitar la mesa = clear away + the things, clear + the table.

* quitar las escamas = scale.

* quitar las ganas de = kill + the momentum.

* quitar las telarañas = dust off + the cobwebs.

* quitarle el sentido = render + meaningless.

* quitarle importancia a las cosas = make + light of things.

* quitarle mérito = obscure + fact.

* quitar mérito = detract from.

* quitar pintura mediante chorro de arena a presión = sandblast.

* quitar puestos de trabajo = shed + jobs, axe + jobs, cut + jobs.

* quitarse = take off, doff, take off.

* quitarse a Alguien de encima = keep + Nombre + off + Posesivo + back, get + Nombre + off + Posesivo + back.

* quitarse de encima = shake off.

* quitarse de en medio = take + Nombre + out.

* quitarse del medio = run for + cover.

* quitarse el sombrero ante = hats off to + Nombre, take + Posesivo + hat off to.

* quitar(se) la ropa = undress.

* quitarse la vida = take + Posesivo + (own) life.

* quitársele a Uno las ganas = put off.

* quitarse una mala reputación = clean up + bad reputation.

* quitarse un (buen) peso de encima = get + a (real) weight off + Posesivo + chest.

* quitarse un peso de encima = take + a weight off + Posesivo + mind, take + a load off + Posesivo + mind.

* quitar una preocupación = allay + concern.

* quitar un peso de encima = remove + burden from shoulders.

* quitar un peso de encima a Alguien = lift + a weight off + Posesivo + shoulders.

* quitar valor = devalue, deflate.

* tener + que quitarse el sombrero = have to hand it to + Nombre.

* ya lo quitas, ya lo pones = burn-'em-down-build-'em-up.

* * *
1.
verbo transitivo

1)

a) (apartar, retirar)

quítalo de aquí! — get o take it out of here!

quita esa silla de en medio! — get that chair out of the way!

quita tus cosas de mi escritorio — take your things off my desk

quitó los obstáculos de mi camino — he removed the obstacles from my path

quitar la mesa — (Esp) to clear the table; (+ me/te/le etc)

quítame las manos de encima! — take your hands off me!

le quitó la piel al pollo — he skinned the chicken

me quitó una pelusa del hombro — she picked a bit of fluff off my shoulder

no le puedo quitar la tapa — I can't get the top off

b) <prenda/anillo> (+ me/te/le etc) to take off

quítale los zapatos — take his shoes off

2) (+ me/te/le etc)

a) ( de las manos)

le quitó la pistola al ladrón — he got o took the gun off the thief

se lo quitó de un manotazo — she swiped it out of his hand

le quité el cuchillo — I took the knife (away) from her

b) ( privar de)

la policía le quitó el pasaporte — the police took his passport away

c) ( robar)

me quitaron la cartera del bolsillo — someone took o stole my wallet from my pocket

me quitó el asiento — he took my seat

3) ( restar) (+ me/te/le etc)

me estás quitando autoridad — you're undermining my authority

me quita mucho tiempo — it takes up a lot of my time

no le quites méritos — give him his due

quitarle años a alguien — to take years off somebody

quitarle importancia a algo — to play something down

le quita valor/credibilidad — it detracts from its value/credibility

4) ( hacer desaparecer) < mancha> to remove, get... out; < dolor> to relieve, get rid of; < sed> to quench; < apetito> to take away; (+ me/te/le etc)

eso te quitará el hambre — that will stop you feeling hungry

hay que quitarle esa idea de la cabeza — we must get that idea out of his head

5) quitando (ger) (fam) except for
2.
quitar vi

1) (Esp fam)

quita (de ahí)! — get out of the way!

quita ya! eso no se lo cree nadie! — oh come off it, nobody believes that!

2) (en locs)

de quita y pon — <funda/etiqueta> removable

eso no quita que...: pero eso no quita que se pueda hacer de otra manera but that doesn't mean that there aren't other ways of doing it; ni quitar ni poner (fam): yo aquí ni quito ni pongo I don't count o my opinion doesn't count around here; quien quita y... (Méx fam): quien quita y me saco la lotería maybe I'll even win the lottery; quien quita y lo encontramos — we might still find it
3.
quitarse v pron

1) ( desaparecer) mancha to come out; dolor go (away); viento to die down; (+ me/te/le etc)

se me quitó el dolor — I got rid of the pain

ya se me quitaron las ganas — I don't feel like it any more

2) (apartarse, retirarse) to get out of the way

quítate de mi vista! — get out of my sight!

3) (refl)

a) <prenda/alhaja/maquillaje> to take off

b) <dolor/resfriado> to get rid of; < miedo> to overcome, get over

se quita años or la edad — she lies about her age

quitarse algo DE algo: quítate el dedo de la nariz! stop picking your nose!; quítate las manos de los bolsillos! take your hands out of your pockets!; quitarse algo/a alguien de encima/en medio to get rid of something/somebody; te has quitado veinte años de encima — you look twenty years younger

* * *

= remove, take off, take away, strip away, roll back, strip, trim off, strip off, take down, commandeer, get off.

Ex: Folders allow a set of papers to be kept together when a set on a given topic is removed from the file.

Ex: Meek took her glasses off and twiddled them as her supervisor related the following incident.

Ex: For example, books close to the door and the circulation desk may be intended for the user who merely wishes to make a swift selection of items to take away and read elsewhere.

Ex: Like its predecessor, it wants to strip away the sentimentality surrounding male-female relationships and reveal the ugly, unvarnished truth.

Ex: Some Russia specialists say President Putin is rolling back liberal economic and political reforms ushered in by his predecessor.

Ex: Pluto, scorned by astronomers who considered it too dinky and distant, was unceremoniously stripped of its status as a planet Thursday.

Ex: If you repeatedly deadhead - trim off the spent flowers - the plant goes into overdrive.

Ex: They gathered a whole sackful, stripped off the husks, and filled the sack again.

Ex: State officials urge people to take down bird feeders after recent reports of sick and dead birds, according to a news release.

Ex: He was left without a scratch and pursued the shooter on foot until the gunman commandeered a passing car.

Ex: The full-length, two-direction zipper makes it easy to get on and off, and the bottom is easy to unzip for diaper changes.

* de quita y pon = burn-'em-down-build-'em-up, removable.

* hablar a calzón quitado = lay + Posesivo + cards on the table, put + Posesivo + cards on the table.

* hasta el cuarenta de mayo no te quites el sayo = cast no clout till May is out.

* no poder quitarse Algo de la cabeza = can't get it out of my mind.

* pala de quitar nieve = snow shovel.

* pala para quitar nieve = snow shovel.

* poner y quitar = get on and off.

* que se puede quitar = detachable, removable.

* quita o pon = give or take.

* quitar Algo = take + Nombre + out of + Posesivo + hands.

* quitar con pala = shovel.

* quitar con un cepillo = brush away.

* quitar con un golpe = knock off.

* quitar de las manos = snap up.

* quitar el deseo = suffocate + desire.

* quitar el estigma = destigmatise [destigmatize, -USA].

* quitar el interés = take + the shine off things.

* quitar el mérito a Algo = belittle.

* quitar el poder = disempower.

* quitar el polvo = dust.

* quitar el sufijo a una palabra = strip + suffix.

* quitar el valor = render + valueless.

* quitar frotando = rub off, rub.

* quitar importancia = de-emphasise [de-emphasize, -USA], understate, trivialise [trivialize, -USA], minimise + importance, downplay, gloss over, negate, soft-pedal.

* quitar importancia a un problema = trivialise + trouble.

* quitar la credibilidad = destroy + credence.

* quitar la humedad = dehumidify.

* quitar la idea = wipe away + idea.

* quitar la marca = unmark.

* quitar la mesa = clear away + the things, clear + the table.

* quitar las escamas = scale.

* quitar las ganas de = kill + the momentum.

* quitar las telarañas = dust off + the cobwebs.

* quitarle el sentido = render + meaningless.

* quitarle importancia a las cosas = make + light of things.

* quitarle mérito = obscure + fact.

* quitar mérito = detract from.

* quitar pintura mediante chorro de arena a presión = sandblast.

* quitar puestos de trabajo = shed + jobs, axe + jobs, cut + jobs.

* quitarse = take off, doff, take off.

* quitarse a Alguien de encima = keep + Nombre + off + Posesivo + back, get + Nombre + off + Posesivo + back.

* quitarse de encima = shake off.

* quitarse de en medio = take + Nombre + out.

* quitarse del medio = run for + cover.

* quitarse el sombrero ante = hats off to + Nombre, take + Posesivo + hat off to.

* quitar(se) la ropa = undress.

* quitarse la vida = take + Posesivo + (own) life.

* quitársele a Uno las ganas = put off.

* quitarse una mala reputación = clean up + bad reputation.

* quitarse un (buen) peso de encima = get + a (real) weight off + Posesivo + chest.

* quitarse un peso de encima = take + a weight off + Posesivo + mind, take + a load off + Posesivo + mind.

* quitar una preocupación = allay + concern.

* quitar un peso de encima = remove + burden from shoulders.

* quitar un peso de encima a Alguien = lift + a weight off + Posesivo + shoulders.

* quitar valor = devalue, deflate.

* tener + que quitarse el sombrero = have to hand it to + Nombre.

* ya lo quitas, ya lo pones = burn-'em-down-build-'em-up.

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quitar [A1 ]

vt

A

1

(apartar, retirar): ¡quita esa silla de en medio! get that chair out of the way!

quita tus cosas de mi escritorio take o get your things off my desk

quitó todos los obstáculos de mi camino he removed all the obstacles from my path

quitar la mesa ( Esp); to clear the table

(+ me/te/le etc): ¡quítame las manos de encima! take o get your hands off me!

le quitó la piel al pollo he skinned the chicken

me quitó una pelusa del hombro she picked a bit of fluff off my shoulder

no le puedo quitar la tapa I can't get the top off

2 ‹prenda/anillo› (+ me/te/le etc) to take off

quítale los zapatos take his shoes off

B ‹juguete/dinero› (+ me/te/le etc):

le quité el cuchillo I took the knife (away) from her

la policía le quitó el pasaporte the police took his passport away

me quitaron la cartera del bolsillo someone took o stole my wallet from my pocket

le quitó la pistola al ladrón he got o took the gun off the thief

se lo quitó de un manotazo she swiped it out of his hand

bailar

C (restar) (+ me/te/le etc):

quítale 26 a 84 take 26 away from 84

no me quites autoridad delante de los niños don't undermine my authority in front of the children

los niños me quitan mucho tiempo the children take up a lot of my time

no es que quiera quitarte la razón pero … I'm not saying you're wrong but …

no le quites méritos give him his due

ese peinado te quita años that hairstyle takes years off you

hay que quitarle un poco de ancho it needs to be taken in a bit

trataba de quitarle importancia al asunto he tried to play the matter down

le quita valor a la casa it detracts from the value of the house

D (hacer desaparecer) ‹mancha› to remove, get … out; ‹dolor› to relieve, get rid of

(+ me/te/le etc): te quita el hambre pero no te alimenta it stops you feeling hungry but it isn't very nourishing

te voy a quitar las ganas de volver a mentirme when I've finished with you, you'll think twice about lying to me again

a ver si le quitas esa idea de la cabeza why don't you try to get that idea out of his head?

E ( fam) (prohibir) (+ me/te/le etc):

el médico me ha quitado la sal/el vino the doctor's told me I mustn't have any salt on my food/I mustn't drink wine

F quitando ger ( fam) except for

quitando a los más chicos todos pueden entrar they can all go in except for the very youngest ones

quitando que tuvimos que esperar mucho rato apart from the fact that we had to wait a long time

■ quitar

vi

A

( Esp fam): ¡quita (de ahí)! get out of the way!

¡quita ya! ¡eso no se lo cree nadie! oh come off it, nobody believes that!

B ( en locs):

de quita y pon ‹funda/etiqueta› removable

tiene una capucha de quita y pon it has a detachable hood

una fe de quita y pon ( iró); a very flexible o convenient sort of faith ( iro)

eso no quita que …: yo lo hago así, eso no quita que se pueda hacer de otra manera I do it like this but that doesn't mean that there aren't other ways of doing it

ni quitar ni poner ( fam): pregúntaselo a él, yo aquí ni quito ni pongo ask him about it, I don't count o my opinion doesn't count around here

en ese asunto él ni quita ni pone he doesn't have any say in that matter

quien quita y … ( Méx fam): quien quita y me lo regrese pronto I hope she brings it back soon

■ quitarse

v pron

A (desaparecer) «mancha» to come out; «dolor» to go, go away; «viento» to die down

(+ me/te/le etc): no hay forma de que se me quite este dolor de cabeza I just can't get rid of this headache

ya se me han quitado las ganas de ir I don't feel like going any more

B (apartarse, retirarse) to get out of the way

¡quítate de mi vista! get out of my sight!

he vendido el negocio, quiero quitarme de problemas I've sold the business, I want to be rid of all this trouble o ( colloq) to be shot of all this hassle

C ( refl)

1 ‹prenda/alhaja/maquillaje› to take off

quítate la chaqueta take your jacket off

2 (deshacerse de) ‹dolor› to get rid of

se quitaban el frío saltando they jumped up and down to warm themselves up o to get warm

me tengo que quitar este miedo ridículo a los aviones I have to overcome o get over this ridiculous fear of flying

3 (retirar) quitarse algo DE algo:

me tuve que quitar una pestaña del ojo I had to get an eyelash out of my eye

¡quítate el dedo de la nariz! stop picking your nose!

¡quítate las manos de los bolsillos! take your hands out of your pockets!

quitarse a algn de en medio to get rid of sb

4 ‹años›

te has quitado veinte años de encima you look twenty years younger

se quita años or la edad she lies about her age

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quitar ( conjugate quitar) verbo transitivo
1 (apartar, retirar):
◊ ¡quítalo de aquí! get it out of here!;

quité la silla de en medio I got the chair out of the way;
quita tus cosas de mi escritorio take your things off my desk;
quitar la mesa (Esp) to clear the table;
¡quítame las manos de encima! take your hands off me!;
no le puedo quitar la tapa I can't get the top off;
le quitó los zapatos she took his shoes off
2 (+ me/te/le etc)
a) ( de las manos):

◊ le quitó la pistola al ladrón he got o took the gun off the thief;

le quité el cuchillo I took the knife (away) from her
b) ( privar de) ‹pasaporte/carnet de conducir› to take away

c) ‹cartera/dinero› to take, steal;

‹asiento/lugar› to take
3 ( restar) (+ me/te/le etc):
◊ me quita mucho tiempo it takes up a lot of my time;

quitarle años a algn to take years off sb;
quitarle importancia a algo to play sth down;
le quita valor it detracts from its value
4 ( hacer desaparecer) ‹ mancha› to remove, get … out;
‹ dolor› to relieve, get rid of;
‹ sed› to quench;
‹ apetito› to take away;
(+ me/te/le etc)
◊ eso te quitará el hambre that will stop you feeling hungry;

hay que quitarle esa idea de la cabeza we must get that idea out of his head
5
◊ quitando ( ger) (fam) except for

verbo intransitivo
1 (Esp fam):
◊ ¡quita (de ahí)! get out of the way!

2 ( en locs)
◊ de quita y pon ‹funda/etiqueta› removable;

eso no quita que … that doesn't mean that …
quitarse verbo pronominal
1 ( desaparecer) [ mancha] to come out;
[ dolor] to go (away);
◊ ya se me quitaron las ganas I don't feel like it any more

2 (apartarse, retirarse) to get out of the way;
◊ ¡quítate de mi vista! get out of my sight!

3 ( refl)
a) ‹prenda/alhaja/maquillaje› to take off

b) ‹dolor/resfriado› to get rid of;

‹ miedo› to overcome, get over;
◊ se quita la edad she lies about her age;

quitarse algo/a algn de encima to get rid of sth/sb
quitar
I verbo transitivo
1 (retirar, separar) to remove: quita todas esas cajas de aquí, get all those boxes out of here
quitar la mesa, to clear the table
2 (ropa, gafas, etc) to take off
3 (eliminar) (la sed) to quench
(el hambre) to take away: el té me quita el sueño, tea keeps me awake
4 (una mancha) to remove, get out
5 (el dolor) to relieve
6 (arrebatar, privar de) le quitó el lápiz, he took the pencil away from him
nos quitaron el asiento, they took our seats
(robar) to steal
7 Mat (restar) to substract
figurado quitar importancia a algo, to play sthg down
figurado quitar las ganas a alguien, to put sb off
figurado le quita mucho tiempo, it takes up a lot of her time
II verbo intransitivo ¡quita!, get away
♦ Locuciones: de quita y pon, removable
fam (excepción hecha de) quitando, except for
' quitar' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
aclarar
- aligerar
- allanar
- careta
- desenmascarar
- desollar
- despejar
- despepitar
- despintar
- despuntar
- hipo
- restar
- sueño
- truco
- alisar
- arrebatar
- aspereza
- coger
- cortar
- desarmar
- descuidar
- espabilar
- espátula
- mancha
- manchar
- minimizar
- polvo
- retirar
- sacar
- soplete
English:
bleach
- bone
- brush off
- clear
- clear away
- clutter
- de-ice
- discourage
- dust
- fillet
- flick
- from
- get off
- get out
- graffiti
- mess
- peel off
- play down
- pull off
- push off
- removable
- remove
- scrub away
- scrub off
- shift
- snatch
- spoil
- strip
- strip off
- sweat off
- table
- take
- take away
- take off
- take out
- trim
- upstage
- wash away
- wash off
- wash out
- whatsit
- whip off
- wipe off
- wrestle
- brush
- clean
- detach
- detachable
- dull
- get

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quitar

♦ vt

1. [retirar, extraer, apartar] to remove;
[ropa, zapatos] to take off; Esp
quitar la mesa [despejar] to clear the table;

al quitar la tapa de la olla salió un delicioso olor when she took the lid off the pot, a delicious smell came out;

le han quitado un tumor del pecho they've removed a tumour from her breast;

quita tus cosas de la cama take your things off the bed;

quita tus cosas de en medio clear your things up (out of the way);

voy a quitar el polvo de los muebles I'm going to dust the furniture;

quitarle algo a alguien [arrebatar, privar de] to take sth away from sb;

me quitó la carta de las manos she took the letter from my hands;

durante la guerra le quitaron la casa they took her house away from her during the war;

le han quitado la custodia de los niños they've taken away custody of the children from her;

eso fue lo que dijo, sin quitar ni poner nada that's what he said, word for word;

Comp

por un quítame allá esas pajas for no reason, over nothing;

Comp
Méx
no quitar el dedo del renglón to keep coming back to the same point

2. [eliminar, suprimir] to remove;

quité la mancha con jabón I removed the stain o got the stain out with soap;

han quitado mi programa favorito de la tele they've taken my favourite programme off the TV;

ese ministerio lo han quitado they've done away with o got rid of that ministry;

el médico me ha quitado el tabaco [prohibido] the doctor has told me to stop smoking

3. [robar] to take, to steal;

me han quitado la cartera someone has taken o stolen my wallet;

le quitaron el puesto they've taken his job away from him

4. [mitigar del todo] [dolor, ansiedad] to take away, to relieve;
[sed] to quench;
el aperitivo me ha quitado el hambre I don't feel hungry after that snack

5. [ocupar] [tiempo, espacio] to take up;

me quitan mucho tiempo los niños the children take up a lot of my time;

el trabajo me quita tiempo para el deporte my job doesn't leave me much time for sport;

el armario va a quitar mucho sitio ahí the wardrobe's going to take up a lot of space there

6. [restar] to take away;

a esa cifra quítale el 20 por ciento take away 20 percent from that figure;

no quiero quitar mérito o [m5] valor a lo que ha hecho I don't want to take away from o detract from what she has done;

le quitó importancia al hecho he played it down

7. [impedir]
esto no quita que sea un vago that doesn't change the fact that he's a layabout;

que me mude de ciudad no quita que nos sigamos viendo just because I'm moving to another city doesn't mean we won't still be able to see each other

8. [exceptuar]
quitando el queso, me gusta todo apart from cheese, I like everything

9. [desconectar] [aparato] to switch off;

quita el gas antes de salir turn the gas off before leaving

♦ vi

1. [apartarse] to get out of the way;

¡quita (de ahí), que no veo! get out of the way, I can't see!

2.
de quita y pon [asa, tapa, capucha] removable

3. Fam [expresando incredulidad]
¡quita!, ¡quite! don't talk rubbish!;

¿casarme yo? ¡quita, quita, estoy muy bien como estoy! me, get married? you must be joking, I'm quite happy as I am!;

¡quita, yo no me lo creo! pull the other one o come off it, you don't expect me to believe that, do you?

♦ See also the pronominal verb quitarse

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quitar

I v/t ropa take off, remove; obstáculos remove;

quitar el polvo dust;

quitar algo a alguien take sth (away) from s.o.;

quitar la mesa clear the table;

de quita y pon fam removable

II v/i

:

¡quita! get out of the way!

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quitar vt

1) : to remove, to take away

2) : to take off (clothes)

3) : to get rid of, to relieve

♦ See also the reflexive verb quitarse

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quitar vb

1. (en general) to take off [pt. took; pp. taken] / to take down

quita los pies del sofá take your feet off the sofa

quítate el abrigo take your coat off

2. (eliminar manchas) to get out / to remove

no puedo quitar la mancha I can't get the stain out

3. (robar cartera, dinero) to take [pt. took; pp. taken]

me han quitado la cartera somebody's taken my wallet

¿quién me ha cogido el lápiz? who's taken my pencil?

¡quita! / ¡quita de ahí! get out of the way!

quitar el sueño to keep awake

quitar la mesa to clear the table

quitar la sed to quench your thirst

Spanish-English dictionary > quitar
48 memoria

f.

1 memory.

refrescar la memoria a alguien to refresh somebody's memory

traer a la memoria to call to mind

si la memoria no me engaña o falla if I remember correctly

venir a la memoria to come to mind

tener buena/mala memoria, tener mucha/poca memoria to have a good/bad memory

de memoria by heart

hacer memoria to try to remember

2 remembrance, remembering (recuerdo).

ser de feliz/ingrata memoria to be a happy/an unhappy memory

un monumento en memoria del héroe nacional a memorial to the national hero

memorias memoirs (en literatura)

3 (academic) paper.

4 list, record (lista).

5 memory (computing).

memoria de acceso aleatorio/de sólo lectura random-access/read only memory

memoria expandida/extendida/programable expanded/extended/programmable memory

memoria RAM/ROM RAM/ROM

6 memoir, report, written report of events based on personal observation of the writer.

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memoria

► nombre femenino

1 (gen) memory

■ me falla la memoria my memory is playing tricks on me

2 (informe) report

3 (inventario) inventory

► nombre femenino plural memorias

1 (biografía) memoirs

\

FRASEOLOGÍA

a la memoria de in memory of

de memoria (off) by heart, by memory

hacer memoria to try to remember

si no me falla la memoria... if my memory serves me well/right...

tener buena/mala memoria to have a good/bad memory

traer a la memoria to call to mind

memoria de acceso aleatorio random access memory

memoria de elefante a memory like an elephant

memoria RAM RAM memory

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noun f.

1) memory

2) report

•

- memorias

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SF

1) (=facultad) memory

lo había olvidado ¡qué memoria la mía! — I'd forgotten, what a terrible memory I have!

el accidente se le había borrado o ido de la memoria — he had forgotten about the accident, he had erased the accident from his memory

• de memoria — [aprender, saber] by heart; [hablar, recitar, tocar] from memory

• si no me falla la memoria — if my memory serves me right, if I remember right(ly) o correctly

• falta de memoria — [permanente] poor memory, forgetfulness; [repentina] lapse of memory

• hacer memoria — to try to remember

hacer memoria de algo — to recall sth

• perder la memoria — to lose one's memory

• pérdida de memoria — loss of memory

• refrescar la memoria a algn — to refresh sb's memory, jog sb's memory

• tener buena/mala/poca memoria — to have a good/bad/poor memory

• traer algo a la memoria — to bring sth back

una canción que trae momentos pasados a la memoria — a song that brings back the past o reminds you of the past

• venir a la memoria, ¡en este sitio me vienen tantos recuerdos a la memoria! — this place brings back so many memories!

no me viene su número a la memoria — her number's slipped my mind, I can't remember her number

- tener una memoria de elefante

memoria asociativa — associative memory

memoria fotográfica — photographic memory

2) (=recuerdo) memory

ha sido fiel a la memoria de su esposa — he has been faithful to his wife's memory

fue un discurso digno de memoria — it was a speech worth remembering o a highly memorable speech

• a la o en memoria de algn — [acto, monumento] in memory of sb

un homenaje a la memoria de las víctimas de la guerra — a tribute to the memory of o in memory of war victims

hemos guardado un minuto de silencio en su memoria — we observed a minute's silence in his memory

• haber o quedar memoria de algo, la peor tormenta de la que hay memoria — the worst storm in living memory

el único suceso del que me queda memoria — the only event I remember o of which I have any memory

memoria colectiva — collective memory

memoria histórica — historical memory

3) (=informe) [gen] report; (Educ) paper

tenemos que presentar una memoria de todas nuestras actividades — we have to present a report on all our activities

memoria anual — annual report

memoria de licenciatura — dissertation

4) (=relación) record

una memoria de todos los libros adquiridos — a record of all the books acquired

5) (Inform) memory

memoria auxiliar — backing storage

memoria burbuja — bubble memory

memoria central — main memory

memoria de acceso aleatorio — random access memory, RAM

memoria del teclado — keyboard memory

memoria de núcleos — core memory

memoria de solo lectura — read-only memory, ROM

memoria externa — external storage

memoria intermedia — buffer

memoria interna — internal storage, main memory

memoria muerta — read-only memory, ROM

memoria principal — main memory

memoria programable — programmable read-only memory

memoria RAM — RAM

memoria ROM — ROM

memoria virtual — virtual memory

6) pl memorias

a) (Literat) (=autobiografía) memoirs, records

b) †

• dar memorias a algn — to send o give one's regards to sb

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femenino

1) ( facultad) memory

tener mucha or buena/poca or mala memoria (para algo) — to have a good/poor o bad memory (for something)

si la memoria no me falla or engaña — if my memory serves me right

se me ha quedado grabado en la memoria — it has remained etched on my memory

desde que tengo memoria — for as long as I can remember

qué memoria la mía! — what a memory I have!

aprender/saber algo de memoria — to learn/know something by heart

estoy citando de memoria — I'm quoting from memory

se me había borrado totalmente de la memoria — I'd completely forgotten about it

la canción me trajo aquel episodio a la memoria — the song brought back that whole affair

al oír su nombre cuántos recuerdos me vienen a la memoria! — hearing her name brings back so many memories!

su nombre no me viene a la memoria — I can't remember his name

hacer memoria: trata de hacer memoria try to remember; seguro que te acuerdas, haz memoria of course you can remember, think hard; refrescarle la memoria a alguien to refresh o jog somebody's memory; tener una memoria de elefante — to have an incredible memory

2) ( recuerdo) memory

un incidente de triste memoria — a lamentable incident

respetar/profanar la memoria de alguien — to respect/blacken the memory of somebody

a la or en memoria de alguien — in memory of somebody

el día más caluroso de que haya memoria — the hottest day in living memory

un monumento a la or en memoria de los caídos — a memorial to those killed

3) memorias femenino plural (Lit) memoirs (pl)

4) (Inf) memory

- memoria RAM/ROM

- memoria virtual

5)

a) (Adm, Com) report

memoria anual — annual report

b) (Educ) written paper

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femenino

1) ( facultad) memory

tener mucha or buena/poca or mala memoria (para algo) — to have a good/poor o bad memory (for something)

si la memoria no me falla or engaña — if my memory serves me right

se me ha quedado grabado en la memoria — it has remained etched on my memory

desde que tengo memoria — for as long as I can remember

qué memoria la mía! — what a memory I have!

aprender/saber algo de memoria — to learn/know something by heart

estoy citando de memoria — I'm quoting from memory

se me había borrado totalmente de la memoria — I'd completely forgotten about it

la canción me trajo aquel episodio a la memoria — the song brought back that whole affair

al oír su nombre cuántos recuerdos me vienen a la memoria! — hearing her name brings back so many memories!

su nombre no me viene a la memoria — I can't remember his name

hacer memoria: trata de hacer memoria try to remember; seguro que te acuerdas, haz memoria of course you can remember, think hard; refrescarle la memoria a alguien to refresh o jog somebody's memory; tener una memoria de elefante — to have an incredible memory

2) ( recuerdo) memory

un incidente de triste memoria — a lamentable incident

respetar/profanar la memoria de alguien — to respect/blacken the memory of somebody

a la or en memoria de alguien — in memory of somebody

el día más caluroso de que haya memoria — the hottest day in living memory

un monumento a la or en memoria de los caídos — a memorial to those killed

3) memorias femenino plural (Lit) memoirs (pl)

4) (Inf) memory

- memoria RAM/ROM

- memoria virtual

5)

a) (Adm, Com) report

memoria anual — annual report

b) (Educ) written paper

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memoria¹

¹ = memory [memories, -pl.].

Ex: Libraries are the repositories of the records produced and they have been aptly described as standing in the same relationship to society as does the memory to the individual.

* aprender de memoria = memorise [memorize, -USA], learn + Nombre + off pat.

* aprenderse de memoria = commit to + memory.

* aprendido de memoria = rote-learned.

* ayuda memoria = aide-mémoire.

* ayuda para la memoria = memory aid.

* conocer de memoria = know + Nombre + off pat.

* conocido de memoria = rote-familiar.

* contador con memoria = memory counter.

* de memoria = from memory.

* en memoria de = in memoriam.

* estar grabado en la memoria = imprint on + consciousness.

* honrar la memoria de = honour + the memory of.

* lápiz de memoria = USB hard drive, memory stick, pen drive, flash drive, USB stick, USB memory stick.

* lapsus de memoria = lapse of memory.

* memoria caché = cache.

* memoria central = central memory.

* memoria colectiva = collective memoir, collective memory.

* memoria corporativa = corporate memory.

* memoria de acceso aleatorio (RAM) = random access memory (RAM).

* memoria de almacenamiento = backing store.

* memoria de almacenamiento óptico = optical memory.

* memoria de burbujas = bubble memory.

* memoria de burbujas magnéticas = magnetic bubble memory.

* memoria de sólo lectura (ROM) = ROM (read-only memory).

* memoria de trabajo = working memory.

* memoria en disco = disc memory.

* memoria flash = pen drive, USB hard drive, memory stick, USB stick, USB memory stick.

* memoria intermedia = buffer.

* memoria intermedia de datos = data buffer.

* memoria intermedia del teclado = type-ahead buffer.

* memoria magnética = magnetic memory.

* memoria portátil = pen drive.

* memorias = memoirs.

* memoria selectiva = selective memory.

* memoria social = social memory.

* memoria USB = USB hard drive, memory stick, USB stick, USB memory stick.

* pastilla de memoria = flash drive, USB hard drive, pen drive, memory stick, USB stick, USB memory stick.

* que ayuda a refrescar la memoria = memory-jogging.

* rebuscar en la memoria = comb + Posesivo + memory.

* refrescar la memoria = jog + Posesivo + memory, refresh + memory.

* repasar la memoria = comb + Posesivo + memory.

* ser un homenaje a la memoria de = recall + the memory of.

* si no + Pronombre + fallar la memoria = to the best of + Posesivo + recollection.

* tamaño de la memoria intermedia = buffer size.

* traer a la memoria = conjure up.

memoria²

² = report.

Nota: Documento que presenta el resultado de las actividades de un individuo o una organización.

Ex: The report introduced a range of ideas which have influenced subsequent code construction.

* memoria anual = annual report.

* memoria de actividad realizada = interim report.

* memoria de un proyecto = project report.

* memoria económica = economic report.

* memorias = transactions.

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memoria

feminine

A (facultad) memory

tener mucha or buena/poca or mala memoria to have a good/poor o bad memory

tiene muy mala memoria para los números she has a terrible memory for numbers

tiene una memoria fotográfica/prodigiosa he has a photographic/prodigious memory

si la memoria no me falla if my memory serves me right o correctly o well, if I remember rightly ( colloq)

esa escena se me ha quedado grabada en la memoria that scene has remained etched on my memory, I'll never forget that scene

desde que tengo memoria se han llevado mal they've got on badly for as long as I can remember

pérdida progresiva de la memoria gradual loss of memory

¡qué memoria la mía! what a memory I have!

se sabe todo el poema de memoria she knows the whole poem off by heart

tenemos que aprenderlo de memoria para mañana we have to learn it by heart for tomorrow

quizás me equivoque, estoy citando de memoria I may have it wrong, I'm quoting from memory

se me había borrado totalmente de la memoria I'd completely forgotten about it, it had been completely erased from my memory ( liter)

ya puedes ir refrescando la memoria: te presté $50 allow me to refresh o jog your memory: I lent you $50

dos cosas saltan de inmediato a la memoria two things immediately come o spring to mind

la canción me trajo aquel episodio a la memoria the song brought back that whole affair

al oír su nombre ¡cuántos recuerdos me vienen a la memoria! hearing her name brings back so many memories!

su nombre no me viene a la memoria I can't remember his name

hacer memoria: trata de hacer memoria try to remember o ( frml) recall

seguro que te acuerdas, haz memoria of course you can remember, think hard

tener una memoria de elefante to have an incredible memory

Compuestos:

● memoria colectiva

collective memory

● memoria operativa or operacional

( Psic) working memory

B (recuerdo) memory

un incidente de triste memoria a lamentable incident

respetar/profanar la memoria de algn to respect/blacken the memory of sb

una novela digna de memoria a novel worth remembering

a la or en memoria de algn in memory of sb

se guardó un minuto de silencio/se celebró una misa en su memoria there was a minute's silence/a service was held in his memory

un monumento a la or en memoria de los caídos a memorial to those killed o to the fallen ( liter)

C memorias fpl ( Lit) memoirs (pl)

D ( Inf) memory

Compuestos:

● memoria auxiliar or secundaria

backing store

● memoria externa/interna

external/internal memory

● memoria flash

flash drive

● memoria RAM/ROM

RAM/ROM

● memoria temporal

working storage

● memoria virtual

virtual memory

E

1 ( Adm, Com) report

memoria anual annual report

2 ( Educ) written paper

F ( ant)

(saludo): darle or mandarle memorias a algn to give o send sb one's regards

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memoria sustantivo femenino
1 ( en general) memory;
◊ tener buena/mala memoria to have a good/poor memory;

si la memoria no me falla or engaña if my memory serves me right;
desde que tengo memoria for as long as I can remember;
aprender/saber algo de memoria to learn/know sth by heart;
respetar la memoria de algn to respect the memory of sb;
a la or en memoria de algn in memory of sb
2
◊ memorias sustantivo femenino plural (Lit) memoirs (pl)

3
a) (Adm, Com) report;

◊ memoria anual annual report

b) (Educ) written paper

memoria sustantivo femenino
1 memory: le falla la memoria, his memory fails him
2 (recuerdo) memory
3 (informe) report, statement: me han encargado que prepare la memoria del último ejercicio, I was asked to write the annual report for the last fiscal year 4 memorias, (biografía) memoirs
♦ Locuciones: de memoria, by heart
' memoria' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
confín
- conservar
- estampar
- fallar
- flaca
- flaco
- flojear
- fotográfica
- fotográfico
- laguna
- nublarse
- olvidar
- oxidada
- oxidado
- prodigiosa
- prodigioso
- quedarse
- refrescar
- retener
- revivir
- tener
- vivir
- aprender
- cultivar
- de
- ejercitar
- grabar
- manchar
- privilegiado
- recordar
English:
blank out
- bring back
- buffer
- cache memory
- call
- cast back
- concentration
- core memory
- dim
- faint
- go
- good
- heart
- indistinct
- jog
- lapse
- learn
- linger
- live on
- memorize
- memory
- monument
- nudge
- phrase
- poem
- ram
- recall
- recede
- refresh
- report
- ROM
- rote
- serve
- temporary
- wipe away
- fix
- long
- remember
- remembrance
- think
- trot

* * *

memoria nf

1. [capacidad de recordar] memory;

tener buena/mala memoria, tener mucha/poca memoria to have a good/bad memory;

tengo mala memoria o [m5] no tengo buena memoria para las caras I'm not very good at remembering faces;

borrar algo de la memoria to erase sth from one's memory;

de memoria by heart;

recita poemas de memoria she recites poems from memory;

falta de memoria forgetfulness;

ser flaco de memoria to be forgetful;

hacer memoria to try to remember;

se me fue de la memoria it slipped my mind;

perdió la memoria she lost her memory;

su nombre se me quedó grabado en la memoria his name remained etched on my memory;

refrescar la memoria a alguien to refresh sb's memory;

si la memoria no me engaña o [m5] falla if I remember correctly;

tener (una) memoria fotográfica to have a photographic memory;

me trae a la memoria los tiempos de antes de la guerra it calls to mind the years before the war;

esto me trae a la memoria el colegio this reminds me of when I was at school;

venir a la memoria to come to mind;

ahora no me viene a la memoria I can't think of it right now;

Comp

tener (una) memoria de elefante to have an excellent memory

2. Informát memory

Comp
memoria de acceso aleatorio random access memory;
memoria alta high memory;

memoria de burbuja bubble memory;

memoria caché cache memory;

memoria convencional conventional memory;

memoria expandida expanded memory;

memoria extendida extended memory;

memoria intermedia buffer;

memoria principal main memory;

memoria programable programmable memory;

memoria RAM RAM;

memoria ROM ROM;

memoria de sólo lectura read-only memory;

memoria virtual virtual memory

3. [recuerdo] remembrance, remembering;

conservar la memoria de algo/alguien to remember sth/sb;

ser de feliz/ingrata memoria to be a happy/an unhappy memory;

un día de triste memoria a sad day (to remember);

digno de memoria memorable;

en memoria de in memory of;

un monumento en memoria del héroe nacional a memorial to the national hero

4. [disertación] (academic) paper ( sobre on)

5. [informe]
memoria (anual) (annual) report

6. [lista] list, record

7.
memorias [en literatura] memoirs;

ha escrito unas o [m5] sus memorias she has written her memoirs

* * *

memoria

f

1 tb
INFOR memory;
si no me falla la memoria if my memory serves me well;

traer a la memoria remind;

venir a la memoria come to mind;

hacer memoria remember;

de memoria by heart

2 ( informe) report;

memorias pl ( biografía) memoirs

* * *

memoria nf

1) : memory

de memoria: by heart

hacer memoria: to try to remember

traer a la memoria: to call to mind

2) recuerdo: remembrance, memory

su memoria perdurará para siempre: his memory will live forever

3) : report

memoria annual: annual report

4) memorias nfpl

: memoirs

* * *

memoria n memory [pl. memories]

refrescarle la memoria a alguien to refresh somebody's memory

saber algo de memoria to know something off by heart [pt. knew; pp. known]

Spanish-English dictionary > memoria
49 do

m.

1 C (Music).

dar el do de pecho (informal figurative) to give one's all

2 do.

* * *

do

► nombre masculino

1 (de solfa) doh, do; (de escala diatónica) C

\

FRASEOLOGÍA

dar el do de pecho familiar to surpass oneself

do de pecho high C

* * *

SM (Mús) C

do de pecho — high C

- dar el do de pecho

do mayor — C major

* * *

masculino ( nota) C; ( en solfeo) do, doh (BrE)

do bemol/sostenido — C flat/sharp

en do mayor/menor — in C major/minor

- do de pecho

* * *

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* dar el do de pecho = do + Posesivo + best, pull out + all the stops, do + Posesivo + utmost.

* * *

masculino ( nota) C; ( en solfeo) do, doh (BrE)

do bemol/sostenido — C flat/sharp

en do mayor/menor — in C major/minor

- do de pecho

* * *

* dar el do de pecho = do + Posesivo + best, pull out + all the stops, do + Posesivo + utmost.

* * *

do¹

masculine

(nota) C; (en solfeo) do, doh ( BrE)

do bemol/sostenido C flat/sharp

en do mayor/menor in C major/minor

Compuesto:

do de pecho

el do de pecho high C, top C

dar el do de pecho to give one's best

habrá que dar el do de pecho para superar ese récord we'll have to pull out all the stops o give our best to beat that record

do²

adverb

( liter); where

* * *

Multiple Entries:
D.O.
do
do.
do sustantivo masculino ( nota) C;
( en solfeo) do, doh (BrE);
◊ do de pecho high C, top C

do sustantivo masculino Mús (de solfeo) doh, do
(de escala diatónica) C
do bemol, C-flat
do de pecho, high C
do sostenido, C-sharp
♦ Locuciones: dar el do de pecho, to do one's very best

'do' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
abrochar
- acomodada
- acomodado
- acompañar
- anda
- animarse
- apetecer
- apostarse
- aprender
- arte
- así
- atañer
- atonía
- atreverse
- bajeza
- bastar
- bastante
- bastarse
- bien
- bola
- bordar
- brazo
- bricolaje
- broma
- caballo
- cacharro
- cada
- calaña
- campar
- capaz
- cara
- cargar
- cascabel
- casual
- cepillarse
- cerrar
- colada
- coletilla
- comer
- comandita
- comecome
- como
- componer
- componenda
- compromiso
- común
- con
- contentarse
- contrapelo
- corpachón
English:
about-face
- about-turn
- actually
- advance
- again
- agree
- aim to
- all
- all-out
- allow
- any
- approachable
- approve of
- as
- ask
- aspect
- associate
- attempt
- attribute
- authorize
- bankrupt
- begin
- best
- born
- bunk
- burden
- business
- busywork
- by
- C
- call
- can
- carry-on
- cast
- cease
- cheap
- chief
- choose
- cleaning
- clear
- come through
- command
- commit
- compel
- compelling
- complaint
- compute
- conception
- condescend
- condition

* * *

DO (abrev de Denominación de Origen)

= certification that a product (e.g. wine) comes from a particular region and conforms to certain quality standards

* * *

do

m

:

do sostenido C sharp

Spanish-English dictionary > do
50 prevaricar

v.

1 to betray one's trust (law).

2 to prevaricate, to commit perjury, to betray one's trust, to play false.

María prevaricó por amor Mary prevaricated out of love.

3 to rave.

El paciente prevaricaba sin control The patient raved out of control.

* * *

prevaricar

► verbo intransitivo

1 to fail deliberately to do one's duty

* * *

VI to pervert the course of justice, be guilty of corrupt practice

* * *

verbo intransitivo to pervert the course of justice, be guilty of corrupt practices

* * *

= pervert + the course of justice.

Ex. Perjury and perverting the course of justice are serious offences because they struck at justice itself.

* * *

verbo intransitivo to pervert the course of justice, be guilty of corrupt practices

* * *

= pervert + the course of justice.

Ex: Perjury and perverting the course of justice are serious offences because they struck at justice itself.

* * *

prevaricar [A2 ]

vi

to pervert the course of justice, be guilty of corrupt practices

* * *

prevaricar vi
Der to pervert the course of justice
* * *

prevaricar

v/i pervert the course of justice

Spanish-English dictionary > prevaricar
51 provocar

v.

1 to provoke.

El golpe provocó su muerte The blow brought about her death.

Sus comentarios provocaron al borracho His comments provoked the drunk.

2 to cause, to bring about (causar) (accidente, muerte).

provocar las iras de alguien to anger somebody

provocó las risas de todos he made everyone laugh

el polvo me provoca estornudos dust makes me sneeze

3 to lead on (excitar sexualmente).

* * *

provocar

Conjugation model [ SACAR], like link=sacar sacar

► verbo transitivo

1 to provoke

\

FRASEOLOGÍA

provocar el parto to induce birth

provocar un incendio (con intención) to commit arson 2 (sin intención) to cause a fire

* * *

verb

to provoke

* * *

1. VT

1) (=causar) [+ protesta, explosión] to cause, spark off; [+ fuego] to cause, start (deliberately); [+ cambio] to bring about, lead to; [+ proceso] to promote

provocar risa a algn — to make sb laugh

incendio provocado — arson

2) [+ parto] to induce, bring on

3) [+ persona] [gen] to provoke; (=incitar) to rouse, stir up (to anger); (=tentar) to tempt, invite

¡no me provoques! — don't start me!

provocar a algn a cólera o indignación — to rouse sb to fury

provocar a algn a lástima — to move sb to pity

el mar provoca a bañarse — the sea invites one to go for a swim

4) [sexualmente] to rouse

2. VI

1) LAm (=gustar, apetecer)

me provoca comer — I feel like eating

¿te provoca un café? — would you like a coffee?, do you fancy a coffee?

¿qué le provoca? — what would you like?, what do you fancy?

no me provoca la idea — the idea doesn't appeal to me, I don't fancy the idea

-¿por qué no vas? -no me provoca — "why aren't you going?" - "I don't feel like it"

no me provoca estudiar hoy — I'm not in the mood for studying today, I don't feel like studying today

2) * (=vomitar) to be sick, throw up *

* * *
1.
verbo transitivo

1)

a) < explosión> to cause; < incendio> to start; < polémica> to spark off, prompt

b) (Med)

provocar el parto — to induce labor*

las pastillas le provocaron una reacción cutánea — the pills caused o brought on a skin reaction

2) < persona> ( al enfado) to provoke; ( sexualmente) to lead... on
2.
provocar vi (Andes) ( apetecer)

¿le provoca un traguito? — do you want a drink?, do you fancy a drink? (BrE colloq)

* * *

= provoke, spark off, trigger, induce, bring on, elicit, instigate, tease, evoke, titillate, ignite, rouse, stir up, spark, twit, taunt, tantalise [tantalize, -USA], touch off, set off, hit + a (raw) nerve, strike + a nerve, bring about, precipitate, incite, touch + a (raw) nerve, give + rise to, give + cause to, give + occasion to.

Ex. 3 different kinds of paper were deacidified by different aqueous and nonaqueous methods, and then treated to provoke accelerated attack of air pollutants.

Ex. Like the librarians and the bookshop staff, the club members are catalysts who spark off that fission which will spread from child to child an awareness of books and the habit of reading them.

Ex. Nevertheless, the fact that these general lists cannot serve for every application has triggered a search for more consistent approaches.

Ex. Then, the reference librarian has better justification to buy and perhaps to induce others to contribute to the purchase.

Ex. In frequent cases, unionization is brought on by the inept or irresponsible action of management.

Ex. This article looks at ways in which librarians in leadership roles can elicit the motivation, commitment, and personal investment of members of the organisation.

Ex. The first mass removal of material was instigated by the trade unions and although admitted in 1932 to have been a mistake, the purges proved difficult to stop.

Ex. I like to be considered one of the team, to joke with and tease the employee but that sure creates a problem when I have to discipline, correct, or fire an employee.

Ex. It is known that in ancient Rome the complexity of the administrative job evoked considerable development of management techniques.

Ex. However, some of the central premises of the film are flawed, and the risqué touches, whether racial or erotic innuendo, are primarily there to titillate and make the film seem hot and controversial.

Ex. In turn, that change ignited a body of literature that discussed those cataloguers' future roles.

Ex. The spirit, if not the content, of Marx can be the joust to rouse the sleepy theory of academic sociology.

Ex. The goal of this guidebook is to help writers activate their brains to stir up more and better ideas and details.

Ex. The nineteenth century was, quite rightly, fearful of any system of spreading knowledge which might spark the tinder box of unrest.

Ex. Don't be tempted into twitting me with the past knowledge that you have of me, because it is identical with the past knowledge that I have of you, and in twitting me, you twit yourself.

Ex. The writer describes how he spent his school days avoiding bullies who taunted him because he was a dancer.

Ex. He may have wished to tease and tantalize his readers by insoluble problems.

Ex. This decision touched off a battle of wills between the library and the government as well as a blitz of media publicity.

Ex. The dollar has been losing value, weakening its status as the world's major currency and setting off jitters in the international financial system.

Ex. Based on their account, it seems obvious that Beauperthuy hit a raw nerve among some of the medical research leaders of the day.

Ex. His plethoric prose produced by a prodigious placement of words struck a nerve.

Ex. Untruth brings about ill reputation and indignity.

Ex. What precipitated that furor was that Panizzi's volume represented a uncompromising rejection of the comfortable ideology of the finding catalog.

Ex. It is illegal to operate websites inciting terrorism under the Terrorism Act.

Ex. Obama's election seems to have touched a raw nerve in conservative white America, unleashing a torrent of right-wing rage unseen in this country.

Ex. The method of indexing called post-coordinate indexing gives rise to physical forms of indexes which differ from the more 'traditional' catalogues mentioned above.

Ex. That crucial evidence was withheld from the final report could give cause to bring charges of criminal negligence.

Ex. Many soldiers took advantage of the impoverished conditions giving occasion to assaults, rapes and murders.

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* provocar cambios = wreak + changes.

* provocar controversia = arouse + controversy.

* provocar el debate = prompt + discussion, spark + debate, stir + debate.

* provocar escarnio = evoke + response.

* provocar estragos = create + havoc, wreak + havoc, cause + havoc.

* provocar estragos en = play + havoc with.

* provocar la controversia = court + controversy.

* provocar la ira de Alguien = incur + Posesivo + wrath.

* provocar menosprecio = evoke + scorn.

* provocar sospechas = stir + suspicion.

* provocar una crisis = precipitate + crisis.

* provocar una guerra = ignite + war, precipitate + war.

* provocar una protesta = call forth + protest.

* provocar una reacción = cause + reaction, provoke + reaction.

* provocar un ataque = provoke + attack.

* provocar un cambio = bring about + change.

* provocar un debate = ignite + debate.

* provocar un diálogo = elicit + dialogue.

* provocar un gran alboroto = make + a splash.

* provocar un gran revuelo = set + the cat among the pigeons, put + the cat among the pigeons.

* * *
1.
verbo transitivo

1)

a) < explosión> to cause; < incendio> to start; < polémica> to spark off, prompt

b) (Med)

provocar el parto — to induce labor*

las pastillas le provocaron una reacción cutánea — the pills caused o brought on a skin reaction

2) < persona> ( al enfado) to provoke; ( sexualmente) to lead... on
2.
provocar vi (Andes) ( apetecer)

¿le provoca un traguito? — do you want a drink?, do you fancy a drink? (BrE colloq)

* * *

= provoke, spark off, trigger, induce, bring on, elicit, instigate, tease, evoke, titillate, ignite, rouse, stir up, spark, twit, taunt, tantalise [tantalize, -USA], touch off, set off, hit + a (raw) nerve, strike + a nerve, bring about, precipitate, incite, touch + a (raw) nerve, give + rise to, give + cause to, give + occasion to.

Ex: 3 different kinds of paper were deacidified by different aqueous and nonaqueous methods, and then treated to provoke accelerated attack of air pollutants.

Ex: Like the librarians and the bookshop staff, the club members are catalysts who spark off that fission which will spread from child to child an awareness of books and the habit of reading them.

Ex: Nevertheless, the fact that these general lists cannot serve for every application has triggered a search for more consistent approaches.

Ex: Then, the reference librarian has better justification to buy and perhaps to induce others to contribute to the purchase.

Ex: In frequent cases, unionization is brought on by the inept or irresponsible action of management.

Ex: This article looks at ways in which librarians in leadership roles can elicit the motivation, commitment, and personal investment of members of the organisation.

Ex: The first mass removal of material was instigated by the trade unions and although admitted in 1932 to have been a mistake, the purges proved difficult to stop.

Ex: I like to be considered one of the team, to joke with and tease the employee but that sure creates a problem when I have to discipline, correct, or fire an employee.

Ex: It is known that in ancient Rome the complexity of the administrative job evoked considerable development of management techniques.

Ex: However, some of the central premises of the film are flawed, and the risqué touches, whether racial or erotic innuendo, are primarily there to titillate and make the film seem hot and controversial.

Ex: In turn, that change ignited a body of literature that discussed those cataloguers' future roles.

Ex: The spirit, if not the content, of Marx can be the joust to rouse the sleepy theory of academic sociology.

Ex: The goal of this guidebook is to help writers activate their brains to stir up more and better ideas and details.

Ex: The nineteenth century was, quite rightly, fearful of any system of spreading knowledge which might spark the tinder box of unrest.

Ex: Don't be tempted into twitting me with the past knowledge that you have of me, because it is identical with the past knowledge that I have of you, and in twitting me, you twit yourself.

Ex: The writer describes how he spent his school days avoiding bullies who taunted him because he was a dancer.

Ex: He may have wished to tease and tantalize his readers by insoluble problems.

Ex: This decision touched off a battle of wills between the library and the government as well as a blitz of media publicity.

Ex: The dollar has been losing value, weakening its status as the world's major currency and setting off jitters in the international financial system.

Ex: Based on their account, it seems obvious that Beauperthuy hit a raw nerve among some of the medical research leaders of the day.

Ex: His plethoric prose produced by a prodigious placement of words struck a nerve.

Ex: Untruth brings about ill reputation and indignity.

Ex: What precipitated that furor was that Panizzi's volume represented a uncompromising rejection of the comfortable ideology of the finding catalog.

Ex: It is illegal to operate websites inciting terrorism under the Terrorism Act.

Ex: Obama's election seems to have touched a raw nerve in conservative white America, unleashing a torrent of right-wing rage unseen in this country.

Ex: The method of indexing called post-coordinate indexing gives rise to physical forms of indexes which differ from the more 'traditional' catalogues mentioned above.

Ex: That crucial evidence was withheld from the final report could give cause to bring charges of criminal negligence.

Ex: Many soldiers took advantage of the impoverished conditions giving occasion to assaults, rapes and murders.

* provocar cambios = wreak + changes.

* provocar controversia = arouse + controversy.

* provocar el debate = prompt + discussion, spark + debate, stir + debate.

* provocar escarnio = evoke + response.

* provocar estragos = create + havoc, wreak + havoc, cause + havoc.

* provocar estragos en = play + havoc with.

* provocar la controversia = court + controversy.

* provocar la ira de Alguien = incur + Posesivo + wrath.

* provocar menosprecio = evoke + scorn.

* provocar sospechas = stir + suspicion.

* provocar una crisis = precipitate + crisis.

* provocar una guerra = ignite + war, precipitate + war.

* provocar una protesta = call forth + protest.

* provocar una reacción = cause + reaction, provoke + reaction.

* provocar un ataque = provoke + attack.

* provocar un cambio = bring about + change.

* provocar un debate = ignite + debate.

* provocar un diálogo = elicit + dialogue.

* provocar un gran alboroto = make + a splash.

* provocar un gran revuelo = set + the cat among the pigeons, put + the cat among the pigeons.

* * *

provocar [A2 ]

vt

A

1 (causar, ocasionar) to cause

un cigarrillo pudo provocar la explosión the explosion may have been caused by a cigarette

una decisión que ha provocado violentas polémicas a decision which has sparked off o prompted violent controversy

no se sabe qué provocó el incendio it is not known what started the fire

2 ( Med):

provocar el parto to induce labor*

las pastillas le provocaron una reacción cutánea the pills caused o brought on a skin reaction

el antígeno provoca la formación de anticuerpos the antigen stimulates the production of antibodies

B ‹persona›

1 (al enfado) to provoke

2 (en sentido sexual) to lead … on

■ provocar

vi

( Andes) (apetecer): ¿le provoca un traguito? do you want a drink?, do you fancy a drink? ( BrE colloq)

■ provocarse

v pron

( refl):

se disparó un tiro provocándose la muerte he shot (and killed) himself

* * *

provocar ( conjugate provocar) verbo transitivo
1
a) ‹ explosión› to cause;

‹ incendio› to start;
‹ polémica› to spark off, prompt;
‹ reacción› to cause
b) (Med) ‹ parto› to induce

2 ‹ persona› ( al enfado) to provoke;
( sexualmente) to lead … on
verbo intransitivo (Andes) ( apetecer):
◊ ¿le provoca un traguito? do you want a drink?, do you fancy a drink? (BrE colloq)

provocar verbo transitivo
1 (causar) to cause: su decisión fue provocada por..., his decision was prompted by..., provocar un incendio, to start a fire
2 (un parto, etc) to induce: tuvieron que provocarle el vómito, they had to make her vomit
3 (irritar, enfadar) to provoke: no lo provoques, don't provoke him
4 (la ira, etc) to rouse
(un aplauso) to provoke
5 (excitar el deseo sexual) to arouse, provoke

' provocar' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
campanada
- desatar
- engendrar
- hacer
- motivar
- organizar
- pinchar
- chulear
- dar
- meter
- parto
- reclamo
- torear
English:
bait
- bring
- bring about
- bring on
- cause
- excite
- fight
- incur
- induce
- instigate
- invite
- prompt
- provoke
- raise
- rouse
- roust
- short-circuit
- spark off
- start
- stir up
- tease
- trigger
- disturbance
- draw
- elicit
- evoke
- short
- spark
- stir
- taunt
- whip
- wreck

* * *

provocar

♦ vt

1. [incitar] to provoke;

¡no me provoques! don't provoke me!

2. [causar] [accidente, muerte] to cause;
[incendio, rebelión] to start; [sonrisa, burla] to elicit;
una placa de hielo provocó el accidente the accident was caused by a sheet of black ice;

provocar las iras de alguien to anger sb;

provocó las risas de todos he made everyone laugh;

el polvo me provoca estornudos dust makes me sneeze;

su actitud me provoca más lástima que otra cosa her attitude makes me pity her more than anything else

3. [excitar sexualmente] to lead on;

le gusta provocar a los chicos con su ropa she likes to tease the boys with her clothes

♦ vi
Carib, Col, Méx Fam [apetecer]
¿te provoca ir al cine? would you like to go to the movies?, Br do you fancy going to the cinema?;

¿te provoca un vaso de vino? would you like a glass of wine?, Br do you fancy a glass of wine?;

¿qué te provoca? what would you like to do?, Br what do you fancy doing?

* * *

provocar

v/t

1 cause

2 el enfado provoke

3 sexualmente lead on

4 parto induce

5

:

¿te provoca un café? S.Am. how about a coffee?

* * *

provocar {72} vt

1) causar: to provoke, to cause

2) irritar: to provoke, to pique

* * *

provocar vb

1. (en general) to cause

la tormenta provocó un apagón the storm caused a blackout

2. (incendio) to start

una chispa provocó el incendio a spark started the fire

3. (una persona) to provoke

no deja de provocarme he keeps provoking me

Spanish-English dictionary > provocar
52 partida

f.

1 departure (marcha).

2 game.

echar una partida to have a game

3 certificate (document).

partida de bautismo/defunción baptismal/death certificate

partida de matrimonio/nacimiento marriage/birth certificate

4 consignment (commerce) (mercancía).

5 match, contest, game.

6 group of items, parcel of things.

7 entry, record, item.

8 budget item.

9 allotment.

past part.

past participle of spanish verb: partir.

* * *

partida

► nombre femenino

1 (remesa) consignment, lot

2 (documento) certificate

3 FINANZAS entry, item

4 (juego) game

■ una partida de naipes a game of cards

5 (grupo - de soldados) squad, gang; (- de cazadores) party

\

FRASEOLOGÍA

jugar una partida to play a game

jugarle una mala partida a alguien to play a dirty trick on somebody

por partida doble twice over

partida de caza (de caza mayor) hunting party 2 (de caza menor) shooting party

partida de nacimiento birth certificate

partida doble double entry

* * *

noun f.

1) departure

2) game

3) certificate

4) item

* * *

SF

1) (=documento) certificate

partida bautismal, partida de bautismo — baptismal certificate

partida de defunción — death certificate

partida de matrimonio — marriage certificate

partida de nacimiento — birth certificate

2) (Econ) [de cuenta] entry, item; [de presupuesto] item, heading

partida doble — double entry

por partida doble — on two accounts

partida simple — single entry

3) (Com) (=envío) consignment

han enviado una partida de 10.000 euros — they have sent a consignment worth 10,000 euros

4) (Naipes, Ajedrez) game

echar una partida — to have a game

- jugarle una mala partida a algn

5) (=salida) departure

6) (=grupo) party; (Mil) band, group

partida de campo — picnic (party)

partida de caza — hunting party

* * *

femenino

1) (Jueg) game

una partida de ajedrez/cartas — a game of chess/cards

echar una partida — to have a game

2)

a) (en registro, contabilidad) entry; ( en presupuesto) item

importantes partidas de dinero — large sums of money

b) ( de mercancías) consignment, batch

- partida bautismal/de nacimiento

- partida doble

3) (frml) ( salida) departure, leaving

4) (de rastreadores, excursionistas) party, group

ser partida — (Per fam) to be game (colloq)

•

- partida de caza

* * *

femenino

1) (Jueg) game

una partida de ajedrez/cartas — a game of chess/cards

echar una partida — to have a game

2)

a) (en registro, contabilidad) entry; ( en presupuesto) item

importantes partidas de dinero — large sums of money

b) ( de mercancías) consignment, batch

- partida bautismal/de nacimiento

- partida doble

3) (frml) ( salida) departure, leaving

4) (de rastreadores, excursionistas) party, group

ser partida — (Per fam) to be game (colloq)

•

- partida de caza

* * *

partida¹

¹ = departure, leaving.

Ex: Apart from its undoubted value in its own right, Sears' provides a valuable model or point of departure for others.

Ex: Tom Hernandez tried not to show how sad he felt about his friends' leaving, and managed to keep up a cheerful facade until the party broke up.

* de partida = from the beginning, from the outset, from the start.

* las cosas + volver + a su punto de partida = the wheel + turn + full circle.

* punto de partida = point of departure, starting point, take-off point, baseline [base line], beginning point.

* ser el punto de partida de = form + the basis of.

* servir de punto de partida = point + the way to.

* tomar como punto de partida = build on/upon.

* un buen lugar de partida = a good place to start.

* volver al punto de partida = come + full circle, bring + Pronombre + full-circle, go back to + square one, be back to square one.

partida²

² = appropriation.

Ex: As inflation continues to absorb library expenses and state appropriations decrease or remain static, librarians need to reconsider their budgets.

* asignar una partida presupuestaria = commit + fund.

* contabilidad por partida doble = double-entry book-keeping.

* organismo encargado de la asignación de partidas = appropriating body.

* partida para gastos de funcionamiento = operating budget, operating funds.

* partida presupuestaria = fund, library fund, budget heading, budget fund, budget head.

* partida presupuestaria para la encuadernación = bindery fund, binding fund.

* presupuesto desglosado por partidas = programme budget, programme budgetting.

partida³

³ = game.

Nota: Material diseñado para jugar con él según unas reglas preestablecidas.

Ex: A game is a set of materials designed for play according to prescribed rules.

* ganar la partida a = outmanoeuvre [outmaneuver, -USA].

* ganarle la partida = out-think [outthink].

* ganarle la partida a = outfox, outwit, outsmart.

* * *

partida

feminine

A ( Jueg) game

una partida de ajedrez/cartas a game of chess/cards

¿nos echamos otra partidita? shall we have another game?

B

1 (en un registro) entry

2 (en contabilidad) entry

3 (en un presupuesto) item

importantes partidas de dinero large sums of money

4 (de mercancías) consignment, batch

Compuestos:

● partida bautismal or de bautismo

certificate of baptism

● partida de nacimiento

birth certificate

● partida doble

( Fin) double entry

por partida doble twice over

C ( frml) (salida) departure, leaving

D (de rastreadores, excursionistas) party, group

ser partida ( Per fam); to be game ( colloq)

esta noche vamos a bailar — ¡yo soy partida! we're going dancing tonight — I'm game o I'll come o you can count me in! ( colloq)

Compuestos:

● partida de caza

(de caza menor) shooting party; (de caza mayor) hunting party

● partida de reconocimiento

reconnaissance party

* * *

partida sustantivo femenino
1 (Jueg) game;
◊ una partida de ajedrez/cartas a game of chess/cards;

echar una partida to have a game
2 (en registro, contabilidad) entry;
( en presupuesto) item
3 ( certificado) certificate;
◊ partida de defunción/nacimiento death/birth certificate

4 (frml) ( salida) departure, leaving
partido,-a sustantivo masculino
1 Pol party
2 Dep match, game
partido de vuelta, return match
3 (beneficio, oportunidades, jugo) advantage, benefit: sácale partido a la vida, make the most of life 4 ser un buen partido, to be a good catch
♦ Locuciones: tomar partido por, to side with
partida sustantivo femenino
1 (del tren, de una persona) departure
2 Com (cargamento, lote) batch, consignment
3 (de ajedrez) game
4 (de caza) party
5 Jur (documento oficial) certificate
partida de defunción/nacimiento, death/ birth certificate
6 Fin (de un presupuesto) item
' partida' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
ida
- jornada
- jugar
- marcha
- múltiple
- regresar
- timba
- entablar
- entrega
- envío
- partido
- retrasar
- salida
English:
appropriate
- birth certificate
- circle
- departure
- exhausting
- game
- one-upmanship
- party
- point
- sailing
- shooting-party
- starting point
- birth
- delivery
- going
- hunt
- meet
- pack
- posse
- round
- search
- starting
- while

* * *

partida nf

1. [marcha] departure

2. [en juego] game;

una partida de ajedrez a game of chess;

echar una partida to have a game

3. [documento] certificate

Comp
partida de bautismo baptismal certificate;
partida de defunción death certificate;

partida de matrimonio marriage certificate;

partida de nacimiento birth certificate

4. Com [mercancía] consignment

5. Com [entrada] item, entry

Comp
partida presupuestaria budget allocation
6. [expedición] party;
[militar] squad
Comp
partida de caza hunting party;
partida de reconocimiento reconnaissance party

7. Comp

por partida doble: hacer algo por partida doble to do sth twice;

nos engañaron por partida doble they fooled us twice over;

la familia real es hoy noticia por partida doble the royal family is in the news today on two accounts;

un producto que es beneficioso para la salud por partida doble a product which is doubly beneficial to health

* * *

partida

f

1 en juego game;

tenemos la partida ganada fig it’s in the bag

2 ( remesa) consignment

3 documento certificate

* * *

partida nf

1) : departure

2) : item, entry

3) : certificate

partida de nacimiento: birth certificate

4) : game, match, hand

5) : party, group

* * *

partida n

1. (juego) game

echamos una partida de ajedrez we played a game of chess

2. (salida, marcha) departure

el día antes de su partida the day before her departure

partida de nacimiento birth certificate

Spanish-English dictionary > partida
53 prometer

• assure

• be promising

• commit oneself

• give one's services

• give one's vote to

• give one's word to

• give oneself

• make a promise

• shape well

• show promise

Diccionario Técnico Español-Inglés > prometer
54 atracción1

¹ = attraction, attractiveness, glamour [glamor, -USA], liking, draw.

Ex. Subject-type title indexes have two important attractions.

Ex. It is therefore one of the librarian's prime tasks to preserve the attractiveness of the stock for as long as possible.

Ex. In many cases needs other than those of the user are driving the further introduction of the Internet into libraries, e. g. the glamour and marketing value of connectivity, and the egos of librarians = En muchos casos necesidades diferentes a las de los usuarios están fomentando aún más la introducción de Internet en las bibliotecas, por ej., el carisma y el valor comercial de la red y el ego del bibliotecario.

Ex. Sometimes this exchange can be sufficient to reshape our reaction from one of dislike and puzzlement to liking and understanding.

Ex. The draw of earning up to 30 pounds per cadaver without risking life or limb proved too tempting for some of the more barbarous resurrectionists, however, leading them to commit murder.

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* atracción fatal = fatal attraction.

* atracción peligrosa = siren song.

* atracción personal = personal attraction.

* atracción secundaria = sideshow [side-show].

* factor de atracción = pull factor.

* foco de atracción de turistas = honeypot.

* poder de atracción = drawing power.

Spanish-English dictionary > atracción1
55 atractivo1

¹ = appeal, attractiveness, beauty, allure, drawing power, draw, pull factor, attraction, turn-on.

Ex. Indeed, if they are not successful in finding ways of renewing their original purpose and appeal, they are on their way to dissolution and displacement.

Ex. It is therefore one of the librarian's prime tasks to preserve the attractiveness of the stock for as long as possible.

Ex. The digital form in which we will send information through the network is one of the beauties of modern technology.

Ex. The article is entitled 'The perilous allure of moral imperativism'.

Ex. Nearly all librarians were enthusiastic about the drawing power of public access computers in spite of the drawbacks such as theft, noise and crowding.

Ex. The draw of earning up to 30 pounds per cadaver without risking life or limb proved too tempting for some of the more barbarous resurrectionists, however, leading them to commit murder.

Ex. Unsurprisingly such misuse is triggered by push factors, such as fear of failure, and also pull factors, such as ease of use and the ubiquitous cut and paste.

Ex. Subject-type title indexes have two important attractions.

Ex. Dr. James Houran discusses the different ways men and women show affection and addresses the top turn-ons and turn-offs with men and women.

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* atractivo de la novedad = novelty appeal, novelty value.

* atractivo físico = physical attractiveness, physical appeal.

* atractivo novedoso = novelty appeal.

* atractivo sexual = sexiness, mojo, sex appeal.

* atractivo visual = visual appeal.

* perder el atractivo = lose + Posesivo + allure, lose + Posesivo + savour.

Spanish-English dictionary > atractivo1
56 entregar

v.

1 to hand over.

al final del curso te entregan un diploma you're given a diploma at the end of the course

el presidente entregó los premios a los ganadores the president handed out o presented the prizes to the winners

no entregarán a los rehenes hasta que no reciban el rescate they won't turn over o release the hostages until they receive the ransom

2 to deliver, to give, to hand in, to turn in.

El chico entregó el paquete The boy delivered the package.

El ladrón entregó a su cómplice The thief turned in his accomplice.

3 to give up.

El Sr. Pérez entregó a su hija Mr. Perez gave up his daughter.

4 to give away, to come across with, to surrender.

Las víctimas entregaron sus joyas The victims surrendered their jewels.

5 to render up, to surrender.

El ladrón entregó las joyas The thief rendered up the jewels.

* * *

entregar

Conjugation model [ LLEGAR], like link=llegar llegar

► verbo transitivo

1 (dar) to hand over

■ le entregó la escritura he handed the deeds over to him

2 (deberes, ejercicios) to hand in, give in; (premios) to present, award

3 COMERCIO to deliver

4 MILITAR to surrender

► verbo pronominal entregarse

1 (rendirse) to give in (a, to), surrender

■ el enemigo se entregó the enemy surrendered

■ se entregó a las autoridades he gave himself up to the authorities

2 (dedicarse) to devote oneself (a, to), be devoted (a, to)

■ se entrega plenamente a su trabajo she's totally devoted to her work

3 peyorativo (caer en) to give oneself over (a, to), take (a, to)

■ se entregó a la bebida he took to the bottle

* * *

verb

1) to deliver

2) hand over

3) present

•

- entregarse

* * *

1. VT

1) (=dar)

a) [+ impreso, documento, trabajo] to hand in, give in, submit frm

hay que entregar la redacción mañana — the essay has to be handed in o given in tomorrow

el proyecto se entregará a la comisión para que lo estudie — the plan will be put before the commission for them to study

entregó su alma a Dios — he departed this life

- entregarlas

b) [en mano] [gen] to hand over; [+ regalo] to give

me entregó la carta esta mañana — she gave me the letter this morning, she handed over the letter to me this morning

c) [+ premio, cheque] to present

hoy entregan los premios — they are presenting the awards today, the awards ceremony is today

2) (=distribuir) [gen] to give out; [+ correo, pedido] to deliver

mañana entregaremos las notas del examen — we'll give out the exam marks tomorrow

entregamos sus pedidos al día siguiente — next day delivery

para entregar a — (Com) [en envíos] for the attention of

3) (=ceder) [+ poderes, botín, rehenes] to hand over; [+ armas, país] to hand over, surrender

entregaron las joyas a la policía — they handed over the jewels to the police

el enemigo acabó por entregar las armas — the enemy finally handed over o surrendered their weapons

el juez entregó la custodia del niño a su abuela — the judge gave o awarded o granted custody of the boy to his grandmother

4) [en boda] [+ novia] to give away

2.

See:

entregarse

* * *
1.
verbo transitivo

1) ( llevar) to deliver

entregamos los pedidos en el día — we offer same-day delivery

2)

a) ( dar) to give

me/le entregó un cuestionario — she gave me/her o handed me/her a questionnaire

hoy nos entregan las llaves — they're handing over the keys today

entregó su alma a Dios — (euf) he passed away (euph)

entregarlas — (Chi fam) to kick the bucket (colloq)

b) <premio/trofeo> to present

entregarle algo a alguien — to present somebody with something

3) <trabajo/deberes> to hand in, give in; <solicitud/impreso> to hand in, submit (frml)

4)

a) <ciudad/armas> to surrender; <poder/control> to hand over

b) ( dedicar) to devote

entregó su vida a los pobres — she devoted o dedicated her life to the poor

5)

a) <delincuente/prófugo> to turn in, hand over; < rehén> to hand over

el juez entregó al niño al padre — the judge put the child into his father's care

b) < novia> to give away
2.
entregarse v pron

1) ( dedicarse)

entregarse a algo/alguien — to devote oneself to something/somebody

2)

a) ( rendirse) to surrender, give oneself up; ( a vicio) to succumb, give in

entregarse a algo — to give oneself over to something

se entregó a la bebida — he gave himself over to drink

me entregué al sueño — (liter) I succumbed to sleep (liter)

b) ( sexualmente)

entregarse a alguien — to give oneself to somebody

* * *

= deliver, hand over, hand out, hand in, pass over, surrender, tender.

Ex. You do not want to try and clear the building, thinking it is a fire when it is just somebody trying to deliver a parcel of books to the back door.

Ex. Eventually, teachers should be able to ' hand the chalk over to the students' and take a back seat.

Ex. An aggressive approach is made to publicity, with posters and leaflets distributed widely, visits to local shops, post offices, doctors surgeries etc, to drum up business, and the use of volunteers to hand out leaflets at street corners = Se inicia una campaña de publicidad enérgica, distribuyendo de forma general folletos y pósteres, visitando las tiendas, oficinas de correos y consultorías médicas de la localidad, etc., para promocionar el negocio, además de utilizar voluntarios para distribuir prospectos por las esquinas de las calles.

Ex. Detailed written reports could be handed in to instructors after oral presentation to the class.

Ex. She also indicated in passing that in future authors would not automatically pass over the copyright of research results in papers to publishers.

Ex. The book's date label is stamped in the usual way, and the reader must surrender one token for each book he is borrowing.

Ex. This address was tendered at the State Library of Victoria, Nov 88, to mark the retirement of Professor Jean Whyte.

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* entregar en garantía = pledge.

* entregar en prenda = pledge.

* entregar la vida = give + Posesivo + life.

* entregar + Nombre + a = turn + Nombre + over to.

* entregar + Posesivo + vida = give + Posesivo + all.

* entregarse = get in + the game, give + Posesivo + all.

* entregarse a = give + Reflexivo + up to, abandon + Reflexivo + to, indulge in.

* entregar un premio = present + award.

* imposible de entregar = undeliverable.

* que no se puede entregar = undeliverable.

* * *
1.
verbo transitivo

1) ( llevar) to deliver

entregamos los pedidos en el día — we offer same-day delivery

2)

a) ( dar) to give

me/le entregó un cuestionario — she gave me/her o handed me/her a questionnaire

hoy nos entregan las llaves — they're handing over the keys today

entregó su alma a Dios — (euf) he passed away (euph)

entregarlas — (Chi fam) to kick the bucket (colloq)

b) <premio/trofeo> to present

entregarle algo a alguien — to present somebody with something

3) <trabajo/deberes> to hand in, give in; <solicitud/impreso> to hand in, submit (frml)

4)

a) <ciudad/armas> to surrender; <poder/control> to hand over

b) ( dedicar) to devote

entregó su vida a los pobres — she devoted o dedicated her life to the poor

5)

a) <delincuente/prófugo> to turn in, hand over; < rehén> to hand over

el juez entregó al niño al padre — the judge put the child into his father's care

b) < novia> to give away
2.
entregarse v pron

1) ( dedicarse)

entregarse a algo/alguien — to devote oneself to something/somebody

2)

a) ( rendirse) to surrender, give oneself up; ( a vicio) to succumb, give in

entregarse a algo — to give oneself over to something

se entregó a la bebida — he gave himself over to drink

me entregué al sueño — (liter) I succumbed to sleep (liter)

b) ( sexualmente)

entregarse a alguien — to give oneself to somebody

* * *

= deliver, hand over, hand out, hand in, pass over, surrender, tender.

Ex: You do not want to try and clear the building, thinking it is a fire when it is just somebody trying to deliver a parcel of books to the back door.

Ex: Eventually, teachers should be able to ' hand the chalk over to the students' and take a back seat.

Ex: An aggressive approach is made to publicity, with posters and leaflets distributed widely, visits to local shops, post offices, doctors surgeries etc, to drum up business, and the use of volunteers to hand out leaflets at street corners = Se inicia una campaña de publicidad enérgica, distribuyendo de forma general folletos y pósteres, visitando las tiendas, oficinas de correos y consultorías médicas de la localidad, etc., para promocionar el negocio, además de utilizar voluntarios para distribuir prospectos por las esquinas de las calles.

Ex: Detailed written reports could be handed in to instructors after oral presentation to the class.

Ex: She also indicated in passing that in future authors would not automatically pass over the copyright of research results in papers to publishers.

Ex: The book's date label is stamped in the usual way, and the reader must surrender one token for each book he is borrowing.

Ex: This address was tendered at the State Library of Victoria, Nov 88, to mark the retirement of Professor Jean Whyte.

* entregar en garantía = pledge.

* entregar en prenda = pledge.

* entregar la vida = give + Posesivo + life.

* entregar + Nombre + a = turn + Nombre + over to.

* entregar + Posesivo + vida = give + Posesivo + all.

* entregarse = get in + the game, give + Posesivo + all.

* entregarse a = give + Reflexivo + up to, abandon + Reflexivo + to, indulge in.

* entregar un premio = present + award.

* imposible de entregar = undeliverable.

* que no se puede entregar = undeliverable.

* * *

entregar [A3 ]

vt

A (llevar) ‹carta/paquete› to deliver; ‹mercancías› to deliver

entregamos los pedidos en el día we offer same-day delivery

entregó las invitaciones en mano she gave the invitations out o distributed the invitations by hand

B

1 (dar) to give

me entregó 5.000 pesos a cuenta he gave me 5,000 pesos on account

se negó a entregármelo she refused to hand it over to me

me amenazó y le entregué el dinero que llevaba encima he threatened me so I gave him o handed over all the money I had on me

el secretario le entregó un cheque por $50.000 the secretary gave him o handed over o presented him with a check for $50,000

me entregó un cuestionario she gave me o handed me a questionnaire

hoy nos entregan las llaves de la casa they're handing over the keys of the house today, we get the keys to the house today

[ S ] Alberto Ruiz, para entregar a José Lerga José Lerga, c/o Alberto Ruiz

entregó su alma a Dios ( euf); he passed away ( euph), he gave up o delivered up his soul to God ( euph)

entregarlas ( Chi fam); to kick the bucket ( colloq), to croak (sl)

2 ‹premio/trofeo› to present

el alcalde le entregó las llaves de la ciudad the mayor presented him with the keys to the city

hoy nos entregan los certificados we receive o get our certificates today

C ‹trabajo/deberes› to hand in, give in ( esp BrE); ‹solicitud/impreso› to hand in, submit ( frml)

el proyecto será entregado al Congreso para su discusión the bill is to be put before o submitted to Congress for discussion

D

1 ‹ciudad/armas› to surrender; ‹poder› to hand over

han entregado el país a las empresas extranjeras they have handed the country over to foreign companies

2 (dedicar) to devote

entregó su vida a Dios/a los pobres she gave o devoted o dedicated her life to God/to the poor

E

1 ‹delincuente/prófugo› to turn in, hand over; ‹rehén› to hand over

lo entregaron a las autoridades they turned him in o handed him over to the authorities

el juez entregó al niño a su padre adoptivo the judge put the child into his adoptive father's care

2 ‹novia› to give away

■ entregarse

v pron

A (dedicarse) entregarse A algo/algn to devote oneself TO sth/sb

B

1 (rendirse) to surrender, give oneself up; (a un vicio) to succumb, give in

no creo que vaya a pasar de hoy, se ha entregado I don't think she'll last another day, she's given up

entregarse A algo to give oneself over TO sth

se entregó a la bebida he gave himself over to drink, he took to drink

rendido, me entregué al sueño ( liter); exhausted, I succumbed to sleep ( liter)

2 (sexualmente) entregarse A algn to give oneself TO sb

* * *

Multiple Entries:
entregar
entregar algo
entregar ( conjugate entregar) verbo transitivo
1 ( llevar) ‹pedido/paquete/carta› to deliver
2
a) ( dar) to give;

◊ me entregó un cuestionario she gave me o handed me a questionnaire;

no quiso entregármelo he refused to hand it over to me
b) ‹premio/trofeo› to present;

entregarle algo a algn to present sb with sth
c) ‹trabajo/deberes/informe› to hand in, give in;

‹solicitud/impreso› to hand in, submit (frml)
3
a) ‹ciudad/armas› to surrender;

‹poder/control› to hand over
b) ‹delincuente/prófugo› to turn in, hand over;

‹ rehén› to hand over
c) ‹ novia› to give away

d) ( dedicar) to devote

entregarse verbo pronominal
1 ( dedicarse) entregarse a algo/algn to devote oneself to sth/sb
2
a) ( rendirse) to surrender, give oneself up;

entregarse a algo/algn ‹al enemigo/a la policía› to give oneself up o surrender to sth/sb
b) ( abandonarse):

◊ se entregó a la bebida he gave himself over to drink

entregar verbo transitivo
1 (poner en poder de) to hand over
2 (unos papeles, trabajo, etc) to give in, hand in
3 Com to deliver
' entregar' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
original
- dar
- desprender
- pasar
- presentar
English:
accord
- commit
- deliver
- drop off
- give in
- hand
- hand in
- hand over
- pass over
- present
- surrender
- turn in
- undelivered
- give
- put
- serve
- trade
- turn

* * *

entregar

♦ vt

1. [dar] to hand over, to give;
[premio, medalla, diploma] to present, to hand out;
exigen que se les entregue un rescate they demand that a ransom be handed over;

me entregó las llaves de la habitación y se fue she gave me the keys to the room and left;

me entregaron un libro para que se lo diera a mi hermano they gave me a book for my brother;

le entregaron las llaves de la ciudad they handed over the keys to the city to him;

el presidente entregó los premios a los ganadores the president handed out o presented the prizes to the winners;

al final del curso te entregan un diploma you're given a diploma at the end of the course

2. [pedido, paquete, correspondencia] to deliver;
[examen, informe, solicitud] to hand in;
una carta certificada hay que entregarla en mano a registered letter must be delivered to the addressee in person

3. [ceder] [ciudad, posesiones] to surrender;
[armas] to hand over, to surrender;
entregó el poder a su hermano he handed over power to his brother;

con cinco goles en contra, entregaron el partido five goals down, they threw in the towel;

Comp
Ven Fam
entregar los papeles [rendirse] to throw in the towel;
[morir] to kick the bucket
4. [persona] to turn over;

entregó al ladrón a la policía she turned the thief over to the police;

no entregarán a los rehenes hasta que no reciban el rescate they won't turn over o release the hostages until they receive the ransom

5. [dedicar] to devote;

ha entregado su vida a la lucha por el desarme she has devoted her life to fighting for disarmament

6. RP Fam [crimen]
ese asalto lo entregó algún empleado del banco that robbery was an inside job;

desvalijaron el apartamento de arriba, para mí que lo entregó el portero they cleaned out the apartment above, I think the Br caretaker o US superintendent was in on it

♦ See also the pronominal verb entregarse

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entregar

v/t

1 give, hand over

2 trabajo, deberes hand in

3 mercancías deliver

4 premio present

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entregar {52} vt

1) : to deliver

2) dar: to give, to present

3) : to hand in, to hand over

♦ See also the reflexive verb entregarse

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entregar vb

1. (llaves, delincuente, etc) to hand over

me entregó el dinero he handed the money over to me

2. (trabajo, etc) to hand in

¿has entregado el trabajo? have you handed your essay in?

3. (mercancía) to deliver

los mensajeros entregan cartas y paquetes couriers deliver letters and parcels

4. (premios, etc) to present

entregará los premios el presidente de la asociación the president of the association will present the prizes

Spanish-English dictionary > entregar
57 enviar

v.

1 to send.

te enviaré la información por correo electrónico I'll e-mail the information to you, I'll send you the information by e-mail

envíale mis saludos a tu madre give my regards to your mother

Ellos cursaron la mercadería They sent the merchandise.

2 to send (person).

lo enviaron de embajador they sent him as an ambassador

lo enviaron (a) por agua they sent him for water

3 to send off, to send, to bundle off.

* * *

enviar

Conjugation model [ DESVIAR], like link=desviar desviar

► verbo transitivo

1 (gen) to send

■ nos enviaron un telegrama they sent us a telegram

2 COMERCIO to dispatch, remit (por barco) to ship

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FRASEOLOGÍA

enviar a alguien de paseo familiar (fig) to send somebody packing

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verb

1) to send

2) dispatch

3) ship

* * *

VT to send

enviar un mensaje a algn — [por móvil] to text sb, send sb a text message

enviar a algn a hacer algo — to send sb to do sth

enviar a algn a una misión — to send sb on a mission

enviar por el médico — to send for the doctor, fetch the doctor

* * *

verbo transitivo

a) <carta/paquete> to send; <pedido/mercancías> to send, dispatch

te envía recuerdos — she sends you her regards

envió el balón al fondo de las mallas — (period) he put the ball in the back of the net

b) < persona> to send

lo enviaron a Londres de agregado cultural — he was sent o posted to London as cultural attaché

me envió por pan — she sent me out for bread

enviar a alguien a + INF — to send somebody to + inf

* * *

= deliver, despatch [dispatch], direct, dispatch [despatch], forward, post, route, send, ship, subject, send out, submit, remit, ship off.

Nota: También usado en el sentido figurado de 'deshacerse' de alguien.

Ex. You do not want to try and clear the building, thinking it is a fire when it is just somebody trying to deliver a parcel of books to the back door.

Ex. The aim of the project is to refine selection procedures and improve the quality of books despatched to Africa.

Ex. This statement directs the user to adopt a number more specific terms in preference to the general term.

Ex. Any surrogates and their arrangement and dispatch to users who can be expected to be interested in the associated document.

Ex. It also stores any messages which it cannot forward because the receiving terminal is busy or which can be sent at off-peak times.

Ex. At the same time, a notice to the borrower is posted to the 'hold available' print queue.

Ex. Requests which cannot be filled by local or regional libraries are automatically routed by the system to NLM as the library of last resort.

Ex. Usually a central cataloguing agency is based upon a national library or copyright office, where publishers are required by law to send at least one copy of every book published in that country.

Ex. According to librarians, vendors aren't shipping books fast enough.

Ex. Author abstracts are the abstracts prepared by authors of the document that has been subjected to abstracting.

Ex. The claim category tells DOBIS/LIBIS how many days to allow in addition to the receipt lag before sending out a claim.

Ex. Most publications are probably free distribution material and whilst that does not absolve the publishers from the obligation of legal deposit it is probable that many local authorities do not submit their materials.

Ex. The Court has already ruled that it has power to hear and determine the matter without remitting it back to the lower court.

Ex. Sex was taboo, premarital sex was not accepted and if a girl found herself 'in the family way' many times she was shipped off to live with relatives.

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* continuar enviando + Nombre = keep + Nombre + coming.

* enviar + Alguien + a = refer + Alguien + to.

* enviar a prisión = send to + jail.

* enviar a un asesor experto = refer.

* enviar de nuevo = resend [re-send].

* enviar de vuelta = send back.

* enviar en contenedor = containerise [containerize, -USA].

* enviar información a = direct + output.

* enviar información de un modo automático = push + information.

* enviar por contenedor = containerise [containerize, -USA].

* enviar por correo = mail, send through + the mail, post.

* enviar por correo aéreo = air-mail.

* enviar por correo electrónico, mandar por correo electrónico, enviar un cor = e-mail [email], e-mail [email].

* enviar una invitación = send + invitation, issue + invitation.

* enviar una nota a Alguien = drop + Nombre + a note.

* enviar una pregunta a una lista de correo = post + a question.

* enviar una señal = send + signal.

* enviar un correo electrónico = e-mail [email].

* enviar un documento = deliver + document.

* enviar un mensaje = forward + message.

* enviar un mensaje a una lista de correo = post + a message.

* enviar un mensaje de texto = text.

* enviar un sms = text.

* no dejar de enviar + Nombre = keep + Nombre + coming.

* recoger y enviar datos = telemeter.

* seguir enviando + Nombre = keep + Nombre + coming.

* término al que se envía = target term.

* término del que se envía = referred-from term.

* volver a enviar = resubmit [re-submit], reship, resend [re-send].

* * *

verbo transitivo

a) <carta/paquete> to send; <pedido/mercancías> to send, dispatch

te envía recuerdos — she sends you her regards

envió el balón al fondo de las mallas — (period) he put the ball in the back of the net

b) < persona> to send

lo enviaron a Londres de agregado cultural — he was sent o posted to London as cultural attaché

me envió por pan — she sent me out for bread

enviar a alguien a + INF — to send somebody to + inf

* * *

= deliver, despatch [dispatch], direct, dispatch [despatch], forward, post, route, send, ship, subject, send out, submit, remit, ship off.

Nota: También usado en el sentido figurado de 'deshacerse' de alguien.

Ex: You do not want to try and clear the building, thinking it is a fire when it is just somebody trying to deliver a parcel of books to the back door.

Ex: The aim of the project is to refine selection procedures and improve the quality of books despatched to Africa.

Ex: This statement directs the user to adopt a number more specific terms in preference to the general term.

Ex: Any surrogates and their arrangement and dispatch to users who can be expected to be interested in the associated document.

Ex: It also stores any messages which it cannot forward because the receiving terminal is busy or which can be sent at off-peak times.

Ex: At the same time, a notice to the borrower is posted to the 'hold available' print queue.

Ex: Requests which cannot be filled by local or regional libraries are automatically routed by the system to NLM as the library of last resort.

Ex: Usually a central cataloguing agency is based upon a national library or copyright office, where publishers are required by law to send at least one copy of every book published in that country.

Ex: According to librarians, vendors aren't shipping books fast enough.

Ex: Author abstracts are the abstracts prepared by authors of the document that has been subjected to abstracting.

Ex: The claim category tells DOBIS/LIBIS how many days to allow in addition to the receipt lag before sending out a claim.

Ex: Most publications are probably free distribution material and whilst that does not absolve the publishers from the obligation of legal deposit it is probable that many local authorities do not submit their materials.

Ex: The Court has already ruled that it has power to hear and determine the matter without remitting it back to the lower court.

Ex: Sex was taboo, premarital sex was not accepted and if a girl found herself 'in the family way' many times she was shipped off to live with relatives.

* continuar enviando + Nombre = keep + Nombre + coming.

* enviar + Alguien + a = refer + Alguien + to.

* enviar a prisión = send to + jail.

* enviar a un asesor experto = refer.

* enviar de nuevo = resend [re-send].

* enviar de vuelta = send back.

* enviar en contenedor = containerise [containerize, -USA].

* enviar información a = direct + output.

* enviar información de un modo automático = push + information.

* enviar por contenedor = containerise [containerize, -USA].

* enviar por correo = mail, send through + the mail, post.

* enviar por correo aéreo = air-mail.

* enviar por correo electrónico, mandar por correo electrónico, enviar un cor = e-mail [email], e-mail [email].

* enviar una invitación = send + invitation, issue + invitation.

* enviar una nota a Alguien = drop + Nombre + a note.

* enviar una pregunta a una lista de correo = post + a question.

* enviar una señal = send + signal.

* enviar un correo electrónico = e-mail [email].

* enviar un documento = deliver + document.

* enviar un mensaje = forward + message.

* enviar un mensaje a una lista de correo = post + a message.

* enviar un mensaje de texto = text.

* enviar un sms = text.

* no dejar de enviar + Nombre = keep + Nombre + coming.

* recoger y enviar datos = telemeter.

* seguir enviando + Nombre = keep + Nombre + coming.

* término al que se envía = target term.

* término del que se envía = referred-from term.

* volver a enviar = resubmit [re-submit], reship, resend [re-send].

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enviar [ A17 ]

vt

1 ‹carta/paquete› to send; ‹pedido/mercancías› to send, dispatch

puede enviarlo por avión o por barco you can send it by air or by ship

mi madre te envía recuerdos my mother sends you her regards

los corresponsales envían las crónicas por teléfono the correspondents phone in their reports

envió el balón al fondo de las mallas ( period); he put the ball in the back of the net

2 ‹persona› to send

me envió de intermediario she sent me as an intermediary

lo enviaron a Londres de agregado cultural he was sent o posted to London as cultural attaché

me envió por pan or ( Esp) a por pan she sent me out for bread o to get bread

enviaron una delegación de diez personas they sent o dispatched a delegation of ten people

enviar a algn A + INF to send sb to + INF

envió al chófer a buscarlo she sent the chauffeur to meet him

* * *

enviar ( conjugate enviar) verbo transitivo
a) ‹carta/paquete› to send;

‹pedido/mercancías› to send, dispatch
b) ‹ persona› to send;

◊ me envió por pan she sent me out for bread

enviar verbo transitivo to send: tengo que enviar un giro a Luisa, I've got to send a postal order to Luisa
' enviar' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
avión
- cable
- cursar
- expedir
- consignar
- giro
- mandar
- poner
English:
commit
- consign
- dispatch
- fraternal
- hospitalize
- mail
- pack off
- refer to
- route
- rush
- second-class
- send
- send away
- send in
- send off
- send on
- send out
- ship
- telex
- wire
- word
- forward
- post
- redirect

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enviar vt

1. [mandar, remitir] to send;
[por barco] to ship; [por fax] to fax;
envían la mercancía por avión they send the goods by air;

te enviaré la información por correo electrónico I'll e-mail the information to you, I'll send you the information by e-mail;

envíale mis saludos a tu madre give my regards to your mother;

envió el balón al fondo de la red he sent the ball into the back of the net

2. [persona] to send;

lo enviaron de embajador they sent him as an ambassador;

lo enviaron (a) por agua they sent him for water;

enviar a alguien a hacer algo to send sb to do sth;

me enviaron a negociar contigo they sent me to negotiate with you

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enviar

v/t send

* * *

enviar {85} vt

1) : to send

2) : to ship

* * *

enviar vb to send [pt. & pp. sent]

me ha enviado una postal she's sent me a postcard

enviar por correo to post

Spanish-English dictionary > enviar
58 nuevo

adj.

new, modern, recent, novel.

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nuevo

► adjetivo

1 new

2 (adicional) further

► nombre masculino,nombre femenino

1 newcomer (principiante) beginner; (universidad) fresher (US freshman)

\

FRASEOLOGÍA

de nuevo again

coger a alguien de nuevas to take somebody by surprise

estar (como) nuevo,-a (objeto) to be as good as new 2 (persona) to feel like new, feel as good as new

hacerse de nuevas to pretend not to know

¿qué hay de nuevo? familiar what's new?

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(f. - nueva)

adj.

new

- de nuevo

* * *

ADJ

1) (=no usado) new

ha presentado su nueva película — he launched his new film

la casa es nueva — the house is new

la casa está nueva — the house is as good as new

como nuevo: estos pantalones están como nuevos — these trousers are just like new

con una mano de pintura quedará como nuevo — it'll look like new after a coat of paint

después de una buena siesta quedarás como nuevo — you'll feel like new after a good nap

- no hay nada nuevo bajo el sol

2) (=recién llegado) new

es nuevo en el oficio — he's new to the trade

es nuevo en la ciudad — he's new to the town

soy nuevo en el colegio — I'm new at the school

3)

de nuevo — (=otra vez) again

tuve que leer el libro de nuevo — I had to read the book again

* * *

- va adjetivo

1)

a) [ser] <coche/casa/trabajo> new

b) (delante del n) <intento/cambio> further

ha surgido un nuevo problema — another o a further problem has arisen

c) [ser] <estilo/enfoque> new

¿qué hay de nuevo? — (fam) what's new? (colloq)

d) [estar] ( no desgastado) as good as new

todavía lo tengo nuevecito or (CS) nuevito — it's still as good as new

- nueva ola

- nuevas tecnologías

- nuevo rico -va rica

- Nuevo Testamento

2)

de nuevo — again

* * *

= emerging, fresh, new [newer -comp., newest -sup.], renewed, rising, unfamiliar, unworn, emergent, fledging, fledgling [fledgeling], uncharted, unchartered, brand new, ever-new, up-and-coming, new found [new-found/newfound], evolving, changing.

Ex. We have too much invested for us to assume any longer that we can, by sheer force of will, temper their influence on emerging standards.

Ex. This is a fresh avenue of approach to classification, and shows some promise.

Ex. The label contains information about the record, indicating, for instance, its length, status, for example, new, amended, type and class.

Ex. This article calls on libraries to forge a renewed national commitment to cooperate in the building of a national information network for scholarly communications.

Ex. It is not enough to train the rising generation to meet their new responsibilities, for irreversible decisions must be made before they come to maturity.

Ex. We are used to background noise in air conditioned buildings but the introduction of additional and unfamiliar sounds from AV equipment may be disturbing.

Ex. A printer who wanted to achieve a sharp impression from unworn type of even height to paper would put hard rather than soft packing in the tympan.

Ex. Books for emergent readers should facilitate the acquisition of these concepts.

Ex. Venture capitalists funded fledging companies in the early days of information technology some of which went on to dominate the market.

Ex. This article describes the experiences of a fledgling information system in dealing with a hurricane which wreaked devastation on some of the most remote areas of Hawaii = Este artículo describe las experiencias de un sistema de información nuevo al verse afectado por un huracán que devastó algunas de las zonas más remotas de Hawaii.

Ex. News of boundless timber reserves spread, and before long lumberjacks from the thinning hardwood forests of New England swarmed into the uncharted area with no other possessions than their axes and brawn and the clothing they wore.

Ex. This author agrees that the facts listed above are unchartered.

Ex. Information on small, sometimes brand new, companies in the chemical and biotechnology industries is often difficult to find.

Ex. He was then able to compare sources that made correlations possible and raised ever-new questions.

Ex. The journal kept me in touch with the established authors in the field but also the new, up-and-coming writers.

Ex. This could help readers gain a newfound appreciation of each others' childhood through books.

Ex. One of the objectives is to produce a statement of the role of the Library in the evolving national information program over the next five to seven years.

Ex. These are the kinds of problems that characteristically arise in the complex and continually changing milieu of libraries and media and information centers.

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* abrir nuevas fronteras = forge + new frontiers.

* abrir nuevas posibilidades = open up + new territory, open up + possibilities, open + possibilities.

* abrir nuevos caminos = break + new ground, push + Nombre + into new latitudes, break + ground, blaze + trail.

* abrir nuevos horizontes = open + new realms, forge + new frontiers.

* abrir nuevos mercados = branch into.

* activo de nuevo = up and about.

* adquirir una nueva dimensión = take on + new dimension.

* adquirir un nuevo significado = take on + new dimension.

* alfombrar de nuevo = recarpet [re-carpet].

* analizar de nuevo = reexamine [re-examine].

* añadir una nueva dimensión = add + new dimension.

* Año Nuevo = New Year.

* apoyar de nuevo = reendorse.

* aprender de nuevo = relearn.

* asumir una nueva faceta = take on + new dimension.

* Bolsa de Valores de Nueva York = New York Stock Exchange (NYSE).

* borrón y cuenta nueva = a fresh start, clean slate, new leaf.

* búsqueda de nuevos genes = gene-harvesting.

* cobrar nuevo entusiasmo = develop + renewed enthusiasm.

* colocar de nuevo en los estantes = reshelve [re-shelve].

* comenzar de nuevo = start + all over again, recommence, make + a new start, start over, make + a fresh start.

* comenzar una nueva vida = make + a new life for + Reflexivo.

* como nuevo = in mint condition, in tip-top condition, in tip-top form.

* compañía de nueva creación = startup [start-up].

* concebirse desde una nueva perspectiva = stand in + a new light.

* convocar de nuevo = reconvene.

* crear de nuevo = recreate [re-create].

* dar a Algo una nueva dimensión = take + Nombre + into a new dimension.

* dar a Algo una nueva perspectiva = give + Nombre + a new twist.

* dar nueva forma = reformat [re-format].

* dar nueva vida = give + Nombre + new life, give + a second life.

* dar un nuevo acabado = refinish.

* dar un nuevo impulso = pep up.

* dar un nuevo nombre = rename.

* de aspecto nuevo = new-looking.

* de nueva ola = new-wave.

* de nuevas formas = in new ways.

* de nuevas maneras = in new ways.

* de nuevo = again, once again, yet again, afresh, anew, all over again, redux, over again.

* de nuevo en este caso = here again.

* de nuevo en pie = up and about.

* de nuevos modos = in new ways.

* desarrollo de nuevos productos = product development.

* de una nueva forma = in a new way.

* de una nueva manera = in a new way.

* de un nuevo modo = in a new way.

* el nuevo aspecto de = the changing face of, the changing nature of.

* empezar de nuevo = a fresh start, start over, make + a fresh start.

* empezar una nueva etapa en la vida = turn over + a new page, turn over + a new leaf.

* empresa de nueva creación = this sort of thing, startup [start-up].

* enseñar de nuevo = retrain [re-train].

* entrada de nuevo = re-entry [reentry].

* enviar de nuevo = resend [re-send].

* explorar nuevos horizontes = move on to + pastures new.

* hacer borrón y cuenta nueva = start with + a clean slate, turn over + a new leaf.

* hacerlo de nuevo = go and do it again.

* hasta nuevo aviso = until further notice.

* idea nueva = fresh idea.

* infundir nueva vida a = breathe + (new) life into.

* inscribir de nuevo = reregister.

* intentar de nuevo = retry [re-try].

* introducir de nuevo = re-enter [reenter].

* ir con la nueva ola = ride + wave.

* lista de nuevas adquisiciones = acquisitions list.

* llevar a Algo a una nueva dimensión = take + Nombre + into a new dimension.

* luna nueva = new moon.

* mencionar de nuevo = restate [re-state].

* mencionar de nuevo innecesariamente = belabour [belabor, -USA].

* mostrar de nuevo = redisplay.

* nacido de nuevo = born again.

* Nueva Brunswick = New Brunswick.

* nueva edición = new edition.

* nueva era = new age.

* Nueva Escocia = Nova Scotia.

* nueva evaluación = reappraisal.

* Nueva Gales del Sur = New South Wales.

* Nueva Guinea = New Guinea.

* nueva idea = reform idea.

* Nueva Inglaterra = New England.

* nueva lectura = rereading [re-reading].

* nueva línea = linefeed.

* Nueva Ola, la = New Wave, the.

* Nueva Orleans = New Orleans.

* nueva perspectiva = new light.

* nueva promesa = rising star.

* nueva redacción = redraft, rewrite [re-write].

* nuevas fronteras = new horizons.

* nueva tirada = rerun.

* nueva versión = upgrade, remake.

* nueva vida = greener pastures, pastures new.

* nueva visita = return visit.

* Nueva York = New York (NY).

* Nueva Zelanda = New Zealand (NZ).

* nuevo análisis = reanalysis [reanalyses, -pl.].

* nuevo comienzo = new beginning, clean slate, new leaf.

* Nuevo Méjico = New Mexico.

* nuevo miembro = entrant.

* Nuevo Mundo, el = New World, the.

* nuevo nombramiento = reappointment.

* nuevo resurgir = second wind.

* nuevos avances = future development(s).

* nuevos conversos, los = recently converted, the.

* nuevos horizontes = greener pastures, pastures new.

* nuevos retos = new horizons.

* nuevos tiempos, los = wind(s) of change, the.

* Nuevo Testamento = New Testament (N.T.).

* nuevo valor = newcomer.

* nuevo vecino del barrio = new kid on the block.

* NYPL (Biblioteca Pública de Nueva York) = NYPL (New York Public Library).

* pintar de nuevo = repaint [re-paint].

* prensentar Algo desde una nueva perspectiva = present + Nombre + in a new light.

* presentar Algo desde una nueva óptica = throw + new light on.

* presentar Algo desde una nueva perspectiva = throw + Nombre + in a new light.

* presentar Algo desde un nuevo ángulo = throw + new light on.

* presentar Algo desde una nueva perspectiva = shed + new light on, throw + new light on.

* presentarse desde una nueva perspectiva = stand in + a new light.

* reunirse de nuevo = reconvene.

* salir de nuevo = come back out.

* sangre nueva = new blood.

* sentirse como nuevo = be right as rain.

* surgiendo de nuevas = on the rebound.

* un nuevo comienzo = a fresh start.

* un nuevo impulso = a new lease of life.

* ver Algo desde una nueva perspectiva = view + Nombre + in a new light, see + Nombre + in a new light.

* ver desde una nueva perspectiva = shed + new light on.

* ver + Nombre + con nuevos ojos = view + Nombre + through fresh eyes.

* vino nuevo en pellejos viejos = new wine in old wineskins.

* víspera de Año Nuevo = New Year's Eve.

* vivir de nuevo = relive.

* volver de nuevo = come back out.

* * *

- va adjetivo

1)

a) [ser] <coche/casa/trabajo> new

b) (delante del n) <intento/cambio> further

ha surgido un nuevo problema — another o a further problem has arisen

c) [ser] <estilo/enfoque> new

¿qué hay de nuevo? — (fam) what's new? (colloq)

d) [estar] ( no desgastado) as good as new

todavía lo tengo nuevecito or (CS) nuevito — it's still as good as new

- nueva ola

- nuevas tecnologías

- nuevo rico -va rica

- Nuevo Testamento

2)

de nuevo — again

* * *

= emerging, fresh, new [newer -comp., newest -sup.], renewed, rising, unfamiliar, unworn, emergent, fledging, fledgling [fledgeling], uncharted, unchartered, brand new, ever-new, up-and-coming, new found [new-found/newfound], evolving, changing.

Ex: We have too much invested for us to assume any longer that we can, by sheer force of will, temper their influence on emerging standards.

Ex: This is a fresh avenue of approach to classification, and shows some promise.

Ex: The label contains information about the record, indicating, for instance, its length, status, for example, new, amended, type and class.

Ex: This article calls on libraries to forge a renewed national commitment to cooperate in the building of a national information network for scholarly communications.

Ex: It is not enough to train the rising generation to meet their new responsibilities, for irreversible decisions must be made before they come to maturity.

Ex: We are used to background noise in air conditioned buildings but the introduction of additional and unfamiliar sounds from AV equipment may be disturbing.

Ex: A printer who wanted to achieve a sharp impression from unworn type of even height to paper would put hard rather than soft packing in the tympan.

Ex: Books for emergent readers should facilitate the acquisition of these concepts.

Ex: Venture capitalists funded fledging companies in the early days of information technology some of which went on to dominate the market.

Ex: This article describes the experiences of a fledgling information system in dealing with a hurricane which wreaked devastation on some of the most remote areas of Hawaii = Este artículo describe las experiencias de un sistema de información nuevo al verse afectado por un huracán que devastó algunas de las zonas más remotas de Hawaii.

Ex: News of boundless timber reserves spread, and before long lumberjacks from the thinning hardwood forests of New England swarmed into the uncharted area with no other possessions than their axes and brawn and the clothing they wore.

Ex: This author agrees that the facts listed above are unchartered.

Ex: Information on small, sometimes brand new, companies in the chemical and biotechnology industries is often difficult to find.

Ex: He was then able to compare sources that made correlations possible and raised ever-new questions.

Ex: The journal kept me in touch with the established authors in the field but also the new, up-and-coming writers.

Ex: This could help readers gain a newfound appreciation of each others' childhood through books.

Ex: One of the objectives is to produce a statement of the role of the Library in the evolving national information program over the next five to seven years.

Ex: These are the kinds of problems that characteristically arise in the complex and continually changing milieu of libraries and media and information centers.

* abrir nuevas fronteras = forge + new frontiers.

* abrir nuevas posibilidades = open up + new territory, open up + possibilities, open + possibilities.

* abrir nuevos caminos = break + new ground, push + Nombre + into new latitudes, break + ground, blaze + trail.

* abrir nuevos horizontes = open + new realms, forge + new frontiers.

* abrir nuevos mercados = branch into.

* activo de nuevo = up and about.

* adquirir una nueva dimensión = take on + new dimension.

* adquirir un nuevo significado = take on + new dimension.

* alfombrar de nuevo = recarpet [re-carpet].

* analizar de nuevo = reexamine [re-examine].

* añadir una nueva dimensión = add + new dimension.

* Año Nuevo = New Year.

* apoyar de nuevo = reendorse.

* aprender de nuevo = relearn.

* asumir una nueva faceta = take on + new dimension.

* Bolsa de Valores de Nueva York = New York Stock Exchange (NYSE).

* borrón y cuenta nueva = a fresh start, clean slate, new leaf.

* búsqueda de nuevos genes = gene-harvesting.

* cobrar nuevo entusiasmo = develop + renewed enthusiasm.

* colocar de nuevo en los estantes = reshelve [re-shelve].

* comenzar de nuevo = start + all over again, recommence, make + a new start, start over, make + a fresh start.

* comenzar una nueva vida = make + a new life for + Reflexivo.

* como nuevo = in mint condition, in tip-top condition, in tip-top form.

* compañía de nueva creación = startup [start-up].

* concebirse desde una nueva perspectiva = stand in + a new light.

* convocar de nuevo = reconvene.

* crear de nuevo = recreate [re-create].

* dar a Algo una nueva dimensión = take + Nombre + into a new dimension.

* dar a Algo una nueva perspectiva = give + Nombre + a new twist.

* dar nueva forma = reformat [re-format].

* dar nueva vida = give + Nombre + new life, give + a second life.

* dar un nuevo acabado = refinish.

* dar un nuevo impulso = pep up.

* dar un nuevo nombre = rename.

* de aspecto nuevo = new-looking.

* de nueva ola = new-wave.

* de nuevas formas = in new ways.

* de nuevas maneras = in new ways.

* de nuevo = again, once again, yet again, afresh, anew, all over again, redux, over again.

* de nuevo en este caso = here again.

* de nuevo en pie = up and about.

* de nuevos modos = in new ways.

* desarrollo de nuevos productos = product development.

* de una nueva forma = in a new way.

* de una nueva manera = in a new way.

* de un nuevo modo = in a new way.

* el nuevo aspecto de = the changing face of, the changing nature of.

* empezar de nuevo = a fresh start, start over, make + a fresh start.

* empezar una nueva etapa en la vida = turn over + a new page, turn over + a new leaf.

* empresa de nueva creación = this sort of thing, startup [start-up].

* enseñar de nuevo = retrain [re-train].

* entrada de nuevo = re-entry [reentry].

* enviar de nuevo = resend [re-send].

* explorar nuevos horizontes = move on to + pastures new.

* hacer borrón y cuenta nueva = start with + a clean slate, turn over + a new leaf.

* hacerlo de nuevo = go and do it again.

* hasta nuevo aviso = until further notice.

* idea nueva = fresh idea.

* infundir nueva vida a = breathe + (new) life into.

* inscribir de nuevo = reregister.

* intentar de nuevo = retry [re-try].

* introducir de nuevo = re-enter [reenter].

* ir con la nueva ola = ride + wave.

* lista de nuevas adquisiciones = acquisitions list.

* llevar a Algo a una nueva dimensión = take + Nombre + into a new dimension.

* luna nueva = new moon.

* mencionar de nuevo = restate [re-state].

* mencionar de nuevo innecesariamente = belabour [belabor, -USA].

* mostrar de nuevo = redisplay.

* nacido de nuevo = born again.

* Nueva Brunswick = New Brunswick.

* nueva edición = new edition.

* nueva era = new age.

* Nueva Escocia = Nova Scotia.

* nueva evaluación = reappraisal.

* Nueva Gales del Sur = New South Wales.

* Nueva Guinea = New Guinea.

* nueva idea = reform idea.

* Nueva Inglaterra = New England.

* nueva lectura = rereading [re-reading].

* nueva línea = linefeed.

* Nueva Ola, la = New Wave, the.

* Nueva Orleans = New Orleans.

* nueva perspectiva = new light.

* nueva promesa = rising star.

* nueva redacción = redraft, rewrite [re-write].

* nuevas fronteras = new horizons.

* nueva tirada = rerun.

* nueva versión = upgrade, remake.

* nueva vida = greener pastures, pastures new.

* nueva visita = return visit.

* Nueva York = New York (NY).

* Nueva Zelanda = New Zealand (NZ).

* nuevo análisis = reanalysis [reanalyses, -pl.].

* nuevo comienzo = new beginning, clean slate, new leaf.

* Nuevo Méjico = New Mexico.

* nuevo miembro = entrant.

* Nuevo Mundo, el = New World, the.

* nuevo nombramiento = reappointment.

* nuevo resurgir = second wind.

* nuevos avances = future development(s).

* nuevos conversos, los = recently converted, the.

* nuevos horizontes = greener pastures, pastures new.

* nuevos retos = new horizons.

* nuevos tiempos, los = wind(s) of change, the.

* Nuevo Testamento = New Testament (N.T.).

* nuevo valor = newcomer.

* nuevo vecino del barrio = new kid on the block.

* NYPL (Biblioteca Pública de Nueva York) = NYPL (New York Public Library).

* pintar de nuevo = repaint [re-paint].

* prensentar Algo desde una nueva perspectiva = present + Nombre + in a new light.

* presentar Algo desde una nueva óptica = throw + new light on.

* presentar Algo desde una nueva perspectiva = throw + Nombre + in a new light.

* presentar Algo desde un nuevo ángulo = throw + new light on.

* presentar Algo desde una nueva perspectiva = shed + new light on, throw + new light on.

* presentarse desde una nueva perspectiva = stand in + a new light.

* reunirse de nuevo = reconvene.

* salir de nuevo = come back out.

* sangre nueva = new blood.

* sentirse como nuevo = be right as rain.

* surgiendo de nuevas = on the rebound.

* un nuevo comienzo = a fresh start.

* un nuevo impulso = a new lease of life.

* ver Algo desde una nueva perspectiva = view + Nombre + in a new light, see + Nombre + in a new light.

* ver desde una nueva perspectiva = shed + new light on.

* ver + Nombre + con nuevos ojos = view + Nombre + through fresh eyes.

* vino nuevo en pellejos viejos = new wine in old wineskins.

* víspera de Año Nuevo = New Year's Eve.

* vivir de nuevo = relive.

* volver de nuevo = come back out.

* * *

nuevo -va

adjective

A

1 [ SER] (de poco tiempo) ‹coche/juguete/ropa› new

me lo dejaron como nuevo it was as good as new when I got it back

soy nuevo en la oficina I'm new in the office

2 [ SER] (que sustituye a otro) ‹casa/novio/trabajo› new

3 ( delante del n) (otro) ‹intento/cambio› further

ha surgido un nuevo problema another o a further problem has arisen

decidieron darle una nueva oportunidad they decided to give him another chance

4 [ SER] (original, distinto) ‹estilo/enfoque› new

no dijo nada nuevo she didn't say anything new

¿que hay de nuevo? ( fam); what's new? ( colloq)

5 [ ESTAR] (no desgastado) as good as new

todavía lo tengo nuevo or (CS) nuevito it's still as good as new

Compuestos:

● nueva ola

feminine new wave

● nuevas tecnologías

fpl new technology

● nuevo rico, nueva rica

masculine, feminine nouveau riche

● Nuevo Testamento

masculine New Testament

B

de nuevo again

de nuevo tengo el honor de … again o once again o once more I have the privilege of …

* * *

nuevo
◊ -va adjetivo

a) [ser] ‹estilo/coche/novio› new;

◊ soy nuevo en la oficina I'm new in the office;

de nuevo again;
¿qué hay de nuevo what's new? (colloq);
nuevo rico nouveau riche
b) ( delante del n) ‹intento/cambio› further;

◊ ha surgido un nuevo problema another o a further problem has arisen;

Nnuevo Testamento New Testament
c) [estar] ( no desgastado) as good as new

nuevo,-a
I adjetivo
1 new: tengo un coche nuevo, I've got a new car
2 (añadido) further: hay nuevas averías, there are further faults
II sustantivo masculino y femenino newcomer
(novato) beginner
♦ Locuciones: de nuevo, again
' nuevo' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
adicta
- adicto
- ambicionar
- ambientarse
- año
- astronómica
- astronómico
- aterrizar
- aviso
- cara
- cercado
- continente
- decir
- desarrollar
- editar
- emocionada
- emocionado
- emplazar
- entusiasmada
- entusiasmado
- escorrentía
- estallido
- excavar
- flotación
- ir
- generar
- hablar
- impresión
- incorporarse
- mirlo
- N. T.
- nada
- nueva
- replantar
- rumbo
- sacar
- salida
- sanear
- tener
- testamento
- vaya
- contar
- cuño
- día
- entrada
- entrante
- feliz
- flamante
- haber
- inédito
English:
advertise
- afford
- afresh
- again
- agony
- ambivalent
- amorphous
- analyst
- anew
- anticipate
- arrest
- assignment
- austerity
- authenticity
- back
- bash out
- beating
- bomb
- book
- brag
- brand-new
- bring up
- brink
- call back
- chapter
- clean
- come out
- comedown
- commit
- crisp
- daunt
- delay
- design
- dissuade
- do
- donation
- drastic
- drum up
- exploit
- fail
- find
- format
- forthcoming
- founder
- fresh
- fund
- further
- game
- get
- go up

* * *

nuevo, -a

♦ adj

1. [reciente] new;

tengo una casa nueva I've got a new house;

es el nuevo director he's the new manager

Comp
Nueva Caledonia New Caledonia;
el nuevo continente [América] the New World;

Nueva Delhi New Delhi;

nuevo economía new economy;
Hist Nueva España New Spain [Spanish colonial viceroyalty that included Mexico, the southern part of the US and parts of Central America]; Hist Nueva Granada New Granada [Spanish colonial viceroyalty that included the central and northwestern parts of South America];
Nueva Guinea New Guinea;

Nueva Inglaterra New England;

Nueva Jersey New Jersey;

Nuevo México New Mexico;

el Nuevo Mundo the New World;

la nueva ola the New Wave;

el nuevo orden mundial the new world order;

Nueva Orleans New Orleans;

nuevo rico nouveau riche;

nuevo sol [moneda] new sol;

nuevas tecnologías new technology;

el Nuevo Testamento the New Testament;

Nueva York New York;

Nueva Zelanda New Zealand

2. [poco usado] new;

este abrigo está nuevo this coat is new;

un poco de betún y quedarán como nuevos with a bit of polish they'll be as good as new;

después del baño me quedé como nuevo I felt like a new person after my bath

3. [inédito] new;

esto es nuevo para mí, no lo sabía that's news to me, I didn't know it

4. [sin experiencia] new;

soy nuevo en esta clase I'm new in this class;

es nuevo en la profesión he's new to the profession

5. [hortaliza] new, fresh;
[vino] young
6. [repetido] renewed,
de nuevo again;

se han producido nuevos enfrentamientos there have been renewed clashes

♦ nm,f

newcomer

* * *

nuevo

adj

1 new;

sentirse como nuevo feel like new;

¿qué hay de nuevo? what’s new?

2 ( otro) another;

de nuevo again

* * *

nuevo, -va adj

1) : new

una casa nueva: a new house

¿qué hay de nuevo?: what's new?

2)

de nuevo : again, once more

* * *

nuevo adj new

un juego nuevo a new game

de nuevo again

¿qué hay de nuevo? what's new?

Spanish-English dictionary > nuevo
59 procesamiento

m.

1 prosecution (law).

2 processing (computing).

procesamiento automático de datos automatic data processing

procesamiento de textos word processing

* * *

procesamiento

► nombre masculino

1 DERECHO trial

2 INFORMÁTICA processing

\

FRASEOLOGÍA

dictar auto de procesamiento contra alguien to commit somebody for trial, prosecute somebody

auto de procesamiento prosecution

procesamiento de datos INFORMÁTICA data processing

procesamiento de textos INFORMÁTICA word processing

* * *

SM

1) (Jur) [gen] prosecution; (=juicio) trial
auto II, 1)
2) (Inform) processing

procesamiento concurrente — concurrent processing

procesamiento de datos — data processing

procesamiento de textos — word processing

procesamiento interactivo — interactive processing

procesamiento por lotes — batch processing

procesamiento simultáneo — simultaneous processing

3) (Téc) processing

* * *

masculino

1) (Der) prosecution, trial

2) (Tec, Inf) processing

•

- procesamiento de textos

* * *

= computation, manipulation, processing, throughput, prosecution.

Ex. Frequently numeric data bases and the hosts which support them permit some computation and manipulation of the retrieved data.

Ex. Indexing may rely upon the facilities for the manipulation and ordering of data offered by the computer.

Ex. Often, the computer is used to aid in the processing of such indexes, and sometimes computer processing is responsible for the creation of multiple entries from one string of index terms.

Ex. This revision to the Decimal Classification was adopted immediately by BNB, which would otherwise have found great difficulty in classifying much of its throughput.

Ex. This article describes the legal consequences of the perpetration of these crimes and procedural aspects of their prosecution.

----

* cadena de procesamiento = processing stream.

* capacidad de procesamiento = processing power.

* postprocesamiento = post-processing.

* procesamiento de datos = data processing.

* procesamiento de datos numéricos = number-crunching.

* procesamiento de información = information processing.

* procesamiento de préstamos = loan processing.

* procesamiento de señales = signal processing.

* procesamiento de texto = text processing.

* procesamiento de textos = word processing, wordprocessing.

* procesamiento en lenguaje natural = natural language processing.

* procesamiento informático = machine processing.

* sistema de procesamiento de información = information processing system.

* tasa de procesamiento = processing rate.

* * *

masculino

1) (Der) prosecution, trial

2) (Tec, Inf) processing

•

- procesamiento de textos

* * *

= computation, manipulation, processing, throughput, prosecution.

Ex: Frequently numeric data bases and the hosts which support them permit some computation and manipulation of the retrieved data.

Ex: Indexing may rely upon the facilities for the manipulation and ordering of data offered by the computer.

Ex: Often, the computer is used to aid in the processing of such indexes, and sometimes computer processing is responsible for the creation of multiple entries from one string of index terms.

Ex: This revision to the Decimal Classification was adopted immediately by BNB, which would otherwise have found great difficulty in classifying much of its throughput.

Ex: This article describes the legal consequences of the perpetration of these crimes and procedural aspects of their prosecution.

* cadena de procesamiento = processing stream.

* capacidad de procesamiento = processing power.

* postprocesamiento = post-processing.

* procesamiento de datos = data processing.

* procesamiento de datos numéricos = number-crunching.

* procesamiento de información = information processing.

* procesamiento de préstamos = loan processing.

* procesamiento de señales = signal processing.

* procesamiento de texto = text processing.

* procesamiento de textos = word processing, wordprocessing.

* procesamiento en lenguaje natural = natural language processing.

* procesamiento informático = machine processing.

* sistema de procesamiento de información = information processing system.

* tasa de procesamiento = processing rate.

* * *

procesamiento

masculine

A ( Der) prosecution, trial auto

B

1 ( Tec) processing

2 ( Inf) processing

Compuestos:

● procesamiento de datos

data processing

● procesamiento de textos or palabras

word processing

● procesamiento en paralelo

parallel processing

* * *

procesamiento sustantivo masculino
1 (Der) prosecution, trial
2 (Tec, Inf) processing;
◊ procesamiento de textos word processing

procesamiento sustantivo masculino
1 Jur prosecution, trial
2 Inform processing
procesamiento de datos/textos, data/ word processing
' procesamiento' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
auto
English:
processing
- word processing
- word

* * *

procesamiento nm

1. Der prosecution

2. Informát processing

Comp
procesamiento de datos data processing;
procesamiento de textos word processing

* * *

procesamiento

m

1 INFOR processing

2 JUR prosecution

* * *

procesamiento nm

: processing

procesamiento de datos: data processing

Spanish-English dictionary > procesamiento
60 atracción

f.

1 attraction, appeal, charm, attractiveness.

2 amusement park ride, amusements, ride.

3 captation.

* * *

atracción

► nombre femenino

1 (gen) attraction

■ sentía atracción por él she felt attracted to him

► nombre femenino plural atracciones

1 (de feria) rides plural

* * *

noun f.

attraction

- atracción turística

* * *

SF

1) (Fís) attraction

atracción gravitatoria — gravity, gravitational pull

2) (=acción) attraction; [de persona] attractiveness, appeal, charm

atracción sexual — sexual attraction

3) (tb: atracción de feria) attraction, fairground attraction

parque de atracciones — funfair
pl atracciones (Teat) (=espectáculos) attractions
* * *

femenino attraction

siente una gran atracción por ella — he feels strongly attracted to her

París ejerce una atracción irresistible sobre él — Paris holds an irresistible attraction for him

la atracción más concurrida — the most popular attraction

las atracciones están en la playa — the funfair is on the beach

* * *

femenino attraction

siente una gran atracción por ella — he feels strongly attracted to her

París ejerce una atracción irresistible sobre él — Paris holds an irresistible attraction for him

la atracción más concurrida — the most popular attraction

las atracciones están en la playa — the funfair is on the beach

* * *

atracción¹

¹ = attraction, attractiveness, glamour [glamor, -USA], liking, draw.

Ex: Subject-type title indexes have two important attractions.

Ex: It is therefore one of the librarian's prime tasks to preserve the attractiveness of the stock for as long as possible.

Ex: In many cases needs other than those of the user are driving the further introduction of the Internet into libraries, e. g. the glamour and marketing value of connectivity, and the egos of librarians = En muchos casos necesidades diferentes a las de los usuarios están fomentando aún más la introducción de Internet en las bibliotecas, por ej., el carisma y el valor comercial de la red y el ego del bibliotecario.

Ex: Sometimes this exchange can be sufficient to reshape our reaction from one of dislike and puzzlement to liking and understanding.

Ex: The draw of earning up to 30 pounds per cadaver without risking life or limb proved too tempting for some of the more barbarous resurrectionists, however, leading them to commit murder.

* atracción fatal = fatal attraction.

* atracción peligrosa = siren song.

* atracción personal = personal attraction.

* atracción secundaria = sideshow [side-show].

* factor de atracción = pull factor.

* foco de atracción de turistas = honeypot.

* poder de atracción = drawing power.

atracción²

² = entertainment.

Ex: In Spain, posters and cartoons were used to convey the impression of reading as entertainment.

* atracción de feria = funfair ride.

* atracción de la feria = carnival ride, ride, fairground ride, fair ride, ride attraction, amusement ride.

* atracción turística = scenic attraction, tourist attraction.

* parque de atracciones = amusement park, funfair.

* * *

atracción

feminine

1 ( Fís) attraction

2 (seducción) attraction

siente una gran atracción por ella he feels strongly attracted to her

Nueva York ejerce una atracción irresistible sobre él New York holds an irresistible attraction for him

3 (persona, cosa) attraction

4 (en una feria) attraction

es la atracción más concurrida it is the most popular attraction

las atracciones están en la playa the funfair is on the beach

* * *

atracción sustantivo femenino
attraction;
◊ la atracción más concurrida the most popular attraction;

una atracción turística a tourist attraction;
las atracciones están en la playa the funfair is on the beach;
siente una gran atracción por ella he feels strongly attracted to her
atracción sustantivo femenino attraction
parque de atracciones, funfair

' atracción' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
noria
- turístico
English:
attraction
- draw
- magnetic
- pull
- gravitate

* * *

atracción nf

1. [física] attraction

Comp
atracción gravitacional gravitational pull;
atracción gravitatoria gravitational pull

2. [atractivo] attraction;

sentir atracción por o [m5] hacia alguien to feel attracted to sb;

la ciudad ejercía una gran atracción sobre ella the city fascinated her

3. [espectáculo] act

4. [centro de atención] centre of attention;

con ese vestido vas a ser la atracción de la fiesta you'll be the centre of attention at the party in that dress

Comp
atracción turística tourist attraction
5. [de feria] (fairground) attraction;

nos montamos en todas las atracciones we went on all the rides;

parque de atracciones amusement park

* * *

atracción

f

1 attraction;

fuerza de atracción force of attraction

2

:

parque de atracciones amusement park

* * *

atracción nf, pl - ciones : attraction

* * *

atracción n (en general) attraction

sentir atracción por alguien to be attracted to someone

Spanish-English dictionary > atracción

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