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cover up his tracks

Толкование Перевод

1 borrar + Posesivo + huellas

(v.) = cover up + Posesivo + tracks

Ex. 'He's been trying to cover up his tracks; those engineers who got axed were his scapegoats'.

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(v.) = cover up + Posesivo + tracks

Ex: 'He's been trying to cover up his tracks; those engineers who got axed were his scapegoats'.

Spanish-English dictionary > borrar + Posesivo + huellas
2 eliminar

v.

to eliminate.

El líquido eliminó las manchas The liquid eliminated the stains.

El mafioso eliminó al testigo The mobster eliminated the witness.

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eliminar

► verbo transitivo

1 (gen) to eliminate, exclude

■ han eliminado el equipo del campeonato they've eliminated the team from the championship

2 (esperanzas, miedos, etc) to get rid of, cast aside

3 familiar (matar) to kill, eliminate

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verb

1) to eliminate

2) remove

3) kill

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1. VT

1) (=hacer desaparecer) [+ mancha, obstáculo] to remove, get rid of; [+ residuos] to dispose of; [+ pobreza] to eliminate, eradicate; [+ posibilidad] to rule out

un detergente que elimina las manchas — a washing powder that removes the stains

debemos eliminar la desigualdad entre los sexos — we must eliminate sexual inequality

eliminar un directorio — (Inform) to remove o delete a directory

2) [+ concursante, deportista] to knock out, eliminate

fueron eliminados de la competición — they were knocked out of o eliminated from the competition

3) euf (=matar) to eliminate, do away with *

4) [+ incógnita] to eliminate

5) (Fisiol) to eliminate

2.

See:

eliminarse

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verbo transitivo

1)

a) < obstáculo> to remove; < párrafo> to delete, remove

b) < candidato> to eliminate; (Dep) to eliminate, knock out

c) (euf) ( matar) to eliminate (euph), to get rid of (euph)

d) < residuos> to dispose of

2) <toxinas/grasas> to eliminate

3) (Mat) < incógnita> to eliminate

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= abort, cut off, delete, detach, disband, discard, dispose of, do away with, eliminate, eradicate, erase, erode, kill, obviate, purge, remove, rid, suppress, take out, withdraw, screen out, retire, squeeze out, decrement, dispel, weed out, axe [ax, -USA], abolish, pare out, chop off, excise, obliterate, scrap, take off, expunge, cut out, put to + rest, sweep away, root out, nix, drive out, deselect, strip away, roll back, efface, cashier, clear out, weed, sunset, stomp + Nombre + out, zap, take + Nombre + out.

Ex. It is important to know what police or fire responses are triggered by alarms and how that reaction can be aborted and the alarm silenced.

Ex. The only way to solve these problems is either to revise your catalog in its totality or to cut it off.

Ex. Expressive notation is generally easier to truncate, that is, delete final characters to create the notation for a more general subject.

Ex. The words from the deleted abstract in the abstract word file will be detached when DOBIS/LIBIS is not busy with other work.

Ex. With the completion of the draft in 1983, the Working Group on an International Authority System was officially disbanded.

Ex. The dates should be checked regularly and updated so that old dates are discarded and new ones entered.

Ex. List and describe the steps involved in withdrawing and disposing of books which are no longer required.

Ex. DOBIS/LIBIS does away with the multiplicity of files and catalogs.

Ex. Obviously, computers and the use of notation in computerised systems may place additional constraints upon the nature of the notation, or may eliminate the need to consider some of the characteristics below.

Ex. In this instance links would be insufficient to eradicate the false drop.

Ex. Pressing the delete key erases a characters without leaving a blank space.

Ex. These arrangements should also erode price differentials between Europe and the US, and permit each country to support its own online services.

Ex. He was looking for the book 'Flowers and Bullets and Freedom to kill' = Estaba buscando el libro "Flores, balas y libertad para matar".

Ex. The intercalation of (41-4) after 329 obviates this function.

Ex. The system requests the number of the borrower and then purges that borrower's name and number from its files.

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

Ex. This function can be used to rid access-point files of unused entries.

Ex. It is possible to suppress references and to omit steps in a hierarchy.

Ex. A scheme should allow reduction, to take out subjects and their subdivisions which are no longer used.

Ex. Thus, all cards corresponding to documents covering 'Curricula' are withdrawn from the pack.

Ex. Most journals rely for a substantial part of their income on advertisements; how would advertisers view the prospect of being selectively screened out by readers?.

Ex. This article stresses the importance for libraries of making current informationav ailable on AIDS, and of retiring out-of-date information on the subject.

Ex. Subjects not in the core of major employment areas are likely to be squeezed out of the standard curriculum.

Ex. Document terms absent from the original query were decremented.

Ex. But years and experience do not always dispel the sense of unease.

Ex. Information services administrators expect library schools to uphold admission standards and weed out unsuitable candidates.

Ex. 'He's been trying to cover up his tracks; those engineers who got axed were his scapegoats'.

Ex. Who knows? If we can abolish the card catalogue and replace it with some form more acceptable to library users, they may even begin to use library catalogues!.

Ex. Because the assumption in this method is that none of the preceding years' operations are worth continuing unless they can be shown to be necessary, zero-based budgeting (ZZB) can be useful for paring out the deadwood of obsolete or uselessly extravagant programs.

Ex. Others chop off old records to remain within the limits of 680 MB.

Ex. Once a new digitized system has been introduced irrelevancies and redundant features can more easily be seen and excised.

Ex. Typing errors cannot be obliterated with a normal erasing fluid as this would print and appear as a blotch on the copies.

Ex. There have even been rumours of plans to scrap most of the industrial side of its work and disperse key elements, such as the work on regional and industrial aid, to the provinces.

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

Ex. This article examines the controversial issue about whether to expunge books about satanism from the library shelves.

Ex. In order to support a core acquistions programme of essential materials for its users, a library will more readily cut out material on the fringe of its needs if such material can be obtained by a good document supply system.

Ex. Careful investigation by the library board of the possibilities inherent in system membership usually puts to rest preconceived fears.

Ex. Librarians should ensure that the principles they stand for are not swept away on a tide of technological jingoism.

Ex. Libraries should root out unproductive and obsolete activities.

Ex. This play was nixed by school officials on the grounds that the subject of sweatshops was not appropriate for that age group.

Ex. The development of user-friendly interfaces to data bases may drive out the unspecialised information broker in the long run.

Ex. There is a need to provide public access to the Internet and to develop guidelines for selecting and deselecting appropriate resources.

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. The beauty, the aliveness, the creativity, the passion that made her lovable and gave her life meaning has been effaced.

Ex. His case was referred to the next session, and in the following May he was cashiered.

Ex. Pockets of resistance still remain in Fallujah, but the vast majority of insurgents have been cleared out.

Ex. It seems to me that the electronic catalog provides the ability to build a file that can, in fact, be easily weeded.

Ex. It's instructive to remember just how passionately the media hyped the dangers of ' sunsetting' the ban.

Ex. Like I said, no wonder racism won't die, it takes BOTH sides to stomp it out, not just one!.

Ex. This electric fly swatter will zap any fly or mosquito with 1500 volts.

Ex. My lasting image of Omar is of him crouched in the rubble waiting for U.S. troops to get close enough so he could take one of them out.

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* ayudar a eliminar obstáculos = clear + the path, clear + the way.

* eliminar al intermediario = cut out + the middleman.

* eliminar ambigüedades = disambiguate.

* eliminar barreras = flatten + barriers, tackle + barriers, erase + boundaries.

* eliminar de un golpe = eliminate + at a stroke.

* eliminar de un texto = redact out, redact.

* eliminar diferencias = flatten out + differences.

* eliminar el hielo = de-ice [deice].

* eliminar el sarro = descale.

* eliminar gases = pass + gas, break + wind, pass + wind.

* eliminar la necesidad de = remove + the need for.

* eliminar las barreras = break down + barriers.

* eliminar las diferencias = iron out + differences.

* eliminar los duplicados = deduplicate.

* eliminar + Nombre = clear of + Nombre.

* eliminar obstáculos = clear + the path, clear + the way.

* eliminar por etapas = phase out.

* eliminar progresivamente = phase out.

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

* eliminar puliendo = buff out.

* eliminar una barrera = topple + barrier.

* eliminar una ecuación de búsqueda = clear + search.

* eliminar un error = remove + error.

* eliminar un obstáculo = remove + barrier, sweep away + obstacle.

* eliminar un problema = sweep away + problem, work out + kink.

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verbo transitivo

1)

a) < obstáculo> to remove; < párrafo> to delete, remove

b) < candidato> to eliminate; (Dep) to eliminate, knock out

c) (euf) ( matar) to eliminate (euph), to get rid of (euph)

d) < residuos> to dispose of

2) <toxinas/grasas> to eliminate

3) (Mat) < incógnita> to eliminate

* * *

= abort, cut off, delete, detach, disband, discard, dispose of, do away with, eliminate, eradicate, erase, erode, kill, obviate, purge, remove, rid, suppress, take out, withdraw, screen out, retire, squeeze out, decrement, dispel, weed out, axe [ax, -USA], abolish, pare out, chop off, excise, obliterate, scrap, take off, expunge, cut out, put to + rest, sweep away, root out, nix, drive out, deselect, strip away, roll back, efface, cashier, clear out, weed, sunset, stomp + Nombre + out, zap, take + Nombre + out.

Ex: It is important to know what police or fire responses are triggered by alarms and how that reaction can be aborted and the alarm silenced.

Ex: The only way to solve these problems is either to revise your catalog in its totality or to cut it off.

Ex: Expressive notation is generally easier to truncate, that is, delete final characters to create the notation for a more general subject.

Ex: The words from the deleted abstract in the abstract word file will be detached when DOBIS/LIBIS is not busy with other work.

Ex: With the completion of the draft in 1983, the Working Group on an International Authority System was officially disbanded.

Ex: The dates should be checked regularly and updated so that old dates are discarded and new ones entered.

Ex: List and describe the steps involved in withdrawing and disposing of books which are no longer required.

Ex: DOBIS/LIBIS does away with the multiplicity of files and catalogs.

Ex: Obviously, computers and the use of notation in computerised systems may place additional constraints upon the nature of the notation, or may eliminate the need to consider some of the characteristics below.

Ex: In this instance links would be insufficient to eradicate the false drop.

Ex: Pressing the delete key erases a characters without leaving a blank space.

Ex: These arrangements should also erode price differentials between Europe and the US, and permit each country to support its own online services.

Ex: He was looking for the book 'Flowers and Bullets and Freedom to kill' = Estaba buscando el libro "Flores, balas y libertad para matar".

Ex: The intercalation of (41-4) after 329 obviates this function.

Ex: The system requests the number of the borrower and then purges that borrower's name and number from its files.

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

Ex: This function can be used to rid access-point files of unused entries.

Ex: It is possible to suppress references and to omit steps in a hierarchy.

Ex: A scheme should allow reduction, to take out subjects and their subdivisions which are no longer used.

Ex: Thus, all cards corresponding to documents covering 'Curricula' are withdrawn from the pack.

Ex: Most journals rely for a substantial part of their income on advertisements; how would advertisers view the prospect of being selectively screened out by readers?.

Ex: This article stresses the importance for libraries of making current informationav ailable on AIDS, and of retiring out-of-date information on the subject.

Ex: Subjects not in the core of major employment areas are likely to be squeezed out of the standard curriculum.

Ex: Document terms absent from the original query were decremented.

Ex: But years and experience do not always dispel the sense of unease.

Ex: Information services administrators expect library schools to uphold admission standards and weed out unsuitable candidates.

Ex: 'He's been trying to cover up his tracks; those engineers who got axed were his scapegoats'.

Ex: Who knows? If we can abolish the card catalogue and replace it with some form more acceptable to library users, they may even begin to use library catalogues!.

Ex: Because the assumption in this method is that none of the preceding years' operations are worth continuing unless they can be shown to be necessary, zero-based budgeting (ZZB) can be useful for paring out the deadwood of obsolete or uselessly extravagant programs.

Ex: Others chop off old records to remain within the limits of 680 MB.

Ex: Once a new digitized system has been introduced irrelevancies and redundant features can more easily be seen and excised.

Ex: Typing errors cannot be obliterated with a normal erasing fluid as this would print and appear as a blotch on the copies.

Ex: There have even been rumours of plans to scrap most of the industrial side of its work and disperse key elements, such as the work on regional and industrial aid, to the provinces.

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

Ex: This article examines the controversial issue about whether to expunge books about satanism from the library shelves.

Ex: In order to support a core acquistions programme of essential materials for its users, a library will more readily cut out material on the fringe of its needs if such material can be obtained by a good document supply system.

Ex: Careful investigation by the library board of the possibilities inherent in system membership usually puts to rest preconceived fears.

Ex: Librarians should ensure that the principles they stand for are not swept away on a tide of technological jingoism.

Ex: Libraries should root out unproductive and obsolete activities.

Ex: This play was nixed by school officials on the grounds that the subject of sweatshops was not appropriate for that age group.

Ex: The development of user-friendly interfaces to data bases may drive out the unspecialised information broker in the long run.

Ex: There is a need to provide public access to the Internet and to develop guidelines for selecting and deselecting appropriate resources.

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: The beauty, the aliveness, the creativity, the passion that made her lovable and gave her life meaning has been effaced.

Ex: His case was referred to the next session, and in the following May he was cashiered.

Ex: Pockets of resistance still remain in Fallujah, but the vast majority of insurgents have been cleared out.

Ex: It seems to me that the electronic catalog provides the ability to build a file that can, in fact, be easily weeded.

Ex: It's instructive to remember just how passionately the media hyped the dangers of ' sunsetting' the ban.

Ex: Like I said, no wonder racism won't die, it takes BOTH sides to stomp it out, not just one!.

Ex: This electric fly swatter will zap any fly or mosquito with 1500 volts.

Ex: My lasting image of Omar is of him crouched in the rubble waiting for U.S. troops to get close enough so he could take one of them out.

* ayudar a eliminar obstáculos = clear + the path, clear + the way.

* eliminar al intermediario = cut out + the middleman.

* eliminar ambigüedades = disambiguate.

* eliminar barreras = flatten + barriers, tackle + barriers, erase + boundaries.

* eliminar de un golpe = eliminate + at a stroke.

* eliminar de un texto = redact out, redact.

* eliminar diferencias = flatten out + differences.

* eliminar el hielo = de-ice [deice].

* eliminar el sarro = descale.

* eliminar gases = pass + gas, break + wind, pass + wind.

* eliminar la necesidad de = remove + the need for.

* eliminar las barreras = break down + barriers.

* eliminar las diferencias = iron out + differences.

* eliminar los duplicados = deduplicate.

* eliminar + Nombre = clear of + Nombre.

* eliminar obstáculos = clear + the path, clear + the way.

* eliminar por etapas = phase out.

* eliminar progresivamente = phase out.

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

* eliminar puliendo = buff out.

* eliminar una barrera = topple + barrier.

* eliminar una ecuación de búsqueda = clear + search.

* eliminar un error = remove + error.

* eliminar un obstáculo = remove + barrier, sweep away + obstacle.

* eliminar un problema = sweep away + problem, work out + kink.

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eliminar [A1 ]

vt

A

1 ‹obstáculo› to remove; ‹párrafo› to delete, remove

para eliminar las cucarachas to get rid of o exterminate o kill cockroaches

2 ‹equipo/candidato› to eliminate

fueron eliminados del torneo they were knocked out of o eliminated from the tournament

3 ( euf) (matar) to eliminate ( euph), to get rid of ( euph)

B ‹toxinas/grasas› to eliminate

C ( Mat) ‹incógnita› to eliminate

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eliminar ( conjugate eliminar) verbo transitivo
a) ‹ obstáculo› to remove;

‹ párrafo› to delete, remove
b) ‹ candidato› to eliminate;

(Dep) to eliminate, knock out
c) (euf) ( matar) to eliminate (euph), to get rid of (euph)

d) ‹ residuos› to dispose of

e) ‹toxinas/grasas› to eliminate

eliminar verbo transitivo to eliminate
' eliminar' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
acabar
- cortar
- descalificar
- michelín
- quitar
- sonda
- terminar
- tranquilizar
English:
cut out
- debug
- eliminate
- face
- hit list
- knock out
- liquidate
- obliterate
- remove
- weed
- cut
- delete
- do
- knock
- take
- zap

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eliminar vt

1. [en juego, deporte, concurso] to eliminate (de from);
el que menos puntos consiga queda eliminado the person who scores the lowest number of points is eliminated;

lo eliminaron en la segunda ronda he was eliminated o knocked out in the second round

2. [acabar con] [contaminación] to eliminate;
[grasas, toxinas] to eliminate, to get rid of; [residuos] to dispose of; [manchas] to remove, to get rid of; [fronteras, obstáculos] to remove, to eliminate;
eliminó algunos trozos de su discurso he cut out some parts of his speech

3. Mat [incógnita] to eliminate

4. Euf [matar] to eliminate, to get rid of

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eliminar

v/t

1 eliminate

2 desperdicios dispose of

3 INFOR delete

* * *

eliminar vt

1) : to eliminate, to remove

2) : to do in, to kill

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eliminar vb

1. (en general) to eliminate

la policía lo eliminó de la lista de sospechosos the police eliminated him from the list of suspects

2. (manchas) to remove

este detergente elimina todas las manchas this soap powder removes all stains

Spanish-English dictionary > eliminar
3 cabeza de turco

cabeza de turco

scapegoat

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scapegoat

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masculino y femenino scapegoat

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(n.) = patsy, scapegoat, whipping boy

Ex. When the security services carry out acts of terror, they employ patsies who often are petty criminals or people who are mentally backward or mentally unstable.

Ex. 'He's been trying to cover up his tracks; those engineers who got axed were his scapegoats'.

Ex. The coal industry has become the ' whipping boy' of environmentalists who fail to come up with realistic alternatives for energy.

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masculino y femenino scapegoat

* * *

(n.) = patsy, scapegoat, whipping boy

Ex: When the security services carry out acts of terror, they employ patsies who often are petty criminals or people who are mentally backward or mentally unstable.

Ex: 'He's been trying to cover up his tracks; those engineers who got axed were his scapegoats'.

Ex: The coal industry has become the ' whipping boy' of environmentalists who fail to come up with realistic alternatives for energy.

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cabeza de turco

scapegoat

Spanish-English dictionary > cabeza de turco
4 chivo expiatorio

m.

scapegoat, whipping boy, sacrificial lamb, Aunt Sally.

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chivo expiatorio

figurado scapegoat

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(n.) = scapegoat, sacrificial lamb, sacrificial goat, patsy, whipping boy

Ex. 'He's been trying to cover up his tracks; those engineers who got axed were his scapegoats'.

Ex. In this limited respect, we may say that Hume opened the door to phenomenology, but as a sacrificial lamb.

Ex. You will be disliked and turfed out as a sacrificial goat once your job is done but there will be many others queuing up for your services.

Ex. When the security services carry out acts of terror, they employ patsies who often are petty criminals or people who are mentally backward or mentally unstable.

Ex. The coal industry has become the ' whipping boy' of environmentalists who fail to come up with realistic alternatives for energy.

* * *

(n.) = scapegoat, sacrificial lamb, sacrificial goat, patsy, whipping boy

Ex: 'He's been trying to cover up his tracks; those engineers who got axed were his scapegoats'.

Ex: In this limited respect, we may say that Hume opened the door to phenomenology, but as a sacrificial lamb.

Ex: You will be disliked and turfed out as a sacrificial goat once your job is done but there will be many others queuing up for your services.

Ex: When the security services carry out acts of terror, they employ patsies who often are petty criminals or people who are mentally backward or mentally unstable.

Ex: The coal industry has become the ' whipping boy' of environmentalists who fail to come up with realistic alternatives for energy.

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chivo expiatorio

scapegoat

Spanish-English dictionary > chivo expiatorio
5 despedir

v.

1 to say goodbye to.

nos despidió con la mano he waved goodbye to us

fuimos a despedirle a la estación we went to see him off at the station

2 to make redundant, to lay off (de un empleo) (por cierre, reducción de plantilla).

3 to fling.

salir despedido de/por/hacia algo to fly out of/through/toward something

4 to give off.

despide un olor insoportable it gives off an unbearable smell

5 to emit, to cast, to send forth, to discharge.

María despide buenas vibraciones Mary emits good vibrations.

6 to fire, to boot, to kick out, to lay off.

El jefe despidió a la secretaria The boss dismissed the secretary.

7 to see off.

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despedir

Conjugation model [ SERVIR], like link=servir servir

► verbo transitivo

1 (lanzar) to shoot, fire

■ la catapulta despedía piedras contra el muro the catapult fired stones against the wall

2 (echar) to throw out

3 (emitir) to emit, give off

■ las flores despedían buen olor the flowers gave off a nice smell

4 (del trabajo) to dismiss, fire, sack

5 (decir adiós) to see off, say goodbye to

■ me despidió en la puerta she saw me off at the door

► verbo pronominal despedirse

1 (decirse adiós) to say goodbye (de, to)

■ se despidió de todos she said goodbye to everyone

2 (de un empleo) to leave (de, -)

3 figurado (olvidarse, renunciar) to forget (de, -), give up (de, -)

■ puedes despedirte de volverla a ver you can forget the idea of ever seeing her again

\

FRASEOLOGÍA

despedirse a la francesa to take French leave

salir despedido,-a to shoot off

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verb

1) to dismiss, fire

2) give, emit

3) see out

•

- despedirse

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1. VT

1) (=decir adiós a) [gen] to say goodbye to; [+ visita] to see out; [+ cliente] to show out

fuimos a despedirlo a la estación — we went to see him off at the station

¿cómo vais a despedir el año? — how are you going to see the new year in?

2) (=librarse de) [+ empleado] to dismiss, sack *; [+ inquilino] to evict

despedir algo de sí — to get rid of sth

despedir un pensamiento de sí — to put a thought out of one's mind

3) (=lanzar) [+ objeto] to hurl, fling; [+ flecha] to fire; [+ jinete] to throw

salir despedido — to fly off *

- despedir el espíritu

4) (=desprender) [+ olor, calor] to give off

2.

See:

despedirse

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1.
verbo transitivo

1) ( decir adiós)

vinieron a despedirme al aeropuerto — they came to see me off at the airport

despedir los restos de alguien — to pay one's last respects to somebody

2) ( del trabajo) to dismiss, fire (colloq); ( por reducción de personal) to lay off

despidieron a 300 trabajadores — they laid off 300 workers

3) < olor> to give off; <humo/vapor> to emit, give off

salir despedido — corcho/pelota to shoot out

el conductor salió despedido de su asiento — the driver was thrown out of his seat
2.
despedirse v pron

1) ( decir adiós) to say goodbye

se despide atentamente — (Corresp) sincerely yours (AmE), yours sincerely (BrE)

despedirse de alguien — to say goodbye to somebody

2) ( dar por perdido)

despedirse de algo: si se lo prestate ya te puedes despedir de él if you lent it to him, you can kiss it goodbye; despídete de la idea — you can forget the whole idea

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1.
verbo transitivo

1) ( decir adiós)

vinieron a despedirme al aeropuerto — they came to see me off at the airport

despedir los restos de alguien — to pay one's last respects to somebody

2) ( del trabajo) to dismiss, fire (colloq); ( por reducción de personal) to lay off

despidieron a 300 trabajadores — they laid off 300 workers

3) < olor> to give off; <humo/vapor> to emit, give off

salir despedido — corcho/pelota to shoot out

el conductor salió despedido de su asiento — the driver was thrown out of his seat
2.
despedirse v pron

1) ( decir adiós) to say goodbye

se despide atentamente — (Corresp) sincerely yours (AmE), yours sincerely (BrE)

despedirse de alguien — to say goodbye to somebody

2) ( dar por perdido)

despedirse de algo: si se lo prestate ya te puedes despedir de él if you lent it to him, you can kiss it goodbye; despídete de la idea — you can forget the whole idea

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despedir¹

¹ = kiss + Nombre + goodbye.

Ex: The article 'Don't kiss Boolean goodbye' criticizes the recent trend away from Boolean searching and towards natural language searching in online systems.

* despedir (a) = say + goodbye (to).

* despedirse = bid + Nombre + goodbye, part, bid + adieu, bid + farewell.

* despedirse de Alguien deseándole que todo vaya bien = wish + well.

despedir²

² = fire, lay off, discharge, terminate, axe [ax, -USA], let + go, sack, make + redundant, give + Nombre + the boot, boot (out), give + Nombre + the sack, send + Nombre + packing, turf out, cashier.

Ex: It began when Balzac and Pershing had an altercation (theirs was another of the 'running feuds' in the library), and Pershing was fired.

Ex: I've been sitting here wondering how best to select the people to be laid off.

Ex: By the beginning of the nineteenth century many British printers had come to rely for most of their work on relays of apprentices, who were simply discharged at the end of their terms and replaced by new apprentices.

Ex: At coffee yesterday Jeff Gordon had apprised her of the fact that three of his engineers had been summarily terminated.

Ex: 'He's been trying to cover up his tracks; those engineers who got axed were his scapegoats'.

Ex: Suddenly she piped triumphantly, almost getting to her feet: 'We could let the student assistants go!'.

Ex: The author warns that shortsighted companies that believe all the information they need is on the Web may sack information professionals.

Ex: Many people have been made redundant in the takeover and those who joined last were the first to go -- the principle of devil take the hindmost applied.

Ex: He was given the boot for being discovered with a camera taking a photo of hula dancers.

Ex: As Hartwick got older, the feds decided he was a major security risk and booted him out of the program.

Ex: Justin pointed out that the government would not compromise and those found protecting illegal immigrants would be given the sack.

Ex: Those who hold this view argued that the state government lacks the political will to send them packing for good.

Ex: You will be disliked and turfed out as a sacrificial goat once your job is done but there will be many others queuing up for your services.

Ex: His case was referred to the next session, and in the following May he was cashiered.

* despedir a discreción = fire at + will.

* despedir a un empleado = dismiss + employee.

* despedir del trabajo = make + redundant.

* despedir mano de obra = shed + jobs, axe + jobs, cut + jobs.

* despedir obreros = shed + jobs, axe + jobs, cut + jobs.

despedir³

³ = give off, spout.

Ex: Once the fronds have given off their spores, they die and can be cut back.

Ex: The weather cleared enough that we could get in to the volcanic islands (still spouting plumes of smoke) by copter in safety.

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despedir [ I14 ]

vt

A

(decir adiós): vinieron a despedirme al aeropuerto they came to see me off at the airport

despidió a su hijo con lágrimas en los ojos she saw her son off o said goodbye to her son with tears in her eyes

organizaron una fiesta para despedir el año they organized a party to see in the New Year, they organized a New Year's party

despedir los restos de algn to pay one's last respects to sb

B (del trabajo) to dismiss, fire ( colloq)

no estaba a la altura del trabajo y lo despidieron he wasn't up to the job and he was dismissed o ( colloq) fired

cerraron dos departamentos y despidieron a 300 trabajadores they closed two departments and laid off 300 workers o made 300 workers redundant o ( euph) let 300 workers go

C

1 ‹olor› to give off; ‹humo/vapor› to emit, give off

2 (arrojar) ‹flecha/bola› to fire

el corcho salió despedido con fuerza the cork shot out

el conductor salió despedido de su asiento the driver was thrown out of his seat

■ despedirse

v pron

A (decir adiós) to say goodbye

se despidieron en el aeropuerto they said goodbye (to each other) at the airport

se despide atentamente ( Corresp) sincerely yours ( AmE), yours sincerely ( BrE), yours faithfully ( BrE)

despedirse DE algn to say goodbye TO sb, take one's leave OF sb ( frml) francés¹ (↑ francés (1))

B (dar por perdido) despedirse DE algo:

¿se lo prestaste? ya te puedes ir despidiendo de él did you lend it to him? well you can say o ( colloq) kiss goodbye to that

despídete de la idea, no quedan entradas you can forget the whole idea, there are no tickets left

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despedir ( conjugate despedir) verbo transitivo
1 ( decir adiós):
◊ vinieron a despedirme al aeropuerto they came to see me off at the airport

2 ( del trabajo) to dismiss, fire (colloq);
( por reducción de personal) to lay off
3 ‹ olor› to give off;
‹humo/vapor› to emit, give off;
◊ salir despedido [corcho/pelota] to shoot out;

el conductor salió despedido del asiento the driver was thrown out of his seat
despedirse verbo pronominal ( decir adiós) to say goodbye;
despedirse de algn to say goodbye to sb
despedir verbo transitivo
1 (a un empleado) to sack, fire
2 (a alguien que se va) to see off
3 to say goodbye to
4 (aroma, humo, etc) to give off
' despedir' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
atufar
- botar
- despedirse
- echar
- largar
- soltar
- tranquilidad
- desahuciar
- despida
- destituir
- oler
English:
ax
- axe
- chop
- discharge
- dismiss
- emit
- fire
- give off
- keep on
- lay off
- must
- push
- redundant
- release
- remove
- sack
- see off
- send away
- terminate
- fume
- give
- keep
- lay
- see
- send

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despedir

♦ vt

1. [decir adiós a] to say goodbye to;

fuimos a despedirle a la estación we went to see him off at the station;

nos despidió con la mano he waved goodbye to us;

despídeme de tus padres say goodbye to your parents for me;

despedimos así nuestra serie de documentales sobre la India this will be the last in our series of documentaries on India;

muchos acudieron a despedir el féretro al paso del cortejo fúnebre many came to see the coffin off as the funeral procession passed;

¡vaya manera de despedir el año! what a way to see the New Year in!

2. [de un empleo] [por cierre, reducción de plantilla] to lay off, Br to make redundant;
[por razones disciplinarias] to fire, to sack
3. [lanzar, arrojar] to fling;

la manguera despedía un chorro enorme the hose sent out o shot out a huge jet of water;

el volcán dejó de despedir lava the volcano stopped spewing out lava;

salir despedido de/por/hacia algo to fly out of/through/towards sth;

el copiloto salió despedido the copilot shot out of his seat

4. [desprender] to give off;

despide un olor insoportable it gives off an unbearable smell

♦ See also the pronominal verb despedirse

* * *

despedir

v/t

1 see off

2 empleado dismiss

3 perfume give off

4 de jinete throw;

salir despedido del coche be thrown out of the car

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despedir {54} vt

1) : to see off, to show out

2) : to dismiss, to fire

3) emitir: to give off, to emit

despedir un olor: to give off an odor

♦ See also the reflexive verb despedirse

* * *

despedir vb

1. (decir adiós) to say goodbye to [pt. & pp. said]

me despidió con un beso he gave me a goodbye kiss

2. (acompañar) to see off [pt. saw; pp. seen]

fuimos al aeropuerto a despedirle we went to the airport to see him off

3. (echar del trabajo) to fire / to sack

lo han despedido de la fábrica he's been sacked from the factory

4. (desprender) to give off [pt. gave; pp. given]

tus zapatillas despiden un olor asqueroso your trainers smell disgusting

Spanish-English dictionary > despedir
6 despedir2

² = fire, lay off, discharge, terminate, axe [ax, -USA], let + go, sack, make + redundant, give + Nombre + the boot, boot (out), give + Nombre + the sack, send + Nombre + packing, turf out, cashier.

Ex. It began when Balzac and Pershing had an altercation (theirs was another of the 'running feuds' in the library), and Pershing was fired.

Ex. I've been sitting here wondering how best to select the people to be laid off.

Ex. By the beginning of the nineteenth century many British printers had come to rely for most of their work on relays of apprentices, who were simply discharged at the end of their terms and replaced by new apprentices.

Ex. At coffee yesterday Jeff Gordon had apprised her of the fact that three of his engineers had been summarily terminated.

Ex. 'He's been trying to cover up his tracks; those engineers who got axed were his scapegoats'.

Ex. Suddenly she piped triumphantly, almost getting to her feet: 'We could let the student assistants go!'.

Ex. The author warns that shortsighted companies that believe all the information they need is on the Web may sack information professionals.

Ex. Many people have been made redundant in the takeover and those who joined last were the first to go -- the principle of devil take the hindmost applied.

Ex. He was given the boot for being discovered with a camera taking a photo of hula dancers.

Ex. As Hartwick got older, the feds decided he was a major security risk and booted him out of the program.

Ex. Justin pointed out that the government would not compromise and those found protecting illegal immigrants would be given the sack.

Ex. Those who hold this view argued that the state government lacks the political will to send them packing for good.

Ex. You will be disliked and turfed out as a sacrificial goat once your job is done but there will be many others queuing up for your services.

Ex. His case was referred to the next session, and in the following May he was cashiered.

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* despedir a discreción = fire at + will.

* despedir a un empleado = dismiss + employee.

* despedir del trabajo = make + redundant.

* despedir mano de obra = shed + jobs, axe + jobs, cut + jobs.

* despedir obreros = shed + jobs, axe + jobs, cut + jobs.

Spanish-English dictionary > despedir2
7 huella

f.

1 footprint.

seguir las huellas de alguien (figurative) to follow in somebody's footsteps

huella digital o dactilar fingerprint

huella genética genetic fingerprint

2 trace (vestigio).

3 mark.

dejar huella to leave one's mark

4 step.

pres.indicat.

3^rd person singular (él/ella/ello) present indicative of spanish verb: hollar.

* * *

huella

► nombre femenino

1 (de pie) footprint; (de ruedas) track

2 figurado (vestigio) trace, sign

■ las huellas del tiempo the traces of time

\

FRASEOLOGÍA

dejar huella to leave one's mark (en, on)

no quedar ni huella not to be a trace

seguir las huellas de alguien figurado to follow in somebody's footsteps

huella dactilar fingerprint

* * *

noun f.

1) footprint

2) fingerprint

3) track

* * *

SF

1) [en el suelo] (=pisada) footprint, footstep; [de coche, animal] track

seguir las huellas de algn — to follow in sb's footsteps

huella dactilar, huella digital — fingerprint

huella ecológica — carbon footprint

huella genética — genetic fingerprint

2) (=rastro) trace

sin dejar huella — without leaving a trace, leaving no sign

se le notaban las huellas del sufrimiento — you could see the signs of her suffering

3) (=impronta)

el presidente dejó huella inconfundible en el partido — the president left his unmistakable mark o stamp on the party

aquello dejó una huella imborrable — it left an indelible memory

4) (=acto) tread, treading

5) [de escalera] tread

* * *

femenino

a) ( pisada - de persona) footprint, footstep; (- de rueda) track

las huellas del animal — the animal's tracks o pawprints (o hoofmarks etc)

b) ( vestigio) mark

la huella islámica en nuestra literatura — the Islamic influence on our literature

sin dejar huella — without (a) trace

c) ( de escalón) tread

- huellas dactilares or digitales

* * *

= trace, footprint, imprint, footprint, footprint, track, print.

Ex. But there was no trace of sinisterness in Balzac's manner.

Ex. Such compact drives are attractive devices for laptop computers and for internal installation in desktop computers with compact footprints.

Ex. Harris was a librarian par excellence, whose imprint will become indelible in the history of Nigerian librarianship.

Ex. In later years, the famous book mythological significance of muddy footprints introduced me to the ancient Hippopotamian culture.

Ex. The article is entitled 'The Information footprint: a satellite-based information service'.

Ex. Topics include trees, leaf coloration, buds, seeds, vertebrate animals, animal tracks, insects and other arthropods, earthworms, characteristics of living things, and microhabitats.

Ex. Some of the exhibition's objects are plaster casts of such perishables as dying daffodil heads and hoof prints.

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* borrar + Posesivo + huellas = cover up + Posesivo + tracks.

* dejar huella = leave + Posesivo + mark, cut + a swath(e), leave + a trace, touch + Posesivo + life, leave + an impression, leave + an imprint, make + an impression.

* dejar huellas = leave + footprints.

* dejar una huella imborrable = leave + a lasting memory.

* dejar una huella imborrable = leave + a lasting impression.

* desaparecer sin dejar huella = evaporate into + thin air, vanish into + thin air, disappear into + thin air, disappear without + a trace, disappear into + the blue, vanish into + the blue.

* hacer huella = leave + an impression, touch + Posesivo + life, leave + Posesivo + mark, cut + a swath(e), leave + an imprint, make + an impression.

* huella dactilar = fingerprint [finger-print].

* huella de carbono = carbon imprint, carbon footprint.

* huella dejada por el pulgar = thumb-mark.

* huella ecológica = ecological imprint, ecological footprint.

* huellas = set of tracks.

* identificación mediante las huellas dactilares = finger-print identification.

* sin dejar huella = into thin air.

* * *

femenino

a) ( pisada - de persona) footprint, footstep; (- de rueda) track

las huellas del animal — the animal's tracks o pawprints (o hoofmarks etc)

b) ( vestigio) mark

la huella islámica en nuestra literatura — the Islamic influence on our literature

sin dejar huella — without (a) trace

c) ( de escalón) tread

- huellas dactilares or digitales

* * *

= trace, footprint, imprint, footprint, footprint, track, print.

Ex: But there was no trace of sinisterness in Balzac's manner.

Ex: Such compact drives are attractive devices for laptop computers and for internal installation in desktop computers with compact footprints.

Ex: Harris was a librarian par excellence, whose imprint will become indelible in the history of Nigerian librarianship.

Ex: In later years, the famous book mythological significance of muddy footprints introduced me to the ancient Hippopotamian culture.

Ex: The article is entitled 'The Information footprint: a satellite-based information service'.

Ex: Topics include trees, leaf coloration, buds, seeds, vertebrate animals, animal tracks, insects and other arthropods, earthworms, characteristics of living things, and microhabitats.

Ex: Some of the exhibition's objects are plaster casts of such perishables as dying daffodil heads and hoof prints.

* borrar + Posesivo + huellas = cover up + Posesivo + tracks.

* dejar huella = leave + Posesivo + mark, cut + a swath(e), leave + a trace, touch + Posesivo + life, leave + an impression, leave + an imprint, make + an impression.

* dejar huellas = leave + footprints.

* dejar una huella imborrable = leave + a lasting memory.

* dejar una huella imborrable = leave + a lasting impression.

* desaparecer sin dejar huella = evaporate into + thin air, vanish into + thin air, disappear into + thin air, disappear without + a trace, disappear into + the blue, vanish into + the blue.

* hacer huella = leave + an impression, touch + Posesivo + life, leave + Posesivo + mark, cut + a swath(e), leave + an imprint, make + an impression.

* huella dactilar = fingerprint [finger-print].

* huella de carbono = carbon imprint, carbon footprint.

* huella dejada por el pulgar = thumb-mark.

* huella ecológica = ecological imprint, ecological footprint.

* huellas = set of tracks.

* identificación mediante las huellas dactilares = finger-print identification.

* sin dejar huella = into thin air.

* * *

huella

feminine

1 (pisada — de una persona) footprint, footstep; (— de un animal) pawprint ( o hoofmark etc)

siguieron las huellas del animal they followed the animal's tracks o pawprints ( o hoofmarks etc)

2 (vestigio) mark

la huella islámica en la literatura española the Islamic influence on Spanish literature

en su rostro se veía la huella del tiempo time had left its mark on his face ( liter)

desaparecieron sin dejar huella they disappeared without (a) trace

3 (de un escalón) tread

Compuestos:

● huella de carbono

carbon footprint

● huella ecológica

ecological footprint

● huella genética

genetic fingerprint

● huellas dactilares or digitales

fpl fingerprints (pl)

● huella social

social impact; social footprint

* * *

Del verbo hollar: ( conjugate hollar)

huella es:

3ª persona singular (él/ella/usted) presente indicativo

2ª persona singular (tú) imperativo

Multiple Entries:
hollar
huella
huella sustantivo femenino
a) ( pisada — de persona) footprint, footstep;

(— de rueda) track;
◊ las huellas del animal the animal's tracks o pawprints (o hoofmarks etc);

huellas dactilares fingerprints
b) ( vestigio) mark;

◊ sin dejar huella without (a) trace

huella sustantivo femenino
1 (pisada) footprint
(de vehículo, animal) track
huella dactilar o digital, fingerprint
2 fig (rastro, señal) trace, sign
dejar la huella, to leave one's mark: dejó una huella en el cristal, it left a mark on the glass
' huella' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
dactilar
- estampar
- imprimir
- marca
- pisada
- seña
- señal
- señalar
- dejar
- impacto
- indicio
- marcar
- mordida
- perro
- rastro
- reciente
- resquicio
English:
fingerprint
- footprint
- impression
- imprint
- mark
- print
- sign
- skidmark
- suspicion
- track
- finger
- foot

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huella

♦ ver hollar

♦ nf

1. [de persona] footprint;
[de animal, rueda] track;
Comp

seguir las huellas de alguien to follow in sb's footsteps

Comp
huella dactilar fingerprint;
huella digital fingerprint;

huella genética genetic fingerprint

2. [vestigio] trace;

todavía no han desaparecido las huellas de las inundaciones you can still see the signs of the flooding

3. [impresión profunda] mark;

su rostro reflejaba las huellas del esfuerzo her face showed signs of the effort she was putting in;

Comp

dejar huella: desaparecieron sin dejar huella they vanished without trace;

un estilo de componer que ha dejado huella a style of composing that has been very influential;

sus enseñanzas dejaron huella en sus discípulos her teachings influenced her followers

4. [de escalón] tread

* * *

huella

f mark; de animal track;

seguir las huellas de alguien follow in s.o.’s footsteps

* * *

huella, etc. hollar

huella nf

1) : footprint

seguir las huellas de alguien: to follow in someone's footsteps

2) : mark, impact

dejar huella: to leave one's mark

sin dejar huella: without a trace

3)

huella digital or

huella dactilar : fingerprint

* * *

huella n

1. (de persona) footprint

siguió las huellas del ladrón he followed the thief's footprints

2. (de animal, vehículo) track

seguimos las huellas del oso we followed the bear's tracks

sin dejar huella without trace

huella dactilar fingerprint

huella digital fingerprint

Spanish-English dictionary > huella
8 borrar

v.

1 to rub out (British), to erase (United States) (with rubber/eraser).

borrar a algo/alguien del mapa (en ordenador)(en casete)(figurative) to wipe something/somebody off the map

2 to cross out.

3 to wipe, to dust (pizarra).

4 to erase.

el tiempo borró el recuerdo de aquel desastre with time, he was able to erase the disaster from his memory

5 to ignore (informal). (Mexican Spanish, River Plate)

6 to eliminate.

* * *

borrar

► verbo transitivo

1 (lo escrito) to erase, rub out; (superficie) to clean

■ borra esa palabra rub out that word

■ borra la pizarra clean the blackboard

2 (cinta) to erase

3 INFORMÁTICA to delete

4 (tachar) to cross out, cross off

■ me han borrado de la lista they've crossed me off the list

5 (dar de baja) to cancel the membership of

■ si no paga la cuota lo borraremos del club if he doesn't pay the fee we'll cancel his membership

■ me he borrado del club de golf I've resigned from the golf club

► verbo pronominal borrarse

1 to disappear

* * *

verb

to erase

* * *

1. VT

1) (=hacer desaparecer)

a) [+ palabra, dibujo] [con goma] to rub out, erase; [con borrador] to rub off, clean off

la fecha había sido cuidadosamente borrada — the date had been carefully rubbed out o erased

borra lo que has puesto en la pizarra — rub off o clean off what you've put on the blackboard

bórralo con Tippex — white it out with Tipp-Ex ®, tippex it out

- borrar a algn/algo del mapa

b) [+ señal, mancha] to remove; [+ pintada] to clean off; [+ huellas] to wipe off, rub off

c) [+ mensaje, fichero] to delete, erase; [+ canción, película] to tape over, erase

he borrado todos los mensajes del contestador — I've erased o deleted all the messages on the answering machine

¿no habrás borrado el partido de fútbol? — you haven't taped over o erased the football match, have you?

d) [+ impresión] to wipe away, erase

he borrado de mi mente aquellas imágenes — I have wiped away o erased those images from my mind

consiguió borrar aquellos malos recuerdos — he managed to wipe away o erase all those painful memories

era como si se hubieran borrado 40 años de la historia — it was as if 40 years of history had been wiped clean o erased

no podía borrar de su cara las huellas del cansancio — he was unable to wipe away the signs of fatigue from his face

2) (=limpiar) [+ disquete, cinta] to erase; [+ pantalla] to clear

borrar la pizarra — to clean the blackboard

3) (=dar de baja a)

borrar a algn de — [+ clase, actividad] to take sb out of, remove sb from; [+ lista, curso] to take sb off, remove sb from

borró a los niños de la clase de natación — she took the children out of the swimming class, she removed the children from the swimming class

bórranos de la excursión del sábado — take us off the list for Saturday's outing, count us out of Saturday's outing *

4) (Fot) (=poner borroso) to blur

5) (Pol)

borrar a algn — euf to deal with sb, dispose of sb

2.

See:

borrarse

* * *
1.
verbo transitivo

a) <palabra/dibujo> ( con goma) to rub out, erase; ( con líquido corrector) to white out, tippex out (BrE); ( con esponja) to rub... off; < pizarra> to clean; < huellas digitales> to wipe off

b) <cassette/disquete> to erase, wipe; < canción> to erase; <información/ficha> to delete, erase

c) <recuerdos/imagen> to blot out

d) < persona> (de lista, club)

la borraron de la lista — they took her (name) off the list

lo borramos del club porque nunca iba — we cancelled his club membership because he never went
2.
borrarse v pron

1)

a) inscripción/letrero to fade

se borró con la lluvia — the rain washed it away o off

b) temores/dudas to disappear; imagen/recuerdo to fade

se le borró la sonrisa — her smile vanished

c) persona ( de club) to cancel one's membership, resign; ( de clase) to drop out; ( de lista) to cross one's name off a list

2) (Méx, RPl arg) ( irse) to split (colloq)

yo me borro — I'm taking off (AmE), I'm off (BrE colloq)

* * *

= delete, erase, obliterate, strike out, efface, blot out.

Ex. Expressive notation is generally easier to truncate, that is, delete final characters to create the notation for a more general subject.

Ex. Pressing the delete key erases a characters without leaving a blank space.

Ex. Typing errors cannot be obliterated with a normal erasing fluid as this would print and appear as a blotch on the copies.

Ex. Dots placed under words or letters wrongly struck out by the corrector.

Ex. The beauty, the aliveness, the creativity, the passion that made her lovable and gave her life meaning has been effaced.

Ex. Las Vegas was once notorious for loose morals, fast living and financial transactions murky enough to blot out the desert sun.

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* borrar con la tecla de retroceso = backspace.

* borrar + Posesivo + huellas = cover up + Posesivo + tracks.

* borrar puliendo = buff out.

* borrar una imagen = eradicate + image.

* borrar un recuerdo = expunge + memory.

* goma de borrar = eraser, rubber.

* tecla de borrar = delete key.

* * *
1.
verbo transitivo

a) <palabra/dibujo> ( con goma) to rub out, erase; ( con líquido corrector) to white out, tippex out (BrE); ( con esponja) to rub... off; < pizarra> to clean; < huellas digitales> to wipe off

b) <cassette/disquete> to erase, wipe; < canción> to erase; <información/ficha> to delete, erase

c) <recuerdos/imagen> to blot out

d) < persona> (de lista, club)

la borraron de la lista — they took her (name) off the list

lo borramos del club porque nunca iba — we cancelled his club membership because he never went
2.
borrarse v pron

1)

a) inscripción/letrero to fade

se borró con la lluvia — the rain washed it away o off

b) temores/dudas to disappear; imagen/recuerdo to fade

se le borró la sonrisa — her smile vanished

c) persona ( de club) to cancel one's membership, resign; ( de clase) to drop out; ( de lista) to cross one's name off a list

2) (Méx, RPl arg) ( irse) to split (colloq)

yo me borro — I'm taking off (AmE), I'm off (BrE colloq)

* * *

= delete, erase, obliterate, strike out, efface, blot out.

Ex: Expressive notation is generally easier to truncate, that is, delete final characters to create the notation for a more general subject.

Ex: Pressing the delete key erases a characters without leaving a blank space.

Ex: Typing errors cannot be obliterated with a normal erasing fluid as this would print and appear as a blotch on the copies.

Ex: Dots placed under words or letters wrongly struck out by the corrector.

Ex: The beauty, the aliveness, the creativity, the passion that made her lovable and gave her life meaning has been effaced.

Ex: Las Vegas was once notorious for loose morals, fast living and financial transactions murky enough to blot out the desert sun.

* borrar con la tecla de retroceso = backspace.

* borrar + Posesivo + huellas = cover up + Posesivo + tracks.

* borrar puliendo = buff out.

* borrar una imagen = eradicate + image.

* borrar un recuerdo = expunge + memory.

* goma de borrar = eraser, rubber.

* tecla de borrar = delete key.

* * *

borrar [A1 ]

vt

1 ‹palabra/dibujo› (con una goma) to rub out, erase; (con líquido corrector) to white out, tippex out ( BrE); (con una esponja) to rub … off

borrar la pizarra to clean the blackboard

había borrado sus huellas digitales she had wiped off all trace of her fingerprints

deberían borrar esas pintadas de la pared they should remove o get rid of that graffiti on the wall

2 ‹cassette/disquete› to erase, wipe; ‹canción› to erase; ‹información/ficha› to delete, erase; ( Inf) to wipe

3 ‹recuerdos/imagen› to blot out

recuerdos que quería borrar de su mente memories that he wanted to blot out o erase from his mind

el tiempo todo lo borra time is a great healer ( set phrase)

4 ‹persona›

(de una clase, un club): la borraron de la lista they deleted her name from the list, they took her o her name off the list

la borré de la clase de ballet I took her out of ballet classes, I stopped her ballet lessons

lo borramos del club porque nunca quería ir we canceled his club membership because he never went

bórrame para lo del domingo ( fam); count me out for Sunday ( colloq)

■ borrarse

v pron

A

1 «inscripción/letrero» to fade

se borró con la lluvia the rain washed it away o off

2 «temores/dudas» to disappear

«imagen/recuerdo»: con los años se le borró el recuerdo de ese día over the years his memory of that day faded

al oír su voz se le borró la sonrisa when she heard his voice her smile vanished

no me acuerdo, se me ha borrado totalmente I can't remember, it's gone right out of my head

3 «persona» (de un club) to cancel one's membership, resign; (de una clase) to drop out

B (Méx, RPl arg) (irse) to split ( colloq)

yo me borro I'm taking off ( AmE colloq), I'm off ( BrE colloq)

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borrar ( conjugate borrar) verbo transitivo
a) ‹palabra/dibujo› ( con goma) to rub out, erase;

( con líquido corrector) to white out, tippex out (BrE);
‹ pizarra› to clean;
‹ huellas digitales› to wipe off
b) ‹cassette/disquete› to erase, wipe

c) (Inf) ‹ archivo› delete;

‹ pantalla› to clear
d) ‹recuerdos/imagen› to blot out

borrarse verbo pronominal [inscripción/letrero] to fade;
◊ se borró con la lluvia the rain washed it away o off

borrar verbo transitivo
1 (con una goma) to erase, rub out
(una pizarra) to clean
2 Inform to delete

' borrar' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
goma
- mapa
- obliterar
English:
blank out
- blot out
- delete
- efface
- erase
- eraser
- face
- obliterate
- rub off
- rub out
- rubber
- scrub
- wear away
- wipe
- wipe away
- wipe off
- wipe out
- blot
- clean
- rub
- wear
- zap

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borrar

♦ vt

1. [hacer desaparecer] [con goma] Br to rub out, US to erase;
[en casete] to erase;
Comp

borrar a algo/alguien del mapa to wipe sth/sb off the map

2. [la pizarra] to wipe, to dust

3. [tachar] to cross out

4. [de lista] to take off;

sus padres la borraron de clase de piano her parents stopped sending her to piano classes

5. Informát [archivo] to delete

6. [olvidar] to erase;

el tiempo borró el recuerdo de aquel desastre with time, she was able to erase the disaster from her memory;

intenta borrarla de tu cabeza try and put her out of your mind

7. Méx, RP Fam [no hacer caso a] to ignore;

me peleé con ella porque siempre me borraba I fell out with her because she always ignored me

♦ See also the pronominal verb borrarse

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borrar

v/t

1 erase

2 INFOR delete

3 pizarra clean

4 recuerdo blot out

5 huellas wipe off

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borrar vt

: to erase, to blot out

♦ See also the reflexive verb borrarse

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borrar vb

1. (con goma) to erase / to rub out [pt. & pp. rubbed]

borró lo escrito he rubbed out what he'd written

2. (de una lista) to cross off

lo borraron de la lista de invitados they crossed him off the guest list

3. (de pizarra, casete) to wipe off

borra eso la pizarra wipe that off the blackboard

4. (del ordenador) to delete

he borrado el archivo por error I've deleted the file by mistake

Spanish-English dictionary > borrar
9 perseguir

v.

1 to pursue.

con esta medida, el gobierno persigue la contención de la inflación the government's purpose in taking this measure is to curb inflation

Ella persigue el éxito She pursues success.

2 to persecute.

lo persiguieron por sus ideas he was persecuted for his beliefs

le persigue la mala suerte he's dogged by bad luck

los fantasmas de la niñez la persiguen she is tormented by the ghosts of her childhood

El policía persigue a Ricardo The policeman persecutes=harasses Richard.

3 to chase, to chase down, to follow, to get after.

Buck persigue aves Buck chases birds.

4 to aspire to, to aim to, to pursue, to pursue to.

Ella persigue estudiar en Francia She pursues to study in France.

5 to prosecute, to prosecute by the law.

La corte persigue a Ricardo The court prosecutes Richard.

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perseguir

Conjugation model [ SEGUIR], like link=seguir seguir

► verbo transitivo

1 to pursue, chase

■ nos persiguió un coche de policía a police car chased us

2 figurado (seguir) to follow

■ este perro me persigue this dog follows me everywhere

3 (reprimir) to persecute

4 figurado (pretender) to be after, be looking for

■ lo que persigue es que la invite a la fiesta she's after an invite to the party

5 DERECHO to prosecute

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verb

1) to persecute

2) pursue

3) worry, torment

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VT

1) [+ presa, fugitivo] [gen] to pursue, chase; [por motivos ideológicos] to persecute; (=acosar) to hunt down, hunt out

2) [+ persona, empleo] to chase after, go after; [+ propósito, fin] to pursue

la persiguió durante dos años — he was after her for two years, he pursued her for two years

me persiguieron hasta que dije que sí — they pestered me until I said yes

lo persiguen los remordimientos — he is plagued by remorse

lo persigue la mala suerte — he is dogged by ill luck

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verbo transitivo

1)

a) <fugitivo/delincuente/presa> to pursue, chase

b) ( por la ideología) to persecute

2)

a) <objetivo/fin> to pursue

perseguir la fama — to be in pursuit of fame

la finalidad que se persigue es... — the ultimate aim is...

no sé qué persigues con esa actitud — I don't know what you're hoping to achieve with that attitude

b) ( acosar)

me persigue para que le preste el coche — he's always pestering me to lend him the car (colloq)

la han estado persiguiendo hasta conseguir que trabaje para ellos — they've been pursuing her until they've managed to get her to work for them

me persigue la mala suerte — I'm dogged by bad luck

lo persiguen las enfermedades — he's be plagued by illness

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= chase, hunt, seek (after), track, haunt, be after, woo, dog, persecute, track down, hound, gun for, hunt down, chase down.

Ex. Also, in controlled indexing language data bases, there is often an assumption that a user will be prepared to chase strings of references or to consult a sometimes complex thesaurus.

Ex. Nonetheless, we would still not wish to hunt through the file in order to change all subdivisions of that heading.

Ex. A popular book will always be sought after by public librarians.

Ex. The index fields are used for tracking annual indexes.

Ex. Some authors, of course, object to their work being subjected to compulsory dissection for exams in the traditional deadly manner and like Bernard Shaw, they swear to haunt anyone who so mistreats them (Shaw's ghost must be busy these days).

Ex. Silas H Berry told his colleagues at the New York Library Club: 'It is so hard to get a reader to tell what he is really after'.

Ex. Rumour had it that he was being wooed by Technicomm, Inc.

Ex. The title of the article is 'Sweeping away the problems that dog the industry?'.

Ex. Why does the ALA ignore, deny or cover up the actions of the only government in the world which persecutes people for the alleged crime of opening uncensored libraries?.

Ex. In stepping away from the genre's glamorous robberies and flashy lifestyle, this stealthy, potent movie tracks down the British gangster icon to its inevitable end.

Ex. Jefferson, like Clinton, was hounded by reports of adultery and cowardice in wartime.

Ex. The profession should not be gunning for the diverse and specific jobs that members of the same profession do now and will, with increasing diversity of title, do in the future.

Ex. Clinton promised that those responsible would be hunted down and punished.

Ex. A feisty Harlem woman turned the tables on three subway muggers, chasing down two of the thugs while snatching back her purse.

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* perseguir fantasmas = chase + phantoms, grasp at + shadows.

* perseguir los mismos fines = work + on the same lines.

* perseguir los mismos objetivos = work + on the same lines.

* perseguir quimeras = chase + phantoms, grasp at + shadows.

* perseguir un fin = pursue + end.

* perseguir un objetivo = pursue + objective, pursue + goal.

* persiguiendo sin tregua = in hot pursuit of.

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verbo transitivo

1)

a) <fugitivo/delincuente/presa> to pursue, chase

b) ( por la ideología) to persecute

2)

a) <objetivo/fin> to pursue

perseguir la fama — to be in pursuit of fame

la finalidad que se persigue es... — the ultimate aim is...

no sé qué persigues con esa actitud — I don't know what you're hoping to achieve with that attitude

b) ( acosar)

me persigue para que le preste el coche — he's always pestering me to lend him the car (colloq)

la han estado persiguiendo hasta conseguir que trabaje para ellos — they've been pursuing her until they've managed to get her to work for them

me persigue la mala suerte — I'm dogged by bad luck

lo persiguen las enfermedades — he's be plagued by illness

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= chase, hunt, seek (after), track, haunt, be after, woo, dog, persecute, track down, hound, gun for, hunt down, chase down.

Ex: Also, in controlled indexing language data bases, there is often an assumption that a user will be prepared to chase strings of references or to consult a sometimes complex thesaurus.

Ex: Nonetheless, we would still not wish to hunt through the file in order to change all subdivisions of that heading.

Ex: A popular book will always be sought after by public librarians.

Ex: The index fields are used for tracking annual indexes.

Ex: Some authors, of course, object to their work being subjected to compulsory dissection for exams in the traditional deadly manner and like Bernard Shaw, they swear to haunt anyone who so mistreats them (Shaw's ghost must be busy these days).

Ex: Silas H Berry told his colleagues at the New York Library Club: 'It is so hard to get a reader to tell what he is really after'.

Ex: Rumour had it that he was being wooed by Technicomm, Inc.

Ex: The title of the article is 'Sweeping away the problems that dog the industry?'.

Ex: Why does the ALA ignore, deny or cover up the actions of the only government in the world which persecutes people for the alleged crime of opening uncensored libraries?.

Ex: In stepping away from the genre's glamorous robberies and flashy lifestyle, this stealthy, potent movie tracks down the British gangster icon to its inevitable end.

Ex: Jefferson, like Clinton, was hounded by reports of adultery and cowardice in wartime.

Ex: The profession should not be gunning for the diverse and specific jobs that members of the same profession do now and will, with increasing diversity of title, do in the future.

Ex: Clinton promised that those responsible would be hunted down and punished.

Ex: A feisty Harlem woman turned the tables on three subway muggers, chasing down two of the thugs while snatching back her purse.

* perseguir fantasmas = chase + phantoms, grasp at + shadows.

* perseguir los mismos fines = work + on the same lines.

* perseguir los mismos objetivos = work + on the same lines.

* perseguir quimeras = chase + phantoms, grasp at + shadows.

* perseguir un fin = pursue + end.

* perseguir un objetivo = pursue + objective, pursue + goal.

* persiguiendo sin tregua = in hot pursuit of.

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perseguir [ I30 ]

vt

A ‹fugitivo/delincuente› to pursue, chase; ‹presa› to pursue, chase, hunt

B (por la ideología) to persecute

el gobierno persiguió a los que se oponían al régimen the government persecuted those who opposed the regime

C

1 ‹objetivo/fin› to pursue

jóvenes que persiguen la fama young people in pursuit of o seeking fame

la finalidad que se persigue es que baje esta cifra the ultimate aim is to lower this figure

no sé qué persigues con esa actitud I don't know what you're hoping to achieve with that attitude

2

(acosar): me persigue pidiéndome el coche prestado he's always pestering me to lend him the car ( colloq)

me persigue la mala suerte I'm dogged by bad luck

la suerte lo persigue luck always seems to be on his side

parece que te persiguen las enfermedades you seem to be plagued by illness

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perseguir ( conjugate perseguir) verbo transitivo
1
a) ‹fugitivo/delincuente/presa› to pursue, chase

b) ( por la ideología) to persecute

2 ‹objetivo/fin› to pursue;
◊ perseguir la fama to be in pursuit of fame;

me persigue la mala suerte I'm dogged by bad luck
perseguir verbo transitivo
1 (ir detrás de alguien) to chase
2 (por ideas) to persecute
3 (un objetivo) to pursue
4 (acompañar) les persigue la mala suerte, they are dogged by bad luck
' perseguir' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
morosa
- moroso
- andar
- caza
- corretear
English:
chase
- dog
- get after
- go after
- hunt down
- make after
- persecute
- pursue
- victimize
- go
- haunt
- run

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perseguir vt

1. [ir tras de] to pursue;
[corredor, ciclista] to chase down
2. [acosar] to persecute;

lo persiguieron por sus ideas he was persecuted for his beliefs;

lo persigue la mala suerte she's dogged by bad luck;

los fantasmas de la niñez la persiguen she is tormented by the ghosts of her childhood

3. [tratar de obtener] to pursue;

con esta medida, el gobierno persigue la contención de la inflación the government's purpose in taking this measure is to curb inflation

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perseguir

v/t

1 objetivo pursue

2 delincuente look for

3 ( molestar) pester

4 ( acosar) persecute

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perseguir {75} vt

1) : to pursue, to chase

2) : to persecute

3) : to pester, to annoy

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perseguir vb

1. (en general) to chase / to pursue

la policía persiguió al ladrón por el parque the police chased the thief through the park

2. (objetivo, fin) to seek [pt. & pp. sought]

todo el mundo persigue la felicidad everyone is seeking happiness

Spanish-English dictionary > perseguir
10 campo

m.

1 country, countryside (campiña).

en mitad del campo in the middle of the country o countryside

la emigración del campo a la ciudad migration from rural areas to cities

campo abierto open countryside

a campo traviesa cross country

2 field.

dejar el campo libre a algo/alguien (figurative) to leave the field clear for something/somebody

campo de aviación airfield

campo de batalla battlefield

campo magnético (physics) magnetic field

campo de pruebas testing ground

campo de tiro firing range

campo visual field of vision

3 camp (campamento).

campo de refugiados refugee camp

campo de trabajo work camp; (de vacaciones) labor camp (para prisioneros)

campo de concentración concentration camp

campo de exterminio death camp

4 pitch (sport) (de fútbol). (peninsular Spanish)

jugar en campo propio/contrario to play at home/away (from home)

campo de deportes sports ground

5 field (computing).

6 room.

7 domain, scope.

8 campsite.

9 pitch area, area of play.

pres.indicat.

1^st person singular (yo) present indicative of spanish verb: campar.

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campo

► nombre masculino

1 (campiña) country, countryside

■ vivir en el campo to live in the country

2 (agricultura) field

■ los campos de maíz the cornfields

■ trabajar el campo to work the land

3 (de deportes) field, pitch

4 (espacio) space

■ en el campo de la medicina in the field of medicine

5 figurado field, scope

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FRASEOLOGÍA

dejarle a alguien el campo libre figurado to leave the field open for somebody

ir a campo traviesa/través to cut across the fields

campo de batalla battlefield

campo de concentración concentration camp

campo de fútbol football pitch

campo de golf golf course, golf links plural

campo de tenis tennis court

campo de tiro shooting range

campo deportivo playing field

campo visual visual field

campo magnético magnetic field

casa de campo country house

trabajo de campo field work

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noun m.

1) country, countryside

2) field

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SM

1) (=terreno no urbano) country

viven en el campo — they live in the country o countryside

los domingos salimos al campo — on Sundays we go out to the country

el campo está precioso — the countryside looks beautiful

la gente del campo — country people o folk

a campo raso — out in the open

campo a través — cross-country

campeonato de campo a través — cross-country championship

los tres prisioneros huyeron campo a través — the three prisoners fled cross-country

2) (Agr) [para cultivar]

un campo de trigo — a wheat field

campos de amapolas — poppy fields

los obreros del campo — farm workers, agricultural workers

los productos del campo — farm produce, country produce

trabajar en el campo — to work the land

campo de cultivo — (lit) farm land; (fig) breeding ground

3) (Dep) (=estadio) ground; (=cancha) pitch, field (EEUU)

jugaron en el campo del Barcelona — they played at Barcelona's ground

el portero tuvo que abandonar el campo — the goalkeeper had to leave the pitch o field

el equipo perdió en su campo — the team lost at home

campo de deportes — sports ground

campo de fútbol — football pitch

campo de golf — golf course

campo de juego — playing field

4) (=espacio delimitado)

campo de aterrizaje — landing field

Campo de Gibraltar — Spanish territory around the border with Gibraltar

campo de minas — minefield

campo de tiro — firing range

estar dentro del campo de tiro de algn — to be in sb's firing range

campo petrolífero — oilfield

campo santo — cemetery, churchyard

Campos Elíseos — [en París] Champs Elysées; (Mit) Elysian Fields

5) (Mil) (=campamento) camp

levantar el campo — (Mil) to break camp, strike camp; (=irse) to make tracks *

- dejar el campo libre

campo de aviación — airfield, airdrome (EEUU)

campo de batalla — battlefield

quedar en el campo de batalla — to fall in battle

campo de concentración — concentration camp

campo de ejercicios — exercise ground

campo de entrenamiento — training camp

campo de exterminio — extermination camp

campo de maniobras — training camp

campo de pruebas — testing ground

campo de refugiados — refugee camp

campo de trabajo — [de castigo] labour o (EEUU) labor camp; [de vacaciones] work camp

6) (=grupo) field

campo alfanumérico — alphanumeric field

campo léxico — lexical field

campo numérico — numeric field

campo semántico — semantic field

7) (=ámbito) field

el campo de las ciencias — the field of science

investigación de campo — field investigation

campo de acción, campo de actuación — scope, room for manoeuvre o (EEUU) maneuver

campo de investigación — field of investigation

campo gravitatorio — gravity field, field of gravity

campo magnético — magnetic field

campo visual — field of vision, visual field
trabajo 1)
8) (Arte) background

9) (Heráldica) field

10) And (=estancia) farm, ranch; Cono Sur (=tierra pobre) barren land; And, Cono Sur (Min) mining concession

11) LAm (=espacio) space, room

no hay campo — there's no room o space

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masculino

1) ( zona no urbana) country; ( paisaje) countryside

viven en el campo — they live in the country

la gente del campo — the country people

el campo se ve precioso — the countryside looks beautiful

campo a través or a campo traviesa — <cruzar/ir> cross-country

2)

a) ( zona agraria) land; ( terreno) field

trabajar el campo de forma eficaz — to work the land efficiently

las faenas del campo — farm work

los campos de cebada — the field of barley

b)

de campo — field (before n)

investigaciones or observaciones de campo — a field study trabajo

- campo de aterrizaje

- campo de batalla

- campo de vuelo

- campo minado or de minas

- campo petrolífero

3) (Dep) ( de fútbol) field, pitch; ( de golf) course

perdieron en su campo or en campo propio — they lost at home

- campo a través

- campo de juego

- campo de tiro

4) (ámbito, área de acción) field

esto no está dentro de mi campo de acción — this does not fall within my area o field of responsibility

dejarle el campo libre a alguien — to leave the field clear for somebody

- campo de fuego

- campo de pruebas

- campo magnético/de gravedad

- campo semántico

- campo visual

5) ( campamento) camp

levantar el campo — to make tracks (colloq)

- campo de concentración/de refugiados

- campo de trabajo

- campo de trabajos forzados

6) (Andes) (espacio, lugar)

hagan or abran campo — make room

siempre le guardo campo — I always save her a place

7) (Inf) field

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masculino

1) ( zona no urbana) country; ( paisaje) countryside

viven en el campo — they live in the country

la gente del campo — the country people

el campo se ve precioso — the countryside looks beautiful

campo a través or a campo traviesa — <cruzar/ir> cross-country

2)

a) ( zona agraria) land; ( terreno) field

trabajar el campo de forma eficaz — to work the land efficiently

las faenas del campo — farm work

los campos de cebada — the field of barley

b)

de campo — field (before n)

investigaciones or observaciones de campo — a field study trabajo

- campo de aterrizaje

- campo de batalla

- campo de vuelo

- campo minado or de minas

- campo petrolífero

3) (Dep) ( de fútbol) field, pitch; ( de golf) course

perdieron en su campo or en campo propio — they lost at home

- campo a través

- campo de juego

- campo de tiro

4) (ámbito, área de acción) field

esto no está dentro de mi campo de acción — this does not fall within my area o field of responsibility

dejarle el campo libre a alguien — to leave the field clear for somebody

- campo de fuego

- campo de pruebas

- campo magnético/de gravedad

- campo semántico

- campo visual

5) ( campamento) camp

levantar el campo — to make tracks (colloq)

- campo de concentración/de refugiados

- campo de trabajo

- campo de trabajos forzados

6) (Andes) (espacio, lugar)

hagan or abran campo — make room

siempre le guardo campo — I always save her a place

7) (Inf) field

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campo¹

¹ = country, countryside, field.

Ex: But in the country the processes of printing always provoke such lively curiosity that the customers preferred to go in by a glazed door set in the shop-front and giving onto the street.

Ex: Problems of community service seem to show up more clearly in the countryside.

Ex: He was a loner himself, a small-town country boy who spent most of his time wandering about the hills and fields near his home.

* biblioteca de campo de concentración = concentration camp library.

* campo de juego = pitch.

* campo a través = off-road.

* campo de alfarero = potter's field.

* campo de batalla = battleground, battlefield.

* campo de ceniza volcánica = ash field.

* campo de césped artificial = all-weather pitch.

* campo de concentración = concentration camp, gulag, internment camp.

* campo de cricket = cricket grounds.

* campo de deportes = sport arena.

* campo de detención = internment camp.

* campo de exterminación = death camp.

* campo de fútbol = football field.

* campo de fútbol de tierra = dirt football pitch.

* campo de golf = golf course.

* campo de hierba artificial = all-weather pitch.

* campo de internamiento = internment camp.

* campo de juego = playing field.

* campo de juego de tierra = dirt pitch.

* campo de lava = lava field.

* campo de manzanos = apple orchard.

* campo de minas = minefield.

* campo de naranjos = orange grove, orange orchard.

* campo de olivos = olive grove.

* campo de petróleo = oil field.

* campo de prisioneros = prison camp, P.O.W. camp, prisoner of war camp, gulag.

* campo de reclusión = internment camp.

* campo de refugiados = refugee camp.

* campo de tierra = dirt pitch.

* campo de tiro = gun range, shooting range.

* campo de trabajos forzados = labour camp, forced labour camp.

* campo, el = bush, the.

* campo petrolífero de producción regular = marginal field.

* casa de campo = holiday home, country residence.

* centro del campo = halfway line.

* club de campo = country club.

* como un campo de batalla = like a war zone.

* cría en campo = free-range farming.

* de campo = free-range.

* dejar los campos en barbecho = let + fields lie fallow.

* diario de campo = field notebook.

* gallina de campo = free-range hen.

* habitante del campo = country dweller.

* línea de medio campo = halfway line.

* mano de obra del campo = farm labour force.

* pollo de campo = free-range chicken.

* prácticas de campo = fieldwork [field work].

* trabajador de campo = fieldworker [field worker].

* trabajador del campo = farmworker [farm worker], agricultural labourer, farm labourer, farm worker.

* trabajadores del campo = farm labour force.

* vida en el campo = rural life.

* vivir del campo = live off + the land.

campo²

² = area, arena, field, front, territory.

Ex: The area in which standards for bibliographic description have had the most impact is in catalogues and catalogue record data bases.

Ex: This shifts the responsibility for headings and their arrangement into the arena of cataloguers and indexers.

Ex: An appreciation of alternative approaches is particularly important in this field where trends towards standardisation are the norm.

Ex: Present auguries on the resource front are not good.

Ex: The report suggests that structural changes within higher education and within the information industry affect the legitimacy, status, and territory of librarians' work.

* campo afín = twin field.

* campo científico = academic field, scientific field.

* campo de acción = purview, scope.

* campo de actividad = area of application.

* campo de actuación = purview, scope, sphere of interest.

* campo de aplicación = field of application, scope, scope of application, field of practice, area of application.

* campo de especialización = area of competence, field of specialisation.

* campo de estudio = field of study.

* campo de interés = sphere of interest.

* campo de investigación = research field.

* campo de la computación = computing field.

* campo del conocimiento = field of knowledge.

* campo de trabajo = field of endeavour.

* campo de visión = breadth of vision, viewing position, field of vision.

* campo electromagnético = electromagnetic field.

* campo magnético = magnetic field.

* campo temático = subject field.

* campo visual = field of vision.

* en el campo de = in the realm of, in the field of.

* generar un campo magnético = generate + magnetic field.

* investigación de campo = intervention research, field research.

* investigador de campo = fieldworker [field worker].

* trabajo de campo = fieldwork [field work].

campo³

³ = field.

Nota: Aplicado a una parte de un registro de una base de datos.

Ex: Records are normally divided into fields.

* abreviatura del nombre del campo = tag.

* búsqueda por campos = field searching.

* campo bibliográfico = bibliographic field.

* campo de cabecera = leader field.

* campo de control = control field.

* campo de datos = datafield.

* campo de información = data field.

* campo de longitud fija = fixed length field.

* campo de longitud variable = variable length field.

* campo de notas = notes field.

* campo de registro = field.

* campo de relación = linking field.

* campo de texto libre = free-text field.

* campo indizable = indexing field.

* campo inserto = embedded field.

* campo reservado = reserved field.

* campo restringido = limit field.

* código de campo = field code.

* contenido del campo = field content.

* de campos fijos = fixed-field.

* delimitador de campo = field delimiter.

* etiqueta de campo = field label, field tag.

* identificador de campo = field label.

* identificador de campo abreviado = short field label.

* identificador de campo desarrollado = long field label.

* indicador de campo = field indicator.

* marca de final de campo = delimiter.

* nombre del campo = field name.

* separador de campo = field separator.

* sufijo de campo = field suffix code.

* tamaño del campo = field size.

* tecla de borrado de campo = ERASE FIELD key.

el campo

(n.) = bush, the

Ex: Her experiences in Namibia involved cycling along dirt roads through the bush to village schools in order to read stories and help children make their own books = Sus experiencias en Namibia supusieron ir en bicicleta por caminos de tierra por el campo a las escuelas de las aldeas para leer cuentos y ayudar a los niños a hacer sus propios libros.

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campo

masculine

A

(campiña): el campo the country

se fue a vivir al campo he went to live in the country

la migración del campo a la ciudad migration from the countryside o from rural areas to the cities

el campo se ve precioso con nieve the countryside looks lovely in the snow

modernizar el campo to modernize agriculture

el campo no se cultiva de manera eficaz the land is not worked efficiently

las faenas del campo farm work

la gente del campo country people

a campo raso out in the open

campo a través or a campo traviesa or a campo través cross-country

Compuesto:

campo a través

cross-country running

el campeonato nacional de campo a través the national cross-country championships

B (terreno)

1 ( Agr) field

los campos de cebada the barleyfields, the fields of barley

2 (de fútbol) field, pitch ( BrE); (de golf) course

perdieron en su campoor en campo propio they lost at home

lleno absoluto en el campo the stadium o ( BrE) ground is packed

3

de campo field ( before n)

hicieron investigaciones or observaciones de campo they did a field study

trabajo

Compuestos:

● campo corto

masculine and feminine ( Ven) shortstop

● campo de aterrizaje

landing field

● campo de batalla

battlefield

● campo de entrenamiento

training ground

● campo de exterminio

death camp

● Campo de Gibraltar

area of Spain around the border with Gibraltar

● campo de golf

golf course, golf links (pl)

● campo de honor

field of honor*

● campo de juego

( period); football field, football pitch ( BrE)

● campo de la muerte

killing field

● campo de minas

minefield

● campo de pruebas

testing o proving ground

● campo de tiro

firing range

● campo de vuelo

airfield

● campo minado

minefield

● campo minero

( Per) mine

● campo petrolífero

oilfield

● campo santo

cemetery

● Campos Elíseos

mpl ( Mit) Elysian fields (pl); (en París) Champs Elysées

C (ámbito, área de acción) field

esto no está dentro de mi campo de acción this does not fall within my area o field of responsibility

el campo de acción de la comisión the committee's remit

abandonó el campo de la investigación she gave up research work

dejarle el campo libre a algn to leave the field clear for sb

Compuestos:

● campo de fuego

field of fire

● campo de fuerzas

force field

● campo de visión

field of vision

● campo gravitatorio or de gravedad

gravitational field

● campo magnético

magnetic field

● campo operatorio

operative field

● campo semántico

semantic field

● campo visual

field of vision

D (campamento) camp

levantar el campo ( fam); to make tracks ( colloq)

Compuestos:

● campo de concentración

concentration camp

● campo de refugiados

refugee camp

● campo de trabajo

work camp, working vacation ( AmE) o ( BrE) holiday

E

( Andes) (espacio, lugar): hagan or abran campo make room

siempre le guardo campo I always save her a place

F ( Inf) field

G (en heráldica) field

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Del verbo campar: ( conjugate campar)

campo es:

1ª persona singular (yo) presente indicativo

campó es:

3ª persona singular (él/ella/usted) pretérito indicativo

Multiple Entries:
campar
campo
campo sustantivo masculino
1 ( zona no urbana) country;
( paisaje) countryside;
◊ la gente del campo the country people;

el campo se ve precioso the countryside looks beautiful;
campo a través or a campo traviesa ‹caminar/ir› cross-country
2 ( zona agraria) land;
( terreno) field;
◊ trabajar el campo to work the land;

las faenas del campo farm work;
los campos de cebada the field of barley;
campo de aterrizaje landing field;
campo de batalla battlefield;
campo de minas minefield;
campo petrolífero oilfield
3 (Dep) ( de fútbol) field, pitch (BrE);
( de golf) course;
◊ jugar en campo propio/contrario to play at home/away;

campo a través cross-country running;
campo de tiro firing range
4 (ámbito, área de acción) field;
◊ el campo de la informática the field of computing

5 ( campamento) camp;
◊ campo de concentración/de refugiados concentration/refugee camp

campar verbo intransitivo to stand out, be prominent
♦ Locuciones: familiar campar por sus respetos, to do as one pleases
campo sustantivo masculino
1 country, countryside
2 (tierra de cultivo) land: trabaja en el campo, he works on the land
(parcela de cultivo) field: los campos de girasoles embellecen el paisaje, sunflower fields leave the landscape looking beautiful
3 Dep field
(de fútbol) pitch
(de golf) course
4 (ámbito) field
5 Fís Fot field 6 campo de acción, field of action
Mil campo de batalla, battlefield
campo de concentración, concentration camp
campo de trabajo, work camp
campo magnético, magnetic field
campo visual, field of vision
trabajo de campo, fieldwork
♦ Locuciones: a campo traviesa o través, cross-country
' campo' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
abierta
- abierto
- ampliar
- aplanar
- chalet
- ciudad
- dibujar
- dominguera
- dominguero
- dominio
- eminencia
- empecinada
- empecinado
- faena
- faenar
- finca
- mariscal
- merendero
- pequeña
- pequeño
- primicia
- rancho
- reverdecer
- salida
- sembrada
- sembrado
- terrena
- terreno
- villa
- vista
- zigzag
- abonar
- ámbito
- anegar
- avance
- caminata
- campesino
- cercar
- criar
- cultivar
- empantanado
- empantanarse
- excursión
- florido
- fumigar
- labor
- medio
- merendar
- merienda
- milpa
English:
airfield
- angrily
- area
- arena
- battlefield
- bound
- common
- concentration camp
- cottage
- country
- country club
- country cottage
- countryside
- course
- cover
- cross-country
- domain
- dread
- field
- field trip
- field work
- football field
- free rein
- front nine
- go through
- golf course
- ground
- link
- magnetic
- minefield
- open
- out-of-bounds
- pasture
- pitch
- playing field
- proving ground
- ramble
- range
- reputed
- rifle range
- rolling
- scramble
- shooting-range
- sphere
- villa
- ahead
- battle
- branch
- concentration
- cross

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campo nm

1. [terreno, área] field;

un campo de tomates a field of tomatoes;

Comp

dejar el campo libre a algo/alguien to leave the field clear for sth/sb

Comp
campo de acogida [de refugiados] provisional refugee camp;
campo de aterrizaje landing-field;

campo de aviación airfield;
también Fig campo de batalla battlefield;
campo de concentración concentration camp;

los Campos Elíseos [en París] the Champs Êlysées;

el campo enemigo enemy territory;

campo de exterminio death camp;

el Campo de Gibraltar = the area of Spain at the border of Gibraltar;

campo de hielo ice field;

campos de maíz cornfields;
también Fig campo minado minefield;
campo de minas minefield;

campo de nieve snowfield;

campo petrolífero oilfield;

campo de prisioneros prison camp;

campo de pruebas testing ground, proving-ground;

campo de refugiados refugee camp;

campo de tiro [para aviones] bombing range;
[para policías, deportistas] firing range, shooting range;
campo de trabajo [de vacaciones] work camp;
[para prisioneros] labour camp
2. [campiña]
el campo the country, the countryside;

una casa en el campo a house in the country;

en mitad del campo in the middle of the country o countryside;

la emigración del campo a la ciudad migration from rural areas to cities

Comp
campo abierto open countryside; Dep campo a través cross-country running
3. Esp Dep [de fútbol, hockey] field, Br pitch;
[de tenis] court; [de golf] course;
el campo de fútbol del Barcelona the Barcelona football ground;

el campo contrario the opponents' half;

jugar en campo propio/contrario to play at home/away (from home)

Comp
campo atrás [en baloncesto] backcourt violation;
campo de deportes sports Br ground o US facilities;

campo de entrenamiento training ground;

campo de juego playing field

4. [área, ámbito] field;

el campo de las ciencias the field of science;

un campo del saber a field o an area of knowledge;

no entra en su campo de actuación it's not one of his responsibilities

Comp
Ling campo léxico lexical field
5. Informát field

6.
de campo [sobre el terreno] in the field;

trabajo de campo fieldwork

7. Fís field

Comp
campo eléctrico electric field;
campo electromagnético electromagnetic field;

campo de fuerza force field;

campo gravitatorio gravitational field;

campo magnético magnetic field;

campo magnético terrestre terrestrial magnetic field;

campo visual visual field, field of vision

8. [partido, bando] camp, side;

el campo rebelde the rebels

9. Andes [sitio] room, space;

hazme campo para que me siente make some room so I can sit down

10. RP [hacienda] farm, ranch

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campo

m

1 field

2

:

el campo ( área rural) the country;

en el campo in the country(side);

ir al campo go to the country;

a campo abierto o

raso in (the) open country;

a campo traviesa, campo a través cross-country

3 DEP field, Br tb

pitch; ( estadio) stadium, Br tb

ground

4

:

en el campo de la técnica in the technical field;

dejar el campo libre leave the field free (a for), make way (a for);

tener campo libre para hacer algo have a free hand to do sth

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campo nm

1) campaña: countryside, country

2) : field

campo de aviación: airfield

su campo de responsabilidad: her field of responsibility

* * *

campo n

1. (extensión de terreno) country

viven en el campo they live in the country

2. (paisaje) countryside

el campo es muy bonito the countryside is very pretty

3. (tierra de cultivo) field

un campo de trigo a wheatfield

4. (materia de estudio) field

en el campo de la medicina in the field of medicine

campo de deportes sports field

campo de fútbol football pitch

campo de golf golf course

Spanish-English dictionary > campo

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