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1 cow
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noun1) (the female of cattle used for giving milk: He has ten cows and a bull.) vaca2) (the female of certain other animals eg the elephant, whale.) hembra (de algunos animales)•- cowboy- cowherd
- cowhide
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verb(to subdue or control through fear: The pupil was cowed by the headmaster's harsh words.) intimidarcow n vacatr[kaʊ]1 (female adult of ox family) vaca2 (female adult elephant, rhinoceros, whale, etc) hembra■ silly cow! ¡tonta!, ¡bruja!\SMALLIDIOMATIC EXPRESSION/SMALLuntil the cows come home hasta el día del juicio final————————tr[kaʊ]1 intimidar, acobardarcow ['kaʊ] vt: intimidar, acobardarcow n: vaca f, hembra f (de ciertas especies)n.• vaca s.f.v.• acobardar v.• intimidar v.
I kaʊa) ( Agr) vaca ftill o until the cows come home — (colloq) hasta el día del juicio final
b) (female whale, elephant, seal) hembra fc) ( woman) (BrE colloq & pej)stupid cow! — imbécil! (fam)
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transitive verb intimidarhe wasn't cowed by their threats — no se dejó acobardar or intimidar por sus amenazas
I [kaʊ]1. N1) (Zool) vaca f ; (=female of other species) hembra f2) ** pej (=woman) estúpida f, bruja f2.CPDcow dung N — excrementos mpl de vaca
cow parsley N — perejil m de monte
cow town * N — (US) pueblucho m de mala muerte
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[kaʊ]VT [+ person] intimidar, acobardar* * *
I [kaʊ]a) ( Agr) vaca ftill o until the cows come home — (colloq) hasta el día del juicio final
b) (female whale, elephant, seal) hembra fc) ( woman) (BrE colloq & pej)stupid cow! — imbécil! (fam)
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transitive verb intimidarhe wasn't cowed by their threats — no se dejó acobardar or intimidar por sus amenazas
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2 cow
s.1 vaca (animal); hembra (female elephant, whale)2 bruja, pécora (mujer)vt.acobardar, intimidar. (pt & pp cowed) -
3 calf
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plural - calves; noun1) (the young of a cow, elephant, whale etc.) ternero2) ((also calfskin) leather made from the skin of the young of a cow.) piel de becerro•- calve
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plural - calves; noun(the thick fleshy back part of the leg below the knee: She has slim ankles but fat calves.)calf n1. becerro / ternero2. pantorrillatr[kɑːf]1 SMALLANATOMY/SMALL pantorrilla————————tr[kɑːf]1 SMALLZOOLOGY/SMALL (of cattle) ternero,-a, becerro,-a; (of whale) ballenato; (of other animals) cría\SMALLIDIOMATIC EXPRESSION/SMALLto be in calf / be with calf estar preñada1) : becerro m, -rra f ; ternero m, -ra f (de vacunos)2) : cría f (de otros mamíferos)3) : pantorrilla f (de la pierna)n.• hembra del elefante s.f.n.• cría s.f.• pantorrilla s.f.• piel de becerro s.m.• ternera s.f.• ternero s.m.kæf, kɑːf1) ( Zool)a) c ( animal) ternero, -ra m,f, becerro, -rra m,fto kill the fatted calf — (liter) celebrar una gran fiesta de bienvenida
b) u ( leather) (piel f or cuero m de) becerro m2) ( Anat) pantorrilla f
I [kɑːf]1. N(pl calves)1) (=young cow) becerro(-a) m / f, ternero(-a) m / f ; (=young seal, elephant etc) cría f ; (=young whale) ballenato mthe cow is in or with calf — la vaca está preñada
- kill the fatted calf2) = calfskin2.CPD
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[kɑːf]N (pl calves) (Anat) pantorrilla f, canilla f (esp LAm)* * *[kæf, kɑːf]1) ( Zool)a) c ( animal) ternero, -ra m,f, becerro, -rra m,fto kill the fatted calf — (liter) celebrar una gran fiesta de bienvenida
b) u ( leather) (piel f or cuero m de) becerro m2) ( Anat) pantorrilla f -
4 sea
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1. noun1) ((often with the) the mass of salt water covering most of the Earth's surface: I enjoy swimming in the sea; over land and sea; The sea is very deep here; (also adjective) A whale is a type of large sea animal.) mar2) (a particular area of sea: the Baltic Sea; These fish are found in tropical seas.) mar3) (a particular state of the sea: mountainous seas.) mar•- seawards- seaward
- seaboard
- sea breeze
- seafaring
- seafood
2. adjectiveseafood restaurants.) de marisco- seafront- sea-going
- seagull
- sea level
- sea-lion
- seaman
- seaport
- seashell
- seashore
- seasick
- seasickness
- seaside
- seaweed
- seaworthy
- seaworthiness
- at sea
- go to sea
- put to sea
sea n marby sea por mar / en barcoDel verbo ser: ( conjugate ser) \ \
sea es: \ \1ª persona singular (yo) presente subjuntivo3ª persona singular (él/ella/usted) presente subjuntivo3ª persona singular (él/ella/usted) imperativoMultiple Entries: sea ser
sea,◊ seas, etc see ser
ser ( conjugate ser) cópula 1 ( seguido de adjetivos) to be◊ ser expresses identity or nature as opposed to condition or state, which is normally conveyed by estar. The examples given below should be contrasted with those to be found in estar 1 cópula 1 es bajo/muy callado he's short/very quiet;es sorda de nacimiento she was born deaf; es inglés/católico he's English/(a) Catholic; era cierto it was true; sé bueno, estate quieto be a good boy and keep still; que seas muy feliz I hope you'll be very happy; (+ me/te/le etc) ver tb imposible, difícil etc 2 ( hablando de estado civil) to be; es viuda she's a widow; ver tb estar 1 cópula 2 3 (seguido de nombre, pronombre) to be; ábreme, soy yo open the door, it's me 4 (con predicado introducido por `de'): soy de Córdoba I'm from Cordoba; es de los vecinos it belongs to the neighbors, it's the neighbors'; no soy de aquí I'm not from around here 5 (hipótesis, futuro): ¿será cierto? can it be true? verbo intransitivo 1b) (liter) ( en cuentos):◊ érase una vez … once upon a time there was …2a) (tener lugar, ocurrir):¿dónde fue el accidente? where did the accident happen?b) ( en preguntas):◊ ¿qué habrá sido de él? I wonder what happened to o what became of him;¿qué es de Marisa? (fam) what's Marisa up to (these days)? (colloq); ¿qué va a ser de nosotros? what will become of us? 3 ( sumar):◊ ¿cuánto es (todo)? how much is that (altogether)?;son 3.000 pesos that'll be o that's 3,000 pesos; somos diez en total there are ten of us altogether 4 (indicando finalidad, adecuación) sea para algo to be for sth; ( en locs) ¿cómo es eso? why is that?, how come? (colloq); como/cuando/donde sea: tengo que conseguir ese trabajo como sea I have to get that job no matter what; hazlo como sea, pero hazlo do it any way o however you want but get it done; el lunes o cuando sea next Monday or whenever; puedo dormir en el sillón o donde sea I can sleep in the armchair or wherever you like o anywhere you like; de ser así (frml) should this be so o the case (frml); ¡eso es! that's it!, that's right!; es que …: ¿es que no lo saben? do you mean to say they don't know?; es que no sé nadar the thing is I can't swim; lo que sea: cómete una manzana, o lo que sea have an apple or something; estoy dispuesta a hacer lo que sea I'm prepared to do whatever it takes; o sea: en febrero, o sea hace un mes in February, that is to say a month ago; o sea que no te interesa in other words, you're not interested; o sea que nunca lo descubriste so you never found out; (ya) sea …, (ya) sea … either …, or …; sea como sea at all costs; sea cuando sea whenever it is; sea donde sea no matter where; sea quien sea whoever it is; si no fuera/hubiera sido por … if it wasn't o weren't/hadn't been for … ( en el tiempo) to be;◊ ¿qué fecha es hoy? what's the date today?, what's today's date;serían las cuatro cuando llegó it must have been (about) four (o'clock) when she arrived; ver tb v impers sea v impers to be; sea v aux ( en la voz pasiva) to be; fue construido en 1900 it was built in 1900 ■ sustantivo masculino 1◊ sea humano/vivo human/living beingb) (individuo, persona):2 ( naturaleza):
ser
I sustantivo masculino
1 being: es un ser despreciable, he's despicable
ser humano, human being
ser vivo, living being
2 (esencia) essence: eso forma parte de su ser, that is part of him
II verbo intransitivo
1 (cualidad) to be: eres muy modesto, you are very modest
2 (fecha) to be: hoy es lunes, today is Monday
ya es la una, it's one o'clock
3 (cantidad) eran unos cincuenta, there were about fifty people (al pagar) ¿cuánto es?, how much is it?
son doscientas, it is two hundred pesetas Mat dos y tres son cinco, two and three make five
4 (causa) aquella mujer fue su ruina, that woman was his ruin
5 (oficio) to be a(n): Elvira es enfermera, Elvira is a nurse
6 (pertenencia) esto es mío, that's mine
es de Pedro, it is Pedro's
7 (afiliación) to belong: es del partido, he's a member of the party
es un chico del curso superior, he is a boy from the higher year
8 (origen) es de Málaga, she is from Málaga
¿de dónde es esta fruta? where does this fruit come from?
9 (composición, material) to be made of: este jersey no es de lana, this sweater is not (made of) wool
10 ser de, (afinidad, comparación) lo que hizo fue de tontos, what she did was a foolish thing
11 (existir) Madrid ya no es lo que era, Madrid isn't what it used to be
12 (suceder) ¿qué fue de ella?, what became of her?
13 (tener lugar) to be: esta tarde es el entierro, the funeral is this evening 14 ser para, (finalidad) to be for: es para pelar patatas, it's for peeling potatoes (adecuación, aptitud) no es una película para niños, the film is not suitable for children
esta vida no es para ti, this kind of life is not for you
15 (efecto) era para llorar, it was painful
es (como) para darle una bofetada, it makes me want to slap his face
no es para tomárselo a broma, it is no joke
16 (auxiliar en pasiva) to be: fuimos rescatados por la patrulla de la Cruz Roja, we were rescued by the Red Cross patrol
17 ser de (+ infinitivo) era de esperar que se marchase, it was to be expected that she would leave Locuciones: a no ser que, unless
como sea, anyhow
de no ser por..., had it not been for
es más, furthermore
es que..., it's just that...
lo que sea, whatever
o sea, that is (to say)
sea como sea, in any case o be that as it may
ser de lo que no hay, to be the limit ' sea' also found in these entries: Spanish: adentro - arrastrar - besugo - blanca - blanco - caballito - comunicar - cualquiera - elefante - ser - erizo - erotizar - espada - exclusión - flexible - gruesa - grueso - hipocampo - loba - lobo - lubina - mar - marina - marino - marítima - marítimo - negarse - nivel - no - oportuna - oportuno - orientarse - respeto - segundón - segundona - siquiera - sugestión - un - una - vía - agrado - alto - altura - barco - bendito - breve - bruma - caer - calma - Caribe English: above - apply - as - blast - calm - can - Caribbean - clingy - damn - danger - Dead Sea - devil - facing - however - lost - lung - matter - may - Mediterranean - mist - place - prospect - Red Sea - sea - sea dog - sea lion - sea mist - sea-fish - sea-green - sea-lane - sea-level - sea-water - shame - sink - so - South Sea Islands - spin out - splendid - though - urchin - view - voyage - whenever - whichever - whoever - whose - wonder - word - Adriatic - Aegeantr[siː]1 mar m & f■ the sea is calm/rough today la mar está serena/picada hoy■ a heavy/light sea una mar gruesa/llana1 marítimo,-a, de mar\SMALLIDIOMATIC EXPRESSION/SMALLat sea en el marby the sea a orillas del marout to sea mar adentroto be all at sea estar perdido,-a, estar confundido,-ato find one's sea legs acostumbrarse al mar, no marearseto go by sea ir en barcoto go to sea hacerse marineroto put (out) to sea zarpar, hacerse a la marto send something by sea enviar algo por marsea air aire nombre masculino de marsea anemone anémona de marsea bass lubina, róbalosea bird ave nombre femenino marinasea bream pagro, pargosea breeze brisa marinasea captain capitán nombre masculino de barcosea change cambio radical, metamorfosis nombre femeninosea cow manatí nombre masculinosea dog lobo de marsea fog brumasea green verde nombre masculino marsea horse caballito de mar, hipocamposea kale col nombre femenino marinasea legs equilibriosea level nivel nombre masculino del marsea lion león nombre masculino marinosea mile milla marina (6000 pies ó 1000 brazas ó 1828,8 metros)sea mist brumasea pink armenia marítimasea trout trucha de mar, reosea urchin erizo de marsea wall dique nombre masculino, rompeolas nombre masculino, malecón nombre masculino, espigón nombre masculinosea ['si:] adj: del marsea n1) : mar mfthe Black Sea: el Mar Negroon the high seas: en alta marheavy seas: mar gruesa, mar agitada2) mass: mar m, multitud fa sea of faces: un mar de rostrosadj.• marinero, -a adj.• marino, -a adj.n.• mar s.f.• mar s.m.• océano s.m.siː1) ca) (often pl) ( ocean) mar m [The noun mar is feminine in literary language and in some set idiomatic expressions]a house by the sea — una casa a orillas del mar, una casa junto al mar
to goavel by sea — ir*/viajar en barco
to put (out) to sea — hacerse* a la mar
we've been at sea for a month — hace un mes que estamos embarcados or que zarpamos
to dump waste at sea — verter* desechos en el mar
to feel/be at sea: this left him feeling completely at sea esto lo confundió totalmente; at first I was all at sea al principio me sentí totalmente perdido or confundido; (before n) <route, transport> marítimo; < battle> naval; < god> del mar; < nymph> marino; the sea air/breeze el aire/la brisa del mar; sea crossing — travesía f
b) ( inland) mar m2) (swell, turbulence) (usu pl)heavy o rough seas — mar f gruesa, mar m agitado or encrespado or picado
3) (large mass, quantity) (no pl)[siː]1. N1) (=not land) mar m (or f in some phrases)•
(out) at sea — en alta marto remain two months at sea — estar navegando durante dos meses, pasar dos meses en el mar
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beside the sea — a la orilla del mar, junto al mar•
beyond the seas — más allá de los mares•
to go by sea — ir por mara house by the sea — una casa junto al mar or a la orilla del mar
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heavy sea(s) — mar agitado or picado•
on the high seas — en alta mar•
on the sea — (boat) en alta mar•
rough sea(s) — mar agitado or picado•
to sail the seas — navegar los mares•
the seven seas — todos los mares del mundo•
in Spanish seas — en aguas españolas•
the little boat was swept out to sea — la barquita fue arrastrada mar adentroto go to sea — [person] hacerse marinero
to put (out) to sea — [sailor, boat] hacerse a la mar, zarpar
- be all at sea about or with sthnorth2) (fig)2.CPDsea anemone N — anémona f de mar
sea bathing N — baño m en el mar
sea battle N — batalla f naval
sea breeze N — brisa f marina
sea captain N — capitán m de barco
sea change N — (fig) viraje m, cambio m radical
sea crossing N — travesía f
sea defences NPL — estructuras fpl de defensa (contra el mar)
sea-greensea dog N — (lit, fig) lobo m de mar
sea lamprey N — lamprea f marina
sea legs NPL —
sea serpent N — serpiente f de mar
sea shanty N — saloma f
sea transport N — transporte m por mar, transporte m marítimo
sea turtle N — (US) tortuga f de mar, tortuga f marina
sea urchin N — erizo m de mar
* * *[siː]1) ca) (often pl) ( ocean) mar m [The noun mar is feminine in literary language and in some set idiomatic expressions]a house by the sea — una casa a orillas del mar, una casa junto al mar
to go/travel by sea — ir*/viajar en barco
to put (out) to sea — hacerse* a la mar
we've been at sea for a month — hace un mes que estamos embarcados or que zarpamos
to dump waste at sea — verter* desechos en el mar
to feel/be at sea: this left him feeling completely at sea esto lo confundió totalmente; at first I was all at sea al principio me sentí totalmente perdido or confundido; (before n) <route, transport> marítimo; < battle> naval; < god> del mar; < nymph> marino; the sea air/breeze el aire/la brisa del mar; sea crossing — travesía f
b) ( inland) mar m2) (swell, turbulence) (usu pl)heavy o rough seas — mar f gruesa, mar m agitado or encrespado or picado
3) (large mass, quantity) (no pl)
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