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21 inopia
inopia sustantivo femenino poverty Locuciones: estar en la inopia, to be daydreaming o not to catch on ' inopia' also found in these entries: English: cloud cuckoo land -
22 mundo
mundo sustantivo masculino 1 ( en general) world; el mejor del mundo the best in the world; me parece lo más normal del mundo it seems perfectly normal to me; es conocido en todo el mundo he is known worldwide; el mundo árabe the Arab world; el mundo de la droga the drugs world; el mundo del espectáculo showbusiness; todo el mundo lo sabe everybody knows it; el mundo es un pañuelo it's a small world; por nada del or en el mundo: yo no me lo pierdo por nada del mundo I wouldn't miss it for the world; no lo vendería por nada en el mundo I wouldn't sell it for anything in the world o (colloq) for all the tea in China; traer a algn/venir al mundo to bring sb/come into the world; ver mundo to see the world 2 (planeta, universo) planet, world;◊ él vive en otro mundo he's on another planet o in another world
mundo sustantivo masculino
1 world
el mundo de la farándula, the show-business world
2 (seres humanos) todo el mundo, everybody
3 (experiencia) tener mucho mundo, to be a man/woman of the world Locuciones: caérsele/ venírsele el mundo encima, to be overwhelmed
nada del otro mundo, nothing special
por nada del mundo, not for all the world
ver mundo, to travel around ' mundo' also found in these entries: Spanish: comparable - consagración - de - desconectarse - islámico - más - miss - nada - ni - ombligo - oro - prioritaria - prioritario - proclamarse - recorrer - solidaria - solidario - tenerse - tercer - terráquea - terráqueo - toda - todo - tramoya - universal - valle - venir - voz - vuelta - actual - aislado - campeón - clásico - comercio - conocer - desquiciado - emotivo - entero - espectáculo - exterior - fantasía - globo - interior - natural - naturalidad - negocio - parejo - superpoblado - tercero - volver English: advanced - agreement - airport - Armageddon - around - astronomical - autonomous - awe-inspiring - best - brink - cat - circle - cloud cuckoo land - cocoon - common - concerned - cruise - densely - deny - earth - enunciate - everybody - everyone - exist - flash - flirt - globe trotting - high - home - hot - knowledge - large - male-dominated - man - manufacturer - Miss World - navigate - never-never land - over - publishing - quarrel - revolve - save - sought-after - sundry - Third World - ultimately - wander - wing - world -
23 otro
otro,◊ otra adjetivo1 ( con carácter adicional) ( sing) another; (pl) other; ( con numerales) another;◊ ¿puedo comer otro trozo? can I have another piece?;prueba otra vez try again; una y otra vez time and time again; ver tanto 2 pronombre 2 2 ( diferente) ( sing) another; (pl) other; ¿no sabes ninguna otra canción? don't you know any other songs?; en otro sitio somewhere else; en otro momento some other time 3 ( estableciendo un contraste) other; 4 (siguiente, contiguo) next; ver tb◊ día■ pronombre 1 ( con carácter adicional) ( sing) another (one);◊ ¿quieres otro? would you like another (one)?2 ( diferente): no voy a aceptar ningún otro I won't accept any other; lo cambié por otro I changed it for another one; ¿no tiene otros? have you any other ones?; otros piensan que no es así others feel that this is not so 3 ( estableciendo un contraste): (— de cosas) the others o the other ones aren't ready 4 (siguiente, contiguo):◊ la semana que viene no, la otra not next week, the week after;uno detrás del otro one after the other
otro,-a
I adj indef
1 (adicional, añadido) another: había otra muñeca, there was another doll (distinto, diferente) no veo otra solución, I can see no other solution
otras veces es más amable, other times he's nicer
2 (con artículo definido) other: la otra hermana es rubia, the other sister is blonde
el otro día no pude llamarte, I couldn't phone you the other day
II pron indef
1 (adicional, extra) another (one): me tomaría otra, I'll have another one (distinto, diferente) no quiero otra, I don't want any other one
unos ganan y otros pierden, some win, others lose
lo confundí con otro, I mistook him for somebody else
2 (con artículo definido) (sing) the other (one) (pl) (personas, cosas) the others, the other ones
Another se emplea con sustantivos en singular y (any) other con sustantivos en plural: No tengo otro. I haven't got another. No tengo otros. I haven't got any others. Si, además, quieres añadir un número, emplearemos another o more: Quiero otros tres pasteles. I want another three cakes o I want three more cakes.
' otro' also found in these entries: Spanish: abajo - alguna - alguno - ancha - ancho - apestosa - apestoso - bailar - bando - beneficio - cambiar - cantar - cascar - collado - comunicar - contraria - contrario - dejar - día - dicha - dicho - embestir - encargo - enfadarse - enjabonar - espíritu - gallo - grosor - hacer - harina - jueves - lado - llevarse - lo - marcar - más - mí - mismamente - momento - mundo - nada - nadie - ninguna - ninguno - no - nunca - oído - otra - pasar - preferir English: about - across - affair - after - alien - another - apart - approach - astir - blind - breadth - bygone - chain-smoke - cloud cuckoo land - connect - cop - copycat - cross - dash - die off - disturbing - dribble - each - ear - else - elsewhere - escape - far - flip side - foreign - further - get on to - get onto - hand - home - hot - interfere - marmalade - minute - miss - mix up - more - neither - new - nutty - object - odd - one - other - otherwise -
24 cuckoos
plural; see cuckoo
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См. также в других словарях:
Cuckoo — Cuck oo (k[oo^]k [=oo]), n. [OE. coccou, cukkow, F. coucou, prob. of imitative origin; cf. L. cuculus, Gr. ????, Skr. k?ki?a, G. kuckuk, D. koekoek.] (Zo[ o]l.) A bird belonging to {Cuculus}, {Coccyzus}, and several allied genera, of many species … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
cuckoo — [ko͞o′ko͞o΄; ] also [ kook′o͞o] n. [ME < OFr coucou, cucu, echoic of the bird s cry] 1. any of a family (Cuculidae, order Cuculiformes) of birds with a long, slender body, grayish brown on top and white below: many, including the European… … English World dictionary
cuckoo — (n.) mid 13c., from O.Fr. cocu cuckoo, also cuckold, echoic of the male bird s mating cry (Cf. Gk. kokkyx, L. cuculus, M.Ir. cuach, Skt. kokilas). Slang sense of crazy (adj.) is American English, 1918, but noun meaning stupid person is first… … Etymology dictionary
cuckoo — ► NOUN ▪ a grey or brown bird known for the two note call of the male and for the habit of laying its eggs in the nests of small songbirds. ► ADJECTIVE informal ▪ crazy. ORIGIN Old French cucu, imitative of its call … English terms dictionary
Cuckoo — For other uses, see Cuckoo (disambiguation). Cuckoo s nest redirects here. For other uses, see Cuckoo s nest (disambiguation). Cuckoos Yellow billed Cuckoo (Coccyzus americanus) … Wikipedia
cuckoo — /kooh kooh, kook ooh/, n., pl. cuckoos, v., cuckooed, cuckooing, adj. n. 1. a common European bird, Cuculus canorus, of the family Cuculidae, noted for its characteristic call and its brood parasitism. 2. any of several other birds of the family… … Universalium
cuckoo — 1. adjective /ˈkʊkuː,ˈkuːkuː/ Crazy; not sane. 2. noun /ˈkʊkuː,ˈkuːkuː/ a) Any of various birds, of the family Cuculidae (from Latin cuculus cuckoo), famous for laying its eggs in the nests of other species; but especially the Common Cuckoo,… … Wiktionary
cuckoo — /ˈkʊku / (say kookooh) noun 1. any of various birds of the widespread family Cuculidae, including the bronze cuckoos, many of which lay eggs in the nests of other birds which then raise the cuckoo s young, as the fan tailed cuckoo, Cacomantis… …
cuckoo — n. & adj. n. any bird of the family Cuculidae, esp. Cuculus canorus, having a characteristic cry, and depositing its eggs in the nests of small birds. predic.adj. sl. crazy, foolish. Phrases and idioms: cuckoo clock a clock that strikes the hour… … Useful english dictionary
cuckoo — cuck·oo || kÊŠkuË n. European songbird; bird related to the European cuckoo bird; call of the cuckoo bird characterized by two notes ; (Slang) crazy person, goofball, foolish person adj. of or pertaining to the cuckoo bird; resembling the… … English contemporary dictionary
cuckoo — I. noun (plural cuckoos) Etymology: Middle English cuccu, of imitative origin Date: 13th century 1. a largely grayish brown European bird (Cuculus canorus) that is a parasite given to laying its eggs in the nests of other birds which hatch them… … New Collegiate Dictionary