día de pagos

a los pocos días — within o after a few days, a few days later

• día a día — day in day out, day by day

prefiero el día a día — I prefer to do things from one day to the next o on a day-to-day basis

• siete veces al día — seven times a day

• ese problema es ya de días — that's an old problem

• de día en día — from day to day

• día (de) por medio — LAm every other day, on alternate days

• ocho días — a week

• quince días — a fortnight

• un día sí y otro no — every other day

• día tras día — day after day

día azul — (Ferro) cheap ticket day

Día de la Hispanidad — Columbus Day ( 12 October)

Día de la Raza — = Día de la Hispanidad

día del espectador — day each week when cinema tickets are discounted

estaremos aquí hasta el día del Juicio — iró we'll be here till Kingdom come

día de los inocentes — ≈ April Fools' Day ( 1 April)

Día de (los) Muertos — Méx All Souls' Day, Day of the Dead

Día de Reyes — Epiphany ( 6 January)

día de tribunales — day on which courts are open

día franco — (Mil) day's leave

días de gracia — (Com) days of grace

día señalado — [gen] special day; [en calendario] red-letter day

• ¡ buenos días!, ¡ buen día! — Cono Sur good morning!

• de día — by day, during the day

• día y noche — night and day

¿qué día es hoy? — [del mes] what's the date today?; [de la semana] what day is it today?

día lunes/martes etc — LAm Monday/Tuesday etc

• el día de hoy — today

• el día de mañana — (lit) tomorrow; (fig) at some future date

cada día es peor — it's getting worse every day o by the day

• cualquier día (de estos) — one of these days

cualquier día tendrá un accidente — he's going to have an accident one of these days o any day now

¡cualquier día! — iró not on your life!

cualquier día viene — iró we'll be waiting till the cows come home for him to turn up

• en nuestros días — nowadays

uno de los principales problemas de nuestros días — one of the major problems of our day o our times

• otro día — some other day, another day

dejémoslo para otro día — let's leave it for the moment o for another day

• del día — [estilo] fashionable, up-to-date

• estar al día — (=actualizado) to be up to date; (=de moda) to be with it

• poner al día — [+ texto, contabilidad] to bring up to date; [+ base de datos] to update; [+ diario] to write up

• ponerse al día (en algo) — to get up to date (with sth)

• vivir al día — to live from one day to the next

el día siguiente — the next o the following day

el día de ayer/hoy — (frml) yesterday/today

día (de) por medio — (AmL) every other day, on alternate days

dentro de quince días — in two weeks o (BrE) a fortnight

buenos días or (RPl) buen día — good morning

al día: estoy al día en los pagos I'm up to date with the payments; ponerse al día con algo <noticias/trabajo> to get up to date on/with something; ponga al día su correspondencia bring your correspondence up to date; de un día para otro overnight, from one day to the next; día y noche day and night, continually; hoy en día nowadays, these days; mantenerse al día to keep abreast of things, keep up to date; todo el santo día all day long; se pasa todo el santo día en el teléfono he's on the phone all day long; vivir al día — to live from hand to mouth

duerme durante el día — it sleeps during the day o daytime

ya era de día — it was already light o day

de día claro — (Chi) in broad daylight

pásate por casa un día — why don't you drop in sometime o one day?

en su día: se lo contaré en su día I'll tell him in due course; dio lugar a un gran escándalo en su día it caused a huge scandal in its day o time; un buen día — one fine day

estar en sus días — (Méx fam) to have one's period

el día siguiente — the next o the following day

el día de ayer/hoy — (frml) yesterday/today

día (de) por medio — (AmL) every other day, on alternate days

dentro de quince días — in two weeks o (BrE) a fortnight

buenos días or (RPl) buen día — good morning

al día: estoy al día en los pagos I'm up to date with the payments; ponerse al día con algo <noticias/trabajo> to get up to date on/with something; ponga al día su correspondencia bring your correspondence up to date; de un día para otro overnight, from one day to the next; día y noche day and night, continually; hoy en día nowadays, these days; mantenerse al día to keep abreast of things, keep up to date; todo el santo día all day long; se pasa todo el santo día en el teléfono he's on the phone all day long; vivir al día — to live from hand to mouth

duerme durante el día — it sleeps during the day o daytime

ya era de día — it was already light o day

de día claro — (Chi) in broad daylight

pásate por casa un día — why don't you drop in sometime o one day?

en su día: se lo contaré en su día I'll tell him in due course; dio lugar a un gran escándalo en su día it caused a huge scandal in its day o time; un buen día — one fine day

estar en sus días — (Méx fam) to have one's period

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la cocaína era corriente en sus fiestas — cocaine was commonly used o commonplace was at their parties

una combinación de cualidades que no es corriente encontrar en una misma persona — a combination of qualities not commonly o often found in the same person

• poco corriente — unusual

• fuera de lo corriente — out of the ordinary

• normal y corriente — perfectly ordinary

• salirse de lo corriente — to be out of the ordinary

todo está corriente para nuestra partida — everything is ready o fixed up for our departure

• estar o ir corriente en algo — to be up to date with sth

• al corriente —

estoy al corriente de mis pagos a Hacienda — I'm up to date with o on my tax payments

• poner algo al corriente — to bring sth up to date

• estar al corriente (de algo) — to know (about sth)

• mantener a algn al corriente (de algo) — to keep sb up to date (on sth), keep sb informed (about sth)

• poner a algn al corriente (de algo) — to bring sb up to date (on sth), inform sb (about sth)

• ponerse al corriente (de algo) — to get up to date (with sth), catch up (on sth)

• tener a algn al corriente (de algo) — to keep sb up to date (on sth), keep sb informed (about sth)

el día 9 del corriente o de los corrientes — the 9th of this month

corriente de aire — [gen] draught, draft (EEUU); (Téc) air current, air stream

• dar corriente, no toques ese cable que da corriente — don't touch that wire, it's live

su atenta carta del 7 del corriente — (frml) your letter of the 7th of this month

dejarse arrastrar or llevar por la corriente — to go along with the crowd

ir or nadar or navegar contra (la) corriente — to swim against the tide

aquí hay or hace mucha corriente — there's a terrible draft in here

me dio (la) corriente — I got a shock o an electric shock

su atenta carta del 7 del corriente — (frml) your letter of the 7th of this month

dejarse arrastrar or llevar por la corriente — to go along with the crowd

ir or nadar or navegar contra (la) corriente — to swim against the tide

aquí hay or hace mucha corriente — there's a terrible draft in here

me dio (la) corriente — I got a shock o an electric shock

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