día del espectador

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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juega como yo — he plays like me o like I do

como este hay pocos — there are few like this o him

tiene ventajas, como son la resistencia y durabilidad — it has advantages, such as o like strength and durability

hazlo como te dijo ella — do it like * o the way she told you

toca como canta — she plays like * o the same way as she sings

no es como me lo imaginaba — it isn't as o like * I imagined it

• tal como, tal como lo había planeado — just as o the way I had planned it

hazlo como quieras — do it however you want o like

• como sea — at all costs

había como cincuenta — there were about o around fifty

vino como a las dos — he came at about o around two

sentía como tristeza — she felt a sort o kind of sadness

como no tenía dinero — as o since I had no money

• tal (y) como están las cosas — the way things are, as things stand

• de tanto como, tienen las manos doloridas de tanto como aplaudieron — they clapped so much their hands hurt

• como no, como no lo haga en seguida... — if he doesn't do it at once..., unless he does it at once...

siguió leyendo, como si no hubiera oído nada — he kept on reading, as if o as though he hadn't heard

sentí como si fuera a caerme — I felt as if o as though I was about to fall

como si no hubiera pasado nada — as if o as though nothing had happened

se comporta como si me odiara — he behaves as if o as though he hated me

como si fuera a llover — as if o as though it was going to rain

a como dé o diera lugar — at any cost

en algunos lugares como Londres — in some places such as o like London

bailó como nunca — she danced as o like she'd never danced before

así como — (frml) as well as

como él solo/ella sola: es egoísta como él solo he's so o he's incredibly selfish!; como mucho/poco at (the) most/at least; como nadie: cocina como nadie nobody cooks like her; como que...: conduce muy bien - como que es piloto de carreras he drives very well - well, he is a racing driver, after all; y no me lo dijiste - como que no lo sabía! and you didn't tell me about it - that's because I didn't know about it!; como ser (CS) such as, for example; como si (+ subj) as if, as though; ella está grave y él como si nada or como si tal cosa — she's seriously ill and he doesn't seem at all o in the least worried

no voy - como quieras — I'm not going - please yourself o as you like

como era temprano, nos fuimos a dar una vuelta — since o as it was early, we went for a walk

cansado como estaba, me ayudó — tired though o tired as he was, he helped me

en algunos lugares como Londres — in some places such as o like London

bailó como nunca — she danced as o like she'd never danced before

así como — (frml) as well as

como él solo/ella sola: es egoísta como él solo he's so o he's incredibly selfish!; como mucho/poco at (the) most/at least; como nadie: cocina como nadie nobody cooks like her; como que...: conduce muy bien - como que es piloto de carreras he drives very well - well, he is a racing driver, after all; y no me lo dijiste - como que no lo sabía! and you didn't tell me about it - that's because I didn't know about it!; como ser (CS) such as, for example; como si (+ subj) as if, as though; ella está grave y él como si nada or como si tal cosa — she's seriously ill and he doesn't seem at all o in the least worried

no voy - como quieras — I'm not going - please yourself o as you like

como era temprano, nos fuimos a dar una vuelta — since o as it was early, we went for a walk

cansado como estaba, me ayudó — tired though o tired as he was, he helped me

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