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1 dash post

Автомобильный термин: стойка переднего щитка

Универсальный англо-русский словарь > dash post
2 dash post

стойка переднего щитка

Англо-русский словарь по машиностроению > dash post
3 dash

dash [dæʃ]

1 noun

(a) (quick movement) mouvement m précipité;

∎ to make a dash for freedom s'enfuir vers la liberté;

∎ to make a dash for it (rush) se précipiter; (escape) saisir l'occasion de s'enfuir;

∎ it was a headlong dash to the station ça n'a été qu'une course effrénée jusqu'à la gare;

∎ a quick dash across to Paris un petit saut à Paris

(b) American Sport sprint m;

∎ the 100 meter dash le 100 mètres plat

(c) (small amount → of water, soda) goutte f, trait m; (→ of cream, milk) nuage m; (→ of lemon juice, vinegar) filet m; (→ of salt, pepper) soupçon m; (→ of colour, humour) pointe f

(d) Typography (punctuation mark) tiret m; (in Morse code) trait m

(e) (style) panache m;

∎ to cut a dash avoir fière allure

(f) Cars (dashboard) tableau m de bord

2 transitive verb

(a) (throw) jeter (avec violence);

∎ to dash sth to the ground jeter qch par terre avec violence;

∎ to dash sth to pieces fracasser qch;

∎ several boats were dashed against the cliffs plusieurs bateaux ont été projetés ou précipités contre les falaises;

∎ figurative to dash sb's hopes réduire les espoirs de qn à néant;

∎ figurative to dash sb's spirits démoraliser ou abattre qn

(b) familiar old-fashioned (damn)

∎ dash it! bon sang!;

∎ I'll be dashed! ça alors!, oh, la vache!

3 intransitive verb

(a) (rush) se précipiter;

∎ British I must dash je dois filer;

∎ he dashed back to his room il est retourné à sa chambre en vitesse, il s'est dépêché de retourner à sa chambre;

∎ to come dashing in entrer comme un bolide, entrer en trombe;

∎ British I'll just dash out to the shops je vais faire quelques courses en vitesse;

∎ British I'll just dash out to the post office/library je vais juste faire un saut à la poste/bibliothèque;

∎ British dash upstairs and fetch it, will you? monte vite le chercher, s'il te plaît;

∎ the dog dashed across the road in front of us le chien a traversé la route à toute vitesse devant nous

(b) (waves) se jeter

4 exclamation

British familiar old-fashioned bon sang!

➲ dash off

1 intransitive verb

partir en flèche

2 separable transitive verb

(letter, memo) écrire en vitesse; (drawing) faire en vitesse

Un panorama unique de l'anglais et du français > dash
4 dash off . .

dash off быстро набросать (письмо, записку и т. п.) I must dash off thisletter before the post is collected.

Англо-русский словарь Мюллера > dash off . .
5 post

пост имя существительное:
пост (fasting, fast, post, office, appointment, seat)

должность (post, position, function, Office, appointment, place)

почта (Mail, post, post office)

столб (column, post, pillar, Pole, stake, pile)

почтовый ящик (mailbox, postbox, post, letter-box)

стойка (rack, bar, stand, counter, pillar, post)

почтовое отделение (post office, post, station)

подпорка (prop, support, brace, bracket, stanchion, post)

целик угля или руды (post)

свая (pile, stilt, spile, post, pale)

мачта (mast, post, stick, girder)

доставка почты (post)

гарнизон (garrison, post)

форт (fort, stockade, post, presidio, frontier)

блокпост (blockhouse, post, block, cabin, block station, signal-box)

пульт управления (desk, post)

мелкозернистый песчаник (post)

прикол (post)

положение (position, location, situation, provision, State, post)

укрепленный узел (post)

торговое поселение (post)

позиция (position, stance, stand, attitude, side, post)

постоянная стоянка (post)

формат бумаги (atlas, demy, elephant, foolscap, emperor, post)
наречие:
после (after, post, beyond, behind, next, past)

почтой (post, by post)

на почтовых (post)

поспешно (hastily, speedily, slapdash, swift, hotfoot, post)

на почтовых лошадях (post)
глагол:
вывешивать (post, hang out, put up, post up)

отправлять по почте (post)

расклеивать (post, stick, paste up, post up, unstick, placard)

осведомлять (post, enlighten, apprise, post up, apprize)

ставить (put, set, place, raise, put on, post)

расставлять (set, dispose, post)

ехать на почтовых (post)

мчаться (rush, race, dash, tear, slip along, post)

спешить (haste, hasten, push on, be in a hurry, hie, post)

назначать на должность (assign, Commission, post, designate, seat, nominate)

давать полную информацию (post up, post)

разводить (breed, dilute, raise, grow, cultivate, post)

опустить в почтовый ящик (post)

переносить в гроссбух (post up, post)

располагать (dispose, arrange, set, collocate, situate, post)
имя прилагательное:
почтовый (mail, postal, post, post office)

Англо-русский синонимический словарь > post
6 dash off

1) броситься, кинуться, ринуться He dashed off to lunch. ≈ Он убежал обедать. They dashed off to Paris for a couple of days. ≈ Они махнули в Париж на пару деньков.
2) быстро набросать (письмо, записку и т. п.) I must dash off this letter before the post is collected. ≈ Я должен написать это письмо до прихода почтальона.

Большой англо-русский и русско-английский словарь > dash off
7 dart

резкое движение; резкое отклонение (от курса); скачок; долотообразный выступ желоночного клапана (для разрыхления породы); II резко отклоняться в сторону

- dart drop test
- dart impact test - dart valve - bailer dart - dash - dash-against
- dash board

- dash-board indicator
- dash-board mounted radiator - dash-board oil thermometer - dash-board radiator thermometer - dash centre panel - dash control - dash control valve - dash-controlled - dash fascia - dash insulator - dash lamp - dash light - dash mode - dash-mounted - dash panel - dash plate - dash post - dash pot - dash-pot piston
- dash-pot-type shock absorber

- dash shield
- dash side panel - dash sign - dash to front axle - dash to rear axle - dash up

Англо-русский словарь по машиностроению > dart
8 стойка переднего щитка

Automobile industry: dash post

Универсальный русско-английский словарь > стойка переднего щитка
9 echar

v.

1 to throw.

echar algo a la basura to throw something in the bin

Ella echa la basura She throws the garbage.

2 to put.

echa esos pantalones a la lavadora put those trousers in the washing machine

3 to pour (añadir) (vino, agua).

échame más zumo, por favor (sal, azúcar) could you pour me some more juice, please?

4 to give (decir) (discurso).

5 to post(postcard, letter).

echar algo al correo to put something in the post, to post something, to mail something (United States)

6 to give off, to emit (humo, vapor, chispas).

está que echa humo (informal figurative) she's fuming

El silenciador echa gases tóxicos The muffler emits toxic gases.

7 to sprout, to shoot (hojas, flores).

Mi mata de café echó hojitas My coffee plant sprouted leaves.

8 to lie (down).

9 to tell (buenaventura).

echar las cartas (a alguien) to read somebody's fortune (in cards)

10 to fire, to turn out, to dismiss.

La empresa echó a los empleados The company fired the employees.

11 to put in, to add in, to pour, to pour in.

Ella le echó agua al balde She put water in the pail.

12 to cast out, to throw out, to ditch, to drop.

María echó al borracho Mary cast out the wino.

13 to blame, to attribute.

Le echó la culpa a Ricardo He attributed the blame to Ricardo.

14 to blurt out.

Nos echó una andanada de insultos He blurted out insults on us.

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echar

► verbo transitivo

1 (lanzar) to throw

■ echar monedas en la fuente to throw coins in the fountain

2 (dejar caer) to put, drop

3 (líquido) to pour; (comida) to give; (sal) to add, put in

4 (carta) to post, US mail

5 (expulsar) to throw out

■ lo han echado del cine he was thrown out of the cinema

6 (despedir de empleo) to sack, dismiss, fire

■ me han echado I've been sacked

7 (brotar, salir - plantas) to sprout; (- dientes) to cut; (- pelo) to grow

8 (decir) to tell

9 (emanar) to give out, give off

■ la caja de fusibles echa chispas sparks are coming out of the fuse box

10 (suponer, calcular) to guess

■ yo le echo 40 I think she's 40

11 (poner, aplicar) to put on, apply

12 (llave) to lock, turn; (cerrojo) to bolt, fasten

■ echa la llave lock the door, lock it

■ echa el cerrojo bolt the door, fasten the bolt

13 (multas, tributos) to give, impose

14 (en naipes) to deal

15 familiar (en el cine, teatro) to show, put on

■ echan una buena película en la tele there's a good film on TV

► verbo intransitivo

1 echar a + inf (empezar) to begin to

■ echó a andar he began to walk

■ echó a correr she ran off

2 echar de + inf (dar)

■ echar de comer to feed

3 echar por (seguir, ir) to take, follow

■ echó por la izquierda he went left

► verbo pronominal echarse

1 (arrojarse) to throw oneself

2 (tenderse) to lie down

■ me voy a echar un rato I'm going to lie down for a bit

3 (ponerse) to put on

4 (novio, novia) to get oneself

5 echarse a + inf (empezar) to begin to

■ se echó a reír he burst out laughing

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FRASEOLOGÍA

echar a cara o cruz to toss for

echar a un lado to push aside

echar a perder to spoil

echar a suertes to draw lots

echar abajo→ link=echarechar por tierra

echar algo a suertes figurado to draw lots for something

echar barriga / echar carnes to put on weight

echar cuentas to calculate

echar de menos / echar en falta to miss

■ la echa de menos he misses her

echar el freno to put the brake on

echar en cara to blame

echar la buenaventura to tell somebody's fortune

echar la casa por la ventana figurado to spare no expense, splash out

echar las bases de to lay the foundations for

echar leña al fuego figurado to add fuel to the fire

echar maldiciones to curse

echar mano a algo to reach for something

echar mano de to make use of

echar pelillos a la mar figurado to bury the hatchet

echar por tierra (edificio) to demolish 2 (reputación etc) to ruin

echar un cigarrillo to smoke a cigarette

echar una mano to give a hand

echar una mirada / echar una ojeada to have a look, have a quick look

echar una parrafada to have a chat

echar una partida to play a game

echar una regañina a alguien / echar un sermón a alguien to tell somebody off

echar una siesta to have a siesta

echarse a perder (alimentos) to go bad 2 (personas) to go downhill

echarse a un lado to move to one side

echarse atrás (inclinarse) to lean back 2 (repensárselo) to have second thoughts, get cold feet

echárselas de familiar to claim to be

■ se las echa de valiente he claims to be brave

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verb

1) to throw, throw out

2) fire, dismiss

3) put forth

4) add

5) launch

6) put

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- echar a perder
- echar de menos
- echarse
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Para las expresiones echar abajo, echar en cara, echar la culpa, echar en falta, echar de menos, echar a perder, echar raíces, echar a suertes, ver la otra entrada.
1. VERBO TRANSITIVO

1) (=tirar) [+ pelota, piedra, dados] to throw; [+ basura] to throw away; [+ ancla, red] to cast; [+ moneda al aire] to toss; [+ mirada] to cast, give; [+ naipe] to deal

échame las llaves — throw me the keys

échalo a la basura — throw it away

¿qué te han echado los Reyes? — ≈ what did you get for Christmas?

- echarlas

2) (=poner) to put

echar carbón a la lumbre — to put coal on the fire

he echado otra manta en la cama — I've put another blanket on the bed

¿te echo mantequilla en el pan? — shall I put some butter on your bread?

échale un poco de azúcar a la mezcla — add a little sugar to the mixture

• tengo que echar [gasolina] — I need to fill up (with petrol)
leña 1)
3) (=verter) to pour

echó un poco de vino en un vaso — he poured some wine into a glass

echar cera en un molde — to pour wax into a mould

4) (=servir) [+ bebida] to pour; [+ comida] to give

échame agua — could you give {o} pour me some water?

¿te echo más whisky? — shall I pour you some more whisky?

no me eches tanto — don't give me so much

• tengo que echar de [comer] a los animales — I have to feed the animals

lo que le echen —

resiste lo que le echen — she can take whatever they throw at her

5) (=dejar salir)

la chimenea echa humo — smoke is coming out of the chimney

¡qué peste echan tus zapatos! — * your shoes stink to high heaven! *
chispa 1., 1), espuma 1), hostia 6), leche 9), peste 3), sangre 1)
6) (=expulsar) [de casa, bar, tienda, club] to throw out; [del trabajo] to fire *, sack *; [de colegio] to expel

cuando protesté me echaron — when I protested they threw me out

me echó de su casa — he threw me out of his house

lo han echado del colegio — he's been expelled from school

la echaron del trabajo — she's been fired {o} sacked *

echar algo de sí — to get rid of sth, throw sth off

7) (=producir) [+ dientes] to cut; [+ hojas] to sprout

está empezando a echar barriga — he's starting to get a bit of a belly {o} paunch

¡vaya mal genio que has echado últimamente! — you've become {o} got really bad-tempered recently!

8) (=cerrar)

echar la llave/el cerrojo — to lock/bolt the door

echar el freno — to brake

echa la persiana — can you draw the blinds?

9) (=mover)

a) [+ parte del cuerpo]

echar la cabeza a un lado — to tilt {o} cock one's head to one side

echar el cuerpo hacia atrás — to lean back

b) (=empujando) to push

echar a algn a un lado — to push sb aside

echar atrás a la multitud — to push the crowd back

10) (=enviar) [+ carta] to post, mail (EEUU)

eché la carta en el buzón — I posted the letter

¿dónde puedo echar esta postal? — where can I post this postcard?

11) (=calcular) to reckon

¿cuántos kilos le echas? — how much do you think {o} reckon she weighs?

¿cuántos años le echas? — how old do you think {o} reckon he is?

échale una hora andando — you can reckon on it taking you an hour if you walk

12) (=dar) [+ discurso] to give, make

echar maldiciones — to curse

echar una reprimenda a algn — to tick sb off, give sb a ticking-off

he ido a que me echen las cartas — I've had my cards read

13) [con sustantivos que implican acciones] [+ trago, partida] to have

¿echamos un café? — shall we have a coffee?

salió al balcón a echar un cigarrillo — he went out onto the balcony for a smoke {o} cigarette

echar una multa a algn — to fine sb, give sb a fine
polvo 5), vistazo
14) [+ tiempo]

hay que echarle muchas horas — it takes a long time

de jóvenes nos echábamos nuestros buenos ratos de charla — we used to spend a lot of time talking when we were younger

esta semana he echado cuatro horas extras — I did four hours overtime this week

15) * [en cine, televisión] to show

echaron un programa sobre Einstein — there was a programme about Einstein on, they showed a programme about Einstein

¿qué echan en el cine? — what's on at the cinema?

16) [+ cimientos] to lay

17) (Zool) [para procrear]

ha echado a su perra con un pastor alemán — he has mated his bitch with a German shepherd

18) Caribe, Cono Sur (=azuzar) [+ animal] to urge on

2.

VERBO INTRANSITIVO (=tirar)

• ¡echa [para] adelante! — lead on!

ahora tienes que echar para adelante y olvidarte del pasado — you need to get on with your life and forget about the past

es un olor que echa para atrás — * it's a smell that really knocks you back *

echa para allá — move up

• echar [por] una calle — to go down a street

echemos por aquí — let's go this way
echar a ({+ infin})
echar a correr — to break into a run, start running

echar a reír — to burst out laughing, start laughing

3.

See:

echarse

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1.
verbo transitivo

Sentido I

1)

a) (lanzar, tirar) to throw

lo eché a la basura — I threw it out o away

echó la moneda al aire — he tossed the coin

echaron el ancla/la red — they cast anchor/their net

echó la cabeza hacia atrás — she threw her head back

le echó los brazos al cuello — she threw her arms around his neck

echar a alguien a perder — to spoil somebody

echar algo a perder — to ruin something

echar de menos algo/a alguien — to miss something/somebody

b) ( soltar)

les echaron los perros — they set the dogs on them

c) (Jueg) < carta> to play, put down

echarle las cartas a alguien — to read somebody's cards

2) ( expulsar) < persona> ( de trabajo) to fire (colloq), to sack (BrE colloq); (de bar, teatro) to throw... out; ( de colegio) to expel

me echó de casa — he threw me out (of the house)

3) < carta> to mail (AmE), to post (BrE)

4)

a) (pasar, correr) < cortinas> to pull, draw

échale (la) llave — lock it

la persiana estaba echada — the blinds were down

¿echaste el cerrojo? — did you bolt the door?

b) ( mover)

lo echó para atrás — she pushed (o moved etc) it backward(s)

5) (expeler, despedir) <olor, humo, chispas> to give off

echaba espuma por la boca — he was foaming at the mouth

6) ( producir)

a) < hojas> to sprout

ya está echando flores — it's flowering already

b) < dientes> to cut

estás echando barriga — (fam) you're getting a bit of a tummy (colloq)

Sentido II

7)

a) ( poner) <leña/carbón> to put; < gasolina> to put in

¿le echas azúcar al café? — do you take sugar in your coffee?

échale valor y díselo — (fam) just pluck up your courage and tell him

b) (servir, dar) to give

¿te echo más salsa? — do you want some more sauce?

echar de comer a los cerdos — to feed the pigs

8)

a) (decir, dirigir) <sermón/discurso> (+ me/te/le etc)

me echó un sermón — (fam) he gave me a real talking-to (colloq)

le echó una maldición — she put a curse on him

b) (fam) ( imponer) <condena/multa> (+ me/te/le etc) to give

le echaron una multa — he got a fine, they gave him a fine

me echaron dos años — I got two years (colloq)

9) (fam) ( calcular) (+ me/te/le etc)

¿cuántos años me echas? — how old do you think I am?

de aquí a tu casa échale una hora — it's o it takes about an hour from here to your house

10) (Esp fam) (dar, exhibir) <programa/película> to show

¿qué echan en la tele? — what's on TV?

Sentido III

11) <cigarillo/trago> to have

echar una firma — to sign

echar el freno — to put the brake on

me echó una mirada furibunda — she gave me a furious look

echarle la culpa a alguien — to put o lay the blame on somebody

Sentido IV

12)

echar abajo — < edificio> to pull down; < gobierno> to bring down; < proyecto> to destroy; < esperanzas> to dash; < moral> to undermine

echaron la puerta abajo — they broke the door down
2.
echar vi

1) ( empezar)

echar a + inf — to start o begin to + inf, start o begin -ing

echó a correr — he started to run o started running

las palomas echaron a volar — the doves flew off

2) ( dirigirse)

echó calle abajo — she went off down the street

echa por aquí — go down here

3)

echar para adelante or (fam) p'alante: echa para adelante un poco go forward a little; echa p'alante, que ya llegamos — keep going, we're nearly there
3.
1) echarse v pron

Sentido I

2)

a) (tirarse, arrojarse) to throw oneself

me eché al suelo — I threw myself to the ground

echarse de cabeza al agua — to dive into the water

échate hacia atrás — lean back

la noche se nos echó encima — night fell suddenly

echarse a perder — comida to go bad, go off (BrE); cosecha/proyecto/plan to be ruined

b) (tumbarse, acostarse) to lie down

c) (apartarse, moverse) (+ compl)

se echó a un lado — she moved to one side

échate un poco para allá — move over that way a bit

echarse atrás — to back out

echárselas — (Chi fam)

se las echó — he upped and left (colloq)

echárselas de algo — (fam)

se las echa de culto — he likes to think he's cultured

d) aves to brood

3)

a) ( ponerse) to put on

echarse crema — to put cream on

se echó el abrigo por los hombros — she put the coat around her shoulders

b) (Esp fam) <novio/novia>

se ha echado novia — he's found o got himself a girlfriend

c) (Méx fam) ( beberse) to drink

4) ( expulsar)

echarse un pedo — to fart (colloq)

5) (Méx fam) ( romper) to break

echarse a alguien — (Méx fam) to bump somebody off (colloq)

6) (Col fam) ( tardar) <horas/días> to take

Sentido II

7) ( empezar) echar 1)

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= throw, pour (in/into), toss, sack, give + Nombre + the boot, boot (out), give + Nombre + the sack, send + Nombre + packing, turf out, give off, billow out, spout.

Ex. The point to be made for the novice abstractor is that editors are not ghouls who must be thrown raw meat before a check is issued.

Ex. The water of the stuff poured into the middle of the cylinder through its wire-mesh cover, and was immediately pumped out from one end leaving a film of fibres on the surface.

Ex. Everything being online, the exquisite oaken cabinets housing the card files were tossed.

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

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

Ex. Nearly everyone has seen a factory's smokestack billowing out black sooty smoke that dirties the air and blackens buildings.

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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* culpa + echar a + Nombre = blame + lay + at the feet of + Nombre.

* echando hostias = like the clappers.

* echando mecha = like the clappers.

* echar a Alguien de un Lugar = send + Nombre + on + Posesivo + way.

* echar a andar = implement, leg it.

* echar abajo = knock down.

* echar a correr = bolt, make + a bolt for, take off + running, take to + Posesivo + heels, run off.

* echar a la calle = evict, throw + Nombre + out.

* echar Algo por tierra = blow + Nombre + out of the water.

* echar amarras = moor.

* echar anclas = drop + anchor.

* echar a perder = ruin, bungle, bring out + the worst in, cast + a blight on, blight, go off.

* echar a pique = scuttle.

* echar a suerte = draw + lots.

* echar a un lado = push aside.

* echar a volar = take + flight.

* echar brotes = bud, sprout.

* echar chispas = fume, froth at + the mouth.

* echar chispas por los ojos = glower, scowl (at).

* echar coraje = pluck up + courage, gather up + courage.

* echar de menos = miss.

* echar dentro de = throw into.

* echar el ancla = drop + anchor.

* echar el candado = padlock.

* echar en cara = fault.

* echar espuma por la boca = froth at + the mouth.

* echar espumarajos por la boca = froth at + the mouth.

* echar fuera = throw + Nombre + out.

* echar gasolina = pump + gas.

* echar hojas = leaf out.

* echar humo = blow + smoke, fume, steam, smoulder [smolder, -USA], froth at + the mouth.

* echar humo por las orejas = go + berserk, go + postal, work up + a lather.

* echar la bola a rodar = get + the ball rolling, set + the ball rolling, start + the ball rolling.

* echar la culpa = place + blame, fault.

* echarle el ojo a = eye.

* echarle la culpa a = put + the blame on.

* echar leña al fuego = pour + oil on the flames.

* echarle una mano a = bat for, go to + bat for.

* echar los dientes = cut + Posesivo + teeth.

* echar los postigos = shutter.

* echarlo todo a perder = upset + the applecart.

* echarlo todo a rodar = upset + the applecart.

* echarlo todo por tierra = upset + the applecart.

* echar mano a/de = leverage.

* echar mano a los ahorros = dip into + savings.

* echar mano de = fall back on, call into + play.

* echar marcha atrás = do + an about-face, back out, back up.

* echar muchas horas al día = work + long hours.

* echar muchísimo de menos = be sorely missed, be sadly missed.

* echar muchísimo en falta = be sorely missed, be sadly missed.

* echar mucho de menos = be sorely missed, be sadly missed.

* echar mucho en falta = be sorely missed, be sadly missed.

* echar poco a poco = dribble.

* echar por alto = bungle.

* echar por encima = top with.

* echar por la borda = go by + the board, jettison.

* echar por tierra = scupper, blight, cast + a blight on.

* echar por tierra las ilusiones = shatter + Posesivo + hopes.

* echar por tierra los planes de Alguien = spike + Posesivo + guns.

* echar por tierra una idea = crush + idea.

* echar + Posesivo + planes a perder = upset + Posesivo + plans, ruin + Posesivo + plans.

* echar raíces = settle down, root.

* echar sal = salt.

* echar sal en la herida = add + salt to injury, add + salt to the wound, add + insult to injury, rub + salt in the wound.

* echarse = stretch out, lie down.

* echarse a la calle = take to + the road, take to + the streets.

* echarse a la calles = spill (out) into + the streets.

* echarse a temblar con sólo pensar en = shudder at + the thought of.

* echarse atrás = draw back, draw back, chicken out (on/of), back out, get + cold feet, backpedal [back-pedal].

* echarse encima de = bear down on.

* echarse flores = blow + Posesivo + own trumpet.

* écharsele a Uno el día encima = make + hay while the sun shines.

* echarse una cabezada = get + forty winks, get + some shut-eye, snatch + some shut-eye, grab + some shut-eye, snatch + forty winks, grab + forty winks, take + forty winks.

* echarse una cabezadita = get + forty winks, get + some shut-eye, snatch + some shut-eye, grab + some shut-eye, snatch + forty winks, grab + forty winks, take + forty winks.

* echarse una cana al aire = have + a fling.

* echarse una canita al aire = have + a fling.

* echarse una siesta = take + a nap, nap, napping, kip.

* echarse un duelo = duel.

* echarse un pulso = arm wrestling.

* echarse un sueñecito = get + forty winks, get + some shut-eye, snatch + some shut-eye, grab + some shut-eye, snatch + forty winks, grab + forty winks, take + forty winks.

* echarse un trago = tipple.

* echar suertes = draw + lots.

* echar toda la carne en el asador = put + all (of) + Posesivo + eggs in one basket, shoot (for) + the moon, go for + broke.

* echar una bronca = tell + Nombe + off, give + Nombre + a dressing-down, give + Nombre + a telling-off, chew + Nombre + up.

* echar una buena bronca = give + Nombre + a good roasting.

* echar una cana al aire = kick up + Posesivo + heels.

* echar una cana al aire antes de sentar la cabeza = sow + Posesivo + wild oats.

* echar una cana al aire cuando joven = sow + Posesivo + wild oats.

* echar una canica al aire = disport + Reflexivo.

* echar una mano = lend + a (helping) hand, put + Posesivo + shoulder to the wheel, set + Posesivo + shoulder to the wheel, muck in, pitch in.

* echar una mano a Alguien = give + Nombre + a hand.

* echar una meada = take + a leak, have + a leak.

* echar una mirada = take + a look at, take + a peek, peek, have + a look, cast + a glance over, look through, glance at, take + a gander.

* echar una mirada furtiva a = steal + a glance at.

* echar una mirada mortal = look + daggers at.

* echar una ojeada = look through, glance at, peek, take + a peek, take + a look at, take + a gander.

* echar una ojeada a = cast + a glance over.

* echar un cana al aire = one-night stand.

* echar un casquete = fuck, screw, get + laid.

* echar un chorro de = squirt.

* echar un conjuro = cast + a (magic) spell.

* echar un ojo = keep + an eye on, have + a look.

* echar un polvo = fuck, screw, get + laid.

* echar un rapapolvo = tell + Nombe + off, give + Nombre + a dressing-down, give + Nombre + a telling-off, chew + Nombre + up.

* echar un tupido velo sobre = draw + a veil over.

* echar un vistazo = take + a look at, glance at, check out, peek, have + a look, take + a peek, cast + a glance over, look through, browse, peruse, take + a gander.

* echar valor = pluck up + courage, muster (up) + (the) courage, gather up + courage.

* echar vino = pour + wine.

* la suerte estaba echada = the die was cast, the die had been cast.

* la suerte está echada = the die is cast.

* para echar sal en la herida = to add insult to injury, to add salt to injury, to rub salt in the wound.

* planta que echa flores = bloomer.

* salir a echarse un cigarro = go out for + a smoke.

* salir echando leches = bolt, take off, make + a bolt for, dash off, shoot off.

* ser demasiado tarde para echar atrás = reach + the point of no return.

* * *
1.
verbo transitivo

Sentido I

1)

a) (lanzar, tirar) to throw

lo eché a la basura — I threw it out o away

echó la moneda al aire — he tossed the coin

echaron el ancla/la red — they cast anchor/their net

echó la cabeza hacia atrás — she threw her head back

le echó los brazos al cuello — she threw her arms around his neck

echar a alguien a perder — to spoil somebody

echar algo a perder — to ruin something

echar de menos algo/a alguien — to miss something/somebody

b) ( soltar)

les echaron los perros — they set the dogs on them

c) (Jueg) < carta> to play, put down

echarle las cartas a alguien — to read somebody's cards

2) ( expulsar) < persona> ( de trabajo) to fire (colloq), to sack (BrE colloq); (de bar, teatro) to throw... out; ( de colegio) to expel

me echó de casa — he threw me out (of the house)

3) < carta> to mail (AmE), to post (BrE)

4)

a) (pasar, correr) < cortinas> to pull, draw

échale (la) llave — lock it

la persiana estaba echada — the blinds were down

¿echaste el cerrojo? — did you bolt the door?

b) ( mover)

lo echó para atrás — she pushed (o moved etc) it backward(s)

5) (expeler, despedir) <olor, humo, chispas> to give off

echaba espuma por la boca — he was foaming at the mouth

6) ( producir)

a) < hojas> to sprout

ya está echando flores — it's flowering already

b) < dientes> to cut

estás echando barriga — (fam) you're getting a bit of a tummy (colloq)

Sentido II

7)

a) ( poner) <leña/carbón> to put; < gasolina> to put in

¿le echas azúcar al café? — do you take sugar in your coffee?

échale valor y díselo — (fam) just pluck up your courage and tell him

b) (servir, dar) to give

¿te echo más salsa? — do you want some more sauce?

echar de comer a los cerdos — to feed the pigs

8)

a) (decir, dirigir) <sermón/discurso> (+ me/te/le etc)

me echó un sermón — (fam) he gave me a real talking-to (colloq)

le echó una maldición — she put a curse on him

b) (fam) ( imponer) <condena/multa> (+ me/te/le etc) to give

le echaron una multa — he got a fine, they gave him a fine

me echaron dos años — I got two years (colloq)

9) (fam) ( calcular) (+ me/te/le etc)

¿cuántos años me echas? — how old do you think I am?

de aquí a tu casa échale una hora — it's o it takes about an hour from here to your house

10) (Esp fam) (dar, exhibir) <programa/película> to show

¿qué echan en la tele? — what's on TV?

Sentido III

11) <cigarillo/trago> to have

echar una firma — to sign

echar el freno — to put the brake on

me echó una mirada furibunda — she gave me a furious look

echarle la culpa a alguien — to put o lay the blame on somebody

Sentido IV

12)

echar abajo — < edificio> to pull down; < gobierno> to bring down; < proyecto> to destroy; < esperanzas> to dash; < moral> to undermine

echaron la puerta abajo — they broke the door down
2.
echar vi

1) ( empezar)

echar a + inf — to start o begin to + inf, start o begin -ing

echó a correr — he started to run o started running

las palomas echaron a volar — the doves flew off

2) ( dirigirse)

echó calle abajo — she went off down the street

echa por aquí — go down here

3)

echar para adelante or (fam) p'alante: echa para adelante un poco go forward a little; echa p'alante, que ya llegamos — keep going, we're nearly there
3.
1) echarse v pron

Sentido I

2)

a) (tirarse, arrojarse) to throw oneself

me eché al suelo — I threw myself to the ground

echarse de cabeza al agua — to dive into the water

échate hacia atrás — lean back

la noche se nos echó encima — night fell suddenly

echarse a perder — comida to go bad, go off (BrE); cosecha/proyecto/plan to be ruined

b) (tumbarse, acostarse) to lie down

c) (apartarse, moverse) (+ compl)

se echó a un lado — she moved to one side

échate un poco para allá — move over that way a bit

echarse atrás — to back out

echárselas — (Chi fam)

se las echó — he upped and left (colloq)

echárselas de algo — (fam)

se las echa de culto — he likes to think he's cultured

d) aves to brood

3)

a) ( ponerse) to put on

echarse crema — to put cream on

se echó el abrigo por los hombros — she put the coat around her shoulders

b) (Esp fam) <novio/novia>

se ha echado novia — he's found o got himself a girlfriend

c) (Méx fam) ( beberse) to drink

4) ( expulsar)

echarse un pedo — to fart (colloq)

5) (Méx fam) ( romper) to break

echarse a alguien — (Méx fam) to bump somebody off (colloq)

6) (Col fam) ( tardar) <horas/días> to take

Sentido II

7) ( empezar) echar 1)

* * *

= throw, pour (in/into), toss, sack, give + Nombre + the boot, boot (out), give + Nombre + the sack, send + Nombre + packing, turf out, give off, billow out, spout.

Ex: The point to be made for the novice abstractor is that editors are not ghouls who must be thrown raw meat before a check is issued.

Ex: The water of the stuff poured into the middle of the cylinder through its wire-mesh cover, and was immediately pumped out from one end leaving a film of fibres on the surface.

Ex: Everything being online, the exquisite oaken cabinets housing the card files were tossed.

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

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

Ex: Nearly everyone has seen a factory's smokestack billowing out black sooty smoke that dirties the air and blackens buildings.

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

* culpa + echar a + Nombre = blame + lay + at the feet of + Nombre.

* echando hostias = like the clappers.

* echando mecha = like the clappers.

* echar a Alguien de un Lugar = send + Nombre + on + Posesivo + way.

* echar a andar = implement, leg it.

* echar abajo = knock down.

* echar a correr = bolt, make + a bolt for, take off + running, take to + Posesivo + heels, run off.

* echar a la calle = evict, throw + Nombre + out.

* echar Algo por tierra = blow + Nombre + out of the water.

* echar amarras = moor.

* echar anclas = drop + anchor.

* echar a perder = ruin, bungle, bring out + the worst in, cast + a blight on, blight, go off.

* echar a pique = scuttle.

* echar a suerte = draw + lots.

* echar a un lado = push aside.

* echar a volar = take + flight.

* echar brotes = bud, sprout.

* echar chispas = fume, froth at + the mouth.

* echar chispas por los ojos = glower, scowl (at).

* echar coraje = pluck up + courage, gather up + courage.

* echar de menos = miss.

* echar dentro de = throw into.

* echar el ancla = drop + anchor.

* echar el candado = padlock.

* echar en cara = fault.

* echar espuma por la boca = froth at + the mouth.

* echar espumarajos por la boca = froth at + the mouth.

* echar fuera = throw + Nombre + out.

* echar gasolina = pump + gas.

* echar hojas = leaf out.

* echar humo = blow + smoke, fume, steam, smoulder [smolder, -USA], froth at + the mouth.

* echar humo por las orejas = go + berserk, go + postal, work up + a lather.

* echar la bola a rodar = get + the ball rolling, set + the ball rolling, start + the ball rolling.

* echar la culpa = place + blame, fault.

* echarle el ojo a = eye.

* echarle la culpa a = put + the blame on.

* echar leña al fuego = pour + oil on the flames.

* echarle una mano a = bat for, go to + bat for.

* echar los dientes = cut + Posesivo + teeth.

* echar los postigos = shutter.

* echarlo todo a perder = upset + the applecart.

* echarlo todo a rodar = upset + the applecart.

* echarlo todo por tierra = upset + the applecart.

* echar mano a/de = leverage.

* echar mano a los ahorros = dip into + savings.

* echar mano de = fall back on, call into + play.

* echar marcha atrás = do + an about-face, back out, back up.

* echar muchas horas al día = work + long hours.

* echar muchísimo de menos = be sorely missed, be sadly missed.

* echar muchísimo en falta = be sorely missed, be sadly missed.

* echar mucho de menos = be sorely missed, be sadly missed.

* echar mucho en falta = be sorely missed, be sadly missed.

* echar poco a poco = dribble.

* echar por alto = bungle.

* echar por encima = top with.

* echar por la borda = go by + the board, jettison.

* echar por tierra = scupper, blight, cast + a blight on.

* echar por tierra las ilusiones = shatter + Posesivo + hopes.

* echar por tierra los planes de Alguien = spike + Posesivo + guns.

* echar por tierra una idea = crush + idea.

* echar + Posesivo + planes a perder = upset + Posesivo + plans, ruin + Posesivo + plans.

* echar raíces = settle down, root.

* echar sal = salt.

* echar sal en la herida = add + salt to injury, add + salt to the wound, add + insult to injury, rub + salt in the wound.

* echarse = stretch out, lie down.

* echarse a la calle = take to + the road, take to + the streets.

* echarse a la calles = spill (out) into + the streets.

* echarse a temblar con sólo pensar en = shudder at + the thought of.

* echarse atrás = draw back, draw back, chicken out (on/of), back out, get + cold feet, backpedal [back-pedal].

* echarse encima de = bear down on.

* echarse flores = blow + Posesivo + own trumpet.

* écharsele a Uno el día encima = make + hay while the sun shines.

* echarse una cabezada = get + forty winks, get + some shut-eye, snatch + some shut-eye, grab + some shut-eye, snatch + forty winks, grab + forty winks, take + forty winks.

* echarse una cabezadita = get + forty winks, get + some shut-eye, snatch + some shut-eye, grab + some shut-eye, snatch + forty winks, grab + forty winks, take + forty winks.

* echarse una cana al aire = have + a fling.

* echarse una canita al aire = have + a fling.

* echarse una siesta = take + a nap, nap, napping, kip.

* echarse un duelo = duel.

* echarse un pulso = arm wrestling.

* echarse un sueñecito = get + forty winks, get + some shut-eye, snatch + some shut-eye, grab + some shut-eye, snatch + forty winks, grab + forty winks, take + forty winks.

* echarse un trago = tipple.

* echar suertes = draw + lots.

* echar toda la carne en el asador = put + all (of) + Posesivo + eggs in one basket, shoot (for) + the moon, go for + broke.

* echar una bronca = tell + Nombe + off, give + Nombre + a dressing-down, give + Nombre + a telling-off, chew + Nombre + up.

* echar una buena bronca = give + Nombre + a good roasting.

* echar una cana al aire = kick up + Posesivo + heels.

* echar una cana al aire antes de sentar la cabeza = sow + Posesivo + wild oats.

* echar una cana al aire cuando joven = sow + Posesivo + wild oats.

* echar una canica al aire = disport + Reflexivo.

* echar una mano = lend + a (helping) hand, put + Posesivo + shoulder to the wheel, set + Posesivo + shoulder to the wheel, muck in, pitch in.

* echar una mano a Alguien = give + Nombre + a hand.

* echar una meada = take + a leak, have + a leak.

* echar una mirada = take + a look at, take + a peek, peek, have + a look, cast + a glance over, look through, glance at, take + a gander.

* echar una mirada furtiva a = steal + a glance at.

* echar una mirada mortal = look + daggers at.

* echar una ojeada = look through, glance at, peek, take + a peek, take + a look at, take + a gander.

* echar una ojeada a = cast + a glance over.

* echar un cana al aire = one-night stand.

* echar un casquete = fuck, screw, get + laid.

* echar un chorro de = squirt.

* echar un conjuro = cast + a (magic) spell.

* echar un ojo = keep + an eye on, have + a look.

* echar un polvo = fuck, screw, get + laid.

* echar un rapapolvo = tell + Nombe + off, give + Nombre + a dressing-down, give + Nombre + a telling-off, chew + Nombre + up.

* echar un tupido velo sobre = draw + a veil over.

* echar un vistazo = take + a look at, glance at, check out, peek, have + a look, take + a peek, cast + a glance over, look through, browse, peruse, take + a gander.

* echar valor = pluck up + courage, muster (up) + (the) courage, gather up + courage.

* echar vino = pour + wine.

* la suerte estaba echada = the die was cast, the die had been cast.

* la suerte está echada = the die is cast.

* para echar sal en la herida = to add insult to injury, to add salt to injury, to rub salt in the wound.

* planta que echa flores = bloomer.

* salir a echarse un cigarro = go out for + a smoke.

* salir echando leches = bolt, take off, make + a bolt for, dash off, shoot off.

* ser demasiado tarde para echar atrás = reach + the point of no return.

* * *

echar [A1 ]

GUIA DE BUSQUEDA

■ echar (verbo transitivo)

Sentido I

A

1 lanzar, tirar

2 soltar

3 Juegos: cartas

B expulsar: persona

C echar: carta

D

1 pasar, correr

2 mover

E despedir: humo

F

1 echar: hojas

2 echar: dientes

Sentido II

A

1 poner

2 servir, dar

B

1 dirigir: sermón, discurso

2 imponer

C calcular

D dar: programa, película

E pasar: tiempo

Sentido III con sustantivos

Sentido IV

A echar abajo

B echar de ver

■ echar (verbo intransitivo)

A empezar

B dirigirse

C echar para adelante

■ echarse (verbo pronominal)

Sentido I

A

1 tirarse, arrojarse

2 tumbarse, acostarse

3 apartarse, moverse

B

1 ponerse

2 echarse novio/novia

3 tragarse

C expulsar

D romper

E tardar

Sentido II echarse a + infinitivo

vt

Sentido I

A

1 (lanzar, tirar) to throw

echó la botella por la ventanilla she threw the bottle out of the window

lo eché a la basura I threw it out o away

echó la moneda al aire he tossed the coin

echó una piedra al agua she threw a stone into the water

échame la pelota throw me the ball, throw the ball to me

echaron el ancla they cast their anchor o dropped anchor

echó la red he cast his net

echó la cabeza hacia atrás she threw her head back

echó la mano a la pistola he grabbed o made a grab for his gun

le echó los brazos al cuello she threw her arms around his neck

echar a algn a perder to spoil sb

echar algo a perder ‹sorpresa/preparativos› to spoil sth, ruin sth

ha luchado tanto y ahora lo echa todo a perder he's fought so hard and now he's throwing it all away

la helada echó a perder la cosecha the frost ruined the harvest

echar de menos algo/a algn to miss sth/sb

¿cuándo lo echaste de menos? when did you miss it o realize it was missing?

te echo mucho de menos I really miss you, I miss you terribly

2

(soltar): les echaron los perros they set the dogs on them

echó el semental a la yegua he put the mare to the stud

3 ( Juegos) ‹carta› to play, put down

echarle las cartas a algn to read sb's cards

B (expulsar) ‹persona› (de un trabajo) to fire ( colloq), to sack ( BrE colloq); (de un bar, teatro) to throw … out; (de un colegio) to expel

me echaron (del trabajo) I was fired, I got the sack ( BrE)

me echó de casa he threw o turned me out (of the house)

entre dos camareros lo echaron a la calle two of the waiters threw him out

C ‹carta› to mail ( AmE), to post ( BrE)

D

1 (pasar, correr) ‹cortinas› to pull, draw

échale la llave lock it

la persiana estaba echada the blinds were down

¿echaste el cerrojo? did you bolt the door?

2

(mover): échalo a un lado push it to one side

lo echó para atrás she pushed ( o moved etc) it backward(s)

E

(expeler, despedir): echaba espuma por la boca he was foaming at the mouth

el motor echa mucho humo there's a lot of smoke coming from the engine

el volcán echaba humo y lava the volcano was belching out smoke and lava

¡qué peste echa esa fábrica! ( fam); what a stink that factory gives off! ( colloq)

chispa² (↑ chispa (2))

F (producir)

1 ‹hojas› to sprout

la planta ya está echando flores the plant is already flowering

2 ‹dientes› to cut

estás echando barriga ( fam); you're getting a bit of a tummy ( colloq)

Sentido II

A

1 (poner) to put

le echaste mucha sal a la sopa you put too much salt in the soup

¿cuánto azúcar le echas al café? how many sugars do you take in your coffee?

echa esa camisa a la ropa sucia put that shirt in with the dirty laundry, put that shirt out for the wash

echa más leña al fuego put some more wood on the fire

¿qué te echaron los Reyes? ( Esp); ≈ what did Santa bring you?

échale valor y díselo ( fam); just pluck up your courage and tell him

2 (servir, dar) to give

échame un poquito de vino can you pour o give me a little wine?

¿te echo más salsa? do you want some more sauce?

tenía que echar de comer a los cerdos he had to feed the pigs

tengo que echarles de comer a los niños ( fam hum); I have to feed the children, I have to get the children's dinner ( o lunch etc)

lo que me/le echen ( Esp fam): yo, de trabajo, lo que me echen I'll do whatever needs doing ( colloq)

éste come lo que le echen he'll eat whatever's put in front of him ( colloq)

B

1 (dirigir) ‹sermón/discurso› (+ me/te/le etc):

me echó un sermón por llegar tarde ( fam); he gave me a real talking-to for being late ( colloq)

nos echó un discurso de dos horas ( fam); she gave us a two-hour lecture ( colloq)

le echó una maldición she put a curse on him

peste

2 ( fam) (imponer) ‹condena/multa› (+ me/te/le etc) to give

le echaron una multa he was fined, they gave him a fine, he got a fine

me echaron dos años I got two years ( colloq)

C ( fam) (calcular) (+ me/te/le etc):

¿cuántos años me echas? how old do you think I am?

le echo 20 años I'd say he was 20, I'd put him at 20 ( colloq)

¿cuánto te costó? — ¿cuánto le echas? how much did it cost you? — how much do you think? o have a guess

de aquí a tu casa échale una media hora it's o it takes about half an hour from here to your house

D ( Esp fam) (dar, exhibir) ‹programa/película› to show

¿qué echan en el Imperial? what are they showing at the Imperial?, what's on at the Imperial?

¿qué echan en la tele esta noche? what's on TV tonight?

E ( Esp fam) (pasar) ‹tiempo› to spend

echamos un rato agradable con ellos we spent o had a pleasant few hours with them

Sentido III ( con sustantivos):

echar un cigarrillo ( fam); to have a cigarette

echar una firma ( fam); to sign

echar el freno to put the brake on

me echó una mirada furibunda she gave o threw me a furious look

echaron unas manos de póquer they played o had a few hands of poker

cuenta¹ f A 1. (↑ cuenta (1)), culpa, mirada, partida, siesta, etc

Sentido IV

A

echar abajo ‹edificio› to pull down;

‹gobierno› to bring down; ‹proyecto› to destroy; ‹esperanzas› to dash

nos echó abajo la moral it undermined our morale

echaron la puerta abajo they broke the door down

tierra

B

echar de ver to notice, realize

se echa de ver que está muy triste it's obvious that o you can see that she's not very happy

■ echar

vi

A (empezar) echar A + INF to start o begin to + INF, start o begin -ING

al ver que lo seguían echó a correr when he saw they were following him he started to run o started running o broke into a run

echó a andar sin esperarnos he set off without waiting for us

el motor echó a andar a la primera the engine started (the) first time

las palomas echaron a volar the doves flew off

B

(dirigirse): echó calle abajo she went off down the street

echa por aquí a ver si podemos aparcar go down here to see if we can find a place to park

echaron por la primera calle a la derecha they took the first street on the right

C

echar para adelante or ( fam) p'alante: echa para adelante un poco, si no vas a bloquear la salida del garaje go forward a little, or else you'll block the garage exit

echa p'alante y verás cómo te sale bien go for it! everything will turn out all right, you'll see ( colloq)

echa p'alante, que ya llegamos keep going, we're nearly there

■ echarse

v pron

Sentido I

A

1 (tirarse, arrojarse) to throw oneself

nos echamos al suelo we threw ourselves to the ground

se echó en sus brazos she threw o flung herself into his arms

se echó de cabeza al agua she dived into the water

échate hacia atrás lean back

la noche se nos echó encima night fell suddenly, it was night before we knew it

echarse a perder «comida» to go bad, go off ( BrE);

«proyecto/preparativos» to be ruined

se me echó a perder el televisor my television's broken

era muy bonita pero se ha echado a perder she used to be very pretty but she's lost her looks

desde que se ha juntado con ellos se ha echado a perder since he started hanging out with them he's gone off the rails ( colloq)

encima

2 (tumbarse, acostarse) to lie down

se echó en la cama he lay down on the bed

me voy a echar un rato I'm going to lie down for a while, I'm going to have a lie-down ( BrE)

3 (apartarse, moverse) (+ compl):

se echó a un lado she moved to one side

me tuve que echar a la cuneta I had to go off the edge of the road

échate para allá y nos podremos sentar todos if you move over that way a bit we can all sit down

echarse atrás to back out

dijo que iba a venir, pero luego se echó atrás she said she was going to come, but then she changed her mind o pulled out o backed out

cuando vieron que iba a ser difícil se echaron atrás when they saw that it was going to be difficult, they got cold feet o backed out

echárselas ( Chi fam): el jefe no le quiso pagar más y se las echó the boss didn't want to pay him any more so he upped and left ( colloq)

se las echó cerro arriba he went off up the hill

echárselas de algo ( fam): se las echa de culto he likes to think he's cultured

se las echa de gran conocedor de vinos he claims to be o makes out he is a bit of a wine connoisseur, he likes to think of himself as o ( BrE) he fancies himself as a bit of a wine connoisseur ( colloq)

B

1 (ponerse) to put on

échate crema o te quemarás con este sol put some cream on or you'll burn in this sun

se echó el abrigo por los hombros she threw the coat around her shoulders

espalda

2 ( fam) ‹novio/novia›

se ha echado novia he's found o got himself a girlfriend

3 ( Méx fam) (tragarse) to drink

C (expulsar) ‹pedo›

¿quién se ha echado un pedo? who's let off o farted? ( colloq)

D ( Méx fam) (romper) to break

echarse a algn al plato ( Méx fam); to bump sb off ( colloq)

E ( Col fam) (tardar) ‹horas/días› to take

Sentido II (empezar) echarse A + INF to start -ING o start to + INF

se echó a llorar he started crying o to cry, he burst into tears

se echaron a reír they started laughing o to laugh, they burst out laughing

se echó a correr cuesta abajo he ran o he set off at a run down the hill

sólo de pensarlo me echo a temblar just thinking about it gives me the shivers ( colloq)

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echar ( conjugate echar) verbo transitivo
1
a) (lanzar, tirar) to throw;

◊ lo eché a la basura I threw it out o away;

echó la moneda al aire he tossed the coin;
echaron el ancla/la red they cast anchor/their net;
echó la cabeza hacia atrás she threw her head back;
echar algo a perder to ruin sth;
echar de menos algo/a algn to miss sth/sb
b)

◊ echar abajo ‹ edificio› to pull down;

‹ gobierno› to bring down;
‹ proyecto› to destroy;
‹ esperanzas› to dash;
‹ moral› to undermine;
‹puerta/valla› to break … down
2 ( expulsar) ‹ persona› ( de trabajo) to fire (colloq), to sack (BrE colloq);
(de bar, casa) to throw … out;
( de colegio) to expel
3 ‹ carta› to mail (AmE), to post (BrE)
4
a) (pasar, correr) ‹ cortinas› to pull, draw;

◊ échale (la) llave lock it;

¿echaste el cerrojo? did you bolt the door?
b) ( mover):

◊ lo echó para atrás/a un lado she pushed (o moved etc) it backward(s)/to one side

5
a) (expeler, despedir) ‹olor/humo/chispas› to give off

b) ( producir) ‹ hojas› to sprout;

◊ ya está echando flores it's flowering already

1
a) ( poner) ‹leña/carbón› to put;

‹ gasolina› to put in;
◊ ¿le echas azúcar al café? do you take sugar in your coffee?

b) (servir, dar) to give;

◊ échame un poco de vino can you give me a little wine?

c) ‹ trago› to have

2
a) ‹sermón/discurso› (fam) (+ me/te/le etc) to give;

◊ le echó una maldición she put a curse on him

b) (fam) ‹condena/multa› (+ me/te/le etc) to give;

◊ echarle la culpa a algn to put o lay the blame on sb

3 (fam) ( calcular) (+ me/te/le etc):
◊ ¿cuántos años me echas? how old do you think I am?;

de aquí a tu casa échale una hora it's o it takes about an hour from here to your house
4 (Esp fam) (dar, exhibir) ‹programa/película› to show
echarse verbo pronominal
1
a) (tirarse, arrojarse) to throw oneself;

◊ me eché al suelo I threw myself to the ground;

echarse de cabeza al agua to dive into the water;
echarse a perder [ comida] to go bad, go off (BrE);

[cosecha/proyecto/plan] to be ruined
b) (tumbarse, acostarse) to lie down

c) (apartarse, moverse) (+ compl):

◊ se echó a un lado she moved to one side;

échate un poco para allá move over that way a bit;
echarse atrás to back out
2
a) ( ponerse) ‹crema/bronceador› to put on

b) ‹ cigarillo› to have

c) (Esp fam) ‹novio/novia›:

◊ se ha echado novia he's found o got himself a girlfriend

d) (Méx fam) ( beberse) to drink

3 (Méx fam) ( romper) to break
4 (Col fam) ( tardar) ‹horas/días› to take
5 ( empezar) echarse a to start o begin to, start o begin;
◊ se echó a correr he started to run o started running;

las palomas se echaron a volar the doves flew off
echar
I verbo transitivo
1 (por el aire) to throw: ¡echa la pelota!, throw us the ball
2 (añadir) to put
(una bebida) to pour
(gasolina) to put petrol (in the car): échale más agua al caldo, put more water in the soup
3 (despedir: humo, olor) to give off: este motor echa chispas, there are sparks coming out of this engine
(del trabajo) to sack, fire
(obligar a salir) to throw out: le echaron del instituto, they expelled him from school
4 (calcular subjetivamente) to reckon: le echó más años, he thought she was older
5 fam (un espectáculo) to show
6 (derribar) echar abajo, (edificio) to demolish
7 (+ sustantivo) figurado échale una ojeada a esto, have a look at this
figurado echarle una mano a alguien, to give sb a hand
8 echar de menos o en falta, to miss ➣ Ver nota en miss
II vi (+ a + infinitivo) (empezar) to begin to: echó a andar, she started to walk
de repente echó a correr, she suddenly started to run
' echar' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
añorar
- balón
- bautizar
- borda
- botar
- bronca
- buenaventura
- cabezada
- campana
- cana
- capote
- cara
- cierre
- correo
- extrañar
- falta
- guante
- jarra
- jarro
- leña
- mano
- mirada
- ojo
- olvidarse
- papilla
- película
- perder
- peste
- polvo
- pulso
- resto
- saco
- salar
- sapo
- siesta
- sortear
- suerte
- tierra
- tirar
- vista
- vistazo
- amarra
- ancla
- barriga
- basura
- brote
- buzón
- calle
- carta
- casa
English:
anchor
- arm wrestle
- belch
- blame
- boot
- boot out
- brake
- browse
- bud
- cast
- catapult
- chase away
- chuck out
- demolish
- dip into
- discharge
- door
- doze
- draw
- evict
- explode
- eye
- fill out
- fire
- forget
- froth
- fuel
- fume
- glance down
- glance round
- hair
- hex
- jettison
- kick out
- lace
- launch
- lay
- lend
- lie down
- lock up
- look
- lot
- mail
- miss
- muck up
- peep
- post
- puff
- pull apart
- put

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echar

♦ vt

1. [tirar] to throw;
[red] to cast;
echar anclas, echar el ancla to drop anchor;

échame el balón throw me the ball;

echar algo a la basura to throw sth in the Br bin o US garbage can;

echar una moneda al aire to toss a coin;

échalo en la cesta de la ropa sucia put it in the dirty-clothes basket;

echar una piedra por la ventana to throw a stone through the window;

echar abajo [edificio] to pull down, to demolish;
[puerta] to break down; [gobierno] to bring down; [proyecto] to ruin
2. [meter, poner] to put;

echa suficiente ropa en la maleta make sure you pack enough clothes in your suitcase;

échalo en el asiento de atrás put it on the back seat;

echa esta camisa a la lavadora put that shirt in the washing machine;

echa una firma en esta postal sign o put your name on this postcard;

Comp

echar leña al fuego to add fuel to the fire;

Comp
Fam
echar el resto: queda sólo una semana, ahora hay que echar el resto there's only a week to go, so from now on we really have to give it our all

3. [carta, postal] to post, US to mail;

¿(me) podrías echar esta carta? could you post o US mail this letter (for me)?;

echó la carta al buzón y siguió caminando he put the letter in the postbox o US mailbox and walked on;

echar algo al correo to put sth in the post, to post sth, US to mail sth

4. [trago, sorbo] to take, to have;
[cigarrillo] to have
5. [vistazo] to take, to have;

le he echado una mirada, pero no me parece interesante I've had a look at it, but I don't think it's very interesting

6. [mover] [parte del cuerpo]
echa la pierna a un lado move your leg aside;

echó la cabeza hacia atrás she threw her head back;

echa los hombros para atrás y saca el pecho put your shoulders back and stick your chest out

7. [añadir] [vino, agua] to pour (a o en into); [sal, azúcar] to add (a o en to);
échame más agua, por favor could you pour me some more water, please?;

no me eches tanta azúcar en el café don't put so much sugar in my coffee

8. [dar] [comida, bebida] to give;

echa alpiste al canario give the canary some birdseed;

hay que echar agua a las plantas we need to water the plants;

Comp
Fam
lo que me/te/le etc[m5]. echen: [m5] Alberto come lo que le echen Alberto will eat whatever you put in front of him;

es un hombre muy paciente, aguanta lo que le eches he's a very patient man, he puts up with anything you can throw at him

9. [decir] [discurso, sermón] to give;
[reprimenda] to dish out; [piropo, cumplido] to pay;
echar una maldición a alguien to put a curse on sb;
Fam
le echaron una bronca por llegar tarde they told her off for arriving late;

me echó en cara que no le hubiera ayudado she reproached me for not helping her

10. [humo, vapor, chispas] to give off, to emit;

la fábrica echa mucho humo a la atmósfera the factory pours out a lot of smoke into the atmosphere;

Comp
Fam
está que echa humo he's fuming;

Comp
Fam
echar pestes o Méx [m5]madres: volvió de vacaciones echando pestes o Méx [m5] madres del lugar she came back from her Br holiday o US vacation cursing the place where she had stayed

11. [hojas, flores] to sprout, to shoot;
[raíces, pelo, barba] to begin to grow; [diente] to cut;
los almendros están echando flores the almond trees are beginning to flower;

está empezando a echar los dientes she's beginning to cut her teeth;
Fam
en los últimos meses ha echado mucha barriga he's developed quite a paunch over the past few months

12. [expulsar]
echar a alguien (de) to throw sb out (of);

le han echado del partido he's been expelled from the party;

le echaron de clase por hablar con un compañero he was thrown o sent out of the class for talking to a friend

13. [despedir]
echar a alguien (de) to fire o sack sb (from);

¡que lo echen! fire him!, sack him!, kick him out!

14. [accionar]
echar la llave/el cerrojo to lock/bolt the door;

echar el freno to brake, to put the brakes on;
Fam Fig
¡echa el freno! ¿estás seguro de que podemos pagarlo? hold your horses, are you sure we can afford it?

15. [acostar] to lie (down);

¿has echado al bebé? have you put the baby to bed?

16. [tiempo]
le he echado dos semanas a este proyecto I've taken two weeks over this project, I've spent two weeks on this project;

echaron dos horas en llegar a Bogotá it took them two hours to get to Bogotá

17. [calcular]
¿cuántos años le echas? how old do you reckon he is?;

siempre me echan años de menos people always think I'm younger than I really am;

échale que de aquí a Málaga haya 600 kilómetros let's say it's about 600 kilometres from here to Malaga

18. [naipe, partida] to play;

te echo una carrera I'll race you;

¿echamos un dominó? shall we have a game of dominoes?

19. [buenaventura] to tell;

echar las cartas a alguien to read sb's fortune [from the cards]

20. [emplear]
le echó muchas ganas al asunto he went about it with a will;

le echan mucha ilusión a todo lo que hacen they put a lot of enthusiasm into everything they do;

échale más brío al pedaleo put a bit more energy into the pedalling;

los ladrones le echaron mucho ingenio the thieves showed a lot of ingenuity

21. Fam [sentencia]
le echaron diez años he got ten years

22. Fam [documento]
tengo que ir a echar una instancia al Ministerio I've got to go and hand in a form at the ministry

23. Esp Fam [en televisión, cine, teatro] to show;

¿qué echan esta noche en la tele? what's on TV o Br telly tonight?;

¿qué echan en el Rialto? what's on o showing at the Rialto?;

echan una película de acción they're showing an action movie

24. Am [animales] to urge on

25. [otras contrucciones]
echar a perder algo [vestido, alimentos, plan] to ruin sth;
[ocasión] to waste sth;
no puedes echar todo a perder, después de tanto esfuerzo you can't just throw it all away after all that effort;

echar algo a cara o cruz to toss (a coin) for sth;

echar algo a suertes to draw lots for sth;

echar de menos to miss;

le echa mucho de menos he misses her a lot;

echo de menos mi casa I miss my house;
Chile
echarlas to run away;

echar algo por tierra to put paid to sth, to ruin sth;

eso echa por tierra todas nuestras esperanzas that dashes all our hopes

♦ vi

1. [encaminarse]
echar por la calle arriba to go o head up the street;

echar por la derecha to go (to the) right

2. [empezar]
echar a andar to set off;

echar a correr to break into a run;

echar a llorar to burst into tears;

echar a reír to burst out laughing;

echar a volar to fly off

♦ See also the pronominal verb echarse

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echar

I v/t

1 ( lanzar) throw; de un lugar throw out;

lo han echado del trabajo he’s been fired;

echar abajo pull down, destroy

2 humo give off

3 ( poner) put

4 carta mail, Br tb

post

5

:

echar la culpa a alguien blame s.o., put the blame on s.o.;

me echó 40 años he thought I was 40

II v/i

:

echar a start to, begin to;

echar a correr start o begin to run, start running

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echar vt

1) lanzar: to throw, to cast, to hurl

2) expulsar: to throw out, to expel

3) emitir: to emit, give off

4) brotar: to sprout, to put forth

5) despedir: to fire, to dismiss

6) : to put in, to add

7)

echar a perder : to spoil, to ruin

8)

echar de menos : to miss

echan de menos a su madre: they miss their mother

echar vi

1) : to start off

2)

echar a : to begin to

♦ See also the reflexive verb echarse

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echar vb

1. (tirar) to throw [pt. threw; pp. thrown]

échame la pelota throw me the ball

2. (expulsar) to expel [pt. & pp. expelled] / to throw out

lo han echado del colegio he's been expelled from school

nos echó de su casa she threw us out of her house

3. (poner) to put [pt. & pp. put]

¿has echado sal al arroz? have you put any salt in the rice?

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

me has echado demasiado, no creo que pueda comérmelo you've given me too much I don't think I can eat it all

mi padre me ha echado un sermón my father gave me a lecture

5. (verter) to pour

échame un poco de zumo pour me some juice

6. (emitir) to give out

la chimenea echa mucho humo there's a lot of smoke coming from the chimney

7. (jugar) to play / to have

¿echamos una partida de ajedrez? shall we have a game of chess?

8. (proyectar) to be on

¿qué echan hoy en televisión? what's on television tonight?

9. (calcular) to think [pt. & pp. thought] / to guess

¿cuántos años me echas? how old do you think I am?

te echo 25 años I think you're 25

echar a cara o cruz to toss a coin for it

echar a hacer algo to start doing something

echar de menos to miss

echar el cerrojo to bolt the door

echar una carta al buzón to post a letter

echar una mirada to look

Spanish-English dictionary > echar
10 filer

filer [file]

➭ TABLE 1

1. transitive verb

   a. [+ laine, coton, acier, verre] to spin

• filer un mauvais coton to get into bad ways

   b. ( = prolonger) [+ image, métaphore] to extend ; [+ son, note] to draw out

• filer le parfait amour to spin out love's sweet dream

   c. ( = suivre) to tail (inf)

• filer le train à qn (inf) to be hard on sb's heels

   d. navire qui file 20 nœuds ship doing 20 knots

   e. ( = donner) (inf) filer qch à qn to give sb sth

• il m'a filé son rhume he's given me his cold

• filer un coup de poing à qn to punch sb

   f. ( = démailler) [+ bas, collant] to get a run in

2. intransitive verb

   a. ( = courir, passer) (inf) [personne] to dash ; [temps] to fly (by)

• filer à toute allure to go at top speed

• filer à la poste to dash to the post office

   b. ( = s'en aller) (inf) to go off

• le voleur avait déjà filé the thief had already made off (inf)

• il faut que je file I must dash

• filer à l'anglaise to run off

• filer entre les doigts de qn to slip through sb's fingers

• filer doux to toe the line

   c. ( = se démailler) [bas, collant] to run

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file
1.

verbe transitif

1) ( transformer en fil) to spin [laine, coton]; to draw [métal]

2) Zoologie [araignée, chenille] to spin [toile, cocon]

3) ( démailler) to get a run in [collant]

4) Nautisme ( dérouler) to play out [ligne]

filer 20 nœuds — [navire] to do 20 knots

5) Musique to hold [note]; Théâtre to run straight through [scène]; Littérature to extend [métaphore]

6) ( suivre) to tail (colloq) [suspect]

filer le train (colloq) à quelqu'un — to be on somebody's tail (colloq)

7) (colloq) ( donner) to give

2.

verbe intransitif

1) Culinaire ( couler) [sirop] to thread; [fromage fondu] to go stringy

2) ( se démailler) [collant] to ladder GB, to run US

3) Nautisme ( se dérouler) [cordage] to unwind

laisser filer un câble — to play out a cable

4) (colloq) ( s'éloigner) [véhicule, animal] to go off; [personne] to leave

filer à toute allure — [véhicule] to speed off; [animal] to run off; [personne] to dash off

file, et que je ne te revoie plus! — clear off (colloq), and don't come back!

5) (colloq) ( aller) to rush

6) (colloq) ( disparaître) [temps, journée] to fly past; [prisonnier] to get away

filer entre les mains — [personne, argent, occasion] to slip through one's fingers

••

filer comme le vent or une flèche — to go like the wind

filer des jours heureux — to lead a happy life

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file
1. vt

1) [laine, verre] to spin

filer un mauvais coton fig — to be in a bad way

2) (= prendre en filature) to shadow, to tail

3) * (= donner)

filer qch à qn — to give sb sth

File-moi une clope. — Give us * a fag.

4) MARINE (= dérouler) [câble, amarre] to pay out, to let out

2. vi

1) (= aller vite) to speed

Les voitures filent sur l'autoroute. — Cars are speeding along the motorway.

2) (= partir) to make off

file dans ta chambre! — off to your room with you!

filer à l'anglaise — to take French leave

3) [bas, maille, liquide, pâte] to run

4)

filer doux — to behave o.s., to toe the line

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filer verb table: aimer

A vtr

1 ( transformer en fil) Tex to spin [laine, coton]; Ind to draw [métal]; ⇒ coton, parfait;

2 Zool [araignée, chenille] to spin [toile, cocon];

3 ( démailler) to get a run in, to ladder GB [bas, collant];

4 Naut, Pêche ( dérouler) to play out [amarre, ancre, ligne]; filer 20 nœuds [navire] to do 20 knots;

5 Mus to hold [note]; Théât to run straight through [scène, pièce]; Littérat to extend [métaphore];

6 ( suivre) to shadow, to tail○ [suspect]; filer le train à qn○ to be on sb's tail○;

7 ○( donner) to give [objet, argent]; filer un coup à qn to hit sb.

B vi

1 Culin ( couler) [sirop] to thread; [fromage fondu] to go stringy;

2 ( se démailler) [bas, collant] to ladder GB, to run US;

3 Naut, Pêche ( se dérouler) [cordage] to unwind; laisser filer un câble/une ligne to play out a cable/line;

4 ○( s'éloigner) [véhicule, animal] to go off; [personne] to leave; filer à toute allure [véhicule] to speed off; [animal] to run off; [personne] to dash off; je file, je suis en retard I'll have to dash, I'm late; file, et que je ne te revoie plus! clear off○, and don't come back!; ⇒ anglais;

5 ○( aller) to rush; il a filé au bar/dans la maison he rushed to the bar/into the house; nous avons filé sur Paris we rushed to Paris;

6 ○( disparaître) [temps, journée] to fly past; [prisonnier] to get away; filer entre les mains [personne, argent, occasion] to slip through one's fingers; laisser filer une occasion to let an opportunity slip through one's fingers; l'argent file money doesn't last long; les chocolats ont filé en un rien de temps the chocolates didn't last long; ⇒ doigt.

Idiomes

filer comme le vent or une flèche to go like the wind; filer des jours heureux to lead a happy life.

[file] verbe transitif

1. TECHNOLOGIE & TEXTILES to spin

filer un mauvais coton

a. (familier) [être malade] to be in bad shape

b. [se préparer des ennuis] to be heading for trouble

2. ENTOMOLOGIE to spin

3. [dérouler - câble, amarre] to pay out (separable), to release

4. [développer - image, métaphore] to draw ou to spin out (separable)

[tenir - note, son] to draw out (separable)

5. JEUX [carte] to palm off (separable)

filer les cartes [au poker] to show one's hand

6. [suivre - suj: détective] to tail, to shadow

7. [déchirer - collant, bas] to ladder (UK), to run (US)

8. (familier) [donner] to give

il m'a filé un coup de poing he landed (UK) ou beaned (US) me one

on m'a filé le sale boulot they landed (UK) ou stuck (US) me with the rotten job

elle m'a filé la grippe she's given me the flu

filer une gifle à quelqu'un to smack ou to slap somebody in the face

9. (locution)

filer le parfait amour to live a great romance

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[file] verbe intransitif

1. [liquide] to run, to flow

[fromage] to run

2. [flamme, lampe] to smoke

3. [se dérouler - câble] to run out

4. NAUTIQUE

filer (à) 20 nœuds to sail ou to proceed at 20 knots

5. [collants, bas] to ladder (UK), to run

[maille] to run

6. [passer vite - coureur, véhicule] to dash ; [ - nuage] to fly (past) ; [ - temps] to fly

filer à toute vitesse [voiture] to bomb along

il a filé dans sa chambre

a. [généralement] he dashed ou flew into his bedroom

b. [après une réprimande] he stormed off to his room

bon, je file! right, I'm off!

l'argent lui file entre les doigts money just slips through his fingers

7. (familier) [disparaître - cambrioleur] to scram, to scarper (UK), to skedaddle (US)

je t'ai assez vu, file! I've had enough of you, scram! ou clear off!

filer à l'anglaise to sneak off, to take French leave

8. (familier) [argent] to go, to disappear, to vanish

9. (locution)

filer doux to behave o.s

Dictionnaire Français-Anglais > filer
11 estrellar

v.

1 to smash.

Elsa estrelló su copa Elsa smashed her wine glass.

2 to spangle with stars, to star.

María estrelló la tela Mary spangled her fabric with stars.

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estrellar

► verbo transitivo

1 (llenar de estrellas) to cover with stars

2 familiar (hacer pedazos) to smash (to pieces), shatter

3 (freír) to fry

► verbo pronominal estrellarse

1 (llenarse de estrellas) to be full of stars

2 (hacerse pedazos) to smash, shatter

■ el vaso se estrelló contra el suelo the glass smashed against the floor

3 (chocar) to crash

■ el camión se estrelló contra el muro the lorry crashed into the wall

4 figurado (problema, dificultad) to come up against, run into

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verb

to smash, crash

- estrellarse

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1. VT

1) (=hacer chocar) to smash, shatter

lo estrelló contra la pared — he smashed it against the wall

estrelló el balón en el poste — he hammered the ball onto the goalpost

la corriente amenazaba con estrellar el barco contra las rocas — the current threatened to dash the boat on to the rocks

2) (=decorar con estrellas) to spangle, cover with stars

3) (Culin) [+ huevo] to fry

2.

See:

estrellarse

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1.
verbo transitivo

estrelló un plato contra la pared — he smashed a plate against the wall

estrelló el coche contra un árbol — he smashed his car into a tree
2.
estrellarse v pron

a) ( chocar) to crash

se estrelló con la moto — he had a motorcycle accident

estrellarse contra algo — to crash into something

el balón se estrelló contra el poste — the ball slammed into the post

se estrelló contra el cristal — he walked smack into the glass door

b) (toparse, tropezar)

estrellarse con algo/alguien — to come up against something/somebody

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1.
verbo transitivo

estrelló un plato contra la pared — he smashed a plate against the wall

estrelló el coche contra un árbol — he smashed his car into a tree
2.
estrellarse v pron

a) ( chocar) to crash

se estrelló con la moto — he had a motorcycle accident

estrellarse contra algo — to crash into something

el balón se estrelló contra el poste — the ball slammed into the post

se estrelló contra el cristal — he walked smack into the glass door

b) (toparse, tropezar)

estrellarse con algo/alguien — to come up against something/somebody

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estrellar [A1 ]

vt

estrellar algo CONTRA algo:

furioso, estrelló un plato contra la pared in his rage, he smashed a plate against the wall

estrelló su coche contra un árbol he crashed his car into a tree

estrelló el balón contra el poste he slammed the ball against the goalpost

■ estrellarse

v pron

1 (chocar) to crash

se estrelló con la moto he had a motorcycle accident, he crashed his motorcycle

estrellarse CONTRA algo to crash INTO sth

el balón se estrelló contra el larguero the ball slammed into the crossbar

se estrelló contra el cristal he walked smack into the glass door

2 (toparse, tropezar) estrellarse CON algo/algn to come up against sth/sb

nuestros planes se estrellaron con un obstáculo insalvable our plans came up o ran up against an insurmountable obstacle

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estrellar ( conjugate estrellar) verbo transitivo:
◊ estrelló un plato contra la pared he smashed a plate against the wall;

estrelló el coche contra un árbol he smashed his car into a tree
estrellarse verbo pronominal ( chocar) to crash;
se estrelló con la moto he had a motorcycle accident;
estrellarse contra algo [ coche] to crash into sth;

[ olas] to crash against sth;
◊ se estrelló contra el vidrio he walked smack into the glass door

estrellar vtr fam to smash [contra, into, against]: estrelló la planeadora contra las rocas, he smashed the speedboat into the rocks

' estrellar' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
estampar
English:
dash

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estrellar

♦ vt

1. [arrojar] to smash;

estrelló el vaso contra el suelo she smashed the glass on the floor;

estrelló el balón en el poste he smashed the ball into the post

2. [huevo] to fry

♦ See also the pronominal verb estrellarse

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estrellar

v/t smash;

estrellar algo contra algo smash sth against sth;

estrelló el coche contra un muro he smashed the car into a wall

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estrellar vt

: to smash, to crash

♦ See also the reflexive verb estrellarse

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estrellar vb to smash

Spanish-English dictionary > estrellar
12 café

adj.

brown.

m.

1 coffee.

2 coffee shop, coffeehouse, café, coffee-bar.

3 cup of coffee.

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café

► nombre masculino

1 (gen) coffee

■ ¿te apetece un café? do you fancy a coffee?, do you fancy a cup of coffee?

2 (cafetería) café, coffee bar, coffee shop

\

FRASEOLOGÍA

café americano large black coffee

café con leche white coffee

café molido ground coffee

café solo black coffee

café soluble instant coffee

café torrefacto high-roast coffee

grano de café coffee bean

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noun m.

1) coffee

2) coffee shop

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SM

1) (Bot) (=bebida) coffee

café café — real coffee, coffee that really is coffee

café americano — large black coffee

café cerrero — And strong black coffee

café completo — Cono Sur continental breakfast

café con leche — white coffee, coffee with milk, coffee with cream (EEUU); (=homosexual) ** queer **, fag (EEUU) **

café cortado — coffee with a dash of milk

café descafeinado — decaffeinated coffee

café en grano — coffee beans pl

café exprés — expresso coffee

café helado — iced coffee

café instantáneo — instant coffee

café irlandés — Irish coffee

café molido — ground coffee

café negro — (small) black coffee

café pintado And —

café quemado — Caribe coffee with a drop of milk

café solo — black coffee

café soluble — instant coffee

café tinto — LAm black coffee

café torrefacto — roasted coffee

café tostado — roasted coffee

2) (=cafetería) café, coffee shop

café cantante — café with entertainment

3) Cono Sur * (=reprimenda) ticking-off *

4)

mal café * —

estar de mal café — to be in a bad mood; CAm to be out of sorts

tener mal café — (=genio) to have a nasty temper; (=intenciones) to have evil intentions

5)

color café — brown

café avellana — [como adj] nut-brown

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I
adjetivo (gen inv)

a) ( marrón claro) < color> coffee (before n); <vestido/zapato> coffee-colored*

b) (AmC, Chi, Méx) ( marrón) brown

ojos café(s) — brown eyes
II
masculino

1) (cultivo, bebida) coffee

me sirvió un café — he gave me some o a cup of coffee, he gave me a coffee (BrE)

- café americano

- café cerrero

- café con leche

- café cortado

- café descafeinado

- café en grano

- café expreso or solo

- café instantáneo o soluble

- café molido

- café natural/torrefacto

- café negro or puro or tinto

2) ( cafetería) café

- café bar

- café concert or concierto

- café teatro

3)

a)

(de) color café — coffee-colored*

b) (AmC, Chi, Méx) ( marrón) brown

4) (RPl fam) ( regañina) telling-off

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I
adjetivo (gen inv)

a) ( marrón claro) < color> coffee (before n); <vestido/zapato> coffee-colored*

b) (AmC, Chi, Méx) ( marrón) brown

ojos café(s) — brown eyes
II
masculino

1) (cultivo, bebida) coffee

me sirvió un café — he gave me some o a cup of coffee, he gave me a coffee (BrE)

- café americano

- café cerrero

- café con leche

- café cortado

- café descafeinado

- café en grano

- café expreso or solo

- café instantáneo o soluble

- café molido

- café natural/torrefacto

- café negro or puro or tinto

2) ( cafetería) café

- café bar

- café concert or concierto

- café teatro

3)

a)

(de) color café — coffee-colored*

b) (AmC, Chi, Méx) ( marrón) brown

4) (RPl fam) ( regañina) telling-off

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café¹

¹ = coffee.

Ex: You have specified beverages but no the particular beverage in question, coffee.

* a la hora del café = at coffee.

* café descafeinado = decaffeinated coffee.

* café exprés = espresso.

* café expreso = espresso.

* café instantáneo = instant coffee.

* café molido = ground coffee.

* cafetera llena de café = pot of coffee.

* café torrefacto = roasted coffee.

* café tostado = roasted coffee.

* grano de café = coffee bean.

* jarro para el café = coffee mug.

* juego de café = coffee set.

* marrón café = coffee-brown.

* molinillo de café = coffee grinder.

* otra taza de té o café = refill [re-fill].

* puesto de café y comida = coffee and lunch corner.

* reunión para tomar café = coffee party.

* taza de café = cup of coffee.

* taza para el café = coffee cup.

* tueste de café = coffee roasting.

café²

² = cafe, coffee house [coffee-house/coffeehouse], coffee bar.

Ex: The 1st phase of a cultural centre, with library, art gallery, swimming pool, cafe and day centre for the elderly, was opened in Sept 87.

Ex: As one librarian summarized, 'people are not into the stuffed looking, dingy, dust smelling type of libraries anymore... they expect atmospheres more like coffeehouses or nice bookstores'.

Ex: Buildings converted to libraries include mansions, stores, gas stations, coffee bars, fire stations, post offices and chapels.

* cibercafé = Internet café, cybercafe [cyber-cafe].

* consumo de café = coffee consumption.

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café¹

adjective

( gen inv) [ Vocabulary notes (Spanish) ]

1 (marrón claro) ‹color› coffee ( before n); ‹vestido/zapato› coffee-colored*

2 (AmC, Chi, Méx) (marrón) brown

ojos café or cafés brown eyes

café²

masculine

café con leche (↑ café a1)

A (cultivo, bebida) coffee

me sirvió un café he gave me some o a cup of coffee, he gave me a coffee ( BrE)

granos de café coffee beans

Compuestos:

● café americano

large black coffee

● café cerrero

( Col) large strong black coffee

● café con leche

regular coffee ( AmE), white coffee ( BrE)

● café cortado

coffee with a dash of milk

● café descafeinado

decaffeinated coffee

● café en grano

coffee beans (pl)

● café exprés or expreso

espresso

● café instantáneo

instant coffee

● café irlandés

Irish coffee

● café mezcla

medium roast coffee

● café molido

ground coffee

● café natural

light roast coffee

● café negro

( AmL) espresso

● café puro

( Chi) black coffee

● café solo

black coffee

● café soluble

instant coffee

● café tinto

(Col, Ven) black coffee

● café torrado

( RPl) roasted coffee

● café torrefacto

high roast coffee

● café turco

Turkish coffee

● café vienés

Viennese coffee

B (cafetería) café

Compuestos:

● café bar

café

● café cantante

café ( with live music)

● café concert or concierto

café ( with live music)

● café teatro

≈ dinner theater ( in US), ≈ pub theatre ( in UK)

C [ Vocabulary notes (Spanish) ]

1

(de) color café coffee-colored*

2 (AmC, Chi, Méx) (marrón) brown

D ( RPI fam) (regañina) telling-off, ticking-off ( BrE colloq)

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café adjetivo ( gen inv) (AmC, Chi, Méx) ( marrón) brown;
◊ ojos café(s) brown eyes

■ sustantivo masculino
1 (cultivo, bebida) coffee;
◊ me sirvió un café he gave me a cup of coffee, he gave me a coffee (BrE);

café cerrero (Col) large strong black coffee;
café con leche ( bebida) regular coffee (AmE), white coffee (BrE);
café cortado coffee with a dash of milk;
café expreso espresso;
café instantáneo o soluble instant coffee;
café natural/torrefacto light roast/high roast coffee;
café negro (AmL) or (Chi) puro or (Col) tinto or (Esp) solo black coffee
2 ( cafetería) café;
◊ café bar café

3 (AmC, Chi, Méx) ( marrón) brown
café sustantivo masculino
1 (bebida, planta) coffee
café con leche/solo, white/black coffee
café descafeinado, decaffeinated coffee, decaf
café en grano, coffee beans
café molido, ground coffee
café torrefacto, high roast coffee
2 (establecimiento) café
café cantante, cabaret
café concierto, café with live music
♦ Locuciones: mal café, (mal humor) foul temper: hoy estoy de muy mal café, I'm in an awful mood today
tiene muy mal café, he's downright nasty
' café' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
achicharrarse
- apostar
- buena
- bueno
- cafetera
- cafetería
- capuchino
- cargada
- cargado
- colmada
- colmado
- confitería
- convecina
- convecino
- cuchara
- cucharilla
- encima
- escrupulosa
- escrupuloso
- extracto
- ir
- fuerte
- grano
- instantánea
- instantáneo
- liofilizar
- mojar
- molinillo
- murmullo
- ordinaria
- ordinario
- paquete
- pergeñar
- servicio
- soluble
- taza
- terraza
- tinto
- torrefacta
- torrefacto
- tostar
- tostada
- tostado
- tostadura
- turca
- turco
- acabar
- aguado
- aroma
- asentar
English:
admit
- all-night
- bean
- black
- brew
- coffee
- coffee bean
- coffee break
- coffee cup
- coffee grinder
- coffee house
- coffee table
- cold
- espresso
- fancy
- filter coffee
- fix
- freeze-dried
- friendly
- get
- grind
- grinder
- ground
- how
- instant
- Irish coffee
- lace
- like
- make
- milky
- mill
- monotony
- mug
- or
- politely
- roast
- sip
- slot machine
- some
- spoon
- stir
- strong
- to
- weak
- what
- white
- will
- would
- all
- any

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café

♦ nm

1. [bebida] coffee;

¿quieres un café? would you like a (cup of) coffee?

Comp
café americano large black coffee;
café cortado = coffee with a dash of milk;

café exprés expresso;

café expreso expresso;

café de filtro filter coffee;

café instantáneo instant coffee;

café irlandés Irish coffee;

café con leche coffee with milk or cream, Br white coffee;

café molido ground coffee;
Am café negro black coffee; Méx café de olla = coffee boiled with cinnamon and raw sugar; Andes café perfumado coffee with alcohol; Esp café solo expresso;
café soluble instant coffee;
Andes, Ven café tinto black coffee; RP café torrado high-roast coffee;
café torrefacto high-roast coffee;

café turco Turkish coffee;

café vienés = coffee topped with whipped cream

2. [cultivo] coffee;

una plantación de café a coffee plantation

3. [establecimiento] café, coffee shop

Comp
café bar = café where alcohol is also sold;
4. Fam [humor, genio]
tener mal café to be bad-tempered;

estar de mal café to be in a bad mood

5. RP Fam [rezongo] telling-off

♦ adj inv
[color] coffee-coloured; Am [marrón] brown
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café

m

1 coffee

2 ( bar) café

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café adj

: brown

ojos cafés: brown eyes

café nm

1) : coffee

2) : café

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café n

1. (bebida) coffee

me encanta el café I love coffee

2. (cafetería) cafe

quedemos en el café de la esquina let's meet in the cafe on the corner

café con leche white coffee / milky coffee

café solo small black coffee

Spanish-English dictionary > café
13 causar

v.

1 to cause.

el accidente le causó graves lesiones he was seriously injured in the accident

el huracán causó estragos en la costa the hurricane wreaked havoc on the coast

el terremotó causó dos mil muertos two thousand people died in the earthquake, the earthquake killed two thousand people

El ácido úrico causa la gota Uric acid causes gout.

Ella causó que eso ocurriese She caused that to happen.

2 to be caused to.

Se nos causó un gran daño A great damage was caused to us.

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causar

► verbo transitivo

1 (provocar) to cause, bring about

■ las inundaciones causaron daños cuantiosos the floods caused a great deal of damage

2 (proporcionar) to make, give

■ su visita me causó un gran placer her visit gave me great pleasure

■ el nuevo portero me ha causado muy mala impresión the new porter made a bad impression on me

* * *

verb

1) to cause

2) make

* * *

VT [+ problema, consecuencia, víctima] to cause; [+ impresión] to make

su mal carácter le causa muchos problemas — his temper causes him a lot of problems

el tobillo aún le causa algún problema — his ankle is still giving him trouble

la explosión causó heridas a dos personas — the explosion injured two people, the explosion left two people injured

la noticia ha causado gran preocupación — the news has caused enormous concern

sus declaraciones han causado el efecto esperado — her statements have produced o had the desired effect

el poema le causó una honda impresión — the poem made a great impression on him

su frialdad me causa un profundo dolor — I find his coolness very hurtful

• causar asombro a algn — to amaze sb

• causar emoción a algn — to move sb

• causar extrañeza a algn — to puzzle sb

• causar risa a algn — to make sb laugh

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verbo transitivo <daños/problema/sufrimiento> to cause; < indignación> to cause, arouse; < alarma> to cause, provoke; < placer> to give

el incidente causó gran inquietud — the incident caused great unease

me causó muy buena impresión — I was very impressed with her

* * *

= cause, result (in), spark off, inflict, evoke, bring on, bring about, precipitate, give + cause to, give + rise to, give + occasion to.

Ex. As usage of the language causes terms to become anachronistic, or as increases in our level of awareness reveal undesirable connotations, we seek to change subject heading terms.

Ex. Objective 1 results in what is known as a direct catalogue, because it gives direct access to a specific document.

Ex. Like the librarians and the bookshop staff, the club members are catalysts who spark off that fission which will spread from child to child an awareness of books and the habit of reading them.

Ex. This article discusses the budget cuts inflicted on Australian libraries.

Ex. It is known that in ancient Rome the complexity of the administrative job evoked considerable development of management techniques.

Ex. In frequent cases, unionization is brought on by the inept or irresponsible action of management.

Ex. Untruth brings about ill reputation and indignity.

Ex. What precipitated that furor was that Panizzi's volume represented a uncompromising rejection of the comfortable ideology of the finding catalog.

Ex. That crucial evidence was withheld from the final report could give cause to bring charges of criminal negligence.

Ex. The method of indexing called post-coordinate indexing gives rise to physical forms of indexes which differ from the more 'traditional' catalogues mentioned above.

Ex. Many soldiers took advantage of the impoverished conditions giving occasion to assaults, rapes and murders.

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* causar ansiedad = cause + anxiety.

* causar buena impresión = impress, come across.

* causar confusión = wreak + confusion, cause + confusion.

* causar conmoción = cause + a ripple.

* causar consternación = cause + consternation.

* causar daño = do + harm, be injurious, cause + damage, cause + harm, cause + hurt, bring + harm, inflict + damage.

* causar daño corporal = cause + injury.

* causar daño material = cause + material injury.

* causar daños = cause + erosion.

* causar desórdenes = riot.

* causar destrozos = wreak + devastation.

* causar destrucción = wreak + destruction.

* causar dificultad = cause + difficulty.

* causar disturbios = riot.

* causar estragos = wreak + havoc, ravage, run + amok, cause + havoc, create + havoc, play + havoc with.

* causar graves daños a = bring + ruin to.

* causar impresión = make + impression.

* causar molestias = cause + disruption, inconvenience, cause + inconvenience.

* causar muchas víctimas = take + a toll on life.

* causar muertos = take + a toll on life.

* causar pena = cause + hurt.

* causar pérdidas = cause + losses.

* causar perjuicio = bring + harm.

* causar preocupación = evoke + concern, cause + concern.

* causar problemas = cause + problems, cause + trouble, make + trouble.

* causar revuelo = cause + a stir, create + a stir.

* causar ruina a = bring + ruin to.

* causarse daño = bring + disaster on.

* causar sensación = be a sensation, cut + a swath(e), cut + a dash, make + heads turn, make + a big noise, cause + a sensation.

* causar sensación en el mundo = make + a big noise in the world.

* causar sorpresa = cause + an eyelid to bat.

* causar una buena primera impresión = make + a good first impression.

* causar una crisis = precipitate + crisis.

* causar una gran sensación = make + a splash.

* causar una guerra = precipitate + war.

* causar una impresión = leave + an impression, make + an impression.

* causar una primera impresión = make + a first impression.

* causar una reacción = cause + reaction.

* causar un gran alboroto = make + a splash.

* causar un gran revuelo = set + the cat among the pigeons, put + the cat among the pigeons, make + a splash.

* que puede causar detención = arrestable.

* sin causar daño = harmlessly.

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verbo transitivo <daños/problema/sufrimiento> to cause; < indignación> to cause, arouse; < alarma> to cause, provoke; < placer> to give

el incidente causó gran inquietud — the incident caused great unease

me causó muy buena impresión — I was very impressed with her

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= cause, result (in), spark off, inflict, evoke, bring on, bring about, precipitate, give + cause to, give + rise to, give + occasion to.

Ex: As usage of the language causes terms to become anachronistic, or as increases in our level of awareness reveal undesirable connotations, we seek to change subject heading terms.

Ex: Objective 1 results in what is known as a direct catalogue, because it gives direct access to a specific document.

Ex: Like the librarians and the bookshop staff, the club members are catalysts who spark off that fission which will spread from child to child an awareness of books and the habit of reading them.

Ex: This article discusses the budget cuts inflicted on Australian libraries.

Ex: It is known that in ancient Rome the complexity of the administrative job evoked considerable development of management techniques.

Ex: In frequent cases, unionization is brought on by the inept or irresponsible action of management.

Ex: Untruth brings about ill reputation and indignity.

Ex: What precipitated that furor was that Panizzi's volume represented a uncompromising rejection of the comfortable ideology of the finding catalog.

Ex: That crucial evidence was withheld from the final report could give cause to bring charges of criminal negligence.

Ex: The method of indexing called post-coordinate indexing gives rise to physical forms of indexes which differ from the more 'traditional' catalogues mentioned above.

Ex: Many soldiers took advantage of the impoverished conditions giving occasion to assaults, rapes and murders.

* causar ansiedad = cause + anxiety.

* causar buena impresión = impress, come across.

* causar confusión = wreak + confusion, cause + confusion.

* causar conmoción = cause + a ripple.

* causar consternación = cause + consternation.

* causar daño = do + harm, be injurious, cause + damage, cause + harm, cause + hurt, bring + harm, inflict + damage.

* causar daño corporal = cause + injury.

* causar daño material = cause + material injury.

* causar daños = cause + erosion.

* causar desórdenes = riot.

* causar destrozos = wreak + devastation.

* causar destrucción = wreak + destruction.

* causar dificultad = cause + difficulty.

* causar disturbios = riot.

* causar estragos = wreak + havoc, ravage, run + amok, cause + havoc, create + havoc, play + havoc with.

* causar graves daños a = bring + ruin to.

* causar impresión = make + impression.

* causar molestias = cause + disruption, inconvenience, cause + inconvenience.

* causar muchas víctimas = take + a toll on life.

* causar muertos = take + a toll on life.

* causar pena = cause + hurt.

* causar pérdidas = cause + losses.

* causar perjuicio = bring + harm.

* causar preocupación = evoke + concern, cause + concern.

* causar problemas = cause + problems, cause + trouble, make + trouble.

* causar revuelo = cause + a stir, create + a stir.

* causar ruina a = bring + ruin to.

* causarse daño = bring + disaster on.

* causar sensación = be a sensation, cut + a swath(e), cut + a dash, make + heads turn, make + a big noise, cause + a sensation.

* causar sensación en el mundo = make + a big noise in the world.

* causar sorpresa = cause + an eyelid to bat.

* causar una buena primera impresión = make + a good first impression.

* causar una crisis = precipitate + crisis.

* causar una gran sensación = make + a splash.

* causar una guerra = precipitate + war.

* causar una impresión = leave + an impression, make + an impression.

* causar una primera impresión = make + a first impression.

* causar una reacción = cause + reaction.

* causar un gran alboroto = make + a splash.

* causar un gran revuelo = set + the cat among the pigeons, put + the cat among the pigeons, make + a splash.

* que puede causar detención = arrestable.

* sin causar daño = harmlessly.

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causar [A1 ]

vt

‹daños/problema› to cause; ‹indignación› to cause, arouse

el incidente causó gran inquietud the incident caused great unease

verlo así me causa gran tristeza it makes me very sad o it causes me great sadness o it fills me with sadness to see him like that

me causó muy buena impresión I was very impressed with her, she made a very good impression on me

este premio me causa gran satisfacción ( frml); I am delighted to receive this prize

me causó mucha gracia que dijera eso I thought it was o I found it very funny that she should say that

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causar ( conjugate causar) verbo transitivo ‹daños/problema/sufrimiento› to cause;
‹ indignación› to cause, arouse;
‹ alarma› to cause, provoke;
‹ placer› to give;
◊ le causó mucha pena it made him very sad;

me causó muy buena impresión I was very impressed with her
causar verbo transitivo to cause, bring about: el desaliño causa mala impresión, untidiness makes a bad impression
le causó buena impresión, he was very impressed by him
me causó mucha alegría, it made me very happy

' causar' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
admirar
- alborotar
- caer
- cobrarse
- dar
- darse
- deslumbrar
- determinar
- embarazar
- embriagar
- emocionar
- encandilar
- engordar
- espantar
- estragos
- estropear
- fastidiar
- hacer
- ilusionar
- impresión
- impresionar
- incomodar
- meter
- molestar
- molestia
- montar
- obrar
- parecer
- pesar
- plantear
- producir
- provocar
- repeler
- repercutir
- revolver
- salar
- sembrar
- traer
- trastornar
- turbar
- furor
- motivar
- propiciar
- saber
English:
bother
- cause
- derive
- foul up
- impression
- inflict
- painlessly
- riot
- sensation
- set
- start
- trouble
- wreak
- fire
- mischief
- rise

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causar vt
[daños, problemas] to cause; [placer, satisfacción] to give;
el huracán causó estragos en la costa the hurricane wreaked havoc on the coast;

el terremoto causó dos mil muertos two thousand people died in the earthquake, the earthquake killed two thousand people;

el accidente le causó graves lesiones he was seriously injured in the accident;

causar (una) buena/mala impresión to make a good/bad impression;

me causa mucha felicidad saber que se hayan reconciliado it makes me very happy to know they've made up with one another;

esta crema a veces causa una sensación de picor this cream sometimes causes an itching sensation

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causar

v/t daño cause; placer provide, give

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causar vt

1) : to cause

2) : to provoke, to arouse

eso me causa gracia: that strikes me as being funny

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causar vb

1. (provocar) to cause

las fuertes lluvias han causado inundaciones the heavy rain has caused flooding

no quiero causarte molestias I don't want to inconvenience you

2. (proporcionar) to make

me causó buena impresión she made a good impression on me

Spanish-English dictionary > causar
14 LJÓSTA

strike

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(lýst; laust, lustum; lostinn), v.

1) to strike, smite (laust hann sveininn með sprota); l. e-n kinnhest, to give one a box on the ear; hann lýstr ofan í miðjan hvirfil honum, he dealt him a blow in the middle of the crown; laust hann selinn í svima, he stunned the seal (by a blow on the head);

2) to strike, hit, with a spear, arrow (þá var Knútr lostinn öru til bana); Þjóstólfr skaut broddi, ok laust undir kverkina, and hit him under the chin;

3) phrases, l. árum í sjó, to dash the oars into the sea; l. eldi í, to put fire to; l. e-u upp, to spread a rumour (skal ek þá l. upp þeim kvitt, at); l. upp herópi, to raise the war-cry; l. e-u við e-u, to put forth in defiance against (E. laust skildinum við kesjunni); G. lýstr við atgeirinum, G. parries the blow with the bill;

4) impers. illviðri lýstr á, bad weather comes on of a sudden; laust í bardaga með þeim mikinn, it came to a great battle between them; laust hræzlu í hug þeim, they were panic-stricken; e-m lýstr saman, to come to blows, begin to fight; ok er saman laust liðinu, when they came to close fighting; myrkri lýstr yfir, darkness comes on suddenly.

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pres. lýstr, pl. ljóstum; pret. laust, 2nd pers. laust, pl. lustu; subj. lysti; imperat. ljóst (Þiðr. 323), ljóstú (Kormak); part. lostinn:—a weak pres. lýstir, Grág. ii. 15, Rb. 356; a weak pret. lýsti, Þd. 13 (listi Ed.), Lv. 24, Post., see Lex. Poët.:—to strike, smite, hann hóf upp knatt-tréit ok laust Grím, Eg. 189; ok laust hann sveininn með sprota, Nj. 16; þá reiddisk Þorvaldr ok laust hana í andlitið svá at blæddi, 18; ílla er þá ef ek em þjófs-nautr, ok lýstr hana kinnhest, 75; þá skal ek nú, segir hón, muna þér kinnhestinn þann er þú laust mik, 116, Fms. vii. 157; hann laust við eyra Sámi, Sturl. iii. 123; hann laust milli herðanna Bergi með hjöltunum, Fs. 52; mun þess goldit vera, at þú lýstir mik saklausan, Post.; en þat er Jökull bróðir minn laust þik högg, þat skaltú hafa bótalaust, Fs. 57, Sturl. iii. 26; heldr en þeir lysti á stokk eða stein, Fms. vii. 227; ljósta á dyrr, Finnb.; or ljósta högg á dyrr, Fs. 131; ok laust í höfuð mér svá mikit högg, at haussinn lamðisk, Fms. ii. 188, Bs. i. 335; laust hann selinn í svima, 342; segja menn at hann lysti (subj.) af honum höfuðit, Edda 36; lýstr ofan á miðjan hvirfil … reiðir þá hamarinn af öllu afli ok lýstr á þunn-vangann, 30; lýstr í höfuð honum, 29; ef maðr lýstir mann svá at blátt eðr rautt verðr eptir, Grág. ii. 15; slíkt er þótt knífi sé lostið eða spyrnt, 16; hann lýsti horninu í höfuð honum, Lv. 24; Rútr laust vinstri hendi utan á hlýr öxinni, Nj. 28; Egill laust skildinum við kesjunni, Eg. 378; ok lýstr við atgeirinum, Nj.: of a gale, en er þeir kómu í Veggjaðar-sund, lustu þá veðr, Fms. ix. 21.

II. to hit, strike, with a spear or the like; hann var lostinn manns-höfði í gögnum, Edda 55; þá var Knútr lostinn öru til bana, Fms. i. 118; Þjóstólfr skaut broddi, ok laust ( and hit him) undir kverkina, svá at yddi út um hnakkann, vii. 211; maðr skaut ör ór flokki Hákonar ok laust undir kverkina, 273; hann lýstir dýr með hornum sér til matar, Rb. 356; lostinn ( struck) af fjánda, 623. 22: [hence the mod. Norse ljostre = to spear or strike salmon with a fish-spear; cp. ljóstr.]

III. the phrases, ljósta árum í sjó, ok róa sem ákafast, to dash the oars into the sea, of the first stroke of the oars, Gísl. 61, Fms. viii. 144; og lustu árum hinn gráa sæ, Od. (in Dr. Egilsson’s version): ljósta eldi í, to put fire to; báru á við ok næfrar ok hálm ok lustu þar í eldi, Fms. ix. 44: ljósta upp herópi, to raise the war cry, vii. 260, 264, Eg. 88: metaph., ljósta e-u upp, to spread a rumour, Fms. x. 120; ljósta upp kvitt, Nj. 107; ljósta e-u við, to put forth, bring up as a pretext, Nj. 99: to pick, næfrar skal hann eigi ljósta til sölu, N. G. L. i. 39 (ii. 138).

IV. impers., of a sudden gust of wind, tempest, fire, it blows up of a sudden; þá laust á móti þeim útnyrðingi steinóðum, 656 C. 21; ok láta opna, til þess at þar lysti í vindi, Fms. xi. 34; ok síðan lýstr á íllviðri fyrir þeim, 51; er élinu laust á, ok meðan þat hélzk, 136; laust í móti þeim svá miklu fárviðri, … laust vindi í móti þeim, Gullþ. 6, 8; þvíat myrkri laust yfir allt, Þorst. Síðu H. 10; þá laust eldinum af fuglunum í þekjuna, the thatch caught fire, Fms. vi. 153; þá laust í verkjum, he was taken with sudden pains, viii. 339; þá laust hræðslu í hug þeim, they were panic-stricken, 43: of a battle, fight, e-m lýstr saman, to come to blows, pitched fight; laust saman með þeim snarpri sókn, Odd. 117 new Ed.; ok lýstr þegar í bardaga með þeim bræðrum, Fms. xi. 15; ok laust í bardaga með þeim, Nj. 127; ok er saman laust liðinu, when they came to close fighting, Korm. 170, Fms. viii. 38, Stj. 604; nú lýstr þeim saman, Ísl. ii. 364.

V. recipr., ljóstask, to come to blows; ef þrælar manna ljóstask, Grág. ii. 155.

Íslensk-ensk orðabók > LJÓSTA
15 code

kəud
1. сущ.
1) а) ист. сборник законов, изданных во время правления того или иного императора б) юр. кодекс, свод законов( государства) ;
система правил( поведения, чести, морали и т.д.) Christianity can never be reduced to a mere code of Ethics. ≈ Христианство никогда не трактовалось узко, просто как свод этических заповедей. Syn: law
2) система кодирования, код, шифр Telegraph companies had to face the extension of the use of code words. ≈ Телеграфные компании были вынуждены столкнуться с расширением сферы использования кодированных слов. Morse code ≈ азбука/код Морзе bar code ≈ штриховой или линейчатый код;
штрих-код( на продаваемой продукции)
2. гл.
1) кодировать, зашифровывать
2) отвечать за генетический код какого-л. элемента a gene that codes for a protein ≈ ген, несущий информацию о белке кодекс, свод законов - civil * гражданский кодекс - criminal * уголовный кодекс - * of commerce торговый кодекс - Black C. (американизм) "Черный кодекс" (рабовладельческие законы до отмены рабства) законы, принципы( чести, морали) - moral * моральный кодекс - * of honour законы чести - to live up to the * of the school поступать согласно традициям школы код - Morse * код Морзе - telegraphic * телеграфный код - * map (морское) кодированная карта - * beacon( морское) сигнальный маяк - * panel (авиация) сигнальное полотнище - * generator( компьютерное) генератор команд - * line (компьютерное) строка программы шифр - a telegram in * шифрованная телеграмма, шифрограмма, шифровка (биология) генетический код (компьютерное) программа( коммерческое) маркировка;
шифр, индекс (продукта) кодифицировать;
кодировать;
шифровать( биология) определять генетический код (коммерческое) маркировать;
проставлять или присваивать шифр, индекс absolute ~ вчт. машинный код access ~ вчт. код доступа address ~ вчт. код адреса alphabetic ~ вчт. буквенный код alphameric ~ вчт. буквенно-цифровой код alphanumeric ~ вчт. алфавитно-цифровая система индексов alphanumeric ~ вчт. алфавитно-цифровой код alphanumeric ~ вчт. буквенно-цифровой индекс alphanumeric ~ вчт. буквенно-цифровой код area ~ трехзначный междугородный телефонный код assembler ~ вчт. программа на ассемблере attribute-control ~ вчт. код управления признаком authentification ~ вчт. код аутентификации bar ~ штриховой код baseline ~ вчт. основное тело программы basic order ~ вчт. код основной команды BCD ~ вчт. двоично-десятичный код binary ~ вчт. двоичный код binary-coded decimal ~ вчт. двоично-десятичный код biquinary ~ вчт. двоично-пятеричный код block ~ вчт. блочный код brevity ~ вчт. сокращенный код bug-arresting ~ вчт. программа со стопором ошибок building ~ строительные нормы и правила card ~ вчт. код перфокарты chain ~ вчт. цепной код character ~ вчт. код символа ~ юр. кодекс, свод законов;
civil code гражданский кодекс;
criminal code уголовный кодекс civil ~ гражданский кодекс code законы ~ законы чести, морали;
моральные нормы;
code of conduct нормы поведения ~ индекс ~ код;
Morse code азбука (или код) Морзе ~ вчт. код ~ код ~ вчт. код ~ юр. кодекс, свод законов;
civil code гражданский кодекс;
criminal code уголовный кодекс ~ кодекс ~ вчт. кодировать ~ кодировать ~ вчт. кодировать ~ кодифицировать ~ маркировать ~ маркировка ~ вчт. машинная программа ~ вчт. машинное слово ~ нормы ~ правила ~ принципы ~ присваивать шифр ~ вчт. программировать ~ проставлять шифр ~ свод законов ~ вчт. система кодирования ~ торг. система кодирования ~ стандарт ~ шифр ~ шифровать по коду, кодировать ~ of accounts план отчета ~ of civil procedure гражданский процессуальный кодекс ~ законы чести, морали;
моральные нормы;
code of conduct нормы поведения ~ of conduct кодекс поведения ~ of ethics этический кодекс ethics: ~ этика;
a code of ethics моральный кодекс ~ of fair information practice правила честной информационной практики ~ of liberalization of capital movements правила снятия ограничений на движение капитала comma-free ~ вчт. код без запятой commercial ~ коммерческие правила commercial ~ свод законов о торговле compiled ~ вчт. объектный код completion ~ вчт. код завершения computer ~ вчт. система команд condition ~ вчт. код условия conditional ~ вчт. код условия conversion ~ вчт. код преобразования ~ юр. кодекс, свод законов;
civil code гражданский кодекс;
criminal code уголовный кодекс criminal ~ уголовный кодекс currency ~ валютный код cycle ~ вчт. циклический код data ~ вчт. кодовый набор data link ~ вчт. код передачи данных decimal ~ вчт. десятичный код destination ~ вчт. адрес назначения destination ~ вчт. код абонента device ~ вчт. адрес устройства dialling ~ код набора digital ~ вчт. цифровой код dot-and-dash ~ вчт. код морзе dot-and-dash: dot-and-dash: ~ code азбука Морзе drive ~ вчт. управляющий код error ~ вчт. код ошибки error-checking ~ вчт. код с контролем ошибок error-control ~ вчт. код с обнаружением ошибок error-correcting ~ вчт. код с исправлением ошибок error-detecting ~ вчт. код с обнаружением ошибок escape ~ вчт. код смены алфавита escape ~ вчт. управляющий код executable ~ вчт. рабочая программа exit ~ вчт. код завершения exponent ~ вчт. код порядка false ~ вчт. запрещенный код field control ~ вчт. код контроля поля fragile ~ вчт. недолговечная программа function ~ вчт. код режима работы highway ~ правила дорожного движения ID codeidentification ~ идентификационный код identity ~ личный код illegal ~ вчт. запрещенный код illegal ~ вчт. нелегальная программа input ~ вчт. входной код instruction ~ вчт. код команды instruction ~ вчт. набор команд instruction ~ вчт. система команд instruction ~ вчт. состав команд interlock ~ вчт. код блокировки internal ~ вчт. внутренний код interpretive ~ вчт. интерпретируемый код interrupt ~ вчт. код прерывания inverse ~ вчт. обратный код line-feed ~ вчт. код протяжки lock ~ вчт. замок lock ~ вчт. код защиты lock ~s вчт. замки machine ~ вчт. машинный код machine-instruction ~ вчт. система команд machine-operation ~ вчт. система команд machine-readable ~ вчт. машинночитаемый код magnetic tape ~ вчт. код магнитной ленты maritime ~ кодекс торгового мореплавания maritime ~ морской кодекс message ~ вчт. код сообщения micro ~ вчт. микрокоманда micro ~ вчт. микропрограмма minimum-access ~ вчт. программирование с минимизацией задержки mnemonic ~ вчт. мнемокод modular ~ вчт. модульная программа modulation ~ вчт. модулирующий код ~ код;
Morse code азбука (или код) Морзе Morse: Morse разг. см. Morse code, Morse telegraph Morse: Morse: ~ code, ~ alphabet азбука Морзе;
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Большой англо-русский и русско-английский словарь > code
16 volar

adj.

volar.

v.

1 to fly.

hubo una pelea y empezaron a volar sillas y botellas there was a fight and the chairs and bottles started to fly

volar a to fly at; (una altura) to fly to (un lugar)

echar(se) a volar to fly away o off

salir volando to fly off; (pájaro, insecto) to blow away (papeles, sombrero, ceniza)

volar por los aires to be blown into the air (estallar)

El chico voló ayer The boy flew=traveled by air yesterday.

El avión voló ayer The plane flew yesterday.

2 to disappear, to vanish (informal) (desaparecer).

3 to fly (off), to rush (off).

volar a hacer algo to rush off to do something

hacer algo volando to do something at top speed

me voy volando I must fly o dash

4 to fly by.

5 to blow up (hacer estallar) (en guerras, atentados).

La fábrica de gas voló The gas factory blew up.

Los aviones volaron la ciudad enemiga The planes blew up the enemy city.

6 to pilot, to fly.

El chico voló el avión The boy piloted the plane.

7 to dynamite, to bomb out.

Ellos volaron la mina They dynamited the mine.

8 to evaporate, to vaporize.

9 to swipe, to thieve, to steal, to rob.

10 to drive mad, to drive crazy, to derange.

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volar

Conjugation model [ CONTAR], like link=contar contar

► verbo intransitivo

1 (ir por el aire) to fly

2 figurado (papeles etc) to be blown away

3 figurado (ir deprisa) to fly

■ el tiempo vuela time flies

4 familiar figurado (desaparecer) to disappear, vanish

5 figurado (sobresalir de un edificio) to jut out, project

6 figurado (noticia etc) to spread rapidly

► verbo transitivo

1 figurado (hacer explotar - edificio) to blow up, demolish; (- caja fuerte) to blow open; (- en minería) to blast

2 figurado (en impresión) to raise

3 (en caza) to flush

► verbo pronominal volarse

1 (papeles etc) to be blown away

2 figurado (irritarse) to blow up, lose one's temper

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FRASEOLOGÍA

echarse a volar to fly away, fly off

hacer algo volando familiar to do something as quick as a flash, do something in a jiffy

■ limpió la casa volando he cleaned the house in a jiffy

■ pasó volando she flew past

¡volando! familiar jump to it!

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verb

1) to fly

2) hurry

3) disappear

4) burst, explode

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1. VI

1) (=en el aire) [avión, pájaro, persona] to fly

nunca he volado en helicóptero — I've never flown in o been in a helicopter

¿a qué hora vuelas mañana? — what time is your flight tomorrow?, what time do you fly tomorrow?

los papeles salieron volando por la ventana — the papers blew out of the window

el balón pasó volando por encima de nosotros — the ball flew over our heads

"vuela con Iberia" — "fly (with) Iberia"

• echar a volar — [+ pájaro] to set free, let go; [+ globo, cometa] to fly
[+ noticia] to spread
• echarse a volar — [pájaro] (por primera vez) to (begin to) fly; (=levantar el vuelo) to take off

• volar en globo — to balloon

• dejar volar la imaginación — to let one's imagination run riot

volar alto —

este joven escritor volará alto — this young writer will go far

ese político quiere volar demasiado alto — that politician is too ambitious

en su última novela vuela alto — in his latest novel he reaches new heights

- volar solo

un sindicato que hoy vuela solo — a trade union which nowadays is going it alone

empezó a volar solo en su último libro — in his latest book he branched out on his own

desde pequeño se le notaban las ganas de volar solo — since he was a child you could see how much he wanted to do things his own way
burro 2., 1)
2)

• hacer volar algo/a algn — to blow sth/sb up

una bomba hizo volar el automóvil — a bomb blew up the car

el choque le hizo volar por los aires a más de dos metros de la carretera — he was thrown more than two metres from the road by the impact

• hacer volar algo en pedazos — to blow sth to pieces o to smithereens

3)

volando: ¡venga, volando, que nos vamos! — come on, get a move on, we're going! *

¡voy para allá volando! — I'll be right there! *

me preparó la cena volando — he made my dinner in double-quick time *

hice las maletas volando y me fui — I packed my bags as quick as I could and left *

pasó volando en la moto — he whizzed o sped past on his motorbike

el deportivo iba volando por la autopista — the sports car sped down the motorway

• volar a hacer algo — to rush to do sth

voló a decírselo a todo el mundo — he rushed to tell everybody

me voy volando a echar esta carta — I must rush to post this letter

4) (=pasar rápido) [noticia] to travel fast; [tiempo] to fly; [días, semanas, meses] to fly by

las buenas noticias vuelan — good news travels fast

¡cómo vuela el tiempo! — (how) time flies!

los meses vuelan y pronto llegará el verano — the months are flying by and summer will soon be here

5) *
(=desaparecer) [objeto, persona] to go, disappear
cuando me di cuenta, el bolso ya había volado — before I knew it, the bag was gone o had gone o had disappeared

en una semana volaron las diez botellas — the ten bottles went o disappeared in the space of a week

cuando llegó la policía los ladrones ya habían volado — when the police arrived the robbers had vanished o disappeared

el tabaco parece que vuela en esta casa — cigarettes seem to sprout legs in this house *

6) (Arquit) to stick out

7) (Méx)
* [alcohol, diluyente] to evaporate
8) * (con drogas) to trip *, get high *

2. VT

1) (=hacer volar) [+ cometa, globo] to fly
(Caza) [+ pájaro] to flush out
se pasa el día volando aviones de papel — he spends the day flying paper aeroplanes

2) (=hacer explotar) [+ edificio, vehículo] to blow up; [+ caja fuerte] to blow (open)

volaron la entrada de la mina — they blasted open the entrance to the mine

le volaron la cabeza de un disparo — they blew his head off with one shot

3) (Tip) [+ letra, número] to put in superscript

4) (Chile, Méx, Ven)
* (=robar) to pinch *, nick *
5) (LAm)
* (=irritar) [+ persona] to irritate
6) (CAm)

- volar diente

- volar lengua

- volar máquina

- volar pata

3.

See:

volarse

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1.
verbo intransitivo

1) pájaro/avión to fly

2)

a) tiempo to fly

cómo vuela el tiempo! — doesn't time fly!

las malas noticias vuelan — bad news travels fast

b) volando gerundio <comer/cambiarse> in a rush, in a hurry

se fue volando — he/she rushed off

las entradas se acaban volando — the tickets sell out very quickly o in no time at all

quedar(se) volando — (Méx fam) asunto/persona to be left up in the air

3)

a) ( con el viento)

volaron todos los papeles — my papers blew all over the place

le voló el sombrero — his hat blew off

b) (fam) ( desaparecer) to vanish, disappear

los bombones volaron — the chocolates vanished o disappeared

c) (Méx fam)

a volar: niños, a volar OK you kids, go away o get out of here; toma el dinero y a volar take the money and run; mandar a volar a alguien — (Méx) to tell somebody to get lost (colloq)
2.
volar vt

1) <puente/edificio> to blow up; < caja fuerte> to blow

2) (Méx, Ven fam) ( robar) to swipe (colloq), to nick (BrE colloq)
3.
volarse v pron

1) (AmS fam) (de rabia, fiebre)

estaba que se volaba de rabia — she was beside herself with rage o anger

tiene una fiebre que se vuela — he has a really high temperature

2)

a) (Col fam) preso to escape

b) (Col, Méx fam) alumno to play hooky (esp AmE colloq), to skive off (school) (BrE colloq)

3) (Méx fam)

a) ( coquetear) to flirt

b) ( robar) to swipe (colloq), nick (BrE colloq)

se voló un lápiz — he swiped a pencil

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1.
verbo intransitivo

1) pájaro/avión to fly

2)

a) tiempo to fly

cómo vuela el tiempo! — doesn't time fly!

las malas noticias vuelan — bad news travels fast

b) volando gerundio <comer/cambiarse> in a rush, in a hurry

se fue volando — he/she rushed off

las entradas se acaban volando — the tickets sell out very quickly o in no time at all

quedar(se) volando — (Méx fam) asunto/persona to be left up in the air

3)

a) ( con el viento)

volaron todos los papeles — my papers blew all over the place

le voló el sombrero — his hat blew off

b) (fam) ( desaparecer) to vanish, disappear

los bombones volaron — the chocolates vanished o disappeared

c) (Méx fam)

a volar: niños, a volar OK you kids, go away o get out of here; toma el dinero y a volar take the money and run; mandar a volar a alguien — (Méx) to tell somebody to get lost (colloq)
2.
volar vt

1) <puente/edificio> to blow up; < caja fuerte> to blow

2) (Méx, Ven fam) ( robar) to swipe (colloq), to nick (BrE colloq)
3.
volarse v pron

1) (AmS fam) (de rabia, fiebre)

estaba que se volaba de rabia — she was beside herself with rage o anger

tiene una fiebre que se vuela — he has a really high temperature

2)

a) (Col fam) preso to escape

b) (Col, Méx fam) alumno to play hooky (esp AmE colloq), to skive off (school) (BrE colloq)

3) (Méx fam)

a) ( coquetear) to flirt

b) ( robar) to swipe (colloq), nick (BrE colloq)

se voló un lápiz — he swiped a pencil

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volar¹

¹ = fly, take to + the sky.

Ex: For example, pilots flying on international routes sometimes have problems in understanding weather reports spoken in English but with a heavy local accent.

Ex: A new flying invention has been unveiled in the US, which could see humans take to the sky.

* condición de estar apto para volar = airworthiness.

* echar a volar = take + flight.

* el tiempo vuela = time flies (by).

* escuchar las moscas volar = hear a pin drop.

* ir volando = hot-foot it to.

* más vale pájaro en mano que ciento volando = a bird in the hand is worth two in the bush.

* que vuela bajo = low-flying.

* salir volando = bolt, make + a bolt for, dash off, shoot off.

* volar con ala delta = hang-glide.

* volar del nido = fly + the nest, leave + the nest.

* volar en el aire = fly in + the air.

volar²

² = blast.

Ex: By blasting the face of the falls and excavating an underground cavern, the utility company channeled water through pipes to turbines at the base of the falls.

* volar con dinamita = dynamite.

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volar [ A10 ]

vi

A «pájaro/avión» to fly

volaremos a una altura de 10.000 metros we shall be cruising at an altitude of 10,000 meters

no me gusta volar, prefiero el tren I don't like flying, I prefer to go by train

B

1 «tiempo» to fly

¡cómo vuela el tiempo! doesn't time fly!

estos dos años han volado these two years have flown by o have flown past o have gone by very fast

las malas noticias vuelan bad news travels fast

2 volando ger ‹comer/cambiarse› in a rush, in a hurry

tengo que irme volando I have to rush off

las vacaciones se me han pasado volando the holidays have flown o ( colloq) whizzed past

las entradas se acaban volando the tickets sell out very quickly o in no time at all

tuve que comer volando I had to eat in a rush o to bolt my food

volando pica ( Méx fam); he's/she's a quick worker! ( colloq)

3 volando ger ( Méx fam) (inestable) unsteady; (sin resolver, sin definir) up in the air

está volando y se va a caer it isn't steady o it's unsteady and it's going to fall

el asunto de la casa está volando the matter of the house is still up in the air o is still undecided

C

1

(con el viento): volaron todos los papeles my papers blew all over the place, the wind blew my papers all over the place

el sombrero voló his hat blew off/away

2 ( fam) (desaparecer) to vanish, disappear

los bombones en seguida volaron the chocolates vanished o disappeared in no time

hoy día el sueldo vuela nowadays my salary seems to disappear o go in no time

3

( Méx fam): a volar: niños, a volar OK you kids, go away o get out of here

a volar con tus ideas raras you and your weird ideas, get out of here! ( colloq)

toma el dinero y a volar take the money and run

mandar a volar a algn ( Méx); to kick sb out ( colloq)

4 ( Méx fam) (evaporarse) to evaporate

D ( Arquit) to project

E

( AmS fam) (de rabia, fiebre): estaba que volaba de rabia she was beside herself with rage o with anger

tiene una fiebre que vuela he has a really high temperature, he has a very bad fever

■ volar

vt

A ‹puente/edificio› to blow up; ‹caja fuerte› to blow

B (Méx, Ven fam) (robar) to swipe ( colloq), to nick ( BrE colloq)

C ( Méx fam) (volver loco) to drive … mad

si se lo dices, lo vuelas if you tell him, it'll drive him mad o he'll go crazy ( colloq)

■ volarse

v pron

A ( Col fam) «preso» to escape; «alumno» to play hooky ( esp AmE) ( colloq), to skive off (school) ( BrE colloq)

el marido se voló con otra her husband ran away o ran off with another woman

B ( Méx fam) (volverse loco) to go crazy ( colloq)

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volar ( conjugate volar) verbo intransitivo
1 [pájaro/avión] to fly
2
a) [ tiempo] to fly;

◊ ¡cómo vuela el tiempo! doesn't time fly!;

las malas noticias vuelan bad news travels fast
b)

◊ volando ger ‹comer/cambiarse› in a rush, in a hurry;

se fue volando he/she rushed off;
sus clases se me pasan volando her classes seem to go so quickly
3
a) ( con el viento) [ sombrero] to blow off;

◊ volaron todos los papeles my papers blew all over the place

b) (fam) ( desaparecer) [dinero/pasteles] to vanish, disappear

verbo transitivo
1 ‹puente/edificio› to blow up;
‹ caja fuerte› to blow
2 (Méx, Ven fam) ( robar) to swipe (colloq), to nick (BrE colloq)
volarse verbo pronominal
1
a) (Col fam) [ preso] to escape

b) (Col, Méx fam) [ alumno] to play hooky (esp AmE colloq), to skive off (school) (BrE colloq)

2
a) (Méx fam) ( coquetear) to flirt

b) (Méx, Ven fam) ( robar) to swipe (colloq), nick (BrE colloq)

volar
I verbo intransitivo
1 (un avión, ave, insecto) to fly: la mosca echó a volar, the fly flew off
2 (apresuradamente) volando, in a flash, in a hurry: nos fuimos volando, we rushed off
3 fam (terminarse, desaparecer) to disappear, vanish: todo el dinero que tenía voló en cuestión de meses, he blew all his money in a question of months
II vtr (usando explosivos: una casa, fábrica, etc) to blow up
(: una caja blindada, etc) to blow open
' volar' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
aire
- alto
- bajo
- barrenar
- cometa
- echar
- grande
- ras
- vuela
English:
blast
- blow
- blow up
- bomb
- fly
- foolish
- fundamental
- jet
- nonstop
- overcome
- sail
- soar
- circle
- cruise
- full
- low
- nick

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volar

♦ vi

1. [pájaro, insecto, avión, pasajero] to fly;

volar a [una altura] to fly at;
[un lugar] to fly to;
volamos a 5.000 pies de altura we're flying at 5,000 feet;

volar en avión/helicóptero to fly in a plane/helicopter;

echar(se) a volar to fly away o off;

hacer volar una cometa to fly a kite;

salir volando to fly off;

Comp

volar alto to go far

2. [papeles, sombrero, ceniza] to blow away;

hubo una pelea y empezaron a volar sillas y botellas there was a fight and the chairs and bottles started to fly;

salir volando to blow away;

volar por los aires [estallar] to be blown into the air

3. [correr] to fly, to rush (off);

volar a hacer algo to rush off to do sth;

hacer algo volando to do sth at top speed;

me visto volando y nos vamos I'll get dressed quickly and we can go;

¡tráeme volando algo para tapar la herida! bring me something to bandage the wound with immediately o now!;

me voy volando I must fly o dash

4. [pasar deprisa] [días, años] to fly by;
[rumores] to spread quickly;
el tiempo pasa volando time flies;

aquí las noticias vuelan news travels fast around here

5. Fam [desaparecer] to disappear, to vanish;

los aperitivos volaron en un santiamén the snacks disappeared o vanished in an instant

6. Arquit to project, to jut out

7. RP Fam
está que vuela [de fiebre] he has a raging temperature;
[de enojo] he's fuming with rage
♦ vt

1. [hacer estallar] [en guerras, atentados] to blow up;
[caja fuerte, puerta] to blow open; [edificio en ruinas] to demolish [with explosives]; [en minería] to blast
2. [hacer volar] [cometa] to fly

3. [la caza] to rouse

4. Imprenta [letra] to raise

5. Am Fam
volar algo a alguien [robar] to swipe o Br nick sth from sb;

ten cuidado porque a mí allí me volaron la cartera be careful because I had my wallet swiped o Br nicked there

♦ See also the pronominal verb volarse

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volar

I v/i fly; fig

vanish;

las horas pasaron volando the hours flew past o by;

irse volar rush off;

echarse a volar fly away, fly off

II v/t

1 fly

2 edificio blow up

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volar {19} vi

1) : to fly

2) correr: to hurry, to rush

el tiempo vuela: time flies

pasar volando: to fly past

3) divulgarse: to spread

unos rumores volaban: rumors were spreading around

4) desaparecer: to disappear

el dinero ya voló: the money's already gone

volar vt

1) : to blow up, to demolish

2) : to irritate

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volar vb

1. (en general) to fly [pt. flew; pp. flown]

los pájaros y los aviones vuelan birds and planes fly

he volado muchas veces I've flown many times

2. (desaparecer) to disappear

la tarta voló en cuanto la vieron los niños the cake disappeared as soon as the children saw it

3. (hacer estallar) to blow up [pt. blew; pp. blown]

los terroristas volaron el puente the terrorists blew up the bridge

volando in a rush / in a hurry

salimos volando para coger el tren we rushed out to catch the train

tuve que desayunar volando I had to eat my breakfast in a hurry

Spanish-English dictionary > volar
17 code

[kəud]

absolute code вчт. машинный код access code вчт. код доступа address code вчт. код адреса alphabetic code вчт. буквенный код alphameric code вчт. буквенно-цифровой код alphanumeric code вчт. алфавитно-цифровая система индексов alphanumeric code вчт. алфавитно-цифровой код alphanumeric code вчт. буквенно-цифровой индекс alphanumeric code вчт. буквенно-цифровой код area code трехзначный междугородный телефонный код assembler code вчт. программа на ассемблере attribute-control code вчт. код управления признаком authentification code вчт. код аутентификации bar code штриховой код baseline code вчт. основное тело программы basic order code вчт. код основной команды BCD code вчт. двоично-десятичный код binary code вчт. двоичный код binary-coded decimal code вчт. двоично-десятичный код biquinary code вчт. двоично-пятеричный код block code вчт. блочный код brevity code вчт. сокращенный код bug-arresting code вчт. программа со стопором ошибок building code строительные нормы и правила card code вчт. код перфокарты chain code вчт. цепной код character code вчт. код символа code юр. кодекс, свод законов; civil code гражданский кодекс; criminal code уголовный кодекс civil code гражданский кодекс code законы code законы чести, морали; моральные нормы; code of conduct нормы поведения code индекс code код; Morse code азбука (или код) Морзе code вчт. код code код code вчт. код code юр. кодекс, свод законов; civil code гражданский кодекс; criminal code уголовный кодекс code кодекс code вчт. кодировать code кодировать code вчт. кодировать code кодифицировать code маркировать code маркировка code вчт. машинная программа code вчт. машинное слово code нормы code правила code принципы code присваивать шифр code вчт. программировать code проставлять шифр code свод законов code вчт. система кодирования code торг. система кодирования code стандарт code шифр code шифровать по коду, кодировать code of accounts план отчета code of civil procedure гражданский процессуальный кодекс code законы чести, морали; моральные нормы; code of conduct нормы поведения code of conduct кодекс поведения code of ethics этический кодекс ethics: code этика; a code of ethics моральный кодекс code of fair information practice правила честной информационной практики code of liberalization of capital movements правила снятия ограничений на движение капитала comma-free code вчт. код без запятой commercial code коммерческие правила commercial code свод законов о торговле compiled code вчт. объектный код completion code вчт. код завершения computer code вчт. система команд condition code вчт. код условия conditional code вчт. код условия conversion code вчт. код преобразования code юр. кодекс, свод законов; civil code гражданский кодекс; criminal code уголовный кодекс criminal code уголовный кодекс currency code валютный код cycle code вчт. циклический код data code вчт. кодовый набор data link code вчт. код передачи данных decimal code вчт. десятичный код destination code вчт. адрес назначения destination code вчт. код абонента device code вчт. адрес устройства dialling code код набора digital code вчт. цифровой код dot-and-dash code вчт. код морзе dot-and-dash: dot-and-dash: code code азбука Морзе drive code вчт. управляющий код error code вчт. код ошибки error-checking code вчт. код с контролем ошибок error-control code вчт. код с обнаружением ошибок error-correcting code вчт. код с исправлением ошибок error-detecting code вчт. код с обнаружением ошибок escape code вчт. код смены алфавита escape code вчт. управляющий код executable code вчт. рабочая программа exit code вчт. код завершения exponent code вчт. код порядка false code вчт. запрещенный код field control code вчт. код контроля поля fragile code вчт. недолговечная программа function code вчт. код режима работы highway code правила дорожного движения ID codeidentification code идентификационный код identity code личный код illegal code вчт. запрещенный код illegal code вчт. нелегальная программа input code вчт. входной код instruction code вчт. код команды instruction code вчт. набор команд instruction code вчт. система команд instruction code вчт. состав команд interlock code вчт. код блокировки internal code вчт. внутренний код interpretive code вчт. интерпретируемый код interrupt code вчт. код прерывания inverse code вчт. обратный код line-feed code вчт. код протяжки lock code вчт. замок lock code вчт. код защиты lock codes вчт. замки machine code вчт. машинный код machine-instruction code вчт. система команд machine-operation code вчт. система команд machine-readable code вчт. машинночитаемый код magnetic tape code вчт. код магнитной ленты maritime code кодекс торгового мореплавания maritime code морской кодекс message code вчт. код сообщения micro code вчт. микрокоманда micro code вчт. микропрограмма minimum-access code вчт. программирование с минимизацией задержки mnemonic code вчт. мнемокод modular code вчт. модульная программа modulation code вчт. модулирующий код code код; Morse code азбука (или код) Морзе Morse: Morse разг. см. Morse code, Morse telegraph Morse: Morse: code code, code alphabet азбука Морзе; Morse telegraph телеграф Морзе multiple-address code вчт. код многоадресной команды name code вчт. именной код natural binary code вчт. обычный двоичный код noise combating code вчт. помехоустойчивый код nonexistence code вчт. контроль запрещенных комбинаций nonexistent code вчт. запрещенный код nonexistent code вчт. непредусмотренный код nonexistent code вчт. несуществующий код nonreproducing code вчт. непечатаемый код number address code вчт. код адреса числа number code вчт. код числа numeric code вчт. цифровой код numeric code вчт. числовой код object code вчт. выходная программа object code вчт. объектный код one-address code вчт. код одноадресной команды one-level code вчт. абсолютный код operand code вчт. код операнда operation code вчт. код операции optimized code вчт. оптимизированная программа output code вчт. выходной код own code вчт. собственная подпрограмма paired-disparity code вчт. попарно-сбалансировый код parity-check code вчт. код с контролем четности penal code уголовный кодекс pointer-threaded code вчт. шитый код polynomial code вчт. полиномиальный код position code вчт. позиционный код position-independent code вчт. непозиционный код positional code вчт. позиционный код post code почтовый индекс postal code почтовый индекс prefix code вчт. префиксный код print restore code вчт. код возобновления печати procedural code процессуальный кодекс product code вчт. композиционный код pulse code вчт. импульсный код punched tape code вчт. код перфоленты pure code вчт. чистый код recurrent code вчт. циклический код redundant code вчт. избыточный код reenterable code вчт. повторно входимая программа reentrant code вчт. повторно входимая программа reflected code вчт. циклический код relative code вчт. программа в относительных адресах relocatable code вчт. перемещаемая программа repertory code вчт. набор команд reserved code вчт. зарезервированная команда retrieval code вчт. код поиска retrieval code вчт. поисковый ключ return code вчт. код возврата routing code вчт. код маршрута row-binary code вчт. построчный двоичный код safety code вчт. безопасный код sectoral grouping code код распределения населения по социально-экономическому положению self-checking code вчт. код с обнаружением ошибок self-correcting code вчт. само-корректирующийся код serial code вчт. последовательный код seven bit code вчт. семиразрядный код severity code вчт. код серьезности ошибки short code вчт. сокращенный код sign code вчт. код знака single-address code вчт. код одноадресной команды skeletal code вчт. план программы skip code вчт. код пропуска source code вчт. исходный код source code comp. исходный код source code вчт. исходный текст space code вчт. код интервала space code вчт. код пробела spaghetti code вчт. неструктурная программа specific code вчт. абсолютный код state code вчт. код состояния status code вчт. код состояния status code comp. код состояния stop code вчт. код останова straight-line code вчт. программа без циклов strait binary code вчт. обычный двоичный код strip code вчт. штриховой код symbol code вчт. код символа symbolic code вчт. псевдокод tape code вчт. код ленты task code вчт. код задачи telecommunication code вчт. код для телесвязи termination code вчт. код завершения ternary code вчт. троичный код threaded code вчт. шитый код throw-away code вчт. технологическая программа trace back code вчт. код обратного пути transaction code вчт. код транзакции transaction codes вчт. коды транзакции transmission code вчт. код передачи transmitter-start code вчт. стартовый код трансмиттера unit-distance code вчт. код с одиночным расстоянием unitary code вчт. унитарный код universal product code универсальный товарный код unused code вчт. запрещенный код unused code вчт. неиспользуемый код user identification code вчт. код пользователя zip code почтовый индекс zip: code code амер. почтовый индекс zone code вчт. код зоны

English-Russian short dictionary > code
18 expédier

expédier [εkspedje]

➭ TABLE 7 transitive verb

   a. [+ lettre, paquet] to send

• expédier par la poste to send through the post

• expédier par bateau [+ lettres, colis] to send surface mail ; [+ matières premières] to ship

• je l'ai expédié en vacances chez sa grand-mère (inf) I sent him off to his grandmother's for the holidays

   b. [+ client, visiteur] to dismiss

• expédier une affaire to dispose of a matter

• expédier son déjeuner en cinq minutes to polish off (inf) one's lunch in five minutes

   c. expédier les affaires courantes to dispose of day-to-day matters

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ɛkspedje
verbe transitif

1) gén to send; ( par la poste) to post GB, to mail US [lettres, colis]; ( faire partir) to dispatch [marchandises, commande]

expédier quelque chose à quelqu'un — to send somebody something, to send something to somebody

expédier par bateau — to send [something] by surface mail [lettre, colis]; to ship [marchandises]

2) ( envoyer) to send, to dispatch [personne] (à to)

3) (colloq) ( se débarrasser de) to get rid of [importun]; ( bâcler) to polish off [travail, repas]

expédier un entretien en une heure — pej to get an interview over within one hour

4) ( régler) to deal with

expédier les affaires courantes — to deal with ou dispatch daily business

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ɛkspedje vt
1) [lettre, paquet] to send

expédier un colis — to send a parcel

2) [troupes, renfort] to dispatch

3) péjoratif, [travail] to dispose of, to dispatch

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expédier verb table: plier vtr

1 gén to send; ( par la poste) to post GB, to mail US [lettres, colis]; ( faire partir) to dispatch [marchandises, commande]; expédier qch à qn to send sb sth, to send sth to sb; expédier qch par avion/par bateau to send sth by air mail/by surface mail [lettre, colis]; expédier des marchandises par bateau to ship goods; expédier des marchandises par train to send goods by rail;

2 ( envoyer) to send, dispatch [personne, estafette, messager] (à to); on l'a expédié○ en prison pour cinq ans he was sent to jail for five years; ils ont expédié○ leurs trois enfants en colonie de vacances they packed○ their three children off to a holiday GB ou summer US camp; expédier○ qn dans l'au-delà or au cimetière to do sb in○, to kill sb;

3 ( se débarrasser de)○ to get rid of [client, importun]; ( bâcler)○ to polish off [travail, repas]; expédier un procès/entretien en une heure pej to get a trial/an interview over within one hour;

4 ( régler) to deal with; expédier les affaires courantes to deal with ou dispatch daily business.

[ɛkspedje] verbe transitif

1. [envoyer - colis, lettre] to send, to dispatch

expédier par avion to send by air mail

expédier par bateau

a. [lettre, paquet] to send surface mail

b. [marchandises] to send by sea, to ship

expédier par la poste to send through the post (UK) ou mail

2. [personne] to send off (separable)

je vais l'expédier en colonie de vacances I'm going to send her off to a summer camp

expédier quelqu'un dans l'autre monde (familier) ou au cimetière (familier) to send somebody off to meet their maker

3. [bâcler, finir sans soin - dissertation, lettre] to dash off (separable) ; [ - corvée, travail] to make short work of, to dispatch

elle a expédié le match en deux sets she wrapped up the match in two sets

4. [avaler vite - repas] to dispatch, to swallow ; [ - verre de vin] to knock back (separable)

5. DROIT to draw up (separable)

6. (locution)

expédier les affaires courantes

a. [employé] to deal with day-to-day matters (only)

b. [président] to be a caretaker president

Dictionnaire Français-Anglais > expédier
19 Sprung

m; -(e)s, Sprünge

1. jump (auch SPORT UND EDV); (großer Sprung) auch leap; Turnen, über Pferd, Stabhochsprung: vault; Schwimmsport: dive; einen Sprung in die Luft machen jump into the air; zum Sprung ansetzen prepare to jump, gather oneself for a jump; ein weiter Sprung a long ( oder big) jump

2. umg. (kurze Entfernung) es ist nur ein Sprung bis dorthin it’s only a stone’s throw from here, it’s just down the road ( oder [a]round the corner); bedingter Sprung EDV conditional branch ( oder jump)

3. fig.: Sprung ins Ungewisse oder kalte Wasser leap in the dark; großer Sprung vorwärts great leap forward; ein großer Sprung nach vorn sein Entwurf etc.: be a great advance ( gegenüber on); einen Sprung machen take a leap; den Sprung wagen take the plunge; Sprünge machen in einer Rede etc.: jump from one subject to another, keep on changing the subject; damit kann er keine großen Sprünge machen he won’t be able to do much on that

4. fig.: auf dem Sprung sein, etw. zu tun be about to do s.th., be on the point of doing s.th.; auf einen Sprung vorbeikommen umg. drop in ( bei on), pop [a]round (and see s.o.); sie ist immer auf dem Sprung umg. she’s always on the go ( oder hop)

5. umg., fig.: jemandem auf die Sprünge kommen find s.o. out, get wise to s.o.(‘s tricks oder game); jemandem auf die Sprünge helfen help s.o. along; beruflich etc.: auch give s.o. a leg up (Am. a boost); dir werde ich auf die Sprünge helfen! iro. we’ll soon see about that!; jemandes Gedächtnis auf die Sprünge helfen jog s.o.’s memory

6. (Riss) crack; (Materialfehler, auch im Edelstein) flaw; einen Sprung haben / bekommen be cracked ( oder flawed)/ get a crack ( oder flaw); einen Sprung in der Schüssel haben umg., fig. not be quite all there

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der Sprung

(Riss) spring; flaw; crack; chap; rift;

(Satz) vault; spring; pounce; leap; jump

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Sprụng [ʃprʊŋ]
m -(e)s, -e
['ʃprʏŋə]
1) jump; (schwungvoll, fig = Gedankensprung) leap, jump; (= Hüpfer) skip; (auf einem Bein) hop; (= Satz) bound; (von Raubtier) pounce; (= Stabhochsprung) vault; (WASSERSPORT) dive

einen Sprung machen — to jump

einen kleinen Sprung machen — to do a small jump

zum Sprung ansetzen (lit) — to get ready to jump etc; (fig) to get ready to pounce

sie wagte den Sprung (ins kalte Wasser) nicht (fig) — she didn't dare (to) take the plunge

ein großer Sprung nach vorn (fig) — a great leap forward

damit kann man keine großen Sprünge machen (inf) — you can't exactly live it up on that (inf)

auf dem Sprung sein or stehen, etw zu tun — to be about to do sth

immer auf dem Sprung sein (inf) — to be always on the go (inf)

jdm auf die Sprünge helfen (wohlwollend) — to give sb a (helping) hand; (drohend) to show sb what's what

2) (inf = kurze Strecke) stone's throw (inf)

bis zum Postamt ist es nur ein Sprung — the post office is only a stone's throw from here (inf)

auf einen Sprung bei jdm vorbeikommen/-gehen — to drop in to see sb (inf)

3) (= Riss) crack; (= Kratzer) scratch

einen Sprung haben — to be cracked/scratched

einen Sprung bekommen — to crack

4) (GEOL) fault

5) (HUNT = Rudel) herd

6) (AGR = Begattung) mounting

dieser Hengst eignet sich nicht zum Sprung — this stallion isn't suitable for stud purposes

es kam nicht zum Sprung — they didn't mate

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der

1) ((of a ball etc) an act of springing back: With one bounce the ball went over the net.) bounce

2) (a spring; a leap: He reached me in one bound.) bound

3) (a split or break: There's a crack in this cup.) crack

4) (a sudden rush or movement: The child made a dash for the door.) dash

5) (an act of jumping: She crossed the stream in one jump.) jump

6) (a jumping competition: the high jump.) jump

7) (an act of leaping: The cat jumped from the roof and reached the ground in two leaps.) leap

8) (an act of plunging; a dive: He took a plunge into the pool.) plunge

9) (an act of pouncing; a sudden attack: The cat made a pounce at the bird.) pounce

10) (a leap or sudden movement: The lion made a sudden spring on its prey.) spring

11) (a leap aided by the hands or by a pole: With a vault he was over the fence and away.) vault

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Sprung¹

<-[e]s, Sprünge>

[ʃprʊŋ, pl ˈʃprʏŋə]

m crack

Sprung²

<-[e]s, Sprünge>

[ʃprʊŋ, pl ˈʃprʏŋə]

m

1. (Satz) leap, jump, bound

einen \Sprung [irgendwohin/über etw akk] machen to leap [or jump] [somewhere/over sth]

der Bock machte einen \Sprung in die Luft the ram bounded into the air

zum \Sprung ansetzen to get ready to jump

2. SPORT vault, jump

3.

▶ auf dem \Sprung sein to be about to leave [or go]

▶ immer auf dem \Sprung sein (fam) to be always on the go

▶ nur einen \Sprung entfernt von etw dat sein to be only a stone's throw away from sth

▶ ein großer \Sprung nach vorn a giant leap forwards

▶ [mit etw dat] keine großen Sprünge machen können (fam) to not be able to live it up [with sth]

▶ jdm auf die Sprünge helfen to give sb a helping hand

wir müssen dir wohl erst auf die Sprünge helfen, was? looks like we need to help things along a bit

▶ jdm auf die Sprünge kommen (fam) to get on to sb

na warte, wenn ich dir erst auf die Sprünge komme! just wait until I get a hold of you!

▶ einen \Sprung in der Schüssel haben to not be quite right in the head

▶ auf einen \Sprung [bei jdm] vorbeikommen (fam) to pop in [or by] to see sb fam

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der; Sprung[e]s, Sprünge

1) (auch Sport) jump; (schwungvoll) leap; (Satz) bound; (Sprung über das Pferd) vault; (Wassersport) dive; (fig.) leap

sein Herz machte vor Freude einen Sprung — (fig.) his heart leapt for joy

ein [großer] Sprung nach vorn — (fig.) a [great] leap forward

keine großen Sprünge machen können — (fig. ugs.) not be able to afford many luxuries

auf einen Sprung — (fig. ugs.) for a few minutes

auf dem Sprung[e] sein — (fig. ugs.) be in a rush

2) (ugs.): (kurze Entfernung) stone's throw

3) (Riß) crack

einen Sprung haben/bekommen — be cracked/crack

4) in

jemandem auf die Sprünge helfen — (ugs.) help somebody on his/her way

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Sprung m; -(e)s, Sprünge

1. jump ( auch SPORT und IT); (großer Sprung) auch leap; Turnen, über Pferd, Stabhochsprung: vault; Schwimmsport: dive;

einen Sprung in die Luft machen jump into the air;

zum Sprung ansetzen prepare to jump, gather oneself for a jump;

ein weiter Sprung a long ( oder big) jump

2. umg (kurze Entfernung)

es ist nur ein Sprung bis dorthin it’s only a stone’s throw from here, it’s just down the road ( oder [a]round the corner);

bedingter Sprung IT conditional branch ( oder jump)

3. fig:

Sprung ins Ungewisse oder

kalte Wasser leap in the dark;

großer Sprung vorwärts great leap forward;

ein großer Sprung nach vorn sein Entwurf etc: be a great advance (

gegenüber on);

einen Sprung machen take a leap;

den Sprung wagen take the plunge;

Sprünge machen in einer Rede etc: jump from one subject to another, keep on changing the subject;

damit kann er keine großen Sprünge machen he won’t be able to do much on that

4. fig:

auf dem Sprung sein, etwas zu tun be about to do sth, be on the point of doing sth;

auf einen Sprung vorbeikommen umg drop in (

bei on), pop [a]round (and see sb);

sie ist immer auf dem Sprung umg she’s always on the go ( oder hop)

5. umg, fig:

jemandem auf die Sprünge kommen find sb out, get wise to sb(’s tricks oder game);

jemandem auf die Sprünge helfen help sb along; beruflich etc: auch give sb a leg up (US a boost);

dir werde ich auf die Sprünge helfen! iron we’ll soon see about that!;

jemandes Gedächtnis auf die Sprünge helfen jog sb’s memory

6. (Riss) crack; (Materialfehler, auch im Edelstein) flaw;

einen Sprung haben/bekommen be cracked ( oder flawed)/get a crack ( oder flaw);

einen Sprung in der Schüssel haben umg, fig not be quite all there

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der; Sprung[e]s, Sprünge

1) (auch Sport) jump; (schwungvoll) leap; (Satz) bound; (Sprung über das Pferd) vault; (Wassersport) dive; (fig.) leap

sein Herz machte vor Freude einen Sprung — (fig.) his heart leapt for joy

ein [großer] Sprung nach vorn — (fig.) a [great] leap forward

keine großen Sprünge machen können — (fig. ugs.) not be able to afford many luxuries

auf einen Sprung — (fig. ugs.) for a few minutes

auf dem Sprung[e] sein — (fig. ugs.) be in a rush

2) (ugs.): (kurze Entfernung) stone's throw

3) (Riß) crack

einen Sprung haben/bekommen — be cracked/crack

4) in

jemandem auf die Sprünge helfen — (ugs.) help somebody on his/her way

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-¨e m.

branch n.

(§ pl.: branches)

crack n.

fissure n.

jerk n.

jump n.

seam n.

skip n.

spring n.

transfer n.

Deutsch-Englisch Wörterbuch > Sprung
20 sprung

m; -(e)s, Sprünge

1. jump (auch SPORT UND EDV); (großer Sprung) auch leap; Turnen, über Pferd, Stabhochsprung: vault; Schwimmsport: dive; einen Sprung in die Luft machen jump into the air; zum Sprung ansetzen prepare to jump, gather oneself for a jump; ein weiter Sprung a long ( oder big) jump

2. umg. (kurze Entfernung) es ist nur ein Sprung bis dorthin it’s only a stone’s throw from here, it’s just down the road ( oder [a]round the corner); bedingter Sprung EDV conditional branch ( oder jump)

3. fig.: Sprung ins Ungewisse oder kalte Wasser leap in the dark; großer Sprung vorwärts great leap forward; ein großer Sprung nach vorn sein Entwurf etc.: be a great advance ( gegenüber on); einen Sprung machen take a leap; den Sprung wagen take the plunge; Sprünge machen in einer Rede etc.: jump from one subject to another, keep on changing the subject; damit kann er keine großen Sprünge machen he won’t be able to do much on that

4. fig.: auf dem Sprung sein, etw. zu tun be about to do s.th., be on the point of doing s.th.; auf einen Sprung vorbeikommen umg. drop in ( bei on), pop [a]round (and see s.o.); sie ist immer auf dem Sprung umg. she’s always on the go ( oder hop)

5. umg., fig.: jemandem auf die Sprünge kommen find s.o. out, get wise to s.o.(‘s tricks oder game); jemandem auf die Sprünge helfen help s.o. along; beruflich etc.: auch give s.o. a leg up (Am. a boost); dir werde ich auf die Sprünge helfen! iro. we’ll soon see about that!; jemandes Gedächtnis auf die Sprünge helfen jog s.o.’s memory

6. (Riss) crack; (Materialfehler, auch im Edelstein) flaw; einen Sprung haben / bekommen be cracked ( oder flawed)/ get a crack ( oder flaw); einen Sprung in der Schüssel haben umg., fig. not be quite all there

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der Sprung

(Riss) spring; flaw; crack; chap; rift;

(Satz) vault; spring; pounce; leap; jump

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Sprụng [ʃprʊŋ]
m -(e)s, -e
['ʃprʏŋə]
1) jump; (schwungvoll, fig = Gedankensprung) leap, jump; (= Hüpfer) skip; (auf einem Bein) hop; (= Satz) bound; (von Raubtier) pounce; (= Stabhochsprung) vault; (WASSERSPORT) dive

einen Sprung machen — to jump

einen kleinen Sprung machen — to do a small jump

zum Sprung ansetzen (lit) — to get ready to jump etc; (fig) to get ready to pounce

sie wagte den Sprung (ins kalte Wasser) nicht (fig) — she didn't dare (to) take the plunge

ein großer Sprung nach vorn (fig) — a great leap forward

damit kann man keine großen Sprünge machen (inf) — you can't exactly live it up on that (inf)

auf dem Sprung sein or stehen, etw zu tun — to be about to do sth

immer auf dem Sprung sein (inf) — to be always on the go (inf)

jdm auf die Sprünge helfen (wohlwollend) — to give sb a (helping) hand; (drohend) to show sb what's what

2) (inf = kurze Strecke) stone's throw (inf)

bis zum Postamt ist es nur ein Sprung — the post office is only a stone's throw from here (inf)

auf einen Sprung bei jdm vorbeikommen/-gehen — to drop in to see sb (inf)

3) (= Riss) crack; (= Kratzer) scratch

einen Sprung haben — to be cracked/scratched

einen Sprung bekommen — to crack

4) (GEOL) fault

5) (HUNT = Rudel) herd

6) (AGR = Begattung) mounting

dieser Hengst eignet sich nicht zum Sprung — this stallion isn't suitable for stud purposes

es kam nicht zum Sprung — they didn't mate

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der

1) ((of a ball etc) an act of springing back: With one bounce the ball went over the net.) bounce

2) (a spring; a leap: He reached me in one bound.) bound

3) (a split or break: There's a crack in this cup.) crack

4) (a sudden rush or movement: The child made a dash for the door.) dash

5) (an act of jumping: She crossed the stream in one jump.) jump

6) (a jumping competition: the high jump.) jump

7) (an act of leaping: The cat jumped from the roof and reached the ground in two leaps.) leap

8) (an act of plunging; a dive: He took a plunge into the pool.) plunge

9) (an act of pouncing; a sudden attack: The cat made a pounce at the bird.) pounce

10) (a leap or sudden movement: The lion made a sudden spring on its prey.) spring

11) (a leap aided by the hands or by a pole: With a vault he was over the fence and away.) vault

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Sprung¹

<-[e]s, Sprünge>

[ʃprʊŋ, pl ˈʃprʏŋə]

m crack

Sprung²

<-[e]s, Sprünge>

[ʃprʊŋ, pl ˈʃprʏŋə]

m

1. (Satz) leap, jump, bound

einen \Sprung [irgendwohin/über etw akk] machen to leap [or jump] [somewhere/over sth]

der Bock machte einen \Sprung in die Luft the ram bounded into the air

zum \Sprung ansetzen to get ready to jump

2. SPORT vault, jump

3.

▶ auf dem \Sprung sein to be about to leave [or go]

▶ immer auf dem \Sprung sein (fam) to be always on the go

▶ nur einen \Sprung entfernt von etw dat sein to be only a stone's throw away from sth

▶ ein großer \Sprung nach vorn a giant leap forwards

▶ [mit etw dat] keine großen Sprünge machen können (fam) to not be able to live it up [with sth]

▶ jdm auf die Sprünge helfen to give sb a helping hand

wir müssen dir wohl erst auf die Sprünge helfen, was? looks like we need to help things along a bit

▶ jdm auf die Sprünge kommen (fam) to get on to sb

na warte, wenn ich dir erst auf die Sprünge komme! just wait until I get a hold of you!

▶ einen \Sprung in der Schüssel haben to not be quite right in the head

▶ auf einen \Sprung [bei jdm] vorbeikommen (fam) to pop in [or by] to see sb fam

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der; Sprung[e]s, Sprünge

1) (auch Sport) jump; (schwungvoll) leap; (Satz) bound; (Sprung über das Pferd) vault; (Wassersport) dive; (fig.) leap

sein Herz machte vor Freude einen Sprung — (fig.) his heart leapt for joy

ein [großer] Sprung nach vorn — (fig.) a [great] leap forward

keine großen Sprünge machen können — (fig. ugs.) not be able to afford many luxuries

auf einen Sprung — (fig. ugs.) for a few minutes

auf dem Sprung[e] sein — (fig. ugs.) be in a rush

2) (ugs.): (kurze Entfernung) stone's throw

3) (Riß) crack

einen Sprung haben/bekommen — be cracked/crack

4) in

jemandem auf die Sprünge helfen — (ugs.) help somebody on his/her way

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…sprung m im subst

1. im wörtl Sinn:

Startsprung Schwimmsport: opening dive;

Todessprung death leap;

Sechsmetersprung six-metre (US -er) jump

2. fig:

Entwicklungssprung leap forward in development;

Leistungssprung sudden big increase in performance

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der; Sprung[e]s, Sprünge

1) (auch Sport) jump; (schwungvoll) leap; (Satz) bound; (Sprung über das Pferd) vault; (Wassersport) dive; (fig.) leap

sein Herz machte vor Freude einen Sprung — (fig.) his heart leapt for joy

ein [großer] Sprung nach vorn — (fig.) a [great] leap forward

keine großen Sprünge machen können — (fig. ugs.) not be able to afford many luxuries

auf einen Sprung — (fig. ugs.) for a few minutes

auf dem Sprung[e] sein — (fig. ugs.) be in a rush

2) (ugs.): (kurze Entfernung) stone's throw

3) (Riß) crack

einen Sprung haben/bekommen — be cracked/crack

4) in

jemandem auf die Sprünge helfen — (ugs.) help somebody on his/her way

* * *

-¨e m.

branch n.

(§ pl.: branches)

crack n.

fissure n.

jerk n.

jump n.

seam n.

skip n.

spring n.

transfer n.

Deutsch-Englisch Wörterbuch > sprung

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