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21 hato
m.1 herd.2 bundle (of clothes).3 group of domestic animals, bunch, flock.4 outfit, clothes.* * *1 (rebaño) herd, flock2 (de ropa etc) bundle\liar el hato figurado to pack one's bags, get ready to go* * *SM1) [de ropa] bundle2) (Agr) [de ganado] herd; [de ovejas] flock3) [de gente] group, crowd; pey bunch, gang4) [de objetos, observaciones] lot, heap5) LAm (=rancho) cattle ranch6) (=víveres) provisions pl7) (=choza) shepherd's hut8) (=parada) stopping place ( of migratory flocks)* * *1) ( de ropa) bundle; para modismos ver hatillo3) hatajo a)4) (Ven) ( finca rural) cattle farm, ranch* * *----* levantar hato = pull + stakes.* * *1) ( de ropa) bundle; para modismos ver hatillo3) hatajo a)4) (Ven) ( finca rural) cattle farm, ranch* * ** levantar hato = pull + stakes.* * *B (de vacas lecheras) herd; (de ovejas) flockD ( Ven) (finca rural) cattle farm, ranch* * *hato nm1. [de ganado] herd;[de ovejas] flock2. [de ropa] bundle* * *m L.Am.bundle* * *hato nm1) : flock, herd2) : bundle (of possessions) -
22 retroceder
v.1 to go back.tuvo que retroceder para salir del garaje he had to back out of the garagela lluvia de piedras obligó a retroceder a la policía the shower of stones forced the police to move backretrocedió dos puestos en la clasificación he dropped o fell two places in the tableno retrocederé ante nada there's no stopping me now2 to move back, to turn back, to back out, to draw back.Ellos retroceden pronto They move back quickly.Ellos retroceden el auto They move back the car.3 to run back.Ellos retroceden la película They run back the film.* * *1 (recular) to go back, move back2 (bajar de nivel) to go down3 (echarse atrás) to back down5 MILITAR to fall back, retreat6 (arma) to recoil\hacer retroceder a alguien to force somebody back, make somebody move back* * *verb1) to move back2) shrink* * *VI1) (=moverse hacia atrás) to move back, move backwards, go back, go backwards; [ejército] to fall back, retreat; [aguas] to go downretrocedió unos pasos — he went o moved back a few steps
2) [rifle] to recoil3) (=desistir) to give up; (=rajarse) to back down; [ante un peligro] to flinch* * *verbo intransitivo1) persona/coche to go back, move back; ejército to withdraw, retreat2) ( desistir) to give up; ( volverse atrás) to back down3) (Arm) to recoil* * *= draw back, flinch, regress, recoil, ebb, backtrack [back-track], take + a step back, step back, go + backwards, back up.Ex. When I saw what he was up to, I drew back for a punch and hit him so hard on the nose that he fell on his back and lay there for some time, so that his wife stood over him and cried out 'Mercy! You've done my husband in!'.Ex. Garschine flinched as if he had been hit.Ex. Interloans have regressed recently, despite the rapid advancement of the computer age.Ex. Consequently, librarians have often entered the profession because they love books and have instinctively recoiled from concepts such as measurement and marketing.Ex. Subsequently, library development stalled as cultural interaction ebbed from classical levels.Ex. To make sure why we believe it important to bring up children as willing, avid, responsive readers of literature we have to take a step back and sort out why literature is important to ourselves.Ex. Before that, however, let us step back for a moment and look at the total picture from the user's point of view.Ex. Kuwait is not going backwards, but definitely not moving forward.Ex. A train cruising at full speed hit an excavator that had backed up onto the track.----* hacer retroceder = roll back.* retroceder con el tabulador = backtab.* * *verbo intransitivo1) persona/coche to go back, move back; ejército to withdraw, retreat2) ( desistir) to give up; ( volverse atrás) to back down3) (Arm) to recoil* * *= draw back, flinch, regress, recoil, ebb, backtrack [back-track], take + a step back, step back, go + backwards, back up.Ex: When I saw what he was up to, I drew back for a punch and hit him so hard on the nose that he fell on his back and lay there for some time, so that his wife stood over him and cried out 'Mercy! You've done my husband in!'.
Ex: Garschine flinched as if he had been hit.Ex: Interloans have regressed recently, despite the rapid advancement of the computer age.Ex: Consequently, librarians have often entered the profession because they love books and have instinctively recoiled from concepts such as measurement and marketing.Ex: Subsequently, library development stalled as cultural interaction ebbed from classical levels.Ex: To make sure why we believe it important to bring up children as willing, avid, responsive readers of literature we have to take a step back and sort out why literature is important to ourselves.Ex: Before that, however, let us step back for a moment and look at the total picture from the user's point of view.Ex: Kuwait is not going backwards, but definitely not moving forward.Ex: A train cruising at full speed hit an excavator that had backed up onto the track.* hacer retroceder = roll back.* retroceder con el tabulador = backtab.* * *retroceder [E1 ]viA (moverse hacia atrás) «persona/coche» to go back, move back; «ejército» to withdraw, fall back, retreatya nos pasamos, retrocede un poco we've gone past it, go back a bital ver la pistola retrocedió when he saw the pistol he stepped back o drew backla policía hizo retroceder a la multitud the police moved the crowd back o made the crowd move backel autor nos hace retroceder tres siglos en el tiempo the author takes us back three centuries (in time)B (desistir) to give up; (volverse atrás) to back downC ( Arm) to recoil* * *
retroceder ( conjugate retroceder) verbo intransitivo
[ ejército] to withdraw, retreat
retroceder verbo intransitivo
1 (volver hacia atrás) to move back, back away: retrocedieron varios kilómetros, they went back several kilometres
2 (por una dificultad, peligro, etc) to give up, flinch: no retrocede ante la adversidad, she doesn't give up in times of adversity
' retroceder' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
cortante
- marcha
English:
back
- backwards
- draw back
- fall back
- force back
- move back
- push back
- recoil
- shove back
- shrink
- stand back
- draw
- ebb
- further
- push
- scroll
* * *retroceder vi1. [moverse hacia atrás] to go back;tuvo que retroceder para salir del garaje he had to back out of the garage;la lluvia de piedras obligó a retroceder a la policía the shower of stones forced the police to move back;retrocedió dos puestos en la clasificación he dropped o fell two places in the table2. [ante obstáculo] to back down;no retrocederé ante nada there's no stopping me now* * *v/i go back, move back; figback down* * *retroceder vi1) : to move back, to turn back2) : to back off, to back down3) : to recoil (of a firearm)* * *retroceder vb to go back -
23 hizo
1→ link=hacer hacer* * ** * ** * ** * ** * *
Del verbo hacer: ( conjugate hacer)
hizo es:
3ª persona singular (él/ella/usted) pretérito indicativo
Multiple Entries:
hacer
hizo
hacer ( conjugate hacer) verbo transitivo
1
‹casa/carretera› to build;
‹ nido› to build, make;
‹ túnel› to make, dig;
‹dibujo/plano› to do, draw;
‹ lista› to make, draw up;
‹ resumen› to do, make;
‹ película› to make;
‹nudo/lazo› to tie;
‹pan/pastel› to make, bake;
‹vino/café/tortilla› to make;
‹ cerveza› to make, brew;
hacen buena pareja they make a lovely couple
estos zapatos me hacen daño these shoes hurt my feet
2
‹ milagro› to work, perform;
‹deberes/ejercicios/limpieza› to do;
‹ mandado› to run;
‹transacción/investigación› to carry out;
‹ experimento› to do, perform;
‹ entrevista› to conduct;
‹gira/viaje› to do;
‹ regalo› to give;
‹ favor› to do;
‹ trato› to make;
aún queda mucho por hizo there is still a lot (left) to do;
dar que hizo to make a lot of work
3 (formular, expresar) ‹declaración/promesa/oferta› to make;
‹proyecto/plan› to make, draw up;
‹crítica/comentario› to make, voice;
‹ pregunta› to ask;
4
◊ hizo caca (fam) to do a poop (AmE) o (BrE) a pooh (colloq);
hizo pis or pipí (fam) to have a pee (colloq);
hizo sus necesidades (euf) to go to the bathroom o toilet (euph)
◊ las vacas hacen `mu' cows go `moo'
5 ( adquirir) ‹dinero/fortuna› to make;
‹ amigo› to make
6 (preparar, arreglar) ‹ cama› to make;
‹ maleta› to pack;◊ hice el pescado al horno I did o cooked the fish in the oven;
tengo que hizo la comida I must make lunch;
ver tb comida b
7 ( recorrer) ‹trayecto/distancia› to do, cover
8 (en cálculos, enumeraciones):◊ son 180 … y 320 hacen 500 that's 180 … and 320 is o makes 500
1
¿hacemos algo esta noche? shall we do something tonight?;
hizo ejercicio to do (some) exercise;
¿hace algún deporte? do you play o do any sports?;
See Also→ amor 1b
◊ ¿qué hace tu padre? what does your father do?
2 (realizar cierta acción, actuar de cierta manera) to do;◊ ¡eso no se hace! you shouldn't do that!;
¡qué le vamos a hizo! what can you o (frml) one do?;
toca bien el piano — antes lo hacía mejor she plays the piano well — she used to play better;
hizola buena (fam): ¡ahora sí que la hice! now I've really done it!;
See Also→ tonto sustantivo masculino, femenino
1 (transformar en, volver) to make;
hizo pedazos la carta she tore the letter into tiny pieces;
ese vestido te hace más delgada that dress makes you look thinner;
hizo algo de algo to turn sth into sth;
quiero hizo de ti un gran actor I want to make a great actor of you
2a) (obligar a, ser causa de que)
me hizo abrirla he made me open it;
me hizo llorar it made me cry;
hágalo pasar tell him to come in;
me hizo esperar tres horas she kept me waiting for three hours;
hizo que algo/algn haga algo to make sth/sb do sthb)◊ hacer hacer algo to have o get sth done/made;
hice acortar las cortinas I had o got the curtains shortened
verbo intransitivo
1 (obrar, actuar):◊ déjame hizo a mí just let me handle this o take care of this;
¿cómo se hace para que te den la beca? what do you have to do to get the scholarship?;
hiciste bien en decírmelo you did o were right to tell me;
haces mal en mentir it's wrong of you to lie
2 (fingir, simular):
haz como si no lo conocieras act as if o pretend you don't know him
3 ( servir):◊ esta sábana hará de toldo this sheet will do for o as an awning;
la escuela hizo de hospital the school served as o was used as a hospital
4 ( interpretar personaje) hizo de algo/algn to play (the part of) sth/sb
(+ compl) ( sentar):
(+ me/te/le etc)
la trucha me hizo mal (AmL) the trout didn't agree with me
hizo v impers
1 ( refiriéndose al tiempo atmosférico):◊ hace frío/sol it's cold/sunny;
hace tres grados it's three degrees;
(nos) hizo un tiempo espantoso the weather was terrible
2 ( expresando tiempo transcurrido):
hace mucho que lo conozco I've known him for a long time;
hacía años que no lo veía I hadn't seen him for o in years;
¿cuánto hace que se fue? how long ago did she leave?;
hace poco/un año a short time/a year ago;
hasta hace poco until recently
hacerse verbo pronominal
1 ( producirse) (+ me/te/le etc):
se le hizo una ampolla she got a blister;
hacérsele algo a algn (Méx): por fin se le hizo ganar el premio she finally got to win the award
2
se hizo la cirugía estética she had plastic surgery
3 ( causarse):◊ ¿qué te hiciste en el brazo? what did you do to your arm?;
¿te hiciste daño? did you hurt yourself?
4 ( refiriéndose a necesidades fisiológicas):◊ todavía se hace pis/caca (fam) she still wets/messes herself
5 ( refl) ( adquirir) to make;
1
se están haciendo viejos they are getting o growing oldb) ( resultar):
(+ me/te/le etc)
se me hace difícil creerlo I find it very hard to believec) ( impers):
se está haciendo tarde it's getting late
e) (AmL) ( pasarle a):◊ ¿qué se habrá hecho María? what can have happened to María?
2 ( acostumbrarse) hizose a algo to get used to sth
3 ( fingirse):
¿es bobo o se (lo) hace? (fam) is he stupid or just a good actor? (colloq);
hizose pasar por algn (por periodista, doctor) to pass oneself off as sb
4 ( moverse) (+ compl) to move;
5
( de amigos) to make
hizo see◊ hacer
hacer
I verbo transitivo
1 (crear, fabricar, construir) to make
hacer un jersey, to make a sweater
hacer un puente, to build a bridge
2 (una acción) to do: eso no se hace, it isn't done
haz lo que quieras, do what you want
¿qué estás haciendo?, (en este momento) what are you doing?
(para vivir) what do you do (for a living)?
hace atletismo, he does athletics
hacer una carrera/ medicina, to do a degree/ medicine
3 (amigos, dinero) to make
4 (obligar, forzar) to make: hazle entrar en razón, make him see reason
5 (causar, provocar) to make: ese hombre me hace reír, that man makes me laugh
estos zapatos me hacen daño, these shoes are hurting me
no hagas llorar a tu hermana, don't make your sister cry
6 (arreglar) to make
hacer la cama, to make the bed
hacer la casa, to do the housework
7 Mat (sumar, dar como resultado) to make: y con éste hacen cincuenta, and that makes fifty
8 (producir una impresión) to make... look: ese vestido la hace mayor, that dress makes her look older
9 (en sustitución de otro verbo) to do: cuido mi jardín, me gusta hacerlo, I look after my garden, I like doing it
10 (representar) to play: Juan hizo un papel en Fuenteovejuna, Juan played a part in Fuenteovejuna
11 (actuar como) to play: no hagas el tonto, don't play the fool
12 (suponer) te hacía en casa, I thought you were at home
II verbo intransitivo
1 (en el teatro, etc) to play: hizo de Electra, she played Electra
2 ( hacer por + infinitivo) to try to: hice por ayudar, I tried to help
3 (simular) to pretend: hice como si no lo conociera, I acted as if I didn't know him
4 fam (venir bien, convenir) to be suitable: si te hace, nos vamos a verle mañana, if it's all right for you, we'll visit him tomorrow
III verbo impersonal
1 (tiempo transcurrido) ago: hace mucho (tiempo), a long time ago
hace tres semanas que no veo la televisión, I haven't watched TV for three weeks
hace tres años que comenzaron las obras, the building works started three years ago
2 (condición atmosférica) hacía mucho frío, it was very cold
¿To make o to do?
El significado básico del verbo to make es construir, fabricar algo juntando los componentes (aquí hacen unos pasteles maravillosos, they make marvellous cakes here), obligar (hazle callar, make him shut up) o convertir: Te hará más fuerte. It'll make you stronger. También se emplea en expresiones compuestas por palabras tales como dinero ( money), ruido ( a noise), cama ( the bed), esfuerzo ( an effort), promesa ( a promise), c omentario ( a comment), amor ( love), guerra ( war).
El significado del verbo to do es cumplir o ejecutar una tarea o actividad, especialmente tratándose de los deportes y las tareas domésticas: Hago mis deberes por la noche. I do my homework in the evening. ¿Quién hace la plancha en tu casa? Who does the ironing in your house? También se emplea con palabras tales como deber ( duty), deportes ( sports), examen ( an exam), favor ( a favour), sumas ( sums).
' hizo' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
abdicar
- amiga
- amigo
- animosidad
- cala
- cargo
- caso
- cortante
- crónica
- daño
- decir
- despecho
- desplante
- dueña
- dueño
- echarse
- ecologista
- educación
- elocuente
- entrada
- ser
- escarceo
- espera
- estampido
- evidencia
- exposición
- extensiva
- extensivo
- gala
- gesto
- gua
- hacer
- hacerse
- honor
- honra
- impecable
- inapreciable
- inflamarse
- iniciativa
- inmejorable
- interconexión
- interpretación
- judicatura
- justificación
- larga
- largo
- liposucción
- magia
- malicia
- mohín
English:
accidentally
- age
- alter
- attention
- attractive
- backing
- balance
- bat
- beckon
- become
- benefit
- blink
- blow
- brush aside
- brushoff
- call
- call on
- carry off
- celebrity
- clank
- curl up
- discontent
- disheveled
- dishevelled
- disparaging
- dispose
- donate
- effect
- eloquent
- exert
- fall in with
- flag
- foam
- forbidding
- fraction
- funny
- go-between
- grill
- grimace
- hash
- head-hunt
- herself
- himself
- implication
- impossible
- instead
- intact
- ladder
- length
- little
* * ** * *vb → hacer* * * -
24 río
m.1 river.2 Rio, Rio de Janeiro.pres.indicat.1st person singular (yo) present indicative of spanish verb: reír.* * *1 river2 figurado stream, river\a río revuelto, ganancia de pescadores there's good fishing in troubled waterscuando el río suena, agua lleva there's no smoke without firepescar en río revuelto figurado to fish in troubled watersrío abajo downstreamrío arriba upstream* * *noun m.* * *I1. SM1) (=corriente de agua) river2) (=torrente) stream, torrentun río de gente — a stream of people, a flood of people
2.ADJ INV †IInovela río — saga, roman fleuve
* * *Imasculino riverrío abajo/arriba — downstream/upstream
río de lava — river o stream of lava
ríos de tinta/sangre — rivers of ink/blood
a río revuelto, ganancia de pescadores — it's an ill wind that blows nobody any good
IIcuando el río suena agua or piedras trae — there's no smoke without fire
* * *= river.Ex. Rivers, erosion, towns and glaciers are all phenomena studied by geography.----* a orillas del río = riverfront.* borde del río = river bank [riverbank].* canales y ríos navegables = inland waterways, waterways.* cangrejo de río = crayfish.* ceguera de río = river-blindness.* cocodrilo de río = river crocodile.* correr ríos de tinta = spill + vast quantities of ink, a lot + be written about, much + be written about.* cuando el río, suena agua lleva = there's no smoke without fire, where there's smoke there's fire.* curso de un río = course of a river.* de perdíos al río = in for a penny, in for a pound.* desembocadura de río = river mouth.* erosión de los ríos = river erosion.* margen del río = river bank [riverbank].* nutria de río = river otter.* orilla del río = river bank [riverbank].* pez de río = freshwater fish.* ribera de río = river bank [riverbank].* río abajo = downstream.* río Amazonas, el = Amazon River, the.* río arriba = upstream, upriver.* río + crecer = river + swell.* río de lava = lava flow.* río + desbordarse = river + burst its banks.* río San Lorenzo = Saint Lawrence River, Saint Lawrence River.* sedimentación de los ríos = river deposition.* tortuga de río = terrapin.* * *Imasculino riverrío abajo/arriba — downstream/upstream
río de lava — river o stream of lava
ríos de tinta/sangre — rivers of ink/blood
a río revuelto, ganancia de pescadores — it's an ill wind that blows nobody any good
IIcuando el río suena agua or piedras trae — there's no smoke without fire
* * *= river.Ex: Rivers, erosion, towns and glaciers are all phenomena studied by geography.
* a orillas del río = riverfront.* borde del río = river bank [riverbank].* canales y ríos navegables = inland waterways, waterways.* cangrejo de río = crayfish.* ceguera de río = river-blindness.* cocodrilo de río = river crocodile.* correr ríos de tinta = spill + vast quantities of ink, a lot + be written about, much + be written about.* cuando el río, suena agua lleva = there's no smoke without fire, where there's smoke there's fire.* curso de un río = course of a river.* de perdíos al río = in for a penny, in for a pound.* desembocadura de río = river mouth.* erosión de los ríos = river erosion.* margen del río = river bank [riverbank].* nutria de río = river otter.* orilla del río = river bank [riverbank].* pez de río = freshwater fish.* ribera de río = river bank [riverbank].* río abajo = downstream.* río Amazonas, el = Amazon River, the.* río arriba = upstream, upriver.* río + crecer = river + swell.* río de lava = lava flow.* río + desbordarse = river + burst its banks.* río San Lorenzo = Saint Lawrence River, Saint Lawrence River.* sedimentación de los ríos = river deposition.* tortuga de río = terrapin.* * *río11 ( Geog) riverrío abajo downstream, downriverrío arriba upstream, upriver2 (torrente) riverrío de lava river o stream of lavasobre este tema se han vertido ríos de tinta rivers of ink have been expended on this topichan corrido ríos de sangre rivers of blood have been spilledpescar en río revuelto to cash in ( colloq), to fish in troubled watersa río revuelto, ganancia de pescadores it's an ill wind that blows nobody any goodcuando el río suena agua or piedras trae there's no smoke without fireCompuestos:Yellow RiverRiver Plate● Río Grande or BravoRio Grande* * *
Del verbo reír: ( conjugate reír)
río es:
1ª persona singular (yo) presente indicativo
rió es:
3ª persona singular (él/ella/usted) pretérito indicativo
Multiple Entries:
reír
río
reír ( conjugate reír) verbo intransitivo
to laugh;
verbo transitivo ‹gracia/chiste› to laugh at
reírse verbo pronominal
to laugh;
ríose a carcajadas to guffaw;
ríose DE algo/algn to laugh at sth/sb
río sustantivo masculino
river;
río abajo/arriba downstream/upstream;
el Rrío de la Plata the River Plate
reír
I verbo intransitivo to laugh: me hace reír, he makes me laugh
echarse a reír, to burst out laughing
II vt to laugh at: no le rías las gracias al niño, don't humour the boy
río sustantivo masculino river
río abajo, downstream
río arriba, upstream
♦ Locuciones: de perdidos al río, as well be hanged for a sheep as for a lamb
' río' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
A
- abajo
- acabar
- agitada
- agitado
- alguna
- alguno
- atravesar
- brazo
- cauce
- caudal
- caudalosa
- caudaloso
- correr
- crecer
- crecida
- crecido
- cuenca
- curso
- derivar
- descenso
- desembocar
- desembocadura
- deslizarse
- desviar
- discurrir
- empeñarse
- en
- entre
- lado
- lecho
- llegar
- madre
- margen
- nacer
- nacimiento
- orilla
- pasar
- puerto
- rápida
- rápido
- recoveco
- regar
- remontar
- retener
- revolverse
- ribera
- sanear
- sangre
- seca
English:
along
- Amazon
- bank
- barrage
- bass
- bed
- bend
- border
- bottom
- bridge
- burst
- channel
- compensatory
- course
- crayfish
- cross
- deepen
- divide
- downstream
- drag
- drift
- effluent
- elbow
- embankment
- empty
- flood
- flow
- ford
- fork
- formidable
- get across
- go along
- go over
- how
- in
- join
- lap
- length
- loop
- mighty
- mouth
- narrow
- navigate
- overflow
- reach
- rise
- rising
- river
- river-bed
- riverboat
* * *río2 nm1. [corriente de agua, de lava] river;ir río arriba/abajo to go upstream/downstream;se han escrito ríos de tinta sobre el tema people have written reams on the subject;a río revuelto, ganancia de pescadores it's an ill wind that blows nobody any good;cuando el río suena, agua lleva there's no smoke without fireel Río Bravo the Rio Grande;el Río Grande the Rio Grande;Río de Janeiro Rio de Janeiro;Río de la Plata River Plate2. [gran cantidad] [de cartas] flood;[de insultos] stream;un río de gente a mass of people* * *I m river;río abajo/arriba up/down riverII vb → reír* * *río nm1) : river2) : torrent, streamun río de lágrimas: a flood of tears* * *río n river -
25 suelo
m.1 floor (pavimento) (en interiores).2 soil (terreno, territorio).en suelo colombiano on Colombian soilsuelo urbanizable land suitable for development3 ground, floor, firm land.4 solum.pres.indicat.1 1st person singular (yo) present indicative of spanish verb: solar.2 1st person singular (yo) present indicative of spanish verb: soler.* * *1 (superficie) ground; (de interior) floor3 (territorio) soil, land4 (terreno) land5 (pavimento) surface6 figurado (de vasija etc) bottom\besar el suelo familiar to fall flat on one's face, hit the deckdar consigo en el suelo to fallechar al suelo to demolish, knock downechar por los suelos figurado to ruinponer algo por los suelos figurado to run something down, tear something to piecesvenirse al suelo to fall down 2 figurado to fall throughsuelo cultivable arable landsuelo de madera wooden floorsuelo patrio native land* * *noun m.1) floor2) ground3) soil* * *SM1) [en el exterior] (=tierra) ground; (=superficie) surfacecaer al suelo — to fall to the ground, fall over
echar al suelo — [+ edificio] to demolish; [+ esperanzas] to dash; [+ plan] to ruin
echarse al suelo — (=tirarse al suelo) to hurl o.s. to the ground; (=arrodillarse) to fall on one's knees
por los suelos —
tirarse por los suelos — * to roll in the aisles (with laughter) *
venirse al suelo — to fail, collapse, be ruined
suelo natal, suelo patrio — native land, native soil
2) [en edificio] (=superficie) floor; (=solería) flooring3) (=terreno) soil, landsuelo empresarial — space for office accommodation
4) [de pan, vasija] bottom* * *a) ( tierra) groundse echaron or tiraron al suelo — they threw themselves to the ground
arrastrarse por los suelos — (fam) to grovel
estar por los suelos or el suelo — (fam) precios to be rock bottom (colloq); moral/ánimos to be at rock bottom (colloq)
poner algo/a alguien por los suelos or el suelo — (fam) to run something/somebody down (colloq)
b) ( en casa) floorc) (en calle, carretera) road (surface)d) (Agr) lande) ( territorio) soilel suelo patrio — one's native soil o land
* * *= floor, ground, soil, flooring, floor surface.Ex. An enquirer wishes to retrieve documents on the 'finishing of concrete floors for industrial buildings'.Ex. A profile is a scale representation of the intersection of a vertical surface with the surface of the ground.Ex. This article diagnoses the information needs of those who work in the area of pollution of air, soil and earth.Ex. This article focusses on the need for suitable flooring strength and ceiling heights in library buildings.Ex. Floor surfaces should be chosen as a guide for the blind while avoiding deep carpets which snag wheel chairs = Se debería el suelo para guiar a los ciegos aunque debe evitarse las alfombras gruesas ya que dificultan el deslizamiento de las sillas de ruedas.----* abrillantador de suelos = floor polish.* abrillantador para el suelo = floor polish.* a nivel del suelo = at ground level.* a ras del suelo = at ground level.* calefacción por suelo radiante = radiant-floor heating, underfloor heating.* cera para suelos = floor wax.* ciencia del suelo = soil science.* clasificación del suelo = zoning.* con basura por el suelo = littered.* con el suelo de tierra = dirt-floored.* debajo del suelo = subfloor.* degradación del suelo = land degradation.* erosión del suelo = soil erosion.* fertilidad del suelo = soil fertility.* hasta el suelo = floor-length.* persona que tira basura al suelo = litterbug, litter lout.* poner por los suelos = slate, slag + Nombre + off, mouth off, say + nasty things about, call + Nombre + all the names under the sun, trash, cut + Nombre + up, tear + Nombre + down, rubbish.* por los suelos = in tatters.* recubrimiento de suelos = floor covering.* retrete de agujero en el suelo = squat toilet, squatty potty, squat loo.* revestimiento para suelos = flooring.* salinización del suelo = soil salinisation, soil salination.* sobre suelo firme = on firm footing.* suelo alzado = raised floor.* suelo arenoso = sandy soil.* suelo cenagoso = loamy soil.* suelo de madera = wood flooring.* suelo de parqué = parquet floor.* suelo lunar = regolith.* suelo margoso = loamy soil.* suelo mojado = wet floor.* suelo radiante = underfloor heating, radiant floor.* sujetar + Nombre + contra el suelo = pin + Nombre + to the floor.* tener los pies firmemente en el suelo = feet + be + firmly planted on the ground.* tirar a Alguien al suelo = knock + Nombre + to the ground, knock + Nombre + to the floor.* tirar a Alguien al suelo de un golpe = knock + Nombre + to the floor, knock + Nombre + to the ground.* tirar al suelo = upset.* tumbar a Alguien al suelo de un golpe = knock + Nombre + to the floor, knock + Nombre + to the ground.* vista a ras de suelo = worm's eye view.* * *a) ( tierra) groundse echaron or tiraron al suelo — they threw themselves to the ground
arrastrarse por los suelos — (fam) to grovel
estar por los suelos or el suelo — (fam) precios to be rock bottom (colloq); moral/ánimos to be at rock bottom (colloq)
poner algo/a alguien por los suelos or el suelo — (fam) to run something/somebody down (colloq)
b) ( en casa) floorc) (en calle, carretera) road (surface)d) (Agr) lande) ( territorio) soilel suelo patrio — one's native soil o land
* * *= floor, ground, soil, flooring, floor surface.Ex: An enquirer wishes to retrieve documents on the 'finishing of concrete floors for industrial buildings'.
Ex: A profile is a scale representation of the intersection of a vertical surface with the surface of the ground.Ex: This article diagnoses the information needs of those who work in the area of pollution of air, soil and earth.Ex: This article focusses on the need for suitable flooring strength and ceiling heights in library buildings.Ex: Floor surfaces should be chosen as a guide for the blind while avoiding deep carpets which snag wheel chairs = Se debería el suelo para guiar a los ciegos aunque debe evitarse las alfombras gruesas ya que dificultan el deslizamiento de las sillas de ruedas.* abrillantador de suelos = floor polish.* abrillantador para el suelo = floor polish.* a nivel del suelo = at ground level.* a ras del suelo = at ground level.* calefacción por suelo radiante = radiant-floor heating, underfloor heating.* cera para suelos = floor wax.* ciencia del suelo = soil science.* clasificación del suelo = zoning.* con basura por el suelo = littered.* con el suelo de tierra = dirt-floored.* debajo del suelo = subfloor.* degradación del suelo = land degradation.* erosión del suelo = soil erosion.* fertilidad del suelo = soil fertility.* hasta el suelo = floor-length.* persona que tira basura al suelo = litterbug, litter lout.* poner por los suelos = slate, slag + Nombre + off, mouth off, say + nasty things about, call + Nombre + all the names under the sun, trash, cut + Nombre + up, tear + Nombre + down, rubbish.* por los suelos = in tatters.* recubrimiento de suelos = floor covering.* retrete de agujero en el suelo = squat toilet, squatty potty, squat loo.* revestimiento para suelos = flooring.* salinización del suelo = soil salinisation, soil salination.* sobre suelo firme = on firm footing.* suelo alzado = raised floor.* suelo arenoso = sandy soil.* suelo cenagoso = loamy soil.* suelo de madera = wood flooring.* suelo de parqué = parquet floor.* suelo lunar = regolith.* suelo margoso = loamy soil.* suelo mojado = wet floor.* suelo radiante = underfloor heating, radiant floor.* sujetar + Nombre + contra el suelo = pin + Nombre + to the floor.* tener los pies firmemente en el suelo = feet + be + firmly planted on the ground.* tirar a Alguien al suelo = knock + Nombre + to the ground, knock + Nombre + to the floor.* tirar a Alguien al suelo de un golpe = knock + Nombre + to the floor, knock + Nombre + to the ground.* tirar al suelo = upset.* tumbar a Alguien al suelo de un golpe = knock + Nombre + to the floor, knock + Nombre + to the ground.* vista a ras de suelo = worm's eye view.* * *1 (tierra) groundtropezó y se cayó al suelo she tripped and fell overse echaron or tiraron al suelo they threw themselves to the groundno te sientes en el suelo que te vas a ensuciar don't sit on the ground, you'll get dirtyarrastrarse por los suelos ( fam); to grovelbesar el suelo que algn pisa ( fam); to worship the (very) ground sb walks on«moral/ánimos» to be at rock bottom ( colloq)tiene la moral por los suelos her morale is very low, her morale is at rock bottomen la carta lo ponía por los suelos in the letter she really ran him down o ( AmE) tore into him o ( BrE) slagged him off ( colloq)2 (en una casa) floorse le cayó la taza al suelo he dropped the cup on the floor3 (en una calle, carretera) road surface, road4 ( Agr) landel suelo es muy fértil the land is very fertilesuelo de labor farming o agricultural land5 (territorio) soilen suelo americano on American soilCompuestos:floorboards (pl)● suelo patrio or natalnative soil o land* * *
Del verbo solar: ( conjugate solar)
suelo es:
1ª persona singular (yo) presente indicativo
Del verbo soler: ( conjugate soler)
suelo es:
1ª persona singular (yo) presente indicativo
Multiple Entries:
solar
soler
suelo
solar adjetivo ‹energía/año/placa› solar;
■ sustantivo masculino
1 ( terreno) piece of land, site
2
3 (Per) ( casa de vecindad) tenement building
soler ( conjugate soler) verbo intransitivo:
no suele retrasarse he's not usually late;
solía correr todos los días he used to go for a run every day
suelo sustantivo masculino
d) (Agr) land
◊ el suelo patrio one's native soil o land
solar 1 sustantivo masculino
1 (terreno para edificar) plot
2 Hist (mansión ancestral) noble house
solar 2 adjetivo solar
energía solar, solar energy
luz solar, sunlight
sistema solar, solar system
solar 3 vtr (el suelo) to floor, pave
soler vi defect
1 (en presente) to be in the habit of: solemos ir en coche, we usually go by car
sueles equivocarte, you are usually wrong
2 (en pasado) solía pasear por aquí, he used to walk round here
En el presente, la traducción más común de soler es el verbo principal más usually: Suele volver a las diez. He usually comes back at ten.
Para referirnos a costumbres en el pasado hay que usar to use to o would. Would expresa acciones repetidas, mientras que to use to describe también estados o situaciones: Antes íbamos/solíamos ir a la playa en tren. We used to/would go to the beach by train.
No confundas to use to (do sthg) con to be used to (doing sthg), que significa estar acostumbrado y, al contrario que to use to, puede usarse también en presente: Estoy acostumbrado a coger el metro. I'm used to taking the metro. ➣ Ver nota en accustom
suelo sustantivo masculino
1 (tierra) ground
2 Agr land
(de cultivo) soil: es un suelo muy fértil, it's very fertile land
3 (de una casa) floor
(de la calle, carretera) surface, road
4 (país, territorio) soil: el suelo de la patria, native soil
5 (edificable) building land: aún queda mucho suelo sin construir, there's still a lot of land left to be developed
♦ Locuciones: estar por los suelos, (precios) to be rock-bottom o dirt cheap
(el ánimo) to be at rock bottom o down in the dumps
' suelo' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
acuchillar
- bambolearse
- bayeta
- brillante
- coger
- contorsionarse
- crujir
- desigualdad
- despanzurrarse
- desplomarse
- elevarse
- entarimado
- escalón
- escurridiza
- escurridizo
- fregar
- greca
- impacto
- intuitivamente
- levantarse
- limadura
- mandar
- ojo
- regar
- relucir
- reluciente
- resbalar
- rodilla
- sembrar
- sobresalir
- solar
- tender
- tierra
- tirar
- tramo
- trampa
- ánimo
- arrastrar
- baldosa
- barrer
- botar
- brillar
- brillo
- caído
- cepillo
- cera
- duela
- echar
- emparejar
- ensuciar
English:
compact
- crack
- creak
- damp
- deal with
- dip
- down
- downcast
- feel
- floor
- floorboard
- gather up
- give
- ground
- ground level
- icy
- litter
- mess
- messy
- mop
- nuisance
- pick up
- polish
- rising
- rolling
- scuff
- shove
- sit
- slump
- soggy
- soil
- stand
- stuff
- sweep
- take up
- tile
- tip out
- wipe
- crash
- cross
- drop
- empty
- free
- lay
- off
- on
- over
- stamp
- stick
- top
* * *suelo2 nm1. [pavimento] [en interiores] floor;[en el exterior] ground; Famarrastrarse por el suelo to grovel, to humble oneself;Fambesar el suelo to fall flat on one's face;echar algo por el suelo to ruin sth;Famestar por los suelos [persona, precio] to be at rock bottom;[productos] to be dirt cheap;tienen la moral por los suelos their morale has hit rock bottom;[fracasar] to fail suelo laminado laminate flooring2. [terreno, territorio] soil;[para edificar] land;en suelo colombiano on Colombian soil;el precio del suelo urbano land prices in urban areassuelo no urbanizable land which is unsuitable for development;suelo urbanizable land suitable for development* * *men el suelo on the ground;estar por los suelos fam be at rock bottom fam ;poner a alguien por los suelos run s.o. down;besar el suelo fig fall flat on one’s face;2 AGR soil* * *suelo nm1) : groundcaerse al suelo: to fall down, to hit the ground2) : floor, flooring3) tierra: soil, land* * *suelo n1. (de habitación) floor2. (del exterior) ground3. (terreno) land -
26 final
adj.final, end.punto final end pointf.final.m.1 end.a finales de at the end ofya verás como al final acepta she'll agree in the end, you'll seeal final de at the end ofal final del pasillo at the end of the corridorfinal feliz happy ending2 ending, bottom, end, finale.* * *► adjetivo1 (último) final, last1 end2 MÚSICA finale1 DEPORTE final\al final in the endal final del día at the end of the dayhasta el final until the endfinal de línea terminusfinal feliz happy ending* * *1. adj. 2. noun m.end, final* * *1.ADJ (=último) [momento, capítulo, resultado, decisión] final; [objetivo] ultimatejuicio 4), recta, punto 2)2. SM1) (=fin) [de ceremonia, vida, aventura, guerra] end; [de obra musical] finale•
al final — in the end•
al final de algo — at the end of sthel anuncio se realizó ayer al final de la reunión — the announcement was made yesterday at the end of the meeting
2) (=desenlace) [de película, libro] ending3)• a finales de — at the end of
3.SF (Dep) final•
cuartos de final — quarter-finals* * *I IImasculino endIIIestábamos al final de la cola — we were last in line (AmE) o (BrE) at the back of the queue
femenino (Dep)a) (en fútbol, tenis etc) finalpasar a la final — to go through to o make it to the final
b) finales femenino plural (en béisbol, baloncesto, fútbol americano) playoffs (pl)* * *I IImasculino endIIIestábamos al final de la cola — we were last in line (AmE) o (BrE) at the back of the queue
femenino (Dep)a) (en fútbol, tenis etc) finalpasar a la final — to go through to o make it to the final
b) finales femenino plural (en béisbol, baloncesto, fútbol americano) playoffs (pl)* * *final11 = completion, end, ending, finale, goodbye [good-bye], output stage, final.Ex: The time period between the completion of a cycle (e.g. at the end of a volume or a year) and the publication of the associated cumulative indexes should be as short as possible.
Ex: Scanning must start to the left of the bar codes and must continue past the right end.Ex: The teacher should not give away any details which would be best enjoyed when met for the first time in a full reading, such as twist in the plot, unexpected endings, and the like.Ex: The article 'Encore! Integrating children's literature as a prelude or finale to music experiences with young children' shows how teachers and library specialists can integrate children's literature about song, dance, or musical instruments in music classes.Ex: The article 'Books -- is it goodbye?' shows that while there was a sharp increase in fiction in Finland after the 2nd World War, the amount of fiction is now beginning to decline.Ex: To rephrase this in terms already used, they involve effort at the input stage in order to reduce effort at the output stage = Expresando esto con términos ya usados, suponen un esfuerzo en la etapa inicial con objeto de reducir el esfuerzo en la etapa final.Ex: A heavy reliance on midterms and finals were associated with lower teacher ratings across disciplines.* acercarse al final = draw to + an end, draw to + a close, come to + an end.* a final de cuentas = after all is said and done.* a finales de = by the end of, in the late + Fecha.* a finales de + Expresión Temporal = as of late + Expresión Temporal, at the end of + Expresión Temporal, at the close of + Expresión Temporal, by the close of + Expresión Temporal.* a finales de + Fecha = in late + Fecha.* a finales de los + Década = late + Década, the.* a finales del + Siglo = late + Siglo, late period of + Siglo.* aguantar hasta el final = stick it out.* al final = in the end, eventually, in the final count, terminally, ultimately, at the end of the day.* al final (de) = at the end (of).* al final de cuentas = when all is said and done.* al final del día = at the close of the day.* al final de su mandato = lame duck.* al final resultó que = in the event.* al principio y al final = both ends.* al principio y al final de = at each end of.* balance final, el = bottom line, the.* cuartos de final = quarter-finals.* de final de año = end-year.* de finales del siglo XIX y principios del XX = turn-of-the-century.* el final de = the close of.* el final de los problemas = the light at the end of the tunnel.* empezar por el final = work back from.* estrategia final = endgame.* fase final = endgame.* final apoteósico = grandstand finish.* final de la jornada laboral = close of business.* final del plazo = closing date, deadline, dateline.* final feliz = happy ending, happy end.* final, la = final, the.* hacia finales del + Siglo = later + Siglo, the.* hasta el final = until the end, until the bitter end.* hasta el final de los tiempos = till the end of time.* incluir al final = append.* llegar a final de mes = make + ends meet.* llegar al final de = come to + the end of, get through.* llegar al final de su vida útil = come to + the end of + Posesivo + useful life, reach + the end of + Posesivo + useful life.* llevar Algo hasta el final = carry + Nombre + to the end.* luchar hasta el final = battle + it out, fight until + the end.* marca de final de campo = delimiter.* marcar el final = mark + the end.* marcar + Posesivo + final = mark + Posesivo + end.* nota al final = endnote.* nota al final del texto = endnote.* para finales de = by the end of.* para finales de + Expresión Temporal = by the close of + Expresión Temporal.* poner punto y final a = sound + the death knell for.* puede que al final sea para bien = be a blessing in disguise.* salir bien al final = turn out + right in the end.* significar el final de = mean + the end of.* toque final, el = finishing touch, the.final22 = concluding, eventual, final, terminal, ultimate, finished, wrap-up.Ex: Therefore, during the concluding phase of the revision project, the representatives of ALA units and other organizations will function as a single group.
Ex: If a concept is recognized in the subject analysis of a document, it will form part of the eventual index description of that document.Ex: The final index will mirror current terminology.Ex: Numbers may be grouped in columns according to their terminal digit.Ex: Abstracting and indexing data are a vital component in the communication link between the originator of information and its ultimate consumer.Ex: For storytelling and reading aloud are performance arts: They involve a script (even when the words are improvised on the spot), an interpreter (the teller or reader), and an audience, and as in all performances, the audience plays a part in molding the finished work.Ex: The workshop itself will serve as the wrap-up event for a project that has spent the last two years seeking to improve access to environmental information in the Balkan region.* como fecha final = at the very latest.* cuestionario final = exit survey.* día del Juicio Final = Judgement Day.* el día del Juicio Final = the Day of Judgement.* El Juicio Final = The Last Judgement.* escena final = closing scene.* espacio en blanco final = trailing blank.* examen final = final, final exam.* frase graciosa final = punchline [punch line].* índice final = back-of-the-book index, back-of-book index.* informe final = final report.* juicio final = doom.* poner el colofón final = bookend.* poner punto final a = bring + an end to, bring to + an end, close + the book on.* poner punto y final a = put + a stop to.* producto final = end product, finished product, final product.* producto final, el = finished work, the.* prueba final = final.* resultado final = end result.* sondeo final = exit survey.* sprint final = last-minute rush.* usuario final = end user [end-user/enduser], ultimate consumer, ultimate reader.* ver la luz al final del túnel = see + the light at the end of the tunnel.la final= final, theEx: Tony was disappointed the last time he was in the finals, and he's determined to leave everything on the dance floor this time.
* * *‹decisión› final; ‹objetivo› ultimateendme quedé hasta el final I stayed to the enda finales de junio at the end of Juneal final de la película ella muere she dies at the end of the movieno me gustó nada el final I didn't like the ending at alltiene un final feliz it has a happy endingestán al final de la lista they're at the bottom of the listvivo al final de la calle I live at the end of the streetal final del partido at the end of the gameal final tendrá que decidirse he'll have to make his mind up in the endsiempre protestando pero al final nunca hace nada he spends his whole time complaining but he never actually does anything( Dep)1 (en fútbol, tenis etc) finalla final de copa the cup finalpasar a la final to go through to o make it to the final* * *
final adjetivo ‹ decisión› final;
‹ objetivo› ultimate
■ sustantivo masculino
end;
un final feliz a happy ending;
al final de la lista at the bottom of the list;
al final tendrá que decidirse he'll have to make his mind up in the end o eventually
■ sustantivo femenino (Dep)
pasar a la final to go through to o make it to the finalb)
final
I adjetivo final
la decisión final, the final decision
II sustantivo masculino end
a finales de, at the end of
al final, in the end: nos apetecía mucho, pero al final no fuimos, we really felt like doing it, but in the end we didn't go
final de trayecto, terminus
final feliz, happy ending
III f Dep final
' final' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
A
- actual
- avenirse
- cepillarse
- cierre
- cola
- coletilla
- cuarta
- cuarto
- decorado
- disolución
- disputarse
- echarse
- emitir
- fin
- gato
- guinda
- hasta
- hermosa
- hermoso
- incidir
- infarto
- inicial
- judicatura
- juicio
- machacar
- octava
- octavo
- paciencia
- política
- recta
- remate
- retocar
- retoque
- sacacorchos
- servidor
- servidora
- sprint
- total
- traca
- última
- último
- animar
- clasificación
- clasificar
- concho
- conseguir
- contar
- decir
- ensayo
English:
actual
- aggregate
- also
- Armageddon
- back
- best
- bitter
- bottom
- bottom line
- bring round
- close
- doomsday
- end
- ending
- evade
- eventual
- fast forward
- final
- finale
- follow through
- from
- grand finale
- hear of
- in
- last
- late
- light
- listen
- out of
- outsmart
- outtake
- quarter-final
- reckoning
- right
- see
- sit through
- soon
- stage
- still
- straight
- tack on
- tag on
- tail end
- to
- track down
- truth
- turn
- ultimate
- ultimately
- way
* * *♦ adj1. [último] final, end;sus palabras finales fueron muy aplaudidas her closing words were loudly applauded;punto final end point2. Gram final♦ nm1. [terminación] end;el final del libro es sorprendente the book has a surprise ending;a finales de at the end of;al final [en conclusión] in the end;la cocina está al final del pasillo the kitchen is at the end of the corridor;responderé preguntas al final de la charla I will answer questions at the end of the talk;al final siempre tengo que ayudarles I always have to help them in the end;ya verás como al final acepta she'll agree in the end, you'll seefinal feliz happy ending2. [examen] final (exam)♦ nffinal;cuartos de final quarter finalsfinal de consolación 3rd/4th place play-off;final de la copa cup final;final a cuatro [en baloncesto] final four* * *1 f & adj final2 m end;al final in the end;a finales de mayo at the end of May* * *final adj: final, ultimate♦ finalmente advfinal nm1) : end, conclusion, finale2) finales nmpl: play-offs* * *final1 adj final / lastfinal2 n1. (fin) end2. (de competición) final3. (de historia) ending -
27 perdido
adj.1 lost, missing, mislaid.2 lost.3 lost, confused.past part.past participle of spanish verb: perder.* * *1→ link=perder perder► adjetivo1 (extraviado) lost2 (desperdiciado) wasted3 (bala) stray4 (aislado) isolated, cut-off5 familiar (como enfatizador) complete, utter, total► nombre masculino,nombre femenino1 (person) degenerate\ponerse perdido,-a familiar to get filthy, get dirty* * *(f. - perdida)adj.1) lost2) inveterate* * *perdido, -a1. ADJ1) (=extraviado) lost; [bala] strayrato 3), bala 1., 1)2) (=aislado) remote, isolatedun pueblo perdido en las montañas — a remote o isolated village in the mountains
3) (=sin remedio)estaba borracho perdido — he was totally o dead * drunk
¡estamos perdidos! — we're done for!
4) (=enamorado)estar perdido por algn — to be mad o crazy about sb
5) * (=sucio)ponerlo todo perdido de barro — to get everything covered in mud, get mud everywhere
2.SM / F libertineperdida* * *I- da adjetivo1) [estar]a) <objeto/persona> lostde perdido — (Méx fam) at least
b) (confundido, desorientado) lost, confusedc) <bala/perro> stray (before n)2) [estar] ( en un apuro)si se enteran, estás perdido — if they find out, you've had it o you're done for (colloq)
4)a) < idiota> complete and utter (before n), total (before n); < loco> raving (before n); < borracho> out and out (before n)b) (como adv) ( totalmente) completely, totally5) (Esp fam) ( sucio) filthyIIponerse perdido DE algo — de aceite/barro to get covered with something
- da masculino, femenino degenerate* * *I- da adjetivo1) [estar]a) <objeto/persona> lostde perdido — (Méx fam) at least
b) (confundido, desorientado) lost, confusedc) <bala/perro> stray (before n)2) [estar] ( en un apuro)si se enteran, estás perdido — if they find out, you've had it o you're done for (colloq)
4)a) < idiota> complete and utter (before n), total (before n); < loco> raving (before n); < borracho> out and out (before n)b) (como adv) ( totalmente) completely, totally5) (Esp fam) ( sucio) filthyIIponerse perdido DE algo — de aceite/barro to get covered with something
- da masculino, femenino degenerate* * *perdido1= misplaced, mislaid, strayed, stray, missing, off course.Ex: A recitation of the best thought out principles for a cataloging code is easily drowned out by the clatter of a bank of direct access devices vainly searching for misplaced records.
Ex: But to employ a professional librarian on a case where the intellectual content is trifling and the clerical labour massive is as unreasonable as to call in a detective to trace a pair of mislaid spectacles = Aunque contratar a un bibliotecario para un trabajo donde el contenido intelectual es insignificante y el trabajo administrativo enorme es tan poco razonable como llamar a un detective para buscar unas gafas extraviadas.Ex: Many libraries have had fine free days or weeks in an effort to entice strayed material back.Ex: If the machine is in constant use the selenium drum may not be cleaned sufficiently and stray particles of carbon will appear as minute black spots on the copies.Ex: As you read each frame, cover the area below each frame and attempt to supply the missing word.Ex: Russia has launched an investigation into why a manned space capsule returned to earth hundreds of miles off course.* andar perdido = be out of + Posesivo + depth, be in over + Posesivo + head.* batalla perdida = losing battle.* causa perdida = lost cause, losing battle.* causar pérdidas = cause + losses.* con la mirada perdida = gaze into + space.* continente perdido = lost continent.* dar por perdido = be past praying for, write off.* de perdíos al río = in for a penny, in for a pound.* eslabón perdido = missing link.* estar perdido = be out of + Posesivo + league, be out of + Posesivo + depth, be in over + Posesivo + head, be all at sea.* llamada perdida = missed call.* luchar por una causa perdida = fight + a losing battle.* objetos perdidos = lost property, lost and found, lost property.* perdido de rumbo = off course.* perdido hace tiempo = long-lost.* perdido para siempre = irretrievably lost.* recuperar el tiempo perdido = make up for + lost time.* sentirse perdido = be out of + Posesivo + depth, be in over + Posesivo + head, feel at + sea, be all at sea.* tener la mirada perdida = stare into + space, gaze into + space.* tierras perdidas = lost lands.* totalmente perdido = babe in the wood.* una causa perdida = a dead dog.* un caso perdido = a dead dog.* un poco perdido = a bit at sea.perdido22 = certified.Ex: She is a certified TV-addict -- you simply cannot talk to her when she's glued to the box.
* bala perdida = loose cannon.* caso perdido = basket case.* chalado perdido = as daft as a brush, stir-crazy, knucklehead.* chiflado perdido = as daft as a brush, as thick as two (short) planks, stir-crazy, knucklehead.* loco perdido = stark raving mad, raving mad, raving lunatic.* tonto perdido = as daft as a brush, as thick as two (short) planks, knucklehead.* * *A [ ESTAR]1 ‹objeto/persona› (extraviado) lostme di cuenta de que estaban perdidos I realized that they were lostdar algo por perdido to give sth up for lost2 (confundido, desorientado) at a lossanda perdido desde que se fueron sus amigos he's been at a loss since his friends leftno me han explicado cómo hacerlo y estoy totalmente perdido they haven't explained how to do it and I'm completely lost o I'm at a complete loss3 ‹bala/perro› stray ( before n)B [ ESTAR](en un apuro): ¿pero no trajiste dinero tú? pues estamos perdidos but didn't you bring any money? we've had it then o ( BrE) that's torn it ( colloq)si se entera tu padre, estás perdido if your father finds out, you've had it o you're done for ( colloq)C (aislado) ‹lugar› remote, isolated; ‹momento› idle, spareen una isla perdida del Pacífico on a remote island in the Pacificen algún lugar perdido del mundo in some far-flung o faraway corner of the worldDes un borracho perdido he's an out and out o a total drunkard, he's an inveterate drinker2 ( como adv) (totalmente) completely, totallyllegó borracho perdido he was blind drunk o totally drunk when he arrivedestá lelo perdido por ella he's absolutely crazy about her ( colloq)te has puesto el traje perdido de aceite you've got oil all over your suitestoy perdido de tinta I'm covered in inkmasculine, femininedegenerate* * *
Del verbo perder: ( conjugate perder)
perdido es:
el participio
Multiple Entries:
perder
perdido
perder ( conjugate perder) verbo transitivo
1 ( en general) to lose;
quiere perdido peso he wants to lose weight;
con preguntar no se pierde nada we've/you've nothing to lose by asking;
perdido la vida to lose one's life, to perish;
See also→ cabeza 1 e, vista 2 3;
yo no pierdo las esperanzas I'm not giving up hope;
perdido la práctica to get out of practice;
perdido el equilibrio to lose one's balance;
perdido el conocimiento to lose consciousness, to pass out;
perdido el ritmo (Mús) to lose the beat;
( en trabajo) to get out of the rhythm
2
◊ ¡no me hagas perdido (el) tiempo! don't waste my time!;
no hay tiempo que perdido there's no time to lose
3
‹ examen› (Ur) to fail
4 ‹agua/aceite/aire› to lose
verbo intransitivo
1 ( ser derrotado) to lose;
no sabes perdido you're a bad loser;
llevar las de perdido to be onto a loser;
la que sale perdiendo soy yo I'm the one who loses out o comes off worst
2 [cafetera/tanque] to leak
3◊ echar(se) a perder ver echar I 1a, echarse 1a
perderse verbo pronominal
1 [persona/objeto] to get lost;
se le perdió el dinero he's lost the money;
cuando se ponen a hablar rápido me pierdo when they start talking quickly I get lost
2 ‹fiesta/película/espectáculo› to miss
perdido◊ -da adjetivo
1 [estar]
de perdido (Méx fam) at least
2 [estar] ( en un apuro):◊ si se enteran, estás perdido if they find out, you've had it o you're done for (colloq)
3 ( aislado) ‹ lugar› remote, isolated;
‹ momento› idle, spare
4 ‹ idiota› complete and utter ( before n), total ( before n);
‹ loco› raving ( before n);
‹ borracho› out and out ( before n)
■ sustantivo masculino, femenino
degenerate
perder
I verbo transitivo
1 (un objeto) to lose
2 (un medio de transporte) to miss
3 (el tiempo) to waste
4 (oportunidad) to miss ➣ Ver nota en miss
5 (cualidad, costumbre, sentido) to lose: tienes que perder tus miedos, you have to overcome your fears
6 (agua, aceite) to leak
II verbo intransitivo
1 (disminuir una cualidad) to lose
2 (estropear) to ruin, go off
3 (en una competición, batalla) to lose
♦ Locuciones: echar (algo) a perder, to spoil (sthg)
llevar las de perder, to be onto a loser
perdido,-a
I adjetivo
1 lost
2 (desorientado) confused
3 (perro, bala) stray
II adv fam (totalmente, rematadamente) es tonto perdido, he's completely stupid
III mf (libertino) degenerate, vicious
♦ Locuciones: ponerse perdido, to get dirty
' perdido' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
aparecer
- caso
- dar
- estimable
- fondo
- lustre
- manual
- motricidad
- nitidez
- norte
- paladar
- perdida
- pertenencia
- pista
- principio
- punto
- resguardo
- tiempo
- vivienda
- caber
- recuperar
English:
ad-lib
- catch up
- discover
- gap-toothed
- give up
- habit
- lost
- majority
- make up
- mislay
- miss
- missing
- mud
- raving
- recover
- row
- stray
- thread
- appear
- but
- by
- dated
- despair
- downmarket
- get
- have
- hopelessly
- long
- misspent
- sunk
- waste
- write
* * *perdido, -a♦ adj1. [extraviado] lost;lo podemos dar por perdido it is as good as lost;estaba perdido en sus pensamientos he was lost in thought;Esp Fam Humestar más perdido que un pulpo en un garaje to be totally lost2. [animal, bala] stray3. [tiempo] wasted;[ocasión] missed4. [remoto] remote, isolated;un pueblo perdido a remote o isolated village5. [acabado] done for;¡estamos perdidos! we're done for!, we've had it!;¡de perdidos, al río! in for a penny, in for a poundes idiota perdido he's a complete idiot;es una esquizofrénica perdida she's a complete schizophrenicse puso perdida de pintura she got herself covered in paint;lo dejaron todo perdido de barro they left it covered in mud♦ nm,freprobate* * *adj lost;ponerse perdido get filthy;loco perdido absolutely crazy* * *perdido, -da adj1) : lost2) : inveterate, incorrigiblees un caso perdido: he's a hopeless case3) : in trouble, done for4)* * *perdido adj1. (en general) lost2. (animal) stray -
28 pierda
* * ** * *pierda, pierdas, etc* * *
Del verbo perder: ( conjugate perder)
pierda es:
1ª persona singular (yo) presente subjuntivo3ª persona singular (él/ella/usted) presente subjuntivo3ª persona singular (él/ella/usted) imperativo
Multiple Entries:
perder
pierda
perder ( conjugate perder) verbo transitivo
1 ( en general) to lose;
quiere pierda peso he wants to lose weight;
con preguntar no se pierde nada we've/you've nothing to lose by asking;
pierda la vida to lose one's life, to perish;
See also→ cabeza 1 e, vista 2 3;
yo no pierdo las esperanzas I'm not giving up hope;
pierda la práctica to get out of practice;
pierda el equilibrio to lose one's balance;
pierda el conocimiento to lose consciousness, to pass out;
pierda el ritmo (Mús) to lose the beat;
( en trabajo) to get out of the rhythm
2
◊ ¡no me hagas pierda (el) tiempo! don't waste my time!;
no hay tiempo que pierda there's no time to lose
3
‹ examen› (Ur) to fail
4 ‹agua/aceite/aire› to lose
verbo intransitivo
1 ( ser derrotado) to lose;
no sabes pierda you're a bad loser;
llevar las de pierda to be onto a loser;
la que sale perdiendo soy yo I'm the one who loses out o comes off worst
2 [cafetera/tanque] to leak
3◊ echar(se) a perder ver echar I 1a, echarse 1a
perderse verbo pronominal
1 [persona/objeto] to get lost;
se le perdió el dinero he's lost the money;
cuando se ponen a hablar rápido me pierdo when they start talking quickly I get lost
2 ‹fiesta/película/espectáculo› to miss
pierda,◊ pierdas, etc see perder
perder
I verbo transitivo
1 (un objeto) to lose
2 (un medio de transporte) to miss
3 (el tiempo) to waste
4 (oportunidad) to miss ➣ Ver nota en miss
5 (cualidad, costumbre, sentido) to lose: tienes que perder tus miedos, you have to overcome your fears
6 (agua, aceite) to leak
II verbo intransitivo
1 (disminuir una cualidad) to lose
2 (estropear) to ruin, go off
3 (en una competición, batalla) to lose
♦ Locuciones: echar (algo) a perder, to spoil (sthg)
llevar las de perder, to be onto a loser
' pierda' also found in these entries:
English:
unattended
-
29 ría
f.estuary, ria, river mouth, loch.pres.subj.3rd person singular (él/ella/ello) Present Subjunctive of Spanish verb: reír.* * *1 (gen) estuary, river mouth; (técnicamente) ria* * *ISF estuaryII* * *Ifemenino ria (long, narrow, tidal inlet)II* * *Ifemenino ria (long, narrow, tidal inlet)II* * *ría1ria (long, narrow, tidal inlet)* * *
Del verbo reír: ( conjugate reír)
ría es:
1ª persona singular (yo) presente subjuntivo3ª persona singular (él/ella/usted) presente subjuntivo3ª persona singular (él/ella/usted) imperativo
Multiple Entries:
reír
ría
reír ( conjugate reír) verbo intransitivo
to laugh;
verbo transitivo ‹gracia/chiste› to laugh at
reírse verbo pronominal
to laugh;
ríase a carcajadas to guffaw;
ríase DE algo/algn to laugh at sth/sb
ría sustantivo femenino
ria (long, narrow, tidal inlet)
reír
I verbo intransitivo to laugh: me hace reír, he makes me laugh
echarse a reír, to burst out laughing
II vt to laugh at: no le rías las gracias al niño, don't humour the boy
ría f Geog ria
' ría' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
adversario
- agrario
- alimenticio
- ambulatorio
- anticuario
- antirreglamentario
- arancelario
- arbitrario
- arrendatario
- autoritario
- bancario
- becario
- beneficiario
- bibliotecario
- binario
- canario
- circulatorio
- complementario
- comunitario
- contradictorio
- contrario
- culinario
- destinatario
- diario
- difamatorio
- dignatario
- disuasivo
- divisorio
- ejidatario
- eliminatorio
- emisario
- empresario
- estrafalario
- extraordinario
- ferroviario
- funcionario
- giratorio
- hereditario
- hipotecario
- honorario
- hospitalario
- humanitario
- imaginario
- incendiario
- innecesario
- insatisfactorio
- intermediario
- introductorio
- involuntario
- legendario
English:
addressee
- adversary
- aquarium
- arsonist
- auditorium
- beneficiary
- borrower
- civil
- clerk
- contract
- convict
- coowner
- crematorium
- criterion
- curator
- entrepreneur
- equilibrium
- executor
- fitter
- flier
- foreign
- go
- hard
- home
- impresario
- intermediary
- joint
- librarian
- loyalist
- Member
- mercenary
- millionaire
- minister
- official
- operator
- opponent
- owner
- partisan
- payee
- personal
- prison
- promoter
- proprietor
- realtor
- recipient
- registrar
- revolutionary
- sanatorium
- scholar
- secretary
* * *♦ nf1. [accidente geográfico] ria, = long narrow sea inlet2. [en pista de atletismo] water jump* * *I vb → reírII f estuary* * *ría nf: estuary -
30 bola
f.1 ball (esfera).bola de alcanfor mothballbola de billar billiard ballbola de cristal crystal ballbola del mundo globebola de naftalina mothballbola de nieve snowball2 fib (informal) (mentira).contar bolas to fib, to tell fibs3 rumor (informal).corre la bola por ahí de que te has echado novio they say you've got yourself a boyfriend4 shoe polish. ( Latin American Spanish)5 shoeblacking, shoe polish, shoe cream.6 scoop of ice cream.7 polishing, shoe polishing.8 tall story, cock-and-bull story, snow job.9 lie, porky, porky pie.* * *1 (gen) ball2 familiar fib, lie\bola de nieve snowballbola de cristal crystal ball* * *noun f.1) ball2) lie, fib* * *SF1) (=cuerpo esférico) ball; [de helado] scoop; (=canica) marblebola de fuego — (Mil) fireball; (Meteo) ball lightning
pie 2), queso 1)bola de tempestad, bola de tormenta — storm signal
2) (Dep) ball; [de petanca] boule- andar como bola huacha- dar bolase lo he dicho mil veces pero no me da bola — I've told him a thousand times but he doesn't take any notice o a blind bit of notice
¡dale bola! — what, again!
- parar bolasno me paró bolas — he didn't take any notice, he didn't pay attention
- pasar la bolabola de billar — billiard ball, snooker ball
bola de partido — Esp (Tenis) match ball
bola de set — Esp (Tenis) set point
3) [en lana, algodón] bobblehacerse bolas — [jersey, abrigo] to get bobbly; Méx * [persona] to get o.s. tied up in knots
5) ** (=cabeza) nut *, noggin (EEUU) **- en bolasaquí todo el mundo va o está en bolas — everyone goes round naked o in the nude here
- hasta las bolasme tiene hasta las bolas con sus tonterías — I'm pissed off with his fooling around ***, I've had it up to here with his fooling around *
- pillar a algn en bolas7) * (=mentira) fib¡vaya bola que nos metiste! — what a fib you told us!
¡qué bola más grande! — what a whopper! *
¿no te habrás tragado esa bola? — you didn't swallow that one, did you? *, you didn't fall for it, did you? *
8) (=rumor)¿quién ha corrido la bola de que se van a vivir al extranjero? — who's been spreading the word that they're going to move abroad?
9) Méx10) (Naipes) (grand) slam11) (Náut) signal (with discs)12) (Tip) golf ball13) (Mec) ball bearing* * *1)a) ( cuerpo redondo) ball; ( de helado) scoopb) (Dep) ball; ( de petanca) boule; ( canica) (Col, Per) marbleparar or poner bolas — (Col fam) to pay attention, listen up (AmE colloq)
tener la cabeza como una bola de billar — to be as bald as a cue ball (AmE) o (BrE) as bald as a coot (colloq)
c) bolas femenino plural (fam: en algunas regiones vulg) ( testículos) balls (pl) (colloq or vulg)estar en bolas — (fam o vulg) to be stark naked (colloq)
estar hasta las bolas — (vulg) to be pissed off (sl)
hacerse bolas con algo — (Méx) to get in a mess over something
pillar a alguien en bolas — (fam o vulg) to catch somebody with their pants (AmE) o (BrE) trousers down (colloq)
d) (fam) ( músculo - del brazo) biceps; (- de la pantorrilla) calf musclesacar bola — (Esp) to flex one's muscles
2) (fam) ( mentira) lie, fib (colloq)contar/decir bolas — to fib (colloq), to tell fibs (colloq)
se tragó la bola! — she swallowed it! (colloq)
3) (Andes, RPl fam) ( atención)4) (Méx fam) ( montón)una bola de — loads of (colloq)
5) (Méx) revolution, uprising ( esp the Mexican Revolution)armarse la bola — (Méx)
se armó la bola — all hell broke loose (colloq)
* * *= fib, fibbing, ball.Ex. Democracy's most acute failures tend to result from power brokers who tell big fibs about the distribution of power.Ex. When it comes to fibbing, women are far ahead of their male counterparts, a new survey has revealed.Ex. People are positively delighted to find that there are motion picture loops on how to throw a ball properly, art slides, and all this sort of thing.----* bañarse en bolas = skinny dip.* bola de alcanfor = mothball, moth crystal, camphor ball.* bola de barro = mudpie.* bola de cristal = crystal ball.* bola de cristal con nieve dentro = snow globe.* bola de hacer punto = knitting yarn.* bola de molienda = grinding ball.* bola de naftalina = mothball, moth crystal, camphor ball.* bola para el control del cursor en pantalla = trackball.* decir bolas = fib.* echar la bola a rodar = get + the ball rolling, set + the ball rolling, start + the ball rolling.* efecto bola de nieve = snowball effect.* en bolas = stark naked, in the nod, in the buff.* hacer una bola con Algo = ball + Nombre + up.* mantener la bola rodando = keep + the ball rolling.* mirar la bola de cristal = gaze into + crystal ball.* parada de bola = fielding.* * *1)a) ( cuerpo redondo) ball; ( de helado) scoopb) (Dep) ball; ( de petanca) boule; ( canica) (Col, Per) marbleparar or poner bolas — (Col fam) to pay attention, listen up (AmE colloq)
tener la cabeza como una bola de billar — to be as bald as a cue ball (AmE) o (BrE) as bald as a coot (colloq)
c) bolas femenino plural (fam: en algunas regiones vulg) ( testículos) balls (pl) (colloq or vulg)estar en bolas — (fam o vulg) to be stark naked (colloq)
estar hasta las bolas — (vulg) to be pissed off (sl)
hacerse bolas con algo — (Méx) to get in a mess over something
pillar a alguien en bolas — (fam o vulg) to catch somebody with their pants (AmE) o (BrE) trousers down (colloq)
d) (fam) ( músculo - del brazo) biceps; (- de la pantorrilla) calf musclesacar bola — (Esp) to flex one's muscles
2) (fam) ( mentira) lie, fib (colloq)contar/decir bolas — to fib (colloq), to tell fibs (colloq)
se tragó la bola! — she swallowed it! (colloq)
3) (Andes, RPl fam) ( atención)4) (Méx fam) ( montón)una bola de — loads of (colloq)
5) (Méx) revolution, uprising ( esp the Mexican Revolution)armarse la bola — (Méx)
se armó la bola — all hell broke loose (colloq)
* * *= fib, fibbing, ball.Ex: Democracy's most acute failures tend to result from power brokers who tell big fibs about the distribution of power.
Ex: When it comes to fibbing, women are far ahead of their male counterparts, a new survey has revealed.Ex: People are positively delighted to find that there are motion picture loops on how to throw a ball properly, art slides, and all this sort of thing.* bañarse en bolas = skinny dip.* bola de alcanfor = mothball, moth crystal, camphor ball.* bola de barro = mudpie.* bola de cristal = crystal ball.* bola de cristal con nieve dentro = snow globe.* bola de hacer punto = knitting yarn.* bola de molienda = grinding ball.* bola de naftalina = mothball, moth crystal, camphor ball.* bola para el control del cursor en pantalla = trackball.* decir bolas = fib.* echar la bola a rodar = get + the ball rolling, set + the ball rolling, start + the ball rolling.* efecto bola de nieve = snowball effect.* en bolas = stark naked, in the nod, in the buff.* hacer una bola con Algo = ball + Nombre + up.* mantener la bola rodando = keep + the ball rolling.* mirar la bola de cristal = gaze into + crystal ball.* parada de bola = fielding.* * *A1 (cuerpo redondo) ball; (de helado) scoopse hacen bolas con la masa form the dough into ballsel gato estaba hecho una bolita en el sofá the cat was curled up (in a little ball) on the sofase me hizo una bola en el estómago I got a knot in my stomachtengo una bola en el estómago de haber comido tan rápido I ate too fast, my stomach feels heavyte vas a poner como una bola you're going to get very fatalgunos tejidos se hacen bolas some materials get o go bobblymáquina de escribir de bola golf ball typewriterandar como bola huacha ( Chi fam): ando como bola huacha I'm at a loss, I don't know what to do with myselfcomo bola sin manija ( RPl fam): me tiene como bola sin manija he has me running about from pillar to postdesde que se mudaron los amigos anda como bola sin manija since his friends moved away he's been at a complete loss o he's been wandering around like a lost soul o he hasn't known what to do with himselfecharse la bolita ( Méx); to pass the buckpare bolas, que le estoy hablando pay attention when I'm talking to youle advertí, pero no me puso bolas I warned him, but he didn't take the slightest notice ( colloq)(pelado) como una bola de billar ( RPl); as bald as a coot ( colloq), bald as a cue ball ( AmE) o ( BrE) billiard balltener la cabeza como una bola de billar to be as bald as a coot ( colloq), to be as bald as a cue ball ( AmE) o ( BrE) billiard ballme da por las bolas que me empujen it really gets on my nerves o up my nose when people push me ( colloq), it really pisses me off when people push me (sl)hacerse bolas con algo ( Méx); to get in a mess over sthpillar a algn en bolas to catch sb on the hop ( colloq), to catch sb with their pants ( AmE) o ( BrE) trousers down ( colloq)sacar bola to flex one's musclesCompuestos:crystal ballsnowballmatch pointset pointme metió una bola he told me a fibcorre la bola de que … (the) word is that …, word has it that …, it's going round that …C(Andes, RPI fam) (atención): se lo dije pero él no me dio bola or pero él, ni bola I told him, but he didn't take the slightest bit o ( BrE) a blind bit of notice ( colloq)Duna bola de libros stacks o loads of books ( colloq)EF ( Méx) revolution, uprising ( esp the Mexican Revolution)armarse la bola ( Méx): cuando marcaron el penalty se armó la bola when they scored from the penalty all hell broke loose ( colloq)¿por qué se armó la bola? — porque no había boletos what was all the fuss about? — there were no tickets left ( colloq)* * *
bola sustantivo femenino
1 ( cuerpo redondo) ball;
( de helado) scoop;
(Dep) ball;
( de petanca) boule;
( canica) (Col, Per) marble;
bola de nieve snowball;
bola de partido/de set match/set point
2◊ bolas sustantivo femenino plural (fam: en algunas regiones vulg) ( testículos) balls (pl) (colloq or vulg);
estar en bolas (fam or vulg) to be stark naked (colloq);
hacerse bolas con algo (Méx) to get in a mess over sth
3 (fam) ( mentira) lie, fib (colloq);
contar/decir bolas to fib (colloq), to tell fibs (colloq)
4 (Méx fam) ( montón):◊ una bola de loads of (colloq)
bola sustantivo femenino
1 ball
(canica) marble
2 fam (mentira) fib
♦ Locuciones: correr la bola, to spread a rumour
(desprevenido) without warning
no dar pie con bola, to be unable to do anything right
vulgar en bolas, (desnudo) naked
' bola' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
billar
- borla
- terráquea
- terráqueo
- efecto
- granizo
- hueco
- ratón
English:
ball
- bowl
- crystal ball
- dip
- dumpling
- mothball
- pellet
- scoop
- snowball
- crumple
- crystal
- fib
- into
- putt
- roll-on
- track
* * *bola nf1. [esfera] ball;[de helado] scoop;tengo una bola en el estómago my stomach feels bloated;si sigues comiendo pasteles te pondrás como una bola if you carry on eating cakes, you'll get fat;dejar rodar la bola to let it ridebola de alcanfor mothball;bola de cristal crystal ball;bola de fuego fireball;bola del mundo globe;bola de naftalina mothball;bola de nieve snowball;Figconvertirse en una bola de nieve to snowball2. [pelota] ball;[canica] marble; Esp Famno tocar o [m5]rascar bola: se pasó el partido entero sin tocar o [m5] rascar bola he didn't do a single thing in the whole match;no dio pie con bola he didn't do o get a thing rightbola de billar billiard ball;bola de break [en tenis] break point;Ven bolas criollas bowls [singular];bola de juego [en tenis] game point;bola jugadora [en billar] cue ball;bola de partido [en tenis] match point;bola de set [en tenis] set pointcontar bolas to fib, to tell fibs;me intentó meter una bola she tried to tell me a fib;esa bola no me la trago I'm not going to fall for that one4. Fam [rumor]corre la bola por ahí de que te has echado novio they say you've got yourself a boyfriend;¡corre la bola!, nos van a poner un examen mañana they're going to give us an exam tomorrow, pass it on!Ven Famecharle bolas: tienes que echarle bolas al asunto you really need to put some oomph o guts into it;Fampillar a alguien en bolas [sin nada, desprevenido] to catch sb out;¡me has pillado en bolas!, ¡no tengo ni idea! you've got me there, I haven't a clue!;el profesor nos pilló en bolas the teacher caught us unprepared;RP muy Fam8. Am [betún] shoe polishen bola [en grupo] in a crowd, as a group13. FamEspa mi/tu/su bola: nosotros trabajando y él, a su bola we were working and there he was, just doing his own thing;Bol, RPandar como bola sin manija to wander around;Vende bola que sí sure, you bet your life;Méx Méxhacerse bolas to get muddled up;RP RPdar bola a alguien to pay attention to sb;nadie le da bola al nuevo compañero nobody takes any notice of our new colleague;nunca le dio bola a su hijo she never showed any interest in her son;Andes, Venparar bola a alguien to pay attention to sb;RPtener bolas [ser valiente] to have guts;[ser lento] to be slow o thick* * *f1 ball;no dar pie con bola get everything wrong;dejar que ruede la bola fig let things take their course2 TÉC ball bearing3 de helado scoop4 fam ( mentira) fib fam5:en bolas fam stark naked* * *bola nf1) : ballbola de nieve: snowballuna bola de rateros: a bunch of thieves* * *bola n1. (esfera) ball2. (mentira) lie -
31 carnero
f. & m.scab(informal pejorative) (blackleg). ( River Plate)m.ram (animal).* * *1 (animal) ram2 (carne) mutton* * *noun m.1) ram2) mutton* * *SM1) (Zool) sheep, ram- cantar para el carnerocarnero de la tierra — LAm llama, alpaca, vicuña
2) (Culin) mutton3) (=piel) sheepskin4) Cono Sur (=esquirol) blackleg, scab *5)* * *masculino ram* * *= ram.Ex. He demonstrates that the prevailing consensus that the ram and the he-goat are symbols for Persia and Greece is justified.----* piel de carnero = sheep, sheepskin.* * *masculino ram* * *= ram.Ex: He demonstrates that the prevailing consensus that the ram and the he-goat are symbols for Persia and Greece is justified.
* piel de carnero = sheep, sheepskin.* * *ram* * *
carnero sustantivo masculino
ram
carnero sustantivo masculino
1 Zool ram
2 Culin mutton ➣ Ver nota en cordero
' carnero' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
cordera
- cordero
- oveja
- vuelta
English:
ram
- sheepskin
- scab
- somersault
* * *carnero, -a♦ nm1. [animal] ram2. [carne] mutton♦ nm,fAndes, RP Fam Pey1. [persona débil] weak-willed person2. [esquirol] scab, Br blackleg* * *m ram* * *carnero nm1) : ram, sheep2) : mutton* * *carnero n ram -
32 empezar
v.to begin, to start.empezó la conferencia dando la bienvenida a los asistentes she began o started her speech by welcoming everyone thereempezaron otra botella de vino they started o opened another bottle of winela clase empieza a las diez the class begins o starts at ten o'clock¡no empieces!, ¡ya hemos discutido este tema lo suficiente! don't you start, we've spent long enough on this subject already!al empezar la reunión when the meeting started o beganempezar a hacer algo to begin o start to do somethingempezar por hacer algo to begin o start by doing somethingpara empezar to begin o start withRicardo empezó la fiesta tarde Richard began the party late.La fiesta empezó tarde The party began late.Ricardo empezó el crucigrama Richard started the crossword puzzle.* * *(e changes to ie in stressed syllables and z changes to c before e)Present IndicativePast indempecé, empezaste, empezó, empezamos, empezasteis, empezaron.Present SubjunctiveImperative* * *verbto begin, start* * *1. VI1) (=comenzar) [gen] to start, begin; [en un puesto de trabajo] to startel curso empieza en octubre — the course starts o begins in October
el año ha empezado mal — the year got off to a bad start, the year started o began badly
antes de empezar, os recordaré que... — before we start o begin, I'd like to remind you that...
al empezar el año — at the start o beginning of the year
¿cuándo empieza el nuevo cocinero? — when does the new cook start?
¡no empieces! — * don't you start! *
•
para empezar — to start with, begin withpara empezar quisiera agradecerte tu presencia entre nosotros — I would like to start o begin by thanking you for being with us, to start o begin with, I would like to thank you for being with us
- todo es cuestión de empezar2)• empezar a hacer algo — [gen] to start o begin to do sth, start o begin doing sth; [en un trabajo] to start to do o doing sth
empezó a llover — it started o began to rain, it started o began raining
la película me está empezando a aburrir — the film is starting o beginning to bore me
ya empiezo a entrar en calor — I'm starting o beginning to feel warm now
3)• empezar haciendo algo — to begin o start by doing sth
empezaremos pidiendo ayuda — we'll start o begin by asking for help
la canción empieza diciendo que... — the song begins o starts by saying that...
4)• empezar con algo — [película, curso, año] to start o begin with sth
la novela empieza con una referencia a Sartre — the novel starts o begins with a reference to Sartre
empezamos con cerveza y acabamos con vino — we started on o began with beer and ended up on wine
¿cuándo empezáis con las clases de inglés? — when do you start your English classes?
¡no empieces otra vez con lo mismo! — don't start on that again!
5)• empezar por algo/algn — to start with sth/sb, begin with sth/sb
empezaré por la cocina — I'll start o begin with the kitchen
"huelga" empieza por hache — "huelga" starts o begins with (an) h
empezar por hacer algo — to start by doing sth, begin by doing sth
2.VT [+ actividad, temporada] to start, begin; [+ botella, jamón] to starthemos empezado mal la semana — the week got off to a bad start for us, the week started badly for us
* * *1.verbo intransitivo1) película/conferencia/invierno to begin, startempezar a + inf — to start to + inf, start -ing
empezó a nevar — it started to snow o snowing
me empezó a entrar hambre — I began o started to feel hungry
2) persona to startempezar de nuevo or volver a empezar — to start again
todo es (cuestión de) empezar — it'll be fine once we/you get started
empezar a + inf — to start -ing, start to + inf
empezó a llorar — he began o started to cry
empezar + ger — to start by -ing
empezó diciendo que... — she started o began by saying that...
empezar por + inf — to start o begin by -ing
empecemos por estudiar el contexto histórico — let's begin o start by looking at the historical context
3)2.para empezar — first of all, to start with
empezar vt1) <tarea/actividad> to start2) <frasco/mermelada> to start, open* * *= begin, get + started, start, start off, kick off, set out, get + Nombre + underway, get + Posesivo + feet wet, set in, cut + Posesivo + spurs, commence.Ex. This section has begun to demonstrate some of the problems associated with the author approach.Ex. 'We'll get started as soon as everyone arrives,' the executive director shook her hand and smiled graciously.Ex. Over the past two to three years the numbers of full text data bases and data banks has started to escalate considerably.Ex. If you establish a principle of using the national language, where do you start off?.Ex. The article is entitled 'The bucks start here: ALA kicks off library funding campaign'.Ex. The person seeking information needs to have all the necessary documentation before setting out, otherwise it could result in considerable expense and much time wasting.Ex. The author describes two surveys which the IFLA Section has been involved in to acquire the information necessary to get the project underway.Ex. Coming clean to voters is something she's gonna have to get used to if she is really serious about getting her feet wet in elected politics.Ex. Open or compound fractures were usually fatal prior to the advent of antiseptics in the 1860s because infection would set in.Ex. Lorene, who cut her spurs fighting for equal pay, said she was `absolutely gobsmacked' at having won the award.Ex. This stop list is input to the computer before indexing can commence, and is a list of the words which appear in text which have no value as access words in an index.----* acabar mejor de lo que + empezar = end up on + a high note.* al empezar = first off.* bomba de relojería + empezar la cuenta atrás = time bomb + tick away.* empezar a = be on + Posesivo + way to.* empezar a acabarse = run + low (on).* empezar a actuar = swing into + action.* empezar a arder = catch + fire, catch on + fire.* empezar a caer en picado = hit + the skids, be on the skids.* empezar a calar en = grow on/upon + Pronombre.* empezar a comprender = grow on/upon + Pronombre.* empezar a dar carcajadas = burst into + a fit of laughter, burst into + side-splitting laughter.* empezar a darse cuenta de = grow on/upon + Pronombre.* empezar a debatir = embark on/upon + discussion.* empezar a deteriorarse = hit + the skids, be on the skids.* empezar a diluviar = the skies + open up.* empezar a empeorar = hit + the skids, be on the skids.* empezar a faltar = be in short supply, be at a premium.* empezar a fumar = take up + smoking.* empezar a funcionar = become + operational, get off + the ground, get + rolling, get + things going, get + things rolling, go + live, get + the ball rolling, set + the ball rolling, start + the ball rolling.* empezar a gustar la idea = warm up to + the idea.* empezar a hablar de = make + noises about, make + a noise about.* empezar a imprimir = go to + press.* empezar a ir bien = fall into + place.* empezar a irse al garete = hit + the skids, be on the skids.* empezar a jugar mejor = get back into + the game.* empezar Algo = get + Nombre + started.* empezar Algo con buen pie = start + Nombre + off on the right foot.* empezar a mejorar = turn + a corner, take + a turn, take + a turn for the better.* empezar a pensar en = turn + Posesivo + mind to.* empezar a reírse a carcajadas = burst into + a fit of laughter, burst into + side-splitting laughter.* empezar a resquebrajarse = develop + cracks.* empezar a saltar las lágrimas = eyes + start to well up with tears, eyes + start to well up.* empezar a sudar por el esfuerzo = work up + a sweat, work up + a lather.* empezar a tener dudas = get + cold feet.* empezar a tener sentido = become + meaningful.* empezar a trabajar = take + job.* empezar a tratar = scratch + the surface of, scrape + the surface.* empezar a utilizarse = come into + use.* empezar con buen pie = start + Nombre + on the right footing, hit + the ground running.* empezar de cero = start at + ground zero.* empezar de nuevo = a fresh start, start over, make + a fresh start.* empezar desde = work from, set out from.* empezar desde cero = start at + ground zero.* empezar desde la base = start at + ground zero.* empezar la casa por el tejado = tail wagging the dog.* empezar lento = be slow off the mark, be slow off the blocks.* empezar por el final = work back from.* empezar por el principio = start from + scratch, start at + ground zero.* empezar por lo más difícil = plunge in at + the deep end.* empezar rápido = be quick off the mark, be quick off the blocks.* empezar una nueva etapa en la vida = turn over + a new page, turn over + a new leaf.* enseñanza antes de empezar el trabajo = pre-service education.* hay que empezar por el principio = first things must come first.* bebé que empieza a andar = toddler.* para empezar = for one, initially, to start with, to begin with, for starters, first off.* terminar mejor de lo que + empezar = end up on + a high note.* una buena forma de empezar = a good way to start.* una manera de empezar = a foot in the door.* volver a empezar = return to + the drawing boards, back to the drawing board, a fresh start, start over, go back to + square one, be back to square one.* volver a empezar de cero = be back to square one, go back to + square one.* * *1.verbo intransitivo1) película/conferencia/invierno to begin, startempezar a + inf — to start to + inf, start -ing
empezó a nevar — it started to snow o snowing
me empezó a entrar hambre — I began o started to feel hungry
2) persona to startempezar de nuevo or volver a empezar — to start again
todo es (cuestión de) empezar — it'll be fine once we/you get started
empezar a + inf — to start -ing, start to + inf
empezó a llorar — he began o started to cry
empezar + ger — to start by -ing
empezó diciendo que... — she started o began by saying that...
empezar por + inf — to start o begin by -ing
empecemos por estudiar el contexto histórico — let's begin o start by looking at the historical context
3)2.para empezar — first of all, to start with
empezar vt1) <tarea/actividad> to start2) <frasco/mermelada> to start, open* * *= begin, get + started, start, start off, kick off, set out, get + Nombre + underway, get + Posesivo + feet wet, set in, cut + Posesivo + spurs, commence.Ex: This section has begun to demonstrate some of the problems associated with the author approach.
Ex: 'We'll get started as soon as everyone arrives,' the executive director shook her hand and smiled graciously.Ex: Over the past two to three years the numbers of full text data bases and data banks has started to escalate considerably.Ex: If you establish a principle of using the national language, where do you start off?.Ex: The article is entitled 'The bucks start here: ALA kicks off library funding campaign'.Ex: The person seeking information needs to have all the necessary documentation before setting out, otherwise it could result in considerable expense and much time wasting.Ex: The author describes two surveys which the IFLA Section has been involved in to acquire the information necessary to get the project underway.Ex: Coming clean to voters is something she's gonna have to get used to if she is really serious about getting her feet wet in elected politics.Ex: Open or compound fractures were usually fatal prior to the advent of antiseptics in the 1860s because infection would set in.Ex: Lorene, who cut her spurs fighting for equal pay, said she was `absolutely gobsmacked' at having won the award.Ex: This stop list is input to the computer before indexing can commence, and is a list of the words which appear in text which have no value as access words in an index.* acabar mejor de lo que + empezar = end up on + a high note.* al empezar = first off.* bomba de relojería + empezar la cuenta atrás = time bomb + tick away.* empezar a = be on + Posesivo + way to.* empezar a acabarse = run + low (on).* empezar a actuar = swing into + action.* empezar a arder = catch + fire, catch on + fire.* empezar a caer en picado = hit + the skids, be on the skids.* empezar a calar en = grow on/upon + Pronombre.* empezar a comprender = grow on/upon + Pronombre.* empezar a dar carcajadas = burst into + a fit of laughter, burst into + side-splitting laughter.* empezar a darse cuenta de = grow on/upon + Pronombre.* empezar a debatir = embark on/upon + discussion.* empezar a deteriorarse = hit + the skids, be on the skids.* empezar a diluviar = the skies + open up.* empezar a empeorar = hit + the skids, be on the skids.* empezar a faltar = be in short supply, be at a premium.* empezar a fumar = take up + smoking.* empezar a funcionar = become + operational, get off + the ground, get + rolling, get + things going, get + things rolling, go + live, get + the ball rolling, set + the ball rolling, start + the ball rolling.* empezar a gustar la idea = warm up to + the idea.* empezar a hablar de = make + noises about, make + a noise about.* empezar a imprimir = go to + press.* empezar a ir bien = fall into + place.* empezar a irse al garete = hit + the skids, be on the skids.* empezar a jugar mejor = get back into + the game.* empezar Algo = get + Nombre + started.* empezar Algo con buen pie = start + Nombre + off on the right foot.* empezar a mejorar = turn + a corner, take + a turn, take + a turn for the better.* empezar a pensar en = turn + Posesivo + mind to.* empezar a reírse a carcajadas = burst into + a fit of laughter, burst into + side-splitting laughter.* empezar a resquebrajarse = develop + cracks.* empezar a saltar las lágrimas = eyes + start to well up with tears, eyes + start to well up.* empezar a sudar por el esfuerzo = work up + a sweat, work up + a lather.* empezar a tener dudas = get + cold feet.* empezar a tener sentido = become + meaningful.* empezar a trabajar = take + job.* empezar a tratar = scratch + the surface of, scrape + the surface.* empezar a utilizarse = come into + use.* empezar con buen pie = start + Nombre + on the right footing, hit + the ground running.* empezar de cero = start at + ground zero.* empezar de nuevo = a fresh start, start over, make + a fresh start.* empezar desde = work from, set out from.* empezar desde cero = start at + ground zero.* empezar desde la base = start at + ground zero.* empezar la casa por el tejado = tail wagging the dog.* empezar lento = be slow off the mark, be slow off the blocks.* empezar por el final = work back from.* empezar por el principio = start from + scratch, start at + ground zero.* empezar por lo más difícil = plunge in at + the deep end.* empezar rápido = be quick off the mark, be quick off the blocks.* empezar una nueva etapa en la vida = turn over + a new page, turn over + a new leaf.* enseñanza antes de empezar el trabajo = pre-service education.* hay que empezar por el principio = first things must come first.* bebé que empieza a andar = toddler.* para empezar = for one, initially, to start with, to begin with, for starters, first off.* terminar mejor de lo que + empezar = end up on + a high note.* una buena forma de empezar = a good way to start.* una manera de empezar = a foot in the door.* volver a empezar = return to + the drawing boards, back to the drawing board, a fresh start, start over, go back to + square one, be back to square one.* volver a empezar de cero = be back to square one, go back to + square one.* * *empezar [A6 ]viA1 «película/conferencia/invierno» to begin, startel curso empieza el 16 the course begins o ( frml) commences on the 16th¿con qué letra empieza? what is the first letter?, what letter does it begin with?al empezar el siglo at the turn of the centuryya han empezado los fríos the cold weather has arrived o started2 empezar A + INF to start to + INF, start -INGha empezado a nevar it has started snowing, it has started to snowle empezó a entrar hambre she began o started to feel hungryempezó a hervir it began boiling o to boil, it came to the boil, it started boiling o to boille han empezado a salir espinillas she's getting o starting to get pimplesempieza a ser imposible conseguirlo it is becoming impossible to get itB «persona»1 (en una actividad) to start¿cuándo empieza la nueva secretaria? when is the new secretary starting?, when does the new secretary start?empezó de aprendiz he started o began as an apprenticetendremos que empezar de nuevo or volver a empezar we'll have to start againtodo es (cuestión de) empezar it'll be fine once we/you get started¡ya empezamos otra vez! here we go again!empezar POR algo/algn:empecemos por el principio let's begin o start at the beginningempezó por la pared del fondo he started o began with the back wallno sabe por dónde empezar she doesn't know where to begin o startvamos a empezar por ti let's start with you2 empezar A + INF to start -ING, start to + INFcuando empezó a hablar se le fueron los nervios once she started o began talking, her nervousness disappearedtenía dos años cuando empezó a hablar she started talking when she was twoempezó a llorar he began o started to cry3 empezar + GER to start BY -INGempezó diciendo que sería breve she started o began by saying that she would be briefempezó trabajando de mecánico he started by working as a mechanic, he started out as a mechanic4 empezar POR + INF to start o begin BY -INGempieza por sentarte begin o start by taking a seat, take a seat firstse empieza por marinar la carne first marinade the meatempecemos por estudiar el contexto histórico let's begin o start by looking at the historical contextCpara empezar: para empezar, me parece un disparate for a start o for one thing, I think it's a ridiculous ideapara empezar, ¿quién te dio permiso para leer mi correspondencia? who gave you permission to read my letters anyway?para empezar, hay que limpiar la superficie first of all o to start with, you have to clean the surface■ empezarvtA ‹tarea/actividad› to startse debe empezar el día con un buen desayuno you should start o begin the day with a good breakfast¿ya empezaste el tercer capítulo? have you started chapter three yet?B ‹frasco/lata/mermelada› to start, openno empieces otra botella don't start o open another bottle¿podemos empezar este jamón? can we start on this ham?* * *
empezar ( conjugate empezar) verbo intransitivo
1 [película/conferencia/invierno] to begin, start;◊ empezó a nevar it started to snow o snowing
2 [ persona] to start;
todo es cuestión de empezar it'll be fine once we/you get started;
no sé por dónde empezar I don't know where to begin;
vamos a empezar por ti let's start with you;
empezar a hacer algo to start doing sth, start to do sth;
empezó diciendo que … she started o began by saying that …;
empezó trabajando de mecánico he started out as a mechanic;
empecemos por estudiar el contexto histórico let's begin o start by looking at the historical context
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verbo transitivo
empezar verbo transitivo & verbo intransitivo
1 (dar principio a una actividad) to begin, start: aún no hemos empezado a comer, we still haven't started to eat
para empezar, first of all: para empezar, eso que dices no es cierto, to begin with what you're saying is just not true
no empieces con tus tonterías, don't start being stupid again
2 (un paquete, una caja) to open, start: la caja de galletas está sin empezar, the box of biscuits hasn't been opened yet
3 (tener principio) to start: la película empieza a las diez, the film starts at ten o'clock ➣ Ver nota en begin y start
♦ Locuciones: ya empezamos, here we go again
' empezar' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
adormecerse
- arrancar
- cada
- cobrar
- compilación
- echar
- echarse
- ponerse
- pronta
- pronto
- romper
- soltarse
- trabar
- vaya
- volver
- ya
- a
- aclarar
- cero
- empiece
- entrar
- incendiar
- largar
- poner
English:
begin
- branch out
- clean up
- cotton on
- daunt
- fail
- flying
- get
- grow
- impatient
- kick off
- nervous
- open
- pipe up
- place
- set off
- spring
- square
- start
- start off
- start up
- strike up
- take off
- take up
- thing
- turn
- afresh
- beginning
- ground
- into
- keen
- kick
- originate
- over
- rampage
- roll
- scratch
- strike
- suppose
- undone
* * *♦ vtto begin, to start;empezó la conferencia dando la bienvenida a los asistentes she began o started her speech by welcoming everyone there;todavía no hemos empezado el colegio we still haven't started school;empecé el libro, pero no lo conseguí acabar I started (reading) the book, but didn't manage to finish it;hemos empezado la tarta we've started the cake;empezaron otra botella de vino they started o opened another bottle of wine♦ vito begin, to start (a/por to/by);la clase empieza a las diez the class begins o starts at ten o'clock;¿a qué hora empieza el partido? what time does the game start?;el concierto empezó tarde the concert started late;la película empieza con una escena muy violenta the film begins with a very violent scene;tuvieron que empezar de nuevo they had to start again;el aprender a nadar, todo es empezar with swimming, getting started is half the battle;¡no empieces!, ¡ya hemos discutido este tema lo suficiente! don't you start, we've spent long enough on this subject already!;¡ya empezamos con el vecino y su música! here we go again with our neighbour and his music!;al empezar la reunión when the meeting started o began;al empezar resulta un poco difícil it's quite hard at first o to begin with;en noviembre empezó a hacer frío it started getting colder in November;empezó pidiendo disculpas por su retraso she started o began by apologizing for being late;empezar por: empieza por el salón, yo haré la cocina you start on the living-room, I'll do the kitchen;empieza por aflojar los tornillos first, loosen the screws, start o begin by loosening the screws;empieza por portarte bien, y ya hablaremos first you start behaving well, then we'll talk;para empezar: para empezar, sopa I'd like soup for starters o to start with;para empezar, habrá que comprar los billetes first of all o to start with, we'll have to buy the tickets;no me gusta, para empezar, es demasiado pequeño I don't like it, it's too small to start with* * *I v/t start, beginII v/i1 start, begin;empezar a hacer algo start to do sth, start doing sth;empezar por hacer algo start o begin by doing sth;empezar por alguien start with s.o.;para empezar to begin with;ya empezamos fam here we go again* * *empezar {29} vcomenzar: to start, to begin* * * -
33 picarse
1 (muela) to decay, go bad2 (fruta) to begin to rot3 (tela) to be moth-eaten4 (mar) to get choppy5 (vino) to go vinegary, go sour, go off6 (metal) to pit7 (ofenderse) to take offence8 familiar (picar el orgullo) to get annoyed9 argot (pincharse droga) to shoot up* * *VPR1) (=corroerse) [diente, muela] to rot, decay; [hierro, metal] to rust; [goma, neumático] to perish; [cable] to corrode; [ropa] to get moth-eaten2) (Culin) [fruta] to go rotten; [vino] to go sour, turn sour3) *a) (=enfadarse) to get into a huff *¿no te habrás picado por lo que te he dicho? — you're not in a huff about what I said, are you?
b) (=sentirse provocado)c) (=aficionarse)se ha picado con los videojuegos — he's got into video games in a big way *, he's got hooked on video games *
4) [mar] to get choppy5) Caribe6) ** (=inyectarse droga) to shoot up ** * *= peeve.Ex. Things like talking over the performances and cutting to commercials in the middle of performances were really peaving the people who watched.* * *= peeve.Ex: Things like talking over the performances and cutting to commercials in the middle of performances were really peaving the people who watched.
* * *
■picarse verbo reflexivo
1 (fruta) to rot
2 (vino) to go sour
3 (dientes) to decay
4 (el mar) to become choppy
5 fam (enfadarse) to get annoyed
6 (rivalizar) to be at loggerheads
7 argot (drogadicto) to shoot up
' picarse' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
picar
English:
decay
- sour
* * *vpr1. [echarse a perder] [vino] to turn sour;[fruta, muela, caucho, cuero] to rot;la manta se ha picado the blanket is all moth-eaten2. [oxidarse] to go rusty3. [embravecerse] [mar] to get choppyse picó y ganó la carrera he got nettled and went on to win the race;el que se pica, ajos come if the cap fits, wear itsi nos parece aburrido, nos las picamos if we find it boring, we can always just take off* * *v/r1 ( agujerearse) rust2 ( cariarse) decay3 fam ( molestarse) get mad fam* * *vr1) : to get a cavity, to decay2) : to get annoyed, to take offense* * *picarse vb1. (dientes) to go bad / to decay2. (enfadarse) to get annoyed -
34 pollo
m.1 chicken, pullet.2 chicken.* * *1 chicken* * *noun m.* * *SM1) (Orn) (=adulto) chicken; (=cría) chick; (Culin) chickenpollo asado o LAm rostizado — roast chicken
- ¡qué duquesa ni qué pollos en vinagre!2) (Pol) torture where the victim is suspended from a pole or spit3) * (=joven) young lad¿quién es ese pollo? — who's that young lad? *
pollo pera — * (=pijo) rich kid; (=chanchullero) spiv *, flash Harry *
4) Esp ** (=esputo) gob ** * *- lla masculino, femenino1) (Zool)a) ( cría) chickb) ( adulto) chickenc) (Coc) chickenlisto el pollo — (AmL fam) that's that!
hago esto y listo el pollo — I'll just do this and then I'm calling it a day
2) (fam) (m) young lad; (f) young girl* * *= chicken.Ex. For example, a paper that discusses diseases in dogs, cats, and chickens might have only the part about dogs abstracted if the user group is doing research on diseases in dogs.----* asadero de pollos = chicken place, chicken rotisserie.* asador de pollos = chicken rotisserie.* caldo de pollo = chicken broth.* crianza de pollos = chicken culture, chicken raising.* fiebre del pollo = bird flu.* hígado de pollo = chicken liver.* nugget de pollo = chicken nugget.* pepita de pollo = chicken nugget.* pollo de campo = free-range chicken.* pollo de corral = free-range chicken.* pollo de granja = free-range chicken.* sartén para asar pollos = chicken roaster pan.* * *- lla masculino, femenino1) (Zool)a) ( cría) chickb) ( adulto) chickenc) (Coc) chickenlisto el pollo — (AmL fam) that's that!
hago esto y listo el pollo — I'll just do this and then I'm calling it a day
2) (fam) (m) young lad; (f) young girl* * *= chicken.Ex: For example, a paper that discusses diseases in dogs, cats, and chickens might have only the part about dogs abstracted if the user group is doing research on diseases in dogs.
* asadero de pollos = chicken place, chicken rotisserie.* asador de pollos = chicken rotisserie.* caldo de pollo = chicken broth.* crianza de pollos = chicken culture, chicken raising.* fiebre del pollo = bird flu.* hígado de pollo = chicken liver.* nugget de pollo = chicken nugget.* pepita de pollo = chicken nugget.* pollo de campo = free-range chicken.* pollo de corral = free-range chicken.* pollo de granja = free-range chicken.* sartén para asar pollos = chicken roaster pan.* * *masculine, feminine(ver tb polla)A ( Zool)1 (cría — de gallina) chick; (— de otras aves) chick, young bird2 (adulto) chickenestoy sudada como un pollo I'm soaked in sweat3 ( Coc) chickenpollo asado roast chickennos tomamos un taxi y listo el pollo we'll take a taxi and that's that!hago esto y listo el pollo I'll just do this and then I'm calling it a dayCompuestos:feminine moorhenmasculine spit-roast chickenoye pollo, más respeto have a little more respect, young lad o young manestá usted todavía hecho un pollo you still look very young o like a youngstertus hijas ya son pollitas your daughters have already grown up into real young ladiesun bar lleno de pollos pera vestidos a la última a bar full of rich kids wearing the latest fashions ( colloq)* * *
pollo◊ - lla sustantivo masculino, femenino (Zool)
c) (Coc) chicken;
pollo sustantivo masculino chicken
pollo asado, roast chicken
' pollo' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
consistir
- hermosa
- hermoso
- trinchar
- asado
- asar
- caldo
- color
- cuarto
- curry
- deshuesar
- desmenuzar
- horno
- muslo
- nadar
- pechuga
- polla
- presa
- rostizar
English:
breast
- broiler
- chicken
- curry
- grill
- plump
- spring chicken
- for
* * *pollo, -a♦ nm,f2. Méx Fam [inmigrante ilegal] = illegal immigrant who is smuggled from Mexico into the US by a “pollero”♦ nm1. [animal] chickpollo tomatero spring chicken2. [guiso] chickenpollo al ajillo chicken fried with garlic;pollo asado roast chicken;pollo frito fried chicken;Méx pollo rostizado roast chicken; RP pollo al spiedo spit-roasted chicken4. Fammontar un pollo [escándalo] to kick up a massive fuss;mi madre (me) montó un pollo porque llegué tarde a casa my mum went bananas because I was late home;se montó un pollo muy grande en los alrededores del estadio there was Br some major aggro o US a helluva rumble outside the ground* * *m ZO, GASTR chicken* * *1) : chicken2) pollito: chick3) joven: young man m, young lady f* * *pollo n chicken -
35 salado
adj.1 salty, seasoned with salt, savoury.2 salted, salt.3 jinxed, under a curse.past part.past participle of spanish verb: salar.* * *1→ link=salar salar► adjetivo1 (con sal) salted; (con demasiada sal) salty* * *(f. - salada)adj.* * *ADJ1) (Culin) (=con sal) salt antes de s, salted; (=con demasiada sal) salty; (=no dulce) savoury2) (=persona) (=gracioso) amusing; (=encantador) charming¡qué salado! — (=divertido) how amusing!; iró very droll!
3) [lenguaje] rich, racy4) LAm (=desgraciado) unlucky, unfortunateSALADO ► Salado se traduce por salt al referirse al agua de mar (por oposición a agua dulce) o a un producto que ha sido curado con sal: El Caspio es un lago de agua salada The Caspian Sea is a salt lake El bacalao salado se emplea mucho en la cocina española Salt cod is used a great deal in Spanish cooking ► Salado, por oposición a dulce, se traduce por savoury: ... platos dulces y salados...... sweet and savoury dishes... ► Si algo está salado porque sabe a sal o porque contiene demasiada sal, se debe traducir por salty: Estas albóndigas están muy saladas These meatballs are very salty Salty es la única de estas tres traducciones que se puede usar en grado superlativo o comparativo: Esta carne está mucho más salada que la de ayer This meat is much saltier than what we had yesterday Si nos referimos a almendras o cacahuetes salados se debe emplear salted. Para otros usos y ejemplos ver la entrada* * *- da adjetivo1) (Coc)a) ( con sal) saltedb) [SER] ( no dulce) <plato/comida> savory*2)3) (CS fam) ( caro) pricy4)a) (AmL fam) ( desafortunado) jinxed (colloq)b) (Méx fam) ( que trae mala suerte) jinxed (colloq)* * *= salty [saltier -comp., saltiest -sup.].Ex. Information was also collected on the short-term history of medication and lifestyle including smoking, drinking and eating salty foods.----* agua salada = salt water [saltwater].* cocodrilo de agua salada = saltie.* sabor salado = saltiness.* * *- da adjetivo1) (Coc)a) ( con sal) saltedb) [SER] ( no dulce) <plato/comida> savory*2)3) (CS fam) ( caro) pricy4)a) (AmL fam) ( desafortunado) jinxed (colloq)b) (Méx fam) ( que trae mala suerte) jinxed (colloq)* * *= salty [saltier -comp., saltiest -sup.].Ex: Information was also collected on the short-term history of medication and lifestyle including smoking, drinking and eating salty foods.
* agua salada = salt water [saltwater].* cocodrilo de agua salada = saltie.* sabor salado = saltiness.* * *salado -daA ( Coc)1 (con sal) saltedalmendras saladas salted almondsla carne está salada the meat is very/too saltylas anchoas son muy saladas anchovies are very saltyle gusta la comida poco salada he doesn't like too much salt in his food2 [ SER] (no dulce) savory*no me atraen los postres, prefiero lo salado I'm not a fan of desserts, I prefer savory thingsB1 ( fam) ‹persona› (gracioso) funny, wittyes de lo más salado bailando flamenco he dances flamenco with real flair2 ( fam); ‹chiste› risqué; ‹anécdota› spicyla multa le salió bastante salada the fine was pretty steep o heavyun veraneo en la costa sale salado a summer vacation on the coast is a pricy business ( colloq)Destoy salado I seem to be o I'm jinxedestos zapatos están salados these shoes have a jinx on them o are jinxed* * *
Del verbo salar: ( conjugate salar)
salado es:
el participio
Multiple Entries:
salado
salar
salado◊ -da adjetivo
1 (Coc)
‹ gusto› salty;
2
‹ anécdota› spicy
3 (Méx fam) ( que trae mala suerte) jinxed (colloq)
salar 1 ( conjugate salar) verbo transitivo
‹ pieles› to salt
salarse verbo pronominal (Méx fam) ( echarse a perder) [ planes] to fall through;
[ negocio] to go bust
salar 2 sustantivo masculino (Chi) salt pan, salt flat
salado,-a adjetivo
1 Culin salted
(con mucha sal) salty
2 (no dulce) savoury, US savory
3 fig fam (divertido, jovial) amusing, witty: ¡qué niño más salado!, what a funny little boy!
4 LAm (desafortunado, con mala suerte) unlucky
familiar jinxed
5 LAm fam (caro, costoso)
salar
I verbo transitivo
1 (echar sal a una comida) to add salt to
2 (poner en salazón) to salt
3 LAm fam (estropear, desgraciar) to spoil, ruin
4 LAm (dar o causar mala suerte) to bring bad luck to
II m (salina, terreno estéril)
' salado' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
sabrosa
- sabroso
- salada
- budín
English:
pie
- salt
- salty
- savory
- savoury
- dried
- kipper
* * *salado, -a adj1. [con sal] salted;[con demasiada sal] salty;estar salado to be salty;agua salada salt water;bacalao salado salt(ed) cod2. [opuesto a lo dulce] savoury;me gusta más lo salado I prefer savoury food[encantador] charming;tu amigo es muy salado your friend is very amusing;¡qué bebé más salado! what a charming baby!4. CAm, Carib, Méx [desgraciado] unlucky;estar salado to have lousy luck* * *adj2 (no dulce) savory, Brsavoury3 figfunny, witty4 C.Am., Chi, Rpl fampricey fam* * *salado, -da adj1) : salty2)agua salada : salt water* * *salado adj2. (no dulce) savoury -
36 serio
adj.1 serious, grave, humorless, unsmiling.2 serious, intense, grave, heavy.3 serious, responsible, reliable, businesslike.pres.indicat.1st person singular (yo) present indicative of spanish verb: seriar.* * *► adjetivo1 (importante) serious, grave2 (severo) serious3 (formal) reliable, responsible, dependable4 (color) sober; (traje etc) formal\en serio seriously■ lo digo en serio I'm quite serious, I mean it¿en serio? are you serious?, do you really mean that?, really?ir en serio to be true, be serioustomar en serio to take seriously* * *(f. - seria)adj.1) serious, earnest2) important* * *ADJ1) [expresión, tono] serious¿por qué estás hoy tan serio? — why are you (looking) so serious today?
se quedó mirándome muy serio — he looked at me very seriously, he stared gravely at me
ponerse serio: se puso seria al ver la foto — she went o became serious when she saw the photo
me voy a poner seria contigo si no estudias — I'm going to get cross with you if you don't do some studying
2)¿lo dices en serio? — are you serious?, do you really mean it?
3) [problema, enfermedad, pérdida] serious4) (=fiable) [persona] reliable; [trato] straight, honest5) (=severo)el negro es un color demasiado serio para una niña — black is too serious o severe a colour for a young girl
6) [estudio, libro] serious* * *- ria adjetivo1) ( poco sonriente) seriousqué cara más seria ¿qué te ha pasado? — what a long face, what's the matter? (colloq)
voy a tener que ponerme serio con este niño — I'm going to have to start getting strict with this child
no confío en él, es muy poco serio — I don't trust him, he's very unreliable
3)a) <cine/tema> seriousb) ( grave) <enfermedad/problema> seriousc)¿lo dices en serio? — are you (being) serious?, do you really mean it?
esto es serio, está muriéndose — this is serious, he's dying
* * *= authoritative, conscientious, gross [grosser -comp., grossest -sup.], serious, thoughtful, earnest, grave [graver -comp., gravest -sup.], business-like, solemn, dire, staid, serious minded, straight-faced.Ex. Some authoritative texts on the subject are listed at the end of this chapter.Ex. Then the conscientious manager can help solve his problems without engaging in original laborious research or the risky practice of trial and error.Ex. She notes some gross inadequacies of these schemes in classifying African subjects, especially in the social sciences and humanities.Ex. DC is certainly not regarded as the perfect classification scheme even in sectors where there is no serious alternative.Ex. Production quotas, I believe, are antithetical to careful, thoughtful cataloging.Ex. She spied Asadorian in earnest converse with McSpadden.Ex. I believe that literature is certainly in one sense 'play' -- grave and absorbed play.Ex. It was generally felt that US libraries are organised on more business-like lines than those in the Netherlands.Ex. The infants sat solemn as the Supreme Court pronounced judgment = Los niños se sentaron solemnes mientras que el Tribunal Supremo dictaba sentencia.Ex. Throughout the process of development, debate and enactment of the Digital Millennium Act in the USA, many dire forebodings were envisaged for the library profession.Ex. As many of the responding librarians pointed out, ' staid, adult-looking pages are not attractive to a teenage audience' = Como muchos de los bibliotecarios encuestados indicaron las "páginas con aspecto serio como si estuviesen dirigidas a adultos no resultan atractivas a un público joven".Ex. From his description one gets the impression that the inhabitants of Utopia are serious minded and that they read for instruction or for improving their own mind.Ex. Satire and comedy can be better vehicles for social commentary than straight-faced, serious drama.----* en serio = wholeheartedly [whole-heartedly], for real.* en un serio aprieto = in dire straits.* en un serio apuro = in dire straits.* humor serio = deadpan humour.* mejor sería que + Subjuntivo = might + as well + Verbo.* poco serio = flippant.* ponerse a hacer Algo en serio = buckle down to.* ponerse a trabajar en serio = get on with + Posesivo + work, buckle down to, pull up + Posesivo + socks, pull + (a/Posesivo) finger out.* sería mejor que + Imperfecto de Subjuntivo = had better + Infinitivo.* serio en apariencia = deadpan.* serios, los = serious, the.* tomarse Algo en serio = take to + heart.* tomarse en serio = take + seriously, get + serious.* * *- ria adjetivo1) ( poco sonriente) seriousqué cara más seria ¿qué te ha pasado? — what a long face, what's the matter? (colloq)
voy a tener que ponerme serio con este niño — I'm going to have to start getting strict with this child
no confío en él, es muy poco serio — I don't trust him, he's very unreliable
3)a) <cine/tema> seriousb) ( grave) <enfermedad/problema> seriousc)¿lo dices en serio? — are you (being) serious?, do you really mean it?
esto es serio, está muriéndose — this is serious, he's dying
* * *= authoritative, conscientious, gross [grosser -comp., grossest -sup.], serious, thoughtful, earnest, grave [graver -comp., gravest -sup.], business-like, solemn, dire, staid, serious minded, straight-faced.Ex: Some authoritative texts on the subject are listed at the end of this chapter.
Ex: Then the conscientious manager can help solve his problems without engaging in original laborious research or the risky practice of trial and error.Ex: She notes some gross inadequacies of these schemes in classifying African subjects, especially in the social sciences and humanities.Ex: DC is certainly not regarded as the perfect classification scheme even in sectors where there is no serious alternative.Ex: Production quotas, I believe, are antithetical to careful, thoughtful cataloging.Ex: She spied Asadorian in earnest converse with McSpadden.Ex: I believe that literature is certainly in one sense 'play' -- grave and absorbed play.Ex: It was generally felt that US libraries are organised on more business-like lines than those in the Netherlands.Ex: The infants sat solemn as the Supreme Court pronounced judgment = Los niños se sentaron solemnes mientras que el Tribunal Supremo dictaba sentencia.Ex: Throughout the process of development, debate and enactment of the Digital Millennium Act in the USA, many dire forebodings were envisaged for the library profession.Ex: As many of the responding librarians pointed out, ' staid, adult-looking pages are not attractive to a teenage audience' = Como muchos de los bibliotecarios encuestados indicaron las "páginas con aspecto serio como si estuviesen dirigidas a adultos no resultan atractivas a un público joven".Ex: From his description one gets the impression that the inhabitants of Utopia are serious minded and that they read for instruction or for improving their own mind.Ex: Satire and comedy can be better vehicles for social commentary than straight-faced, serious drama.* en serio = wholeheartedly [whole-heartedly], for real.* en un serio aprieto = in dire straits.* en un serio apuro = in dire straits.* humor serio = deadpan humour.* mejor sería que + Subjuntivo = might + as well + Verbo.* poco serio = flippant.* ponerse a hacer Algo en serio = buckle down to.* ponerse a trabajar en serio = get on with + Posesivo + work, buckle down to, pull up + Posesivo + socks, pull + (a/Posesivo) finger out.* sería mejor que + Imperfecto de Subjuntivo = had better + Infinitivo.* serio en apariencia = deadpan.* serios, los = serious, the.* tomarse Algo en serio = take to + heart.* tomarse en serio = take + seriously, get + serious.* * *A (poco sonriente) seriouscon pinta de intelectual, seriecito y callado with an intellectual, rather serious o solemn and quiet airqué cara más seria ¿qué te ha pasado? what a long face, what's the matter? ( colloq)al oír la noticia se puso muy serio his expression became very serious o grave when he heard the newsqué serio estás hoy ¿estás preocupado? you're looking very serious today, are you worried about something?como no obedezcas voy a tener que ponerme serio contigo if you don't do as I say I'm going to get annoyed with youB(sensato, responsable): un empleado serio y trabajador a responsible o reliable, hardworking employeeno es serio que nos digan una cosa y luego hagan otra it's no way to treat people ( o to conduct business etc) saying one thing and then doing anotherno confío en él, es muy poco serio I don't trust him, he is very unreliableson todos profesionales muy serios they are all dedicated professionalsC1 (no frívolo, importante) seriousha hecho cine serio y también comedias tontas y frívolas he's made serious movies as well as silly, lighthearted comedieses un serio aspirante al título he's a serious contender for the title2en serio ‹hablar› seriously, in earnestbueno, vamos a ponernos a trabajar en serio right (then), let's get down to some serious work¿lo dices en serio? are you (being) serious? o seriously? o do you really mean it?se toma muy en serio su carrera she takes her career very seriouslyesto va en serio, está muriéndose this is serious, he's dyingy esto va en serio and I really mean it o and I'm serious about thisno se toma nada en serio he doesn't take anything seriouslymira que te lo digo en serio I mean it, you know* * *
Del verbo seriar: ( conjugate seriar)
serio es:
1ª persona singular (yo) presente indicativo
serió es:
3ª persona singular (él/ella/usted) pretérito indicativo
serio◊ - ria adjetivo
1 ( poco sonriente) serious
2 ‹ empleado› responsible, reliable;
‹ empresa› reputable
3
c)
¿lo dices en serio? are you (being) serious?, do you really mean it?;
tomarse algo en serio to take sth seriously
serio,-a adjetivo
1 (taciturno, de consideración, grave) serious
2 (comprometido, de confianza) reliable
♦ Locuciones: en serio, seriously: hablaba en serio, she was serious
ponte a trabajar en serio, you must start to work hard
' serio' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
callada
- callado
- coña
- en
- formal
- gorda
- gordo
- jugar
- ligera
- ligero
- risa
- seria
- tiesa
- tieso
- tomarse
- verdad
- asustar
- decir
- enfado
- enojo
English:
apart
- assert
- businesslike
- deep
- dignified
- earnest
- face value
- flippant
- half-serious
- intense
- joke
- kid
- knuckle down
- laugh off
- major
- mean
- quality newspaper
- reputable
- responsible
- serious
- seriously
- settle down
- severe
- sober
- sober-minded
- staid
- steady
- straight
- weighty
- business
- dire
- genuine
- honestly
- knuckle
- nasty
- pride
- seriousness
- solemn
- surely
* * *serio, -a♦ adj1. [grave] serious;es una persona muy seria he's a very serious person;estar serio to look serious;me lanzó una mirada seria she gave me a serious look;me tuve que poner muy seria con mis alumnos I had to get very serious with my pupils2. [importante] serious;es una enfermedad muy seria it's a very serious illness;me dio un susto muy serio I got a very nasty shock;una seria amenaza para la paz mundial a serious threat to world peace3. [responsable] responsible;[cumplidor, formal] reliable;son muy serios, cumplirán los plazos they're very reliable, they'll meet the deadlines;no son gente seria they're very unreliable;¡esto no es serio! this is ridiculous!;lo que no es serio es que ahora digan que necesitan dos meses más what's really unacceptable is that now they're saying they need another two months4. [sobrio] sober;un traje serio a formal suit;sólo ve programas serios she only watches serious programmes♦ en serio loc advseriously;lo digo en serio I'm serious;en serio, me ha tocado la lotería seriously, I've won the lottery;¿vas en serio? are you (being) serious?;tomarse algo/a alguien en serio to take sth/sb seriously;ponte a estudiar en serio get down to some serious study* * *adj1 serious;ésto va en serio this is serious;tomarse algo en serio take sth seriously2 ( responsable) reliable* * *1) : serious, earnest2) : reliable, responsible3) : important4)en serio : seriously, in earnest♦ seriamente adv* * *serio adj1. (en general) serious2. (responsable) reliable -
37 sueño
m.1 sleep, cyclical resting period, shut-eye, sleeping state.2 aspiration, dream, hope, dreaming.3 dream.pres.indicat.1st person singular (yo) present indicative of spanish verb: soñar.* * *1 (acto) sleep2 (ganas de dormir) sleepiness3 (lo soñado) dream\caerse de sueño figurado not to be able to keep one's eyes openconciliar el sueño to get to sleepdar sueño to make sleepyechar un sueño to take a napentre sueños while half-asleep¡ni en sueños! familiar not on your life!perder el sueño por algo to lose sleep over somethingquitar el sueño to keep awakeser un sueño familiar to be a dreamtener el sueño ligero to be a light sleepertener sueño to feel sleepy, be sleepysueño dorado figurado cherished dream, greatest dream* * *noun m.1) dream2) sleep* * *SM1) (=estado) sleepcoger o conciliar el sueño — to get to sleep
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echarse un sueño o un sueñecito * — to have a nap, have a kip *•
en o entre sueños, me hablaste entre sueños — you talked to me but you were half asleepdormir 2., 2)sueño invernal — (Zool) winter sleep
2) (=ganas de dormir)tengo sueño atrasado — I haven't caught up on sleep, I haven't had much sleep lately
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caerse de sueño — to be asleep on one's feet•
dar sueño, su conversación me da sueño — his conversation sends me to sleep•
morirse de sueño, estar muerto de sueño — to be asleep on one's feet, be so tired one can hardly stand•
quitar el sueño a algn — to keep sb awakevencer•
tener sueño — to be sleepy, be tired3) (=imagen soñada) dream¿sabes interpretar los sueños? — do you know how to interpret dreams?
¡que tengas dulces sueños! — sweet dreams!
4) (=ilusión) dreampor fin consiguió la casa de sus sueños — she finally got the house of her dreams o her dream home
* * *1)a) ( estado) sleeptener el sueño ligero/pesado — to be a light/heavy sleeper
el sueño eterno — (euf) eternal rest (euf)
descabezar or echar un sueñecito — (fam) to have forty winks, have a (little) nap
perder el sueño (por algo) — to lose sleep (over something)
quitarle el sueño a alguien — to keep somebody awake
tener (el) sueño atrasado: tengo sueño atrasado — I have missed out on a lot of sleep
b) ( ganas de dormir)¿tienes sueño? — are you tired/sleepy?
me estoy cayendo or muriendo de sueño — I'm falling asleep on my feet
se me ha quitado el sueño — I've woken up again now, I don't feel sleepy any more
lo venció el sueño — (liter) sleep overcame him, he was overcome by sleep
2)a) ( representación) dreamni en sueños: no pienso prestarle ese dinero ni en sueños — I wouldn't dream of lending him that money
b) ( ilusión) dreamser un sueño — (fam) to be divine (colloq)
•* * *= wishful thinking, dream, fantasy [phantasy], sleep, vision, slumber, shut-eye.Ex. I suspect that Mr Byrum's personal opinion that AACR2 will force libraries to close their catalogs is partly wishful thinking.Ex. The computer, once instructed on the desired filing order, is eminently suitable for filing, achieving a level of consistency which was a remote dream in the days of human filers.Ex. The ALA and some of its members seem to have taken in upon themselves to whip up a frenzy of public relations style fantasy that market reality simply cannot match.Ex. Sleep is the simplest category to deal with as the person asleep is unconscious and can be said therefore to be inactive.Ex. It appears, however, that the role of security in this vision has not been fully delineated.Ex. The clock radio came suddenly to life, rousing Jack from his fitful slumber.Ex. America is raising a nation of sleep-deprived kids, with only 20 percent getting the recommended nine hours of shut-eye on school nights.----* apnea del sueño = sleep apnoea.* apnea durante el sueño = sleep apnoea.* con cara de sueño = bleary-eyed.* con sueño = drowsily.* el sueño de toda persona = the stuff dreams are made of.* el sueño de todos = the stuff dreams are made of.* el sueño de todo ser viviente = the stuff dreams are made of.* enfermedad del sueño = sleeping sickness.* falto de sueño = sleep-deprived.* hacer realidad un sueño = realise + dream, fulfil + dream, make + vision + a reality, realise + vision, fulfil + vision, make + Posesivo + dream come true.* hipopnea del sueño = sleep hypopnoea.* hipopnea durante el sueño = sleep hypopnoea.* ¡ni en sueños! = no dice!.* no poder conciliar el sueño = have + trouble sleeping.* perder el sueño por = lose + sleep over/on.* robarle tiempo al sueño = burn + the candle at both ends.* Sueño Americano, el = American Dream, the.* sueño de los padres = hand-me-down dream.* sueño despierto = waking dream.* sueño escapista = dreamscape.* sueño + hacerse realidad = dream + come true.* sueño húmedo = wet dream.* sueño imposible = pipe dream [pipedream], impossible dream.* sueño profundo = deep slumber, deep sleep, sound night's sleep.* tener sueño = be sleepy, feel + sleepy.* un sueño hecho realidad = a dream come true.* * *1)a) ( estado) sleeptener el sueño ligero/pesado — to be a light/heavy sleeper
el sueño eterno — (euf) eternal rest (euf)
descabezar or echar un sueñecito — (fam) to have forty winks, have a (little) nap
perder el sueño (por algo) — to lose sleep (over something)
quitarle el sueño a alguien — to keep somebody awake
tener (el) sueño atrasado: tengo sueño atrasado — I have missed out on a lot of sleep
b) ( ganas de dormir)¿tienes sueño? — are you tired/sleepy?
me estoy cayendo or muriendo de sueño — I'm falling asleep on my feet
se me ha quitado el sueño — I've woken up again now, I don't feel sleepy any more
lo venció el sueño — (liter) sleep overcame him, he was overcome by sleep
2)a) ( representación) dreamni en sueños: no pienso prestarle ese dinero ni en sueños — I wouldn't dream of lending him that money
b) ( ilusión) dreamser un sueño — (fam) to be divine (colloq)
•* * *= wishful thinking, dream, fantasy [phantasy], sleep, vision, slumber, shut-eye.Ex: I suspect that Mr Byrum's personal opinion that AACR2 will force libraries to close their catalogs is partly wishful thinking.
Ex: The computer, once instructed on the desired filing order, is eminently suitable for filing, achieving a level of consistency which was a remote dream in the days of human filers.Ex: The ALA and some of its members seem to have taken in upon themselves to whip up a frenzy of public relations style fantasy that market reality simply cannot match.Ex: Sleep is the simplest category to deal with as the person asleep is unconscious and can be said therefore to be inactive.Ex: It appears, however, that the role of security in this vision has not been fully delineated.Ex: The clock radio came suddenly to life, rousing Jack from his fitful slumber.Ex: America is raising a nation of sleep-deprived kids, with only 20 percent getting the recommended nine hours of shut-eye on school nights.* apnea del sueño = sleep apnoea.* apnea durante el sueño = sleep apnoea.* con cara de sueño = bleary-eyed.* con sueño = drowsily.* el sueño de toda persona = the stuff dreams are made of.* el sueño de todos = the stuff dreams are made of.* el sueño de todo ser viviente = the stuff dreams are made of.* enfermedad del sueño = sleeping sickness.* falto de sueño = sleep-deprived.* hacer realidad un sueño = realise + dream, fulfil + dream, make + vision + a reality, realise + vision, fulfil + vision, make + Posesivo + dream come true.* hipopnea del sueño = sleep hypopnoea.* hipopnea durante el sueño = sleep hypopnoea.* ¡ni en sueños! = no dice!.* no poder conciliar el sueño = have + trouble sleeping.* perder el sueño por = lose + sleep over/on.* robarle tiempo al sueño = burn + the candle at both ends.* Sueño Americano, el = American Dream, the.* sueño de los padres = hand-me-down dream.* sueño despierto = waking dream.* sueño escapista = dreamscape.* sueño + hacerse realidad = dream + come true.* sueño húmedo = wet dream.* sueño imposible = pipe dream [pipedream], impossible dream.* sueño profundo = deep slumber, deep sleep, sound night's sleep.* tener sueño = be sleepy, feel + sleepy.* un sueño hecho realidad = a dream come true.* * *A1 (estado) sleepconciliar el sueño to get to sleepoyó un ruido entre sueños she heard a noise in her sleep o when she was half asleeptener el sueño ligero/pesado to be a light/heavy sleeperdescabezar or echar un sueñecito ( fam); to have forty winks, have a (little) napdormir el sueño de los justos (con la conciencia tranquila) to sleep the sleep of the just; (con un sueño profundo) to sleep deeplyperder el sueño to lose sleepquitar(le) el sueño a algn to keep sb awakeesas cosas no me quitan el sueño I don't have sleepless nights o lose any sleep over such things, things like that don't keep me awake at night2(ganas de dormir): ¿tienes sueño? are you tired/sleepy?¡qué sueño (tengo)! I'm so sleepy!me voy a la cama, tengo un sueño que no veo ( fam); I'm going to bed, I'm very tired o I'm falling asleepsobre las 11 ya me empieza a entrar sueño about 11 o'clock I start feeling sleepyme estoy cayendo or muriendo de sueño I'm falling asleep on my feetestoy cansado, pero no tengo sueño I'm tired but I don't feel sleepyse me ha quitado el sueño I've woken up again o I don't feel sleepy any morelo venció el sueño ( liter); sleep overcame him, he was overcome by sleepB1 (representación) dreamla interpretación de los sueños the interpretation of dreamsanoche tuve un sueño muy raro I had a very strange dream last nightque tengas dulces sueños sweet dreams!te lo has debido de imaginar en sueños you must have dreamed itni en sueños: no pienso prestarle ese dinero ni en sueños I wouldn't dream of lending him that money, there's no way I would lend him that money ( colloq)2 (ilusión) dreamla mujer de sus sueños the woman of his dreams, his dream womansus sueños se hicieron realidad her dreams came truetiene una casa que es un sueño her house is gorgeous o divine ( colloq), her house is a dream ( colloq)Compuestos:rapid-eye-movement o REM sleeptwilight sleepsu sueño dorado es llegar a ser actriz her (greatest) dream is to become an actresseternal sleepdormir el sueño eterno to sleep the eternal sleep( Méx) pipe dreamwet dreamrapid-eye-movement o REM sleep* * *
Del verbo sonar: ( conjugate sonar)
sueno es:
1ª persona singular (yo) presente indicativo
Multiple Entries:
sonar
sueño
sonar ( conjugate sonar) verbo intransitivo
1 [teléfono/timbre] to ring;
[ disparo] to ring out;
sueñoon las doce en el reloj the clock struck twelve;
me suenan las tripas (fam) my tummy's rumbling (colloq)
2 (+ compl)
[ persona] to sound;
sonaba preocupada she sounded worried;
suena a hueco it sounds hollow
3
◊ me suena tu cara your face is o looks familiar;
¿te suena este refrán? does this proverb ring a bell (with you) o sound familiar to you?
4 (AmL fam) ( fracasar):◊ soné en el examen I blew it in the exam (colloq);
sonamos we've blown it now (colloq)
verbo transitivo
1
2 (Méx fam)
sonarse verbo pronominal: tb
sueño sustantivo masculino
1
tener el sueño ligero/pesado to be a light/heavy sleeper;
perder el sueño (por algo) to lose sleep (over sth)b) ( ganas de dormir):◊ ¿tienes sueño? are you tired/sleepy?;
el vino me dio sueño the wine made me sleepy;
me empezó a entrar sueño I started feeling sleepy;
se me quitó el sueño I don't feel sleepy any more
2
su sueño dorado es llegar a ser actriz her (greatest) dream is to become an actress
sonar verbo intransitivo
1 (un instrumento, una melodía) to sound: su voz sonaba a preocupación, her voice sounded worried
(un despertador) to ring, buzz
2 (dar una impresión) to sound: lo que dices me suena a chino, what you are saying is Greek to me
eso me suena a problemas, that sounds like trouble
su propuesta no suena mal, I like the sound of her proposal
3 (ser familiar) su cara me suena, his face rings a bell, ese nombre no me suena de nada, that name is completely unknown to me
4 (ser citado, mencionado) su nombre suena como candidato al premio, his name was put forward as a candidate for the prize
sueño sustantivo masculino
1 (estado de dormir) sleep: tengo el sueño ligero/pesado, I'm a light/heavy sleeper
2 (necesidad de dormir) sleepiness: te caes de sueño, you can hardly keep your eyes open
tenía sueño, she felt o was sleepy
3 (lo soñado) dream: tuve un sueño espantoso, I had a nightmare
4 (ilusión, ambición, deseo) dream: se cumplieron sus sueños, her dreams came true
5 (fantasías) fancy, delusion: eso no son más que sueños, that is nothing but dreams
6 sueño eterno, last sleep o eternal rest
♦ Locuciones: conciliar el sueño, to fall asleep
quitar el sueño, to be worried about sthg o sb
' sueño' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
cabecear
- comentar
- conciliar
- engañar
- ilusión
- intranquila
- intranquilo
- lograr
- pesada
- pesado
- quitar
- realizar
- repetirse
- romper
- rondar
- satisfacer
- vencer
- atrasado
- dar
- despertar
- despierto
- desvelar
- dormir
- entrar
- espabilar
- imposible
- ininterrumpido
- interpretar
- ligero
- liviano
- muerto
- pesadilla
- profundo
- rendir
- reparador
- repetición
- repetir
- tener
- terrible
English:
American Dream
- broken
- catch up
- come
- deprivation
- disturb
- disturbed
- dream
- drowsy
- feel
- fulfil
- fulfill
- fulfillment
- fulfilment
- lie down
- nourish
- refreshing
- short
- sleep
- sleeper
- sleepy
- snatch
- true
- undisturbed
- vision
- wild
- bleary
- fantasy
- keep
- pipe
- slumber
* * ** * *mtener sueño be sleepy;echar un sueño grab some sleep, take a nap;caerse de sueño be dead tired, be out on one’s feet;quitar el sueño a alguien keep s.o. awakeni en sueños fig not in a million years* * *sueño nm1) : dream2) : sleepperder el sueño: to lose sleep3) : sleepinesstener sueño: to be sleepy* * *sueño n1. (estado de dormir) sleep2. (lo soñado, ilusión) dream¿no tienes sueño? aren't you sleepy? -
38 tumbarse
1 (acostarse) to lie down, stretch out2 (arrellanarse) to lounge, lie back* * ** * *VPR1) (=acostarse) to lie downestar tumbado — to lie, be lying down
2) [trigo] to go flat3) (=relajarse) to decide to take it easy; (=abandonarse) to give up (on things), let o.s. go ( after achieving a success etc)* * *(v.) = stretch out, lie down, sprawlEx. He put away twice as much wine as usual and it went to his head, so he stretched out on his bed for a nap.Ex. They stopped or lay down or wallowed frequently just before the crossing point on the river.Ex. He sprawled on his sofa, still covered in sweat from his attempts to work out his frustration at the gym.* * *(v.) = stretch out, lie down, sprawlEx: He put away twice as much wine as usual and it went to his head, so he stretched out on his bed for a nap.
Ex: They stopped or lay down or wallowed frequently just before the crossing point on the river.Ex: He sprawled on his sofa, still covered in sweat from his attempts to work out his frustration at the gym.* * *
■tumbarse vr fam (echarse, acostarse) to lie down ➣ Ver nota en lie
' tumbarse' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
tirarse
- acostar
- echar
- lado
- tender
- tirar
- tumbar
English:
lie
- stomach
- upward
- upwards
- sprawl
* * *vprto lie down;leía tumbada en el sofá she was stretched out on the sofa, reading* * *v/r lie down* * *vracostarse: to lie down* * * -
39 echado
adj.lying-down, prostrate.past part.past participle of spanish verb: echar.* * *1→ link=echar echar► adjetivo1 (tumbado) lying down\ser un,-a echado,-a p'alante familiar to be forward* * *ADJ[pp] de echar1)estar echado — to lie, be lying (down)
3) CAm * (=perezoso) lazy, idle4) And * (=engreído) stuck-up *, toffee-nosed *5)- es muy echado pa'lante- es muy echado p'atrás* * *ser echado para atrás — (fam) to be full of oneself (colloq)
ser muy echado p'alante — (fam) (ser audaz, luchador) to be assertive; ( ser descarado) to be pushy (colloq)
* * *ser echado para atrás — (fam) to be full of oneself (colloq)
ser muy echado p'alante — (fam) (ser audaz, luchador) to be assertive; ( ser descarado) to be pushy (colloq)
* * *echado -da[ ESTAR](acostado): está echado porque no se encuentra bien he's lying down because he doesn't feel wellhabía alguien echado en el sofá there was somebody lying o lying down on the sofaser muy echado p'alante ( fam) (ser audaz, luchador) to be assertive, be able to look after oneself; (ser descarado) to be pushy ( colloq)* * *
Del verbo echar: ( conjugate echar)
echado es:
el participio
Multiple Entries:
echado
echar
echado◊ -da adjetivo ( acostado): está echado en el sofá he's lying down on the sofa
echar ( conjugate echar) verbo transitivo
1
◊ lo eché a la basura I threw it out o away;
echó la moneda al aire he tossed the coin;
echadoon el ancla/la red they cast anchor/their net;
echó la cabeza hacia atrás she threw her head back;
echado algo a perder to ruin sth;
echado de menos algo/a algn to miss sth/sbb)
‹ 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
¿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
1
‹ gasolina› to put in;◊ ¿le echas azúcar al café? do you take sugar in your coffee?
2
◊ echadole 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
echadose de cabeza al agua to dive into the water;
echadose a perder [ comida] to go bad, go off (BrE);
[cosecha/proyecto/plan] to be ruined
c) (apartarse, moverse) (+ compl):
échate un poco para allá move over that way a bit;
echadose atrás to back out
2
c) (Esp fam) ‹novio/novia›:◊ se ha echado novia he's found o got himself a girlfriend
3 (Méx fam) ( romper) to break
4 (Col fam) ( tardar) ‹horas/días› to take
5 ( empezar) echadose a to start o begin to, start o begin;◊ se echó a correr he started to run o started running;
las palomas se echadoon 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
' echado' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
echar
English:
belly
- lie down
- wasted
- jinx
- wonder
* * *echado, -a adj1. [acostado] lying down;no se puede poner, está echado he can't come to the phone, he's lying down;estaba echado en la cama he was lying in bed[valiente] gutsy;era un tío echado pa'lante [valiente] he was a gutsy guy* * *I part → echarII adj1 lying down2:echado para (a)delante fam self-reliant -
40 joder
v.1 to piss about or around (vulgar) (fastidiar).¡no jodas! no shit!(incredulidad, sorpresa), well, bugger me! (British)2 to fuck (copular). (peninsular Spanish)3 to screw (up) (to ruin).4 to mess about.María jodió todo el día Mary messed about all day.5 to annoy, to bother.María jodió a Ricardo Mary Maryoyed Richard.6 to make love, to shag, to screw, to fuck.Lo único que hace es joder All he does is to fuck.* * *2 tabú (fastidiar) to pester, annoy, piss off3 tabú (estropear) to fuck up4 tabú (lastimar) to do in, bugger up■ ¡joder, qué frío hace! Christ, it's freezing!1 tabú (aguantarse) to lump it, put up with it2 tabú (echarse a perder) to get fucked up3 tabú (estropearse) to go bust\¡hay que joderse! tabú tough shit!¡la jodiste! tabú you screwed it up!¡que se joda(n)! tabú bugger him/her/them!; fuck him/her/them!* * *verb1) to fuck2) screw* * *I 1.verbo intransitivo1) (vulg) ( copular) to screw (vulg), fuck (vulg)2) (fam: en algunas regiones vulg) ( molestar)lo que me jode es... — what pisses me off is... (sl)
2.no jodas! — (fam) ( no digas) you're kidding o joking! (colloq); ( no molestes) stop being such a pest! (colloq)
joder vt1) (vulg) ( copular con) to screw (vulg), fuck (vulg)2) (fam: en algunas regiones vulg)a) ( molestar) to bug (colloq)b) ( engañar) to rip... off (colloq)3) (fam: en algunas regiones vulg) <televisor/reloj> to bust (colloq), to fuck up (vulg); < planes> to mess up (colloq), to screw up (vulg)joder la — (fam) to screw up (vulg)
3.ahora sí que la hemos jodido — now we've really blown it (colloq) o (vulg) screwed up!
joderse v pron (fam: en algunas regiones vulg)a) ( fastidiarse)y si no te gusta, te jodes — and if you don't like it, that's tough! (colloq)
hay que joderse! — (Esp) can you believe it!
b) < espalda> to do... in (colloq); <hígado/estómago> to mess up (colloq)c) planes to get screwed up (vulg), fucked up (vulg)IIinterjección (esp Esp fam: en algunas regiones vulg) ( expresando - fastidio) for heaven's sake! (colloq), for fuck's sake! (vulg); (- asombro) good grief!, holy shit! (vulg)* * *I 1.verbo intransitivo1) (vulg) ( copular) to screw (vulg), fuck (vulg)2) (fam: en algunas regiones vulg) ( molestar)lo que me jode es... — what pisses me off is... (sl)
2.no jodas! — (fam) ( no digas) you're kidding o joking! (colloq); ( no molestes) stop being such a pest! (colloq)
joder vt1) (vulg) ( copular con) to screw (vulg), fuck (vulg)2) (fam: en algunas regiones vulg)a) ( molestar) to bug (colloq)b) ( engañar) to rip... off (colloq)3) (fam: en algunas regiones vulg) <televisor/reloj> to bust (colloq), to fuck up (vulg); < planes> to mess up (colloq), to screw up (vulg)joder la — (fam) to screw up (vulg)
3.ahora sí que la hemos jodido — now we've really blown it (colloq) o (vulg) screwed up!
joderse v pron (fam: en algunas regiones vulg)a) ( fastidiarse)y si no te gusta, te jodes — and if you don't like it, that's tough! (colloq)
hay que joderse! — (Esp) can you believe it!
b) < espalda> to do... in (colloq); <hígado/estómago> to mess up (colloq)c) planes to get screwed up (vulg), fucked up (vulg)IIinterjección (esp Esp fam: en algunas regiones vulg) ( expresando - fastidio) for heaven's sake! (colloq), for fuck's sake! (vulg); (- asombro) good grief!, holy shit! (vulg)* * *viB (fam: en algunas regiones vulg)(fastidiar): lo hace sólo por joder he only does it to annoy o to be annoyinglo que me jode es tener que hacer el trabajo de ella what pisses me off is having to do her work (sl)¡no te jode! ( Esp fam): claro que no se lo di yo ¡no te jode! of course I didn't give it to him, what do you take me for? ( colloq)ahora quiere que se lo devuelva ¡no te jode! can you believe it! now she wants me to give it back! ( colloq)■ jodervtB (fam: en algunas regiones vulg)1 (molestar) to pester, bug ( colloq)2 (engañar) to rip … offC (fam: en algunas regiones vulg); ‹televisor/reloj› to fuck up ( vulg), to bugger up ( BrE sl); ‹planes› to screw o fuck up ( vulg), to cock up ( BrE sl)ahora sí que la hemos jodido now we've really screwed up! ( vulg), now we've really cocked things up! ( vulg), now we've really blown it! ( colloq)■ joderse(fam: en algunas regiones vulg)1(fastidiarse): y si no te gusta, te jodes and if you don't like it, tough shit! ( vulg), and if you don't like it, that's tough! o that's just too bad! ( colloq)ellos se enriquecen y nosotros nos jodemos they get rich and we can just go to hell ( colloq)¡hay que joderse! can you believe it!2 (dañar) ‹espalda› to do … in ( colloq), to bugger up ( BrE sl); ‹hígado/estómago› to mess up ( colloq), to bugger up ( BrE sl)¡se jodió el invento! ( Esp); well that's really done it!, now we've really screwed up! ( vulg), that's really cocked things up! ( BrE sl)( esp Esp fam: en algunas regiones vulg) (expresando fastidio) for heaven's sake! ( colloq), for fuck's sake! ( vulg); (expresando asombro) good grief!, jeez ( AmE colloq), holy shit! ( vulg), bloody hell! ( BrE sl)¡joder con …! (fam: en algunas regiones vulg): ¡joder con este frasco! no lo puedo abrir shit! I can't open this damned o ( BrE) bloody bottle! (sl)¡joder con el tío éste! se cree que lo sabe todo can you believe this guy! he really thinks he knows it all ( colloq)* * *
Multiple Entries:
joder
joder algo
joder 1 ( conjugate joder) verbo intransitivo
1 (vulg) ( copular) to screw (vulg), fuck (vulg)
2 (fam: en algunas regiones vulg) ( molestar) to annoy (sl);
verbo transitivo
1 (vulg) ( copular con) to screw (vulg), fuck (vulg)
2 (fam: en algunas regiones vulg)
3 (fam: en algunas regiones vulg) ‹televisor/reloj› to bust (colloq), to fuck up (vulg);
‹ planes› to mess up (colloq), to screw up (vulg);◊ joderla (fam) to screw up (vulg)
joderse verbo pronominal (fam: en algunas regiones vulg)a) ( jorobarse):◊ y si no te gusta, te jodes and if you don't like it, that's tough! (colloq)
‹hígado/estómago› to mess up (colloq)
◊ se ha jodido el motor the engine's had it (colloq)
joder 2 interjección (esp Esp fam: en algunas regiones vulg) ( expresando — fastidio) for heaven's sake! (colloq), for fuck's sake! (vulg);
(— asombro) good grief!, holy shit! (vulg)
joder
I vtr vulgar
1 (copular) to fuck
2 (fastidiar, incordiar) to annoy, piss off vulgar
3 (estropear) to screw up, botch, mess up
(un aparato) to break, bust familiar
II exclamación shit‚ for heaven's sake ➣ Ver nota en fuck
' joder' also found in these entries:
English:
fuck
* * *joder Vulg This word is generally considered vulgar in Spain. However, some uses would not be shocking even in Spain, and in most of Latin America it is regarded as a relatively mild swearword.♦ vtdeja de joder al gato stop being such a bastard to the cat;le encanta joder al personal he loves being a real bastard to people;joder vivo a alguien to well and truly fuck sb2. [disgustar] to piss off;no sabes cómo me jode o [m5] lo que me jode tener que madrugar you've no idea how much it pisses me off having to get up early3. [estropear] [fiesta, planes, relación] to screw (up), Br to bugger;el desgraciado ha jodido la economía del país the bastard has fucked up the country's economy o has made a fucking mess of the country's economy4. [romper] [objeto, aparato] to screw, Br to bugger;¡ya has jodido la tele! you've gone and fucked the TV now!5. [lesionar] [espalda, pierna] to screw, Br to bugger6. [traumatizar] to fuck up;a mí donde me jodieron bien fue en el orfanato they well and truly fucked me up at the orphanage7. Esp [quitar, sisar]me jodieron 2 euros por entrar al museo they really screwed me at the museum, it cost 2 euros to get in9. CompEsp Esp Esp¡como nos pille, la hemos jodido! if he catches us, we're in the shit o we're up shit creek (without a paddle);Esp¡no me jodas! no shit!, Br well, bugger me!;¿no me jodas que no te ha ayudado nadie? shit o Br bloody hell, didn't anybody help you?;Esp¡no te jode!, ahora nos viene con quejas shit o Br bloody hell, and now she's got the nerve to complain!;Espclaro que no me importaría ser millonario, ¡no te jode! would I like to be a millionaire? no shit! o Br too bloody right I would!;Esp Hum¡nos ha jodido mayo (con sus flores)!: dice que la empresa va bien, ¡nos ha jodido mayo con sus flores! he says the company is doing fine, he really must think we're a bunch of Br bloody o US goddamn morons!♦ vi1. [fastidiar]¡deja ya de joder con el mando a distancia! stop pissing around with the remote control!;¡cómo jode! it's a real bummer o bastard!;¡cómo jode cuando te dicen esas cosas! it really pisses me off when they say things like that!;¡no jodas! [incredulidad, sorpresa] no shit!, Br well, bugger me!;¿no jodas que esto lo has hecho tú solo? shit o Br bloody hell, did you really do this all by yourself?;lo hizo por joder he was just being a bastard;son ganas de joder he's just doing it to be a bastard3. Venque jode: [mucho] [m5]¡esta gente tiene plata que jode! those people are Br bloody o US goddamn loaded* * *I v/i vulgII v/t vulg3 L.Am. fam ( fastidiar) annoy, irritate;¡joder! fuck! vulg ;
См. также в других словарях:
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echarse un polvo — fornicar; copular; tener coito; tener sexo fugaz; cf. culiar, tirarse un polvo, echarse una cacha, echar un polvo, polvo; lo primero que hizo Aureleano Tejeros al salir de la cárcel fue dirigirse hacia las calles traseras del Barrio Estación… … Diccionario de chileno actual
echarse a volar — irse; no volver; retirarse; cf. rajar, virarse, echarse el pollo, echar a; echémonos a volar de este lugar, que no somos bienvenidos aquí , mis hijos se echaron a volar de aquí hace años; casi nunca me vienen a ver… … Diccionario de chileno actual
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Tierra — (Del lat. terra.) ► sustantivo femenino 1 ASTRONOMÍA Planeta del sistema solar habitado por las personas y los seres vivos. 2 GEOGRAFÍA Superficie del globo terrestre no cubierta por el mar: ■ desde la cubierta vimos tierra. 3 Materia inorgánica… … Enciclopedia Universal
echar — v tr (Se conjuga como amar) 1 Dar impulso a algo o a alguien para que vaya de un lugar a otro o para que caiga: Le echó la pelota , Se echó en sus brazos , Echan piedras al agua , Echaban bombas a la ciudad 2 Hacer que algo entre o caiga en el… … Español en México
a — 1. por medio de; a través de; con; se usa en general ante un sustantivo sin artículo, regularmente en plural, y que denota una modalidad violenta o descortés de la acción; cf. a lo que es, a puro, a combo limpio, a patada limpia, a grito pelado;… … Diccionario de chileno actual
Mundo — (Del lat. mundus.) ► sustantivo masculino 1 Conjunto de todo lo que existe: ■ de todo hay en este mundo. SINÓNIMO universo cosmos 2 ASTRONOMÍA, GEOGRAFÍA Tierra, planeta donde vivimos, y cualquier planeta: ■ está convencido de que hay vida en… … Enciclopedia Universal
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