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21 largo

adj.

1 long, lengthy.

2 tall.

3 largo.

intj.

get out, beat it, scram, get out of here.

m.

1 length.

2 largo, slow-paced musical movement.

pres.indicat.

1^st person singular (yo) present indicative of spanish verb: largar.

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largo

► adjetivo

1 (en longitud) long

■ me he comprado un vestido largo I've bought myself a long dress

2 (en extensión) long

■ esta redacción es demasiado larga this composition is too long

■ se me hizo muy larga la película I thought the film dragged on

■ hace largo tiempo de eso it's a long time now

3 (alto) tall

■ ¡qué largo está tu hijo! hasn't your son grown!

■ se cayó cuan larga era she fell flat on her face

4 (en cantidad) good

■ llevo una hora larga esperándote I've been waiting for you for over an hour

► nombre masculino largo

1 length

■ ¿qué mide de largo? how long is it?, what length is it?

2 (de tela) length

■ con dos largos te basta para una falda two lengths will be enough for a skirt

3 (de piscina) length, US lap

4 MÚSICA largo

► nombre femenino plural largas

1 (de vehículo) full beam, full headlights

■ llevas las largas puestas you've got full beam on

► interjección ¡largo!

1 familiar get out!

■ ¡largo de aquí! get out of here!

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FRASEOLOGÍA

a la larga in the long run

a lo largo lengthwise

■ mídelo a lo largo measure it lengthwise

a lo largo de along, throughout

■ a lo largo del año throughout the year

■ he aprendido mucho a lo largo de los años I've learned a lot over the years

dar largas a alguien to put somebody off

dar largas a algo to put off doing something

esto va para largo this is going to take a long time

ir de largo to wear a long dress

largo y tendido at length

ser más largo,-a que un día sin pan familiar to take ages, take forever

pasar de largo to pass by

tener para largo to be busy for a long time

■ ¿tienes para largo? will you be long?

venir de largo to go back a long way

vestir de largo to wear a long dress

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largo

► nombre masculino

1 length

■ ¿qué mide de largo? how long is it?, what length is it?

2 (de tela) length

■ con dos largos te basta para una falda two lengths will be enough for a skirt

3 (de piscina) length, US lap

4 MÚSICA largo

► nombre femenino plural

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1. noun m.
length
2. (f. - larga)
adj.

long

- a la larga
- a lo largo
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1. ADJ

1) [indicando longitud] [pasillo, pelo, uñas] long

el sofá es muy largo para esa pared — the sofa is too long for that wall

esa chaqueta te está o te queda larga — that jacket is too long for you

me gusta llevar el pelo largo — I like to wear my hair long

una camiseta interior de manga larga — a long-sleeved vest

• ser largo de piernas — to have long legs

• ponerse de largo — (=vestirse) to wear a long dress/skirt; (=debutar) to make one's début

¿hay que ponerse de largo para la cena? — do we have to wear evening dress to the dinner?

- ser largo de lengua
diente, luz, mano, puesta, vestir
2) [indicando distancia] [distancia, camino] long

nos queda todavía un largo camino — we still have a long way to go

un misil de largo alcance — a long-range missile

• pasar de largo — [persona, autobús] to go past; [momento, oportunidad] to go by

pasamos de largo por Valencia — we went straight past Valencia

no podemos dejar pasar de largo esta oportunidad — we can't let this opportunity go by

• de largo recorrido — [vuelo] long-haul antes de s ; [tren, autobús] long-distance antes de s

• seguir de largo — * (=no parar) to keep on going; (=pasar de lado) to pass by

3) [indicando duración] [espera, viaje, sílaba, película] long

es muy largo de contar — it's a long story

murió tras una larga enfermedad — he died after a lengthy o long illness

pasaron tres largos años — three long years went by

el resultado de largos años de investigación — the result of many years of research

• hacerse largo, no se me hizo nada larga la clase — the class didn't seem at all long to me

esta película se está haciendo larguísima — this film is really dragging on *

• para largo, la reunión va para largo — the meeting looks like being a long one, the meeting looks like going on for some time yet

cada vez que coge el teléfono tiene para largo — every time he picks up the phone he stays on it for ages

tengo para largo hasta que termine — I've got a long way to go before I finish

• a largo plazo — in the long term

• venir de largo, este problema viene de largo — this problem goes back a long way, this problem started way back *

- hablar largo y tendido sobre algo

tú y yo tenemos que hablar largo y tendido — you and I have to have a long talk

- ser más largo que un día sin pan

4) (=indicando exceso) good

tardó media hora larga — he took a good half-hour

un kilo largo de uvas — just over a kilo of grapes

5) * [persona] tall

tú que eres tan largo, alcánzame ese tarro — you're tall, can you reach that jar for me?

se cayó al suelo cuan largo era † o todo lo largo que era — he fell flat on his face, he measured his length on the floor †

6) [locuciones]

• a lo largo — (=longitudinalmente) lengthways; (=a lo lejos) (far away) in the distance

corté la tabla a lo largo — I sawed the board lengthways

échate a lo largo — stretch yourself full out

se ve un pico a lo largo — (far away) in the distance you can see a mountain peak

• a lo largo de — [+ río, pared] along; [+ día, mes, año] all through, throughout

viajó a lo largo y a lo ancho de Europa — he travelled the length and breadth of Europe

había palmeras a lo largo de todo el paseo marítimo — there were palm trees all along the promenade

a lo largo de los últimos años hemos viajado mucho — we have travelled a lot over the last few years

trabajó mucho a lo largo de su vida — she worked hard all through o throughout her life

el tiempo mejorará a lo largo de la semana — the weather will improve in the course of the week

• a lo más largo — at the most

7) Esp * (=astuto) sharp

es un tío muy largo — he's a very sharp guy

8) Esp (=generoso) generous

tirar de largo — to be extravagant

9) Esp [cuerda] loose, slack

10) Esp (Agr) [cosecha] abundant, plentiful

2. SM

1) (=longitud) length

¿cuánto tiene de largo? — how long is it?, what's its length?

tiene nueve metros de largo — it is nine metres long

2) (=unidad de medida) [de falda, piscina] length; [de cortina] drop

largo de pernera — leg length

hice diez largos seguidos — I swam ten lengths without stopping

3) (Cine) (tb: largometraje) feature film

4) (Mús) largo

3.

ADV *

¡largo (de aquí)! — clear off!, get lost!

* * *
I
- ga adjetivo

1)

a) <palo/camino/pasillo> long; <pelo/piernas/ropa> long

una camisa de manga larga — a long-sleeved shirt

me está largo — it's too long (for me)

se cayó cuan largo era — he fell flat on his face

b) (en locs)

a lo largo — <cortar/partir> lengthways

a lo largo de — (de camino, río) along; (de jornada, novela) throughout

a lo largo de su vida — in the course of her life

a lo largo de la semana — in the course of the week

a lo largo y ancho del país — throughout the country

de largo — vestirse to wear a long skirt/dress; ponerse debutante to come out

2) ( extenso) long; <novela/sílaba> long

el día se me ha hecho muy largo — it's been a long day

es muy largo de contar — it's a long story

un tren de largo recorrido — a long-distance train

ir para largo — (fam)

va para largo — it's going to be a while yet

largo y tendido — at great length

3) ( en expresiones de cantidad)

una hora larga — a good hour

tres metros largos — a good three meters
II
masculino

1) ( longitud) length

¿cuánto mide de largo? — how long is it?

3 metros de largo — 3 meters long

2) ( en natación) lap (AmE), length (BrE)

3) (Mús) largo
III
interjección (fam) tb

largo de aquí! — get out of here!

* * *

= lengthy [lengthier -comp., lengthiest -sup.], long [longer -comp., longest -sup.], protracted, circuitous, floor-length.

Ex. Informative abstract tend to be relatively lengthy.

Ex. Uneven allocation will lead to some subjects having relatively short notation at the expense of others with relatively long notation.

Ex. This project should soon become operational after a somewhat protracted developmental period.

Ex. The printed indexes provided are difficult to use and do not give enough detail, resulting in lengthy and sometimes circuitous searches for required information.

Ex. This floor-length wedding dress is made of fine apple green taffeta, high waisted, with a small train, and the bodice lined with coarse white linen.

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* a la larga = in the long term, in the long run, eventually, for the long pull, over a period of time, over the long run.

* a largo plazo = in the long run, over the long run, long-run, in the far term, far-term.

* a lo largo de = down.

* a lo largo de + Expresión Temporal = sometime + Expresión Temporal.

* a lo largo de la historia = over time.

* a lo largo de la ruta = along the way.

* a lo largo del tiempo = longitudinal, longitudinally.

* a lo largo de todo = the entire length of.

* a lo largo y ancho del país = countrywide [country-wide].

* a lo largo y ancho de + Lugar = up and down + Lugar.

* a más largo plazo = longer-term.

* aprendizaje a lo largo de la vida = lifelong learning.

* a todo lo largo de = the length of.

* camino largo y tortuoso = long and winding road.

* con las manos muy largas = light-fingered.

* dar largas = stonewall, play for + time.

* darle largas = play + Nombre + along.

* darle largas a Algo = drag + Posesivo + feet, drag + Posesivo + heels.

* de cuerpo largo = long-bodied.

* de hojas largas = long-leaved.

* de larga distancia = long-distance.

* de larga duración = long-lasting, feature-length.

* de mangas largas = long-sleeved.

* de talle largo = high waisted.

* de tiros largos = dressed (up) to the nines.

* hacer largos = swim + laps.

* iguales de largo = of equal length.

* incentivo laboral a largo plazo = golden handcuffs.

* larga distancia = long haul.

* larga duración = longevity.

* larga puesta de sol = lingering sunset.

* largas distancias = large distances.

* largo atardecer = lingering sunset.

* largos períodos de tiempo = long periods of time.

* largo y delgado = spindly [spindlier -comp., spindliest -sup.].

* largo y tendido = long and protracted.

* llamada de larga distancia = long-distance call.

* llamada telefónica de larga distancia = long-distance (tele)phone call.

* LP (disco de larga duración) = LP (long play record).

* más largo que un día sin pan = as long as (my/your) arm.

* meter de largo = take up.

* nadar largos = swim + laps.

* Número + de largo = Número + long.

* pantalones largos = long pants.

* pasar de largo = bypass [by-pass].

* pasar de largo rápidamente = race + past.

* que viene de largo = long-running.

* tener una larga historia = extend + far back, stretch + far back in time.

* tener una larga trayectoria de = have + a long story of, have + a track record of.

* tener un día muy largo = have + a long day.

* una yarda de largo = a yard long.

* y un largo etcétera = and so on and so forth, and so on, and so on....

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I
- ga adjetivo

1)

a) <palo/camino/pasillo> long; <pelo/piernas/ropa> long

una camisa de manga larga — a long-sleeved shirt

me está largo — it's too long (for me)

se cayó cuan largo era — he fell flat on his face

b) (en locs)

a lo largo — <cortar/partir> lengthways

a lo largo de — (de camino, río) along; (de jornada, novela) throughout

a lo largo de su vida — in the course of her life

a lo largo de la semana — in the course of the week

a lo largo y ancho del país — throughout the country

de largo — vestirse to wear a long skirt/dress; ponerse debutante to come out

2) ( extenso) long; <novela/sílaba> long

el día se me ha hecho muy largo — it's been a long day

es muy largo de contar — it's a long story

un tren de largo recorrido — a long-distance train

ir para largo — (fam)

va para largo — it's going to be a while yet

largo y tendido — at great length

3) ( en expresiones de cantidad)

una hora larga — a good hour

tres metros largos — a good three meters
II
masculino

1) ( longitud) length

¿cuánto mide de largo? — how long is it?

3 metros de largo — 3 meters long

2) ( en natación) lap (AmE), length (BrE)

3) (Mús) largo
III
interjección (fam) tb

largo de aquí! — get out of here!

* * *

= lengthy [lengthier -comp., lengthiest -sup.], long [longer -comp., longest -sup.], protracted, circuitous, floor-length.

Ex: Informative abstract tend to be relatively lengthy.

Ex: Uneven allocation will lead to some subjects having relatively short notation at the expense of others with relatively long notation.

Ex: This project should soon become operational after a somewhat protracted developmental period.

Ex: The printed indexes provided are difficult to use and do not give enough detail, resulting in lengthy and sometimes circuitous searches for required information.

Ex: This floor-length wedding dress is made of fine apple green taffeta, high waisted, with a small train, and the bodice lined with coarse white linen.

* a la larga = in the long term, in the long run, eventually, for the long pull, over a period of time, over the long run.

* a largo plazo = in the long run, over the long run, long-run, in the far term, far-term.

* a lo largo de = down.

* a lo largo de + Expresión Temporal = sometime + Expresión Temporal.

* a lo largo de la historia = over time.

* a lo largo de la ruta = along the way.

* a lo largo del tiempo = longitudinal, longitudinally.

* a lo largo de todo = the entire length of.

* a lo largo y ancho del país = countrywide [country-wide].

* a lo largo y ancho de + Lugar = up and down + Lugar.

* a más largo plazo = longer-term.

* aprendizaje a lo largo de la vida = lifelong learning.

* a todo lo largo de = the length of.

* camino largo y tortuoso = long and winding road.

* con las manos muy largas = light-fingered.

* dar largas = stonewall, play for + time.

* darle largas = play + Nombre + along.

* darle largas a Algo = drag + Posesivo + feet, drag + Posesivo + heels.

* de cuerpo largo = long-bodied.

* de hojas largas = long-leaved.

* de larga distancia = long-distance.

* de larga duración = long-lasting, feature-length.

* de mangas largas = long-sleeved.

* de talle largo = high waisted.

* de tiros largos = dressed (up) to the nines.

* hacer largos = swim + laps.

* iguales de largo = of equal length.

* incentivo laboral a largo plazo = golden handcuffs.

* larga distancia = long haul.

* larga duración = longevity.

* larga puesta de sol = lingering sunset.

* largas distancias = large distances.

* largo atardecer = lingering sunset.

* largos períodos de tiempo = long periods of time.

* largo y delgado = spindly [spindlier -comp., spindliest -sup.].

* largo y tendido = long and protracted.

* llamada de larga distancia = long-distance call.

* llamada telefónica de larga distancia = long-distance (tele)phone call.

* LP (disco de larga duración) = LP (long play record).

* más largo que un día sin pan = as long as (my/your) arm.

* meter de largo = take up.

* nadar largos = swim + laps.

* Número + de largo = Número + long.

* pantalones largos = long pants.

* pasar de largo = bypass [by-pass].

* pasar de largo rápidamente = race + past.

* que viene de largo = long-running.

* tener una larga historia = extend + far back, stretch + far back in time.

* tener una larga trayectoria de = have + a long story of, have + a track record of.

* tener un día muy largo = have + a long day.

* una yarda de largo = a yard long.

* y un largo etcétera = and so on and so forth, and so on, and so on....

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largo¹ -ga

adjective

A

1 ‹camino/pasillo› long; ‹pelo/uñas/piernas› long; ‹falda/pantalones› long

una camisa de manga larga a long-sleeved shirt

las mangas me quedan largas the sleeves are too long (for me)

se cayó cuan largo era he fell flat on his face

es un tío muy largo ( fam); he's very tall o ( colloq) lanky

2 ( en locs):

a lo largo ‹cortar/partir› lengthwise, lengthways

a lo largo de (de un camino, río) along; (de una jornada, novela) throughout

los libros que publicó a lo largo de su vida the books she published during her lifetime o in the course of her life

tras los incidentes que se han producido a lo largo de la semana following the incidents which have taken place in the course of the week

a lo largo y ancho del continente americano all over o throughout the American continent, the length and breadth of the American continent

ponerse de largo to wear a long skirt/dress; (como debutante) to come out

B ‹espera/viaje/visita› long; ‹conferencia/novela› long; ‹vocal/sílaba› long

la semana se me ha hecho muy larga it's been a long week

un juicio que se está haciendo muy largo a trial which is going on for a long time o dragging on

les unía una larga amistad they had been friends for a long time

es muy largo de contar it's a long story

un tren de largo recorrido a long-distance train

plazo, alcance

ir para largo ( fam): parece que va para largo it looks like it's going to be a while yet o to go on for a while yet

largo y tendido at great length

hablaron largo y tendido sobre el tema they discussed the topic at great length, they had a lengthy discussion on the subject

pasar or seguir de largo to go straight past

ser más largo que un día sin pan or ( RPl) que esperanza de pobre ( fam); to take forever ( colloq)

venir de largo to go back a long way

esa disputa ya viene de largo that dispute goes back a long way o has been going on for a long time, that is a longstanding dispute

C

(en expresiones de cantidad): media hora larga a good half-hour

tres kilómetros largos a good three kilometers

largo²

masculine

A

1 (longitud) length

¿cuánto mide or tiene de largo? what length is it?, how long is it?

3 metros de ancho por 2 de largo 2 meters long by 3 meters wide

el largo de un vestido the length of a dress

2 (en costura) length

3 (en natación) lap ( AmE), length ( BrE)

B ( Mús) largo

largo³

interjection

( fam) tb

¡largo de aquí! go away!, get out of here!

* * *

Del verbo largar: ( conjugate largar)

largo es:

1ª persona singular (yo) presente indicativo

largó es:

3ª persona singular (él/ella/usted) pretérito indicativo

Multiple Entries:
largar
largo
largar ( conjugate largar) verbo transitivo
1
a) (Náut) ‹amarras/cabo› to let out, pay out

b) (RPl) (soltar, dejar caer) to let … go

2 ‹discurso/sermón› to give;
‹palabrota/insulto› to let fly
3 (fam) ( despedir) to fire, to give … the boot (colloq);
‹ novio› to ditch
4 (CS, Méx) (Dep) ‹ pelota› to throw;
‹ carrera› to start
largarse verbo pronominal
a) (fam) ( irse) to beat it (colloq);

◊ ¡yo me largo! I'm taking off! (AmE), I'm off! (BrE) (colloq)

b) (CS fam) ( empezar) to start, get going (colloq);

largose a hacer algo to start to do sth, to start doing sth
largo 1
◊ -ga adjetivo

a) ( en general) long;

◊ me queda largo it's too long (for me);

es muy largo de contar it's a long story;
un tren de largo recorrido a long-distance train
b) ( en locs)

◊ a lo largo ‹cortar/partir› lengthways;

a lo largo de (de camino, río) along;

(de jornada, novela) throughout;
(de una semana, vida) in the course of;
◊ de largo ‹ vestirse› to wear a long skirt/dress;

ver tb pasar I 1a;
va para largo (fam) it's going to be a while
largo 2 sustantivo masculino
a) ( longitud) length;

◊ ¿cuánto mide de largo? how long is it?

b) ( en natación) lap (AmE), length (BrE)

■ interjección (fam) tb
◊ ¡largo de aquí! get out of here!

largar verbo transitivo
1 familiar to give
2 fam (expulsar, despedir) to sack
largo,-a
I adjetivo
1 (con longitud superior a la normal) long
2 (con duración superior a la normal) long, lengthy: es una película muy larga, it's a very long film
se me hizo larga la espera, the wait dragged
la conferencia duró tres horas largas, the lecture lasted for a good three hours
II sustantivo masculino
1 (longitud) length: ¿cuánto tiene de largo?, how long is it?
2 Natación length
3 Mús largo
III adverbio largo, at length: hablaremos largo (y tendido) de ello, we'll talk at length about it
♦ Locuciones: a lo largo de, (longitud) along
(tiempo) through
a la larga, in the long run
va para largo, it's going to go on a long time
familiar ¡largo (de aquí)!, clear off!

' largo' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
alquilar
- ampliar
- caña
- constante
- de
- escaramuza
- exilio
- larga
- monótona
- monótono
- pasar
- puesta
- rato
- recorrido
- remo
- sacar
- tren
- alcance
- bordear
- compensar
- contar
- conversar
- detenido
- doble
- fuete
- gabán
- ir
- largar
- litoral
- longitud
- medio
- medir
- pelucón
- plazo
- por
- quedar
- salto
- seguir
- tener
- traje
- vida
- zapallito
English:
along
- applicant
- arm
- bracing
- bus
- by
- coat
- delinquency
- down
- ear
- flowing
- forward
- full-length
- gown
- hop
- howl
- length
- lengthways
- lengthwise
- lengthy
- long
- long-distance
- long-range
- long-term
- pass along
- pass by
- plough through
- protracted
- quite
- race along
- ride
- short
- span
- story
- term
- tour
- trek
- walk off
- walk with
- with
- woodwork
- back
- coast
- drag
- draw
- fight
- full
- gauntlet
- -ish
- knee

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largo, -a

♦ adj

1. [en el espacio] long;

lleva el pelo largo she has long hair;

un misil de largo alcance a long-range missile;

un vestido largo a long dress;

unos pantalones largos long Br trousers o US pants;

me está o [m5] queda largo it's too long for me;

vestirse de largo to wear evening dress

2. [en el tiempo] long;

estuvo enfermo largo tiempo he was ill for a long time;

los parados de larga duración the long-term unemployed;

vivió allí largos años she lived there for many years;

es largo de contar/explicar it's a long story;

la película se me hizo muy larga the movie o Br film seemed to drag on forever;

la espera fue muy larga it was a very long wait

3. [sobrado]
media hora larga a good half hour;

debió de costar un millón largo it must have cost a million and then some;

tiene setenta años largos she's well into her seventies

4. Fam [alto] tall;

¡qué tipo más largo! that guy's really tall

5.
a lo largo [en espacio] lengthways, lengthwise;

es más fácil si lo cortas a lo largo it's easier if you cut it lengthways o lengthwise;

a lo largo de [en el tiempo] throughout;

a lo largo de veinte años nunca había visto algo así in twenty years I'd never seen such a thing;

recibimos varias llamadas a lo largo del día de ayer we received several calls throughout yesterday;

el virus se extendió a lo largo y ancho del país the virus spread throughout the country;

han construido numerosos hoteles a lo largo de la costa they've built several hotels all along the coast

6. Comp
Fam
ser más largo que un día sin pan [de duración] to go on forever;
[de estatura] to be a giant; RP
ser más largo que esperanza de pobre to go on forever

7. Esp larga duración long-life;
CSur, Ecuad larga vida long-life
♦ adv

1. [largamente]
un asunto sobre el que hemos hablado largo a matter that we have discussed at length;

esta huelga va para largo this strike looks like it's going to be with us for a while yet;

Comp

largo y tendido: habló largo y tendido sobre su último disco she talked at great length about her latest record;

ha escrito largo y tendido sobre el asunto he has written extensively on the matter

2. Mús largo

♦ nm

1. [longitud] length;

¿cuánto mide o [m5]tiene de largo?, ¿cómo es de largo? how long is it?;

tiene dos metros de largo it's two metres long

2. [de piscina] length;

hacerse tres largos to swim o do three lengths

3. Fam [largometraje] feature

4. Mús largo

♦ interj

go away!;

¡largo de aquí! get out (of here)!

* * *

largo

I adj long; persona tall;

esto va para largo this will take some time;

pasar de largo go (straight) past;

tener setenta años largos be a good seventy years old

II m length;

tener tres metros de largo be three meters long;

poner a alguien de largo dress s.o. in a long dress

III int

:

¡largo (de aquí)! get out of here!;

¡largo! fam scram! fam

IV

:

a la larga in the long run;

largo y tendido at great length;

a lo largo del día throughout the day;

a lo largo de muchos años over the course of many years;

a lo largo de la calle along the street

* * *

largo, -ga adj

1) : long

2)

a lo largo : lengthwish

3)

a lo largo de : along

4)

a la larga : in the long run

largo nm

: length

tres metros de largo: three meters long

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largo¹ adj long

en verano los días son largos the days are long in summer

ese pantalón te está muy largo those trousers are too long for you

a lo largo lengthwise

a lo largo de (espacio) along (tiempo) during

a lo largo del río along the river

a lo largo de su vida during his life

pasar de largo to go straight past

largo² n length

midió el largo de la falda she measured the length of the skirt

mide siete metros de largo it's seven metres long

nada unos cuarenta largos cada día she swims forty lengths every day

Spanish-English dictionary > largo
22 lechón

m.

piglet, suckling pig, sucking pig, gilt.

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lechón

► nombre masculino

1 (animal) piglet; (en cocina) sucking pig

* * *

lechón, -ona
SM / F
1) (=cochinillo) piglet; (Culin) sucking pig, suckling pig (EEUU)

2) (=desaseado) pig *, slob *

* * *

- chona masculino, femenino

a) (Agr) piglet

b) lechón masculino (Coc) ( cochinillo) suckling o sucking pig

* * *

= piglet.

Ex. The author studies medieval representations of Saint Anthony Abbot and his accompanying piglet on a halter.

* * *

- chona masculino, femenino

a) (Agr) piglet

b) lechón masculino (Coc) ( cochinillo) suckling o sucking pig

* * *

= piglet.

Ex: The author studies medieval representations of Saint Anthony Abbot and his accompanying piglet on a halter.

* * *

lechón - chona

masculine, feminine

A (cerdo)

1 ( Agr) piglet

2

lechón masculine ( Coc) (cochinillo) suckling o sucking pig

B (persona) ( fam); dirty slob ( colloq), filthy pig ( colloq)

* * *

lechón sustantivo masculino (Coc) ( cochinillo) suckling o sucking pig
lechón sustantivo masculino suckling pig ➣ Ver nota en cerdo
' lechón' also found in these entries:
English:
piglet
- suckling pig

* * *

lechón¹ nm

1. [cerdo que mama] suckling pig

2. [cerdo macho] boar

lechón², -ona adj
Ecuad muy Fam Br bloody o US goddamn lucky
* * *

lechón

m suckling pig, sucking pig

* * *

lechón, - chona n, mpl

lechones : suckling pig

Spanish-English dictionary > lechón
23 licencia

f.

1 license, permit (document).

licencia de armas/caza gun/hunting license

licencia de conducir driving license ( Carib, Chilean Spanish, Ecuadoran Spanish Méx Br), driver's license (United States)

licencia para conducir driving license ( Carib, Chilean Spanish, Ecuadoran Spanish Méx Br), driver's license (United States)

licencia de exportación/importación export/import license

licencia fiscal = official authorization to practice a profession

licencia de manejar o manejo driving license (Mexican SpanishBr), driver's license (United States)

licencia de obras planning permission

licencia poética poetic license

2 leave (military).

licencia absoluta discharge

3 leave. ( Latin American Spanish)

4 liberty.

tomarse licencias con alguien to take liberties with somebody

pres.indicat.

3^rd person singular (él/ella/ello) present indicative of spanish verb: licenciar.

* * *

licencia

► nombre femenino

1 (permiso) licence (US license), permission

2 (documento) licence (US license), permit

3 MILITAR discharge

\

FRASEOLOGÍA

tomarse la licencia de to take the licence (US license) to

licencia fiscal tax paid by businesses and the self-employed in order to operate legally

licencia poética poetic licence (US license)

* * *

noun f.

1) permission

2) franchise

3) license

4) permit

* * *

SF

1) (=documento) licence, license (EEUU)

licencia de armas — gun licence, gun permit (EEUU)

licencia de caza — game licence, hunting permit

licencia de conducir, licencia de conductor — driving licence, driver's license (EEUU)

licencia de construcción — ≈ planning permission

licencia de exportación — (Com) export licence

licencia de manejar — LAm driving licence, driver's license (EEUU)

licencia de matrimonio — marriage licence

licencia de obras — building permit, planning permission

licencia de piloto, licencia de vuelo — pilot's licence

licencia fiscal — registration with the Spanish Inland Revenue necessary for any commercial activity

2) (Mil) leave, furlough (EEUU)

3) [de trabajo] leave

estar de licencia — to be on leave

ir de licencia — to go on leave

licencia absoluta — discharge

licencia de maternidad — maternity leave

licencia honrosa — honourable discharge

licencia por enfermedad — sick leave

licencia sin sueldo — unpaid leave

4) frm (=permiso) permission

sin mi licencia — without my permission

dar su licencia — to give one's permission, grant permission

5) (=libertinaje) licence

6) (Literat)

licencia poética — poetic licence

7) (Univ) † degree

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femenino

1) ( documento) license*

- licencia de armas

- licencia de caza

- licencia de conducir or de manejar

- licencia de exportación/importación

- licencia de obras

- licencia de pesca

2)

a) (frml) (permiso, beneplácito) permission

b) (ant) (libertad, confianza) liberty

- licencia poética

3)

a) (Mil) leave

con licencia — on leave

b) (AmL) ( de un trabajo) leave

estar de licencia — to be on leave

•

- licencia absoluta

- licencia por enfermedad/maternidad

* * *

= licence [license, -USA], leave pass, franchise, license [licence, -USA], licensing, licensing agreement, licensing arrangement, licensure, permit.

Ex. They were a kind of localized office for the city government and would take on routine tasks like receiving license applications, although main function was to provide information.

Ex. Thus a letter home from a common soldier on the eve of a great battle is likely to be of considerably more interest to the historian than a leave pass signed by the commanding general of one of the armies involved.

Ex. The Condensed Books series holds a unique and ubiquitous book publishing franchise that has vanquished all competitors.

Ex. The use of electronic information everywhere in the world is usually defined and described by contractual agreements, otherwise known as licenses = El uso de la información electrónica en todo el mundo normalmente se define y describe mediante acuerdos contractuales que se conocen como licencias.

Ex. Licensing is increasing in importance as a means of gaining access to commercially available digital information = Las licencias están creciendo en importancia como forma de acceder a información digital comercial.

Ex. The article 'Licence at your own risk' describes the complexities of negotiating licensing agreements.

Ex. Some publishers are entering into longterm, multiproperty licensing arrangements, while others participate in television coproductions and seek synergies with sister companies.

Ex. Only through formal certification or licensure will librarians achieve the consistently high level of performance necessary to command the confidence and respect accorded a profession.

Ex. The author discusses the role of the National Library of Nigeria as distributing agent and considers the problem surrounding the issue of a special permit for shipments into Nigeria.

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* acuerdo de licencia = licensing agreement, licensing arrangement.

* conceder licencia = grant + license.

* conceder licencia de comercialización = license [licence, -USA].

* conceder una licencia = issue + licence.

* condiciones de la licencia = licence terms, licence terms and conditions.

* con licencia para vender bebidas alcohólicas = licensed.

* derechos de licencia = licensing rights.

* distribuidor que concede licencias = licensor.

* incluir licencia de uso en sobre cerrado = shrink-wrap [shrinkwrap].

* incumplimiento de licencia = breach of license agreement.

* licencia a ciegas = shrink-wrap licence [shrinkwrap licence], shrink-wrapped licence [shrinkwrapped licence].

* licencia colectiva = collective licensing.

* licencia comercial = trading licence.

* licencia corporativa = collective licensing.

* licencia de acceso = subscription license.

* licencia de acceso a información electrónica = license [licence, -USA], licensing.

* licencia de armas = firearm licence.

* licencia de caza = hunting licence, shooting licence.

* licencia de pesca = fishing licence.

* licencia de tenencia de armas = firearm licence.

* licencia de uso = licence agreement.

* licencia educativa = educational licence.

* licencia en sobre hermético = shrink-wrap licence [shrinkwrap licence], shrink-wrapped licence [shrinkwrapped licence].

* licencia estándar = boilerplate licensing.

* licencia fiscal = trading licence.

* licencia para matar = licence to kill.

* licencias corporativas = site licensing.

* sin licencia = unlicensed.

* términos y condiciones de la licencia = licence terms and conditions, licence terms.

* titular de una licencia = licensee.

* * *

femenino

1) ( documento) license*

- licencia de armas

- licencia de caza

- licencia de conducir or de manejar

- licencia de exportación/importación

- licencia de obras

- licencia de pesca

2)

a) (frml) (permiso, beneplácito) permission

b) (ant) (libertad, confianza) liberty

- licencia poética

3)

a) (Mil) leave

con licencia — on leave

b) (AmL) ( de un trabajo) leave

estar de licencia — to be on leave

•

- licencia absoluta

- licencia por enfermedad/maternidad

* * *

= licence [license, -USA], leave pass, franchise, license [licence, -USA], licensing, licensing agreement, licensing arrangement, licensure, permit.

Ex: They were a kind of localized office for the city government and would take on routine tasks like receiving license applications, although main function was to provide information.

Ex: Thus a letter home from a common soldier on the eve of a great battle is likely to be of considerably more interest to the historian than a leave pass signed by the commanding general of one of the armies involved.

Ex: The Condensed Books series holds a unique and ubiquitous book publishing franchise that has vanquished all competitors.

Ex: The use of electronic information everywhere in the world is usually defined and described by contractual agreements, otherwise known as licenses = El uso de la información electrónica en todo el mundo normalmente se define y describe mediante acuerdos contractuales que se conocen como licencias.

Ex: Licensing is increasing in importance as a means of gaining access to commercially available digital information = Las licencias están creciendo en importancia como forma de acceder a información digital comercial.

Ex: The article 'Licence at your own risk' describes the complexities of negotiating licensing agreements.

Ex: Some publishers are entering into longterm, multiproperty licensing arrangements, while others participate in television coproductions and seek synergies with sister companies.

Ex: Only through formal certification or licensure will librarians achieve the consistently high level of performance necessary to command the confidence and respect accorded a profession.

Ex: The author discusses the role of the National Library of Nigeria as distributing agent and considers the problem surrounding the issue of a special permit for shipments into Nigeria.

* acuerdo de licencia = licensing agreement, licensing arrangement.

* conceder licencia = grant + license.

* conceder licencia de comercialización = license [licence, -USA].

* conceder una licencia = issue + licence.

* condiciones de la licencia = licence terms, licence terms and conditions.

* con licencia para vender bebidas alcohólicas = licensed.

* derechos de licencia = licensing rights.

* distribuidor que concede licencias = licensor.

* incluir licencia de uso en sobre cerrado = shrink-wrap [shrinkwrap].

* incumplimiento de licencia = breach of license agreement.

* licencia a ciegas = shrink-wrap licence [shrinkwrap licence], shrink-wrapped licence [shrinkwrapped licence].

* licencia colectiva = collective licensing.

* licencia comercial = trading licence.

* licencia corporativa = collective licensing.

* licencia de acceso = subscription license.

* licencia de acceso a información electrónica = license [licence, -USA], licensing.

* licencia de armas = firearm licence.

* licencia de caza = hunting licence, shooting licence.

* licencia de pesca = fishing licence.

* licencia de tenencia de armas = firearm licence.

* licencia de uso = licence agreement.

* licencia educativa = educational licence.

* licencia en sobre hermético = shrink-wrap licence [shrinkwrap licence], shrink-wrapped licence [shrinkwrapped licence].

* licencia estándar = boilerplate licensing.

* licencia fiscal = trading licence.

* licencia para matar = licence to kill.

* licencias corporativas = site licensing.

* sin licencia = unlicensed.

* términos y condiciones de la licencia = licence terms and conditions, licence terms.

* titular de una licencia = licensee.

* * *

licencia

feminine

A (documento) license*

Compuestos:

● licencia de armas

gun permit ( AmE), gun licence ( BrE), license* to carry firearms

● licencia de caza

hunting permit

● licencia de conducción or de conducir

driver's license ( AmE), driving licence ( BrE)

● licencia de exportación

export license*

● licencia de importación

import license*

● licencia de manejar or de manejo

(AmC, Méx, Ven) licencia de conducir

● licencia de obras

planning permission

● licencia de pesca

fishing license* o permit

● licencia fiscal

fee paid to the government by lawyers, doctors, etc for the right to practice their profession

● licencia internacional de conducción

international driver’s license( AmE), international driving licence ( BrE)

B

1 ( frml) (permiso, beneplácito) permission

¿da usted su licencia? do you give your permission o consent?, do I have your permission?

pidió licencia para verlo she asked permission to see it

2 ( ant) (libertad, confianza) liberty

Compuesto:

licencia poética

poetic license*

C

1 ( Mil) leave

viene a casa con licencia he's coming home on leave

2 ( AmL) (de un trabajo) leave

le dan 20 días de licencia anual he gets 20 days' annual leave

está de licencia she's on leave

Compuestos:

● licencia absoluta

absolute discharge

● licencia por enfermedad/maternidad

( RPl) sick/maternity leave

* * *

Del verbo licenciar: ( conjugate licenciar)

licencia es:

3ª persona singular (él/ella/usted) presente indicativo

2ª persona singular (tú) imperativo

Multiple Entries:
licencia
licenciar
licencia sustantivo femenino
1 ( documento) license^{( conjugate license)};
◊ licencia de caza hunting permit;

licencia de conducir or (AmC, Méx, Ven) de manejar driver's license (AmE), driving licence (BrE)
2
a) (Mil) leave;

◊ con licencia on leave

b) (AmL) ( de un trabajo) leave;

◊ estar de licencia to be on leave

licenciar ( conjugate licenciar) verbo transitivo ‹ soldado› to discharge
licenciarse verbo pronominal [ estudiante] to graduate
licencia sustantivo femenino
1 (autorización) permission
licencia poética, poetic licence
2 (documento oficial) permit, licence, US license
licencia de armas, gun licence
LAm Auto driving licence, US driver's license
3 (exceso de libertad, confianza) licence, US license, freedom: se toma demasiadas licencias, he takes too many liberties
licenciar vtr Mil to discharge
' licencia' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
tramitar
- pase
- solicitud
- vencimiento
English:
honourable discharge
- interlope
- leave
- licence
- driver's license
- furlough
- holiday
- license
- permit
- sick
- television
- vacation

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licencia nf

1. [documento] licence, permit;
[de software, vídeo] licence agreement
Comp
licencia de armas gun licence;
licencia artística artistic licence;

licencia de caza hunting licence o permit;
Carib, Chile, Ecuad licencia de conducir Br driving licence, US driver's license; Méx licencia para conducir Br driving licence, US driver's license; Méx licencia de conductor Br driving licence, US driver's license;
licencia de exportación export licence;

licencia fiscal = official authorization to practise a profession;

licencia de importación import licence;
Méx licencia de manejo Br driving licence, US driver's license;
licencia de obras planning permission;

licencia de pesca fishing permit

2. [eclesiástica] [para predicar] licence;
[para publicar un texto] imprimatur
3. [autorización] permission;

dar licencia to give permission;
Méx
con licencia [con permiso] if I may, if you'll excuse me;
Méx
con licencia, ¿puedo pasar? may I come in?

4. [en el ejército] leave

Comp
licencia absoluta discharge
5. Am [en el trabajo] leave;

estar de licencia to be off work

Comp
RP licencia por enfermedad sick leave; RP licencia por maternidad maternity leave
6. [libertad] liberty;

me he permitido la licencia de venir sin llamar I took the liberty of coming without calling first;

tomarse licencias con alguien to take liberties with sb

Comp
Lit licencia métrica metrical licence o freedom; Lit licencia poética poetic licence
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licencia

f

1 permit, license, Br

licence

2 ( permiso) permission

3 MIL leave

4

:

tomarse demasiadas licencias take liberties

5 L.Am.
AUTO license, Br
licence

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licencia nf

1) : permission

2) : leave, leave of absence

3) : permit, license

licencia de conducir: driver's license

* * *

licencia n licence

Spanish-English dictionary > licencia
24 llamada

f.

1 call.

llamada de atención warning

llamada de socorro distress signal

2 (phone) call.

hacer una llamada to make a (phone) call

tienes dos llamadas en el contestador you have two messages on your answering machine

llamada a cobro revertido reverse-charge call (AmBr), collect call (United States)

llamada por cobrar reverse-charge call (AmBr), collect call (United States)

llamada en espera call waiting

llamada interurbana long-distance o national call (British)

llamada local local call

llamada urbana local call

3 reference mark.

past part.

past participle of spanish verb: llamar.

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llamada

► nombre femenino

1 (gen) call

2 (a la puerta) knock, ring

3 (en texto) reference mark

\

FRASEOLOGÍA

llamada interurbana long-distance call

llamada telefónica telephone call, phone call

llamada urbana local call

* * *

noun f.

call

* * *

SF

1) (Telec) call

gracias por su llamada — thank you for your call

ahora le paso la llamada — I'll put you through now

• devolver una llamada — to phone back

• hacer una llamada — to make a call

desde este teléfono no se pueden hacer llamadas al extranjero — you can't make international calls from this telephone

¿puedo hacer una llamada? — can I use your phone?, can I make a call?

llamada a cobro revertido — reverse charge call, collect call (EEUU)

llamada a larga distancia, llamada de larga distancia — LAm long-distance call, trunk call

llamada internacional — international call

llamada interprovincial — call made between towns in different provinces

llamada interurbana — call made between different towns within the same province

llamada local, llamada metropolitana — local call

llamada nacional — national call

llamada por cobrar Chile, Méx —
= llamada a cobro revertido
llamada provincial — = llamada interurbana

llamada telefónica — telephone call

llamada urbana — local call

2) [a la puerta] [con el puño] knock; [con el timbre] ring

3) (=aviso) call

última llamada para los pasajeros con destino Bruselas — last call for passengers flying to Brussels

la llamada del deber — the call of duty

la llamada de la selva — the call of the wild

• acudir a la llamada de algn — to answer sb's call

la enfermera acudió rápidamente a mi llamada — the nurse came quickly when I called her, the nurse answered my call quickly

llamada al orden — call to order

llamada de alerta — (lit) alert; (fig) warning, alarm call

llamada de socorro — call for help

4) (=gesto) signal, gesture

5) (Tip) mark

haz una llamada al margen — make a mark in the margin

6) (Inform)

llamada a procedimiento — procedure call

7) (Mil) (tb: llamada a las armas) call to arms

* * *

femenino

1)

a) (Telec) call

gracias por la llamada — thank you for calling o phoning

b) ( acción) call

la llamada del deber/de la selva — the call of duty/of the wild

- llamada al orden

- llamada de socorro

- llamada internacional/interurbana/urbana

2) (Impr) ( en un texto) reference mark

3) (Inf) call

* * *

= call, voice call.

Ex. The system identifies frog calls and measures their abundance.

Ex. The performance characteristics of packet-switching networks carrying real-time voice calls are of major interest in network design.

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* acceso mediante llamada telefónica = dial-in access, dial-up access, dial up phone line.

* código para llamadas internacionales = outgoing international code.

* conección mediante llamada telefónica = dial-up connection.

* conectarse mediante llamada telefónica = dial up.

* dar una llamada de atención = sound + a wake-up call.

* hacer llamada telefónica = make + telephone call.

* llamada a cobro revertido = collect call, reverse charges.

* llamada de advertencia = wake-up call.

* llamada de animal en celo = rutting call.

* llamada de atención = heads up, wake-up call, slap on the wrist.

* llamada de auxilio = distress call.

* llamada de larga distancia = long-distance call.

* llamada de socorro = distress call.

* llamada gratuita = toll-free.

* llamada perdida = missed call.

* llamada telefónica = local call, dial-up, telephone call, outgoing call, incoming call, phone call.

* llamada telefónica de emergencia = emergency telephone call.

* llamada telefónica de larga distancia = long-distance (tele)phone call.

* llamada telefónica local = local call.

* mediante llamada telefónica = call-in.

* número de teléfono de llamada gratuita = toll free telephone number, toll-free number.

* sonido de llamada = ringtone.

* terminal de conexión mediante llamada telefónica = dial-in terminal.

* tono de llamada = dial tone.

* una llamada a = a call for.

* * *

femenino

1)

a) (Telec) call

gracias por la llamada — thank you for calling o phoning

b) ( acción) call

la llamada del deber/de la selva — the call of duty/of the wild

- llamada al orden

- llamada de socorro

- llamada internacional/interurbana/urbana

2) (Impr) ( en un texto) reference mark

3) (Inf) call

* * *

= call, voice call.

Ex: The system identifies frog calls and measures their abundance.

Ex: The performance characteristics of packet-switching networks carrying real-time voice calls are of major interest in network design.

* acceso mediante llamada telefónica = dial-in access, dial-up access, dial up phone line.

* código para llamadas internacionales = outgoing international code.

* conección mediante llamada telefónica = dial-up connection.

* conectarse mediante llamada telefónica = dial up.

* dar una llamada de atención = sound + a wake-up call.

* hacer llamada telefónica = make + telephone call.

* llamada a cobro revertido = collect call, reverse charges.

* llamada de advertencia = wake-up call.

* llamada de animal en celo = rutting call.

* llamada de atención = heads up, wake-up call, slap on the wrist.

* llamada de auxilio = distress call.

* llamada de larga distancia = long-distance call.

* llamada de socorro = distress call.

* llamada gratuita = toll-free.

* llamada perdida = missed call.

* llamada telefónica = local call, dial-up, telephone call, outgoing call, incoming call, phone call.

* llamada telefónica de emergencia = emergency telephone call.

* llamada telefónica de larga distancia = long-distance (tele)phone call.

* llamada telefónica local = local call.

* mediante llamada telefónica = call-in.

* número de teléfono de llamada gratuita = toll free telephone number, toll-free number.

* sonido de llamada = ringtone.

* terminal de conexión mediante llamada telefónica = dial-in terminal.

* tono de llamada = dial tone.

* una llamada a = a call for.

* * *

llamada

feminine

A

1 [ Vocabulary notes (Spanish) ] ( Telec) call

gracias por la llamada thank you for calling o phoning o ( BrE) ringing

2 (acción) call

la perra acudió a su llamada the dog came when he called

última llamada para los pasajeros con destino a París last call for passengers flying to Paris

la llamada del deber/de la selva the call of duty/of the wild

Compuestos:

● llamada a filas

draft ( AmE), call-up ( BrE)

● llamada a las armas

call to arms

● llamada por cobrar

(Chile, Méx) collect call ( AmE), reverse-charge call ( BrE)

● llamada a cobro revertido

collect call ( AmE), reverse-charge call ( BrE)

● llamada en conferencia

( AmL) conference call, teleconference

● llamada al orden

call to order

tuvo que hacer varias llamadas al orden he had to call the meeting ( o session etc) to order several times

● llamada de larga distancia

long-distance call

● llamada de socorro

distress call

● llamada internacional

international call

● llamada interurbana

long-distance o ( BrE) trunk call

● llamada telefónica

telephone call

● llamada urbana

local call

B ( Impr) (en un texto) reference mark

C ( Inf) call

* * *

llamada sustantivo femenino
call;
◊ hacer una llamada to make a phone call;

llamada a cobro revertido or (Chi, Méx) por cabrar collect call (AmE), reverse-charge call (BrE);
llamada de larga distancia long-distance call;
llamada local or urbana local call;
llamada al orden call to order
llamado,-a adjetivo so-called
llamada sustantivo femenino
1 (vocación) call
2 Tel (phone) call: ésta es una llamada a cobro revertido, ¿la acepta?, this is a reverse-charge call, will you accept it?
llamada interurbana, long-distance call
3 (con la voz) oímos su llamada, we heard his call

' llamada' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
interurbana
- interurbano
- oficiosa
- oficioso
- recibir
- repetición
- señal
- telefonear
- toque
- atender
- cortar
- desconcierto
- distancia
- frecuente
- inoportuno
- llamado
- responder
English:
buzz
- call
- call back
- conference call
- connect
- dialling tone
- disrupt
- help
- hold
- leave
- lift
- local call
- long-distance
- make
- Mayday
- ring
- summons
- telephone call
- transfer
- local
- personal
- phone
- return
- reverse
- toll
- use

* * *

llamada nf

1. [para atraer atención] call;
[a la puerta] knock; [con timbre] ring
Comp
llamada de atención warning;
llamada al orden call to order;

llamada de socorro call for help;
Av & Náut distress call
2. [telefónica] call;

hacer una llamada to make a phone call;

tienes dos llamadas en el contestador you have two messages on your answering machine

Comp
llamada a cobro revertido o Am llamada por cobrar o Ecuad, Urug a cobrar Br reverse-charge call, US collect call;
hacer una llamada a cobro revertido Br to make a reverse-charge call, US to call collect;

llamada en espera call waiting;

llamada interurbana long-distance o Br national call;

llamada local local call;

llamada nacional national call;
Col llamada por pagar Br reverse-charge call, US collect call;
llamada telefónica telephone call, phone call;

llamada para tres three-way calling;

llamada urbana local call

3. [en un libro] note, reference mark

* * *

llamada

f

1 call;

hacer una llamada make a call;

llamada al orden call to order;

última llamada AVIA last call

2 en una puerta knock; en timbre ring

* * *

llamada nf

: call

llamada a larga distancia: long-distance call

llamada al orden: call to order

* * *

llamada n phone call / call

tienes una llamada you've got a phone call

voy a hacer una llamada I'm going to make a call

Spanish-English dictionary > llamada
25 látigo

m.

1 whip, scourge, riding whip, lash.

2 slapstick.

* * *

látigo

► nombre masculino

1 whip

* * *

noun m.

whip, lash

* * *

SM

1) (=instrumento) whip

2) And (=sonido) crack ( of the whip)

3) Cono Sur (Dep) finishing post, finishing line

- salir al látigo

4) And, Cono Sur (=jinete) horseman, rider

* * *

masculino whip

* * *

= cat o'nine tails, whip.

Ex. Another nautical phrase is 'no room to swing a cat' and refers to the fact that on the cannon decks of most naval ships there was no room to administer punishment by use of the cat o'nine tails.

Ex. Prisons were invented to substitute for the whip, stocks, banishment, & fines.

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* antena tipo radio = whip antenna.

* efecto látigo, el = whip effect, the.

* * *

masculino whip

* * *

= cat o'nine tails, whip.

Ex: Another nautical phrase is 'no room to swing a cat' and refers to the fact that on the cannon decks of most naval ships there was no room to administer punishment by use of the cat o'nine tails.

Ex: Prisons were invented to substitute for the whip, stocks, banishment, & fines.

* antena tipo radio = whip antenna.

* efecto látigo, el = whip effect, the.

* * *

látigo

masculine

A (rebenque) whip

Compuesto:

látigo de montar

riding crop

B (en un parque de atracciones) whip

* * *

látigo sustantivo masculino
whip
látigo sustantivo masculino whip
' látigo' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
azotar
- azote
- chascar
- chasquear
- hostigar
- chasquido
- chicote
English:
crack
- flick
- lash
- swish
- whip

* * *

látigo nm

1. [fusta] whip

2. [en feria] whip

3. Ecuad, Hond [latigazo] whiplash

4. Chile [meta] finishing post

* * *

látigo

m whip

* * *

látigo nm

azote: whip

* * *

látigo n whip

Spanish-English dictionary > látigo
26 macanudo

adj.

terrific, great, stupendous.

* * *

macanudo

► adjetivo

1 familiar great, terrific

* * *

(f. - macanuda)

adj.

great, fantastic

* * *

- da adjetivo (CS, Per fam) great (colloq), fantastic (colloq)

* * *

= great.

Ex. Click on 'add new experience', provide as much details as you can, and let us know why you think they are so great.

* * *

- da adjetivo (CS, Per fam) great (colloq), fantastic (colloq)

* * *

= great.

Ex: Click on 'add new experience', provide as much details as you can, and let us know why you think they are so great.

* * *

macanudo -da

adjective

(CS, Per fam)

1 (estupendo) great ( colloq), fantastic ( colloq)

botarse a macanudo ( Chi fam); to give oneself airs, put on airs

2 ( como interj):

¡macanudo! great! ( colloq), fantastic! ( colloq)

* * *

macanudo
◊ -da adjetivo (CS, Per fam) great (colloq)

macanudo,-a adj LAm fam great: es un tipo macanudo, he's a really great guy

' macanudo' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
macanuda

* * *

macanudo, -a Fam

♦ adj

1. Andes, RP [bueno] great, terrific;

tu vecino nuevo es macanudo your new neighbour is dead nice

2. Ecuad, Ven [sobresaliente] ace

3. Andes, Ven [grande, fuerte]
es un tipo macanudo he's a great hulk of a man

♦ interj
Andes, RP great!, terrific!;
¿vamos al cine mañana? – ¡macanudo! shall we go to the cinema o US go see a movie tomorrow? – that's a great idea!

* * *

macanudo

adj S.Am. fam

great fam, fantastic fam

* * *

macanudo, -da adj, fam : great, fantastic

Spanish-English dictionary > macanudo
27 malla

f.

1 mesh.

malla de alambre, malla metálica wire mesh

2 net.

las mallas the net (en fútbol)

3 swimsuit. (Ecuadoran Spanish, Perú, River Plate)

4 bathing suit.

* * *

malla

► nombre femenino

1 (red) mesh

2 (prenda) leotard

► nombre femenino plural mallas

1 (medias sin pie) leggings

\

FRASEOLOGÍA

cota de mallas coat of mail

* * *

noun f.

1) tights

2) mesh

3) net

* * *

SF

1) [de red] mesh; (=red) network

hacer malla — to knit

medias de malla — fishnet stockings

malla de alambre — wire mesh, wire netting

2) [para ballet, gimnasia] leotard
pl mallas (=leotardos) tights pl, pantyhose (EEUU); [sin pie] leggings
3) LAm
(tb: malla de baño) swimming costume, swimsuit
4) (Dep)

las mallas — the net sing

dio con el balón en el fondo de las mallas — he placed the ball into the back of the net

5) ( Hist) chain mail
cota I, 1)
* * *

femenino

1)

a) (Tex) ( de una red) mesh

una malla para los insectos — a screen o mesh to stop insects

una bolsa de malla — a string bag

medias de malla fina/gruesa — sheer/thick tights

al fondo de las mallas — (period) (Dep) into the back of the net

b) ( de armadura) (chain) mail

c) ( de alambre) wire netting

2)

a) ( para gimnasia) leotard

b) mallas femenino plural ( medias) tights (pl); ( sin pie) leggings (pl)

•

- malla de baño

* * *

= mesh [meshes, -pl.], netting, wire sieve.

Nota: En la fabricación de papel, estructura de hilos finos de metal entrecuzados con objeto de al depositar sobre ella la pasta de papel ésta pierda el agua que contiene.

Ex. Wholly new forms of encyclopedias will appear, ready-made with a mesh of associative trails running through them, ready to be dropped into the memex and there amplified.

Ex. I have used the following as structures on which to mount displays: gym gear, grouped, and decorated with netting.

Ex. The two moulds, which were twins, were oblong wire sieves mounted on wooden frames, and the deckle was a removable wooden rim which could be fitted to either mould to make it into a tray-like sieve with a raised edge.

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* dibujo de la malla = wire pattern.

* malla de seguridad = safety net.

* malla metálica = wire mesh.

* * *

femenino

1)

a) (Tex) ( de una red) mesh

una malla para los insectos — a screen o mesh to stop insects

una bolsa de malla — a string bag

medias de malla fina/gruesa — sheer/thick tights

al fondo de las mallas — (period) (Dep) into the back of the net

b) ( de armadura) (chain) mail

c) ( de alambre) wire netting

2)

a) ( para gimnasia) leotard

b) mallas femenino plural ( medias) tights (pl); ( sin pie) leggings (pl)

•

- malla de baño

* * *

= mesh [meshes, -pl.], netting, wire sieve.

Nota: En la fabricación de papel, estructura de hilos finos de metal entrecuzados con objeto de al depositar sobre ella la pasta de papel ésta pierda el agua que contiene.

Ex: Wholly new forms of encyclopedias will appear, ready-made with a mesh of associative trails running through them, ready to be dropped into the memex and there amplified.

Ex: I have used the following as structures on which to mount displays: gym gear, grouped, and decorated with netting.

Ex: The two moulds, which were twins, were oblong wire sieves mounted on wooden frames, and the deckle was a removable wooden rim which could be fitted to either mould to make it into a tray-like sieve with a raised edge.

* dibujo de la malla = wire pattern.

* malla de seguridad = safety net.

* malla metálica = wire mesh.

* * *

malla

feminine

A

1 ( Tex):

una bolsa de malla a string bag

medias de malla fina/gruesa sheer/thick tights

las mallas de las redes the mesh of the nets

una malla para los insectos a screen o mesh to stop insects

al fondo de las mallas ( period) ( Dep) into the back of the net

2 (de armadura) mail, chain mail

3 (de alambre) wire netting

B

1 (para gimnasia) leotard

2 mallas fpl (medias) pantyhose (pl) ( AmE), tights (pl) ( BrE); (sin pie) leggings (pl)

Compuesto:

malla de baño

( RPl) bathing suit, swimsuit, swimming costume ( BrE)

* * *

malla sustantivo femenino
1 ( red) mesh;
◊ una malla para los insectos a screen o mesh to stop insects

2
a) ( para gimnasia) leotard;

◊ malla de baño (RPl) bathing suit, swimsuit

b)

◊ mallas sustantivo femenino plural ( medias) tights (pl);

( sin pie) leggings (pl)
malla
I sustantivo femenino
1 Tex mesh
2 (para gimnasia) leotard
3 LAm (bañador) swimsuit, swimming costume
II fpl mallas, (pantalón ajustado) leggings
' malla' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
red
- mono
English:
chain mail
- leotard
- mesh
- string vest
- bathing suit
- fish
- gauze
- hose
- mail
- swimsuit
- tights

* * *

malla nf

1. [tejido] mesh

Comp
malla de alambre wire mesh;
malla cristalina crystal lattice;

malla metálica wire mesh

2. [red] net;

envió el balón al fondo de las mallas he drove the ball into the back of the net

3. Ecuad, Perú, RP [traje de baño] swimsuit

4. Esp
mallas [de gimnasia] leotard;
[de ballet] tights
5. RP [de gimnasia] leotard

Comp
malla amarilla [en ciclismo] yellow jersey
6. RP [de reloj] metal wristband

* * *

malla

f

1 de metal, plástico mesh

2 Rpl ( bañador) swimsuit

3

:

mallas pl pantyhose, Br tights

* * *

malla nf

1) : mesh

2) leotardo: leotard, tights pl

3)

malla de baño : bathing suit

* * *

malla n (prenda) leotard

Spanish-English dictionary > malla
28 ocurrido

ADJ

1) (=sucedido)

lo ocurrido — what has/had happened

2) And (=gracioso) witty, funny

* * *

- da adjetivo

los sucesos ocurridos ayer — the events that took place yesterday

lamento lo ocurrido — I am sorry about what happened

* * *

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* deber haber ocurrido antes = be long overdue.

* * *

- da adjetivo

los sucesos ocurridos ayer — the events that took place yesterday

lamento lo ocurrido — I am sorry about what happened

* * *

* deber haber ocurrido antes = be long overdue.

* * *

ocurrido -da

adjective

los sucesos ocurridos desde esa fecha the events that have taken place since that date

lamento lo ocurrido I am sorry about what happened

* * *

ocurrido, -a adj

1. [que ha sucedido]
lo ocurrido demuestra que estábamos en lo cierto what happened proved that we were right

2. Ecuad, Perú [ocurrente] witty

Spanish-English dictionary > ocurrido
29 pana

f.

1 corduroy.

pantalones/camisa de pana corduroy trousers/shirt

2 bowl.

3 breakdown.

4 liver.

5 chum.

* * *

pana

► nombre femenino

1 corduroy

* * *

noun f.

corduroy

* * *
I
SF (=paño) corduroy
II
SF Chile (Aut) breakdown

quedar en pana — to break down
III
SF Chile

1) (=hígado) liver

2) * (=valor) guts * pl, courage

- se le heló la pana

3)

- tirar panas
IV
SMF Caribe (=compañero) pal *, buddy (EEUU)

* * *
I
femenino

1) ( tela) corduroy

panatalones de pana — corduroy trousers

2) (Chi) ( avería) breakdown

quedarse en pana — to break down

3) (Chi) (Coc) liver
II
masculino y femenino (Ven fam) buddy (AmE colloq), mate (BrE colloq)

* * *

= corduroy.

Ex. Senefelder realized that the lines where the rain water was not being absorbed by the porous stone corresponded to the ridges of his greasy corduroy trousers.

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* de pana = curduroy.

* pantalones de pana = curduroy trousers.

* * *
I
femenino

1) ( tela) corduroy

panatalones de pana — corduroy trousers

2) (Chi) ( avería) breakdown

quedarse en pana — to break down

3) (Chi) (Coc) liver
II
masculino y femenino (Ven fam) buddy (AmE colloq), mate (BrE colloq)

* * *

= corduroy.

Ex: Senefelder realized that the lines where the rain water was not being absorbed by the porous stone corresponded to the ridges of his greasy corduroy trousers.

* de pana = curduroy.

* pantalones de pana = curduroy trousers.

* * *

pana¹

feminine

A (tela) corduroy

unos pantalones de pana a pair of corduroy trousers, a pair of cords ( colloq)

Compuesto:

pana lisa

velveteen

B ( Chi) (avería) breakdown

quedamos en pana we broke down, we had a breakdown

tener la pana del tonto ( Chi fam); to run out of gas ( AmE) o ( BrE) petrol

C

1 ( Chi) ( Coc) liver

2 ( Chi fam) (sangre fría) guts (pl) ( colloq)

pana²

masculine and feminine

( Ven fam)

(amigo) chum ( colloq), buddy ( AmE colloq), mate ( BrE colloq)

* * *

pana 1 sustantivo femenino
1 ( tela) corduroy;
◊ panatalones de pana corduroy trousers

2 (Chi) ( avería) breakdown
pana 2 sustantivo masculino y femenino (Ven fam) pal (Colloq), buddy (AmE colloq), mate (BrE colloq)
pana f Tex corduroy
' pana' also found in these entries:
English:
cord
- corduroy
- break
- broken-down
- chum

* * *

pana¹ nf

1. [tela] corduroy;

pantalones/camisa de pana corduroy trousers/shirt

Comp
pana lisa velveteen
2. Chile [hígado] liver

3. Chile Fam [avería] breakdown;

quedar en pana to have a breakdown;

no hay ropa limpia, la lavadora tiene una pana there are no clean clothes, the washing machine's out of order

4. Chile Fam [audacia] guts;

le sobra pana para pelear he's got the guts to fight;

achicar la pana a alguien to intimidate sb, to unnerve sb;

helársele o [m5] derretírsele a uno la pana to lose one's nerve, Br to lose one's bottle

pana² nmf
Ecuad, Ven Fam
1. [amigo] pal, Br mate, US buddy

2. [como apelativo] pal, US buddy;

¿qué hubo, pana? how're you doing, pal?

* * *

pana

f corduroy

* * *

pana nf

: corduroy

* * *

pana n corduroy

Spanish-English dictionary > pana
30 paradero

m.

1 whereabouts.

están en paradero desconocido their present whereabouts are unknown

2 bus stop (de autobús). (Chilean Spanish, Colombian Spanish, Mexican Spanish, Perú)

3 final destination, termination, final stop.

4 location, exact position.

* * *

paradero

► nombre masculino

1 whereabouts plural

\

FRASEOLOGÍA

estar en paradero desconocido to be missing

paradero desconocido whereabouts unknown

* * *

noun m.

whereabouts

* * *

SM

1) [gen] whereabouts pl

averiguar el paradero de algn — to ascertain sb's whereabouts

García se halla en paradero desconocido — García's whereabouts are unknown

no sabemos su paradero — we do not know his whereabouts

2) (=fin) end

seguramente tendrá mal paradero — he'll surely come to a bad end

3) And, Cono Sur [de autobús] bus stop

4) LAm (=apeadero) wayside halt

* * *

masculino

a) (frml) ( de persona) whereabouts (pl)

se desconoce su paradero — her whereabouts are not known (frml)

b) (AmL exc RPl) ( de autobús) bus stop

* * *

= whereabouts.

Ex. Such lists may be general, just giving an overall outline of the subjects present in the stock of the library, and diagrammatic or coded guides to the whereabouts of the documents on those subjects.

* * *

masculino

a) (frml) ( de persona) whereabouts (pl)

se desconoce su paradero — her whereabouts are not known (frml)

b) (AmL exc RPl) ( de autobús) bus stop

* * *

= whereabouts.

Ex: Such lists may be general, just giving an overall outline of the subjects present in the stock of the library, and diagrammatic or coded guides to the whereabouts of the documents on those subjects.

* * *

paradero

masculine

1 ( frml) (de una persona) whereabouts (pl)

se desconoce su paraderoor se halla en paradero desconocido her whereabouts are not known ( frml), nobody knows where she is

2 ( AmL exc RPl) (de autobús) bus stop; (de tranvía) stop

3 (Chi, Cu, Per) (de trenes) halt

* * *

paradero sustantivo masculino
a) (frml) ( de persona) whereabouts (pl)

b) (AmL exc RPl) See Also→ parada 1b

paradero sustantivo masculino
1 (lugar) whereabouts pl: está en paradero desconocido, his whereabouts are unknown
2 LAm Ferroc (apeadero) halt
' paradero' also found in these entries:
English:
whereabouts
- bus
- disclaim
- stop

* * *

paradero nm

1. [de persona] whereabouts;

están en paradero desconocido their present whereabouts are unknown;

averiguar el paradero de to ascertain the whereabouts of, to locate;

ignorar o [m5] no saber el paradero de alguien not to know where sb is

2. Chile, Col, Méx, Perú [de autobús] bus stop

3. Méx [lugar] area

4. Ecuad [parador] roadside inn

* * *

paradero

m

1 whereabouts sg ;

está en paradero desconocido his/her whereabouts are unknown

2 L.Am. → parada (1)

* * *

paradero nm

: whereabouts

Spanish-English dictionary > paradero
31 pasillo

m.

corridor.

hacer (el) pasillo to form a corridor

pasillo aéreo (for people to walk down) air corridor

pasillo deslizante travelator

pasillo rodante travelator

* * *

pasillo

► nombre masculino

1 corridor

* * *

noun m.

corridor, aisle

* * *

SM

1) (=corredor) [en casa, oficina] corridor; [en avión, teatro] aisle

pasillo aéreo — air corridor, air lane

pasillo móvil, pasillo rodante — travelator

2) (Pol) lobby

hacer pasillos — to engage in lobby discussions, lobby

3) (Teat) (=pieza corta) short piece, sketch

* * *

masculino ( corredor) corridor; ( en avión) aisle

- pasillo rodante

* * *

= corridor, aisle, hallway, walkway, pedestrian walkway, alley, alleyway, gangway.

Ex. Many infant and junior schools have books in the entrance hall and in the corridors as well as in the classrooms.

Ex. Compact shelving eliminates all but one aisle in any set of ranges of shelving.

Ex. When planning a library considerations need to be made of shared space, such as hallways, staff lounges, public restrooms, meeting rooms and storerooms.

Ex. Areas that may be used include: windows; promenades and walkways; entrances and foyers.

Ex. This article discusses the results of a survey of users of the Metro McGill Library situated on the pedestrian walkway of the McGill metro station, Montreal, Quebec.

Ex. The article is entitled 'The Internet: superhighways, virtual alleys and dead end streets'.

Ex. Upon questioning we find that those eminently pragmatic down-to-earth notions dwell in the darkest alleyways of metaphysics.

Ex. The existing gangways are made of wood and exhibit signs of aging and some structural fatigue.

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* frecuentar los pasillos del poder = stalk + the corridors of power.

* hacer el pasillo = form + a guard of honour.

* hacer el pasillo de honor = form + a guard of honour.

* pasillo de salida = exit lane.

* pasillo deslizante = travelator, moving walkway, moving sidewalk, moving pavement, walkalator.

* pasillo móvil = travelator, moving walkway, moving sidewalk, moving pavement, walkalator.

* pasillo rodante = travelator, moving walkway, moving sidewalk, moving pavement, walkalator.

* pasillos del poder, los = corridors of power, the.

* * *

masculino ( corredor) corridor; ( en avión) aisle

- pasillo rodante

* * *

= corridor, aisle, hallway, walkway, pedestrian walkway, alley, alleyway, gangway.

Ex: Many infant and junior schools have books in the entrance hall and in the corridors as well as in the classrooms.

Ex: Compact shelving eliminates all but one aisle in any set of ranges of shelving.

Ex: When planning a library considerations need to be made of shared space, such as hallways, staff lounges, public restrooms, meeting rooms and storerooms.

Ex: Areas that may be used include: windows; promenades and walkways; entrances and foyers.

Ex: This article discusses the results of a survey of users of the Metro McGill Library situated on the pedestrian walkway of the McGill metro station, Montreal, Quebec.

Ex: The article is entitled 'The Internet: superhighways, virtual alleys and dead end streets'.

Ex: Upon questioning we find that those eminently pragmatic down-to-earth notions dwell in the darkest alleyways of metaphysics.

Ex: The existing gangways are made of wood and exhibit signs of aging and some structural fatigue.

* frecuentar los pasillos del poder = stalk + the corridors of power.

* hacer el pasillo = form + a guard of honour.

* hacer el pasillo de honor = form + a guard of honour.

* pasillo de salida = exit lane.

* pasillo deslizante = travelator, moving walkway, moving sidewalk, moving pavement, walkalator.

* pasillo móvil = travelator, moving walkway, moving sidewalk, moving pavement, walkalator.

* pasillo rodante = travelator, moving walkway, moving sidewalk, moving pavement, walkalator.

* pasillos del poder, los = corridors of power, the.

* * *

pasillo

masculine

A

1 (corredor) corridor

2 (en un avión) aisle

Compuesto:

pasillo rodante

moving walkway

B ( Mús) Colombian folk dance

* * *

pasillo sustantivo masculino ( corredor) corridor;
( en avión) aisle
pasillo sustantivo masculino corridor
' pasillo' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
fondo
- paso
- atravesado
- ciego
- estrecho
- kilométrico
English:
aisle
- corridor
- end
- gangway
- passage
- passageway
- blunder
- collide
- gang
- hall
- walk

* * *

pasillo nm

1. [en casa, edificio] corridor;
[en avión] aisle;
hacer (el) pasillo to form a corridor [for people to walk down];

abrirse pasillo entre la multitud to make o force one's way through the crowd

Comp
pasillo aéreo air corridor;
pasillo deslizante moving walkway;

pasillo de honor [en fútbol] guard of honour [formed by the team about to play the champions to applaud them onto the pitch];

pasillo móvil moving walkway;

pasillo rodante moving walkway

2. Col, Ecuad, Pan [baile, música] = folk song and dance

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pasillo

m

1 en vivienda, hospital corridor

2 en avión, cine aisle

* * *

pasillo nm

corredor: hallway, corridor, aisle

* * *

pasillo n

1. (de una casa, hospital, colegio) corridor

2. (de un avión, cine, iglesia, tienda) aisle

Spanish-English dictionary > pasillo
32 páramo

m.

high plateau, bleak upland, bare land, moor.

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páramo

► nombre masculino

1 moor

* * *

SM

1) (=brezal) bleak plateau, high moor

2) (=descampado) waste land

3) And (=llovizna) drizzle; (=tormenta) blizzard

4) Caribe (=cumbres) mountain heights pl

* * *

masculino high plateau, bleak upland o moor

* * *

= wilderness, wasteland, moor.

Ex. The town of Wexler was hacked out of the wilderness, and for many years it stood alone in the forest, a halting place in the long stagecoach journey from eastern localities to the unknown West.

Ex. Eliot somehow suggests that a mix of blood and electricity might yet redeem the petty materialism of the modern world that he had previously seen only as a wasteland.

Ex. The emperor moth is a European moth that lives in moors.

* * *

masculino high plateau, bleak upland o moor

* * *

= wilderness, wasteland, moor.

Ex: The town of Wexler was hacked out of the wilderness, and for many years it stood alone in the forest, a halting place in the long stagecoach journey from eastern localities to the unknown West.

Ex: Eliot somehow suggests that a mix of blood and electricity might yet redeem the petty materialism of the modern world that he had previously seen only as a wasteland.

Ex: The emperor moth is a European moth that lives in moors.

* * *

páramo

masculine

high plateau, bleak upland o moor

* * *

páramo sustantivo masculino
high plateau, bleak upland o moor
páramo sustantivo masculino moor
' páramo' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
odisea
- puna
English:
moor
- moorland
- waste
- wilderness

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páramo nm

1. [terreno yermo] highland, upland area;

los páramos the highlands

2. [lugar solitario] wilderness

3. Col, Ecuad, Ven Fam [llovizna] drizzle

4. Col, Ven [cordillera] Andean highlands

* * *

páramo

m upland moor

* * *

páramo nm

: barren plateau, moor

* * *

páramo n moor

Spanish-English dictionary > páramo
33 soplador

adj.

blowing.

m.

1 blower, that which blows.

2 that which excites or inflames.

3 troublemaker. (Figurative)

4 prompter. (Andes & Central America)

* * *

soplador

► nombre masculino

1 glass-blower

* * *
soplador, -a
1. SM / F

1) [de vidrio] glass blower

2) (=alborotador) troublemaker

3) And, CAm (Teat) prompter

2.

SM (=ventilador) fan, ventilator

* * *

= leaf blower.

Ex. Electric leaf blowers have distinct advantages and disadvantages when compared to gas-powered models.

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* soplador de mochila = knapsack blower.

* soplador de vidrio = glassblower.

* * *

= leaf blower.

Ex: Electric leaf blowers have distinct advantages and disadvantages when compared to gas-powered models.

* soplador de mochila = knapsack blower.

* soplador de vidrio = glassblower.

* * *

soplador - dora

masculine, feminine

tb

soplador de vidrio glassblower

* * *

soplador,-ora
I adjetivo blowing
II sustantivo masculino y femenino blower
III sustantivo masculino glass-blowing
' soplador' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
sopladora

* * *

soplador, -ora nm,f

1.
soplador (de vidrio) glass-blower

2. Ecuad Teatro prompter

* * *

soplador

m blower

Spanish-English dictionary > soplador
34 suburbio

m.

poor suburb.

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suburbio

► nombre masculino

1 (periferia) suburb; (barrio pobre) slums plural

* * *

SM

1) (=afueras) suburb, outlying area

2) (=barrio bajo) slum area, shantytown

* * *

masculino ( extrarradio) suburb; ( barrio pobre) depressed area ( on the outskirts of town)

* * *

= slum, suburban area.

Ex. He went on to explain that while there were no unsightly slums, there was a fairly large district of rather nondescript homes intermingled with plain two- and three-family brick and frame dwellings, principally in the eastern reaches of the city.

Ex. Business parks are typically located in suburban areas because land tends to be less costly and building codes are less restrictive.

* * *

masculino ( extrarradio) suburb; ( barrio pobre) depressed area ( on the outskirts of town)

* * *

= slum, suburban area.

Ex: He went on to explain that while there were no unsightly slums, there was a fairly large district of rather nondescript homes intermingled with plain two- and three-family brick and frame dwellings, principally in the eastern reaches of the city.

Ex: Business parks are typically located in suburban areas because land tends to be less costly and building codes are less restrictive.

* * *

suburbio

masculine

1 (extrarradio) suburb

2 (barrio pobre) slum quarter ( on the outskirts of town)

* * *

suburbio sustantivo masculino ( extrarradio) suburb;
( barrio pobre) depressed area ( on the outskirts of town)
suburbio sustantivo masculino
1 (barriada, periferia de la ciudad) suburb
2 (barrio marginal, barrio pobre) slum

* * *

suburbio nm

1. [barrio pobre] poor suburb

2. Ecuad [barrio de chabolas] shanty-town

* * *

suburbio

m slum area

* * *

suburbio nm

1) : suburb

2) : slum (outside a city)

* * *

suburbio n poor suburb

Spanish-English dictionary > suburbio
35 tanque

m.

1 tank (military).

2 tanker.

3 tank.

4 beer mug (de cerveza). (peninsular Spanish)

5 armored vehicle, tank, armored tank, panzer.

6 pool, swimming pool, swimming baths.

7 jail, imprisonment, can, gaol.

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tanque

► nombre masculino

1 (depósito) tank, reservoir

2 MILITAR tank

3 (vehículo cisterna) tanker

* * *

noun m.

tank

* * *

SM

1) (=depósito) tank, reservoir; (Aut) tanker, tanker lorry

tanque de cerebros, tanque de ideas — think tank

2) (Mil) tank

3) Esp ** handbag, purse (EEUU)

* * *

masculino

1) (Arm) ( carro) tank

2) (de agua, gasolina) tank; (de gas, oxígeno) cylinder, bottle

* * *

= tank.

Ex. The 'strategic computing' plan announced by the United States in early 1984 envisages, among others, the use of intelligent robots (for example, to serve as ammunition loaders in tanks, or in unmanned reconnaissance and manipulating devices).

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* camión-tanque = road tanker.

* llenar el tanque = gas up.

* tanque anfibio = amphibian tank, amphibious tank.

* * *

masculino

1) (Arm) ( carro) tank

2) (de agua, gasolina) tank; (de gas, oxígeno) cylinder, bottle

* * *

= tank.

Ex: The 'strategic computing' plan announced by the United States in early 1984 envisages, among others, the use of intelligent robots (for example, to serve as ammunition loaders in tanks, or in unmanned reconnaissance and manipulating devices).

* camión-tanque = road tanker.

* llenar el tanque = gas up.

* tanque anfibio = amphibian tank, amphibious tank.

* * *

tanque

masculine

A ( Arm) (carro) tank

B (de agua, gasolina) tank

C (de gas, oxígeno) cylinder, bottle

D ( Méx) (piscina) pool, swimming pool

E ( Méx fam) (cárcel) slammer (sl), can ( AmE sl)

* * *

tanque sustantivo masculino
1 (Arm) ( carro) tank
2 (de agua, gasolina) tank;
(de gas, oxígeno) cylinder, bottle
tanque sustantivo masculino
1 (carro de combate) tank
2 (de petróleo, etc) tank
' tanque' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
depósito
- llenar
- perder
- tapa
English:
leak
- leaky
- storage tank
- tank
- cylinder
- gas
- tanker
- vat

* * *

tanque nm

1. [carro de combate] tank

2. [vehículo cisterna] tanker

3. [en vehículo] tank

4. [de gas, oxígeno] tank;
Ecuad [bombona] cylinder
5. RP [en edificio] tank, cistern;
[para riego] tank, reservoir
6. Esp Fam [de cerveza] mug, jug

* * *

tanque

m tb
MIL tank
* * *

tanque nm

1) : tank, reservoir

2) : tanker, tank (vehicle)

* * *

tanque n tank

Spanish-English dictionary > tanque
36 terco

adj.

stubborn, hardheaded, dogged, hard-nosed.

* * *

terco

► adjetivo

1 obstinate, stubborn

* * *

(f. - terca)

adj.

stubborn

* * *

ADJ

1) (=obstinado) stubborn, obstinate

- terco como una mula

2) And (=severo) harsh, unfeeling; (=indiferente) indifferent

3) [material] hard, tough, hard to work

* * *

- ca adjetivo stubborn, obstinate

ser terco como una mula — (fam) to be as stubborn as a mule

* * *

= stubborn, perverse, pigheaded, stiff-necked, self-willed.

Ex. He is seldom happy, never satisfied, temperamental, stubborn; his behavior at times can be charitably characterized as erratic.

Ex. The demand for business information, in relation to its price, is rather perverse in that high price often generates a high demand.

Ex. I argue that intellectual vices (such as being gullible, dogmatic, pigheaded, or prejudiced) are essential.

Ex. The problem was that the stiff-necked men of science refused to bow down before the idols of political expediency.

Ex. But apparently the self-willed distinction affected his reason -- he went soft in the head and ended up believing in his divine origins.

* * *

- ca adjetivo stubborn, obstinate

ser terco como una mula — (fam) to be as stubborn as a mule

* * *

= stubborn, perverse, pigheaded, stiff-necked, self-willed.

Ex: He is seldom happy, never satisfied, temperamental, stubborn; his behavior at times can be charitably characterized as erratic.

Ex: The demand for business information, in relation to its price, is rather perverse in that high price often generates a high demand.

Ex: I argue that intellectual vices (such as being gullible, dogmatic, pigheaded, or prejudiced) are essential.

Ex: The problem was that the stiff-necked men of science refused to bow down before the idols of political expediency.

Ex: But apparently the self-willed distinction affected his reason -- he went soft in the head and ended up believing in his divine origins.

* * *

terco -ca

adjective

stubborn, obstinate

ser terco como una mula ( fam); to be as stubborn as a mule

* * *

terco
◊ -ca adjetivo

stubborn, obstinate
terco,-a adjetivo stubborn

' terco' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
burra
- burro
- cabezón
- cabezona
- cabezudo
- como
- terca
- canijo
- empecinado
- mula
English:
bloody-minded
- obstinate
- pigheaded
- self-opinionated
- stiff-necked
- stubborn
- wilful
- wilfull
- mule
- strong
- willful

* * *

terco, -a

♦ adj

1. [testarudo] stubborn;

Comp

terco como una mula as stubborn as a mule

2. Ecuad [indiferente] cold, aloof

♦ nm,f

stubborn person;

ser un terco to be stubborn

* * *

terco

adj stubborn

* * *

terco, -ca adj

obstinado: obstinate, stubborn

* * *

terco adj stubborn

Spanish-English dictionary > terco
37 terquedad

f.

1 stubbornness.

2 obstinacy, recalcitrancy, stubbornness, pigheadedness.

* * *

terquedad

► nombre femenino

1 (obstinación) obstinacy, stubbornness

2 (dureza) toughness, hardness

* * *

SF

1) (=obstinación) stubbornness, obstinacy

2) (=dureza) hardness, toughness

3) And (=severidad) harshness, lack of feeling; (=indiferencia) indifference

* * *

femenino obstinacy, stubbornness

* * *

= stubbornness.

Ex. In the past, there has seemed to be a stubbornness on the part of the Library of Congress to update ethnic and racial, as well as sexual and medical subject headings.

* * *

femenino obstinacy, stubbornness

* * *

= stubbornness.

Ex: In the past, there has seemed to be a stubbornness on the part of the Library of Congress to update ethnic and racial, as well as sexual and medical subject headings.

* * *

terquedad

feminine

obstinacy, stubbornness

* * *

terquedad sustantivo femenino
obstinacy, stubbornness
terquedad sustantivo femenino stubbornness, obstinacy
' terquedad' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
cerrazón

* * *

terquedad nf

1. [testarudez] stubbornness;

con terquedad stubbornly

2. Ecuad [indiferencia] coldness, aloofness

* * *

terquedad

f stubbornness

* * *

terquedad nf

obstinación: obstinacy, stubbornness

Spanish-English dictionary > terquedad
38 tierno

adj.

1 tender, loving, affectionate, fond.

2 new, newly born, fresh.

* * *

tierno

► adjetivo

1 (blando) tender, soft

2 figurado (reciente) fresh

■ pan tierno fresh bread

3 figurado (persona) young

4 figurado (propenso al llanto) soft

5 figurado (cariñoso) affectionate

\

FRASEOLOGÍA

edad tierna tender age

* * *

(f. - tierna)

adj.

1) tender

2) soft

3) affectionate

* * *

ADJ

1) (=blando) [carne] tender; [pan] fresh

2) [brote] tender

3) (=afectuoso) [persona] tender, affectionate; [mirada, sonrisa] tender

4) (=joven) tender

a la tierna edad de cinco años — at the tender age of five

en su más tierna infancia — in his tenderest youth

* * *

- na adjetivo

1) < carne> tender; < pan> fresh; <brote/planta> young, tender

un niño de tierna edad — a child of tender years (liter)

en la más tierna infancia — in early childhood

2) < persona> affectionate, loving; <mirada/corazón> tender

* * *

= gentle [gentler -comp., gentlest -sup.], tender [tenderer -comp., tenderest -sup.], kind [kinder -comp., kindest -sup.], chewy [chewier -comp., chewiest -sup.], soft [softer -comp., softest -sup.], mellow [mellower -comp., mellowest -sup.].

Nota: Generalmente usado con la fruta.

Ex. Melanie Stanton broke into a gentle laugh as she recalled him executing a shuffling fandango and announcing mischievously, 'Women in the SLA, get ready, here I come!'.

Ex. A single drawing can have a highly emotional impact and can be effective as either a heavy, bold statement or a tender reminder.

Ex. I would like to extend my thanks to our host who was kind enough to invite me.

Ex. Both batches of cookies turned out great and had a super nice texture -- crispy around the edge, but still soft and chewy in the middle.

Ex. The amount of stuffing in the balls was varied to suit the nature of the work; large, soft balls with weak ink were used for low-grade work; small, hard balls and strong ink for work of better quality.

Ex. This yummy and mellow fruit is full of phytonutrients, helps fight chronic disease and improves memory and learning.

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* queso tierno = soft cheese.

* * *

- na adjetivo

1) < carne> tender; < pan> fresh; <brote/planta> young, tender

un niño de tierna edad — a child of tender years (liter)

en la más tierna infancia — in early childhood

2) < persona> affectionate, loving; <mirada/corazón> tender

* * *

= gentle [gentler -comp., gentlest -sup.], tender [tenderer -comp., tenderest -sup.], kind [kinder -comp., kindest -sup.], chewy [chewier -comp., chewiest -sup.], soft [softer -comp., softest -sup.], mellow [mellower -comp., mellowest -sup.].

Nota: Generalmente usado con la fruta.

Ex: Melanie Stanton broke into a gentle laugh as she recalled him executing a shuffling fandango and announcing mischievously, 'Women in the SLA, get ready, here I come!'.

Ex: A single drawing can have a highly emotional impact and can be effective as either a heavy, bold statement or a tender reminder.

Ex: I would like to extend my thanks to our host who was kind enough to invite me.

Ex: Both batches of cookies turned out great and had a super nice texture -- crispy around the edge, but still soft and chewy in the middle.

Ex: The amount of stuffing in the balls was varied to suit the nature of the work; large, soft balls with weak ink were used for low-grade work; small, hard balls and strong ink for work of better quality.

Ex: This yummy and mellow fruit is full of phytonutrients, helps fight chronic disease and improves memory and learning.

* queso tierno = soft cheese.

* * *

tierno -na

adjective

A ‹carne› tender; ‹pan› fresh; ‹brote/planta› young, tender

un niño de tierna edad a child of tender years ( liter)

en la más tierna infancia in early childhood

B ‹persona› affectionate, loving; ‹mirada/corazón› tender

es una persona ternísima he/she is an extremely affectionate o loving person

* * *

tierno
◊ -na adjetivo

1 ‹ carne› tender;
‹ pan› fresh;
‹brote/planta› young, tender
2 ‹ persona› affectionate, loving;
‹mirada/corazón› tender
tierno,-a adjetivo
1 (carne, hortaliza, etc) tender; (pan) fresh
2 (cariñoso, afectuoso) affectionate; (gesto, mirada) tender
' tierno' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
coraza
- fondo
- muy
- tierna
English:
fond
- gentle
- sweetcorn
- tender
- tender-hearted
- loving
- sweet

* * *

tierno, -a

♦ adj

1. [carne] tender

2. [pan] fresh

3. [afectuoso] tender, affectionate;

estar tierno con alguien to be tender o affectionate with o towards sb

4. [emotivo]
una escena tierna a moving scene

5. [joven] [brote, criatura] tender (young);

desde su más tierna edad from a tender age

6. Chile, Ecuad [fruto, hortaliza] unripe

♦ nm
Am baby
* * *

tierno

adj soft; carne tender; pan fresh; persona tender-hearted;

en mi tierna edad at a tender age

* * *

tierno, -na adj

1) : affectionate, tender

2) : tender, young

* * *

tierno adj tender

Spanish-English dictionary > tierno
39 tumbado

m.

ceiling. (Ecuadoran Spanish)

* * *

tumbado

► participio pasado

1→ link=tumbar tumbar

► adjetivo

1 (estirado) lying, stretched out

■ tumbado al sol lying in the sun

* * *

= recumbent.

Ex. The tomb consists of the bronze figure of the prelate recumbent on a marble base.

* * *

= recumbent.

Ex: The tomb consists of the bronze figure of the prelate recumbent on a marble base.

* * *

Del verbo tumbar: ( conjugate tumbar)

tumbado es:

el participio

Multiple Entries:
tumbado
tumbar
tumbar ( conjugate tumbar) verbo transitivo
a) ( hacer caer) to knock down;

◊ lo tumbó en el primer asalto he knocked him down in the first round;

un olor que te tumbaba a smell that knocked you backward(s)
b) (AmL) ‹ árbol› to fell, cut down;

‹muro/casa› to demolish, knock down
tumbarse verbo pronominal
to lie down
tumbado,-a adjetivo vaulted, arched
tumbar verbo transitivo
1 (hacer caer de un golpe) to knock down
2 (acostar) to lie down
3 fam (suspender) me tumbaron en matemáticas, I failed maths
' tumbado' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
acostada
- acostado
- tumbada
- vida
English:
lie
- lie about
- lie around
- reclining
- speed

* * *

tumbado nm
Ecuad ceiling

Spanish-English dictionary > tumbado
40 viveza

f.

1 vividness.

2 liveliness.

* * *

viveza

► nombre femenino

1 (persona) liveliness, vivacity

2 (color, relato) vividness

3 (al hablar) vehemence

4 (agudeza) sharpness, quick-wittedness

5 (ardor) passion, force

6 (en ojos) sparkle

* * *

noun f.

1) liveliness

2) vividness

* * *

SF [de ritmo] liveliness; [de imagen] vividness; [de luz, color] brightness; [de mente, movimiento] sharpness, quickness; [de sensación] intensity, acuteness; [de emoción] strength, depth

contestar con viveza — to answer with spirit

la viveza de su inteligencia — the sharpness of his mind

la viveza de sus sentimientos — the strength of his feelings

viveza criolla — native wit; pey low cunning pey

* * *

femenino

1)

a) (rapidez, agilidad) liveliness

viveza de ingenio — readiness o sharpness of wit

b) ( de recuerdo) vividness

lo describió con gran viveza — she described it very vividly

c) ( de color) brightness; (de ojos, mirada) liveliness, brightness; (de emoción, deseo) strength, intensity

2) ( astucia) sharpness

fue una de sus vivezas — it was one of his little schemes

•

- viveza criolla

* * *

= jauntiness, vividness, aliveness.

Ex. His jauntiness can wear a little thin, and the buff will be sorry there is no index, but there is much to be grateful for in this book.

Ex. He recorded with great vividness the literary life of London at that time, describing the wit, anxieties and insights of a tightly knit and highly gifted group of writers.

Ex. The beauty, the aliveness, the creativity, the passion that made her lovable and gave her life meaning has been effaced.

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* con viveza = vivaciously.

* * *

femenino

1)

a) (rapidez, agilidad) liveliness

viveza de ingenio — readiness o sharpness of wit

b) ( de recuerdo) vividness

lo describió con gran viveza — she described it very vividly

c) ( de color) brightness; (de ojos, mirada) liveliness, brightness; (de emoción, deseo) strength, intensity

2) ( astucia) sharpness

fue una de sus vivezas — it was one of his little schemes

•

- viveza criolla

* * *

= jauntiness, vividness, aliveness.

Ex: His jauntiness can wear a little thin, and the buff will be sorry there is no index, but there is much to be grateful for in this book.

Ex: He recorded with great vividness the literary life of London at that time, describing the wit, anxieties and insights of a tightly knit and highly gifted group of writers.

Ex: The beauty, the aliveness, the creativity, the passion that made her lovable and gave her life meaning has been effaced.

* con viveza = vivaciously.

* * *

viveza

feminine

picaresca y pícaro (↑ picaresco a1)

A

1 (rapidez, agilidad) liveliness

viveza de ingenio readiness o sharpness of wit

2 (de una descripción, un recuerdo) vividness; (de un estilo) liveliness

lo describió todo con gran viveza she described it all very vividly

3 (de un color) brightness; (del fuego) brightness

4 (de los ojos, la mirada) liveliness, brightness

5 (de una emoción, un deseo) strength, intensity

B (astucia)

1 (cualidad) sharpness

2

(acto): estará haciendo una de sus vivezas he's probably up to one of his little schemes o his clever little tricks

Compuesto:

viveza criolla

( AmS hum pey) native wit and cunning

* * *

viveza sustantivo femenino
a) (rapidez, agilidad) liveliness;

◊ viveza de ingenio readiness o sharpness of wit

b) ( de recuerdo) vividness;

◊ lo describió con gran viveza she described it very vividly

c) ( de color) brightness;

(de ojos, mirada) liveliness, brightness;
(de emoción, deseo) strength, intensity
viveza sustantivo femenino
1 (agudeza mental) sharpness, quick-wittedness
2 (expresividad, vivacidad) liveliness, vivacity
(en los ojos) sparkle
3 (ardor) passion, strength
4 (brillantez, colorido) brightness, vibrancy
' viveza' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
vida
English:
brightness
- brilliance
- richness
- sprightliness
- vivacity

* * *

viveza nf

1. [de colorido, descripción] vividness

2. [de deseo] intensity;
[de color, tono] brightness
3. [de persona, discusión, ojos] liveliness;

discutían con viveza they were having a lively discussion

4. [de ingenio, inteligencia] sharpness

Comp
Ecuad, Perú, RP viveza criolla native cunning o wit
* * *

viveza

f liveliness

* * *

viveza nf

1) vivacidad: liveliness

2) brillo: vividness, brightness

3) astucia: cleverness, sharpness

Spanish-English dictionary > viveza

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ecuad. — ecuadoranisch EN Ecuadorian … Abkürzungen und Akronyme in der deutschsprachigen Presse Gebrauchtwagen
Agua — (Del lat. aqua.) ► sustantivo femenino 1 Sustancia líquida, inodora, insípida y transparente, incolora en pequeña cantidad y verdosa o azulada en grandes masas, compuesta de una molécula de oxígeno y dos de hidrógeno. 2 Infusión obtenida por… … Enciclopedia Universal
agua — (Del lat. aqua). 1. f. Sustancia cuyas moléculas están formadas por la combinación de un átomo de oxígeno y dos de hidrógeno, líquida, inodora, insípida e incolora. Es el componente más abundante de la superficie terrestre y, más o menos puro,… … Diccionario de la lengua española
Cara — (Probablemente del gr. kara, cabeza.) ► sustantivo femenino 1 ANATOMÍA Parte delantera de la cabeza de las personas y de ciertos animales: ■ tiene la cara ovalada. SINÓNIMO faz rostro 2 Expresión del rostro: ■ ¡qué cara más simpática tiene!… … Enciclopedia Universal
cara — cara1 (Del lat. cara). 1. f. Parte anterior de la cabeza humana desde el principio de la frente hasta la punta de la barbilla. 2. Parte anterior de la cabeza de algunos animales. 3. semblante (ǁ representación de algún estado de ánimo en el… … Diccionario de la lengua española
camote — (Del náhuatl kamotli.) ► sustantivo masculino 1 América BIOLOGÍA Batata, tubérculo carnoso y comestible de color amarillo, morado o blanco, con el que se preparan dulces. 2 América Amante, querida. 3 América Enamoramiento, flechazo. 4 Chile… … Enciclopedia Universal
quiñazo — ► sustantivo masculino América Central y Meridional Empujón o encontronazo entre dos personas. * * * quiñazo (del quechua «k’iña», corte) 1 (Chi., Col., Ec., Perú) m. Golpe que se da con la púa del trompo. 2 Empujón, encontronazo. * * * quiñazo.… … Enciclopedia Universal
camote — (Del nahua camotli). 1. m. Am. Cen., Ecuad.), Filip.), Méx. y Perú. batata (ǁ planta). 2. Am. Cen., Ecuad.), Filip.), Méx. y Perú. batata (ǁ tubérculo). 3 … Diccionario de la lengua española
quiñazo — (De quiñar). 1. m. Bol.), Chile, Col.), Ecuad. y Perú. cachada1. 2. Chile, Col.), Ecuad. y Perú. Agujero que hace la púa del trompo. 3 … Diccionario de la lengua española
Queso — (Del lat. caseus.) ► sustantivo masculino 1 Producto comestible que se obtiene por maduración de la cuajada de la leche y que puede tener diferentes características según el tipo de leche o el método de fabricación. 2 coloquial Pie de las… … Enciclopedia Universal

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