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1 mea culpa
m.mea culpa.entonó el mea culpa he acknowledged he had made a mistake* * *= mea culpa.Ex. Mea culpa and apologies to any that were offended.* * *= mea culpa.Ex: Mea culpa and apologies to any that were offended.
* * *¿quién me escondió el libro? — mea culpa who's hidden my book? — guilty o ( hum) mea culpaentonar el mea culpa to admit one's guilt* * *mea culpa nmmea culpa;¿quién ha apagado la luz? – mea culpa who switched the light off? – mea culpa;entono el mea culpa mea culpa, I acknowledge I have made a mistake -
2 entonar
v.1 to sing.El panadero entonó una canción The baker sang a song.2 to pick up.esta sopa te entonará this soup will do you the world of good3 to sing in tune.4 to tone up, to revitalize, to invigorate.El ejercicio entonó mi cuerpo Exercise toned up my body.* * *2 (organismo) to tone up3 (colores) to match1 MÚSICA to intone2 (colores) to match1 (engreírse) to give oneself airs, be conceited* * *1. VT1) (Mús) [+ canción] to intone, sing; [afinando] to sing in tune; [+ voz] to modulate; [+ nota] to give, set; [+ órgano] to blow2) [+ alabanzas] to sound3) (Med) to tone up4) (Arte, Fot) to tone5) (=vigorizar) to liven up, enliven, invigorate2. VI1) (Mús) (=cantar) to intone frm, sing; (=cantar afinadamente) to be in tune ( con with)2) [colores] to match3.See:* * *1.verbo transitivo2.entonar vi1) (Mús) to sing in tune2) color/estilo3.entonarse v pron (fam) to get tipsy o (BrE) merry (colloq)* * *= intone.Ex. Also in 1876 the concept of the librarian as educator, frequently intoned in recent decades, began to take shape.* * *1.verbo transitivo2.entonar vi1) (Mús) to sing in tune2) color/estilo3.entonarse v pron (fam) to get tipsy o (BrE) merry (colloq)* * *= intone.Ex: Also in 1876 the concept of the librarian as educator, frequently intoned in recent decades, began to take shape.
* * *entonar [A1 ]vtA ( Mús)1 ‹canción/himno› to intone, sing2 ‹voz› to modulate3 ‹nota› to sing, giveB ‹músculos› to tone upC (reanimar) to perk … up■ entonarviA ( Mús) to sing in tuneB «color/estilo»: entonar CON algo; to go well WITH sth* * *
entonar ( conjugate entonar) verbo transitivo
1 ‹ canción› to intone, sing;
‹ voz› to modulate;
‹ nota› to sing, give
2 ( animar) [café/sopa] ‹ persona› to perk … up
verbo intransitivo (Mús) to sing in tune
entonar
I verbo transitivo
1 Mús to sing
2 Med to tone up
II verbo intransitivo
1 Mús to sing in tune
2 (combinar) to go [con, with]
' entonar' also found in these entries:
English:
intone
* * *♦ vt1. [cantar] [canción, himno] to sing;[nota musical] to give; [plegaria] to sing, to sound;entonar el mea culpa to admit one's responsibility, to cry mea culpa2. [tonificar] [persona] to perk up;[músculos] to tone up;esta sopa te entonará this soup will perk you up♦ vi1. [al cantar] to sing in tune* * *I v/t1 intone, sing2 fig famperk upII v/i sing in tune* * *entonar vi: to be in tuneentonar vt1) : to intone2) : to tone up
См. также в других словарях:
mea culpa — Loc. lat. que significa literalmente ‘por mi culpa’. Se usa como fórmula para reconocer una culpa o error: «En la actualidad, mea culpa, sigo sin toga y muceta profesorales» (Laín Descargo [Esp. 1976]). Como locución nominal masculina,… … Diccionario panhispánico de dudas
mea culpa — (Expresión latina.) ► sustantivo masculino Arrepentimiento por una falta cometida y golpe que algunas veces se realiza en el pecho al expresarlo: ■ entonó un mea culpa al reconocer su error. * * * mea culpa Palabras de la oración «confiteor Deo» … Enciclopedia Universal
entonar — verbo transitivo,intr. 1. Dar (una persona) el tono correcto a [la voz] al cantar: La soprano no entona. El director entonó el la . verbo transitivo 1. Dar … Diccionario Salamanca de la Lengua Española
