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1 añádase cómo

= expand like

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= expand like

Ex: Extensive provision for synthesis is made including auxiliary schedules, expand like instructions, and synthetic features in the notation.

Spanish-English dictionary > añádase cómo
2 como

adv.

1 as.

lo he hecho como es debido I did it as o the way it should be done

me encanta como bailas I love the way you dance

lo hagamos como lo hagamos habrá problemas whichever way we do it there'll be problems

2 as.

como te decía ayer… as I was telling you yesterday…

3 as.

trabaja como bombero he works as a fireman

dieron el dinero como anticipo they gave the money as an advance

4 about (aproximadamente).

me quedan como mil pesos I've got about a thousand pesos left

estamos como a mitad de camino we're about half-way there

tiene un sabor como a naranja it tastes a bit like an orange

5 like, as, such as, qua.

6 how, in which way.

7 some.

Pesa como cien libras It weighs some hundred pounds.

conj.

1 as, since (ya que).

como no llegabas, nos fuimos as o since you didn't arrive, we left

2 if (si). (peninsular Spanish)

como no me hagas caso, lo pasarás mal if you don't listen to me, there will be trouble

3 that (que).

después de tantas veces como te lo he explicado after all the times (that) I've explained it to you

prep.

1 like, as, just like, such as.

Te di esto en condición de préstamo I gave this to you as a loan.

2 as to.

3 how to.

pres.indicat.

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

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como

► adverbio

1 (modo) how

■ así fue como nos encontramos this is how we met

■ lo hizo como quiso he did it the way he wanted to

2 (comparación) as, like

■ negro como la noche as dark as night

■ camina como su madre he walks like his mother

■ hablas como un político you talk like a politician

3 (en calidad de) as

■ como director as director

■ como invitado as a guest

4 (según) as

■ como dice tu amigo as your friend says

5 familiar (aproximadamente) about

■ había como unos cien there were about a hundred

► conjunción

1 (así que) as

■ como llegaban se presentaban they introduced themselves as they arrived

2 (si) if

■ como lo vuelvas a hacer... if you do it again...

3 (porque) as, since

■ como llegamos tarde no pudimos entrar since we arrived late we couldn't get in

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FRASEOLOGÍA

como quiera que (no importa cómo) however 2 (ya que) since, as, inasmuch as

como no sea que unless

como sea whatever happens, no matter what

como si lo viera familiar I can imagine perfectly well

como si nada / como si tal cosa as if nothing had happened

hacer como quien to pretend to +inf

■ hizo como quien estaba enfermo he pretended to be ill

hacer como si to pretend to +inf

■ hace como si no viese nada he's pretending not to see anything

tanto como eso no familiar not as much as that

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1. conj.
1) as

2) like

3) if

4) since, given that
2. prep.
as, like

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1. ADV

1) [indicando semejanza] like

tienen un perro como el nuestro — they've got a dog like ours

se portó como un imbécil — he behaved like an idiot

es como un pez — it's like a fish

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

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

sabe como a queso — it tastes a bit like cheese

blanco como la nieve — as white as snow

tuvo resultados como no se habían conocido antes — it had results such as had never been known before

2) [introduciendo ejemplo] such as

hay peces, como truchas y salmones — there are fish, such as trout and salmon

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

3) [indicando modo]

a) + indic

lo hice como me habían enseñado — I did it as I had been taught

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

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

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

prefiero como lo haces tú — I prefer it the way you do it

la manera como sucedió — the way (in which) it happened

fue así como comenzó — that was how it began

lo levanté como pude — I lifted it as best I could

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

b) + subjun

hazlo como quieras — do it however you want o like

hazlo como puedas — do your best, do the best you can

• como sea — at all costs

tratan de mantenerse en el poder como sea — they will do whatever it takes to stay in power

está decidido a salvar como sea la vida del niño — he's determined to do whatever it takes to save the child's life

sea como sea — in any case

hay que evitar que nos eliminen sea como sea — we must avoid getting knocked out at all costs

4) (=en calidad de) as

lo usé como cuchara — I used it as a spoon

asistió como espectador — he attended as a spectator

lo dice como juez — he says it speaking as a judge

vale más como poeta — he is better as a poet

5) (=más o menos) about, around

había como cincuenta — there were about o around fifty

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

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

6) [con valor causal]

libre como estaba — free as he was

2. CONJ

1) + indic (=ya que) as, since

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

2) + indic (=según) as

como dice mi profesor — as my teacher says

como se ve en el gráfico — as you can see from the diagram

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

tal como están los precios de las motos... — with motorbike prices as they are at the moment...

3) + indic (=cuando) as soon as

así como nos vio lanzó un grito — as soon as he saw us he shouted

4) + indic
(=que)
verás como les ganamos — we'll beat them, you'll see

ya verás como no vienen — I bet they won't come

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

de tanto como odio a los dos, no sé a quien odio más — I hate them both so much, I don't know which I hate the most

5) + subjun (=si) if

como vengas tarde, no comes — if you're late you'll get nothing to eat

como sea cierto, ¡estamos perdidos! — if it's true, we're done for!

¡como lo pierdas! — you'd better not lose it!, don't you lose it!

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

no salimos, como no sea para ir al cine — we only go out if it's to go to the cinema, we don't go out unless it's to go to the cinema

6)

• como que — as if

¡como que yo soy tonto y me creo esas mentiras! — as if I was stupid enough to believe lies like that!

¡como que te van a pagar! — don't tell me they're going to pay you!

hizo como que no nos veía — he pretended not to see us

al tragar nota como que le molesta — he shows discomfort when swallowing

7)

• como si — as if, as though

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

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

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

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

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

8)

• como para, ¡es como para denunciarlos! — it's enough to make you want to report them to the police!

tampoco es como para enfadarse tanto — there's no need to get so angry about it

9) CAm, Méx

a como dé o diera lugar — at any cost
así 1., 5), pronto 1., 4), querer 2., 1)
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preposición

1)

a) ( en calidad de) as

quiero hablarte como amigo — I want to speak to you as a friend

el director tendrá como funciones... — the director's duties will be...

está considerado como lo mejor — he's considered (to be) the best

b) ( con el nombre de) as

se la conoce como `flor de luz' — it's known as `flor de luz'

c) ( por ejemplo) like

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

2) (en comparaciones, contrastes) like

uno como el tuyo — one like yours

pienso como tú — I agree with you

fue ella, como que me llamo Beatriz — it was her, as sure as my name's Beatriz

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

me trata como a un imbécil — he treats me like an idiot

no hay nada como un buen coñac! — there's nothing like a good brandy!

como para + inf: es como para echarse a llorar it's enough to make you want to cry; fue como para pegarle — I could have hit him

3) (en locs)

así como — (frml) as well as

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

1) ( de la manera que) as

tal como había prometido — just as he had promised

como era de esperar — as was to be expected

como dice el refrán — as the saying goes

no me gustó como lo dijo — I didn't like the way she said it

(tal y) como están las cosas — as things stand; (+ subj)

hazlo como quieras/como puedas — do it any way you like/as best as you can

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

como quiera que sea — no matter what

la buganvilla, o como quiera que se llame — bougainvillea or whatever it's called

2) ( puesto que) as, since

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

3) (si) (+ subj) if

como te pille... — if I catch you...

4) ( en oraciones concesivas)

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

5) ( que)

vimos como se los llevaban — we saw them being taken away

vas a ver como llega tarde — he'll be late, you'll see
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adverbio

1) ( expresando aproximación) about

está como a cincuenta kilómetros — it's about fifty kilometers away

un sabor como a almendras — a kind of almondy taste

2) ( uso expletivo) kind of (colloq)

me da como vergüenza... — I find it kind of embarrassing...

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= as, by way of, for the purpose of + Nombre, how, in the guise of, just as, like, qua, much as, as a kind of, as serving as, along the lines of, in + Posesivo + capacity as, such as, kind of like.

Ex. This scheme aims for a more helpful order than the major schemes, by following the groupings of subjects as they are taught in schools.

Ex. An annotation is a note added to the title and/or other bibliographic information concerning a document, by way of comment or explanation.

Ex. Taking the second situation for the purpose of illustration, there are four options for choice of title.

Ex. Inevitably any abridgement poses the dilemma how to abridge, that is, what to leave out and what to include.

Ex. Further, these indexers are probably so familiar with their subject area that, they whether in the guise of indexer or searcher, will profit little from any additional guides to relationships.

Ex. Just as Ivan finds that by taking pleasure in an extra piece of food he makes survival possible and beats Stalin and his jailors at heir own game.

Ex. Thus, the computer-held term record files are most suitable for applications like Selective Dissemination of Information (SDI) systems.

Ex. Such a concept came as a great surprise to many information educators who rather dismissively regarded the information qua information field of activity as being too limited.

Ex. More studies are needed to identify the full temporal effects of the personal computer, much as they did for television.

Ex. In a way, it is acting as a kind of bridge between the two, permitting traffic both ways where once there was a divide.

Ex. 45 libraries have been unofficially recognised by librarians as serving as model children's libraries.

Ex. The author considers the possibility of a shift from libraries to personal information service along the lines of the shift that has occured from public to private transport.

Ex. Strange that so helpful and charming a person in his capacity as a librarian could behave so monstrously; but behave thus he did.

Ex. Indicative abstracts abound in phrases such as 'is discussed' or 'has been surveyed', but do not record the outcome of the discussion or survey.

Ex. It's kind of like trumping in public -- You simply do not do it!.

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* ¡cómo se nota que no está el jefe! = while the cat's away, the mice will play.

* aducir como evidencia = adduce as + evidence.

* algo así como = something like.

* añádase cómo = expand like.

* así como = as, as well as.

* así como así = just like that.

* así como... de igual modo... = just as... so....

* así es como = this is how.

* así es como es = that's how it is.

* caer como moscas = drop like + flies.

* como aclaración = in parenthesis.

* como algo natural = as a matter of course.

* como algo normal = as a matter of course.

* como algo opuesto a = as against.

* como algo residual = residually.

* como alternativa = as an alternative.

* como anillo al dedo = just the ticket, the right twigs for an eagle's nest, perfect fit, perfect match, that's the ticket!.

* como antes = as before.

* como apoyo a = in support of.

* como barcos que se cruzan (en la noche) = like passing ships (in the night).

* como barcos que se cruzan (en la oscuridad) = like passing ships (in the night).

* como base para = as a basis for.

* como cabe esperar = unsurprisingly, as one might expect, as expected.

* como cabía esperar = as expected.

* como cabría esperar = as might be expected, as one might expect.

* como cabría suponer = as might be expected.

* como consecuencia = on this basis, on that basis, in doing so, in consequence, in accordance.

* como consecuencia (de) = as a result (of), in the wake of, as a consequence (of).

* cómo conseguir = obtainability.

* como con todo en la vida = as with everything in life.

* como contrapartida = in return.

* como cooperativa = collegially.

* como corresponde = fittingly.

* como corresponde a = as befits.

* como cuando + Indicativo = as in + Gerundio.

* como de costumbre = as usual, as always, according to normal practice.

* cómo demonios = how on earth.

* como dice el dicho = as the saying goes, so the saying goes.

* como dice el refrán = as the saying goes, so the saying goes.

* como diferente a = as distinct from.

* cómo disponer de (algo) = disposition.

* como dos gotas de agua = as alike as two peas in a pod, like two peas in a pod.

* como ejemplo = as an example, by way of illustration.

* como el cuero = leathery.

* como el desierto = desert-like.

* como el día y la noche = worlds apart, like oil and water, like chalk and cheese, like apples and oranges.

* como el fuego = like wildfire.

* como el perro del hortelano que ni come ni deja comer = a dog in the manger.

* como en casa = like home (away) from home.

* como en casa no se está en ningún sitio = there's no place like home.

* como en el caso de = as with, just as for, as in the case of.

* como era de esperar = as expected.

* como es debido = fittingly.

* como es de esperar = predictably, not surprisingly, as expected.

* como es el caso de = as it is with, as with.

* como es habitual = as always.

* como es natural = not unnaturally.

* como es normal = as always.

* como esto = like this.

* como fecha final = at the very latest.

* como forma de vida = as a way of life.

* como grogui = drowsily, groggily.

* como grupo = collectively.

* como guía = for guidance.

* como la noche y el día = like oil and water, worlds apart, like chalk and cheese, like apples and oranges.

* como la pólvora = like wildfire.

* como las ardillas = squirrel-like.

* como las empresas = business-like.

* como loca = like a madwoman.

* como loco = like hell, like crazy, like mad, like a lunatic, like a madman.

* como medida de seguridad = as a backup.

* como medida provisional = as an interim measure.

* como medida temporal = as an interim measure.

* como medida transitoria = as an interim measure.

* como mejor + poder = as best + Pronombre + can.

* como mínimo = at least, conservatively, at a minimum.

* como mínimo hasta que = minimally until.

* como mucho = at best, at most, if at all, at the most, at the very latest.

* como muestra de agradecimiento = as a token of thanks.

* como muestra de + Posesivo + agradecimiento = as a token of + Posesivo + appreciation.

* como muestra de + Posesivo + gratitud = as a token of + Posesivo + gratitude.

* como muy tarde = at the latest.

* como norma = as a rule, as a matter of policy.

* como norma general = as a rule of thumb, as a general rule, as a general rule of thumb, as a rough guide.

* cómo nos las ingeniamos para... = how in the world....

* como nota al margen = on a sidenote.

* como nuevo = in mint condition, in tip-top condition, in tip-top form.

* como ocurre en estos casos = as is the way with these things.

* como + ocurrir + en el caso de = as + be + the case for.

* como opuesto a = as distinct from, as opposed to.

* como otra posibilidad = as an alternative.

* ¡como para creérselo! = Posesivo + famous last words.

* como parásito = parasitically.

* como persona que = as one who.

* como pez fuera del agua = like a fish out of water.

* como polo opuesto = by polar contrast.

* como por arte de magia = magically, into thin air.

* como por ejemplo = such as, to the effect of.

* como por encanto = magically.

* como poseído = as one possessed.

* como preámbulo de = as a preamble to.

* como primera elección = as a first preference.

* como prueba de = as a token of, as a sign of.

* como prueba de agradecimiento = as a token of thanks.

* como prueba de + Posesivo + agradecimiento = as a token of + Posesivo + appreciation.

* como prueba de + Posesivo + gratitud = as a token of + Posesivo + gratitude.

* como pruebas = in evidence, in evidence.

* como quiera que + Verbo = however + Verbo.

* como quieras llamarlo = whatever you call it.

* como reconocimiento a = in recognition of.

* como respuesta a = in reply to, in response to.

* como resultado = in consequence, on this basis, on that basis, in doing so.

* como resultado (de) = as a consequence (of).

* como salido de fábrica = in mint condition.

* como segunda alternativa = as a backup.

* como se indicó en = as was pointed out in.

* como señal de agradecimiento = as a token of thanks.

* como señal de + Posesivo + agradecimiento = as a token of + Posesivo + appreciation.

* como señal de + Posesivo + gratitud = as a token of + Posesivo + gratitude.

* cómo + ser = what + be like.

* como si = as though.

* como si dijéramos = as it were.

* como siempre = as always.

* como si fuese = as it were.

* como siga así = at this rate.

* como sigue = as follows.

* como símbolo de = as a token of, as a sign of.

* como si nada = be right as rain, unfazed.

* como si no hubiera mañana = like there's no tomorrow.

* como si + Pronombre + fuese la vida en ello = like there's no tomorrow.

* como si se acabara el mundo = like there's no tomorrow.

* como si se fuese a acabar el mundo = like there's no tomorrow.

* como si se + Pronombre + hubiera tragado la tierra = into thin air.

* como si (se tratase de) = as if.

* como si tal cosa = be right as rain, unfazed, just like that.

* como sustituto de = in place of.

* como tal = as such, in this capacity, qua.

* como término medio = on average.

* como todo un caballero = sportingly.

* como último recurso = as a last resort, in the last resort.

* como una aguja en un pajar = like a needle in a haystack.

* como una balsa de aceite = like a millpond, calm like a millpond.

* como una cabra = stark raving mad, raving mad.

* como una cebolla = onion-like.

* como una condenada = like a madwoman.

* como una descosida = like a madwoman.

* como una forma de = as a means of.

* como una metralladora = quick-fire.

* como un basilisco = like a bear with a sore head.

* como un bobo = stupidly.

* como un bólido = like the clappers.

* como un campo de batalla = like a war zone.

* como un cencerro = barking mad, raving mad, stark raving mad.

* como un condenado = like the clappers, like crazy, like mad, like a lunatic, like a madman, as one possessed.

* como un descosido = like a lunatic, like a madman, as one possessed.

* como un detective = detectivelike, sleuthlike.

* como un elefante en una cacharrería = like an elephant in a china shop.

* como un energúmeno = like a bear with a sore head.

* como un estúpido = stupidly.

* como un experto = expertly.

* como un glaciar = glacially.

* como unidad global = as a whole.

* como un idiota = stupidly.

* como un loca = like a madwoman.

* como un loco = like crazy, like mad, like a lunatic, madly, like a madman.

* como un método para = as a means of.

* como un modo de = as a way of.

* como un necio = stupidly.

* como un observador que pasa desapercibido = fly-on-the-wall, fly-on-the-wall.

* cómo uno se identifica a sí mismo = self-identification.

* como un platillo = saucer-like.

* como un poseído = as one possessed.

* como un rayo = in a flash.

* como un reguero de pólvora = like wildfire.

* como un relámpago = like greased lightning, like the clappers.

* como un reloj = as regular as clockwork, like clockwork.

* como un televisor = television-type.

* como un todo = as a whole.

* como un tonto = stupidly, foolishly.

* como un torpe = foolishly.

* como un zombi = zombielike.

* como vivir en un escaparate = like being in a (gold)fish bowl.

* como + Voz Pasiva = as + Participio Pasado.

* como y cuando = as and when.

* como y cuando sea + Adjetivo = as + Adjetivo.

* comportarse como se espera = be a sport.

* con el mismo + Nombre + como el que... = as + Adverbio + as....

* conocerse como = be known as.

* dar como resultado = result (in).

* de cómo = as to how.

* durante tanto tiempo como sea posible = for as long as possible.

* el modo como = the way in which.

* el problema no es el qué, sino el cómo = the devil (is/lives) in the details.

* frase como encabezamiento = phrase heading.

* llegar a ser conocido como = become + known as.

* mantenerse como válido = hold up.

* nada menos que + Nombre + tan + Adjetivo + como = no less + Adjetivo + Nombre + than.

* no + haber + nada como = there + be + nothing like.

* ofrecerse como voluntario = volunteer.

* para colmo = on top of everything else.

* plan de cómo disponer de Algo = disposition instruction.

* proponer como principio = posit.

* sea como sea = be that as it may, at all costs, at any cost.

* seleccionar como relevante = hit.

* ser como hablar con la pared = be like talking to a brick wall.

* ser tan buen momento como cualquier otro = be as good a time as any.

* ser un momento tan bueno como cualquier otro = be as good a time as any.

* tal como = such as, such + Nombre + as, just as.

* tal y como aparece = as it/they stand(s).

* tal y como es/son = as it/they stand(s).

* tal y como + ser = in + Posesivo + true colours.

* tan + Adjetivo + como = as + Adjetivo + as, every bit as + Adjetivo + as.

* tan + Adjetivo + como de costumbre = as + Adjetivo + as ever.

* tan + Adjetivo + como siempre = as + Adjetivo + as ever.

* tan pronto como = as soon as, just as soon as, no sooner... than.

* tan pronto como sea posible = as soon as possible (asap).

* tanto como = as many... as..., as much as + Adjetivo, both... and..., no less than, equally, if not, so much as.

* tanto como siempre = as much as ever.

* tener como equivalente = have + counterpart.

* tener como motivo central = plan around + Nombre.

* tener como objetivo = have + as + Posesivo + objective.

* tomar como ejemplo = take.

* un poco como = kind of like.

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preposición

1)

a) ( en calidad de) as

quiero hablarte como amigo — I want to speak to you as a friend

el director tendrá como funciones... — the director's duties will be...

está considerado como lo mejor — he's considered (to be) the best

b) ( con el nombre de) as

se la conoce como `flor de luz' — it's known as `flor de luz'

c) ( por ejemplo) like

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

2) (en comparaciones, contrastes) like

uno como el tuyo — one like yours

pienso como tú — I agree with you

fue ella, como que me llamo Beatriz — it was her, as sure as my name's Beatriz

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

me trata como a un imbécil — he treats me like an idiot

no hay nada como un buen coñac! — there's nothing like a good brandy!

como para + inf: es como para echarse a llorar it's enough to make you want to cry; fue como para pegarle — I could have hit him

3) (en locs)

así como — (frml) as well as

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

1) ( de la manera que) as

tal como había prometido — just as he had promised

como era de esperar — as was to be expected

como dice el refrán — as the saying goes

no me gustó como lo dijo — I didn't like the way she said it

(tal y) como están las cosas — as things stand; (+ subj)

hazlo como quieras/como puedas — do it any way you like/as best as you can

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

como quiera que sea — no matter what

la buganvilla, o como quiera que se llame — bougainvillea or whatever it's called

2) ( puesto que) as, since

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

3) (si) (+ subj) if

como te pille... — if I catch you...

4) ( en oraciones concesivas)

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

5) ( que)

vimos como se los llevaban — we saw them being taken away

vas a ver como llega tarde — he'll be late, you'll see
III
adverbio

1) ( expresando aproximación) about

está como a cincuenta kilómetros — it's about fifty kilometers away

un sabor como a almendras — a kind of almondy taste

2) ( uso expletivo) kind of (colloq)

me da como vergüenza... — I find it kind of embarrassing...

* * *

= as, by way of, for the purpose of + Nombre, how, in the guise of, just as, like, qua, much as, as a kind of, as serving as, along the lines of, in + Posesivo + capacity as, such as, kind of like.

Ex: This scheme aims for a more helpful order than the major schemes, by following the groupings of subjects as they are taught in schools.

Ex: An annotation is a note added to the title and/or other bibliographic information concerning a document, by way of comment or explanation.

Ex: Taking the second situation for the purpose of illustration, there are four options for choice of title.

Ex: Inevitably any abridgement poses the dilemma how to abridge, that is, what to leave out and what to include.

Ex: Further, these indexers are probably so familiar with their subject area that, they whether in the guise of indexer or searcher, will profit little from any additional guides to relationships.

Ex: Just as Ivan finds that by taking pleasure in an extra piece of food he makes survival possible and beats Stalin and his jailors at heir own game.

Ex: Thus, the computer-held term record files are most suitable for applications like Selective Dissemination of Information (SDI) systems.

Ex: Such a concept came as a great surprise to many information educators who rather dismissively regarded the information qua information field of activity as being too limited.

Ex: More studies are needed to identify the full temporal effects of the personal computer, much as they did for television.

Ex: In a way, it is acting as a kind of bridge between the two, permitting traffic both ways where once there was a divide.

Ex: 45 libraries have been unofficially recognised by librarians as serving as model children's libraries.

Ex: The author considers the possibility of a shift from libraries to personal information service along the lines of the shift that has occured from public to private transport.

Ex: Strange that so helpful and charming a person in his capacity as a librarian could behave so monstrously; but behave thus he did.

Ex: Indicative abstracts abound in phrases such as 'is discussed' or 'has been surveyed', but do not record the outcome of the discussion or survey.

Ex: It's kind of like trumping in public -- You simply do not do it!.

* ¡cómo se nota que no está el jefe! = while the cat's away, the mice will play.

* aducir como evidencia = adduce as + evidence.

* algo así como = something like.

* añádase cómo = expand like.

* así como = as, as well as.

* así como así = just like that.

* así como... de igual modo... = just as... so....

* así es como = this is how.

* así es como es = that's how it is.

* caer como moscas = drop like + flies.

* como aclaración = in parenthesis.

* como algo natural = as a matter of course.

* como algo normal = as a matter of course.

* como algo opuesto a = as against.

* como algo residual = residually.

* como alternativa = as an alternative.

* como anillo al dedo = just the ticket, the right twigs for an eagle's nest, perfect fit, perfect match, that's the ticket!.

* como antes = as before.

* como apoyo a = in support of.

* como barcos que se cruzan (en la noche) = like passing ships (in the night).

* como barcos que se cruzan (en la oscuridad) = like passing ships (in the night).

* como base para = as a basis for.

* como cabe esperar = unsurprisingly, as one might expect, as expected.

* como cabía esperar = as expected.

* como cabría esperar = as might be expected, as one might expect.

* como cabría suponer = as might be expected.

* como consecuencia = on this basis, on that basis, in doing so, in consequence, in accordance.

* como consecuencia (de) = as a result (of), in the wake of, as a consequence (of).

* cómo conseguir = obtainability.

* como con todo en la vida = as with everything in life.

* como contrapartida = in return.

* como cooperativa = collegially.

* como corresponde = fittingly.

* como corresponde a = as befits.

* como cuando + Indicativo = as in + Gerundio.

* como de costumbre = as usual, as always, according to normal practice.

* cómo demonios = how on earth.

* como dice el dicho = as the saying goes, so the saying goes.

* como dice el refrán = as the saying goes, so the saying goes.

* como diferente a = as distinct from.

* cómo disponer de (algo) = disposition.

* como dos gotas de agua = as alike as two peas in a pod, like two peas in a pod.

* como ejemplo = as an example, by way of illustration.

* como el cuero = leathery.

* como el desierto = desert-like.

* como el día y la noche = worlds apart, like oil and water, like chalk and cheese, like apples and oranges.

* como el fuego = like wildfire.

* como el perro del hortelano que ni come ni deja comer = a dog in the manger.

* como en casa = like home (away) from home.

* como en casa no se está en ningún sitio = there's no place like home.

* como en el caso de = as with, just as for, as in the case of.

* como era de esperar = as expected.

* como es debido = fittingly.

* como es de esperar = predictably, not surprisingly, as expected.

* como es el caso de = as it is with, as with.

* como es habitual = as always.

* como es natural = not unnaturally.

* como es normal = as always.

* como esto = like this.

* como fecha final = at the very latest.

* como forma de vida = as a way of life.

* como grogui = drowsily, groggily.

* como grupo = collectively.

* como guía = for guidance.

* como la noche y el día = like oil and water, worlds apart, like chalk and cheese, like apples and oranges.

* como la pólvora = like wildfire.

* como las ardillas = squirrel-like.

* como las empresas = business-like.

* como loca = like a madwoman.

* como loco = like hell, like crazy, like mad, like a lunatic, like a madman.

* como medida de seguridad = as a backup.

* como medida provisional = as an interim measure.

* como medida temporal = as an interim measure.

* como medida transitoria = as an interim measure.

* como mejor + poder = as best + Pronombre + can.

* como mínimo = at least, conservatively, at a minimum.

* como mínimo hasta que = minimally until.

* como mucho = at best, at most, if at all, at the most, at the very latest.

* como muestra de agradecimiento = as a token of thanks.

* como muestra de + Posesivo + agradecimiento = as a token of + Posesivo + appreciation.

* como muestra de + Posesivo + gratitud = as a token of + Posesivo + gratitude.

* como muy tarde = at the latest.

* como norma = as a rule, as a matter of policy.

* como norma general = as a rule of thumb, as a general rule, as a general rule of thumb, as a rough guide.

* cómo nos las ingeniamos para... = how in the world....

* como nota al margen = on a sidenote.

* como nuevo = in mint condition, in tip-top condition, in tip-top form.

* como ocurre en estos casos = as is the way with these things.

* como + ocurrir + en el caso de = as + be + the case for.

* como opuesto a = as distinct from, as opposed to.

* como otra posibilidad = as an alternative.

* ¡como para creérselo! = Posesivo + famous last words.

* como parásito = parasitically.

* como persona que = as one who.

* como pez fuera del agua = like a fish out of water.

* como polo opuesto = by polar contrast.

* como por arte de magia = magically, into thin air.

* como por ejemplo = such as, to the effect of.

* como por encanto = magically.

* como poseído = as one possessed.

* como preámbulo de = as a preamble to.

* como primera elección = as a first preference.

* como prueba de = as a token of, as a sign of.

* como prueba de agradecimiento = as a token of thanks.

* como prueba de + Posesivo + agradecimiento = as a token of + Posesivo + appreciation.

* como prueba de + Posesivo + gratitud = as a token of + Posesivo + gratitude.

* como pruebas = in evidence, in evidence.

* como quiera que + Verbo = however + Verbo.

* como quieras llamarlo = whatever you call it.

* como reconocimiento a = in recognition of.

* como respuesta a = in reply to, in response to.

* como resultado = in consequence, on this basis, on that basis, in doing so.

* como resultado (de) = as a consequence (of).

* como salido de fábrica = in mint condition.

* como segunda alternativa = as a backup.

* como se indicó en = as was pointed out in.

* como señal de agradecimiento = as a token of thanks.

* como señal de + Posesivo + agradecimiento = as a token of + Posesivo + appreciation.

* como señal de + Posesivo + gratitud = as a token of + Posesivo + gratitude.

* cómo + ser = what + be like.

* como si = as though.

* como si dijéramos = as it were.

* como siempre = as always.

* como si fuese = as it were.

* como siga así = at this rate.

* como sigue = as follows.

* como símbolo de = as a token of, as a sign of.

* como si nada = be right as rain, unfazed.

* como si no hubiera mañana = like there's no tomorrow.

* como si + Pronombre + fuese la vida en ello = like there's no tomorrow.

* como si se acabara el mundo = like there's no tomorrow.

* como si se fuese a acabar el mundo = like there's no tomorrow.

* como si se + Pronombre + hubiera tragado la tierra = into thin air.

* como si (se tratase de) = as if.

* como si tal cosa = be right as rain, unfazed, just like that.

* como sustituto de = in place of.

* como tal = as such, in this capacity, qua.

* como término medio = on average.

* como todo un caballero = sportingly.

* como último recurso = as a last resort, in the last resort.

* como una aguja en un pajar = like a needle in a haystack.

* como una balsa de aceite = like a millpond, calm like a millpond.

* como una cabra = stark raving mad, raving mad.

* como una cebolla = onion-like.

* como una condenada = like a madwoman.

* como una descosida = like a madwoman.

* como una forma de = as a means of.

* como una metralladora = quick-fire.

* como un basilisco = like a bear with a sore head.

* como un bobo = stupidly.

* como un bólido = like the clappers.

* como un campo de batalla = like a war zone.

* como un cencerro = barking mad, raving mad, stark raving mad.

* como un condenado = like the clappers, like crazy, like mad, like a lunatic, like a madman, as one possessed.

* como un descosido = like a lunatic, like a madman, as one possessed.

* como un detective = detectivelike, sleuthlike.

* como un elefante en una cacharrería = like an elephant in a china shop.

* como un energúmeno = like a bear with a sore head.

* como un estúpido = stupidly.

* como un experto = expertly.

* como un glaciar = glacially.

* como unidad global = as a whole.

* como un idiota = stupidly.

* como un loca = like a madwoman.

* como un loco = like crazy, like mad, like a lunatic, madly, like a madman.

* como un método para = as a means of.

* como un modo de = as a way of.

* como un necio = stupidly.

* como un observador que pasa desapercibido = fly-on-the-wall, fly-on-the-wall.

* cómo uno se identifica a sí mismo = self-identification.

* como un platillo = saucer-like.

* como un poseído = as one possessed.

* como un rayo = in a flash.

* como un reguero de pólvora = like wildfire.

* como un relámpago = like greased lightning, like the clappers.

* como un reloj = as regular as clockwork, like clockwork.

* como un televisor = television-type.

* como un todo = as a whole.

* como un tonto = stupidly, foolishly.

* como un torpe = foolishly.

* como un zombi = zombielike.

* como vivir en un escaparate = like being in a (gold)fish bowl.

* como + Voz Pasiva = as + Participio Pasado.

* como y cuando = as and when.

* como y cuando sea + Adjetivo = as + Adjetivo.

* comportarse como se espera = be a sport.

* con el mismo + Nombre + como el que... = as + Adverbio + as....

* conocerse como = be known as.

* dar como resultado = result (in).

* de cómo = as to how.

* durante tanto tiempo como sea posible = for as long as possible.

* el modo como = the way in which.

* el problema no es el qué, sino el cómo = the devil (is/lives) in the details.

* frase como encabezamiento = phrase heading.

* llegar a ser conocido como = become + known as.

* mantenerse como válido = hold up.

* nada menos que + Nombre + tan + Adjetivo + como = no less + Adjetivo + Nombre + than.

* no + haber + nada como = there + be + nothing like.

* ofrecerse como voluntario = volunteer.

* para colmo = on top of everything else.

* plan de cómo disponer de Algo = disposition instruction.

* proponer como principio = posit.

* sea como sea = be that as it may, at all costs, at any cost.

* seleccionar como relevante = hit.

* ser como hablar con la pared = be like talking to a brick wall.

* ser tan buen momento como cualquier otro = be as good a time as any.

* ser un momento tan bueno como cualquier otro = be as good a time as any.

* tal como = such as, such + Nombre + as, just as.

* tal y como aparece = as it/they stand(s).

* tal y como es/son = as it/they stand(s).

* tal y como + ser = in + Posesivo + true colours.

* tan + Adjetivo + como = as + Adjetivo + as, every bit as + Adjetivo + as.

* tan + Adjetivo + como de costumbre = as + Adjetivo + as ever.

* tan + Adjetivo + como siempre = as + Adjetivo + as ever.

* tan pronto como = as soon as, just as soon as, no sooner... than.

* tan pronto como sea posible = as soon as possible (asap).

* tanto como = as many... as..., as much as + Adjetivo, both... and..., no less than, equally, if not, so much as.

* tanto como siempre = as much as ever.

* tener como equivalente = have + counterpart.

* tener como motivo central = plan around + Nombre.

* tener como objetivo = have + as + Posesivo + objective.

* tomar como ejemplo = take.

* un poco como = kind of like.

* * *

como¹

prep

A

1 (en calidad de) as

usando el paraguas como bastón using his umbrella as a walking stick

quiero hablarte como amigo y no como abogado I want to speak to you as a friend and not as a lawyer

el director tendrá como funciones … the director's duties will be …

está considerado como lo mejor he's considered (to be) the best

lo presentó como su ex-marido she introduced him as her ex-husband

2 (con el nombre de) as

la flor conocida allí como `Santa Rita' the flower known there as `Santa Rita'

3 (por ejemplo) like

en algunas capitales como Londres in some capital cities such as London o like London

necesitamos a alguien como tú we need someone like you

tengo ganas de comer algo dulce — ¿como qué? I fancy something sweet — like what?

B (en comparaciones, contrastes) like

quiero un vestido como el tuyo I want a dress like yours

pienso como tú I agree with you

fue ella, como que me llamo Beatriz it was her, as sure as my name's Beatriz

se portó como un caballero he behaved like a gentleman

la quiero como a una hija I love her like a daughter o as if she were my own daughter

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

me trata como a un imbécil he treats me like an idiot o as if I were an idiot

se llama algo así como Genaro o Gerardo he's called something like Genaro or Gerardo

¡no hay nada como un buen coñac! there's nothing like a good brandy!

era verde, un verde como el de la alfombra de la oficina it was green, the color of the office carpet

como PARA + INF:

es como para echarse a llorar it's enough to make you want to cry, it makes you want to cry

C ( en locs):

así como ( frml); as well as

por esto, así como por muchas otras razones because of this, and for many other reasons as well o as well as for many other reasons

sus abundantes recursos naturales, así como su importancia estratégica its abundant natural resources, together with o as well as its strategic importance

como él solo/ella sola: es egoísta como él solo he's so o he's incredibly selfish!

como mucho at (the) most, at the outside

como poco at least

como nadie: hace la paella como nadie she makes wonderful paella, nobody makes paella like her

como que …: conduce muy bien — como que es piloto de carreras he drives very well — well, he is a racing driver, after all

le voy a decir cuatro cosas — sí, sí, como que te vas a atrever … I'm going to give him a piece of my mind — oh, yes? I'll believe that when I see it

y no me lo dijiste — ¡como que no sabía nada! and you didn't tell me about it — that's because I didn't know anything about it myself!

como ser (CS); such as, for example, like

como si (+ subj) as if, as though

actuó como si no le importara she acted as if o as though she didn't care

ella está grave y él como si nada or como si tal cosa she's seriously ill and he doesn't seem at all worried o he behaves as if it's nothing (to worry about)

él como si nada or como si tal cosa, ni se inmutó he just stood there without batting an eyelid

como²

conjunction

A (de la manera que) as

no me gustó el modo or la manera como lo dijo I didn't like the way she said it

llegó temprano, tal como había prometido he arrived early, just as he had promised

ganó Raúl, como era de esperar Raúl won, as was to be expected

así en la tierra como en el cielo on Earth as it is in Heaven

como dice el refrán as the saying goes

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

(+ subj): hazlo como quieras do it any way you like o how you like

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

me dijo que me las arreglara como pudiera he told me to sort things as best I could

la buganvilla, o como quiera que se llame bougainvillea or whatever it's called

como quiera que sea, ellos se llevaron la copa anyway, the point is they won the cup

B (puesto que) as, since

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

C (+ subj) (si) if

como te vuelva a encontrar por aquí if I catch you around here again

D

(en oraciones concesivas): cansado como estaba, se ofreció a ayudarme tired though o tired as he was, he offered to help me

joven como es, tiene más sentido común que tú he may be young but he has more common sense than you

E

(que): vimos como se los llevaban en una furgoneta we saw them being taken away in a van, we saw how they were taken away in a van

vas a ver como llega tarde he'll be late, you'll see

como³

adverb

A (expresando aproximación) about

como a la mitad del camino about half way there

está como a cincuenta kilómetros it's about fifty kilometers away

vino como a las seis she came at around o about six

tiene un sabor como a almendras it has a kind of almondy taste, it tastes something like o a bit like almonds

un ruido como de un motor a noise like that of an engine

B (uso expletivo) kind of ( colloq)

es que me da como vergüenza … I find it kind of embarrassing …

* * *

Del verbo comer: ( conjugate comer)

como es:

1ª persona singular (yo) presente indicativo

Multiple Entries:
algo como
comer
como
cómo
comer ( conjugate comer) verbo intransitivo
a) ( en general) to eat;

◊ no tengo ganas de cómo I'm not hungry;

este niño no me come nada (fam) this child won't eat anything (colloq);
dar(le) de cómo a algn (en la boca) to spoonfeed sb;
darle de cómo al gato/al niño to feed the cat/the kid;
salir a cómo (fuera) to go out for a meal, to eat out;
¿qué hay de cómo? ( a mediodía) what's for lunch?;

( por la noche) what's for dinner o supper?
b) (esp Esp, Méx) ( almorzar) to have lunch;

◊ nos invitaron a cómo they asked us to lunch

c) (esp AmL) ( cenar) to have dinner

verbo transitivo
a) ‹fruta/verdura/carne› to eat;

◊ ¿puedo cómo otro? can I have another one?;

no tienen qué cómo they don't have anything to eat
b) (fam) ( hacer desaparecer) See Also→ comerse 3

c) (en ajedrez, damas) to take

comerse verbo pronominal
1
a) ( al escribir) ‹acento/palabra› to leave off;

‹línea/párrafo› to miss out
b) ( al hablar) ‹ letra› to leave off;

‹ palabra› to swallow
2 ( enf) ‹ comida› to eat;
◊ cómetelo todo eat it all up;

cómose las uñas to bite one's nails
3 (fam) ( hacer desaparecer)
a) [acido/óxido] to eat away (at);

[polilla/ratón] to eat away (at)
b) [inflación/alquiler] ‹sueldo/ahorros› to eat away at

como preposición
a) ( en calidad de) as;

◊ quiero hablarte cómo amigo I want to speak to you as a friend

b) ( con el nombre de) as;

◊ se la conoce cómo `flor de luz' it's known as `flor de luz'

c) (en comparaciones, contrastes) like;

◊ uno cómo el tuyo one like yours;

¡no hay nada cómo un buen coñac! there's nothing like a good brandy!;
es cómo para echarse a llorar it's enough to make you want to cry
d) ( en locs)

◊ así como (frml) as well as;

como mucho/poco at (the) most/at least;
como ser (CS) such as, for example;
como si (+ subj) as if, as though
■ conjunción
a) ( de la manera que) as;

◊ tal cómo había prometido just as he had promised;

cómo era de esperar as was to be expected;
no me gustó cómo lo dijo I didn't like the way she said it;
(tal y) cómo están las cosas as things stand;
hazlo cómo quieras/cómo mejor puedas do it any way you like/as best as you can;
no voy — cómo quieras I'm not going — please yourself
b) ( puesto que) as, since;

◊ cómo era temprano, fui a dar una vuelta as it was early, I went for a walk

c) (si) (+ subj) if;

◊ cómo te pille … if I catch you …

■ adverbio ( expresando aproximación) about;
◊ está cómo a cincuenta kilómetros it's about fifty kilometers away;

un sabor cómo a almendras a kind of almondy taste
cómo adverbio
a) ( de qué manera) how;

◊ ¿cómo estás? how are you?;

¿cómo es tu novia? what's your girlfriend like?;
¿cómo es de grande? how big is it?;
¿cómo te llamas? what's your name?
b) ( por qué) why, how come (colloq);

◊ ¿cómo no me lo dijiste antes? why didn't you tell me before?

c) ( al solicitar que se repita algo) sorry?, pardon?;

◊ ¿cómo dijo? sorry, what did you say?

d) ( en exclamaciones):

◊ ¡cómo llueve! it's really raining!;

¡cómo comes! the amount you eat!;
¡cómo! ¿no te lo han dicho? what! haven't they told you?
e) ( en locs)

◊ ¿a cómo …?: ¿a cómo están los tomates? (fam) how much are the tomatoes?;

¿a cómo estamos hoy? (AmL) what's the date today?;
¡cómo no! of course!;
¿cómo que …?: ¿cómo que no fuiste tú? what do you mean it wasn't you?;
aquí no está — ¿cómo que no? it isn't here — what do you mean it isn't there?
comer
I verbo transitivo
1 to eat
2 (en el parchís, etc) to take
3 (estrechar) ese corte de pelo te come la cara, that haircut makes your face look thinner
ese mueble te come mucho salón, that piece of furniture makes your living room look smaller
II verbo intransitivo to eat: hay que darle de comer al perro, we have to feed the dog
♦ Locuciones: familiar comer como una lima, to eat like a horse
familiar comer el coco/tarro a alguien, to brainwash somebody
sin comerlo ni beberlo, le pusieron una sanción, although he has nothing to do with it, he was disciplined
como
I adverbio
1 (manera) how: hazlo como quieras, do it however you like
me gusta como habla, I like the way he speaks
2 (semejanza, equivalencia) as: es como tú, he's just like you
terco como una mula, as stubborn as a mule
3 (conformidad) as: como estaba diciendo..., as I was saying...
como indica el prospecto, as the instructions say
4 (aproximadamente) about
como a la mitad de camino, more or less halfway
como unos treinta, about thirty
II conj
1 como [+ subj], (si) if: como no comas, no vas al cine, if you don't eat, you won't go to the cinema
2 (porque) as, since
como llamó tan tarde, ya no me encontró, as he phoned so late, he didn't find me in
3 como si, as if
como si nada o tal cosa, as if nothing had happened
familiar como si lo viera, I can just imagine it
III prep (en calidad de) as: lo aconsejé como amigo, I advised him as a friend
visitó el museo como experto, she visited the museum as an expert
¿As, like o how?
As se usa para hablar de la función, uso, papel o trabajo de una persona o cosa (trabajó como camarera durante las vacaciones, she worked as a waitress during the holidays) o para comparar dos acciones o situaciones y expresar su similitud. En este caso es necesario disponer de un verbo: Entró de botones, como lo había hecho su padre veinte años antes. He entered as an office-boy, as his father had twenty years before.
Cuando como va seguido de un sustantivo o pronombre también puedes usar like para comparar dos acciones o situaciones: Es como su padre. He's just like his father. Sin embargo, si va seguido de una preposición, hay que usar as: En marzo, como en abril, llovió. In March, as in April, it rained.
Nunca debes usar how en comparaciones, porque sólo expresa la manera de hacer las cosas: ¿Cómo lo hiciste?, How did you do it?
cómo adverbio
1 (interrogativo) how: ¿cómo es de alto?, how high is it?
¿cómo estás?, how are you?
¿cómo se hace?, how is it made?
2 (cuánto) ¿a cómo están los plátanos?, how much are the bananas?
3 (por qué) ¿cómo es que no nos avisaste?, why didn't you warn us?
familiar ¿cómo es eso?, how come?
4 (cuando no se ha oído bien) ¿cómo?, what?
5 (exclamativo) how
¡cómo ha cambiado!, how she's changed!
♦ Locuciones: cómo no, of course
' cómo' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
aburrirse
- acabada
- acabado
- acondicionar
- acreditar
- actuar
- adiós
- alma
- alquilar
- alta
- alto
- amable
- andar
- apear
- apenas
- aprendizaje
- arreglarse
- arte
- así
- atizar
- atonía
- baja
- bajo
- bala
- balsa
- bañera
- bastante
- beber
- bestia
- borrega
- borrego
- botija
- buenamente
- cabra
- cada
- caracterización
- casa
- cencerro
- cerrarse
- cesar
- chinche
- cielo
- coco
- coletilla
- colorada
- colorado
- comer
- como
- como quiera
- comoquiera
English:
ablaze
- above
- abroad
- acclaim
- accordingly
- act
- address
- alternatively
- always
- arouse
- as
- ashen
- attractive
- awaken
- away
- back
- barrage
- bash out
- be
- beaver away
- best
- bicker
- big
- black
- blind
- bolt
- bombshell
- bone
- border
- bored
- both
- break
- breed
- brownout
- by-product
- cake
- calculate
- care
- chalk
- champagne
- change
- charm
- cheer
- churn out
- class
- climax
- clown around
- coin
- colour
- come about

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Como nm

el lago Como Lake Como

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como

I adv

1 as;

como amigo as a friend

2 ( aproximadamente)

:

había como cincuenta there were about fifty;

hace como una hora about an hour ago

3

:

así como as well as

II conj

1 if;

como si as if;

como si fuera tonto as if he were o was an idiot;

como no bebas vas a enfermar if you don’t drink you’ll get sick

2 expresando causa as, since;

como no llegó, me fui solo as o since she didn’t arrive, I went by myself

3

:

me gusta como habla I like the way he talks;

como quiera any way you want

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cómo adv

: how

¿cómo estás?: how are you?

¿a cómo están las manzanas?: how much are the apples?

¿cómo?: excuse me?, what was that?

¿se puede? ¡cómo no!: may I? please do!

como adv

1) : around, about

cuesta como 500 pesos: it costs around 500 pesos

2) : kind of, like

tengo como mareos: I'm kind of dizzy

como conj

1) : how, as

hazlo como dijiste que lo harías: do it the way you said you would

2) : since, given that

como estaba lloviendo, no salí: since it was raining, I didn't go out

3) : if

como lo vuelva a hacer lo arrestarán: if he does that again he'll be arrested

4)

como quiera : in any way

como prep

1) : like, as

ligero como una pluma: light as a feather

2)

así como : as well as

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como¹ adv

1. (manera) how

te puedes vestir como quieras you can dress how you like

hazlo como te he enseñado do it the way I showed you

2. (comparaciones) as / like

ya estás tan alta como tu hermano you're as tall as your brother now

tengo una camiseta como ésa I've got a T shirt like that one

3. (según) as

como se puede ver as can be seen

4. (ejemplo) like

algunas aves, como el pingüino, no vuelan some birds, like penguins, can't fly

5. (aproximadamente) about

creo que tengo como cien novelas de aventuras I think I've got about a hundred adventure novels

6. (en calidad de) as

utiliza la caja como una mesilla use the box as a beside table

como sea at all costs / no matter what

como si as if / as though

sigue como si no estuviera aquí carry on as if I weren't here

como² conj

1. (causa) as

como hacía sol, nos fuimos a la playa as it was sunny, we went to the beach

2. (condición) if

como llegues tarde, te quedarás sin pastel if you're late, you won't get any cake

Spanish-English dictionary > como
3 añadir

v.

1 to add, to sum, to aggregate, to add on.

María añade otro comentario Mary adds another comment.

Ella añade queso crema al pastel She adds cream cheese to the cake.

2 to mix in.

Ella añade salsa She mixes in sauce.

3 to add, to add on, to go on saying.

María añade otro comentario Mary adds another comment.

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añadir

► verbo transitivo

1 to add (a, to)

■ añádele un poco de sal add a bit of salt (to it)

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verb

to add

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VT

1) (=agregar) to add (a to)

2) [+ encanto, interés] to add, lend

* * *

verbo transitivo to add

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= add, add on, append, attach, chirp in, amplify, plug into, add to + the mix, spike, lace with.

Nota: Generalmente añadir alcohol a una bebida.

Ex. An annotation is a note added to the title and/or other bibliographic information concerning a document, by way of comment or explanation.

Ex. These new course programmes will add on desirable new skills to those they already possess to fit students for employment in the information market place.

Ex. A list of book review sources in psychology and related fields is appended.

Ex. In fixed location notation was physically attached to certain places on the shelves and books were always filed in the same place.

Ex. 'Even friends and relatives!' Lehmann chirped in.

Ex. The director amplified: 'The personal touch would probably take some sting out of the layoff, but if I did it this way I could avoid involved discussions'.

Ex. In addition, when the heuristic approach is plugged into this interchange, the many additional facets of human personality and experience transform the exchange.

Ex. Internal satisfaction is the goal, but external rewards can successfully contribute to this satisfaction when added to the mix.

Ex. The toxins were also spiked and measured in a variety of food samples, including canned tomatoes, sweet corn, green beans, mushrooms, and tuna.

Ex. A common defence of drivers against disqualification from driving for having a high blood alcohol level is to claim that they had unwittingly consumed a drink laced with added spirits.

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* añádase cómo = expand like.

* añadir como algo secundario = tack on.

* añadir datos = make + additions.

* añadir entradas = make + additions.

* añadir flúor = fluoridate.

* añadir + Nombre + según el gusto = add + Nombre + to taste.

* añadirse = accrue.

* añadir una nueva dimensión = add + new dimension.

* instrucción de "añádase a" = add to instruction.

* programa que se añade = add-on pack.

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verbo transitivo to add

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= add, add on, append, attach, chirp in, amplify, plug into, add to + the mix, spike, lace with.

Nota: Generalmente añadir alcohol a una bebida.

Ex: An annotation is a note added to the title and/or other bibliographic information concerning a document, by way of comment or explanation.

Ex: These new course programmes will add on desirable new skills to those they already possess to fit students for employment in the information market place.

Ex: A list of book review sources in psychology and related fields is appended.

Ex: In fixed location notation was physically attached to certain places on the shelves and books were always filed in the same place.

Ex: 'Even friends and relatives!' Lehmann chirped in.

Ex: The director amplified: 'The personal touch would probably take some sting out of the layoff, but if I did it this way I could avoid involved discussions'.

Ex: In addition, when the heuristic approach is plugged into this interchange, the many additional facets of human personality and experience transform the exchange.

Ex: Internal satisfaction is the goal, but external rewards can successfully contribute to this satisfaction when added to the mix.

Ex: The toxins were also spiked and measured in a variety of food samples, including canned tomatoes, sweet corn, green beans, mushrooms, and tuna.

Ex: A common defence of drivers against disqualification from driving for having a high blood alcohol level is to claim that they had unwittingly consumed a drink laced with added spirits.

* añádase cómo = expand like.

* añadir como algo secundario = tack on.

* añadir datos = make + additions.

* añadir entradas = make + additions.

* añadir flúor = fluoridate.

* añadir + Nombre + según el gusto = add + Nombre + to taste.

* añadirse = accrue.

* añadir una nueva dimensión = add + new dimension.

* instrucción de "añádase a" = add to instruction.

* programa que se añade = add-on pack.

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añadir [I1 ]

vt

1 ‹sal/agua› to add

habrá que añadirle un pedazo de tela we'll have to sew an extra bit of material on

los niños añadían un toque simpático a la procesión the children added o lent a nice touch to the procession

2 ‹comentario/párrafo› to add

añadió unas palabras de agradecimiento she added a few words of thanks

—y eso no es todo —añadió and that's not all, he added

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añadir ( conjugate añadir) verbo transitivo
to add
añadir verbo transitivo to add [a, to] ➣ Ver nota en sumar
' añadir' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
agregar
- echar
- gustar
- incorporar
- otra
- otro
- sumar
English:
add
- append
- imagine
- observe
- opposed
- propose
- quite
- remind
- stand
- tack on
- tag on
- worth
- blend
- tack
- tag

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añadir vt

1. [sustancia] to add;

a ese precio hay que añadir el IVA you have to add Br VAT o US sales tax to that price

2. [comentario, información] to add;

“y estará acabado el próximo año”, añadió "and it will be finished next year," she added;

ese artículo añade muy poco a lo que ya sabía that article adds very little to what I already knew

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añadir

v/t add

* * *

añadir vt

1) agregar: to add

2) aumentar: to increase

* * *

añadir vb to add

Spanish-English dictionary > añadir
4 aumentar en tamańo

• expand

• grow in intensity

• grow in size like a snowball

Diccionario Técnico Español-Inglés > aumentar en tamańo
5 extender

v.

1 to spread (out) (tela, plano, alas).

me extendió la mano she held out her hand to me

2 to spread (mantequilla).

3 to extend, to widen.

extendieron el castigo a todos los alumnos the punishment was extended to include all the pupils

María extendió el mapa Mary extended the map.

María extendió el discurso Mary extended the discourse.

El banco extendió el plazo The bank extended the deadline.

4 to draw up (document).

le extenderé un cheque I'll write you (out) a check, I'll make out a check to you

5 to outstretch, to spread-eagle.

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extender

Conjugation model [ ENTENDER], like link=entender entender

► verbo transitivo

1 (mapa, papel) to spread (out), open (out)

2 (brazo etc) to stretch (out); (alas) to spread

3 (mantequilla etc) to spread

4 (documento) to draw up; (cheque) to make out; (pasaporte, certificado) to issue

5 figurado (hacer mayor) to extend, enlarge

6 figurado (idea, creencia, noticia) to spread

► verbo pronominal extenderse

1 (durar) to extend, last

■ el periodo que estudiaremos se extiende entre los siglos XVIII y XIX the period we're going to study goes from the 18th century to the 19th century

2 (terreno) to stretch

3 figurado (difundirse) to spread, extend

4 figurado (al hablar) to enlarge, expand, go into detail

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verb

1) to extend

2) stretch

3) spread

4) write out

•

- extenderse

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1. VT

1) (=desplegar) [+ manta, mantel] to spread out; [+ alas] to spread, stretch out; [+ brazo, pierna, tentáculo] to stretch out

extendió el mapa encima de la mesa — he opened out o spread out the map on the table

la corriente del Golfo extiende su acción beneficiosa hasta el norte de Europa — the beneficial effects of the Gulf Stream reach as far as northern Europe

extender la mano a algn — to hold out one's hand to sb, extend one's hand to sb frm

2) (=esparcir) [+ sellos, arena] to lay out, spread out

extendimos el tabaco al sol — we laid o spread the tobacco out in the sun

3) (=untar) [+ crema, mantequilla] to spread

la pomada se extiende con cuidado sobre la quemadura — spread the cream carefully on the burn

4) (=difundir) [+ noticia, rumor] to spread; [+ influencia, poder] to extend

5) frm (=rellenar) [+ cheque, receta] to make out, write out; [+ certificado] to issue

extendí un cheque a su nombre — I made out o wrote out a cheque to him

6) (=ampliar) [+ oferta, contrato] to extend

han extendido la oferta hasta mayo — they have extended the offer until May

han extendido el derecho de cobrar una pensión a las amas de casa — the right to receive a pension has been extended to include housewives

7) (Téc) [+ alambre] to draw

2.

See:

extenderse

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1.
verbo transitivo

1) <periódico/mapa> to open... up o out

extendió la toalla en la arena — he spread the towel out on the sand

2) < brazos> to stretch out; < alas> to spread

le extendió la mano — he held out his hand to her

3) <pintura/mantequilla> to spread

4) ( ampliar) <poderes/influencia> to broaden, extend; <plazo/permiso> to extend

5) (frml) <factura/cheque> to issue (frml); < receta> to make out, write; <documento/escritura> to issue

¿a nombre de quién extiendo el cheque? — to whom do I make the check payable?
2.
extenderse v pron

1) ( en el espacio)

a) (propagarse, difundirse) fuego/epidemia/noticia to spread

la humedad se extendió a la habitación de al lado — the dampness spread to the next room

b) (abarcar, ocupar) territorio stretch

sus tierras se extienden hasta el río — her land extends as far as the river

c) influencia/autoridad to extend

extenderse a algo — to extend to something

mis conocimientos no se extienden a ese campo — my knowledge does not extend to that field

2) ( en el tiempo)

a) época/período to last

el período que se extiende hasta la Reforma — the period up to the Reform

b) (en explicación, discurso)

se extendió demasiado en or sobre ese tema — he spent too much time on that subject

¿quisiera extenderse en or sobre ese punto? — would you like to expand on that point?

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= broaden, extend, lengthen, widen, stretch, unfold, stretch out.

Ex. The program's purpose is to enable U.S. librarians and publishers to enrich and broaden their career experience through a short period of overseas service.

Ex. The term author is normally extended to include writers, illustrator, performers, producers, translators, and others with some intellectual or artistic responsibility for a work.

Ex. It is needless to lengthen the list.

Ex. The quality of machine indexing can be enhanced by widening the indexing field.

Ex. He glanced casually at the ill-balanced frontages of the buildings ahead that stretched on and on until they melded in an indistinguishable mass of gray at Laurence Street.

Ex. This algorithm handles cyclic graphs without unfolding the cycles nor looping through them.

Ex. Everyone knows the benefits of stretching out both before and after your workouts.

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* cada vez más extendido = spreading.

* extender la influencia = spread + influence.

* extender la mano = put out + Posesivo + hand, reach out, put forth + Posesivo + hand.

* extender la mano para coger algo = hand + reach for.

* extenderse = spread (over/throughout), gain + currency, spread over, take off, catch on, ricochet, sweep through, sprawl.

* extenderse a = pervade.

* extenderse a modo de abanico = fan out.

* extenderse como el fuego = spread like + wildfire.

* extenderse como un reguero de pólvora = spread like + wildfire.

* extenderse de... a... = stretch from... to....

* extenderse por todas partes = reach + far and wide, extend + far and wide, stretch + far and wide.

* extenderse por todos lados = extend + far and wide, reach + far and wide, stretch + far and wide.

* extender un cheque = issue + check.

* que se extiende sobre una zona muy amplia = sprawling.

* reputación + extenderse = reputation + spread.

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1.
verbo transitivo

1) <periódico/mapa> to open... up o out

extendió la toalla en la arena — he spread the towel out on the sand

2) < brazos> to stretch out; < alas> to spread

le extendió la mano — he held out his hand to her

3) <pintura/mantequilla> to spread

4) ( ampliar) <poderes/influencia> to broaden, extend; <plazo/permiso> to extend

5) (frml) <factura/cheque> to issue (frml); < receta> to make out, write; <documento/escritura> to issue

¿a nombre de quién extiendo el cheque? — to whom do I make the check payable?
2.
extenderse v pron

1) ( en el espacio)

a) (propagarse, difundirse) fuego/epidemia/noticia to spread

la humedad se extendió a la habitación de al lado — the dampness spread to the next room

b) (abarcar, ocupar) territorio stretch

sus tierras se extienden hasta el río — her land extends as far as the river

c) influencia/autoridad to extend

extenderse a algo — to extend to something

mis conocimientos no se extienden a ese campo — my knowledge does not extend to that field

2) ( en el tiempo)

a) época/período to last

el período que se extiende hasta la Reforma — the period up to the Reform

b) (en explicación, discurso)

se extendió demasiado en or sobre ese tema — he spent too much time on that subject

¿quisiera extenderse en or sobre ese punto? — would you like to expand on that point?

* * *

= broaden, extend, lengthen, widen, stretch, unfold, stretch out.

Ex: The program's purpose is to enable U.S. librarians and publishers to enrich and broaden their career experience through a short period of overseas service.

Ex: The term author is normally extended to include writers, illustrator, performers, producers, translators, and others with some intellectual or artistic responsibility for a work.

Ex: It is needless to lengthen the list.

Ex: The quality of machine indexing can be enhanced by widening the indexing field.

Ex: He glanced casually at the ill-balanced frontages of the buildings ahead that stretched on and on until they melded in an indistinguishable mass of gray at Laurence Street.

Ex: This algorithm handles cyclic graphs without unfolding the cycles nor looping through them.

Ex: Everyone knows the benefits of stretching out both before and after your workouts.

* cada vez más extendido = spreading.

* extender la influencia = spread + influence.

* extender la mano = put out + Posesivo + hand, reach out, put forth + Posesivo + hand.

* extender la mano para coger algo = hand + reach for.

* extenderse = spread (over/throughout), gain + currency, spread over, take off, catch on, ricochet, sweep through, sprawl.

* extenderse a = pervade.

* extenderse a modo de abanico = fan out.

* extenderse como el fuego = spread like + wildfire.

* extenderse como un reguero de pólvora = spread like + wildfire.

* extenderse de... a... = stretch from... to....

* extenderse por todas partes = reach + far and wide, extend + far and wide, stretch + far and wide.

* extenderse por todos lados = extend + far and wide, reach + far and wide, stretch + far and wide.

* extender un cheque = issue + check.

* que se extiende sobre una zona muy amplia = sprawling.

* reputación + extenderse = reputation + spread.

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extender [E8 ]

vt

A ‹periódico/mapa› to open … up o out

extendió la toalla sobre la arena he spread the towel out on the sand

B ‹brazos› to stretch out; ‹alas› to spread

le extendió la mano he held out his hand to her

C ‹pintura/mantequilla/pegamento› to spread

extender bien la crema por todo el rostro y cuello spread the cream over the face and neck

D (ampliar) ‹poderes/influencia› to broaden, extend; ‹plazo/permiso› to extend

quiere extender su esfera de influencia he wants to broaden o extend o expand his sphere of influence

se habla de extender estas reformas a los institutos privados there is talk of these reforms being extended to (apply to) private schools

E ( frml); ‹factura› to issue ( frml); ‹cheque› to issue ( frml), to make out, write, write out; ‹receta› to make out, write; ‹documento/escritura› to issue

¿a nombre de quién extiendo el cheque? to whom do I make the check payable?, who do I make o write the check out to?

■ extenderse

v pron

A (en el espacio)

1 (propagarse, difundirse) «fuego/epidemia» to spread; «tumor» to spread; «noticia/costumbre/creencia» to spread

la humedad se ha extendido a la habitación de al lado the dampness has spread to the next room

2 (abarcar, ocupar) «territorio» stretch; «influencia/autoridad» to extend

se extiende hasta el río it extends o stretches down to the river

inmensos campos de olivos se extendían ante nuestros ojos ( liter); vast olive groves stretched out before us

extenderse A algo to extend TO sth

mis conocimientos no se extienden a ese campo my knowledge does not extend to that field

B (en el tiempo)

1 «época/período» to last

el período que se extiende hasta la Revolución Francesa the period up to the French Revolution

el invierno se ha extendido mucho this winter has gone on o lasted a long time, it has been a long winter

2

(en una explicación, un discurso): ya nos hemos extendido bastante sobre este tema we have already spent enough time on this subject

¿quisiera extenderse sobre ese punto? would you like to expand o enlarge on that point?

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extender ( conjugate extender) verbo transitivo
1 ‹periódico/mapa› to open … up o out;
‹mantel/toalla› to spread … out
2 ‹ brazos› to stretch out;
‹ alas› to spread;
◊ le extendió la mano he held out his hand to her

3 ‹pintura/mantequilla› to spread
4 ( ampliar) ‹poderes/plazo/permiso› to extend
5 (frml) ‹factura/cheque/escritura› to issue;
‹ receta› to make out, write
extenderse verbo pronominal
1 ( en el espacio)
a) [fuego/epidemia/noticia] to spread

b) [territorio/propiedad] to stretch;

◊ se extiende hasta el río it stretches down to the river

c) [influencia/autoridad] to extend;

extenderse a algo to extend to sth
2 ( en el tiempo)
a) [época/debate] to last

b) [ persona]:

◊ se extendió demasiado en ese tema he spent too much time on that subject;

¿quisiera extenderse sobre ese punto? would you like to expand on that point?
extender verbo transitivo
1 to extend
(un territorio) to enlarge
2 (desplegar, estirar) to spread (out), open (out)
(una mano, las piernas, etc) to stretch (out)
3 (untar) to spread
4 (expedir) (un cheque) to make out
(un documento) to draw up
(un certificado) to issue
' extender' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
alargar
- ampliar
- extensor
- extensora
- generalizar
- repartir
- tender
English:
enlarge
- expand
- extend
- go
- make out
- open out
- prolong
- roll out
- shoot out
- spread
- stretch
- thrust out
- unfold
- write
- write out
- stick

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extender

♦ vt

1. [tela, plano, periódico] to spread (out);
[brazos, piernas] to stretch out; [alas] to spread (out);
extendió el mantel sobre la hierba he spread the blanket (out) on the grass;

me extendió la mano she held out her hand to me

2. [mantequilla, pegamento, barniz] to spread;
[objetos] to spread out
3. [ampliar] to extend, to widen;

extendieron el castigo a todos los alumnos the punishment was extended to include all the pupils

4. [documento] to draw up;
[cheque] to make out, to write (out); [certificado] to issue; [factura] to make out; [receta] to write (out);
le extenderé un cheque I'll write you (out) a cheque, I'll make out a cheque to you

5. [prolongar] to prolong, to extend

6. [propagar] to spread;

extender una creencia to spread a belief

♦ See also the pronominal verb extenderse

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extender

v/t

1 brazos stretch out; tela, papel spread out;

me extendió la mano she held out her hand to me

2 ( untar) spread

3 ( ampliar) extend

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extender {56} vt

1) : to spread out, to stretch out

2) : to broaden, to expand

extender la influencia: to broaden one's influence

3) : to draw up (a document), to write out (a check)

♦ See also the reflexive verb extenderse

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extender vb

1. (repartir) to spread [pt. & pp. spread]

extiende la mantequilla en el pan spread the butter on the bread

extendió la noticia he spread the news

2. (desplegar) to spread out

extendió las fotos por todo el suelo he spread the photos out all over the floor

3. (ampliar) to extend

han extendido el metro they've extended the underground

4. (brazo, etc) to stretch out

extender un cheque to write a cheque

Spanish-English dictionary > extender
6 término

m.

1 term, word, definition, expression.

2 end, completion, termination, tag end.

3 fixed period of time, term.

4 end of the line, end of the road.

5 terminus.

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término

► nombre masculino

1 (fin) end, finish

■ el término de una carrera the end of a race

2 (estación) terminus, terminal

3 (límite) limit, boundary; (hito) boundary marker

4 (plazo) term, time, period

■ en el término de cuatro años within a period of four years

5 (palabra) term, word

■ término técnico technical term

6 (estado) condition, state

7 (lugar, posición) place

8 (en matemáticas, gramática) term

► nombre masculino plural términos

1 (condiciones) conditions, terms

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FRASEOLOGÍA

dar término a algo to conclude something

en otros términos in other words

en términos de in terms of

en términos generales generally speaking

en último término figurado as a last resort

invertir los términos to get it the wrong way round

llevar algo a buen término to carry something through successfully

poner término a algo to put an end to something

por término medio on average

primer término ARTE foreground

término mayor/medio/menor major/middle/minor term

término medio middle ground, area of compromise

■ hallar un término medio to reach a compromise

término municipal district

términos de un contrato DERECHO terms of a contract

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noun m.

1) term

2) end

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SM

1) (=fin) end, conclusion frm

• al término del partido/del debate — at the end o frm conclusion of the match/of the debate

• dar término a — [+ situación] to end; [+ labor] to complete

dio término a la obra que su antecesor dejó sin concluir — he completed the work that his predecessor had left unfinished

• llegar a término — [negociación, proyecto] to be completed, come to a conclusion; [embarazo] to go to (full) term

las negociaciones llegaron a buen término — the negotiations came to a successful conclusion

• llevar algo a término — to bring sth to a conclusion

llevar algo a buen o feliz término — to bring sth to a successful conclusion

llevar a término un embarazo — to go to (full) term, carry a pregnancy to full term

• poner término a algo — to put an end to sth

tenemos que poner término a tales atrocidades — we must put an end to such atrocities

2) (=lugar)

• primer término — [de imagen] foreground

en primer término podemos contemplar la torre — in the foreground, we can see the tower

de ahí se deduce, en primer término, que... — thus we may deduce, firstly, that...

• segundo término — middle distance

con la recesión el problema pasó a un segundo término — with the recession the problem took second place

en segundo término — secondly

• en último término — (=en último lugar) ultimately; (=si no hay otro remedio) as a last resort

la decisión, en último término, es suya — ultimately, the decision is his

la causa fue, en último término, la crisis económica de los 70 — the cause was, in the final o last analysis, the economic crisis of the 70s

en último término puedes dormir en el sofá — if the worst comes to the worst, you can always sleep on the sofa

término medio — (=punto medio) happy medium; (=solución intermedia) compromise, middle way

ni mucho ni poco, queremos un término medio — neither too much nor too little, we want a happy medium

tendrán que buscar un término medio — they will have to look for a compromise o middle way

como o por término medio — on average

3) (Ling) (=palabra, expresión) term

una lista de términos médicos — a list of medical terms

era una revolucionaria, en el buen sentido del término — she was a revolutionary in the good sense of the word

4) pl términos

a) (=palabras) terms

se expresó en términos conciliatorios — he expressed himself in conciliatory terms

han perdido unos 10.000 millones de dólares en términos de productividad — they have lost some 10,000 million dollars in terms of productivity

• en términos generales — in general terms, generally speaking

• (dicho) en otros términos,... — in other words...

• en términos reales — in real terms

b) (=condiciones) [de contrato, acuerdo, tregua] terms

según los términos del contrato — according to the terms of the contract

los términos del intercambio — the terms of trade

• estar en buenos términos con algn — to be on good terms with sb

5) (Mat, Fil) [de fracción, ecuación] term

- invertir los términos

6) (=límite) [de terreno] boundary, limit; (=en carretera) boundary stone

término municipal — municipal district, municipal area

7) (=plazo) period, term frm

en el término de diez días — within a period o frm term of ten days

8) Col, Méx [en restaurante]

-¿qué término quiere la carne? -término medio, por favor — "how would you like the meat?" - "medium, please"

9) (Ferro) terminus

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masculino

1) (frml) ( final) end, conclusion (frml)

llevar algo a buen término — to bring something to a successful conclusion

dio término a sus vacaciones — he ended his vacation

poner término a algo — to put an end to something

2) ( plazo) period

en el término de un mes — within a month

a término fijo — (Col) <contrato/inversión> fixed-term (before n)

en el término de la distancia — (Col fam) in the time it takes me/him to get there

3) (posición, instancia)

fue relegado a un segundo término — he was relegated to second place

en último término — as a last resort

en primer término — first o first of all

- término medio

4) (Ling) term

en términos de costos — in terms of costs

en términos generales — generally speaking

en términos reales — in real terms

5) (Fil, Mat) term

invertir los términos — (Mat) to invert the terms

invirtió los términos de manera que... — he twisted the facts in such a way that...

6) términos masculino plural (condiciones, especificaciones) terms (pl)

estar en buenos/malos términos con alguien — to be on good/bad terms with somebody

7) (Col, Méx, Ven) (Coc)

¿qué término quiere la carne? — how would you like your meat (done)?

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= term, rubric, output stage, end point [endpoint].

Ex. Many other terms are used to denote a regurgitation or abbreviation of document content.

Ex. And, as another instance, it's not fair to employ rubrics for ethnic groups that are not their own, preferred names.

Ex. To rephrase this in terms already used, they involve effort at the input stage in order to reduce effort at the output stage = Expresando esto con términos ya usados, suponen un esfuerzo en la etapa inicial con objeto de reducir el esfuerzo en la etapa final.

Ex. The process reaches its end point when information is gathered, indexed and compiled into a useful format for public and library staff use.

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* aceptar los términos de un acuerdo = enter into + agreement.

* acuñar un término = coin + term.

* agrupar los términos sinónimos = merge + synonyms.

* análisis de coocurrencia de términos = co-word analysis.

* búsqueda por términos ponderados = weighted term search.

* como término medio = on average.

* coocurrencia de términos = co-word [coword].

* encontrar un término medio entre... y = tread + a middle path between... and.

* en otros términos = in other words.

* en términos absolutos = in absolute terms.

* en términos actuales = in today's terms.

* en términos claros = in simple terms.

* en términos de = in terms of.

* en términos generales = in broad terms, generally speaking.

* en términos reales = in real terms, in actual practice.

* en términos relativos = in relative terms.

* en último término = in the last analysis, in the final analysis.

* expresar en términos = couch + in terms.

* ficha de término = term card.

* fichero de registro por término = term record file.

* hablando en términos generales = loosely speaking.

* hablando en términos muy generales = crudely put.

* incluir en la búsqueda los términos relacionados = explode.

* índice de registro por término = term record index.

* índice de términos permutados = Permuterm index.

* intentar encontrar un término medio entre... y... = tread + a delicate line between... and.

* llevar a buen término = bring to + a close.

* lógica de términos ponderados = weighted term logic.

* método de la coocurrencia de términos = co-word method.

* mostrar los términos relacionados = expand.

* negociar los términos de un contrato = negotiate + terms.

* orden de ampliar la búsqueda a los términos relaci = explode command.

* orden de mostrar los términos relacionados = expand command.

* ponderación de los términos de la ecuación de búsqueda = query term weighting.

* ponderación de términos = term weight, term weighting.

* poner término a = put + paid to.

* por término medio = on average.

* presentación gráfica de términos permutados = permuted display.

* que no se puede identificar con un término = unnameable.

* que se puede identificar con un término = nameable.

* referencias laterales a términos de igual especificidad = sideways link.

* resolución de la ambigüedad entre términos = term disambiguation, word sense disambiguation.

* seguro de vida a término = term life insurance.

* selección de términos = extraction of terms, term selection.

* tener por término medio = average.

* término admitido = preferred term.

* término al que se envía = target term.

* término asociado = related term.

* Término Asociado (TA) = AT (Associated Term).

* término buscado = sought term.

* término colectivo = collective term.

* término compuesto = multi-word term.

* término compuesto de conceptos múltiples = multiple-concept term.

* término coordinado (TC) = CT (co-ordinate term).

* término de acción = action term.

* término de búsqueda = search term, search word.

* término de indización = indexing term.

* término de indización controlado = controlled index term, controlled indexing term.

* término de la búsqueda = query term.

* término del índice = index term.

* término del lenguaje controlado = controlled-language term.

* término del lenguaje de indización controlado = controlled index-language term.

* término del lenguaje natural = natural-language term.

* término del que se envía = referred-from term.

* término de origen = referred-from term.

* término equivalente = equivalent term.

* término específico = specific term, subordinate term.

* término específico genérico (NTG) = narrower term generic (NTG).

* término específico partitivo (NTP) = narrower term partitive (NTP).

* término general = superordinate term.

* término genérico (TG) = GT (generic term).

* término global = umbrella, umbrella term.

* término impreciso = fuzzy term.

* término inicial = lead-in term, leading term.

* termino inicial de un encabezamiento compuesto = lead term, main heading.

* término invertido = inverted term.

* término más específico = narrower term.

* término más general = broader term, wider term.

* término más genérico = broader term.

* término medio = compromise, happy medium, balance.

* término no admitido = non-preferred term, unused term.

* término no buscado = unsought term.

* término oculto = hidden term.

* término partitivo = partitive term.

* término ponderado = weighted term.

* término principal = main term.

* término que representa un único concepto = one concept term.

* término que solapa a otro en el significado (TX) = XT (overlapping term).

* término referenciado = target term.

* términos = wording.

* términos controlados = controlled terms.

* términos de un contrato = contract stipulations.

* término secundario = qualifying term.

* término sinónimo = ST, synonymous term.

* término sin ponderar = unweighted term.

* término superior = top term, TT.

* términos y condiciones = terms and conditions.

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

* tomar por término medio = average.

* TR (término relacionado) = RT (related term).

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masculino

1) (frml) ( final) end, conclusion (frml)

llevar algo a buen término — to bring something to a successful conclusion

dio término a sus vacaciones — he ended his vacation

poner término a algo — to put an end to something

2) ( plazo) period

en el término de un mes — within a month

a término fijo — (Col) <contrato/inversión> fixed-term (before n)

en el término de la distancia — (Col fam) in the time it takes me/him to get there

3) (posición, instancia)

fue relegado a un segundo término — he was relegated to second place

en último término — as a last resort

en primer término — first o first of all

- término medio

4) (Ling) term

en términos de costos — in terms of costs

en términos generales — generally speaking

en términos reales — in real terms

5) (Fil, Mat) term

invertir los términos — (Mat) to invert the terms

invirtió los términos de manera que... — he twisted the facts in such a way that...

6) términos masculino plural (condiciones, especificaciones) terms (pl)

estar en buenos/malos términos con alguien — to be on good/bad terms with somebody

7) (Col, Méx, Ven) (Coc)

¿qué término quiere la carne? — how would you like your meat (done)?

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= term, rubric, output stage, end point [endpoint].

Ex: Many other terms are used to denote a regurgitation or abbreviation of document content.

Ex: And, as another instance, it's not fair to employ rubrics for ethnic groups that are not their own, preferred names.

Ex: To rephrase this in terms already used, they involve effort at the input stage in order to reduce effort at the output stage = Expresando esto con términos ya usados, suponen un esfuerzo en la etapa inicial con objeto de reducir el esfuerzo en la etapa final.

Ex: The process reaches its end point when information is gathered, indexed and compiled into a useful format for public and library staff use.

* aceptar los términos de un acuerdo = enter into + agreement.

* acuñar un término = coin + term.

* agrupar los términos sinónimos = merge + synonyms.

* análisis de coocurrencia de términos = co-word analysis.

* búsqueda por términos ponderados = weighted term search.

* como término medio = on average.

* coocurrencia de términos = co-word [coword].

* encontrar un término medio entre... y = tread + a middle path between... and.

* en otros términos = in other words.

* en términos absolutos = in absolute terms.

* en términos actuales = in today's terms.

* en términos claros = in simple terms.

* en términos de = in terms of.

* en términos generales = in broad terms, generally speaking.

* en términos reales = in real terms, in actual practice.

* en términos relativos = in relative terms.

* en último término = in the last analysis, in the final analysis.

* expresar en términos = couch + in terms.

* ficha de término = term card.

* fichero de registro por término = term record file.

* hablando en términos generales = loosely speaking.

* hablando en términos muy generales = crudely put.

* incluir en la búsqueda los términos relacionados = explode.

* índice de registro por término = term record index.

* índice de términos permutados = Permuterm index.

* intentar encontrar un término medio entre... y... = tread + a delicate line between... and.

* llevar a buen término = bring to + a close.

* lógica de términos ponderados = weighted term logic.

* método de la coocurrencia de términos = co-word method.

* mostrar los términos relacionados = expand.

* negociar los términos de un contrato = negotiate + terms.

* orden de ampliar la búsqueda a los términos relaci = explode command.

* orden de mostrar los términos relacionados = expand command.

* ponderación de los términos de la ecuación de búsqueda = query term weighting.

* ponderación de términos = term weight, term weighting.

* poner término a = put + paid to.

* por término medio = on average.

* presentación gráfica de términos permutados = permuted display.

* que no se puede identificar con un término = unnameable.

* que se puede identificar con un término = nameable.

* referencias laterales a términos de igual especificidad = sideways link.

* resolución de la ambigüedad entre términos = term disambiguation, word sense disambiguation.

* seguro de vida a término = term life insurance.

* selección de términos = extraction of terms, term selection.

* tener por término medio = average.

* término admitido = preferred term.

* término al que se envía = target term.

* término asociado = related term.

* Término Asociado (TA) = AT (Associated Term).

* término buscado = sought term.

* término colectivo = collective term.

* término compuesto = multi-word term.

* término compuesto de conceptos múltiples = multiple-concept term.

* término coordinado (TC) = CT (co-ordinate term).

* término de acción = action term.

* término de búsqueda = search term, search word.

* término de indización = indexing term.

* término de indización controlado = controlled index term, controlled indexing term.

* término de la búsqueda = query term.

* término del índice = index term.

* término del lenguaje controlado = controlled-language term.

* término del lenguaje de indización controlado = controlled index-language term.

* término del lenguaje natural = natural-language term.

* término del que se envía = referred-from term.

* término de origen = referred-from term.

* término equivalente = equivalent term.

* término específico = specific term, subordinate term.

* término específico genérico (NTG) = narrower term generic (NTG).

* término específico partitivo (NTP) = narrower term partitive (NTP).

* término general = superordinate term.

* término genérico (TG) = GT (generic term).

* término global = umbrella, umbrella term.

* término impreciso = fuzzy term.

* término inicial = lead-in term, leading term.

* termino inicial de un encabezamiento compuesto = lead term, main heading.

* término invertido = inverted term.

* término más específico = narrower term.

* término más general = broader term, wider term.

* término más genérico = broader term.

* término medio = compromise, happy medium, balance.

* término no admitido = non-preferred term, unused term.

* término no buscado = unsought term.

* término oculto = hidden term.

* término partitivo = partitive term.

* término ponderado = weighted term.

* término principal = main term.

* término que representa un único concepto = one concept term.

* término que solapa a otro en el significado (TX) = XT (overlapping term).

* término referenciado = target term.

* términos = wording.

* términos controlados = controlled terms.

* términos de un contrato = contract stipulations.

* término secundario = qualifying term.

* término sinónimo = ST, synonymous term.

* término sin ponderar = unweighted term.

* término superior = top term, TT.

* términos y condiciones = terms and conditions.

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

* tomar por término medio = average.

* TR (término relacionado) = RT (related term).

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término

masculine

A ( frml) (final) end, conclusion ( frml)

al término de la reunión at the end o conclusion of the meeting

llevar a buen término las negociaciones to bring the negotiations to a successful conclusion

dio or pulso término a sus vacaciones he ended his vacation

B (plazo) period

en el término de una semana within a week

a término fijo ( Col); ‹contrato/inversión› fixed-term ( before n)

en el término de la distancia ( Col fam); in the time it takes me/him to get there

C

(posición, instancia): fue relegado a un segundo término he was relegated to second place

en último término as a last resort

en primer término first o first of all

Compuestos:

● término medio

happy medium

para él no hay términos medios there's no happy medium o no in-between with him

por or como término medio on average

● término municipal

( Esp) municipal area

en el término municipal de Alcobendas within the Alcobendas municipal area o ( AmE) city limits

D ( Ling) term

glosario de términos científicos glossary of scientific terms

se expresó en términos elogiosos she spoke in highly favorable terms

soluciones eficientes en términos de costos y mantenimiento efficient solutions in terms of costs and maintenance

en términos generales no está mal generally speaking, it's not bad

en términos reales in real terms

E ( Fil, Mat) term

invertir los términos ( Mat) to invert the terms

invirtió los términos de manera que yo parecía el culpable he twisted the facts in such a way that it looked as if I was to blame

F términos mpl (condiciones, especificaciones) terms (pl)

según los términos de este acuerdo according to the terms of this agreement

estar en buenos/malos términos con algn to be on good/bad terms with sb

nuestra relación sigue en buenos términos our relationship remains on a good footing o we are still on good terms

G

(Col, Méx) ( Coc): ¿qué término quiere la carne? how would you like your meat (done)?

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Del verbo terminar: ( conjugate terminar)

termino es:

1ª persona singular (yo) presente indicativo

terminó es:

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

Multiple Entries:
terminar
término
terminar ( conjugate terminar) verbo transitivo ‹trabajo/estudio› to finish;
‹casa/obras› to finish, complete;
‹discusión/conflicto› to put an end to;
◊ termina esa sopa finish up that soup;

término la comida con un café to end the meal with a cup of coffee
verbo intransitivo
1 [ persona]
a) ( de hacer algo) to finish;

término de hacer algo to finish doing sth;
◊ déjame término de hablar let me finish (speaking)

b) (en estado, situación) to end up;

◊ terminé muy cansada I ended up feeling very tired;

va a término mal he's going to come to a bad end;
terminó marchándose or por marcharse he ended up leaving
2
a) [reunión/situación] to end, come to an end;

◊ al término la clase when the class ended;

esto va a término mal this is going to turn out o end badly
b) ( rematar) término EN algo to end in sth;

◊ termina en consonante it ends in a consonant

c) ( llegar a):

◊ no termina de convencerme I'm not totally convinced;

no terminaba de gustarle she wasn't totally happy about it
3
◊ terminar con

a) ( acabar) término con algo ‹con libro/tarea› to finish with sth;

‹con problema/abuso› to put an end to sth
b) término con algn ( pelearse) to finish with sb;

( matar) to kill sb
terminarse verbo pronominal
1 [azúcar/pan] to run out;
◊ se me terminó la lana I've run out of wool

2 [curso/reunión] to come to an end, be over
3 ( enf) ‹libro/comida› to finish, polish off
término sustantivo masculino
1 (posición, instancia):
◊ en primer término first, first of all;

término medio happy medium;
por término medio on average
2 (Ling) term;
◊ en términos reales in real terms

3
◊ términos sustantivo masculino plural (condiciones, especificaciones) terms (pl)

4 (Col, Méx, Ven) (Coc):
◊ ¿qué término quiere la carne? how would you like your meat (done)?

terminar
I verbo transitivo
1 (una tarea, objeto) to finish: ya terminó el jersey, she has already finished the pullover ➣ Ver nota en finish 2 (de comer, beber, gastar) to finish: te compraré otro cuando termines este frasco, I'll buy you another one when you finish this bottle
II verbo intransitivo
1 (cesar, poner fin) to finish, end: mi trabajo termina a las seis, I finish work at six o'clock
no termina de creérselo, he still can't believe it
(dejar de necesitar, utilizar) ¿has terminado con el ordenador?, have you finished with the computer?
(acabar la vida, carrera, etc) to end up: terminó amargada, she ended up being embittered
2 (eliminar, acabar) este niño terminará con mi paciencia, this boy is trying my patience
tenemos que terminar con esta situación, we have to put an end to this situation
3 (estar rematado) to end: termina en vocal, it ends with a vowel
terminaba en punta, it had a pointed end
término sustantivo masculino
1 (vocablo) term, word: respondió en términos muy corteses, he answered very politely
un término técnico, a technical term
2 (fin, extremo) end
3 (territorio) el término municipal de Arganda, Arganda municipal district
4 (plazo) contéstame en el término de una semana, give me an answer within a week
5 términos mpl (de un contrato, etc) terms
en términos generales, generally speaking 6 por término medio, on average
♦ Locuciones: figurado en último término, as a last resort
' término' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
abogada
- abogado
- distraerse
- fin
- índice
- infarto
- nariz
- radical
- tecnicismo
- terminar
- terminarse
- costa
- despectivo
- empate
- estación
- mico
- muela
English:
average
- baby
- culminate
- feud
- misnomer
- more
- on
- over
- rattle through
- Secretary of State
- term
- blow
- have
- liability
- medium
- next
- no
- note
- terminate

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término nm

1. [fin] end;

al término de la reunión se ofrecerá una rueda de prensa there will be a press conference at the conclusion of the meeting;

dar término a algo [discurso, reunión, discusión] to bring sth to a close;
[visita, vacaciones] to end;
llegó a su término it came to an end;

llevar algo a buen término to bring sth to a successful conclusion;

poner término a algo [relación, amenazas] to put an end to sth;
[discusión, debate] to bring sth to a close
2. [plano, posición]
en primer término [en cuadros, fotografías] in the foreground;

quedar o [m5] permanecer en un segundo término [pasar inadvertido] to remain in the background;

su carrera como modelo ha quedado en un segundo término y ahora se dedica al cine her modelling career now takes second place to her acting;

en último término [en cuadros, fotografías] in the background;
[si es necesario] as a last resort; [en resumidas cuentas] in the final analysis
3. [punto, situación] point;

llegados a este término hay que tomar una decisión we have reached the point where we have to take a decision

Comp
término medio [media] average; [arreglo] compromise, happy medium;
por término medio on average

4. [palabra] term;

lo dijo, aunque no con o [m5] en esos términos that's what he said, although he didn't put it quite the same way;

en términos generales generally speaking;

en términos de Freud in Freud's words;

los términos del acuerdo/contrato the terms of the agreement/contract

5. Mat [de fracción, silogismo, ecuación] term

6. [relaciones]
estar en buenos/malos términos (con) to be on good/bad terms (with)

7. [territorio]
término (municipal) = area under the jurisdiction of a town o city council

8. [plazo] period;

en el término de un mes within (the space of) a month

9. [de línea férrea, de autobús] terminus

10. [linde, límite] boundary

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término

m

1 end, conclusion;

poner término a algo put an end to sth;

llevar a término bring to an end

2 ( palabra) term;

en términos generales in general terms

3

:

términos pl de contrato, acuerdo etc terms

4

:

por término medio on average;

en primer término in the foreground;

en último término as a last resort

5 ( periodo)

:

en el término de in the period of, in the space of

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término nm

1) conclusión: end, conclusion

2) : term, expression

3) : period, term of office

4)

término medio : happy medium

5) términos nmpl

: terms, specifications

los términos del acuerdo: the terms of the agreement

* * *

término n

1. (en general) term

un término científico a scientific term

2. (fin) end

el término de su contrato the end of his contract

Spanish-English dictionary > término
7 ampliar

v.

1 to expand.

2 to enlarge, to blow up (photography).

La máquina amplió la fotografía The machine enlarged the photograph.

3 to further, to continue (estudios).

4 to increase, to augment, to amplify, to enlarge.

Su estrategia amplía las posibilidades His strategy increases the...

* * *

ampliar

Conjugation model [ DESVIAR], like link=desviar desviar

► verbo transitivo

1 to enlarge, extend

2 ARQUITECTURA to build an extension onto

3 (fotografía) to enlarge

4 (capital) to increase

5 (estudios) to further

6 (tema, idea) to develop, expand on

* * *

verb

1) to expand, extend

2) enlarge

3) widen

* * *

1. VT

1) [en tamaño] to extend

queremos ampliar el salón — we want to extend the living room, we want to make the living room bigger

lee mucho para ampliar su vocabulario — he reads a lot in order to extend o expand his vocabulary

se fue a Inglaterra a ampliar sus estudios — he went to England to broaden his studies

2) [en número] to increase

van a ampliar las plazas de profesor — they are going to increase the number of teaching posts

no ampliarán la plantilla — they are not going to increase o expand the headcount o the payroll

3) [+ prórroga, período] to extend

han ampliado el plazo de matrícula — they have put back the closing date for enrolment, they have extended the period for enrolment

4) (Fot) to enlarge

5) (Com) [+ empresa, compañía] to expand, grow; [+ capital] to increase

deseamos ampliar el campo de acción de la empresa — we want to extend o expand o broaden the company's area of business

6) [+ sonido] to amplify

7) [+ idea, explicación] to elaborate on

8) [+ poderes] to extend, widen

2.

See:

ampliarse

* * *

verbo transitivo

a) <local/carretera> to extend; < negocio> to expand

b) <capital/plantilla> to increase

c) <conocimientos/vocabulario> to increase; < explicación> to expand (on); < campo de acción> to widen, broaden

versión ampliada y corregida — expanded and corrected version

para ampliar sus estudios — to further her studies

d) <plazo/período> to extend

e) < fotografía> to enlarge, blow up

* * *

= augment, broaden, elaborate on, expand, extend, magnify, widen, add to, amplify, aggrandise [aggrandize, -USA].

Ex. These sources which form the basis of the intellectual selection of terms may be augmented by the machine selection of terms.

Ex. The program's purpose is to enable U.S. librarians and publishers to enrich and broaden their career experience through a short period of overseas service.

Ex. The documents cited may support and provide precedent for, illustrate or elaborate on what the author has to say.

Ex. As the quantity of knowledge expands the need to organise it becomes more pressing.

Ex. The term author is normally extended to include writers, illustrator, performers, producers, translators, and others with some intellectual or artistic responsibility for a work.

Ex. More libraries should make use of the Tieman tv-loop which enables the partially-sighted to magnify pages of printed text.

Ex. The quality of machine indexing can be enhanced by widening the indexing field.

Ex. In addition, Britain has one of the most extensive bodies of legislation in the world, which is added to daily and encrusted with myriad rules and regulations.

Ex. The director amplified: 'The personal touch would probably take some sting out of the layoff, but if I did it this way I could avoid involved discussions'.

Ex. He established Samarkand as his imperial capital in the 1360s and set about aggrandising it with plunder from his conquests.

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* ampliar el alcance de = extend + the reach of.

* ampliar el conocimiento = widen + knowledge, broaden + knowledge, deepen + understanding.

* ampliar el horario de apertura = extend + hours.

* ampliar el horizonte = broaden + perspective, widen + the scope.

* ampliar el interés = broaden + interest.

* ampliar la cobertura = broaden + coverage, broaden + the scope.

* ampliar la experiencia = extend + experience, broaden + experience.

* ampliar las fronteras de = push + the frontiers of, push + the boundaries of.

* ampliar las fronteras del conocimiento = push back + the frontiers of knowledge.

* ampliar los horizontes = broaden + horizons, extend + horizons, enlarge + horizons, widen + horizons, expand + Posesivo + horizons, expand + views.

* ampliar los recursos = broaden + resources.

* ampliar + Posesivo + educación = extend + Posesivo + education.

* ampliar una búsqueda = broaden + search, expand + Posesivo + search.

* ampliar una fotografía = enlarge + picture.

* * *

verbo transitivo

a) <local/carretera> to extend; < negocio> to expand

b) <capital/plantilla> to increase

c) <conocimientos/vocabulario> to increase; < explicación> to expand (on); < campo de acción> to widen, broaden

versión ampliada y corregida — expanded and corrected version

para ampliar sus estudios — to further her studies

d) <plazo/período> to extend

e) < fotografía> to enlarge, blow up

* * *

= augment, broaden, elaborate on, expand, extend, magnify, widen, add to, amplify, aggrandise [aggrandize, -USA].

Ex: These sources which form the basis of the intellectual selection of terms may be augmented by the machine selection of terms.

Ex: The program's purpose is to enable U.S. librarians and publishers to enrich and broaden their career experience through a short period of overseas service.

Ex: The documents cited may support and provide precedent for, illustrate or elaborate on what the author has to say.

Ex: As the quantity of knowledge expands the need to organise it becomes more pressing.

Ex: The term author is normally extended to include writers, illustrator, performers, producers, translators, and others with some intellectual or artistic responsibility for a work.

Ex: More libraries should make use of the Tieman tv-loop which enables the partially-sighted to magnify pages of printed text.

Ex: The quality of machine indexing can be enhanced by widening the indexing field.

Ex: In addition, Britain has one of the most extensive bodies of legislation in the world, which is added to daily and encrusted with myriad rules and regulations.

Ex: The director amplified: 'The personal touch would probably take some sting out of the layoff, but if I did it this way I could avoid involved discussions'.

Ex: He established Samarkand as his imperial capital in the 1360s and set about aggrandising it with plunder from his conquests.

* ampliar el alcance de = extend + the reach of.

* ampliar el conocimiento = widen + knowledge, broaden + knowledge, deepen + understanding.

* ampliar el horario de apertura = extend + hours.

* ampliar el horizonte = broaden + perspective, widen + the scope.

* ampliar el interés = broaden + interest.

* ampliar la cobertura = broaden + coverage, broaden + the scope.

* ampliar la experiencia = extend + experience, broaden + experience.

* ampliar las fronteras de = push + the frontiers of, push + the boundaries of.

* ampliar las fronteras del conocimiento = push back + the frontiers of knowledge.

* ampliar los horizontes = broaden + horizons, extend + horizons, enlarge + horizons, widen + horizons, expand + Posesivo + horizons, expand + views.

* ampliar los recursos = broaden + resources.

* ampliar + Posesivo + educación = extend + Posesivo + education.

* ampliar una búsqueda = broaden + search, expand + Posesivo + search.

* ampliar una fotografía = enlarge + picture.

* * *

ampliar [ A17 ]

vt

1 ‹local/carretera› to extend; ‹negocio› to expand

2 ‹capital/plantilla› to increase

3 ‹conocimientos/vocabulario› to increase, improve; ‹explicación› to expand (on); ‹campo de acción› to widen, broaden, extend

una versión ampliada y corregida an expanded and corrected version

para ampliar sus estudios to further her studies

quiere ampliar sus horizontes he wants to broaden his horizons

4 ‹plazo/período› to extend

5 ‹fotografía› to enlarge, blow up

* * *

ampliar ( conjugate ampliar) verbo transitivo
a) ‹local/carretera› to extend;

‹ negocio› to expand
b) ‹capital/personal› to increase

c) ‹conocimientos/vocabulario› to increase;

‹ explicación› to expand (on);
‹ campo de acción› to widen, broaden;
◊ para ampliar sus estudios to further her studies

d) ‹plazo/período› to extend

e) ‹ fotografía› to enlarge, blow up

ampliar verbo transitivo
1 (hacer más largo un plazo) to extend
2 (hacer más grande un edificio) to enlarge
3 (extender un negocio) to expand
4 (una fotografía) to enlarge, to blow up
5 (el campo de acción) to widen: los sindicatos proponen ampliar las sanciones a los defraudadores, the unions propose greater penalties for those committing fraud
' ampliar' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
abrir
- extender
- refacción
English:
amplify
- blow up
- enlarge
- expand
- expand on
- extend
- magnify
- widen
- add
- blow
- broaden
- develop
- push

* * *

ampliar vt

1. [negocio] to expand;

han ampliado el servicio a todo el país they have extended the service to cover the whole country;

van a ampliar el catálogo de productos they are going to expand o extend their product range;

ampliarán la plantilla del banco they are going to take on additional staff at the bank, they are going to increase staff numbers at the bank;

no quieren ampliar más la Unión Europea they don't want to enlarge the European Union any further

2. [local, vivienda] to extend;
[aeropuerto] to expand;
queremos ampliar el salón we want to make the living-room bigger

3. Econ [capital] to increase

4. [plazo] to extend

5. [fotografía] to enlarge, to blow up;
[fotocopia] to enlarge
6. [estudios] to further, to continue;
[conocimientos] to increase, to expand
* * *

ampliar

v/t

1 plantilla increase; negocio expand; plazo, edificio extend;

ampliar estudios continue one’s education;

ampliar sus horizontes broaden one’s horizons

2 FOT enlarge, blow up

* * *

ampliar {85} vt

1) : to expand, to extend

2) : to widen

3) : to enlarge (photographs)

4) : to elaborate on, to develop (ideas)

* * *

ampliar vb

1. (edificio, plazo) to extend

el plazo de matrícula se ha ampliado the enrolment period has been extended

2. (negocio, mercado) to expand

3. (número, cantidad) to increase

4. (una foto) to enlarge

Spanish-English dictionary > ampliar
8 aumentar

v.

1 to increase, to rise.

aumentar la producción to increase production

la lente aumenta la imagen the lens magnifies the image

me han aumentado el sueldo my salary has been raised

aumentó casi 10 kilos he put on almost 10 kilos

aumentar de peso/tamaño to increase in weight/size

aumentar de precio to go up o increase in price

el desempleo aumentó en un 4 por ciento unemployment rose o increased by 4 percent

El ejercicio aumenta el apetito Exercising increases the appetite.

Aumentaron los gastos The expenses increased.

Nos aumentaron las ganancias este año Our profits increased this year.

2 to magnify, to amplify.

El reportero aumentó la noticia The reporter magnified the news story.

3 to enlarge.

Vamos a aumentar la casa We will enlarge the house.

4 to raise, to improve.

El movimiento aumentó la temperatura Movement raised the temperature.

5 to increase the size of, to enlarge.

* * *

aumentar

► verbo transitivo

1 to augment, increase (precios) to put up; (producción) to step up

2 (óptica) to magnify

3 (fotos) to enlarge

4 (sonido) to amplify

► verbo intransitivo

1 to rise, go up

► verbo pronominal aumentarse

1 to increase, be on the increase (precios) to go up, rise

* * *

verb

1) to increase

2) raise

* * *

1. VT

1) [+ tamaño] to increase; (Fot) to enlarge; (Ópt) to magnify

2) [+ cantidad] to increase; [+ precio] to increase, put up; [+ producción] to increase, step up

me van a aumentar el sueldo — they are going to increase o raise my salary

no aumentes la velocidad todavía — don't speed up yet

esto aumentó el número de parados — this swelled the numbers of the unemployed

3) [+ intensidad] to increase

su dimisión ha aumentado la tensión política — his resignation has increased political tension

estas pastillas pueden aumentar las molestias — these tablets can make the problem worse

4) (Elec, Radio) to amplify

2. VI

1) [tamaño] to increase

2) [cantidad, precio, producción] to increase, go up

las temperaturas aumentarán mañana — temperatures will rise tomorrow

el número de asesinatos ha aumentado en 200 — the number of killings has increased o gone up by 200

este semestre aumentó la inflación en un 2% — inflation has increased o gone up by 2% over the last 6 months

3) [intensidad] to increase

el calor aumenta por la tarde — the heat increases in the afternoon

su popularidad ha aumentado — his popularity has increased o risen

la crispación política aumenta por momentos — political tension is increasing o rising by the moment

4)

aumentar de — to increase in

aumentar de peso — [objeto] to increase in weight; [persona] to put on o gain weight

aumentar de tamaño — to increase in size

* * *
1.
verbo transitivo

a) <precio/sueldo> to increase, raise; <cantidad/velocidad/tamaño> to increase; <producción/dosis> to increase, step up; dolor/miedo/tensión to increase

el microscopio aumenta la imagen — the microscope enlarges o magnifies the image

b) < puntos> ( en tejido) to increase
2.
aumentar vi temperatura/presión to rise; velocidad to increase; precio/producción/valor to increase, rise

el niño aumentó 500 gramos — the child put on o gained 500 grams

su popularidad ha aumentado — his popularity has grown

aumentará el frío — it will become colder

aumentar de algo — de volumen/tamaño to increase in something

aumentó de peso — he put on o gained weight

* * *

= accelerate, augment, become + large, enhance, enlarge, escalate, expand, grow + larger, increase, raise, rise, strengthen, accentuate, grow, add to, deepen, mushroom, intensify, wax, swell, pump up, bump up, step up, spike, crank up, ramp up, move it up + a gear, notch it up + a gear, take it up + a gear, take it up + a notch, crank it up + a notch, crank it up + a gear, move it up + a notch, ratchet up, amp up, turn up.

Ex. In recent years, the pace of change has accelerated with the introduction of on-line information retrieval.

Ex. These sources which form the basis of the intellectual selection of terms may be augmented by the machine selection of terms.

Ex. If the number of categories becomes large, cross-references will be necessary between individual files.

Ex. An introduction explaining the nature and scope of the indexing language will enhance its value.

Ex. Here entry is made under the original author of an edition that has been revised, enlarged, updated, condensed, and so on by another person.

Ex. Over the past two to three years the numbers of full text data bases and data banks has started to escalate considerably.

Ex. As the quantity of knowledge expands the need to organise it becomes more pressing.

Ex. As the system grows larger it's more difficult to maintain that control.

Ex. Recall is inversely proportional to precision, and vice versa, or in other words, as one increases, the other must decrease.

Ex. The speaker said that James estimated people function at only 20% of their capacity, and concluded that they could raise this percentage considerable if they knew how to manage their time more efficiently.

Ex. If suppliers are forced out of business, there will be less software to lend and prices will rise with the lack of competition.

Ex. He proposes a research agenda that could strengthen archival appraisal and the profession's ability to document society.

Ex. However, future trends may tend to accentuate this division.

Ex. No true reader can be expected to grow on a diet of prescribed texts only regardless of how well chosen they are.

Ex. In addition, Britain has one of the most extensive bodies of legislation in the world, which is added to daily and encrusted with myriad rules and regulations.

Ex. One of the effects of reading in children is that their appreciation of the processes and function of literature is deepened.

Ex. The use of electronic mail systems has mushroomed in the last 5 years in industrialised nations.

Ex. Whilst these achievements are commendable, there is a catch in them -- there can be used to 'intensify' the economic exploitation of women.

Ex. The population waxed again slightly, then waned again, until it finally stabilized around its present 55,000.

Ex. Reference work has been ill-served in the past by its expositors and theoreticians: its extensive literature of several hundred papers and books is swollen by a mass of the transient and the trivial.

Ex. The article ' Pump up the program...' identifies the costs and benefits of undertaking a software upgrade.

Ex. Most librarians will admit that they could probably increase the use made of their lending libraries and bump up their annual loans by stocking more romances and thrillers and fewer serious novels, but they do not do this.

Ex. The intensity of marketing to schools and parents will have to be stepped up by publishers if they are to succeed in the more competitive market.

Ex. Baby boomers are desperately trying to hold onto their salad days -- plastic surgery, vitamins and drugs like Viagra have spiked in public demand.

Ex. Refiners are cranking up diesel output to meet rising global demand.

Ex. EGND has hit a home run with the introduction of a new product line, increasing sales projections, and ramping up production schedules.

Ex. Liverpool and Chelsea are grabbing all the headlines, but Arsenal have quietly moved it up a gear scoring 10 goals in their last three league games.

Ex. Start gently, ease yourself in by breaking the workout down into three one minute sessions until you are ready to notch it up a gear and join them together.

Ex. There was not much to separate the sides in the first ten minutes however Arsenal took it up a gear and got the goal but not without a bit of luck.

Ex. We have a good time together and we're good friends.. but I'd like to take it up a notch.

Ex. David quickly comprehended our project needs and then cranked it up a notch with impactful design.

Ex. Went for a bike ride with a mate last week, no problems so will crank it up a gear and tackle some hills in the next few weeks.

Ex. After a regular walking routine is established, why not move it up a notch and start jogging, if you haven't already.

Ex. The health department has ratcheted up efforts to prevent or slow down the spread of swine flu in schools.

Ex. In order to gain strength fast, you need to immediately begin amping up your strength thermostat in your mind.

Ex. Cytokines are small proteins used to communicate messages between the immune cells in the immune system to either turn up or down the immune response.

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* aumentar de importancia = grow in + importance, grow in + significance.

* aumentar de tamaño = grow in + size, grow + larger, increase in + size.

* aumentar de valor = increase in + value.

* aumentar el conocimiento = expand + Posesivo + knowledge, deepen + awareness.

* aumentar el control = tighten (up) + control.

* aumentar el esfuerzo = increase + effort.

* aumentar el precio = mark up + price, jack up + the price.

* aumentar el presupuesto = add + monies to + budget.

* aumentar en cantidad = increase in + quantity.

* aumentar en número = grow in + numbers, increase in + numbers.

* aumentar en variedad = grow in + kind.

* aumentar la confusión = add to + the confusion.

* aumentar la experiencia = deepen + experience.

* aumentar la productividad = increase + productivity, boost + Posesivo + productivity.

* aumentar las diferencias entre... y = widen + the gap between... and.

* aumentar las posibilidades = increase + the odds.

* aumentar las probabilidades = shorten + the odds.

* aumentar las ventas = boost + sales.

* aumentar la velocidad = grow + faster.

* aumentar los costes = cost + rise.

* aumentar los impuestos = increase + taxes.

* aumentar los ingresos = boost + Posesivo + income.

* aumentar rápidamente = snowball.

* crisis + aumentar = crisis + deepen.

* estar aumentando = be on the increase.

* * *
1.
verbo transitivo

a) <precio/sueldo> to increase, raise; <cantidad/velocidad/tamaño> to increase; <producción/dosis> to increase, step up; dolor/miedo/tensión to increase

el microscopio aumenta la imagen — the microscope enlarges o magnifies the image

b) < puntos> ( en tejido) to increase
2.
aumentar vi temperatura/presión to rise; velocidad to increase; precio/producción/valor to increase, rise

el niño aumentó 500 gramos — the child put on o gained 500 grams

su popularidad ha aumentado — his popularity has grown

aumentará el frío — it will become colder

aumentar de algo — de volumen/tamaño to increase in something

aumentó de peso — he put on o gained weight

* * *

= accelerate, augment, become + large, enhance, enlarge, escalate, expand, grow + larger, increase, raise, rise, strengthen, accentuate, grow, add to, deepen, mushroom, intensify, wax, swell, pump up, bump up, step up, spike, crank up, ramp up, move it up + a gear, notch it up + a gear, take it up + a gear, take it up + a notch, crank it up + a notch, crank it up + a gear, move it up + a notch, ratchet up, amp up, turn up.

Ex: In recent years, the pace of change has accelerated with the introduction of on-line information retrieval.

Ex: These sources which form the basis of the intellectual selection of terms may be augmented by the machine selection of terms.

Ex: If the number of categories becomes large, cross-references will be necessary between individual files.

Ex: An introduction explaining the nature and scope of the indexing language will enhance its value.

Ex: Here entry is made under the original author of an edition that has been revised, enlarged, updated, condensed, and so on by another person.

Ex: Over the past two to three years the numbers of full text data bases and data banks has started to escalate considerably.

Ex: As the quantity of knowledge expands the need to organise it becomes more pressing.

Ex: As the system grows larger it's more difficult to maintain that control.

Ex: Recall is inversely proportional to precision, and vice versa, or in other words, as one increases, the other must decrease.

Ex: The speaker said that James estimated people function at only 20% of their capacity, and concluded that they could raise this percentage considerable if they knew how to manage their time more efficiently.

Ex: If suppliers are forced out of business, there will be less software to lend and prices will rise with the lack of competition.

Ex: He proposes a research agenda that could strengthen archival appraisal and the profession's ability to document society.

Ex: However, future trends may tend to accentuate this division.

Ex: No true reader can be expected to grow on a diet of prescribed texts only regardless of how well chosen they are.

Ex: In addition, Britain has one of the most extensive bodies of legislation in the world, which is added to daily and encrusted with myriad rules and regulations.

Ex: One of the effects of reading in children is that their appreciation of the processes and function of literature is deepened.

Ex: The use of electronic mail systems has mushroomed in the last 5 years in industrialised nations.

Ex: Whilst these achievements are commendable, there is a catch in them -- there can be used to 'intensify' the economic exploitation of women.

Ex: The population waxed again slightly, then waned again, until it finally stabilized around its present 55,000.

Ex: Reference work has been ill-served in the past by its expositors and theoreticians: its extensive literature of several hundred papers and books is swollen by a mass of the transient and the trivial.

Ex: The article ' Pump up the program...' identifies the costs and benefits of undertaking a software upgrade.

Ex: Most librarians will admit that they could probably increase the use made of their lending libraries and bump up their annual loans by stocking more romances and thrillers and fewer serious novels, but they do not do this.

Ex: The intensity of marketing to schools and parents will have to be stepped up by publishers if they are to succeed in the more competitive market.

Ex: Baby boomers are desperately trying to hold onto their salad days -- plastic surgery, vitamins and drugs like Viagra have spiked in public demand.

Ex: Refiners are cranking up diesel output to meet rising global demand.

Ex: EGND has hit a home run with the introduction of a new product line, increasing sales projections, and ramping up production schedules.

Ex: Liverpool and Chelsea are grabbing all the headlines, but Arsenal have quietly moved it up a gear scoring 10 goals in their last three league games.

Ex: Start gently, ease yourself in by breaking the workout down into three one minute sessions until you are ready to notch it up a gear and join them together.

Ex: There was not much to separate the sides in the first ten minutes however Arsenal took it up a gear and got the goal but not without a bit of luck.

Ex: We have a good time together and we're good friends.. but I'd like to take it up a notch.

Ex: David quickly comprehended our project needs and then cranked it up a notch with impactful design.

Ex: Went for a bike ride with a mate last week, no problems so will crank it up a gear and tackle some hills in the next few weeks.

Ex: After a regular walking routine is established, why not move it up a notch and start jogging, if you haven't already.

Ex: The health department has ratcheted up efforts to prevent or slow down the spread of swine flu in schools.

Ex: In order to gain strength fast, you need to immediately begin amping up your strength thermostat in your mind.

Ex: Cytokines are small proteins used to communicate messages between the immune cells in the immune system to either turn up or down the immune response.

* aumentar de importancia = grow in + importance, grow in + significance.

* aumentar de tamaño = grow in + size, grow + larger, increase in + size.

* aumentar de valor = increase in + value.

* aumentar el conocimiento = expand + Posesivo + knowledge, deepen + awareness.

* aumentar el control = tighten (up) + control.

* aumentar el esfuerzo = increase + effort.

* aumentar el precio = mark up + price, jack up + the price.

* aumentar el presupuesto = add + monies to + budget.

* aumentar en cantidad = increase in + quantity.

* aumentar en número = grow in + numbers, increase in + numbers.

* aumentar en variedad = grow in + kind.

* aumentar la confusión = add to + the confusion.

* aumentar la experiencia = deepen + experience.

* aumentar la productividad = increase + productivity, boost + Posesivo + productivity.

* aumentar las diferencias entre... y = widen + the gap between... and.

* aumentar las posibilidades = increase + the odds.

* aumentar las probabilidades = shorten + the odds.

* aumentar las ventas = boost + sales.

* aumentar la velocidad = grow + faster.

* aumentar los costes = cost + rise.

* aumentar los impuestos = increase + taxes.

* aumentar los ingresos = boost + Posesivo + income.

* aumentar rápidamente = snowball.

* crisis + aumentar = crisis + deepen.

* estar aumentando = be on the increase.

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aumentar [A1 ]

vt

1 ‹precio› to increase, raise, put up; ‹sueldo› to increase, raise; ‹cantidad/velocidad/tamaño› to increase; ‹producción/dosis› to increase, step up

el microscopio aumenta la imagen the microscope enlarges o magnifies the image

no hizo más que aumentar su dolor/miedo all it did was increase her pain/fear

esto aumentó la tensión this added to o increased the tension

2 ‹puntos› (en tejido) to increase

■ aumentar

vi

«temperatura» to rise; «presión» to rise, increase; «velocidad» to increase; «precio/producción/valor» to increase, rise

el niño aumentó 500 gramos the child put on o gained 500 grams

su popularidad ha aumentado his popularity has grown, he has gained in popularity

el costo de la vida aumentó en un 3% the cost of living rose by 3%

la dificultad de los ejercicios va aumentando the exercises get progressively more difficult

aumentará el frío durante el fin de semana it will become colder over the weekend

aumentar DE algo to increase IN sth

aumentó de volumen/tamaño it increased in volume/size

ha aumentado de peso he's put on o gained weight

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aumentar ( conjugate aumentar) verbo transitivo
a) ( en general) to increase;

‹precio/sueldo› to increase, raise
b) (Opt) to magnify

verbo intransitivo [temperatura/presión] to rise;
[ velocidad] to increase;
[precio/producción/valor] to increase, rise;
◊ aumentará el frío it will become colder;

aumentar de algo ‹de volumen/tamaño› to increase in sth;
aumentó de peso he put on o gained weight
aumentar
I verbo transitivo to increase
Fot to enlarge
Ópt to magnify
II vi (una cantidad) to go up, rise
(de valor) to appreciate

' aumentar' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
alargar
- engordar
- explorar
- separar
- separarse
- doblar
- elevar
- multiplicar
- redoblar
English:
add to
- appreciate
- augment
- boost
- build up
- deepen
- efficiency
- enhance
- escalate
- gain
- grow
- heighten
- improve
- increase
- intensify
- jack up
- jump
- magnify
- mark up
- mount
- odds
- put up
- quantity
- raise
- rise
- snowball
- step up
- surge
- swell
- up
- add
- develop
- go
- put
- soar
- strengthen

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aumentar

♦ vt

to increase;

aumentar la producción to increase production;

los enfrentamientos aumentaron la tensión en la zona the clashes increased the tension in the zone;

me han aumentado el sueldo my salary has been increased o raised;

la lente aumenta la imagen the lens magnifies the image;

aumentó casi 10 kilos he put on almost 10 kilos

♦ vi
[temperatura, precio, gastos, tensión] to increase, to rise; [velocidad] to increase;
aumentar de tamaño to increase in size;

aumentar de precio to go up o increase in price;

el desempleo aumentó en un 4 por ciento unemployment rose o increased by 4 percent;

con lo que come, no me sorprende que haya aumentado de peso it doesn't surprise me that he's put on weight, considering how much he eats

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aumentar

I v/t increase; precio increase, raise, put up

II v/i de precio, temperatura rise, increase, go up

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aumentar vt

acrecentar: to increase, to raise

aumentar vi

: to rise, to increase, to grow

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aumentar vb

1. (hacer subir) to increase / to raise

han aumentado el número de plazas they've increased the number of places

el Gobierno aumentará los impuestos the government will raise taxes

2. (subir) to rise [pt. rose; pp. risen] / to increase

las temperaturas aumentan en verano temperatures rise in summer

aumenta el número de accidentes de moto the number of motorbike accidents is increasing

3. (con lupa, microscopio) to magnify [pt. & pp. magnified]

un instrumento que aumenta el tamaño de cosas pequeñas an instrument that magnifies the size of small things

Spanish-English dictionary > aumentar
9 desarrollar

v.

1 to develop (mejorar) (crecimiento, país).

desarrolló un sexto sentido para las finanzas she developed o acquired a sixth sense for money

El orador desarrolló el tema The orator developed the subject.

El programador desarrolla sistemas The programmer develops systems.

2 to expound, to explain (exponer) (teoría, tema, fórmula).

¿podrías desarrollar esa idea un poco más? could you expand on that idea a little more?

3 to carry out (realizar) (actividad, trabajo).

4 to expand (Mat).

5 to unroll, to unfold.

El camarero desarrolló la alfombra The waiter unrolled the rug.

6 to train.

7 to rear, to raise.

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desarrollar

► verbo transitivo

1 (gen) to develop

■ desarrolló una gran inteligencia he showed great intelligence

■ desarrollar el cuerpo to develop one's body

2 (deshacer un rollo) to unroll, unfold

3 (exponer) to expound, explain

4 (llevar a cabo) to carry out

■ desarrollar un proyecto to carry out a project

5 MATEMÁTICAS to expand, develop

► verbo pronominal desarrollarse

1 (crecer) to develop

2 (transcurrir) to take place

■ la novela se desarrolla en el siglo XIX the novel is set in the 19th century

■ la representación se desarrolló perfectamente the performance went off without a hitch

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verb

to develop

- desarrollarse

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1. VT

1) [+ economía, industria, mercado] to develop

2) (=explicar) [+ teoría, tema, punto] to develop

3) (=realizar) [+ trabajo, proyecto] to carry out; [+ técnica, método] to develop

aquí desarrollan un trabajo muy importante — they carry out very important work here

han desarrollado nuevas técnicas de reciclaje de residuos — they have developed new techniques for waste recycling

4) [+ capacidad, músculos, memoria] to develop

5) (Mec)

el motor desarrolla 200 caballos — the engine develops 200hp

6) (Mat) [+ ecuación, función] to expand

desarolló bien el problema pero no llegó a la solución — he applied the correct method o working but failed to find the solution, he worked through the problem correctly but failed to find the solution

7) (=desenrollar) [+ algo enrollado] to unroll; [+ algo plegado] to unfold, open (out)

2.

See:

desarrollarse

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1.
verbo transitivo

1)

a) <facultad/inteligencia> to develop; < músculos> to develop, build up

b) <industria/comercio> to develop

c) <teoría/plan> to develop

2)

a) ( exponer) <teoría/tema> to explain

b) ( llevar a cabo) <actividad/labor> to carry out; < plan> to put into practice

3) (Chi) (Fot) to develop
2.
desarrollarse v pron

1) cuerpo/planta to develop, grow; pueblo/economía to develop; teoría/idea to develop, evolve

2) acto/entrevista/escena to take place

veremos cómo se desarrollan los acontecimientos — we shall see how things develop

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= cultivate, develop, evolve, work out, realise [realize, -USA], flesh out, come along, stitch together.

Ex. Such familiarity can be cultivated with experience, and will consider the following features of data bases.

Ex. Various large abstracting and indexing co-operative ventures or networks have developed their own formats.

Ex. Virtually all software packages offer the purchaser the opportunity to evolve a record format which suits a specific application.

Ex. The details of how the assignment of numbers by authorized agencies would be controlled have yet to be worked out.

Ex. Librarians, information scientists, and keepers of the archives have to realise the meaning of the so-called electronic library (e-library).

Ex. The modern world has seen two documentary disciplines -- library science and archival science -- arise and flesh out a theory, methodology, and practice.

Ex. However, we have not heard the final word by any means for there are new products and improved examples of existing products coming along.

Ex. Adolescence is a time when teens 'start to stitch together a personal culture: the things they like to do with their time'.

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* acontecimientos + desarrollarse = events + unfold.

* desarrollar al máximo = develop + Nombre + to its full potential.

* desarrollar aun más = take + one stage further, progress + one stage further, carry + one stage further, develop + one stage further, take + a step further, extend + one step further, carry + one step further, take + one step further, develop + further.

* desarrollar el amor a/por = build + a love of.

* desarrollar el carácter de Uno = build + Posesivo + character.

* desarrollar el instinto para = develop + a nose for.

* desarrollar el potencial de Algo = develop + potential, develop + Posesivo + (full) potential, achieve + Posesivo + potential, achieve + Posesivo + full potential.

* desarrollar la capacidad de = gain in + the ability to.

* desarrollar las capacidades = fulfil + potential.

* desarrollar las posibilidades = live up to + Posesivo + potential.

* desarrollar + Posesivo + trabajo = advance + Posesivo + work.

* desarrollarse = proceed, grow, build up, burgeon, unfold, grow up, come up, shape up.

* desarrollarse a uno mismo = self-actualise [self-actualize, -USA].

* desarrollarse demasiado pronto = peak + too early.

* desarrollarse en un sentido determinado = develop along + lines.

* desarrollarse sin problemas = go + smoothly.

* desarrollar una definición = explode + definition.

* desarrollar una destreza = develop + skill, build + skill.

* desarrollar una idea = amplify + idea.

* desarrollar una personalidad propia = develop + identity.

* desarrollar una técnica = develop + skill, build + skill.

* desarrollar un plan de trabajo = develop + agenda.

* desarrollar un proyecto = develop + project.

* lograr desarrollar el potencial de Algo = achieve + Posesivo + full potential, achieve + Posesivo + potential.

* persona que se desarrolla tarde = late bloomer.

* que permite desarrollar menús de consulta = menu-making.

* que se desarrollan = at play.

* que se está desarrollando = evolving.

* seguir desarrollando = develop + further.

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1.
verbo transitivo

1)

a) <facultad/inteligencia> to develop; < músculos> to develop, build up

b) <industria/comercio> to develop

c) <teoría/plan> to develop

2)

a) ( exponer) <teoría/tema> to explain

b) ( llevar a cabo) <actividad/labor> to carry out; < plan> to put into practice

3) (Chi) (Fot) to develop
2.
desarrollarse v pron

1) cuerpo/planta to develop, grow; pueblo/economía to develop; teoría/idea to develop, evolve

2) acto/entrevista/escena to take place

veremos cómo se desarrollan los acontecimientos — we shall see how things develop

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= cultivate, develop, evolve, work out, realise [realize, -USA], flesh out, come along, stitch together.

Ex: Such familiarity can be cultivated with experience, and will consider the following features of data bases.

Ex: Various large abstracting and indexing co-operative ventures or networks have developed their own formats.

Ex: Virtually all software packages offer the purchaser the opportunity to evolve a record format which suits a specific application.

Ex: The details of how the assignment of numbers by authorized agencies would be controlled have yet to be worked out.

Ex: Librarians, information scientists, and keepers of the archives have to realise the meaning of the so-called electronic library (e-library).

Ex: The modern world has seen two documentary disciplines -- library science and archival science -- arise and flesh out a theory, methodology, and practice.

Ex: However, we have not heard the final word by any means for there are new products and improved examples of existing products coming along.

Ex: Adolescence is a time when teens 'start to stitch together a personal culture: the things they like to do with their time'.

* acontecimientos + desarrollarse = events + unfold.

* desarrollar al máximo = develop + Nombre + to its full potential.

* desarrollar aun más = take + one stage further, progress + one stage further, carry + one stage further, develop + one stage further, take + a step further, extend + one step further, carry + one step further, take + one step further, develop + further.

* desarrollar el amor a/por = build + a love of.

* desarrollar el carácter de Uno = build + Posesivo + character.

* desarrollar el instinto para = develop + a nose for.

* desarrollar el potencial de Algo = develop + potential, develop + Posesivo + (full) potential, achieve + Posesivo + potential, achieve + Posesivo + full potential.

* desarrollar la capacidad de = gain in + the ability to.

* desarrollar las capacidades = fulfil + potential.

* desarrollar las posibilidades = live up to + Posesivo + potential.

* desarrollar + Posesivo + trabajo = advance + Posesivo + work.

* desarrollarse = proceed, grow, build up, burgeon, unfold, grow up, come up, shape up.

* desarrollarse a uno mismo = self-actualise [self-actualize, -USA].

* desarrollarse demasiado pronto = peak + too early.

* desarrollarse en un sentido determinado = develop along + lines.

* desarrollarse sin problemas = go + smoothly.

* desarrollar una definición = explode + definition.

* desarrollar una destreza = develop + skill, build + skill.

* desarrollar una idea = amplify + idea.

* desarrollar una personalidad propia = develop + identity.

* desarrollar una técnica = develop + skill, build + skill.

* desarrollar un plan de trabajo = develop + agenda.

* desarrollar un proyecto = develop + project.

* lograr desarrollar el potencial de Algo = achieve + Posesivo + full potential, achieve + Posesivo + potential.

* persona que se desarrolla tarde = late bloomer.

* que permite desarrollar menús de consulta = menu-making.

* que se desarrollan = at play.

* que se está desarrollando = evolving.

* seguir desarrollando = develop + further.

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desarrollar [A1 ]

vt

A

1 ‹facultad/inteligencia› to develop; ‹músculos› to develop, build up

tiene el sentido del olfato muy desarrollado it has a very highly developed sense of smell

2 ‹industria/comercio› to develop

3 (ampliar, desenvolver) ‹idea/teoría/plan› to develop

B

1 (exponer) ‹teoría/idea› to explain, expound ( frml); ‹tema› to explain

2 ( Mat) to develop

3 (llevar a cabo) ‹actividad/labor› to carry out; ‹plan› to put into practice

C

«coche/motor»: desarrolla una velocidad de … it can reach a speed of …

desarrolla 75 caballos it develops o generates 75 horsepower

D ( Chi) ( Fot) to develop

■ desarrollarse

v pron

A

1 (crecer) «niño/cuerpo/planta» to develop, grow

2 «adolescente» to develop, go through puberty

3 «pueblo/industria/economía» to develop

4 «teoría/idea» to develop, evolve

B «acto/entrevista» to take place

habrá que esperar a ver cómo se desarrollan los acontecimientos we shall have to wait and see how things develop o turn out

la acción se desarrolla en una aldea gallega the action unfolds o takes place in a Galician village

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desarrollar ( conjugate desarrollar) verbo transitivo
1 ( en general) to develop
2
a) ( exponer) ‹teoría/tema› to explain

b) ( llevar a cabo) ‹actividad/labor› to carry out

desarrollarse verbo pronominal
1 ( en general) to develop
2 [acto/entrevista/escena] to take place
desarrollar verbo transitivo
1 to develop: ha desarrollado su musculatura desde que hace deporte, he has become more muscular since he started doing sport
(un proyecto, teoría) han desarrollado un nuevo modelo de ordenador portátil, they've developed a new type of portable computer
2 (exponer con mayor detalle) to explain
' desarrollar' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
explotar
English:
amplify
- brain
- build up
- develop
- evolve
- open up
- work out
- expand
- realize

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desarrollar

♦ vt

1. [mejorar] [economía, capacidades, musculatura] to develop;

desarrolló un sexto sentido para las finanzas she developed o acquired a sixth sense for money

2. [exponer] [tema] to explain, to develop;
[teoría] to expound, to develop;
¿podrías desarrollar esa idea un poco más? could you expand on that idea a little more?

3. [realizar] [actividad, trabajo, proyecto] to carry out

4. [crear] [prototipos, técnicas, estrategias] to develop

5. [velocidad]
esta moto desarrolla los 200 kilómetros por hora this bike can reach a speed of 200 kilometres an hour

6. Mat [término] to expand;
[ecuación, problema] to solve, to work out
♦ See also the pronominal verb desarrollarse

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desarrollar

v/t

1 develop

2 tema explain

3 trabajo carry out

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desarrollar vt

: to develop

♦ See also the reflexive verb desarrollarse

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desarrollar vb

1. (en general) to develop

desarrolló la teoría de la relatividad he developed the theory of relativity

2. (realizar) to carry out [pt. & pp. carried]

por fin desarrolló su plan she finally carried out her plan

Spanish-English dictionary > desarrollar
10 más

conj.

but.

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mas

► conjunción

1 but

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conj.

but

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CONJ but

* * *

conjunción (liter) but

* * *

= extra, more, plus, topmost [top most].

Ex. Each step of subdivision involves an extra character (see below).

Ex. The command function 'MORE' is used to request the system to display more information, for instance to continue the alphabetical display of terms.

Ex. All of these (except PREVIOUS and NEXT), plus some additional commands are also available from the Command Menu.

Ex. A list of the topmost cited papers of the Proceedings is presented.

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* acercarse aun más = bring + closer together, come closer together, draw + closer together.

* acercarse más aun = bring + closer together, come closer together, draw + closer together.

* ahora más que nunca = now more than ever.

* alcanzar cotas más altas = raise to + greater heights.

* algo más = anything else.

* algunos años más tarde = some years on.

* a más largo plazo = longer-term.

* a más..., más... = the + Comparativo..., the + Comparativo....

* a más tardar = at the latest.

* análisis más minucioso = closer examination.

* aprender de la forma más difícil = learn + the hard way.

* aún más = Verbo + further, even further, all the more, further, furthermore, beyond that, a fortiori.

* bastante más = rather more.

* cada vez más = ever-growing, ever-increasing, increasingly, more and more, progressively, ever more, mushrooming, ever greater, in increasing numbers, increasing.

* cada vez más abultado = swelling.

* cada vez más alto = constantly rising, steadily rising, steadily growing.

* cada vez más amplio = ever-widening.

* cada vez más estricto = tightening.

* cada vez más extendido = spreading.

* cada vez más fácil = ever easier.

* cada vez más lejos = further and further.

* cada vez más rápido = ever faster.

* cada vez más tenue = fading.

* cada vez más viejo = aging [ageing].

* citado más arriba = above.

* con el más sumo cuidado = with utmost care.

* con más antigüedad = longest-serving.

* con más detalle = in most detail, in more detail.

* con más frecuencia = most frequently.

* con más razón aún = a fortiori.

* con más vigor aun = with a vengeance.

* con más virulencia aun = with a vengeance.

* con más vitalidad = revitalised [revitalized, -USA].

* con un filo más pronunciado = sharper-edged.

* correr más deprisa que = outrun [out-run].

* costumbre cada vez más frecuente = growing practice.

* cuanto más = all the more so, all the more, a fortiori.

* cuanto más..., más... = the + Comparativo..., the + Comparativo....

* cuantos más, mejor = the more the merrier, the more the better.

* cuya fecha se anunciará más adelante = at a time to be announced later.

* cuya fecha se determinará más adelante = at a time to be determined later.

* dar a Algo más importancia de la que tiene = oversell.

* dar más de sí = go further.

* dar más explicaciones = elaborate on.

* darse una situación más esperanzadora = sound + a note of hope.

* decir la verdad, toda la verdad y nada más que la verdad = to tell the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth.

* de crecimiento más rápido = fastest-growing.

* de esto, de lo otro y de lo de más allá = about this and that and everything else.

* de forma que resulta más fácil de entender = in digestible form.

* de la forma más difícil = the hard way.

* de la forma más fácil = the easy way .

* de lo más = very.

* de lo más + Adjetivo = most + Adjetivo.

* demandar cada vez más enérgicamente = build + pressure, build + pressure.

* de más = extra, one too many.

* de más arriba = topmost [top most].

* desarrollar aun más = develop + further.

* desde un punto de vista más amplio = in a broader sense.

* desde un punto de vista más general = in a broader sense.

* de una manera más sencilla = in digestible form.

* dicho más arriba, lo = foregoing, the.

* distanciar aun más = widen + the gap between... and.

* dominio de las personas con más edad = senior power.

* durante las horas de más calor = during the heat of the day.

* durar más que = outlive.

* el más = all-time.

* el más adecuado = ideally suited.

* el más + Adjetivo = the most + Adjetivo.

* el más allá = hereafter.

* el más bajo = rock-bottom.

* el más favorito del mes = pick of the month.

* el más leído = the most widely read.

* el más recomendado = best of breed, the.

* el + Nombre + más completo = the + Nombre + to end all + Nombre.

* el no va más = the be all and end all, the bee's knees, the cat's pyjamas, the cat's meow, the cat's whiskers, the dog's bollocks.

* el punto más bajo = rock-bottom.

* el todo es más grande que la suma de sus partes = the whole is greater than the sum of its parts.

* en el momento más débil de Alguien = at + Posesivo + weakest.

* enfrascado en lo más difícil = in at the deep end.

* enfrascar a Alguien de lleno en lo más difícil = throw in + at the deep end, throw in + at the deep end.

* enfrascarse en lo más difícil = swim in + the deep end, jump in at + the deep end.

* en lo más mínimo = not in the least + Nombre Negativo.

* en más de una ocasión = on more than one occasion, in more than one instance, in more than one occasion.

* en más de un sentido = in more ways than one.

* en su forma más básica = at its most basic.

* en su nivel más bajo = at its lowest ebb.

* en su punto más álgido = at its height.

* en su punto más bajo = at its lowest ebb.

* en tiempos más recientes = in more recent times.

* en un futuro más o menos cercano = in the near future, in the near future.

* en un período más o menos lejano = in the near future, in the near future.

* en un sentido más amplio = in a broader sense, in a larger sense.

* en un sentido más general = in a broader sense.

* es más = more important, moreover.

* examen más minucioso = closer examination.

* examinar más detenidamente = look + closer, take + a closer look at, take + a close look.

* examinar más minuciosamente = examine + in greater detail.

* explicar un Tema con más detalle = expand upon/on + Tema.

* forma de la curva estadística en su valor más alto = peak-shape.

* ganar cada vez más importancia = go from + strength to strength.

* gastar más de la cuenta = overspend.

* gastarse más dinero = dig + deep.

* haber todavía más = there + be + more to it than that.

* hacer las leyes más estrictas = tighten + laws.

* hacerle la vida más simple a todos = simplify + life for everyone.

* hacerlo más llevadero = make + life easier.

* hacer más consciente de Algo = heighten + awareness.

* hacer más copias de Algo = produce + additional copies.

* hacer más estricto = tighten.

* hacer más fuerte = toughen.

* hacer más preciso = tightening up.

* hacer más rico = add + richness to.

* hacer más riguroso = tighten, tightening up.

* hacer más sofisticado = dumb up.

* hacer que tenga más valor = put + a premium on.

* hacerse cada vez más importante = increase in + importance.

* hacerse más complejo = grow in + complexity, gain in + complexity.

* hacerse más corto = grow + shorter.

* hacerse más fuerte = gain in + strength, grow in + strength.

* hacerse más inteligente = smarten up.

* herir en lo más profundo = cut to + the heart of, cut to + the quick.

* horario de apertura más amplio = extended hours.

* incluso yendo más lejos = even farther afield.

* invertir más dinero = dig + deep.

* ir aun más lejos = go + a/one step further.

* ir más allá = go + one stage further.

* ir más allá de = go beyond, transcend, get beyond, go far beyond, move + beyond, take + Nombre + a/one step further/farther, go + past.

* ir más allá de las posibilidades de Alguien = be beyond + Posesivo + capabilities.

* ir más lejos = go + one stage further.

* ir poco más allá de + Infinitivo = go little further than + Gerundio.

* ir todavía más lejos = go + a/one step further.

* la parte más dura de = brunt of, the.

* la parte más importante = the heart of.

* ley del más fuerte, la = law of the jungle, the, survival of the fittest, survival of the strongest.

* libro más vendido = bestseller [best seller/best-seller].

* lista de más populares = chart.

* lista de más vendidos = chart.

* llegar más lejos = stretch + further.

* llevar aún más lejos = carry + one step further.

* llevar + Nombre + aún más lejos = take + Nombre + a/one step further/farther.

* lo más cercano a = the nearest thing to.

* lo más destacado = highlights.

* lo más detestado = pet hate.

* lo más importante = most of all.

* lo más interesante = highlights.

* lo más mínimo = so much as.

* lo más novedoso = the last word.

* lo más odiado = pet hate.

* lo más parecido a = the nearest thing to.

* lo más probable es que = most probably.

* lo más recio de = brunt of, the.

* lo más recóndito = nooks and crannies.

* lo que es más = what is more, what's more.

* lo que es más importante = most importantly, most of all, more importantly, most important.

* los más necesitados = those most in need.

* más acomodados, los = better off, the.

* más adelante = later, further along, later on, in due time, at a later date.

* más afilado que una navaja = as sharp as a knife.

* más afilado que un cuchillo = as sharp as a knife.

* más alegre que unas castañuelas = as happy as Larry.

* más alejado = further afield, furthest away.

* más allá = further than, farther, yonder, beyond that.

* más allá de = beyond, beyond all, past, beyond the range of.

* más allá de cualquier duda = beyond any doubt, beyond any doubt.

* más allá de eso = beyond that.

* más allá de la obligación = beyond the call of duty.

* más allá del deber = beyond the call of duty.

* más allá de ninguna duda = beyond doubt, beyond doubt, beyond any doubt.

* más allá de toda duda = beyond doubt, beyond any doubt, without a shadow of a doubt, beyond a shadow of a doubt.

* más allá de toda razón = beyond reason.

* más allá, el = afterlife [after-life], land of the dead, the.

* más antiguo = longest-serving.

* más antiguo, el = seniormost, the.

* más anunciado = best-publicised [best-publicized, -USA].

* más apreciado = long-cherished.

* más aun = nay, beyond that, furthermore.

* más bien = if you like, instead.

* más bien bajo = shortish.

* más bien corto = shortish.

* más bien pequeño = smallish.

* más bien todo lo contrario = quite the opposite, quite the contrary, quite the reverse.

* más borracho que una cuba = as drunk as a lord, as drunk as a newt, as drunk as a skunk.

* más bueno que un pan = as good as gold.

* más cerca de = more nearly.

* más claro el agua = as clear as a bell.

* más claro que el agua = as clear as a bell.

* más complejo de lo que parece = more than meets the eye.

* más complicado de lo que parece = more than meets the eye.

* más común = mainstream.

* más concretamente = more to the point.

* más conocido = best known, best-publicised [best-publicized, -USA], mainstream.

* más conocido como = better known as.

* más contento que unas castañuela = as happy as Larry.

* más contento que unas pascuas = as happy as Larry.

* Posesivo + más cordial enhorabuena = Posesivo + heartiest congratulations.

* más corto que las mangas de una chaleco = as daft as a brush.

* más corto que las mangas de un chaleco = as thick as two (short) planks, as shy as shy can be, as thick as a brick, knucklehead.

* más débil de la camada, el = runt of the litter, the.

* más débil del grupo, el = runt of the litter, the.

* más de + Cantidad = in excess of + Cantidad, over + Cantidad, more than + Cantidad, upwards of + Cantidad.

* más del 10 por ciento = double digit, double figure.

* más de la cuenta = one too many.

* más de la mayoría de los + Nombre = more than most + Nombre.

* más de lo mismo = more of the same.

* más demandado = most demanded.

* más dentro = further into.

* más destacado = foremost.

* más de una vez = more than once.

* más de un ISBN = more than one ISBN.

* más de un millón = million-plus.

* más de unos cuantos + Nombre = not a few + Nombre.

* más difundido = best-publicised [best-publicized, -USA].

* más duradero = longer-lasting.

* más duro que la suela de un zapato = as tough as leather, as tough as nails, as tough as nuts, as tough as old boots, as tough as shoe leather.

* más duro que una piedra = as tough as nuts, as tough as nails, as tough as leather, as tough as old boots, as tough as shoe leather.

* más exactamente = more nearly.

* más fácil de entender para nosotros = closer to home.

* más frío que el mármol = as cold as ice.

* más frío que la nieve = as cold as ice.

* más frío que un témpano (de hielo) = as cold as ice.

* más fuerte que un roble = as strong as an ox.

* más fuerte que un toro = as strong as an ox.

* más granado de la sociedad, lo = cream of society, the.

* más grande = greater.

* más hambre que el perro de un ciego = as hungry as a wolf, as hungry as a bear, as hungry as a hunter.

* más hambre que un maestro de escuela = as hungry as a wolf, as hungry as a bear, as hungry as a hunter.

* más importante = foremost.

* más importante aun = more significantly.

* más información = further information, further details.

* más íntimo = innermost.

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

* más lejos = further afield, further away, furthest away.

* más meridional = southernmost.

* más necesitado = most in need.

* más occidental = westernmost.

* más o menos = more or less, of a sort, or so, of sorts, after a fashion, round about, roughly speaking, give or take, ballpark.

* más o menos + Adverbio = relatively + Adverbio.

* más o menos cuadrado = squarish.

* más perdedor = losingest.

* más perenne = longer-lasting.

* más permanente = longer-lasting.

* más prestigioso = top-rated, top-ranked.

* más profundo = innermost.

* más que = more... than..., rather than.

* más que antes = more than ever, more... than ever before, more than ever before.

* más que la suma de sus partes = Comparativo + than the sum of its parts.

* más quemado que la pipa (de) un indio = completely burned-out, totally burned-out.

* más que muerto = dead and buried.

* más que nada = more than anything else.

* más que ninguna otra cosa = beyond all else.

* más que nunca = more than ever before, more than ever.

* más que nunca antes = more... than ever before, more than ever before, more than ever.

* más que todo lo demás = beyond all else.

* más que todos nosotros juntos = more than all of us put together.

* más recientemente = in more recent times, more recently.

* más recóndito = innermost.

* más secreto = innermost.

* más septentrional = northernmost.

* Posesivo + más sinceras felicitaciones = Posesivo + heartiest congratulations.

* más sincero + Nombre = deeply felt + Nombre.

* más sordo que una tapia = as deaf as a post.

* más suave que el terciopelo = as soft as velvet.

* más suave que la seda = as soft as silk.

* más tarde = later on.

* más tarde o más temprano = sooner or later, at one time or another.

* más todavía = all the more so.

* más usado = most heavily used.

* más vale malo conocido que bueno por conocer = better the devil you know (than the devil you don't).

* más vale pájaro en mano que ciento volando = a bird in the hand is worth two in the bush.

* más vale prevenir que curar = a stitch in time saves nine, better (to be) safe than sorry.

* más vale que + Subjuntivo = might + as well + Verbo.

* más vale tarde que nunca = better late than never.

* más valorado = highly valued.

* más vendido = best selling [bestselling/best-selling], top-selling.

* más veterano, el = seniormost, the.

* más viejo que Matusalén = as old as Methuselah, as old as the hills, as old as the hills.

* más votado = top-rated, top-ranked.

* materia más general = broader subject.

* menos blandeces y más mano dura = less of the carrot, more of the stick.

* meter a Alguien de lleno en lo más difícil = throw in + at the deep end, throw in + at the deep end.

* meterse de lleno en lo más difícil = swim in + the deep end, jump in at + the deep end.

* metido en lo más difícil = in at the deep end.

* mientras más, mejor = the more the merrier, the more the better.

* mirada más de cerca = closer look.

* miseria más absoluta = abject poverty.

* muchas otras cosas más = much else besides.

* muchísimo más = a whole lot more, an awful lot more.

* muchísimo más + Adjetivo = infinitely + Adjetivo.

* mucho más = order of magnitude, much more, much more so, a lot more, lots more.

* mucho más + Adjetivo = all the more + Adjetivo.

* mucho más + Adverbio = far more + Adverbio/Adjetivo.

* mucho más cerca = far closer.

* mucho más de = well over + Expresión Numérica.

* mucho más rápido = far faster.

* muchos más = a great many more.

* nada + estar + más apartado de la realidad = nothing + can + be further from the truth, nothing + can + be further from the truth.

* nada + estar + más lejos de la realidad = nothing + can + be further from the truth.

* nada + estar + más lejos de la verdad = nothing + can + be further from the truth.

* nada más = anything else, nothing else.

* nada más y nada menos = as much as + Expresión Numérica.

* nada más y nada menos que = in the order of + Cantidad, nothing less than.

* nada más y nada menos que de = to the tune of + Cantidad.

* nada más y nada menos que desde + Expresión Temporal = from as far back as + Expresión Temporal.

* nada más y nada menos que + Número = as many as + Número.

* nada puede estar más alejado de la realidad = nothing can be further from the truth.

* nadie más = nobody else.

* ni más ni menos = nothing more, nothing less, no more, no less.

* no aguantar más = have had enough.

* no dar más de sí = stretch + Nombre + to the limit, overstretch.

* no hacer más que = do + no more than.

* no importar lo más mínimo = could not care less.

* no más que = in any more than.

* Nombre + más o menos = Nombre + of sorts.

* no poder hacer más que = do + little more than.

* no saber qué más hacer = be at + Posesivo + wit's end.

* no ser lo más adecuado para = ill suited to/for.

* no ser más que = be nothing more than, be nothing but.

* no tener la más mínima idea sobre Algo = Negativo + have + the foggiest idea.

* no tener más alternativa que = have + no other option but.

* no tener más remedio que = be stuck with, be left with the need to, get + stuck with.

* no tener ni la más mínima posibilidad = not to have a prayer.

* no tener ni la más remota posibilidad = not to have a prayer.

* no voy a aguantarlo más = not going to take it any more.

* Número + de más = Número + too many.

* Número + veces más = Número + times as many.

* Número + veces más de = Número + times the number of.

* nunca más = never again.

* observar con más detalle = closer look.

* optar por la solución más fácil = take + the easy way out.

* otro + Nombre + más = further + Nombre, yet another + Nombre.

* pagando un poco más = at additional cost.

* pagar más de lo que se debería = overpay.

* para complicar aun más las cosas = to add to the confusion.

* para confundir aun más las cosas = to add to the confusion.

* para hacer más fácil = for ease of.

* para más información = for further details.

* para más inri = to cap it all (off), on top of everything else, but to make things worse, but to make matters worse.

* para que quede más claro = for main effects.

* para ser más explícito = to elaborate a little further.

* pasar a cosas más agradables = on a happier note.

* poco más = little else.

* poner más fuerte = crank up.

* ¡por lo más quieras! = Not on your life!.

* por más que lo intento = for the life of me.

* Posesivo + más cordial enhorabuena = Posesivo + heartiest congratulations.

* Posesivo + más sinceras felicitaciones = Posesivo + heartiest congratulations.

* precio de coste más margen de beneficios = cost-plus pricing.

* presupuesto cada vez más pequeño = shrinking budget.

* pruebas cada vez más concluyentes = mounting evidence.

* quedar mucho más por hacer = much more needs to be done.

* qué más = what else.

* que no da más de sí = overstretched.

* ¿quién más...? = who else...?.

* rechazar sin más = dismiss + out of hand.

* redondear al número entero más cercano = round up to + the nearest whole number.

* requerir más destreza = be more of an art.

* sacar más partido = get + more for + Posesivo + money.

* sentir más ganas de hacer Algo = grow in + appetite.

* sentirse más seguro de = gain + confidence (with/in).

* separar aun más = widen + the gap between... and.

* ser aun más = be all the more.

* ser cada vez más importante = increase in + importance.

* ser el punto más débil de Alguien = be at + Posesivo + weakest.

* ser el punto más flaco de Alguien = be at + Posesivo + weakest.

* ser lo más parecido a = be as close as we come to.

* ser lo que a Uno más le gusta = be + Posesivo + big scene.

* ser más interno = inner being.

* ser más un + Nombre = be more of a + Nombre.

* ser mucho más = be all the more.

* ser nada más y nada menos que = be nothing less than.

* siempre querer más = enough + be + not/never + enough.

* signo más (+) = addition sign (+), plus sign (+).

* sin la más mínima duda = without the shadow of a doubt, beyond a shadow of a doubt.

* sin más = out of hand, unceremoniously, unceremonious.

* sin más dilación = without (any) further ado, without (any) more ado, without warning.

* sin más ni más = unceremoniously, unceremonious, for the love of it, without much ado.

* sin más preámbulos = without (any) further ado, without (any) more ado.

* sino más bien = rather.

* sino (que) más bien = but rather.

* supervivencia del más fuerte = survival of the fittest, survival of the strongest.

* tarifa especial más barata = discount charge.

* tener más paciencia que un santo = have + the patience of a saint.

* término más específico = narrower term.

* todavía más + Adjetivo = all the more + Adjetivo.

* tratar con más detalle = discuss + in greater detail.

* una imagen vale más que mil palabras = a picture is worth more than ten thousand words.

* una pieza más en la organización = a cog in the wheel.

* una vez más = again, yet again.

* uno de los + Nombre + más + Adjetivo = not the least + Adjetivo + Nombre, not the least of the + Adjetivo + Nombre.

* uno de los + Nombre + más importante = not the least + Nombre, not the least of + Nombre.

* uno de mas = one too many.

* uno más = one of equals.

* uno más de tantos en la organización = a cog in the machine.

* unos días más tarde = a few days later.

* véase + Nombre + para más información = refer to + Nombre + for details.

* vender a un precio más barato que = undercut.

* vender más barato = undercut.

* venderse más que = outsell.

* venta a un precio más barato = undercutting.

* y Dios sabe qué más = and Heaven knows what else.

* y más adelante = and beyond.

* y más allá = and beyond.

* y mucho más = and much more.

* y mucho(s) más = and more.

* y poco más = and little more.

* ¡y qué más da! = so what!.

* y unos cuantos más = and a few others.

* * *

conjunción (liter) but

* * *

= extra, more, plus, topmost [top most].

Ex: Each step of subdivision involves an extra character (see below).

Ex: The command function 'MORE' is used to request the system to display more information, for instance to continue the alphabetical display of terms.

Ex: All of these (except PREVIOUS and NEXT), plus some additional commands are also available from the Command Menu.

Ex: A list of the topmost cited papers of the Proceedings is presented.

* acercarse aun más = bring + closer together, come closer together, draw + closer together.

* acercarse más aun = bring + closer together, come closer together, draw + closer together.

* ahora más que nunca = now more than ever.

* alcanzar cotas más altas = raise to + greater heights.

* algo más = anything else.

* algunos años más tarde = some years on.

* a más largo plazo = longer-term.

* a más..., más... = the + Comparativo..., the + Comparativo....

* a más tardar = at the latest.

* análisis más minucioso = closer examination.

* aprender de la forma más difícil = learn + the hard way.

* aún más = Verbo + further, even further, all the more, further, furthermore, beyond that, a fortiori.

* bastante más = rather more.

* cada vez más = ever-growing, ever-increasing, increasingly, more and more, progressively, ever more, mushrooming, ever greater, in increasing numbers, increasing.

* cada vez más abultado = swelling.

* cada vez más alto = constantly rising, steadily rising, steadily growing.

* cada vez más amplio = ever-widening.

* cada vez más estricto = tightening.

* cada vez más extendido = spreading.

* cada vez más fácil = ever easier.

* cada vez más lejos = further and further.

* cada vez más rápido = ever faster.

* cada vez más tenue = fading.

* cada vez más viejo = aging [ageing].

* citado más arriba = above.

* con el más sumo cuidado = with utmost care.

* con más antigüedad = longest-serving.

* con más detalle = in most detail, in more detail.

* con más frecuencia = most frequently.

* con más razón aún = a fortiori.

* con más vigor aun = with a vengeance.

* con más virulencia aun = with a vengeance.

* con más vitalidad = revitalised [revitalized, -USA].

* con un filo más pronunciado = sharper-edged.

* correr más deprisa que = outrun [out-run].

* costumbre cada vez más frecuente = growing practice.

* cuanto más = all the more so, all the more, a fortiori.

* cuanto más..., más... = the + Comparativo..., the + Comparativo....

* cuantos más, mejor = the more the merrier, the more the better.

* cuya fecha se anunciará más adelante = at a time to be announced later.

* cuya fecha se determinará más adelante = at a time to be determined later.

* dar a Algo más importancia de la que tiene = oversell.

* dar más de sí = go further.

* dar más explicaciones = elaborate on.

* darse una situación más esperanzadora = sound + a note of hope.

* decir la verdad, toda la verdad y nada más que la verdad = to tell the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth.

* de crecimiento más rápido = fastest-growing.

* de esto, de lo otro y de lo de más allá = about this and that and everything else.

* de forma que resulta más fácil de entender = in digestible form.

* de la forma más difícil = the hard way.

* de la forma más fácil = the easy way.

* de lo más = very.

* de lo más + Adjetivo = most + Adjetivo.

* demandar cada vez más enérgicamente = build + pressure, build + pressure.

* de más = extra, one too many.

* de más arriba = topmost [top most].

* desarrollar aun más = develop + further.

* desde un punto de vista más amplio = in a broader sense.

* desde un punto de vista más general = in a broader sense.

* de una manera más sencilla = in digestible form.

* dicho más arriba, lo = foregoing, the.

* distanciar aun más = widen + the gap between... and.

* dominio de las personas con más edad = senior power.

* durante las horas de más calor = during the heat of the day.

* durar más que = outlive.

* el más = all-time.

* el más adecuado = ideally suited.

* el más + Adjetivo = the most + Adjetivo.

* el más allá = hereafter.

* el más bajo = rock-bottom.

* el más favorito del mes = pick of the month.

* el más leído = the most widely read.

* el más recomendado = best of breed, the.

* el + Nombre + más completo = the + Nombre + to end all + Nombre.

* el no va más = the be all and end all, the bee's knees, the cat's pyjamas, the cat's meow, the cat's whiskers, the dog's bollocks.

* el punto más bajo = rock-bottom.

* el todo es más grande que la suma de sus partes = the whole is greater than the sum of its parts.

* en el momento más débil de Alguien = at + Posesivo + weakest.

* enfrascado en lo más difícil = in at the deep end.

* enfrascar a Alguien de lleno en lo más difícil = throw in + at the deep end, throw in + at the deep end.

* enfrascarse en lo más difícil = swim in + the deep end, jump in at + the deep end.

* en lo más mínimo = not in the least + Nombre Negativo.

* en más de una ocasión = on more than one occasion, in more than one instance, in more than one occasion.

* en más de un sentido = in more ways than one.

* en su forma más básica = at its most basic.

* en su nivel más bajo = at its lowest ebb.

* en su punto más álgido = at its height.

* en su punto más bajo = at its lowest ebb.

* en tiempos más recientes = in more recent times.

* en un futuro más o menos cercano = in the near future, in the near future.

* en un período más o menos lejano = in the near future, in the near future.

* en un sentido más amplio = in a broader sense, in a larger sense.

* en un sentido más general = in a broader sense.

* es más = more important, moreover.

* examen más minucioso = closer examination.

* examinar más detenidamente = look + closer, take + a closer look at, take + a close look.

* examinar más minuciosamente = examine + in greater detail.

* explicar un Tema con más detalle = expand upon/on + Tema.

* forma de la curva estadística en su valor más alto = peak-shape.

* ganar cada vez más importancia = go from + strength to strength.

* gastar más de la cuenta = overspend.

* gastarse más dinero = dig + deep.

* haber todavía más = there + be + more to it than that.

* hacer las leyes más estrictas = tighten + laws.

* hacerle la vida más simple a todos = simplify + life for everyone.

* hacerlo más llevadero = make + life easier.

* hacer más consciente de Algo = heighten + awareness.

* hacer más copias de Algo = produce + additional copies.

* hacer más estricto = tighten.

* hacer más fuerte = toughen.

* hacer más preciso = tightening up.

* hacer más rico = add + richness to.

* hacer más riguroso = tighten, tightening up.

* hacer más sofisticado = dumb up.

* hacer que tenga más valor = put + a premium on.

* hacerse cada vez más importante = increase in + importance.

* hacerse más complejo = grow in + complexity, gain in + complexity.

* hacerse más corto = grow + shorter.

* hacerse más fuerte = gain in + strength, grow in + strength.

* hacerse más inteligente = smarten up.

* herir en lo más profundo = cut to + the heart of, cut to + the quick.

* horario de apertura más amplio = extended hours.

* incluso yendo más lejos = even farther afield.

* invertir más dinero = dig + deep.

* ir aun más lejos = go + a/one step further.

* ir más allá = go + one stage further.

* ir más allá de = go beyond, transcend, get beyond, go far beyond, move + beyond, take + Nombre + a/one step further/farther, go + past.

* ir más allá de las posibilidades de Alguien = be beyond + Posesivo + capabilities.

* ir más lejos = go + one stage further.

* ir poco más allá de + Infinitivo = go little further than + Gerundio.

* ir todavía más lejos = go + a/one step further.

* la parte más dura de = brunt of, the.

* la parte más importante = the heart of.

* ley del más fuerte, la = law of the jungle, the, survival of the fittest, survival of the strongest.

* libro más vendido = bestseller [best seller/best-seller].

* lista de más populares = chart.

* lista de más vendidos = chart.

* llegar más lejos = stretch + further.

* llevar aún más lejos = carry + one step further.

* llevar + Nombre + aún más lejos = take + Nombre + a/one step further/farther.

* lo más cercano a = the nearest thing to.

* lo más destacado = highlights.

* lo más detestado = pet hate.

* lo más importante = most of all.

* lo más interesante = highlights.

* lo más mínimo = so much as.

* lo más novedoso = the last word.

* lo más odiado = pet hate.

* lo más parecido a = the nearest thing to.

* lo más probable es que = most probably.

* lo más recio de = brunt of, the.

* lo más recóndito = nooks and crannies.

* lo que es más = what is more, what's more.

* lo que es más importante = most importantly, most of all, more importantly, most important.

* los más necesitados = those most in need.

* más acomodados, los = better off, the.

* más adelante = later, further along, later on, in due time, at a later date.

* más afilado que una navaja = as sharp as a knife.

* más afilado que un cuchillo = as sharp as a knife.

* más alegre que unas castañuelas = as happy as Larry.

* más alejado = further afield, furthest away.

* más allá = further than, farther, yonder, beyond that.

* más allá de = beyond, beyond all, past, beyond the range of.

* más allá de cualquier duda = beyond any doubt, beyond any doubt.

* más allá de eso = beyond that.

* más allá de la obligación = beyond the call of duty.

* más allá del deber = beyond the call of duty.

* más allá de ninguna duda = beyond doubt, beyond doubt, beyond any doubt.

* más allá de toda duda = beyond doubt, beyond any doubt, without a shadow of a doubt, beyond a shadow of a doubt.

* más allá de toda razón = beyond reason.

* más allá, el = afterlife [after-life], land of the dead, the.

* más antiguo = longest-serving.

* más antiguo, el = seniormost, the.

* más anunciado = best-publicised [best-publicized, -USA].

* más apreciado = long-cherished.

* más aun = nay, beyond that, furthermore.

* más bien = if you like, instead.

* más bien bajo = shortish.

* más bien corto = shortish.

* más bien pequeño = smallish.

* más bien todo lo contrario = quite the opposite, quite the contrary, quite the reverse.

* más borracho que una cuba = as drunk as a lord, as drunk as a newt, as drunk as a skunk.

* más bueno que un pan = as good as gold.

* más cerca de = more nearly.

* más claro el agua = as clear as a bell.

* más claro que el agua = as clear as a bell.

* más complejo de lo que parece = more than meets the eye.

* más complicado de lo que parece = more than meets the eye.

* más común = mainstream.

* más concretamente = more to the point.

* más conocido = best known, best-publicised [best-publicized, -USA], mainstream.

* más conocido como = better known as.

* más contento que unas castañuela = as happy as Larry.

* más contento que unas pascuas = as happy as Larry.

* Posesivo + más cordial enhorabuena = Posesivo + heartiest congratulations.

* más corto que las mangas de una chaleco = as daft as a brush.

* más corto que las mangas de un chaleco = as thick as two (short) planks, as shy as shy can be, as thick as a brick, knucklehead.

* más débil de la camada, el = runt of the litter, the.

* más débil del grupo, el = runt of the litter, the.

* más de + Cantidad = in excess of + Cantidad, over + Cantidad, more than + Cantidad, upwards of + Cantidad.

* más del 10 por ciento = double digit, double figure.

* más de la cuenta = one too many.

* más de la mayoría de los + Nombre = more than most + Nombre.

* más de lo mismo = more of the same.

* más demandado = most demanded.

* más dentro = further into.

* más destacado = foremost.

* más de una vez = more than once.

* más de un ISBN = more than one ISBN.

* más de un millón = million-plus.

* más de unos cuantos + Nombre = not a few + Nombre.

* más difundido = best-publicised [best-publicized, -USA].

* más duradero = longer-lasting.

* más duro que la suela de un zapato = as tough as leather, as tough as nails, as tough as nuts, as tough as old boots, as tough as shoe leather.

* más duro que una piedra = as tough as nuts, as tough as nails, as tough as leather, as tough as old boots, as tough as shoe leather.

* más exactamente = more nearly.

* más fácil de entender para nosotros = closer to home.

* más frío que el mármol = as cold as ice.

* más frío que la nieve = as cold as ice.

* más frío que un témpano (de hielo) = as cold as ice.

* más fuerte que un roble = as strong as an ox.

* más fuerte que un toro = as strong as an ox.

* más granado de la sociedad, lo = cream of society, the.

* más grande = greater.

* más hambre que el perro de un ciego = as hungry as a wolf, as hungry as a bear, as hungry as a hunter.

* más hambre que un maestro de escuela = as hungry as a wolf, as hungry as a bear, as hungry as a hunter.

* más importante = foremost.

* más importante aun = more significantly.

* más información = further information, further details.

* más íntimo = innermost.

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

* más lejos = further afield, further away, furthest away.

* más meridional = southernmost.

* más necesitado = most in need.

* más occidental = westernmost.

* más o menos = more or less, of a sort, or so, of sorts, after a fashion, round about, roughly speaking, give or take, ballpark.

* más o menos + Adverbio = relatively + Adverbio.

* más o menos cuadrado = squarish.

* más perdedor = losingest.

* más perenne = longer-lasting.

* más permanente = longer-lasting.

* más prestigioso = top-rated, top-ranked.

* más profundo = innermost.

* más que = more... than..., rather than.

* más que antes = more than ever, more... than ever before, more than ever before.

* más que la suma de sus partes = Comparativo + than the sum of its parts.

* más quemado que la pipa (de) un indio = completely burned-out, totally burned-out.

* más que muerto = dead and buried.

* más que nada = more than anything else.

* más que ninguna otra cosa = beyond all else.

* más que nunca = more than ever before, more than ever.

* más que nunca antes = more... than ever before, more than ever before, more than ever.

* más que todo lo demás = beyond all else.

* más que todos nosotros juntos = more than all of us put together.

* más recientemente = in more recent times, more recently.

* más recóndito = innermost.

* más secreto = innermost.

* más septentrional = northernmost.

* Posesivo + más sinceras felicitaciones = Posesivo + heartiest congratulations.

* más sincero + Nombre = deeply felt + Nombre.

* más sordo que una tapia = as deaf as a post.

* más suave que el terciopelo = as soft as velvet.

* más suave que la seda = as soft as silk.

* más tarde = later on.

* más tarde o más temprano = sooner or later, at one time or another.

* más todavía = all the more so.

* más usado = most heavily used.

* más vale malo conocido que bueno por conocer = better the devil you know (than the devil you don't).

* más vale pájaro en mano que ciento volando = a bird in the hand is worth two in the bush.

* más vale prevenir que curar = a stitch in time saves nine, better (to be) safe than sorry.

* más vale que + Subjuntivo = might + as well + Verbo.

* más vale tarde que nunca = better late than never.

* más valorado = highly valued.

* más vendido = best selling [bestselling/best-selling], top-selling.

* más veterano, el = seniormost, the.

* más viejo que Matusalén = as old as Methuselah, as old as the hills, as old as the hills.

* más votado = top-rated, top-ranked.

* materia más general = broader subject.

* menos blandeces y más mano dura = less of the carrot, more of the stick.

* meter a Alguien de lleno en lo más difícil = throw in + at the deep end, throw in + at the deep end.

* meterse de lleno en lo más difícil = swim in + the deep end, jump in at + the deep end.

* metido en lo más difícil = in at the deep end.

* mientras más, mejor = the more the merrier, the more the better.

* mirada más de cerca = closer look.

* miseria más absoluta = abject poverty.

* muchas otras cosas más = much else besides.

* muchísimo más = a whole lot more, an awful lot more.

* muchísimo más + Adjetivo = infinitely + Adjetivo.

* mucho más = order of magnitude, much more, much more so, a lot more, lots more.

* mucho más + Adjetivo = all the more + Adjetivo.

* mucho más + Adverbio = far more + Adverbio/Adjetivo.

* mucho más cerca = far closer.

* mucho más de = well over + Expresión Numérica.

* mucho más rápido = far faster.

* muchos más = a great many more.

* nada + estar + más apartado de la realidad = nothing + can + be further from the truth, nothing + can + be further from the truth.

* nada + estar + más lejos de la realidad = nothing + can + be further from the truth.

* nada + estar + más lejos de la verdad = nothing + can + be further from the truth.

* nada más = anything else, nothing else.

* nada más y nada menos = as much as + Expresión Numérica.

* nada más y nada menos que = in the order of + Cantidad, nothing less than.

* nada más y nada menos que de = to the tune of + Cantidad.

* nada más y nada menos que desde + Expresión Temporal = from as far back as + Expresión Temporal.

* nada más y nada menos que + Número = as many as + Número.

* nada puede estar más alejado de la realidad = nothing can be further from the truth.

* nadie más = nobody else.

* ni más ni menos = nothing more, nothing less, no more, no less.

* no aguantar más = have had enough.

* no dar más de sí = stretch + Nombre + to the limit, overstretch.

* no hacer más que = do + no more than.

* no importar lo más mínimo = could not care less.

* no más que = in any more than.

* Nombre + más o menos = Nombre + of sorts.

* no poder hacer más que = do + little more than.

* no saber qué más hacer = be at + Posesivo + wit's end.

* no ser lo más adecuado para = ill suited to/for.

* no ser más que = be nothing more than, be nothing but.

* no tener la más mínima idea sobre Algo = Negativo + have + the foggiest idea.

* no tener más alternativa que = have + no other option but.

* no tener más remedio que = be stuck with, be left with the need to, get + stuck with.

* no tener ni la más mínima posibilidad = not to have a prayer.

* no tener ni la más remota posibilidad = not to have a prayer.

* no voy a aguantarlo más = not going to take it any more.

* Número + de más = Número + too many.

* Número + veces más = Número + times as many.

* Número + veces más de = Número + times the number of.

* nunca más = never again.

* observar con más detalle = closer look.

* optar por la solución más fácil = take + the easy way out.

* otro + Nombre + más = further + Nombre, yet another + Nombre.

* pagando un poco más = at additional cost.

* pagar más de lo que se debería = overpay.

* para complicar aun más las cosas = to add to the confusion.

* para confundir aun más las cosas = to add to the confusion.

* para hacer más fácil = for ease of.

* para más información = for further details.

* para más inri = to cap it all (off), on top of everything else, but to make things worse, but to make matters worse.

* para que quede más claro = for main effects.

* para ser más explícito = to elaborate a little further.

* pasar a cosas más agradables = on a happier note.

* poco más = little else.

* poner más fuerte = crank up.

* ¡por lo más quieras! = Not on your life!.

* por más que lo intento = for the life of me.

* Posesivo + más cordial enhorabuena = Posesivo + heartiest congratulations.

* Posesivo + más sinceras felicitaciones = Posesivo + heartiest congratulations.

* precio de coste más margen de beneficios = cost-plus pricing.

* presupuesto cada vez más pequeño = shrinking budget.

* pruebas cada vez más concluyentes = mounting evidence.

* quedar mucho más por hacer = much more needs to be done.

* qué más = what else.

* que no da más de sí = overstretched.

* ¿quién más...? = who else...?.

* rechazar sin más = dismiss + out of hand.

* redondear al número entero más cercano = round up to + the nearest whole number.

* requerir más destreza = be more of an art.

* sacar más partido = get + more for + Posesivo + money.

* sentir más ganas de hacer Algo = grow in + appetite.

* sentirse más seguro de = gain + confidence (with/in).

* separar aun más = widen + the gap between... and.

* ser aun más = be all the more.

* ser cada vez más importante = increase in + importance.

* ser el punto más débil de Alguien = be at + Posesivo + weakest.

* ser el punto más flaco de Alguien = be at + Posesivo + weakest.

* ser lo más parecido a = be as close as we come to.

* ser lo que a Uno más le gusta = be + Posesivo + big scene.

* ser más interno = inner being.

* ser más un + Nombre = be more of a + Nombre.

* ser mucho más = be all the more.

* ser nada más y nada menos que = be nothing less than.

* siempre querer más = enough + be + not/never + enough.

* signo más (+) = addition sign (+), plus sign (+).

* sin la más mínima duda = without the shadow of a doubt, beyond a shadow of a doubt.

* sin más = out of hand, unceremoniously, unceremonious.

* sin más dilación = without (any) further ado, without (any) more ado, without warning.

* sin más ni más = unceremoniously, unceremonious, for the love of it, without much ado.

* sin más preámbulos = without (any) further ado, without (any) more ado.

* sino más bien = rather.

* sino (que) más bien = but rather.

* supervivencia del más fuerte = survival of the fittest, survival of the strongest.

* tarifa especial más barata = discount charge.

* tener más paciencia que un santo = have + the patience of a saint.

* término más específico = narrower term.

* todavía más + Adjetivo = all the more + Adjetivo.

* tratar con más detalle = discuss + in greater detail.

* una imagen vale más que mil palabras = a picture is worth more than ten thousand words.

* una pieza más en la organización = a cog in the wheel.

* una vez más = again, yet again.

* uno de los + Nombre + más + Adjetivo = not the least + Adjetivo + Nombre, not the least of the + Adjetivo + Nombre.

* uno de los + Nombre + más importante = not the least + Nombre, not the least of + Nombre.

* uno de mas = one too many.

* uno más = one of equals.

* uno más de tantos en la organización = a cog in the machine.

* unos días más tarde = a few days later.

* véase + Nombre + para más información = refer to + Nombre + for details.

* vender a un precio más barato que = undercut.

* vender más barato = undercut.

* venderse más que = outsell.

* venta a un precio más barato = undercutting.

* y Dios sabe qué más = and Heaven knows what else.

* y más adelante = and beyond.

* y más allá = and beyond.

* y mucho más = and much more.

* y mucho(s) más = and more.

* y poco más = and little more.

* ¡y qué más da! = so what!.

* y unos cuantos más = and a few others.

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MAS

/mas/

masculine

A (en Col) = Muerte a Secuestradores

B (en Ven) = Movimiento al Socialismo

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Multiple Entries:
mas
más
mas conjunción (liter) but
más adverbio
1
a) ( comparativo):

◊ ¿tiene algo más barato/moderno? do you have anything cheaper/more modern;

duran más they last longer;
me gusta más sin azúcar I prefer it without sugar;
ahora la vemos más we see more of her now;
tendrás que estudiar más you'll have to study harder;
más lejos/atrás further away/back;
el más allá the other world;
más que nunca more than ever;
me gusta más el vino seco que el dulce I prefer dry wine to sweet, I like dry wine better than sweet;
pesa más de lo que parece it's heavier than it looks;
es más complicado de lo que tú crees it's more complicated than you think;
eran más de las cinco it was after five o'clock;
más de 30 more than 30, over 30
b) ( especialmente) particularly, especially

2 ( superlativo):
◊ la más bonita/la más inteligente the prettiest/the most intelligent;

el que más sabe the one who knows most;
el que más me gusta the one I like best;
estuvo de lo más divertido it was great fun
3 ( en frases negativas):
◊ no tiene más que tres meses she's only three months old;

nadie más que ella nobody but her;
no tengo más que esto this is all I have;
no tuve más remedio I had no alternative;
no juego más I'm not playing any more;
nunca más never again
4 ( con valor ponderativo):
◊ ¡cantó más bien…! she sang so well!;

¡qué cosa más rara! how strange!
■ adjetivo invariable
1 ( comparativo) more;
◊ más dinero more money;

una vez más once more;
ni un minuto más not a minute longer;
hoy hace más calor it's warmer today;
son más que nosotros there are more of them than us
2 ( superlativo) most;
◊ el equipo que ganó más partidos the team that won most games;

las más de las veces more often than not
3 ( con valor ponderativo):
◊ ¡me da más rabia …! it makes me so mad!;

¡tiene más amigos …! he has so many friends!
4
◊ ¿qué más? what else?;

nada/nadie más nothing/nobody else;
algo/alguien más something/somebody else;
¿quién más vino? who else came?;
¿algo más? — nada más gracias anything else? — no, that's all, thank you
■ pronombre
1 more;
◊ ¿te sirvo más? would you like some more?

2 ( en locs)
◊ a lo más at the most;

a más no poder: corrimos a más no poder we ran as fast o hard as we could;
a más tardar at the latest;
cuanto más at the most;
de más: ¿tienes un lápiz de más? do you have a spare pencil?;
me dio cinco dólares de más he gave me five dollars too much;
no está de más repetirlo there's no harm in repeating it;
es más in fact;
más bien ( un poco) rather;
más o menos ( aproximadamente) more or less;

( no muy bien) so-so;
◊ ni más ni menos no less;

no más See Also→ nomás;
por más: por más que llores however much you cry;
por más que trataba however hard he tried;
¿qué más da? what does it matter?;
sin más (ni más) just like that
■ preposición
a) (Mat) ( en sumas) plus;

◊ 8+7 =15 (read as: ocho más siete (es) igual (a) quince) eight plus seven equals fifteen

b) ( además de) plus;

◊ mil pesos, más los gastos a thousand pesos, plus expenses

■ sustantivo masculino
plus sign
mas conj frml but: sé que es difícil, mas no debes darte por vencido, I know it's hard, but you musn't give up
más
I adverbio & pron
1 (aumento) more: necesito comprar más, I need to buy more
me duele cada día más, it hurts more and more
parte dos trozos más, cut two more pieces
tendría que ser más barato, it should be cheaper
asistieron más de cien personas, more than a hundred people attended
(con pronombre interrogativo) else: ¿alguien más quiere repetir?, would anybody else like a second helping?
(con pronombre indefinido) añádele algo más, add something else
no sé nada más, I don't know anything else
2 (comparación) more: es más complicado que el primero, it's more complicated than the first one
eres más guapa que ella, you are prettier than her
3 (superlativo) most: ella es la más divertida, she's the funniest
lo más extraño del mundo, the strangest thing in the world
4 (otra vez) no me llames más, que estoy trabajando, don't call me again, I'm busy
no volví a verlo más, I never saw him again
5 (sobre todo) debiste llamar, y más sabiendo que estoy sola, you should have phoned me, especially knowing I'm alone
6 (otro) no tengo más cuchillo que éste, I have no other knife but this one
7 exclamación so..., such a..., what a...!
¡está más pesado!, he's such a pain!
¡qué cosa más fea!, what an ugly thing!
II prep Mat plus
dos más dos, two plus o and two ➣ Ver nota en sumar
♦ Locuciones: de más, (de sobra): su comentario estuvo de más, his remark was unnecessary
¿tienes unas medias de más?, do you have a spare pair of tights?
más bien, rather
más o menos, more or less
por más que, (aunque): por más que lo leo no logro entenderlo, no matter how many times I read it, I can't understand it
sin más (ni más), just like that
todo lo más, at most
Ten cuidado con las frases hechas del tipo más borracho que una cuba o más bueno que el pan. Se traducen empleando as... as...: as drunk as a lord o as good as gold.
' más' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
A
- abajo
- abundar
- acá
- actualidad
- adelante
- adentro
- aguantar
- alargarse
- algo
- allá
- alquilar
- alta
- alto
- amarre
- ámbito
- amortizar
- ampliar
- ancha
- ancho
- antes
- aparecer
- arriba
- arrimarse
- aunque
- avivar
- baja
- bajo
- bastante
- bien
- bilis
- bravucón
- bravucona
- bufido
- cada
- cargar
- cerca
- cerrarse
- ciudad
- colmo
- comodidad
- consolidar
- consolidarse
- construcción
- contaminante
- contestón
- contestona
- contraria
- contrario
- córcholis
English:
A
- aboard
- about
- above
- acceptable
- accomplished
- ado
- adopt
- advanced
- advantage
- advocate
- afterwards
- again
- agree
- agreeable
- airport
- all
- along
- aloud
- alternative
- always
- ample
- amplify
- another
- anticipate
- antsy
- anything
- appropriate
- arguable
- art form
- as
- ask
- awe-inspiring
- barrel
- basic
- bat
- become
- begin
- below
- besides
- best
- better
- beyond
- big
- bird
- bit
- bite
- blue
- bookshelf
- boot

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MAS [mas] nm (abrev de Movimiento al Socialismo)

= left-wing political party in Argentina and Venezuela

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mas

conj but

* * *

mas conj

pero: but

más adv

1) : more

¿hay algo más grande?: is there anything bigger?

2) : most

Luis es el más alto: Luis is the tallest

3) : longer

el sabor dura más: the flavor lasts longer

4) : rather

más querría andar: I would rather walk

5)

a mas : besides, in addition

6)

más allá : further

7)

qué... más... : what..., what a...

¡qué día más bonito!: what a beautiful day!

más adj

1) : more

dáme dos kilos más: give me two more kilos

2) : most

la que ganó más dinero: the one who earned the most money

3) : else

¿quién más quiere vino?: who else wants wine?

más n

: plus sign

más prep

: plus

tres más dos es igual a cinco: three plus two equals five

más pron

1) : more

¿tienes más?: do you have more?

2)

a lo más : at most

3)

de mas : extra, excess

4)

más o menos : more or less, approximately

5)

por más que : no matter how much

por más que corras no llegarás a tiempo: no matter how fast you run you won't arrive on time

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más¹ adv

1. (comparativo) more

tengo más dinero que tú I've got more money than you

¿quieres más arroz? do you want some more rice?

Fíjate que los adjetivos cortos forman el comparativo añadiendo er

tu hermano es más alto que tú your brother is taller than you

2. (superlativo) most

¿quién tiene más caramelos? who's got the most sweets?

la mujer más guapa del mundo the most beautiful woman in the world

Fíjate que los adjetivos cortos forman el superlativo añadiendo est

eres el chico más alto de la clase you're the tallest boy in the class

3. (con números, cantidades) more / over

había más de veinte personas there were over twenty people

esperé más de una hora I waited more than an hour

4. (con pronombres) else

¿quieres algo más? do you want anything else?

¿quién más estaba? who else was there?

¿nadie más? no one else?

nada más nothing else

5. (exclamaciones)

¡qué casa más bonita! what a pretty house!

¡está más guapa! she's ever so pretty!

de más (de sobra) spare / extra (demasiado) too much / too many

más o menos more or less

más bien rather

más² conj plus

ocho más siete son quince eight plus seven makes fifteen

Spanish-English dictionary > más
11 para

prep.

1 for.

es para ti it's for you

una mesa para el salón a table for the living room

esta agua no es buena para beber this water isn't fit for drinking o to drink

te lo repetiré para que te enteres I'll repeat it so you understand

¿para qué? what for?

2 (in order) to.

para conseguir sus propósitos in order to achieve his aims

lo he hecho para agradarte I did it to please you

3 toward.

ir para casa to head (for) home

salir para el aeropuerto to leave for the airport

4 for (time).

tiene que estar acabado para mañana it has to be finished by o for tomorrow

diez para las once ten to eleven (Am salvo RP)

5 to.

la comida está lista para servir the meal is ready to be served

el atleta está preparado para ganar the athlete is ready to win

pres.indicat.

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

pres.subj.

3^rd person singular (él/ella/ello) Present Subjunctive of Spanish verb: parir.

imperat.

2^nd person singular (tú) Imperative of Spanish verb: parar.

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para

► preposición

1 (finalidad) for

■ he comprado un regalo para mi abuela I've bought a present for my grandmother

■ es para su cumpleaños it's for her birthday

2 (uso, utilidad) for

■ los cuchillos son para cortar, no para jugar con ellos knives are for cutting, not for playing with

■ ¿tienes algo para el dolor de cabeza? have you got anything for a headache?

3 (destino, dirección) for, to

■ salimos para Lugo el domingo we leave for Lugo on Sunday

■ el tren para Toledo sale a las 18.00 the train to Toledo leaves at 18.00

■ ¿para dónde vas? where are you going?

■ voy para allá inmediatamente I'll be there in a minute

4 (tiempo, fechas límites) by, before

■ lo necesito para el viernes I need it by Friday

■ la carretera estará acabada para antes del verano the road will be finished before the summer

5 (comparación) for

■ para los años que tiene está muy activa she's very active for her age

■ pesa poquísimo para lo grande que es it's very light for its size

► conjunción

1 (finalidad) to, in order to

■ lo hice para ahorrar tiempo I did it to save time

■ para estar sano es preciso comer bien in order to be healthy one must eat properly

2 (suficiente) enough

■ tal como nos han tratado es para no volver nunca más the way they treated us is enough to make you never go back there again

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FRASEOLOGÍA

para entonces by then

para con towards, to

■ han sido muy injustos para con los empleados they have been very unfair to their employees

■ cumplió con sus obligaciones para con la iglesia he fulfilled his obligations to the church

para que so that

■ déjale una nota a tu madre para que sepa dónde estás leave your mother a note so that she knows where you are

■ cierra la puerta para que no entre el perro shut the door so that the dog doesn't get in

■ aún es pronto para que vuelvan it's still too early for them to be back

¿para qué? what for?

■ ¿para qué has comprado eso? what did you buy that for?

¡que para qué! familiar very, really, terribly

■ ¡hace un frío que para qué! it's freezing

■ ¡es más torpe que para qué! she's so clumsy!

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prep.

1) for

2) to

3) towards

4) by

•

- para adelante
- para detrás
- para que
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PREP

1) [indicando finalidad, uso] for

un regalo para ti — a present for you

psicológicamente no estoy preparado para eso — I'm not psychologically ready for that

es demasiado cara para nosotros — it's too dear for us, it's beyond our means

no tengo para el viaje — I haven't got enough money for the trip

léelo para ti — read it to yourself

nació para poeta — he was born to be a poet

ya no estoy para estos trotes — I'm not up to this sort of thing anymore

yo no valgo para esto — I'm no good at this

una taza para café — a coffee cup

laca para el pelo — hairspray

para esto, podíamos habernos quedado en casa — if this is it, we might as well have stayed at home

2)

para que —

a) + subjun

lo traje para que lo vieras — I brought it so (that) you could see it

es para que lo leas — it's for you to read

un regalo para que te acuerdes de mí — a present for you to remember me by

para que eso fuera posible tendrías que trabajar mucho — you would have to work hard for that to be possible

b) [en preguntas]

¿para qué lo quieres? — why do you want it?, what do you want it for?

¿para qué sirve? — what's it for?

-¿por qué no se lo dices? -¿para qué? — "why don't you tell her?" - "what's the point o use?"

tú ya has pasado por eso, ¿para qué te voy a contar? — you've already been through that, so there's no point o use me telling you

que para qué * —

tengo un hambre que para qué — [uso enfático] I'm absolutely starving *

hay un embotellamiento que para qué — there's a huge traffic jam

3) + infin

a) [indicando finalidad] to

lo hizo para salvarse — he did it (in order) to save himself

para comprarlo necesitas cinco dólares más — to buy it you need another five dollars

estoy ahorrando para comprarme una moto — I'm saving up to buy a motorbike, I'm saving up for a motorbike

entré despacito para no despertarla — I went in slowly so as not to wake her

no es para comer — it's not for eating, it's not to be eaten

tengo bastante para vivir — I have enough to live on

es muy tarde para salir — it's too late to go out

b) [indicando secuencia temporal]

se casaron para separarse en seguida — they married only to separate soon after

el rey visitará Argentina para volar después a Chile — the king will visit Argentina and then fly on to Chile

4) [con expresiones de tiempo]

con esto tengo para rato — this will take me a while

lo dejamos para mañana — let's leave it till tomorrow

tengo muchos deberes para mañana — I have a lot of homework to do for tomorrow

lo recordaré para siempre — I'll remember it forever

ahora para las vacaciones de agosto hará un año — it'll be a year ago this o come the August holiday

va para un año desde la última vez — it's getting on for a year since the last time

lo tendré listo para fin de mes — I'll have it ready by o for the end of the month

para entonces ya era tarde — it was already too late by then

para las dos estaba lloviendo — by two o'clock it was raining

un cuarto para las diez — LAm a quarter to ten

son cinco para las ocho — LAm it's five to eight

5) [indicando dirección]

para atrás — back, backwards

para la derecha — to the right

el autobús para Marbella — the bus for Marbella, the Marbella bus

iba para el metro — I was going towards the underground

ir para casa — to go home, head for home

salir para Panamá — to leave for Panama

6) [indicando opiniones]

para mí que miente — in my opinion o if you ask me he's lying

no hay niño feo para una madre — all mothers think their baby is beautiful

7) [en comparaciones]

es mucho para lo que suele dar — this is a lot in comparison with what he usually gives

¿quién es usted para gritarme así? — who are you to shout at me like that?

para profesor habla muy mal — he doesn't speak very clearly for a teacher

para ser un niño lo hace muy bien — he does it very well for a child

para patatas, las de mi pueblo — if it's potatoes you want, look no further than my home town

para ruidosos, los españoles — there's nobody like the Spaniards for being noisy

8) [indicando trato]

para con — to, towards

tan amable para con todos — so kind to o towards everybody
estar 1., 7), ir 1., 10) II
* SM paratrooper, para *

* * *

preposición

Sentido I

1) (expresando destino, finalidad, intención) for

una carta para él — a letter for him

¿para qué revista escribes? — what magazine do you write for?

lee para ti — read to yourself

fue muy amable para con todos — he was very friendly to everyone

¿para qué sirve esto? — what's this (used) for?

no sirve para este trabajo — he's no good at this kind of work

¿para qué lo quieres? — what do you want it for?

¿para qué se lo dijiste? — what did you tell him for?

champú para bebés — baby shampoo

jarabe para la tos — cough mixture

que para qué decirte/hablar — (fam)

tenían un hambre que para qué decirte/hablar — they were starving

2)

para + inf — to + inf

para serte sincero — to tell you the truth

esta agua no es para beber — this isn't drinking water

está listo para pintar — it's ready to be painted o for painting

para aprobar — (in order) to pass

entró en puntillas para no despertarla — he went in on tiptoe so as not to wake her

3)

para que + subj: lo dice para que yo me preocupe he (only) says it to worry me; pídeselo - ¿para que me diga que no? ask him for it - so he can say no?; cierra para que no nos oigan — close the door so (that) they don't hear us

4) ( expresando consecuencia) to

para su desgracia — unfortunately for him

para mi sorpresa — (much) to my surprise

Sentido II

5) ( expresando suficiencia) for

no hay para todos — there isn't enough for everybody

no es para tanto — it's not that bad

para + inf: soy lo bastante viejo (como) para recordarlo I'm old enough to remember it; bastante tengo yo (como) para estar ocupándome de ti I've enough problems of my own without having to deal with yours as well; es (como) para matarlo! (fam) I'll kill him! (colloq); para que + subj: basta con que él aparezca para que ella se ponga nerviosa — he only has to appear for her to get flustered

6) (en comparaciones, contrastes)

hace demasiado frío para salir — it's too cold to go out

son altos para su edad — they're tall for their age

para lo que come, no está gordo — considering how much he eats, he's not fat

para el caso que me hacen...! — for all the notice they take of me...

para + inf: para haber sido improvisado fue un discurso excelente for an off-the-cuff speech it was excellent; ¿quién es él para hablarte así? who does he think he is, speaking to you like that ?; para que + subj: es mucho para que lo haga sola it's too much for you to do it on your own; tanto esforzarme por ellos para que no te lo agradezcan! — after all that effort I made for them they didn't even say thankyou!

7)

estar para algo/+ inf — ( indicando estado)

no estoy para bromas — I'm in no mood for joking

está para tirarla a la basura — it's only fit for throwing out

no está (como) para salir sin abrigo — it's not warm enough to go out without a coat

8) ( expresando puntos de vista)

para mí que no viene — if you ask me, he won't come

para su padre, es un genio — in his father's opinion o as far as his father's concerned, he is a genius

lo es todo para él — she's everything to him

¿qué es lo más importante para ti? — what's the most important thing for you?

Sentido III

9)

a) ( indicando dirección)

salieron para el aeropuerto — they left for the airport

empuja para arriba — push up o upward(s)

¿vas para el centro? — are you going to o toward(s) the center?

tráelo para acá — bring it over here

córrete para atrás — move back

b) ( en sentido figurado)

ya vamos para viejos — we're getting old o getting on

va para los 50 años — she's going o (BrE) getting on for fifty

Sentido IV

10) ( en relaciones de tiempo)

a) (señalando una fecha, un plazo)

estará listo para el día 15 — it'll be ready by o for the 15th

deberes para el lunes — homework for Monday

faltan cinco minutos para que termine — there are five minutes to go before the end

me lo prometió para después de Pascua — he promised me it for after Easter

¿cuánto te falta para terminar? — how much have you got left to do?

estará listo para finales de agosto — it'll be ready sometime around the end of August

para entonces estaré en Madrid — I'll be in Madrid (by) then

¿para cuándo espera? — when is the baby due?

tengo hora para mañana — I have an appointment (for) tomorrow

b) (AmL exc RPl) ( al decir la hora) to

son cinco para las diez — it's five to ten

11)

a) ( expresando duración)

para siempre — forever

tengo para rato — (fam) I'm going to be a while (yet)

esto va para largo — (fam) this is going to take some time

b) ( con idea de finalidad) for

¿qué le regalo para el cumpleaños? — what can I give him for his birthday?

12) ( en secuencias de acciones)

se fue para nunca volver — (liter) she went away never to return

salió sólo para volver a entrar — he went out only to come in again

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* ¿para qué sirve... ? = what's the use of... ?.

* para abrir boca = as a kind of + appetiser.

* para actuar = for action.

* para alguna gente = to some people.

* para algunas personas = to some people.

* para algunos = to some.

* para aquel entonces = by then.

* para atraer al cliente = window dressing.

* para beneficio de = for the good of.

* para bien = for the best, for the better.

* para bien de = in the best interests of, for the good of.

* para bien de Alguien = in + Posesivo + best interest.

* para bien o para mal = for better or (for) worse, for good or (for) ill, for good or (for) evil.

* para bodas = bridal.

* para chuparse los dedos = scrumptious, yummy [yummier -comp., yummiest -sup.].

* para cocinar uno mismo = self-catering.

* para colmo = into the bargain, into the bargain, to cap it all (off), on top of everything else, but to make things worse, but to make matters worse, for good measure, to add insult to injury.

* para colmo de males = to add insult to injury, to add salt to injury, to rub salt in the wound.

* para comenzar diremos que = to begin with.

* para complicar aun más las cosas = to add to the confusion.

* para concluir = in closing, in conclusion, to wrap things up.

* para confundir aun más las cosas = to add to the confusion.

* para cuando = by the time.

* para cubrir gastos = on a cost-recovery basis.

* para cubrirse las espaldas = as a backup.

* para decir la verdad = to be honest.

* para detrimento de = to the neglect of.

* para diario = everyday.

* para disgusto de = to the disgust of.

* para divertirse = for kicks.

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

* para el año próximo = for the year ahead.

* para el arrastre = over the hill.

* para el beneficio de = for the benefit of.

* para el bien de = for the benefit of.

* para el caso = for that matter.

* para el esparcimiento = recreational.

* para el futuro = for the years to come, for the years ahead, for the future.

* para el inglés su casa es su castillo = an Englishman's home is his castle.

* para ello = to that end, to this end, to that effect, therefor.

* para el ocio = recreational.

* para el que lo quiera = up for grabs.

* para embalsamar = embalming.

* para empeorar las cosas = to add insult to injury, to add salt to injury, to rub salt in the wound.

* para empezar = for one, initially, to start with, to begin with, for starters, first off.

* para entonces = by then.

* para escribir con mayúsculas = in a shifted position.

* para eso = therefor.

* para este fin = to this end.

* para esto = therefor.

* para evitar su uso indebido por los niños = childproof.

* para expresar dimensiones = by.

* para + Fecha = by + Fecha.

* para finales de = by the end of.

* para finales de + Expresión Temporal = by the close of + Expresión Temporal.

* para finalizar = in closing.

* para fines múltiples = multipurpose [multi-purpose].

* para futuras consultas = for future reference.

* para hacer dinero = money-making.

* para hacer esto = in this.

* para hacer fundas = sleeving.

* para hacer juego = to match.

* para hacer justicia = in fairness to.

* para hacer las paces = peace offering.

* para hacerlo + Adjetivo = for + Nombre's sake.

* para hacer más fácil = for ease of.

* para impresionar = for effect.

* para + Infinitivo = for + Gerundio.

* para jóvenes = youth-serving.

* para la eternidad = in perpetuity.

* para la evaluación de hipótesis = hypothesis-testing.

* para la formación autodidacta = self-instructional.

* para la gestión de información textual = text-handling.

* para la posteridad = for posterity.

* para la web = Web-related.

* para llamar la atención = for effect.

* para mantener ocupado = keep-busy.

* para mantener(se) ocupado = keep-busy.

* para más información = for further details.

* para más inri = to cap it all (off), on top of everything else, but to make things worse, but to make matters worse.

* para mayor información sobre = for details of.

* para mayor información véase + Nombre = see + Nombre + for further details.

* para mayor inri = to cap it all (off), on top of everything else, but to make things worse, but to make matters worse.

* para mí = for myself.

* para microordenadores = micro-computer based.

* para nada = in vain, to no avail, without any avail, vainly, of no avail.

* para no = so as not to.

* para + Nombre = for + Nombre + purposes.

* para no ser menos = not to be outdone.

* para novias = bridal.

* para + Número = seat + Número.

* para ordenadores personales = microcomputer-based, PC-based.

* para orquesta = orchestral.

* para otra ocasión = for future reference.

* para para lavarse la cara = washrag.

* para partirse de risa = side-splitting.

* para PCs = PC-based.

* para pelearse hacen falta dos = it takes two to tangle, it takes two to tango, it takes two to make a quarrel.

* para personas con intereses similares = birds-of-a-feather.

* para + Posesivo + disgusto = to + Posesivo + chagrin.

* para + Posesivo + gran sorpresa = much to + Posesivo + surprise.

* para + Posesivo + propio bien = for + Posesivo + own good.

* para + Posesivo + sorpresa = to + Posesivo + surprise.

* para posteriores usos = for subsequent use.

* para principios de siglo = by the turn of the century.

* para + Pronombre Personal = in + Posesivo + eyes.

* para protegerse = protectively.

* para que = in order that, so that, seeing that.

* para que así conste = for the record.

* para que este sea el caso = for this to be the case.

* para que esto sea así = for this to be the case.

* para que no falte = for good measure.

* para que no falte de nada = for good measure.

* para que no + Subjuntivo = if + Nombre + be not + to + Infinitivo, lest + Frase Verbal.

* para que no vaya a faltar = for good measure.

* para que quede constancia = for the record.

* para que quede más claro = for main effects.

* para que vayamos pensando = food for thought.

* para resumir = to sum up, to sum it up, to make a long story short, to recap, to cut a long story short, simply put, simply stated.

* para ser específico = to be specific.

* para ser franco = to be blunt, in all honesty.

* para ser más explícito = to elaborate a little further.

* para ser sincero = to be blunt, to be honest, in all honesty.

* para siempre = forever, in perpetuity, for good, eternally, terminally, ever after.

* para siempre en el futuro = for the indefinite future.

* para sorpresa de todos = to everyone's surprise.

* para sorpresa + Posesivo = to + Posesivo + surprise.

* para su fácil + Nombre = for ease of + Nombre.

* para su posterior uso = for subsequent use.

* para su uso posterior = for subsequent use.

* para terminar = in closing.

* para toda la empresa = company-wide, enterprise-wide.

* para toda la industria = industry-wide.

* para toda la universidad = university-wide.

* para toda la vida = lifelong [life-long], for life.

* para todo el mercado = industry-wide.

* para todos los efectos prácticos = for all practical purposes.

* para todos por igual = across the board [across-the-board].

* para todo tipo de tiempo = all-weather.

* para todo uso = all-purpose.

* para tomar medidas = for action.

* para trabajos pesados = heavy-duty.

* para una única ocasión = one-time.

* para un futuro mejor = for a better future.

* para uso comercial = commercially-owned.

* para uso del profesional = professional-use.

* para uso industrial = heavy-duty.

* para uso personal = for personal use.

* para usos posteriores = for subsequent use.

* para vergüenza + Pronombre Posesivo = to + Posesivo + shame.

* sin parar = interminably.

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preposición

Sentido I

1) (expresando destino, finalidad, intención) for

una carta para él — a letter for him

¿para qué revista escribes? — what magazine do you write for?

lee para ti — read to yourself

fue muy amable para con todos — he was very friendly to everyone

¿para qué sirve esto? — what's this (used) for?

no sirve para este trabajo — he's no good at this kind of work

¿para qué lo quieres? — what do you want it for?

¿para qué se lo dijiste? — what did you tell him for?

champú para bebés — baby shampoo

jarabe para la tos — cough mixture

que para qué decirte/hablar — (fam)

tenían un hambre que para qué decirte/hablar — they were starving

2)

para + inf — to + inf

para serte sincero — to tell you the truth

esta agua no es para beber — this isn't drinking water

está listo para pintar — it's ready to be painted o for painting

para aprobar — (in order) to pass

entró en puntillas para no despertarla — he went in on tiptoe so as not to wake her

3)

para que + subj: lo dice para que yo me preocupe he (only) says it to worry me; pídeselo - ¿para que me diga que no? ask him for it - so he can say no?; cierra para que no nos oigan — close the door so (that) they don't hear us

4) ( expresando consecuencia) to

para su desgracia — unfortunately for him

para mi sorpresa — (much) to my surprise

Sentido II

5) ( expresando suficiencia) for

no hay para todos — there isn't enough for everybody

no es para tanto — it's not that bad

para + inf: soy lo bastante viejo (como) para recordarlo I'm old enough to remember it; bastante tengo yo (como) para estar ocupándome de ti I've enough problems of my own without having to deal with yours as well; es (como) para matarlo! (fam) I'll kill him! (colloq); para que + subj: basta con que él aparezca para que ella se ponga nerviosa — he only has to appear for her to get flustered

6) (en comparaciones, contrastes)

hace demasiado frío para salir — it's too cold to go out

son altos para su edad — they're tall for their age

para lo que come, no está gordo — considering how much he eats, he's not fat

para el caso que me hacen...! — for all the notice they take of me...

para + inf: para haber sido improvisado fue un discurso excelente for an off-the-cuff speech it was excellent; ¿quién es él para hablarte así? who does he think he is, speaking to you like that ?; para que + subj: es mucho para que lo haga sola it's too much for you to do it on your own; tanto esforzarme por ellos para que no te lo agradezcan! — after all that effort I made for them they didn't even say thankyou!

7)

estar para algo/+ inf — ( indicando estado)

no estoy para bromas — I'm in no mood for joking

está para tirarla a la basura — it's only fit for throwing out

no está (como) para salir sin abrigo — it's not warm enough to go out without a coat

8) ( expresando puntos de vista)

para mí que no viene — if you ask me, he won't come

para su padre, es un genio — in his father's opinion o as far as his father's concerned, he is a genius

lo es todo para él — she's everything to him

¿qué es lo más importante para ti? — what's the most important thing for you?

Sentido III

9)

a) ( indicando dirección)

salieron para el aeropuerto — they left for the airport

empuja para arriba — push up o upward(s)

¿vas para el centro? — are you going to o toward(s) the center?

tráelo para acá — bring it over here

córrete para atrás — move back

b) ( en sentido figurado)

ya vamos para viejos — we're getting old o getting on

va para los 50 años — she's going o (BrE) getting on for fifty

Sentido IV

10) ( en relaciones de tiempo)

a) (señalando una fecha, un plazo)

estará listo para el día 15 — it'll be ready by o for the 15th

deberes para el lunes — homework for Monday

faltan cinco minutos para que termine — there are five minutes to go before the end

me lo prometió para después de Pascua — he promised me it for after Easter

¿cuánto te falta para terminar? — how much have you got left to do?

estará listo para finales de agosto — it'll be ready sometime around the end of August

para entonces estaré en Madrid — I'll be in Madrid (by) then

¿para cuándo espera? — when is the baby due?

tengo hora para mañana — I have an appointment (for) tomorrow

b) (AmL exc RPl) ( al decir la hora) to

son cinco para las diez — it's five to ten

11)

a) ( expresando duración)

para siempre — forever

tengo para rato — (fam) I'm going to be a while (yet)

esto va para largo — (fam) this is going to take some time

b) ( con idea de finalidad) for

¿qué le regalo para el cumpleaños? — what can I give him for his birthday?

12) ( en secuencias de acciones)

se fue para nunca volver — (liter) she went away never to return

salió sólo para volver a entrar — he went out only to come in again

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Ex: This gamut of information presents the indexer and user with problems in choosing access points for conference proceedings.

Ex: The advocates of ISBD originally argued that it was for the sake of the computer.

Ex: Any attempt to organise knowledge must, in order to justify the effort of organisation, have an objective.

Ex: It is perhaps fortunate that the array of terms that are used to describe indexes is a little more restricted than the variety of terms used in respect of catalogues.

Ex: In the interest of clarity an integrated account of the appropriate added entry headings is to be found in 21.29 and 21.30.

Ex: In the interest of clarity an integrated account of the appropriate added entry headings is to be found in 21.29 and 21.30.

Ex: A catalogue code is a systematic arrangement of laws and statutes so as to avoid inconsistency and duplication in catalogues.

Ex: An appreciation of alternative approaches is particularly important in this field where trends towards standardisation are the norm.

Ex: Most data base producers have in-house guidelines for bibliographic description, and aim to achieve consistency of citation within their products.

Ex: The first treaty of all was designed to pool the coal and steel resources of Europe in an attempt to overcome the devastation of the Second World War and to foster the concept of European unity.

Ex: Many libraries have had fine free days or weeks in an effort to entice strayed material back.

Ex: This article discusses the advantages to libraries of computer technology for purposes of bibliographic control and on-line access.

Ex: In a bid to leapfrog stages of development, some transitional economies are investing heavily in building up information age infrastructures.

Ex: The idea of tiered, or multilayered, citation is proposed as a means of testing this hypothesis = Se propone la idea de citar de una forma estratificada o por niveles para comprobar esta hipótesis.

Ex: The library has contracted out the management of its computerized information system to Dynix in a drive to improve library service.

Ex: The story of the postwar diner suggests some ways that purveyors of consumer commodities finessed and exploited emergent social dislocations in the drive to expand and diversify markets.

Ex: Some foods such as vegetable preserves which result from complicated and fragile fermentations must be made at specific times of the year if they are to succeed.

* ¿para qué sirve... ? = what's the use of... ?.

* para abrir boca = as a kind of + appetiser.

* para actuar = for action.

* para alguna gente = to some people.

* para algunas personas = to some people.

* para algunos = to some.

* para aquel entonces = by then.

* para atraer al cliente = window dressing.

* para beneficio de = for the good of.

* para bien = for the best, for the better.

* para bien de = in the best interests of, for the good of.

* para bien de Alguien = in + Posesivo + best interest.

* para bien o para mal = for better or (for) worse, for good or (for) ill, for good or (for) evil.

* para bodas = bridal.

* para chuparse los dedos = scrumptious, yummy [yummier -comp., yummiest -sup.].

* para cocinar uno mismo = self-catering.

* para colmo = into the bargain, into the bargain, to cap it all (off), on top of everything else, but to make things worse, but to make matters worse, for good measure, to add insult to injury.

* para colmo de males = to add insult to injury, to add salt to injury, to rub salt in the wound.

* para comenzar diremos que = to begin with.

* para complicar aun más las cosas = to add to the confusion.

* para concluir = in closing, in conclusion, to wrap things up.

* para confundir aun más las cosas = to add to the confusion.

* para cuando = by the time.

* para cubrir gastos = on a cost-recovery basis.

* para cubrirse las espaldas = as a backup.

* para decir la verdad = to be honest.

* para detrimento de = to the neglect of.

* para diario = everyday.

* para disgusto de = to the disgust of.

* para divertirse = for kicks.

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

* para el año próximo = for the year ahead.

* para el arrastre = over the hill.

* para el beneficio de = for the benefit of.

* para el bien de = for the benefit of.

* para el caso = for that matter.

* para el esparcimiento = recreational.

* para el futuro = for the years to come, for the years ahead, for the future.

* para el inglés su casa es su castillo = an Englishman's home is his castle.

* para ello = to that end, to this end, to that effect, therefor.

* para el ocio = recreational.

* para el que lo quiera = up for grabs.

* para embalsamar = embalming.

* para empeorar las cosas = to add insult to injury, to add salt to injury, to rub salt in the wound.

* para empezar = for one, initially, to start with, to begin with, for starters, first off.

* para entonces = by then.

* para escribir con mayúsculas = in a shifted position.

* para eso = therefor.

* para este fin = to this end.

* para esto = therefor.

* para evitar su uso indebido por los niños = childproof.

* para expresar dimensiones = by.

* para + Fecha = by + Fecha.

* para finales de = by the end of.

* para finales de + Expresión Temporal = by the close of + Expresión Temporal.

* para finalizar = in closing.

* para fines múltiples = multipurpose [multi-purpose].

* para futuras consultas = for future reference.

* para hacer dinero = money-making.

* para hacer esto = in this.

* para hacer fundas = sleeving.

* para hacer juego = to match.

* para hacer justicia = in fairness to.

* para hacer las paces = peace offering.

* para hacerlo + Adjetivo = for + Nombre's sake.

* para hacer más fácil = for ease of.

* para impresionar = for effect.

* para + Infinitivo = for + Gerundio.

* para jóvenes = youth-serving.

* para la eternidad = in perpetuity.

* para la evaluación de hipótesis = hypothesis-testing.

* para la formación autodidacta = self-instructional.

* para la gestión de información textual = text-handling.

* para la posteridad = for posterity.

* para la web = Web-related.

* para llamar la atención = for effect.

* para mantener ocupado = keep-busy.

* para mantener(se) ocupado = keep-busy.

* para más información = for further details.

* para más inri = to cap it all (off), on top of everything else, but to make things worse, but to make matters worse.

* para mayor información sobre = for details of.

* para mayor información véase + Nombre = see + Nombre + for further details.

* para mayor inri = to cap it all (off), on top of everything else, but to make things worse, but to make matters worse.

* para mí = for myself.

* para microordenadores = micro-computer based.

* para nada = in vain, to no avail, without any avail, vainly, of no avail.

* para no = so as not to.

* para + Nombre = for + Nombre + purposes.

* para no ser menos = not to be outdone.

* para novias = bridal.

* para + Número = seat + Número.

* para ordenadores personales = microcomputer-based, PC-based.

* para orquesta = orchestral.

* para otra ocasión = for future reference.

* para para lavarse la cara = washrag.

* para partirse de risa = side-splitting.

* para PCs = PC-based.

* para pelearse hacen falta dos = it takes two to tangle, it takes two to tango, it takes two to make a quarrel.

* para personas con intereses similares = birds-of-a-feather.

* para + Posesivo + disgusto = to + Posesivo + chagrin.

* para + Posesivo + gran sorpresa = much to + Posesivo + surprise.

* para + Posesivo + propio bien = for + Posesivo + own good.

* para + Posesivo + sorpresa = to + Posesivo + surprise.

* para posteriores usos = for subsequent use.

* para principios de siglo = by the turn of the century.

* para + Pronombre Personal = in + Posesivo + eyes.

* para protegerse = protectively.

* para que = in order that, so that, seeing that.

* para que así conste = for the record.

* para que este sea el caso = for this to be the case.

* para que esto sea así = for this to be the case.

* para que no falte = for good measure.

* para que no falte de nada = for good measure.

* para que no + Subjuntivo = if + Nombre + be not + to + Infinitivo, lest + Frase Verbal.

* para que no vaya a faltar = for good measure.

* para que quede constancia = for the record.

* para que quede más claro = for main effects.

* para que vayamos pensando = food for thought.

* para resumir = to sum up, to sum it up, to make a long story short, to recap, to cut a long story short, simply put, simply stated.

* para ser específico = to be specific.

* para ser franco = to be blunt, in all honesty.

* para ser más explícito = to elaborate a little further.

* para ser sincero = to be blunt, to be honest, in all honesty.

* para siempre = forever, in perpetuity, for good, eternally, terminally, ever after.

* para siempre en el futuro = for the indefinite future.

* para sorpresa de todos = to everyone's surprise.

* para sorpresa + Posesivo = to + Posesivo + surprise.

* para su fácil + Nombre = for ease of + Nombre.

* para su posterior uso = for subsequent use.

* para su uso posterior = for subsequent use.

* para terminar = in closing.

* para toda la empresa = company-wide, enterprise-wide.

* para toda la industria = industry-wide.

* para toda la universidad = university-wide.

* para toda la vida = lifelong [life-long], for life.

* para todo el mercado = industry-wide.

* para todos los efectos prácticos = for all practical purposes.

* para todos por igual = across the board [across-the-board].

* para todo tipo de tiempo = all-weather.

* para todo uso = all-purpose.

* para tomar medidas = for action.

* para trabajos pesados = heavy-duty.

* para una única ocasión = one-time.

* para un futuro mejor = for a better future.

* para uso comercial = commercially-owned.

* para uso del profesional = professional-use.

* para uso industrial = heavy-duty.

* para uso personal = for personal use.

* para usos posteriores = for subsequent use.

* para vergüenza + Pronombre Posesivo = to + Posesivo + shame.

* sin parar = interminably.

* * *

para

prep

Sentido I

A (expresando destino, finalidad, intención) for

tengo buenas noticias para ustedes I have some good news for you

¿para qué revista escribes? what magazine do you write for?

lee para ti read to yourself

fue muy amable para con todos he was very friendly to everyone

¿para qué sirve esto? what's this (used) for?

no sirve para este trabajo he's no good at this kind of work

¿para qué lo quieres? what do you want it for?

¿para qué tuviste que ir a decírselo? what did you have to go and tell him for?, why did you have to go and tell him?

champú para bebés baby shampoo

jarabe para la tos cough mixture

que para qué (decirte/hablar) ( fam): hacía un frío que para qué (decirte) it was freezing cold ( colloq)

venían con un hambre que para qué (hablar) or para qué te voy a contar they were starving o so hungry when they got here!

B para + INF to + INF

está ahorrando para comprarse un coche she's saving up for a car o to buy a car

esta agua no es para beber this isn't drinking water

está listo para pintar it's ready to be painted o for painting

para serte sincero to tell you the truth

como para convencerse a sí misma as if to convince herself

para pasar al curso siguiente (in order) to go on to the next year

no hay que ser muy inteligente para darse cuenta you don't have to be very intelligent to realize that

nos cambiamos de sitio para ver mejor we changed places (so as) to see better

para no + INF so as not to + INF

entró en puntillas para no despertarla he went in on tiptoe so as not to wake her

C para QUE + SUBJ:

lo dice para que yo me preocupe he (only) says it to worry me

pídeselo — ¿para qué? ¿para que me diga que no? ask him for it — what for? so he can say no?

para QUE no + SUBJ:

cierra la puerta para que no nos oigan close the door so (that) they don't hear us

D

1

(enfatizando la culminación de algo): para colmo or para rematarla se apagó la luz to crown o top o cap it all the light went out

2 (expresando efecto, consecuencia) to

para su desgracia unfortunately for him

para mi gran sorpresa to my great surprise, much to my surprise

Sentido II

A (expresando suficiencia) for

no había bastante para todos there wasn't enough for everybody o to go round

tranquilízate, no es para tanto calm down, it's not that bad

para + INF:

apenas tienen para comer they can barely afford to eat

soy lo bastante viejo (como) para recordarlo I'm old enough to remember it

bastante tengo yo con mis problemas (como) para estar ocupándome de los suyos I've enough problems of my own without having to deal with his as well

¡es (como) para matarlo! ( fam); I'll kill him! ( colloq)

para QUE + SUBJ:

basta que yo diga A para que él diga B if I say it's black, he'll say it's white

basta con que él aparezca para que ella se ponga nerviosa he only has to walk in and she gets flustered

B

(en comparaciones, contrastes): hace demasiado calor para estar al sol it's too hot to be in the sun

son altos para su edad they're tall for their age

para lo que come, no está nada gordo considering how much he eats, he's not at all fat

díselo tú — ¡para el caso que me hacen …! you tell them — for all the notice they take of me …

para + INF:

para haber sido improvisado fue un discurso excelente for an off-the-cuff speech it was excellent, considering it was completely off the cuff it was an excellent speech

¿quién se cree que es para hablarte así? who does she think she is, speaking to you like that o to speak to you like that?

para QUE + SUBJ:

son demasiado grandes para que les estés haciendo todo they're too old for you to be doing everything for them

para que se esté quejando todo el día … if he's going to spend all day complaining …

¡tanto preocuparse por ellos para que después hasta te acusen de metomentodo! all that worrying about them and then they go and accuse you of being a meddler!

C estar para algo/+ INF

(indicando estado): mira que no estoy para bromas look, I'm in no mood for joking o for jokes

estas botas están para tirarlas a la basura these boots are only fit for throwing out o for the trash o ( BrE) for the bin

no está (como) para salir tan de veranillo it's not warm enough to go out in such summery clothes

D

(expresando opiniones, puntos de vista): para mí que ya no viene if you ask me, he won't come now

para el padre, el niño es un Mozart en ciernes in the father's opinion o as far as the father's concerned, the boy is a budding Mozart

tú eres todo para mí you're everything to me

¿para ti qué es lo más importante? what's the most important thing for you?, what do you see as the most important thing?

esto es de gran interés para el lector this is of great interest to the reader

Sentido III

A

(indicando dirección): salieron para el aeropuerto they left for the airport

empuja para arriba push up o upward(s)

¿vas para el centro? are you going to o toward(s) the center?

se los llevó para la casa de los abuelos she took them over to their grandparents' house

tráelo para acá/adentro bring it over here/inside

córrete para atrás move back

B

(en sentido figurado): ya vamos para viejos we're getting old o ( colloq) getting on

va para los 50 años she's pushing fifty ( colloq), she's going o ( BrE) getting on for fifty ( colloq)

Sentido IV (expresando relaciones de tiempo)

A

(señalando un plazo): tiene que estar listo para el día 15 it has to be ready by o for the 15th

¿qué deberes tienes para el lunes? what homework do you have for Monday?

son cinco para las diez ( AmL exc RPl) [ Vocabulary notes (Spanish) ]; it's five to ten

faltan cinco minutos para que termine la clase there are five minutes to go before the end of the class

me lo prometió para después de Pascua he promised I could have it after Easter, he promised it to me for after Easter

¿cuánto te falta para terminar? how much have you got left to do?, how long will it take you to finish it?

B

1

(indicando fecha aproximada): piensan casarse para finales de agosto they plan to marry sometime around the end of August

para entonces quién sabe si todavía estaremos vivos who knows if we'll still be alive (by) then?

¿para cuándo espera? when is the baby due?

2 (indicando fecha fija) for

tengo hora para mañana I have an appointment (for) tomorrow

C

1

(expresando duración): para siempre forever

tengo para rato ( fam); I'm going to be a while (yet), this is going to take me a while (yet)

esto va para largo ( fam); this is going to take some time

2 (con idea de finalidad) for

¿qué le puedo regalar para el cumpleaños? what can I give him for his birthday?

D ( liter)

(en secuencias de acciones): se fue para nunca volver she went away never to return

fue puesto en libertad, para más tarde volver a ser detenido he was set free only to be rearrested later, he was set free but was rearrested later

* * *

Del verbo parar: ( conjugate parar)

para es:

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

2ª persona singular (tú) imperativo

Del verbo parir: ( conjugate parir)

para es:

1ª persona singular (yo) presente subjuntivo

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

3ª persona singular (él/ella/usted) imperativo

Multiple Entries:
para
parar
parir
para preposición
1 (destino, finalidad, intención) for;
◊ una carta para él a letter for him;

¿para qué sirve esto? what's this (used) for?;
champú para bebés baby shampoo;
para eso no voy I might as well not go;
para + inf: ahorra para comprarse un coche he's saving up to buy a car;
tomé un taxi para no llegar tarde I took a taxi so I wouldn't be late;
está listo para pintar it's ready to be painted o for painting;
para aprobar (in order) to pass;
entró en puntillas para no despertarla he went in on tiptoe so as not to wake her;
lo dice para que yo me preocupe he (only) says it to worry me;
cierra para que no nos oigan close the door so (that) they don't hear us
2
a) ( suficiencia) for;

◊ no hay para todos there isn't enough for everybody;

no es para tanto it's not that bad;
soy lo bastante viejo (como) para recordarlo I'm old enough to remember it
b) (en comparaciones, contrastes):

◊ hace demasiado frío para salir it's too cold to go out;

son altos para su edad they're tall for their age;
para lo que come, no está gordo considering how much he eats, he's not fat;
¿quién es él para hablarte así? who does he think he is, speaking to you like that ?;
es mucho para que lo haga sola it's too much for you to do it on your own
1 ( dirección):
◊ salieron para el aeropuerto they left for the airport;

empuja para arriba push up o upward(s);
¿vas para el centro? are you going to o toward(s) the center?
2 ( tiempo)
a) (señalando una fecha, un plazo):

◊ estará listo para el día 15 it'll be ready by o for the 15th;

deberes para el lunes homework for Monday;
faltan cinco minutos para que termine there are five minutes to go before the end;
me lo prometió para después de Pascua he promised me it for after Easter;
¿cuánto te falta para terminar? how much have you got left to do?;
para entonces estaré en Madrid I'll be in Madrid (by) then;
tengo hora para mañana I have an appointment (for) tomorrow
b) (AmL exc RPl) ( al decir la hora) to;

◊ son cinco para las diez it's five to ten

c) ( duración):

◊ para siempre forever;

tengo para rato (fam) I'm going to be a while (yet)
parar ( conjugate parar) verbo intransitivo
1 ( detenerse) to stop;
◊ paró en seco she stopped dead;

ir/venir a para to end up;
fue a para a la cárcel he ended up in prison;
¿a dónde habrá ido a para aquella foto? what can have happened to that photo?;
¡a dónde iremos a para! I don't know what the world's coming to
2 ( cesar) to stop;
◊ para un momento hang on a minute;

ha estado lloviendo sin para it hasn't stopped raining;
no para quieto ni un momento he can't keep still for a minute;
no para en casa she's never at home;
para DE + INF to stop -ing;
paró de llover it stopped raining
3 (AmL) [obreros/empleados] to go on strike
verbo transitivo
1
a) ‹coche/tráfico/persona› to stop;

‹motor/máquina› to stop, switch off
b) ‹ hemorragia› to stanch (AmE), to staunch (BrE)

c) ‹balón/tiro› to save, stop;

‹ golpe› to block, ward off
2 (AmL)
a) ( poner de pie) to stand

b) ( poner vertical) ‹vaso/libro› to stand … up;

◊ el perro paró las orejas the dog pricked up its ears

pararse verbo pronominal
1 ( detenerse)
a) [ persona] to stop

b) [reloj/máquina] to stop;

[coche/motor] to stall;
◊ se me paró el reloj my watch stopped

2
a) (AmL) ( ponerse de pie) to stand up;

◊ párate derecho stand up straight;

se paró en una silla she stood on a chair;
¿te puedes para de cabeza/de manos? can you do headstands/handstands?
b) (AmL) [ pelo] ( hacia arriba) to stick up;

( en los lados) to stick out
c) (Méx, Ven) ( levantarse de la cama) to get up

parir ( conjugate parir) verbo intransitivo [ mujer] to give birth;
[ vaca] to calve;
[yegua/burra] to foal;
[ oveja] to lamb
verbo transitivo
a) [ mujer] to give birth to, have

b) [ mamíferos] to have, bear (frml)

para preposición
1 (utilidad, aptitud) for: ¿para qué tanto esfuerzo?, what's all this effort for?
una pomada para las quemaduras, an ointment for burns
una tijera para zurdos, a pair of scissors for left-handed people
2 (finalidad, motivo) to, in order to: lo dijo para molestarme, she said it to annoy me
lo hace para que te fijes en él, he does it so that you notice him
3 (destinatario) for: es para mamá, it's for mum
hablaba para los votantes indecisos, he spoke to the undecided voters
es muy atento para con ella, he's very obliging towards her
4 (opinión) para Paco todas las mujeres son guapas, in Paco's opinion, all women are pretty
5 (comparación, concesión) for: para ser tan joven tiene ideas muy sensatas, he has very sensible ideas for his age
6 (rechazo) para una vez que hablo, me haces callar, the one time I speak, you shut me up
7 (tiempo) by: estará listo para las cinco, it'll be ready by five
para entonces, by then
8 (a punto de) está para salir, it's about to leave
9 (dirección) el tren para Burgos acaba de salir, the train for Burgos has just left
iba para tu casa, I was going to your house
Recuerda que cuando para expresa finalidad, se traduce por to o in order to (este último sólo se usa para evitar confusión): Me voy para ayudarte. I'm going in order to help you. Si usáramos sólo to significaría: Voy a ayudarte. Sin embargo, cuando después de para viene un sustantivo o un pronombre y no un verbo (esta llave es para aquella puerta), se traduce por for ( this key is for that door).
parar
I verbo intransitivo
1 to stop: para de saltar, stop jumping
para un momento en la farmacia, stop a minute at the chemist's
no pares de hablar, por favor, keep talking, please
2 (alojarse) to stay
3 (finalizar, terminar) el cuadro fue a parar al rastro, the painting ended up in the flea market
II verbo transitivo
1 to stop
2 Dep to save
3 LAm to stand up
♦ Locuciones: dónde va a parar, by far: mi hija es muchísmo más inteligente que la suya, dónde va a parar, my daughter is far more intelligent than theirs
parir verbo transitivo & verbo intransitivo to give birth (to)
♦ Locuciones: poner a alguien a parir, to run sb down
' para' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
A
- abalorio
- ablandar
- abreviar
- absoluta
- absoluto
- acá
- aceitera
- achuchar
- actuación
- adentro
- agitador
- agitadora
- alcanzar
- alfiler
- alguna
- alguno
- aliento
- alquiler
- alta
- amenaza
- añadidura
- ancha
- ancho
- ánimo
- año
- antesala
- antirrobo
- aplanar
- aprovechar
- apta
- aptitud
- apto
- aquí
- arca
- arena
- arrastre
- arriba
- arropar
- atonía
- atrás
- atril
- aunar
- auspicio
- baja
- bajo
- balde
- bálsamo
- bañarse
- banco
English:
AA
- ability
- about
- accessory
- accommodate
- achieve
- activity
- adapter
- adaptor
- adequate
- adequately
- admire
- adult
- advantage
- advantageous
- advertise
- aftershave (lotion)
- agitate
- agree
- all
- all-out
- allocate
- analyst
- antiallergenic
- antibiotic
- antidote
- antihistamine
- antipollution
- appease
- application
- appointment
- appropriate
- aptitude
- argue
- arm-twisting
- arms control
- around-the clock
- arrangement
- arson
- as
- ASPCA
- assailant
- assert
- assess
- assume
- astir
- astonishment
- attain
- attention span
- attractive

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para prep

1. [indica destino, finalidad, motivación] for;

es para ti it's for you;

significa mucho para mí it means a lot to me;

“¡qué suerte!” dije para mí “how lucky,” I said to myself;

una mesa para el salón a table for the living-room;

desayuno para dos breakfast for two;

crema para zapatos shoe polish;

pastillas para dormir sleeping pills;

están entrenados para el combate they have been trained for combat;

estudia para dentista she's studying to become a dentist;

esta agua no es buena para beber this water isn't fit for drinking o to drink;

para conseguir sus propósitos in order to achieve his aims;

lo he hecho para agradarte I did it to please you;

me voy para no causar más molestias I'll go so I don't cause you any more inconvenience;

te lo repetiré para que te enteres I'll repeat it so you understand;

resulta que se divorcian para un mes más tarde volverse a casar so they get divorced, only to remarry a month later;

para con towards;

es buena para con los demás she is kind towards other people;

¿para qué? what for?;

¿para qué quieres un martillo? what do you want a hammer for?, why do you want a hammer?;

¿para qué has venido? why are you here?;

¿para quién trabajas? who do you work for?

2. [indica dirección] towards;

el próximo vuelo para Caracas the next flight to Caracas;

ir para casa to head (for) home;

salir para el aeropuerto to leave for the airport;

para abajo downwards;

para arriba upwards;

tira para arriba pull up o upwards;

para atrás backwards;

échate para atrás [en asiento] lean back;

para delante forwards;

ya vas para viejo you're getting old;

esta muchacha va para pintora this girl has all the makings of a painter

3. [indica tiempo] for;

tiene que estar acabado para mañana/para antes de Navidad it has to be finished by o for tomorrow/before Christmas;

faltan cinco minutos para que salga el tren the train leaves in five minutes;

tienen previsto casarse para el 17 de agosto they plan to get married on 17 August;

llevamos comida para varios días we have enough food for several days;
Am salvo RP
diez para las once ten to eleven;
Am salvo RP
un cuarto para las once (a) quarter to eleven;

va para un año que no nos vemos it's getting on for a year since we saw each other;

¿y para cuándo un bebé? and when are you going to start a family?;

para entonces by then

4. [indica comparación]
tiene la estatura adecuada para su edad she is the normal height for her age;

está muy delgado para lo que come he's very thin considering how much he eats;

para ser verano hace mucho frío considering it's summer, it's very cold;

para ser un principiante no lo hace mal he's not bad for a beginner;

para lo que me ha servido… for all the use it's been to me…;

¡tanto esfuerzo para nada! all that effort for nothing!;

¿y tú quién eres para tratarla así? who do you think you are, treating her like that?;

yo no soy quien para decir… it's not for me to say…

5. (después de adjetivo y antes de infinitivo) [indica inminencia, propósito] to;

la comida está lista para servir the meal is ready to be served;

el atleta está preparado para ganar the athlete is ready to win

6. [indica opinión] for;

para Marx, la religión era el opio del pueblo for Marx, religion was the opium of the people;

para mí/ti/ etc as far as I'm/you're/ etc concerned;

para mí que no van a venir it looks to me like they're not coming;

¿para ti quién es más guapo? who do you think is the most handsome?

7. [indica disposición, estado]
no estoy para fiestas I'm not in the mood for parties;

el abuelo no está ya para hacer viajes largos grandfather's no longer up to going on long journeys;

¿hace día para ir sin chaqueta? is it warm enough to go out without a jacket on?

8. [indica consecuencia]
para su sorpresa, para sorpresa suya to her surprise;

para alegría de todos to everyone's delight;

para nuestra desgracia unfortunately for us

9. Comp

no es/fue/ etc[m5]. para tanto it's not/it wasn't/ etc such a big deal;

no llores, que no es para tanto don't cry, it's not such a big deal, there's no need to cry about it;

dicen que les trataron mal, pero no fue para tanto they say they were ill-treated, but that's going a bit far;
Fam
que para qué: hace un calor que para qué it's absolutely boiling;

este plato pica que para qué this dish is really hot, Br this dish isn't half hot

* * *

para

prp

1 for;

para mí for me

2 dirección toward(s);

ir para head for;

va para directora she’s going to end up as manager

3 tiempo for;

listo para mañana ready for tomorrow;

para siempre forever;

diez para las ocho L.Am. ten of eight, ten to eight;

para Pascua iremos de vacaciones a Lima we’re going to Lima for Easter;

espero que para Pascua haya terminado la crisis I hope the crisis is over by Easter;

¿para cuándo? when for?

4 finalidad

:

lo hace para ayudarte he does it (in order) to help you;

para que so that;

¿para qué te marchas? what are you leaving for?;

para eso no hace falta it’s not necessary just for that

5 en comparaciones

:

para su edad es muy maduro he’s very mature for his age

6

:

lo heredó todo para morir a los 30 he inherited it all, only to die at 30

* * *

para prep

1) : for

para ti: for you

alta para su edad: tall for her age

una cita para el lunes: an appointment for Monday

2) : to, towards

para la derecha: to the right

van para el río: they're heading towards the river

3) : to, in order to

lo hace para molestarte: he does it to annoy you

4) : around, by (a time)

para mañana estarán listos: they'll be ready by tomorrow

5)

para adelante : forwards

6)

para atrás : backwards

7)

para que : so, so that, in order that

te lo digo para que sepas: I'm telling you so you'll know

* * *

para prep

1. (en general) for

una carta para el director a letter for the manager

está muy alto para su edad he's very tall for his age

jarabe para la tos cough medicine

2. (seguido de infinitivo) to

he venido para hablar contigo I have come to talk to you

para no despertar al niño so as not to wake the baby up

3. (seguido de subjuntivo) so that

cierra la puerta para que no entre el perro shut the door so that the dog doesn't get in

4. (dirección) for / to

salgo para Madrid dentro de una hora I'm leaving for Madrid in an hour

me voy para casa I'm going home

5. (tiempo) by

lo quiero para el viernes I want it by Friday

para mí for me / in my opinion

Spanish-English dictionary > para
12 amplio

adj.

1 ample, extensive, broad, roomy.

2 ample, generous, broad, free-handed.

3 wide, diverse, varied.

4 liberal-minded, liberal, tolerant, all-round.

5 spacious, capacious.

6 free-ranging.

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amplio

► adjetivo

1 (extenso) large

■ amplia mayoría large majority

2 (espacioso) roomy, spacious

3 (ancho) wide, broad

4 (holgado) loose

\

FRASEOLOGÍA

en el sentido más amplio de la palabra in the broadest sense of the word

* * *

(f. - amplia)

adj.

ample, wide, spacious

* * *

ADJ

1) (=espacioso) [habitación, interior] spacious; [avenida, calle] wide

el terremoto afectó a una amplia zona del sur — the earthquake affected a wide area in the south

compró una amplia extensión de terreno — he bought a vast tract o stretch of land

2) [ropa] loose(-fitting), roomy *; [falda] full

3) [margen] wide

un amplio margen a ambos lados — a wide margin on each side

los socialistas ganaron las elecciones por amplia mayoría — the socialists won the election with a large majority

4) [conocimiento, vocabulario, poder, gama] wide, extensive

un amplio surtido de productos — a wide o extensive range of products

5) [sentido] broad

en el sentido amplio de la expresión — in the broad sense of the term

6) [repercusión] far-reaching

la noticia tuvo amplia difusión o amplio eco en la prensa — the news was widely o extensively reported

su novela tuvo amplia resonancia entre los intelectuales — his novel had great influence among the intellectuals

7) [informe] full, detailed

* * *

- plia adjetivo

a) <calle/valle/margen> wide; < casa> spacious; <vestido/abrigo> loose-fitting

con una amplia sonrisa — with a broad smile

b) <criterio/sentido> broad

por amplia mayoría — by a large majority

una amplia gama de colores — a wide range of colors

el tema tuvo una amplia difusión — the issue received wide media coverage

c) <garantías/programa> comprehensive

* * *

= vast [vaster -comp., vastest -sup.], extensive, large [larger -comp., largest -sup.], wide-sweeping, widespread, broad [broader -comp., broadest -sup.], airy [airier -comp., airiest -sup.], ample, capacious, widespan, wide-reaching, expansive, extended, wide [wider -comp., widest -sup.], wide-angle(d), loose fit, roomy [roomier -comp., roomiest -sup.].

Ex. If you add to this other access points, such as collections housed in old people's homes or day centres, prisons, hospitals, youth clubs, playgroups etc the coverage is vast.

Ex. The minutely detailed classification is of the type appropriate to an extensive collection.

Ex. Serial searching for a string of characters is usually performed on a small subset of a large file.

Ex. Surely these innovations already have and will continue to bring deep and wide-sweeping change to our profession - and because of their rapidity, these changes will be sudden and often tumultuous.

Ex. Comment published so far is favourable, but the code still awaits widespread adoption.

Ex. In 'upper town' streets are broad, quiet, and tree-shaded; the homes are tall and heavy and look like battleships, each anchored in its private sea of grass.

Ex. In the questionnaire young people answered that the bookshops in their town were airy, well-lit and very pleasant shops to visit.

Ex. The broad tree-lined streets with large Victorian homes surrounded by ample greenery on what were once the outskirts of town -- the gracious and expansive habitations of the wealthy mill and factory owners -- gradually yield to a miscellany of recent bungalows, modest cottages, and modern apartment buildings.

Ex. This is an efficient method of storing large amounts of programs and data, which is faster, more reliable and much more capacious than the floppy disc.

Ex. With no other type of structure is it possible to obtain clear, widespan coverage of almost unlimited areas, translucency to permit uniform daylight, and transportability or relocatability.

Ex. Appraisal is the single most important function performed by an archivist because it has wide-reaching and everlasting social implications.

Ex. The broad tree-lined streets with large Victorian homes surrounded by ample greenery on what were once the outskirts of town -- the gracious and expansive habitations of the wealthy mill and factory owners -- gradually yield to a miscellany of recent bungalows, modest cottages, and modern apartment buildings.

Ex. The brief abstracts and extended abstracts of papers, not published in full in the proceedings, are excluded.

Ex. Located in an isolated section of the Southwest, Los Pasos sits under the brassy sun on a wide plain below a low range of hills.

Ex. Except for the principal no one besides the librarian has such a wide-angle view of the school's instructional programme.

Ex. His offices and warehouses were one of the first designs which was subsequently described as loose fit, low energy building.

Ex. With roomy interiors and flexible seating, minivans are some of the most versatile vehicles for carrying passengers and cargo.

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* cada vez más amplio = ever-widening.

* demasiado amplio = overwide [over-wide].

* desde un punto de vista más amplio = in a broader sense.

* en el sentido más amplio = in the broadest sense, in the widest sense.

* en su sentido más amplio = in its/their broadest sense, in its/their widest sense.

* en un sentido más amplio = in a broader sense, in a larger sense.

* horario de apertura más amplio = extended hours.

* una amplia gama de = a wide variety of, a wide range of, a broad variety of, a broad range of.

* una amplia variedad de = a broad variety of, a wide range of, a broad range of.

* WAN (red de área amplia) = WAN (wide area network).

* * *

- plia adjetivo

a) <calle/valle/margen> wide; < casa> spacious; <vestido/abrigo> loose-fitting

con una amplia sonrisa — with a broad smile

b) <criterio/sentido> broad

por amplia mayoría — by a large majority

una amplia gama de colores — a wide range of colors

el tema tuvo una amplia difusión — the issue received wide media coverage

c) <garantías/programa> comprehensive

* * *

= vast [vaster -comp., vastest -sup.], extensive, large [larger -comp., largest -sup.], wide-sweeping, widespread, broad [broader -comp., broadest -sup.], airy [airier -comp., airiest -sup.], ample, capacious, widespan, wide-reaching, expansive, extended, wide [wider -comp., widest -sup.], wide-angle(d), loose fit, roomy [roomier -comp., roomiest -sup.].

Ex: If you add to this other access points, such as collections housed in old people's homes or day centres, prisons, hospitals, youth clubs, playgroups etc the coverage is vast.

Ex: The minutely detailed classification is of the type appropriate to an extensive collection.

Ex: Serial searching for a string of characters is usually performed on a small subset of a large file.

Ex: Surely these innovations already have and will continue to bring deep and wide-sweeping change to our profession - and because of their rapidity, these changes will be sudden and often tumultuous.

Ex: Comment published so far is favourable, but the code still awaits widespread adoption.

Ex: In 'upper town' streets are broad, quiet, and tree-shaded; the homes are tall and heavy and look like battleships, each anchored in its private sea of grass.

Ex: In the questionnaire young people answered that the bookshops in their town were airy, well-lit and very pleasant shops to visit.

Ex: The broad tree-lined streets with large Victorian homes surrounded by ample greenery on what were once the outskirts of town -- the gracious and expansive habitations of the wealthy mill and factory owners -- gradually yield to a miscellany of recent bungalows, modest cottages, and modern apartment buildings.

Ex: This is an efficient method of storing large amounts of programs and data, which is faster, more reliable and much more capacious than the floppy disc.

Ex: With no other type of structure is it possible to obtain clear, widespan coverage of almost unlimited areas, translucency to permit uniform daylight, and transportability or relocatability.

Ex: Appraisal is the single most important function performed by an archivist because it has wide-reaching and everlasting social implications.

Ex: The broad tree-lined streets with large Victorian homes surrounded by ample greenery on what were once the outskirts of town -- the gracious and expansive habitations of the wealthy mill and factory owners -- gradually yield to a miscellany of recent bungalows, modest cottages, and modern apartment buildings.

Ex: The brief abstracts and extended abstracts of papers, not published in full in the proceedings, are excluded.

Ex: Located in an isolated section of the Southwest, Los Pasos sits under the brassy sun on a wide plain below a low range of hills.

Ex: Except for the principal no one besides the librarian has such a wide-angle view of the school's instructional programme.

Ex: His offices and warehouses were one of the first designs which was subsequently described as loose fit, low energy building.

Ex: With roomy interiors and flexible seating, minivans are some of the most versatile vehicles for carrying passengers and cargo.

* cada vez más amplio = ever-widening.

* demasiado amplio = overwide [over-wide].

* desde un punto de vista más amplio = in a broader sense.

* en el sentido más amplio = in the broadest sense, in the widest sense.

* en su sentido más amplio = in its/their broadest sense, in its/their widest sense.

* en un sentido más amplio = in a broader sense, in a larger sense.

* horario de apertura más amplio = extended hours.

* una amplia gama de = a wide variety of, a wide range of, a broad variety of, a broad range of.

* una amplia variedad de = a broad variety of, a wide range of, a broad range of.

* WAN (red de área amplia) = WAN (wide area network).

* * *

amplio - plia

adjective

1 ‹calle› wide; ‹valle› wide, broad; ‹casa› spacious; ‹vestido/abrigo› loose-fitting; ‹falda/manga› full

con una amplia sonrisa with a broad smile

2 ‹criterio› broad; ‹margen› wide

en el sentido amplio de la palabra in the broad sense of the word

por amplia mayoría by a large majority

tiene amplias facultades para decidir sobre este punto he has full authority to make a decision on this point

una amplia gama de colores a wide range of colors

les ofrecemos las más amplias garantías we offer comprehensive guarantees o the fullest possible guarantees

un tema que tuvo una amplia difusión an issue that received wide media coverage

un amplio programa de reformas a full o wide-ranging o comprehensive program of reforms

* * *

Del verbo ampliar: ( conjugate ampliar)

amplío es:

1ª persona singular (yo) presente indicativo

amplió es:

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

Multiple Entries:
ampliar
amplio
ampliar ( conjugate ampliar) verbo transitivo
a) ‹local/carretera› to extend;

‹ negocio› to expand
b) ‹capital/personal› to increase

c) ‹conocimientos/vocabulario› to increase;

‹ explicación› to expand (on);
‹ campo de acción› to widen, broaden;
◊ para amplio sus estudios to further her studies

d) ‹plazo/período› to extend

e) ‹ fotografía› to enlarge, blow up

amplio
◊ - plia adjetivo

a) ‹calle/valle/margen› wide;

‹ casa› spacious;
‹vestido/abrigo› loose-fitting;
‹ sonrisa› broad
b) ‹criterio/sentido› broad;

◊ por amplia mayoría by a large majority;

una amplia gama de colores a wide range of colors
c) ‹garantías/programa› comprehensive

ampliar verbo transitivo
1 (hacer más largo un plazo) to extend
2 (hacer más grande un edificio) to enlarge
3 (extender un negocio) to expand
4 (una fotografía) to enlarge, to blow up
5 (el campo de acción) to widen: los sindicatos proponen ampliar las sanciones a los defraudadores, the unions propose greater penalties for those committing fraud
amplio,-a adjetivo
1 large, roomy
2 (ancho, profundo, variado) wide, broad ➣ Ver nota en ancho
' amplio' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
amplia
- ancha
- ancho
- dilatada
- dilatado
- espectro
- nave
English:
ample
- extensive
- large
- roomy
- spacious
- sweep
- vocabulary
- wide
- all
- broad
- comfortable
- smock
- sweeping

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amplio, -a adj

1. [grande] [sala, maletero] roomy, spacious;
[avenida] wide;
una amplio sonrisa a broad smile

2. [ropa] loose

3. [extenso] [explicación, cobertura] comprehensive;
[ventaja, capacidad] considerable;
en el sentido más amplio de la palabra in the broadest sense of the word;

ganaron por una amplia mayoría they won with a large majority;

hubo un amplio consenso there was a broad consensus;

ofrecen una amplia gama de servicios they offer a wide range of services;

gozan de una amplia aceptación they enjoy widespread approval;

tiene una amplia experiencia she has wide-ranging experience

4. [abierto]
una persona de amplias miras o [m5] amplia de miras a broad-minded person

* * *

amplio

adj casa spacious; gama, margen wide; falda full

* * *

amplio, - plia adj

: broad, wide, ample

♦ ampliamente adj

* * *

amplio adj

1. (gama, margen) wide

una amplia gama de productos a wide range of productos

un público muy amplio a very wide audience

2. (valor, cantidad) large

los laboristas ganaron por amplia mayoría Labour won by a large majority

3. (espacioso) spacious

una vivienda amplia a spacious house

4. (ropa) baggy [comp. baggier; superl. baggiest] / loose

una camisa amplia a loose shirt

Spanish-English dictionary > amplio
13 cada vez mayor

(adj.) = escalating, ever-growing, ever-increasing, expanded, growing, increasing, mounting, rising, spiralling [spiraling, -USA], deepening, rapidly growing, expanding, constantly rising, swelling, ever larger [ever-larger], galloping, steadily rising, steadily growing, mushrooming, ever greater, rapidly expanding, ever-widening, burgeoning, heightening

Ex. Findings emphasised the escalating deprivation of applied social scientists in general and the local government and voluntary sectors in particular.

Ex. To gauge the full impact on the BNB one must add to these Arabic publications half a dozen books in Kurdish, not forgetting the ever-growing list of translations of oriental works.

Ex. Up to and including the fourteenth edition progress led to ever-increasing detail.

Ex. Co-operatives have played a much more extensive role in recent years and are set to continue in their expanded role.

Ex. Yet another variable factor is the growing presence of full text data bases.

Ex. The final order on the shelves is the reverse of this, so that an order of increasing speciality is achieved.

Ex. If the approach is not too blinkered, such situations, on the basis of mounting evidence, quickly lead to the realisation that technological solutions to information problems are at best partial.

Ex. But the good times ran out and the world recession of the 1970s brought rising inflation, unemployment and increasing pressure for better social services.

Ex. The ARL Serials Project is an initiative by the Association of Research Libraries (ARL) designed to combat the spiralling increases in periodicals prices.

Ex. The period from World War 2 to the present day saw the quickened pace and deepening specialisation of researches.

Ex. The scheme was designed by the Library of Congress staff to be tailor-made for their own library with its immense and rapidly growing stock and with its bias towards law and the social sciences.

Ex. There is an expanding interest in the idea of local government information services on the part of public libraries.

Ex. Recently there has been more than the usual talk about the exceptionally-high and constantly-rising costs of scholarly journals and what scholar, editors, and libraries can do about the situation.

Ex. By far the most difficult new challenge looming for librarianship will be preserving and providing access to 'born-digital' materials, that swelling mass of material that appears only in electronic form.

Ex. Technology plays an ever larger role in the delivery of services in libraries of all sizes.

Ex. But the introduction of market economics, galloping inflation and the breakdown of old administrative structures are causing problems, especially over funding..

Ex. Poland is currently enjoying a steadily rising national income, declining inflation, receding unemployment and an educational boom.

Ex. The strategy is to maintain a steadily growing base line which can expand in better times.

Ex. The position of the library as source provider has been eroded in an age of information explosions and mushrooming technology.

Ex. The results has been an ever greater obfuscation of what constitutes the profession of librarianship.

Ex. A rapidly expanding number of organizations have begun to use high performance, completely digital networks, such as the Internet.

Ex. The inter-library loan network operates like a spiral with the individual library at the centre and the local, regional, national and international back-up services forming an ever-widening circle around it.

Ex. It was apparent that the responders to the investigation were somewhat unsure of their future situation relative to the burgeoning information education market = Era claro que los entrevistados en la investigacion no se sentían muy seguros sobre su situación futura en relación con el incipiente mercado de las enseñanzas de documentación.

Ex. The rising tension over the Olympic torch relay is heightening concerns whether this summer's Games will be clouded by political rancor.

* * *

(adj.) = escalating, ever-growing, ever-increasing, expanded, growing, increasing, mounting, rising, spiralling [spiraling, -USA], deepening, rapidly growing, expanding, constantly rising, swelling, ever larger [ever-larger], galloping, steadily rising, steadily growing, mushrooming, ever greater, rapidly expanding, ever-widening, burgeoning, heightening

Ex: Findings emphasised the escalating deprivation of applied social scientists in general and the local government and voluntary sectors in particular.

Ex: To gauge the full impact on the BNB one must add to these Arabic publications half a dozen books in Kurdish, not forgetting the ever-growing list of translations of oriental works.

Ex: Up to and including the fourteenth edition progress led to ever-increasing detail.

Ex: Co-operatives have played a much more extensive role in recent years and are set to continue in their expanded role.

Ex: Yet another variable factor is the growing presence of full text data bases.

Ex: The final order on the shelves is the reverse of this, so that an order of increasing speciality is achieved.

Ex: If the approach is not too blinkered, such situations, on the basis of mounting evidence, quickly lead to the realisation that technological solutions to information problems are at best partial.

Ex: But the good times ran out and the world recession of the 1970s brought rising inflation, unemployment and increasing pressure for better social services.

Ex: The ARL Serials Project is an initiative by the Association of Research Libraries (ARL) designed to combat the spiralling increases in periodicals prices.

Ex: The period from World War 2 to the present day saw the quickened pace and deepening specialisation of researches.

Ex: The scheme was designed by the Library of Congress staff to be tailor-made for their own library with its immense and rapidly growing stock and with its bias towards law and the social sciences.

Ex: There is an expanding interest in the idea of local government information services on the part of public libraries.

Ex: Recently there has been more than the usual talk about the exceptionally-high and constantly-rising costs of scholarly journals and what scholar, editors, and libraries can do about the situation.

Ex: By far the most difficult new challenge looming for librarianship will be preserving and providing access to 'born-digital' materials, that swelling mass of material that appears only in electronic form.

Ex: Technology plays an ever larger role in the delivery of services in libraries of all sizes.

Ex: But the introduction of market economics, galloping inflation and the breakdown of old administrative structures are causing problems, especially over funding..

Ex: Poland is currently enjoying a steadily rising national income, declining inflation, receding unemployment and an educational boom.

Ex: The strategy is to maintain a steadily growing base line which can expand in better times.

Ex: The position of the library as source provider has been eroded in an age of information explosions and mushrooming technology.

Ex: The results has been an ever greater obfuscation of what constitutes the profession of librarianship.

Ex: A rapidly expanding number of organizations have begun to use high performance, completely digital networks, such as the Internet.

Ex: The inter-library loan network operates like a spiral with the individual library at the centre and the local, regional, national and international back-up services forming an ever-widening circle around it.

Ex: It was apparent that the responders to the investigation were somewhat unsure of their future situation relative to the burgeoning information education market = Era claro que los entrevistados en la investigacion no se sentían muy seguros sobre su situación futura en relación con el incipiente mercado de las enseñanzas de documentación.

Ex: The rising tension over the Olympic torch relay is heightening concerns whether this summer's Games will be clouded by political rancor.

Spanish-English dictionary > cada vez mayor
14 cafetería

f.

1 coffee shop, coffeehouse, snack bar, coffee-bar.

2 milk bar.

* * *

cafetería

► nombre femenino

1 (gen) snack bar, coffee bar; (en un tren) buffet car

* * *

SF

1) [gen] café, coffee shop; (=autoservicio) cafeteria; (Ferro) buffet, refreshment car (EEUU)

2) LAm (=tienda) retail coffee shop

* * *

femenino ( café) café; (en museo, fábrica) cafeteria
•• Cultural note:
cafetería

In Spain, a place to have a coffee, other drinks, and pastries and cakes. Cafeterías are frequently combined with bares and are very similar. However, cafeterías are usually smarter, and serve a wider variety of dishes

* * *

= cafe, cafeteria, food-court, coffee house [coffee-house/coffeehouse], coffee bar, diner, coffee shop.

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

Ex. In the cafeteria, she disclosed to him what had happened at her meeting with Jay.

Ex. And then, perhaps more important of all of that, is the social and professional interaction that takes place at the conference, it is not rare to meet new friends at the food court that last for ever!.

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

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

Ex. The story of the postwar diner suggests some ways that purveyors of consumer commodities finessed and exploited emergent social dislocations in the drive to expand and diversify markets.

Ex. The services of the library, bookstore, and coffee shop were judged adequate by over 60%.

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* bar cafetería = cellar coffee bar.

* cafetería con terraza = curbside cafe, kerbside cafe.

* servicios de cafetería = food services.

* * *

femenino ( café) café; (en museo, fábrica) cafeteria
•• Cultural note:
cafetería

In Spain, a place to have a coffee, other drinks, and pastries and cakes. Cafeterías are frequently combined with bares and are very similar. However, cafeterías are usually smarter, and serve a wider variety of dishes

* * *

= cafe, cafeteria, food-court, coffee house [coffee-house/coffeehouse], coffee bar, diner, coffee shop.

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

Ex: In the cafeteria, she disclosed to him what had happened at her meeting with Jay.

Ex: And then, perhaps more important of all of that, is the social and professional interaction that takes place at the conference, it is not rare to meet new friends at the food court that last for ever!.

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

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

Ex: The story of the postwar diner suggests some ways that purveyors of consumer commodities finessed and exploited emergent social dislocations in the drive to expand and diversify markets.

Ex: The services of the library, bookstore, and coffee shop were judged adequate by over 60%.

* bar cafetería = cellar coffee bar.

* cafetería con terraza = curbside cafe, kerbside cafe.

* servicios de cafetería = food services.

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cafetería

feminine

cafetería (↑ cafetería a1)

coffee shop, café, coffee bar ( BrE)

CULTURAL NOTE

cafetería

In Spain, a place to have a coffee, other drinks, and pastries and cakes. Cafeterías are frequently combined with bares (↑ bar a1) and are very similar. However, cafeterías are usually smarter, and serve a wider variety of dishes.

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cafetería sustantivo femenino ( café) café;
(en museo, fábrica) cafeteria
cafetería sustantivo femenino snack bar, café
Ferroc buffet, refreshment room
' cafetería' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
barra
- cafetera
- convecina
- convecino
- directoria I
- directorio
- estudiantil
- lavabo
- mostrador
- murmullo
- pergeñar
- autoservicio
- café
- cantina
- chocolatería
- comedor
- soda
English:
buffet
- cafeteria
- coffee house
- friendly
- snack bar
- café
- diner
- snack

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cafetería nf
[establecimiento] café, snack bar; [en facultad, hospital, museo] cafeteria; [en empresa] canteen
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cafetería

f coffee shop

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cafetería nf

1) : coffee shop, café

2) : lunchroom, cafeteria

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cafetería n cafe / snack bar

Spanish-English dictionary > cafetería
15 depresión

f.

1 depression, downheartedness, blue devils, low spirits.

2 low-lying land, depressed land, basin, depression.

3 recession, depression, decreased business activity, slump.

4 embossment, cave, dimple.

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depresión

► nombre femenino

1 depression

■ depresión atmosférica atmospheric depression

■ depresión económica economic depression, slump

\

FRASEOLOGÍA

depresión nerviosa nervous breakdown

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noun f.

1) depression

2) slump, recession

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SF

1) (Med) depression

depresión nerviosa — nervous breakdown

depresión posparto — postnatal depression

2) (=hondonada) [en terreno] depression; [en horizonte, camino] dip

3) (=descenso) [de temperatura, presión] drop, fall (de in)

depresión del mercurio — fall in temperature

4) (Econ) depression, recession

5) (Meteo) depression

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femenino

1) (Psic) depression

- depresión posparto

2) (Meteo) depression

•

- depresión atmosférica or barométrica

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= blues, depression, hollow, pit, trough, divot [divet].

Nota: Usado generalmente tanto para la depresión como para la plasta de césped que el jugador de golf a veces hac o levanta al intentar golpear la bola.

Ex. Other speakers tackled the financial blues directly, discussing the most effective way of handling serials cancellations.

Ex. The loneliness and isolation of families, particularly housewives, produced symptoms of stress and depression.

Ex. It can certainly be status-conferring to let it be known in social conversation that one has read the latest Fay Weldon book, but if the group one is in never reads Fay Weldon anyway and could not care less what she has written then the victory is a somewhat hollow one.

Ex. The 120 mm diameter disc contains more than 20,000 tracks within which sound is represented in the same physical form (by microscopic pits and plateaus) as in an optical video disc.

Ex. Public libraries have continued to expand since the trough of the 1950s.

Ex. The only problem with divots is when you walk along the golf course and see them strewn about like so much 'Fairway Roadkill'.

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* depresión de invierno = seasonal depression.

* depresión del lunes = Monday blues.

* depresión del lunes por la mañana = Monday-morning blues.

* depresión económica = economic depression, economic doldrums.

* depresión maníaca = manic depression.

* depresión nerviosa = breakdown, nervous breakdown.

* Gran Depresión, la = Depression, the, Great Depression, the.

* llena de depresiones = pitted.

* maniaco-depresión = manic depression.

* sufrir una depresión nerviosa = have + a breakdown.

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femenino

1) (Psic) depression

- depresión posparto

2) (Meteo) depression

•

- depresión atmosférica or barométrica

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= blues, depression, hollow, pit, trough, divot [divet].

Nota: Usado generalmente tanto para la depresión como para la plasta de césped que el jugador de golf a veces hac o levanta al intentar golpear la bola.

Ex: Other speakers tackled the financial blues directly, discussing the most effective way of handling serials cancellations.

Ex: The loneliness and isolation of families, particularly housewives, produced symptoms of stress and depression.

Ex: It can certainly be status-conferring to let it be known in social conversation that one has read the latest Fay Weldon book, but if the group one is in never reads Fay Weldon anyway and could not care less what she has written then the victory is a somewhat hollow one.

Ex: The 120 mm diameter disc contains more than 20,000 tracks within which sound is represented in the same physical form (by microscopic pits and plateaus) as in an optical video disc.

Ex: Public libraries have continued to expand since the trough of the 1950s.

Ex: The only problem with divots is when you walk along the golf course and see them strewn about like so much 'Fairway Roadkill'.

* depresión de invierno = seasonal depression.

* depresión del lunes = Monday blues.

* depresión del lunes por la mañana = Monday-morning blues.

* depresión económica = economic depression, economic doldrums.

* depresión maníaca = manic depression.

* depresión nerviosa = breakdown, nervous breakdown.

* Gran Depresión, la = Depression, the, Great Depression, the.

* llena de depresiones = pitted.

* maniaco-depresión = manic depression.

* sufrir una depresión nerviosa = have + a breakdown.

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depresión

feminine

A ( Psic) depression

Compuesto:

depresión posparto

postnatal depression

B (en un terreno) depression

C ( Econ) depression grande¹ (↑ grande (1))

D ( Meteo) depression

Compuestos:

● depresión atmosférica or barométrica

atmospheric o barometric depression

● depresión tropical

tropical depression

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Multiple Entries:
de presión
depresión
depresión sustantivo femenino
depression
depresión sustantivo femenino
1 (psicológica) depression
depresión nerviosa, nervous breakdown
depresión postparto, postnatal depression
2 (financiera, comercial) depresión económica, economic crisis, slump
3 Meteor depression
4 (del terreno) hollow, depression
' depresión' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
aplanamiento
- con
- incapacitar
- badén
- desnivel
- hoyo
- salir
English:
depression
- dip
- hollow
- set in
- slump
- spirit
- subject
- trough
- ultimately

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depresión nf

1. [anímica] depression

Comp
depresión nerviosa nervous breakdown;
depresión posparto postnatal o postpartum depression;

depresión puerperal postnatal o postpartum depression

2. [económica] depression

3. [en superficie, terreno] hollow, depression

4. Meteo depresión atmosférica atmospheric depression;

depresión barométrica atmospheric depression

5. Náut
depresión del horizonte dip of the horizon

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depresión

f MED depression

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depresión nf, pl - siones

1) : depression

2) : hollow, recess

3) : drop, fall

4) : slump, recession

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depresión n depression

Spanish-English dictionary > depresión
16 explicar

v.

1 to explain.

¿te importaría explicarme qué pasa? would you mind telling me o explaining what's going on?

explícame cómo funciona tell me how it works

Ella explicó el motivo She explained the motive.

2 to teach, to lecture in.

3 to explain to, to explain, to clear up, to make it clear for.

Elsa le explicó a su hijo Elsa explained to her son.

4 to account for.

Ellos explicaron el desastre They accounted for the disaster.

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explicar

Conjugation model [ SACAR], like link=sacar sacar

► verbo transitivo

1 (gen) to explain, expound, tell

■ ¿puedes explicar cómo desmontarlo? can you explain how to dismantle it?

■ explícame por qué no viniste tell me why you didn't come

2 (justificar) to justify

■ no pudo explicar su presencia he couldn't justify his presence

► verbo pronominal explicarse

1 (expresarse) to explain oneself, make oneself understood, make oneself clear

2 (comprender) to understand, make out

■ no me lo explico I can't understand it

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FRASEOLOGÍA

¿me explico? do you understand?

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verb

to explain

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1. VT

1) (=exponer) [+ motivo, tema, cuestión, problema] to explain; [+ teoría] to expound

2) (Escol) [+ materia] to lecture in; [+ curso] to teach; [+ clase] to give, deliver frm

2.

See:

explicarse
EXPLICAR ► Cuando explicar lleva objeto directo e indirecto, el orden en inglés es normalmente explain + ((objeto directo)) + to + ((objeto indirecto)): ¿Puedes explicarme eso? Can you explain that to me? Ya se lo he explicado a mi familia I've already explained it to my family Os explicaré la situación I will explain the situation to you ► Sin embargo, si el objeto directo es una construcción más compleja, en inglés se sigue el mismo orden que en español, sin olvidar el uso de la preposición to: ¿Puedes explicarme por qué no viniste ni llamaste ayer? Can you explain to me why you didn't come or phone yesterday? Para otros usos y ejemplos ver la entrada
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1.
verbo transitivo to explain

no sé explicarlo — I don't know how to explain it
2.
explicarse v pron

a) (comprender, concebir) to understand

no me lo explico — I can't understand it o (colloq) I just don't get it

b) ( hacerse comprender) to express oneself

se explica muy bien — he expresses himself very well

explícate — explain what you mean

¿me explico? — is that clear? o do you understand what I mean?

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= account for, explain, present + discussion, set out, spell out, explicate, expound (on), set forth.

Ex. The major four categories of physical forms outlined so far account for most of the published indexes and catalogues.

Ex. This may help explain why many working in this field fail to practise what they preach.

Ex. This article presents a detailed discussion of the use of Hypermedia for authoring, organisation and presentation of information.

Ex. These complications were not hidden or implicit; they were clearly set out at the beginning of the volume under 'Rules for the Compilation of the Catalog'.

Ex. Certain obligations of public and university libraries and publicly supported library networks often are also spelled out in statutory form.

Ex. Sometime around the turn of the century the American library community decided against continuing its analysis of the periodical literature that we find so well explicated in the printed catalogs of Enoch Pratt and other major libraries at that time.

Ex. The philosophy of building CD-ROM data bases with files with common subject interests is expounded with reference to the OSH-ROM, CHEM-BANK and CANCER-CD data bases.

Ex. She sets forth some of the conditions which may have led to this situation in the hope that it may bring about further study.

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* encontrar difícil de explicar = be hard put to explain.

* explicar Algo a Alguien = interpret + Algo + to + Alguien.

* explicar cómo = give + instructions for.

* explicar en detalle = explain + at length.

* explicar largamente = dwell on/upon.

* explicar la situación = explain + the situation.

* explicar las razones de = set out + the reasons for.

* explicar + Posesivo + versión del incidente = explain + Posesivo + side of the incident.

* explicar + Posesivo + versión de los hechos = explain + Posesivo + side of the story.

* explicarse = puzzle out.

* explicar una noción = put across + conception.

* explicar un Tema con más detalle = expand upon/on + Tema.

* no saber cómo explicarlo = be at a loss to explain it.

* que se explica por sí mismo = self-explanatory [self explanatory/selfexplanatory].

* sin explicar = unexplained.

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1.
verbo transitivo to explain

no sé explicarlo — I don't know how to explain it
2.
explicarse v pron

a) (comprender, concebir) to understand

no me lo explico — I can't understand it o (colloq) I just don't get it

b) ( hacerse comprender) to express oneself

se explica muy bien — he expresses himself very well

explícate — explain what you mean

¿me explico? — is that clear? o do you understand what I mean?

* * *

= account for, explain, present + discussion, set out, spell out, explicate, expound (on), set forth.

Ex: The major four categories of physical forms outlined so far account for most of the published indexes and catalogues.

Ex: This may help explain why many working in this field fail to practise what they preach.

Ex: This article presents a detailed discussion of the use of Hypermedia for authoring, organisation and presentation of information.

Ex: These complications were not hidden or implicit; they were clearly set out at the beginning of the volume under 'Rules for the Compilation of the Catalog'.

Ex: Certain obligations of public and university libraries and publicly supported library networks often are also spelled out in statutory form.

Ex: Sometime around the turn of the century the American library community decided against continuing its analysis of the periodical literature that we find so well explicated in the printed catalogs of Enoch Pratt and other major libraries at that time.

Ex: The philosophy of building CD-ROM data bases with files with common subject interests is expounded with reference to the OSH-ROM, CHEM-BANK and CANCER-CD data bases.

Ex: She sets forth some of the conditions which may have led to this situation in the hope that it may bring about further study.

* encontrar difícil de explicar = be hard put to explain.

* explicar Algo a Alguien = interpret + Algo + to + Alguien.

* explicar cómo = give + instructions for.

* explicar en detalle = explain + at length.

* explicar largamente = dwell on/upon.

* explicar la situación = explain + the situation.

* explicar las razones de = set out + the reasons for.

* explicar + Posesivo + versión del incidente = explain + Posesivo + side of the incident.

* explicar + Posesivo + versión de los hechos = explain + Posesivo + side of the story.

* explicarse = puzzle out.

* explicar una noción = put across + conception.

* explicar un Tema con más detalle = expand upon/on + Tema.

* no saber cómo explicarlo = be at a loss to explain it.

* que se explica por sí mismo = self-explanatory [self explanatory/selfexplanatory].

* sin explicar = unexplained.

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explicar [A2 ]

vt

to explain

¿nos puedes explicar en qué consiste el juego? can you explain to us o show us how to play the game?

¿nos vas a explicar por qué llegaste tan tarde? are you going to explain why o give us an explanation as to why you were so late?

no sé explicarlo I don't know how to express o explain it

■ explicarse

v pron

1 (comprender, concebir) to understand

no me explico cómo pudo suceder una cosa así I don't understand o I can't make out how something like this could have happened

no me lo explico, si estaba aquí hace un momento I can't understand it o ( colloq) I just don't get it, she was here a moment ago

2

(hacerse comprender): se explica muy bien he expresses himself very well

espero haberme explicado con toda claridad I hope I have made myself quite clear

no sé lo que quieres decir, explícate I don't know what you're trying to say, explain what you mean

¿me explico? is that clear? o do you understand what I mean?

no sabe explicarse he isn't very good at expressing himself o putting his ideas across o explaining things

se explicó diciendo que él creía que caducaba mañana he explained it (away) by saying that he thought it expired tomorrow

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explicar ( conjugate explicar) verbo transitivo
to explain;
◊ no sé explicarlo I don't know how to explain it

explicarse verbo pronominal
a) (comprender, concebir) to understand;

◊ no me lo explico I can't understand it o (colloq) I just don't get it

b) ( hacerse comprender) to express oneself;

◊ explícate explain what you mean;

¿me explico? do you understand what I mean?
explicar verbo transitivo to explain
' explicar' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
difícil
- repasar
- traducir
- llanamente
- minucia
English:
account for
- concoct
- die out
- elaborate
- explain
- for
- set-up
- show
- so
- spell out
- study
- account
- detail
- spell

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explicar

♦ vt

1. [exponer, contar] to explain;
[teoría] to expound;
explícame cómo funciona tell me how it works;

¿te importaría explicarme qué pasa? would you mind telling me o explaining what's going on?;

es una sensación rara, no lo puedo explicar it's a strange feeling, I can't explain it

2. [enseñar] to teach, to lecture in

♦ See also the pronominal verb explicarse

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explicar

v/t explain

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explicar {72} vt

: to explain

♦ See also the reflexive verb explicarse

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explicar vb to explain / to tell [pt. & pp. told]

explícanos qué ha pasado explain what happened / tell us what happened

me lo explicó de nuevo he explained it to me again

Spanish-English dictionary > explicar
17 correr

v.

1 to run (persona, animal).

me gusta correr todas las mañanas I like to go for a run every morning

¡corre a pedir ayuda! run for help!

a todo correr at full speed o pelt

María corrió hacia la casa Mary ran towards the house.

El agua corre libremente Water runs free.

Ellos corren riesgos They run risks.

Pedro corre el programa en su computadora Peter runs the program on his...

2 to drive fast.

3 to flow.

4 to pass, to go by (time).

esta última semana ha pasado corriendo this last week has flown by

5 to spread (noticia).

corre el rumor de que… there's a rumor that…

Los rumores corren sin tregua Rumors circulate relentlessly.

6 to cover (recorrer) (una distancia).

corrió los 100 metros he ran the 100 meters

7 to move or pull up (mover) (mesa, silla).

corre la cabeza, que no veo move your head out of the way, I can't see

Ricardo corrió los muebles Richard moved the furniture.

8 to run (informal) (computing) (programa, aplicación).

9 to operate, to run.

Los programas corren sin problema The programs run without a problem.

10 to fire, to dismiss, to boot out.

María corrió al jardinero Mary fired the gardener.

11 to expand, to propagate, to spread.

El fuego corrió por toda la selva The fire spread throughout the jungle.

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correr

► verbo intransitivo

1 (gen) to run

■ se marchó corriendo she ran off

2 (darse prisa) to rush, hurry

■ ¡corre, es tarde! hurry up, it's late!

3 (viento) to blow

4 (agua) to flow, run

5 (tiempo) to pass, fly

6 (noticias) to spread, circulate

■ el rumor corría por la ciudad the rumour spread throughout the city

7 (conductor) to drive fast

■ Juan corre mucho Juan drives very fast

8 (coche) to go fast

9 (sueldo, interés) to be payable

10 (puerta, ventana) to slide

11 (moneda) to be legal tender

► verbo transitivo

1 (distancia) to cover; (país) to travel through

2 (carrera) to run; (caballo) to race, run

3 (echar) to close; (cortina) to draw; (cerrojo) to bolt

4 (mover) to pull up, move, draw up

■ corre la mesa move the table

5 (estar expuesto) to run

■ correr un peligro to run a risk

6 (aventura) to have

7 (avergonzar) to make ashamed

8 (turbar) to make embarrassed

► verbo pronominal correrse

1 (persona) to move over; (objeto) to shift, slide

2 (color, tinta) to run

3 (media) to ladder

4 (avergonzarse) to blush, go red

5 tabú (tener orgasmo) to come

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FRASEOLOGÍA

a todo correr at full speed

correr a cargo de alguien (ocuparse) to take care of something 2 (pagar) to pay for something

■ la cena corre a mi cargo I'll pay for the dinner

correr con algo to be responsible for something

correr con los gastos to foot the bill

corre la voz de que... rumour has it that...

correr mundo to be a globe-trotter

correr un peligro to be in danger

correrla familiar to live it up

dejar correr algo to let something drop, let something ride

deprisa y corriendo in a hurry

el mes que corre the current month

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verb

1) to run,

2) rush

3) flow

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1. VI

1) (=ir deprisa) [persona, animal] to run; [vehículo] to go fast

tuve que correr para alcanzar el autobús — I had to run to catch the bus

se me acercó corriendo — he ran up to me

subió las escaleras corriendo — he ran up the stairs

corrió a decírselo — he ran to tell him

¡cómo corre este coche! — this car's really fast!, this car can really go some!

no corras tanto, que hay hielo en la carretera — don't go so fast, the road's icy

• echar a correr — to start running, break into a run

el ladrón echó a correr — the thief ran off

- correr como un galgo o gamo

2) (=darse prisa) to hurry, rush

¡corre! — hurry (up)!

corre que llegamos tarde — hurry (up) or we'll be late

no corras que te equivocarás — don't rush it or you'll make a mistake

me voy corriendo, que sale el tren dentro de diez minutos — I must dash, the train leaves in ten minutes

llega el jefe, más vale que te vayas corriendo — the boss is coming so you'd better get out of here

• hacer algo a todo correr — to do sth as fast as one can

salieron a todo correr — they rushed out as fast as they could

3) (=fluir) [agua] to run, flow; [aire] to flow; [grifo, fuente] to run

el río corre muy crecido — the river is running very high

corre mucho viento — there's a strong wind blowing, it's very windy

voy a cerrar la ventana porque corre un poco de aire — I'm going to shut the window because there's a bit of a draught o draft (EEUU)

el camino corre por un paisaje pintoresco — the road runs o goes through picturesque countryside

han corrido ríos de tinta sobre el asunto — reams and reams have been written on the subject

por sus venas corre sangre china — he has Chinese blood

• correr paralelo a, una cadena montañosa que corre paralela a la costa — a chain of mountains that runs parallel to the coast

la historia de los ordenadores corre paralela a los adelantos en materia de semiconductores — the history of computers runs parallel to advances in semiconductor technology

- dejar las cosas correr

4) [tiempo]

el tiempo corre — time is getting on o pressing

¡cómo corre el tiempo! — time flies!

el mes que corre — the current month, the present month

corría el año 1965 — it was 1965

al o con el correr del tiempo — over the years

en estos o los tiempos que corren — nowadays, these days

en los tiempos que corren es difícil encontrar personas tan honradas — it's hard to find people as honest as him these days o nowadays

es un tipo demasiado sensible para los tiempos que corren — he's too sensitive for this day and age

5) (=moverse) [rumor] to go round; [creencia] to be widespread

el dinero corre con fluidez — money is constantly changing hands

las noticias corren muy deprisa — news travels fast

corre por ahí un documento muy interesante — there's a very interesting document going around

la noticia corría de boca en boca — the news was on everyone's lips

la noticia corrió como la pólvora — the news spread like wildfire

6) (=hacerse cargo)

eso corre de mi cuenta — I'll take care of that

• correr a cargo de algn, eso corre a cargo de la empresa — the company will take care of that

la entrega del premio corrió a cargo del ministro de Cultura — the prize was presented by the Minister for Culture

la música corrió a cargo de la RPO — the music was provided by the RPO

la traducción ha corrido a cargo de Cortázar — the translation is by Cortázar

• correr con algo, correr con los gastos — to meet o bear the expenses

el inversor corre con los riesgos — the investor bears the risk

correr con la casa — to run the house, manage the house

7) (Econ) [sueldo] to be payable; [moneda] to be valid

su sueldo correrá desde el primer día del mes — his salary will be payable from the first of the month

8)

correr a o por — (=venderse) to sell at

2. VT

1) (Dep) [+ distancia] to run; [+ prueba] to compete in

corre cinco kilómetros diarios — she runs five kilometres a day

corrí 50 metros hasta alcanzar la carretera — I ran for 50 metres until I reached the road

Carl Lewis ha decidido no correr los 100 metros — Carl Lewis has decided not to run (in) o compete in the 100 metres

corrió la Vuelta a España — he competed in the Tour of Spain

ha corrido medio mundo — he's been round half the world

2) (=desplazar) [+ objeto] to move along; [+ silla] to move; [+ balanza] to tip; [+ nudo] to adjust; [+ vela] to unfurl

corre un poco la silla para allá — move the chair (along) that way a little

corrió el pestillo — she bolted the door

corre la cortina — draw the curtain
velo 1)
3) (=hacer correr) [+ caballo] to run, race; [+ caza] to chase, pursue

correr un toro — to run in front of and avoid being gored by a charging bull for sport

4) (=tener) [+ riesgo] to run; [+ suerte] to suffer, undergo

corren el riesgo de ser encarcelados — they run the risk of being sent to prison

no quería correr la misma suerte de su amigo — he didn't want to suffer o undergo the same fate as his friend

no corréis peligro — you're not in (any) danger

el acuerdo no parece correr peligro — the agreement doesn't seem to be in danger
prisa
5) (=extender)

el agua corrió la pintura — the water made the paint run

las lágrimas le corrieron el maquillaje — her tears made her make-up run

has corrido la tinta por toda la página — you've smeared the ink across the page

6) (Mil) (=invadir) to raid; (=destruir) to lay waste

7) (Com) to auction

8) (=abochornar) to embarrass

9) esp LAm * (=expulsar) to chuck out *

lo corrieron de la casa con gritos y patadas — they chucked him kicking and screaming out of the house *

10)

correrla — * (=ir de juerga) to live it up *

3.

See:

correrse

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1.
verbo intransitivo

1)

a) to run

bajó/subió las escaleras corriendo — she ran down/up the stairs

salieron corriendo del banco — they ran out of the bank

echó a correr — he started to run, he broke into a run

corrió a su encuentro — she ran to meet him

a todo correr — at top speed

salió a todo correr — he went/came shooting out

b) (Dep) atleta to run; caballo to run

sale a correr todas las mañañas — she goes for a run every morning

c) (Auto, Dep) piloto/conductor to race

2)

a) ( apresurarse)

llevo todo el día corriendo de un lado para otro — I've been rushing around all day long

corre, ponte los zapatos! — hurry o quick, put your shoes on!

rellénalo corriendo y entrégalo — fill it in quickly and hand it in

no corras tanto que te equivocarás — don't rush it o don't do it so quickly, you'll only make mistakes

corrí a llamarte/a escribirte — I rushed to call you/write to you

me tengo que ir corriendo — I have to rush off

se fueron corriendo al hospital — they rushed to the hospital

b) (fam) (ir, moverse) (+ compl) vehículo/conductor

corre mucho — he drives too/very fast

esa moto corre mucho — that motorcycle is o goes really fast

3)

a) (+ compl) cordillera/carretera to run; río to run, flow

b) agua to flow, run; sangre to flow

corría una brisa suave — there was a gentle breeze

corre mucho viento hoy — it's very windy today

dejar correr algo — to let something go

c) rumor

corre el rumor de que... — there is a rumor going around that..., rumor has it that...

corrió la voz de que... — there was a rumor that...

d) polea to run; puerta to slide

la cremallera no corre — the zipper (AmE) o (BrE) zip is stuck

el pestillo no corre — I can't bolt/unbolt the door

4) tiempo

a) (pasar, transcurrir)

corren tiempos difíciles — these are difficult times

corría el año 1939 cuando... — it was in 1939 that...

con el correr de los años — as time went/goes by

el mes que corre — in the current month (frml)

b) ( pasar de prisa) to fly

5) sueldo/alquiler to be payable

6) ( hacerse cargo)

correr con algo — < con gastos> to pay something; < con organización> to be responsible for something
2.
correr vt

1)

a) (Dep) < maratón> to run

corrió los 1.500 metros — he ran the 1,500 meters

b) (Auto, Dep) <prueba/gran premio> to race in

2)

a) (fam) (echar, expulsar) to kick... out (colloq), to chuck... out (colloq)

b) (fam) ( perseguir) to run after

3)

a) ( exponerse a)

no quiero correr riesgos — I don't want to take any risks

corres el riesgo de perderlo — you run the risk of losing it

aquí no corres peligro — you're safe here

b) ( experimentar)

ambos corrieron parecida suerte — they both suffered a similar fate

juntos corrimos grandes aventuras — we had some great adventures together

4) ( mover)

a) <botón/ficha/silla> to move

b) < cortina> ( cerrar) to draw o close; ( abrir) to open o pull back

corre el cerrojo — bolt the door

c) (Inf) < texto> to scroll
3.
correrse v pron

1) ( moverse)

a) silla/cama to move; pieza/carga to shift

b) (fam) persona to move up o over

2)

a) tinta to run; rímel/maquillaje to run, smudge; (+ me/te/le etc)

se me corrió el rímel — my mascara ran

b) (AmL) media to ladder

3) (Esp arg) ( llegar al orgasmo) to come (colloq)

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= flow, race, running, jogging, course.

Ex. At this disclosure, a flush flowed from Leforte's cheeks to her neck.

Ex. These companies have been racing to define the information superhighway for themselves, and to stake a claim in what they view as the economic engine of the information age.

Ex. Thus in games, manipulatory skills are often exercised and extended, as for example in games that involve running, climbing or making objects -- bows and arrows, catapults, clothes for dolls, and so on.

Ex. Major risk factors for cardiovascular disease are discussed, as well as how development of coronary disease can be attenuated or arrested by a prolonged routine of jogging.

Ex. The disease is called temporal arteritis because the temporal arteries, which course along the sides of the head just in front of the ears (to the temples), often become inflamed.

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* con el correr del tiempo = over the years, in the process of time, with the passage of time.

* corre el rumor de que = rumour has it that.

* corre la voz de que = rumour has it that.

* correr a cargo de = be the responsibility of.

* correr a toda velocidad = sprint.

* correr como alma que lleva el diablo = run for + Posesivo + life.

* correr con los gastos = bear + the cost(s), pick up + the tab, pay + the piper.

* correr de acá para allá = rush around.

* correr de aquí para allá = rush around, run + here and there.

* correr de la cuenta de Alguien = be on + Pronombre.

* correr desaforadamente = run for + Posesivo + life.

* correr de un sitio para otro = rush around.

* correr el peligro de = be in danger (of), run + the danger of.

* correr el riesgo = risk, face + the risk, chance, take + Posesivo + chances.

* correr la impresión = slur + impression.

* correr la voz = spread + the news, spread + the word.

* correr más deprisa que = outrun [out-run].

* correr mundo = see + life, see + the world.

* correr peligro = be at risk.

* correr que se las pela = run for + Posesivo + life.

* correr ríos de tinta = spill + vast quantities of ink, a lot + be written about, much + be written about.

* correrse = come.

* correrse dormido = wet dream.

* correrse una juerga = have + a ball, have + a great time.

* correr un gran riesgo = play (for) + high stakes.

* correr un riesgo = run + risk, take + risks, take + chances (on).

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

* correr un velo sobre las cosas = sweep + things under the rug.

* corría el rumor de que = rumour had it that.

* corría la voz de que = rumour had it that.

* corriendo con los gastos = at + Posesivo + own expense.

* de bulla y corriendo = in a rush.

* dejar el agua correr = let bygones be bygones.

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

* entrar y salir corriendo = run in and out.

* gastos + correr a cuenta de = bear + the cost(s).

* hacer correr la voz = spread + the word, spread + the good word, pass on + the good word, spread + the news.

* ir corriendo = hot-foot it to.

* ir corriendo a = dash off to, run off to.

* irse corriendo = dash off, shoot off.

* llevar al hospital de bulla y corriendo = rush + Nombre + to hospital.

* máquina de andar o correr estática = treadmill.

* no correr prisa = there + be + no hurry.

* salir corriendo = leg it, run off, run away, bolt, make + a bolt for, dash off, take off, shoot off, take off + running, take to + Posesivo + heels.

* salir corriendo a la calle = run into + the street.

* volver corriendo = scurry back.

* zapatilla de correr = running shoe.

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1.
verbo intransitivo

1)

a) to run

bajó/subió las escaleras corriendo — she ran down/up the stairs

salieron corriendo del banco — they ran out of the bank

echó a correr — he started to run, he broke into a run

corrió a su encuentro — she ran to meet him

a todo correr — at top speed

salió a todo correr — he went/came shooting out

b) (Dep) atleta to run; caballo to run

sale a correr todas las mañañas — she goes for a run every morning

c) (Auto, Dep) piloto/conductor to race

2)

a) ( apresurarse)

llevo todo el día corriendo de un lado para otro — I've been rushing around all day long

corre, ponte los zapatos! — hurry o quick, put your shoes on!

rellénalo corriendo y entrégalo — fill it in quickly and hand it in

no corras tanto que te equivocarás — don't rush it o don't do it so quickly, you'll only make mistakes

corrí a llamarte/a escribirte — I rushed to call you/write to you

me tengo que ir corriendo — I have to rush off

se fueron corriendo al hospital — they rushed to the hospital

b) (fam) (ir, moverse) (+ compl) vehículo/conductor

corre mucho — he drives too/very fast

esa moto corre mucho — that motorcycle is o goes really fast

3)

a) (+ compl) cordillera/carretera to run; río to run, flow

b) agua to flow, run; sangre to flow

corría una brisa suave — there was a gentle breeze

corre mucho viento hoy — it's very windy today

dejar correr algo — to let something go

c) rumor

corre el rumor de que... — there is a rumor going around that..., rumor has it that...

corrió la voz de que... — there was a rumor that...

d) polea to run; puerta to slide

la cremallera no corre — the zipper (AmE) o (BrE) zip is stuck

el pestillo no corre — I can't bolt/unbolt the door

4) tiempo

a) (pasar, transcurrir)

corren tiempos difíciles — these are difficult times

corría el año 1939 cuando... — it was in 1939 that...

con el correr de los años — as time went/goes by

el mes que corre — in the current month (frml)

b) ( pasar de prisa) to fly

5) sueldo/alquiler to be payable

6) ( hacerse cargo)

correr con algo — < con gastos> to pay something; < con organización> to be responsible for something
2.
correr vt

1)

a) (Dep) < maratón> to run

corrió los 1.500 metros — he ran the 1,500 meters

b) (Auto, Dep) <prueba/gran premio> to race in

2)

a) (fam) (echar, expulsar) to kick... out (colloq), to chuck... out (colloq)

b) (fam) ( perseguir) to run after

3)

a) ( exponerse a)

no quiero correr riesgos — I don't want to take any risks

corres el riesgo de perderlo — you run the risk of losing it

aquí no corres peligro — you're safe here

b) ( experimentar)

ambos corrieron parecida suerte — they both suffered a similar fate

juntos corrimos grandes aventuras — we had some great adventures together

4) ( mover)

a) <botón/ficha/silla> to move

b) < cortina> ( cerrar) to draw o close; ( abrir) to open o pull back

corre el cerrojo — bolt the door

c) (Inf) < texto> to scroll
3.
correrse v pron

1) ( moverse)

a) silla/cama to move; pieza/carga to shift

b) (fam) persona to move up o over

2)

a) tinta to run; rímel/maquillaje to run, smudge; (+ me/te/le etc)

se me corrió el rímel — my mascara ran

b) (AmL) media to ladder

3) (Esp arg) ( llegar al orgasmo) to come (colloq)

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= flow, race, running, jogging, course.

Ex: At this disclosure, a flush flowed from Leforte's cheeks to her neck.

Ex: These companies have been racing to define the information superhighway for themselves, and to stake a claim in what they view as the economic engine of the information age.

Ex: Thus in games, manipulatory skills are often exercised and extended, as for example in games that involve running, climbing or making objects -- bows and arrows, catapults, clothes for dolls, and so on.

Ex: Major risk factors for cardiovascular disease are discussed, as well as how development of coronary disease can be attenuated or arrested by a prolonged routine of jogging.

Ex: The disease is called temporal arteritis because the temporal arteries, which course along the sides of the head just in front of the ears (to the temples), often become inflamed.

* con el correr del tiempo = over the years, in the process of time, with the passage of time.

* corre el rumor de que = rumour has it that.

* corre la voz de que = rumour has it that.

* correr a cargo de = be the responsibility of.

* correr a toda velocidad = sprint.

* correr como alma que lleva el diablo = run for + Posesivo + life.

* correr con los gastos = bear + the cost(s), pick up + the tab, pay + the piper.

* correr de acá para allá = rush around.

* correr de aquí para allá = rush around, run + here and there.

* correr de la cuenta de Alguien = be on + Pronombre.

* correr desaforadamente = run for + Posesivo + life.

* correr de un sitio para otro = rush around.

* correr el peligro de = be in danger (of), run + the danger of.

* correr el riesgo = risk, face + the risk, chance, take + Posesivo + chances.

* correr la impresión = slur + impression.

* correr la voz = spread + the news, spread + the word.

* correr más deprisa que = outrun [out-run].

* correr mundo = see + life, see + the world.

* correr peligro = be at risk.

* correr que se las pela = run for + Posesivo + life.

* correr ríos de tinta = spill + vast quantities of ink, a lot + be written about, much + be written about.

* correrse = come.

* correrse dormido = wet dream.

* correrse una juerga = have + a ball, have + a great time.

* correr un gran riesgo = play (for) + high stakes.

* correr un riesgo = run + risk, take + risks, take + chances (on).

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

* correr un velo sobre las cosas = sweep + things under the rug.

* corría el rumor de que = rumour had it that.

* corría la voz de que = rumour had it that.

* corriendo con los gastos = at + Posesivo + own expense.

* de bulla y corriendo = in a rush.

* dejar el agua correr = let bygones be bygones.

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

* entrar y salir corriendo = run in and out.

* gastos + correr a cuenta de = bear + the cost(s).

* hacer correr la voz = spread + the word, spread + the good word, pass on + the good word, spread + the news.

* ir corriendo = hot-foot it to.

* ir corriendo a = dash off to, run off to.

* irse corriendo = dash off, shoot off.

* llevar al hospital de bulla y corriendo = rush + Nombre + to hospital.

* máquina de andar o correr estática = treadmill.

* no correr prisa = there + be + no hurry.

* salir corriendo = leg it, run off, run away, bolt, make + a bolt for, dash off, take off, shoot off, take off + running, take to + Posesivo + heels.

* salir corriendo a la calle = run into + the street.

* volver corriendo = scurry back.

* zapatilla de correr = running shoe.

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correr [E1 ]

vi

A

1 to run

tuve que correr para no perder el tren I had to run or I'd have missed the train

bajó las escaleras corriendo she ran down the stairs

los atracadores salieron corriendo del banco the robbers ran out of the bank

iba corriendo y se cayó she was running and she fell over

corrían tras el ladrón they were running after the thief

echó a correr he started to run, he broke into a run

cuando lo vio corrió a su encuentro when she saw him she rushed o ran to meet him

a todo correr at top speed, as fast as I/he could

salió a todo correr he went/came shooting out

corre que te corre: se fueron, corre que te corre, para la playa they went tearing o racing off to the beach

el que no corre vuela you have to be quick off the mark

2 ( Dep) «atleta» to run; «caballo» to run

sale a correr todas las mañanas she goes out running o jogging every morning, she goes for a run every morning

corre en la maratón he's running in the marathon

3 ( Auto, Dep) «piloto/conductor» to race

corre con una escudería italiana he races o drives for an Italian team

B

1

(apresurarse): llevo todo el día corriendo de un lado para otro I've been rushing around all day long, I've been on the go all day long ( colloq)

¡corre, ponte los zapatos! hurry o quick, put your shoes on!

no corras tanto que te equivocarás don't rush it o don't do it so quickly, you'll only make mistakes

en cuanto me enteré corrí a llamarte/a escribirle as soon as I heard, I rushed to call you/write to him

vino pero se fue corriendo he came but he rushed off o raced off again

se fueron corriendo al hospital they rushed to the hospital

2 ( fam) (ir, moverse) (+ compl):

corre mucho he drives too/very fast

esa moto corre mucho that motorcycle is o goes really fast

C

1 (+ compl) «cordillera/carretera» to run; «río» to run, flow

corre paralela a la costa it runs parallel to the coast

el río corre por un valle abrupto the river runs o flows through a steep-sided valley

2 «agua» to flow, run; «sangre» to flow

corría una brisa suave there was a gentle breeze, a gentle breeze was blowing

corre mucho viento hoy it's very windy today

el champán corría como agua the champagne flowed like water

3

«rumor»: corre el rumor de que … there is a rumor going around that …, word o rumor has it that …

corrió la voz de que se había fugado there was a rumor that she had escaped

4 «polea» to run

la cremallera no corre the zipper ( AmE) o ( BrE) zip is stuck o won't do up/undo

el pestillo no corre I can't bolt/unbolt the door, the bolt won't move o slide

D «días/meses/años»

1

(pasar, transcurrir): corren tiempos difíciles these are difficult times

corría el año 1939 cuando … it was in 1939 that …

con el correr de los años as time went/goes by, as years passed/pass

el mes que corre this month, in the current month ( frml)

2 (pasar de prisa) to fly

¡cómo corre el tiempo! how time flies!

los días pasan corriendo the days fly by o go by in a flash

E

1 «sueldo/alquiler» to be payable

2 (ser válido) to be valid

las nuevas tarifas empezarán a correr a partir de mañana the new rates come into effect from tomorrow

ya sabes que esas excusas aquí no corren (CS); you know you can't get away with excuses like that here, you know excuses like that won't wash with me/us ( colloq)

estos bonos ya no corren these vouchers are no longer valid

3 (venderse) correr A or POR algo to sell AT o FOR sth

F correr con ‹gastos› to pay

la empresa corrió con los gastos de la mudanza the firm paid the removal expenses o the moving expenses o met the cost of the removal

el Ayuntamiento corrió con la organización del certamen the town council organized o was responsible for organizing the competition

■ correr

vt

A

1 ( Dep) ‹maratón› to run

corrió los 1.500 metros he ran the 1,500 meters

correrla ( fam); to go out on the town ( colloq)

2 ( Auto, Dep) ‹prueba/gran premio› to race in

B

1 ( fam) (echar, expulsar) to kick … out ( colloq), to chuck … out ( colloq)

lo corrieron del pueblo they ran him out of town

2 ( fam) (perseguir) to chase, run after

acaba de salir, si la corres, la alcanzas (Col, RPl); she's just gone out, if you run you'll catch her (up)

C

1

(exponerse a): quiero estar seguro, no quiero correr riesgos I want to be sure, I don't want to take any risks

corres el riesgo de perderlo/de que te lo roben you run the risk of o you risk losing it/having it stolen

aquí no corres peligro you're safe here o you're not in any danger here

2

(experimentar): ambos corrieron parecida suerte they both suffered a similar fate

juntos corrimos grandes aventuras we lived through o had great adventures together

prisa

D (mover)

1 ‹botón/ficha/silla› to move

2 ‹cortina› to draw

corre el cerrojo bolt the door, slide the bolt across/back

corra la pesa hasta que se equilibre slide the weight along until it balances

velo

3 ( Inf) ‹texto› to scroll

E ( ant); ‹territorio› to raid

F

( Chi fam) (propinar): córreles palo give them a good beating

les corrió balas a todos he sprayed them all with bullets

■ correrse

v pron

A (moverse)

1 «pieza» to shift, move; «carga» to shift

2 ( fam); «persona» to move up o over, shift up o over ( colloq)

3 ( Chi fam) (escurrirse, escabullir) to slip away

B

1 «tinta» to run; «rímel/maquillaje» (+ me/te/le etc) to run, smudge

2 ( AmL) «media» to ladder, run

se me corrió un punto del suéter I pulled a thread in my sweater and it ran

C ( Esp arg) (llegar al orgasmo) to come ( colloq)

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correr ( conjugate correr) verbo intransitivo
1
a) ( en general) to run;

◊ bajó/subió las escaleras corriendo she ran down/up the stairs;

salieron corriendo del banco they ran out of the bank;
echó a correr he started to run
b) (Auto, Dep) [piloto/conductor] to race

2
a) ( apresurarse):

◊ ¡corre, ponte los zapatos! hurry o quick, put your shoes on!;

no corras tanto que te equivocarás don't do it so quickly, you'll only make mistakes ;
corrí a llamarte I rushed to call you;
me tengo que ir corriendo I have to rush off
b) (fam) [ vehículo] to go fast;

[ conductor] to drive fast
3
a) [carretera/río] to run;

[ agua] to run;
[ sangre] to flow;
◊ corría una brisa suave there was a gentle breeze

b) [ rumor]:

◊ corre el rumor/la voz de que … there is a rumor going around that …

4 (pasar, transcurrir):
◊ corría el año 1973 cuando … it was 1973 when …;

con el correr de los años as time went/goes by;
¡cómo corre el tiempo! how time flies!
5 ( hacerse cargo) correr con algo ‹ con gastos› to pay sth;
‹ con organización› to be responsible for sth
verbo transitivo
1
a) (Dep) ‹ maratón› to run

b) (Auto, Dep) ‹prueba/gran premio› to race in

2 ( exponerse a):
◊ corres el riesgo de perderlo you run the risk of losing it;

aquí no corres peligro you're safe here
3
a) ‹botón/ficha/silla› to move;

‹ cortina› ( cerrar) to draw, close;
( abrir) to open, pull back;
◊ corre el cerrojo bolt the door

b) (Inf) ‹ texto› to scroll

correrse verbo pronominal
1
a) [silla/cama] to move;

[pieza/carga] to shift
b) (fam) [ persona] to move up o over

2
a) [ tinta] to run;

[rímel/maquillaje] to run, smudge;
◊ se me corrió el rímel my mascara ran

b) (AmL) [ media] to ladder

correr
I verbo intransitivo
1 to run
(ir deprisa) to go fast
(al conducir) to drive fast
2 (el viento) to blow
(un río) to flow
3 (darse prisa) to hurry: corre, que no llegamos, hurry up or we'll be late
figurado corrí a hablar con él, I rushed to talk to him
4 (estar en situación de) correr peligro, to be in danger
correr prisa, to be urgent
II verbo transitivo
1 (estar expuesto a) to have
correr el riesgo, to run the risk
2 (una cortina) to draw
(un cerrojo) to close
3 (un mueble) to pull up, draw up
♦ Locuciones: corre a mi cargo, I'll take care of it
correr con los gastos, to foot the bill
' correr' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
bola
- cargo
- colorada
- colorado
- echar
- liebre
- pareja
- parejo
- pestillo
- prisa
- riesgo
- tinta
- velo
- voz
- Y
- agua
- condenado
- condición
- corretear
- dejar
- desaforado
- desplazar
- peligro
- soler
- tropezar
- viento
English:
about
- afford
- bear
- charge
- danger
- dash
- draw
- gamble
- go about
- meet
- outrun
- pelt
- pound
- pour
- pull
- race
- race along
- ride
- risk
- run
- run with
- running
- rush
- rush around
- scurry
- streak
- tear along
- trickle
- unleash
- as
- budge
- caper
- cover
- flow
- fly
- go
- hell
- jog
- like
- mad
- move
- put
- shift
- slide
- smudge
- spread
- sweep
- throw
- wind

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correr

♦ vi

1. [persona, animal] to run;

me gusta correr todas las mañanas I like to go for a run every morning;

se fue corriendo he ran off o away;

miles de fans corrieron al encuentro del cantante thousands of fans ran to greet o meet the singer;

¡corre a pedir ayuda! run for help!;

varias personas corrieron tras el asaltante several people ran after the robber;

echar a correr to start running;

Comp
Fam
corre que se las pela she runs like the wind;

Comp
Fam
el que no corre, vuela you've got to be on your toes o quick around here

2. [apresurarse]
¡corre, que vamos a perder el autobús! hurry up, we're going to miss the bus!;

no corras, que te vas a equivocar don't rush yourself, or you'll make a mistake;

cuando me enteré del accidente, corrí a visitarla when I heard about the accident I went to visit her as soon as I could o I rushed to visit her;

estoy agotado, toda la mañana corriendo de aquí para allá I'm exhausted, I've been rushing o running around all morning;

corre, que va a empezar la película quick, the film's about to start;

Comp

a todo correr: hay que acabar este trabajo a todo correr we have to finish this job as quickly as possible;

cuando se enteró de la noticia, vino a todo correr when she heard the news she came as quickly as she could

3. [competir] [atleta, caballo] to run;
[ciclista] to ride;
corre con una moto japonesa he rides a Japanese motorbike;

corre con un coche italiano he drives an Italian car

4. [conductor] to drive fast;

no corras tanto, que vamos a tener un accidente slow down o stop driving so fast, we're going to have an accident

5. [vehículo]
el nuevo modelo corre todavía más the new model is o goes even faster;

esta moto no corre nada this motorbike can't go very fast at all

6. [fluido] [río] to flow;
[agua del grifo] to run;
la sangre corre por las venas blood flows through the veins;

deja correr el agua (del grifo) leave the Br tap o US faucet running

7. [viento] to blow;

corría una ligera brisa there was a gentle breeze, a gentle breeze was blowing

8. [el tiempo, las horas] to pass, to go by;

esta última semana ha pasado corriendo this last week has flown by

9. [transcurrir]
corría el principio de siglo cuando… it was around the turn of the century when…;

en los tiempos que corren nadie tiene un trabajo seguro no one is safe in their job these days o in this day and age

10. [noticia] to spread;

corre el rumor de que… there's a rumour going about that…

11. [encargarse de]
correr con [los gastos] to bear;
[la cuenta] to pay;
la organización de la cumbre corrió a cargo de las Naciones Unidas the United Nations organized the summit, the United Nations took care of the organization of the summit;

la comida corre a cargo de la empresa the meal is on the company;

esta ronda corre de mi cuenta this round is on me, this is my round

12. [sueldo, renta] to be payable;

el alquiler corre desde principios de cada mes the rent is payable at the beginning of each month

13. [venderse] to sell;

este vino corre a diez euros la botella this wine sells for ten euros a bottle

14. Informát [uso crítico] to run;

el nuevo sistema operativo no correrá en modelos antiguos the new operating system won't run on older models

♦ vt

1. [prueba, carrera] [a pie, a caballo] to run;
[en coche, moto] to take part in;
corrió los 100 metros he ran the 100 metres;

correrá el Tour de Francia he will be riding in the Tour de France

2. [mover] [mesa, silla] to move o pull up;

corre la cabeza, que no veo move your head out of the way, I can't see

3. [cerrar] [cortinas] to draw, to close;
[llave] to turn;
correr el cerrojo o [m5] pestillo to bolt the door/gate/ etc

4. [abrir] [cortinas] to draw, to open

5. [experimentar]
correr aventuras to have adventures;

correr peligro to be in danger;

si dejas la caja ahí, corre el peligro de que alguien tropiece con ella if you leave the box there, (there's a danger o risk that) someone might trip over it;

correr el riesgo de (hacer) algo to run the risk of (doing) sth;

no quiero correr ningún riesgo I don't want to take any risks;

no sabemos la suerte que correrá el proyecto we don't know what is to become of the project, we don't know what the project's fate will be;

no se sabe todavía qué suerte han corrido los desaparecidos the fate of the people who are missing is still unknown

6. [noticia] to spread;

corrieron el rumor sobre su dimisión they spread the rumour of her resignation;

correr la voz to pass it on

7. [pintura, colores]
la lluvia corrió la capa de pintura the rain made the paint run

8. Informát [uso crítico] [programa, aplicación] to run;

no consigo correr este programa I can't get this program to run properly

9. Com to auction, to sell at auction

10. Taurom [torear] to fight

11. Am Fam [despedir] to throw out

12. Am Fam [ser válido] to be in use;

las ideas progresistas allá no corren progressive ideas don't get much of a hearing there

13. Am [perseguir] to chase (after);

los perros iban corriendo a la liebre the dogs chased after the hare

14. Méx, Ven [funcionar] to be running;

hoy no corren los trenes the trains aren't running today

15. Comp
Fam
correrla to go out on the town;
RP Fam
correr la coneja to scrimp and save

♦ See also the pronominal verb correrse

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correr

I v/i

1 run;

a todo correr at top speed

2 ( apresurarse) rush

3 de tiempo pass

4 de agua run, flow

5 fig

:

correr con los gastos pay the expenses;

correr con algo meet the cost of sth;

correr a cargo de alguien be s.o.’s responsibility, be down to s.o. fam II v/t

1 run

2 cortinas draw; mueble slide, move

3

:

correr la misma suerte suffer the same fate

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correr vi

1) : to run, to race

2) : to rush

3) : to flow

correr vt

1) : to travel over, to cover

2) : to move, to slide, to roll, to draw (curtains)

3)

correr un riesgo : to run a risk

♦ See also the reflexive verb correrse

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correr vb

1. (en general) to run [pt. ran; pp. run]

corre cinco kilómetros diarios he runs five kilometres every day

tuve que correr para coger el tren I had to run to catch the train

2. (darse prisa) to hurry [pt. & pp. hurried] / to rush

¡corre! hurry up!

3. (vehículo) to go fast

¡cómo corre este coche! this car goes really fast!

4. (conducir) to drive fast [pt. drove; pp. driven]

corre demasiado he drives too fast

no corras tanto slow down a bit

5. (noticia, etc) to go round

corre el rumor de que dimitirá there's a rumour going round that he's going to resign

6. (mover) to move

corre un poco la silla para que pueda pasar move the chair over a bit so that I can get past

7. (participar en una carrera) to compete

¿correrás la carrera? will you compete in the race?

correr con los gastos to meet the costs [pt. & pp. met]

correr el pestillo / correr el cerrojo to bolt the door

correr la cortina to draw the curtain [pt. drew; pp. drawn]

correr mundo to get around

correr peligro to be in danger

correr un riesgo to run a risk [pt. ran; pp. run]

Spanish-English dictionary > correr
18 artista

f. & m.

1 artist.

es una artista en la cocina she is a superb cook

artista gráfico graphic artist

artista invitado guest artist

2 artisan, artist, fine craftperson, crafty person.

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artista

► nombre masulino o femenino

1 artist

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FRASEOLOGÍA

artista de cine film star

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noun mf.

artist

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SMF

1) (Arte) artist

2) (Teat, Cine) artist, artiste

artista de cine — film actor/film actress

artista de teatro — actor/actress

artista de variedades — variety artist o artiste

artista invitado/a — guest artist o artiste

3) * (=persona hábil)

es un artista haciendo paella — he's an expert at making paella

* * *

masculino y femenino

1) (Arte) artist

es una artista cocinando — she's a real artist in the kitchen (colloq)

2) ( actor) actor; ( actriz) actress; (cantante, músico) artist

una artista de cine — a movie star (AmE) o (BrE) film star

* * *

= artist, performer, performing artist, artiste, entertainer.

Ex. Single personal authorship includes writers of books, composers of music, compilers of bibliographies, cartographers, artist, photographers, and, in certain cases, performers of sound recordings, films and videorecordings.

Ex. The storyteller has in fact to be something of a showman, a performer, before he gets anywhere.

Ex. Performing artist and radio show host Ian Whitcomb expresses his misgivings over donating his popular music collection to libraries.

Ex. An artiste is a person who practices the performing arts; for example, a singer, a circus performer, dancer, magician, etc.

Ex. Authors, politicians and entertainers were asked how libraries have helped expand their horizons.

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* artista ambulante = travelling entertainer.

* artista callejero = busker.

* artista creativo = creative artist.

* artista de teatro = theatre artiste.

* artista residente = artist in residence.

* círculo de artistas = artists' circle.

* entrada de artistas = stage door.

* libro de artista = livre d'artiste, artist's book.

* salida de artistas = stage door.

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masculino y femenino

1) (Arte) artist

es una artista cocinando — she's a real artist in the kitchen (colloq)

2) ( actor) actor; ( actriz) actress; (cantante, músico) artist

una artista de cine — a movie star (AmE) o (BrE) film star

* * *

= artist, performer, performing artist, artiste, entertainer.

Ex: Single personal authorship includes writers of books, composers of music, compilers of bibliographies, cartographers, artist, photographers, and, in certain cases, performers of sound recordings, films and videorecordings.

Ex: The storyteller has in fact to be something of a showman, a performer, before he gets anywhere.

Ex: Performing artist and radio show host Ian Whitcomb expresses his misgivings over donating his popular music collection to libraries.

Ex: An artiste is a person who practices the performing arts; for example, a singer, a circus performer, dancer, magician, etc.

Ex: Authors, politicians and entertainers were asked how libraries have helped expand their horizons.

* artista ambulante = travelling entertainer.

* artista callejero = busker.

* artista creativo = creative artist.

* artista de teatro = theatre artiste.

* artista residente = artist in residence.

* círculo de artistas = artists' circle.

* entrada de artistas = stage door.

* libro de artista = livre d'artiste, artist's book.

* salida de artistas = stage door.

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artista

masculine and feminine

A

1 (pintor, escultor) artist

2 ( fam) (persona habilidosa) artist

es una artista cocinando she's a great cook ( colloq), she's a real artist in the kitchen ( colloq)

es un artista para la costura he's an expert o a real artist with a needle and thread, he's a deft hand ( AmE) o ( BrE) dab hand at sewing ( colloq)

B (actor) actor; (actriz) actress; (cantante, músico) artist

como una artista de cine like a movie star ( AmE) o ( BrE) film star

decenas de artistas famosos dozens of stars, dozens of famous artists

Compuestos:

● artista de variedades or ( Esp tb) varieties

masculine and feminine variety artist

● artista invitado, artista invitada

masculine, feminine guest artist

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artista sustantivo masculino y femenino
a) (Arte) artist

b) ( actor) actor;

( actriz) actress;
(cantante, músico) artist;
◊ una artista de cine a movie star (AmE) o (BrE) film star

artista mf artist
' artista' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
caché
- cachet
- desafiar
- invitada
- invitado
- madera
- paleta
- proteger
- representante
- supuesta
- supuesto
- tabla
- taller
- taquillera
- taquillero
- apadrinar
- artífice
- bohemio
- comprometer
- consagrado
- consagrar
- contratar
- descubrir
- destacado
- estudio
- nato
- pegar
- potencia
- reaparición
- relación
- surrealista
English:
approach
- artist
- budding
- entertainer
- fan
- mime
- natural
- notable
- pavement artist
- portfolio
- smock
- stripper
- studio
- known
- performer

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artista nmf

1. [creador] artist;

los grandes artistas del siglo the great artists of the 20th century

Comp
artista gráfico graphic artist
2. [de teatro, circo] artiste;
[cantante] artist;
un artista de cine a movie actor

Comp
artista invitado guest artist;
artista de variedades cabaret artist

3. Fam [maestro, habilidoso]
es una artista en la cocina she is a superb cook;

es un artista arreglando televisores he's got a real knack for fixing televisions, Br he's a dab hand at fixing televisions

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artista

m/f artist;

artista de circo circus performer

* * *

artista nmf

1) : artist

2) actor, actriz: actor, actress f

* * *

artista n artist

artista de cine film star

artista invitado guest star

Spanish-English dictionary > artista
19 crecer

v.

1 to grow (persona, planta).

La expectación crece con cada minuto Expectation grows with every minute.

2 to grow longer.

3 to rise.

4 to rise, to increase (increase) (desempleo, valor).

5 to wax (la luna).

6 to grow up, to grow, to get bigger, to get big.

Las plantas crecen con el agua Plants grow with water.

7 to bulge, to rise up, to heave.

El tumor crece The tumor bulges.

8 to grow on.

Le crecen pelos negros Black hairs grow on him.

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crecer

Conjugation model [ AGRADECER], like link=agradecer agradecer

► verbo intransitivo

1 (persona, planta) to grow

■ has crecido mucho you've grown a lot

■ se dejó crecer la barba he grew a beard

2 (incrementar) to increase, grow, get bigger

■ la población ha crecido un uno por ciento the population has grown by one per cent

3 (corriente, marea) to rise

4 (luna) to wax

5 (días) to get longer

■ los días crecen the days are getting longer

6 (en labor de punto) to add, increase

► verbo pronominal crecerse

1 (tomar mayor fuerza) to grow in confidence

■ se crece ante las dificultades he comes into his own when faced with problems

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verb

1) to grow

2) expand

3) increase

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1. VI

1) (=desarrollarse) [animal, planta, objeto] to grow

el jazmín ha dejado de crecer — the jasmine has stopped growing

te ha crecido mucho el pelo — your hair's grown a lot

me he dejado crecer la barba — I've grown a beard

crecí en Sevilla — I grew up in Seville

la princesa fue creciendo en belleza y sabiduría — the princess grew in beauty and wisdom

2) (=aumentar) [cantidad, producción, sentimiento] to grow; [gastos] to increase, rise; [inflación] to rise; [desempleo] to increase, grow, rise

el número de heridos seguía creciendo — the number of wounded continued to grow

la economía española crecerá un 4% — the Spanish economy will grow by 4%

crece el temor de un conflicto armado — there are growing fears of an armed conflict

el viento fue creciendo en intensidad — the wind increased o grew in intensity

crecer en importancia — to grow in importance

3) (=extenderse) [ciudad] to grow; [río, marea] to rise; [luna] to wax

2.

See:

crecerse

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1.
verbo intransitivo

1)

a) ( aumentar de tamaño)ser vivo/pelo/uñas to grow

ha crecido mucho — he's grown a lot

b) ( criarse) to grow up

crecieron en un pueblo — they grew up in a village

2) río to rise; ciudad to grow; luna to wax

3)

a) sentimiento/interés to grow; rumor to spread

creció en la estima de todos — he grew in everyone's estimation

b) (en número, monto)

los sueldos no han crecido al ritmo de la inflación — wages have not kept pace with inflation

el número de desempleados ha crecido — the number of unemployed has risen

la economía ha crecido un 4% — the economy has grown by 4%

c) (en importancia, sabiduría)

crecer en algo — to grow in something
2.
crecerse v pron

el equipo se crece en los partidos coperos — the team rises to the challenge in cup games

crecerse ante algo/alguien: se crece ante el peligro — he rises to the occasion when faced with danger

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= grow, wax, vegetate.

Nota: Aplicado generalmente a las plantas.

Ex. Thus, for example, various books on growing different flowers should be close to one another when arranged on shelves in accordance with the classification scheme.

Ex. The population waxed again slightly, then waned again, until it finally stabilized around its present 55,000.

Ex. Plants vegetate on an 18/6 light cycle (18 hours of light, 6 hours of darkness).

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* arroyo + crecer = stream + swell.

* crecer de modo exhuberante = grow + rampant.

* crecer en importancia = grow from + strength to strength, increase in + importance.

* crecer en importancia, ganar cada vez más importancia, ir cada vez mejor, i = grow from + strength to strength.

* crecer exhuberante = grow + rampant.

* crecer salvaje = grow + rampant.

* el dinero no crece en los árboles = money doesn't grow on trees.

* que crece despacio = slowly growing.

* que crece hacia dentro = ingrown.

* riachuelo + crecer = stream + swell.

* río + crecer = river + swell.

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1.
verbo intransitivo

1)

a) ( aumentar de tamaño)ser vivo/pelo/uñas to grow

ha crecido mucho — he's grown a lot

b) ( criarse) to grow up

crecieron en un pueblo — they grew up in a village

2) río to rise; ciudad to grow; luna to wax

3)

a) sentimiento/interés to grow; rumor to spread

creció en la estima de todos — he grew in everyone's estimation

b) (en número, monto)

los sueldos no han crecido al ritmo de la inflación — wages have not kept pace with inflation

el número de desempleados ha crecido — the number of unemployed has risen

la economía ha crecido un 4% — the economy has grown by 4%

c) (en importancia, sabiduría)

crecer en algo — to grow in something
2.
crecerse v pron

el equipo se crece en los partidos coperos — the team rises to the challenge in cup games

crecerse ante algo/alguien: se crece ante el peligro — he rises to the occasion when faced with danger

* * *

= grow, wax, vegetate.

Nota: Aplicado generalmente a las plantas.

Ex: Thus, for example, various books on growing different flowers should be close to one another when arranged on shelves in accordance with the classification scheme.

Ex: The population waxed again slightly, then waned again, until it finally stabilized around its present 55,000.

Ex: Plants vegetate on an 18/6 light cycle (18 hours of light, 6 hours of darkness).

* arroyo + crecer = stream + swell.

* crecer de modo exhuberante = grow + rampant.

* crecer en importancia = grow from + strength to strength, increase in + importance.

* crecer en importancia, ganar cada vez más importancia, ir cada vez mejor, i = grow from + strength to strength.

* crecer exhuberante = grow + rampant.

* crecer salvaje = grow + rampant.

* el dinero no crece en los árboles = money doesn't grow on trees.

* que crece despacio = slowly growing.

* que crece hacia dentro = ingrown.

* riachuelo + crecer = stream + swell.

* río + crecer = river + swell.

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crecer [E3 ]

vi

A «niño/animal/planta» to grow; «pelo/uñas» to grow

se está dejando crecer el pelo/las uñas she's letting her hair/nails grow, she's growing her hair/nails

ha crecido mucho he's grown a lot

han crecido rodeados de cariño they've grown up o they've been brought up in a loving atmosphere

B

1 «río» to rise

2 «ciudad» to grow

3 «luna» to wax

C

1 «sentimiento/interés» to grow; «rumor» to spread

creció en la estima de todos he grew in everyone's estimation

2

(en número, monto): creced y multiplicaos ( Bib) go forth and multiply

los sueldos no han crecido al mismo ritmo que la inflación wages have not kept pace with o risen at the same rate as inflation

el número de parados sigue creciendo the number of unemployed continues to rise

la economía ha crecido un 4% este año the economy has grown by 4% this year

3 (en importancia, sabiduría) crecer EN algo to grow IN sth

ha ido creciendo en hermosura she has continued to grow in beauty

■ crecerse

v pron

se creció hacia el final de la corrida his performance became more impressive toward(s) the end of the fight

el equipo se crece en los partidos coperos the team rises to the challenge in cup games

crecerse ANTE algo/algn:

hay gente que se crece ante el peligro some people rise to the occasion o come into their own when faced with danger

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crecer ( conjugate crecer) verbo intransitivo
1
a) [ser vivo/pelo/uñas] to grow;

◊ dejarse crecer la barba to grow a beard

b) ( criarse) to grow up;

◊ crecieron en un pueblo they grew up in a village

2
a) [ río] to rise;

[ ciudad] to grow;
[ luna] to wax
b) [sentimiento/interés] to grow;

[ rumor] to spread
c) [ economía] to grow;

◊ el número de desempleados ha crecido the number of unemployed has risen

d) (en importancia, sabiduría) crecer en algo to grow in sth

crecer verbo intransitivo
1 to grow
2 Astron la Luna está creciendo, the moon is waxing
3 (la marea, un río) to rise
4 (poner puntos al calcetar) to increase
' crecer' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
desarrollarse
- espuma
- paralelo
English:
burgeon
- deceive
- develop
- expand
- flourish
- grow
- growing
- mushroom
- rise
- shoot up
- sprout
- straggle
- swell
- thrive
- deepen
- increase
- let
- mount
- shoot
- wax

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crecer

♦ vi

1. [persona, planta, pelo, ciudad] to grow

2. [días, noches] to grow longer

3. [río, marea] to rise

4. [aumentar] [desempleo, inflación] to rise, to increase;
[valor] to increase; [rumores] to spread; [descontento, interés] to grow
5. [la Luna] to wax

♦ See also the pronominal verb crecerse

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crecer

v/i grow

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crecer {53} vi

1) : to grow

2) : to increase

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crecer vb

1. to grow [pt. grew; pp. grown]

esta planta no para de crecer this plant just won't stop growing

la industria española creció en los años sesenta Spanish industry grew during the sixties

2. (problema, preocupación) to increase / to get bigger

crece la influencia de la televisión the influence of television is increasing

3. (número, río, marea) to rise [pt. rose; pp. risen]

la tasa de paro ha crecido the rate of unemployment has risen

4. (luna) to wax

dejarse crecer to grow

me estoy dejando crecer la barba I'm growing a beard

Spanish-English dictionary > crecer
20 calor

m.

1 heat (temperatura alta).

al calor de la lumbre by the fireside

este abrigo da mucho calor this coat is very warm

entrar en calor to get warm; to warm up (figurative) (público, deportista)

hace calor it's warm o hot

tener calor to be warm o hot

calor animal body heat

calor específico (physics) specific heat

2 warmth (afecto, entusiasmo).

el calor del público the warmth of the audience

3 ardor, eagerness, fervor, zeal.

4 hot weather, suffocating heat.

5 cauma.

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calor

► nombre masculino

1 heat, warmth

■ hace calor it is hot

■ tengo calor I'm hot

2 figurado (actividad) heat

■ en el calor del debate in the heat of the debate

3 figurado (afecto) warmth

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FRASEOLOGÍA

al calor de figurado under the wing of

■ fue criado al calor de sus abuelos he was brought up under his grandparents' wing

entrar en calor to get warm 2 DEPORTE to warm up

calor natural natural heat

el calor del hogar figurado the warmth of home

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noun m.

1) heat

2) warmth

* * *

SM
[a veces] SF
1) (=alta temperatura) heat

no puedo dormir con este calor — I can't sleep in this heat

no soporto los calores del verano — I can't cope with the heat in summer

un material resistente al calor — a heat-resistant material

¡qué calor! — it's really hot!

nos sentamos al calor de la chimenea — we sat by the heat of the fire, we sat by the warm fireside

• dar calor, el fuego da un calorcito muy agradable — the fire gives off a very pleasant heat

esta camiseta me da demasiado calor — this shirt is too hot o warm

• entrar en calor — to get warm

un café para entrar en calor — a coffee to warm you/us up

• hacer calor — to be hot

hace muchísimo calor — it's very hot

mañana hará mucho calor — it will be very hot tomorrow

• pasar calor — to be hot

nunca he pasado tanto calor como hoy — I've never been o felt as hot as today

• tener calor — to be hot

tengo mucho calor — I'm very hot
asar 2.
2) (=afecto) warmth and affection

un niño falto de calor — a child deprived of warmth and affection

calor humano — human warmth

3) pl calores [de la menopausia] hot flushes, hot flashes (EEUU)

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masculino

[Use of the feminine gender, although common in some areas, is generally considered to be archaic or non-standard]

1) (Fís) heat

2)

a) (Meteo) heat

con este calor no puedo trabajar — I can't work in this heat

hoy hace calor — it's hot today

hacía un calor agobiante — the heat was stifling o suffocating

hace un calorcillo agradable — it's pleasantly warm

b) ( sensación)

tener calor — to be hot

pasamos un calor horrible — it was terribly o unbearably hot

entrar en calor — to get warm

esta chaqueta me da mucho calor — I feel very hot in this jacket

al calor del fuego/de la lumbre — by the fireside

3) ( afecto) warmth

un hogar falto de calor — a home lacking in warmth and affection

4) calores masculino plural ( de la menopausia) hot flashes (pl) (AmE), hot flushes (pl) (BrE)

* * *

= heat, warmth.

Ex. Numerous different models are available, ranging from models where communication is via a heat sensitive screen, through to terminals linked to an outside computer by a telephone line.

Ex. The spark of warmth had emboldened her.

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* achicharrarse de calor = bake.

* al calor de la lumbre = round-the-fireside.

* asarse de calor = bake.

* bocanada de calor = gust of warm air, gust of hot air, gust of heat.

* bomba de calor = heat pump.

* calor abrasador = scorching heat, blistering heat, torrid heat.

* calor achicharrante = scorching heat, blistering heat.

* calor extremo = extreme heat.

* calor infernal = scorching heat, blistering heat.

* calor sofocante = torrid heat.

* calor tórrido = scorching heat, torrid heat, blistering heat.

* día de mucho calor = scorcher.

* durante las horas de más calor = during the heat of the day.

* estrés causado por el calor = heat stress.

* estrés debido al calor = heat stress.

* intercambio de calor = heat exchange.

* ola de calor = heat wave.

* oleada de calor = heat wave.

* pantalla susceptible al calor = sensitive screen.

* pérdida de calor = heat loss.

* que hace entrar en calor = warming.

* que retiene el calor = heat absorbing.

* resistente al calor = heat-resistant.

* si no aguantas el calor, sal de la cocina = if you can't stand the heat, get out of the kitchen.

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masculino

[Use of the feminine gender, although common in some areas, is generally considered to be archaic or non-standard]

1) (Fís) heat

2)

a) (Meteo) heat

con este calor no puedo trabajar — I can't work in this heat

hoy hace calor — it's hot today

hacía un calor agobiante — the heat was stifling o suffocating

hace un calorcillo agradable — it's pleasantly warm

b) ( sensación)

tener calor — to be hot

pasamos un calor horrible — it was terribly o unbearably hot

entrar en calor — to get warm

esta chaqueta me da mucho calor — I feel very hot in this jacket

al calor del fuego/de la lumbre — by the fireside

3) ( afecto) warmth

un hogar falto de calor — a home lacking in warmth and affection

4) calores masculino plural ( de la menopausia) hot flashes (pl) (AmE), hot flushes (pl) (BrE)

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= heat, warmth.

Ex: Numerous different models are available, ranging from models where communication is via a heat sensitive screen, through to terminals linked to an outside computer by a telephone line.

Ex: The spark of warmth had emboldened her.

* achicharrarse de calor = bake.

* al calor de la lumbre = round-the-fireside.

* asarse de calor = bake.

* bocanada de calor = gust of warm air, gust of hot air, gust of heat.

* bomba de calor = heat pump.

* calor abrasador = scorching heat, blistering heat, torrid heat.

* calor achicharrante = scorching heat, blistering heat.

* calor extremo = extreme heat.

* calor infernal = scorching heat, blistering heat.

* calor sofocante = torrid heat.

* calor tórrido = scorching heat, torrid heat, blistering heat.

* día de mucho calor = scorcher.

* durante las horas de más calor = during the heat of the day.

* estrés causado por el calor = heat stress.

* estrés debido al calor = heat stress.

* intercambio de calor = heat exchange.

* ola de calor = heat wave.

* oleada de calor = heat wave.

* pantalla susceptible al calor = sensitive screen.

* pérdida de calor = heat loss.

* que hace entrar en calor = warming.

* que retiene el calor = heat absorbing.

* resistente al calor = heat-resistant.

* si no aguantas el calor, sal de la cocina = if you can't stand the heat, get out of the kitchen.

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calor

masculine

[Use of the feminine gender, although common in some areas, is generally considered to be archaic or non-standard]

A ( Fís) heat

B

1 [ Vocabulary notes (Spanish) ] ( Meteo) heat

con este calor no dan ganas de trabajar you don't feel like working in this heat

hoy hace calor it's hot today

hacía un calor agobiante the heat was stifling o suffocating

hace un calorcillo agradable it's pleasantly warm

2

(sensación): ¿tienes calor? are you hot?

en el viaje pasamos un calor horrible it was terribly o unbearably hot on the journey

me estoy asando de calor ( fam); I'm baking o roasting ( colloq), I'm boiling ( colloq)

tómate esta sopa para entrar en calor drink this soup, it'll warm you up o drink this soup to warm yourself up

me puse a saltar para entrar en calor I started jumping up and down to get warm

esta chaqueta me da mucho calor I feel very hot in this jacket

al calor del fuego/de la lumbre by the fireside

C (afecto) warmth

un hogar falto de calor a home lacking in warmth and affection

D

1

( RPl fam) (vergüenza, apuro): me da calor ir a pedirle plata I'm embarrassed to go and ask him for money

2 ( RPl fam) calores mpl (de la menopausia) hot flashes (pl) ( AmE), hot flushes (pl) ( BrE)

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calor sustantivo masculino Use of the feminine gender, although common in some areas, is generally considered to be archaic or non-standard
1
a) (Fis, Meteo) heat;

◊ hace calor it's hot;

hacía un calor agobiante the heat was stifling o suffocating
b) ( sensación):

◊ tener calor to be hot;

pasamos un calor horrible it was terribly hot;
entrar en calor to get warm;
esta chaqueta me da mucho calor I feel very hot in this jacket;
al calor del fuego by the fireside
2 ( afecto) warmth
3
◊ calores sustantivo masculino plural ( de la menopausia) hot flashes (pl) (AmE), hot flushes (pl) (BrE)

calor sustantivo masculino
1 heat: hacía mucho calor, it was very hot
pasar/tener calor, to feel hot o to be hot
en el calor de la noche, in the heat of the night
2 (afecto, cariño) warmth: el niño echa en falta el calor de una madre, the boy needs some motherly love
3 (pasión) ardour US ardor: discutieron con calor la propuesta, they had a heated discussion about the proposal
♦ Locuciones: entrar en calor, to warm up
al calor de, beside: nos reunimos al calor de la lumbre, we gathered around the bonfire
Si quieres combinar esta palabra con los verbos hacer o tener, debes usar respectivamente to be y to feel/be: Hace calor. It's hot. Tengo calor. I feel hot o I am hot.
' calor' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
abarquillarse
- abrigar
- achicharrarse
- aplatanada
- aplatanado
- apretar
- ardor
- asada
- asado
- asarse
- asfixiante
- bastante
- bocanada
- bochorno
- calentar
- caliente
- calurosa
- caluroso
- cocerse
- colorada
- colorado
- débil
- demonio
- disminuir
- enfermar
- entrar
- extemporánea
- extemporáneo
- fuera
- insensible
- irradiar
- mucha
- mucho
- pasar
- quemazón
- quien
- reflector
- reflectora
- residual
- sofocante
- sofocarse
- sofoco
- sol
- vaya
- abrigo
- absorber
- absorción
- acalorado
- achicharrante
- adentro
English:
as
- B.T.U.
- bake
- baking
- be
- blistering
- boiling
- certainly
- conduct
- diffuse
- dog days
- emit
- exposure
- feel
- floodlight
- great
- heat
- heat-seeking
- heatwave
- hot
- interminable
- oppressive
- phew
- retain
- roast
- scorcher
- shall
- spell
- suffocating
- that
- used
- very
- warm
- warm up
- warmth
- bask
- become
- Calor Gas
- quite
- roasting

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calor nm

1. [temperatura alta] heat;
[tibieza] warmth;
el calor dilata los cuerpos heat causes bodies to expand;

al calor de la lumbre by the fireside;

asarse de calor to be roasting, to be boiling hot;

este abrigo da mucho calor this coat is very warm;

entrar en calor to get warm;
[público, deportista] to warm up;
hace calor it's warm o hot;

¡qué calor (hace)! it's so hot!;

tener calor to be warm o hot;

voy a abrir la ventana, tengo calor I'm going to open the window, I'm too hot

Comp
calor animal body heat;
calor blanco white heat;
Fís calor específico specific heat;
calor latente latent heat;

calor negro electric heating;

calor radiante radiant heat

2. [afecto, entusiasmo] warmth;

la emocionó el calor del público she was moved by the warmth of the audience

Comp
calor humano human warmth
3. RP Fam [vergüenza] embarrassment;

me da calor hablar en público I get embarrassed if I have to speak in public

4. RP
calores [de la menopausia] hot flushes o US flashes

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calor

m

1 heat;

hace mucho calor it’s very hot;

tengo calor I’m hot

2 fig

warmth;

entrar en calor get warm

3

:

al calor de fig: ayuda económica, contactos thanks to

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calor nm

1) : heat

hace calor: it's hot outside

tener calor: to feel hot

2) : warmth, affection

3) : ardor, passion

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calor n heat

hacer calor to be hot

hace mucho calor hoy it's very hot today

tener calor to be hot

tengo mucho calor I'm very hot

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