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1 familiarity breeds contempt
la confianza da ascoexpr.• a casa de tu tía, pero no cada día expr. -
2 familiarity
- li'æ-1) (the state of being familiar: I was surprised by her familiarity with our way of life.) familiaridad2) (an act of (too) friendly behaviour: You must not allow such familiarities.) familiaridadtr[fəmɪlɪ'ærɪtɪ]1 familiaridad nombre femenino2 (knowledge) conocimiento ( with, de)\SMALLIDIOMATIC EXPRESSION/SMALLfamiliarity breeds contempt la confianza da asco1) knowledge: conocimiento m, familiaridad f2) informality, intimacy: confianza f, familiaridad f3) forwardness: exceso m de confianza, descaro mn.• familiaridad s.f.• intimidad s.f.• libertad s.m.fə'mɪli'ærəti1)a) ( knowledge)familiarity WITH something: she claimed extensive familiarity with the method dijo estar muy familiarizada con el método; some familiarity with computers would be an asset — se valorará la experiencia previa con computadoras
b) (of person, book, landscape) familiaridad f2) ( overintimacy) exceso m de confianza[fǝˌmɪlɪ'ærɪtɪ]N1) [of sight, event etc] familiaridad f3) (=intimacy) [of tone etc] familiaridad f, confianza f ; pej frescura f, exceso m de familiaridad4) familiarities familiaridades fpl, confianzas fpl* * *[fə'mɪli'ærəti]1)a) ( knowledge)familiarity WITH something: she claimed extensive familiarity with the method dijo estar muy familiarizada con el método; some familiarity with computers would be an asset — se valorará la experiencia previa con computadoras
b) (of person, book, landscape) familiaridad f2) ( overintimacy) exceso m de confianza -
3 breed
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1. past tense, past participle - bred; verb1) (to produce young: Rabbits breed often.) criar, reproducirse2) (to keep animals for the purpose of breeding young: I breed dogs and sell them as pets.) criar
2. noun(a type, variety or species (of animal): a breed of dog.) raza- bred- breeding
breed1 n razabreed2 vb1. criar2. reproducirsetr[briːd]1 (animals) criar2 figurative use (cause) engendrar, resultar en1 (animals) reproducirse2 (disease) propagarse, difundirse1) : criar (animales)2) engender: engendrar, producirfamiliarity breeds contempt: la confianza hace perder el respeto3) raise, rear: criar, educarbreed vireproduce: reproducirsebreed n1) : variedad f (de plantas), raza f (de animales)2) class: clase f, tipo mn.• ralea s.f.n.• casta s.f.• clase s.f.• generación s.f.• raza s.f.v.(§ p.,p.p.: bred) = criar v.• engendrar v.• ocasionar v.briːd
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(past & past p bred) transitive verba) \<\<animals\>\> criar*b) (raise, educate)c) \<\<violence\>\> engendrar, generar
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vi ( reproduce) reproducirse*[briːd] (vb: pt, pp bred)1.N (lit) [of animal] raza f ; [of plant] variedad f ; (fig) estirpe f2. VT1) [+ animals] criar2) (fig) [+ hate, suspicion] crear, engendrar3.VI [animals] reproducirse, procrearthey breed like flies or rabbits — se multiplican como conejos
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(past & past p bred) transitive verba) \<\<animals\>\> criar*b) (raise, educate)c) \<\<violence\>\> engendrar, generar
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vi ( reproduce) reproducirse*
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