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1 granja de pesca
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2 granja pesquera
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3 croquetas de pescado
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4 piscifactoria
f.fish hatchery, fish farm.* * *1 fish farm* * *SF fish farm* * *= fish farm.Ex. The author describes conservation work carried out the Howietoun Fish Farm Archive, composed of 60 volumes of records, accounts and ledgers dating from c1900.* * *= fish farm.Ex: The author describes conservation work carried out the Howietoun Fish Farm Archive, composed of 60 volumes of records, accounts and ledgers dating from c1900.
* * *fish farm* * *fish farm* * *f fish farm -
5 vivero
m.1 nursery.2 fish farm.* * *1 (de plantas) nursery2 (de peces) fish farm, fish hatchery; (de moluscos) bed3 figurado breeding ground, hotbed* * *noun m.* * *SM1) [de plantas] nursery; (=semillero) seedbed; [de árboles] tree nursery2) (para peces) (=estanque) fishpond; (Com) fish farm; (Zool) vivarium3) (fig) breeding ground; pey hotbed* * *un vivero de ostras — an oyster bed o bank
* * *= seedbed, nursery, garden centre.Ex. The article has the title 'The last thirty years as the seedbed of the future'.Ex. Horticulture is the science of growing flowers, trees, shrubs, and other plants in gardens, orchards, forests, nurseries, and greenhouses.Ex. The purpose of the course is to assist students to develop competence as service workers in nurseries, garden centres, greenhouses, golf courses and ground maintenance.----* trabajador de vivero = nurseryman [nurserymen, -pl.].* * *un vivero de ostras — an oyster bed o bank
* * *= seedbed, nursery, garden centre.Ex: The article has the title 'The last thirty years as the seedbed of the future'.
Ex: Horticulture is the science of growing flowers, trees, shrubs, and other plants in gardens, orchards, forests, nurseries, and greenhouses.Ex: The purpose of the course is to assist students to develop competence as service workers in nurseries, garden centres, greenhouses, golf courses and ground maintenance.* trabajador de vivero = nurseryman [nurserymen, -pl.].* * *1 (de plantas) nursery2 (de peces) hatchery; (de moluscos) bedun vivero de ostras an oyster bed o bank* * *
vivero sustantivo masculino ( de plantas) nursery;
( de peces) hatchery;
( de moluscos) bed
vivero sustantivo masculino
1 (de peces, moluscos) hatchery, fish farm
(de plantas) nursery
2 (causa) breeding ground
' vivero' also found in these entries:
English:
nursery
- nurseryman
- garden
* * *vivero nm1. [de plantas] nursery2. [de peces] fish farm;[de moluscos] bed3.vivero (de empresas) business incubator* * ** * *vivero nm1) : nursery (for plants)2) : hatchery, fish farm -
6 criadero
adj.prolific, productive.m.1 farm.criadero de ostras (breeding place)(deárboles, plantas) oyster bed2 seam.3 nursery, breeding place, breeding ground, hatchery.* * *2 (mina) seam\criadero de mejillones mussel bedcriadero de ostras oyster bed* * *SM1) (Bot) nursery2) (Zool) breeding place, breeding groundcriadero de peces — fish hatchery, fish farm
3) (Geol) vein, seam* * *masculino farmcriadero de pollos/de truchas — poultry/trout farm
criadero de ostras/mejillones — oyster/mussel bed
* * *= hatchery, breeding ground.Ex. This type of pearl culture using the spats produced in the hatchery is the first in its kind in India.Ex. This serves as an example of the Web acting as a breeding ground for a printed reference annual.----* criadero de caballos = stud.* criadero de cerdos = piggery.* criadero de peces = fishery, hatchery.* criadero de perros = breeding kennel.* * *masculino farmcriadero de pollos/de truchas — poultry/trout farm
criadero de ostras/mejillones — oyster/mussel bed
* * *= hatchery, breeding ground.Ex: This type of pearl culture using the spats produced in the hatchery is the first in its kind in India.
Ex: This serves as an example of the Web acting as a breeding ground for a printed reference annual.* criadero de caballos = stud.* criadero de cerdos = piggery.* criadero de peces = fishery, hatchery.* criadero de perros = breeding kennel.* * *farmcriadero de pollos poultry farmcriadero de salmones salmon farm criadero de truchas trout farm o hatcherycriadero de ostras/mejillones oyster/mussel bedse ha convertido en un criadero de ratas it's become a breeding ground for rats* * *
criadero sustantivo masculino
farm;◊ criadero de pollos/de truchas poultry/trout farm;
criadero de perros kennel (AmE), kennels (BrE);
criadero de ostras oyster bed
criadero sustantivo masculino Zool breeding place
(de perros) kennels
criadero de mejillones/ostras, mussel/oyster bed
criadero de truchas/codornices, trout/quail farm
' criadero' also found in these entries:
English:
battery
- kennel
* * *criadero nm1. [de animales] farm [breeding place];[de árboles, plantas] nursery;un criadero de ratas a breeding ground for ratscriadero canino kennels, dog breeders;criadero de ostras oyster bed2. Min mine* * *m2 de plantas nursery* * *criadero nm: hatchery -
7 granja
f.farm.granja avícola poultry farmgranja escuela = farm which schoolchildren visit or stay at to learn about farming life and animals* * *1 farm* * *noun f.1) farm2) farmhouse* * *SF farmgranja avícola — chicken farm, poultry farm
* * *femenino (Agr) farm* * *= farm, farmhouse, farmstead, homestead.Ex. Librarians are no strangers to the use of mobile vans as a means of taking books to scattered rural communities, even individual farms and stately homes.Ex. The new library extension is in the style of the old farm houses and forms right angles with the old, now restored, main building which houses offices and local history collection.Ex. At that time, the rural countryside was dotted with small farmsteads.Ex. The scattered remains of homesteads also dot the rugged landscape.----* animal de granja = farm animal, farmyard animal.* cría en granja = free-range farming.* de granja = free-range.* en la propia granja = on-farm.* gallina de granja = free-range hen.* granja de cerdos = piggery.* granja de cría intensiva = battery farm.* granja ecológica = free-range farm.* granja escuela = animal farm.* granja pequeña = croft.* patio de granja = farmyard.* pollo de granja = free-range chicken.* * *femenino (Agr) farm* * *= farm, farmhouse, farmstead, homestead.Ex: Librarians are no strangers to the use of mobile vans as a means of taking books to scattered rural communities, even individual farms and stately homes.
Ex: The new library extension is in the style of the old farm houses and forms right angles with the old, now restored, main building which houses offices and local history collection.Ex: At that time, the rural countryside was dotted with small farmsteads.Ex: The scattered remains of homesteads also dot the rugged landscape.* animal de granja = farm animal, farmyard animal.* cría en granja = free-range farming.* de granja = free-range.* en la propia granja = on-farm.* gallina de granja = free-range hen.* granja de cerdos = piggery.* granja de cría intensiva = battery farm.* granja ecológica = free-range farm.* granja escuela = animal farm.* granja pequeña = croft.* patio de granja = farmyard.* pollo de granja = free-range chicken.* * *A ( Agr) farmCompuestos:arable farmpoultry farm(de aves) battery farm; (de otros animales) factory farmfarm schoolB* * *
granja sustantivo femenino (Agr) farm;
granja sustantivo femenino farm
' granja' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
collado
- explotación
- animal
- chacra
- corral
- masía
- producto
English:
battery farm
- dairy
- dairy farm
- farm
- farmhouse
- free-range
- tenant
- down
- free
- homestead
* * *granja nf1. [en el campo] farmgranja agropecuaria agricultural and livestock farm;granja avícola poultry farm;granja escuela = farm which schoolchildren visit or stay at to learn about farming life and animals;granja marina marine farm* * *f farm* * *granja nf: farm* * *granja n1. (de campo) farm2. (cafetería, lechería) -
8 vivar
m.1 warren for breeding rabbits or other animals; vivary.2 burrow of a rabbit.3 fishpond (estanque).* * *1 (de conejos) warren2 (de peces) fish farm, fish hatchery* * *ISM1) (Zool) warrenIIVT(LAm) (=vitorear) to cheer* * *Iverbo transitivo (AmS) to cheerII* * *Iverbo transitivo (AmS) to cheerII* * *vt( AmS) to cheer1 (de conejos) warren2 (de peces) hatchery* * *vivar1 nm[de conejos] warrenvivar2 vtAndes, RP, Ven to cheer* * *vivar vi: to cheer -
9 piscigranja
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10 receloso
• distrustful• fish farm• fish-eating• leering• lees• mistrustful• uneasy• wartime• wary investor -
11 suspicaz
• distrustful• fish farm• fish-eating• leering• lees• mistrustful• untrusting -
12 granja marina
fish farm -
13 mosca
f.1 fly.aflojar o soltar la mosca (figurative) to cough up, to fork outestar con o tener la mosca detrás de la oreja (informal) to be suspicious o distrustful¿qué mosca te ha picado? (informal figurative) what's up with you?mosca muerta (informal figurative) slyboots, hypocritemosca tse-tsé tsetse fly2 money.* * *1 fly2 (barba) tuft\aflojar/soltar la mosca familiar to fork out money, cough upcaer como moscas to drop like fliesestar con la mosca detrás de la oreja to be suspiciousno se oía una mosca you could have heard a pin droppor si las moscas just in case¿qué mosca te (le, etc) ha picado? familiar what's bugging you (him, etc)?mosca muerta figurado hypocrite* * *noun f.* * *1. SF1) (=insecto) flypescar a la mosca — to fish with a fly, fly-fish
asarse las moscas —
- mandar a algn a capar moscas- ¿qué mosca te/le ha picado?mosca artificial — [en pesca] fly
mosca azul, mosca blanca — whitefly
mosca de España — Spanish fly, cantharides
mosca drosofila — drosophila, fruit fly
mosca muerta — = mosquita
2) * (=pesado) pest3) † (=dinero) dough *4) † (=barba) small goatee beard5) pl moscas (=centellas) sparksmoscas volantes — spots before the eyes, floaters
6) Méx * (=parásito) sponger *2.ADJ INV Esp** * *Iadjetivo invariablea) (Esp fam) ( preocupado) uneasy, edgy (colloq); ( enfadado) sore (AmE colloq), cross (BrE colloq)b) (Ven fam) ( alerta) alertII1)a) (Zool) flycaer como moscas — to drop o fall like flies
es incapaz de matar una mosca — she wouldn't harm o hurt a fly
estar con la mosca en or detrás de la oreja — to be wary, be on one's guard
papar moscas — (fam) to mooch around (colloq)
por si las moscas — (fam) just in case (colloq)
¿qué mosca te/le ha picado? — (fam) what's got into o what's up with you/him? (colloq)
sentirse como mosca en leche — (Andes fam) to feel like a fish out of water
b) ( para pescar) fly2) (Esp fam) ( dinero) dough (colloq)IIIafloja la mosca — cough up (colloq)
masculino y femenino (Ur fam) freeloader (colloq), sponger (BrE colloq)* * *= fly [flies, -pl.].Ex. From 'Huckleberry Finn' to 'Catcher in the Rye', from 'Coral Island' to 'The Lord of the Flies,' from 'Aesop's Fables' to 'Animal Farm': we can all find family trees for dozens of books.----* caer como moscas = drop like + flies.* incapaz de matar una mosca = wouldn't hurt a fly.* mosca de la fruta = fruit fly.* mosca negra = black fly.* oír una mosca = hear a pin drop.* pesca con mosca = fly fishing.* por si las moscas = just in case, on spec.* * *Iadjetivo invariablea) (Esp fam) ( preocupado) uneasy, edgy (colloq); ( enfadado) sore (AmE colloq), cross (BrE colloq)b) (Ven fam) ( alerta) alertII1)a) (Zool) flycaer como moscas — to drop o fall like flies
es incapaz de matar una mosca — she wouldn't harm o hurt a fly
estar con la mosca en or detrás de la oreja — to be wary, be on one's guard
papar moscas — (fam) to mooch around (colloq)
por si las moscas — (fam) just in case (colloq)
¿qué mosca te/le ha picado? — (fam) what's got into o what's up with you/him? (colloq)
sentirse como mosca en leche — (Andes fam) to feel like a fish out of water
b) ( para pescar) fly2) (Esp fam) ( dinero) dough (colloq)IIIafloja la mosca — cough up (colloq)
masculino y femenino (Ur fam) freeloader (colloq), sponger (BrE colloq)* * *= fly [flies, -pl.].Ex: From 'Huckleberry Finn' to 'Catcher in the Rye', from 'Coral Island' to 'The Lord of the Flies,' from 'Aesop's Fables' to 'Animal Farm': we can all find family trees for dozens of books.
* caer como moscas = drop like + flies.* incapaz de matar una mosca = wouldn't hurt a fly.* mosca de la fruta = fruit fly.* mosca negra = black fly.* oír una mosca = hear a pin drop.* pesca con mosca = fly fishing.* por si las moscas = just in case, on spec.* * *1 ( Esp fam) (preocupado) uneasy, edgy ( colloq); (enfadado) sore ( AmE colloq), mad ( AmE), cross ( BrE colloq)hay que estar mosca you have to be alert o ( colloq) keep on your toesA1 ( Zool) flyno se oía ni una mosca you could have heard a pin drop ( colloq)caer como moscas to go down o drop o fall like flieses incapaz de matar una mosca she wouldn't harm o hurt a flyestar con la mosca en or detrás de la oreja to be wary, be on one's guardir de mosca ( Méx): atrás del trolebús iban dos muchachos de mosca two boys were hanging off the back of the trolleybus¿qué mosca te/le ha picado? ( fam); what's got into o what's up with you/him? ( colloq), what's eating you/him? ( colloq)venir or acudir como moscas to swarm round like flies2 (para pescar) flyCompuestos:whitefly● mosca húmeda or mojadawet flydry fly● mosca tsé-tsé or tsetsé( Med) tsetse, tsetse flyafloja la mosca cough up ( colloq)(Ur fam)* * *
mosca sustantivo femenino
fly;◊ no se oía ni una mosca you could have heard a pin drop (colloq);
por si las moscas (fam) just in case (colloq)
mosca
I sustantivo femenino
1 (insecto) fly
2 fam fig (dinero) cash, dough
aflojar la mosca, to stump up
3 fam (recelo) estar con la mosca (detrás de la oreja), to smell a rat, to be suspicious
II adj (estar) (enfadado) annoyed
(inquieto) worried
(intrigado) suspicious
♦ Locuciones: familiar ¿qué mosca le ha picado?, what's biting him?
familiar por si las moscas, just in case
' mosca' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
gusano
- volar
- pescar
- peso
- por
English:
bite
- eat
- fly
- flyweight
- pin
- blue
- house
* * *♦ adj investoy mosca con su oferta, no me inspira confianza there's something fishy about his offer, I don't trust itestá mosca conmigo she's in a mood with me;está mosca porque se ha vuelto a estropear el ordenador he's in a mood because the computer's broken againpara ganar dinero hay que estar muy mosca if you want to make money you've got to be on the ball♦ nmf[en boxeo] flyweight♦ nf1. [insecto] flymosca escorpión scorpion fly;mosca de la fruta fruit fly;Fam Fig mosca muerta:con lo mosca muerta que parecía y el novio tan guapo que se ha buscado she's a dark horse, you'd never have thought she'd end up with a good-looking boyfriend like that;parece una mosca muerta he looks very innocent;mosca tse-tsé tsetse fly2. [en pesca] flyestoy sin mosca I'm flat broke, Br I'm skint4. Compcazar moscas to twiddle one's thumbs;Famno se oía ni una mosca you could have heard a pin drop;Fam¿qué mosca te ha picado? what's up with you?, who's rattled your cage?;Fampor si las moscas just in case;Méx Famviajar de mosca = to ride for free on a bus by clinging to the outside of it♦ interjVen Fam watch it!* * *f fly;mosca muerta fam hypocrite;estar mosca fam smell a rat fam ;tener la mosca detrás de la oreja fam smell a rat fam ;por si las moscas fam just to be on the safe side;¿qué mosca te ha picado? what’s biting you?;soltar oaflojar la mosca fam pay up, cough up fam ;caer omorir como moscas fig drop like flies;estar papando moscas fam be miles away fam ;no es capaz de matar una mosca he wouldn’t hurt a fly* * *mosca nf1) : fly2)mosca común : housefly* * * -
14 animal de granja
(n.) = farm animal, farmyard animalEx. He challenged the work of anatomists such as Galen (2nd century AD), whose understanding of the human body was based on the study of farm animals and Barbary apes.Ex. Adding a touch of fish oil to farmyard animals' food could help cut gases they emit with their noxious belches.* * *(n.) = farm animal, farmyard animalEx: He challenged the work of anatomists such as Galen (2nd century AD), whose understanding of the human body was based on the study of farm animals and Barbary apes.
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15 pomada
f.1 ointment.2 shoe polish.* * *1 cream* * *SF1) (=crema) cream, ointment2) (=gente)la pomada — ** the cream, the top people
* * *femenino (Farm) ointment, creamhacer pomada a alguien — (Méx, RPl fam) to give somebody a thrashing o hammering (colloq)
hacer pomada algo — (RPl fam) to ruin something
* * *= ointment.Ex. The first epigram gives the reason for the following epigrams, which are about particular gifts: peacocks, purple fish, deer, ointment, and roses.* * *femenino (Farm) ointment, creamhacer pomada a alguien — (Méx, RPl fam) to give somebody a thrashing o hammering (colloq)
hacer pomada algo — (RPl fam) to ruin something
* * *= ointment.Ex: The first epigram gives the reason for the following epigrams, which are about particular gifts: peacocks, purple fish, deer, ointment, and roses.
* * *( Farm) ointment, creamme lo devolvió hecho pomada when he gave it back it was falling apart o it was ruinedCompuesto:( RPl) shoe polish* * *
pomada sustantivo femenino (Farm) ointment, cream;◊ pomada de zapatos (RPl) shoe polish
pomada f Med ointment
' pomada' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
localmente
- para
- aplicar
English:
application
- apply
- ointment
- reapply
- polish
* * *pomada nfointment;Méx, RP Famhacer algo pomada: si seguís toqueteando esa planta la vas a hacer pomada that plant's going to fall to bits if you keep touching it;esos argumentos te los hacen pomada en cinco minutos they'll pull those arguments to pieces in next to no time;hizo pomada el auto he wrote the car off;Méx, RP Famhacerse pomada: se hizo pomada con el accidente he hurt himself really badly in the accidentRP pomada para zapatos shoe polish* * *f cream* * *pomada nf: ointment, cream* * *pomada n cream / ointment -
16 cultivar
m.cultivar, plant variety which originates and persists under cultivation.v.1 to farm, to cultivate (tierra).Pedro cultiva peces Peter breeds=cultivates fish.2 to cultivate (amistad, inteligencia).3 to practice (art).4 to culture (germen).5 to grow, to cultivate, to farm, to grow up.María cultiva repollos Mary grows cabbages.6 to develop, to elaborate upon, to cultivate, to evolve.Pedro cultiva buenos modales Peter develops good manners.* * *1 to cultivate, farm2 (ejercitar facultades) to work at, practise (US practice), improve3 (en biología) to produce\cultivar las amistades figurado to cultivate friendships* * *verb1) to cultivate2) farm3) raise, grow* * *VT1) (Agr) [+ tierra] to farm, cultivate, till; [+ cosecha] to grow, raise2) (Bio) to culture3) [+ amistad, arte, estudio] to cultivate; [+ talento] to develop; [+ memoria] to develop, improve* * *verbo transitivo1) (Agr) <campo/tierras> to cultivate, farm; < plantas> to grow, cultivate2) <bacterias/perlas> to culture3) < amistad> to cultivate; <inteligencia/memoria> to develop; <artes/interés> to encourage4) ( practicar) to practice** * *verbo transitivo1) (Agr) <campo/tierras> to cultivate, farm; < plantas> to grow, cultivate2) <bacterias/perlas> to culture3) < amistad> to cultivate; <inteligencia/memoria> to develop; <artes/interés> to encourage4) ( practicar) to practice** * *cultivar11 = cultivate, grow, till, grow + Plantas, grow + crops.Ex: Such familiarity can be cultivated with experience, and will consider the following features of data bases.
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: Chapter 5 will focus on staffing issues and opportunities -- the roots and substance of a properly tilled organizational garden.Ex: Sugar beet is grown in a variety of locations and under a variety of agronomic conditions within the UK.Ex: Even in mathematics the examples are all practical, rooted in the garden behind the school where the children grow crops.* cultivar la tierra = farm + land, grow + crops.* cultivar los hábitos de lectura = cultivate + reading habits.* cultivar plantaciones = grow + crops.* cultivarse = grow.* cultivar un don = cultivate + gift.* zona sin cultivar = wildland.cultivar22 = cultivar.Ex: In this fully updated work, nearly 500 species and cultivars of the crowning jewels of water gardens, the water lilies and lotuses, are described.
* * *cultivar [A1 ]vtA ( Agr) ‹campo/tierras› to cultivate, farm; ‹plantas› to grow, cultivateun huerto bien cultivado a well-tended vegetable gardenB1 ‹bacterias› to culture2 ‹perlas› to cultureC ‹amistad› to cultivate; ‹inteligencia/memoria› to develop; ‹artes› to encourage, promote; ‹interés› to foster, encouragepara cultivar un espíritu de solidaridad to foster a spirit of solidarityD (practicar) to practice** * *
cultivar ( conjugate cultivar) verbo transitivo
‹ plantas› to grow, cultivate
‹inteligencia/memoria› to develop;
‹artes/interés› to encourage
cultivar verbo transitivo
1 to cultivate, farm
2 Biol to culture
' cultivar' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
terrena
- terreno
- yerma
- yermo
- baldío
- cosechar
English:
cultivate
- farm
- grow
- nurture
- raise
- till
- work
- culture
- uncultivated
* * *♦ vt1. [tierra] to farm, to cultivate;[plantas] to grow;dejó sus tierras sin cultivar he left his land uncultivated2. [amistad, inteligencia] to cultivate3. [arte] to practise4. [germen] to culture* * *cultivate* * *cultivar vt1) : to cultivate2) : to foster* * *cultivar vb1. (tierra) to farm -
17 faena
f.1 task, work (tarea).faenas agrícolas o del campo farm work, agricultural workfaenas domésticas housework, household chores2 bullfighter's performance (bullfighting).pres.indicat.3rd person singular (él/ella/ello) present indicative of spanish verb: faenar.imperat.2nd person singular (tú) Imperative of Spanish verb: faenar.* * *1 (tarea) task, job2 familiar (mala pasada) dirty trick3 (tauromaquia) performance\estar metido,-a en faena familiar to be hard at workfaenas agrícolas agricultural workfaenas de la casa housework sing, household choresmujer de la faena cleaning lady, home help* * *SF1) [gen] task, job, piece of work; [en el hogar] chore; (Mil) fatigue¡menuda faena la que me hizo! — that was a terrible thing he did to me!
4) (Taur) set of passes with the cape* * *1) ( trabajo) task, jobfaenas domésticas or de la casa — housework
2) (Taur) series of passes3) (fam)a) ( mala pasada) dirty trickb) ( contratiempo) drag (colloq), pain (colloq)4) (Chi) ( grupo de trabajadores) team, gang; ( lugar de trabajo) workplace (frml)* * *= task, work, job, chore.Ex. Further, menu screens will be necessary until the user has specified the task that he wishes executed or the information that he wishes to retrieve sufficiently for execution or retrieval to be effected.Ex. The Classification Research Group (CRG) has been a major force in the development of classification theory, and has made a major contribution towards work on a new general classification scheme.Ex. To ease the cataloguer's job and save him the trouble of counting characters, DOBIS/LIBIS uses a special function.Ex. The maintenance of orderly shelf arrangement is often considered an unimportant chore.----* faena diaria = daily grind.* todos a la faena = all hands on deck, all hands to the pump(s).* traje de faena = fatigues.* * *1) ( trabajo) task, jobfaenas domésticas or de la casa — housework
2) (Taur) series of passes3) (fam)a) ( mala pasada) dirty trickb) ( contratiempo) drag (colloq), pain (colloq)4) (Chi) ( grupo de trabajadores) team, gang; ( lugar de trabajo) workplace (frml)* * *= task, work, job, chore.Ex: Further, menu screens will be necessary until the user has specified the task that he wishes executed or the information that he wishes to retrieve sufficiently for execution or retrieval to be effected.
Ex: The Classification Research Group (CRG) has been a major force in the development of classification theory, and has made a major contribution towards work on a new general classification scheme.Ex: To ease the cataloguer's job and save him the trouble of counting characters, DOBIS/LIBIS uses a special function.Ex: The maintenance of orderly shelf arrangement is often considered an unimportant chore.* faena diaria = daily grind.* todos a la faena = all hands on deck, all hands to the pump(s).* traje de faena = fatigues.* * *A (trabajo) task, jobcomparten las faenas domésticas or de la casa they share the housework o the domestic o household choresla dura faena diaria the daily grindfaenas agrícolas farm workB ( Taur) series of passesC (matanza) slaughterD ( fam)1 (mala pasada) dirty trick¡qué faena! what a drag o pain!E ( Chi)1 (grupo de trabajadores) team, gang2 (lugar de trabajo) workplace ( frml)voy a la faena a pie I walk to work* * *
Del verbo faenar: ( conjugate faenar)
faena es:
3ª persona singular (él/ella/usted) presente indicativo2ª persona singular (tú) imperativo
Multiple Entries:
faena
faenar
faena sustantivo femenino
1 ( tarea) task, job;
faenas domésticas housework;
faenas agrícolas farm work
2 (fam)
faena sustantivo femenino
1 (trabajo) work
faenas de la casa, household chores
faenas del campo, farm work
fam pey chore
2 fam (mala pasada) dirty trick
hacer una faena a alguien, to play a dirty trick on sb
3 Taur performance
faenar verbo intransitivo
1 (en la mar) to fish
2 (en el campo) to work on the land
' faena' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
jugada
- meterse
- perrería
- traje
- trastada
- tres
- marranada
English:
chore
- fatigue
* * *faena nf1. [tarea] task, work;hoy no puedo salir que tengo mucha faena I can't go out today, I've got too much (work) to do;estar en plena faena to be hard at work;meterse en faena to get down to work, to start workingfaenas agrícolas farm work, agricultural work;faenas del campo farm work, agricultural work;faenas domésticas housework, household chores2. Fam [fastidio]me han hecho una faena cancelando el vuelo they've really left me in it by cancelling the flight;no me olvidaré de la faena que me hizo I won't forget the dirty trick he played on me;¡qué faena! what a pain!3. Taurom = bullfighter's performance with the cape;el torero ejecutó una faena brillante the bullfighter did a series of brilliant passes with the cape4. Cuba, Guat, Méx [en hacienda] overtime7. RP [matanza] slaughtering [of cattle]* * *f1 task, job;faenas agrícolas farmwork sg ;faenas de la casa household chores2 TAUR series of passes with the cape3:hacer una faena a alguien play a dirty trick on s.o.4 Chi, Rplde ganado slaughtering* * *faena nf: task, job, workfaenas domésticas: housework* * *faena n1. (labor) job / task2. (jugarreta) dirty trick -
18 tableta
f.1 tablet (medicine).2 bar.3 pill, tablet, tabloid.* * *1 (pastilla) tablet2 (de chocolate) bar* * *noun f.1) tablet2) bar* * *SF1) [de chocolate] bar, slab; (Med) tablet2) [de madera] (=bloque) block; (=tablero) board3) [de escribir] writing pad* * *a) (Farm) tablet, pillb) ( de chocolate) bar* * *a) (Farm) tablet, pillb) ( de chocolate) bar* * *tableta11 = slab, tablet.Ex: What is absolutely certain is that without some preparation by the teacher, a visitor cannot hope to achieve very much; he is in little better a position than cold fish on a marble slab.
Ex: There are many different tablets available to treat diabetes.* tableta de chocolate = six-pack, six-pack abs, slab of chocolate, tablet of chocolate.tableta22 = pill.Ex: White respondents are more than six times as likely to use pills to vomit as a method of weight management.
* * *1 ( Farm) tablet, pill2 (de chocolate) bar* * *
tableta sustantivo femenino
tableta sustantivo femenino
1 (de turrón, chocolate) bar
2 Farm tablet
' tableta' also found in these entries:
English:
bar
- tablet
* * *tableta nf1. [de chocolate, turrón] bar2. [pastilla] tablet3. Informát tablettableta gráfica graphics tablet* * *f:tableta de chocolate chocolate bar* * *tableta nf1) comprimido, píldora: tablet, pill2) : bar (of chocolate)* * *tableta n1. (de chocolate, etc) bar2. (medicina) tablet -
19 tierra
f.1 land (terrenos, continentes).en tierras mexicanas/del rey on Mexican soil/the King's landpor estas tierras round these parts, down this waytierra adentro inlandtierra de nadie no-man's-landtierra prometida Promised Landtierra del Fuego Tierra del Fuegotierra Santa the Holy Landtierra virgen virgin land2 land.cultivar la tierra to farm the land3 earth.se me ha metido tierra en los zapatos I've got some earth in my shoesun camino de tierra a dirt track4 ground (suelo).bajo tierra undergroundcaer a tierra to fall to the groundtomar tierra to land5 homeland, native land (lugar de origen) (país).vino/queso de la tierra local wine/cheesetierra natal homeland, native land6 dust. ( Latin American Spanish)7 soil, dirt.8 country, homeland.9 plot of land, territory, estate, soil.* * *1 (planeta) earth2 (superficie sólida) land3 (terreno cultivado) soil, land4 (país) country, land5 (suelo) ground6 ELECTRICIDAD earth, US ground1 land sing\caer por tierra figurado to crumbledar en tierra con algo to drop something on the ground, throw something on the groundechar a tierra to demolishechar por tierra figurado to crush, destroyechar tierra encima de figurado to hush upponer tierra por medio figurado to make oneself scarcepor estas tierras in these partspor tierra overland, by land¡tierra a la vista! land ahoy!tierra adentro inland¡tierra trágame! figurado I wish I was somewhere else, I could curl up and dietirar por tierra figurado to crush, destroyvivir de la tierra to make a living from the landtierra de nadie no-man's-landTierra del Fuego Tierra del Fuegotierra firme terra firma, dry landtierra natal homelandTierra Santa the Holy Land* * *noun f.1) earth2) land3) soil4) homeland•* * *SF1)• la Tierra — the earth, the Earth
2) (=superficie)a) [fuera del agua] land¡tierra a la vista! — land ahoy!
la industria pesquera genera unos 400.000 empleos en tierra — the fishing industry provides 400,000 jobs on land
•
por tierra — overland, by landatravesar un país por tierra — to go overland o by land across a country
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tomar tierra — to reach port, get inb) (=no aire) [desde el aire] ground; [desde el espacio] earthla explosión ocurrió cuando el avión cayó a tierra — the explosion occurred when the aeroplane hit the ground
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tocar tierra — to touch down•
tomar tierra — to landtierra firme — (=no aire) solid ground; (=no agua) land
3) (=suelo) ground•
caer a tierra — to fall down•
dar con algo en tierra — to knock sth over•
echarse a tierra — to throw o.s. on o to the ground- venirse a o por tierra4) (=material) [gen] earth; (=polvo) dust; (=barro) mud; [para jardinería, cultivo] soilcon los zapatos llenos de tierra — (=polvo) with his shoes covered in dust; (=barro) with his shoes covered in mud
viviendas con suelo de tierra — houses with earth o dirt floors
acordaron echar tierra al incidente y seguir siendo amigos — they agreed to put the incident behind them and continue to be friends
le vienes a echar tierra a mi carro con tu descapotable — your convertible makes my car look ridiculous o really bad
tierra caliente — LAm land below 1000m approximately
tierra fría — LAm land above 2000m approximately
tierra quemada — (Pol) scorched earth
pista 3), política 2)tierra templada — LAm land between 1000m and 2000m approximately
5) (Agr) landtierra de secano — dry land, unirrigated land
6) (=división territorial)a) (=lugar de origen)todo refugiado siente nostalgia de su tierra — every refugee feels homesick for or misses his native land o homeland
b) [en plural]sus viajes por tierras de Castilla, su largo exilio en tierras australianas — her lengthy exile in Australia
no es de estas tierras — he's not from these parts, he's not from this part of the world
- ver tierras7) (Elec) earth, ground (EEUU)toma 1., 1)conectar un aparato a tierra — to earth o (EEUU) ground an appliance
* * *1) (campo, terreno) landtierras fértiles/áridas — fertile/arid land
tierra labrantía or de cultivo — arable o cultivated land
poner tierra de por medio — to make oneself scarce (colloq)
2) (suelo, superficie) ground; (materia, arena) earthun camino de tierra — a dirt road o track
cuerpo a tierra! — hit the ground! (colloq)
echar algo por tierra — <edificio/monumento> to pull o knock down; < planes> to wreck, ruin; < argumentos> to demolish, destroy; < esperanzas> to dash
echarle tierra a algo/alguien — (Col fam) to put something/somebody to shame, make something/somebody look bad
echar tierra a or sobre algo — ( ocultarlo) to cover o hush something up; ( olvidarlo) to forget about something
tragarse la tierra a alguien: como si se lo hubiera tragado la tierra as if he'd vanished off the face of the earth; deseé que me tragara la tierra — I just wanted the earth to open and swallow me up
3) (AmL) ( polvo) dust4) (Elec) ground (AmE), earth (BrE)estar conectado a tierra or (AmL) hacer tierra — to be grounded o earthed
5) (por oposición al mar, al aire) landtierra a la vista! — land ho o ahoy!
viajar por tierra — to travel overland o by land
tocar tierra — to land, put into port
tomar tierra — to land, touch down
6)a) (país, lugar)decidió volver a su tierra — he decided to return to his homeland o to his native land
costumbres de aquellas tierras — customs in those places o countries
b) ( territorio) soil* * *1) (campo, terreno) landtierras fértiles/áridas — fertile/arid land
tierra labrantía or de cultivo — arable o cultivated land
poner tierra de por medio — to make oneself scarce (colloq)
2) (suelo, superficie) ground; (materia, arena) earthun camino de tierra — a dirt road o track
cuerpo a tierra! — hit the ground! (colloq)
echar algo por tierra — <edificio/monumento> to pull o knock down; < planes> to wreck, ruin; < argumentos> to demolish, destroy; < esperanzas> to dash
echarle tierra a algo/alguien — (Col fam) to put something/somebody to shame, make something/somebody look bad
echar tierra a or sobre algo — ( ocultarlo) to cover o hush something up; ( olvidarlo) to forget about something
tragarse la tierra a alguien: como si se lo hubiera tragado la tierra as if he'd vanished off the face of the earth; deseé que me tragara la tierra — I just wanted the earth to open and swallow me up
3) (AmL) ( polvo) dust4) (Elec) ground (AmE), earth (BrE)estar conectado a tierra or (AmL) hacer tierra — to be grounded o earthed
5) (por oposición al mar, al aire) landtierra a la vista! — land ho o ahoy!
viajar por tierra — to travel overland o by land
tocar tierra — to land, put into port
tomar tierra — to land, touch down
6)a) (país, lugar)decidió volver a su tierra — he decided to return to his homeland o to his native land
costumbres de aquellas tierras — customs in those places o countries
b) ( territorio) soil* * *tierra22 = land, ground, soil, earth, dry land [dryland].Ex: Until recently all libraries and some architects have maintained that an academic library should be capable of extension and that land should be reserved for future expansion.
Ex: A profile is a scale representation of the intersection of a vertical surface with the surface of the ground.Ex: This article diagnoses the information needs of those who work in the area of pollution of air, soil and earth.Ex: Insulation techniques helpful to energy conservation are: more use of below surface areas; the mounding of earth against outside walls; sod roofs; and the correct use of glass.Ex: This article describes a knowledge based geographic information system for the broad scale mapping of dryland salinity in the Western Australian wheatbelt.* aprovechamiento de la tierra = land use.* asentamiento en tierras federales = homesteading.* bajo tierra = underground, below surface.* buena tierra = good soil.* camino de tierra = dirt track, dirt road.* como si se + Pronombre + hubiera tragado la tierra = into thin air.* con el suelo de tierra = dirt-floored.* confinado a la tierra = land-bound [landbound].* con los pies sobre la tierra = down-to-earth.* contaminación de la tierra = soil pollution.* corrimiento de tierra = landslide.* cultivar la tierra = farm + land, grow + crops.* dejar la tierra en barbecho = let + farmland lie fallow.* desaprovechamiento de la tierra = land misuse.* desprendimiento de tierra = landslide.* de tierra = onshore, earthen.* echar Algo por tierra = blow + Nombre + out of the water.* echarlo todo por tierra = upset + the applecart.* echar por tierra = scupper, blight, cast + a blight on.* echar por tierra las ilusiones = shatter + Posesivo + hopes.* echar por tierra los planes de Alguien = spike + Posesivo + guns.* echar por tierra una idea = crush + idea.* ejército de tierra, el = army, the [armies, pl.].* en la tierra = on the ground.* en la tierra de = in the land of.* en tierra = onshore, ashore.* en tierra firme = on dry land.* en tierras lejanas = outranged.* fertilidad de la tierra = soil fertility.* gestión de tierras = land management.* gran extensión de tierra dedicada a la cría de animales de pas = rangeland.* mala tierra = poor soil.* movimiento de tierra = earthwork.* nadie es profeta en su tierra = no man is a prophet in his own land.* pequeño propietario de tierras = yeoman farmer.* pies sobre la tierra = feet on the ground.* pista de tierra batida = clay tennis court.* poner los pies sobre la tierra = come down + to earth.* por encima de la tierra = aboveground.* rodeado de tierra = land-bound [landbound], land-locked [landlocked].* sin tierras, sin propiedad rural = landless.* sobre la tierra = on the ground.* temblor de tierra = quake, earth tremor.* tenis sobre tierra batida = clay tennis, clay court tennis.* ¡Tierra a la vista! = Land ahoy!, Land ho!.* tierra arenosa = sandy soil.* tierra baldía = wasteland, moor, barren land.* tierra buena = good soil.* tierra cenagosa = loamy soil.* tierra cultivable = arable land.* tierra de cultivo = soil, farmland [farm land].* Tierra de Israel, la = Land of Israel, the.* tierra de labranza = farmland [farm land].* tierra de nadie = twilight zone, wilderness, no-man's land.* tierra de pastoreo = pasture land.* tierra de pastos = pasture land.* tierra desconocida = terra incognita.* tierra en barbecho = fallow land.* tierra fértil = sod, loam.* tierra firme = dry land [dryland], land mass [landmass], firm ground, solid ground.* tierra lejana = far off land.* tierra mala = poor soil.* tierra margosa = loamy soil.* tierra natal = homeland.* tierra prometida, la = land of cream and honey, the, promised land, the, land of milk and honey, the.* tierras = landed estate.* tierras altas = highland.* tierras altas escocesas = Highland.* tierra salvaje = wilderness.* Tierra Santa = Holy Land, the.* tierras bajas = lowlands.* tierras celtas, las = Celtic fringe, the.* tierras del sur = southland.* tierras mejores = greener pastures.* tierras movedizas = shifting sands.* tierras perdidas = lost lands.* tierra virgen = uncharted territory, uncharted waters, unchartered territory, unchartered waters.* toma de tierra = earthing.* transporte por tierra = land transport.* tropa de tierra = ground troop.* uso de la tierra = land use.* vasallo propietario de sus tierras = yeoman [yeomen, -pl.].* vehículo de tierra a motor = motor land vehicle.* vivir de la tierra = live off + the land.* * *A (campo, terreno) landuna distribución más justa de la tierra a fairer distribution of landtierras comunales common landcompró unas tierras en Durango he bought some land in Durangotierras fértiles/áridas fertile/arid landtierra labrantía or de cultivo or de labranza or de labor or de labrantío arable o cultivated landtierras baldías wastelandlos que trabajan la tierra those who work the landponer tierra de por medio to make oneself scarce, get out quick ( colloq)B1 (suelo, superficie) ground; (materia, arena) earthclavó la estaca en la tierra he drove the stake into the groundésta es muy buena tierra this is very good land o soilcavaba la tierra he was digging the groundun camión de tierra a truckload of soil o earthno juegues con la tierra, que te vas a manchar don't play in the dirt, you'll get filthyun camino de tierra a dirt road o track¡cuerpo a tierra! get down!, hit the ground! ( colloq)ya lleva un año bajo tierra she's been dead and buried for a year nowechar algo por tierra ‹edificio/monumento› to demolish, pull o knock down;‹planes› to wreck, ruin, put paid to; ‹argumentos› to demolish, destroy; ‹esperanzas› to dashecharse tierra encima to do oneself down, cry stinking fish ( BrE)echar tierra a or sobre algo (ocultarlo) to cover o hush sth up; (olvidarlo) to forget about sth, put sth behind onetragarse la tierra a algn: parecía que se lo hubiera tragado la tierra it was as if he'd vanished off the face of the earthen aquel momento deseé que me tragara la tierra at that moment I just wanted the earth o the ground to open and swallow me upCompuesto:( Esp) clayel cable que va a tierra the ground o earth leadnecesita una conexión a tierra or debe estar conectado a tierra or ( AmL) debe hacer tierra it needs to be connected to ground o earth, it needs to be grounded o earthedD (por oposición al mar, al aire) land¡tierra a la vista! land ho! o land ahoy!viajar por tierra to travel overland o by landiniciaron las expediciones tierra adentro they started expeditions into the interiorgentes de tierra adentro people from the interior, people from inlandmisiles aire-tierra air-to-ground missilesel ejército de tierra the armytierra firme solid ground, terra firmaquedarse en tierra to be left behind, miss one's train ( o boat etc)tocar tierra to land, put into porttomar tierra to land, touch downE1(país, región, lugar): después de tantos años de exilio decidió volver a su tierra after all those years in exile he decided to return to his homeland o to his native landlas cosas que pasan por aquellas tierras the things that happen in those places o countriespartió a tierras lejanas para buscar fortuna he set out for foreign parts o for distant lands to seek his fortunevino de la tierra local wine, locally produced winefruta de la tierra locally grown fruit2 (territorio) soilen el instante que pisó tierra francesa the moment he set foot on French soilCompuestos:: from Mexico to Peru, land below approx. 1,200mTierra del Fuegono-man's-landthe cold lands (pl), (from Mexico to Peru, land above approx. 2,200m)native land, land of one's birthPromised LandHoly Landthe temperate lands (pl) (from Mexico to Peru, land between approx. 1,200m and 2,200m)Fla composición de la atmósfera de la Tierra the composition of the Earth's atmosphere¿cúal es el planeta más cercano a la Tierra? what is the closest planet to (the) Earth?para proteger la vida en la Tierra to protect life on earthCreador del Cielo y de la Tierra Creator of Heaven and Earth* * *
tierra sustantivo femenino
1 (campo, terreno) land;
tierra de cultivo arable land
2 (suelo, superficie) ground;
(materia, arena) earth;
un camión de tierra a truckload of soil o earth;
no juegues con tierra don't play in the dirt;
un camino de tierra a dirt road o track;
echar algo por tierra ‹ planes› to wreck, ruin;
‹ argumentos› to demolish, destroy;
‹ esperanzas› to dash
3 (AmL) ( polvo) dust
4 (Elec) ground (AmE), earth (BrE);
estar conectado a tierra or (AmL) hacer tierra to be grounded o earthed
5 (por oposición al mar, al aire) land;◊ viajar por tierra to travel overland o by land;
tierra firme solid ground;
tomar tierra to land, touch down
6 (país, lugar):
costumbres de aquellas tierras customs in those places o countries;
la Ttierra Santa the Holy Land
7 ( planeta)
tierra sustantivo femenino
1 (planeta) la Tierra, (the) Earth o earth
2 (medio terrestre, terreno) land
viajar por tierra, to travel by land
tierra adentro, inland
tierra de nadie, no-man's-land
(un avión) tomar tierra, to land
Agr land
tiene tierras de cultivo, he has cultivated land
tierra baldía, wasteland
3 (país, lugar de origen) homeland
(territorio) nació en tierra inglesa, she was born on English soil
4 (superficie terrestre, suelo) ground
bajo tierra, below ground
(materia) soil, earth
un puñado de tierra, a handful of earth o soil
un camino de tierra, a dirt track
5 Elec earth
toma de tierra, earth wire, US ground
♦ Locuciones: echar por tierra, to ruin, spoil
echar tierra sobre, to hush up
familiar de la tierra, (producto del país) son tomates de la tierra, they are home-grown tomatoes
familiar (alejarse, escapar) poner alguien tierra por medio, to get as far away as possible
familiar (para expresar vergüenza) ¡tierra trágame! I wish the earth would swallow me up
(perder un medio de transporte) quedarse alguien en tierra, to miss a plane/train or any other form of transport
' tierra' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
adentro
- baja
- bajo
- barro
- batida
- batido
- campo
- construcción
- criar
- desaparecer
- entrañas
- escarbar
- esquilmar
- explotar
- franja
- fructífera
- fructífero
- global
- globo
- gua
- horizonte
- hoyo
- hundimiento
- langosta
- palada
- parcela
- perforar
- pista
- polvo
- ras
- redondez
- remover
- ribera
- rica
- rico
- seísmo
- sementera
- señorío
- soñar
- suelo
- surco
- temblar
- terráquea
- terráqueo
- terrena
- terreno
- terrestre
- terrón
- terruño
- tocar
English:
adjacent
- adjoining
- allotment
- ashore
- clump
- crack
- crumble
- crunch
- cultivated
- cultivation
- demolish
- dig
- dirt road
- earth
- earthworm
- earthy
- encroach
- explode
- face
- fairyland
- fall
- farming
- feel
- ground
- hedgehog
- Holy Land
- homeland
- inland
- land
- level
- lump
- no man's land
- orbit
- overland
- parched
- portage
- pull apart
- quake
- reclaim
- rich
- richness
- rig
- rock
- roll
- rough
- sandy
- seed
- set down
- shatter
- shock
* * *tierra nf2. [superficie] land;viajar por tierra to travel by land;tierra adentro inland;poner tierra (de) por medio to make oneself scarceAm tierra caliente = in Latin America, climate zone up to an altitude of approximately 1,000 metres;tierra firme [por oposición al mar] land, dry land;[terreno sólido] hard ground; Am tierra fría = in Latin America, climate zone above the altitude of approximately 2,000 metres;Tierra del Fuego Tierra del Fuego;tierra de nadie no-man's-land;tierra prometida Promised Land;Tierra de Promisión Promised Land;Tierra Santa the Holy Land;la tierra del Sol Naciente the land of the Rising Sun;Am tierra templada = in Latin America, climate zone between the altitudes of approximately 1,000 and 2,000 metres;tierra virgen virgin land3. [suelo] ground;trabajan bajo tierra they work underground;caer a tierra to fall to the ground;muchos aviones se han quedado en tierra por la niebla many planes have been grounded because of the fog;tocar tierra [avión] to touch down;tomar tierra: tomó tierra en un campo he landed in a field;tomaremos tierra en el aeropuerto de Barajas en diez minutos we will be landing at Barajas airport in ten minutes;besar la tierra to fall flat on one's face;[argumentos, teoría] to demolish sth; Fam¡tierra, trágame!, ¡trágame tierra! I wish the earth would swallow me up!;era como si se lo hubiera tragado la tierra he had vanished without a trace;4. [materia] earth;[para nutrir plantas] soil;se me ha metido tierra en los zapatos I've got some earth o dirt in my shoes;esta tierra no es buena para cultivar this soil isn't good for growing things;un camino de tierra a dirt track;política de tierra quemada scorched earth policy;Formaldar tierra a alguien to bury sb;tierra batida [en tenis] clay;tierra vegetal topsoil, loam5. [en agricultura] land;cultivar la tierra to farm the landtierra cultivable arable land;tierra de cultivo arable land;tierra de labor arable land;tierra de labranza arable land6. [lugar de origen] [país] homeland, native land;[región] home o native region;este chico es de mi tierra this lad is from where I come from;vino/queso de la tierra local wine/cheesetierra natal homeland, native landen tierras del rey on the King's land;en tierras mexicanas on Mexican soil;por estas tierras round these parts, down this way;ver otras tierras to travel, to see the worldestar conectado a tierra, tener toma de tierra to be Br earthed o US grounded10. Am [polvo] dust* * *f1 land;tierra de labor, tierra cultivable arable land, farmland;tierras altas highlands;tierras bajas lowlands;poner tierra de por medio flee, make o.s. scarce fam ;por tierra viajar by land;tomar tierra AVIA land2 materia soil, earth;echar tierra a algo fig hush sth up;echar por tierra ruin, wreck;como si se lo hubiera tragado la tierra as if he had vanished off the face of the earth3 ( patria) native land, homeland;de la tierra locally produced, local4 EL ground, Brearth5:la Tierra the Earth* * *tierra nf1) : land2) suelo: ground, earth3) : country, homeland, soil4)tierra natal : native land5)la Tierra : the Earth* * *tierra n1. (terreno) land2. (materia) earth / soil3. (suelo) groundechar por tierra to ruin / to spoil -
20 cría
f.1 offspring, suckling, youngling, young.2 nurture, rearing, bringing, raising.3 breeding.pres.indicat.3rd person singular (él/ella/ello) present indicative of spanish verb: criar.imperat.2nd person singular (tú) Imperative of Spanish verb: criar.* * *1 (acto de criar) nursing; (de animal) breeding, raising2 (cachorro) young3 (camada - ovíparos) brood; (- mamíferos) litter* * *noun f.1) rearing, breeding2) baby, cub, pup, young* * *SF1) (Agr) (=actividad) rearing; [para la reproducción] breedingcría de ganado — cattle breeding, stockbreeding
2) (Zool) (=camada) litter; (=individuo) baby animal* * *1) (Agr) rearing, raising; ( para la reproducción) breeding2) (Zool)b) ( animal)* * *= offspring, breeding, offspring, pup, litter, farrow, nestling, hatchling, kit.Ex. The time has come when organised knowledge should recognise and reward librarianship and its offspring information science.Ex. The article is entitled 'The Penguin story: hatching and breeding'.Ex. Regrettably, hardly any flags have been raised as to what it all will mean for our offspring.Ex. Control males were slower to contact pups, licked them more, and huddled less than control females.Ex. Sows that farrowed in winter had the highest number of stillborn piglets per litter and the lowest percentage born alive.Ex. Treated semen increased the number of farrows, but had no effect on the mean size of the litters.Ex. Mourning doves feed their nestlings crop milk which contains more protein and fat than is found in either cow or human milk.Ex. The volunteers protected the eggs from poachers and helped the hatchlings get safely to the water.Ex. Most baby ferrets ( kits) are nippy, it's how they play, they just need to be taught to not nip hard, but they will always use their mouths for playing.----* ama de cría = wet-nurse.* cría cuervos y te sacarán los ojos = you've made your bed, now you must lie in it!.* cría de abejas = beekeeping.* cría de animales = animal husbandry.* cría de aves = poultry farming, aviculture, chicken farming.* cría ecológica = free-range farming.* cría en campo = free-range farming.* cría en corral = free-range farming.* cría en granja = free-range farming.* cría intensiva = battery farming.* cría intensiva de animales = factory farming.* de cría intensiva = battery-caged.* de la cría de aves = avicultural.* gestión de grandes extensiones para la cría de ganado = range management.* gran extensión de tierra dedicada a la cría de animales de pasto = rangeland.* granja de cría intensiva = battery farm.* lugar de cría = breeding ground, breeding area.* sector de la cría de cerdos, el = pig sector, the.* * *1) (Agr) rearing, raising; ( para la reproducción) breeding2) (Zool)b) ( animal)* * *= offspring, breeding, offspring, pup, litter, farrow, nestling, hatchling, kit.Ex: The time has come when organised knowledge should recognise and reward librarianship and its offspring information science.
Ex: The article is entitled 'The Penguin story: hatching and breeding'.Ex: Regrettably, hardly any flags have been raised as to what it all will mean for our offspring.Ex: Control males were slower to contact pups, licked them more, and huddled less than control females.Ex: Sows that farrowed in winter had the highest number of stillborn piglets per litter and the lowest percentage born alive.Ex: Treated semen increased the number of farrows, but had no effect on the mean size of the litters.Ex: Mourning doves feed their nestlings crop milk which contains more protein and fat than is found in either cow or human milk.Ex: The volunteers protected the eggs from poachers and helped the hatchlings get safely to the water.Ex: Most baby ferrets ( kits) are nippy, it's how they play, they just need to be taught to not nip hard, but they will always use their mouths for playing.* ama de cría = wet-nurse.* cría cuervos y te sacarán los ojos = you've made your bed, now you must lie in it!.* cría de abejas = beekeeping.* cría de animales = animal husbandry.* cría de aves = poultry farming, aviculture, chicken farming.* cría ecológica = free-range farming.* cría en campo = free-range farming.* cría en corral = free-range farming.* cría en granja = free-range farming.* cría intensiva = battery farming.* cría intensiva de animales = factory farming.* de cría intensiva = battery-caged.* de la cría de aves = avicultural.* gestión de grandes extensiones para la cría de ganado = range management.* gran extensión de tierra dedicada a la cría de animales de pasto = rangeland.* granja de cría intensiva = battery farm.* lugar de cría = breeding ground, breeding area.* sector de la cría de cerdos, el = pig sector, the.* * *A ( Agr) rearing, raising; (para la reproducción) breedingB ( Zool)2(animal): es una cría de ciervo it's a baby deerla gata tuvo cuatro crías the cat had four kittensel macho cuida las crías the male looks after the young* * *
Del verbo criar: ( conjugate criar)
cría es:
3ª persona singular (él/ella/usted) presente indicativo2ª persona singular (tú) imperativo
Multiple Entries:
criar
cría
criar ( conjugate criar) verbo transitivo
1 ‹ niño›
2
( para la reproducción) to breed
criarse verbo pronominal
to grow up;
me crie con mi abuela I was brought up by my grandmother
cría sustantivo femenino
( para la reproducción) breeding
( nidada) broodc) ( animal):
criar verbo transitivo
1 (niños) to bring up, rear
2 (animales) to breed, raise
3 (vino) to make
4 (producir, generar) to have, grow: esta tierra cría gusanos, this soil breeds worms
♦ Locuciones: criar malvas, to push up daisies
crío,-a sustantivo masculino y femenino familiar kid
♦ Locuciones: ser un crío, to be like a child
cría sustantivo femenino
1 (crianza) breeding, raising
2 (de un animal) young
' cría' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
cerdo
- cordera
- cordero
- criar
- ganadería
- mamar
- nodriza
- ternera
- ama
- chivo
- chupar
- crío
- pajarito
- pollo
English:
baby
- battery farm
- breeding
- calf
- moss
- battery
- factory
- litter
- livestock
- off
- pup
- raise
- single
* * *cría nfcría de ave chick;cría de león lion cub2. [camada] litter3. [crianza] [de animales] breeding;[de plantas] growing* * *f1 acción breedingsus crías her youngm, cría f famkid fam* * *cría nf1) : breeding, rearing2) : young3) : litter* * *
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