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1 freeze
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1. past tense - froze; verb1) (to make into or become ice: It's so cold that the river has frozen over.) congelar2) ((of weather) to be at or below freezing-point: If it freezes again tonight all my plants will die.) helar3) (to make or be very cold: If you had stayed out all night in the snow you might have frozen to death (= died of exposure to cold).) helarse, congelarse (morirse de frío)4) (to make (food) very cold in order to preserve it: You can freeze the rest of that food and eat it later.) congelar5) (to make or become stiff, still or unable to move (with fear etc): She froze when she heard the strange noise.) quedarse inmóvil6) (to fix prices, wages etc at a certain level: If the situation does not improve, wages will be frozen again.) congelar
2. noun(a period of very cold weather when temperatures are below freezing-point: How long do you think the freeze will last?) helada- freezer- freezing
- frozen
- freezing-point
- freeze up
freeze vb helarse / congelarsetr[friːz]1 SMALLMETEOROLOGY/SMALL helada2 SMALLCOMMERCE/SMALL congelación nombre femenino1 (gen) congelar■ can you freeze fish? ¿se puede congelar el pescado?2 SMALLMETEOROLOGY/SMALL helar3 figurative use (stop suddenly) quedarse inmóvil, quedarse paralizado,-a\SMALLIDIOMATIC EXPRESSION/SMALLto freeze somebody's blood / make somebody's blood freeze hacer que se le hiela la sangre a alguiento freeze to death morirse de frío1) : congelarse, helarsethe water froze in the lake: el agua se congeló en el lagomy blood froze: se me heló la sangreI'm freezing: me estoy helando2) stop: quedarse inmóvilfreeze vt: helar, congelar (líquidos), congelar (alimentos, precios, activos)freeze n1) frost: helada f2) freezing: congelación f, congelamiento mn.• congelación s.f.• helada s.f. (Computing)v.(§ p.,p.p.: froze, frozen) = inmovilizar v.v.(§ p.,p.p.: froze, frozen) = bloquear v.• congelar v.• escarchar v.• helar v.
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1. friːz1) \<\<pipe/lock/ground/person\>\> helarse*, congelarseto freeze to death — morir* congelado
I'm freezing! — estoy helado!, me estoy muriendo de frío!
2) ( stand still) quedarse inmóvil, paralizarse*3) ( Culin)
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vt1)a) ( turn to ice) \<\<water/stream\>\> helar*, congelarb) ( ice up) \<\<pipe/mechanism\>\> helar*2)a) ( preserve in freezer) congelarb) ( anesthetize) anestesiar3) ( Fin) \<\<assets/account/prices\>\> congelar
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v impers helar*, haber* heladaPhrasal Verbs:
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noun (limitation, stoppage) congelación f[friːz] (pt froze) (pp frozen)a wage/price freeze — una congelación salarial/de precios
1. VT1) (lit) [+ water] helar; [+ food] congelar2) (fig) [+ prices, wages, assets] congelar2. VI1) (gen) helarse, congelarse2) (=be motionless) quedarse inmóvilfreeze! — ¡no te muevas!
3. N1) (Met) helada f2) [of prices, wages etc] congelación f* * *
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1. [friːz]1) \<\<pipe/lock/ground/person\>\> helarse*, congelarseto freeze to death — morir* congelado
I'm freezing! — estoy helado!, me estoy muriendo de frío!
2) ( stand still) quedarse inmóvil, paralizarse*3) ( Culin)
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vt1)a) ( turn to ice) \<\<water/stream\>\> helar*, congelarb) ( ice up) \<\<pipe/mechanism\>\> helar*2)a) ( preserve in freezer) congelarb) ( anesthetize) anestesiar3) ( Fin) \<\<assets/account/prices\>\> congelar
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v impers helar*, haber* heladaPhrasal Verbs:
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noun (limitation, stoppage) congelación fa wage/price freeze — una congelación salarial/de precios
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2 frozen
frozen1 adj congeladofrozen2 vbtr['frəʊzən]1→ link=freeze freeze{1 (water, ground) helado,-a2 (food) congelado,-aadj.• congelado, -a adj.• helado, -a adj.p.p.(Participio pasivo de "to freeze")
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1)a) ( solid) <water/pipe/lock> congeladob) ( referring to a region) heladoc) ( extremely cold) (colloq)my feet are frozen — tengo los pies helados or congelados
I was frozen stiff — estaba congelado or como un témpano
d) ( Culin) <vegetables/meat> congeladoe) ( motionless)I stood there frozen (to the spot) with horror — me quedé allí clavado, paralizado por el terror
2) ( Fin) <prices/incomes> congelado; <capital/credits> bloqueado['frǝʊzn]1.PP of freeze2. ADJ1) [food] congelado2)I'm frozen stiff — estoy helado, estoy muerto de frío
3.CPDfrozen assets NPL — (Econ) activo msing congelado
frozen food compartment N — compartimento m de congelación
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1)a) ( solid) <water/pipe/lock> congeladob) ( referring to a region) heladoc) ( extremely cold) (colloq)my feet are frozen — tengo los pies helados or congelados
I was frozen stiff — estaba congelado or como un témpano
d) ( Culin) <vegetables/meat> congeladoe) ( motionless)I stood there frozen (to the spot) with horror — me quedé allí clavado, paralizado por el terror
2) ( Fin) <prices/incomes> congelado; <capital/credits> bloqueado -
3 length
leŋƟ1) (the distance from one end to the other of an object, period of time etc: What is the length of your car?; Please note down the length of time it takes you to do this.) longitud, largo2) (a piece of something, especially cloth: I bought a (3-metre) length of silk.) pedazo, trozo3) (in racing, the measurement from end to end of a horse, boat etc: He won by a length; The other boat is several lengths in front.) largo•- lengthen- lengthways/lengthwise
- lengthy
- at length
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length n1. longitud2. largo de piscinatr[leŋɵ]1 longitud nombre femenino■ what length is the skirt? ¿qué largo tiene la falda?2 (of time) duración nombre femenino3 (piece) trozo; (of cloth) largo4 (of road) tramo; (of swimming pool) largo\SMALLIDIOMATIC EXPRESSION/SMALLthe length and breadth of something a lo largo y ancho de algoto go to any lengths to do something hacer lo que sea para hacer algoto go to great lengths to do something hacer lo imposible por hacer algoto keep somebody at arm's length mantener las distancias con alguiento measure one's length figurative use medir el suelolength ['lɛŋkɵ] n1) : longitud f, largo m10 feet in length: 10 pies de largo2) duration: duración f3) : trozo m (de madera), corte m (de tela)4)to go to any lengths : hacer todo lo posible5)at length : extensamenteto speak at length: hablar largo y tendidon.• duración s.f.• eslora s.f.• largo s.m.• largor s.m.• largura s.f.• longitud s.f.• tirantez s.f.• tiro s.m.• tramo s.m.leŋθ1) ua) (of line, surface) longitud f, largo m; (of sleeve, coat) largo mit's the wrong length — es demasiado largo/corto
it's 5m in length — mide or tiene 5 metros de largo
to go to great/any lengths: he went to great lengths to send me the money hizo todo lo posible para enviarme el dinero; he'd go to any lengths to get what he wants — es capaz de hacer cualquier cosa con tal de obtener lo que se propone
b) (of book, list) extensión f2) ua) ( duration) (of movie, play) duración fb)at length — ( finally) finalmente, por fin; ( for a long time) extensamente, por extenso; ( in detail) detenidamente, con detenimiento
3) c (section - of wood, pipe) trozo m; (- of river, road) tramo m, parte fa length of cloth — un corte de tela, una tela
4) c ( Sport)a) ( in swimming) largo mb) (in horse, dog racing) cuerpo m; ( in rowing) largo m[leŋ(k)θ]1. N1) (=size) largo m, longitud fwhat is its length?, what length is it? — ¿cuánto tiene or mide de largo?
two pieces of cable of roughly equal or the same length — dos trozos mpl de cable de aproximadamente el mismo largo or la misma longitud
the tail was at least twice the length of the body — el rabo medía por lo menos el doble que el cuerpo
measure 2., 1)•
it was two metres in length — tenía or medía dos metros de largo2) (=extent)a) [of street, river, house]arm I•
I have travelled the length and breadth of the country — he viajado a lo largo y ancho del país, he viajado por todo el paísb) [of book, letter, essay] extensión f•
an essay 4,000 words in length — un ensayo de 4.000 palabras (de extensión)c)- go to great lengths to do sththey went to extraordinary lengths to keep their relationship secret — llegaron a extremos insospechables para mantener su relación en secreto
3) (=duration) duración f•
a concert two hours in length — un concierto de dos horas de duración•
we must reduce the length of time patients have to wait — tenemos que reducir el tiempo de espera de los pacientesyou couldn't keep that effort up for any length of time — un esfuerzo así no se puede mantener (durante) mucho tiempo
if you were outside for any length of time you'd freeze to death — si te quedases en la calle más de un cierto tiempo, morirías congelado
4)• at length — (=finally) finalmente, por fin; (=in detail) [discuss] detenidamente; [explain] con mucho detalle; [write] extensamente; (=for a long time) largo y tendido
5) (=piece) [of rope, wire, tubing] trozo m, pedazo m ; [of cloth] largo m, corte m ; [of track, road] tramo m6) [of vowel, syllable] duración f, cantidad f (Tech)7) (Sport) (in horse races) cuerpo m ; (in rowing) largo m ; [of pool] largo mto win by half a length/four lengths — ganar por medio cuerpo/cuatro cuerpos
2.CPDlength mark N — (Ling) signo m de vocal larga
* * *[leŋθ]1) ua) (of line, surface) longitud f, largo m; (of sleeve, coat) largo mit's the wrong length — es demasiado largo/corto
it's 5m in length — mide or tiene 5 metros de largo
to go to great/any lengths: he went to great lengths to send me the money hizo todo lo posible para enviarme el dinero; he'd go to any lengths to get what he wants — es capaz de hacer cualquier cosa con tal de obtener lo que se propone
b) (of book, list) extensión f2) ua) ( duration) (of movie, play) duración fb)at length — ( finally) finalmente, por fin; ( for a long time) extensamente, por extenso; ( in detail) detenidamente, con detenimiento
3) c (section - of wood, pipe) trozo m; (- of river, road) tramo m, parte fa length of cloth — un corte de tela, una tela
4) c ( Sport)a) ( in swimming) largo mb) (in horse, dog racing) cuerpo m; ( in rowing) largo m -
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