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1 gay
adj.gay.m.gay.* * *(pl gays)► adjetivo1 gay, homosexual1 gay, homosexual\el movimiento gay the Gay Liberation Movement* * *adj.* * *1.ADJ INV gay2.SM(pl gays) gay man, gay* * *I [gai, gei] II [gai, gei]* * *= gay, queer.Ex. There are indications that gay and lesbian readers will be better served in the future.Ex. Approximately 100 young adult novels with gay/lesbian/ queer content have been published since the first one appeared in 1969.----* bar de gays = gay bar.* * *I [gai, gei] II [gai, gei]* * *= gay, queer.Ex: There are indications that gay and lesbian readers will be better served in the future.
Ex: Approximately 100 young adult novels with gay/lesbian/ queer content have been published since the first one appeared in 1969.* bar de gays = gay bar.* * *gay1/gai, gei/gayCompuesto:gay saber /gai/( liter):el gay saber poetics, poesy ( liter)gay2/gai, gei/gay man, gay; ( feminine) gay woman, lesbian* * *
gay /gai/, /gei/ adjetivo (pl
■ sustantivo masculino y femenino (m) gay man, gay;
(f) gay woman, lesbian
gay adj inv & sustantivo masculino homosexual, gay
Antes significaba alegre, feliz, pero hoy en día significa casi exclusivamente homosexual o gay.
' gay' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
alegre
- colectiva
- colectivo
- feliz
English:
gay
- abandon
- come
- group
- queer
* * *gay [gai, gei]♦ adj invgay♦ nmgay* * *I adj gayII m gay (man)* * *gay ['ge, 'gai] adj: gay (homosexual)* * *gay adj n gay -
2 homosexual
• gay• gay man• homorphism• homoscedaticity• homosexual person• homosexualism• queer -
3 homosexual
adj.homosexual.f. & m.homosexual, homosexual person, gay, gay man.* * *► adjetivo1 homosexual1 homosexual* * *noun mf. adj.homosexual, gay* * *ADJ SMF homosexual* * *adjetivo/masculino y femenino homosexual* * *= gay, gay man [gay men, -pl.], homosexual, queer, fag, faggot, poofter, sissy, poof, mollycoddle, homo.Ex. There are indications that gay and lesbian readers will be better served in the future.Ex. It is the proper function of New Zealand libraries to provide affirmative and empowering information to minority groups such as lesbians and gay men.Ex. The advent of the AIDS virus into both homosexual and heterosexual populations means that sexual ignorance can now result in death.Ex. Approximately 100 young adult novels with gay/lesbian/ queer content have been published since the first one appeared in 1969.Ex. Unfortunately, some inflammatory and offensive discourses appear over the network, including such words as 'bitch', ' fag', 'fagette', and 'dyke'.Ex. Homophobic terms like 'poofter' and ' faggot' play a central role in adolescent male peer-group dynamics.Ex. Homophobic terms like ' poofter' and 'faggot' play a central role in adolescent male peer-group dynamics.Ex. Males who engage in more feminine activities may be considered ' sissies' and may often feel less accepted than females labeled as 'tomboys'.Ex. Men who think bags make them look like poofs obviously need to become a bit more secure in their own sexuality.Ex. These are the words not of a mollycoddle or a sentimentalist, but of a veteran soldier nation.Ex. If the lesboes and homos had their way in the world, there wouldn't be any reproduction of the human race.----* liberación de los homosexuales = gay liberation.* no homosexual = straight man.* pareja homosexual = homosexual couple.* * *adjetivo/masculino y femenino homosexual* * *= gay, gay man [gay men, -pl.], homosexual, queer, fag, faggot, poofter, sissy, poof, mollycoddle, homo.Ex: There are indications that gay and lesbian readers will be better served in the future.
Ex: It is the proper function of New Zealand libraries to provide affirmative and empowering information to minority groups such as lesbians and gay men.Ex: The advent of the AIDS virus into both homosexual and heterosexual populations means that sexual ignorance can now result in death.Ex: Approximately 100 young adult novels with gay/lesbian/ queer content have been published since the first one appeared in 1969.Ex: Unfortunately, some inflammatory and offensive discourses appear over the network, including such words as 'bitch', ' fag', 'fagette', and 'dyke'.Ex: Homophobic terms like 'poofter' and ' faggot' play a central role in adolescent male peer-group dynamics.Ex: Homophobic terms like ' poofter' and 'faggot' play a central role in adolescent male peer-group dynamics.Ex: Males who engage in more feminine activities may be considered ' sissies' and may often feel less accepted than females labeled as 'tomboys'.Ex: Men who think bags make them look like poofs obviously need to become a bit more secure in their own sexuality.Ex: These are the words not of a mollycoddle or a sentimentalist, but of a veteran soldier nation.Ex: If the lesboes and homos had their way in the world, there wouldn't be any reproduction of the human race.* liberación de los homosexuales = gay liberation.* no homosexual = straight man.* pareja homosexual = homosexual couple.* * *adj/mfhomosexual* * *
homosexual adjetivo, masculino y femenino
homosexual
homosexual adjetivo & mf homosexual
' homosexual' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
gay
- invertida
- invertido
- paladín
- maricón
- pederasta
- tendencia
English:
come out
- gay
- homosexual
- queen
- queer
- come
- fag
* * *♦ adjhomosexual♦ nmfhomosexual* * *m/f & adj homosexual* * *homosexual adj & nmf: homosexual* * *homosexual adj n homosexual -
4 joto
m.1 queer (British), fag (United States) (informal pejorative). (Mexican Spanish)2 gay, homosexual, gay man, effeminate man.* * *1) (Méx fam) ( homosexual) gay man2) (Col) ( atado) bundle* * *1) (Méx fam) ( homosexual) gay man2) (Col) ( atado) bundle* * *C ( Méx) (en naipes) jack* * *joto nmMéx Fam Pey Br queer, US fag -
5 lilo
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6 homosexual varón
m.male homosexual, gay, gay man, bum-boy. -
7 cochón
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8 homo
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9 cachas
adj.he-man, strong man.m. s.&pl.handsome and well-developed man.pres.indicat.2nd person singular (tú) present indicative of spanish verb: cachar.* * *1 familiar (hombre musculoso) hunk* * *Iadjetivo invariable (Esp fam) strong, muscly (colloq)IImasculino (Esp fam) he-man (colloq), hunk (colloq)* * *= boofy [boofie], hunk, stud, hunk of a man, dishy [dishier -comp., dishiest -sup.].Ex. Shock as boofy blokes beat weedy intellectual in popularity contest.Ex. The gay bar we see at the beginning of the film looks like a dark harem of good-looking hunks.Ex. 'Slut'/'angel' and 'wuss'/' stud' dichotomies provide an oversimplified grid from which adolescents negotiate complex feelings towards their own sexuality.Ex. Our sense of beauty serves an evolutionary function: it helps us choose the best mates -- the wide-hipped woman best suited to bearing children, or the broad-shouldered hunk of a man who could protect and provide.Ex. By chance, Giselle meets dishy divorce lawyer Robert Philip and his young daughter who are captivated by her sweetness and innocence.----* tío cachas = stud, hunk, hunk of a man.* * *Iadjetivo invariable (Esp fam) strong, muscly (colloq)IImasculino (Esp fam) he-man (colloq), hunk (colloq)* * *= boofy [boofie], hunk, stud, hunk of a man, dishy [dishier -comp., dishiest -sup.].Ex: Shock as boofy blokes beat weedy intellectual in popularity contest.
Ex: The gay bar we see at the beginning of the film looks like a dark harem of good-looking hunks.Ex: 'Slut'/'angel' and 'wuss'/' stud' dichotomies provide an oversimplified grid from which adolescents negotiate complex feelings towards their own sexuality.Ex: Our sense of beauty serves an evolutionary function: it helps us choose the best mates -- the wide-hipped woman best suited to bearing children, or the broad-shouldered hunk of a man who could protect and provide.Ex: By chance, Giselle meets dishy divorce lawyer Robert Philip and his young daughter who are captivated by her sweetness and innocence.* tío cachas = stud, hunk, hunk of a man.* * *un tío cachas a real muscleman ( colloq), a strong o muscly guyestá cachas there's plenty of muscle on him ( colloq)* * *
Del verbo cachar: ( conjugate cachar)
cachas es:
2ª persona singular (tú) presente indicativo
Multiple Entries:
cachar
cachas
cachar ( conjugate cachar) verbo transitivo
‹ persona›:◊ la caché del brazo I caught o grabbed her by the arm
cachas
I adj fam estar cachas, to be really muscular
II mf fam hunk
* * *♦ adj[fuerte] well-built, beefy;estar cachas to be well-built;ponerse cachas to put on muscle♦ nm inv[hombre fuerte] he-man, muscleman* * *adj:estar cachas fam be a real hunk fam -
10 heterosexual
adj.heterosexual.* * *► adjetivo1 heterosexual1 heterosexual* * *ADJ SMF heterosexual* * *adjetivo/masculino y femenino heterosexual* * *= heterosexual, straight man, straight.Ex. The advent of the AIDS virus into both homosexual and heterosexual populations means that sexual ignorance can now result in death.Ex. This ostensible comedy about two straight men on a gay cruise is acutely unfunny.Ex. The assailants, he said, did not know 'if I was straight or gay, I just happened to pass by and got whacked on the head'.----* heterosexuales = straight people.* * *adjetivo/masculino y femenino heterosexual* * *= heterosexual, straight man, straight.Ex: The advent of the AIDS virus into both homosexual and heterosexual populations means that sexual ignorance can now result in death.
Ex: This ostensible comedy about two straight men on a gay cruise is acutely unfunny.Ex: The assailants, he said, did not know 'if I was straight or gay, I just happened to pass by and got whacked on the head'.* heterosexuales = straight people.* * *adj/mfheterosexual* * *
heterosexual adjetivo, masculino y femenino
heterosexual
heterosexual adjetivo & mf heterosexual
' heterosexual' also found in these entries:
English:
heterosexual
- straight
* * *♦ adjheterosexual♦ nmfheterosexual* * *adj heterosexual* * *heterosexual adj & nmf: heterosexual* * *heterosexual adj n heterosexual -
11 tío bueno
m.good-looker man.* * *familiar a bit of all right, hunk* * *(n.) = stud, hunk, hunk of a man, hottie [hotty]Ex. 'Slut'/'angel' and 'wuss'/' stud' dichotomies provide an oversimplified grid from which adolescents negotiate complex feelings towards their own sexuality.Ex. The gay bar we see at the beginning of the film looks like a dark harem of good-looking hunks.Ex. Our sense of beauty serves an evolutionary function: it helps us choose the best mates -- the wide-hipped woman best suited to bearing children, or the broad-shouldered hunk of a man who could protect and provide.Ex. That makes him sound bad, but he isn't -- He's a man who married a 22-year-old hottie only to wind up with a 35-year-old fattie.* * *(n.) = stud, hunk, hunk of a man, hottie [hotty]Ex: 'Slut'/'angel' and 'wuss'/' stud' dichotomies provide an oversimplified grid from which adolescents negotiate complex feelings towards their own sexuality.
Ex: The gay bar we see at the beginning of the film looks like a dark harem of good-looking hunks.Ex: Our sense of beauty serves an evolutionary function: it helps us choose the best mates -- the wide-hipped woman best suited to bearing children, or the broad-shouldered hunk of a man who could protect and provide.Ex: That makes him sound bad, but he isn't -- He's a man who married a 22-year-old hottie only to wind up with a 35-year-old fattie. -
12 marica
m.1 poof (British), fag (United States) (informal).2 queer, gay, homosexual man, homosexual.* * *1 familiar peyorativo poof, queer\¡marica el último! familiar last one's a sissy!* * *1.SF (=urraca) magpie2. SM1) * (=cobarde) sissy2) ** = maricón* * *Ia) (fam & pey) ( homosexual) faggoty (AmE colloq & pej), poofy (BrE colloq & pej)b) (fam) ( cobarde) wimpish (colloq)IImasculino (fam & pey) fag (AmE colloq & pej), poof (BrE colloq & pej)* * *= faggot, fag, gay, poofter, sissy, poof, mollycoddle, homo, puss.Ex. Homophobic terms like 'poofter' and ' faggot' play a central role in adolescent male peer-group dynamics.Ex. Unfortunately, some inflammatory and offensive discourses appear over the network, including such words as 'bitch', ' fag', 'fagette', and 'dyke'.Ex. There are indications that gay and lesbian readers will be better served in the future.Ex. Homophobic terms like ' poofter' and 'faggot' play a central role in adolescent male peer-group dynamics.Ex. Males who engage in more feminine activities may be considered ' sissies' and may often feel less accepted than females labeled as 'tomboys'.Ex. Men who think bags make them look like poofs obviously need to become a bit more secure in their own sexuality.Ex. These are the words not of a mollycoddle or a sentimentalist, but of a veteran soldier nation.Ex. If the lesboes and homos had their way in the world, there wouldn't be any reproduction of the human race.Ex. Kyle is not a puss -- he is one of the tougher players on our team.* * *Ia) (fam & pey) ( homosexual) faggoty (AmE colloq & pej), poofy (BrE colloq & pej)b) (fam) ( cobarde) wimpish (colloq)IImasculino (fam & pey) fag (AmE colloq & pej), poof (BrE colloq & pej)* * *= faggot, fag, gay, poofter, sissy, poof, mollycoddle, homo, puss.Ex: Homophobic terms like 'poofter' and ' faggot' play a central role in adolescent male peer-group dynamics.
Ex: Unfortunately, some inflammatory and offensive discourses appear over the network, including such words as 'bitch', ' fag', 'fagette', and 'dyke'.Ex: There are indications that gay and lesbian readers will be better served in the future.Ex: Homophobic terms like ' poofter' and 'faggot' play a central role in adolescent male peer-group dynamics.Ex: Males who engage in more feminine activities may be considered ' sissies' and may often feel less accepted than females labeled as 'tomboys'.Ex: Men who think bags make them look like poofs obviously need to become a bit more secure in their own sexuality.Ex: These are the words not of a mollycoddle or a sentimentalist, but of a veteran soldier nation.Ex: If the lesboes and homos had their way in the world, there wouldn't be any reproduction of the human race.Ex: Kyle is not a puss -- he is one of the tougher players on our team.* * *( fam pey)* * *Fam Br poof, US fag* * *m famfag pop, Brpoof pop -
13 tío cachas
(n.) = stud, hunk, hunk of a manEx. 'Slut'/'angel' and 'wuss'/' stud' dichotomies provide an oversimplified grid from which adolescents negotiate complex feelings towards their own sexuality.Ex. The gay bar we see at the beginning of the film looks like a dark harem of good-looking hunks.Ex. Our sense of beauty serves an evolutionary function: it helps us choose the best mates -- the wide-hipped woman best suited to bearing children, or the broad-shouldered hunk of a man who could protect and provide.* * *(n.) = stud, hunk, hunk of a manEx: 'Slut'/'angel' and 'wuss'/' stud' dichotomies provide an oversimplified grid from which adolescents negotiate complex feelings towards their own sexuality.
Ex: The gay bar we see at the beginning of the film looks like a dark harem of good-looking hunks.Ex: Our sense of beauty serves an evolutionary function: it helps us choose the best mates -- the wide-hipped woman best suited to bearing children, or the broad-shouldered hunk of a man who could protect and provide. -
14 afeminado
adj.1 effeminate, unmanly, womanish.2 ladylike, effeminate, womanish.m.effeminate man, effeminate, sissy.past part.past participle of spanish verb: afeminar.* * *1→ link=afeminar afeminar► adjetivo1 effeminate1 effeminate man (familiarmente) sissy* * *1.ADJ effeminate2.SM effeminate man, poof *, fag (EEUU) *** * *- da adjetivo effeminate* * *= effeminate, queer, sissy, mollycoddle, camp, swishy [swishier -comp., swishiest -sup.].Ex. Male librarians believed the public's image of themselves to be more submissive, meek, nervous, effeminate, reserved, following, subdued and less approachable, athletic, and attractive than the undergraduate sample actually saw them.Ex. Approximately 100 young adult novels with gay/lesbian/ queer content have been published since the first one appeared in 1969.Ex. Males who engage in more feminine activities may be considered ' sissies' and may often feel less accepted than females labeled as 'tomboys'.Ex. These are the words not of a mollycoddle or a sentimentalist, but of a veteran soldier nation.Ex. There is an obvious positive correlation between camp behaviour and homosexuality.Ex. So, people object to Bruno because he's just perpetuating a giant swishy stereotype.* * *- da adjetivo effeminate* * *= effeminate, queer, sissy, mollycoddle, camp, swishy [swishier -comp., swishiest -sup.].Ex: Male librarians believed the public's image of themselves to be more submissive, meek, nervous, effeminate, reserved, following, subdued and less approachable, athletic, and attractive than the undergraduate sample actually saw them.
Ex: Approximately 100 young adult novels with gay/lesbian/ queer content have been published since the first one appeared in 1969.Ex: Males who engage in more feminine activities may be considered ' sissies' and may often feel less accepted than females labeled as 'tomboys'.Ex: These are the words not of a mollycoddle or a sentimentalist, but of a veteran soldier nation.Ex: There is an obvious positive correlation between camp behaviour and homosexuality.Ex: So, people object to Bruno because he's just perpetuating a giant swishy stereotype.* * *afeminado -daeffeminate* * *
Del verbo afeminar: ( conjugate afeminar)
afeminado es:
el participio
afeminado◊ -da adjetivo
effeminate
afeminado,-a adjetivo effeminate
' afeminado' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
afeminada
- amanerado
English:
camp
- effeminate
* * *afeminado, -a♦ adjeffeminate♦ nmes un afeminado he's effeminate* * *I adj effeminateII m:es un afeminado he is very effeminate* * *afeminado, -da adj: effeminate -
15 categoría
f.category, class, grade, kind.* * *1 category, class (social) class\de categoría important, prominent* * *noun f.1) category2) grade, rank* * *SF1) [en clasificación] categoryhoteles de máxima categoría — top-class o top-flight hotels
2) (=calidad) qualityhan confirmado su reconocida categoría artística — they have confirmed their recognized status o standing as artists
no hay hoy ningún maestro de su categoría — nowadays there are no maestros of his calibre o in his class
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de categoría — [deportista, artista] top-class antes de s3) (=apartado) [en premio] category; [en deporte] eventen la categoría de ensayo — in the essay section o category
4) (=rango profesional) grade; (Mil) rankfue ascendido a la categoría de director general — he was promoted (to the position of) director general
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oficial de baja categoría — low-ranking officer* * *a) (clase, rango) categoryb) ( calidad)una revista de mucha/poca categoría — a first/second-rate magazine
el hotel de más categoría — the finest o best hotel
de categoría: artistas de categoría fine o first-rate artists; un producto de categoría a quality o prestige product; gente de cierta categoría — people of some standing
c) (Fil) category* * *= category, ranking, calibre [caliber, -USA], category heading, grading.Ex. For some categories of materials it can be difficult to distinguish publishers from distributors and/or producers.Ex. Those documents with sufficiently high rankings will be deemed relevant and eventually retrieved.Ex. The calibre of the librarian is a medical library's most important resource.Ex. In one library, the director objected to the category heading 'Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, and Transgender' = En una biblioteca, el director se opuso a que se utilizase la categoría "Gay, Lesbiana, Bisexual y Transexual".Ex. It is interesting that, in this case, socio-economic grading was a better social discriminator than was terminal educational age.----* ascender de categoría = advance up + the scale, move up + the scale.* bajar de categoría = demote.* categoría académica profesional = academic rank.* categoría fundamental = fundamental category.* categoría profesional = job title, rank, professional position.* creación de categorías = categorisation [categorization, -USA].* de la misma categoría que = in a class with.* de máxima categoría = top-class.* de segunda categoría = second-rate.* de varias categorías = multi-category.* en circuitos de segunda categoría = in the provinces.* encuadrar dentro de una categoría = categorise [categorize, -USA].* en otra categoría = on a different plane.* entrar dentro de la categoría de = fall under + the heading of.* entrar dentro de una categoría = fall into + category, fall under + rubric.* estar en la misma categoría que = rank with.* gran categoría = high standard.* grupo de personas o cosas de la misma edad o categoría = peer group.* incluir en una categoría = fall into + category.* obtener una categoría = gain + status.* pérdida de categoría laboral = demotion.* pertenecer a otra categoría de cosas = be of a different order.* ser de primera categoría = be top notch.* tener la categoría profesional de + Nombre = hold + Nombre + rank, have + Nombre + rank, enjoy + Nombre + rank.* * *a) (clase, rango) categoryb) ( calidad)una revista de mucha/poca categoría — a first/second-rate magazine
el hotel de más categoría — the finest o best hotel
de categoría: artistas de categoría fine o first-rate artists; un producto de categoría a quality o prestige product; gente de cierta categoría — people of some standing
c) (Fil) category* * *= category, ranking, calibre [caliber, -USA], category heading, grading.Ex: For some categories of materials it can be difficult to distinguish publishers from distributors and/or producers.
Ex: Those documents with sufficiently high rankings will be deemed relevant and eventually retrieved.Ex: The calibre of the librarian is a medical library's most important resource.Ex: In one library, the director objected to the category heading 'Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, and Transgender' = En una biblioteca, el director se opuso a que se utilizase la categoría "Gay, Lesbiana, Bisexual y Transexual".Ex: It is interesting that, in this case, socio-economic grading was a better social discriminator than was terminal educational age.* ascender de categoría = advance up + the scale, move up + the scale.* bajar de categoría = demote.* categoría académica profesional = academic rank.* categoría fundamental = fundamental category.* categoría profesional = job title, rank, professional position.* creación de categorías = categorisation [categorization, -USA].* de la misma categoría que = in a class with.* de máxima categoría = top-class.* de segunda categoría = second-rate.* de varias categorías = multi-category.* en circuitos de segunda categoría = in the provinces.* encuadrar dentro de una categoría = categorise [categorize, -USA].* en otra categoría = on a different plane.* entrar dentro de la categoría de = fall under + the heading of.* entrar dentro de una categoría = fall into + category, fall under + rubric.* estar en la misma categoría que = rank with.* gran categoría = high standard.* grupo de personas o cosas de la misma edad o categoría = peer group.* incluir en una categoría = fall into + category.* obtener una categoría = gain + status.* pérdida de categoría laboral = demotion.* pertenecer a otra categoría de cosas = be of a different order.* ser de primera categoría = be top notch.* tener la categoría profesional de + Nombre = hold + Nombre + rank, have + Nombre + rank, enjoy + Nombre + rank.* * *1 (clase, rango) categoryhotel de primera categoría first-class hotelcategoría profesional professional standingtiene categoría de embajador he has ambassadorial status, he holds the rank of ambassadorun huracán de categoría 4 a category 4 hurricane2(calidad): un actor de mucha categoría a distinguished actoruna revista de poca categoría a second-rate magazineel hotel de más categoría de la ciudad the finest o best hotel in townde categoría: un espectáculo de categoría a fine o a first-rate o an excellent showartistas de categoría fine o first-rate artistsun producto de categoría a quality o prestige productgente de cierta categoría people of some standing3 ( Fil) categoryCompuestos:tax bracketpart of speech* * *
categoría sustantivo femenino
hotel de primera categoría first-class hotelb) ( calidad):
un periódico de poca categoría a second-rate newspaper;
el hotel de más categoría the finest o best hotelc) ( estatus):
gente de cierta categoría people of some standing
categoría sustantivo femenino
1 category
2 (prestigio, estilo) class
3 (grado en la calidad) de primera/segunda categoría, first/second rate
♦ Locuciones: de categoría, (persona muy importante) important
(objeto muy valioso o exquisito) quality, first-rate
' categoría' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
ascender
- calibre
- clase
- descenso
- escalón
- primera
- primero
- rebajar
- subir
- talla
- elevado
- jerarquía
- júnior
- juvenil
- rango
- segundo
English:
blue-chip
- category
- class
- come under
- downgrade
- grade
- high-class
- neither
- outrank
- people
- promote
- rank
- rate
- saloon bar
- second-rate
- senior
- demote
- demotion
- distinction
- division
- down
- downmarket
- heavyweight
- low
- part
- second
- up
- upmarket
* * *categoría nf1. [clase] category;un hotel de primera categoría a top-class hotel;en su categoría de presidente,… as president…categoría gramatical part of speech2. [calidad] quality;de (primera) categoría first-class;un discurso de categoría a first-class o an excellent speech;se enfrenta a dos rivales de categoría she faces two opponents of the first rank3. [posición social] standing;de categoría importantperder la categoría to be relegatedla categoría reina [en motociclismo] 500 cc category; [en automovilismo] Formula One5. [en lógica] category* * *de categoría first-rate, top-class;de segunda categoría second rate, second class;actor de primera categoría first-rate actor* * *categoría nf1) clase: category2) rango: rank, standing3)categoría gramatical : part of speech4)de categoría : first-rate, outstanding* * *2. (calidad) class / rate3. (nivel) level -
16 Posesivo + mejor amigo
(n.) = Posesivo + best friendEx. The next best thing to getting married to a man you love and having a family is shagging your best friend (who happens to be gay) and having a family.* * *(n.) = Posesivo + best friendEx: The next best thing to getting married to a man you love and having a family is shagging your best friend (who happens to be gay) and having a family.
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17 aporrear
v.1 to bang on (puerta).aporrear el piano to bang o plonk away on the piano2 to beat, to beat up, to club, to pound.El matón aporreó al chico The bully beat the boy.3 to beat on, to wham.4 to beat out, to plonk away at.Aporrea el piano todos los días He beat out the piano every day.* * ** * *verbto beat, club* * *1. VT1) (=pegar) to beat, club; (=dar una paliza a) to beat up2) [con el puño] to thump, pound3) LAm (=vencer) to beat, defeat4) (=acosar) to bother, pester2.See:* * *1. 2.aporrearse v pron (Andes fam) to take a tumble (colloq)* * *= pound, club, pummel, knock + the living daylights out of, knock + the hell out out of, cosh, clobber, whack.Ex. A rotary machine invented in Holland in the late seventeenth century did not pound but minced the rags into pulp with revolving knives.Ex. At the time of his arrest he was beaten, kicked and clubbed in the head with the butt of a pistol, resulting in health problems which are not being properly treated in prison = En el momento de su arresto le habían golpeado, dado patadas y golpeado en la cabeza con la culata de una pistola, causándole problemas de salud que están siendo tratados adecuadadamente en la cárcel.Ex. During the German occupation, the Italian populace lived under the grip of fear as Allied bombardments pummeled towns.Ex. One after another, young pianists sat down and knocked the living daylights out of the piano.Ex. This is one of those movies that preaches nonviolence, even as the good guy is knocking the hell out of a few dozen dudes.Ex. An off-duty doorman was coshed over the head as he confronted a man smashing up his car outside a nightclub, a jury heard.Ex. Clobbering the rich with taxes doesn't help anyone.Ex. The assailants, he said, did not know 'if I was straight or gay, I just happened to pass by and got whacked on the head'.* * *1. 2.aporrearse v pron (Andes fam) to take a tumble (colloq)* * *= pound, club, pummel, knock + the living daylights out of, knock + the hell out out of, cosh, clobber, whack.Ex: A rotary machine invented in Holland in the late seventeenth century did not pound but minced the rags into pulp with revolving knives.
Ex: At the time of his arrest he was beaten, kicked and clubbed in the head with the butt of a pistol, resulting in health problems which are not being properly treated in prison = En el momento de su arresto le habían golpeado, dado patadas y golpeado en la cabeza con la culata de una pistola, causándole problemas de salud que están siendo tratados adecuadadamente en la cárcel.Ex: During the German occupation, the Italian populace lived under the grip of fear as Allied bombardments pummeled towns.Ex: One after another, young pianists sat down and knocked the living daylights out of the piano.Ex: This is one of those movies that preaches nonviolence, even as the good guy is knocking the hell out of a few dozen dudes.Ex: An off-duty doorman was coshed over the head as he confronted a man smashing up his car outside a nightclub, a jury heard.Ex: Clobbering the rich with taxes doesn't help anyone.Ex: The assailants, he said, did not know 'if I was straight or gay, I just happened to pass by and got whacked on the head'.* * *aporrear [A1 ]vt1 ‹puerta/mesa› to bang o hammer on; «piano» to bang on2 ( fam); ‹persona› to beat* * *
aporrear ( conjugate aporrear) verbo transitivo ‹puerta/mesa› to bang o hammer on;
‹ persona› (fam) to beat
aporrear verbo transitivo (persona) to beat, hit
(puerta) to bang on
' aporrear' also found in these entries:
English:
bludgeon
- club
- pound
- whack
* * *aporrear vt1. [puerta] to bang o hammer on;2. [persona] to beat;lo aporreó a puñetazos she beat him with her fists* * *v/t pound on* * *aporrear vt: to bang on, to beat, to bludgeon* * *aporrear vb to bang on / to hammer at -
18 crear una familia
(v.) = have + a familyEx. The next best thing to getting married to a man you love and having a family is shagging your best friend (who happens to be gay) and having a family.* * *(v.) = have + a familyEx: The next best thing to getting married to a man you love and having a family is shagging your best friend (who happens to be gay) and having a family.
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19 desamparado
adj.unprotected, forlorn, abandoned, destitute.past part.past participle of spanish verb: desamparar.* * *1→ link=desamparar desamparar► adjetivo1 (persona) helpless, unprotected2 (lugar) abandoned, forsaken* * *(f. - desamparada)adj.* * *ADJ1) (=sin protección) helpless, defenceless, defenseless (EEUU)sentirse desamparado — to feel defenceless o helpless
2) [lugar] (=expuesto) exposed; (=desierto) deserted* * ** * *= out in the cold, lorn, forsaken, unprotected.Ex. The documentary video ' Out in the Cold' seeks to raise audience awareness of the plight of homeless gay and lesbian youth.Ex. I felt lorn and bereft, then suddenly it was gone, leaving me empty and shaken the way a storm shakes the land and the sea.Ex. She was his only intimate friend for years before he died, for he was a most lonely forsaken man.Ex. Society is falling apart at the seams, causing individuals who have not been able to cope with the changes to feel unprotected and hopeless.----* criatura desamparada = babe in the wood.* dejar desamparado = leave + Nombre + out in the cold, leave + unprotected.* desamparados, los = underprivileged, the.* * ** * *= out in the cold, lorn, forsaken, unprotected.Ex: The documentary video ' Out in the Cold' seeks to raise audience awareness of the plight of homeless gay and lesbian youth.
Ex: I felt lorn and bereft, then suddenly it was gone, leaving me empty and shaken the way a storm shakes the land and the sea.Ex: She was his only intimate friend for years before he died, for he was a most lonely forsaken man.Ex: Society is falling apart at the seams, causing individuals who have not been able to cope with the changes to feel unprotected and hopeless.* criatura desamparada = babe in the wood.* dejar desamparado = leave + Nombre + out in the cold, leave + unprotected.* desamparados, los = underprivileged, the.* * *desamparado -da1 ‹niño/anciano› defenseless*, vulnerablese sentía sola y desamparada en la gran ciudad she felt alone and defenseless o vulnerable in the big city2 ‹lugar› bleak, unprotected* * *
Del verbo desamparar: ( conjugate desamparar)
desamparado es:
el participio
Multiple Entries:
desamparado
desamparar
desamparado
‹ lugar› bleak, unprotected
desamparado,-a
I adj (persona) helpless, unprotected
(lugar) bleak, forsaken
II sustantivo masculino y femenino helpless o abandoned person
desamparar verbo transitivo
1 to abandon, desert
2 Jur to renounce, relinquish
' desamparado' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
desamparada
English:
helpless
* * *desamparado, -a♦ adj1. [persona] helpless2. [lugar] desolate, forsaken♦ nm,fhelpless person;los desamparados the needy, the helpless* * *adj defenseless, Brdefenceless* * *desamparado, -da adjdesvalido: helpless, destitute -
20 entender
m.understanding, grasp.Su entender era limitado Her understanding was limited.v.1 to understand.ahora entiendo lo que quieres decir now I understand o know what you meanno te entiendo, habla más despacio I don't understand you, could you speak more slowly?no entiendo cómo puede gustarte Arturo I don't know what you see in Arturono entiendo nada, ¿no deberían haber llegado ya? I just can't understand it, surely they were supposed to have arrived by now¡no hay quien te entienda! you're impossible!¿tú qué entiendes por “amistad”? what do you understand by “friendship”?dar a entender que… to imply (that)…hasta que no llegue no podemos empezar, ¿entiendes? we can't start until she gets here, all right?Ella entiende la lección She understands the lesson.Elsa entendió al fin Elsa understood at last.2 to think.yo no lo entiendo así I don't see it that way3 to figure out, to digest, to get clear, to get to know.Elsa entendió el motivo Elsa figured out the motive.* * *(e changes to ie in stressed syllables)Present IndicativePresent SubjunctiveImperative* * *verb2) think, believe•* * *1. VT1) (=comprender) to understandla verdad es que no entiendo el chiste — I don't really get o understand the joke
no entiendo cómo has podido hacer eso — I don't understand o know how you could do that
¡a ti no hay quien te entienda! — you're impossible to understand!
que no te vuelva a ver fumando ¿me has entendido? — don't let me catch you smoking again, do you understand?
¿entiendes lo que te quiero decir? — do you know what I mean?, do you know what I'm trying to say?
es un poco rarito, tú ya me entiendes — he's a bit odd, if you know what I mean
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dar algo a entender — to imply sthnos dieron a entender que querían marcharse — they gave us to understand o led us to believe that they wanted to leave
según él me dio a entender, no está contento en su trabajo — from what he said to me, he is not happy in his job, he gave me to understand that he is not happy in his job
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hacer entender algo a algn — to make sb understand sth•
hacerse entender — to make o.s. understoodsi no he entendido mal, esto es lo que queréis decir — unless I've misunderstood what you're saying, this is what you mean
no entender ni jota o ni patata * —
no entendí ni jota o ni una patata de lo que decían — I didn't have a clue what they were on about
no entiendo ni jota de alemán — * I don't understand a single word of German
2) (=opinar) to think, believeentiendo que sería mejor decírselo — I think o believe it would be better to tell him
yo entiendo que no es correcto hacerlo así — I don't think o believe that that's the right way to do it
3) (=interpretar) to understand¿tú qué entiendes por libertad? — what do you understand by freedom?
¿debo entender que lo niegas? — am I to understand that you deny it?
me ha parecido entender que estaban en contra — I understood that they were against it, as I understand it they were against it
cada uno entiende el amor a su manera — everyone sees love differently, everyone understands something different by love
4) * (=saber manejar) to know how to use, know how to work¿tú entiendes esta lavadora? — do you know how this washing machine works?, do you know how to use this washing machine?
5) (=oír) to hearno se entiende nada — I can't make out o hear a thing
2. VI1) (=comprender) to understand¡ya entiendo! — now I understand!, now I get it!
la vida es así ¿entiendes? — that's life, you know
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entender de algo — to know about sthno entender de barcos —
si le preguntas cualquier cosa, él no entiende de barcos — if you ask him something, he makes out he doesn't know anything about anything
2) (Jur) (=tener competencia)3) [perro, gato]4) ** (=ser homosexual) to be one of them *3.See:* * *I 1.verbo transitivo1)a) <explicación/idioma/actitud> to understand¿entiendes lo que quiero decir? — do you know what I mean?
b) < persona> to understandse hace entender or (AmL) se da a entender — he makes himself understood
2) (frml)a) (concebir, opinar)no es así como yo entiendo la amistad — this is not how I see o understand friendship
yo entiendo que deberíamos esperar — in my view o as I see it, we should wait
b) (interpretar, deducir)¿debo entender que te vas? — am I to understand that you're leaving?
2.me dio a entender que... — she gave me to understand that...
entender vi1) ( comprender) to understand(ya) entiendo — I understand, I see
2) ( saber)¿tú entiendes de estas cosas? — do you know anything about these things?
3) (Der)3.entenderse v pron1)a) ( comunicarse)a ver si nos entendemos ¿quién te pegó? — let's get this straight, who hit you?
b) ( llevarse bien)entenderse con alguien — to get along o on with somebody
c) ( tratar)allá se las entienda — (fam) that's his/her problem
d) (fam) ( tener un lío amoroso)2) (refl)IIdéjame, yo me entiendo — leave me alone, I know what I'm doing
a mi/tu/su entender — in my/your/his opinion, to my/your/his mind
* * *= come to + grips with, cut through, grasp, have + some grasp, make + sense (out) of, understand, get to + grips with, make + sense of life, sympathise [sympathize, -USA], sympathise [sympathize, -USA], get + a grip on, provide + an understanding, catch + Posesivo + drift, get + Posesivo + drift, have + a handle on, fathom, get + Posesivo + head around, wrap + Posesivo + head around, get + a handle on.Ex. Right now the management team is beginning to come to grips with our annual budget process, as it does every year.Ex. Publishers attempting to cut through this nomenclature morass can check with the library's administration.Ex. She must try to convince him that no single individual, no matter how gifted, can any longer grasp the innumerable facets of modern corporate effort.Ex. It is necessary to have some grasp of some fundamental aspects of computerized information-retrieval systems.Ex. The resultant guiding must be clear, by being both easy to read and easy to make sense of.Ex. They assume only that the reader has some knowledge of the subject, so that the abstract can be understood.Ex. The Treasure has made good use of a number of methodologies in getting to grips with the principles and applications of information management.Ex. This manual is an indispensable companion to all those who are keen to make sense of life in an infinitely complex and confusing Internet.Ex. In World War 2 librarians generally sympathised with Britain, but many were isolationist or apathetic during the early years = En la Segunda Guerra Mundial los bibliotecarios generalmente simpatizaban con Gran Bretaña, aunque muchos mantuvieron una actitud no intervencionista o indiferente durante los primeros años.Ex. In World War 2 librarians generally sympathised with Britain, but many were isolationist or apathetic during the early years = En la Segunda Guerra Mundial los bibliotecarios generalmente simpatizaban con Gran Bretaña, aunque muchos mantuvieron una actitud no intervencionista o indiferente durante los primeros años.Ex. The article ' Getting a grip on change' argues that only by confronting the challenges and inevitability of change can libraries retain their relevancy in the information age.Ex. The results of two studies of the way reference librarians work were pooled to provide an understanding of the important features necessary in software for computerized reference work.Ex. Shariel sighed and rolled her eyes a little, as Akanan clearly didn't catch her drift.Ex. 'Nah,' Kate chuckled, getting her drift, and then said 'I would've just barged in there and dared them to throw me out!'.Ex. As she ascended the staircase to the library director's office, she tried to fathom the reason for the imperious summons.Ex. You are not quite sure how one man could get his head around this at the time, but he managed, in a masterful way.Ex. Sleuthing is like second-nature to her, and she can't possibly wrap her head around the concept of renouncing it completely.Ex. Children get a handle on personal responsibility by holding a library card of their own, a card that gives them access to new worlds.----* a mi entender = to my mind.* a + Posesivo + entender = to the best of + Posesivo + belief.* a + Posesivo + saber y entender = to the best of + Posesivo + knowledge and belief.* ayudar a entender mejor = lend + understanding to.* dar a entender = give to + understand, hint, send + a clear signal that, lull + Nombre + into thinking, insinuate, intimate.* de forma que resulta más fácil de entender = in digestible form.* difícil de entender = cryptic.* entender a medias = pick up + the fag-ends.* entender mal = misunderstand, misconceive, mishearing, mishearing, mishear.* entender mejor = place + Nombre + in/into + perspective, put into + perspective, gain + a better sense of, get + a better sense of.* entenderse = interoperate [inter-operate], hit it off.* entenderse que indica = take to + indicate.* fácil de entender = easy to understand.* hablar sin ser entendido = speak in + tongues, talk in + tongues.* hacer entender = get across.* hacerse entender = make + Posesivo + meaning plain.* malentender = misconstrue.* más fácil de entender para nosotros = closer to home.* no entender = be beyond + Pronombre.* no entender Algo = go (way) over + Posesivo + head.* no entender lo esencial = miss + the point.* no entender ni una papa de = can't make head(s) or tail(s) of.* no llegar a entender = miss + the mark, miss + the point.* según nuestro entender = as far as we know.* según + Pronombre + entender = it + be + Posesivo + understanding, Pronombre + understanding + be.* * *I 1.verbo transitivo1)a) <explicación/idioma/actitud> to understand¿entiendes lo que quiero decir? — do you know what I mean?
b) < persona> to understandse hace entender or (AmL) se da a entender — he makes himself understood
2) (frml)a) (concebir, opinar)no es así como yo entiendo la amistad — this is not how I see o understand friendship
yo entiendo que deberíamos esperar — in my view o as I see it, we should wait
b) (interpretar, deducir)¿debo entender que te vas? — am I to understand that you're leaving?
2.me dio a entender que... — she gave me to understand that...
entender vi1) ( comprender) to understand(ya) entiendo — I understand, I see
2) ( saber)¿tú entiendes de estas cosas? — do you know anything about these things?
3) (Der)3.entenderse v pron1)a) ( comunicarse)a ver si nos entendemos ¿quién te pegó? — let's get this straight, who hit you?
b) ( llevarse bien)entenderse con alguien — to get along o on with somebody
c) ( tratar)allá se las entienda — (fam) that's his/her problem
d) (fam) ( tener un lío amoroso)2) (refl)IIdéjame, yo me entiendo — leave me alone, I know what I'm doing
a mi/tu/su entender — in my/your/his opinion, to my/your/his mind
* * *= come to + grips with, cut through, grasp, have + some grasp, make + sense (out) of, understand, get to + grips with, make + sense of life, sympathise [sympathize, -USA], sympathise [sympathize, -USA], get + a grip on, provide + an understanding, catch + Posesivo + drift, get + Posesivo + drift, have + a handle on, fathom, get + Posesivo + head around, wrap + Posesivo + head around, get + a handle on.Ex: Right now the management team is beginning to come to grips with our annual budget process, as it does every year.
Ex: Publishers attempting to cut through this nomenclature morass can check with the library's administration.Ex: She must try to convince him that no single individual, no matter how gifted, can any longer grasp the innumerable facets of modern corporate effort.Ex: It is necessary to have some grasp of some fundamental aspects of computerized information-retrieval systems.Ex: The resultant guiding must be clear, by being both easy to read and easy to make sense of.Ex: They assume only that the reader has some knowledge of the subject, so that the abstract can be understood.Ex: The Treasure has made good use of a number of methodologies in getting to grips with the principles and applications of information management.Ex: This manual is an indispensable companion to all those who are keen to make sense of life in an infinitely complex and confusing Internet.Ex: In World War 2 librarians generally sympathised with Britain, but many were isolationist or apathetic during the early years = En la Segunda Guerra Mundial los bibliotecarios generalmente simpatizaban con Gran Bretaña, aunque muchos mantuvieron una actitud no intervencionista o indiferente durante los primeros años.Ex: In World War 2 librarians generally sympathised with Britain, but many were isolationist or apathetic during the early years = En la Segunda Guerra Mundial los bibliotecarios generalmente simpatizaban con Gran Bretaña, aunque muchos mantuvieron una actitud no intervencionista o indiferente durante los primeros años.Ex: The article ' Getting a grip on change' argues that only by confronting the challenges and inevitability of change can libraries retain their relevancy in the information age.Ex: The results of two studies of the way reference librarians work were pooled to provide an understanding of the important features necessary in software for computerized reference work.Ex: Shariel sighed and rolled her eyes a little, as Akanan clearly didn't catch her drift.Ex: 'Nah,' Kate chuckled, getting her drift, and then said 'I would've just barged in there and dared them to throw me out!'.Ex: As she ascended the staircase to the library director's office, she tried to fathom the reason for the imperious summons.Ex: You are not quite sure how one man could get his head around this at the time, but he managed, in a masterful way.Ex: Sleuthing is like second-nature to her, and she can't possibly wrap her head around the concept of renouncing it completely.Ex: Children get a handle on personal responsibility by holding a library card of their own, a card that gives them access to new worlds.* a mi entender = to my mind.* a + Posesivo + entender = to the best of + Posesivo + belief.* a + Posesivo + saber y entender = to the best of + Posesivo + knowledge and belief.* ayudar a entender mejor = lend + understanding to.* dar a entender = give to + understand, hint, send + a clear signal that, lull + Nombre + into thinking, insinuate, intimate.* de forma que resulta más fácil de entender = in digestible form.* difícil de entender = cryptic.* entender a medias = pick up + the fag-ends.* entender mal = misunderstand, misconceive, mishearing, mishearing, mishear.* entender mejor = place + Nombre + in/into + perspective, put into + perspective, gain + a better sense of, get + a better sense of.* entenderse = interoperate [inter-operate], hit it off.* entenderse que indica = take to + indicate.* fácil de entender = easy to understand.* hablar sin ser entendido = speak in + tongues, talk in + tongues.* hacer entender = get across.* hacerse entender = make + Posesivo + meaning plain.* malentender = misconstrue.* más fácil de entender para nosotros = closer to home.* no entender = be beyond + Pronombre.* no entender Algo = go (way) over + Posesivo + head.* no entender lo esencial = miss + the point.* no entender ni una papa de = can't make head(s) or tail(s) of.* no llegar a entender = miss + the mark, miss + the point.* según nuestro entender = as far as we know.* según + Pronombre + entender = it + be + Posesivo + understanding, Pronombre + understanding + be.* * *vtA1 ‹explicación/libro/idioma› to understand; ‹actitud/motivos› to understandyo no te entiendo la letra I can't read your writingno se le entiende nada you can't understand anything she sayslo has entendido todo al revés you've got(ten) it all completely wrong, you've got the wrong end of the stick ( BrE colloq)no hablo el alemán, pero lo entiendo I don't speak German, but I can understand ityo todavía no he entendido el chiste I still haven't got(ten) the jokey que no se vuelva a repetir ¿lo has entendido bien? and don't let it happen again, (do you) understand? o have you got that?¿entiendes lo que quiero decir? do you know what I mean?esto no hay quien lo entienda I just don't understand this o this is impossible to understandse entiende que prefiera estar a solas it is understandable that she should want to be alone¿tú qué entiendes por `versátil'? what do you understand by `versatile'?2 ‹persona› to understandtrata de entenderme try to understand meten cuidado con ellos, tú ya me entiendes be careful with them, you know what I meanme has entendido mal you've misunderstood mesu inglés no es perfecto pero se hace entender or ( AmL) se da a entender his English isn't perfect but he makes himself understood¡a ti no hay quien te entienda! you're impossible!te entiendo perfectamente I know exactly what you meanestoy segura de que él te entenderá I am sure that he will understandB ( frml)1(concebir, opinar): yo entiendo que deberíamos esperar un poco más in my view o as I see it, we should wait a little longerno es así como yo entiendo la amistad that is not how I see o understand friendship, that is not my idea of friendship2(interpretar, deducir): ¿debo entender que desean prescindir de mis servicios? am I to understand o infer that you wish to dispense with my services?me dio a entender que ya lo sabía she gave me to understand that she already knewno lo dijo claramente, pero lo dio a entender she did not say so in so many words, but she implied it■ entenderviA (comprender) to understand(ya) entiendo I understand, I seees que él es así ¿entiendes? it's just that he's like that, you seeB (saber) entender DE algo to know ABOUT sthno entiendo nada de economía I don't know a thing about economics¿tú entiendes de estas cosas? do you know anything about these things?C ( Der):entender en un caso to hear a caseA1 (comunicarse) entenderse CON algn to communicate WITH sbse entienden por señas they communicate (with each other) through signs, they use sign language to communicate with each othera ver si nos entendemos ¿quién le pegó a quién? let's get this straight, who hit whom?2 (llevarse bien) entenderse CON algn to get along o on WITH sbtú te entiendes mejor con él you get along o on better with him than I docreo que nos vamos a entender I think we're going to get on o get along fine3 (arreglarse) entenderse CON algn to deal WITH sbes mejor entenderse directamente con el jefe you are advised to deal directly with the bossallá se las entienda ( fam); that's his/her problementendérselas con algn to fix sth up with sbB ( refl):ni él mismo se entiende he doesn't know what he's doing himselfdéjame, yo me entiendo leave me alone, I know what I'm doinga mi/tu/su entender in my/your/his opinion, to my/your/his mind* * *
Multiple Entries:
entender
entender algo
entender ( conjugate entender) verbo transitivo
to understand;
‹ chiste› to understand, get (colloq);
no entendí su nombre I didn't get his name;
lo entendió todo al revés he got it all completely wrong;
tú ya me entiendes you know what I mean;
me has entendido mal you've misunderstood me;
se hace entender or (AmL) se da a entender he makes himself understood;
me dio a entender que … she gave me to understand that …;
dar algo a entender to imply sth
verbo intransitivo
b) ( saber) entender de algo to know about sth
entenderse verbo pronominal
1
entenderse con algn to communicate with sb;
a ver si nos entendemos ¿quién te pegó? let's get this straight, who hit you?b) ( llevarse bien);
entenderse con algn to get along o on with sb
2 ( refl):◊ déjame, yo me entiendo leave me alone, I know what I'm doing
entender
I verbo transitivo
1 (comprender) to understand: a mi entender, está equivocado, in my opinion he's wrong
no entendí ni papa/pío/jota de este libro, I didn't understand a word of this book
no entiendo lo que quieres decir, I don't know what you mean
no me entiendas mal, don't get me wrong
nos dio a entender que no aceptaría el trabajo, he gave us to understand that he wouldn't accept the job
2 (creer) to think: entendemos que no debiste hacerlo, we think you shouldn't have done that
II verbo intransitivo entender de, (saber) to know about: entiende de música, he has an ear for music ➣ Ver nota en understand
' entender' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
ayunas
- cazar
- coger
- comprender
- dar
- interpretar
- mercenaria
- mercenario
- papa
- revés
- significativa
- significativo
- ver
- aclarar
- agarrar
- caer
- concebir
- difícil
- dificultad
- entendimiento
- enterarse
- entienda
- fácil
- sin
English:
appreciate
- catch
- depth
- follow
- get
- gist
- intimate
- make out
- misunderstand
- parrot-fashion
- point
- purport
- see
- sense
- thoroughly
- trouble
- understand
- wise
- work out
- beyond
- fathom
- figure
- grip
- head
- hint
- home
- imply
- knowing
- latch
- lead
- make
- message
- mishear
- ram
- still
- sympathize
- work
* * *♦ vt1. [comprender] to understand;ahora entiendo lo que quieres decir now I understand o know what you mean;entiendo perfectamente tu reacción I completely understand your reaction;¿es que no lo entiendes? don't you understand?;entiéndelo, lo hago por tu bien try to understand, it's for your own good;no te entiendo, habla más despacio I don't understand you, could you speak more slowly?;no entiendo los aparatos modernos I don't understand modern technology;no entiendo el chiste I don't get the joke;no entendí nada de lo que dijo I didn't understand a word of what he said;no entiendo nada, ¿no deberían haber llegado ya? I just can't understand it, surely they were supposed to have arrived by now;no entiendo la letra de mi médico I can't read my doctor's handwriting;entender mal algo to misunderstand sth;no entiendo cómo puede gustarte Arturo I don't know what you see in Arturo;no hay quien entienda a tu novio no one knows what to make of your boyfriend;¡no hay quien te entienda! you're impossible!;sabe entender a las personas mayores she understands older people;¿tú qué entiendes por “amistad”? what do you understand by “friendship”?;¿debo entender que no estás de acuerdo? am I to understand that you disagree?;¿cómo le puedo hacer entender que eso no se hace? how can I make her understand o get it through to her that that sort of behaviour is out?;hasta que no llegue no podemos empezar, ¿entiendes? we can't start until she gets here, all right?;¿entiendes?, si no se lo decimos se va a enfadar look, if we don't tell him, he's going to get angry;podríamos hacernos los despistados, ya me entiendes we could make out we didn't really realize what was going on, you know what I mean;dar a entender algo (a alguien): dio a entender que no le interesaba she implied (that) she wasn't interested;nos dio a entender que no estaba de acuerdo she gave us to understand that she disagreed;hacerse entender to make oneself understood;se hizo entender a base de signos he made himself understood by using sign language;Fam2. [juzgar, opinar] to think;yo no lo entiendo así I don't see it that way;entiendo que sería mejor no decir nada I think it would be better not to say anything;entendemos que deberías disculparte we feel you ought to apologize♦ vientender poco/algo de to know very little/a little about;entiende un montón de jardinería she knows loads about gardening;no entiendo nada de informática I don't know anything about computing;tú que entiendes de estas cosas, ¿qué es el “rafting”? you know about these things, what is “rafting”?[sujeto: juez] to be in charge of;el magistrado que entiende de casos de terrorismo the magistrate responsible for o in charge of cases involving terrorism¿entiendes? are you gay? [as a discreet enquiry]* * *I v/t1 understand;entender mal algo misunderstand sth;hacerse entender make o.s. understood;ya me entiendes do you catch my drift?, do you know what I mean?;dar a entender a alguien give s.o. to understand2 ( creer):entendemos que sería mejor … we believe it would be better …II v/i1 understand;si entiendo bien if I understand correctly2:entender de algo know about sth3:entender en JUR hearIII m:a mi entender in my opinion, to my mind* * *entender {56} vt1) comprender: to understand2) opinar: to think, to believe3) querer: to mean, to intend4) deducir: to infer, to deduceentender vi1) : to understand¡ya entiendo!: now I understand!2)entender de : to know about, to be good at3)entender en : to be in charge of* * *entender vb¿entiendes las instrucciones? do you understand the instructions?
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