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21 abacería
• grobian• grocer• grocer's• grocer's shop• grocer's store• groceries• groceries from overseas• grocery• grocery store• grog -
22 abarrotería
• convenience store• general store• grobian• grocer• grocer's• grocer's shop• grocer's store• groceries• groceries from overseas• grocery• grocery store• grog -
23 lonja
• grobian• grocer• grocer's• grocer's shop• grocer's store• groceries• groceries from overseas• grocery• grocery store• grog -
24 pulpería
• food store• grobian• grocer• grocer's• grocer's shop• grocer's store• groceries• groceries from overseas• grocery• grocery store• grog -
25 tienda de abarrotes
• general store• grobian• grocer• grocer's• grocer's shop• grocer's store• groceries• groceries from overseas• grocery• grocery store• grog -
26 tienda de comestibles
• food store• grocer• grocer's• grocer's shop• grocer's store• groceries• groceries from overseas• grocery• grocery store• grog -
27 ultramarinos
• grobian• grocer• grocer's• grocer's shop• grocer's store• groceries• groceries from overseas• grocery• grocery store• grog -
28 despacho
m.1 office (oficina).2 set of office furniture (muebles).3 dispatch.4 sale (venta).despacho de billetes/localidades ticket/box office5 shipment, dispatch, remission, sending.6 promptness, dispatch.7 remittance.8 written order, order in writing, written court order.pres.indicat.1st person singular (yo) present indicative of spanish verb: despachar.* * *1 (envío) sending, dispatch3 (venta) sale, selling4 (lugar de venta) office5 (comunicación) message, dispatch\despacho de billetes/localidades ticket/box officedespacho de vino wine merchant's* * *noun m.1) office2) dispatch* * *SM1) (=oficina)a) [de abogado, arquitecto] office; [en una casa] studyb) (=muebles) office furniture2) (=tienda) shop; Chile grocer's shopdespacho de billetes, despacho de boletos — LAm booking office
despacho de pan — bread shop, bakery
3) (=mensaje) (Periodismo) report; (Mil) dispatch; (Pol) communiquédespacho de oficial — (Mil) commission
despacho telegráfico — telegram, wire (EEUU)
4) (=venta) saletener buen despacho — to find a ready sale, be in good demand
5) (=envío) dispatch, sending (out)despacho aduanal, despacho de aduanas — customs clearance
6) (Pol) meeting, consultation7) (=cualidad)tener buen despacho — to be very efficient, be on top of one's job
* * *1)b) ( mobiliario) office furniture2) ( envío) dispatch, despatch3) (Com)a) ( atención)b) ( venta) salec) ( tienda) shopdespacho de lotería — lottery agency/kiosk
4) ( comunicado) communiqué; (Mil) dispatch; (Period) report* * *= office, dispensation.Ex. The principal sprang up from her chair and began to perambulate with swift, precise movements about her spacious office.Ex. The article is entitled 'THERIAQUE: quality information on drugs, essential for their optimal use, prescription and dispensation' = El artículo se titula "THERIAQUE: información de calidad sobre los fármacos, esencial para su uso, prescripción y venta óptimos'.----* despacho de abogados = law centre, law office.* despacho de profesor = faculty office.* investigación de despacho = desk research.* mesa de despacho = writing desk, desk, work desk.* página videocámara de despacho = office cam.* * *1)b) ( mobiliario) office furniture2) ( envío) dispatch, despatch3) (Com)a) ( atención)b) ( venta) salec) ( tienda) shopdespacho de lotería — lottery agency/kiosk
4) ( comunicado) communiqué; (Mil) dispatch; (Period) report* * *= office, dispensation.Ex: The principal sprang up from her chair and began to perambulate with swift, precise movements about her spacious office.
Ex: The article is entitled 'THERIAQUE: quality information on drugs, essential for their optimal use, prescription and dispensation' = El artículo se titula "THERIAQUE: información de calidad sobre los fármacos, esencial para su uso, prescripción y venta óptimos'.* despacho de abogados = law centre, law office.* despacho de profesor = faculty office.* investigación de despacho = desk research.* mesa de despacho = writing desk, desk, work desk.* página videocámara de despacho = office cam.* * *despacho de lotería y apuestas del estado (↑ despacho a1)A2 (mobiliario) office furnitureB (envío) dispatch, despatchse encarga del despacho de las cartas he is responsible for dispatching o sending the mailC ( Com)1(atención): modificaciones que permiten el rápido despacho de pasajeros improvements allowing passengers to be dealt with more quickly2 (venta) sale3 (tienda) shopdespacho de pan baker's shop ( selling bread made off the premises)despacho de lotería lottery agency/kioskel despacho de localidades abre a las diez the box office o ticket office opens at ten o'clockCompuesto:customs clearance* * *
Del verbo despachar: ( conjugate despachar)
despacho es:
1ª persona singular (yo) presente indicativo
despachó es:
3ª persona singular (él/ella/usted) pretérito indicativo
Multiple Entries:
despachar
despacho
despachar ( conjugate despachar) verbo transitivo
1
‹ correspondencia› to deal with, attend to
‹ mercancías› ( por barco) to ship;
(por avión, tren) to send, dispatch
2 (Com) ( en tienda) to serve, deal with
verbo intransitivo (Com) [ dependiente] to serve
despacho sustantivo masculino
1
( estudio) study
2 ( envío) dispatch, despatch
3 ( comunicado) communiqué;
(Mil) dispatch;
(Period) report
despachar verbo transitivo
1 (atender en una tienda) to serve, wait on, help (customers)
2 (un asunto) to get through, deal with
3 (leer el correo) to send, dispatch
4 fam (a un empleado) to send packing, to sack
despacho sustantivo masculino
1 (oficina) office
(en casa) study
2 (lugar de venta) despacho de pan, baker's (shop)
3 (comunicado oficial) dispatch
' despacho' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
abajo
- apoltronarse
- auditoría
- bufete
- consulta
- decisión
- desorganizada
- desorganizado
- escribanía
- escritorio
- notaría
- recibir
- gabinete
- oficina
English:
cramped
- face
- into
- March
- meeting
- off-licence
- office
- outrank
- oval
- study
- bundle
- clearance
- dispatch
- squash
- telegraph
* * *despacho nm1. [oficina] [fuera de casa] office;[en casa] study;muebles y material de despacho office furniture and stationery;2. [muebles] set of office furnituredespacho de localidades box office;despacho de lotería lottery kiosk;despacho de pan bakery, baker's (shop)despacho de aduana(s) customs clearance5. [venta] sale;los lunes no hay despacho de localidades the box office is not open on Mondays6. [envío] dispatch, sending7. [comunicado] [oficial] dispatch;[de prensa] communiqué;un despacho de (una) agencia a news agency report8. Am Formal [en carta]su despacho = formulaic phrase which appears immediately below name of addressee at head of formal letter* * *m1 office* * *despacho nm1) : dispatch, shipment2) oficina: office, study* * *despacho n1. (oficina) office -
29 abasto
m.1 provisioning, supplying, profusion, plenty.2 supply.pres.indicat.1st person singular (yo) present indicative of spanish verb: abastar.* * *1 (abastecimiento) supplying, provision2 (abundancia) abundance1 provisions, supplies\dar abasto familiar to be sufficient for■ es que no doy abasto I just can't cope, I can't keep up■ no doy abasto para corregir tantos ejercicios I've got so many exercises to correct that I just can't cope* * *SM1) (=provisión) supplydar abasto a un pedido — to fill an order, meet an order
no puedo dar abasto (a) — (fig) I can't cope o keep up (with)
2) Cono Sur public meat market3) Caribe grocer's (shop), grocery store* * *a) ( aprovisionamiento) supplyno dar abasto: no dan abasto con el trabajo — they can't cope with all the work
b) ( provisiones) tbabastos — masculino plural basic provisions (pl) ( esp foodstuffs)
* * *= supply, provision.Ex. The increasing demand for paper of all sorts, which the giant productivity of the Fourdrinier machine could easily meet, resulted in a parallel demand for rags which was soon outstripping the supply.Ex. Some school libraries are becoming involved in life-long learning but local government and public libraries must take responsibility for provisions for this.----* dar abasto = cope.* dar abasto con = cope with.* mercado de abastos = public market.* * *a) ( aprovisionamiento) supplyno dar abasto: no dan abasto con el trabajo — they can't cope with all the work
b) ( provisiones) tbabastos — masculino plural basic provisions (pl) ( esp foodstuffs)
* * *= supply, provision.Ex: The increasing demand for paper of all sorts, which the giant productivity of the Fourdrinier machine could easily meet, resulted in a parallel demand for rags which was soon outstripping the supply.
Ex: Some school libraries are becoming involved in life-long learning but local government and public libraries must take responsibility for provisions for this.* dar abasto = cope.* dar abasto con = cope with.* mercado de abastos = public market.* * *1 (aprovisionamiento) supplyno dar abasto: no dan abasto con el trabajo que tienen they can't cope with all the work they have2 (provisiones) tb* * *
abasto sustantivo masculino
◊ no dar abasto: no dan abasto con el trabajo they can't cope with all the work
◊ abastos sustantivo masculino plural
basic provisions (pl) ( esp foodstuffs)
abasto m (usu pl) abastos, provisions pl, supplies pl; mercado de abastos, wholesale food market
♦ Locuciones: familiar no dar abasto, not to be able to have a rest o not to be able to cope: en Navidades las bodegas no dan abasto, the wine shops can't cope at Christmas
' abasto' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
abarcar
English:
cope
* * *abasto nm1. [provisión, suministro] supply3. Compno dar abasto to be unable to cope;no da abasto con tanto trabajo she can't cope with so much work* * *m:no dan abasto (con) they can’t cope (with)* * *abasto nm: supply, supplyingno da abasto: there isn't enough for all -
30 tienda de comestibles or abarrotes
tienda de comestibles or (AmC, Andes, Méx) abarrotesgrocery store (AmE), grocer's (shop) (BrE)* * *tienda de comestibles or (AmC, Andes, Méx) abarrotesgrocery store (AmE), grocer's (shop) (BrE)Spanish-English dictionary > tienda de comestibles or abarrotes
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31 provisión
f.1 provision, supply, stockpile, arsenal.2 furnishing, stock, supplying.3 allowance.* * *1 (suministro) provision, supply■ se quedaron sin provisiones a mitad de camino halfway through the journey they ran out of supplies2 (de un empleo) filling3 DERECHO provision\hacer provisión de to make provision for* * *noun f.* * *SF1) (=acto) provision2) (=abastecimiento) provision, supply3) pl provisiones (=alimentos) provisions, supplies4) (Econ)cheque sin provisión — bad cheque, bad check (EEUU)
5) (=medida) precautionary measure, step* * *1)a) ( suministro) provisionb) ( de vacante)2) (Ur) ( almacén) store, shop (BrE)3) provisiones femenino plural ( víveres) provisions (pl)* * *= provision, diet, supply.Ex. Some school libraries are becoming involved in life-long learning but local government and public libraries must take responsibility for provisions for this.Ex. Miss Laski suggests that the depiction of life found in many novels is naive, over-simplified and, as a constant diet, can do more harm than good.Ex. The increasing demand for paper of all sorts, which the giant productivity of the Fourdrinier machine could easily meet, resulted in a parallel demand for rags which was soon outstripping the supply.----* con suficientes provisiones = properly stocked.* fuente de provisión = source of supply.* provisiones = food supply, supply of food.* provisiones de primera necesidad = basic provisions, basic goods.* una provisión constante de = a diet of.* * *1)a) ( suministro) provisionb) ( de vacante)2) (Ur) ( almacén) store, shop (BrE)3) provisiones femenino plural ( víveres) provisions (pl)* * *= provision, diet, supply.Ex: Some school libraries are becoming involved in life-long learning but local government and public libraries must take responsibility for provisions for this.
Ex: Miss Laski suggests that the depiction of life found in many novels is naive, over-simplified and, as a constant diet, can do more harm than good.Ex: The increasing demand for paper of all sorts, which the giant productivity of the Fourdrinier machine could easily meet, resulted in a parallel demand for rags which was soon outstripping the supply.* con suficientes provisiones = properly stocked.* fuente de provisión = source of supply.* provisiones = food supply, supply of food.* provisiones de primera necesidad = basic provisions, basic goods.* una provisión constante de = a diet of.* * *A1 (suministro) provisionla provisión de fondos para el nuevo hospital the provision of funds for the new hospital, the funding of the new hospital2(de una vacante): concurso para la provisión de la vacante competition to fill the vacancy* * *
provisión sustantivo femenino
1 provision, supply
2 provisiones, (víveres) provisions pl
' provisión' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
prestación
- suministro
- aprovisionar
- equipar
English:
provision
- store
- board
- catering
- housing
- public
- supply
* * *provisión nf1. [suministro] supply, provisionprovisión de fondos advance2.provisiones [alimentos] provisions3. [disposición] measure4. [de una plaza] filling* * *f COM provision;provisión de fondos provision of funds;provisiones pl ( alimentos) provisions* * ** * *provisión n provision -
32 abarrote
m.1 grocery.2 fill-in package. (Nautical)3 grocery.pres.subj.3rd person singular (él/ella/ello) Present Subjunctive of Spanish verb: abarrotar.* * *SM1) (Náut) packingtienda de abarrotes — grocer's (shop), grocery store
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33 comestibles
• comestibles• foodstuff• foodstuffs• grocer's shop• groceries• groceries from overseas• provisions -
34 víveres
• food• food supplies• foodstuff• foodstuffs• grocer's shop• groceries• groceries from overseas• provisions• supplies -
35 especería
f.grocer's shop. -
36 tendero
m.1 storekeeper, general grocer, grocer, shopkeeper.2 store owner, shop owner.3 tentmaker.* * *► nombre masculino,nombre femenino1 shopkeeper* * *(f. - tendera)noun* * *tendero, -aSM / F [gen] shopkeeper, storekeeper (EEUU); [de comestibles] grocer* * *- ra masculino, femenino storekeeper (esp AmE), shopkeeper (esp BrE)* * *= storekeeper, shopkeeper [shop-keeper], grocer, store owner.Ex. Certainly the last thing we want is that books be shut up in tastefully decorated warehouses, watched over by highly trained storekeepers whose main purpose is to see that everything is kept tidily in its place and, as far as possible, untouched by human hands -- especially the sticky-fingered hands of marauding children.Ex. A librarian should be as unwilling to allow an enquirer to leave the library with his question unanswered as a shop-keeper is to have a customer go out of his store without making a purchase.Ex. To sell books is still more special than to sell groceries even though the profits may be pitifully low and to be a bookshop proprietor is a much more middle-class status than is that of grocer, haberdasher or vendor of garden implements.Ex. Gangs of hoodlums, aged as young as eight, are roaming the streets terrorising store owners and shoppers in broad daylight.* * *- ra masculino, femenino storekeeper (esp AmE), shopkeeper (esp BrE)* * *= storekeeper, shopkeeper [shop-keeper], grocer, store owner.Ex: Certainly the last thing we want is that books be shut up in tastefully decorated warehouses, watched over by highly trained storekeepers whose main purpose is to see that everything is kept tidily in its place and, as far as possible, untouched by human hands -- especially the sticky-fingered hands of marauding children.
Ex: A librarian should be as unwilling to allow an enquirer to leave the library with his question unanswered as a shop-keeper is to have a customer go out of his store without making a purchase.Ex: To sell books is still more special than to sell groceries even though the profits may be pitifully low and to be a bookshop proprietor is a much more middle-class status than is that of grocer, haberdasher or vendor of garden implements.Ex: Gangs of hoodlums, aged as young as eight, are roaming the streets terrorising store owners and shoppers in broad daylight.* * *tendero -ramasculine, feminine* * *
tendero◊ -ra sustantivo masculino, femenino
storekeeper (esp AmE), shopkeeper (esp BrE)
tendero,-a sustantivo masculino y femenino shopkeeper
' tendero' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
óbice
- tendera
- abarrotero
- bodeguero
- encomendero
- guardapolvo
English:
grocer
- shopkeeper
- storekeeper
- shop
- store
- trade
* * *tendero, -a nm,fstorekeeper, shopkeeper* * *m, tendera f storekeeper, shopkeeper* * *tendero, -ra n: shopkeeper, storekeeper* * *tendero n shopkeeper -
37 tienda de comestibles
(n.) = grocery, grocer, grocery store, food shop, food storeEx. A branch library in Falster, threatened with closure, transferred its stock to the local grocery.Ex. The city of Torup opened a branch library in the basement of a co-operative grocer.Ex. Telephone calls were made to the following: dairy (to secure milk carton storage for books); grocery stores (for freezer space for books); fire department (for fans to dehumidify books); and aerospace companies (for vacuum freezing facilities).Ex. By the 2000s the convenience of supermarkets had caused the demise of many small food shops.Ex. These stores are known for their more expensive lines of foods and specialty items not typically sold at regular food stores.* * *(n.) = grocery, grocer, grocery store, food shop, food storeEx: A branch library in Falster, threatened with closure, transferred its stock to the local grocery.
Ex: The city of Torup opened a branch library in the basement of a co-operative grocer.Ex: Telephone calls were made to the following: dairy (to secure milk carton storage for books); grocery stores (for freezer space for books); fire department (for fans to dehumidify books); and aerospace companies (for vacuum freezing facilities).Ex: By the 2000s the convenience of supermarkets had caused the demise of many small food shops.Ex: These stores are known for their more expensive lines of foods and specialty items not typically sold at regular food stores.* * *grocery store, Brgrocer’s -
38 tienda de ultramarinos
(n.) = grocery, grocer, grocery store, food shop, food storeEx. A branch library in Falster, threatened with closure, transferred its stock to the local grocery.Ex. The city of Torup opened a branch library in the basement of a co-operative grocer.Ex. Telephone calls were made to the following: dairy (to secure milk carton storage for books); grocery stores (for freezer space for books); fire department (for fans to dehumidify books); and aerospace companies (for vacuum freezing facilities).Ex. By the 2000s the convenience of supermarkets had caused the demise of many small food shops.Ex. These stores are known for their more expensive lines of foods and specialty items not typically sold at regular food stores.* * *(n.) = grocery, grocer, grocery store, food shop, food storeEx: A branch library in Falster, threatened with closure, transferred its stock to the local grocery.
Ex: The city of Torup opened a branch library in the basement of a co-operative grocer.Ex: Telephone calls were made to the following: dairy (to secure milk carton storage for books); grocery stores (for freezer space for books); fire department (for fans to dehumidify books); and aerospace companies (for vacuum freezing facilities).Ex: By the 2000s the convenience of supermarkets had caused the demise of many small food shops.Ex: These stores are known for their more expensive lines of foods and specialty items not typically sold at regular food stores. -
39 farmacia
f.1 pharmacy (ciencia).2 pharmacy.farmacia de guardia o de turno duty chemist's3 pharmaceutics, pharmacy.* * *1 (estudios) pharmacy2 (tienda) chemist's (shop), US drugstore, pharmacy* * *noun f.drugstore, pharmacy* * *SF1) (=ciencia) pharmacy2) (=tienda) chemist's (shop), drugstore (EEUU)* * *farmacia de guardia or de turno — duty chemist; ( disciplina) pharmacy
* * *= chemist, pharmaceutics, pharmacy, pharmacy.Nota: Disciplina.Ex. The idea has been suggested to set up multipurpose community centres where services like a grocer, a chemist, a doctor's surgery, a family planning clinic, and a bank, could all be located.Ex. This article discusses requirements of retrospective searches in pharmaceutics, comparing the effectiveness of on-line and manual searches.Ex. The aim is to identify the basic information structure common to all community pharmacies.Ex. The schools of dentistry, medicine, pharmacy, nursing, social work and community planning are served by a centralised library.----* biblioteca de farmacia = pharmaceutical library.* farmacia de guardia = emergency pharmacy.* mancebo de farmacia = chemist's assistant.* Resúmenes Internacionales de Farmacia (IPA) = International Pharmaceutical Abstracts (IPA).* * *farmacia de guardia or de turno — duty chemist; ( disciplina) pharmacy
* * *= chemist, pharmaceutics, pharmacy, pharmacy.Nota: Disciplina.Ex: The idea has been suggested to set up multipurpose community centres where services like a grocer, a chemist, a doctor's surgery, a family planning clinic, and a bank, could all be located.
Ex: This article discusses requirements of retrospective searches in pharmaceutics, comparing the effectiveness of on-line and manual searches.Ex: The aim is to identify the basic information structure common to all community pharmacies.Ex: The schools of dentistry, medicine, pharmacy, nursing, social work and community planning are served by a centralised library.* biblioteca de farmacia = pharmaceutical library.* farmacia de guardia = emergency pharmacy.* mancebo de farmacia = chemist's assistant.* Resúmenes Internacionales de Farmacia (IPA) = International Pharmaceutical Abstracts (IPA).* * *farmacia de guardia or de turno duty chemist2 (disciplina) pharmacy* * *
farmacia sustantivo femenino
farmacia de guardia or de turno duty chemist
farmacia sustantivo femenino (establecimiento) chemist's (shop), US pharmacy
' farmacia' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
guardia
- parar
- botica
- droguería
- traspasar
- traspaso
English:
chemist
- drugstore
- duty chemist
- pharmacy
- dispensary
* * *farmacia nf1. [ciencia] pharmacy2. [establecimiento] pharmacy, Br chemist's (shop), US drugstorefarmacia de guardia duty chemist's;farmacia de turno duty chemist's* * *f1 pharmacy, Br tbchemist’s2 estudios pharmacy* * *farmacia nf: drugstore, pharmacy* * *farmacia n1. (establecimiento) chemist's2. (ciencia) pharmacy -
40 tienda de ropa
(n.) = dress shop, clothing storeEx. Bookselling does seem to attract to it people who would seem to be prepared to work as shop assistants in bookshops who would not consider working as assistants in, say, grocer's or dress shops.Ex. He quickly took a liking to American clothing stores and acquired a taste for fast-food restaurants.* * *(n.) = dress shop, clothing storeEx: Bookselling does seem to attract to it people who would seem to be prepared to work as shop assistants in bookshops who would not consider working as assistants in, say, grocer's or dress shops.
Ex: He quickly took a liking to American clothing stores and acquired a taste for fast-food restaurants.
См. также в других словарях:
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grocer's — noun A shop selling groceries … Wiktionary
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John Walker (grocer) — John (Johnnie) Walker (1805 – 1857) was a Scottish grocer, who originated what would become one of the world’s most famous whisky brand names, Johnnie Walker.Walker was born near Kilmarnock in Ayrshire, Scotland. When his father Alexander died in … Wikipedia
close\ up\ shop — v. phr. 1. To shut a store at the end of a day s business, also, to end a business. The grocer closes up shop at 5 o clock. After 15 years in business at the same spot, the garage closed up shop. 2. informal To stop some activity; finish what you … Словарь американских идиом
James Robertson (grocer) — James Robertson was a grocer in Paisley, Scotland, who was persuaded to buy a barrel of bitter oranges. When sales were slow, James wife Marion made the oranges into a batch of marmalade and Golden Shred was born. In 1864 Robertson s was founded … Wikipedia