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1 lío

m.

1 mess, difficulty, mix-up, problem.

2 bundle.

pres.indicat.

1^st person singular (yo) present indicative of spanish verb: liar.

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lío

► nombre masculino

1 (embrollo) mess

2 (aventura amorosa) affair

3 (fardo) bundle

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FRASEOLOGÍA

armar un lío to make a fuss

hacerse un lío (uso literal) to get tangled up 2 (uso figurado) to get muddled up

meterse en un lío to get oneself into a mess

¡qué lío! what a mess!

tener un lío con alguien to be having an affair with somebody

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noun m.

1) mess

2) trouble

3) affair, liaison

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SM

1) (=fardo) bundle; Cono Sur truss

2) * (=jaleo) fuss; (=confusión) muddle, mix-up

ese lío de los pasaportes — that fuss about the passports

en mi mesa hay un lío enorme de papeles — my desk is in a real muddle with all these bits of paper

• armar un lío — to make a fuss, kick up a fuss

• armarse un lío, se armó un lío tremendo — there was a terrific fuss

• hacerse un lío — to get into a muddle, get mixed up

se hizo un lío con tantos nombres — he got into a muddle with all the names

3) (=aprieto)

meterse en un lío — to get into trouble

4) * (=amorío) affair

tener un lío con algn — to be having an affair with sb

lío de faldas — affair

5) (=cotilleo) tale, piece of gossip

¡no me vengas con líos! — less of your tales!

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masculino

1)

a) (fam) (embrollo, confusión) mess

qué lío! — what a mess!

hacerse un lío con algo — to get into a mess with something (colloq)

b) (fam) (problema, complicación)

tiene líos con la policía — he's in trouble with the police (colloq)

no me vengas con tus líos — don't come to me with your problems

qué lío se va a armar! — there's going to be hell to pay! (colloq)

armó un lío — he kicked up a fuss (colloq)

meterse en un lío — to get oneself into trouble

c) (fam) ( amorío) affair

2) ( fardo) bundle

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= mess, jumble, hassle, cock-up, bedlam, snarl, snarl-up, a pretty kettle of fish, a fine kettle of fish, palaver, predicament, rigmarole [rigamarole].

Ex. 'Look, Mel,' said James after the hiatus, 'I'm irritated at the convoluted mess this simple case of filling a vacancy has become'.

Ex. Compared to this fairly ordered monographic literature, the multiple contents of a collection of periodicals seemed like a terrible jumble.

Ex. The article is entitled 'How to implement electronic subscriptions replacing the routing list hassle'.

Ex. The repatriation of the emigres was a tragic oversight rather than a war crime, a cock-up rather than a conspiracy.

Ex. In subsequent years, Bethlem became ' Bedlam,' a metaphor for madness; being so long the only public receptacle for the insane, it became equated with madness itself.

Ex. His work is such a snarl of so many different things that it is as endlessly demanding as it is rewarding.

Ex. However, taxi is a more advisable option considering the never-ending Bangkok traffic snarl-up, especially during the rush hour.

Ex. A pretty kettle of fish indeed, out of whom only Tracy is really trying seriously to make a new life for herself.

Ex. Knowing the historical roots of their misfortune may not make it easier for them to escape the fine kettle of fish they are in.

Ex. Most fashion-conscious shoppers will beaware of the palaver caused last month by the swastika design embroidered on a Zara handbag.

Ex. Any attempt to coerce a response without good reason based on that child's present predicament is to place in jeopardy the child's willing engagement now and in the future.

Ex. The government is creating a rigmarole of a process for residents to exercise their constitutional right.

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* armar el lío = make + trouble.

* armar un lío = kick up + a fuss, kick up + a stink, raise + a stink, make + a stink (about), make + a racket, make + a row, make + a ruckus, kick up + a row.

* ¡En qué lío cada vez más complicado nos metemos al mentir! = O what a tangled web we weave when first we practise to deceive!.

* en un lío = in a (pretty) pickle, in a turmoil, in a twirl.

* estar hecho un lío = be at sixes and sevens with.

* lío amoroso = fling.

* meterse en líos = get into + trouble.

* meterse en un lío = be in trouble, get into + a predicament.

* no meterse en líos = keep out of + trouble.

* ¡qué lío! = what a palaver!.

* tener un lío amoroso = have + an affair, have + a fling.

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masculino

1)

a) (fam) (embrollo, confusión) mess

qué lío! — what a mess!

hacerse un lío con algo — to get into a mess with something (colloq)

b) (fam) (problema, complicación)

tiene líos con la policía — he's in trouble with the police (colloq)

no me vengas con tus líos — don't come to me with your problems

qué lío se va a armar! — there's going to be hell to pay! (colloq)

armó un lío — he kicked up a fuss (colloq)

meterse en un lío — to get oneself into trouble

c) (fam) ( amorío) affair

2) ( fardo) bundle

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= mess, jumble, hassle, cock-up, bedlam, snarl, snarl-up, a pretty kettle of fish, a fine kettle of fish, palaver, predicament, rigmarole [rigamarole].

Ex: 'Look, Mel,' said James after the hiatus, 'I'm irritated at the convoluted mess this simple case of filling a vacancy has become'.

Ex: Compared to this fairly ordered monographic literature, the multiple contents of a collection of periodicals seemed like a terrible jumble.

Ex: The article is entitled 'How to implement electronic subscriptions replacing the routing list hassle'.

Ex: The repatriation of the emigres was a tragic oversight rather than a war crime, a cock-up rather than a conspiracy.

Ex: In subsequent years, Bethlem became ' Bedlam,' a metaphor for madness; being so long the only public receptacle for the insane, it became equated with madness itself.

Ex: His work is such a snarl of so many different things that it is as endlessly demanding as it is rewarding.

Ex: However, taxi is a more advisable option considering the never-ending Bangkok traffic snarl-up, especially during the rush hour.

Ex: A pretty kettle of fish indeed, out of whom only Tracy is really trying seriously to make a new life for herself.

Ex: Knowing the historical roots of their misfortune may not make it easier for them to escape the fine kettle of fish they are in.

Ex: Most fashion-conscious shoppers will beaware of the palaver caused last month by the swastika design embroidered on a Zara handbag.

Ex: Any attempt to coerce a response without good reason based on that child's present predicament is to place in jeopardy the child's willing engagement now and in the future.

Ex: The government is creating a rigmarole of a process for residents to exercise their constitutional right.

* armar el lío = make + trouble.

* armar un lío = kick up + a fuss, kick up + a stink, raise + a stink, make + a stink (about), make + a racket, make + a row, make + a ruckus, kick up + a row.

* ¡En qué lío cada vez más complicado nos metemos al mentir! = O what a tangled web we weave when first we practise to deceive!.

* en un lío = in a (pretty) pickle, in a turmoil, in a twirl.

* estar hecho un lío = be at sixes and sevens with.

* lío amoroso = fling.

* meterse en líos = get into + trouble.

* meterse en un lío = be in trouble, get into + a predicament.

* no meterse en líos = keep out of + trouble.

* ¡qué lío! = what a palaver!.

* tener un lío amoroso = have + an affair, have + a fling.

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lío

masculine

A

1 ( fam) (embrollo, confusión) mess

¡qué lío! ¡esto no hay quién lo entienda! what a mess! this is totally incomprehensible

se hizo un lío con las cuentas she got into a mess o a muddle o she got confused with the accounts ( colloq)

2 ( fam)

(problema, complicación): tiene líos con la policía he is in trouble with the police ( colloq)

no me vengas con tus líos don't come to me with your problems

¡qué lío se va a armar! there's going to be hell to pay! ( colloq), the shit is really going to hit the fan (sl)

armó un lío tremendo porque le sirvieron la sopa fría he created o kicked up a real fuss because his soup was cold ( colloq)

si no obedeces te vas a meter en un buen lío if you don't do as you're told, you're going to get into a lot of trouble o to land yourself in serious trouble

no vengas aquí buscando líos don't come here looking for trouble ( colloq)

3 ( fam) (amorío) affair

tuvo un lío con una periodista famosa he had an affair o ( colloq) a fling with a famous journalist

B (fardo) bundle

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Del verbo liar: ( conjugate liar)

lío es:

1ª persona singular (yo) presente indicativo

lió es:

3ª persona singular (él/ella/usted) pretérito indicativo

Multiple Entries:
liar
lío
liar ( conjugate liar) verbo transitivo
1
a) ‹ cigarrillo› to roll

b) ( atar) to tie (up);

( envolver) to wrap (up);
(en un fardo, manojo) to bundle (up)
2 (fam)
a) ‹situación/asunto› to complicate

b) ( confundir) ‹ persona› to confuse, get … in a muddle

c) ( en un asunto) ‹ persona› to involve

liarse verbo pronominal
1 (fam)
a) [ asunto] to get complicated

b) [ persona] to get confused

2 (Esp fam)
a) ( entretenerse):

◊ nos liamos a hablar y … we got talking and …

b) ( emprenderla):

◊ se líoon a golpes they started throwing punches at each other

lío sustantivo masculino
1
a) (fam) (embrollo, confusión) mess;

◊ armarse/hacerse un lío (con algo) to get into a mess (with sth) (colloq)

b) (fam) (problema, complicación) trouble;

◊ meterse en un lío to get oneself into trouble;

tiene líos con la policía he's in trouble with the police (colloq);
¡qué lío se va a armar! there's going to be hell to pay! (colloq)
c) (fam) ( amorío) affair

2 ( fardo) bundle
liar verbo transitivo
1 (envolver) to wrap up
(un cigarro) to roll
2 (embrollar) to muddle up
(aturdir) to confuse
lío sustantivo masculino
1 fam (desorden) mess, muddle
2 fam (romance) affair
3 (de ropa, etc) bundle
♦ Locuciones: armar un lío, to kick up a fuss
hacerse líos con, to get mixed up
meterse en un lío, to get into trouble
' lío' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
avispero
- barullo
- berenjenal
- buena
- bueno
- enredarse
- follón
- gorda
- gordo
- meterse
- mogollón
- monumental
- petate
- tinglado
- tomate
- trapisonda
- armar
- bochinche
- bronca
- desenredar
- despelote
- enredado
- enredar
- enredo
- menudo
- meter
- pedo
- pelotera
- quilombo
English:
carry-on
- cock-up
- fuss
- hassle
- hot
- hot water
- jam
- kick up
- mess
- misunderstanding
- mix-up
- muddle
- palaver
- pickle
- rigmarole
- scrape
- screw-up
- tangle
- to-do
- trouble
- ungodly
- water
- bundle
- get
- havoc
- mix
- muddled
- rumpus
- stink
- stir
- to
- wad

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lío nm

1. Fam [enredo] mess;

esto de la declaración de hacienda es un lío filling in your tax return is a real pain o Br palaver;

hacerse un lío to get muddled up;

son tantos hermanos que siempre me armo un lío con sus nombres there are so many different brothers, I always get their names muddled up;

estoy hecho un lío, no sé qué hacer I'm all confused, I don't know what to do

2. Fam [problema]
meterse en líos to get into trouble;

me he metido en un lío del que no sé salir I've got myself into a mess that I don't know how to get out of

3. Fam [jaleo] racket, row;

armar un lío to kick up a fuss

4. Fam [amorío] affair;

está casado pero tiene un lío con alguien del trabajo he's married, but he's having an affair with someone from work

Comp

tener un lío de faldas to be having an affair

5. [paquete] bundle

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lío

m

1 bundle

2 fam ( desorden) mess;

lío amoroso fam affair;

estar hecho un lío be all confused;

hacerse un lío get into a muddle;

meterse en líos get into trouble

3 fam ( jaleo) fuss;

armar un lío fam kick up a fuss fam

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lío nm, fam

1) : confusion, mess

2) : hassle, trouble, jam

meterse en un lío: to get into a jam

3) : affair, liason

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lío n

1. (desorden) mess

tiene la habitación hecha un lío his room is in a right mess

2. (problema) trouble

se ha metido en un buen lío she's in big trouble

se va a armar un lío there's going to be trouble

hacerse un lío to get into a muddle

Spanish-English dictionary > lío
2 plan

m.

1 plan (proyecto, programa).

hacer planes to plan

plan de adelgazamiento diet

plan de emergencia contingency plan

plan de estudios syllabus

plan de pensiones pension plan

2 date (informal) (ligue).

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plan

► nombre masculino

1 (intención) plan

2 (programa) project

3 (régimen) diet

4 familiar (aventura amorosa) fling; (amante) bit on the side

5 familiar (para salir) plans plural

■ ¿tienes plan para el fin de semana? are you doing anything this weekend?

6 familiar (actitud) mood

■ hoy está en plan tonto he's in a stupid mood today

■ me lo dijo en plan de broma he said it as a joke

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FRASEOLOGÍA

a todo plan familiar in luxury

estar a plan familiar to be on a diet

no ser plan familiar not to be on

plan de adelgazamiento diet

plan de desarrollo development plan

plan de estudios syllabus

plan de inversiones investment plan

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noun m.

1) plan

2) scheme

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SM

1) (=proyecto) plan; (=intención) idea, intention

¿qué planes tienes para este verano? — what are your plans for the summer?

no tengo planes para el futuro — I have no plans for the future

realizar su plan — to put one's plan into effect

mi plan era comprar otro nuevo — my idea o intention was to buy a new one

tengo un plan estupendo para mañana — I've got a splendid idea about what to do tomorrow

plan de choque — action plan, plan of action

plan de desarrollo — development plan

plan de incentivos — incentive scheme

plan de jubilación — retirement plan

plan de pensiones — pension plan

plan de vuelo — flight plan

plan quinquenal — five-year plan

2) [de curso] programme, program (EEUU)

plan de estudios — curriculum, syllabus

3) * (=manera, actitud)

este niño está en un plan imposible — this child is really playing up

si te pones en ese plan — if that's your attitude

como sigas en ese plan — if you go on like that

lo hizo en plan bruto — he did it in a brutal way

viajar en plan económico — to travel cheap

el negocio es en plan timo — the deal is really a swindle

chaparrones en plan disperso — scattered showers

viven en plan pasota — they live like hippies

en plan de: lo dije en plan de broma — I said it as a joke o for a laugh

vamos en plan de turismo — we're going as tourists

salieron en plan de divertirse — they went out looking for a good time

está en plan de rehusar — he's in a mood to refuse, he's likely to refuse at the moment

4) *

- eso no es plan

- a todo plan

- no me hace plan

5) † * (=aventura) date; pey fling *

¿tienes plan para esta noche? — have you got a date for tonight?

buscar plan — to try to pick somebody up *

tiene un plan con la mujer del alcalde — he's having a fling with the mayor's wife *

6) (Med) course of treatment

estar a plan — to be on a course of treatment

7) (Topografía) (=nivel) level; (=altura) height

8) Cono Sur, Méx [de barco etc] flat bottom

9) LAm (=llano) level ground; Cono Sur (=falda de cerro) foothills pl

10) And, CAm, Caribe [de espada etc] flat

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masculino

1) (proyecto, programa) plan

hacer planes — to make plans

plan de desarrollo — development plan

- plan de campaña

- plan de estudios

- plan maestro

2)

a) (fam) (cita, compromiso)

si no tienes otros planes podríamos ir a cenar — if you're not doing anything else we could go out for dinner

¿tienes algún plan para esta noche? — do you have any plans for tonight?

b) (Esp fam) ( ligue)

salió en busca de plan — he went out looking for a pickup (colloq), he went out on the pull (BrE colloq)

su marido tiene un plan — her husband's having an affair

3) (fam) ( actitud)

no te pongas en plan chulo — don't get cocky with me! (colloq)

lo dijo en plan de broma — he was only kidding (colloq)

en plan económico — cheaply, on the cheap (colloq)

salen en plan de amigos — they're just good friends

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masculino

1) (proyecto, programa) plan

hacer planes — to make plans

plan de desarrollo — development plan

- plan de campaña

- plan de estudios

- plan maestro

2)

a) (fam) (cita, compromiso)

si no tienes otros planes podríamos ir a cenar — if you're not doing anything else we could go out for dinner

¿tienes algún plan para esta noche? — do you have any plans for tonight?

b) (Esp fam) ( ligue)

salió en busca de plan — he went out looking for a pickup (colloq), he went out on the pull (BrE colloq)

su marido tiene un plan — her husband's having an affair

3) (fam) ( actitud)

no te pongas en plan chulo — don't get cocky with me! (colloq)

lo dijo en plan de broma — he was only kidding (colloq)

en plan económico — cheaply, on the cheap (colloq)

salen en plan de amigos — they're just good friends

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plan¹

¹ = agenda, arrangement, framework, plan, scheme.

Ex: The session on library and information services to people with disabilities addressed on agenda developed out of the feedback from various regional groups.

Ex: This arrangement is faster than waiting until documents are ordered.

Ex: The intention is to establish a general framework, and then to give exceptions or further explanation and examples for each area in turn.

Ex: Plans were made to issue a concise version of AACR1, but these plans never came to fruition.

Ex: There are forty-six centres in twenty-five countries participating in the scheme.

* arruinar los planes de Alguien = spike + Posesivo + guns.

* chafar los planes = upset + the applecart.

* chafar + Posesivo + planes = upset + Posesivo + plans, ruin + Posesivo + plans.

* concebir un plan = devise + a plan.

* con planes ocultos = agenda-laden.

* dar al traste con los planes = upset + the applecart.

* dar al traste con + Posesivo + planes = upset + Posesivo + plans, ruin + Posesivo + plans.

* de plan abierto = open-plan, open-planned.

* desarrollar un plan de trabajo = develop + agenda.

* desarrollo del plan de estudios = curriculum development.

* desbaratar los planes = upset + the applecart.

* desbaratar + Posesivo + planes = upset + Posesivo + plans, ruin + Posesivo + plans.

* diseñar un plan = draw up + plan.

* diseño de planes de estudios = curriculum design.

* echar por tierra los planes de Alguien = spike + Posesivo + guns.

* echar + Posesivo + planes a perder = upset + Posesivo + plans, ruin + Posesivo + plans.

* edificio construido según un plan cúbico = deep building.

* elaborar un plan = formulate + plan, draw up + plan, think out + a plan, think out + a plan, devise + a plan.

* elaborar un plan de trabajo = develop + agenda.

* estropear los planes = upset + the applecart.

* estropear + Posesivo + planes = upset + Posesivo + plans, ruin + Posesivo + plans.

* hacer planes = plan, make + plans.

* hacer un plan = draw up + plan, figure out + plan.

* hacer un plan de emergencia = produce + contingency plan.

* idear un plan = devise + a plan.

* organizar un plan = put + a plan in place.

* persona que elabora el plan de estudios = syllabus maker.

* plan abierto = openness, open plan.

* plan a largo plazo = long-term plan.

* plan alternativo = contingency plan.

* plan blanco = white bread.

* plan de actuación = action plan, business plan, plan of action, action statement, road map [roadmap], plan for action, response plan.

* plan de adquisición de material a vista = approval plan.

* plan de adquisiciones = acquisitions plan.

* plan de choque = shock tactics.

* plan de cómo disponer de Algo = disposition instruction, disposition instruction.

* plan de compra = purchase plan.

* plan de conservación = conservation plan.

* plan de contingencia = contingency plan.

* plan de disposición = disposition plan.

* plan de emergencia = disaster plan, emergency plan, disaster recovery plan, backup plan, safety net.

* plan de estudios = curriculum [curricula, -pl.], syllabus [syllabi/syllabuses, -pl.], school curriculum, study plan.

* plan de expurgo = weeding policy, weeding project.

* Plan de Información y Bibliotecas = Library and Information Plan (LIP).

* plan de jubilación = pension plan, retirement plan.

* plan de mejora = improvement plan.

* plan de ordenación urbana = town planning.

* plan de pensiones = pension plan, retirement plan.

* plan de recuperación tras un siniestro = disaster recovery, disaster recovery plan.

* plan de retención = retention plan.

* plan de seguridad = backup plan.

* plan de seguros = insurance plan.

* plan de sucesión = succession plan.

* plan de trabajo = research agenda, work plan, working plan, work schedule.

* plan dietético = diet plan.

* planes de estudios = syllabi.

* planes + fracasar = plan + fall through.

* planes futuros = future plans.

* planes ocultos = hidden agenda.

* plan estratégico = strategic plan.

* plan grandioso = grand design.

* plan maestro = master plan.

* plan magistral = grand design.

* plan para después de la jubilación = retirement plan.

* plan urbanístico = zoning.

* proponer un plan = come up with + plan.

* reforma del plan de estudios = curriculum development.

* tener un plan = figure out + plan.

* urdir un plan = devise + a plan.

plan²

² = fling.

Ex: But the man who became famous for his flings believes celibacy is a revolutionary act to strengthen his spiritual journey.

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plan

masculine

A (proyecto, programa) plan

hacer planes para el futuro to make plans for the future

plan nacional contra la droga national anti-drugs program o plan

plan de desarrollo development plan

Compuestos:

● plan de ahorro

savings plan

● plan de campaña

plan of action, plan of campaign

● plan de estudios

syllabus

● plan de capacitación

training scheme

● plan de jubilación

retirement scheme, retirement plan

● plan de pensiones

pension plan, pension scheme

● plan de pensiones de beneficios definidos

defined benefit pension plan

● plan de pensiones de cotizaciones definidas

defined contribution pension plan

● plan de vuelo

flight plan

● plan maestro

master plan

B

1 ( fam)

(cita, compromiso): si no tienes plan para esta noche podríamos ir a cenar if you're not doing anything tonight we could go out for dinner

¿tienes algún plan para este fin de semana? do you have anything planned o do you have any plans for this weekend?, do you have anything on this weekend?

no es plan ( Esp); (no es justo) it's not fair, it's not on ( BrE colloq); (no es buena idea) it's not a good idea

2

( Esp fam) (ligue): salió en busca de plan para la noche he went out looking for a pickup for the night ( colloq)

su marido tiene un plan her husband's having an affair o seeing someone else, her husband's got a bit on the side ( BrE colloq)

C ( fam)

(actitud): no te pongas en plan chulo don't get cocky with me! ( colloq)

hoy está en plan vago he's in a lazy mood today

lo dijo en plan de broma he was only kidding ( colloq), he meant it as a joke

como siga en ese plan, acabará mal if he carries on like that, he'll come to no good

en plan económico cheaply, on the cheap ( colloq)

nos llevamos muy bien, pero en plan de amigos we get on very well but we're just friends

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plan sustantivo masculino
1 (proyecto, programa) plan;
◊ hacer planes to make plans;

plan de estudios syllabus
2 (fam) (cita, compromiso):
◊ si no tienes otros planes if you're not doing anything else;

¿tienes algún plan para esta noche? do you have any plans for tonight?
3 (fam) ( actitud):
◊ vienen en plan de diversión they're here to have fun;

lo dijo en plan de broma he was only kidding (colloq);
en plan económico cheaply, on the cheap (colloq)
plan sustantivo masculino
1 (intención) plan
2 (conjunto de ideas, etc) scheme, programme
plan de estudios, curriculum
plan de jubilación/de pensiones, pension plan
3 fam (cita) date: no tengo plan para esta tarde, I have no plans for this afternoon
♦ Locuciones: no sigas en ese plan, don't carry on like that
no es plan, that's not a good idea
no es plan de que nos quedemos si él se va, it's not fair for us to have to stay home if he goes out
' plan' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
abrupta
- abrupto
- anteproyecto
- auspicio
- boceto
- bosquejar
- chafar
- concebir
- cuajar
- delinear
- desactivar
- descubrir
- designio
- dinamitar
- efecto
- fastidiar
- garete
- generar
- idea
- idear
- instrumentación
- inviable
- juego
- mantilla
- mira
- pensar
- pergeñar
- pique
- plana
- planear
- planificar
- plano
- plazo
- política
- prever
- programa
- proyectar
- proyecto
- rechazar
- rechazo
- resultado
- tortuosa
- tortuosidad
- tortuoso
- trazar
- tramar
- traza
- venta
- ventura
- viabilidad
English:
abort
- abortive
- action
- alter
- alteration
- approachable
- approve of
- attractive
- authenticity
- backfire
- beauty
- benign
- botch
- bypass
- cheap
- concoct
- contingency plan
- cook up
- crystallize
- curriculum
- delineate
- design
- despite
- detailed
- develop
- development
- devious
- disappoint
- discard
- distinct
- drum up
- elaborate
- emigrate
- explain
- fall apart
- fall through
- fallback
- floor plan
- follow through
- foolproof
- forecast
- formulate
- get-rich-quick
- go
- half-baked
- hatch
- hit on
- hit upon
- holiday
- impractical

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plan nm

1. [proyecto, programa] plan;

hacer planes to plan;

tenemos plan de visitarte la próxima semana we're planning to call on you next week;

¿tienes algún plan para mañana por la tarde? have you got any plans for tomorrow evening?

Comp
plan de acción action plan;
plan de adelgazamiento diet;

plan de ahorro savings plan;

plan de amortización repayment plan;

plan de choque emergency plan;

plan de creación de empleo job creation scheme;

plan de desarrollo development plan;

plan de emergencia [para el futuro] contingency plan;
[como reacción] emergency plan;
plan de estudios syllabus;

plan hidrológico water management plan;

plan de jubilación pension scheme o plan;

plan de pensiones pension scheme o plan;

plan de pensiones contributivo contributory pension scheme o plan;
Hist plan quinquenal five-year plan;
plan de urbanismo urban development plan;

plan de viabilidad feasibility plan;

plan de vuelo flight plan

2. Fam [ligue] date;

salieron a buscar un plan they went out on the pull

3. Fam

Comp

a todo plan in the greatest luxury, with no expense spared;
Fam
en plan: lo dijo en plan serio he was serious about it;

si te pones en ese plan… if you're going to be like that about it…;

se puso en plan violento he got o became violent;
Fam
en plan de: lo dijo en plan de broma he was only kidding, he meant it as a joke;

vamos a Perú en plan de turismo we are going to Peru for a holiday;

no es plan it's just not on;

¡vaya plan de vida! what a life!

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plan

m plan;

plan de emergencia emergency plan;

lo dije en plan de broma fam I said it as a joke;

tener un plan fam be playing around, be having an affair;

esto no es plan fam this isn’t good enough

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plan nm

1) : plan, strategy, program

plan de inversiones: investment plan

plan de estudios: curriculum

2) plano: plan, diagram

3) : attitude, intent, purpose

ponte en plan serio: be serious

estamos en plan de divertirnos: we're looking to have some fun

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plan n

1. (en general) plan

hemos cambiado de planes we've changed our plans

un plan para fugarse an escape plan

2. (actitud) mood

se puso en plan serio he became serious

en plan de as

salimos en plan de amigos we went out as friends

plan de estudios (de una asignatura) syllabus [pl. syllabuses] (nacional) curriculum

Spanish-English dictionary > plan
3 tener un lío amoroso

(v.) = have + an affair, have + a fling

Ex. It was only when I saw Ron's car outside Penny's house that the penny finally dropped and I realised they were having an affair.

Ex. The most obvious downside to having a fling is the fact that it is short term.

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(v.) = have + an affair, have + a fling

Ex: It was only when I saw Ron's car outside Penny's house that the penny finally dropped and I realised they were having an affair.

Ex: The most obvious downside to having a fling is the fact that it is short term.

Spanish-English dictionary > tener un lío amoroso
4 entenderse

entenderse

► verbo pronominal

1 (comprenderse) to be understood

■ esta frase no se entiende you can't understand this sentence, this sentence is impossible to understand

2 familiar (conocerse) to know what one is doing

■ yo ya me entiendo I have my reasons

3 familiar (llevarse bien) to get along

■ mi suegra y yo no nos entendemos my mother-in-law and I don't get on

4 familiar (relación amorosa) to have an affair ( con, with)

■ dicen que se entiende con la vecina de al lado they say he's having an affair with the woman next door

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I
VPR

1) [uso reflexivo] to understand o.s.

si no te entiendes ni tú, ¿quién te va a entender? — if you don't even understand yourself, then how is anyone else going to understand you?

déjame, que yo me entiendo — leave me alone, I know what I mean

entendérselas —

que ella se las entienda como pueda — well that's her problem

allá tú te las entiendas con tus asuntos — you go and sort out your own affairs

entendérselas con algn —

van a tener que entendérselas conmigo — they're going to have to deal with me

2) [uso recíproco]

nosotras nos entendemos — we understand each other

nos entendimos por señas — we communicated using sign language, we used sign language to communicate

a ver si nos entendemos ¿quién de los dos tiene el dinero? — now let's get this straight, which of the two has got the money?

ya nos entenderemos en el precio — we'll work out a price that we're both happy with

digamos, para entendernos, que... — let's say, to avoid any misunderstanding, that...

• entenderse con algn — (=llevarse bien) to get on o along with sb; (=tener una relación amorosa) to have an affair with sb

eso no se entiende conmigo — that doesn't concern me, that has nothing to do with me

entenderse con algo — to know how to deal with sth

3) [uso impersonal]

se entiende que... — it is understood that...

se entiende que no quiera salir con ellos — it's understandable that she doesn't want to go out with them

¿qué se entiende por estas palabras? — what is meant by these words?

¿cómo se entiende que no nos llamaras antes? — why didn't you call us first?

4) (=tratar)

en caso de duda entiéndase con el cajero — in case of doubt please contact the cashier
II
SM (=opinión) opinion

a mi entender — in my opinion
saber
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(v.) = interoperate [inter-operate], hit it off

Ex. A Z39.50 clientand server will only interoperate if they agree which parts of the standard to implement, and how.

Ex. As the two began to connect well and hit it off, the contact between the two increased to a rate of at least once a week.

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(v.) = interoperate [inter-operate], hit it off

Ex: A Z39.50 clientand server will only interoperate if they agree which parts of the standard to implement, and how.

Ex: As the two began to connect well and hit it off, the contact between the two increased to a rate of at least once a week.

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■entenderse verbo reflexivo
1 (comprenderse) to be understood, be meant: se entiende que no quiera volver a verla, it's easy to understand that he doesn't want to see her again
2 fam (compenetrarse, llevarse bien) me entiendo bien con tu madre, I get on well with your mother
' entenderse' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
condenada
- condenado
- conectar
- entender
English:
understand

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vpr

1. [comprenderse] [uno mismo] to know what one means;
[dos personas] to understand each other;
yo ya me entiendo I know what I'm doing;

el ilion, para entendernos, un hueso de la pelvis the ilium, in other words o that is, one of the bones of the pelvis;

se entienden en inglés they communicate with each other in English;

los sordomudos se entienden por señas deaf-mutes communicate (with each other) using sign language

2. [llevarse bien] to get on;

me entiendo muy bien con mis compañeros de trabajo I get on very well with my workmates

3. [sentimentalmente] to have an affair ( con with);
se entendía con una vecina he was having an affair with a neighbour

4. [ponerse de acuerdo] to reach an agreement;

te vas a tener que entenderse con los organizadores you're going to have to come to o reach an agreement with the organizers

5. Fam [apañarse]
allá te las entiendas tú con la lavadora the washing machine's your problem

♦ nm

a mi entenderse…, según mi entenderse… the way I see it…;

a o [m5]según mi modesto entenderse, la culpa es del gobierno in my humble opinion, it's the government's fault;

a tu entenderse ¿cuáles son las razones de la derrota? in your view, what are the reasons for this defeat?

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entenderse

v/r

1 communicate;

a ver si nos entendemos let’s get this straight;

para entendernos, para que me entiendas not to put too fine a point on it

2

:

yo me entiendo I know what I’m doing

3

:

entenderse con alguien get along with s.o., get on with s.o.

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vr

1) : to be understood

2) : to get along well, to understand each other

3)

entenderse con : to deal with

entender nm

a mi entender : in my opinion

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entenderse vb to get on

se entiende muy bien con su padre he gets on very well with his father

Spanish-English dictionary > entenderse
5 tener relaciones amorosas

(v.) = have + an affair

Ex. It was only when I saw Ron's car outside Penny's house that the penny finally dropped and I realised they were having an affair.

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(v.) = have + an affair

Ex: It was only when I saw Ron's car outside Penny's house that the penny finally dropped and I realised they were having an affair.

Spanish-English dictionary > tener relaciones amorosas
6 tener un amante

(v.) = have + an affair

Ex. It was only when I saw Ron's car outside Penny's house that the penny finally dropped and I realised they were having an affair.

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(v.) = have + an affair

Ex: It was only when I saw Ron's car outside Penny's house that the penny finally dropped and I realised they were having an affair.

Spanish-English dictionary > tener un amante
7 ponerse frenético

(v.) = go + berserk, go + postal, go + crazy, work up + a lather, tear + Posesivo + hair out, be furious

Ex. It depicts fascism as a crusade for preserving literature's purity, a crusade that went berserk.

Ex. You have also probably read about cases where an employee ' went postal' and entered a company building, shooting his boss and other employees.

Ex. Sawer went crazy after the woman he was having an affair with was caught and her husband killed her.

Ex. The boy's mother got angry as a hornet and obtained a lawyer, who also has worked up a lather over this grievous injustice.

Ex. People are clearly extremely upset, apparently tearing their hair out at having to deal with spam.

Ex. You hurt her pride and her feelings and she's furious.

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(v.) = go + berserk, go + postal, go + crazy, work up + a lather, tear + Posesivo + hair out, be furious

Ex: It depicts fascism as a crusade for preserving literature's purity, a crusade that went berserk.

Ex: You have also probably read about cases where an employee ' went postal' and entered a company building, shooting his boss and other employees.

Ex: Sawer went crazy after the woman he was having an affair with was caught and her husband killed her.

Ex: The boy's mother got angry as a hornet and obtained a lawyer, who also has worked up a lather over this grievous injustice.

Ex: People are clearly extremely upset, apparently tearing their hair out at having to deal with spam
.

Ex: You hurt her pride and her feelings and she's furious.

Spanish-English dictionary > ponerse frenético
8 ponerse hecho una fiera

(v.) = go + ballistic, go + berserk, blow + Posesivo + top, go + postal, go + crazy, blow + a fuse, lose + Posesivo + temper, throw + a wobbly, throw + a wobbler, blow + Posesivo + lid, blow + Posesivo + stack

Ex. Allegedly mellowed coach Mike Ditka went ballistic on his inept players as they were being crushed by the visiting team.

Ex. It depicts fascism as a crusade for preserving literature's purity, a crusade that went berserk.

Ex. Yoga is better for people who are always blowing their top and who are therefore prone to high blood pressure.

Ex. You have also probably read about cases where an employee ' went postal' and entered a company building, shooting his boss and other employees.

Ex. Sawer went crazy after the woman he was having an affair with was caught and her husband killed her.

Ex. He simply blew a fuse and decided to go out on the road, spitefully apologizing again and again, until he got it right.

Ex. His father gave him a bag of nails, and told him to drive a nail in the fence in the backyard whenever he lost his temper.

Ex. The good thing about having it in writing is that you`re then well within your rights to throw a wobbly and demand you get what you paid for.

Ex. Of course there are things they don't like, and sometimes one of them throws a wobbler -- which sets the other one off!.

Ex. Of course her initial reaction was to blow her lid, but she didn't -- instead she took the high road and simply just left.

Ex. She really blew her stack as she stomped out of the sales manager's office talking to herself.

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(v.) = go + ballistic, go + berserk, blow + Posesivo + top, go + postal, go + crazy, blow + a fuse, lose + Posesivo + temper, throw + a wobbly, throw + a wobbler, blow + Posesivo + lid, blow + Posesivo + stack

Ex: Allegedly mellowed coach Mike Ditka went ballistic on his inept players as they were being crushed by the visiting team.

Ex: It depicts fascism as a crusade for preserving literature's purity, a crusade that went berserk.

Ex: Yoga is better for people who are always blowing their top and who are therefore prone to high blood pressure.

Ex: You have also probably read about cases where an employee ' went postal' and entered a company building, shooting his boss and other employees.

Ex: Sawer went crazy after the woman he was having an affair with was caught and her husband killed her.

Ex: He simply blew a fuse and decided to go out on the road, spitefully apologizing again and again, until he got it right.

Ex: His father gave him a bag of nails, and told him to drive a nail in the fence in the backyard whenever he lost his temper.

Ex: The good thing about having it in writing is that you`re then well within your rights to throw a wobbly and demand you get what you paid for.

Ex: Of course there are things they don't like, and sometimes one of them throws a wobbler -- which sets the other one off!.

Ex: Of course her initial reaction was to blow her lid, but she didn't -- instead she took the high road and simply just left.

Ex: She really blew her stack as she stomped out of the sales manager's office talking to herself.

Spanish-English dictionary > ponerse hecho una fiera
9 volverse loco

v.

to go insane, to go crazy, to become totally insane, to go mad.

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volverse loco

to go mad

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to go crazy

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(v.) = go + bananas, take + leave of + Posesivo + senses, go + mad, run + amok, lose + Posesivo + marbles, go + bonkers, go + berserk, go + postal, go + wild, go + crazy, go + nuts, go + potty, get + a buzz from, go out of + Posesivo + mind, throw + a wobbly, go off + the rails, throw + a wobbler, go + haywire, go off + Posesivo + rocker

Ex. 'I can't take it! the man's gone bananas'.

Ex. Without language we would go bumping around in the dark and eventually take leave of our senses under the welter of the incomprehensible, withdrawing, as some people do, into a closed world in order to protect ourselves against the unbearable onslaught.

Ex. The article is entitled 'The confrontation of childhood with a world gone mad: an examination of children's biography and autobiography in the context of World War 2'.

Ex. Term paper fraud runs amok on the Web as dozens of fee and free sites have thousands of term papers available for lazy and unprincipled students.

Ex. The article is entitled 'Have We Lost Our Marbles?'.

Ex. The article is entitled ' Going Bonkers!': Children, Play and Pee-Wee'.

Ex. It depicts fascism as a crusade for preserving literature's purity, a crusade that went berserk.

Ex. You have also probably read about cases where an employee ' went postal' and entered a company building, shooting his boss and other employees.

Ex. Our imagination went wild, because we didn't want death to be the end, we wanted to keep on living on familiar grounds, and most of all, we didn't want to be alone.

Ex. Sawer went crazy after the woman he was having an affair with was caught and her husband killed her.

Ex. When she discovered vintage comics and their lurid covers, she went nuts.

Ex. That adults have gone potty over Potter is probably motivated less by Rowling's prose than by the fact that, finally, here is a book we can easily read.

Ex. How anyone can get a buzz from laying into someone is beyond me; it's not nice to see it happen - too many times have I seen people beaten up over nothing.

Ex. For this reason, he did not die, but rather went out of his mind.

Ex. The good thing about having it in writing is that you`re then well within your rights to throw a wobbly and demand you get what you paid for.

Ex. He never had issues with alcohol as a teen with going off the rails etc as he was used to have a sip of wine now and then with dinner or at Crimbo.

Ex. Of course there are things they don't like, and sometimes one of them throws a wobbler -- which sets the other one off!.

Ex. The formatting on my main page has gone haywire for apparently no reason.

Ex. I mean everyone's entitled to their own opinion, but they went off their rocker embracing our enemies.

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(v.) = go + bananas, take + leave of + Posesivo + senses, go + mad, run + amok, lose + Posesivo + marbles, go + bonkers, go + berserk, go + postal, go + wild, go + crazy, go + nuts, go + potty, get + a buzz from, go out of + Posesivo + mind, throw + a wobbly, go off + the rails, throw + a wobbler, go + haywire, go off + Posesivo + rocker

Ex: 'I can't take it! the man's gone bananas'.

Ex: Without language we would go bumping around in the dark and eventually take leave of our senses under the welter of the incomprehensible, withdrawing, as some people do, into a closed world in order to protect ourselves against the unbearable onslaught.

Ex: The article is entitled 'The confrontation of childhood with a world gone mad: an examination of children's biography and autobiography in the context of World War 2'.

Ex: Term paper fraud runs amok on the Web as dozens of fee and free sites have thousands of term papers available for lazy and unprincipled students.

Ex: The article is entitled 'Have We Lost Our Marbles?'.

Ex: The article is entitled ' Going Bonkers!': Children, Play and Pee-Wee'.

Ex: It depicts fascism as a crusade for preserving literature's purity, a crusade that went berserk.

Ex: You have also probably read about cases where an employee ' went postal' and entered a company building, shooting his boss and other employees.

Ex: Our imagination went wild, because we didn't want death to be the end, we wanted to keep on living on familiar grounds, and most of all, we didn't want to be alone.

Ex: Sawer went crazy after the woman he was having an affair with was caught and her husband killed her.

Ex: When she discovered vintage comics and their lurid covers, she went nuts.

Ex: That adults have gone potty over Potter is probably motivated less by Rowling's prose than by the fact that, finally, here is a book we can easily read.

Ex: How anyone can get a buzz from laying into someone is beyond me; it's not nice to see it happen - too many times have I seen people beaten up over nothing.

Ex: For this reason, he did not die, but rather went out of his mind.

Ex: The good thing about having it in writing is that you`re then well within your rights to throw a wobbly and demand you get what you paid for.

Ex: He never had issues with alcohol as a teen with going off the rails etc as he was used to have a sip of wine now and then with dinner or at Crimbo.

Ex: Of course there are things they don't like, and sometimes one of them throws a wobbler -- which sets the other one off!.

Ex: The formatting on my main page has gone haywire for apparently no reason.

Ex: I mean everyone's entitled to their own opinion, but they went off their rocker embracing our enemies.

Spanish-English dictionary > volverse loco
10 arreglo

m.

1 mending, repair.

hacer un arreglo a to take in; (ropa) (estrechar) to let out (agrandar)

2 settlement.

3 agreement (acuerdo).

llegar a un arreglo to reach agreement

con arreglo a in accordance with

un arreglo pacífico de las diferencias an amicable settlement of differences

4 deal, settlement, agreement, contract.

5 array, grouping, trimming, order.

6 set, array.

7 carve-up.

pres.indicat.

1^st person singular (yo) present indicative of spanish verb: arreglar.

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arreglo

► nombre masculino

1 (acuerdo) arrangement, agreement, settlement

2 (reparación) repair

3 (orden) order, tidiness

4 (limpieza) cleaning, tidying; (personal) cleanliness

5 MÚSICA arrangement

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FRASEOLOGÍA

con arreglo a according to, in accordance with

■ con arreglo al plan according to the plan

llegar a un arreglo to come to an arrangement, reach an agreement

no tener arreglo (cosa) to be beyond repair 2 (asunto) to have no solution 3 (persona) to be hopeless

■ ese reloj no tiene arreglo that watch is beyond repair

■ ¡no tienes arreglo! you're hopeless!

arreglo de cuentas settling of scores, settling-up

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noun m.

1) repair

2) agreement

3) arrangement

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SM

1) (=reparación) repair

la cocina necesita unos pequeños arreglos — the kitchen needs a few repairs

"se hacen arreglos" — [de ropa] "alterations"; [de electrodomésticos] "repairs done"

el arreglo del televisor son 75 euros — it's 75 euros to repair o mend o fix the TV

el horno no tiene arreglo — the oven is beyond repair

ese problema tiene fácil arreglo — that problem is easy to sort out o solve

mi marido no tiene arreglo — * my husband is a hopeless case *

2) (=aseo) [de persona] appearance; [de pelo, barba] trim

cuida mucho su arreglo personal — he takes great care over his appearance

un arreglo de barba — a beard trim

3) (=orden) order

• vivir con arreglo — to live an orderly life

4) (=acuerdo) agreement

tenemos un arreglillo con el jefe — we have made a little arrangement with the boss

• con arreglo a — [+ norma, ley] in accordance with; [+ circunstancias, criterio] according to

con arreglo a lo dispuesto en el artículo 47 — in accordance with the provisions of Article 47

los han ordenado con arreglo a su tamaño — they have been arranged according to size

• llegar a un arreglo — to reach a compromise

arreglo de cuentas — settling of old scores

5) [de amantes] affair

6) (Mús) [de obra original] arrangement; [a partir de texto literario] setting

7) (Inform) array

8)

arreglo floral — flower arrangement

clases de arreglo floral — flower arranging classes

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masculino

1)

a) ( reparación) repair

con unos pequeños arreglos quedará como nuevo — with a few minor repairs it'll be as good as new

la casa necesita algunos arreglos — the house needs some work done on it

tener arreglo: este reloj no tiene arreglo this watch is beyond repair; esta chica no tiene arreglo this girl's a hopeless case; todo tiene arreglo there's a solution to everything; eso tiene fácil arreglo — that's easy enough to sort out

b) ( de ropa) alteration

c) (Mús) tb

arreglo musical — musical arrangement

- arreglo floral

- arreglo personal

2) ( acuerdo) arrangement, agreement

los arreglos que tenía con uno de los policías — the little arrangement he had with one of the policemen (colloq)

con arreglo a — (frml) in accordance with

3) (fam) ( lío amoroso) affair

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= repair, fix, fixup [fix-up], repair job.

Ex. These tapes effect a permanent repair and do not discolour.

Ex. A technological fix which prevents people from sending mail to more than a fixed number of people at once is needed.

Ex. Frequently, the creators and caretakers of a data base have an irresistible impulse to give it a fixup, a paint job, or a new colour scheme.

Ex. Sometimes it's a stretch to get all those home improvement or home repair jobs done so make it easy on yourself with this telescopic ladder.

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* arreglo de uñas = manicuring.

* arreglo en carretera = roadside repairs.

* arreglo floral = flower arrangement.

* arreglo musical = arrangement, musical arrangement.

* arreglos del hogar = home repair.

* hacer arreglos florales = arrange + flowers.

* sin arreglo = beyond repair.

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masculino

1)

a) ( reparación) repair

con unos pequeños arreglos quedará como nuevo — with a few minor repairs it'll be as good as new

la casa necesita algunos arreglos — the house needs some work done on it

tener arreglo: este reloj no tiene arreglo this watch is beyond repair; esta chica no tiene arreglo this girl's a hopeless case; todo tiene arreglo there's a solution to everything; eso tiene fácil arreglo — that's easy enough to sort out

b) ( de ropa) alteration

c) (Mús) tb

arreglo musical — musical arrangement

- arreglo floral

- arreglo personal

2) ( acuerdo) arrangement, agreement

los arreglos que tenía con uno de los policías — the little arrangement he had with one of the policemen (colloq)

con arreglo a — (frml) in accordance with

3) (fam) ( lío amoroso) affair

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= repair, fix, fixup [fix-up], repair job.

Ex: These tapes effect a permanent repair and do not discolour.

Ex: A technological fix which prevents people from sending mail to more than a fixed number of people at once is needed.

Ex: Frequently, the creators and caretakers of a data base have an irresistible impulse to give it a fixup, a paint job, or a new colour scheme.

Ex: Sometimes it's a stretch to get all those home improvement or home repair jobs done so make it easy on yourself with this telescopic ladder.

* arreglo de uñas = manicuring.

* arreglo en carretera = roadside repairs.

* arreglo floral = flower arrangement.

* arreglo musical = arrangement, musical arrangement.

* arreglos del hogar = home repair.

* hacer arreglos florales = arrange + flowers.

* sin arreglo = beyond repair.

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arreglo

masculine

A

1

(reparación): el arreglo del tocadiscos le costó un pico it cost him a small fortune to get the record player mended o fixed o repaired

con unos pequeños arreglos el coche quedará como nuevo with a few minor repairs the car'll be as good as new, the car just needs fixing up a little o just needs a bit of work doing on it and it'll be as good as new ( colloq)

la casa necesita algunos arreglos the house needs some work doing o done on it

tener arreglo: este reloj no tiene arreglo this watch is beyond repair

esta chica no tiene arreglo, nunca cambiará this girl's a hopeless case, she'll never change

no te preocupes, todo tiene arreglo don't worry, there's a solution to everything

eso tiene fácil arreglo that's easy enough to sort out, that's easily solved

2 ( Mús) tb

arreglo musical musical arrangement

Compuestos:

● arreglo floral

flower arrangement

● arreglo personal

personal appearance

B

1 (acuerdo) arrangement, agreement

con arreglo a ( frml); in accordance with

con arreglo a lo dispuesto por el artículo 149 in accordance with the provisions of Article 149

2

(chanchullo): los arreglos que tenía con uno de los policías the secret dealings o ( colloq) the little arrangement he had with one of the policemen

C ( fam) (lío amoroso) affair

tiene un arreglo con la vecina he's having an affair with his neighbor

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Del verbo arreglar: ( conjugate arreglar)

arreglo es:

1ª persona singular (yo) presente indicativo

arregló es:

3ª persona singular (él/ella/usted) pretérito indicativo

Multiple Entries:
arreglar
arreglo
arreglar ( conjugate arreglar) verbo transitivo
1 ‹aparato/reloj› to mend, fix;
‹ zapatos› to mend, repair;
‹falda/vestido› to alter;
‹ calle› to repair;
◊ el dentista me está arreglando la boca (fam) the dentist is fixing my teeth (colloq);

esto te arregloá el estómago (fam) this'll sort your stomach out (colloq)
2
a) ‹casa/habitación› ( ordenar) to straighten up, to tidy (up) (BrE);

( hacer arreglos en) to do up (colloq)
b) (preparar, organizar):

◊ ve arreglando a los niños ¿quieres? can you start getting the children ready?;

tengo todo arreglado para el viaje I've got everything ready for the trip;
un amigo me está arreglando los papeles a friend is sorting out the papers for me;
arreglo una entrevista to arrange an interview
c) ( disponer) ‹flores/muebles› to arrange

3 ( solucionar) ‹ situación› to sort out;
‹ asunto› to settle, sort out;
◊ lo quiso arreglo diciendo que … she tried to put things right by saying that …

arreglarse verbo pronominal
1 ( refl) ( ataviarse):
◊ tarda horas en arreglose she takes hours to get ready;

no te arregles tanto you don't need to get so dressed up;
sabe arreglose she knows how to make herself look good
2 ‹pelo/manos›
a) ( refl) to do

b) ( caus):

◊ tengo que ir a arreglome el pelo I must go and have my hair done

3 ( solucionarse) [situación/asunto] to get sorted out
4 (fam) ( amañarse):
◊ ya me arregloé para volver a casa I'll make my own way home;

la casa es pequeña pero nos arreglamos it's a small house, but we manage;
arreglárselas (fam) to manage;
no sé cómo se las arreglan I don't know how they manage;
arréglatelas como puedas sort o work it out as best you can;
ya me las arregloé I'll manage, I'll be OK
5 [día/tiempo] to get better, clear up
arreglo sustantivo masculino
1
a) ( reparación) repair;

◊ hacerle arreglos a algo to carry out repairs on sth;

la casa necesita algunos arreglos the house needs some work done on it;
no tiene arreglo [reloj/máquina] it's beyond repair;

[ persona] he/she is a hopeless case
b) ( de ropa) alteration

c) (Mús) tb

◊ arreglo musical musical arrangement

2 ( acuerdo) arrangement, agreement
arreglar verbo transitivo
1 (poner en funcionamiento) to repair, fix
2 (solucionar) to sort out
3 (ordenar una habitación) to tidy
4 (poner elegante) to get ready
arreglo sustantivo masculino
1 (reparación) repair: su televisor no tiene arreglo, your television is beyond repair
2 (trato) compromise, agreement
3 (solución) solution: familiar este chico no tiene arreglo, this boy is a hopeless case
4 Mús arrangement
♦ Locuciones: con arreglo a, in accordance with
' arreglo' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
economía
- estarse
- llevar
- reparación
- acuerdo
- compostura
- coqueto
- facturar
- me
- momento
- peinado
- ver
English:
alteration
- arrange
- arrangement
- beyond
- disposition
- repair
- setting
- wriggle
- adjust
- adjustment
- compromise
- house
- on
- patch

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arreglo nm

1. [reparación] repair;

la moto necesitará algunos arreglos the motorbike will need a few repairs doing;

tras el arreglo del fallo el transbordador pudo despegar after the fault had been fixed the shuttle was able to take off;

Comp

tener arreglo: este secador no tiene arreglo this hairdryer is beyond repair;

¡ese niño no tiene arreglo! that child's a hopeless case!;

¡todo tiene arreglo! there's always a solution to everything!

2. [de ropa] alteration;

hacer un arreglo a un vestido to make an alteration to a dress

3. [acuerdo] agreement;

llegar a un arreglo to reach an agreement;

un arreglo pacífico de las diferencias an amicable settlement of differences;

con arreglo a in accordance with;

con arreglo al derecho internacional in accordance with international law;

lo hice con arreglo a las instrucciones que recibí I did it in accordance with the instructions I received

4. arreglo de cuentas settling of scores

5. [aseo]
arreglo personal (personal) appearance

6. Mús
arreglo (musical) (musical) arrangement

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arreglo

m

1 ( reparación) repair

2 ( solución) solution;

esto no tiene arreglo there’s nothing to be done;

no tienes arreglo you’re the limit, you’re impossible

3 ( acuerdo) arrangement, agreement

4 MÚS arrangement

5

:

con arreglo a in accordance with

6 fam

amoroso affair

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arreglo nm

1) : repair

2) : arrangement

3) : agreement, understanding

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arreglo n

1. (reparación) repair

¿cuánto te ha costado el arreglo? how much did the repair cost?

2. (acuerdo) agreement

hemos llegado a un arreglo we've reached an agreement

no tiene arreglo (cosa) it can't be mended (situación) nothing can be done about it

Spanish-English dictionary > arreglo
11 caer en la cuenta

caer en la cuenta

to realize

■ y entonces caí en la cuenta de que... and then I realized that..., and then it dawned on me that...

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(v.) = dawn on, wise up, the penny dropped, suss (out)

Ex. It dawned on her that what she was doing might be a mistake, and she began to think of how best to extricate herself.

Ex. The article 'Cataloguing electronic resources: wise up or dumb down?' argues that WWW search engines do a good job in impossibly difficult circumstances but that they do not provide enough information about a resource.

Ex. It was only when I saw Ron's car outside Penny's house that the penny finally dropped and I realised they were having an affair.

Ex. He was incredulous when he sussed that the noises came from bona-fide gibbons.

* * *

(v.) = dawn on, wise up, the penny dropped, suss (out)

Ex: It dawned on her that what she was doing might be a mistake, and she began to think of how best to extricate herself.

Ex: The article 'Cataloguing electronic resources: wise up or dumb down?' argues that WWW search engines do a good job in impossibly difficult circumstances but that they do not provide enough information about a resource.

Ex: It was only when I saw Ron's car outside Penny's house that the penny finally dropped and I realised they were having an affair.

Ex: He was incredulous when he sussed that the noises came from bona-fide gibbons.

Spanish-English dictionary > caer en la cuenta
12 enloquecer

v.

1 to drive mad (volver loco).

2 to go mad.

3 to drive wild or crazy (gustar mucho).

le enloquece el esquí she's mad o crazy about skiing

4 to madden, to craze, to drive mad, to derange.

5 to become crazy, to go crazy, to become mad, to go insane.

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enloquecer

Conjugation model [ AGRADECER], like link=agradecer agradecer

► verbo transitivo

1 (volver loco) to drive mad

2 familiar (gustar) to be mad/crazy about, be wild about

■ le enloquece el teatro she's mad about the theatre

► verbo intransitivo

1 (volverse loco) to go mad/crazy, go out of one's mind

► verbo pronominal enloquecerse

1 to go mad/crazy, go out of one's mind

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1.

VT (=volver loco) to drive mad; (=enfurecer) to madden, drive crazy

2.

VI

le enloquece la música pop — she's mad about pop music

3.

See:

enloquecerse

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1.
verbo transitivo to drive... crazy o mad

el dolor la tiene enloquecida — the pain is driving her crazy
2.
enloquecer vi

1) ( perder el juicio) to go crazy o mad

enloqueció de celos — he was driven crazy o insane with jealousy

2) (fam) ( gustar mucho)

me enloquece el jazz — I'm crazy about jazz (colloq)
3.
enloquecerse v pron

a) ( entusiasmarse) to go crazy, go mad

enloquecerse por algo — to be crazy o mad about something (colloq)

b) ( perder el juicio) to go crazy o mad

* * *

= go + berserk, go + postal, go + crazy, get + a buzz from.

Ex. It depicts fascism as a crusade for preserving literature's purity, a crusade that went berserk.

Ex. You have also probably read about cases where an employee ' went postal' and entered a company building, shooting his boss and other employees.

Ex. Sawer went crazy after the woman he was having an affair with was caught and her husband killed her.

Ex. How anyone can get a buzz from laying into someone is beyond me; it's not nice to see it happen - too many times have I seen people beaten up over nothing.

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* enloquecerse por = go + gaga (over).

* * *
1.
verbo transitivo to drive... crazy o mad

el dolor la tiene enloquecida — the pain is driving her crazy
2.
enloquecer vi

1) ( perder el juicio) to go crazy o mad

enloqueció de celos — he was driven crazy o insane with jealousy

2) (fam) ( gustar mucho)

me enloquece el jazz — I'm crazy about jazz (colloq)
3.
enloquecerse v pron

a) ( entusiasmarse) to go crazy, go mad

enloquecerse por algo — to be crazy o mad about something (colloq)

b) ( perder el juicio) to go crazy o mad

* * *

= go + berserk, go + postal, go + crazy, get + a buzz from.

Ex: It depicts fascism as a crusade for preserving literature's purity, a crusade that went berserk.

Ex: You have also probably read about cases where an employee ' went postal' and entered a company building, shooting his boss and other employees.

Ex: Sawer went crazy after the woman he was having an affair with was caught and her husband killed her.

Ex: How anyone can get a buzz from laying into someone is beyond me; it's not nice to see it happen - too many times have I seen people beaten up over nothing.

* enloquecerse por = go + gaga (over).

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enloquecer [E3 ]

vt

to drive … crazy o ( esp BrE) mad

■ enloquecer

vi

A (perder el juicio) to go crazy o ( BrE) mad, go out of one's mind enloquecer DE algo:

enloqueció de celos he was driven crazy o insane o mad with jealousy, he went out of his mind with jealousy

B ( fam)

(gustar mucho): me enloquece la música pop I'm crazy o ( esp BrE) mad about pop music ( colloq)

■ enloquecerse

v pron

1 (entusiasmarse) to go crazy, go mad ( esp BrE) enloquecerse POR algo to be crazy o mad ABOUT sth ( colloq)

2

(trastornarse): se enloquece de dolor the pain drives him crazy o mad

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enloquecer ( conjugate enloquecer) verbo transitivo
to drive … crazy o mad
verbo intransitivo ( perder el juicio) to go crazy o mad;
◊ enloqueció de celos he was driven crazy o insane with jealousy

enloquecer
I verbo intransitivo to go mad: enloqueció después del accidente, when the accident occurred he flew into a fit of rage
II verbo transitivo
1 (hacer perder el juicio) to drive mad: la muerte de su esposa lo enloqueció, the death of his wife drove him to insanity
2 familiar (gustar mucho) le enloquecen las carreras de coches, she's crazy about motor racing

' enloquecer' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
perturbar
- zafarse
English:
go
- lose
- madden
- rail

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enloquecer

♦ vt

1. [volver loco] to drive mad

2. [gustar mucho a] to drive wild o crazy;

le enloquece el esquí she's mad o crazy about skiing

♦ vi

to go mad;

enloquecía de angustia/dolor he was half-crazy with worry/pain

* * *

enloquecer

I v/t drive crazy o

mad

II v/i go crazy o

mad;

me enloquece el chocolate I’m mad about chocolate

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enloquecer {53} vt

alocar: to drive crazy

♦ See also the reflexive verb enloquecerse

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enloquecer vb

1. (volver loco) to drive crazy [pt. drove; pp. driven]

este ruido me está enloqueciendo this noise is driving me crazy

2. (volverse loco) to go crazy

todas las chicas enloquecieron all the girls went crazy

3. (gustar mucho) to be crazy about

le enloquecen los juegos de ordenador he's crazy about computer games

Spanish-English dictionary > enloquecer
13 perder las riendas

(v.) = go + berserk, go + postal, go + crazy

Ex. It depicts fascism as a crusade for preserving literature's purity, a crusade that went berserk.

Ex. You have also probably read about cases where an employee ' went postal' and entered a company building, shooting his boss and other employees.

Ex. Sawer went crazy after the woman he was having an affair with was caught and her husband killed her.

* * *

(v.) = go + berserk, go + postal, go + crazy

Ex: It depicts fascism as a crusade for preserving literature's purity, a crusade that went berserk.

Ex: You have also probably read about cases where an employee ' went postal' and entered a company building, shooting his boss and other employees.

Ex: Sawer went crazy after the woman he was having an affair with was caught and her husband killed her.

Spanish-English dictionary > perder las riendas
14 perder los estribos

perder los estribos

figurado to lose one's head, lose one's temper

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(=enfadarse) to lose one's temper, blow one's top*; (=agitarse) to get hot under the collar

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(v.) = lose + Posesivo + cool, fly off + the handle, lose + Posesivo + head, go + berserk, go + postal, go + crazy, lose + Posesivo + temper

Ex. Not losing one's cool is essential, since it may appear as a weakness that can be exploited.

Ex. In other words, it is not true that homicides are commonly committed by ordinary citizens who just fly off the handle.

Ex. In a competitie game defeat usually goes to the player who ' loses his head'.

Ex. It depicts fascism as a crusade for preserving literature's purity, a crusade that went berserk.

Ex. You have also probably read about cases where an employee ' went postal' and entered a company building, shooting his boss and other employees.

Ex. Sawer went crazy after the woman he was having an affair with was caught and her husband killed her.

Ex. His father gave him a bag of nails, and told him to drive a nail in the fence in the backyard whenever he lost his temper.

* * *

(v.) = lose + Posesivo + cool, fly off + the handle, lose + Posesivo + head, go + berserk, go + postal, go + crazy, lose + Posesivo + temper

Ex: Not losing one's cool is essential, since it may appear as a weakness that can be exploited.

Ex: In other words, it is not true that homicides are commonly committed by ordinary citizens who just fly off the handle.

Ex: In a competitie game defeat usually goes to the player who ' loses his head'.

Ex: It depicts fascism as a crusade for preserving literature's purity, a crusade that went berserk.

Ex: You have also probably read about cases where an employee ' went postal' and entered a company building, shooting his boss and other employees.

Ex: Sawer went crazy after the woman he was having an affair with was caught and her husband killed her.

Ex: His father gave him a bag of nails, and told him to drive a nail in the fence in the backyard whenever he lost his temper.

Spanish-English dictionary > perder los estribos
15 ponerse como loco

(v.) = go + crazy, get + (all) worked up (about), get + hot under the collar

Ex. Sawer went crazy after the woman he was having an affair with was caught and her husband killed her.

Ex. Ordinary people can sit around and get morally worked up about the evil of drugs the way they once got worked up about the 'red menace'.

Ex. She is quick to get hot under the collar, but once the problem is ironed out she forgets it entirely.

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(v.) = go + crazy, get + (all) worked up (about), get + hot under the collar

Ex: Sawer went crazy after the woman he was having an affair with was caught and her husband killed her.

Ex: Ordinary people can sit around and get morally worked up about the evil of drugs the way they once got worked up about the 'red menace'.

Ex: She is quick to get hot under the collar, but once the problem is ironed out she forgets it entirely.

Spanish-English dictionary > ponerse como loco
16 ponerse hecho un basilisco

ponerse hecho un basilisco

to hit the roof, blow one's top

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(v.) = go + ballistic, go + berserk, go + postal, go + crazy, lose + Posesivo + temper

Ex. Allegedly mellowed coach Mike Ditka went ballistic on his inept players as they were being crushed by the visiting team.

Ex. It depicts fascism as a crusade for preserving literature's purity, a crusade that went berserk.

Ex. You have also probably read about cases where an employee ' went postal' and entered a company building, shooting his boss and other employees.

Ex. Sawer went crazy after the woman he was having an affair with was caught and her husband killed her.

Ex. His father gave him a bag of nails, and told him to drive a nail in the fence in the backyard whenever he lost his temper.

* * *

(v.) = go + ballistic, go + berserk, go + postal, go + crazy, lose + Posesivo + temper

Ex: Allegedly mellowed coach Mike Ditka went ballistic on his inept players as they were being crushed by the visiting team.

Ex: It depicts fascism as a crusade for preserving literature's purity, a crusade that went berserk.

Ex: You have also probably read about cases where an employee ' went postal' and entered a company building, shooting his boss and other employees.

Ex: Sawer went crazy after the woman he was having an affair with was caught and her husband killed her.

Ex: His father gave him a bag of nails, and told him to drive a nail in the fence in the backyard whenever he lost his temper.

Spanish-English dictionary > ponerse hecho un basilisco
17 ponerse hecho una furia

ponerse hecho una furia

to get furious, fly into a rage

* * *

(v.) = go + berserk, go + postal, go + crazy, lose + Posesivo + temper

Ex. It depicts fascism as a crusade for preserving literature's purity, a crusade that went berserk.

Ex. You have also probably read about cases where an employee ' went postal' and entered a company building, shooting his boss and other employees.

Ex. Sawer went crazy after the woman he was having an affair with was caught and her husband killed her.

Ex. His father gave him a bag of nails, and told him to drive a nail in the fence in the backyard whenever he lost his temper.

* * *

(v.) = go + berserk, go + postal, go + crazy, lose + Posesivo + temper

Ex: It depicts fascism as a crusade for preserving literature's purity, a crusade that went berserk.

Ex: You have also probably read about cases where an employee ' went postal' and entered a company building, shooting his boss and other employees.

Ex: Sawer went crazy after the woman he was having an affair with was caught and her husband killed her.

Ex: His father gave him a bag of nails, and told him to drive a nail in the fence in the backyard whenever he lost his temper.

Spanish-English dictionary > ponerse hecho una furia
18 volverse frenético

v.

to go amok, to run amuck, to go amuck, to run amok.

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(v.) = go + berserk, go + postal, go + crazy, work up + a lather

Ex. It depicts fascism as a crusade for preserving literature's purity, a crusade that went berserk.

Ex. You have also probably read about cases where an employee ' went postal' and entered a company building, shooting his boss and other employees.

Ex. Sawer went crazy after the woman he was having an affair with was caught and her husband killed her.

Ex. The boy's mother got angry as a hornet and obtained a lawyer, who also has worked up a lather over this grievous injustice.

* * *

(v.) = go + berserk, go + postal, go + crazy, work up + a lather

Ex: It depicts fascism as a crusade for preserving literature's purity, a crusade that went berserk.

Ex: You have also probably read about cases where an employee ' went postal' and entered a company building, shooting his boss and other employees.

Ex: Sawer went crazy after the woman he was having an affair with was caught and her husband killed her.

Ex: The boy's mother got angry as a hornet and obtained a lawyer, who also has worked up a lather over this grievous injustice.

Spanish-English dictionary > volverse frenético
19 falda

f.

1 skirt (item of clothing).

estar pegado a las faldas de su madre (informal figurative) to be tied to his/her mother's apron strings

falda escocesa kilt

falda pantalón culottes

2 lower slope.

3 lap (regazo).

4 side of the mountain.

5 skirt steak, Rumanian tenderloin, cut of beef of the diaphragm muscle, brisket.

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falda

► nombre femenino

1 (prenda) skirt

2 (regazo) lap

3 (ladera) slope

4 (corte de carne) brisket

5 (de mesa camilla) tablecloth

► nombre femenino plural faldas

1 familiar figurado (mujeres) women, girls

■ dimitió porque le descubrieron un lío de faldas he resigned after being caught having an affair

\

FRASEOLOGÍA

andar siempre entre faldas to be always with women

andar pegado,-a a las faldas de la madre to be tied to one's mother's apron strings

falda escocesa kilt

falda pantalón culottes plural

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noun f.

1) skirt

2) side

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SF

1) (=ropa) skirt

- está cosido o pegado a las faldas de su madre

- estar cosido a las faldas de su mujer

- haberse criado bajo las faldas de mamá

falda de tablas — pleated skirt

falda de tubo — straight skirt, pencil skirt

falda escocesa — [gen] tartan skirt; (=traje típico escocés) kilt

falda pantalón — culottes pl, split skirt

falda tableada — pleated skirt

2) (=regazo) lap

sentarse en la falda de algn — to sit on sb's lap

3) pl faldas * (=mujeres) women, ladies

es muy aficionado a las faldas — he's a great one for the ladies, he's fond of the ladies

es asunto de faldas — there's a woman behind it somewhere

4) [de montaña] (=ladera) side; (=pie) foot

5) [de res] brisket, skirt

6) [de mesa camilla] table cover

7) [de sombrero] brim

* * *

femenino

1) (Indum) skirt

estar pegado a las faldas de su madre — to be tied to one's mother's apron strings

- falda de tubo

- falda escocesa

- falda pantalón

2) faldas femenino plural ( de cubrecama) valance; ( de mesa camilla) (Esp) tablecloth

3)

a) ( regazo) lap

b) (Coc) flank (steak) (AmE), skirt (BrE)

4) ( de montaña) side

5) faldas femenino plural (fam) ( mujeres) women (pl)

se enemistaron por un asunto de faldas — they fell out over a woman

* * *

= lap, skirt, flank.

Ex. The books may simply be laid before the librarian as they are found, 'dumped in his lap', as one writer puts it.

Ex. First, I should make it clear that I have not provoked him in any way: my skirts are always far below my knees and I usually wear a jacket.

Ex. Mostly 100 to 500 meters in diameter, the hillocks cover the edge of the volcano flank.

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* con la falda típica escocesa = kilted.

* falda de cama = bed skirt, valance.

* falda típica escocesa = kilt.

* gobierno de faldas = petticoat government.

* gustar las faldas = be a bit of a lad.

* * *

femenino

1) (Indum) skirt

estar pegado a las faldas de su madre — to be tied to one's mother's apron strings

- falda de tubo

- falda escocesa

- falda pantalón

2) faldas femenino plural ( de cubrecama) valance; ( de mesa camilla) (Esp) tablecloth

3)

a) ( regazo) lap

b) (Coc) flank (steak) (AmE), skirt (BrE)

4) ( de montaña) side

5) faldas femenino plural (fam) ( mujeres) women (pl)

se enemistaron por un asunto de faldas — they fell out over a woman

* * *

= lap, skirt, flank.

Ex: The books may simply be laid before the librarian as they are found, 'dumped in his lap', as one writer puts it.

Ex: First, I should make it clear that I have not provoked him in any way: my skirts are always far below my knees and I usually wear a jacket.

Ex: Mostly 100 to 500 meters in diameter, the hillocks cover the edge of the volcano flank.

* con la falda típica escocesa = kilted.

* falda de cama = bed skirt, valance.

* falda típica escocesa = kilt.

* gobierno de faldas = petticoat government.

* gustar las faldas = be a bit of a lad.

* * *

falda

feminine

A ( Indum) skirt

estar pegado a las faldas de su madre to be tied to one's mother's apron strings

Compuestos:

● falda de tubo

straight skirt

● falda escocesa

(de mujer) tartan skirt, kilt; (de hombre) kilt

● falda midi

midi

● falda pantalón

split skirt, culottes (pl)

B faldas fpl

1 (de un cubrecama) valance

2 (de una mesa camilla) tablecloth, cloth

C

1 (regazo) lap

se sentó al niño en la falda she sat the child on her lap

2 ( Coc) brisket, skirt

D (vertiente) side

la falda de la montaña the side of the mountain

E faldas fpl ( fam) (mujeres) women (pl)

se enemistaron por un asunto de faldas they fell out over a woman

* * *

falda sustantivo femenino
a) (Indum) skirt;

◊ falda escocesa ( de mujer) tartan skirt, kilt;

( de hombre) kilt;
◊ falda pantalón split skirt, culottes (pl);

se enemistaron por un asunto de faldas they fell out over a woman
b) ( de montaña) side

falda sustantivo femenino
1 (de vestir) skirt
falda pantalón, culottes pl
2 (de una montaña) slope, hillside, foot
3 (de ternera) brisket
4 (regazo) lap
♦ Locuciones: estar pegado a las faldas de alguien, to be tied to sb's apron-strings
' falda' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
berrido
- costura
- escocés
- escocesa
- lunar
- remangar
- remangarse
- romperse
- tabla
- teñir
- vuelo
- acampanado
- acortar
- alisar
- angosto
- arreglar
- bajar
- caber
- caer
- caída
- ceñir
- chafar
- componer
- confeccionar
- cortar
- enagua
- ensuciar
- estrechar
- estrecho
- hacer
- hechura
- llegar
- práctico
- raja
- recoger
- recto
- ruedo
- sacar
- subir
- sujetar
- torcido
- transparentarse
- vaquero
- ver
English:
brisket
- chequered
- culottes
- dressmaker
- fit
- foothill
- full-length
- kilt
- lightweight
- ride up
- side
- skimpy
- skirt
- swish
- tear
- catch
- go
- long
- slope

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falda

♦ nf

1. [prenda] skirt;

Comp
Fam
estar pegado o [m5] cosido a las faldas de su madre to be tied to his/her mother's apron strings

Comp
falda acampanada skirt cut on the bias;
falda escocesa kilt;

falda fruncida gathered skirt;

falda pantalón culottes, divided skirt;

falda plisada pleated skirt [with accordion pleats];

falda portafolio wrapover skirt;

falda recta straight skirt;

falda tableada pleated skirt [with knife pleats];

falda de tubo pencil skirt;

falda de volantes ruffled skirt;

falda de vuelo full skirt

2. [de montaña] lower slope;

las faldas de la montaña the lower slopes of the mountain

3. [regazo] lap;

se sentó en las faldas de su madre she sat on her mother's lap

4.
faldas [de mesa camilla] tablecloth

5. [de carne] flank, Br skirt

♦ faldas nfpl
Fam [mujeres]
está metido en un asunto de faldas, tiene un lío de faldas he's got something going with some Br bird o US broad

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falda

f

1 skirt;

ser muy aficionado a las faldas fig be a ladies’ man;

por un asunto de faldas dejar de hablarse because of some woman or other;

por un asunto de faldas con una de las empleadas because of his affair with one of the employees

2 de montaña side

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falda nf

1) : skirt

falda escocesa: kilt

2) regazo: lap (of the body)

3) vertiente: side, slope

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falda n

1. (prenda) skirt

lleva una falda azul she's wearing a blue skirt

2. (de montaña) slope / side

la falda de la montaña the mountain slope

3. (regazo) lap

siéntate en mi falda sit on my lap

Spanish-English dictionary > falda
20 liarse

VPR

1) (=confundirse) to get muddled up

explícalo mejor, que ya te has vuelto a liar — explain it a bit better, you've got all muddled up again

2) * [sentimentalmente]

liarse con algn — to have an affair with sb, get involved with sb

se ha liado con su jefe — she's having an affair with her boss

3)

liarse a * + infin —

nos liamos a hablar y se nos pasó la hora — we got talking and we forgot the time

nos liamos a ver fotos y estuve allí toda la tarde — we got to looking through photos and I stayed there all evening

4)

liarse a golpes o a palos — * to lay into one another *
manta I, 1)
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■liarse verbo reflexivo
1 (embrollarse) to get muddled up
2 fam (tener un idilio) to get involved 3 se lía a coser y no para, she starts sewing and never stops
♦ Locuciones: liarse a tortas, to come to blows
' liarse' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
liar
- torta

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vpr

1. [complicarse] to get complicated

2. [confundirse] to get muddled (up) o confused;

me lié y tardé tres horas en terminar I got muddled o confused and took three hours to finish

3. Esp [entretenerse] to get caught up;

me lié hablando con los amigos y llegué tarde I got caught up talking to some friends and arrived late

4. Esp [empezar] to begin, to start;

liarse a hacer algo to start o begin doing sth;

se liaron a puñetazos they started hitting each other;

se liaron a insultarse they started insulting each other

5. Esp Fam [sentimentalmente] to get involved ( con with);
se ha liado con una compañera de clase he's got a thing going with a girl in his class

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liarse

v/r de una persona get confused;

liarse a hacer algo get tied up doing sth;

liarse con alguien fam get involved with s.o.;

liarse a golpes start fighting

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vr

: to get mixed up

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liarse vb (confundirse) to get confused

se está haciendo viejo y se lía mucho he's getting old and gets very confused

liarse a hacer algo to start doing something

se lió a pintar y perdió la noción del tiempo he started painting and lost all notion of time

Spanish-English dictionary > liarse

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