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1 metal pesado
m.heavy metal.* * ** * *(n.) = heavy metalEx. UTAB is a computer database on residues of xenobiotic organic chemicals and heavy metals in plants.* * ** * *(n.) = heavy metalEx: UTAB is a computer database on residues of xenobiotic organic chemicals and heavy metals in plants.
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2 agalla
f.1 gill.2 gall.3 nutgall, oak spangle, gallnut.* * *1 (de pez) gill2 (de ave) temple3 BOTÁNICA gall, oak apple* * *noun f.* * *SF1) (Bot) gall2) [de pez] gilltener (muchas) agallas — to be brave, have guts *
4) LAmtener agallas — (=ser glotón) to be greedy; (=ser tacaño) to be mean; (=ser descarado) to have lots of cheek *
5) Cono Surtener agallas — (=ser astuto) to be sharp, be smart
* * *1) (Zool) gill2) (Bot) gall, oak applecon agallas — gutsy (colloq)
hay que tener agallas — it takes guts (colloq)
* * *= gill.Ex. The order of accumulation of heavy metals in the visceral mass and muscle was copper > lead > cadmium and for the gills it was lead > copper > cadmium.----* agallas = gumption, grit, guts, spunk, pizzazz.* con agallas = spunky.* sangre y agallas = blood-and-guts.* * *1) (Zool) gill2) (Bot) gall, oak applecon agallas — gutsy (colloq)
hay que tener agallas — it takes guts (colloq)
* * *= gill.Ex: The order of accumulation of heavy metals in the visceral mass and muscle was copper > lead > cadmium and for the gills it was lead > copper > cadmium.
* agallas = gumption, grit, guts, spunk, pizzazz.* con agallas = spunky.* sangre y agallas = blood-and-guts.* * *A ( Zool) gillB ( Bot) gall, oak appleuna chica con agallas a gutsy girl ( colloq), a girl with gutshay que tener agallas it takes o you need guts ( colloq)* * *
agalla sustantivo femenino
1 (de pez) gill
2 pl (valor) guts: tuvo las agallas de decirlo, she had the guts to say it
' agalla' also found in these entries:
English:
gill
* * *agalla nf1. [de pez] gill2. [de árbol] gall, gallnut3.agallas [valentía] guts;tener agallas para hacer algo to have the guts to do sth;es una chica con agallas she's a gutsy girl, she has guts* * *f1 ZO gill2:tener agallas fam have guts fam* * *agalla nf1) branquia: gill2)tener agallas fam : to have guts, to have courage -
3 cadmio
m.cadmium (chemistry).* * *1 cadmium* * *SM cadmium* * *masculino cadmium* * *= cadmium.Ex. The order of accumulation of heavy metals in the visceral mass and muscle was copper > lead > cadmium and for the gills it was lead > copper > cadmium.* * *masculino cadmium* * *= cadmium.Ex: The order of accumulation of heavy metals in the visceral mass and muscle was copper > lead > cadmium and for the gills it was lead > copper > cadmium.
* * *cadmium* * *
cadmio sustantivo masculino cadmium
* * *cadmio nmQuím cadmium* * *m QUÍM cadmium* * *cadmio nm: cadmium -
4 canal de navegación
(n.) = shipping canalEx. Heavy metals can be traced far back in time in these shipping canals and are mainly responsible for the existing contamination.* * *(n.) = shipping canalEx: Heavy metals can be traced far back in time in these shipping canals and are mainly responsible for the existing contamination.
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5 chumbera
f.prickly pear cactus.* * *1 prickly pear* * *SF prickly pear* * *femenino prickly pear* * *= nopal.Ex. Restrictions for the cultivation of crops that are known to accumulate heavy metals (i.e. nopal, onions, garlic, lettuce, potatoes, beets, and turnips) should be considered.* * *femenino prickly pear* * *= nopal.Ex: Restrictions for the cultivation of crops that are known to accumulate heavy metals (i.e. nopal, onions, garlic, lettuce, potatoes, beets, and turnips) should be considered.
* * *prickly pear* * *chumbera nfprickly pear cactus* * *f prickly pear -
6 desde hace mucho tiempo
for a long time* * *= for ages, long-time [longtime], far back in time, for a long time, long since, in ages (and ages and ages)Ex. We'll be able to purchase equipment we've been wanting for ages: an electronic offset printer; collators and folding machines and other graphic production-related paraphernalia.Ex. The late James Bennet Childs, one-time head of Descriptive Cataloging at LC and long-time documents specialist, has often pointed out how the quality of documents cataloging went downhill after the special cataloging unit was abolished.Ex. Heavy metals can be traced far back in time in these shipping canals and are mainly responsible for the existing contamination.Ex. I have been reading his post for a long time and I have been biting my fingers to keep from basting him.Ex. Some of these sites were once large private estates long since transformed in to public parks and wildlife preserves = Algunos de estos lugares fueron grandes propiedades privadas que desde hace tiempo pasaron a ser parques públicos y reservas naturales.Ex. I don't have a set of bathroom scales in my flat and so I haven't had a chance to weigh myself in ages and ages.* * *= for ages, long-time [longtime], far back in time, for a long time, long since, in ages (and ages and ages)Ex: We'll be able to purchase equipment we've been wanting for ages: an electronic offset printer; collators and folding machines and other graphic production-related paraphernalia.
Ex: The late James Bennet Childs, one-time head of Descriptive Cataloging at LC and long-time documents specialist, has often pointed out how the quality of documents cataloging went downhill after the special cataloging unit was abolished.Ex: Heavy metals can be traced far back in time in these shipping canals and are mainly responsible for the existing contamination.Ex: I have been reading his post for a long time and I have been biting my fingers to keep from basting him.Ex: Some of these sites were once large private estates long since transformed in to public parks and wildlife preserves = Algunos de estos lugares fueron grandes propiedades privadas que desde hace tiempo pasaron a ser parques públicos y reservas naturales.Ex: I don't have a set of bathroom scales in my flat and so I haven't had a chance to weigh myself in ages and ages. -
7 nopal
m.1 nopal, cochineal fig-tree, prickly Indian pear-tree. (Botany)2 prickly pear, nopal.* * *SM prickly pear* * *= nopal.Ex. Restrictions for the cultivation of crops that are known to accumulate heavy metals (i.e. nopal, onions, garlic, lettuce, potatoes, beets, and turnips) should be considered.* * *= nopal.Ex: Restrictions for the cultivation of crops that are known to accumulate heavy metals (i.e. nopal, onions, garlic, lettuce, potatoes, beets, and turnips) should be considered.
* * *prickly pear, nopal, cholla ( AmE)* * *nopal nmprickly pear* * *m L.Am.BOT prickly pear* * *nopal nm: nopal, cactus -
8 producto orgánicoquímico
(n.) = organic chemicalEx. UTAB is a computer database on residues of xenobiotic organic chemicals and heavy metals in plants.* * *(n.) = organic chemicalEx: UTAB is a computer database on residues of xenobiotic organic chemicals and heavy metals in plants.
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9 remolacha
f.1 beetroot (British),beet (United States) (plant).remolacha azucarera (sugar) beet2 beet, beetroot, sugar beet.* * *1 beetroot\remolacha azucarera sugar beet* * *SF beetroot, beet (EEUU)remolacha de mesa, remolacha roja — beetroot, beet (EEUU)
* * *femenino beet (AmE), beetroot (BrE)* * *= sugarbeet [sugar beet], beet, red beet.Ex. The treatment was also applied to applied to sugarbeet, rape, potato, ryegrass, maize, wheat and barley.Ex. Restrictions for the cultivation of crops that are known to accumulate heavy metals (i.e. nopal, onions, garlic, lettuce, potatoes, beets, and turnips) should be considered.Ex. The method has also been applied to red beets, green beans, corncobs, asparagus, bell peppers, peas and pumpkin.----* azúcar de remolacha = beet sugar.* fábrica de azúcar de remolacha = beet sugar factory.* remolacha azucarera = sugarbeet [sugar beet], sugar beet.* * *femenino beet (AmE), beetroot (BrE)* * *= sugarbeet [sugar beet], beet, red beet.Ex: The treatment was also applied to applied to sugarbeet, rape, potato, ryegrass, maize, wheat and barley.
Ex: Restrictions for the cultivation of crops that are known to accumulate heavy metals (i.e. nopal, onions, garlic, lettuce, potatoes, beets, and turnips) should be considered.Ex: The method has also been applied to red beets, green beans, corncobs, asparagus, bell peppers, peas and pumpkin.* azúcar de remolacha = beet sugar.* fábrica de azúcar de remolacha = beet sugar factory.* remolacha azucarera = sugarbeet [sugar beet], sugar beet.* * *Compuestos:sugar beetbeet, mangelwurzel* * *
remolacha sustantivo femenino
beet (AmE), beetroot (BrE);
remolacha f Bot beetroot
remolacha azucarera, sugar beet
' remolacha' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
obtenerse
English:
beet
- sugar beet
- sugar
* * *remolacha nfBr beetroot, US beet remolacha azucarera (sugar) beet* * *f beet, Brbeetroot* * *remolacha nf: beet* * *remolacha n beetroot -
10 visceral
adj.visceral (also figurative).un sentimiento/una reacción visceral a gut feeling/reaction* * *► adjetivo1 visceral2 figurado profound, deep-rooted* * *ADJ1) (Anat) visceral2) (=profundo) visceral, deep-rootedaversión/reacción visceral — gut aversion/reaction
* * *a) (Anat) visceralb) <odio/impresión> visceral, deep* * *= visceral.Ex. The order of accumulation of heavy metals in the visceral mass and muscle was copper > lead > cadmium and for the gills it was lead > copper > cadmium.----* algo visceral = gut feeling, gut instinct.* necesidad visceral = visceral need.* reacción visceral = visceral reaction.* * *a) (Anat) visceralb) <odio/impresión> visceral, deep* * *= visceral.Ex: The order of accumulation of heavy metals in the visceral mass and muscle was copper > lead > cadmium and for the gills it was lead > copper > cadmium.
* algo visceral = gut feeling, gut instinct.* necesidad visceral = visceral need.* reacción visceral = visceral reaction.* * *1 ( Anat) visceral2 ‹odio/impresión› visceral, deepun sentimiento visceral a gut feeling* * *
visceral adjetivoa) (Anat) visceral
visceral adjetivo
1 Anat visceral, internal
2 (reacción, sentimiento) deep, profound, intense
' visceral' also found in these entries:
English:
gut
* * *visceral adj1. [odio, miedo] visceral;un sentimiento/una reacción visceral a gut feeling/reaction;es muy visceral he always goes with his gut reactions2. Med visceral* * *adj figgut atr, visceral fml* * *visceral adj: visceral -
11 xenobiótico
adj.xenobiotic.* * *= xenobiotic.Ex. UTAB is a computer database on residues of xenobiotic organic chemicals and heavy metals in plants.* * *= xenobiotic.Ex: UTAB is a computer database on residues of xenobiotic organic chemicals and heavy metals in plants.
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12 metal
m.1 metal (material).metal blanco white metalmetal pesado heavy metalmetales preciosos precious metals2 brass (Music).* * *1 metal2 MÚSICA brass\el vil metal filthy lucre, moneymetal noble noble metalmetal precioso precious metal* * *noun m.1) metal2) brass* * *SM1) (=material) metal; (Mús) brassmetal en láminas, metal laminado — sheet metal
2) [de voz] timbre* * *a) (material, elemento) metalel vil metal — filthy lucre (hum)
b) tb metales (Mús) brass (section)c) ( de la voz) timbre* * *= metal, metalwork.Ex. Steel, for example, is one kind of metal.Ex. It was produced in earthenware, metalwork and bone china and in its heyday was used by the great transatlantic liners and by hotel and restaurant chains.----* arte del metal = metal art.* chapa de metal = sheet iron.* cortar metal = shear.* de metal = iron.* detector de metales = metal detector.* evaluación de metales = metallurgical assaying.* fatiga del metal = metal fatigue.* guarnición de metal = metal furniture.* huelga del metal = metalworkers' strike.* metal de imprenta = type-metal [typemetal].* metal derretido = molten metal.* metal fundido = molten metal.* metal grabado = chased metal.* metal para estereotipia = stereotype metal.* metal pesado = heavy metal.* metal precioso = precious metal.* metal tipográfico = type-metal [typemetal], typemetal.* persiana de metal = security shutter.* sierra para metales = hacksaw.* * *a) (material, elemento) metalel vil metal — filthy lucre (hum)
b) tb metales (Mús) brass (section)c) ( de la voz) timbre* * *= metal, metalwork.Ex: Steel, for example, is one kind of metal.
Ex: It was produced in earthenware, metalwork and bone china and in its heyday was used by the great transatlantic liners and by hotel and restaurant chains.* arte del metal = metal art.* chapa de metal = sheet iron.* cortar metal = shear.* de metal = iron.* detector de metales = metal detector.* evaluación de metales = metallurgical assaying.* fatiga del metal = metal fatigue.* guarnición de metal = metal furniture.* huelga del metal = metalworkers' strike.* metal de imprenta = type-metal [typemetal].* metal derretido = molten metal.* metal fundido = molten metal.* metal grabado = chased metal.* metal para estereotipia = stereotype metal.* metal pesado = heavy metal.* metal precioso = precious metal.* metal tipográfico = type-metal [typemetal], typemetal.* persiana de metal = security shutter.* sierra para metales = hacksaw.* * *1 (material, elemento) metalel vil metal filthy lucre ( hum)3 (de la voz) timbreCompuestos:white o antifriction metalprecious metalheavy metalprecious metal* * *
metal sustantivo masculino
metal noble or precioso precious metalb) tb◊ metales (Mús) brass (section)
metal sustantivo masculino
1 metal
2 (dinero) el vil metal, filthy lucre
3 Mús brass
' metal' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
batir
- chatarra
- cierre
- cromo
- detector
- detectora
- doblar
- dócil
- esculpir
- fatiga
- férrea
- férreo
- forjar
- fraguar
- fusión
- hierro
- hoja
- horno
- inscripción
- labrar
- labrada
- labrado
- licuación
- oro
- placa
- plata
- platino
- plomo
- pulir
- resplandecer
- resplandor
- somier
- talla
- tallar
- templar
- trabajar
- viruta
- acero
- alpaca
- baño
- brillante
- brillar
- bronceado
- chapa
- chapado
- cincelar
- cobre
- comal
- contraer
- corroer
English:
badge
- base
- bend
- brass
- brassy
- carve
- cast
- chisel
- chrome
- chromium
- conduct
- dent
- erode
- erosion
- expand
- expansion
- forge
- gate
- girder
- grommet
- laminated
- lead
- melt
- melt down
- metal
- metal detector
- metalwork
- mold
- molten
- mould
- plate
- polish
- rattle
- rolled
- shaving
- sheet
- shine
- shrinkage
- silver
- spike
- splinter
- stamp
- strip
- tin
- warp
- wire wool
- beat
- buckle
- buff
- cap
* * *metal nm1. [material] metal;Humel vil metal filthy lucremetal blanco white metal;metal noble noble metal;metal pesado heavy metal;metales preciosos precious metals2. Mús brass3. [de voz] timbre4. [medalla] medal* * *m1 metal2 MÚS heavy metal* * *metal nm1) : metal2) : brass section (in an orchestra)* * *metal n metal -
13 ligar
v.1 to bind.Ellos ligaron las cuerdas They bound the ropes.2 to slur (Music).3 to score (informal) (encontrar pareja).ligar con alguien to get off with somebody (entablar relaciones) (British), to make out with somebody (United States)4 to alloy, to combine, to mix.Ellos ligaron los metales They alloyed the metals.5 to league, to unite, to confederate, to join.Ellos ligaron a los bandos They leagued the parties.6 to associate, to bind together, to link.Ellos ligaron las empresas They associated the companies.7 to pair up, to mix well, to pull.8 to take a beating.9 to ligate.* * *1 (atar) to tie, bind2 (unir) to link, connect3 (metales) to alloy4 COCINA to bind1 familiar (conquistar) to score■ ligó con una italiana he picked up an Italian girl, he got off with an Italian girl\estar ligado,-a a to be linked to, be connectedir ligado,-a a→ link=estar estar ligado,-aligarse a alguien familiar to pick somebody up, get off with somebody* * *1. VT1) (=atar) [gen] to tie, bind; (Med) to bind up, put a ligature on2) (=mezclar) [+ metales] to alloy, mix; [+ bebidas] to mix; [+ salsa] to thicken3) (=unir) to join, bind together4) * (=conquistar) to pick up *, get off with *, pull *5) * (=birlar) to pinch *6) * (=conseguir) to get hold of, lay one's hands on7) * (=comprar) to buy8) * (=detener) to nick *9) Caribe (=contratar) to contract in advance for2. VI1) (=ir juntos) to mix well, blend well, go well together2) * (=conquistar) to pull *la cosa le ligó — And, CAm the affair went well for him
5)le ligó su deseo — And, Caribe * her wish came true
3.See:* * *1.verbo transitivo1) (unir, vincular) to bind2) ( atar)2.ligar vi (fam) ( con el sexo opuesto)salieron a ligar — they went out on the make o (BrE) pull (colloq)
3.ligar con alguien — to make out with somebody (AmE), to get off with somebody (BrE)
ligarse v pron1) (fam) ( conquistar) to make out with (AmE colloq), to get off with (colloq BrE)2) salsa to bind* * *= attach, connect, intertwine, bind + Nombre + together, entwine, chat up.Ex. In fixed location notation was physically attached to certain places on the shelves and books were always filed in the same place.Ex. Plainly, it is not always the case that there is a connection between farming and spelling, and many other documents can be identified where these subjects are not connected.Ex. Traditional and emerging markets for library school graduates are likely to intertwine rather than exist as parallel trends in the future.Ex. People value the public library highly as an educational and community resource and the library acts as an 'information junction' to bind the community together.Ex. The Zimbabwe Library Association history is entwined with library development in Zimbabwe (Rhodesia).Ex. She was 15 kilograms too heavy, rudderless, half-lost to drinking and chatting up other girls' boyfriends.----* frase usada para ligar = chat-up line.* intentar ligar = chat up.* tratar de ligar = chat up.* truco para ligar = chat-up line.* * *1.verbo transitivo1) (unir, vincular) to bind2) ( atar)2.ligar vi (fam) ( con el sexo opuesto)salieron a ligar — they went out on the make o (BrE) pull (colloq)
3.ligar con alguien — to make out with somebody (AmE), to get off with somebody (BrE)
ligarse v pron1) (fam) ( conquistar) to make out with (AmE colloq), to get off with (colloq BrE)2) salsa to bind* * *= attach, connect, intertwine, bind + Nombre + together, entwine, chat up.Ex: In fixed location notation was physically attached to certain places on the shelves and books were always filed in the same place.
Ex: Plainly, it is not always the case that there is a connection between farming and spelling, and many other documents can be identified where these subjects are not connected.Ex: Traditional and emerging markets for library school graduates are likely to intertwine rather than exist as parallel trends in the future.Ex: People value the public library highly as an educational and community resource and the library acts as an 'information junction' to bind the community together.Ex: The Zimbabwe Library Association history is entwined with library development in Zimbabwe (Rhodesia).Ex: She was 15 kilograms too heavy, rudderless, half-lost to drinking and chatting up other girls' boyfriends.* frase usada para ligar = chat-up line.* intentar ligar = chat up.* tratar de ligar = chat up.* truco para ligar = chat-up line.* * *ligar [A3 ]vtA (unir, vincular) to bindel contrato que la ligaba a la empresa the contract which bound her to the companylos ligaba una larga amistad they were bound together by a long-standing friendshipB(atar): le ligaron las manos con una cuerda they tied his hands together o they bound his hands with a ropeun fajo de billetes ligados con una goma elástica a bundle of bills held together with a rubber bandC1 ‹metales› to alloy2 ‹salsa› to bindD1 ( fam)(en naipes): ligar un full to get a full housevan a visitarlos sólo para ver si ligan algo they only go to visit them to see what they can get out of them■ ligarviA ( fam)(conquistar): los sábados salían a ligar on Saturdays they went out trying to pick up girls/boys ( colloq), on Saturdays they went out on the pick-up o ( AmE) on the make (sl)C( Chi fam) (tocar) (+ me/te/le etc): a mí siempre me liga lavar los platos it's always me who gets landed with washing o who has to wash the dishes ( colloq)■ ligarseB «salsa» to bindse ligó tres meses a la sombra he got three months in prison o ( colloq) insideD* * *
ligar ( conjugate ligar) verbo transitivo
b) ( atar):
un fajo de billetes ligados con una goma elástica a bundle of bills held together with a rubber band
‹ salsa› to bind
verbo intransitivo (fam) ( con el sexo opuesto):◊ salieron a ligar they went out on the make o (BrE) pull (colloq);
ligar con algn to make out with sb (AmE), to get off with sb (BrE)
ligarse verbo pronominal (fam) ( conquistar) to make out with (AmE colloq), to get off with (colloq BrE)
ligar
I verbo transitivo
1 (unir) to join
figurado mis recuerdos me ligan a esta ciudad, my memories bind me to this town
2 (relacionar) to link
3 fam (coger) to get
II vi fam (seducir, cortejar) to make advances: estaba ligando con mi primo, she was making advances to my cousin
' ligar' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
bronce
- pinchar
English:
advance
- chat up
- pass
- pick up
- score
- screw around
- strong
- bind
- slur
* * *♦ vt1. [atar] to tie (up);liga bien los paquetes tie the packages up tightly;les ligaron las manos they tied their hands2. [unir] to bind;los ligan muchos lazos afectivos they are bound together by a lot of emotional ties;un contrato lo liga con la empresa he is contractually bound to the company3. [salsa] to thicken4. Med to put a ligature on5. Mús to slur6. [en naipes] to get;ligué un póquer de ases I got four aces7. [metales] to alloy9. RP [conseguir] to get;siempre viene a ver si liga algo he always comes along to see what he can get10. CompFamligar bronce to catch some raysligó un cuadrangular he hit a home run♦ viesta noche vamos a salir a ligar we're going out to score with someone tonight, Br we're going out on the pull tonight2. [salsa] to bind4. Carib, Guat, Perú [deseo] to be fulfilled* * *I v/t1 bind2 ( atar) tie3 GASTR blendII v/i:ligar con fam pick up* * *ligar {52} vt: to bind, to tie (up)* * *ligar vb2. (atar) to tie3. (establecer una relación) to get off
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