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high pitched noise

1 шум высокого тона

high-pitched noise

Russian-english psychology dictionary > шум высокого тона
2 высокочастотный шум

high-pitched noise

Большой русско-английский медицинский словарь > высокочастотный шум
3 высокочастотный шум

1) Medicine: high-pitched noise (высокотональный)

2) Engineering: HF noise, RF noise, high-frequency noise, microwave noise, radio noise, radio-frequency noise

Универсальный русско-английский словарь > высокочастотный шум
4 шум высокого тона

1) Psychology: highpitched

2) Aviation medicine: high-pitched noise

3) Psychoanalysis: high-pitched

Универсальный русско-английский словарь > шум высокого тона
5 шум с преобладанием высоких тонов

1) Psychology: highpitched

2) Aviation medicine: high-pitched noise

3) Psychoanalysis: high-pitched

Универсальный русско-английский словарь > шум с преобладанием высоких тонов
6 высокочастотный

1. high-frequency

высокочастотный бур — high-frequency drill

высокочастотный режим — high-frequency mode

высокочастотные потери — high-frequency loss

высокочастотный мост — high-frequency bridge

высокочастотная катушка — high-frequency coil

2. high frequency

высокочастотные уровни — high rf levels

высокочастотный шум — high pitched noise

высокочастотный знак — radio frequency tag

высокочастотный ток — high frequency current

высокочастотная область — higher mode frequency

Русско-английский военно-политический словарь > высокочастотный
7 høj

high, high-pitched, hill, lofty, loud, mound, rattling, tall

* * *

I. (en -e) hill,

F eminence;

( mindre) hillock, mound.

II. adj high ( fx building, hill, jump, mountain, tree, wall; price, salary; official; 2000 metres high);

( om person, og = høj i forhold til bredden) tall ( fx man; building, chimney, mast, tree; how tall (el. high) is he?);

( om lydstyrke) loud ( fx noise, voice);

( om tonehøjde) high, high-pitched ( fx voice);

T ( påvirket af narkotika) high;

[ høj(e) og lav(e)] high and low;

[ fra det høje] from on high;

[ i det høje] on high;

(se også højere, højest, højst, højt);

[ med sb:]

[ i en høj alder] at a great (el. an advanced) age;

[ i en meget høj alder] in extreme old age;

[ tage det høje C]

(mus.) take top C;

[ han er seks fod høj] he is six feet (high el. tall);

[ høj hat] top hat, silk hat;

[ høj himmel] clear sky;

[ høje hæle] high heels;

[ fire mand høj]

( i fire geledder) four deep;

( fire i alt) four strong;

[ høj sne] deep snow;

[ høj stil] high (, F: elevated) style;

[ høj sø] a heavy sea;

[ højt tal] high figure;

[ højt vejr] fine weather;

(se også feber, grad, herre, hest, person, spil, stjerne, tanke, tid).

Danish-English dictionary > høj
8 agudo

adj.

1 sharp, smart, keen, astute.

2 intense, severe, fierce, excruciating.

3 high-pitched, sharp, shrill, piping.

4 acute, clever, keen, insightful.

5 witty, clever.

6 pointed, acute, sharp-edged.

7 acute.

8 oxytone, accented in the last syllable, oxytonic, with a stronger phonetic accent on last syllable.

Acordeón es una palabra aguda "Acordeon" is accented in the last syllable...

m.

high-pitch note, treble.

* * *

agudo

► adjetivo

1 (afilado) sharp

2 (dolor) acute

3 figurado (ingenioso) witty; (mordaz) sharp

4 figurado (sentido) sharp, keen

5 (voz) high-pitched

6 (sonido) treble, high

7 LINGÚÍSTICA (palabra) oxytone; (acento) acute

* * *

(f. - aguda)

adj.

1) sharp, acute

2) high, high-pitched

3) clever, witty

* * *

ADJ

1) (=afilado) [filo] sharp; [instrumento] sharp, pointed

2) (=intenso) [enfermedad, dolor] acute; [acento] acute

3) [ángulo] acute

4) (=incisivo) [mente, sentido] sharp, keen; [ingenio] ready, lively; [crítica] penetrating; [observación] smart, clever; [pregunta] acute, searching

5) (=gracioso) witty

6) (Mús) [nota] high, high-pitched; [voz, sonido] piercing

* * *

- da adjetivo

1)

a) <filo/punta> sharp

b) < ángulo> acute

2)

a) <voz/sonido> high-pitched; < nota> high

b) < dolor> ( duradero) intense, acute; ( momentáneo) sharp

c) < crisis> severe

d) <aumento/descenso> sharp

3)

a) ( perspicaz) < persona> quick-witted, sharp; < comentario> shrewd

b) ( gracioso) <comentario/persona> witty

c) <sentido/instinto> sharp

4) < palabra> stressed on the last syllable; < acento> acute

* * *

= keen [keener -comp., keenest -sup.], sharp [sharper -comp., sharpest -sup.], trenchant, witty [wittier -comp., wittiest -sup.], perceptive, acute, searing, stinging, heightened, high-pitched, penetrating, razor-sharp, keen-witted, pointy [pointier -comp., pointiest - sup.].

Ex. Formal logic used to be a keen instrument in the hands of the teacher in his trying of students' souls.

Ex. 'I'll give it more thought,' she said with a sharp frown, resuming her former posture.

Ex. However, both BTI and LCSH occasionally use headings of this kind, though one could argue strongly that these are out of place in direct entry methods, and they come in for trenchant criticism from Metcalfe.

Ex. This book offers pithy and witty advice on how to write, defects in prose style, punctuation, and preparing a manuscript.

Ex. In their profound and perceptive essay on professionalism, Mary Lee Bundy and Paul Wasserman write at some length on this extraordinary phenomenon, 'the essential timidity of responsibility for solving informational problems and providing unequivocal answers'.

Ex. In some areas of study, notably the social sciences, the problems vocabulary are acute.

Ex. His searing and rigorously logical analysis of the '1949 ALA Rules for Entry' is one of my favorite pieces of writing on cataloging.

Ex. In a stinging rebuke to the American Library Association, Nat Hentoff has criticized the ALA for failing to take action to defend volunteer librarians in Cuba who are being subjected to a brutal crackdown.

Ex. The heightened level of community awareness has led some local authorities to take the initiative and to become information disseminators in their own right.

Ex. The noise is a high-pitched whine or hiss the machine emits during operation.

Ex. In this connection, Ohmes and Jones of the Florida State University Library have offered some rather penetrating insights regarding what they call 'The Other Half of Cataloging'.

Ex. As mentioned in the first part, developing a razor-sharp memory is not going to occur overnight.

Ex. She is famous for her series featuring homicide detective Peter Decker and his keen-witted, beautiful wife.

Ex. So much so that my canines (or eye-teeth, they're the pointy ones) ended up growing over my incisors/first molars rather than between them.

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* acento agudo = acute.

* de vista aguda = sharp-eyed.

* dolor agudo = twinge.

* Enfermedad + aguda = acute + Enfermedad, a bad case of + Enfermedad.

* infección aguda = acute infection.

* miastenia aguda = myasthenia gravis.

* SARS (Síndrome Respiratorio Agudo y Grave) = SARS (Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome).

* * *

- da adjetivo

1)

a) <filo/punta> sharp

b) < ángulo> acute

2)

a) <voz/sonido> high-pitched; < nota> high

b) < dolor> ( duradero) intense, acute; ( momentáneo) sharp

c) < crisis> severe

d) <aumento/descenso> sharp

3)

a) ( perspicaz) < persona> quick-witted, sharp; < comentario> shrewd

b) ( gracioso) <comentario/persona> witty

c) <sentido/instinto> sharp

4) < palabra> stressed on the last syllable; < acento> acute

* * *

= keen [keener -comp., keenest -sup.], sharp [sharper -comp., sharpest -sup.], trenchant, witty [wittier -comp., wittiest -sup.], perceptive, acute, searing, stinging, heightened, high-pitched, penetrating, razor-sharp, keen-witted, pointy [pointier -comp., pointiest - sup.].

Ex: Formal logic used to be a keen instrument in the hands of the teacher in his trying of students' souls.

Ex: 'I'll give it more thought,' she said with a sharp frown, resuming her former posture.

Ex: However, both BTI and LCSH occasionally use headings of this kind, though one could argue strongly that these are out of place in direct entry methods, and they come in for trenchant criticism from Metcalfe.

Ex: This book offers pithy and witty advice on how to write, defects in prose style, punctuation, and preparing a manuscript.

Ex: In their profound and perceptive essay on professionalism, Mary Lee Bundy and Paul Wasserman write at some length on this extraordinary phenomenon, 'the essential timidity of responsibility for solving informational problems and providing unequivocal answers'.

Ex: In some areas of study, notably the social sciences, the problems vocabulary are acute.

Ex: His searing and rigorously logical analysis of the '1949 ALA Rules for Entry' is one of my favorite pieces of writing on cataloging.

Ex: In a stinging rebuke to the American Library Association, Nat Hentoff has criticized the ALA for failing to take action to defend volunteer librarians in Cuba who are being subjected to a brutal crackdown.

Ex: The heightened level of community awareness has led some local authorities to take the initiative and to become information disseminators in their own right.

Ex: The noise is a high-pitched whine or hiss the machine emits during operation.

Ex: In this connection, Ohmes and Jones of the Florida State University Library have offered some rather penetrating insights regarding what they call 'The Other Half of Cataloging'.

Ex: As mentioned in the first part, developing a razor-sharp memory is not going to occur overnight.

Ex: She is famous for her series featuring homicide detective Peter Decker and his keen-witted, beautiful wife.

Ex: So much so that my canines (or eye-teeth, they're the pointy ones) ended up growing over my incisors/first molars rather than between them.

* acento agudo = acute.

* de vista aguda = sharp-eyed.

* dolor agudo = twinge.

* Enfermedad + aguda = acute + Enfermedad, a bad case of + Enfermedad.

* infección aguda = acute infection.

* miastenia aguda = myasthenia gravis.

* SARS (Síndrome Respiratorio Agudo y Grave) = SARS (Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome).

* * *

agudo -da

adjective

A

1 ‹filo/punta› sharp

2 ‹ángulo› acute

B

1 ‹voz› high-pitched; (irritante) shrill; ‹sonido› high-pitched; (irritante) piercing; ‹nota› high

2 ‹dolor› (duradero) intense, acute; (momentáneo) sharp

3 ‹crisis› severe

4 ‹aumento/descenso› sharp

un agudo descenso del índice de mortalidad a sharp fall in the death rate

C

1 (perspicaz) ‹persona› quick-witted, sharp; ‹observación/comentario› shrewd; ‹pregunta› shrewd, searching

2 (gracioso) ‹comentario/persona› witty

3 ‹vista› sharp; ‹oído› sharp, acute; ‹sentido/instinto› keen, sharp

D

1 ‹palabra› stressed on the last syllable

2 ‹acento› acute

* * *

agudo
◊ -da adjetivo

1
a) ‹filo/punta› sharp

b) ‹ ángulo› acute

2
a) ‹voz/sonido› high-pitched;

‹ nota› high
b) ‹ dolor› ( duradero) intense, acute;

( momentáneo) sharp
c) ‹ crisis› severe

d) ‹aumento/descenso› sharp

3
a) ( perspicaz) ‹ persona› quick-witted, sharp;

‹ comentario› shrewd
b) ( gracioso) ‹comentario/persona› witty

c) ‹sentido/instinto› sharp

agudo,-a adjetivo
1 (sensación, enfermedad) acute
2 (tono de voz) high-pitched
(sonido) treble, high
3 (ingenioso) witty
4 (oído, vista, olfato) sharp, keen
' agudo' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
aguda
- fina
- fino
- ingeniosa
- ingenioso
- lista
- listo
- sagaz
- estridente
- ladino
- pinchazo
- pitido
- quejido
English:
acute
- crack
- high
- high-pitched
- keen
- piping
- quick
- quick-witted
- raging
- sharp
- shrill
- witty
- yap

* * *

agudo, -a

♦ adj

1. [filo, punta] sharp

2. [vista, olfato] keen

3. [crisis, problema, enfermedad] serious, acute

4. [dolor] intense;

sentí un dolor agudo al mover el brazo I felt a sharp pain when I moved my arm

5. [sonido, voz] high, high-pitched

6. [perspicaz] [persona] sharp, shrewd;
[ingenio] keen, sharp
7. [ingenioso] witty;

estás muy agudo you're on form o very witty today;
Irónico
¡muy agudo! [cuando algo no es gracioso] very clever o funny!;
[cuando algo es evidente] very observant!
8. Gram [palabra] stressed on the last syllable

9. Gram [tilde] acute

♦ nm

agudos [sonidos] treble

* * *

agudo

adj

1 acute

2 ( afilado) sharp

3 sonido high-pitched

4 ( perspicaz) sharp

5 LING

:

acento agudo acute accent

* * *

agudo, -da adj

1) : acute, sharp

2) : shrill, high-pitched

3) perspicaz: clever, shrewd

* * *

agudo adj

1. (en general) sharp

este cuchillo tiene la punta muy aguda this knife has a very sharp point

2. (sonido, voz) high / high pitched

un silbato agudo a high pitched whistle

3. (ángulo, dolor) acute

un ángulo agudo an acute angle

sintió un dolor agudo she felt an acute pain

4. (comentario) witty [comp. wittier; superl. wittiest]

nos hizo reír con sus respuestas agudas he made us laugh with his witty replies

5. (sentido) keen

un olfato agudo a keen sense of smell

6. (palabra)

"sofá" es una palabra aguda the accent is on the last syllable in "sofá"

tener la vista más aguda que un lince to have eyes like a hawk

Spanish-English dictionary > agudo
9 penetrante

adj.

1 acute (intenso) (dolor).

2 sharp, penetrating (sagaz).

* * *

penetrante

► adjetivo

1 penetrating

* * *

adj.

sharp, acute

* * *

ADJ

1) [herida] deep

2) [arma] sharp; [frío, viento] biting; [sonido] piercing; [vista] acute; [aroma] strong; [mirada] sharp, penetrating

3) [genio, mente] keen, sharp; [ironía] biting

* * *

adjetivo

1)

a) <mirada/voz> penetrating, piercing; < olor> pungent, penetrating; < sonido> piercing

b) <viento/frío> bitter, biting

2) <inteligencia/mente> sharp, incisive; <humor/ironía> sharp, cutting

* * *

= penetrating, sharp [sharper -comp., sharpest -sup.], trenchant, lancinating, piercing, pungent, high-pitched, penetrative, tangy [tangier - comp., tangiest -sup.], nippy [nippier -comp., nippiest -sup.].

Nota: Generalmente referido a los sabores.

Ex. In this connection, Ohmes and Jones of the Florida State University Library have offered some rather penetrating insights regarding what they call 'The Other Half of Cataloging'.

Ex. 'I'll give it more thought,' she said with a sharp frown, resuming her former posture.

Ex. However, both BTI and LCSH occasionally use headings of this kind, though one could argue strongly that these are out of place in direct entry methods, and they come in for trenchant criticism from Metcalfe.

Ex. The personnel officer experienced an involuntary shiver as the lancinating reality of the board's decision sank in.

Ex. She gave him one long piercing glance and started up the stairs toward the deputy director's office.

Ex. The studies reported here addressed the question of whether the pungent element in chilies, capsaicin, suppresses taste and flavor intensity.

Ex. The noise is a high-pitched whine or hiss the machine emits during operation.

Ex. As the vacuum is further increased, the rays become more penetrative, and show the shadow of the bones in the hand.

Ex. The most boring meal can be pepped up with spicy and tangy herbs.

Ex. Blend cream cheese with prepared horseradish for a nippy taste.

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* de un modo penetrante = piercingly.

* dolor penetrante = shooting stab of pain, shooting pain.

* frío penetrante = biting cold, pinching cold.

* olor fuerte y penetrante = tang.

* sabor fuerte y penetrante = tang.

* viento penetrante = biting wind.

* * *

adjetivo

1)

a) <mirada/voz> penetrating, piercing; < olor> pungent, penetrating; < sonido> piercing

b) <viento/frío> bitter, biting

2) <inteligencia/mente> sharp, incisive; <humor/ironía> sharp, cutting

* * *

= penetrating, sharp [sharper -comp., sharpest -sup.], trenchant, lancinating, piercing, pungent, high-pitched, penetrative, tangy [tangier - comp., tangiest -sup.], nippy [nippier -comp., nippiest -sup.].

Nota: Generalmente referido a los sabores.

Ex: In this connection, Ohmes and Jones of the Florida State University Library have offered some rather penetrating insights regarding what they call 'The Other Half of Cataloging'.

Ex: 'I'll give it more thought,' she said with a sharp frown, resuming her former posture.

Ex: However, both BTI and LCSH occasionally use headings of this kind, though one could argue strongly that these are out of place in direct entry methods, and they come in for trenchant criticism from Metcalfe.

Ex: The personnel officer experienced an involuntary shiver as the lancinating reality of the board's decision sank in.

Ex: She gave him one long piercing glance and started up the stairs toward the deputy director's office.

Ex: The studies reported here addressed the question of whether the pungent element in chilies, capsaicin, suppresses taste and flavor intensity.

Ex: The noise is a high-pitched whine or hiss the machine emits during operation.

Ex: As the vacuum is further increased, the rays become more penetrative, and show the shadow of the bones in the hand.

Ex: The most boring meal can be pepped up with spicy and tangy herbs.

Ex: Blend cream cheese with prepared horseradish for a nippy taste.

* de un modo penetrante = piercingly.

* dolor penetrante = shooting stab of pain, shooting pain.

* frío penetrante = biting cold, pinching cold.

* olor fuerte y penetrante = tang.

* sabor fuerte y penetrante = tang.

* viento penetrante = biting wind.

* * *

penetrante

adjective

A

1 ‹mirada/voz› penetrating, piercing

2 ‹olor› pungent, penetrating; ‹sonido› piercing

3 ‹viento/frío› bitter, biting

B

1 ‹inteligencia/mente› sharp, incisive

2 ‹humor/ironía› sharp, cutting

* * *

penetrante adjetivo
1
a) ‹mirada/voz› penetrating, piercing;

‹ olor› pungent, penetrating;
‹ sonido› piercing
b) ‹viento/frío› bitter, biting

2 ‹inteligencia/mente/ironía› sharp
penetrante adjetivo
1 (mirada, voz) penetrating
2 (dolor) piercing
3 (olor) pungent
4 (herida) deep
5 (frío) bitter, biting
6 (mente, observación) incisive, sharp, acute
' penetrante' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
refinada
- refinado
English:
incisive
- keen
- keenly
- penetrating
- pervasive
- piercing
- searching
- intent
- obtrusive
- tang

* * *

penetrante adj

1. [intenso] [dolor] acute;
[olor] sharp; [frío] biting; [mirada] penetrating; [voz, sonido] piercing
2. [sagaz] sharp, penetrating

* * *

penetrante

adj

1 mirada penetrating

2 sonido piercing

3 frío bitter

4 herida deep

5 análisis incisive

* * *

penetrante adj

1) : penetrating, piercing

2) : sharp, acute

3) : deep (of a wound)

Spanish-English dictionary > penetrante
10 punzante

adj.

1 sharp (que pincha).

2 sharp, stabbing (intenso).

3 caustic (mordaz).

4 exasperate, spiny.

* * *

punzante

► adjetivo

1 stabbing

* * *

ADJ

1) [dolor] shooting, stabbing

2) [instrumento] sharp

3) [comentario] biting, caustic

* * *

adjetivo < objeto> sharp; < dolor> sharp, stabbing (before n); <palabras/comentario> biting, incisive; < estilo> caustic

* * *

= searing, high-pitched, throbbing.

Ex. His searing and rigorously logical analysis of the '1949 ALA Rules for Entry' is one of my favorite pieces of writing on cataloging.

Ex. The noise is a high-pitched whine or hiss the machine emits during operation.

Ex. Throbbing teeth are a symptom of sinus infection.

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* dolor punzante = throbbing pain, shooting stab of pain, shooting pain, twinge.

* * *

adjetivo < objeto> sharp; < dolor> sharp, stabbing (before n); <palabras/comentario> biting, incisive; < estilo> caustic

* * *

= searing, high-pitched, throbbing.

Ex: His searing and rigorously logical analysis of the '1949 ALA Rules for Entry' is one of my favorite pieces of writing on cataloging.

Ex: The noise is a high-pitched whine or hiss the machine emits during operation.

Ex: Throbbing teeth are a symptom of sinus infection.

* dolor punzante = throbbing pain, shooting stab of pain, shooting pain, twinge.

* * *

punzante

adjective

1 ‹objeto› sharp

2 ‹dolor› sharp, stabbing ( before n)

3 ‹palabras/comentario› biting, incisive; ‹estilo› caustic

* * *

punzante adjetivo ‹ objeto› sharp;
‹ dolor› sharp, stabbing ( before n);
‹palabras/comentario› biting, incisive;
‹ estilo› caustic
punzante adjetivo
1 (dolor) sharp, stabbing
2 (objeto) sharp
3 fig (estilo, comentario) caustic, biting
' punzante' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
hincar
- pinchar
- pinchazo
English:
poke
- shooting
- stabbing
- throb

* * *

punzante adj

1. [que pincha] sharp

2. [intenso] sharp, stabbing

3. [mordaz] caustic

* * *

punzante

adj stinging; fig ( mordaz) biting, incisive

* * *

punzante adj

1) : sharp

2) cáustico: biting, caustic

Spanish-English dictionary > punzante
11 enervante

adj.

1 draining.

2 stressing, exasperating.

3 enervating.

m.

psychoactive drug, psychedelic drug, mind-altering drug, psychodelic drug.

* * *

enervante

► adjetivo

1 MEDICINA enervating

2 familiar (irritante) irritating, exasperating

* * *

adjetivo

a) (fam) ( irritante)

ese ruido es enervante — that noise is driving me crazy

una vocecita chillona y enervante — a grating, high-pitched voice

b) ( que quita fuerzas) enervating

* * *

= unnerving, enervating, nerving.

Ex. Librarians have an unnerving habit of assuming that all libraries and all patrons are the same.

Ex. Plato warned that too much music of any kind was enervating to personal will and would `make a soft warrior'.

Ex. And it is very nerving if you have lots of trouble later when maintaining the site.

* * *

adjetivo

a) (fam) ( irritante)

ese ruido es enervante — that noise is driving me crazy

una vocecita chillona y enervante — a grating, high-pitched voice

b) ( que quita fuerzas) enervating

* * *

= unnerving, enervating, nerving.

Ex: Librarians have an unnerving habit of assuming that all libraries and all patrons are the same.

Ex: Plato warned that too much music of any kind was enervating to personal will and would `make a soft warrior'.

Ex: And it is very nerving if you have lots of trouble later when maintaining the site.

* * *

enervante

adjective

1 ( fam)

(irritante): ese ruido es enervante that noise is driving me crazy o really getting on my nerves

tiene una vocecita chillona y enervante she has a grating, high-pitched voice

2

(que quita fuerzas): el calor se hizo enervante the heat became quite enervating

* * *

enervante adj

1. [debilitador] draining

2. Fam [exasperante] irritating

* * *

enervante

adj fml

1 ( debilitador) debilitating, enervating fml

2 ( irritante) irritating

Spanish-English dictionary > enervante
12 haut

haut, e [ˈo, ˈot]

━━━━━━━━━

1. adjective

2. masculine noun

3. plural masculine noun

4. feminine noun

5. adverb

6. compounds

━━━━━━━━━

1. <

   a. high ; [herbe, arbre, édifice] tall

• un mur haut de 3 mètres a wall 3 metres high

• une pièce haute de plafond a room with a high ceiling

• avoir une haute opinion de soi-même to have a high opinion of o.s.

• c'est du plus haut comique it's highly amusing

• être haut en couleur ( = rougeaud) to have a high colour ; ( = coloré, pittoresque) to be colourful

• la haute couture haute couture

• haut personnage high-ranking person

• la mer est haute the tide is in

• pousser des hauts cris to make a terrible fuss

• athlète de haut niveau top athlete

• discussions au plus haut niveau top-level discussions

   b. ( = ancien) le haut Moyen Âge the Early Middle Ages

   c. (Geography) le Haut Rhin the Upper Rhine

2. <

   a. ( = hauteur) le mur a 3 mètres de haut the wall is 3 metres high

• combien fait-il de haut ? how high is it?

   b. ( = partie supérieure) top

• le haut du visage the top part of the face

• « haut » "this way up"

   c. ( = vêtement) top

• je cherche un haut assorti à ce pantalon I'm looking for a top to go with these trousers

   d. (locutions)

► au plus haut

• être au plus haut (dans les sondages) [personne] to be riding high ; [cote, popularité] to be at its peak

• le prix de l'or était au plus haut the price of gold had reached a peak► de haut

• voir les choses de haut ( = avec détachement) to take a detached view of things

• prendre qch de haut ( = avec mépris) to react indignantly to sth

• prendre qn de haut to look down on sb► de haut en bas, du haut en bas [couvrir, fouiller] from top to bottom ; [s'ouvrir] from the top downwards

• regarder qn de haut en bas to look sb up and down

• couvert de graffitis de haut en bas covered in graffiti from top to bottom

• ça se lit de haut en bas it reads vertically

• du haut en bas de la hiérarchie at all levels of the hierarchy► du haut [tiroir, étagère, dents] top

• les pièces du haut the upstairs rooms

• les voisins du haut the neighbours upstairs

• du haut d'un arbre from the top of a tree

• parler du haut d'un balcon to speak from a balcony► d'en haut

• les chambres d'en haut the upstairs bedrooms

• des ordres qui viennent d'en haut orders from above► en haut ( = au sommet) at the top ; (dans un immeuble) upstairs

• il habite en haut he lives upstairs

• il habite tout en haut he lives right at the top

• écris l'adresse en haut à gauche write the address in the top left-hand corner

• son manteau était boutonné jusqu'en haut his coat was buttoned right up to the top

• en haut de [+ immeuble, escalier, côte, écran] at the top of

• en haut de l'échelle sociale high up the social ladder

3. <

hauts

• des hauts et des bas ups and downs

4. <

haute

• la haute (inf) the upper crust (inf)

• les gens de la haute (inf) the upper crust (inf)

5. <

   a. ( = en hauteur) [monter, sauter, voler] high

• mettez vos livres plus haut put your books higher up

• c'est lui qui saute le plus haut he can jump the highest

• haut les mains ! hands up!

   b. ( = fort) lire tout haut to read aloud

• penser tout haut to think aloud

• mettez la radio plus haut turn up the radio

• haut et fort loud and clear

   c. ( = dans les aigus) monter haut to hit the top notes

• chanter trop haut to sing sharp

   d. (socialement) des gens haut placés people in high places

   e. ( = en arrière) voir plus haut see above

• comme je l'ai dit plus haut as I said previously

6. <

► haut commandement high command

► le Haut commissariat des Nations unies pour les réfugiés the UN High Commission for Refugees

► haut débit broadband

► haut lieu

• un haut lieu de la musique a Mecca for music

• en haut lieu in high places ► haute trahison high treason

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1.

haute ’o, ’ot adjectif

1) [montagne, mur, talon] high; [arbre, monument] tall; [herbe] long, tall

attention, la première marche est haute — be careful, the first step is steep

2) ( situé en altitude) high

la partie haute d'un mur — the top part of a wall

l'étagère la plus haute — the top shelf

une robe à taille haute — a high-waisted dress

3) ( dans une échelle de valeurs) [température, salaires, précision] high; [note, ton] high, high-pitched

parler à haute voix — to speak loudly

lire à haute voix — to read out loud

au plus haut point — immensely

4) ( dans une hiérarchie) (before n) [personnage, poste] high-ranking; [clergé, magistrat] senior; [société] high; [responsabilités] big; [dirigeant, responsable] senior, high-ranking

haut Comité/Conseil — National Committee/Council

haute surveillance — close supervision

5) Géographie upper

la haute Égypte — Upper Egypt

6) Histoire

de la plus haute antiquité — from earliest antiquity

le haut Moyen Âge — the early Middle Ages

2.

adverbe

1) ( à un niveau élevé) [monter, voler] high

un personnage haut placé — a person in a high position

de haut — from above

2) ( dans le temps) far back

3) ( dans un texte)

plus haut — above

colle-le plus haut sur la page — stick it higher up on the page

4) ( fort) loudly

dire quelque chose bien haut — to say something loud(ly)

mettre la radio plus haut — to turn the radio up

tout haut — out loud

parler haut et clair — fig to speak unambiguously

n'avoir jamais un mot plus haut que l'autre — never to raise one's voice

3.

nom masculin

1) ( partie élevée) top

le haut du visage — the top part of the face

le haut du corps — the top half of the body

l'étagère du haut — the top shelf

les pièces du haut — the upstairs rooms

prendre quelque chose par le haut — to get hold of the top of something

parler du haut d'un balcon — to speak from a balcony

2) ( hauteur)

faire 50 mètres de haut — to be 50 metres [BrE] high

4.

en haut locution ( à l'étage supérieur) upstairs; ( à un étage supérieur) on an upper floor; (de rideau, mur, page) at the top; (le ciel, le paradis) above

passer par en haut — ( par la route) to take the top road

les voleurs sont entrés par en haut — ( par l'étage) the thieves got in upstairs

5.

hauts nom masculin pluriel Géographie heights

Phrasal Verbs:

- haut en couleur

- haut fait

- haut fonctionnaire

- haut lieu de

- haute mer

- hautes eaux

- hautes sphères

- hautes terres

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marcher la tête haute — to walk with one's head held high

voir les choses de haut — ( avec sérénité) to have a detached view of things

tomber de haut — to be dumbfounded

regarder quelqu'un de haut en bas — to look somebody up and down

avoir or connaître des hauts et des bas — to have one's ups and downs

haut les mains! — hands up!

l'emporter or gagner or vaincre haut la main — to win hands down

prendre quelqu'un de haut — to look down one's nose at somebody; cri, pavé

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'o, 'ot haut, -e
1. adj

1) (situation) high

en haute montagne — in the high mountains

plus haut (en altitude, sur un mur) — higher up, further up, (dans un texte) above

2) (dimensions) (immeuble) tall, (paroi) high

haut de 10 mètres — 10 metres high

3) (son, ton, voix) high, high-pitched

à haute voix — aloud, out loud

4) (autres locutions)

en haut lieu — in high places

haut en couleur (chose) — colourful Grande-Bretagne colorful USA brightly coloured Grande-Bretagne brightly colored USA (personnage) colourful Grande-Bretagne colorful USA

2. adv

1) [situé, placé] high

en haut (dans une armoire, sur une pente) — at the top, (dans une maison) upstairs

La salle de bain est en haut. — The bathroom is upstairs.

en haut de — at the top of

Le nid est tout en haut de l'arbre. — The nest is right at the top of the tree.

tomber de haut — to fall from a height, figto come back to earth with a bump

prendre qch de haut — to react haughtily to sth

traiter qn de haut — to treat sb with disdain

2) (de manière résolue)

dire qch bien haut — to say sth loud and clear

parler haut — to have a loud voice

3) (de manière intelligible)

dire qch tout haut — to say sth aloud, to say sth out loud

penser tout haut — to think aloud

4)

haut les mains! — hands up!, stick 'em up! *

3. nm

1) (partie supérieure) top

Le haut de l'immeuble a été endommagé. — The top of the building was damaged., The upper floors of the building were damaged.

du haut de — from the top of

2) (hauteur)

de 3 m de haut — 3 m high

un mur de trois mètres de haut — a wall 3 metres high

3) (autres locutions)

de haut en bas (mouvement) — downwards, (en intégralité) from top to bottom

des hauts et des bas fig — ups and downs

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haut, haute

A adj

1 ⇒ Les mesures de longueur ( étendu verticalement) [montagne, mur, talon] high; [arbre, monument, bâtiment] tall; [herbe] long, tall; homme de haute taille tall man; un objet plus haut que large an object that is higher than it is wide; un bâtiment haut de 20 étages a building 20 storeys GB ou stories US high, a 20-storey GB ou 20-story US building; un mât haut de 10 mètres a mast ten metres^GB high, a ten-metre^GB mast; plus haut/moins haut que higher/lower than; l'immeuble dans lequel il habite est très haut he lives in a block of high-rise flats GB ou a high-rise apartment block US; attention, la première marche est haute be careful, the first step is steep;

2 ( situé en altitude) high; une haute branche a high branch; la partie haute d'un bâtiment/mur/arbre the top part of a building/wall/tree; l'étagère la plus haute the top shelf; une robe à taille haute a high-waisted dress;

3 ( dans une échelle de valeurs) [fréquence, pression, température, prix, capacité, précision] high; [note, ton] high, high-pitched; les hauts salaires/revenus high salaries/incomes; parler à haute voix to speak loudly; dire/lire qch à haute voix to say/read sth out loud; jouer une carte plus haute to play a higher card; être à haut risque to be very risky; être du plus haut ridicule to be highly ridiculous; au plus haut point immensely, intensely; aimer qch au plus haut point to like sth immensely; produit de haute qualité high-quality product; avoir une haute opinion de qn/soi-même to have a high opinion of sb/oneself; tenir qn en haute estime to hold sb in high esteem ou regard;

4 ( dans une hiérarchie) (before n) [personnage, situation, poste] high-ranking; [clergé, magistrat] senior; [société, rang] high; [responsabilités] big; [dirigeant, responsable] senior, high-ranking; les plus hautes instances the highest authorities; bénéficier de hautes protections to have friends in high places; le haut Comité/Conseil pour the National Committee/Council for; haute surveillance close supervision;

5 Géog upper; la haute Égypte Upper Egypt; le haut Nil the Upper Nile;

6 Hist dater de la plus haute antiquité to date from earliest antiquity; le haut Moyen Âge the early Middle Ages.

B adv

1 ( à un niveau élevé) [monter, s'élever, voler, sauter] high; voler très haut dans le ciel to fly high in the sky; un personnage haut placé a person in a high position; viser trop haut to aim too high; la lune est haut dans le ciel the moon is high up in the sky; haut perché sur perched high on; le plus haut the highest; sauter le plus haut to jump the highest; de haut from above;

2 ( dans le temps) far back; aussi haut qu'on remonte dans l'antiquité however far back in history we go;

3 ( dans un texte) plus haut above; comme indiqué plus haut as noted above; colle-le plus haut sur la page stick it higher up on the page; voir plus haut see above;

4 ( fort) loudly; parler haut to talk loudly; parlez moins haut! keep your voice down!; parlez plus haut! speak up!; dire qch bien haut to say sth loud(ly); mettre la radio plus haut to turn the radio up; tout haut out loud; parler haut et clair fig to speak unambiguously; ne dire or n'avoir jamais un mot plus haut que l'autre never to raise one's voice.

C nm

1 ( partie élevée) top; le haut du mur the top of the wall; le haut du visage the top part of the face; le haut du corps the top half of the body; dans le haut (de) at the top (of); l'appartement/l'étagère du haut the top flat/shelf; les pièces du haut the upstairs rooms; sur le haut de la colline/côte at the top of the hill/slope; commencer par le haut to start at the top; prendre qch par le haut to get hold of the top of sth; du haut de from the top of; de or du haut en bas from top to bottom; parler du haut d'un balcon/d'une tribune to speak from a balcony/a platform; le haut de son maillot de bain the top of her swimsuit;

2 ( hauteur) mesurer or faire 50 mètres de haut to be 50 metres^GB high; une tour de 35 m de haut a 35 m tower; être à son plus haut to be at its highest level.

D en haut loc ( à l'étage supérieur) upstairs; ( à un étage supérieur) on an upper floor; (de rideau, mur, page) at the top; (le ciel, le paradis) above; le bruit vient d'en haut the noise is coming from above; tout en haut right at the top; jusqu'en haut up to the top, right to the top; passer par en haut ( par la route) to take the top road; les voleurs sont entrés par en haut ( par l'étage) the thieves got in upstairs; ordre qui vient d'en haut order from the top; mettez la date en haut de la page à droite put the date in the top right-hand corner of the page.

E hauts nmpl Géog heights; les hauts de Meuse the heights of the Meuse.

F haute○ nf upper crust○; fréquenter les gens de la haute to rub shoulders with the upper crust.

Composés

haut en couleur [personnage, tableau, texte] colourful^GB; haut fait heroic deed; haut fonctionnaire senior civil servant; haut lieu de centre^GB of ou for; en haut lieu in high places; une décision prise en haut lieu a decision taken at a high level; haut plateau high plateau; haute définition TV high definition; télévision (à) haute définition high definition TV; écran à haute définition graphique Ordinat screen with high resolution graphics; haute école lit, Équit haute école, classical equitation; c'est un exercice de haute école fig it's a very advanced exercise; haute mer Naut open sea; Haute Cour (de Justice) High Court of Justice; hautes eaux high water (sg); hautes sphères high social circles; hautes terres Géog highlands; hautes voiles Naut upper sails; hauts fourneaux blast furnace.

Idiomes

marcher la tête haute to walk with one's head held high; prendre or regarder or voir les choses de haut ( sans s'arrêter aux détails) to see things in broad terms; ( avec sérénité) to have a detached view of things; tomber de haut to be dumbfounded; regarder qn de haut en bas to look sb up and down; avoir or connaître des hauts et des bas to have one's ups and downs; haut les mains! hands up!; l'emporter or gagner or vaincre haut la main to win hands down; prendre qn/qch de haut to look down one's nose at sb/sth; ⇒ cri, pavé.

( féminin haute) [ʼo, ʼot] (devant nom masculin commençant par voyelle ou h muet [ʼot]) adjectif

1. [de grande dimension] high, tall

les hautes colonnes du temple the lofty ou towering columns of the temple

les pièces sont hautes de plafond the rooms have high ceilings

BOTANIQUE [tige, tronc] tall

[qui a poussé] high

2. [d'une certaine dimension]

la maison est haute de trois mètres the house is three metres high

3. [situé en hauteur] high

le soleil est haut dans le ciel the sun is high (up) in the sky

la partie haute de l'arbre the top of the tree

le Haut Nil the upper (reaches of the) Nile

4. [extrême, intense] high

c'est de la plus haute importance it's of the utmost ou greatest importance

à haut risque high-risk

haute fréquence high frequency

haute technologie high technology

5. [dans une hiérarchie] high, top (avant nom)

de haut niveau top-level, high-level

des gens de haut niveau high-fliers

de hauts dignitaires eminent dignitaries

la haute coiffure haute coiffure, designer hairdressing

la haute cuisine haute cuisine

de hautes études commerciales/militaires advanced business/military studies

les hauts fonctionnaires top ou top-ranking civil servants

les hauts salaires the highest ou top salaries

6. [dans une échelle de valeurs] high

d'une haute intelligence highly intelligent

tenir quelqu'un/quelque chose en haute estime to hold somebody/something in high esteem

7. BOURSE & COMMERCE high

8. MUSIQUE & PHONÉTIQUE high

9. HISTOIRE

le haut Moyen Âge the Early Middle Ages

10. (littéraire) [noble] lofty, high-minded

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adverbe

1. [dans l'espace] high

levez haut la jambe raise your leg (up) high ou high up

2. [dans le temps] far (back)

[dans un livre]

voir plus haut see above

3. [fort, avec puissance]

(tout) haut aloud

parlez plus haut speak up, speak louder

dites-le haut et clair ou bien haut tell (it to) everyone, say it out loud

4. MUSIQUE high

5. [dans une hiérarchie] high

être haut placé to be highly placed, to hold high office

des amis haut placés friends in high places

nous l'avons toujours placé très haut dans notre estime (figuré) we've always held him in high regard

6. BOURSE & COMMERCE high

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nom masculin

1. [partie supérieure] top

[sur une caisse, un emballage]

‘haut’ ‘(this way ou side) up’

2. [vêtement & gén] top

[de robe] bodice

3. [hauteur]

un mur d'un mètre de haut a one metre (high) wall

tomber de tout son haut

a. [chuter] to fall headlong

b. [être déçu] to come down (to earth) with a bump

c. [être surpris] to be flabbergasted

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hauts nom masculin pluriel

1. [dans des noms de lieux] heights

2. (locution)

avoir ou connaître des hauts et des bas to have one's ups and downs

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haute nom féminin

(familier)

la haute the upper crust

les gens de la haute upper crust people

de haut locution adverbiale

1. [avec détachement] casually, unconcernedly

prendre ou regarder ou voir les choses de haut to look at things with an air of detachment

2. [avec mépris]

prendre quelque chose de haut to be high and mighty about something

regarder quelqu'un de haut to look down on somebody

traiter quelqu'un de haut to treat somebody high-handedly

3. (locution)

tomber de haut

a. [être surpris] to be flabbergasted

b. [être déçu] to come down (to earth) with a bump

de haut en bas locution adverbiale

1. [sans mouvement] from top to bottom

2. [avec mouvement, vers le bas] from top to bottom, downwards

3. [avec mépris]

regarder ou considérer quelqu'un de haut en bas to look somebody up and down

d'en haut locution adverbiale

1. [depuis la partie élevée] from above

d'en haut on voit la mer you can see the sea from up there

2. (figuré) from on high

le bon exemple doit venir d'en haut people in positions of authority must give the lead

du haut locution adjectivale

les gens du haut

a. [de la partie haute du village] the people up the top end (of the village)

b. [des étages supérieurs] the people upstairs

les chambres du haut the upstairs bedrooms

du haut de locution prépositionnelle

1. [depuis la partie élevée de - échelle, colline] from the top of

2. (figuré)

il nous regarde du haut de sa grandeur he looks down his nose at us

en haut locution adverbiale

1. [à l'étage supérieur] upstairs

2. [dans la partie élevée] at the top

nous sommes passés par en haut [par la route du haut] we came along the high road

3. [en l'air] up in the sky

en haut de locution prépositionnelle

at the top of

tout en haut d'une colline high up on a hill

regarde en haut de l'armoire look on top of the wardrobe

Dictionnaire Français-Anglais > haut

13 pitido

m.

whistle.

los pitidos de los coches the honking of car horns

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pitido

► nombre masculino

1 (silbido) whistle

2 (bocinazo) hoot, honk

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noun m.

whistle

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SM (=silbido) whistle; (=sonido agudo) beep; (=sonido corto) pip

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masculino ( sonido agudo) whistle, whistling; ( de claxon) beep, hoot, honk

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= whine, bleeping sound, bleep, beep.

Ex. The noise is a high-pitched whine or hiss the machine emits during operation.

Ex. At some pelican crossings there is a bleeping sound to indicate to blind or partially-sighted people when the steady green figure is showing.

Ex. Instead of a dial tone, she heard the bleeps and burbles of a computer modem connection to the Internet.

Ex. The best way to describe this recurring noise is as a tone, rather than beep or a whirr or anything overly mechanical.

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* emitir un pitido = beep, bleep.

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masculino ( sonido agudo) whistle, whistling; ( de claxon) beep, hoot, honk

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= whine, bleeping sound, bleep, beep.

Ex: The noise is a high-pitched whine or hiss the machine emits during operation.

Ex: At some pelican crossings there is a bleeping sound to indicate to blind or partially-sighted people when the steady green figure is showing.

Ex: Instead of a dial tone, she heard the bleeps and burbles of a computer modem connection to the Internet.

Ex: The best way to describe this recurring noise is as a tone, rather than beep or a whirr or anything overly mechanical.

* emitir un pitido = beep, bleep.

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pitido

masculine

1 (sonido agudo) whistle, whistling

2 (de un claxon) beep, hoot, honk

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pitido sustantivo masculino ( sonido agudo) whistle, whistling;
( de claxon) beep, hoot, honk
pitido sustantivo masculino
1 (de silbato) whistle
2 (de claxon) hoot
3 (de una alarma, etc) beep
' pitido' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
pitada
- estridente
English:
beep
- bleep
- hoot
- pip
- whistle
- peep

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pitido nm
[con pito] whistle; [de aparato electrónico] beep, bleep;
los pitidos de los coches the honking of car horns;

tengo un pitido en los oídos I've got a whistling noise in my ears

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pitido

m

1 con silbato whistle

2 con bocina beep, hoot

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pitido nm

1) : whistle, whistling

2) : beep, honk, toot

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pitido n blast / whistle

Spanish-English dictionary > pitido

14 aullido

m.

howl.

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aullido

► nombre masculino

1 howl, yell

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noun m.

howl

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SM howl, yell

dar aullidos — to howl, yell

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masculino howl

los aullidos del perro — the howling of the dog

el aullido del viento — the howling of the wind

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= whine, whining, yelp.

Ex. The noise is a high-pitched whine or hiss the machine emits during operation.

Ex. Electronic, peer review journals provide the clearest examples of the value of the Internet as a medium for serious scholarship, a counterpoint to whinings over digital disinformation and knowledge fragmentation.

Ex. Its shooting stabs of pain, its yelps of despair, its tears, its emotional zigzagging, all bear testimony to such a shattering.

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* dar aullidos = caterwaul.

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masculino howl

los aullidos del perro — the howling of the dog

el aullido del viento — the howling of the wind

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= whine, whining, yelp.

Ex: The noise is a high-pitched whine or hiss the machine emits during operation.

Ex: Electronic, peer review journals provide the clearest examples of the value of the Internet as a medium for serious scholarship, a counterpoint to whinings over digital disinformation and knowledge fragmentation.

Ex: Its shooting stabs of pain, its yelps of despair, its tears, its emotional zigzagging, all bear testimony to such a shattering.

* dar aullidos = caterwaul.

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aullido

masculine

howl

el aullido del viento the howling of the wind

los aullidos del perro the howling of the dog

daba aullidos de dolor he was howling with pain

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aullido sustantivo masculino
howl;
◊ los aullidos del perro the howling of the dog

aullido sustantivo masculino howl

' aullido' also found in these entries:
English:
howl
- ululation
- whine
- yelp

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aullido nm

howl;

se oía el aullido de un lobo you could hear a wolf howling;

lanzó un aullido de miedo she gave a shriek of fear

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aullido

m howl

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aullido nm

: howl, wail

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aullido n howl

me asustó el aullido del lobo the wolf's howl frightened me

Spanish-English dictionary > aullido

15 gañido

m.

yelp, yelping, yap, yowl.

past part.

past participle of spanish verb: gañir.

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gañido

► nombre masculino

1 yelp

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SM [de perro] yelp, howl; [de pájaro] croak; [de persona] wheeze

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= whine, whining, yelp.

Ex. The noise is a high-pitched whine or hiss the machine emits during operation.

Ex. Electronic, peer review journals provide the clearest examples of the value of the Internet as a medium for serious scholarship, a counterpoint to whinings over digital disinformation and knowledge fragmentation.

Ex. Its shooting stabs of pain, its yelps of despair, its tears, its emotional zigzagging, all bear testimony to such a shattering.

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= whine, whining, yelp.

Ex: The noise is a high-pitched whine or hiss the machine emits during operation.

Ex: Electronic, peer review journals provide the clearest examples of the value of the Internet as a medium for serious scholarship, a counterpoint to whinings over digital disinformation and knowledge fragmentation.

Ex: Its shooting stabs of pain, its yelps of despair, its tears, its emotional zigzagging, all bear testimony to such a shattering.

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gañido nm

yelp

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gañido

m de perro yelping; de pájaro cawing

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gañido nm

: yelp (of a dog)

Spanish-English dictionary > gañido

16 gemido

m.

moan, groan.

past part.

past participle of spanish verb: gemir.

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gemido

► nombre masculino

1 (quejido) groan, moan

2 (gimoteo) whimper

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noun m.

groan, moan

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SM (=quejido) groan, moan; (=lamento) wail, howl; [de animal] whine; [del viento] howling, wailing

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masculino

a) (de dolor, pena) groan, moan

b) ( de animal) whine

c) (liter) ( del viento) moaning

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= groan, groaning, whining, whimper, cry, whine, wail, cri de coeur.

Ex. Various extremes of excitement and despair ensued: groans, sweating brows, pencils chewed.

Ex. Visitors would be surprised by the loud creaking and groaning of the presses as the timbers gave and rubbed against each other.

Ex. Electronic, peer review journals provide the clearest examples of the value of the Internet as a medium for serious scholarship, a counterpoint to whinings over digital disinformation and knowledge fragmentation.

Ex. The article is entitled 'The WTO deal on basic telecommunications: big bang or little whimper?'.

Ex. This is not simply another story of the powerful and comfortable turning a deaf ear to the cries of the sick and poor.

Ex. The noise is a high-pitched whine or hiss the machine emits during operation.

Ex. He then produced a sound like the deep wail of a bereaved mother which electrified the audience.

Ex. It is a cri de coeur on behalf of the oppressed people of Palestine.

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* gemidos = wailing.

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masculino

a) (de dolor, pena) groan, moan

b) ( de animal) whine

c) (liter) ( del viento) moaning

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= groan, groaning, whining, whimper, cry, whine, wail, cri de coeur.

Ex: Various extremes of excitement and despair ensued: groans, sweating brows, pencils chewed.

Ex: Visitors would be surprised by the loud creaking and groaning of the presses as the timbers gave and rubbed against each other.

Ex: Electronic, peer review journals provide the clearest examples of the value of the Internet as a medium for serious scholarship, a counterpoint to whinings over digital disinformation and knowledge fragmentation.

Ex: The article is entitled 'The WTO deal on basic telecommunications: big bang or little whimper?'.

Ex: This is not simply another story of the powerful and comfortable turning a deaf ear to the cries of the sick and poor.

Ex: The noise is a high-pitched whine or hiss the machine emits during operation.

Ex: He then produced a sound like the deep wail of a bereaved mother which electrified the audience.

Ex: It is a cri de coeur on behalf of the oppressed people of Palestine.

* gemidos = wailing.

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gemido

masculine

1 (de dolor, pena) groan, moan

oí sus gemidos I heard her moans o groans o moaning o groaning

2 (de un animal) whine

3 ( liter) (del viento) moaning

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Del verbo gemir: ( conjugate gemir)

gemido es:

el participio

Multiple Entries:
gemido
gemir
gemido sustantivo masculino
a) (de dolor, pena) groan, moan

b) ( de animal) whine

gemir ( conjugate gemir) verbo intransitivo
a) [ persona] to moan, groan

b) [ animal] to whine

gemido sustantivo masculino groan
gemir verbo intransitivo to groan: gemían de dolor, he groaned in pain
' gemido' also found in these entries:
English:
groan
- moan
- ululation
- wail

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gemido nm

1. [de persona] moan, groan;

dar gemidos to groan

2. [de animal] whine

3. [de viento] moan;

los gemidos del viento the moaning of the wind

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gemido

m moan, groan

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gemido nm

: moan, groan, wail

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gemido n

1. (de persona) groan

2. (de animal) whine

Spanish-English dictionary > gemido

17 quejido

m.

1 cry, moan.

2 whine, lament, bewail, moan.

3 grunting.

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quejido

► nombre masculino

1 groan, moan

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FRASEOLOGÍA

dar quejidos to groan, moan

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SM (=gemido) moan, groan; (=lloriqueo) whine

dar quejidos — (=gemir) to moan, groan; (=lloriquear) to whine

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masculino groan, moan; ( más agudo) whine

un quejido de dolor — a cry of pain

los quejidos del viento — (liter) the wailing of the wind (liter)

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= groan, whimper, whine, yelp.

Nota: Referido al hombre.

Ex. Various extremes of excitement and despair ensued: groans, sweating brows, pencils chewed.

Ex. The article is entitled 'The WTO deal on basic telecommunications: big bang or little whimper?'.

Ex. The noise is a high-pitched whine or hiss the machine emits during operation.

Ex. Then he did several backflips and wailed aloud in his misery and woe, his yelps of distress quite filling the empyrean.

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masculino groan, moan; ( más agudo) whine

un quejido de dolor — a cry of pain

los quejidos del viento — (liter) the wailing of the wind (liter)

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= groan, whimper, whine, yelp.

Nota: Referido al hombre.

Ex: Various extremes of excitement and despair ensued: groans, sweating brows, pencils chewed.

Ex: The article is entitled 'The WTO deal on basic telecommunications: big bang or little whimper?'.

Ex: The noise is a high-pitched whine or hiss the machine emits during operation.

Ex: Then he did several backflips and wailed aloud in his misery and woe, his yelps of distress quite filling the empyrean.

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quejido

masculine

groan, moan; (más agudo) whine

dejó escapar un quejido de dolor he let out a cry of pain

los quejidos del viento ( liter); the wailing of the wind ( liter)

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quejido sustantivo masculino
groan, moan;
( más agudo) whine;
◊ un quejido de dolor a cry of pain

quejido sustantivo masculino groan, moan, whine

' quejido' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
lamento
English:
whimper
- whine
- groan

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quejido nm

cry, moan;

dar quejidos to moan

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quejido

m moan, groan

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quejido nm

1) : groan, moan

2) : whine, whimper

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quejido n moan / groan

Spanish-English dictionary > quejido

18 silbido

m.

1 whistle (sonido).

el silbido del viento the whistling of the wind

2 whistle.

su actuación fue recibida con silbidos y abucheos her performance was greeted with hissing and booing

los silbidos del público eran ensordecedores the whistling of the crowd was deafening

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silbido

► nombre masculino

1 (acción) whistle, whistling

2 (abucheo) hissing

3 (del teléfono) ring, ringing

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noun m.

whistle, whistling

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masculino

a) (con la boca, un silbato) whistle

dio un silbido — he whistled

b) ( del viento) whistling; ( de respiración) wheezing

el silbido de las balas — the whistling of the bullets

c) ( en los oídos) ringing, whistling

d)

silbidos — ( en señal de desaprobacion) catcalls

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= hiss, whine, whistle, swish, swishing sound.

Ex. 'That's not realistic,' he said and looked at her, as if to indicate that the balloon of her argument had suddenly had a pin stuck in it, and was expiring with a hiss.

Ex. The noise is a high-pitched whine or hiss the machine emits during operation.

Ex. The author reports on a project for the revival of traditional toys in which a group of adults made toys (e.g., dolls, carts, tops, whistles) that recalled their childhoods.

Ex. At times when I'm in bed I can hear a swishing sound in my head, not a constant swish but a pulsating swish.

Ex. At times when I'm in bed I can hear a swishing sound in my head, not a constant swish but a pulsating swish.

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masculino

a) (con la boca, un silbato) whistle

dio un silbido — he whistled

b) ( del viento) whistling; ( de respiración) wheezing

el silbido de las balas — the whistling of the bullets

c) ( en los oídos) ringing, whistling

d)

silbidos — ( en señal de desaprobacion) catcalls

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= hiss, whine, whistle, swish, swishing sound.

Ex: 'That's not realistic,' he said and looked at her, as if to indicate that the balloon of her argument had suddenly had a pin stuck in it, and was expiring with a hiss.

Ex: The noise is a high-pitched whine or hiss the machine emits during operation.

Ex: The author reports on a project for the revival of traditional toys in which a group of adults made toys (e.g., dolls, carts, tops, whistles) that recalled their childhoods.

Ex: At times when I'm in bed I can hear a swishing sound in my head, not a constant swish but a pulsating swish.

Ex: At times when I'm in bed I can hear a swishing sound in my head, not a constant swish but a pulsating swish.

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silbido

masculine

1 (con la boca) whistle

dio un silbido he whistled

2 (con un silbato) whistle

3 (del viento) whistling

el silbido de las balas the whistling of the bullets

el silbido que acompañaba su respiración the wheezing that accompanied his breathing

4 (en los oídos) ringing, whistling

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silbido sustantivo masculino
a) (con la boca, un silbato) whistle;

◊ dio un silbido he whistled

b) (del viento, balas) whistling;

( de respiración) wheezing
c) ( en los oídos) ringing, whistling

d)

◊ silbidos sustantivo masculino plural ( en señal de desaprobacion) catcalls (pl)

silbido sustantivo masculino whistle
(del viento) whistling
' silbido' also found in these entries:
English:
hiss
- swish
- whine
- whistle
- zip

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silbido nm

1. [sonido] whistle;

llamó al perro con un silbido she called the dog with a whistle;

el silbido del viento the whistling of the wind;

se oía el silbido del ventilador you could hear the whirring of the fan

2. [para abuchear] whistle, catcall;

los silbidos del público eran ensordecedores the whistling of the crowd was deafening;

su actuación fue recibida con silbidos y abucheos her performance was greeted with hissing and booing

3. [de serpiente] hiss;

la cobra emite un silbido agudo antes de atacar the cobra emits a sharp hissing sound o hiss before attacking

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silbido

m whistle

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silbido nm

: whistle, whistling

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silbido n whistle

llamó al perro dando un silbido he called the dog with a whistle

Spanish-English dictionary > silbido

19 alto

adj.

1 tall, elevated, high-rise.

2 high, upland.

3 tall.

4 high, steep.

Precios altos High (steep) prices

5 loud.

6 lofty.

adv.

1 loudly, aloud, high up.

2 high, in a high position.

intj.

stop, hold everything, halt, hold it.

m.

1 height.

2 stop, halt, interruption, pause.

3 hill, top of the hill, height.

4 upper floor.

5 high point, high, maximum.

6 Alto.

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alto

► adjetivo

1 (persona, edificio, árbol) tall

■ es una mujer muy alta she's a very tall woman

2 (montaña, pared, techo, precio) high

■ lleva zapatos de tacón alto she wears high-heeled shoes

■ la marea está alta it's high tide

■ tiene la presión alta he's got high blood pressure

3 (elevado) top, upper

■ viven en los pisos altos they live on the upper floors

4 (importancia) high, top

■ es un alto ejecutivo en la empresa he's a top executive in the company

5 (voz, sonido) loud

■ lo dijo en voz alta she said it aloud

■ pon la tele más alta turn the telly up

► adverbio alto

1 high (up)

■ colocaron los platos muy alto they put the dishes very high up

2 (voz) loud, loudly

■ ¿podrías hablar más alto? could you speak a bit louder?

► nombre masculino

1 (altura) height

■ sólo hace dos metres de alto it's only two metres high

2 (elevación) hill, high ground

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FRASEOLOGÍA

a altas horas de la noche late at night

en lo alto de on the top of

pasar por alto to pass over

por todo lo alto figurado in a grand way

tirando alto figurado at the most

alta cocina haute cuisine

alta sociedad high society

alta tecnología high technology

altas presiones high pressure sing

alto horno blast furnace

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alto

► adverbio

1 high (up)

■ colocaron los platos muy alto they put the dishes very high up

2 (voz) loud, loudly

■ ¿podrías hablar más alto? could you speak a bit louder?

► nombre masculino

1 (altura) height

■ sólo hace dos metres de alto it's only two metres high

2 (elevación) hill, high ground

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alto

► nombre masculino

1 (parada) stop

■ hicieron un alto para comer they stopped for lunch

► interjección

1 halt! (policía) stop!

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FRASEOLOGÍA

dar el alto a alguien MILITAR to order somebody to halt

alto el fuego cease-fire

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1. (f. - alta)
adj.

1) tall

2) high

3) loud
2. adv.
1) high

2) loudly
3. noun m.
1) height

2) halt, stop

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I
1. ADJ

1) [en altura]

a) [edificio, persona] tall; [monte] high

está muy alto para su edad — he is very tall for his age

los pisos altos tienen más luz natural — the top flats have more natural light

• jersey de cuello alto — polo neck jumper, turtleneck

• camino de alta montaña — high mountain path

• zapatos de tacón o Cono Sur, Perú taco alto — high-heeled shoes, high heels
mar I, 1)
b)

• lo alto, una casa en lo alto de la cuesta — a house on top of the hill

desde lo alto del árbol — from the top of the tree

• lanzar algo de o desde lo alto — to throw sth down, throw sth down from above

por todo lo alto —

lo celebraron por todo lo alto — they celebrated it in style

2) [en nivel] [grado, precio, riesgo] high; [clase, cámara] upper

se han alcanzado muy altas temperaturas — there have been very high temperatures

tiene la tensión alta — he has high blood pressure

los alumnos de los niveles más altos — the highest level students

la marea estaba alta — it was high tide, the tide was in

ha pagado un precio muy alto por su descaro — he paid a very high price for his cheekiness

una familia de clase alta — an upper class family

la cámara alta del Parlamento ruso — the upper house of the Russian parliament

ocupa una alta posición en el gobierno — he occupies a high-ranking position in the government

tiene un alto sentido del deber — he has a strong sense of duty

• alta burguesía — upper-middle class

• alto cargo — [puesto] high-ranking position; [persona] senior official, high-ranking official

• alta cocina — haute cuisine

• alto/a comisario/a — High Commissioner

• Alto Comisionado — High Commission

• alta costura — high fashion, haute couture

• de alta definición — high-definition antes de s

• alto/a ejecutivo/a — top executive

• alta escuela — (Hípica) dressage

un jugador de alta escuela — a top quality player

• altas esferas — upper echelons

• alta fidelidad — high fidelity, hi-fi

• altas finanzas — high finance

• alta frecuencia — high frequency

• alto funcionario — senior official, high-ranking official

• oficiales de alta graduación — senior officers, high-ranking officers

• altos hornos — blast furnace

• altos mandos — senior officers, high-ranking officers

• de altas miras, es un chico de altas miras — he is a boy of great ambition

• alta presión — (Téc, Meteo) high pressure

hoy continuarán las altas presiones — the high pressure system will continue today

• alta sociedad — high society

• alta tecnología — high technology

• temporada alta — high season

• alta tensión — high tension, high voltage

• alta traición — high treason

• alta velocidad — high speed

Alta Velocidad Española — Esp name given to high speed train system

3) [en intensidad]

el volumen está muy alto — the volume is very loud

la calefacción está muy alta — the heating is very high

• en voz alta — [leer] out loud; [hablar] in a loud voice

4) [en el tiempo]

hasta altas horas de la madrugada — until the early hours

5) [estilo] lofty, elevated

6) (=revuelto)

• estar alto — [río] to be high; [mar] to be rough

7) (Geog) upper

el Alto Rin — the Upper Rhine

8) (Mús) [nota] sharp; [instrumento, voz] alto

9) ( Hist, Ling) high

alto antiguo alemán — Old High German

la alta Edad Media — the high Middle Ages

2. ADV

1) (=arriba) high

sube un poco más alto — go up a little higher

ha llegado muy alto en su carrera profesional — he's reached the top in his professional career

lanzar algo alto — to throw sth high

2) (=en voz alta)

gritar alto — to shout out loud

hablar alto — (=en voz alta) to speak loudly; (=con franqueza) to speak out, speak out frankly

¡más alto, por favor! — louder, please!

pon la radio un poco más alto — turn the radio up a little

pensar (en) alto — to think out loud, think aloud
volar
3. SM

1) (=altura)

el muro tiene 5 metros de alto — the wall is 5 metres high

mide 1,80 de alto — he is 1.80 metres tall

• en alto, coloque los pies en alto — put your feet up

con las manos en alto — [en atraco, rendición] with one's hands up; [en manifestación] with one's hands in the air

dejar algo en alto —

el resultado deja muy en alto su reputación como el mejor del mundo — the result has boosted his reputation as the best in the world

estas cosas dejan en alto el buen nombre de un país — these things contribute to maintaining the country's good name

2) (Geog) hill

el pueblo está en un alto — the town lies on a hill

Altos del Golán — Golan Heights

3) (Arquit) upper floor

4) (Mús) alto

5)

altos y bajos — ups and downs

6)

• pasar por alto — [+ detalle, problema] to overlook

7) Chile [de ropa, cartas] pile

8) Chile [de tela] length

9)

los altos — Cono Sur, Méx [de casa] upstairs; (Geog) the heights

los altos de Jalisco — the Jalisco heights
II
1. SM

1) (=parada) stop

• dar el alto a algn — to order sb to halt, stop sb

• hacer un alto — [en viaje] to stop off; [en actividad] to take a break

a este bar vienen los camioneros que hacen un alto en el camino — the lorry drivers stop off at this bar on the way

hicieron un alto en el trabajo para comer un bocadillo — they took a break from work to eat a sandwich

• poner el alto a algo — Méx to put an end to sth

alto el fuego — Esp ceasefire

2) (Aut) (=señal) stop sign; (=semáforo) lights pl

2.

EXCL

¡alto! — halt!, stop!

¡alto ahí! — stop there!

¡alto el fuego! — cease fire!

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I
- ta adjetivo

1)

a) [ser] <persona/edificio/árbol> tall; <pared/montaña> high

zapatos de tacones altos or (AmS) de taco alto — high-heeled shoes

una blusa de cuello alto — a high-necked blouse

b) [ESTAR]

qué alto estás! — haven't you grown!

está tan alta como yo — she's as tall as me now

2) (indicando posición, nivel)

a) [ser] high

los techos eran muy altos — the rooms had very high ceilings

un vestido de talle alto — a high-waisted dress

b) [estar]

el río está muy alto — the river is very high

la marea está alta — it's high tide, the tide's in

los pisos más altos — the top floors

salgan con los brazos en alto — come out with your hands in the air

eso dejó en alto su buen nombre — (CS) that really boosted his reputation

están con la moral bastante alta — they are in pretty high spirits

mantener alto el espíritu — to keep one's spirits up

en lo alto de la montaña/de un árbol — high up on the mountainside/in a tree

en lo alto del árbol — high up in the tree

por todo lo alto — in style

una boda por todo lo alto — a lavish wedding

3) (en cantidad, calidad) high

tiene la tensión or presión alta — she has high blood pressure

productos de alta calidad — high-quality products

embarazo de alto riesgo — high-risk pregnancy

tirando por lo alto — at the most

4)

a) [estar] ( en intensidad) <volumen/televisión> loud

pon la radio más alta — turn the radio up

b)

en alto or en voz alta — aloud, out loud

5) (delante del n) (en importancia, trascendencia) <ejecutivo/funcionario> high-ranking, top

un militar de alto rango — a high-ranking army officer

conversaciones de alto nivel — high-level talks

6) (delante del n) <ideales/opinión> high

un alto sentido del deber — a strong sense of duty

tiene un alto concepto de ti — he thinks very highly of you

7) (delante del n)

a) (Ling) high

el alto alemán — High German

b) (Geog) upper

el Alto Paraná — the Upper Paraná

•

- alta burguesía

- alta cocina

- alta costura

- alta Edad Media

- alta fidelidad

- alta mar

- altas esferas

- alta sociedad

- altas presiones

- alta tensión

- alto cargo

- alto comisionado

- alto horno

- alto mando
II
adverbio

1) <volar/subir> high

2) < hablar> loud, loudly

habla más alto — speak up a little

pasar por alto — ver pasar I 6)
III
interjección halt!

alto (ahí)! — (Mil) halt!; ( dicho por un policía) stop!, stay where you are!

alto el fuego! — cease fire!

- alto el fuego
IV
masculino

1)

a) ( altura)

de alto — high

un muro de cuatro metros de alto — a four-meter high wall

tiene tres metros de alto — it's three meters high

b) ( en el terreno) high ground

2)

a) ( de edificio) top floor

viven en un alto — they live in a top floor apartment o (BrE) flat

b) los altos masculino plural (CS) ( en casa) upstairs

vivo en los altos del taller — I live above the workshop

3)

a) (parada, interrupción)

hacer un alto — to stop

b) (Méx) (Auto)

pasarse el alto — ( un semáforo) to run the red light (AmE), to jump the lights (BrE); ( un stop) to go through the stop sign

4) (Chi fam) ( de cosas) pile, heap

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I
- ta adjetivo

1)

a) [ser] <persona/edificio/árbol> tall; <pared/montaña> high

zapatos de tacones altos or (AmS) de taco alto — high-heeled shoes

una blusa de cuello alto — a high-necked blouse

b) [ESTAR]

qué alto estás! — haven't you grown!

está tan alta como yo — she's as tall as me now

2) (indicando posición, nivel)

a) [ser] high

los techos eran muy altos — the rooms had very high ceilings

un vestido de talle alto — a high-waisted dress

b) [estar]

el río está muy alto — the river is very high

la marea está alta — it's high tide, the tide's in

los pisos más altos — the top floors

salgan con los brazos en alto — come out with your hands in the air

eso dejó en alto su buen nombre — (CS) that really boosted his reputation

están con la moral bastante alta — they are in pretty high spirits

mantener alto el espíritu — to keep one's spirits up

en lo alto de la montaña/de un árbol — high up on the mountainside/in a tree

en lo alto del árbol — high up in the tree

por todo lo alto — in style

una boda por todo lo alto — a lavish wedding

3) (en cantidad, calidad) high

tiene la tensión or presión alta — she has high blood pressure

productos de alta calidad — high-quality products

embarazo de alto riesgo — high-risk pregnancy

tirando por lo alto — at the most

4)

a) [estar] ( en intensidad) <volumen/televisión> loud

pon la radio más alta — turn the radio up

b)

en alto or en voz alta — aloud, out loud

5) (delante del n) (en importancia, trascendencia) <ejecutivo/funcionario> high-ranking, top

un militar de alto rango — a high-ranking army officer

conversaciones de alto nivel — high-level talks

6) (delante del n) <ideales/opinión> high

un alto sentido del deber — a strong sense of duty

tiene un alto concepto de ti — he thinks very highly of you

7) (delante del n)

a) (Ling) high

el alto alemán — High German

b) (Geog) upper

el Alto Paraná — the Upper Paraná

•

- alta burguesía

- alta cocina

- alta costura

- alta Edad Media

- alta fidelidad

- alta mar

- altas esferas

- alta sociedad

- altas presiones

- alta tensión

- alto cargo

- alto comisionado

- alto horno

- alto mando
II
adverbio

1) <volar/subir> high

2) < hablar> loud, loudly

habla más alto — speak up a little

pasar por alto — ver pasar I 6)
III
interjección halt!

alto (ahí)! — (Mil) halt!; ( dicho por un policía) stop!, stay where you are!

alto el fuego! — cease fire!

- alto el fuego
IV
masculino

1)

a) ( altura)

de alto — high

un muro de cuatro metros de alto — a four-meter high wall

tiene tres metros de alto — it's three meters high

b) ( en el terreno) high ground

2)

a) ( de edificio) top floor

viven en un alto — they live in a top floor apartment o (BrE) flat

b) los altos masculino plural (CS) ( en casa) upstairs

vivo en los altos del taller — I live above the workshop

3)

a) (parada, interrupción)

hacer un alto — to stop

b) (Méx) (Auto)

pasarse el alto — ( un semáforo) to run the red light (AmE), to jump the lights (BrE); ( un stop) to go through the stop sign

4) (Chi fam) ( de cosas) pile, heap

* * *

alto¹

¹ = stop.

Ex: It is certainly no accident that in Finland, a country that circulates an average of 17 books per capita per year through 1500 public libraries and 18,000 mobile-library stops, its public libraries are supported by both national and local monies.

* alto del fuego = cease-fire.

* alto en el camino = stopover.

* echar por alto = bungle.

* pasar por alto = bypass [by-pass], gloss over, miss, obviate, overlook, short-circuit [shortcircuit], skip over, leapfrog, pass + Nombre/Pronombre + by, flout, close + the door on, skip.

* pasar por alto la autoridad de Alguien = go over + Posesivo + head.

* pasar por alto rápidamente = race + past.

* un alto en el camino = a stop on the road, a pit stop on the road.

alto²

² = alto.

Ex: The simultaneous interweaving of several melodic lines (usually four: soprano, alto, tenor, bass) in a musical composition is known as polyphony.

alto³

³ = height.

Ex: For a monograph the height of the book is normally given, in centimetres.

* altos y bajos = highs and lows, peaks and valleys.

* celebrar por todo lo alto = make + a song and dance about.

* con la frente en alto = stand + tall.

* en lo alto = on top.

* en lo alto de = on top of, atop.

* poner los pies en alto = put + Posesivo + feet up.

alto⁴

⁴ = heavy [heavier -comp., heaviest -sup.], high [higher -comp., highest -sup.], superior, tall [taller -comp., tallest -sup.], hefty [heftier -comp., heftiest -sup.].

Ex: In fact, the area was well served by a very good neighbourhood advice centre which had a heavy workload of advice and information-giving.

Ex: Lower specificity will be associated with lower precision but high recall.

Ex: Superior cataloguing may result, since more consistency and closer adherence to standard codes are likely to emerge with cataloguers who spend all of their time cataloguing, than with a librarian who tackles cataloguing as one of various professional tasks.

Ex: Occasionally, however, a differently shaped pyramid -- either taller or shorter, is more appropriate.

Ex: Research publication had to adopt the same economic model as trade publication, and research libraries the world over paid the hefty price = Las publicaciones científicas tuvieron que adoptar el mismo modelo económico que las publicaciones comerciales y las bibliotecas universitarias de todo el mundo pagaron un precio elevado.

* a alta presión = high-pressured, high-pressure.

* a altas horas de la noche = late at night.

* alcanzar cotas más altas = raise to + greater heights.

* alta burguesía, la = gentry, the.

* alta cocina = haute cuisine.

* alta costura = haute couture.

* Alta Edad Media, la = Early Middle Ages, the, High Middle Ages, the, Dark Ages, the.

* alta intensidad = high-rate.

* alta mar = high seas, the.

* alta posición = high estate.

* alta productividad = high yield.

* alta resolución = high resolution.

* altas esferas del poder, las = echelons of power, the.

* altas esferas, las = corridors of power, the.

* alta tecnología = high-tech, high-technology, hi-tech.

* alta traición = high treason.

* alta velocidad = high-rate.

* alto cargo = senior post, top official, senior position, top person [top people, -pl.], top executive, top position, senior manager, senior executive, high official, top manager, senior official.

* alto cargo público = senior public official.

* alto comisario = high commissioner.

* alto dignatario = high official.

* alto en fibras = high-fibre.

* alto funcionario = high official.

* alto horno = blast furnace.

* alto nivel = high standard.

* alto precio = costliness.

* alto rendimiento = high yield.

* alto riesgo = high stakes.

* altos cargos = people in high office.

* alto y débil = spindly [spindlier -comp., spindliest -sup.].

* alto y delgado = spindly [spindlier -comp., spindliest -sup.].

* amontonarse muy alto = be metres high.

* apuntar muy alto = reach for + the stars, shoot for + the stars.

* a un alto nivel = high level [high-level].

* cada vez más alto = constantly rising, steadily rising, steadily growing.

* clase alta = upper class.

* con un nivel de estudios alto = well educated [well-educated].

* cuando la marea está alta = at high tide.

* de alta alcurnia = well-born.

* de alta cuna = well-born.

* de alta fidelidad = hi-fi.

* de alta mar = offshore, sea-going, ocean-going.

* de alta potencia = high power.

* de alta presión = high-pressured, high-pressure.

* de alta resistencia = heavy-duty.

* de alta tecnología = high-technology.

* de alta tensión = heavy-current.

* de alta velocidad = high-speed.

* de alto abolengo = well-born.

* de alto ahorro energético = energy-saving.

* de alto nivel = high level [high-level], high-powered.

* de alto rango = highly placed.

* de alto rendimiento = high-performance, heavy-duty.

* de altos vuelos = high-flying, high-powered.

* de alto voltaje = high-voltage.

* de la gama alta = high-end.

* edificio alto = high-rise building.

* en alta mar = on the high seas.

* explosivo de alta potencia = high explosive.

* fijar precios altos = price + high.

* física de altas energías = high energy physics.

* forma de la curva estadística en su valor más alto = peak-shape.

* frente de altas presiones = ridge of high pressure.

* línea de alta tensión = power line.

* llevar a cotas más altas = raise to + greater heights, take + Nombre + to greater heights.

* mantener la cabeza alta = hold + Posesivo + head high.

* marea alta = high tide.

* música de alta fidelidad = hi-fi music.

* pagar un precio alto por Algo = pay + a premium price for.

* persecución en coche a alta velocidad = high-speed chase.

* persona de altos vuelos = high flyer [high flier, -USA].

* persona de la alta sociedad = socialite.

* poner un precio a Algo muy alto = overprice.

* por todo lo alto = grandly, on a grand scale.

* quimioterapia de altas dosis = high-dose chemotherapy.

* reparador de estructuras altas = steeplejack.

* ser muy alto = be metres high.

* sistema de altas presiones = high-pressure system, ridge of high pressure.

* temporada alta = high season.

* tener un alto contenido de = be high in.

* unaprobabilidad muy alta = a sporting chance.

* un + Nombre + a altas horas de la noche = a late night + Nombre.

alto⁵

⁵ = loud [louder -comp., loudest -sup.].

Ex: Visitors would be surprised by the loud creaking and groaning of the presses as the timbers gave and rubbed against each other.

* decir en voz alta = say + out loud, say in + a loud voice.

* en voz alta = loudly, out loud.

* hablar alto = be loud.

* hablar en voz alta = talk in + a loud voice.

* leer en voz alta = read + aloud, read + out loud.

* pensar en voz alta = think + out loud.

* sonido alto = loud noise.

* * *

alto¹ -ta

adjective

A

1 [ SER] ‹persona/edificio/árbol› tall; ‹pared/montaña› high

zapatos de tacones altos or ( AmS) de taco alto high-heeled shoes

es más alto que su hermano he's taller than his brother

una blusa de cuello alto a high-necked blouse

2 [ ESTAR]:

¡qué alto estás! haven't you grown!

mi hija está casi tan alta como yo my daughter's almost as tall as me now o almost my height now

B (indicando posición, nivel)

1 [ SER] high

los techos eran muy altos the rooms had very high ceilings

un vestido de talle alto a high-waisted dress

2 [ ESTAR]:

ese cuadro está muy alto that picture's too high

ponlo más alto para que los niños no alcancen put it higher up so that the children can't reach

el río está muy alto the river is very high

la marea está alta it's high tide, the tide's in

los pisos más altos del edificio the top floors of the building

salgan con los brazos en alto come out with your hands up o with your hands in the air

eso deja muy en alto su buen nombre (CS); that has really boosted his reputation

últimamente están con or tienen la moral bastante alta they've been in pretty high spirits lately, their morale has been pretty high recently

a pesar de haber perdido, ha sabido mantener alto el espíritu he's managed to keep his spirits up despite losing

Dios te está mirando allá en lo alto God is watching you from on high

habían acampado en lo alto de la montaña they had camped high up on the mountainside

en lo alto del árbol high up in the tree, at the top of the tree

por todo lo alto in style

celebraron su triunfo por todo lo alto they celebrated their victory in style

una boda por todo lo alto a lavish wedding

C (en cantidad, calidad) high

tiene la tensión or presión alta she has high blood pressure

cereales de alto contenido en fibra high-fiber cereals

ha pagado un precio muy alto por su irreflexión he has paid a very high price for his rashness

productos de alta calidad high-quality products

[ S ] imprescindible alto dominio del inglés good knowledge of English essential

el nivel es bastante alto en este colegio the standard is quite high in this school

el alto índice de participación en las elecciones the high turnout in the elections

embarazo de alto riesgo high-risk pregnancy

tirando por lo alto at the most, at the outside

tirando por lo alto costará unas 200 libras it will cost about 200 pounds at the most o at the outside

D

1 [ ESTAR] (en intensidad) ‹volumen/radio/televisión› loud

pon la radio más alta turn the radio up

¡qué alta está la televisión! the television is so loud!

2

en voz alta or en alto aloud, out loud

estaba pensando en voz alta I was thinking aloud o out loud

E ( delante del n) (en importancia, trascendencia) ‹ejecutivo/dirigente/funcionario› high-ranking, top

un militar de alto rango a high-ranking army officer

uno de los más altos ejecutivos de la empresa one of the company's top executives

conversaciones de alto nivel high-level talks

F ( delante del n) ‹ideales› high

tiene un alto sentido del deber she has a strong sense of duty

es el más alto honor de mi vida it is the greatest honor I have ever had

tiene un alto concepto or una alta opinión de ti he has a high opinion of you, he thinks very highly of you

G ( delante del n)

1 ( Ling) high

el alto alemán High German

2 ( Geog) upper

el alto Aragón upper Aragon

el Alto Paraná the Upper Paraná

Compuestos:

● alta burguesía

feminine upper-middle classes (pl)

● alta cocina

feminine haute cuisine

● alta comedia

feminine high comedy

● alta costura

feminine haute couture, high fashion

● alta definición

feminine high definition

de or en altoa definición high-definition ( before n)

● alta Edad Media

feminine High Middle Ages (pl)

● alta escuela

feminine dressage

● alta fidelidad

feminine high fidelity, hi-fi

● alta frecuencia

feminine high frequency

● alta mar

masculine or feminine el pesquero fue apresado en (el or la) altoa mar the trawler was seized on the high sea(s)

se hundió cerca de la costa y no en (el or la) altoa mar it sank near the coast and not on the open sea o not out at sea

la flota de altoa mar the deep-sea fleet

● alta peluquería

feminine hairstyling

● altas esferas

fpl upper echelons (pl)

● altas finanzas

fpl:

las altoas finanzas high finance

● alta sociedad

feminine high society

● altas presiones

fpl high pressure

un sistema de altoas presiones a high-pressure system

● alta tecnología

feminine high technology

● alta tensión

feminine high tension o voltage

● alta traición

feminine high treason

● alto cargo

masculine (puesto) high-ranking position, important post; (persona) high-ranking official

● alto comisario, alta comisaria

masculine, feminine high commissioner

● alto comisionado or comisariado

masculine high commission

● alto horno

masculine blast furnace

● alto mando

masculine high-ranking officer

● alto relieve

masculine high relief, alto relievo

● Alta Velocidad Española

AVE

● alto voltaje

masculine high voltage o tension

alto²

adverb

A ‹volar/subir/tirar› high

tírala más alto throw it higher

B ‹hablar› loud, loudly

habla más alto que no te oigo can you speak up a little o speak a bit louder, I can't hear you

pasar por alto ver pasar vt Sense I F. (↑ pasar)

alto³

interjection

halt!

¡alto (ahí)! (dicho por un centinela) halt!; (dicho por un policía) stop!, stay where you are!

¡alto ahí! ¡eso sí que no estoy dispuesto a aceptarlo! hold on! I'm not taking that!

¡alto el fuego! cease fire!

Compuesto:

alto el fuego

masculine ( Esp) ( Mil) cease-fire

alto⁴

masculine

A

1

(altura): de alto high

un muro de cuatro metros de alto a four-meter high wall

tiene tres metros de alto por dos de ancho it's three meters high by two wide

2 (en el terreno) high ground

siempre se edificaban en un alto they were always built on high ground

B

1 (de un edificio) top floor

viven en un alto they live in a top floor apartment o ( BrE) flat

2 los altos mpl (CS) (en una casa) upstairs

viven en los altos del taller they live above the workshop

C

(parada, interrupción): hacer un alto to stop

hicieron un alto en el camino para almorzar they stopped off o they stopped on the way for lunch

dar el alto a algn ( Mil) to stop sb, to order sb to halt

D ( Méx) ( Auto)

1 (señal de pare) stop sign

pasarse el alto to go through the stop sign

2 (semáforo) stoplight

pasarse el alto to run the red light ( AmE), to jump the lights ( BrE)

E

1 ( Chi fam) (de cosas) pile, heap

2 ( Chi) (cantidad de tela) length

* * *

alto 1
◊ -ta adjetivo

1
a) [ser] ‹persona/edificio/árbol› tall;

‹pared/montaña› high;
◊ una blusa de cuello alto a high-necked blouse

b) [ESTAR]:

◊ ¡qué alto estás! haven't you grown!;

está tan alta como yo she's as tall as me now
2 (indicando posición, nivel)
a) [ser] high;

◊ los techos eran muy altos the rooms had very high ceilings

b) [estar]:

◊ el río está muy alto the river is very high;

la marea está alta it's high tide;
los pisos más altos the top floors;
salgan con los brazos en alto come out with your hands in the air;
con la moral bastante alta in pretty high spirits;
en lo alto de la montaña high up on the mountainside;
en lo alto del árbol high up in the tree;
por todo lo alto in style
3 (en cantidad, calidad) high;
◊ el alto nivel de contaminación the high level of pollution;

productos de alta calidad high-quality products;
tirando por lo alto at the most
4
a) [estar] ( en intensidad) ‹volumen/televisión› loud;

◊ pon la radio más alta turn the radio up

b) en alto or en voz alta aloud, out loud

5 ( delante del n)
a) (en importancia, trascendencia) ‹ejecutivo/funcionario› high-ranking, top;

◊ conversaciones de alto nivel high-level talks

b) ‹ideales/opinión› high;

◊ un alto sentido del deber a strong sense of duty

c) ( en nombres compuestos)

◊ alta burguesía sustantivo femenino

upper-middle classes (pl);
alta costura sustantivo femenino
haute couture;
alta fidelidad sustantivo femenino
high fidelity, hi-fi;
alta mar sustantivo femenino: en alta mar on the high seas;
flota/pesca de alta mar deep-sea fleet/fishing;
alta sociedad sustantivo femenino
high society;
alta tensión sustantivo femenino
high tension o voltage;
alto cargo sustantivo masculino ( puesto) high-ranking position;

( persona) high-ranking official;
◊ alto mando sustantivo masculino

high-ranking officer
alto 2 adverbio
1 ‹volar/subir› high
2 ‹ hablar› loud, loudly;
◊ habla más alto speak up a little

alto 3 interjección
halt!;
◊ ¡alto el fuego! cease fire!

alto 4 sustantivo masculino
1
a) ( altura)

◊ de alto high;

tiene tres metros de alto it's three meters high
b) ( en el terreno) high ground;

◊ construido en un alto built on high ground

2
a) (parada, interrupción):

◊ hacer un alto to stop;

alto el fuego (Esp) (Mil) cease-fire
b) (Méx) (Auto):

◊ pasarse el alto ( un semáforo) to run the red light (AmE), to jump the lights (BrE);

( un stop) to go through the stop sign
alto,-a 2
I adjetivo
1 (que tiene altura: edificio, persona, ser vivo) tall
2 (elevado) high
3 (sonido) loud
en voz alta, aloud, in a loud voice
(tono) high-pitched
4 (precio, tecnología) high
alta tensión, high tension
5 (antepuesto al nombre: de importancia) high-ranking, high-level: es una reunión de alto nivel, it's a high-level meeting
alta sociedad, high society ➣ Ver nota en aloud II sustantivo masculino
1 (altura) height: ¿cómo es de alto?, how tall/high is it?
2 (elevación del terreno) hill
III adverbio
1 high, high up
2 (sonar, hablar, etc) loud, loudly: ¡más alto, por favor!, louder, please!
tienes que poner el horno más alto, you must turn the oven up ➣ Ver nota en high
♦ Locuciones: la boda se celebró por todo lo alto, the wedding was celebrated in style
alto 1 sustantivo masculino (interrupción) stop, break
' alto' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
alta
- así
- barrio
- caer
- colmo
- cómo
- ella
- fuerte
- horno
- listón
- medir
- media
- monte
- ojo
- pasar
- relativamente
- riesgo
- superior
- suprimir
- suspender
- tacón
- tono
- última
- último
- vida
- vocinglera
- vocinglero
- buzo
- contralto
- cuello
- funcionario
- grande
- hablar
- imaginar
- individuo
- lo
- nivel
- redondear
- saltar
- salto
- subir
- taco
- tanto
- todo
- torre
English:
above
- aloud
- alto
- arch
- atop
- blast-furnace
- brass
- ceasefire
- discount
- foreigner
- gloss over
- halt
- height
- high
- high-end
- high-level
- high-powered
- inflated
- labour-intensive
- laugh
- lifestyle
- loud
- omission
- overhead
- overlook
- pass down
- pass over
- peak
- polo neck
- second
- senior
- short
- sing up
- small
- soar
- speak up
- stop
- tall
- top
- top-level
- top-secret
- topmost
- tree-house
- turtleneck
- unemployment
- up
- upper
- uppermost
- world
- aloft

* * *

alto, -a

♦ adj

1. [persona, árbol, edificio] tall;
[montaña] high;
es más alto que su compañero he's taller than his colleague;

el Everest es la montaña más alta del mundo Everest is the world's highest mountain;

¡qué alta está tu hermana! your sister's really grown!;

un jersey de cuello alto Br a polo neck, US a turtleneck;

tacones o Andes, RP [m5] tacos altos high heels;

lo alto [de lugar, objeto] the top;
Fig [el cielo] Heaven;
en lo alto de at the top of;

el gato se escondió en lo alto del árbol the cat hid up the tree;

Comp

hacer algo por todo lo alto to do sth in (great) style;

una boda por todo lo alto a sumptuous wedding

Comp
alto relieve high relief
2. [indica posición elevada] high;
[piso] top, upper;
tu mesa es muy alta para escribir bien your desk is too high for writing comfortably;

¡salgan con los brazos en alto! come out with your arms raised o your hands up;

aguántalo en alto un segundo hold it up for a second;

tienen la moral muy alta their morale is very high;

el portero desvió el balón por alto the keeper tipped the ball over the bar;

de alta mar deep-sea;

en alta mar out at sea;

le entusiasma la alta montaña she loves mountaineering;

equipo de alta montaña mountaineering gear;

Comp

mantener la cabeza bien alta to hold one's head high;

Comp

pasar algo por alto [adrede] to pass over sth;
[sin querer] to miss sth out;
esta vez pasaré por alto tu retraso I'll overlook the fact that you arrived late this time

3. [cantidad, intensidad] high;

de alta calidad high-quality;

tengo la tensión muy alta I have very high blood pressure;

tiene la fiebre alta her temperature is high, she has a high temperature;
Informát
un disco duro de alta capacidad a high-capacity hard disk;

un televisor de alta definición a high-definition TV;

una inversión de alta rentabilidad a highly profitable investment;

un tren de alta velocidad a high-speed train

Comp
alto horno blast furnace;
altos hornos [factoría] iron and steelworks;
Informát alta resolución high resolution;
alta temperatura high temperature;

alta tensión high voltage;
Der alta traición high treason;
alto voltaje high voltage

4. [en una escala]
la alta competición [en deporte] competition at the highest level;

de alto nivel [delegación] high-level;

un alto dirigente a high-ranking leader

Comp
Hist la alta aristocracia the highest ranks of the aristocracy;
alto cargo [persona] [de empresa] top manager;
[de la administración] top-ranking official; [puesto] top position o job;
los altos cargos del partido the party leadership;

los altos cargos de la empresa the company's top management;

alta cocina haute cuisine;

Alto Comisionado High Commission;

alta costura haute couture;
Mil alto mando [persona] high-ranking officer; [jefatura] high command;
alta sociedad high society

5. [avanzado] alta fidelidad high fidelity;

altas finanzas high finance;
Informát de alto nivel [lenguaje] high-level;
alta tecnología high technology

6. [sonido, voz] loud;

en voz alta in a loud voice;

el que no esté de acuerdo que lo diga en voz alta if anyone disagrees, speak up

7. [hora] late;

a altas horas de la noche late at night

8. Geog upper;

un crucero por el curso alto del Danubio a cruise along the upper reaches of the Danube;

el Alto Egipto Upper Egypt

Comp
Hist Alto Perú = name given to Bolivia during the colonial era; Antes Alto Volta Upper Volta
9. Hist High;

la alta Edad Media the High Middle Ages

10. [noble] [ideales] lofty

11. [crecido, alborotado] [río] swollen;
[mar] rough;
con estas lluvias el río va alto the rain has swollen the river's banks

♦ nm

1. [altura] height;

mide 2 metros de alto [cosa] it's 2 metres high;
[persona] he's 2 metres tall
2. [lugar elevado] height

Comp
los Altos del Golán the Golan Heights
3. [detención] stop;

hacer un alto to make a stop;

hicimos un alto en el camino para comer we stopped to have a bite to eat;

dar el alto a alguien to challenge sb

Comp
alto el fuego [cese de hostilidades] ceasefire;
¡alto el fuego! [orden] cease fire!

4. Mús alto

5. [voz alta]
no se atreve a decir las cosas en alto she doesn't dare say out loud what she's thinking

6. Andes, Méx, RP [montón] pile;

tengo un alto de cosas para leer I have a pile o mountain of things to read

7. CSur, Perú
altos [de casa] upstairs Br flat o US apartment [with its own front door];

vive en los altos de la tintorería she lives in a separate Br flat o US apartment above the dry cleaner's

8. Méx [señal] stop sign

♦ adv

1. [arriba] high (up);

volar muy alto to fly very high

2. [hablar] loud;

por favor, no hables tan alto please, don't talk so loud

♦ interj

halt!, stop!;

¡alto! ¿quién va? halt! who goes there?;

¡alto ahí! [en discusión] hold on a minute!;
[a un fugitivo] stop!
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alto

1

I adj persona tall; precio, número, montaña high;

en alta mar on the high seas;

el alto Salado the upper (reaches of the) Salado;

los pisos altos the top floors;

en voz alta out loud;

a altas horas de la noche in the small hours;

clase alta high class;

alta calidad high quality

II adv volar, saltar high;

hablar alto speak loudly;

pasar por alto overlook;

poner más alto TV, RAD turn up;

por todo lo alto fam lavishly;

en alto on high ground, high up;

llegar alto go far

III m

1 ( altura) height;

dos metros de alto two meters high

2 Chi

pile

3

:

los altos de Golán GEOG the Golan Heights

alto

2 m

1 halt;

¡alto! halt!;

dar el alto a alguien order s.o. to stop;

¡alto ahí! stop right there!

2 ( pausa) pause;

hacer un alto stop

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alto adv

1) : high

2) : loud, loudly

alto, -ta adj

1) : tall, high

2) : loud

en voz alta: aloud, out loud

alto nm

1) altura: height, elevation

2) : stop, halt

3) altos nmpl

: upper floors

alto interj

: halt!, stop!

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alto¹ adj

1. (en general) high

la montaña más alta del mundo the highest mountain in the world

una puntuación muy alta a very high score

2. (persona, edificio, árbol) tall

soy más alto que tú I'm taller than you

3. (sonido, voz) loud

la música está muy alta the music is really loud

dilo en voz alta say it out loud

a altas horas de la noche late at night

pasar por alto to overlook

alto cargo senior official

alta fidelidad hi fi

alta mar high sea

alta sociedad high society

clase alta upper class

alto² adv

1. (volar, subir) high

los aviones vuelan muy alto aeroplanes fly very high

2. (hablar) loudly

no hables tan alto don't talk so loudly

alto³ n (altura) height

mide más de dos metros de alto he's over two metres tall

el muro tiene cinco metros de alto the wall is five metros high

alto el fuego ceasefire

Spanish-English dictionary > alto

20 səs

1) voice

zil səs – high-pitched voice

bərk / yavaş səslə – in a loud / low voice

2) sound

səs-küy – noise; row, racket

səs salmaq – make a noise; kick up a row

səsə salmaq – make knownməc.

səsi batmaq – grow hoarse

səsini kəsmək (danışmamaq) – stop talking; (bir başqasının) make stop talking smb.

3) vote (seçkilərdə)

səs vermək – vote

səsə qoymaq – put to the vote

bir səslə – unanimously

səs çoxluğu ilə – by majority of votes

◊ Tək əldən səs çıxmaz. – One man no man

nə səs var, nə səmir – nothing has been heard (from)

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