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121 caldo
m.1 stock.poner a alguien a caldo (informal figurative) to slate somebody; (criticar) (peninsular Spanish) to give somebody a ticking off (reñir)2 wine (vino).3 broth, consommé, soup, stock.* * *1 COCINA stock, broth2 (sopa) consommé1 (vinos) wines\gallina vieja hace buen caldo figurado there's many a good tune played on an old fiddlecaldo de carne beef teacaldo de gallina chicken stockcaldo de pescado fish stock* * *noun m.stock, broth* * *SM1) (=sopa) soup, broth; (=consomé) (clear) soupcon un caldito te sentirás mejor — you'll feel better with some nice hot soup o broth inside you
2) [de guiso] juicela salsa se hace con el caldo de la carne — the sauce is made from the stock o juice of the meat
hierva las verduras/los huesos para hacer el caldo — boil the vegetables/the bones to make a stock
3)caldo de cultivo — (Bio) culture medium; (fig) breeding ground
4)- cambiar el caldo a las aceitunas- hacer el caldo gordo a algn- poner a algn a caldo5) (=vino) wine6) (=aceite) oil7) Méx sugar cane juice* * *1) (Coc) ( para beber) clear soup; (con arroz, etc) soup; ( para cocinar) stock; (salsa de asado, etc) juices (pl)caldo de pollo/verduras — chicken/vegetable stock
poner a alguien a caldo — (Esp fam) to tell somebody what you think of him/her (colloq)
2) (Vin) wine* * *= broth, stock.Ex. The word 'restaurant' originally referred to a restorative broth served to people with weakened digestive systems.Ex. I think bony chickens are really just used for making stock.----* caldo de carne = beef tea.* caldo de col = cabbage soup.* caldo de cultivo = hotbed, breeding ground, petri dish.* caldo de pollo = chicken broth.* caldo de repollo = cabbage soup.* caldo de ternera = beef broth.* * *1) (Coc) ( para beber) clear soup; (con arroz, etc) soup; ( para cocinar) stock; (salsa de asado, etc) juices (pl)caldo de pollo/verduras — chicken/vegetable stock
poner a alguien a caldo — (Esp fam) to tell somebody what you think of him/her (colloq)
2) (Vin) wine* * *= broth, stock.Ex: The word 'restaurant' originally referred to a restorative broth served to people with weakened digestive systems.
Ex: I think bony chickens are really just used for making stock.* caldo de carne = beef tea.* caldo de col = cabbage soup.* caldo de cultivo = hotbed, breeding ground, petri dish.* caldo de pollo = chicken broth.* caldo de repollo = cabbage soup.* caldo de ternera = beef broth.* * *cubitos de caldo stock cubescaldo de pollo/verduras chicken/vegetable stockdéle un caldito ligero give him a thin souphacerle a algn el caldo gordo to make it o things easy for sbal que no quiere caldo, taza y media or dos tazas it never rains but it poursCompuesto:( Biol) culture medium; (ambiente propicio) favorable environment, breeding groundB ( Vin) wine* * *
caldo sustantivo masculino (Coc) clear soup;
(con arroz, etc) soup;
( para cocinar) stock;
(salsa de asado, etc) juices (pl);
caldo sustantivo masculino
1 (de verduras, ave) stock
(con tropezones) broth
(sin tropezones, consomé) clear soup
2 (vino) wine: esa región tiene muy buenos caldos, that region has got some excellent wines
3 (salsa) juice: me gusta mojar el pan en el caldo, I like to dunk my bread in stock
4 Biol Farm caldo de cultivo, culture medium
fam fig (circunstancias propicias) breeding ground
♦ Locuciones: familiar poner a caldo a alguien, (regañar) to tell sb what you think of her/him
(hablar mal) to pull sb to pieces
' caldo' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
colar
- echar
- poner
- resucitar
- roja
- rojo
- concentrar
- cubo
- pastilla
- sopa
English:
bouillon
- breeding ground
- broth
- hotbed
- skim
- soup
- stock
- stock-cube
* * *caldo nm1. [para cocinar] stock;[sopa] clear soup, broth;caldo de pollo [para cocinar] chicken stock;[sopa] chicken soup o consommé; Fam Humcambiar el caldo a las aceitunas to take a leak;Esp Fam [reñir] to give sb a telling off o Br ticking-off caldo de cultivo culture medium; Fig [condición idónea] breeding ground2. [aderezo] dressing3. [vino] wine* * *m GASTR stock;hacer el caldo gordo a alguien fam make things easy for s.o.;poner a caldo alguien fam tell s.o. off* * *caldo nm1) consomé: broth, stock2)caldo de cultivo : culture medium, breeding ground* * *caldo n1. (sopa) broth2. (para cocinar) stock -
122 canijo
adj.1 sickly, frail, stunted.2 stubborn, hardheaded, dogged, pig-headed.* * *► adjetivo1 familiar weak, puny* * *- ja adjetivo1) (fam) ( pequeño) tiny, puny (hum or pej)2) (Méx fam) ( terco) stubborn, pig-headed (colloq)3) (Méx fam) ( intenso) incredible (colloq)el hambre era canija — I (o he etc) was ravenous (colloq)
* * *= scrawny [scrawnier -comp., scrawniest -sup.], scrawny [scrawnier -comp., scrawniest -sup.], puny [punier -comp., puniest -sup.].Ex. It is easy to see its two scrawny protagonists who ride around town on their bikes killing stray cats and dogs as victims of poverty and broken homes.Ex. It is easy to see its two scrawny protagonists who ride around town on their bikes killing stray cats and dogs as victims of poverty and broken homes.Ex. They are for the most part, a puny, degenerate race, whose bodies are too weak for their overworked minds.* * *- ja adjetivo1) (fam) ( pequeño) tiny, puny (hum or pej)2) (Méx fam) ( terco) stubborn, pig-headed (colloq)3) (Méx fam) ( intenso) incredible (colloq)el hambre era canija — I (o he etc) was ravenous (colloq)
* * *= scrawny [scrawnier -comp., scrawniest -sup.], scrawny [scrawnier -comp., scrawniest -sup.], puny [punier -comp., puniest -sup.].Ex: It is easy to see its two scrawny protagonists who ride around town on their bikes killing stray cats and dogs as victims of poverty and broken homes.
Ex: It is easy to see its two scrawny protagonists who ride around town on their bikes killing stray cats and dogs as victims of poverty and broken homes.Ex: They are for the most part, a puny, degenerate race, whose bodies are too weak for their overworked minds.* * *el hambre era canija I was incredibly hungry, I was ravenous ( colloq)masculine, feminine* * *
canijo◊ -ja adjetivo
1 (fam) ( pequeño) tiny, puny (hum or pej)
2 (Méx fam) ( terco) stubborn, pig-headed (colloq)
canijo,-a adjetivo familiar puny, weak
' canijo' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
canija
* * *canijo, -a♦ adj1. [pequeño] tiny;[enfermizo] sickly♦ nm,f[pequeño] shorty, small person; [enfermizo] sickly person* * *adj fampuny* * *canijo, -ja adjun examen muy canijo: a very tough exam -
123 cardíaco
adj.cardiac, heart, cordial.* * *► adjetivo1 cardiac, heart► nombre masculino,nombre femenino1 person with a heart condition, person with heart disease* * *Icardiaco -ca adjetivo heart (before n), cardiac (tech)IIcardiaco -ca masculino, femenino heart patientlos cardíacos — heart patients, people with a heart condition
es una película no apta para cardíacos — (hum) it's not a movie for the fainthearted
* * *= cardiac.Ex. This article analyses the possibility of building an expert system to reason on the status of post-operative cardiac patients in intensive care units.----* arritmia cardíaca = cardiac arrhythmia.* enfermedad cardíaca = heart disease.* enfermedad cardíaca isquémica = ischemic heart disease.* fallo cardíaco = heart failure.* insuficiencia cardíaca = heart failure.* ritmo cardíaco = pulse beat, pulse.* síncope cardiaco = cardiac arrest.* soplo cardíaco = heart murmur.* válvula cardíaca = heart valve.* * *Icardiaco -ca adjetivo heart (before n), cardiac (tech)IIcardiaco -ca masculino, femenino heart patientlos cardíacos — heart patients, people with a heart condition
es una película no apta para cardíacos — (hum) it's not a movie for the fainthearted
* * *= cardiac.Ex: This article analyses the possibility of building an expert system to reason on the status of post-operative cardiac patients in intensive care units.
* arritmia cardíaca = cardiac arrhythmia.* enfermedad cardíaca = heart disease.* enfermedad cardíaca isquémica = ischemic heart disease.* fallo cardíaco = heart failure.* insuficiencia cardíaca = heart failure.* ritmo cardíaco = pulse beat, pulse.* síncope cardiaco = cardiac arrest.* soplo cardíaco = heart murmur.* válvula cardíaca = heart valve.* * *pacientes cardíacos patients with a heart disorder o condition, heart patientsmasculine, feminineheart patientlos cardíacos heart patients, people with a heart conditiones una película no apta para cardíacos ( hum); it's not a movie for the fainthearted* * *
Multiple Entries:
cardiaco
cardíaco
cardíaco,◊ cardiaco -ca adjetivo
heart ( before n), cardiac (tech);
enfermos cardíacos heart patients
cardíaco,-a, cardiaco,-a
I adjetivo
1 cardiac, heart
ataque/paro cardiaco, heart attack/failure
2 fam (con mucha actividad, frenético) hectic
II sustantivo masculino y femenino person with a heart condition
cardíaco,-a, cardiaco,-a
I adjetivo
1 cardiac, heart
ataque/paro cardiaco, heart attack/failure
2 fam (con mucha actividad, frenético) hectic
II sustantivo masculino y femenino person with a heart condition
' cardíaco' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
cardiaca
- cardíaca
- cardiaco
- paro
English:
cardiac
- heart
* * *cardiaco, -a, cardíaco, -a♦ adjcardiac;parada cardiaca, paro cardiaco cardiac arrest;insuficiencia cardiaca heart failure;Famestá cardiaco [está muy nervioso] he's a bag of nerves♦ nm,fperson with a heart condition;Famun final de partido no apto para cardiacos a heart-stopping finale to the match* * *I adj cardiacII m, cardiaca f heart patient* * *cardíaco orcardiaco, -ca adj: cardiac, heart -
124 casorio
m.1 wedding (informal). (peninsular Spanish)2 marriage ceremony.* * *1 familiar wedding* * *masculino (fam & hum)* * *= knot, the, marriage ceremony, marriage.Ex. The article ' The Knot: Weddings for the Real World' describes a new web site covering all aspects of planning a wedding.Ex. According to a letter in Spanish which accompanies the piece, this incense burner was used in Aztec rituals including marriage ceremonies.Ex. Other authors may change their names, for instance, by marriage or elevation to the nobility.* * *masculino (fam & hum)* * *= knot, the, marriage ceremony, marriage.Ex: The article ' The Knot: Weddings for the Real World' describes a new web site covering all aspects of planning a wedding.
Ex: According to a letter in Spanish which accompanies the piece, this incense burner was used in Aztec rituals including marriage ceremonies.Ex: Other authors may change their names, for instance, by marriage or elevation to the nobility.* * *( fam hum)mañana estamos de casorio we've got a wedding on tomorrow ( colloq)¿cuándo es el casorio ? when's the big day? ( colloq)* * *casorio nmFam1. [boda] wedding* * *m despwedding -
125 comprimir
v.1 to compress (gen) & (computing).comprimir un archivo to zip a fileElla comprime la toallita She compresses the small towel.2 to pressurize, to increase the pressure of, to compress.Ella comprime la toallita She compresses the small towel.Ella comprime la cámara She pressurizes the chamber.Ellos comprimieron la información They compressed=zipped the information.* * *2 (reprimir) to restrain1 (apretarse) to get compressed; (gente) to squeeze2 (contenerse) to restrain oneself* * *verb* * *1. VT1) (Téc) to compress (en into)(=prensar) to press (down), squeeze down; (Inform) to zip; (=condensar) to condense2) (=controlar) to control; [+ lágrimas] to hold back2.See:* * *1.verbo transitivo < gas> to compress; < vena> to apply pressure to, compress (tech); < información> to compress2.comprimirse v pron (hum) to squash together o up* * *= compress, cramp.Ex. A library of a million volumes could be compressed into one end of a desk.Ex. The goals are to reduce stress on the fingers and wrists and to keep your hands in a natural position rather than cramping them together.----* comprimir un archivo = zip + file.* comprimir un fichero = zip + file.* sin comprimir = uncompressed.* volver a comprimir = recompress.* * *1.verbo transitivo < gas> to compress; < vena> to apply pressure to, compress (tech); < información> to compress2.comprimirse v pron (hum) to squash together o up* * *= compress, cramp.Ex: A library of a million volumes could be compressed into one end of a desk.
Ex: The goals are to reduce stress on the fingers and wrists and to keep your hands in a natural position rather than cramping them together.* comprimir un archivo = zip + file.* comprimir un fichero = zip + file.* sin comprimir = uncompressed.* volver a comprimir = recompress.* * *comprimir [I1 ]vt1 ‹gas› to compresscomprimió la vena she applied pressure to the veines imposible comprimir toda esta información en cuatro renglones it's impossible to squeeze o cram o compress all this information into four lines2 ( Inf) to compress, zip( hum); to squash together, squash upsi nos comprimimos cabemos todos if we squash together o up we can all fit in* * *
comprimir ( conjugate comprimir) verbo transitivo
to compress
comprimir verbo transitivo to compress
' comprimir' also found in these entries:
English:
compress
- pack down
- stamp down
* * *♦ vt1. [reducir el volumen] to compress2. Informát to compress* * *v/t compress; figsummarize* * *comprimir vt: to compress -
126 coronel
f. & m.colonel, full colonel.m.colonel (military).* * *1 colonel* * *noun mf.* * *SM / F colonelcoronel de aviación — group captain, colonel (EEUU)
* * *- nela masculino, femeninoa) ( en el ejército) colonel; ( en las fuerzas aéreas) ≈Colonel ( in US), ≈Group Captain ( in UK)b) coronela femenino (ant o hum) colonel's wife* * *= colonel.Ex. The library staff consists of 6 professional librarians and 11 clerical workers, all of whom are held firmly in line by the forceful personality of the director, a retired military colonel.* * *- nela masculino, femeninoa) ( en el ejército) colonel; ( en las fuerzas aéreas) ≈Colonel ( in US), ≈Group Captain ( in UK)b) coronela femenino (ant o hum) colonel's wife* * *= colonel.Ex: The library staff consists of 6 professional librarians and 11 clerical workers, all of whom are held firmly in line by the forceful personality of the director, a retired military colonel.
* * *masculine, feminine2* * *
coronel
( en las fuerzas aéreas) ≈ Colonel ( in US), ≈ Group Captain ( in UK)
coronel sustantivo masculino Mil colonel
' coronel' also found in these entries:
English:
colonel
* * *coronel nmMil colonel coronel de aviación Br group captain, US colonel* * *m MIL colonel* * *: colonel* * *coronel n colonel -
127 cruel
adj.cruel.* * *► adjetivo1 (persona) cruel (con/para, to)2 (clima) harsh, severe* * *adj.* * *ADJ cruel* * *adjetivo cruella venganza será cruel — (hum) just you wait! (I'll get you!) (colloq)
* * *= brutal, cruel, perverse, unkind, callous, cold-blooded, merciless, brutish, ferocious, heartless, cutthroat.Nota: Adjetivo.Ex. Few, if any of us, want to be involved in murder, but the brutal act of one person killing another, the motives for doing so, the personal and social consequences, all hold our attention, as newspaper editors well know and exploit = Pocos, si existe alguien, desea verse implicado en un asesinato, pero el acto brutal de una persona asesinando a otra, los motivos para hacerlo, las consecuencias personales y sociales, todo capta nuestra atención, como bien saben y explotan los directores de periódicos.Ex. With cruel suddenness she was being called upon to cover up for him.Ex. The demand for business information, in relation to its price, is rather perverse in that high price often generates a high demand.Ex. The enumeration at 940.5316: Children and other noncombatants; Pacifists; Enemy sympathizers seems a little unkind, if nothing else.Ex. Not all large publishing companies are conducted in a callous and philistine manner, motivated solely by profit.Ex. He was a cold-blooded killer, cardsharp, gambler and a consumptive who also ran several confidence scams.Ex. The author discusses art critic Harry Quilter, usually remembered today as 'Arry,' the butt of merciless lampooning by J.M. Whistler.Ex. In his most famous work, the Leviathan, Hobbes famously argued that life in the state of nature is 'solitary, poor, nasty, brutish, and short'.Ex. One by one, he wiped the floor with opponents who had spoken in the debate -- with a ferocious blend of rant, rhetoric and rumbustious counterattack.Ex. However, I knew there was a problem when I actually cared more about the relationship between the secondary characters of Josh McCool, heartless flunky of Warren's, and Mia.Ex. As the saying goes, 'Be as innocent as a lamb, and as wily as a fox' -- shrewdness is a valuable attribute in this cutthroat world.----* volverse cruel = become + vicious.* * *adjetivo cruella venganza será cruel — (hum) just you wait! (I'll get you!) (colloq)
* * *= brutal, cruel, perverse, unkind, callous, cold-blooded, merciless, brutish, ferocious, heartless, cutthroat.Nota: Adjetivo.Ex: Few, if any of us, want to be involved in murder, but the brutal act of one person killing another, the motives for doing so, the personal and social consequences, all hold our attention, as newspaper editors well know and exploit = Pocos, si existe alguien, desea verse implicado en un asesinato, pero el acto brutal de una persona asesinando a otra, los motivos para hacerlo, las consecuencias personales y sociales, todo capta nuestra atención, como bien saben y explotan los directores de periódicos.
Ex: With cruel suddenness she was being called upon to cover up for him.Ex: The demand for business information, in relation to its price, is rather perverse in that high price often generates a high demand.Ex: The enumeration at 940.5316: Children and other noncombatants; Pacifists; Enemy sympathizers seems a little unkind, if nothing else.Ex: Not all large publishing companies are conducted in a callous and philistine manner, motivated solely by profit.Ex: He was a cold-blooded killer, cardsharp, gambler and a consumptive who also ran several confidence scams.Ex: The author discusses art critic Harry Quilter, usually remembered today as 'Arry,' the butt of merciless lampooning by J.M. Whistler.Ex: In his most famous work, the Leviathan, Hobbes famously argued that life in the state of nature is 'solitary, poor, nasty, brutish, and short'.Ex: One by one, he wiped the floor with opponents who had spoken in the debate -- with a ferocious blend of rant, rhetoric and rumbustious counterattack.Ex: However, I knew there was a problem when I actually cared more about the relationship between the secondary characters of Josh McCool, heartless flunky of Warren's, and Mia.Ex: As the saying goes, 'Be as innocent as a lamb, and as wily as a fox' -- shrewdness is a valuable attribute in this cutthroat world.* volverse cruel = become + vicious.* * *cruelaquello fue una jugada cruel del destino that was a cruel twist of fatefueron muy crueles con él they were very cruel to him* * *
cruel adjetivo
cruel;
cruel adjetivo cruel
' cruel' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
bárbara
- bárbaro
- cebarse
- desalmada
- desalmado
- draconiana
- draconiano
- mirada
- salvaje
- sañosa
- sañoso
- sañuda
- sañudo
- truculenta
- truculento
- verduga
- verdugo
- crueldad
- inhumano
- sanguinario
English:
brutal
- callous
- cheap
- cruel
- cutthroat
- hard
- heartless
- inhuman
- savage
- unkind
- vicious
- blood
- cold
- fiend
- inhumane
- inhumanity
- outrage
* * *cruel adj1. [persona, acción] cruel;fuiste muy cruel con ella you were very cruel to her2. [dolor] excruciating, terrible3. [clima] harsh4. [duda] terrible* * *adj cruel* * *cruel adj: cruel♦ cruelmente adv* * *cruel adj cruel -
128 cuba
f.1 barrel, cask.estar como una cuba (informal) to be legless o blind drunk2 Cuba.3 vat, tub.4 tanker.5 youngest child.6 float chamber, float cup.* * *1 Cuba* * *noun f.* * *SF Cuba* * *femenino Cubamás se perdió en Cuba — (Esp hum) it's not the end of the world (colloq)
* * *= vat, Cuba, trough, tank.Ex. The stuff was diluted there with water to the appearance and consistency of liquid porridge; it was kept tepid with a small charcoal furnace let into the side of the vat, and it was stirred up occasionally with a paddle.Ex. As always, our members are ready to speak out clearly if the Cuban authorities dare to seize any of the uncensored books being sent to Cuba by President Carter.Ex. The most common method is to expose the copy paper by passing it through a trough of developing fluid.Ex. All air entering the building should be pumped through tanks of water to remove pollutants.----* borracho como una cuba = pissed as a newt, drunk back, blind drunk.* de Cuba = Cuban.* más borracho que una cuba = as drunk as a lord, as drunk as a newt, as drunk as a skunk.* tan borracho como una cuba = as drunk as a newt, as drunk as a lord, as drunk as a skunk.* * *femenino Cubamás se perdió en Cuba — (Esp hum) it's not the end of the world (colloq)
* * *= vat, Cuba, trough, tank.Ex: The stuff was diluted there with water to the appearance and consistency of liquid porridge; it was kept tepid with a small charcoal furnace let into the side of the vat, and it was stirred up occasionally with a paddle.
Ex: As always, our members are ready to speak out clearly if the Cuban authorities dare to seize any of the uncensored books being sent to Cuba by President Carter.Ex: The most common method is to expose the copy paper by passing it through a trough of developing fluid.Ex: All air entering the building should be pumped through tanks of water to remove pollutants.* borracho como una cuba = pissed as a newt, drunk back, blind drunk.* de Cuba = Cuban.* más borracho que una cuba = as drunk as a lord, as drunk as a newt, as drunk as a skunk.* tan borracho como una cuba = as drunk as a newt, as drunk as a lord, as drunk as a skunk.* * *Cubamás se perdió en Cuba ( Esp hum); it's not the end of the world ( colloq), worse things happen at sea ( colloq); Cuban Revolution (↑ Cuba a1)* * *
Multiple Entries:
Cuba
cuba
Cuba sustantivo femenino
Cuba
cuba sustantivo femenino
◊ estar como una cuba (fam) to be plastered (colloq)
cuba sustantivo femenino barrel, cask
♦ Locuciones: familiar estar como una cuba, to be (as) drunk as a lord
' Cuba' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
acreditar
- cuba
- estrechar
- fleje
- más
- rodar
- vena
- actualidad
- guajiro
English:
blind
- Cuba
- sloshed
- stoned
- tub
- VAT
- pissed
- tight
- vat
* * *Cuba nCuba;Fammás se perdió en Cuba it's not the end of the world* * *f Cuba* * *cuba nfbarríl: cask, barrel
См. также в других словарях:
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