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1 crunch
1. verb(to crush noisily (something hard), with the teeth, feet etc: She crunched sweets all through the film.) mascar, ronzar, hacer crujir
2. nounthe crunch of gravel under the car wheels.) crujido- crunchycrunch vb1. morder haciendo ruido2. crujirtr[krʌnʧ]1 (food) mascar, ronzar2 (with feet, tyres) hacer crujir1 (eat noisily) mascar, ronzar (on, -); (of snow etc) crujir1 crujido\SMALLIDIOMATIC EXPRESSION/SMALLwhen it comes to the crunch a la hora de la verdadcrunch ['krʌnʧ] vt1) : ronzar (con los dientes)2) : hacer crujir (con los pies, etc.)crunch vi: crujircrunch n: crujido mn.• crujido s.m.v.• chascar v.• crujir v.• ronzar v.• roznar v.• tascar v.
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1. krʌntʃa) ( eat noisily) mascar*, ronchar, ronzar*b) ( crush) aplastar ( haciendo crujir)
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via) ( eat noisily) mascar*, ronchar, ronzar*b) ( make grinding sound)
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1) ( noise) crujido m2) ( crisis)[krʌntʃ]when it comes/came to the crunch — a la hora de la verdad
1.N crujido m ; (fig) crisis f, punto m decisivo2.to crunch an apple/a biscuit — mascar or ronzar una manzana/una galleta
3.VI [gravel, snow, glass] crujirthe tyres crunched on the gravel — la grava crujía bajo el peso de los neumáticos, los neumáticos hacían crujir la grava
4.CPD [meeting, match] decisivo, crucialcrunch time N — momento m decisivo
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1. [krʌntʃ]a) ( eat noisily) mascar*, ronchar, ronzar*b) ( crush) aplastar ( haciendo crujir)
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via) ( eat noisily) mascar*, ronchar, ronzar*b) ( make grinding sound)
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1) ( noise) crujido m2) ( crisis)when it comes/came to the crunch — a la hora de la verdad
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2 when it comes to the crunch
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3 if it comes to the crunch
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4 hora
Multiple Entries: h. hora
h. (◊ hora) hr
hora sustantivo femenino 1 ( período de tiempo) hour; las horas de mayor afluencia the busiest time; cobrar por horas to be paid by the hour; 45 euros por hora 45 euros an hour; hora libre free period; hora pico (AmL) or (Esp) punta rush hour; horas extra(s) or extraordinaria(s) overtime 2◊ ¿tiene hora, por favor? have you got the time, please?;¿qué hora es? what's the time?, what time is it?; pon el reloj en hora put the clock right; todavía no es la hora it's not time yet; nunca llegan a la hora they never arrive on time; el avión llegó antes de (su) hora the plane arrived early◊ es hora de irse a la cama it's bedtime o time for bed;a la hora de almorzar at lunchtime; ya es hora de irnos it's time for us to go; ¡ya era hora de que llamases! it's about time you called; a primera hora de la mañana first thing in the morning; a última hora at the last moment; a la hora de: a la hora de traducirlo when it comes to translating it; a la hora de la verdad when it comes down to it; entre horas between meals; hacer hora (Chi) to kill time 3 ( cita) appointment;
hora sustantivo femenino
1 (60 minutos) hour: te veo dentro de media hora, I'll see you in half an hour
volvimos a altas horas de la madrugada, we came back in the small hours
me pagan por horas, they pay me by the hour
horas extras, overtime
2 (momento) time: ¿qué hora es?, what's the time?
es hora de irse a la cama, it's bedtime
3 (cita) appointment: pedir hora con el dentista, to ask for an appointment with the dentist Locuciones: familiar a buenas horas (mangas verdes), too late, a bit late: ¡a buenas horas me traes la caja de grapas!, isn't it a bit late to bring me the box of staples?
a la hora de la verdad, when it comes down to the nitty gritty
tener muchas horas de vuelo, to have been around: ¡ a ése no le engañas, tiene muchas horas de vuelo!, you won't fool him, he's been around! ' hora' also found in these entries: Spanish: A - adelantar - alargarse - amanecer - apenas - atusarse - bendita - bendito - cerca - cola - concretar - condicionamiento - cosa - cuarta - cuarto - dar - decisión - dedicar - esperar - fijar - indecente - informal - llegar - marcar - media - medio - metralla - pasar - por - punta - retrasar - retrasarse - sacar - sala - señorita - tarde - última - último - una - uno - usted - ustedes - ver - Y - ya - a - abrir - acercar - atraso - bueno English: A - about - appoint - appointment - arrange - at - bang - barbecue - be - bedtime - before - black out - board - celebration - character - check-in - checkout - chicken out - chip - clock off - clock out - closing time - concurrent - convenient - creep - crunch - definite - do - dress - early - exact - feed - feeding - fix - flabby - GMT - good - Greenwich Mean Time - half - half-an-hour - half-hourly - hesitant - high - hour - hourly - hr - initiative - instrumental - interrogate - interval
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