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1 daylight robbery
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2 it's daylight robbery!
it's daylight robbery!¡es un (auténtico) robo!, ¡es un timo!(Brit) ¡es un robo or una estafa! -
3 daylight
1) ((also adjective) (of) the light given by the sun: daylight hours.) luz (del día)2) (dawn: To get there on time we must leave before daylight.) amanecerdaylight n luz del díatr['deɪlaɪt]1 luz nombre femenino de día\SMALLIDIOMATIC EXPRESSION/SMALLto beat/knock the living daylights out of somebody pegarle una soberana paliza a alguiento scare/frighten the living daylights out of somebody darle un susto de muerte a alguienit's daylight robbery! ¡es un (auténtico) robo!, ¡es un timo!in broad daylight en pleno día, a plena luz del díadaylight ['deɪ.laɪt] n1) : luz f del díain broad daylight: a plena luz del día2) daybreak3) daytimen.• día s.m.• luz del día s.f.mass noun luz f (del día)to beat/scare the (living) daylights out of somebody — (colloq)
that dog scares the (living) daylights out of me — ese perro me da pánico or terror
['deɪlaɪt]he beat the (living) daylights out of him — le dio una paliza tremenda; robbery
1.N luz f (del día)at daylight — (=dawn) al amanecer
in the daylight, by daylight — de día
in broad daylight — a plena luz del día, en pleno día
to see daylight —
I am beginning to see daylight — (=understand) empiezo a ver las cosas claras; (=approach the end of a job) ya vislumbro el final
- beat or knock the- scare the living daylights out of sb2.CPDdaylight attack N — ataque m diurno
daylight hours NPL — horas fpl de luz
* * *mass noun luz f (del día)to beat/scare the (living) daylights out of somebody — (colloq)
that dog scares the (living) daylights out of me — ese perro me da pánico or terror
he beat the (living) daylights out of him — le dio una paliza tremenda; robbery
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4 robbery
plural - robberies; noun (the act of robbing: Robbery is a serious crime; He was charged with four robberies.) roborobbery n atraco / robotr['rɒbərɪ]1 robo2 (of bank) atracon.• garfiña s.f.• ladronera s.f.• latrocinio s.m.• piratería s.f.• rapiña s.f.• robo s.m.'rɑːbəri, 'rɒbərimass & count noun (pl - ries) robo m, asalto marmed robbery — asalto m or atraco m a mano armada
bank robbery — asalto m or atraco m a un banco
it's sheer o daylight robbery! — (colloq) es un auténtico robo
['rɒbǝrɪ]N robo mrobbery with violence — (Jur) robo m a mano armada, atraco m, asalto m
it's daylight robbery! * — ¡es una estafa!, ¡es un robo a mano armada!
* * *['rɑːbəri, 'rɒbəri]mass & count noun (pl - ries) robo m, asalto marmed robbery — asalto m or atraco m a mano armada
bank robbery — asalto m or atraco m a un banco
it's sheer o daylight robbery! — (colloq) es un auténtico robo
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5 robo
Del verbo robar: ( conjugate robar) \ \
robo es: \ \1ª persona singular (yo) presente indicativo
robó es: \ \3ª persona singular (él/ella/usted) pretérito indicativoMultiple Entries: robar robo
robar ( conjugate robar) verbo transitivo 1 ‹ banco› to rob; robole algo a algn to steal sth from sb; le robaron el bolso she had her bag stolen 2 ( estafar) to cheat, rip off (colloq) 3 (Jueg) (en naipes, dominó) to draw, pick up (colloq) verbo intransitivo to steal; ¡me han robado! I've been robbed!
robo sustantivo masculino (hurto de dinero, objeto) theft; ( forzando la entrada) break-in
robar verbo transitivo
1 (cosas materiales) to steal: robar algo a alguien, to steal sthg from sb (a una persona, un banco) to rob: me robaron en la calle, I was robbed in the street (en una casa) to burgle: anoche robaron en casa de mi vecino, my neighbour's house was burgled last night
2 (el tiempo) to take up: debo robarte unos minutos para que me expliques este problema, may I take a few minutes of your time and ask you to explain this problem to me?
le roba horas al estudio para ver la televisión, he spends hours of his study time watching TV
3 (metros de un espacio) to take off
4 Naipes to draw, pick up
To steal se aplica a lo que el ladrón se lleva (dinero, joyas, etc.). To rob se refiere al lugar desde donde se lo lleva (un banco, una casa). To burgle significa entrar en una casa con la intención de robar. persona acto verbo
ladrón robo robar
thief theft robber robbery to rob to steal burglar burglary to burgle
robo sustantivo masculino
1 (de cosas materiales) theft: llamaron inmediatamente para avisar del robo, they called to report the theft immediately (en un banco, etc) robbery (en una casa) burglary
2 (cosa robada) stolen article
3 fam (de precios) daylight robbery: en ciertas tiendas para turistas los precios son un robo, certain souvenir shops are a ripoff ➣ Ver nota en robar
' robo' also found in these entries: Spanish: botín - golpe - implicar - intento - miserable - robar - saco - tentativa - tirón - condenar - denuncia - denunciar - hurto - participación English: armed robbery - break-in - burglary - daylight - insure - larceny - premeditated - raid - robbery - snatch - theft - tip off - wrongly - armed - break - identity - rip-off
См. также в других словарях:
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