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41 quien
Multiple Entries: quien quién
quien pronombre 1 ( complemento) who, that, whom (frml); es a él a quien debemos agradecérselo he's the one (who) we must thank; la chica con quien salía the girl (who) I was going out with◊ su hermano, a quien no había visto, … her brother, who o whom she had not seen, …2 ( la persona que): quien lo haya encontrado the person who found it; quien se lo haya dicho whoever told him
quién pronombre who;◊ ¿quienes eran? who were they?;¿quien de ustedes se atrevería? which of you would dare?; ¿con quienes fuiste? who did you go with?; ¿de quien es esto? whose is this?; llegó una postal — ¿de quien? there's a postcard — who's it from?
quien pron rel
1 (sujeto) who: estuve con mi hermana, quien me contó sus problemas, I was with my sister, who told me her problems
2 (complemento) es en él en quien pienso, he's the one I'm thinking about
la persona para quien trabajo es muy metódica, the person for whom I work is very methodical (como negativa) nobody: no hay quien soporte este calor, nobody can stand this heat
no hubo quien le defendiera, no one defended him
3 (indefinido) whoever, anyone who: quien lo haya visto, que lo diga, anyone who has seen him should tell us
quién pron
1 (interrogativo) (sujeto) who?
¿quién es?, who is it? (complemento) who
aún no sé quién es el ganador, I don't know yet who the winner is
¿con quién fuiste?, who did you go with?
adivina en quién estoy pensando, guess who I'm thinking about
2 (posesivo) de quién, whose: ¿de quién es ese libro? whose is that book?
3 (en exclamaciones) ¡quién sabe!, who knows! Locuciones: no es quién para juzgarme, he's not the person to judge me ' quien' also found in these entries: Spanish: abogada - abogado - acudir - callar - confesar - creerse - decir - distribuir - ganarse - garantizar - guapa - guapo - hablar - hacer - instigación - irse - mando - mirar - parte - pique - quién - rienda - saber - salvarse - vela - yo - a - abarcar - acertar - aguantar - andar - atender - barba - comprar - diablo - importar - ir - propio - salvar - ser - tocar - tomar - ver English: advise - alone - anybody - beauty - bird - boss - call - carry-on - choose - commit - conduct - control - culprit - deal - do - envoy - fault - god - grab - guess - humour - it - laugh - look up to - man - matter - me - misplaced - missing - most - next - nobody - one-upmanship - place - put up to - repair - second - speak - stare - suspect - take over - that - think - upkeep - us - venture - who - whoever - whom - whose -
42 think better of
1) (to think again and decide not to; to reconsider: He was going to ask for more money, but he thought better of it.) pensárselo mejor, repensarse algo2) (to think that (someone) could not be so bad etc: I thought better of you than to suppose you would do that.) tener mejor opinión/concepto de alguien -
43 elect
i'lekt
1. verb1) (to choose by vote: He was elected chairman; elected to the committee.) elegir2) (to choose (to do something): They elected to go by taxi.) decidir
2. adjective((placed immediately after noun) chosen for office but not yet in it: the president elect.) electo- election- electioneer
- elector
- electoral
- electorate
elect vb elegirtr[ɪ'lekt]1 electo,-a1 (vote for) elegir2 (choose, decide) decidir1 los elegidos nombre masculino pluralelect [i'lɛkt] vt: elegirelect adj: electothe president-elect: el presidente electoelect nplthe elect : los elegidos mpladj.• electo, -a adj.• elegido, -a adj.n.• electo s.m.• elegido s.m.v.• elegir v.• escoger v.
I ɪ'lekt1) (Adm, Govt) elegir*he was elected president — lo eligieron or fue elegido presidente
2) ( choose) (frml)to elect to + INF — optar por + inf
II
adjective (after n)[ɪ'lekt]the president elect — el presidente electo, la presidenta electa
1. VT1) (Pol etc) elegir (to para)2) (=choose) elegir2.ADJ (after noun) electothe president elect — el/la presidente(-a) electo*, (-a)
3.Nthe elect — los elegidos, los predestinados
* * *
I [ɪ'lekt]1) (Adm, Govt) elegir*he was elected president — lo eligieron or fue elegido presidente
2) ( choose) (frml)to elect to + INF — optar por + inf
II
adjective (after n)the president elect — el presidente electo, la presidenta electa
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44 jury
'‹uəriplural - juries; noun1) (a group of people legally selected to hear a case and to decide what are the facts, eg whether or not a prisoner accused of a crime is guilty: The verdict of the jury was that the prisoner was guilty of the crime.) jurado2) (a group of judges for a competition, contest etc: The jury recorded their votes for the song contest.) jurado•- juror- juryman
jury n juradotr['ʤʊərɪ]1 jurado\SMALLIDIOMATIC EXPRESSION/SMALLto sit on a jury ser miembro de un juradoto do jury service formar parte de un jurado popularjury box tribuna del juradon.• jurado (Jurisprudencia) s.m.'dʒʊri, 'dʒʊəritrial by jury — juicio m ante jurado; (before n)
['dʒʊǝrɪ]to do jury duty o (BrE also) service — ser* miembro de un jurado
1.N jurado mto serve or be on a jury — ser miembro de un jurado
See:see cultural note GRAND JURY in grand2.CPDjury duty N —
jury foreman N — (in court of law) portavoz mf del jurado (popular)
jury rigging N — amaño m de un jurado
jury service N (Brit) —
jury system N — (Jur) sistema m del jurado (popular)
* * *['dʒʊri, 'dʒʊəri]trial by jury — juicio m ante jurado; (before n)
to do jury duty o (BrE also) service — ser* miembro de un jurado
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