juegues

despertó el sentimiento nacionalista del pueblo — it aroused the nationalistic feelings o sentiments of the people

no deberías jugar con sus sentimientos — you shouldn't play with his emotions o feelings

no juegues con sus sentimientos — don't play with his emotions o feelings

no juegues con sus sentimientos — don't play with his emotions o feelings

Ex: The idea is for volunteers who think reading is fun and important to convey these feelings to younger students.

• tierra adentro — inland

• por tierra — overland, by land

atravesar un país por tierra — to go overland o by land across a country

• tomar tierra — to reach port, get in

• tocar tierra — to touch down

• tomar tierra — to land

tierra firme — (=no aire) solid ground; (=no agua) land

• caer a tierra — to fall down

• caer por tierra — [persona] to fall to the ground; [argumento, teoría] to fall apart

• dar con algo en tierra — to knock sth over

• echar a tierra — [+ construcción, rival] to knock down

• echarse a tierra — to throw o.s. on o to the ground

con los zapatos llenos de tierra — (=polvo) with his shoes covered in dust; (=barro) with his shoes covered in mud

viviendas con suelo de tierra — houses with earth o dirt floors

• sacudir la tierra — Cono Sur, Méx to dust

le vienes a echar tierra a mi carro con tu descapotable — your convertible makes my car look ridiculous o really bad

tierra caliente — LAm land below 1000m approximately

tierra fría — LAm land above 2000m approximately

tierra quemada — (Pol) scorched earth

tierra templada — LAm land between 1000m and 2000m approximately

todo refugiado siente nostalgia de su tierra — every refugee feels homesick for or misses his native land o homeland

• de la tierra — [vino, queso] local, locally produced; [fruta, verduras] locally grown

la expropiación de tierras palestinas — the expropriation of Palestinian land o lands

conectar un aparato a tierra — to earth o (EEUU) ground an appliance

tierra labrantía or de cultivo — arable o cultivated land

poner tierra de por medio — to make oneself scarce (colloq)

ésta es muy buena tierra — this is very good land o soil

un camino de tierra — a dirt road o track

cuerpo a tierra! — hit the ground! (colloq)

echar algo por tierra — <edificio/monumento> to pull o knock down; < planes> to wreck, ruin; < argumentos> to demolish, destroy; < esperanzas> to dash

echarle tierra a algo/alguien — (Col fam) to put something/somebody to shame, make something/somebody look bad

echar tierra a or sobre algo — ( ocultarlo) to cover o hush something up; ( olvidarlo) to forget about something

tragarse la tierra a alguien: como si se lo hubiera tragado la tierra as if he'd vanished off the face of the earth; deseé que me tragara la tierra — I just wanted the earth to open and swallow me up

estar conectado a tierra or (AmL) hacer tierra — to be grounded o earthed

tierra a la vista! — land ho o ahoy!

viajar por tierra — to travel overland o by land

decidió volver a su tierra — he decided to return to his homeland o to his native land

costumbres de aquellas tierras — customs in those places o countries

tierra labrantía or de cultivo — arable o cultivated land

poner tierra de por medio — to make oneself scarce (colloq)

ésta es muy buena tierra — this is very good land o soil

un camino de tierra — a dirt road o track

cuerpo a tierra! — hit the ground! (colloq)

echar algo por tierra — <edificio/monumento> to pull o knock down; < planes> to wreck, ruin; < argumentos> to demolish, destroy; < esperanzas> to dash

echarle tierra a algo/alguien — (Col fam) to put something/somebody to shame, make something/somebody look bad

echar tierra a or sobre algo — ( ocultarlo) to cover o hush something up; ( olvidarlo) to forget about something

tragarse la tierra a alguien: como si se lo hubiera tragado la tierra as if he'd vanished off the face of the earth; deseé que me tragara la tierra — I just wanted the earth to open and swallow me up

estar conectado a tierra or (AmL) hacer tierra — to be grounded o earthed

tierra a la vista! — land ho o ahoy!

viajar por tierra — to travel overland o by land

decidió volver a su tierra — he decided to return to his homeland o to his native land

costumbres de aquellas tierras — customs in those places o countries

Ex: Until recently all libraries and some architects have maintained that an academic library should be capable of extension and that land should be reserved for future expansion.

• jugar a algo — to play sth

• jugar con algo — to play with sth

• jugar contra algn — to play (against) sb

¿quién juega? — whose move o turn o go is it?

¿quién juega? — whose turn o go is it?

• jugar a algo — to play at being sth

• jugar con —

no juegues con el enchufe, que es peligroso — don't play o mess around with the plug - it's dangerous

estaba jugando con un bolígrafo mientras hablaba — he was toying o fiddling with a pen while he spoke

• jugar en contra de algo/algn — to work against sth/sb

• jugar a favor de algo/algn — [situación] to work in sth/sb's favour o (EEUU) favor; [tiempo, destino] to be on sb's side

existe otro elemento que juega a favor del acusado — there is another factor that should go o work in favour of the defendant

su hermano se la jugó — his brother did the dirty on him *

¡me la han jugado! — I've been had! *

su mujer se la jugaba con otro — LAm his wife was two-timing him *

jugar cinco dólares a una carta — to bet o put five dollars on a card

jugar al fútbol — (Esp, RPl) to play football

jugar en contra de alguien — to work o count against somebody

jugársela a alguien — to play a dirty trick on somebody

se lo jugó todo en el negocio — she staked o risked everything on the business

jugarse el pellejo — (fam) to risk one's neck (colloq)

jugar al fútbol — (Esp, RPl) to play football

jugar en contra de alguien — to work o count against somebody

jugársela a alguien — to play a dirty trick on somebody

se lo jugó todo en el negocio — she staked o risked everything on the business

jugarse el pellejo — (fam) to risk one's neck (colloq)

Ex: In the case of bookshops the function of 'buying' calls for real skill since the bookseller is gambling with his (or her) capital in purchasing the goods.

el coche se salió de la calzada — the car went off o left the road

Ex: Tomás Hernández drove cautiously in the torrential rain, trying not to swerve on the slick pavement of the turnpike.

Ex: Nietzsche is shown as a degenerative matchstick instead of the explosive powder keg he fancied himself to be.

esa crema le ha estropeado el cutis — that cream has damaged o ruined her skin

la lluvia nos estropeó la excursión — the rain ruined o spoiled our day out

el final estropeaba la película — the ending ruined o spoiled the film

estropeó el escritorio pintándolo de blanco — he ruined o spoiled the look of the desk by painting it white

el centro comercial nos ha estropeado la vista — the shopping centre has ruined o spoiled our view

Ex: It describes our experience in combatting mould which grew as a result of high humidity and temperatures when the air conditioning system broke down for several days after several days of rain.