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81 dar su vida
• give one's faith• give one's life for• give orders• give out one's opinion• lay down one's arms• lay down one's limits -
82 disponer que
• determine that• lay down one's rules• lay down the law• order that• provide that• stipulate that -
83 fijar las reglas
• establish the rules• lay down that• lay drains in• set down the rules• set the rules -
84 rendirse
• become tired out• give impetus to• give in charity• lay down arms• lay down one's burdens• surrender oneself -
85 pluma
adj.featherweight (sport).peso pluma featherweightf.1 feather.un sombrero de plumas a feathered hat2 (fountain) pen.pluma estilográfica fountain pen3 style (figurative) (estilo de escribir).4 tap (British), faucet (United States). (Caribbean Spanish (Cuba, Puerto Rico, Dominican Republic, Venezuela), Colombian Spanish, Mexican Spanish)5 crane boom, boom, boom of the crane, jib.* * *1 (de ave) feather2 (de relleno) feather, down3 (de escribir - estilográfica) fountain pen; (- usada antiguamente) quill pen\a vuela pluma off the top of one's headtener pluma familiar to be really camppluma estilográfica fountain pen* * *noun f.1) feather2) pen* * *1. SF1) [de ave] feather; [como adorno] plume, feather2) [para escribir] [de metal, plástico] pen; [de ave] quillpluma atómica — Méx ballpoint pen
pluma esferográfica — LAm ballpoint pen
pluma estilográfica, pluma fuente — fountain pen
3) (=caligrafía) penmanship, writing4) (Bádminton) (=volante) shuttlecock6) Cono Sur * (=puta) prostitute8) Cono Sur (=grúa) crane, derrick9) Esp ** (=peseta) one peseta10) Esp *** (=pene) prick ***11) Esp * (=periodista) hack2.SM (Dep) featherweight* * *1) ( de aves) feather; ( usada antiguamente para escribir) quill; ( como adorno) plume, feathermudar la pluma — to molt*
pesar menos que una pluma — to be as light as a feather
ser ligero or (esp AmL) liviano como una pluma — to be as light as a feather
2)a) ( para escribir) pena vuela pluma — < anotar> to jot down
b) ( actividad literaria) writingvivir de la pluma — to make a living out of writing o as a writer
c) ( escritor) writer3) (Col, Méx) ( del agua) faucet (AmE), tap (BrE)4) (Bol fam) ( prostituta) tart (colloq)* * *1) ( de aves) feather; ( usada antiguamente para escribir) quill; ( como adorno) plume, feathermudar la pluma — to molt*
pesar menos que una pluma — to be as light as a feather
ser ligero or (esp AmL) liviano como una pluma — to be as light as a feather
2)a) ( para escribir) pena vuela pluma — < anotar> to jot down
b) ( actividad literaria) writingvivir de la pluma — to make a living out of writing o as a writer
c) ( escritor) writer3) (Col, Méx) ( del agua) faucet (AmE), tap (BrE)4) (Bol fam) ( prostituta) tart (colloq)* * *pluma11 = feather.Ex: If none of these terms is appropriate, give the specific name of the item or the names of the parts of the item as concisely as possible; e.g., 2 feather headbands, 1 pair beaded moccasins.
* cubierto en plumas = feathery.* ligero como una pluma = light as a feather.pluma22 = pen, quill.Ex: Not until 1543 were these 2 different approaches reconciled with the idea of the surgeon wielding both pen and scalpel.
Ex: The article is entitled 'Beyond quills and inkwells: electronic distribution of economic data'.* dibujo a pluma = pen drawing.* nombre de pluma = pen name.* pluma estilográfica = fountain pen.pluma33 = winch, capstan, hoist.Ex: They supply capstans and winches powered by electric motors to the industrial marine industry and shipyards.
Ex: They supply capstans and winches powered by electric motors to the industrial marine industry and shipyards.Ex: They use a variety of hand and power tools, such as air hammers, nail guns, cement mixers, small mechanical hoists, and surveying equipment.pluma44 = feather.Nota: En encuadernación, decoración de la cubierta con líneas curvas dando la impresión de plumas superpuestas.Ex: The contrast between the fine feathers of these superb bindings and their jackdaw contents is often quaint.
* * *mudar la pluma to molt*almohada de pluma(s) feather pillowpesar menos que una pluma to be as light as a featherser ligero or ( esp AmL) liviano como una pluma to be as light as a featherser or tener pluma ( fam); to be gayB1 (para escribir) pena vuela pluma: son sólo unas ideas anotadas a vuela pluma they're just a few ideas I scribbled o jotted downdejar correr la pluma to let one's pen run on2 (actividad literaria) writingvivir de la pluma to make a living out of writing o as a writer, to live by the pen ( liter)3 (escritor) writerCompuestos:( Méx) ballpoint penfountain penC1 (de una grúa) jib2 (barrera) barrier3 (de un limpiaparabrisas) blade* * *
pluma sustantivo femenino
1 ( de aves) feather;
( antigua para escribir) quill;
( como adorno) plume, feather;
2 ( para escribir) pen;◊ pluma atómica (Méx) ballpoint pen;
pluma estilográfica or (AmL) fuente fountain pen
pluma sustantivo femenino
1 (de ave) feather: es tan ligera como una pluma, she's as light as a feather
2 (para escribir) pen, fountain pen
3 (escritor) writer, pen
4 fam (afeminamiento) effeminacy: tiene algo de pluma, he's a bit affected
' pluma' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
cargar
- cartucho
- recambio
- vellosa
- vellosidad
- velloso
- velluda
- velludo
- afilado
- cañón
- capuchón
- carga
- peso
- plumón
- rasgo
- recargable
English:
acclaim
- boom
- cap
- feather
- feather weight
- fountain pen
- fumble
- lay down
- loan
- missing
- molt
- pen
- pull
- quill
- quill pen
- stroke
- top
- ball
- fountain
- nib
- plume
* * *♦ nf1. [de ave] feather;[adorno] plume, feather;tiene un sombrero con plumas she has a feathered hat;un edredón de plumas a feather duvet;2. [de humo, vapor] plume3. [de grúa] boom4. [para escribir] (fountain) pen;[de ave] quill (pen); Carib, Méx [bolígrafo] (ballpoint) pen;dejar correr la pluma, escribir a vuela pluma to jot down;Figvivir de la pluma to live by the penMéx pluma atómica ballpoint (pen);pluma estilográfica fountain pen;Méx, Ven pluma fuente fountain pen5. [estilo de escribir] style6. [escritor] writer7. Carib, Col, Méx [grifo] Br tap, US faucet♦ adj invDep featherweight;peso pluma featherweight* * *f1 ZO featherescribir algo a vuela pluma scribble sth down3 Méxgrifo faucet, Brtap* * *pluma nf1) : feather2) : pen3)pluma fuente : fountain pen* * *pluma n1. (de ave) feather2. (estilográfica) fountain pen -
86 abandonar
v.1 to leave (place).María abandonó la habitación rápidamente Mary abandoned the room quickly.2 to leave (person).3 to give up (estudios).abandonó la carrera en el tercer año she dropped out of university in her third year, she gave up her studies in her third year4 to abandon, to desert, to forsake, to bail out on.Pedro abandonó a su familia Peter abandoned his family.Silvia abandonó sus sueños por Pedro Silvia abandoned her dreams for Peter.5 to quit, to cease trying, to desist, to give up.María abandonó Mary quit.6 to check out on.* * *1 (desamparar) to abandon, forsake2 (lugar) to leave, quit3 (actividad) to give up, withdraw from4 (traicionar) to desert5 (renunciar) to relinquish, renounce6 (descuidar) to neglect7 DEPORTE (retirarse) to withdraw from1 (descuidarse) to neglect oneself, let oneself go2 (entregarse) to give oneself up (a, to)3 (ceder) to give in* * *verb1) to abandon2) desert3) leave4) neglect5) give up6) renounce•* * *1. VT1) (=dejar abandonado) [+ cónyuge, hijo] to abandon, desert; [+ animal, casa, posesiones] to abandon; [+ obligaciones] to neglectla abandonó por otra mujer — he abandoned o deserted her for another woman
tuvimos que abandonar nuestras pertenencias en la huida — we had to abandon all our belongings when we fled
2) (=marcharse de) [+ lugar, organización] to leave3) (=renunciar a) [+ estudios, proyecto] to give up, abandon; [+ costumbre, cargo] to give up; [+ privilegio, título] to renounce, relinquishhemos abandonado la idea de montar un negocio — we have given up o abandoned the idea of starting a business
he decidido abandonar la política — I've decided to give up o abandon politics
si el tratamiento no da resultado lo abandonaremos — if the treatment doesn't work, we'll abandon it
se comprometieron a abandonar sus reivindicaciones territoriales — they promised to renounce o relinquish their territorial claims
4) [buen humor, suerte] to desert2. VI1) (Atletismo) [antes de la prueba] to pull out, withdraw; [durante la prueba] to pull out, retire2) (Boxeo) to concede defeat, throw in the towel * o (EEUU) sponge3) (Ajedrez) to resign, concede4) (Inform) to quit3.See:* * *1.verbo transitivo1)a) (frml) < lugar> to leavelas tropas abandonaron el área — the troops pulled out of o left the area
b) <familia/bebé> to leave, abandon; <marido/amante> to leave; <coche/barco> to abandon2) fuerzas to desert3)a) <actividad/propósito/esperanza> to give upabandonó la lucha — he gave up the fight, he abandoned the struggle
abandonar los estudios — to drop out of school/college
b) (Dep) <carrera/partido> to retire, pull out2.abandonar vi (Dep)a) (antes de la carrera, competición) to withdraw, pull outb) (iniciada la carrera, competición) to retire, pull out; ( en ajedrez) to resign; (en boxeo, lucha) to concede defeat3.abandonarse v pron1) ( entregarse)abandonarse a algo — a vicios/placeres to abandon oneself to something
2) ( en el aspecto personal) to let oneself go* * *= abandon, abort, drop, eschew, give up, quit, relinquish, stop, leave + wandering in, forsake, sweep aside, desert, opt out of, scrap, pull back, ditch, surrender, bail out, bargain away, dump, maroon, flake out, leave by + the wayside, get away, desist, go + cold turkey, walk out on, walk out, jump + ship.Ex. The Library of Congress has now reconsidered the position, and abandoned what was known as its compatible headings policy.Ex. It is important to know what police or fire responses are triggered by alarms and how that reaction can be aborted and the alarm silenced.Ex. Unfruitful lines of enquiry are dropped and new and more promising search terms are introduced as the search progresses.Ex. However, most contributors to the debate about the future of SLIS have eschewed practicalities in favour of sweeping and dramatic generalizations.Ex. If support for quality cataloging is not going to be given, I think we should give it up entirely.Ex. If you decide not to send or save the message, replace the question mark in front of ' Quit' with another character.Ex. The Library will consider relinquishing them only when there is strong assurance that their transfer would not adversely affect the library community.Ex. Program function key 1 (FP1) tells DOBIS/LIBIS to stop whatever it is doing and go back to the function selection screen.Ex. It is our professional duty to help the reader, leading him from author to author, book to book, with enough sure-footed confidence that he is guided up the literary mountain and not left wandering in the viewless foothills because of one's own incompetence.Ex. Indeed, she was delighted to forsake the urban reality of steel and glass, traffic and crime, aspirin and litter, for the sort of over-the-fence friendliness of the smaller city.Ex. The development of optical fibres for information transmission has exciting potential here, but there is a very large investment in the present systems which cannot be swept aside overnight.Ex. Recently, however, libraries have deserted the individual and have pandered too much to the needs of the general public.Ex. The author takes a critical look at the UK government's education policy with regard to schools' ' opting out' of local government control.Ex. There have even been rumours of plans to scrap most of the industrial side of its work and disperse key elements, such as the work on regional and industrial aid, to the provinces.Ex. To pull back now would make both her and him look bad.Ex. It is time that higher education institutions accepted the wisdom of collaboration and ditched, once and for all, the rhetoric of competition = Ya es hora de que las instituciones de enseñanza superior acepten la colaboración y rechacen, de una vez por todas, la competitividad.Ex. Instead the two ecclesiastical disputes which arose from Diocletian's decree to surrender scriptures must be seen as more disastrous to Christian unity than the destruction of libraries.Ex. In the article ' Bailing out' 9 of the 10 librarians interviewed admitted that they were trying to get out of librarianship partly due to unrealistic expectations learned in library school.Ex. Reduced support is a fact of life, and librarians cannot bargain away their budget pressures.Ex. The books may simply be laid before the librarian as they are found, ' dumped in his lap', as one writer puts it.Ex. A seemingly simple tale of schoolboys marooned on an island, the novel 'Lord of the Flies' is an enigmatic and provocative piece of literature.Ex. The actress flaked out again and the director is trying to line up a replacement.Ex. She seeks to recontextualize those events that history has estranged, destroyed or capriciously left by the wayside.Ex. Guards in the lead car of the convoy threw their doors open and ran for cover, screaming, 'Get away, get away'.Ex. One of them sputtered and gesticulated with sufficient violence to induce us to desist.Ex. Judging by the critical responses to the article so far, it looks like the world isn't quite ready to go cold turkey on its religion addiction.Ex. There are many thankless jobs in this world, but does that mean you can just walk out on them for your own selfish reasons?.Ex. At least five members of the audience walked out during the bishop's address.Ex. A new study suggests that up to 40% of currently employed individuals are ready to jump ship once the economy rebounds.----* abandonar el barco = abandon + ship.* abandonar las armas = put down + weapons.* abandonar los estudios = drop out (from school), drop out of + school.* abandonar los servicios de Alguien = drop out.* abandonarse = go to + seed.* abandonarse a = abandon + Reflexivo + to.* abandonar toda esperanza = give up + hope.* abandonar (toda/la) esperanza = abandon + (all) hope.* abandonar un hábito = stop + habit.* abandonar un lugar = quit + Lugar.* estudiante de bachiller que abandona los estudios = high-school dropout.* estudiante universitario que abandona los estudios = college dropout.* no abandonar = stick with, stand by.* persona que abandona Algo = quitter.* * *1.verbo transitivo1)a) (frml) < lugar> to leavelas tropas abandonaron el área — the troops pulled out of o left the area
b) <familia/bebé> to leave, abandon; <marido/amante> to leave; <coche/barco> to abandon2) fuerzas to desert3)a) <actividad/propósito/esperanza> to give upabandonó la lucha — he gave up the fight, he abandoned the struggle
abandonar los estudios — to drop out of school/college
b) (Dep) <carrera/partido> to retire, pull out2.abandonar vi (Dep)a) (antes de la carrera, competición) to withdraw, pull outb) (iniciada la carrera, competición) to retire, pull out; ( en ajedrez) to resign; (en boxeo, lucha) to concede defeat3.abandonarse v pron1) ( entregarse)abandonarse a algo — a vicios/placeres to abandon oneself to something
2) ( en el aspecto personal) to let oneself go* * *= abandon, abort, drop, eschew, give up, quit, relinquish, stop, leave + wandering in, forsake, sweep aside, desert, opt out of, scrap, pull back, ditch, surrender, bail out, bargain away, dump, maroon, flake out, leave by + the wayside, get away, desist, go + cold turkey, walk out on, walk out, jump + ship.Ex: The Library of Congress has now reconsidered the position, and abandoned what was known as its compatible headings policy.
Ex: It is important to know what police or fire responses are triggered by alarms and how that reaction can be aborted and the alarm silenced.Ex: Unfruitful lines of enquiry are dropped and new and more promising search terms are introduced as the search progresses.Ex: However, most contributors to the debate about the future of SLIS have eschewed practicalities in favour of sweeping and dramatic generalizations.Ex: If support for quality cataloging is not going to be given, I think we should give it up entirely.Ex: If you decide not to send or save the message, replace the question mark in front of ' Quit' with another character.Ex: The Library will consider relinquishing them only when there is strong assurance that their transfer would not adversely affect the library community.Ex: Program function key 1 (FP1) tells DOBIS/LIBIS to stop whatever it is doing and go back to the function selection screen.Ex: It is our professional duty to help the reader, leading him from author to author, book to book, with enough sure-footed confidence that he is guided up the literary mountain and not left wandering in the viewless foothills because of one's own incompetence.Ex: Indeed, she was delighted to forsake the urban reality of steel and glass, traffic and crime, aspirin and litter, for the sort of over-the-fence friendliness of the smaller city.Ex: The development of optical fibres for information transmission has exciting potential here, but there is a very large investment in the present systems which cannot be swept aside overnight.Ex: Recently, however, libraries have deserted the individual and have pandered too much to the needs of the general public.Ex: The author takes a critical look at the UK government's education policy with regard to schools' ' opting out' of local government control.Ex: There have even been rumours of plans to scrap most of the industrial side of its work and disperse key elements, such as the work on regional and industrial aid, to the provinces.Ex: To pull back now would make both her and him look bad.Ex: It is time that higher education institutions accepted the wisdom of collaboration and ditched, once and for all, the rhetoric of competition = Ya es hora de que las instituciones de enseñanza superior acepten la colaboración y rechacen, de una vez por todas, la competitividad.Ex: Instead the two ecclesiastical disputes which arose from Diocletian's decree to surrender scriptures must be seen as more disastrous to Christian unity than the destruction of libraries.Ex: In the article ' Bailing out' 9 of the 10 librarians interviewed admitted that they were trying to get out of librarianship partly due to unrealistic expectations learned in library school.Ex: Reduced support is a fact of life, and librarians cannot bargain away their budget pressures.Ex: The books may simply be laid before the librarian as they are found, ' dumped in his lap', as one writer puts it.Ex: A seemingly simple tale of schoolboys marooned on an island, the novel 'Lord of the Flies' is an enigmatic and provocative piece of literature.Ex: The actress flaked out again and the director is trying to line up a replacement.Ex: She seeks to recontextualize those events that history has estranged, destroyed or capriciously left by the wayside.Ex: Guards in the lead car of the convoy threw their doors open and ran for cover, screaming, 'Get away, get away'.Ex: One of them sputtered and gesticulated with sufficient violence to induce us to desist.Ex: Judging by the critical responses to the article so far, it looks like the world isn't quite ready to go cold turkey on its religion addiction.Ex: There are many thankless jobs in this world, but does that mean you can just walk out on them for your own selfish reasons?.Ex: At least five members of the audience walked out during the bishop's address.Ex: A new study suggests that up to 40% of currently employed individuals are ready to jump ship once the economy rebounds.* abandonar el barco = abandon + ship.* abandonar las armas = put down + weapons.* abandonar los estudios = drop out (from school), drop out of + school.* abandonar los servicios de Alguien = drop out.* abandonarse = go to + seed.* abandonarse a = abandon + Reflexivo + to.* abandonar toda esperanza = give up + hope.* abandonar (toda/la) esperanza = abandon + (all) hope.* abandonar un hábito = stop + habit.* abandonar un lugar = quit + Lugar.* estudiante de bachiller que abandona los estudios = high-school dropout.* estudiante universitario que abandona los estudios = college dropout.* no abandonar = stick with, stand by.* persona que abandona Algo = quitter.* * *abandonar [A1 ]vtA1 ( frml); ‹lugar› to leaveel público abandonó el teatro the audience left the theaterse le concedió un plazo de 48 horas para abandonar el país he was given 48 hours to leave the countrymiles de personas abandonan la capital durante el verano thousands of people leave the capital in the summerlas tropas han comenzado a abandonar el área the troops have started to pull out of o leave the areaabandonó la reunión en señal de protesta he walked out of the meeting in protest2 ‹persona›abandonó a su familia he abandoned o deserted his familylo abandonó por otro she left him for another manabandonó al bebé en la puerta del hospital she abandoned o left the baby at the entrance to the hospitalabandonar a algn A algo to abandon sb TO sthdecidió volver, abandonando al grupo a su suerte he decided to turn back, abandoning the group to its fate3 ‹coche/barco› to abandonB «fuerzas» to desertlas fuerzas lo abandonaron y cayó al suelo his strength deserted him and he fell to the floorla suerte me ha abandonado my luck has run out o deserted menunca lo abandona el buen humor he's always good-humored, his good humor never deserts himC ‹actividad/propósito› to give upabandonó los estudios she abandoned o gave up her studies¿vas a abandonar el curso cuando te falta tan poco? you're not going to drop out of o give up the course at this late stage, are you?abandonó la lucha he gave up the fight, he abandoned the struggleha abandonado toda pretensión de salir elegido he has given up o abandoned any hopes he had of being electedabandonó la terapia he gave up his therapy, he stopped having therapy■ abandonarvi( Dep)1 (antes de iniciarse la carrera, competición) to withdraw, pull out2 (una vez iniciada la carrera, competición) to retire, pull out; (en ajedrez) to resign; (en boxeo, lucha) to concede defeat, throw in the towelA(descuidarse): desde que tuvo hijos se ha abandonado since she had her children she's let herself gono te abandones y ve al médico don't neglect your health, go and see the doctorB (entregarse) abandonarse A algo ‹a vicios/placeres› to abandon oneself TO sthse abandonó al ocio she gave herself up to o abandoned herself to a life of leisurese abandonó al sueño he gave in to o succumbed to sleep, he let sleep overcome him, he surrendered to sleep* * *
abandonar ( conjugate abandonar) verbo transitivo
1
‹marido/amante› to leave;
‹coche/barco› to abandon;
2 [ fuerzas] to desert
3
◊ abandonar los estudios to drop out of school/college
verbo intransitivo (Dep)
(en boxeo, lucha) to concede defeat
abandonarse verbo pronominal
1 ( entregarse) abandonarse a algo ‹a vicios/placeres› to abandon oneself to sth
2 ( en el aspecto personal) to let oneself go
abandonar
I verbo transitivo
1 (irse de) to leave, quit: tenemos que vernos hoy, porque mañana abandono Madrid, we've got to see eachother today because I'm leaving Madrid tomorrow
2 (a una persona, a un animal) to abandon
abandonar a alguien a su suerte, to leave someone to his fate
3 (un proyecto, los estudios) to give up
4 Dep (retirarse de una carrera) to drop out of
(un deporte) to drop
II vi (desfallecer) to give up: los resultados no son los esperados, pero no abandones, the results aren't as good as we expected, but don't give up
' abandonar' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
dejar
- botar
- plantar
English:
abandon
- back away
- cast aside
- caution
- desert
- drop
- forsake
- free
- give up on
- habit
- idea
- jettison
- leave
- quit
- retire
- scrap
- stand by
- throw in
- walk out
- ditch
- give
- maroon
- stick
- vacate
- walk
* * *♦ vt1. [lugar] to leave;[barco, vehículo] to abandon;abandonó la sala tras el discurso she left the hall after the speech;abandonó su pueblo para trabajar en la ciudad she left her home town for a job in the city;abandonar el barco to abandon ship;¡abandonen el barco! abandon ship!;los cascos azules abandonarán pronto la región the UN peacekeeping troops will soon be pulling out of the region2. [persona] to leave;[hijo, animal] to abandon;abandonó a su hijo she abandoned her son;¡nunca te abandonaré! I'll never leave you!3. [estudios] to give up;[proyecto] to abandon;abandonó la carrera en el tercer año she dropped out of university in her third year, she gave up her studies in her third year;han amenazado con abandonar las negociaciones they have threatened to walk out of the negotiations;han amenazado con abandonar la liga they have threatened to pull out of the league;abandonar la lucha to give up the fight4. [sujeto: suerte, buen humor] to desert;lo abandonaron las fuerzas y tuvo que retirarse his strength gave out and he had to drop out;nunca la abandona su buen humor she never loses her good humour♦ vi1. [en carrera, competición] to pull out, to withdraw;[en ajedrez] to resign; [en boxeo] to throw in the towel;abandonó en el primer asalto his corner threw in the towel in the first round;una avería lo obligó a abandonar en la segunda vuelta a mechanical fault forced him to retire on the second lap2. [rendirse] to give up;no abandones ahora que estás casi al final don't give up now you've almost reached the end* * *I v/tII v/i DEP pull out* * *abandonar vt1) dejar: to abandon, to leave2) : to give up, to quitabandonaron la búsqueda: they gave up the search* * *abandonar vb2. (un sitio) to leave -
87 dispuse
* * ** * *dispuse, dispuso, etc* * *
Del verbo disponer: ( conjugate disponer)
dispuse es:
1ª persona singular (yo) pretérito indicativo
Multiple Entries:
disponer
dispuse
disponer ( conjugate disponer) verbo transitivo
1 (frml) (establecer, ordenar) [ ley] to provide (frml), to stipulate (frml);
[ rey] to decree;
[general/juez] to order
2 (frml) (colocar, arreglar) to arrange, set out, lay out
verbo intransitivo: dispuse de algo ‹de tiempo/ayuda› to have sth;◊ con los recursos de que dispongo with the means available to me o at my disposal
disponerse verbo pronominal (frml) mientras se disponían a tomar el tren as they were about to catch the train;
la tropa se dispuso a atacar the troops prepared to attack
dispuse, dispuso, etc see disponer
disponer
I verbo transitivo
1 (colocar) to arrange, set out
2 (preparar) to prepare: lo dispuso todo para el encuentro, she prepared everything for the meeting
3 (mandar, establecer) to lay down, state: así lo dispuso en su testamento, so he stipulated in his will
II verbo intransitivo disponer de, to have at one's disposal
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88 colocar
• invest• lay day• lay down a map• participate in a toast• participate with• participating• place in a job• place in position• posit -
89 pautar
v.1 to rule lines on paper.2 to give rules, to prescribe the manner of performing an action.* * *VT1) (Tip) [+ papel] to rule2) esp CAm (=marcar) to mark, characterize; (=reglar) to establish a norm for, lay down a pattern for* * *verbo transitivo (frml) to provide guidelines o criteria for* * *verbo transitivo (frml) to provide guidelines o criteria for* * *pautar [A1 ]vt( frml); to provide guidelines o criteria for* * *v/t set down guidelines for -
90 fijar
• affix• appoint• attach• define• determine• establish• fasten• lay down• secure• set• set down -
91 dejar asentado
v.to write down, to set, to drive home, to lay down. -
92 autoridad2
2 = mastery, authority, clout, sway.Ex. The library has proven to be an imperfect panacea, and the librarian has suffered a definite loss of mastery.Ex. One of the great virtues of networking is that it democratizes access to information and access to authority.Ex. IT executives would like to see their role in the organization elevated, giving them more ' clout', stature and visibility.Ex. During this period Africa was influenced by external forces as the Islamic states of the north extended their sway south.----* acatar la autoridad = toe + the line.* autoridad moral, la = moral high ground, the.* con autoridad = authoritative, authoritatively.* conceder cierta autoridad sobre = give + Nombre + a say in.* dar autoridad a Algo = lend + authority to.* delegar autoridad = delegate + authority.* de personas con autoridad moral = authoritative.* ejercer autoridad = exercise + power.* ejercer autoridad de un modo excesivo = push + authority.* imponer autoridad = lay down + the law.* imponer + Posesivo + autoridad = pull + rank.* pasar por alto la autoridad de Alguien = go over + Posesivo + head.* pérdida de autoridad = disempowerment.* tener la autoridad = have + mandate. -
93 cabe
m.1 stroke given by balls, in the game of argolla, whereby the player gains a point.Dar un cabe al bolsillo a la hacienda, etc. (Met.) to give a shake to one's purse, to hurt one in his business, fortune, etc. Dar un cabe a, to harm2 header.3 stroke of ball.pres.indicat.3rd person singular (él/ella/ello) present indicative of spanish verb: caber.imperat.2nd person singular (tú) Imperative of Spanish verb: caber.* * *1 familiar header————————1 coloquial next to* * *IPREP liter close to, near toIISM (Dep) headerIIISM (=golpe)dar un cabe a algo — to harm sth, do harm to sth
cabe de pala — windfall, lucky break
* * *preposición (arc) beside, next to* * *----* según cabe suponer = presumably.* * *preposición (arc) beside, next to* * ** según cabe suponer = presumably.* * *cabe1( Per)me puso cabe he tripped me upcabe2( arc); beside, next to* * *
Del verbo caber: ( conjugate caber)
cabe es:
3ª persona singular (él/ella/usted) presente indicativo2ª persona singular (tú) imperativo
Multiple Entries:
cabe
caber
caber ( conjugate caber) verbo intransitivo
1
no cabemos los cuatro there isn't room for all four of us;
en esta botella caben diez litros this bottle holds ten liters;
no cabe en sí de alegría to be beside oneself with joy
cabe por algo to go through sth
2 (en 3a pers) (frml) ( ser posible):
no cabe duda de que … there is no doubt that …;
cabría decir que … it could be said that …;
es, si cabe, aún mejor it is even better, if such a thing is possible;
dentro de lo que cabe all things considered
3 (Mat):
cabe preposición antic beside, alongside: reposaba exhausto cabe el hogar, she lay down exhausted by the fireside
caber verbo intransitivo
1 (poder entrar) to fit: no cabe por la ventana, it won't go through the window
no sé si cabrán los tres, I don't known if there is room for all three of them
2 (en un recipiente) to hold: en esta botellla caben dos litros, this bottle holds two litres
(vestimenta) estos zapatos ya no me caben, these shoes don't fit me anymore
3 (en 3.ª persona) (ser posible, existir) cabe que vayamos el viernes, it's possible that we'll go on Friday
no nos cabe duda alguna, we have no doubts
♦ Locuciones: no me cabe en la cabeza, I can't understand it
no está mal, dentro de lo que cabe, it isn't bad, under the circumstances
Andy no cabía en sí de gozo, Andy was beside himself with joy
' cabe' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
caber
- dentro
- inclinación
- duda
- sí
English:
anything
- cat
- chance
- definitely
- doubt
- fit in
- fit into
- go
- neatly
- outside
- beside
- over
- settle
* * *♦ nmPerú trip;meter cabe a alguien to trip sb up♦ prepArcaico near, next to -
94 cruce1
1 = intersection, crossover [cross-over], junction, crossing point.Ex. The loan period is given at the intersections of the rows and columns.Ex. Each person works two and a half days a week and this allows a midweek crossover period so that communication between them is not restricted to notes and phone calls.Ex. People value the public library highly as an educational and community resource and the library acts as an 'information junction' to bind the community together.Ex. They stopped or lay down or wallowed frequently just before the crossing point on the river.----* cruce de caminos = crossroads, fork in the road.* cruce de la frontera = border crossing.* cruce de peatones = zebra crossing, pedestrian crossing, pelican crossing.* cruce en barco = boat ride.* cruce fronterizo = border crossing.* cruce peatonal = pedestrian crossing. -
95 cátedra
f.cathedra, chair, professorship.* * *1 (cargo de universidad) professorship; (de instituto) post of head of department2 (departamento) department3 (aula) lecture room\ex cátedra ex cathedrasentar cátedra figurado to give a lessoncátedra de San Pedro Holy See* * *noun f.* * *1. SF1) [en universidad] chair, professorshiphablar ex cátedra — (Rel) to speak ex cathedra; (fig) to speak with authority
hacer oposiciones u opositar para una cátedra — to compete for a chair etc by public competitive examination
2) [en enseñanza secundaria] post of head of department3) (=aula) seminar room4) Caribe * wonder, marveles cátedra, está la cátedra — it's marvellous
2.ADJ Caribe wonderful, marvellous, excellent* * *dictar or (AmL) dar cátedra — to lecture
sentar cátedra — to pontificate, sound off (colloq)
* * *Ex. It was customary to retain a full professorship until death, regardless of one's ability to carry out the various associated duties.* * *dictar or (AmL) dar cátedra — to lecture
sentar cátedra — to pontificate, sound off (colloq)
* * *Ex: It was customary to retain a full professorship until death, regardless of one's ability to carry out the various associated duties.
* * *(en la universidad) professorship, chair; (en un colegio) post of head of departmenttiene ocho horas de cátedra she has eight teaching hours o hours of teachingdictar or ( AmL) dar cátedra to lecturete está quedando la cátedra ese dibujo your drawing's looking great ( colloq)sentar cátedra to pontificate, sound off ( colloq)* * *
cátedra sustantivo femenino ( en universidad) professorship, chair;
( en colegio) post of head of department
cátedra sustantivo femenino Univ chair
(instituto de bachillerato) head of department
' cátedra' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
ayudante
English:
chair
* * *cátedra nf1. [en universidad] chair;ocupa la cátedra de Historia antigua she holds the chair of Ancient History;sentar cátedra to lay down the law2. [en instituto] post of head of department3. [departamento] department* * *f EDU chair;sentar oponer cátedra pontificate, sound off* * *cátedra nf1) : chair, professorship2) : subject, class3)libertad de cátedra : academic freedom -
96 me
pron.1 me.le gustaría verme she'd like to see me2 (to) me.me lo dio he gave it to meme tiene miedo he's afraid of me3 myself.me visto I get dressed* * *me1 me2 (reflexivo) myself* * *pron.1) me2) to me, for me, from me3) myself* * *PRON PERS1) [como complemento directo] meme llamó por teléfono — he telephoned o rang me
2) [como complemento indirecto] (to) me¡dámelo! — give it to me!
me lo compró — [de mí] he bought it from me; [para mí] he bought it for me
¿por qué me lo preguntas? — why do you ask?
3) [con partes del cuerpo, ropa]4) [uso enfático]5) [uso reflexivo o pronominal]* * *pronombre personal me¿me lo prestas? — will you lend it to me o lend me it?
me lo quitó — he took it off me o away from me
me miré en el espejo — (refl) I looked at myself in the mirror
me hice una chaqueta — (refl) I made myself a jacket; (caus) I had a jacket made
* * *= me.Ex. Let me offer an illustration.----* me atrevo a decir = may I say.* me gustaría = I shoud like.* me gustaría muchísimo = I sure wish.* * *pronombre personal me¿me lo prestas? — will you lend it to me o lend me it?
me lo quitó — he took it off me o away from me
me miré en el espejo — (refl) I looked at myself in the mirror
me hice una chaqueta — (refl) I made myself a jacket; (caus) I had a jacket made
* * *= me.Ex: Let me offer an illustration.
* me atrevo a decir = may I say.* me gustaría = I shoud like.* me gustaría muchísimo = I sure wish.* * *mememe mandaron una postal they sent me a postcardme han robado el reloj I've had my watch stolen, my watch has been stolen¿me lo prestas? will you lend it to me o lend me it?me arregló el televisor he fixed the television for meme lo quitó he took it off me o away from meme fue imposible asistir it was impossible for me to attendme miré en el espejo ( refl) I looked at myself in the mirrorme hice una chaqueta ( refl) I made myself a jacket;( caus) I had a jacket mademe terminé el libro en un día ( enf) I finished the book in a dayme equivoqué I made a mistake, I was mistakenme alegro mucho I'm very pleasedse me murió el gato my cat diedno te me vayas, que quiero hablar contigo don't go away, I want a word with youel nene no me come/duerme my baby won't eat/sleep* * *
me pron pers
me;◊ ¿me lo prestas? will you lend it to me o lend me it?;
me arregló el televisor he fixed the television for me;
me lo quitó he took it off me o away from me;
me robaron el reloj my watch was stolen;
me miré en el espejo ( refl) I looked at myself in the mirror;
me corté el pelo ( refl) I cut my hair;
( caus) I had my hair cut;
me alegro mucho I'm very pleased;
se me murió el gato my cat died
me pron pers
1 (objeto directo) me: me abrazó con fuerza, he hugged me tight
2 (objeto indirecto) me, to me, for me: me parece absurdo, it seems absurd to me
me resulta imposible convencerte, it is imposible for me to convince you
préstame una moneda, lend me a coin
3 (pron reflexivo) myself: me prometí conseguirlo, I promised myself I would manage it
me quedé dormida, I fell asleep
'me' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
A
- abochornar
- abordar
- aborigen
- abotonar
- abrigo
- abrirse
- abrumar
- absoluta
- absoluto
- acaso
- achicharrarse
- aclararse
- acogerse
- acometer
- acompañar
- acordarse
- acribillar
- actual
- acusación
- adelantarse
- adentro
- adivinar
- agradar
- ahumar
- ajena
- ajeno
- alcanzar
- alegrar
- alegrarse
- algo
- alguna
- alguno
- aliento
- alma
- amable
- amargada
- amargado
- amargura
- ambages
- amontonarse
- anda
- anquilosarse
- anticiparse
- aparte
- apenas
- aplatanada
- aplatanado
- apoltronarse
- apoyarse
English:
aback
- academy
- account
- ache
- aching
- actual
- adjust
- admit
- advance
- affirmation
- afraid
- after
- agree
- airmail
- album
- alive
- along
- also
- alternate
- amalgamate
- amaze
- amazement
- amazing
- amusing
- and
- angry
- animate
- animated
- annoy
- answer back
- any
- anybody
- apology
- appal
- appall
- appeal
- appease
- apprise
- approach
- approximate
- approximation
- around
- art form
- ashamed
- ask
- assert
- assign
- assurance
- attractive
- attuned to
* * *me pron personal1. [complemento directo] me;le gustaría verme she'd like to see me;me atracaron en plena calle I was attacked in the middle of the street;me han aprobado I've passed2. [complemento indirecto] (to) me;me lo dio he gave it to me, he gave me it;me tiene miedo he's afraid of me;[es para mí] she bought it for me;¿me sujetas esto? will you hold this for me?;me extrajeron sangre they took some of my blood;me han quitado el bolso they've stolen my bag;me mancharon el traje they stained my suit;me pegaron un empujón someone pushed me, I was pushed;se me cayó I dropped it;no me resulta agradable hacer esto it's not very pleasant for me to have to do this;me será de gran ayuda it will be a great help to me3. [reflexivo] myself;me visto I get dressed;me serví un whisky I poured myself a whisky;me puse la falda I put my skirt on;me acosté en el sofá I lay down on the sofa;me rompí una pierna I broke a leg;[en modista, sastre] I've had these Br trousers o US pants mended4. [con valor intensivo o expresivo]¡no me lo creo! I can't believe it!;me espero lo peor I'm expecting the worst;me lo comí todo I ate the whole lot;no te me eches a llorar ahora don't start crying on me now;se me ha estropeado la lavadora the washing machine has gone and got broken;yo sé lo que me digo I know what I'm talking aboutyo me abstengo I abstain* * *mepron persme dio el libro he gave me the book, he gave the book to me* * *me pron1) : meme vieron: they saw me2) : to me, for me, from medame el libro: give me the bookme lo compró: he bought it for meme robaron la cartera: they stole my pocketbook3) : myself, to myself, for myself, from myselfme preparé una buena comida: I cooked myself a good dinnerme equivoqué: I made a mistake* * *me pron1. (complemento) me2. (partes del cuerpo) my3. (reflexivo) myself -
97 pose
f.pose.pres.subj.3rd person singular (él/ella/ello) Present Subjunctive of Spanish verb: posar.* * *1 (postura) pose2 peyorativo (actitud) pose, air* * *noun f.* * *SF1) [para foto, cuadro] pose; (Fot) exposure, time exposure2) (=actitud) attitude4) (=elegancia) poise* * *a) ( para foto) poseb) (pey) ( afectación) posetodo en él es pura pose — he's a real poseur o (BrE colloq) poser
* * *= pose, posturing.Ex. Male readers are often attracted to this sub-genre because of the books' pin-up art, depicting beautiful young women in revealing costumes and provocative poses.Ex. The lavishness of the presentation imbues the show with conviction and almost distracts from the ridiculousness of its apocalyptic posturing.* * *a) ( para foto) poseb) (pey) ( afectación) posetodo en él es pura pose — he's a real poseur o (BrE colloq) poser
* * *= pose, posturing.Ex: Male readers are often attracted to this sub-genre because of the books' pin-up art, depicting beautiful young women in revealing costumes and provocative poses.
Ex: The lavishness of the presentation imbues the show with conviction and almost distracts from the ridiculousness of its apocalyptic posturing.* * *1 (para una foto) pose2 ( pey) (afectación) posetodo en él es pura pose he's nothing but a poseur, he's a real poser ( colloq)siempre adopta poses de intelectual he is constantly striking intellectual poses* * *
Del verbo posar: ( conjugate posar)
posé es:
1ª persona singular (yo) pretérito indicativo
pose es:
1ª persona singular (yo) presente subjuntivo3ª persona singular (él/ella/usted) presente subjuntivo3ª persona singular (él/ella/usted) imperativo
Multiple Entries:
posar
pose
posar ( conjugate posar) verbo intransitivo
to pose
posarse verbo pronominal [pájaro/insecto] to alight, land;
[avión/helicóptero] to land
pose sustantivo femenino
posar
I vi (para una fotografía, un cuadro) to pose
II verbo transitivo to put o lay down
pose sustantivo femenino
1 (postura) pose
2 (actitud fingida) pose
' pose' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
plantear
- posar
- sugerente
English:
pose
- posture
- poseur
- strike
* * *pose nf1. [para cuadro, retrato] pose2. [actitud] pose;adoptó una pose salomónica he made out that he was very even-handed* * *f pose* * *pose nf: pose -
98 poso
m.sediment.posos del café coffee groundspres.indicat.1st person singular (yo) present indicative of spanish verb: posar.* * *1 (del café) dregs plural2 figurado trace* * *noun m.* * *SM1) (=sedimento) [de mineral] sediment, deposit; [de vino] sediment, dregs pl, lees pl ; [de café] dregs pl, grounds pl2) (=huella) trace* * ** * *= sediment.Ex. Finally, the upkeep of these bridges was a massive task requiring the constant removal of sediment from river beds, piers and abutments.* * ** * *= sediment.Ex: Finally, the upkeep of these bridges was a massive task requiring the constant removal of sediment from river beds, piers and abutments.
* * ** * *
Del verbo posar: ( conjugate posar)
poso es:
1ª persona singular (yo) presente indicativo
posó es:
3ª persona singular (él/ella/usted) pretérito indicativo
Multiple Entries:
posar
poso
posar ( conjugate posar) verbo intransitivo
to pose
posarse verbo pronominal [pájaro/insecto] to alight, land;
[avión/helicóptero] to land
poso sustantivo masculino ( del vino) sediment, lees (pl), dregs (pl);
( del café) dregs (pl), grounds (pl)
posar
I vi (para una fotografía, un cuadro) to pose
II verbo transitivo to put o lay down
poso sustantivo masculino dregs pl
' poso' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
asiento
- hez
- trasfondo
- cuncho
English:
dregs
- sediment
* * *poso nm1. [sedimento] sediment;[de café] grounds;formar poso to settle2. [resto, huella] trace;la discusión me dejó un poso amargo the argument left a bitter taste in my mouth* * *m dregs pl ;los posos del café the coffee grounds* * *poso nm1) : sediment, dregs pl2) : grounds pl (of coffee) -
99 quilla
f.1 keel (Nautical).2 breastbone.3 carina.* * *1 keel* * *ISF (Náut) keelIISF LAm (=cojín) cushion* * *femenino keel* * *= keel.Ex. Any way to reduce drag on the keel can only result in improved performance of the modern yacht.----* dar de quilla = keel over.* * *femenino keel* * *= keel.Ex: Any way to reduce drag on the keel can only result in improved performance of the modern yacht.
* dar de quilla = keel over.* * *keelpasar a algn por la quilla to keelhaul sb* * *
quilla sustantivo femenino
keel
quilla sustantivo femenino keel
' quilla' also found in these entries:
English:
keel
* * *quilla nf[de barco] keel* * *f keel* * *quilla nf: keel -
100 regla1
1 = guide, rule, ruling, canon.Ex. In so doing the indexes act as an organized guide to large sections of the literature of a subject area.Ex. If administrative regulations, rules, etc., are from jurisdictions in which such regulations, etc., are promulgated by government agencies or agents, enter them under the heading for the agency or agent.Ex. The suggested ruling is that groups 1, 2 and 3 are entered under Place, except for individual species in biology.Ex. The archetypal canon is of course that of the books of the Bible, which are gathered together in a fixed and unchanging order.----* Comité de Revisión de las Reglas de Catalogación (CRCC) = Catalog Code Revision Committee (CCRC).* cumplir una regla = observe + rule, comply with + rule.* establecer reglas = make + provision.* establecer reglas para = lay down + rules for.* establecer una regla = frame + rule.* excepciones que confirman la regla = exceptions to prove the rule.* formular una regla = frame + rule.* incumplir una regla = violate + rule, break + rules.* infringir una regla = violate + rule, break + rules.* las Reglas de Cutter para un Catálogo Diccionario = Cutter's Rules for a Dictionary Catalog.* libro de reglas de un juego = rulebook.* obedecer una regla = comply with + rule.* RCAA1 (1ª Edición de las Reglas de Catalogación Anglo-Americanas) = AACR1 (Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules 1st Edition).* regido por reglas = rule-governed.* regla absoluta = hard and fast rule, ironclad rule, steadfast rule.* regla a regla = rule-to-rule.* regla con regla = rule-to-rule.* regla de catalogación = cataloguing rule.* regla de formato = rule.* regla de juego = ground rule.* regla de la necesidad = purpose rule.* regla del valor literal = face value rule.* regla del valor nominal = face value rule.* regla de oro = golden rule.* regla de tres, la = rule of three, the.* regla esencial = cardinal rule.* regla fija = firm rule.* regla fundamental = cardinal rule.* regla inflexible = hard and fast rule, ironclad rule, steadfast rule.* regla que se puede aplicar a rajatabla = hard and fast rule, ironclad rule, steadfast rule.* regla rígida = hard and fast rule, ironclad rule, steadfast rule.* reglas = code, regulation, set of rules.* Reglas Anglo-americanas = Anglo-American code (AA).* reglas de catalogación = catalogue code, cataloguing code.* Reglas de Catalogación Anglo-Americanas (RCAA) = AACR (Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules).* reglas de catalogación del British Museum = BM code.* reglas de catalogación del Museo Británico = BM code.* reglas de combate = rules of engagement.* reglas de cortesía = etiquette.* reglas de cortesía en Internet = netiquette.* reglas de deducción = topoi.* reglas de enfrentamiento = rules of engagement.* Reglas de Intercalación de BLAISE = BLAISE Filing Rules.* Reglas de Intercalación de la ALA = ALA Filing Rules.* Reglas de Intercalación de la Biblioteca del Congreso = Library of Congress Filing Rules.* Reglas de la ALA para la Intercalación de Fichas de Catálogo = ALA Rules for Filing Catalog Cards.* reglas del juego, las = rules of the game, the.* reglas de ordenación = filing rules.* reglas prusianas = Prussian instructions.* respetar una regla = observe + rule, comply with + rule.* revisión de las reglas = code revision.* Segunda Edición de las Reglas de Catalogación Angloamericanas (RCAA2) = AACR2 (Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules 2nd Edition).* según la aplicación de reglas = rule-governed.* ser la excepción a la regla = constitute + the exception to the rule.* ser la excepción que confirma la regla = be the exception rather than the rule.
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lay down — (something) to say or write something plainly. The coach laid down the rules for all team members, including being at every practice and getting eight hours sleep. Related vocabulary: set down something … New idioms dictionary
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