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1 old habits die hard
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2 die hard
(to take a long time to disappear: Old habits die hard.) tardar en desaparecerexpr.• luchar hasta la muerte expr. -
3 to die hard
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4 die
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present participle - dying; verb1) (to lose life; to stop living and become dead: Those flowers are dying; She died of old age.) morir2) (to fade; to disappear: The daylight was dying fast.) apagarse, desaparecer3) (to have a strong desire (for something or to do something): I'm dying for a drink; I'm dying to see her.) morirse de ganas de•- diehard- die away
- die down
- die hard
- die off
- die out
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noun(a stamp or punch for making raised designs on money, paper etc.) troquel
III see dicedie vb morirtr[daɪ]1 (person, animal, plant) morir, morirse■ I nearly died! ¡casi me muero!3 figurative use (love, tradition, custom) morir; (flame) extinguirse, apagarse; (engine) apagarse, dejar de funcionar4 (engine, motor) apagarse, dejar de funcionar1 morir\SMALLIDIOMATIC EXPRESSION/SMALLto be dying for something / be dying to do something morirse por algo, morirse de ganas de hacer algoto die a death quedar en nadato die hard tardar en desaparecerto die laughing morirse de risato die with one's boots on morirse con las botas puestasto do or die vencer o morir————————tr[daɪ]1 (for coins) cuño, troquel nombre masculino2 (pl dice) architecture dado\SMALLIDIOMATIC EXPRESSION/SMALLthe die is cast la suerte está echada1) : morir2) cease: morir, morirsea dying civilization: una civilización moribunda3) stop: apagarse, dejar de funcionarthe motor died: el motor se apagó4)to die down subside: amainar, disminuir5)to die out : extinguirse6)I'm dying to leave: me muero por irme1) stamp: troquel m, cuño m2) mold: matriz f, molde mn.(§plural: dice) = dado s.m.n.• cuadrado s.m.• cuño s.m.• dado s.m.• matriz s.f.• molde s.m.• troquel s.m.v.• cascar* v.• fallecer v.• fenecer v.• finar v.• morir v.• morirse v.• palmar v.• reventar v.
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1. daɪdies, dying, died intransitive verb1)a) ( stop living) morir*; ( violently) matarse, morir*b) ( be overcome) (colloq) morirse*to die laughing — morirse* de risa
c) ( want very much) (colloq)to be dying FOR something — morirse* por algo
to be dying to + INF — morirse* por + inf, morirse* de ganas de + inf
2)a) ( cease to exist) \<\<love/hatred\>\> morir*b) ( be extinguished) \<\<fire\>\> extinguirse*, apagarse*; \<\<light\>\> extinguirse*c) ( stop functioning) \<\<engine/motor\>\> apagarse*, dejar de funcionar3) (colloq) ( in baseball) quedarse embasado, ser* dejado en base
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vtto die a natural death — morir* de muerte natural
to die a violent death — tener* or sufrir una muerte violenta
to die a death — (BrE colloq) quedar en la nada
Phrasal Verbs:- die away- die down- die off- die out
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as straight as a die — derecho hasta decir basta, honrado como él sólo
no dice! — (AmE) ni hablar!, ni lo sueñes!
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[daɪ](present participle dying) VI1) [person, animal, plant] morir (of, from de)her father was dying — su padre se moría or se estaba muriendo or estaba moribundo
I nearly died! * — (laughing) ¡me moría de la risa!; (with embarrassment) ¡me moría de vergüenza!; (with fear) ¡casi me muero del susto!
- die like flies2) (fig) [friendship, interest] morir, desaparecer; [light] extinguirse; [engine] pararse, apagarsethe day was dying fast — liter la luz del día iba apagándose rápidamente
3)- die away- die back- die down- die off- die out
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[daɪ]N1) (pl dice) [daɪs]dado m* * *
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1. [daɪ]dies, dying, died intransitive verb1)a) ( stop living) morir*; ( violently) matarse, morir*b) ( be overcome) (colloq) morirse*to die laughing — morirse* de risa
c) ( want very much) (colloq)to be dying FOR something — morirse* por algo
to be dying to + INF — morirse* por + inf, morirse* de ganas de + inf
2)a) ( cease to exist) \<\<love/hatred\>\> morir*b) ( be extinguished) \<\<fire\>\> extinguirse*, apagarse*; \<\<light\>\> extinguirse*c) ( stop functioning) \<\<engine/motor\>\> apagarse*, dejar de funcionar3) (colloq) ( in baseball) quedarse embasado, ser* dejado en base
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vtto die a natural death — morir* de muerte natural
to die a violent death — tener* or sufrir una muerte violenta
to die a death — (BrE colloq) quedar en la nada
Phrasal Verbs:- die away- die down- die off- die out
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as straight as a die — derecho hasta decir basta, honrado como él sólo
no dice! — (AmE) ni hablar!, ni lo sueñes!
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