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1 keep
keep [ki:p]garder ⇒ 1A (a)-(c), 1B (e), 1D (d) mettre ⇒ 1A (c) retenir ⇒ 1B (d) avoir ⇒ 1C (b) tenir ⇒ 1C (c) vendre ⇒ 1C (d) élever ⇒ 1C (e) observer ⇒ 1D (b) maintenir ⇒ 1D (c) continuer ⇒ 2 (a) rester ⇒ 2 (b) se tenir ⇒ 2 (b) se conserver ⇒ 2 (c) aller ⇒ 2 (d)(pt & pp kept [kept])A.(a) (retain → receipt, change) garder;∎ you can keep the book I lent you vous pouvez garder le livre que je vous ai prêté;∎ she's kept her English accent elle a gardé son accent anglais;∎ please keep your seats veuillez rester assis;∎ he's never kept a job for more than a year il n'a jamais gardé ou conservé le même emploi plus d'un an;∎ to keep a secret garder un secret;∎ to keep one's temper/composure garder son calme/son sang-froid;∎ to keep one's figure garder la ligne;∎ to keep its shape/colour (garment) conserver sa forme/couleur;∎ to keep sth to oneself garder qch pour soi;∎ they kept the discovery to themselves ils ont gardé la découverte pour eux;∎ keep it to yourself! garde ça pour toi!;∎ you can keep your snide remarks to yourself! tu peux garder tes remarques déplaisantes pour toi!;∎ keep your hands to yourself! bas les mains!;∎ to keep oneself to oneself rester dans son coin;∎ they keep themselves very much to themselves ils ne se mêlent pas du tout aux autres;∎ familiar if that's your idea of a holiday, you can keep it! si c'est ça ton idée des vacances, tu peux te la garder!;∎ familiar tell him he can keep his rotten job! dis-lui qu'il peut se le garder, son sale boulot!∎ to keep sth for sb garder qch pour qn;∎ we've kept some cake for you on t'a gardé du gâteau;∎ can you keep my seat? pouvez-vous (me) garder ma place?;∎ we'll keep the tickets for you until Wednesday nous vous garderons les tickets jusqu'à mercredi;∎ I'm keeping this cigar for later je garde ce cigare pour plus tard(c) (store, put) mettre, garder;∎ she keeps her money in the bank elle met son argent à la banque;∎ I keep my comb in my pocket je mets toujours mon peigne dans ma poche;∎ how long can you keep fish in the freezer? combien de temps peut-on garder ou conserver du poisson au congélateur?;∎ where do you keep the playing cards? où est-ce que vous rangez les cartes à jouer?;∎ I've got nowhere to keep my books je n'ai nulle part où mettre mes livres;∎ keep out of the reach of children (on medicine, harmful products) ne pas laisser à la portée des enfantsB.(a) (with adj complement) (maintain in the specified state) to keep sth clean/secret tenir qch propre/secret;∎ to keep sb quiet faire tenir qn tranquille;∎ to keep oneself warm (by staying in the warmth) se tenir au chaud; (by dressing warmly) s'habiller chaudement;∎ to keep sth warm garder qch au chaud;∎ the noise kept me awake le bruit m'a empêché de dormir, le bruit m'a tenu éveillé;∎ to keep the door open/shut garder ou laisser la porte ouverte/fermée;∎ the doors are kept locked les portes sont toujours fermées à clef;∎ to keep sth up to date tenir qch à jour(b) (with adv complement) (maintain in the specified manner or place) a well-kept/badly kept office un bureau bien/mal tenu;∎ the weather kept us indoors le temps nous a empêchés de sortir;∎ troops were kept on the alert les soldats ont été maintenus en état d'alerte;∎ he kept his hands in his pockets il a gardé les mains dans les poches;∎ keep your eyes on the red dot ne quittez pas le point rouge des yeux;∎ keep the noise to a minimum essayez de ne pas faire trop de bruit(c) (with present participle) to keep sb waiting faire attendre qn;∎ keep the engine running n'arrêtez pas le moteur;∎ we kept the fire burning all night nous avons laissé le feu allumé toute la nuit;∎ to keep sth going (organization, business) faire marcher qch; (music, conversation) ne pas laisser qch s'arrêter;∎ alcohol is the only thing that keeps me going l'alcool est la seule chose qui me permette de tenir (le coup)∎ I hope I've not kept you j'espère que je ne vous ai pas retenu;∎ what kept you? qu'est-ce qui t'a retenu?∎ to keep sb in hospital/prison garder qn à l'hôpital/en prison;∎ the doctor kept him in bed le médecin l'a obligé à garder le lit;∎ I don't want to keep you from your work je ne veux pas vous empêcher de travailler;∎ there was nothing to keep me in England/with that company rien ne me retenait en Angleterre/dans cette entrepriseC.∎ he hardly earns enough to keep himself il gagne à peine de quoi vivre;∎ she has a husband and six children to keep elle a un mari et six enfants à nourrir;∎ it keeps me in cigarettes ça paie mes cigarettes;∎ the grant barely keeps me in food ma bourse me permet tout juste de me payer de quoi manger∎ he keeps a mistress il a une maîtresse;∎ they keep a maid and a gardener ils ont une bonne et un jardinier(c) (run → shop, business) tenir∎ I'm afraid we don't keep that article je regrette, nous ne vendons pas ou nous ne faisons pas cet article(e) (farm animals) élever;∎ they keep pigs/bees ils élèvent des porcs/des abeilles(f) (diary, list etc) tenir;∎ my secretary keeps my accounts ma secrétaire tient ou s'occupe de ma comptabilité;∎ to keep a record of events prendre les événements en note;∎ to keep a note of sth noter qchD.(a) (fulfil → a promise) tenir;∎ to keep one's word tenir sa parole(b) (observe → silence) observer; (→ the Sabbath) respecter; (→ law) respecter, observer; (→ vow) rester fidèle à; (→ treaty) tenir, respecter, observer; (→ date, appointment) ne pas manquer;∎ Religion to keep the commandments observer les commandements∎ to keep order/the peace maintenir l'ordre/la paix;∎ to keep a lookout faire le guet∎ to keep goal être gardien de but;∎ to keep wicket (in cricket) garder le guichet;∎ archaic God keep you! Dieu vous garde!E.∎ to keep sb from doing sth empêcher qn de faire qch;∎ nothing will keep me from going rien ne m'empêchera d'y aller∎ to keep sth from sb cacher qch à qn;∎ to keep information from sb dissimuler des informations à qn;∎ I can't keep anything from her je ne peux rien lui cacher;∎ they deliberately kept the news from his family ils ont fait exprès de cacher les nouvelles à sa famille(a) (with present participle) (continue) continuer;∎ letters keep pouring in les lettres continuent d'affluer;∎ don't keep apologizing arrête de t'excuser;∎ they keep teasing him ils n'arrêtent pas de le taquiner;∎ to keep smiling garder le sourire;∎ don't keep asking questions ne posez pas tout le temps des questions;∎ I wish you wouldn't keep saying that j'aimerais bien que tu arrêtes de répéter cela;∎ she had several failures but kept trying elle a essuyé plusieurs échecs mais elle a persévéré;∎ to keep going (not give up) continuer;∎ keep going till you get to the crossroads allez jusqu'au croisement;∎ she kept going when everyone else had given up elle a continué alors que tous les autres avaient abandonné;∎ with so few customers, it's a wonder the shop keeps going avec si peu de clients, c'est un miracle que le magasin ne ferme pas(b) (stay, remain) rester, se tenir;∎ to keep quiet se tenir ou rester tranquille;∎ keep calm! restez calmes!, du calme!;∎ she kept warm by jumping up and down elle se tenait chaud en sautillant sur place;∎ keep to the path ne vous écartez pas du chemin;∎ to keep in touch with sb rester en contact avec qn;∎ to keep to oneself se tenir à l'écart(c) (last, stay fresh) se conserver, se garder;∎ it will keep for a week in the refrigerator vous pouvez le garder ou conserver au réfrigérateur pendant une semaine;∎ what I've got to tell you won't keep till tomorrow ce que j'ai à te dire n'attendra pas jusqu'à demain;∎ will it keep till later? (news) est-ce que ça peut attendre?(d) (in health) aller;∎ how are you keeping? comment allez-vous?, comment ça va?;∎ I'm keeping well je vais bien, ça va (bien);∎ she doesn't keep well elle ne jouit pas d'une bonne santé3 noun∎ the grant is supposed to be enough to pay your keep la bourse est censée vous permettre de payer la nourriture et le logement;∎ he gives his mother £50 a week for his keep il donne 50 livres par semaine à sa mère pour sa pension;∎ to earn one's keep = payer ou travailler pour être nourri et logé;∎ our cat certainly earns his keep notre chat vaut bien ce qu'il nous coûte∎ for keeps pour de bon□➲ keep at∎ the sergeant kept us hard at it all morning le sergent nous a fait travailler toute la matinée∎ she kept at him until he agreed elle l'a harcelé jusqu'à ce qu'il accepte∎ to keep at it persévérer;∎ he kept at it until he found a solution il a persévéré jusqu'à trouver une solutiontenir éloigné, empêcher d'approcher;∎ keep the baby away from the fire empêche le bébé d'approcher du feu;∎ the rain kept a lot of spectators away la pluie a dissuadé bien des spectateurs de venir;∎ keep that dog away (from me)! tenez ce chien loin de moi!;∎ the wind will keep the rain away le vent empêchera la pluiene pas s'approcher;∎ keep away (from me)! n'approchez pas!;∎ keep away from the cooker ne t'approche pas de la cuisinière;∎ keep away from those people évitez ces gens-là;∎ I felt my visits were unwelcome and so I kept away je n'avais pas l'impression que mes visites étaient bienvenues, alors je n'y suis plus allé;∎ I can't keep away from chocolates je ne peux pas résister quand je vois des chocolats(a) (keep at a distance → crowd, spectators) tenir éloigné, empêcher de s'approcher(b) (not reveal → names, facts) cacher;∎ I'm sure he's keeping something back (from us) je suis sûr qu'il (nous) cache quelque chose∎ part of our salary is kept back every month une partie de notre salaire est retenue tous les mois∎ to be kept back after school être en retenue;∎ School to be kept back a year redoubler(e) (restrain) retenir;∎ he struggled to keep back the tears il s'est efforcé de retenir ses larmesrester en arrière, ne pas s'approcher;∎ keep back! restez où vous êtes!, n'approchez pas!(after meeting, class) retenir(a) (not raise) ne pas lever;∎ keep your head down! ne lève pas la tête!, garde la tête baissée!;∎ keep your voices down! parlez moins fort ou plus bas(b) (prevent from increasing) limiter;∎ we must keep our expenses down il faut que nous limitions nos dépenses;∎ our aim is to keep prices down notre but est d'empêcher les prix d'augmenter;∎ to keep one's weight down garder la ligne∎ the army kept the population/the revolt down l'armée a tenu la population en respect/a maté la révolte;∎ you can't keep a good man down rien n'arrête un homme de mérite∎ she can't keep solid foods down son estomac ne garde aucun aliment solide∎ to be kept down a year redoubler une annéene pas se relever;∎ keep down! ne vous relevez pas!s'empêcher de, se retenir de;∎ I couldn't keep from laughing je n'ai pas pu m'empêcher de rire➲ keep in∎ the bad weather kept us in le mauvais temps nous a empêchés de sortir;∎ they're keeping him in overnight (in hospital) ils le gardent pour la nuit∎ to keep one's hand in garder la main(not go out) ne pas sortir, rester chez soi∎ to keep in with sb ne pas se mettre mal avec qn➲ keep off∎ this cream will keep the mosquitoes off cette crème vous/le/te/ etc protégera contre les moustiques;∎ keep your hands off! pas touche!, bas les pattes!(b) (coat, hat) ne pas remettre∎ keep off drink and tobacco évitez l'alcool et le tabac;∎ we tried to keep off the topic on a essayé d'éviter le sujet(b) (keep at a distance from) ne pas s'approcher de;∎ keep off the grass (sign) pelouse interdite(a) (keep at a distance) ne pas s'approcher;∎ that's mine, keep off! c'est à moi, n'y touchez pas!∎ the rain/snow kept off il n'a pas plu/neigé;∎ if the storm keeps off si l'orage n'éclate pas➲ keep on(a) (coat, hat) garder(b) (employee) garder∎ to keep the central heating on laisser le chauffage central en marche;∎ don't keep the lights on all day ne laissez pas la lumière allumée toute la journée(a) (continue) continuer;∎ keep on until you come to a crossroads continuez jusqu'à ce que vous arriviez à un carrefour;∎ they kept on talking ils ont continué à parler;∎ don't keep on asking questions ne posez pas tout le temps des questions;∎ I keep on making the same mistakes je fais toujours les mêmes erreurs∎ he keeps on about his kids il n'arrête pas de parler de ses gosses;∎ don't keep on about it! ça suffit, j'ai compris!;∎ he just keeps on and on about it il n'arrête pas d'en parler∎ to keep on at sb (to do sth) harceler qn (pour qu'il fasse qch)□➲ keep outempêcher d'entrer;∎ a guard dog to keep intruders out un chien de garde pour décourager les intrus;∎ a scarf to keep the cold out une écharpe pour vous protéger du froidne pas entrer;∎ to keep out of an argument ne pas intervenir dans une discussion;∎ to keep out of danger rester à l'abri du danger;∎ try to keep out of trouble essaie de ne pas t'attirer d'ennuis(a) (observe, respect) respecter;∎ you must keep to the deadlines vous devez respecter les délais(b) (not deviate from) ne pas s'écarter de;∎ to keep to the script (actors) s'en tenir au script;∎ keep to the point or the subject! ne vous écartez pas du sujet!;∎ keep to the main roads when it's icy restez sur les grandes routes quand il y a du verglas∎ to keep to one's room/bed garder la chambre/le litne pas séparer;∎ I'd like them to be kept together j'aimerais qu'ils ne soient pas séparésrester ensemble∎ he's being kept under with Pentothal on le garde sous Pentothal➲ keep up(a) (prevent from falling → shelf, roof) maintenir;∎ I need a belt to keep my trousers up j'ai besoin d'une ceinture pour empêcher mon pantalon de tomber;∎ figurative it will keep prices up ça empêchera les prix de baisser;∎ it's to keep the troops' morale up c'est pour maintenir le moral des troupes;∎ keep your spirits up! ne te laisse pas abattre!(b) (maintain → attack, bombardment) poursuivre; (→ correspondence, contacts, conversation) entretenir;∎ you have to keep up the payments on ne peut pas interrompre les versements;∎ she kept up a constant flow of questions elle ne cessait de poser des questions;∎ it's a tradition which hasn't been kept up c'est une tradition qui s'est perdue;∎ keep up the good work! c'est du bon travail, continuez!;∎ you're doing well, keep it up! c'est bien, continuez!;∎ once they start talking politics, they can keep it up all night une fois lancés sur la politique, ils sont capables d'y passer la nuit(c) (prevent from going to bed) empêcher de dormir;∎ the baby kept us up all night nous n'avons pas pu fermer l'œil de la nuit à cause du bébé(d) (not allow to deteriorate → house, garden) entretenir;∎ the lawns haven't been kept up les pelouses n'ont pas été entretenues;∎ she goes to evening classes to keep up her French elle suit des cours du soir pour entretenir son français(a) (continue) continuer;∎ if this noise keeps up much longer, I'm going to scream! si ce bruit continue, je crois que je vais hurler!(b) (not fall) se maintenir;∎ if prices keep up si les prix se maintiennent;∎ how are their spirits keeping up? est-ce qu'ils gardent le moral?(c) (not fall behind) suivre;∎ he's finding it hard to keep up in his new class il a du mal à suivre dans sa nouvelle classe;∎ things change so quickly I can't keep up les choses bougent si vite que j'ai du mal à suivre∎ to keep up with the news se tenir au courant de l'actualité;∎ I can barely keep up with her (she changes so much) ça change tellement vite avec elle que j'ai du mal à suivre;∎ to keep up with the times être à la page(b) (keep in touch with) rester en contact avec;∎ have you kept up with your cousin in Australia? est-ce que tu es resté en contact avec ton cousin d'Australie?∎ to keep up with sb aller à la même allure que qn;∎ I can't keep up with you vous marchez/parlez/ etc trop vite pour moi;∎ he couldn't keep up with the rest of the children in his class il n'arrivait pas à suivre dans sa classe -
2 keep
(a) to keep the books tenir la comptabilité ou les comptes;∎ to keep a note of sth noter qch(b) (have in stock) vendre;∎ we don't keep computer accessories nous ne vendons pas d'accessoires informatiques(prevent from increasing) empêcher d'augmenter;∎ we must keep our expenses down il faut que nous limitions nos dépenses;∎ our aim is to keep prices down notre but est d'empêcher les prix d'augmenter(prices) maintenir ferme -
3 bajar
v.1 to take/bring down (poner abajo) (libro, cuadro).ayúdame a bajar la caja help me get the box down; (desde lo alto) help carry the box downstairs (al piso de abajo)2 to go/come down (descender) (montaña, escaleras).bajó las escaleras a toda velocidad she ran down the stairs as fast as she couldbajar por la escalera to go/come down the stairsbajar (a) por algo to go out and get somethingbajar corriendo to run down3 to reduce.bajar el fuego (de la cocina) to reduce the heat4 to lower (ojos, cabeza, voz).5 to download (informal) (computing).6 to fall, to drop.este modelo ha bajado de precio this model has gone down in price, the price of this model has gone downbajó la Bolsa share prices felllas acciones de C & C han bajado C & C share prices have fallen7 to descend, to come down, to decrease, to drop.Bajó el calor The heat descended.El hielo bajó la temperatura The ice reduced the temperature.8 to step down, to stand down, to climb down, to get down.Ricardo bajó del camión Richard stepped down from the truck.9 to take down, to discharge, to carry down, to get down.Pedro bajó el equipaje Peter took down the luggage.10 to put down, to lower, to put in a lower position.Ella bajó su mano She put down her hand.11 to go down, to descend.Ese elevador baja That elevator goes down.12 to have less.Me bajó la temperatura I have less temperature.13 to walk down, to descend.Ella bajó el camino al mar She walked down the path to the sea.* * *1 (coger algo de un lugar alto) to get down, take down2 (dejar más abajo) to lower■ ¿has bajado las persianas? have you lowered the blinds?■ ese cuadro está muy alto, bájalo un poco that picture's too high, bring it down a bit■ se bajó los pantalones para que le pusieran una inyección he took his trousers down so that they could give him an injection3 (reducir) to lower, reduce, bring down■ baja la voz, que te van a oír lower your voice, they'll hear you■ baja la tele un poco, no te oigo turn the telly down, I can't hear you■ baja la calefacción, hace calor turn the heating down, it's hot5 (alargar) to lengthen, let down6 (recorrer de arriba abajo) to go down, come down7 (en informática) to download1 (ir abajo - acercándose) to come down; (- alejándose) to go down■ ¡baja de ahí ahora mismo! come down from there right now!■ ¿bajas en ascensor o por la escalera? are you going down in the lift or by the stairs?■ bajó corriendo/volando he ran/flew down2 (reducirse) to fall, drop, come down3 (hinchazón) to go down; (fiebre) to go down, come down4 (marea) to go out5 (apearse - de coche) to get out (de, of); (de bicicleta, caballo) to get off (de, -); (de avión, tren, autobús) to get off (de, -)1 (ir abajo - acercándose) to come down; (- alejándose) to go down2 (apearse - de coche) to get out (de, -); (bicicleta, caballo) to get off (de, -); (avión, tren, autobús) to get off (de, -)3 (agacharse) to bend down, bend over\bajarse la cabeza to bow one's headno bajar de... to be at least..., not be less than...* * *verb1) to lower2) descend3) fall4) reduce5) take down•- bajarse* * *1. VT1) (=llevar abajo) to take down; (=traer abajo) to bring down¿has bajado la basura? — have you taken the rubbish down?
¿me bajas el abrigo?, hace frío aquí fuera — could you bring my coat down? it's cold out here
¿me baja a la Plaza Mayor? — [en taxi] could you take me to the Plaza Mayor?
2) (=mover hacia abajo) [+ bandera, ventanilla] to lower; [+ persiana] to put down, lower3) [con partes del cuerpo] [+ brazos] to drop, lowerbajó la vista o los ojos — he looked down
bajó la cabeza — she bowed o lowered her head
4) (=reducir) [+ precio] to lower, put down; [+ fiebre, tensión, voz] to lowerlos comercios han bajado los precios — businesses have put their prices down o lowered their prices
5) [+ radio, televisión, gas] to turn downbaja la radio que no oigo nada — turn the radio down, I can't hear a thing
¡baja la voz, que no estoy sordo! — keep your voice down, I'm not deaf!
6)bajar la escalera — [visto desde arriba] to go down the stairs; [visto desde abajo] to come down the stairs
7) (=perder) to lose8) (Inform) to download9) (=humillar) to humble, humiliate10) Caribe ** (=pagar) to cough up *, fork out *11) And ** (=matar) to do in **2. VI1) (=descender) [visto desde arriba] to go down; [visto desde abajo] to come down¡ahora bajo! — I'll be right down!
2) (=apearse) [de autobús, avión, tren, moto, bici, caballo] to get off; [de coche] to get outbajar de — [+ autobús, avión, tren, moto, bici, caballo] to get off; [+ coche] to get out of
3) (=reducirse) [temperatura, fiebre, tensión arterial] to go down, fall, drop; [hinchazón, calidad] to go downhan bajado los precios — prices have fallen o come o gone down
4)• bajar de (=perder) —
5)• no bajar de (=no ser menos de) —
6) [regla] to start3.See:BAJAR De vehículos ► Bajar(se) de un vehículo privado o de un taxi se traduce por get out of, mientras que bajar(se) de un vehículo público (tren, autobús, avión {etc}) se traduce por get off: Bajó del coche y nos saludó She got out of the car and said hello No baje del tren en marcha Don't get off the train while it is still moving ► Debe emplearse get off cuando nos referimos a bicicletas, motos y animales de montura: Se bajó de la bicicleta He got off his bicycle Otros verbos de movimiento ► Bajar la escalera/ la cuesta {etc}, por regla general, se suele traducir por come down o por go down, según la dirección del movimiento (hacia o en sentido contrario del hablante), pero come y go se pueden substituir por otros verbos de movimiento si la oración española especifica la forma en que se baja mediante el uso de adverbios o construcciones adverbiales: Bajó las escaleras deprisa y corriendo She rushed down the stairs Bajó la cuesta tranquilamente He ambled down the hill Para otros usos y ejemplos ver la entrada* * *1.verbo intransitivo1)a) ascensor/persona ( alejándose) to go down; ( acercándose) to come downespérame, ya bajo — wait for me, I'll be right down
¿bajas a la playa con nosotros? — are you coming (down) to the beach with us?
bajar a + inf — to go/come down to + inf
b) ( apearse)bajar de algo — de tren/avión to get off sth; de coche to get out of sth; de caballo/bicicleta to get off sth
c) (Dep) equipo to go down2)a) marea to go outb) fiebre/tensión to go down, drop; hinchazón to go down; temperatura to fall, drople ha bajado la fiebre — her fever o temperature has gone down
c) precio/valor to fall, drop; cotización to fall; calidad to deteriorate; popularidad to diminishseguro que no baja de los dos millones — I bet it won't be o cost less than two million
d) menstruación to start2.bajar vt1) <escalera/cuesta> to go down2) <brazo/mano> to put down, lower3) (Inf) to download4)a)bajar algo (de algo) — de armario/estante to get sth down (from sth); del piso de arriba to bring/take down sth
¿me bajas las llaves? — can you bring down my keys?
b)bajar a algn de algo — de mesa/caballo to get sb off sth
5)a) <persiana/telón> to lower; < ventanilla> to openb) < cremallera> to undo3.bajarse verbo pronominal1) ( apearse)bajarse de algo — de tren/autobús to get off sth; de coche to get out of sth; de caballo/bicicleta to get off sth
2) < pantalones> to take down; < falda> to pull down* * *= come + downstairs, drop, go down, lower, walk down, ebb, subside, move down, come down, wind + Nombre + down, coast, freewheel, take + a tumble, turn down.Ex. Meanwhile the journeymen, who had just gone to bed, hearing the row quickly got up again, came downstairs and then shoved me out of the door.Ex. The search profile will only be modified periodically as the quality of the set of notifications output from the search drops to unacceptable levels.Ex. Since recall goes up as precision goes down, it is clearly not possible to achieve in general a system which gives full recall at the same time as full precision.Ex. When a forme was in place on the press stone, paper was lowered on to it by means of a tympan and frisket.Ex. Some of the questions to ask ourselves are will people walk up or down stairs, across quadrangles, etc just to visit the library?.Ex. Subsequently, library development stalled as cultural interaction ebbed from classical levels.Ex. Her agitation subsided suddenly.Ex. Of the 32 institutions indicating some change in status from July 1982 to January 1983, 19 moved down in status and 13 moved up.Ex. Costs are likely to be high but they will only come down as the system moves into the mass market.Ex. Not the least of the ironies of this venture is that going ahead with it is as full of hazard as winding it down abruptly.Ex. Pushing our bicycles up a very steep hill one sunny morning, two men on bicycles coasted down the hill and passed us.Ex. His vehicle freewheeled backwards down a hill and collided with another vehicle heading up the hill.Ex. Tourism takes a tumble in Australia due to the global credit crunch.Ex. Cytokines are small proteins used to communicate messages between the immune cells in the immune system to either turn up or down the immune response.----* bajar a = head down to.* bajar a Alguien del pedestal = knock + Nombre + off + Posesivo + pedestal, cut + Nombre + down to size.* bajar de categoría = demote.* bajar de precio = come down in + price.* bajar el listón = lower + the bar.* bajar el nivel = lower + the bar.* bajar el precio = lower + price.* bajar la calidad = lower + standards.* bajar la guardia = lower + Posesivo + guard.* bajar la moral = lower + morale.* bajar la ventana = wind down + window.* bajar la voz = lower + Posesivo + voice.* bajarle la nota a Alguien = mark + Nombre + down.* bajarle los humos a Alguien = knock + Nombre + off + Posesivo + pedestal, cut + Nombre + down to size, take + the wind out of + Posesivo + sails.* bajar los precios = roll back + prices.* bajar mucho = go + way down.* bajarse de = get off.* bajarse de las nubes = get real.* bajarse del tren = get off + the train.* hacer bajar = force down.* no bajarse del burro = stick to + Posesivo + guns.* precio + bajar = price + fall.* que baja los humos = humbling.* subir y = move up and/or down.* * *1.verbo intransitivo1)a) ascensor/persona ( alejándose) to go down; ( acercándose) to come downespérame, ya bajo — wait for me, I'll be right down
¿bajas a la playa con nosotros? — are you coming (down) to the beach with us?
bajar a + inf — to go/come down to + inf
b) ( apearse)bajar de algo — de tren/avión to get off sth; de coche to get out of sth; de caballo/bicicleta to get off sth
c) (Dep) equipo to go down2)a) marea to go outb) fiebre/tensión to go down, drop; hinchazón to go down; temperatura to fall, drople ha bajado la fiebre — her fever o temperature has gone down
c) precio/valor to fall, drop; cotización to fall; calidad to deteriorate; popularidad to diminishseguro que no baja de los dos millones — I bet it won't be o cost less than two million
d) menstruación to start2.bajar vt1) <escalera/cuesta> to go down2) <brazo/mano> to put down, lower3) (Inf) to download4)a)bajar algo (de algo) — de armario/estante to get sth down (from sth); del piso de arriba to bring/take down sth
¿me bajas las llaves? — can you bring down my keys?
b)bajar a algn de algo — de mesa/caballo to get sb off sth
5)a) <persiana/telón> to lower; < ventanilla> to openb) < cremallera> to undo3.bajarse verbo pronominal1) ( apearse)bajarse de algo — de tren/autobús to get off sth; de coche to get out of sth; de caballo/bicicleta to get off sth
2) < pantalones> to take down; < falda> to pull down* * *= come + downstairs, drop, go down, lower, walk down, ebb, subside, move down, come down, wind + Nombre + down, coast, freewheel, take + a tumble, turn down.Ex: Meanwhile the journeymen, who had just gone to bed, hearing the row quickly got up again, came downstairs and then shoved me out of the door.
Ex: The search profile will only be modified periodically as the quality of the set of notifications output from the search drops to unacceptable levels.Ex: Since recall goes up as precision goes down, it is clearly not possible to achieve in general a system which gives full recall at the same time as full precision.Ex: When a forme was in place on the press stone, paper was lowered on to it by means of a tympan and frisket.Ex: Some of the questions to ask ourselves are will people walk up or down stairs, across quadrangles, etc just to visit the library?.Ex: Subsequently, library development stalled as cultural interaction ebbed from classical levels.Ex: Her agitation subsided suddenly.Ex: Of the 32 institutions indicating some change in status from July 1982 to January 1983, 19 moved down in status and 13 moved up.Ex: Costs are likely to be high but they will only come down as the system moves into the mass market.Ex: Not the least of the ironies of this venture is that going ahead with it is as full of hazard as winding it down abruptly.Ex: Pushing our bicycles up a very steep hill one sunny morning, two men on bicycles coasted down the hill and passed us.Ex: His vehicle freewheeled backwards down a hill and collided with another vehicle heading up the hill.Ex: Tourism takes a tumble in Australia due to the global credit crunch.Ex: Cytokines are small proteins used to communicate messages between the immune cells in the immune system to either turn up or down the immune response.* bajar a = head down to.* bajar a Alguien del pedestal = knock + Nombre + off + Posesivo + pedestal, cut + Nombre + down to size.* bajar de categoría = demote.* bajar de precio = come down in + price.* bajar el listón = lower + the bar.* bajar el nivel = lower + the bar.* bajar el precio = lower + price.* bajar la calidad = lower + standards.* bajar la guardia = lower + Posesivo + guard.* bajar la moral = lower + morale.* bajar la ventana = wind down + window.* bajar la voz = lower + Posesivo + voice.* bajarle la nota a Alguien = mark + Nombre + down.* bajarle los humos a Alguien = knock + Nombre + off + Posesivo + pedestal, cut + Nombre + down to size, take + the wind out of + Posesivo + sails.* bajar los precios = roll back + prices.* bajar mucho = go + way down.* bajarse de = get off.* bajarse de las nubes = get real.* bajarse del tren = get off + the train.* hacer bajar = force down.* no bajarse del burro = stick to + Posesivo + guns.* precio + bajar = price + fall.* que baja los humos = humbling.* subir y = move up and/or down.* * *bajar [A1 ]viA1 «ascensor/persona» (alejándose) to go down; (acercándose) to come downyo bajo por la escalera I'll walk down o take the stairsespérame, ya bajo wait for me, I'll be right down¿bajas a la playa? are you coming (down) to the beach?bajar A + INF to go/come down to + INFbajó a saludarnos he came down to say hellotodavía no ha bajado a desayunar she hasn't come down for breakfast yetha bajado a comprar cigarrillos he's gone down to buy some cigarettes2 (apearse) bajar DE algo ‹de un tren/un avión› to get off sth; ‹de un coche› to get out OF sth; ‹de un caballo/una bicicleta› to get off sth, dismount FROM sthme caí al bajar del autobús I fell as I was getting off the busyo no bajo, me quedo en el coche I'm not getting out, I'll stay in the carno sabe bajar sola del caballo she can't get down off the horse o dismount on her own3 ( Dep) «equipo» to go down, be relegated4«río/aguas» (+ compl): el río baja crecido the river is (running) highB1 «marea» to go out2 «fiebre/tensión» to go down, drop, fall; «hinchazón» to go downhan bajado mucho las temperaturas temperatures have fallen o dropped sharplyno le ha bajado la fiebre her fever o ( BrE) temperature hasn't gone down3 «precio/valor» to fall, drop; «cotización» to fallel dólar bajó ligeramente the dollar slipped back o fell slightlynuestro volumen de ventas no ha bajado our turnover hasn't fallen o dropped o decreasedlos precios bajaron en un 25% prices fell by 25%los ordenadores están bajando de precio computers are going down in priceha bajado mucho la calidad del producto the quality of the product has deteriorated badlysu popularidad ha bajado últimamente her popularity has diminished recentlyseguro que no baja de los dos millones I bet it won't be o cost less than two millionha bajado mucho en mi estima he's gone down o fallen a lot in my estimation4 «período/menstruación» (+ me/te/le etc) to start5( Chi fam) (entrar) (+ me/te/le etc): con el vino le bajó un sueño tremendo the wine made him incredibly sleepyal escuchar tanta estupidez nos bajó una rabia … listening to such nonsense made us so angry …■ bajarvtA ‹escalera/cuesta› to go downbajó la cuesta corriendo she ran down the hillB1 ‹brazo/mano› to put down, lowerbajó la cabeza/mirada avergonzado he bowed his head/lowered o dropped his eyes in shame2 (de un armario, estante) to get down; (de una planta, habitación) to bring/take downme ayudó a bajar la maleta he helped me to get my suitcase down¿me bajas las llaves? can you bring down my keys?hay que bajar estas botellas al sótano we have to take these bottles down to the basementbajar algo/a algn DE algo to get sth/sb down FROM sthbájame la caja del estante get the box down from the shelf (for me)bájalo de la mesa/del caballo get him down off the table/horse3 ‹persiana/telón› to lowerle bajó los pantalones para ponerle una inyección she took his pants ( AmE) o ( BrE) trousers down to give him an injectiontengo que bajarle el dobladillo I have to let the hem downbaja la ventanilla open the windowC ‹precio› to lower; ‹fiebre› to bring down; ‹radio› to turn downbájale el volumen or ( Col) al volumen turn the volume downbaja la calefacción/el gas turn the heating/the gas downbaja la voz lower your voicelo bajaron de categoría it was downgraded o demotedD ( Inf) to downloadestoy bajando música a la computadora ( AmL) or al ordenador ( Esp) I'm downloading music to my computer■ bajarseA (apearse) bajarse DE algo ‹de un tren/un autobús› to get off sth; ‹de un coche› to get out OF sth; ‹de un caballo/una bicicleta› to get off sth, dismount FROM sthme bajo en la próxima I'm getting off at the next stop¡bájate del muro! get down off the wall!B ‹pantalones› to take down, pull down; ‹falda› to pull downC* * *
bajar ( conjugate bajar) verbo intransitivo
1
( acercándose) to come down;◊ bajar por las escaleras to go/come down the stairs;
ya bajo I'll be right down
‹ de coche› to get out of sth;
‹de caballo/bicicleta› to get off sth
2
[ hinchazón] to go down;
[ temperatura] to fall, drop
[ calidad] to deteriorate;
[ popularidad] to diminish;
verbo transitivo
1 ‹escalera/cuesta› to go down
2 ‹brazo/mano› to put down, lower
3a) bajar algo (de algo) ‹de armario/estante› to get sth down (from sth);
‹ del piso de arriba› ( traer) to bring sth down (from sth);
( llevar) to take sth down (to sth)
4
‹ ventanilla› to open
5 ‹ precio› to lower;
‹ fiebre› to bring down;
‹ volumen› to turn down;
‹ voz› to lower
bajarse verbo pronominal
1 ( apearse) bajarse de algo ‹de tren/autobús› to get off sth;
‹ de coche› to get out of sth;
‹de caballo/bicicleta› to get off sth;
‹de pared/árbol› to get down off sth
2 ‹ pantalones› to take down;
‹ falda› to pull down
bajar
I verbo transitivo
1 (descender) to come o go down: bajé corriendo la cuesta, I ran downhill ➣ Ver nota en ir 2 (llevar algo abajo) to bring o get o take down: baja los disfraces del trastero, bring the costumes down from the attic
3 (un telón) to lower
(una persiana) to let down
(la cabeza) to bow o lower
4 (reducir el volumen) to turn down
(la voz) to lower
5 (los precios, etc) to reduce, cut
6 (ropa, dobladillo) tengo que bajar el vestido, I've got to let the hem down
7 Mús tienes que bajar un tono, you've got to go down a tone
II verbo intransitivo
1 to go o come down: bajamos al bar, we went down to the bar
2 (apearse de un tren, un autobús) to get off
(de un coche) to get out [de, of]: tienes que bajarte en la siguiente parada, you've got to get off at the next stop
3 (disminuir la temperatura, los precios) to fall, drop: ha bajado su cotización en la bolsa, its share prices have dropped in the stock exchange
' bajar' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
abaratarse
- basura
- descender
- guardia
- irse
- a
- bandera
- hundir
- mirada
- poder
- vista
- volumen
English:
boil over
- bow
- bring down
- climb down
- come down
- decline
- decrease
- deflate
- descend
- dip
- down
- downgrade
- downstairs
- draw
- drop
- fall
- force down
- get down
- get off
- go below
- go down
- guard
- hang
- heave
- inflammation
- jump down
- jump off
- let down
- let off
- lift down
- lower
- mark down
- move down
- pull down
- relegate
- send down
- slide down
- slip
- slip down
- spiral down
- steeply
- subside
- swoop
- take down
- turn down
- walk down
- wind down
- bring
- can
- come
* * *♦ vt1. [poner abajo] [libro, cuadro] to take/bring down;[telón, persiana] to lower; [ventanilla] to wind down, to open;he bajado la enciclopedia de la primera a la última estantería I've moved the encyclopedia down from the top shelf to the bottom one;ayúdame a bajar la caja [desde lo alto] help me get the box down;[al piso de abajo] help me carry the box downstairs2. [ojos, cabeza, mano] to lower;bajó la cabeza con resignación she lowered o bowed her head in resignation3. [descender] [montaña, escaleras] to go/come down;bajó las escaleras a toda velocidad she ran down the stairs as fast as she could;bajó la calle a todo correr he ran down the street as fast as he could4. [reducir] [inflación, hinchazón] to reduce;[precios] to lower, to cut; [música, volumen, radio] to turn down; [fiebre] to bring down;bajar el fuego (de la cocina) to reduce the heat;bajar el tono to lower one's voice;bajar la moral a alguien to cause sb's spirits to drop;5. [hacer descender de categoría] to demote♦ vi1. [apearse] [de coche] to get out;[de moto, bicicleta, tren, avión] to get off; [de caballo] to dismount; [de árbol, escalera, silla] to get/come down;bajar de [de coche] to get out of;[de moto, bicicleta, tren, avión] to get off; [de caballo] to get off, to dismount; [de árbol, escalera, silla, mesa] to get/come down from;es peligroso bajar de un tren en marcha it is dangerous to jump off a train while it is still moving;bajar a tierra [desde barco] to go on shore;bajo en la próxima parada I'm getting off at the next stop2. [descender] to go/come down;¿podrías bajar aquí un momento? could you come down here a minute?;bajo enseguida I'll be down in a minute;bajar corriendo to run down;bajar por la escalera to go/come down the stairs;bajar (a) por algo to go down and get sth;ha bajado a comprar el periódico she's gone out o down to get the paper;bajar a desayunar to go/come down for breakfast;el río baja crecido the river is high;está bajando la marea the tide is going out;el jefe ha bajado mucho en mi estima the boss has gone down a lot in my estimation3. [disminuir] to fall, to drop;[fiebre, hinchazón] to go/come down; [cauce] to go down, to fall;los precios bajaron prices dropped;el euro bajó frente a la libra the euro fell against the pound;han bajado las ventas sales are down;este modelo ha bajado de precio this model has gone down in price, the price of this model has gone down;el coste total no bajará del millón the total cost will not be less than o under a million;no bajará de tres horas it will take at least three hours, it won't take less than three hoursbajaré a la capital la próxima semana I'll be going down to the capital next week;¿por qué no bajas a vernos este fin de semana? why don't you come down to see us this weekend?5. [descender de categoría] to be demoted (a to); Dep to be relegated, to go down (a to);el Atlético bajó de categoría Atlético went down* * *I v/tbajar la mirada lower one’s eyes o gaze, look down;2 TV, radio turn down3 escalera go down4 INFOR downloadII v/i1 go down2 de intereses fall, drop* * *bajar vt1) descender: to lower, to let down, to take down2) reducir: to reduce (prices)3) inclinar: to lower, to bow (the head)4) : to go down, to descend5)bajar de categoría : to downgradebajar vi1) : to drop, to fall2) : to come down, to go down3) : to ebb (of tides)* * *bajar vb1. (ir abajo) to go down¿bajas tú o subo yo? are you coming down or shall I come up?3. (salir de un coche) to get out¡bájate del coche! get out of the car!4. (salir de un tren, autobús) to get off¿me bajas la maleta? can you get my suitcase down?¿me bajas el bolso? can you bring my bag down?7. (voz, vista) to lower8. (cabeza) to bow9. (volumen) to turn downbaja la música, por favor turn the music down, please -
4 tirar
v.1 to throw.tirar algo a algo/alguien to throw something to something/somebody (para que lo agarre) to throw something at something/somebody (para hacer daño)tírame una manzana throw me an appleElla tira bolas She throws balls.2 to drop (dejar caer) (object).3 to knock over (derribar) (botella, lámpara).4 to throw away.tirar algo a la basura to throw something awayeso es tirar el dinero that's a complete waste of money5 to fire (disparar) (bala, misil).tirar una foto to take a picture6 to play (jugar) (carta).7 to take (sport) (falta, penalti).tirar a gol to shoot, to have a shot at goal8 to print.La imprenta tiró la primera edición The printer printed the first edition.9 to fail (informal) (suspender).10 to shoot.tirar a matar to shoot to kill11 to have a pull (informal) (atraer).me tira la vida del campo I feel drawn toward life in the countrytirar de algo to attract something12 to draw (cigarrillo, chimenea).13 to go, to work (informal) (funcionar).14 to go, to head.tira por esa calle go up o take that street15 to (have one's) go.16 to kick (sport) (con el pie).17 to last.18 to knock down, to break down, to batter down.La policía tiró la puerta The police broke down the door.19 to pull.El tractor tira fuerte The tractor pulls hard.* * *1 (echar) to throw, fling2 (dejar caer) to drop3 (desechar) to throw away4 (derribar) to knock down; (casa, árbol) to pull down5 (derramar) to spill6 (vaso, botella) to knock over7 (estirar) to pull8 (imprimir) to print9 (hacer - foto) to take; (línea, plano) to draw12 DEPORTE to take13 figurado (malgastar) to waste, squander1 (cuerda, puerta) to pull (de, -)2 (carreta, carro) to draw (de, -)3 (atraer) to draw, attract4 (estufa, chimenea) to draw5 (en juegos) to be a player's move, be a player's turn6 familiar (funcionar) to work, run8 (quedar estrecho) to be tight on11 figurado (inclinarse) to be attracted (a/hacia, to), be drawn (a/hacia, to)12 figurado (parecerse) to take after (a, -)14 figurado (mantenerse) to get by, get along15 (disparar) to shoot, fire1 (lanzarse) to throw oneself, hurl oneself3 (tumbarse) to lie down5 argot (fornicar) to lay (a, -)\a todo tirar figurado at the most, at the latesttira y afloja figurado give and taketirar al blanco to shoot at a targettirar a alguien de la lengua figurado to draw somebody outtirar de cartera to dip into one's wallettirar la casa por la ventana figurado to spare no expense, push the boat outtirar la primera piedra figurado to cast the first stonetirar una moneda al aire to toss a cointirarse de cabeza al agua to dive into the water* * *verb1) to throw, hurl, toss2) throw away3) shoot, fire4) pull, draw5) attract6) print•- tirar a
- tirar de la cadena
- tirar para* * *Para las expresiones como tirar de la lengua, tirar de la manta, tirar por la borda, tirar por tierra, ver la otra entrada.1. VERBO TRANSITIVO1) (=lanzar) to throwtirar algo a algn — [para que lo coja] to throw sth to sb; [para hacer daño] to throw sth at sb
2) (=derribar) [+ edificio] to pull down; [+ jarrón, silla, estatua] to knock over; [+ pared, verja] to knock downvan a tirar la casa — they are going to demolish {o} pull down the house
¡abre, o tiro la puerta abajo! — open up, or I'll break the door down!
3) (=dejar caer) to drop4) (=desechar) to throw awayno tires las sobras, que se las voy a dar al perro — don't throw away the leftovers, I'll give them to the dog
no tires el aceite por el sumidero — don't tip {o} pour the oil down the drain
estos pantalones están para tirarlos — these trousers have had it, these trousers are about ready for the dustbin
5) (=malgastar) [+ dinero] to waste; [+ fortuna] to squanderhas tirado el dinero comprando eso — it was a waste of money buying that, you wasted your money buying that
6) (=disparar) [+ tiro] to fire; [+ flecha] to shoot; [+ cohete] to launch, fireel aparato tira el proyectil a 2.000m — the machine throws the projectile 2,000m
7) [+ foto] to take8) (=dar, pegar)la mula le tiró una coz — the mule kicked him {o} gave him a kick
¡mamá, Carlos me ha tirado un mordisco! — Carlos has bitten me, Mum!
9) (Tip) (=imprimir) to print, run off10) (=trazar) [+ línea] to draw, trace11) * (=suspender)ya me han vuelto a tirar en química — I've failed chemistry again, I've flunked chemistry again ( esp EEUU) *
12) And (=usar) to use14)• tirarla [de] — † (=dárselas de) to fancy oneself as, pose as
2. VERBO INTRANSITIVO1) [haciendo fuerza]a) (=traer hacia sí) to pull¡tira un poco más fuerte! — pull a bit harder!
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tirar [de] — [+ soga, cuerda] to pull¡no le tires de la trenza a tu hermana! — don't pull your sister's pigtail!
tirar de la cadena (del wáter) — to flush the toilet, pull the chain
b) (=llevar tras sí)•
tirar [de] — to pullun burro tiraba de la carreta — a donkey was pulling the cart along, the cart was drawn by a donkey
2) * (=atraer)no le tira el estudio — studying does not appeal to him, studying holds no attraction for him
3) (=estar tirante) [ropa] to be tight4) (=usar)•
tirar [de] — [+ espada, navaja] to drawtiramos de diccionario y lo traducimos en un minuto — * if we use a dictionary it will just take a minute to translate
5) (=disparar) to shoot¡no tires! — don't shoot!
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tirar al [blanco] — to aim•
tirar a [matar] — to shoot to kill6) (Dep) [con balón] to shoot; [con fichas, cartas etc] to go, play¡tira! — shoot!
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tirar a [puerta] — Esp to shoot at goal7) * (=arreglárselas) to get byir tirando — to get by, manage
-¿qué tal esa salud? -vamos tirando — "how's your health?" - "we're getting by"
8) (=funcionar) [motor] to pull; [chimenea, puro] to draw, pull9) (=ir) to go¡tira de una vez! — get on with it!, go on, then!
tirar por una calle — to turn down a street, go off along a street
10) * (=durar) to last11) [seguido de preposición]tirar a (=tender)tirar para (=aspirar a ser)es mediocre tirando a malo — it's middling to bad, it's mediocre verging on bad
12)nos queda gasolina para 20km a todo tirar — we have only enough petrol for 20kms at the most {o} at the outside
13) LAm *** [sexualmente] to screw ***3.See:* * *1.verbo transitivo1)a) ( arrojar) to throwno tires los papeles al suelo — don't throw o drop the wrappers on the ground
tirarle algo a alguien — ( para que lo agarre) to throw somebody something; ( con agresividad) to throw something at somebody
b) (desechar, deshacerse de) to throw out o awayc) ( desperdiciar) to waste2)a) ( hacer caer) to knock overcuidado, que vas a tirar la leche! — be careful, you're going to knock the milk over!
tiró el jarrón al suelo de un codazo — he knocked the vase off the table (o shelf etc) with his elbow
b) ( derribar) to knock down3)a) < bomba> to drop; < cohete> to fire, launch; < flecha> to shoot; < tiros> to fireb) < foto> to take4) (AmL) ( atrayendo hacia sí) to pull5) (Impr) to print, run off6) (Mat) < línea> to draw2.tirar vi1) ( atrayendo hacia sí) to pull2) ( atraer)3)a) ( disparar) to shootb) (Dep) to shoottirar al arco (AmL) or (Esp) a puerta — to shoot at goal
tirando por lo bajo/alto — at the (very) least/most
c) (Jueg) ( descartarse) to throw away; ( en juegos de dados) to throw; ( en dardos) to throw; ( en bolos) to bowl4)a) chimenea/cigarro to drawb) coche/motor to pull5)a) (fam) ( arreglárselas) to get bycon $100 podemos tirar — with $100 we could get by
b) tirando gerundio (fam)¿qué tal andas? - tirando... — how are things? - not too bad
6) (Esp fam) ( desplazarse)vamos, tira — get a move on
tira por esta calle abajo — go o turn down this street
7) (AmL vulg) ( en sentido sexual) to screw (vulg), to fuck (vulg)3.es de estatura normal, tirando a bajito — he's average to short in height
tirarse v pron1)a) (lanzarse, arrojarse) (+ compl) to throw oneselftirarse en paracaídas — to parachute; ( en emergencia) to bale out
tirarse al agua — to dive/jump into the water
tirarse de cabeza — to dive in, to jump in headfirst
b) (AmL) ( tumbarse) to lie downtirárselas de algo — (AmL fam)
2) (fam) <horas/días> to spend3) (vulg) ( en sentido sexual)tirarse a alguien — to screw somebody (vulg), to lay somebody (sl)
4) (fam) ( expulsar)tirarse un pedo — to fart (sl)
tirarse un eructo — to burp (colloq)
5) (Col fam) ( echar a perder) to ruinse tiró el examen — he flunked the exam (colloq)
* * *= dump, haul, run off, throw, throw out, throw away, tear down, toss out, fling, toss, pull down, knock down, jettison, pitch, turf out, toss away, hurl, chuck + Nombre + out.Ex. The books may simply be laid before the librarian as they are found, ' dumped in his lap', as one writer puts it.Ex. However, he would prefer a binding that will stand up to being stuffed into after-hours book drops and being hauled from one library to another.Ex. Not only are they the same work, they were run off from the same plates.Ex. The point to be made for the novice abstractor is that editors are not ghouls who must be thrown raw meat before a check is issued.Ex. The person who never throws away a newspaper is regarded as an eccentric; the person who never throws away a book is more likely to be regarded as a bibliophile no matter what the resulting motley assortment of books may be.Ex. A group opposing the incumbent alderman decided that the board's feasibility study amounted to a covert plan to tear down the house that served as the library and erect an ugly building.Ex. In preparation for computerization, let us not toss out old standards that were good.Ex. A gust of wind flung a powder of snow from the window-sill into the room.Ex. Everything being online, the exquisite oaken cabinets housing the card files were tossed.Ex. Evacuation of the building was followed by a recovery process which included covering stacks with plastic, locating damaged books, pulling down water-soaked ceiling tiles and removing computer terminals.Ex. Your note attempts to knock down an assertion not made.Ex. The whole usually has more meaning than the sum of its parts, but care must be taken not to jettison some of the more subtle parts.Ex. They pitched him unceremoniously out of the window, laming him for life, on a brick pavement below.Ex. You will be disliked and turfed out as a sacrificial goat once your job is done but there will be many others queuing up for your services.Ex. Palestinians hurled Molotov cocktails Friday at Israeli soldiers operating south of Nablus, the army said.Ex. Now to start chucking out stuff that I don't need; being a bit of a magpie, that might be difficult!.----* cuchillo de usar y tirar = disposable knife.* de tirar la piedra y esconder la mano = hit-and-run.* de usar y tirar = disposable, throwaway, single-use.* introducir tirando = haul in.* ir tirando = shuffle along, tick over, muddle along, keep + the wolves from the door.* persona que tira basura al suelo = litterbug, litter lout.* plato de usar y tirar = disposable plate.* sacar tirando = haul out.* seguir tirando el dinero = throw + good money after bad.* servilleta de usar y tirar = disposable napkin.* tenedor de usar y tirar = disposable fork.* tirando a bajo = shortish.* tirando a corto = shortish.* tirando a marrón = brownish.* tirando a morado = purplish.* tirar a Alguien al suelo = knock + Nombre + to the ground, knock + Nombre + to the floor.* tirar a Alguien al suelo de un golpe = knock + Nombre + to the floor, knock + Nombre + to the ground.* tirar a lo bajo = low-ball.* tirar al suelo = upset.* tirar a matar = go for + the jugular, deadly force, shoot to + kill.* tirar bombas = bomb.* tirar de = pull (at/on/from), tug, pull back, lug, leverage.* tirar de la cadena = flush + the toilet.* tirar de la cisterna = flush + the toilet.* tirar de la manta = let + the cat out of the bag, blow + the gaff, spill + the beans.* tirar de las orejas = tell + Nombe + off.* tirar del carro = pull + Posesivo + (own) weight, pull together, lend + a (helping) hand, put + Posesivo + shoulder to the wheel, set + Posesivo + shoulder to the wheel, muck in, pitch in.* tirar de una manivela = pull + lever.* tirar de una palanca = depress + lever.* tirar dinero y esfuerzo por la borda = be money and effort down the drain.* tirar el dinero = throw + Posesivo + money down the drain.* tirar el dinero por la ventana = be money and effort down the drain, throw + Posesivo + money down the drain, be money down the drain.* tirar la casa por la ventana = lash out (on), go to + town on.* tirar la esponja = throw in/up + the sponge.* tirar la toalla = throw in + the towel.* tirar ligeramente de = tug on.* tirar los tejos = flirt, throw + hints.* tirar piedras contra tu propio tejado = cut + the branch + you sit on, cut + the branch + you sit on, cut off + Posesivo + nose to spite + Posesivo + face.* tirar por el desagüe = pour down + the drain.* tirarse a la calle = go out on + the road.* tirarse a la jugular = go for + the jugular.* tirarse a la piscina = take + a dive.* tirarse a las calles = spill (out) into + the streets.* tirarse con ala delta = hang-glide.* tirarse de cabeza = jump in + head first, dive in, dive + head-first.* tirarse de las barbas = tear + Posesivo + hair out.* tirarse de los pelos = tear + Posesivo + hair out.* tirarse en paracaídas = parachute.* tirarse flores = blow + Posesivo + own trumpet.* tirarse piedras contra el propio tejado = shoot + Reflexivo + in the foot.* tirarse una plancha = put + Posesivo + foot in it, put + Posesivo + foot in + Posesivo + mouth, stick + Posesivo + foot in it, drop + a clanger, drop + a bollock, make + a blunder, make + a bloomer, blunder.* tirarse un eructo = belch, burp.* tirarse un farol = bullshit.* tirarse un pedo = fart, trump, break + wind, trumpet.* * *1.verbo transitivo1)a) ( arrojar) to throwno tires los papeles al suelo — don't throw o drop the wrappers on the ground
tirarle algo a alguien — ( para que lo agarre) to throw somebody something; ( con agresividad) to throw something at somebody
b) (desechar, deshacerse de) to throw out o awayc) ( desperdiciar) to waste2)a) ( hacer caer) to knock overcuidado, que vas a tirar la leche! — be careful, you're going to knock the milk over!
tiró el jarrón al suelo de un codazo — he knocked the vase off the table (o shelf etc) with his elbow
b) ( derribar) to knock down3)a) < bomba> to drop; < cohete> to fire, launch; < flecha> to shoot; < tiros> to fireb) < foto> to take4) (AmL) ( atrayendo hacia sí) to pull5) (Impr) to print, run off6) (Mat) < línea> to draw2.tirar vi1) ( atrayendo hacia sí) to pull2) ( atraer)3)a) ( disparar) to shootb) (Dep) to shoottirar al arco (AmL) or (Esp) a puerta — to shoot at goal
tirando por lo bajo/alto — at the (very) least/most
c) (Jueg) ( descartarse) to throw away; ( en juegos de dados) to throw; ( en dardos) to throw; ( en bolos) to bowl4)a) chimenea/cigarro to drawb) coche/motor to pull5)a) (fam) ( arreglárselas) to get bycon $100 podemos tirar — with $100 we could get by
b) tirando gerundio (fam)¿qué tal andas? - tirando... — how are things? - not too bad
6) (Esp fam) ( desplazarse)vamos, tira — get a move on
tira por esta calle abajo — go o turn down this street
7) (AmL vulg) ( en sentido sexual) to screw (vulg), to fuck (vulg)3.es de estatura normal, tirando a bajito — he's average to short in height
tirarse v pron1)a) (lanzarse, arrojarse) (+ compl) to throw oneselftirarse en paracaídas — to parachute; ( en emergencia) to bale out
tirarse al agua — to dive/jump into the water
tirarse de cabeza — to dive in, to jump in headfirst
b) (AmL) ( tumbarse) to lie downtirárselas de algo — (AmL fam)
2) (fam) <horas/días> to spend3) (vulg) ( en sentido sexual)tirarse a alguien — to screw somebody (vulg), to lay somebody (sl)
4) (fam) ( expulsar)tirarse un pedo — to fart (sl)
tirarse un eructo — to burp (colloq)
5) (Col fam) ( echar a perder) to ruinse tiró el examen — he flunked the exam (colloq)
* * *tirar(de)(v.) = pull (at/on/from), tug, pull back, lug, leverageEx: Do not push or pull on the disc drawer.
Ex: Do not pull a book from the shelf by forcefully tugging the top of the spine.Ex: The three monkeys used in this study chose the left arm as the leading arm to reach out and pull back a spring-loaded drawer containing a food morsel.Ex: He had a tough time lugging his lumpy, oversized travelbag onto the plane and stuffing it in the overhead bin.Ex: Information seeking in electronic environments will become a collaboration among end user and various electronic systems such that users leverage their heuristic power and machines leverage algorithmic power.= dump, haul, run off, throw, throw out, throw away, tear down, toss out, fling, toss, pull down, knock down, jettison, pitch, turf out, toss away, hurl, chuck + Nombre + out.Ex: The books may simply be laid before the librarian as they are found, ' dumped in his lap', as one writer puts it.
Ex: However, he would prefer a binding that will stand up to being stuffed into after-hours book drops and being hauled from one library to another.Ex: Not only are they the same work, they were run off from the same plates.Ex: The point to be made for the novice abstractor is that editors are not ghouls who must be thrown raw meat before a check is issued.Ex: The person who never throws away a newspaper is regarded as an eccentric; the person who never throws away a book is more likely to be regarded as a bibliophile no matter what the resulting motley assortment of books may be.Ex: A group opposing the incumbent alderman decided that the board's feasibility study amounted to a covert plan to tear down the house that served as the library and erect an ugly building.Ex: In preparation for computerization, let us not toss out old standards that were good.Ex: A gust of wind flung a powder of snow from the window-sill into the room.Ex: Everything being online, the exquisite oaken cabinets housing the card files were tossed.Ex: Evacuation of the building was followed by a recovery process which included covering stacks with plastic, locating damaged books, pulling down water-soaked ceiling tiles and removing computer terminals.Ex: Your note attempts to knock down an assertion not made.Ex: The whole usually has more meaning than the sum of its parts, but care must be taken not to jettison some of the more subtle parts.Ex: They pitched him unceremoniously out of the window, laming him for life, on a brick pavement below.Ex: You will be disliked and turfed out as a sacrificial goat once your job is done but there will be many others queuing up for your services.Ex: Palestinians hurled Molotov cocktails Friday at Israeli soldiers operating south of Nablus, the army said.Ex: Now to start chucking out stuff that I don't need; being a bit of a magpie, that might be difficult!.* cuchillo de usar y tirar = disposable knife.* de tirar la piedra y esconder la mano = hit-and-run.* de usar y tirar = disposable, throwaway, single-use.* introducir tirando = haul in.* ir tirando = shuffle along, tick over, muddle along, keep + the wolves from the door.* persona que tira basura al suelo = litterbug, litter lout.* plato de usar y tirar = disposable plate.* sacar tirando = haul out.* seguir tirando el dinero = throw + good money after bad.* servilleta de usar y tirar = disposable napkin.* tenedor de usar y tirar = disposable fork.* tirando a bajo = shortish.* tirando a corto = shortish.* tirando a marrón = brownish.* tirando a morado = purplish.* tirar a Alguien al suelo = knock + Nombre + to the ground, knock + Nombre + to the floor.* tirar a Alguien al suelo de un golpe = knock + Nombre + to the floor, knock + Nombre + to the ground.* tirar a lo bajo = low-ball.* tirar al suelo = upset.* tirar a matar = go for + the jugular, deadly force, shoot to + kill.* tirar bombas = bomb.* tirar de = pull (at/on/from), tug, pull back, lug, leverage.* tirar de la cadena = flush + the toilet.* tirar de la cisterna = flush + the toilet.* tirar de la manta = let + the cat out of the bag, blow + the gaff, spill + the beans.* tirar de las orejas = tell + Nombe + off.* tirar del carro = pull + Posesivo + (own) weight, pull together, lend + a (helping) hand, put + Posesivo + shoulder to the wheel, set + Posesivo + shoulder to the wheel, muck in, pitch in.* tirar de una manivela = pull + lever.* tirar de una palanca = depress + lever.* tirar dinero y esfuerzo por la borda = be money and effort down the drain.* tirar el dinero = throw + Posesivo + money down the drain.* tirar el dinero por la ventana = be money and effort down the drain, throw + Posesivo + money down the drain, be money down the drain.* tirar la casa por la ventana = lash out (on), go to + town on.* tirar la esponja = throw in/up + the sponge.* tirar la toalla = throw in + the towel.* tirar ligeramente de = tug on.* tirar los tejos = flirt, throw + hints.* tirar piedras contra tu propio tejado = cut + the branch + you sit on, cut + the branch + you sit on, cut off + Posesivo + nose to spite + Posesivo + face.* tirar por el desagüe = pour down + the drain.* tirarse a la calle = go out on + the road.* tirarse a la jugular = go for + the jugular.* tirarse a la piscina = take + a dive.* tirarse a las calles = spill (out) into + the streets.* tirarse con ala delta = hang-glide.* tirarse de cabeza = jump in + head first, dive in, dive + head-first.* tirarse de las barbas = tear + Posesivo + hair out.* tirarse de los pelos = tear + Posesivo + hair out.* tirarse en paracaídas = parachute.* tirarse flores = blow + Posesivo + own trumpet.* tirarse piedras contra el propio tejado = shoot + Reflexivo + in the foot.* tirarse una plancha = put + Posesivo + foot in it, put + Posesivo + foot in + Posesivo + mouth, stick + Posesivo + foot in it, drop + a clanger, drop + a bollock, make + a blunder, make + a bloomer, blunder.* tirarse un eructo = belch, burp.* tirarse un farol = bullshit.* tirarse un pedo = fart, trump, break + wind, trumpet.* * *tirar [A1 ]vtA1 (lanzar, arrojar) to throw¿quiénes estaban tirando piedras? who was throwing stones?tiró la colilla por la ventanilla she threw the cigarette butt out of the windowtiró la pelota al aire he threw the ball up in the airtiraban piedrecitas al río they were throwing stones into the riverno tires los papeles al suelo don't throw o drop the wrappers on the groundtirarle algo A algn (para que lo agarre) to throw sth TO sb, to throw sb sth; (con agresividad) to throw sth AT sble tiró la pelota she threw him the ball, she threw the ball to himtírame las llaves throw me the keysme tiró una piedra she threw a stone at mele tiraron un cubo de agua they threw a bucket of water over himle tiró los brazos he put o stretched his arms out to hertírale un beso blow him a kiss2 (desechar, deshacerse de) to throw out o awaytodo esto es para tirar all this can be thrown out o away, this is all going out ( colloq)estos zapatos ya están para tirar(los) these shoes are about ready to be thrown away o out¡que asco! tira eso inmediatemente a la basura ugh! throw that away right now!, ugh! put that in the garbage can ( AmE) o ( BrE) the bin right now!3 (desperdiciar) to waste¡qué manera de tirar el dinero! what a waste of money!B (dejar en desorden) (+ compl):no tiren los juguetes por todos lados don't leave o strew your toys all over the placese quitó la camisa y la tiró en un rincón he took off his shirt and threw it into a cornerC1 (hacer caer) to knock over¡cuidado, que vas a tirar la leche! be careful, you're going to knock the milk over!tiró el jarrón al suelo de un codazo he knocked the vase off the table ( o shelf etc) with his elbow2 (derribar) to knock downel perro se le echó encima y lo tiró al suelo the dog leaped up at him and knocked him to the ground o knocked him overtiró todos los bolos de una vez he knocked all the pins down in one govan a tirar (abajo) esta pared or van a tirar esta pared (abajo) they're going to knock this wall downtiraron la puerta abajo they broke the door downD1 ‹bomba› to drop; ‹cohete› to fire, launch; ‹flecha› to shoot; ‹tiros› to firele tiraron tres tiros they shot at him three times, they fired three shots at him2 ‹foto› to takeE (dar) ‹puñetazo› to throwtiraba puñetazos a diestra y siniestra he was throwing punches o lashing out left and right ( AmE) o ( BrE) left, right and centerel perro me tiró un mordisco the dog snapped at meno me tires más pellizcos stop pinching meF ( AmL) (atrayendo hacia sí) to pulltiró la cadena he pulled the chainno le tires el pelo don't pull his hairte voy a tirar las orejas I'm going to tweak your earsle tiraba la manga she was tugging o pulling at his sleeveG ( Impr) to print, run offH ( Mat) ‹línea› to drawI ( Chi)1 ‹carrera› to start, give the starting signal for2 ‹lotería› to draw the winning number in; ‹rifa› to draw■ tirarviA1 (atrayendo hacia sí) to pull¡vamos, tiren todos a una! come on, everybody pull together![ S ] tirar pulltirar DE algo to pull sthno le tires del pelo don't pull her hairdos caballos tiraban del carro the cart was drawn by two horsestirar de la cadena to pull the chainle tiró de la manga she tugged o pulled at his sleevele tiró de la oreja she tweaked his ear2 «vestido/blusa» to be (too) tightme tira it's too tight on meB(atraer): le sigue tirando México she still hankers after o misses Mexicono parece que le tiren mucho los deportes he doesn't seem to be very interested in o keen on sportla sangre tira blood is thicker than waterC1(disparar): le tiró a traición she shot him in the back¡no tiren! don't shoot!le tiró al corazón he shot him through the hearttirar a dar to shoot to wound ( not to kill)tirar a matar (literal) to shoot to kill(para ofender, atacar): cuando empieza a criticar, tira a matar when she starts criticizing you, she really goes for the jugular o she really sticks the knife in ( colloq)siempre que me dice algo, tira a matar whenever he says anything to me, he goes all out to hurt me2 ( Dep) to shoottirando por lo bajo/alto at the (very) least/most3 ( Jueg) (descartarse) to throw away, discard; (en juegos de dados) to throw; (en dardos) to throw; (en bolos) to bowlD1 «chimenea/cigarro» to draw2 «coche/motor» to pullE1 ( fam) (llegar, sobrevivir) to get bycon $100 podríamos tirar hasta fin de mes with $100 we could get by until the end of the monthcon este uniforme podrás tirar hasta fin de año this uniform will last you o ( colloq) will do you till the end of the year2 tirandoger ( fam): ¿qué tal andas? — ya lo ves, tirando … how are things? — well, you know, not too bad o we're getting byno ganamos mucho pero vamos tirando we don't earn much but we're managingFvamos, tira come on, get moving o get a move onsi tiras para atrás cabe otro coche if you back up o go back a bit we can get another car intira (p'alante), no te pares ahora keep going, don't stop nowhay mucho que hacer pero entre todos podemos tirar p'alante there's a lot to be done but if we all pull together we can get through ittira por esta calle abajo go o turn down this streeten cuanto nos vieron, tiraron por otro lado as soon as they saw us they went off in a different direction/they turned off up a different streetH tirar ano es verde, tira más bien a azul it's not green, it's more of a bluish colorlos precios son más bien tirando a caros the prices are a bit on the expensive o ( colloq) steep sideel erotismo de la película tiraba a pornográfico the eroticism in the film tended toward(s) o verged on the pornographiclos niños tiran más a la madre the children take after their mother morees de estatura normal, tirando a bajito he's average to short in height■ tirarseA1 (lanzarse, arrojarse) (+ compl) to throw oneselfse tiró por la ventana he threw himself o he leapt out of the windowtirarse en paracaídas to parachutetirarse al agua to dive/jump into the watertirarse del trampolín to dive off the springboardtirarse de cabeza to dive in, to jump in headfirstintentó tirarse del tren en marcha she tried to throw herself from o to jump off the train while it was movingse le tiró a los brazos she threw herself into his arms2 «coche/conductor» (+ compl) to pull overse tiró bruscamente a un lado he swerved to one side3 ( AmL) (tumbarse) to lie downestoy agotada, me voy a tirar un rato I'm exhausted, I'm going to lie down for a whileB ( fam); ‹horas/días› to spendnos hemos tirado media hora para encontrar la casa it's taken us half an hour to find the housese tiró dos años escribiéndolo he spent two years writing itse ha tirado una hora entera hablando por teléfono he's been on the phone for a whole hour, he's spent a whole hour on the phoneC ( vulg)D ( fam)tirarse un eructo to belch, to burp ( colloq)el aguacero se tiró el paseo the downpour washed out o ruined our walkse tiró el examen he flunked the exam ( colloq)* * *
tirar ( conjugate tirar) verbo transitivo
1
tirarle algo a algn ( para que lo agarre) to throw sb sth;
( con agresividad) to throw sth at sb
◊ ¡qué manera de tirar el dinero! what a waste of money!
2
3
‹ cohete› to fire, launch;
‹ flecha› to shoot
4 (AmL) ( atrayendo hacia sí) to pull;
verbo intransitivo
1 ( atrayendo hacia sí) to pull;
tirar de algo to pull sth;
2
b) (Dep) to shoot;
tirar al arco (AmL) or (Esp) a puerta to shoot at goal
( en juegos de dados) to throw;
( en dardos) to throw;
( en bolos) to bowl
3
4◊ tirando ger (fam): gano poco pero vamos tirando I don't earn much but we're managing;
¿qué tal andas? — tirando how are things? — not too bad
5
ella tira más a la madre she takes after her mother more
tirarse verbo pronominal
1
tirarse en paracaídas to parachute;
( en emergencia) to bale out;
tirarse de cabeza to dive in, to jump in headfirst
2 (fam) ‹horas/días› to spend;
3 (fam) ( expulsar):◊ tirarse un pedo to fart (sl)
tirar
I verbo transitivo
1 (arrojar, echar) to throw: lo tiró al agua, he threw it into the water
no tires la cáscara al suelo, don't throw o drop the peel on the floor
(enérgicamente) to fling, hurl: lo tiró al fuego, she threw it on the fire
2 (deshacerse de) to throw out o away
tiré mis zapatos viejos, I threw my old shoes away
3 (malgastar) tiraste el dinero con esa joya falsa, you've wasted your money on that fake jewel
(despilfarrar) to squander
4 (hacer caer) to knock over: tiré el vaso, I knocked the glass over
5 (derribar a alguien) to knock o push over
tirar abajo (una pared, una puerta) to knock down
(demoler) to pull down
6 (una bomba) to drop
(un tiro, un cohete) to fire
7 (una foto) to take
8 Impr to print
II verbo intransitivo
1 (hacer fuerza hacia sí) to pull: no le tires del pelo, don't pull his hair
¡tira de la cuerda!, tug on the rope!
2 (disparar) to shoot
Dep to shoot
(dados, dardos) to throw
3 fam (gustar) le tira mucho el baloncesto, he's very keen on basketball
4 (tender) tira a azul, it's bluish
(parecerse) tira a su madre, she takes after her mother
5 fam (arreglárselas) ir tirando, to get by, manage
6 (ir) tira a la derecha, turn right
' tirar' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
aire
- bala
- borda
- calle
- casa
- esconder
- palanca
- toalla
- trapo
- apedrear
- arrojar
- basura
- blanco
- botar
- cadena
- crimen
- echar
- jalar
- pinta
- zumbar
English:
aim at
- archery
- bung
- cast
- chain
- chuck
- chuck away
- chuck out
- clearout
- dash
- drag
- draw
- fling
- flush
- haul
- heave
- keep
- knock off
- knock over
- lash out
- pitch
- pull
- pull on
- pull over
- putt
- run off
- shoot
- sling
- sling out
- splash out
- sponge
- strain
- throw
- throw aside
- throw away
- throw out
- toss
- toss away
- towel
- town
- trash
- tug
- turf out
- waste
- yank
- beat
- blow
- bring
- disposable
- ditch
* * *♦ vt1. [lanzar] to throw;tiraron las gorras al aire they threw their caps (up) in the air;tirar algo a alguien [para que lo agarre] to throw sth to sb;[para hacer daño] to throw sth at sb;tírame una manzana throw me an apple;le tiró un beso she blew him a kiss;le tiraban piedras a la policía they were throwing stones at the police2. [dejar caer] [objeto] to drop;[líquido] [derramar] to spill;no tiren los papeles al suelo don't throw o drop the wrappers on the ground;tiró las maletas y se tumbó en la cama she dropped her suitcases and lay down on the bed;me has tirado salsa en el traje you've spilt some sauce on my suit3. [derribar] [botella, lámpara] to knock over;[muro, tabique, edificio] to knock down;tiró la lámpara con un codo al pasar she knocked over the lamp with her elbow as she went by;la violencia del choque la tiró al suelo the force of the collision knocked o hurled her to the floor;esta pared habrá que tirarla we're going to have to knock this wall down4. [desechar] to throw away o out;tirar algo a la basura to throw sth out;tíralo a la papelera throw it in the wastepaper basket;eso es tirar el dinero that's a complete waste of money6. [disparar] [balas, misiles, disparos] to fire;[bomba] to drop; [petardo, cohete] to let off; [dardos, flechas] to shoot; Famtirar una foto to take a picture7. [jugar] [carta] to play;[dado] to throw8. [en deportes] [falta, penalti] to take;[balón] to pass9. [imprimir] to print10. [trazar] [línea] to draw♦ vi1. [disparar] to shoot;tirar al aire to fire shots into the air;tirar a dar to shoot to wound, not to kill;tirar a matar [con arma] to shoot to kill;[con comentario] to go for the jugularel ciclista colombiano tiraba del pelotón the Colombian cyclist was pulling the bunch along;me tiró del pelo she pulled my hair;[en letrero] pull;me tiró del brazo/de la manga she tugged at my arm/sleeve;RPtirar parejo: esto no es justo, o tiramos parejo o yo me retiro this is not fair, either we all pull together or I'm dropping out3. [estar tirante] to be tight;la chaqueta me tira de atrás the jacket's a bit tight at the back4. [en deportes] [con el pie] to kick;[con la mano] to throw; [a meta, canasta] to shoot;5. [dirigirse] to go ( hacia o para towards), to head ( hacia o para for o towards); FamFam¡tira! [para empezar a moverse] get moving!;¡tira que llegamos tarde! let's get a move on or we'll be late!;tiramos hacia la izquierda we turned left;Famtira para arriba, que ahora subo yo you go on up, I'll come up in a minute;tira por esa calle go up o take that street6. [jugar] to go, to have one's go;te toca tirar a ti [en naipes, dados, billar] it's your go7. [cigarrillo, chimenea] to draw;este tabaco no tira these cigarettes aren't drawing properlyel motor no tira the engine isn't working properly;el coche tira bien the car runs well9. [durar] to last;estos zapatos tirarán otro año these shoes will last another yearla tierra siempre tira de uno your homeland never loses its pull on you;tirarle a alguien: me tira la vida del campo country life appeals to me;no le tira la profesión de su padre his father's profession doesn't appeal to him;no le tira viajar she doesn't feel the urge to travel;tirar de alguien to exert a pull on sb11. Fam [apañárselas]aún puedo tirar con este abrigo un par de inviernos this coat should do me for another couple of winters yet;ir tirando to get by;voy tirando I'm OK, I've been worse12. [tener aspecto de o tendencia a]tirar a: tira a gris it's greyish;tira a su abuela she takes after her grandmother;este programa tira a (ser) hortera this programme is a bit on the tacky side;el tiempo tira a mejorar the weather looks as if it's getting better;es un reformista tirando a radical he's somewhere between a reformist and a radical;es verde tirando a azul it's a bluey green;es tirando a delgado if anything, he's rather thin;tira para deportista he has the makings of a sportsmancuando no hay dinero hay que tirar del ingenio when you don't have any money, you have to rely on your wits;hubo que tirar de los ahorros we had to draw on our savings* * *I v/t3 TIP print4 famen examen fail5 foto take6 tiro fireII v/i1 de coche pull;tirar de algo pull sth2 ( disparar) shoot:tirar a puerta shoot at goal;tirar fuera shoot wide4 ( atraer) pull, attract;no me tira la música music doesn’t turn me on5:tirar a tend toward;tirar a conservador/verde have conservative/Green tendencies6 ( girar):tirar a la derecha turn right, take a right7:ir tirando fam get by, manage* * *tirar vt1) : to throw, to hurl, to toss2) botar: to throw away, to throw out, to waste3) derribar: to knock down4) : to shoot, to fire, to launch5) : to take (a photo)6) : to print, to run offtirar vi1) : to pull, to draw2) : to shoot3) : to attract4) : to get by, to manageva tirando: he's getting along, he's managing5)tirar a : to tend towards, to be rathertira a picante: it's a bit spicy* * *tirar vb3. (derribar) to knock over / to knock down4. (malgastar) to waste5. (arrastrar, estirar) to pull7. (atraer, gustar) to like -
5 reducir
v.1 to reduce.nos han reducido el sueldo our salary has been cutreducir algo a algo to reduce something to somethingreducir algo al absurdo to make a nonsense of somethingElla redujo la velocidad She reduced the speed.2 to suppress, to subdue (someter) (país, ciudad).3 to convert (Mat) (convertir).4 to set (medicine).5 to shorten, to shrink.Ellos redujeron las tablas They shortened the boards.6 to cut down, to depress, to de-escalate, to deescalate.Ellos redujeron los gastos They cut down expenses.7 to conquer, to subdue, to subjugate.Ellos redujeron a los nativos They conquered the natives.8 to hydrogenate.* * *1 (gen) to reduce2 (disminuir) to reduce, cut, cut down on3 (vencer) to subdue4 MEDICINA to set5 (una salsa, etc) to reduce, boil down1 AUTOMÓVIL to change down, change to a lower gear1 (gen) to be reduced; (decrecer) to decrease2 (resultar) to come down (a, to)* * *verb1) to reduce, cut2) decrease3) subdue* * *1. VT1) (=disminuir)a) [en cantidad] [+ gastos, inflación, precio] to reduce, bring down, cut; [+ tensión, ansiedad] to reduce; [+ riesgo] to reduce, lessenmedidas encaminadas a reducir el número de parados — measures designed to reduce o bring down o cut the number of unemployed
han reducido las listas de espera en los hospitales — they have reduced o cut hospital waiting lists
el autobús redujo su velocidad — the bus reduced speed, the bus slowed down
el banco redujo su beneficio un 12% — the bank saw its profits fall by 12%
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reducir algo en algo — to reduce sth by sth, cut sth by sthtenemos que reducir la producción en un 20% — we have to reduce o cut production by 20%
b) [en tiempo] [+ jornada laboral] to reduce, shorten; [+ sentencia] to reducehan reducido la mili a nueve meses — they have reduced o cut military service to nine months
sus abogados consiguieron reducir la sentencia a dos meses — his lawyers managed to get his sentence reduced to two months
c) [en tamaño] [+ copia] to reduce; [+ discurso, artículo] to cut down, shorten2)•
reducir algo a algo —a) (=limitar) to limit sth to sth; (=simplificar) to reduce sth to sthredujo su intervención a criticar al gobierno — her participation was limited to criticizing the government
b) (=convertir) [+ cantidad, medida] to convert sth into sth; [+ fracción, ecuación] to reduce sth into sth3) (=someter) [+ ladrón, fugitivo, loco] to overpower; [+ alborotadores] to subdue; [+ fortaleza] to subdue, reduce frm•
reducir a algn al silencio — [por la fuerza, por miedo] to silence sb; [por vergüenza, humillación] to reduce sb to silence4) (Med) [+ hueso, hernia] to set, reduce frm5) (Quím) to reduce6) LAm [en el mercado negro] to get rid of *2.VI (Aut) to change down3.See:* * *1.verbo transitivo1)a) <gastos/costos> to cut, reduce; <velocidad/producción/consumo> to reducereducir al mínimo los riesgos — to minimize o to reduce the risks to a minimum
le redujeron la pena — they shortened o reduced his sentence
reducir algo a su mínima expresión — (Mat) to reduce something to its simplest form
b) <fotocopia/fotografía> to reduce2)a) ( transformar)reducir algo A algo: reducir los gramos a milígramos to convert the grams to milligrams; quedaron reducidos a cenizas they were reduced to ashes; mis ilusiones quedaron reducidas a la nada — my dreams came to nothing
b) (Quím) to reducec) (AmS) < objeto robado> to receive, fence (colloq)4) <fractura/hernia> to set, reduce (tech)2.reducir vi1) (Coc) to reduce, boil down2) (Auto) to shift into a lower gear3.reducirse v pronreducirse A algo: todo se reduce a tener tacto it all comes down to being tactful; todo se redujo a un paseo por el río — in the end it was just a walk by the river
* * *= abridge, compress, contract, curtail, erode, gut, narrow, prune, reduce, shorten, stifle, lower, cut back (on), cut, cut down (on), deplete, lessen, pare down, keep down + Nombre, retrench, narrow down, whittle (away/down/at), slim down, slow down, slow up, taper, wind + Nombre + down, cut + Nombre + short, scale back, downgrade [down-grade], shave off, shrink, mark + Nombre + down.Ex. Inevitably any abridgement poses the dilemma how to abridge, that is, what to leave out and what to include.Ex. A library of a million volumes could be compressed into one end of a desk.Ex. In the face of emergencies, breadth of vision tends to contract, narrowing the range of responses.Ex. The imposition of fee-based services may radically curtail the breadth of resources available to library users where historically information has been offered freely.Ex. These arrangements should also erode price differentials between Europe and the US, and permit each country to support its own online services.Ex. Prices of European produced scientific, technical and medical serials continue to gut US research libraries.Ex. Hierarchical relationships must be indicated in order that the users may broaden or narrow the search parameters.Ex. More balanced schedules were achieved by pruning the 31000 subjects enumerated in the fourteenth edition to 4700.Ex. The disadvantage of inversion of words is that inversion or indirect word order reduces predictability of form of headings.Ex. If there are holds on the title, the loan period is shortened to 14 days.Ex. Excessive emphasis on the need to exact payment will stifle the flow of information.Ex. When a forme was in place on the press stone, paper was lowered on to it by means of a tympan and frisket.Ex. But higher education, which expanded between 1959 and 1979 from 164,000 to 519,600 students in full-time higher education, has also been cutting back on purchases.Ex. 'The word's out: all departments have to cut their staffs by 10%' -- Her voice was weak and laden with woe.Ex. Abstracts cut down considerably on legwork in hunting for information.Ex. This intermediate grade would equate with the senior library assistant, a category much depleted in UK academic librarianship.Ex. Two possible solutions are possible: (1) to lessen the frequency of production, or (2) to reduce the amount of detail in the entries.Ex. He said again that we should pare it down to something much more in line with his figures.Ex. Activities such as gardening or cookery are dealt with in many books in ways which go far beyond the simple keeping down of weeds or just filling empty stomachs.Ex. In the face of overpublishing and growing scepticism, this once booming area is now retrenching and broadening its coverage = En vista del exceso de publicaciones y del creciente escepticismo, este área que una vez estuvo en auge ahora ha venido a menos.Ex. By specifying the fields to be searched, the user can narrow down the search in a very convenient way.Ex. However, such idealism is often whittled away over time by bureaucratic problems & organizational demands.Ex. The abundance of book types and titles makes display and merchandising increasingly difficult; some booksellers are dealing with this by slimming down or cutting out certain categories.Ex. However, the flight from DC appears to have slowed down more quickly than was anticipated, and we no longer read of large numbers of libraries making the change.Ex. Since cataloging is the most time consuming part of digitization, it has slowed up the placement of files.Ex. The tube in the two types tapers almost unnoticeably from base to tip.Ex. Not the least of the ironies of this venture is that going ahead with it is as full of hazard as winding it down abruptly.Ex. May I just cut you short, because I've discussed this problem with Peter Jacobs just this week.Ex. He first spotted trouble when she started being short with users and so he solved the problem by scaling back her workload.Ex. The opposite of the 'halo effect' -- downgrading someone you dislike but whose work is good -- is also an error.Ex. You can shave off as much as 50% or even more from your current rate for home insurance in Arizona.Ex. The 'false hit' problem still arises, but becomes less likely as the 'neighborhood' of the two words shrinks.Ex. They have just marked down all summer handbags to 50 percent off.----* que reduce el estrés = stress-reducing.* reducir a cero = reduce to + nil.* reducir a la mitad = halve, cut in + half, halve, reduce by + half.* reducir a la nada = reduce to + nil.* reducir al mínimo = minimise [minimize, -USA], reduce to + a minimum, cut down to + a minimum, keep to + a (bare) minimum, cut to + the bone.* reducir a lo mínimo = cut to + the bone.* reducir a miniatura = miniaturise [miniaturize, -USA].* reducir costes = reduce + costs.* reducir de plantilla = downsize.* reducir de tamaño = reduce in + size.* reducir el esfuerzo = reduce + effort.* reducir el impacto = minimise + impact.* reducir el papeleo = slash + red tape.* reducir el precio = reduce + price, cut + price.* reducir el presupuesto = cut + monies from + budget.* reducir el riesgo = reduce + risk.* reducir el tamaño = reduce + size.* reducir el tiempo = cut down + time.* reducir el valor = reduce + value.* reducir gastos = cut + costs, cut + spending, make + economies, make + cuts, reduce + costs.* reducir gradualmente = scale down.* reducir la burocracia = slash + red tape.* reducir la posibilidad = minimise + possibility.* reducir la probabilidad = reduce + chances.* reducir las diferencias = bridge + the gap, bridge + the divide, bridge + the chasm, bridge + the gulf, close + the gap.* reducir las diferencias entre... y = narrow + the gap between... and.* reducir las distancias = reduce + distance, close + the gap.* reducir las posibilidades de = narrow + the vision of.* reducir los beneficios = cut + profit.* reducir los impuestos = cut + taxes.* reducir pérdidas = cut down + losses, cut + losses.* reducir progresivamente = phase out.* reducirse a = boil down to, come down to.* reducirse poco a poco = dribble off.* reducir una limitación = push + limits (further and further back).* reducir una palabra a su raíz = stem.* reducir un obstáculo = lower + barrier.* * *1.verbo transitivo1)a) <gastos/costos> to cut, reduce; <velocidad/producción/consumo> to reducereducir al mínimo los riesgos — to minimize o to reduce the risks to a minimum
le redujeron la pena — they shortened o reduced his sentence
reducir algo a su mínima expresión — (Mat) to reduce something to its simplest form
b) <fotocopia/fotografía> to reduce2)a) ( transformar)reducir algo A algo: reducir los gramos a milígramos to convert the grams to milligrams; quedaron reducidos a cenizas they were reduced to ashes; mis ilusiones quedaron reducidas a la nada — my dreams came to nothing
b) (Quím) to reducec) (AmS) < objeto robado> to receive, fence (colloq)4) <fractura/hernia> to set, reduce (tech)2.reducir vi1) (Coc) to reduce, boil down2) (Auto) to shift into a lower gear3.reducirse v pronreducirse A algo: todo se reduce a tener tacto it all comes down to being tactful; todo se redujo a un paseo por el río — in the end it was just a walk by the river
* * *= abridge, compress, contract, curtail, erode, gut, narrow, prune, reduce, shorten, stifle, lower, cut back (on), cut, cut down (on), deplete, lessen, pare down, keep down + Nombre, retrench, narrow down, whittle (away/down/at), slim down, slow down, slow up, taper, wind + Nombre + down, cut + Nombre + short, scale back, downgrade [down-grade], shave off, shrink, mark + Nombre + down.Ex: Inevitably any abridgement poses the dilemma how to abridge, that is, what to leave out and what to include.
Ex: A library of a million volumes could be compressed into one end of a desk.Ex: In the face of emergencies, breadth of vision tends to contract, narrowing the range of responses.Ex: The imposition of fee-based services may radically curtail the breadth of resources available to library users where historically information has been offered freely.Ex: These arrangements should also erode price differentials between Europe and the US, and permit each country to support its own online services.Ex: Prices of European produced scientific, technical and medical serials continue to gut US research libraries.Ex: Hierarchical relationships must be indicated in order that the users may broaden or narrow the search parameters.Ex: More balanced schedules were achieved by pruning the 31000 subjects enumerated in the fourteenth edition to 4700.Ex: The disadvantage of inversion of words is that inversion or indirect word order reduces predictability of form of headings.Ex: If there are holds on the title, the loan period is shortened to 14 days.Ex: Excessive emphasis on the need to exact payment will stifle the flow of information.Ex: When a forme was in place on the press stone, paper was lowered on to it by means of a tympan and frisket.Ex: But higher education, which expanded between 1959 and 1979 from 164,000 to 519,600 students in full-time higher education, has also been cutting back on purchases.Ex: 'The word's out: all departments have to cut their staffs by 10%' -- Her voice was weak and laden with woe.Ex: Abstracts cut down considerably on legwork in hunting for information.Ex: This intermediate grade would equate with the senior library assistant, a category much depleted in UK academic librarianship.Ex: Two possible solutions are possible: (1) to lessen the frequency of production, or (2) to reduce the amount of detail in the entries.Ex: He said again that we should pare it down to something much more in line with his figures.Ex: Activities such as gardening or cookery are dealt with in many books in ways which go far beyond the simple keeping down of weeds or just filling empty stomachs.Ex: In the face of overpublishing and growing scepticism, this once booming area is now retrenching and broadening its coverage = En vista del exceso de publicaciones y del creciente escepticismo, este área que una vez estuvo en auge ahora ha venido a menos.Ex: By specifying the fields to be searched, the user can narrow down the search in a very convenient way.Ex: However, such idealism is often whittled away over time by bureaucratic problems & organizational demands.Ex: The abundance of book types and titles makes display and merchandising increasingly difficult; some booksellers are dealing with this by slimming down or cutting out certain categories.Ex: However, the flight from DC appears to have slowed down more quickly than was anticipated, and we no longer read of large numbers of libraries making the change.Ex: Since cataloging is the most time consuming part of digitization, it has slowed up the placement of files.Ex: The tube in the two types tapers almost unnoticeably from base to tip.Ex: Not the least of the ironies of this venture is that going ahead with it is as full of hazard as winding it down abruptly.Ex: May I just cut you short, because I've discussed this problem with Peter Jacobs just this week.Ex: He first spotted trouble when she started being short with users and so he solved the problem by scaling back her workload.Ex: The opposite of the 'halo effect' -- downgrading someone you dislike but whose work is good -- is also an error.Ex: You can shave off as much as 50% or even more from your current rate for home insurance in Arizona.Ex: The 'false hit' problem still arises, but becomes less likely as the 'neighborhood' of the two words shrinks.Ex: They have just marked down all summer handbags to 50 percent off.* que reduce el estrés = stress-reducing.* reducir a cero = reduce to + nil.* reducir a la mitad = halve, cut in + half, halve, reduce by + half.* reducir a la nada = reduce to + nil.* reducir al mínimo = minimise [minimize, -USA], reduce to + a minimum, cut down to + a minimum, keep to + a (bare) minimum, cut to + the bone.* reducir a lo mínimo = cut to + the bone.* reducir a miniatura = miniaturise [miniaturize, -USA].* reducir costes = reduce + costs.* reducir de plantilla = downsize.* reducir de tamaño = reduce in + size.* reducir el esfuerzo = reduce + effort.* reducir el impacto = minimise + impact.* reducir el papeleo = slash + red tape.* reducir el precio = reduce + price, cut + price.* reducir el presupuesto = cut + monies from + budget.* reducir el riesgo = reduce + risk.* reducir el tamaño = reduce + size.* reducir el tiempo = cut down + time.* reducir el valor = reduce + value.* reducir gastos = cut + costs, cut + spending, make + economies, make + cuts, reduce + costs.* reducir gradualmente = scale down.* reducir la burocracia = slash + red tape.* reducir la posibilidad = minimise + possibility.* reducir la probabilidad = reduce + chances.* reducir las diferencias = bridge + the gap, bridge + the divide, bridge + the chasm, bridge + the gulf, close + the gap.* reducir las diferencias entre... y = narrow + the gap between... and.* reducir las distancias = reduce + distance, close + the gap.* reducir las posibilidades de = narrow + the vision of.* reducir los beneficios = cut + profit.* reducir los impuestos = cut + taxes.* reducir pérdidas = cut down + losses, cut + losses.* reducir progresivamente = phase out.* reducirse a = boil down to, come down to.* reducirse poco a poco = dribble off.* reducir una limitación = push + limits (further and further back).* reducir una palabra a su raíz = stem.* reducir un obstáculo = lower + barrier.* * *reducir [I6 ]vtA1 ‹gastos/costos› to cut, cut down on, reduce; ‹velocidad› to reduce; ‹producción/consumo› to reducehemos reducido el número de casos we have brought down o reduced the number of casesredujeron el número de plazas they cut the number of places o the number of places was reducedhan prometido reducir los impuestos they have promised to cut o reduce taxescon esto se intenta reducir al mínimo el riesgo de infección this is intended to minimize o to reduce to a minimum the risk of infectionejercicios para reducir (la) cintura exercises to reduce your waistlinereducir algo A algo to reduce sth TO sthhan reducido el texto a 50 páginas they have shortened o reduced the text to fifty pagesle han reducido la pena a dos años they have commuted o shortened o reduced his sentence to two yearsla población quedó reducida a la mitad the population was reduced to half of its former sizereducir algo a su mínima expresión ( Mat) to reduce sth to its simplest expression o formel suéter quedó reducido a su mínima expresión ( hum); the sweater shrank to nothingreducir algo EN algo to reduce sth BY sthpretenden reducir el gasto en cinco millones they aim to reduce costs by five million2 ‹fotocopia/fotografía› to reduceB1 (transformar) reducir algo A algo:reducir los gramos a miligramos to convert the grams to milligramsreducir quebrados a un mínimo común denominador to reduce fractions to their lowest common denominatorquedaron reducidos a cenizas they were reduced to ashestodas sus ilusiones quedaron reducidas a la nada all his dreams were shattered2 ( Quím) to reduceC (dominar, someter) ‹enemigo/rebeldes› to subdue; ‹ladrón› to overpowerreducir a un pueblo a la esclavitud to reduce a people to slaveryD ‹fractura/hernia› to set, reduce ( tech)E (CS) ‹cadáver/restos mortales› to exhume ( for reburial in a niche or smaller coffin)■ reducirviA ( Coc) to reduce, boil downdejar reducir la salsa leave the sauce to boil down o reducereducirse A algo:todo se reduce a saber interpretar las cifras it all comes down to knowing how to interpret the figurestodo se redujo a una visita a la catedral y un paseo por el río in the end it was just a visit to the cathedral and a walk along the river* * *
reducir ( conjugate reducir) verbo transitivo
1
‹velocidad/producción/consumo› to reduce;
reducir algo A algo to reduce sth to sth;
reducir algo EN algo to reduce sth by sth
2a) ( transformar):
quedaron reducidos a cenizas they were reduced to ashes
3 ( dominar) ‹enemigo/rebeldes› to subdue;
‹ ladrón› to overpower
reducirse verbo pronominal:
reducir
I verbo transitivo
1 (disminuir) to reduce
reducir algo en algo, to reduce sthg by sthg
(gastos, consumo, etc) to cut (down), minimize
2 (convertir, transformar) to reduce: el incendio redujo el bosque a cenizas, the fire reduced the wood to ashes
3 (subyugar) to subdue
II vi Auto to change down, US to downshift
' reducir' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
bajar
- ceniza
- encaminada
- encaminado
- moler
- disminuir
- minimizar
- mínimo
- mira
English:
administrative
- austerity
- ax
- axe
- change down
- corner
- curtail
- cut
- cut back
- cut down
- decrease
- deficit
- deplenish
- deplete
- depress
- downsize
- effective
- halve
- lighten
- lower
- narrow down
- prune
- pulp
- rate
- receive
- reduce
- retrench
- scale down
- shorten
- slow
- wind down
- bring
- cost
- deaden
- decelerate
- diminish
- discount
- get
- lessen
- loss
- minimize
- over
- pare
- scale
- slacken
- traffic
- whittle
- wind
* * *♦ vt1. [disminuir] to reduce;[gastos, costes, impuestos, plantilla] to cut; [producción] to cut (back on);nos han reducido el sueldo our salary has been cut;reduzca la velocidad [en letrero] reduce speed now;reducir algo a algo to reduce sth to sth;el edificio quedó reducido a escombros the building was reduced to a pile of rubble;reducir algo al mínimo to reduce sth to a minimum;tú todo lo reduces a tener dinero the only thing you care about is money;reducir a la mínima expresión to cut down to the bare minimum2. [fotocopia] to reduce3. [someter] [país, ciudad] to suppress, to subdue;[atracador, ladrón, sublevados] to overpower6. Quím to reduce8. Andes, RP [objetos robados] to receive, to fence9. RP [cadáver] to exhume [for reburial in smaller container]♦ vireduce a tercera change down into third (gear)* * *v/t1 reduce (a to); gastos cut;reducir personal cut jobs, reduce staff numbers;reducir la marcha AUTO downshift, shift into a lower gear2 MIL overcome* * *reducir {61} vt1) disminuir: to reduce, to decrease, to cut2) : to subdue3) : to boil down* * *reducir vb to reduce -
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1. 'reko:d, -kəd, ]( American) -kərd noun1) (a written report of facts, events etc: historical records; I wish to keep a record of everything that is said at this meeting.) constancia (escrita); archivos; registro2) (a round flat piece of (usually black) plastic on which music etc is recorded: a record of Beethoven's Sixth Symphony.) disco3) ((in races, games, or almost any activity) the best performance so far; something which has never yet been beaten: He holds the record for the 1,000 metres; The record for the high jump was broken/beaten this afternoon; He claimed to have eaten fifty sausages in a minute and asked if this was a record; (also adjective) a record score.) récord, marca, plusmarca4) (the collected facts from the past of a person, institution etc: This school has a very poor record of success in exams; He has a criminal record.) historial; (policial) antecedentes
2. rə'ko:d verb1) (to write a description of (an event, facts etc) so that they can be read in the future: The decisions will be recorded in the minutes of the meeting.) registrar, dejar constancia escrita2) (to put (the sound of music, speech etc) on a record or tape so that it can be listened to in the future: I've recorded the whole concert; Don't make any noise when I'm recording.) grabar3) ((of a dial, instrument etc) to show (a figure etc) as a reading: The thermometer recorded 30°C yesterday.) registrar4) (to give or show, especially in writing: to record one's vote in an election.) consignar•- recorder- recording
- record-player
- in record time
- off the record
- on record
record1 n1. disco2. documento / registro / constanciakeep a record of what you spend lleva la cuenta de todo lo que gastas / apunta todo lo que gastas3. expediente / historiala medical record un historial médico / ficha médica4. récordrecord2 vb1. registrar / anotar / apuntar2. grabar
récord,◊ record adjetivo invariablerecord ( before n) ■ sustantivo masculino (pl -cords) record; batir un récord to break a record; posee el récord mundial she is the world record holder
récord sustantivo masculino record
batir un récord, to break a record ' récord' also found in these entries: Spanish: acta - antecedente - batir - cariño - cartilla - consignar - constar - disco - discográfica - discográfico - discoteca - establecer - expediente - fichar - fichada - fichado - grabar - historial - hoja - minuta - nublar - palmarés - plusmarca - plusmarquista - pulverizar - registrar - repercutir - soporte - superar - tocadiscos - tocata - año - casa - catalogar - constancia - ficha - grabador - homologación - homologar - igualar - libro - marca - mundial - olímpico - poseedor - poseer - que - registro - sello - superación English: aim - beat - beating - break - clean - criminal record - hold - holder - log - off-the-record - out - police record - record - record holder - record-breaker - set - smash - tape - tape-record - unbroken - world - academic - account - all - best - book - bumper - by - chart - come - criminal - diary - disqualify - do - enter - equal - faithfully - forthcoming - go - high - history - impressive - jacket - keep - liner - long - LP - needle - note - play1 (written evidence) constancia, constancia escrita2 (note) relación nombre femenino3 (facts about a person) historial nombre masculino4 SMALLMUSIC/SMALL disco5 SMALLSPORT/SMALL récord nombre masculino, marca, plusmarca1 (write down) anotar, apuntar, tomar nota de2 (voice, music) grabar3 (instrument, gauge) registrar■ winds in excess of 110 miles per hour were recorded se registraron vientos de más de 110 millas por hora1 récord1 (files) archivos nombre masculino plural■ all our records were destroyed in the fire todos nuestros archivos fueron destruidos en el incendio\SMALLIDIOMATIC EXPRESSION/SMALLoff the record confidencialmenteto be on record as saying that... haber declarado públicamente que...to break a record batir un récordto have a record tener antecedentesto hold the record ostentar el récordto set a record establecer un récordto set the record straight dejar las cosas clarasmedical record historial nombre masculino médicorecord breaker plusmarquista nombre masulino o femeninorecord card ficharecord company casa discográficarecord holder plusmarquista nombre masulino o femeninorecord library fonoteca, discotecarecord player tocadiscos nombre masculinorecord token vale para comprar discos, casetes, etcrecord [ri'kɔrd] vt1) write down: anotar, apuntar2) register: registrar, hacer constar3) indicate: marcar (una temperatura, etc.)4) tape: grabarrecord ['rɛkərd] n1) document: registro m, documento m oficial2) history: historial ma good academic record: un buen historial académicocriminal record: antecedentes penales3) : récord mthe world record: el récord mundial4) : disco m (de música, etc.)to make a record: grabar un discon.• registro (Informática) s.m. (Of a meeting, etc.)n.• acta s.f.adj.• récord adj.n.• anotación s.f.• ficha s.f.• récord (Deporte) s.m. (Computing)v.• registrar (Informática) v.v.• anotar v.• archivar v.• grabar (Electrónica) v.• impresionar v.• inscribir v.
I 'rekərd, 'rekɔːd1)a) c ( document) documento m; ( of attendances etc) registro m; ( file) archivo m; ( minutes) acta f‡; ( note) nota fmedical records — historial m médico
b) (in phrases)for the record: for the record, I had no financial interest in the deal yo no me beneficiaba con el acuerdo, que conste; off the record: the minister spoke off the record el ministro habló extraoficialmente; on record: the hottest summer on record el verano más caluroso del que se tienen datos; she is on record as saying that... ha declarado públicamente que...; to put o place something on record dejar constancia de algo, hacer* constar algo; to set o put the record straight, let me point out that... — para poner las cosas en su lugar, permítame señalar que...
2) ca) (of performance, behavior)he has a good service/academic record — tiene una buena hoja de servicios/un buen currículum or historial académico
he has a poor record for timekeeping — en cuanto a puntualidad, su expediente no es bueno
b) ( criminal record) antecedentes mpl (penales)to have a record — tener* antecedentes (penales) or (CS tb) prontuario
3) c (highest, lowest, best, worst) récord m, marca fto break/set a record — batir/establecer* un récord or una marca
to hold the world record — tener* or (frml) ostentar el récord or la marca mundial
his latest movie has broken box-office records — su última película ha batido todos los récords de taquilla
4) c (Audio, Mus) disco m; (before n)record company — compañía f discográfica
record store — tienda f de discos
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1. rɪ'kɔːrd, rɪ'kɔːd1)a) \<\<person\>\> ( write down) anotar; ( in minutes) hacer* constarb) ( register) \<\<instrument\>\> registrar2) \<\<song/program/album\>\> grabar
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vi grabar
III 'rekərd, 'rekɔːdadjective (before n, no comp) récord adj inv, sin precedentes['rekɔːd]1. N1) (=report, account) (gen) documento m ; (=note) nota f, apunte m ; [of meeting] acta f ; [of attendance] registro m ; (Jur) [of case] acta fit is the earliest written record of this practice — es el documento escrito más antiguo que registra esta costumbre
there is no record of it — no hay constancia de ello, no consta en ningún sitio
the highest temperatures since records began — las temperaturas más altas que se han registrado hasta la fecha
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for the record, for the record, I disagree — no estoy de acuerdo, que constewill you tell us your full name for the record, please? — ¿podría decirnos su nombre completo para que quede constancia?
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it is a matter of (public) record that... — hay constancia de que...he told me off the record — me dijo confidencialmente or extraoficialmente
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on record, there is no similar example on record — no existe constancia de nada semejantethe highest temperatures on record — las temperaturas más altas que se han registrado hasta la fecha
to be/have gone on record as saying that... — haber declarado públicamente que...
off-the-record•
just to put or set the record straight, let me point out that... — simplemente para que quede claro, permítanme señalar que...2) (=memorial) testimonio mthe First World War is a record of human folly — la primera Guerra Mundial es un testimonio de la locura humana
3) (Comput) registro m4) records (=files) archivos mpl•
according to our records, you have not paid — según nuestros datos, usted no ha pagado5) (=past performance)a) (in work)the airline has a good safety record — la compañía aérea tiene un buen historial en materia de seguridad
a country's human rights record — el historial or la trayectoria de un país en materia de derechos humanos
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he left behind a splendid record of achievements — ha dejado atrás una magnífica hoja de serviciosb) (Med) historial mpoliced) (Mil) hoja f de servicioswar record — historial m de guerra
6) (Sport etc) récord m•
to hold the record (for sth) — tener or ostentar el récord (de algo)world 2.•
to set a record (for sth) — establecer un récord (de algo)7) (=disc) disco mlong-playing•
on record — en disco2.ADJ récord, sin precedentes3. [rɪ'kɔːd]VT1) (=set down) [+ facts] registrar; [+ events] (in journal, diary) tomar nota de; [+ protest, disapproval] hacer constar, dejar constancia deshares recorded a 16% fall — las acciones registraron una bajada de un 16%
her letters record the details of diplomatic life in China — sus cartas dejan constancia de los detalles de la vida diplomática en China
history records that... — la historia cuenta que...
2) (=show) [instrument] registrar, marcar3) [+ sound, images, data] grabar4) (Comput) grabar4.[rɪ'kɔːd]VI (on tape, film etc) grabarthe record button — (on tape deck, video) el botón de grabación
5.['rekɔːd]CPDrecord book N — libro m de registro
- go into the record booksrecord breaker N — (=woman) plusmarquista f ; (=man) recordman m, plusmarquista m
record card N — ficha f
record company N — casa f discográfica
record deck N — platina f grabadora
record holder N — (=woman) plusmarquista f ; (=man) recordman m, plusmarquista m
she is the world 800 metre record holder — tiene or ostenta el récord mundial de los 800 metros, es la plusmarquista mundial de los 800 metros
record keeping N — archivación f
record label N — sello m discográfico
record library N — discoteca f
record player N — tocadiscos m inv
record producer N — productor(a) m / f discográfico(-a)
record sleeve N — funda f de disco
record store (esp US) N, record shop (Brit) N — tienda f de discos
record token N — vale m para discos
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I ['rekərd, 'rekɔːd]1)a) c ( document) documento m; ( of attendances etc) registro m; ( file) archivo m; ( minutes) acta f‡; ( note) nota fmedical records — historial m médico
b) (in phrases)for the record: for the record, I had no financial interest in the deal yo no me beneficiaba con el acuerdo, que conste; off the record: the minister spoke off the record el ministro habló extraoficialmente; on record: the hottest summer on record el verano más caluroso del que se tienen datos; she is on record as saying that... ha declarado públicamente que...; to put o place something on record dejar constancia de algo, hacer* constar algo; to set o put the record straight, let me point out that... — para poner las cosas en su lugar, permítame señalar que...
2) ca) (of performance, behavior)he has a good service/academic record — tiene una buena hoja de servicios/un buen currículum or historial académico
he has a poor record for timekeeping — en cuanto a puntualidad, su expediente no es bueno
b) ( criminal record) antecedentes mpl (penales)to have a record — tener* antecedentes (penales) or (CS tb) prontuario
3) c (highest, lowest, best, worst) récord m, marca fto break/set a record — batir/establecer* un récord or una marca
to hold the world record — tener* or (frml) ostentar el récord or la marca mundial
his latest movie has broken box-office records — su última película ha batido todos los récords de taquilla
4) c (Audio, Mus) disco m; (before n)record company — compañía f discográfica
record store — tienda f de discos
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1. [rɪ'kɔːrd, rɪ'kɔːd]1)a) \<\<person\>\> ( write down) anotar; ( in minutes) hacer* constarb) ( register) \<\<instrument\>\> registrar2) \<\<song/program/album\>\> grabar
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vi grabar
III ['rekərd, 'rekɔːd]adjective (before n, no comp) récord adj inv, sin precedentes -
7 su
1. prep onargomento about( circa) (round) aboutsul tavolo on the tablesul mare by the seasulle tremila lire round about three thousand liresu misura made to measurenove volte su dieci nine times out of ten2. adv up( al piano di sopra) upstairssu! come on!guardare in su look up* * *su avv.1 ( moto, direzione) up; ( al piano superiore) upstairs: puoi venire su un momento?, can you come up (stairs) a moment?; vado su a prendere le chiavi, I'll go up and get the keys; l'ho mandato su in solaio, I've sent him up to the attic; devo portare su le valigie?, shall I bring the cases up?; guardate su, look up; tira su quel pezzo di carta, pick up that piece of paper; il prezzo della benzina è andato su parecchio, the price of petrol has gone up a great deal // là su → lassù; qua su → quassù // su e giù → giù // su per, up: su per la collina, up the hill; si precipitò su per le scale, he rushed upstairs // metter su casa, to set up house // tirar su un bambino, ( allevarlo) to bring up a child // tirarsi su, ( in salute) to recover (o to pick up); ( finanziariamente) to get on one's feet again // Con uso rafforzativo: si spinse su su fino alla vetta, he climbed all the way up to the summit; risalire su su fino alle origini, to go all the way back to the beginning2 ( posizione, situazione) up (above) (anche fig.); ( al piano superiore) upstairs: gli ospiti sono su in terrazza, the guests are up on the terrace; l'ufficio è su al primo piano, the office is up on the first floor; ti chiamano da su, they're calling you from upstairs (o from up above); a mezzanotte era ancora su, ( alzato) he was still up at midnight // più su, higher up; ( più avanti) further up (o further along): abita due piani più su, he lives two floors (higher) up; appendi il quadro un po' più su, hang the picture a little higher up; l'albergo è pochi metri più su, the hotel is a few metres further on3 ( indosso) on: aveva su un paio di scarpe nuove, he had a new pair of shoes on; metti su il soprabito, put your coat on // metter su arie, to put on airs4 ( con valore esortativo): su, sbrigati!, get a move on!; su, andiamo!, come on, let's go!; su, coraggio!, su con la vita!, cheer up!; su, non piangere!, come on, don't cry!5 ( con uso pleonastico): di su!, out with it!6 in su, ( verso l'alto) up (wards); ( in avanti) onwards: guardai in su, I looked up; giaceva sul pavimento a faccia in su, he was lying face upwards on the floor; dalla vita in su, from the waist upwards; camminare col naso in su, to walk with one's nose in the air; i nostri prezzi vanno da dieci euro in su, our prices are from ten euros upwards; il traffico è scorrevole da Bologna in su, the traffic is moving smoothly from Bologna onwards; la norma si applica a tutto il personale, dal fattorino in su, the rule applies to all staff, from the office boy up; la tapparella non va né in su né in giù, the shutter won't go either up or down◆ s.m.: era un su e giù continuo, it was a continuous coming and going.◆ FRASEOLOGIA: su le mani!, hands up! // su per giù, more or less (o roughly o about): avrà su per giù la mia età, he must be about my age; c'erano su per giù mille persone, there were roughly a thousand people // essere su di morale, to be in high spirits // essere su di giri, to be revved up; (fig.) to feel on top of the world // avercela su con qlcu., to have it in for s.o. ∙ Per andare su, mettere su, venire su → anche andare, mettere, venire.su prep.1 ( per indicare sovrapposizione con contatto) on, (form.) upon; ( con movimento) up; on to (o onto); ( in cima a) on top of: c'è una macchia sul pavimento, there's a stain on the floor; la lettera era sul tavolo, the letter was on the table; posalo sulla sedia, put it on the chair; l'acrobata camminava su una fune, the acrobat was walking on a tightrope; metti il coperchio sulla pentola, put the lid on the pan; si arrampicò su un albero, he climbed up a tree; salire su una scala, to go up a ladder; salire sul treno, to get on the train; caricarono gli sci sul tetto della macchina, they loaded the skis on to the car roof (o on top of the car); i corpi giacevano ammassati uno sull'altro, the bodies were piled one on top of another; il paese sorgeva su una ridente collina, the village stood on (o upon) a sunny hilltop; l'aereo si è schiantato sull'autostrada, the plane crashed on to the motorway // il suo ragionamento si fondava su false premesse, his reasoning was based on false assumptions // far assegnamento su qlcu., to rely on s.o.2 (per indicare sovrapposizione senza contatto, ovvero protezione, difesa, rivestimento) over: stiamo volando su Londra, we're flying over London; c'è un ponte sul fiume, there's a bridge over the river; una nube tossica incombeva sulla città, a toxic cloud hung over the city; metti un golfino sulle spalle, put a cardigan over your shoulders; passare la lucidatrice sul pavimento, to pass the polisher over the floor; spalmare la crema sul viso, to spread cream over one's face // sul suo capo pendeva la minaccia del licenziamento, the threat of dismissal hung over his head3 (per indicare superiorità, dominio, controllo) over: non ha alcuna autorità su di noi, he has no authority over us; celebrare la vittoria sul nemico, to celebrate one's victory over the enemy; regnare su un popolo, to reign over a people; esercitare la propria influenza, il proprio potere su qlcu., to exert one's influence, power over s.o.; avere un vantaggio su qlcu., to have an advantage over s.o.4 (a un livello superiore, più in alto di) above (anche fig.): il sole era alto sull'orizzonte, the sun was high above the horizon; il paese è a 500 metri sul livello del mare, the village is 500 m above sea level // per lui il lavoro ha la precedenza su tutto, he puts work before everything5 ( lungo) on; ( che si affaccia su) on to (o onto): una casa, una città sul fiume, a house, a city on the river; un negozio sul corso principale, a shop on the main street; passeggiammo sul lungomare, we walked on (o along) the seafront; la mia finestra guarda sul cortile, my window looks on to (o onto) the courtyard; questa porta dà sul giardino, this door opens onto the garden6 ( verso, in direzione di, contro) to (wards); ( contro) on; at: l'esercito marciò su Napoli, the army marched on Naples; tutti i riflettori erano puntati sulla rock star, all the spotlights were focused on the rock star; tutti si scagliarono su di lui, they all flung themselves at (o on) him (o fam. they all went for him); sparare sulla folla, to fire on (o into) the crowd7 ( dopo, di seguito a) after: commettere errori su errori, to make mistake after mistake // costruire pietra su pietra, to build stone by stone8 ( approssimativamente) about; ( di tempo) at, about: sul mezzogiorno, about midday; sul far della sera, at nightfall; sulla fine del secolo, at the turn of the century; da qui a Firenze ci si impiega sulle tre ore, it takes about three hours to get (from here) to Florence; peserà sui 50 chili, it must weigh about 50 kilos; l'ha pagato sui 500 euro, he paid about 500 euros for it; un ragazzo sui 10 anni, a boy about 10 years of age; è sulla trentina, he's about thirty years old // un colore sul verde, a greenish colour // era un po' sul depresso, he was a bit depressed9 ( intorno a, riguardo a) on, about: un saggio sulla letteratura del Novecento, an essay on 20th century literature; su che cosa sarà la conferenza?, what will the talk be about?; sa tutto sulla storia del jazz, he knows everything about the history of jazz; discutere sui fatti del giorno, to discuss the day's events10 ( per esprimere proporzione) out of: nove su dieci espressero parere favorevole, nine out of ten were in favour; arriva in ritardo due gioni su tre, he arrives late two days out of three; una volta su mille, one time out of a thousand; meritare otto su dieci, to get eight out of ten.◆ FRASEOLOGIA: sul momento, at first; sull'istante, immediately; sui due piedi, on the spot // su misura, made to measure // dipinto su legno, tela, painted on wood, canvas // (comm.): su campione, by sample; su campione tipo, on type (o on standard); su richiesta, on demand // essere sul punto di fare qlco., to be about (o to be going) to do sthg. // fare sul serio, to be in (o deadly) earnest (o to be serious): fai sul serio?, are you serious? (o fam. no kidding?) // credere sulla parola, to take s.o.'s word for it.* * *[su]1. prep su + il=sul, su + lo=sullo, su + l'=sull', su + la=sulla, su + i=sui, su + gli=sugli, su + le= sullegettarsi sulla preda — to throw o.s. on one's prey
procedi sulla sinistra — keep on o to the left
2) (addosso) overbuttati uno scialle sulle spalle — throw a shawl over o round your shoulders
3) (da una parte all'altra) over4) (autorità, dominio) over5) (più in alto di) above100 metri sul livello del mare — 100 metres above sea level
6) (argomento) about, onun articolo sulla prima guerra mondiale — an article on o about the First World War
una conferenza sulla pace nel mondo — a conference on o about world peace
7) (circa) about, around8) (proporzione) out of, in2 giorni su 3 — 2 days out of 3, 2 days in 3
9)2. avv1) (in alto, verso l'alto) up, (al piano superiore) upstairssu — look uplì
su — up theresu — up here2) (in poi) onwardsdal numero 39 in su — from number 39 onwards
dai 20 anni in su — from the age of 20 onwards
prezzi dalle 50 euro in su — prices from 50 euros (upwards)
3) (addosso) on4)su coraggio! — come on, cheer up!su su non fare così! — now, now, don't behave like that!
su dal niente — to rise from nothing* * *[su] 1.1) (con contatto) on, upon; (con movimento) on, onto; (in cima a) on top ofpassare la mano su qcs. — to run one's hand over sth.
salire sulla scala, su un albero — to climb (up) the ladder, a tree
salire sul treno, sull'autobus — to get on o onto the train, the bus
2) (senza contatto o per indicare rivestimento, protezione) overun ponte sul fiume — a bridge across o over the river
3) (per indicare superiorità, dominio) over4) (al di sopra di) above5) (verso)la stanza dà sul parco — the room looks onto o towards the park
puntare un'arma su qcn. — to aim a gun at sb
sul quarto canale — telev. on channel four
8) (riguardo a, intorno a) on, aboutsu consiglio di qcn. — on sb.'s advice, at o on sb.'s suggestion
su ordine di qcn. — on sb.'s order
10) (per indicare approssimazione) about, around11) (per indicare iterazione) after, uponcommettere sbagli su sbagli — to make one mistake after another, to make mistake after mistake
12) (distributivo) out of2.1) (in alto) up2) (al piano superiore) upstairsportare qcs. su in soffitta — to take sth. up to the attic
salire su su nel cielo — to raise up and up o further up into the sky
4) in su up, upwards5) su persu per la montagna, le scale — up the mountain, the stairs
6) su e giù (in alto e in basso) up and down; (avanti e indietro) up and down, to and fro3.interiezione come on* * *su/su/1 (con contatto) on, upon; (con movimento) on, onto; (in cima a) on top of; la tazza è sul tavolo the cup is on the table; battere il pugno sul tavolo to slam one's fist on the table; passare la mano su qcs. to run one's hand over sth.; salire sulla scala, su un albero to climb (up) the ladder, a tree; dimenticare l'ombrello sul treno to leave one's umbrella on the train; salire sul treno, sull'autobus to get on o onto the train, the bus; mettilo su quel mucchio put it on top of that pile2 (senza contatto o per indicare rivestimento, protezione) over; nuvole sulle montagne clouds over the mountain tops; un ponte sul fiume a bridge across o over the river; portare un maglione sulla camicia to wear a sweater over one's shirt; mettere una coperta sulla poltrona to lay a blanket over the armchair3 (per indicare superiorità, dominio) over; governare su un paese to rule (over) a country4 (al di sopra di) above; 500 m sul livello del mare 500 m above sea level5 (verso) la stanza dà sul parco the room looks onto o towards the park; puntare un'arma su qcn. to aim a gun at sb.6 (con nomi di fiumi e laghi) un ponte sul Tamigi a bridge over the Thames; le città sul Po the towns along the Po; crociera sul Nilo cruise on the Nile; vacanze sul Lago Maggiore holidays by Lake Maggiore7 (per indicare un supporto) on; su CD on CD; disegnare sulla sabbia to draw in the sand; copiare su carta to copy onto paper; sul giornale in the newspaper; sul quarto canale telev. on channel four8 (riguardo a, intorno a) on, about9 (per indicare il modo) su commissione on commission; su consiglio di qcn. on sb.'s advice, at o on sb.'s suggestion; su ordine di qcn. on sb.'s order10 (per indicare approssimazione) about, around; essere sui vent'anni to be about twenty; sul finire del secolo towards the end of the century11 (per indicare iterazione) after, upon; commettere sbagli su sbagli to make one mistake after another, to make mistake after mistake12 (distributivo) out of; due persone su tre two out of every three people; una settimana su tre one week in threeII avverbio2 (al piano superiore) upstairs; su fa più freddo it's colder upstairs; portare qcs. su in soffitta to take sth. up to the attic4 in su up, upwards; più in su further up; guardare in su to look up(wards); dalla vita in su from the waist up(wards); dai 3 anni in su from (the age of) 3 up; a faccia in su face up(wards)5 su per su per la montagna, le scale up the mountain, the stairs6 su e giù (in alto e in basso) up and down; (avanti e indietro) up and down, to and fro; andare su e giù per le scale to go up and down the stairsIII interiezionecome on. -
8 high
1. adjective1) hoch [Berg, Gebäude, Mauer]2) (above normal level) hoch [Stiefel]the river/water is high — der Fluss/das Wasser steht hoch
be left high and dry — (fig.) auf dem trock[e]nen sitzen (ugs.)
3) (far above ground or sea level) hoch [Gipfel, Punkt]; groß [Höhe]4) (to or from far above the ground) hoch [Aufstieg, Sprung]high diving — Turmspringen, das; see also academic.ru/5412/bar">bar 1. 2)
5) (of exalted rank) hoch [Beamter, Amt, Gericht]high and mighty — (coll.): (highhanded) selbstherrlich; (coll.): (superior) hochnäsig (ugs.)
be born or destined for higher things — zu Höherem geboren od. bestimmt sein
those in high places — die Oberen
be held in high regard/esteem — hohes Ansehen/hohe Wertschätzung genießen
high blood pressure — Bluthochdruck, der
have a high opinion of somebody/something — eine hohe Meinung von jemandem/etwas haben (geh.); viel von jemandem/etwas halten
of high birth — von hoher Geburt (geh.)
it is high time you left — es ist od. wird höchste Zeit, dass du gehst
high summer — Hochsommer, der
9) (luxurious, extravagant) üppig [Leben]10) (enjoyable)have a high [old] time — sich bestens amüsieren
get high on — sich anturnen mit (ugs.) [Haschisch, LSD usw.]
12) (in pitch) hoch [Ton, Stimme, Lage, Klang usw.]13) (slightly decomposed) angegangen (landsch.) [Fleisch]14) (Cards) hoch2. adverbsearch or hunt or look high and low — überall suchen
2) (to a high level) hoch3. nounI'll go as high as two thousand pounds — ich gehe bis zweitausend Pfund
1) (highest level/figure) Höchststand, der; see also all-time3) (Meteorol.) Hoch, das* * *1. adjective1) (at, from, or reaching up to, a great distance from ground-level, sea-level etc: a high mountain; a high dive; a dive from the high diving-board.) hoch2) (having a particular height: This building is about 20 metres high; My horse is fifteen hands high.) hoch3) (great; large; considerable: The car was travelling at high speed; He has a high opinion of her work; They charge high prices; high hopes; The child has a high fever/temperature.) hoch4) (most important; very important: the high altar in a church; Important criminal trials are held at the High Court; a high official.) Haupt-...5) (noble; good: high ideals.) hoch8) ((of voices) like a child's voice (rather than like a man's): He still speaks in a high voice.) hoch9) ((of food, especially meat) beginning to go bad.) angegangen10) (having great value: Aces and kings are high cards.) hoch2. adverb(at, or to, a great distance from ground-level, sea-level etc: The plane was flying high in the sky; He'll rise high in his profession.) hoch- highly- highness
- high-chair
- high-class
- higher education
- high fidelity
- high-handed
- high-handedly
- high-handedness
- high jump
- highlands
- high-level
- highlight 3. verb- highly-strung- high-minded
- high-mindedness
- high-pitched
- high-powered
- high-rise
- highroad
- high school
- high-spirited
- high spirits
- high street
- high-tech 4. adjective((also hi-tech): high-tech industries.)- high tide- high treason
- high water
- highway
- Highway Code
- highwayman
- high wire
- high and dry
- high and low
- high and mighty
- the high seas
- it is high time* * *[haɪ]I. adjhe lives on the \highest floor er wohnt im obersten StockwerkI knew him when he was only so \high ich kannte ihn schon als kleines Kindthe river is \high der Fluss führt Hochwassershe wore a dress with a \high neckline sie trug ein hochgeschlossenes Kleidto fly at a \high altitude in großer Höhe fliegenthe rooms in our flat have \high ceilings unsere Wohnung hat hohe Räumethirty centimetres/one metre \high dreißig Zentimeter/ein Meter hoch\high cheekbones hohe Wangenknochento do a \high dive einen Kopfsprung aus großer Höhe machen\high forehead hohe Stirn\high latitude GEOG hohe Breiteshe got very \high marks sie bekam sehr gute Notenthe job demands a \high level of concentration die Tätigkeit erfordert hohe Konzentrationto have \high hopes sich dat große Hoffnungen machento have \high hopes for sb für jdn große Pläne habento have a \high IQ einen hohen IQ habena \high-scoring match ein Match nt mit vielen Treffernto have a \high opinion of sb von jdm eine hohe Meinung habento be full of \high praise [for sb/sth] [für jdn/etw] voll des Lobes seinto drive at \high speed mit hoher Geschwindigkeit fahrento demand \high standards from sb/sth hohe Ansprüche [o Anforderungen] an jdn/etw stellen3. (of large numerical value)the casualty toll from the explosion was \high die Explosion forderte viele Opferthe \highest common denominator der größte gemeinsame Nenner\high number hohe [o große] Zahl4. (important)safety is \high on my list of priorities Sicherheit steht weit oben auf meiner Prioritätenliste\high crimes schwere Vergehento hold/resign from \high office ein hohes Amt innehaben/niederlegento have friends in \high places wichtige Freunde habenof \high rank hochrangig5. (noble)to be of \high birth adliger Abstammung seinto have \high principles hohe Prinzipien habento be \high and mighty ( pej) herablassend sein7. (intense)to have a \high complexion ein gerötetes Gesicht habento be \high drama hochdramatisch sein\high wind starker Wind8. MED\high blood-pressure hoher Blutdruck\high fever hohes Fieber\high in calories kalorienreichto be \high in calcium/iron viel Kalzium/Eisen enthaltento be \high on drugs mit Drogen vollgepumpt sein11. (shrill)to sing in a \high key in einer hohen Tonlage singena \high note ein hoher Tona \high voice eine schrille Stimme12. LING\high vowel hoher Vokal14.▶ with one's head held \high hoch erhobenen Hauptes▶ come hell or \high water um jeden Preiscome hell or \high water, I'm going to get this finished by midnight und wenn die Welt untergeht, bis Mitternacht habe ich das fertig▶ to leave sb \high and dry jdn auf dem Trockenen sitzen lassen▶ to stink to \high heaven (smell awful) wie die Pest stinken sl; (be very suspicious) zum Himmel stinken fig sl▶ \high time höchste ZeitII. adv1. (position) hochyou have to throw the ball \high du musst den Ball in die Höhe werfen▪ \high up hoch oben2. (amount) hochthe prices are running \high die Preise liegen hochhe said he would go as \high as 500 dollars er meinte, er würde maximal 500 Dollar ausgeben3. (intensity)the sea was running \high das Meer tobte; ( fig)feelings were running \high die Gemüter erhitzten sich4.▶ to hold one's head \high stolz sein▶ \high and low überallIII. nto reach an all-time [or a record] \high einen historischen Höchststand erreichen3. (exhilaration)\highs and lows Höhen und Tiefen figto be on a \high high sein sl4. (heaven)on \high im Himmel, in der Höhe poetGod looked down from on \high Gott blickte vom Himmel herab; ( hum fig fam)the orders came from on \high die Befehle kamen von höchster Stelle5. AUTO höchster Gangto move into \high den höchsten Gang einlegen* * *[haɪ]1. adj (+er)a high dive — ein Kopfsprung m aus großer Höhe
he left her high and dry with four young children — er hat sie mit vier kleinen Kindern sitzen lassen
I knew him when he was only so high — ich kannte ihn, als er nur SO groß war or noch so klein war
See:→ also high ground3) (= considerable, extreme, great) opinion, speed, temperature, fever, pressure, salary, price, rate, density, sea hoch pred, hohe(r, s) attr; reputation ausgezeichnet, hervorragend; altitude groß; wind stark; complexion, colour (hoch)rot/quality — von bestem Format/bester Qualität
casualties were high — es gab viele Opfer; (Mil) es gab hohe Verluste
the temperature was in the high twenties — die Temperatur lag bei fast 30 Grad
to put a high value on sth —
to have high expectations of sb/sth — hohe Erwartungen an jdn/etw stellen
in (very) high spirits — in Hochstimmung, in äußerst guter Laune
to have a high old time (inf) — sich prächtig amüsieren, mächtig Spaß haben (inf)
5)high noon — zwölf Uhr mittagsit's high time you went home — es ist or wird höchste Zeit, dass du nach Hause gehst
6) sound, note hoch; (= shrill) schrill8) meat angegangen2. adv (+er)1) hochhigh up (position) — hoch oben; (motion) hoch hinauf
birds circling very high up — Vögel, die ganz weit oben kreisen
higher up the hill was a small farm — etwas weiter oben am Berg lag ein kleiner Bauernhof
2)to go as high as £200 — bis zu £ 200 (hoch) gehen
inflation is climbing higher and higher —
3. n1)2)unemployment/the pound has reached a new high — die Arbeitslosenzahlen haben/das Pfund hat einen neuen Höchststand erreicht
the highs and lows of my career — die Höhen und Tiefen pl meiner Laufbahn
4) (US AUT= top gear)
in high —* * *high [haı]1. hoch:ten feet high zehn Fuß hoch;2. hoch (gelegen):High Asia Hochasien nhigh latitude hohe Breite4. hoch (Grad):high expectations große oder hohe Erwartungen;high favo(u)r hohe Gunst;high hopes große Hoffnungen;high praise großes Lob;keep the pace high SPORT das Tempo hoch halten;a) hohe Geschwindigkeit,b) SCHIFF hohe Fahrt, äußerste Kraft;high starting number SPORT hohe Startnummer;be high in calories viele Kalorien haben;5. stark, heftig:high passion wilde Leidenschaft;high wind starker Wind;high words heftige oder scharfe Worte6. hoch (im Rang), Hoch…, Ober…, Haupt…:a high official ein hoher Beamter;the Most High der Allerhöchste (Gott)7. bedeutend, hoch, wichtig:high aims hohe Ziele;high politics pl (oft als sg konstruiert) hohe Politik8. hoch (Stellung), vornehm, edel:of high birth von hoher oder edler Geburt, hochgeboren;9. hoch, erhaben, edel:high spirit erhabener Geist10. hoch, gut, erstklassig (Qualität etc):high performance hohe Leistung11. hoch, Hoch… (auf dem Höhepunkt stehend):high period Glanzzeit f (eines Künstlers etc)12. hoch, fortgeschritten (Zeit):high summer Hochsommer m;13. (zeitlich) fern, tief:in high antiquity tief im Altertum14. LINGa) Hoch… (Sprache)b) hoch (Laut):high tone Hochton m15. hoch (im Kurs), teuer:land is high Land ist teuer17. extrem, eifrig (Sozialdemokrat etc)18. a) hoch, hell (Ton etc)b) schrill, laut (Stimme etc)19. lebhaft (Farben):high complexion rosiger Teint20. erregend, spannend (Abenteuer etc)on auf akk)be high Hautgout haben24. SCHIFF hoch am WindB adv1. hoch:lift high in die Höhe heben, hochheben;a) hochgehen (See, Wellen),feelings ran high die Gemüter erhitzten sich;search high and low überall suchen, etwas wie eine Stecknadel suchen2. stark, heftig, in hohem Grad oder Maß3. teuer:pay high teuer bezahlen4. hoch, mit hohem Einsatz:5. üppig:live high in Saus und Braus leben6. SCHIFF hoch am WindC s1. (An)Höhe f, hoch gelegener Ort:a) hoch oben, droben,b) hoch hinauf,c) im oder zum Himmel;a) von oben,b) vom Himmel2. METEO Hoch(druckgebiet) n3. TECHb) höchster Gang:4. fig Höchststand m:his life was full of highs and lows sein Leben war voller Höhen und Tiefen* * *1. adjective1) hoch [Berg, Gebäude, Mauer]2) (above normal level) hoch [Stiefel]the river/water is high — der Fluss/das Wasser steht hoch
be left high and dry — (fig.) auf dem trock[e]nen sitzen (ugs.)
3) (far above ground or sea level) hoch [Gipfel, Punkt]; groß [Höhe]4) (to or from far above the ground) hoch [Aufstieg, Sprung]high diving — Turmspringen, das; see also bar 1. 2)
5) (of exalted rank) hoch [Beamter, Amt, Gericht]high and mighty — (coll.): (highhanded) selbstherrlich; (coll.): (superior) hochnäsig (ugs.)
be born or destined for higher things — zu Höherem geboren od. bestimmt sein
6) (great in degree) hoch; groß [Gefallen, Bedeutung]; stark [Wind]be held in high regard/esteem — hohes Ansehen/hohe Wertschätzung genießen
high blood pressure — Bluthochdruck, der
have a high opinion of somebody/something — eine hohe Meinung von jemandem/etwas haben (geh.); viel von jemandem/etwas halten
7) (noble, virtuous) hoch [Ideal, Ziel, Prinzip, Berufung]; edel [Charakter]of high birth — von hoher Geburt (geh.)
8) (of time, season)it is high time you left — es ist od. wird höchste Zeit, dass du gehst
high summer — Hochsommer, der
9) (luxurious, extravagant) üppig [Leben]10) (enjoyable)have a high [old] time — sich bestens amüsieren
get high on — sich anturnen mit (ugs.) [Haschisch, LSD usw.]
12) (in pitch) hoch [Ton, Stimme, Lage, Klang usw.]13) (slightly decomposed) angegangen (landsch.) [Fleisch]14) (Cards) hoch2. adverb1) (in or to a high position) hochsearch or hunt or look high and low — überall suchen
2) (to a high level) hoch3. nounon high — hoch oben od. (geh., südd., österr.) droben; (in heaven) im Himmel
3) (Meteorol.) Hoch, das* * *adj.hoch adj.hoh adj. n.Hoch nur sing. n.Höchststand m. -
9 pitch
I 1. noun1) (Brit.): (usual place) [Stand]platz, der; (stand) Stand, der; (Sport): (playing area) Feld, das; Platz, der3) (slope) Neigung, die2. transitive verbreach such a pitch that... — sich so zuspitzen, dass...
1) (erect) aufschlagen [Zelt]pitch camp — ein/das Lager aufschlagen
2) (throw) werfenthe horse pitched its rider over its head — das Pferd warf den Reiter vornüber
pitch somebody out of something — jemanden aus etwas hinauswerfen
3) (Mus.) anstimmen [Melodie]; stimmen [Instrument]4) (fig.)5)3. intransitive verbpitched battle — offene [Feld]schlacht
(fall) [kopfüber] stürzen; [Schiff, Fahrzeug, Flugzeug:] mit einem Ruck nach vorn kippen; (repeatedly) [Schiff:] stampfenPhrasal Verbs:- academic.ru/90132/pitch_in">pitch inII noun(substance) Pech, das* * *I 1. [pi ] verb2) (to throw: He pitched the stone into the river.) werfen3) (to (cause to) fall heavily: He pitched forward.) stürzen4) ((of a ship) to rise and fall violently: The boat pitched up and down on the rough sea.) stampfen5) (to set (a note or tune) at a particular level: He pitched the tune too high for my voice.) anstimmen2. noun1) (the field or ground for certain games: a cricket-pitch; a football pitch.) das Feld2) (the degree of highness or lowness of a musical note, voice etc.) die Tonhöhe3) (an extreme point or intensity: His anger reached such a pitch that he hit her.) der Grad4) (the part of a street etc where a street-seller or entertainer works: He has a pitch on the High Street.) der Stand5) (the act of pitching or throwing or the distance something is pitched: That was a long pitch.) der Wurf6) ((of a ship) the act of pitching.) das Stampfen•- -pitched- pitcher
- pitched battle
- pitchfork II [pi ] noun(a thick black substance obtained from tar: as black as pitch.) das Pech- pitch-black- pitch-dark* * *pitch1npitch2[pɪtʃ]pitch3[pɪtʃ]I. n<pl -es>baseball/hockey \pitch Baseball-/Hockeyfeld ntfootball \pitch Fußballfeld nt, Fußballplatz m3. no pl (tone) Tonhöhe f; (of a voice) Stimmlage f; (of an instrument) Tonlage f; (volume) Lautstärke fthe noise [had] reached such a \pitch that the neighbours complained der Lärm war so laut, dass sich die Nachbarn beschwertenperfect \pitch absolutes Gehörto be at fever \pitch (worked-up) [furchtbar] aufgeregt sein; children [völlig] aufgedreht [o ÖSTERR überdreht] sein[sales] \pitch [Verkaufs]gerede nt a. pej fam, [Verkaufs]sprüche pl a. pej famhe gave me his usual [sales] \pitch about quality and reliability er spulte seine üblichen Sprüche über Qualität und Zuverlässigkeit ab famthe city made a \pitch to stage the competition die Stadt bemühte sich um die Austragung der Wettkämpfelow/steep \pitch flache/steile Neigungto have a low \pitch flach geneigt seinto have a steep \pitch steil [geneigt] seinII. vt1. (throw)▪ to \pitch sb/sth jdn/etw werfenhis constant criticism had \pitched him into trouble with his boss seine ständige Kritik hatte ihm Ärger mit seinem Chef eingebrachtbad luck had \pitched him into a life of crime bedingt durch widrige Umstände, rutschte er in die Kriminalität abto be \pitched [headlong] into despair in [eine] tiefe Verzweiflung gestürzt werden2. (set up)▪ to \pitch sth etw aufstellento \pitch camp das Lager aufschlagento \pitch a tent ein Zelt aufbauen [o aufschlagen3. SPORThe has \pitched the last 3 innings er spielte in den letzten 3 Runden den Werferto \pitch a ball einen Ball werfento \pitch a curve ball den Ball anschneiden4. MUSthe tune was \pitched [too] high/low die Melodie war [zu] hoch/tief5. (target)▪ to be \pitched at sb book, film sich an jdn richtenthe film is \pitched at adults between 20 and 30 der Film richtet sich an Erwachsene [o an die Zielgruppe] zwischen zwanzig und dreißig6. (set)you have to \pitch the course at beginners' level der Kurs sollte auf Anfänger ausrichtet seinto be \pitched too high/low zu hoch/niedrig angesetzt seinyour aspirations/expectations are \pitched too high deine Ziele/Erwartungen sind zu hochgestecktto be \pitched at 30° eine Neigung von 30° haben [o aufweisen]\pitched roof Schrägdach nt8. (advertise)▪ to \pitch sth etw propagieren [o sl pushen]III. vi2. (fall)to \pitch headlong to the ground kopfüber zu Boden fallento \pitch into a hole in ein Loch stürzento \pitch forward vornüberstürzenthe passengers \pitched forward die Passagiere wurden nach vorne geschleudertthe footpath \pitches down to the river der Fußweg führt zum Fluss hinunter6. (aim)▪ to \pitch for sth etw anstrebenhe's \pitching for the government to use its influence er versucht die Regierung dazu zu bewegen, ihren Einfluss geltend zu machen7. (attack)▪ to \pitch into sb jdn angreifen8. (start)▪ to \pitch into sth etw [entschlossen] angehen [o anpacken]* * *I [pɪtʃ]nPech nt II1. n1) (= throw) Wurf m4) (Brit for doing one's business, in market, outside theatre etc) Stand m; (fig = usual place on beach etc) Platz mkeep off my pitch! (fig) — komm mir nicht ins Gehege!
See:→ queerhe gave us his pitch about the need to change our policy — er hielt uns (wieder einmal) einen Vortrag über die Notwendigkeit, unsere Politik zu ändern
to have perfect pitch — das absolute Gehör haben
8) (fig= degree)
he roused the mob to such a pitch that... — er brachte die Massen so sehr auf, dass...the tension/their frustration had reached such a pitch that... — die Spannung/ihre Frustration hatte einen derartigen Grad erreicht, dass...
matters had reached such a pitch that... — die Sache hatte sich derart zugespitzt, dass...
at its highest pitch —
we can't keep on working at this pitch much longer — wir können dieses Arbeitstempo nicht mehr lange durchhalten
See:→ fever9) (US inf)what's the pitch? — wie siehts aus?, was liegt an? (inf), was geht? (sl)
2. vtas soon as he got the job he was pitched into a departmental battle — kaum hatte er die Stelle, wurde er schon in einen Abteilungskrieg verwickelt
2) (MUS) song anstimmen; note (= give) angeben; (= hit) treffen; instrument stimmen; (inf by DJ) pitchen3) (fig)the prices of these cars are pitched extremely competitively — diese Autos haben sehr attraktive Preise
the production must be pitched at the right level for London audiences — das Stück muss auf das Niveau des Londoner Publikums abgestimmt werden
she pitched the plan to business leaders —
3. vi1) (= fall) fallen, stürzenhe pitched off his horse —
he pitched forward as the bus braked — er fiel nach vorn, als der Bus bremste
2) (NAUT) stampfen; (AVIAT) absackenhe's in there pitching ( US fig inf ) — er schuftet wie ein Ochse (inf)
* * *pitch1 [pıtʃ]A s2. BOT (rohes Terpentin-)Harzpitched thread Pechdraht mpitch2 [pıtʃ]A v/t1. ein Zelt, ein Lager, einen Verkaufsstand etc aufschlagen, -stellen, eine Leiter etc anlegen, ein Lager etc errichten:pitch one’s tent fig seine Zelte aufschlagen2. einen Pfosten etc einrammen, -schlagen, befestigen3. einen Speer etc werfen, schleudern:pitch a coin eine Münze hochwerfen (zum Losen etc)4. Heu etc (auf)laden, (-)gabeln5. MIL, HIST in Schlachtordnung aufstellen:a) regelrechte oder offene (Feld)Schlacht,b) fig knallharte Auseinandersetzung6. (der Höhe oder dem Wert etc nach) festsetzen, -legen:pitch one’s expectations too high seine Erwartungen zu hoch schrauben, zu viel erwarten;pitch one’s hopes too high seine Hoffnungen zu hoch stecken8. MUSa) ein Instrument (auf eine bestimmte Tonhöhe) stimmenb) ein Lied etc (in bestimmter Tonhöhe) anstimmen oder singen oder spielen, die Tonhöhe für ein Lied etc festsetzen oder anschlagen:pitch the voice high hoch anstimmen oder singen;his voice was well pitched er hatte eine gute Stimmlage9. Golf: den Ball pitchen10. fig den Sinn etc richten (toward[s] auf akk)11. eine Straße (be)schottern, (mit unbehauenen Steinen) pflastern, eine Böschung (mit unbehauenen Steinen) verpacken12. Kartenspiel: eine Farbe durch Ausspielen zum Trumpf machen, die Trumpffarbe durch Ausspielen festlegen13. Warea) zum Verkauf anbieten, ausstellenb) anpreisenB v/i1. (besonders kopfüber) (hin)stürzen, hinschlagen2. aufschlagen, -prallen (Ball etc)3. taumeln5. werfen7. sich neigen (Dach etc)8. a) ein Zelt oder Lager aufschlagen, (sich) lagernb) einen (Verkaufs)Stand aufschlagena) sich (tüchtig) ins Zeug legen, loslegen, sich ranmachen,b) tüchtig zulangen (essen),c) einspringen, aushelfen ( beide:with mit),d) mit anpacken ( with bei)b) sich (mit Schwung) an die Arbeit machen12. umga) SPORT allg spielenb) fig kämpfenC swhat’s the pitch? US sl was ist los?;I get the pitch US sl ich kapiere2. SCHIFF Stampfen n3. Neigung f, Gefälle n (eines Daches etc)4. Höhe f5. MUS Tonhöhe f:pitch name absoluter Notenname;pitch number Schwingungszahl f (eines Tones)6. MUSb) richtige Tonhöhe (in der Ausführung):above (below) pitch zu hoch (tief);sing true to pitch tonrein singen9. Grad m, Stufe f, Höhe f (auch fig):pitch of an arch Bogenhöhe;fly a high pitch hoch fliegento the highest pitch aufs Äußerste11. besonders Bra) Stand m (eines Straßenhändlers etc)b) (Stand)Platz m:queer sb’s pitch umg jemandem die Tour vermasseln, jemandem einen Strich durch die Rechnung machen12. WIRTSCH Br (Waren)Angebot n13. sla) Anpreisung fb) Verkaufsgespräch nc) Werbeanzeige f14. sl Platte f, Masche f (beide pej)15. SPORT Spielfeld n:pitch inspection Platzbesichtigung f17. TECHa) Teilung f (eines Gewindes, Zahnrads etc)b) FLUG (Blatt)Steigung f (einer Luftschraube)c) Schränkung f (einer Säge)18. a) Lochabstand m (beim Film)b) Rillenabstand m (der Schallplatte)* * *I 1. noun1) (Brit.): (usual place) [Stand]platz, der; (stand) Stand, der; (Sport): (playing area) Feld, das; Platz, der3) (slope) Neigung, die4) (fig.): (degree, intensity)2. transitive verbreach such a pitch that... — sich so zuspitzen, dass...
1) (erect) aufschlagen [Zelt]pitch camp — ein/das Lager aufschlagen
2) (throw) werfen3) (Mus.) anstimmen [Melodie]; stimmen [Instrument]4) (fig.)5)3. intransitive verbpitched battle — offene [Feld]schlacht
(fall) [kopfüber] stürzen; [Schiff, Fahrzeug, Flugzeug:] mit einem Ruck nach vorn kippen; (repeatedly) [Schiff:] stampfenPhrasal Verbs:- pitch inII noun(substance) Pech, das* * *(sound) n.Tonhöhe -n f.Tonlage -n f. n.Abstand -¨e m.Pech nur sing. n.Stufe -n f. v.errichten v.festsetzen v.werfen v.(§ p.,pp.: warf, geworfen) -
10 point
[pɔɪnt] 1. сущ.1)а) точка, пятнышко, крапинкаbody dotted with numerous red points — тело, усыпанное многочисленными красными пятнышками
Syn:б) точка, отметка, точка деления ( на шкале)dew-point — точка росы; температура таяния
The freezing point of water is 32 degrees Fahrenheit. — Точка замерзания воды - 32 градуса по Фаренгейту.
The shares reached their highest point on the 13th June 1990, when they might have been sold for $600. — Акции достигли высшей отметки 13 июня 1990 года, когда они могли продаваться по 600 долларов.
в) мор. румб2)а) = full point точка ( знак препинания)б) мат. точка3) пункт, момент, вопрос; делоcontroversial point — спорный вопрос, момент
talking point — вопрос, могущий быть предметом разговора; (подходящая) тема для разговора; аргумент
to argue a point — обсуждать вопрос, спорить по поводу чего-л.
to belabor / labor a point — разрабатывать, исследовать вопрос
to bring up / raise a point — ставить / поднимать вопрос
to concede / yield a point — уступить, сдаться в каком-л. вопросе
to cover / discuss a point — обсуждать вопрос
to drive / hammer / press a point home — доводить вопрос до сведения
to emphasize / stress / underscore a point — акцентировать, подчёркивать вопрос
to strain, stretch a point in smb.'s favour — истолковать дело / вопрос в чью-л. пользу
She made the point that further resistance was useless. — Она сочла, что дальнейшее сопротивление бесполезно.
- at point- at all points
- on this point
- make a point of smth.Syn:At that point the audience got up to leave. — В этот момент зрители поднялись, чтобы уходить.
Syn:5)а) точка, место, пунктI've been in Pakistan and points East for six weeks. — Я шесть недель провел в Пакистане и других восточных странах.
б) разг. полицейский пост6) разг. станция7) охот.; разг. место, к которому по прямой мчится собака или дичьto make one's point — бежать прямо к намеченному месту (о собаке, лисе)
8)а) отличительная черта, особенностьTact isn't my strong point. — Тактичность не является моей отличительной чертой.
Syn:б) стать, статья (животного; как показатель его породистости)в) ( points) конечности (животного; обычно имеют контрастную окрасу); контрастная окраска конечностейThe Siamese kittens are born absolutely white and gradually all the points come. — Сиамские котята рождаются абсолютно белыми, но постепенно лапы, кончик хвоста и мордочка темнеют.
д) ( points) достоинства, преимуществаA simple story, but it has its points. — Простая история, но в ней есть свои достоинства.
Getting drunk as a pastime may have its points, but as an exclusive occupation. — В том чтобы напиться в стельку, тоже есть своя прелесть, но только если это происходит в исключительных случаях.
9) спорт. очкоpoints verdict / decision — присуждение победы по очкам (в боксе и т. п.)
to gain a point, to get points — получить преимущество
The team won by two points. — Команда выиграла с перевесом в два очка.
Syn:10)а) бирж. пунктб) ист. талон, единица продовольственной или промтоварной карточки ( в Великобритании во время Второй мировой войны и в послевоенные годы)From April 2 imported tinned marmalade will be available on points. — Со 2 апреля импортный джем в банках будут продавать по талонам.
в) полигр. пункт11) ( the point) суть, сущность; "соль" (рассказа, шутки)I think I missed the point of his story. — По-видимому, я прозевал суть его истории.
The point is not who said the words, but whether they are true or not. — Дело не в том, кто сказал эти слова, а в том - истинны они или нет.
He did not see the point of the joke. — Он не понял, в чем "соль" шутки.
- come to the point- keep to the point
- get to the pointSyn:12) цель, намерение; важная мысль, заслуживающее внимание замечаниеI have now read the article with interest and appreciation but it doesn't meet my point at all. — Я прочел статью с интересом и пониманием, но она не о том, что я имею (имел) в виду.
I see. I quite see your point. — Я понимаю. Я вполне понимаю, что вы хотите сказать.
"The affair'll have to be shelved." "I take your point, sir." — "Дело должно быть отложено. - Я вас понял, сэр."
Syn:13) намёк, подсказка, указание, советThere are friends who honestly and in all good faith give a "point" as to buying this or that stock. — Существуют такие друзья, которые честно и от чистого сердца дают "советы" купить те или другие акции.
Syn:14) пойнт (мера веса в ювелирном деле, равная одной сотой карата)15) эл. штепсельная розеткаHelena plugged an electric kettle into a point underneath the table. — Элен воткнула вилку электрочайника в розетку под столом.
16) геральд.б) средняя часть верхней или нижней части щита ( в отличие от правой или левой части)17) кружево ( выполненное на спицах)18)а) остриё; наконечникб) кинжал, шпага; шилов) гравировальная игла, резец ( гравера)19)а) тонкий конец, кончик; остроконечная верхушка; острая выступающая частьMr. Calthorpe tapped the points of the fingers of each hand together. — Мистер Калторп постукивал кончиками пальцев друг о друга.
Syn:б) мыс, выступающая морская коса, стрелка20) воен. головной или тыльный дозор21) ( the Point) амер.; разг. Военная академия США в Вест-Пойнте22) ж.-д.; обычно ( points) стрелочный перевод23) лунка ( на доске в игре нарды)24) кончик нижней челюсти (место, в которое наносится удар)25) ( points) пуантыIn a pas de deux with Ted Kivitt, she stepped majestically on point as if there were magnets concealed in her toe shoes. — В па-де-де с Тедом Кивиттом она величественно выступала на пуантах, как будто в ее балетных туфлях были спрятаны магниты.
27) мор. редька ( оплетённый конец снасти)28) ист. шнурок с наконечником ( заменявший пуговицы)29) резкое взмывание вверх ( о соколе), стойка ( о собаке)to come / make a point — делать стойку
••- in point- in point of
- in point of fact 2. гл.1)а) ставить знаки препинания; делать паузы ( в устном тексте), акцентировать подчёркиватьSyn:б) = point off отделять точкой ( десятичную дробь)2) точить; заострять; чинить ( карандаш)Syn:3) оживлять, придавать остроту (словам, действиям)The circumstances which pointed and sharpened the public feelings on that occasion. — Обстоятельства, оживившие чувства общественности, по поводу этого события.
4) намечать с помощью просверливаемых точек (на камне или мраморе) глубину, на которую должна стёсываться скульптура5)а) стр. расшивать швыб) вносить (навоз и т. п.) в землю на небольшую глубину с помощью лопаты6)а) = point out показывать пальцем, указывать; указывать, обращать (чьё-л.) внимание; отмечать, подчёркиватьto point the finger (of scorn) (at) — указывать пальцем на (кого-л.), насмехаться над (кем-л.)
It's rude to point at people. — Некрасиво показывать на людей пальцем.
"There's the coin you dropped!" she said, pointing down. — Вот монетка, которую ты уронил, - сказало она, указывая вниз.
She pointed through the window of the coach. — Она указала пальцем в окно коляски.
When asked to explain where all the housekeeping money had gone, Mary pointed to the rising prices. — Когда её попросили объяснить, куда ушли все деньги, выделенные на ведение хозяйства, Мэри сослалась на повышение цен.
He has pointed out a method of cure. — Он указал на метод лечения.
He pointed out that there were certain formalities to be observed. — Он подчеркнул, что существуют некоторые формальности, которые должны быть выполнены.
The finger of scorn is pointed at you. — Над тобой насмехаются.
Syn:7) охот. делать стойку ( указывая на дичь - о собаке)trained to stop and point where the game lies — обученная останавливаться и делать стойку, указывая, где залёг зверь
In the next field Satin pointed a leveret. — На следующем поле Сэтин сделал стойку перед зайчонком.
8) (point at, point to) направлять, наводить ( оружие); целиться, прицеливатьсяNever point a gun at someone, even in fun. — Никогда ни в кого не прицеливайся, даже в шутку.
Syn:9) (point at, point to) указывать на (что-л.), говорить, свидетельствовать о (чём-л.)The Minister's remarks seemed to be pointing at an early election. — Казалось, что замечания министра касались досрочных выборов.
All the signs point to / towards an early election. — Все признаки указывают на досрочные выборы.
Syn:10)а) быть обращённым, направленным (в какую-л. сторону)This may be noticed in any house which points on to a busy thoroughfare. — Это можно заметить в каждом доме, который выходит на оживлённую улицу.
The churches of Europe were ordinarily built pointing to the east. — Церкви в Европе обыкновенно строились обращёнными на восток.
б) иметь целью, стремитьсяIt was the goal towards which the policy of the Frankish kings had for many years pointed. — Это была цель, на которую в течение многих лет была направлена политика франкских королей.
в) спорт. специально готовиться (к игре, к соревнованиям)We are not pointing for any team in particular, but are trying to develop for our major games without being knocked off. — Мы не готовимся к конкретной игре с конкретным партнёром, но стараемся сохранить форму и силы к главным матчам.
11) мед. созревать ( о нарыве)12) мор. идти курсом близким к направлению ветра13) амер. гнать, погонять ( стадо)fox fur pointed to imitate silver fox — мех лисы с вставленными белыми волосками для имитации чернобурки
•- point off
- point out
- point up
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