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1 prensa para escurrir

сущ.
тех. отжимный пресс

Испанско-русский универсальный словарь > prensa para escurrir
2 máquina para escurrir

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отжимный пресс

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4 escurrir

v.

1 to drain (platos, verdura).

escurrir el bulto to get out of it; (trabajo) to evade the issue (cuestión)

2 to drip.

deja los platos a escurrir leave the dishes to drain

3 to slide.

una lágrima escurrió por su mejilla a tear slid down her cheek

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escurrir

► verbo transitivo

1 (platos etc) to drain; (ropa) to wring out; (comida) to strain

► verbo intransitivo

1 (destilar) to drip, trickle

2 (deslizar) to slip, slide

► verbo pronominal escurrirse

1 (platos etc) to drain

2 (líquido) to drip, trickle

3 (deslizarse) to slip, slide

4 familiar (escapar) to run away, slip away

5 familiar (decir demasiado) to let slip

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FRASEOLOGÍA

escurrir el bulto familiar to dodge the issue

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verb

to drain

- escurrirse

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1.

VT [+ ropa] to wring, wring out; [+ platos, líquido, botella] to drain; [+ verduras] to strain

2.

VI [líquido] to drip

3.

See:

escurrirse

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1.
verbo transitivo < ropa> to wring out, wring; <verduras/pasta> to strain, drain; <líquido/vaso> to drain
2.
escurrir vi to drain

deja que los platos escurran — leave the plates to drain

dejé escurrir la camisa — I left the shirt to drip-dry
3.
escurrirse v pron

1)

a) líquido

cuelga la camisa para que se escurra el agua — hang the shirt out to drip-dry

déjalas en una servilleta de papel para que se escurra el aceite — leave them to drain on some kitchen paper

b) verduras/vajilla to drain

2)

a) (fam) (escaparse, escabullirse) to slip away

escurrirse de algo — to wriggle o get out of something

b) (resbalarse, deslizarse) to slip

se le escurrió de (entre) las manos — it slipped through her fingers

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= drain away, drain off, drain, strain, wring.

Ex. As the water was draining away between the wires of the sieve, he gave the mould a sideways shake locking the fibres together and 'shutting' the sheet.

Ex. When removed from the sink the items were left to drain off for half an hour at room temperature, then packaged in polythene in separate bundles and placed in a domestic refrigerator for 7 weeks.

Ex. The garden had obviously been flooded with sea-water although now it was all drained.

Ex. Sampling for immature stages of mosquito was done weekly between May 1999 and January 2000 by straining them from the water in ravines and gutters.

Ex. The statue depicted a nymph coming out of the water and wringing her wet hair.

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* escurrir el bulto = pass + the buck, weasel (on/out of), duck out.

* sin escurrir = undrained.

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1.
verbo transitivo < ropa> to wring out, wring; <verduras/pasta> to strain, drain; <líquido/vaso> to drain
2.
escurrir vi to drain

deja que los platos escurran — leave the plates to drain

dejé escurrir la camisa — I left the shirt to drip-dry
3.
escurrirse v pron

1)

a) líquido

cuelga la camisa para que se escurra el agua — hang the shirt out to drip-dry

déjalas en una servilleta de papel para que se escurra el aceite — leave them to drain on some kitchen paper

b) verduras/vajilla to drain

2)

a) (fam) (escaparse, escabullirse) to slip away

escurrirse de algo — to wriggle o get out of something

b) (resbalarse, deslizarse) to slip

se le escurrió de (entre) las manos — it slipped through her fingers

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= drain away, drain off, drain, strain, wring.

Ex: As the water was draining away between the wires of the sieve, he gave the mould a sideways shake locking the fibres together and 'shutting' the sheet.

Ex: When removed from the sink the items were left to drain off for half an hour at room temperature, then packaged in polythene in separate bundles and placed in a domestic refrigerator for 7 weeks.

Ex: The garden had obviously been flooded with sea-water although now it was all drained.

Ex: Sampling for immature stages of mosquito was done weekly between May 1999 and January 2000 by straining them from the water in ravines and gutters.

Ex: The statue depicted a nymph coming out of the water and wringing her wet hair.

* escurrir el bulto = pass + the buck, weasel (on/out of), duck out.

* sin escurrir = undrained.

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escurrir [I1 ]

vt

1 ‹ropa› to wring out, wring

2 ‹verduras› to strain, drain; ‹pasta› to drain

3 ‹líquido› to drain, drain off

4 ‹botella/jarra› to drain, get the last drops out of

5 ‹buñuelos/pescado› to drain

■ escurrir

vi

deja los platos ahí para que escurran leave the plates there to drain

dejé escurrir la camisa I left the shirt to drip-dry

pon la botella boca abajo para que escurra turn the bottle upside down to drain out the last few drops

■ escurrirse

v pron

A

1

«líquido»: cuelga la camisa para que se vaya escurriendo el agua hang the shirt out to drip-dry

déjalas en una servilleta de papel para que se escurra el aceite leave them to drain on some kitchen paper

2 «verduras» to drain

B

1 ( fam) (escaparse, escabullirse) to slip away

intentaré escurrirme de la fiesta I'll try to slip away from the party

le pusimos una trampa pero logró escurrirse we laid a trap for him but he managed to wriggle o get out of it

2 (resbalarse, deslizarse) to slip

el vaso/jabón se le escurrió de (entre) las manos the glass/soap slipped through her fingers

se fue escurriendo entre la multitud she slipped through the crowd

me estoy escurriendo de la silla I keep sliding off this chair

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escurrir ( conjugate escurrir) verbo transitivo ‹ ropa› to wring out, wring;
‹verduras/pasta› to strain, drain;
‹ líquido› to drain (off)
verbo intransitivo
to drain;
◊ dejar escurrir ‹ platos› to leave … to drain;

‹ camisa› to leave … to drip-dry
escurrirse verbo pronominal
1
a) [ líquido]:

◊ cuelga la camisa para que se escurra el agua hang the shirt out to drip-dry

b) [verduras/vajilla] to drain

2
a) (fam) (escaparse, escabullirse) to slip away;

escurrirse de algo to wriggle o get out of sth
b) (resbalarse, deslizarse) to slip

escurrir vtr (ropa) to wring out
(vajilla) to drain
♦ Locuciones: escurrir el bulto, to dodge the issue
' escurrir' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
bulto
- estilar
- estrujar
English:
drain
- pass
- strain
- wring
- wring out
- skive off

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escurrir

♦ vt

1. [platos] to drain;
[verdura, pasta] to drain; [huevos fritos, pescado] to drain the fat off; [ropa] to wring out;
escúrrele el líquido a la lata de atún drain the liquid from the can of tuna;

Comp
Fam
escurrir el bulto [trabajo] to get out of it;
[cuestión] to evade the issue
2. [botella] to empty (out)

♦ vi

1. [soltar líquido] to drain;
[gotear] to drip;
deja los platos a escurrir leave the dishes to drain;

deja aquí el paraguas para que vaya escurriendo leave the umbrella here so it can dry off

2. [resbalar] to slide;

una lágrima escurrió por su mejilla a tear slid down her cheek

3. [estar resbaladizo] to be slippery

♦ See also the pronominal verb escurrirse

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escurrir

I v/t

1 ropa wring out

2 platos, verduras drain

II v/i

1 de platos drain

2 de ropa drip-dry

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escurrir vt

1) : to wring out

2) : to drain

escurrir vi

1) : to drain

2) : to drip, to drip-dry

♦ See also the reflexive verb escurrirse

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escurrir vb

1. (ropa) to wring out [pt. & pp. wrung]

escurre el bañador antes de tenderlo wring your swimming costume out before you hang it out

2. (platos, verduras) to drain

¿has escurrido la pasta? have you drained the pasta?

Spanish-English dictionary > escurrir
5 estrujar

v.

1 to squeeze.

Estrujamos la ropa mojada We squeezed the wet clothes.

2 to squeeze (persona, mano).

me estrujó un pie he squashed my foot

¡no me estrujes! don't squash o crush me!

3 to bleed dry (sacar partido).

4 to extrude.

Estrujaron comida para perros They extruded dog food.

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estrujar

► verbo transitivo

1 (exprimir) to squeeze

2 (apretar - alguien) to crush; (- algo) to screw up

■ casi le estrujaron en el ascensor they almost crushed him in the lift

■ estrujó el papel she screwed the paper up

3 (ropa) to wring

4 figurado (sacar partido) to drain, bleed dry

► verbo pronominal estrujarse

1 (apretujarse) to crowd, throng

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FRASEOLOGÍA

estrujarse los sesos / estrujarse el cerebro familiar to rack one's brains

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verb

1) to squeeze

2) press

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1. VT

1) (=exprimir) to squeeze

2) (=apretar) to press

3) (=escurrir) [+ bayeta, trapo] to wring

4) (=aprovecharse de) to drain, bleed white

2.

See:

estrujarse

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verbo transitivo

1)

a) ( apretar arrugando) < papel> to crumple up, scrunch up; < tela> to crumple (up)

b) ( para escurrir) to wring (out)

c) < uvas> to press

2) < persona> to squeeze, hold... tightly

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= squeeze, extrude, wring.

Ex. Squeezed between the upper and nether milestones of increasing demand and dwindling resources, individual librarians develop ways in which to make their jobs easier.

Ex. In theory, at least, information provision has always been seen as an integral part of the library service, but in practice this had tended to become extruded to the point of non-existence by the time it reaches the smaller rural branches and mobile libraries = En teoría, al menos, la difusión de la información siempre se ha visto como una parte integral del servicio bibliotecario, aunque en la práctica se ha tendido a forzarla hasta el punto de su inexistencia cuando llega a las bibliotecas sucursales rurales más pequeñas y a las bibliotecas móviles.

Ex. The statue depicted a nymph coming out of the water and wringing her wet hair.

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* estrujarse el cerebro = rack + Posesivo + brains.

* estrujarse los sesos = rack + Posesivo + brains.

* que queda por estrujar = unsqueezed.

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verbo transitivo

1)

a) ( apretar arrugando) < papel> to crumple up, scrunch up; < tela> to crumple (up)

b) ( para escurrir) to wring (out)

c) < uvas> to press

2) < persona> to squeeze, hold... tightly

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= squeeze, extrude, wring.

Ex: Squeezed between the upper and nether milestones of increasing demand and dwindling resources, individual librarians develop ways in which to make their jobs easier.

Ex: In theory, at least, information provision has always been seen as an integral part of the library service, but in practice this had tended to become extruded to the point of non-existence by the time it reaches the smaller rural branches and mobile libraries = En teoría, al menos, la difusión de la información siempre se ha visto como una parte integral del servicio bibliotecario, aunque en la práctica se ha tendido a forzarla hasta el punto de su inexistencia cuando llega a las bibliotecas sucursales rurales más pequeñas y a las bibliotecas móviles.

Ex: The statue depicted a nymph coming out of the water and wringing her wet hair.

* estrujarse el cerebro = rack + Posesivo + brains.

* estrujarse los sesos = rack + Posesivo + brains.

* que queda por estrujar = unsqueezed.

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estrujar [A1 ]

vt

A

1 (apretar arrugando) ‹papel› to crumple up, scrunch up, crumple; ‹tela› to crumple, crumple up

2 (para escurrir) to wring, wring out

3 ‹uvas› to press

B ‹persona› to squeeze, hold … tightly

llevaba al niño estrujado entre sus brazos she carried the child tightly in her arms

■ estrujarse

v pron

A «blusa/tela» to get crumpled, wrinkle ( AmE), to get creased ( BrE)

B

( Chi) (reírse mucho) ( fam): me estrujé con los chistes que contó he creased me up with his jokes ( colloq)

¡cómo nos estrujamos al verla vestida así! we really fell about o cracked up when we saw her dressed like that ( colloq)

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estrujar ( conjugate estrujar) verbo transitivo
1
a) ( apretar arrugando) ‹ papel› to crumple up, scrunch up;

‹ tela› to crumple (up)
b) ( para escurrir) to wring (out)

c) ‹ uvas› to press

2 ‹ persona› to squeeze, hold … tightly
estrujar verbo transitivo
1 (apretar con fuerza) to crush: estrujó el papel, he crumpled up the paper
2 (exprimir) to squeeze
' estrujar' also found in these entries:
English:
squeeze

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estrujar

♦ vt

1. [limón, naranja] to squeeze;
[trapo, ropa] to wring (out); [esponja] to squeeze out
2. [papel] to screw up;
[caja] to crush
3. [persona, mano] to squeeze;

me estrujó un pie he squashed my foot;

¡no me estrujes! don't squash o crush me!

4. [aprovecharse de] to bleed dry

♦ See also the pronominal verb estrujarse

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estrujar

v/t

1 fam

crumple up, scrunch up fam

2 trapo wring out

3 persona squeeze, hold tightly

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estrujar vt

apretar: to press, to squeeze

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estrujar vb

1. (limón) to squeeze

2. (papel) to crumple up

3. (trapo, ropa) to wring out [pt. & pp. wrung]

Spanish-English dictionary > estrujar
6 bulto

m.

1 bulk, size.

hacer mucho bulto to take up a lot of space

hacer bulto (figurative) to make up the numbers

un error de bulto a glaring error

escurrir el bulto (figurative) to shirk; (trabajo) to evade the issue (cuestión)

2 bump.

me ha salido un bulto en el brazo I've got a lump on my arm

3 blurred shape.

4 package.

¿dónde puedo dejar mis bultos? where can I put my luggage o bags?

bulto de mano piece o item of hand luggage

5 bulge, bulging, knob, protrusion.

6 swelling, inflammation.

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bulto

► nombre masculino

1 (tamaño) volume, size, bulk

2 (forma) shape, form

3 (abultamiento - en cosa) bulge; (- en piel) lump

■ el pañuelo te hace un bulto en el bolsillo your handkerchief makes a bulge in your pocket

■ tiene un bulto en el pecho she has a lump on her breast

4 (equipaje) piece of luggage, item of luggage; (fardo) bundle; (paquete) package

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FRASEOLOGÍA

a bulto roughly

de bulto serious, important

hacer bulto to take up space

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noun m.

1) bulge

2) pack, bundle

3) shape

4) lump

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SM

1) (=abultamiento) bulge

se le notaba un bulto debajo de la chaqueta — you could see a shape o bulge under his jacket

- buscar el bulto a algn

- menear el bulto a algn

2) (=silueta) shape

vimos un bulto moviéndose entre los árboles — we saw a shape moving in the trees

sin gafas solo distingo los bultos — without glasses I can only make out shapes

• ir al bulto — (Taur) to go for the body; (Ftbl) to go for the man

3) (=volumen) space, room

no ocupa o hace bulto — it doesn't take up any space o room

he comprado regalos que ocupen poco bulto — I've bought presents that won't take up much space o that are not too bulky

• error de bulto — glaring error

• de mucho bulto — (lit) bulky; (fig) important

• de poco bulto — (lit) small; (fig) unimportant

llevaba dos bolsas de poco bulto — she carried two small bags

no discutamos por cosas de poco bulto — let's not argue about unimportant things

- a bulto

así, a bulto, debe de haber unas mil botellas — at a rough guess there must be about a thousand bottles

calcular algo a bulto — to work sth out roughly, make a rough estimate of sth

decir algo a bulto —

di algo a bulto — just have a guess

- escurrir el bulto

- ir de bulto

allí solo estábamos para hacer bulto — we were only there to make up o swell the numbers

no hay que hacer nada, solo ir de bulto — we don't have to do anything, we just have to be there o to go along

4) (=paquete) [de compra] bag; [de ropa, papel] bundle; [de equipaje] piece of luggage o (EEUU) baggage

vino cargado de bultos del supermercado — he arrived laden with bags from the supermarket

el camión trajo todos los bultos pesados — the truck brought all the heavy loads

pon los bultos en el maletero — put the luggage in the boot, put the baggage in the trunk (EEUU)

bulto de mano — item of hand luggage

5) (Med) (=quiste) lump; (=chichón) bump

le salió un bulto en el cuello — he got a lump on his neck

del golpe me salió un bulto en la frente — I got a bump on my forehead when I hit myself

6) (=estatua) statue

7) (Mil) ** squaddie *, recruit

8) Ven [de escolar] satchel, bag

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masculino

1)

a) (cuerpo, forma)

a lo lejos vi un bulto que se movía — I saw a shape moving in the distance

se le notaba el bulto de la pistola debajo de la chaqueta — you could see the bulge o form of the gun under his jacket

escurrir el bulto — (fam) ( en el trabajo) to duck out; ( en entrevista) to dodge the issue

b) ( volumen) bulk

cosas ligeras y de poco bulto — light things that aren't too bulky

errores de bulto — glaring errors

a bulto — (fam)

así, a bulto, yo diría unas 500 personas — at a guess, I'd say about 500 people

hacer bulto — to swell the numbers

2) (Med) lump

3)

a) (paquete, bolsa) piece of luggage

bulto de mano — piece o item of hand baggage o luggage

cargada de bultos — laden with packages (o bags etc)

b) (Col) ( saco) sack

llevar del bulto — (Col fam)

nos tocó llevar del bulto — we got a raw deal

¿cómo andas? - llevado del bulto — how are you? - I'm having a bit of a rough time of it (colloq)

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= lump, bulge, hump, bump.

Ex. But the leaven of the principles, promulgated by the International Federation, has not yet penetrated into more than half the lump of documentary material.

Ex. Under these circumstances it becomes difficult to maintain a classified sequence in good order, and there will be gaps and ' bulges' which will involve moving the overall sequence around on the shelves.

Ex. Indeed it is normally possible to see with a raking light which was the mould side of the sheet, for it shows a pattern of both chain and wire indentations, while the other side (the felt side) is more or less flat, or shows wire humps only.

Ex. Leishmaniasis includes disorders that affect internal organs and those that affect the skin and sometimes mucous membranes of the nose and mouth, causing bumps or sores.

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* bulto de grasa = fat lump.

* con bultos = lumpiness.

* escabullir el bulto = shirk + responsibility, pass + the buck.

* escurrir el bulto = pass + the buck, weasel (on/out of), duck out.

* hacer bulto = bulge.

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masculino

1)

a) (cuerpo, forma)

a lo lejos vi un bulto que se movía — I saw a shape moving in the distance

se le notaba el bulto de la pistola debajo de la chaqueta — you could see the bulge o form of the gun under his jacket

escurrir el bulto — (fam) ( en el trabajo) to duck out; ( en entrevista) to dodge the issue

b) ( volumen) bulk

cosas ligeras y de poco bulto — light things that aren't too bulky

errores de bulto — glaring errors

a bulto — (fam)

así, a bulto, yo diría unas 500 personas — at a guess, I'd say about 500 people

hacer bulto — to swell the numbers

2) (Med) lump

3)

a) (paquete, bolsa) piece of luggage

bulto de mano — piece o item of hand baggage o luggage

cargada de bultos — laden with packages (o bags etc)

b) (Col) ( saco) sack

llevar del bulto — (Col fam)

nos tocó llevar del bulto — we got a raw deal

¿cómo andas? - llevado del bulto — how are you? - I'm having a bit of a rough time of it (colloq)

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= lump, bulge, hump, bump.

Ex: But the leaven of the principles, promulgated by the International Federation, has not yet penetrated into more than half the lump of documentary material.

Ex: Under these circumstances it becomes difficult to maintain a classified sequence in good order, and there will be gaps and ' bulges' which will involve moving the overall sequence around on the shelves.

Ex: Indeed it is normally possible to see with a raking light which was the mould side of the sheet, for it shows a pattern of both chain and wire indentations, while the other side (the felt side) is more or less flat, or shows wire humps only.

Ex: Leishmaniasis includes disorders that affect internal organs and those that affect the skin and sometimes mucous membranes of the nose and mouth, causing bumps or sores.

* bulto de grasa = fat lump.

* con bultos = lumpiness.

* escabullir el bulto = shirk + responsibility, pass + the buck.

* escurrir el bulto = pass + the buck, weasel (on/out of), duck out.

* hacer bulto = bulge.

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bulto

masculine

A

1

(cuerpo, forma): a lo lejos vi un bulto que se movía I saw a shape moving in the distance

sólo distingo bultos I can only make out vague shapes

un toro que va al bulto a bull that goes straight for the body

se le notaba el bulto de la pistola debajo de la chaqueta you could see the bulge o form of the gun under his jacket

2 (volumen) bulk

cosas ligeras y de poco bulto light things that don't take up too much space o that aren't too bulky

no pesa pero hace mucho bulto it isn't heavy but it takes up a lot of space o it's very bulky

errores de bulto glaring errors

a bulto ( fam): no sé las cantidades, siempre lo echo todo a bulto I don't know the quantities, I just guess

así, a bulto, yo diría que hay unas 500 personas at a guess o off the top of my head, I'd say there are about 500 people

cuanto or a menos bulto más claridad: déjalo que se vaya, cuanto menos bulto más claridad let him go, the fewer, the better

tiremos todo esto, cuanto menos bulto más claridad let's throw all this out, it's just getting in the way o then we may be able to see what we're doing

hacer bulto to swell the numbers

B ( Med) lump

C

1

(paquete, bolsa): ¿cuántos bultos llevas? how many pieces of luggage do you have?

bulto de mano piece o item of hand baggage o luggage

salió de la tienda cargada de bultos she came out of the shop laden with packages ( o bags etc)

2 ( Col) (saco) sack

escurrir el bulto ( fam): en cuanto hay que arrimar el hombro, escurre el bulto when we/they have to get down to some work he ducks out ( colloq)

cuando se lo preguntamos trató de escurrir el bulto when we asked her about it she tried to dodge the issue

llevar del bulto ( Col fam): siempre nos toca llevar del bulto we always get the worst of things o get a raw deal

¿cómo anda? — llevado del bulto how are you? — I'm having a bit of a rough time of it ( colloq)

D (estatua) statue

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bulto sustantivo masculino
1
a) (cuerpo, forma) shape;

◊ vi un bulto que se movía I saw a shape moving;

escurrir el bulto (fam) ( en el trabajo) to duck out;

( en entrevista) to dodge the issue
b) ( volumen):

◊ hace mucho/poco bulto it is/isn't very bulky

2 (Med) lump
3
a) (maleta, bolsa) piece of luggage;

◊ bulto de mano piece o item of hand baggage o luggage;

cargada de bultos laden with packages (o bags etc)
b) (Col, Méx) ( saco) sack

bulto sustantivo masculino
1 (volumen, objeto indeterminado) shape, form
2 (equipaje) piece of luggage
3 Med lump
♦ Locuciones: familiar escurrir el bulto, to pass the buck
un error de bulto, a big mistake
' bulto' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
escurrir
- abultar
- agrandar
- cargar
- cuesta
- envoltorio
- levantar
- paquete
- tambache
English:
bulge
- bundle
- growth
- hand-luggage
- hefty
- lump
- manhandle
- package
- pass
- shape
- bump
- knob
- skive off

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bulto

♦ nm

1. [volumen] bulk, size;

hacer mucho bulto to take up a lot of space;

Comp

de bulto: un error de bulto a glaring error

Comp

hacer bulto to make up the numbers;

viene a hacer bulto he's just here to make up the numbers

2. [abombamiento] [en rodilla, superficie] bump;
[en maleta, bolsillo] bulge;
me ha salido un bulto en el brazo I've got a lump on my arm

3. [forma imprecisa] blurred shape;

dos bultos se movían en la oscuridad two shapes were moving in the darkness

4. [paquete] package;
[maleta] item of luggage; [fardo] bundle;
¿dónde puedo dejar mis bultos? where can I put my luggage o bags?;

un bulto sospechoso obligó a evacuar el edificio a suspicious package forced them to evacuate the building

Comp
bulto de mano piece o item of hand luggage
5.
bulto (redondo) [estatua] statue

6. CAm, Col, Méx, Ven [cartapacio] briefcase, satchel

7. Méx Fam
de bulto: esas cajas sólo están de bulto [de sobra] those boxes are just taking up space

♦ a bulto loc adv

approximately, roughly;

hacer un cálculo a bulto to make a rough estimate

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bulto

m

1 ( paquete) package;

escurrir el bulto fam duck out fam

2 MED lump

3 en superficie bulge

4 ( silueta) (vague) shape

5 ( pieza de equipaje) piece of baggage;

bultos pl baggage sg, Br tb luggage sg ;

bultos de mano hand baggage sg, Br tb hand luggage sg

6 ( volumen)

:

hacer bulto swell the numbers;

de bulto error glaring;

a bulto roughly, at a guess

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bulto nm

1) : package, bundle

2) : piece of luggage, bag

3) : size, bulk, volume

4) : form, shape

5) : lump (on the body), swelling, bulge

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bulto n

1. (abultamiento) lump

le han detectado un bulto en la mama they've discovered a lump in her breast

2. (cuerpo, objeto) shape

no lo veo bien, sólo distingo un bulto I can't see it clearly, I can just make out a shape

3. (maleta) item of luggage

no puedo con tantos bultos I can't carry so much luggage

Spanish-English dictionary > bulto
7 ropa

f.

1 clothes.

ligero de ropa scantily clad

nadar y guardar la ropa (figurative) to cover one's back

ropa de abrigo warm clothes

ropa blanca linen

ropa de cama bed linen

ropa deportiva sportswear

ropa de diseño designer clothes

ropa hecha ready-to-wear clothes

ropa para el hogar linen and curtains

ropa interior underwear

ropa interior femenina lingerie

ropa de invierno winter clothing

ropa de sport casual clothes

ropa sucia laundry, washing (para lavar)

ropa de trabajo working clothes

ropa usada second-hand o old clothes

2 clothing, clothes, wear, apparel.

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ropa

► nombre femenino

1 clothing, clothes plural

■ ropa de invierno winter clothes

■ ropa de esquí ski wear

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FRASEOLOGÍA

a quema ropa figurado at point-blank range

hay ropa tendida figurado watch what you say

la ropa sucia se lava en casa one should not wash one's dirty linen in public

ropa blanca linen, household linen

ropa de cama bed linen

ropa hecha COSTURA ready-made clothes

ropa interior underwear

ropa vieja COCINA meat stew

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noun f.

clothing, clothes

- ropa blanca
- ropa sucia
* * *

SF clothes pl

¡quítate esa ropa tan sucia! — take those dirty clothes off!

siempre lleva ropa pasada de moda — he always wears old-fashioned clothes

voy a cambiarme de ropa — I'm going to change (my clothes)

tender la ropa — to hang out the washing

- guardar la ropa

- hay ropa tendida

- nadar y guardar la ropa

- no tocar la ropa a algn

- la ropa sucia se lava en casa

ropa blanca — (=ropa interior) underwear; (=ropa de cama, manteles) linen; [para la lavadora] whites pl

ropa de cama — bed linen

ropa de color — coloureds pl, coloreds pl (EEUU)

ropa de deporte — sportswear

ropa de mesa — table linen

ropa de trabajo — work clothes pl

ropa hecha — ready-made clothes pl, off-the-peg clothes pl

ropa interior — underwear

ropa íntima — LAm underwear

ropa para lavar, ropa sucia — dirty washing, dirty clothes pl, laundry

ropa usada — secondhand clothes pl

ropa vieja — esp Méx (Culin) meat stew

* * *

femenino clothes (pl)

cambiarse de ropa — to get changed, to change (one's clothes)

la ropa sucia — the dirty laundry

ropa usada — secondhand clothes

tengo un montón de ropa para planchar — I've got a stack of ironing to do

comprar la ropa hecha — to buy ready-to-wear clothes

iba ligera de ropa(s) — she was scantily clad

a quema ropa — ver quemarropa

hay ropa tendida — (fam) walls have ears

la ropa sucia se lava en casa — one shouldn't wash one's dirty linen in public

nadar y guardar la ropa — (fam) to hedge one's bets

- ropa blanca

- ropa de baño

- ropa de cama

- ropa interior

* * *

= clothing, apparel, raiment, clothes, weeds, wear, clobber, togs, duds.

Nota: Uso coloquial.

Ex. Permission has been granted to introduce a system of surveillance licensing for the purpose of monitoring imports of low-priced goods, such as clothing and footwear originating in non-EC countries.

Ex. This firm is engaged in the design, manufacturing, and sales distribution of branded women's apparel.

Ex. He was swept across the intersection by a miscellaneous crowd of anxious, energetic persons in search of business or raiment or nourishment or whatever.

Ex. But the idea of buying books as you buy clothes or groceries is an alien one.

Ex. The respectable young woman (her weeds again in immaculate condition hardly suggestive of many days spent travelling afoot) looked with innocent curiosity.

Ex. Unlike most of the fashion world, the styles of formal attire take their names from men's wear rather than female attire.

Ex. I hope you are feeling flamboyant guys because Elton John is selling off his clobber for charity again.

Ex. Their togs literally froze on their bodies, and when they came out for the second half they were all but encased in ice.

Ex. In the past, she's relied overly much on her ready laugh, lean looks, and willingness to doff her duds.

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* armario de la ropa blanca = linen closet, linen cupboard.

* cesta de la ropa sucia = linen basket, wash basket.

* cesta de ropa = laundry tub.

* cesto de la ropa sucia = laundry basket, linen basket, wash basket.

* compañía de confección de ropa = clothing company.

* compañía de ropa = clothing company.

* cuerda de colgar la ropa = clothesline [clothes line].

* cuerda de tender la ropa = washing line, clothesline [clothes line].

* exprimidor de ropa = wringers.

* fabricante de ropa = clothing company.

* lavado de la ropa = laundering.

* lavar la ropa = wash + clothes.

* llevar ropa puesta = wear + clothing.

* plancha de la ropa = flat-iron.

* polilla de la ropa = clothes moth.

* ponerse la ropa rápidamente = slip into + Posesivo + clothes.

* prenda de ropa interior = undergarment.

* quitar(se) la ropa = undress.

* ropa blanca = whites.

* ropa de abrigo = warm clothing.

* ropa de baño = swimwear, togs.

* ropa de calle = street clothes.

* ropa de cama = bed linen, bedding.

* ropa de casa = loungewear.

* ropa de color = coloureds [coloreds, -USA].

* ropa de deporte = gym gear, sportswear, sports gear.

* ropa de diseño = designer clothes, designer clothes.

* ropa de disfraz = masquerade costume, fancy dress.

* ropa de dormir = nightwear, sleepwear.

* ropa de estar en casa = loungewear.

* ropa de luto = weeds.

* ropa de paisano = civilian clothes.

* ropa deportiva = sportswear.

* ropa de segunda mano = second-hand clothes.

* ropa de trabajo = work clothes.

* ropa elegante = glad rags.

* ropa heredada = left-off, cast-off, hand-me-down.

* ropa informal = casual clothes, informal dress, casual wear.

* ropa interior = underwear, undies, underclothes.

* ropa usada = second-hand clothes, left-off, cast-off, hand-me-down.

* ropa vieja = bubble and squeak.

* secadora de la ropa = clothes drier.

* sólo con la ropa interior puesta = in + Posesivo + underclothes.

* suavizante de la ropa = fabric softener, fabric conditioner.

* tienda de ropa = dress shop, clothing store.

* * *

femenino clothes (pl)

cambiarse de ropa — to get changed, to change (one's clothes)

la ropa sucia — the dirty laundry

ropa usada — secondhand clothes

tengo un montón de ropa para planchar — I've got a stack of ironing to do

comprar la ropa hecha — to buy ready-to-wear clothes

iba ligera de ropa(s) — she was scantily clad

a quema ropa — ver quemarropa

hay ropa tendida — (fam) walls have ears

la ropa sucia se lava en casa — one shouldn't wash one's dirty linen in public

nadar y guardar la ropa — (fam) to hedge one's bets

- ropa blanca

- ropa de baño

- ropa de cama

- ropa interior

* * *

= clothing, apparel, raiment, clothes, weeds, wear, clobber, togs, duds.

Nota: Uso coloquial.

Ex: Permission has been granted to introduce a system of surveillance licensing for the purpose of monitoring imports of low-priced goods, such as clothing and footwear originating in non-EC countries.

Ex: This firm is engaged in the design, manufacturing, and sales distribution of branded women's apparel.

Ex: He was swept across the intersection by a miscellaneous crowd of anxious, energetic persons in search of business or raiment or nourishment or whatever.

Ex: But the idea of buying books as you buy clothes or groceries is an alien one.

Ex: The respectable young woman (her weeds again in immaculate condition hardly suggestive of many days spent travelling afoot) looked with innocent curiosity.

Ex: Unlike most of the fashion world, the styles of formal attire take their names from men's wear rather than female attire.

Ex: I hope you are feeling flamboyant guys because Elton John is selling off his clobber for charity again.

Ex: Their togs literally froze on their bodies, and when they came out for the second half they were all but encased in ice.

Ex: In the past, she's relied overly much on her ready laugh, lean looks, and willingness to doff her duds.

* armario de la ropa blanca = linen closet, linen cupboard.

* cesta de la ropa sucia = linen basket, wash basket.

* cesta de ropa = laundry tub.

* cesto de la ropa sucia = laundry basket, linen basket, wash basket.

* compañía de confección de ropa = clothing company.

* compañía de ropa = clothing company.

* cuerda de colgar la ropa = clothesline [clothes line].

* cuerda de tender la ropa = washing line, clothesline [clothes line].

* exprimidor de ropa = wringers.

* fabricante de ropa = clothing company.

* lavado de la ropa = laundering.

* lavar la ropa = wash + clothes.

* llevar ropa puesta = wear + clothing.

* plancha de la ropa = flat-iron.

* polilla de la ropa = clothes moth.

* ponerse la ropa rápidamente = slip into + Posesivo + clothes.

* prenda de ropa interior = undergarment.

* quitar(se) la ropa = undress.

* ropa blanca = whites.

* ropa de abrigo = warm clothing.

* ropa de baño = swimwear, togs.

* ropa de calle = street clothes.

* ropa de cama = bed linen, bedding.

* ropa de casa = loungewear.

* ropa de color = coloureds [coloreds, -USA].

* ropa de deporte = gym gear, sportswear, sports gear.

* ropa de diseño = designer clothes, designer clothes.

* ropa de disfraz = masquerade costume, fancy dress.

* ropa de dormir = nightwear, sleepwear.

* ropa de estar en casa = loungewear.

* ropa de luto = weeds.

* ropa de paisano = civilian clothes.

* ropa deportiva = sportswear.

* ropa de segunda mano = second-hand clothes.

* ropa de trabajo = work clothes.

* ropa elegante = glad rags.

* ropa heredada = left-off, cast-off, hand-me-down.

* ropa informal = casual clothes, informal dress, casual wear.

* ropa interior = underwear, undies, underclothes.

* ropa usada = second-hand clothes, left-off, cast-off, hand-me-down.

* ropa vieja = bubble and squeak.

* secadora de la ropa = clothes drier.

* sólo con la ropa interior puesta = in + Posesivo + underclothes.

* suavizante de la ropa = fabric softener, fabric conditioner.

* tienda de ropa = dress shop, clothing store.

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ropa

feminine

[ Vocabulary notes (Spanish) ]

clothes (pl)

quítate la ropa, está mojada take off your clothes, they're wet

voy a cambiarme de ropa I'm going to get changed, I'm going to change (my clothes)

me pillas en ropa de andar por casa you've caught me in my scruffy clothes

la canasta de la ropa sucia the dirty laundry basket

ropa usada secondhand clothes

echa aquí toda la ropa sucia que tengas if you have any laundry o (dirty) washing o anything that needs washing, put it here

tengo un montón de ropa para planchar I've got a stack of ironing to do

lo echaron al agua con la ropa puesta they threw him in the water fully clothed o with all his clothes on

me compro la ropa hecha I buy ready-to-wear clothes, I buy my clothes off the peg ( BrE)

iba ligera de ropa(s) she was scantily dressed o clad

a quema ropa ver quemarropa:

hay ropa tendida ( fam); walls have ears

nadar y guardar la ropa ( fam); to hedge one's bets

la ropa sucia se lava en casa one shouldn't wash one's dirty linen in public

Compuestos:

● ropa blanca

(sábanas, mantelería) household linen; (ropa interior) underwear, underclothes (pl); (en un lavado) whites (pl)

● ropa de baño

( Per) (de mujer) swimming o bathing costume, swimsuit; (de hombre) swimming o bathing trunks (pl)

● ropa de calle

daywear

● ropa de cama

bedclothes (pl), bed linen

● ropa de mesa

( Esp) table linen

● ropa (de) sport

leisure wear, casual clothes (pl)

● ropa interior

underwear, underclothes (pl)

● ropa íntima

underwear and swimwear

● ropa vieja

stewed meat in tomato sauce

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ropa sustantivo femenino
clothes (pl);
◊ cambiarse de ropa to get changed, to change (one's clothes);

la ropa sucia the dirty laundry;
tengo un montón de ropa para planchar I've got a stack of ironing to do;
ropa interior underwear, underclothes (pl)
ropa sustantivo femenino clothes pl, clothing
ropa blanca, household linen
ropa de cama, bed linen
ropa interior, underwear
♦ Locuciones: haber ropa tendida: habla bajo, que hay ropa tendida, keep your voice down, the walls have ears

' ropa' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
abrigo
- acampanada
- acampanado
- airear
- apresto
- bajar
- bala
- blanquear
- caballero
- cambiarse
- casa
- centrifugar
- coger
- colgar
- complemento
- cotillear
- desabrocharse
- desenfadada
- desenfadado
- doblar
- durar
- equipo
- escurrir
- estar
- etiqueta
- faja
- galán
- gastar
- guardarropa
- hecha
- hecho
- humedad
- informal
- interior
- justa
- justo
- juvenil
- lencería
- ligera
- ligero
- lío
- lucir
- muda
- mudar
- mudarse
- naftalina
- negociar
- paño
- percha
- pinza
English:
accessory
- adjust
- air
- alter
- alteration
- apparel
- attire
- baggy
- becoming
- bedclothes
- bedding
- bodice
- boiler suit
- bundle
- cast-offs
- casual
- change
- chuck away
- chuck out
- clad
- clean
- cling
- clothes
- clothes basket
- clothes brush
- clothes peg
- clothing
- collar
- colourful
- comfortable
- cosy
- cozy
- crease
- crude
- crush
- custom
- daring
- dated
- designer
- dress
- exquisite
- fancy
- fashion
- fasten
- fine
- fit
- fitting
- flashy
- flatter
- flattering

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ropa nf

1. [de vestir] clothes;

me gusta la ropa que lleva I like the clothes she wears;

el cubo de la ropa sucia the dirty laundry o clothes basket;

ligero de ropa scantily clad;

Comp

lavar la ropa sucia en público to wash one's dirty linen in public

Comp
ropa de abrigo warm clothes;
ropa blanca [sábanas, toallas y manteles] linen;
[para lavadora] whites;
ropa de cama bed linen;

ropa de color coloureds;

ropa deportiva sportswear;

ropa de diseño designer clothes;
RP ropa de fajina work clothes;
ropa hecha ready-to-wear clothes;

ropa para el hogar linen and curtains;

ropa interior underwear;

ropa interior femenina lingerie;

ropa íntima underwear;

ropa de invierno winter clothing;

ropa de sport casual clothes;

ropa sucia [para lavar] laundry, washing;

ropa de trabajo work clothes;

ropa usada second-hand o old clothes

2. ropa vieja [plato] = stew made from leftovers

* * *

ropa

f clothes pl ;

ropa para el tiempo libre leisurewear;

a quema ropa → quemarropa

* * *

ropa nf

1) : clothes pl, clothing

2)

ropa interior : underwear

* * *

ropa n clothes

llevas la ropa sucia your clothes are dirty

Fíjate que clothes es un nombre plural

ropa blanca linen

ropa de abrigo warm clothes

ropa de cama bedclothes

ropa de deportes sportswear

ropa interior underwear

Spanish-English dictionary > ropa
8 sin

prep.

without.

buscan gente sin experiencia previa they are looking for people with no o without previous experience

sin alcohol alcohol-free

ha escrito cinco libros sin (contar) las novelas he has written five books, not counting his novels

está sin hacer it hasn't been done yet

estamos sin vino we're out of wine

muchos se quedaron sin casa a lot of people were left homeless, a lot of people lost their homes

lleva tres noches sin dormir she hasn't slept for three nights

sin que without

sin que nadie se enterara without anyone noticing

sin más (ni más) just like that

m.

INS, Immigration and Naturalization Service.

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sin

► preposición

1 (carencia) without

2 (además de) not counting

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FRASEOLOGÍA

estar sin algo to be out of something

■ estamos sin leche we're out of milk

estar sin + inf not to have been + past participle

■ está sin planchar it hasn't been ironed

■ estaba todo sin acabar it was all unfinished

■ estoy sin comer nada desde las ocho I haven't eaten anything since eight o'clock

quedarse sin algo to run out of something

seguir sin to still not

■ sigue sin saberlo she still doesn't know

■ sigo sin entenderlo I still can't understand it

sin casar unmarried

sin lo cual otherwise

sin más ni más without further ado

sin que + subjuntivo without + - ing

■ entró sin que lo oyéramos he came in without us hearing him

sin querer accidentally, by mistake

■ lo hizo sin querer he didn't mean to do it

sin vergüenza shameless

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prep.

without

- sin embargo

* * *

1. PREP

1) [seguido de sustantivo, pronombre] without

¿puedes abrirla sin llave? — can you open it without a key?

lo hice sin la ayuda de nadie — I did it without anybody's help

llevamos diez meses sin noticias — it's been ten months since we've had any news, we've been ten months without news

parejas jóvenes, sin hijos — young couples with no children

cerveza sin alcohol — alcohol-free beer, non-alcoholic beer

un producto sin disolventes — a solvent-free product

un vestido sin tirantes — a strapless dress

los sin techo — the homeless

un hombre sin escrúpulos — an unscrupulous man

agua mineral sin gas — still mineral water

• estar sin algo, estuvimos varias horas sin luz — we had no electricity for several hours

estoy sin dinero — I've got no money

• quedarse sin algo — (=terminarse) to run out of sth; (=perder) to lose sth

me he quedado sin cerillas — I've run out of matches

se ha quedado sin trabajo — he's lost his job

sin papeles — SMF illegal immigrant

2) (=no incluyendo) not including, excluding

ese es el precio de la bañera sin los grifos — that is the price of the bath, excluding o not including the taps

cuesta 550 euros, sin IVA — it costs 550 euros, exclusive of VAT o not including VAT

3) + infin

a) [indicando acción]

se fueron sin despedirse — they left without saying goodbye

murió sin haber hecho testamento — he died without having made a will

nos despedimos, no sin antes recordarles que... — (TV) before saying goodnight we'd like to remind you that...

no me gusta estar sin hacer nada — I don't like having nothing to do, I don't like doing nothing

b) [indicando continuidad]

son las doce y el cartero sin venir — it's twelve o'clock and the postman still hasn't come

• llevan mucho tiempo sin hablarse — they haven't spoken to each other for a long time

llevamos dos meses sin cobrar — we haven't been paid for two months

• seguir sin, las camas seguían sin hacer — the beds still hadn't been made

sigo sin entender para qué sirven — I still don't understand what they are for

c) [tras sustantivo pasivo]

un montón de recibos sin pagar — a pile of unpaid bills

4)

• sin que — + subjun without

salieron sin que nadie se diera cuenta — they left without anyone realizing

sin que él lo sepa — without him knowing, without his knowing

no lo haré sin que me lo pidan — I won't do it unless they ask me to

2.

SF (=cerveza sin alcohol) alcohol-free beer

* * *

preposición

1) without

lo tomo sin azúcar — I don't take sugar

seguimos sin noticias — we still haven't had any news

sin previo aviso — with no advance warning

salta! sin miedo! — jump! don't be scared!

agua mineral sin gas — still mineral water

cerveza sin alcohol — non-alcoholic beer, alcohol-free beer

una pareja sin hijos — a couple with no children, a childless couple

me quedé sin pan — I ran out of bread

se quedó sin trabajo — he lost his job

2)

a)

sin + inf — ( con significado activo) without -ing

se fue sin pagar — he left without paying

son diez sin contar éstos — there are ten not counting these (ones)

estuvo una semana sin hablarme — she didn't speak to me for a week

sigo sin entender — I still don't understand

la pisé sin querer — I accidentally trod on her foot

a la cama sin cenar — off to bed without dinner

b)

sin + inf — ( con significado pasivo)

preguntas sin contestar — unanswered questions

esto está aún sin terminar — it still isn't finished

3)

sin que + subj: no voy a ir sin que me inviten I'm not going if I haven't been invited; quítaselo sin que se dé cuenta — get it off him without his o without him noticing

* * *

= without.

Ex. Without AACR is doubtful whether computerised cataloguing would have been implemented so relatively painlessly and successfully = Sin las RCAA es dudoso que la catalogación automatizada se hubiera implementado tan fácilmente y con tanto éxito, relativamente hablando.

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* abogado sin escrúpulos = shyster.

* acercarse sin ser visto = sidle up to.

* afable pero sin sinceridad = suave.

* agua sin gas = still water.

* andar sin prisa = mosey.

* arreglárselas sin = live without, get along without.

* aunque sin ningún resultado = but (all) to no avail.

* barato pero sin avergonzarse de ello = cheap and cheerful.

* biblioteca sin muros = library without walls.

* biblioteca sin paredes = library without walls.

* bordado sin consido = needlepoint lace.

* callejón sin salida = blind alley, catch 22, cul-de-sac, dead end, impasse.

* camino sin rumbo = the road to nowhere.

* casi sin previo aviso = without much notice.

* coche sin caballos = horseless carriage automobile, horseless carriage.

* colocado sin escalón entre pieza y pieza = edge-flush.

* continuar sin detenerse = go straight ahead.

* conversación sin trascendencia = small-talk.

* decir rápidamente sin parar = rattle off.

* dejar a Alguien sin aliento = leave + Nombre + breathless.

* dejar sin cambiar = leave + unchanged.

* dejar sin hacer = leave + undone.

* dejar sin referente a una referencia anafórica = dangle + anaphoric reference.

* dejar sin tocar = leave + Nombre + alone.

* dejar sin trabajo = put + Nombre + out of work.

* demanda sin variaciones = inelastic demand.

* demostrar sin lugar a dudas = prove + conclusively.

* demostrar sin ninguna duda = demonstrate + beyond any doubt, prove + beyond any doubt, prove + beyond all doubt.

* demostrar sin ningún género de duda = demonstrate + beyond (all) doubt, demonstrate + emphatically, demonstrate + beyond any doubt, prove + beyond any doubt, prove + beyond any doubt.

* desarrollarse sin problemas = go + smoothly.

* estar sin vivir = be worried sick.

* evaluación sin intervención del examinador = unobtrusive testing.

* hablando sin rodeos = crudely put.

* hablar sin parar = burble on.

* hablar sin ser entendido = speak in + tongues.

* hacerlo sin la ayuda de nadie = do + it + on + Posesivo + own.

* homicidio sin premeditación = manslaughter.

* ir a un Sitio sin prisa = mosey.

* lanzarse sin ton ni son = dive + head-first.

* más largo que un día sin pan = as long as (my/your) arm.

* medicamento sin receta médica = over the counter medicine.

* método de la media sin ponderar = unweighted means method.

* nación sin estado = stateless nation.

* noche sin poder dormir = sleepless night.

* no hay dos sin tres = things + come in threes.

* no miel sin hiel = no pain, no gain.

* no sin fundamento = not without basis.

* oficina sin papel = paperless office.

* papel sin acidez = acid-free paper.

* pasar desadvertido, pasar sin ser visto = sneak under + the radar.

* pasar sin = live without, live without.

* pasar sin ser visto = go + unnoticed.

* película sin fin = filmloop [film loop/film-loop].

* permanecer sin cambios = remain + unchanged.

* permanecer sin especificar = remain + undefined.

* pero sin conseguirlo = but no dice.

* pero sin suerte = but no dice.

* persona sin problemas de vista = sighted person.

* personas sin hogar = homelessness.

* personas sin techo = homelessness.

* político sin escrúpulos = shyster.

* pozo sin fondo = bottomless pit.

* pregunta sin respuesta = unanswerable question.

* publicación sin papel = paperless publishing.

* quedarse sin aliento = run out of + breath.

* quedarse sin habla = stun into + speechlessness.

* quedarse sin negocio = go out of + business.

* quedarse sin palabras = stun into + speechlessness.

* rechazar sin más = dismiss + out of hand.

* referencia anafórica sin referente = dangling anaphoric reference.

* rima sin sentido = nonsense, nonsense verse.

* salir sin ser visto = slip out.

* sin abrir = unopened.

* sin abrirse = unfolded.

* sin abrochar = undone.

* sin acabar = unfinished.

* sin acentuar = unaccented.

* sin acontecimientos que destacar = uneventful.

* sin adornos = unadorned, unvarnished.

* sin afectar = unaffected.

* sin afeitar = unshaven.

* sin afeitar desde hace varios días = stubbly [stubblier -comp., stubbliest -sup.].

* sin afiliación a un partido político = non-partisan [nonpartisan].

* sin afiliación religiosa = non-sectarian [nonsectarian].

* sin agua = waterless.

* sin aguja = needleless.

* sin ajustar = unadjusted, loosely hanging, baggy [baggier -comp., baggiest -sup.], saggy [saggier -comp., saggiest -sup.].

* sin alcohol = alcoholfree.

* sin aliento = breathlessly, breathless.

* sin alinear = unjustified.

* sin alterar = unaltered, unmodified.

* sin ambigüedad = unambiguous.

* sin amor = loveless.

* sin analizar = unexamined, unanalysed.

* sin ánimo = despondently.

* sin ánimo de lucro = non-profit [nonprofit], non-profit making, not-for-profit, generously.

* sin apenas ser oído = as quiet as a mouse.

* sin apoyo = unsupported.

* sin apretar = loosely hanging, baggy [baggier -comp., baggiest -sup.], saggy [saggier -comp., saggiest -sup.].

* sin árboles = treeless.

* sin arreglo = beyond repair.

* sin arrepentimiento = no-looking-back.

* sin asignar = unallocated.

* sin asignar todavía = unassigned.

* sin asimilar = undigested.

* sin atajar = unconfronted.

* sin atractivo = unattractive.

* sin atrasos = paid-up, in good standing.

* sin autorización = unauthorised [unauthorized, -USA], unlicensed.

* sin avergonzarse = unashamed.

* sin avisar = unannounced, out of the blue, like a bolt out of the blue, like a bolt from the blue.

* sin aviso previo = without warning.

* sin ayuda = unaided, unassisted.

* sin ayuda de nadie = all by + Reflexivo, by + Reflexivo.

* sin barba = beardless.

* sin barnizar = unvarnished.

* sin base = unsupported, ill-founded.

* sin blanca = broke, skint.

* sin blanquear = unbleached.

* sin blindar = unshielded.

* sin bombo(s) ni platillo(s) = without much ado.

* sin brillo = dull, tarnished.

* sin cabeza = headless, decapitated.

* sin cables = wireless.

* sin cafeina = decaffeinated.

* sin calorías = calorieless.

* sin cambio = inviolate.

* sin cambios = monotone, stable, undisturbed, unchanged, unmodified, unaltered, unedited.

* sin cancelar = uncancelled.

* sin canjear = unredeemed.

* sin cansancio = indefatigably.

* sin capacidad de discernimiento = undiscriminating.

* sin cara = faceless.

* sin carácter = boneless, spineless.

* sin carne = meatless.

* sin castigo = impunitive, unpunished.

* sin catalogar = uncatalogued [uncataloged, -USA].

* sin causa alguna = for no reason, for no specific reason, for no particular reason, for no good reason.

* sin causa aparente = for no apparent reason, for apparently no reason.

* sin causa justificada = without justified reason.

* sin causar daño = harmlessly.

* sin ceremonias = unceremonious, unceremoniously.

* sin cerrar con llave = unlocked.

* sin certeza de cobrar = on spec.

* sin cesar = steadily.

* sin clases sociales = classless.

* sin clavos = studless.

* sin clemencia = mercilessly.

* sin cobrar = free of charge, unredeemed, uncollected.

* sin cohesión = scrappily, scrappy [scrappier -comp., scrappiest -sup.], bitty [bittier -comp., bittiest -sup.].

* sin cohibiciones = unselfconsciously.

* sin cola = ecaudate.

* sin columnas = single-column.

* sin comentar = unannotated.

* sin comerlo ni beberlo = without having anything to do with it.

* sin comérselo ni bebérselo = without having anything to do with it.

* sin compasión = mercilessly.

* sin complicaciones = smoothly, boilerplate [boiler plate], uncomplicated, straightforward, uncomplicatedly, hassle-free.

* sin comprimir = uncompressed.

* sin comprobar = untested.

* sin compromiso = without obligation, fancy-free.

* sin compromisos = with no strings attached.

* sin concluir = unfinished.

* sin concretar = to be decided.

* sin condiciones = unconditionally.

* sin condiciones especiales = with no strings attached.

* sin confirmar = unconfirmed, unsubstantiated, unvalidated, to be confirmed.

* sin conocer = ignorant of.

* sin conocimiento = unconscious.

* sin conocimiento de causa = unbeknown to, unbeknownst to.

* sin conservar información sobre las consultas realizadas anteriormente = stateless.

* sin conservar información sobre las consultas realizadas anterior = stateless.

* sin constancia de ello = unrecorded.

* sin consumir = nonconsumptive.

* sin contacto = non-contact.

* sin contaminar = untainted, uncontaminated.

* sin contar = not including, excluding.

* sin contar con = in the absence of.

* sin contenido = contentless, trivial.

* sin contratiempos = smoothly.

* sin control = uncontrolled.

* sin controlar = unsupervised.

* sin convicción = doubtfully, lamely.

* sin coordinación = uncoordinated [unco-ordinated].

* sin corregir = unamended, uncorrected, unrevised.

* sin correlacionar = uncorrelated.

* sin corroborar = unsubstantiated.

* sin cortapisas = untrammelled.

* sin cortar = uncut.

* sin coscarse = without batting an eyelid, without turning a hair.

* sin costas = land-bound [landbound], land-locked [landlocked].

* sin coste alguno = at no personal cost, at no cost, without cost, costless, without charge, free of charge, free of cost, cost free, for free, at no charge.

* sin costo adicional alguno = at no extra charge, at no extra cost, at no extra charge.

* sin costuras = seamless.

* sin crecimiento = non-growth.

* sin créditos = non-credit.

* sin criterio alguno = indiscriminate, indiscriminately.

* sin cuajar = runny [runnier -comp., runniest -sup.].

* sin cuantificar = unmeasured.

* sin cubrir = unfilled.

* sin cuestionarlo = uncritically.

* sin cultura = uncultured.

* sin daños = undamaged.

* sin dar basto = left, right and centre.

* sin darle importancia = airily.

* sin darme cuenta = before I know what's happened.

* sin darnos cuenta = out of sight.

* sin darse cuenta = inadvertently, unwittingly, unknowingly, without realising, without noticing, unconsciously.

* sin debatir = undiscussed.

* sin decir nada = dumbly.

* sin decir ni mú = as quiet as a mouse.

* sin decir ni pío = as quiet as a mouse.

* sin decir una palabra = without saying a word.

* sin defecto = untainted, unblemished.

* sin dejar huella = into thin air.

* sin dejar nada fuera = the works!.

* sin dejar rastro = into thin air.

* sin dejarse amedrentar por = undaunted by.

* sin dejarse amilanar por = undaunted by.

* sin dejarse desanimar = undaunted.

* sin dejarse intimidar por = undaunted by.

* sin delimitar = unmapped.

* sin demora = on the spot, straight away, without delay, at short notice, promptly, right away, at once.

* sin demorarse un (solo) minuto = without a moment wasted, without a wasted moment, without a minute wasted, without a wasted minute.

* sin demoras = in a timely fashion, in a timely manner.

* sin desarrollar = undeveloped.

* sin descansar = without (a) rest.

* sin descanso = relentlessly, restlessly, breathlessly, unabated, without a break, without (a) rest, day in and day out, without respite.

* sin descanso, sin un descanso, sin parar, sin descansar, sin interrupción = without a break.

* sin descubrir = undiscovered.

* sin descuento = undiscounted.

* sin desdoblarse = unfolded.

* sin desearlo = unwantedly.

* sin desgastar = unworn.

* sin desperdiciar un (solo) minuto = without a moment wasted, without a wasted moment, without a minute wasted, without a wasted minute.

* sin determinación de culpabilidad = no-fault.

* sin determinar = undefined.

* sin detonar = unexploded.

* sin deudas = debt free.

* sin dientes = toothless.

* sin diferencias = undifferentiated.

* sin dificultad = without difficulty.

* sin dificultad alguna = without a hitch.

* sin diluir = undiluted.

* sin dinero = impecunious.

* sin dinero en metálico = cashless.

* sin discapacidad = able-bodied.

* sin discapacidades = able-bodied.

* sin disciplina = undisciplined, ill-disciplined.

* sin discriminar = indiscriminate, on equal terms.

* sin discutir = no arguments!, undiscussed.

* sin disminuir = non-decreasing, unabated.

* sin disolver = undiluted.

* sin disponer de = in the absence of.

* sin división espacial = spatially unstructured.

* sin doblarse = unfolded.

* sin documentar = undocumented.

* sin dolor = painless.

* sin domicilio fijo = of no fixed abode.

* sin drenar = undrained.

* sin duda = doubtless, no doubt, of course, surely, to be sure, undoubtedly, indubitably, without a doubt, without doubt, no mistake, hands down.

* sin duda alguna = without any doubt.

* sin dudar = without a doubt.

* sin dudarlo = without hesitation.

* sin editar = unedited.

* sin el menor asomo de duda = without a shadow of a doubt, beyond a shadow of a doubt, beyond a shadow of a doubt.

* sin embargo = however, nevertheless, still, yet, that being said, all this said.

* sin emitir humo = smokeless.

* sin empleo = jobless.

* sin encuadernar = unbound.

* sin energía = lethargic.

* sin engorros = hassle-free.

* sin entallar = loosely hanging, baggy [baggier -comp., baggiest -sup.], saggy [saggier -comp., saggiest -sup.].

* sin enterrar = unburied.

* sin entusiasmo = half-hearted [halfhearted].

* sin envolver = unwrapped.

* sin errores = error-free.

* sin escatimar = without stint, unstintingly.

* sin escenificar = unproduced.

* sin escrúpulos = unscrupulous, unconscionable, without scruples, unprincipled.

* sin escurrir = undrained.

* sin esfuerzo = effortless, effortlessly.

* sin esfuerzo alguno = effortlessly.

* sin especializar = non-specialised.

* sin especificar = unspecified.

* sin esperanza = hopeless, dispiritedly, hopelessly.

* sin esperarlo = out of the blue, like a bolt out of the blue, like a bolt from the blue.

* sin espinas = boneless.

* sin estar obstaculizado por = untrammelled by.

* sin estilo = dowdy [dowdier -comp., dowdiest -sup.].

* sin estructura = unstructured.

* sin estudios = ill-educated.

* sin evaluar = unevaluated.

* sin examinar = unexamined.

* sin exceder el presupuesto = budgetable.

* sin excepción = without exception, without fail.

* sin excesivo rigor = loosely.

* sin excusa justificada = unexcused.

* sin existencias = out-of-stock.

* sin éxito = unsuccessful.

* sin experiencia = inexperience, callow [callower -comp., callowest -sup.].

* sin explicar = unexplained.

* sin explorar = unexplored.

* sin explotar = untapped, unexploded.

* sin extras = no-frills.

* sin fallar = without fail.

* sin fallos = flawlessly.

* sin falta = without fail.

* sin fecha = undated.

* sin fechar = undated.

* sin fianza = without bail.

* sin fin = never-finishing, never-ending, bottomless, interminably, unending.

* sin finalidad = purposeless.

* sin financiación = unfunded.

* sin fines lucrativos = non-profit [nonprofit], non-profit making.

* sin firma = unsigned.

* sin firmar = unsigned.

* sin fondo = bottomless.

* sin forma = bodilessly, formless.

* sin formación = ill-educated.

* sin formación previa = untrained.

* sin forrar = uncovered.

* sin fronteras = borderless.

* sin fundamento = unwarranted, unsupported, ungrounded, without foundation, without basis.

* sin fundamento alguno = without any basis.

* sin ganas = half-heartedly.

* sin gastos = no cost(s).

* sin grabar = unengraved.

* sin gracia = dowdy [dowdier -comp., dowdiest -sup.].

* sin grasa = nonfat.

* sin grasas = nonfat, fat free.

* sin guardar una correlación = uncorrelated.

* sin haber contacto = non-contact.

* sin haber pasado por la calandria = uncalendered.

* sin habla = speechless.

* sin hacer = undone.

* sin hacer caso = regardless.

* sin hacer distinciones = one size fits all.

* sin hacer ruido = as quiet as a mouse, furtively, softly.

* sin herrar = unshod.

* sin hilación = rambling.

* sin hogar = homeless.

* sin hueso = boneless.

* sin humo = smokeless.

* sin humor = humourless [humorless, -USA].

* sin humos = smoke-free.

* sin idea = clueless.

* sin ideas preconcebidas = open mind.

* sin identificar = unidentified, unmapped, unnamed.

* sin igual = unequalled, unexampled, unsurpassed, unique unto itself, unrivalled [unrivaled, -USA], without equal, matchless.

* sin impedimentos = unimpeded.

* sin importancia = negligible, unimportant, trifling, immaterial, of no consequence.

* sin importar = regardless of, independently of, disregarding.

* sin importar + Adjetivo/Adverbio + que sea = however + Adjetivo/Adverbio.

* sin importar el tiempo = all-weather.

* sin importar las consecuencias = regardless of the consequences.

* sin importar qué = no matter what/which.

* sin impuestos = duty-free, tax-free.

* sin impurezas = purified.

* sin incluir = unlisted, exclusive of, not including, excluding.

* sin incluir las comidas = self-catering.

* sin índice = indexless.

* sin + Infinitivo = without + Gerundio.

* sin información sobre el estado anterior = stateless.

* sin inhibiciones = uninhibited.

* sin inmutarse = undeterred, impassively, without batting an eyelid, without turning a hair.

* sin intención = involuntarily.

* sin interés = unexciting, uninteresting, unmoving, vapid.

* sin interrupción = continuously, without a break, without (a) rest, in an unbroken line.

* sin interrupciones = in a single phase.

* sin intervención de un intermediario = disintermediated.

* sin intervención directa = nonobtrusive.

* sin investigar = unresearched.

* sin justificación = unreasonably, unjustified.

* sin justificación alguna = wantonly.

* sin justificar = unjustified.

* sin la amenaza de = unthreatened (by).

* sin la ayuda de nadie = single-handed, single-handedly.

* sin la debida autorización = unauthorised [unauthorized, -USA], warrantless.

* sin la debida consideración = without due consideration.

* sin la más mínima duda = without the shadow of a doubt, without a shadow of a doubt.

* sin la más mínima duda = beyond a shadow of a doubt.

* sin la menor duda = no mistake, no doubt.

* sin la menor idea = clueless.

* sin la menor sombra de duda = without a shadow of a doubt.

* sin la suficiente financiación = underfinanced [under-financed].

* sin lavar = unwashed.

* sin leer = unread.

* sin levadura = unleavened.

* sin licencia = unlicensed.

* sin líder = leaderless.

* sin limitaciones = without stint, without limit.

* sin límite = without limit, without stint, interminably.

* sin límite(s) = unbounded, unfettered, unstinting, unstintingly, the sky is the limit.

* sin litoral = land-bound [landbound], land-locked [landlocked].

* sin llamar la atención = inconspicuously.

* sin lógica ni explicación = without rhyme or reason.

* sin lugar a dudas = conclusively, undeniably, unquestionably, without any doubt, by all accounts, no mistake, no doubt, without a shadow of a doubt, beyond a shadow of a doubt, to be sure.

* sin lujos = no-frills.

* sin luna = moonless.

* sin luz de luna = moonless.

* sin madera = woodfree.

* sin madurar = unripened.

* sin maldad = guileless.

* sin malicia = guileless.

* sin mancha = unblemished, untainted, stainless.

* sin mangas = sleeveless.

* sin mantenimiento = maintenance-free.

* sin marcar = unpriced.

* sin marca registrada = non-proprietary.

* sin más = out of hand, unceremoniously, unceremonious.

* sin más dilación = without (any) further ado, without (any) more ado, without warning.

* sin más ni más = unceremoniously, unceremonious, for the love of it, without much ado.

* sin más preámbulos = without (any) further ado, without (any) more ado.

* sin medir = unmeasured.

* sin mencionar = not to mention, not to say, not to speak of.

* sin meternos en el hecho de que = to say nothing of.

* sin mezcla = unmixed.

* sin mezclar = unmixed.

* sin miedo = with confidence.

* sin miramientos = unceremoniously.

* sin misericordia = ruthlessly.

* sin modificar = unmodified, unaltered, unedited.

* sin molestias = hassle-free.

* sin motivo alguno = wantonly.

* sin motivo aparente = for no apparent reason, for apparently no reason.

* sin motivo justificado = without justified reason.

* sin moverse del sitio = in place.

* sin movimiento = unmoving, motionless.

* sin mucha antelación = at short notice.

* sin mucha anticipación = at short notice.

* sin mucha dificultad = painlessly.

* sin muchas contemplaciones = unceremoniously.

* sin muchos inconvenientes = without much grudging.

* sin nada de gracia = unfunny.

* sin nada que destacar = uneventful.

* sin necesidad de ello = gratuitous, gratuitously.

* sin necesidad de pensar = thought-free.

* sin ninguna duda = without question, without any doubt, beyond doubt, beyond any doubt, no mistake, no doubt.

* sin ningún cosste = without cost.

* sin ningún coste = without charge, free of charge, at no cost, free of cost, cost free, for free, costless, at no charge.

* sin ningún esfuerzo = effortlessly.

* sin ningún esfuerzo mental = thought-free.

* sin ningún género de duda = without any doubt whatsoever, without any doubt whatsoever.

* sin ningún género de dudas = indisputably.

* sin ningún motivo = for no reason, for no specific reason, for no particular reason, for no good reason.

* sin ningún nivel de especialización = unskilled.

* sin ningún otro motivo = (just) for the hell of (doing) it.

* sin ningún remedio posible = beyond redemption.

* sin ningún reparo = unabashed.

* sin ningún resultado = to no avail, without any avail, of no avail.

* sin ningún tipo de restricciones = no holds barred.

* sin nombrar = unnamed.

* sin norte = aimless, off course, rudderless.

* sin notar la diferencia = seamlessly, seamless.

* sin nubes = unclouded, uncloudy, cloudless.

* sin numeración = unnumbered.

* sin numerar = unnumbered.

* sin obligaciones = at leisure.

* sin obstáculos = unchecked, unhindered, unimpeded, unobstructed.

* sin obstáculos de por medio = uncluttered.

* sin obstrucciones = unobstructed.

* sin olor = odourless [odorless, -USA].

* sin olvidar = not to mention.

* sin operario = unmanned.

* sin oposición = without opposition, unchallenged, unopposed.

* sin orden = unordered.

* sin ordenar = unordered, unsorted.

* sin orden ni concierto = higgledy-piggledy, without rhyme or reason.

* sin originalidad = unoriginal.

* sin palabras = wordless.

* sin papel = paperless.

* sin par = unequalled, unexampled, unsurpassed, unique unto itself, unique, without peer, unrivalled [unrivaled, -USA], without equal, matchless.

* sin paralelo = unparalleled.

* sin parangón = unparalleled, unequalled, without peer, matchless.

* sin parar = steadily, non-stop, without a break, without (a) rest, on-the-go, interminably, without respite, without stopping.

* sin parar a pensárselo = off-hand [offhand].

* sin pararse a pensar = off-the-cuff, off the top of + Posesivo + head.

* sin patente = non-proprietary.

* sin pausa = breathlessly.

* sin peculio = impecunious.

* sin peligro alguno = safely.

* sin pelo = hairless.

* sin pelos en la lengua = outspokenly.

* sin pensar = mindlessly.

* sin pensar (en) = unmindful of, with little or no thought of, without thinking (about).

* sin pensarlo = spur-of-the-moment, on the spur of the moment.

* sin pensarlo demasiado = off-the-cuff, off the top of + Posesivo + head.

* sin pensarlo detenidamente = out of + Posesivo + head.

* sin pensarlo mucho = off the top of + Posesivo + head, right off the bat.

* sin pensárselo = spur-of-the-moment, on the spur of the moment.

* sin pensárselo dos veces = without a second thought, spur-of-the-moment, on the spur of the moment, at the drop of a hat.

* sin pepitas = seedless.

* sin percatarse = without realising, without noticing, unconsciously, unknowingly, unwittingly.

* sin perder de vista = with an eye on.

* sin perder un (solo) minuto = without a moment wasted, without a wasted moment, without a minute wasted, without a wasted minute.

* sin pérdida = lossless.

* sin perjuicio de = notwithstanding.

* sin perjuicios = open mind.

* sin permiso = without permission, unlicensed.

* sin pestañear = impassively, without batting an eyelid, without turning a hair.

* sin pico = flat-topped.

* sin piedad = ruthlessly, remorseless, mercilessly.

* sin piel = skinless.

* sin pies ni cabeza = without rhyme or reason.

* sin pistas = clueless.

* sin planificar = unplanned.

* sin poblar = unpopulated.

* sin poder contenerse = helplessly.

* sin poder dormir = sleepless.

* sin poder extinguirlo = inextinguishably.

* sin poder hacer nada = helplessly.

* sin poner en duda la veracidad de Algo temporalmente = suspension of disbelief.

* sin poner en escena = unproduced.

* sin ponerlo en duda = uncritically.

* sin ponerse en duda = unquestioned.

* sin precedente = unparalleled, unexampled.

* sin precedentes = unprecedented, record breaking, record-high, all-time.

* sin precio = unpriced.

* sin preguntar = unasked.

* sin prejuicios = open-minded, fair-minded [fairminded].

* sin prentesiones = unpretentious.

* sin preocupaciones = carefree, worry-free.

* sin preparación técnica = non-technical.

* sin préstamo = non-circulating [noncirculating].

* sin prestar atención = mindlessly.

* sin pretensiones = unassuming, humble [humbler -comp., humblest -sup.].

* sin previo aviso = unannounced, without warning, without notice, without prior notice, without prior notification, on spec, at the drop of a hat, without (any) further notice.

* sin principios = unscrupulous, unprincipled.

* sin prisa(s) = unhurriedly, leisurely.

* sin problemas = smoothly, smooth [smoother -comp., smoothest -sup.], problem-free, trouble free [trouble-free], without a hitch, unproblematically, carefree, without difficulty, in good standing.

* sin problemas de vista = sighted.

* sin procesar = unprocessed.

* sin propiedades = propertyless.

* sin propiedad rural = landless.

* sin protección = unprotected.

* sin provocación = unprovoked.

* sin publicar = unpublished.

* sin pulir = unpolished.

* sin quejarse = uncomplaining, uncomplainingly.

* sin quemar = unburned.

* sin querer = involuntarily, unwilling, by accident, accidentally, unintentionally, unwantedly.

* sin querer + Infinitivo = unwilling to + Infinitivo.

* sin quererlo = unwantedly.

* sin que se entienda = slurred.

* sin que se note la diferencia = seamlessly.

* sin rabo = ecaudate.

* sin razón = wanton, for no reason, for no specific reason, for no particular reason, for no good reason.

* sin razón alguna = for no reason, for no specific reason, for no particular reason, for no good reason.

* sin razón aparente = for no apparent reason, for apparently no reason.

* sin razón justificada = for no reason, for no specific reason, for no good reason.

* sin razón justificda = for no particular reason.

* sin recelo = with confidence.

* sin receta médica = over the counter.

* sin reclamar = unredeemed.

* sin recoger = uncollected.

* sin reconocer = unrecognised [unrecognized, -USA].

* sin reconocimiento de créditos = non-credit.

* sin recopilar = uncollected.

* sin recursos = resource-starved.

* sin refinar = unrefined.

* sin reflexionar = rashly.

* sin registrar = unlisted.

* sin reglamentar = unregulated.

* sin regular = unregulated.

* sin regularizar = unregulated.

* sin relación = unrelated, unconnected.

* sin relación con = unrelated to.

* sin remedio = beyond repair, incurably, incorrigibly.

* sin remordimientos = no-looking-back.

* sin reparar = unrepaired.

* sin reparo = unashamed.

* sin reparos = unshielded.

* sin representación = unrepresented.

* sin reserva = unconditionally, unreserved.

* sin reservas = unshielded, wholehearted [whole-hearted], go + the whole hog, the full monty, without reservation, wholeheartedly [whole-heartedly], forthright, categorical, uncompromising, uncompromisingly, unqualified, categoric, unmitigaged, unreserved, unreservedly.

* sin residencia fija = of no fixed abode.

* sin resistencia = unchallenged, unopposed.

* sin resistirse = passively.

* sin resolver = unresolved, unsolved, unsettled, uncleared.

* sin respiro = without a break, without (a) rest, without respite.

* sin responder = unanswered.

* sin restricciones = unrestricted, unlimited, uninhibited, unrestrictive, unfettered, free-flowing, without stint, without limit, no holds barred, unencumbered.

* sin restricciones de horario = unscheduled.

* sin retirar = uncleared, uncollected.

* sin retrasos = in a timely fashion, in a timely manner.

* sin revelar = undisclosed, unrevealed.

* sin revestir = uncoated.

* sin revisar = unrevised.

* sin riesgo = riskless.

* sin rodeos = head-on, baldly, bluntly, outspokenly.

* sin ruido = soundless.

* sin rumbo = aimless, off course, rudderless.

* sin saberlo = unbeknown to, unbeknownst to.

* sin saber qué decir = nonplussed [nonplused].

* sin sabor = tasteless.

* sin saldar = uncollected.

* sin salida al mar = land-bound [landbound], land-locked [landlocked].

* sin sanción = unsanctioned.

* sin seleccionar = unselected.

* sin semillas = seedless.

* sin sentido = meaningless, purposeless, pointless, senseless, wanton, nonsensical, unconscious.

* sin sentir ningún reparo = unashamed.

* sin sentir vergüenza = shamelessly.

* sin ser afectado = untouched.

* sin ser anunciado de antemano = unannounced.

* sin ser consciente de ello = unbeknownst to, unbeknown to.

* sin ser detectado = undetected.

* sin ser evaluado por expertos = unrefereed.

* sin ser necesario = gratuitous, gratuitously.

* sin ser percibido = out of sight.

* sin ser superado = unsurpassed.

* sin ser visto = unseen, undetected, unobserved, out of sight.

* sin significado = meaningless.

* sin simplificar = unabridged.

* * *

preposición

1) without

lo tomo sin azúcar — I don't take sugar

seguimos sin noticias — we still haven't had any news

sin previo aviso — with no advance warning

salta! sin miedo! — jump! don't be scared!

agua mineral sin gas — still mineral water

cerveza sin alcohol — non-alcoholic beer, alcohol-free beer

una pareja sin hijos — a couple with no children, a childless couple

me quedé sin pan — I ran out of bread

se quedó sin trabajo — he lost his job

2)

a)

sin + inf — ( con significado activo) without -ing

se fue sin pagar — he left without paying

son diez sin contar éstos — there are ten not counting these (ones)

estuvo una semana sin hablarme — she didn't speak to me for a week

sigo sin entender — I still don't understand

la pisé sin querer — I accidentally trod on her foot

a la cama sin cenar — off to bed without dinner

b)

sin + inf — ( con significado pasivo)

preguntas sin contestar — unanswered questions

esto está aún sin terminar — it still isn't finished

3)

sin que + subj: no voy a ir sin que me inviten I'm not going if I haven't been invited; quítaselo sin que se dé cuenta — get it off him without his o without him noticing

* * *

= without.

Ex: Without AACR is doubtful whether computerised cataloguing would have been implemented so relatively painlessly and successfully = Sin las RCAA es dudoso que la catalogación automatizada se hubiera implementado tan fácilmente y con tanto éxito, relativamente hablando.

* abogado sin escrúpulos = shyster.

* acercarse sin ser visto = sidle up to.

* afable pero sin sinceridad = suave.

* agua sin gas = still water.

* andar sin prisa = mosey.

* arreglárselas sin = live without, get along without.

* aunque sin ningún resultado = but (all) to no avail.

* barato pero sin avergonzarse de ello = cheap and cheerful.

* biblioteca sin muros = library without walls.

* biblioteca sin paredes = library without walls.

* bordado sin consido = needlepoint lace.

* callejón sin salida = blind alley, catch 22, cul-de-sac, dead end, impasse.

* camino sin rumbo = the road to nowhere.

* casi sin previo aviso = without much notice.

* coche sin caballos = horseless carriage automobile, horseless carriage.

* colocado sin escalón entre pieza y pieza = edge-flush.

* continuar sin detenerse = go straight ahead.

* conversación sin trascendencia = small-talk.

* decir rápidamente sin parar = rattle off.

* dejar a Alguien sin aliento = leave + Nombre + breathless.

* dejar sin cambiar = leave + unchanged.

* dejar sin hacer = leave + undone.

* dejar sin referente a una referencia anafórica = dangle + anaphoric reference.

* dejar sin tocar = leave + Nombre + alone.

* dejar sin trabajo = put + Nombre + out of work.

* demanda sin variaciones = inelastic demand.

* demostrar sin lugar a dudas = prove + conclusively.

* demostrar sin ninguna duda = demonstrate + beyond any doubt, prove + beyond any doubt, prove + beyond all doubt.

* demostrar sin ningún género de duda = demonstrate + beyond (all) doubt, demonstrate + emphatically, demonstrate + beyond any doubt, prove + beyond any doubt, prove + beyond any doubt.

* desarrollarse sin problemas = go + smoothly.

* estar sin vivir = be worried sick.

* evaluación sin intervención del examinador = unobtrusive testing.

* hablando sin rodeos = crudely put.

* hablar sin parar = burble on.

* hablar sin ser entendido = speak in + tongues.

* hacerlo sin la ayuda de nadie = do + it + on + Posesivo + own.

* homicidio sin premeditación = manslaughter.

* ir a un Sitio sin prisa = mosey.

* lanzarse sin ton ni son = dive + head-first.

* más largo que un día sin pan = as long as (my/your) arm.

* medicamento sin receta médica = over the counter medicine.

* método de la media sin ponderar = unweighted means method.

* nación sin estado = stateless nation.

* noche sin poder dormir = sleepless night.

* no hay dos sin tres = things + come in threes.

* no miel sin hiel = no pain, no gain.

* no sin fundamento = not without basis.

* oficina sin papel = paperless office.

* papel sin acidez = acid-free paper.

* pasar desadvertido, pasar sin ser visto = sneak under + the radar.

* pasar sin = live without, live without.

* pasar sin ser visto = go + unnoticed.

* película sin fin = filmloop [film loop/film-loop].

* permanecer sin cambios = remain + unchanged.

* permanecer sin especificar = remain + undefined.

* pero sin conseguirlo = but no dice.

* pero sin suerte = but no dice.

* persona sin problemas de vista = sighted person.

* personas sin hogar = homelessness.

* personas sin techo = homelessness.

* político sin escrúpulos = shyster.

* pozo sin fondo = bottomless pit.

* pregunta sin respuesta = unanswerable question.

* publicación sin papel = paperless publishing.

* quedarse sin aliento = run out of + breath.

* quedarse sin habla = stun into + speechlessness.

* quedarse sin negocio = go out of + business.

* quedarse sin palabras = stun into + speechlessness.

* rechazar sin más = dismiss + out of hand.

* referencia anafórica sin referente = dangling anaphoric reference.

* rima sin sentido = nonsense, nonsense verse.

* salir sin ser visto = slip out.

* sin abrir = unopened.

* sin abrirse = unfolded.

* sin abrochar = undone.

* sin acabar = unfinished.

* sin acentuar = unaccented.

* sin acontecimientos que destacar = uneventful.

* sin adornos = unadorned, unvarnished.

* sin afectar = unaffected.

* sin afeitar = unshaven.

* sin afeitar desde hace varios días = stubbly [stubblier -comp., stubbliest -sup.].

* sin afiliación a un partido político = non-partisan [nonpartisan].

* sin afiliación religiosa = non-sectarian [nonsectarian].

* sin agua = waterless.

* sin aguja = needleless.

* sin ajustar = unadjusted, loosely hanging, baggy [baggier -comp., baggiest -sup.], saggy [saggier -comp., saggiest -sup.].

* sin alcohol = alcoholfree.

* sin aliento = breathlessly, breathless.

* sin alinear = unjustified.

* sin alterar = unaltered, unmodified.

* sin ambigüedad = unambiguous.

* sin amor = loveless.

* sin analizar = unexamined, unanalysed.

* sin ánimo = despondently.

* sin ánimo de lucro = non-profit [nonprofit], non-profit making, not-for-profit, generously.

* sin apenas ser oído = as quiet as a mouse.

* sin apoyo = unsupported.

* sin apretar = loosely hanging, baggy [baggier -comp., baggiest -sup.], saggy [saggier -comp., saggiest -sup.].

* sin árboles = treeless.

* sin arreglo = beyond repair.

* sin arrepentimiento = no-looking-back.

* sin asignar = unallocated.

* sin asignar todavía = unassigned.

* sin asimilar = undigested.

* sin atajar = unconfronted.

* sin atractivo = unattractive.

* sin atrasos = paid-up, in good standing.

* sin autorización = unauthorised [unauthorized, -USA], unlicensed.

* sin avergonzarse = unashamed.

* sin avisar = unannounced, out of the blue, like a bolt out of the blue, like a bolt from the blue.

* sin aviso previo = without warning.

* sin ayuda = unaided, unassisted.

* sin ayuda de nadie = all by + Reflexivo, by + Reflexivo.

* sin barba = beardless.

* sin barnizar = unvarnished.

* sin base = unsupported, ill-founded.

* sin blanca = broke, skint.

* sin blanquear = unbleached.

* sin blindar = unshielded.

* sin bombo(s) ni platillo(s) = without much ado.

* sin brillo = dull, tarnished.

* sin cabeza = headless, decapitated.

* sin cables = wireless.

* sin cafeina = decaffeinated.

* sin calorías = calorieless.

* sin cambio = inviolate.

* sin cambios = monotone, stable, undisturbed, unchanged, unmodified, unaltered, unedited.

* sin cancelar = uncancelled.

* sin canjear = unredeemed.

* sin cansancio = indefatigably.

* sin capacidad de discernimiento = undiscriminating.

* sin cara = faceless.

* sin carácter = boneless, spineless.

* sin carne = meatless.

* sin castigo = impunitive, unpunished.

* sin catalogar = uncatalogued [uncataloged, -USA].

* sin causa alguna = for no reason, for no specific reason, for no particular reason, for no good reason.

* sin causa aparente = for no apparent reason, for apparently no reason.

* sin causa justificada = without justified reason.

* sin causar daño = harmlessly.

* sin ceremonias = unceremonious, unceremoniously.

* sin cerrar con llave = unlocked.

* sin certeza de cobrar = on spec.

* sin cesar = steadily.

* sin clases sociales = classless.

* sin clavos = studless.

* sin clemencia = mercilessly.

* sin cobrar = free of charge, unredeemed, uncollected.

* sin cohesión = scrappily, scrappy [scrappier -comp., scrappiest -sup.], bitty [bittier -comp., bittiest -sup.].

* sin cohibiciones = unselfconsciously.

* sin cola = ecaudate.

* sin columnas = single-column.

* sin comentar = unannotated.

* sin comerlo ni beberlo = without having anything to do with it.

* sin comérselo ni bebérselo = without having anything to do with it.

* sin compasión = mercilessly.

* sin complicaciones = smoothly, boilerplate [boiler plate], uncomplicated, straightforward, uncomplicatedly, hassle-free.

* sin comprimir = uncompressed.

* sin comprobar = untested.

* sin compromiso = without obligation, fancy-free.

* sin compromisos = with no strings attached.

* sin concluir = unfinished.

* sin concretar = to be decided.

* sin condiciones = unconditionally.

* sin condiciones especiales = with no strings attached.

* sin confirmar = unconfirmed, unsubstantiated, unvalidated, to be confirmed.

* sin conocer = ignorant of.

* sin conocimiento = unconscious.

* sin conocimiento de causa = unbeknown to, unbeknownst to.

* sin conservar información sobre las consultas realizadas anteriormente = stateless.

* sin conservar información sobre las consultas realizadas anterior = stateless.

* sin constancia de ello = unrecorded.

* sin consumir = nonconsumptive.

* sin contacto = non-contact.

* sin contaminar = untainted, uncontaminated.

* sin contar = not including, excluding.

* sin contar con = in the absence of.

* sin contenido = contentless, trivial.

* sin contratiempos = smoothly.

* sin control = uncontrolled.

* sin controlar = unsupervised.

* sin convicción = doubtfully, lamely.

* sin coordinación = uncoordinated [unco-ordinated].

* sin corregir = unamended, uncorrected, unrevised.

* sin correlacionar = uncorrelated.

* sin corroborar = unsubstantiated.

* sin cortapisas = untrammelled.

* sin cortar = uncut.

* sin coscarse = without batting an eyelid, without turning a hair.

* sin costas = land-bound [landbound], land-locked [landlocked].

* sin coste alguno = at no personal cost, at no cost, without cost, costless, without charge, free of charge, free of cost, cost free, for free, at no charge.

* sin costo adicional alguno = at no extra charge, at no extra cost, at no extra charge.

* sin costuras = seamless.

* sin crecimiento = non-growth.

* sin créditos = non-credit.

* sin criterio alguno = indiscriminate, indiscriminately.

* sin cuajar = runny [runnier -comp., runniest -sup.].

* sin cuantificar = unmeasured.

* sin cubrir = unfilled.

* sin cuestionarlo = uncritically.

* sin cultura = uncultured.

* sin daños = undamaged.

* sin dar basto = left, right and centre.

* sin darle importancia = airily.

* sin darme cuenta = before I know what's happened.

* sin darnos cuenta = out of sight.

* sin darse cuenta = inadvertently, unwittingly, unknowingly, without realising, without noticing, unconsciously.

* sin debatir = undiscussed.

* sin decir nada = dumbly.

* sin decir ni mú = as quiet as a mouse.

* sin decir ni pío = as quiet as a mouse.

* sin decir una palabra = without saying a word.

* sin defecto = untainted, unblemished.

* sin dejar huella = into thin air.

* sin dejar nada fuera = the works!.

* sin dejar rastro = into thin air.

* sin dejarse amedrentar por = undaunted by.

* sin dejarse amilanar por = undaunted by.

* sin dejarse desanimar = undaunted.

* sin dejarse intimidar por = undaunted by.

* sin delimitar = unmapped.

* sin demora = on the spot, straight away, without delay, at short notice, promptly, right away, at once.

* sin demorarse un (solo) minuto = without a moment wasted, without a wasted moment, without a minute wasted, without a wasted minute.

* sin demoras = in a timely fashion, in a timely manner.

* sin desarrollar = undeveloped.

* sin descansar = without (a) rest.

* sin descanso = relentlessly, restlessly, breathlessly, unabated, without a break, without (a) rest, day in and day out, without respite.

* sin descanso, sin un descanso, sin parar, sin descansar, sin interrupción = without a break.

* sin descubrir = undiscovered.

* sin descuento = undiscounted.

* sin desdoblarse = unfolded.

* sin desearlo = unwantedly.

* sin desgastar = unworn.

* sin desperdiciar un (solo) minuto = without a moment wasted, without a wasted moment, without a minute wasted, without a wasted minute.

* sin determinación de culpabilidad = no-fault.

* sin determinar = undefined.

* sin detonar = unexploded.

* sin deudas = debt free.

* sin dientes = toothless.

* sin diferencias = undifferentiated.

* sin dificultad = without difficulty.

* sin dificultad alguna = without a hitch.

* sin diluir = undiluted.

* sin dinero = impecunious.

* sin dinero en metálico = cashless.

* sin discapacidad = able-bodied.

* sin discapacidades = able-bodied.

* sin disciplina = undisciplined, ill-disciplined.

* sin discriminar = indiscriminate, on equal terms.

* sin discutir = no arguments!, undiscussed.

* sin disminuir = non-decreasing, unabated.

* sin disolver = undiluted.

* sin disponer de = in the absence of.

* sin división espacial = spatially unstructured.

* sin doblarse = unfolded.

* sin documentar = undocumented.

* sin dolor = painless.

* sin domicilio fijo = of no fixed abode.

* sin drenar = undrained.

* sin duda = doubtless, no doubt, of course, surely, to be sure, undoubtedly, indubitably, without a doubt, without doubt, no mistake, hands down.

* sin duda alguna = without any doubt.

* sin dudar = without a doubt.

* sin dudarlo = without hesitation.

* sin editar = unedited.

* sin el menor asomo de duda = without a shadow of a doubt, beyond a shadow of a doubt, beyond a shadow of a doubt.

* sin embargo = however, nevertheless, still, yet, that being said, all this said.

* sin emitir humo = smokeless.

* sin empleo = jobless.

* sin encuadernar = unbound.

* sin energía = lethargic.

* sin engorros = hassle-free.

* sin entallar = loosely hanging, baggy [baggier -comp., baggiest -sup.], saggy [saggier -comp., saggiest -sup.].

* sin enterrar = unburied.

* sin entusiasmo = half-hearted [halfhearted].

* sin envolver = unwrapped.

* sin errores = error-free.

* sin escatimar = without stint, unstintingly.

* sin escenificar = unproduced.

* sin escrúpulos = unscrupulous, unconscionable, without scruples, unprincipled.

* sin escurrir = undrained.

* sin esfuerzo = effortless, effortlessly.

* sin esfuerzo alguno = effortlessly.

* sin especializar = non-specialised.

* sin especificar = unspecified.

* sin esperanza = hopeless, dispiritedly, hopelessly.

* sin esperarlo = out of the blue, like a bolt out of the blue, like a bolt from the blue.

* sin espinas = boneless.

* sin estar obstaculizado por = untrammelled by.

* sin estilo = dowdy [dowdier -comp., dowdiest -sup.].

* sin estructura = unstructured.

* sin estudios = ill-educated.

* sin evaluar = unevaluated.

* sin examinar = unexamined.

* sin exceder el presupuesto = budgetable.

* sin excepción = without exception, without fail.

* sin excesivo rigor = loosely.

* sin excusa justificada = unexcused.

* sin existencias = out-of-stock.

* sin éxito = unsuccessful.

* sin experiencia = inexperience, callow [callower -comp., callowest -sup.].

* sin explicar = unexplained.

* sin explorar = unexplored.

* sin explotar = untapped, unexploded.

* sin extras = no-frills.

* sin fallar = without fail.

* sin fallos = flawlessly.

* sin falta = without fail.

* sin fecha = undated.

* sin fechar = undated.

* sin fianza = without bail.

* sin fin = never-finishing, never-ending, bottomless, interminably, unending.

* sin finalidad = purposeless.

* sin financiación = unfunded.

* sin fines lucrativos = non-profit [nonprofit], non-profit making.

* sin firma = unsigned.

* sin firmar = unsigned.

* sin fondo = bottomless.

* sin forma = bodilessly, formless.

* sin formación = ill-educated.

* sin formación previa = untrained.

* sin forrar = uncovered.

* sin fronteras = borderless.

* sin fundamento = unwarranted, unsupported, ungrounded, without foundation, without basis.

* sin fundamento alguno = without any basis.

* sin ganas = half-heartedly.

* sin gastos = no cost(s).

* sin grabar = unengraved.

* sin gracia = dowdy [dowdier -comp., dowdiest -sup.].

* sin grasa = nonfat.

* sin grasas = nonfat, fat free.

* sin guardar una correlación = uncorrelated.

* sin haber contacto = non-contact.

* sin haber pasado por la calandria = uncalendered.

* sin habla = speechless.

* sin hacer = undone.

* sin hacer caso = regardless.

* sin hacer distinciones = one size fits all.

* sin hacer ruido = as quiet as a mouse, furtively, softly.

* sin herrar = unshod.

* sin hilación = rambling.

* sin hogar = homeless.

* sin hueso = boneless.

* sin humo = smokeless.

* sin humor = humourless [humorless, -USA].

* sin humos = smoke-free.

* sin idea = clueless.

* sin ideas preconcebidas = open mind.

* sin identificar = unidentified, unmapped, unnamed.

* sin igual = unequalled, unexampled, unsurpassed, unique unto itself, unrivalled [unrivaled, -USA], without equal, matchless.

* sin impedimentos = unimpeded.

* sin importancia = negligible, unimportant, trifling, immaterial, of no consequence.

* sin importar = regardless of, independently of, disregarding.

* sin importar + Adjetivo/Adverbio + que sea = however + Adjetivo/Adverbio.

* sin importar el tiempo = all-weather.

* sin importar las consecuencias = regardless of the consequences.

* sin importar qué = no matter what/which.

* sin impuestos = duty-free, tax-free.

* sin impurezas = purified.

* sin incluir = unlisted, exclusive of, not including, excluding.

* sin incluir las comidas = self-catering.

* sin índice = indexless.

* sin + Infinitivo = without + Gerundio.

* sin información sobre el estado anterior = stateless.

* sin inhibiciones = uninhibited.

* sin inmutarse = undeterred, impassively, without batting an eyelid, without turning a hair.

* sin intención = involuntarily.

* sin interés = unexciting, uninteresting, unmoving, vapid.

* sin interrupción = continuously, without a break, without (a) rest, in an unbroken line.

* sin interrupciones = in a single phase.

* sin intervención de un intermediario = disintermediated.

* sin intervención directa = nonobtrusive.

* sin investigar = unresearched.

* sin justificación = unreasonably, unjustified.

* sin justificación alguna = wantonly.

* sin justificar = unjustified.

* sin la amenaza de = unthreatened (by).

* sin la ayuda de nadie = single-handed, single-handedly.

* sin la debida autorización = unauthorised [unauthorized, -USA], warrantless.

* sin la debida consideración = without due consideration.

* sin la más mínima duda = without the shadow of a doubt, without a shadow of a doubt.

* sin la más mínima duda = beyond a shadow of a doubt.

* sin la menor duda = no mistake, no doubt.

* sin la menor idea = clueless.

* sin la menor sombra de duda = without a shadow of a doubt.

* sin la suficiente financiación = underfinanced [under-financed].

* sin lavar = unwashed.

* sin leer = unread.

* sin levadura = unleavened.

* sin licencia = unlicensed.

* sin líder = leaderless.

* sin limitaciones = without stint, without limit.

* sin límite = without limit, without stint, interminably.

* sin límite(s) = unbounded, unfettered, unstinting, unstintingly, the sky is the limit.

* sin litoral = land-bound [landbound], land-locked [landlocked].

* sin llamar la atención = inconspicuously.

* sin lógica ni explicación = without rhyme or reason.

* sin lugar a dudas = conclusively, undeniably, unquestionably, without any doubt, by all accounts, no mistake, no doubt, without a shadow of a doubt, beyond a shadow of a doubt, to be sure.

* sin lujos = no-frills.

* sin luna = moonless.

* sin luz de luna = moonless.

* sin madera = woodfree.

* sin madurar = unripened.

* sin maldad = guileless.

* sin malicia = guileless.

* sin mancha = unblemished, untainted, stainless.

* sin mangas = sleeveless.

* sin mantenimiento = maintenance-free.

* sin marcar = unpriced.

* sin marca registrada = non-proprietary.

* sin más = out of hand, unceremoniously, unceremonious.

* sin más dilación = without (any) further ado, without (any) more ado, without warning.

* sin más ni más = unceremoniously, unceremonious, for the love of it, without much ado.

* sin más preámbulos = without (any) further ado, without (any) more ado.

* sin medir = unmeasured.

* sin mencionar = not to mention, not to say, not to speak of.

* sin meternos en el hecho de que = to say nothing of.

* sin mezcla = unmixed.

* sin mezclar = unmixed.

* sin miedo = with confidence.

* sin miramientos = unceremoniously.

* sin misericordia = ruthlessly.

* sin modificar = unmodified, unaltered, unedited.

* sin molestias = hassle-free.

* sin motivo alguno = wantonly.

* sin motivo aparente = for no apparent reason, for apparently no reason.

* sin motivo justificado = without justified reason.

* sin moverse del sitio = in place.

* sin movimiento = unmoving, motionless.

* sin mucha antelación = at short notice.

* sin mucha anticipación = at short notice.

* sin mucha dificultad = painlessly.

* sin muchas contemplaciones = unceremoniously.

* sin muchos inconvenientes = without much grudging.

* sin nada de gracia = unfunny.

* sin nada que destacar = uneventful.

* sin necesidad de ello = gratuitous, gratuitously.

* sin necesidad de pensar = thought-free.

* sin ninguna duda = without question, without any doubt, beyond doubt, beyond any doubt, no mistake, no doubt.

* sin ningún cosste = without cost.

* sin ningún coste = without charge, free of charge, at no cost, free of cost, cost free, for free, costless, at no charge.

* sin ningún esfuerzo = effortlessly.

* sin ningún esfuerzo mental = thought-free.

* sin ningún género de duda = without any doubt whatsoever, without any doubt whatsoever.

* sin ningún género de dudas = indisputably.

* sin ningún motivo = for no reason, for no specific reason, for no particular reason, for no good reason.

* sin ningún nivel de especialización = unskilled.

* sin ningún otro motivo = (just) for the hell of (doing) it.

* sin ningún remedio posible = beyond redemption.

* sin ningún reparo = unabashed.

* sin ningún resultado = to no avail, without any avail, of no avail.

* sin ningún tipo de restricciones = no holds barred.

* sin nombrar = unnamed.

* sin norte = aimless, off course, rudderless.

* sin notar la diferencia = seamlessly, seamless.

* sin nubes = unclouded, uncloudy, cloudless.

* sin numeración = unnumbered.

* sin numerar = unnumbered.

* sin obligaciones = at leisure.

* sin obstáculos = unchecked, unhindered, unimpeded, unobstructed.

* sin obstáculos de por medio = uncluttered.

* sin obstrucciones = unobstructed.

* sin olor = odourless [odorless, -USA].

* sin olvidar = not to mention.

* sin operario = unmanned.

* sin oposición = without opposition, unchallenged, unopposed.

* sin orden = unordered.

* sin ordenar = unordered, unsorted.

* sin orden ni concierto = higgledy-piggledy, without rhyme or reason.

* sin originalidad = unoriginal.

* sin palabras = wordless.

* sin papel = paperless.

* sin par = unequalled, unexampled, unsurpassed, unique unto itself, unique, without peer, unrivalled [unrivaled, -USA], without equal, matchless.

* sin paralelo = unparalleled.

* sin parangón = unparalleled, unequalled, without peer, matchless.

* sin parar = steadily, non-stop, without a break, without (a) rest, on-the-go, interminably, without respite, without stopping.

* sin parar a pensárselo = off-hand [offhand].

* sin pararse a pensar = off-the-cuff, off the top of + Posesivo + head.

* sin patente = non-proprietary.

* sin pausa = breathlessly.

* sin peculio = impecunious.

* sin peligro alguno = safely.

* sin pelo = hairless.

* sin pelos en la lengua = outspokenly.

* sin pensar = mindlessly.

* sin pensar (en) = unmindful of, with little or no thought of, without thinking (about).

* sin pensarlo = spur-of-the-moment, on the spur of the moment.

* sin pensarlo demasiado = off-the-cuff, off the top of + Posesivo + head.

* sin pensarlo detenidamente = out of + Posesivo + head.

* sin pensarlo mucho = off the top of + Posesivo + head, right off the bat.

* sin pensárselo = spur-of-the-moment, on the spur of the moment.

* sin pensárselo dos veces = without a second thought, spur-of-the-moment, on the spur of the moment, at the drop of a hat.

* sin pepitas = seedless.

* sin percatarse = without realising, without noticing, unconsciously, unknowingly, unwittingly.

* sin perder de vista = with an eye on.

* sin perder un (solo) minuto = without a moment wasted, without a wasted moment, without a minute wasted, without a wasted minute.

* sin pérdida = lossless.

* sin perjuicio de = notwithstanding.

* sin perjuicios = open mind.

* sin permiso = without permission, unlicensed.

* sin pestañear = impassively, without batting an eyelid, without turning a hair.

* sin pico = flat-topped.

* sin piedad = ruthlessly, remorseless, mercilessly.

* sin piel = skinless.

* sin pies ni cabeza = without rhyme or reason.

* sin pistas = clueless.

* sin planificar = unplanned.

* sin poblar = unpopulated.

* sin poder contenerse = helplessly.

* sin poder dormir = sleepless.

* sin poder extinguirlo = inextinguishably.

* sin poder hacer nada = helplessly.

* sin poner en duda la veracidad de Algo temporalmente = suspension of disbelief.

* sin poner en escena = unproduced.

* sin ponerlo en duda = uncritically.

* sin ponerse en duda = unquestioned.

* sin precedente = unparalleled, unexampled.

* sin precedentes = unprecedented, record breaking, record-high, all-time.

* sin precio = unpriced.

* sin preguntar = unasked.

* sin prejuicios = open-minded, fair-minded [fairminded].

* sin prentesiones = unpretentious.

* sin preocupaciones = carefree, worry-free.

* sin preparación técnica = non-technical.

* sin préstamo = non-circulating [noncirculating].

* sin prestar atención = mindlessly.

* sin pretensiones = unassuming, humble [humbler -comp., humblest -sup.].

* sin previo aviso = unannounced, without warning, without notice, without prior notice, without prior notification, on spec, at the drop of a hat, without (any) further notice.

* sin principios = unscrupulous, unprincipled.

* sin prisa(s) = unhurriedly, leisurely.

* sin problemas = smoothly, smooth [smoother -comp., smoothest -sup.], problem-free, trouble free [trouble-free], without a hitch, unproblematically, carefree, without difficulty, in good standing.

* sin problemas de vista = sighted.

* sin procesar = unprocessed.

* sin propiedades = propertyless.

* sin propiedad rural = landless.

* sin protección = unprotected.

* sin provocación = unprovoked.

* sin publicar = unpublished.

* sin pulir = unpolished.

* sin quejarse = uncomplaining, uncomplainingly.

* sin quemar = unburned.

* sin querer = involuntarily, unwilling, by accident, accidentally, unintentionally, unwantedly.

* sin querer + Infinitivo = unwilling to + Infinitivo.

* sin quererlo = unwantedly.

* sin que se entienda = slurred.

* sin que se note la diferencia = seamlessly.

* sin rabo = ecaudate.

* sin razón = wanton, for no reason, for no specific reason, for no particular reason, for no good reason.

* sin razón alguna = for no reason, for no specific reason, for no particular reason, for no good reason.

* sin razón aparente = for no apparent reason, for apparently no reason.

* sin razón justificada = for no reason, for no specific reason, for no good reason.

* sin razón justificda = for no particular reason.

* sin recelo = with confidence.

* sin receta médica = over the counter.

* sin reclamar = unredeemed.

* sin recoger = uncollected.

* sin reconocer = unrecognised [unrecognized, -USA].

* sin reconocimiento de créditos = non-credit.

* sin recopilar = uncollected.

* sin recursos = resource-starved.

* sin refinar = unrefined.

* sin reflexionar = rashly.

* sin registrar = unlisted.

* sin reglamentar = unregulated.

* sin regular = unregulated.

* sin regularizar = unregulated.

* sin relación = unrelated, unconnected.

* sin relación con = unrelated to.

* sin remedio = beyond repair, incurably, incorrigibly.

* sin remordimientos = no-looking-back.

* sin reparar = unrepaired.

* sin reparo = unashamed.

* sin reparos = unshielded.

* sin representación = unrepresented.

* sin reserva = unconditionally, unreserved.

* sin reservas = unshielded, wholehearted [whole-hearted], go + the whole hog, the full monty, without reservation, wholeheartedly [whole-heartedly], forthright, categorical, uncompromising, uncompromisingly, unqualified, categoric, unmitigaged, unreserved, unreservedly.

* sin residencia fija = of no fixed abode.

* sin resistencia = unchallenged, unopposed.

* sin resistirse = passively.

* sin resolver = unresolved, unsolved, unsettled, uncleared.

* sin respiro = without a break, without (a) rest, without respite.

* sin responder = unanswered.

* sin restricciones = unrestricted, unlimited, uninhibited, unrestrictive, unfettered, free-flowing, without stint, without limit, no holds barred, unencumbered.

* sin restricciones de horario = unscheduled.

* sin retirar = uncleared, uncollected.

* sin retrasos = in a timely fashion, in a timely manner.

* sin revelar = undisclosed, unrevealed.

* sin revestir = uncoated.

* sin revisar = unrevised.

* sin riesgo = riskless.

* sin rodeos = head-on, baldly, bluntly, outspokenly.

* sin ruido = soundless.

* sin rumbo = aimless, off course, rudderless.

* sin saberlo = unbeknown to, unbeknownst to.

* sin saber qué decir = nonplussed [nonplused].

* sin sabor = tasteless.

* sin saldar = uncollected.

* sin salida al mar = land-bound [landbound], land-locked [landlocked].

* sin sanción = unsanctioned.

* sin seleccionar = unselected.

* sin semillas = seedless.

* sin sentido = meaningless, purposeless, pointless, senseless, wanton, nonsensical, unconscious.

* sin sentir ningún reparo = unashamed.

* sin sentir vergüenza = shamelessly.

* sin ser afectado = untouched.

* sin ser anunciado de antemano = unannounced.

* sin ser consciente de ello = unbeknownst to, unbeknown to.

* sin ser detectado = undetected.

* sin ser evaluado por expertos = unrefereed.

* sin ser necesario = gratuitous, gratuitously.

* sin ser percibido = out of sight.

* sin ser superado = unsurpassed.

* sin ser visto = unseen, undetected, unobserved, out of sight.

* sin significado = meaningless.

* sin simplificar = unabridged.

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sin

prep

[ Grammar notes (Spanish) ]

A without

lo tomo con leche y sin azúcar I take milk but no sugar

reserva garantizada sin recargo guaranteed reservation at no extra cost

seguimos sin noticias we still haven't had any news

solicite más información sin compromiso send for more details without obligation

sin previo aviso with no advance warning

¡tírate! ¡sin miedo! jump! don't be scared!

¿qué harías tú sin mí? what would you do without me?

agua mineral sin gas still mineral water

cerveza sin alcohol non-alcoholic beer, alcohol-free beer

una pareja sin hijos a couple with no children, a childless couple

un vuelo sin escalas a non-stop o direct flight

me quedé sin pan I ran out of bread

se quedó sin trabajo he lost his job

una persona totalmente sin escrúpulos a completely unscrupulous person

B

1 sin + INF (con significado activo) without -ING

se fue sin pagar she left without paying

lo mandaron a la cama sin cenar they sent him to bed without any dinner

somos diez sin contarlos a ellos there are ten of us not counting them

estuvo una semana entera sin hablarme she didn't speak to me for a whole week, she went a whole week without speaking to me

sigo sin entender I still don't understand

la pisé sin querer I accidentally trod on her foot

2 sin + INF

(con significado pasivo): una camisa sin planchar an unironed shirt, a shirt that hasn't/hadn't been ironed

esto está aún sin terminar this still isn't finished

C sin QUE + SUBJ:

los días pasan sin que dé señales de vida the days go by and there is still no word from him, the days go by with no word from him o without any word from him

no voy a ir sin que me inviten I'm not going if I haven't been invited

quítaselo sin que se dé cuenta get it off him without his o without him noticing

embargo

Compuesto:

sin hueso

feminine sinhueso

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sin preposición
1 without;
◊ sin azúcar without sugar;

seguimos sin noticias we still haven't had any news;
agua mineral sin gas still mineral water;
cerveza sin alcohol non-alcoholic beer, alcohol-free beer;
me quedé sin pan I ran out of bread
2
a) ( con significado activo) without;

◊ se fue sin pagar he left without paying;

estuvo una semana sin hablarme she didn't speak to me for a week;
sigo sin entender I still don't understand;
la pisé sin querer I accidentally trod on her foot
b) ( con significado pasivo):

◊ preguntas sin contestar unanswered questions;

esto está aún sin terminar it still isn't finished
3 sin que + subj:
◊ no voy a ir sin que me inviten I'm not going if I haven't been invited;

quítaselo sin que se dé cuenta get it off him without his o without him noticing;
See Also→ embargo 2
sin preposición without: se marchó sin ellos, he left without them
costó mil pesetas, sin contar el IVA, it cost one thousand pesetas, not including VAT
el edificio estaba sin terminar, the building was unfinished
entre sin llamar, come in without knocking
saldré sin que me vea, I'll go out without him seeing
una bebida sin alcohol, a non-alcoholic drink
' sin' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
A
- abierta
- abierto
- absoluta
- absoluto
- accidental
- acéfala
- acéfalo
- agotar
- agotada
- agotado
- agreste
- ahora
- ahorcarse
- ajena
- ajeno
- alguna
- alguno
- aliento
- alquilar
- ambages
- amorfa
- amorfo
- aparente
- asesinar
- aviso
- ayunas
- bagatela
- baja
- bajo
- bañera
- berrido
- bien
- blanca
- blanco
- bocado
- bregar
- bruta
- bruto
- burbuja
- caldo
- calle
- callejón
- calva
- camino
- caprichosa
- caprichoso
- causa
- cazo
- cero
English:
ability
- accident
- accidental
- accidentally
- accustom
- ado
- afraid
- age
- agree
- aimless
- aimlessly
- all-time
- ammunition
- another
- antsy
- anyhow
- arrogant
- at
- attach
- away
- AWOL
- babble
- backbencher
- backing
- bare
- barge in
- basic
- bat
- bean
- begin
- behave
- beyond
- blank
- blind alley
- blue
- blunt
- bluntly
- blurt out
- boarding card
- boarding pass
- book
- boorish
- bootstrap
- bottomless
- break
- breath
- breathless
- broke
- busywork
- buzz off

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SIN nf

1. (abrev de Servicio de Inteligencia Nacional del Perú) = Peruvian national intelligence department

2. (abrev de Servicio de Inmigración y Naturalización) INS [US Immigration and Naturalization Service]

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sin

prp without;

sin preguntar without asking;

sin decir nada without (saying) a word;

sin paraguas without an umbrella;

sin que without;

y sin más and without further ado;

me lo dijo así, sin más that’s all he said to me, just that

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sin prep

1) : without

sin querer: unintentionally

sin refinar: unrefined

2)

sin que : without

lo hicimos sin que él se diera cuenta: we did it without him noticing

* * *

sin prep

1. (en general) without

no conduzcas la moto sin casco don't ride the bike without a crash helmet

me he pasado toda la noche sin dormir I didn't sleep a wink all night

2. (por hacer)

el edificio está sin terminar the building is unfinished

está sin planchar it hasn't been ironed

un diamante sin tallar an uncut diamond

sin embargo however

Spanish-English dictionary > sin
9 pasta

f.

1 paste (masa).

pasta dentífrica o de dientes toothpaste

pasta de hojaldre puff pastry

pasta quebrada shortcrust pastry

2 pasta (espaguetis, macarrones).

pastas alimenticias pasta

3 shortcake (pastelito).

4 dough (informal) (money). (peninsular Spanish)

costar/ganar una pasta gansa to cost/earn a packet o fortune

aflojar o soltar la pasta to cough up the money

5 book cover.

6 concentrate, paste.

7 money, cash, bread, dough.

8 cookie.

pres.indicat.

3^rd person singular (él/ella/ello) present indicative of spanish verb: pastar.

imperat.

2^nd person singular (tú) Imperative of Spanish verb: pastar.

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pasta

► nombre femenino

1 (masa) paste

2 COCINA (italiana) pasta; (de bizcocho, crepes) mixture; (para pasteles) pastry

3 (croissant, ensaimada, etc) pastry; (de té) petit four, biscuit, US cookie

4 familiar (dinero) dosh, dough, money

5 (de encuadernación) boards plural

\

FRASEOLOGÍA

ser de buena pasta familiar to be good-natured

soltar la pasta to hand over the dosh

pasta choux choux pastry

pasta de dientes toothpaste

pasta de hojaldre puff pastry

pasta gansa a packet, a fortune

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noun f.

1) paste

2) pasta

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SF

1) (=masa) paste

pasta de celulosa — wood pulp

pasta de coca — cocaine paste

pasta de dientes — toothpaste

pasta de madera — wood pulp

pasta dentífrica — toothpaste

pasta de papel — paper pulp

2) [de pan] dough; [en repostería] pastry; (=pastelillo) biscuit, cookie (EEUU)

pasta quebrada — shortcrust pastry

pastas de té — biscuits, cookies (EEUU)

3) (=macarrones, fideos) pasta

pasta al huevo — egg pasta

pasta de sopa — pasta for soup

4) [para untar] paste

pasta de anchoas — anchovy paste

pasta de carne — meat paste

5) * (=dinero) money, cash, dough *

¡suelta la pasta! — hand over the dough! *

me ha costado una pasta gansa — it cost me an arm and a leg *

6) (Tip) boards pl

media pasta — half-binding

libro en pasta — hardback

pasta española — marbled leather binding

7) (=talante)

tiene pasta de futbolista — he has the makings of a footballer

ser de buena pasta — to be a good sort

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femenino

1) (Coc)

a) (fideos, macarrones, etc) pasta

b) (Esp) ( masa de harina) pastry; ( galleta) tb

pasta de té — cookie

c) (de tomates, anchoas, etc) paste

2)

a) ( materia moldeable) paste

un libro en pasta — a book in boards

libros de pasta blanda — (Méx) paperback books

ser de buena pasta — to be good-natured

tener pasta para/de algo — to be cut out for something

tiene pasta de actriz — she's actress material

b) (Chi) ( betún) polish

- pasta dentífrica or de dientes

- pasta de papel

3) (Esp fam) ( dinero) money, dough (sl)

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femenino

1) (Coc)

a) (fideos, macarrones, etc) pasta

b) (Esp) ( masa de harina) pastry; ( galleta) tb

pasta de té — cookie

c) (de tomates, anchoas, etc) paste

2)

a) ( materia moldeable) paste

un libro en pasta — a book in boards

libros de pasta blanda — (Méx) paperback books

ser de buena pasta — to be good-natured

tener pasta para/de algo — to be cut out for something

tiene pasta de actriz — she's actress material

b) (Chi) ( betún) polish

- pasta dentífrica or de dientes

- pasta de papel

3) (Esp fam) ( dinero) money, dough (sl)

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pasta¹

¹ = paste, pulp, stuff.

Nota: Suspensión acuosa que contiene los materiales necesarios para fabricar el papel.

Ex: N-methyl 2 pyrrolidone (NM2P) is a non-aqueous solvent for starch and flour paste.

Ex: The situation was probably similar in Britain, except that very little straw pulp was used, and a considerable amount of esparto.

Ex: The water of the stuff poured into the middle of the cylinder through its wire-mesh cover, and was immediately pumped out from one end leaving a film of fibres on the surface.

* a toda pasta = at a rate of knots.

* convertir en pasta = pulp.

* papel de pasta = paste paper.

* pasta choux = choux pastry.

* pasta de clara de huevo = glair.

* pasta de dientes = toothpaste.

* pasta de dientes con flúor = fluoride toothpaste.

* pasta de madera = wood pulp [woodpulp].

* pasta de madera triturada = groundwood, mechanical wood.

* pasta de madera triturada químicamente = chemical wood.

* pasta de papel = stuff.

* pasta de trapo = rag stock, stock.

pasta²

² = board.

Nota: En encuadernación, cada una de las dos trozos de material rígido, normalmente de cartón, que cubren al libro y suelen ir cubiertas de otro material más blando.

Ex: A covering material of fast, even colour, was eventually produced that was impervious to the adhesive with which it was stuck to the boards.

* encuadernado en media pasta = half-bound.

* libro de pastas amarillas = yellow-back.

* libro impreso en pastas duras = board book.

* no debes juzgar un libro por el color de sus pastas = don't judge a book by its cover.

* pasta de tela = cloth case.

* pasta en tela = cloth board.

* pasta estampada = printed paper board.

* pastas = casing.

* pastas duras = hard cover.

pasta³

³ = pasta, the ready.

Ex: The book covers the following topics: cereals and pastas; vegetables and fruits; breads; desserts and cookies; cakes and icings; and pastry and pies.

Ex: The government has an obligation to ensure that those who are genuinely incapable of earning a minimally decent living for themselves have the ready needed to secure the basics.

pasta⁴

⁴ = dough, lolly, dosh, wonga, readies.

Ex: The article is entitled 'Our other customers -- the super rich: they also read who roll in dough'.

Ex: The article is entitled 'Sports get lucky with lotteries lolly'.

Ex: So ISI have the dosh to fix up ProCite.

Ex: MS has done this in a move to encourage folk to upgrade their OS without the need to spend lots of wonga on new hardware.

Ex: To add insult to injury, she came back from the cash-point without enough readies and had to make a return journey.

* soltar la pasta = cough up + money, cough up + cash.

* soltar pasta = shell out + money, shell out.

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pasta

feminine

A ( Coc)

1 (fideos, macarrones, etc) pasta

la pasta engorda or ( AmL) las pastas engordan pasta is fattening

2

( Esp) (galleta) tb pasta de té cookie

3 (masa de harina) pastry

4 (de tomates, anchoas, etc) paste

Compuesto:

pasta de hojaldre

puff paste ( AmE), puff pastry ( BrE)

B

1 (masa moldeable) paste, filler; (para botones, peines) paste

un libro en pasta a book in boards

libros de pasta blanda ( Méx); paperback books

ser de buena pasta to be good-natured

tener pasta para/de algo to be cut out for sth

no tengo pasta para los negocios I'm not cut out for business

tiene pasta de actriz she's actress material, she has the makings of an actress

2 ( Chi) (betún) polish

Compuestos:

● pasta base (de cocaína)

freebase cocaine

● pasta dental or dentífrica or de dientes

toothpaste

● pasta de papel

wood pulp

C ( Esp) (dinero) money, cash ( colloq), dough (sl), bread ( sl dated)

debe costar un pastón it must cost a bomb o fortune ( colloq)

una pasta gansa ( arg); a fortune ( colloq)

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Del verbo pastar: ( conjugate pastar)

pasta es:

3ª persona singular (él/ella/usted) presente indicativo

2ª persona singular (tú) imperativo

Multiple Entries:
pasta
pastar
pasta sustantivo femenino
1 (Coc)
a) (fideos, macarrones, etc) pasta

b) (Esp) ( masa de harina) pastry;

( galleta) tb
◊ pasta de té cookie

c) (de tomates, anchoas, etc) paste

2
a) ( materia moldeable) paste;

pasta dentífrica or de dientes toothpaste;
◊ un libro en pasta a book in boards;

libros de pasta blanda (Méx) paperback books
b) (Chi) ( betún) polish

3 (Esp fam) ( dinero) money, dough (sl)
pastar ( conjugate pastar) verbo intransitivo
to graze
pasta sustantivo femenino
1 paste
pasta de dientes, toothpaste
2 (italiana) pasta
3 (de pastelería) pastry
4 fam (dinero) dough, cash
pastar verbo transitivo & verbo intransitivo to graze
' pasta' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
aflojar
- dentífrica
- dentífrico
- gansa
- ganso
- tela
- tubo
- aparato
- apelmazarse
- colar
- empaste
- escurrir
- fideo
- lápiz
- macarrón
- masa
- pasar
- suave
English:
angel hair pasta
- batter
- bread
- dough
- earth
- fork out
- pasta
- paste
- pastry
- pulp
- ready
- spread
- stiff
- toothpaste
- ball
- Biro
- colander
- cough
- drain
- filling
- loot
- mush
- paper
- pen
- polish
- short
- tooth
- wash

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pasta nf

1. [masa] paste;
[de papel] pulp
Comp
pasta dentífrica o de dientes toothpaste
2. [espaguetis, macarrones] pasta;

me encanta la pasta o Am [m5] las pastas I love pasta

Comp
pastas alimenticias pasta
3. [de pasteles] pastry;
[de pan] dough;
pasta para croquetas croquette mixture;

Comp
pasta brisa choux pastry;
pasta de hojaldre puff pastry;

pasta quebrada Br shortcrust o US short pastry

4. [pastelito] shortcake Br biscuit o US cookie

Comp
Esp pastas de té = cookies served with tea o coffee
5. Esp Fam [dinero] dough;

Comp

costar/ganar una pasta gansa to cost/earn a bundle o fortune o Br packet;

Comp

aflojar o [m5] soltar la pasta to cough up the money

6. [encuadernación]
de pasta dura/blanda hardback/paperback

7. Chile [betún] (shoe) polish

8. Fam

Comp

ser de buena pasta to be good-natured;

tener pasta de to have the makings of

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pasta

f

1 sustancia paste

2 GASTR pasta

3 pop ( dinero) dough pop, Br

dosh pop ;

una pasta (gansa) fam a fortune;

soltar la pasta pop cough up fam, hand over the cash;

de buena pasta good-natured;

son de la misma pasta fig they’re two of a kind

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pasta nf

1) : paste

pasta de dientes: or

pasta dental: toothpaste

2) : pasta

3) : pastry dough

4)

libro en pasta dura : hardcover book

5)

tener pasta de : to have the makings of

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pasta n

1. (italiana) pasta

comeremos ensalada de pasta we'll have pasta salad

2. (masa espesa) paste / mixture

una pasta de yeso y agua a paste of plaster and water

3. (galleta) biscuit

nos pusieron unas pastas con el té they gave us some biscuits with the tea

4. (dinero) dough

tiene mucha pasta he's got loads of dough

pasta de dientes toothpaste

Spanish-English dictionary > pasta
10 bola

f.

1 ball (esfera).

bola de alcanfor mothball

bola de billar billiard ball

bola de cristal crystal ball

bola del mundo globe

bola de naftalina mothball

bola de nieve snowball

convertirse en una bola de nieve (figurative) to snowball

bola de partido match point (en tenis)

2 fib (informal) (mentira).

contar bolas to fib, to tell fibs

3 rumor (informal).

corre la bola por ahí de que te has echado novio they say you've got yourself a boyfriend

4 shoe polish. ( Latin American Spanish)

5 shoeblacking, shoe polish, shoe cream.

6 scoop of ice cream.

7 polishing, shoe polishing.

8 tall story, cock-and-bull story, snow job.

9 lie, porky, porky pie.

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bola

► nombre femenino

1 (gen) ball

2 familiar fib, lie

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FRASEOLOGÍA

no rascar bola (incompetente) to make a mess of everything 2 (gandul) not to do a stroke

bola de nieve snowball

bola de cristal crystal ball

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noun f.

1) ball

2) lie, fib

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SF

1) (=cuerpo esférico) ball; [de helado] scoop; (=canica) marble

van a sacar la bola premiada — they're going to pick the winning ball

del susto se me ha hecho una bola en el estómago — my stomach knotted up with fright

- estar hecho una bola

bola de alcanfor — mothball

bola de contar — abacus bead

bola de cristal — crystal ball

bola de fuego — (Mil) fireball; (Meteo) ball lightning

bola del mundo — globe

bola de naftalina — mothball

bola de nieve — snowball

bola de tempestad, bola de tormenta — storm signal

bola negra — black ball
pie 2), queso 1)
2) (Dep) ball; [de petanca] boule

- andar como bola huacha

- dar bola

se lo he dicho mil veces pero no me da bola — I've told him a thousand times but he doesn't take any notice o a blind bit of notice

¡dale bola! — what, again!

- dar la bola

- dejar que ruede la bola

- escurrir la bola

- ir a su bola

aquí cada uno va a su bola — everyone does their own thing here *

tú (ve) a tu bola — just do your own thing *

- parar bolas

no me paró bolas — he didn't take any notice, he didn't pay attention

- pasar la bola

- pasarse de la bola

- no rascar bola

bola de billar — billiard ball, snooker ball

- tener la cabeza como una bola de billar

bola de partido — Esp (Tenis) match ball

bola de set — Esp (Tenis) set point

3) [en lana, algodón] bobble

para que no le salgan bolas es mejor lavarlo a mano — it's best to wash it by hand to stop bobbles

hacerse bolas — [jersey, abrigo] to get bobbly; Méx * [persona] to get o.s. tied up in knots

4) Esp (=músculo) [del brazo] biceps; [de la pantorrilla] calf muscle

sacar bola — to flex one's muscles

5) ** (=cabeza) nut *, noggin (EEUU) **

tú estás mal de la bola — you're nuts *

- cambiar la bola

6) pl bolas *** (=testículos) balls ***

- en bolas

tíos en bolas — naked men

aquí todo el mundo va o está en bolas — everyone goes round naked o in the nude here

en esta cala está permitido ponerse en bolas — they allow nude bathing on this beach

tras el incendio nos quedamos en bolas — the fire completely cleaned us out *

- hasta las bolas

estoy hasta las bolas de él — I'm pissed off with him ***

me tiene hasta las bolas con sus tonterías — I'm pissed off with his fooling around ***, I've had it up to here with his fooling around *

- pillar a algn en bolas

- ¡qué bolas!

7) * (=mentira) fib

¡vaya bola que nos metiste! — what a fib you told us!

este niño nos quiere meter una bola — that boy's trying to put one past us *

¡qué bola más grande! — what a whopper! *

¿no te habrás tragado esa bola? — you didn't swallow that one, did you? *, you didn't fall for it, did you? *

8) (=rumor)

correr la bola — to spread the word

¿quién ha corrido la bola de que se van a vivir al extranjero? — who's been spreading the word that they're going to move abroad?

9) Méx

dar bola — to polish shoes

10) (Naipes) (grand) slam

media bola — small slam

11) (Náut) signal (with discs)

12) (Tip) golf ball

13) (Mec) ball bearing

14) Méx (=jaleo) row, hubbub; (=pelea) brawl

- se armó la bola

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femenino

1)

a) ( cuerpo redondo) ball; ( de helado) scoop

se hacen bolas con la masa — form the dough into balls

máquina de escribir de bola — golf ball typewriter

b) (Dep) ball; ( de petanca) boule; ( canica) (Col, Per) marble

parar or poner bolas — (Col fam) to pay attention, listen up (AmE colloq)

tener la cabeza como una bola de billar — to be as bald as a cue ball (AmE) o (BrE) as bald as a coot (colloq)

c) bolas femenino plural (fam: en algunas regiones vulg) ( testículos) balls (pl) (colloq or vulg)

estar en bolas — (fam o vulg) to be stark naked (colloq)

estar hasta las bolas — (vulg) to be pissed off (sl)

hacerse bolas con algo — (Méx) to get in a mess over something

pillar a alguien en bolas — (fam o vulg) to catch somebody with their pants (AmE) o (BrE) trousers down (colloq)

d) (fam) ( músculo - del brazo) biceps; (- de la pantorrilla) calf muscle

sacar bola — (Esp) to flex one's muscles

- bola de cristal

- bola de nieve

- bola de partido/de set

- bolas criollas

2) (fam) ( mentira) lie, fib (colloq)

me metió una bola — he told me a fib

contar/decir bolas — to fib (colloq), to tell fibs (colloq)

se tragó la bola! — she swallowed it! (colloq)

3) (Andes, RPl fam) ( atención)

no me dio bola — he didn't take the slightest bit of notice (colloq)

no me da bola — he's not interested in me

4) (Méx fam) ( montón)

una bola de — loads of (colloq)

5) (Méx) revolution, uprising ( esp the Mexican Revolution)

armarse la bola — (Méx)

se armó la bola — all hell broke loose (colloq)

* * *

= fib, fibbing, ball.

Ex. Democracy's most acute failures tend to result from power brokers who tell big fibs about the distribution of power.

Ex. When it comes to fibbing, women are far ahead of their male counterparts, a new survey has revealed.

Ex. People are positively delighted to find that there are motion picture loops on how to throw a ball properly, art slides, and all this sort of thing.

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* bañarse en bolas = skinny dip.

* bola de alcanfor = mothball, moth crystal, camphor ball.

* bola de barro = mudpie.

* bola de cristal = crystal ball.

* bola de cristal con nieve dentro = snow globe.

* bola de hacer punto = knitting yarn.

* bola de molienda = grinding ball.

* bola de naftalina = mothball, moth crystal, camphor ball.

* bola para el control del cursor en pantalla = trackball.

* decir bolas = fib.

* echar la bola a rodar = get + the ball rolling, set + the ball rolling, start + the ball rolling.

* efecto bola de nieve = snowball effect.

* en bolas = stark naked, in the nod, in the buff.

* hacer una bola con Algo = ball + Nombre + up.

* mantener la bola rodando = keep + the ball rolling.

* mirar la bola de cristal = gaze into + crystal ball.

* parada de bola = fielding.

* * *

femenino

1)

a) ( cuerpo redondo) ball; ( de helado) scoop

se hacen bolas con la masa — form the dough into balls

máquina de escribir de bola — golf ball typewriter

b) (Dep) ball; ( de petanca) boule; ( canica) (Col, Per) marble

parar or poner bolas — (Col fam) to pay attention, listen up (AmE colloq)

tener la cabeza como una bola de billar — to be as bald as a cue ball (AmE) o (BrE) as bald as a coot (colloq)

c) bolas femenino plural (fam: en algunas regiones vulg) ( testículos) balls (pl) (colloq or vulg)

estar en bolas — (fam o vulg) to be stark naked (colloq)

estar hasta las bolas — (vulg) to be pissed off (sl)

hacerse bolas con algo — (Méx) to get in a mess over something

pillar a alguien en bolas — (fam o vulg) to catch somebody with their pants (AmE) o (BrE) trousers down (colloq)

d) (fam) ( músculo - del brazo) biceps; (- de la pantorrilla) calf muscle

sacar bola — (Esp) to flex one's muscles

- bola de cristal

- bola de nieve

- bola de partido/de set

- bolas criollas

2) (fam) ( mentira) lie, fib (colloq)

me metió una bola — he told me a fib

contar/decir bolas — to fib (colloq), to tell fibs (colloq)

se tragó la bola! — she swallowed it! (colloq)

3) (Andes, RPl fam) ( atención)

no me dio bola — he didn't take the slightest bit of notice (colloq)

no me da bola — he's not interested in me

4) (Méx fam) ( montón)

una bola de — loads of (colloq)

5) (Méx) revolution, uprising ( esp the Mexican Revolution)

armarse la bola — (Méx)

se armó la bola — all hell broke loose (colloq)

* * *

= fib, fibbing, ball.

Ex: Democracy's most acute failures tend to result from power brokers who tell big fibs about the distribution of power.

Ex: When it comes to fibbing, women are far ahead of their male counterparts, a new survey has revealed.

Ex: People are positively delighted to find that there are motion picture loops on how to throw a ball properly, art slides, and all this sort of thing.

* bañarse en bolas = skinny dip.

* bola de alcanfor = mothball, moth crystal, camphor ball.

* bola de barro = mudpie.

* bola de cristal = crystal ball.

* bola de cristal con nieve dentro = snow globe.

* bola de hacer punto = knitting yarn.

* bola de molienda = grinding ball.

* bola de naftalina = mothball, moth crystal, camphor ball.

* bola para el control del cursor en pantalla = trackball.

* decir bolas = fib.

* echar la bola a rodar = get + the ball rolling, set + the ball rolling, start + the ball rolling.

* efecto bola de nieve = snowball effect.

* en bolas = stark naked, in the nod, in the buff.

* hacer una bola con Algo = ball + Nombre + up.

* mantener la bola rodando = keep + the ball rolling.

* mirar la bola de cristal = gaze into + crystal ball.

* parada de bola = fielding.

* * *

bola

feminine

A

1 (cuerpo redondo) ball; (de helado) scoop

se hacen bolas con la masa form the dough into balls

el gato estaba hecho una bolita en el sofá the cat was curled up (in a little ball) on the sofa

se me hizo una bola en el estómago I got a knot in my stomach

tengo una bola en el estómago de haber comido tan rápido I ate too fast, my stomach feels heavy

te vas a poner como una bola you're going to get very fat

algunos tejidos se hacen bolas some materials get o go bobbly

máquina de escribir de bola golf ball typewriter

dorarle la bola a algn ( fam); to sweet-talk sb ( colloq)

2 ( Dep) ball; (de petanca) boule; (canica) (Col, Per) marble

andar como bola huacha ( Chi fam): ando como bola huacha I'm at a loss, I don't know what to do with myself

como bola sin manija ( RPl fam): me tiene como bola sin manija he has me running about from pillar to post

desde que se mudaron los amigos anda como bola sin manija since his friends moved away he's been at a complete loss o he's been wandering around like a lost soul o he hasn't known what to do with himself

echarse la bolita ( Méx); to pass the buck

más calvo que una bola de boliche ( Méx); bald as a coot ( colloq)

parar or poner bolas ( Col fam); to pay attention, listen up ( AmE colloq)

pare bolas, que le estoy hablando pay attention when I'm talking to you

le advertí, pero no me puso bolas I warned him, but he didn't take the slightest notice ( colloq)

(pelado) como una bola de billar ( RPl); as bald as a coot ( colloq), bald as a cue ball ( AmE) o ( BrE) billiard ball

tener la cabeza como una bola de billar to be as bald as a coot ( colloq), to be as bald as a cue ball ( AmE) o ( BrE) billiard ball

3 bolas fpl (fam: en algunas regiones vulg) (testículos) balls (pl) ( famor vulg)

darle por or romperle las bolas a algn ( vulg); to get on sb's nerves ( colloq), piss sb off (sl)

me da por las bolas que me empujen it really gets on my nerves o up my nose when people push me ( colloq), it really pisses me off when people push me (sl)

estar en bolas ( fam o vulg); to be stark naked ( colloq)

estar hasta las bolas ( vulg); to be pissed off (sl)

hacerse bolas con algo ( Méx); to get in a mess over sth

pillar a algn en bolas to catch sb on the hop ( colloq), to catch sb with their pants ( AmE) o ( BrE) trousers down ( colloq)

4 ( fam) (músculo — del brazo) biceps; (— de la pantorrilla) calf muscle

sacar bola to flex one's muscles

se me subió la bola I got a cramp ( AmE), I got cramp ( BrE)

Compuestos:

● bola de cristal

crystal ball

● bola de nieve

snowball

● bola de partido

match point

● bola de set

set point

● bolas criollas

fpl ( Ven) game similar to petanque

B ( fam) (mentira) lie, fib ( colloq); (rumor) rumor*

me metió una bola he told me a fib

contar/decir bolas to fib ( colloq), to tell fibs ( colloq)

¡se tragó la bola! she swallowed it! ( colloq), she fell for it! ( colloq)

corre la bola de que … (the) word is that …, word has it that …, it's going round that …

C

(Andes, RPI fam) (atención): se lo dije pero él no me dio bola or pero él, ni bola I told him, but he didn't take the slightest bit o ( BrE) a blind bit of notice ( colloq)

D

( Méx fam) (montón): una bola de niños loads of o a whole bunch of kids ( colloq)

una bola de libros stacks o loads of books ( colloq)

E

( Méx fam) (brillo): ¿le doy bola? shall I polish o shine your shoes?

F ( Méx) revolution, uprising ( esp the Mexican Revolution)

armarse la bola ( Méx): cuando marcaron el penalty se armó la bola when they scored from the penalty all hell broke loose ( colloq)

¿por qué se armó la bola? — porque no había boletos what was all the fuss about? — there were no tickets left ( colloq)

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bola sustantivo femenino
1 ( cuerpo redondo) ball;
( de helado) scoop;
(Dep) ball;
( de petanca) boule;
( canica) (Col, Per) marble;
◊ bola de cristal crystal ball;

bola de nieve snowball;
bola de partido/de set match/set point
2
◊ bolas sustantivo femenino plural (fam: en algunas regiones vulg) ( testículos) balls (pl) (colloq or vulg);

estar en bolas (fam or vulg) to be stark naked (colloq);
hacerse bolas con algo (Méx) to get in a mess over sth
3 (fam) ( mentira) lie, fib (colloq);
◊ me metió una bola he told me a fib;

contar/decir bolas to fib (colloq), to tell fibs (colloq)
4 (Méx fam) ( montón):
◊ una bola de loads of (colloq)

bola sustantivo femenino
1 ball
(canica) marble
2 fam (mentira) fib
♦ Locuciones: correr la bola, to spread a rumour
(desprevenido) without warning
no dar pie con bola, to be unable to do anything right
vulgar en bolas, (desnudo) naked
' bola' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
billar
- borla
- terráquea
- terráqueo
- efecto
- granizo
- hueco
- ratón
English:
ball
- bowl
- crystal ball
- dip
- dumpling
- mothball
- pellet
- scoop
- snowball
- crumple
- crystal
- fib
- into
- putt
- roll-on
- track

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bola nf

1. [esfera] ball;
[de helado] scoop;
tengo una bola en el estómago my stomach feels bloated;

si sigues comiendo pasteles te pondrás como una bola if you carry on eating cakes, you'll get fat;

Comp

dejar rodar la bola to let it ride

Comp
bola de alcanfor mothball;
bola de cristal crystal ball;

bola de fuego fireball;

bola del mundo globe;

bola de naftalina mothball;

bola de nieve snowball;
Fig
convertirse en una bola de nieve to snowball

2. [pelota] ball;
[canica] marble;
Comp
Esp Fam
no tocar o [m5]rascar bola: se pasó el partido entero sin tocar o [m5] rascar bola he didn't do a single thing in the whole match;

Comp

no dio pie con bola he didn't do o get a thing right

Comp
bola de billar billiard ball;
bola de break [en tenis] break point;
Ven bolas criollas bowls [singular];
bola de juego [en tenis] game point;

bola jugadora [en billar] cue ball;

bola de partido [en tenis] match point;

bola de set [en tenis] set point

3. Fam [mentira] fib;

contar bolas to fib, to tell fibs;

me intentó meter una bola she tried to tell me a fib;

esa bola no me la trago I'm not going to fall for that one

4. Fam [rumor]
corre la bola por ahí de que te has echado novio they say you've got yourself a boyfriend;

¡corre la bola!, nos van a poner un examen mañana they're going to give us an exam tomorrow, pass it on!

5. Fam [músculo]
sacar bola to make one's biceps bulge

6. bola de nieve [planta] snowball tree

7. muy Fam
bolas [testículos] balls;

Comp
Ven Fam
echarle bolas: tienes que echarle bolas al asunto you really need to put some oomph o guts into it;

Comp
Fam
en bolas [desnudo] stark naked, Br starkers;

pillar a alguien en bolas [sin nada, desprevenido] to catch sb out;

¡me has pillado en bolas!, ¡no tengo ni idea! you've got me there, I haven't a clue!;

el profesor nos pilló en bolas the teacher caught us unprepared;

Comp
RP muy Fam
hinchar o [m5] romper las bolas [molestar] to be a pain in the Br arse o US butt

8. Am [betún] shoe polish

9. Chile [cometa] kite [large and round]

10. Méx Fam [grupo de gente] crowd;

en bola [en grupo] in a crowd, as a group

11. Méx [riña] tumult, uproar

12. Cuba, Chile
bolas croquet

13. Fam

Comp
Esp
a mi/tu/su bola: nosotros trabajando y él, a su bola we were working and there he was, just doing his own thing;
Bol, RP
andar como bola sin manija to wander around;
Ven
de bola que sí sure, you bet your life;
Méx
estar o [m5] meterse en bola to participate;
Méx
hacerse bolas to get muddled up;
RP
estar hecho bola to be shattered o Br knackered;
RP
dar bola a alguien to pay attention to sb;

nadie le da bola al nuevo compañero nobody takes any notice of our new colleague;

nunca le dio bola a su hijo she never showed any interest in her son;
Andes, Ven
parar bola a alguien to pay attention to sb;
RP
tener bolas [ser valiente] to have guts;
[ser lento] to be slow o thick
14. ver bolo²

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bola

f

1 ball;

no dar pie con bola get everything wrong;

dejar que ruede la bola fig let things take their course

2 TÉC ball bearing

3 de helado scoop

4 fam ( mentira) fib fam

5

:

bolas pl pop balls pop, nuts pop ;

en bolas fam stark naked

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bola nf

1) : ball

bola de nieve: snowball

2) fam : lie, fib

3) Mex fam : bunch, group

una bola de rateros: a bunch of thieves

4) Mex : uproar, tumult

* * *

bola n

1. (esfera) ball

las bolas de billar son de marfil billiard balls are made of ivory

2. (mentira) lie

no cuentes bolas don't tell lies

bola de nieve snowball

Spanish-English dictionary > bola
11 escaparse

escaparse

► verbo pronominal

1 (huir) to escape, run away, get away

2 (librarse) to escape, avoid

3 (gas etc) to leak

4 (autobús etc) to miss

■ se me escapó el autobús I missed the bus

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VPR

1) (=huir) [preso] to escape; [niño, adolescente] to run away

se escapó por la puerta de atrás — he escaped through the back door

se me ha escapado la paloma — my pigeon has escaped

me escapé porque no podía aguantar más a mis padres — I ran away because I couldn't stand my parents any longer

ven aquí, no te me escapes — come here, don't run away

• escaparse de — [+ cárcel, peligro] to escape from; [+ jaula] to get out of; [+ situación opresiva] to escape from, get away from

el león se ha escapado del zoológico — the lion has escaped from the zoo

de esta no te escapas — you can't get away this time
pelo 7)
2) (=filtrarse) [gas, líquido] to leak, leak out ( por from)

3) (=dejar pasar)

me voy, que se me escapa el tren — I'm going, or I'll miss my train

se me había escapado ese detalle — that detail had escaped my notice, I had overlooked o missed that detail

a nadie se le escapa la importancia de esta visita — everybody is aware of o realizes the importance of this visit

• no se me escapa que... — I am aware that..., I realize that...

escaparse de las manos —

la realidad se me escapa de las manos — I'm losing touch with reality, I'm losing my grip on reality

la situación se les escapó de las manos — they lost control of the situation

4) (=dejar salir)

a) [grito, eructo]

se me escapó un eructo sin darme cuenta — I accidentally burped o let out a burp

se le escapó un suspiro de alivio — she breathed o let out a sigh of relief

no pude evitar que se me escapara una carcajada — I couldn't help bursting out laughing

se me escapó una lágrima — a tear came to my eye

b) [dato, noticia]

se le escapó la fecha de la reunión — he let slip the date of the meeting

5) (=soltarse)

a) [globo, cometa] to fly away

b) [punto de sutura] to come undone

c) (Cos)

se le escapó un punto en la manga — she dropped a stitch in the sleeve

6) (=hacerse público) [información] to leak, leak out

se escapó la noticia de que iban a vender la compañía — the news leaked that they were going to sell the firm

7) (=olvidarse) to slip one's mind

ahora mismo se me escapa su nombre — his name escapes me o slips my mind right now

* * *

(v.) = slip away, duck away, run away, fall through + the net, break out, slip out, make off, do + a bunk, flee away, flee, weasel (on/out of), duck out

Ex. He gradually let his original aims slip away until he was attempting the impossible -- a universal bibliography -- albeit highly selectively.

Ex. The difficulty for teachers is that they cannot just duck away when children, individually or corporately, are set against what is being asked of them.

Ex. Street boys like Slake, a dodger used to running away, do not, even when they are myopic and dreamers, allow themselves to bump into lampposts.

Ex. For several years the library has had a successful arrangement with a local bookstore to supply it with unusual and important local material that would otherwise fall through the net of its collection development effort = Desde hace varios años, la biblioteca mantiene un acuerdo satisfactorio con una librería local para que le suministre fondo local importante y poco común que, de otro modo, se le escaparía en el desarrollo de la colección.

Ex. The article ' Breaking out with books' describes a pilot project involving the offering of library courses to inmate library assistants and prison librarians.

Ex. The two deflated employees exchanged looks and slipped quietly out of the room.

Ex. To pull off the heist, the thief stole a swipe card for the complex before using the wheelchair to make off.

Ex. As soon as the advance was paid however the manager did a bunk with the money, around £100000, and was never seen nor heard of again.

Ex. For this is the way with these common people; they will work up an enthusiasm one minute, and an hour later it will have fled away and left them cold and empty.

Ex. The Ndzevane Refugee Settlement in south eastern Swaziland provides a home to Swazis displaced from South Africa and those fleeing the RENAMO terrorists in Mozambique.

Ex. Christians have of course been weaseling on this issue since Jesus himself evasively weaseled on it.

Ex. Everyone and their mother (literally) will be ducking out from work early today to be with their nearest and dearest for the long weekend.

* * *

(v.) = slip away, duck away, run away, fall through + the net, break out, slip out, make off, do + a bunk, flee away, flee, weasel (on/out of), duck out

Ex: He gradually let his original aims slip away until he was attempting the impossible -- a universal bibliography -- albeit highly selectively.

Ex: The difficulty for teachers is that they cannot just duck away when children, individually or corporately, are set against what is being asked of them.

Ex: Street boys like Slake, a dodger used to running away, do not, even when they are myopic and dreamers, allow themselves to bump into lampposts.

Ex: For several years the library has had a successful arrangement with a local bookstore to supply it with unusual and important local material that would otherwise fall through the net of its collection development effort = Desde hace varios años, la biblioteca mantiene un acuerdo satisfactorio con una librería local para que le suministre fondo local importante y poco común que, de otro modo, se le escaparía en el desarrollo de la colección.

Ex: The article ' Breaking out with books' describes a pilot project involving the offering of library courses to inmate library assistants and prison librarians.

Ex: The two deflated employees exchanged looks and slipped quietly out of the room.

Ex: To pull off the heist, the thief stole a swipe card for the complex before using the wheelchair to make off.

Ex: As soon as the advance was paid however the manager did a bunk with the money, around £100000, and was never seen nor heard of again.

Ex: For this is the way with these common people; they will work up an enthusiasm one minute, and an hour later it will have fled away and left them cold and empty.

Ex: The Ndzevane Refugee Settlement in south eastern Swaziland provides a home to Swazis displaced from South Africa and those fleeing the RENAMO terrorists in Mozambique.

Ex: Christians have of course been weaseling on this issue since Jesus himself evasively weaseled on it.

Ex: Everyone and their mother (literally) will be ducking out from work early today to be with their nearest and dearest for the long weekend.

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■escaparse verbo reflexivo
1 to escape, run away, get away: le llamaré antes de que se me escape, I'll phone him before he gets away
2 (una oportunidad, transporte) se me escapó el autobús, I missed the bus
3 (gas, líquido) to leak, escape
4 (salvarse) me escapé de una buena bronca, I escaped a good telling-off
' escaparse' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
irse
- salirse
- deslizar
- escabullirse
- escapar
- escurrir
- ir
English:
break away
- escape
- get away
- leak
- run off
- shave
- slip
- squeak
- break
- elude
- get
- run
- skive off
- turn

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vpr

1. [huir] to get away, to escape (de from);
se escaparon de la cárcel they escaped from prison;

escaparse de casa to run away from home;

se me escaparon las cabras the goats got away from me;

no te escapes, que quiero hablar contigo don't run off, I want to talk to you

2. [librarse]
me escapé de milagro [de accidente] I escaped by a miracle;

siempre se escapa de hacer las camas he always gets out of making the beds;
Fam
¡de esta no te escaparás! you're not going to get out of this one!

3. [en carrera] to break away;

Herrera se escapó en solitario Herrera broke away on his own

4. [sujeto: gas, agua] to leak;

el aire se escapa por un agujero the air is leaking out through a hole

5. [sin querer]
se me escapó la risa/una palabrota I let out a laugh/an expletive;
Fam
se me ha escapado un pedo I've just farted;

¡era un secreto! – lo siento, se me escapó it was a secret! - I'm sorry, it just slipped out

6. [irse]
se me escapó el tren I missed the train;

se me escapó la ocasión the opportunity slipped by

7. [quedar fuera del alcance] to escape, to elude;

los motivos de su comportamiento se me escapan the reasons for her behaviour are beyond me

8. [pasar inadvertido]
a tu madre no se le escapa nada your mother doesn't miss a thing;

se me escapó lo que dijo I missed what he said

9. [sujeto: punto de tejido] to drop;

se te han escapado unos puntos you've dropped a couple of stitches

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escaparse

v/r

1 ( huir) escape (de from); de casa run away (de from);

escaparse de situación get out of

2 ( dejar pasar)

:

se me ha escapado el tren I missed the train

3

:

no se te escapa nada nothing gets past you o escapes you

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vr

: to escape notice, to leak out

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escaparse vb

1. (lograr salir, huir) to escape

el canario se ha escapado the canary has escaped

2. (líquido, gas, aire) to leak

se escapa el agua por la tubería water is leaking from the pipe

3. (transporte) to miss

se me escapó el tren I missed the train

4. (secreto) to slip out [pt. & pp. slipped]

no quería decírselo, pero se me escapó I didn't mean to tell him, but it slipped out

escaparse de las manos to slip out of your hands [pt. & pp. slipped]

escapársele la risa to burst out laughing [pt. & pp. burst]

Spanish-English dictionary > escaparse
12 slip

m.

1 briefs.

2 underwear.

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slip

► nombre masculino

1→ link=eslip eslip

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[ez'lip]
SM (pl slips) [ez'lip]
1) (=calzoncillos) underpants pl, briefs pl

2) (=bañador) bathing trunks pl

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[(e)s'lip]
(pl slips) masculino

1) ( prenda interior)

a) ( de hombre) underpants (pl), briefs (pl) (frml), pants (pl) (BrE)

b) ( de mujer) panties (pl), briefs (pl) (frml), knickers (pl) (BrE)

2) ( bañador) swimming trunks (pl)

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[(e)s'lip]
(pl slips) masculino

1) ( prenda interior)

a) ( de hombre) underpants (pl), briefs (pl) (frml), pants (pl) (BrE)

b) ( de mujer) panties (pl), briefs (pl) (frml), knickers (pl) (BrE)

2) ( bañador) swimming trunks (pl)

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SLIP (Protocolo de Internet para Conexiones en Serie)

= SLIP (Serial Line Internet Protocol).

Nota: En Internet, protocolo para conectar un ordenador a Internet a través de una línea telefónica y un modem.

Ex: SLIP (Serial Line Internet Protocol) is a standard for using a regular telephone line (a serial line) and a modem to connect a computer as a real Internet site.

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slip

/(e)sˈlip/

(pl slips)

masculine

A (prenda interior)

1 (de hombre) underpants (pl), briefs (pl) ( frml), pants (pl) ( BrE)

2 (de mujer) panties (pl), knickers (pl) ( BrE), briefs (pl) ( frml)

B (bañador) swimming trunks (pl)

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slip /(e)s'lip/ (pl
◊ slips) sustantivo masculino

1 ( prenda interior)
a) ( de hombre) underpants (pl), pants (pl) (BrE)

b) ( de mujer) panties (pl), knickers (pl) (BrE)

2 ( bañador) swimming trunks (pl)
slip sustantivo masculino (calzoncillo corto) pants, briefs
' slip' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
colar
- colarse
- columpiarse
- combinación
- deslizar
- desliz
- despiste
- escabullirse
- escapar
- escurrirse
- esquinazo
- formularia
- formulario
- lapso
- lapsus
- patinar
- resbalar
- resbalarse
- resbalón
- traspié
- tropezón
- amarradero
- boleta
- derrapar
- descuido
- desmarcarse
- escurrir
- fondo
- mano
- papeleta
- patinazo
- resbalada
- resguardo
- tique
- tropiezo
- vale
- volante
English:
paying-in-slip
- slip
- slip away
- slip back
- slip down
- slip in
- slip into
- slip off
- slip on
- slip out
- slip past
- slip up
- slip-road
- slip-up
- wage slip
- briefs
- cost
- lapse
- pay
- petticoat
- pillow
- quietly
- sales

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slip [es'lip] (pl slips) nm

1. [calzoncillo] briefs [men' s];

compré un slip I bought some briefs, I bought a pair of briefs

2. [bañador] swimming trunks;

trae un slip bring some swimming trunks, bring a pair of swimming trunks

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slip

m underpants pl

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slip nm

: briefs pl, underpants pl

Spanish-English dictionary > slip
13 deslizarse

deslizarse

► verbo pronominal

1 (gen) to slide; (sobre agua) to glide

2 (salir) to slip out (de, of); (entrar) to slip (en, into)

■ se deslizó en la habitación he slipped into the room

3 (fluir) to flow, run

■ el riachuelo se desliza por el valle the stream flows through the valley

4 (transcurrir) to go by, fly

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VPR

1) (=resbalarse) to slide

el coche se deslizó unos metros — the car slid o slipped forward a few metres

los niños se deslizaban por el pasamanos — the children were sliding down the banisters

gotas de sudor se deslizaban por su frente — beads of sweat ran o slid down his forehead

el esquiador se desliza por la pista — the skier slips o skis down the slope

la patinadora se deslizaba elegantemente — the skater was gliding along

2) (=avanzar) [serpiente] to slither; [barco] to glide, slip

la anguila se deslizó entre mis manos — the eel slipped through my fingers

el tren se desliza a 300km/h — the train glides along at 300km/h

el agua se desliza mansamente — the water flows along gently

3) frm [secreto] to slip out; [error] to slip in, creep in

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(v.) = slither, drift, skid, glide

Ex. 'Trouble slithering underfoot in the Garden of Eden?', the librarian shook his head sheepishly.

Ex. Now that libraries have been catapulted out of the ice age by the online catalogue, they cannot afford to drift through the strong, variable winds of technological change.

Ex. As a result of the snow they skidded across the road into a lorry.

Ex. 'Ciao!' I shouted to the gondoliers as they glided past, their passengers waving up to me as I stood on the balcony of my room.

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(v.) = slither, drift, skid, glide

Ex: 'Trouble slithering underfoot in the Garden of Eden?', the librarian shook his head sheepishly.

Ex: Now that libraries have been catapulted out of the ice age by the online catalogue, they cannot afford to drift through the strong, variable winds of technological change.

Ex: As a result of the snow they skidded across the road into a lorry.

Ex: 'Ciao!' I shouted to the gondoliers as they glided past, their passengers waving up to me as I stood on the balcony of my room.

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■deslizarse verbo reflexivo
1 (sobre una superficie) to slide
2 (un río, una corriente) to flow: las lágrimas se deslizaban por su mejilla, tears flowed down her cheeks
3 (en un lugar, silenciosamente) to glide: se deslizó en la oficina y consultó los informes reservados, she slipped into the office and went through the confidential reports
' deslizarse' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
escabullirse
- deslizar
- escurrir
English:
glide
- slide
- slip in
- slip into
- slither
- coast
- roll
- skid

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vpr

1. [resbalar] to slide;

deslizarse por to slide along;

el barco se deslizaba por la superficie the boat glided along the surface;

los esquiadores se deslizaban por la nieve the skiers slid across the snow;

los niños se deslizaron por el tobogán the children slid down the chute;

las lágrimas se deslizaban por sus mejillas tears ran down his cheeks;

el agua se desliza mansamente río abajo the water flows gently downriver

2. [escabullirse] to slip;

una lagartija se deslizó entre las rocas a lizard slipped in between the rocks;

para entrar/salir tuvo que deslizarse sin que lo viera el portero to get in/out he had to slip past the porter without being seen

3. [sujeto: error]
deslizarse en to creep into

4. [sujeto: tiempo, vida] to slip away o by

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deslizarse

v/r

1 slide;

deslizarse sobre el hielo slide over the ice

2

:

se me ha deslizado un error I’ve slipped up

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vr

1) : to slide, to glide

2) : to slip away

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deslizarse vb

1. (moverse) to slide [pt. & pp. slid]

los niños se dejan deslizar por el terraplén the children slide down the embankment

los esquís se deslizaban sobre la nieve the skis slid over the snow

2. (escurrirse) to slip [pt. & pp. slipped]

se deslizó en la casa he slipped into the house

Spanish-English dictionary > deslizarse
14 escabullirse

pron.v.

1 to slip away.

El preso se escabulló anoche The prisoner slipped away last night.

2 to shirk out, to cop out.

María se escabulló de su compromiso Mary shirked out of her commitment.

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escabullirse

Conjugation model [ MULLIR], like link=mullir mullir

► verbo pronominal

1 (entre las manos) to slip through

2 figurado (persona) to slip away, sneak off, disappear

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verb

to slip away

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verbo pronominal ( escaparse) to escape

logró escabullirse entre la multitud — he managed to slip away o slip off into the crowd

se nos escabulló — he gave us the slip (colloq)

no puedes escabullirte de tus responsabilidades — you can't get away from your responsibilities

trató de escabullirse entre la gente — she tried to slip through the crowd

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(v.) = steal away, weasel (on/out of), skulk off, sneak off, sneak out of, sneak away, duck out

Ex. He had merely stolen away as inconspicuously as possible.

Ex. Christians have of course been weaseling on this issue since Jesus himself evasively weaseled on it.

Ex. Good attendance with 21 people there though a few skulked off without paying!.

Ex. One of the great joys in life is sneaking off.

Ex. The temptation will be for the borrower to bypass the issue desk and sneak out of the library with his chosen books = El usuario se sentirá tentado a eludir el mostrador de préstamo y salir inadvertidamente de la biblioteca con los libros que quiere.

Ex. So I decided to take my chances and sneak away quietly on a day when Fabiola had a group meeting at her lab.

Ex. Everyone and their mother (literally) will be ducking out from work early today to be with their nearest and dearest for the long weekend.

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verbo pronominal ( escaparse) to escape

logró escabullirse entre la multitud — he managed to slip away o slip off into the crowd

se nos escabulló — he gave us the slip (colloq)

no puedes escabullirte de tus responsabilidades — you can't get away from your responsibilities

trató de escabullirse entre la gente — she tried to slip through the crowd

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(v.) = steal away, weasel (on/out of), skulk off, sneak off, sneak out of, sneak away, duck out

Ex: He had merely stolen away as inconspicuously as possible.

Ex: Christians have of course been weaseling on this issue since Jesus himself evasively weaseled on it.

Ex: Good attendance with 21 people there though a few skulked off without paying!.

Ex: One of the great joys in life is sneaking off.

Ex: The temptation will be for the borrower to bypass the issue desk and sneak out of the library with his chosen books = El usuario se sentirá tentado a eludir el mostrador de préstamo y salir inadvertidamente de la biblioteca con los libros que quiere.

Ex: So I decided to take my chances and sneak away quietly on a day when Fabiola had a group meeting at her lab.

Ex: Everyone and their mother (literally) will be ducking out from work early today to be with their nearest and dearest for the long weekend.

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escabullirse [I9 ]

v pron

1 (escaparse) to escape

el delincuente logró escabullirse entre la multitud the criminal managed to slip away o slip off into the crowd

después del almuerzo trataré de escabullirme I'll try to slip away after lunch

se nos escabulló he gave us the slip ( colloq)

no puedes escabullirte de tus responsabilidades you can't get away from o get out of your responsibilities

2 (introducirse) to slip through

traté de escabullirme entre la gente para ver mejor I tried to slip through the crowd to get a better view

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escabullirse ( conjugate escabullirse) verbo pronominal ( escaparse) to slip away;
◊ logró escabullirse entre la multitud he managed to slip away into the crowd;

no puedes escabullirte de tus responsabilidades you can't get away from your responsibilities
escabullirse verbo reflexivo
1 (escurrirse, deslizarse) to slip away: su salud se le escabulló como un puñado de arena, his health slipped away like sand through one's fingers
2 (desaparecer de un sitio) to melt away: se escabulló de la fiesta, he sneaked away from the party

' escabullirse' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
escurrir
English:
cop out
- dodge
- duck out
- scamper away
- scamper off
- scoot
- scuttle
- skedaddle
- slink
- slip away
- slip out
- sneak
- steal
- slip

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escabullirse vpr

1. [con disimulo] to slip off o away;

siempre que hay trabajo se escabulle he always slips off o away when there's work to be done;

se escabulleron de la sala they slipped out of the hall

2. [escaparse]
el atracador consiguió escabullirse the mugger managed to make his getaway;

se me escabulló he slipped out of my hands

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escabullirse

v/r escape, slip away

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escabullirse {38} vr

: to slip away, to escape

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escabullirse vb

1. (irse) to sneak off / to slip away [pt. & pp. slipped]

no te escabullas, que hoy te toca fregar los platos don't sneak off, it's your turn to wash up today

2. (escaparse de las manos) to slip through [pt. & pp. slipped] / to slip out of

al portero se le escabulló la pelota the ball slipped through the goalkeeper's hands

Spanish-English dictionary > escabullirse
15 escurrirse

escurrirse

► verbo pronominal

1 (platos etc) to drain

2 (líquido) to drip, trickle

3 (deslizarse) to slip, slide

4 familiar (escapar) to run away, slip away

5 familiar (decir demasiado) to let slip

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to slip away

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VPR

1) [líquido] to drip

2) (=resbalarse) [objeto] to slip, slide

se me escurrió de entre las manos — it slipped out of my hands

3) [comentario] to slip out

4) [persona] to slip away, sneak off

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= slip.

Ex. If someone does slip on your wet floors and the area is marked correctly with warning signs the court will usually side in your favor.

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= slip.

Ex: If someone does slip on your wet floors and the area is marked correctly with warning signs the court will usually side in your favor.

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■escurrirse verbo reflexivo
1 (resbalarse) to slip: se le escurrió de las manos, it slipped out of his hands
2 (soltar el agua) to dry out: deja que el paraguas se escurra en la bañera, let the umbrella dry out in the bath(tub)
' escurrirse' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
escabullirse
- deslizar
- escurrir
English:
drain
- trickle

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vpr

1. [sujeto: líquido] to drain off, to drain away;

pon la pasta aquí para que se le escurra el agua put the pasta here for the water to drain off

2. [resbalarse] to slip;

me escurrí en el hielo I slipped on the ice;

se me escurrió de las manos it slipped through my fingers

3. Fam [escabullirse] to get away, to escape;

si puedo me escurriré de la reunión I'll slip out of the meeting if I can

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escurrirse

v/r

1 de líquido drain away

2 ( deslizarse) slip; ( escaparse) slip away

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vr

: to slip away

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escurrirse vb to slip [pt. & pp. slipped]

el suelo estaba mojado y se escurrió the floor was wet and she slipped

se me escurrió de entre las manos it slipped out of my hands

Spanish-English dictionary > escurrirse
16 estilo

m.

1 style.

esta iglesia es de estilo gótico that church was built in the Gothic style

al estilo de in the style of

2 style.

esa chica tiene mucho estilo that girl has a lot of style

cada uno tiene un estilo de hacer las cosas we all have our own way of doing things

estilo de vida lifestyle

3 stroke.

estilo libre freestyle

4 tendency, style.

pres.indicat.

1^st person singular (yo) present indicative of spanish verb: estilar.

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estilo

► nombre masculino

1 (gen) style

2 (modo) manner, fashion

3 GRAMÁTICA speech

4 (natación) stroke

\

FRASEOLOGÍA

al estilo de... in the style of...

algo por el estilo something like that

estilo de vida way of life

estilo braza breaststroke

estilo directo LINGÚÍSTICA direct speech

estilo indirecto LINGÚÍSTICA indirect speech

estilo libre freestyle

estilo mariposa butterfly

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noun m.

1) style

2) fashion, manner

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SM

1) (=manera) style

el estilo del escritor — the writer's style

un comedor estilo Luis XV — a dining-room suite in Louis XV style

un estilo inconfundible de andar — an unmistakeable way of walking

al estilo antiguo — in the old style

un mosaico al estilo de los que se hacían en Roma — a mosaic in the style of those made in Rome

por el estilo —

algo por el estilo — something of the sort o kind, something along those lines

no tenemos nada por el estilo — we have nothing in that line

los banqueros y gentes por el estilo — bankers and people like that

estilo de vida — way of life

no me gusta su estilo de vida — I don't like his way of life o his lifestyle

el estilo de vida británico — the British way of life

un estilo de vida similar al nuestro — a similar lifestyle to ours

estilo directo — (Ling) direct speech

estilo indirecto — (Ling) indirect speech, reported speech

2) (=elegancia) style

una chica con estilo — a stylish girl

tiene mucho estilo vistiendo — he dresses very stylishly

3) (Natación) stroke

estilos — medley

los 400m estilos — the 400m medley

estilo braza — breast stroke

estilo libre — freestyle

estilo mariposa — butterfly stroke

4) (=punzón) [para escribir] stylus; [de reloj de sol] gnomon, needle

5) (Bot) style

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masculino

1)

a) (Art) style

estilo barroco — baroque style

b) (manera, tipo) style

ropa de estilo deportivo — casual wear

hecho al estilo de mi tierra — done the way they do it back home

por el estilo: no es que me desagrade ni nada por el estilo it isn't that I don't like him or anything (like that); y otras cosas por el estilo and other things of that sort o kind; dijo eso o algo por el estilo he said that or words to that effect; son todos por el estilo — they are all the same

c) ( calidad distintiva) style

se viste con mucho estilo — he dresses very stylishly

- estilo de vida

- estilo directo

- estilo indirecto

2) ( en natación) stroke, style

los 200 metros estilos — the 200 meter medley

- estilo libre

- estilo mariposa

- estilo pecho or braza

3) (Bot) style

4) ( punzón) stylus

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= form, delivery, hand, idiom, writing style, style, panache.

Ex. It is under the chosen form of heading that the catalogue entry for a particular document is filed and hence located.

Ex. Just as delivery must be tuned to suit the kind of material chosen, so must the language used to tell a story.

Ex. The Aldine greek was based on a much admired humanistic cursive hand which relied for its good looks on a multiplicity of alternative letters, ligatures, and contractions.

Ex. Using a popular idiom, we might inquire, 'Is this the real McCoy'?.

Ex. Above all the journal wishes to provide research and comment in a form that is easily and quickly understood: a fresh, rigorous, but unfussy, writing style is what is aimed for.

Ex. The dialogue style is well-suited to occasional and novice users but can be slow.

Ex. It is a richly documented, smoothly narrated, and lavishly illustrated study by a historian who knows his stuff and tells it with panache.

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* al estilo de = a la, along the lines, in the mould of.

* al estilo de los índices de materia = subject-type.

* al estilo de + Nombre = in a + Nombre + sort of way.

* al estilo militar = military-style.

* con estilo = stylish.

* corrector de estilo = style checker, copy editor, subeditor.

* del estilo de los directorios = directory-type.

* error de estilo = stylistic error.

* esquí estilo libre = freestyle skiing.

* estilo abstracto = abstract style.

* estilo ampuloso = turgid style, plethoric style.

* estilo arquitectónico = architectural style.

* estilo artístico = artistic style.

* estilo barato = kitsch.

* estilo bibliotecario = library chic.

* estilo de aprendizaje = learning style.

* estilo de gestión = managerial style, management style.

* estilo de la casa = house style.

* estilo de pelo = hairstyle.

* estilo de resumir = abstracting style.

* estilo de vida = lifestyle [life style/life-style], style of life, way of life.

* estilo de vida alternativo = alternative life-style.

* estilo directo = direct speech, direct discourse.

* estilo esloveno = Slovenica.

* estilo gótico = Gothic style.

* estilo indirecto = indirect speech, indirect discourse.

* estilo libre = freestyle.

* estilo literario = literary style, writing style.

* estilo periodístico = journalese.

* estilo personal = individual style, persona [personae, -pl.].

* estilo pobre = impoverished style.

* estilo rústico = rustic style.

* estilo telegráfico = telegraphese.

* estilo tipográfico = typographical style.

* estilo tradicional = traditional style.

* freír al estilo chino = stir-fry.

* frito al estilo chino = stir-fry.

* guía de estilo = style guideline.

* hoja de estilo = style sheet.

* índices de títulos al estilo de los índices de materia = subject-type title indexes.

* manual de estilo = style manual, style guideline.

* Manual de Estilo de Chicago = Chicago Manual of Style.

* Manual de Estilo de la MLA, el = MLA Style Manual, the.

* sin estilo = dowdy [dowdier -comp., dowdiest -sup.].

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masculino

1)

a) (Art) style

estilo barroco — baroque style

b) (manera, tipo) style

ropa de estilo deportivo — casual wear

hecho al estilo de mi tierra — done the way they do it back home

por el estilo: no es que me desagrade ni nada por el estilo it isn't that I don't like him or anything (like that); y otras cosas por el estilo and other things of that sort o kind; dijo eso o algo por el estilo he said that or words to that effect; son todos por el estilo — they are all the same

c) ( calidad distintiva) style

se viste con mucho estilo — he dresses very stylishly

- estilo de vida

- estilo directo

- estilo indirecto

2) ( en natación) stroke, style

los 200 metros estilos — the 200 meter medley

- estilo libre

- estilo mariposa

- estilo pecho or braza

3) (Bot) style

4) ( punzón) stylus

* * *

= form, delivery, hand, idiom, writing style, style, panache.

Ex: It is under the chosen form of heading that the catalogue entry for a particular document is filed and hence located.

Ex: Just as delivery must be tuned to suit the kind of material chosen, so must the language used to tell a story.

Ex: The Aldine greek was based on a much admired humanistic cursive hand which relied for its good looks on a multiplicity of alternative letters, ligatures, and contractions.

Ex: Using a popular idiom, we might inquire, 'Is this the real McCoy'?.

Ex: Above all the journal wishes to provide research and comment in a form that is easily and quickly understood: a fresh, rigorous, but unfussy, writing style is what is aimed for.

Ex: The dialogue style is well-suited to occasional and novice users but can be slow.

Ex: It is a richly documented, smoothly narrated, and lavishly illustrated study by a historian who knows his stuff and tells it with panache.

* al estilo de = a la, along the lines, in the mould of.

* al estilo de los índices de materia = subject-type.

* al estilo de + Nombre = in a + Nombre + sort of way.

* al estilo militar = military-style.

* con estilo = stylish.

* corrector de estilo = style checker, copy editor, subeditor.

* del estilo de los directorios = directory-type.

* error de estilo = stylistic error.

* esquí estilo libre = freestyle skiing.

* estilo abstracto = abstract style.

* estilo ampuloso = turgid style, plethoric style.

* estilo arquitectónico = architectural style.

* estilo artístico = artistic style.

* estilo barato = kitsch.

* estilo bibliotecario = library chic.

* estilo de aprendizaje = learning style.

* estilo de gestión = managerial style, management style.

* estilo de la casa = house style.

* estilo de pelo = hairstyle.

* estilo de resumir = abstracting style.

* estilo de vida = lifestyle [life style/life-style], style of life, way of life.

* estilo de vida alternativo = alternative life-style.

* estilo directo = direct speech, direct discourse.

* estilo esloveno = Slovenica.

* estilo gótico = Gothic style.

* estilo indirecto = indirect speech, indirect discourse.

* estilo libre = freestyle.

* estilo literario = literary style, writing style.

* estilo periodístico = journalese.

* estilo personal = individual style, persona [personae, -pl.].

* estilo pobre = impoverished style.

* estilo rústico = rustic style.

* estilo telegráfico = telegraphese.

* estilo tipográfico = typographical style.

* estilo tradicional = traditional style.

* freír al estilo chino = stir-fry.

* frito al estilo chino = stir-fry.

* guía de estilo = style guideline.

* hoja de estilo = style sheet.

* índices de títulos al estilo de los índices de materia = subject-type title indexes.

* manual de estilo = style manual, style guideline.

* Manual de Estilo de Chicago = Chicago Manual of Style.

* Manual de Estilo de la MLA, el = MLA Style Manual, the.

* sin estilo = dowdy [dowdier -comp., dowdiest -sup.].

* * *

estilo

masculine

A

1 ( Art) style

estilo barroco baroque style

muebles estilo Luis XVI Luis XVI furniture

2 (manera, tipo) style

ropa de estilo deportivo casual wear

ese estilo de abrigo that kind o type o style of overcoat

enaguas al estilo de nuestras abuelas petticoats like our grandmothers used to wear

está hecho al estilo de mi tierra it's done the way they do it back home

por el estilo: no es que me desagrade ni nada por el estilo it isn't that I don't like him or anything (like that)

creo que dijo eso o algo por el estilo I think he said that or words to that effect o something like it

y sus amigos son todos por el estilo and all his friends are the same

3 (calidad distintiva) style

se viste con mucho estilo he dresses with great style o very stylishly

Compuestos:

● estilo de vida

way of life, lifestyle

● estilo directo

direct speech

● estilo indirecto

indirect o reported speech

B (en natación) stroke, style

los 200 metros estilos the 200 meter medley

Compuestos:

● estilo braza

( Esp) breaststroke

● estilo libre

freestyle

● estilo mariposa or ( Méx) de mariposa

butterfly, butterfly stroke

● estilo pecho or ( Méx) de pecho

breaststroke

C ( Bot) style

D

1 (punzón) stylus

2 (de un reloj de sol) gnomon

* * *

Del verbo estilar: ( conjugate estilar)

estilo es:

1ª persona singular (yo) presente indicativo

estiló es:

3ª persona singular (él/ella/usted) pretérito indicativo

Multiple Entries:
estilar
estilo
estilar ( conjugate estilar) verbo intransitivo (Chi) ( gotear) to drip;
( escurrir) to drain
estilarse verbo pronominal [moda/peinado] to be fashionable
estilo sustantivo masculino
a) ( en general) style;

◊ estilo barroco baroque style;

estilo de vida way of life, lifestyle;
ropa estilo deportivo casual wear;
vestir con estilo to dress stylishly;
al estilo de mi tierra the way they do it back home;
por el estilo: son todos por el estilo they are all the same;
algo por el estilo something like that
b) ( en natación) stroke, style;

◊ estilo libre freestyle;

estilo mariposa butterfly;
estilo pecho or (Esp) braza breaststroke
estilo sustantivo masculino
1 Arte style
estilo imperio, empire style
2 (modo) manner, style: éste no es mi estilo de actuar, this isn't my way of doing things
3 (elegancia) es una mujer con mucho estilo she's a very stylish woman
4 Natación stroke
estilo mariposa, butterfly (stroke)
5 Ling estilo directo/indirecto, direct/indirect speech
♦ Locuciones: algo por el estilo, something like that
' estilo' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
A
- academicismo
- adusta
- adusto
- ancha
- ancho
- categoría
- clase
- corte
- cresta
- depurar
- despersonalizada
- despersonalizado
- despreocupada
- despreocupado
- formalismo
- grandilocuente
- imprimir
- indirecta
- indirecto
- informal
- lindeza
- llana
- llano
- mano
- novedosa
- novedoso
- punzante
- recrear
- retorcida
- retorcido
- sabor
- sentar
- suelta
- suelto
- swing
- trabajar
- vanguardia
- vanguardismo
- a
- académico
- ágil
- agilidad
- armonizar
- asequible
- austero
- barroco
- castizo
- clásico
- crawl
English:
awaken
- backstroke
- bite
- collarless
- compact
- conventional
- dash
- elaborate
- exemplify
- fashion
- flair
- florid
- flowing
- fluid
- free-style
- goulash
- gracious
- idiom
- individual
- kind
- laboured
- lifestyle
- literary
- mode
- old-style
- panache
- polish
- polished
- precious
- purple
- reported
- restrained
- severe
- severity
- speech
- stilted
- style
- stylish
- suchlike
- sugary
- tame
- to
- tone
- vein
- back
- brand
- breast
- butter
- design
- direct

* * *

estilo nm

1. [artístico, literario] style;

esta iglesia es de estilo gótico this church was built in the Gothic style;

al estilo de in the style of;

al estilo de Mozart in the style of Mozart

Comp
estilo imperio Empire style
2. [manera, carácter] style;

cada uno tiene un estilo de hacer las cosas we all have our own way of doing things;

este vestido no es de su estilo that dress isn't her style;

mentiría, pero no es mi estilo I would tell a lie, but that's not my style o that's not me;

el estilo de juego brasileño the Brazilian style of play;

un estilo de hablar pausado a slow and deliberate way of speaking;

un peinado estilo años veinte a twenties-style hairdo;

al estilo de: se visten al estilo de los años sesenta they wear sixties-style clothes;

al estilo de lo que se hacía antes en los pueblos in the way things used to be done in villages;

Comp

por el estilo: dijo algo por el estilo she said something of the sort;

se apellida Garcés o algo por el estilo his surname's Garcés or something like that;

nos llevará tres horas o algo por el estilo it'll take us something like three hours;

ser por el estilo to be similar;

todos los bares son por el estilo all the bars are similar o like that

Comp
estilo de vida lifestyle
3. [clase, elegancia] style;

esa chica tiene mucho estilo that girl has a lot of style

4. [en natación] stroke;

estilos medley;

los 400 metros estilos the 400 metres medley

Comp
estilo libre freestyle
5. Gram estilo directo direct speech;

estilo indirecto indirect speech

6. Bot style

7. [punzón] stylus, style

8. [de reloj de sol] gnomon

* * *

estilo

m style;

al estilo de in the style of;

algo por el estilo something like that;

son todos por el estilo they’re all the same

* * *

estilo nm

1) : style

2) : fashion, manner

3) : stylus

* * *

estilo n (en general) style

no me gusta el estilo de ese escritor I don't like that writer's style

estilo de vida lifestyle

o algo por el estilo or something like that

estilo braza breaststroke

estilo espalda backstroke

estilo directo direct speech

estilo indirecto reported speech

Spanish-English dictionary > estilo

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escurridor — ► sustantivo masculino 1 COCINA Recipiente de cocina, semejante a un colador grande, en que se escurren los alimentos: ■ antes de hacer la ensalada pon la lechuga en el escurridor. 2 COCINA Armario de cocina provisto de uno o más estantes en el… … Enciclopedia Universal
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enjugador — ► adjetivo 1 Que enjuga, seca o escurre. ► sustantivo masculino 2 Utensilio que se usa para enjugar o escurrir, como las cápsulas usadas en los laboratorios o las cubetas de los cartoneros. 3 Armazón de aros y tablillas con un enrejado de cuerda… … Enciclopedia Universal
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