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lot1) (a person's fortune or fate: It seemed to be her lot to be always unlucky.) suerte, destino2) (a separate part: She gave one lot of clothes to a jumble sale and threw another lot away.) lote3) (one article or several, sold as a single item at an auction: Are you going to bid for lot 28?) lote•- lots- a lot
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lot n muchotr[lɒt]1 (large number) cantidad nombre femenino■ what a lot of space there is! ¡cuánto espacio hay!2 (group) grupo3 (in auction) lote nombre masculino4 (fate) suerte nombre femenino1 todo,-a, todos,-as1 mucho,-a, muchos,-as, cantidad de\SMALLIDIOMATIC EXPRESSION/SMALLthanks a lot! ¡muchísimas gracias!to cast lots for something / draw lots for something echar algo a suerteslot ['lɑt] n1) drawing: sorteo mby lot: por sorteo2) share: parte f, porción f3) fate: suerte f4) land, plot: terreno m, solar m, lote m, parcela f5)lots of books: un montón de libros, muchos librosa lot of people: mucha genten.• gran cantidad s.f.• grupo s.m.• hatajo s.m.• hato s.m.• lote s.m.• montón s.m.• porción s.f.• sino s.m.• solar s.m.• suerte s.f.• terreno s.m.• tipo s.m.lɑːt, lɒt1) (large number, quantity)a) (no pl)what a lot of fuss over nothing! — tanto lío por una tontería!; fat I 3)
b)I like her a lot — me gusta mucho, me cae muy bien
c) lots pl (colloq)how many seats are there left? - lots — ¿cuántos asientos quedan? - muchos or (fam) montones
2)a) (group, mass of things) montón m, pila fb) ( group of people) (colloq)they're a funny lot — son raros, son gente rara
come on, you lot! — vamos, ustedes or (Esp) vosotros!
c)the lot — (esp BrE)
they ate the lot — se lo comieron todo (or se las comieron todas etc)
one more story, then that's your lot! — un cuento más y se acabó!
3) ( at auction) lote m4)a) ( parcel of land) terreno m, solar mb) (AmE) parking lot5)a) ( for random choice)to draw o cast lots for something — echar algo a suertes
b) ( fate) suerte f[lɒt]N1) (=large quantity)we have lots of flowers (that we don't want) — nos sobran flores, tenemos flores de sobra
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an awful lot of things to do — la mar de cosas que hacer•
I'd give a lot to know — me gustaría muchísimo saberlo•
quite/ such a lot of books — bastantes/tantos librosquite/such a lot of noise — bastante/tanto ruido
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there wasn't a lot we could do — apenas había nada que pudiéramos hacer2)•
he drinks an awful lot — bebe una barbaridad•
not a lot, "do you like football?" - "not a lot" — -¿te gusta el fútbol? -no mucho•
thanks a lot! — ¡muchísimas gracias!, ¡muy agradecido!3) lots*lots of people — mucha gente, cantidad de gente *
she has lots of friends — tiene muchos amigos, tiene un montón de or (LAm) hartos amigos *
take as much as you want, I've got lots — llévate cuanto quieras, tengo un montón or (LAm) harto(s) *
4) * (=group)•
a fine lot of students — un buen grupo de estudiantesMelissa's friends? I don't like that lot — ¿los amigos de Melissa? no me cae bien ese grupo
5)the lot * — (=all, everything) todo
big ones, little ones, the lot! — ¡los grandes, los pequeños, todos!
6) (=destiny) suerte f, destino m•
the common lot — la suerte común•
it fell to my lot (to do sth) — me cayó en suerte (hacer algo)•
to throw in one's lot with sb — unirse a la suerte de algn7) (=random selection)•
to decide sth by lot — determinar algo por sorteo•
to draw lots (for sth) — echar suertes (para algo)8) (at auction) lote mI'll send it in three lots — (Comm) se lo mando en tres paquetes or tandas
9) (=plot) (esp US) terreno m, solar m ; (Cine) solar m* * *[lɑːt, lɒt]1) (large number, quantity)a) (no pl)what a lot of fuss over nothing! — tanto lío por una tontería!; fat I 3)
b)I like her a lot — me gusta mucho, me cae muy bien
c) lots pl (colloq)how many seats are there left? - lots — ¿cuántos asientos quedan? - muchos or (fam) montones
2)a) (group, mass of things) montón m, pila fb) ( group of people) (colloq)they're a funny lot — son raros, son gente rara
come on, you lot! — vamos, ustedes or (Esp) vosotros!
c)the lot — (esp BrE)
they ate the lot — se lo comieron todo (or se las comieron todas etc)
one more story, then that's your lot! — un cuento más y se acabó!
3) ( at auction) lote m4)a) ( parcel of land) terreno m, solar mb) (AmE) parking lot5)a) ( for random choice)to draw o cast lots for something — echar algo a suertes
b) ( fate) suerte f
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