pedir cita

• concertar una cita — to make an appointment, arrange an appointment

• pedir cita — to make an appointment

• acudir a una cita — to attend a meeting

• darse cita — (=quedar citado) to arrange to meet; (=encontrarse) to gather

• lugar de cita — meeting place

• ser cita obligada, este festival es cita obligada para los amantes de la danza — this festival is a must for lovers of dance

faltó or no acudió a la cita — he didn't show up

darse cita: se dieron cita en la estación they arranged to meet at the station; cientos de famosos se dieron cita en el estreno — (period) hundreds of celebrities were gathered at the premiere

una cita de Cervantes — a quotation o quote from Cervantes

faltó or no acudió a la cita — he didn't show up

darse cita: se dieron cita en la estación they arranged to meet at the station; cientos de famosos se dieron cita en el estreno — (period) hundreds of celebrities were gathered at the premiere

una cita de Cervantes — a quotation o quote from Cervantes

Ex: Dexter Rundle went on: 'As I said I'm late for an appointment and have to go, but tell Ms. Lachaise that I'll be in touch with her'.

Ex: The article 'A date with progress' explains the benefits to librarians and users of having the publication date of a book added to its Dewey Decimal Classification number.

Ex: Kilgour, from whom the above quote is taken, believes that with such catalogues 'it will not be necessary to have extensive descriptive cataloging rule systems'.

Ex: Longer titles since each title can occupy only one line will be truncated and only brief source references are included.

• pedir cuentas a algn — to demand an explanation from sb

• pedir algo a Dios — to pray to God for sth

• pedir disculpas — to apologize

• pedir algo por favor, me pidió por favor que fuera discreto — he asked me to please keep it to myself

• pedir hora — to make an appointment

• pedir limosna — to beg

• pedir la palabra — to ask for permission to speak

• pedir perdón — (=disculparse) to apologize; [suplicando] to beg (for) forgiveness

• pedir permiso — to ask (for) permission

hemos pedido dos cafés y un té — we've asked for o ordered two coffees and a tea

• pedir la mano de algn — to ask for sb's hand

• pedir a algn en matrimonio — to ask for sb's hand in marriage

• pedir algo a gritos o voces — to be crying out for sth

• pedir por algn — (Rel) to pray for sb

me pidió disculpas or perdón — he apologized (to me)

me pidió explicaciones or cuentas — he asked me to justify my actions

pidió que lo trasladaran — he asked to be transferred; ver prestado

pedir a una mujer en matrimonio — to ask for a woman's hand in marriage (frml)

esta planta está pidiendo a gritos que la rieguen — this plant is crying out to be watered

me pidió disculpas or perdón — he apologized (to me)

me pidió explicaciones or cuentas — he asked me to justify my actions

pidió que lo trasladaran — he asked to be transferred; ver prestado

pedir a una mujer en matrimonio — to ask for a woman's hand in marriage (frml)

esta planta está pidiendo a gritos que la rieguen — this plant is crying out to be watered

Ex: This recommendation asks the cataloguer to ascertain the name by which an author is commonly known.

ocurrió unos momentos antes — it happened a few moments earlier o before

el edificio que habían comenzado dos años antes — the building that had been started two years before o previously

no te vayas sin antes consultarle — don't go without o before consulting her first, don't go without consulting her beforehand, don't go until you've consulted her

lo vio antes que yo — he saw it first o before I did o before me

• antes de algo — before sth

la cena estará lista para antes de las nueve — dinner will be ready by o before nine

una semana antes de la firma del contrato — a week before o prior to más frm signing the contract

• el año 27 antes de Cristo — 27 BC, 27 before Christ

• antes de hacer algo — before doing sth

antes de salir del coche, asegúrese de que están las ventanillas cerradas — before you get o before getting out of the car, make sure that the windows are closed

• mucho antes de algo — long before sth

mucho antes de conocerte — a long time before I met you o meeting you, long before I met you o meeting you más frm

• antes de o que nada — [en el tiempo] first of all; [indicando preferencia] above all

• poco antes de algo — just o shortly before sth

• antes de que — + subjun before

antes no pasaban estas cosas — these things didn't use to happen before o in the past

• de antes, nuestra casa de antes — our old house, our previous house

ya no soy el mismo de antes — I'm not the same person I was o I used to be

ya no se hacen películas como las de antes — they don't make films like they used to o like they did in the old days

no te he podido llamar antes — I couldn't call you sooner o earlier

• cuanto antes — as soon as possible

• lo antes posible — as soon as possible

cada vez se casan los hijos antes — kids get married at a younger o an earlier age these days

• antes de algo — before sth

no cederemos: antes gastamos todo nuestro dinero — we shall never give up: we would rather o sooner spend all our money

• antes bien, antes al contrario — but rather

• antes no — Chile, Méx just as well, luckily

vi lo furiosa que estaba, antes no te pegó — I saw how angry she was, just as well o luckily she didn't hit you

• antes que hacer algo — rather than doing sth

me lo deberías haber dicho antes — you should have told me before o earlier

llámame antes de salir — call me before leaving o you leave

antes me muero! — I'd rather o sooner die!

me lo deberías haber dicho antes — you should have told me before o earlier

llámame antes de salir — call me before leaving o you leave

antes me muero! — I'd rather o sooner die!

Ex: It will be a long time before all documents are available in machine-readable form.

Ex: These will be established in keeping with the principles established earlier.

• echar horas — to put the hours in

• media hora — half an hour

la media hora del bocadillo — half-hour break at work, ≈ tea break

• por horas — by the hour

trabajar por horas — to work on an hourly basis o by the hour

hora puente — Arg, Uru hour off

horas de consulta — opening hours ( of surgery)

horas de mayor audiencia — (TV) prime time sing

horas de vuelo — (Aer) flying time sing; (fig) (=experiencia) experience sing; (fig) (=antigüedad) seniority sing

horas extra, horas extraordinarias — overtime sing

horas libres — free time sing, spare time sing

horas muertas — dead period sing

• llegar a la hora — to arrive on time

• a altas horas (de la madrugada) — in the small hours

• a una hora avanzada — at a late hour

• dar la hora — [reloj] to strike (the hour)

• poner el reloj en hora — to set one's watch

• no comer entre horas — not to eat between meals

• a estas horas, a estas horas ya deben de estar en París — they must be in Paris by now

• buena hora, es buena hora para empezar — it's a good time to start

• es hora de hacer algo — it is time to do sth

• le ha llegado la hora — her time has come

• mala hora, es mala hora — it's a bad time

• en la hora de su muerte — at the moment of his death

• a primera hora — first thing in the morning

• a última hora — at the last moment, at the last minute

dejar las cosas hasta última hora — to leave things until the last moment o minute

última hora — [noticias] stop press

• la hora de la verdad — the moment of truth

• ¡ya era hora! — and about time too!

ya es o va siendo hora de que te vayas — it is high time (that) you went, it is about time (that) you went

hora de comer — [gen] mealtime; [a mediodía] lunchtime

hora de recreo — playtime, recess (EEUU)

hora de salida — [de tren, avión, bus] time of departure; [de carrera] starting time; [de escuela, trabajo] finishing time

hora insular canaria — local time in the Canary Islands

hora judicial — time when the courts start hearing cases

hora peninsular — local time in mainland Spain

hora pico — Méx rush hour

hora punta — [del tráfico] rush hour

horas punta — [de electricidad, teléfono] peak hours

horas de clase — (=horas lectivas) teaching hours; (=horas de colegio) school hours

doy ocho horas de clase — [profesor] I teach for eight hours

media hora — half an hour, a half hour (AmE)

8.000 pesetas la hora or por hora — 8,000 pesetas an hour

el avión llegó antes de (su) hora — the plane arrived ahead of schedule o arrived early

la decisión se conocerá a las 20 horas — (period) they will give their verdict at 8pm

el ataque se inició a las 20 horas — (frml) the attack commenced at 20.00 hours (léase: twenty hundred hours) (frml)

desde las cero horas — (period) from midnight

no dar ni la hora — (fam)

ésa no da ni la hora! — I'll/you'll/he'll get nothing out of her, she's as mean as they come (colloq)

desde que es jefa, no nos da ni la hora — now that she's been made boss, she won't even give us the time of day

es hora de irse a la cama — it's bedtime o time for bed