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1 plain
plein
1. adjective1) (simple or ordinary; without ornament or decoration: plain living; good, plain food.) sencillo; liso; sin ornamentos; llano (persona)2) (easy to understand; clear: His words were quite plain.) claro, evidente3) (absolutely open or honest, with no attempt to be tactful: I'll be quite plain with you; plain speaking.) franco4) (obvious: It's plain (to see) you haven't been practising your music.) claro, evidente5) (not pretty: a rather plain girl.) común, ordinario, poco atractivo, feúcho, poco agraciado
2. noun1) (a large flat level piece of land: the plains of central Canada.) llanura2) (a kind of knitting stitch.) punto del derecho•- plainly- plainness
- plain chocolate
- plain clothes
- plain sailing
- plain-spoken
- in plain English
plain1 adj1. claro2. sencillo3. liso / sin dibujoplain2 n llanuratr[pleɪn]1 (clear) claro,-a, evidente2 (straightforward) franco,-a, directo,-a3 (simple, ordinary) sencillo,-a; (without pattern) liso,-a4 (unattractive) poco agraciado,-a, feúcho,-a5 (chocolate) sin leche; (flour) sin levadura1 (absolutely) totalmente2 (clearly) claramente, francamente1 SMALLGEOGRAPHY/SMALL llanura2 (in knitting) punto del derecho\SMALLIDIOMATIC EXPRESSION/SMALLin plain clothes vestido,-a de paisanoin plain English en términos sencillos, en cristianoto be (all) plain sailing ser coser y cantarto make oneself plain explicarseplain ['pleɪn] adj1) simple, unadorned: liso, sencillo, sin adornos2) clear: claroin plain language: en palabras claras3) frank: franco, purothe plain truth: la pura verdad4) homely: ordinario, poco atractivo5)in plain sight : a la vista de todosplain n: llanura f, llano m, planicie fadj.• bueno, -a adj.• desnudo, -a adj.• liso, -a adj.• llano, -a adj.• natural adj.• ordinario, -a adj.• puro, -a adj.• santo, -a adj.• sencillo, -a adj.• simple adj.• sin adornos adj.• sin atractivo adj.adv.• claro adv.n.• llana s.f.• llanada s.f.• llano s.m.• llanura s.f.• plana s.f.• planicie s.f.
I pleɪnadjective -er, -est1)tell me in plain English — dímelo en términos sencillos or (fam & hum) en cristiano
just plain water, thank you — agua nada más, gracias
b) ( Culin)plain chocolate — (BrE) chocolate m sin leche
plain flour — harina f común
2)a) ( clear) clarothe reasons are plain to see — las razones saltan a la vista or son obvias
b) (blunt, straightforward)the plain truth — la pura verdad, la verdad lisa y llana
I'll be plain with you, Mr Andrews — seré franco or sincero con usted, señor Andrews
3) ( not good-looking) feo, poco agraciado
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a) ( downright) (as intensifier) totalmenteshe's not incapable, she's just plain lazy — no es que sea incapaz: lo que es es vaga
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noun llanura f[pleɪn]1. ADJ(compar plainer) (superl plainest)1) (=clear, obvious) claro, evidenteit is plain that — es evidente or obvio que, está claro que
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to make sth plain (to sb) — poner algo de manifiesto (a algn), dejar algo claroyou have made your feelings plain — has puesto tus sentimientos de manifiesto, has dejado claros tus sentimientos
2) (=outspoken, honest) francoI shall be plain with you — le hablaré con toda franqueza, seré franco con usted
let me be plain with you — déjeme que le hable claramente or sin rodeos, permítame que le hable con franqueza frm
3) (=unadorned) [answer] franco; [living] sencillo, sin lujo; [food, cooking] sencillo, corriente; [language, style] sencillo, llano; [envelope] en blanco; [paper] liso; [fabric] de un solo color, lisothey're very plain people — es gente muy sencilla or llana
she used to be plain Miss Jones — antes se llamaba la Srta. Jones sin más
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in plain English or language — (=understandably) en lenguaje claro or sencillo; (=frankly) (hablando) sin rodeos4) (=not pretty) poco atractivo- be a plain Jane2. ADV1) * (=completely)he's plain wrong — no tiene razón, y punto
it's just plain stupid — es una ridiculez absoluta or total
2) (=simply) claramente, con toda claridad•
I can't put it plainer than that — más claramente no lo puedo decir, no lo puedo decir con más claridad•
he told me quite plain that... — me dijo claramente or con toda claridad que...3. N1) (Geog) llanura f, llano mthe Great Plains — (US) las Grandes Llanuras
2) (Knitting) punto m sencillo4.CPDplain chocolate N — chocolate m amargo or sin leche
plain flour N — harina f sin levadura
plain speaking N — franqueza f
plain yogurt N — yogur m natural
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I [pleɪn]adjective -er, -est1)tell me in plain English — dímelo en términos sencillos or (fam & hum) en cristiano
just plain water, thank you — agua nada más, gracias
b) ( Culin)plain chocolate — (BrE) chocolate m sin leche
plain flour — harina f común
2)a) ( clear) clarothe reasons are plain to see — las razones saltan a la vista or son obvias
b) (blunt, straightforward)the plain truth — la pura verdad, la verdad lisa y llana
I'll be plain with you, Mr Andrews — seré franco or sincero con usted, señor Andrews
3) ( not good-looking) feo, poco agraciado
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a) ( downright) (as intensifier) totalmenteshe's not incapable, she's just plain lazy — no es que sea incapaz: lo que es es vaga
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noun llanura f -
2 puritan
'pjuəritən1) (a person who is strict and disapproves of many kinds of enjoyment.) puritano2) (formerly, in England and America, a member of a religious group wanting to make church worship etc simpler and plainer.) puritano•tr['pjʊərɪtən]1 puritano,-a1 puritano,-apuritan ['pjʊrətən] n: puritano m, -na fadj.• puritano, -a adj.n.• puritano s.m.
I 'pjʊrətṇ, 'pjʊərɪtəna) Puritan puritano, -na m,fb) ( morally) puritano, -na m,f
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a) Puritan puritanob) ( morally strict) puritano['pjʊǝrɪtǝn]1.ADJ puritano2.N puritano(-a) m / f* * *
I ['pjʊrətṇ, 'pjʊərɪtən]a) Puritan puritano, -na m,fb) ( morally) puritano, -na m,f
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a) Puritan puritanob) ( morally strict) puritano
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