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41 weave
I 1. noun(Textiles) Bindung, die2. transitive verb,1) (intertwine) weben [[Baum]wolle, Garn, Fäden]weave flowers into wreaths — aus Blumen Kränze flechten
2) (make by weaving) weben [Textilien]; flechten [Girlande, Korb, Kranz]3) (fig.) einflechten [Nebenhandlung, Thema usw.] ( into in + Akk.)4) (fig.): (contrive) ausspinnen [Geschichte]3. intransitive verb,wove, woven (make fabric by weaving) webenII intransitive verb1) (move repeatedly from side to side) torkeln2) (take devious course) sich schlängeln* * *[wi:v]past tense - wove; verb1) (to make by crossing strands in a pattern: to weave cloth.) weben2) (to tell (an interesting story).) ersinnen3) ((past tense, past participle weaved) to move backwards and forwards or from side to side: The cyclist weaved in and out of the traffic.) sich schlängeln•- academic.ru/81545/weaver">weaver* * *[wi:v]I. vt1. (of cloth)▪ to \weave sth etw webenthis type of wool is woven into fabric diese Art Wolle wird zu Stoff verwoben▪ to \weave sth etw flechtenthe biography is woven from the many accounts which exist of things she did die Biografie setzt sich aus den vielen bereits existierenden Berichten über Dinge, die sie getan hat, zusammen▪ to \weave sth together etw zusammenflechten [o ineinanderflechten]to \weave a basket [from rushes] [aus Binsen] einen Korb flechtento \weave one's way through sth sich dat einen Weg durch etw akk bahnen; ( fig) sich dat durch etw akk durchschlängeln [o durchmogelnII. vi1. (produce cloth) weben3.III. n Webart fbasket \weave Leinenbindung fto have loose/tight \weave locker/fest gewebt seinstriped \weave Streifenmuster nt* * *[wiːv] vb: pret wove, ptp woven1. n(= patterns of threads) Webart f; (= loosely/tightly etc woven fabric) Gewebe ntyou need a tighter weave for a skirt — für einen Rock braucht man ein festeres Gewebe
2. vthe wove the threads together — er verwob die Fäden miteinander
2) (fig) plot, story ersinnen, erfinden; (= add into story etc) details, episode einflechten (into in +acc)he wove a romantic tale (a)round his experiences abroad — er spann seine Erlebnisse im Ausland zu einer romantischen Geschichte aus
3) pret also weaved(= wind)
to weave one's way through the traffic/to the front — sich durch den Verkehr fädeln or schlängeln/nach vorne (durch)schlängeln3. vi3) (inf)to get weaving — sich ranhalten (inf)
to get weaving with sth — sich hinter etw (acc) klemmen (inf)
* * *weave [wiːv]A v/t prät wove [wəʊv], ( besonders 7 und 10) weaved, pperf woven [ˈwəʊvən], ( besonders 7 und 10) weaved1. einen Teppich etc weben3. einen Korb, Kranz etc flechten:weave together zusammenflechten, -weben6. fig ersinnen:B v/i1. weben (auch Spinne)2. flechten3. a) im Zickzack laufenb) hin und her pendeln (auch Boxer)d) sich wiegen:C s1. Gewebe n2. Webart f* * *I 1. noun(Textiles) Bindung, die2. transitive verb,1) (intertwine) weben [[Baum]wolle, Garn, Fäden]2) (make by weaving) weben [Textilien]; flechten [Girlande, Korb, Kranz]3) (fig.) einflechten [Nebenhandlung, Thema usw.] ( into in + Akk.)4) (fig.): (contrive) ausspinnen [Geschichte]3. intransitive verb,wove, woven (make fabric by weaving) webenII intransitive verb1) (move repeatedly from side to side) torkeln2) (take devious course) sich schlängeln* * *(into) v.einflechten (in) v.flechten v.(§ p.,pp.: flocht, geflochten)zusammen weben v.zusammenweben (alt.Rechtschreibung) v. v.(§ p.,p.p.: wove, woven)or: weaved•) = erfinden v.ersinnen v.verflechten v.weben v.wirken v. n.Gewebe - n.Webart -en f. -
42 gráfica
f.chart, graph.* * *1. f., (m. - gráfico) 2. noun f.1) graph, chart2) graphic* * *SF1) (=representación) (Mat) graph; (=diagrama) chartgráfica de fiebre, gráfica de temperatura — (Med) temperature chart
2) (=empresa)"Gráficas Giménez" — "Giménez Graphics"
* * *femenino graph* * *= chart, graph, plot, table, graphic.Nota: Un gráfico es una representación bidimensional opaca (ej., una fotografía o un dibujo técnico) o para ser proyectada (ej., una filmina).Ex. A wall chart is an example of an opaque sheet that exhibits data in graphic or tabular form.Ex. The graphs in Figure 1 show the fraction of records that can be expected to contain no errors as a function of record length, and keyboarding accuracy.Ex. The plot for 99.9 percent represents about the norm for good master typists.Ex. The document containing ordered data typically in rows and columns and possibly with an accompanying text is known as tables.Ex. A graphic is a two-dimensional representation whether opaque (e.g., art originals and reproductions, flash cards, photographs, technical drawings) or intended to be viewed, or projected, without motion, by means of an optical device (e.g., filmstrips, stereographs, slides).----* gráfica bipartita = bipartite graph.* gráfica comparativa = comparison table.* gráfica de flechas = arrowgraph.* gráfica de líneas = line graph.* gráfica de referencias conjuntas = cocitation graph.* gráfica de tarta = pie chart.* línea indicativa de la evolución de una gráfica = trend line [trend-line].* representar con una gráfica = graph.* trazador de gráficas = graph plotter.* trazar con una gráfica = graph.* trazar una gráfica de Algo = plot + Nombre + on a graph.* * *femenino graph* * *= chart, graph, plot, table, graphic.Nota: Un gráfico es una representación bidimensional opaca (ej., una fotografía o un dibujo técnico) o para ser proyectada (ej., una filmina).Ex: A wall chart is an example of an opaque sheet that exhibits data in graphic or tabular form.
Ex: The graphs in Figure 1 show the fraction of records that can be expected to contain no errors as a function of record length, and keyboarding accuracy.Ex: The plot for 99.9 percent represents about the norm for good master typists.Ex: The document containing ordered data typically in rows and columns and possibly with an accompanying text is known as tables.Ex: A graphic is a two-dimensional representation whether opaque (e.g., art originals and reproductions, flash cards, photographs, technical drawings) or intended to be viewed, or projected, without motion, by means of an optical device (e.g., filmstrips, stereographs, slides).* gráfica bipartita = bipartite graph.* gráfica comparativa = comparison table.* gráfica de flechas = arrowgraph.* gráfica de líneas = line graph.* gráfica de referencias conjuntas = cocitation graph.* gráfica de tarta = pie chart.* línea indicativa de la evolución de una gráfica = trend line [trend-line].* representar con una gráfica = graph.* trazador de gráficas = graph plotter.* trazar con una gráfica = graph.* trazar una gráfica de Algo = plot + Nombre + on a graph.* * *graph* * *
gráfico,-a
I adjetivo graphic
diseño gráfico, graphic design
gráfico de tarta, pie chart
II sustantivo masculino y femenino graph
' gráfica' also found in these entries:
English:
graph
- graph paper
- press
* * *gráfica nf1. [figura] graph, chart;[dibujo] diagram* * *f graph* * ** * *gráfica n graph -
43 lote
m.1 share (parte).2 batch, lot (conjunto).un lote de libros a set of books3 allotment, lot.* * *1 (parte) share, portion2 COMERCIO lot, batch\darse el lote familiar to petpegarse el lote familiar to pet* * *noun m.lot, batch* * *ISM1) [de herencia, reparto] portion, share2) [en subasta] lot3) (Inform) batch4) LAm (=solar) lot, piece of land, building site6) **8)- al loteII* SM Cono Sur (=imbécil) idiot, clot ** * *1) ( de un producto) batch; ( en subastas) lotdarse un lote de algo — (Esp fam) to stuff oneself with something (colloq)
3) (fam) ( montón) loads (pl) (colloq)* * *= batch [batches, -pl.], bundle, tranche.Ex. A KWIC index is based upon the 'keywords' in the titles of the batch of documents to be indexed.Ex. Many of them use a technique called packet-switching in which data are sent from transmitter to receiver in small bundles or packets.Ex. The first tranche of NATO enlargement -- adding Poland, Hungary, and the Czech Republic next year -- will help stabilize an historically unstable region.----* darse el lote = snog, neck.* fichero de ejecución por lotes = batch file.* modalidad por lotes = batch mode.* ofrecer en un lote = bundle.* procesar por lotes = batch-process.* proceso por lotes = batch processing.* * *1) ( de un producto) batch; ( en subastas) lotdarse un lote de algo — (Esp fam) to stuff oneself with something (colloq)
3) (fam) ( montón) loads (pl) (colloq)* * *= batch [batches, -pl.], bundle, tranche.Ex: A KWIC index is based upon the 'keywords' in the titles of the batch of documents to be indexed.
Ex: Many of them use a technique called packet-switching in which data are sent from transmitter to receiver in small bundles or packets.Ex: The first tranche of NATO enlargement -- adding Poland, Hungary, and the Czech Republic next year -- will help stabilize an historically unstable region.* darse el lote = snog, neck.* fichero de ejecución por lotes = batch file.* modalidad por lotes = batch mode.* ofrecer en un lote = bundle.* procesar por lotes = batch-process.* proceso por lotes = batch processing.* * *A1 (de un producto) batch, lot2 (en subastas) lotCompuesto:serviced siteun lote de cosas que hacer loads o lots of things to dolos asuntos aquí andan al lote things are in a total mess here ( colloq)es muy al lote she's very careless o slapdash* * *
lote sustantivo masculino
( en subastas) lot
lote sustantivo masculino
1 set
2 Com lot
3 Inform batch
♦ Locuciones: vulgar darse el lote, to snog, make out
' lote' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
partida
- terreno
English:
batch
- lot
- job
* * *lote nm1. [parte] [para vender, subastar] lot;han hecho varios lotes con sus muebles they've divided their furniture into several lots2. [conjunto] [de productos] batch;regalamos un lote de libros we're giving away a set of books3. Informát batch5. Am [solar] plot (of land)* * *m1 en reparto share, part2 L.Am. ( solar) lot3 pop:darse el lote make out fam* * *lote nm1) : part, share2) : batch, lot3) : plot of land, lot* * *lote n (de productos) batch -
44 acción
f.1 action, act, deed.2 share, equity, stock certificate, share certificate.3 action, acting.4 action, movement.5 operation.6 suit, lawsuit, action, case.* * *1 action (acto) act, deed2 (efecto) effect3 COMERCIO share4 DERECHO action, lawsuit5 TEATRO plot6 MILITAR action\ejercitar una acción contra alguien DERECHO to bring an action against somebodyentrar en acción MILITAR to go into actionponerse en acción to start doing somethingacción de gracias thanksgivingacción de guerra act of warcampo de acción field of actionhombre de acción man of actionpelícula de acción adventure film* * *noun m.1) action2) act, deed3) share, stock* * *SF1) (=actividad) action¡luces, cámara, acción! — lights, camera, action!
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en acción — in action•
hombre de acción — man of action•
película de acción — action film, action movie ( esp EEUU)acción directa — (Pol) direct action
2) (=acto) actdeben ser juzgados por sus acciones y no por sus palabras — they should be judged by their deeds, not by their words
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buena acción — good deed•
mala acción, sufrirán justo castigo por sus malas acciones — they will receive fair punishment for their evil deeds3) (=efecto) [de medicamento, viento] action4) (Mil) [gen] action; (=operación) operation•
muerto en acción — killed in action5) (Teat, Literat, Cine) (=trama) action6) (=movimiento) [de la cara, cuerpo] movement7) (Jur) actionacción judicial, acción legal — [gen] legal action; (=pleito) lawsuit
han presentado una acción judicial contra el periódico — they have taken out a lawsuit against the newspaper
8) (Com, Econ) shareemisión de acciones — share issue, stock issue
acción cotizada en bolsa — listed share, quoted share
acción ordinaria — ordinary share, common stock (EEUU)
acción preferente — preference share, preferred stock (EEUU)
acción primitiva — ordinary share, common stock (EEUU)
* * *1) (acto, hecho) actacciones dignas de elogio — praiseworthy acts o actions
2) ( actividad) actionluces, cámara, acción! — lights, camera, action!
3) (Mil) actionacción defensiva/ofensiva — defensive/offensive action
4) (influencia, efecto) action5) (Cin, Lit) ( trama) action, plot6) (Der) action, lawsuit7) (Fin) shareemitir acciones — to issue shares o stock
8) (Per) ( de una rifa) ticket* * *1) (acto, hecho) actacciones dignas de elogio — praiseworthy acts o actions
2) ( actividad) actionluces, cámara, acción! — lights, camera, action!
3) (Mil) actionacción defensiva/ofensiva — defensive/offensive action
4) (influencia, efecto) action5) (Cin, Lit) ( trama) action, plot6) (Der) action, lawsuit7) (Fin) shareemitir acciones — to issue shares o stock
8) (Per) ( de una rifa) ticket* * *acción11 = action, action, action project, deed.Ex: Coates believed that in order to conceptualise an action it is necessary to visualise the thing on which the action is being performed.
Ex: Americans, convinced that education could be the panacea for all their ills, answered with vigorous action.Ex: Action projects include a computer database of all parochial charities in England and Wales, a survey of all charities, and production of a charity newsheet.Ex: Books were kept for historical records of deeds done by the inhabitants: their worthy acts as well as their sins.* acción compensatoria = anti-dumping action, countervailing action.* acción concertada = concerted action project, concerted action.* acción contra el fuego = fire response.* acción de averiguar y resolver problemas = troubleshooting [trouble shooting].* acción de dar un nombre a Algo = naming.* acción de ejercer presión = lobbying.* acción de guardar documentos = save.* acción de marcar un número = dialling.* acción de mejora = improvement action.* acción de volver a contar algo = retelling.* acción de volver a tejar = retiling.* acción directa = direct action project, direct action.* acciones legales = legal proceedings.* acciones positivas = affirmative action.* acción indirecta = indirect action project.* acción innegable = estoppel.* acción legal = legal action.* acción militar = military action.* acción policial = police response.* acción popular = class action suit, class action.* acción positiva = positive action.* acción transitiva = transitive actions.* ámbito de acción = territory, sphere of influence.* amplio radio de acción = broad scope.* área de acción = remit.* aventura de acción = action adventure.* campo de acción = purview, scope.* con una sola acción = in one action.* de acción = action-centered.* dentro del radio de acción = within range.* ejecutar una acción = effect + execution.* emprender acciones legales = take + legal proceedings, take + legal action.* emprender una acción = initiate + action.* entrar en acción = enter + the picture.* grupo de acción ciudadana = citizen action group, community action group.* impulsar a la acción = galvanise into + action.* incitar a Alguien a la acción = stir + Nombre + into action.* investigación-acción = action research.* libertad de acción = leeway.* línea de acción = course of action.* lleno de acción = actionful [action-full], action-packed.* llevar a cabo una acción = effect + execution.* película de acción = action movie, action adventure.* persona de acción = doer.* radio de acción = radius of + Posesivo + action.* realizar una acción = perform + action, effect + execution.* seguir un curso de acción = follow + track.* término de acción = action term.* trazabilidad de las acciones = action tracking.acción22 = share, shareholding.Ex: Shares are generally bought and sold on the stock exchange.
Ex: This article discusses the possibility of joint ventures, with Western companies purchasing a shareholding to give them a say in the running of Soviet organisations.* acciones = equities, stock, equity shares.* acciones ordinarias = common stock.* cartera de acciones = portfolio.* compra de acciones = shareholding.* cotización de las acciones = share price.* opción de compra de acciones = stock option.* precio de las acciones = share price.* sacar acciones al mercado = go + public.* * *A (acto, hecho) acthacer una buena acción to do a good deeduna acción audaz a bold actacciones dignas de elogio praiseworthy acts o actionsCompuesto:thanksgivingB (actividad) actionpusieron el plan en acción they put the plan into actionpasaron a la acción they took actionmecanismo de acción retardada delayed action mechanismun hombre de acción a man of actionnovela de acción adventure story¡luces, cámara, acción! lights, camera, action!C ( Mil) actionentrar en acción to go into actionlas acciones del ejército contra los insurgentes the action taken by the army against the rebels, the raids o attacks by the army on the rebelsacción defensiva/ofensiva defensive/offensive actionno se descarta una acción militar contra ellos military action against them has not been ruled outmuerto en acción killed in actionCompuesto:acción de armas or de guerramilitary actionD (influencia, efecto) actionestá bajo la acción de un sedante she is under sedationla acción erosiva del agua the erosive action of waterla acción se desarrolla or transcurre en Egipto the action o the story o the plot takes place in EgyptF ( Der) action, lawsuitCompuesto:legal action, lawsuitG ( Fin) shareacciones en alza rising stocks o sharestiene el 51% de las acciones she holds 51% of the shares o stockemitir acciones to issue shares o stockCompuestos:voting sharefpl listed o quoted stock, listed o quoted shares o stocks (pl)fpl issued stock, issued shares (pl)fpl bonus stock, bonus shares (pl)● acciones nominales or nominativasfpl registered stock, registered shares (pl)fpl ordinary stock, ordinary shares (pl)● acciones preferentes or de preferenciafpl preference stock, preference shares (pl)priority stock, priority shares (pl)fpl unlisted o unquoted stock, unlisted o unquoted shares o stocks (pl)H ( Per) (de una rifa) ticket* * *
acción sustantivo femenino
1 (acto, hecho) act;◊ acciones dignas de elogio praiseworthy acts o actions;
hacer una buena acción to do a good deed;
acción de gracias thanksgiving
2
novela de acción adventure story;
una película llena de acción an action-packed movie o (BrE) filmb) (Mil) action
3
b) (Fin) share;
4 (Per) ( de una rifa) ticket
acción sustantivo femenino
1 action
(acto) act
acción de gracias, thanksgiving
hombre de acción, man of action
película de acción, adventure film
2 Fin share
' acción' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
acuartelamiento
- alquiler
- ampliar
- andar
- arrendamiento
- asesinar
- asesoramiento
- burrada
- campo
- carga
- cierre
- clasificación
- coger
- comenzar
- compinche
- compra
- conducción
- construcción
- continuamente
- dar
- desagüe
- ejercer
- embarcación
- enfoque
- enjuague
- entablar
- envío
- estacionamiento
- estímulo
- estrechamiento
- expandir
- falsificación
- gesto
- hacer
- hasta
- hecha
- hecho
- hilada
- hilado
- impertinencia
- importación
- inocente
- lectura
- limpieza
- localización
- machada
- mezcla
- niñería
- objeto
- obra
English:
about
- acceptance
- accumulation
- accustom
- achievement
- act
- action
- action-packed
- adjourn
- apparition
- appearance
- assignment
- attachment
- begin
- bite
- blameless
- call
- cause
- cold-hearted
- concoct
- corrupt
- cranberry
- crime
- crooked
- cut
- data processing
- decision
- dedication
- delusion
- doing
- duplicate
- elevation
- favor
- favour
- feel
- foolish
- formidable
- fraud
- free rein
- honourable
- imitation
- immodest
- import
- impossible
- inept
- insane
- institute
- institution
- interest
- jaywalking
* * *♦ nf1. [efecto de hacer] action;en acción in action, in operation;pasar a la acción to take action;puso la maquinaria en acción she switched on the machinery;un hombre de acción a man of actionPol acción directa direct action2. [hecho] deed, act;una buena acción a good deedRel acción de gracias thanksgiving3. [influencia] effect, action;la acción de la luz sobre los organismos marinos the effect of sunlight on marine organisms;rocas erosionadas por la acción del viento rocks eroded by the windacción detergente detergent effect;acción y reacción action and reaction4. [combate] action5. [de relato, película] action;la acción tiene lugar en Venezuela the action takes place in Venezuela6. Fin share;acciones en cartera Br shares o US stock in portfolio;acción de oro golden share;acción al portador bearer share;acción legal lawsuit;iniciar acciones legales contra alguien to take legal action against sb;acción popular action brought by the People♦ interjaction!;¡luces!, ¡cámaras!, ¡acción! lights!, camera!, action!* * *f1 action;entrar en acción come into action;poner en acción put into action2 COM share;acciones pl stock sg, Br shares* * *1) : action2) acto: act, deed3) : share, stock* * *acción n1. (actividad) action2. (acto) act / deed3. (efecto) effect4. (parte de capital) share -
45 tabla
f.1 plank.tabla de planchar ironing board2 pleat (pliegue).3 table.tabla de materias table of contentstabla de multiplicación multiplication tabletabla periódica (de los elementos) periodic table (of elements)4 board.tabla de surf surfboard5 panel (art).6 backboard.* * *1 (de madera) board, plank2 (de piedra) slab; (de metal) sheet3 (estante) shelf4 ARTE panel5 COSTURA pleat6 (tablón de anuncios) notice board, US bulletin-board7 (índice) index8 (lista) list; (catálogo) catalogue (US catalog)9 (parte plana de miembros) flat11 MATEMÁTICAS table3 (de plaza de toros) barrier sing\a raja tabla strictly, to the letterhacer tabla rasa de algo to make a clean sweep of somethingpisar las tablas to tread the boards, go on the stagequedar en tablas→ link=hacer hacer tablastener tablas / tener muchas tablas (gen) to be an old hand 2 (en teatro - hombre) to be an experienced actor 3 (- mujer) be an experienced actresstabla de cocina chopping boardtabla de lavar washboardla Tabla Redonda the Round Tablelas Tablas de la Ley RELIGIÓN the Tables of the Lawtabla de materias contents plural, table of contentstabla de multiplicar multiplication tabletabla de plancha / tabla de planchar ironing boardtabla de salvación figurado last hope, last resorttabla de surf surfboardtabla de windsurf sailboard* * *noun f.1) table2) board, plank•- tablas* * *1. SF1) (=pieza) [de madera] plank, board; [de piedra] slab; (Arte) panel; (=estante) shelf; Caribe (=mostrador) shop counterhacer tabla rasa de algo — to completely disregard sth, ride roughshod over sth
tabla a vela — surfboard, windsurfing board
tabla de cocina, tabla de cortar — chopping board
tabla de salvación — (fig) last resort, only hope
tabla deslizadora, tabla de surf — surfboard
2) pl tablasa) (Taur) barrier singb) (Teat) stage singsalir a las tablas — to go on the stage, become an actor/actress
- tener muchas tablashacer tablas, quedar en tablas — (lit) to draw; (fig) to reach stalemate, be deadlocked
el partido quedó en tablas — the game was a draw, the game was drawn
4) [de falda] box pleat, broad pleat5) (=lista) (Mat) table; [en libro] (=índice) table; (Dep) (tb: tabla clasificatoria) table, (league) table; (Inform) arraytabla de consulta — (Inform) lookup table
tabla de ejercicios, tabla de gimnasia — exercise routine, set of exercises
6) (Agr) plot, patch7) And2.SM ** queer **, fairy **, fag (EEUU) *** * *1) ( de madera) planksalvarse en or por una tablita — (Méx fam) to have a narrow escape (colloq)
2) tablas femenino plurala) (Teatr) stagetener tablas — actor, cantante (fam) to be an old hand o an expert, to have presence
b) (Taur) barrier3) ( de surfing) surfboard; ( de windsurf) sailboard, windsurfer; ( para natación) float4)a) (gráfico, listado) tablelas tablas (de clasificación) de la liga — the division o league tables
b) (Mat) tb5) ( de falda) pleat6) ( de terreno) plot, lot (AmE)7) tbtabla de gimnasia — ( serie de ejercicios) circuit training; ( en competición) routine
8) tablas femenino plural ( en ajedrez)acabar or quedar en tablas — to end in a draw
estar tablas — (Méx fam) to be even o quits (colloq)
* * *1) ( de madera) planksalvarse en or por una tablita — (Méx fam) to have a narrow escape (colloq)
2) tablas femenino plurala) (Teatr) stagetener tablas — actor, cantante (fam) to be an old hand o an expert, to have presence
b) (Taur) barrier3) ( de surfing) surfboard; ( de windsurf) sailboard, windsurfer; ( para natación) float4)a) (gráfico, listado) tablelas tablas (de clasificación) de la liga — the division o league tables
b) (Mat) tb5) ( de falda) pleat6) ( de terreno) plot, lot (AmE)7) tbtabla de gimnasia — ( serie de ejercicios) circuit training; ( en competición) routine
8) tablas femenino plural ( en ajedrez)acabar or quedar en tablas — to end in a draw
estar tablas — (Méx fam) to be even o quits (colloq)
* * *tabla11 = plank, board.Ex: Fine-grained hardwoods were preferred, nearly always cut across the grain, although the largest size types were sometimes cut on the plank.
Ex: Add to the designation, when appropriate, the number and the name(s) of the component pieces of the object; e.g., 1 game (1 board), 50 cards, 2 dice.* cerrar con tablas = board up.* cubrir con tablas = board up.* hacer tabla rasa = level + the playing field.* miedo a las tablas = stage fright.* proteger con tablas = board up.* quedarse en tablas = split down the middle.* tabla comedero para pájaros = bird table.* tabla de chocolate = six-pack, six-pack abs.* tabla de colores = palette, palette of colours.* tabla de la plancha = ironing board.* tabla de lavar = washboard.* tabla del entarimado = floorboard.* tabla de planchar = ironing board.* tabla de planchar pantalones = trousers press.* tabla rasa = clean slate, new leaf, a fresh start.tabla22 = table.Nota: Documento que contiene datos ordenados generalmente en filas y columnas que pueden ir acompañados de texto.Ex: The document containing ordered data typically in rows and columns and possibly with an accompanying text is known as tables.
* basado en tablas = table-driven.* confeccionar una tabla = draft + table.* elaborar una tabla = draft + table.* presentar en forma de tabla = tabulate.* tabla de calcular = ready reckoner, reckoner.* tabla de cálculo = reckoner, ready reckoner.* tabla de clasificación = classification schedule.* tabla de comparación de precios = price-comparison table.* tabla de contenido = table of contents [ToC].* tabla genealógica = genealogical table.* tabla hash = hash table.* tabla periódica = periodic table.tabla3= schedules, the.Nota: Lista de conceptos que forman un sistema en el que las relaciones se muestran de forma linear escalonada mediante el uso de tipografía especial o de un sistema de notaciones.Ex: The list of terms, representing concepts systematically arranged and showing their relationships, constitutes the schedules of a classification scheme.
* tabla auxiliar = auxiliary schedule.* tablas auxiliares = tables, auxiliary tables.* tablas principales = main tables, main schedules.* * *A1 (de madera) boardhe puesto una tabla debajo del colchón I've put a board under the mattresslas tablas que forman el casco del barco the planks that make up the ship's hulllas tablas del suelo the floorboardsiremos todos como tabla a apoyarlos we'll be there in force to cheer them onpasear la tabla to walk the plank2 (de conglomerado) piece, sheet; (de metal) sheet3 (de una mesa) topCompuestos:● tabla armónica or de armoníabelly, soundboardwashboardchopping boardironing boardsalvationfue mi tabla de salvación it was my salvation, it saved my life ( colloq)se aferra a sus recuerdos como a una tabla de salvación he clings to his memories like a drowning man to a piece of woodtabula rasahacer tabla rasa to wipe the slate cleanfpl tables of the law (pl)1 ( Teatr) stagevolvió a las tablas después de varios años de ausencia she returned to the stage o ( dated) to the boards after an absence of several yearsla primera vez que pisó las tablas the first time he appeared on stagetener tablas ( fam); to have presence, have a good stage presence2 ( Taur) barrierC1 (de surfing) surfboard (de windsurf) tbtabla a vela sailboard, windsurfer2 (para natación) float3 (para nieve) snowboard4 (del wáter) seatD1 (gráfico, listado) tablelas tablas (de clasificación) de la liga the division o conference o league tableslas tablas de los verbos the verb tables2 ( Mat) tbtabla de multiplicar multiplication tablela tabla del 6 the 6 times tableCompuestos:reckoner( Inf) color* palettelog tableperiodic tabletide tabletable of contentswavetabletranslation tableperiodic tableE (de una falda) pleatuna falda de tablas a pleated skirtF (de terreno) plot, lot ( AmE)G(en ajedrez): quedaron or hicieron tablas they drewla partida quedó or acabó en tablas the game ended in a draw, the game was drawn* * *
tabla sustantivo femenino
1 ( de madera) plank;
tabla de picar/planchar chopping/ironing board;
tener tablas [actor/cantante] (fam) to be an old hand o an expert
2 ( de surfing) surfboard;
( de windsurf) sailboard, windsurfer;
( para natación) float
3 (gráfico, listado) table;
(Mat) tb
4 ( de falda) pleat;
5
estar tablas (Méx fam) to be even o quits (colloq)
tabla sustantivo femenino
1 board
(más gruesa) plank
tabla de planchar, ironing board
2 (para nadar) float
(de surf) surfboard
(de windsurf) sailboard
3 (de una falda) pleat
4 (lista, índice) table
tabla periódica, periodic table
5 Mat table
la tabla del 4, the 4 times table
6 (en ajedrez) tablas, draw sing, stalemate sing: hicieron tablas, they drew
7 Teat (escenario) tablas, stage sing: es la primera vez que pisa las tablas, it's the first time he's been on the stage
8 figurado tabla de salvación, last resort, salvation
♦ Locuciones: tener tablas, (un artista) to have presence o to be an old hand
fam (persona) to have a lot of experience
Rel tablas de la ley, the Ten Commandments
(tajantemente) a raja tabla, without exception
(prescindir, obviar algo) hacer tabla rasa, to erase the past o to deliberately forget about sthg
' tabla' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
esquí
- madero
- multiplicar
- periódica
- periódico
- tablero
- clasificación
- clasificar
- crujir
- patín
- planilla
- suelto
- tentar
- windsurf
English:
board
- breadboard
- chart
- cheeseboard
- chopping board
- floorboard
- ironing board
- multiplication table
- pancake
- plank
- sailboard
- slab
- surfboard
- table
- windsurfer
- box
- bread
- cheese
- floor
- ironing
- pleat
- sprinkle
- surf
- wind
* * *♦ nf1. [de madera] plank, board;[de mármol, piedra] slab;un puente de tablas a plank bridge;la ventana estaba tapada con tablas the window was boarded up;lo escondió bajo una tabla del suelo he hid it under a floorboard;tabla de salvación salvation;tú fuiste mi tabla de salvación you were my salvation;nuestro partido no será la tabla de salvación del gobierno our party will not bale the government out;hacer tabla rasa to wipe the slate clean;hacer tabla rasa de algo: intentó hacer tabla rasa de su pasado she tried to wipe out o obliterate her past;el presidente hizo tabla rasa de las instituciones democráticas the president did away with o swept away the institutions of democracytabla de cocina chopping board;tabla de lavar washboard;Rel las tablas de la ley the tablets of the law;tabla de patés selection of pâtés;tabla de planchar ironing board;tabla de quesos cheeseboard2. [en deportes] boardtabla de saltos [trampolín] diving board;tabla de snowboard snowboard;tabla de surf surfboard;tabla de windsurf windsurfing board, sailboard3. [del inodoro] seat4. Arte panel5. [lista, gráfico] table;Informát table;el equipo sigue primero en la tabla de clasificación the team is still at the top of the league Br table o US standingstabla de conversión conversion table;tabla de materias table of contents;tabla periódica (de los elementos) periodic table (of the elements)6. Mat table;la tabla del 3 the 3 times tabletabla de multiplicar multiplication table7. [de gimnasia] exercise routine8. [pliegue] pleat;una falda de tablas a pleated skirt♦ tablas nfplquedamos en tablas [en ajedrez, juego] the game ended in stalemate;[en enfrentamiento] we reached a stalematesu regreso a las tablas his return to the stage;pisar las tablas to tread the boards;tener (muchas) tablas to be an experienced actor;Fig to be an old hand3. Taurom = fence surrounding a bullring* * *f1 de madera board, plank3 en ajedrez:acabar oquedar en tablas end in a tie4:tener tablas TEA be a natural actor* * *tabla nf1) : table, listtabla de multiplicar: multiplication table2) : board, plank, slabtabla de planchar: ironing board3) : plot, strip (of land)4) tablas nfpl: stage, boards pl* * *tabla n1. (madera pulida) board2. (madera basta) plank3. (lista) table -
46 enmarañar
v.1 to entangle, to snag, to enmesh, to tangle up.El escritor enmaraña la trama The writer tangles up the plot.Ella enmaraña las lanas She entangles the yarns.2 to tangle up, to snag, to entangle, to louse up.El escritor enmaraña la trama The writer tangles up the plot.3 to swindle.El estafador enmaraña a sus víctimas The con man swindles his victims.* * *1 (enredar) to tangle2 figurado to embroil, muddle up, confuse1 (enredarse) to get tangled2 figurado to get into a muddle, get confused3 METEREOLOGÍA to become overcast* * *verb* * *1. VT1) [+ madeja, hilo] to tangle, tangle up2) (=complicar) to complicate3) [+ persona] to confuse, perplex2.See:* * *1.verbo transitivo <pelo/lana> to tangle; < asunto> to complicate; < persona> to confuse2.enmarañarse v pron pelo/lana to get tangled; personaenmarañarse en algo — to get embroiled o entangled in something
* * *= muddy, snarl up, entangle, knot into, tangle.Ex. The concept of such a center remained nebulous at best, and we later learned that communication problems early on had muddied the message about what was really needed.Ex. If all goes as usual, it will snow approximately one inch and completely snarl up traffic until melted.Ex. The issues entangled in Van Gogh's work - issues of the market, gender, and class - were also knotted into the work of many avant-garde artists of the late 19th c.Ex. The issues entangled in Van Gogh's work - issues of the market, gender, and class - were also knotted into the work of many avant-garde artists of the late 19th c.Ex. The more unsuccessful she was the more bitter she became, and the more tangled in the web drawn about her by her husband and children.----* enmarañado en = enmeshed in.* enmarañar las cosas = muddy + the waters.* * *1.verbo transitivo <pelo/lana> to tangle; < asunto> to complicate; < persona> to confuse2.enmarañarse v pron pelo/lana to get tangled; personaenmarañarse en algo — to get embroiled o entangled in something
* * *= muddy, snarl up, entangle, knot into, tangle.Ex: The concept of such a center remained nebulous at best, and we later learned that communication problems early on had muddied the message about what was really needed.
Ex: If all goes as usual, it will snow approximately one inch and completely snarl up traffic until melted.Ex: The issues entangled in Van Gogh's work - issues of the market, gender, and class - were also knotted into the work of many avant-garde artists of the late 19th c.Ex: The issues entangled in Van Gogh's work - issues of the market, gender, and class - were also knotted into the work of many avant-garde artists of the late 19th c.Ex: The more unsuccessful she was the more bitter she became, and the more tangled in the web drawn about her by her husband and children.* enmarañado en = enmeshed in.* enmarañar las cosas = muddy + the waters.* * *enmarañar [A1 ]vt1 ‹pelo/lana› to tangle2 ‹asunto› to complicate3 ‹persona› to confuse1 «pelo/lana» to get tangled2 «persona»: enmarañarse EN algo; to get involved o embroiled o entangled IN sth* * *♦ vt1. [enredar] to tangle (up)2. [complicar] to complicate, to confuse* * *v/t1 pelo tangle2 asunto complicate, muddle* * *enmarañar vt1) : to tangle2) : to complicate3) : to confuse, to mix up -
47 representar
v.1 to represent.este cuadro representa la Última Cena this painting depicts the Last SupperEllos representan campiñas They depict fields.María representa a la madrastra Mary plays the part of the stepmom.Esto representa lo malo This represents the bad.2 to represent (actuar en nombre de alguien).representa a varios artistas she acts as an agent for several artists3 to look.representa unos 40 años she looks about 404 to mean.representa el 50 por ciento del consumo interno it accounts for 50 percent of domestic consumptionrepresenta mucho para él it means a lot to him5 to perform (Teatro) (función).6 to act out, to represent, to act.Ella representó bien esa escena She acted the scene out very well.7 to act in someone's representation, to represent, to act in behalf of, to act in representation of.María representa a Ricardo Mary acts in John's representation.* * *1 (gen) to represent■ esta redacción representa varias horas de trabajo this composition represents several hours of work2 (símbolo) to represent, stand for4 (aparentar) to appear to be, look5 (importar) to mean1 (imaginarse) to imagine, picture* * *verb1) to represent2) perform3) portray•* * *1. VT1) (=actuar en nombre de) [+ país, votantes] to represent; [+ cliente, acusado] to act for, representla cantante que representará a España en el festival — the singer who will represent Spain at the festival
el príncipe representó al rey en la ceremonia — the prince attended the ceremony on behalf of the king o representing the king
2) (=simbolizar) to symbolize, representDon Quijote representa el idealismo — Don Quixote symbolizes o represents idealism
cuando éramos pequeños nuestros padres representaban el modelo a seguir — when we were small our parents were our role models
3) (=reproducir) to depictnuevas formas de representar el mundo — new ways of representing o portraying o depicting the world
esta columna del gráfico representa los síes — this column of the graph shows o represents those in favour
4) (=equivaler a) [+ porcentaje, mejora, peligro] to represent; [+ amenaza] to pose, representobtuvieron unos beneficios de 1,7 billones, lo que representa un incremento del 28% sobre el año pasado — they made profits of 1.7 billion, which represents an increase of 28% on last year
los bantúes representan el 70% de los habitantes de Suráfrica — the Bantu account for o represent 70% of the inhabitants of South Africa
la ofensiva de ayer representa una violación de la tregua — yesterday's offensive constitutes a violation of the truce
no sabes lo mucho que representa este trabajo para él — you don't know how much this job means to him
5) (=requerir) [+ trabajo, esfuerzo, sacrificio] to involve6) (Teat) [+ obra] to perform; [+ papel] to play¿quién va a representar el papel que tenía antes la URSS? — who's going to play the part o role previously played by the USSR?
7) (=aparentar) [+ edad] to look8) (=hacer imaginar) to point outnos representó las dificultades con que nos podíamos encontrar — she pointed out the difficulties we might come up against
2.See:* * *1.verbo transitivo1) <persona/organización/país> to represent2) < obra> to perform, put on3) ( aparentar) to look4) ( simbolizar) to symbolize5) ( reproducir) dibujo/fotografía/escena to show, depict; obra/novela to portray, depict6) (equivaler a, significar) to representesto representa un aumento del 5% — this represents a 5% increase
2.eso representaría tres días de trabajo — that would mean o involve three days' work
representarse v pron to picture, imagine* * *= account for, act out, become + cast, depict, depict, embody, package, represent, stage, stand for, render, portray, symbolise [symbolize, -USA], enact, dramatise [dramatize, -USA], plot, chart, map, incarnate, stand as, betoken, picture, construct, encapsulate.Ex. The major four categories of physical forms outlined so far account for most of the published indexes and catalogues.Ex. The use of the form connotes peculiarity (the people so described are acting out a somewhat inappropriate role) and passiveness (they are not actively participating in that role).Ex. Any action that is repeated frequently become cast into a pattern which can be reproduced with an economy of effort which, ipso facto, is apprehended by its performer as a pattern.Ex. Trial procedures aiming to increase service recognition and service usage, and the evaluation thereof, are then depicted.Ex. A globe is a model of a celestial body, usually the earth or the celestial sphere, depicted on the surface of a sphere.Ex. In alphabetical indexing languages, such as are embodied in thesauri and subject headings lists, subject terms are the alphabetical names of the subjects.Ex. Documents rarely exactly match a user's requirements because information can be packaged in almost as many different ways as there are participants in a subject area.Ex. Cartographic materials are, according to AACR2, all the materials that represent, in whole or in part, the earth or any celestial body.Ex. Book shops also participated by staging similar special features.Ex. MARC stands for Machine Readable Cataloguing.Ex. The eventuality is, admittedly, remote but it is also necessary to render the imprint statement in this amount of detail.Ex. Hardy had a tragic vision of life and that indeed is what the novels portray.Ex. The library symbolises freedom for the reader to pursue his own desires, however inchoate.Ex. The author describes how, as a teacher, she introduced pre-school children to books by reading to them, and developed older children's critical interest by reading, discussing and enacting popular fables.Ex. This article describes how a group of 12-18 teenage volunteers formed a group to dramatise children's books for young children and their parents at a public library.Ex. The technique 'Trend Projection' graphically plots future trends based on past experience.Ex. This article describes how Australia was depicted on early maps of the world charted by the Portuguese and Dutch seafarers from 1452 to the present day.Ex. Defining a revolution in progress is like mapping the lava flow from an active volcano well nigh impossible and extremely dangerous.Ex. For them, it incarnated modernity and materialism, civilization rather than culture, materialism rather than spiritualism.Ex. Meantime, our new library stand as as a confident symbol of the importance of ALL librarires to the nation's cultural, educational and economic success.Ex. The faintly irritating moralising tone of this book betokens a real human interest, which must be recovered if there is to be a dialogue of real content.Ex. In most cases authors pictured incest as an assault against the innocent, but they often saw the abuser, especially the father, as a victim of himself and he is rarely punished with prison.Ex. It is argued that newspaper reporting of bigamy constructs bigamists as being a threat to the institution of marriage.Ex. The Manifesto encapsulates the principles and priorities of public libraries in widely varying contexts.----* estar demasiado representado = overrepresent.* imposible de representar = unmappable.* que no representa reto = unchallenging.* representar a = act for.* representar con una gráfica = graph.* representar en exceso = overrepresent.* representar en mente = visualise [visualize, -USA].* representar gráficamente = map.* representar insuficientemente = underrepresent [under-represent].* representar la diferencia entre... y = represent + the difference between... and.* representar mal = misrepresent.* representar una idea = dramatise + idea.* representar una obra = put on + performance, put on + play.* representar un peligro = pose + danger.* término que representa un único concepto = one concept term.* volver a representar = remap.* * *1.verbo transitivo1) <persona/organización/país> to represent2) < obra> to perform, put on3) ( aparentar) to look4) ( simbolizar) to symbolize5) ( reproducir) dibujo/fotografía/escena to show, depict; obra/novela to portray, depict6) (equivaler a, significar) to representesto representa un aumento del 5% — this represents a 5% increase
2.eso representaría tres días de trabajo — that would mean o involve three days' work
representarse v pron to picture, imagine* * *= account for, act out, become + cast, depict, depict, embody, package, represent, stage, stand for, render, portray, symbolise [symbolize, -USA], enact, dramatise [dramatize, -USA], plot, chart, map, incarnate, stand as, betoken, picture, construct, encapsulate.Ex: The major four categories of physical forms outlined so far account for most of the published indexes and catalogues.
Ex: The use of the form connotes peculiarity (the people so described are acting out a somewhat inappropriate role) and passiveness (they are not actively participating in that role).Ex: Any action that is repeated frequently become cast into a pattern which can be reproduced with an economy of effort which, ipso facto, is apprehended by its performer as a pattern.Ex: Trial procedures aiming to increase service recognition and service usage, and the evaluation thereof, are then depicted.Ex: A globe is a model of a celestial body, usually the earth or the celestial sphere, depicted on the surface of a sphere.Ex: In alphabetical indexing languages, such as are embodied in thesauri and subject headings lists, subject terms are the alphabetical names of the subjects.Ex: Documents rarely exactly match a user's requirements because information can be packaged in almost as many different ways as there are participants in a subject area.Ex: Cartographic materials are, according to AACR2, all the materials that represent, in whole or in part, the earth or any celestial body.Ex: Book shops also participated by staging similar special features.Ex: MARC stands for Machine Readable Cataloguing.Ex: The eventuality is, admittedly, remote but it is also necessary to render the imprint statement in this amount of detail.Ex: Hardy had a tragic vision of life and that indeed is what the novels portray.Ex: The library symbolises freedom for the reader to pursue his own desires, however inchoate.Ex: The author describes how, as a teacher, she introduced pre-school children to books by reading to them, and developed older children's critical interest by reading, discussing and enacting popular fables.Ex: This article describes how a group of 12-18 teenage volunteers formed a group to dramatise children's books for young children and their parents at a public library.Ex: The technique 'Trend Projection' graphically plots future trends based on past experience.Ex: This article describes how Australia was depicted on early maps of the world charted by the Portuguese and Dutch seafarers from 1452 to the present day.Ex: Defining a revolution in progress is like mapping the lava flow from an active volcano well nigh impossible and extremely dangerous.Ex: For them, it incarnated modernity and materialism, civilization rather than culture, materialism rather than spiritualism.Ex: Meantime, our new library stand as as a confident symbol of the importance of ALL librarires to the nation's cultural, educational and economic success.Ex: The faintly irritating moralising tone of this book betokens a real human interest, which must be recovered if there is to be a dialogue of real content.Ex: In most cases authors pictured incest as an assault against the innocent, but they often saw the abuser, especially the father, as a victim of himself and he is rarely punished with prison.Ex: It is argued that newspaper reporting of bigamy constructs bigamists as being a threat to the institution of marriage.Ex: The Manifesto encapsulates the principles and priorities of public libraries in widely varying contexts.* estar demasiado representado = overrepresent.* imposible de representar = unmappable.* que no representa reto = unchallenging.* representar a = act for.* representar con una gráfica = graph.* representar en exceso = overrepresent.* representar en mente = visualise [visualize, -USA].* representar gráficamente = map.* representar insuficientemente = underrepresent [under-represent].* representar la diferencia entre... y = represent + the difference between... and.* representar mal = misrepresent.* representar una idea = dramatise + idea.* representar una obra = put on + performance, put on + play.* representar un peligro = pose + danger.* término que representa un único concepto = one concept term.* volver a representar = remap.* * *representar [A1 ]vtA ‹persona/organización/país› to representno estaba representado por un abogado he was not represented by a lawyerrepresentó a Suecia en los campeonatos he represented Sweden in the championships, he played ( o swam etc) for Sweden in the championshipslos que no puedan asistir deben hacerse representar por alguien those who cannot attend should send a representative o proxyB ‹obra› to perform, put on; ‹papel› to playrepresentó el papel de Cleopatra she played Cleopatra o the part of CleopatraC (aparentar) to lookno representa la edad que tiene he doesn't look the age he isrepresenta unos cuarenta años she looks about fortyno representa lo que costó it doesn't look as expensive as it wasD (simbolizar) to symbolizela paloma representa la paz the dove symbolizes o is a symbol of peaceE (reproducir) «dibujo/fotografía» to show, depictla medalla representa a la Virgen the medallion depicts the Virgin Maryla escena representa una calle de los arrabales the scene shows o depicts a street in the poor quartersla obra representa fielmente la sociedad de fines de siglo the play accurately portrays society at the turn of the centuryF (equivaler a, significar) to representesto representa un aumento del 5% con respecto al año pasado this represents a 5% increase on last yearpara él no representa ningún sacrificio it's no sacrifice for himnos representa un gasto inesperado it means o involves an unexpected expenseintroducir la modificación representaría tres días de trabajo introducing the modification would mean o involve three days' workto picture¿te lo puedes representar sin barba? can you picture o imagine him without a beard?* * *
representar ( conjugate representar) verbo transitivo
1 ‹persona/organización/país› to represent
2 ‹ obra› to perform, put on;
‹ papel› to play
3 ( aparentar) to look;
4 ( simbolizar) to represent, symbolize
5 ( reproducir) [dibujo/fotografía/escena] to show, depict;
[obra/novela] to portray, depict
6 (equivaler a, significar) to represent;◊ esto representa un aumento del 5% this represents a 5% increase;
eso representaría tres días de trabajo that would mean o involve three days' work
representar verbo transitivo
1 (un símbolo) to symbolize, represent: la paloma representa la paz, the dove stands for peace
2 (un cuadro, fotografía, ilustración) to depict: el cuadro representa una escena de caza, the painting depicts a hunting scene
3 (un ejemplo o modelo) to represent
4 (a una persona, un país, una institución) to represent
5 (una edad) to look: no representa la edad que tiene, she doesn't look her age
6 (en la imaginación) to imagine
7 (en valor, importancia) to mean, represent: su ascenso representó una gran alegría, I/he/she, etc. was overjoyed by his promotion
ese chico no representa nada para mí, that guy means nothing to me
8 Teat (una obra) to perform
(un papel) to play: mi amigo representa al emperador Augusto, my friend plays Emperor Augustus
' representar' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
aparentar
- constituir
- hacer
- jugar
- vida
- significar
English:
act
- act out
- depict
- deputize
- do
- enact
- nation
- perform
- picture
- play
- portray
- represent
- role-play
- speak for
- stage
- stand for
- pose
* * *representar vt1. [simbolizar, ejemplificar] to represent;este cuadro representa la Última Cena this painting depicts the Last Supper;la coma representa los decimales the comma indicates decimal places;Dalí representa perfectamente el surrealismo Dali is the ultimate surrealist painter2. [actuar en nombre de] to represent;el delegado sindical representaba a sus compañeros the shop steward represented his fellow workers;ha participado en dos festivales representando a su país she has represented her country at two festivals;representa a varios artistas she acts as an agent for several artists3. [aparentar] to look;representa unos cuarenta años she looks about forty;representa muchos menos años de los que tiene she looks a lot younger than she is4. [significar] to mean;representa el 50 por ciento del consumo interno it accounts for 50 percent of domestic consumption;diez millones no representan nada para él ten million is nothing to him;representa mucho para él it means a lot to him[papel] to play6. Com to represent* * *v/t1 ( simbolizar) represent3 ( aparentar):representar menos años look younger* * *representar vt1) : to represent, to act for2) : to perform3) : to look, to appear as4) : to symbolize, to stand for5) : to signify, to mean* * *representar vb1. (un papel) to play2. (una obra) to performla compañía representará "Yerma" the company will perform "Yerma"3. (simbolizar) to represent4. (actuar en nombre de otro) to represent5. (aparentar) to look -
48 ἵστημι
ἵστημι (cf. ἱστάω, ἱστάνω),I causal, make to stand, imper.ἵστη Il.21.313
, E.Supp. 1230,καθ-ίστα Il.9.202
: [tense] impf. ἵστην, [dialect] Ep.ἵστασκε Od.19.574
; [ per.] 3pl.ἵσταν B.10.112
: [tense] fut. στήσω, [dialect] Dor.στᾱσῶ Theoc.5.54
: [tense] aor. 1 ἔστησα, [dialect] Ep. [ per.] 3pl. ἔστᾰσαν for ἔστησαν dub. in Od.18.307, 3.182, 8.435, al. (v. ἔστᾰσαν): hence, in late Poets, ἔστᾰσας, ἔστᾰσε, AP9.714,708 (Phil.): [tense] aor. 1 [voice] Med. ἐστησάμην (never intr.), v. infr.A.111.2, 3: [tense] pf.ἕστᾰκα Cerc.3
, ([etym.] καθ-) Hyp.Eux.28, UPZ 112.5 (ii B.C.), ([etym.] περι-) Pl.Ax. 370d, ([etym.] ἀφ-) LXXJe.16.5, ([etym.] παρ-) Phld.Rh. 1.9S., al., ([etym.] συν-) S.E.M.7.109; also ἕστηκα (v. infr.) in trans. sense, ([etym.] δι-) Arist.Vent. 973a18, ([etym.] ἀφ-) v.l. in LXX l.c.; ἑστακεῖα trans. in Test.Epict.1.25.II intr., stand,1 [voice] Act., [tense] aor. 2 ἔστην, [dialect] Ep.στάσκον Il.3.217
; [ per.] 3pl. ἔστησαν, more freq. in Hom. ἔσταν, στάν [ᾰ]; imper. στῆθι, [dialect] Dor.στᾶθι Sapph.29
, Theoc.23.38; subj. στῶ, [dialect] Ep. 2 and [ per.] 3sg. στήῃς, στήῃ (for στῇς, στῇ), Il.17.30, 5.598; [ per.] 1pl. στέωμεν (as disyll.) 22.231,στείομεν 15.297
; opt. σταῖεν, [dialect] Ep. [ per.] 3pl.σταίησαν 17.733
; inf. στῆναι, [dialect] Ep.στήμεναι 17.167
, Od.5.414, [dialect] Dor.στᾶμεν Pi.P.4.2
; part. στάς: [tense] pf. ἕστηκα: [tense] plpf. ἑστήκειν, sts. with strengthd. augm. εἱστήκειν, as E.HF 925, Ar.Av. 513, Th.1.89, etc.; [dialect] Ion. [ per.] 3sg.ἑστήκεε Hdt. 7.152
:—from Hom. downwds. the shorter dual and pl. forms of the [tense] pf. are preferred, ἕστᾰτον, ἕστᾰμεν, ἕστᾰτε, ἑστᾶσι (IG12(8).356 (Thasos, vi B.C.), etc.), in Hdt. ἑστέᾱσι; imper.ἕστᾰθι Aristomen. 5
; subj. ἑστῶ; opt. ἑσταίην; inf. ἑστάναι, [dialect] Ep. ἑστάμεν, ἑστάμεναι ( ἑστηκέναι only late, as Ael.VH3.18); part. ἑστώς ( ἑστηκώς rare in early Gr., Hdt.2.126, Pl.Men. 93d, Lg. 802c, Arist. (infr. B.11.2), Alex.126.16,εἱστηκότα IG12.374.179
), fem. ἑστῶσα (not ἑστυῖα; but συνεστηκυιῶν prob. in Hp.Aër.10), neut. , Tht. 183e, SIG 1234 ([place name] Lycia), etc., ([etym.] καθ-) POxy.68.32 (ii A.D.), ([etym.] ἐν-) PRyl. 98 (a).10 (ii A.D.), ([etym.] παρ-) Ar.Eq. 564 (- ώς freq. v.l. as in Pl. and Ar. ll.cc., preferred by Choerob.in Theod.2.313); gen. ἑστῶτος; [dialect] Ion. ἑστεώς, ἑστεός, ῶτος; [dialect] Ep. ; dat. pl. ἑστηῶσι cj. in Antim.16.5, cf. Call.Dian. 134; Hom. does not use the nom., but has gen. ἑστᾰότος, acc. ἑστᾰότα, nom. pl. ἑστᾰότες, as if from ἑσταώς: so also [tense] plpf. ἑστάτην, ἕστᾰμεν, ἕστᾰτε, ἕστᾰσαν: late [tense] pres. ἑστήκω, formed from [tense] pf., Posidipp. ap. Ath.10.412e: hence, [tense] fut.ἑστήξω Hom. Epigr.15.14
, X.Cyr.6.2.17, Hegesipp.1.25,ἑστήξομαι X.Cyn.10.9
codd.2 [voice] Pass., ἵσταμαι: imper. , , Ar.Ec. 737: [tense] impf. ἱστάμην: [tense] fut.στᾰθήσομαι And.3.34
, Aeschin. 3.103: more freq.στήσομαι Il.20.90
, etc.: [tense] aor.ἐστάθην Od.17.463
, etc.; rarely ἔστην, [dialect] Dor. [ per.] 3sg. (Argos, v B.C.): [tense] pf. ἕσταμαι ([etym.] δι-) v.l. in Pl.Ti. 81d, κατεστέαται v.l. in Hdt.1.196. (From I.-E. sthā-, cf. Skt. sthā- ([tense] aor. á-sthā-t), Lat. stare, etc.; Gr. redupl. [tense] pres. and [tense] pf. fr. si-sthā-, se-sthā-.)A Causal, make to stand, set up,πελέκεας ἑξείης Od.19.574
; ἔγχος μέν ῥ' ἔστησε φέρων πρὸς κίονα he set it against the pillar, 1.127, cf. Il. 15.126; ἱ. ἱστόν set up the loom, or raise the mast (v.ἱστός 1
and 11); κρητῆρας στήσασθαι to have bowls set up, Od.2.431; θεοῖς.. κρητῆρα στήσασθαι in honour of the gods, Il.6.528; στῆσαί τινα ὀρθόν, στ. ὀρθὰν καρδίαν, Pi.P.3.53,96;ὀρθῷ στ. ἐπὶ σφυρῷ Id.I.7(6).13
;ἐς ὀρθὸν ἱ. τινά E.Supp. 1230
; ;ὀρθὸν οὖς ἵστησιν S.El.27
; στῆσαι λόγχας, for battle, Id.Ant. 145(lyr.); esp. raise buildings, statues, trophies, etc.,ἱ. ἀνδριάντα Hdt.2.110
; ;τροπαῖον ἱ. τῶν πολεμίων Isoc.4.150
, cf.IG22.1457.26;τροπαῖον στησάμενοι X.HG2.4.7
; ;τὰ μακρὰ στῆσαι τείχη Th.1.69
; ἱ. τινὰ χαλκοῦν set him up in brass, raise a brazen statue to him, D.13.21, 19.261 (so in [tense] pf., stand,οὗτος ἕστηκε λίθινος Hdt.2.141
:—[voice] Pass.,σφυρήλατος ἐν Ὀλυμπία στάθητι Pl.Phdr. 236b
;σταθῆναι χαλκοῦς Arist.Rh. 1410a33
).II set, place, of things or persons,τρίποδ' ἔστασαν ἐν πυρί Od.8.435
, etc.; , etc.; fix,τοὺς ὀφθαλμοὺς εἰς τὴν γῆν Philostr.VA1.10
; esp. set men in order or array,πεζοὺς δ' ἐξόπιθε στῆσεν Il.4.298
, cf. 2.525, etc.;στῆσαί τινας τελευταίους X. Cyr.6.3.25
, etc.III bring to a standstill, stay, check,λαὸν δὲ στῆσον Il.6.433
; νέας, ἵππους, ἡμιόνους στῆσαι, Od.3.182, Il.5.755, 24.350; μύλην στῆσαι to stop the mill, Od.20.111; στῆσεν ἄρ' (sc. ἡμιόνους) 7.4; στῆσε δ' ἐν Ἀμνισῷ (sc. νῆα) 19.188;βᾶριν Iamb.Myst.6.5
; στῆσαι τὴν φάλαγγα halt it, X.Cyr.7.1.5;ἵστησι ῥοῦν Pl.Cra. 437b
, etc.; ἵ. τὴν ψυχὴν ἐπὶ τοῖς πράγμασιν ib. 437a; στ. τὰ ὄμματα fix them, of a dying man, Id.Phd. 118; στ. τὸ πρόσωπον compose the countenance, X.Cyr.1.3.9;στήσαντες ἐπὶ τούτων τὴν διήγησιν Plb. 3.2.6
: esp. in Medic.,ἵ. κοιλίαν Dsc.1.20
; τὰς κοιλίας Philotim. ap. Orib.4.10.1;αἱμορραγίας Dsc.1.129
: abs., Arist.HA 605a29:—[voice] Med.,ἱστάμενος τῷ νοσήματι Hp.Ep.19
( Hermes 53.65).2 set on foot, stir up,κονίης.. ἱστᾶσιν ὀμίχλην Il.13.336
;ἵστη δὲ μέγα κῦμα 21.313
;νεφέλην ἔστησε Κρονίων Od.12.405
, cf. Il.5.523; of battle, etc., φυλόπιδα στήσειν stir up strife, Od.11.314;ἔριν στήσαντες 16.292
(so intr. φύλοπις ἕστηκε the fray is on foot, Il.18.172):—also in [voice] Med., στησάμενοι δ' ἐμάχοντο ib. 533, Od.9.54;πολέμους ἵστασθαι Hdt.7.9
.β', 175, 236; soἱστάναι βοήν A.Ch. 885
; ([voice] Pass., θόρυβος ἵσταται βοῆς arises, S.Ph. 1263); also of passions and states of mind, μῆνιν, ἐλπίδα στῆσαι, Id.OT 699, E.IA 788(lyr.).3 set up, appoint,τινὰ βασιλέα Hdt.1.97
; , cf. OC 1041, Ant. 666:—[voice] Med.,ἐστάσαντο τύραννον Alc.37
A;φύλακας στησόμεθα Pl.R. 484d
:—[voice] Pass.,ὁ ὑπὸ Δαρείου σταθεὶς ὕπαρχος Hdt.7.105
, cf. IG 9(1).32.23 (Stiris, ii B.C.).4 establish, institute, χορούς, παννυχίδα, Hdt.3.48, 4.76 (soστήσασθαι ἤθεά τε καὶ νόμους Id.2.35
; ); στῆσαι χορόν, Ὀλυμπιάδα, ἑορτάν, Pi.P.9.114, O.2.3, 10(11).58;κτερίσματα S.El. 433
;χορούς B.10.112
, D.21.51; οὐχ ὑγιῶς ἱστάμενος λόγον setting up a bad argument, Anon.Lond.26.34:—[voice] Pass.,ἀγορὴ ἵσταταί τινι Hdt.6.58
.5 = Lat. statuere, determine,γνῶναι καὶ στῆσαι D.H.8.68
;διαγεινώσκειν καὶ ἱστάναι Not. Arch.4.21
(Aug.):—[voice] Pass.,τὰ ὑπό τινος σταθέντα OGI665.27
(Egypt, i A.D.); τὰ ἑσταμένα Wilcken Chr.167.27 (ii B.C.).6 fix by agreement,ὁ σταθεὶς τόκος PGrenf.1.31.1
(i B.C.), cf. PFlor.14.11 (iv A.D.);τὸ ἑσταμένον ἐνοίκιον BGU253.15
(iii A.D.).IV place in the balance, weigh, Il.19.247, 22.350, 24.232, Ar.V.40; [ ἐκπώματα] Thphr.Char.18.7;ἀριθμοῦντες καὶ μετροῦντες καὶ ἱστάντες X.Cyr.8.2.21
, etc.; ἱστάναι τι πρὸς ἀργύριον weigh a thing against silver, Hdt.2.65; ἀγαθὸς ἱστάναι good at weighing, Pl.Prt. 356b; τὸ ἐγγὺς καὶ τὸ πόρρω στήσας ἐν τῷ ζυγῷ ibid., cf. Lys.10.18; ἐπὶ τὸ ἱστάναι ἐλθεῖν have recourse to the scales, Pl.Euthphr.7c:—[voice] Pass.,ἵστασθαι ἐπὶ ζυγοῦ Arr.Epict.1.29.15
; weighed,IG
11(2).161B113 (Delos, iii B.C.).B [voice] Pass. and intr. tenses of [voice] Act., to be set or placed, stand, Hom. etc., ἀγχοῦ, ἆσσον, Il.2.172, 23.97;ἄντα τινός 17.30
;ἐς μέσσον Od.17.447
;σταθεὶς ἐς μέσον Hdt.3.130
; ἀντίοι ἔσταν, ἐναντίοι ἔστησαν, Il.1.535, Od.10.391: prov. of critical circumstances,ἐπὶ ξυροῦ ἵσταται ἀκμῆς Il.10.173
: freq. merely a stronger form of εἶναι, to be in a certain place or state, , etc.; ἑστάτω for ἔστω, S.Aj. 1084; τὰ νῦν ἑστῶτα,= τὰ νῦν, Id.Tr. 1271 (anap.);ἐμοὶ δ' ἄχος ἕστᾱκεν Id.Aj. 200
(lyr.): with Adv., ξυμφορᾶς ἵν' ἕσταμεν, ἵν' ἕστ. χρείας, in what case or need we are, Id.Tr. 1145, OT 1442; ποῦ τύχης ἕστηκεν; Id.Aj. 102; later also ἀδίκως, ὀρθῶς, εὐλαβῶς ἵστασθαι, behave wrongly, etc., Plb.18.3.2, 33.6.3, 18.33.4.2 take up an intellectual attitude,ὡς ἵστασθαι δεῖ περὶ χρημάτων κτήσεως Phld.Oec.p.38J.
; οὐκ ὀρθῶς ἵ. Id.Rh.1.53S.3 in pregnant sense,στῆναι ἐς.. Hdt.9.21
;στ. ἐς δίκην E.IT 962
;στ. παρά τινα Il.24.169
(but οἱ μὴ στάντες παρὰ τὰ δεινά those who did not face the danger, D.H.9.28): c. acc. loci, τί τοῦτ' αἰθερίαν ἕστηκε πέτραν; E.Supp. 987 (lyr.);στῆτε τόνδε τρίβον Id.Or. 1251
:c. acc. cogn., ποίαν μ' ἀνάστασιν δοκεῖς.. στῆναι; S.Ph. 277.II stand still, halt,ἀλλ' ἄγε δὴ στέωμεν Il.11.348
, cf. Od.6.211, 10.97; opp. φεύγω, 6.199, etc.; stand idle, Il.4.243, al.; ἑστάναι to be stationary, opp. κινεῖσθαι, Pl.R. 436c, etc.;κατὰ χώρην ἑστάναι Hdt.4.97
; οὐ μὴν ἐνταῦθ' ἕστηκε τὸ πρᾶγμα does not rest here, D.21.102, cf. 10.36; ἐὰν ἡ κοιλία στῇ if the bowels are constipated, Arist.HA 588a8: c. part.,οὐ στήσεται ἀδικῶν D.10.10
; come to a stop, rest satisfied,ἄν τις ὀρθῶς ἐπιβάλῃ, ἔπειτα σταθῇ Epicur. Fr. 423
;οὐχ ἱστάμενοι Plot.3.1.2
: impers., ἵσταται there is a stop, one comes to a stop, Arist.APr. 43a37, al.;οὐκ ἔστη ἐνταῦθα κακοῖς γενομένοις ἀποθανεῖν Plot.3.2.8
; alsoἵστασθαι μέχρι τοῦ γένους Them.in APo. 55.8
,al.2 metaph., stand firm, X.HG5.2.23;τῇ διανοίᾳ Plb.21.11.3
; of arguments or propositions, hold good, Phld.Rh.1.83, 2.192 S.: part., ἑστηκώς fixed, stable, Arist.GA 776a35, EN 1104a4, Metaph. 1047a15; (Delph., ii B.C.);λογισμὸς ἑστὼς καὶ νουνεχής Plb.3.105.9
;τέχναι οὐκ ἔχουσαι τὸ ἑστηκός, ἀλλὰ τὸ στοχαστικόν Phld.Rh.1.71S.
(so Adv. ἑστηκότως, opp. στοχαστικῶς, ib.70S.), cf. Iamb.Protr.21.κ'; χρεία ἑστηκυῖα καὶ τεταγμένη Plb.6.25.10
; ἑστηκότα θεωρήματα, ἑστηκότες σκοποί, Phld.Rh.1.2S., Po.5.22; of age,ἑστηκυῖα ἡλικία Pl.Lg. 802c
; τιμαὶ ἑστηκυῖαι fixed prices, PTeb.ined.703.177.III to be set up or upright, stand up, rise up,κρημνοὶ ἕστασαν Il.12.55
;ὀρθαὶ τρίχες ἔσταν 24.359
, cf. A.Th. 564(lyr.), Pl. Ion 535c, etc.;κονίη ἵστατο Il.2.151
;ἵστατο κῦμα 21.240
; of a horse, ἵστασθαι ὀρθός to rear, Hdt.5.111; ἵστασθαι βάθρων from the steps, S.OT 143.2 to be set up, erected, or built,στήλη, ἥ τ' ἐπὶ τύμβῳ ἑστήκῃ Il.17.435
;ἕστακε τροπαῖον A. Th. 954
(lyr.); , etc.; v. supr. A.11.3 generally, arise, begin,ἵστατο νεῖκος Il.13.333
; cf. A. 111.2.4 in marking Time, ἔαρος νέον ἱσταμένοιο when spring is not long begun, Od.19.519; ἕβδομος ἑστήκει μείς the seventh month was begun, Il. 19.117; τοῦ μὲν φθίνοντος μηνός, τοῦ δ' ἱσταμένοιο as one month ends and the next begins, Od.14.162, cf. Hes.Op. 780; later μὴν ἱστάμενος, μεσῶν, φθίνων, first in Hdt.6.57, 106, cf. And.1.121, Aeschin.3.67;σχεδὸν ἤδη μεσημβρία ἵσταται Pl.Phdr. 242a
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49 superar
v.1 to beat.queremos superar los resultados del año pasado we want to improve on o beat last year's resultsme superó por dos décimas de segundo she beat me by two tenths of a secondsuperar algo/a alguien en algo to beat something/somebody for somethingnos superan en número they outnumber usme supera en altura/inteligencia he's taller/cleverer than me2 to overtake, to pass.3 to overcome.superar un examen to get through an examtener algo superado to have got over somethingEllos superan la adversidad They overcome adversity.4 to surpass, to exceed, to best, to excel.María supera a sus colegas Mary surpasses her colleagues.5 to outdo, to win over.* * *1 (exceder) to surpass, exceed, excel2 (obstáculo etc) to overcome, surmount1 (sobrepasarse) to excel oneself2 (mejorarse) to improve oneself, better oneself* * *verb1) to surpass2) overcome* * *1. VT1) (=aventajar) [+ contrincante, adversario] to overcome; [+ límite] to go beyond; [+ récord, marca] to breaksuperar a algn en algo: superó al adversario en cuatro puntos — she beat her opponent by four points
2) (=pasar con éxito) [+ dificultad] to overcome; [+ enfermedad, crisis] to get overha tenido que superar muchos obstáculos en su vida — she has had to overcome a lot of obstacles in her life
3) [+ etapa] to get past4) [+ prueba, examen] to pass2.See:* * *1.verbo transitivo1)a) (ser superior a, mayor que) to exceed, go beyond2)a) (vencer, sobreponerse a) <timidez/dificultad/etapa> to overcome; < trauma> to get overya hemos superado la etapa más difícil — we've already got(ten) through o over the most difficult stage
b) (frml) <examen/prueba> to pass2.superarse v pron to better oneself* * *= beat, circumvent, go beyond, outperform [out-perform], outweigh, overcome, overtake, score over, outgrow, surpass, survive, go far beyond, extend + far beyond, top, outbalance, outrank, weather, get through, one-up, outwit, outdo, outsmart, ride out, exceed, outfox, go + past, outrun [out-run], best, trump, move on from, go + one better.Ex. It would certainly beat the usual file clerk.Ex. Plainly, the familiarization stage is circumvented in a computer-based indexing system with machine-assigned terms.Ex. Maybe the answer is some kind of localized Ceefax or Oracle information service that could be obtained free through one's television set but went beyond the mainly trivia that these services currently provide.Ex. Numerous experiment have tried to determine if free-text searching outperform searching with the aid of a controlled index language.Ex. It may be decided that the practical impediments to the distribution and assignment of such numbers outweigh their potential usefulness.Ex. Analytical cataloguing seeks to overcome physical packaging.Ex. Why have card-based systems been overtaken by computer databases?.Ex. A Permuterm index scores over a Double-KWIC index in that it avoids repetitive printing of one title.Ex. The advantages of the system far surpass any disadvantages.Ex. The chairwoman of the board had decided that as part of the screening process those who had successfully survived the initial winnowing should furnish the board with tangible evidence of how they might perform on a specific assignment.Ex. These changes in the physical form of the catalog have implications which go far beyond changes in form or even in improvements in speed and convenience to the catalog user.Ex. We have seen that the relationships of the Publications Office with the institutions and other bodies of the European Communities may in theory, but do not yet in practice extend far beyond those with the six managing institutions.Ex. As public library circ declines, spending continues to top inflation.Ex. The large profits to be made in this field will outbalance the problems that may lie ahead.Ex. One node in the star graphic completely outranks the others, while the other six themselves are interchangeable.Ex. The small publishers seem to be weathering the industry changes, and have expectations of growth.Ex. I think that the so-called average person often exhibits a great deal of heroism in getting through an ordinary day.Ex. This remake of William Castle's action adventure adds a genuinely supernatural plot to the old story of the duplicitous wife scheming to kill her husband but being one-upped by his even more ingenious counterplots.Ex. Two dangerous trysts are spied upon by a third and hostile party, whose presence is detected by the lovers who act in consort to outwit him.Ex. This novel is narrated by William, an underachiever who is constantly outdone by his charming and lovable identical twin brother.Ex. Smart and speedy start-ups blindside mature companies with their inventiveness then grow up into mature companies and are outsmarted in their turn.Ex. Without any significant restructuring, the LIS programme in Iran will provide little in the way of riding out the rapid transition that the field is currently experiencing.Ex. In the same way, files of item record cards can be difficult to manage if the file size exceeds, say, 2000 cards.Ex. It also led to a continuing guerilla war between the authorities and caricaturists who sought to evade, outfox, or entirely defy them.Ex. Unfortunately, its conclusions are completely pedestrian, rarely going past the fact that there were old people in England in the late Middle Ages.Ex. But he was wiry and wily, too, and he could often out-run, track, back-track, double-back, and finally dodge unseen in the subway.Ex. Back in 2001, the tossed salad they prepared fed some 5,000, which then bested the record held by a community in Utah in the United States.Ex. If prejudice is allowed to trump the rights that all citizens should enjoy, then everyone's freedoms are ultimately endangered.Ex. He is moving on from the past and looking forward to a tremendous future helping to educate parents from his personal experiences.Ex. I think Murray will go one better than Wimbledon, but will lose to Federer again in the final.----* ayudar a superar = get + Nombre + through.* capaz de adaptarse y superar adversidades = resilient.* con el propósito de superarse uno mismo = self-improvement-oriented.* nada supera a = nothing beats....* no superar la prueba de = not stand the test of.* ser difícil de superar = take + some beating.* sin ser superado = unsurpassed.* superar Algo = put + Nombre + behind.* superar barreras = hurdle + barriers.* superar el intento = resist + effort.* superar el miedo = overcome + Posesivo + fear, conquer + fear.* superar el nerviosismo = overcome + nervousness.* superar el problema de credibilidad = overcome + credibility gap.* superar en número = outnumber.* superar la barrera del tiempo = cross + time barriers.* superar la etapa de = move on from.* superar las expectativas = exceed + expectations.* superarse a sí mismo = pull + Reflexivo + up(wards) by + Posesivo + (own) bootstraps.* superarse a Uno Mismo = make + the best of + Reflexivo.* superarse para hacer frente a Algo = rise to + meet.* superar una barrera = conquer + barrier.* superar una crisis = ford + crisis, survive + crisis.* superar una deficiencia = overcome + weakness.* superar una dificultad = overcome + difficulty, get over + difficulty.* superar una limitación = overcome + limitation, tackle + limitation.* superar un análisis minucioso = stand up to + scrutiny, stand up to + examination.* superar una situación difícil = weather + the bumpy ride, weather + the storm.* superar un examen = pass + examination, pass + an exam.* superar un obstáculo = overcome + obstacle, jump over + hurdle, overcome + barrier, conquer + barrier.* superar un peligro = overcome + danger.* superar un problema = surmount + problem, conquer + problem, get over + problem.* verse superado sólo por = be second only to.* * *1.verbo transitivo1)a) (ser superior a, mayor que) to exceed, go beyond2)a) (vencer, sobreponerse a) <timidez/dificultad/etapa> to overcome; < trauma> to get overya hemos superado la etapa más difícil — we've already got(ten) through o over the most difficult stage
b) (frml) <examen/prueba> to pass2.superarse v pron to better oneself* * *= beat, circumvent, go beyond, outperform [out-perform], outweigh, overcome, overtake, score over, outgrow, surpass, survive, go far beyond, extend + far beyond, top, outbalance, outrank, weather, get through, one-up, outwit, outdo, outsmart, ride out, exceed, outfox, go + past, outrun [out-run], best, trump, move on from, go + one better.Ex: It would certainly beat the usual file clerk.
Ex: Plainly, the familiarization stage is circumvented in a computer-based indexing system with machine-assigned terms.Ex: Maybe the answer is some kind of localized Ceefax or Oracle information service that could be obtained free through one's television set but went beyond the mainly trivia that these services currently provide.Ex: Numerous experiment have tried to determine if free-text searching outperform searching with the aid of a controlled index language.Ex: It may be decided that the practical impediments to the distribution and assignment of such numbers outweigh their potential usefulness.Ex: Analytical cataloguing seeks to overcome physical packaging.Ex: Why have card-based systems been overtaken by computer databases?.Ex: A Permuterm index scores over a Double-KWIC index in that it avoids repetitive printing of one title.Ex: The advantages of the system far surpass any disadvantages.Ex: The chairwoman of the board had decided that as part of the screening process those who had successfully survived the initial winnowing should furnish the board with tangible evidence of how they might perform on a specific assignment.Ex: These changes in the physical form of the catalog have implications which go far beyond changes in form or even in improvements in speed and convenience to the catalog user.Ex: We have seen that the relationships of the Publications Office with the institutions and other bodies of the European Communities may in theory, but do not yet in practice extend far beyond those with the six managing institutions.Ex: As public library circ declines, spending continues to top inflation.Ex: The large profits to be made in this field will outbalance the problems that may lie ahead.Ex: One node in the star graphic completely outranks the others, while the other six themselves are interchangeable.Ex: The small publishers seem to be weathering the industry changes, and have expectations of growth.Ex: I think that the so-called average person often exhibits a great deal of heroism in getting through an ordinary day.Ex: This remake of William Castle's action adventure adds a genuinely supernatural plot to the old story of the duplicitous wife scheming to kill her husband but being one-upped by his even more ingenious counterplots.Ex: Two dangerous trysts are spied upon by a third and hostile party, whose presence is detected by the lovers who act in consort to outwit him.Ex: This novel is narrated by William, an underachiever who is constantly outdone by his charming and lovable identical twin brother.Ex: Smart and speedy start-ups blindside mature companies with their inventiveness then grow up into mature companies and are outsmarted in their turn.Ex: Without any significant restructuring, the LIS programme in Iran will provide little in the way of riding out the rapid transition that the field is currently experiencing.Ex: In the same way, files of item record cards can be difficult to manage if the file size exceeds, say, 2000 cards.Ex: It also led to a continuing guerilla war between the authorities and caricaturists who sought to evade, outfox, or entirely defy them.Ex: Unfortunately, its conclusions are completely pedestrian, rarely going past the fact that there were old people in England in the late Middle Ages.Ex: But he was wiry and wily, too, and he could often out-run, track, back-track, double-back, and finally dodge unseen in the subway.Ex: Back in 2001, the tossed salad they prepared fed some 5,000, which then bested the record held by a community in Utah in the United States.Ex: If prejudice is allowed to trump the rights that all citizens should enjoy, then everyone's freedoms are ultimately endangered.Ex: He is moving on from the past and looking forward to a tremendous future helping to educate parents from his personal experiences.Ex: I think Murray will go one better than Wimbledon, but will lose to Federer again in the final.* ayudar a superar = get + Nombre + through.* capaz de adaptarse y superar adversidades = resilient.* con el propósito de superarse uno mismo = self-improvement-oriented.* nada supera a = nothing beats....* no superar la prueba de = not stand the test of.* ser difícil de superar = take + some beating.* sin ser superado = unsurpassed.* superar Algo = put + Nombre + behind.* superar barreras = hurdle + barriers.* superar el intento = resist + effort.* superar el miedo = overcome + Posesivo + fear, conquer + fear.* superar el nerviosismo = overcome + nervousness.* superar el problema de credibilidad = overcome + credibility gap.* superar en número = outnumber.* superar la barrera del tiempo = cross + time barriers.* superar la etapa de = move on from.* superar las expectativas = exceed + expectations.* superarse a sí mismo = pull + Reflexivo + up(wards) by + Posesivo + (own) bootstraps.* superarse a Uno Mismo = make + the best of + Reflexivo.* superarse para hacer frente a Algo = rise to + meet.* superar una barrera = conquer + barrier.* superar una crisis = ford + crisis, survive + crisis.* superar una deficiencia = overcome + weakness.* superar una dificultad = overcome + difficulty, get over + difficulty.* superar una limitación = overcome + limitation, tackle + limitation.* superar un análisis minucioso = stand up to + scrutiny, stand up to + examination.* superar una situación difícil = weather + the bumpy ride, weather + the storm.* superar un examen = pass + examination, pass + an exam.* superar un obstáculo = overcome + obstacle, jump over + hurdle, overcome + barrier, conquer + barrier.* superar un peligro = overcome + danger.* superar un problema = surmount + problem, conquer + problem, get over + problem.* verse superado sólo por = be second only to.* * *superar [A1 ]vtA1 (ser superior a, mayor que) to exceed, go beyondun éxito que supera todas las expectativas a success which goes beyond o exceeds o surpasses all expectationsla realidad supera a la ficción fact o truth is stranger than fictionel horror de estas escenas supera todo lo imaginable the horror of these scenes goes beyond anything one could imaginenadie lo supera en experiencia ni habilidad nobody can surpass him in experience or skill, nobody can surpass his experience or skillnos superan en número they outnumber ussupera en estatura a su hermano mayor he's taller than his elder brothersupera en tres puntos la cifra de ayer it is three points higher than yesterday's figure, it surpasses yesterday's figure by three points2 (mejorar) to beatlogró superar su propio récord he managed to beat his own recordese método está totalmente superado that method has been completely supersededB1 (vencer, sobreponerse a) ‹timidez/dificultad/etapa› to overcometrata de superar estas diferencias try to overcome o get over these differencesno ha logrado superar el trauma que le supuso el accidente he has not got(ten) over the trauma of the accidentya hemos superado la etapa más difícil we've already got(ten) through o over the most difficult stagehace tres meses que rompimos pero ya lo tengo superado we split up three months ago but I've got(ten) over it o I'm over it now2 ( frml); ‹examen/prueba› to passto better oneself* * *
superar ( conjugate superar) verbo transitivo
1
nadie lo supera en experiencia no one has more experience than him;
supera en estatura a su hermano he's taller than his brother
2
‹ trauma› to get over
superarse verbo pronominal
to better oneself
superar verbo transitivo
1 (estar por encima de) to exceed: tu hermana te supera en altura, your sister is taller than you
la temperatura superó los treinta grados, the temperature rose above thirty degrees
(expectativas) esto supera todo lo imaginado, this defies the imagination
(un récord, una marca) to beat, break
2 (pasar, sobreponerse) to overcome
(un examen) to pass, get through
' superar' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
atonía
- ganar
- sacar
- salir
- salvar
- sobreponerse
- vencer
- volver
- cabeza
- creces
- exceder
- marca
English:
beat
- beating
- carry through
- coast
- corner
- deal with
- excel
- get over
- get past
- handicap
- improve on
- outdo
- outnumber
- overcome
- overtake
- pull through
- surmount
- surpass
- top
- exceed
- get
- negotiate
- out
- over
- rise
- shrug
- survive
- transcend
* * *♦ vt1. [aventajar] to beat;superar algo/a alguien en algo to beat sth/sb for sth;nos superan en número they outnumber us;me supera en altura/inteligencia he's taller/cleverer than me2. [sobrepasar] [récord] to break;queremos superar los resultados del año pasado we want to improve on o beat last year's results;me superó por dos décimas de segundo she beat me by two tenths of a second3. [adelantar] to overtake, to pass;superó a su rival en la recta final she overtook her rival on the home straight5. [complejo, crisis, enfermedad] to overcome, to get over;no ha superado la pérdida de su mujer he has not overcome the loss of his wife;tener algo superado to have got over sth6. [examen, prueba] to pass* * ** * *superar vt1) : to surpass, to exceed2) : to overcome, to surmount* * *superar vb2. (pasar) to pass3. (ser mejor) to be better / to surpass4. (ser más) to be more / to be overel porcentaje de aprobados supera el 85% the percentage of passes is over 85% -
50 embrollo
m.1 tangle.2 embroilment, ruse, confusion, muddle.pres.indicat.1st person singular (yo) present indicative of spanish verb: embrollar.* * *1 (confusión) muddle, mess2 (mentira) lie3 figurado (situación embarazosa) embarrassing situation* * *SM (=confusión) muddle, confusion; (=aprieto) fix *, jam *; (=fraude) fraud, trick; (=mentira) lie, falsehood* * *masculino (de hilos, cables) tangle; (de callejuelas, pasillos) maze; (de ideas, situaciones)el argumento es un embrollo — the plot is extremely involved o complicated
* * *= morass, tangled web, muddle, quagmire, tangle, miasma, snarl, snarl-up, snare.Ex. Publishers attempting to cut through this nomenclature morass can check with the library's administration.Ex. A reason for this can be found in the tangled web of social services and welfare provisions that prevail in the United States and which are infinitely more complicated than in Britain.Ex. The author attempts to sort out the muddle in which librarians have found themselves = El autor intenta aclarar la confusión en la que se encuentran los bibliotecarios.Ex. The title of the article is 'Charting a course through the quagmire of copyright law' = El título del artículo es "Cómo trazar un rumbo en el embrollo de la ley de copyright".Ex. This project is designed to enable users everywhere to navigate through the information technology tangle.Ex. The past is often shrouded in a miasma of uncertain memories confounded by missing or incomplete records.Ex. His work is such a snarl of so many different things that it is as endlessly demanding as it is rewarding.Ex. However, taxi is a more advisable option considering the never-ending Bangkok traffic snarl-up, especially during the rush hour.Ex. Whilst telematics for Africa is full of snares, it is the way towards the road to mastery in the future.----* en un embrollo = in a (pretty) pickle, in a turmoil.* * *masculino (de hilos, cables) tangle; (de callejuelas, pasillos) maze; (de ideas, situaciones)el argumento es un embrollo — the plot is extremely involved o complicated
* * *= morass, tangled web, muddle, quagmire, tangle, miasma, snarl, snarl-up, snare.Ex: Publishers attempting to cut through this nomenclature morass can check with the library's administration.
Ex: A reason for this can be found in the tangled web of social services and welfare provisions that prevail in the United States and which are infinitely more complicated than in Britain.Ex: The author attempts to sort out the muddle in which librarians have found themselves = El autor intenta aclarar la confusión en la que se encuentran los bibliotecarios.Ex: The title of the article is 'Charting a course through the quagmire of copyright law' = El título del artículo es "Cómo trazar un rumbo en el embrollo de la ley de copyright".Ex: This project is designed to enable users everywhere to navigate through the information technology tangle.Ex: The past is often shrouded in a miasma of uncertain memories confounded by missing or incomplete records.Ex: His work is such a snarl of so many different things that it is as endlessly demanding as it is rewarding.Ex: However, taxi is a more advisable option considering the never-ending Bangkok traffic snarl-up, especially during the rush hour.Ex: Whilst telematics for Africa is full of snares, it is the way towards the road to mastery in the future.* en un embrollo = in a (pretty) pickle, in a turmoil.* * *1 (de hilos, cables) tangleme perdí en un embrollo de pasillos I got lost in a maze of corridors2(de ideas, situaciones): el argumento de la película es un embrollo the plot of the movie is extremely involved o complicatedse metió en un embrollo he got himself into a messun embrollo político a political imbroglio* * *
Del verbo embrollar: ( conjugate embrollar)
embrollo es:
1ª persona singular (yo) presente indicativo
embrolló es:
3ª persona singular (él/ella/usted) pretérito indicativo
Multiple Entries:
embrollar
embrollo
embrolló
embrollar ( conjugate embrollar) verbo transitivo
‹ persona› to muddle, confusec) ( implicar) embrollo a algn en algo to embroil sb in sth, get sb involved in sth
embrollarse verbo pronominal [hilo/madeja] to get tangled;
[ situación] to get confused o muddled;
[ persona] to get muddled, to get mixed up (colloq)
embrollo sustantivo masculino (de hilos, cables) tangle;
(de callejuelas, pasillos) maze;
( situación confusa) muddle, mess;◊ el argumento es un embrollo the plot is extremely involved o complicated
embrollo sustantivo masculino
1 (enredo) muddle, confusion
2 (situación apurada) fix, jam
' embrollo' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
barullo
- enredo
- lío
English:
muddle
- rigmarole
- screw-up
- jumble
- tangle
* * *embrollo nm1. [lío] mess;meterse en un embrollo to get into a mess;en menudo embrollo nos hemos metido this is a fine mess we've got ourselves into;la trama de la obra es un verdadero embrollo the plot of the play is really complicated o confusing2. [mentira] lie3. [de hilos, cuerdas, cables] tangle* * *m tangle; figmess, muddle* * *embrollo nmenredo: imbroglio, confusion -
51 tejer
v.1 to weave (hilos, mimbre).2 to knit (hacer punto).3 to spin (telaraña).4 to carve out (labrar) (porvenir).5 to tell, to invent, to spin.* * *1 (en telar) to weave2 (hacer punto) to knit3 (araña) to spin\tejer y destejer figurado to chop and change* * *verb1) to knit2) weave* * *1. VT1) [+ tela] to weave; [+ tela de araña] to spin, make; [+ capullo] to spin2) (=hacer punto) to knit; (=hacer ganchillo) to crochet; (=coser) to sew3) [+ complot] to hatch; [+ plan] to devise; [+ mentira] to fabricate; [+ cambio etc] to bring about little by little2. VI1) [en telar] to weave2) (=hacer punto) to knit; (=hacer ganchillo) to crochet; (=coser) to sew* * *1.verbo transitivo1)a) ( en telar) to weaveb) (con agujas, a máquina) to knit; ( con ganchillo) to crochetc) araña to spin2.tejer vi ( en telar) to weave; (con agujas, a máquina) to knit; ( con ganchillo) to crochet* * *= spin, weave.Ex. Then the fairies told them how happily the spiders lived among the green leaves spinning garments for their neigbbors.Ex. This article compares an expert system to a rug and the shell to the loom on which it was woven.----* aguja de tejer = knitting needle.* arte de tejer = weaving.* máquina de tejer = knitting machine.* tejer una historia = weave + story.* tejer una telaraña = draw + web.* * *1.verbo transitivo1)a) ( en telar) to weaveb) (con agujas, a máquina) to knit; ( con ganchillo) to crochetc) araña to spin2.tejer vi ( en telar) to weave; (con agujas, a máquina) to knit; ( con ganchillo) to crochet* * *= spin, weave.Ex: Then the fairies told them how happily the spiders lived among the green leaves spinning garments for their neigbbors.
Ex: This article compares an expert system to a rug and the shell to the loom on which it was woven.* aguja de tejer = knitting needle.* arte de tejer = weaving.* máquina de tejer = knitting machine.* tejer una historia = weave + story.* tejer una telaraña = draw + web.* * *tejer [E1 ]vtA1 (en un telar) to weavealfombras tejidas a mano hand-woven rugs2 (con agujas, a máquina) to knit; (con ganchillo) to crochetmáquina de tejer knitting machine3 «araña» to spinB(elaborar, desarrollar): tejieron un plan para asesinarlo they devised a plan o they plotted to murder himtejió una intriga vergonzosa he wove a shameful web of intriguetejió una gran mentira she spun an elaborate lie■ tejervi1 (en un telar) to weave2 (con agujas, a máquina) to knit3 (con ganchillo) to crochet* * *
tejer ( conjugate tejer) verbo transitivo
( con ganchillo) to crochet;
verbo intransitivo ( en telar) to weave;
(con agujas, a máquina) to knit;
( con ganchillo) to crochet
tejer verbo transitivo
1 (en el telar) to weave: la araña tejía su red, the spider wove its web
2 (calcetar) to knit: me tejió un jersey, he knitted me a pullover
3 fig (una fantasía, historia) to weave
(maquinar, urdir) to plot, scheme
' tejer' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
hilo
- aguja
- menguar
- palillo
English:
knit
- spin
- weave
- crochet
- knitting
- needle
- purl
* * *♦ vt1. [hilos, mimbre] to weave;tejió una cesta de mimbre she made a wicker basket;artículos tejidos a mano hand-woven goods2. [labor de punto] to knit;tejer algo a ganchillo to crochet sth3. [telaraña, capullo] to spin4. [labrar] [porvenir] to carve out;[ruina] to bring about♦ vi1. [hacer punto] to knit;tejer a ganchillo to crochet;tejer y destejer to change (opinions/behaviour), Br to chop and change2. [araña, gusano] to spin* * *intriga deviseII v/i L.Am.plot, scheme* * *tejer vt1) : to knit, to crochet2) : to weave3) fabricar: to concoct, to make up, to fabricate* * *tejer vb -
52 conjura
Del verbo conjurar: ( conjugate conjurar) \ \
conjura es: \ \3ª persona singular (él/ella/usted) presente indicativo2ª persona singular (tú) imperativoMultiple Entries: conjura conjurar
conjura,◊ conjuración sustantivo femeninoconspiracy, plot
conjurar ( conjugate conjurar) verbo intransitivo to conspire, plot
conjura sustantivo femenino conspiracy, plot: fue víctima de una conjura, he was the victim of a plot ' conjura' also found in these entries: English: conspiracy - plot -
53 trama
Del verbo tramar: ( conjugate tramar) \ \
trama es: \ \3ª persona singular (él/ella/usted) presente indicativo2ª persona singular (tú) imperativoMultiple Entries: trama tramar
trama sustantivo femenino 1 ( de tejido) weave, weft 2 (de película, novela) plot
tramar ( conjugate tramar) verbo transitivo ‹ engaño› to devise; ‹ venganza› to plot; ‹ complot› to hatch, lay;◊ ¿qué andan tramando? what are they up to? (colloq)
trama sustantivo femenino
1 Lit Cine plot
2 Tex weft
tramar vtr (un engaño, conspiración, plan) to plot: ¿qué estará tramando? what is he up to? ' trama' also found in these entries: Spanish: argumento - intriga - acción English: involved - plot - story -
54 φύσις
φύσις [pron. full] [ῠ], ἡ, gen. φύσεως, poet. φύσεος prob. (metri gr.) in E.Tr. 886, cf. Ar.V. 1282 (lyr.), 1458 (lyr.), [dialect] Ion. φύσιος: dual φύσει (I origin,φ. οὐδενός ἐστιν ἁπάντων θνητῶν οὐδὲ.. τελευτή Emp.8.1
(cf. Plu.2.1112a);φ. βούλονται λέγειν γένεσιν τὴν περὶ τὰ πρῶτα Pl.Lg. 892c
;ἡ φ. ἡ λεγομένη ὡς γένεσις ὁδός ἐστιν εἰς φύσιν Arist.Ph. 193b12
;φ. λέγεται ἡ τῶν φυομένων γένεσις Id.Metaph. 1014b16
; freq. of persons, birth,φύσει νεώτερος S.OC 1295
, cf. Aj. 1301, etc.;φύσι γεγονότες εὖ Hdt.7.134
; φύσει, opp. θέσει (by adoption), D.L.9.25;φύσει Ἀμβρακιώτης, δημοποίητος δὲ Σικυώνιος Ath.4.183d
; so ὁ κατὰ φύσιν πατήρ, υἱός, ἀδελφός, Plb. 3.9.6, 3.12.3, 11.2.2; also in acc.,ἐκ πατρὸς ταὐτοῦ φύσιν S.El. 325
; ἢ φίλων τις ἢ πρὸς αἵματος φύσιν ib. 1125, cf. Isoc.3.42.2 growth, τριχῶν, παιδίου, Hp.Nat.Puer.20,29, cf. 27: pl.,γενειάσεις καὶ φύσεις κεράτων Plot.4.3.13
.II the natural form or constitution of a person or thing as the result of growth (οἷον ἕκαστόν ἐστι τῆς γενέσεως τελεσθείσης, ταύτην φαμὲν τὴν φ. εἶναι ἑκάστου Arist.Pol. 1252b33
): hence,1 nature, constitution, once in Hom., καί μοι φύσιν αὐτοῦ (sc. τοῦ φαρμάκου)ἔδειξε Od.10.303
;φ. τῆς χώρης Hdt.2.5
;τῆς Ἀττικῆς X.Vect.1.2
, cf. Oec.16.2, D.18.146, etc.;τῆς τριχός X.Eq.5.5
; αἵματος, ἀέρος, etc., Arist.PA 648a21, Mete. 340a36, etc.: pl.,φύσεις ἐγγιγνομένας καρπῶν καὶ δένδρων Isoc.7.74
;αἱ φ. καὶ δυνάμεις τῶν πολιτειῶν Id.12.134
;ἡ τῶν ἀριθμῶν φ. Pl.R. 525c
;ἡ τῶν πάντων φ. X.Mem.1.1.11
, etc.;ἡ ἰδία τοῦ πράγματος φ. IG22.1099.28
(Epist.Plotinae).2 outward form, appearance,μέζονας ἢ κατ' ἀνθρώπων φύσιν Hdt.8.38
; ἢ νόον ἤτοι φύσιν either in mind or outward form, Pi.N.6.5;οὐ γὰρ φ. Ὠαριωνείαν ἔλαχεν Id.I.4(3).49
(67);μορφῆς δ' οὐχ ὁμόστολος φ. A.Supp. 496
; (read εἷρπε, taking φ. with ἔχων), cf. Tr. 379; δρακαίνης φ. ἔχουσαν ἀγρίαν prob. in E.Ba. 1358;τὴν ἐμὴν ἰδὼν φ. Ar.V. 1071
(troch.), cf. Nu. 503;τὴν τοῦ σώματος φ. Isoc.9.75
.3 Medic., constitution, temperament, Hp.Aph.3.2 (pl.), al.;ἡ φ. καὶ ἡ ἕξις Id.Acut.43
;φ. φύσιος καὶ ἡλικία ἡλικίης διαφέρει Id.Fract.7
;φύσιες νούσων ἰητροί Id.Epid.6.5.1
.b natural place or position of a bone or joint, ἀποπηδᾶν ἀπὸ τῆς φ., ἐς τὴν φ. ἄγεσθαι, Id.Art.61, 62, al.;ὀστέον μένον ἐν τῇ ἑωυτοῦ φ. Id.VC5
, al.;φύσιες τῶν ἄρθρων Id.Nat.Puer.17
.4 of the mind, one's nature, character,ἦθος ἕκαστον, ὅπῃ φ. ἐστὶν ἑκάστῳ Emp.110.5
;εὐγενὴς γὰρ ἡ φ. κἀξ εὐγενῶν.. ἡ σή S.Ph. 874
; τὴν αὑτοῦ φ. λιπεῖν, δεῖξαι, ib. 902, 1310;φ. φρενός E.Med. 103
(anap.);ἡ ἀνθρωπεία φ. Th.1.76
;φ. τῆς μορφῆς καὶ τῆς ψυχῆς X.Cyr.1.2.2
;ὀνόματι μεμπτὸν τὸ νόθον, ἡ φ. δ' ἴση E.Fr. 168
; φ. φιλόσοφος, τυραννική, etc., Pl.R. 410e, 576a, etc.;δεξιοὶ φύσιν A.Pr. 489
;ἀκμαῖοι φύσιν Id.Pers. 441
;τὸ γὰρ ἀποστῆναι χαλεπὸν φύσεος, ἣν ἔχοι τις Ar.V. 1458
(lyr.), cf. 1282 (lyr.);Σόλων.. ἦν φιλόδημος τὴν φ. Id.Nu. 1187
;ἔνιοι ὄντες ὡς ἀληθῶς τοῦ δήμου τὴν φ. οὐ δημοτικοί εἰσι X.Ath.2.19
; φύσεως ἰσχύς force of natural powers, Th.1.138; φύσεως κακία badness of natural disposition, D.20.140;ἀγαθοὶ.. γίγνονται διὰ τριῶν, τὰ τρία δὲ ταῦτά ἐστι φ. ἔθος λόγος Arist. Pol. 1332a40
; χρῶ τῇ φύσει, i.e. give rein to your natural propensities, Ar.Nu. 1078, cf. Isoc.7.38;τῇ φ. χρώμενος Plu.Cor.18
;θείας κοινωνοὶ φ. 2 Ep.Pet.1.4
: pl., Isoc.4.113, v.l. in E.Andr. 956;οἱ ἄριστοι τὰς φ. Pl.R. 526c
, cf. 375b, al.: prov.,ἔθος, φασί, δευτέρη φ. Jul.Mis. 353a
.b instinct in animals, etc., Democr.278; ap. Stob.1.41.6;ἐν τοῖς ἄλλοις ζῴοις ἡ αἴσθησις τῇ φ. ἥνωται, ἐν δὲ ἀνθρώποις τῇ νοήσει Corp.Herm. 9.1
, cf. 12.1.5 freq. in periphrases, καὶ γὰρ ἂν πέτρου φύσιν σύ γ' ὀργάνειας, i.e. would'st provoke a stone, S.OT 335;χθονὸς φ. A.Ag. 633
; esp. in Pl.,ἡ τοῦ πτεροῦ φ. Phdr. 251b
;ἡ φ. τῶν σωμάτων Smp. 186b
; ἡ φ. τῆς ἀσθενείας its natural weakness, Phd. 87e;ἡ τοῦ μυελοῦ φ. Ti. 84c
;ἡ τοῦ δικαίου φ. Lg. 862d
, al.; ἡ φ., with gen. understood, Smp. 191a, Phd. 109e.III the regular order of nature,τύχη.. ἀβέβαιος, φ. δὲ αὐτάρκης Democr.176
;κατὰ φύσιν Pl.R. 444d
, etc.; τρίχες κατὰ φύσιν πεφυκυῖαι growing naturally, Hdt.2.38, cf. Alex.156.7 (troch.); (cf. Pl.Grg. 488b);κατὰ φ. ποιεῖν Heraclit.112
; opp. παρὰ φύσιν, E.Ph. 395, Th.6.17, etc.;παρὰ τὴν φ. Anaxipp.1.18
; προδότης ἐκ φύσεως a traitor by nature, Aeschin.2.165; πρὸ τῆς φ. ἥκειν εἰς θάνατον before the natural term, Plu.Comp.Dem.Cic.5: freq. in dat. φύσει (ἐν φ. Hp.
Aër.14) by nature, naturally, opp. τύχῃ, τέχνῃ, Pl.Lg. 889b, cf. R. 381b;φύσει τοιοῦτος Ar.Pl. 275
, cf. 279, al.;ὁ ἄνθρωπος φ. πολιτικὸν ζῷόν ἐστι Arist.Pol. 1253a3
; ὁ μὴ αὑτοῦ φ. ἀλλ' ἄλλου ἄνθρωπος ὤν, οὗτος φ. δοῦλός ἐστιν ib. 1254a15;φ. γὰρ οὐδεὶς δοῦλος ἐγενήθη ποτέ Philem.95.2
; opp. νόμῳ (by convention), Philol.9, Archelaus ap.D.L.2.16, Pl.Grg. 482e, cf. Prt. 337d, etc.;τὰ μὲν τῶν νόμων ὁμολογηθέντα, οὐ φύντ' ἐστίν, τὰ δὲ τῆς φύσεως φύντα, οὐχ ὁμολογηθέντα Antipho Soph.44
Ai 32 (Vorsokr.5);ἅπας ὁ τῶν ἀνθρώπων βίος φύσει καὶ νόμοις διοικεῖται D.25.15
;τοὺς τῆς φ. οὐκ ἔστι λανθάνειν νόμους Men.Mon. 492
;οὐ σοφίᾳ, ἀλλὰ φύσει τινί Pl. Ap. 22c
;φ. μὴ πεφυκότα τοιαῦτα φωνεῖν S.Ph.79
, cf. Pl.Phlb. 14c, etc.;φύσει πάντα πάντες ὁμοίως πεφύκαμεν καὶ βάρβαροι καὶ Ἕλληνες εἶναι Antipho Soph.44
Bii 10 (Vorsokr.5); φύσιν ἔχει c. inf., it is natural, κῶς φύσιν ἔχει πολλὰς μυριάδας φονεῦσαι (sc. τὸν Ἡρακλέα); Hdt.2.45, cf. Pl.R. 473a; οὐκ ἔχει φύσιν it is contrary to nature, ib. 489b; ;τὸ τόλμημα φύσιν οὐκ ἔχει Polem.Call.36
.IV in Philosophy:1 nature as an originating power,φ. λέγεται.. ὅθεν ἡ κίνησις ἡ πρώτη ἐν ἑκάστῳ τῶν φύσει ὄντων Arist.Metaph. 1014b16
;ὁ δὲ θεὸς καὶ ἡ φ. οὐδὲν μάτην ποιοῦσιν Id.Cael. 271a33
; ἡ δὲ φ. οὐδὲν ἀλόγως οὐδὲ μάτην ποιεῖ ib. 291b13;ἡ μὲν τέχνη ἀρχὴ ἐν ἄλλῳ, ἡ δὲ φ. ἀρχὴ ἐν αὐτῷ Id.Metaph. 1070a8
, cf. Mete. 381b5, etc.;φ. κρύπτεσθαι φιλεῖ Heraclit.123
;ἡ γοητεία τῆς φ. Plot.4.4.44
; φ. κοινή, the principle of growth in the universe, Cleanth.Stoic.1.126; as Stoic t.t., the inner fire which causes preservation and growth in plants and animals, defined as πῦρ τεχνικὸν ὁδῷ βαδίζον εἰς γένεσιν, Stoic.1.44, cf. 35, al., S.E.M.9.81; Nature, personified,χάρις τῇ μακαρίᾳ Φ. Epicur.Fr. 469
;Φ. καὶ Εἱμαρμένη καὶ Ἀνάγκη Phld. Piet.12
;ἡ κατωφερὴς Φ. Corp.Herm.1.14
.2 elementary substance,κινδυνεύει ὁ λέγων ταῦτα πῦρ καὶ ὕδωρ καὶ γῆν καὶ ἀέρα πρῶτα ἡγεῖσθαι τῶν πάντων εἶναι καὶ τὴν φ. ὀνομάζειν αὐτὰ ταῦτα Pl.Lg. 891c
, cf. Arist.Fr.52 (defined asτὴν πρώτην οὐσίαν.. ὑποβεβλημένην ἅπασι τοῖς γεννητοῖς καὶ φθαρτοῖς σώμασι Gal.15.3
);τῶν φύσει ὄντων τὰ στοιχεῖά φασιν εἶναι φύσιν Arist.Metaph. 1014b33
: pl., Epicur.Ep. 1p.6U., al.;ἄτομοι φ.
atoms,Democr.
ap. Diog.Oen.5, Epicur.Ep. 1p.7U.;ἄφθαρτοι φ. Phld.Piet.83
.3 concrete, the creation, 'Nature',ἀθανάτου.. φύσεως κόσμον ἀγήρων E.Fr. 910
(anap.);περὶ φύσεώς τε καὶ τῶν μετεώρων ἀστρονομικὰ ἄττα διερωτᾶν Pl.Prt. 315c
; περὶ φύσεως, title of works by Xenophanes, Heraclitus, Gorgias, Epicurus, etc.;[σοφία] ἣν δὴ καλοῦσι περὶ φύσεως ἱστορίαν Pl.Phd. 96a
;περὶ φ. ἀφοριζόμενοι διεχώριζον ζῴων τε βίον δένδρων τε φύσιν λαχάνων τε γένη Epicr.11.13
(anap.); so later,ἡ φ. τὸ ὑπὸ ψυχῆς τῆς πάσης ταχθέν Plot.2.2.1
;τὰ στοιχεῖα τῆς φ. Corp.Herm.1.8
; αἱ δύο φ., i.e. heaven and earth, light and darkness, etc., PMag.Leid.W.6.42.4 Pythag. name for two, Theol.Ar.12.V as a concrete term, creature, freq. in collect. sense, θνητὴ φ. mankind, S.Fr. 590 (anap.), cf. OT 869 (lyr.); πόντου εἰναλία φ. the creatures of the sea, Id.Ant. 345 (lyr.);ὃ πᾶσα φ. διώκειν πέφυκε Pl.R. 359c
, cf. Plt. 272c; ἡ τῶν θηλειῶν φ. woman- kind (opp. τὸ ἄρρεν φῦλον) X.Lac.3.4: also in pl., S.OT 674, Pl.R. 588c, Plt. 306e, X.Oec.13.9; in contemptuous sense, αἱ τοιαῦται φ. such creatures as these, Isoc.4.113, cf. 20.11, Aeschin.1.191.b of plants or material substances,φ. εὐώδεις καρποφοροῦσαι D.S.2.49
;ὑγράν τινα φ. καπνὸν ἀποδιδοῦσαν Corp.Herm. 1.4
.VI kind, sort, species,ταύτην.. ἔχειν βιοτῆς.. φύσιν S.Ph. 165
(anap.);ἐκλέγονται ἐκ τούτων χρημάτων μίαν φ. τὴν τῶν λευκῶν Pl.R. 429d
; φ. [ἀλωπεκίδων] species, X.Cyn.3.1; natural group or class of plants, Thphr.HP6.1.1 (pl.).VII sex, θῆλυς φῦσα (prob. for οὖσα)κοὐκ ἀνδρὸς φύσιν S.Tr. 1062
, cf. OC 445, Th.2.45, Pl.Lg. 770d, 944d: hence, -
55 ἐπιβουλεύω
A plot, contrive against, c. dat. pers. et acc. rei,ἐ. < κακὸν> πόλει Tyrt.4.8
;ἐπανάστασίν τινι Hdt.3.119
; θάνατόν τινι ib. 122, And.4.15; ;κατάλυσιν τῇ τυραννίδι Th.6.54
.b. c. dat. only, plot against, lay snares for,τῇ πόλει A. Th.29
codd., SIGl.c.; , Th.6.60; ;τῇ πολιτείᾳ D.8.40
: c. dat. rei, tamper with, σφραγῖδι Cat.Cod. Astr.2.193: abs., οὑπιβουλεύων the plotter, S.OT 618, cf. Pl.Lg. 856c, Arist.EN 1135b33: also in [tense] aor.1 [voice] Med., plot, Arr.Epict.4.1.160.c .c.acc. rei only, plan secretly,τὸν ἔκπλουν Th.7.51
;ἀπόστασιν Id.8.60
, etc.2. c.dat. rei, form designs upon, aim at,πρήγμασι μεγάλοισι Hdt.3.122
;ἀνδριάντι Id.1.183
; , etc.; ἔργοιςτοιούτοις Lys.28.8
.3. c. inf., purpose or design to do, Ἀρίοναἐκβαλόντες ἔχειν τὰ χρήματα Hdt.1.24
;ἐπιχειρήσειν Id.6.137
; ;ἐξελθεῖν Th.3.20
;καταλῦσαι τὴν δημοκρατίαν Lys.13.12
;ἀποκτεινύναι Pl.R. 566b
; alsoἐ. ὅπως.. X.Cyr.1.4.13
: abs., Th.3.82.4. to be injurious,δριμύτητα τοῖς ὀφθαλμοῖς -εύουσαν Paul.Aeg. 6.9
.II. [voice] Pass., with [tense] fut. [voice] Med. - εύσομαι (in pass. sense) X.Cyr. 5.4.34: [tense] fut. [voice] Pass.- ευθήσομαι D.C.52.33
: [tense] aor.- εβουλεύθην Antipho 4.2.6
, Th.1.82, D.22.1, Men.481.15, etc. (but v. supr. 1.1 b):—to have plots formed against one, to be the object of plots, Antiphol.c.; ὑπό τινος Th.4.60, 64, Isoc.4.140; εἰς χρήματα D.l.c.2. of things, to be designed against, : abs., Antipho 2.1.1, Th.3.96; τὰ ἐπιβουλευόμενα plots, X.Eq.Mag.9.8.Greek-English dictionary (Αγγλικά Ελληνικά-λεξικό) > ἐπιβουλεύω
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56 perder
v.1 to lose (dinero, objeto, amigo).Ella pierde She loses.Ella pierde su cartera She loses her purse.Ella perdió la oportunidad She lost the opportunity.2 to lose (salir derrotado).no te pelees con él, que llevas las de perder don't get into a fight with him, you're bound to lose3 to waste.no hay tiempo que perder there's no time to lose4 to miss (tren, vuelo).Ella perdió el bus She missed the bus.5 to be the ruin of.le pierde su pasión por el juego his passion for gambling is ruining him6 to lose, to leak (tener un escape de) (agua).ese camión va perdiendo aceite this lorry is losing o leaking oil7 to go downhill.* * *1 (gen) to lose2 (malgastar, desperdiciar) to waste3 (tren etc) to miss4 (ser causa de daños) to be the ruin of1 (gen) to lose; (salir perdiendo) to lose out2 (empeorar) to get worse■ esta ciudad ha perdido mucho, ya no es lo que era this city has gone downhill, it isn't what it used to be1 (extraviarse - persona) to get lost; (- animal) to go missing2 (confundirse) to get confused, get mixed up3 (desaparecer) to disappear, take off■ en cuanto ve problemas, se pierde as soon as there's a problem, he disappears4 (dejar escapar) to miss■ ¡no te lo pierdas! don't miss it!\echar a perder to spoilperder agua to leakperder color to fadeperder de vista to lose sight ofperderse por algo/alguien familiar to give up everything for somebody/somethingsalir perdiendo to come off worse, lose outtener buen perder to be a good losertener mal perder to be a bad loser¡piérdete! familiar get lost!* * *verb1) to lose2) miss3) waste•- perderse* * *1. VT1) [+ objeto, dinero, peso] to loseconviene no perder de vista que... — we mustn't forget that..., we mustn't lose sight of the fact that...
2) [+ tiempo] to waste¡me estás haciendo perder el tiempo! — you're wasting my time!
3) [+ aire, aceite] to leakel vehículo pierde aceite — the car is leaking oil, the car has an oil leak
4) (=no coger) [+ tren, avión] to miss; [+ oportunidad] to miss, lose5) (=destruir) to ruinese vicio le perderá — that vice will ruin him, that vice will be his ruin
lo que le pierde es... — where he comes unstuck is...
6) (Jur) to lose, forfeit2. VI1) [en competición, disputa] to lose•
tienen o llevan todas las de perder — they look certain to lose•
saber perder — to be a good loser•
salir perdiendo, salí perdiendo en el negocio — I lost out on the deal2) (=empeorar)era un buen cantante, pero ha perdido mucho — he was a good singer, but he's gone downhill
era muy guapo, pero ha perdido bastante — he isn't nearly as good-looking as he used to be
3) [tela] to fade4)• echar a perder — [+ comida, sorpresa] to ruin, spoil; [+ oportunidad] to waste
3.See:* * *1.verbo transitivo1)a) ( extraviar) <llaves/documento/guante> to loseb) <señal/imagen/contacto> to lose2) ( ser la ruina de)lo perdió la curiosidad — his curiosity was his undoing o his downfall
3)a) <dinero/propiedad/cosecha> to losecon preguntar no se pierde nada — we've/you've nothing to lose by asking, there's no harm in asking
más se perdió en la guerra — (fr hecha) it's not the end of the world
b) <derecho/trabajo> to losec) <brazo/sangre/vista> to loseperder la vida — to lose one's life, to perish; cabeza, vista II, III
d) <hijo/marido> to lose4)a) <interés/entusiasmo/paciencia> to losellegas tarde, para no perder la costumbre — (iró) you're late, just for a change (iro)
perder la práctica/la costumbre — to get out of practice/the habit
tienes que perderles el miedo a los aviones — you have to get over o to overcome your fear of flying
perder el conocimiento — to lose consciousness, to pass out
b) <fuerza/intensidad/calor/altura> to loseperder el ritmo — (Mús) to lose the beat; ( en trabajo) to get out of the rhythm
c) <peso/kilos> to lose5)a) <autobús/tren/avión> to missb) <ocasión/oportunidad> to missc) < tiempo> to waste6)a) <guerra/pleito/partido> to loseb) <curso/año> to fail; < examen> (Ur) to fail7) <agua/aceite/aire> to lose2.perder vi1) ( ser derrotado) to losela que sale perdiendo soy yo — I'm the one who loses out o comes off worst
2)a) cafetera/tanque to leak3)3.echar(se) a perder — ver echar I 1) a), echarse I 1) a)
perderse v pron1)a) ( extraviarse) persona/objeto to get lost; (+ me/te/le etc)¿y a tí que se te ha perdido por allí? — whatever possessed you to go there
no hay por dónde perderse — (Chi fam) there's no question about it
b) ( desaparecer) to disappearc) (en tema, conversación)las cifras son tan enormes que uno se pierde — the figures are so huge that they start to lose all meaning
empieza otra vez, ya me perdí — start again, you've lost me already
d) ( en espacio)2) <fiesta/película/espectáculo> to miss3) personaa) ( acabar mal) to get into trouble, lose one's way (liter)b) (Per fam) ( prostituirse) to go on the streets (colloq)* * *= lose, misplace, forfeit, mislay, lose out, miss, suffer + loss.Ex. One of the hardest tasks of a curator is to make a precis of the information about a particular object without losing any essential information.Ex. This article discusses the common abuses of circulation privileges by a few faculty members: removing books from the library without checking them out; misplacing books after they have been checked out; and failing to return books when needed by others = Este artículo analiza los abusos comunes de los privilegios de préstamo por parte de unos pocos profesores: coger libros de la biblioteca sin sacarlos en préstamo, perder libros tras haberlos sacados en préstamo y no dever libros cuando otros los necesitan.Ex. In addition, it enables the library to respond to the needs of the new popular culture without forfeiting its traditional cultural purpose.Ex. Workflow systems automate business processes, such as the management of a housing benefit claim, to ensure all tasks are completed on time and no information can be lost or mislaid.Ex. Libraries, in the crush to pay journal invoices, are losing out, as other services as well as staffing and pay all end up unfunded = Las bibliotecas, ante la presión de tener que pagar las facturas de las revistas, salen perdiendo ya que otros servicios así como el personal y los salarios terminanan todos con insuficientes fondos.Ex. Thus the browser may miss valuable items, although some browsers will find browsing a perfectly adequate method of gauging the extent of a library collection.Ex. They played their third game of the season today and suffered another loss but the team continues to improve.----* echar a perder = ruin, bungle, bring out + the worst in, cast + a blight on, blight, go off.* echarlo todo a perder = upset + the applecart.* echar + Posesivo + planes a perder = upset + Posesivo + plans.* ganar cuando todo parece estar perdido = victory from the jaws of defeat.* hacer perder el conocimiento = knock + Nombre + out, knock + Nombre + unconscious.* hacer perder el entusiasmo = dampen + Posesivo + enthusiasm.* hacer perder el sentido a = make + nonsense of.* hacer perder la agilidad física = stale.* hacer perder la agilidad mental = stale.* hacer perder las esperanzas = dampen + Posesivo + hopes.* hacer que Alguien pierda el empleo = put + Nombre + out of work.* hacer que pierda el interés = take + the shine off things.* llevar todas las de perder = odds + be stacked against, not have a leg to stand on.* lo que se gana por un lado se pierde por otro = swings and roundabouts.* lo que se pierda en una cosa se gana en la otra = what you lose on the swings you gain on the roundabouts.* ni ganar ni perder = break + even.* no perder de vista = keep + an eye on, keep + a beady eye on, keep in + sight.* no perder el ánimo = keep + Posesivo + chin up.* no perder el control = stay on top of, stay on + top of things, keep on + top of things, be on top of things.* no perder el trabajo = stay in + work.* no perder la cabeza = keep + a cool head, remain + cool-headed, play it + cool.* no perder la calma = keep + a cool head, remain + cool-headed, play it + cool.* no perderse = keep on + the right track.* no perderse en/por = find + Posesivo + way round/through.* no perderse mucho = be no great loss.* no perderse nada = be no great loss.* no tener nada que perder = have + nothing to lose.* perder agua = lose + water, leak.* perder Algo = take + Nombre + out of + Posesivo + hands.* perder confianza = lose + confidence (in).* perder contacto con la realidad = lose + touch with reality.* perder control = lose + control (of).* perder credibilidad = destroy + credence.* perder de vista = lose from + sight, drop from + sight, lose + sight of.* perder de vista el hecho de que = lose + sight of the fact that.* perder eficacia = lose + clout.* perder el alma = lose + Posesivo + soul.* perder el ánimo = lose + heart.* perder el apetito = lose + Posesivo + appetite.* perder el atractivo = lose + Posesivo + allure, lose + Posesivo + savour.* perder el color = fade.* perder el conocimiento = lose + Posesivo + senses, pass out, lose + Posesivo + consciousness.* perder el contacto con = lose + touch with.* perder el control = slip beyond + the grasp of, lose + Posesivo + grip, run + amok, sweep + Nombre + off + Posesivo + feet, go to + pieces, go + wild.* perder el control de Algo = get out of + hand.* perder el control de la situación = things + get out of hand.* perder el culo = go into + raptures.* perder el encanto = lose + Posesivo + allure, lose + Posesivo + savour, lose + Posesivo + shine.* perder el entusiasmo = lose + heart.* perder el equilibrio = lose + Posesivo + balance.* perder el favor de = lose + popularity with.* perder el hábito = lose + the habit.* perder el hilo = lose + the plot, lose + the thread.* perder el interés = pall.* perder el juicio = lose + Posesivo + sanity.* perder el norte = be off course, fly off + course.* perder el pie = lose + Posesivo + footing.* perder el rumbo = be off course, fly off + course.* perder el sentido = faint, lose + Posesivo + senses, lose + Posesivo + consciousness, pass out.* perder el sentido del humor = lose + sense of humour.* perder el sueño por = lose + sleep over/on.* perder el tiempo = dawdle, mess around, pissing into the wind, mess about, faff (about/around), pootle, sit + idle, muck around/about, piddle around.* perder el tiempo, hacer esto y aquello de un modo relajado = piddle around.* perder el valor = lose + Posesivo + nerve.* perder entusiasmo = lose + enthusiasm.* perder esperanza = lose + hope.* perder fuerza = lose + power, lose + steam.* perder gas = lose + steam.* perder hasta la camisa = lose + Posesivo + shirt.* perder ímpetu = lose + momentum, run out of + steam, lose + impetus.* perder influencia = lose + clout.* perder interés = lapse, lose + interest.* perder la cabeza = lose + Posesivo + mind, lose + Posesivo + head, lose + Posesivo + marbles, go + bonkers, fly off + the handle, go (right) off + Posesivo + rocker, go out of + Posesivo + mind, go + soft in the head.* perder la calma = blow + a fuse.* perder la chaveta = go + bonkers, go (right) off + Posesivo + rocker, go + berserk, go + postal, go + haywire.* perder la chaveta por = have + a crush on.* perder la compostura = lose + Posesivo + balance, break down + in disarray.* perder la conciencia = lose + Posesivo + consciousness, pass out.* perder la cordura = lose + Posesivo + sanity.* perder la credibilidad = lose + face.* perder la cuenta (de) = lose + count (of).* perder la esperanza = despair, throw in + the towel, give up + hope, throw in/up + the sponge.* perder la fe = lose + Posesivo + faith.* perder la identidad de uno = lose + Posesivo + identity.* perder la ilusión = lose + heart.* perder la motivación = lose + motivation.* perder la noción del tiempo = lose + track of time, lose + all notion of time, lose + all sense of time.* perder la oportunidad = miss + the boat.* perder la paciencia = lose + Posesivo + temper.* perder la pista de = lose + track of.* perder la presión = depressurise [depressurize, -USA].* perder la razón = lose + Posesivo + sanity.* perder las facultades = lose + Posesivo + faculties.* perder la sincronización = get out of + step.* perder las riendas = go + berserk, go + postal, go + crazy.* perder la timidez con = warm up to.* perder la vida = lose + Posesivo + life.* perder la virginidad = lose + Posesivo + virginity.* perder la visión = lose + Posesivo + sight.* perder la vista = become + blind.* perder la voz = lose + Posesivo + voice.* perder los estribos = lose + Posesivo + cool, fly off + the handle, lose + Posesivo + head, go + berserk, go + postal, go + crazy, lose + Posesivo + temper.* perder los nervios = lose + Posesivo + cool, fly off + the handle, lose + Posesivo + head.* perder los papeles = lose + control (of), lose + Posesivo + cool, lose + Posesivo + head, fly off + the handle, freak out, flip out.* perder nota = lose + marks.* perder para siempre = lose to + posterity.* perder peso = lose + weight.* perder poder = lose + power.* perder prestigio = lose + face.* perder propiedades = lose + property.* perder protagonismo = fade into + the background.* perderse = go astray, get + lost, lose + Posesivo + way, go + missing, miss out on, slip through + the cracks, get out of + Posesivo + depth, wander off + route, disorient, disorientate, wander off + track, lose + Posesivo + bearings.* perderse entre el gentío = lose + Reflexivo + amid the crowd.* perderse entre la muchedumbre = lose + Reflexivo + amid the crowd.* perderse entre la multitud = lose + Reflexivo + amid the crowd.* perder sentido = lose + purpose.* perderse por = wander through.* perderse por los caminos secundarios = go + off-road.* perderse una clase = miss + class.* perder terreno = lose + ground.* perder tiempo = waste + time, lose + time.* perder (toda/la) esperanza = abandon + (all) hope.* perder una batalla = lose + battle.* perder una guerra = lose + war.* perder un amigo = lose + a friend.* perder una oportunidad = miss + opportunity, lose + opportunity, miss + chance, waste + opportunity.* perder una venta = lose + sale.* perder una votación = outvote.* perder un objeto personal = lose + property.* perder un partido = lose + match.* perder valor = lose + Posesivo + value.* perder ventas = lose + sales.* perder vigor = run out of + steam, lose + steam.* perder vitalidad = run out of + steam.* por probar nada se pierde = nothing ventured, nothing gained.* que no se puede uno perder = unmissable.* que pierde agua = leaking, leaky [leakier -comp., leakiest -sup].* salir perdiendo = victimise [victimize, -USA], come off + worst, lose out, compare + unfavourably, lose + neck, be a little worse off.* salir sin ganar ni perder = break + even.* se pierda o se gane = win or lose.* 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 tiempo que perder = without a minute to spare.* tener todas las de perder = fight + a losing battle.* un arte que se está perdiendo = a dying art.* * *1.verbo transitivo1)a) ( extraviar) <llaves/documento/guante> to loseb) <señal/imagen/contacto> to lose2) ( ser la ruina de)lo perdió la curiosidad — his curiosity was his undoing o his downfall
3)a) <dinero/propiedad/cosecha> to losecon preguntar no se pierde nada — we've/you've nothing to lose by asking, there's no harm in asking
más se perdió en la guerra — (fr hecha) it's not the end of the world
b) <derecho/trabajo> to losec) <brazo/sangre/vista> to loseperder la vida — to lose one's life, to perish; cabeza, vista II, III
d) <hijo/marido> to lose4)a) <interés/entusiasmo/paciencia> to losellegas tarde, para no perder la costumbre — (iró) you're late, just for a change (iro)
perder la práctica/la costumbre — to get out of practice/the habit
tienes que perderles el miedo a los aviones — you have to get over o to overcome your fear of flying
perder el conocimiento — to lose consciousness, to pass out
b) <fuerza/intensidad/calor/altura> to loseperder el ritmo — (Mús) to lose the beat; ( en trabajo) to get out of the rhythm
c) <peso/kilos> to lose5)a) <autobús/tren/avión> to missb) <ocasión/oportunidad> to missc) < tiempo> to waste6)a) <guerra/pleito/partido> to loseb) <curso/año> to fail; < examen> (Ur) to fail7) <agua/aceite/aire> to lose2.perder vi1) ( ser derrotado) to losela que sale perdiendo soy yo — I'm the one who loses out o comes off worst
2)a) cafetera/tanque to leak3)3.echar(se) a perder — ver echar I 1) a), echarse I 1) a)
perderse v pron1)a) ( extraviarse) persona/objeto to get lost; (+ me/te/le etc)¿y a tí que se te ha perdido por allí? — whatever possessed you to go there
no hay por dónde perderse — (Chi fam) there's no question about it
b) ( desaparecer) to disappearc) (en tema, conversación)las cifras son tan enormes que uno se pierde — the figures are so huge that they start to lose all meaning
empieza otra vez, ya me perdí — start again, you've lost me already
d) ( en espacio)2) <fiesta/película/espectáculo> to miss3) personaa) ( acabar mal) to get into trouble, lose one's way (liter)b) (Per fam) ( prostituirse) to go on the streets (colloq)* * *= lose, misplace, forfeit, mislay, lose out, miss, suffer + loss.Ex: One of the hardest tasks of a curator is to make a precis of the information about a particular object without losing any essential information.
Ex: This article discusses the common abuses of circulation privileges by a few faculty members: removing books from the library without checking them out; misplacing books after they have been checked out; and failing to return books when needed by others = Este artículo analiza los abusos comunes de los privilegios de préstamo por parte de unos pocos profesores: coger libros de la biblioteca sin sacarlos en préstamo, perder libros tras haberlos sacados en préstamo y no dever libros cuando otros los necesitan.Ex: In addition, it enables the library to respond to the needs of the new popular culture without forfeiting its traditional cultural purpose.Ex: Workflow systems automate business processes, such as the management of a housing benefit claim, to ensure all tasks are completed on time and no information can be lost or mislaid.Ex: Libraries, in the crush to pay journal invoices, are losing out, as other services as well as staffing and pay all end up unfunded = Las bibliotecas, ante la presión de tener que pagar las facturas de las revistas, salen perdiendo ya que otros servicios así como el personal y los salarios terminanan todos con insuficientes fondos.Ex: Thus the browser may miss valuable items, although some browsers will find browsing a perfectly adequate method of gauging the extent of a library collection.Ex: They played their third game of the season today and suffered another loss but the team continues to improve.* echar a perder = ruin, bungle, bring out + the worst in, cast + a blight on, blight, go off.* echarlo todo a perder = upset + the applecart.* echar + Posesivo + planes a perder = upset + Posesivo + plans.* ganar cuando todo parece estar perdido = victory from the jaws of defeat.* hacer perder el conocimiento = knock + Nombre + out, knock + Nombre + unconscious.* hacer perder el entusiasmo = dampen + Posesivo + enthusiasm.* hacer perder el sentido a = make + nonsense of.* hacer perder la agilidad física = stale.* hacer perder la agilidad mental = stale.* hacer perder las esperanzas = dampen + Posesivo + hopes.* hacer que Alguien pierda el empleo = put + Nombre + out of work.* hacer que pierda el interés = take + the shine off things.* llevar todas las de perder = odds + be stacked against, not have a leg to stand on.* lo que se gana por un lado se pierde por otro = swings and roundabouts.* lo que se pierda en una cosa se gana en la otra = what you lose on the swings you gain on the roundabouts.* ni ganar ni perder = break + even.* no perder de vista = keep + an eye on, keep + a beady eye on, keep in + sight.* no perder el ánimo = keep + Posesivo + chin up.* no perder el control = stay on top of, stay on + top of things, keep on + top of things, be on top of things.* no perder el trabajo = stay in + work.* no perder la cabeza = keep + a cool head, remain + cool-headed, play it + cool.* no perder la calma = keep + a cool head, remain + cool-headed, play it + cool.* no perderse = keep on + the right track.* no perderse en/por = find + Posesivo + way round/through.* no perderse mucho = be no great loss.* no perderse nada = be no great loss.* no tener nada que perder = have + nothing to lose.* perder agua = lose + water, leak.* perder Algo = take + Nombre + out of + Posesivo + hands.* perder confianza = lose + confidence (in).* perder contacto con la realidad = lose + touch with reality.* perder control = lose + control (of).* perder credibilidad = destroy + credence.* perder de vista = lose from + sight, drop from + sight, lose + sight of.* perder de vista el hecho de que = lose + sight of the fact that.* perder eficacia = lose + clout.* perder el alma = lose + Posesivo + soul.* perder el ánimo = lose + heart.* perder el apetito = lose + Posesivo + appetite.* perder el atractivo = lose + Posesivo + allure, lose + Posesivo + savour.* perder el color = fade.* perder el conocimiento = lose + Posesivo + senses, pass out, lose + Posesivo + consciousness.* perder el contacto con = lose + touch with.* perder el control = slip beyond + the grasp of, lose + Posesivo + grip, run + amok, sweep + Nombre + off + Posesivo + feet, go to + pieces, go + wild.* perder el control de Algo = get out of + hand.* perder el control de la situación = things + get out of hand.* perder el culo = go into + raptures.* perder el encanto = lose + Posesivo + allure, lose + Posesivo + savour, lose + Posesivo + shine.* perder el entusiasmo = lose + heart.* perder el equilibrio = lose + Posesivo + balance.* perder el favor de = lose + popularity with.* perder el hábito = lose + the habit.* perder el hilo = lose + the plot, lose + the thread.* perder el interés = pall.* perder el juicio = lose + Posesivo + sanity.* perder el norte = be off course, fly off + course.* perder el pie = lose + Posesivo + footing.* perder el rumbo = be off course, fly off + course.* perder el sentido = faint, lose + Posesivo + senses, lose + Posesivo + consciousness, pass out.* perder el sentido del humor = lose + sense of humour.* perder el sueño por = lose + sleep over/on.* perder el tiempo = dawdle, mess around, pissing into the wind, mess about, faff (about/around), pootle, sit + idle, muck around/about, piddle around.* perder el tiempo, hacer esto y aquello de un modo relajado = piddle around.* perder el valor = lose + Posesivo + nerve.* perder entusiasmo = lose + enthusiasm.* perder esperanza = lose + hope.* perder fuerza = lose + power, lose + steam.* perder gas = lose + steam.* perder hasta la camisa = lose + Posesivo + shirt.* perder ímpetu = lose + momentum, run out of + steam, lose + impetus.* perder influencia = lose + clout.* perder interés = lapse, lose + interest.* perder la cabeza = lose + Posesivo + mind, lose + Posesivo + head, lose + Posesivo + marbles, go + bonkers, fly off + the handle, go (right) off + Posesivo + rocker, go out of + Posesivo + mind, go + soft in the head.* perder la calma = blow + a fuse.* perder la chaveta = go + bonkers, go (right) off + Posesivo + rocker, go + berserk, go + postal, go + haywire.* perder la chaveta por = have + a crush on.* perder la compostura = lose + Posesivo + balance, break down + in disarray.* perder la conciencia = lose + Posesivo + consciousness, pass out.* perder la cordura = lose + Posesivo + sanity.* perder la credibilidad = lose + face.* perder la cuenta (de) = lose + count (of).* perder la esperanza = despair, throw in + the towel, give up + hope, throw in/up + the sponge.* perder la fe = lose + Posesivo + faith.* perder la identidad de uno = lose + Posesivo + identity.* perder la ilusión = lose + heart.* perder la motivación = lose + motivation.* perder la noción del tiempo = lose + track of time, lose + all notion of time, lose + all sense of time.* perder la oportunidad = miss + the boat.* perder la paciencia = lose + Posesivo + temper.* perder la pista de = lose + track of.* perder la presión = depressurise [depressurize, -USA].* perder la razón = lose + Posesivo + sanity.* perder las facultades = lose + Posesivo + faculties.* perder la sincronización = get out of + step.* perder las riendas = go + berserk, go + postal, go + crazy.* perder la timidez con = warm up to.* perder la vida = lose + Posesivo + life.* perder la virginidad = lose + Posesivo + virginity.* perder la visión = lose + Posesivo + sight.* perder la vista = become + blind.* perder la voz = lose + Posesivo + voice.* perder los estribos = lose + Posesivo + cool, fly off + the handle, lose + Posesivo + head, go + berserk, go + postal, go + crazy, lose + Posesivo + temper.* perder los nervios = lose + Posesivo + cool, fly off + the handle, lose + Posesivo + head.* perder los papeles = lose + control (of), lose + Posesivo + cool, lose + Posesivo + head, fly off + the handle, freak out, flip out.* perder nota = lose + marks.* perder para siempre = lose to + posterity.* perder peso = lose + weight.* perder poder = lose + power.* perder prestigio = lose + face.* perder propiedades = lose + property.* perder protagonismo = fade into + the background.* perderse = go astray, get + lost, lose + Posesivo + way, go + missing, miss out on, slip through + the cracks, get out of + Posesivo + depth, wander off + route, disorient, disorientate, wander off + track, lose + Posesivo + bearings.* perderse entre el gentío = lose + Reflexivo + amid the crowd.* perderse entre la muchedumbre = lose + Reflexivo + amid the crowd.* perderse entre la multitud = lose + Reflexivo + amid the crowd.* perder sentido = lose + purpose.* perderse por = wander through.* perderse por los caminos secundarios = go + off-road.* perderse una clase = miss + class.* perder terreno = lose + ground.* perder tiempo = waste + time, lose + time.* perder (toda/la) esperanza = abandon + (all) hope.* perder una batalla = lose + battle.* perder una guerra = lose + war.* perder un amigo = lose + a friend.* perder una oportunidad = miss + opportunity, lose + opportunity, miss + chance, waste + opportunity.* perder una venta = lose + sale.* perder una votación = outvote.* perder un objeto personal = lose + property.* perder un partido = lose + match.* perder valor = lose + Posesivo + value.* perder ventas = lose + sales.* perder vigor = run out of + steam, lose + steam.* perder vitalidad = run out of + steam.* por probar nada se pierde = nothing ventured, nothing gained.* que no se puede uno perder = unmissable.* que pierde agua = leaking, leaky [leakier -comp., leakiest -sup].* salir perdiendo = victimise [victimize, -USA], come off + worst, lose out, compare + unfavourably, lose + neck, be a little worse off.* salir sin ganar ni perder = break + even.* se pierda o se gane = win or lose.* 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 tiempo que perder = without a minute to spare.* tener todas las de perder = fight + a losing battle.* un arte que se está perdiendo = a dying art.* * *perder [E8 ]vtA1 (extraviar) ‹llaves/documento/guante› to losehe perdido su dirección I've lost her addressperdió las tijeras y se pasó una hora buscándolas she mislaid o lost the scissors and spent an hour looking for themme perdiste la página you lost my place o pageperdí a mi marido en la muchedumbre I lost my husband in the crowdno pierdas de vista al niño don't let the child out of your sight2 ‹señal/imagen/contacto› to losehemos perdido el contacto con el avión we've lost contact with the planeB(ser la ruina de): lo perdió la curiosidad his curiosity was his undoing o his downfallC1 ‹dinero/propiedad/cosecha› to loseperdió mil pesos jugando al póker she lost a thousand pesos playing pokerperdió una fortuna en ese negocio he lost a fortune in o on that dealcon preguntar no se pierde nada we've/you've nothing to lose by asking, there's no harm in asking, we/you can but askmás se perdió en la guerra ( fr hecha); things could be worse!, worse things happen at sea, it's not the end of the world2 ‹derecho/trabajo› to losesi te vas pierdes el lugar en la cola if you go away you lose your place in the line ( AmE) o ( BrE) queue3 ‹ojo/brazo› to lose; ‹vista/oído› to loseha perdido mucho peso/mucha sangre she's lost a lot of weight/bloodel susto le hizo perder el habla the fright rendered him speechlessperder la vida to lose one's life, to perish4 ‹hijo/marido› to loseperder un niño or un bebé (en el embarazo) to lose a baby, to have a miscarriageD1 ‹interés/entusiasmo› to lose; ‹paciencia› to loseno hay que perder el ánimo you mustn't lose heartyo no pierdo las esperanzas I'm not giving up hopehe perdido la costumbre de levantarme temprano I've got(ten) out of o I've lost the habit of getting up earlytrata de no perder la práctica try not to get out of practicetienes que perderles el miedo a los aviones you have to get over o to overcome your fear of flyingperder el equilibrio to lose one's balanceperder el conocimiento to lose consciousness, to pass out2 ‹fuerza/intensidad/calor› to loseel avión empezó a perder altura the plane began to lose heightperder el ritmo ( Mús) to lose the beatestás trabajando muy bien, no pierdas el ritmo you're working well, keep it up!3 ‹peso/kilos› to loseE1 ‹autobús/tren/avión› to miss2 ‹ocasión› to misssería tonto perder esta estupenda oportunidad it would be stupid to miss o to pass up this marvelous opportunityno pierde oportunidad de recordarnos cuánto le debemos he never misses a chance to remind us how much we owe him3 ‹tiempo›¡no me hagas perder (el) tiempo! don't waste my time!no hay tiempo que perder there's no time to loseno pierdas (el) tiempo, no lo vas a convencer don't waste your time, you're not going to convince himllámalo sin perder un minuto call him immediatelyperdimos dos días por lo de la huelga we lost two days because of the strikeF1 ‹guerra/pleito› to lose; ‹partido› to lose2 ‹curso/año› to failperder un examen (Ur); to fail an examG ‹agua/aceite/aire› to loseel coche pierde aceite the car has an oil leak o is losing oilel globo perdía aire air was escaping from the balloon■ perderviA (ser derrotado) to loseperdimos por un punto we lost by one pointno sabes perder you're a bad loserno discutas con él porque llevas las de perder don't argue with him because you'll losela que sale perdiendo soy yo I lose out o come off worstB1 ( RPl) «cafetera/tanque» to leak2 «color» (aclararse) to fade; (tiñiendo otras prendas) to runC■ perderseA1 (extraviarse) «persona/objeto» to get lostsiempre me pierdo en esta ciudad I always get lost in this townno te pierdas, llámanos de vez en cuando don't lose touch, call us now and then(+ me/te/le etc): se le perdió el dinero he's lost the moneyguárdalo bien para que no se te pierda keep it safe so you don't lose it2 (desaparecer) to disappearse perdió entre la muchedumbre she disappeared into the crowd3(en un tema, una conversación): cuando se ponen a hablar rápido me pierdo when they start talking quickly I get lostme distraje un momento y me perdí my attention wandered for a moment and I lost the threadlas cifras son tan enormes que uno se pierde the figures are so huge that they start to lose all meaningempieza otra vez, ya me perdí start again, you've lost me already4(en una prenda, un espacio): te pierdes en ese vestido you look lost in that dresslos sillones quedan perdidos en ese salón tan grande the armchairs are rather lost in such a big sitting roomB ‹fiesta/película/espectáculo› to missno te perdiste nada you didn't miss anythingte perdiste una excelente oportunidad de callarte la boca ( hum); you could have kept your big mouth shut ( colloq)C «persona»1 (acabar mal) to get into trouble, lose one's way ( liter)* * *
perder ( conjugate perder) verbo transitivo
1 ( en general) to lose;
quiere perder peso he wants to lose weight;
con preguntar no se pierde nada we've/you've nothing to lose by asking;
perder la vida to lose one's life, to perish;
See also→ cabeza 1 e, vista 2 3;
yo no pierdo las esperanzas I'm not giving up hope;
perder la práctica to get out of practice;
perder el equilibrio to lose one's balance;
perder el conocimiento to lose consciousness, to pass out;
perder el ritmo (Mús) to lose the beat;
( en trabajo) to get out of the rhythm
2
◊ ¡no me hagas perder (el) tiempo! don't waste my time!;
no hay tiempo que perder there's no time to lose
3
‹ examen› (Ur) to fail
4 ‹agua/aceite/aire› to lose
verbo intransitivo
1 ( ser derrotado) to lose;
no sabes perder you're a bad loser;
llevar las de perder to be onto a loser;
la que sale perdiendo soy yo I'm the one who loses out o comes off worst
2 [cafetera/tanque] to leak
3◊ echar(se) a perder ver echar I 1a, echarse 1a
perderse verbo pronominal
1 [persona/objeto] to get lost;
se le perdió el dinero he's lost the money;
cuando se ponen a hablar rápido me pierdo when they start talking quickly I get lost
2 ‹fiesta/película/espectáculo› to miss
perder
I verbo transitivo
1 (un objeto) to lose
2 (un medio de transporte) to miss
3 (el tiempo) to waste
4 (oportunidad) to miss ➣ Ver nota en miss
5 (cualidad, costumbre, sentido) to lose: tienes que perder tus miedos, you have to overcome your fears
6 (agua, aceite) to leak
II verbo intransitivo
1 (disminuir una cualidad) to lose
2 (estropear) to ruin, go off
3 (en una competición, batalla) to lose
♦ Locuciones: echar (algo) a perder, to spoil (sthg)
llevar las de perder, to be onto a loser
' perder' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
adormecerse
- aflojar
- baño
- borda
- brújula
- cabeza
- cabo
- clarear
- conciencia
- conocimiento
- costumbre
- cuenta
- declinar
- descuidarse
- desesperarse
- desfallecer
- desgracia
- desinflarse
- desnaturalizar
- despedirse
- despintar
- despistar
- destinada
- destinado
- desvanecerse
- deteriorarse
- distraerse
- don
- enloquecer
- estribo
- facultad
- flaquear
- granizada
- hilo
- infortunio
- innecesaria
- innecesario
- interés
- joderse
- juicio
- llevar
- norte
- papel
- pasarse
- peso
- razón
- resbalar
- rumbo
- saber
- sentida
English:
avoid
- balance
- black out
- blow
- boat
- bound
- break
- bungle
- cool
- course
- crush
- danger
- dawdle
- decline
- dignity
- dilly-dally
- erode
- even
- face
- fade
- fiddle around
- flag
- footing
- forfeit
- freak out
- gamble away
- gazump
- ground
- grow out of
- handle
- hang about
- hang around
- heart
- keep
- leak
- lose
- mislay
- miss
- muck about
- muck around
- muck up
- pall
- piece
- pot
- rack
- rag
- reason
- rise
- risk
- shape
* * *♦ vt1. [extraviar] to lose;he perdido el paraguas I've lost my umbrella2. [dejar de tener] [dinero, amigo, empleo, interés] to lose;he perdido el contacto con ellos I've lost touch with them;la policía ha perdido la pista o [m5] el rastro de los secuestradores the police have lost track of the kidnappers;no sé nada de Ana, le he perdido la pista o [m5] el rastro I don't know anything about Ana, I've lost touch with her;el accidente le hizo perder la visión he lost his sight in the accident;ya hemos perdido toda esperanza de encontrarlo we've now given up o lost all hope of finding him;he perdido bastante práctica I'm rather out of practice;perder el equilibrio/la memoria to lose one's balance/memory;perder peso to lose weight;perder el miedo/el respeto a alguien to lose one's fear of/respect for sb;cientos de personas perdieron la vida hundreds of people lost their lives;Espmás se perdió en Cuba o [m5] en la guerra it's not as bad as all that, it's not the end of the world3. [ser derrotado en] [batalla, partido, campeonato, elecciones] to lose;este error podría hacerle perder el partido this mistake could lose her the game4. [desperdiciar] [tiempo] to waste;[oportunidad, ocasión] to miss;he perdido toda la mañana en llamadas de teléfono I've wasted all morning making phone calls;no pierda la ocasión de ver esta fantástica película don't miss this wonderful movie;no hay tiempo que perder there's no time to lose5. [no alcanzar] [tren, vuelo, autobús] to miss6. [tener un escape de] [agua] to lose, to leak;la bombona pierde aire air is escaping from the cylinder;7. [perjudicar] to be the ruin of;le pierde su pasión por el juego his passion for gambling is ruining him♦ vi1. [salir derrotado] to lose;perder al póquer/billar to lose at poker/billiards;no te pelees con él, que llevas las de perder don't get into a fight with him, you're bound to lose;sabe/no sabe perder he's a good/bad loser;salir perdiendo to lose out, to come off worse2. [empeorar] to go downhill;este restaurante ha perdido mucho this restaurant has really gone downhill;estas alfombras pierden bastante al lavarlas these rugs don't wash very well3. [tener un escape] [de agua, aceite] to have a leak;esa bombona pierde that gas cylinder is leaking;una de las ruedas pierde por la válvula the air's coming out of one of the tyres* * *I v/t1 objeto lose;¡piérdete! get lost!;no tener nada que perder have nothing to lose3 el tiempo wasteII v/i lose;echar a perder ruin;llevar otener las de perder be at a disadvantage;salir perdiendo come off worst* * *perder {56} vt1) : to lose2) : to missperdimos la oportunidad: we missed the opportunity3) : to waste (time)perder vi: to lose* * *perder vb2. (tren, avión, oportunidad, etc) to miss3. (tiempo) to waste4. (líquido, gas) to leakechar a perder algo to ruin something / to spoil somethingecharse a perder to go off / to go bad -
57 land
lænd
1. noun1) (the solid part of the surface of the Earth which is covered by the sea: We had been at sea a week before we saw land.) tierra2) (a country: foreign lands.) tierra3) (the ground or soil: He never made any money at farming as his land was poor and stony.) terreno, tierras4) (an estate: He owns land/lands in Scotland.) tierras
2. verb1) (to come or bring down from the air upon the land: The plane landed in a field; They managed to land the helicopter safely; She fell twenty feet, but landed without injury.) aterrizar2) (to come or bring from the sea on to the land: After being at sea for three months, they landed at Plymouth; He landed the big fish with some help.) desembarcar3) (to (cause to) get into a particular (usually unfortunate) situation: Don't drive so fast - you'll land (yourself) in hospitalouble!) acabar; ir a parar•- rouvə
(a type of strong motor vehicle used for driving over rough ground.)
- landing- landing-gear
- landing-stage
- landlocked
- landlord
- landmark
- land mine
- landowner
- landslide
- landslide victory
- landslide
- landslide defeat
- land up
- land with
- see how the land lies
land1 n tierraland2 vb aterrizar / tomar tierratr[lænd]1 (gen) tierra2 (soil) suelo, tierra3 (country, region) tierra4 (property) terreno, tierras nombre femenino plural1 (plane etc) aterrizar, tomar tierra; (bird) posarse2 (disembark) desembarcar3 (fall) caer1 (plane etc) hacer aterrizar2 (disembark) desembarcar; (unload) descargar3 (fish) sacar del agua\SMALLIDIOMATIC EXPRESSION/SMALLland ahoy! ¡tierra a la vista!the land of milk and honey la tierra de la leche y la mielto be in the land of the living estar entre los vivosto get landed with something familiar (tener que) cargar con algoto land on one's feet caer de piesto land on the moon alunizarto make a living from the land vivir de la tierrato make land llegar a tierrato see how the land lies tantear el terrenofarm land tierras nombre femenino plural de cultivoland agent SMALLBRITISH ENGLISH/SMALL encargado,-a de una granja, cortijero,-aland forces SMALLMILITARY/SMALL ejército de tierraland mass masa continentalland reform reforma agrarialand register registro de la propiedadnative land tierra natal, patrialand ['lænd] vt1) : desembarcar (pasajeros de un barco), hacer aterrizar (un avión)2) catch: pescar, sacar (un pez) del agua3) gain, secure: conseguir, ganarto land a job: conseguir empleo4) deliver: dar, asestarhe landed a punch: asestó un puñetazoland vi1) : aterrizar, tomar tierra, atracarthe plane just landed: el avión acaba de aterrizarthe ship landed an hour ago: el barco atracó hace una hora2) alight: posarse, aterrizarto land on one's feet: caer de pieland n1) ground: tierra fdry land: tierra firme2) terrain: terreno m3) nation: país m, nación f4) domain: mundo m, dominio mthe land of dreams: el mundo de los sueñosadj.• agrario, -a adj.• terrestre adj.n.• país s.m.• suelo s.m.• terreno s.m.• tierra s.f.v.• aterrar v.• aterrizar (Aeronáutica) v.• desembarcar v.lænd
I
1) ua) ( Geog) tierra fto know the lie o lay of the land — saber* qué terreno se pisa
to see how the land lies — tantear el terreno
to spy out the land — reconocer* el terreno; (before n) <animal, defenses> de tierra, terrestre
land forces — fuerzas fpl terrestres or de tierra
b) (ground, property) tierra fa plot of land — un terreno, una parcela; (before n)
land registry — registro m catastral, catastro m
land reform — reforma f agraria
c) ( Agr)2) c (country, realm) (liter) país m, nación f; ( kingdom) reino mto be in the land of Nod — estar* dormido
to be in the land of the living — (hum) estar* vivito y coleando (hum)
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1)a) (Aerosp, Aviat) \<\<aircraft/spaceship/pilot\>\> aterrizar*; ( on the moon) alunizar*; ( on water) acuatizar*; ( on sea) amarizar*, amerizar*, amararb) ( fall) caer*2) (arrive, end up) (colloq) ir* a parar (fam)3) ( Naut) \<\<ship\>\> atracar*; \<\<traveleroops\>\> desembarcar*
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vt1)a) ( from sea) \<\<passengersoops\>\> desembarcar*; \<\<cargo\>\> descargar*b) ( from air) \<\<plane\>\> hacer* aterrizar; \<\<troops\>\> desembarcar*; \<\<supplies\>\> descargar*2)a) ( in fishing) \<\<fish\>\> sacar* del aguab) (win, obtain) \<\<contract\>\> conseguir*; \<\<job/husband\>\> conseguir*, pescar* (fam)c) ( strike home) (colloq) \<\<punch\>\> asestar (fam)3) ( burden) (colloq)to land somebody WITH something/somebody, to land something/somebody ON somebody — endilgarle* or encajarle algo/a alguien a alguien (fam)
4) ( cause to end up) (colloq)to land somebody IN something: that venture landed her in prison con aquel negocio fue a parar a la cárcel (fam); to land somebody/oneself in trouble — meter a alguien/meterse en problemas (fam)
•Phrasal Verbs:- land up[lænd]1. N1) (=not sea) tierra fland ho, land ahoy! — ¡tierra a la vista!
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to goavel by land — ir/viajar por tierra•
to make land — (Naut) tomar tierra•
there was action at sea, on land, and in the air — se combatió en mar, tierra y aire•
to sight land — divisar tierra2) (Agr, Constr) (=ground) tierra f, tierras fpl•
the land — (Agr) la tierrato work on the land — trabajar or cultivar la tierra
- see how the land liesarable 1.3) (=property) tierras fplget off my land! — ¡fuera de mis tierras!
4) (Geog) (=region)5) (=nation, country) país ma land of opportunity/contrasts — un país de oportunidades/contrastes
- be in the land of the living- be in the Land of Nodfantasy, native 3., promise 2., 1)2. VI•
to land on sth — [bird, insect] posarse en algothe Americans were the first to land on the moon — los americanos fueron los primeros en llegar a la luna
2) (from boat) [passenger] desembarcar3) (after fall, jump, throw) caerto land on one's feet — (lit) caer de pie; (fig) salir adelante
he landed in hospital — fue a parar al hospital *, acabó en el hospital
3. VT1) (=disembark, unload) [+ passengers] desembarcar; [+ cargo] descargarvessels will have to land their catch at designated ports — los buques tendrán que descargar la pesca en los puertos designados
2) (=bring down) [+ plane] hacer aterrizar3) (=catch) [+ fish] pescar, conseguir pescar; (fig) [+ job, contract] conseguir; [+ prize] obtener4) *a) (=put, dump)•
they landed the children on me — me endilgaron or endosaron a los niños *b)• to land sb in sth, his comments landed him in court — sus comentarios hicieron que acabara en los tribunales, sus comentarios hicieron que fuera a parar a los tribunales *
his extravagant lifestyle soon landed him in debt — su estilo de vida extravagante pronto hizo que endeudase
to land sb in it * — fastidiar or jorobar a algn pero bien *
to land o.s. in trouble — meterse en problemas
c) (=encumber)•
to land sb with sth/sb — endilgar algo/a algn a algn *, endosar algo/a algn a algn *I got landed with the job — me endilgaron or endosaron el trabajo *
I got landed with him for two hours — me lo endilgaron or endosaron dos horas *
getting overdrawn could land you with big bank charges — girar al descubierto te puede ocasionar enormes intereses bancarios
how did you land yourself with all these debts? — ¿cómo acabaste tan endeudado?
4.CPDland agent N — administrador(a) m / f de fincas
land defences NPL — defensas fpl de tierra
land forces NPL — fuerzas fpl de tierra
land management N — administración f de fincas
land reclamation N — reclamación f de tierras
land reform N — reforma f agraria
land register, land registry N — (Brit) catastro m, registro m catastral, registro m de la propiedad inmobiliaria
Land Rover ® N — (Aut) (vehículo m) todo terreno m
land tax N — contribución f territorial
- land upLAND OF HOPE AND GLORY
Land of Hope and Glory es el título de una canción patriótica británica. Para muchos ciudadanos, sobre todo en Inglaterra, es un símbolo más del país, casi como el himno o la bandera nacional. Se suele entonar al final del congreso anual del Partido Conservador y en la última noche de los Proms, junto con otras conocidas canciones patrióticas.See:* * *[lænd]
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1) ua) ( Geog) tierra fto know the lie o lay of the land — saber* qué terreno se pisa
to see how the land lies — tantear el terreno
to spy out the land — reconocer* el terreno; (before n) <animal, defenses> de tierra, terrestre
land forces — fuerzas fpl terrestres or de tierra
b) (ground, property) tierra fa plot of land — un terreno, una parcela; (before n)
land registry — registro m catastral, catastro m
land reform — reforma f agraria
c) ( Agr)2) c (country, realm) (liter) país m, nación f; ( kingdom) reino mto be in the land of Nod — estar* dormido
to be in the land of the living — (hum) estar* vivito y coleando (hum)
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1)a) (Aerosp, Aviat) \<\<aircraft/spaceship/pilot\>\> aterrizar*; ( on the moon) alunizar*; ( on water) acuatizar*; ( on sea) amarizar*, amerizar*, amararb) ( fall) caer*2) (arrive, end up) (colloq) ir* a parar (fam)3) ( Naut) \<\<ship\>\> atracar*; \<\<traveler/troops\>\> desembarcar*
2.
vt1)a) ( from sea) \<\<passengers/troops\>\> desembarcar*; \<\<cargo\>\> descargar*b) ( from air) \<\<plane\>\> hacer* aterrizar; \<\<troops\>\> desembarcar*; \<\<supplies\>\> descargar*2)a) ( in fishing) \<\<fish\>\> sacar* del aguab) (win, obtain) \<\<contract\>\> conseguir*; \<\<job/husband\>\> conseguir*, pescar* (fam)c) ( strike home) (colloq) \<\<punch\>\> asestar (fam)3) ( burden) (colloq)to land somebody WITH something/somebody, to land something/somebody ON somebody — endilgarle* or encajarle algo/a alguien a alguien (fam)
4) ( cause to end up) (colloq)to land somebody IN something: that venture landed her in prison con aquel negocio fue a parar a la cárcel (fam); to land somebody/oneself in trouble — meter a alguien/meterse en problemas (fam)
•Phrasal Verbs:- land up -
58 hilo
m.1 thread (fibra, hebra).colgar o pender de un hilo to be hanging by a threadmover los hilos to pull some stringshilo dental dental floss2 linen (tejido).3 wire.sin hilos wireless4 trickle.entraba un hilo de luz por la ventana a thin shaft of light came in through the windowapenas le salía un hilo de voz he was barely able to speak5 train.perder el hilo to lose the threadseguir el hilo to follow (the thread)tomar o retomar el hilo (de la conversación) to pick up the thread (of the conversation)esto viene al hilo de lo que dijimos ayer this relates to what we were saying yesterdayhilo argumental line of argument6 line of thought, drift.pres.indicat.1st person singular (yo) present indicative of spanish verb: hilar.* * *1 thread (grueso) yarn2 (lino) linen3 (alambre, cable) wire6 figurado (de la vida) course\al hilo on the graincoger el hilo figurado to catch the drift, get the driftcon un hilo de voz in a tiny voice, in a faint voiceestar colgando de un hilo figurado to be hanging by a threadestar pendiente de un hilo figurado to be hanging by a threadmover los hilos figurado to pull the stringsperder el hilo figurado to lose the threadseguir el hilo figurado to followhilo musical piped music, Musak* * *noun m.1) thread2) wire3) linen* * *SM1) (Cos) thread, yarntela de hilo — Méx linen cloth
coser al hilo — to sew on the straight, sew with the weave
- a hilo- al hilo2) (=cable) [de metal] thin wire; [de electricidad] wire, flex; [de teléfono] linehilo de tierra — earth wire, ground wire (EEUU)
hilo directo — direct line, hot line
3) (=chorro) [de líquido] thin stream, trickle; [de gente] thin linehilo de humo — thin line of smoke, plume of smoke
4) (Bot) fibre, fiber (EEUU), filament5) (=lino) linentraje de hilo — linen dress o suit
hilo de Escocia — lisle, strong cotton
6) (=curso) [de conversación] thread; [de vida] course; [de pensamientos] trainel hilo conductor — the theme o leitmotiv
seguir el hilo — [de razonamiento] to follow, understand
hilo argumental — story line, plot
* * *1)a) ( en costura) threadal hilo — <cortar/coser> on the straight, with the weave; ( uno tras otro) (AmL fam) in a row, on the trot (colloq)
mover los hilos: es lo que mueve los hilos de su política it is what controls their policy; el que mueve los hilos the one who's pulling the strings o calling the shots; pender or colgar de un hilo to hang by a thread; por el hilo se saca el ovillo — it's just a question of putting two and two together
b) ( lino) linenc) ( de araña) threadd) (fam) ( de las judías) string2) (Elec) wire3) (de relato, conversación) thread4) (de sangre, agua) trickleun hilo de luz — a thread of light (liter)
* * *= thread, strand, thread, linen, yarn.Ex. Wronski remained silent for a moment, looking at the thin gray threads of smoke that were rising from his cigarette.Ex. Vegetable fibres in their raw state contain the necessary strands of cellulose which can be converted into paper.Ex. The thread linking these giants is the acknowledgement that libraries exist to serve their users.Ex. The raw material of white paper was undyed linen -- or in very early days hempen -- rags, which the paper-maker bought in bulk, sorted and washed, and then put by in a damp heap for four or five days to rot.Ex. This is the perfect yarn for knitting when the luxury and durability of pure new wool is desired.----* encaje de hilo = tatting.* grapadora de hilo de alambre = wire stapler, wire binder.* hebra de hilo = strand of thread.* hilo conductor = common thread.* hilo de agua = trickle.* hilo de bramante = twine.* hilo dental = dental floss.* hilo magnético = magnetic wire.* hilo telegráfico = telegraph wire.* limpiarse los dientes con hilo dental = floss + teeth.* perder el hilo = lose + the plot, lose + the thread.* retomar el hilo = pick up + the thread, take up + the thread.* seguir el hilo = follow + the thread.* tanga de hilo = G-string, gee-string.* tanga de hilo dental = G-string, gee-string.* vida + pender + de un hilo = live on + the line.* vivir pendiendo de un hilo = live on + the line.* * *1)a) ( en costura) threadal hilo — <cortar/coser> on the straight, with the weave; ( uno tras otro) (AmL fam) in a row, on the trot (colloq)
mover los hilos: es lo que mueve los hilos de su política it is what controls their policy; el que mueve los hilos the one who's pulling the strings o calling the shots; pender or colgar de un hilo to hang by a thread; por el hilo se saca el ovillo — it's just a question of putting two and two together
b) ( lino) linenc) ( de araña) threadd) (fam) ( de las judías) string2) (Elec) wire3) (de relato, conversación) thread4) (de sangre, agua) trickleun hilo de luz — a thread of light (liter)
* * *= thread, strand, thread, linen, yarn.Ex: Wronski remained silent for a moment, looking at the thin gray threads of smoke that were rising from his cigarette.
Ex: Vegetable fibres in their raw state contain the necessary strands of cellulose which can be converted into paper.Ex: The thread linking these giants is the acknowledgement that libraries exist to serve their users.Ex: The raw material of white paper was undyed linen -- or in very early days hempen -- rags, which the paper-maker bought in bulk, sorted and washed, and then put by in a damp heap for four or five days to rot.Ex: This is the perfect yarn for knitting when the luxury and durability of pure new wool is desired.* encaje de hilo = tatting.* grapadora de hilo de alambre = wire stapler, wire binder.* hebra de hilo = strand of thread.* hilo conductor = common thread.* hilo de agua = trickle.* hilo de bramante = twine.* hilo dental = dental floss.* hilo magnético = magnetic wire.* hilo telegráfico = telegraph wire.* limpiarse los dientes con hilo dental = floss + teeth.* perder el hilo = lose + the plot, lose + the thread.* retomar el hilo = pick up + the thread, take up + the thread.* seguir el hilo = follow + the thread.* tanga de hilo = G-string, gee-string.* tanga de hilo dental = G-string, gee-string.* vida + pender + de un hilo = live on + the line.* vivir pendiendo de un hilo = live on + the line.* * *A1 (en costura) threadun carrete de hilo a reel of thread¿tienes aguja e hilo? do you have a needle and thread?al hilo ‹cortar/coser› on the straight, with the weave; (uno tras otro) ( AmL fam) on the trot ( colloq)ganó tres partidos al hilo he won three games on the trot o in a rowse vio cuatro películas al hilo she saw four movies in a row o one after the othermover los hilos: intereses económicos mueven los hilos de su política economic interests control their policytodos conocen a quienes mueven los hilos everybody knows who's pulling the strings o calling the shotspender or colgar de un hilo to hang by a threadsu vida pendía de un hilo his life was hanging by a threadel futuro de la empresa pende de un hilo the company's future hangs by a threadpor el hilo se saca el ovillo it's just a question of putting two and two together2 (lino) linenuna camisa de hilo a linen shirt3 (de araña, gusano de seda) thread4 ( fam) (de las judías, del plátano) stringCompuesto:dental flossB ( Elec) wireCompuestos:( Elec) conductor wire; (de una novela) thread( Esp) piped musicC ( Inf) threadD (de un relato, una conversación) threadperdió el hilo de la conversación she lost the thread of the conversationinterrumpió el hilo de sus pensamientos it interrupted his train of thoughtE (de sangre, agua) trickleun hilo de luz a thread of light ( liter)con un hilo de voz in a tiny voice, in a thin little voice* * *
Del verbo hilar: ( conjugate hilar)
hilo es:
1ª persona singular (yo) presente indicativo
hiló es:
3ª persona singular (él/ella/usted) pretérito indicativo
Multiple Entries:
hilar
hilo
hilar ( conjugate hilar) verbo intransitivo
to spin;◊ hilo fino to split hairs
verbo transitivo
[ araña] to spin
hilo sustantivo masculino
1
2 (Elec) wire;◊ hilo musical (Esp) piped music
3 (de relato, conversación) thread
4 (de sangre, agua) trickle
hilar verbo transitivo & verbo intransitivo
1 (hacer hilo) to spin
2 (relacionar datos) to string together, link
♦ Locuciones: hilar fino, to split hairs
hilo sustantivo masculino
1 Cost thread
(de perlé, de tejer) yarn
(tela de hilo) linen
2 fig (argumento) thread
(del pensamiento) train
hilo musical, background music
3 (cable) wire
♦ Locuciones: familiar mantener al hilo, to keep posted
pender/colgar de un hilo, to hang by a thread o to be in imminent danger
perder el hilo, to lose the thread
' hilo' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
carrete
- enrollar
- estambre
- hebra
- hilar
- pita
- alambre
- bobina
- delgado
- devanar
- doble
- embrollar
- filamento
- fino
- hacer
- madeja
- nudo
English:
balance
- ball
- cord
- cotton
- dental floss
- dribble
- floss
- length
- line
- ply
- spin
- strand
- string
- tangle
- thread
- track
- train
- trickle
- wind
- yarn
- knife
- linen
- piped music
* * *hilo nm1. [fibra, hebra] thread;Amal hilo in a row;me leí cinco libros al hilo I read five books one after the other o in a row;mover los hilos to pull some strings;es él quien mueve los hilos de la empresa he's the person who really runs the firmhilo de bramante twine;hilo dental [para la boca] dental floss;Am [bañador] G-string2. [tejido] linen;un mantel de hilo a linen tablecloth3. [cable] wire;sin hilos wireless;tener hilo directo con alguien to have direct access to sb4. [de agua, sangre] trickle;entraba un hilo de luz por la ventana a thin shaft of light came in through the window;apenas le salía un hilo de voz he was barely able to speak6. [de pensamiento] train;[de discurso, conversación] thread;perder el hilo to lose the thread;seguir el hilo to follow (the thread);el hilo conductor del argumento de la película the central strand of the film's plot;al hilo de [a propósito de] following on from;esto viene al hilo de lo que dijimos ayer this relates to what we were saying yesterday* * *mcolgar opender de un hilo fig hang by a thread;mover los hilos fig pull strings;perder el hilo fig lose the thread2:3:con un hilo de voz fig in a barely audible voice* * *hilo nm1) : threadcolgar de un hilo: to hang by a threadhilo dental: dental floss2) lino: linen3) : (electric) wire4) : theme, thread (of a discourse)5) : trickle (of water, etc.)* * *hilo n1. (hebra) thread2. (alambre, cable) wire -
59 tablón
m.1 thick board, wooden board, board, plank.2 bulletin board, notice board.3 plot of land, parcel of land, lot, parcel.* * *1 plank2 (en construcción) board\agarrar un tablón / coger un tablón familiar to get plasteredtablón de anuncios notice board, US bulletin board* * *noun m.1) plank2) board* * *SM1) (=tabla) plank; (=viga) beamtablón de anuncios — notice board, bulletin board (EEUU)
2) * (=borrachera)coger o pillar un tablón — to get plastered *
3) LAm (Agr) plot, bed* * *a) ( de madera) plankb) tbtablón de anuncios — (Esp) bulletin board (AmE), noticeboard (BrE)
* * *= board, plank, panel.Ex. Add to the designation, when appropriate, the number and the name(s) of the component pieces of the object; e.g., 1 game (1 board), 50 cards, 2 dice.Ex. Fine-grained hardwoods were preferred, nearly always cut across the grain, although the largest size types were sometimes cut on the plank.Ex. The rooms hold three cots each, and are separated by panels of glass instead of the regulation plaster partitions.----* tablón de anuncios = noticeboard, bulletin board, message board, display board.* tablón de anuncios electrónico = online bulletin board.* tablón directorio = direction board.* tablón electrónico de anuncios = electronic bulletin board (EEB), bulletin board system (BBS).* tablón electrónico de noticias = electronic bulletin board (EEB), bulletin board system (BBS).* tablón informativo = information board.* tablón plegable = sandwich board.* * *a) ( de madera) plankb) tbtablón de anuncios — (Esp) bulletin board (AmE), noticeboard (BrE)
* * *= board, plank, panel.Ex: Add to the designation, when appropriate, the number and the name(s) of the component pieces of the object; e.g., 1 game (1 board), 50 cards, 2 dice.
Ex: Fine-grained hardwoods were preferred, nearly always cut across the grain, although the largest size types were sometimes cut on the plank.Ex: The rooms hold three cots each, and are separated by panels of glass instead of the regulation plaster partitions.* tablón de anuncios = noticeboard, bulletin board, message board, display board.* tablón de anuncios electrónico = online bulletin board.* tablón directorio = direction board.* tablón electrónico de anuncios = electronic bulletin board (EEB), bulletin board system (BBS).* tablón electrónico de noticias = electronic bulletin board (EEB), bulletin board system (BBS).* tablón informativo = information board.* tablón plegable = sandwich board.* * *A1 (de madera) plank2C (CS) (en costura) large pleatCompuesto:* * *
tablón sustantivo masculino
b) tb
tablón sustantivo masculino
1 (de madera) plank
2 (informativo) tablón de anuncios, notice, US bulletin board
' tablón' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
corcho
- cartelera
English:
board
- bulletin board
- noticeboard
- plank
- bulletin
- notice
* * *tablón nm1. [tabla] planktablón de anuncios Br notice board, US bulletin board; Informát tablón de anuncios electrónico bulletin board system2. [viga] beam4. Andes, Méx, Ven [parcela] plot (of land)5. RP [pliegue] large pleat* * *m1 plank2:llevar un tablón fam be plastered fam* * *1) : plank, beam2)tablón de anuncios : bulletin board* * *tablón n plank -
60 tanda
f.1 group, batch (grupo, lote).2 series (serie).3 showtime, scheduled time for the show, showing, show-time.4 performance.5 cactus plot.* * *1 (conjunto) batch, lot; (serie) series, course2 (turno) shift3 (en billar) game\por tandas in batchestanda de palos thrashing* * *SF1) (=grupo) [de cosas, personas] batch; [de golpes] series; [de huevos] layer; [de inyecciones] course, series; [de ladrillos] coursetanda de penaltis — series of penalties, penalty shoot-out
3) (Billar) game; (Béisbol) innings plprimera tanda — early performance, first show
tanda de avisos — LAm commercial break, ad break *
* * *1) ( grupo)llegó otra tanda de excursionistas — another group o party of tourists arrived
cada dos minutos hay una tanda de avisos — (AmL) every couple of minutes there's another lot of commercials
2) (AmC, Méx fam)a) ( terreno) cactus plotb) ( función - de teatro) performance; (- de cine) showing, performance3) (Col, Méx) ( ronda) a round (of drinks)* * *= round, iteration.Ex. The current round of negotiations will leave much unfinished business to be carried over to subsequent rounds.Ex. Any MeSH terms used to describe the documents retrieved are incorporated into the query formulation for further iteration.----* tanda de penaltis = penalty shootout.* tandas de = relays of.* una tanda de = a flurry of.* * *1) ( grupo)llegó otra tanda de excursionistas — another group o party of tourists arrived
cada dos minutos hay una tanda de avisos — (AmL) every couple of minutes there's another lot of commercials
2) (AmC, Méx fam)a) ( terreno) cactus plotb) ( función - de teatro) performance; (- de cine) showing, performance3) (Col, Méx) ( ronda) a round (of drinks)* * *= round, iteration.Ex: The current round of negotiations will leave much unfinished business to be carried over to subsequent rounds.
Ex: Any MeSH terms used to describe the documents retrieved are incorporated into the query formulation for further iteration.* tanda de penaltis = penalty shootout.* tandas de = relays of.* una tanda de = a flurry of.* * *A(grupo): llegó una nueva tanda de excursionistas a new group o party of tourists arrivedla nueva tanda de alumnos the new intake of pupilstuvimos que comer en dos tandas we had to eat in two sittingsel mantel lo lavo en la próxima tanda I'll wash the tablecloth with the next loadcada dos minutos hay una tanda de avisos ( AmL); every couple of minutes there's another lot o bunch of commercialslos horneamos en dos tandas we baked them in two batcheslo que se merece es una buena tanda de azotes he deserves a good thrashingC (AmC, Méx fam)1 (terreno) cactus plot2 (función — de teatro) performance; (— de cine) showing, performanceD (Col, Méx) (ronda) round (of drinks)E* * *
tanda sustantivo femenino
1 ( grupo) batch, lot;◊ cada dos minutos hay una tanda de avisos (AmL) every couple of minutes there's another lot of commercials;
los horneamos en dos tandas we baked them in two batches
2 (AmC, Méx fam) ( función — de teatro) performance;
(— de cine) showing, performance
3 (Col, Méx) ( ronda) round (of drinks)
tanda sustantivo femenino
1 (grupo) batch: pasaron al auditorio por tandas, they went through to the auditorium in groups
en dos tandas, in two sittings
2 (serie ininterrumpida) series pl
una tanda de puñetazos, a hail of punches
' tanda' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
lavado
English:
batch
- penalty shoot-out
* * *tanda nf1. [grupo]como éramos demasiados, entramos en dos tandas there were too many of us, so we went in in two groups o parties;hoy entrevistamos a una nueva tanda de candidatos today we interviewed another batch o group of candidates;tengo varias tandas de ropa para lavar I've got several loads of washing to do;una tanda de inyecciones a course of injections;recibió una tanda de latigazos he got a series of lashes with the whip;tengo una buena tanda de ejercicios que hacer I've got a pile of exercises to doDep tanda de penalties penalty shoot-out2. RP [corte publicitario] commercial break* * *f1 series sg, batch;por tandas in batches2 ( turno) shift3 L.Am.TV (commercial) break* * *tanda nf1) : turn, shift2) : batch, lot, series* * *tanda n batch
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Plot twist — A plot twist is a change in the expected direction or outcome of the plot of a film, television series, video game, novel, comic or other fictional work. It is a common practice in narration used to keep the interest of an audience, usually… … Wikipedia
Plot coupon — A plot coupon, and the somewhat less well known plot voucher , are the names given by literary critic Nick Lowe to specimens of plot devices in his 1986 essay, The Well Tempered Plot Device [http://www.ansible.co.uk/Ansible/plotdev.html]… … Wikipedia
Plot generator — A plot generator is either: # a fictional plot device which permits the generation of plots for an extended serial without requiring a great deal of logical connection between the episodes, or # a literal device (such as a computer program) used… … Wikipedia
plot — plot1 [plɔt US pla:t] n ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(plan)¦ 2¦(story/film)¦ 3 the plot thickens 4¦(piece of land)¦ 5¦(drawing)¦ ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ [: Old English; Origin: piece of land ] 1.) ¦(PLAN)¦ a secret plan by a group of people, to do somethin … Dictionary of contemporary English