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prey animal

Толкование Перевод

1 animal

adj.

1 animal (instintos, funciones).

el reino animal the animal kingdom

2 rough (person) (basto).

f. & m.

animal, brute (person).

m.

animal.

animal de carga beast of burden

animal de compañía pet

animal doméstico farm animal; (de granja) pet (de compañía)

animal protegido protected species

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animal

► adjetivo

1 animal

2 figurado (basto) rough; (necio) ignorant, stupid; (grosero) rude, coarse, uncouth

► nombre masculino

1 animal

2 figurado (basto) rough person, brute, lout; (necio) dunce; (grosero) rude person

■ ¡animal! you brute!

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FRASEOLOGÍA

animal de carga beast of burden

animal doméstico pet

reino animal animal kingdom

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noun m.

animal

- animal de compañía

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1. ADJ

1) (=de los animales) animal

instinto animal — animal instinct

2) * (=estúpido) stupid

el muy animal no sabe la capital de España — he's so stupid he doesn't know what the capital of Spain is

3) * (=bruto)

¡deja ya de empujar, no seas tan animal! — stop pushing, you great oaf o brute

no seas animal, trátala con cariño — don't be such a brute, be kind to her

¡el muy animal se comió tres platos! — he had three helpings, the oaf o pig!

2.

SM animal

los animales salvajes — wild animals

soy un animal político — I am a political animal

ser animal de costumbres — to be a creature of habit

- ser un animal de bellota

- comer como un animal

- trabajar como un animal

animal de carga — (=burro, buey) beast of burden

¡me tratas como a un animal de carga! — what did your last servant die of? *

animal de compañía — pet

animal de laboratorio — laboratory animal

animal de tiro — draught animal, draft animal (EEUU)

animal doméstico — [de compañía] pet; [de granja] domestic animal

3. SMF *

1) (=estúpido) fool, moron *

¡animal!, tres y dos son cinco — you fool o moron *, three plus two makes five

2) (=bruto) brute

el animal de Juan seguía pegándole — that brute Juan kept on hitting him

el animal de Antonio se comió su plato y el mío — that pig Antonio ate all his own dinner and mine too

eres un animal, lo has roto — you're so rough you've gone and broken it

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I
adjetivo

1) < instinto> animal (before n)

grasas de origen animal — animal fats

2)

a) (fam) ( estúpido) stupid

no seas animal! — don't be so stupid!

b) ( grosero) rude, uncouth
II
masculino

1)

a) (Zool) animal

comer como un animal — (fam) to eat like a horse (colloq)

b) ( persona con cierta característica)

no soy un animal político — I'm not a political animal

un animal de costumbres — a creature of habit

- animal doméstico

- animal salvaje

2) animal masculino y femenino (fam) ( persona violenta) brute, animal; ( grosero) lout

* * *

= animal, brute.

Ex. Common names are, for example, names of animals, tools, diseases, and chemicals.

Ex. It is often held that brute animals cannot have legal rights.

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* amante de los animales = animal lover.

* animal acuático = water animal, aquatic animal.

* animal anfibio = amphibian.

* animal carnívoro = carnivorous animal.

* animal carroñero = scavenger.

* animal ciliado = ciliate.

* animal dañino = pest.

* animal de carga = pack animal.

* animal de corral = farmyard animal.

* animal de costumbres = creature of habit.

* animal de granja = farm animal, farmyard animal.

* animal de presa = prey animal.

* animal disecado = stuffed animal.

* animal doméstico = pet, domestic animal.

* animales de caza = game.

* animal herbívoro = herbivorous animal.

* animal joven = kit.

* animal marino = marine animal.

* animal que ataca al hombre = man-eater.

* animal que se alimenta filtrando plancton = filter feeder.

* animal salvaje = wild animal.

* animal terrestre = land animal.

* animal vertebrado = vertebrate animal.

* animal víctima de la carretera = road kill [roadkill].

* aprovechamiento de los restos de animales = animal rendering.

* centro de acogida de animales = animal shelter.

* colección de animales = menagerie.

* comer como un animal = eat like + an animal.

* comida para animales = animal feed.

* cría de animales = animal husbandry.

* cría intensiva de animales = factory farming.

* cuerpo de animal muerto = carcass.

* cuidado de animales = animal care.

* cuidado de animales domésticos = pet care.

* cuidador de animales de parque zoológico = zookeeper.

* defensor de los derechos de los animales = animal rights campaigner.

* defensor de los derechos de los animales = animal rights activist.

* derechos de los animales = animal rights.

* especie animal = animal species.

* experimentación con animales = animal experimentation.

* experimentos con animales = animal experimentation.

* gran extensión de tierra dedicada a la cría de animales de pasto = rangeland.

* grasa animal = animal fat.

* instinto animal = animal instinct.

* llamada de animal en celo = rutting call.

* movimiento en defensa de los derechos de los animales = animal rights movement.

* novela de animales = animal story.

* pecera para animales anfibios = amphibian tank.

* piel de animal = pelt.

* producto derivado de la grasa animal = fat product.

* refugio de animales = wildlife centre.

* refugio para animales = animal sanctuary.

* reino animal, el = animal kingdom, the.

* reserva de animales = wildlife preserve, game reserve.

* reutilización de los restos de animales = animal rendering.

* sociedad protectora de animales = RSPCA (Royal Society for the Protection of Cruelty to Animals), animal protection society.

* tienda de animales = pet shop.

* vida animal = animal life.

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I
adjetivo

1) < instinto> animal (before n)

grasas de origen animal — animal fats

2)

a) (fam) ( estúpido) stupid

no seas animal! — don't be so stupid!

b) ( grosero) rude, uncouth
II
masculino

1)

a) (Zool) animal

comer como un animal — (fam) to eat like a horse (colloq)

b) ( persona con cierta característica)

no soy un animal político — I'm not a political animal

un animal de costumbres — a creature of habit

- animal doméstico

- animal salvaje

2) animal masculino y femenino (fam) ( persona violenta) brute, animal; ( grosero) lout

* * *

= animal, brute.

Ex: Common names are, for example, names of animals, tools, diseases, and chemicals.

Ex: It is often held that brute animals cannot have legal rights.

* amante de los animales = animal lover.

* animal acuático = water animal, aquatic animal.

* animal anfibio = amphibian.

* animal carnívoro = carnivorous animal.

* animal carroñero = scavenger.

* animal ciliado = ciliate.

* animal dañino = pest.

* animal de carga = pack animal.

* animal de corral = farmyard animal.

* animal de costumbres = creature of habit.

* animal de granja = farm animal, farmyard animal.

* animal de presa = prey animal.

* animal disecado = stuffed animal.

* animal doméstico = pet, domestic animal.

* animales de caza = game.

* animal herbívoro = herbivorous animal.

* animal joven = kit.

* animal marino = marine animal.

* animal que ataca al hombre = man-eater.

* animal que se alimenta filtrando plancton = filter feeder.

* animal salvaje = wild animal.

* animal terrestre = land animal.

* animal vertebrado = vertebrate animal.

* animal víctima de la carretera = road kill [roadkill].

* aprovechamiento de los restos de animales = animal rendering.

* centro de acogida de animales = animal shelter.

* colección de animales = menagerie.

* comer como un animal = eat like + an animal.

* comida para animales = animal feed.

* cría de animales = animal husbandry.

* cría intensiva de animales = factory farming.

* cuerpo de animal muerto = carcass.

* cuidado de animales = animal care.

* cuidado de animales domésticos = pet care.

* cuidador de animales de parque zoológico = zookeeper.

* defensor de los derechos de los animales = animal rights campaigner.

* defensor de los derechos de los animales = animal rights activist.

* derechos de los animales = animal rights.

* especie animal = animal species.

* experimentación con animales = animal experimentation.

* experimentos con animales = animal experimentation.

* gran extensión de tierra dedicada a la cría de animales de pasto = rangeland.

* grasa animal = animal fat.

* instinto animal = animal instinct.

* llamada de animal en celo = rutting call.

* movimiento en defensa de los derechos de los animales = animal rights movement.

* novela de animales = animal story.

* pecera para animales anfibios = amphibian tank.

* piel de animal = pelt.

* producto derivado de la grasa animal = fat product.

* refugio de animales = wildlife centre.

* refugio para animales = animal sanctuary.

* reino animal, el = animal kingdom, the.

* reserva de animales = wildlife preserve, game reserve.

* reutilización de los restos de animales = animal rendering.

* sociedad protectora de animales = RSPCA (Royal Society for the Protection of Cruelty to Animals), animal protection society.

* tienda de animales = pet shop.

* vida animal = animal life.

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animal¹

adjective

A ‹instinto› animal ( before n)

grasas de origen animal animal fats

B

1 ( fam) (estúpido) stupid

¡no seas animal, vamos a chocar! don't be so stupid o reckless, we'll crash!

2 (grosero) rude, uncouth

animal²

masculine

A

1 ( Zool) animal

comer como un animal ( fam); to eat like a horse ( colloq)

ser un animal de bellota(s) ( fam); to be as thick as two short planks ( colloq)

2

(persona con cierta característica): no soy un animal político I'm not a political animal

es un animal de costumbres he's a creature of habit

Compuestos:

● animal doméstico

(de granja) domestic animal; (mascota) pet

● animal salvaje

wild animal

B

animal masculine and feminine ( fam)

1 (persona violenta) brute, animal

2 (grosero) lout

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animal adjetivo
1 ‹ instinto› animal ( before n)
2 (fam)
a) ( estúpido) stupid

b) ( grosero) rude, uncouth

■ sustantivo masculino
a) (Zool) animal;

◊ animal doméstico ( de granja) domestic animal;

( mascota) pet
b) (fam) ( persona — violenta) brute, animal;

(— grosera) lout
animal
I sustantivo masculino
1 animal
2 fig (persona bruta, fuerte) brute
(necio) dunce
II adjetivo animal
' animal' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
abandonar
- abrir
- acariciar
- arisca
- arisco
- babear
- bellota
- bestia
- bicha
- bicho
- brazo
- buey
- bufar
- caballería
- cadáver
- callejera
- callejero
- calostro
- caricia
- cebar
- cerda
- cerdo
- cola
- congénere
- consigo
- cordera
- cordero
- cría
- cruce
- cruzar
- cruzada
- cruzado
- cualquiera
- cuarta
- cuarto
- degollar
- despiece
- deyección
- disecar
- diurna
- diurno
- domesticar
- dopar
- ejemplar
- él
- ella
- enjaular
- entrañas
- fiera
- fiero
English:
animal
- antenna
- baby
- back
- bellow
- belly
- bite
- breed
- brute
- bugger
- care for
- coat
- creep
- cub
- den
- destroy
- dig
- domestic
- domesticated
- fierce
- finish off
- flamingo
- flesh
- forerunner
- fur
- furry
- good-natured
- habit
- hardy
- hide
- host
- house-train
- instinct
- kick
- kill
- lap
- lap up
- lead
- lean
- leg
- magnetism
- master
- maul
- milk
- mistress
- neck
- neglect
- nocturnal
- nurture
- pack-animal

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animal

♦ adj

1. [instintos, funciones] animal;

el reino animal the animal kingdom

2. [persona] [basto] rough

3. [persona] [ignorante] ignorant

♦ nm

animal;

Comp

como un animal: sudaba como un animal he was sweating like a pig;

trabajamos como animales para acabar a tiempo we worked like slaves to get it finished on time

Comp
animal de bellota [cerdo] pig; Fam [insulto] ignoramus;
animal de carga beast of burden;

animal de compañía pet;

animal doméstico [de granja] farm animal;
[de compañía] pet;
animales de granja farm animals;

animal de laboratorio laboratory animal;

animal político political animal;

animal protegido protected species;

animal racional rational being;

animal de tiro draught animal;

animal transgénico transgenic animal

♦ nmf

1. [persona basta] animal, brute

2. [persona ignorante] (ignorant) brute

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animal

I adj

1 animal atr ;

reino animal animal kingdom

2 fig

stupid

II m tb fig

animal

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animal adj

1) : animal

2) estúpido: stupid, idiotic

3) : rough, brutish

animal nm

: animal

animal nmf

1) idiota: idiot, fool

2) : brute, beastly person

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animal adj n animal

animal salvaje wild animal

animal doméstico pet

Spanish-English dictionary > animal
2 animal de presa

(n.) = prey animal

Ex. This article surveys hunting themes incorporated into coats of arms, including prey animals, such as stags, wolves, bears, and foxes; hounds and falcons; and hunting equipment such as horns, bows and arrows, and spears.

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(n.) = prey animal

Ex: This article surveys hunting themes incorporated into coats of arms, including prey animals, such as stags, wolves, bears, and foxes; hounds and falcons; and hunting equipment such as horns, bows and arrows, and spears.

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animal de presa

predator

Spanish-English dictionary > animal de presa
3 animal de rapińa

• beast of prey

• predator

Diccionario Técnico Español-Inglés > animal de rapińa
4 presa

f.

1 catch (captura) (de cazador).

hacer presa en alguien to seize o grip somebody

ser presa de to be prey to

ser presa del pánico to be panic-stricken

2 dam (dique).

3 prey, kill, catch, quarry.

4 victim, sufferer.

5 traffic jam, tailback.

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presa

► nombre femenino

1 (cosa prendida) prey

2 (embalse) dam

3 (acción) capture

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FRASEOLOGÍA

hacer presa en to take hold of, seize

presa de algo seized by

■ la víctima gritaba presa del terror the victim screamed, terror-stricken

ser fácil presa de alguien to be easy prey for somebody

ave de presa bird of prey

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1. f., (m. - preso) 2. f., (m. - preso) 3. noun f.
1) catch

2) prey

3) seizure

4) dam

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SF

1) (=animal apresado) [por cazador] catch; [por otro animal] prey

ave de presa — bird of prey

huyó presa del pánico — he fled in panic

hacer presa en algo: la desesperación hizo presa en los soldados — the soldiers were seized with despair

ser presa de algo — to be a prey to sth

los ancianos son presa fácil de los vendedores sin escrúpulos — old people are easy prey for unscrupulous salesmen

2) [en un río] (=dique) dam; (=represa) weir, barrage

3) (Mil) (=botín) spoils pl, booty; (Náut) prize

4) (Agr) ditch, channel

5) (=colmillo) tusk, fang; (Orn) claw

6) esp LAm [de carne] piece (of meat)

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femenino

1) ( en caza) prey

presa DE algo — de terror/pánico seized with something

hacer presa en algo/alguien: el pánico hizo presa en los espectadores the spectators were seized with panic; el fuego hizo presa en las ramas secas — the fire took hold in the dry branches

2) ( dique) dam; ( embalse) reservoir, lake

3) (AmS) ( de pollo) piece

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femenino

1) ( en caza) prey

presa DE algo — de terror/pánico seized with something

hacer presa en algo/alguien: el pánico hizo presa en los espectadores the spectators were seized with panic; el fuego hizo presa en las ramas secas — the fire took hold in the dry branches

2) ( dique) dam; ( embalse) reservoir, lake

3) (AmS) ( de pollo) piece

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presa¹

¹ = dam, reservoir, weir.

Ex: The article 'Poland: the dam breaks' outlines the history of severe censorship restrictions in Poland = El artículo "Polonia: la presa revienta" describe en líneas generales la historia de las fuertes restricciones de la censura en Polonia.

Ex: The article is entitled 'Tapping a serviceable resevoir: the selection of periodicals for art libraries'.

Ex: To cut a long story short, just as they were nearing the weir the engine stopped working and they had to jump into the water.

* construcción de presas = damming.

* construir una presa = dam.

presa²

² = prey, quarry.

Ex: This theory relates to the foraging behaviour of an animal and explains the range of prey for which it hunts.

Ex: However, those who have tasted the succulent meat of this type of clam are more than willing to dig up to their armpits in the intertidal muck to capture such delicious quarry.

* animal de presa = prey animal.

* caer presa de = fall + prey to, be prey of.

* convertir a Algo en presa fácil para = render + Nombre + easy prey to.

* hacerse presa de = prey on/upon.

* hacerse presa del pánico = panic.

* pájaro de presa = bird of prey.

* presa del pánico = panic-stricken.

* presa fácil = sitting duck, easy prey.

* ser presa de = be prey of.

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presa

feminine

A (en caza) prey

hacer presa en algo/algn: el pánico hizo presa en los espectadores panic seized the spectators, the spectators were seized with panic

el fuego hizo presa en las ramas secas the fire took hold in the dry branches

presa de algo seized WITH sth

presa del terror, se alejó corriendo seized with terror, he ran off

B (dique) dam, weir; (embalse) reservoir, lake

C ( AmS) (de pollo) piece

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presa sustantivo femenino
1 ( en caza) prey;
◊ ser presa de algo (de terror, pánico) to be seized with sth

2 ( dique) dam;
( embalse) reservoir, lake
3 (AmS) ( de pollo) piece
preso,-a
I adjetivo imprisoned: se lo llevaron preso, he was taken prisoner
estamos presos de los prejuicios, we're imprisoned by our prejudices
II sustantivo masculino y femenino prisoner, convict
presa sustantivo femenino
1 (de caza) prey
2 (dique, embalse) dam
♦ Locuciones: hacer presa, to seize
ser presa de, to be a victim of: los pasajeros fueron presa del pánico, the passengers were seized with panic
' presa' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
capturar
- hidráulica
- hidráulico
- pantano
- rastreo
- retener
- acechar
- acosar
- acoso
- apresar
- despedazar
- despojos
- esclusa
- olfatear
- perseguir
- seguir
English:
barrage
- dam
- prey
- quarry
- seize
- sitting duck
- weir
- bird
- kill
- reservoir
- sitting

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presa nf

1. [captura] [de cazador] catch;
[de animal] prey;
hacer presa en alguien to seize o grip sb;

ser presa de la emoción to be overcome with excitement;

el público huyó presa del pánico the audience fled in panic;

es presa fácil de los estafadores she's easy prey for swindlers;

cayó presa de un espejismo she was taken in by an illusion

2. [dique] dam

Comp
la presa de Assuan o Asuán the Aswan Dam
3. [de carne] piece

4. ver preso

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presa

f

1 ( dique) dam

2 ( embalse) reservoir

3 ( víctima) prey;

ser presa del pánico be panic-stricken

4 L.Am.

para comer bite to eat

preso

I part → prender

II adj

:

hacer preso a alguien take s.o. prisoner

III m, presa f prisoner

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presa nf

1) : capture, seizure

hacer presa de: to seize

2) : catch, prey

presa de: prey to, seized with

3) : claw, fang

4) dique: dam

5) : morsel, piece (of food)

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presa n

1. (víctima) prey

el lobo mató a su presa the wolf killed its prey

2. (embalse) dam

Spanish-English dictionary > presa
5 presa2

² = prey, quarry.

Ex. This theory relates to the foraging behaviour of an animal and explains the range of prey for which it hunts.

Ex. However, those who have tasted the succulent meat of this type of clam are more than willing to dig up to their armpits in the intertidal muck to capture such delicious quarry.

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* animal de presa = prey animal.

* caer presa de = fall + prey to, be prey of.

* convertir a Algo en presa fácil para = render + Nombre + easy prey to.

* hacerse presa de = prey on/upon.

* hacerse presa del pánico = panic.

* pájaro de presa = bird of prey.

* presa del pánico = panic-stricken.

* presa fácil = sitting duck, easy prey.

* ser presa de = be prey of.

Spanish-English dictionary > presa2
6 depredar

v.

1 to prey on (animal).

2 to depredate, to pillage.

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depredar

► verbo transitivo

1 to depredate, pillage

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VT

1) (=saquear) to pillage

2) (Zool) to prey on

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verbo transitivo (Zool) to prey on

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verbo transitivo (Zool) to prey on

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depredar [A1 ]

vt

( Zool) to prey on

están depredando los mares they are plundering the seas

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depredar vt

1. [sujeto: animal] to prey on

2. [sujeto: piratas, invasores] to pillage

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depredar

v/t ZO prey on

Spanish-English dictionary > depredar
7 mediante

adj.

intervening.

prep.

by means of.

lo levantaron mediante una polea it was lifted by means of a pulley system

las obras se adjudicarán mediante concurso público the contract for the work will be put out to tender

puede aplazar la compra mediante 12 pagos mensuales you can spread the purchase over 12 monthly payments

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mediante

► adjetivo

1 by means of

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PREP

1) (=por medio de) by means of

izan las cajas mediante una polea — the crates are lifted by means of a pulley

se comunicaban mediante mensajes en clave — they communicated by means of coded messages

se comunican mediante gestos — they communicate through signs

lograron abrir la puerta mediante una palanca — they managed to open the door with a metal bar

vigilaban el edificio mediante cámaras ocultas — hidden cameras were used to keep a watch on the building

un diseño mediante ordenador — a computer-generated design

2)

Dios mediante — God willing

volveré, Dios mediante, el lunes — I'll be back on Monday, God willing

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preposición (frml) through, by means of (frml)

mediante un intérprete — through o by means of an interpreter

los resultados obtenidos mediante este método — the results obtained by o using this method

atrapa su presa mediante estas pinzas — it traps its prey with these claws

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= through, by, by the use of, through the agency of, via, by means of.

Ex. The contributions are input to the data base, then referred and any suggestion made by the referee are communicated through the data base to the editor.

Ex. The name to be chosen for the author must be, by rule 40, 'the name by which he is commonly identified, whether it is his real name, or an assumed name, nickname, title of nobility, or other appellation'.

Ex. He is not even a man who can readily perform the transformations of equations by the use of calculus.

Ex. This article argues that critical thinking, a long sought after goal in the US educational system, may be taught efficiently through the agency of library use instructions within the college environment.

Ex. Access to the contents of data bases is via some computer-searching technique, often using an online terminal.

Ex. Documents may be retrieved by means of the coding around the edge of the card.

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* demarcación mediante párrafos = paragraphing.

* Dios mediante = God willing.

* hacer una búsqueda mediante el operador O = OR together.

* hacer una búsqueda mediante el operador Y = AND together.

* mediante el ordenador = computer-mediated.

* mediante el uso de los recursos = resource-based.

* mediante isótopos = isotopically.

* mediante la catálisis = catalytically.

* mediante la deducción = deductively.

* mediante la mitosis = mitotically.

* mediante la TI = IT-enabled.

* mediante llamada telefónica = call-in.

* mediante mapas = map-based.

* mediante microfichas = microfiche-based.

* mediante pistones = piston-driven.

* mediante satélite = satellite-based, via satellite.

* mediante una entrevista = interview-based.

* pago mediante tarjeta = card payment.

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preposición (frml) through, by means of (frml)

mediante un intérprete — through o by means of an interpreter

los resultados obtenidos mediante este método — the results obtained by o using this method

atrapa su presa mediante estas pinzas — it traps its prey with these claws

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= through, by, by the use of, through the agency of, via, by means of.

Ex: The contributions are input to the data base, then referred and any suggestion made by the referee are communicated through the data base to the editor.

Ex: The name to be chosen for the author must be, by rule 40, 'the name by which he is commonly identified, whether it is his real name, or an assumed name, nickname, title of nobility, or other appellation'.

Ex: He is not even a man who can readily perform the transformations of equations by the use of calculus.

Ex: This article argues that critical thinking, a long sought after goal in the US educational system, may be taught efficiently through the agency of library use instructions within the college environment.

Ex: Access to the contents of data bases is via some computer-searching technique, often using an online terminal.

Ex: Documents may be retrieved by means of the coding around the edge of the card.

* demarcación mediante párrafos = paragraphing.

* Dios mediante = God willing.

* hacer una búsqueda mediante el operador O = OR together.

* hacer una búsqueda mediante el operador Y = AND together.

* mediante el ordenador = computer-mediated.

* mediante el uso de los recursos = resource-based.

* mediante isótopos = isotopically.

* mediante la catálisis = catalytically.

* mediante la deducción = deductively.

* mediante la mitosis = mitotically.

* mediante la TI = IT-enabled.

* mediante llamada telefónica = call-in.

* mediante mapas = map-based.

* mediante microfichas = microfiche-based.

* mediante pistones = piston-driven.

* mediante satélite = satellite-based, via satellite.

* mediante una entrevista = interview-based.

* pago mediante tarjeta = card payment.

* * *

mediante

prep

1 ( frml) ‹proceso/técnica/instrumento›

mediante el proceso de la pasteurización through (the process of) pasteurization, by pasteurization, by means of pasteurization

los resultados obtenidos mediante este método the results obtained with o by o using this method

el animal atrapa a su presa mediante estas pinzas the animal traps its prey with these claws, the animal uses these claws to trap its prey

2

Dios mediante God willing

estaremos nuevamente con ustedes, Dios mediante, el próximo jueves we'll be with you again next Thursday, God willing

* * *

mediante preposición
through, by means of
mediante preposición by means of
' mediante' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
adivinar
- conquista
- trampear
- ganar
English:
advertise
- agree
- carbon dating
- extort
- god
- levy
- means
- taunt

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mediante prep

1. [por medio de] by means of;

lo levantaron mediante una polea it was lifted by means of a pulley system;

las obras se adjudicarán mediante concurso público the contract for the work will be put out to tender;

puede aplazar la compra mediante 12 pagos mensuales you can spread the purchase over 12 monthly payments;

la información se puede encontrar mediante un motor de búsqueda the information can be found using o with a search engine

2. Comp

Dios mediante God willing;

nos veremos el lunes, Dios mediante I'll see you Monday, hopefully

* * *

mediante

prp by means of;

Dios mediante God willing

* * *

mediante prep

: through, by means of

Dios mediante: God willing

Spanish-English dictionary > mediante
8 víctima

f.

1 victim, sufferer.

2 casualty, fatality, person who has suffered an accident.

3 victim, object of a crime, target of a crime, prey.

* * *

víctima

► nombre femenino

1 victim, casualty

■ hubo dos víctimas en el accidente there were two casualties in the accident

■ las víctimas del atentado the victims of the bombing

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FRASEOLOGÍA

víctima propiciatoria scapegoat

* * *

noun f.

1) victim

2) casualty

* * *

SF

1) (gen) victim; (Zool) prey; [de accidente] casualty

fue víctima de una estafa — she was the victim of a swindle

no hay que lamentar víctimas del accidente — there were no casualties in the accident

hay pocas víctimas mortales — there are not many dead

falleció víctima de un ataque cardiaco — he died of o from a heart attack

es víctima de alguna neurosis — he is a prey to some neurosis

2) ( Hist) sacrifice

* * *

femenino

a) ( persona perjudicada) victim

no hubo que lamentar víctimas mortales — (period) nobody was killed o fatally injured

víctima de algo — victim of something

fue víctima de una emboscada — he was the victim of an ambush

víctimas del cáncer — cancer victims

falleció víctima de un accidente — he died as a result of an accident

el terremoto cobró miles de víctimas — the earthquake claimed thousands of lives

b) ( en sacrificio) victim

* * *

= victim, sufferer, casualty.

Ex. The question can be raised about whether the 'noise' created by Beauperthuy drowned out the cries of pain and suffering of the victims of yellow fever.

Ex. In the Netherlands there are currently some 20,000 sufferers from this affliction.

Ex. Unfortunately, there are indications that the use of rubber stamps in libraries may be among the first casualties of the information revolution.

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* animal víctima de la carretera = road kill [roadkill].

* ayuda a las víctimas de una catástrofe = disaster relief.

* causar muchas víctimas = take + a toll on life.

* número de víctimas = death toll.

* ser víctima de = fall + prey to, fall + victim to, run + foul of.

* víctima civil = civilian casualty.

* víctima de asesinato = murder(ed) victim.

* víctima de guerra = casualty of war, war casualty.

* víctima de homicidio = murder(ed) victim.

* víctima de la carretera = road casualty.

* víctima humana = human casualty.

* víctima mortal = fatality.

* * *

femenino

a) ( persona perjudicada) victim

no hubo que lamentar víctimas mortales — (period) nobody was killed o fatally injured

víctima de algo — victim of something

fue víctima de una emboscada — he was the victim of an ambush

víctimas del cáncer — cancer victims

falleció víctima de un accidente — he died as a result of an accident

el terremoto cobró miles de víctimas — the earthquake claimed thousands of lives

b) ( en sacrificio) victim

* * *

= victim, sufferer, casualty.

Ex: The question can be raised about whether the 'noise' created by Beauperthuy drowned out the cries of pain and suffering of the victims of yellow fever.

Ex: In the Netherlands there are currently some 20,000 sufferers from this affliction.

Ex: Unfortunately, there are indications that the use of rubber stamps in libraries may be among the first casualties of the information revolution.

* animal víctima de la carretera = road kill [roadkill].

* ayuda a las víctimas de una catástrofe = disaster relief.

* causar muchas víctimas = take + a toll on life.

* número de víctimas = death toll.

* ser víctima de = fall + prey to, fall + victim to, run + foul of.

* víctima civil = civilian casualty.

* víctima de asesinato = murder(ed) victim.

* víctima de guerra = casualty of war, war casualty.

* víctima de homicidio = murder(ed) victim.

* víctima de la carretera = road casualty.

* víctima humana = human casualty.

* víctima mortal = fatality.

* * *

víctima

feminine

1 (persona perjudicada) victim

las víctimas del terremoto the victims of the earthquake

en el accidente no hubo que lamentar víctimas mortales nobody was killed o fatally injured in the accident

fue víctima de una emboscada he was the victim of an ambush

falleció víctima de un paro cardíaco/de un accidente he died of o from a heart attack/as a result of o in an accident

el terremoto cobró miles de víctimas thousands of people died in the earthquake, the earthquake claimed thousands of lives

2 (de un sacrificio) victim

Compuesto:

víctima propiciatoria

propitiatory victim

* * *

Del verbo victimar: ( conjugate victimar)

victima es:

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

2ª persona singular (tú) imperativo

Multiple Entries:
victimar
víctima
víctima sustantivo femenino
victim;
víctima de algo victim of sth;
◊ fue víctima de una emboscada he was the victim of an ambush;

víctimas del cáncer cancer victims
víctima sustantivo femenino victim: no hubo ninguna víctima mortal, nobody was killed

' víctima' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
baja
- conjura
- insensibilidad
- muerta
- muerto
- ofrecer
English:
fatality
- poison
- prey
- victim
- casualty
- female

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víctima nf

1. [por mala suerte o negligencia] victim;
[en accidente, guerra] casualty;
ser víctima de la represión/la injusticia to be the victim of repression/injustice;

fue víctima de su propia ambición she was the victim of her own ambition;

resultó víctima de su propio engaño he was hoist with his own petard, his scheme backfired on him;

falleció víctima de un infarto he died of a heart attack

Comp
víctima mortal fatality;
hubo tres víctimas mortales three people were killed

2. [en sacrificio] victim;

Comp

hacerse la víctima to play the martyr

Comp
víctima propiciatoria scapegoat
* * *

víctima

f victim;

víctima mortal fatality;

cobrarse muchas víctimas de incendio, terremoto etc claim many victims, kill many people;

ser víctima de alguien/algo fall victim to s.o./sth

* * *

víctima nf

: victim

* * *

víctima n victim

Spanish-English dictionary > víctima
9 alimentar

v.

1 to feed (dar comida).

tengo cinco hijos que alimentar I've got five kids to feed

La madre alimenta al chico The mother feeds the boy.

La bandeja alimenta la impresora The tray feeds the printer.

2 to feed.

la lectura alimenta el espíritu reading improves your mind

3 to fuel.

4 to be nourishing.

los garbanzos alimentan mucho chickpeas are very nutritious

* * *

alimentar

► verbo transitivo

1 (dar alimento) to feed

2 (mantener) to keep, support

■ con su trabajo alimenta a toda su familia he works to keep the whole family

3 figurado (alentar) to encourage, foster, nurture; (pasiones) to feed, fuel, nurture

4 (uso técnico) to feed

► verbo intransitivo

1 (servir de alimento) to nourish, be nutritious

■ la verdura alimenta mucho vegetables are very nutritious

► verbo pronominal alimentarse

1 to live (de/con, on)

■ se alimenta de patatas he lives on potatoes

* * *

verb

1) to feed

2) be nutritious

•

- alimentarse

* * *

1. VT

1) (=dar de comer a) to feed

alimentan el ganado con piensos — they feed the cattle with animal fodder

tengo una familia que alimentar — I've got a family to feed

2) (=nutrir) to be nutritious o nourishing

la comida rápida no te alimenta nada — fast food is not at all nutritious o nourishing

3) [+ imaginación] to fire, fuel; [+ esperanzas, pasiones] to feed, fuel; [+ sentimiento, idea] to foster

ese tipo de comentario alimenta el rencor — that sort of remark fosters resentment

sus historias alimentaron mi deseo de ir a Perú — her stories strengthened o fuelled my desire to go to Peru

4) [+ hoguera, horno doméstico, fuego] to feed, add fuel to; [+ horno industrial] to stoke

el operario alimenta la máquina de o con combustible — the operator feeds fuel into the machine

5) (Elec) to supply

2.

VI to be nutritious, be nourishing

esta comida no alimenta nada — this food is not at all nutritious o nourishing

- huele que alimenta

3.

See:

alimentarse

* * *
1.
verbo transitivo

1) ( nutrir) <persona/animal> to feed

los alimentan con piensos — they are fed on pellets

estas tierras alimentaron a mi familia — my family lived off this land

2) <ilusión/esperanza> to nurture, cherish; < ego> to boost

alimentar el odio entre dos países — to fuel the hatred between two countries

3) <máquina/motor> to feed; < caldera> to stoke

algodón para alimentar la industria textil — cotton to supply the textile industry
2.
alimentar vi to be nourishing
3.
alimentarse v pron <persona/animal> to feed oneself

no se alimenta bien — he doesn't eat right (AmE) o (BrE) properly

alimentarse con or de algo — to live on something

* * *

= feed, fuel, nurture, nourish, stoke.

Ex. The computer merely needs to be fed with the source documents and their citation, and with the appropriate software, will generate the indexes.

Ex. This is in line with recent trends in the historical sciences generally fuelled by the feeling that in the past historians did not pay enough attention to what is, after all, the majority of humanity.

Ex. Studying the leisure reading preferences of teens can help library media specialists develop collections and programs that nurture a lifelong love of reading.

Ex. The library's mission must be further nourished and refined, for philosophy is not an idle pastime -- it is a foundation and rationale for human endeavor.

Ex. The media have regularly stoked public feelings of shame by affirming that English football fans are synonymous with hooliganism, overlooking the fact that not all fans are 'hooligans'.

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* alimentar a la fuerza = force-feed.

* alimentar datos = populate.

* alimentar el espíritu = refresh + the spirit.

* alimentar el odio = fuel + hatred.

* alimentar la esperanza = nurture + hope.

* alimentarse = graze (on).

* alimentarse de = thrive on, feast on, prey on/upon.

* * *
1.
verbo transitivo

1) ( nutrir) <persona/animal> to feed

los alimentan con piensos — they are fed on pellets

estas tierras alimentaron a mi familia — my family lived off this land

2) <ilusión/esperanza> to nurture, cherish; < ego> to boost

alimentar el odio entre dos países — to fuel the hatred between two countries

3) <máquina/motor> to feed; < caldera> to stoke

algodón para alimentar la industria textil — cotton to supply the textile industry
2.
alimentar vi to be nourishing
3.
alimentarse v pron <persona/animal> to feed oneself

no se alimenta bien — he doesn't eat right (AmE) o (BrE) properly

alimentarse con or de algo — to live on something

* * *

= feed, fuel, nurture, nourish, stoke.

Ex: The computer merely needs to be fed with the source documents and their citation, and with the appropriate software, will generate the indexes.

Ex: This is in line with recent trends in the historical sciences generally fuelled by the feeling that in the past historians did not pay enough attention to what is, after all, the majority of humanity.

Ex: Studying the leisure reading preferences of teens can help library media specialists develop collections and programs that nurture a lifelong love of reading.

Ex: The library's mission must be further nourished and refined, for philosophy is not an idle pastime -- it is a foundation and rationale for human endeavor.

Ex: The media have regularly stoked public feelings of shame by affirming that English football fans are synonymous with hooliganism, overlooking the fact that not all fans are 'hooligans'.

* alimentar a la fuerza = force-feed.

* alimentar datos = populate.

* alimentar el espíritu = refresh + the spirit.

* alimentar el odio = fuel + hatred.

* alimentar la esperanza = nurture + hope.

* alimentarse = graze (on).

* alimentarse de = thrive on, feast on, prey on/upon.

* * *

alimentar [A1 ]

vt

A (nutrir) ‹persona/animal› to feed

tengo tres hijos que alimentar I have three children to feed

alimentan a los animales con piensos the animals are fed on pellets

estas tierras alimentaron a mi familia durante generaciones my family lived off this land for generations, this land supported my family for generations

Extremadura alimentó durante largo tiempo este flujo emigratorio for a long time Extremadura contributed to o fed this flow of emigrants

B

1 ‹ilusión/esperanza› to nurture, cherish

varios años de enfrentamiento alimentaron el odio entre los dos bandos several years of confrontation fueled the hatred between the two sides

alimentó mi curiosidad con aquella historia the story she told fed my curiosity

2 ‹ego› to boost

contribuyó a alimentar su ego it helped to boost his ego

C ‹máquina/motor› to feed; ‹caldera› to stoke

algodón para alimentar la industria textil cotton to supply the textile industry, cotton for the textile industry

■ alimentar

vi

to be nourishing

■ alimentarse

v pron

«persona/animal» to feed oneself

este chico no se alimenta bien this boy doesn't feed himself o eat right ( AmE), this boy doesn't feed himself o eat properly ( BrE)

alimentarse CON or DE algo to live ON sth

se alimenta con frutas y verduras she lives on fruit and vegetables

se alimenta de energía solar it runs on solar energy

* * *

alimentar ( conjugate alimentar) verbo transitivo
1 ‹persona/animal› to feed
2
a) ‹ilusión/esperanza› to nurture, cherish;

‹ ego› to boost
b) ‹odio/pasión› to fuel

3 ‹máquina/motor› to feed;
‹ caldera› to stoke
verbo intransitivo
to be nourishing
alimentarse verbo pronominal [persona/animal] to feed oneself;
alimentarse con or de algo to live on sth
alimentar
I verbo transitivo
1 (dar de comer) to feed
2 fig (fomentar un sentimiento) to nourish
3 Inform to feed
Téc to supply
II vt & vi (ser nutritivo) to be nutritious
' alimentar' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
mantener
- suero
English:
feed
- nourish
- support
- bottle
- force
- fuel

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alimentar

♦ vt

1. [dar comida] to feed;

alimentan a los tigres con carne they feed the tigers meat;

tengo cinco hijos que alimentar I've got five kids to feed;

el hijo mayor trabaja y alimenta a toda la familia the eldest son goes to work so that the whole family can eat

2. [dar energía, material] to feed;

la lectura alimenta el espíritu reading improves your mind;

esa actitud alimenta la intolerancia that attitude fuels intolerance;

trabajar con él le ha alimentado el ego working with him has boosted her ego

3. [motor, coche] to fuel;
[caldera] to stoke;
alimentar una batería to charge o recharge a battery

♦ vi
[nutrir] to be nourishing;
los garbanzos alimentan mucho chickpeas are very nutritious

♦ See also the pronominal verb alimentarse

* * *

alimentar

I v/t tb TÉC, fig

feed; EL power

II v/i be nourishing

* * *

alimentar vt

1) nutrir: to feed, to nourish

2) mantener: to support (a family)

3) fomentar: to nurture, to foster

♦ See also the reflexive verb alimentarse

* * *

alimentar vb

1. (dar alimento) to feed [pt. & pp. fed]

las aves alimentan a sus crías en el nido birds feed their young in the nest

2. (mantener) to keep [pt. & pp. kept] / to support

no gana suficiente para alimentar a su familia he doesn't earn enough to support his family

3. (servir de alimento) to be good for you

la verdura alimenta mucho vegetables are very good for you

Spanish-English dictionary > alimentar
10 rapaz

adj.

rapacious, greedy (que roba).

f.

bird of prey (zoology).

m.

brat, slip of a boy, young shaver.

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rapaz

(pl rapaces)

► adjetivo

1 ZOOLOGÍA predatory, of prey

■ ave rapaz bird of prey

2 figurado (persona) rapacious, grasping

► nombre femenino

1 (ave) bird of prey

————————

rapaz

► nombre masculino,nombre femenino

1 youngster (muchacho) lad; (muchacha) lass

* * *
I
1. ADJ

1) (Zool) predatory; (Orn) of prey

2) (=avaricioso) rapacious, greedy; (=inclinado al robo) thieving

2.

SF (Zool) predatory animal; (Orn) bird of prey
II
rapaz, -a
†† SM / F Esp hum boy/girl, lad/lass
* * *
I
adjetivo

a) (Zool) predatory

ave rapaz — bird of prey

b) ( ávido) greedy, rapacious

c) ( que roba) thieving (before n)
II
- paza masculino, femenino (fam) kid (colloq)

* * *

= predatory, rapacious.

Ex. Physical violence may be predatory or affective.

Ex. Golf courses are emerging as one of the most environmentally rapacious and socially divisive forms of tourist and property development.

* * *
I
adjetivo

a) (Zool) predatory

ave rapaz — bird of prey

b) ( ávido) greedy, rapacious

c) ( que roba) thieving (before n)
II
- paza masculino, femenino (fam) kid (colloq)

* * *

= predatory, rapacious.

Ex: Physical violence may be predatory or affective.

Ex: Golf courses are emerging as one of the most environmentally rapacious and socially divisive forms of tourist and property development.

* * *

rapaz¹

adjective

1 ( Zool) predatory

ave rapaz bird of prey

2 (ávido) greedy, rapacious

3 (que roba) thieving ( before n)

rapaz² - paza

masculine, feminine

( fam)

kid ( colloq)

* * *

rapaz adjetivo (Zool) predatory;
◊ ave rapaz bird of prey

rapaz adjetivo predatory
ave rapaz, bird of prey

' rapaz' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
ave
English:
predatory
- bird

* * *

rapaz¹

♦ adj

1. [que roba] rapacious, greedy

2.
ave rapaz bird of prey, raptor

♦ nf

bird of prey, raptor

rapaz², -aza nm,f
Fam [muchacho] lad, f lass
* * *

rapaz

I adj predatory;

ave rapaz bird of prey

II m, rapaza f fam

kid fam

* * *

rapaz adj, pl rapaces : rapacious, predatory

rapaz, - paza n, mpl

rapaces : youngster, child

Spanish-English dictionary > rapaz
11 comer

v.

1 to eat (ingerir alimentos).

no come carne casi nunca she hardly ever eats meat

¿qué hay de comer? what's for lunch?; (al mediodía) what's for dinner? (a noche)

comer fuera to go out for lunch (al mediodía)

¡a comer, chicos! lunch is/dinner's/etc ready, children!

dar de comer to feed

2 to take, to capture.

me comió un alfil he took one of my bishops

3 to eat up.

les come la envidia they're eaten up with envy

eso me come mucho tiempo that takes up a lot of my time

* * *

comer

► verbo transitivo

1 to eat

■ comer pescado to eat fish

2 (tomar) to have

■ para cenar comimos sopa we had soup for dinner

3 (color) to fade

4 (corroer) to corrode

5 figurado (gastar) to eat away; (combustible) to use, use up

6 (en ajedrez) to take, capture

► verbo intransitivo

1 (gen) to eat; (a mediodía) to have lunch, lunch; (por la noche) to have dinner, dine

■ ayer comimos a las dos yesterday we had lunch at two

■ mañana vamos a comer fuera tomorrow we're going to eat out

■ David me ha invitado a comer David's invited me to lunch

► nombre masculino

1 eating

► verbo pronominal comerse

1 to eat

■ se lo comió todo he ate all of it

2 figurado (saltarse) to omit; (párrafo) to skip; (palabra) to swallow

■ se come las palabras she doesn't pronounce her words very clearly

3 (color) to fade

4 (el mar, la tierra) to swallow

\

FRASEOLOGÍA

comer como un pajarito familiar not to eat enough to feed a sparrow

comer como una lima / comer como un regimiento / comer por cuatro familiar to eat like a horse

come con los ojos his (her, your, etc) eyes are bigger than his (her, your, etc) belly

comerse a alguien a besos figurado to smother somebody with kisses

comerse a alguien con los ojos figurado to look at somebody lovingly

comerse algo con los ojos familiar to devour something with one's eyes

comerse las uñas to bite one's nails

¿con qué se come eso? familiar what the heck is that?

dar de comer to feed

echar de comer (a los animales) to feed (the animals)

está para comérsela familiar (mujer) she's really tasty

me come la envidia figurado I'm green with envy

no tener qué comer not to have enough to live on

ser de buen comer to be a good eater

sin comerlo ni beberlo familiar without having had anything to do with it

* * *

verb

to eat

- dar de comer

* * *

1. VT

1) [+ comida] to eat

¿quieres comer algo? — would you like something to eat?

no tienen qué comer — they have nothing to eat

sin comerlo ni beberlo —

sin comerlo ni beberlo, me vi envuelto en un caso de contrabando de drogas — without really knowing how, I found myself involved in a drug smuggling case

ha recibido una herencia sin comerlo ni beberlo — he's come into an inheritance without having done anything to deserve it
coco I, 2), tarro 2)
2) (=almorzar) to have for lunch, eat for lunch

los domingos suelo comer paella — on Sundays I usually have paella for lunch

3) (=hacer desaparecer)

el pelo te come la cara — your hair's covering half your face

esto come las existencias — this devours the stocks

poco a poco el polvo fue comiendo la casa — dust gradually took over the house

• comer terreno, la derecha les está comiendo terreno — the right is gaining ground on them

el equipo se dejó comer el terreno — the team conceded a lot of ground

4) (=destruir, consumir)

un ácido que come la plata — an acid that corrodes silver

el agua comió la piedra — the water wore down the stone

eso les come la moral — that's eating away at their morale

le come la envidia por dentro — she is eaten up o consumed with envy

5) (=escocer)

el picor me come la pierna — my leg's stinging

6) (Ajedrez) to take

2. VI

1) (=ingerir alimento) to eat

¿qué hay para comer? — what have we got to eat?, what is there to eat?

los leones tienen que cazar para comer — lions have to hunt to eat

¡come y calla! — shut up and eat your food! *

• comer de algo — (=tomar comida) to eat sth; (=vivir) to live off sth

come de los platos de los demás — she eats other people's food

no todos podemos comer de lo que cultivamos — not all of us can live off what we grow ourselves

• comer fuera — to eat out

comer con los ojos —

siempre comes con o por los ojos — your eyes are bigger than your stomach

- comer como una vaca o fiera

- no comer ni dejar comer

- el mismo que come y viste

2) (=tomar la comida principal) esp Esp [a mediodía] to have lunch; LAm [por la noche] to have dinner

comemos a la una — we have lunch at one

me gusta comer fuerte y cenar poco — I like to have a big lunch and a light evening meal

3)

• dar de comer — to feed

estaba dando de comer al niño — she was feeding her child

dar de comer a las gallinas — to feed the hens

ni siquiera nos dio de comer — she didn't even give us anything to eat

4) And
***
comer a algn — to screw sb ***

3.

See:

comerse

* * *
I 1.
verbo intransitivo

1)

a) ( tomar alimentos) to eat

no tengo ganas de comer — I'm not hungry

este niño no me come nada — (fam) this child won't eat anything (colloq)

comer como un sabañón or (Esp) una lima or (Méx) un pelón de hospicio — (fam) to eat like a horse

b)

dar de comer — to feed

dar(le) de comer a alguien (en la boca) — to spoonfeed somebody

darle de comer al gato/al niño — to feed the cat/the kid

come y calla! — shut up and do as you're told

2)

a) ( tomar una comida) to eat

todavía no hemos comido — we haven't eaten yet

salir a comer (fuera) — to go out for a meal, to eat out

a comer! — lunch (o dinner etc) is ready!

¿qué hay de comer? — ( a mediodía) what's for lunch?; ( por la noche) what's for dinner o supper?

aquí se come muy bien — the food here is very good

b) (esp Esp, Méx) ( almorzar) to have lunch, have dinner (BrE colloq)

nos invitaron a comer — they asked us to lunch

c) (esp AmL) ( cenar) to have dinner

comemos a las nueve — we have o eat dinner at nine
2.
comer vt

1) <fruta/verdura/carne> to eat

no puedo comer chocolate — I can't have o eat chocolate

come un poco de queso — have a little cheese

¿puedo comer otro? — can I have another one?

no tienen qué comer — they don't have anything to eat

mira el suéter, me lo comió la polilla — look at my sweater, the moths have been at it

como un cáncer que le come las entrañas — (liter) like a cancer gnawing away at his insides

sin comerlo ni beberlo — (Esp)

me llevé el castigo sin comerlo ni beberlo — I got punished even though I didn't have anything to do with it

¿(y) eso con qué se come? — (Esp fam) what on earth's that? (colloq)

2) (fam) ( hacer desaparecer) comerse 3

3) (en ajedrez, damas) to take
3.
comerse v pron

1) ( al escribir) <acento/palabra> to leave off; <línea/párrafo> to miss out; ( al hablar) < letra> to leave off; < palabra> to swallow

2)

a) (enf) < comida> to eat

cómetelo todo — eat it all up

comerse algo de un bocado — to gulp something down in one go

está para comérsela — (fam) she's really tasty (colloq)

comerse las uñas — to bite one's nails

se lo come la envidia — he's eaten up o consumed with envy

comerse a alguien vivo — (fam) to skin somebody alive (colloq)

b) (fam) ( ser muy superior) to surpass, overshadow

3) (enf) (fam) ( hacer desaparecer)

a) acido/óxido to eat away (at); polilla/ratón to eat away (at)

b) inflación/alquiler <sueldo/ahorros> to eat away at

el colegio de los niños se come casi todo el sueldo — almost all my salary goes on the children's school fees

se los va a comer la mugre — they'll be up to their ears in muck (colloq)

4) (Col fam) ( poseer sexualmente) to have (colloq)
II
masculino eating

una persona de buen comer — someone who enjoys his/her food

* * *

= eat, graze (on), dine, munch, nosh.

Ex. Even the fearsome shark knows enough not to drive away the pilot fish while it eats, nor does it make a meal of the pilot fish when food is scarce.

Ex. Whereas, before, the land was dense with stately white pines, now apple, plum, pear, peach, and cherry orchards stood in regimented rows and cattle grazed peacefully.

Ex. They drove from the airport to the restaurant where he was to dine with the president of the 'Friends of the Library' group.

Ex. People engage in a wide range of activities in libraries, from lively dialog while munching sandwiches and sipping soda, to flirting and caressing, to the more traditional activities of reading and information searching.

Ex. Several hundred fans noshed on gourmet sandwiches, pizza, pasta and fancy chips and dips.

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* comer a dos carrillos = stuff + Posesivo + face.

* comer Algo para matar el gusanillo = eat + Comida + to keep + Nombre + going.

* comer carroña = scavenging.

* comer como una lima = eat like + a horse.

* comer como un animal = eat like + an animal.

* comer como una vaca = eat like + a horse.

* comer como un pajarito = eat like + a bird.

* comer como un sabañón = eat like + a horse.

* comer con apetito = eat with + appetite.

* comer en casa = eat in.

* comer fuera = eat out.

* comerse = make + a meal of, prey on/upon, chew up.

* comerse Algo vivo = eat + Nombre + alive.

* comerse con los ojos = ogle.

* comerse el tarro = dwell on/upon.

* comerse las uñas = bite + Posesivo + fingers, bite + Posesivo + fingernails.

* comerse los restos de = scavenge.

* comerse los restos dejados por otro = scavenge.

* comérselo todo = eat + Posesivo + way through.

* como el perro del hortelano que ni come ni deja comer = a dog in the manger.

* dar de comer = feed.

* descanso para comer = meal break.

* estar tan bueno que no se puede dejar de comer = moreish.

* ganas de comer = appetite.

* hora de comer = mealtime [meal time].

* juntarse el hambre con las ganas de comer = made for each other, be two of a kind, be a right pair.

* lugar para comer = eating facility.

* morder la mano del que + dar de comer = bite + the hand that feeds + Pronombre.

* naranja de comer = eating orange.

* no tener ganas de comer = be off + Posesivo + food, be off + Posesivo + oats.

* salir a comer = eat out.

* ser muy delicado para comer = be a picky eater.

* ser muy melindroso para comer = be a picky eater.

* ser muy tiquismiquis para comer = be a picky eater.

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

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

* somos lo que comemos = we are what we eat.

* tú te lo guisas, tú te lo comes = you've made your bed, now you must lie in it!.

* * *
I 1.
verbo intransitivo

1)

a) ( tomar alimentos) to eat

no tengo ganas de comer — I'm not hungry

este niño no me come nada — (fam) this child won't eat anything (colloq)

comer como un sabañón or (Esp) una lima or (Méx) un pelón de hospicio — (fam) to eat like a horse

b)

dar de comer — to feed

dar(le) de comer a alguien (en la boca) — to spoonfeed somebody

darle de comer al gato/al niño — to feed the cat/the kid

come y calla! — shut up and do as you're told

2)

a) ( tomar una comida) to eat

todavía no hemos comido — we haven't eaten yet

salir a comer (fuera) — to go out for a meal, to eat out

a comer! — lunch (o dinner etc) is ready!

¿qué hay de comer? — ( a mediodía) what's for lunch?; ( por la noche) what's for dinner o supper?

aquí se come muy bien — the food here is very good

b) (esp Esp, Méx) ( almorzar) to have lunch, have dinner (BrE colloq)

nos invitaron a comer — they asked us to lunch

c) (esp AmL) ( cenar) to have dinner

comemos a las nueve — we have o eat dinner at nine
2.
comer vt

1) <fruta/verdura/carne> to eat

no puedo comer chocolate — I can't have o eat chocolate

come un poco de queso — have a little cheese

¿puedo comer otro? — can I have another one?

no tienen qué comer — they don't have anything to eat

mira el suéter, me lo comió la polilla — look at my sweater, the moths have been at it

como un cáncer que le come las entrañas — (liter) like a cancer gnawing away at his insides

sin comerlo ni beberlo — (Esp)

me llevé el castigo sin comerlo ni beberlo — I got punished even though I didn't have anything to do with it

¿(y) eso con qué se come? — (Esp fam) what on earth's that? (colloq)

2) (fam) ( hacer desaparecer) comerse 3

3) (en ajedrez, damas) to take
3.
comerse v pron

1) ( al escribir) <acento/palabra> to leave off; <línea/párrafo> to miss out; ( al hablar) < letra> to leave off; < palabra> to swallow

2)

a) (enf) < comida> to eat

cómetelo todo — eat it all up

comerse algo de un bocado — to gulp something down in one go

está para comérsela — (fam) she's really tasty (colloq)

comerse las uñas — to bite one's nails

se lo come la envidia — he's eaten up o consumed with envy

comerse a alguien vivo — (fam) to skin somebody alive (colloq)

b) (fam) ( ser muy superior) to surpass, overshadow

3) (enf) (fam) ( hacer desaparecer)

a) acido/óxido to eat away (at); polilla/ratón to eat away (at)

b) inflación/alquiler <sueldo/ahorros> to eat away at

el colegio de los niños se come casi todo el sueldo — almost all my salary goes on the children's school fees

se los va a comer la mugre — they'll be up to their ears in muck (colloq)

4) (Col fam) ( poseer sexualmente) to have (colloq)
II
masculino eating

una persona de buen comer — someone who enjoys his/her food

* * *

= eat, graze (on), dine, munch, nosh.

Ex: Even the fearsome shark knows enough not to drive away the pilot fish while it eats, nor does it make a meal of the pilot fish when food is scarce.

Ex: Whereas, before, the land was dense with stately white pines, now apple, plum, pear, peach, and cherry orchards stood in regimented rows and cattle grazed peacefully.

Ex: They drove from the airport to the restaurant where he was to dine with the president of the 'Friends of the Library' group.

Ex: People engage in a wide range of activities in libraries, from lively dialog while munching sandwiches and sipping soda, to flirting and caressing, to the more traditional activities of reading and information searching.

Ex: Several hundred fans noshed on gourmet sandwiches, pizza, pasta and fancy chips and dips.

* comer a dos carrillos = stuff + Posesivo + face.

* comer Algo para matar el gusanillo = eat + Comida + to keep + Nombre + going.

* comer carroña = scavenging.

* comer como una lima = eat like + a horse.

* comer como un animal = eat like + an animal.

* comer como una vaca = eat like + a horse.

* comer como un pajarito = eat like + a bird.

* comer como un sabañón = eat like + a horse.

* comer con apetito = eat with + appetite.

* comer en casa = eat in.

* comer fuera = eat out.

* comerse = make + a meal of, prey on/upon, chew up.

* comerse Algo vivo = eat + Nombre + alive.

* comerse con los ojos = ogle.

* comerse el tarro = dwell on/upon.

* comerse las uñas = bite + Posesivo + fingers, bite + Posesivo + fingernails.

* comerse los restos de = scavenge.

* comerse los restos dejados por otro = scavenge.

* comérselo todo = eat + Posesivo + way through.

* como el perro del hortelano que ni come ni deja comer = a dog in the manger.

* dar de comer = feed.

* descanso para comer = meal break.

* estar tan bueno que no se puede dejar de comer = moreish.

* ganas de comer = appetite.

* hora de comer = mealtime [meal time].

* juntarse el hambre con las ganas de comer = made for each other, be two of a kind, be a right pair.

* lugar para comer = eating facility.

* morder la mano del que + dar de comer = bite + the hand that feeds + Pronombre.

* naranja de comer = eating orange.

* no tener ganas de comer = be off + Posesivo + food, be off + Posesivo + oats.

* salir a comer = eat out.

* ser muy delicado para comer = be a picky eater.

* ser muy melindroso para comer = be a picky eater.

* ser muy tiquismiquis para comer = be a picky eater.

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

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

* somos lo que comemos = we are what we eat.

* tú te lo guisas, tú te lo comes = you've made your bed, now you must lie in it!.

* * *

comer¹ [E1 ]

vi

A

1 (tomar alimentos) to eat

no tengo ganas de comer I'm not hungry o I don't feel like eating anything

no hay nada para comer there's nothing to eat

este niño no me come nada ( fam); this child won't eat anything (I make for him) ( colloq)

las palomas comían de su mano the pigeons were eating out of o from her hand

el sueldo apenas si les alcanza para comer he hardly earns enough to feed them

comer como un sabañón or ( Esp) una lima or ( Méx) un pelón de hospicio ( fam); to eat like a horse

comer como un pajarito ( fam); to eat like a bird

2

dar de comer to feed

todavía hay que darle de comer (en la boca) we still have to spoonfeed him

darle de comer al gato to feed the cat

tengo que darles de comer a los niños I have to get the kids something to eat, I have to feed the kids

nos dieron de comer muy bien they fed us very well

ni siquiera nos dieron de comer they didn't even give us anything to eat

darle a algn de comer aparte ( fam); to treat sb with kid gloves

B

1

(tomar una comida): todavía no hemos comido we haven't eaten yet, we haven't had lunch ( o dinner etc) yet

hace mucho tiempo que no salimos a comer (fuera) we haven't been out for a meal o eaten out for ages

¿dónde comieron anoche? where did you go for dinner o have dinner last night?

no queremos comer en el hotel we don't want to have our meals in the hotel o to eat at the hotel

¡niños, a comer! lunchtime ( o dinnertime etc), children!

¿qué hay de comer? (a mediodía) what's for lunch?; (por la noche) what's for dinner o supper?

aquí se come muy bien the food here is very good

donde comen dos, comen tres there's always room for one more at the table

2 (esp Esp, Méx) (almorzar) to have lunch, have dinner ( BrE colloq)

nos invitaron a comer they asked us to lunch

3 ( esp AmL) (cenar) to have dinner

comemos a las nueve we have o eat dinner at nine

nos invitaron a comer they asked o invited us to dinner

■ comer

vt

A ‹fruta/verdura/carne› to eat

como mucha fruta I eat a lot of fruit

no puedo comer chocolate I can't have o eat chocolate

come un poco de queso have a little cheese

tienes que comer todo lo que te sirvan you must eat (up) everything they give you

¿puedo comer otro? can I have another one?

no tienen qué comer they don't have anything to eat

nadie te va a comer ( fam); nobody's going to bite your head off, nobody's going to eat you

mira el suéter, me lo comió la polilla look at my sweater, the moths have been at it o it's really moth-eaten

como un cáncer que le come las entrañas ( liter); like a cancer gnawing away at his insides

sin comerlo ni beberlo or sin comerla ni beberla: me llevé el castigo sin comerlo ni beberlo I got punished even though I didn't have anything to do with it o any part in it

¿(y) eso con qué se come? ( fam); what on earth's that? ( colloq), what's that when it's at home? ( BrE colloq)

B ( fam)

(hacer desaparecer): ese peinado le come mucho la cara that hairstyle hides half her face

estos zapatos me comen los calcetines my socks keep slipping down with these shoes

estos gastos nos han empezado a comer los ahorros these expenses have started eating into our savings

el alquiler me come la mitad del sueldo the rent swallows up half my salary, half my salary goes on the rent

si seguimos así nos va a comer la mugre if we go on like this we'll be swallowed up by dirt

C (en ajedrez, damas) to take

■ comerse

v pron

A ‹acento/palabra›

te has comido todos los acentos you've left off o forgotten o ( BrE) missed off all the accents

me comí dos líneas I missed out o skipped two lines

se comen la `s' final they don't pronounce the final `s', they leave off o drop the final `s'

se come la mitad de las palabras he swallows o he doesn't pronounce half his words

B

1 ( enf) ‹comida› to eat

cómetelo todo eat it all up

se lo comió de un bocado he gulped it down in one go

está para comérsela ( fam); she's really tasty ( colloq), she's a real dish ( colloq)

no te comas las uñas don't bite your nails

¿se te ha comido la lengua el gato? ( fam); have you lost your tongue?, has the cat got your tongue? ( colloq)

se lo come la envidia he's eaten up o consumed with envy

se comió cuatro años de cárcel ( fam); he did four years in prison o inside ( colloq)

comerse a algn vivo ( fam); to skin sb alive ( colloq)

si se entera mi madre me come viva if my mother finds out she'll skin me alive o have my guts for garters o make mincemeat of me ( colloq)

2 (estrellarse contra) ‹árbol/poste› to smash o crash into

3 (ser muy superior) to surpass, overshadow

nadando y corriendo, él se come a su hermano ( fam); he can beat his brother hollow at swimming and running ( colloq), he knocks spots off his brother when it comes to swimming and running ( colloq)

C ( fam)

(hacer desaparecer): el sol se ha ido comiendo los colores de la alfombra the sun has faded the colors in the carpet

el mar se ha comido casi toda la arena the sea has washed away nearly all the sand

el ácido se come el metal the acid eats into o eats away the metal

el colegio de los niños se me come casi todo el sueldo almost all my salary goes on the children's school fees, the children's school fees eat up almost all of my salary

D ( Col fam) (poseer sexualmente) to have ( colloq)

comer²

masculine

eating

una persona de buen comer someone who enjoys his/her food

el arte del buen comer the art of good eating

el comer es como el rascar, todo es cuestión de empezar once you start eating, you don't want to stop

* * *

comer ( conjugate comer) verbo intransitivo
a) ( en general) to eat;

◊ no tengo ganas de comer I'm not hungry;

este niño no me come nada (fam) this child won't eat anything (colloq);
dar(le) de comer a algn (en la boca) to spoonfeed sb;
darle de comer al gato/al niño to feed the cat/the kid;
salir a comer (fuera) to go out for a meal, to eat out;
¿qué hay de comer? ( a mediodía) what's for lunch?;

( por la noche) what's for dinner o supper?
b) (esp Esp, Méx) ( almorzar) to have lunch;

◊ nos invitaron a comer they asked us to lunch

c) (esp AmL) ( cenar) to have dinner

verbo transitivo
a) ‹fruta/verdura/carne› to eat;

◊ ¿puedo comer otro? can I have another one?;

no tienen qué comer they don't have anything to eat
b) (fam) ( hacer desaparecer) See Also→ comerse 3

c) (en ajedrez, damas) to take

comerse verbo pronominal
1
a) ( al escribir) ‹acento/palabra› to leave off;

‹línea/párrafo› to miss out
b) ( al hablar) ‹ letra› to leave off;

‹ palabra› to swallow
2 ( enf) ‹ comida› to eat;
◊ cómetelo todo eat it all up;

comerse las uñas to bite one's nails
3 (fam) ( hacer desaparecer)
a) [acido/óxido] to eat away (at);

[polilla/ratón] to eat away (at)
b) [inflación/alquiler] ‹sueldo/ahorros› to eat away at

comer
I verbo transitivo
1 to eat
2 (en el parchís, etc) to take
3 (estrechar) ese corte de pelo te come la cara, that haircut makes your face look thinner
ese mueble te come mucho salón, that piece of furniture makes your living room look smaller
II verbo intransitivo to eat: hay que darle de comer al perro, we have to feed the dog
♦ Locuciones: familiar comer como una lima, to eat like a horse
familiar comer el coco/tarro a alguien, to brainwash somebody
sin comerlo ni beberlo, le pusieron una sanción, although he has nothing to do with it, he was disciplined
' comer' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
acostumbrar
- aire
- algo
- alimentar
- carrillo
- cosa
- dar
- deshora
- después
- empezar
- emplazar
- enana
- enano
- estomacal
- exacerbar
- exigua
- exiguo
- gana
- hambre
- hasta
- hincharse
- jambar
- le
- leguminosa
- menda
- mierda
- picar
- reserva
- rollo
- sabañón
- saciedad
- saque
- sopor
- tarde
- tarro
- terminar
- tragar
- troglodita
- tutiplén
- a
- acabar
- ansia
- apretujado
- austero
- barato
- barbaridad
- bueno
- carta
- chocolate
- de
English:
any
- avoid
- before
- bolt
- brisk
- buffet
- company
- conscious
- craving
- crunch
- cut out
- digestion
- directive
- eat
- eat out
- entertain
- fancy
- feed
- feeding
- finish
- for
- forage
- free rein
- full
- go
- go out
- good
- grab
- grain
- guzzle
- have
- hour
- invite
- just
- leftovers
- linger
- lunch
- lunchtime
- mealtime
- mop
- nosh
- out
- overwhelming
- pick at
- plate
- plough through
- process
- put away
- spoon-feed
- spot

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comer

♦ vt

1. [alimentos] to eat;

no come carne casi nunca she hardly ever eats meat;

¿quieres comer algo? would you like something to eat?;

no tengas miedo, nadie te va a comer don't be afraid, nobody's going to eat you;

Comp

ni come ni deja comer he's a dog in the manger;

Comp
Fam
comer el coco o [m5] tarro a alguien [convencer] to brainwash sb;

Comp

sin comerlo ni beberlo: sin comerlo ni beberlo, le hicieron jefe he became boss through no merit of his own;

sin comerlo ni beberlo, nos encontramos en la bancarrota through no fault of our own, we went bankrupt

2. Esp, Méx [al mediodía] to have for lunch;
esp Andes [a la noche] to have for dinner;
hoy hemos comido pescado we had fish today

3. [en juegos de mesa] to take, to capture;

me comió un alfil he took one of my bishops

4. [consumir] to eat up;

tus gastos nos comen casi todo mi sueldo your expenses eat up almost all of my salary;

esta estufa come mucha leña this stove uses o gets through a lot of wood;

los come la envidia they're eaten up with envy;

eso me come mucho tiempo that takes up a lot of my time;

me están comiendo los mosquitos the mosquitoes are eating me alive

♦ vi

1. [ingerir alimentos] to eat;

ahora no tengo ganas de comer I don't feel like eating o I'm not hungry right now;

comer fuera, salir a comer to eat out;

yo llevaré la bebida, tú compra las cosas de comer I'll get the drink, you buy the food;

comer a la carta to eat à la carte;

¡a comer, chicos! lunch is/dinner's/ etc ready, children!;

¡come y calla! shut up and eat your dinner!;

dar de comer al perro to feed the dog;

no sé qué darles de comer a mis hijos esta noche I don't know what to give the children to eat this evening;

en ese restaurante dan de comer muy bien the food is very good in that restaurant;
Fam
ser de buen comer to have a healthy appetite;
Fig
tener qué comer to have enough to live on;

Comp
Fam
comer a dos carrillos to stuff one's face;

Comp

comer como una lima o [m5] un regimiento to eat like a horse;

Comp

comimos como curas o [m5] reyes we ate like kings;

Comp

comer y callar beggars can't be choosers;

Comp
Fam
dar o [m5]echar de comer aparte a alguien: a mi profesor hay que darle o [m5] echarle de comer aparte you have to be careful how you deal with my teacher, because you never know how he's going to react;

Comp

donde comen dos comen tres there's always room for one more at the table

2. Esp, Méx [al mediodía] to have lunch;

¿qué hay de comer? what's for lunch?;

en casa comemos a las tres we have lunch at three o'clock at home;

hemos quedado para comer we've arranged to meet for lunch;

comer fuera, salir a comer to go out for lunch

3. esp Andes [a la noche] to have dinner

♦ See also the pronominal verb comerse

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comer

I v/t eat; a mediodía have for lunch

II v/i eat; a mediodía have lunch;

dar de comer a alguien feed s.o.;

no tienen qué comer they haven’t a thing to eat;

sin comerlo ni beberlo fam all of a sudden

* * *

comer vt

1) : to eat

2) : to consume, to eat up, to eat into

comer vi

1) : to eat

2) cenar: to have a meal

3)

dar de comer : to feed

♦ See also the reflexive verb comerse

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comer vb

1. (en general) to eat [pt. ate; pp. eaten]

hay que comer más verduras you must eat more vegetables

¿comes pescado? do you eat fish?

2. (al mediodía) to have lunch

siempre como en casa I always have lunch at home

me ha invitado a comer he's invited me to lunch

dar de comer to feed [pt. & pp. fed]

fuimos a dar de comer a los patos we went to feed the ducks

Spanish-English dictionary > comer
12 ave

f.

bird (animal).

el Ave Fénix the phoenix

ave del Paraíso bird of paradise

ser un ave de paso (figurative) to be a rolling stone

ave de presa bird of prey

ave rapaz o de rapiña (también figurative) bird of prey

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AVE

► abreviatura (Used as masculine)

1 ( Alta Velocidad Española) Spanish high-speed train

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noun f.

bird

- aves de corral

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SM ABR
= Alta Velocidad Española high speed train
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masculino (= Alta Velocidad Española) high-speed train
•• Cultural note:
AVE - Alta Velocidad Española

A high-speed train service linking Madrid with Seville and Huelva via Cadiz, established in 1992 in time for the international exhibition Expo 92 in Seville. Lines under construction include: Madrid-Barcelona, with an extension to France and Barcelona-Valencia. An AVE service linking Madrid and Galicia is being planned

* * *

= bird.

Ex. For example, the child doing a project about birds will require books to give him background information, a record or cassette to let him hear a bird-song, and a film to help him to appreciate bird flight.

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* ave acuática = water bird.

* ave carroñera = scavenger.

* ave de caza = game bird.

* ave del paraíso = bird of paradise.

* ave de orilla = shorebird.

* ave de paso = bird of passage.

* ave de rapiña = raptor.

* ave marina = sea bird.

* ave migratoria = migratory bird.

* ave nocturna = night owl, night owl.

* ave pasajera = bird of passage.

* ave rapaz = raptor.

* aves acuáticas = waterfowl, fowl.

* aves de corral = poultry.

* aves y pájaros = bird life.

* ave zancuda = wader, wading bird, shorebird.

* cazador de aves = fowler.

* cría de aves = poultry farming, aviculture, chicken farming.

* criador de aves = aviculturist.

* de la cría de aves = avicultural.

* lugar donde las aves pasan la noche = roost.

* observación de aves y pájaros = birdwatching [bird-watching], birding.

* observador de aves y pájaros = birder, birdwatcher [bird-watcher].

* relacionado con las aves = avian.

* relativo a las aves = avian.

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masculino (= Alta Velocidad Española) high-speed train
•• Cultural note:
AVE - Alta Velocidad Española

A high-speed train service linking Madrid with Seville and Huelva via Cadiz, established in 1992 in time for the international exhibition Expo 92 in Seville. Lines under construction include: Madrid-Barcelona, with an extension to France and Barcelona-Valencia. An AVE service linking Madrid and Galicia is being planned

* * *

= bird.

Ex: For example, the child doing a project about birds will require books to give him background information, a record or cassette to let him hear a bird-song, and a film to help him to appreciate bird flight.

* ave acuática = water bird.

* ave carroñera = scavenger.

* ave de caza = game bird.

* ave del paraíso = bird of paradise.

* ave de orilla = shorebird.

* ave de paso = bird of passage.

* ave de rapiña = raptor.

* ave marina = sea bird.

* ave migratoria = migratory bird.

* ave nocturna = night owl, night owl.

* ave pasajera = bird of passage.

* ave rapaz = raptor.

* aves acuáticas = waterfowl, fowl.

* aves de corral = poultry.

* aves y pájaros = bird life.

* ave zancuda = wader, wading bird, shorebird.

* cazador de aves = fowler.

* cría de aves = poultry farming, aviculture, chicken farming.

* criador de aves = aviculturist.

* de la cría de aves = avicultural.

* lugar donde las aves pasan la noche = roost.

* observación de aves y pájaros = birdwatching [bird-watching], birding.

* observador de aves y pájaros = birder, birdwatcher [bird-watcher].

* relacionado con las aves = avian.

* relativo a las aves = avian.

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AVE

masculine

(= Alta Velocidad Española) high-speed train

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Multiple Entries:
AVE
ave
AVE sustantivo masculino (
◊ Alta Velocidad Española) high-speed train

ave feminine noun taking masculine article in the singular
bird;
ave de corral fowl;
ave de mal agüero bird of ill omen;
ave rapaz or de rapiña (Zool) bird of prey;

( persona) shark
AVE m Esp (abr de (tren de) alta velocidad español) high-speed train
' AVE' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
buche
- caldo
- cantor
- cantora
- chillar
- chillido
- copete
- deshuesar
- desplumar
- envergadura
- nacer
- P.º
- papo
- pechuga
- pelar
- peregrina
- peregrino
- picada
- picado
- pico
- picotear
- planear
- pluma
- plumaje
- rapaz
- rellena
- rellenar
- relleno
- remontar
- remontarse
- volar
- vuelo
- zancuda
- zancudo
- águila
- ala
- anilla
- Av.
- Avda.
- ave
- Avemaría
- carne
- cloaca
- depredador
- gallo
- guacamaya
- lapa
- molleja
- palomo
- papagayo
English:
Av
- Ave
- bird
- cock
- fowl
- Hail Mary
- leg
- migrant
- pluck
- poultry
- prey
- quill
- seabird
- shark
- soar
- swoop
- phoenix
- sea
- wader

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AVE ['a£e] nm (abrev de Alta Velocidad Española)

= Spanish high-speed train

AVE

The AVE is Spain's most modern train, and is designed to travel at speeds of over 300Km/h. It is a development of the French TGV, and Spanish, German and French companies are involved in its manufacture. It runs on a separate track from ordinary Spanish rolling stock, as the latter has a wider gauge than the European standard of the AVE track. The first AVE line was opened from Madrid to Seville to coincide with the Expo '92 in the latter city. The final section of the line from Madrid to Barcelona is under construction, and this will eventually extend to the French border. Further lines are being built and eventually it is intended that a single high-speed network will connect the cities of the Atlantic and Mediterranean coasts via Madrid. These projects have given rise to a certain amount of controversy, and some have encountered problems, whether due to technical, geological or human factors.

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AVE

m abr (= alta velocidad española) high speed train

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ave nf

1) : bird

2)

aves de corral : poultry

3)

ave rapaz or

ave de presa : bird of prey

* * *

ave n bird

ave rapaz / ave de rapiña bird of prey

Spanish-English dictionary > ave
13 alimentarse

alimentarse

► verbo pronominal

1 to live (de/con, on)

■ se alimenta de patatas he lives on potatoes

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1) to eat

2) feed

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VPR

1) [animal] to feed

se alimentan de carroña — they feed on carrion

2) [persona]

en este país se alimentan fatal — people eat very poorly in this country

se alimenta solo de productos naturales — she eats only natural foods

durante el naufragio se alimentaron solo de fruta — while shipwrecked they lived o survived on fruit

3) (Mec)

el motor se alimenta de gasoil — the engine runs on diesel

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(v.) = graze (on)

Ex. Whereas, before, the land was dense with stately white pines, now apple, plum, pear, peach, and cherry orchards stood in regimented rows and cattle grazed peacefully.

* * *

(v.) = graze (on)

Ex: Whereas, before, the land was dense with stately white pines, now apple, plum, pear, peach, and cherry orchards stood in regimented rows and cattle grazed peacefully.

* * *

■alimentarse verbo reflexivo to feed (oneself) [de, on]
' alimentarse' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
alimentar
- mantener
English:
feed
- live off
- live on
- prey on
- live
- prey

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vpr
[comer]
alimentarse de to live on;

sólo se alimenta de verduras she lives on nothing but vegetables;

la calculadora se alimenta con dos pilas the calculator is powered by two batteries

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alimentarse

v/r feed o.s.;

alimentarse de algo de persona, animal live on sth; de máquina run on sth

* * *

vr

alimentarse con : to live on

* * *

alimentarse vb to live

los refugiados se alimentaban de patatas y tomates the refugees lived on potatoes and tomatoes

Spanish-English dictionary > alimentarse
14 carne

f.

1 meat (food).

carne blanca white meat

carne de cerdo pork ( Andes)

carne de chancho pork ( Andes)

carne de cordero lamb

carne de membrillo quince jelly (peninsular Spanish)

carne molida mincemeat (AmEsp, RP), mince (British)

carne picada mincemeat (AmEsp, RP), mince (British)

carne roja red meat

carne de res beef (Mexican Spanish)

carne de ternera veal

carne de vaca beef

2 flesh.

3 flesh.

los placeres de la carne the pleasures of the flesh

4 beef, red meat.

5 identity card, identification document.

6 membership card.

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carne

► nombre femenino

1 ANATOMÍA flesh

2 COCINA meat

■ me gusta la carne I like meat

3 (de fruta) pulp

4 figurado (cuerpo) flesh

■ la carne es débil the flesh is weak

\

FRASEOLOGÍA

echar toda la carne en el asador figurado to go in for everything

en carne viva red raw

en carne y hueso figurado in person

estar metido,-a en carnes familiar to be plump

ser de carne y hueso to be only human

ser de pocas carnes familiar to be thin

ser uña y carne figurado to be hand in glove

carne asada roasted meat

carne de cañón figurado cannon fodder

carne de cerdo pork

carne de cordero lamb

carne de gallina figurado goose pimples plural, goose bumps, goose flesh

■ se me pone la carne de gallina it gives me goose pimples

carne de ternera veal

carne de vaca beef

carne picada mince, mincemeat, US ground meat, loose meat

carne viva raw flesh

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noun f.

1) meat

2) flesh

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1. SF

1) (Culin) meat

- poner toda la carne en el asador

- no ser carne ni pescado

ser carne de algo * —

son carne de cañón — they are cannon-fodder

son carne de prestamista — they are prime targets for moneylenders

eran carne de prisión — they were prime candidates to end up in prison

carne adobada — marinated meat

carne asada — roast meat

carne blanca — white meat

carne bovina, carne de bovino — beef

carne congelada — frozen meat

carne cruda — raw meat

carne de carnero — mutton

carne de cerdo, carne de chancho — LAm pork

carne de cordero — lamb

carne de res — LAm beef

carne deshilachada — CAm, Méx stewed meat

carne de ternera — veal

carne de vaca — beef

carne de venado — venison

carne magra, carne mollar — lean meat

carne marinada — LAm salt meat

carne molida LAm —

carne picada — mince, ground meat ( esp EEUU)

carne porcina — pork

carne roja — red meat

carne salvajina — game

carnes blandas — Cono Sur white meat sing

carne tapada — stewed meat, stew

2) (Anat) flesh

de carne y hueso —

las marionetas parecían actores de carne y hueso — the puppets were just like real-life actors

- ser de carne y hueso

me enamoro como cualquier chica de mi edad, soy de carne y hueso — I fall in love like any girl of my age, I'm only human

- en carne y hueso

en carne viva —

tenía las rodillas en carne viva — his knees were raw

un programa que muestra el horror en carne viva — a programme that shows the full horror

carne de gallina — gooseflesh, goose pimples pl, goose bumps pl (EEUU)

me pone la carne de gallina — [de frío, emoción] it gives me goose pimples o (EEUU) goose bumps; [de miedo] it gives me the creeps, it makes my flesh crawl

3) pl carnes [de persona]

de abundantes carnes — amply proportioned

criar o echar carnes — to put on weight

entrado o metido en carnes — plump, overweight

algo metidita en carnes — somewhat plump

de pocas carnes — thin, skinny

4) (Rel) flesh

la carne es débil — the flesh is weak

el Verbo se hizo carne — the Word was made flesh

los pecados de la carne — sins of the flesh

5) (Bot) flesh, pulp; LAm [de árbol] heart(wood)

carne de membrillo — quince jelly

2.

ADJ

color carne — flesh-coloured, flesh-colored (EEUU)

medias de color carne — flesh-coloured tights

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femenino

1)

a) (de mamífero, ave) meat; ( de pescado) flesh

echar or poner toda la carne en el asador — to put all one's eggs in one basket

no ser ni carne ni pescado — to be neither fish nor fowl

b) ( de fruta) flesh

- carne blanca

- carne de cerdo or chancho or cochino

- carne de cordero

- carne de ternera

- carne de vaca or res

- carne de venado

- carne mechada

- carne molida or picada

2)

a) ( de una persona) flesh

es carne de mi carne — he's my flesh and blood

de carne y hueso: ¿crees que no sufro? yo también soy de carne y hueso do you think I don't suffer? I have feelings too; en carne propia: lo he vivido/sufrido en carne propia I've been through it/suffered it myself; en carne viva: tenía la herida en carne viva her wound was raw; en carne y hueso — in the flesh

b) carnes femenino plural ( gordura)

de carnes abundantes — of ample proportions (euph)

de pocas carnes — skinny

echar carnes — to put on or gain weight

entrado or metido en carnes — fat

c)

(de) color carne — flesh-colored*

d) (Relig) ( cuerpo) flesh

la carne es débil — the flesh is weak

•

- carne de cañón

- carne de gallina

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= flesh, meat.

Ex. Informative abstracts have been compared to a skeleton with all the flesh missing -- the viewer is given enough detail to accurately reconstruct what the departed soul must have looked like.

Ex. The former monthly publications on statistics of eggs, meat and milk have been amalgamated since 1980 into a quarterly publication, 'Animal Production'.

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* a base de carne = meaty [meatier -comp., meatiest -sup.].

* aprender en las carnes de Uno = learn + the hard way.

* caldo de carne = beef tea.

* carne blanca = white meat.

* carne congelada = frozen meat.

* carne cruda = raw meat.

* carne de cangrejo = crabmeat.

* carne de cañón = cannon fodder, easy prey.

* carne de cerdo = pigmeat.

* carne de cerdo picada = minced pork.

* carne de marisco = shellfish meal.

* carne de membrillo = quince jelly.

* carne de oveja = sheepmeat.

* carne de ovino = mutton.

* carne de pescado = fish meal.

* carne + desprenderse del hueso = meat + fall off + the bone.

* carne de ternera = veal.

* carne de ternera picada = ground beef.

* carne de vaca = beef.

* carne de vaca picada = ground beef.

* carne humana = human flesh.

* carne picada = ground meat, minced meat.

* carne reconstituida = reconstituted meat.

* carne roja = red meat.

* con carne = meaty [meatier -comp., meatiest -sup.].

* con muchos huesos y poca carne = bony [bonier -comp., boniest -sup.].

* curar carne = cure + meat.

* de carne = meaty [meatier -comp., meatiest -sup.].

* de carne y hueso = flesh-and-blood.

* echar toda la carne en el asador = put + all (of) + Posesivo + eggs in one basket, shoot (for) + the moon, go for + broke.

* en carne y hueso = in the flesh.

* industria dedicada a la producción de carne de vaca, la = beef industry, the.

* mazo para la carne = meat mallet.

* pastel de carne = meatloaf.

* pieza de carne = cut of meat.

* poner toda la carne en el asador = shoot (for) + the moon, put + all (of) + Posesivo + eggs in one basket.

* poner toda la carne en el asador = go for + broke.

* producción de carne de vaca = beef production.

* sin carne = meatless.

* trozo de carne = cut of meat.

* * *

femenino

1)

a) (de mamífero, ave) meat; ( de pescado) flesh

echar or poner toda la carne en el asador — to put all one's eggs in one basket

no ser ni carne ni pescado — to be neither fish nor fowl

b) ( de fruta) flesh

- carne blanca

- carne de cerdo or chancho or cochino

- carne de cordero

- carne de ternera

- carne de vaca or res

- carne de venado

- carne mechada

- carne molida or picada

2)

a) ( de una persona) flesh

es carne de mi carne — he's my flesh and blood

de carne y hueso: ¿crees que no sufro? yo también soy de carne y hueso do you think I don't suffer? I have feelings too; en carne propia: lo he vivido/sufrido en carne propia I've been through it/suffered it myself; en carne viva: tenía la herida en carne viva her wound was raw; en carne y hueso — in the flesh

b) carnes femenino plural ( gordura)

de carnes abundantes — of ample proportions (euph)

de pocas carnes — skinny

echar carnes — to put on or gain weight

entrado or metido en carnes — fat

c)

(de) color carne — flesh-colored*

d) (Relig) ( cuerpo) flesh

la carne es débil — the flesh is weak

•

- carne de cañón

- carne de gallina

* * *

= flesh, meat.

Ex: Informative abstracts have been compared to a skeleton with all the flesh missing -- the viewer is given enough detail to accurately reconstruct what the departed soul must have looked like.

Ex: The former monthly publications on statistics of eggs, meat and milk have been amalgamated since 1980 into a quarterly publication, 'Animal Production'.

* a base de carne = meaty [meatier -comp., meatiest -sup.].

* aprender en las carnes de Uno = learn + the hard way.

* caldo de carne = beef tea.

* carne blanca = white meat.

* carne congelada = frozen meat.

* carne cruda = raw meat.

* carne de cangrejo = crabmeat.

* carne de cañón = cannon fodder, easy prey.

* carne de cerdo = pigmeat.

* carne de cerdo picada = minced pork.

* carne de marisco = shellfish meal.

* carne de membrillo = quince jelly.

* carne de oveja = sheepmeat.

* carne de ovino = mutton.

* carne de pescado = fish meal.

* carne + desprenderse del hueso = meat + fall off + the bone.

* carne de ternera = veal.

* carne de ternera picada = ground beef.

* carne de vaca = beef.

* carne de vaca picada = ground beef.

* carne humana = human flesh.

* carne picada = ground meat, minced meat.

* carne reconstituida = reconstituted meat.

* carne roja = red meat.

* con carne = meaty [meatier -comp., meatiest -sup.].

* con muchos huesos y poca carne = bony [bonier -comp., boniest -sup.].

* curar carne = cure + meat.

* de carne = meaty [meatier -comp., meatiest -sup.].

* de carne y hueso = flesh-and-blood.

* echar toda la carne en el asador = put + all (of) + Posesivo + eggs in one basket, shoot (for) + the moon, go for + broke.

* en carne y hueso = in the flesh.

* industria dedicada a la producción de carne de vaca, la = beef industry, the.

* mazo para la carne = meat mallet.

* pastel de carne = meatloaf.

* pieza de carne = cut of meat.

* poner toda la carne en el asador = shoot (for) + the moon, put + all (of) + Posesivo + eggs in one basket.

* poner toda la carne en el asador = go for + broke.

* producción de carne de vaca = beef production.

* sin carne = meatless.

* trozo de carne = cut of meat.

* * *

carne

feminine

A

1 (de mamífero, ave) meat; (de pescado) flesh

quítate de ahí, que la carne de burro no es transparente ( fam hum); out of the way! I haven't got X-ray vision, you know ( colloq)

echar or poner toda la carne en el asador to put all one's eggs in one basket

no ser ni carne ni pescado to be neither one thing nor the other, to be neither fish nor fowl

2 (de fruta) flesh

Compuestos:

● carne blanca

white meat

● carne de cangrejo

crabmeat

● carne de cerdo

pork

● carne de chancho

(Andes, RPI) pork

● carne de cochino

( Ven) pork

● carne de cordero

lamb

● carne de jaiba

( Andes) crabmeat

● carne de membrillo

quince jelly

● carne de res

( AmL excl CS) beef

● carne desmechada or esmechada

( Ven fam) shredded meat

● carne de ternera

veal

● carne de vaca

beef

● carne de venado

venison

● carne magra

lean meat

● carne mechada

(con tocino) larded meat; (en hilachas) ( Ven) shredded meat

● carne molida

( AmL exc RPl) ground beef ( AmE), mince ( BrE)

● carne picada

(Esp, RPl) ground beef ( AmE), mince ( BrE)

● carne roja

red meat

● carne vacuna

beef

B

1 (de una persona) flesh

tenía las carnes marchitas ( liter); she had lost her bloom, her bloom had faded

es carne de mi carne he's my flesh and blood

de carne y hueso: que no te dé miedo hablar con la maestra, es de carne y hueso como tú don't be afraid to talk to the teacher, she's not a monster o she doesn't bite o she's quite human

¿tú te crees que yo no sufro? yo también soy de carne y hueso do you think I don't suffer? I have feelings too

en carne propia: lo he vivido/sufrido en carne propia I've been through it/suffered it myself

en carne viva: tenía la herida en carne viva her wound was raw

tenía el recuerdo de la tragedia todavía en carne viva the memory of the tragedy was still fresh in her mind

en carne y hueso in the flesh

2 carnes fpl

(gordura): de carnes abundantes of ample proportions ( euph), fat

de pocas carnes skinny

echar carnes to put on o gain weight

entrado or metido en carnes fat

está un poco metidito en carnes he's a bit on the plump side

3

(de) color carne flesh-colored*

4 ( Relig) (cuerpo) flesh

la carne es débil the flesh is weak

el Verbo se hizo carne the Word was made flesh

Compuestos:

● carne de cañón

cannon fodder

● carne de gallina

gooseflesh, goose pimples (pl), goose bumps (pl)

el sólo pensar en eso me pone la carne de gallina it gives me the creeps o makes my flesh crawl o gives me goose pimples just to think about it ( colloq)

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Multiple Entries:
carne
carné
carne sustantivo femenino
1
a) (de mamífero, ave) meat;

( de pescado) flesh;
carné de cerdo or (Chi, Per) chancho or (Ven) cochino or (Méx) puerco pork;
◊ carné de cordero lamb;

carné de ternera veal;
carné de vaca or (AmC, Col, Méx, Ven) res beef;
carné molida or (Esp, RPl) picada ground beef (AmE), mince (BrE)
b) ( de fruta) flesh

2 ( de una persona) flesh;
◊ es carné de mi carné he's my flesh and blood;

tenía la herida en carné viva her wound was raw;
(de) color carné flesh-colored^{( conjugate colored)};
en carné y hueso in the flesh;
me pone la carné de gallina it gives me goose pimples (colloq)
carné sustantivo masculino
identity card;
◊ sacar el carné to have one's identity (o membership etc) card issued;

carné de conducir driver's license (AmE), driving licence (BrE);
carné de estudiante student card;
carné de identidad identity card;
carné de socio (de club, mutual) membership card;

( de biblioteca) library card
carne sustantivo femenino
1 flesh
2 (alimento) meat: no me gusta la carne de cerdo, I don't like pork
3 (de un fruto) pulp 4 carne de cañón, cannon fodder
figurado familiar carne de gallina, goosepimples
♦ Locuciones: familiar ser de carne y hueso, to be only human
en carne viva, (despellejado) raw: tenía los pies en carne viva, her feet were raw
carné, carnet sustantivo masculino card
carnet de conducir, driving licence, US driver license
carnet de estudiante, student card
carnet de identidad, identity card
' carné' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
ablandar
- caducar
- carnal
- carne
- carnet
- caza
- cerdo
- cordera
- cordero
- curar
- de
- descomposición
- deshuesar
- filete
- hebra
- identidad
- jugosa
- jugoso
- mala
- malo
- mechar
- morcillo
- nervio
- nunca
- O
- pasada
- pasado
- pastel
- pecado
- perforación
- perforado
- pesar
- picar
- picada
- picado
- poder
- renovar
- retirar
- salsa
- seca
- seco
- tártara
- tártaro
- ternera
- tierna
- tierno
- trinchar
- uña
- vencida
- vencido
English:
bake
- barbecue
- beef
- bone
- bony
- brawn
- brisket
- cannon fodder
- card
- carve
- chill
- consumption
- cost
- crisps
- cut
- defrost
- do
- done
- driver
- driving licence
- fat
- flesh
- goosebumps
- gooseflesh
- goosepimples
- gravy
- grind
- ground
- hash
- hog
- identity card
- joint
- juice
- lamb
- lean
- licence
- life
- live
- meat
- meat pie
- meaty
- membership card
- mince
- mincemeat
- mutton
- off
- pal
- pally
- pork
- potato chips

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carne nf

1. [de persona] flesh

Comp
Fig carne de cañón cannon fodder;
carne de gallina gooseflesh, goose pimples, US goose bumps;

se me pone la carne de gallina al ver esas imágenes it sends a shiver down my spine when I see those pictures

2. [alimento] meat

Comp
carne asada al horno roast (meat);
carne asada a la parrilla Br grilled meat, US broiled meat;

carne blanca white meat;

carne de carnero mutton;

carne de cerdo pork;
Andes carne de chancho pork;
carne de cordero lamb;
Ven Culin carne desmechada shredded meat; Culin carne sin hueso boned meat;
Comp

ser carne sin hueso to be a cushy job;

carne magra lean meat;
Culin carne mechada = joint of beef or pork stuffed and roasted; Esp carne de membrillo quince jelly; Am carne molida Br mince, US ground beef; Esp, RP carne picada Br mince, US ground beef;
carne de porcino pork;
Méx carne de puerco pork; Méx carne de res beef;
carne roja red meat;

carne de ternera veal;

carne de vaca beef;

carne de vacuno beef;

carne de venado venison

3. [de fruta] flesh

4. [sensualidad] flesh;

los placeres de la carne the pleasures of the flesh

5. Comp

se me abren las carnes al ver esas imágenes/oír su llanto it breaks my heart to see those pictures/hear her crying;

cobrar o [m5] criar o [m5] echar carnes to put on weight;

echar o [m5] poner toda la carne en el asador to go for broke;

en carnes naked;

en carne y hueso in person;

nos visitó el Presidente, en carne y hueso the President himself visited us, the President visited us in person;

en carne propia: te entiendo perfectamente, he vivido tus sufrimientos en carne propia I know exactly what you're talking about, I've suffered the same experiences as you myself;

en carne viva: tenía el codo en carne viva his elbow was raw;
Fig
tengo la ofensa en carne viva I'm still smarting from the insult;

entrado o [m5] metido en carnes plump;

no ser ni carne ni pescado to be neither fish nor fowl;

perder carnes to lose weight;

ser de carne y hueso to be human;

le temblaban las carnes he was very frightened

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carne

f

1 meat;

echar o

poner toda la carne en el asador pull out all the stops;

ni carne ni pescado fig neither fish, flesh, nor fowl

2 de persona flesh;

de carne y hueso flesh and blood;

de color carne flesh-colored, Br flesh-coloured;

tenía la rodilla en carne viva his knee was raw;

sufrir algo en sus propias carnes fig go through sth o.s.;

echar carnes put on weight

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carne nf

1) : meat

carne molida: ground beef

2) : flesh

carne de gallina: goose bumps

carné nm carnet

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carne n

1. (alimento) meat

he comido carne a mediodía I had meat for lunch

no come carne; es vegetariana she doesn't eat meat; she's vegetarian

2. (de fruta, cuerpo) flesh

la carne cubre los huesos the flesh covers the bones

carne de buey beef

carne de cerdo pork

carne de cordero lamb

carne de vaca beef

carne picada mince

Spanish-English dictionary > carne
15 despojo

m.

1 stripping, plundering.

2 debris.

pres.indicat.

1^st person singular (yo) present indicative of spanish verb: despojar.

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despojo

► nombre masculino

1 (botín) plunder, booty

► nombre masculino plural despojos

1 (sobras) leavings, scraps, leftovers

2 (de un animal) offal sing

3 (restos mortales) mortal remains

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SM

1) (=saqueo) plundering

2) (Mil) (=botín) plunder, loot

3) pl despojos [de comida] left-overs; [de animal] offal sing ; [de edificio] rubble sing ; [de mineral] debris sing

despojos de hierro — scrap iron sing

despojos mortales — mortal remains

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masculino

1) (frml) ( desposeimiento) dispossession (frml)

2) despojos masculino plural

a) ( restos) remains (pl)

b) (presa, botín) spoils (pl), loot

c) ( de aves) head, wings, feet and giblets; ( de reses) head, feet and offal

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= denudation, plunder.

Ex. Ranganathan illustrates how these Main Subjects have developed by loose assemblage, dissection, denudation, distillation, etc..

Ex. He established Samarkand as his imperial capital in the 1360s and set about aggrandising it with plunder from his conquests.

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* despojos de la guerra, los = spoils of war, the.

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masculino

1) (frml) ( desposeimiento) dispossession (frml)

2) despojos masculino plural

a) ( restos) remains (pl)

b) (presa, botín) spoils (pl), loot

c) ( de aves) head, wings, feet and giblets; ( de reses) head, feet and offal

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= denudation, plunder.

Ex: Ranganathan illustrates how these Main Subjects have developed by loose assemblage, dissection, denudation, distillation, etc..

Ex: He established Samarkand as his imperial capital in the 1360s and set about aggrandising it with plunder from his conquests.

* despojos de la guerra, los = spoils of war, the.

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despojo

masculine

A ( frml) (desposeimiento) dispossession ( frml)

sufrió el despojo de todos sus bienes she was dispossessed o divested of all her goods ( frml)

B despojos mpl

1 (restos) remains (pl)

me han dejado apenas los despojos they've only left me the scraps o leftovers o remains

2 (presa, botín) spoils (pl), loot

3 (de aves) head, wings, feet and giblets; (de reses) head, feet and offal

Compuesto:

despojos mortales

mpl mortal remains (pl)

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Del verbo despojar: ( conjugate despojar)

despojo es:

1ª persona singular (yo) presente indicativo

despojó es:

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

Multiple Entries:
despojar
despojo
despojar ( conjugate despojar) verbo transitivo (frml) despojo a algn de algo ‹de privilegios/poderes› to divest sb of sth (frml);
‹de título/posesiones› to dispossess (frml) o strip sb of sth
despojarse verbo pronominal (frml o liter) despojose de algo ‹ de ropa› to remove sth;
‹ de bienes› to relinquish sth
despojar verbo transitivo to strip [de, of]: le despojaron de todo cuanto tenía, they stripped him of everything he had
despojo sustantivo masculino
1 (resultado de despojar) plundering: los bandidos procedieron al despojo de la hacienda, the robbers started to plunder the ranch
2 pl (restos, cadáver) remains: los buitres se comieron los despojos, the vultures ate the remains

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despojo nm

1. [acción] stripping, plundering

2.
despojos [de animales] = head, feet, intestines and other rarely eaten parts

3.
despojos [de comida] leftovers

4.
despojos [cadáver] remains

5. [escoria]
es un despojo humano he's a (physical/mental) wreck

6. Literario [víctima] prey, victim;

la juventud es despojo del tiempo youth eventually falls prey to time

Spanish-English dictionary > despojo
16 saltar

v.

1 to jump (over).

saltó de o desde una ventana she jumped out of o from a window

saltar sobre alguien to set upon somebody (abalanzarse)

saltar a la cuerda to skip (peninsular Spanish)

saltar a la comba to skip (peninsular Spanish)

saltar de un tema a otro to jump (around) from one subject to another

La rana salta The frog jumps.

2 to jump up.

saltar de la silla to jump out of one's seat

3 to jump, to shoot (salir disparado) (object).

4 to go off (alarma).

hacer saltar to set off

5 to explode, to blow up.

el automóvil saltó por los aires the car was blown into the air

han saltado los plomos the fuses have blown

6 to break.

7 to explode (reaccionar bruscamente).

saltar a la mínima to be quick to lose one's temper

8 to skip, to miss out.

9 to bound.

10 to jump over, to leap over, to climb over, to jump.

El chico salta el río The boy jumps over the river.

11 to pop, to protrude.

Estaba tan asustado que sus ojos saltaron He was so scared his eyes popped.

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saltar

► verbo intransitivo

1 (gen) to jump, leap

■ saltó de la cama she jumped out of bed

■ saltamos del muro we jumped off the wall

2 (en paracaídas) to parachute

3 (romperse) to break; (estallar) to burst

4 (desprenderse) to come off

5 (tapón, corcho) to pop out, pop off

6 figurado (enfadarse) to blow up, explode

■ salta por todo he flies off the handle at the slightest thing

7 figurado (de una cosa a otra) to jump, skip

8 figurado (decir) to come out ( con, with); (contestar) to answer ( con, with)

■ saltó con una tontería he came out with a silly remark

9 figurado (de un cargo, empleo) to be thrown out

■ saltó de la vicepresidencia por corrupción he was thrown out as vice president because of corruption

► verbo transitivo

1 figurado (salvar de un salto) to jump (over), leap (over)

2 (arrancar) to pull off

3 (ajedrez etc) to jump

4 figurado (omitir) to skip, miss out

► verbo pronominal saltarse

1 (ley etc) to ignore

2 (omitir) to skip, miss out

3 (desprenderse) to come off; (- lentilla) to fall out

■ se le saltó un botón one of her buttons came off

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FRASEOLOGÍA

estar a la que salta (estar atento) to be always on the look out for an opportunity 2 (enfadarse por todo) to have a short fuse

hacer saltar to blow up

hacer saltar las lágrimas a alguien figurado to bring tears to somebody's eyes

saltar a la cuerda / saltar a la comba to skip

saltar a la vista figurado to be obvious, be as plain as the nose on one's face

saltar de alegría figurado to jump for joy

saltar en pedazos to break into pieces, smash to bits

saltar sobre alguien figurado to pounce on somebody

saltarle a alguien la tapa de los sesos familiar to blow somebody's brains out

saltarse el turno to jump the queue

saltarse un semáforo to jump the lights

saltársele a uno las lágrimas figurado to have tears in one's eyes

■ se me saltaron las lágrimas tears came to my eyes

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verb

1) to jump, leap

2) burst, explode

3) pop out

•

- saltarse

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1. VI

1) [persona, animal] (=dar un salto) (tb Atletismo) to jump; [más lejos] to leap; [a la pata coja] to hop

saltar de alegría — to jump with o for joy

saltar a la comba — to skip, jump rope (EEUU)

hacer saltar un caballo — to jump a horse, make a horse jump

- está a la que salta

2) (=lanzarse)

a) (lit)

saltar al campo o al césped — (Dep) to come out on to the pitch

• saltar al agua — to jump o dive into the water

• saltar de la cama — to leap out of bed

• saltar en paracaídas — to parachute

• saltar por una ventana — to jump o leap out of a window

• saltar sobre algn — to jump o leap o pounce on sb

• saltar a tierra — to leap ashore

b) (fig)

saltar al mundo de la política — to go into politics, move into the political arena

saltar del último puesto al primero — to jump from last place to first

saltar a la fama — to win fame, be shot to fame

3) (=salir disparado) [chispa] to fly, fly out; [líquido] to shoot out, spurt out; [corcho] to pop out; [resorte] to break, go *; [astilla] to fly off; [botón] to come off; [pelota] to fly

saltan chispas — sparks are flying

está saltando el aceite — the oil is spitting

la pelota saltó fuera del campo — the ball flew out of the ground

el balón saltó por encima de la portería — the ball flew over the bar

hacer saltar una trampa — to spring a trap

el asunto ha saltado a la prensa — the affair has reached the newspapers

- saltar a la memoria

- salta a la vista

4) (=estallar) [cristal] to shatter; [recipiente] to crack; [madera] to crack, snap, break

la bombilla saltó en pedazos — the light bulb exploded

hacer saltar un edificio — to blow a building up

• saltar por los aires, el coche saltó por los aires — the car was blown up

el acuerdo puede saltar por los aires — the agreement could be destroyed o go up in smoke

hacer saltar algo por los aires — to blow sth up
banca 2)
5) (Elec) [alarma] to go off; [plomos] to blow

6) [al hablar]

a) [de forma inesperada] to say, pipe up *

-¡estupendo! -saltó uno de los chavales — "great!" piped up * o said one of the boys

saltar con una patochada — to come out with a ridiculous o foolish remark

saltar de una cosa a otra — to skip from one thing o subject to another, skip about

b) [con ira] to explode, blow up

7) (=irse)

saltar de un puesto — to give up a job

hacer saltar a algn de un puesto — to boot sb out of a job *

8) [cantidad, cifra] to shoot up, leap, leap up

la mayoría ha saltado a 900 votos — the majority has shot up o leaped (up) to 900 votes

9)

saltar atrás — (Bio) to revert

2. VT

1) [+ muro, obstáculo] [por encima] to jump over, jump; [llegando más lejos] to leap, leap over; [apoyándose con las manos] to vault

el caballo saltó la valla — the horse jumped over o jumped the fence

2) (=arrancar)

le saltó tres dientes — he knocked out three of his teeth

me has saltado un botón — you've torn off one of my buttons

3) [con explosivos] to blow up

3.

See:

saltarse

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1.
verbo intransitivo

1)

a) ( brincar) to jump; (más alto, más lejos) to leap

saltar a la cuerda or (Esp) comba — to jump rope (AmE), to skip (BrE)

saltaban de (la) alegría — they were jumping for joy

salté por encima de las cajas — I jumped over the boxes

miraba saltar las truchas en el río — he watched the trout leaping in the river

saltar con or en una pierna — to hop

b) ( en atletismo) to jump

tendrá que saltar 1,85m — he will have to jump o clear 1.85m

c) pelota to bounce

d) ( lanzarse) to jump

saltar en paracaídas — to parachute

saltó desde una ventana — he jumped from a window

saltar a tierra/al suelo — to jump to the ground

saltar al agua — to jump into the water

¿sabes saltar del trampolín? — can you dive off the springboard?

saltó al vacío — he leapt into space

saltar SOBRE algo/alguien — to jump on something/somebody

la pantera saltó sobre su presa — the panther jumped o leapt on its prey

e) ( levantarse)

saltar de la cama/del sillón — to jump out of bed/off one's chair

2)

a) ( aparecer)

saltar A algo: ambos equipos saltan al terreno de juego the two teams are now coming out onto the pitch; salta a la vista que... it's patently obvious that...; la noticia saltó a primera plana — the story hit the headlines o made front-page news

b) ( pasar)

saltar DE algo A algo — to jump from something to something

saltaba de una idea a otra — she kept jumping from one idea to the next

3)

a) botón to come off, pop off; chispas to fly; aceite to spit; corcho to pop out; fusibles to blow

le hizo saltar tres dientes de un puñetazo — he knocked out three of his teeth with one punch

hacer saltar la banca — to break the bank

b) ( estallar)

la bomba hizo saltar el coche por los aires — the bomb blew the car into the air

hicieron saltar el edificio con dinamita — they blew up the building with dynamite

4) (fam) persona

a) ( enojarse) to lose one's temper, get angry

b) (decir, soltar) to retort

- eso no es verdad -saltó Julián — that's not true, retorted Julián

saltar con algo: ¿y ahora saltas con eso? — and now you come out with that?
2.
saltar vt

a) <obstáculo/valla/zanja> to jump (over); ( apoyándose) to vault (over)

el caballo se negó a saltar la valla — the horse refused the fence

b) ( omitir) <pregunta/página> to skip, miss out

me saltó al pasar lista — he missed me out when he was taking the register
3.
saltarse v pron

1)

a) ( omitir) <línea/página/nombre> to skip; < comida> to miss, skip

b) <semáforo/stop> to jump; < leyes> to bypass, circumvent

2) botón to come off, pop off; pintura to chip

se le saltaron las lágrimas — her eyes filled with tears

3) (Chi) diente/loza to chip

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= leap, bounce, pipe, skip, jump, hop, pop.

Ex. For those involved in producing BNB, the eighties have seen this question leap in a single bound into the realm of stark reality from the cosy abstraction of AACR2.

Ex. When children bounce on mother's knee to a song or a nursery rhyme and maybe when they chuckle at special words, names, and puns, they are responding to the texture and rhythm of sounds.

Ex. Suddenly she piped triumphantly, almost getting to her feet: 'We could let the student assistants go!'.

Ex. The article 'Hop, skip, and jump' reviews the range of specialist browsing tools available to beginners for navigating the World Wide Web.

Ex. Field lengths are indicated as explained above and the cursor can be made to 'jump' from field to field for entry or amendment.

Ex. The article ' Hop, skip, and jump' reviews the range of specialist browsing tools available to beginners for navigating the World Wide Web.

Ex. The azaleas are popping, the redbuds are in their finest attire, and the dogwoods are lacy jewels at the edge of the wood.

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* cuerda de saltar = skipping rope, skip rope, jump rope.

* empezar a saltar las lágrimas = eyes + start to well up.

* empezar a saltar las lágrimas = eyes + start to well up with tears.

* escapar saltando en paracaídas = bale out.

* fusible + saltar = blow + a fuse.

* hacer saltar la banca = break + the bank.

* hacer saltar por los aires = blow + sky high.

* peldaños para saltar una cerca = stile.

* saltar a la fama = jump into + stardom.

* saltar a la palestra = come out in + the open.

* saltar a la vista = be patently clear.

* saltar al estrellato = jump into + stardom.

* saltar de una isla a otra = island-hop.

* saltar en paracaídas = parachute.

* saltar la comba = skip + rope.

* saltarse = skip over, skip.

* saltarse Algo a la torera = flout.

* saltarse la ley a la torera = flout + the law.

* saltarse pasos intermedios = jump + steps.

* saltarse una clase = skip + class, miss + class, cut + class.

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1.
verbo intransitivo

1)

a) ( brincar) to jump; (más alto, más lejos) to leap

saltar a la cuerda or (Esp) comba — to jump rope (AmE), to skip (BrE)

saltaban de (la) alegría — they were jumping for joy

salté por encima de las cajas — I jumped over the boxes

miraba saltar las truchas en el río — he watched the trout leaping in the river

saltar con or en una pierna — to hop

b) ( en atletismo) to jump

tendrá que saltar 1,85m — he will have to jump o clear 1.85m

c) pelota to bounce

d) ( lanzarse) to jump

saltar en paracaídas — to parachute

saltó desde una ventana — he jumped from a window

saltar a tierra/al suelo — to jump to the ground

saltar al agua — to jump into the water

¿sabes saltar del trampolín? — can you dive off the springboard?

saltó al vacío — he leapt into space

saltar SOBRE algo/alguien — to jump on something/somebody

la pantera saltó sobre su presa — the panther jumped o leapt on its prey

e) ( levantarse)

saltar de la cama/del sillón — to jump out of bed/off one's chair

2)

a) ( aparecer)

saltar A algo: ambos equipos saltan al terreno de juego the two teams are now coming out onto the pitch; salta a la vista que... it's patently obvious that...; la noticia saltó a primera plana — the story hit the headlines o made front-page news

b) ( pasar)

saltar DE algo A algo — to jump from something to something

saltaba de una idea a otra — she kept jumping from one idea to the next

3)

a) botón to come off, pop off; chispas to fly; aceite to spit; corcho to pop out; fusibles to blow

le hizo saltar tres dientes de un puñetazo — he knocked out three of his teeth with one punch

hacer saltar la banca — to break the bank

b) ( estallar)

la bomba hizo saltar el coche por los aires — the bomb blew the car into the air

hicieron saltar el edificio con dinamita — they blew up the building with dynamite

4) (fam) persona

a) ( enojarse) to lose one's temper, get angry

b) (decir, soltar) to retort

- eso no es verdad -saltó Julián — that's not true, retorted Julián

saltar con algo: ¿y ahora saltas con eso? — and now you come out with that?
2.
saltar vt

a) <obstáculo/valla/zanja> to jump (over); ( apoyándose) to vault (over)

el caballo se negó a saltar la valla — the horse refused the fence

b) ( omitir) <pregunta/página> to skip, miss out

me saltó al pasar lista — he missed me out when he was taking the register
3.
saltarse v pron

1)

a) ( omitir) <línea/página/nombre> to skip; < comida> to miss, skip

b) <semáforo/stop> to jump; < leyes> to bypass, circumvent

2) botón to come off, pop off; pintura to chip

se le saltaron las lágrimas — her eyes filled with tears

3) (Chi) diente/loza to chip

* * *

= leap, bounce, pipe, skip, jump, hop, pop.

Ex: For those involved in producing BNB, the eighties have seen this question leap in a single bound into the realm of stark reality from the cosy abstraction of AACR2.

Ex: When children bounce on mother's knee to a song or a nursery rhyme and maybe when they chuckle at special words, names, and puns, they are responding to the texture and rhythm of sounds.

Ex: Suddenly she piped triumphantly, almost getting to her feet: 'We could let the student assistants go!'.

Ex: The article 'Hop, skip, and jump' reviews the range of specialist browsing tools available to beginners for navigating the World Wide Web.

Ex: Field lengths are indicated as explained above and the cursor can be made to 'jump' from field to field for entry or amendment.

Ex: The article ' Hop, skip, and jump' reviews the range of specialist browsing tools available to beginners for navigating the World Wide Web.

Ex: The azaleas are popping, the redbuds are in their finest attire, and the dogwoods are lacy jewels at the edge of the wood.

* cuerda de saltar = skipping rope, skip rope, jump rope.

* empezar a saltar las lágrimas = eyes + start to well up.

* empezar a saltar las lágrimas = eyes + start to well up with tears.

* escapar saltando en paracaídas = bale out.

* fusible + saltar = blow + a fuse.

* hacer saltar la banca = break + the bank.

* hacer saltar por los aires = blow + sky high.

* peldaños para saltar una cerca = stile.

* saltar a la fama = jump into + stardom.

* saltar a la palestra = come out in + the open.

* saltar a la vista = be patently clear.

* saltar al estrellato = jump into + stardom.

* saltar de una isla a otra = island-hop.

* saltar en paracaídas = parachute.

* saltar la comba = skip + rope.

* saltarse = skip over, skip.

* saltarse Algo a la torera = flout.

* saltarse la ley a la torera = flout + the law.

* saltarse pasos intermedios = jump + steps.

* saltarse una clase = skip + class, miss + class, cut + class.

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saltar [A1 ]

vi

A

1 (brincar) to jump; (más alto, más lejos) to leap

saltar a la cuerda or ( Esp) a la comba or ( Chi) al cordel to jump rope ( AmE), to skip ( BrE)

saltaban de (la) alegría they were jumping for joy

tuve que saltar por encima de las cajas I had to jump over the boxes

saltó de la silla he leapt o jumped up out of his chair

los cachorros saltaban juguetones a su alrededor the puppies romped playfully around her

miraba saltar las truchas en el río he watched the trout leaping in the river

saltar con or en una pierna to hop

están dispuestos a saltar por encima de todo para conseguirlo they're prepared to go to any lengths o they'll stop at nothing to get it

2 (en atletismo) to jump

saltó casi seis metros he jumped nearly six meters

para clasificarse tendrá que saltar 1,85m to qualify he will have to jump o clear 1.85m

3 «pelota» to bounce; «párpado» to twitch

4 (lanzarse) to jump

saltó del tren en marcha she jumped from the moving train

saltar en paracaídas to parachute

saltó desde una ventana/desde un tercer piso he jumped from a window/the third floor

al saltar a tierra se hizo daño she hurt herself jumping to the ground

echó una carrera y saltó al otro lado del río he took a run and jumped o leapt over the river

¿sabes saltar del trampolín? can you dive off the springboard?

saltó al vacío he leapt into space

saltar SOBRE algn/algo to jump ON sb/sth

dos individuos saltaron sobre él y le robaron la cartera two people jumped on him and stole his wallet

la pantera saltó sobre su presa the panther jumped o leapt o sprang on its prey

B

1 (aparecer) saltar A algo:

ambos equipos saltan al terreno de juego the two teams are now coming out onto the pitch

salta ahora a las pantallas comerciales is now on release at commercial theaters ( AmE) o ( BrE) cinemas

cuatro nombres saltan de inmediato a la memoria four names immediately spring to mind

salta a la vista que están descontentos it's patently obvious o quite clear that they're unhappy

la noticia saltó a la primera página de los periódicos the story hit the headlines o made front-page news

2 (pasar) saltar DE algo A algo to jump FROM sth TO sth

el disco ha saltado del cuarto al primer puesto the record has jumped from number four to number one

saltaba de una idea a otra she was jumping about o skipping from one idea to the next

C

1 «botón» to come off, pop off; «chispas» to fly; «aceite» to spit

le hizo saltar tres dientes de un puñetazo he knocked out three of his teeth with one punch

agitó la botella y el corcho saltó he shook the bottle and the cork popped out

han saltado los plomos or fusibles or (CS) tapones the fuses have blown

hacer saltar la banca to break the bank

2 (romperse) «vaso/cristal» to shatter

se cayó y saltó en mil pedazos it fell and shattered into a thousand pieces

3

(estallar): la bomba hizo saltar el coche por los aires the bomb blew the car into the air

hicieron saltar el edificio con dinamita they blew up the building with dynamite

D ( fam) «persona»

1 (enojarse) to lose one's temper, get angry

salta por nada he loses his temper o gets angry for no reason

2 (decir, soltar) to retort

—eso no es verdad —saltó Julián that's not true, Julián retorted

saltar CON algo:

saltó con una serie de insultos he came out with o let fly with a stream of insults

¿y ahora saltas con que no te interesa? and now you suddenly say that you're not interested?

estar a la que salta ( fam): éste siempre está a la que salta (alerta a las oportunidades) he never misses a trick ( colloq) (listo a criticar) he never misses an opportunity o a chance to criticize

E ( fam) (perder un empleo) to get the shove o chop ( colloq)

■ saltar

vt

A

1 ‹obstáculo/valla/zanja› to jump, jump over; (apoyándose) to vault, vault over

el caballo se negó a saltar la valla por segunda vez the horse refused the fence for the second time

no se puede saltar la ficha del contrario you are not allowed to jump over your opponent's piece

2 (omitir) ‹pregunta/página› to skip, miss out

me saltó al pasar lista he missed me out when he was taking the register

B (CS) ( Coc) (saltear, freír) to sauté, lightly fry

C ( Chi) ‹diente/loza› to chip

■ saltarse

v pron

A

1 (omitir) ‹línea/palabra/página› to skip

no es bueno saltarse así una comida it's not good to miss o skip a meal like that

2 ‹semáforo/stop› to jump; ‹leyes› to bypass, circumvent torera

B «botón» to come off, pop off; «pintura» to chip

se le ha saltado el esmalte the varnish has chipped

se le saltaron las lágrimas tears sprang to her eyes, her eyes filled with tears

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saltar ( conjugate saltar) verbo intransitivo
1
a) ( brincar) to jump;

(más alto, más lejos) to leap;
saltar a la cuerda or (Esp) comba to jump rope (AmE), to skip (BrE);
◊ saltar de alegría to jump for joy;

saltar con or en una pierna to hop;
saltar de la cama/silla to jump out of bed/one's chair
b) ( en atletismo) to jump

c) [ pelota] to bounce

d) ( lanzarse) to jump;

◊ saltar al agua to jump into the water;

saltar en paracaídas to parachute;
¿sabes saltar del trampolín? can you dive off the springboard?;
saltó al vacío he leapt into space;
saltar SOBRE algo/algn to jump on sth/sb
2 ( pasar) saltar DE algo A algo to jump from sth to sth;
◊ saltaba de una idea a otra she kept jumping from one idea to the next

3 [ botón] to come off, pop off;
[ chispas] to fly;
[ aceite] to spit;
[ corcho] to pop out;
[ fusibles] to blow;
◊ la bomba hizo saltar el coche por los aires the bomb blew the car into the air

verbo transitivo ‹obstáculo/valla/zanja› to jump (over);
( apoyándose) to vault (over)
saltarse verbo pronominal
1
a) ( omitir) ‹línea/página/nombre› to skip, miss out;

‹ comida› to miss, skip
b) ‹semáforo/stop› to jump

2 [ botón] to come off, pop off;
[ pintura] to chip;
◊ se le saltaron las lágrimas her eyes filled with tears

3 (Chi) [diente/loza] to chip
saltar
I verbo intransitivo
1 to jump, leap
saltar con una pierna, to hop
saltar en paracaídas, to parachute
2 (el aceite, etc) to spit
3 (una alarma, etc) to go off
4 (con una explosión o estallido) to explode, blow up
5 (con una frase) to retort: no me vuelvas a saltar con esa tontería, don't come out with such nonsense again
6 (a la mente) to leap (to one's mind)
II verbo transitivo
1 (por encima de algo) to jump (over)
♦ Locuciones: hacer saltar por los aires, to blow into the air
saltar a la vista, to be obvious
' saltar' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
aire
- cantar
- comba
- espatarrarse
- estampido
- fleje
- palestra
- parar
- ponerse
- tirarse
- alegría
- animar
- capaz
- cordel
- cuerda
- junto
- lazo
- pata
English:
bail out
- blast
- dare
- dive
- fuse
- hop
- jump
- jump out
- leap
- parachute
- poised
- pop
- pounce
- skip
- sky-dive
- spring
- vault
- blow
- bound
- chip
- fore
- joy
- running
- send
- take

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saltar

♦ vt

1. [obstáculo, valla, verja] to jump (over);

si salta los 2,35 ganará la prueba if he jumps o clears 2.35 metres, he'll win the competition

2. [omitir] to skip, to miss out;

me saltaron al nombrar los candidatos they missed me out of the list of candidates

3. [romper violentamente]
saltar una cerradura to force a lock;

saltar un ojo a alguien to poke sb's eye out;
Informát
saltar la protección de un programa to break a program's protection, to crack a program

4. CSur [sofreír] to sauté, to fry lightly

♦ vi

1. [brincar, lanzarse] to jump;

los chicos saltaron al otro lado de la tapia the children jumped over the wall;

saltó de o [m5] desde una ventana she jumped out of o from a window;

Bubka fue el primero en saltar por encima de los 6 metros Bubka was the first person to clear 6 metres;

saltar de alegría to jump for joy;

saltar a la cuerda o Esp [m5] comba to skip;

saltar en paracaídas to parachute;

saltar al río to jump into the river;

saltar a tierra to jump to the ground;

saltar del o [m5] desde el trampolín to dive off the springboard;

saltar al vacío to leap into space;

los jugadores saltan al campo the players are coming out onto the field;

saltar de un tema a otro to jump (around) from one subject to another;

saltábamos de la euforia al desánimo our mood was swinging backwards and forwards between euphoria and dejection;

saltar sobre algo/alguien [abalanzarse] to jump on sth/sb;

Comp
Fam RP
saltar en una pata to be over the moon

2. [levantarse de repente] to jump up;

saltar de la silla/cama to jump out of one's seat/out of bed

3. [salir disparado] [objeto] to jump, to shoot;
[corcho, válvula] to pop out; [botón] to pop off; [aceite] to spurt; [esquirlas, astillas, chispas] to fly
4. [explotar] to explode, to blow up;

el automóvil saltó por los aires the car was blown into the air;

han saltado los plomos o CSur [m5] tapones the fuses have blown

5. [romperse] to crack;

fregando los platos me saltó un vaso I broke one of the glasses when I was doing the washing-up

6. [decir inesperadamente]
“de eso nada”, saltó ella “no way,” she blurted out;

saltar con to suddenly come out with;

saltó con una impertinencia he suddenly came out with an impertinent remark;

cuando le pasaron la factura saltó con que no tenía dinero when they gave her the bill, she suddenly said she didn't have any money

7. [reaccionar bruscamente] to explode;

saltar a la mínima to be quick to lose one's temper

8. [alarma] to go off;
[botón] to jump out; [mecanismo, termostato, interruptor] to activate;
hacer saltar la alarma to set off the alarm

9. [agua, cascada]
saltar por to gush down, to pour down

10. [venir]
me salta a la memoria aquel momento inolvidable cuando… that unforgettable moment springs to mind, when…

11. Comp

está a la que salta [para aprovechar ocasión] she's always on the lookout;
[para señalar error ajeno] she never misses a chance to criticize
♦ See also the pronominal verb saltarse

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saltar

I v/i

1 jump, leap;

saltar a la comba jump rope, Br skip;

andar o

estar a la que salta never miss an opportunity

2 ( abalanzarse)

:

saltar sobre pounce on;

saltar a la vista fig be obvious, be clear

3 de fusible, plomos blow;

saltar por los aires blow up, explode

4

:

saltó con una sarta de estupideces he came out with one stupid thing after another

II v/t

1 valla jump

2

:

saltar la banca break the bank

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saltar vi

1) brincar: to jump, to leap

2) : to bounce

3) : to come off, to pop out

4) : to shatter, to break

5) : to explode, to blow up

saltar vt

1) : to jump, to jump over

2) : to skip, to miss

♦ See also the reflexive verb saltarse

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saltar vb

1. (en general) to jump

salto muy alto I can jump very high

el caballo saltó la valla the horse jumped over the fence

2. (de un trampolín) to dive

el nadador saltó desde un trampolín the swimmer dived off a springboard

3. (tapón) to come off [pt. came; pp. come]

saltó el tapón de la botella the top came off the bottle

4. (enfadarse) to lose your temper [pt. & pp. lost]

salta por nada he loses his temper for no reason

saltar a la vista to be obvious

saltar a la comba to skip [pt. & pp. skipped]

saltar a la pata coja to hop [pt. & pp. hopped]

Spanish-English dictionary > saltar
17 pájaro

m.

bird.

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pájaro

► nombre masculino

1 (animal) bird

2 familiar figurado (hombre astuto) slyboots; (malintencionado) nasty piece of work

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más vale pájaro en mano que ciento volando a bird in the hand is worth two in the bush

matar dos pájaros de un tiro to kill two birds with one stone

tener la cabeza llena de pájaros to be scatterbrained

pájaro bobo penguin

pájaro carpintero woodpecker

pájaro de cuenta familiar slyboots

pájaro de mal agüero bird of ill omen

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noun m.

bird

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1. SM

1) (Orn) bird

- matar dos pájaros de un tiro

- quedarse como un pájaro

- tener la cabeza a pájaros

- más vale pájaro en mano que ciento volando

pájaro azul — bluebird

pájaro bobo — penguin

pájaro cantarín, pájaro cantor — songbird

pájaro carpintero — woodpecker

pájaro de mal agüero — bird of ill omen

pájaro mosca — Esp hummingbird

2) * (=astuto) clever fellow, sharp sort

pájaro bravo — Ven * smart Alec *

pájaro de cuenta — (=importante) big shot *, big noise *; (=de cuidado) nasty piece of work; (=taimado) wily bird

3) *** (=pene) prick ***

4) Caribe ** (=homosexual) queer **, poof **, fag (EEUU) **

2. ADJ

1) Cono Sur (=atolondrado) scatty, featherbrained

2) Cono Sur (=sospechoso) shady, dubious

3) Cono Sur (=chillón) loud, flashy

4) Caribe ** (=afeminado) poofy **, queer **

5) Cono Sur (=distraído) vague, distracted

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masculino

1) (Zool) bird

matar dos pájaros de un tiro — to kill two birds with one stone

ser pájaro de mal agüero — to be a prophet of doom o a Jeremiah

tener pájaros en la cabeza — (fam) to be scatterbrained (colloq)

más vale pájaro en mano que cien or ciento volando — a bird in the hand is worth two in the bush

- pájaro bobo

- pájaro carpintero

- pájaro mosca

2) (fam) ( granuja) nasty piece of work (colloq)

ser un pájaro de cuenta — (fam) to be a nasty piece of work (colloq)

3) (Col) (Hist) ( asesino) hired killer ( in the pay of landowners)

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= bird.

Ex. For example, the child doing a project about birds will require books to give him background information, a record or cassette to let him hear a bird-song, and a film to help him to appreciate bird flight.

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* aves y pájaros = bird life.

* a vista de pájaro = bird's eye view.

* bandada de pájaros = flock of birds.

* cabeza llena de pájaros = head in the clouds.

* canto de los pájaros = bird-song.

* canto de los pájaros al amanecer = morning chorus, dawn chorus.

* comedero para pájaros = bird feeder [birdfeeder].

* comida para pájaros = bird seed.

* coro del alba de los pájaros = morning chorus, dawn chorus.

* coro matinal de los pájaros = morning chorus, dawn chorus.

* jaula grande para pájaros = aviary.

* más vale pájaro en mano que ciento volando = a bird in the hand is worth two in the bush.

* observación de aves y pájaros = birdwatching [bird-watching], birding.

* observador de aves y pájaros = birder, birdwatcher [bird-watcher].

* pájaro cantor = songbird.

* pájaro de cuidado = nasty piece of work.

* pájaro de presa = bird of prey.

* pájaro migrador = snowbird.

* pájaro migratorio = migratory bird.

* tabla comedero para pájaros = bird table.

* trino de los pájaros al amanecer, coro matin = morning chorus, dawn chorus.

* vista a ojo de pájaro = bird's eye view.

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masculino

1) (Zool) bird

matar dos pájaros de un tiro — to kill two birds with one stone

ser pájaro de mal agüero — to be a prophet of doom o a Jeremiah

tener pájaros en la cabeza — (fam) to be scatterbrained (colloq)

más vale pájaro en mano que cien or ciento volando — a bird in the hand is worth two in the bush

- pájaro bobo

- pájaro carpintero

- pájaro mosca

2) (fam) ( granuja) nasty piece of work (colloq)

ser un pájaro de cuenta — (fam) to be a nasty piece of work (colloq)

3) (Col) (Hist) ( asesino) hired killer ( in the pay of landowners)

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= bird.

Ex: For example, the child doing a project about birds will require books to give him background information, a record or cassette to let him hear a bird-song, and a film to help him to appreciate bird flight.

* aves y pájaros = bird life.

* a vista de pájaro = bird's eye view.

* bandada de pájaros = flock of birds.

* cabeza llena de pájaros = head in the clouds.

* canto de los pájaros = bird-song.

* canto de los pájaros al amanecer = morning chorus, dawn chorus.

* comedero para pájaros = bird feeder [birdfeeder].

* comida para pájaros = bird seed.

* coro del alba de los pájaros = morning chorus, dawn chorus.

* coro matinal de los pájaros = morning chorus, dawn chorus.

* jaula grande para pájaros = aviary.

* más vale pájaro en mano que ciento volando = a bird in the hand is worth two in the bush.

* observación de aves y pájaros = birdwatching [bird-watching], birding.

* observador de aves y pájaros = birder, birdwatcher [bird-watcher].

* pájaro cantor = songbird.

* pájaro de cuidado = nasty piece of work.

* pájaro de presa = bird of prey.

* pájaro migrador = snowbird.

* pájaro migratorio = migratory bird.

* tabla comedero para pájaros = bird table.

* trino de los pájaros al amanecer, coro matin = morning chorus, dawn chorus.

* vista a ojo de pájaro = bird's eye view.

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pájaro

masculine

A ( Zool) bird

con los pájaros volados ( RPl); in a bad mood

matar dos pájaros de un tiro to kill two birds with one stone

ser pájaro de mal agüero to be a prophet of doom o a Jeremiah

tener pájaros en la cabeza ( fam); to be dizzy-headed ( colloq), to be scatterbrained ( colloq)

más vale pájaro en mano que cien or ciento volando a bird in the hand is worth two in the bush

pájaro que comió, voló ( RPl); said of or by a person who eats and then rushes off

Compuestos:

● pájaro bobo

penguin

● pájaro carpintero

woodpecker

● pájaro mosca

hummingbird

B ( fam) (granuja) bad lot, nasty piece of work ( colloq)

ser un pájaro de cuenta ( fam); to be a nasty piece of work o a bad lot o an unpleasant character ( colloq)

C ( Col) ( Hist) (asesino) hired killer ( in the pay of landowners)

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pájaro sustantivo masculino
1 (Zool) bird;
◊ pájaro carpintero woodpecker;

más vale pájaro en mano que cien or ciento volando a bird in the hand is worth two in the bush
2 (fam) ( granuja) nasty piece of work (colloq)
pájaro sustantivo masculino
1 Zool bird
pájaro bobo, penguin
2 (granuja) crook
♦ Locuciones: familiar matar dos pájaros de un tiro, to kill two birds with one stone
tener la cabeza llena de pájaros, to be scatterbrained
' pájaro' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
corva
- corvo
- pájara
- piar
- picotazo
- torda
- tordo
- trinar
- trino
- abatir
- aletear
- cantar
- canto
- chillar
- chincol
- enjaular
- espantar
- gorjear
- grito
- pajarito
- picada
- pico
- posar
- reclamo
- remontar
- revolotear
- volar
- vuelo
English:
beak
- bill
- bird
- bird's-eye view
- chatter
- doom
- flap
- flight
- flutter
- fly
- frighten away
- frighten off
- hen
- hover
- kind
- leg
- omen
- out of
- peep
- perch
- sail
- settle
- skim
- song
- trill
- twitter
- wheel
- woodpecker
- wood

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pájaro nm

1. [ave] bird;

¡mira al pájaro! [al tomar una foto] watch the birdie!;

Comp
RP Fam
andar con o [m5] tener los pájaros volados to be in a bad mood;

Comp

tener pájaros en la cabeza to be scatterbrained o empty-headed;

Prov

más vale pájaro en mano que ciento volando a bird in the hand is worth two in the bush;

Prov
RP
pájaro que comió, voló I've got to love you and leave you [said when one has to leave immediately after eating]

Comp
pájaro bobo penguin;
pájaro bobo real king penguin;

pájaro carpintero woodpecker;

pájaro del diablo European coot;

pájaro de mal agüero bird of ill omen;

pájaro mosca hummingbird;

pájaro moscón penduline tit;

pájaro moscón verde verdin

2. Fam [persona] crafty devil, sly old fox;

¡menudo pájaro es ese! he's a crafty devil!;

Comp

es un pájaro de cuenta he's a real o Br a nasty piece of work

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pájaro

m

1 bird;

matar dos pájaros de un tiro kill two birds with one stone;

más vale pájaro en mano que ciento volando a bird in the hand is worth two in the bush

2 fig ( granuja) ugly customer fam, nasty piece of work fam

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pájaro nm

: bird

pájaro cantor: songbird

pájaro bobo: penguin

pájaro carpintero: woodpecker

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pájaro n bird

pájaro carpintero woodpecker

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18 sepia

adj.

sepia (color).

f.

1 cuttlefish (molusco).

2 sepia.

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sepia

► nombre femenino

1 (pez) cuttlefish

► adjetivo

1 (color) sepia

► nombre masculino

1 (color) sepia

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1.

ADJ SM INV (=color) sepia

2. SF

1) (=pez) cuttlefish

2) (Arte) sepia

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I
femenino

a) (Coc, Zool) cuttlefish, sepia (tech)

b) ( en pintura) sepia
II
masculino ( color) sepia

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= sepia, cuttlefish.

Ex. Ammonia-developed copy paper is capable of producing images in black, blue, sepia or reddish-brown.

Ex. Cuttlefish recognise prey before they have hatched, the first known embryos to show such an ability.

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= SEPIA (Safeguarding European Photographic Images for Access).

Ex. In 1999 the SEPIA (Safeguarding European Photographic Images for Access) project was set up aimed at the long-term preservation of all kind of photographic materials, and defining the role of new technology in collection management.

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I
femenino

a) (Coc, Zool) cuttlefish, sepia (tech)

b) ( en pintura) sepia
II
masculino ( color) sepia

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= sepia, cuttlefish.

Ex: Ammonia-developed copy paper is capable of producing images in black, blue, sepia or reddish-brown.

Ex: Cuttlefish recognise prey before they have hatched, the first known embryos to show such an ability.

= SEPIA (Safeguarding European Photographic Images for Access).

Ex: In 1999 the SEPIA (Safeguarding European Photographic Images for Access) project was set up aimed at the long-term preservation of all kind of photographic materials, and defining the role of new technology in collection management.

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sepia¹

feminine

1 ( Coc, Zool) cuttlefish, sepia ( tech)

2 (en pintura) sepia

sepia²

adjective

[ Vocabulary notes (Spanish) ] ( gen inv):

tonos sepia or sepias sepia tones

sepia³

masculine

[ Vocabulary notes (Spanish) ]

(color) sepia

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sepia sustantivo femenino
a) (Coc, Zool) cuttlefish, sepia (tech)

b) ( en pintura) sepia

■ sustantivo masculino ( color) sepia
sepia
I f Zool cuttlefish
II adjetivo & m (color) sepia

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sepia

♦ adj
[color] sepia
♦ nm
[color] sepia
♦ nf
[molusco] cuttlefish
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sepia

f

1 ZO cuttlefish

2 ( color) sepia

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sepia adj & nm

: sepia

sepia nf

: cuttlefish

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sepia n (animal) cuttlefish [pl. cuttlefish]

Spanish-English dictionary > sepia
19 cazar

v.

1 to hunt (animales).

Pedro cazaba conejos en su pueblo Peter hunted rabbits in his hometown.

2 to catch (informal) (pillar, atrapar).

me has cazado despistado you've caught me on the hop

cuando me hablan rápido en inglés no cazo una when people speak English quickly to me I can't understand a word

cazarlas al vuelo (figurative) to be quick on the uptake

3 to pursue, to track down, to chase after, to chase.

María caza sueños imposibles Mary pursues impossible dreams.

4 to land oneself, to snare.

María cazó un buen marido Mary got herself a good husband.

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cazar

Conjugation model [ REALIZAR], like realizar

► verbo transitivo

1 to hunt

■ Oscar salió a cazar liebres Oscar went out hunting hares

2 familiar (conseguir) to catch, land

■ cazó una fortuna she landed a fortune

■ cazó un buen marido she landed a good husband

3 familiar (descubrir) to find out, discover

■ las mentiras siempre se cazan lies always catch up with you

4 familiar (entender) to understand, catch

■ este chico no caza ni una this boy doesn't understand a thing

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cazar furtivamente to poach

cazarlas al vuelo familiar to be quick on the uptake

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verb

1) to hunt

2) catch

3) land

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1. VT

1) [+ animales] to hunt; [con fusil] to shoot

2) [+ ladrón, fugitivo] to hunt down

3) [+ corredor, ciclista] to catch (up with)

4) [+ votos] to capture; [+ electores, votantes] to win (over)

5) * (=atrapar) to land *

al final cazó un magnífico empleo — in the end he landed an excellent job *

su aspiración es cazar un hombre para casarse — her ambition is to land herself a husband *

6) * (=sorprender) to catch

los cazó robando — he caught them stealing

7) * (=comprender) to understand

es el mejor alumno, lo caza todo enseguida — he's the best pupil, he understands o gets * everything at once
vuelo II, 1)
2.

VI to hunt

salir a cazar — to go (out) hunting; [con fusil] to go (out) shooting

* * *
1.
verbo transitivo

1)

a) ( para subsistir) to hunt; ( como deporte) (- caza mayor) to hunt; (- caza menor) to shoot

b) < mariposas> to catch

2) (fam)

a) (conseguir, atrapar)

ha cazado un millonario/buen empleo — she's landed herself a millionaire/good job

b) (entender, oír) <palabra/frase> to catch; < indirecta> to take

c) ( atrapar) to catch
2.
cazar vi to hunt; ( con fusil) to shoot

salimos a cazar — we went out hunting/shooting

* * *

= hunt, hunt down, ensnare, snare.

Ex. Nonetheless, we would still not wish to hunt through the file in order to change all subdivisions of that heading.

Ex. Clinton promised that those responsible would be hunted down and punished.

Ex. The novel has many trappings that will ensnare the average reader but skulking at the bottom of its well of intrigue is a timeless terror more attuned to the mature sensibilities of an adult audience.

Ex. In fact, the Indians had been snaring animals long before the white man came to North America.

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* cazar fantasmas = chase + phantoms, grasp at + shadows.

* cazar furtivamente = poach.

* * *
1.
verbo transitivo

1)

a) ( para subsistir) to hunt; ( como deporte) (- caza mayor) to hunt; (- caza menor) to shoot

b) < mariposas> to catch

2) (fam)

a) (conseguir, atrapar)

ha cazado un millonario/buen empleo — she's landed herself a millionaire/good job

b) (entender, oír) <palabra/frase> to catch; < indirecta> to take

c) ( atrapar) to catch
2.
cazar vi to hunt; ( con fusil) to shoot

salimos a cazar — we went out hunting/shooting

* * *

= hunt, hunt down, ensnare, snare.

Ex: Nonetheless, we would still not wish to hunt through the file in order to change all subdivisions of that heading.

Ex: Clinton promised that those responsible would be hunted down and punished.

Ex: The novel has many trappings that will ensnare the average reader but skulking at the bottom of its well of intrigue is a timeless terror more attuned to the mature sensibilities of an adult audience.

Ex: In fact, the Indians had been snaring animals long before the white man came to North America.

* cazar fantasmas = chase + phantoms, grasp at + shadows.

* cazar furtivamente = poach.

* * *

cazar [A4 ]

vt

A

1 (para subsistir) to hunt; (como deporte) to hunt; (con fusil) to shoot

2 ‹mariposas› to catch

B ( fam)

1

(conseguir, atrapar): ha cazado un buen empleo he's landed himself o got himself a good job

pretende cazar a un millonario she hopes to net herself o land herself a millionaire ( colloq)

2

(percatarse de): ya le he cazado varios errores I've heard him make several mistakes already

3 (entender, oír) to catch

sólo cacé algunas palabras sueltas I only caught the odd word

■ cazar

vi

to hunt; (con fusil) to shoot

salimos a cazar we went out hunting/shooting

* * *

cazar ( conjugate cazar) verbo transitivo
a) ( para subsistir) to hunt;

( como deporte — caza mayor) to hunt;
(— caza menor) to shoot
b) ‹ mariposas› to catch

c) (fam) (conseguir, atrapar):

◊ ha cazado un millonario/buen empleo she's landed herself a millionaire/good job

verbo intransitivo
to hunt;
( con fusil) to shoot;
◊ salimos a cazar we went out hunting/shooting

cazar verbo transitivo
1 to hunt
2 familiar (entender el sentido de algo) to grasp, understand
♦ Locuciones: cazarlas al vuelo, to be quick on the uptake

' cazar' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
cacería
- caza
- ratonera
- lazo
English:
chase
- head-hunt
- hunt
- poach
- shoot
- net
- prey
- trap

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cazar vt

1. [animales] to hunt

2. Fam [pillar, atrapar] to catch;
[en matrimonio] to trap;
cazó a una rica heredera he landed himself a rich heiress;

he conseguido cazar dos entradas para el concierto I managed to get hold of two tickets for the concert;

cazó un buen trabajo she landed herself a good job;

Comp

cazarlas al vuelo to be quick on the uptake

3. Fam [sorprender] to catch;

me has cazado despistado you've caught me on the hop

4. Fam [entender] to catch, to get;

cuando me hablan rápido en inglés, no cazo una when people speak quickly to me in English, I can't understand a word

5. Fam [hacer una falta a] to hack down;

el portero cazó al delantero the goalkeeper brought down the forward

6. Fam [en ciclismo] to chase down

* * *

cazar

I v/t

1 animal hunt; fig: información track down

2 ( pillar, captar) catch;

cazar un buen trabajo get o.s. a good job

II v/i hunt;

ir a cazar go hunting

* * *

cazar {21} vt

1) : to hunt

2) : to catch, to bag

3) fam : to land (a job, a spouse)

cazar vi

: to go hunting

* * *

cazar vb

1. (en general) to hunt

se fueron a cazar zorros they went fox hunting

2. (con escopeta) to shoot [pt. & pp. shot]

cazó una perdiz he shot a partridge

3. (atrapar) to catch [pt. & pp. caught]

los gatos cazan ratones cats catch mice

Spanish-English dictionary > cazar
20 estrangular

v.

1 to strangle.

Ella estranguló a su perro She strangled her dog.

2 to constrict (tubo, conducto).

La boa estranguló a su presa The boa constricted her prey.

3 to stifle, to nip in the bud (proyecto).

4 to throttle, to choke, to choke up, to constrain.

Ricardo estranguló el motor Richard throttled the motor.

* * *

estrangular

► verbo transitivo

1 (ahogar) to strangle

2 MEDICINA to strangulate

3 AUTOMÓVIL to throttle

* * *

VT

1) [+ persona] to strangle, throttle

2) (Mec) to throttle

3) (Aut) to choke

* * *
1.
verbo transitivo

a) ( ahogar) to strangle, throttle

b) <vena/conducto> to strangulate
2.
estrangularse v pron

a) ( ahogar) to strangle oneself, be strangled

b) hernia to become strangulated

* * *

= strangle, tie off.

Ex. Self-effacing nervousness causes the epiglottis to tighten, strangling the words in the throat and stiffening the diaphragm so that it is like pulled-out elastic unable to propel anything.

Ex. Rubber band ligation is a procedure in which the hemorrhoid is tied off at its base with rubber bands, cutting off the blood flow to the hemorrhoid.

* * *
1.
verbo transitivo

a) ( ahogar) to strangle, throttle

b) <vena/conducto> to strangulate
2.
estrangularse v pron

a) ( ahogar) to strangle oneself, be strangled

b) hernia to become strangulated

* * *

= strangle, tie off.

Ex: Self-effacing nervousness causes the epiglottis to tighten, strangling the words in the throat and stiffening the diaphragm so that it is like pulled-out elastic unable to propel anything.

Ex: Rubber band ligation is a procedure in which the hemorrhoid is tied off at its base with rubber bands, cutting off the blood flow to the hemorrhoid.

* * *

estrangular [A1 ]

vt

1 (ahogar) to strangle, throttle

con la voz estrangulada por la emoción with his voice choked with emotion

2 ‹vena/conducto› to strangulate

■ estrangularse

v pron

1 (ahogar) to strangle oneself, be strangled

2 «hernia» to become strangulated

* * *

estrangular ( conjugate estrangular) verbo transitivo
a) ‹persona/animal› to strangle, throttle

b) ‹vena/conducto› to strangulate

estrangular verbo transitivo
1 (a un ser vivo) to strangle
2 Med (un conducto) to strangulate
' estrangular' also found in these entries:
English:
choke
- strangle
- throttle

* * *

estrangular

♦ vt

1. [ahogar] to strangle

2. [vena, conducto] to strangulate

3. [proyecto] to stifle, to nip in the bud

♦ See also the pronominal verb estrangularse

* * *

estrangular

v/t strangle

* * *

estrangular vt

ahogar: to strangle

♦ estrangulación nf

* * *

estrangular vb to strangle

Spanish-English dictionary > estrangular

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