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preiplural - prey; noun(a bird or animal, birds or animals, that is/are hunted by other birds or animals for food: The lion tore at its prey.) presa- prey on
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prey n presatr[preɪ]1 (animal) presa2 figurative use presa, víctima\SMALLIDIOMATIC EXPRESSION/SMALLto be prey to something ser presa de algo, ser víctima de algoto fall prey to something caer víctima de algo, caer presa de algoto prey on somebody's mind preocupar mucho a alguienn.• presa s.f.• víctima s.f.v.• cazar v.preɪmass noun presa fhe fell prey to doubts — lo asaltaron las dudas, fue presa de la duda
Phrasal Verbs:- prey on[preɪ]1.N (lit, fig) presa f, víctima fbeast of prey — animal m de rapiña
bird of prey — ave f de rapiña
she is prey to irrational fears — (fig) es presa de temores irracionales
2.VIto prey on — [+ animals] (=attack) cazar; (=feed on) alimentarse de; [+ person] vivir a costa de
to prey on sb's mind — traer preocupado or obsesionar a algn
the tragedy so preyed on his mind that... — la tragedia le obsesionó de tal modo que...
* * *[preɪ]mass noun presa fhe fell prey to doubts — lo asaltaron las dudas, fue presa de la duda
Phrasal Verbs:- prey on -
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adj.1 animal (instintos, funciones).el reino animal the animal kingdom2 rough (person) (basto).f. & m.animal, brute (person).m.animal.animal de carga beast of burdenanimal protegido protected species* * *► adjetivo1 animal1 animal■ ¡animal! you brute!\animal de carga beast of burdenanimal doméstico petreino animal animal kingdom* * *noun m.* * *1. ADJ1) (=de los animales) animal2) * (=estúpido) stupidel 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- ser un animal de bellota- trabajar como un animalanimal de carga — (=burro, buey) beast of burden
¡me tratas como a un animal de carga! — what did your last servant die of? *
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) bruteel 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
* * *I1) < instinto> animal (before n)2)a) (fam) ( estúpido) stupidb) ( grosero) rude, uncouthII1)a) (Zool) animalcomer como un animal — (fam) to eat like a horse (colloq)
* * *= 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.* * *I1) < instinto> animal (before n)2)a) (fam) ( estúpido) stupidb) ( grosero) rude, uncouthII1)a) (Zool) animalcomer como un animal — (fam) to eat like a horse (colloq)
* * *= 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.* * *A ‹instinto› animal ( before n)grasas de origen animal animal fatsB1 ( fam) (estúpido) stupid¡no seas animal, vamos a chocar! don't be so stupid o reckless, we'll crash!2 (grosero) rude, uncouthA1 ( Zool) animal2(persona con cierta característica): no soy un animal político I'm not a political animales un animal de costumbres he's a creature of habitCompuestos:(de granja) domestic animal; (mascota) petwild animalB1 (persona violenta) brute, animal2 (grosero) lout* * *
animal adjetivo
1 ‹ instinto› animal ( before n)
2 (fam)
■ sustantivo masculinoa) (Zool) animal;
( mascota) pet
(— 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
* * *♦ adj1. [instintos, funciones] animal;el reino animal the animal kingdom2. [persona] [basto] rough3. [persona] [ignorante] ignorant♦ nmanimal;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 timeanimal 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♦ nmf1. [persona basta] animal, brute2. [persona ignorante] (ignorant) brute* * *I adj1 animal atr ;reino animal animal kingdom2 figstupidII m tb figanimal* * *animal adj1) : animal2) estúpido: stupid, idiotic3) : rough, brutishanimal nm: animalanimal nmf1) idiota: idiot, fool2) : brute, beastly person* * *animal adj n animal -
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(n.) = prey animalEx. 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.* * *(n.) = prey animalEx: 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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I [preɪ]nome preda f. (anche fig.)II [preɪ]to fall prey to sth., sb. — cadere preda di qcs., di qcn
- prey on* * *plural; see prey* * *prey /preɪ/n. [u]1 preda; (fig.) vittima: The lion was eating up its prey, il leone stava divorando la sua preda; to fall prey to, cadere in preda a ( un nemico, un sentimento, ecc.)● (zool.) prey animal, animale soggetto a predazione □ (zool.) a beast of prey, un predatore □ (zool.) a bird of prey, un uccello rapace; un rapace.(to) prey /preɪ/v. i. – to prey on (o upon)1 predare; depredare; far preda di; saccheggiare: Cats prey on mice, i gatti fan preda dei topi; The enemy preyed upon the village, il nemico ha saccheggiato il villaggio2 approfittare di; sfruttare (q.); vivere alle spalle di: He preys on his old uncle, vive alle spalle del (o succhia i soldi al) suo vecchio zio* * *I [preɪ]nome preda f. (anche fig.)II [preɪ]to fall prey to sth., sb. — cadere preda di qcs., di qcn
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prey on [sth.]2) fig. (worry)to prey on sb.'s mind — [exam, problems] preoccupare, assillare
3) (exploit) sfruttare [fears, worries]; prey on [sb.] [con man, mugger] colpire, prendere di mira* * *(to attack as prey: Hawks prey upon smaller birds.) fare preda di* * *vi + prep(subj: animals) predare, far preda di, (person) depredare* * *prey on [sth.]2) fig. (worry)to prey on sb.'s mind — [exam, problems] preoccupare, assillare
3) (exploit) sfruttare [fears, worries]; prey on [sb.] [con man, mugger] colpire, prendere di mira -
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prey [preɪ](UNCOUNT) also figurative proie f;∎ hens are often (a) prey to foxes les poules sont souvent la proie des renards;∎ the sheep fell (a) prey to some marauding beast les moutons ont été attaqués par un animal maraudeur;∎ to be (a) prey to doubts/nightmares être en proie au doute/à des cauchemars;∎ she was an easy prey for or to fast-talking salesmen elle était une proie facile pour le boniment des vendeurs;∎ to fall prey to temptation tomber en proie à la tentation(a) (of predator) faire sa proie de;∎ figurative he preyed on her fears il exploita ses angoisses;∎ figurative the thieves preyed upon old women les voleurs s'en prenaient aux vieilles dames(b) (of fear, doubts) ronger;∎ the thought continued to prey on his mind l'idée continuait à lui ronger l'esprit -
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prey n lit, fig proie f ; to fall prey to sth/sb devenir la proie de qch/qn ; he was prey to anxiety il était en proie à l'anxiété.■ prey on:▶ prey on [sth]3 ( exploit) exploiter [fears, worries] ;▶ prey on [sb] [con man] choisir ses victimes parmi [the elderly, the gullible] ; [mugger, rapist] s'attaquer à [women, joggers etc]. -
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prey [preɪ]1. nounproie f• to be a prey to [+ nightmares, fears] être en proie à• to prey on [animal, person] s'attaquer à* * *[preɪ]noun lit, fig proie fPhrasal Verbs:- prey on -
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prey, beast/bird of preyDicionário português (brasileiro)-Inglês > animal/ave de rapina
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1. noun, pl. same1) (animal[s]) Beute, die; Beutetier, das2. intransitive verbprey [up]on somebody's mind — jemandem keine Ruhe lassen; [Kummer, Angst:] an jemandem nagen
* * *[prei]plural - prey; noun(a bird or animal, birds or animals, that is/are hunted by other birds or animals for food: The lion tore at its prey.) die Beute- academic.ru/115394/beast_bird_of_prey">beast/bird of prey- prey on
- upon* * *[preɪ]he had fallen \prey to a swindler er war einem Schwindler aufgesessento be \prey to all sorts of fears von allen möglichen Ängsten befallen werdenII. vi1. (kill)2. (exploit)▪ to \prey on [or upon] sb jdn ausnutzen [o SCHWEIZ, ÖSTERR ausnützen]; (abuse) jdn ausnehmen [o sl abzocken]3.* * *[preɪ] Beute f; (= animal also) Beutetier ntbeast of prey — Raubtier nt
she was (a) prey to anxiety — sie war leicht in Angst zu versetzen
2. vito prey ( up)on (animals) — Beute machen auf (+acc); (pirates, thieves) (aus)plündern; (swindler etc) als Opfer aussuchen; (doubts) nagen an (+dat); (anxiety) quälen
it preyed ( up)on his mind — es ließ ihn nicht los, der Gedanke daran quälte ihn
* * *prey [preı]A s ZOOL und fig Raub m, Beute f, Opfer n:fall prey to circumstances ein Opfer der Verhältnisse werden;B v/i1. auf Raub oder Beute ausgehen2. (on, upon),a) ZOOL Jagd machen (auf akk), erbeuten, fressen (akk)b) fig berauben, ausplündern (akk)c) fig ausbeuten, -saugen (akk)d) fig nagen, zehren (an dat):* * *1. noun, pl. same1) (animal[s]) Beute, die; Beutetier, das2. intransitive verbbeast/bird of prey — Raubtier, das/-vogel, der
prey [up]on somebody's mind — jemandem keine Ruhe lassen; [Kummer, Angst:] an jemandem nagen
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(to attack as prey: Hawks prey upon smaller birds.) cazar una presaprey on vt1) : cazar, alimentarse deit preys on fish: se alimenta de peces2)to prey on one's mind : hacer presa en alguien, atormentar a alguienprey upon v + prep + ob) ( exploit) explotardrug dealers who prey on youngsters — traficantes de droga que explotan a or se aprovechan de los jóvenes; mind I 1) a)
* * *prey upon v + prep + ob) ( exploit) explotardrug dealers who prey on youngsters — traficantes de droga que explotan a or se aprovechan de los jóvenes; mind I 1) a)
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[preɪ] 1. nzdobycz f2. vtto fall prey to ( fig) — padać (paść perf) ofiarą +gen
Phrasal Verbs:- prey on* * *[prei]plural - prey; noun(a bird or animal, birds or animals, that is/are hunted by other birds or animals for food: The lion tore at its prey.) zdobycz- prey on
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[preɪ] plural prey nouna bird or animal, birds or animals, that is/are hunted by other birds or animals for food:فَريسَهThe lion tore at its prey.
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فَريسَة \ prey: an animal or bird that is killed and eaten by another: The lion’s prey. -
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v.1 alimentarse de (de animal); aprovecharse de, cebarse en (of opportunist)2 hacer presa de.3 vivir de, alimentarse de. -> prey upon -
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• beast of prey• predator
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