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41 derribar

v.

1 to knock down, to demolish.

Ella derribó la puerta She knocked down the door.

2 to overthrow.

El pueblo derribó al tirano The country overthrew the tyrant.

3 to down, to bring down.

Ella derriba las paredes She downs the walls.

4 to blow down, to blow over.

5 to crush.

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derribar

► verbo transitivo

1 (demoler) to pull down, demolish, knock down

■ derribar un edificio to demolish a building, knock down a building

2 (hacer caer a una persona) to knock over; (de un caballo) to throw

■ el viento derribó a cuatro transeúntes four people were blown over by the wind

■ el caballo lo derribó the horse threw him

3 (avión, enemigo) to shoot down, bring down

4 (una puerta) to batter down

5 figurado (gobierno) to overthrow; (ministro) to topple

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verb

1) to demolish

2) shoot down

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1. VT

1) (=derrumbar) [+ edificio] to knock down, pull down; [+ puerta] to batter down; [+ barrera] to tear down

van a derribar la fábrica — they are going to knock down o pull down the factory

el huracán derribó varias casas — the hurricane blew down o brought down a number of houses

2) [+ persona] to knock down; (Boxeo) to floor

3) (Aer) to shoot down, bring down

fue derribado sobre el lago — he was shot down over the lake

4) (Caza) to shoot, bag

5) [+ gobierno] to bring down, topple

6) [+ pasión] to subdue

2.

See:

derribarse

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verbo transitivo

a) <edificio/muro> to demolish, knock down; < puerta> to break down

b) < avión> to shoot down, bring down

c) < persona> to floor, knock... down; < novillo> to knock... over

d) viento to bring down

e) < gobierno> to overthrow, topple

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= knock out, tear down, smash, pull down, topple, bulldoze, knock down, fell, raze, lay + Nombre + low.

Ex. Two years ago Hurricane Hugo nearly knocked out Charleston.

Ex. A group opposing the incumbent alderman decided that the board's feasibility study amounted to a covert plan to tear down the house that served as the library and erect an ugly building.

Ex. The library was badly vandalised and the intruders overturned 10 large bookcases, tore paintings down, emptied catalogues, and smashed intercoms, chairs, tables and windows.

Ex. Evacuation of the building was followed by a recovery process which included covering stacks with plastic, locating damaged books, pulling down water-soaked ceiling tiles and removing computer terminals.

Ex. The latest opinion polls show that 48 percent of Americans would back the use of armed force to topple Saddam Hussein.

Ex. Nothing is left except debris and there remains nothing to salvage: only to bulldoze, clear and throw into rubbish dumps.

Ex. Your note attempts to knock down an assertion not made.

Ex. In this study, thirty-four-year-old chestnut trees were felled, measured and weighed to evaluate their aboveground biomass.

Ex. The motel, which was built in 1953, will be razed to make way for a parking lot.

Ex. She suffered frequent flare-ups of widespread inflammation that would lay her low for days on end.

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* derribar a Alguien de un golpe = knock + Nombre + to the ground, knock + Nombre + to the floor.

* derribar completamente = raze + Nombre + to the ground.

* derribar una barrera = topple + barrier.

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verbo transitivo

a) <edificio/muro> to demolish, knock down; < puerta> to break down

b) < avión> to shoot down, bring down

c) < persona> to floor, knock... down; < novillo> to knock... over

d) viento to bring down

e) < gobierno> to overthrow, topple

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= knock out, tear down, smash, pull down, topple, bulldoze, knock down, fell, raze, lay + Nombre + low.

Ex: Two years ago Hurricane Hugo nearly knocked out Charleston.

Ex: A group opposing the incumbent alderman decided that the board's feasibility study amounted to a covert plan to tear down the house that served as the library and erect an ugly building.

Ex: The library was badly vandalised and the intruders overturned 10 large bookcases, tore paintings down, emptied catalogues, and smashed intercoms, chairs, tables and windows.

Ex: Evacuation of the building was followed by a recovery process which included covering stacks with plastic, locating damaged books, pulling down water-soaked ceiling tiles and removing computer terminals.

Ex: The latest opinion polls show that 48 percent of Americans would back the use of armed force to topple Saddam Hussein.

Ex: Nothing is left except debris and there remains nothing to salvage: only to bulldoze, clear and throw into rubbish dumps.

Ex: Your note attempts to knock down an assertion not made.

Ex: In this study, thirty-four-year-old chestnut trees were felled, measured and weighed to evaluate their aboveground biomass.

Ex: The motel, which was built in 1953, will be razed to make way for a parking lot.

Ex: She suffered frequent flare-ups of widespread inflammation that would lay her low for days on end.

* derribar a Alguien de un golpe = knock + Nombre + to the ground, knock + Nombre + to the floor.

* derribar completamente = raze + Nombre + to the ground.

* derribar una barrera = topple + barrier.

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derribar [A1 ]

vt

1 ‹edificio/muro› to demolish, knock down, pull down; ‹puerta› to break down

2 ‹avión› to shoot down, bring down, down ( colloq)

3 ‹persona› to floor, knock … down, lay … out ( colloq); ‹novillo› to knock … over

4 «viento» to bring down

el viento derribó varios árboles the wind brought down several trees

5 ‹gobierno› to overthrow

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Multiple Entries:
derribar
derribar algo
derribar ( conjugate derribar) verbo transitivo
a) ‹edificio/muro› to demolish, knock down;

‹ puerta› to break down
b) ‹ avión› to shoot down, bring down

c) ‹ persona› to floor, knock … down;

‹ novillo› to knock … over
d) [ viento] to bring down

e) ‹ gobierno› to overthrow, topple

derribar verbo transitivo
1 (un edificio) to pull down
(a una persona) to knock down
(un avión) to shoot down
2 (un gobierno) to bring down
' derribar' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
abatir
- echar
- tirar
- botar
English:
blow down
- blow over
- bowl over
- break down
- bring down
- bulldoze
- demolish
- fell
- floor
- kick down
- knock down
- pull down
- shoot down
- tear down
- bowl
- bring
- down
- knock
- shoot
- topple
- unseat

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derribar vt

1. [construcción, edificio, muro, pared] to knock down, to demolish;
[puerta] to break down, to smash down;
derribó el castillo de naipes she knocked down the house of cards

2. [árbol] [sujeto: leñador] to cut down, to fell;
[sujeto: viento, tormenta] to uproot
3. [avión, jugador, res] to bring down;
[púgil, luchador] to knock down, to floor; [jinete] to unseat
4. [gobierno, gobernante] to overthrow

5. [en equitación] [obstáculo] to knock over o down

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derribar

v/t

1 edificio, persona knock down

2 avión shoot down

3 POL bring down

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derribar vt

1) demoler, derrumbar: to demolish, to knock down

2) : to shoot down, to bring down (an airplane)

3) derrocar: to overthrow

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derribar vb

1. (edificio) to demolish / to pull down

han derribado aquella casa vieja that old house has been pulled down

2. (persona) to knock down

el boxeador fue derribado en el primer asalto the boxer was knocked down in the first round

Spanish-English dictionary > derribar
42 desarmar

v.

1 to disarm (quitar las armas).

El soldado desarmó al enemigo The soldier disarmed the enemy.

2 to take apart, to dismantle.

El desarmó el juguete He took the toy apart.

3 to render powerless, to disarm.

Su fuerza desarmó al ogro His strength rendered the ogre powerless.

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desarmar

► verbo transitivo

1 (quitar las armas) to disarm

2 (desmontar) to dismantle, take apart, take to pieces

■ el mecánico desmontó el motor the mechanic stripped the engine down

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verb

to disarm

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1. VT

1) (Mil) to disarm

2) (=desmontar) [+ juguete] to take apart, take to pieces; [+ rompecabezas] to break up; [+ tienda de campaña] to take down; [+ estantería, mueble] to dismantle, take apart; [+ remos] to ship; [+ barco] to lay up; [+ barrera] to remove, take down

3) (=dejar sin argumentos) [+ persona] to disarm; [+ ira] to calm

2.

VI to disarm

3.

See:

desarmarse

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verbo transitivo

1) <mueble/mecanismo> to dismantle, take apart; < carpa> (AmL) to take down; <rifle/motor> to strip (down); < rompecabezas> to take... to pieces, break up; <juguete/maqueta> to take... apart, take... to pieces

2)

a) ( quitar armas) to disarm

b) ( dejar sin argumentos) to disarm

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= pull + Nombre + to bits, take + Nombre + to bits, disarm.

Ex. Microscopists think very little about plucking an innocent and unsuspecting insect from the garden, killing it, and pulling it to bits for study under a microscope.

Ex. The bronze gearing was far too corroded to be taken to bits, cleaned up, and made to work.

Ex. A Serbian man who stormed into the Serbian presidential building with two hand grenades was disarmed by the police after a five-hour standoff.

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verbo transitivo

1) <mueble/mecanismo> to dismantle, take apart; < carpa> (AmL) to take down; <rifle/motor> to strip (down); < rompecabezas> to take... to pieces, break up; <juguete/maqueta> to take... apart, take... to pieces

2)

a) ( quitar armas) to disarm

b) ( dejar sin argumentos) to disarm

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= pull + Nombre + to bits, take + Nombre + to bits, disarm.

Ex: Microscopists think very little about plucking an innocent and unsuspecting insect from the garden, killing it, and pulling it to bits for study under a microscope.

Ex: The bronze gearing was far too corroded to be taken to bits, cleaned up, and made to work.

Ex: A Serbian man who stormed into the Serbian presidential building with two hand grenades was disarmed by the police after a five-hour standoff.

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desarmar [A1 ]

vt

A

1 ‹aparato› to dismantle, strip down, take … to pieces; ‹mueble› to dismantle; ‹rifle› to strip down

2 ‹tienda de campaña› to take down, strike

3 ‹rompecabezas/puzzle› to take … to pieces, break up; ‹juguete/maqueta› to take … apart, take … to pieces

4 ( Chi) ‹coche/barco/maquinaria› to scrap

B

1 ‹criminal/contrincante› to disarm

2 (en un debate, una discusión) to disarm

■ desarmarse

v pron

A «rompecabezas/móvil» to come apart, fall to pieces o bits ( colloq)

B ( Mil) to disarm

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desarmar ( conjugate desarmar) verbo transitivo
1 ‹mueble/mecanismo› to dismantle;
‹ carpa› (AmL) to take down;
‹rifle/motor› to strip (down);
‹ rompecabezas› to take … to pieces, break up;
‹juguete/maqueta› to take … apart
2
a) ( quitar armas) to disarm

b) ( dejar sin argumentos) to disarm

desarmar verbo transitivo
1 (un mueble, juguete, etc) to dismantle, take to pieces
2 Mil to disarm: un policía logró desarmar al secuestrador, a policeman managed to disarm the kidnapper
3 (a una persona) to disarm: nos desarmó con sus magníficos argumentos, she won us over with her convincing line of argument
' desarmar' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
deshacer
- desmontar
English:
bit
- disarm
- piece

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desarmar

♦ vt

1. [quitar las armas a] to disarm

2. [desmontar] to take apart, to dismantle;

desarmar una tienda de campaña to take down a tent

3. [desconcertar] to disarm;

intento reñirla, pero su sonrisa me desarma I try to tell her off, but her smile disarms me

♦ See also the pronominal verb desarmarse

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desarmar

v/t

1 MIL disarm

2 TÉC take to pieces, dismantle

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desarmar vt

1) : to disarm

2) desmontar: to disassemble, to take apart

Spanish-English dictionary > desarmar
43 desmontar

v.

1 to take apart or to pieces (desarmar) (machine).

2 to unseat.

el caballo desmontó al jinete the horse threw its rider

desmontó al niño de la bicicleta he took the boy off the bicycle

3 to dismount, to disassemble, to dismantle, to take apart.

El carpintero desmontó los gabinetes The carpenter dismounted the cabinets

4 to remove.

Los chicos desmontaron las estructuras The kids removed the structures.

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desmontar

► verbo transitivo

1 (desarmar) to take to pieces, take down, dismantle

2 (edificio) to knock down

3 (arma) to uncock

4 (cortar en un bosque) to clear

5 (allanar) to level

6 (quitar de la montura) to unset, unmount

7 (motor) to strip

► verbo intransitivo

1 (del caballo) to dismount (de, -)

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verb

1) to dismantle

2) dismount

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1. VT

1) (=desarmar) [gen] to dismantle; [+ mueble, estantería] to take apart; [+ motor] to strip down; [+ máquina] to take apart, take to pieces; [+ tienda de campaña] to take down; (Náut) [+ vela] to take down

2) [+ terreno] (=nivelar) to level; (=quitar los árboles a) to clear

3) [+ jinete] to throw, unseat

desmontar a algn de un vehículo — to help sb down from a vehicle

4) (Mil) [+ escopeta] to uncock; [+ artillería] to knock out

2.

VI to dismount, alight (de from)

3.

See:

desmontarse

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1.
verbo transitivo

a) ( desarmar) <mueble/mecanismo> to dismantle, take apart; <motor/rifle> to strip (down); < tienda de campaña> to take down

b) ( separar) <forro/pieza> to detach, remove
2.
desmontar vi jinete to dismount

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= demount, pull apart, dismantle, disassemble [dis-assemble], take + Nombre + to pieces, take + Nombre + to bits, take + Nombre + apart, pull + Nombre + to bits, dismount, take down.

Ex. Other walls, where security and privacy are absolutely essential, are not structural and are designed to be easily demounted and erected elsewhere.

Ex. All these bits of raw material -- these 'chunks of reality' as McNair calls them -- are encapsulated in a carefully organized and well-rounded whole, which the reader must pull apart and put together again.

Ex. The reader has to reserve books on display and wait till the entire display is dismantled.

Ex. Documents can be easily built, extended, truncated, reordered, assembled and disassembled on a component basis, and the document components, can be reused.

Ex. Furniture from ships was sometimes built-in, sometimes capable of being taken to pieces easily, and sometimes it bore fittings allowing it to be secured to deck or bulkhead.

Ex. The bronze gearing was far too corroded to be taken to bits, cleaned up, and made to work.

Ex. The houses are built, then taken apart and trucked to where they are needed and then re-assembled.

Ex. Microscopists think very little about plucking an innocent and unsuspecting insect from the garden, killing it, and pulling it to bits for study under a microscope.

Ex. Dismounting a horse like a greenhorn can be embarrassing, and more important, dangerous.

Ex. State officials urge people to take down bird feeders after recent reports of sick and dead birds, according to a news release.

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* desmontar un mito = demystify + myth.

* desmontar y limpiar = strip and clean.

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1.
verbo transitivo

a) ( desarmar) <mueble/mecanismo> to dismantle, take apart; <motor/rifle> to strip (down); < tienda de campaña> to take down

b) ( separar) <forro/pieza> to detach, remove
2.
desmontar vi jinete to dismount

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= demount, pull apart, dismantle, disassemble [dis-assemble], take + Nombre + to pieces, take + Nombre + to bits, take + Nombre + apart, pull + Nombre + to bits, dismount, take down.

Ex: Other walls, where security and privacy are absolutely essential, are not structural and are designed to be easily demounted and erected elsewhere.

Ex: All these bits of raw material -- these 'chunks of reality' as McNair calls them -- are encapsulated in a carefully organized and well-rounded whole, which the reader must pull apart and put together again.

Ex: The reader has to reserve books on display and wait till the entire display is dismantled.

Ex: Documents can be easily built, extended, truncated, reordered, assembled and disassembled on a component basis, and the document components, can be reused.

Ex: Furniture from ships was sometimes built-in, sometimes capable of being taken to pieces easily, and sometimes it bore fittings allowing it to be secured to deck or bulkhead.

Ex: The bronze gearing was far too corroded to be taken to bits, cleaned up, and made to work.

Ex: The houses are built, then taken apart and trucked to where they are needed and then re-assembled.

Ex: Microscopists think very little about plucking an innocent and unsuspecting insect from the garden, killing it, and pulling it to bits for study under a microscope.

Ex: Dismounting a horse like a greenhorn can be embarrassing, and more important, dangerous.

Ex: State officials urge people to take down bird feeders after recent reports of sick and dead birds, according to a news release.

* desmontar un mito = demystify + myth.

* desmontar y limpiar = strip and clean.

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desmontar [A1 ]

vt

A

1 (desarmar) ‹mueble/estante› to dismantle, take apart; ‹motor› to strip

desmontamos la tienda de campaña we took down the tent

2 (separar) ‹forro/pieza› to detach, remove

B

1 (allanar) ‹terreno› to level

2 ‹zona/selva› to clear

C ( Arm) to uncock

■ desmontar

vi

«jinete» to dismount

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desmontar ( conjugate desmontar) verbo transitivo
a) ( desarmar) ‹mueble/mecanismo› to dismantle, take apart;

‹ tienda de campaña› to take down
b) ( separar) ‹forro/pieza› to detach, remove

verbo intransitivo [ jinete] to dismount
desmontar
I verbo transitivo
1 (un mueble, artefacto) to dismantle, take to pieces
2 (una excusa, argumento) to take to pieces
II vi (de un caballo, vehículo) to dismount [de, -], get off [de, -]
' desmontar' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
deshacer
- tienda
English:
apart
- disassemble
- dismantle
- piece
- pull apart
- strip
- take apart
- take down
- clear
- detach
- dismount
- take
- throw
- unseat

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desmontar

♦ vt

1. [desarmar] [máquina, mecanismo] to take apart o to pieces, Espec to disassemble;
[mueble, librería, mesa] to dismantle, to take to pieces; [motor] to strip down; [piezas, partes] to remove, to detach; [rueda] to remove, to take off; [andamio, tablado, tienda de campaña] to take down
2. [teoría, argumentación] to demolish, to pull to pieces

3. [arma] to uncock

4. [persona] [de caballo, moto, bicicleta] to unseat;

el caballo desmontó al jinete the horse threw its rider;

desmontó al niño de la bicicleta he took the boy off the bicycle

5. Informát to unmount

6. [terreno] to level;
[área, bosque] to clear
♦ vi

desmontar de [caballo] to dismount from;
[moto, bicicleta] to get off; [coche] to get out of
♦ See also the pronominal verb desmontarse

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desmontar

I v/t

1 dismantle, take apart; tienda de campaña take down

2 terreno level

II v/i dismount

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desmontar vt

1) : to clear, to level off

2) desmantelar: to dismantle, to take apart

desmontar vi

: to dismount

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desmontar vb

1. (en general) to take apart [pt. took; pp. taken]

tendré que desmontar el reloj I'll have to take the watch apart

2. (tienda de campaña, estantería) to take down [pt. took; pp. taken]

desmontaron la tienda en un tiempo récord they took the tent down in record time

Spanish-English dictionary > desmontar
44 despabilarse

despabilarse

► verbo pronominal

1 (despertarse) to wake up

■ despabílate, es tarde wake up, it's late

2 (avivarse) to get one's act together, buck one's ideas up, wise up

■ ya se despabilará en el colegio he'll get his act together when he gets to school

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VPR

1) (=despertarse) to wake up

despabílate que son ya las diez — wake up, it's ten o'clock already

yo me despabilo con un café — one cup of coffee and I'm awake

2) (=estar alerta) to wake up, buck up *

despabílate si no quieres que te tomen por tonto — you'd better wake up o buck up * if you don't want people to take you for a fool

3) (=apresurarse) to hurry up, get a move on *

4) CAm, Caribe, Cono Sur (=marcharse) to vanish; (=escaparse) to slip away, slope off *

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(v.) = pull up + Posesivo + socks, pull + (a/Posesivo) finger out, smarten up

Ex. So the Marxists will have to pull up their socks if they are to prevent the state from sliding back to the lawlessness one had seen prior to 1977.

Ex. This man isn't going to stop working, so those of you who can't work because of your 'disability' could do with pulling a finger out!.

Ex. The article 'Motherboards smarten up' reports on recent technological developments in motherboards = El artículo "Las placas madres aprenden" informa sobre los recientes avances tecnológicos de estas placas.

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(v.) = pull up + Posesivo + socks, pull + (a/Posesivo) finger out, smarten up

Ex: So the Marxists will have to pull up their socks if they are to prevent the state from sliding back to the lawlessness one had seen prior to 1977.

Ex: This man isn't going to stop working, so those of you who can't work because of your 'disability' could do with pulling a finger out!.

Ex: The article 'Motherboards smarten up' reports on recent technological developments in motherboards = El artículo "Las placas madres aprenden" informa sobre los recientes avances tecnológicos de estas placas.

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despabilarse

v/r fig

get one’s act together

Spanish-English dictionary > despabilarse
45 destrozar

v.

1 to smash (físicamente) (romper).

2 to shatter, to devastate (emocionalmente) (person).

3 to tear apart, to destroy, to shatter, to break down into pieces.

Eso rompe huesos That breaks bones.

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destrozar

Conjugation model [ REALIZAR], like realizar

► verbo transitivo

1 (romper) to destroy, shatter, wreck; (despedazar) to tear to pieces, tear to shreds

■ la explosión destrozó el puente the explosion wrecked the bridge

2 figurado (gastar) to wear out

■ destroza los zapatos she wears her shoes out

3 figurado (estropear) to ruin, spoil; (corazón) to break

■ destrozó sus sueños she shattered his dreams

4 figurado (causar daño moral) to crush, shatter, devastate

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1. VT

1) (=romper) [+ cristal, cerámica] to smash; [+ edificio] to destroy; [+ ropa, zapatos] to ruin; [+ nervios] to shatter

ha destrozado el coche — he's wrecked the car

encontraron los cuerpos destrozados — they found the mangled bodies

2) (=dejar abatido a) [+ persona] to shatter; [+ corazón] to break; [+ ejército, enemigo] to crush

destrozar a algn en una discusión — to crush sb in an argument

le ha destrozado el que no quisiera casarse con él — her refusal to marry him has devastated o shattered him

3) (=arruinar) [+ persona, vida] to ruin

destrozar la armonía — to ruin the harmony

2.

See:

destrozarse

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1.
verbo transitivo

a) (romper, deteriorar) to break

la bomba destrozó varios edificios — the bomb destroyed o wrecked several buildings

vas a destrozar los zapatos — you'll ruin your shoes

b) <felicidad/armonía> to destroy, shatter; < corazón> to break; < matrimonio> to ruin, destroy

me está destrozando los nervios — she's making me a nervous wreck

su muerte la destrozó — she was devastated o shattered by his death
2.
destrozarse v pron (refl)

a) ( romperse)

se cayó al suelo y se destrozó — it fell to the ground and it smashed

se me destrozaron los zapatos — my shoes are ruined

b) <estómago/hígado> to ruin

te vas a destrozar los pies con esos zapatos — you're going to ruin your feet wearing those shoes

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= shatter, batter, vandalise [vandalize, -USA], wreak + devastation, smash, pull apart, ravage, go out + the window, tear + apart, mangle, dismember, shred, slaughter, blow away, wreck, rip through, pull + Nombre + to bits, wipe + the floor with, rubbish, blight, chew up.

Ex. Her feeling of well-being was soon rudely shattered.

Ex. But the early cylinder machines worked less accurately than the platens, tending to slur the impression and batter the type.

Ex. This article argues in favour of the term 'conservator' rather than 'restorer' of books as the former does not conjure up a picture of the Victorian artisan vandalising documents with irreversible treatments simply for effect.

Ex. This article describes the experiences of a fledgling information system in dealing with a hurricane which wreaked devastation on some of the most remote areas of Hawaii = Este artículo describe las experiencias de un sistema de información nuevo al verse afectado por un huracán que devastó algunas de las zonas más remotas de Hawaii.

Ex. The library was badly vandalised and the intruders overturned 10 large bookcases, tore paintings down, emptied catalogues, and smashed intercoms, chairs, tables and windows.

Ex. If solutions are not found to meet this challenge, users' hunger for multimedia could pull the Internet apart.

Ex. The rigours of the climate and the effects of war and political unrest have ravaged this country's cultural heritage.

Ex. The lack of centralisation means that good management goes out the window and everything gets sloppier.

Ex. He is a stickler for detail and can tear apart a budget or a balance sheet faster than anyone.

Ex. In places the waters had swept container lorries loaded with goods yards off the road where they now lay twisted and mangled and almost unrecognizable as vehicles.

Ex. Books can seldom be disbound for the benefit of bibliographers (although it is worth remembering that they sometimes have to be rebound, when they are completely dismembered), but we can now see through printing ink by means of betaradiography.

Ex. If they do muster up the courage to participate, they have learned what it is like to lose: they describe it as being 'slaughtered,' 'blown away,' or ' shredded'.

Ex. These small small but very sharp flakes were used by hunters to slaughter animals.

Ex. If they do muster up the courage to participate, they have learned what it is like to lose: they describe it as being 'slaughtered,' ' blown away,' or 'shredded'.

Ex. They had made a secret deal with Otto Reich to wreck Cuba's economy.

Ex. Storms in this part of the world are common and the people didn't seem to bat an eyelid at the prospect of a 135km wind ripping through their town.

Ex. Microscopists think very little about plucking an innocent and unsuspecting insect from the garden, killing it, and pulling it to bits for study under a microscope.

Ex. One by one, he wiped the floor with opponents who had spoken in the debate -- with a ferocious blend of rant, rhetoric and rumbustious counterattack.

Ex. The theory of Scandinavian racial purity cherished by Hitler and the Nazis has been rubbished by new scientific research.

Ex. The global outbreak of swine flu has spread fear through the travel sector, blighting any green shoots of recovery from the financial crisis.

Ex. Cattle ranches are chewing up the Amazon rainforest.

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* destrozar completamente = blow + Nombre + to bits.

* destrozarse = come + undone, go to + rack and ruin, come apart at + the seams, fall apart at + the seams, go to + ruin.

* * *
1.
verbo transitivo

a) (romper, deteriorar) to break

la bomba destrozó varios edificios — the bomb destroyed o wrecked several buildings

vas a destrozar los zapatos — you'll ruin your shoes

b) <felicidad/armonía> to destroy, shatter; < corazón> to break; < matrimonio> to ruin, destroy

me está destrozando los nervios — she's making me a nervous wreck

su muerte la destrozó — she was devastated o shattered by his death
2.
destrozarse v pron (refl)

a) ( romperse)

se cayó al suelo y se destrozó — it fell to the ground and it smashed

se me destrozaron los zapatos — my shoes are ruined

b) <estómago/hígado> to ruin

te vas a destrozar los pies con esos zapatos — you're going to ruin your feet wearing those shoes

* * *

= shatter, batter, vandalise [vandalize, -USA], wreak + devastation, smash, pull apart, ravage, go out + the window, tear + apart, mangle, dismember, shred, slaughter, blow away, wreck, rip through, pull + Nombre + to bits, wipe + the floor with, rubbish, blight, chew up.

Ex: Her feeling of well-being was soon rudely shattered.

Ex: But the early cylinder machines worked less accurately than the platens, tending to slur the impression and batter the type.

Ex: This article argues in favour of the term 'conservator' rather than 'restorer' of books as the former does not conjure up a picture of the Victorian artisan vandalising documents with irreversible treatments simply for effect.

Ex: This article describes the experiences of a fledgling information system in dealing with a hurricane which wreaked devastation on some of the most remote areas of Hawaii = Este artículo describe las experiencias de un sistema de información nuevo al verse afectado por un huracán que devastó algunas de las zonas más remotas de Hawaii.

Ex: The library was badly vandalised and the intruders overturned 10 large bookcases, tore paintings down, emptied catalogues, and smashed intercoms, chairs, tables and windows.

Ex: If solutions are not found to meet this challenge, users' hunger for multimedia could pull the Internet apart.

Ex: The rigours of the climate and the effects of war and political unrest have ravaged this country's cultural heritage.

Ex: The lack of centralisation means that good management goes out the window and everything gets sloppier.

Ex: He is a stickler for detail and can tear apart a budget or a balance sheet faster than anyone.

Ex: In places the waters had swept container lorries loaded with goods yards off the road where they now lay twisted and mangled and almost unrecognizable as vehicles.

Ex: Books can seldom be disbound for the benefit of bibliographers (although it is worth remembering that they sometimes have to be rebound, when they are completely dismembered), but we can now see through printing ink by means of betaradiography.

Ex: If they do muster up the courage to participate, they have learned what it is like to lose: they describe it as being 'slaughtered,' 'blown away,' or ' shredded'.

Ex: These small small but very sharp flakes were used by hunters to slaughter animals.

Ex: If they do muster up the courage to participate, they have learned what it is like to lose: they describe it as being 'slaughtered,' ' blown away,' or 'shredded'.

Ex: They had made a secret deal with Otto Reich to wreck Cuba's economy.

Ex: Storms in this part of the world are common and the people didn't seem to bat an eyelid at the prospect of a 135km wind ripping through their town.

Ex: Microscopists think very little about plucking an innocent and unsuspecting insect from the garden, killing it, and pulling it to bits for study under a microscope.

Ex: One by one, he wiped the floor with opponents who had spoken in the debate -- with a ferocious blend of rant, rhetoric and rumbustious counterattack.

Ex: The theory of Scandinavian racial purity cherished by Hitler and the Nazis has been rubbished by new scientific research.

Ex: The global outbreak of swine flu has spread fear through the travel sector, blighting any green shoots of recovery from the financial crisis.

Ex: Cattle ranches are chewing up the Amazon rainforest.

* destrozar completamente = blow + Nombre + to bits.

* destrozarse = come + undone, go to + rack and ruin, come apart at + the seams, fall apart at + the seams, go to + ruin.

* * *

destrozar [A4 ]

vt

1 (romper, deteriorar) to break

la bomba destrozó varios edificios the bomb destroyed o wrecked several buildings

no hagas eso que vas a destrozar los zapatos don't do that, you'll ruin your shoes

2 ‹felicidad/armonía› to destroy, shatter; ‹corazón› to break; ‹matrimonio› to ruin, destroy

me está destrozando los nervios she's making me a nervous wreck

la muerte de su marido la destrozó she was devastated o shattered by her husband's death

■ destrozarse

v pron

1

(romperse): se cayó al suelo y se destrozó it fell to the ground and smashed

se me han destrozado los zapatos my shoes are ruined o have fallen to pieces

2 ( refl) ‹estómago/hígado› to ruin

te vas a destrozar los pies usando esos zapatos you're going to ruin o damage your feet wearing those shoes

* * *

destrozar ( conjugate destrozar) verbo transitivo
a) (romper, deteriorar) ‹ zapatos› to ruin;

‹cristal/jarrón› to smash;
‹ juguete› to pull … apart;
‹ coche› to wreck;
‹ libro› to pull apart
b) ‹felicidad/matrimonio/vida› to wreck, destroy;

‹ corazón› to break;
◊ tiene los nervios destrozados he's a nervous wreck

destrozarse verbo pronominal
a) ( romperse) [ zapatos] to be ruined;

[jarrón/cristal] to smash
b) ‹estómago/hígado› to ruin

destrozar verbo transitivo
1 (romper) to tear up, wreck, ruin
2 (una tela, un papel) to tear to shreds, rip up
3 (apenar, desgarrar) to shatter, devastate: me destroza verte así, it breaks my heart to see you this way
4 (los planes, la convivencia, etc) to ruin
' destrozar' also found in these entries:
English:
break
- destroy
- mangle
- shatter
- smash
- smash up
- tear apart
- trash
- vandalize
- wreck
- write off
- get
- murder
- piece
- pull
- write

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destrozar

♦ vt

1. [físicamente] [romper] to smash;
[estropear] to ruin;
el terremoto destrozó la ciudad the earthquake destroyed the city;

vas a destrozar o [m5] destrozarte los zapatos de tanto usarlos you'll ruin your shoes, wearing them so much

2. [emocionalmente] [persona] to shatter, to devastate;
[matrimonio, relación] to wreck; [pareja] to break up; [vida] to ruin; [corazón] to break;
el divorcio la ha destrozado she was devastated by the divorce;

ese ruido le destroza los nervios a cualquiera that noise is enough to drive anyone up the wall;

destrozó a su oponente en el debate he destroyed his opponent in the debate

♦ See also the pronominal verb destrozarse

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destrozar

v/t

1 destroy

2 emocio- nalmente shatter, devastate

* * *

destrozar {21} vt

1) : to smash, to shatter

2) : to destroy, to wreck

♦ See also the reflexive verb destrozarse

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destrozar vb

1. (en general) to destroy / to wreck

la bomba destrozó el coche por completo the bomb completely destroyed the car

2. (hacer trozos) to smash

han destrozado el escaparate they've smashed the shop window

destrozarle el corazón a alguien to break somebody's heart [pt. broke; pp. broken]

Spanish-English dictionary > destrozar
46 detenerse

detenerse

► verbo pronominal

1 (pararse) to stop, halt

■ el tren se detuvo the train stopped

2 (entretenerse) to hang about, linger

3 (pararse a considerar algo) to dwell

■ no podemos detenernos en este asunto we can't dwell upon this matter

* * *

1) to stop

2) delay

* * *

VPR

1) (=pararse) to stop

¡no te detengas! — don't hang about!

se detuvo a mirarlo — he stopped to look at it

2) (=demorarse) to waste time (en on)

se detiene mucho en eso — he's taking a long time over that

* * *

(v.) = become + stagnant, break off, sit back, stall, pull up, run into + the sand(s), stop over

Ex. Research in the social sciences has become increasingly stagnant and impoverished, largely because of the insistence on using objective, quantitative methods derived from the natural sciences.

Ex. During this period the compositors worked non-stop, breaking off only to eat, for the almost incredible period of fifty hours: two days and two nights without rest 'in an atmosphere that would poison a vulture'.

Ex. When carried out correctly, performance review provides an opportunity to sit back and assess the job.

Ex. In other instances, however, the pay equity process has been stalled becasue of the reluctance on the part of some municipalities to include library workers in their pay equity plans.

Ex. Trucks started pulling up every hour, day and night, to the library's loading dock and depositing heaps of unordered and unwanted books.

Ex. The king must have then realised, if he had not already done so, that his efforts to secure an annulment from the pope had run into the sand.

Ex. With luck the lapwings will now be able to stop over in Syria without coming to further harm.

* * *

(v.) = become + stagnant, break off, sit back, stall, pull up, run into + the sand(s), stop over

Ex: Research in the social sciences has become increasingly stagnant and impoverished, largely because of the insistence on using objective, quantitative methods derived from the natural sciences.

Ex: During this period the compositors worked non-stop, breaking off only to eat, for the almost incredible period of fifty hours: two days and two nights without rest 'in an atmosphere that would poison a vulture'.

Ex: When carried out correctly, performance review provides an opportunity to sit back and assess the job.

Ex: In other instances, however, the pay equity process has been stalled becasue of the reluctance on the part of some municipalities to include library workers in their pay equity plans.

Ex: Trucks started pulling up every hour, day and night, to the library's loading dock and depositing heaps of unordered and unwanted books.

Ex: The king must have then realised, if he had not already done so, that his efforts to secure an annulment from the pope had run into the sand.

Ex: With luck the lapwings will now be able to stop over in Syria without coming to further harm.

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■detenerse verbo reflexivo to stop: ¡deténganse!, stop!
' detenerse' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
demorarse
- estancarse
- detener
- parar
English:
draw up
- pull over
- pull up
- stick
- stop
- cease
- draw
- grind
- halt
- pause
- rest
- slow

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vpr

1. [pararse] to stop;

no te detengas, sigue don't stop, carry on;

no se levanten hasta que el avión se haya detenido do not get up until the plane has come to a stop;

detenerse en seco to stop dead;

detenerse a hacer algo to stop to do sth;

se detuvo un momento a pensar she stopped to think for a moment;

se detuvo a hablar con una amiga y llegó tarde she stopped to talk to a friend and was late

2. [demorarse] to hang about, to linger;

no te detengas tanto con la presentación y ve al grano don't spend so much time on the presentation and get to the point

* * *

detenerse

v/r stop

* * *

vr

1) : to stop

2) : to delay, to linger

* * *

detenerse vb to stop [pt. & pp. stopped]

nos detuvimos a mirar el paisaje we stopped to look at the scenery

Spanish-English dictionary > detenerse
47 diseccionar

v.

1 to dissect.

2 to dissect, to analyze in detail (figurative) (analizar).

* * *

diseccionar

► verbo transitivo

1 to dissect

* * *

VT to dissect, analyse

* * *

verbo transitivo

a) < animal> to dissect

b) <obra/personaje> to dissect

* * *

= dissect, pull apart.

Ex. GMMA has developed a layered approach to visual indexing that dissects the objects, style and implication of each image, so that the indexing system can accommodate all potential approaches to the material.

Ex. When the point is reached at which the instructor begins to fade into the background, individual students can select cases to analyze and solve on their own before the class period, literally pulling them apart and putting them together again -- 'working them to death'.

* * *

verbo transitivo

a) < animal> to dissect

b) <obra/personaje> to dissect

* * *

= dissect, pull apart.

Ex: GMMA has developed a layered approach to visual indexing that dissects the objects, style and implication of each image, so that the indexing system can accommodate all potential approaches to the material.

Ex: When the point is reached at which the instructor begins to fade into the background, individual students can select cases to analyze and solve on their own before the class period, literally pulling them apart and putting them together again -- 'working them to death'.

* * *

diseccionar [A1 ]

vt

1 ‹animal› to dissect

2 ‹obra/personaje› to dissect

* * *

diseccionar ( conjugate diseccionar) verbo transitivo
to dissect
diseccionar verbo transitivo to dissect, analyze
' diseccionar' also found in these entries:
English:
dissect

* * *

diseccionar vt

1. [cadáver, animal] to dissect

2. [analizar] to dissect, to analyse in detail

* * *

diseccionar

v/t dissect

Spanish-English dictionary > diseccionar
48 emprender una lucha contra

(v.) = launch + attack on

Ex. This library decided to launch an attack on illiteracy by pulling together a variety of approaches to learning to read.

* * *

(v.) = launch + attack on

Ex: This library decided to launch an attack on illiteracy by pulling together a variety of approaches to learning to read.

Spanish-English dictionary > emprender una lucha contra
49 esmerarse

pron.v.

to take great pains.

* * *

esmerarse

► verbo pronominal

1 to do one's best (en/por, to), take great pains (en/por, over)

* * *

VPR

1) (=aplicarse) to take great pains (en over)

no se esmera nada en su trabajo — she doesn't take any care over her work

esmerarse en hacer algo — to take great pains to do sth

2) (=hacer lo mejor) to do one's best

* * *

verbo pronominal to go to a lot of trouble

esmerarse en algo: se ha esmerado mucho en esta tarea he has put a lot of effort into this assignment; se esmera en hacerlo bien — she goes to great pains to do it properly

* * *

= get on + Posesivo + running shoes, pull up + Posesivo + socks, pull + (a/Posesivo) finger out.

Ex. We would like to encourage other institutions who have been teetering on the edge of implementation to get on their running shoes and go for it.

Ex. So the Marxists will have to pull up their socks if they are to prevent the state from sliding back to the lawlessness one had seen prior to 1977.

Ex. This man isn't going to stop working, so those of you who can't work because of your 'disability' could do with pulling a finger out!.

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* esmerarse por = take + (great) pains to.

* * *

verbo pronominal to go to a lot of trouble

esmerarse en algo: se ha esmerado mucho en esta tarea he has put a lot of effort into this assignment; se esmera en hacerlo bien — she goes to great pains to do it properly

* * *

= get on + Posesivo + running shoes, pull up + Posesivo + socks, pull + (a/Posesivo) finger out.

Ex: We would like to encourage other institutions who have been teetering on the edge of implementation to get on their running shoes and go for it.

Ex: So the Marxists will have to pull up their socks if they are to prevent the state from sliding back to the lawlessness one had seen prior to 1977.

Ex: This man isn't going to stop working, so those of you who can't work because of your 'disability' could do with pulling a finger out!.

* esmerarse por = take + (great) pains to.

* * *

esmerarse [A1 ]

v pron

to go to a lot of trouble

se esmeró para tenerlo todo listo she went to a lot of trouble o to great pains to have everything ready

se esmera mucho pero las cosas no le salen he goes to a lot of trouble o he makes a lot of effort but things just don't work out right

esmerarse EN algo:

se ha esmerado mucho en esta tarea he has put a lot of effort into o taken a lot of trouble over o taken great care over this assignment

se esmera en pronunciarlo correctamente she goes to great pains o takes great care o makes a great effort to pronounce it correctly

* * *

esmerarse ( conjugate esmerarse) verbo pronominal
to go to a lot of trouble;
◊ se esmera en hacerlo bien she goes to great pains to do it properly

esmerarse verbo reflexivo
1 (poner cuidado, atención) to take care, to do one's best
2 (esforzarse) to try very hard [en, por, to]

* * *

esmerarse vpr
[esforzarse] to take great pains;
tendrás que esmerarte más si quieres aprobar you'll have to make much more of an effort if you want to pass;

los maquilladores se esmeraron con ella the make-up artists took especial pains with her;

se esmera mucho en su trabajo she's very painstaking in her work;

se esmeró en hacerlo bien she took great pains to do it well;

se esmeró por quedar bien delante de sus padres he made a great effort to impress her parents

* * *

esmerarse

v/r take great care (en over)

* * *

esmerarse vr

: to take great pains, to do one's utmost

* * *

esmerarse vb to take great care [pt. took; pp. taken]

se esmera mucho en su trabajo she takes great care over her work

Spanish-English dictionary > esmerarse
50 examinar minuciosamente

v.

to investigate closely, to burrow into.

* * *

(v.) = pull apart

Ex. When the point is reached at which the instructor begins to fade into the background, individual students can select cases to analyze and solve on their own before the class period, literally pulling them apart and putting them together again -- 'working them to death'.

* * *

(v.) = pull apart

Ex: When the point is reached at which the instructor begins to fade into the background, individual students can select cases to analyze and solve on their own before the class period, literally pulling them apart and putting them together again -- 'working them to death'.

Spanish-English dictionary > examinar minuciosamente
51 festejar

v.

1 to celebrate.

María festejó su aniversario Mary celebrated her Maryiversary.

María festejó alegremente Mary celebrated merrily.

2 to entertain.

3 to give a party to, to feast, to fete.

María festejó a su hijo Mary gave a party to her son.

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festejar

► verbo transitivo

1 (celebrar) to celebrate

■ festejaron su victoria con cava they celebrated his victory with cava

2 (agasajar) to wine and dine, entertain

■ festejaron al campeón en su pueblo natal the champion was given a very warm welcome in his home town

3 (cortejar) to court, woo

* * *

verb

1) to feast

2) celebrate

* * *

VT

1) [+ persona] to wine and dine, entertain

2) (=celebrar) to celebrate

3) † (=cortejar) to woo, court

4) Méx * (=azotar) to thrash

* * *

verbo transitivo

a) <chiste/gracia> to laugh at

b) ( agasajar) to wine and dine, fête, entertain

c) (AmL) ( celebrar) to celebrate

le festejaron el cumpleaños en el club — they celebrated her birthday at the club

d) (ant) ( cortejar) to court (dated), to woo (dated or liter)

* * *

= celebrate, pull out + the corks, party.

Ex. Were we to allow ourselves to be enticed by it, we should be celebrating our Bicentennial by a return to the pre-Panizzi days in cataloging.

Ex. Yet rather than battening down the hatches and boarding up the shopfronts, it is more a case of polishing the silver and pulling out the corks.

Ex. A couple had only been married for two weeks and the husband, although very much in love, couldn't wait to go out on the town and party with his old buddies.

* * *

verbo transitivo

a) <chiste/gracia> to laugh at

b) ( agasajar) to wine and dine, fête, entertain

c) (AmL) ( celebrar) to celebrate

le festejaron el cumpleaños en el club — they celebrated her birthday at the club

d) (ant) ( cortejar) to court (dated), to woo (dated or liter)

* * *

= celebrate, pull out + the corks, party.

Ex: Were we to allow ourselves to be enticed by it, we should be celebrating our Bicentennial by a return to the pre-Panizzi days in cataloging.

Ex: Yet rather than battening down the hatches and boarding up the shopfronts, it is more a case of polishing the silver and pulling out the corks.

Ex: A couple had only been married for two weeks and the husband, although very much in love, couldn't wait to go out on the town and party with his old buddies.

* * *

festejar [A1 ]

vt

1 ‹chiste/gracia› to laugh at

2 (agasajar) to wine and dine, fête, entertain

3 ( AmL) (celebrar) to celebrate

le festejaron el cumpleaños en el club they celebrated her birthday at the club

4 ( ant) (cortejar) to court ( dated), to woo ( datedor liter)

* * *

festejar ( conjugate festejar) verbo transitivo (AmL) ( celebrar) to celebrate
festejar verbo transitivo to celebrate
' festejar' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
celebrar
English:
celebrate
- feast

* * *

festejar

♦ vt

1. [celebrar] to celebrate;

festejó su cumpleaños con los amigos she celebrated her birthday with her friends

2. [agasajar] to fête;

la ciudad festejó a los campeones the champions were fêted by the town

3. Anticuado [cortejar] to court

4. Méx Fam [golpear] to beat, to thrash

♦ See also the pronominal verb festejarse

* * *

festejar

v/t

1 persona wine and dine

2 L.Am.

celebrate

* * *

festejar vt

1) celebrar: to celebrate

2) agasajar: to entertain, to wine and dine

3) Mex fam : to thrash, to beat

Spanish-English dictionary > festejar
52 formar

v.

1 to form.

Sus manos formaron bolitas Her hands formed little balls.

formar una bola con algo to make something into a ball

formar un equipo to make up a team

formar una asociación cultural to set up a cultural organization

formar parte de to form o be part of

forma parte del equipo she's a member of the team

2 to train, to educate.

Los maestros forman a los alumnos The teachers educated the students.

3 to form up (military).

4 to fall in (military).

¡a formar! fall in!

5 to instruct, to shape.

El entrenador formó a los jugadores The coach instructed the players.

* * *

formar

► verbo transitivo

1 (gen) to form

2 (integrar, constituir) to form, constitute

■ formar parte de algo to be a part of something

3 (educar) to bring up

4 (enseñar) to educate

► verbo intransitivo

1 MILITAR (colocarse) to form up

► verbo pronominal formarse

1 (desarrollarse) to grow, develop

2 (educarse) to be educated, be trained

\

FRASEOLOGÍA

¡a formar! MILITAR fall in!

* * *

verb

1) to form

2) educate, train

3) constitute

•

- formarse

* * *

1. VT

1) [+ figura] to form, make

los barracones se disponen formando un cuadrado — the barrack huts are arranged forming o making a square

los curiosos formaron un círculo a su alrededor — the onlookers formed o made a circle around him

2) (=crear) [+ organización, partido, alianza] to form

las personas interesadas en formar un club — people interested in forming a club

formar gobierno — to form a government

¿cómo se forma el subjuntivo? — how do you form the subjunctive?

quieren casarse y formar una familia — they want to get married and start a family

3) (=constituir) to make up

los chiitas forman el 60% de la población — the Shiites make up o form 60% of the population

la plantilla la forman 94 bomberos — there are 94 firefighters on the staff

las dos juntas formaban un dúo de humoristas insuperable — the two of them together made an unbeatable comedy duo

formamos un buen equipo — we make a good team

formar equipo con algn — to join forces with sb

• estar formado por — to be made up of

la asociación está formada por parados y amas de casa — the association is made up of unemployed and housewives

• formar parte de — to be part of

nuestros soldados formarán parte de las tropas de paz — our soldiers will be part of the peace-keeping force

el edificio forma parte del recinto de la catedral — the building is o forms part of the cathedral precinct

sus obras no formarán parte de la colección — his works will not be part of the collection

4) (=enseñar) [+ personal, monitor, técnico] to train; [+ alumno] to educate

5) [+ juicio, opinión] to form

6) (Mil) to order to fall in

el sargento formó a los reclutas — the sergeant had the recruits fall in, the sergeant ordered the recruits to fall in

2. VI

1) (Mil) to fall in

¡a formar! — fall in!

2) (Dep) to line up

los equipos formaron así:... — the teams lined up as follows:...

3.

See:

formarse

* * *
1.
verbo transitivo

1)

a) personas <círculo/figura> to make, form; <asociación/gobierno> to form, set up; barricada to set up

formen parejas — ( en clase) get into pairs o twos; ( en baile) take your partners

b) (Ling) to form

c) (Mil) < tropas> to have... fall in

2) ( componer) to make up

formar parte de algo — to be part of something, to belong to something

está formada por tres provincias — it is made up of o it comprises three provinces

forman un ángulo recto — they form o make a right angle

3) <carácter/espíritu> to form, shape

4) ( educar) to bring up; ( para trabajo) to train
2.
formar vi (Mil) to fall in

a formar! — fall in!
3.
formarse v pron

1)

a) (hacerse, crearse) to form

se formó una cola — a line (AmE) o (BrE) queue formed

b) ( desarrollarse) niño/huesos to develop

c) <idea/opinión> to form

se ha formado una impresión errónea — he has got the wrong impression

2) ( educarse) to be educated

* * *

= fall into, form, make up, train, coach, make, populate, pull together, groom.

Ex. Certain words may fall into a short list of 35 common words such as analysis, which do not give rise to inversion within the cross-reference.

Ex. Formed in 1969, the first operational system was implemented in 1972-3.

Ex. Each volume is make up of several issues which appear in the next lower level.

Ex. The larger abstracting organisations train their own abstractors.

Ex. The rapidly changing environment is forcing many librarians to seek new strategies for coaching researchers through the maze of electronic information sources = Los continuos cambios de nuestro entorno están obligando a muchos bibliotecarios a encontrar nuevas estrategias para guiar a los investigadores por el laberinto de las fuentes de información electrónicas.

Ex. This concept comes mainly from the military, where a designated number of troops make a squad, a platoon, a regiment, etc..

Ex. One way librarians can add value is by carefully selecting, evaluating, and describing the resources that populate their Internet collections.

Ex. This library decided to launch an attack on illiteracy by pulling together a variety of approaches to learning to read.

Ex. Iran is trying to form an unholy alliance with al-Qaeda by grooming a new generation of leaders to take over from Osama bin Laden.

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* a medio formar = half-formed.

* entrar a formar parte de = enter in.

* formado por británicos = British-trained.

* formar el núcleo = form + the nucleus.

* formar en su conjunto = weave + to form.

* formar fila = line up.

* formar la base = form + the foundation.

* formar la base de = form + the basis of.

* formar parejas = pair up, pair off.

* formar parte = form + part.

* formar parte de = be part of, build into, enter into, become + (a) part of, be a part of, inhere in, become + one with, inform, fall under.

* formar parte del paisaje = blend into + the landscape.

* formar parte de un comité = serve on + committee.

* formar parte integral = form + an integral part.

* formar parte integral de = be part and parcel of, be an integral part of.

* formar parte natural de su entorno = blend into + the landscape.

* formar personal = produce + personnel.

* formar remolinos = swirl.

* formarse = shape up.

* formarse una opinión = form + impression.

* formar una cola = form + queue.

* formar una colección = build + collection.

* formar un comité = set up + committee.

* formar un consorcio = form + consortium.

* formar un grupo = set up + group.

* formar un grupo de presión = form + lobby.

* formar un piquete frente a = picket.

* integrar formando un todo = articulate.

* llamamiento para formar parte de un jurado = jury duty.

* piedra + charca + formar + ondas = stone + pond + cast + ripples.

* que forma parte de la cultura = culturally-embedded.

* que forma parte en = involved in.

* seda formando aguas = watered silk.

* volver a formarse = reform.

* * *
1.
verbo transitivo

1)

a) personas <círculo/figura> to make, form; <asociación/gobierno> to form, set up; barricada to set up

formen parejas — ( en clase) get into pairs o twos; ( en baile) take your partners

b) (Ling) to form

c) (Mil) < tropas> to have... fall in

2) ( componer) to make up

formar parte de algo — to be part of something, to belong to something

está formada por tres provincias — it is made up of o it comprises three provinces

forman un ángulo recto — they form o make a right angle

3) <carácter/espíritu> to form, shape

4) ( educar) to bring up; ( para trabajo) to train
2.
formar vi (Mil) to fall in

a formar! — fall in!
3.
formarse v pron

1)

a) (hacerse, crearse) to form

se formó una cola — a line (AmE) o (BrE) queue formed

b) ( desarrollarse) niño/huesos to develop

c) <idea/opinión> to form

se ha formado una impresión errónea — he has got the wrong impression

2) ( educarse) to be educated

* * *

= fall into, form, make up, train, coach, make, populate, pull together, groom.

Ex: Certain words may fall into a short list of 35 common words such as analysis, which do not give rise to inversion within the cross-reference.

Ex: Formed in 1969, the first operational system was implemented in 1972-3.

Ex: Each volume is make up of several issues which appear in the next lower level.

Ex: The larger abstracting organisations train their own abstractors.

Ex: The rapidly changing environment is forcing many librarians to seek new strategies for coaching researchers through the maze of electronic information sources = Los continuos cambios de nuestro entorno están obligando a muchos bibliotecarios a encontrar nuevas estrategias para guiar a los investigadores por el laberinto de las fuentes de información electrónicas.

Ex: This concept comes mainly from the military, where a designated number of troops make a squad, a platoon, a regiment, etc..

Ex: One way librarians can add value is by carefully selecting, evaluating, and describing the resources that populate their Internet collections.

Ex: This library decided to launch an attack on illiteracy by pulling together a variety of approaches to learning to read.

Ex: Iran is trying to form an unholy alliance with al-Qaeda by grooming a new generation of leaders to take over from Osama bin Laden.

* a medio formar = half-formed.

* entrar a formar parte de = enter in.

* formado por británicos = British-trained.

* formar el núcleo = form + the nucleus.

* formar en su conjunto = weave + to form.

* formar fila = line up.

* formar la base = form + the foundation.

* formar la base de = form + the basis of.

* formar parejas = pair up, pair off.

* formar parte = form + part.

* formar parte de = be part of, build into, enter into, become + (a) part of, be a part of, inhere in, become + one with, inform, fall under.

* formar parte del paisaje = blend into + the landscape.

* formar parte de un comité = serve on + committee.

* formar parte integral = form + an integral part.

* formar parte integral de = be part and parcel of, be an integral part of.

* formar parte natural de su entorno = blend into + the landscape.

* formar personal = produce + personnel.

* formar remolinos = swirl.

* formarse = shape up.

* formarse una opinión = form + impression.

* formar una cola = form + queue.

* formar una colección = build + collection.

* formar un comité = set up + committee.

* formar un consorcio = form + consortium.

* formar un grupo = set up + group.

* formar un grupo de presión = form + lobby.

* formar un piquete frente a = picket.

* integrar formando un todo = articulate.

* llamamiento para formar parte de un jurado = jury duty.

* piedra + charca + formar + ondas = stone + pond + cast + ripples.

* que forma parte de la cultura = culturally-embedded.

* que forma parte en = involved in.

* seda formando aguas = watered silk.

* volver a formarse = reform.

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formar [A1 ]

vt

A

1 «personas» ‹círculo/figura› to make, form; ‹asociación› to form, set up

formen fila a la entrada, por favor form a line o ( BrE) queue at the entrance, please

los estudiantes formaron barricadas the students set up barricades

formar parejas (en una clase) get into pairs o twos; (en un baile) take your partners

formar gobierno to form a government

el partido se formó a principios de siglo the party came into being o was formed at the turn of the century

se formaron varios comandos terroristas en la zona several terrorist cells were established in the area

2 ( Ling) to form

palabras que forman el plural añadiendo una `s' words which form the plural by adding an `s'

3 ( Mil) ‹tropas› to have … fall in, order … to fall in

B (componer) to make up

está formada por tres provincias it is made up of o it comprises three provinces

al juntarse forman un ángulo recto they form o make a right angle where they meet

las distintas partes forman un todo indivisible the separate elements make up o form an indivisible whole

el jurado está formado por nueve personas the jury is made up of nine people

C ‹carácter/espíritu› to form, shape

■ formar

vi

to fall in

batallón: ¡a formar! squad, fall in!

■ formarse

v pron

A

1 (hacerse, crearse) to form

se ha formado hielo en las carreteras ice has formed on the roads

se formó una cola de varios kilómetros a tailback several kilometers long built up

2 (desarrollarse) «niño/huesos» to develop

3 (forjarse) to form

formarse una idea/opinión to form an idea/opinion

creo que se ha formado una impresión errónea I think he has got the wrong impression

B (educarse) to be educated

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formar ( conjugate formar) verbo transitivo
1
a) ( crear) ‹círculo/figura› to make, form;

‹asociación/gobierno› to form, set up;
‹ barricada› to set up;
◊ ¡formen parejas! ( en clase) get into pairs o twos!;

( en baile) take your partners!
b) (Ling) to form

c) (Mil) ‹ tropas› to have … fall in

2 ( componer) to make up;
◊ un equipo formado por cinco personas a team made up of five people;

formar parte de algo to be part of sth, to belong to sth
3 ‹carácter/espíritu› to form, shape
4 ( educar) to bring up;
( para trabajo) to train
verbo intransitivo (Mil) to fall in
formarse verbo pronominal
1
a) (hacerse, crearse) [grupo/organismo] to form;

◊ se formó una cola a line (AmE) o (BrE) queue formed

b) ( desarrollarse) [niño/huesos] to develop

c) ‹idea/opinión› to form

2 ( educarse) to be educated;
( para trabajo) to be trained
formar verbo transitivo
1 to form
2 (criar) to bring up
(instruir) to educate, train
' formar' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
adherirse
- agruparse
- componer
- constituir
- correligionaria
- correligionario
- integrar
- piña
- sindicar
- a
- abultar
- agrupar
- capacitar
- emparejar
- hogar
- pareja
- parte
- pertenecer
- sindicalizarse
English:
coalition
- come under
- do
- form
- marshal
- more
- most
- pair up
- preclude
- shall
- shape
- should
- split off
- to
- train
- will
- arch
- co-opt
- draw
- eddy
- fall
- make
- mold
- muster
- pair
- parade
- picket
- put
- ring

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formar

♦ vt

1. [hacer] to form;

formar una bola con algo to make sth into a ball;

formar un equipo to make up a team;

formar gobierno to form a government;

formó una asociación cultural he set up a cultural organization;

los manifestantes formaron una cadena the demonstrators formed a human chain;

formar parte de to form o be part of;

forma parte del equipo del colegio she's a member of the school team

2. [educar] to train, to educate

3. Mil to form up

♦ vi
Mil to fall in;
¡a formar! fall in!

♦ See also the pronominal verb formarse

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formar

v/t

1 form; asociación form, set up

2 ( educar) educate

* * *

formar vt

1) : to form, to make

2) constituir: to constitute, to make up

3) : to train, to educate

♦ See also the reflexive verb formarse

* * *

formar vb

1. (crear) to form / to make

hemos formado un estupendo grupo de amigos we've made a great group of friends

2. (educar hijos) to bring up [pt. & pp. brought]

3. (educar alumnos) to educate / to train

formar parte de algo to be part of something

Spanish-English dictionary > formar
53 ganchillo

m.

crochet hook (aguja).

hacer ganchillo to crochet

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ganchillo

► nombre masculino

1 (aguja) crochet hook

2 (labor) crochet work

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FRASEOLOGÍA

hacer ganchillo to crochet

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SM

1) (=gancho) crochet hook

2) (=labor) crochet work

una colcha de ganchillo — a crocheted quilt

hacer (labores de) ganchillo — to crochet

* * *

masculino ( aguja) crochet hook; ( labor) crochet

hacer ganchillo — to crochet

* * *

= crocheting, crochet.

Ex. Crocheting, similar to knitting, consists of pulling loops of yarn through other loops.

Ex. Here you can learn crochet basics, step by step, with our illustrated instructions.

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* aguja de ganchillo = crochet hook, crochet needle.

* aguja de hacer ganchillo = crochet hook, crochet needle.

* ganchillo a mano = hand crochet.

* hacer ganchillo = crochet.

* labores de ganchillo a mano = hand-crochet work.

* * *

masculino ( aguja) crochet hook; ( labor) crochet

hacer ganchillo — to crochet

* * *

= crocheting, crochet.

Ex: Crocheting, similar to knitting, consists of pulling loops of yarn through other loops.

Ex: Here you can learn crochet basics, step by step, with our illustrated instructions.

* aguja de ganchillo = crochet hook, crochet needle.

* aguja de hacer ganchillo = crochet hook, crochet needle.

* ganchillo a mano = hand crochet.

* hacer ganchillo = crochet.

* labores de ganchillo a mano = hand-crochet work.

* * *

ganchillo

masculine

1 (aguja) crochet hook

2 (labor) crochet

hacer ganchillo to crochet

* * *

ganchillo sustantivo masculino ( aguja) crochet hook;
( labor) crochet;
◊ hacer ganchillo to crochet

ganchillo sustantivo masculino crochet work
hacer ganchillo, to crochet
aguja de ganchillo, crochet hook

' ganchillo' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
cadeneta
- tejer
- tejido
English:
crochet

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ganchillo nm

1. [aguja] crochet hook

2. [labor] crochet;

hacer ganchillo to crochet;

colcha de ganchillo crocheted bedspread

* * *

ganchillo

m crochet;

hacer ganchillo crochet

Spanish-English dictionary > ganchillo
54 gancho

m.

1 hook (garfio).

como le eche el gancho al que me ha robado la bici… (informal) just wait till I wait my hands on whoever stole my bike… (peninsular Spanish)

2 decoy (cómplice) (de timador).

3 clothes hanger.

4 barker.

5 layup.

6 pothook.

7 safety-pin.

8 paperclip, paper clip.

9 hairpin.

10 hookshot.

11 branch.

12 buddy, mate.

13 clasp.

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gancho

► nombre masculino

1 hook

2 (para ropa) peg

3 (cayado) shepherd's crook

4 familiar (atractivo) attractiveness, charm

5 familiar (compinche de un estafador) bait, decoy

6 (en boxeo) hook

7 (en baloncesto) hook shot

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FRASEOLOGÍA

echar el gancho a alguien familiar to hook somebody

tener gancho familiar to be attractive, have charm

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noun m.

hook

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SM

1) (=garfio) hook; [de árbol] stump; (Agr) shepherd's crook

- echar el gancho a algn

- estar en ganchos

gancho de carnicero — butcher's hook

gancho de remolque — towing hook, trailer hitch

2) LAm (=horquilla) hairpin; [para la ropa] hanger; CAm (=imperdible) safety pin

3) * (=atractivo sexual) sex appeal; (=atractivo popular) pulling power

una chica con mucho gancho — a girl with lots of sex appeal

un actor con mucho gancho — an actor with great pulling power

el nuevo delantero tiene gancho — the new forward is a crowd-puller

esta música tiene gancho — this music's really got something

lo usan de gancho para atraer a la gente — they use it as an attraction to pull the crowds in

4) [de timador] accomplice

5) (Boxeo) (=golpe) hook

un gancho hacia arriba — an uppercut

6) LAm (=ayuda) help; (=protección) protection

- hacer gancho

7) And lady's saddle

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masculino

1) ( garfio) hook

hacerle gancho a alguien con alguien — (CS fam) to set somebody up with somebody (colloq)

ir de gancho — (Col) to walk along arm in arm

2)

a) ( clip) paperclip; ( de patitas) paper fastener

b) ( horquilla) hairpin

c) (Andes) ( imperdible) safety pin

d) (AmL) ( para la ropa) hanger

3)

a) (fam) (para atrapar, seducir) bait

b) (fam) ( atractivo)

un hombre con mucho gancho — a very attractive man

un artista que tiene gancho — an artist who enjoys great popularity

4)

a) ( en boxeo) hook

b) ( en baloncesto) hook shot

* * *

= hook, clip, peg, draw, teaser, loss-leader, panache.

Ex. The platen was lashed up tight to the toe of the spindle by cords which connected hooks at its four corners to another set of hooks at the four lower corners of the hose.

Ex. Some vertical storage chests utilize wooden rods to which the maps are attached and others use clips or pegs.

Ex. Some vertical storage chests utilize wooden rods to which the maps are attached and others use clips or pegs.

Ex. The draw of earning up to 30 pounds per cadaver without risking life or limb proved too tempting for some of the more barbarous resurrectionists, however, leading them to commit murder.

Ex. The Internet is the ideal place to offer the ' teaser' -- the 'hot' item or service which leads consumers in to buy the other products offered by the company.

Ex. The Internet is the ideal place to offer the ' loss-leader,' the item or service offered cheap, in the hope that consumers will investigate and buy the others.

Ex. It is a richly documented, smoothly narrated, and lavishly illustrated study by a historian who knows his stuff and tells it with panache.

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* alfiler de gancho = safety pin.

* gancho para el remolque = tow-bar [towbar].

* tener gancho = be engaging.

* * *

masculino

1) ( garfio) hook

hacerle gancho a alguien con alguien — (CS fam) to set somebody up with somebody (colloq)

ir de gancho — (Col) to walk along arm in arm

2)

a) ( clip) paperclip; ( de patitas) paper fastener

b) ( horquilla) hairpin

c) (Andes) ( imperdible) safety pin

d) (AmL) ( para la ropa) hanger

3)

a) (fam) (para atrapar, seducir) bait

b) (fam) ( atractivo)

un hombre con mucho gancho — a very attractive man

un artista que tiene gancho — an artist who enjoys great popularity

4)

a) ( en boxeo) hook

b) ( en baloncesto) hook shot

* * *

= hook, clip, peg, draw, teaser, loss-leader, panache.

Ex: The platen was lashed up tight to the toe of the spindle by cords which connected hooks at its four corners to another set of hooks at the four lower corners of the hose.

Ex: Some vertical storage chests utilize wooden rods to which the maps are attached and others use clips or pegs.

Ex: Some vertical storage chests utilize wooden rods to which the maps are attached and others use clips or pegs.

Ex: The draw of earning up to 30 pounds per cadaver without risking life or limb proved too tempting for some of the more barbarous resurrectionists, however, leading them to commit murder.

Ex: The Internet is the ideal place to offer the ' teaser' -- the 'hot' item or service which leads consumers in to buy the other products offered by the company.

Ex: The Internet is the ideal place to offer the ' loss-leader,' the item or service offered cheap, in the hope that consumers will investigate and buy the others.

Ex: It is a richly documented, smoothly narrated, and lavishly illustrated study by a historian who knows his stuff and tells it with panache.

* alfiler de gancho = safety pin.

* gancho para el remolque = tow-bar [towbar].

* tener gancho = be engaging.

* * *

gancho

masculine

A (garfio) hook

gancho de carnicero butcher's hook

los ganchos de la cortina the curtain hooks

echarle el gancho a algo/algn ( Esp fam); to get one's hands on sth/sb ( colloq)

hacerle gancho a algn con algn (CS fam); to set sb up with sb ( colloq)

Lorena me va a hacer gancho con su hermano Lorena is going to set me up with her brother ( colloq)

hacerle mal gancho a algn ( Chi fam); to cramp sb's style ( colloq)

ir de gancho ( Col); to walk along arm in arm

B

1 (clip) paperclip; (grapa) staple; (de patitas) paper fastener

2 (horquilla — abierta) hairpin; (— cerrada) bobby pin ( AmE), hairgrip ( BrE); (pasador) barrette ( AmE), hairslide ( BrE)

3 (Andes, Ven) (imperdible) safety pin

Compuesto:

gancho de nodriza

( Col) safety pin

C

1 ( fam) (para atrapar, seducir) bait

2 ( fam)

(atractivo): un hombre con mucho gancho a very attractive man

es una película que tiene gancho the movie's a real crowd puller, the movie has great drawing power

un artista que tiene gancho an artist who enjoys great popularity o who has a lot of popular appeal

D (en boxeo) hook

E (en baloncesto) hook shot

F (AmC, Andes, Méx) (colgador) hanger

G ( Chi) (de un árbol) branch

H ( Chi fam) (amigo) buddy ( AmE colloq), mate ( BrE colloq)

con gancho ( Chi fam): la invitación es con gancho the invitation says bring a friend

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gancho sustantivo masculino
1
a) ( garfio) hook

b) (AmL) ( para la ropa) hanger

c) (Andes, Ven) ( imperdible) safety pin

2
a) ( en boxeo) hook

b) ( en baloncesto) hook shot

gancho sustantivo masculino
1 hook
2 fam (gracia, encanto) charm
3 (cómplice de un estafador) bait, decoy
(de la policía) stool-pigeon
4 LAm (para el pelo) hairpin
' gancho' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
enganchar
- reclamo
- alfiler
- colgar
- percha
English:
hang
- hook
- clip
- hanger
- hooked
- on
- peg
- safety

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gancho nm

1. [garfio] hook;
[de percha] peg;
Comp
Esp Fam
echar el gancho a alguien: como le eche el gancho al que me ha robado la bici… just wait till I get my hands on whoever stole my bike…

2. [cómplice] [de timador] decoy

3. Fam [atractivo]
esa chica tiene mucho gancho that girl is quite something o can really turn heads;

tiene gancho como relaciones públicas she has a real gift for public relations;

uno de los ganchos del proyecto es su bajo coste one of the big plusses of the project is its low cost

4. [en baloncesto] hook

5. [en boxeo] hook;

gancho de izquierda/derecha left/right hook

6. Andes, CAm, Méx, Ven [percha] hanger

7. Col, Ven [pinza] Br (clothes) peg, US clothespin

8. Andes, CAm, Méx [horquilla] hairpin

9. Bol, Col [imperdible] safety pin

10. Ecuad [silla] sidesaddle

11. Méx [labor] crochet

12. RP [para papeles] staple

13. RP Fam [contacto]
hacerle gancho a alguien con alguien to fix sb up with sb;

si te gusta mi prima, te hago gancho if you fancy my cousin, I'll try to fix you up with her;

las madres les hicieron gancho their mothers tried to get them together

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gancho

m

1 hook

2 L.Am., Arg fig fam

sex-appeal;

tener gancho fam

de un grupo, una campaña be popular; de una persona have that certain something

3 L.Am.

hacer gancho ( ayudar) lend a hand

4 L.Am. ( grapa) staple

5 L.Am. ( percha) coat hanger

* * *

gancho nm

1) : hook

2) : clothes hanger

3) : hairpin, bobby pin

4) Col : safety pin

* * *

gancho n (instrumento) hook

tener gancho to be popular

tiene mucho gancho con los chicos she's very popular with boys

Spanish-English dictionary > gancho
55 hacer que Alguien trabaje exhaustivamente

(v.) = work + Nombre + to death

Ex. When the point is reached at which the instructor begins to fade into the background, individual students can select cases to analyze and solve on their own before the class period, literally pulling them apart and putting them together again -- ' working them to death'.

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(v.) = work + Nombre + to death

Ex: When the point is reached at which the instructor begins to fade into the background, individual students can select cases to analyze and solve on their own before the class period, literally pulling them apart and putting them together again -- ' working them to death'.

Spanish-English dictionary > hacer que Alguien trabaje exhaustivamente
56 hacer todo lo posible

hacer todo lo posible

to do one's best

* * *

(v.) = do + Posesivo + best, make + every effort, pull out + all the stops, do + the best + Nombre + may, do + the best + Nombre + can, try + hard, try + Posesivo + best, try + Posesivo + heart out, work + hard, give + Posesivo + best

Ex. She was determined that she would do her best to wriggle out from under the dunce cap he was trying to place on her.

Ex. Nevertheless, every effort should be made to build in the potential for the use of IT in as many areas as possible around the library.

Ex. So, as you see we're pulling out all the stops to give you a memorable conference.

Ex. We are willing to try and do the best we may, however little or however much it may signify to any particular individual.

Ex. We would suppose that we would like to do the best we can and get comment and input from you about the mistakes that are made.

Ex. Over the years the profession has tried hard to ignore the steady stream of library school closings.

Ex. Ward tried his best to draw together the extremely varied findings and give a general picture of reading habits and library use.

Ex. She shed a proud tear or two for her niece (win or lose), because she could see her trying her heart out.

Ex. Not only are the standards written, but there is a body called the Peer Council which works very hard at enforcing the standards.

Ex. This year's football tournament was held on a very hot afternoon and all the teams gave their best despite the heat.

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hacer todo lo posible (dado)

(v.) = do + the best possible (with)

Ex: The library's approach has been to do the best possible with available resources.

(v.) = do + Posesivo + best, make + every effort, pull out + all the stops, do + the best + Nombre + may, do + the best + Nombre + can, try + hard, try + Posesivo + best, try + Posesivo + heart out, work + hard, give + Posesivo + best

Ex: She was determined that she would do her best to wriggle out from under the dunce cap he was trying to place on her.

Ex: Nevertheless, every effort should be made to build in the potential for the use of IT in as many areas as possible around the library.

Ex: So, as you see we're pulling out all the stops to give you a memorable conference.

Ex: We are willing to try and do the best we may, however little or however much it may signify to any particular individual.

Ex: We would suppose that we would like to do the best we can and get comment and input from you about the mistakes that are made.

Ex: Over the years the profession has tried hard to ignore the steady stream of library school closings.

Ex: Ward tried his best to draw together the extremely varied findings and give a general picture of reading habits and library use.

Ex: She shed a proud tear or two for her niece (win or lose), because she could see her trying her heart out.

Ex: Not only are the standards written, but there is a body called the Peer Council which works very hard at enforcing the standards.

Ex: This year's football tournament was held on a very hot afternoon and all the teams gave their best despite the heat.

Spanish-English dictionary > hacer todo lo posible
57 hacer todo lo que está en nuestras manos

(v.) = pull out + all the stops

Ex. So, as you see we're pulling out all the stops to give you a memorable conference.

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(v.) = pull out + all the stops

Ex: So, as you see we're pulling out all the stops to give you a memorable conference.

Spanish-English dictionary > hacer todo lo que está en nuestras manos
58 hora de clase

(n.) = class period

Ex. When the point is reached at which the instructor begins to fade into the background, individual students can select cases to analyze and solve on their own before the class period, literally pulling them apart and putting them together again -- 'working them to death'.

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(n.) = class period

Ex: When the point is reached at which the instructor begins to fade into the background, individual students can select cases to analyze and solve on their own before the class period, literally pulling them apart and putting them together again -- 'working them to death'.

Spanish-English dictionary > hora de clase
59 mostrador de préstamo

(n.) = circulation desk, control counter, check-out desk, library issue desk, front desk

Ex. For example, books close to the door and the circulation desk may be intended for the user who merely wishes to make a swift selection of items to take away and read elsewhere.

Ex. The control counter and associated screening are part of a co-ordinated modular system comprised of units which are readily reassembled into different configurations.

Ex. When you arrive at the check-out desk you have a laden trolley and many more items than on your shopping list.

Ex. This study was initiated to provide ergonomics information concerning the design and layout of library issue desks.

Ex. While we do not envision library customers pulling out their wallets at the front desk, they are still expending a valuable resource -- time.

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(n.) = circulation desk, control counter, check-out desk, library issue desk, front desk

Ex: For example, books close to the door and the circulation desk may be intended for the user who merely wishes to make a swift selection of items to take away and read elsewhere.

Ex: The control counter and associated screening are part of a co-ordinated modular system comprised of units which are readily reassembled into different configurations.

Ex: When you arrive at the check-out desk you have a laden trolley and many more items than on your shopping list.

Ex: This study was initiated to provide ergonomics information concerning the design and layout of library issue desks.

Ex: While we do not envision library customers pulling out their wallets at the front desk, they are still expending a valuable resource -- time.

Spanish-English dictionary > mostrador de préstamo
60 muelle de carga

(n.) = loading dock, loading bay

Ex. Trucks started pulling up every hour, day and night, to the library's loading dock and depositing heaps of unordered and unwanted books.

Ex. Archaeological work in advance of construction of a new loading bay has provided important evidence regarding development of the north bank of the city.

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(n.) = loading dock, loading bay

Ex: Trucks started pulling up every hour, day and night, to the library's loading dock and depositing heaps of unordered and unwanted books.

Ex: Archaeological work in advance of construction of a new loading bay has provided important evidence regarding development of the north bank of the city.

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muelle de carga

loading bay

Spanish-English dictionary > muelle de carga

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