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reducing (verb)

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1 reducing

1. n искусственное худение; диета для потери веса

reducing diet — редуцированная диета

reducing still — куб для отгона легких фракций

2. n хим. восстановление

3. n фон. редуцирование

4. n спец. приведение

reducing a fraction to its lowest terms — приведение дробь к несократимому виду

Синонимический ряд:

1. abbreviation (noun) abbreviation; abridgment; curtailing; cutting; editing; shortening

2. conquering (verb) bearing down; beating down; conquering; crushing; defeating; overpowering; subduing; subjugating; vanquishing

3. cutting (verb) chopping; clipping; cropping; curtailing; cut back; cut down; cutting; cutting back; cutting down; lopping; lowering; marking down; paring; shaving; shearing; slashing; trimming

4. decreasing (verb) abating; bating; closing; decreasing; diminishing; draining; draining away; dwindling; ebbing; lessening; let up; peaking out; peter out; petering out; rebating; receding; shrinking; tail off; taper off; tapering; tapering off

5. degrading (verb) breaking; bumping; busting; degrading; demoting; downgrading; putting down

6. dieting (verb) dieting; slimming; trim down

7. lowering (verb) cheapening; depreciating; devaluating; devaluing; lowering; mark down

8. slenderizing (verb) slenderizing; slimming down

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2 diminishing

1. a уменьшающийся, убывающий

diminishing scale — убывающая шкала

diminishing utility — убывающая полезность

law of diminishing returns — закон убывающей доходности

law of diminishing utility — закон убывающей полезности

diminishing increment sort — сортировка с убывающим шагом

law of diminishing return — закон уменьшающихся возмещений

2. a уменьшающий

diminishing lens — уменьшительная линза

Синонимический ряд:

1. decreasing (adj.) abating; declining; decreasing; dwindling; less and less; lessening; reducing; shrinking

2. lessening (noun) alleviation; decrease; diminution; lessening; reduction

3. abridging (verb) abridging; curtailing; lessening; minifying

4. decreasing (verb) bating; closing; decreasing; draining away; peaking out; petering out; rebating; receding; tapering; tapering off

5. decrying (verb) abusing; belittling; crying down; decrying; depreciating; derogating; detracting from; discounting; disparaging; minimizing; running down; taking away; taking from; writing off

6. reducing (verb) abating; draining; dwindling; ebbing; let up; peter out; reducing; shrinking; tail off; taper off

English-Russian base dictionary > diminishing
3 draining

1. n осушение, дренаж; водоотвод

pipe draining — трубчатый дренаж

cross draining — поперечный дренаж

chest draining — дренаж грудной клетки

draining conditions — условия осушения

draining spade — штыковая лопата для отрывки дрен

2. n спуск

Синонимический ряд:

1. removal (noun) depletion; discharging; evacuation; excreting; exhaustion; removal

2. depleting (verb) depleting; desiccating; dry up; give out; play out; run dry; run out

3. drafting (verb) drafting; draw off; drawing; drawing off; let out; pumping; siphoning; tapping

4. reducing (verb) abating; decreasing; diminishing; dwindling; ebbing; lessening; let up; peter out; reducing; shrinking; tail off; taper off

5. spending (verb) bankrupting; consuming; depleting; drawing down; eat up; exhausting; expending; finishing; impoverishing; run through; sapping; spending; use up; using up

6. tiring (verb) fatiguing; jading; tiring; wear down; wear out; wearing; wearing down; wearying

English-Russian base dictionary > draining
4 slashing

1. a суровый; беспощадный; резкий

slashing criticism — беспощадная критика

price slashing — резкое понижение цен

2. a стремительный; сокрушительный

slashing attack — яростная атака

3. a лихой, отчаянный

slashing fellow — удалец; сорвиголова

4. a разг. классный; хоть куда

slashing dinner — отличный обед

5. adv эмоц.-усил. очень, необыкновенно; хоть куда

a slashing fine film — фильм что надо

Синонимический ряд:

1. cutting (adj.) acerbic; acid; acidic; acrid; biting; caustic; cutting; incisive; mordacious; mordant; penetrating; pungent; scathing; stinging; truculent; vitriolic; vituperative

2. ripping (noun) bursting; cleaving; ripping; rupturing; severing; slicing; splitting; tearing; wrenching

3. hacking (verb) hacking; hackling; haggling

4. lambasting (verb) blistering; castigating; drubbing; excoriating; flaying; lambasting; lashing; lashing into; roasting; scarifying; scathing; scorching; scoring; scourging; slamming; slapping

5. reducing (verb) chopping; clipping; cropping; cut back; cut down; cutting down; lopping; lowering; marking down; paring; reducing; shaving; shearing; trimming

6. shortening (verb) abbreviating; abridging; curtailing; cutting back; retrenching; shortening

7. slitting (verb) cutting; gashing; incising; piercing; slashing; slicing; slitting

English-Russian base dictionary > slashing
5 shaving

1. n бритьё

2. n стружка

cork shavings — пробковая стружка

wood shaving — деревянная стружка

shaving exhauster — вытяжной вентилятор для стружки

3. n выравнивание поверхности

4. n тех. шевингование

axial traverse shaving — продольное шевингование

plunge feed shaving — шевингование методом врезания

underpass gear shaving — тангенциальное шевингование

elliptoid shaving — шевингование бочкообразных зубьев

parallel axis shaving — шевингование с параллельными осями

5. n тех. обрезка

6. n стирание записи

7. n разг. вымогательство

Синонимический ряд:

1. tiny bit (noun) cell; chip; drop; flake; fragment; pellicle; scale; sliver; tiny bit

2. brushing (verb) brushing; glancing; grazing; kissing; skimming

3. reducing (verb) clipping; cropping; cutting; cutting back; cutting down; lowering; marking down; paring; pruning; reducing; shearing; slashing; trimming

4. scraping (verb) scraping

5. slivering (verb) shredding; slivering

English-Russian base dictionary > shaving
6 shrinking

1. n усадка

2. n текст. посадка, декатировка

3. a застенчивый, робкий

shrinking in his manner — застенчивый в обращении

Синонимический ряд:

1. undemonstrative (adj.) aseptic; restrained; retiring; unaffable; undemonstrative; unexpansive; withdrawn

2. contracting (verb) compressing; concentrating; condensing; constricting; contracting

3. failing (verb) dwindling; failing; waning; wasting away; weakening

4. reducing (verb) abating; decreasing; diminishing; draining; ebbing; lessening; let up; peter out; reducing; tail off; taper off

5. starting (verb) blanching; blenching; flinching; quailing; recoiling; shying; starting; wincing

6. becoming different (other) altering; becoming different; changing; changing color; degenerating; deteriorating; developing; growing; metamorphosing

English-Russian base dictionary > shrinking
7 downgrading

понижение по работе

Синонимический ряд:

1. reduction (noun) degradation; demotion; reduction

2. discounting (verb) belittling; decrying; derogating; detracting; discounting; disparaging; minimising; talk down

3. reducing (verb) breaking; bumping; busting; cheapening; debasing; degrading; demeaning; demoting; depreciating; devaluating; devaluing; downgrading; lowering; mark down; marking down; putting down; reducing; softening; underrating; undervaluing; writing down; writing off

English-Russian base dictionary > downgrading
8 cutting down

вырубка

clear cutting — вырубка

test cutting — пробная рубка

clean cutting — сплошная рубка

side cutting — боковая вырубка

select cutting — выборочная рубка

Синонимический ряд:

reducing (verb) clipping; cutting; cutting back; lowering; marking down; paring; reducing; shaving; slashing

English-Russian base dictionary > cutting down
9 reduce

[rɪ'djuːs] transitive verb

1) (diminish) senken [Preis, Gebühr, Fieber, Aufwendungen, Blutdruck usw.]; verbilligen [Ware]; reduzieren [Geschwindigkeit, Gewicht, Anzahl, Menge, Preis]

reduce waste — Müll vermeiden

at reduced prices — zu herabgesetzten Preisen

2)

reduce to despair/silence/tears — in Verzweiflung stürzen/verstummen lassen/zum Weinen bringen

reduce somebody to begging — jemanden an den Bettelstab bringen

be reduced to starvation — hungern müssen

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[rə'dju:s]
verb

1) (to make less, smaller etc: The shop reduced its prices; The train reduced speed.) herabsetzen

2) (to lose weight by dieting: I must reduce to get into that dress.) abnehmen

3) (to drive, or put, into a particular (bad) state: The bombs reduced the city to ruins; She was so angry, she was almost reduced to tears; During the famine, many people were reduced to eating grass and leaves.) verwandeln, zwingen

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re·duce

[rɪˈdju:s, AM esp -ˈdu:s]

I. vt

1. (make less)

▪ to \reduce sth etw verringern [o reduzieren]

we must \reduce expenditures by 10% in the second quarter wir müssen die Ausgaben im zweiten Quartal um 10 % reduzieren

the television was \reduced from £500 to £350 in the sales der Fernseher war von 500 auf 350 Pfund heruntergesetzt

my wage has been \reduced to £160 mein Lohn wurde auf 160 Pfund gekürzt

the judge \reduced his sentence to 1 year in jail der Richter setzte sein Strafmaß auf 1 Jahr Gefängnis herab

to \reduce sb's authority/duties/responsibilities jds Autorität/Aufgaben/Verantwortlichkeiten einschränken; price etw heruntersetzen

after the scandal, the officer was \reduced in rank nach dem Skandal wurde der Offizier degradiert

to \reduce a backlog einen Rückstand aufholen

to \reduce speed/velocity die Geschwindigkeit verringern

to \reduce taxes Steuern senken

to \reduce wages Löhne kürzen

2. (make smaller)

to \reduce a drawing/photo eine Zeichnung/ein Foto verkleinern

to \reduce a fraction MATH einen Bruch kürzen [o fachspr reduzieren]

to \reduce liquids/a sauce Flüssigkeiten/eine Soße einkochen lassen

\reduce the sauce to [or by] half over a medium flame die Soße bis zur halben Menge bei mittlerer Hitze einkochen lassen

to \reduce sth to ashes CHEM etw veraschen

to \reduce sth to a common denominator MATH etw auf einen gemeinsamen Nenner bringen

3. (bring down)

to \reduce sth to ashes [or rubble] [or ruins] etw in Schutt und Asche legen

Allied bombing \reduced the city to ruins alliierte Bombenangriffe legten die Stadt in Schutt und Asche

▪ to \reduce sb to sth [or doing sth] jdn dazu treiben, etw zu tun

when he lost his job, they were \reduced to begging help from his parents als er seine Arbeit verlor, waren sie gezwungen, seine Eltern um Hilfe zu bitten

to \reduce sb to obedience/submission jdn zum Gehorsam/zur Unterwerfung bringen

to \reduce sb to the ranks MIL jdn [in den Mannschaftsdienstgrad] degradieren

to \reduce sb to tears jdn zum Weinen bringen

4. MED (repair)

to \reduce a dislocated arm/joint einen ausgekugelten Arm/ein Gelenk einrenken

II. vi AM abnehmen

to be reducing eine Diät machen

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[rɪ'djuːs]
1. vt

1) pressure, weight, swelling, risk, chances verringern, reduzieren; speed reduzieren, verlangsamen; authority schwächen; (= lower) standards, temperatures herabsetzen, reduzieren; prices ermäßigen, herabsetzen, reduzieren; taxes, costs senken; expenses, wages kürzen; value mindern; (= shorten) verkürzen; (in size) width, staff, drawing, photo verkleinern, reduzieren; scale of operations einschränken; output drosseln, reduzieren; (COOK) sauce einkochen lassen

to reduce one's weight —

to reduce the strength of a solution — eine Lösung abschwächen

to reduce speed (Mot) — langsamer fahren

"reduce speed now" (Mot) —

the facts may all be reduced to four main headings — die Tatsachen können alle auf vier Hauptpunkte reduziert werden

2) (in price) goods, item heruntersetzen, herabsetzen

3) (= change the form of CHEM) reduzieren; (MATH) zerlegen (to in +acc)

to reduce sth to a powder — etw pulverisieren

to reduce sth to its parts — etw in seine Einzelteile zerlegen

to reduce sth to a common denominator ( Math, fig ) — etw auf einen gemeinsamen Nenner bringen

to reduce an argument to a matter of principle — aus einem Argument eine Frage des Prinzips machen

it has been reduced to a mere... — es ist jetzt nur noch ein...

it has been reduced to nothing — es ist zu nichts zusammengeschmolzen

he's reduced to a skeleton — er ist zum Skelett abgemagert

to reduce sb to silence/despair/tears — jdn zum Schweigen/zur Verzweiflung/zum Weinen bringen

to reduce sb to begging/to slavery — jdn zum Betteln/zur Sklaverei zwingen

are we reduced to this! —

to be reduced to submission — aufgeben müssen

4) (MED) joint wieder einrenken

2. vi
(esp US: slim) abnehmen
to be reducing — eine Schlankheitskur machen

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reduce [rıˈdjuːs; US auch rıˈduːs]

A v/t

1. herabsetzen, vermindern, -ringern, reduzieren ( alle:

by um;

to auf akk):

reduce speed langsamer fahren;

reduce one’s weight (by five kilos) (fünf Kilo) abnehmen;

reduced-emission abgasreduziert (Auto, Motor); → minimum A

2. Preise herabsetzen (auch Waren), ermäßigen (from … to von … auf akk):

sell at reduced prices zu herabgesetzten Preisen verkaufen;

at a reduced fare zu ermäßigtem Fahrpreis

3. (im Rang, Wert etc) herabsetzen, -mindern, erniedrigen

4. auch reduce to the ranks MIL degradieren:

reduce to the rank of zum … degradieren

5. schwächen, erschöpfen

6. (finanziell) einengen: → circumstance 2

7. (to) verwandeln (in akk, zu), machen (zu):

reduce kernels Kerne zermahlen oder zerstampfen oder zerkleinern;

reduce to a heap of rubble in einen Schutthaufen verwandeln;

reduced to a skeleton zum Skelett abgemagert;

his anxiety reduced him to a nervous wreck machte aus ihm ein Nervenbündel; → pulp A 5

8. bringen (to zu, in akk):

reduce to a system in ein System bringen;

reduce to rules in Regeln fassen;

reduce to order in Ordnung bringen;

reduce to writing schriftlich niederlegen;

reduce theories into practice Theorien in die Praxis umsetzen

9. zurückführen, reduzieren ( beide:

to auf akk):

reduce to absurdity ad absurdum führen

10. zerlegen (to in akk)

11. einteilen (to in akk)

12. anpassen (to dat oder an akk)

13. CHEM, MATH reduzieren:

reduce an equation eine Gleichung auflösen;

reduce a fraction einen Bruch reduzieren oder kürzen; → denominator 1

14. verkleinern:

reduced scale verkleinerter Maßstab;

on a reduced scale in verkleinertem Maßstab

15. METALL (aus)schmelzen ( from aus)

16. zwingen ( to obedience zum Gehorsam), bringen ( to despair zur Verzweiflung; to silence zum Schweigen):

reduce sb to poverty ( oder beggary) jemanden an den Bettelstab bringen;

he was reduced to selling his house er war gezwungen, sein Haus zu verkaufen;

be reduced to tears zu Tränen gerührt sein

17. obs unterwerfen, besiegen, erobern

18. beschränken (to auf akk)

19. Farben etc verdünnen

20. FOTO ein Negativ etc abschwächen

21. BIOL eine Zelle reduzieren

22. MED einrenken, (wieder) einrichten

23. GASTR eine Soße etc reduzieren, einkochen lassen

B v/i

1. besonders US (an Gewicht) abnehmen:

be reducing eine Schlankheits- oder Abmagerungskur machen

2. BIOL sich unter Chromosomenreduktion teilen

red. abk reduce (reduced)

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[rɪ'djuːs] transitive verb

1) (diminish) senken [Preis, Gebühr, Fieber, Aufwendungen, Blutdruck usw.]; verbilligen [Ware]; reduzieren [Geschwindigkeit, Gewicht, Anzahl, Menge, Preis]

reduce waste — Müll vermeiden

at reduced prices — zu herabgesetzten Preisen

2)

reduce to despair/silence/tears — in Verzweiflung stürzen/verstummen lassen/zum Weinen bringen

reduce somebody to begging — jemanden an den Bettelstab bringen

be reduced to starvation — hungern müssen

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v.

ermäßigen v.

herabsetzen v.

reduzieren v.

verkleinern v.

vermindern v.

verringern v.

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10 lowering

подъемно-опускной; опускной

Синонимический ряд:

1. overcast (adj.) cloudy; dull; heavy; louring; nubilous; overcast; overclouded

2. threatening (adj.) dark; frown; gloomy; imminent; loury; lowery; menacing; ominous; overhanging; sullen; threatening

3. couching (verb) couching; depressing; drooping; letting down; sinking

4. cutting (verb) chopping; clipping; cropping; curtailing; cut back; cut down; cutting; cutting back; cutting down; lopping; marking down; paring; reducing; shaving; shearing; slashing; trimming

5. depreciating (verb) cheapening; decrying; depreciating; devaluating; devaluing; downgrading; mark down; reducing; softening; underrating; undervaluing; writing down; writing off

6. dropping (verb) dropping; let down; lowering; take down

7. falling (verb) descending; falling

8. frowning (verb) frowning; glooming; glowering; scowling

9. humbling (verb) abasing; casting down; debasing; degrading; demeaning; humbling; humiliating

English-Russian base dictionary > lowering
11 abnehmen

(unreg., trennb., hat -ge-)

I v/t

1. (herunternehmen) take off (von etw. (from) s.th.); remove ( von from) (beide auch TECH.); (Hut, Mantel) auch take off; (Bild, Wäsche, Vorhang) auch take down; (Obst, Strauchfrüchte) pick

2. (Bein etc.) amputate, take off; (Bart) shave off; ( jemandem) Blut abnehmen take a blood sample (from s.o.)

3. (wegnehmen) jemandem etw. abnehmen take s.th. away from s.o.; jemandem den Führerschein abnehmen take s.o.’s driving licen|ce (Am. -se) away

4. umg. (verlangen) jemandem etw. abnehmen charge s.o. s.th. allg.; jemandem zu viel abnehmen overcharge s.o.

5. (von etw. befreien) jemandem etw. abnehmen (Aufgabe, Last, Sorge etc.) relieve s.o. of s.th.; darf ich Ihnen Ihre Tasche abnehmen? can I carry your bag for you?, may I help you with your bag?; kann ich dir etwas abnehmen? can I give you a hand with anything?; den Weg kann ich dir abnehmen I can save you the journey

6. WIRTS. (Ware) buy ( Dat from); (Lieferung) take delivery of; das nimmt ihm keiner ab umg., fig. (glaubt ihm keiner) nobody will buy that

7. (prüfen) inspect, test; TECH. accept; (Prüfung) hold; (Parade) take the salute (at a parade)

8. fig.: jemandem die Beichte abnehmen hear s.o.’s confession; jemandem einen Eid / ein Versprechen abnehmen make s.o. swear an oath / make a promise; jemandem die Fingerabdrücke abnehmen take ( oder get) s.o.’s fingerprints

II vt/i

1. (Gewicht verlieren) lose weight; durch Diät: be slimming (Am. dieting, reducing); 10 Pfund etc. abnehmen lose 10 pounds etc.

2. beim Stricken: (Maschen) decrease

3. ( den Hörer) abnehmen pick up the receiver, answer (the phone); nimmst du mal ab? can you get it?

III v/i decrease, decline, diminish, grow less; Kräfte, Leistungsvermögen: diminish, langsam: dwindle; Geschwindigkeit: slacken (off), slow down; Sturm: abate, subside; Macht, Begeisterung, Nachfrage, Anzahl etc.: decline, wane; Mond: (be on the) wane; Temperatur, Fieber, Todesfälle: drop, fall, subside; Druck, Erregung, Schwellung, Schmerzen, Spannung: subside, lessen, fall off; Helligkeit: fade, diminish; Kälte, Niveau: drop

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(Bart) to shave off;

(Gewicht) to lose weight;

(Mond) to wane; to be on the wane;

(Telefon) to answer the phone; to answer the telephone;

(Ware) to take delivery of; to buy;

(akzeptieren) to accept;

(amputieren) to amputate; to take off;

(herunternehmen) to take off; to take down;

(sich verringern) to decrease; to decline; to fall; to lessen; to diminish;

(wegnehmen) to remove

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ạb|neh|men sep
1. vt

1) (= herunternehmen) to take off, to remove; Hörer to lift, to pick up; (= lüften) Hut to raise; Vorhang, Bild, Wäsche to take down; Maschen to decrease; (= abrasieren) Bart to take or shave off; (= amputieren) to amputate; (CARDS ) Karte to take from the pile

das Telefon abnehmen — to answer the telephone

2)

(= an sich nehmen) jdm etw abnehmen — to take sth from sb, to relieve sb of sth (form); (fig) Arbeit, Sorgen to take sth off sb's shoulders, to relieve sb of sth

darf ich Ihnen den Mantel/die Tasche abnehmen? — can I take your coat/bag?

jdm die Beichte abnehmen — to hear confession from sb

jdm einen Eid abnehmen — to administer an oath to sb

jdm ein Versprechen abnehmen — to make sb promise something

jdm einen Weg abnehmen — to save sb a journey

jdm eine Besorgung abnehmen — to do some shopping for sb

3) (= wegnehmen) to take away (jdm from sb); (= rauben, abgewinnen) to take (jdm off sb); (inf = abverlangen) to take (jdm off sb)

jdm den Ball abnehmen (Sport) — to steal the ball from sb

diese Schweine haben mir alles abgenommen (inf) — the bastards have taken everything (I had) (sl)

4) (= begutachten) Gebäude, Wohnung, Auto to inspect; (= abhalten) Prüfung to hold; TÜV to carry out

5) (= abkaufen) to take (+dat off), to buy (+dat from, off)

6) Fingerabdrücke to take; Totenmaske to make (+dat of)

7) (fig inf = glauben) to buy (inf)

dieses Märchen nimmt dir keiner ab! (inf) — nobody will buy that tale! (inf)

2. vi

1) (= sich verringern) to decrease; (Vorräte) to go down, to decrease; (zahlenmäßig, mengenmäßig) to drop, to decrease; (Unfälle, Diebstähle etc) to decrease (in number); (Niveau) to go down, to decline; (Kräfte, Energie) to fail, to decline; (Fieber) to lessen, to go down; (Interesse, Nachfrage) to fall off, to decline; (Aufmerksamkeit) to fall off, to flag, to wane; (Mond) to wane; (Tage) to grow or get shorter; (beim Stricken) to decrease

(an Gewicht) abnehmen — to lose weight

in letzter Zeit hast du im Gesicht abgenommen — your face has got thinner recently

2) (TELEC) to answer

es hat keiner abgenommen — no-one answered

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1) (to make or become less: Their numbers had decreased over the previous year.) decrease

2) (to unfasten or remove (from): I detached the bottom part of the form and sent it back.) detach

3) (to become smaller in number or amount: Audiences often fall off during the summer.) fall off

4) (to lose weight by dieting: I must reduce to get into that dress.) reduce

5) (the process or practice of trying to become slimmer: Slimming should be done carefully.) slimming

6) ((of the moon) to appear to become smaller as less of it is visible.) wane

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ab|neh·men¹

irreg

I. vt

1. (abmachen)

▪ etw \abnehmen to take off sth sep; (herunternehmen) to take down sth sep

nehmen Sie bitte den Hut ab! please take your hat off!

bei der Jacke kann man die Kapuze \abnehmen the jacket has a detachable hood

sich dat den Bart \abnehmen to shave one's beard off

ein Bild/Vorhänge \abnehmen to take down a picture/curtains sep

ein Bild von der Wand \abnehmen to take a picture off the wall

den Deckel \abnehmen to take off the lid sep

die Wäsche von der Leine \abnehmen to take the washing off the line

nimm bitte draußen die Wäsche ab! can you get the washing in, please?

2. (hochheben)

den Hörer \abnehmen to pick up the receiver sep

das Telefon \abnehmen to answer the phone

3. MED (amputieren)

▪ jdm ein Arm/Bein \abnehmen to take off sep [or amputate] sb's arm/leg

das zerquetschte Bein musste ihm abgenommen werden they had to take off [or amputate] his crushed leg

4. (zusammenstricken)

zehn Maschen \abnehmen to decrease ten stitches

5. (entgegennehmen, tragen helfen)

▪ jdm etw \abnehmen:

kann ich dir was \abnehmen? can I carry something?

kannst du mir bitte kurz das Paket \abnehmen? could you take [or hold] the parcel for a moment?

kann ich dir die [o deine] Tasche \abnehmen? can I take [or carry] your bag?

darf ich Ihnen den Mantel \abnehmen? may I take your coat?

6. (fig: entgegennehmen)

jdm die Beichte \abnehmen to hear sb's confession

jdm einen Eid \abnehmen to administer an oath to sb

jdm Fingerabdrücke \abnehmen to take sb's fingerprints

jdm das Versprechen \abnehmen, etw zu tun to make sb promise to do sth

7. (wegnehmen)

▪ jdm etw \abnehmen to take sth from [or off] sb; (jds Eigentum stehlen, entziehen) to take sb's sth; (fig: abgewinnen) to win sth from sb; (fig: abverlangen) to charge sb sth

die Lehrerin nahm ihm sein Handy ab, weil er im Unterricht Nachrichten verschickte the teacher took his mobile off him because he was writing text messages in the lesson

er nahm seinem Gegenüber beim Poker große Summen ab he won a lot of money from his opponent at poker

jdm die [o seine] Brieftasche/Uhr \abnehmen to take sb's wallet/watch

jdm den Führerschein \abnehmen to withdraw sb's driving licence [or AM driver's license

8. (a. fig: abkaufen)

▪ jdm etw \abnehmen to buy sth from sb a. fig

niemand wollte ihm die Ladenhüter \abnehmen no one wanted to buy the line that was not selling from him

das [Märchen] nimmt dir keiner ab! (fig) nobody will buy that [fairy tale]! fig

9. (übernehmen)

▪ jdm etw \abnehmen to take sth off sb's shoulders

kann ich dir etwas \abnehmen? can I help you?

deine Arbeit kann ich dir nicht \abnehmen I can't do your work for you

kann ich dir die eine oder andere Besorgung \abnehmen? would you like me to do some of the shopping for you?

10. (begutachten und genehmigen)

ein Fahrzeug \abnehmen lassen to take a car for an MOT test

der Wagen konnte nicht abgenommen werden the car failed its MOT

ein Gebäude/eine Wohnung \abnehmen to pass a building/a flat after inspection

ein Gerät \abnehmen to accept an appliance

11. (abhalten)

eine Prüfung \abnehmen to hold an exam

II. vi

1. (Telefon) to answer [the phone], to pick up sep the phone

gestern nahm bei ihr niemand ab no one answered her phone yesterday

2. (beim Stricken, Häkeln) to decrease

ab|neh·men²

vi irreg

1. (Gewicht verlieren) to lose weight

fünf Kilo/einige Pfund \abnehmen to lose five kilo/a few pounds

im Gesicht/an den Hüften \abnehmen to lose weight in the face/on the hips

2. (sich verringern) to decrease; Nachfrage a. to fall

3. (nachlassen) to diminish; Fieber to go down; Aufmerksamkeit to wane; (sich verschlechtern) to deteriorate

durch die Krankheit nahmen ihre Kräfte immer mehr ab her strength continued to decrease due to her illness

bei zu hohen Preisen nimmt das Interesse der Kunden deutlich ab when the price is too high, customers lose interest

ihre Sehkraft nimmt immer mehr ab her eyesight is deteriorating more and more

4. Mond to wane; Tage to get shorter

bei \abnehmendem Mond during a waning moon

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1.
unregelmäßiges transitives Verb

1) (entfernen) take off; remove; take down <picture, curtain, lamp>

jemandem das Bein abnehmen — take somebody's leg off

2) (übernehmen) take

jemandem den Koffer abnehmen — take somebody's suitcase [from him/her]

kann/darf ich Ihnen etwas abnehmen? — can/may I carry something for you?

jemandem seine Sorgen abnehmen — relieve somebody of his/her worries

3) (entgegennehmen)

jemandem ein Versprechen/einen Eid abnehmen — make somebody give a promise/swear an oath

jemandem die Beichte abnehmen — hear somebody's confession

eine Prüfung abnehmen — conduct an examination

4) (prüfen) inspect and approve; test and pass < vehicle>

5) (wegnehmen) take away <driving licence, passport>

jemandem etwas abnehmen — take something off somebody

6) (abverlangen)

jemandem etwas abnehmen — charge somebody something

7) (abkaufen)

jemandem etwas abnehmen — buy something from somebody

8) (ugs.): (glauben)

das nehme ich dir/ihm usw. nicht ab — I won't buy that (coll.)

9) (beim Telefon) pick up < receiver>; answer < telephone>

10) auch itr. (Handarb.) decrease
2.
unregelmäßiges intransitives Verb

1) (ans Telefon gehen) answer the telephone

es nimmt niemand ab — there is no answer

2) (Gewicht verlieren) lose weight

sechs Kilo abnehmen — lose six kilos

3) (sich verringern) decrease; drop; <attention, interest> flag; < brightness> diminish; < moon> wane

wir haben abnehmenden Mond — there is a waning moon

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abnehmen (irr, trennb, hat -ge-)

A. v/t

1. (herunternehmen) take off (

von etwas (from) sth); remove (

von from) ( beide auch TECH); (Hut, Mantel) auch take off; (Bild, Wäsche, Vorhang) auch take down; (Obst, Strauchfrüchte) pick

2. (Bein etc) amputate, take off; (Bart) shave off;

(jemandem) Blut abnehmen take a blood sample (from sb)

3. (wegnehmen)

jemandem etwas abnehmen take sth away from sb;

jemandem den Führerschein abnehmen take sb’s driving licence (US -se) away;

jemandem den Ball abnehmen steal the ball from sb

4. umg (verlangen)

jemandem etwas abnehmen charge sb sth allg;

jemandem zu viel abnehmen overcharge sb

5. (von etwas befreien)

jemandem etwas abnehmen (Aufgabe, Last, Sorge etc) relieve sb of sth;

darf ich Ihnen Ihre Tasche abnehmen? can I carry your bag for you?, may I help you with your bag?;

kann ich dir etwas abnehmen? can I give you a hand with anything?;

den Weg kann ich dir abnehmen I can save you the journey

6. WIRTSCH (Ware) buy (dat from); (Lieferung) take delivery of;

das nimmt ihm keiner ab umg, fig (glaubt ihm keiner) nobody will buy that

7. (prüfen) inspect, test; TECH accept; (Prüfung) hold; (Parade) take the salute (at a parade)

8. fig:

jemandem die Beichte abnehmen hear sb’s confession;

jemandem einen Eid/ein Versprechen abnehmen make sb swear an oath/make a promise;

jemandem die Fingerabdrücke abnehmen take ( oder get) sb’s fingerprints

B. v/t & v/i

1. (Gewicht verlieren) lose weight; durch Diät: be slimming (US dieting, reducing);

10 Pfund etc

abnehmen lose 10 pounds etc

2. beim Stricken: (Maschen) decrease

3.

(den Hörer) abnehmen pick up the receiver, answer (the phone);

nimmst du mal ab? can you get it?

C. v/i decrease, decline, diminish, grow less; Kräfte, Leistungsvermögen: diminish, langsam: dwindle; Geschwindigkeit: slacken (off), slow down; Sturm: abate, subside; Macht, Begeisterung, Nachfrage, Anzahl etc: decline, wane; Mond: (be on the) wane; Temperatur, Fieber, Todesfälle: drop, fall, subside; Druck, Erregung, Schwellung, Schmerzen, Spannung: subside, lessen, fall off; Helligkeit: fade, diminish; Kälte, Niveau: drop

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1.
unregelmäßiges transitives Verb

1) (entfernen) take off; remove; take down <picture, curtain, lamp>

jemandem das Bein abnehmen — take somebody's leg off

2) (übernehmen) take

jemandem den Koffer abnehmen — take somebody's suitcase [from him/her]

kann/darf ich Ihnen etwas abnehmen? — can/may I carry something for you?

jemandem seine Sorgen abnehmen — relieve somebody of his/her worries

3) (entgegennehmen)

jemandem ein Versprechen/einen Eid abnehmen — make somebody give a promise/swear an oath

jemandem die Beichte abnehmen — hear somebody's confession

eine Prüfung abnehmen — conduct an examination

4) (prüfen) inspect and approve; test and pass < vehicle>

5) (wegnehmen) take away <driving licence, passport>

jemandem etwas abnehmen — take something off somebody

6) (abverlangen)

jemandem etwas abnehmen — charge somebody something

7) (abkaufen)

jemandem etwas abnehmen — buy something from somebody

8) (ugs.): (glauben)

das nehme ich dir/ihm usw. nicht ab — I won't buy that (coll.)

9) (beim Telefon) pick up < receiver>; answer < telephone>

10) auch itr. (Handarb.) decrease
2.
unregelmäßiges intransitives Verb

1) (ans Telefon gehen) answer the telephone

es nimmt niemand ab — there is no answer

2) (Gewicht verlieren) lose weight

sechs Kilo abnehmen — lose six kilos

3) (sich verringern) decrease; drop; <attention, interest> flag; < brightness> diminish; < moon> wane

wir haben abnehmenden Mond — there is a waning moon

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-ungen n.

abatement n.

Deutsch-Englisch Wörterbuch > abnehmen
12 trimming

1. n обыкн. l

2. n отделка, украшения

a dress with lace trimmings — платье, отделанное кружевами

self trimming — отделка из того же материала

3. n приукрашивание

tell me the truth without any trimmings — расскажите мне правду, ничего не приукрашивая

4. n разг. приправа, гарнир

boiled beef and trimmings — отварная говядина с гарниром

5. n разг. аксессуары; необходимое сопровождение

with all the trimmings — со всеми причиндалами, как положено

6. n разг. обыкн. обрезки

trimming work — обрезка

die trimming — обрезка облоя

hide trimming — обрезки шкур

end trimming — обрезка концов

block trimming — обрезка клише

7. n разг. заправка фитиля

8. n разг. сад. подрезывание

9. n разг. выговор, нагоняй

10. n разг. побои, трёпка, взбучка

11. n разг. разг. обман

12. n разг. тех. арматура; гарнитура

13. n разг. тех. снятие заусенцев

trimming press — пресс для обрубки заусенцев

14. n разг. радио подстройка

15. n разг. подгонка

trimming operation — подгонка

laser trimming — лазерная подгонка

abrasive trimming — абразивная подгонка

chip trimming — подгонка бескорпусного резистора

abrasive-jet trimming — абразивная струйная подгонка

16. a разг. поразительный, потрясающий; великолепный

Синонимический ряд:

1. clipping (noun) clipping; cropping; cutting back; lopping off; losing weight; mowing; pruning; reducing; shearing

2. decoration (noun) accessory; border design; decoration; edging; embroidery; fancy hem; frill; side dish

3. trim (noun) adornment; embellishment; ornament; ornamentation; trim

4. adorning (verb) adorning; beautifying; bedecking; decking; decorating; dressing; dressing up; embellishing; garnishing; ornamenting

5. cutting (verb) chopping; clipping; cropping; curtailing; cut back; cut down; cutting; lopping; lowering; paring; pruning; reducing; shaving; shearing; slashing

6. trimming (verb) freshening; grooming; shaving; sprucing; tidying; trimming

7. whipping (verb) beating; blasting; currying; drubbing; dusting; lambasting; licking; mopping up; overrunning; overwhelming; routing; shellacking; smearing; smothering; thrashing; trouncing; upending; walloping; whipping

English-Russian base dictionary > trimming
13 cerrar

v.

1 to close (object) (en general).

María cerró la puerta Mary closed the door.

2 to close (negocio, colegio) (a diario).

el gobierno cerrará dos centrales nucleares the government is to close down two nuclear power stations

3 to close.

4 to close the door (person).

¡cierra, que entra frío! close the door, you're letting the cold in!

5 to close (negocio, colegio) (a diario).

¿a qué hora cierra? what time do you close?

6 to turn off (grifo, llave de gas).

Ricardo cerró el agua Richard turned off the water.

7 to fill, to block (up) (agujero, hueco).

8 to block (carretera, calle).

la policía cerró la calle the police closed off the street

cerrar el paso a alguien to block somebody's way

9 to close.

cerrar la marcha to bring up the rear (ir enúltima posición)

la orquesta cerraba el desfile the orchestra closed the procession

10 to fence (off), to enclose.

11 to heal, to close up.

12 to close down, to close, to lock up, to shut.

Ellos cierran de noche They close at night.

13 to block off, to blank off.

Los huelguistas bloquearon el edificio The strikers blanked off the building

14 to balance out, to match correctly, to check out correctly, to close.

Mi contador cierra mis cuentas My accountant balances out my accounts.

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cerrar

Conjugation model [ ACERTAR], like link=acertar acertar

► verbo transitivo

1 to close, shut

■ cierra la puerta close the door

■ cerró los ojos she closed her eyes

2 (grifo, gas) to turn off; (luz) to turn off, switch off

3 (cuenta) to close

4 (cremallera) to zip (up)

5 (un negocio) to close; (- definitivamente) to close down

6 (carta) to seal

7 (discusión) to end, finish

8 (compra) to close, conclude

9 (agujero) to plug; (grieta) to fill

10 (paraguas) to close, shut, put down

11 (los puños) to clench, close

12 (frontera, puerto) to close; (camino) to block

13 (en dominó) to block

► verbo intransitivo

1 to close, shut

■ no cierra bien it doesn't close properly

2 (punto) to cast off

3 (una herida) to close up, heal

► verbo pronominal cerrarse

1 to close, shut

2 (una herida) to close up, heal

3 AUTOMÓVIL (meterse) to cut in

4 METEREOLOGÍA to cloud over

5 figurado (obstinarse) to dig one's heel in, stand fast; (ponerse en actitud intransigente) to close one's mind (a, to)

■ se cerró en sus ideas he stuck fast to his ideas

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FRASEOLOGÍA

cerrar con cerrojo to bolt

cerrar con llave to lock

cerrar con siete llaves figurado to lock and double-lock

cerrar el paso a alguien to block somebody's way, bar somebody's way

cerrar el pico familiar to shut one's trap

cerrar la boca to shut up

cerrar la puerta en las narices figurado to shut the door in somebody's face

cerrar las filas figurado to close ranks

cerrarse de golpe to slam shut

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verb

1) to close, shut

2) lock

3) turn off

4) seal

•

- cerrarse

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1. VT

1) [hablando de un objeto abierto] [+ puerta, ventana, boca] to close, shut; [+ cremallera] to do up; [+ camisa] to button, do up; [+ cortina] to draw; [+ paraguas, válvula] to close; [+ carta] to seal; [+ costura, herida] to sew up

no puedo cerrar esta maleta — I can't close o shut this suitcase

cierra los ojos — close o shut your eyes

cerrar algo de golpe — to slam sth shut

cerró el libro de golpe — she banged o slammed the book shut

los colegios cerraron sus puertas a causa de la huelga — the schools closed because of the strike

• cerré la puerta con llave — I locked the door

• cierra el pico — * shut your trap **

• cerrar el puño — to clench one's fist
fila 3), b)
2) (=desconectar) [+ gas, grifo, radiador] to turn off

3) (=bloquear) [+ agujero, brecha, tubo] to block (up); [+ frontera, puerto] to close

una roca cerraba la entrada a la cueva — a rock was obstructing the entrance to the cave

han cerrado la frontera — they have closed the border

• cerrar el paso a algn — to block sb's way

trató de entrar, pero le cerraron el paso — he tried to get in, but they blocked o barred his way

4) [+ tienda, negocio] [al final de la jornada] to close, shut; [para siempre] to close, close down

5) [+ jardín, terreno] [con cerca] to fence in; [con muro] to wall in

6) (=poner fin a)

a) [+ debate, narración, programa] to close, end

cerrar el sistema — (Inform) to shut down the system

b) [+ desfile] to bring up the rear of

los manifestantes que cerraban la marcha — the demonstrators bringing up the rear o at the rear

cierra la cabalgata la carroza de Santa Claus — the last float in the procession is the one with Santa Claus

7)

• cerrar un trato — to seal a deal

2. VI

1) [hablando de un objeto abierto] [puerta, ventana] to close, shut; [bragueta] to do up; [paraguas, válvula] to close; [herida] to close up

la puerta cierra mal — the door won't close o shut properly

un estuche que cierra con llave — a jewellery box with a lock

2) [persona]

cierra, que se va a escapar el gato — close o shut the door or the cat will get out

te dejo las llaves para que cierres — I am leaving you the keys so you can lock up

3) [tienda, negocio] to close, shut

¿a qué hora cierran las tiendas el sábado? — what time do the shops close o shut on Saturday?

cerramos a las nueve — we close at nine

las discotecas no cierran en toda la noche — the discos stay open all night

4) (Econ) [en la Bolsa] to close

5) [en dominó] to block; [en Scrabble] to use one's tiles up

¡cierro! — I'm out!

6) (=atacar)

cerrar con o contra algn — to grapple with sb

cerrar con el enemigo — to engage the enemy at close quarters

3.

See:

cerrarse

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1.
verbo transitivo

1)

a) <puerta/ventana> to close, shut; <ojos/boca> to shut, close

cierra la puerta con llave — lock the door

b) < botella> to put the top on/cork in; < frasco> to put the lid on

un frasco herméticamente cerrado — an airtight container

c) <paraguas/abanico/mano> to close; < libro> to close, shut; < puño> to clench

d) < cortinas> to close, draw; < persianas> to lower, pull down; < abrigo> to fasten, button up; < cremallera> to do up

2) <grifo/agua/gas> to turn off; < válvula> to close, shut off

3)

a) <fábrica/comercio/oficina> (en el quehacer diario, por obras, vacaciones) to close; ( definitivamente) to close (down)

b) <aeropuerto/carretera/frontera> to close

cerrado al tráfico — closed to traffic

4) < cuenta bancaria> to close; <caso/juicio> to close; <acuerdo/negociación> to finalize

han cerrado el plazo de inscripción — enrollment has closed o finished

5)

a) <acto/debate> to bring... to an end; < jornada> to end

los acontecimientos que han cerrado el año — the events with which the year has ended

b) <desfile/cortejo> to bring up the rear of

c) < circuito> to close

d) <paréntesis/comillas> to close
2.
cerrar vi

1) (hablando de puerta, ventana)

cierra, que hace frío — close o shut the door (o window etc), it's cold

¿cerraste con llave? — did you lock up?

2) puerta/ventana/cajón to close, shut; grifo/llave de paso to turn off; abrigo/vestido to fasten, do up (BrE)

la ventana no cierra bien — the window doesn't close o shut properly

3) comercio/oficina (en el quehacer diario, por obras, vacaciones) to close, shut; ( definitivamente) to close (down)

cerramos los lunes — we are closed on Mondays

4) (Fin) dolar/peso to close

5) ( en dominó) to block; ( en naipes) to go out
3.
cerrarse v pron

1)

a) puerta/ventana (+ compl) to shut, close

la puerta se cerró sola/de golpe — the door closed by itself/slammed shut

b) ojos (+ me/te/le etc) to close

se me cierran los ojos de cansancio — I'm so tired I can't keep my eyes open

c) flor/almeja to close up

d) herida to heal (up)

2) (refl) < abrigo> to fasten, button up

3) ( terminar) acto/debate/libro to end, conclude; jornada/año to end

4) (mostrarse reacio, intransigente)

se cerró y no quiso saber nada más — she closed her mind and refused to listen to any more about it

se cerró en su actitud — he dug his heels in

cerrarse a algo: sería cerrarse a la evidencia it would be turning our back on the evidence; se cierran a todo cambio — they're not open to change

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= close, close down, seal off, shut down, shut off, zip, fold, fold up + shop.

Ex. The date due calculated by the circulation programs is always checked against the list of dates the library is closed to ensure that a document is not due when it cannot be returned.

Ex. In this case, however, summer vacation resulted in universities and other institutions closing down completely right in the middle of her stay.

Ex. In the case of vast and rapidly growing copyright libraries where the stock is sealed off from the public, specific classification is not worth the effort.

Ex. Cyberattacks involve routers acting at a predesignated time or trigger time and flooding various targeted Web sites with data -- effectively shutting down the Web site.

Ex. Advanced design sprinklers shut off water when the fire is out, reducing the risk of water damage.

Ex. The study investigated the use of a video to teach 3 self-help skills (cleaning sunglasses, putting on a wristwatch, and zipping a jacket) to 3 elementary students with mental disabilities.

Ex. By the mid-eighties, two of the big companies folded, but were replaced by a handful of small, independent firms = A mediados de los ochenta, dos de las grandes compañías quebraron, pero fueron sustituidas por un puñado de pequeñas empresas independientes.

Ex. Why talented and passionate business people so often fold up shop while their less talented, less skilled brethren continue to thrive.

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* cerrar con candado = padlock.

* cerrar con cierre metálico = shutter.

* cerrar con llave = lock.

* cerrar con tablas = board up.

* cerrar definitivamente = close down + operations, close + Posesivo + doors.

* cerrar de golpe = slam.

* cerrar de un portazo = slam.

* cerrar el catálogo = close + the catalogue.

* cerrar el negocio = fold up + shop.

* cerrar filas = close + ranks.

* cerrar herméticamente = seal.

* cerrar las escotillas = batten down + hatches.

* cerrar los postigos = shutter.

* cerrar muy bien = close + tight.

* cerrar un acuerdo = conclude + agreement, conclude + deal.

* cerrar una ventana = switch off + window.

* cerrar un negocio = go out of + business.

* cerrar un trato = close + deal.

* ¡cierra el pico! = put a sock in it!.

* ¡cierra el pico! = shut your mouth!, shut your face!.

* ¡cierra la boca! = shut your mouth!, shut your face!.

* en una abrir y cerrar de ojos = at the flick of a switch, at the drop of a hat.

* en un abrir y cerrar de ojos = in a jiffy, in the time it takes to flick a switch, with the flick of a switch, in a flash, in no time at all, in next to no time, with the tip of a hat, in and out in a flash, in a heartbeat, as quick as a wink, in a trice.

* en un abrir y cerrar de ojos = in the blink of an eye, in the twinkling of an eye, in a snap.

* forzar a cerrar un Negocio = drive out of + business.

* obligar a cerrar el negocio = force out of + business, force out of + the marketplace.

* paréntesis que cierra = right parenthesis.

* que no cierra bien = leaky [leakier -comp., leakiest -sup], leaking.

* que puede volver a cerrarse herméticamente = resealable.

* que se cierra automáticamente mediante un muelle = spring-loaded.

* sin cerrar con llave = unlocked.

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1.
verbo transitivo

1)

a) <puerta/ventana> to close, shut; <ojos/boca> to shut, close

cierra la puerta con llave — lock the door

b) < botella> to put the top on/cork in; < frasco> to put the lid on

un frasco herméticamente cerrado — an airtight container

c) <paraguas/abanico/mano> to close; < libro> to close, shut; < puño> to clench

d) < cortinas> to close, draw; < persianas> to lower, pull down; < abrigo> to fasten, button up; < cremallera> to do up

2) <grifo/agua/gas> to turn off; < válvula> to close, shut off

3)

a) <fábrica/comercio/oficina> (en el quehacer diario, por obras, vacaciones) to close; ( definitivamente) to close (down)

b) <aeropuerto/carretera/frontera> to close

cerrado al tráfico — closed to traffic

4) < cuenta bancaria> to close; <caso/juicio> to close; <acuerdo/negociación> to finalize

han cerrado el plazo de inscripción — enrollment has closed o finished

5)

a) <acto/debate> to bring... to an end; < jornada> to end

los acontecimientos que han cerrado el año — the events with which the year has ended

b) <desfile/cortejo> to bring up the rear of

c) < circuito> to close

d) <paréntesis/comillas> to close
2.
cerrar vi

1) (hablando de puerta, ventana)

cierra, que hace frío — close o shut the door (o window etc), it's cold

¿cerraste con llave? — did you lock up?

2) puerta/ventana/cajón to close, shut; grifo/llave de paso to turn off; abrigo/vestido to fasten, do up (BrE)

la ventana no cierra bien — the window doesn't close o shut properly

3) comercio/oficina (en el quehacer diario, por obras, vacaciones) to close, shut; ( definitivamente) to close (down)

cerramos los lunes — we are closed on Mondays

4) (Fin) dolar/peso to close

5) ( en dominó) to block; ( en naipes) to go out
3.
cerrarse v pron

1)

a) puerta/ventana (+ compl) to shut, close

la puerta se cerró sola/de golpe — the door closed by itself/slammed shut

b) ojos (+ me/te/le etc) to close

se me cierran los ojos de cansancio — I'm so tired I can't keep my eyes open

c) flor/almeja to close up

d) herida to heal (up)

2) (refl) < abrigo> to fasten, button up

3) ( terminar) acto/debate/libro to end, conclude; jornada/año to end

4) (mostrarse reacio, intransigente)

se cerró y no quiso saber nada más — she closed her mind and refused to listen to any more about it

se cerró en su actitud — he dug his heels in

cerrarse a algo: sería cerrarse a la evidencia it would be turning our back on the evidence; se cierran a todo cambio — they're not open to change

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= close, close down, seal off, shut down, shut off, zip, fold, fold up + shop.

Ex: The date due calculated by the circulation programs is always checked against the list of dates the library is closed to ensure that a document is not due when it cannot be returned.

Ex: In this case, however, summer vacation resulted in universities and other institutions closing down completely right in the middle of her stay.

Ex: In the case of vast and rapidly growing copyright libraries where the stock is sealed off from the public, specific classification is not worth the effort.

Ex: Cyberattacks involve routers acting at a predesignated time or trigger time and flooding various targeted Web sites with data -- effectively shutting down the Web site.

Ex: Advanced design sprinklers shut off water when the fire is out, reducing the risk of water damage.

Ex: The study investigated the use of a video to teach 3 self-help skills (cleaning sunglasses, putting on a wristwatch, and zipping a jacket) to 3 elementary students with mental disabilities.

Ex: By the mid-eighties, two of the big companies folded, but were replaced by a handful of small, independent firms = A mediados de los ochenta, dos de las grandes compañías quebraron, pero fueron sustituidas por un puñado de pequeñas empresas independientes.

Ex: Why talented and passionate business people so often fold up shop while their less talented, less skilled brethren continue to thrive.

* cerrar con candado = padlock.

* cerrar con cierre metálico = shutter.

* cerrar con llave = lock.

* cerrar con tablas = board up.

* cerrar definitivamente = close down + operations, close + Posesivo + doors.

* cerrar de golpe = slam.

* cerrar de un portazo = slam.

* cerrar el catálogo = close + the catalogue.

* cerrar el negocio = fold up + shop.

* cerrar filas = close + ranks.

* cerrar herméticamente = seal.

* cerrar las escotillas = batten down + hatches.

* cerrar los postigos = shutter.

* cerrar muy bien = close + tight.

* cerrar un acuerdo = conclude + agreement, conclude + deal.

* cerrar una ventana = switch off + window.

* cerrar un negocio = go out of + business.

* cerrar un trato = close + deal.

* ¡cierra el pico! = put a sock in it!.

* ¡cierra el pico! = shut your mouth!, shut your face!.

* ¡cierra la boca! = shut your mouth!, shut your face!.

* en una abrir y cerrar de ojos = at the flick of a switch, at the drop of a hat.

* en un abrir y cerrar de ojos = in a jiffy, in the time it takes to flick a switch, with the flick of a switch, in a flash, in no time at all, in next to no time, with the tip of a hat, in and out in a flash, in a heartbeat, as quick as a wink, in a trice.

* en un abrir y cerrar de ojos = in the blink of an eye, in the twinkling of an eye, in a snap.

* forzar a cerrar un Negocio = drive out of + business.

* obligar a cerrar el negocio = force out of + business, force out of + the marketplace.

* paréntesis que cierra = right parenthesis.

* que no cierra bien = leaky [leakier -comp., leakiest -sup], leaking.

* que puede volver a cerrarse herméticamente = resealable.

* que se cierra automáticamente mediante un muelle = spring-loaded.

* sin cerrar con llave = unlocked.

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cerrar [A5 ]

vt

A

1 ‹armario/puerta/ventana› to close, shut

cerró la puerta de un portazo she slammed the door

cierra la puerta con llave lock the door

2 ‹ojos/boca› to shut, close

3 ‹maleta› to close; ‹sobre/paquete› to seal

4 ‹botella› to put the top on/cork in; ‹frasco› to put the top ( o lid etc) on

un frasco herméticamente cerrado an airtight container

5 ‹paraguas› to close, put … down; ‹abanico› to close; ‹libro› to close, shut; ‹puño› to clench; ‹mano› to close

6 ‹cortinas› to close, draw; ‹persianas› to lower, pull down; ‹abrigo› to fasten, button up, do up ( BrE)

ciérrame la cremallera can you zip me up?, can you do my zip up? ( BrE)

B ‹grifo› to turn off; ‹válvula› to close, shut off; ‹agua/gas› to turn off

C

1 ‹fábrica/comercio/oficina› (en el quehacer diario) to close, shut; (por obras, vacaciones) to close; (definitivamente) to close, close down

2 ‹aeropuerto/carretera› to close; ‹frontera› to close

la calle está cerrada al tráfico the street is closed to traffic

3 ‹terreno› to fence off

D

1 (en labores de punto) to cast off; (en costura) to sew up

2 ( fam) (al operar) to close … up

E

1 ‹plazo/matrícula›

han cerrado el plazo de inscripción the enrollment period has closed o finished

2 ‹cuenta bancaria› to close

3 ‹caso/juicio› to close; ‹acuerdo/negociación› to finalize

F

1 (poner fin a) ‹acto/debate› to bring … to an end; ‹jornada› to end

antes de cerrar nuestra programación de hoy … before ending today's programs …, before bringing today's programs to a close …

los trágicos acontecimientos que han cerrado el año the tragic events with which the year has ended

estas declaraciones cerraron una jornada tensa these statements ended o came at the end of a tense day

2 ‹desfile/cortejo› to bring up the rear of

3 ‹circunferencia› to close up; ‹circuito› to close

4 ‹paréntesis/comillas› to close

■ cerrar

vi

A

(hablando de una puerta, ventana): cierra, que hace frío close o shut the door ( o window etc), it's cold

¿cerraste con llave? did you lock the door?, did you lock up?

B «puerta/ventana/cajón» to close, shut; «grifo/llave de paso» to turn off; «abrigo/vestido» to fasten, do up ( BrE)

la puerta no cierra bien the door won't shut o close properly, the door doesn't shut o close properly

esta botella no cierra bien I can't get the top back on this bottle properly, the top won't go on properly

¿la falda cierra por detrás o por el lado? does the skirt fasten at the back or at the side?

C «comercio/oficina» (en el quehacer diario) to close, shut; (por obras, vacaciones) to close, shut; (definitivamente) to close, close down, shut down

¿a qué hora cierran? what time do you close?

no cerramos al mediodía we are open o we stay open at lunchtime, we don't close for lunch

[ S ] cerramos los lunes closed Mondays, we are closed on Mondays

D (en labores de punto) to cast off

E ( Fin) to close

el dólar cerró a … the dollar closed at …

F (en dominó) to block; (en naipes) to go out

■ cerrarse

v pron

A

1

«puerta/ventana» (+ compl): la puerta se cerró de golpe/sola the door slammed shut/closed by itself

2 «ojos» (+ me/te/le etc) to close

se me cierran los ojos de cansancio I'm so tired I can't keep my eyes open

3 «flor/almeja» to close up

4 «herida» to heal, heal up, close up

B ( refl) ‹abrigo› to fasten, button up, do up ( BrE)

ciérrate la cremallera zip yourself up, zip up your dress ( o jacket etc), do your zip up ( BrE)

C (terminar) «acto/debate» to end, conclude; «jornada» to end

el libro se cierra con unas páginas dedicadas a … the book ends o closes o concludes with a few pages on the subject of …

otro año que se cierra sin que se resuelva another year ends o comes to an end without a solution

D

(mostrarse reacio, intransigente): se cerró y no quiso saber nada más she closed her mind and refused to listen to any more about it

se cerró en su actitud he dug his heels in

cerrarse A algo:

sería cerrarse a la evidencia negar que … we would be turning our back on the evidence if we were to deny that …

se cerró a todo lo nuevo she refused to consider anything new, she closed her mind to anything new

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cerrar ( conjugate cerrar) verbo transitivo
1
a) ‹puerta/ventana› to close, shut;

‹ojos/boca› to shut, close;
◊ cierra la puerta con llave lock the door

b) ‹ botella› to put the top on/cork in;

‹ frasco› to put the lid on;
‹ sobre› to seal
c) ‹paraguas/abanico/mano› to close;

‹ libro› to close, shut;
‹ puño› to clench
d) ‹ cortinas› to close, draw;

‹ persianas› to lower, pull down;
‹ abrigo› to fasten, button up;
‹ cremallera› to do … up
e) ‹grifo/agua/gas› to turn off;

‹ válvula› to close, shut off
2
a) ‹fábrica/comercio/oficina› ( en el quehacer diario) to close;

( definitivamente) to close (down)
b) ‹aeropuerto/carretera/frontera› to close

3
a) ‹ cuenta bancaria› to close

b) ‹caso/juicio› to close

c) ‹acuerdo/negociación› to finalize

d) ‹acto/debate› to bring … to an end

verbo intransitivo
1 (hablando de puerta, ventana):
◊ cierra, que hace frío close o shut the door (o window etc), it's cold;

¿cerraste con llave? did you lock up?
2 [puerta/ventana/cajón] to close, shut
3 [comercio/oficina] ( en el quehacer diario) to close, shut;
( definitivamente) to close (down)
cerrarse verbo pronominal
1
a) [puerta/ventana] to shut, close;

◊ la puerta se cerró de golpe the door slammed shut

b) [ ojos] to close;

◊ se le cerraban los ojos his eyes were closing

c) [flor/almeja] to close up

d) [ herida] to heal (up)

2 ( refl) ‹ abrigo› to fasten, button up;
‹ cremallera› to do … up
3 [acto/debate/jornada] to end
cerrar
I verbo transitivo
1 to shut, close
(con llave) to lock
(un grifo abierto) to turn off
(el ordenador) to turn off, switch off
(subir una cremallera) to do up
(un sobre) to seal
(los puños) to clench
2 (un negocio temporalmente) to close
(definitivamente) to close down
3 (un trato, un acuerdo) to finalize
(liquidar una cuenta bancaria) to close
4 (un acceso, un servicio de transporte) to close
(bloquear) cerrarle el paso a alguien, to block sb's way
II verbo intransitivo
1 to close, shut
2 (un negocio temporalmente) to close
(definitivamente) to close down
♦ Locuciones: familiar cerrar el pico, to shut one's trap
' cerrar' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
abrir
- abrochar
- cerrada
- cerrado
- cierre
- ojo
- pico
- sellar
- amabilidad
- bondad
- canilla
- cierra
- cierro
- correr
- cuenta
- doble
- grifo
- junta
- juntar
- llave
- paréntesis
- trato
English:
attendant
- bargain
- barricade
- block in
- bolt
- clinch
- close
- close down
- closed
- draw
- enter into
- fasten
- fasten down
- lock
- lock up
- padlock
- push to
- seal
- seal off
- seal up
- secure
- shut
- shut down
- shut up
- slam
- snap
- stick together
- strike
- tight
- to
- trice
- turn off
- twinkling
- wall in
- whisk away
- whisk off
- wind up
- zip up
- board
- business
- cast
- conclude
- fold
- main
- time
- turn
- will
- wind
- wrap
- zip

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cerrar

♦ vt

1. [en general] to close;
[puerta, cajón, boca, tienda] to shut, to close; Informát [archivo] to close; [con llave] to lock; [grifo, llave de gas] to turn off; [botella] to put the top on; [tarro] to put the lid o top on; [carta, sobre] to seal; [cortinas] to draw, to close; [persianas] to pull down; [agujero, hueco] to fill, to block (up); [puños] to clench;
cerrar una puerta con llave to lock a door;

cierra el gas cuando salgas turn the gas off when you leave;

una corriente de aire cerró la puerta a draught blew the door shut;

Comp
Fam
¡cierra el pico! shut your trap!

2. [negocio, colegio] [a diario] to close;
[permanentemente] to close down;
el gobierno cerrará dos centrales nucleares the government is to close down two nuclear power stations

3. [vallar] to fence (off), to enclose;

cerraron el balcón para convertirlo en comedor they closed o walled off the balcony and converted it into a dining room

4. [carretera, calle] to close off;
también Fig
cerrar el paso a alguien to block sb's way;

una valla les cerraba la salida a fence blocked their way out

5. [manifestación, desfile] to bring up the rear of;

cerrar la marcha [ir en última posición] to bring up the rear;

la orquesta cerraba el desfile the orchestra closed the procession

6. [gestiones, acuerdo] to finalize;

han cerrado un trato para… they've reached an agreement o made a deal to…;

cerraron el trato ayer they wrapped up the deal yesterday;

cerraron las conversaciones sin ningún acuerdo they ended the talks without reaching an agreement

7. [cicatrizar] to heal, to close up

8. Elec [circuito] to close

9. [circunferencia, círculo] to complete;

cerraron la carretera de circunvalación they completed the Br ring road o US beltway

10. [signo ortográfico] to close;

cerrar comillas/paréntesis to close inverted commas/brackets

11. [posibilidades] to put an end to;

el último atentado cierra cualquier esperanza de acuerdo the most recent attack puts an end to any hopes of an agreement

12. [terminar] to close;

el discurso del Presidente cerró el año legislativo the President's speech brought the parliamentary year to a close;

esta corrida cierra la temporada taurina this bullfight rounds off the bullfighting season;

cerró su participación en el torneo con una derrota they lost their last game in the tournament

13. [plegar] to close up;

cerró el paraguas he closed his umbrella

14. Prensa
el periódico cerró la edición más tarde de lo normal the newspaper went to press later than usual

♦ vi

1. [en general] to close;
[tienda] to close, to shut; [con llave, pestillo] to lock up;
este cajón no cierra bien this drawer doesn't shut properly;

la Bolsa cerró con pérdidas the stock market closed down several points;

Comp
RP Fam
¡cerrá y vamos!: si no quieren ayudarnos, ¡cerrá y vamos! if they don't want to help us, let's not waste any more time over this

2. [persona] to close the door;

¡cierra, que entra frío! close the door, you're letting the cold in!;

me olvidé de cerrar con llave I forgot to lock the door

3. [negocio, colegio] [a diario] to close;
[definitivamente] to close down;
¿a qué hora cierra? what time do you close?;

la biblioteca cierra a las ocho the library closes at eight;

cerramos los domingos [en letrero] closed on Sundays

4. [en juego de cartas] to go out;
[en dominó] to block
5. [herida] to close up, to heal

♦ See also the pronominal verb cerrarse

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cerrar

I v/t

1 close; para siempre close down;

cerrar con llave lock;

cerrar de golpe slam;

cerrar al tráfico close to traffic

2 tubería block

3 grifo turn off

4 terreno, finca enclose; frontera close

5 acuerdo close

II v/i close; para siempre close down;

la puerta no cierra bien the door doesn’t shut properly;

al cerrar el día at the end of the day

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cerrar {55} vt

1) : to close, to shut

2) : to turn off

3) : to bring to an end

cerrar vi

1) : to close up, to lock up

2) : to close down

♦ See also the reflexive verb cerrarse

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cerrar vb

1. (en general) to close / to shut

cierra los ojos close your eyes

cierra bien la nevera shut the fridge properly

¿a qué hora cerráis? what time do you close?

2. (con llave) to lock

¿has cerrado la puerta con llave? have you locked the door?

3. (gas, grifo) to turn off

cierra el gas antes de irte turn the gas off before you go

cerrar de golpe to slam [pt. & pp. slammed]

cerrar la boca to shut your mouth

cerrar la cremallera to zip up [pt. & pp. zipped]

Spanish-English dictionary > cerrar
14 confesar

v.

1 to confess (to) (gen) & (religion).

le confesó antes de morir he heard his confession before he died

confieso que te mentí I admit I lied to you

El ladrón confesó su delito The thief confessed his crime.

El juez confesó al chico The judge confessed the boy.

2 to confess to, to admit to.

El ladrón confesó su delito The thief confessed his crime.

El juez confesó al chico The judge confessed the boy.

El chico confesó haber robado uvas The boy confessed to having stolen grapes

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confesar

Conjugation model [ ACERTAR], like link=acertar acertar

► verbo transitivo

1 (reconocer) to confess, admit

2 (un crimen) to own up to

3 (pecados) to confess

4 RELIGIÓN to confess, hear in confession

► verbo intransitivo

1 DERECHO to own up

► verbo pronominal confesarse

1 to go to confession, confess

\

FRASEOLOGÍA

confesarse culpable to admit one's guilt, plead guilty

confesar de plano familiar to admit everything

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verb

to confess

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1. VT

1) (=admitir) [+ error] to admit, acknowledge; [+ crimen] to confess to, own up to

2) (Rel) [+ pecados] to confess; [sacerdote] to confess, hear the confession of

2.

VI (=admitir) to confess, own up

- confesar de plano

3.

See:

confesarse

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1.
verbo transitivo

a) (Relig) < pecado> to confess

el cura que la confiesa — the priest who hears her confession

b) <sentimiento/ignorancia/delito> to confess; < error> to admit
2.
confesar vi

a) (Relig) to hear confession

b) ( admitir culpabilidad) to confess, make a confession
3.
confesarse v pron

a) (Relig) to go to confession

confesarse de algo — to confess something

confesarse con alguien — (Relig) to go to somebody for confession; ( hacer confidencias) to open up one's heart to somebody

b) ( declararse) (+ compl) to confess to being, admit to being

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= confess, own, own up.

Ex. Many respondents confessed to well-justified fears that if they lose their existing specialists, the 'cut and squeeze' method of reducing establishments would not allow them to replace such staff.

Ex. 'I don't know what to say,' she owned and lapsed into silence.

Ex. But let's not forget that he owned up for what he did and even gave all his betting money to charity.

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* confesarlo = come out with + it.

* confesar sobre Algo = come + clean.

* hay que confesar = confessedly.

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1.
verbo transitivo

a) (Relig) < pecado> to confess

el cura que la confiesa — the priest who hears her confession

b) <sentimiento/ignorancia/delito> to confess; < error> to admit
2.
confesar vi

a) (Relig) to hear confession

b) ( admitir culpabilidad) to confess, make a confession
3.
confesarse v pron

a) (Relig) to go to confession

confesarse de algo — to confess something

confesarse con alguien — (Relig) to go to somebody for confession; ( hacer confidencias) to open up one's heart to somebody

b) ( declararse) (+ compl) to confess to being, admit to being

* * *

= confess, own, own up.

Ex: Many respondents confessed to well-justified fears that if they lose their existing specialists, the 'cut and squeeze' method of reducing establishments would not allow them to replace such staff.

Ex: 'I don't know what to say,' she owned and lapsed into silence.

Ex: But let's not forget that he owned up for what he did and even gave all his betting money to charity.

* confesarlo = come out with + it.

* confesar sobre Algo = come + clean.

* hay que confesar = confessedly.

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confesar [A5 ]

vt

1 ( Relig):

confesé mis pecados I confessed my sins

el cura que siempre la confiesa the priest who always hears her confession

2 ‹sentimiento/ignorancia› to confess; ‹error› to admit, confess; ‹culpa/delito› to confess, admit, own up to

le confesó abiertamente su amor he openly confessed his love to her

■ confesar

vi

1 ( Relig) to hear confession

2 (admitir culpabilidad) to confess, make a confession

■ confesarse

v pron

1 ( Relig) to go to confession confesarse DE algo to confess sth confesarse CON algn to go TO sb FOR confession, confess one's sins TO sb

2 (declararse) (+ compl) to confess to being, admit to being

se confiesa amante de la música moderna she confesses o admits to being a lover of modern music

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confesar ( conjugate confesar) verbo transitivo
a) (Relig) ‹ pecado› to confess;

◊ el cura que la confiesa the priest who hears her confession

b) ‹sentimiento/ignorancia/delito› to confess;

‹ error› to admit
verbo intransitivo
a) (Relig) to hear confession

b) ( admitir culpabilidad) to confess, make a confession

confesarse verbo pronominal
a) (Relig) to go to confession;

confesarse de algo to confess sth;
confesarse con algn (Relig) to go to sb for confession;
( hacer confidencias) to open up one's heart to sb
b) ( declararse) (+ compl) to confess to being, admit to being

confesar
I verbo transitivo
1 (reconocer) to confess, admit
2 (un crimen) to confess: confiésalo: has sido tú quien se ha comido el pastel, own up: you were the one who ate the cake
3 Rel (los pecados) to confess
(escuchar los pecados) to hear the confession of
II verbo intransitivo (declararse culpable) to confess: no ha confesado aún, pero ha sido ella, she hasn't owned up yet, but it was her ➣ Ver nota en admit
' confesar' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
cantar
- declarar
English:
admit
- clean
- confess
- willing

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confesar

♦ vt

1. [pecado] to confess (to);

confieso que he pecado I confess that I have sinned

2. [falta] to confess (to);
[culpabilidad] to confess, to admit; [sentimientos] to confess (to);
le confesó su amor he confessed o declared his love to her;

confieso que te mentí I admit I lied to you;

confesar de plano to make a full confession, to confess to everything;

si quieres que te confiese la verdad, desconozco la respuesta to tell you the truth, I don't know the answer

3. [persona]
el cura confesó al moribundo the priest heard the dying man's confession

♦ See also the pronominal verb confesarse

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confesar

I v/t REL confess; delito confess to, admit

II v/i JUR confess

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confesar {55} v

: to confess

♦ See also the reflexive verb confesarse

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confesar vb to confess

confiesa sus faltas al sacerdote he confesses his sins to the priest

confesó el robo she confessed to the robbery

Spanish-English dictionary > confesar
15 cortar

v.

1 to cut.

cortar una rebanada de pan to cut a slice of bread

corta la tarta en cinco partes divide the cake in five, cut the cake into five slices

cortarle el pelo a alguien to cut somebody's hair

cortar y pegar (computing) cut and paste

Ella corta las ramas del rosal She cuts the rosebush branches.

2 to cut out (recortar) (tela, figura de papel).

3 to crack, to chap (labios, piel).

4 to slice through (hender) (aire, olas).

El carnicero cortó los filetes The butcher sliced the fillets.

5 to cut (baraja).

6 to curdle (leche).

7 to cut off (interrumpir) (retirada, luz, teléfono).

cortar el tráfico to close the road to traffic

8 to cut (poner fin a) (beca).

cortar un problema de raíz to nip a problem in the bud; (impedirlo) to root a problem out (erradicarlo)

9 to cut (producir un corte).

estas tijeras no cortan these scissors don't cut (properly)

cortar por lo sano (figurative) to resort to drastic measures; (aplicar una solución drástica) to cut one's losses (para evitar más pérdidas)

10 to take a short cut.

11 to split up.

corté con mi novio I've split up with my boyfriend

12 to cut short, to cut, to cut off.

Ella cortó a Ricardo rápidamente She cut Richard short quickly.

13 to chop, to cut up, to cut out, to cut.

Ella corta madera para el fuego She chops wood for the fire.

14 to ablate, to amputate, to curtail.

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cortar

► verbo transitivo

1 (gen) to cut

■ cortar una cinta to cut a ribbon

■ cortar una película to cut a film

2 (pelo) to cut, trim

3 (árbol) to cut down

4 (carne) to carve

5 (pastel) to cut up

6 (cabeza, teléfono, gas) to cut off

7 (mayonesa, leche) to curdle

8 (piel) to chap, crack

9 (viento, frío) to chill, bite

10 COSTURA to cut out

11 (interrumpir) to cut off, interrupt

12 (bloquear) to block

■ cortaron la carretera the road was blocked

13 (suprimir) to cut out

14 figurado (separar) to divide, split, cut

► verbo intransitivo

1 to cut

► verbo pronominal cortarse

1 to cut

■ este metal se corta fácilmente this metal cuts easily

2 (herirse) to cut, cut oneself

■ me he cortado I've cut myself

■ se cortó el dedo he cut his finger

3 (el pelo - por otro) to have one's hair cut; (- uno mismo) to cut one's hair

■ ¿te has cortado el pelo? have you had your hair cut?

4 (piel) to become chapped

5 (leche) to go off, curdle; (mayonesa) to curdle

6 (comunicación) to be cut off

7 familiar (aturdirse) to get embarrassed, get tongue-tied, go all shy

■ no te cortes don't be shy

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FRASEOLOGÍA

¡corta el rollo! knock it off!

cortar con alguien familiar to split up with somebody

cortar el apetito to ruin one's appetite

cortar el bacalao familiar to be the boss

cortar en seco figurado to cut short

cortar la digestión to give one indigestion, upset one's stomach

cortar la palabra to interrupt

cortar por la mitad to split down the middle

cortar por lo sano familiar to take drastic measures

* * *

verb

1) to cut

2) slice

3) chop

4) trim

5) interrupt

6) block

•

- cortarse

* * *

1. VT

1) [con algo afilado] [gen] to cut; [en trozos] to chop; [en rebanadas] to slice

corta la manzana por la mitad — cut the apple in half

¿quién te ha cortado el pelo? — who cut your hair?

corta el apio en trozos — cut o chop the celery into pieces

2) (=partir) [+ árbol] to cut down; [+ madera] to saw

cortar la cabeza a algn — to cut sb's head off

3) (=dividir) to cut

la línea corta el círculo en dos — the line cuts o divides the circle in two

4) (=interrumpir)

a) [+ comunicaciones, agua, corriente] to cut off; [+ carretera, puente] (=cerrar) to close; (=bloquear) to block

han cortado el gas — the gas has been cut off

las tropas están intentando cortar la carretera que conduce al aeropuerto — the troops are trying to cut off the road to the airport

han cortado el tráfico durante unos minutos — they've closed the road to traffic for a few minutes

carretera cortada al tráfico — road closed

sus seguidores han cortado la calle — her followers have blocked off the road

nos cortaron la retirada — they cut off our retreat

cortar la hemorragia — to stop the bleeding

b) [+ relaciones] to break off; [+ discurso, conversación] to cut short

cortar la comunicación — to hang up

5) (=suprimir) to cut

la censura cortó una de las escenas — the censors cut one of the scenes

6) [frío] to chap, crack

el frío me corta los labios — the cold is chapping o cracking my lips

7) (Dep) [+ balón] to slice

8) [+ baraja] to cut

9) * [+ droga] to cut *

2. VI

1) (=estar afilado) to cut

estas tijeras no cortan — these scissors are blunt o don't cut
sano 1)
2) (Inform)

"cortar y pegar" — "cut and paste"

3) (Meteo)

hace un viento que corta — there's a bitter o biting wind

4) (=acortar)

podemos cortar por el parque — we can take a shortcut through the park

es mejor que cortéis por el atajo — it would be better if you took the shortcut

5)

• cortar con (=terminar) —

cortar con el pasado — to make a break with the past

hay que cortar con este comportamiento — we must put a stop to this behaviour

es absurdo cortar con tu tía por culpa de su marido — it's ridiculous to break off contact with your aunt because of her husband

ha cortado con su novia — he's broken up with o finished with his girlfriend

6)

¡corta! — * give us a break! *
rollo 1., 5)
7) (Naipes) to cut

8) (Radio)

¡corto! — over!

¡corto y cierro! — over and out!

9) LAm (Telec) to hang up

cortó — he hung up

3.

See:

cortarse

* * *
1.
verbo transitivo

1) ( dividir) <cuerda/pastel> to cut, chop; < asado> to carve; <leña/madera> to chop; < baraja> to cut; <aire/agua> (liter) to slice o cut through

cortar por la línea de puntos — cut along the dotted line

cortar algo por la mitad — to cut something in half o in two

cortar algo en rodajas/en cuadritos — to slice/dice something

cortar algo en trozos — to cut something into pieces

¿en cuántas partes lo corto? — how many slices (o pieces etc) shall I cut it into?

este queso se corta muy bien — this cheese cuts very easily

2) (quitar, separar) <rama/punta/pierna> to cut off; < árbol> to cut down, chop down; < flores> (CS) to pick

me cortó un trozo de melón — she cut me a piece of melon

la máquina le cortó un dedo — the machine took off his finger

cortarle la cabeza a alguien — to chop off o cut off somebody's head

3) ( hacer más corto) <pelo/uñas> to cut; <césped/pasto> to mow; < seto> to cut; < rosal> to cut back; < texto> to cut down

le cortó el pelo — he cut her hair

4)

a) ( en costura) <falda/vestido> to cut out

b) ( recortar) <anuncio/receta/muñeca de papel> to cut out

5) ( interrumpir)

a) <agua/gas/luz/comunicación> to cut off; <película/programa> to interrupt

le cortaron el teléfono — his phone was cut off

cortarla — (Chi fam)

córtala con eso — OK, cut it out, now (colloq)

b) < retirada> to cut off

c) < calle> policía/obreros to close, block off; manifestantes to block

han cortado el tráfico en la zona — they've closed the area to traffic

me cortó el paso — he stood in my way

d) < relaciones diplomáticas> to break off; <subvenciones/ayuda> to cut off

6) < fiebre> to bring down; < hemorragia> to stop, stem

7) < persona> ( en conversación) to interrupt

me cortó en seco — he cut me short

8) (censurar, editar) < película> to cut; <escena/diálogo> to cut, to cut out

9) <recta/plano> to cross

10)

a) <heroína/cocaína> to adulterate, cut (colloq)

b) < leche> to curdle

11) frío

el frío me cortó los labios — my lips were chapped o cracked from the cold weather

12) (RPl) < dientes> to cut
2.
cortar vi

1) cuchillo/tijeras to cut

2)

a) ( por radio)

corto y cambio — over

corto y fuera or corto y cierro — over and out

b) (Cin)

corten! — cut!

c) (CS) ( por teléfono) to hang up

no me cortes — don't hang up on me

3) ( terminar)

a) novios to break up, split up

cortar con alguien — to break up with somebody

b)

cortar con algo — <con pasado/raíces> to break with something

4) ( en naipes) to cut

5) ( en costura) to cut out

6) ( acortar camino)

cortar por algo: cortemos por el bosque/la plaza let's cut through the woods/across the square; cortaron por el atajo — they took the shortcut

7) (Chi fam) (ir, dirigirse)

cortaron para la ciudad — they headed for the city

no sabía para dónde cortar — (Chi fam) I/he didn't know which way to turn (colloq)
3.
cortarse v pron

1) ( interrumpirse) proyección/película to stop; llamada/gas to get cut off

se ha cortado la luz — there's been a power cut

se te va a cortar la digestión — you'll get stomach cramp

se me cortó la respiración — I could hardly breathe

2) (refl)

a) ( hacerse un corte) to cut oneself; <dedo/brazo/cara> to cut

me corté un dedo — I cut my finger

se cortó afeitándose — he cut himself shaving

b) piel/labios (+ me/te/le etc) to crack, become chapped

3)

a) (refl) <uñas/pelo> to cut

se corta el pelo ella misma — she cuts her own hair

se cortó las venas — he slashed his wrists

b) (caus) < pelo> to have... cut

4) (recípr) líneas/calles to cross

5) leche/mayonesa to curdle

6) (Chi, Esp) persona (turbarse, aturdirse) to get embarrassed

se corta en seguida — she gets easily embarrassed

7) (Chi fam) animal to collapse from exhaustion

* * *

= cut off, crop, trim, slash, chop off, clip, dam (up), sever, intersect, chop down, shut off, chop up, cut down, fell, shear, trim off, cut + Nombre + up, split, shear off, snip, hew, cut up into + strips.

Ex. The spine folds of the assembled sheets were simply cut off, separating all the leaves, which were then attached to each other and to a backing strip by a coating of rubber solution, and cased in the ordinary way.

Ex. In addition, many of photographs are badly cropped, with the tops of heads, towers, and artworks lopped off.

Ex. The edges of the leaves may have been trimmed smooth by the binder, or left rough (uncut).

Ex. Finally, a few copies of an edition seem generally to have slipped through with their cancellanda uncancelled, so that examples of the original settings may sometimes be found (occasionally slashed by the warehouse keeper's shears, deliberate defacement which escaped notice).

Ex. Others chop off old records to remain within the limits of 680 MB.

Ex. Some libraries frequently subscribe to specific newspapers in duplicate in order to clip articles and illustrations of interest for particular subject files.

Ex. But to prevent any meandering at all, or to dam the flow of talk too soon and too often by intruding, generally only frustrates spontaneity = Aunque evitar cualquier divagación o cortar el flujo de la conversación demasiado pronto y con demasiada frecuencia con interrupciones generalmente sólo coarta la espontaneidad.

Ex. This art is is mass produced, often mechanically, and thus severed from tradition.

Ex. Contingency plans can be devised to intersect at several points on this time continuum.

Ex. Microform catalogs take up less room and are more sound ecologically since you don't have to chop down half of Canada everytime you make a large catalog = Los catálogos de microformas ocupan menos espacio y son más acertados desde un punto de vista ecológico ya que no tienes que talar la mitad de Canadá cada vez que hagas un catálogo grande.

Ex. Advanced design sprinklers shut off water when the fire is out, reducing the risk of water damage.

Ex. The writer bemoans record studios' tendency to chop up and fiddle with opera performances.

Ex. A subsequent owner cut down most of the surrounding woodland and the garden was largely lost.

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

Ex. All the activity on a sheep station was directed to one end: shearing the sheep and sending the wool away to the city.

Ex. If you repeatedly deadhead - trim off the spent flowers - the plant goes into overdrive.

Ex. They tortured her into revealing her Pin number and safe code before cutting her up and disposing of her in bin liners.

Ex. In the mechanised paper fibre process individual pages are soaked and split so that acid-free paper can be put between the two layers.

Ex. Working at the lumberyard pushing a tree through the buzz saw he accidentally sheared off all ten of his fingers.

Ex. It's perfect for dead heading dense flowering plant without accidentally snipping the neighboring blooms.

Ex. Oak was shaped by splitting with wooden wedges, and by hewing with axes or adzes.

Ex. Cut up the leftovers into strips, stick on skewers and finish quickly on the grill.

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* abrir cortando = lance.

* ¡corta el rollo! = put a sock in it!.

* cortar Algo = snip + Nombre + off.

* cortar Algo como si fuera mantequilla = cut through + Nombre + like a (hot) knife through butter.

* cortar Algo de raíz = nip + Nombre + in the bud.

* cortar a tajos = hack.

* cortar con barricadas = barricade.

* cortar con motoguadaña = strim.

* cortar con una sierra = saw.

* cortar, cortar con tijeras = snip.

* cortar el agua = cut off + the water.

* cortar el bacalao = call + the shots, be the boss, call + the tune, rule + the roost.

* cortar el césped = mow + the lawn, mow.

* cortar el cuello = decapitate.

* cortar el rollo = cut to + the chase.

* cortar en lonchas = slice.

* cortar en pedacitos = cut up into + small pieces.

* cortar en pedazos = cut + Nombre + up.

* cortar en rebanadas = slice.

* cortar en rodajas = slice.

* cortar en tajos = hack.

* cortar en tiras = shred, cut up into + strips.

* cortar en trocitos = dice.

* cortar en trozos = cut + Nombre + up.

* cortar la cabeza = behead.

* cortar la hierba = mow.

* cortar las flores marchitas = deadhead.

* cortarle las alas a Alguien = clip + Posesivo + wings.

* cortarle los vuelos a Alguien = clip + Posesivo + wings.

* cortar llegando al hueso = cut to + the bone.

* cortar metal = shear.

* cortar perpendicularmente a la veta de crecimiento = cut + across the grain.

* cortar por = cut across.

* cortar por lo sano = cut + Gordian knot, cut + Posesivo + losses.

* cortar radicalmente con = make + a clean break with.

* cortarse = nick + Reflexivo.

* cortar un nudo gordiano = cut + Gordian knot.

* cortar y pegar = cut-and-paste.

* cortar y secar = cut and dry.

* máquina de cortar en rebanadas = slicer.

* sin cortar = uncut.

* utensilio para cortar = cutting tool.

* * *
1.
verbo transitivo

1) ( dividir) <cuerda/pastel> to cut, chop; < asado> to carve; <leña/madera> to chop; < baraja> to cut; <aire/agua> (liter) to slice o cut through

cortar por la línea de puntos — cut along the dotted line

cortar algo por la mitad — to cut something in half o in two

cortar algo en rodajas/en cuadritos — to slice/dice something

cortar algo en trozos — to cut something into pieces

¿en cuántas partes lo corto? — how many slices (o pieces etc) shall I cut it into?

este queso se corta muy bien — this cheese cuts very easily

2) (quitar, separar) <rama/punta/pierna> to cut off; < árbol> to cut down, chop down; < flores> (CS) to pick

me cortó un trozo de melón — she cut me a piece of melon

la máquina le cortó un dedo — the machine took off his finger

cortarle la cabeza a alguien — to chop off o cut off somebody's head

3) ( hacer más corto) <pelo/uñas> to cut; <césped/pasto> to mow; < seto> to cut; < rosal> to cut back; < texto> to cut down

le cortó el pelo — he cut her hair

4)

a) ( en costura) <falda/vestido> to cut out

b) ( recortar) <anuncio/receta/muñeca de papel> to cut out

5) ( interrumpir)

a) <agua/gas/luz/comunicación> to cut off; <película/programa> to interrupt

le cortaron el teléfono — his phone was cut off

cortarla — (Chi fam)

córtala con eso — OK, cut it out, now (colloq)

b) < retirada> to cut off

c) < calle> policía/obreros to close, block off; manifestantes to block

han cortado el tráfico en la zona — they've closed the area to traffic

me cortó el paso — he stood in my way

d) < relaciones diplomáticas> to break off; <subvenciones/ayuda> to cut off

6) < fiebre> to bring down; < hemorragia> to stop, stem

7) < persona> ( en conversación) to interrupt

me cortó en seco — he cut me short

8) (censurar, editar) < película> to cut; <escena/diálogo> to cut, to cut out

9) <recta/plano> to cross

10)

a) <heroína/cocaína> to adulterate, cut (colloq)

b) < leche> to curdle

11) frío

el frío me cortó los labios — my lips were chapped o cracked from the cold weather

12) (RPl) < dientes> to cut
2.
cortar vi

1) cuchillo/tijeras to cut

2)

a) ( por radio)

corto y cambio — over

corto y fuera or corto y cierro — over and out

b) (Cin)

corten! — cut!

c) (CS) ( por teléfono) to hang up

no me cortes — don't hang up on me

3) ( terminar)

a) novios to break up, split up

cortar con alguien — to break up with somebody

b)

cortar con algo — <con pasado/raíces> to break with something

4) ( en naipes) to cut

5) ( en costura) to cut out

6) ( acortar camino)

cortar por algo: cortemos por el bosque/la plaza let's cut through the woods/across the square; cortaron por el atajo — they took the shortcut

7) (Chi fam) (ir, dirigirse)

cortaron para la ciudad — they headed for the city

no sabía para dónde cortar — (Chi fam) I/he didn't know which way to turn (colloq)
3.
cortarse v pron

1) ( interrumpirse) proyección/película to stop; llamada/gas to get cut off

se ha cortado la luz — there's been a power cut

se te va a cortar la digestión — you'll get stomach cramp

se me cortó la respiración — I could hardly breathe

2) (refl)

a) ( hacerse un corte) to cut oneself; <dedo/brazo/cara> to cut

me corté un dedo — I cut my finger

se cortó afeitándose — he cut himself shaving

b) piel/labios (+ me/te/le etc) to crack, become chapped

3)

a) (refl) <uñas/pelo> to cut

se corta el pelo ella misma — she cuts her own hair

se cortó las venas — he slashed his wrists

b) (caus) < pelo> to have... cut

4) (recípr) líneas/calles to cross

5) leche/mayonesa to curdle

6) (Chi, Esp) persona (turbarse, aturdirse) to get embarrassed

se corta en seguida — she gets easily embarrassed

7) (Chi fam) animal to collapse from exhaustion

* * *

= cut off, crop, trim, slash, chop off, clip, dam (up), sever, intersect, chop down, shut off, chop up, cut down, fell, shear, trim off, cut + Nombre + up, split, shear off, snip, hew, cut up into + strips.

Ex: The spine folds of the assembled sheets were simply cut off, separating all the leaves, which were then attached to each other and to a backing strip by a coating of rubber solution, and cased in the ordinary way.

Ex: In addition, many of photographs are badly cropped, with the tops of heads, towers, and artworks lopped off.

Ex: The edges of the leaves may have been trimmed smooth by the binder, or left rough (uncut).

Ex: Finally, a few copies of an edition seem generally to have slipped through with their cancellanda uncancelled, so that examples of the original settings may sometimes be found (occasionally slashed by the warehouse keeper's shears, deliberate defacement which escaped notice).

Ex: Others chop off old records to remain within the limits of 680 MB.

Ex: Some libraries frequently subscribe to specific newspapers in duplicate in order to clip articles and illustrations of interest for particular subject files.

Ex: But to prevent any meandering at all, or to dam the flow of talk too soon and too often by intruding, generally only frustrates spontaneity = Aunque evitar cualquier divagación o cortar el flujo de la conversación demasiado pronto y con demasiada frecuencia con interrupciones generalmente sólo coarta la espontaneidad.

Ex: This art is is mass produced, often mechanically, and thus severed from tradition.

Ex: Contingency plans can be devised to intersect at several points on this time continuum.

Ex: Microform catalogs take up less room and are more sound ecologically since you don't have to chop down half of Canada everytime you make a large catalog = Los catálogos de microformas ocupan menos espacio y son más acertados desde un punto de vista ecológico ya que no tienes que talar la mitad de Canadá cada vez que hagas un catálogo grande.

Ex: Advanced design sprinklers shut off water when the fire is out, reducing the risk of water damage.

Ex: The writer bemoans record studios' tendency to chop up and fiddle with opera performances.

Ex: A subsequent owner cut down most of the surrounding woodland and the garden was largely lost.

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

Ex: All the activity on a sheep station was directed to one end: shearing the sheep and sending the wool away to the city.

Ex: If you repeatedly deadhead - trim off the spent flowers - the plant goes into overdrive.

Ex: They tortured her into revealing her Pin number and safe code before cutting her up and disposing of her in bin liners.

Ex: In the mechanised paper fibre process individual pages are soaked and split so that acid-free paper can be put between the two layers.

Ex: Working at the lumberyard pushing a tree through the buzz saw he accidentally sheared off all ten of his fingers.

Ex: It's perfect for dead heading dense flowering plant without accidentally snipping the neighboring blooms.

Ex: Oak was shaped by splitting with wooden wedges, and by hewing with axes or adzes.

Ex: Cut up the leftovers into strips, stick on skewers and finish quickly on the grill.

* abrir cortando = lance.

* ¡corta el rollo! = put a sock in it!.

* cortar Algo = snip + Nombre + off.

* cortar Algo como si fuera mantequilla = cut through + Nombre + like a (hot) knife through butter.

* cortar Algo de raíz = nip + Nombre + in the bud.

* cortar a tajos = hack.

* cortar con barricadas = barricade.

* cortar con motoguadaña = strim.

* cortar con una sierra = saw.

* cortar, cortar con tijeras = snip.

* cortar el agua = cut off + the water.

* cortar el bacalao = call + the shots, be the boss, call + the tune, rule + the roost.

* cortar el césped = mow + the lawn, mow.

* cortar el cuello = decapitate.

* cortar el rollo = cut to + the chase.

* cortar en lonchas = slice.

* cortar en pedacitos = cut up into + small pieces.

* cortar en pedazos = cut + Nombre + up.

* cortar en rebanadas = slice.

* cortar en rodajas = slice.

* cortar en tajos = hack.

* cortar en tiras = shred, cut up into + strips.

* cortar en trocitos = dice.

* cortar en trozos = cut + Nombre + up.

* cortar la cabeza = behead.

* cortar la hierba = mow.

* cortar las flores marchitas = deadhead.

* cortarle las alas a Alguien = clip + Posesivo + wings.

* cortarle los vuelos a Alguien = clip + Posesivo + wings.

* cortar llegando al hueso = cut to + the bone.

* cortar metal = shear.

* cortar perpendicularmente a la veta de crecimiento = cut + across the grain.

* cortar por = cut across.

* cortar por lo sano = cut + Gordian knot, cut + Posesivo + losses.

* cortar radicalmente con = make + a clean break with.

* cortarse = nick + Reflexivo.

* cortar un nudo gordiano = cut + Gordian knot.

* cortar y pegar = cut-and-paste.

* cortar y secar = cut and dry.

* máquina de cortar en rebanadas = slicer.

* sin cortar = uncut.

* utensilio para cortar = cutting tool.

* * *

cortar [A1 ]

vt

A (dividir)

1 ‹cuerda/tarta› to cut

corta el cable aquí cut the wire here

cortar por la línea de puntos cut along the dotted line

se pasa horas cortando papeles he spends hours cutting up pieces of paper

cortó el pastel por la mitad he cut the cake in half o in two

¿en cuántas partes lo corto? how many slices ( o pieces etc) shall I cut it into?

puedes ir cortando las zanahorias you could start chopping the carrots

se cortan los pimientos por la mitad cut o slice the peppers into halves

cortar algo en trozos to cut sth into pieces

cortar algo en rodajas/en cuadritos to slice/dice sth

este queso se corta muy bien this cheese cuts very easily

cortar la carne en trozos pequeños chop o cut the meat (up) into small chunks

2 ‹asado› to carve

3 ‹leña/madera› to chop

4 ‹baraja› to cut

5 ( liter); ‹aire/agua› to slice o cut through

B (quitar, separar)

1 ‹rama/punta› to cut off; ‹pierna/brazo› to cut off; ‹árbol› to cut down, chop down; ‹flores› ( AmL) to pick

córtame una puntita de pan cut me off a bit of bread, will you?

me cortó un trozo de melón she cut me a piece of melon

cortarles los tallos y poner a hervir cut off o remove the stalks and boil

la máquina le cortó un dedo the machine took off his finger, his finger got cut off in the machine

cortarle la cabeza a algn to chop off o cut off sb's head

sano

2 ‹anuncio/receta› to cut out

C (hacer más corto) to cut

le cortó el pelo/las uñas he cut her hair/nails

cortar el césped to mow the lawn, cut the grass

hay que cortar los rosales the rose bushes need cutting back o pruning

D

«viento»: hacía un viento que me cortaba la cara there was a biting wind blowing in my face o ( liter) lashing my face

E (en costura) ‹falda/vestido› to cut out

F

1 ‹agua/gas/luz› to cut off; ‹comunicación› to cut off

le cortaron el teléfono his phone was cut off

corta la electricidad antes de tocarlo switch off the electricity before you touch it

siempre cortan la película en lo más interesante they always interrupt the movie at the most exciting moment

cortarla ( Chi fam): córtala con eso OK, cut it out, now ( colloq)

córtenla de hacer ruido cut out the noise, will you? ( colloq)

2 ‹calle› (por obras) to close

los manifestantes cortaron la carretera the demonstrators blocked the road

la policía cortó la calle the police blocked off o closed the street

3 ‹retirada› to cut off

han cortado el tráfico en la zona they've closed the area to traffic

la policía nos cortó el paso the police cut us off

4 ‹relaciones diplomáticas› to break off; ‹subvenciones/ayuda› to cut off

G ‹fiebre› to bring down; ‹resfriado› to cure, get rid of; ‹hemorragia› to stop, stem

H ‹persona› (en una conversación) to interrupt

me cortó en seco he cut me short, he cut me off sharply

I ‹película› to cut, edit; ‹escena/diálogo› to cut out, edit out

J ‹recta/plano› to cross

la Avenida Santa Fe corta el Paseo de Gracia the Avenida Santa Fe crosses the Paseo de Gracia

K

1 ‹heroína/cocaína› to adulterate, cut ( colloq)

2 ‹vermut› to add water ( o lemon etc) to

3 ‹leche› to curdle

L ( RPl) ‹dientes› to cut

está cortando los dientes he's cutting his teeth, he's teething

M

( Chi) ‹animal› cortó al caballo de tanto galopar he rode the horse so hard that it collapsed

■ cortar

vi

A «cuchillo/tijeras» to cut

este cuchillo no corta this knife doesn't cut o is blunt

B

1

(por radio): corto y cambio over

corto y fuera or corto y cierro over and out

2 ( Cin):

¡corten! cut!

3 (CS) (por teléfono) to hang up

no me cortes don't hang up on me, don't put the phone down on me

C (terminar)

1 «novios» to break up, split up

ha cortado con el novio she's broken o split up with her boyfriend

2 cortar CON algo to break WITH sth

decidió cortar con el pasado she decided to break with o make a break with the past

D (en naipes) to cut

E (en costura) to cut out

F (acortar camino) cortar POR algo:

cortemos por el bosque/la plaza let's cut through the woods/across the square, let's take a short cut through the woods/across the square

cortaron por el atajo they took the shortcut

G

( Chi fam) (ir, dirigirse): cortaron para la ciudad they headed for o made for the city

no sabía para dónde cortar ( Chi fam); I/he didn't know which way to turn ( colloq)

■ cortarse

v pron

A (interrumpirse) «proyección/película» to stop; «llamada/gas» to get cut off

se cortó la línea or comunicación I got cut off

se ha cortado la luz there's been a power cut

no te metas en el agua ahora, que se te va a cortar la digestión don't go in the water yet, it's bad for the digestion/you'll get stomach cramp

casi se me corta la respiración del susto I was so frightened I could hardly breathe

B ( refl) (hacerse un corte) to cut oneself; ‹dedo/brazo/cara› to cut

iba descalza y me corté el pie I was barefoot shoes and I cut my foot

se cortó afeitándose he cut himself shaving

C

1 ( refl) ‹uñas/pelo› to cut

se corta el pelo ella misma she cuts her own hair

se cortó una oreja he cut off his ear

se cortó las venas he slashed his wrists

2 ( caus) ‹pelo› to have … cut

¿cuándo vas a cortarte el pelo? when are you going to have a haircut o get your hair cut?

D ( recípr) «líneas/calles» to cross

E «leche» to go off, curdle; «mayonesa» to curdle

F

( Esp) «persona» (turbarse, aturdirse): no le digas eso que se corta don't say that to her, she'll get all embarrassed

se corta cuando se ve entre mucha gente he comes over o goes all shy when there are too many people around ( colloq)

G ( Chi fam) «animal» to collapse from exhaustion

me corto de hambre/sed I'm dying of hunger/thirst

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cortar ( conjugate cortar) verbo transitivo
1 ( dividir) ‹cuerda/pastel› to cut, chop;
‹ asado› to carve;
‹leña/madera› to chop;
‹ baraja› to cut;
◊ cortar algo por la mitad to cut sth in half o in two;

cortar algo en rodajas/en cuadritos to slice/dice sth;
cortar algo en trozos to cut sth into pieces
2 (quitar, separar) ‹rama/punta/pierna› to cut off;
‹ árbol› to cut down, chop down;
‹ flores› (CS) to pick;
◊ me cortó un trozo de melón she cut me a piece of melon

3 ( hacer más corto) ‹pelo/uñas› to cut;
‹césped/pasto› to mow;
‹ seto› to cut;
‹ rosal› to cut back;
‹ texto› to cut down
4 ( en costura) ‹falda/vestido› to cut out
5 ( interrumpir)
a) ‹agua/gas/luz/teléfono› to cut off;

‹película/programa› to interrupt
b) ‹ calle› [policía/obreros] to close, block off;

[ manifestantes] to block;
◊ me cortó el paso he stood in my way

6 (censurar, editar) ‹ película› to cut;
‹escena/diálogo› to cut (out)
7 [ frío]:
◊ el frío me cortó los labios my lips were chapped o cracked from the cold weather

verbo intransitivo
1 [cuchillo/tijeras] to cut
2
a) (Cin):

◊ ¡corten! cut!

b) (CS) ( por teléfono) to hang up;

◊ no me cortes don't hang up on me

c) ( en naipes) to cut

cortarse verbo pronominal
1 ( interrumpirse) [proyección/película] to stop;
[llamada/gas] to get cut off;
◊ se cortó la luz there was a power cut;

se me cortó la respiración I could hardly breathe
2
a) ( refl) ( hacerse un corte) to cut oneself;

‹brazo/cara› to cut;
◊ me corté un dedo I cut my finger

b) ( refl) ‹uñas/pelo› to cut;

◊ se corta el pelo ella misma she cuts her own hair

c) ( caus) ‹ pelo› to have … cut;

◊ tengo que cortarme el pelo I have to have my hair cut

d) [piel/labios] to crack, become chapped

3 ( cruzarse) [líneas/calles] to cross
4 [ leche] to curdle;
[mayonesa/salsa] to separate
5 (Chi, Esp) [ persona] (turbarse, aturdirse) to get embarrassed
cortar
I verbo transitivo
1 to cut
(un árbol) to cut down
(el césped) to mow
2 (amputar) to cut off
3 (la luz, el teléfono) to cut off
4 (impedir el paso) to block
5 (eliminar, censurar) to cut out
II verbo intransitivo
1 (partir) to cut
2 (atajar) to cut across, to take a short cut
3 familiar (interrumpir una relación) to split up: cortó con su novia, he split up with his girlfriend
♦ Locuciones: familiar cortar por lo sano, to put an end to
' cortar' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
bacalao
- colgar
- desconectar
- lámina
- ligadura
- pelar
- pinchar
- ras
- sana
- sano
- seccionar
- sesgar
- despedazar
- largo
- mitad
- plantilla
- servir
- tijeras
- trozo
English:
bar
- begin
- block off
- blunt
- board
- breadboard
- chop
- chop off
- chop up
- clip
- consent
- cramp
- cut
- cut off
- cut up
- dice
- disconnect
- edit
- fillet
- hack
- hair-clippers
- lop off
- mow
- nick
- nip
- pick
- rot
- sever
- shear
- shred
- shut off
- slice
- slice through
- slice up
- slit
- snip
- take off
- bite
- block
- bread
- break
- carve
- clippers
- crop
- dock
- gash
- hang
- lawnmower
- lop
- loss

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cortar

♦ vt

1. [seccionar] to cut;
[en pedazos] to cut up; [escindir] [rama, brazo, cabeza] to cut off; [talar] to cut down;
cortar el césped to mow the lawn, to cut the grass;

hay que cortar leña para el hogar we have to chop some firewood for the hearth;

siempre corta el pavo he always carves the turkey;

cortar una rebanada de pan to cut a slice of bread;

cortar el pan a rodajas to slice the bread, to cut the bread into slices;

cortar algo en pedazos to cut sth into pieces;

corta la tarta en cinco partes divide the cake in five, cut the cake into five slices;

corta esta cuerda por la mitad cut this string in half;

corta la cebolla muy fina chop the onion very finely;

le cortaron la cabeza they chopped her head off;

le cortaron dos dedos porque se le habían gangrenado they amputated o removed two of his fingers that had gone gangrenous;

cortarle el pelo a alguien to cut sb's hair

2. [recortar] [tela, figura de papel] to cut out;
[gastos] to cut back
3. [interrumpir] [retirada, luz, teléfono] to cut off;
[carretera] to close; [hemorragia] to stop, to staunch; [discurso, conversación] to interrupt; Dep [pase, tiro] to block;
cortar la luz to cut off the electricity supply;

nos han cortado el teléfono our telephone has been cut off o disconnected;

la nieve nos cortó el paso we were cut off by the snow;

cortaron el tráfico para que pasara el desfile they closed the road to traffic so the procession could pass by;

la falta cortó el ataque del equipo visitante the foul stopped the away team's attack;

cortada por obras [en letrero] road closed for repairs;

en esta cadena de televisión no cortan las películas con anuncios on this television channel they don't interrupt the films with adverts;

Comp
CSur Fam
¡cortála! shut it!, shut up!

4. [atravesar] [recta] to cross, to intersect;
[calle, territorio] to cut across;
el río corta la región de este a oeste the river runs right across o bisects the region from east to west

5. [labios, piel] to crack, to chap

6. Fam [droga] to cut

7. [baraja] to cut

8. [leche] to curdle;

el calor corta la mayonesa heat makes mayonnaise spoil o Br go off

9. [película] [escena] to cut;
[censurar] to censor
10. [poner fin a] [beca] to cut;
[relaciones diplomáticas] to break off; [abusos] to put a stop to;
cortar un problema de raíz [impedirlo] to nip a problem in the bud;
[erradicarlo] to root a problem out;
Comp

cortar algo por lo sano: tenemos que cortar este comportamiento por lo sano we must take drastic measures to put an end to this behaviour

11. Fam [avergonzar]
este hombre me corta un poco I find it hard to be myself when that man's around

12. RP [comunicación]
cortar la comunicación to hang up;

me cortó en mitad de la frase she hung up on me when I was in mid-sentence

13. Informát to cut;

cortar y pegar cut and paste

♦ vi

1. [producir un corte] to cut;

estas tijeras no cortan these scissors don't cut (properly);

corte por la línea de puntos cut along the dotted line;

Comp

cortar por lo sano [aplicar una solución drástica] to resort to drastic measures;

decidió cortar por lo sano con su pasado she decided to make a clean break with her past

2. [atajar] to take a short cut ( por through);
corté por el camino del bosque I took a short cut through the forest

3. [terminar una relación] to split up ( con with);
corté con mi novio I've split up with my boyfriend

4. [terminar una acción] Cine
¡corten! cut!;
Rad
¡corto y cambio! over!;

¡corto y cierro! over and out!

5. [en juego de cartas] to cut

6. [ser muy intenso]
hace un frío que corta it's bitterly cold

7. RP [hablando por teléfono] to hang up, to put the phone down;

no corte, por favor hold the line, please

♦ See also the pronominal verb cortarse

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cortar

I v/t

1 cut; electricidad cut off

2 calle close

3

:

cortar la respiración fig take one’s breath away

II v/i cut;

cortar con alguien split up with s.o.

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cortar vt

1) : to cut, to slice, to trim

2) : to cut out, to omit

3) : to cut off, to interrupt

4) : to block, to close off

5) : to curdle (milk)

cortar vi

1) : to cut

2) : to break up

3) : to hang up (the telephone)

♦ See also the reflexive verb cortarse

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cortar vb

1. (en general) to cut [pt. & pp. cut]

cortó un trozo de queso she cut a slice of cheese

este cuchillo no corta this knife doesn't cut

ten cuidado con la lata, que corta be careful with the tin it's sharp

2. (agua, luz, teléfono) to cut off

han cortado el gas the gas has been cut off

3. (calle, carretera) to close

han cortado la calle the road has been closed

cortar el bacalao to be the boss

cortar en pedazos to cut up

Spanish-English dictionary > cortar
16 reducir

v.

1 to reduce.

reduzca la velocidad reduce speed now (en letrero)

nos han reducido el sueldo our salary has been cut

reducir algo a algo to reduce something to something

reducir algo al absurdo to make a nonsense of something

Ella redujo la velocidad She reduced the speed.

2 to suppress, to subdue (someter) (país, ciudad).

3 to convert (Mat) (convertir).

4 to set (medicine).

5 to shorten, to shrink.

Ellos redujeron las tablas They shortened the boards.

6 to cut down, to depress, to de-escalate, to deescalate.

Ellos redujeron los gastos They cut down expenses.

7 to conquer, to subdue, to subjugate.

Ellos redujeron a los nativos They conquered the natives.

8 to hydrogenate.

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reducir

Conjugation model [ CONDUCIR], like link=conducir conducir

► verbo transitivo

1 (gen) to reduce

■ reducir a cenizas to reduce to ashes

2 (disminuir) to reduce, cut, cut down on

■ reducir gastos to cut down on expenses

3 (vencer) to subdue

4 MEDICINA to set

5 (una salsa, etc) to reduce, boil down

► verbo intransitivo

1 AUTOMÓVIL to change down, change to a lower gear

► verbo pronominal reducirse

1 (gen) to be reduced; (decrecer) to decrease

2 (resultar) to come down (a, to)

■ todo se redujo a una equivocación it all came down to a mistake

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verb

1) to reduce, cut

2) decrease

3) subdue

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1. VT

1) (=disminuir)

a) [en cantidad] [+ gastos, inflación, precio] to reduce, bring down, cut; [+ tensión, ansiedad] to reduce; [+ riesgo] to reduce, lessen

medidas encaminadas a reducir el número de parados — measures designed to reduce o bring down o cut the number of unemployed

han reducido las listas de espera en los hospitales — they have reduced o cut hospital waiting lists

el autobús redujo su velocidad — the bus reduced speed, the bus slowed down

conviene reducir el consumo de grasas — it is advisable to cut down on fatty foods

el banco redujo su beneficio un 12% — the bank saw its profits fall by 12%

un tratamiento para reducir la celulitis — a treatment to reduce cellulite

• reducir algo en algo — to reduce sth by sth, cut sth by sth

tenemos que reducir la producción en un 20% — we have to reduce o cut production by 20%

• reducir a la mínima expresión — to reduce to the bare minimum

• reducir algo al mínimo — to reduce o cut sth to the minimum

• reducir algo a la mitad — to cut sth by half

b) [en tiempo] [+ jornada laboral] to reduce, shorten; [+ sentencia] to reduce

han reducido la mili a nueve meses — they have reduced o cut military service to nine months

sus abogados consiguieron reducir la sentencia a dos meses — his lawyers managed to get his sentence reduced to two months

c) [en tamaño] [+ copia] to reduce; [+ discurso, artículo] to cut down, shorten

2)

• reducir algo a algo —

a) (=limitar) to limit sth to sth; (=simplificar) to reduce sth to sth

redujo su intervención a criticar al gobierno — her participation was limited to criticizing the government

todo lo reduce a cosas materiales — he reduces everything to material terms

b) (=convertir) [+ cantidad, medida] to convert sth into sth; [+ fracción, ecuación] to reduce sth into sth

reducir un kilómetro a metros — to convert a kilometre into metres

el techo fue reducido a cenizas por el fuego — the roof was reduced to ashes by the fire

- reducir algo al absurdo

3) (=someter) [+ ladrón, fugitivo, loco] to overpower; [+ alborotadores] to subdue; [+ fortaleza] to subdue, reduce frm

entre los tres lograron reducir al atracador — the three of them managed to overpower the robber

• reducir a algn a la obediencia — to bring sb to heel

• reducir a algn al silencio — [por la fuerza, por miedo] to silence sb; [por vergüenza, humillación] to reduce sb to silence

4) (Med) [+ hueso, hernia] to set, reduce frm

5) (Quím) to reduce

6) LAm [en el mercado negro] to get rid of *

2.

VI (Aut) to change down

reduce a segunda — change down to second gear

3.

See:

reducirse

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1.
verbo transitivo

1)

a) <gastos/costos> to cut, reduce; <velocidad/producción/consumo> to reduce

reducir al mínimo los riesgos — to minimize o to reduce the risks to a minimum

debería reducir el consumo de sal — you should cut down on salt

le redujeron la pena — they shortened o reduced his sentence

reducir algo A algo — to reduce something to something

la población quedó reducida a la mitad — the population was halved

reducir algo a su mínima expresión — (Mat) to reduce something to its simplest form

reducir algo EN algo — to reduce something by something

reducir el gasto en cinco millones — to reduce costs by five million

b) <fotocopia/fotografía> to reduce

2)

a) ( transformar)

reducir algo A algo: reducir los gramos a milígramos to convert the grams to milligrams; quedaron reducidos a cenizas they were reduced to ashes; mis ilusiones quedaron reducidas a la nada — my dreams came to nothing

b) (Quím) to reduce

c) (AmS) < objeto robado> to receive, fence (colloq)

3) ( dominar) <enemigo/rebeldes> to subdue; < ladrón> to overpower

reducir a un pueblo a la esclavitud — to reduce a people to slavery

4) <fractura/hernia> to set, reduce (tech)
2.
reducir vi

1) (Coc) to reduce, boil down

2) (Auto) to shift into a lower gear
3.
reducirse v pron

reducirse A algo: todo se reduce a tener tacto it all comes down to being tactful; todo se redujo a un paseo por el río — in the end it was just a walk by the river

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= abridge, compress, contract, curtail, erode, gut, narrow, prune, reduce, shorten, stifle, lower, cut back (on), cut, cut down (on), deplete, lessen, pare down, keep down + Nombre, retrench, narrow down, whittle (away/down/at), slim down, slow down, slow up, taper, wind + Nombre + down, cut + Nombre + short, scale back, downgrade [down-grade], shave off, shrink, mark + Nombre + down.

Nota: Generalmente aplicado a los precios.

Ex. Inevitably any abridgement poses the dilemma how to abridge, that is, what to leave out and what to include.

Ex. A library of a million volumes could be compressed into one end of a desk.

Ex. In the face of emergencies, breadth of vision tends to contract, narrowing the range of responses.

Ex. The imposition of fee-based services may radically curtail the breadth of resources available to library users where historically information has been offered freely.

Ex. These arrangements should also erode price differentials between Europe and the US, and permit each country to support its own online services.

Ex. Prices of European produced scientific, technical and medical serials continue to gut US research libraries.

Ex. Hierarchical relationships must be indicated in order that the users may broaden or narrow the search parameters.

Ex. More balanced schedules were achieved by pruning the 31000 subjects enumerated in the fourteenth edition to 4700.

Ex. The disadvantage of inversion of words is that inversion or indirect word order reduces predictability of form of headings.

Ex. If there are holds on the title, the loan period is shortened to 14 days.

Ex. Excessive emphasis on the need to exact payment will stifle the flow of information.

Ex. When a forme was in place on the press stone, paper was lowered on to it by means of a tympan and frisket.

Ex. But higher education, which expanded between 1959 and 1979 from 164,000 to 519,600 students in full-time higher education, has also been cutting back on purchases.

Ex. 'The word's out: all departments have to cut their staffs by 10%' -- Her voice was weak and laden with woe.

Ex. Abstracts cut down considerably on legwork in hunting for information.

Ex. This intermediate grade would equate with the senior library assistant, a category much depleted in UK academic librarianship.

Ex. Two possible solutions are possible: (1) to lessen the frequency of production, or (2) to reduce the amount of detail in the entries.

Ex. He said again that we should pare it down to something much more in line with his figures.

Ex. Activities such as gardening or cookery are dealt with in many books in ways which go far beyond the simple keeping down of weeds or just filling empty stomachs.

Ex. In the face of overpublishing and growing scepticism, this once booming area is now retrenching and broadening its coverage = En vista del exceso de publicaciones y del creciente escepticismo, este área que una vez estuvo en auge ahora ha venido a menos.

Ex. By specifying the fields to be searched, the user can narrow down the search in a very convenient way.

Ex. However, such idealism is often whittled away over time by bureaucratic problems & organizational demands.

Ex. The abundance of book types and titles makes display and merchandising increasingly difficult; some booksellers are dealing with this by slimming down or cutting out certain categories.

Ex. However, the flight from DC appears to have slowed down more quickly than was anticipated, and we no longer read of large numbers of libraries making the change.

Ex. Since cataloging is the most time consuming part of digitization, it has slowed up the placement of files.

Ex. The tube in the two types tapers almost unnoticeably from base to tip.

Ex. Not the least of the ironies of this venture is that going ahead with it is as full of hazard as winding it down abruptly.

Ex. May I just cut you short, because I've discussed this problem with Peter Jacobs just this week.

Ex. He first spotted trouble when she started being short with users and so he solved the problem by scaling back her workload.

Ex. The opposite of the 'halo effect' -- downgrading someone you dislike but whose work is good -- is also an error.

Ex. You can shave off as much as 50% or even more from your current rate for home insurance in Arizona.

Ex. The 'false hit' problem still arises, but becomes less likely as the 'neighborhood' of the two words shrinks.

Ex. They have just marked down all summer handbags to 50 percent off.

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* que reduce el estrés = stress-reducing.

* reducir a cero = reduce to + nil.

* reducir a la mitad = halve, cut in + half, halve, reduce by + half.

* reducir a la nada = reduce to + nil.

* reducir al mínimo = minimise [minimize, -USA], reduce to + a minimum, cut down to + a minimum, keep to + a (bare) minimum, cut to + the bone.

* reducir a lo mínimo = cut to + the bone.

* reducir a miniatura = miniaturise [miniaturize, -USA].

* reducir costes = reduce + costs.

* reducir de plantilla = downsize.

* reducir de tamaño = reduce in + size.

* reducir el esfuerzo = reduce + effort.

* reducir el impacto = minimise + impact.

* reducir el papeleo = slash + red tape.

* reducir el precio = reduce + price, cut + price.

* reducir el presupuesto = cut + monies from + budget.

* reducir el riesgo = reduce + risk.

* reducir el tamaño = reduce + size.

* reducir el tiempo = cut down + time.

* reducir el valor = reduce + value.

* reducir gastos = cut + costs, cut + spending, make + economies, make + cuts, reduce + costs.

* reducir gradualmente = scale down.

* reducir la burocracia = slash + red tape.

* reducir la posibilidad = minimise + possibility.

* reducir la probabilidad = reduce + chances.

* reducir las diferencias = bridge + the gap, bridge + the divide, bridge + the chasm, bridge + the gulf, close + the gap.

* reducir las diferencias entre... y = narrow + the gap between... and.

* reducir las distancias = reduce + distance, close + the gap.

* reducir las posibilidades de = narrow + the vision of.

* reducir los beneficios = cut + profit.

* reducir los impuestos = cut + taxes.

* reducir pérdidas = cut down + losses, cut + losses.

* reducir progresivamente = phase out.

* reducirse a = boil down to, come down to.

* reducirse poco a poco = dribble off.

* reducir una limitación = push + limits (further and further back).

* reducir una palabra a su raíz = stem.

* reducir un obstáculo = lower + barrier.

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1.
verbo transitivo

1)

a) <gastos/costos> to cut, reduce; <velocidad/producción/consumo> to reduce

reducir al mínimo los riesgos — to minimize o to reduce the risks to a minimum

debería reducir el consumo de sal — you should cut down on salt

le redujeron la pena — they shortened o reduced his sentence

reducir algo A algo — to reduce something to something

la población quedó reducida a la mitad — the population was halved

reducir algo a su mínima expresión — (Mat) to reduce something to its simplest form

reducir algo EN algo — to reduce something by something

reducir el gasto en cinco millones — to reduce costs by five million

b) <fotocopia/fotografía> to reduce

2)

a) ( transformar)

reducir algo A algo: reducir los gramos a milígramos to convert the grams to milligrams; quedaron reducidos a cenizas they were reduced to ashes; mis ilusiones quedaron reducidas a la nada — my dreams came to nothing

b) (Quím) to reduce

c) (AmS) < objeto robado> to receive, fence (colloq)

3) ( dominar) <enemigo/rebeldes> to subdue; < ladrón> to overpower

reducir a un pueblo a la esclavitud — to reduce a people to slavery

4) <fractura/hernia> to set, reduce (tech)
2.
reducir vi

1) (Coc) to reduce, boil down

2) (Auto) to shift into a lower gear
3.
reducirse v pron

reducirse A algo: todo se reduce a tener tacto it all comes down to being tactful; todo se redujo a un paseo por el río — in the end it was just a walk by the river

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= abridge, compress, contract, curtail, erode, gut, narrow, prune, reduce, shorten, stifle, lower, cut back (on), cut, cut down (on), deplete, lessen, pare down, keep down + Nombre, retrench, narrow down, whittle (away/down/at), slim down, slow down, slow up, taper, wind + Nombre + down, cut + Nombre + short, scale back, downgrade [down-grade], shave off, shrink, mark + Nombre + down.

Nota: Generalmente aplicado a los precios.

Ex: Inevitably any abridgement poses the dilemma how to abridge, that is, what to leave out and what to include.

Ex: A library of a million volumes could be compressed into one end of a desk.

Ex: In the face of emergencies, breadth of vision tends to contract, narrowing the range of responses.

Ex: The imposition of fee-based services may radically curtail the breadth of resources available to library users where historically information has been offered freely.

Ex: These arrangements should also erode price differentials between Europe and the US, and permit each country to support its own online services.

Ex: Prices of European produced scientific, technical and medical serials continue to gut US research libraries.

Ex: Hierarchical relationships must be indicated in order that the users may broaden or narrow the search parameters.

Ex: More balanced schedules were achieved by pruning the 31000 subjects enumerated in the fourteenth edition to 4700.

Ex: The disadvantage of inversion of words is that inversion or indirect word order reduces predictability of form of headings.

Ex: If there are holds on the title, the loan period is shortened to 14 days.

Ex: Excessive emphasis on the need to exact payment will stifle the flow of information.

Ex: When a forme was in place on the press stone, paper was lowered on to it by means of a tympan and frisket.

Ex: But higher education, which expanded between 1959 and 1979 from 164,000 to 519,600 students in full-time higher education, has also been cutting back on purchases.

Ex: 'The word's out: all departments have to cut their staffs by 10%' -- Her voice was weak and laden with woe.

Ex: Abstracts cut down considerably on legwork in hunting for information.

Ex: This intermediate grade would equate with the senior library assistant, a category much depleted in UK academic librarianship.

Ex: Two possible solutions are possible: (1) to lessen the frequency of production, or (2) to reduce the amount of detail in the entries.

Ex: He said again that we should pare it down to something much more in line with his figures.

Ex: Activities such as gardening or cookery are dealt with in many books in ways which go far beyond the simple keeping down of weeds or just filling empty stomachs.

Ex: In the face of overpublishing and growing scepticism, this once booming area is now retrenching and broadening its coverage = En vista del exceso de publicaciones y del creciente escepticismo, este área que una vez estuvo en auge ahora ha venido a menos.

Ex: By specifying the fields to be searched, the user can narrow down the search in a very convenient way.

Ex: However, such idealism is often whittled away over time by bureaucratic problems & organizational demands.

Ex: The abundance of book types and titles makes display and merchandising increasingly difficult; some booksellers are dealing with this by slimming down or cutting out certain categories.

Ex: However, the flight from DC appears to have slowed down more quickly than was anticipated, and we no longer read of large numbers of libraries making the change.

Ex: Since cataloging is the most time consuming part of digitization, it has slowed up the placement of files.

Ex: The tube in the two types tapers almost unnoticeably from base to tip.

Ex: Not the least of the ironies of this venture is that going ahead with it is as full of hazard as winding it down abruptly.

Ex: May I just cut you short, because I've discussed this problem with Peter Jacobs just this week.

Ex: He first spotted trouble when she started being short with users and so he solved the problem by scaling back her workload.

Ex: The opposite of the 'halo effect' -- downgrading someone you dislike but whose work is good -- is also an error.

Ex: You can shave off as much as 50% or even more from your current rate for home insurance in Arizona.

Ex: The 'false hit' problem still arises, but becomes less likely as the 'neighborhood' of the two words shrinks.

Ex: They have just marked down all summer handbags to 50 percent off.

* que reduce el estrés = stress-reducing.

* reducir a cero = reduce to + nil.

* reducir a la mitad = halve, cut in + half, halve, reduce by + half.

* reducir a la nada = reduce to + nil.

* reducir al mínimo = minimise [minimize, -USA], reduce to + a minimum, cut down to + a minimum, keep to + a (bare) minimum, cut to + the bone.

* reducir a lo mínimo = cut to + the bone.

* reducir a miniatura = miniaturise [miniaturize, -USA].

* reducir costes = reduce + costs.

* reducir de plantilla = downsize.

* reducir de tamaño = reduce in + size.

* reducir el esfuerzo = reduce + effort.

* reducir el impacto = minimise + impact.

* reducir el papeleo = slash + red tape.

* reducir el precio = reduce + price, cut + price.

* reducir el presupuesto = cut + monies from + budget.

* reducir el riesgo = reduce + risk.

* reducir el tamaño = reduce + size.

* reducir el tiempo = cut down + time.

* reducir el valor = reduce + value.

* reducir gastos = cut + costs, cut + spending, make + economies, make + cuts, reduce + costs.

* reducir gradualmente = scale down.

* reducir la burocracia = slash + red tape.

* reducir la posibilidad = minimise + possibility.

* reducir la probabilidad = reduce + chances.

* reducir las diferencias = bridge + the gap, bridge + the divide, bridge + the chasm, bridge + the gulf, close + the gap.

* reducir las diferencias entre... y = narrow + the gap between... and.

* reducir las distancias = reduce + distance, close + the gap.

* reducir las posibilidades de = narrow + the vision of.

* reducir los beneficios = cut + profit.

* reducir los impuestos = cut + taxes.

* reducir pérdidas = cut down + losses, cut + losses.

* reducir progresivamente = phase out.

* reducirse a = boil down to, come down to.

* reducirse poco a poco = dribble off.

* reducir una limitación = push + limits (further and further back).

* reducir una palabra a su raíz = stem.

* reducir un obstáculo = lower + barrier.

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reducir [I6 ]

vt

A

1 ‹gastos/costos› to cut, cut down on, reduce; ‹velocidad› to reduce; ‹producción/consumo› to reduce

hemos reducido el número de casos we have brought down o reduced the number of cases

redujeron el número de plazas they cut the number of places o the number of places was reduced

han prometido reducir los impuestos they have promised to cut o reduce taxes

con esto se intenta reducir al mínimo el riesgo de infección this is intended to minimize o to reduce to a minimum the risk of infection

ejercicios para reducir (la) cintura exercises to reduce your waistline

reducir algo A algo to reduce sth TO sth

han reducido el texto a 50 páginas they have shortened o reduced the text to fifty pages

le han reducido la pena a dos años they have commuted o shortened o reduced his sentence to two years

la población quedó reducida a la mitad the population was reduced to half of its former size

reducir algo a su mínima expresión ( Mat) to reduce sth to its simplest expression o form

el suéter quedó reducido a su mínima expresión ( hum); the sweater shrank to nothing

reducir algo EN algo to reduce sth BY sth

pretenden reducir el gasto en cinco millones they aim to reduce costs by five million

2 ‹fotocopia/fotografía› to reduce

B

1 (transformar) reducir algo A algo:

reducir los gramos a miligramos to convert the grams to milligrams

reducir quebrados a un mínimo común denominador to reduce fractions to their lowest common denominator

quedaron reducidos a cenizas they were reduced to ashes

todas sus ilusiones quedaron reducidas a la nada all his dreams were shattered

2 ( Quím) to reduce

3 ( AmS) ‹objeto robado› to receive, fence ( colloq)

C (dominar, someter) ‹enemigo/rebeldes› to subdue; ‹ladrón› to overpower

reducir a un pueblo a la esclavitud to reduce a people to slavery

D ‹fractura/hernia› to set, reduce ( tech)

E (CS) ‹cadáver/restos mortales› to exhume ( for reburial in a niche or smaller coffin)

■ reducir

vi

A ( Coc) to reduce, boil down

dejar reducir la salsa leave the sauce to boil down o reduce

B ( Auto) to shift into a lower gear, change down ( BrE)

■ reducirse

v pron

reducirse A algo:

todo se reduce a saber interpretar las cifras it all comes down to knowing how to interpret the figures

todo se redujo a una visita a la catedral y un paseo por el río in the end it was just a visit to the cathedral and a walk along the river

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reducir ( conjugate reducir) verbo transitivo
1
a) ‹gastos/costos› to cut, reduce;

‹velocidad/producción/consumo› to reduce;
◊ debería reducir el consumo de sal you should cut down on salt;

reducir algo A algo to reduce sth to sth;
reducir algo EN algo to reduce sth by sth
b) ‹fotocopia/fotografía› to reduce

2
a) ( transformar):

◊ reducir los gramos a milígramos to convert the grams to milligrams;

quedaron reducidos a cenizas they were reduced to ashes
b) (AmS) ‹ objeto robado› to receive, fence (colloq)

3 ( dominar) ‹enemigo/rebeldes› to subdue;
‹ ladrón› to overpower
reducirse verbo pronominal:
◊ todo se reduce a tener tacto it all comes down to being tactful

reducir
I verbo transitivo
1 (disminuir) to reduce
reducir algo en algo, to reduce sthg by sthg
(gastos, consumo, etc) to cut (down), minimize
2 (convertir, transformar) to reduce: el incendio redujo el bosque a cenizas, the fire reduced the wood to ashes
3 (subyugar) to subdue
II vi Auto to change down, US to downshift

' reducir' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
bajar
- ceniza
- encaminada
- encaminado
- moler
- disminuir
- minimizar
- mínimo
- mira
English:
administrative
- austerity
- ax
- axe
- change down
- corner
- curtail
- cut
- cut back
- cut down
- decrease
- deficit
- deplenish
- deplete
- depress
- downsize
- effective
- halve
- lighten
- lower
- narrow down
- prune
- pulp
- rate
- receive
- reduce
- retrench
- scale down
- shorten
- slow
- wind down
- bring
- cost
- deaden
- decelerate
- diminish
- discount
- get
- lessen
- loss
- minimize
- over
- pare
- scale
- slacken
- traffic
- whittle
- wind

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reducir

♦ vt

1. [disminuir] to reduce;
[gastos, costes, impuestos, plantilla] to cut; [producción] to cut (back on);
nos han reducido el sueldo our salary has been cut;

reduzca la velocidad [en letrero] reduce speed now;

reducir algo a algo to reduce sth to sth;

el edificio quedó reducido a escombros the building was reduced to a pile of rubble;

reducir algo al mínimo to reduce sth to a minimum;

reducir algo a o [m5] en la mitad to reduce sth by half;

tú todo lo reduces a tener dinero the only thing you care about is money;

reducir a la mínima expresión to cut down to the bare minimum

2. [fotocopia] to reduce

3. [someter] [país, ciudad] to suppress, to subdue;
[atracador, ladrón, sublevados] to overpower
4. Mat [unidades de medida] to convert (a to); [fracciones, ecuaciones] to cancel out

5. Med [hueso] to set

6. Quím to reduce

7. Culin [guiso, salsa] to reduce

8. Andes, RP [objetos robados] to receive, to fence

9. RP [cadáver] to exhume [for reburial in smaller container]

♦ vi

1. [en el automóvil]
reducir (de marcha o [m5] velocidad) to change down;

reduce a tercera change down into third (gear)

2. Culin [guiso, salsa] to reduce

♦ See also the pronominal verb reducirse

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reducir

v/t

1 reduce (a to); gastos cut;

reducir personal cut jobs, reduce staff numbers;

reducir la marcha AUTO downshift, shift into a lower gear

2 MIL overcome

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reducir {61} vt

1) disminuir: to reduce, to decrease, to cut

2) : to subdue

3) : to boil down

♦ See also the reflexive verb reducirse

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reducir vb to reduce

reducir la velocidad to reduce speed

Spanish-English dictionary > reducir
17 breaking

1. n поломка; разрыв

breaking of the waters — разрыв плодных оболочек

breaking strength — прочность на разрыв

breaking down a vehicle — поломка машины

breaking of connectors — разрыв соединений

breaking of waters — разрыв плодных оболочек

breaking machine — машина для испытаний на разрыв

2. n разрывание; обрывание, прерывание; разрушение

breaking capacity — разрывная мощность

rock breaking — разрушение породы

breaking off — прерывающий; прерывание

breaking down — разбивающий; разрушение

emulsion breaking — разрушение эмульсии

breaking a contact — разрывание контакта

3. n объездка

4. n амер. распаханная целина

breaking of sod — взмёт почвы

5. n начало, наступление

breaking of spring — начало весны

breaking off the offensive — прекращение наступления

breaking the back of the offensive — срыв наступления

6. n горн. отбойка

breaking ground — отбойка породы

ground breaking — отбойка породы

air breaking — отбойка сжатым воздухом

mechanical breaking — механическая отбойка

hydraulic breaking — гидравлическая отбойка

7. n горн. дробление

stamp breaking — дробление в толчее

coarse breaking — первичное дробление

stage breaking — стадиальное дробление

preliminary breaking — крупное дробление

8. n горн. текст. мятие

Синонимический ряд:

1. cracking (adj.) bursting; cracking; fracturing; rending; severing; shattering; snapping; splintering; sundering

2. violation (noun) cleavage; division; fracture; infraction; separating; transgressing; violating; violation

3. bankrupting (verb) bankrupting; impoverishing; paupering

4. cracking (verb) break down; cave in; cracking; snapping

5. decoding (verb) deciphering; decoding; decrypting; puzzle out

6. degrading (verb) bumping; degrading; demoting; downgrading; putting down; reducing

7. disproving (verb) confounding; confuting; controverting; disproving; everting; rebutting; refuting

8. divorcing (verb) detaching; disjoining; dividing; divorcing; separating; severing; splitting

9. emerging (verb) come out; coming out; emerging; get out; getting out; leaking; outing; transpiring

10. escaping (verb) absconding; decamping; escaping; fleeing; flying

11. failing (verb) busting; crashing; failing; folding

12. gentling (verb) gentling; taming

13. giving (verb) bending; caving; collapsing; crumpling; giving; going; yielding

14. happening (verb) befalling; betiding; chancing; coming; coming off; developing; doing; falling out; happening; occurring; rising

15. penetrating (verb) penetrating; perforating; piercing; puncturing

16. plowing (verb) plowing; plowing up; turning over

17. recessing (verb) recessing

18. ruining (verb) bankrupting; crushing; destroying; folding up; impoverishing; overwhelming; pauperizing; ruining; subduing

19. smashing (verb) cleaving; disjointing; fracturing; shattering; shivering; smashing; splintering; sundering

20. solving (verb) clearing up; dissolving; figuring out; puzzling out; resolving; solving; unfolding; unraveling

21. stopping (verb) give up; leave off; stopping

22. telling (verb) carrying; communicating; conveying; disclosing; get across; imparting; passing; passing on; reporting; telling; transmitting

23. turning (verb) ploughing; turn over; turning

24. violating (verb) breaching; contravening; infringing; offending; transgressing; violating

English-Russian base dictionary > breaking
18 mira

intj.

1 look, look here, listen, behold.

2 to tell you the truth.

f.

1 sight.

mira telescópica telescopic sight

2 intention.

con miras a with a view to, with the intention of

poner la mira o las miras en algo to set one's sights on something

3 aim, goal, intention, objective.

4 watchtower.

pres.indicat.

3^rd person singular (él/ella/ello) present indicative of spanish verb: mirar.

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mira

► nombre femenino

1 (dispositivo) sight

2 figurado intention

■ no sé cuáles son sus miras en este asunto I don't know what his intentions are

\

FRASEOLOGÍA

con miras a with a view to

■ lo hizo con miras a montar un negocio he did it with a view to setting up a business

estrecho,-a de miras narrow-minded

tener sus miras en algo/alguien to have one's eye on something/somebody

mira telescópica telescopic sight

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SF

1) (Mil, Téc) sight

- estar con o tener la mira puesta en algo

mira de bombardeo — bombsight

mira telescópica — telescopic sight

2) (=intención) aim, intention

con la mira de hacer algo — with the aim of doing sth

con miras a — with a view to

llevar una mira interesada — to have (only) one's own interests at heart

tener miras sobre algo/algn — to have designs on sth/sb

3) pl miras (=actitud)

corto de miras — narrow-minded

amplio o ancho de miras — (=tolerante) broad-minded

de miras estrechas — narrow-minded

4)

estar a la mira — to be on the lookout (de for)

5) (=torre) watchtower; (=puesto) lookout post

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femenino

a) (Arm, Ópt) sight

b) (intención, objetivo)

con miras a reducir los gastos — with a view to reducing costs

tiene la mira puesta en ese cargo — he's set his sights on getting that job

sus miras son egoístas — his motives are selfish

encarar algo con amplitud de miras — to adopt a broad-minded approach to something

es muy estrecho de miras — he's very narrow-minded

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= viewfinder, gun sight [gunsight].

Nota: De arma.

Ex. Animals give me more pleasure through the viewfinder of a camera than they ever did in the crosshairs of a gun sight.

Ex. Animals give me more pleasure through the viewfinder of a camera than they ever did in the crosshairs of a gun sight.

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* en el blanco de mira = in the spotlight, in the crosshairs.

* en el punto de mira = in the spotlight, in the crosshairs.

* en + Posesivo + punto de mira = in + Posesivo + sights.

* mira telescópica = telescopic sight.

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femenino

a) (Arm, Ópt) sight

b) (intención, objetivo)

con miras a reducir los gastos — with a view to reducing costs

tiene la mira puesta en ese cargo — he's set his sights on getting that job

sus miras son egoístas — his motives are selfish

encarar algo con amplitud de miras — to adopt a broad-minded approach to something

es muy estrecho de miras — he's very narrow-minded

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= viewfinder, gun sight [gunsight].

Nota: De arma.

Ex: Animals give me more pleasure through the viewfinder of a camera than they ever did in the crosshairs of a gun sight.

Ex: Animals give me more pleasure through the viewfinder of a camera than they ever did in the crosshairs of a gun sight.

* en el blanco de mira = in the spotlight, in the crosshairs.

* en el punto de mira = in the spotlight, in the crosshairs.

* en + Posesivo + punto de mira = in + Posesivo + sights.

* mira telescópica = telescopic sight.

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mira

feminine

A

1 ( Arm, Ópt) sight

mira telescópica telescopic sight

2

(intención, objetivo): con miras a reducir los gastos with a view to reducing costs

vino con la mira de quedarse unos días he came intending to stay o with the idea of staying (for) a few days

tiene la mira puesta en ese cargo he's set his sights on getting that job

sus miras son egoístas his motives are selfish

es de una estrechez de miras increíble she has an amazingly narrow o shortsighted outlook (on things)

hay que encarar el proyecto con amplitud de miras we have to adopt a broad-minded approach to the project

es muy estrecho de miras he's very narrow-minded

B

( RPl) (perspectiva): ¿están por terminar? — ¡ni miras! are you nearly finished? — nowhere near! o you must be joking! ( colloq)

llevan tres años de novios pero no tienen miras de casarse they've been going out for three years but they don't have any plans to marry

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Del verbo mirar: ( conjugate mirar)

mira es:

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

2ª persona singular (tú) imperativo

Multiple Entries:
mira
mirar
mira sustantivo femenino
a) (Arm, Ópt) sight;

b) (intención, objetivo):

◊ con miras a reducir los gastos with a view to reducing costs;

con la mira puesta en el porvenir with one's sight set on the future;
es muy estrecho de miras he's very narrow-minded
mirar ( conjugate mirar) verbo transitivo
1
a) (observar, contemplar) to look at;

◊ mira un cuadro to look at a picture;

no me mires así don't look at me like that;
mira a algn a los ojos to look sb in the eye;
se me quedó mirando he just stared at me;
miraba distraída por la ventana he was gazing absent-mindedly out of the window;
miraba cómo lo hacía he was watching how she did it;
ir a mira escaparates or (AmL) vidrieras to go window shopping
b) ‹programa/partido/televisión› to watch

2 ( fijarse) to look;
◊ ¡mira lo que has hecho! look what you've done!;

mira bien que esté apagado make sure o check it's off;
miré a ver si estaba listo I had a look to see if he was ready
3 ( considerar):
◊ míralo desde otro punto de vista look at it from another point of view;

lo mires por donde lo mires whatever o whichever way you look at it;
mirándolo bien ( pensándolo detenidamente) all things considered;

( pensándolo mejor) on second thoughts;
◊ mira a algn en menos to look down on sb;

mira mal a algn to disapprove of sb
4 (expresando incredulidad, irritación, etc):
◊ ¡mira que poner un plato de plástico en el horno …! honestly o really! imagine putting a plastic dish in the oven …! (colloq);

¡mira que eres tacaño! boy, you're mean! (colloq);
¡mira las veces que te lo habré dicho …! the times I've told you!
verbo intransitivo
1 ( en general) to look;
◊ he mirado por todas partes I've looked everywhere;

mira por la ventana to look out of the window;
¿miraste bien? did you have a good look?, did you look properly?;
mira atrás to look back
2 ( estar orientado) mira A/HACIA algo [ fachada] to face sth;
[terraza/habitación] to look out over sth, overlook sth;
◊ ponte mirando hacia la ventana stand (o sit etc) facing the window

3
◊ mirar por

a) ( preocuparse por) to think of

b) (Col) ( cuidar) to look after

mirarse verbo pronominal
a) ( refl) to look at oneself;

◊ mirase en el espejo to look at oneself in the mirror

b) ( recípr) to look at each other

mira sustantivo femenino
1 (pieza de instrumento o arma por donde se mira) sight
mira telescópica, telescopic sight
2 pref pl (intención) plan, intention, sight: hemos estado ahorrando con miras a mandar a Juan a la universidad, we've been saving to send Juan to the university
3 Téc levelling stave/staff/rod
mirar
I verbo transitivo
1 to look at: me miró con preocupación, he looked at me with concern
mirar una palabra en el diccionario, to look up a word in the dictionary
2 (examinar) to watch: miraba la película atentamente, she was watching the film carefully
míralo con atención, look at it carefully
3 (tener cuidado) mira bien con quién andas, be careful of the company you keep
II verbo intransitivo
1 (buscar) miraré en ese rincón, I'll have a look in that corner
2 (cuidar) to look after sb/sthg: mira por tus intereses, she is looking after your interests
3 (estar orientado) to face: la fachada mira al norte, the façade faces north ➣ Ver nota en ver
' mira' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
botija
- espanto
- hablar
- luego
- menear
- mirar
- tener
- venir
English:
be
- beauty
- bright
- eye
- fancy
- look
- look at
- side
- sight
- take
- watch
- about
- this
- what

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mira nf

1. [en instrumento, arma] sight

Comp
mira telescópica telescopic sight
2. [intención, propósito] intention;

con miras a with a view to, with the intention of;

celebraron una reunión con miras a llegar a un acuerdo they held a meeting with a view to reaching an agreement;

se están preparando con miras a los Juegos Olímpicos they are training with a view to competing in the Olympic Games;

poner la mira o [m5] las miras en algo to set one's sights on sth;

Comp

ser amplio de miras to be enlightened;

Comp

ser corto de miras to be short-sighted

3. RP
miras [posibilidades] [m5] no hay ni miras de que podamos mudarnos antes del verano there's no chance whatsoever of us being able to move before the summer;

no tengo ni miras de que me aumenten el sueldo I haven't the slightest chance o prospect of getting a pay Br rise o US raise

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mira

f

:

con miras a with a view to;

estar en el punto de mira de alguien be the focus of s.o.’s attention;

está en el punto de mira de los Lakers the Lakers have an eye on him

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mira nf

1) : sight (of a firearm or instrument)

2) : aim, objective

con miras a: with the intention of, with a view to

de amplias miras: broad- minded

poner la mira en: to aim at, to aspire to

Spanish-English dictionary > mira
19 enfermar

v.

1 to make ill (causar enfermedad a).

La carne mala enfermó a María The spoiled meat made Mary ill.

2 to fall ill.

María enfermó de repente Mary fell ill suddenly.

3 to vex, to get up someone's nose.

Su impertinencia enfermó a María His impertinence vexed Mary.

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enfermar

► verbo intransitivo

1 to fall ill, become ill, be taken ill

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FRASEOLOGÍA

enfermar de agotamiento to suffer from exhaustion

enfermar del corazón to have heart trouble

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1.

VT (Med) to make ill

su actitud me enferma — her attitude makes me sick

2.

VI to fall ill, be taken ill (de with)

enfermar del corazón — to develop heart trouble enfermarse

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1.
verbo intransitivo to fall ill, get sick (AmE)

si sigue así va a enfermar — if he carries on like that he's going to make himself ill o to get ill
2.
enfermar vt (fam) to drive... mad (colloq)
3.
enfermarse v pron

a) (AmL) ( ponerse enfermo) to fall ill, get sick (AmE)

enfermarse del estómago — to develop stomach trouble

b) (CS euf) ( menstruar) to get one's period

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= become + ill, fall + ill, get + sick.

Ex. However, many attempts to actively involve the community in reducing its risks of becoming ill have met with failure.

Ex. The largest group of metaphors compared firms to living (especially human) beings: companies are born, fall ill, have children, die, etc.

Ex. When some of the parrots got sick, he nursed them back to health, and they in turn brought him back to life.

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1.
verbo intransitivo to fall ill, get sick (AmE)

si sigue así va a enfermar — if he carries on like that he's going to make himself ill o to get ill
2.
enfermar vt (fam) to drive... mad (colloq)
3.
enfermarse v pron

a) (AmL) ( ponerse enfermo) to fall ill, get sick (AmE)

enfermarse del estómago — to develop stomach trouble

b) (CS euf) ( menstruar) to get one's period

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= become + ill, fall + ill, get + sick.

Ex: However, many attempts to actively involve the community in reducing its risks of becoming ill have met with failure.

Ex: The largest group of metaphors compared firms to living (especially human) beings: companies are born, fall ill, have children, die, etc.

Ex: When some of the parrots got sick, he nursed them back to health, and they in turn brought him back to life.

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enfermar [A1 ]

vi

to fall ill, get ill, get sick ( AmE)

enfermó a los pocos meses de casarse a few months after his wedding he fell ill

si sigue comiendo así va a enfermar if he carries on eating like that he's going to make himself ill o to get ill

■ enfermar

vt

( fam); to drive … mad ( colloq)

la burocracia de este país me enferma the bureaucracy in this country really gets me o bugs me o drives me mad

■ enfermarse

v pron

1 ( AmL) (caer enfermo) to fall ill, get ill, get sick ( AmE)

se enfermó del estómago she developed stomach trouble

2 (CS euf) (menstruar) to get one's period

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enfermar ( conjugate enfermar) verbo intransitivo
to fall ill, get sick (AmE)
enfermarse verbo pronominal
a) (esp AmL) ( caer enfermo) to fall ill, get sick (AmE);

◊ enfermarse del estómago to develop stomach trouble

b) (CS euf) ( menstruar) to get one's period

enfermar
I verbo intransitivo to become o fall ill, get sick: enfermaron de tuberculosis, they caught tuberculosis
II verbo transitivo
1 (poner enfermo) to make ill: este calor me va a enfermar, this heat's going to make me ill
2 fam (irritar, disgustar) me enferma el desorden, untidiness makes me sick
' enfermar' also found in these entries:
English:
come down
- sicken
- take

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enfermar

♦ vt

1. [causar enfermedad a] to make ill

2. Fam [irritar] to drive up the wall;

me enferma esa actitud that kind of attitude really gets to me

♦ vi

to fall ill;

enfermar del corazón/pecho to develop a heart condition/chest complaint

♦ See also the pronominal verb enfermarse

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enfermar

I v/t drive crazy

II v/i get sick, Br tb

get ill

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enfermar vt

: to make sick

enfermar vi

: to fall ill, to get sick

♦ See also the reflexive verb enfermarse

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enfermar vb to fall ill [pt. fell; pp. fallen]

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20 maigrir

maigrir [megʀiʀ]

➭ TABLE 2 intransitive verb

to lose weight

• il a maigri de 5 kg he has lost 5kg

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mɛgʀiʀ
verbe intransitif to lose weight

maigrir de trois kilos — to lose three kilos

il a maigri du visage — his face has got GB ou gotten US thinner

pour maigrir — [cachet] slimming GB, reducing US

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meɡʀiʀ
1. vi

to lose weight

Il fait un régime pour essayer de maigrir. — He's on a diet, to try to lose weight.

Elle a maigri de deux kilos en un mois. — She's lost two kilos in a month.

2. vt

maigrir qn [vêtement] — to make sb look slim

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maigrir verb table: finir

A vtr [vêtement, couleur] to make [sb] look thinner; [maladie, soucis] to make [sb] lose weight.

B vi to lose weight, to slim; maigrir de trois kilos to lose three kilos; on l'a trouvé maigri he looked as if he had lost weight; maigrir des hanches/des cuisses to lose weight around one's hips/from one's thighs; il a maigri du visage his face has got GB ou gotten US thinner; faire maigrir qn [exercice, régime] to make sb lose weight; pour maigrir [crème, exercice] slimming GB, reducing ( épith) US; [cachet, pilule] diet.

[megrir] verbe intransitif

to get ou to grow thinner

tu n'as pas besoin de maigrir you don't need to lose (any) weight

il faut que je maigrisse de trois kilos I have to lose three kilos

elle a beaucoup maigri du visage her face has got a lot thinner

produits pour maigrir slimming (UK) ou diet aids

faire maigrir quelqu'un to make somebody lose weight

mes économies maigrissent à vue d'œil (figuré) my savings are just vanishing ou disappearing by the minute

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[megrir] verbe transitif

sa barbe/son costume le maigrit his beard/his suit makes him look thinner

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