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41 to make something good
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42 to put back
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43 cambiar
cambiar ( conjugate cambiar) verbo transitivo 1b) (de lugar, posición):cambié las flores de florero I put the flowers in a different vase cambiarle el nombre a algo to change the name of sthe) (Fin) to change;cambié 100 libras a or (Esp) en dólares I changed 100 pounds into dollars 2 ( canjear) ‹sellos/estampas› to swap, to trade (esp AmE); cambiar algo por algo ‹sellos/estampas› to swap o (esp AmE) trade sth for sth; ‹ compra› to exchange o change sth for sth;◊ ¿quieres que te cambie el lugar? do you want me to swap o change places with you?verbo intransitivo le está cambiando la voz his voice is breakingb) (Auto) to change gearcambiar de sentido to make (AmE) o (BrE) do a U-turn cambiarse verbo pronominal cambiarse de algo ‹de camisa/zapatos› to change sth; cambiarse de casa to move house; cámbiate de camisa change your shirtc) cambiarse por algn to change places with sb
cambiar
I verbo transitivo
1 to change
2 (cromos, etc) to swap, (en un comercio) exchange
3 (un tipo de moneda por otro) to change
II verbo intransitivo to change
cambiar de casa, to move (house)
cambiar de idea, to change one's mind
cambiar de sitio, to move
cambiar de trabajo, to get another job
cambiar de velocidad, to change gear ' cambiar' also found in these entries: Spanish: bando - camisa - chaqueta - desnaturalizar - girar - idea - impresión - infranqueable - lucha - parecer - torna - tornar - trasladar - volverse - arrepentirse - color - lado - lugar - marcha - mudar - reubicar - tema - transformar - tren - variar - voltear - vuelta English: about-face - about-turn - abruptly - alter - anyhow - change - change around - change over - dead - debate - doctor - frame - gear - hold - into - lighting - mind - modify - move - move about - move around - move on - prerogative - rearrange - replace - reverse - shift - shift about - shift around - stationary - steadily - subject - swap - swap for - swap round - swing - switch - switch over - tack - think - tune - vary - barter - break - budge - course - disguise - exchange - get - hand -
44 colgar
colgar ( conjugate colgar) verbo transitivo ‹ lámpara› to put up; ‹ ropa lavada› to hang (out); colgar algo de algo to hang sth on sth; verbo intransitivo el vestido me cuelga de un lado my dress is hanging down on one sideb) (Telec) to hang up;◊ no cuelgue, por favor hold the line please, please hold;me colgó he hung up on me colgarse verbo pronominal ( refl) 1b) (agarrarse, suspenderse):no te cuelges de mí don't cling on to me; se pasa colgada del teléfono (fam) she spends her time on the phone 2 (Chi, Méx) (Elec):
colgar
I verbo transitivo
1 (un cuadro) to hang (up) (tender la ropa) to hang (out)
2 (suspender) to fail
3 (ahorcar) to hang
4 (el teléfono) to hang up o put down
II verbo intransitivo
1 to hang [de, from]
2 Tel (cortar la comunicación) to hang up ' colgar' also found in these entries: Spanish: ahorcarse - chinchorro - hilo - sambenito - suspender - colgado - hamaca English: dangle - hang - hang up - line - put up - replace - ring off - sling - string up - put - ring - shoulder - string -
45 colocar
colocar ( conjugate colocar) verbo transitivo 1 ‹losas/alfombra› to lay; ‹ cuadro› to hang; ‹ bomba› to plant ‹ dinero› to place, invest 2 ‹ persona› colocarse verbo pronominala) (situarse, ponerse):◊ se colocó a mi lado she stood/sat beside me
colocar verbo transitivo
1 to place, put
2 (dar un empleo) to give work to
3 Fin (invertir) to invest
4 (encasquetar) ese vendedor ya me ha colocado una batidora manual, that salesman saddled me with a manual mixer
4 argot (drogar) to stone ' colocar' also found in these entries: Spanish: actual - disponer - estacar - estirón - recoger - atravesar - depositar - emplear - encajar - instalar - lado - montar - poner - situar - ubicar English: actual - arrange - lay - maybe - perch - place - plant - plonk - pose - position - put - range - replace - set - sit - stack - stand - station - bomb - bug - hang - reset - stick - turf - upright -
46 escobilla
escobilla sustantivo femenino
escobilla sustantivo femenino
1 (escoba pequeña) toilet brush: hasta la escobilla del baño iba a juego con la decoración, even the toilet brush matched the décor
2 Auto wiper (blade): tengo que poner escobillas nuevas a los limpiaparabrisas, I need to replace the wiper blades
3 (mecánica) brush ' escobilla' also found in these entries: English: windscreen wiper - clothes -
47 pieza
pieza sustantivo femenino 1 pieza de recambio or de repuesto spare part;◊ quedarse de una pieza to be dumbfounded;ser de una sola pieza (AmL) to be as straight as a die (unidad, objeto) piece;◊ ser una pieza de museo (fam) to be a museum piece2 (Mús, Teatr) piece 3 (esp AmL) ( dormitorio) bedroom; ( en hotel) room
pieza sustantivo femenino
1 piece, part
una pieza de repuesto, a spare part
2 Teat Mús piece
3 (en una casa) room Locuciones: dejar de una pieza, to leave speechless ' pieza' also found in these entries: Spanish: abatimiento - adelgazar - componente - contraste - desajustar - desconchada - desconchado - desencajar - desencajada - desencajado - desencajarse - ensayar - habitación - holgura - macho - mira - obús - plato - reemplazar - romper - salirse - tope - torre - adaptar - adelantar - alojado - brazalete - cambiar - cerámica - cónico - correr - cubierto - cuña - desmontable - desmontar - encajar - enganche - falla - forjar - interpretar - moneda - mover - pan - parte - practicar - que - refacción - repuesto - salir - tocar English: casting - component - cut - kill - lavatory - man - office - part - piece - play - replace - replacement - replacement part - roll - room - spare - bed - cast - collector - each - individual - item - moving - panel - peg - track -
48 suplantar
suplantar ( conjugate suplantar) verbo transitivo ‹ persona› to impersonate, pass oneself off as
suplantar verbo transitivo
1 (sustituir) to replace
2 frml supplant
3 (hacerse pasar por otro) to impersonate ' suplantar' also found in these entries: Spanish: desplazar English: supersede -
49 volver
volver ( conjugate volver) verbo intransitivo 1 ( regresar — al lugar donde se está) to come back; (— a otro lugar) to go back; ¿cómo vas a volver? how are you getting back?; ha vuelto con su familia she's gone back to her family; volver a algo ‹ a un lugar› to go back to sth; ‹a una situación/actividad› to return to sth; quiere volver al mundo del espectáculo he wants to return to show business; volviendo a lo que decía … to get o go back to what I was saying …; ¿cuándo volviste de las vacaciones? when did you get back from your vacation?; ha vuelto de París she's back from Paris 2 [calma/paz] to return; volver a algo to return to sth 3◊ volver en sí to come to o roundvolver v aux:◊ volver a empezar to start again o (AmE) over;no volverá a ocurrir it won't happen again; lo tuve que volver a llevar al taller I had to take it back to the workshop verbo transitivo 1 ( dar la vuelta) ‹ tierra› to turn o dig over; ‹calcetín/chaqueta› ( poner — del revés) to turn … inside out; (— del derecho) to turn … the right way round; ‹ cuello› to turn; 2 (convertir en, poner): me está volviendo loca it's/he's/she's driving me mad 3 (Méx) volverse verbo pronominal 1 ( girar) to turn (around); no te vuelvas, que nos están siguiendo don't look back, we're being followed; se volvió de espaldas he turned his back on me (o her etc); volverse boca arriba/abajo to turn over onto one's back/stomach 2 (convertirse en, ponerse): se vuelve agrio it turns o goes sour; se volvió loca she went mad
volver
I verbo intransitivo
1 (retornar, regresar: hacia el hablante) to return, come back: volveremos mañana, we'll come back tomorrow (: a otro sitio) to return, go back: volvió a su casa, she went back to her home
2 (: una acción, situación, etc) volveremos sobre ese asunto esta tarde, we'll come back to that subject this afternoon (expresando repetición) lo volvió a hacer, he did it again
volver a empezar, to start again o US over
II verbo transitivo
1 (dar la vuelta: a una tortilla, etc) to turn over (a un calcetín, etc) to turn inside out (a la esquina, la página) to turn (la mirada, etc) to turn 2 volverle la espalda a alguien, to turn one's back on sb Locuciones: familiar figurado (superar un gran peligro) volver a nacer: sobrevivió al naufragio, ha vuelto a nacer, he survived the shipwreck miraculously
volver en sí, to come round
volver la vista atrás, (mirar al pasado) to look back
volver a alguien loco: me está volviendo loco, she's driving me mad o crazy ' volver' also found in these entries: Spanish: ambages - andadas - carga - clara - claro - emocionante - enajenar - entenderse - escopetazo - espalda - estragos - garantizar - grupa - hervir - idea - imperiosa - imperioso - indisponer - loca - loco - mentalizarse - mico - normalizar - placer - recalentar - rellenar - repasar - repetir - resentirse - retroceder - soler - soñar - tornar - trastornar - venir - vista - arreglar - cuidar - empezar - endurecer - gana - hacer - poder - rehacer - tal - vuelto - vuelva English: again - ask back - before - call back - circle - clock - come back - come round - come to - despair - double back - drive - get back - go back - go back to - insane - lapse - live through - look round - mad - make - mind - move back - nuts - paint over - put back - rake up - re-enter - re-erect - reapply - reappoint - reassemble - reassess - reconvene - reimpose - rekindle - remarry - render - reoccupy - reopen - repeat - replace - replay - replenish - reread - rerun - reschedule - resit - restock - resume -
50 cover for
v.1 reemplazar o sustituir temporalmente (replace);2 cubrir las espaldas de, apañar, dar la cara por, cubrir. -
51 put back
v.1 devolver a su sitio (replace)2 aplazar, posponer (postpone); retrasar, atrasar (clock); retrasar (schedule)3 reponer, poner de regreso, devolver, retornar. -
52 relieve
vt.1 aliviar (alleviate) (pain, anxiety, problem); atenuar, mitigar (tension, boredom)2 relevar (replace)3 liberar (liberate) (city)(pt & pp relieved)
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replace — re‧place [rɪˈpleɪs] verb [transitive] 1. to start being used, doing a job etc instead of something or someone else: • The tax replaces a levy of 13.5% on manufactured goods. • He will be replaced as chief executive by the current finance director … Financial and business terms
Replace — Re*place (r? pl?s ), v. t. [Pref. re + place: cf. F. replacer.] 1. To place again; to restore to a former place, position, condition, or the like. [1913 Webster] The earl . . . was replaced in his government. Bacon. [1913 Webster] 2. To refund;… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
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replace — I verb act for, alternate, change, commute, compensate, cover for, depute, deputize, duplicate, exchange, fill in for, interchange, make amends, pay back, put back, refund, reimburse, reinstall, reinstate, repay, reponere, represent, restitute,… … Law dictionary
replacé — replacé, ée (re pla sé, sée) part. passé de replacer. La statue de Napoléon Ier replacée sur la colonne de la place Vendôme … Dictionnaire de la Langue Française d'Émile Littré
replace — 1590s, to restore to a previous place, from RE (Cf. re ) back, again + PLACE (Cf. place) (v.). Meaning to take the place of is recorded from 1733 … Etymology dictionary
replace — [v] take the place of; put in place of alter, back up, change, compensate, displace, fill in, follow, front for*, give back, mend, oust, outplace, patch, pinch hit for*, put back, reconstitute, recoup, recover, redeem, redress, reestablish,… … New thesaurus
replacé — Replacé, [replac]ée. part … Dictionnaire de l'Académie française
replace — ► VERB 1) take the place of. 2) provide a substitute for. 3) put back in a previous place or position. DERIVATIVES replaceable adjective replacer noun … English terms dictionary
