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  • 61 en mal estado

    = in bad condition, in poor condition, in bad shape, in poor shape, in bad nick
    Ex. A major programme of map restoration is in progress as a considerable part of the map collection is in bad condition.
    Ex. They use gritters to sprinkle rock salt on roads and snowploughs to ensure motorists are able to drive safely in poor conditions.
    Ex. But then a stretch of warm weather, even some rain, melted one of the rinks and left the other two in bad shape.
    Ex. But he said that many of the properties appeared to be in poor shape, and many were vacant.
    Ex. The original floorboards are in bad nick with gaps between them and a few that are cracked.
    * * *
    = in bad condition, in poor condition, in bad shape, in poor shape, in bad nick

    Ex: A major programme of map restoration is in progress as a considerable part of the map collection is in bad condition.

    Ex: They use gritters to sprinkle rock salt on roads and snowploughs to ensure motorists are able to drive safely in poor conditions.
    Ex: But then a stretch of warm weather, even some rain, melted one of the rinks and left the other two in bad shape.
    Ex: But he said that many of the properties appeared to be in poor shape, and many were vacant.
    Ex: The original floorboards are in bad nick with gaps between them and a few that are cracked.

    Spanish-English dictionary > en mal estado

  • 62 en malas condiciones

    = in poor condition, in bad condition, in bad shape, in poor shape, in bad nick
    Ex. They use gritters to sprinkle rock salt on roads and snowploughs to ensure motorists are able to drive safely in poor conditions.
    Ex. A major programme of map restoration is in progress as a considerable part of the map collection is in bad condition.
    Ex. But then a stretch of warm weather, even some rain, melted one of the rinks and left the other two in bad shape.
    Ex. But he said that many of the properties appeared to be in poor shape, and many were vacant.
    Ex. The original floorboards are in bad nick with gaps between them and a few that are cracked.
    * * *
    = in poor condition, in bad condition, in bad shape, in poor shape, in bad nick

    Ex: They use gritters to sprinkle rock salt on roads and snowploughs to ensure motorists are able to drive safely in poor conditions.

    Ex: A major programme of map restoration is in progress as a considerable part of the map collection is in bad condition.
    Ex: But then a stretch of warm weather, even some rain, melted one of the rinks and left the other two in bad shape.
    Ex: But he said that many of the properties appeared to be in poor shape, and many were vacant.
    Ex: The original floorboards are in bad nick with gaps between them and a few that are cracked.

    Spanish-English dictionary > en malas condiciones

  • 63 estar a merced de

    Ex. Plus, being at the mercy of train signals and jams on the roads is not my idea of a good start to the day.
    * * *

    Ex: Plus, being at the mercy of train signals and jams on the roads is not my idea of a good start to the day.

    Spanish-English dictionary > estar a merced de

  • 64 explorar

    v.
    1 to explore.
    El aventurero prospecta el terreno The adventure man explores the terrain.
    3 to prospect (mining).
    * * *
    1 (gen) to explore
    2 MEDICINA to probe
    3 MILITAR to reconnoitre
    4 TÉCNICA to scan
    5 (de mina) to drill, prospect
    \
    explorar el terreno figurado to see how the land lies
    * * *
    verb
    * * *
    1.
    VT (Geog) to explore; (Mil) to reconnoitre; (Med) to probe; [con radar] to scan
    2.
    VI to explore; (Mil) to reconnoitre, scout
    * * *
    verbo transitivo
    1)
    a) < región> to explore; < yacimientos> to prospect for
    b) < posibilidades> to explore, investigate; < situación> to investigate, examine
    c) (Mil) to reconnoiter*, scout
    2) (Med) < órgano> to examine, explore
    * * *
    = explore, scout, wind + Posesivo + way.
    Ex. Next I will illustrate a simple search profile which does not explore all possible synonyms, but does serve to illustrate weighted term logic.
    Ex. The article is entitled ' Scouting new horizons: an annotated bibliography introducing subject access in visual image databases'.
    Ex. Polaris has long been an important star to sailors of old winding their way over the oceans by night.
    ----
    * explorar métodos = explore + roads.
    * explorar nuevos horizontes = move on to + pastures new.
    * explorar territorio = explore + territory.
    * explorar una dirección = chart + direction.
    * sin explorar = unexplored.
    * * *
    verbo transitivo
    1)
    a) < región> to explore; < yacimientos> to prospect for
    b) < posibilidades> to explore, investigate; < situación> to investigate, examine
    c) (Mil) to reconnoiter*, scout
    2) (Med) < órgano> to examine, explore
    * * *
    = explore, scout, wind + Posesivo + way.

    Ex: Next I will illustrate a simple search profile which does not explore all possible synonyms, but does serve to illustrate weighted term logic.

    Ex: The article is entitled ' Scouting new horizons: an annotated bibliography introducing subject access in visual image databases'.
    Ex: Polaris has long been an important star to sailors of old winding their way over the oceans by night.
    * explorar métodos = explore + roads.
    * explorar nuevos horizontes = move on to + pastures new.
    * explorar territorio = explore + territory.
    * explorar una dirección = chart + direction.
    * sin explorar = unexplored.

    * * *
    explorar [A1 ]
    vt
    A
    1 ‹tierras/región› to explore
    2 ‹yacimientos› to prospect for
    3 ‹posibilidades› to explore, investigate; ‹situación› to investigate, examine
    4 ( Mil) to reconnoiter*, scout
    5 «radar/sonar» to scan
    6 ( Inf):
    explorar la red to surf the Net
    B ( Med) ‹herida› to probe, examine; ‹órgano› to examine, explore
    * * *

    explorar ( conjugate explorar) verbo transitivo
    a) ‹ región› to explore;

    ‹ yacimientos› to prospect for;
    (Inf) explorar la web or Red to surf the Web

    ‹ situación› to investigate, examine
    c) (Mil) to reconnoiter( conjugate reconnoiter), scout;

    [radar/sonar] to scan
    explorar verbo transitivo to explore: quisiera explorar la posibilidad de aumentar la plantilla, I'd like to explore the possibility of increasing the number of staff
    ' explorar' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    sonda
    English:
    explore
    - feel
    - prospect
    - scan
    - probe
    - surf
    * * *
    1. [averiguar, reconocer] to explore;
    zonas aún por explorar as yet unexplored areas;
    exploraremos todas las posibilidades we will explore every option
    2. Mil to scout
    3. Med [internamente] to explore;
    [externamente] to examine
    4. Informát to browse;
    explorar Internet to browse the Internet
    * * *
    v/t explore
    * * *
    : to explore
    ♦ exploratorio, -ria adj
    * * *
    explorar vb to explore

    Spanish-English dictionary > explorar

  • 65 foco de atracción de turistas

    (n.) = honeypot
    Ex. Hitherto rural excursions have been confined to ' honeypots' with little penetration away from main roads.
    * * *
    (n.) = honeypot

    Ex: Hitherto rural excursions have been confined to ' honeypots' with little penetration away from main roads.

    Spanish-English dictionary > foco de atracción de turistas

  • 66 fomentar la lectura

    (v.) = promote + reading
    Ex. This seminar brought together librarians, educators, publishers and community activists to explore 'New Roads to Promoting Reading'.
    * * *
    (v.) = promote + reading

    Ex: This seminar brought together librarians, educators, publishers and community activists to explore 'New Roads to Promoting Reading'.

    Spanish-English dictionary > fomentar la lectura

  • 67 glacial

    adj.
    glacial.
    * * *
    1 glacial
    2 figurado glacial, icy
    * * *
    adj.
    glacial, icy
    * * *
    ADJ
    1) [era] glacial
    2) [viento] icy, bitter
    3) [saludo, acogida] icy, frosty
    * * *
    a) <zona/período> glacial
    b) <viento/temperatura> icy; <acogida/recibimiento> icy, frosty
    * * *
    = icy [icier -comp., iciest -sup.], frigid, wint(e)ry [wint(e)rier -comp., wint(e)riest -sup.].
    Ex. In general, studless tires did best on snow, while those with studs were best on icy roads.
    Ex. In such frigid conditions, spectators, coaches and even players were wearing neck warmers.
    Ex. A major storm system passing through the central United States brought a wintery mess to the state of Minnesota this past weekend.
    ----
    * frente glacial = cold front.
    * * *
    a) <zona/período> glacial
    b) <viento/temperatura> icy; <acogida/recibimiento> icy, frosty
    * * *
    = icy [icier -comp., iciest -sup.], frigid, wint(e)ry [wint(e)rier -comp., wint(e)riest -sup.].

    Ex: In general, studless tires did best on snow, while those with studs were best on icy roads.

    Ex: In such frigid conditions, spectators, coaches and even players were wearing neck warmers.
    Ex: A major storm system passing through the central United States brought a wintery mess to the state of Minnesota this past weekend.
    * frente glacial = cold front.

    * * *
    1 ‹zona/período› glacial
    2 ‹viento/temperatura› icy; ‹acogida/recibimiento› icy, frosty, glacial
    * * *

    glacial adjetivo
    a) ‹zona/período› glacial

    b) ‹viento/temperatura› icy

    glacial adjetivo 1 zona/periodo glacial, glacial zone/ period
    2 (viento, temperaturas) icy
    3 (mirada, acogida) frosty
    ' glacial' also found in these entries:
    English:
    bitter
    - freezing
    - frigid
    - frosty
    - glacial
    - ice-age
    - icy
    - stony
    - Arctic
    - bitterly
    - fix
    * * *
    glacial adj
    1. [época] glacial
    2. [viento] icy
    3. [silencio] stony
    * * *
    adj icy;
    * * *
    glacial adj
    : glacial, icy
    ♦ glacialmente adv
    * * *
    glacial adj (helado) icy [comp. icier; superl. iciest]

    Spanish-English dictionary > glacial

  • 68 gélido

    adj.
    freezing, gelid, frozen, very cold.
    * * *
    1 icy, icy cold
    * * *
    ADJ chill, icy
    * * *
    - da adjetivo (liter) icy, gelid (liter)
    * * *
    = icy [icier -comp., iciest -sup.], freezing, frigid, wint(e)ry [wint(e)rier -comp., wint(e)riest -sup.].
    Ex. In general, studless tires did best on snow, while those with studs were best on icy roads.
    Ex. This causes a typical cycle of three successive cold days followed by four warmer days, relieving people from freezing temperatures.
    Ex. In such frigid conditions, spectators, coaches and even players were wearing neck warmers.
    Ex. A major storm system passing through the central United States brought a wintery mess to the state of Minnesota this past weekend.
    * * *
    - da adjetivo (liter) icy, gelid (liter)
    * * *
    = icy [icier -comp., iciest -sup.], freezing, frigid, wint(e)ry [wint(e)rier -comp., wint(e)riest -sup.].

    Ex: In general, studless tires did best on snow, while those with studs were best on icy roads.

    Ex: This causes a typical cycle of three successive cold days followed by four warmer days, relieving people from freezing temperatures.
    Ex: In such frigid conditions, spectators, coaches and even players were wearing neck warmers.
    Ex: A major storm system passing through the central United States brought a wintery mess to the state of Minnesota this past weekend.

    * * *
    gélido -da
    ( liter); icy, gelid ( liter)
    * * *

    gélido,-a adjetivo
    1 (muy frío) icy
    2 (poco acogedor, distante) cold: el emperador les dispensó una gélida acogida, the emperor gave them a cold reception
    ' gélido' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    gélida
    English:
    icy
    * * *
    gélido, -a adj
    gelid, icy
    * * *
    adj icy
    * * *
    gélido, -da adj
    : icy, freezing cold

    Spanish-English dictionary > gélido

  • 69 hecho de grava

    (adj.) = metalled [metaled, -USA]
    Ex. The military effectiveness of Roman legionnaires was chiefly due to the metaled roads the soldiers built.
    * * *
    (adj.) = metalled [metaled, -USA]

    Ex: The military effectiveness of Roman legionnaires was chiefly due to the metaled roads the soldiers built.

    Spanish-English dictionary > hecho de grava

  • 70 helado2

    2 = icy [icier -comp., iciest -sup.], frigid, iced, frosty [frostier -comp., frostiest -sup.].
    Ex. In general, studless tires did best on snow, while those with studs were best on icy roads.
    Ex. In such frigid conditions, spectators, coaches and even players were wearing neck warmers.
    Ex. Sand is used in some other states on snow and iced roads -- not quite as effective but it doesn't eat your vehicle with rust either.
    Ex. This picture was taken a little over a month ago on a cold, foggy, and frosty morning.
    ----
    * agua helada = ice water.
    * estar helado = be frozen stiff.
    * helado hasta la médula de los huesos = frozen to the bone, frozen to the marrow (of the bones), chilled to the bone, chilled to the marrow (of the bones).
    * lluvia helada = freezing rain.
    * mezcla de lluvia helada y aguanieve = wint(e)ry mix, wint(e)ry shower.
    * niebla helada = freezing fog.
    * quedarse helado = be frozen stiff.
    * té helado = iced tea.

    Spanish-English dictionary > helado2

  • 71 hundimiento

    m.
    1 sinking.
    2 collapse, foundering, downfall.
    3 subsidence, sinkage.
    4 sag.
    * * *
    1 (barco) sinking
    2 (tierra) subsidence
    3 (edificio) collapse
    4 FINANZAS figurado crash, slump
    * * *
    SM
    1) [de barco] sinking
    2) (=colapso) [de edificio, familia, empresa] collapse, ruin, fall; [de terreno] cave-in, subsidence
    * * *
    a) ( de barco) sinking
    b) ( de negocio) collapse
    c) ( de edificio - bajada de nivel) subsidence; (- derrumbe) collapse
    * * *
    = sinking, subsidence, foundering.
    Ex. The article 'The sinking of the ALA' describes the background to the ship, S.S. ALA named by the US government for the American Library Association (ALA) in recognition of the services rendered by the ALA to military personnel during World War I.
    Ex. Decision making by the Water Board on water levels was based on information on agricultural effects and the risk of damage to buildings and roads as a consequence of subsidence.
    Ex. The article is entitled 'Liberalism in a body bag: the foundering of the Middle East peace process'.
    * * *
    a) ( de barco) sinking
    b) ( de negocio) collapse
    c) ( de edificio - bajada de nivel) subsidence; (- derrumbe) collapse
    * * *
    = sinking, subsidence, foundering.

    Ex: The article 'The sinking of the ALA' describes the background to the ship, S.S. ALA named by the US government for the American Library Association (ALA) in recognition of the services rendered by the ALA to military personnel during World War I.

    Ex: Decision making by the Water Board on water levels was based on information on agricultural effects and the risk of damage to buildings and roads as a consequence of subsidence.
    Ex: The article is entitled 'Liberalism in a body bag: the foundering of the Middle East peace process'.

    * * *
    1 (de un barco) sinking
    2 (de un negocio) collapse
    3 (de un edificio — bajada de nivel) subsidence; (— derrumbe) collapse
    * * *

    hundimiento sustantivo masculino



    (— derrumbe) collapse
    hundimiento sustantivo masculino
    1 (de una embarcación) sinking
    2 (de una construcción) collapse
    3 (de tierra) subsidence
    4 Fin crash, slump
    (quiebra) collapse
    ' hundimiento' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    badén
    - ruina
    English:
    collapse
    - subsidence
    * * *
    1. [de barco] sinking
    2. [de terreno] subsidence
    3. [de empresa] collapse
    * * *
    m sinking
    * * *
    1) : sinking
    2) : collapse, ruin

    Spanish-English dictionary > hundimiento

  • 72 impuesto de circulación

    (n.) = road tax
    Ex. Perhaps if the council used less money on laying the many many sleeping policeman on our roads, then there would be no need to increase our council and road tax each year.
    * * *
    (n.) = road tax

    Ex: Perhaps if the council used less money on laying the many many sleeping policeman on our roads, then there would be no need to increase our council and road tax each year.

    Spanish-English dictionary > impuesto de circulación

  • 73 inalienable

    adj.
    inalienable.
    * * *
    1 inalienable
    \
    derecho inalienable inalienable right
    * * *
    * * *
    adjetivo inalienable
    * * *
    = inalienable, unalienable.
    Ex. There are no such things as authors' rights in the UK, copyright can be leased or sold or otherwise disposed of; in other EEC countries authors have certain inalienable rights over their own works.
    Ex. Things which are not in commerce, as public roads, are in their nature unalienable.
    ----
    * derecho inalienable = inalienable right, birthright, unalienable right.
    * * *
    adjetivo inalienable
    * * *
    = inalienable, unalienable.

    Ex: There are no such things as authors' rights in the UK, copyright can be leased or sold or otherwise disposed of; in other EEC countries authors have certain inalienable rights over their own works.

    Ex: Things which are not in commerce, as public roads, are in their nature unalienable.
    * derecho inalienable = inalienable right, birthright, unalienable right.

    * * *
    inalienable
    * * *

    inalienable adjetivo inalienable
    ' inalienable' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    irrenunciable
    * * *
    inalienable
    * * *
    adj inalienable
    * * *
    : inalienable

    Spanish-English dictionary > inalienable

  • 74 inca

    adj.
    Inca.
    f. & m.
    Inca.
    * * *
    1 Inca
    1 Inca
    * * *
    SMF Inca
    * * *
    I
    adjetivo Inca, Incaic
    II
    masculino y femenino Inca
    •• Cultural note:
    Founded in the twelfth century in the region of Lake Titicaca, the Andean empire of the Quechua-speaking Incas grew until by the fifteenth century it extended from southern Colombia in the north to Argentina and central Chile in the south. Their society was rigidly divided into classes: the nobility, their servants, and the common people. The Incas worshipped the sun and the moon, and believed that Manco Capac, their first emperor or inca, was descended from the sun. An extensive network of roads was built to facilitate control over the empire from its capital in Cuzco. The Incas left an impressive heritage of monuments, including the palace complex of Machu Picchu. The empire collapsed in 1533 when the Spanish conquistador Francisco Pizarro had the emperor Atahualpa executed and occupied Cuzco
    * * *
    = Inca.
    Ex. Men in the Mayan, Aztec, and Inca empires all wore loincloths, the most basic form of male clothing in many ancient cultures.
    * * *
    I
    adjetivo Inca, Incaic
    II
    masculino y femenino Inca
    •• Cultural note:
    Founded in the twelfth century in the region of Lake Titicaca, the Andean empire of the Quechua-speaking Incas grew until by the fifteenth century it extended from southern Colombia in the north to Argentina and central Chile in the south. Their society was rigidly divided into classes: the nobility, their servants, and the common people. The Incas worshipped the sun and the moon, and believed that Manco Capac, their first emperor or inca, was descended from the sun. An extensive network of roads was built to facilitate control over the empire from its capital in Cuzco. The Incas left an impressive heritage of monuments, including the palace complex of Machu Picchu. The empire collapsed in 1533 when the Spanish conquistador Francisco Pizarro had the emperor Atahualpa executed and occupied Cuzco
    * * *
    = Inca.

    Ex: Men in the Mayan, Aztec, and Inca empires all wore loincloths, the most basic form of male clothing in many ancient cultures.

    * * *
    Inca, Incaic
    Incas (↑ inca a1)
    Inca
    * * *

    inca sustantivo masculino y femenino
    Inca
    inca adjetivo & mf Inca
    ' inca' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    incaico
    English:
    Inca
    * * *
    ♦ adj
    Inca
    ♦ nmf
    Inca
    * * *
    m/f & adj Inca
    * * *
    inca adj & nmf
    : Inca

    Spanish-English dictionary > inca

  • 75 infranqueable

    adj.
    impassable.
    * * *
    1 impassable
    2 figurado insurmountable
    * * *
    ADJ [obstáculo físico] impassable; [abismo, distancia] unbridgeable; [dificultad] insurmountable, insuperable
    * * *
    adjetivo <barrera/muro/río> impassable; <obstáculo/dificultades> insurmountable, insuperable
    * * *
    = impassable, insurmountable.
    Ex. Cyclonic weather conditions have made roads and bridges totally impassable.
    Ex. There is thus every reason to anticipate that the ' insurmountable obstacles' to achieving collaboration in subject cataloguing will be overcome, as they have been with author cataloguing.
    * * *
    adjetivo <barrera/muro/río> impassable; <obstáculo/dificultades> insurmountable, insuperable
    * * *
    = impassable, insurmountable.

    Ex: Cyclonic weather conditions have made roads and bridges totally impassable.

    Ex: There is thus every reason to anticipate that the ' insurmountable obstacles' to achieving collaboration in subject cataloguing will be overcome, as they have been with author cataloguing.

    * * *
    ‹barrera/muro› impassable; ‹río› impassable; ‹obstáculo/dificultades› insurmountable, insuperable
    la infranqueable distancia que los separa the unbridgeable distance which separates them
    * * *

    infranqueable adjetivo
    1 impassable
    2 fig (una dificultad) insurmountable: tuvimos que cambiar de planes ante los infranqueables obstáculos con que nos encontramos, we had to change our plans due to the insurmountable problems that arose
    ' infranqueable' also found in these entries:
    English:
    impassable
    - inviolable
    * * *
    1. [río, abismo] impassable
    2. [problema, dificultad] insurmountable;
    [diferencia] irreconcilable
    * * *
    adj barrera, río impassable; obstáculo, diferencia insurmountable
    * * *
    1) : impassable
    2) : insurmountable

    Spanish-English dictionary > infranqueable

  • 76 intransitable

    adj.
    impassable.
    * * *
    1 impassable
    * * *
    * * *
    adjetivo impassable
    * * *
    Ex. Cyclonic weather conditions have made roads and bridges totally impassable.
    * * *
    adjetivo impassable
    * * *

    Ex: Cyclonic weather conditions have made roads and bridges totally impassable.

    * * *
    impassable
    * * *

    intransitable adjetivo impassable
    ' intransitable' also found in these entries:
    English:
    impassable
    * * *
    impassable
    * * *
    adj impassable
    * * *
    : impassable

    Spanish-English dictionary > intransitable

  • 77 ir en bicicleta

    (v.) = cycle
    Ex. Her experiences in Namibia involved cycling along dirt roads through the bush to village schools in order to read stories and help children make their own books = Sus experiencias en Namibia supusieron ir en bicicleta por caminos de tierra por el campo a las escuelas de las aldeas para leer cuentos y ayudar a los niños a hacer sus propios libros.
    * * *
    (v.) = cycle

    Ex: Her experiences in Namibia involved cycling along dirt roads through the bush to village schools in order to read stories and help children make their own books = Sus experiencias en Namibia supusieron ir en bicicleta por caminos de tierra por el campo a las escuelas de las aldeas para leer cuentos y ayudar a los niños a hacer sus propios libros.

    Spanish-English dictionary > ir en bicicleta

  • 78 llover a cántaros

    figurado to rain cats and dogs
    ————————
    to pour down, rain cats and dogs
    * * *
    to rain cats and dogs, pour (down); rain buckets
    * * *
    (v.) = rain + cats and dogs, tip + it down with rain, pelt + (it down) with rain, chuck + it down with rain, piss + it down with rain, lash + it down with rain, teem with + rain, hammer + it down with rain, the heavens + open, rain + pour down, pour down, pour down with + rain
    Ex. Two years in a row now it has rained cats and dogs leading up to this event.
    Ex. When they left it was tipping it down with rain, with bolts of lightning all around them, but on Sunday they woke up to glorious sunshine.
    Ex. When we were in sight of Kew Gardens it suddenly pelted it down with rain so heavy the window wipers couldn't cope.
    Ex. The bad news from Durban is that it's chucking it down with rain and I can't see us starting on time.
    Ex. What Coleridge was getting at is that here in Manchester it constantly pisses it down with rain.
    Ex. It doesn't really matter which day of the week it is, or if it's lashing it down with rain, sleet or snow, there's always going to be a crowd.
    Ex. Whatever the fiord's mood, teeming with rain or with sun glistening on deep water, it will inspire you.
    Ex. She woke up and was greeted by a gray sky that decided to hammer it down with rain the second she got out of the house.
    Ex. These are some of the shots I took before the heavens opened and we bolted for the car.
    Ex. While the rain poured down, the course never became unplayable because of unseasonably dry weather over the winter in San Diego.
    Ex. It poured down just after 9:30pm and the roads were like rivers.
    Ex. Perhaps inevitably as soon as the washing was hanging up, the sky darkened and it started to pour down with rain.
    * * *
    (v.) = rain + cats and dogs, tip + it down with rain, pelt + (it down) with rain, chuck + it down with rain, piss + it down with rain, lash + it down with rain, teem with + rain, hammer + it down with rain, the heavens + open, rain + pour down, pour down, pour down with + rain

    Ex: Two years in a row now it has rained cats and dogs leading up to this event.

    Ex: When they left it was tipping it down with rain, with bolts of lightning all around them, but on Sunday they woke up to glorious sunshine.
    Ex: When we were in sight of Kew Gardens it suddenly pelted it down with rain so heavy the window wipers couldn't cope.
    Ex: The bad news from Durban is that it's chucking it down with rain and I can't see us starting on time.
    Ex: What Coleridge was getting at is that here in Manchester it constantly pisses it down with rain.
    Ex: It doesn't really matter which day of the week it is, or if it's lashing it down with rain, sleet or snow, there's always going to be a crowd.
    Ex: Whatever the fiord's mood, teeming with rain or with sun glistening on deep water, it will inspire you.
    Ex: She woke up and was greeted by a gray sky that decided to hammer it down with rain the second she got out of the house.
    Ex: These are some of the shots I took before the heavens opened and we bolted for the car.
    Ex: While the rain poured down, the course never became unplayable because of unseasonably dry weather over the winter in San Diego.
    Ex: It poured down just after 9:30pm and the roads were like rivers.
    Ex: Perhaps inevitably as soon as the washing was hanging up, the sky darkened and it started to pour down with rain.

    Spanish-English dictionary > llover a cántaros

  • 79 llover a mantas

    (v.) = hammer + it down with rain, teem with + rain, lash + it down with rain, piss + it down with rain, chuck + it down with rain, pelt + (it down) with rain, tip + it down with rain, rain + cats and dogs, the heavens + open, rain + pour down, pour down, pour down with + rain
    Ex. She woke up and was greeted by a gray sky that decided to hammer it down with rain the second she got out of the house.
    Ex. Whatever the fiord's mood, teeming with rain or with sun glistening on deep water, it will inspire you.
    Ex. It doesn't really matter which day of the week it is, or if it's lashing it down with rain, sleet or snow, there's always going to be a crowd.
    Ex. What Coleridge was getting at is that here in Manchester it constantly pisses it down with rain.
    Ex. The bad news from Durban is that it's chucking it down with rain and I can't see us starting on time.
    Ex. When we were in sight of Kew Gardens it suddenly pelted it down with rain so heavy the window wipers couldn't cope.
    Ex. When they left it was tipping it down with rain, with bolts of lightning all around them, but on Sunday they woke up to glorious sunshine.
    Ex. Two years in a row now it has rained cats and dogs leading up to this event.
    Ex. These are some of the shots I took before the heavens opened and we bolted for the car.
    Ex. While the rain poured down, the course never became unplayable because of unseasonably dry weather over the winter in San Diego.
    Ex. It poured down just after 9:30pm and the roads were like rivers.
    Ex. Perhaps inevitably as soon as the washing was hanging up, the sky darkened and it started to pour down with rain.
    * * *
    (v.) = hammer + it down with rain, teem with + rain, lash + it down with rain, piss + it down with rain, chuck + it down with rain, pelt + (it down) with rain, tip + it down with rain, rain + cats and dogs, the heavens + open, rain + pour down, pour down, pour down with + rain

    Ex: She woke up and was greeted by a gray sky that decided to hammer it down with rain the second she got out of the house.

    Ex: Whatever the fiord's mood, teeming with rain or with sun glistening on deep water, it will inspire you.
    Ex: It doesn't really matter which day of the week it is, or if it's lashing it down with rain, sleet or snow, there's always going to be a crowd.
    Ex: What Coleridge was getting at is that here in Manchester it constantly pisses it down with rain.
    Ex: The bad news from Durban is that it's chucking it down with rain and I can't see us starting on time.
    Ex: When we were in sight of Kew Gardens it suddenly pelted it down with rain so heavy the window wipers couldn't cope.
    Ex: When they left it was tipping it down with rain, with bolts of lightning all around them, but on Sunday they woke up to glorious sunshine.
    Ex: Two years in a row now it has rained cats and dogs leading up to this event.
    Ex: These are some of the shots I took before the heavens opened and we bolted for the car.
    Ex: While the rain poured down, the course never became unplayable because of unseasonably dry weather over the winter in San Diego.
    Ex: It poured down just after 9:30pm and the roads were like rivers.
    Ex: Perhaps inevitably as soon as the washing was hanging up, the sky darkened and it started to pour down with rain.

    Spanish-English dictionary > llover a mantas

  • 80 llover a mares

    to rain cats and dogs, bucket down
    * * *
    to rain cats and dogs, pour (down)
    * * *
    (v.) = rain + cats and dogs, tip + it down with rain, pelt + (it down) with rain, chuck + it down with rain, piss + it down with rain, lash + it down with rain, teem with + rain, hammer + it down with rain, the heavens + open, rain + pour down, pour down, pour down with + rain
    Ex. Two years in a row now it has rained cats and dogs leading up to this event.
    Ex. When they left it was tipping it down with rain, with bolts of lightning all around them, but on Sunday they woke up to glorious sunshine.
    Ex. When we were in sight of Kew Gardens it suddenly pelted it down with rain so heavy the window wipers couldn't cope.
    Ex. The bad news from Durban is that it's chucking it down with rain and I can't see us starting on time.
    Ex. What Coleridge was getting at is that here in Manchester it constantly pisses it down with rain.
    Ex. It doesn't really matter which day of the week it is, or if it's lashing it down with rain, sleet or snow, there's always going to be a crowd.
    Ex. Whatever the fiord's mood, teeming with rain or with sun glistening on deep water, it will inspire you.
    Ex. She woke up and was greeted by a gray sky that decided to hammer it down with rain the second she got out of the house.
    Ex. These are some of the shots I took before the heavens opened and we bolted for the car.
    Ex. While the rain poured down, the course never became unplayable because of unseasonably dry weather over the winter in San Diego.
    Ex. It poured down just after 9:30pm and the roads were like rivers.
    Ex. Perhaps inevitably as soon as the washing was hanging up, the sky darkened and it started to pour down with rain.
    * * *
    (v.) = rain + cats and dogs, tip + it down with rain, pelt + (it down) with rain, chuck + it down with rain, piss + it down with rain, lash + it down with rain, teem with + rain, hammer + it down with rain, the heavens + open, rain + pour down, pour down, pour down with + rain

    Ex: Two years in a row now it has rained cats and dogs leading up to this event.

    Ex: When they left it was tipping it down with rain, with bolts of lightning all around them, but on Sunday they woke up to glorious sunshine.
    Ex: When we were in sight of Kew Gardens it suddenly pelted it down with rain so heavy the window wipers couldn't cope.
    Ex: The bad news from Durban is that it's chucking it down with rain and I can't see us starting on time.
    Ex: What Coleridge was getting at is that here in Manchester it constantly pisses it down with rain.
    Ex: It doesn't really matter which day of the week it is, or if it's lashing it down with rain, sleet or snow, there's always going to be a crowd.
    Ex: Whatever the fiord's mood, teeming with rain or with sun glistening on deep water, it will inspire you.
    Ex: She woke up and was greeted by a gray sky that decided to hammer it down with rain the second she got out of the house.
    Ex: These are some of the shots I took before the heavens opened and we bolted for the car.
    Ex: While the rain poured down, the course never became unplayable because of unseasonably dry weather over the winter in San Diego.
    Ex: It poured down just after 9:30pm and the roads were like rivers.
    Ex: Perhaps inevitably as soon as the washing was hanging up, the sky darkened and it started to pour down with rain.

    Spanish-English dictionary > llover a mares

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