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1 Saint Vitus' dance
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seint, ]( before a name) snt1) ((often abbreviated to St, especially when used in the names of places, plants etc) a title given especially by the Roman Catholic and Orthodox churches to a very good or holy person after his death: Saint Matthew; St John's Road.) santo, santa2) (a very good, kind person: You really are a saint to put up with her.) santo, trozo de pan•- saintly- saintliness
saint n santo1 (before most masculine names) san; (before masculine names beginning with Do- or To-) santo; (before feminine names) santa: santo m, -ta fSaint Francis: San FranciscoSaint Rose: Santa Rosaadj.• santo, -a adj.n.• san s.m.• santa s.f.• santo s.m.seɪnta) ( canonized person) santo, -ta m,fb) Saint seɪnt, sənt (before name) san, santa [santo is used before Domingo, Tomás, Tomé and Toribio]Saint Patrick's Day — el día or la fiesta de San Patricio
c) ( unselfish person) santo, -ta m,f[seɪnt]1. N1) santo(-a) m / fsaint's day — fiesta f (de santo)
All Saints' Day — día m de Todos los Santos (1 noviembre)
my mother was a saint — (fig) mi madre era una santa
she's no saint — iro ella no es una santa, que digamos
2) (in names)Saint Bernard — (=dog) perro m de San Bernardo
Saint Elmo's fire — fuego m de Santelmo
Saint Kitts — (in West Indies) San Cristóbal
Saint Patrick's Day — el día or la fiesta de San Patricio
valentineSaint Vitus' dance — baile m de San Vito
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the Saint Lawrence (River) — el (río) San Lorenzo* * *[seɪnt]a) ( canonized person) santo, -ta m,fb) Saint [seɪnt, sənt] (before name) san, santa [santo is used before Domingo, Tomás, Tomé and Toribio]Saint Patrick's Day — el día or la fiesta de San Patricio
c) ( unselfish person) santo, -ta m,f
См. также в других словарях:
Saint Vitus' dance — [vī′təs] n. 〚after St. Vitus, 3d c. patron saint of persons having chorea〛 CHOREA: also St. Vitus s dance * * * … Universalium
Saint Vitus' dance — [vī′təs] n. [after St. Vitus, 3d c. patron saint of persons having chorea] CHOREA: also St. Vitus s dance … English World dictionary
Saint Vitus' dance — Saint Vitus s dance, named after Saint Vitus, may refer to:* Medieval dancing mania * Chorea (disease) or Sydenham s chorea, a movement disorder * The song St. Vitus Dance by the British metal band Black Sabbath on their album Black Sabbath, Vol… … Wikipedia
Saint Vitus' dance — Saint Vi·tus dance also Saint Vitus s dance .vīt əs( əz) n CHOREA esp SYDENHAM S CHOREA Vitus Saint (d ca 300) Italian martyr. Saint Vitus is believed by some to have lived during the reign of the Roman emperor Diocletian. According to legend,… … Medical dictionary
Saint Vitus' dance — noun Etymology: Saint Vitus, 3d century Christian child martyr Date: 1621 chorea called also Saint Vitus s dance … New Collegiate Dictionary
Saint Vitus dance — noun chorea occurring chiefly in children and associated with rheumatic fever • Syn: ↑Sydenham s chorea, ↑St. Vitus dance • Hypernyms: ↑chorea … Useful english dictionary
Saint Vitus Dance — the pants … Dictionary of Australian slang
saint vitus dance — Australian Slang the pants … English dialects glossary
Saint Vitus’ dance — chorea; involuntary muscular twitching … Eponyms, nicknames, and geographical games
Saint Vitus' Dance — An affliction of the nervous system. Braun v Craven, 175 Ill 401, 51 NE 657 … Ballentine's law dictionary
saint vitus's dance — ˈvīd.əs(ə̇z) , ˈvītəs(ə̇z) noun Usage: usually capitalized S&V Etymology: after St. Vitus, 3d century Christian child martyr who was invoked by sufferers from chorea : chorea * * * /vuy teuh siz/. See St. Vitus s dance. Also, Saint Vitus dance … Useful english dictionary