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1 pain

[peɪn] 1. сущ.
1) боль

spasm of pain — приступ боли

stab of pain — внезапная, острая боль

twinge of pain — приступ боли

to allay / alleviate / ease / relieve / soothe pain — ослаблять, облегчать, успокаивать, снимать, смягчать боль

to be in chronic pain — постоянно испытывать боль

to bear / endure / stand / take pain — сносить, терпеть боль

to cause pain — причинять, вызывать боль

to feel / experience / suffer pain — чувствовать, испытывать боль, страдать от боли

to feel a pang of pain — почувствовать приступ боли

to inflict pain on — причинять (кому-л.) боль

to remove pain — снять боль

I felt a sharp pain in my lower back. — Я почувствовал острую боль в нижней части спины.

She was writhing in pain, bathed in perspiration. — Она корчилась от боли, вся в испарине.

She cannot stand any pain. — Она не может переносить боль.

She experienced constant pain. — Она постоянно испытывала боль.

- acute pain
- excruciating pain
- piercing pain
- stabbing pain
- dull pain
- throbbing pain
- chest pain
- pain barrier
Syn:

ache, pang, stitch, throe, twinge

Ant:

health, pleasure, well-being

2) горе, огорчение, страдание

grey eyes that seemed filled with pain — серые глаза, которые, казалось, были наполнены болью

pain and pleasures of parenthood — родительские огорчения и радости

Syn:

suffering, grief

3) ( pains) старания, труды; усилия

to take pains / be at pains — прилагать усилия; брать на себя труд, стараться

to save one's pains — экономить свои силы

She is at pains to point out how much work she has done. — Она очень старается обратить внимание всех на то, сколько она сделала.

4) ( pains) родовые схватки

5) разг.; = pain in the neck / arse (груб.; брит.) / ass (груб.; амер.) тот, кто или то, что раздражает, надоедает, создаёт проблемы, беспокоит

He is such a pain in the neck. — Он такой зануда.

This practice of changing the clocks twice a year is a real pain. Many of us take the best part of a week to recover, especially in the spring when we "lose an hour". — Этот перевод часов два раза в год – сущее наказание. Большинство из нас потом почти целую неделю привыкают к новому времени, особенно весной, когда мы «теряем час».

I've always wanted to have short hair - long hair's a pain in the arse. — Мне всегда хотелось иметь короткую стрижку, длинные волосы - это такой геморрой.

Syn:

bother 1., headache 2), annoyance

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pains and penalties — наказания и взыскания

to have one's labour for one's pains — напрасно потрудиться

- under pain of death
- no pain, no gain 2. гл.
1) причинять боль; болеть

My head doesn't pain me now. — У меня голова сейчас не болит.

Syn:

hurt

2) мучить, огорчать, расстраивать

to pain smb.'s feelings — задеть, обидеть кого-л.

It pains me to have to say it. — Мне больно это тебе говорить.

Syn:

torment, torture, hurt, afflict, aggrieve, distress

Ant:

comfort, console, soothe

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Nothing pains like the truth. — Правда глаза колет.

Англо-русский современный словарь > pain
2 pain

pain [peɪn]

1 transitive verb

(a) (mentally) faire de la peine à, peiner, attrister;

∎ it pained her to see them quarrel ça lui faisait de la peine ou ça la peinait de les voir se disputer;

∎ it pains me to have to tell you that… je regrette infiniment d'avoir à vous dire que…

(b) old-fashioned (physically) faire souffrir, faire mal à;

∎ the wound still pained her la blessure la faisait encore souffrir ou lui faisait encore mal

2 noun

(a) (physical) douleur f;

∎ he has a pain in his ear il a mal à l'oreille;

∎ I have a pain in my side j'ai une douleur au côté;

∎ are you in pain? avez-vous mal?, est-ce que vous souffrez?;

∎ to be in great pain souffrir beaucoup;

∎ he was carried from the field in great pain il souffrait beaucoup quand on l'a transporté hors du terrain;

∎ the pain was unbearable la douleur était insupportable;

∎ to put a wounded animal out of its pain achever un animal blessé;

∎ to cry out in pain crier ou hurler de douleur;

∎ to cause sb pain faire mal à qn;

∎ shooting pains élancements mpl, douleurs fpl lancinantes;

∎ labour pains douleurs fpl de l'accouchement

(b) (emotional) peine f, douleur f, souffrance f;

∎ to cause sb pain faire de la peine à qn;

∎ he went through a lot of pain when his son left home il a eu beaucoup de peine quand son fils a quitté la maison;

∎ I can't bear the pain of losing her je ne supporterai pas de la perdre

(c) familiar (annoying person or thing)

∎ what a pain he is! qu'est-ce qu'il est enquiquinant!;

∎ it's a (real) pain or such a pain trying to cross London during the rush hour traverser Londres aux heures de pointe, c'est la galère;

∎ to be a pain (in the neck) être casse-pieds;

∎ American to give sb a pain (in the neck) taper sur le système à qn;

∎ very familiar to be a pain in the British arse or American ass être casse-couilles ou chiant;

∎ very familiar it's a real pain in the British arse or American ass having to get up so early ça fait vraiment chier de devoir se lever si tôt

(d) Law

∎ on pain of death sous peine de mort

3 pains plural noun

(efforts) peine f, mal m;

∎ he went to great pains to help us il s'est donné beaucoup de mal pour nous aider;

∎ she took great pains over her work/the dinner elle s'est donné beaucoup de mal pour son travail/pour ce dîner;

∎ is that all we get for our pains? c'est comme cela que nous sommes récompensés de nos efforts?;

∎ he was at or he took pains to avoid her il a tout fait pour l'éviter

►► pain barrier seuil m de douleur;

pain relief soulagement m;

∎ aspirin for fast pain relief aspirine pour soulager rapidement la douleur

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3 pain

1. noun
1) no indef. art. (suffering) Schmerzen; (mental pain) Qualen

feel [some] pain, be in pain — Schmerzen haben

cause somebody pain — (lit. or fig.) jemandem wehtun

2) (instance of suffering) Schmerz, der

I have a pain in my shoulder/knee/stomach — meine Schulter/mein Knie/Magen tut weh

be a pain in the neck — see academic.ru/49333/neck">neck 1. 1)

3) (coll.): (nuisance) Plage, die; (somebody/something getting on one's nerves) Nervensäge, die (ugs.)

4) in pl. (trouble taken) Mühe, die; Anstrengung, die

take pains — sich (Dat.) Mühe geben ( over mit, bei)

be at pains to do something — sich sehr bemühen od. sich (Dat.) große Mühe geben, etwas zu tun

he got nothing for all his pains — seine ganze Mühe war umsonst

5) (Law)

on or under pain of death — bei Todesstrafe
2. transitive verb
schmerzen

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[pein] 1. noun
(hurt or suffering of the body or mind: a pain in the chest.) der Schmerz
2. verb
(to cause suffering or upset to (someone): It pained her to admit that she was wrong.) schmerzen

- pained
- painful
- painfully
- painless
- painlessly
- painkiller
- painstaking
- a pain in the neck
- take pains
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pain

[peɪn]

I. n

1. (feeling) Schmerz m

aches and \pains Gebrechen pl

a \pain in one's leg/side Schmerzen pl im Bein/in der Seite

\pains and pleasures Freuden und Leiden

dull/sharp/stabbing \pain schwacher/heftiger/stechender Schmerz

to give sb \pain jdm Schmerzen bereiten

2. no pl (physical suffering) Schmerz[en] m[pl]

to ease the \pain die Schmerzen lindern

to be in \pain Schmerzen haben

are you in \pain? haben Sie Schmerzen?

to double up in [or be doubled up with] \pain sich akk vor Schmerzen krümmen

sth gives sb \pain etw tut jdm weh

3. no pl (mental suffering) Leid nt

they are still in great \pain over her death sie leiden noch immer sehr unter ihrem Tod

\pain of loss/parting Trennungs-/Abschiedsschmerz m

4. (great care)

▪ \pains pl Mühe f

to go to [or take] great \pains to do sth keine Mühe scheuen, etw zu tun

I went to great \pains to select the best staff available ich habe alles darangesetzt, die besten Leute auszuwählen, die ich bekommen konnte

▪ to be at \pains to do sth sich dat [große] Mühe geben, etw zu tun

5. ( fam: nuisance)

to be a \pain einem auf die Nerven gehen fam

it's such a \pain having to go shopping Einkaufen gehen zu müssen finde ich sehr lästig

that child is a real \pain das Kind ist eine Nervensäge

6.

▶ to be a \pain in the backside [or BRIT, AUS also arse] [or AM also butt [or ass]] (fam!) einem auf den Wecker [o Geist] gehen fam

writing these reports is a \pain in the arse diese Berichte zu schreiben nervt unglaublich

will you stop being such a \pain in the butt? willst du vielleicht endlich mal aufhören, mich ständig zu nerven?

▶ for sb's \pains zum Dank für jds Mühe

he tried to help and was told to eff off for his \pains er versuchte zu helfen und zum Dank dafür sagte man ihm, er solle sich verpissen

▶ no gain without \pain, no \pain, no gain ohne Fleiß kein Preis

▶ to be a \pain in the neck ( fam) einem auf die Nerven gehen fam

he's a \pain in the neck er ist eine Nervensäge

▶ on [or under] \pain of sth unter Androhung einer S. gen

II. vt

▪ it \pains sb to do sth es tut jdm leid, etw zu tun

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[peɪn]
1. n

1) Schmerz m

is the pain still there? — hast du noch Schmerzen?

where is the pain exactly? — wo tut es denn genau weh?

this will help the pain — das ist gut gegen die Schmerzen

to be in pain — Schmerzen haben

you can't just leave him in pain — du kannst ihn nicht einfach leiden lassen

he screamed in pain —

do insects feel pain? — können Insekten Schmerz empfinden?

a sharp pain — ein stechender Schmerz

stomach/chest pains — Magen-/Brustschmerzen pl

my ankle has been giving or causing me a lot of pain — mein Knöchel tut mir sehr weh

I felt a pain in my leg — mein Bein tat mir weh, ich hatte Schmerzen im Bein

to put sb out of his pain — jdn von seinen Schmerzen erlösen

2) (mental) Qualen pl

the pain of parting —

Werther: a soul in pain — Werther: eine gequälte Seele

being so totally ignored like that was a source of great pain to her — so vollkommen ignoriert zu werden, war für sie sehr schmerzlich

he suffered great mental pain — er litt Seelenqualen

the decision caused me a lot of pain — die Entscheidung war sehr schmerzlich für mich

a look of pain came over his face — sein Gesicht nahm einen schmerzlichen Ausdruck an

no pain, no gain — ohne Fleiß kein Preis (Prov)

3) pl (= efforts) Mühe f

to be at (great) pains to do sth — sich (dat) (große) Mühe geben, etw zu tun

to take pains over sth — sich (dat) Mühe mit etw geben

to take pains to do sth — sich (dat) Mühe geben, etw zu tun

great pains have been taken to... — besondere Mühe wurde darauf verwendet...

she takes great pains with her appearance —

all he got for his pains was a curt refusal — zum Dank für seine Mühe wurde er schroff abgewiesen

see what you get for your pains! — das hast du nun für deine Mühe!

4)

(= penalty) on or under pain of death — bei Todesstrafe, bei Strafe des Todes (old), unter Androhung der Todesstrafe

5) (inf also pain in the neck or arse Brit sl)

to be a (real) pain — einem auf den Wecker (inf) or Sack (sl) gehen

this job is getting to be a pain — dieser Job geht mir langsam auf den Wecker (inf) or Sack (sl)

2. vt
(mentally) schmerzen
it pains me to see their ignorance — ihre Unwissenheit tut schon weh

his laziness pained his parents — mit seiner Faulheit bereitete er seinen Eltern (dat)

it pains me to have to tell you this but... — es schmerzt mich, Ihnen dies mitteilen zu müssen, aber...

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pain [peın]

A s

1. Schmerz(en) m(pl):

be in (great, constant) pain (große oder starke, ständig) Schmerzen haben;

I have a pain in my stomach mir tut der Magen weh;

be a pain in the neck umg eine Nervensäge sein;

give sb a pain in the neck umg jemandem auf den Wecker gehen;

be a pain in the arse (US ass) vulg einem auf die Eier gehen

2. Schmerz m, Leid n, Kummer m:

give ( oder cause) sb pain jemandem Kummer machen

3. pl Mühe f, Bemühungen pl:

be at pains, take pains sich Mühe geben, sich bemühen, sich anstrengen;

go to ( oder take) great pains große Sorgfalt verwenden ( over auf akk), sich große Mühe geben;

spare no pains keine Mühe scheuen;

all he got for his pains der (ganze) Dank (für seine Mühe);

no pains, no gains (Sprichwort) ohne Fleiß kein Preis

4. pl MED (Geburts)Wehen pl

5. Strafe f (obs außer in):

(up)on ( oder under) pain of unter Androhung von (od gen), bei Strafe von;

on ( oder under) pain of death bei Todesstrafe

B v/t

1. jemanden schmerzen, jemandem Schmerzen bereiten, jemandem wehtun, fig auch jemanden schmerzlich berühren, jemanden peinigen

2. umg fuchsen, ärgern

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1. noun
1) no indef. art. (suffering) Schmerzen; (mental pain) Qualen

feel [some] pain, be in pain — Schmerzen haben

cause somebody pain — (lit. or fig.) jemandem wehtun

2) (instance of suffering) Schmerz, der

I have a pain in my shoulder/knee/stomach — meine Schulter/mein Knie/Magen tut weh

be a pain in the neck — see neck 1. 1)

3) (coll.): (nuisance) Plage, die; (somebody/something getting on one's nerves) Nervensäge, die (ugs.)

4) in pl. (trouble taken) Mühe, die; Anstrengung, die

take pains — sich (Dat.) Mühe geben ( over mit, bei)

be at pains to do something — sich sehr bemühen od. sich (Dat.) große Mühe geben, etwas zu tun

he got nothing for all his pains — seine ganze Mühe war umsonst

5) (Law)

on or under pain of death — bei Todesstrafe
2. transitive verb
schmerzen

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n.

Pein nur sing. f.

Qual -en f.

Schmerz -en m.

Stich -e (Schmerz) m.

English-german dictionary > pain
4 pain

pein
1. noun
(hurt or suffering of the body or mind: a pain in the chest.) dolor

2. verb
(to cause suffering or upset to (someone): It pained her to admit that she was wrong.) doler; apenar

- pained
- painful
- painfully
- painless
- painlessly
- painkiller
- painstaking
- a pain in the neck
- take pains

pain n dolor

take an asprin to relive the pain toma una aspirina para aliviar el dolor

to be a pain in the neck ser pesado / ser una lata

to take great pains esforzarse mucho

pain

tr[peɪn]

noun

1 (physical) dolor nombre masculino

■ he was in great pain sufría mucho

■ I've got a pain in my stomach me duele el estómago

■ she screamed with pain gritó de dolor

2 (mental suffering) sufrimiento, pena, dolor nombre masculino

3 (annoying thing) lata, fastidio, pesadez nombre femenino; (person) pesado,-a, pelmazo

transitive verb

1 doler, dar pena a, apenar

plural noun pains

1 (effort) esfuerzos nombre masculino plural, esmero; (trouble) molestia

\

SMALLIDIOMATIC EXPRESSION/SMALL

on pain of so pena de

to be a pain in the neck ser un,-a pesado,-a, ser un pelmazo, ser un coñazo

to be at pains to do something afanarse por hacer algo

to take pains over something esforzarse en algo, esmerarse en algo

to take pains to do something esforzarse en hacer algo, esmerarse en hacer algo

aches and pains achaques nombre masculino plural

pain ['peɪn] vt

: doler

pain n

1) penalty: pena f

under pain of death: so pena de muerte

2) suffering: dolor m, malestar m, pena f (mental)

3) pains npl

effort: esmero m, esfuerzo m

to take pains: esmerarse

pain

n.

• dolor s.m.

• pena s.f.

v.

• dar lástima v.

• doler v.

I peɪn
noun

1)

a) u c ( physical) dolor m

I'm in constant pain — siento dolor constantemente

she was in great pain — estaba muy dolorida or (AmL tb) adolorida, sentía mucho dolor

to cry out in o with pain — gritar de dolor

I've got a pain in my leg — me duele la pierna

to be a pain in the neck o (AmE vulg) ass o (BrE vulg) arse — ser* un pesado, ser* insoportable, ser* un coñazo (Esp vulg)

b) u ( mental) dolor m, pena f

it takes the pain out of accounting — hace más fácil la contabilidad

c)

on pain of something/-ing — (as prep) bajo or so pena de algo/+ inf

d) u ( annoying person or thing) (colloq) lata f (fam)

2) pains pl ( effort)

that's all you get for your pains — así te pagan la molestia

she was at great pains to deny the rumor — trató por todos los medios de desmentir el rumor

I took considerable pains o went to great pains to explain it to them carefully — puse mucho esmero or me esforcé mucho en explicárselo

II

transitive verb

it pains me to see that... — me duele or me apena or me da pena ver que...

[peɪn]
1. N

1) (physical) dolor m

she winced with pain — hizo una mueca de dolor

where is the pain? — ¿dónde le duele?

in order to ease the pain — para aliviar el dolor

• back/ chest/ muscle pain — dolor m de espalda/pecho/músculos

• I have a pain in my leg — me duele la pierna

to be in pain — sufrir dolor(es), tener dolor(es)

I was in excruciating pain — sufría or tenía unos dolores horribles

- no pain, no gain
growing 2., labour 4., period 2.
2) (mental) dolor m

his harsh words caused her much pain — sus duras palabras le causaron mucho dolor or la hicieron sufrir mucho

3) * (=nuisance)

• to be a pain — [person] ser un pesado *; [situation] ser una lata *, ser un rollo *

he's a real pain — es un verdadero pesado *

don't be such a pain! — ¡no fastidies! *, ¡no seas tan pesada! *

what a pain! — ¡qué lata! *, ¡qué rollo! *

he's a pain in the arse or (US) ass ** — es un coñazo **

he's a pain in the neck * — es insoportable

4) pains (=efforts)

• to be at pains to do sth — esforzarse al máximo por hacer algo, intentar por todos los medios hacer algo

• for my pains — después de todos mis esfuerzos

• to take pains to do sth — poner especial cuidado en hacer algo

he took infinite pains with his job — se esmeraba or se esforzaba muchísimo en su trabajo

I had taken great pains with my appearance — me había esmerado or esforzado mucho con mi apariencia

5) (=penalty)

• on or under pain of sth — bajo pena de algo, so pena de algo

2.

VT (mentally) doler, hacer sufrir

it pains me to think of you struggling all alone — me duele pensar que estás luchando sola, pensar que estás luchando sola me hace sufrir

it pains me to tell you — me duele decírtelo

it pained him that his father talked like that — le dolía que su padre hablara así

3.

CPD

pain barrier N —

- go through the pain barrier

England's World Cup hero is determined to play through the pain barrier — el héroe del Mundial de Inglaterra está decidido a jugar sobreponiéndose al dolor

pain clinic N — unidad f del dolor

pain relief N — alivio m contra el dolor

pain threshold N — resistencia f al dolor

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I [peɪn]
noun

1)

a) u c ( physical) dolor m

I'm in constant pain — siento dolor constantemente

she was in great pain — estaba muy dolorida or (AmL tb) adolorida, sentía mucho dolor

to cry out in o with pain — gritar de dolor

I've got a pain in my leg — me duele la pierna

to be a pain in the neck o (AmE vulg) ass o (BrE vulg) arse — ser* un pesado, ser* insoportable, ser* un coñazo (Esp vulg)

b) u ( mental) dolor m, pena f

it takes the pain out of accounting — hace más fácil la contabilidad

c)

on pain of something/-ing — (as prep) bajo or so pena de algo/+ inf

d) u ( annoying person or thing) (colloq) lata f (fam)

2) pains pl ( effort)

that's all you get for your pains — así te pagan la molestia

she was at great pains to deny the rumor — trató por todos los medios de desmentir el rumor

I took considerable pains o went to great pains to explain it to them carefully — puse mucho esmero or me esforcé mucho en explicárselo

II

transitive verb

it pains me to see that... — me duele or me apena or me da pena ver que...

English-spanish dictionary > pain
5 coñazo

m.

1 drag.

2 hard blow, blow.

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coñazo

► nombre masculino

1 tabú pain, drag

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FRASEOLOGÍA

dar el coñazo tabú to be a real pain, pester, hassle

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masculino

1) (Esp fam o vulg) ( persona o cosa pesada)

qué coñazo (de tía)! — she's such a pain in the neck! (colloq)

darle el coñazo a alguien — (fam)

no me des el coñazo con tus desgracias — stop going on about your problems (colloq)

2) (Col, Ven fam) ( golpe) blow

se agarraron a coñazos — they had a fight o (BrE colloq) punch-up

me di un coñazo en la cabeza — I banged my head (colloq)

3) (Ven fam) ( gran cantidad)

un coñazo — loads

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= bummer, drag, nuisance, pest.

Nota: Referido a personas que irritan con su comportamiento.

Ex. The article 'Bargains or bummers? Remainders' suggests that despite problems attaching to buying remainders, judicious purchasing of this stock can add valuable books to a library's collection at a very reasonable cost.

Ex. Some of the obstacles are unrealistic, unrealizable local ambitions, organizational drag, competition among libraries, and lack of innovation space = Algunos de los obstáculos son las ambiciones locales poco realistas e irrealizables, el lastre institucional, la competencia entre las bibliotecas y la falta de espacio para la innovación.

Ex. However, delays in the generation of centralised records can be a considerable nuisance.

Ex. Library users fall into 4 groups: (1) patrons, who are considerate, grateful and undemanding; (2) 'pests' -- the inconsiderate; (3) 'pirates' who steal, deface and mutilate library property and materials; (4) 'vampires' whose enquiries make excessive demands upon the librarian's time.

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* ser un coñazo = be a pest, be a pain the neck, be a pain in the ass, be a pain in the arse, be a pain in the backside, be a pain in the proverbials.

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masculino

1) (Esp fam o vulg) ( persona o cosa pesada)

qué coñazo (de tía)! — she's such a pain in the neck! (colloq)

darle el coñazo a alguien — (fam)

no me des el coñazo con tus desgracias — stop going on about your problems (colloq)

2) (Col, Ven fam) ( golpe) blow

se agarraron a coñazos — they had a fight o (BrE colloq) punch-up

me di un coñazo en la cabeza — I banged my head (colloq)

3) (Ven fam) ( gran cantidad)

un coñazo — loads

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= bummer, drag, nuisance, pest.

Nota: Referido a personas que irritan con su comportamiento.

Ex: The article 'Bargains or bummers? Remainders' suggests that despite problems attaching to buying remainders, judicious purchasing of this stock can add valuable books to a library's collection at a very reasonable cost.

Ex: Some of the obstacles are unrealistic, unrealizable local ambitions, organizational drag, competition among libraries, and lack of innovation space = Algunos de los obstáculos son las ambiciones locales poco realistas e irrealizables, el lastre institucional, la competencia entre las bibliotecas y la falta de espacio para la innovación.

Ex: However, delays in the generation of centralised records can be a considerable nuisance.

Ex: Library users fall into 4 groups: (1) patrons, who are considerate, grateful and undemanding; (2) 'pests' -- the inconsiderate; (3) 'pirates' who steal, deface and mutilate library property and materials; (4) 'vampires' whose enquiries make excessive demands upon the librarian's time.

* ser un coñazo = be a pest, be a pain the neck, be a pain in the ass, be a pain in the arse, be a pain in the backside, be a pain in the proverbials.

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coñazo

masculine

A

( Esp fam o vulg) (persona o cosa pesada): la película fue un coñazo the movie was a load of crap (sl)

¡qué coñazo! what a drag! ( colloq)

¡qué coñazo de tía! what a pain in the neck she is! ( colloq), what a pain in the ass she is! ( vulg)

darle el coñazo a algn ( fam): mira, no me des el coñazo con tus desgracias look, stop going on about your problems ( colloq)

deja de darme el coñazo, ya te he dicho que no lo tengo stop going on at me o pestering me o hassling me, I've already told you I haven't got it ( colloq)

B (Col, Ven fam) (golpe) blow

se agarraron a coñazos they had a fight, they had a punch-up ( BrE colloq)

me di un coñazo en la cabeza con la puerta I nearly crowned myself on the door ( colloq)

C

( Ven fam) (gran cantidad): tengo un coñazo de cartas por escribir I have loads of letters to write ( colloq)

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coñazo sustantivo masculino
a) (Esp fam o vulg) ( persona o cosa pesada) pain (in the neck) (colloq);

◊ dar el coñazo (fam) to be a pain (colloq)

b) (Col, Ven fam) ( golpe) blow

coñazo sustantivo masculino vulgar pain (in the neck)
' coñazo' also found in these entries:
English:
pain
- sod

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coñazo nm
Esp muy Fam pain, drag;
ese libro es un coñazo that book's Br bloody o US goddamn boring;

¡qué coñazo de película! what a Br bloody o US goddamn boring film!;

tu compañero es un coñazo your mate's a real pain o drag;

¡deja de dar el coñazo! stop being such a pain!;

me está dando el coñazo para que le deje ver el fútbol he's going on and on at me to let him watch the football

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coñazo

m vulg

pain in the butt pop, drag fam ;

dar el coñazo vulg be a pain in the butt pop

Spanish-English dictionary > coñazo
6 plasta

f.

1 mess (cosa blanda).

2 botch-up (informal) (cosa mal hecha).

3 thick paste, soft mass.

4 cataplasm.

f. & m.

pain, drag (informal) (pesado). (peninsular Spanish)

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plasta

► nombre femenino

1 familiar (sustancia) mess

► nombre masulino o femenino

1 familiar (persona) pain in the neck, nuisance

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1. SF

1) [gen] soft mass, lump; (=cosa aplastada) flattened mass

2) * (=desastre) botch, mess

es una plasta de edificio — it's a mess of a building

el plan es una plasta — the plan is one big mess, the plan is a complete botch

2.

SMF * (=pelmazo) bore

3.

ADJ INV boring

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I
adjetivo

a) (Esp fam) ( pesado)

no seas plasta, tío! — stop being such a pain in the neck! (colloq)

b) (AmL fam) ( cachazudo) slow, sluggish (colloq)
II
femenino

1) (fam) ( masa - blanda) soft lump; (- aplastada) flat o shapeless lump

2)

a) (AmL fam) ( cachaza) laid-back attitude (colloq)

qué plasta tiene! — she's so laid back! (colloq)

b) ( persona cachazuda) slow o (colloq) laid-back person; ( persona inútil) useless person, waste of time (colloq)

c) ( persona fea) ugly mug (colloq)

d) ( persona aburrida) bore (colloq)

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= nuisance, pest.

Nota: Referido a personas que irritan con su comportamiento.

Ex. However, delays in the generation of centralised records can be a considerable nuisance.

Ex. Library users fall into 4 groups: (1) patrons, who are considerate, grateful and undemanding; (2) 'pests' -- the inconsiderate; (3) 'pirates' who steal, deface and mutilate library property and materials; (4) 'vampires' whose enquiries make excessive demands upon the librarian's time.

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* hacerse una plasta = cake (up).

* plasta de césped arrancado = divot [divet].

* plasta de vaca = cowpat, cowpat.

* ser un plasta = be a pest, be a pain the neck, be a pain in the ass, be a pain in the arse, be a pain in the backside, be a pain in the proverbials.

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I
adjetivo

a) (Esp fam) ( pesado)

no seas plasta, tío! — stop being such a pain in the neck! (colloq)

b) (AmL fam) ( cachazudo) slow, sluggish (colloq)
II
femenino

1) (fam) ( masa - blanda) soft lump; (- aplastada) flat o shapeless lump

2)

a) (AmL fam) ( cachaza) laid-back attitude (colloq)

qué plasta tiene! — she's so laid back! (colloq)

b) ( persona cachazuda) slow o (colloq) laid-back person; ( persona inútil) useless person, waste of time (colloq)

c) ( persona fea) ugly mug (colloq)

d) ( persona aburrida) bore (colloq)

* * *

= nuisance, pest.

Nota: Referido a personas que irritan con su comportamiento.

Ex: However, delays in the generation of centralised records can be a considerable nuisance.

Ex: Library users fall into 4 groups: (1) patrons, who are considerate, grateful and undemanding; (2) 'pests' -- the inconsiderate; (3) 'pirates' who steal, deface and mutilate library property and materials; (4) 'vampires' whose enquiries make excessive demands upon the librarian's time.

* hacerse una plasta = cake (up).

* plasta de césped arrancado = divot [divet].

* plasta de vaca = cowpat, cowpat.

* ser un plasta = be a pest, be a pain the neck, be a pain in the ass, be a pain in the arse, be a pain in the backside, be a pain in the proverbials.

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plasta¹

adjective

1

( Esp fam) (pesado): ¡no seas plasta, tío! stop being such a pain in the neck! ( colloq), quit bugging me! ( AmE colloq)

2 ( AmL fam) (cachazudo) lazy, slow, sluggish, laid-back ( colloq)

plasta²

feminine

A ( fam) (masa — blanda) soft lump; (— aplastada) flat o shapeless lump

B ( AmL fam) (cachaza) laid-back attitude ( colloq), slowness

¡qué plasta tiene! she's so laid back! ( colloq)

C ( AmL fam)

1 (persona cachazuda) slow o ( colloq) laid-back person

2 (persona inútil) useless person, waste of time ( colloq)

3 (persona fea) ugly mug ( colloq)

4 (persona aburrida) bore ( colloq)

D

plasta masculine and feminine ( Esp fam); bore, pain in the neck ( colloq)

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plasta sustantivo femenino (fam) ( masa — blanda) soft lump;
(— aplastada) flat o shapeless lump
plasta
I sustantivo femenino soft o flat lump
II adjetivo & mf fam bore, pain: ¡ya te oí, no seas plasta!, I heard you already, don't be such a pain in the neck!

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plasta

♦ adj
Fam
1. Esp [pesado]
ser plasta to be a pain;

un tío plasta a real bore

2. RP [perezoso]
ser plasta to be a lazy slob

♦ nmf
Fam
1. Esp [pesado] pain, drag

2. RP [perezoso] lazy slob

♦ nf

1. [cosa blanda] mess

2. [cosa mal hecha] botch-up

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plasta

I m/f fam

pain fam, drag fam

II adj

:

ser plasta fam be a pain o

drag fam

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plasta nf

: soft mass, lump

Spanish-English dictionary > plasta
7 pesado

adj.

1 heavy, weighty.

2 sluggish, heavy.

3 boring, pestiferous, tiresome, pestilent.

4 snobby, pretentious.

f. & m.

snob, nuisance, bore.

past part.

past participle of spanish verb: pesar.

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pesado

► participio pasado

1→ link=pesar pesar

► adjetivo

1 (gen) heavy

2 (molesto) tiresome; (aburrido) boring

3 (trabajoso) tough, hard

4 (sueño) deep

► nombre masculino,nombre femenino

1 (persona) bore, pain

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FRASEOLOGÍA

ponerse pesado,-a to get boring, be a pain

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1. (f. - pesada)
noun

bore, pest
2. (f. - pesada)
adj.

1) heavy

2) difficult

3) boring

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pesado, -a
1. ADJ

1) [paquete, comida] heavy

industria pesada — heavy industry

2) (=lento) [persona] slow, sluggish; [mecanismo] stiff

3) (Meteo) heavy, sultry

4) [sueño] deep, heavy

5) (Med) heavy

tengo la cabeza pesada — my head feels heavy

tener el estómago pesado — to feel bloated, feel full up

6) [tarea] (=difícil) tough, hard; (=aburrido) tedious, boring; (=molesto) annoying; [lectura] heavy, stodgy

esto se hace pesado — this is becoming tedious

la lectura del libro resultó pesada — the book was heavy going

es una persona de lo más pesado — he's a terribly dull sort

ese me cae pesado — Caribe, Méx * that chap gets on my nerves *

es pesado tener que... — it's such a bore having to...

¡no seas pesado! — stop being such a pain!

2. SM / F

1) (=aburrido) bore

es un pesado — he's such a bore

2) Caribe * (=pez gordo) big shot *

3.

SM (=acto) weighing

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I
- da adjetivo

1)

a) <paquete/artillería/maquinaria> heavy

b) < comida> heavy, stodgy (colloq); < estómago> bloated

me siento pesado — I feel bloated

c) <atmósfera/tiempo> heavy, oppressive

d) <ojos/cabeza> heavy

tengo las piernas pesadas — my legs feel very heavy

e) < sueño> deep

2) (fam) (fastidioso, aburrido)

a) <libro/película/trabajo> tedious

la conferencia me resultó un poco pesado — I found the lecture rather heavy going

b) < persona>

qué pesado es! — he's such a pain in the neck! (colloq)

qué pesado, nunca no me deja en paz! — he's such a pest, he never leaves me alone (colloq)

no te pongas pesado — don't be so annoying o (colloq) such a pest!

3) (Andes fam) ( antipático) unpleasant

qué tipo tan pesado! — what a jerk! (colloq)
II
- da masculino, femenino

a) (fam) ( latoso) pain (colloq), pest (colloq)

b) (Andes fam) ( antipático) jerk (colloq)

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I
- da adjetivo

1)

a) <paquete/artillería/maquinaria> heavy

b) < comida> heavy, stodgy (colloq); < estómago> bloated

me siento pesado — I feel bloated

c) <atmósfera/tiempo> heavy, oppressive

d) <ojos/cabeza> heavy

tengo las piernas pesadas — my legs feel very heavy

e) < sueño> deep

2) (fam) (fastidioso, aburrido)

a) <libro/película/trabajo> tedious

la conferencia me resultó un poco pesado — I found the lecture rather heavy going

b) < persona>

qué pesado es! — he's such a pain in the neck! (colloq)

qué pesado, nunca no me deja en paz! — he's such a pest, he never leaves me alone (colloq)

no te pongas pesado — don't be so annoying o (colloq) such a pest!

3) (Andes fam) ( antipático) unpleasant

qué tipo tan pesado! — what a jerk! (colloq)
II
- da masculino, femenino

a) (fam) ( latoso) pain (colloq), pest (colloq)

b) (Andes fam) ( antipático) jerk (colloq)

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pesado¹

¹ = heavy [heavier -comp., heaviest -sup.].

Ex: The heap of wet sheets of paper was left to stand overnight under a heavy weight.

* caminar con paso pesado = plod (along/through).

* industria pesada = heavy industry.

* maquinaria pesada = heavy machinery.

* para trabajos pesados = heavy-duty.

* peso pesado = big wheel, big shot, big noise, big wig, fat cat.

* tráfico pesado = heavy traffic.

* vehículo pesado = heavy vehicle.

pesado²

² = onerous, ponderous, tedious, tiresome, weighty, bore, drab, stodgy, wearisome, weary [wearier -comp., weariest -sup.], wearying, importunate, leaden, nuisance, pushy [pushier -comp., pushiest -sup.], pest.

Nota: Referido a personas que irritan con su comportamiento.

Ex: Sub-arrangement under an entry term can alleviate the onerous task of scanning long lists of entries under the same keyword.

Ex: Some SLIS are seriously affected by ponderous administrative procedures imposed upon them.

Ex: In other places too many references could make for a very tedious search.

Ex: Some of their drawbacks make regular use rather tiresome.

Ex: AACR1 is a weighty code, not because it contains extensive enumeration, but rather because of its comprehensive coverage.

Ex: It is when speakers have no feeling for pause that their speech seems to burble on without any arresting quality; the club bore is a burbler: he has not learnt the eloquence of silence.

Ex: Have reading foisted on you as a duty, a task to be put up with, from which you expect no delight, and it can appear a drab business gladly to be given up.

Ex: One could easily prefer the convenience of the stodgy single-volume work.

Ex: The earliest binding machines replaced the wearisome hand-beating of the sheets in order to fold them.

Ex: Humanity is returning to the downsized, reengineered, total quality management weary business world.

Ex: A new wave of books dealing frankly with such concerns as sex, alcoholism and broken homes was seen as a breakthrough, but plots and styles have begun to show a wearying sameness.

Ex: She concludes that this problem probes the importunate boundaries separating man from beast and the natural from the monstrous.

Ex: Many of the revisions they suggest exacerbate the leaden, plethoric style that comes naturally to lawyers.

Ex: However, delays in the generation of centralised records can be a considerable nuisance.

Ex: Parents can help the development of a child prodigy in an infinite number of ways, ranging from the attentive but not too pushy to the downright obsessive.

Ex: Library users fall into 4 groups: (1) patrons, who are considerate, grateful and undemanding; (2) 'pests' -- the inconsiderate; (3) 'pirates' who steal, deface and mutilate library property and materials; (4) 'vampires' whose enquiries make excessive demands upon the librarian's time.

* broma pesada = practical joke.

* de un modo aburrido y pesado = tediously, ponderously, boringly.

* hacer (todo) el trabajo pesado = do (all) + the donkey work.

* lento y pesado = plodding.

* pesados, los = nuisance, the.

* ser un pesado = be a pest, be a pain the neck, be a pain in the ass, be a pain in the arse, be a pain in the backside, be a pain in the proverbials.

* trabajo pesado = donkey work.

* viejo pesado = old fart.

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pesado¹ -da

adjective

A

1 ‹paquete/maleta› heavy; ‹artillería/maquinaria› heavy

2 ‹comida› heavy, stodgy ( colloq); ‹estómago› bloated

me siento pesado después de haber comido tanto I feel bloated after all that food

3 ‹atmósfera/tiempo› heavy, oppressive, sultry

4 ‹ojos/cabeza› heavy

tengo las piernas pesadas my legs feel very heavy o like lead

5 ‹sueño› deep

B

1 ( fam) (fastidioso, aburrido) ‹libro/película/conferencia› tedious

¡qué pesado es! he's such a pain in the neck! ( colloq)

¡qué pesado, no me deja en paz ni un minuto! what a pest, he won't leave me alone for a minute ( colloq)

los niños están muy pesados the children are being really annoying o ( colloq) being real pests

no te pongas pesado don't be so annoying o ( colloq) such a pest!, quit bugging me! ( AmE colloq)

ser más pesado que el plomo ( fam); to be a pain (in the neck) ( colloq)

2 ( fam) ‹tarea/trabajo› (monótono) tedious

C ( Andes fam) (antipático) unpleasant

¡qué tipo tan pesado! what a jerk! ( colloq)

pesado² -da

masculine, feminine

A ( fam) (molesto, latoso) pain ( colloq), pest ( colloq)

eres un pesado, deja ya de molestar you're such a pain in the neck, stop annoying me ( colloq)

B ( Andes fam) (antipático) jerk ( colloq)

C

( Col fam) (mandamás): quiero hablar con el pesado I want to speak to the top man o the boss ( colloq)

es uno de los pesados he's one of the bigwigs o the top men ( colloq)

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Del verbo pesar: ( conjugate pesar)

pesado es:

el participio

Multiple Entries:
pesado
pesar
pesado
◊ -da adjetivo

1 ( en general) heavy;
‹ estómago› bloated;
‹ sueño› deep
2
a) (fam) (fastidioso, aburrido) ‹libro/película› tedious;

‹ persona›:
◊ ¡qué pesado es! he's such a pain in the neck! (colloq);

no te pongas pesado don't be so annoying o (colloq) such a pest!
b) (AmL) (difícil, duro) ‹trabajo/tarea› heavy, hard

3 (Andes fam) ( antipático) unpleasant;
◊ ¡qué tipo tan pesado! what a jerk! (colloq)

■ sustantivo masculino, femenino
a) (fam) ( latoso) pain (colloq), pest (colloq)

b) (Andes fam) ( antipático) jerk (colloq)

pesar 1 sustantivo masculino
1
a) (pena, tristeza) sorrow;

a pesado mío or muy a mi pesado much to my regret
b) ( remordimiento) regret, remorse

2
◊ a pesado de despite, in spite of;

a pesado de todo in spite of o despite everything;
a pesar de que even though
pesar 2 ( conjugate pesar) verbo intransitivo
1 [paquete/maleta] to be heavy;
◊ estas gafas no pesan these glasses don't weigh much;

no me pesa it's not heavy
2 ( causar arrepentimiento) (+ me/te/le etc):
◊ ahora me pesa mucho now I deeply regret it;

me pesa haberlo ofendido I'm very sorry I offended him
3
◊ pese a despite, in spite of;

pese a que even though;
mal que me/le pese whether I like/he likes it or not
verbo transitivo
a) ‹niño/maleta› to weigh;

‹ manzanas› to weigh (out)
b) ( tener cierto peso) to weigh;

◊ pesa 80 kilos he weighs 80 kilos

pesarse verbo pronominal ( refl) to weigh oneself
pesado,-a
I adjetivo
1 (un objeto) heavy
2 (sueño) deep, heavy
3 (trabajo) hard
4 (viaje) tiring
5 (aburrido, molesto) boring, tedious, dull
II sustantivo masculino y femenino pain, pest
pesar
I verbo intransitivo
1 (tener peso físico) to weigh: esa carne pesa dos kilos, that meat weighs two kilos
2 (tener peso psíquico) to have influence: sus opiniones aún pesan en el grupo, his opinions still carry weight in the group
3 (causar arrepentimiento, dolor) to grieve: me pesa no haber ido con vosotros, I regret not having gone with you
II vtr (determinar un peso) to weigh
III sustantivo masculino
1 (pena, pesadumbre) sorrow, grief
2 (remordimiento) regret
♦ Locuciones: a pesar de, in spite of
a pesar de que, although ➣ Ver nota en aunque
' pesado' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
aliviar
- cargar
- demasiada
- demasiado
- engorrosa
- engorroso
- leve
- más
- pesada
- petardo
- plomo
- sueño
- tostón
- atorrante
- chinche
- hacer
- latoso
- machacón
- muerto
- peso
- rock
English:
aggravating
- awkward
- bore
- boring
- bothersome
- cumbersome
- drag
- dreary
- going
- grind
- heavy
- heavyweight
- hefty
- laboured
- leaden
- lengthy
- lug
- neck
- nuisance
- objectionable
- pain
- pest
- plod
- sleeper
- stodgy
- tiresome
- trying
- weighty
- annoying
- close
- HGV
- muggy
- onerous
- pall
- ponderous
- top
- unwieldy
- weight

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pesado, -a

♦ adj

1. [que pesa] heavy

2. [industria, maquinaria] heavy

3. [tiempo, día] oppressive;

el día está pesado it's very close today

4. [comida] heavy, stodgy

5. [ojos, cabeza] heavy;

tengo el estómago pesado I feel bloated

6. [sueño] deep

7. [lento] slow-moving;

un hombre de andares pesados a man with a ponderous gait

8. [tarea, trabajo] difficult, tough

9. [aburrido] boring

10. [molesto] annoying, tiresome;

¡qué pesada eres! you're so annoying!;

ponerse pesado to be a pain;

Comp
Fam
¡eres más pesado que una vaca en brazos! you're such a pain in the neck!

♦ nm,f

bore, pain

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pesado

I adj

1 objeto heavy

2 libro, clase etc tedious, boring

3 trabajo tough fam, difficult

II m, pesada f bore;

¡qué pesado es! fam he’s a real pain fam

* * *

pesado, -da adj

1) : heavy

2) : slow

3) : irritating, annoying

4) : tedious, boring

5) : tough, difficult

pesado, -da n, fam : bore, pest

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pesado¹ adj

1. (en general) heavy [comp. heavier; superl. heaviest]

esta caja es muy pesada this box is very heavy

2. (aburrido) boring

una película muy pesada a really boring film

tener un sueño pesado to be a heavy sleeper

pesado² n pain

¡qué pesado eres! what a pain you are!

Spanish-English dictionary > pesado
8 rompere

"to break;

Brechen;

quebrar"

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1. v/t break

colloq rompere le scatole a qualcuno get on someone's nerves colloq

2. v/i colloq be a pain colloq fig rompere con qualcuno break it off with s.o.

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rompere v.tr.

1 to break*; to burst*; ( mandare in frantumi) to smash: rompere un piatto, un bicchiere, to break a plate, a glass; accidenti, ho rotto il vetro della finestra!, damn it! I've broken (o smashed) the window; rompere in due, in tre, to break in two (o half), in three; rompere in due un ramo, un bastone, to break (o to snap) a branch, a stick in two; il fiume ha rotto gli argini, the river has broken (o burst) its banks; rompersi un braccio, una gamba, to break one's arm, one's leg; rompersi il collo, l'osso del collo, to break one's neck // (mil.): rompere le righe, to break ranks: rompete le righe!, dismiss!; rompere le linee nemiche, to break the enemy's lines // rompere la faccia, il muso a qlcu., to smash s.o.'s face in // rompere le scatole a qlcu., (fam.) to drive s.o. crazy (o to get on s.o.'s nerves o to get s.o.'s goat); mi hai rotto ( le scatole), vattene!, you've driven me crazy, clear off! // non romperti la testa in quell'indovinello, don't rack your brains over that riddle // mi rompi i timpani con quella musica!, you're bursting my eardrums with that music! // (dir.) rompere i sigilli, to break the seals // chi rompe paga e i cocci sono suoi, (prov.) he who makes a mistake must pay for it and take the consequences

2 ( interrompere) to break*: rompere il digiuno, to break one's fast; rompere il silenzio, to break the silence; rompere un'amicizia, to break up (o off) a friendship; rompere una relazione con qlcu., to break with s.o.; rompere un fidanzamento, to break off an engagement; rompere le trattative, to break off negotiations

3 ( violare) to break*, to violate: rompere una promessa, to break a promise; rompere un giuramento, to break an oath // (dir.) rompere un accordo, un contratto, to break (o to pull off) an agreement, a contract

4 (ant. letter.) ( sconfiggere) to disrupt, to scatter

◆ v. intr.

1 ( interrompere i rapporti) to break* up: ha rotto con il fidanzato, she has broken up with her boyfriend

2 ( naufragare) to break* (up): la nave ruppe sugli scogli, the ship broke up on the rocks

3 ( prorompere) to burst*: rompere in pianto, to burst into tears

4 (fam.) ( seccare) to bother: non rompere!, don't bother (me)!; quanto rompi!, don't be such a pain in the neck!

5 ( straripare) to break*, to burst* its banks.

◘ rompersi v.intr.pron.

1 to break*: questa porcellana non si rompe facilmente, this china doesn't break easily // mi si è rotto l'orologio, my watch is broken

2 (di vena, vescica) to rupture, to burst*: gli si ruppe una vena, he burst a vein

3 (fam.) ( seccarsi) to be fed up (with): mi sono rotto di te e delle tue storie, I'm fed up with you and your stories.

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1. ['rompere]
vb irreg vt
(gen) fig to break, (sfasciare) to smash up, (scarpe, calzoni) to split, (fidanzamento, negoziati) to break off

ho rotto un bicchiere! — I've broken a glass!

rompere qc in testa a qn — to break sth over sb's head

il fiume ha rotto gli argini — the river burst its banks

rompere un contratto — to break a contract

rompere il silenzio/il ghiaccio — to break the silence/the ice

rompere gli indugi fig — to take action

rompere le scatole a qn fam — to get on sb's nerves

hai proprio rotto (le scatole)! fam — knock it off!

uffa quanto rompi! fam — what a pain the neck you are!

rompere (i rapporti) con qn — to break off with sb

un rumore che rompe i timpani — a deafening noise

rompersi una gamba/l'osso del collo — to break a leg/one's neck

rompersi la testa fig — to rack one's brains

rompersi la schiena fig — to work hard

2. vip (rompersi)

(gen) to break
PAROLA CHIAVE: rompere non si traduce mai con la parola inglese romp
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['rompere] 1.
verbo transitivo

1) to break*; to crack [noce, nocciola]; to break*, to crack [ uova]; (strappare) to rip, to tear* [calze, pantaloni]

rompere il muso a qcn. — pop. to smash sb.'s face

rompere gli argini — [ fiume] to break its banks

rompere il ghiaccio — fig. to break the ice

2) (far cessare) to break* [monotonia, silenzio, digiuno]; to upset* [ equilibrio]; to end [ isolamento]; to break* off [findanzamento, relazione, trattative]

rompere l'incantesimo — to break the spell

rompete le righe! — mil. fall out!

3) colloq. (seccare) to be* a pain in the neck

rompere le scatole a qcn. — to be on sb.'s case, to pester the life out of sb.

mi rompe che — I'm pissed off that
2.
verbo intransitivo (aus. avere)

1) (farla finita)

rompere con — to break up with, to break away from [persona, gruppo]; to break with [ tradizione]; to make a break with [ passato]

hanno deciso di rompere — (lasciarsi) they decided to break it off

2) (scoppiare) to burst*

rompere in lacrime o pianto — to burst into tears
3.
verbo pronominale rompersi

1) to break*; (strapparsi) to rip, to tear*

2) (fratturarsi)

-rsi una gamba, un braccio — to break one's leg, arm

- rsi la testa — (scervellarsi) colloq. to rack one's brains

3) (seccarsi) to be* fed up (di with), to be* tired (to death) (di of), to be* sick and tired (di of)

••

chi rompe paga (e i cocci sono suoi) — prov. = all breakages must be paid for

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rompere

/'rompere/ [81]

I verbo transitivo

1 to break*; to crack [noce, nocciola]; to break*, to crack [ uova]; (strappare) to rip, to tear* [calze, pantaloni]; rompere il muso a qcn. pop. to smash sb.'s face; rompere gli argini [ fiume] to break its banks; rompere il ghiaccio fig. to break the ice

2 (far cessare) to break* [monotonia, silenzio, digiuno]; to upset* [ equilibrio]; to end [ isolamento]; to break* off [findanzamento, relazione, trattative]; rompere l'incantesimo to break the spell; rompete le righe! mil. fall out!

3 colloq. (seccare) to be* a pain in the neck; rompere le scatole a qcn. to be on sb.'s case, to pester the life out of sb.; mi rompe che I'm pissed off that

II verbo intransitivo

(aus. avere)

1 (farla finita) rompere con to break up with, to break away from [persona, gruppo]; to break with [ tradizione]; to make a break with [ passato]; hanno deciso di rompere (lasciarsi) they decided to break it off

2 (scoppiare) to burst*; rompere in lacrime o pianto to burst into tears

III rompersi verbo pronominale

1 to break*; (strapparsi) to rip, to tear*

2 (fratturarsi) -rsi una gamba, un braccio to break one's leg, arm; - rsi la testa (scervellarsi) colloq. to rack one's brains

3 (seccarsi) to be* fed up (di with), to be* tired (to death) (di of), to be* sick and tired (di of)

IDIOMS

chi rompe paga (e i cocci sono suoi) prov. = all breakages must be paid for.

Dizionario Italiano-Inglese > rompere
9 maula

f. & m.

1 anything worthless (object).

2 rubbish trumpery, trash.

3 cunning, craft, deceitful tricks, imposition.

4 cheat, bad paymaster.

Es una buena maula (coll.) he is a good-for-nothing fellow

Ella es buena maula she is a hussy: used jocularly

5 good-for-nothing.

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maula

► nombre masulino o femenino

1 familiar dead loss

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1.

ADJ [animal] useless, lazy; [persona] good-for-nothing, unreliable

2. SMF

1) (=vago) idler, slacker

2) (=tramposo) cheat, trickster; (=moroso) bad payer

3. SF

1) (=retal) remnant; (=trasto) piece of junk, useless object; (=persona) dead loss *

2) (=truco) dirty trick

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I
adjetivo

a) (fam) ( vago) lazy, bone idle (colloq)

b) (RPl fam) ( cobarde) cowardly
II
masculino y femenino (fam)

a) ( pesado) pain in the neck (colloq)

b) ( cobarde) (RPl fam) coward; ( tramposo) (Chi fam) cheat

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I
adjetivo

a) (fam) ( vago) lazy, bone idle (colloq)

b) (RPl fam) ( cobarde) cowardly
II
masculino y femenino (fam)

a) ( pesado) pain in the neck (colloq)

b) ( cobarde) (RPl fam) coward; ( tramposo) (Chi fam) cheat

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maula¹

adjective

( fam)

1

(tramposo): es muy maula he's a real cheat

(pesado): no seas maula don't be such a pain in the neck ( colloq)

2 (inütil) useless

3 ( RPl fam) (cobarde) cowardly

maula²

masculine and feminine

( fam)

A (tramposo) cheat

B (pesado) pain in the neck ( colloq), nuisance

C (inútil) good-for-nothing

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maula Fam

♦ adj

1. [inútil] useless

2. RP [cobarde] yellow, chicken

♦ nmf

1. [inútil] good-for-nothing

2. [estafador] swindler

♦ nf
[cosa inútil] piece of junk, useless thing
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maula

m/f annoying person

Spanish-English dictionary > maula
10 coña

f.

mockery.

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coña

► nombre femenino

1 tabú (broma) joke

2 tabú (molestia) nuisance, pain, drag, pain in the neck

■ es una coña tener que levantarse tan temprano it's a pain having to get up so early

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FRASEOLOGÍA

dar la coña tabú to pester

decir algo de coña tabú to be joking, be kidding

estar de coña tabú (estar de broma) to be joking, be kidding 2 (estar muy bien) to be terrific, be brilliant

¡ni de coña! no way!

ser la coña tabú to be the limit

tomar algo a coña tabú to take something as a joke, treat something as a joke

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SM = coñac

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femenino (Esp)

a) (fam o vulg) ( broma)

decir algo de coña — to be joking o (colloq) kidding

va de coña — it's a joke

a or en coña — as a joke

ni de coña! — no way! (colloq)

b) (fam o vulg) ( fastidio)

darle la coña a alguien — (fam) to pester somebody

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femenino (Esp)

a) (fam o vulg) ( broma)

decir algo de coña — to be joking o (colloq) kidding

va de coña — it's a joke

a or en coña — as a joke

ni de coña! — no way! (colloq)

b) (fam o vulg) ( fastidio)

darle la coña a alguien — (fam) to pester somebody

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coña

feminine

( Esp)

1 ( fam o vulg)

(broma): creí que lo decía de coña I thought she was joking o ( colloq) kidding, I thought she was putting ( AmE) o ( BrE) having me on o ( colloq) kidding, he intended to kill her

mira, esto no va de coña look, this isn't a joke o ( colloq) I'm not kidding

tomarse algo a or en coña to treat something as a joke

¡ni de coña! no way! ( colloq), you must be joking o kidding! ( colloq)

2 ( fam o vulg)

(fastidio): ¡qué coña de tío! what a pain in the neck he is! ( colloq), what a pain in the ass he is! ( vulg)

y para más coña tuvimos que … and to cap it all we had to … ( colloq), and what was even more of a drag was that we had to … ( colloq)

darle la coña a algn ( fam); to pester sb

¡deja de darme la coña, siempre haciendo preguntas! stop pestering o ( colloq) bugging me with all these questions

3 ( fam o vulg) (estupidez) crap (sl), bull ( AmE colloq)

no me vengas con coña(s) marinera(s) don't give me that crap o bull

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coña f fam kidding, joking: ¡ya está bien de tanta risa y tanta coña!, that's enough laughing and kidding around!
♦ Locuciones: de coña, as a joke: no lo tomes en serio, lo ha dicho de coña, don't take that seriously - she was only kidding
ni de coña, no way!, you must be joking: ¡ni de coña voy yo a esa boda!, no way am I going to that wedding!
' coña' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
bravucón
- coñac
- criticón
- hocicón
- lambiscón
- machacón
- maricón
- pelucón
English:
big
- cognac
- creep
- swot

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coña nf
Esp muy Fam
1. [guasa]
está de coña she's just messing o Br pissing around;

se lo toma todo a coña he treats everything as a Br bloody o US goddamn joke;

no le hagas caso, que va de coña don't mind him, he's just messing o Br pissing around;

¡ni de coña! no Br bloody o US goddamn way!;

no te lo va a dejar ni de coña no Br bloody o US goddamn way is he going to let you have it;

se lo pasaron de coña en la playa they had a Br bloody o US goddamn brilliant time at the beach

2. [casualidad]
acertó de coña it was a total fluke that he got it right

3. [molestia] drag, pain;

tener que trabajar el domingo es una coña it's a real drag o pain having to work on Sundays;

¡deja de dar la coña! stop being such a pain!;

me está dando la coña para que vayamos con ella she's going on and on about us going with her

4. ver coño²

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coña

f:

1

:

decir algo de coña fam say sth as a joke;

¡ni de coña ! fam no way! fam

2

:

darle la coña a alguien fam bug s.o. fam

Spanish-English dictionary > coña
11 casse-pieds

casse-pieds (inf) [kαspje]

invariable adjective

• ce qu'elle est casse-pieds ! she's such a pain! (inf)

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1.

(colloq) kaspje adjectif invariable

être casse-pieds — [gêneur] to be a pain in the neck (colloq); [raseur] to be a bore; [corvée] to be a drag (colloq) ou bore

2.

nom masculin et féminin invariable ( gêneur) pain in the neck (colloq); ( raseur) bore

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kɒspje
1. adj

2. nm/f inv

*

il est casse-pieds; c'est un casse-pieds — he's a pain (in the neck) *

Il est vraiment casse-pieds! — He's a real pain in the neck! *

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casse-pieds○

A adj inv être casse-pieds [gêneur] to be a pain in the neck○; [raseur] to be a bore; [corvée] to be a drag○ ou bore.

B nmf inv ( gêneur) pain in the neck○; ( raseur) bore.

[kaspje] adjectif invariable

(familier) [ennuyeux] boring

[agaçant] annoying

un peu casse-pieds à préparer a bit of a hassle to prepare

Dictionnaire Français-Anglais > casse-pieds
12 chinche

adj.

1 annoying (informal) (molesto).

2 irritating, annoying, bothersome.

f.

1 bedbug (insect).

2 drawing pin (British), thumbtack (United States). ( Latin American Spanish)

3 thumbtack, pin, drawing-pin.

f. & m.

pest, pain (informal) (person).

pres.subj.

3^rd person singular (él/ella/ello) Present Subjunctive of Spanish verb: chinchar.

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chinche

► nombre masculino & nombre femenino

1 ZOOLOGÍA bedbug, bug

► nombre masulino o femenino

1 familiar figurado (persona) bore, nuisance, pest

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FRASEOLOGÍA

caer como chinches / morir como chinches familiar to go down like flies

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noun m.

bedbug

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1. SM ó SF

1) bedbug

- caer o morir como chinches

2) (=chincheta) drawing pin, thumbtack (EEUU)

3) (=molestia) nuisance

4) Cono Sur * (=rabieta) pique, irritation

2.

SMF (=persona molesta) nuisance; And, CAm naughty child

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I
adjetivo

a) (fam) ( pesado) irritating; ( quisquilloso)

es muy chinche — he's a real nit-picker

b) (Chi fam) ( hediondo) smelly (colloq)
II
femenino o masculino

1) ( insecto) bedbug

caer or morir como chinches — (fam) to drop like flies (colloq)

2) (RPl fam) ( mal humor) bad mood
III
masculino y femenino

a) (fam) ( pesado) nuisance, pain in the neck (colloq)

b) (fam) ( quisquilloso) nit-picker (colloq)
IV
femenino (AmC, Méx, RPl) ( clavito) thumbtack (AmE), drawing pin (BrE)
V
masculino (Andes) chinche IV

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= bed bug, tease.

Ex. The diseases and infestations caused by mites, lice, bed bugs, fleas, and ticks are discussed.

Ex. Pixie is introduced as a precocious character who is impatient with other people, a tease, and a mimic.

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* caer como chinches = drop like + flies.

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I
adjetivo

a) (fam) ( pesado) irritating; ( quisquilloso)

es muy chinche — he's a real nit-picker

b) (Chi fam) ( hediondo) smelly (colloq)
II
femenino o masculino

1) ( insecto) bedbug

caer or morir como chinches — (fam) to drop like flies (colloq)

2) (RPl fam) ( mal humor) bad mood
III
masculino y femenino

a) (fam) ( pesado) nuisance, pain in the neck (colloq)

b) (fam) ( quisquilloso) nit-picker (colloq)
IV
femenino (AmC, Méx, RPl) ( clavito) thumbtack (AmE), drawing pin (BrE)
V
masculino (Andes) chinche IV

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= bed bug, tease.

Ex: The diseases and infestations caused by mites, lice, bed bugs, fleas, and ticks are discussed.

Ex: Pixie is introduced as a precocious character who is impatient with other people, a tease, and a mimic.

* caer como chinches = drop like + flies.

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chinche¹

adjective

1 ( fam) (pesado) irritating

2 ( fam) (quisquilloso) fussy

3 ( Chi fam) (hediondo) smelly ( colloq)

chinche²

feminine

or

masculine

A

1 (insecto) bedbug

caer or morir como chinches ( fam); to drop like flies ( colloq)

2 ( Ven) (mariquita) ladybug ( AmE), ladybird ( BrE)

B ( RPl fam) (mal humor) bad mood

¡hoy está con una chinche …! she's in such a bad mood today!

chinche³

masculine and feminine

A

1 ( fam) (pesado) nuisance, pain in the neck ( colloq)

2 ( fam) (quisquilloso) nit-picker ( colloq)

B

chinche feminine (AmC, Méx, RPI) chincheta

C

chinche masculine ( Andes) chincheta

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Del verbo chinchar: ( conjugate chinchar)

chinché es:

1ª persona singular (yo) pretérito indicativo

chinche es:

1ª persona singular (yo) presente subjuntivo

3ª persona singular (él/ella/usted) presente subjuntivo

3ª persona singular (él/ella/usted) imperativo

Multiple Entries:
chinchar
chinche
chinchar ( conjugate chinchar) verbo transitivo (fam) to pester (colloq)
chinche adjetivo (fam) ( pesado) irritating;
( quisquilloso):
◊ es muy chinche he's a real nit-picker

■ f or m
1 ( insecto) bedbug
2 (RPl fam) ( mal humor) bad mood
■ sustantivo masculino y femenino
a) (fam) ( pesado) nuisance, pain in the neck (colloq)

b) (fam) ( quisquilloso) nit-picker (colloq)

■ f (en algunas regiones m) ( clavito) thumbtack (AmE), drawing pin (BrE)
chinche
I sustantivo femenino Zool bug, bedbug
II sustantivo masculino y femenino familiar nuisance, pest
♦ Locuciones: familiar caer como chinches, to fall like flies
' chinche' also found in these entries:
English:
bedbug
- bug
- thumbtack

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chinche

♦ adj
Fam annoying
♦ nf

1. [insecto] bedbug;

Comp
Fam
caer o [m5] morir como chinches to drop o die like flies

2. Am Br drawing pin, US thumbtack

♦ nmf
Fam [persona] pest, pain
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chinche

f

1 ZO bedbug

2 L.Am. ( chincheta) thumbtack, Br

drawing pin

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chinche nf

1) : bedbug

2) Ven : ladybug

3) : thumbtack

chinche nmf, fam : nuisance, pain in the neck

Spanish-English dictionary > chinche
13 romper

v.

1 to break.

romper algo en pedazos to break/smash/tear something to pieces

Eso rompe huesos That breaks bones.

Su voz rompe el silencio His voice breaks the silence.

2 to break.

3 to break (empezar) (día).

al romper el alba o día at daybreak

romper a hacer algo to suddenly start doing something

romper a llorar to burst into tears

romper a reír to burst out laughing

4 to break (olas).

5 to wear out.

6 to break (interrumpir) (monotonía, silencio, hábito).

7 to break off.

Su ira rompe nuestra amistad His anger breaks off our friendship.

8 to tear, to tear up.

Ellos rompieron los papeles They tore the papers.

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romper

(pp roto,-a)

► verbo transitivo

1 (gen) to break; (papel, tela) to tear; (cristal, loza) to smash, shatter

2 (rajar, reventar) to split

3 (gastar) to wear out

4 (relaciones) to break off

5 figurado (ley) to break, violate; (contrato) to break

6 figurado (cerca, límite) to break through, break down

7 (empezar) to initiate, begin

■ romper las hostilidades to initiate hostilities

8 figurado (interrumpir) to break, interrupt

■ romper el silencio to break the silence

9 (mar, aire) to cleave

► verbo intransitivo

1 (acabar - con algo) to break; (- con alguien) to split up, US break up

■ romper con el pasado to break with one's past

■ rompieron hace un mes they broke up a month ago

2 (olas, día) to break

■ al romper el día at daybreak

3 (flores) to bloom, blossom

4 romper a + inf figurado (empezar) to burst out

■ romper a reír to burst out laughing

5 romper en + sust figurado (prorrumpir) to burst into

■ romper en llanto to burst into tears

► verbo pronominal romperse

1 (gen) to break

■ se me ha roto esta uña I've broken this nail

2 (papel, tela) to tear, rip

■ se me han roto las medias I've ripped my stockings

3 (rajarse, reventarse) to split

■ la bolsa se ha roto the bag has split open

4 (desgastarse) to wear out

■ se me han roto los zapatos my shoes are worn out

5 (coche) to break down

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FRASEOLOGÍA

de rompe y rasga familiar resolute, determined

romper con alguien to quarrel with somebody, fall out with somebody

romper el fuego MILITAR to open fire

romper el hielo figurado to break the ice

romper una lanza por alguien figurado to defend somebody

romperle la cara a alguien / romperle las narices a alguien familiar to smash somebody's face in

romperse la cabeza (pensar) to rack one's brains 2 (herirse) to split one's head open

romperse por la mitad to break in half, split in half

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verb

1) to break

2) smash, shatter

3) rip, tear

•

- romper a

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(pp roto)
1. VT

1) (=partir, destrozar)

a) [intencionadamente] [+ juguete, mueble, cuerda] to break; [+ rama] to break, break off; [+ vaso, jarrón, cristal] to break, smash

los ladrones entraron rompiendo la puerta a patadas — the burglars got in by kicking down the door

la onda expansiva rompió los cristales — the shock wave broke o smashed the windows

b) (=rasgar) [+ tela, vestido, papel] to tear, rip

¡cuidado, que vas a romper las cortinas! — careful, you'll tear o rip the curtains!

se disgustó tanto con la carta que la rompió en pedazos — he was so angry about the letter that he tore o ripped it up

c) [por el uso] [+ zapatos, ropa] to wear out

d) [+ barrera] (lit) to break down, break through; (fig) to break down

tratan de romper barreras en el campo de la informática — they are trying to break down barriers in the area of computing

romper la barrera del sonido — to break the sound barrier

e)

romper aguas —

todavía no ha roto aguas — her waters haven't broken yet

- romper la cara a algn

- romper el hielo

- romper una lanza en favor de algn/algo

no haber roto un plato —

se comporta como si no hubiera roto un plato en su vida — he behaves as if butter wouldn't melt in his mouth

de rompe y rasga —

es una mujer de rompe y rasga — she's not someone to mess with

- quien rompe paga
esquema, molde
2) (=terminar) [+ equilibrio, silencio, maleficio, contrato] to break; [+ relaciones, amistad] to break off

hagamos algo distinto que rompa la rutina — let's do something different to break the routine

la patronal ha roto el pacto con los sindicatos — employers have broken the agreement with the unions

romper la racha de algo — to break a run of sth

romper el servicio a algn — (Tenis) to break sb's service

3) (Mil) [+ línea, cerco] to break, break through

¡rompan filas! — fall out!

romper (el) fuego — to open fire

romper las hostilidades — to start hostilities

4) (Agr) [+ tierra] to break, break up

5) Arg, Uru *** (=molestar) to piss off ***

deja de romperme — stop pissing me off ***

2. VI

1) [olas] to break

2) (=salir) [diente] to come through; [capullo, flor] to come out

romper entre algo — to break through sth, burst through sth

los manifestantes rompieron entre el cordón de seguridad — the demonstrators broke o burst through the security cordon

3) [alba, día] to break

al romper el alba — at crack of dawn, at daybreak

4) (=empezar)

romper a hacer algo — to (suddenly) start doing sth, (suddenly) start to do sth

rompió a proferir insultos contra todo el mundo — he suddenly started hurling o to hurl insults at everyone

al verme rompió a llorar — when he saw me he burst into tears

romper en llanto — to break down in tears

cuando rompa el hervor — when it comes to the boil

5) (=separarse) [pareja, novios] to split up

hace algún tiempo que rompieron — they split up some time ago

romper con — [+ novio, amante] to split up with, break up with; [+ amigo, familia] to fall out with; [+ aliado] to break off relations with; [+ tradición, costumbre, pasado] to break with; [+ imagen, tópico, leyenda] to break away from

ha roto con su novio — she has broken o split up with her boyfriend

Albania rompió con China en 1978 — Albania broke off relations with China in 1978

han roto con una tradición de siglos — they have broken with a centuries-old tradition

3.

See:

romperse

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1.
verbo transitivo

1)

a) <loza/mueble> to break; < ventana> to break, smash; <lápiz/cuerda> to break, snap

b) < puerta> ( tirándola abajo) to break down; ( para que quede abierta) to break open

c) <hoja/póster> ( rasgar) to tear; ( en varios pedazos) to tear up

d) < camisa> to tear, split

2)

a) <silencio/monotonía> to break; < tranquilidad> to disturb

b) <promesa/pacto> to break; <relaciones/compromiso> to break off
2.
romper vi

1)

a) olas to break

b) (liter) alba to break; flores to open, burst open

al romper el día — at daybreak, at the crack of dawn

c) ( empezar)

romper A + INF — to begin o start to + inf

rompió a llorar/reír — she burst into tears/burst out laughing

romper en llanto — to burst into tears

2) novios to break up, split up

romper CON algn — con novio to split o break up with sb

romper CON algo — con el pasado to break with sth; con tradición to break away from sth

este verso rompe con la estructura del poema — this verse departs from the structure of the poem

de rompe y rasga — < decidir> suddenly

mujeres de rompe y rasga — strong-minded women
3.
romperse verbo pronominal

a) vaso/plato to break, smash, get broken o smashed; papel to tear, rip, get torn o ripped; televisor/ascensor (RPl) to break down

b) pantalones/zapatos to wear out

c) (refl) <brazo/pierna> to break

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= break, break down, rupture, rip off, fracture, rip.

Ex. The document arrangement adopted is often broken, in the sense that documents in libraries are rarely shelved in one single and self-evident sequence.

Ex. It describes our experience in combatting mould which grew as a result of high humidity and temperatures when the air conditioning system broke down for several days after several days of rain.

Ex. In conversing with her you hadn't got to tread lightly and warily, lest at any moment you might rupture the relationship, and tumble into eternal disgrace.

Ex. Within the social sciences psychology journals are the most ripped off.

Ex. He will miss a month after fracturing his hand in practice.

Ex. He punched her in the head and forced her to another room where he pinned her to the floor and ripped her shirt trying to remove it.

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* algo que rompe la armonía = a blot on the landscape.

* al romper el día = at the crack of dawn.

* día + romper = day + break.

* que no se rompe en mil pedazos = shatterproof.

* que rompe la armonía = eyesore.

* romper a carcajadas = break out with + laugh.

* romper Algo en pedazos = tear + Nombre + to bits.

* romper a reír = bubble over in + laugh, burst out + laughing, explode into + laughter.

* romper barreras = break down + boundaries, break down + borders.

* romper completamente = break off.

* romper completamente con = make + a clean break with.

* romper con = break out of, break through, step away from, break away from.

* romper con la tradición = make + break with tradition, break with + tradition.

* romper con una amenaza = slay + dragon.

* romper el equilibrio = tip + the scales.

* romper el hielo = break + the ice.

* romper el molde tradicional = break out of + the traditional mould.

* romper el silencio = break + the hush, break + silence, crack + the silence.

* romper filas = break + ranks.

* romper la barrera del sonido = break + the sound barrier.

* romper la huelga = cross + the picket line.

* romper la monotonía = relieve + monotony.

* romper las barreras = breach + boundaries, breach + barriers.

* romper las cadenas de la esclavitud = cast off + Posesivo + chains.

* romper las ilusiones = shatter + Posesivo + hopes.

* romper los esquemas = think out(side) + (of) the box.

* romper los lazos con = sever + Posesivo + links with, sever + Posesivo + ties with, break + ties with.

* romperse = snap off.

* romperse el cuello = break + Posesivo + neck.

* romperse la cabeza = puzzle + Reflexivo, scratch + Posesivo + head, rack + Posesivo + brains.

* romper tajantemente con = make + a clean break with.

* romper un acuerdo = sever + arrangement.

* romper una lanza en favor de = stick up for.

* romper una promesa = go back on, break + Posesivo + promise.

* romper una relación = break off + relationship, sever + connection.

* romper un lazo = sever + connection.

* * *
1.
verbo transitivo

1)

a) <loza/mueble> to break; < ventana> to break, smash; <lápiz/cuerda> to break, snap

b) < puerta> ( tirándola abajo) to break down; ( para que quede abierta) to break open

c) <hoja/póster> ( rasgar) to tear; ( en varios pedazos) to tear up

d) < camisa> to tear, split

2)

a) <silencio/monotonía> to break; < tranquilidad> to disturb

b) <promesa/pacto> to break; <relaciones/compromiso> to break off
2.
romper vi

1)

a) olas to break

b) (liter) alba to break; flores to open, burst open

al romper el día — at daybreak, at the crack of dawn

c) ( empezar)

romper A + INF — to begin o start to + inf

rompió a llorar/reír — she burst into tears/burst out laughing

romper en llanto — to burst into tears

2) novios to break up, split up

romper CON algn — con novio to split o break up with sb

romper CON algo — con el pasado to break with sth; con tradición to break away from sth

este verso rompe con la estructura del poema — this verse departs from the structure of the poem

de rompe y rasga — < decidir> suddenly

mujeres de rompe y rasga — strong-minded women
3.
romperse verbo pronominal

a) vaso/plato to break, smash, get broken o smashed; papel to tear, rip, get torn o ripped; televisor/ascensor (RPl) to break down

b) pantalones/zapatos to wear out

c) (refl) <brazo/pierna> to break

* * *

= break, break down, rupture, rip off, fracture, rip.

Ex: The document arrangement adopted is often broken, in the sense that documents in libraries are rarely shelved in one single and self-evident sequence.

Ex: It describes our experience in combatting mould which grew as a result of high humidity and temperatures when the air conditioning system broke down for several days after several days of rain.

Ex: In conversing with her you hadn't got to tread lightly and warily, lest at any moment you might rupture the relationship, and tumble into eternal disgrace.

Ex: Within the social sciences psychology journals are the most ripped off.

Ex: He will miss a month after fracturing his hand in practice.

Ex: He punched her in the head and forced her to another room where he pinned her to the floor and ripped her shirt trying to remove it.

* algo que rompe la armonía = a blot on the landscape.

* al romper el día = at the crack of dawn.

* día + romper = day + break.

* que no se rompe en mil pedazos = shatterproof.

* que rompe la armonía = eyesore.

* romper a carcajadas = break out with + laugh.

* romper Algo en pedazos = tear + Nombre + to bits.

* romper a reír = bubble over in + laugh, burst out + laughing, explode into + laughter.

* romper barreras = break down + boundaries, break down + borders.

* romper completamente = break off.

* romper completamente con = make + a clean break with.

* romper con = break out of, break through, step away from, break away from.

* romper con la tradición = make + break with tradition, break with + tradition.

* romper con una amenaza = slay + dragon.

* romper el equilibrio = tip + the scales.

* romper el hielo = break + the ice.

* romper el molde tradicional = break out of + the traditional mould.

* romper el silencio = break + the hush, break + silence, crack + the silence.

* romper filas = break + ranks.

* romper la barrera del sonido = break + the sound barrier.

* romper la huelga = cross + the picket line.

* romper la monotonía = relieve + monotony.

* romper las barreras = breach + boundaries, breach + barriers.

* romper las cadenas de la esclavitud = cast off + Posesivo + chains.

* romper las ilusiones = shatter + Posesivo + hopes.

* romper los esquemas = think out(side) + (of) the box.

* romper los lazos con = sever + Posesivo + links with, sever + Posesivo + ties with, break + ties with.

* romperse = snap off.

* romperse el cuello = break + Posesivo + neck.

* romperse la cabeza = puzzle + Reflexivo, scratch + Posesivo + head, rack + Posesivo + brains.

* romper tajantemente con = make + a clean break with.

* romper un acuerdo = sever + arrangement.

* romper una lanza en favor de = stick up for.

* romper una promesa = go back on, break + Posesivo + promise.

* romper una relación = break off + relationship, sever + connection.

* romper un lazo = sever + connection.

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romper [ E30 ]

vt

A

1 ‹taza› to break; ‹ventana› to break, smash; ‹lápiz/cuerda› to break, snap; ‹juguete/radio/silla› to break

2 ‹puerta› (tirándola abajo) to break down; (para que quede abierta) to break open

3 ‹hoja/póster› (rasgar) to tear; (en varios pedazos) to tear up

4 ‹camisa› to tear, split

B

1 ‹silencio/monotonía› to break; ‹tranquilidad› to disturb

2 ‹promesa/pacto› to break; ‹relaciones/compromiso› to break off

C

1 ( fam) ‹servicio› (en tenis) to break

2 ( esp AmL) ‹récord› to break

■ romper

vi

A

1 «olas» to break

2 ( liter); «alba/día» to break; «flores» to open, burst open, come out

salimos al romper el día we left at daybreak o at the crack of dawn

3

(empezar): cuando rompa el hervor when it reaches boiling point, when it comes to the boil o starts to boil

romper A + INF to begin o start to + INF

rompió a llorar/reír she burst into tears/burst out laughing

romper EN algo:

romper en llanto to burst into tears

romper en sollozos to break into sobs, start sobbing

B «novios» to break up, split up romper CON algn ‹con un novio› to split o break up WITH sb; ‹con un amigo› to fall out WITH sb romper CON algo ‹con el pasado› to break WITH sth; ‹con una tradición› to break away FROM sth, break WITH sth

hay que romper con esas viejas creencias we have to break away from those old beliefs

este verso rompe con la estructura general del poema this verse departs from the general structure of the poem

de rompe y rasga: me lo dijo así, de rompe y rasga he told me like that, straight out ( colloq)

no se puede decidir así de rompe y rasga you can't just decide like that on the spur of the moment

mujeres de rompe y rasga strong-minded women

C ( RPl vulg) (molestar) to bug ( colloq)

■ romperse

v pron

1 «vaso/plato» to break, smash, get broken o smashed; «papel» to tear, rip, get torn o ripped; «televisor/lavadora/ascensor» ( RPl) to break down

2 «pantalones/zapatos» to wear out

se me rompieron los calcetines por el talón my socks have worn through o gone through at the heel

3 ‹brazo/pierna/muñeca› to break

se rompió el tobillo he broke his ankle

4

( RPl fam) (esforzarse): no te rompas demasiado don't kill yourself ( colloq)

no se rompieron mucho con el regalo they didn't go to much trouble o expense over the gift ( colloq)

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romper ( conjugate romper) verbo transitivo
1
a) ‹loza/mueble› to break;

‹ ventana› to break, smash;
‹lápiz/cuerda› to break, snap
b) ‹hoja/póster› ( rasgar) to tear;

( en varios pedazos) to tear up
c) ‹ camisa› to tear, split

2
a) ‹silencio/monotonía› to break;

‹ tranquilidad› to disturb
b) ‹promesa/pacto› to break;

‹relaciones/compromiso› to break off
verbo intransitivo
1
a) [ olas] to break

b) (liter) [ alba] to break;

◊ al romper el día at daybreak, at the crack of dawn

c) ( empezar):

◊ rompió a llorar/reír she burst into tears/burst out laughing

2 [ novios] to break up, split up;
romper CON algn ‹ con novio› to split o break up with sb;
romper CON algo ‹ con el pasado› to break with sth;
‹ con tradición› to break away from sth
romperse verbo pronominal
a) [vaso/plato] to break, smash, get broken o smashed;

[ papel] to tear, rip, get torn o ripped;
[televisor/ascensor] (RPl) to break down
b) [pantalones/zapatos] to wear out

c) ( refl) ‹brazo/pierna› to break

romper
I verbo transitivo
1 to break
(un cristal, una pieza de loza) to smash, shatter
(una tela, un papel) to tear (up): rompió el contrato en pedazos, he tore the contract into pieces
2 (relaciones, una negociación) to break off
3 (una norma) to fail to fulfil, break
(una promesa, un trato) to break
4 (el ritmo, sueño, silencio) to break
II verbo intransitivo
1 (empezar el día, etc) to break: al cabo de un rato rompió a hablar, after a while she started talking
rompió a llorar, he burst into tears
2 (poner un fin) to break [con, with]: he roto con el pasado, I've broken with the past
(relaciones de pareja) rompieron hace una semana, they broke up a week ago ➣ Ver nota en break
' romper' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
acabar
- cascar
- congénere
- crisma
- dejar
- desligarse
- desordenar
- destrozar
- frágil
- hielo
- lanza
- partir
- regañar
- reñir
- echar
- espuma
- mameluco
- pacto
- promesa
- quebrar
English:
bash in
- break
- break into
- break off
- break up
- break with
- bust
- bust up
- crack
- dash
- fall out
- finish with
- ice
- monotony
- oath
- pound
- prompt
- rank
- relieve
- rupture
- sever
- smash
- snap
- snap off
- tear
- tear up
- chip
- fall
- half
- rip
- rompers
- shatter

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romper

♦ vt

1. [partir, fragmentar] to break;
[hacer añicos] to smash; [rasgar] to tear;
romper algo en pedazos to break/smash/tear sth to pieces;
Mil
¡rompan filas! fall out!;

Comp
Fam
romper la baraja to get annoyed;

Comp
Fam
o jugamos todos, o se rompe la baraja either we all play, or nobody does

2. [estropear] to break

3. [desgastar] to wear out

4. [interrumpir] [monotonía, silencio, hábito] to break;
[hilo del discurso] to break off; [tradición] to put an end to, to stop
5. [terminar] to break off

6. [incumplir] to break;

rompió su promesa de ayudarnos she broke her promise to help us

7.
romper el par [en golf] to break par

8.
romper el servicio de alguien [en tenis] to break sb's serve

9. RP Fam [fastidiar]
no me rompas give me a break;

no (me) rompas la paciencia you're trying my patience;
muy Fam
romper las pelotas o [m5] las bolas o [m5] los huevos a alguien to get on sb's tits;
muy Fam
dejá de romper las pelotas o [m5] las bolas o [m5] los huevos stop being such a pain in the Br arse o US ass

♦ vi

1. [terminar una relación]
romper (con alguien) to break up o split up (with sb);

rompió con su novia he broke up o split up with his girlfriend;

ha roto con su familia she has broken off contact with her family;

romper con la tradición to break with tradition;

rompió con el partido she broke with the party

2. [empezar] [día] to break;
[hostilidades] to break out;
al romper el alba o [m5] día at daybreak;

romper a hacer algo to suddenly start doing sth;

romper a llorar to burst into tears;

romper a reír to burst out laughing

3. [olas] to break

4. Fam [tener éxito] to be a hit;

un cantante que rompe a singer who's all the rage;

Comp

de rompe y rasga: es una mujer de rompe y rasga she's a woman who knows what she wants o knows her own mind

5. RP Fam [molestar] to be a pain;

¡no rompas! give me a break!

♦ See also the pronominal verb romperse

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romper

<part roto>

I v/t

1 break; ( hacer añicos) smash; tela, papel tear

2 relación break off

II v/i

1 break;

romper con alguien break up with s.o.

2

:

romper a hacer algo start doing sth, start to do sth;

romper a llorar burst into tears, start crying

3

:

hombre de rompe y rasga strong-minded man

* * *

romper {70} vt

1) : to break, to smash

2) : to rip, to tear

3) : to break off (relations), to break (a contract)

4) : to break through, to break down

5) gastar: to wear out

romper vi

1) : to break

al romper del día: at the break of day

2)

romper a : to begin to, to burst out with

romper a llorar: to burst into tears

3)

romper con : to break off with

* * *

romper vb

1. (en general) to break [pt. broke; pp. broken]

¿quién ha roto el cristal? who broke the window?

se rompió el brazo he broke his arm

2. (papel, tela) to tear [pt. tore; pp. torn]

he roto la sábana I've torn the sheet

rompió la carta she tore the letter up

3. (desgastar ropa, zapatos) to wear out [pt. wore; pp. worn]

vas a romper los zapatos you're going to wear your shoes out

4. (acabar una relación) to split up [pt. & pp. split]

rompieron hace un mes they split up a month ago

rompió con su novio she split up with her boyfriend

romper a llorar to burst into tears

romperse la cabeza to split your head open

Spanish-English dictionary > romper
14 rollo

m.

1 roll (cilindro).

rollo de papel higiénico toilet roll

rollo de primavera (cooking) spring roll

2 reel (Cine) (de película).

3 drag, bore (informal) (pesadez, aburrimiento).

¡qué rollo! what a bore o drag!

un rollo de discurso/tío an incredibly boring speech/guy

el rollo de costumbre the same old story

¡corta el rollo ya! shut up, you're boring me to death!

soltar el rollo to go on and on

tener mucho rollo to witter on

4 tall story (informal) (embuste).

meter un rollo a alguien to put one over on somebody (engañar)

rollo patatero ridiculous spiel (mentira)

5 stuff (informal) (tema, historia).

el rollo ese de la clonación all that stuff about cloning, all that cloning business

6 scene (informal) (ambiente, tipo de vida). (peninsular Spanish)

el rollo de la droga/de las discotecas the drug/nightclub scene

no me va ese rollo it's not my scene, I'm not into all that

7 relationship (informal) (relación). (peninsular Spanish)

tener un rollo (con) to have a fling (with)

tener buen/mal rollo (con alguien) to get on/not to get on (with somebody)

8 roller, curler (para el pelo). (Venezuelan Spanish)

9 untrue story.

10 scroll, roll of parchment.

11 speech, lecture, screed, sermon.

12 rouleau.

pres.indicat.

1^st person singular (yo) present indicative of spanish verb: rollar.

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rollo

► nombre masculino

1 (gen) roll; (de cable, alambre) coil

2 familiar (michelín) roll of fat

3 familiar (aburrimiento) drag, bore, pain

■ esta peli es un rollo this film is a drag

■ este tío es un rollo this guy is a pain in the neck

■ ¡menudo rollo! how boring!

■ siempre estamos con el mismo rollo it's always the same old story

4 familiar (discurso, explicación, etc) long drawn-out speech, boring lecture

■ ¡vaya rollo nos soltó! he didn't half go on!

5 familiar (amorío) affair

■ tiene un rollo con la vecina he's having a fling with his neighbour

6 familiar (asunto) business

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FRASEOLOGÍA

estar en el rollo argot to be with it, be cool

tener rollo familiar to go on a lot

tener buen rollo argot to be chatty, be easy to get on with

rollo de papel higiénico roll of toilet paper

rollo de primavera COCINA spring roll

rollo pastelero rolling pin

rollo patatero real bore, real drag

* * *

noun m.

1) roll

2) bore

* * *

1. SM

1) (=cilindro) [de tela, papel, cuerda fina, cable fino] roll; [de cuerda gruesa, cable grueso] coil; [de película de cine] reel; [de pergamino] scroll

un rollo de papel higiénico — a roll of toilet paper

regalamos un rollo color — we offer a free colour film

papel en rollo — rolled up paper

los rollos del mar Muerto — the Dead Sea Scrolls

rollo de pelo — Ven curler, hair curler, roller

2) (Culin)

a) (tb: rollo pastelero)
Esp rolling pin
b) [de masa, relleno] (pastry) roll

rollo de primavera — spring roll

3) (=tronco) log

en rollo — whole, uncut

4) * (=michelín) roll of fat, spare tyre * hum

5) Esp * (tb: rollo macabeo ó patatero) (=explicación) spiel *; (=sermón) lecture; (=mentira) yarn

nos soltó el rollo de siempre — he gave us the usual spiel *

¡menudo rollo nos contó tu padre! — what a lecture your dad gave us! iró

¡menudo rollo que tiene! — he's always waffling (on) about something! *

nos vino con un rollo de su familia que no había quien se lo creyera — he spun us a yarn about his family that no one could possibly believe

¡vaya rollo patatero que me estás contando! — you're talking a load of old tosh! **, you're talking a load of baloney! (EEUU) *

perdona por el rollo que te he soltado — sorry if I have bored you to death with my story

- cortar el rollo

corta el rollo y dime exactamente lo que quieres — cut it short * o cut the crap *** and tell me exactly what you want

cinco minutos más y ya corto el rollo — five minutes more and then I'll shut up *

cortar el rollo a algn —

mejor que le cortes el rollo, que tenemos prisa — don't let him rattle on, we're in a hurry

¡con lo bien que lo estábamos pasando! ¡nos has cortado el rollo! — we were having a great time until you went and spoiled things!

estar de rollo * Esp, Méx —

están de rollo desde hace dos horas — they've been rattling on for two hours now

tirarse el rollo Esp, Méx —

no te tires el rollo conmigo que te conozco — don't give me that spiel *, I know what you're like

tírate el rollo e invítame a una copa — be a pal and get me a drink *

6) * (=aburrimiento)

¡qué rollo! — what a pain! **

ser un rollo — [discurso, conferencia] to be dead boring *; [persona] to be a bore *, be a pain **

lo de las lentillas es un rollo — contact lenses are a real pain *

7) ** (=asunto) thing

está metido en muchos rollos — he's into all sorts of things

no sabemos de qué va el rollo — we don't know what it's all about o what's going on

ir a su rollo — to do one's own thing

8) Esp ** (=ambiente) scene *

no me va el rollo de esta gente — I'm not into their scene *

9) ** (=sensación)

• buen/mal rollo, en sus fiestas siempre hay buen rollo — there's always a good atmosphere at his parties

había muy buen rollo entre nosotros — we got on really well together

¡qué mal rollo! — what a pain! *

me da buen/mal rollo — I've got a good/nasty o bad feeling about it

¡qué buen rollo me da ese tío! — that guy gives me really good vibes! *

la película me dio tan mal rollo que me deprimí — the film was a real downer *

tener un buen/mal rollo con algn — to get on well/badly with sb

10) * (=relación sentimental)

tener un rollo (con algn) — to be involved (with sb)

2.

ADJ INV Esp, Méx * boring

esa película es muy rollo — that film's dead boring *

no seas rollo, Julián — don't be a bore * o pain **,Julián

* * *
I
adjetivo invariable (Esp fam) boring

qué tío más rollo! — that guy's such a pain o bore! (colloq)
II
masculino

1)

a) (de papel, tela, película) roll

b) (de cable, cuerda) reel

c) (fam) ( de gordura) roll of fat

d) (Esp) (Coc) tb

rollo pastelero — rolling pin

2)

a) (Esp fam) ( cosa aburrida) bore

las clases son un rollo — the classes are dead boring (colloq)

qué rollazo de conferencia! — what a boring lecture!

b) (Esp, Méx fam) ( lata)

qué rollo! — what a nuisance!

3) (fam)

a) ( perorata) speech (colloq), lecture (colloq)

todos los días nos suelta or nos echa or (Ven) nos arma el mismo rollo — he gives us the same speech o sermon every day (colloq)

no me sueltes el rollo — you can cut the lecture (colloq)

bueno, corta el rollo ya — OK, can it, will you? (AmE colloq), OK, put a sock in it, will you? (BrE colloq)

b) ( mentira) story

4) (Esp arg) ( ambiente) scene (colloq)

a mí este rollo no me va — this isn't my scene (colloq)

5)

a) (Esp, Méx fam)

b) ( asunto) business

el rollo ese de los impuestos nuevos — that new tax business

no sé de qué va el rollo — I don't know what it's all about

* * *
I
adjetivo invariable (Esp fam) boring

qué tío más rollo! — that guy's such a pain o bore! (colloq)
II
masculino

1)

a) (de papel, tela, película) roll

b) (de cable, cuerda) reel

c) (fam) ( de gordura) roll of fat

d) (Esp) (Coc) tb

rollo pastelero — rolling pin

2)

a) (Esp fam) ( cosa aburrida) bore

las clases son un rollo — the classes are dead boring (colloq)

qué rollazo de conferencia! — what a boring lecture!

b) (Esp, Méx fam) ( lata)

qué rollo! — what a nuisance!

3) (fam)

a) ( perorata) speech (colloq), lecture (colloq)

todos los días nos suelta or nos echa or (Ven) nos arma el mismo rollo — he gives us the same speech o sermon every day (colloq)

no me sueltes el rollo — you can cut the lecture (colloq)

bueno, corta el rollo ya — OK, can it, will you? (AmE colloq), OK, put a sock in it, will you? (BrE colloq)

b) ( mentira) story

4) (Esp arg) ( ambiente) scene (colloq)

a mí este rollo no me va — this isn't my scene (colloq)

5)

a) (Esp, Méx fam)

b) ( asunto) business

el rollo ese de los impuestos nuevos — that new tax business

no sé de qué va el rollo — I don't know what it's all about

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rollo¹

² = roll, roll, coil, roll.

Ex: Chapter 6 covers discs, tapes, piano rolls and sound recordings on film.

Ex: For example, bundles, files, volumes or rolls are clearly items because they are physically appropriate for handling.

Ex: It was known that alternating current (AC) voltage could be varied by use of induction coils, but no practical coil system had been invented.

Ex: The results appear there and then not only on the VDU screen but also on a roll of paper which spills out of the attached printer at a rate of knots.

* rollo de acetato = acetate roll.

* rollo de papel de cocina = kitchen roll.

* rollo de papel higiénico = loo roll.

* rollo de papiro = papyrus roll.

* rollo de película = roll film.

* rollo de pergamino = parchment scroll, roll.

* rollo de piano = piano roll.

* rollo de toallitas de papel = kitchen roll.

* rollos del Mar Muerto, los = Dead Sea Scrolls, the.

rollo²

² = hassle, shaggy dog story, sales pitch, rigmarole [rigamarole].

Ex: The article is entitled 'How to implement electronic subscriptions replacing the routing list hassle'.

Ex: Young kids like listening to these shaggy dog stories, but don't usually 'get it', while parents generally groan over the punch lines.

Ex: President Bush has begun in earnest his sales pitch to America and the rest of the world for missile defence.

Ex: The government is creating a rigmarole of a process for residents to exercise their constitutional right.

* buen rollo = good vibes.

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

* cortar el rollo = cut to + the chase.

* mal rollo = bad vibes.

* ¡qué rollo macabeo! = what a palaver!.

* rollo amoroso = fling.

* rollo barato = soapbox.

* rollo de venta = sales pitch, product pitch.

* rollo macabeo = soapbox.

* rollo político = spin.

* rollo publicitario = sales pitch, product pitch.

* ser un rollo = stink.

* tener un rollo amoroso = have + a fling.

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rollo¹

adj inv

( Esp fam) boring

¡qué tío más rollo! that guy's such a pain o bore! ( colloq)

rollo²

masculine

A

1 (de papel, tela) roll

un rollo de papel higiénico a roll of toilet paper

2 (de película) roll

3 (de cable, cuerda) reel

4 ( fam) (de gordura) roll of fat

5

( Esp) ( Coc) tb rollo pastelero rolling pin

B ( Esp fam)

1 (cosa aburrida) bore

las clases me parecen un rollo the classes bore me to death o are dead boring ( colloq)

¡qué rollazo de conferencia! what a boring lecture!

un rollo patatero or macabeo ( Esp arg): este programa es un rollo patatero this program is dead boring o is a real turn-off o ( AmE) is lethal ( colloq)

2

(lata): ¡qué rollo! what a nuisance!, what a pain o drag! ( colloq)

este coche es un rollo this car's more trouble than it's worth ( colloq)

C ( fam)

1 (perorata) speech ( colloq), lecture ( colloq)

todos los días nos suelta or nos mete or ( Méx) nos tira or ( Ven) nos arma el mismo rollo he gives us the same speech o sermon every day ( colloq)

no me sueltes el rollo, ya sé lo que tengo que hacer you can cut the lecture, I know what I have to do ( colloq)

bueno, corta el rollo ya OK, can it, will you? ( AmE colloq), OK, put a sock in it, will you? ( BrE colloq)

2 (cuento, mentira) story

nos contó or nos metió un rollo de que había estado enfermo he told o gave us some story about having been ill

D

( Esp): tener rollo: ¡qué rollo tiene este tío! this guy sure does go on! ( colloq), this guy never shuts up! ( colloq)

tiene mucho rollo, pero a la hora de la verdad… he talks a lot o ( colloq) he has a big mouth, but when it comes down to it…

E ( Esp arg) (ambiente) scene ( colloq)

¡venga, modernízate, que no estás en el rollo! come on, get with it!, you just aren't hip o cool! ( colloq)

a mí este rollo no me va this isn't my scene ( colloq)

le va mucho el rollo he's really into the scene ( colloq)

F ( Esp fam)

1

(asunto): no sé de qué va el rollo I don't know what's going on o what it's all about

no me aclaro con el rollo este de los impuestos nuevos I can't make head nor tail of this new tax business ( colloq)

es un rollo muy malo, no tienen casa ni trabajo things are looking really bad, they have nowhere to live and no work ( colloq)

2 (aventura amorosa) affair

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rollo sustantivo masculino
1
a) (de papel, tela, película) roll

b) (de cable, cuerda) reel

c) (fam) ( de gordura) roll of fat

2
a) (Esp fam) ( cosa aburrida) bore;

◊ ¡qué rollo de conferencia! what a boring lecture!

b) (Esp, Méx fam) ( lata) nuisance, pain (colloq);

◊ ¡qué rollo! what a nuisance o pain!

3 (fam)
a) ( perorata) speech (colloq), lecture (colloq);

◊ siempre nos suelta el mismo rollo he always gives us the same speech;

bueno, corta el rollo ya OK, can it, will you? (AmE colloq), OK, put a sock in it, will you? (BrE colloq)
b) ( mentira) story

4 (Esp, Méx fam) ( asunto) business
■ adjetivo invariable (Esp fam) boring;
◊ ¡qué tío más rollo! that guy's such a pain o bore! (colloq)

rollo sustantivo masculino
1 (de papel, tela, etc) roll
(para la cámara de fotos) (roll of) film
Cine reel
(de papel higiénico) roll (of toilet paper)
2 (de alambre, cuerda, etc) coil, reel
3 Culin (para amasar) rolling pin
(para comer) roll
4 fam (una persona, una cosa) drag, bore: ¡menudo rollo de película!, what a boring film!
soltar el rollo, to give a speech o sermon
5 fam (asunto) affair, matter: está metido en el rollo de las drogas, he's involved in drugs
6 fam (ambiente) hay buen/mal rollo entre nosotros, we have good/bad vibrations
♦ Locuciones: familiar ser algo un rollo patatero, to be a real bore

' rollo' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
esto
- paliza
- palo
- pestiño
- avanzar
- movida
English:
bore
- coil
- grind
- hassle
- roll
- scroll
- spiel
- toilet roll
- bind
- reel
- rolling pin
- toilet

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rollo

♦ nm

1. [cilindro] roll;
[cuerda, cable] coil
Comp
rollo de papel higiénico toilet roll;
rollo de pergamino scroll;
Culin rollo de primavera spring roll
2. [carrete fotográfico] roll of film;
[de película de cine] reel
3. Fam [pesadez, aburrimiento] drag, bore;
[molestia, latazo] pain;
¡qué rollo! [aburrimiento] what a drag o bore!;
[molestia] what a pain!;
un rollo de discurso/tío an incredibly boring speech/guy;

el rollo de costumbre the same old story;

¡corta el rollo ya! shut up, you're boring me to death!;

soltar el rollo to go on and on;

tener mucho rollo to chatter o Br witter on;

es un rollo macabeo o [m5] patatero [muy aburrido] it's a real bore o drag

4. Fam [embuste] tall story;

nos metió un rollo diciéndonos que… he gave us some story o spiel about…

Comp
rollo macabeo [mentira] ridiculous spiel;
rollo patatero [mentira] ridiculous spiel

5. Fam [tema, historia] stuff;

el rollo ese de la clonación all that stuff about cloning, all that cloning business;

¿de qué va el rollo? what's it all about?;

¡vamos, suelta el rollo! come on, out with it!

6. Esp Fam [ambiente, tipo de vida] scene;

el rollo de la droga/de las discotecas the drug/nightclub scene;

no me va ese rollo it's not my scene, I'm not into all that

7. Esp Fam [relación]
tener un rollo (con alguien) to have a fling (with sb);

tengo buen rollo con él we're good Br mates o US buddies;

tengo mal rollo con él we're not the best of Br mates o US buddies;

venga, colega, tírate el rollo y déjanos pasar go on, be a pal and let us in

8. Esp Fam [sensación]
esta música me da muy buen rollo this music really does something for me;

le daba mal rollo quedarse sola she was really uncomfortable about being left on her own

9. Ven [rulo] roller, curler

10. RP Fam [pliegue de grasa] spare tyre

11. Comp
RP Fam
largar el rollo [vomitar] to throw up

♦ adj inv
Esp Fam [aburrido] boring;
yo lo encuentro un poco rollo I think he's a bit of a bore

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rollo

m

1 FOT roll

2 fig fam

drag fam ;

¡qué rollo! fam what a drag! fam

3 ( sermón)

:

¡corta el rollo! fam can it! fam, shut up! fam ;

soltar el rollo fam give a speech

4 ( lío)

:

tener un rollo con alguien have a thing with s.o. fam

5 ( tema)

:

me va el rollo de la cocina mexicana/ la pintura pop I’m into Mexican cookery/ painting fam

6

:

buen/mal rollo pop good/bad atmosphere

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rollo nm

1) : roll, coil

un rollo de cinta: a roll of tape

en rollo: rolled up

2) fam : roll of fat

3) fam : boring speech, lecture

* * *

rollo n

1. (en general) roll

un rollo de papel higiénico a roll of toilet paper

un rollo de fotografías a roll of film

2. (cosa pesada) drag / pain

es un rollo tener que madrugar cada día it's a drag having to get up early every day

este libro es un rollo this book is really boring

Spanish-English dictionary > rollo
15 cada

adj.

1 each.

cada dos meses every two months

cada cosa a su tiempo one thing at a time

cada cual each one, everyone

¿cada cuánto? how often?

cada uno de each of

cada uno a lo suyo everyone should get on with their own business

cada vez every time, each time

2 such.

¡se pone cada sombrero! she wears such hats!

¡tiene cada cosa! the things he comes up with!

3 such unlikely, such.

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cada

► adjetivo

1 (de dos) each; (de varios) every

■ cada uno lleva su abrigo they're each wearing their coat, each of them is wearing his coat

■ cada cuatro días every four days

■ ocho de cada diez eight out of (every) ten

2 familiar (intensificador) such

■ ¡dice cada cosa! he says such strange things!

■ ¡le pegó cada grito! she really shouted at him!

\

FRASEOLOGÍA

a cada cual lo suyo (recibir) everyone should get their fair share 2 (pagar) everyone should pay their own way

a cada paso at every step

¿cada cuánto? how often?

■ ¿cada cuánto vais al cine? how often do you go to the cinema?

cada día every day

cada vez más more and more, increasingly

■ es cada vez más difícil de entender it's more and more difficult to understand

* * *

adj.

1) each

2) every

•

- cada vez más
- cada vez mejor
* * *

ADJ INV

1) [uso distributivo] [con elementos individuales] each; [con números, tiempo] every

cada uno de los jugadores dispone de cuatro fichas — each player has four counters

habrá una mesa por cada ocho invitados — there will one table for every eight guests

han aumentado los beneficios en todos y cada uno de los sectores — profits have risen in each and every sector

cada cual busca la felicidad como quiere — we all seek o each one of us seeks happiness in our own way

2) [indicando frecuencia] every

juega al fútbol cada domingo — he plays football every Sunday

cada cierto tiempo — every so often, every now and then

cada dos días — every couple of days, every other day

los problemas de cada día — everyday problems

cinco de cada diez — five out of every ten

• ¿cada cuánto tiempo? — how often?

• cada que — Méx whenever, every time (that)

• cada vez que — whenever, every time (that)

cada vez que voy al extranjero — whenever o every time (that) I go abroad

- cada dos por tres

cada dos por tres sonaba el teléfono — the phone rang every other minute o all the time

3) [indicando progresión]

• cada vez más — more and more

te necesito cada vez más — I need you more and more

encontrar trabajo es cada vez más difícil — finding a job is increasingly difficult o is (getting) more and more difficult

me siento cada vez más viejo — I feel (I'm getting) older and older

• cada vez mejor — better and better

• cada vez menos — less and less

• cada vez peor — worse and worse

4) [uso enfático]

¡tienes cada cosa! — the things you come out with!

¡oye una cada historia! — the things you hear nowadays!

¡se compra cada coche! — you should see the cars he buys!
CADA ► Cada se traduce por each cuando queremos individualizar, cuando se conocen o se le quiere dar importancia a los elementos dentro del grupo: A cada miembro del personal se le asignó una tarea específica Each member of staff was allocated a specific task Quiero tener una charla con cada uno de vosotros I want to have a chat with each of you ► Se traduce por every cuando el número de elementos del grupo no se conoce o no importa, cuando se está generalizando: Cada empresa funciona de una manera distinta Every company works differently Cada día me dice una cosa diferente Every day he tells me something different Cada vez que viene nos trae un regalo Every time he comes he brings us a present En expresiones como cada dos meses/cada tres años {etc}, cada se traduce por every: Se hace una revisión cada tres meses He has a check-up every three months ► Cuando hablamos solo de dos cosas o personas, cada solamente se puede traducir por each: Es importante que cada gemelo desarrolle su propia personalidad It is important that each twin develops his own personality Cuando each o every forman parte del sujeto, el verbo va en singular. Para otros usos y ejemplos ver la entrada
* * *

adjetivo invariable

1)

a) ( con énfasis en el individuo o cosa particular) each; ( con énfasis en la totalidad del conjunto) every

los ganadores de cada grupo pasan a la final — the winners from each group go on to the final

hay un bar en cada esquina — there's a bar on every corner

cada día — every day, each day

cada dos días — every other day, every two days

¿cada cuánto viene? — how often does she come?

cada uno — each

hay cinco para cada uno — there are five each

volvimos a casa cada uno por su lado — we each made our own way home

cuestan $25 cada uno — they cost $25 each

cada uno or cada cual sabe qué es lo que más le conviene — everyone o each individual knows what's best for him or her

b) ( delante de numeral) every

cada cuatro kilómetros — every four kilometers

siete de cada diez — seven out of (every) ten

2)

a) ( indicando progresión)

cada vez más rápido — faster and faster

la gente va cada vez menos — people are going less and less

lo hace cada vez mejor — she's getting better all the time

hace cada día más calor — it's getting hotter every day o by the day

b) (fam) ( con valor ponderativo)

tienes cada idea...! — the things you come out with!

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* a cada rato = every so often, every now and then, every now and again.

* cada año = annually, on a yearly basis, year-on-year, yearly.

* cada caso por separado = on a case-by-case basis.

* cada cierto tiempo = episodic, every so often, every now and then, every now and again.

* cada cinco minutos = every five minutes.

* cada cual por su cuenta = every man for himself.

* cada cuando = every so often, every now and then, every now and again, every once in a while.

* cada cuantos + Nombre = every few + Nombre.

* cada día = every day.

* cada día que pasa = each passing day.

* cada diez años = ten-yearly, decennially.

* cada dos = every other.

* cada dos años = biennially.

* cada dos días = every other day.

* cada dos minutos = every other minute.

* cada dos por tres = all the time, now and again, often [oftener -comp., oftenest -sup.], frequently, every other minute, every five minutes, every few minutes.

* cada dos semanas = biweekly [bi-weekly].

* cada hora = hourly.

* cada pocos años = every few years.

* cada seis meses = six-monthly.

* cada semana = weekly.

* cada tanto = every so often, every now and then, every now and again, every once in a while.

* cada tantos minutos = every few minutes.

* cada tantos + Período de Tiempo = every few + Período de Tiempo.

* cada tanto tiempo = every so often, every now and then, every now and again, every once in a while.

* cada uno = apiece, each.

* cada uno por separado = each one alone.

* cada uno que se las apañe como pueda = every man for himself.

* cada vez = at a time, each time, every time [everytime].

* cada vez en mayor grado = ever-increasing.

* cada vez más = ever-growing, ever-increasing, increasingly, more and more, progressively, ever more, mushrooming, ever greater, in increasing numbers, increasing.

* cada vez más abultado = swelling.

* cada vez más acelerado = accelerated.

* cada vez más + Adjetivo = ever + Adjetivo Comparativo.

* cada vez más alto = constantly rising, steadily rising, steadily growing.

* cada vez más amplio = ever-widening.

* cada vez más avanzado = fast-moving.

* cada vez más desarrollado = fast-developing.

* cada vez más estricto = tightening.

* cada vez más extendido = spreading.

* cada vez más fácil = ever easier.

* cada vez más lejos = further and further.

* cada vez más + Participio = ever + Gerundio.

* cada vez más pruebas = accumulating evidence.

* cada vez más rápido = ever faster, accelerated.

* cada vez más restringido = tightening.

* cada vez más tenue = fading.

* cada vez más viejo = aging [ageing].

* cada vez mayor = escalating, ever-growing, ever-increasing, expanded, growing, increasing, mounting, rising, spiralling [spiraling, -USA], deepening, rapidly growing, expanding, constantly rising, swelling, ever larger [ever-larger], galloping, steadily rising, steadily growing, mushrooming, ever greater, rapidly expanding, ever-widening, burgeoning, heightening.

* cada vez mejor = from strength to strength.

* cada vez menor = decreasing, dwindling, diminishing, thinning, fading, waning, declining, falling, shrinking, receding, sinking, ebbing, descending.

* cada vez menos = less and less.

* cada vez mucho mayor = fast-increasing, exploding.

* cada vez peor = worsening.

* con una pierna a cada lado de = astride.

* de cada + Número + veces + Número = Número + times out of + Número.

* demanda cada vez menor = falling demand.

* desajuste cada vez mayor entre... y = widening of the gap beween.... and, widening gap between... and.

* desajuste cada vez menor entre... y = narrowing gap between... and, narrowing of the gap between... and.

* diferencia cada vez mayor entre... y = widening of the gap beween.... and, widening gap between... and.

* diferencia cada vez menor entre... y = narrowing gap between... and, narrowing of the gap between... and.

* disfrutar cada minuto de = enjoy + every minute of.

* distanciamiento cada vez mayor entre... y = widening gap between... and, widening of the gap beween.... and.

* el pan nuestro de cada día = all in a day's work.

* ganarse el pan de cada día = get + Posesivo + bread, earn + Posesivo + bread, earn + Posesivo + bread and butter.

* importancia cada vez mayor = growing importance, growing significance.

* ir cada vez mejor = grow from + strength to strength, go + great guns.

* población cada vez más envejecida = greying population [graying population].

* preocupación cada vez mayor (por) = growing concern (about).

* problema cada vez mayor = growing problem.

* problemas cada vez mayores = mounting problems.

* pruebas cada vez más concluyentes = mounting evidence.

* qué es cada cosa = what is what.

* separación cada vez mayor entre... y = widening gap between... and.

* todos y cada uno = in full force, each and everyone.

* todos y cada uno de = any and every, any and all.

* todos y cada uno de + Adjetivo + Nombre = Pronombre + every + Nombre.

* una necesidad cada vez mayor = a growing need.

* una vez cada dos semanas = once a fortnight.

* una vez cada quincena = once a fortnight.

* un número cada vez mayor = growing numbers.

* un número cada vez mayor de = a growing number of.

* uno de cada cinco = one in five.

* uno de cada cuatro = one in four.

* uno de cada diez = one in ten.

* uno de cada ocho = one in eight.

* uno de cada tres = one in three.

* * *

adjetivo invariable

1)

a) ( con énfasis en el individuo o cosa particular) each; ( con énfasis en la totalidad del conjunto) every

los ganadores de cada grupo pasan a la final — the winners from each group go on to the final

hay un bar en cada esquina — there's a bar on every corner

cada día — every day, each day

cada dos días — every other day, every two days

¿cada cuánto viene? — how often does she come?

cada uno — each

hay cinco para cada uno — there are five each

volvimos a casa cada uno por su lado — we each made our own way home

cuestan $25 cada uno — they cost $25 each

cada uno or cada cual sabe qué es lo que más le conviene — everyone o each individual knows what's best for him or her

b) ( delante de numeral) every

cada cuatro kilómetros — every four kilometers

siete de cada diez — seven out of (every) ten

2)

a) ( indicando progresión)

cada vez más rápido — faster and faster

la gente va cada vez menos — people are going less and less

lo hace cada vez mejor — she's getting better all the time

hace cada día más calor — it's getting hotter every day o by the day

b) (fam) ( con valor ponderativo)

tienes cada idea...! — the things you come out with!

* * *

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* a cada rato = every so often, every now and then, every now and again.

* cada año = annually, on a yearly basis, year-on-year, yearly.

* cada caso por separado = on a case-by-case basis.

* cada cierto tiempo = episodic, every so often, every now and then, every now and again.

* cada cinco minutos = every five minutes.

* cada cual por su cuenta = every man for himself.

* cada cuando = every so often, every now and then, every now and again, every once in a while.

* cada cuantos + Nombre = every few + Nombre.

* cada día = every day.

* cada día que pasa = each passing day.

* cada diez años = ten-yearly, decennially.

* cada dos = every other.

* cada dos años = biennially.

* cada dos días = every other day.

* cada dos minutos = every other minute.

* cada dos por tres = all the time, now and again, often [oftener -comp., oftenest -sup.], frequently, every other minute, every five minutes, every few minutes.

* cada dos semanas = biweekly [bi-weekly].

* cada hora = hourly.

* cada pocos años = every few years.

* cada seis meses = six-monthly.

* cada semana = weekly.

* cada tanto = every so often, every now and then, every now and again, every once in a while.

* cada tantos minutos = every few minutes.

* cada tantos + Período de Tiempo = every few + Período de Tiempo.

* cada tanto tiempo = every so often, every now and then, every now and again, every once in a while.

* cada uno = apiece, each.

* cada uno por separado = each one alone.

* cada uno que se las apañe como pueda = every man for himself.

* cada vez = at a time, each time, every time [everytime].

* cada vez en mayor grado = ever-increasing.

* cada vez más = ever-growing, ever-increasing, increasingly, more and more, progressively, ever more, mushrooming, ever greater, in increasing numbers, increasing.

* cada vez más abultado = swelling.

* cada vez más acelerado = accelerated.

* cada vez más + Adjetivo = ever + Adjetivo Comparativo.

* cada vez más alto = constantly rising, steadily rising, steadily growing.

* cada vez más amplio = ever-widening.

* cada vez más avanzado = fast-moving.

* cada vez más desarrollado = fast-developing.

* cada vez más estricto = tightening.

* cada vez más extendido = spreading.

* cada vez más fácil = ever easier.

* cada vez más lejos = further and further.

* cada vez más + Participio = ever + Gerundio.

* cada vez más pruebas = accumulating evidence.

* cada vez más rápido = ever faster, accelerated.

* cada vez más restringido = tightening.

* cada vez más tenue = fading.

* cada vez más viejo = aging [ageing].

* cada vez mayor = escalating, ever-growing, ever-increasing, expanded, growing, increasing, mounting, rising, spiralling [spiraling, -USA], deepening, rapidly growing, expanding, constantly rising, swelling, ever larger [ever-larger], galloping, steadily rising, steadily growing, mushrooming, ever greater, rapidly expanding, ever-widening, burgeoning, heightening.

* cada vez mejor = from strength to strength.

* cada vez menor = decreasing, dwindling, diminishing, thinning, fading, waning, declining, falling, shrinking, receding, sinking, ebbing, descending.

* cada vez menos = less and less.

* cada vez mucho mayor = fast-increasing, exploding.

* cada vez peor = worsening.

* con una pierna a cada lado de = astride.

* de cada + Número + veces + Número = Número + times out of + Número.

* demanda cada vez menor = falling demand.

* desajuste cada vez mayor entre... y = widening of the gap beween.... and, widening gap between... and.

* desajuste cada vez menor entre... y = narrowing gap between... and, narrowing of the gap between... and.

* diferencia cada vez mayor entre... y = widening of the gap beween.... and, widening gap between... and.

* diferencia cada vez menor entre... y = narrowing gap between... and, narrowing of the gap between... and.

* disfrutar cada minuto de = enjoy + every minute of.

* distanciamiento cada vez mayor entre... y = widening gap between... and, widening of the gap beween.... and.

* el pan nuestro de cada día = all in a day's work.

* ganarse el pan de cada día = get + Posesivo + bread, earn + Posesivo + bread, earn + Posesivo + bread and butter.

* importancia cada vez mayor = growing importance, growing significance.

* ir cada vez mejor = grow from + strength to strength, go + great guns.

* población cada vez más envejecida = greying population [graying population].

* preocupación cada vez mayor (por) = growing concern (about).

* problema cada vez mayor = growing problem.

* problemas cada vez mayores = mounting problems.

* pruebas cada vez más concluyentes = mounting evidence.

* qué es cada cosa = what is what.

* separación cada vez mayor entre... y = widening gap between... and.

* todos y cada uno = in full force, each and everyone.

* todos y cada uno de = any and every, any and all.

* todos y cada uno de + Adjetivo + Nombre = Pronombre + every + Nombre.

* una necesidad cada vez mayor = a growing need.

* una vez cada dos semanas = once a fortnight.

* una vez cada quincena = once a fortnight.

* un número cada vez mayor = growing numbers.

* un número cada vez mayor de = a growing number of.

* uno de cada cinco = one in five.

* uno de cada cuatro = one in four.

* uno de cada diez = one in ten.

* uno de cada ocho = one in eight.

* uno de cada tres = one in three.

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cada [ Grammar notes (Spanish) ]

adj inv

A

1 (con el énfasis en el individuo o cosa particular) each; (con el énfasis en la totalidad del conjunto) every

los ganadores de cada grupo pasan a la final the winners from each group go on to the final

hay un bar en cada esquina there's a bar on every corner

cada vez que viene me da un disgusto every time he comes he upsets me

les puso un sello a cada uno he put a stamp on each one

hay cinco para cada uno there are five each

volvimos a casa cada uno por su lado we each made our own way home

cuestan $25 cada uno they cost $25 each

cada uno or cada cual sabe qué es lo que más le conviene everyone o each individual knows what's best for him or her

2 (delante de numeral) every

parábamos cada cuatro kilómetros we stopped every four kilometers

siete de cada diez seven out of (every) ten

B

1

(indicando progresión): íbamos cada vez más rápido we were going faster and faster

la gente va cada vez menos a ese tipo de club people are going less and less to that kind of club

hace cada día más calor it's getting hotter every day o by the day

2 ( fam)

(con valor ponderativo): ¡tú tienes cada idea …! the things you think of!

le ha regalado cada cosa más preciosa … he's given her such lovely things

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cada adjetivo invariable
1
a) ( con énfasis en el individuo o cosa particular) each;

( con énfasis en la totalidad del conjunto) every;
◊ los ganadores de cada grupo the winners from each group;

hay un bar en cada esquina ther's a bar in every corner;
cada día every day, each day;
¿cada cuánto viene? how often does she come?;
hay cinco para cada uno there are five each;
cuestan $25 cada uno they cost $25 each;
cada uno or cual sabe qué es lo que más le conviene everyone o each individual knows what's best for him or her;
cada vez que viene every time o whenever he comes
b) ( delante de numeral) every;

◊ cada dos días every two days, every other day;

siete de cada diez seven out of (every) ten
2 ( indicando progresión):
◊ cada vez más rápido faster and faster;

lo hace cada vez mejor she's getting better all the time;
cada vez más gente more and more people;
cada vez menos tiempo less and less time
cada adjetivo
1 (distribución) (entre dos) each
(entre más) each, every
seis de cada diez, six out of (every) ten
2 (frecuencia) cada día, every day
cada dos días, every second day o every other day
¿cada cuánto vas al cine?, how often do you go the cinema?
3 fam (intensificador) ¡tu hija hace cada pregunta!, your daughter asks such awkward questions!
4 (todas las personas) cada uno hace lo que quiere, everyone does as they like
(en una serie) cada uno de ellos dará una conferencia, each of them will give us a lecture
♦ Locuciones: a cada instante/paso, constantly
a cada uno/a cada cual lo suyo, fair shares for all
(para ser justo) es una mujer pesadísima pero muy servicial, a cada uno lo suyo, to be fair, she's a pain in the neck but she's awfully helpful
(a cada uno lo que le pertenece) es una reivindicación justa, sólo pretende dar a cada uno lo suyo, it's a fair claim which only aims to give everyone their fair share
cada dos por tres, every other minute
cada vez, every time: cada vez que viene nos acabamos enfadando, everytime he comes we end up getting angry
cada vez veo peor, my sights getting worse and worse
cada vez más, more and more
cada vez menos, less and less
La diferencia entre each y every es muy pequeña. Every se refiere a un grupo y each a los individuos en el grupo: Cada trabajador debe empezar a las ocho. Every worker should begin at eight. Hablaré con cada trabajador durante la semana. I will speak to each worker during the weak. Como ves, el uso depende únicamente de cómo quieres considerar a los trabajadores: como individuos o como un grupo.
' cada' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
A
- cañería
- curso
- dos
- instante
- más
- menos
- ocurrencia
- pasar
- paso
- patada
- quisque
- quisqui
- rato
- repetirse
- salir
- siempre
- solicitada
- solicitado
- tema
- toda
- todo
- una
- uno
- verso
- vez
- viñeta
- a
- bimestral
- correspondiente
- cosa
- cual
- cuando
- día
- el
- intercalar
- lado
- mejor
- nervioso
- peor
- poner
- semestre
- sendos
- tanda
- tiempo
- valer
English:
A
- and
- annoy
- apiece
- bash out
- begrudge
- better
- bread
- busy signal
- butt in
- carbon copy
- checkup
- commute
- Dick and Harry
- each
- either
- every
- everyplace
- exercise
- expect
- for
- fortnightly
- growing
- half-hourly
- head
- hourly
- how
- in
- increasingly
- interval
- less
- magazine
- match
- measure out
- meet
- milk
- misspell
- mist
- more
- nightly
- nine
- other
- out of
- outflow
- particular
- percentage
- sea
- second
- time
- Tom

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cada adj inv

1. [indicando correspondencia] each;

nos tocan 1.000 pesos a cada (uno) it comes to 1,000 pesos each o apiece;

cada cosa a su tiempo one thing at a time;

cada cual each one, everyone;

cada cual que haga lo que le parezca everyone do as they see fit;

cada uno de each of;

cada uno o [m5] cual a lo suyo everyone should get on with their own business;

cada uno es cada uno, cada uno es como es everyone's different;

cada vez every time, each time;

cada vez que viene, me pide algo prestado every time o each time o whenever he comes, he asks to borrow something

2. [con números, tiempo] every;

cada tres segundos nace un niño a child is born every three seconds;

tres de cada diez personas three out of every ten people;

cinco televisores por cada cien habitantes five televisions per hundred inhabitants;

cada dos meses every two months;

cada cierto tiempo every so often;

¿cada cuánto? how often?;

a cada momento o Am [m5] rato all the time, constantly;

a cada momento o Am [m5]rato me preguntan algo, así no puedo trabajar people are constantly asking me things, so I can't get any work done

3. [valor progresivo]
me gusta cada vez más I like it more and more;

sus discursos son cada vez más largos his speeches get longer and longer;

el tema me interesa cada vez menos I'm getting less and less interested in the subject;

esta revista es cada vez peor this magazine gets worse and worse;

cada día más more and more each day

4. [valor enfático] such;

¡se pone cada sombrero! she wears such hats!;

¡tiene cada cosa! the things he comes up with!;

¡mis vecinos arman cada escándalo! my neighbours are always kicking up a fuss o row about something!

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cada

adj

1 considerado por separado each; con énfasis en la totalidad every;

cada cosa en su sitio everything in its place;

cada uno, cada cual each one;

cada vez every time, each time;

cada tres días every three days;

uno de cada tres one out of every three;

uno de cada one of each

2

:

cada vez más more and more, increasingly

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cada adj

1) : each

cuestan diez pesos cada una: they cost ten pesos each

2) : every

cada vez: every time

3) : such, some

sales con cada historia: you come up with such crazy stories

4)

cada vez más : more and more, increasingly

5)

cada vez menos : less and less

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cada adj

1. (en general) every

cada cuatro años hay un año bisiesto there's a leap year every four years

nos vemos cada viernes we meet every Friday

2. (para referirse a los miembros de un grupo por separado) each

reparte un caramelo a cada niño give each child a sweet

3. (uso enfático)

¡dice cada tontería! he says such stupid things!

¡sale con cada excusa! she comes out with amazing excuses!

¿cada cuánto? how often?

cada vez más more and more / increasingly

cada vez que whenever

Spanish-English dictionary > cada
16 bescheuert

Adj. umg.

1. (dumm, verrückt) cracked, präd. auch nuts; er ist bescheuert auch he’s gone off his nut (Am. rocker); ich bin doch nicht bescheuert! I’m not that stupid; jemanden bescheuert finden think s.o. is crazy

2. (dumm, ärgerlich) Situation, Idee etc.: stupid, crazy; so was Bescheuertes! what a nuisance ( oder pain)!

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be|scheu|ert [bə'ʃɔyɐt] (inf)
1. adj
stupid; Mensch auch dumb (inf)
2. adv

sich beschéúert anstellen — to act stupidly

wie beschéúert putzen — to clean like crazy (inf)

beschéúert aussehen — to look idiotic or ridiculous

beschéúert fragen — to ask idiotic or stupid questions

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be·scheu·ert

I. adj (fam)

1. (blöd) screwy fam, BRIT a. daft fam

dieser \bescheuerte Kerl that daft idiot

der ist etwas \bescheuert he's got a screw loose fam

da hast du dir aber etwas B\bescheuertes ausgedacht! what you've come up with there is a load of nonsense [or twaddle]! fam

2. (unangenehm) stupid

so was B\bescheuertes! how stupid!

mein \bescheuertes Auto wollte einfach nicht anspringen! my frigging car just wouldn't start!

II. adv (fam) in a stupid [or BRIT a. daft] way, stupidly

sie hat das Gedicht total \bescheuert übersetzt she really screwed up the translation of this poem sl

du siehst total \bescheuert aus you look really daft

wie kann man nur so \bescheuert fragen! how can you ask such daft questions!

red nicht so \bescheuert! don't talk such claptrap [or codswallop]! fam, don't talk daft! fam

stell dich nicht so \bescheuert an! don't be so stupid [or BRIT a. daft]!, don't be such an idiot! fam

▪ wie \bescheuert like crazy [or a mad thing] fam

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Adjektiv (salopp)

1) barmy (Brit. coll.); nuts (sl.)

2) (unangenehm) stupid <task, party, etc.>

etwas bescheuert finden — find something a real pain [in the neck] (coll.)

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bescheuert adj umg

1. (dumm, verrückt) cracked, präd auch nuts;

er ist bescheuert auch he’s gone off his nut (US rocker);

ich bin doch nicht bescheuert! I’m not that stupid;

jemanden bescheuert finden think sb is crazy

2. (dumm, ärgerlich) Situation, Idee etc: stupid, crazy;

so was Bescheuertes! what a nuisance ( oder pain)!

* * *

Adjektiv (salopp)

1) barmy (Brit. coll.); nuts (sl.)

2) (unangenehm) stupid <task, party, etc.>

etwas bescheuert finden — find something a real pain [in the neck] (coll.)

Deutsch-Englisch Wörterbuch > bescheuert
17 suer

suer [sye]

➭ TABLE 1

1. intransitive verb

   a. ( = transpirer) to sweat ; ( = peiner) (inf) to sweat (inf) ( sur over)

• suer à grosses gouttes to sweat profusely

• suer sur une dissertation (inf) to sweat over an essay (inf)

   b. faire suer (Cookery) to sweat

   c. tu me fais suer (inf) you're a pain in the neck (inf)

• on se fait suer ici (inf) it's such a drag here (inf)

• qu'est-ce qu'on se fait suer à ses cours (inf) his classes are such a drag (inf)

• je me suis fait suer à le réparer (inf) I sweated blood to repair that

2. transitive verb

• suer sang et eau to sweat blood

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sɥe
1.

verbe transitif

1) ( exsuder) [personne, peau] to sweat; [mur, roche] to ooze [eau, humidité]

suer sang et eau — fig to sweat blood and tears ( pour faire to do; sur quelque chose over something)

2) ( dégager) [personne] to exude [bêtise, ennui, misère]

2.

verbe intransitif to sweat ( sur over)

suer à grosses gouttes — to sweat buckets

faire suer quelqu'un — (colloq) ( embêter) to bore somebody stiff (colloq) ( avec with)

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sɥe
1. vi

1) (= transpirer) to sweat

suer à grosses gouttes — to sweat profusely

2) (= suinter) to ooze

2. vt

fig, [misère, haine] to exude

suer sang et eau — to sweat blood

* * *

suer verb table: aimer

A vtr

1 ( exsuder) [personne, peau] to sweat; [mur, roche] to ooze [eau, humidité]; il suait toute l'eau de son corps he was dripping with sweat; suer sang et eau fig to sweat blood and tears (pour faire to do; sur qch over sth);

2 ( dégager) [personne] to exude [bêtise, ennui, misère]; un livre/une ville qui sue l'ennui an incredibly boring book/town.

B vi to sweat (sur over); suer à grosses gouttes to sweat buckets; faire suer ( embêter)○ to bore [sb] stiff [personne] (avec with); Culin to sweat [légumes]; qu'est-ce qu'on se fait suer ici○! it's deadly boring here!

[sɥe] verbe intransitif

1. [transpirer - personne] to sweat, to get sweaty

suer à grosses gouttes to be streaming with sweat, to be sweating profusely

2. [bois, plâtres] to ooze, to sweat

faire suer des oignons CUISINE to sweat onions

3. (familier) [fournir un gros effort] to slog (UK), to slave (away)

j'en ai sué pour faire démarrer la tondeuse! I had the devil's own job trying to get the mower started!

faire suer le burnous (très familier) to use sweated labour

4. (familier & locution)

faire suer [importuner]: il nous fait suer! he's a pain in the neck!

ça me ferait suer de devoir y retourner I'd hate to have to go back there

elle m'a fait suer toute la matinée pour que je joue avec elle she pestered me all morning to play with her

je me suis fait suer toute la journée I was bored stiff all day long

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[sɥe] verbe transitif

1. [sueur] to sweat

suer sang et eau [faire de grands efforts] to sweat blood

2. [humidité] to ooze

3. (littéraire) [laisser paraître - bêtise, ennui, égoïsme] to exude, to reek of

Dictionnaire Français-Anglais > suer
18 fregón

m.

scrubber, person who scrubs.

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- gona adjetivo (AmC, Col, Ec fam) fregado I 1)

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- gona adjetivo (AmC, Col, Ec fam) fregado I 1)

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fregón¹ - gona

adjective

(AmC, Col, Ec fam) fregado¹ adj A. (↑ fregado (1))

fregón²

masculine

( RPl)

dishcloth

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fregón¹ nm
RP scourer
fregón², -ona Fam

♦ adj

1. Col, Ecuad, Méx [molesto] annoying;

¡es más fregona! she's such a pain!

2. Méx [sobresaliente] wicked;

es bien fregón para la física he's really hot o Br ace at physics;

tiene una moto fregona she's got this wicked o Br ace motorbike

♦ nm,f
Col, Ecuad, Méx pain
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fregón

I adj annoying

II m L.Am. fam

nuisance, pain in the neck fam

Spanish-English dictionary > fregón
19 emmerdant

emmerdant, e (inf!) [ɑ̃mεʀdɑ̃, ɑ̃t]

adjective

a. ( = irritant, gênant) bloody annoying (inf!)

• elle n'est pas trop emmerdante she isn't too much of a pain (inf)

b. ( = ennuyeux) bloody boring (inf!)

• qu'est-ce qu'il est emmerdant avec ses histoires he's such a pain with his stories (inf)

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emmerdant◑, emmerdante adj

1 ( ennuyeux) [livre, orateur] bloody◑ GB ou damned○ boring;

2 ( importun) [personne, situation] bloody◑ GB ou damned○ annoying; l'emmerdant c'est que je suis fauché○ the annoying thing is that I'm broke○.

( féminin emmerdante (très familier) ) [ɑ̃mɛrdɑ̃, ɑ̃t] adjectif

1. [importun]

il est emmerdant he's a pain (in the neck)

2. [gênant] bloody (très familier & UK) ou damn awkward

c'est emmerdant d'avoir à laisser la porte ouverte having to leave the door open is a real pain ou a bloody nuisance

3. [ennuyeux] bloody (UK) ou godawful (US) boring (très familier)

Dictionnaire Français-Anglais > emmerdant
20 cada

cada adjetivo invariable 1
a) ( con énfasis en el individuo o cosa particular) each;
( con énfasis en la totalidad del conjunto) every;
◊ los ganadores de cada grupo the winners from each group;
hay un bar en cada esquina ther's a bar in every corner; cada día every day, each day; ¿cada cuánto viene? how often does she come?; hay cinco para cada uno there are five each; cuestan $25 cada uno they cost $25 each; cada uno or cual sabe qué es lo que más le conviene everyone o each individual knows what's best for him or her; cada vez que viene every time o whenever he comes
b) ( delante de numeral) every;

◊ cada dos días every two days, every other day;
siete de cada diez seven out of (every) ten 2 ( indicando progresión):
◊ cada vez más rápido faster and faster;
lo hace cada vez mejor she's getting better all the time; cada vez más gente more and more people; cada vez menos tiempo less and less time
cada adjetivo
1 (distribución) (entre dos) each (entre más) each, every
seis de cada diez, six out of (every) ten
2 (frecuencia) cada día, every day
cada dos días, every second day o every other day
¿cada cuánto vas al cine?, how often do you go the cinema?
3 fam (intensificador) ¡tu hija hace cada pregunta!, your daughter asks such awkward questions!
4 (todas las personas) cada uno hace lo que quiere, everyone does as they like (en una serie) cada uno de ellos dará una conferencia, each of them will give us a lecture Locuciones: a cada instante/paso, constantly
a cada uno/a cada cual lo suyo, fair shares for all (para ser justo) es una mujer pesadísima pero muy servicial, a cada uno lo suyo, to be fair, she's a pain in the neck but she's awfully helpful (a cada uno lo que le pertenece) es una reivindicación justa, sólo pretende dar a cada uno lo suyo, it's a fair claim which only aims to give everyone their fair share
cada dos por tres, every other minute
cada vez, every time: cada vez que viene nos acabamos enfadando, everytime he comes we end up getting angry
cada vez veo peor, my sights getting worse and worse
cada vez más, more and more
cada vez menos, less and less La diferencia entre each y every es muy pequeña. Every se refiere a un grupo y each a los individuos en el grupo: Cada trabajador debe empezar a las ocho. Every worker should begin at eight. Hablaré con cada trabajador durante la semana. I will speak to each worker during the weak. Como ves, el uso depende únicamente de cómo quieres considerar a los trabajadores: como individuos o como un grupo. ' cada' also found in these entries: Spanish: A - cañería - curso - dos - instante - más - menos - ocurrencia - pasar - paso - patada - quisque - quisqui - rato - repetirse - salir - siempre - solicitada - solicitado - tema - toda - todo - una - uno - verso - vez - viñeta - a - bimestral - correspondiente - cosa - cual - cuando - día - el - intercalar - lado - mejor - nervioso - peor - poner - semestre - sendos - tanda - tiempo - valer English: A - and - annoy - apiece - bash out - begrudge - better - bread - busy signal - butt in - carbon copy - checkup - commute - Dick and Harry - each - either - every - everyplace - exercise - expect - for - fortnightly - growing - half-hourly - head - hourly - how - in - increasingly - interval - less - magazine - match - measure out - meet - milk - misspell - mist - more - nightly - nine - other - out of - outflow - particular - percentage - sea - second - time - Tom

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