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  • 1 cadete

    f. & m.
    cadet, officer in training.
    m.
    cadet.
    * * *
    1 cadet
    * * *
    SM (Mil etc) cadet; (Dep) junior; LAm (=aprendiz) apprentice; [en oficina] office boy
    * * *
    masculino (Mil, Náut) cadet
    * * *
    = cadet.
    Ex. The strength of the collection lies in its coverage of the cadet and professional army careers of academy graduates.
    ----
    * cadete de policía = police cadet.
    * cadete espacial = space cadet.
    * * *
    masculino (Mil, Náut) cadet
    * * *

    Ex: The strength of the collection lies in its coverage of the cadet and professional army careers of academy graduates.

    * cadete de policía = police cadet.
    * cadete espacial = space cadet.

    * * *
    A
    1 ( Mil) cadet
    2 ( Náut) cadet
    Compuesto:
    space cadet
    B ( Dep) junior
    el plantel de cadetes the colts, the junior o youth team
    C
    cadete masculine ( RPl) (en una oficina) office junior o boy
    * * *

    cadete sustantivo masculino (Mil, Náut) cadet
    cadete sustantivo masculino Mil cadet
    ' cadete' also found in these entries:
    English:
    cadet
    * * *
    cadete, -a
    ♦ nm
    1. [en ejército] cadet
    2. Dep = sports player aged 14-15
    ♦ nm,f
    RP [chico de los recados] office junior
    * * *
    m
    1 MIL cadet
    2 Rpl, Chi
    office junior, errand boy
    * * *
    cadete nmf
    : cadet

    Spanish-English dictionary > cadete

  • 2 espacial

    adj.
    space, spacefaring, spatial.
    * * *
    1 MATEMÁTICAS spatial, spacial
    2 (del cosmos) space
    * * *
    ADJ INV
    1) (Aer) space antes de s
    2) (Mat) spatial
    * * *
    1) <cohete/vuelo> space (before n)
    2) (Fís, Mat) spatial
    * * *
    = spatial, steric.
    Nota: En química, relativo a la distribución de los átomos en el espacio.
    Ex. There are, of course, many other internal aspects of layout and spatial relationships.
    Ex. This article discusses the importance of molecular bulkiness and the steric factor for sweetness.
    ----
    * alfabetización espacial = spatial literacy.
    * análisis espacial = spatial analysis.
    * cadete espacial = space cadet.
    * capacidad de interpretar información espacial = spatial literacy.
    * cápsula espacial = space capsule.
    * estación espacial = space station.
    * lanzamiento espacial = moon shot.
    * misión espacial = space mission.
    * nave espacial = spaceship [space ship], spacecraft.
    * vuelo espacial = space flight.
    * * *
    1) <cohete/vuelo> space (before n)
    2) (Fís, Mat) spatial
    * * *
    = spatial, steric.
    Nota: En química, relativo a la distribución de los átomos en el espacio.

    Ex: There are, of course, many other internal aspects of layout and spatial relationships.

    Ex: This article discusses the importance of molecular bulkiness and the steric factor for sweetness.
    * alfabetización espacial = spatial literacy.
    * análisis espacial = spatial analysis.
    * cadete espacial = space cadet.
    * capacidad de interpretar información espacial = spatial literacy.
    * cápsula espacial = space capsule.
    * estación espacial = space station.
    * lanzamiento espacial = moon shot.
    * misión espacial = space mission.
    * nave espacial = spaceship [space ship], spacecraft.
    * vuelo espacial = space flight.

    * * *
    A ‹cohete/viaje/vuelo› space ( before n) nave
    B ( Fís, Mat) spatial
    un estudio sobre la distribución espacial en la arquitectura moderna a study of spatial distribution o the distribution of space in modern architecture
    * * *

    espacial adjetivo
    a) ‹cohete/vuelo› space ( before n)

    b) (Fís, Mat) spatial

    espacial adj Astronáut space
    nave espacial, space ship
    plataforma espacial, space station
    sonda espacial, space probe
    viaje espacial, space travel
    ' espacial' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    aeronave
    - amaraje
    - estación
    - lanzadera
    - nave
    - seguimiento
    - sonda
    - transbordador
    - tripulación
    - vuelo
    English:
    airlock
    - blow up
    - lift off
    - mission
    - mock-up
    - shuttle
    - space
    - space capsule
    - space flight
    - space-centre
    - spacesuit
    - spacewalk
    - spatial
    - touchdown
    - unmanned
    - voyage
    - rocket
    * * *
    1. [vuelo, lanzadera, estación] space;
    cohete espacial space rocket
    2. [dimensión, distribución] spatial;
    coordenadas espaciales spatial coordinates
    * * *
    adj
    1 cohete, viaje space atr
    2 FÍS, MAT spatial
    * * *
    1) : space
    2) : spatial
    * * *
    espacial adj space

    Spanish-English dictionary > espacial

  • 3 cadete espacial

    (n.) = space cadet
    Ex. It is narrated as if the group of people learning the game were space cadets being trained for space missions.
    * * *

    Ex: It is narrated as if the group of people learning the game were space cadets being trained for space missions.

    Spanish-English dictionary > cadete espacial

  • 4 chalado

    adj.
    crazy, mad, batty, insane.
    f. & m.
    crackpot, basket case, crank, cuckoo.
    past part.
    past participle of spanish verb: chalar.
    * * *
    1→ link=chalar chalar
    1 (loco) mad, crazy, nuts
    \
    estar chalado,-a por algo/alguien to be mad about something/somebody, be crazy about something/somebody
    * * *
    (f. - chalada)
    adj.
    nutty, crazy
    * * *
    I
    - da adjetivo (fam) [estar] crazy (colloq), nuts (colloq)
    II
    - da masculino, femenino nutter (colloq)
    * * *
    = nuts, bonkers, wacky [wackier -comp., wackiest -sup.], nutter, cuckoo, off + Posesivo + nut, potty [pottier -comp., pottiest -sup.], kook, nutty [nuttier -comp., nuttiest -sup.], daffy [daffier -comp., daffiest -sup.], space cadet, off + Posesivo + knocker, off + Posesivo + rocker, barmy [barmier -comp., barmiest -sup.].
    Ex. I think some people would think my approach is nuts.
    Ex. This client was bonkers, but believable.
    Ex. 'Open Season' is a wild and wacky animated comedy set in the town of Timberline.
    Ex. Even if we do come up with an alternative to nuclear power, in the future, there will be nutters protesting that as well.
    Ex. Meanwhile, further proof that the entire party is cuckoo comes to us with the passage of another big tax cut for the rich.
    Ex. A few years later Stewart went completely off his nut, staged a series of bombings, and wound up in prison after a bizarre kidnapping stunt.
    Ex. The press may be free, but the system is potty.
    Ex. He then ended his affair with Mia, Bram's housekeeper cum lottery winner and daughter of the kook who swears he was abuducted by aliens.
    Ex. When squirrels are acting ' nutty,' it is often caused by a warble or botfly larva living beneath the animal's skin.
    Ex. This isn't as daffy as it seems to us as we hustle about on the verge of the third millennium.
    Ex. There were space cadets, aimless women -- the melange was incredible.
    Ex. Every firearm hast its pros and cons and anyone who tells you otherwise is off their knocker.
    Ex. I find it fascinating how Bradley can be perfectly reasonable one moment, and off his rocker the next.
    Ex. He gets more and more hysterical every week and frankly gives the impression of being a bit barmy by grinning like a maniac and shouting his head off.
    ----
    * chalado perdido = as daft as a brush, stir-crazy, knucklehead.
    * estar chalado = be off + Posesivo + rocker.
    * volverse chalado = go off + Posesivo + rocker.
    * * *
    I
    - da adjetivo (fam) [estar] crazy (colloq), nuts (colloq)
    II
    - da masculino, femenino nutter (colloq)
    * * *
    = nuts, bonkers, wacky [wackier -comp., wackiest -sup.], nutter, cuckoo, off + Posesivo + nut, potty [pottier -comp., pottiest -sup.], kook, nutty [nuttier -comp., nuttiest -sup.], daffy [daffier -comp., daffiest -sup.], space cadet, off + Posesivo + knocker, off + Posesivo + rocker, barmy [barmier -comp., barmiest -sup.].

    Ex: I think some people would think my approach is nuts.

    Ex: This client was bonkers, but believable.
    Ex: 'Open Season' is a wild and wacky animated comedy set in the town of Timberline.
    Ex: Even if we do come up with an alternative to nuclear power, in the future, there will be nutters protesting that as well.
    Ex: Meanwhile, further proof that the entire party is cuckoo comes to us with the passage of another big tax cut for the rich.
    Ex: A few years later Stewart went completely off his nut, staged a series of bombings, and wound up in prison after a bizarre kidnapping stunt.
    Ex: The press may be free, but the system is potty.
    Ex: He then ended his affair with Mia, Bram's housekeeper cum lottery winner and daughter of the kook who swears he was abuducted by aliens.
    Ex: When squirrels are acting ' nutty,' it is often caused by a warble or botfly larva living beneath the animal's skin.
    Ex: This isn't as daffy as it seems to us as we hustle about on the verge of the third millennium.
    Ex: There were space cadets, aimless women -- the melange was incredible.
    Ex: Every firearm hast its pros and cons and anyone who tells you otherwise is off their knocker.
    Ex: I find it fascinating how Bradley can be perfectly reasonable one moment, and off his rocker the next.
    Ex: He gets more and more hysterical every week and frankly gives the impression of being a bit barmy by grinning like a maniac and shouting his head off.
    * chalado perdido = as daft as a brush, stir-crazy, knucklehead.
    * estar chalado = be off + Posesivo + rocker.
    * volverse chalado = go off + Posesivo + rocker.

    * * *
    chalado1 -da
    ( fam) [ ESTAR] crazy ( colloq), nuts ( colloq)
    está chalado, no le hagas ni caso he's nuts o crazy, don't take any notice of him ( colloq)
    ¿qué te pasa? estás chalado, tío what's the matter with you? you're out of your mind o you're crazy o you're nuts
    chalado2 -da
    masculine, feminine
    nutter ( colloq)
    * * *

    Del verbo chalar: ( conjugate chalar)

    chalado es:

    el participio

    chalado
    ◊ -da adjetivo (fam) [estar] crazy (colloq), nuts (colloq)

    ■ sustantivo masculino, femenino
    nutter (colloq)
    chalado,-a adjetivo familiar crazy, nuts

    ' chalado' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    chalada
    English:
    crazy
    - daft
    * * *
    chalado, -a Fam
    ♦ adj
    crazy, mad;
    estar chalado por algo/alguien to be crazy about sth/sb
    ♦ nm,f
    loony
    * * *
    adj fam
    crazy fam
    ( por about)
    * * *
    chalado, -da adj, fam : crazy, nuts
    chalado, -da n
    : nut, crazy person
    * * *
    chalado adj crazy [comp. crazier; superl. craziest]

    Spanish-English dictionary > chalado

  • 5 chiflado

    adj.
    nutty, batty, crazy, bananas.
    f. & m.
    nut, crackpot, eccentric person, fruitcake.
    past part.
    past participle of spanish verb: chiflar.
    * * *
    1→ link=chiflar chiflar
    1 familiar mad, crazy, barmy, nuts, bonkers
    ► nombre masculino,nombre femenino
    1 familiar nut, loony, headcase
    \
    estar chiflado,-a con/por algo familiar to be crazy about something, be mad about something
    estar chiflado,-a por alguien familiar (enamorado) to be madly in love with somebody
    * * *
    (f. - chiflada)
    adj.
    nutty, crazy
    * * *
    chiflado, -a *
    1.
    ADJ crazy *, barmy *

    estar chiflado con o por algo/algn — to be crazy about sth/sb

    2.
    SM / F nutter *, nutcase *
    * * *
    I
    - da adjetivo (fam) crazy (colloq), mad (BrE)

    ese viejo está chiflado — that old guy's crazy, that old guy's a nutter (colloq)

    estar chiflado por algo/alguien — to be crazy o nuts o (BrE) mad about something/somebody (colloq)

    II
    - da masculino, femenino (fam) nutcase (colloq), nutter (colloq)
    * * *
    = crazy [crazier -comp., craziest -sup.], crank, loony [loonier -comp., looniest -sup], nuts, zany [zanier -comp., zaniest -sup.], bonkers, wacko, screwy [screwier -comp., screwiest -sup.], wacky [wackier -comp., wackiest -sup.], stark raving mad, raving mad, raving lunatic, lunatic, nutter, cuckoo, off + Posesivo + nut, potty [pottier -comp., pottiest -sup.], kook, nutty [nuttier -comp., nuttiest -sup.], mad, daffy [daffier -comp., daffiest -sup.], space cadet, off + Posesivo + knocker, off + Posesivo + rocker, moonstruck, barmy [barmier -comp., barmiest -sup.].
    Ex. Lest it appear that Ms Marshall's committee and a few others of us, notoriously associated with that kind of work, are little more than crazy, fire-breathing radicals, let me add this gloss immediately.
    Ex. The British Museum Reading Room is filled with cranks, hacks, poverty-stricken scholars who cherish their hobby.
    Ex. Some loud loonies are not dangerous to the library while others may be; the librarian needs to be able to guess which is which.
    Ex. I think some people would think my approach is nuts.
    Ex. His zany humor, gawky production, and sexual exhibitionism have grown in this new film into a confident, ironic account of a world in which it pays to be rich and beautiful.
    Ex. This client was bonkers, but believable.
    Ex. Varieties of bad bosses include disagreeable taskmasters, overly ambitious artists, and outright ' wackos'.
    Ex. This is the newspaper that ran a lengthy article about LaRouche's screwy assertion that the greenhouse effect doesn't exist and that the ozone layer is not disappearing.
    Ex. 'Open Season' is a wild and wacky animated comedy set in the town of Timberline.
    Ex. Since he wasn't stark raving mad as a result, but simply very relaxed, I decided I would try it when the opportunity arose.
    Ex. It is said that if anybody remained there for a night, he would be found in the morning either dead, raving mad, or endowed with remarkable genius.
    Ex. Since January of 2006 we have had to deal with the raving lunatics and suicidal madmen of the ruling party of Hamas.
    Ex. This put the matter down to the work of a marginal fringe of hotheads & lunatics.
    Ex. Even if we do come up with an alternative to nuclear power, in the future, there will be nutters protesting that as well.
    Ex. Meanwhile, further proof that the entire party is cuckoo comes to us with the passage of another big tax cut for the rich.
    Ex. A few years later Stewart went completely off his nut, staged a series of bombings, and wound up in prison after a bizarre kidnapping stunt.
    Ex. The press may be free, but the system is potty.
    Ex. He then ended his affair with Mia, Bram's housekeeper cum lottery winner and daughter of the kook who swears he was abuducted by aliens.
    Ex. When squirrels are acting ' nutty,' it is often caused by a warble or botfly larva living beneath the animal's skin.
    Ex. When J D Brown allowed the public of Islington to have open access to the books in the 1890s he was regarded by many of his colleagues as mad!.
    Ex. This isn't as daffy as it seems to us as we hustle about on the verge of the third millennium.
    Ex. There were space cadets, aimless women -- the melange was incredible.
    Ex. Every firearm hast its pros and cons and anyone who tells you otherwise is off their knocker.
    Ex. I find it fascinating how Bradley can be perfectly reasonable one moment, and off his rocker the next.
    Ex. ' Moonstruck' has all the fun of movies about weddings: a reluctant groom, an overeager bride, and an emotionally distraught family.
    Ex. He gets more and more hysterical every week and frankly gives the impression of being a bit barmy by grinning like a maniac and shouting his head off.
    ----
    * chiflado de la informática = computer geek.
    * chiflado perdido = as daft as a brush, as thick as two (short) planks, stir-crazy, knucklehead.
    * estar chiflado = be off + Posesivo + rocker.
    * estar chiflado por = have + a crush on.
    * volverse chiflado = go + potty, go off + Posesivo + rocker.
    * * *
    I
    - da adjetivo (fam) crazy (colloq), mad (BrE)

    ese viejo está chiflado — that old guy's crazy, that old guy's a nutter (colloq)

    estar chiflado por algo/alguien — to be crazy o nuts o (BrE) mad about something/somebody (colloq)

    II
    - da masculino, femenino (fam) nutcase (colloq), nutter (colloq)
    * * *
    = crazy [crazier -comp., craziest -sup.], crank, loony [loonier -comp., looniest -sup], nuts, zany [zanier -comp., zaniest -sup.], bonkers, wacko, screwy [screwier -comp., screwiest -sup.], wacky [wackier -comp., wackiest -sup.], stark raving mad, raving mad, raving lunatic, lunatic, nutter, cuckoo, off + Posesivo + nut, potty [pottier -comp., pottiest -sup.], kook, nutty [nuttier -comp., nuttiest -sup.], mad, daffy [daffier -comp., daffiest -sup.], space cadet, off + Posesivo + knocker, off + Posesivo + rocker, moonstruck, barmy [barmier -comp., barmiest -sup.].

    Ex: Lest it appear that Ms Marshall's committee and a few others of us, notoriously associated with that kind of work, are little more than crazy, fire-breathing radicals, let me add this gloss immediately.

    Ex: The British Museum Reading Room is filled with cranks, hacks, poverty-stricken scholars who cherish their hobby.
    Ex: Some loud loonies are not dangerous to the library while others may be; the librarian needs to be able to guess which is which.
    Ex: I think some people would think my approach is nuts.
    Ex: His zany humor, gawky production, and sexual exhibitionism have grown in this new film into a confident, ironic account of a world in which it pays to be rich and beautiful.
    Ex: This client was bonkers, but believable.
    Ex: Varieties of bad bosses include disagreeable taskmasters, overly ambitious artists, and outright ' wackos'.
    Ex: This is the newspaper that ran a lengthy article about LaRouche's screwy assertion that the greenhouse effect doesn't exist and that the ozone layer is not disappearing.
    Ex: 'Open Season' is a wild and wacky animated comedy set in the town of Timberline.
    Ex: Since he wasn't stark raving mad as a result, but simply very relaxed, I decided I would try it when the opportunity arose.
    Ex: It is said that if anybody remained there for a night, he would be found in the morning either dead, raving mad, or endowed with remarkable genius.
    Ex: Since January of 2006 we have had to deal with the raving lunatics and suicidal madmen of the ruling party of Hamas.
    Ex: This put the matter down to the work of a marginal fringe of hotheads & lunatics.
    Ex: Even if we do come up with an alternative to nuclear power, in the future, there will be nutters protesting that as well.
    Ex: Meanwhile, further proof that the entire party is cuckoo comes to us with the passage of another big tax cut for the rich.
    Ex: A few years later Stewart went completely off his nut, staged a series of bombings, and wound up in prison after a bizarre kidnapping stunt.
    Ex: The press may be free, but the system is potty.
    Ex: He then ended his affair with Mia, Bram's housekeeper cum lottery winner and daughter of the kook who swears he was abuducted by aliens.
    Ex: When squirrels are acting ' nutty,' it is often caused by a warble or botfly larva living beneath the animal's skin.
    Ex: When J D Brown allowed the public of Islington to have open access to the books in the 1890s he was regarded by many of his colleagues as mad!.
    Ex: This isn't as daffy as it seems to us as we hustle about on the verge of the third millennium.
    Ex: There were space cadets, aimless women -- the melange was incredible.
    Ex: Every firearm hast its pros and cons and anyone who tells you otherwise is off their knocker.
    Ex: I find it fascinating how Bradley can be perfectly reasonable one moment, and off his rocker the next.
    Ex: ' Moonstruck' has all the fun of movies about weddings: a reluctant groom, an overeager bride, and an emotionally distraught family.
    Ex: He gets more and more hysterical every week and frankly gives the impression of being a bit barmy by grinning like a maniac and shouting his head off.
    * chiflado de la informática = computer geek.
    * chiflado perdido = as daft as a brush, as thick as two (short) planks, stir-crazy, knucklehead.
    * estar chiflado = be off + Posesivo + rocker.
    * estar chiflado por = have + a crush on.
    * volverse chiflado = go + potty, go off + Posesivo + rocker.

    * * *
    chiflado1 -da
    ( fam); crazy ( colloq), mad ( BrE)
    ese viejo está chiflado that old guy's crazy o mad o nuts ( colloq), that old guy's a nutter o off his rocker o round the bend ( colloq)
    estar chiflado POR algo/algn to be crazy o nuts o mad ABOUT sth/sb ( colloq)
    está chiflado por ti he's crazy o nuts o mad about you ( colloq)
    chiflado2 -da
    masculine, feminine
    ( fam); nutcase ( colloq), nutter ( colloq)
    * * *

    Del verbo chiflar: ( conjugate chiflar)

    chiflado es:

    el participio

    Multiple Entries:
    chiflado    
    chiflar
    chiflado
    ◊ -da adjetivo (fam) crazy (colloq), mad (BrE);

    estar chiflado por algo/algn to be crazy o mad about sth/sb (colloq)
    ■ sustantivo masculino, femenino (fam) nutter (colloq)
    chiflar ( conjugate chiflar) verbo transitivo ‹actor/cantante› to whistle at ( as sign of disapproval), ≈ to boo
    verbo intransitivo
    1 ( silbar) to whistle
    2 (fam) ( gustar mucho):

    chiflarse verbo pronominal (fam) chifladose por algo/algn to be crazy about sth/sb (colloq)
    chiflado,-a
    I adjetivo familiar mad, crazy [por, about]
    II sustantivo masculino y femenino (loco) nut, loony
    chiflar verbo intransitivo
    1 (con la boca) to whistle
    (con un silbato) to blow
    2 familiar (gustar mucho) me chifla esta música, I love this music
    ' chiflado' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    chiflada
    - sonada
    - sonado
    - loco
    English:
    barmy
    - batty
    - bend
    - loony
    - mental
    - moonstruck
    - nut
    - nutcase
    - nuts
    - nutty
    - plumb
    - potty
    - wacky
    - zany
    - cracked
    - crush
    - dotty
    - kooky
    - screw
    * * *
    chiflado, -a Fam
    ♦ adj
    crazy, mad;
    está chiflado por la música étnica he's crazy o mad about ethnic music;
    está chiflado por una compañera de clase he's really fallen for one of his classmates
    ♦ nm,f
    loony
    * * *
    adj fam
    crazy fam
    ( por about), nuts fam
    ( por about)
    II m, chiflada f nutcase fam, basketcase fam
    * * *
    chiflado, -da adj, fam : nuts, crazy
    chiflado, -da n, fam : crazy person, lunatic
    * * *
    chiflado adj crazy [comp. crazier; superl. craziest] / mad [comp. madder; superl. maddest]

    Spanish-English dictionary > chiflado

  • 6 lunático

    adj.
    demented, crazy, lunatic, insane.
    m.
    lunatic, madman.
    * * *
    1 lunatic
    ► nombre masculino,nombre femenino
    1 lunatic
    * * *
    lunático, -a
    ADJ SM / F lunatic
    * * *
    I
    - ca adjetivo lunatic (before n)
    II
    - ca masculino, femenino lunatic
    * * *
    = insane, space cadet, moonstruck.
    Ex. Ramakrishna was deemed holy by his followers but considered insane by many non-Hindus chiefly because of his behavior when interacting with the goddess Kali.
    Ex. There were space cadets, aimless women -- the melange was incredible.
    Ex. ' Moonstruck' has all the fun of movies about weddings: a reluctant groom, an overeager bride, and an emotionally distraught family.
    * * *
    I
    - ca adjetivo lunatic (before n)
    II
    - ca masculino, femenino lunatic
    * * *
    = insane, space cadet, moonstruck.

    Ex: Ramakrishna was deemed holy by his followers but considered insane by many non-Hindus chiefly because of his behavior when interacting with the goddess Kali.

    Ex: There were space cadets, aimless women -- the melange was incredible.
    Ex: ' Moonstruck' has all the fun of movies about weddings: a reluctant groom, an overeager bride, and an emotionally distraught family.

    * * *
    lunático1 -ca
    lunatic ( before n)
    lunático2 -ca
    masculine, feminine
    lunatic
    * * *

    lunático
    ◊ -ca adjetivo

    lunatic ( before n)
    ■ sustantivo masculino, femenino
    lunatic
    lunático,-a sustantivo masculino y femenino lunatic

    ' lunático' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    lunática
    English:
    lunatic
    * * *
    lunático, -a
    ♦ adj
    crazy
    ♦ nm,f
    lunatic
    * * *
    adj lunatic
    * * *
    lunático, -ca adj & n
    : lunatic

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  • 7 policía

    m.
    1 policeman, patrol man, cop, police officer.
    2 police, boys in blue, police department, police force.
    * * *
    1 police, police force
    1 (gen) police officer; (hombre) policeman; (mujer) policewoman
    \
    policía judicial (cuerpo) judicial police
    policía militar (cuerpo) military police
    policía secreta (cuerpo) secret police
    * * *
    1. noun mf.
    policeman / policewoman
    2. noun f.
    * * *
    1.
    SMF policeman/policewoman, police officer

    policía de tránsito — LAm traffic police

    policía informático/a — police officer specializing in computer crime

    policía local, policía municipal — local policeman/policewoman

    2.
    SM

    policía acostado — Ven (Aut) * speed bump, sleeping policeman

    3.
    SF (=organización) police

    ¡llama a la policía! — call the police!

    Cuerpo Nacional de Policía — Esp ≈ the Police Force

    policía autonómica — police force of a regional autonomy

    POLICÍA In Spain the policía nacional is the force in charge of national security and general public order while the policía municipal deals with regulating traffic and policing the local community. The Basque Country and Catalonia also have their own police forces, the Ertzaintza and the Mossos d'Esquadra respectively. In rural areas it is the Guardia Civil that is responsible for policing duties.
    See:
    ver nota culturelle GUARDIA CIVIL in guardia,
    * * *
    1) ( cuerpo) police
    2) policía ( agente) (m) policeman, police officer; (f) policewoman, police officer
    •
    * * *
    = police, constable, cop, policeman [policemen, -pl.], police officer, patrolman, bobby, police force.
    Ex. For example, WOMEN AS police becomes POLICEWOMEN, or SPANISH AMERICA is changed to LATIN AMERICA.
    Ex. Whilst in Panizzi's employ, Edward refused to act as a special constable to protect the British Museum against the Chartist mobs.
    Ex. Playground games show that children like a clear differentiation between cowboys, cops and spacemen who are good, and Indians, robbers and space monsters who are bad.
    Ex. As a rule, a message-switching computer is not used to provide general computational or text processing facilities, it is more like a policeman directing traffic at a busy intersection of 'data highways'.
    Ex. This paper considers the lawsuit brought against a police officer in the Kent Constabulary, UK, who worked in his spare time for a debt collection agency and used the Police National Computer to retrieve information concerning the owner of a motor vehicle.
    Ex. Arabs who played a role in the Holocaust included those who personally took part in the persecution of Jews, and patrolmen who tracked down Jewish escapees from forced labor camps.
    Ex. The friendly-sounding British bobbies, created in 1829, were the first professional police force, copied by cities around the world.
    Ex. The friendly-sounding British bobbies, created in 1829, were the first professional police force, copied by cities around the world.
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    * cadete de policía = police cadet.
    * corrupción de la policía = police corruption.
    * jefe de policía = chief constable, police chief.
    * mujer policía = policewoman [policewomen, -pl.].
    * película de policías = crime film.
    * perro policía = police dog.
    * policía antidisturbios = riot police.
    * policía de tráfico = traffic officer, highway patrol, traffic cop.
    * policía estatal = state police, state troops, state trooper, trooper.
    * policía, la = police service.
    * policía local = Constabulary.
    * policía militar = military police.
    * policía municipal = traffic warden.
    * policía secreta = secret police.
    * policía secreto = undercover police officer.
    * * *
    1) ( cuerpo) police
    2) policía ( agente) (m) policeman, police officer; (f) policewoman, police officer
    •
    * * *
    la policía

    Ex: This programme is designed for those hoping to follow a career in one of the uniformed services -- army, navy, RAF, police service, fire service or ambulance.

    = police, constable, cop, policeman [policemen, -pl.], police officer, patrolman, bobby, police force.

    Ex: For example, WOMEN AS police becomes POLICEWOMEN, or SPANISH AMERICA is changed to LATIN AMERICA.

    Ex: Whilst in Panizzi's employ, Edward refused to act as a special constable to protect the British Museum against the Chartist mobs.
    Ex: Playground games show that children like a clear differentiation between cowboys, cops and spacemen who are good, and Indians, robbers and space monsters who are bad.
    Ex: As a rule, a message-switching computer is not used to provide general computational or text processing facilities, it is more like a policeman directing traffic at a busy intersection of 'data highways'.
    Ex: This paper considers the lawsuit brought against a police officer in the Kent Constabulary, UK, who worked in his spare time for a debt collection agency and used the Police National Computer to retrieve information concerning the owner of a motor vehicle.
    Ex: Arabs who played a role in the Holocaust included those who personally took part in the persecution of Jews, and patrolmen who tracked down Jewish escapees from forced labor camps.
    Ex: The friendly-sounding British bobbies, created in 1829, were the first professional police force, copied by cities around the world.
    Ex: The friendly-sounding British bobbies, created in 1829, were the first professional police force, copied by cities around the world.
    * cadete de policía = police cadet.
    * corrupción de la policía = police corruption.
    * jefe de policía = chief constable, police chief.
    * mujer policía = policewoman [policewomen, -pl.].
    * película de policías = crime film.
    * perro policía = police dog.
    * policía antidisturbios = riot police.
    * policía de tráfico = traffic officer, highway patrol, traffic cop.
    * policía estatal = state police, state troops, state trooper, trooper.
    * policía, la = police service.
    * policía local = Constabulary.
    * policía militar = military police.
    * policía municipal = traffic warden.
    * policía secreta = secret police.
    * policía secreto = undercover police officer.

    * * *
    Policía Nacional (↑ policía a1)
    A (cuerpo) police
    llamar a la policía to call the police
    la policía está investigando el caso the police are investigating the case
    Compuestos:
    riot police
    ( RPl); traffic police, highway patrol ( AmE)
    ● policía de tráfico or ( AmL) de tránsito
    traffic police, highway patrol ( AmE)
    officers of court (pl)
    local o city police
    military police
    mounted police
    local o city police
    police, state police
    secret police
    ( Col) traffic police, highway patrol ( AmE)
    B
    policía (agente) ( masculine) policeman, police officer;
    ( feminine) policewoman, police officer
    Compuestos:
    masculine ( Ven) speed ramp, sleeping policeman ( BrE)
    ● policía de tráfico or ( AmL) de tránsito
    ( masculine) traffic officer, traffic policeman, highway patrol officer ( AmE); ( feminine) traffic officer, traffic policewoman, highway patrol officer ( AmE)
    ( masculine) military police officer, military policeman; ( feminine) military police officer, military policewoman
    ( masculine) city o local police officer, city o local policeman; ( feminine) city o local police officer, city o local policewoman
    ( masculine) police officer, policeman; ( feminine) police officer, policewoman
    ● policía secreto, policía secreta
    ( masculine) secret police officer o policeman; ( feminine) secret police officer o policewoman
    * * *

     

    policía sustantivo femenino
    1 ( cuerpo) police;

    policía antidisturbios riot police;
    policía de tráfico or (AmL) de tránsito traffic police, highway patrol (AmE);
    policía municipal local o city police;
    policía nacional (state) police
    2


    (f) policewoman, police officer
    policía
    I sustantivo femenino police (force)
    policía municipal, city police
    policía nacional, national police force
    II mf (hombre) policeman
    (mujer) policewoman
    ' policía' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    abortar
    - academia
    - agente
    - avisar
    - civil
    - comisaria
    - comisario
    - confidente
    - confiscación
    - control
    - denunciar
    - desalojar
    - desarmar
    - entregarse
    - fichar
    - fichada
    - fichado
    - gancho
    - INTERPOL
    - intervenir
    - irrupción
    - jefatura
    - madero
    - montada
    - montado
    - municipal
    - paisana
    - paisano
    - parte
    - PM
    - porra
    - registrar
    - rendirse
    - responsable
    - sigilo
    - superior
    - acto
    - acudir
    - allanar
    - amenazar
    - archivo
    - aviso
    - brigada
    - burlar
    - cana
    - carabinero
    - carga
    - cargar
    - chapa
    - chivarse
    English:
    act on
    - alert
    - apprehend
    - apprise
    - audacious
    - baffle
    - be
    - beat
    - blitz
    - block off
    - bobby
    - bust
    - call on
    - call out
    - catch up
    - check
    - check up on
    - clamp down
    - clash
    - clear up
    - compelling
    - confiscate
    - confuse
    - constable
    - cop
    - corrupt
    - cover-up
    - crack down
    - demonstration
    - detain
    - detect
    - disturb
    - divert
    - dossier
    - eject
    - else
    - enquiry
    - examine
    - extend
    - fed
    - ferocious
    - fit
    - flag down
    - flee
    - force
    - full-scale
    - grievous
    - heel
    - hiding
    - Interpol
    * * *
    ♦ nmf
    police officer, policeman, f policewoman;
    un policía de paisano a plain-clothes policeman
    Ven Fam policía acostado speed bump, Br sleeping policeman;
    policía municipal local policeman, f local policewoman;
    policía nacional = officer of the national police force;
    policía de tráfico traffic policeman, f traffic policewoman
    ♦ nf
    la policía the police;
    viene la policía the police are coming
    policía antidisturbios riot police; Esp policía autónoma = police force of one of Spain's autonomous regions;
    policía de barrio community police;
    RP policía caminera traffic police;
    policía judicial = division of police which carries out the orders of a court;
    Méx policía judicial federal = police force that acts under the orders of federal judges;
    policía militar military police;
    policía montada mounted police;
    policía municipal local police;
    policía nacional national police force;
    Esp policía de proximidad community police;
    policía secreta secret police;
    policía de tráfico traffic police;
    Am policía de tránsito traffic police;
    policía urbana local police;
    Arg, Col, Méx policía vial traffic police
    * * *
    I f
    1 cuerpo police
    2 agente police officer, policewoman
    II m police officer, policeman
    * * *
    : police
    : police officer, policeman m, policewoman f
    * * *
    1. (cuerpo) police
    2. (agente) policeman [pl. policemen] / policewoman [pl. policewomen]

    Spanish-English dictionary > policía

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