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1 entrecerrar los ojos
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2 retreparse
pron.v.to lean back, to recline in a chair.* * *1 (recostarse) to lean back2 (acomodarse) to lounge back* * *VPR to lean back* * *(v.) = lean back, settle back, loll, sit backEx. She leaned back and stared straight into the core of the light above, her eyes squinting.Ex. Tournquist settled back in her chair, trying tactfully not to read any of the papers which littered his desk.Ex. She lolled far back in the couch and stretched out her legs.Ex. Then she sat back, happy in the virtuous sensation of duty accomplished.* * *(v.) = lean back, settle back, loll, sit backEx: She leaned back and stared straight into the core of the light above, her eyes squinting.
Ex: Tournquist settled back in her chair, trying tactfully not to read any of the papers which littered his desk.Ex: She lolled far back in the couch and stretched out her legs.Ex: Then she sat back, happy in the virtuous sensation of duty accomplished.* * *retreparse [A1 ]to recline, lean back* * *retreparse vprto lean back* * *v/r lean back -
3 torcer la vista
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4 torcer los ojos
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5 bizco
adj.cross-eyed, boss-eyed, cock-eyed, cockeyed.m.squinting eye.pres.indicat.1st person singular (yo) present indicative of spanish verb: bizcar.* * *► adjetivo1 cross-eyed► nombre masculino,nombre femenino1 cross-eyed person* * *bizco, -a1.ADJ cross-eyed, squintingmirada bizca — squint, cross-eyed look
ponerse bizco — to squint, look cross-eyed
2.SM / F cross-eyed person, someone with a squint3.ADVmirar bizco — to squint, look cross-eyed
* * *I- ca adjetivo cross-eyedII- ca masculino, femenino cross-eyed person* * *I- ca adjetivo cross-eyedII- ca masculino, femenino cross-eyed person* * *cross-eyedquedarse bizco ( fam); to be lost for wordscuando abrí el regalo me quedé bizca when I opened the present I couldn't believe my eyes o I was lost for wordsmasculine, femininecross-eyed person* * *
bizco◊ -ca adjetivo
cross-eyed
■ sustantivo masculino, femenino
cross-eyed person
bizco,-a
I adjetivo cross-eyed
II sustantivo masculino y femenino cross-eyed person
' bizco' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
bizca
English:
cross-eyed
- squint
- cross
* * *bizco, -a♦ adj1. [estrábico] cross-eyedse quedó bizco con los juegos del mago the magician's tricks astounded him♦ nm,fcross-eyed person* * *adj cross-eyed* * *bizco, -ca adj: cross-eyed* * *bizco adj cross-eyed -
6 estrábico
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7 atravesado
adj.1 lying across, transfixed, awry, aslant.2 bloody-minded.past part.past participle of spanish verb: atravesar.* * *1→ link=atravesar atravesar► adjetivo1 (cruzado) crossed, laid across2 (algo bizco) cross-eyed3 (animal cruzado) mongrel, crossbred\tener a alguien atravesado,-a figurado to find somebody unbearable* * *ADJ1) (=de través)tener atravesado * —
2) (=malintencionado) treacherous3) (=bizco) squinting, cross-eyed4) (Zool) mongrel, cross-bred* * *- da adjetivo1) ( cruzado)el piano estaba atravesado en el pasillo — the piano was stuck (o placed etc) across the corridor
tener algo/a alguien atravesado — (fam)
lo tengo atravesado — I can't stand him (colloq)
tengo atravesada la física — I can't stand physics (colloq)
2)a) (AmL fam) ( obstinado) bloody-minded; ( malintencionado)b) (Col, Ven fam) ( agresivo) vicious, mean (colloq)* * *= pierced.Ex. Superbly decorated bindings have been carefully preserved from the medieval period up to the present day, not only in tooled leather, but also in wood and metal (sometimes carved or jewelled), in cloth and embroidery, and in pierced or painted vellum.* * *- da adjetivo1) ( cruzado)el piano estaba atravesado en el pasillo — the piano was stuck (o placed etc) across the corridor
tener algo/a alguien atravesado — (fam)
lo tengo atravesado — I can't stand him (colloq)
tengo atravesada la física — I can't stand physics (colloq)
2)a) (AmL fam) ( obstinado) bloody-minded; ( malintencionado)b) (Col, Ven fam) ( agresivo) vicious, mean (colloq)* * *= pierced.Ex: Superbly decorated bindings have been carefully preserved from the medieval period up to the present day, not only in tooled leather, but also in wood and metal (sometimes carved or jewelled), in cloth and embroidery, and in pierced or painted vellum.
* * *atravesado -daA(cruzado): el piano estaba atravesado en el pasillo the piano was stuck ( o placed etc) across the corridorhabía un camión atravesado en la carretera there was a truck blocking the roadB(malintencionado): es muy atravesado he's a real troublemaker* * *
Del verbo atravesar: ( conjugate atravesar)
atravesado es:
el participio
Multiple Entries:
atravesado
atravesar
atravesado◊ -da adjetivo ( cruzado): el piano estaba atravesado en el pasillo the piano was stuck (o placed etc) across the corridor;
un árbol/camión atravesado en la carretera a tree lying across/a truck blocking the road
atravesar ( conjugate atravesar) verbo transitivo
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2 ( colocar) to put … across
atravesarse verbo pronominal:
se me atravesó una espina en la garganta I got a fish bone stuck in my throat
atravesado,-a adjetivo
1 (cruzado) lying crosswise
2 (persona retorcida) difficult: su cuñada es algo atravesada y le hace sufrir cuando puede, her sister-in-law is a bit mean and makes her suffer whenever she can
atravesar verbo transitivo
1 (una pared) to pierce, go through
2 (una calle, un río) to cross
3 (una etapa) to go through
4 (impedir el paso) to lay across, put across
' atravesado' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
atravesada
- atravesarse
- cruzada
- cruzado
* * *atravesado, -a adjel barco había quedado atravesado a la entrada del puerto the ship had blocked the entrance to the harbour;Famtener atravesado a algo/a alguien: tengo atravesado a Manolo I can't stand Manolo2. [bizco] cross-eyed, cock-eyed4. CompRP Famandar atravesado to be grumpy, Br to have the hump* * *adj:atravesado en algo stuck across sth;tener a alguien atravesado fig fam not be able to stand s.o. -
8 bisojo
adj.1 squint-eyed, cross eyed.2 cross-eyed, squinting, squint-eyed.* * *► adjetivo1 cross-eyed* * *ADJ = bizco 1.* * *bisojo, -a adjun niño bisojo a child with a squint* * *adj cross-eyed -
9 bizcorneado
ADJ Caribe cross-eyed, squinting -
10 bisojo
• cross-eyed• squint-eyed• squinting -
11 adverbio anfibológico
m.squinting modifier.
См. также в других словарях:
Squinting — Squint ing (skw[i^]nt [i^]ng), a. & n. from {Squint}, v. {Squint ing*ly}, adv. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
squinting — ☆ squinting [skwintiŋ ] adj. Gram. designating a modifier, as an adverb, that can be interpreted as modifying either the preceding or the following part of the construction in which it appears (Ex.: often in “those who lie often are found out”);… … Universalium
squinting — ☆ squinting [skwintiŋ ] adj. Gram. designating a modifier, as an adverb, that can be interpreted as modifying either the preceding or the following part of the construction in which it appears (Ex.: often in “those who lie often are found out”);… … English World dictionary
Squinting — Squint Squint, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Squinted}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Squinting}.] 1. To see or look obliquely, asquint, or awry, or with a furtive glance. [1913 Webster] Some can squint when they will. Bacon. [1913 Webster] 2. (Med.) To have the axes… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
squinting — skwɪnt n. act of squinting; sideways glance; state of being cross eyed, strabismus (Ophthalmology) v. look at with the eyes half closed; glance sideways; be cross eyed (Ophthalmology) adj. looking at sideways; cross eyed (Ophthalmology) … English contemporary dictionary
squinting modifier — Gram. a word or phrase that can modify either the words that precede it or those that follow, as frequently in the sentence Studying frequently is tedious. Also called squinting construction. * * * … Universalium
squinting modifier — Gram. a word or phrase that can modify either the words that precede it or those that follow, as frequently in the sentence Studying frequently is tedious. Also called squinting construction … Useful english dictionary
squinting — Synonyms and related words: agee, agee jawed, askance, askant, askew, askewgee, asquint, astigmatic, awry, blink eyed, blinking, blinky, catawampous, catawamptious, cockeyed, crooked, farsighted, longsighted, mope eyed, myopic, nearsighted, poor… … Moby Thesaurus
squinting — n. Strabism, strabismus … New dictionary of synonyms
squinting — adjective having eyes half closed in order to see better squinched eyes • Syn: ↑squinched • Similar to: ↑closed, ↑shut … Useful english dictionary
squinting modifier — noun Date: 1924 a modifier (as often in “getting dressed often is a nuisance”) so placed in a sentence that it can be interpreted as modifying either what precedes or what follows … New Collegiate Dictionary