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41 morirse
1 to die* * *VPR1) [persona, animal, planta] to die¡ojalá o así se muera! — I hope he drops dead!
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morirse de algo — to die of sth2) * [para exagerar] to die¡muérete! primero se casa con una millonaria y luego se divorcia — you'll never guess what! first he marries a millionairess, then he gets divorced *
¡no se va a morir por llamar por teléfono alguna vez! — it wouldn't kill him to ring me some time! *
¡que me muera si miento! — cross my heart and hope to die! *, may God strike me dead if I'm lying! *
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morirse de algo, en esta casa me muero de frío — I'm freezing in this house¡me muero de hambre! — I'm starving!
¡me muero de sed! — I'm dying of thirst! *
la película era para morirse de risa — the film was hilarious o incredibly funny
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morirse de ganas de hacer algo — to be dying to do sth *¡me muero por una cerveza fresquita! — I'm dying for o I could murder a nice cold beer! *
se muere por el fútbol — he's crazy o mad about football *
morirse por algn — to be crazy o mad about sb *
de o para morirse —
ese jamón estaba de o para morirse — that ham was just amazing! *
3) (=entumecerse) [brazo, pierna] to go to sleep, go numb* * *
■morirse verbo reflexivo
1 to die: el pueblo entero se muere de hambre, the whole nation is starving to death
2 (exageración) morirse de ganas de hacer algo, to be dying to do sthg
morirse de vergüenza, to die of embarrassment
morirse por algo, to be dying to get sthg
' morirse' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
hambre
- morir
- risa
English:
croak
- green
- heart
- hysterical
- hysterics
- starve
- broken
- crave
- die
- double
- yen
* * *vprse le ha muerto la madre his mother has died;Famnadie se muere por hacer unas cuantas horas extras a few hours of overtime never hurt anyone;Fam¡muérete! drop dead!;Fam¡por mí como si se muere! she could drop dead for all I care!2. [sentir con fuerza]morirse de envidia/ira to be burning with envy/rage;morirse de miedo to be scared to death;casi me muero de risa/vergüenza I nearly died laughing/of shame;me muero de ganas de ir a bailar/fumar un pitillo I'm dying to go dancing/for a cigarette;me muero de hambre/frío I'm starving/freezing;morirse por algo to be dying for sth;se mueren por tener un niño they're desperate to have a child;morirse por alguien to be crazy about sb¡muérete! que se robaron tu carro you won't believe it, but your car's been stolen* * *v/r die;morirse de fig die of;morirse por fig be dying for;morirse de sed die of thirst;morirse de risa laugh one’s head off, die laughing* * *morirse vb to die -
42 salario de hambre
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43 enano de la familia
el enano de la familia= runt of the litter, theEx: This is normally the runt of the litter which, even if it survives the birth, will probably die later of starvation, or be crushed.
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44 enano del grupo
el enano del grupo= runt of the litter, theEx: This is normally the runt of the litter which, even if it survives the birth, will probably die later of starvation, or be crushed.
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45 más débil de la camada
el más débil de la camada= runt of the litter, theEx: This is normally the runt of the litter which, even if it survives the birth, will probably die later of starvation, or be crushed.
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46 más débil del grupo
el más débil del grupo= runt of the litter, theEx: This is normally the runt of the litter which, even if it survives the birth, will probably die later of starvation, or be crushed.
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47 desfallecer del hambre
• be faint with hunger• be faint with starvation -
48 hambre
• edacity• esurience• esuriency• famine• hunger• hungriness• need• need another coat of paint• starvation -
49 hambruna
• famine• starvation -
50 inanición
• famine• inanimately• inanity• lack of modesty• lack of oxygen• starvation -
51 morir de hambre
• die of hunger• die of starvation• starve• starve to death -
52 ración de hambre
• pittance• starvation wages -
53 tener el estómago pegado al espinazo
• be faint with hunger• be faint with starvationDiccionario Técnico Español-Inglés > tener el estómago pegado al espinazo
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54 apocarteresis
f. s.&pl.apocarteresis, suicide by starvation. -
55 hambruna generalizada
f.generalized famine, mass-starvation. -
56 hambruna masiva
f.mass-starvation.
См. также в других словарях:
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