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1 detener

v.

1 to stop.

consiguieron detener la hemorragia they managed to stop the bleeding

estaba decidido, nada podía detenerlo he had made up his mind, nothing could stop him

Ricardo detuvo el auto Richard stopped the car.

El guarda detuvo el asalto The guard stopped the holdup.

2 to arrest.

El guarda detuvo al ladrón The guard arrested the thief.

3 to keep, to delay.

4 to hold back, to delay, to block someone's progress, to block the progress of.

La falta de luz detuvo al tren The lack of lighting held back the train.

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detener

Conjugation model [ TENER], like link=tener tener

► verbo transitivo

1 (parar) to stop, halt; (proceso, negociación) to hold up

2 (retener) to keep, delay, detain

■ nos detuvo durante una hora she kept us for an hour

3 DERECHO to detain, arrest

► verbo pronominal detenerse

1 (pararse) to stop, halt

■ el tren se detuvo the train stopped

2 (entretenerse) to hang about, linger

3 (pararse a considerar algo) to dwell

■ no podemos detenernos en este asunto we can't dwell upon this matter

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verb

1) to arrest, detain

2) stop, halt

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- detenerse

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1. VT

1) (=parar) to stop

me detuvo en la calle — he stopped me in the street

2) (=retrasar) to hold up, delay

detener el progreso de algo — to hold up the progress of sth

no quiero detenerlo — I don't want to keep o delay you

3) (=retener) [+ objeto] to keep

4) (Jur) (=arrestar) to arrest; (=encarcelar) to detain

2.

See:

detenerse

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1.
verbo transitivo

1) ( parar) <vehículo/máquina> to stop; <trámite/proceso> to halt; < hemorragia> to stop, staunch

detener el avance de la enfermedad — to check the development of the disease

vete, nadie te detiene — go then, nobody's stopping you

2) ( arrestar) to arrest; ( encarcelar) to detain

queda usted detenido! — you're under arrest!
2.
detenerse v pron

a) ( pararse) vehículo/persona to stop

no te detengas por el camino — don't stop off on the way

detenerse a + inf — to stop to + inf

b) ( tomar mucho tiempo)

detenerse en algo: no nos detengamos demasiado en los detalles — let's not spend too much time discussing the details

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= halt, stop, suspend, staunch [stanch, -USA], check, detain, stunt, stem + the tide of, arrest, apprehend, shut down, imprison, jail [gaol, -UK], make + an arrest, place under + arrest, take into + custody, pull over.

Nota: Referido generalmente a la policía de tráfico.

Ex. Consequently, a freeze-frame or still-picture effect can be achieved by simply halting the movement of the head across the disc.

Ex. Program function key 1 (FP1) tells DOBIS/LIBIS to stop whatever it is doing and go back to the function selection screen.

Ex. The appearance of this volume aroused such a furor within and without the British Museum that further publication of the catalog was suspended.

Ex. Some notable progress is being made worldwide in staunching publishers' losses.

Ex. They concluded that 'our citizens may rationally prefer to check crime and disorder by ounces of educational prevention, than by pounds of cure in the shape of large 'lockups' and expensive suits before the law'.

Ex. Juan Carlos is a blind lawyer, activist and volunteer librarian who has been imprisoned without trial since March, when he was detained for peacefully protesting the arrest of a journalist.

Ex. True personal discrimination cannot be forced by exercises in selecting the good and rejecting the bad by the application of stock critical formulas: it may indeed be stunted.

Ex. This article discusses some strategies that are being developed to stem the tide of losses caused worldwide by piracy.

Ex. Librarians have been known to devote time to entrap and arrest individuals who use the library toilets for sexual purposes = Hay casos de bibliotecarios que han dedicado tiempo a atrapar y detener a individuos que utilizan los servicios de la biblioteca con fines sexuales.

Ex. Due to this fortunate circumstance, a thief who had been systematically purloining rare books from the Library was apprehended.

Ex. Cyberattacks involve routers acting at a predesignated time or trigger time and flooding various targeted Web sites with data -- effectively shutting down the Web site.

Ex. Juan Carlos is a blind lawyer, activist and volunteer librarian who has been imprisoned without trial since March, when he was detained for peacefully protesting the arrest of a journalist.

Ex. In 1892 Klas Linderfelt, the then ALA President, was jailed for 4 days on charges of embezzling more than $4,000 from library funds.

Ex. They do do everything from issuing parking and speeding tickets to making arrests.

Ex. The driver was placed under arrest by the state police for driving while under the influence of alcohol.

Ex. A couple convicted of tax evasion was taken into custody after a five-month-long standoff with federal agents.

Ex. Since cops were given the go-ahead to pull over people for not wearing seat belts, state troopers have become creative about spotting scofflaws.

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* continuar sin detenerse = go straight ahead.

* detener bruscamente = halt + in full flight.

* detener búsqueda = discontinue + search.

* detener completamente = bring to + a (grinding) halt.

* detener en el camino = waylay.

* detenerse = become + stagnant, break off, sit back, stall, pull up, run into + the sand(s), stop over.

* detenerse antes de = stop + short of.

* detenerse a pensar = pause + to think, step back, take + a step back.

* detenerse a pensar en = spare + a thought for.

* detenerse a reflexionar = stand back.

* detenerse completamente = grind to + a (screeching) halt, come to + a (dead) halt, come to + a shuddering halt.

* detenerse en el camino = stop along + the way.

* detenerse en el lado del camino = pull over.

* detenerse por completo = come to + a standstill, be at a standstill.

* detenerse por un momento = pause.

* estar detenido = be under arrest.

* ser detenido = be under arrest.

* si nos detenemos a reflexionar sobre ello = on reflection.

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1.
verbo transitivo

1) ( parar) <vehículo/máquina> to stop; <trámite/proceso> to halt; < hemorragia> to stop, staunch

detener el avance de la enfermedad — to check the development of the disease

vete, nadie te detiene — go then, nobody's stopping you

2) ( arrestar) to arrest; ( encarcelar) to detain

queda usted detenido! — you're under arrest!
2.
detenerse v pron

a) ( pararse) vehículo/persona to stop

no te detengas por el camino — don't stop off on the way

detenerse a + inf — to stop to + inf

b) ( tomar mucho tiempo)

detenerse en algo: no nos detengamos demasiado en los detalles — let's not spend too much time discussing the details

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= halt, stop, suspend, staunch [stanch, -USA], check, detain, stunt, stem + the tide of, arrest, apprehend, shut down, imprison, jail [gaol, -UK], make + an arrest, place under + arrest, take into + custody, pull over.

Nota: Referido generalmente a la policía de tráfico.

Ex: Consequently, a freeze-frame or still-picture effect can be achieved by simply halting the movement of the head across the disc.

Ex: Program function key 1 (FP1) tells DOBIS/LIBIS to stop whatever it is doing and go back to the function selection screen.

Ex: The appearance of this volume aroused such a furor within and without the British Museum that further publication of the catalog was suspended.

Ex: Some notable progress is being made worldwide in staunching publishers' losses.

Ex: They concluded that 'our citizens may rationally prefer to check crime and disorder by ounces of educational prevention, than by pounds of cure in the shape of large 'lockups' and expensive suits before the law'.

Ex: Juan Carlos is a blind lawyer, activist and volunteer librarian who has been imprisoned without trial since March, when he was detained for peacefully protesting the arrest of a journalist.

Ex: True personal discrimination cannot be forced by exercises in selecting the good and rejecting the bad by the application of stock critical formulas: it may indeed be stunted.

Ex: This article discusses some strategies that are being developed to stem the tide of losses caused worldwide by piracy.

Ex: Librarians have been known to devote time to entrap and arrest individuals who use the library toilets for sexual purposes = Hay casos de bibliotecarios que han dedicado tiempo a atrapar y detener a individuos que utilizan los servicios de la biblioteca con fines sexuales.

Ex: Due to this fortunate circumstance, a thief who had been systematically purloining rare books from the Library was apprehended.

Ex: Cyberattacks involve routers acting at a predesignated time or trigger time and flooding various targeted Web sites with data -- effectively shutting down the Web site.

Ex: Juan Carlos is a blind lawyer, activist and volunteer librarian who has been imprisoned without trial since March, when he was detained for peacefully protesting the arrest of a journalist.

Ex: In 1892 Klas Linderfelt, the then ALA President, was jailed for 4 days on charges of embezzling more than $4,000 from library funds.

Ex: They do do everything from issuing parking and speeding tickets to making arrests.

Ex: The driver was placed under arrest by the state police for driving while under the influence of alcohol.

Ex: A couple convicted of tax evasion was taken into custody after a five-month-long standoff with federal agents.

Ex: Since cops were given the go-ahead to pull over people for not wearing seat belts, state troopers have become creative about spotting scofflaws.

* continuar sin detenerse = go straight ahead.

* detener bruscamente = halt + in full flight.

* detener búsqueda = discontinue + search.

* detener completamente = bring to + a (grinding) halt.

* detener en el camino = waylay.

* detenerse = become + stagnant, break off, sit back, stall, pull up, run into + the sand(s), stop over.

* detenerse antes de = stop + short of.

* detenerse a pensar = pause + to think, step back, take + a step back.

* detenerse a pensar en = spare + a thought for.

* detenerse a reflexionar = stand back.

* detenerse completamente = grind to + a (screeching) halt, come to + a (dead) halt, come to + a shuddering halt.

* detenerse en el camino = stop along + the way.

* detenerse en el lado del camino = pull over.

* detenerse por completo = come to + a standstill, be at a standstill.

* detenerse por un momento = pause.

* estar detenido = be under arrest.

* ser detenido = be under arrest.

* si nos detenemos a reflexionar sobre ello = on reflection.

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detener [ E27 ]

vt

A (parar) ‹vehículo/máquina› to stop; ‹trámite/proceso› to halt; ‹hemorragia› to stop, staunch

detener el avance del enemigo to halt the enemy advance

detener el avance de la enfermedad to curb o check o arrest the development of the disease

vete si quieres, nadie te detiene go if you want, nobody's stopping you

B (arrestar) to arrest; (encarcelar) to detain

¡queda usted detenido! you're under arrest!

C (Dep) ‹gol/lanzamiento› to save; (balón) to stop

■ detenerse

v pron

1 (pararse) «vehículo/persona» to stop

ven directo a casa, sin detenerte en el camino come straight home without stopping off on the way

detenerse A + INF to stop to + INF

¿te has detenido a pensar en las consecuencias? have you stopped to consider the consequences?

2

(tomar mucho tiempo): me detuve arreglando el escritorio y perdí el tren I hung around tidying my desk and I missed the train

detenerse EN algo:

hay que ir al grano sin detenerse en lo accesorio we have to get to the point without dwelling on incidentals

no te detengas en la introducción don't waste time o spend too much time on the introduction

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detener ( conjugate detener) verbo transitivo
1 ( parar) ‹vehículo/máquina› to stop;
‹trámite/proceso› to halt;
‹ hemorragia› to stop, staunch
2 ( arrestar) to arrest;
( encarcelar) to detain;
◊ ¡queda usted detenido! you're under arrest!

detenerse verbo pronominal
a) ( pararse) [vehículo/persona] to stop;

detenerse a hacer algo to stop to do sth
b) ( tomar mucho tiempo) detenerse en algo:

◊ no nos detengamos demasiado en los detalles let's not spend too much time discussing the details

detener verbo transitivo
1 to stop, halt
2 Jur (a un sospechoso) to arrest, detain
' detener' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
interceptar
- prender
- atajar
- detiene
- detuve
- paso
English:
apprehend
- arrest
- detain
- get
- inhibit
- keep
- prisoner
- pull in
- recapture
- remand
- seize
- stem
- stop
- halt
- hold
- stunt

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detener

♦ vt

1. [parar] to stop;

detenga el vehículo y estacione stop the vehicle and park;

detener el avance enemigo to halt the enemy advance;

detener la propagación de la epidemia to stop the spread of the epidemic;

los bomberos lograron detener el fuego firefighters managed to hold the fire in check o stop the fire spreading;

consiguieron detener la hemorragia they managed to stop the bleeding;

estaba decidido, nada podía detenerlo he had made up his mind, nothing could stop him;

¡adelante, hazlo! ¿qué te detiene? go on, do it! what's stopping you?

2. [arrestar] to arrest

3. [entretener] to keep, to delay;

¿qué fue lo que te detuvo? what kept you?, what held you up?

♦ See also the pronominal verb detenerse

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detener

v/t

1 stop

2 de policía arrest, detain

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detener {80} vt

1) arrestar: to arrest, to detain

2) parar: to stop, to halt

3) : to keep, to hold back

♦ See also the reflexive verb detenerse

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detener vb

1. (parar) to stop [pt. & pp. stopped]

el conductor detuvo el coche the driver stopped the car

2. (arrestar) to arrest

han detenido a un joven por robar una moto a youth has been arrested for stealing a motorbike

Spanish-English dictionary > detener
2 cortar

v.

1 to cut.

cortar una rebanada de pan to cut a slice of bread

corta la tarta en cinco partes divide the cake in five, cut the cake into five slices

cortarle el pelo a alguien to cut somebody's hair

cortar y pegar (computing) cut and paste

Ella corta las ramas del rosal She cuts the rosebush branches.

2 to cut out (recortar) (tela, figura de papel).

3 to crack, to chap (labios, piel).

4 to slice through (hender) (aire, olas).

El carnicero cortó los filetes The butcher sliced the fillets.

5 to cut (baraja).

6 to curdle (leche).

7 to cut off (interrumpir) (retirada, luz, teléfono).

cortar el tráfico to close the road to traffic

8 to cut (poner fin a) (beca).

cortar un problema de raíz to nip a problem in the bud; (impedirlo) to root a problem out (erradicarlo)

9 to cut (producir un corte).

estas tijeras no cortan these scissors don't cut (properly)

cortar por lo sano (figurative) to resort to drastic measures; (aplicar una solución drástica) to cut one's losses (para evitar más pérdidas)

10 to take a short cut.

11 to split up.

corté con mi novio I've split up with my boyfriend

12 to cut short, to cut, to cut off.

Ella cortó a Ricardo rápidamente She cut Richard short quickly.

13 to chop, to cut up, to cut out, to cut.

Ella corta madera para el fuego She chops wood for the fire.

14 to ablate, to amputate, to curtail.

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cortar

► verbo transitivo

1 (gen) to cut

■ cortar una cinta to cut a ribbon

■ cortar una película to cut a film

2 (pelo) to cut, trim

3 (árbol) to cut down

4 (carne) to carve

5 (pastel) to cut up

6 (cabeza, teléfono, gas) to cut off

7 (mayonesa, leche) to curdle

8 (piel) to chap, crack

9 (viento, frío) to chill, bite

10 COSTURA to cut out

11 (interrumpir) to cut off, interrupt

12 (bloquear) to block

■ cortaron la carretera the road was blocked

13 (suprimir) to cut out

14 figurado (separar) to divide, split, cut

► verbo intransitivo

1 to cut

► verbo pronominal cortarse

1 to cut

■ este metal se corta fácilmente this metal cuts easily

2 (herirse) to cut, cut oneself

■ me he cortado I've cut myself

■ se cortó el dedo he cut his finger

3 (el pelo - por otro) to have one's hair cut; (- uno mismo) to cut one's hair

■ ¿te has cortado el pelo? have you had your hair cut?

4 (piel) to become chapped

5 (leche) to go off, curdle; (mayonesa) to curdle

6 (comunicación) to be cut off

7 familiar (aturdirse) to get embarrassed, get tongue-tied, go all shy

■ no te cortes don't be shy

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FRASEOLOGÍA

¡corta el rollo! knock it off!

cortar con alguien familiar to split up with somebody

cortar el apetito to ruin one's appetite

cortar el bacalao familiar to be the boss

cortar en seco figurado to cut short

cortar la digestión to give one indigestion, upset one's stomach

cortar la palabra to interrupt

cortar por la mitad to split down the middle

cortar por lo sano familiar to take drastic measures

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verb

1) to cut

2) slice

3) chop

4) trim

5) interrupt

6) block

•

- cortarse

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1. VT

1) [con algo afilado] [gen] to cut; [en trozos] to chop; [en rebanadas] to slice

corta la manzana por la mitad — cut the apple in half

¿quién te ha cortado el pelo? — who cut your hair?

corta el apio en trozos — cut o chop the celery into pieces

2) (=partir) [+ árbol] to cut down; [+ madera] to saw

cortar la cabeza a algn — to cut sb's head off

3) (=dividir) to cut

la línea corta el círculo en dos — the line cuts o divides the circle in two

4) (=interrumpir)

a) [+ comunicaciones, agua, corriente] to cut off; [+ carretera, puente] (=cerrar) to close; (=bloquear) to block

han cortado el gas — the gas has been cut off

las tropas están intentando cortar la carretera que conduce al aeropuerto — the troops are trying to cut off the road to the airport

han cortado el tráfico durante unos minutos — they've closed the road to traffic for a few minutes

carretera cortada al tráfico — road closed

sus seguidores han cortado la calle — her followers have blocked off the road

nos cortaron la retirada — they cut off our retreat

cortar la hemorragia — to stop the bleeding

b) [+ relaciones] to break off; [+ discurso, conversación] to cut short

cortar la comunicación — to hang up

5) (=suprimir) to cut

la censura cortó una de las escenas — the censors cut one of the scenes

6) [frío] to chap, crack

el frío me corta los labios — the cold is chapping o cracking my lips

7) (Dep) [+ balón] to slice

8) [+ baraja] to cut

9) * [+ droga] to cut *

2. VI

1) (=estar afilado) to cut

estas tijeras no cortan — these scissors are blunt o don't cut
sano 1)
2) (Inform)

"cortar y pegar" — "cut and paste"

3) (Meteo)

hace un viento que corta — there's a bitter o biting wind

4) (=acortar)

podemos cortar por el parque — we can take a shortcut through the park

es mejor que cortéis por el atajo — it would be better if you took the shortcut

5)

• cortar con (=terminar) —

cortar con el pasado — to make a break with the past

hay que cortar con este comportamiento — we must put a stop to this behaviour

es absurdo cortar con tu tía por culpa de su marido — it's ridiculous to break off contact with your aunt because of her husband

ha cortado con su novia — he's broken up with o finished with his girlfriend

6)

¡corta! — * give us a break! *
rollo 1., 5)
7) (Naipes) to cut

8) (Radio)

¡corto! — over!

¡corto y cierro! — over and out!

9) LAm (Telec) to hang up

cortó — he hung up

3.

See:

cortarse

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1.
verbo transitivo

1) ( dividir) <cuerda/pastel> to cut, chop; < asado> to carve; <leña/madera> to chop; < baraja> to cut; <aire/agua> (liter) to slice o cut through

cortar por la línea de puntos — cut along the dotted line

cortar algo por la mitad — to cut something in half o in two

cortar algo en rodajas/en cuadritos — to slice/dice something

cortar algo en trozos — to cut something into pieces

¿en cuántas partes lo corto? — how many slices (o pieces etc) shall I cut it into?

este queso se corta muy bien — this cheese cuts very easily

2) (quitar, separar) <rama/punta/pierna> to cut off; < árbol> to cut down, chop down; < flores> (CS) to pick

me cortó un trozo de melón — she cut me a piece of melon

la máquina le cortó un dedo — the machine took off his finger

cortarle la cabeza a alguien — to chop off o cut off somebody's head

3) ( hacer más corto) <pelo/uñas> to cut; <césped/pasto> to mow; < seto> to cut; < rosal> to cut back; < texto> to cut down

le cortó el pelo — he cut her hair

4)

a) ( en costura) <falda/vestido> to cut out

b) ( recortar) <anuncio/receta/muñeca de papel> to cut out

5) ( interrumpir)

a) <agua/gas/luz/comunicación> to cut off; <película/programa> to interrupt

le cortaron el teléfono — his phone was cut off

cortarla — (Chi fam)

córtala con eso — OK, cut it out, now (colloq)

b) < retirada> to cut off

c) < calle> policía/obreros to close, block off; manifestantes to block

han cortado el tráfico en la zona — they've closed the area to traffic

me cortó el paso — he stood in my way

d) < relaciones diplomáticas> to break off; <subvenciones/ayuda> to cut off

6) < fiebre> to bring down; < hemorragia> to stop, stem

7) < persona> ( en conversación) to interrupt

me cortó en seco — he cut me short

8) (censurar, editar) < película> to cut; <escena/diálogo> to cut, to cut out

9) <recta/plano> to cross

10)

a) <heroína/cocaína> to adulterate, cut (colloq)

b) < leche> to curdle

11) frío

el frío me cortó los labios — my lips were chapped o cracked from the cold weather

12) (RPl) < dientes> to cut
2.
cortar vi

1) cuchillo/tijeras to cut

2)

a) ( por radio)

corto y cambio — over

corto y fuera or corto y cierro — over and out

b) (Cin)

corten! — cut!

c) (CS) ( por teléfono) to hang up

no me cortes — don't hang up on me

3) ( terminar)

a) novios to break up, split up

cortar con alguien — to break up with somebody

b)

cortar con algo — <con pasado/raíces> to break with something

4) ( en naipes) to cut

5) ( en costura) to cut out

6) ( acortar camino)

cortar por algo: cortemos por el bosque/la plaza let's cut through the woods/across the square; cortaron por el atajo — they took the shortcut

7) (Chi fam) (ir, dirigirse)

cortaron para la ciudad — they headed for the city

no sabía para dónde cortar — (Chi fam) I/he didn't know which way to turn (colloq)
3.
cortarse v pron

1) ( interrumpirse) proyección/película to stop; llamada/gas to get cut off

se ha cortado la luz — there's been a power cut

se te va a cortar la digestión — you'll get stomach cramp

se me cortó la respiración — I could hardly breathe

2) (refl)

a) ( hacerse un corte) to cut oneself; <dedo/brazo/cara> to cut

me corté un dedo — I cut my finger

se cortó afeitándose — he cut himself shaving

b) piel/labios (+ me/te/le etc) to crack, become chapped

3)

a) (refl) <uñas/pelo> to cut

se corta el pelo ella misma — she cuts her own hair

se cortó las venas — he slashed his wrists

b) (caus) < pelo> to have... cut

4) (recípr) líneas/calles to cross

5) leche/mayonesa to curdle

6) (Chi, Esp) persona (turbarse, aturdirse) to get embarrassed

se corta en seguida — she gets easily embarrassed

7) (Chi fam) animal to collapse from exhaustion

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= cut off, crop, trim, slash, chop off, clip, dam (up), sever, intersect, chop down, shut off, chop up, cut down, fell, shear, trim off, cut + Nombre + up, split, shear off, snip, hew, cut up into + strips.

Ex. The spine folds of the assembled sheets were simply cut off, separating all the leaves, which were then attached to each other and to a backing strip by a coating of rubber solution, and cased in the ordinary way.

Ex. In addition, many of photographs are badly cropped, with the tops of heads, towers, and artworks lopped off.

Ex. The edges of the leaves may have been trimmed smooth by the binder, or left rough (uncut).

Ex. Finally, a few copies of an edition seem generally to have slipped through with their cancellanda uncancelled, so that examples of the original settings may sometimes be found (occasionally slashed by the warehouse keeper's shears, deliberate defacement which escaped notice).

Ex. Others chop off old records to remain within the limits of 680 MB.

Ex. Some libraries frequently subscribe to specific newspapers in duplicate in order to clip articles and illustrations of interest for particular subject files.

Ex. But to prevent any meandering at all, or to dam the flow of talk too soon and too often by intruding, generally only frustrates spontaneity = Aunque evitar cualquier divagación o cortar el flujo de la conversación demasiado pronto y con demasiada frecuencia con interrupciones generalmente sólo coarta la espontaneidad.

Ex. This art is is mass produced, often mechanically, and thus severed from tradition.

Ex. Contingency plans can be devised to intersect at several points on this time continuum.

Ex. Microform catalogs take up less room and are more sound ecologically since you don't have to chop down half of Canada everytime you make a large catalog = Los catálogos de microformas ocupan menos espacio y son más acertados desde un punto de vista ecológico ya que no tienes que talar la mitad de Canadá cada vez que hagas un catálogo grande.

Ex. Advanced design sprinklers shut off water when the fire is out, reducing the risk of water damage.

Ex. The writer bemoans record studios' tendency to chop up and fiddle with opera performances.

Ex. A subsequent owner cut down most of the surrounding woodland and the garden was largely lost.

Ex. In this study, thirty-four-year-old chestnut trees were felled, measured and weighed to evaluate their aboveground biomass.

Ex. All the activity on a sheep station was directed to one end: shearing the sheep and sending the wool away to the city.

Ex. If you repeatedly deadhead - trim off the spent flowers - the plant goes into overdrive.

Ex. They tortured her into revealing her Pin number and safe code before cutting her up and disposing of her in bin liners.

Ex. In the mechanised paper fibre process individual pages are soaked and split so that acid-free paper can be put between the two layers.

Ex. Working at the lumberyard pushing a tree through the buzz saw he accidentally sheared off all ten of his fingers.

Ex. It's perfect for dead heading dense flowering plant without accidentally snipping the neighboring blooms.

Ex. Oak was shaped by splitting with wooden wedges, and by hewing with axes or adzes.

Ex. Cut up the leftovers into strips, stick on skewers and finish quickly on the grill.

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* abrir cortando = lance.

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

* cortar Algo = snip + Nombre + off.

* cortar Algo como si fuera mantequilla = cut through + Nombre + like a (hot) knife through butter.

* cortar Algo de raíz = nip + Nombre + in the bud.

* cortar a tajos = hack.

* cortar con barricadas = barricade.

* cortar con motoguadaña = strim.

* cortar con una sierra = saw.

* cortar, cortar con tijeras = snip.

* cortar el agua = cut off + the water.

* cortar el bacalao = call + the shots, be the boss, call + the tune, rule + the roost.

* cortar el césped = mow + the lawn, mow.

* cortar el cuello = decapitate.

* cortar el rollo = cut to + the chase.

* cortar en lonchas = slice.

* cortar en pedacitos = cut up into + small pieces.

* cortar en pedazos = cut + Nombre + up.

* cortar en rebanadas = slice.

* cortar en rodajas = slice.

* cortar en tajos = hack.

* cortar en tiras = shred, cut up into + strips.

* cortar en trocitos = dice.

* cortar en trozos = cut + Nombre + up.

* cortar la cabeza = behead.

* cortar la hierba = mow.

* cortar las flores marchitas = deadhead.

* cortarle las alas a Alguien = clip + Posesivo + wings.

* cortarle los vuelos a Alguien = clip + Posesivo + wings.

* cortar llegando al hueso = cut to + the bone.

* cortar metal = shear.

* cortar perpendicularmente a la veta de crecimiento = cut + across the grain.

* cortar por = cut across.

* cortar por lo sano = cut + Gordian knot, cut + Posesivo + losses.

* cortar radicalmente con = make + a clean break with.

* cortarse = nick + Reflexivo.

* cortar un nudo gordiano = cut + Gordian knot.

* cortar y pegar = cut-and-paste.

* cortar y secar = cut and dry.

* máquina de cortar en rebanadas = slicer.

* sin cortar = uncut.

* utensilio para cortar = cutting tool.

* * *
1.
verbo transitivo

1) ( dividir) <cuerda/pastel> to cut, chop; < asado> to carve; <leña/madera> to chop; < baraja> to cut; <aire/agua> (liter) to slice o cut through

cortar por la línea de puntos — cut along the dotted line

cortar algo por la mitad — to cut something in half o in two

cortar algo en rodajas/en cuadritos — to slice/dice something

cortar algo en trozos — to cut something into pieces

¿en cuántas partes lo corto? — how many slices (o pieces etc) shall I cut it into?

este queso se corta muy bien — this cheese cuts very easily

2) (quitar, separar) <rama/punta/pierna> to cut off; < árbol> to cut down, chop down; < flores> (CS) to pick

me cortó un trozo de melón — she cut me a piece of melon

la máquina le cortó un dedo — the machine took off his finger

cortarle la cabeza a alguien — to chop off o cut off somebody's head

3) ( hacer más corto) <pelo/uñas> to cut; <césped/pasto> to mow; < seto> to cut; < rosal> to cut back; < texto> to cut down

le cortó el pelo — he cut her hair

4)

a) ( en costura) <falda/vestido> to cut out

b) ( recortar) <anuncio/receta/muñeca de papel> to cut out

5) ( interrumpir)

a) <agua/gas/luz/comunicación> to cut off; <película/programa> to interrupt

le cortaron el teléfono — his phone was cut off

cortarla — (Chi fam)

córtala con eso — OK, cut it out, now (colloq)

b) < retirada> to cut off

c) < calle> policía/obreros to close, block off; manifestantes to block

han cortado el tráfico en la zona — they've closed the area to traffic

me cortó el paso — he stood in my way

d) < relaciones diplomáticas> to break off; <subvenciones/ayuda> to cut off

6) < fiebre> to bring down; < hemorragia> to stop, stem

7) < persona> ( en conversación) to interrupt

me cortó en seco — he cut me short

8) (censurar, editar) < película> to cut; <escena/diálogo> to cut, to cut out

9) <recta/plano> to cross

10)

a) <heroína/cocaína> to adulterate, cut (colloq)

b) < leche> to curdle

11) frío

el frío me cortó los labios — my lips were chapped o cracked from the cold weather

12) (RPl) < dientes> to cut
2.
cortar vi

1) cuchillo/tijeras to cut

2)

a) ( por radio)

corto y cambio — over

corto y fuera or corto y cierro — over and out

b) (Cin)

corten! — cut!

c) (CS) ( por teléfono) to hang up

no me cortes — don't hang up on me

3) ( terminar)

a) novios to break up, split up

cortar con alguien — to break up with somebody

b)

cortar con algo — <con pasado/raíces> to break with something

4) ( en naipes) to cut

5) ( en costura) to cut out

6) ( acortar camino)

cortar por algo: cortemos por el bosque/la plaza let's cut through the woods/across the square; cortaron por el atajo — they took the shortcut

7) (Chi fam) (ir, dirigirse)

cortaron para la ciudad — they headed for the city

no sabía para dónde cortar — (Chi fam) I/he didn't know which way to turn (colloq)
3.
cortarse v pron

1) ( interrumpirse) proyección/película to stop; llamada/gas to get cut off

se ha cortado la luz — there's been a power cut

se te va a cortar la digestión — you'll get stomach cramp

se me cortó la respiración — I could hardly breathe

2) (refl)

a) ( hacerse un corte) to cut oneself; <dedo/brazo/cara> to cut

me corté un dedo — I cut my finger

se cortó afeitándose — he cut himself shaving

b) piel/labios (+ me/te/le etc) to crack, become chapped

3)

a) (refl) <uñas/pelo> to cut

se corta el pelo ella misma — she cuts her own hair

se cortó las venas — he slashed his wrists

b) (caus) < pelo> to have... cut

4) (recípr) líneas/calles to cross

5) leche/mayonesa to curdle

6) (Chi, Esp) persona (turbarse, aturdirse) to get embarrassed

se corta en seguida — she gets easily embarrassed

7) (Chi fam) animal to collapse from exhaustion

* * *

= cut off, crop, trim, slash, chop off, clip, dam (up), sever, intersect, chop down, shut off, chop up, cut down, fell, shear, trim off, cut + Nombre + up, split, shear off, snip, hew, cut up into + strips.

Ex: The spine folds of the assembled sheets were simply cut off, separating all the leaves, which were then attached to each other and to a backing strip by a coating of rubber solution, and cased in the ordinary way.

Ex: In addition, many of photographs are badly cropped, with the tops of heads, towers, and artworks lopped off.

Ex: The edges of the leaves may have been trimmed smooth by the binder, or left rough (uncut).

Ex: Finally, a few copies of an edition seem generally to have slipped through with their cancellanda uncancelled, so that examples of the original settings may sometimes be found (occasionally slashed by the warehouse keeper's shears, deliberate defacement which escaped notice).

Ex: Others chop off old records to remain within the limits of 680 MB.

Ex: Some libraries frequently subscribe to specific newspapers in duplicate in order to clip articles and illustrations of interest for particular subject files.

Ex: But to prevent any meandering at all, or to dam the flow of talk too soon and too often by intruding, generally only frustrates spontaneity = Aunque evitar cualquier divagación o cortar el flujo de la conversación demasiado pronto y con demasiada frecuencia con interrupciones generalmente sólo coarta la espontaneidad.

Ex: This art is is mass produced, often mechanically, and thus severed from tradition.

Ex: Contingency plans can be devised to intersect at several points on this time continuum.

Ex: Microform catalogs take up less room and are more sound ecologically since you don't have to chop down half of Canada everytime you make a large catalog = Los catálogos de microformas ocupan menos espacio y son más acertados desde un punto de vista ecológico ya que no tienes que talar la mitad de Canadá cada vez que hagas un catálogo grande.

Ex: Advanced design sprinklers shut off water when the fire is out, reducing the risk of water damage.

Ex: The writer bemoans record studios' tendency to chop up and fiddle with opera performances.

Ex: A subsequent owner cut down most of the surrounding woodland and the garden was largely lost.

Ex: In this study, thirty-four-year-old chestnut trees were felled, measured and weighed to evaluate their aboveground biomass.

Ex: All the activity on a sheep station was directed to one end: shearing the sheep and sending the wool away to the city.

Ex: If you repeatedly deadhead - trim off the spent flowers - the plant goes into overdrive.

Ex: They tortured her into revealing her Pin number and safe code before cutting her up and disposing of her in bin liners.

Ex: In the mechanised paper fibre process individual pages are soaked and split so that acid-free paper can be put between the two layers.

Ex: Working at the lumberyard pushing a tree through the buzz saw he accidentally sheared off all ten of his fingers.

Ex: It's perfect for dead heading dense flowering plant without accidentally snipping the neighboring blooms.

Ex: Oak was shaped by splitting with wooden wedges, and by hewing with axes or adzes.

Ex: Cut up the leftovers into strips, stick on skewers and finish quickly on the grill.

* abrir cortando = lance.

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

* cortar Algo = snip + Nombre + off.

* cortar Algo como si fuera mantequilla = cut through + Nombre + like a (hot) knife through butter.

* cortar Algo de raíz = nip + Nombre + in the bud.

* cortar a tajos = hack.

* cortar con barricadas = barricade.

* cortar con motoguadaña = strim.

* cortar con una sierra = saw.

* cortar, cortar con tijeras = snip.

* cortar el agua = cut off + the water.

* cortar el bacalao = call + the shots, be the boss, call + the tune, rule + the roost.

* cortar el césped = mow + the lawn, mow.

* cortar el cuello = decapitate.

* cortar el rollo = cut to + the chase.

* cortar en lonchas = slice.

* cortar en pedacitos = cut up into + small pieces.

* cortar en pedazos = cut + Nombre + up.

* cortar en rebanadas = slice.

* cortar en rodajas = slice.

* cortar en tajos = hack.

* cortar en tiras = shred, cut up into + strips.

* cortar en trocitos = dice.

* cortar en trozos = cut + Nombre + up.

* cortar la cabeza = behead.

* cortar la hierba = mow.

* cortar las flores marchitas = deadhead.

* cortarle las alas a Alguien = clip + Posesivo + wings.

* cortarle los vuelos a Alguien = clip + Posesivo + wings.

* cortar llegando al hueso = cut to + the bone.

* cortar metal = shear.

* cortar perpendicularmente a la veta de crecimiento = cut + across the grain.

* cortar por = cut across.

* cortar por lo sano = cut + Gordian knot, cut + Posesivo + losses.

* cortar radicalmente con = make + a clean break with.

* cortarse = nick + Reflexivo.

* cortar un nudo gordiano = cut + Gordian knot.

* cortar y pegar = cut-and-paste.

* cortar y secar = cut and dry.

* máquina de cortar en rebanadas = slicer.

* sin cortar = uncut.

* utensilio para cortar = cutting tool.

* * *

cortar [A1 ]

vt

A (dividir)

1 ‹cuerda/tarta› to cut

corta el cable aquí cut the wire here

cortar por la línea de puntos cut along the dotted line

se pasa horas cortando papeles he spends hours cutting up pieces of paper

cortó el pastel por la mitad he cut the cake in half o in two

¿en cuántas partes lo corto? how many slices ( o pieces etc) shall I cut it into?

puedes ir cortando las zanahorias you could start chopping the carrots

se cortan los pimientos por la mitad cut o slice the peppers into halves

cortar algo en trozos to cut sth into pieces

cortar algo en rodajas/en cuadritos to slice/dice sth

este queso se corta muy bien this cheese cuts very easily

cortar la carne en trozos pequeños chop o cut the meat (up) into small chunks

2 ‹asado› to carve

3 ‹leña/madera› to chop

4 ‹baraja› to cut

5 ( liter); ‹aire/agua› to slice o cut through

B (quitar, separar)

1 ‹rama/punta› to cut off; ‹pierna/brazo› to cut off; ‹árbol› to cut down, chop down; ‹flores› ( AmL) to pick

córtame una puntita de pan cut me off a bit of bread, will you?

me cortó un trozo de melón she cut me a piece of melon

cortarles los tallos y poner a hervir cut off o remove the stalks and boil

la máquina le cortó un dedo the machine took off his finger, his finger got cut off in the machine

cortarle la cabeza a algn to chop off o cut off sb's head

sano

2 ‹anuncio/receta› to cut out

C (hacer más corto) to cut

le cortó el pelo/las uñas he cut her hair/nails

cortar el césped to mow the lawn, cut the grass

hay que cortar los rosales the rose bushes need cutting back o pruning

D

«viento»: hacía un viento que me cortaba la cara there was a biting wind blowing in my face o ( liter) lashing my face

E (en costura) ‹falda/vestido› to cut out

F

1 ‹agua/gas/luz› to cut off; ‹comunicación› to cut off

le cortaron el teléfono his phone was cut off

corta la electricidad antes de tocarlo switch off the electricity before you touch it

siempre cortan la película en lo más interesante they always interrupt the movie at the most exciting moment

cortarla ( Chi fam): córtala con eso OK, cut it out, now ( colloq)

córtenla de hacer ruido cut out the noise, will you? ( colloq)

2 ‹calle› (por obras) to close

los manifestantes cortaron la carretera the demonstrators blocked the road

la policía cortó la calle the police blocked off o closed the street

3 ‹retirada› to cut off

han cortado el tráfico en la zona they've closed the area to traffic

la policía nos cortó el paso the police cut us off

4 ‹relaciones diplomáticas› to break off; ‹subvenciones/ayuda› to cut off

G ‹fiebre› to bring down; ‹resfriado› to cure, get rid of; ‹hemorragia› to stop, stem

H ‹persona› (en una conversación) to interrupt

me cortó en seco he cut me short, he cut me off sharply

I ‹película› to cut, edit; ‹escena/diálogo› to cut out, edit out

J ‹recta/plano› to cross

la Avenida Santa Fe corta el Paseo de Gracia the Avenida Santa Fe crosses the Paseo de Gracia

K

1 ‹heroína/cocaína› to adulterate, cut ( colloq)

2 ‹vermut› to add water ( o lemon etc) to

3 ‹leche› to curdle

L ( RPl) ‹dientes› to cut

está cortando los dientes he's cutting his teeth, he's teething

M

( Chi) ‹animal› cortó al caballo de tanto galopar he rode the horse so hard that it collapsed

■ cortar

vi

A «cuchillo/tijeras» to cut

este cuchillo no corta this knife doesn't cut o is blunt

B

1

(por radio): corto y cambio over

corto y fuera or corto y cierro over and out

2 ( Cin):

¡corten! cut!

3 (CS) (por teléfono) to hang up

no me cortes don't hang up on me, don't put the phone down on me

C (terminar)

1 «novios» to break up, split up

ha cortado con el novio she's broken o split up with her boyfriend

2 cortar CON algo to break WITH sth

decidió cortar con el pasado she decided to break with o make a break with the past

D (en naipes) to cut

E (en costura) to cut out

F (acortar camino) cortar POR algo:

cortemos por el bosque/la plaza let's cut through the woods/across the square, let's take a short cut through the woods/across the square

cortaron por el atajo they took the shortcut

G

( Chi fam) (ir, dirigirse): cortaron para la ciudad they headed for o made for the city

no sabía para dónde cortar ( Chi fam); I/he didn't know which way to turn ( colloq)

■ cortarse

v pron

A (interrumpirse) «proyección/película» to stop; «llamada/gas» to get cut off

se cortó la línea or comunicación I got cut off

se ha cortado la luz there's been a power cut

no te metas en el agua ahora, que se te va a cortar la digestión don't go in the water yet, it's bad for the digestion/you'll get stomach cramp

casi se me corta la respiración del susto I was so frightened I could hardly breathe

B ( refl) (hacerse un corte) to cut oneself; ‹dedo/brazo/cara› to cut

iba descalza y me corté el pie I was barefoot shoes and I cut my foot

se cortó afeitándose he cut himself shaving

C

1 ( refl) ‹uñas/pelo› to cut

se corta el pelo ella misma she cuts her own hair

se cortó una oreja he cut off his ear

se cortó las venas he slashed his wrists

2 ( caus) ‹pelo› to have … cut

¿cuándo vas a cortarte el pelo? when are you going to have a haircut o get your hair cut?

D ( recípr) «líneas/calles» to cross

E «leche» to go off, curdle; «mayonesa» to curdle

F

( Esp) «persona» (turbarse, aturdirse): no le digas eso que se corta don't say that to her, she'll get all embarrassed

se corta cuando se ve entre mucha gente he comes over o goes all shy when there are too many people around ( colloq)

G ( Chi fam) «animal» to collapse from exhaustion

me corto de hambre/sed I'm dying of hunger/thirst

* * *

cortar ( conjugate cortar) verbo transitivo
1 ( dividir) ‹cuerda/pastel› to cut, chop;
‹ asado› to carve;
‹leña/madera› to chop;
‹ baraja› to cut;
◊ cortar algo por la mitad to cut sth in half o in two;

cortar algo en rodajas/en cuadritos to slice/dice sth;
cortar algo en trozos to cut sth into pieces
2 (quitar, separar) ‹rama/punta/pierna› to cut off;
‹ árbol› to cut down, chop down;
‹ flores› (CS) to pick;
◊ me cortó un trozo de melón she cut me a piece of melon

3 ( hacer más corto) ‹pelo/uñas› to cut;
‹césped/pasto› to mow;
‹ seto› to cut;
‹ rosal› to cut back;
‹ texto› to cut down
4 ( en costura) ‹falda/vestido› to cut out
5 ( interrumpir)
a) ‹agua/gas/luz/teléfono› to cut off;

‹película/programa› to interrupt
b) ‹ calle› [policía/obreros] to close, block off;

[ manifestantes] to block;
◊ me cortó el paso he stood in my way

6 (censurar, editar) ‹ película› to cut;
‹escena/diálogo› to cut (out)
7 [ frío]:
◊ el frío me cortó los labios my lips were chapped o cracked from the cold weather

verbo intransitivo
1 [cuchillo/tijeras] to cut
2
a) (Cin):

◊ ¡corten! cut!

b) (CS) ( por teléfono) to hang up;

◊ no me cortes don't hang up on me

c) ( en naipes) to cut

cortarse verbo pronominal
1 ( interrumpirse) [proyección/película] to stop;
[llamada/gas] to get cut off;
◊ se cortó la luz there was a power cut;

se me cortó la respiración I could hardly breathe
2
a) ( refl) ( hacerse un corte) to cut oneself;

‹brazo/cara› to cut;
◊ me corté un dedo I cut my finger

b) ( refl) ‹uñas/pelo› to cut;

◊ se corta el pelo ella misma she cuts her own hair

c) ( caus) ‹ pelo› to have … cut;

◊ tengo que cortarme el pelo I have to have my hair cut

d) [piel/labios] to crack, become chapped

3 ( cruzarse) [líneas/calles] to cross
4 [ leche] to curdle;
[mayonesa/salsa] to separate
5 (Chi, Esp) [ persona] (turbarse, aturdirse) to get embarrassed
cortar
I verbo transitivo
1 to cut
(un árbol) to cut down
(el césped) to mow
2 (amputar) to cut off
3 (la luz, el teléfono) to cut off
4 (impedir el paso) to block
5 (eliminar, censurar) to cut out
II verbo intransitivo
1 (partir) to cut
2 (atajar) to cut across, to take a short cut
3 familiar (interrumpir una relación) to split up: cortó con su novia, he split up with his girlfriend
♦ Locuciones: familiar cortar por lo sano, to put an end to
' cortar' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
bacalao
- colgar
- desconectar
- lámina
- ligadura
- pelar
- pinchar
- ras
- sana
- sano
- seccionar
- sesgar
- despedazar
- largo
- mitad
- plantilla
- servir
- tijeras
- trozo
English:
bar
- begin
- block off
- blunt
- board
- breadboard
- chop
- chop off
- chop up
- clip
- consent
- cramp
- cut
- cut off
- cut up
- dice
- disconnect
- edit
- fillet
- hack
- hair-clippers
- lop off
- mow
- nick
- nip
- pick
- rot
- sever
- shear
- shred
- shut off
- slice
- slice through
- slice up
- slit
- snip
- take off
- bite
- block
- bread
- break
- carve
- clippers
- crop
- dock
- gash
- hang
- lawnmower
- lop
- loss

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cortar

♦ vt

1. [seccionar] to cut;
[en pedazos] to cut up; [escindir] [rama, brazo, cabeza] to cut off; [talar] to cut down;
cortar el césped to mow the lawn, to cut the grass;

hay que cortar leña para el hogar we have to chop some firewood for the hearth;

siempre corta el pavo he always carves the turkey;

cortar una rebanada de pan to cut a slice of bread;

cortar el pan a rodajas to slice the bread, to cut the bread into slices;

cortar algo en pedazos to cut sth into pieces;

corta la tarta en cinco partes divide the cake in five, cut the cake into five slices;

corta esta cuerda por la mitad cut this string in half;

corta la cebolla muy fina chop the onion very finely;

le cortaron la cabeza they chopped her head off;

le cortaron dos dedos porque se le habían gangrenado they amputated o removed two of his fingers that had gone gangrenous;

cortarle el pelo a alguien to cut sb's hair

2. [recortar] [tela, figura de papel] to cut out;
[gastos] to cut back
3. [interrumpir] [retirada, luz, teléfono] to cut off;
[carretera] to close; [hemorragia] to stop, to staunch; [discurso, conversación] to interrupt; Dep [pase, tiro] to block;
cortar la luz to cut off the electricity supply;

nos han cortado el teléfono our telephone has been cut off o disconnected;

la nieve nos cortó el paso we were cut off by the snow;

cortaron el tráfico para que pasara el desfile they closed the road to traffic so the procession could pass by;

la falta cortó el ataque del equipo visitante the foul stopped the away team's attack;

cortada por obras [en letrero] road closed for repairs;

en esta cadena de televisión no cortan las películas con anuncios on this television channel they don't interrupt the films with adverts;

Comp
CSur Fam
¡cortála! shut it!, shut up!

4. [atravesar] [recta] to cross, to intersect;
[calle, territorio] to cut across;
el río corta la región de este a oeste the river runs right across o bisects the region from east to west

5. [labios, piel] to crack, to chap

6. Fam [droga] to cut

7. [baraja] to cut

8. [leche] to curdle;

el calor corta la mayonesa heat makes mayonnaise spoil o Br go off

9. [película] [escena] to cut;
[censurar] to censor
10. [poner fin a] [beca] to cut;
[relaciones diplomáticas] to break off; [abusos] to put a stop to;
cortar un problema de raíz [impedirlo] to nip a problem in the bud;
[erradicarlo] to root a problem out;
Comp

cortar algo por lo sano: tenemos que cortar este comportamiento por lo sano we must take drastic measures to put an end to this behaviour

11. Fam [avergonzar]
este hombre me corta un poco I find it hard to be myself when that man's around

12. RP [comunicación]
cortar la comunicación to hang up;

me cortó en mitad de la frase she hung up on me when I was in mid-sentence

13. Informát to cut;

cortar y pegar cut and paste

♦ vi

1. [producir un corte] to cut;

estas tijeras no cortan these scissors don't cut (properly);

corte por la línea de puntos cut along the dotted line;

Comp

cortar por lo sano [aplicar una solución drástica] to resort to drastic measures;

decidió cortar por lo sano con su pasado she decided to make a clean break with her past

2. [atajar] to take a short cut ( por through);
corté por el camino del bosque I took a short cut through the forest

3. [terminar una relación] to split up ( con with);
corté con mi novio I've split up with my boyfriend

4. [terminar una acción] Cine
¡corten! cut!;
Rad
¡corto y cambio! over!;

¡corto y cierro! over and out!

5. [en juego de cartas] to cut

6. [ser muy intenso]
hace un frío que corta it's bitterly cold

7. RP [hablando por teléfono] to hang up, to put the phone down;

no corte, por favor hold the line, please

♦ See also the pronominal verb cortarse

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cortar

I v/t

1 cut; electricidad cut off

2 calle close

3

:

cortar la respiración fig take one’s breath away

II v/i cut;

cortar con alguien split up with s.o.

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cortar vt

1) : to cut, to slice, to trim

2) : to cut out, to omit

3) : to cut off, to interrupt

4) : to block, to close off

5) : to curdle (milk)

cortar vi

1) : to cut

2) : to break up

3) : to hang up (the telephone)

♦ See also the reflexive verb cortarse

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cortar vb

1. (en general) to cut [pt. & pp. cut]

cortó un trozo de queso she cut a slice of cheese

este cuchillo no corta this knife doesn't cut

ten cuidado con la lata, que corta be careful with the tin it's sharp

2. (agua, luz, teléfono) to cut off

han cortado el gas the gas has been cut off

3. (calle, carretera) to close

han cortado la calle the road has been closed

cortar el bacalao to be the boss

cortar en pedazos to cut up

Spanish-English dictionary > cortar
3 palabra

intj.

really, honest to goodness, honest, honest to God.

f.

1 word.

de palabra by word of mouth, verbally

dejar a alguien con la palabra en la boca to cut somebody off in mid-sentence

en cuatro o dos palabras in a few words

en una palabra in a word

no dijo palabra he didn't say a word

medir las palabras to weigh one's words (carefully)

no habla ni (media) palabra de español she doesn't speak a word of Spanish

palabra por palabra word for word

ser palabras mayores to be an important matter

sin mediar palabra without a single word

palabra clave (computing) keyword

palabra divina o de Dios word of God

2 word (juramento, promesa).

dar su palabra to give one's word

estar bajo palabra to be under oath (en juicio)

faltó a su palabra he went back on his word, he broke o didn't keep his word

mantuvo su palabra she kept her word

tienes mi palabra you have my word

tomar la palabra a alguien to hold somebody to their word

3 speech (habla).

4 word of honor, troth, word, word of honour.

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palabra

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1 word

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FRASEOLOGÍA

dar su palabra to give one's word, promise

■ te doy mi palabra de que estaré allí I promise you I'll be there

decir la última palabra to have the last word

dejar a alguien con la palabra en la boca to cut somebody off

dirigirle la palabra a alguien to address somebody

en una palabra in a word

no decir ni media palabra a nadie not to breath a word to anyone

medir las palabras to weigh one's words

no dirigirle la palabra a alguien not to be speaking to somebody

palabra por palabra word for word

quitarle a alguien la palabra to cut somebody short, interrupt somebody

ser hombre/mujer de palabra to be a man of his word/a woman of her word

ser hombre/mujer de pocas palabras to be a man/woman of few words

tener la palabra to have the floor

tener palabra to keep one's word

tener unas palabras con alguien to have words with somebody

tomarle a alguien la palabra to take somebody at their word

palabra clave key word

palabra de honor word of honour

palabras mayores (palabrotas) swearwords 2 (cosa importante) serious talk

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noun f.

1) word

2) faith

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SF

1) (=vocablo) word

un título de dos palabras — a two-word title

lo tradujo palabra por palabra — he translated it word for word

me lo resumió en dos palabras — he summarized it for me in a couple of words

¿me permiten decir unas palabras? — could I say a few words?

eso no son más que palabras — those are just (empty) words

no tengo palabras o me faltan palabras para expresar lo que siento — I haven't got the o there aren't words to express how I feel, words fail to express how I feel

tuvo palabras de elogio para el ministro — he had words of praise for the minister

sin decir o chistar * palabra — without a word

no dijo ni media palabra — he didn't give us the slightest hint

no entiendo palabra — I can't understand a word

es palabra de Dios — it is the word of God

• con buenas palabras, me lo dijo con muy buenas palabras — he told me as cool as you like *

nos entretenía con buenas palabras, pero nunca nos daba el dinero — he palmed us off with smooth talk, but he never gave us the money

• medias palabras — hints

lo dijo todo con medias palabras — he said everything indirectly

• en una palabra — in a word

¡ni una palabra más! — not another word!

- coger a algn la palabra

- comerse las palabras

- no cruzar una palabra con algn

- decir la última palabra

- dejar a algn con la palabra en la boca

me dejó con la palabra en la boca y se fue de la habitación — he walked out of the room while I was in mid-sentence

- gastar palabras

- medir las palabras

- negar la palabra de Dios a algn

- quitar la palabra de la boca a algn

- tener unas palabras con algn

- trabarse de palabras

- tener la última palabra

- a palabras necias, oídos sordos

- las palabras se las lleva el viento

palabra clave — keyword

palabras cruzadas — LAm (=crucigrama) crossword sing

un juego de palabras cruzadas — a word puzzle

palabras gruesas — crude language sing

palabras mayores — † offensive language sing

ser palabras mayores (=ser importante) —

¿te han hecho directora? ¡eso ya son palabras mayores! — so you've been appointed director, that's really something!
juego II, 2)
2) (=facultad de hablar)

la palabra — speech

perdió el uso de la palabra — he lost the power of speech

tiene el don de la palabra, es de palabra fácil — he has a way with words, he has the gift of the gab *

• de palabra, he pecado solo de palabra — I've sinned in word only

nos acusó de palabra — he accused us verbally

• dirigir la palabra a algn, hace tiempo que no me dirige la palabra — he hasn't spoken to me for a long time

3) frm (=turno para hablar) floor

• ceder la palabra a algn, conceder la palabra a algn — to give sb the floor, invite sb to speak

• pedir la palabra — to ask for the floor, ask to be allowed to speak

• tener la palabra — to have the floor

tiene la palabra el señor presidente — the president has the floor

yo no tengo la palabra — it's not for me to say

• tomar la palabra — to take the floor, speak

• hacer uso de la palabra — to take the floor, speak

4) (=promesa) word

es hombre de palabra — he is a man of his word

cumplió su palabra — he kept his word, he was true to his word

palabra que yo no tengo nada que ver — * I've got nothing to do with it, (I) promise!

-¿de verdad que no sabías nada? -¡palabra! o hum ¡palabrita del Niño Jesús! — "you really didn't know anything?" - "cross my heart and hope to die!"

• bajo palabra — (Mil) on parole

• dar o empeñar su palabra — to give one's word

• faltar a su palabra — to go back on o break one's word

palabra de casamiento, dar palabra de casamiento — to promise to marry

palabra de honor — word of honour, word of honor (EEUU)

¿me das tu palabra de honor de que no dirás nada? — do you give me your word of honour you won't say anything?

¡palabra de honor! — word of honour!

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femenino

1) ( vocablo) word

una palabra de seis letras — a six-letter word

en toda la extensión de la palabra — in every sense of the word

no son más que palabras — it's all talk

en pocas palabras, es un cobarde — in a word, he's a coward

palabra por palabra — word for word

yo no sabía ni una palabra del asunto — I didn't know a thing o anything about it

no entendí (ni) una palabra — I didn't understand a (single) word

sin decir (una) palabra — without a word

comerse las palabras — to gabble

con (muy) buenas palabras — in the nicest possible way

decirle a alguien cuatro palabras bien dichas — to tell somebody a few home truths

eso ya son palabras mayores — (refiriéndose - a insulto, acusación) those are strong words; (- a propuesta excesiva) that's taking things too far

quitarle las palabras de la boca a alguien — to take the words right out of somebody's mouth

tener la última palabra — to have the final say

tener unas palabras con alguien — to have words with somebody (colloq)

a palabras necias oídos sordos — take no notice of the stupid things people say

las palabras se las lleva el viento — actions speak louder than words

- palabra clave

- palabra compuesta

- palabra funcional or vacía

- palabras cruzadas

2) ( promesa) word

una mujer de palabra — a woman of her word

cumplió con su palabra — she kept her word

nunca falta a su palabra — he never breaks o goes back on his word

se lo devolví palabra! — I gave it back to her, honest! (colloq)

cobrarle la palabra a alguien — (Chi fam) to hold somebody to his/her word (colloq)

tomarle la palabra a alguien: le tomé la palabra y le pedí un préstamo — I took him up on his offer and asked for a loan

- palabra de honor

3)

a) ( habla) speech

el don de la palabra — the gift of speech

un acuerdo de palabra — a verbal agreement

no me dirigió la palabra — she didn't speak to me

dejar a alguien con la palabra en la boca: me dejó con la palabra en la boca — ( me interrumpió) he cut me off in mid-sentence; ( no me dejó hablar) he didn't give me a chance to open my mouth

b) (frml) (en ceremonia, asamblea)

pedir la palabra — to ask for permission to speak

pido la palabra — may I say something?, I'd like to say something

tener/tomar la palabra — to have/to take the floor (frml)

ceder (le) la palabra a alguien — to give the floor to somebody (frml), to call upon somebody to speak

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* agrupar palabras que tienen la mism = merge + word forms.

* agrupar palabras que tienen la misma raíz = merge + word forms.

* análisis de la coocurrencia de palabras = co-word analysis.

* anuncio por palabras = classified advertisement, classified ad.

* búsqueda de palabras clave = keyword search.

* búsqueda por palabra del título = title word search.

* catálogo alfabético de palabras clave = keyword catalogue.

* citar las palabras de Alguien = quote + Nombre + words.

* compuesto de varias palabras = multi-word.

* concepto de múltiples palabras = multiple-word concept.

* concepto expresado con varias palabras = database host.

* con sus propias palabras = in + Posesivo + own words.

* con una separación de + Número + palabras = within + Número + words of each other.

* coocurrencia de palabras = co-word [coword].

* cumplir (con) + Posesivo + palabra = keep + Posesivo + word, live up to + Posesivo + word.

* cumplir la palabra = keep + Posesivo + word, live up to + Posesivo + word.

* decir la última palabra = hear + the final word, outface.

* dejar sin palabras = nonplus, leave + Nombre + speechless.

* de múltiples palabras = multiple-word.

* de palabra = by word of mouth, word-of-mouth.

* describir con palabras = describe + in words.

* descriptor compuesto de varias palabras = multiple-word descriptor.

* de sólo palabras = word-oriented.

* de una palabra = one-word.

* de una única palabra = single-word.

* dirigir la palabra = be civil towards.

* dirigirse la palabra = on speaking terms.

* encabezamiento compuesto de varias palabras = multi-word heading.

* en dos palabras = in a nutshell.

* en el estricto sentido de la palabra = strictly speaking.

* en las palabras de uno mismo = in + Posesivo + own words.

* en las propias palabras de uno mismo = in + Posesivo + own words.

* en ningún sentido de la palabra = in any sense of the word.

* en otras palabras = in other words, to put it another way, which is to say.

* en palabras = verbally.

* en pocas palabras = simply put, in brief, to say the least, to put it (quite) simply, in short, to cut a long story short, bottom line, the, put simply, to make a long story short, the short story + be, simply stated.

* entrada por palabra clave del título = catchword entry.

* en una palabra = in a nutshell, in a word.

* escoger las palabras = choose + Posesivo + words (carefully), pick + Posesivo + words (carefully).

* expresar con palabras = verbalise [verbalize, -USA].

* expresar los sentimientos con palabras = put + Posesivo + feelings into words.

* fiarse de la palabra de Alguien = take + Posesivo + word for it.

* fiel a la palabra de Uno = true to + Posesivo + word.

* frecuencia de palabras = word count.

* gesticular palabras con la boca sin emitir sonido = mouth.

* hilvanar palabras = orchestrate + words.

* hombre que no tiene palabra = not a man of his word.

* índice de palabras del documento = textwords ratio.

* índice invertido de las palabras del título = title word dictionary.

* índice KWIC (Palabra Clave en su Contexto) = KWIC (Keyword-in-Context).

* índice KWIT (Palabra Clave del Título) = KWIT (Keyword-in-Title).

* índice KWOC (Palabra Clave fuera de su Contexto) = KWOC (Keyword-Out-of-Context).

* índice permutado de palabras clave = permuted keyword index.

* indización por palabras clave = keyword indexing.

* indización por palabras clave del título = catchword indexing, catchword title indexing.

* indización por palabras del título = title-term indexing.

* inflexión lingüística de una palabra = word form.

* intercambiar palabras = bandy + words.

* juego de palabras = turn of phrase, pun, play of words, play on words.

* la última palabra = the last word, the last word, the bee's knees, the cat's pyjamas, the cat's meow, the cat's whiskers, the dog's bollocks.

* ley de frecuencias de palabras de Zipf = Zipf's word frequency law.

* lista de palabras clave = go-list [golist].

* lista de palabras vacías = stop list [stoplist], stopword list.

* lista permutada de palabras clave = permuted keyword list.

* mala palabra = dirty word.

* mantener la palabra = keep + Posesivo + word, live up to + Posesivo + word.

* medir las palabras = watch + Posesivo + mouth, watch what + say, weigh + Posesivo + words (carefully), choose + Posesivo + words (carefully), pick + Posesivo + words (carefully), measure + Posesivo + words (carefully).

* memorizar palabra por palabra = memorise + word for word.

* método de ordenación palabra por palabra = word by word method, nothing before something method.

* !ni una palabra a nadie! = not a word to anyone!.

* no encontrar palabras = be at a loss for words, be lost for words.

* no haber palabras para describirlo = beggar + description.

* nombre compuesto por varias palabras = multiple-word name.

* número de palabras = wordage.

* ordenación alfabética palabra por palabra = word by word alphabetisation.

* ordenación palabra por palabra = word-by-word filing, nothing before something arrangement, word by word arrangement.

* ordenar alfabéticamente palabra por palabra = arrange + alphabetically word by word.

* orden inverso de palabras = indirect word order.

* palabra ambigua = weasel word.

* palabra clave = keyword [key word], key term.

* palabra coloquial = slang word.

* palabra común = common word.

* palabra de contenido = content word.

* palabra de control = control word.

* palabra de Dios = word of God.

* palabra de entrada principal = primary entry word.

* palabra del documento = textword.

* palabra del texto = text word.

* palabra del título = title word, title term.

* palabra de moda = buzzword [buzz word], byword.

* palabra engañosa = weasel word.

* palabra equívoca = weasel word.

* palabra escrita, la = written word, the.

* palabra fosilizada = fossil word.

* palabra hablada, la = spoken word, the.

* palabra híbrida = portmanteau word.

* palabra impresa = words in print.

* palabra impresa, la = printed word, the.

* palabra justa, la = mot juste, the.

* palabra llena de contenido = substantive word.

* palabra malsonate = expletive.

* palabra oculta = hidden word.

* palabra por la que se ordena una entrada = filing word.

* palabra por palabra = verbatim, word for word.

* palabra puente = transitional word.

* palabras = wordage.

* palabras al viento = hot air.

* palabras + caer en + saco roto = words + fall on + deaf ears.

* palabras de agradecimiento = vote of thanks, word of thanks, words of gratitude, congratulatory speech, congratulatory remarks.

* palabras de alabanza = words of praise.

* palabras de aliento = pep talk.

* palabras de ánimo = pep talk.

* palabras de bienvenida = welcoming remarks, welcome remarks.

* palabras de consuelo = words of comfort.

* palabra significativa = content-bearing word, significant word.

* palabras iniciales = opening statement.

* palabras literales = quote... unquote.

* palabras para levantar la moral = pep talk.

* palabras + penetrar = words + sink.

* palabras sabias = words of wisdom, pearls of wisdom, nuggets of truth, nuggets of wisdom.

* palabras usadas = wording.

* palabra vacía = stopword [stop-word], function word.

* primera palabra del encabezamiento = entry word.

* primeras palabras = opening statement.

* pronunciar las palabras de corrido = slur + words.

* quedarse sin palabras = stun into + speechlessness, be at a loss for words, be lost for words.

* ¡qué palabras son esas! = watch your language!.

* raíz de palabra = word stem.

* recordar + Posesivo + palabras = mark + Posesivo + words.

* reducción de una palabra a su raíz = stemming.

* reducir una palabra a su raíz = stem.

* secuencia de palabras = word string.

* según las palabras de = to quote + Nombre de Persona, in the words of.

* según sus propias palabras = in + Posesivo + own terms.

* sentido de la palabra = word sense.

* ser la última palabra = be all the rage.

* significado de la palabra = word sense.

* sin decir una palabra = without saying a word.

* sin palabras = wordless.

* sopesar las palabras = weigh + Posesivo + words (carefully), choose + Posesivo + words (carefully), pick + Posesivo + words (carefully), measure + Posesivo + words (carefully).

* tener la última palabra = have + the ultimate say, have + the final say, call + the shots, be the boss, call + the tune, rule + the roost.

* tener palabra = keep + Posesivo + word, live up to + Posesivo + word.

* tomarle la palabra a Alguien = take + Nombre + at + Posesivo + word.

* última palabra + depender de = ultimate authority + rest with.

* Posesivo + últimas palabras = last words, Posesivo + dying last words.

* últimas palabras que se han hecho famosas = famous last words.

* una imagen vale más que mil palabras = a picture is worth more than ten thousand words.

* una imagen vale mil palabras = every picture tells a story.

* un hombre de palabra = a man of his word.

* un hombre de pocas palabras = a man of few words.

* variante morfológica de una palabra = word variant.

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femenino

1) ( vocablo) word

una palabra de seis letras — a six-letter word

en toda la extensión de la palabra — in every sense of the word

no son más que palabras — it's all talk

en pocas palabras, es un cobarde — in a word, he's a coward

palabra por palabra — word for word

yo no sabía ni una palabra del asunto — I didn't know a thing o anything about it

no entendí (ni) una palabra — I didn't understand a (single) word

sin decir (una) palabra — without a word

comerse las palabras — to gabble

con (muy) buenas palabras — in the nicest possible way

decirle a alguien cuatro palabras bien dichas — to tell somebody a few home truths

eso ya son palabras mayores — (refiriéndose - a insulto, acusación) those are strong words; (- a propuesta excesiva) that's taking things too far

quitarle las palabras de la boca a alguien — to take the words right out of somebody's mouth

tener la última palabra — to have the final say

tener unas palabras con alguien — to have words with somebody (colloq)

a palabras necias oídos sordos — take no notice of the stupid things people say

las palabras se las lleva el viento — actions speak louder than words

- palabra clave

- palabra compuesta

- palabra funcional or vacía

- palabras cruzadas

2) ( promesa) word

una mujer de palabra — a woman of her word

cumplió con su palabra — she kept her word

nunca falta a su palabra — he never breaks o goes back on his word

se lo devolví palabra! — I gave it back to her, honest! (colloq)

cobrarle la palabra a alguien — (Chi fam) to hold somebody to his/her word (colloq)

tomarle la palabra a alguien: le tomé la palabra y le pedí un préstamo — I took him up on his offer and asked for a loan

- palabra de honor

3)

a) ( habla) speech

el don de la palabra — the gift of speech

un acuerdo de palabra — a verbal agreement

no me dirigió la palabra — she didn't speak to me

dejar a alguien con la palabra en la boca: me dejó con la palabra en la boca — ( me interrumpió) he cut me off in mid-sentence; ( no me dejó hablar) he didn't give me a chance to open my mouth

b) (frml) (en ceremonia, asamblea)

pedir la palabra — to ask for permission to speak

pido la palabra — may I say something?, I'd like to say something

tener/tomar la palabra — to have/to take the floor (frml)

ceder (le) la palabra a alguien — to give the floor to somebody (frml), to call upon somebody to speak

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= word, headword.

Ex: A subject index has alphabetical terms or words as headings; These terms represent concepts or subjects.

Ex: This tool allows the user to generate all known inflected forms from a list of headwords.

* agrupar palabras que tienen la mism = merge + word forms.

* agrupar palabras que tienen la misma raíz = merge + word forms.

* análisis de la coocurrencia de palabras = co-word analysis.

* anuncio por palabras = classified advertisement, classified ad.

* búsqueda de palabras clave = keyword search.

* búsqueda por palabra del título = title word search.

* catálogo alfabético de palabras clave = keyword catalogue.

* citar las palabras de Alguien = quote + Nombre + words.

* compuesto de varias palabras = multi-word.

* concepto de múltiples palabras = multiple-word concept.

* concepto expresado con varias palabras = database host.

* con sus propias palabras = in + Posesivo + own words.

* con una separación de + Número + palabras = within + Número + words of each other.

* coocurrencia de palabras = co-word [coword].

* cumplir (con) + Posesivo + palabra = keep + Posesivo + word, live up to + Posesivo + word.

* cumplir la palabra = keep + Posesivo + word, live up to + Posesivo + word.

* decir la última palabra = hear + the final word, outface.

* dejar sin palabras = nonplus, leave + Nombre + speechless.

* de múltiples palabras = multiple-word.

* de palabra = by word of mouth, word-of-mouth.

* describir con palabras = describe + in words.

* descriptor compuesto de varias palabras = multiple-word descriptor.

* de sólo palabras = word-oriented.

* de una palabra = one-word.

* de una única palabra = single-word.

* dirigir la palabra = be civil towards.

* dirigirse la palabra = on speaking terms.

* encabezamiento compuesto de varias palabras = multi-word heading.

* en dos palabras = in a nutshell.

* en el estricto sentido de la palabra = strictly speaking.

* en las palabras de uno mismo = in + Posesivo + own words.

* en las propias palabras de uno mismo = in + Posesivo + own words.

* en ningún sentido de la palabra = in any sense of the word.

* en otras palabras = in other words, to put it another way, which is to say.

* en palabras = verbally.

* en pocas palabras = simply put, in brief, to say the least, to put it (quite) simply, in short, to cut a long story short, bottom line, the, put simply, to make a long story short, the short story + be, simply stated.

* entrada por palabra clave del título = catchword entry.

* en una palabra = in a nutshell, in a word.

* escoger las palabras = choose + Posesivo + words (carefully), pick + Posesivo + words (carefully).

* expresar con palabras = verbalise [verbalize, -USA].

* expresar los sentimientos con palabras = put + Posesivo + feelings into words.

* fiarse de la palabra de Alguien = take + Posesivo + word for it.

* fiel a la palabra de Uno = true to + Posesivo + word.

* frecuencia de palabras = word count.

* gesticular palabras con la boca sin emitir sonido = mouth.

* hilvanar palabras = orchestrate + words.

* hombre que no tiene palabra = not a man of his word.

* índice de palabras del documento = textwords ratio.

* índice invertido de las palabras del título = title word dictionary.

* índice KWIC (Palabra Clave en su Contexto) = KWIC (Keyword-in-Context).

* índice KWIT (Palabra Clave del Título) = KWIT (Keyword-in-Title).

* índice KWOC (Palabra Clave fuera de su Contexto) = KWOC (Keyword-Out-of-Context).

* índice permutado de palabras clave = permuted keyword index.

* indización por palabras clave = keyword indexing.

* indización por palabras clave del título = catchword indexing, catchword title indexing.

* indización por palabras del título = title-term indexing.

* inflexión lingüística de una palabra = word form.

* intercambiar palabras = bandy + words.

* juego de palabras = turn of phrase, pun, play of words, play on words.

* la última palabra = the last word, the last word, the bee's knees, the cat's pyjamas, the cat's meow, the cat's whiskers, the dog's bollocks.

* ley de frecuencias de palabras de Zipf = Zipf's word frequency law.

* lista de palabras clave = go-list [golist].

* lista de palabras vacías = stop list [stoplist], stopword list.

* lista permutada de palabras clave = permuted keyword list.

* mala palabra = dirty word.

* mantener la palabra = keep + Posesivo + word, live up to + Posesivo + word.

* medir las palabras = watch + Posesivo + mouth, watch what + say, weigh + Posesivo + words (carefully), choose + Posesivo + words (carefully), pick + Posesivo + words (carefully), measure + Posesivo + words (carefully).

* memorizar palabra por palabra = memorise + word for word.

* método de ordenación palabra por palabra = word by word method, nothing before something method.

* !ni una palabra a nadie! = not a word to anyone!.

* no encontrar palabras = be at a loss for words, be lost for words.

* no haber palabras para describirlo = beggar + description.

* nombre compuesto por varias palabras = multiple-word name.

* número de palabras = wordage.

* ordenación alfabética palabra por palabra = word by word alphabetisation.

* ordenación palabra por palabra = word-by-word filing, nothing before something arrangement, word by word arrangement.

* ordenar alfabéticamente palabra por palabra = arrange + alphabetically word by word.

* orden inverso de palabras = indirect word order.

* palabra ambigua = weasel word.

* palabra clave = keyword [key word], key term.

* palabra coloquial = slang word.

* palabra común = common word.

* palabra de contenido = content word.

* palabra de control = control word.

* palabra de Dios = word of God.

* palabra de entrada principal = primary entry word.

* palabra del documento = textword.

* palabra del texto = text word.

* palabra del título = title word, title term.

* palabra de moda = buzzword [buzz word], byword.

* palabra engañosa = weasel word.

* palabra equívoca = weasel word.

* palabra escrita, la = written word, the.

* palabra fosilizada = fossil word.

* palabra hablada, la = spoken word, the.

* palabra híbrida = portmanteau word.

* palabra impresa = words in print.

* palabra impresa, la = printed word, the.

* palabra justa, la = mot juste, the.

* palabra llena de contenido = substantive word.

* palabra malsonate = expletive.

* palabra oculta = hidden word.

* palabra por la que se ordena una entrada = filing word.

* palabra por palabra = verbatim, word for word.

* palabra puente = transitional word.

* palabras = wordage.

* palabras al viento = hot air.

* palabras + caer en + saco roto = words + fall on + deaf ears.

* palabras de agradecimiento = vote of thanks, word of thanks, words of gratitude, congratulatory speech, congratulatory remarks.

* palabras de alabanza = words of praise.

* palabras de aliento = pep talk.

* palabras de ánimo = pep talk.

* palabras de bienvenida = welcoming remarks, welcome remarks.

* palabras de consuelo = words of comfort.

* palabra significativa = content-bearing word, significant word.

* palabras iniciales = opening statement.

* palabras literales = quote... unquote.

* palabras para levantar la moral = pep talk.

* palabras + penetrar = words + sink.

* palabras sabias = words of wisdom, pearls of wisdom, nuggets of truth, nuggets of wisdom.

* palabras usadas = wording.

* palabra vacía = stopword [stop-word], function word.

* primera palabra del encabezamiento = entry word.

* primeras palabras = opening statement.

* pronunciar las palabras de corrido = slur + words.

* quedarse sin palabras = stun into + speechlessness, be at a loss for words, be lost for words.

* ¡qué palabras son esas! = watch your language!.

* raíz de palabra = word stem.

* recordar + Posesivo + palabras = mark + Posesivo + words.

* reducción de una palabra a su raíz = stemming.

* reducir una palabra a su raíz = stem.

* secuencia de palabras = word string.

* según las palabras de = to quote + Nombre de Persona, in the words of.

* según sus propias palabras = in + Posesivo + own terms.

* sentido de la palabra = word sense.

* ser la última palabra = be all the rage.

* significado de la palabra = word sense.

* sin decir una palabra = without saying a word.

* sin palabras = wordless.

* sopesar las palabras = weigh + Posesivo + words (carefully), choose + Posesivo + words (carefully), pick + Posesivo + words (carefully), measure + Posesivo + words (carefully).

* tener la última palabra = have + the ultimate say, have + the final say, call + the shots, be the boss, call + the tune, rule + the roost.

* tener palabra = keep + Posesivo + word, live up to + Posesivo + word.

* tomarle la palabra a Alguien = take + Nombre + at + Posesivo + word.

* última palabra + depender de = ultimate authority + rest with.

* Posesivo + últimas palabras = last words, Posesivo + dying last words.

* últimas palabras que se han hecho famosas = famous last words.

* una imagen vale más que mil palabras = a picture is worth more than ten thousand words.

* una imagen vale mil palabras = every picture tells a story.

* un hombre de palabra = a man of his word.

* un hombre de pocas palabras = a man of few words.

* variante morfológica de una palabra = word variant.

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palabra

feminine

A (vocablo) word

una palabra de seis letras a six-letter word

es un bruto en toda la extensión de la palabra he's a brute, in every sense of the word

palabras, palabras, yo lo que quiero son hechos I've heard enough words o talk, I want to see some action

no son más que palabras it's all talk

es un hombre de pocas palabras he's a man of few words

sólo quiero decir unas palabras I just want to say a few words

tras unas palabras de saludo after a few words of welcome

no encuentro or tengo palabras para expresarles mi agradecimiento I cannot find words to express my gratitude to you

mira, yo te lo puedo explicar en dos palabras look, let me put it to you simply

en pocas palabras, es un cobarde basically o to put it bluntly, he's a coward

¿te parece bien? — en una palabra, no is that all right? in a word, no

lo tradujo palabra por palabra he translated it word for word

ni una palabra más, te quedas a cenar not another word o I don't want to hear another word, you're staying for dinner

yo no sabía ni una palabra del asunto I didn't know a thing o anything about it

de esto ni una palabra a nadie not a word to anyone about this

no entendí (ni) una palabra de lo que dijo I didn't understand a (single) word of what he said

sin decir (una) palabra without a word

comerse las palabras to gabble

con (muy) buenas palabras in the nicest possible way

decirle a algn cuatro palabras bien dichas to tell sb a few home truths

eso ya son palabras mayores (refiriéndose — a un insulto) those are strong words; (— a una acusación) that's a serious accusation, those are strong words; (— a una propuesta excesiva) that's taking things too far, that's a bit excessive

la última palabra the last word

siempre tiene que ser él el que diga la última palabra he always has to have the last word

en este asunto la última palabra le corresponde a Juárez Juárez has the final say on this matter

quitarle las palabras de la boca a algn to take the words right out of sb's mouth

tener unas palabras con algn to have words with sb ( colloq)

tuvieron unas palabras por un asunto de dinero they had words over some money matter

las palabras se las lleva el viento actions speak louder than words

a palabras necias oídos sordos take no notice of the stupid things people say

malo¹ adj Sense II. (↑ malo (1))

Compuestos:

● palabra clave

key word

● palabra compuesta

compound word

● palabra funcional or vacía

function word

● palabras cruzadas

fpl (CS) crossword, crossword puzzle

B (promesa) word

me basta con tu palabra your word is enough for me

me dio su palabra she gave me her word

es una mujer de palabra she's a woman of her word

siempre cumple con su palabra she always keeps her word

nunca falta a su palabra he never breaks o goes back on his word

palabra que yo no sabía nada ( fam); honest o really o ( BrE) straight up, I didn't know a thing about it ( colloq)

se lo devolví ¡palabra! I gave it back to her, honest! ( colloq)

cobrarle la palabra a algn ( Chi fam); to take sb up on sth ( colloq), to keep o hold sb to his/her word

tomarle la palabra a algn: le tome la palabra y le pedí un préstamo I took him up on his offer and asked for a loan

Compuesto:

palabra de honor

word of honor*

le dio su palabra de honor de que no volvería a hacerlo he gave her his word of honor o his solemn word that he wouldn't do it again

yo no fui ¡palabra de honor! it wasn't me, word of honor o I swear!

C

1 (habla) speech

el don de la palabra the gift of speech

me invitó sólo de palabra I only got a verbal invitation

fue un acuerdo de palabra it was a verbal agreement

pecar de pensamiento, palabra y obra to sin in thought, word and deed

no me dirigió la palabra en toda la noche she didn't speak to me all night

nos ha retirado la palabra she doesn't speak to us anymore, she no longer deigns to speak to us ( hum)

dejar a algn con la palabra en la boca: me dejó con la palabra en la boca (me interrumpió) he cut me off in mid-sentence; (no me dejó hablar) he didn't give me a chance to open my mouth

2 ( frml)

(en una ceremonia, asamblea): pido la palabra may I say something?, I'd like to say something

tiene la palabra el delegado estudiantil the student delegate has the floor ( frml)

no le concedieron la palabra he was denied permission to speak, he was denied the floor ( frml)

ceder la palabra a algn to give the floor to sb ( frml), to call upon sb to speak

a continuación hizo uso de la palabra el presidente de la institución then the president of the institute made a speech

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palabra sustantivo femenino
1 ( vocablo) word;
◊ una palabra de seis letras a six-letter word;

no son más que palabras it's all talk;
en pocas palabras, es un cobarde in a word, he's a coward;
palabra por palabra word for word;
yo no sabía ni una palabra del asunto I didn't know a thing o anything about it;
no entendí (ni) una palabra I didn't understand a (single) word;
sin decir (una) palabra without a word;
palabra compuesta compound word;
tener la última palabra to have the final say
2 ( promesa) word;
◊ palabra de honor word of honor^{( conjugate honor)};

una mujer de palabra a woman of her word;
cumplió con su palabra she kept her word;
nunca falta a su palabra he never breaks o goes back on his word
3
a) ( habla) speech;

◊ el don de la palabra the gift of speech;

un acuerdo de palabra a verbal agreement;
no me dirigió la palabra she didn't speak to me;
dejar a algn con la palabra en la boca to cut sb off in mid-sentence
b) (frml) (en ceremonia, asamblea):

◊ pedir la palabra to ask for permission to speak;

tener/tomar la palabra to have/to take the floor (frml)
palabra sustantivo femenino
1 word
lo resumió en pocas palabras, she summarised it in a few words
(discurso) me quedé con la palabra en la boca, I was left speechless
Juan es hombre de pocas palabras, Juan is a man of few words
2 (capacidad para hablar) me dejó sin palabra, I was speechless
3 (compromiso) word: me dio su palabra, he gave me his word
no tiene palabra, she never keeps her word
4 (turno para hablar) right to speak
tener la palabra, to have the floor
♦ Locuciones: dirigir la palabra a alguien, to address sb
de palabra, by word of mouth
' palabra' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
abogada
- abogado
- abreviar
- acento
- ayunas
- baja
- bajo
- bañera
- bar
- bastante
- calor
- ceder
- chalet
- chimenea
- ciudad
- colmo
- comida
- comprometerse
- culta
- culto
- decirse
- disonante
- empeñar
- entredicho
- faltar
- fresca
- fresco
- histórica
- histórico
- honor
- justa
- justo
- ladrón
- ladrona
- lata
- mayoría
- mirar
- muletilla
- padre
- piso
- promesa
- pronunciar
- recta
- recto
- saludar
- saludo
- sigla
- subrayar
- taco
- tela
English:
absent
- buzz off
- cagey
- clinch
- connotation
- current
- date
- dated
- derive
- do
- engine driver
- female
- fish
- floor
- fuck
- go back on
- high
- honour
- interrogative
- lady
- marmalade
- match
- mint
- misuse
- operative
- score out
- sense
- shorten
- speak
- spectacle
- speech
- state-of-the-art
- storey
- true
- use
- verbatim
- way
- word
- a
- call
- compound
- key
- strict
- swear
- take
- unwritten

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palabra

♦ nf

1. [término, vocablo] word;

con palabras no puedo expresar lo que sentía words cannot express what I felt;

dilo con tus propias palabras say it in your own words;

lo dijo, aunque no con esas palabras she said it, though not in so many words;

no son más que palabras (vacías) it's all talk;

buenas palabras fine-sounding words;

no cruzaron palabra en todo el camino they didn't exchange a word throughout the journey;

dejar a alguien con la palabra en la boca to cut sb off in mid-sentence;

dirigir la palabra a alguien to speak to sb;

no le dirige la palabra a su madre desde hace semanas he hasn't spoken to his mother for weeks;

en cuatro o [m5] dos palabras in a few words;

en otras palabras in other words;

en una palabra in a word;

lo dijo todo a medias palabras she only hinted at what she meant;

medir las palabras to weigh one's words (carefully);

no habla ni (media) palabra de español she doesn't speak a word of Spanish;

yo de este tema no sé ni (media) palabra I don't know a thing about this subject;

no dijo palabra he didn't say a word;

palabra por palabra word for word;

me has quitado la palabra de la boca you took the words right out of my mouth;

lo de comprar una casa son palabras mayores buying a house is a very serious matter;

no hace falta llegar a palabras mayores there is no need to get nasty about it;

le aguanto casi todo, pero eso ya son palabras mayores I'll put up with almost anything from him, but that's going a bit (too) far;

sin mediar palabra without a single word;

tener la última palabra to have the last word;

tener unas palabras con alguien to have words with sb;

tuvo que tragarse sus palabras he had to eat his words;

Prov

a palabras necias, oídos sordos sticks and stones may break my bones (but words will never hurt me)

Comp
Informát palabra clave keyword;
palabra compuesta compound word;
CSur palabras cruzadas crossword;
palabra de Dios word of God

2. [juramento, promesa] word;

es su palabra contra la mía it's her word against mine;

dar/empeñar la palabra to give/pledge one's word;

ella me dio su palabra she gave me her word;

dio (su) palabra de que nada saldría mal he gave his word that nothing would go wrong;

estar bajo palabra [en juicio] to be under oath;

faltó a su palabra he went back on his word, he broke o didn't keep his word;

mantuvo su palabra she kept her word;

no tiene palabra he's not a man of his word;

tienes mi palabra you have my word;

tomar la palabra a alguien to hold sb to their word

Comp
palabra de honor word of honour;
¡palabra (de honor)! honestly!;

yo no sabía nada, ¡palabra (de honor)! I didn't know anything, honestly! o I swear!

3. [habla] speech;

con el susto perdió la palabra the shock left her speechless;

de palabra by word of mouth, verbally;

el trato se hizo de palabra it was a purely verbal agreement o a gentleman's agreement

4. [derecho de hablar]
dar la palabra a alguien to give sb the floor;

pedir la palabra to ask for the floor;

¡pido la palabra! could I say something, please?;

tomar la palabra to take the floor

5.
palabras [discurso] words;

a continuación nuestro invitado nos dirigirá unas palabras our guest will now say a few words

♦ nm
palabra de honor [vestido] strapless dress
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palabra

f tb fig

word;

palabra por palabra word for word;

bajo palabra on parole;

en una palabra in a word;

en pocas palabras briefly;

tomar la palabra speak;

de palabra acuerdo verbal;

de pocas palabras persona of few words;

tomar a alguien la palabra take s.o. at his/her word;

dejar a alguien con la palabra en la boca fig cut s.o. off in mid-sentence;

buenas palabras fine words;

lo de tener un hijo son palabras mayores having a child is a serious business o is not something to be undertaken lightly;

con medias palabras dijo … he hinted that …, he half said that …

* * *

palabra nf

1) vocablo: word

2) promesa: word, promise

un hombre de palabra: a man of his word

3) habla: speech

4) : right to speak

tener la palabra: to have the floor

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palabra n word

¿qué quiere decir esta palabra? what does this word mean?

te doy mi palabra I give you my word

no dijo ni una palabra she didn't say a word

Spanish-English dictionary > palabra
4 controlar

v.

1 to control.

Pedro controla su vida al fin Peter controls his life at last.

María controla a sus hijos con lástima Mary controls her kids through pity.

2 to check.

3 to watch, to keep an eye on.

4 to take over, to control.

María controla los negocios Mary takes over business.

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controlar

► verbo transitivo

1 (gen) to control

2 (comprobar) to check

► verbo pronominal controlarse

1 (moderarse) to control oneself

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verb

1) to control

2) monitor

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1. VT

1) (=dominar) [+ situación, emoción, balón, vehículo, inflación] to control

los rebeldes controlan ya todo el país — the rebels now control the whole country, the rebels are now in control of the whole country

mis padres quieren controlarme la vida — my parents want to control my life

no pudo controlar el impulso de pegarle — he couldn't control the urge to hit him

medidas para controlar la calidad — quality-control measures

los bomberos consiguieron controlar el fuego — the firefighters managed to bring the fire under control

no controlo muy bien ese tema — * I'm not very hot on that subject *

2) (=vigilar)

inspectores para controlar el proceso electoral — observers to monitor the electoral process

deberías controlar tu peso — you should watch your weight

contrólame al niño mientras yo estoy fuera — * can you keep an eye on the child while I'm out

estoy encargado de controlar que todo salga bien — I'm responsible for checking o seeing that everything goes well

controla que no hierva el café — * make sure the coffee doesn't boil, see that the coffee doesn't boil

3) (=regular) to control

este termostato controla la temperatura — this thermostat controls the temperature

2.

VI *

he bebido tanto que ya no controlo — I've drunk so much I can't see straight *

3.

See:

controlarse

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1.
verbo transitivo

1) ( dominar) <nervios/impulsos/persona> to control

controlamos la situación — we are in control of the situation

el incendio fue rápidamente controlado — the fire was quickly brought under control

pasaron a controlar la empresa — they took control of the company

2) ( vigilar) <inflación/proceso> to monitor

controlar el peso/la línea — to watch one's weight/one's waistline

deja de controlar todos mis gastos — stop checking up on how much I spend

me tienen muy controlada — they keep a close watch on me

controlar las entradas y salidas — to keep a check on everyone who comes in or out

controlé el tiempo que me llevó — I timed how long it took me

3) ( regular) <presión/inflación> to control
2.
controlarse v pron

1) ( dominarse) to control oneself

si no se controla acabará alcoholizado — if he doesn't get a grip on himself he's going to become an alcoholic

2) ( vigilar) <peso/colesterol> to check, monitor

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= control, get + command of, govern, keep + a rein on, keep within + bounds, monitor, regulate, peg, police, master, command, scourge, keep down + Nombre, stem + the tide of, bring under + control, hold in + line, gain + control (over/of), get + a grip on, hold + the reins of, corral, check up on, keep + tabs on, wield + control, hold + sway (over), wiretap [wire-tap], hold + the line, keep + a tight hold on, take + control of, stay on top of, stay in + control, rein in, hold + Nombre + in.

Ex. These fields control the access to the main record and are all fixed length fields.

Ex. The great storyteller, FC Sayers, having advised the beginner to 'steep himself in folklore until the elemental themes are part of himself,' explains how best to get command of a tale.

Ex. It is not sufficient merely to describe the processes that govern the creation and generation of indexing and abstracting data.

Ex. Cases keep discussion grounded on certain persistent facts that must be faced, and keep a realistic rein on airy flights of academic speculation.

Ex. Costs can be kept within reasonable bounds if a method appropriate to the specific application is chosen.

Ex. Ideally it should be possible to include some form of student assessment or to monitor the student's progress.

Ex. Built into each operator are sets of instructions to the computer which regulate where the term must appear in the printed entries generated from the string, typefaces, and necessary punctuation.

Ex. After a couple of months, I had his overall behavior pretty well pegged.

Ex. For many centuries local authorities have been responsible for policing Weights and Measures Acts and regulations and, where a breach of legislation was uncovered, would prosecute in the criminal court.

Ex. The library director strove to master his frustration.

Ex. Very few engravers commanded the necessary artistry.

Ex. The reference librarian must always resist an impulse to be glib; he must scourge and throttle his vanity; he must reach a conclusion rather than begin with it.

Ex. Activities such as gardening or cookery are dealt with in many books in ways which go far beyond the simple keeping down of weeds or just filling empty stomachs.

Ex. This article discusses some strategies that are being developed to stem the tide of losses caused worldwide by piracy.

Ex. But the unions were able to add their weight to the authority of the parliamentary investigators in bringing the worst excesses of unregulated apprenticeship and of working conditions under control = No obstante, los sindicatos pudieron reforzar la autoridad de los investigadores parlamentarios para controlar los peores excesos que se cometían en el aprendizaje de un oficio y las condiciones laborales sin regularizar.

Ex. The library staff consists of 6 professional librarians and 11 clerical workers, all of whom are held firmly in line by the forceful personality of the director, a retired military colonel.

Ex. Gradually many of these conquerors came to realize that, although military might was necessary to gain control over an area, sheer force of arms was not sufficient to govern effectively.

Ex. The article ' Getting a grip on change' argues that only by confronting the challenges and inevitability of change can libraries retain their relevancy in the information age.

Ex. This trend may also be explained by the hegemony of those who hold the reins of international publication.

Ex. The article is entitled 'Microfilm retrieval system corrals paper flood for Ameritech publishing'.

Ex. The physical effort of keeping tabs on people as well as the distasteful practice of checking up on staff output achieves nothing and may do considerable damage.

Ex. The physical effort of keeping tabs on people as well as the distasteful practice of checking up on staff output achieves nothing and may do considerable damage.

Ex. Influence and control is currently wielded by sterile professionals who are blind to the need to develop services beyond print.

Ex. This ideology appealed widely to the librarian as well as the library user and held sway for nearly a quarter of a millennium when, in 1841, a catalytic event in the history of cataloging took place.

Ex. The implementation of this system would enable law enforcement agencies to wiretap all digital communication.

Ex. The standpatters argue, and the progressives agree, that the tax line must be held in the interest of attracting industry = Los conservadores proponen y los progresistas están de acuerdo en que se deben contener los impuestos para atraer a la industria.

Ex. A study of telly-addicts has found that in 45 per cent of homes mums keep a tight hold on the remote control.

Ex. Five years after they took control of war-ravaged Afghanistan, reconstruction remains a job half done.

Ex. Adapting to change -- and staying on top of the changes -- is a huge key to success in industry.

Ex. This section of the book is all about how to stay in control of your personal information.

Ex. If librarians hope to rein in escalating periodical prices, they must become more assertive consumers.

Ex. The longer a fart is held in, the larger the proportion of inert nitrogen it contains, because the other gases tend to be absorbed into the bloodstream through the walls of the intestine.

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* controlar aún más = tighten + Posesivo + grip on.

* controlar el presupuesto = control + the purse strings.

* controlar la economía = control + the purse strings.

* controlar las finanzas = control + the purse strings.

* controlar la situación = tame + the beast.

* controlar los gastos = control + costs, contain + costs.

* controlarlo todo = have + a finger in every pie.

* controlarse = command + Reflexivo, pace.

* * *
1.
verbo transitivo

1) ( dominar) <nervios/impulsos/persona> to control

controlamos la situación — we are in control of the situation

el incendio fue rápidamente controlado — the fire was quickly brought under control

pasaron a controlar la empresa — they took control of the company

2) ( vigilar) <inflación/proceso> to monitor

controlar el peso/la línea — to watch one's weight/one's waistline

deja de controlar todos mis gastos — stop checking up on how much I spend

me tienen muy controlada — they keep a close watch on me

controlar las entradas y salidas — to keep a check on everyone who comes in or out

controlé el tiempo que me llevó — I timed how long it took me

3) ( regular) <presión/inflación> to control
2.
controlarse v pron

1) ( dominarse) to control oneself

si no se controla acabará alcoholizado — if he doesn't get a grip on himself he's going to become an alcoholic

2) ( vigilar) <peso/colesterol> to check, monitor

* * *

= control, get + command of, govern, keep + a rein on, keep within + bounds, monitor, regulate, peg, police, master, command, scourge, keep down + Nombre, stem + the tide of, bring under + control, hold in + line, gain + control (over/of), get + a grip on, hold + the reins of, corral, check up on, keep + tabs on, wield + control, hold + sway (over), wiretap [wire-tap], hold + the line, keep + a tight hold on, take + control of, stay on top of, stay in + control, rein in, hold + Nombre + in.

Ex: These fields control the access to the main record and are all fixed length fields.

Ex: The great storyteller, FC Sayers, having advised the beginner to 'steep himself in folklore until the elemental themes are part of himself,' explains how best to get command of a tale.

Ex: It is not sufficient merely to describe the processes that govern the creation and generation of indexing and abstracting data.

Ex: Cases keep discussion grounded on certain persistent facts that must be faced, and keep a realistic rein on airy flights of academic speculation.

Ex: Costs can be kept within reasonable bounds if a method appropriate to the specific application is chosen.

Ex: Ideally it should be possible to include some form of student assessment or to monitor the student's progress.

Ex: Built into each operator are sets of instructions to the computer which regulate where the term must appear in the printed entries generated from the string, typefaces, and necessary punctuation.

Ex: After a couple of months, I had his overall behavior pretty well pegged.

Ex: For many centuries local authorities have been responsible for policing Weights and Measures Acts and regulations and, where a breach of legislation was uncovered, would prosecute in the criminal court.

Ex: The library director strove to master his frustration.

Ex: Very few engravers commanded the necessary artistry.

Ex: The reference librarian must always resist an impulse to be glib; he must scourge and throttle his vanity; he must reach a conclusion rather than begin with it.

Ex: Activities such as gardening or cookery are dealt with in many books in ways which go far beyond the simple keeping down of weeds or just filling empty stomachs.

Ex: This article discusses some strategies that are being developed to stem the tide of losses caused worldwide by piracy.

Ex: But the unions were able to add their weight to the authority of the parliamentary investigators in bringing the worst excesses of unregulated apprenticeship and of working conditions under control = No obstante, los sindicatos pudieron reforzar la autoridad de los investigadores parlamentarios para controlar los peores excesos que se cometían en el aprendizaje de un oficio y las condiciones laborales sin regularizar.

Ex: The library staff consists of 6 professional librarians and 11 clerical workers, all of whom are held firmly in line by the forceful personality of the director, a retired military colonel.

Ex: Gradually many of these conquerors came to realize that, although military might was necessary to gain control over an area, sheer force of arms was not sufficient to govern effectively.

Ex: The article ' Getting a grip on change' argues that only by confronting the challenges and inevitability of change can libraries retain their relevancy in the information age.

Ex: This trend may also be explained by the hegemony of those who hold the reins of international publication.

Ex: The article is entitled 'Microfilm retrieval system corrals paper flood for Ameritech publishing'.

Ex: The physical effort of keeping tabs on people as well as the distasteful practice of checking up on staff output achieves nothing and may do considerable damage.

Ex: The physical effort of keeping tabs on people as well as the distasteful practice of checking up on staff output achieves nothing and may do considerable damage.

Ex: Influence and control is currently wielded by sterile professionals who are blind to the need to develop services beyond print.

Ex: This ideology appealed widely to the librarian as well as the library user and held sway for nearly a quarter of a millennium when, in 1841, a catalytic event in the history of cataloging took place.

Ex: The implementation of this system would enable law enforcement agencies to wiretap all digital communication.

Ex: The standpatters argue, and the progressives agree, that the tax line must be held in the interest of attracting industry = Los conservadores proponen y los progresistas están de acuerdo en que se deben contener los impuestos para atraer a la industria.

Ex: A study of telly-addicts has found that in 45 per cent of homes mums keep a tight hold on the remote control.

Ex: Five years after they took control of war-ravaged Afghanistan, reconstruction remains a job half done.

Ex: Adapting to change -- and staying on top of the changes -- is a huge key to success in industry.

Ex: This section of the book is all about how to stay in control of your personal information.

Ex: If librarians hope to rein in escalating periodical prices, they must become more assertive consumers.

Ex: The longer a fart is held in, the larger the proportion of inert nitrogen it contains, because the other gases tend to be absorbed into the bloodstream through the walls of the intestine.

* controlar aún más = tighten + Posesivo + grip on.

* controlar el presupuesto = control + the purse strings.

* controlar la economía = control + the purse strings.

* controlar las finanzas = control + the purse strings.

* controlar la situación = tame + the beast.

* controlar los gastos = control + costs, contain + costs.

* controlarlo todo = have + a finger in every pie.

* controlarse = command + Reflexivo, pace.

* * *

controlar [A1 ]

vt

A (dominar)

1 ‹nervios/impulsos/emociones› to control; ‹persona/animal› to control

controlamos la situación we are in control of the situation, we have the situation under control

el incendio fue rápidamente controlado por los bomberos the firemen quickly got o brought the fire under control

controlan ahora toda la zona they now control o they are now in control of the whole area

pasaron a controlar la empresa they took control of the company

2 ( fam); ‹tema› to know about

estos temas no los controlo I don't know anything about these things, I'm not too well up on o hot on these things ( colloq)

B

(vigilar): tiene que controlar su peso he has to watch o check o ( frml) monitor his weight

deja de controlar todos mis gastos stop checking up on how much I spend the whole time

me tienen muy controlada they keep a close watch o they keep tabs on everything I do, they keep me on a very tight rein

el portero controlaba las entradas y salidas the porter kept a check on everyone who came in or out

controlé el tiempo que me llevó I timed myself o how long it took me

C (regular) to control

este mecanismo controla la presión this mechanism regulates o controls the pressure

medidas para controlar la inflación measures to control inflation o to bring inflation under control

D ( Dep) (en doping) to administer a test to

fue controlado positivo tras su victoria he tested positive after his victory

lo controlaron negativo he was tested negative

■ controlarse

v pron

A (dominarse) to control oneself

si no se controla acabará alcoholizado if he doesn't get a grip o a hold on himself he's going to become an alcoholic

B (vigilar) ‹peso/colesterol› to check, watch, monitor ( frml)

se controla el peso regularmente she checks her weight regularly, she keeps a regular check on her weight

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Multiple Entries:
controlar
controlar algo
controlar ( conjugate controlar) verbo transitivo
1 ‹nervios/impulsos/persona› to control;
‹ incendio› to bring … under control;
◊ controlamos la situación we are in control of the situation;

pasaron a controlar la empresa they took control of the company
2 ‹inflación/proceso› to monitor;
‹ persona› to keep a check on;
◊ controlar el peso/la línea to watch one's weight/one's waistline;

controlé el tiempo que me llevó I timed how long it took me
3 ( regular) ‹presión/inflación› to control
controlarse verbo pronominal ( dominarse) to control oneself;
( vigilar) ‹peso/colesterol› to check, monitor
controlar verbo transitivo
1 to control
2 (comprobar) to check
' controlar' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
dominar
- fraude
- manejar
- potingue
- sujetar
- contener
English:
control
- grip
- hold down
- manage
- monitor
- regiment
- spot-check
- stamp out
- check
- discipline
- help
- unruly

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controlar

♦ vt

1. [dominar] to control;

controlar la situación to be in control of the situation;

la empresa controla el 30 por ciento del mercado the company controls 30 percent of the market;

los bomberos todavía no han conseguido controlar el incendio firefighters have still not managed to bring the fire under control;

medidas para controlar los precios measures to control prices

2. [comprobar, verificar] to check;

controla el nivel del aceite check the oil level;

controlan continuamente su tensión arterial they are continuously monitoring his blood pressure

3. [vigilar] to watch, to keep an eye on;

la policía controla todos sus movimientos the police watch his every move;

nos controlan la hora de llegada they keep a check on when we arrive;

controla que no se cuele nadie see o make sure that no one Br jumps the queue o US cuts in line

♦ vi
Fam [saber] to know;
Rosa controla un montón de química Rosa knows loads about chemistry

♦ See also the pronominal verb controlarse

* * *

controlar

v/t

1 control

2 ( vigilar) check

* * *

controlar vt

1) : to control

2) : to monitor, to check

* * *

controlar vb

1. (dominar) to control [pt. & pp. controlled]

controló la situación he controlled the situation

2. (comprobar) to check

un programa que controla los errores de ortografía a program that checks spelling mistakes

Spanish-English dictionary > controlar
5 contener

v.

1 to contain.

no contiene CFC does not contain CFCs (en etiqueta)

¿qué contiene esa maleta? what's in this suitcase?

Ese estudio contiene mucha información That study contains a lot of info.

Esa bolsa contiene melocotones That bag contains peaches.

2 to restrain, to hold back.

tuvieron que contenerlo para que no agrediera al fotógrafo he had to be restrained from attacking the photographer

no pudo contener la risa/el llanto he couldn't help laughing/crying

Pedro contiene su ira Peter holds back his anger.

3 to stanch, to stop, to staunch.

* * *

contener

Conjugation model [ TENER], like link=tener tener

► verbo transitivo

1 (incluir) to contain, hold

■ este paquete contiene treinta galletas this packet contains thirty biscuits

2 (detener) to hold back, restrain

■ la presa contiene el cauce del río the dam holds back the flow of the river

3 (reprimir) to restrain, hold back, contain; (respiración) to hold

■ contuvo su alegría he held back his joy

■ contuve mis lágrimas I held back the tears

► verbo pronominal contenerse

1 to control oneself, contain oneself, keep a hold on oneself

* * *

verb

1) to contain

2) hold

•

- contenerse

* * *

1. VT

1) (=incluir) to contain

el maletín contenía explosivos — the suitcase contained explosives

el libro contenía un capítulo dedicado a su vida — the book contained a chapter on her life

no contiene alcohol — alcohol-free, does not contain alcohol

2) (=frenar) [+ gente, muchedumbre] to contain, hold back; [+ revuelta, epidemia, infección] to contain; [+ invasión, lágrimas, emoción] to contain, hold back; [+ aliento, respiración] to hold; [+ hemorragia] to stop; [+ bostezo] to stifle; [+ inflación] to check, curb; [+ precios, déficit, consumo] to keep down

para contener la tendencia al alza de los precios — to check the tendency for prices to rise

no pude contener la risa — I couldn't help laughing

3) Cono Sur (=significar) to mean

2.

See:

contenerse

* * *
1.
verbo transitivo

1) recipiente/producto/libro to contain

2) (parar, controlar) <infección/epidemia> to contain; < tendencia> to curb; < movimiento político> to keep...in check; < respiración> to hold; <risa/lágrimas> to contain (frml), to hold back; <invasión/revuelta> to contain

dejó estallar toda su furia contenida — he let out all his pent up o bottled up anger
2.
contenerse v pron (refl) to contain oneself

no me pude contener y me eché a llorar — I couldn't contain myself and I burst into tears

tuve que contenerme para no insultarlo — I had to control myself to stop myself insulting him

* * *
1.
verbo transitivo

1) recipiente/producto/libro to contain

2) (parar, controlar) <infección/epidemia> to contain; < tendencia> to curb; < movimiento político> to keep...in check; < respiración> to hold; <risa/lágrimas> to contain (frml), to hold back; <invasión/revuelta> to contain

dejó estallar toda su furia contenida — he let out all his pent up o bottled up anger
2.
contenerse v pron (refl) to contain oneself

no me pude contener y me eché a llorar — I couldn't contain myself and I burst into tears

tuve que contenerme para no insultarlo — I had to control myself to stop myself insulting him

* * *

contener¹

¹ = bear, contain, contain in, enclose, gather, hold, host, include, possess, carry, be stocked with, harbour [harbor, -USA], offer, provide.

Ex: Use a uniform title for an entry if the item bears a title proper that differs from the uniform title.

Ex: The label contains information about the record, indicating, for instance, its length, status, for example, new, amended, type and class.

Ex: A printed index is a pointer, or indicator, or more fully, a systematic guide to the items contained in, or concepts derived from a collection.

Ex: The building encloses an art gallery, tourist office, conference room, concert hall and cinema.

Ex: A bibliography is a list of materials or items which is restricted in its coverage by some feature other than the materials being gathered in one library collection.

Ex: If the search is made with a call number, a summary of copies with that call number which are held by the library is first displayed.

Ex: Most computer bureaux which host the factual data bases have their own world-wide networks.

Ex: Document descriptions may be included in catalogues, bibliographies and other listings of documents.

Ex: Not every index necessarily exhibits all the features of either of these types of indexing systems, and indeed, some will possess elements of both types of systems.

Ex: Europe Environment carries useful reports on the activities of the lobby groups in the environmental, consumer protection and research fields.

Ex: The paperback shelves in many retail outlets are stocked with books which, in spite of their print-runs, may or may not be a financial success.

Ex: When the reference collection fails or the question is broad in nature, the stacks may harbor exactly what is wanted.

Ex: Thus some current awareness services can be purchased from external vendors, whilst others may be offered by a library or information unit to its particular group of users.

Ex: To start with, most catalogues, indexes, data bases and bibliographies provide access to information or documents.

* contener en abundancia = abound in/with.

* contener en cantidad = abound in/with.

* contener en cantidad + Nombre = contain + its share of + Nombre.

* contener hiperenlaces = hotlink [hot-link].

* contener información = carry + information.

* contener mucho = be high in.

contener²

² = staunch [stanch, -USA], dam (up), smother, keep at + bay, hold + the line, repress, force back, bottle up, hold at + bay, rein in, hold + Nombre + in.

Ex: Some notable progress is being made worldwide in staunching publishers' losses.

Ex: But to prevent any meandering at all, or to dam the flow of talk too soon and too often by intruding, generally only frustrates spontaneity = Aunque evitar cualquier divagación o cortar el flujo de la conversación demasiado pronto y con demasiada frecuencia con interrupciones generalmente sólo coarta la espontaneidad.

Ex: Smothering an excusable curse, Modjeski asked: 'How much longer is Wade likely to be out?'.

Ex: A new approach is needed to maintain the freshness, vitality and humour that will keep at bay the dryer mode of academic examination.

Ex: The standpatters argue, and the progressives agree, that the tax line must be held in the interest of attracting industry = Los conservadores proponen y los progresistas están de acuerdo en que se deben contener los impuestos para atraer a la industria.

Ex: Friends of Cuban Libraries draw attention to the extent to which intellectual freedom is being repressed in Cuba.

Ex: Then tears began to well in her eyes and the trembling of her breath showed that she was forcing back a lump in her throat.

Ex: Instead of showing her anger towards her parents, Jamie continued to keep her feelings bottled up inside of her.

Ex: A man died early today after holding deputies at bay for three hours, then shooting himself.

Ex: If librarians hope to rein in escalating periodical prices, they must become more assertive consumers.

Ex: The longer a fart is held in, the larger the proportion of inert nitrogen it contains, because the other gases tend to be absorbed into the bloodstream through the walls of the intestine.

* contener Algo = keep + Nombre + in check.

* contener el aliento = hold + Posesivo + breath.

* contener la respiración = hold + Posesivo + breath.

* contener las lágrimas = hold back + Posesivo + tears.

* contener los gastos = contain + costs.

* contenerse = hold back on, forbear, check + Reflexivo.

* sin poder contenerse = helplessly.

* * *

contener [ E27 ]

vt

A «recipiente/producto/mezcla» to contain

la carta contenía acusaciones muy serias the letter contained some very serious accusations

[ S ] contiene lanolina contains lanolin

B (parar, controlar) ‹infección/epidemia› to contain; ‹respiración› to hold; ‹risa/lágrimas› to contain ( frml), to hold back; ‹invasión/revuelta› to contain

la policía intentaba contener a la gente the police tried to hold back o contain o restrain the crowd

dejó estallar aquella furia contenida he let out all that pent up o bottled up rage

■ contenerse

v pron

( refl) to contain oneself

no me pude contener y me eché a llorar I couldn't contain myself and I burst into tears

tuve que contenerme para no insultarlo it was all I could do not to insult him, I had to control myself to stop myself insulting him

* * *

contener ( conjugate contener) verbo transitivo
a) [recipiente/producto/libro] to contain

b) (parar, controlar) ‹infección/epidemia› to contain;

‹ tendencia› to curb;
‹ respiración› to hold;
‹risa/lágrimas› to contain (frml), to hold back;
‹invasión/revuelta› to contain
contenerse verbo pronominal ( refl) to contain oneself;
◊ no se pudo contener más he could contain himself no longer

contener verbo transitivo
1 to contain: ¿qué contiene esa caja?, what does that box contain?
2 (refrenar una pasión) to hold back, restrain: ¡contén tus ansias de vengarte!, restrain your desire for revenge!

' contener' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
aguantarse
- albergar
- contenerse
- dominar
- frenar
- incluir
- resistir
- respiración
- tener
- aguantar
- comprender
English:
accommodate
- breath
- check
- choke back
- contain
- curb
- dam up
- face
- hold
- hold back
- repress
- restrain
- stem
- straight
- suppress
- fight
- keep
- stifle

* * *

contener

♦ vt

1. [encerrar] to contain;

¿qué contiene esa maleta? what's in this suitcase?;

la novela contiene elementos diversos the novel has many different aspects;

no contiene CFC [en etiqueta] does not contain CFCs

2. [detener, reprimir] [epidemia] to contain;
[respiración] to hold; [conflicto, crisis] to contain; [éxodo] to contain, to stem; [inflación, salarios] to keep down;
no pudo contener la risa/el llanto he couldn't help laughing/crying;

tuvieron que contenerlo para que no agrediera al fotógrafo he had to be restrained from attacking the photographer

♦ See also the pronominal verb contenerse

* * *

contener

v/t

1 contain

2 respiración hold; muchedumbre hold back

* * *

contener {80} vt

1) : to contain, to hold

2) atajar: to restrain, to hold back

♦ See also the reflexive verb contenerse

* * *

contener vb

1. (tener) to contain

el libro contiene muchas ilustraciones the book contains a lot of illustrations

2. (aguantar) to hold back [pt. & pp. held]

no pudo contener las lágrimas she couldn't hold back her tears

Spanish-English dictionary > contener
6 estancar

v.

1 to stop, to check, to stem a current.

2 to caulk a leak. (Nautical)

3 to monopolize, to hinder the free sale of merchandise.

4 to interdict, to prohibit, to suspend (negocio).

5 to stagnate, to become stagnant (agua).

6 to stagnate. (Figurative)

7 to hold back, to dam, to hold up, to stalemate.

* * *

estancar

Conjugation model [ SACAR], like link=sacar sacar

► verbo transitivo

1 (aguas) to hold up, hold back, dam; (flujo) to check

2 figurado (progreso) to check, block, hold up; (negociaciones) to bring to a standstill

3 figurado (monopolizar) to have a state monopoly on

► verbo pronominal estancarse

1 (líquido) to stagnate, become stagnant

2 figurado to stagnate, get bogged down (negociaciones) to be deadlocked, make no headway

* * *

1. VT

1) [+ aguas] to hold back, stem

2) (=detener) [+ progreso] to hold up, stem; [+ negociación] to deadlock; [+ negocio] to stop, suspend

3) (Com) to establish a monopoly in, monopolize; pey to corner

2.

See:

estancarse

* * *
1.
verbo transitivo

a) < río>

estancaron el río con un tronco — they dammed (up) the river with a log

el derrumbe estancó las aguas del río — the landslide blocked the river

b) <negociación/proceso> to bring to a halt o standstill
2.
estancarse v pron

a) agua to become stagnant, to stagnate

b) negociación/proceso to come to a halt o standstill

c) ( con un problema) to get bogged down o stuck

* * *
1.
verbo transitivo

a) < río>

estancaron el río con un tronco — they dammed (up) the river with a log

el derrumbe estancó las aguas del río — the landslide blocked the river

b) <negociación/proceso> to bring to a halt o standstill
2.
estancarse v pron

a) agua to become stagnant, to stagnate

b) negociación/proceso to come to a halt o standstill

c) ( con un problema) to get bogged down o stuck

* * *

estancar [A2 ]

vt

1 ‹río›

estancaron el río con un tronco they dammed (up) the river with a log

el derrumbe estancó las aguas del río the landslide checked the flow of o blocked the river

2 ‹negociación/proceso› to bring to a halt o standstill

■ estancarse

v pron

1 «agua» to become stagnant, to stagnate

2 «negociación/proceso» to come to a halt o standstill

3 (con un problema) to get bogged down o stuck

* * *

estancar verbo transitivo
1 (agua) hold back
2 fig (un asunto) to block
(proceso, investigación) to bring to a standstill

* * *

estancar

♦ vt

1. [aguas] to dam up, to stem

2. [progreso, negocio] to bring to a standstill;
[negociación] to deadlock
3. Com to monopolize, to convert into a monopoly

♦ See also the pronominal verb estancarse

* * *

estancar

v/t río dam up, block; fig

bring to a standstill

* * *

estancar {72} vt

1) : to dam up, to hold back

2) : to bring to a halt, to deadlock

♦ See also the reflexive verb estancarse

Spanish-English dictionary > estancar
7 atajar

v.

1 to take a shortcut.

si bajas por aquí atajas it's quicker if you go down this way

María atajó por ahí Mary took a shortcut through there.

2 to put a stop to.

las medidas pretenden atajar el problema de la evasión de impuestos the measures are intended to put a stop to the problem of tax evasion

3 to catch. ( Latin American Spanish)

4 to intercept, to short-cut, to cut short, to head back.

El grupo atajó a los soldados The group cut the soldiers short.

5 to stop, to stonewall, to head off, to block.

El bloqueo atajó el alud The blockade stopped the landslide.

* * *

atajar

► verbo intransitivo

1 to take a short cut

► verbo transitivo

1 (interrumpir) to interrupt

2 (entorpecer el paso) to halt

* * *

1. VT

1) (=interceptar) to stop, intercept; [+ ruta de fuga] to cut off; (Arquit) to partition off; (Dep) to tackle; LAm (=coger) to catch, catch in flight

atajar un golpe — to parry a blow

atajar a algn — LAm to hold sb back ( to stop a fight)

me quiso atajar al almuerzo — LAm she wanted me to stay for lunch

2) [+ debate] to cut short; [+ discurso etc] to interrupt; [+ proceso] to end, stop, call a halt to; [+ abuso] to put a stop to

este mal hay que atajarlo — we must put an end to this evil

2.

VI (=tomar un atajo) to take a short cut ( por by way of, across)
(Aut) to cut corners
3.

See:

atajarse

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1.
verbo transitivo

1)

a) (AmL) ( agarrar) < pelota> to catch

b) (Esp) ( interceptar) <pase/pelota> to intercept

2)

a) <golpe/puñetazo> to parry, block

b) < persona> ( agarrar) to stop, catch; (interrumpir, detener) to stop

atájalo! — catch o stop him!

3) < enfermedad> to keep... in check; < incendio> to contain, check the spread of; < rumor> to quell

la manera de atajar este problema — the way to keep this problem under control o in check
2.
atajar vi

1) (por calle, camino)

atajaron por una callejuela — they took a short cut down an alley

podemos atajar por el parque — we can cut across the park

2) (Méx) ( en tenis) to pick up the balls

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= tackle, come to + terms with, cut across.

Ex. Chapter 2 tackles books, pamphlets and printed sheets, and chapter 3 is dedicated to cartographic materials.

Ex. Much of the conventional wisdom of librarianship is going to have to undergo what is so aptly described as an 'agonizing reappraisal' before we can come to terms with the new information age.

Ex. He looked up and saw two figures cutting across the field, a colored man and woman, each carrying a bottle.

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* atajar un problema = grapple with + problem.

* sin atajar = unconfronted.

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1.
verbo transitivo

1)

a) (AmL) ( agarrar) < pelota> to catch

b) (Esp) ( interceptar) <pase/pelota> to intercept

2)

a) <golpe/puñetazo> to parry, block

b) < persona> ( agarrar) to stop, catch; (interrumpir, detener) to stop

atájalo! — catch o stop him!

3) < enfermedad> to keep... in check; < incendio> to contain, check the spread of; < rumor> to quell

la manera de atajar este problema — the way to keep this problem under control o in check
2.
atajar vi

1) (por calle, camino)

atajaron por una callejuela — they took a short cut down an alley

podemos atajar por el parque — we can cut across the park

2) (Méx) ( en tenis) to pick up the balls

* * *

= tackle, come to + terms with, cut across.

Ex: Chapter 2 tackles books, pamphlets and printed sheets, and chapter 3 is dedicated to cartographic materials.

Ex: Much of the conventional wisdom of librarianship is going to have to undergo what is so aptly described as an 'agonizing reappraisal' before we can come to terms with the new information age.

Ex: He looked up and saw two figures cutting across the field, a colored man and woman, each carrying a bottle.

* atajar un problema = grapple with + problem.

* sin atajar = unconfronted.

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atajar [A1 ]

vt

A

1 ( AmL) (agarrar) ‹pelota› to catch

atajó las llaves que le tiré he caught the keys that I threw him

2 ( Esp) (interceptar) ‹pase/pelota› to intercept, cut out

B

1 ‹golpe/puñetazo› to parry, block

2 ‹persona› (agarrar) to stop, catch; (interrumpir, detener) to stop

¡atájalo! catch o stop him!

si no los hubiéramos atajado se habrían agarrado a puñetazos they would have started fighting o ( BrE) come to blows if we hadn't stopped them

el presentador tuvo que atajarlo the presenter had to cut him short o stop him

C ‹enfermedad› to keep … in check, check the spread of; ‹incendio› to contain, check the spread of; ‹rumor› to quell

buscan la manera de atajar este problema they are looking for a way to keep this problem under control o in check, they are looking for a way to stop this problem (from) getting worse o (from) spreading

atajar el déficit público to keep the public-sector deficit in check

■ atajar

vi

A

(por una calle, un parque): atajaron por una calle poco transitada they took a short cut down a quiet back street

podemos atajar por el parque we can cut across the park, we can take a short cut across the park

B ( Méx) (en tenis) to pick up the balls

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atajar ( conjugate atajar) verbo transitivo
1
a) (AmL) ( agarrar) ‹ pelota› to catch

b) (Esp) ( interceptar) ‹pase/pelota› to intercept

2
a) ‹golpe/puñetazo› to parry, block

b) ‹ persona› ( agarrar) to stop, catch;

(interrumpir, detener) to stop
3 ‹enfermedad/problema› to keep … in check;
‹ incendio› to contain;
‹ rumor› to quell
atajar verbo intransitivo
1 to take a shortcut [por, through]
2 (parar) to put a stop to
' atajar' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
cortar
- agarrar
English:
corner
- short-circuit
- arrest
- halt
- head

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atajar

♦ vt

1. [contener] to put a stop to;
[hemorragia, inundación] to stem;
atajar un problema to nip a problem in the bud;

las medidas pretenden atajar el problema de la evasión de impuestos the measures are intended to put a stop to the problem of tax evasion

2. [salir al encuentro de] to cut off, to head off;

la policía atajó a los terroristas en la frontera the police cut off o headed off the terrorists at the border

3. [interrumpir] to cut short, to interrupt;

no me atajes cuando estoy hablando don't interrupt me o butt in when I'm speaking

4. [interceptar] [pase] to cut off, to intercept

5. Am [agarrar] to catch;

tírame las llaves que las atajo throw me the keys, I'll catch them;

el portero atajó la pelota the goalkeeper stopped the ball

♦ vi
[acortar] to take a short cut ( por through);
atajaremos por el puente we can take a short cut via the bridge;

si bajas por aquí atajas it's quicker if you go down this way

♦ See also the pronominal verb atajarse

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atajar

I v/t

1 check the spread of, contain

2 L.Am.

pelota catch

II v/i take a short cut

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atajar vt

1) impedir: to block, to stop

2) interrumpir: to interrupt, to cut off

3) contener: to hold back, to restrain

atajar vi

atajar por : to take a shortcut through

Spanish-English dictionary > atajar
8 represar

v.

1 to recapture or retake from the enemy.

2 to repress, to moderate one's passions.

3 to dam, to dam up, to stem, to stop the flow of.

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represar

► verbo transitivo

1 to hold back

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VT

1) (Náut) to recapture

2) (=detener) to check, put a stop to

3) (Pol) (=reprimir) to repress

4) [+ agua] to dam, dam up; (fig) to stem

* * *

= dam.

Ex. Farmlands, livestock, crops and natural biodiversity were lost due to changes in the river flow pattern caused by damming the rivers.

* * *

= dam.

Ex: Farmlands, livestock, crops and natural biodiversity were lost due to changes in the river flow pattern caused by damming the rivers.

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represar [A1 ]

vt

to dam

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represar vt
[agua] to dam
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represar

v/t agua dam

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represar vt

: to dam

Spanish-English dictionary > represar
9 frenar

v.

1 to brake (automobiles).

El auto frena de repente The car brakes suddenly.

Ricardo frenó el auto Richard braked the car.

2 to check.

los altos tipos de interés frenan a los inversores the high interest rates are holding investors back

3 to rein in, to rein up, to rein back.

El jinete frenó al caballo The rider reined in the horse.

María frenó su lengua Mary checked her tongue.

4 to halt, to set back, to slow down to a halt.

El movimiento frenó The movement slowed down to a halt.

5 to scotch, to spoke.

El mecánico frena la rueda The mechanic scotches the wheel.

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frenar

► verbo transitivo

1 to brake

2 figurado to restrain, check

► verbo intransitivo

1 to brake

■ frenó de golpe he jammed on the brakes

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verb

1) to brake

2) check

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1. VT

1) (Aut, Mec) to brake

2) (=contener) [+ inflación, crecimiento, avance, deterioro] to check, slow down; [+ pasiones, entusiasmo] to curb; [+ enemigo, ataque] to check, hold back

su novia tiene que frenarle para que no beba tanto — his girlfriend has to restrain him from drinking so much

2.

VI (Aut) to brake

frena, que viene una curva — brake, there's a bend coming up

frenar en seco — to brake sharply o suddenly

3.

See:

frenarse

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1.
verbo transitivo

1) (Transp) to brake

2) <proceso/deterioro> to slow... down; <alza/inflación> to curb, check; <progreso/desarrollo> to hold... back

para frenar la ola de refugiados — to stem the flow of refugees
2.
frenar vi to brake, apply the brake(s) (frml)
3.
frenarse v pron (refl) to restrain oneself

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= put + the brakes on, stultify, rein in, curb, apply + the brakes, slow down, slow up, brake, hold + Nombre + back.

Ex. At the heart of the debate on Community budget and agricultural reforms has been the UK's insistence on the need to put the brakes on runaway spending on agriculture.

Ex. Excessive standardisation also tends to stultify development and improvement of IT products.

Ex. If librarians hope to rein in escalating periodical prices, they must become more assertive consumers.

Ex. A book detection system was installed to curb thefts which had been seriously eroding the library's resources for some time, creating a heavy drain on the limited book budget.

Ex. The conclusion by the article 'Children's bookstores: applying the brakes' is that the rapid growth in children's bookstores and bookselling, documented in previous surveys, may have finally reached a plateau.

Ex. However, the flight from DC appears to have slowed down more quickly than was anticipated, and we no longer read of large numbers of libraries making the change.

Ex. Since cataloging is the most time consuming part of digitization, it has slowed up the placement of files.

Ex. Last year the system was upgraded so the car will brake if the driver fails to react to a dangerous situation.

Ex. Despite the improvements in the 17th edition, the scheme has been held back for years by the old policy of 'integrity of numbers' referred to above, the effects of which are not likely to be quickly mitigated.

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* frenar el gasto público = curb + public spending.

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1.
verbo transitivo

1) (Transp) to brake

2) <proceso/deterioro> to slow... down; <alza/inflación> to curb, check; <progreso/desarrollo> to hold... back

para frenar la ola de refugiados — to stem the flow of refugees
2.
frenar vi to brake, apply the brake(s) (frml)
3.
frenarse v pron (refl) to restrain oneself

* * *

= put + the brakes on, stultify, rein in, curb, apply + the brakes, slow down, slow up, brake, hold + Nombre + back.

Ex: At the heart of the debate on Community budget and agricultural reforms has been the UK's insistence on the need to put the brakes on runaway spending on agriculture.

Ex: Excessive standardisation also tends to stultify development and improvement of IT products.

Ex: If librarians hope to rein in escalating periodical prices, they must become more assertive consumers.

Ex: A book detection system was installed to curb thefts which had been seriously eroding the library's resources for some time, creating a heavy drain on the limited book budget.

Ex: The conclusion by the article 'Children's bookstores: applying the brakes' is that the rapid growth in children's bookstores and bookselling, documented in previous surveys, may have finally reached a plateau.

Ex: However, the flight from DC appears to have slowed down more quickly than was anticipated, and we no longer read of large numbers of libraries making the change.

Ex: Since cataloging is the most time consuming part of digitization, it has slowed up the placement of files.

Ex: Last year the system was upgraded so the car will brake if the driver fails to react to a dangerous situation.

Ex: Despite the improvements in the 17th edition, the scheme has been held back for years by the old policy of 'integrity of numbers' referred to above, the effects of which are not likely to be quickly mitigated.

* frenar el gasto público = curb + public spending.

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frenar [A1 ]

vt

A ( Transp) to brake

B

1 ‹proceso/deterioro› to slow … down, check; ‹alza/inflación› to curb, check, slow … down; ‹progreso/desarrollo› to hold … back, slow … up/down

frena la maduración de la fruta it stops the fruit ripening so quickly, it slows down the ripening process of the fruit

a veces uno tiene que frenar la lengua there are times when one has to hold one's tongue

para frenar la ola de refugiados to stem the flow of refugees

2 ‹ilusiones/esperanzas› to put a damper on

■ frenar

vi

to brake, apply the brake(s) ( frml)

■ frenarse

v pron

( refl) to restrain oneself

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frenar ( conjugate frenar) verbo transitivo
1 (Transp) to brake
2 ‹proceso/deterioro› to slow … down;
‹alza/inflación› to curb, check;
‹progreso/desarrollo› to hold … back
verbo intransitivo
to brake, apply the brake(s) (frml)
frenar verbo transitivo
1 (un vehículo, máquina) to brake
2 (contener) (crisis, inflación, etc) to slow down
(una tendencia, un impulso) to restrain
' frenar' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
retardar
- seco
English:
arrest
- brake
- check
- put on
- slam on
- apply
- curb

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frenar

♦ vt

1. [en vehículo] to brake

2. [contener] to check;
[disminuir] to curb, to slow down;
medidas para frenar el desempleo measures to curb unemployment;

nadie pudo frenar a la estrella brasileña no one could stop the Brazilian star;

los altos tipos de interés frenan a los inversores the high interest rates are holding investors back

♦ vi
[en vehículo] to brake
♦ See also the pronominal verb frenarse

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frenar

I v/i AUTO brake;

frenar en seco brake sharply

II v/t fig

slow down; impulsos check

* * *

frenar vt

1) : to brake

2) detener: to curb, to check

frenar vi

: to apply the brakes

♦ See also the reflexive verb frenarse

* * *

frenar vb to brake

Spanish-English dictionary > frenar
10 axila

f.

1 armpit.

2 axil, angle or point of divergence between the upper side of a branch or a leaf and the stem from which it springs, plant's axil.

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axila

► nombre femenino

1 (del cuerpo) armpit, underarm

2 MEDICINA axilla

3 (de planta) axil

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SF armpit

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femenino

a) (Anat) armpit, axilla (tech)

b) (Bot) axillary bud

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= armpit, underarm.

Ex. Despite the vitality of some poems, however, the reiterative imagery and the repeated return to the sites of ear, armpit, and groin contributes to a uniformity that can become wearying.

Ex. Most of us know how to stop underarm sweat by using antiperspirants but this is not the only remedy.

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femenino

a) (Anat) armpit, axilla (tech)

b) (Bot) axillary bud

* * *

= armpit, underarm.

Ex: Despite the vitality of some poems, however, the reiterative imagery and the repeated return to the sites of ear, armpit, and groin contributes to a uniformity that can become wearying.

Ex: Most of us know how to stop underarm sweat by using antiperspirants but this is not the only remedy
.

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axila

feminine

1 ( Anat) [ Vocabulary notes (Spanish) ] armpit, axilla ( tech)

2 ( Bot) axillary bud

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axila sustantivo femenino (Anat) armpit, axilla (tech)
axila sustantivo femenino armpit
' axila' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
escocido
English:
armpit
- arm

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axila nf

1. [sobaco] armpit

2. Bot axil

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axila

f armpit

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axila nf

: underarm, armpit

* * *

axila n armpit

Spanish-English dictionary > axila

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stem — The stem [OE] of a tree is etymologically the upright part, the part that ‘stands’ up. The word comes from prehistoric Germanic *stamniz, a derivative of the base *sta ‘stand’ (which also produced English stand). The application to the ‘front of… … Word origins
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stop — 1 vb stopped, stop·ping vt 1: to cause to halt stopped payment 2: to subject to a legal stop vi: to cease activity or motion stop 2 n: an act or inst … Law dictionary
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stem — I (check) verb arrest, balk, bear up against, block, bung, checkmate, choke, clog, coercere, cohibere, cork, counteract, curb, dam up, deadlock, deter, foil, frustrate, halt, hamper, hinder, hold back, impede, intercept, interrupt, keep at bay,… … Law dictionary
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stop — [n1] end, halt; impediment bar, barricade, blank wall*, block, blockade, break, break off, brick wall*, cease, cessation, check, close, closing, conclusion, control, cutoff, desistance, discontinuation, ending, fence, finish, freeze*, grinding… … New thesaurus
stem — n. central stalk of a plant; petiole; slender part which connects or supports; main part of a word to which affixes are added (Grammar); family line of descent, ancestry v. arise, come from, originate; remove the stem from; stop, check, dam up;… … English contemporary dictionary

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