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1. striŋ noun1) ((a piece of) long narrow cord made of threads twisted together, or tape, for tying, fastening etc: a piece of string to tie a parcel; a ball of string; a puppet's strings; apron-strings.) cuerda, cordel2) (a fibre etc, eg on a vegetable.) fibra, hebra3) (a piece of wire, gut etc on a musical instrument, eg a violin: His A-string broke; (also adjective) He plays the viola in a string orchestra.) cuerda4) (a series or group of things threaded on a cord etc: a string of beads.) sarta, collar; hilera, fila
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verb1) (to put (beads etc) on a string etc: The pearls were sent to a jeweller to be strung.) ensartar2) (to put a string or strings on (eg a bow or stringed instrument): The archer strung his bow and aimed an arrow at the target.) encordar3) (to remove strings from (vegetables etc).) desfibrar, quitar la hebra4) (to tie and hang with string etc: The farmer strung up the dead crows on the fence.) colgar•- strings- stringy
- stringiness
- string bean
- stringed instruments
- have someone on a string
- have on a string
- pull strings
- pull the strings
- string out
- strung up
- stringent
- stringently
- stringency
string n1. cordel / cuerda2. cuerdatr[strɪŋ]2 (on instrument, racket) cuerda3 (of garlic, onions) ristra; (of pearls, beads) sarta, hilo4 (of vehicles) fila, hilera; (of hotels) cadena; (of events) serie nombre femenino, cadena, sucesión nombre femenino; (of lies, complaints) sarta; (of insults) retahíla1 (beads) ensartar, enhebrar2 (guitar, racket) encordar3 (beans) quitar la hebra a1 SMALLMUSIC/SMALL los instrumentos nombre masculino plural de cuerda\SMALLIDIOMATIC EXPRESSION/SMALLno strings attached sin (ningún) compromisoto have somebody on a string tener a alguien en un puñoto have two strings to one's bow ser una persona de recursosto pull strings tocar teclasto pull strings for somebody enchufar a alguienstring bag bolsa de redstring band orquesta de cuerdastring orchestra orquestra de cuerdastring quartet cuarteto de cuerdastring vest camiseta de malla1) thread: ensartarto string beads: ensartar cuentas2) hang: colgar (con un cordel)string n1) : cordel m, cuerda f2) series: serie f, sarta f (de insultos, etc.)3) strings npl: cuerdas fpl (en música)n.• atadura s.f.• brizna s.f.• cabo s.m.• cordel s.m.• cordón s.m.• cuerda s.f.• fibra s.f.• fila s.f.• hebra s.f.• hilera s.f.• hilo s.m.• lazo s.m.• retahila s.f.• ristra s.f.• sarta s.f.• sartal s.m.expr.• tomarle a alguien el pelo expr.v.(§ p.,p.p.: strung) = atar con cuerdas v.• encordar v.• enfilar v.• enhebrar v.• enhilar v.• enristrar v.• ensartar v.
I strɪŋ1)a) u c (cord, length of cord) cordel m, bramante m (Esp), mecate m (AmC, Méx, Ven), pita f (Andes), cáñamo m (Andes), piolín m (RPl)a piece of string — un (trozo de) cordel (or bramante etc)
no strings attached — sin compromisos, sin condiciones
to be tied to somebody's apron strings — estar* pegado a las faldas de alguien
to have somebody on a string — tener* a alguien en un puño; pull I 2) a)
2) ca) ( on instrument) cuerda f; (before n)string quartet — cuarteto m de cuerdas
b) ( on racket) cuerda fc) ( in archery) cuerda fto have several strings o more than one string to one's bow — tener* varios recursos
3) ca) (set - of pearls, beads) sarta f, hilo m; (- of onions, garlic) ristra fb) ( series - of people) sucesión f; (- of vehicles) fila f, hilera f; (- of events) serie f, cadena f; (- of curses, complaints, lies) sarta f, retahíla f
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(past & past p strung) transitive verb1) ( suspend) colgar*2)a) \<\<guitar/racket/bow\>\> encordar*, ponerle* (las) cuerdas ab) \<\<beads/pearls\>\> ensartar, enhebrar•Phrasal Verbs:[strɪŋ] (vb: pt, pp strung)1. N1) (=cord) cuerda f, cordel m, cabuya f (LAm), mecate m (Mex); (=lace etc) cordón m- have sb on a string- pull strings- have two strings to one's bow2) (=row) [of onions, garlic] ristra f ; [of beads] hilo m, sarta f ; [of vehicles] caravana f, fila f ; [of people] hilera f, desfile m ; [of horses etc] reata f ; [of excuses, lies] sarta f, serie f ; [of curses] retahíla f3) (on musical instrument, racket) cuerda fthe strings — (=instruments) los instrumentos de cuerda
4) (fig) condición f5) (Comput) cadena f6) (Bot) fibra f, nervio m2. VT1) [+ pearls etc] ensartarthey are just stray thoughts strung together — son pensamientos aislados que se han ensartado sin propósito
2) [+ violin, tennis racket, bow] encordar3) [+ beans etc] desfibrar3.CPDstring bag N — bolsa f de red
string bean N — (US) judía f verde, ejote m (Mex), poroto m verde (S. Cone)
string instrument N — instrumento m de cuerda
string orchestra N — orquesta f de cuerdas
string quartet N — cuarteto m de cuerda(s)
string section N — (Mus) sección f de cuerda(s), cuerda(s) f(pl)
string vest N — camiseta f de malla
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I [strɪŋ]1)a) u c (cord, length of cord) cordel m, bramante m (Esp), mecate m (AmC, Méx, Ven), pita f (Andes), cáñamo m (Andes), piolín m (RPl)a piece of string — un (trozo de) cordel (or bramante etc)
no strings attached — sin compromisos, sin condiciones
to be tied to somebody's apron strings — estar* pegado a las faldas de alguien
to have somebody on a string — tener* a alguien en un puño; pull I 2) a)
2) ca) ( on instrument) cuerda f; (before n)string quartet — cuarteto m de cuerdas
b) ( on racket) cuerda fc) ( in archery) cuerda fto have several strings o more than one string to one's bow — tener* varios recursos
3) ca) (set - of pearls, beads) sarta f, hilo m; (- of onions, garlic) ristra fb) ( series - of people) sucesión f; (- of vehicles) fila f, hilera f; (- of events) serie f, cadena f; (- of curses, complaints, lies) sarta f, retahíla f
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(past & past p strung) transitive verb1) ( suspend) colgar*2)a) \<\<guitar/racket/bow\>\> encordar*, ponerle* (las) cuerdas ab) \<\<beads/pearls\>\> ensartar, enhebrar•Phrasal Verbs: -
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(the long, edible green or yellow pod of certain beans.) judía verdejudía verde: judía f, ejote m Mex* * * -
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bi:n1) (any one of several kinds of pod-bearing plant or its seed: black beans; green beans; red beans.) judía, habichuela2) (the bean-like seed of other plants: coffee beans.) granobean n1. judía / alubia / haba2. granotr[biːn]1 (vegetable) alubia, judía, haba2 (of coffee) grano\SMALLIDIOMATIC EXPRESSION/SMALLto be full of beans rebosar vitalidadto spill the beans descubrir el pastelnot a bean SMALLBRITISH ENGLISH/SMALL ni un duronot to know beans about something SMALLAMERICAN ENGLISH/SMALL no saber ni jota de algobean shoot brote nombre masculino de sojabroad bean habaFrench bean judía verdegreen bean judía verdekidney bean frijol nombre masculinorunner bean judía verdestring bean judía verdebean ['bi:n] n1) : habichuela f, frijol m2)broad bean : haba f3)string bean : judía fn.• algarroba s.f.• alubia s.f.• haba s.f.• judía s.f.v.• golpear en la cabeza v.
I biːn1)a) (fresh, in pod) green beanb) ( dried) frijol m or (Esp) alubia f or judía f or (CS) poroto m or (Ven) caraota fto be full of beans — (colloq) estar* lleno de vida
to spill the beans — descubrir* el pastel, levantar la liebre or (RPl) la perdiz
c) ( coffee bean) grano m (de café)2) (colloq)a) (scrap, trace) (esp BrE) (with neg)not to have a bean — (BrE) estar* pelado (fam)
not to know beans about something — (AmE) no saber* ni papa de algo (fam)
b) ( head) (AmE) coco m (fam), mate m (AmS fam)
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transitive verb (AmE colloq)[biːn]to bean somebody — darle* un porrazo or un mamporro en la cabeza a alguien (fam)
1. N1) (gen) frijol m, alubia f (Sp); (kidney) frijol m, judía f (Sp), poroto m (S. Cone); (broad, haricot) haba f ; (green) habichuela f, judía f verde (Sp), ejote m (Mex), poroto m verde (S. Cone); (coffee) grano mnot a bean! * — ¡nada en absoluto!
I haven't a bean — (Brit) * estoy pelado *, no tengo un duro (Sp) *, no tengo un peso (LAm) *
- be full of beans- know how many beans make fivespill I, 1., 1)hello, old bean! — (Brit) † * ¡hola, macho! (Sp) *, ¡hola, viejo! (LAm) *
3) (US) * (=head, brain) coco * m2.CPDbean counter * N — pej contable o gerente obsesionado por los números
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I [biːn]1)a) (fresh, in pod) green beanb) ( dried) frijol m or (Esp) alubia f or judía f or (CS) poroto m or (Ven) caraota fto be full of beans — (colloq) estar* lleno de vida
to spill the beans — descubrir* el pastel, levantar la liebre or (RPl) la perdiz
c) ( coffee bean) grano m (de café)2) (colloq)a) (scrap, trace) (esp BrE) (with neg)not to have a bean — (BrE) estar* pelado (fam)
not to know beans about something — (AmE) no saber* ni papa de algo (fam)
b) ( head) (AmE) coco m (fam), mate m (AmS fam)
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transitive verb (AmE colloq)to bean somebody — darle* un porrazo or un mamporro en la cabeza a alguien (fam)
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String beans — String String (str[i^]ng), n. [OE. string, streng, AS. streng; akin to D. streng, G. strang, Icel. strengr, Sw. str[ a]ng, Dan. str[ae]ng; probably from the adj., E. strong (see {Strong}); or perhaps originally meaning, twisted, and akin to E.… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
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String band — String String (str[i^]ng), n. [OE. string, streng, AS. streng; akin to D. streng, G. strang, Icel. strengr, Sw. str[ a]ng, Dan. str[ae]ng; probably from the adj., E. strong (see {Strong}); or perhaps originally meaning, twisted, and akin to E.… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
string line — String String (str[i^]ng), n. [OE. string, streng, AS. streng; akin to D. streng, G. strang, Icel. strengr, Sw. str[ a]ng, Dan. str[ae]ng; probably from the adj., E. strong (see {Strong}); or perhaps originally meaning, twisted, and akin to E.… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
string bean — string beans 1) N COUNT: usu pl String beans are long, very narrow green vegetables consisting of the cases that contain the seeds of a climbing plant. [AM] (in BRIT, use French beans) 2) N COUNT: usu pl String beans are vegetables similar to… … English dictionary
String — (str[i^]ng), v. t. [imp. {Strung} (str[u^]ng); p. p. {Strung} (R. {Stringed} (str[i^]ngd)); p. pr. & vb. n. {Stringing}.] 1. To furnish with strings; as, to string a violin. [1913 Webster] Has not wise nature strung the legs and feet With firmest … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
string — stringless, adj. stringlike, adj. /string/, n., v., strung; strung or (Rare) stringed; stringing. n. 1. a slender cord or thick thread used for binding or tying; line. 2. something resembling a cord or thread. 3. Physics. a mathematical entity… … Universalium
string — /strɪŋ / (say string) noun 1. a line, cord, or thread, used for tying parcels, etc. 2. a narrow strip of cloth, leather, etc., for tying parts together: strings of a bonnet. 3. something resembling a string or thread. 4. a number of objects, as… …
string — [[t]strɪŋ[/t]] n. v. strung, string•ing 1) a slender cord used for binding or tying 2) a narrow strip of flexible material for tying parts together: bonnet strings[/ex] 3) jew a collection of objects threaded on a string: a string of pearls[/ex]… … From formal English to slang
string — I. noun Etymology: Middle English, from Old English streng; akin to Old High German strang rope, Latin stringere to bind tight more at strain Date: before 12th century 1. a. a cord usually used to bind, fasten, or tie often used attributively < a … New Collegiate Dictionary
string bean — UK / US noun [countable] Word forms string bean : singular string bean plural string beans a) British a runner bean b) American a green bean … English dictionary
