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1 chelidonia

chĕlīdŏnĭus, a, um, adj., = chelidonios, pertaining to the swallow:
lapilli,
found in the crop of young swallows, swallow-stone, Plin. 11, 37, 79, § 203:
ficus,
a particular reddish species of fig, Col. 10, 415; Plin. 15, 18, 19, § 71:
gemma,
Plin. 37, 10, 56, § 154.—
B.
Subst.: chĕlīdŏnĭa, ae, f. (sc. herba): Chelidonium majus, Linn.; swallowwort, celandine, Plin. 25, 8, 50, §§ 89 and 90; also herba chelidoniae in Ser. Samm. 37, 699.

Lewis & Short latin dictionary > chelidonia
2 chelidonius

chĕlīdŏnĭus, a, um, adj., = chelidonios, pertaining to the swallow:
lapilli,
found in the crop of young swallows, swallow-stone, Plin. 11, 37, 79, § 203:
ficus,
a particular reddish species of fig, Col. 10, 415; Plin. 15, 18, 19, § 71:
gemma,
Plin. 37, 10, 56, § 154.—
B.
Subst.: chĕlīdŏnĭa, ae, f. (sc. herba): Chelidonium majus, Linn.; swallowwort, celandine, Plin. 25, 8, 50, §§ 89 and 90; also herba chelidoniae in Ser. Samm. 37, 699.

Lewis & Short latin dictionary > chelidonius
3 celidonia

f.

1 common celandine, swallowwort, tether-wort. (Botany)

2 swallow-stone, a small stone with several impressions.

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SF celandine

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celidonia

feminine

celandine

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celidonia nf

celandine

Spanish-English dictionary > celidonia
4 remover el cielo y la tierra

(v.) = hunt + high and low, look + high and low, leave + no stone unturned, move + heaven and earth

Ex. They hunted high and low, even examining the waste-paper baskets, but to no avail.

Ex. They went backstage and looked high and low for Andre, but he was gone.

Ex. In out search for Mom's wedding ring, we left no stone unturned.

Ex. I say in the interests of the club and its supporters, Phil Gartside should swallow his pride and move heaven and earth to get Sam back here.

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(v.) = hunt + high and low, look + high and low, leave + no stone unturned, move + heaven and earth

Ex: They hunted high and low, even examining the waste-paper baskets, but to no avail.

Ex: They went backstage and looked high and low for Andre, but he was gone.

Ex: In out search for Mom's wedding ring, we left no stone unturned.

Ex: I say in the interests of the club and its supporters, Phil Gartside should swallow his pride and move heaven and earth to get Sam back here.

Spanish-English dictionary > remover el cielo y la tierra
5 comer

v.

1 to eat (ingerir alimentos).

no come carne casi nunca she hardly ever eats meat

¿qué hay de comer? what's for lunch?; (al mediodía) what's for dinner? (a noche)

comer fuera to go out for lunch (al mediodía)

¡a comer, chicos! lunch is/dinner's/etc ready, children!

dar de comer to feed

2 to take, to capture.

me comió un alfil he took one of my bishops

3 to eat up.

les come la envidia they're eaten up with envy

eso me come mucho tiempo that takes up a lot of my time

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comer

► verbo transitivo

1 to eat

■ comer pescado to eat fish

2 (tomar) to have

■ para cenar comimos sopa we had soup for dinner

3 (color) to fade

4 (corroer) to corrode

5 figurado (gastar) to eat away; (combustible) to use, use up

6 (en ajedrez) to take, capture

► verbo intransitivo

1 (gen) to eat; (a mediodía) to have lunch, lunch; (por la noche) to have dinner, dine

■ ayer comimos a las dos yesterday we had lunch at two

■ mañana vamos a comer fuera tomorrow we're going to eat out

■ David me ha invitado a comer David's invited me to lunch

► nombre masculino

1 eating

► verbo pronominal comerse

1 to eat

■ se lo comió todo he ate all of it

2 figurado (saltarse) to omit; (párrafo) to skip; (palabra) to swallow

■ se come las palabras she doesn't pronounce her words very clearly

3 (color) to fade

4 (el mar, la tierra) to swallow

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FRASEOLOGÍA

comer como un pajarito familiar not to eat enough to feed a sparrow

comer como una lima / comer como un regimiento / comer por cuatro familiar to eat like a horse

come con los ojos his (her, your, etc) eyes are bigger than his (her, your, etc) belly

comerse a alguien a besos figurado to smother somebody with kisses

comerse a alguien con los ojos figurado to look at somebody lovingly

comerse algo con los ojos familiar to devour something with one's eyes

comerse las uñas to bite one's nails

¿con qué se come eso? familiar what the heck is that?

dar de comer to feed

echar de comer (a los animales) to feed (the animals)

está para comérsela familiar (mujer) she's really tasty

me come la envidia figurado I'm green with envy

no tener qué comer not to have enough to live on

ser de buen comer to be a good eater

sin comerlo ni beberlo familiar without having had anything to do with it

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verb

to eat

- dar de comer

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1. VT

1) [+ comida] to eat

¿quieres comer algo? — would you like something to eat?

no tienen qué comer — they have nothing to eat

sin comerlo ni beberlo —

sin comerlo ni beberlo, me vi envuelto en un caso de contrabando de drogas — without really knowing how, I found myself involved in a drug smuggling case

ha recibido una herencia sin comerlo ni beberlo — he's come into an inheritance without having done anything to deserve it
coco I, 2), tarro 2)
2) (=almorzar) to have for lunch, eat for lunch

los domingos suelo comer paella — on Sundays I usually have paella for lunch

3) (=hacer desaparecer)

el pelo te come la cara — your hair's covering half your face

esto come las existencias — this devours the stocks

poco a poco el polvo fue comiendo la casa — dust gradually took over the house

• comer terreno, la derecha les está comiendo terreno — the right is gaining ground on them

el equipo se dejó comer el terreno — the team conceded a lot of ground

4) (=destruir, consumir)

un ácido que come la plata — an acid that corrodes silver

el agua comió la piedra — the water wore down the stone

eso les come la moral — that's eating away at their morale

le come la envidia por dentro — she is eaten up o consumed with envy

5) (=escocer)

el picor me come la pierna — my leg's stinging

6) (Ajedrez) to take

2. VI

1) (=ingerir alimento) to eat

¿qué hay para comer? — what have we got to eat?, what is there to eat?

los leones tienen que cazar para comer — lions have to hunt to eat

¡come y calla! — shut up and eat your food! *

• comer de algo — (=tomar comida) to eat sth; (=vivir) to live off sth

come de los platos de los demás — she eats other people's food

no todos podemos comer de lo que cultivamos — not all of us can live off what we grow ourselves

• comer fuera — to eat out

comer con los ojos —

siempre comes con o por los ojos — your eyes are bigger than your stomach

- comer como una vaca o fiera

- no comer ni dejar comer

- el mismo que come y viste

2) (=tomar la comida principal) esp Esp [a mediodía] to have lunch; LAm [por la noche] to have dinner

comemos a la una — we have lunch at one

me gusta comer fuerte y cenar poco — I like to have a big lunch and a light evening meal

3)

• dar de comer — to feed

estaba dando de comer al niño — she was feeding her child

dar de comer a las gallinas — to feed the hens

ni siquiera nos dio de comer — she didn't even give us anything to eat

4) And
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comer a algn — to screw sb ***

3.

See:

comerse

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I 1.
verbo intransitivo

1)

a) ( tomar alimentos) to eat

no tengo ganas de comer — I'm not hungry

este niño no me come nada — (fam) this child won't eat anything (colloq)

comer como un sabañón or (Esp) una lima or (Méx) un pelón de hospicio — (fam) to eat like a horse

b)

dar de comer — to feed

dar(le) de comer a alguien (en la boca) — to spoonfeed somebody

darle de comer al gato/al niño — to feed the cat/the kid

come y calla! — shut up and do as you're told

2)

a) ( tomar una comida) to eat

todavía no hemos comido — we haven't eaten yet

salir a comer (fuera) — to go out for a meal, to eat out

a comer! — lunch (o dinner etc) is ready!

¿qué hay de comer? — ( a mediodía) what's for lunch?; ( por la noche) what's for dinner o supper?

aquí se come muy bien — the food here is very good

b) (esp Esp, Méx) ( almorzar) to have lunch, have dinner (BrE colloq)

nos invitaron a comer — they asked us to lunch

c) (esp AmL) ( cenar) to have dinner

comemos a las nueve — we have o eat dinner at nine
2.
comer vt

1) <fruta/verdura/carne> to eat

no puedo comer chocolate — I can't have o eat chocolate

come un poco de queso — have a little cheese

¿puedo comer otro? — can I have another one?

no tienen qué comer — they don't have anything to eat

mira el suéter, me lo comió la polilla — look at my sweater, the moths have been at it

como un cáncer que le come las entrañas — (liter) like a cancer gnawing away at his insides

sin comerlo ni beberlo — (Esp)

me llevé el castigo sin comerlo ni beberlo — I got punished even though I didn't have anything to do with it

¿(y) eso con qué se come? — (Esp fam) what on earth's that? (colloq)

2) (fam) ( hacer desaparecer) comerse 3

3) (en ajedrez, damas) to take
3.
comerse v pron

1) ( al escribir) <acento/palabra> to leave off; <línea/párrafo> to miss out; ( al hablar) < letra> to leave off; < palabra> to swallow

2)

a) (enf) < comida> to eat

cómetelo todo — eat it all up

comerse algo de un bocado — to gulp something down in one go

está para comérsela — (fam) she's really tasty (colloq)

comerse las uñas — to bite one's nails

se lo come la envidia — he's eaten up o consumed with envy

comerse a alguien vivo — (fam) to skin somebody alive (colloq)

b) (fam) ( ser muy superior) to surpass, overshadow

3) (enf) (fam) ( hacer desaparecer)

a) acido/óxido to eat away (at); polilla/ratón to eat away (at)

b) inflación/alquiler <sueldo/ahorros> to eat away at

el colegio de los niños se come casi todo el sueldo — almost all my salary goes on the children's school fees

se los va a comer la mugre — they'll be up to their ears in muck (colloq)

4) (Col fam) ( poseer sexualmente) to have (colloq)
II
masculino eating

una persona de buen comer — someone who enjoys his/her food

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= eat, graze (on), dine, munch, nosh.

Ex. Even the fearsome shark knows enough not to drive away the pilot fish while it eats, nor does it make a meal of the pilot fish when food is scarce.

Ex. Whereas, before, the land was dense with stately white pines, now apple, plum, pear, peach, and cherry orchards stood in regimented rows and cattle grazed peacefully.

Ex. They drove from the airport to the restaurant where he was to dine with the president of the 'Friends of the Library' group.

Ex. People engage in a wide range of activities in libraries, from lively dialog while munching sandwiches and sipping soda, to flirting and caressing, to the more traditional activities of reading and information searching.

Ex. Several hundred fans noshed on gourmet sandwiches, pizza, pasta and fancy chips and dips.

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* comer a dos carrillos = stuff + Posesivo + face.

* comer Algo para matar el gusanillo = eat + Comida + to keep + Nombre + going.

* comer carroña = scavenging.

* comer como una lima = eat like + a horse.

* comer como un animal = eat like + an animal.

* comer como una vaca = eat like + a horse.

* comer como un pajarito = eat like + a bird.

* comer como un sabañón = eat like + a horse.

* comer con apetito = eat with + appetite.

* comer en casa = eat in.

* comer fuera = eat out.

* comerse = make + a meal of, prey on/upon, chew up.

* comerse Algo vivo = eat + Nombre + alive.

* comerse con los ojos = ogle.

* comerse el tarro = dwell on/upon.

* comerse las uñas = bite + Posesivo + fingers, bite + Posesivo + fingernails.

* comerse los restos de = scavenge.

* comerse los restos dejados por otro = scavenge.

* comérselo todo = eat + Posesivo + way through.

* como el perro del hortelano que ni come ni deja comer = a dog in the manger.

* dar de comer = feed.

* descanso para comer = meal break.

* estar tan bueno que no se puede dejar de comer = moreish.

* ganas de comer = appetite.

* hora de comer = mealtime [meal time].

* juntarse el hambre con las ganas de comer = made for each other, be two of a kind, be a right pair.

* lugar para comer = eating facility.

* morder la mano del que + dar de comer = bite + the hand that feeds + Pronombre.

* naranja de comer = eating orange.

* no tener ganas de comer = be off + Posesivo + food, be off + Posesivo + oats.

* salir a comer = eat out.

* ser muy delicado para comer = be a picky eater.

* ser muy melindroso para comer = be a picky eater.

* ser muy tiquismiquis para comer = be a picky eater.

* sin comerlo ni beberlo = without having anything to do with it.

* sin comérselo ni bebérselo = without having anything to do with it.

* somos lo que comemos = we are what we eat.

* tú te lo guisas, tú te lo comes = you've made your bed, now you must lie in it!.

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I 1.
verbo intransitivo

1)

a) ( tomar alimentos) to eat

no tengo ganas de comer — I'm not hungry

este niño no me come nada — (fam) this child won't eat anything (colloq)

comer como un sabañón or (Esp) una lima or (Méx) un pelón de hospicio — (fam) to eat like a horse

b)

dar de comer — to feed

dar(le) de comer a alguien (en la boca) — to spoonfeed somebody

darle de comer al gato/al niño — to feed the cat/the kid

come y calla! — shut up and do as you're told

2)

a) ( tomar una comida) to eat

todavía no hemos comido — we haven't eaten yet

salir a comer (fuera) — to go out for a meal, to eat out

a comer! — lunch (o dinner etc) is ready!

¿qué hay de comer? — ( a mediodía) what's for lunch?; ( por la noche) what's for dinner o supper?

aquí se come muy bien — the food here is very good

b) (esp Esp, Méx) ( almorzar) to have lunch, have dinner (BrE colloq)

nos invitaron a comer — they asked us to lunch

c) (esp AmL) ( cenar) to have dinner

comemos a las nueve — we have o eat dinner at nine
2.
comer vt

1) <fruta/verdura/carne> to eat

no puedo comer chocolate — I can't have o eat chocolate

come un poco de queso — have a little cheese

¿puedo comer otro? — can I have another one?

no tienen qué comer — they don't have anything to eat

mira el suéter, me lo comió la polilla — look at my sweater, the moths have been at it

como un cáncer que le come las entrañas — (liter) like a cancer gnawing away at his insides

sin comerlo ni beberlo — (Esp)

me llevé el castigo sin comerlo ni beberlo — I got punished even though I didn't have anything to do with it

¿(y) eso con qué se come? — (Esp fam) what on earth's that? (colloq)

2) (fam) ( hacer desaparecer) comerse 3

3) (en ajedrez, damas) to take
3.
comerse v pron

1) ( al escribir) <acento/palabra> to leave off; <línea/párrafo> to miss out; ( al hablar) < letra> to leave off; < palabra> to swallow

2)

a) (enf) < comida> to eat

cómetelo todo — eat it all up

comerse algo de un bocado — to gulp something down in one go

está para comérsela — (fam) she's really tasty (colloq)

comerse las uñas — to bite one's nails

se lo come la envidia — he's eaten up o consumed with envy

comerse a alguien vivo — (fam) to skin somebody alive (colloq)

b) (fam) ( ser muy superior) to surpass, overshadow

3) (enf) (fam) ( hacer desaparecer)

a) acido/óxido to eat away (at); polilla/ratón to eat away (at)

b) inflación/alquiler <sueldo/ahorros> to eat away at

el colegio de los niños se come casi todo el sueldo — almost all my salary goes on the children's school fees

se los va a comer la mugre — they'll be up to their ears in muck (colloq)

4) (Col fam) ( poseer sexualmente) to have (colloq)
II
masculino eating

una persona de buen comer — someone who enjoys his/her food

* * *

= eat, graze (on), dine, munch, nosh.

Ex: Even the fearsome shark knows enough not to drive away the pilot fish while it eats, nor does it make a meal of the pilot fish when food is scarce.

Ex: Whereas, before, the land was dense with stately white pines, now apple, plum, pear, peach, and cherry orchards stood in regimented rows and cattle grazed peacefully.

Ex: They drove from the airport to the restaurant where he was to dine with the president of the 'Friends of the Library' group.

Ex: People engage in a wide range of activities in libraries, from lively dialog while munching sandwiches and sipping soda, to flirting and caressing, to the more traditional activities of reading and information searching.

Ex: Several hundred fans noshed on gourmet sandwiches, pizza, pasta and fancy chips and dips.

* comer a dos carrillos = stuff + Posesivo + face.

* comer Algo para matar el gusanillo = eat + Comida + to keep + Nombre + going.

* comer carroña = scavenging.

* comer como una lima = eat like + a horse.

* comer como un animal = eat like + an animal.

* comer como una vaca = eat like + a horse.

* comer como un pajarito = eat like + a bird.

* comer como un sabañón = eat like + a horse.

* comer con apetito = eat with + appetite.

* comer en casa = eat in.

* comer fuera = eat out.

* comerse = make + a meal of, prey on/upon, chew up.

* comerse Algo vivo = eat + Nombre + alive.

* comerse con los ojos = ogle.

* comerse el tarro = dwell on/upon.

* comerse las uñas = bite + Posesivo + fingers, bite + Posesivo + fingernails.

* comerse los restos de = scavenge.

* comerse los restos dejados por otro = scavenge.

* comérselo todo = eat + Posesivo + way through.

* como el perro del hortelano que ni come ni deja comer = a dog in the manger.

* dar de comer = feed.

* descanso para comer = meal break.

* estar tan bueno que no se puede dejar de comer = moreish.

* ganas de comer = appetite.

* hora de comer = mealtime [meal time].

* juntarse el hambre con las ganas de comer = made for each other, be two of a kind, be a right pair.

* lugar para comer = eating facility.

* morder la mano del que + dar de comer = bite + the hand that feeds + Pronombre.

* naranja de comer = eating orange.

* no tener ganas de comer = be off + Posesivo + food, be off + Posesivo + oats.

* salir a comer = eat out.

* ser muy delicado para comer = be a picky eater.

* ser muy melindroso para comer = be a picky eater.

* ser muy tiquismiquis para comer = be a picky eater.

* sin comerlo ni beberlo = without having anything to do with it.

* sin comérselo ni bebérselo = without having anything to do with it.

* somos lo que comemos = we are what we eat.

* tú te lo guisas, tú te lo comes = you've made your bed, now you must lie in it!.

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comer¹ [E1 ]

vi

A

1 (tomar alimentos) to eat

no tengo ganas de comer I'm not hungry o I don't feel like eating anything

no hay nada para comer there's nothing to eat

este niño no me come nada ( fam); this child won't eat anything (I make for him) ( colloq)

las palomas comían de su mano the pigeons were eating out of o from her hand

el sueldo apenas si les alcanza para comer he hardly earns enough to feed them

comer como un sabañón or ( Esp) una lima or ( Méx) un pelón de hospicio ( fam); to eat like a horse

comer como un pajarito ( fam); to eat like a bird

2

dar de comer to feed

todavía hay que darle de comer (en la boca) we still have to spoonfeed him

darle de comer al gato to feed the cat

tengo que darles de comer a los niños I have to get the kids something to eat, I have to feed the kids

nos dieron de comer muy bien they fed us very well

ni siquiera nos dieron de comer they didn't even give us anything to eat

darle a algn de comer aparte ( fam); to treat sb with kid gloves

B

1

(tomar una comida): todavía no hemos comido we haven't eaten yet, we haven't had lunch ( o dinner etc) yet

hace mucho tiempo que no salimos a comer (fuera) we haven't been out for a meal o eaten out for ages

¿dónde comieron anoche? where did you go for dinner o have dinner last night?

no queremos comer en el hotel we don't want to have our meals in the hotel o to eat at the hotel

¡niños, a comer! lunchtime ( o dinnertime etc), children!

¿qué hay de comer? (a mediodía) what's for lunch?; (por la noche) what's for dinner o supper?

aquí se come muy bien the food here is very good

donde comen dos, comen tres there's always room for one more at the table

2 (esp Esp, Méx) (almorzar) to have lunch, have dinner ( BrE colloq)

nos invitaron a comer they asked us to lunch

3 ( esp AmL) (cenar) to have dinner

comemos a las nueve we have o eat dinner at nine

nos invitaron a comer they asked o invited us to dinner

■ comer

vt

A ‹fruta/verdura/carne› to eat

como mucha fruta I eat a lot of fruit

no puedo comer chocolate I can't have o eat chocolate

come un poco de queso have a little cheese

tienes que comer todo lo que te sirvan you must eat (up) everything they give you

¿puedo comer otro? can I have another one?

no tienen qué comer they don't have anything to eat

nadie te va a comer ( fam); nobody's going to bite your head off, nobody's going to eat you

mira el suéter, me lo comió la polilla look at my sweater, the moths have been at it o it's really moth-eaten

como un cáncer que le come las entrañas ( liter); like a cancer gnawing away at his insides

sin comerlo ni beberlo or sin comerla ni beberla: me llevé el castigo sin comerlo ni beberlo I got punished even though I didn't have anything to do with it o any part in it

¿(y) eso con qué se come? ( fam); what on earth's that? ( colloq), what's that when it's at home? ( BrE colloq)

B ( fam)

(hacer desaparecer): ese peinado le come mucho la cara that hairstyle hides half her face

estos zapatos me comen los calcetines my socks keep slipping down with these shoes

estos gastos nos han empezado a comer los ahorros these expenses have started eating into our savings

el alquiler me come la mitad del sueldo the rent swallows up half my salary, half my salary goes on the rent

si seguimos así nos va a comer la mugre if we go on like this we'll be swallowed up by dirt

C (en ajedrez, damas) to take

■ comerse

v pron

A ‹acento/palabra›

te has comido todos los acentos you've left off o forgotten o ( BrE) missed off all the accents

me comí dos líneas I missed out o skipped two lines

se comen la `s' final they don't pronounce the final `s', they leave off o drop the final `s'

se come la mitad de las palabras he swallows o he doesn't pronounce half his words

B

1 ( enf) ‹comida› to eat

cómetelo todo eat it all up

se lo comió de un bocado he gulped it down in one go

está para comérsela ( fam); she's really tasty ( colloq), she's a real dish ( colloq)

no te comas las uñas don't bite your nails

¿se te ha comido la lengua el gato? ( fam); have you lost your tongue?, has the cat got your tongue? ( colloq)

se lo come la envidia he's eaten up o consumed with envy

se comió cuatro años de cárcel ( fam); he did four years in prison o inside ( colloq)

comerse a algn vivo ( fam); to skin sb alive ( colloq)

si se entera mi madre me come viva if my mother finds out she'll skin me alive o have my guts for garters o make mincemeat of me ( colloq)

2 (estrellarse contra) ‹árbol/poste› to smash o crash into

3 (ser muy superior) to surpass, overshadow

nadando y corriendo, él se come a su hermano ( fam); he can beat his brother hollow at swimming and running ( colloq), he knocks spots off his brother when it comes to swimming and running ( colloq)

C ( fam)

(hacer desaparecer): el sol se ha ido comiendo los colores de la alfombra the sun has faded the colors in the carpet

el mar se ha comido casi toda la arena the sea has washed away nearly all the sand

el ácido se come el metal the acid eats into o eats away the metal

el colegio de los niños se me come casi todo el sueldo almost all my salary goes on the children's school fees, the children's school fees eat up almost all of my salary

D ( Col fam) (poseer sexualmente) to have ( colloq)

comer²

masculine

eating

una persona de buen comer someone who enjoys his/her food

el arte del buen comer the art of good eating

el comer es como el rascar, todo es cuestión de empezar once you start eating, you don't want to stop

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comer ( conjugate comer) verbo intransitivo
a) ( en general) to eat;

◊ no tengo ganas de comer I'm not hungry;

este niño no me come nada (fam) this child won't eat anything (colloq);
dar(le) de comer a algn (en la boca) to spoonfeed sb;
darle de comer al gato/al niño to feed the cat/the kid;
salir a comer (fuera) to go out for a meal, to eat out;
¿qué hay de comer? ( a mediodía) what's for lunch?;

( por la noche) what's for dinner o supper?
b) (esp Esp, Méx) ( almorzar) to have lunch;

◊ nos invitaron a comer they asked us to lunch

c) (esp AmL) ( cenar) to have dinner

verbo transitivo
a) ‹fruta/verdura/carne› to eat;

◊ ¿puedo comer otro? can I have another one?;

no tienen qué comer they don't have anything to eat
b) (fam) ( hacer desaparecer) See Also→ comerse 3

c) (en ajedrez, damas) to take

comerse verbo pronominal
1
a) ( al escribir) ‹acento/palabra› to leave off;

‹línea/párrafo› to miss out
b) ( al hablar) ‹ letra› to leave off;

‹ palabra› to swallow
2 ( enf) ‹ comida› to eat;
◊ cómetelo todo eat it all up;

comerse las uñas to bite one's nails
3 (fam) ( hacer desaparecer)
a) [acido/óxido] to eat away (at);

[polilla/ratón] to eat away (at)
b) [inflación/alquiler] ‹sueldo/ahorros› to eat away at

comer
I verbo transitivo
1 to eat
2 (en el parchís, etc) to take
3 (estrechar) ese corte de pelo te come la cara, that haircut makes your face look thinner
ese mueble te come mucho salón, that piece of furniture makes your living room look smaller
II verbo intransitivo to eat: hay que darle de comer al perro, we have to feed the dog
♦ Locuciones: familiar comer como una lima, to eat like a horse
familiar comer el coco/tarro a alguien, to brainwash somebody
sin comerlo ni beberlo, le pusieron una sanción, although he has nothing to do with it, he was disciplined
' comer' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
acostumbrar
- aire
- algo
- alimentar
- carrillo
- cosa
- dar
- deshora
- después
- empezar
- emplazar
- enana
- enano
- estomacal
- exacerbar
- exigua
- exiguo
- gana
- hambre
- hasta
- hincharse
- jambar
- le
- leguminosa
- menda
- mierda
- picar
- reserva
- rollo
- sabañón
- saciedad
- saque
- sopor
- tarde
- tarro
- terminar
- tragar
- troglodita
- tutiplén
- a
- acabar
- ansia
- apretujado
- austero
- barato
- barbaridad
- bueno
- carta
- chocolate
- de
English:
any
- avoid
- before
- bolt
- brisk
- buffet
- company
- conscious
- craving
- crunch
- cut out
- digestion
- directive
- eat
- eat out
- entertain
- fancy
- feed
- feeding
- finish
- for
- forage
- free rein
- full
- go
- go out
- good
- grab
- grain
- guzzle
- have
- hour
- invite
- just
- leftovers
- linger
- lunch
- lunchtime
- mealtime
- mop
- nosh
- out
- overwhelming
- pick at
- plate
- plough through
- process
- put away
- spoon-feed
- spot

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comer

♦ vt

1. [alimentos] to eat;

no come carne casi nunca she hardly ever eats meat;

¿quieres comer algo? would you like something to eat?;

no tengas miedo, nadie te va a comer don't be afraid, nobody's going to eat you;

Comp

ni come ni deja comer he's a dog in the manger;

Comp
Fam
comer el coco o [m5] tarro a alguien [convencer] to brainwash sb;

Comp

sin comerlo ni beberlo: sin comerlo ni beberlo, le hicieron jefe he became boss through no merit of his own;

sin comerlo ni beberlo, nos encontramos en la bancarrota through no fault of our own, we went bankrupt

2. Esp, Méx [al mediodía] to have for lunch;
esp Andes [a la noche] to have for dinner;
hoy hemos comido pescado we had fish today

3. [en juegos de mesa] to take, to capture;

me comió un alfil he took one of my bishops

4. [consumir] to eat up;

tus gastos nos comen casi todo mi sueldo your expenses eat up almost all of my salary;

esta estufa come mucha leña this stove uses o gets through a lot of wood;

los come la envidia they're eaten up with envy;

eso me come mucho tiempo that takes up a lot of my time;

me están comiendo los mosquitos the mosquitoes are eating me alive

♦ vi

1. [ingerir alimentos] to eat;

ahora no tengo ganas de comer I don't feel like eating o I'm not hungry right now;

comer fuera, salir a comer to eat out;

yo llevaré la bebida, tú compra las cosas de comer I'll get the drink, you buy the food;

comer a la carta to eat à la carte;

¡a comer, chicos! lunch is/dinner's/ etc ready, children!;

¡come y calla! shut up and eat your dinner!;

dar de comer al perro to feed the dog;

no sé qué darles de comer a mis hijos esta noche I don't know what to give the children to eat this evening;

en ese restaurante dan de comer muy bien the food is very good in that restaurant;
Fam
ser de buen comer to have a healthy appetite;
Fig
tener qué comer to have enough to live on;

Comp
Fam
comer a dos carrillos to stuff one's face;

Comp

comer como una lima o [m5] un regimiento to eat like a horse;

Comp

comimos como curas o [m5] reyes we ate like kings;

Comp

comer y callar beggars can't be choosers;

Comp
Fam
dar o [m5]echar de comer aparte a alguien: a mi profesor hay que darle o [m5] echarle de comer aparte you have to be careful how you deal with my teacher, because you never know how he's going to react;

Comp

donde comen dos comen tres there's always room for one more at the table

2. Esp, Méx [al mediodía] to have lunch;

¿qué hay de comer? what's for lunch?;

en casa comemos a las tres we have lunch at three o'clock at home;

hemos quedado para comer we've arranged to meet for lunch;

comer fuera, salir a comer to go out for lunch

3. esp Andes [a la noche] to have dinner

♦ See also the pronominal verb comerse

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comer

I v/t eat; a mediodía have for lunch

II v/i eat; a mediodía have lunch;

dar de comer a alguien feed s.o.;

no tienen qué comer they haven’t a thing to eat;

sin comerlo ni beberlo fam all of a sudden

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comer vt

1) : to eat

2) : to consume, to eat up, to eat into

comer vi

1) : to eat

2) cenar: to have a meal

3)

dar de comer : to feed

♦ See also the reflexive verb comerse

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comer vb

1. (en general) to eat [pt. ate; pp. eaten]

hay que comer más verduras you must eat more vegetables

¿comes pescado? do you eat fish?

2. (al mediodía) to have lunch

siempre como en casa I always have lunch at home

me ha invitado a comer he's invited me to lunch

dar de comer to feed [pt. & pp. fed]

fuimos a dar de comer a los patos we went to feed the ducks

Spanish-English dictionary > comer
6 सूर्यः _sūryḥ

सूर्यः [सरति आकाशे सूर्यः, यद्वा सुवति कर्मणि लोकं प्रेरयति; cf. Sk. on P.III.1.114]

1 The sun; सूर्ये तपत्यावरणाय दृष्टेः कल्पेत लोकस्य कथं तमिस्रा R.5.13. [In mythology, the sun is regarded as a son of Kaśyapa and Aditi. He is represented as moving in a chariot drawn by seven horses, with Aruṇa for his charioteer. He is also represented as all-seeing, the constant beholder of the good and bad deeds of mortals. Samjñā (or Chhāyā or Aśvinī) was his principal wife, by whom he had Yama and Yamunā, the two Aśvins and Saturn. He is also described as having been the father of Manu Vaivasvata, the founder of the solar race of kings.]

-2 The tree called Arka.

-3 The number 'twelve' (derived from the twelve forms of the sun).

-4 The swallow-wort.

-5 N. of Śiva.

-Comp. -अपायः sunset; सूर्यापाये न खलु कमलं पुष्यति स्वामभिख्याम् Me.82.

-अर्ष्यम् the presentation of an offering to the sun.

-अश्मन् m. the sun-stone.

-अश्वः a horse of the sun.

-अस्तम् sunset.

-आतपः heat or glare of the sun, sunshine.

-आलोकः sunshine.

-आवर्तः 1 a kind of sun-flower.

-2 a head-ache which increases or dimi- nishes according to the course of the sun (Mar. अर्धशिशी).

-आह्व a. named after the sun. (

-ह्वः) the gigantic swallow-wort. (

-ह्वम्) copper.

-इन्दुसंगमः the day of the new moon (the conjunction of the sun and moon); दर्शः सूर्येन्दुसंगमः Ak.

-उत्थानम्, -उदयः sunrise.

-ऊढः 1 'brought by the sun', an evening guest; संप्राप्तो यो$तिथिः सायं सूर्योढो गृहमेधिनाम् । पूजया तस्य देवत्वं लभन्ते गृहमेधिनः ॥ Pt.1.17.

-2 the time of sunset.

-उपस्थानम्, -उपासना attendance upon or worship of the sun; V.1.

-कमलम् the sun-flower, a heliotrope.

-कान्तः 1 the sun-stone, sun-crystal; स्पर्शानुकूला इव सूर्यकान्तास्तदन्यतेजो$भिभवाद्वमन्ति । Ś.2.7.

-2 a crystal.

-कान्ति f.

1 sun-light.

-2 a particular flower.

-3 the flower of sesamum.

-कालः day-time, day. ˚अनलचक्रम् a particular astrological diagram for indicating good and bad fortune.

-ग्रहः 1 the sun.

-2 an eclipse of the sun.

-3 an epithet of Rāhu and Ketu.

-4 the bottom of a water-jar.

-ग्रहणम् a solar eclipse.

-चन्द्रौ (also सूर्याचन्द्रमसौ) m. du. the sun and moon.

-जः, -तनयः, पुत्रः 1 epithets of Sugrīva; यो$हं सूर्यसुतः स एष भवतां यो$यं स वत्सो$ङ्गदः Mv. 5.55.

-2 of Karṇa.

-3 of the planet Saturn.

-4 of Yama.

-जा, -तनया the river Yamunā.

-तेजस् n. the radiance or heat of the sun.

-द्वारम् the way of the sun; उत्तरायण q. v.; सूर्यद्वारेण ते विरजाः प्रयान्ति यत्रामृतः स पुरुषो ह्याव्ययात्मा Muṇḍ.1.2.11.

-नक्षत्रम् that constella- tion (out of the 27) in which the sun happens to be.

-पर्वन् n. a solar festival, (on the days of the solstices, equinoxes, eclipses &c.).

-पादः a sun-beam.

-पुत्री 1 lightning.

-2 the river Yamunā.

-प्रभव a. sprung or descended from the sun; क्व सूर्यप्रभवो वंशः क्व चाल्पविषया मतिः R.1.2.

-फणिचक्रम् = सूर्यकालानलचक्रम् q. v. above.

-बिम्बः the disc of the sun.

-भक्त a. one who worships the sun. (

-क्तः) the tree Bandhūka or its flower.

-मणिः the sun- stone.

-मण्डलम् the orb of the sun.

-मासः the solar month.

-यन्त्रम् 1 a representation of the sun (used in worshipping him).

-2 an instrument used in taking solar observations.

-रश्मिः a ray of the sun, sun-beam; Ms.5.133.

-लोकः the heaven of the sun.

-वंशः the solar race of kings (who ruled at Ayodhyā).

-वर्चस् a. resplendent as the sun.

-वारः Sunday.

-विलोकनम् the ceremony of taking a child out to see the sun when four months old; cf. उपनिष्क्रमणम्.

-संक्रमः, -संक्रातिः f. the sun's passage from one zodiacal sign to another.

-संज्ञम् saffron.

-सारथिः an epithet of Aruṇa.

-सिद्धान्तः a celebrated astronomical work (supposed to have been revealed by the god Sun).

-स्तुतिः f.,

-स्तोत्रम् a hymn addressed to the sun.

-हृदयम् N. of a hymn to the sun.

Sanskrit-English dictionary > सूर्यः _sūryḥ
7 καταπίνω

καταπίνω fut. καταπίομαι (LXX; En 101:5); 2 aor. κατέπιον. Pass.: 1 aor. κατεπόθην; pf. 3 sg. καταπέποται (AcPlCor 2:29) (s. πίνω; Hes., Hdt.+; Ion of Chios Fgm. 31 L. of Heracles’ voracious appetite) in our lit. freq. in imagery, used both of liquids and solids

① to drink down, swallow, swallow up τὶ someth., in imagery (of the earth, that drinks up water Pla., Critias 111d; Diod S 1, 32, 4) ἤνοιξεν ἡ γῆ τὸ στόμα αὐτῆς καὶ κατέπιεν τὸν ποταμόν Rv 12:16 (Philostephanus Hist. [III B.C.], Fgm. 23 [ed. CMüller III 1849 p. 32 ποταμὸς ὑπὸ γῆς καταπίνεται; Simplicius in Epict. p. 95, 35; cp. Num 16:30, 32). Δαθὰν καὶ Ἀβιρὼν καὶ Κόρε, πῶς … κατεπόθησαν ἅπαντες GJs 9:2 (cp. Num 16:32). τὴν κάμηλον κ. Mt 23:24 (Just., D. 112, 4; on the camel s. κώνωψ.)

② to destroy completely, in the figure of one devouring or swallowing someth.

ⓐ devour (Hes., Theog. 459 υἱούς. Of animals that devour Tob 6:2; Jon 2:1; Jos., Ant. 2, 246; Ath. 34, 2) Ἰωνᾶς … εἰς κῆτος καταπέποται AcPlCor 2:29; the devil like a lion ζητῶν τίνα καταπιεῖν 1 Pt 5:8 (Damasc., Vi. Isid. 69 ὁ λέων καταπίνει τὸν ἄνθρωπον).

ⓑ of water, waves, swallow up (Polyb. 2, 41, 7 πόλις καταποθεῖσα ὑπὸ τ. θαλάσσης; Diod S 18, 35, 6; 26, 8; En 101:5; Philo, Virt. 201) pass. be drowned (Ex 15:4 v.l. κατεπόθησαν ἐν ἐρυθρᾷ θαλάσσῃ) Hb 11:29.—Transferred to mental and spiritual states (cp. Philo, Gig. 13, Deus Imm. 181) μή πως τ. περισσοτέρᾳ λύπῃ καταποθῇ so that he may not be overwhelmed by extreme sorrow 2 Cor 2:7 (TestAbr B 12 p. 117, 4 [Stone p. 82]).

③ to cause the end of someth., swallow up fig. (cp. PGM 12, 44 κατέπιεν ὁ οὐρανός; Ps 106:27; Philo, Leg. All. 3, 230; TestJud 21:7) pass. τὸ θνητὸν ὑπὸ τῆς ζωῆς what is mortal may be swallowed up in life 2 Cor 5:4. ὁ θάνατος εἰς νῖκος death has been swallowed up in victory (after Is 25:8; s. also κέντρον 1 and ARahlfs, ZNW 20, 1921, 183f) 1 Cor 15:54.—M-M. TW.

Ελληνικά-Αγγλικά παλαιοχριστιανική Λογοτεχνία > καταπίνω
8 paso

adj.

dried.

intj.

open up, gangway.

m.

1 passing.

el paso del tiempo the passage of time

con el paso de los años as the years go by

el Ebro, a su paso por Zaragoza the Ebro, as it flows through Zaragoza

su paso fugaz por la universidad his brief spell at the university

abrir paso a alguien (también figurative) to make way for somebody

abrirse paso entre la multitud to make o force one's way through the crowd

ceder el paso (a alguien) to let (somebody) past; to give way (to somebody) (automobiles)

ceda el paso give way (en letrero) (British), yield (United States)

de paso in passing; (de pasada) while I'm/you're/etc at it (aprovechando)

prohibido el paso no entry (en letrero)

paso del ecuador = (celebration marking) halfway stage in a university course

2 step.

dar un paso adelante o al frente to step forward, to take a step forward

3 walk.

a paso ligero at a brisk pace

marcar el paso to keep time

a este paso no acabaremos nunca at this rate we'll never finish

4 step (etapa, acontecimiento).

dar los pasos necesarios to take the necessary steps

paso a paso step by step

5 crossing (cruce).

paso de cebra zebra crossing (British), = pedestrian crossing marked with black and white lines

paso elevado flyover (British), overpass (United States)

paso fronterizo border crossing (point)

paso a nivel level crossing (British), grade crossing (United States)

paso peatonal o de peatones pedestrian crossing

paso subterráneo subway (British), underpass (United States)

6 pass (geography) (en montaña).

7 step in a process, stride, move.

8 passage, pass, crossing point.

9 pace, walking pace.

10 gateway.

pres.indicat.

1^st person singular (yo) present indicative of spanish verb: pasar.

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paso

► nombre masculino

1 (movimiento) step, footstep

■ ¡no des ni un paso más! don't move another step!

■ he oído pasos I heard footsteps

2 (distancia) pace

3 (camino) passage, way

4 (avance) progress, advance

5 (trámite) step, move

6 (de montaña) mountain pass; (de mar) strait

7 RELIGIÓN float (used in Holy Week processions)

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FRASEOLOGÍA

a cada paso at every turn

a paso de tortuga at a snail's pace

abrirse paso to force one's way through

apretar el paso to hurry

cerrarle el paso a alguien to block somebody' s way

dar paso a (hacer posible) to pave the way for 2 (provocar) to give rise to 3 (dejar pasar) to let through, make way for 4 (pasar a) to move on to

dar sus primeros pasos to start walking

dar un paso en falso (al andar) to lose one's footing 2 (equivocarse) to make a false move

estar a un paso/a dos pasos to be very close

■ estamos a un paso de encontrar la solución the solution is just around the corner

estar de paso to be passing through

hacer algo de paso to do something as well

■ de paso, tráeme tabaco while you're there, get me some cigarettes

no dar un paso sin... not to do a thing without...

paso a paso step by step

'Prohibido el paso' "No entry"

salir al paso de alguien to waylay somebody

salir al paso de algo to forestall something

seguirle los pasos a alguien to follow somebody close behind 2 figurado to follow in somebody's footsteps

ceda el paso (señal) give way sign, US yield sign

paso a nivel level crossing, US grade crossing

paso de cebra zebra crossing

paso de peatones pedestrian crossing

paso del ecuador half-way point (in university studies)

paso elevado flyover

paso subterráneo (de peatones) subway

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noun m.

1) passage

2) footstep

3) pace

4) way

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I
ADJ dried

higo paso — dried fig

ciruela pasa — prune

uva pasa — raisin
II
1. SM

1) (=acción de pasar)

contemplaban el paso de la procesión desde un balcón — they watched the procession go by from a balcony

para evitar el paso del aire — to prevent the air getting through

por estas fechas tiene lugar el paso de las cigüeñas por nuestra región — this is the time of year when the storks fly over our region

los detuvieron en el paso del estrecho — they were arrested while crossing the channel

el presidente, a su paso por nuestra ciudad... — the president, during his visit to our city...

el huracán arrasó con todo lo que encontró a su paso — the hurricane flattened everything in its path

con el paso del tiempo — with (the passing of) time

prohibido el paso — no entry

• ceder el paso — to give way, yield (EEUU)

ceda el paso — give way, yield (EEUU)

• dar paso a algo, el invierno dio paso a la primavera — winter gave way to spring

ahora vamos a dar paso a nuestro corresponsal en Lisboa — we now go over to our correspondent in Lisbon

las protestas dieron paso a una huelga — the protests led to o were followed by a strike

• de paso, mencionaron el tema solo de paso — they only mentioned the matter in passing

¿puedes ir al supermercado, de paso que vas a la farmacia? — could you go to the supermarket on your way to the chemist's?

de paso recuérdale que tiene un libro nuestro — remind him that he's got a book of ours while you're at it

el banco me pilla de paso — the bank is on my way

dicho sea de paso — incidentally

• entrar de paso — to drop in

• estar de paso — to be passing through

están solo de paso por Barcelona — they're just passing through Barcelona

paso del Ecuador — party or trip organized by university students to celebrate the halfway stage in their degree course

paso franco, paso libre — free passage
ave
2) (=camino) way; (Arquit) passage; (Geog) pass; (Náut) strait

estás en mitad del paso — you're blocking the way

¡paso! — make way!

la policía le abría paso — the police cleared a path for him

• abrirse paso — to make one's way

se abrió paso entre la multitud — he made his way through the crowd

se abrió paso a tiros — he shot his way through

se abrieron paso luchando — they fought their way through

• cerrar el paso — to block the way

• dejar el paso libre — to leave the way open

dejar paso a algn — to let sb past

• impedir el paso — to block the way

- salir al paso a algn

- salir al paso de algo

han salido al paso de la acusación — they've been quick to deny the accusation

- salir del paso

paso a desnivel, paso a distinto nivel — (Aut) flyover, overpass (EEUU)

paso a nivel — level crossing, grade crossing (EEUU)

paso a nivel sin barrera — unguarded level crossing

paso (de) cebra — Esp zebra crossing, crosswalk (EEUU)

paso de peatones — pedestrian crossing, crosswalk (EEUU)

paso elevado — (Aut) flyover, overpass (EEUU)

paso fronterizo — border crossing

paso inferior — underpass, subway

paso salmonero — salmon ladder

paso subterráneo — underpass, subway

paso superior — (Aut) flyover, overpass (EEUU)

3) [al andar] (=acción) step; (=ruido) footstep; (=huella) footprint

he oído pasos — I heard footsteps

• coger el paso — to fall into step

• dar un paso — to take a step

¿ha dado ya sus primeros pasos? — has she taken her first steps yet?

no da ni un paso sin ella — he never goes anywhere without her

• dirigir sus pasos hacia — to head towards

• dar un paso en falso — (=tropezar) to miss one's footing; (=equivocarse) to make a false move

• hacer pasos — (Baloncesto) to travel (with the ball)

• volvió sobre sus pasos — she retraced her steps

- a cada paso

- a pasos agigantados

el proyecto avanza a pasos agigantados — the project is advancing by leaps and bounds

la demanda aumenta a pasos agigantados — demand is increasing at a rate of knots o extremely quickly

- andar en malos pasos

- dar un mal paso

- paso a paso

- por sus pasos contados

- seguir los pasos a algn

- seguir los pasos de algn

paso adelante — (lit, fig) step forward

paso a dos — pas de deux

paso atrás — (lit, fig) step backwards

dio un paso atrás — he took a step backwards

4) (=modo de andar) [de persona] walk, gait; [de caballo] gait

caminaba con paso decidido — he was walking purposefully

• acelerar el paso — to go faster, speed up

• aflojar el paso — to slow down

• apretar o avivar el paso — to go faster, speed up

• a buen paso — at a good pace

iba andando a buen paso — I was walking at a good pace

las conversaciones marchan a buen paso — the talks are proceeding at a good pace o rate

• establecer el paso — to make the pace, set the pace

• a paso lento — at a slow pace, slowly

• a paso ligero — [gen] at a swift pace; (Mil) at the double

• llevar el paso — to keep in step, keep time

• marcar el paso — [gen] to keep time; (Mil) to mark time

• a paso redoblado — LAm (Mil) at the double

• romper el paso — to break step

- a paso de tortuga

paso de ambladura, paso de andadura — (Equitación) amble

paso de ganso LAm —

paso de (la) oca — goose step

paso de vals — waltz step

5) (=ritmo) rate, pace

• a este paso — at this rate

a este paso no terminarán nunca — at this rate they'll never finish

al paso que vamos no acabaremos nunca — at the rate we're going we'll never finish

6) (=distancia)

vive a un paso de aquí — he lives round the corner from here

estaba a unos diez pasos — it was about ten paces away

de eso al terrorismo no hay más que un paso — it's a small step from there to terrorism

7) (=avance) step

es un paso hacia nuestro objetivo — it's a step towards our objective

el matrimonio es un paso muy importante en la vida — marriage is an important step in life

- dar el primer paso

8) (Téc) [de tornillo] pitch; [de contador, teléfono] unit

9) (Teat) ( Hist) sketch, interlude

10) (Rel) [en procesión] float in Holy Week procession, with statues representing part of Easter story

See:

ver nota culturelle SEMANA SANTA in semana

11)

paso de armas — (Mil, Hist) passage of arms

12) LAm (=vado) ford

2.

ADV softly, gently

¡paso! — not so fast!, easy there!

* * *

masculino

1)

a) ( acción)

el paso del agua — the flow of water

el paso del tren — the passing of the train

el paso del tiempo — the passage of time

el huracán destruyó todo a su paso — the hurricane destroyed everything in its path

el paso de la dictadura a la democracia — the transition from dictatorship to democracy

de paso: están de paso they're just visiting o just passing through; de paso puedo comprar pan I can buy some bread on the way; fui a la oficina y de paso hablé con él I went to the office and while I was there I had a word with him; me pilla de paso it's on my way; y dicho sea de paso... — and incidentally...

b) (camino, posibilidad de pasar) way

abran paso — make way

me cerró el paso — she blocked my way

dejen el paso libre — leave the way clear

ceda el paso — yield ( in US), give way ( in UK)

prohibido el paso — no entry

abrirse paso — to make one's way; ( a codazos) to elbow one's way

abrirse paso en la vida — to make one's way in life

salir al paso de alguien — ( abordar) to waylay somebody; ( detener) to stop somebody

un guardia salió a su paso — he was stopped by a security guard

2) (Geog) ( en montaña) pass

salir del paso — to get out of a (tight) spot o (AmE) crack (colloq)

- paso a nivel

- paso de cebra

- paso de peatones

- paso elevado or a desnivel

- paso fronterizo

- paso subterráneo

3)

a) (al andar, bailar) step

dio un paso para atrás — he took a step backward(s)

camina 50 pasos al norte — walk 50 paces to the north

dirigió sus pasos hacia la puerta — she walked toward(s) the door

oyó pasos — she heard footsteps

entró con paso firme — he came in purposefully

no da un paso sin consultarme — she won't do anything without asking me first

paso a paso — step by step

a cada paso — at every turn

andar en malos pasos — to be mixed up in shady deals

a pasos agigantados — by leaps and bounds

dar los primeros pasos — ( literal) to take one's first steps; ( iniciarse en algo) to start out

dar un paso en falso — ( literal) to stumble; ( equivocarse) to make a false move

seguirle los pasos a alguien — to tail somebody

seguir los pasos de alguien — to follow in somebody's footsteps

volver sobre sus pasos — to retrace one's steps

b) pasos masculino plural ( en baloncesto) traveling*, steps (pl)

hacer pasos — to travel

4)

a) ( distancia corta)

vive a dos pasos de mi casa — he lives a stone's throw (away) from my house

estuvo a un paso de la muerte — she was at death's door

está a un paso de aquí — it's just around the corner/down the road from here

de ahí al estrellato no hay más que un paso — it's only a short step from there to stardom

b) ( avance) step forward

eso ya es un paso (adelante) — that's a step forward in itself

c) ( de gestión) step

hemos dado los pasos necesarios — we have taken the necessary steps

5) ( en contador) unit

6)

a) (ritmo, velocidad)

apretó/aminoró el paso — he quickened his pace/he slowed down

el tren iba a buen paso — the train was going at a fair speed

a este paso... — at this rate...

a paso de hormiga or tortuga — at a snail's pace

marcar el paso — to mark time

b) (Equ)

al paso — at a walking pace

•

- paso ligero or redoblado

* * *

masculino

1)

a) ( acción)

el paso del agua — the flow of water

el paso del tren — the passing of the train

el paso del tiempo — the passage of time

el huracán destruyó todo a su paso — the hurricane destroyed everything in its path

el paso de la dictadura a la democracia — the transition from dictatorship to democracy

de paso: están de paso they're just visiting o just passing through; de paso puedo comprar pan I can buy some bread on the way; fui a la oficina y de paso hablé con él I went to the office and while I was there I had a word with him; me pilla de paso it's on my way; y dicho sea de paso... — and incidentally...

b) (camino, posibilidad de pasar) way

abran paso — make way

me cerró el paso — she blocked my way

dejen el paso libre — leave the way clear

ceda el paso — yield ( in US), give way ( in UK)

prohibido el paso — no entry

abrirse paso — to make one's way; ( a codazos) to elbow one's way

abrirse paso en la vida — to make one's way in life

salir al paso de alguien — ( abordar) to waylay somebody; ( detener) to stop somebody

un guardia salió a su paso — he was stopped by a security guard

2) (Geog) ( en montaña) pass

salir del paso — to get out of a (tight) spot o (AmE) crack (colloq)

- paso a nivel

- paso de cebra

- paso de peatones

- paso elevado or a desnivel

- paso fronterizo

- paso subterráneo

3)

a) (al andar, bailar) step

dio un paso para atrás — he took a step backward(s)

camina 50 pasos al norte — walk 50 paces to the north

dirigió sus pasos hacia la puerta — she walked toward(s) the door

oyó pasos — she heard footsteps

entró con paso firme — he came in purposefully

no da un paso sin consultarme — she won't do anything without asking me first

paso a paso — step by step

a cada paso — at every turn

andar en malos pasos — to be mixed up in shady deals

a pasos agigantados — by leaps and bounds

dar los primeros pasos — ( literal) to take one's first steps; ( iniciarse en algo) to start out

dar un paso en falso — ( literal) to stumble; ( equivocarse) to make a false move

seguirle los pasos a alguien — to tail somebody

seguir los pasos de alguien — to follow in somebody's footsteps

volver sobre sus pasos — to retrace one's steps

b) pasos masculino plural ( en baloncesto) traveling*, steps (pl)

hacer pasos — to travel

4)

a) ( distancia corta)

vive a dos pasos de mi casa — he lives a stone's throw (away) from my house

estuvo a un paso de la muerte — she was at death's door

está a un paso de aquí — it's just around the corner/down the road from here

de ahí al estrellato no hay más que un paso — it's only a short step from there to stardom

b) ( avance) step forward

eso ya es un paso (adelante) — that's a step forward in itself

c) ( de gestión) step

hemos dado los pasos necesarios — we have taken the necessary steps

5) ( en contador) unit

6)

a) (ritmo, velocidad)

apretó/aminoró el paso — he quickened his pace/he slowed down

el tren iba a buen paso — the train was going at a fair speed

a este paso... — at this rate...

a paso de hormiga or tortuga — at a snail's pace

marcar el paso — to mark time

b) (Equ)

al paso — at a walking pace

•

- paso ligero or redoblado

* * *

paso¹

¹ = footstep, step, footprint, pace.

Ex: Leforte could usually identify those footsteps easily; but today they sounded less forceful and deliberate.

Ex: The first step in assigning intellectual responsibility to a corporate body must be a definition of a corporate body.

Ex: In later years, the famous book mythological significance of muddy footprints introduced me to the ancient Hippopotamian culture.

Ex: Among other buildings afire or still smoldering in eastern Baghdad today were the city hall and the National Library which was so thoroughly burned that heat still radiated 50 paces from its front doors.

* abrir paso a = make + way (for).

* abrirse paso = jostle, break through, elbow + Posesivo + way into, elbow into.

* acelerar el paso = quicken + the pace, smarten + Posesivo + pace.

* a este paso = at this rate.

* aflojar el paso = slow down, slow up.

* aminorar el paso = slow down, slow up.

* a paso de tortuga = at a snail's pace.

* a paso ligero = on the double.

* a pasos agigantados = at an exponential rate, at exponential rates, by leaps and bounds.

* a un paso = within a stone's throw (away/from).

* a un paso asombroso = at an astounding pace.

* a un paso de = a heartbeat away from.

* a un paso rápido = at a rapid pace.

* a un paso relajado = at a strolling pace.

* barrera de paso a nivel = level-crossing gate.

* caminar con paso pesado = plod (along/through).

* ceder el paso = give + way (to), yield + the right of way.

* contador de pasos = step counter.

* dar el primer paso = make + a start, take + the first step.

* dar los pasos necesarios = take + steps.

* dar los primeros pasos en = venture into.

* dar otro paso muy importante = reach + another milestone.

* dar paso (a) = give + way (to), yield to, make + way (for).

* dar un gran paso adelante = reach + milestone.

* dar un paso = make + step.

* dar un paso adelante = step up.

* dar un paso al frente = step up.

* dar un paso en falso = make + a false move.

* dar un paso hacia delante = take + a step forward, step up.

* dejar paso = step + aside.

* dejar paso (a) = give + way (to).

* derecho de paso = the right of way, right of entry.

* desandar los pasos de = retrace + Posesivo + footsteps, retrace + Posesivo + steps.

* hacer que + Nombre + dé un paso hacia delante = take + Nombre + a/one step forward.

* impedir el paso = block in.

* llave de paso = spigot, faucet, tap, stopcock, stop valve.

* llave de paso del agua = water valve.

* llevar a cabo una serie de pasos anteriormente realizados = execute + steps.

* obstaculizar el paso = block in.

* otro paso más hacia + Posesivo + destrucción = another nail in + Posesivo + coffin.

* paso adelante = step up.

* paso a nivel = level-crossing.

* paso a paso = one step at a time, step by step, stage by stage, stepwise.

* paso atrás = backward step, retrograde step.

* paso de cebra = zebra crossing.

* paso de la gente = flow of people.

* paso del comercio = flow of commerce.

* Paso del Noroeste, el = North West Passage, the.

* paso de peatones = zebra crossing, pedestrian crossing, pelican crossing.

* paso de tortuga = snail's pace.

* paso en falso = false move.

* paso fronterizo = border crossing.

* paso hacia adelante = step forward.

* paso hacia atrás = retrograde step, step backward(s), step back.

* paso inferior = underpass.

* paso ininterrumpido de = steady flow of.

* paso intermedio = half-way house, stepping stone.

* paso peatonal = pedestrian crossing.

* paso subterráneo = underground walkway.

* Posesivo + primeros pasos = Posesivo + first steps.

* preferencia de paso = the right of way.

* primer paso = stake in the ground.

* primer paso de, el = thin edge of the wedge, the.

* realizar una tarea paso a paso = go through.

* saltarse pasos intermedios = jump + steps.

* seguir los pasos de = follow in + the footsteps of.

* seguir + Posesivo + pasos = follow in + Posesivo + footsteps.

* seguir unos pasos = follow + steps.

* señal de prohibido el paso = No Entry sign.

* ser un gran paso adelante = be half the battle.

* tener derecho de paso = have + the right of way.

* tomar un paso decisivo = take + the plunge.

* un paso por delante de = one step ahead of.

* válvula de paso = stop valve, stopcock.

* volver sobre los pasos de Uno = double-back, retrace + Posesivo + steps, retrace + Posesivo + footsteps, go back on + Posesivo + steps.

paso²

² = stage, passing.

Ex: The first stage in the choice of access points must be the definition of an author.

Ex: Perhaps an openly expressed disbelief in his activities is one of the marks of the passing of this stage.

* ave de paso = bird of passage.

* cambiar con el paso del tiempo = change over + time.

* con el paso de = with the passing of.

* con el paso de los años = with the passing of (the) years.

* con el paso del tiempo = over the years, over time, with the passage of time, as time goes by, in due course, over a period of time, in the course of time, over the course of time, in the process of time, as time passed (by), as time passes (by), as time went by.

* de paso = by the way, by the by(e).

* deteriorado por el paso del tiempo = timeworn.

* dicho sea de paso = by the way, on a sidenote, by the by(e).

* el paso del tiempo = the passage of time, the sands of time.

* en varios pasos = multi-step.

* llave de paso = shut-off valve.

* paso elevado = overpass.

* paso elevado de peatones = pedestrian overpass.

* paso elevado para peatones = pedestrian overpass.

* paso inferior = subway.

* paso inferior de peatones = pedestrian underpass.

* paso inferior para peatones = pedestrian underpass.

* paso subterráneo = underpass, subway.

* paso subterráneo de peatones = pedestrian underpass.

* paso subterráneo para peatones = pedestrian underpass.

* quedar anulado con el paso del tiempo = be overtaken by events.

* resistir el paso del tiempo = stand + the test of time, withstand + the test of time, survive + the test of time, pass + the test of time.

* válvula de paso = shut-off valve.

paso³

³ = transfer, transition, changeover [change-over], handover [hand-over].

Ex: When the record transfer is complete, the catalog summary screen is shown for the new record so that the user can review and update it.

Ex: Hierarchical relationships must be indicated in order that users may make the transition from a first access point to related terms or access points.

Ex: The changeover has resulted in more rapid machine-editing of input and reduced costs for cataloguing.

Ex: The author assesses the prospects of Hong Kong after the handover of the colony to China in 1997 when it will once again be competing with Shanghai as the publishing hub of the Orient.

* * *

paso¹

masculine

A

1

(acción): las compuertas controlan el paso del agua the hatches control the flow of water

a su paso por la ciudad el río se ensancha the river widens as it flows through the city

el paso de los camiones había causado grietas en la calzada cracks had appeared in the road surface caused by the passage of so many trucks o because of all the trucks using it

hizo frente a todo lo que encontró a su paso he faced up to every obstacle in his path

con el paso del tiempo se desgastó la piedra the stone got worn down with time o with the passing o passage of time

[ S ] ceda el paso yield ( in US), give way ( in UK)

[ S ] prohibido el paso no entry

al paso (en ajedrez) en passant

de paso: no viven aquí, están de paso they don't live here, they're just visiting o they're just passing through

de paso puedo dejarles el paquete I can drop the package off on my way

lo mencionó pero sólo de paso he mentioned it but only in passing

lleva esto a la oficina y de paso habla con la secretaria take this to the office and while you're there have a word with the secretary

te lo recogeré si quieres, me pilla de paso I'll pick it up for you if you like, it's on my way

archiva estas fichas y de paso comprueba todas las direcciones file these cards and while you're at it o about it check all the addresses

y dicho sea de paso … and incidentally …

ave

2 (camino, posibilidad de pasar) way

abran paso make way

se puso en medio y me cerró el paso she stood in front of me and blocked my way

por aquí no hay paso you can't get through this way

dejen el paso libre leave the way clear

abrirse paso to make one's way

el sol se abría paso entre las nubes the sun was breaking through the clouds

consiguió abrirse paso a codazos entre la gente she managed to elbow her way through the crowd

no te será difícil abrirte paso en la vida you won't have any problems making your way in life o getting on in life

salir al paso de algn to waylay sb

salir al paso de algo to forestall sth

B ( Geog) (en una montaña) pass

salir del paso to get out of a (tight) spot o ( AmE) crack ( colloq)

Compuestos:

● paso a desnivel

( Méx) paso elevado

● paso a nivel

grade crossing ( AmE), level crossing ( BrE)

● paso de cebra

zebra crossing, crosswalk ( AmE)

● paso de gatos

( Méx) catwalk

● paso del Ecuador

(en un barco) celebration held to mark the crossing of the Equator; (de estudiantes) celebration held halfway through a college course

● paso de peatones

crosswalk ( AmE), pedestrian crossing ( BrE)

● paso elevado

overpass ( AmE), flyover ( BrE)

● paso fronterizo

border crossing

● paso subterráneo

(para peatones) underpass, subway ( BrE); (para vehículos) underpass

C

1 (movimiento al andar) step

dio un paso para atrás he took a step backward(s), he stepped backward(s)

¡un paso al frente! one step forward!

camina 50 pasos al norte walk 50 paces to the north

dirigió sus pasos hacia la puerta she walked toward(s) the door

oyó pasos en el piso de arriba she heard footsteps on the floor above

con paso firme subió las escaleras he climbed the stairs purposefully

no da un paso sin consultar a su marido she won't do anything without asking her husband first

paso a paso step by step

siguieron el juicio paso a paso they followed the trial step by step

paso a paso se fue abriendo camino en la empresa he gradually worked his way up in the company

me lo explicó paso por paso she explained it to me step by step

a cada paso at every turn

a pasos agigantados by leaps and bounds

la informática avanza a pasos agigantados information technology is advancing by leaps and bounds, enormous strides are being made in information technology

dar los primeros pasos (literal) to take one's first steps, start to walk; (iniciarse en algo) to start out

dio sus primeros pasos como actor en televisión he started out o made his debut as a television actor

dar un paso en falso (literal) to stumble; (equivocarse) to make a false move

dar un paso en falso en política puede conducir al desastre one false move o putting one foot wrong in politics can lead to disaster

seguirle los pasos a algn to tail sb

seguir los pasos de algn to follow in sb's footsteps

volver sobre sus pasos to retrace one's steps

2

(distancia corta): vive a dos pasos de mi casa he lives a stone's throw (away) from my house

estuvo a un paso de la muerte she was at death's door

ánimo, ya estamos a un paso come on, we're nearly there now

está a un paso de aquí it's just around the corner o down the road from here

de ahí a convertirse en drogadicto no hay más que un paso it's only a short step from there to becoming a drug addict

3 (logro, avance) step forward

el que te haya llamado ya es un paso (adelante) the fact that he's called you is a step forward in itself

supone un gran paso en la lucha contra la enfermedad it is a great step forward o a great advance in the fight against the illness

4 (de una gestión) step

hemos dado los pasos necesarios we have taken the necessary steps

5 (de baile) step

6 pasos mpl (en baloncesto) traveling*, steps (pl)

hacer pasos to travel

D

1 (de un tornillo, una rosca) pitch

2 (en un contador) unit

E

1

(ritmo, velocidad): aminoró el paso he slowed down

al ver que la seguían apretó el paso when she realized she was being followed she quickened her pace

el tren iba a buen paso the train was going at a fair speed

a este paso no llegamos ni a las diez at this rate we won't even get there by ten o'clock

a este paso te vas a poner enfermo if you carry on like this, you'll get ill, at this rate o (if you carry on) the way you're going, you'll get ill

escribía los nombres al paso que yo se los leía she wrote down the names as I read them out to her

a paso de hormiga or tortuga at a snail's pace

llevar el paso to keep in step

marcar el paso to mark time

en ese colegio te van a hacer marcar el paso they'll make you toe the line at that school

2 ( Equ):

al paso at a walking pace

Compuesto:

paso ligero or redoblado

a paso ligero or redoblado double quick, in double time

F (de la pasión) float ( in Holy Week processions)

paso² -sa

adjective

ciruela, uva

* * *

Del verbo pasar: ( conjugate pasar)

paso es:

1ª persona singular (yo) presente indicativo

pasó es:

3ª persona singular (él/ella/usted) pretérito indicativo

Multiple Entries:
pasar
paso
pasar ( conjugate pasar) verbo intransitivo
1
a) ( ir por un lugar) to come/go past;

◊ no ha pasado ni un taxi not one taxi has come/gone past;

los otros coches no podían paso the other cars weren't able to get past;
no dejan paso a nadie they're not letting anyone through;
paso de largo to go right o straight past;
paso por la aduana to go through customs;
es un vuelo directo, no pasa por Miami it's a direct flight, it doesn't go via Miami;
¿este autobús pasa por el museo? does this bus go past the museum?;
pasamos por delante de su casa we went past her house;
pasaba por aquí y … I was just passing by o I was in the area and …
b) ( deteniéndose en un lugar):

◊ ¿podríamos paso por el banco? can we stop off at the bank?;

pasa un día por casa why don't you drop o come by the house sometime?;
puede paso a recogerlo mañana you can come and pick it up tomorrow
c) ( atravesar) to cross;

◊ paso de un lado a otro [persona/barco] to go o cross from one side to the other;

[ humedad] to go through from one side to the other
d) ( caber):

◊ no pasoá por la puerta it won't go through the door

2 ( entrar — acercándose al hablante) to come in;
(— alejándose del hablante) to go in;
◊ pase, por favor please, do come in;

¡que pase el siguiente! next, please!;
haga paso al Sr Díaz show Mr Díaz in please
3
a) (transmitirse, transferirse) [corona/título] to pass;

◊ pasó de mano en mano it was passed around (to everyone)

b) ( comunicar):

◊ te paso con Javier ( en el mismo teléfono) I'll hand o pass you over to Javier;

( en otro teléfono) I'll put you through to Javier
4
a) (Educ) to pass;

◊ paso de curso to get through o pass one's end-of-year exams

b) ( ser aceptable):

◊ no está perfecto, pero puede paso it's not perfect, but it'll do;

por esta vez, (que) pase I'll let it pass o go this time
5
◊ pasar por

a) ( ser tenido por):

◊ podrían paso por hermanas they could pass for sisters;

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b) ( experimentar) to go through;

◊ paso por una crisis to go through a crisis

( suceder) to happen;
◊ cuéntame lo que pasó tell me what happened;

lo que pasa es que… the thing o the problem is …;
pase lo que pase whatever happens, come what may;
siempre pasa igual or lo mismo it's always the same;
¿qué pasa? what's the matter?, what's up? (colloq);
¿qué te pasa? what's the matter with you?;
¿qué te pasó en el ojo? what happened to your eye?;
¿qué le pasa a la tele? what's wrong with the TV?;
eso le pasa a cualquiera that can happen to anybody;
no le pasó nada nothing happened to him
1 ( transcurrir) [tiempo/años] to pass, go by;
◊ pasoon muchos años many years went by o passed;

ya han pasado dos horas it's been two hours now;
un año pasa muy rápido a year goes very quickly;
¡cómo pasa el tiempo! doesn't time fly!
2 ( cesar) [crisis/mal momento] to be over;
[ efecto] to wear off;
[ dolor] to go away
3 ( arreglárselas) paso sin algo to manage without sth
verbo transitivo
1
a) (cruzar, atravesar) ‹ frontera› to cross;

‹pueblo/ciudad› to go through
b) ( dejar atrás) ‹edificio/calle› to go past

c) (adelantar, sobrepasar) to overtake

2
a) ( hacer atravesar) paso algo POR algo to put sth through sth;

◊ paso la salsa por un tamiz to put the sauce through a sieve

b) (por la aduana —legalmente) to take through;

(— ilegalmente) to smuggle
3 ( hacer recorrer):
◊ paso la aspiradora to vacuum, to hoover (BrE);

pásale un trapo al piso give the floor a quick wipe;
hay que pasole una plancha it needs a quick iron
4 (exhibir, mostrar) ‹película/anuncio› to show
5 ‹examen/prueba› to pass
6 ‹página/hoja› to turn;
◊ paso por alto ‹falta/error› to overlook;

‹tema/punto› to leave out, omit
1 (entregar, hacer llegar):
◊ pásaselo a Miguel pass it on to Miguel;

¿me pasas el martillo? can you pass me the hammer?
2 ( contagiar) to give, to pass on
1
a) ‹ tiempo› to spend;

◊ pasamos las Navidades en casa we spent Christmas at home;

fuimos a Toledo a paso el día we went to Toledo for the day
b) ( con idea de continuidad):

◊ pasé toda la noche en vela I was awake all night;

pasa todo el día al teléfono she spends all day on the phone
c) pasarlo or pasarla bien to have a good time;

◊ ¿qué tal lo pasaste en la fiesta? did you have a good time at the party?, did you enjoy the party?;

lo pasé mal I didn't enjoy myself
2 (sufrir, padecer) ‹penalidades/desgracias› to go through, to suffer;
◊ pasé mucho miedo/frío I was very frightened/cold

pasarse verbo pronominal
1 ( cambiarse):
◊ pasose al enemigo to go over to the enemy

2
a) ( ir demasiado lejos) to go too far;

◊ nos pasamos de estación we went past our station;

esta vez te has pasado (fam) you've gone too far this time
b) ( enf) (fam) (ir):

◊ pásate por casa come round;

¿podrías pasote por el mercado? could you go down to the market?
3
a) [peras/tomates] to go bad, get overripe;

[carne/pescado] to go off, go bad;
[ leche] to go off, go sour
b) (recocerse) [arroz/pasta] to get overcooked

1
a) ( desaparecer) [ efecto] to wear off;

[ dolor] to go away;
(+ me/te/le etc)
◊ ya se me pasó el dolor the pain's gone o eased now;

espera a que se le pase el enojo wait until he's calmed o cooled down
b) ( transcurrir):

◊ el año se ha pasado muy rápido this year has gone very quickly;

ver tb pasar verbo transitivo III 1
2 (+ me/te/le etc)
a) ( olvidarse):

◊ se me pasó su cumpleaños I forgot his birthday

b) ( dejar escapar):

◊ se me pasó la oportunidad I missed the opportunity

paso sustantivo masculino
1
a) ( acción):

◊ el paso del tren the passing of the train;

el paso del tiempo the passage of time;
el paso de la dictadura a la democracia the transition from dictatorship to democracy;
de paso: están de paso they're just visiting o just passing through;
me pilla de paso it's on my way;
y dicho sea de paso … and incidentally …
b) (camino, posibilidad de pasar) way;

◊ abrir/dejar paso (a algn/algo) to make way (for sth/sb);

me cerró el paso she blocked my way;
dejen el paso libre leave the way clear;

( on signs) ceda el paso yield ( in US), give way ( in UK);
( on signs) prohibido el paso no entry;
◊ paso de cebra zebra crossing;

paso de peatones crosswalk (AmE), pedestrian crossing (BrE);
paso a nivel grade (AmE) o (BrE) level crossing;
paso elevado or (Méx) a desnivel overpass (AmE), flyover (BrE);
paso subterráneo ( para peatones) underpass, subway (BrE);

( para vehículos) underpass;
◊ abrirse paso to make one's way;

( a codazos) to elbow one's way;
◊ salir al paso de algn ( abordar) to waylay sb;

( detener) to stop sb
2 (Geog) ( en montaña) pass;
◊ salir del paso to get out of a (tight) spot o (AmE) crack (colloq)

3
a) (al andar, bailar) step;

◊ dio un paso para atrás he took a step backward(s);

oyó pasos she heard footsteps;
entró con paso firme he came in purposefully;
paso a paso step by step;
seguirle los pasos a algn to tail sb;
seguir los pasos de algn to follow in sb's footsteps
b) ( distancia corta):

◊ vive a dos pasos de mi casa he lives a stone's throw (away) from my house;

está a un paso de aquí it's just around the corner/down the road from here
c) ( avance) step forward;

◊ eso ya es un paso (adelante) that's a step forward in itself

d) ( de gestión) step

4 (ritmo, velocidad):
◊ apretó/aminoró el paso he quickened his pace/he slowed down;

a este paso … at this rate …;
a paso de hormiga or tortuga at a snail's pace;
marcar el paso to mark time
5 ( en contador) unit
pasar
I verbo transitivo
1 to pass
2 (trasladar) to move
3 (dar) to pass, give: no me pasó el recado, he didn't give me the message
4 (hojas de libro) to turn
5 (el tiempo, la vida) to spend, pass
6 (soportar, sufrir) to suffer, endure: está pasando una crisis personal, she's going through a personal crisis
pasamos sed y calor, we suffered thirst and heat
7 (río, calle, frontera) to cross
8 (tragar) to swallow
9 (tolerar, aguantar) to bear
10 (introducir) to insert, put through
11 (un examen, una eliminatoria) to pass
12 Cine to run, show: este sábado pasan Ben Hur, they're putting Ben Hur on this Saturday
II verbo intransitivo
1 to pass: ¿a qué hora pasa el tren?, what time does the train pass?
Cervantes pasó por aquí, Cervantes passed this way
ya pasó, it has already passed
pasar de largo, to go by (without stopping)
2 (entrar) to come in
3 (ser tolerable) to be acceptable: no está mal, puede pasar, it isn't bad, it will do
4 (exceder) to surpass: no pases de los 70 km/h, don't exceed 70 km/h
5 (a otro asunto) to go on to
pasar a ser, to become
6 (tiempo) to pass, go by
7 (arreglarse, apañarse) pasar sin, to do without: puedo pasar sin coche, I can manage without a car
8 fam (no tener interés, prescindir) pasa de lo que digan, don't mind what they say
paso de ir al cine, I'll give the cinema a miss
9 (suceder) to happen: ¿qué pasa?, what's going on?
¿qué le pasa?, what's the matter with him?
pase lo que pase, whatever happens o come what may
♦ Locuciones: pasar algo a limpio, to make a fair copy of sthg
pasarlo bien/mal, to have a good/difficult time
pasar por, to put up with: paso por que me digas que estoy gorda, pero no pienso tolerar que me amargues cada comida, I can handle you calling me fat, but I'm not having you ruin every single meal for me
pasar por alto, to overlook: pasaré por alto esa observación, I'll just ignore that remark
paso sustantivo masculino
1 step: caminaban a paso ligero, they walked quickly
(sonido de pisadas) footstep
(de un baile) step
2 (camino, pasillo) passage, way
Auto ceda el paso, give way
paso a nivel, level o US grade crossing
paso de cebra, zebra crossing
paso de peatones, pedestrian crossing, US crosswalk
paso subterráneo, (para peatones) subway
(para vehículos) underpass
prohibido el paso, no entry
3 (acción) passage, passing: estamos de paso en la ciudad, we are just passing through the town
a su paso por la Universidad, when he was at University
el lento paso de las horas, the slow passing of the hours
4 Tel unit
5 Geol (entre montañas) mountain pass
6 Náut strait
♦ Locuciones: abrirse paso, (entre la multitud, maleza) to make one's way, (en la vida) to get ahead
salir del paso, to get out of trouble
a cada paso, constantly, every other minute
' paso' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
apretar
- arramblar
- atravesar
- bando
- bloquear
- cabeza
- cada
- calamidad
- cebra
- ceder
- cerrar
- converger
- cortar
- dar
- dado
- desvirtuar
- disfraz
- esclarecimiento
- estela
- filtración
- franca
- franco
- impedir
- infierno
- ligera
- ligero
- lista
- llave
- magín
- mayor
- nivel
- obstaculizar
- pasar
- pasarse
- patata
- peatonal
- por
- prohibida
- prohibido
- rebote
- rito
- segura
- seguro
- sino
- subterránea
- subterráneo
- testigo
- tránsito
- ver
- vela
English:
ahead
- amok
- arrogant
- bar
- battle
- begrudge
- block
- block in
- break through
- breakthrough
- brisk
- by
- childhood
- clarify
- clear
- coast
- come over
- crossing
- crosswalk
- dizzy
- dwindle
- evaluation
- explanation
- false move
- faux pas
- float
- flyover
- footstep
- give
- go by
- going
- graze
- grow out of
- hysterical
- lazy
- level crossing
- life
- lively
- mop
- move
- nail
- obstruction
- ocean
- overboard
- overpass
- pace
- pass
- pass along
- pass by
- pass through

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paso

♦ nm

1. [con el pie] step;
[huella] footprint;
dar un paso adelante o [m5] al frente to step forwards, to take a step forwards;

dar un paso atrás [al andar] to step backwards, to take a step backwards;
[en proceso, negociaciones] to take a backward step;
aprendí unos pasos de baile I learnt a few dance steps;

oía pasos arriba I could hear footsteps upstairs;

se veían sus pasos sobre la nieve you could see its footprints in the snow;

a cada paso [cada dos por tres] every other minute;

está a dos o [m5] cuatro pasos (de aquí) it's just down the road (from here);

vivimos a un paso de la estación we live just round the corner from o a stone's throw away from the station;

el ruso está a un paso de hacerse campeón the Russian is on the verge of o just one small step away from becoming champion;

a pasos agigantados at a terrific rate, at a rate of knots;

la economía crece a pasos agigantados the economy is growing at a rate of knots;

el SIDA se propaga a pasos agigantados AIDS is spreading like wildfire o at an alarming rate;

la ingeniería genética avanza a pasos agigantados genetic engineering has made giant o enormous strides;

dar un paso en falso o [m5] un mal paso [tropezar] to stumble;
[equivocarse] to make a false move o a mistake; Fig
no dio ni un paso en falso he didn't put a foot wrong;

seguir los pasos a alguien [perseguir, vigilar] to tail sb;

seguir los pasos de alguien [imitar] to follow in sb's footsteps;

volvimos sobre nuestros pasos we retraced our steps

2. [acción] passing;
[cruce] crossing; [camino de acceso] way through, thoroughfare;
con el paso del tiempo with the passage of time;

con el paso de los años as the years go by;

el paso de la juventud a la madurez the transition from youth to adulthood;

su paso fugaz por la universidad his brief spell at the university;

el Ebro, a su paso por Zaragoza the Ebro, as it flows through Zaragoza;

la tienda está en una zona de mucho paso the shop is in a very busy area;
también Fig
abrir paso a alguien to make way for sb;

abrirse paso [entre la gente, la maleza] to make one's way;

abrirse paso en la vida/en el mundo de la política to get on o ahead in life/politics;

¡abran paso! make way!;

ceder el paso (a alguien) [dejar pasar] to let (sb) past;
[en automóvil] to Br give way o US yield (to sb);
ceda el paso [en letrero] Br give way, US yield;

cerrar o [m5] cortar el paso a alguien to block sb's way;

de paso [de pasada] in passing;
[aprovechando] while I'm/you're/ etc at it;
de paso que vienes, tráete las fotos de las vacaciones you may as well bring the photos from your Br holiday o US vacation when you come;

la estación me pilla de paso the station's on my way;

estar de paso [en un lugar] to be passing through;

prohibido el paso [en letrero] no entry;

salir al paso a alguien, salir al paso de alguien [acercarse] to come up to sb;
[hacer detenerse] to come and bar sb's way;
salir al paso de algo [rechazar] to respond to sth

Comp
paso de cebra Br zebra crossing, = pedestrian crossing marked with black and white lines; Méx paso a desnivel Br flyover, US overpass;
paso del Ecuador [en barco] crossing the line ceremony;
[en universidad] = (celebration marking) halfway stage in a university course;
paso elevado Br flyover, US overpass;

paso fronterizo border crossing (point);

paso a nivel Br level crossing, US grade crossing;

paso a nivel con barrera Br gated level crossing, US protected grade crossing;

paso a nivel sin barrera Br ungated level crossing, US unprotected grade crossing;
Chile paso bajo nivel Br subway, US underpass;
paso peatonal o de peatones pedestrian crossing;

paso subterráneo Br subway, US underpass

3. [forma de andar] walk;
[ritmo] pace;
con paso cansino se dirigió a la puerta he walked wearily towards the door;

a buen paso at a good rate;

a este paso o [m5]al paso que vamos, no acabaremos nunca at this rate o at the rate we're going, we'll never finish;

al paso [en equitación] at a walk;

a paso lento slowly;

a paso ligero at a brisk pace;
Mil at the double;
aflojar el paso to slow down;

apretar el paso to go faster, to speed up;

llevar el paso to keep step;

marcar el paso to keep time;

Comp

a paso de tortuga at a snail's pace

Comp
Mil paso de la oca goose-step
4. Geog [en montaña] pass;
[en el mar] strait
5. [trámite, etapa, acontecimiento] step;
[progreso] step forward, advance;
antes de dar cualquier paso siempre me pregunta she always asks me before doing anything;

dar los pasos necesarios to take the necessary steps;

dar los primeros pasos hacia la paz to take the first steps towards peace;

la aprobación de una constitución supondría un gran paso para la democracia the passing of a constitution would be a big step forward for democracy;

explícamelo paso a o [m5] por paso explain it to me step by step;

paso a o [m5] por paso se ganó la confianza de sus alumnos she gradually won the confidence of her pupils;

salir del paso to get out of trouble

6. [de llamadas telefónicas, consumo eléctrico] unit

7. [en procesión] float [in Easter procession]

8.
pasos [en baloncesto] travelling;

hacer pasos to travel

♦ interj

make way!

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paso

1 m

1 step;

paso a paso step by step;

a cada paso at every step;

a dos pasos de fig a stone’s throw (away) from;

volver sobre sus pasos retrace one’s steps;

dar un mal paso o

un paso en falso make a false move;

seguir los pasos a alguien follow s.o., dog s.o.’s footsteps;

seguir los pasos de alguien follow in s.o.’s footsteps;

pasos pl en baloncesto traveling sg, Br travelling sg ;

hacer pasos en baloncesto travel

2 ( manera de andar) walk

3 ( ritmo) pace, rate;

a este paso fig at this rate;

al paso que vamos at the rate we’re going;

a paso ligero at the double;

llevar el paso MIL keep in step;

marcar el paso MIL mark time

4 de agua flow; de tráfico movement;

cerrar el paso de la calle block off o close the street;

prohibido el paso no entry;

ceda el paso yield, Br give way;

observaba el paso del agua/de la gente he watched the water flow past/the world go by

5 ( cruce) crossing

6 de tiempo passing

7 ( huella) footprint

8 ( camino)

:

de paso on the way;

estar de paso be passing through;

dicho sea de paso and incidentally;

¡paso! make way!, let me through!;

abrirse paso push one’s way through; fig carve out a path for o.s.;

salir al paso de alguien waylay s.o.;

salir del paso get out of a tight spot

paso

2 m REL float in Holy Week procession

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paso, -sa adj

: dried

ciruela pasa: prune

paso nm

1) : passage, passing

de paso: in passing, on the way

2) : way, path

abrirse paso: to make one's way

3) : crossing

paso de peatones: crosswalk

paso a desnivel: underpass

paso elevado: overpass

4) : step

paso a paso: step by step

5) : pace, gait

a buen paso: quickly, at a good rate

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paso n

1. (en general) step

el niño dio tres pasos the baby took tree steps

fue un gran paso para la ciencia it was a great step for science

2. (pisada) footstep

unos pasos sobre la nieve footsteps in the snow

3. (tránsito)

el Tormes a su paso por Salamanca the Tormes at Salamanca

4. (transcurso) passing / passage

con el paso de los años with the passing of the years

a este paso at this rate

abrir paso to make way

abrirse paso to make your way

acelerar el paso to speed up

ceda el paso give way

de paso (al mismo tiempo) while you're there / while you're about it (de camino) on your way

estar a dos pasos to be a stone's throw away

estar de paso to be passing through

paso a nivel level crossing

paso de cebra zebra crossing

paso de montaña mountain pass

paso elevado (para vehículos) flyover (para peatones) footbridge

paso subterráneo (para vehículos) underpass (para peatones) subway

paso de peatones pedestrian crossing

Spanish-English dictionary > paso
9 seco

adj.

1 dry, dead, lean, thin.

2 dry, snap, snappy, curt.

pres.indicat.

1^st person singular (yo) present indicative of spanish verb: secar.

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seco

► adjetivo

1 (gen) dry

2 (frutos, flores) dried

■ compramos flores secas we bought some dried flowers

3 (marchito) withered, dried up

4 figurado (vino) dry

5 figurado (carácter) dry; (tono, respuesta) curt, sharp

6 figurado (golpe, ruido) sharp

7 figurado (persona - delgada) skinny; (- vieja) old and wizened

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FRASEOLOGÍA

a secas figurado simply, just

■ Carmen a secas just plain Carmen

dejar seco,-a familiar to bump off

en seco (acción) suddenly

■ frenar en seco to brake suddenly

■ parar en seco to stop dead

estar más seco,-a que un higo familiar (delgado) to be as thin as a rake 2 (envejecido) to be old and wizened

estar seco,-a familiar to be thirsty, be dry

limpiar en seco to dry-clean

quedarse seco,-a familiar to snuff it, croak

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(f. - seca)

adj.

1) dry

2) dried

3) sharp

4) barren, arid

5) curt, brusque

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1. ADJ

1) (=no húmedo) dry

tengo los labios secos — my lips are dry

las sábanas no están secas todavía — the sheets are still not dry

es un calor seco — it's a dry heat

en seco (=sin líquido) —

no me puedo tragar esto en seco — I can't swallow this without water

limpiar en seco — dry clean only
dique 1), ley 1)
2) (=desecado) [higo, pescado] dried; [hojas] dead, dried; [árbol] dead

un cuadro de flores secas — a painting of dried flowers

estaban secos todos los geranios — all the geraniums had dried up

dame una cerveza, que estoy seco — * give me a beer, I'm really parched *
ciruela, fruto 1)
3) (=no graso) [piel, pelo] dry

4) (=no dulce) [vino, licor] dry

un champán muy seco — a very dry champagne

5) (=flaco) thin, skinny *

- está seco como un palo

6) (=no amable) [persona, carácter, respuesta] curt; [orden] sharp; [estilo] dry

estuvo muy seco conmigo por teléfono — he was very curt o short with me on the phone

- no se puede -contestó muy seco — "can't be done," he replied curtly

7) (=sin resonancia) [tos] dry; [ruido] dull; [impacto] sharp

oyó el golpe seco de la puerta — he heard the dull thud of the door

le dio un golpe seco en la cabeza — he gave him a sharp bang on the head

8)

en seco (=bruscamente) —

frenar en seco — to brake sharply

pararse en seco — to stop dead, stop suddenly

parar a algn en seco — [al hablar] to cut sb short

9) (=sin acompañamiento)

sobrevivimos a base de pan seco — we survived on bread alone

para vivir sólo tiene el sueldo seco — he has nothing but his salary to live on
palo 5)
10)

a secas —

no existe la libertad a secas — there's no such thing as freedom pure and simple

Gerardo García, Gerardo a secas para los amigos — Gerardo García, just Gerardo to his friends

nos alimentamos de pan a secas — we survived on nothing but bread

- dejar seco a algn

lo dejó seco de un tiro — he blew him away *

cuando me dijo el precio me dejó seco — I was stunned when he told me the price

- ser seco para algo

tener seco a algn Col, Cono Sur —

me tienen seco — I've had enough of them

- tomarse algo al seco

a ver todos, ¿al seco? — come on everyone, (down) in one!

2.

SM Col main course

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- ca adjetivo

1)

a) [ESTAR] <ropa/platos/pintura> dry

manténgase en lugar seco — store in a dry place

tengo la boca/garganta seca — my mouth/throat is dry

b) [ESTAR] <planta/río/comida> dry

c) [SER] <clima/región> dry

2) ( disecado) <higos/flores> dried

bacalao seco — stockfish, dried salt cod

3) [SER] ( no graso) <piel/pelo> dry

4) [SER] ( no dulce) <vino/licor/vermut> dry

5) <golpe/sonido> sharp; < tos> dry

6)

a) <respuesta/carácter> dry

estuvo muy seco conmigo — he was very short with me

b) (fam) ( delgado) thin

está más seco que un palo — he's as thin as a rake

c) [ESTAR] (fam) ( sediento) parched (colloq)

7) (en locs)

en seco — < frenar> sharply, suddenly

me paró en seco — he stopped me in my tracks

limpieza en seco — dry cleaning

a secas — (fam)

llámeme Roberto a secas — just call me (plain) Roberto

comimos pan a secas — we ate bread on its own

dejar a alguien seco — ( matar) (fam) to kill somebody stone dead (colloq); noticia/respuesta

la noticia me dejó seco — when I heard the news I was absolutely staggered

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= curt, dry [drier -comp., driest -sup.], shrivelled [shriveled, -USA], waterless, sun-dried, dried.

Ex. The young man pointed to him and said in a sharp, curt tone: 'Let me see your briefcase'.

Ex. Machine-made paper, provided that it was dry, could be laid on with sufficient accuracy for register to be made with no more ado than adjustment of the forme for the second run.

Ex. Green leaf parts showed higher transpiration rates and lower surface temperature than those that were yellow and shrivelled.

Ex. This area is visited only by desert rats, biologists, military personnel, and those desperate people willing to walk across as much as 60 miles of waterless trail.

Ex. This tasty salad with broad beans, sun-dried tomatoes and griddled lamb is great as a healthy and filling main meal.

Ex. Smoked and dried fish are preferable to canned, and there are excellent varieties of tuna jerky on the market today.

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* albaricoque seco = dried apricot.

* alergia a los frutos secos = nut allergy.

* completamente seco = bone dry.

* dejar en el dique seco = mothball.

* dique seco = dry dock.

* en el dique seco = in dry dock, in the wilderness.

* en seco = in blind, blind, cold turkey.

* estación seca, la = dry season, the.

* flor seca = cut-and-dried flower.

* fotografía en seco = dry photography.

* fruta seca = dried fruit.

* fruto seco = nut.

* frutos secos = nuts.

* frutos secos garrapiñados = marron glacé.

* frutos secos glaseados = marron glacé.

* golpe seco = flop.

* hielo seco = dry ice powder.

* hielo seco en polvo = dry ice powder.

* impresión en seco = blind impression.

* impreso en seco = blind-tooled.

* legumbre seca = dry bean.

* limpieza en seco = dry cleaning.

* período seco = dry spell.

* polvo seco = dry powder.

* semilla seca = dried seed.

* totalmente seco = bone dry.

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- ca adjetivo

1)

a) [ESTAR] <ropa/platos/pintura> dry

manténgase en lugar seco — store in a dry place

tengo la boca/garganta seca — my mouth/throat is dry

b) [ESTAR] <planta/río/comida> dry

c) [SER] <clima/región> dry

2) ( disecado) <higos/flores> dried

bacalao seco — stockfish, dried salt cod

3) [SER] ( no graso) <piel/pelo> dry

4) [SER] ( no dulce) <vino/licor/vermut> dry

5) <golpe/sonido> sharp; < tos> dry

6)

a) <respuesta/carácter> dry

estuvo muy seco conmigo — he was very short with me

b) (fam) ( delgado) thin

está más seco que un palo — he's as thin as a rake

c) [ESTAR] (fam) ( sediento) parched (colloq)

7) (en locs)

en seco — < frenar> sharply, suddenly

me paró en seco — he stopped me in my tracks

limpieza en seco — dry cleaning

a secas — (fam)

llámeme Roberto a secas — just call me (plain) Roberto

comimos pan a secas — we ate bread on its own

dejar a alguien seco — ( matar) (fam) to kill somebody stone dead (colloq); noticia/respuesta

la noticia me dejó seco — when I heard the news I was absolutely staggered

* * *

= curt, dry [drier -comp., driest -sup.], shrivelled [shriveled, -USA], waterless, sun-dried, dried.

Ex: The young man pointed to him and said in a sharp, curt tone: 'Let me see your briefcase'.

Ex: Machine-made paper, provided that it was dry, could be laid on with sufficient accuracy for register to be made with no more ado than adjustment of the forme for the second run.

Ex: Green leaf parts showed higher transpiration rates and lower surface temperature than those that were yellow and shrivelled.

Ex: This area is visited only by desert rats, biologists, military personnel, and those desperate people willing to walk across as much as 60 miles of waterless trail.

Ex: This tasty salad with broad beans, sun-dried tomatoes and griddled lamb is great as a healthy and filling main meal.

Ex: Smoked and dried fish are preferable to canned, and there are excellent varieties of tuna jerky on the market today.

* albaricoque seco = dried apricot.

* alergia a los frutos secos = nut allergy.

* completamente seco = bone dry.

* dejar en el dique seco = mothball.

* dique seco = dry dock.

* en el dique seco = in dry dock, in the wilderness.

* en seco = in blind, blind, cold turkey.

* estación seca, la = dry season, the.

* flor seca = cut-and-dried flower.

* fotografía en seco = dry photography.

* fruta seca = dried fruit.

* fruto seco = nut.

* frutos secos = nuts.

* frutos secos garrapiñados = marron glacé.

* frutos secos glaseados = marron glacé.

* golpe seco = flop.

* hielo seco = dry ice powder.

* hielo seco en polvo = dry ice powder.

* impresión en seco = blind impression.

* impreso en seco = blind-tooled.

* legumbre seca = dry bean.

* limpieza en seco = dry cleaning.

* período seco = dry spell.

* polvo seco = dry powder.

* semilla seca = dried seed.

* totalmente seco = bone dry.

* * *

seco¹ -ca

adjective

A

1 [ ESTAR] ‹ropa/platos/pintura› dry

[ S ] manténgase en lugar seco store in a dry place

tengo la boca/garganta seca my mouth/throat is dry

2 [ ESTAR] ‹planta/tierra› dry

el campo está sequísimo the countryside o land is really dry o parched

3 [ ESTAR] ‹río/pozo› dry

4 [ ESTAR] ‹arroz/pollo› dry

el pescado estuvo demasiado tiempo en el horno y está muy seco the fish was in the oven for too long so it's got(ten) very dry

5 [ SER] ‹clima/región› dry

B (desecado) ‹higos› dried; ‹flores› dried

bacalao seco stockfish, dried salt cod

fruto

C [ SER] (no graso) ‹piel/pelo› dry

D [ SER] (no dulce) ‹vino/licor/vermú› dry

E ‹golpe/sonido› sharp; ‹tos› dry

F

1 ‹respuesta/carácter› dry

estuvo muy seco conmigo he was very short o brusque o curt with me

2 ( fam) (delgado) thin

está más seco que un palo he's as thin as a rake

3 [ ESTAR] ( fam) (sediento) parched ( colloq)

G ( en locs):

en seco ‹frenar› sharply, suddenly

me paró en seco he stopped me dead o he stopped me in my tracks

el coche paró en seco the car stopped dead

limpieza en seco dry cleaning

a secas ( fam): quíteme el `doctor', llámeme Roberto a secas there's no need to call me `doctor', just call me (plain) Roberto

le dijo que no, así a secas she gave him a straight `no'

pan así a secas no me apetece I don't feel like eating just bread on its own like that

le pidió mil dólares así, a secas he just asked him for a thousand dollars outright o straight out, he asked him for a thousand dollars, just like that

dejar a algn seco ( fam); to kill sb stone dead ( colloq)

seco para algo ( Chi fam): el hijo le salió seco para la física her son turned out to be brilliant o a whiz at physics ( colloq)

es seco para el garabato he has a great line in swear words ( colloq)

tener seco a algn (Col, RPl fam): este tipo me tiene seca I'm up to here with o I'm sick and tired of this guy ( colloq)

tomarse algo al seco ( Chi fam); to down sth o knock sth back (in one go) ( colloq)

seco²

masculine

( Col)

main dish

* * *

Del verbo secar: ( conjugate secar)

seco es:

1ª persona singular (yo) presente indicativo

secó es:

3ª persona singular (él/ella/usted) pretérito indicativo

Multiple Entries:
secar
seco
secar ( conjugate secar) verbo transitivo
a) ‹ropa/pelo/platos› to dry;

‹pintura/arcilla› to dry
b) ‹tierra/plantas/hierba› to dry up;

‹ piel› to make … dry
verbo intransitivo
to dry
secarse verbo pronominal
1
a) [ropa/pintura/pelo] to dry;

[ piel] to get dry;
◊ se me seca mucho la piel my skin gets very dry

b) [ herida] to heal (up)

c) [tierra/planta/hierba] to dry up

d) [río/pozo/fuente] to dry up

e) [arroz/guiso] to go dry

2 ( refl) [ persona] to dry oneself;
‹manos/pelo› to dry;
‹ lágrimas› to dry, wipe away
seco
◊ -ca adjetivo

1
a) [ESTAR] ‹ropa/platos/pintura› dry;

‹boca/garganta› dry
b) [ESTAR] ‹planta/río/comida› dry

c) [SER] ‹clima/región› dry

2 ‹higos/flores› dried;
◊ bacalao seco stockfish, dried salt cod

3 [SER] ( no graso) ‹piel/pelo› dry
4 [SER] ( no dulce) ‹vino/licor/vermut› dry
5 ‹golpe/sonido› sharp;
‹ tos› dry
6 ‹respuesta/carácter› dry;
◊ estuvo muy seco conmigo he was very short with me

7 ( en locs)
◊ en seco ‹frenar/parar› sharply, suddenly;

limpieza en seco dry cleaning
secar verbo transitivo to dry: el sol secó la pintura, the sun dried the paint
seco,-a adjetivo
1 (sin humedad) dry
(disecado) dried
(sin agua) el río está seco, the river is dry
2 (planta) dried up
3 (pelo, piel) dry
4 (tos) dry, hacking
5 (vino, alcohol) dry
6 (poco afable) curt, sharp
(contestación) crisp, terse
7 (golpe, ruido) sharp
8 (delgado, con poca carne) skinny
9 fam (atónito, parado) stunned
♦ Locuciones: a secas, (sin más) llámame Paco a secas, just call me Paco
en seco, (de golpe, bruscamente) estaba hablando y se paró en seco, he was talking when he stopped dead
(muerto en el acto) se cayó de un precipicio y se quedó seco, he fell off the cliff and died instantly
' seco' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
bocinazo
- dique
- lavar
- lavado
- limpieza
- palo
- secar
- seca
- secarse
- bacalao
- contrario
- limpiar
- más
- moco
- parar
- se
- vino
English:
bone-dry
- clean
- crack
- crisp
- curt
- dead
- dehydrated
- dried
- dry
- dry wine
- dry-clean
- mop
- nut
- parched
- rap
- seasoned
- shell
- short
- shrivelled
- snap
- stop
- wipe away
- bone
- click
- desiccated
- dryness
- medium
- moist
- smart
- terse

* * *

seco, -a

♦ adj

1. [ropa, lugar] dry;

el pantalón todavía no está seco the Br trousers o US pants aren't yet dry;

tiene la piel seca/el cabello seco she has dry skin/hair;

consérvese en un lugar seco [en etiqueta] keep in a dry place

2. [higos] dried;

flores secas dried flowers

3. [clima, país] dry

4. [marchito] withered

5. [pozo, fuente] dry, dried up

6. [persona, actitud] brusque ( con to);
estuvo muy seco con su madre he was very short with his mother;

me contestó con un no seco she answered me with a curt “no”

7. [flaco] thin, lean;

se está quedando seco he's getting skinny

8. [vino, licor] dry

9. [ruido] dull;
[tos] dry; [voz] sharp;
un golpe seco a thud

10. Fam [sediento] thirsty;

estar seco to be thirsty

11. Fam [muerto] stone-dead;
[pasmado] stunned;
dejar a alguien seco [matar] to kill sb stone-dead;
[pasmar] to stun sb; RP Fam [agotar] to leave sb drained
12.
parar en seco [bruscamente] to stop dead

♦ nm

1. Perú [guiso] = meat stew served with rice and a garlic, lemon and coriander sauce

2. Col [plato principal] main dish

♦ a secas loc adv

simply, just;

llámame Juan a secas just call me Juan;

no comas pan a secas don't eat just bread

* * *

seco

adj

1 dry; planta dried up;

estar seco fam ( tener sed) be parched fam

2 fig ( antipático) curt, brusque

3

:

dejar a alguien seco fam kill s.o. stone dead;

parar en seco stop dead

4

:

llámala Carmen a secas just call her Carmen

* * *

seco, -ca adj

1) : dry

2) disecado: dried

fruta seca: dried fruit

3) : thin, lean

4) : curt, brusque

5) : sharp

un golpe seco: a sharp blow

6)

a secas : simply, just

se llama Chico, a secas: he's just called Chico

7)

en seco : abruptly, suddenly

frenar en seco: to make a sudden stop

* * *

seco adj

1. (en general) dry [comp. drier; superl. driest]

recoge la ropa cuando esté seca bring the washing in when it's dry

2. (frutos, flores) dried

higos secos dried figs

3. (persona) unfriendly [comp. unfriendlier; superl. unfriendliest]

su padre es muy seco her father is unfriendly

frenar en seco to stop dead

Spanish-English dictionary > seco
10 atragantarse

pron.v.

to choke.

se me ha atragantado este libro/tipo (figurative) I can't stand that book/guy

* * *

atragantarse

► verbo pronominal

1 (no poder tragar) to choke ( con, on), swallow the wrong way

■ se atragantó con un hueso de aceituna he choked on an olive stone

2 (atravesarse) to get stuck in one's throat

■ se le atragantó una espina he got a fish bone stuck in his throat

3 figurado (causar fastidio) to turn off

■ tengo a ese tipo atragantado I can't stand that bloke

* * *

VPR

1) [al comer] to choke ( con on)
swallow the wrong way
me atraganté con una espina — I choked on a fish bone, I got a fish bone stuck in my throat

se me atragantó una miga de pan — a crumb went down the wrong way

2) [al hablar] to lose the thread of what one is saying

3) * (=caer mal)

el tío ese se me atraganta — that guy gets up my nose *, I can't stomach that guy *

* * *

verbo pronominal

a) ( al tragar) to choke

se le atragantó una espina — he choked on a fish bone

b) (fam) ( caer antipático)

tengo esta asignatura atragantada — I can't stand this subject (colloq)

la mujer esa se me ha atragantado — I can't stomach that woman

* * *

verbo pronominal

a) ( al tragar) to choke

se le atragantó una espina — he choked on a fish bone

b) (fam) ( caer antipático)

tengo esta asignatura atragantada — I can't stand this subject (colloq)

la mujer esa se me ha atragantado — I can't stomach that woman

* * *

atragantarse [A1 ]

v pron

1 (al tragar) to choke

no comas tan deprisa, que te vas a atragantar don't eat so fast or you'll choke

se le atragantó una espina or se atragantó con una espina he got a fish bone stuck in his throat, he choked on a fish bone

2 ( fam)

(caer antipático): tengo esta asignatura atragantada I can't stand this subject ( colloq)

la mujer esa se me ha atragantado I can't stomach that woman

* * *

atragantarse ( conjugate atragantarse) verbo pronominal ( al tragar) to choke;
◊ se le atragantó una espina he choked on a fish bone

atragantarse verbo reflexivo
1 to choke [con, on]
2 fig fam las matemáticas se me han atragantado, I can't stand maths

' atragantarse' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
ahogado
- ahogar
- atorar
English:
choke

* * *

atragantarse vpr

1. [ahogarse] to choke;

te vas a atragantar you'll choke;

se atragantó con una espina she got a fish bone stuck in her throat

2. Fam [no soportar]
se me ha atragantado ese libro/tipo I can't stand that book/guy

* * *

atragantarse

v/r choke ( con on);

se le ha atragantado fig she can’t stand o

stomach him

* * *

atragantarse vr

: to choke (on food)

* * *

atragantarse vb

1. (no poder tragar) to choke

se atrangantó con una espina he choked on a bone

2. (atravesarse) to get stuck in your throat

se le atragantó una espina a bone got stuck in his throat

3. (caer antipático) not to be able to stand

el perro de mi vecina se me atraganta I can't stand my neighbour's dog

Spanish-English dictionary > atragantarse
11 अर्क _arka

अर्क a. [अर्च्-घञ्-कुत्वम् Uṇ.3.4.]. Fit to be worshipped (अर्चनीय).

-र्कः 1 A ray of light, a flash of lightning (Ved.).

-2 The sun; आविष्कृतारुणपुरःसर एकतो$र्कः Ś.4.2.

-3 Fire. य एवमेतदर्कस्यार्कत्वं वेद Bṛi. Up. 1.2.1.

-4 A crystal; पुष्पार्ककेतकाभाश्च Rām.2.94.6.

-5 Copper.

-6 Sunday.

-7 Membrum virile. एवा ते शेपः सहसायमर्को$ङ्गेनाङ्गं संसमकं कृणोतु Av.6.72.1.

-8 N. of the sun-plant, Calatropis Gigantea (Mar. रुई), a small tree with medicinal sap and rind; अर्कस्योपरि शिथिलं च्युतमिव नवमल्लिकाकुसुमम् Ś.2.9; यमाश्रित्य न विश्रामं क्षुधार्ता यान्ति सेवकाः । सो$र्कवन्नृपतिस्त्याज्यः सदापुष्पफलो$पि सन् Pt.1.51. अर्के चेन्मधु विन्देत ŚB. on MS.

-9 N. of Indra.

-1 A sort of religious ceremony.

-11 Praise, hymn; praising, extolling, song of praise.

-12 A singer (Ved. in these two senses).

-13 A learned man.

-14 An elder brother.

-15 Food (अर्कम् also).

-16 N. of Viṣṇu.

-17 A kind of decoction.

-18 The seventh day of a month.

-19 The उत्तरा- फल्गुनी asterism.

-2 The number 12.

-21 The sun- stone (सूर्यकान्त); मसारगल्वर्कमयैर्विभङ्गैर्विभूषितं हेमनिबद्धचक्रम् Mb.12.46.33. cf. अर्को$र्कपर्णे स्फटिके ताम्रे सूर्ये दिवस्पतौ । ज्येष्ठभ्रातरि शुक्ले$र्कपादपे च पुमान् भवेत् ॥ Nm.

-Comp. -अंशः, -कला a digit or 12th part of the sun's disc.

-अश्मन् m.

-उपलः 1 the sun-stone, heliotrope, girasol.

-2 a sort of crystal or ruby.

-आह्वः the swallow wort.

-इन्दुसंगमः the time of conjunction of the sun and moon (दर्श or अमावास्या).

-कान्तः A class of eleven storeyed buildings; Māna.29.25-34.

-कान्ता 1 N. of a plant commonly called हुड्हुडिया.

-2 sun's wife.

-3 sun's shadow.

-कुण्डतीर्थम् N. of a Tīrtha; Skanda P.

-क्षेत्रम् 1 the field of the sun; the sign Leo, pre- sided over by the sun.

-2 N. of a holy place in Orissa.

-ग्रहः The eclipse of the sun; Bṛi. S.

-ग्रीवः N. of the Sāman.

-चन्दनः a kind of red sandal (रक्तचन्दन).

-चिकित्सा Arka's work on medical science.

-जः epithet of Karṇa, Yama, Sugrīva. (

-जौ) the two Aśvins regarded as the physicians of Heaven.

-तनयः 'a son of the sun', an epithet of Karṇa, Yama, Manu Vaivasvata, Manu Sāvarṇi and Saturn; see अरुणात्मज. (

-या) N. of the rivers Yamunā and Tāpti.

-त्विष् f. light of the sun.

-दिनम्, -वासरः Sunday.

-दुग्धम् milky sap or exudation of Arka.

-नन्दनः, -पुत्रः, -सुतः, -सूनुः N. of Saturn, Karṇa or Yama.

- नयन a. one whose eyes are difficult to be gazed at. (

-नः) an epithet of Virat Puruṣa.

-नामन् m. the red arka tree.

-पत्रः, -पर्णः N. of the plant अर्क. (

-त्रा) a kind of birth- wort (सुनन्दा, अर्कमूला) with wedge-shaped leaves. (

-त्रम्, -र्णम्) the leaf of the अर्क plant.

-पादपः N. of a plant (निम्ब); another tree (आकन्द).

-पुष्पम् a flower of arka

-पुष्पाद्यम् N. of a Sāman. (

-ष्पी),

-पुष्पिका N. of a plant (कुटुम्बिनी)

-पुष्पोत्तरम् N. of a Sāman.

-प्रकाश a. Bright like the sun; Mb.

-प्रिया N. of a plant (जव).

-बन्धुः, -बान्धवः 1 N. of Buddha Śākyamuni, meaning सूर्यवंश्यः, cf. शुद्धोदनो नाम नृपो$र्कबन्धुः Bu. Ch.9.9.

-2 a lotus (the sun-lotus).

-भम् 1 an asterism influenced by the sun.

-2 the sign Leo.

-3 उत्तराफल्गुनीनक्षत्र.

-भक्ता = ˚कान्ता q. v.

-मण्डलम् disc of the sun.

-मूलः, -ला = ˚पत्रा; विलिखति वसुधामर्कमूलस्य हेतोः Bh.2.1.

-रेतोजः Revanta, the son of Sūrya.

-लपणम् Saltpetre.

-वर्षः a solar year.

-वल्लभः 1 N. of a plant (बन्धूक; Mar. दुपारी).

-2 a lotus.

-विवाहः marriage with the arka plant (enjoined to be performed before a man marries a third wife, who thus becomes his fourth); चतुर्थादिविवाहार्थं तृतीयो$र्कं समुद्वहेत् Kāśyapa.

-वेधः N. of a tree (तालीशपत्र).

-व्रतः, -तम् 1 a vow performed on माघशुक्लसप्तमी.

-2 the law or manner of the sun; when a king exacts taxes from his subjects only to add to their material comforts and happiness, just as the sun draws up water during 8 months of the year, only to give it back increased a thousandfold, he is said to follow अर्कव्रत, अष्टौ मासान् यथादित्यस्तोयं हरति रश्मिभिः । तथा हरेत्करं राष्ट्रान्नित्यमर्कव्रतं हि तत् ॥ Ms.9.35; cf. R.1.18 (the point of comparison may also be the imperceptible way in which the sun ab- sorbs water, see Pt.1.221).

-शोकः Ved. brilliancy of rays.

-सातिः f.

1 finding of rays.

-2 poetical ins- piration; finding out hymns; रपत् कविरिन्द्रार्कसातौ Rv.1. 174.7.

-सोदरः 'brother of the sun', an epithet of Airāvata.

-हिता = ˚कान्ता q. v.

Sanskrit-English dictionary > अर्क _arka
12 gła|dko

adv. grad. 1. (bez nierówności) smoothly
- gładko otynkowane ściany smoothly plastered walls

- gładko wypolerowany kamyk a smoothly polished stone, a stone polished smooth

- gładko oheblowane deski smoothly planed boards, boards planed to a smooth finish

- gładko ogolony mężczyzna a clean-shaven man
2. (bez trudności) Polska gładko wygrała z Francją Poland beat France easily a. hands down
- wszystko gładko poszło everything went smoothly

- gładko coś przełknąć to accept sth without protest; to swallow sth without a peep (of protest) pot.

- wyrażać się gładko to express oneself elegantly

The New English-Polish, Polish-English Kościuszko foundation dictionary > gła|dko
13 גלל

גְּלָל, גְּלָלָאch. sam( גָּלָל, constr. גְּלַל m. (b. h.; preced.) in consequence of, on account of); 1) untrimmed stone, cobble (v. גְּוִיל). Ezra 5:8.Ḥull.63a אתא ג׳ a stone fell (from on high); Yalk. Zech. 578 גלאלא. Gitt.47a Ar. (ed. גַּלְגַּלְתָּא). Ab. Zar.22b, v. דַּגָּלָא. 2) lump.Pl. גְּלָלֵי. Ḥull.112a bot. תרי ג׳ דמלחא Rashi (ed. ג׳ מלחא) two lumps of salt. 3) ordure, v. גַּלָּא.Pl. as supra. B. Kam.92b (prov.) a dog in his hunger ג׳ מבלע (Ms. H. sing.) will swallow excrements (Rashi: stones). 4) wave, v. גַּלָּא. 5) consequence; בג׳ on account of, in order to. Targ. Ps. 40:12 (Ms. ג׳ היכנא). Targ. 2 Chr. 24:25; a. e.

Jewish literature > גלל
14 גללא

גְּלָל, גְּלָלָאch. sam( גָּלָל, constr. גְּלַל m. (b. h.; preced.) in consequence of, on account of); 1) untrimmed stone, cobble (v. גְּוִיל). Ezra 5:8.Ḥull.63a אתא ג׳ a stone fell (from on high); Yalk. Zech. 578 גלאלא. Gitt.47a Ar. (ed. גַּלְגַּלְתָּא). Ab. Zar.22b, v. דַּגָּלָא. 2) lump.Pl. גְּלָלֵי. Ḥull.112a bot. תרי ג׳ דמלחא Rashi (ed. ג׳ מלחא) two lumps of salt. 3) ordure, v. גַּלָּא.Pl. as supra. B. Kam.92b (prov.) a dog in his hunger ג׳ מבלע (Ms. H. sing.) will swallow excrements (Rashi: stones). 4) wave, v. גַּלָּא. 5) consequence; בג׳ on account of, in order to. Targ. Ps. 40:12 (Ms. ג׳ היכנא). Targ. 2 Chr. 24:25; a. e.

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15 גְּלָל

גְּלָל, גְּלָלָאch. sam( גָּלָל, constr. גְּלַל m. (b. h.; preced.) in consequence of, on account of); 1) untrimmed stone, cobble (v. גְּוִיל). Ezra 5:8.Ḥull.63a אתא ג׳ a stone fell (from on high); Yalk. Zech. 578 גלאלא. Gitt.47a Ar. (ed. גַּלְגַּלְתָּא). Ab. Zar.22b, v. דַּגָּלָא. 2) lump.Pl. גְּלָלֵי. Ḥull.112a bot. תרי ג׳ דמלחא Rashi (ed. ג׳ מלחא) two lumps of salt. 3) ordure, v. גַּלָּא.Pl. as supra. B. Kam.92b (prov.) a dog in his hunger ג׳ מבלע (Ms. H. sing.) will swallow excrements (Rashi: stones). 4) wave, v. גַּלָּא. 5) consequence; בג׳ on account of, in order to. Targ. Ps. 40:12 (Ms. ג׳ היכנא). Targ. 2 Chr. 24:25; a. e.

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16 גְּלָלָא

גְּלָל, גְּלָלָאch. sam( גָּלָל, constr. גְּלַל m. (b. h.; preced.) in consequence of, on account of); 1) untrimmed stone, cobble (v. גְּוִיל). Ezra 5:8.Ḥull.63a אתא ג׳ a stone fell (from on high); Yalk. Zech. 578 גלאלא. Gitt.47a Ar. (ed. גַּלְגַּלְתָּא). Ab. Zar.22b, v. דַּגָּלָא. 2) lump.Pl. גְּלָלֵי. Ḥull.112a bot. תרי ג׳ דמלחא Rashi (ed. ג׳ מלחא) two lumps of salt. 3) ordure, v. גַּלָּא.Pl. as supra. B. Kam.92b (prov.) a dog in his hunger ג׳ מבלע (Ms. H. sing.) will swallow excrements (Rashi: stones). 4) wave, v. גַּלָּא. 5) consequence; בג׳ on account of, in order to. Targ. Ps. 40:12 (Ms. ג׳ היכנא). Targ. 2 Chr. 24:25; a. e.

Jewish literature > גְּלָלָא
17 picar

v.

1 to bite.

me picó una avispa I was stung by a wasp

2 to peck.

la gaviota me picó (en) una mano the seagull pecked my hand

3 to chop (triturar) (vegetables).

4 to break up (piedra, hielo).

5 to chip the plaster off.

6 to annoy (informal) (enojar). (peninsular Spanish)

7 to spur on (to stimulate) (persona, caballo).

aquello me picó la curiosidad that aroused my curiosity

8 to punch (perforar) (billete, ficha).

9 to type (up) (informal) (mecanografiar).

10 to goad (bullfighting).

11 to itch (escocer) (parte del cuerpo, herida, prenda).

me pican los ojos my eyes are stinging

12 to be spicy or hot (food).

13 to nibble (tomar un aperitivo).

¿te pongo unas aceitunas para picar? would you like some olives as an aperitif?

14 to burn (sol).

15 to bounce (balón, pelota) ( Latin American Spanish).

la pelota picó fuera the ball went out

16 to sting, to bite, to peck, to pick.

La abeja picó al perro The bee stung the dog.

17 to have an itch in.

Me pica la nariz I have an itch in my nose.

Le pica He has an itch.

18 to mince, to chop up, to chop, to hash.

Ella pica las verduras She minces the vegetables.

19 to be biting.

20 to burn on one's back, to be beating down, to beat down, to burn in one's back.

Este sol pica This sun beats down.

21 to pique, to spur.

Ella pica al caballo She spurred=piqued the horse.

22 to pick at.

Ella pica comida en la noche She eats food at night.

23 to have a few snacks, to have a few nibbles.

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picar

Conjugation model [ SACAR], like link=sacar sacar

► verbo transitivo

1 (morder - insecto) to bite; (- abeja, avispa) to sting

2 (corroer) to eat away, rot

■ tengo el coche picado de la humedad my car's all rusty from the damp

■ tengo las muelas picadas de comer tantos caramelos my teeth are bad from eating so many sweets

■ la polilla me ha picado el baúl moths have eaten away the trunk

3 (perforar - papel, tarjeta) to punch

4 (dar con un pico) to jab, goad

5 COCINA (cortar) to chop finely; (carne) to mince

6 (comida) to nibble

■ vamos a salir a picar algo we're going to get a bite to eat

7 (incitar) to arouse

■ me picó la curiosidad it aroused my curiosity

8 (herir) to wound

■ le ha picado el orgullo it has wounded his pride

9 (toro) to goad

10 (cebo) to bite

► verbo intransitivo

1 (sentir escozor) to itch

■ me pica todo el cuerpo I'm itching all over

2 (calentar) to be hot, be strong

■ hoy pica el sol en cantidad the sun's really strong today

3 (estar picante) to be hot

■ estos pimientos pican muchísimo these peppers are really hot

4 (pez) to bite; (persona) to fall for it

5 (caer en la cuenta) to cotton on, twig

6 (comer) to have a nibble

► verbo pronominal picarse

1 (muela) to decay, go bad

■ se me ha picado una muela one of my teeth has gone bad

2 (fruta) to begin to rot

3 (tela) to be moth-eaten

4 (mar) to get choppy

5 (vino) to go vinegary, go sour, go off

6 (metal) to pit

7 (ofenderse) to take offence

8 familiar (picar el orgullo) to get annoyed

9 argot (pincharse droga) to shoot up

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FRASEOLOGÍA

picar alto to aim high

quien se pica, ajos come familiar if the cap fits, wear it

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verb

1) to sting, bite

2) itch

3) punch

4) grind

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1. VT

1) [con el pico, la boca] [abeja, avispa] to sting; [mosquito, serpiente, pez] to bite; [ave] to peck (at)

me ha picado un bicho en el cuello — an insect has bitten me on the neck

los pájaros han picado toda la fruta — the birds have pecked holes in o pecked (at) all the fruit

picar el anzuelo — (lit) to take o swallow the bait; (fig) to rise to the bait, fall for it *

- ¿qué mosca le habrá picado?

2) (=comer) [persona] to nibble at

he estado picando unos cacahuetes — I've been nibbling at some peanuts

he picado algo antes de comer — I had a little nibble before lunch

3) (=agujerear) [+ hoja, página] to punch a hole/some holes in; [+ billete, entrada] to punch

4) (=trocear)

a) (Culin) [+ ajo, cebolla, patata] to chop; Esp, Cono Sur [+ carne] to mince, grind (EEUU)

pica la cebolla muy picadita — chop the onion very finely

b) [+ tabaco] to cut; [+ hielo] to crush

c) [+ tierra] to dig over, break up; [+ piedra] [en trozos pequeños] to chip at; [en trozos grandes] to break up

acabó sus días picando piedra en una cantera — he ended his days breaking up stone in a quarry

5) (=provocar) [+ persona] to needle, goad; [+ caballo] to spur on

estaba siempre picándome — he was always needling o goading me

eso me picó la curiosidad — that aroused my curiosity

lo que dijiste lo picó en su amor propio — what you said wounded o hurt his pride

6) (=corroer) [+ diente, muela, madera] to rot; [+ hierro, metal] to rust; [+ cable] to corrode; [+ goma, neumático] to perish

las polillas han picado la lana — the moths have made holes in the wool

7) (Inform) [+ texto] to key in

8) (Mús) [+ nota] to play staccato

9) (Taur) [+ toro] to stick, prick ( with the goad)

10) (Mil) [+ enemigo] to harass

11) Ven * (=sablear) to scrounge *

12) Ven
*
picar el ojo a algn — to wink at sb

2. VI

1) [con el pico, la boca] [abeja, avispa] to sting; [mosquito, serpiente] to bite; [ave] to peck

2) (=comer) [persona] to nibble, snack

llevo todo el día picando — I've been nibbling o snacking all day

3) (=morder el cebo) [pez] to bite; [persona] * to fall for it *

hoy parece que no pican — it seems they aren't biting today

ha picado mucha gente — a lot of people have fallen for it *

- picar muy alto

4) (=ser picante) [comida] to be hot, be spicy

esta salsa sí que pica — this sauce is really hot o spicy

5) (=causar picor) [herida, espalda] to itch

me pica la espalda — my back itches

me pica por todo el cuerpo — I'm itching all over

me pica la barba — I've got an itchy beard

un jersey que pica — an itchy jumper

¿le pica la garganta? — do you have a tickle in your throat?, do you have a tickly throat?

me pican los ojos — my eyes are stinging o smarting

el alcohol te va a picar un poco — the alcohol is going to sting you a little

¿qué te pica? — (lit) where does it itch?; (fig) what's got into you?, what's eating you? (EEUU)

- a quien le pique que se rasque

6) [sol] to burn

hoy sí que pica el sol — the sun is really burning today

7) (=probar)

picar en algo — to dabble in sth

ha picado en todos los géneros literarios — he has dabbled in all the literary genres

8) Esp * (=llamar a la puerta) to knock

9) Cono Sur ** (=largarse) to split **

10) Esp (Aut) to pink

11)

picarle — Méx * (=darse prisa) to hurry up

12) LAm [pelota] to bounce

3.

See:

picarse

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1.
verbo transitivo

1)

a) mosquito/víbora to bite; abeja/avispa to sting

¿te picaron los mosquitos? — did you get bitten by the mosquitoes?

b) polilla

una manta picada por las polillas — a moth-eaten blanket

las polillas me picaron el poncho — the moths got at my poncho

c) ave < comida> to peck at; < enemigo> to peck

d) < anzuelo> to bite

e) (fam) ( comer) to eat

saca algo para picar — put out some nibbles

sólo quiero picar algo — I just want a little snack o a bite to eat

f) <billete/boleto> to punch

g) (Taur) to jab

2)

a) (Coc) < carne> (Esp, RPl) to grind (AmE), to mince (BrE); <cebolla/perejil> to chop (up); <pan/manzana> (Ven) to cut

b) < hielo> to crush; < pared> to chip; < piedra> (deshacer, romper) to break up, smash; (labrar, astillar) to work, chip away at

3) <dientes/muelas> to rot, decay

el azúcar pica los dientes — sugar rots your teeth o gives you tooth decay

4) ( en billar) < bola> to put spin on

5) (Per fam) ( obtener dinero de) to get (some) money from o out of

6)

a) ( incitar) to spur on; ( enfadar) to upset, hurt

b) < amor propio> to wound, hurt; < curiosidad> to pique, arouse

7) < papel> to perforate

8) (Mús) to play... staccato
2.
picar vi

1)

a) ( morder el anzuelo) to bite, take the bait

picar alto — to aim high

b) ( comer) to nibble

2)

a) comida to be hot

b) ( producir comezón) to itch; lana/suéter to itch, be itchy

me pica la espalda — my back itches o is itchy

¿te pican los ojos? — are your eyes stinging?

c) (fam) ( quemar)

cómo pica el sol! — the sun's really burning o scorching!

3) (AmL) pelota to bounce

4) (RPl arg) (irse, largarse) to split (sl)

picarle — (Méx fam) to get a move on (colloq)
3.
picarse v pron

1)

a) muelas to decay, rot; manguera/llanta to perish; cacerola/pava to rust; ropa to get moth-eaten

b) manzana to go rotten; vino to go sour

2) mar to get choppy

3) (fam) ( enfadarse) to get annoyed; ( ofenderse) to take offense

anda picado — he's in a huff (colloq)

4) avión to nose-dive; pájaro to dive

5) (arg) ( inyectarse) to shoot up (sl)

6)

picárselas — (RPl arg) ( irse) to split (sl)

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= mince, keyboard, smart, chop up, itch.

Ex. A rotary machine invented in Holland in the late seventeenth century did not pound but minced the rags into pulp with revolving knives.

Ex. One use of the Mouse is in free-hand drawing, but it also promises to improve drastically the way in which data can be manipulated once it has been keyboarded into a file.

Ex. The Soviet hosts, meanwhile, still smarting over myriad implications of inferiority, found themselves in the novel position of being expected to instruct and enlighten Westerners.

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

Ex. Until your skin gets use to it, it will itch but non-scented talcum powder will help, just make sure you don't inhale any of that shit.

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* algo para picar = finger food.

* comida para picar = finger food.

* picar en una trampa = fall for + a joke, fall for + it.

* picar la curiosidad = pique + curiosity.

* que pica = itchy [itchier -comp., itchiest -sup.].

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1.
verbo transitivo

1)

a) mosquito/víbora to bite; abeja/avispa to sting

¿te picaron los mosquitos? — did you get bitten by the mosquitoes?

b) polilla

una manta picada por las polillas — a moth-eaten blanket

las polillas me picaron el poncho — the moths got at my poncho

c) ave < comida> to peck at; < enemigo> to peck

d) < anzuelo> to bite

e) (fam) ( comer) to eat

saca algo para picar — put out some nibbles

sólo quiero picar algo — I just want a little snack o a bite to eat

f) <billete/boleto> to punch

g) (Taur) to jab

2)

a) (Coc) < carne> (Esp, RPl) to grind (AmE), to mince (BrE); <cebolla/perejil> to chop (up); <pan/manzana> (Ven) to cut

b) < hielo> to crush; < pared> to chip; < piedra> (deshacer, romper) to break up, smash; (labrar, astillar) to work, chip away at

3) <dientes/muelas> to rot, decay

el azúcar pica los dientes — sugar rots your teeth o gives you tooth decay

4) ( en billar) < bola> to put spin on

5) (Per fam) ( obtener dinero de) to get (some) money from o out of

6)

a) ( incitar) to spur on; ( enfadar) to upset, hurt

b) < amor propio> to wound, hurt; < curiosidad> to pique, arouse

7) < papel> to perforate

8) (Mús) to play... staccato
2.
picar vi

1)

a) ( morder el anzuelo) to bite, take the bait

picar alto — to aim high

b) ( comer) to nibble

2)

a) comida to be hot

b) ( producir comezón) to itch; lana/suéter to itch, be itchy

me pica la espalda — my back itches o is itchy

¿te pican los ojos? — are your eyes stinging?

c) (fam) ( quemar)

cómo pica el sol! — the sun's really burning o scorching!

3) (AmL) pelota to bounce

4) (RPl arg) (irse, largarse) to split (sl)

picarle — (Méx fam) to get a move on (colloq)
3.
picarse v pron

1)

a) muelas to decay, rot; manguera/llanta to perish; cacerola/pava to rust; ropa to get moth-eaten

b) manzana to go rotten; vino to go sour

2) mar to get choppy

3) (fam) ( enfadarse) to get annoyed; ( ofenderse) to take offense

anda picado — he's in a huff (colloq)

4) avión to nose-dive; pájaro to dive

5) (arg) ( inyectarse) to shoot up (sl)

6)

picárselas — (RPl arg) ( irse) to split (sl)

* * *

= mince, keyboard, smart, chop up, itch.

Ex: A rotary machine invented in Holland in the late seventeenth century did not pound but minced the rags into pulp with revolving knives.

Ex: One use of the Mouse is in free-hand drawing, but it also promises to improve drastically the way in which data can be manipulated once it has been keyboarded into a file.

Ex: The Soviet hosts, meanwhile, still smarting over myriad implications of inferiority, found themselves in the novel position of being expected to instruct and enlighten Westerners.

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

Ex: Until your skin gets use to it, it will itch but non-scented talcum powder will help, just make sure you don't inhale any of that shit.

* algo para picar = finger food.

* comida para picar = finger food.

* picar en una trampa = fall for + a joke, fall for + it.

* picar la curiosidad = pique + curiosity.

* que pica = itchy [itchier -comp., itchiest -sup.].

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picar [A2 ]

vt

A

1 «mosquito/víbora» to bite; «abeja/avispa» to sting

¿te picaron los mosquitos anoche? did you get bitten by the mosquitoes last night?, did the mosquitoes get you last night? ( colloq)

2

«polilla»: una manta picada por las polillas a moth-eaten blanket

las polillas me picaron el poncho the moths got at my poncho

3 «ave» ‹comida› to peck at; ‹enemigo› to peck

4 ‹anzuelo› to bite

5 ( fam) (comer) to eat

picar galletas entre horas engorda muchísimo eating cookies between meals is very fattening

nos sirvió un aperitivo con algo para picar he served us a drink and some nibbles

no quiero cenar, sólo picar algo I don't want supper, just a little snack o just a bite to eat

6 ‹billete/boleto› to punch

7 ( Taur) to jab; ( Agr) to goad, prod

B ( Méx) (con una aguja, espina) to prick

C

1 ( Coc) ‹cebolla/perejil› to chop, chop … up; ‹carne› (Esp, RPl) to grind ( AmE), to mince ( BrE); ‹pan/manzana› ( Ven) to cut

2 ‹hielo› to crush; ‹tierra› to break up; ‹pared› to chip ‹piedra› (deshacer, romper) to break up, smash; (labrar, astillar) to work, chip away at

D ‹dientes/muelas› to rot, decay

el azúcar pica los dientes sugar rots your teeth o gives you tooth decay

E (en billar) ‹bola› to put spin on

F ( Per fam) (obtener dinero) to get (some) money from o out of

voy a picar a mi viejo I'm going to get some money out of my old man ( colloq), I'm going to touch my old man for some money ( colloq)

G

1 (incitar) to spur on; (ofender, enfadar) to upset, hurt

2 ‹amor propio› to wound, hurt; ‹curiosidad› to pique, arouse

H ‹papel› to perforate

I ( Mús) to play … staccato

■ picar

vi

A

1 (morder el anzuelo) to bite, take the bait

ha picado un pez grande we've got o hooked a big one

el cliente picó the customer rose to o took the bait

le tendimos una trampa y picó we set a trap for him and he fell for it

picar alto to aim high

2 (comer) to nibble

siempre anda picando entre comidas he's always eating o nibbling between meals

B

1 «comida» to be hot

esta mostaza pica mucho this mustard's really hot, this mustard really burns your mouth

2 (producir comezón) «lana/suéter» to itch, be itchy

me pica la espalda my back itches o is itchy

¿te pican los ojos? are your eyes stinging o smarting?

3 ( fam)

(quemar): ¡cómo pica el sol hoy! the sun's really burning o scorching today!

4 ( Méx) pinchar vi A. (↑ pinchar)

C ( AmL) «pelota» to bounce

la pelota picó fuera the ball bounced o went out

hacer picar la pelota to bounce the ball

D ( Esp) «motor» to knock, pink ( BrE)

E ( RPl arg) (irse, largarse) to split (sl), to beat it (sl)

picarle ( Méx fam); to get a move on ( colloq), to move it ( BrE colloq)

■ picarse

v pron

A

1 «muelas» to decay, rot; «manguera/llanta» to perish; «cacerola/pava» to rust; «ropa» to get moth-eaten

2 «manzana» to rot, go rotten; «vino» to go sour

B «mar» to get choppy

C ( fam) (enfadarse) to get annoyed, get in a huff ( colloq); (ofenderse) to take offense*, be piqued

hombre, no te piques; si sólo era una broma come on, don't get annoyed, it was only a joke ( colloq)

anda picado he's in a huff ( colloq)

D «avión» to nose-dive; «pájaro» to dive

E

1 ( arg) (inyectarse) to shoot up (sl)

2 ( Méx) pinchar v pron A 1. (↑ pinchar)

F

picárselas ( RPl arg) (irse) to split (sl), to be off ( colloq), to take off ( AmE colloq)

yo me las pico I'm off ( colloq)

a las nueve me las pico I have to be going o to take off at nine ( colloq)

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picar ( conjugate picar) verbo transitivo
1
a) [mosquito/víbora] to bite;

[abeja/avispa] to sting;
◊ me picaron los mosquitos I got bitten by mosquitoes;

una manta picada por las polillas a moth-eaten blanket
b) [ ave] ‹ comida› to peck at;

‹ enemigo› to peck
c) ‹ anzuelo› to bite

d) (fam) ( comer) to eat;

◊ solo quiero picar algo I just want a snack o a bite to eat

e) ‹billete/boleto› to punch

f) (Taur) to jab

2
a) (Coc) ‹ carne› (Esp, RPl) to grind (AmE), to mince (BrE);

‹cebolla/perejil› to chop (up)
b) ‹ hielo› to crush;

‹ pared› to chip;
‹ piedra› to break up, smash
3 ‹dientes/muelas› to rot, decay
verbo intransitivo
1
a) ( morder el anzuelo) to bite, take the bait

b) ( comer) to nibble

2
a) ( ser picante) to be hot

b) ( producir comezón) [lana/suéter] to itch, be itchy;

◊ me pica la espalda my back itches o is itchy;

me pican los ojos my eyes sting
3 (AmL) [ pelota] to bounce
4 (RPl arg) (irse, largarse) to split (sl);
◊ picarle (Méx fam) to get a move on (colloq)

picarse verbo pronominal
1
a) [ muelas] to decay, rot;

[manguera/llanta] to perish;
[cacerola/pava] to rust;
[ ropa] to get moth-eaten
b) [ manzana] to go rotten;

[ vino] to go sour
2 [ mar] to get choppy
3 (fam) ( enfadarse) to get annoyed;
( ofenderse) to take offense
picar
I verbo transitivo
1 (carne) to mince
2 (cebolla, ajo, etc) to chop up
3 (hielo) to crush
4 (una avispa, abeja) to sting: me picó un escorpión, I was stung by a scorpion
5 (una serpiente, un mosquito) to bite
6 (tarjeta, billete) to punch
7 (piedra) to chip
8 (papel) to perforate
9 (comer: las aves) to peck
(: una persona) to nibble
picar algo, to have a snack/nibble
10 fam (incitar) to incite
11 fam (molestar) to annoy
12 (curiosidad) me picó la curiosidad, it aroused my curiosity
II verbo intransitivo
1 (pez) to bite
2 (comida) to be hot
3 (escocer, irritar) to itch: este suéter pica, this sweater is very itchy
me pica la mano, my hand is itching
4 fam (sol) to burn, scorch: hoy pica el sol, the sun is scorching today
' picar' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
rascar
- tabla
English:
bite
- chop
- clip
- crush
- grind
- itch
- mince
- nibble
- pick
- pick at
- pit
- prickle
- punch
- rise
- smart
- sting
- bounce
- chopping board
- eat
- finely
- prick
- rot
- tickle

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picar

♦ vt

1. [sujeto: mosquito, serpiente] to bite;
[sujeto: avispa, escorpión] to sting;
me picó una avispa I was stung by a wasp;

picar el cebo o [m5] anzuelo [pez] to bite

2. [sujeto: ave] [comida] to peck at;

la gaviota me picó (en) una mano the seagull pecked my hand

3. [trocear] [verdura] to chop;
Esp, RP [carne] to mince; [piedra, hielo] to break up; [pared] to chip the plaster off
4. Méx [pinchar] to prick

5. [dañar, estropear] [diente, caucho, cuero] to rot;

esos caramelos terminarán picándote las muelas Br those sweets o US that candy will rot your teeth

6. [aperitivo]
picar unas aceitunas to have a few olives as an aperitif;

vamos a picar algo antes de comer let's have some nibbles before the meal;

está todo el día picando comida she's always nibbling at something or other between meals

7. Esp Fam [enojar] to annoy;

le encanta picar a su hermana he loves needling his sister

8. [estimular] [persona, caballo] to spur on;

aquello me picó la curiosidad that aroused my curiosity

9. [perforar] [billete, ficha] to punch

10. Fam [mecanografiar] to type (up)

11. Taurom to goad

12. Dep [con efecto] [balón, pelota] to chip;
[bola de billar] to screw
13. Am [botar] [balón, pelota] to bounce

14. Mús [nota] to play staccato

15. Méx Fam
picarle to get a move on;

pícale, que se nos hace tarde para el teatro get a move on, we'll be late for the play;

ya píquenle con eso, o no acabarán nunca you'd better get a move on with that or you'll never finish

16. Col [guiñar] to wink;

picarle un ojo a alguien to wink at sb

♦ vi

1. [escocer] [parte del cuerpo, herida, prenda] to itch;

¿te pica? does it itch?;

me pica mucho la cabeza my head is really itchy;

me pican los ojos my eyes are stinging

2. [estar picante] [alimento, plato] to be spicy o hot;
[cebolla] to be strong
3. [ave] to peck

4. [pez] to bite

5. [dejarse engañar] to take the bait;

no creo que pique I don't think he's going to fall for it o take the bait

6. [tomar un aperitivo] to nibble;

cosas de o [m5] para picar nibbles;

¿te pongo unas aceitunas para picar? would you like some olives as an aperitif?

7. [sol] to burn;

cuando más picaba el sol when the sun was at its hottest

8. Fam [mecanografiar] to type

9. Am [balón, pelota] to bounce;

la pelota picó fuera the ball went out

10. RP Fam [largarse] to take off

11. Comp

picar (muy) alto to have great ambitions

♦ See also the pronominal verb picarse

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picar

I v/t

1 de mosquito, serpiente bite; de avispa sting; de ave peck

2 carne grind, Br

mince; verdura mince, Br

chop finely

3 piedra break (up)

4 TAUR jab with a lance

5 ( molestar) annoy

6 la curiosidad pique

7 MÚS pick

II v/i

1 tb fig

take the bait

2 L.Am.

de la comida be hot o

spicy

3 ( producir picor) itch

4 del sol burn

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picar {72} vt

1) : to sting, to bite

2) : to peck at

3) : to nibble on

4) : to prick, to puncture, to punch (a ticket)

5) : to grind, to chop

6) : to goad, to incite

7) : to pique, to provoke

picar vi

1) : to itch

2) : to sting

3) : to be spicy

4) : to nibble

5) : to take the bait

6)

picar en : to dabble in

7)

picar muy alto : to aim too high

♦ See also the reflexive verb picarse

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picar vb

1. (mosquito, serpiente, peces) to bite [pt. bit; pp. bitten]

me ha picado un mosquito I've been bitten by a mosquito

los peces no pican hoy the fish aren't biting today

2. (abeja, avispa) to sting [pt. & pp. stung]

le picó una abeja he was stung by a bee

3. (carne) to mince

el carnicero picó la carne the butcher minced the meat

4. (verduras) to chop [pt. & pp. chopped]

pica la cebolla muy fino chop the onion very finely

5. (comer) to eat [pt. ate; pp. eaten] / to nibble

ha picado antes de comer y ahora no tiene hambre she had something to eat before lunch and now she's not hungry

6. (billete) to punch

el revisor no me ha picado el billete the inspector hasn't punched my ticket

7. (comida) to be hot

las guindillas pican chilis are hot

8. (ropa, toalla, etc) to be itchy

este jersey pica this jumper is itchy

9. (caer en una trampa) to fall for it [pt. fell; pp. fallen]

le preparamos una broma y picó we played a trick on him and he fell for it

Spanish-English dictionary > picar
18 sł|owo

Ⅰ n 1. (wyraz) word
- polskie/obce słowo a Polish/foreign word

- proste/banalne słowa simple/banal words

- słowa otuchy/skargi words of encouragement/complaint

- słowa prawdy the truth

- powiedzieć komuś kilka a. parę słów prawdy to tell sb a few home truths

- powiedzieć komuś kilka słów do słuchu to give sb a piece of one’s mind

- dobór słów the choice of words

- oszczędność słów economy of words

- znaczenie słowa the meaning of a word

- poznawać nowe słowa to learn new words

- brak mi słów, żeby wyrazić swoją wdzięczność/moje oburzenie I’m at a loss for words to express my gratitude/my outrage

- chwytać a. łapać kogoś za słowa to trip sb up

- starannie dobierać a. odmierzać słowa to choose one’s words very carefully

- połykać słowa to mumble

- nie przebierać w słowach to not mince one’s words

- opowiadać coś własnymi słowami to relate sth in one’s own words

- rozumieć się w pół słowa to understand one another instantly

- od słowa do słowa zgadało się, że chodziliśmy do tej samej szkoły one thing led to another and it turned out that we went to the same school

- przejść od słów do czynów to move from words to action

- czyny przemawiają głośnej niż słowa actions speak louder than words

- skończyło się na słowach it was just talk

- ująć coś w słowa to express sth in words

- wpaść komuś w słowo to interrupt sb in mid-sentence

- wepchnąć komuś słowa w gardło to make sb swallow their words

- słowa grzęzną mu/jej w gardle he/she chokes on words

- nie lubię wielkich słów I don’t like big talk

- w krótkich słowach a. w paru słowach podsumowała dyskusję she summed up the discussion briefly a. in a few words

- w liście nie było ani słowa o pieniądzach in the letter there was no mention of money

- wyszedł bez słowa he left without saying a word

- czy mogę zamienić z tobą kilka słów? may I have a word with you?

- pozwól na słowo come here, I’d like to have a word with you

- mam do ciebie słowo there’s something I’d like to tell you

- słowo mówione/drukowane/pisane the spoken/printed/written word

- żywe słowo live words

- mieć dar słowa to have the gift of the gab; to have kissed the blarney stone pot.

- mistrz słowa a master of words

- wolność słowa freedom of speech

- słowo wiążące Teatr a linking commentary

- dać/złamać słowo to give/break one’s word

- dotrzymać słowa to keep one’s word

- trzymać kogoś za słowo to take sb at his word

- ręczyć za coś słowem to swear by sth

- uwierzyć komuś na słowo to trust sb’s word

- „nikomu nie powiesz, słowo?” – „słowo” ‘you won’t tell anybody, promise?’ – ‘promise’

- być z kimś po słowie przest. to be engaged to sb

- zwrócić komuś słowo przest. to break the engagement

- słowo honoru! I swear!, I’m giving you my word of honour!

- obiecuję zwrócić tę książkę pod słowem honoru I promise on my honour to return this book

- ten guzik/ta półka trzyma się tylko na słowo honoru pot., przen. this button/shelf is hanging on by a prayer

- wierzę ci na słowo I’ll take your word for that

- słowo daję, widziałam go na własne oczy believe me, I saw him with my very own eyes

- no, słowo daję! nie przesadzaj! pot., iron. my foot! stop exaggerating!

- masz rację, święte słowa you’re right, wise words

- moje słowa puszczał mimo uszu he turned a deaf ear to what I said

- wspomnisz moje słowa mark my words!
2. (tekst utworu) lyrics
- „muzyka i słowa…” ‘music and lyrics by…’

- muzyka do słów znanej poetki music to the words by a well-known poet

- w połowie piosenki zapomniałam słów in the middle of the song I forgot the lines

- □ słowo boże Relig. word of God

- słowo wstępne preface, foreword

■ usłyszeć od kogoś dobre słowo to hear a kind word from sb

- być spragnionym dobrego słowa to long for a kind word

- nie można złego słowa o nim powiedzieć you can’t praise him enough, you can’t find a bad word to say about him

- jednym słowem in a word

- ostatnie słowo skazańca a convict’s last words

- nie będę czekał dłużej niż miesiąc, to moje ostatnie słowo I will not wait longer than a month, that’s final

- czy to twoje ostatnie słowo (w tej sprawie)? is that your last word (on the matter)?

- ten artysta nie powiedział jeszcze swojego ostatniego słowa this artist hasn’t said his last word yet

- ostatnie słowo techniki the last word in technology

- powtórzyć coś słowo w słowo to repeat sth word for word a. verbatim

- słowo się rzekło, kobyłka u płotu przysł. you can’t go back on your word now

The New English-Polish, Polish-English Kościuszko foundation dictionary > sł|owo
19 κατεσθίω

κατεσθίω/κατέσθω (Mk 12:40; PGM 5, 279 κατέσθεται; En 103:15; 104:3. S. on ἐσθίω, also B-D-F §101 and Mlt-H. 238 under ἐσθίω) 2 aor. κατέφαγον; fut. καταφάγομαι (J 2:17, s. B-D-F §74, 2; W-S. §13, 6 and 17; Mlt-H. 198. S. also PIand 26, 23 [98 A.D.]; LXX) and κατέδομαι (1 Cl 8:4; LXX) (Hom. et al.; pap, LXX, TestSol, TestAbr, En, Test12Patr, JosAs, Philo; Jos., C. Ap. 1, 261; Just., D. 57, 2; Tat. 10, 2).

① to eat up ravenously, eat up, consume, devour, swallow lit. τὶ someth. (PFlor 150, 6 ἀπὸ τῶν μυῶν κατεσθιόμενα) of birds (SibOr 5, 471) Mt 13:4; Mk 4:4; Lk 8:5 (τὰ πετεινὰ τ. οὐρανοῦ κ. as 3 Km 12:24m; 16:4). σάρκας (cp. Da 7:5) B 10:4. Of animals that are to devour Ignatius IRo 5:2 (cp. Babrius 103, 10 [lion] L-P. [cp. Aesop, Fab. 142 P.]; Gen 37:20, 33; SibOr 5, 470). Of the apocalyptic dragon τὸ τέκνον αὐτῆς devour her child Rv 12:4. A book 10:9f (cp. Ezk 3:1 and BOlsson, ZNW 32, ’33, 90f.—Artem. [of Ephesus] 2, 45 p. 149, 6 speaks of ἐσθίειν βιβλία, experienced in a dream, which is interpreted to mean a quick death). The moth that eats clothing, as a type σὴς καταφάγεται ὑμᾶς B 6:2 (Is 50:9).

② The extension of mng. 1 leads to a multifaceted imagery: devour as if by eating

ⓐ to destroy utterly, destroy (Heraclitus, Ep. 7, 10 τὰ ζῶντα κατεσθίετε. Pass. Diog. L. 6, 5 ‘the jealous ones by their own vileness’) of fire: consume τινά someone (cp. Num 26:10; Job 20:26; Ps 77:63; TestAbr A 10 p. 88, 13 [Stone p. 24] al.; JosAs 25:7) Rv 11:5; 20:9. Of the sword (Jer 2:30; 2 Km 18:8) ὑμᾶς κατέδεται 1 Cl 8:4 (Is 1:20). Of zeal consume (TestSim 4:9; cp. Jos., Ant. 7, 163) J 2:17 (Ps 68:10).

ⓑ to waste: τὸν βίον devour property (cp. Od. 3, 315; Hipponax 39 Diehl; Diog. L. 10, 8, τὴν πατρῴαν οὐσίαν, which was divided among the sons; Aesop., Fab. 169 P.=304 H./249 Ch./179 H-H.; POxy 58, 6; 10 [288 A.D.]; Gen 31:15) Lk 15:30.

ⓒ to rob: τὰς οἰκίας τῶν χηρῶν eat up widows’ houses i.e. appropriate them in an unethical manner (cp. Od. 2, 237f κατέδουσι βιαίως οἶκον Ὀδυσσῆος; Alcaeus, Fgm. 43, 7 D.²; Mnesimachus Com. [IV B.C.], Fgm. 8 πόλιν; Jos., Bell. 4, 242) Mk 12:40; Lk 20:47 (Mt 23:13 v.l.).

ⓓ to engage in spiteful partisan strife: betw. δάκνω and ἀναλίσκω (q.v.), someth. like tear to pieces Gal 5:15 (cp. Philo, Leg. All. 3, 230 the fig. triad κατεσθίει, βιβρώσκει, καταπίνει).

ⓔ to exploit, abs. εἴ τις κ. if anyone devours (you) (i.e. exploits, robs; cp. Ps 13:4; Is 9:12) 2 Cor 11:20.—DELG s.v. ἔδω. M-M.

Ελληνικά-Αγγλικά παλαιοχριστιανική Λογοτεχνία > κατεσθίω
20 κατέσθω

κατεσθίω/κατέσθω (Mk 12:40; PGM 5, 279 κατέσθεται; En 103:15; 104:3. S. on ἐσθίω, also B-D-F §101 and Mlt-H. 238 under ἐσθίω) 2 aor. κατέφαγον; fut. καταφάγομαι (J 2:17, s. B-D-F §74, 2; W-S. §13, 6 and 17; Mlt-H. 198. S. also PIand 26, 23 [98 A.D.]; LXX) and κατέδομαι (1 Cl 8:4; LXX) (Hom. et al.; pap, LXX, TestSol, TestAbr, En, Test12Patr, JosAs, Philo; Jos., C. Ap. 1, 261; Just., D. 57, 2; Tat. 10, 2).

① to eat up ravenously, eat up, consume, devour, swallow lit. τὶ someth. (PFlor 150, 6 ἀπὸ τῶν μυῶν κατεσθιόμενα) of birds (SibOr 5, 471) Mt 13:4; Mk 4:4; Lk 8:5 (τὰ πετεινὰ τ. οὐρανοῦ κ. as 3 Km 12:24m; 16:4). σάρκας (cp. Da 7:5) B 10:4. Of animals that are to devour Ignatius IRo 5:2 (cp. Babrius 103, 10 [lion] L-P. [cp. Aesop, Fab. 142 P.]; Gen 37:20, 33; SibOr 5, 470). Of the apocalyptic dragon τὸ τέκνον αὐτῆς devour her child Rv 12:4. A book 10:9f (cp. Ezk 3:1 and BOlsson, ZNW 32, ’33, 90f.—Artem. [of Ephesus] 2, 45 p. 149, 6 speaks of ἐσθίειν βιβλία, experienced in a dream, which is interpreted to mean a quick death). The moth that eats clothing, as a type σὴς καταφάγεται ὑμᾶς B 6:2 (Is 50:9).

② The extension of mng. 1 leads to a multifaceted imagery: devour as if by eating

ⓐ to destroy utterly, destroy (Heraclitus, Ep. 7, 10 τὰ ζῶντα κατεσθίετε. Pass. Diog. L. 6, 5 ‘the jealous ones by their own vileness’) of fire: consume τινά someone (cp. Num 26:10; Job 20:26; Ps 77:63; TestAbr A 10 p. 88, 13 [Stone p. 24] al.; JosAs 25:7) Rv 11:5; 20:9. Of the sword (Jer 2:30; 2 Km 18:8) ὑμᾶς κατέδεται 1 Cl 8:4 (Is 1:20). Of zeal consume (TestSim 4:9; cp. Jos., Ant. 7, 163) J 2:17 (Ps 68:10).

ⓑ to waste: τὸν βίον devour property (cp. Od. 3, 315; Hipponax 39 Diehl; Diog. L. 10, 8, τὴν πατρῴαν οὐσίαν, which was divided among the sons; Aesop., Fab. 169 P.=304 H./249 Ch./179 H-H.; POxy 58, 6; 10 [288 A.D.]; Gen 31:15) Lk 15:30.

ⓒ to rob: τὰς οἰκίας τῶν χηρῶν eat up widows’ houses i.e. appropriate them in an unethical manner (cp. Od. 2, 237f κατέδουσι βιαίως οἶκον Ὀδυσσῆος; Alcaeus, Fgm. 43, 7 D.²; Mnesimachus Com. [IV B.C.], Fgm. 8 πόλιν; Jos., Bell. 4, 242) Mk 12:40; Lk 20:47 (Mt 23:13 v.l.).

ⓓ to engage in spiteful partisan strife: betw. δάκνω and ἀναλίσκω (q.v.), someth. like tear to pieces Gal 5:15 (cp. Philo, Leg. All. 3, 230 the fig. triad κατεσθίει, βιβρώσκει, καταπίνει).

ⓔ to exploit, abs. εἴ τις κ. if anyone devours (you) (i.e. exploits, robs; cp. Ps 13:4; Is 9:12) 2 Cor 11:20.—DELG s.v. ἔδω. M-M.

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