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1 tailor-made
1) ((especially of women's clothes) made by a tailor to fit a person exactly.) hecho a medida2) (very well suited or adapted for some purpose: His new job seems tailor-made for him.) hecho a medidatr[teɪlə'meɪd]1 hecho,-a a medidaadj.• hecho por sastre adj.'teɪlər'meɪd, ˌteɪlə'meɪda) <suit/dress> hecho a (la) medidab) ( perfectly suited) <product/plan> a la medida de sus (or nuestras etc) necesidades['teɪlǝmeɪd]ADJ1) [suit] hecho a (la) medida2) (fig) (=customized) [computer program] hecho según los requisitos del usuariothe part could have been tailor-made for her — (Theat) parece que el papel se ha escrito para ella
* * *['teɪlər'meɪd, ˌteɪlə'meɪd]a) <suit/dress> hecho a (la) medidab) ( perfectly suited) <product/plan> a la medida de sus (or nuestras etc) necesidades -
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adj.1 hecho(a) a medida (suit)2 hecho a la medida, hecho a medida, a la medida, a medida. -
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s.traje a la medida. -
4 tailor
'teilə
1. noun(a person who cuts and makes suits, overcoats etc: He has his clothes made by a London tailor.) sastre
2. verb1) (to make and fit (suits, coats etc): He has his suits tailored in London.) confeccionar, hacer a medida2) (to make (something) fit the circumstances; to adapt: He tailored his way of living to his income.) adaptar/amoldar (a)•tailor n sastretr['teɪləSMALLr/SMALL]1 sastre,-a1 confeccionar2 figurative use adaptartailor ['teɪlər] vt1) : confeccionar o alterar (ropa)2) adapt: adaptar, ajustartailor n: sastre m, -tra fn.• sastre s.m.v.• confeccionar un traje v.• entallar v.
I 'teɪlər, 'teɪlə(r)noun sastre mhe went to the tailor's — fue al sastre or a la sastrería
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1) ( Clothing)a) ( make) confeccionarb) tailored past p (before n) <jacket/skirt> ( fitted) entallado; (lined, structured etc) armado, tipo sastre2) ( adapt) adaptar['teɪlǝ(r)]1.N sastre m2.VT [+ suit] confeccionar, hacer; (fig) adaptara well-tailored suit — un traje bien hecho, un traje que entalla bien
3.CPDtailor's chalk N — jabón m de sastre
tailor's dummy N — maniquí m
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I ['teɪlər, 'teɪlə(r)]noun sastre mhe went to the tailor's — fue al sastre or a la sastrería
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1) ( Clothing)a) ( make) confeccionarb) tailored past p (before n) <jacket/skirt> ( fitted) entallado; (lined, structured etc) armado, tipo sastre2) ( adapt) adaptar -
5 medida
medida sustantivo femenino 1 (Mat) ( dimensión) measurement; tomar las medidas de algo to measure something 2 ( en locs) a medida que as; a medida que fue creciendo as he grew up 3 ( utensilio) measure; ( contenido) measure 4 (grado, proporción):◊ en gran/cierta medida to a large/certain extent;en la medida de lo posible as far as possible 5 ( disposición) measure;◊ tomar medidas to take steps o measures
medida sustantivo femenino
1 (medición) measurement (unidad) measure
una medida de peso, a measure of weight
la medida del tiempo, the measurement of time
2 (grado, intensidad) extent: no sé en qué medida nos afectará, I don't know to what extent it will affect us
3 Pol measure
una medida injusta, a unfair measure ' medida' also found in these entries: Spanish: A - abusiva - abusivo - acre - afectar - área - arroba - braza - carácter - concertar - conforme - conveniente - corpulencia - desatar - desesperación - efectividad - eficacia - eficaz - encaminada - encaminado - gratuita - gratuito - impracticable - incidencia - justa - justo - Libra - malestar - metro - onza - patrón - patrona - perjudicar - pertinencia - pie - pinta - polemizar - providencia - punto - quintal - repercusión - resistencia - saludar - según - sentida - sentido - solidaria - solidario - superflua - superfluo English: acre - check off - custom - depth - dessertspoon - dishonest - extent - far - fitted - foot - gauge - give - importantly - ineffective - insofar - lesser - linear measure - lorry - made-to-measure - measure - measurement - pint - push through - quart - severe - severity - step - stone - strike off - tailor-made - temporary - ton - unit - waist - way - yard - as - fitting - gill - insofar as - made - move - tailor - walk -
6 tailored
tr['teɪləd]adj.• a medida adj.• adaptado, -a adj.• entallado (Textil) adj.['teɪlǝd]ADJ (=fitted) [shirt, jacket] entallado; (=tailor-made) [suit] hecho a (la) medida -
7 corpulencia
corpulencia sustantivo femenino heftiness, bulk: le hacían las chaquetas a medida debido a su corpulencia, because of his heftiness he had his jackets tailor-made -
8 measure
'meʒə
1. noun1) (an instrument for finding the size, amount etc of something: a glass measure for liquids; a tape-measure.) medida2) (a unit: The metre is a measure of length.) medida3) (a system of measuring: dry/liquid/square measure.) medida4) (a plan of action or something done: We must take (= use, or put into action) certain measures to stop the increase in crime.) medida5) (a certain amount: a measure of sympathy.) grado, cantidad6) ((in music) the musical notes contained between two bar lines.) compás, ritmo
2. verb1) (to find the size, amount etc of (something): He measured the table.) medir2) (to show the size, amount etc of: A thermometer measures temperature.) medir3) ((with against, besides etc) to judge in comparison with: She measured her skill in cooking against her friend's.) evaluar4) (to be a certain size: This table measures two metres by one metre.) medir•- beyond measure
- for good measure
- full measure
- made to measure
- measure out
- measure up
measure1 n medidameasure2 vb medir / tomar las medidastr['meʒəSMALLr/SMALL]1 (system) medida2 (indicator) indicador nombre masculino3 (ruler) regla4 (measured amount, unit) medida5 (amount, degree, extent) grado, cantidad nombre femenino6 (method, step, remedy) medida, disposición nombre femenino1 (area, object, etc) medir2 (person) tomar las medidas de1 (be) medir\SMALLIDIOMATIC EXPRESSION/SMALLbeyond measure inconmensurable, inconmensurablementefor good measure para que no faltehalf measures medias tintasin large measure en gran parte, en gran medidain some measure hasta cierto punto, en cierta medidato give somebody full measure dar la medida exacta a alguiento give somebody short measure dar de menos a alguiento have the measure of somebody tener calado,-a a alguiento make something to measure hacer algo a (la) medidato take measures tomar medidas, adoptar medidashe measured the table: midió la mesait measures 15 feet tall: mide 15 pies de alturameasure n1) amount: medida f, cantidad fin large measure: en gran medidaa full measure: una cantidad exactaa measure of proficiency: una cierta competenciafor good measure: de ñapa, por añadidura2) dimensions, size: medida f, tamaño m3) ruler: regla ftape measure: cinta métrica4) measurement: medida fcubic measure: medida de capacidad5) measuring: medición f6) measures npl: medidas fplsecurity measures: medidas de seguridadn.• cantidad s.f.• gestión s.f.• grado s.m.• ley s.f.• medida s.f.• medio s.m.• proyecto de ley s.m.• regla s.f.• tasa s.f.v.• aforar v.• graduar v.• medir v.• recorrer v.• tallar v.• tantear v.'meʒər, 'meʒə(r)
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1)a) u ( system) medida fb) c ( unit) medida f, unidad fc) c u ( amount) cantidad fin large o great o no small measure — (frml) en gran medida, en gran parte
for good measure: take two for good measure — lleva dos por si acaso or para que no vaya a faltar
d) c u ( size) (BrE) medida fthe true measure of the problem — la verdadera magnitud or envergadura del problema
to have the measure of somebody: fortunately I had his measure o the measure of him — por suerte yo ya lo tenía calado (fam)
2) c ( device) medida f3) c ( step) medida fto take measures to + inf — tomar medidas para + inf
4) (AmE Mus) compás m
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1) \<\<length/speed/waist\>\> medir*; \<\<weight\>\> pesar2) ( assess) calcular, evaluar*
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vi medir*what does it measure? — ¿cuánto mide?
Phrasal Verbs:['meʒǝ(r)]1. N1) (=system) medida fliquid/dry measure — medida para líquidos/áridos
beyond measure —
our knowledge has increased beyond measure — nuestros conocimientos han aumentado enormemente or de manera inconmensurable
- have the measure of sbmade-to-measurethe government had failed to get the measure of the crisis — el gobierno no había apreciado la magnitud de la crisis
3) (=indication) indicativo m4) (=amount measured) cantidad fto give (sb) good or full measure — dar la medida exacta (a algn)
for good measure —
5) (=step) medida f6) (=extent)in large measure — en gran parte or medida
this is due in no small measure to the problems we have had — esto se debe en gran parte or medida a los problemas que hemos tenido
in some measure — hasta cierto punto, en cierta medida
8) (Mus) (=beat) ritmo m ; (=bar) compás m2. VT1) [+ object, speed, length, width, height] medir; [+ person] (for height) medir; (for clothes) tomar las medidas ahow can you measure success? — ¿cómo puedes medir el éxito?
word 1., 1)to measure one's length (on the floor/ground) — caerse todo lo largo que se es (al suelo)
2) (=compare)to measure sth/sb against sth/sb — comparar algo/a algn con algo/algn
the competition will be a chance for him to measure himself against the best — la competición será una ocasión para medirse con los mejores
3.VI medirwhat does it measure? — ¿cuánto mide?
* * *['meʒər, 'meʒə(r)]
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1)a) u ( system) medida fb) c ( unit) medida f, unidad fc) c u ( amount) cantidad fin large o great o no small measure — (frml) en gran medida, en gran parte
for good measure: take two for good measure — lleva dos por si acaso or para que no vaya a faltar
d) c u ( size) (BrE) medida fthe true measure of the problem — la verdadera magnitud or envergadura del problema
to have the measure of somebody: fortunately I had his measure o the measure of him — por suerte yo ya lo tenía calado (fam)
2) c ( device) medida f3) c ( step) medida fto take measures to + inf — tomar medidas para + inf
4) (AmE Mus) compás m
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1) \<\<length/speed/waist\>\> medir*; \<\<weight\>\> pesar2) ( assess) calcular, evaluar*
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vi medir*what does it measure? — ¿cuánto mide?
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9 custom
1) (what a person etc is in the habit of doing or does regularly: It's my custom to go for a walk on Saturday mornings; religious customs.) costumbre2) (the regular buying of goods at the same shop etc; trade or business: The new supermarkets take away custom from the small shops.) clientela•- customarily
- customer
- customs
custom n costumbretr['kʌstəm]1 (tradition, habit) costumbre nombre femenino2 SMALLCOMMERCE/SMALL (patronage) clientela\SMALLIDIOMATIC EXPRESSION/SMALLto lose custom perder clientes, perder clientelato withdraw one's custom / take one's custom elsewhere dejar de ser cliente de una tiendacustom ['kʌstəm] adj: a la medida, a la ordencustom n1) : costumbre f, tradición f2) customs npl: aduana fn.• clientela s.f.• costumbre s.f.• derechos de aduana s.m.pl.• hábito s.m.• parroquia s.f.• usanza s.f.• uso s.m.
I 'kʌstəm1) c u (convention, tradition, habit) costumbre f2) u ( patronage) (esp BrE)3) customs pla) (organization, place) aduana fto go through customs — pasar por la aduana; (before n)
customs officer o official — agente mf or oficial mf de aduanas
b) ( tax) derechos mpl arancelarios or de aduana
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adjective (before n) (esp AmE) < tailor> que trabaja por encargo; < suit> a (la) medida; < car> (hecho) de encargo['kʌstǝm]1. N1) (=habit, usual behaviour) costumbre fsocial customs — costumbres fpl sociales
it is her custom to go for a walk each evening — tiene la costumbre de or tiene por costumbre dar un paseo cada tarde, acostumbra or suele dar un paseo cada tarde
2) (Comm) clientela f ; (=total sales) caja f, ventas fplcustoms2.CPD(esp US) see custom-built; see custom-made* * *
I ['kʌstəm]1) c u (convention, tradition, habit) costumbre f2) u ( patronage) (esp BrE)3) customs pla) (organization, place) aduana fto go through customs — pasar por la aduana; (before n)
customs officer o official — agente mf or oficial mf de aduanas
b) ( tax) derechos mpl arancelarios or de aduana
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10 confeccionar
confeccionar ( conjugate confeccionar) verbo transitivo ‹falda/vestido› to make (up); ‹ artefactos› to make; ‹ lista› to draw up
confeccionar verbo transitivo to make (up): he confeccionado una lista de las personas que voy a invitar, I've made a list of the people that I'm going to invite ' confeccionar' also found in these entries: Spanish: vestir English: make - tailor - manufacture
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