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1 terse
tr[tɜːs]1 seco,-a, brusco,-a♦ tersely advadj.• breve adj.• conciso, -a adj.• lacónico, -a adj.• sucinto, -a adj.tɜːrs, tɜːsadjective <answer/person> seco, lacónico[tɜːs]ADJ (compar terser) (superl tersest) [reply, tone, person] lacónico, seco; [statement] escueto* * *[tɜːrs, tɜːs]adjective <answer/person> seco, lacónico -
2 terse
adj.1 tajante, seco(a).2 escueto, sucinto, conciso, lacónico.3 terso. -
3 seco
Del verbo secar: ( conjugate secar) \ \
seco es: \ \1ª persona singular (yo) presente indicativo
secó es: \ \3ª persona singular (él/ella/usted) pretérito indicativoMultiple Entries: secar seco
secar ( conjugate secar) verbo transitivo ‹pintura/arcilla› to dry ‹ piel› to make … dry verbo intransitivo to dry secarse verbo pronominal 1 [ piel] to get dry; 2 ( refl) [ persona] to dry oneself; ‹manos/pelo› to dry; ‹ lágrimas› to dry, wipe away
seco
◊ -ca adjetivo1 ‹boca/garganta› dry 2 ‹higos/flores› dried; 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; 7 ( en locs) 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 -
4 pithy
tr['pɪɵɪ]1 (bone, plant) meduloso,-a2 (description, comment, etc) conciso,-a y contundentepithy comments: comentarios sucintosadj.• expresivo, -a adj.• jugoso, -a adj.• lacónico, -a adj.• sucinto, -a adj.'pɪθiadjective pithier, pithiesta) <remark/reply> sucinto or conciso y expresivob) ( Bot) medular['pɪθɪ]ADJ (compar pithier) (superl pithiest) (Bot) con mucho blanco en la cáscara; (fig) (=terse) [statement, comment, style] sucinto, conciso* * *['pɪθi]adjective pithier, pithiesta) <remark/reply> sucinto or conciso y expresivob) ( Bot) medular -
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6 seca
Del verbo secar: ( conjugate secar) \ \
seca es: \ \3ª persona singular (él/ella/usted) presente indicativo2ª persona singular (tú) imperativoMultiple Entries: seca secar
secar ( conjugate secar) verbo transitivo ‹pintura/arcilla› to dry ‹ piel› to make … dry verbo intransitivo to dry secarse verbo pronominal 1 [ piel] to get dry; 2 ( refl) [ persona] to dry oneself; ‹manos/pelo› to dry; ‹ lágrimas› to dry, wipe away
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
secar verbo transitivo to dry: el sol secó la pintura, the sun dried the paint ' seca' also found in these entries: Spanish: judía - jugosidad - legumbre - rastrojo - chasquido - ciruela - espuma - piel - secar English: saveloy - fruit - prohibition - prune
См. также в других словарях:
terse — terse … Dictionnaire des rimes
Terse — Terse, a. [Compar. {Terser}; superl. {Tersest}.] [L. tersus, p. p. of tergere to rub or wipe off.] 1. Appearing as if rubbed or wiped off; rubbed; smooth; polished. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] Many stones, . . . although terse and smooth, have not this … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
terse — [ tɜrs ] adjective a terse statement or remark is very short and often shows that the person making it is annoyed ╾ terse|ly adverb ╾ terse|ness noun uncount … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
terse´ly — terse «turs», adjective, ters|er, ters|est. brief and to the point (said of writing and speaking, or writers and speakers): »“No” was Father s terse reply when I asked to play after bedtime. SYNONYM(S): See syn. under concise. (Cf. ↑concise … Useful english dictionary
terse — [tə:s US tə:rs] adj [Date: 1600 1700; : Latin; Origin: tersus clean, neat , from tergere to wipe off ] a terse reply, message etc uses very few words and often shows that you are annoyed ▪ Derek s terse reply ended the conversation. >tersely… … Dictionary of contemporary English
terse — terse; terse·ly; terse·ness; … English syllables
terse — index cohesive (compact), compact (pithy), laconic, pithy, sententious, succinct Burton s Legal Thesauru … Law dictionary
terse — (adj.) 1590s (implied in tersely), clean cut, burnished, neat, from Fr. ters clean, from L. tersus wiped off, clean, neat, from pp. of tergere to rub, polish, wipe. Sense of concise or pithy in style or language is from 1777, which led to a… … Etymology dictionary
terse — *concise, succinct, laconic, summary, pithy, compendious Analogous words: *brief, short: compact, *close: *expressive, sententious, meaningful: *incisive, crisp, clear cut … New Dictionary of Synonyms
terse — [adj] brief, short abrupt, aphoristic, boiled down*, breviloquent, brusque, clear cut, clipped, close, compact, compendiary, compendious, concise, condensed, crisp, cryptic, curt, cut to the bone*, elliptical, epigrammatic, exact, gnomic, in a… … New thesaurus
terse — ► ADJECTIVE (terser, tersest) ▪ sparing in the use of words; abrupt. DERIVATIVES tersely adverb terseness noun. ORIGIN originally in the sense «polished, trim»: from Latin tersus wiped, polished … English terms dictionary