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1 रात्रिः _rātriḥ _त्री _trī

रात्रिः त्री f. [राति सुखं भयं वा रा-त्रिप् वा ङीप् Uṇ.4.69]

1 Night; रात्रिर्गता मतिमतां वर मुञ्च शशथ्याम् R.5.66; दिवा काकरवाद् भीता रात्रौ तरति नर्मदाम्.

-2 The darkness of night.

-3 Turmeric; Mb.13.136.25.

-4 One of the four forms or bodies of Brahmā.

-5 Day and night; अहःशब्दो$पि अहोरात्रवचनः । रात्रिशब्दो$पि ŚB. on MS.8.1.16; यां रात्रिं जायते जीवो यां रात्रिं च विनश्यति Mb.13.9.4.

-Comp. -अटः 1 a goblin, demon, ghost.

-2 a thief.

-अन्धः a. night-blind.

-आगमः, -उपायः the approach of night.

-करः 1 the moon.

-2 camphor.

-चरः (also

-रात्रिंचर) (

-री f.)

1 'a night rover', robber, thief.

-2 a watchman, patrol, guard.

-3 a demon, ghost, evil spirit; (तं) यान्तं वने रात्रिचरी डुढौके Bk.2.23.

-चर्या 1 night-roving.

-2 a nightly act or ceremony.

-जम् a star, constellation.

-जलम् dew.

-जागरः 1 night-watching, wakefulness or sitting up at night; आरुरोह कुमुदा- करोपमां रात्रिजागरपरो दिवाशयः R.19.34.

-2 a dog. ˚दः a gnat.

-तरा the dead of night.

-तिथिः f. a lunar night.

-द्विष् the sun.

-नाथः the moon.

-नाशनः the sun.

-पर्युषित a. stale.

-पुष्पम् a lotus-flower opening at night.

-बलः a demon.

-भुजङ्गः the moon.

-मणिः 1 the moon.

-2 camphor.

-योगः night-fall.

-रक्षः, -रक्षकः a watchman, guard.

-रागः darkness, obscurity.

-वासस् n.

1 night-dress.

-2 darkness.

-विगमः 'end of night', break of day, dawn, day- light.

-विश्लेषगामिन् m. the ruddy goose.

-वेदः, -वेदिन् m. a cock.

-सत्रन्यायः the rule according to which an act, for which no fruit is stated directly in the injunctive text, should be held as yielding the result spoken of in the अर्थवाद text connected with it. This rule is discussed and established by Jaimini and Śabara in MS.4.3.17-19.

-हासः the white lotus.

-हिण्डकः 1 a guard of the women's apartments.

-2 a night-stalker.

Sanskrit-English dictionary > रात्रिः _rātriḥ _त्री _trī
2 komme

4

приходи́ть; приезжа́ть; прибыва́ть

kómme gående — прийти́ пешко́м

kómme kǿrende — прие́хать

kómme for sent — опозда́ть

hvordán kómmer jeg til...? — как мне пройти́ к...?

kómme af (med ngn, ngt) — отде́лываться, избавля́ться от кого́-л., чего́-л.

kómme igén — возвраща́ться

kómme ind ; kom ind! — войди́те!

kómme sámmen — обща́ться

kómme ved — каса́ться, име́ть отноше́ние

det kómmer ud på ét — всё равно́, безразли́чно

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advent, arrive, come, get, put

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I. (et)

( nærmen sig) approach ( fx the approach of night (, winter));

( ankomst) coming ( fx the coming of winter), arrival.

II. vb (kom, kommet)

( især: hen til den talende, til det sted man tænker på) come ( fx come here! come to my house; are you coming to the dance?);

( nå frem; blive hensat i) get ( fx get to London, get home, he got here at last; get into a better temper),

( ankomme) arrive ( fx the guests will arrive soon; arrive in London

(, at a place)),

( komme på besøg) call;

( om bog: udkomme) be published, appear;

( anbringe, putte i) put ( fx put sugar in the tea),

( hælde) pour;

( smøre) spread ( fx glue (, paint) on something);

[ forskellige forbindelser:]

[ nu kommer jeg!] coming!

[ komme nærmere] approach, come (, get) closer;

(se også nærme sig);

[ kom så da!] come on!

(se også dyrt, sent, tur, videre);

[ med sig:]

[ komme sig] improve,

T pick up,

( blive rask) recover, get well;

[ komme sig af] recover from ( fx an illness, a shock, a surprise), get over ( fx an illness, a disappointment, a shock, a surprise);

[ du kommer dig]

(dvs bliver kvikkere) you are coming on!

(se også kommende);

[ med præp og adv:]

[ komme `af]

(mar: komme af grunden) come off, get off;

[` komme af]

( skyldes) come from, be due to,

( nedstamme fra) come of,

( om ord: afledes af) be derived from;

[ komme af sted, komme galt af sted], se sted;

[ hvoraf kommer dette?] why is this?

[ komme af med] get rid of;

[ kom an!] come on!

[ komme an på] depend on ( fx it depends on the weather);

[ det kommer an på]

(dvs afhænger af omstændighederne) that depends;

[ det er karakteren det kommer an på] it's the character that matters (el.

counts);

[ det kommer an på dig] it depends on you, it is up to you;

[ komme bag på én] take somebody by surprise;

[ komme bort] get off, get away,

( mistes, forsvinde) be lost,

(om brev etc også) go astray;

[ komme bort fra] get away from;

( utilsigtet) stray from ( fx the subject);

[ det kan man ikke komme bort fra]

(dvs benægte) there is no denying it;

[ komme efter]

(dvs følge på) follow, succeed, come after,

( komme for at hente) come for, call for;

[ komme ` efter]

(dvs opdage) find out, get on to,

( lære) pick up;

[ jeg skal komme efter ham!] I'll be after him!

[ komme ` for] occur, happen,

( om sag) come on;

[ komme foran] get in front,

(ved konkurrence etc) get ahead, take the lead;

[ komme forbi] pass (by);

( slippe forbi) get past;

[` komme fra] come from ( fx Germany, the working class);

[ komme ` fra] get away from;

[ han kom godt fra det]

(dvs et arbejde) he made a good job of it,

( ulykke) he escaped unhurt,

( vovestykke) he got away with it;

[ det var det jeg kom fra] as I was saying; as I was going to say;

(se også levende);

[ komme frem] come out, appear,

( komme videre) get on;

( bane sig vej) make one's way,

( i verden) get on, rise;

( til bestemmelsessted) get through, get there;

( røbes) be revealed, become known;

[ jeg kunne hverken komme frem eller tilbage] I was stuck;

[ komme frem af] emerge from;

[ komme frem med] put forward,

T come up with ( fx a plan, a suggestion),

( meddele, fortælle) tell,

( afsløre, F) disclose;

[ komme fri]

(af lænker etc) get free;

( hvis man sidder fast) get loose;

( i fodbold) get clear;

[ komme fri af] get loose from,

F disengage (el. extricate) oneself from;

[ komme hen til] come up to;

[ komme hos Smith] be often at the Smiths,

F be a frequent guest at Smith's;

[ komme i avisen] get into the papers;

[ komme i himlen] go to heaven;

[ komme i mål], se ndf: komme ind;

[ komme i tre oplag (, udgaver)] run into three printings (, editions);

(se også hånd, I. lære, vanskelighed, vej);

[ komme igen] come back, return,

( betale sig) pay in time;

[ jeg kommer igen en anden gang] I'll call again (another time);

[ komme igennem] get through; pass;

[ komme igennem med et forslag] get (el. carry el. put) a proposal through;

[ komme ind] enter; come (, get) in ( fx come in! we couldn't get in);

( om tog) come in, arrive;

(fig: i diskussion) come in;

( i sport) get in, finish ( fx he finished third);

[ komme ind i] enter;

( sætte sig ind i) acquaint oneself with;

[ komme ind på et emne]

( i samtale) get on to a subject;

( berøre) touch on a subject;

[ komme nærmere ind på sagen] go into detail;

[ komme løs], se ovf: komme fri;

[ kom ` med!] come along (with us)!

[ komme ` med]

(dvs blive taget med) be included,

( slutte sig til andre) join;

[` komme med]

(dvs bringe) bring ( fx the milkman brings milk every day);

( fremkomme med) come up with ( fx the right answer, a solution);

( ytre) make ( fx a remark; make rude remarks about, make no protest), say ( fx a few words),

F utter ( fx protests);

[ komme med en forklaring] give an explanation;

[ han kom ikke med nogen forklaring] he offered no explanation;

[ komme om ved]

(også fig) get around;

[( søge at) komme nemt om ved det] cut a corner; cut corners;

[ komme op] get up;

( om planter) come up;

( om teaterstykke) be put on;

[ komme op at skændes] quarrel;

[ komme op at slås] come to blows;

[ komme op i et fag] be examined in a subject;

(se også år);

[ komme op på et stort tal] reach a big figure;

(se også side);

[ komme ovenpå], se ovenpå;

[ komme over]

( passere) get over ( fx the road, a wall),

(fig: overvinde) get over ( fx a difficulty),

F overcome, surmount ( fx a difficulty);

( komme sig af) get over, recover from ( fx an illness, a shock; he'll soon get over it);

( om stemning: gribe) come over ( fx a feeling of hopelessness came over us; what has come over him?);

(se også ånd);

[ komme overens], se overens;

[ komme `på]

( blive trykt i blad) be put in;

( erindre) think of, remember;

[` komme på]

( om pris, beløb) come to ( fx your bill comes to £5);

[ komme på holdet] be included in (el. selected for el. put on) the team;

[ jeg kan ikke komme på navnet] I can't think of the name, the name escapes me;

[ hvordan kommer du dog på det?] what made you think of that? how did you get that idea?

(se også ben, hospital, kant, mode, spor, tanke, I. tale);

[ komme sammen] meet, come together;

( omgås) see each other,

F associate with each other;

( om par) go out;

[ komme sammen med]

( omgås) see,

F associate with,

( om par) go out with,

T date ( fx he is going out with (, dating) Vera);

[ han kommer sammen med en pige]

( også) he has got a girl friend;

[ komme til] come to, arrive at ( fx a place),

(se også tur);

( erhverve) come by ( fx how did you come by that money?),

F obtain;

[ der kom andre ` til] they were joined by others,

( overraskende) others turned up;

[ lad mig komme ` til!] let me (have a go)!

[ komme til middag (, te etc)] come to dinner (, tea etc);

[ komme til penge] come by some money,

( ved arv) come into money;

(se også behandling, hertil, hjælp, klarhed, kraft, liv, ord, III. skade,

slutning, sted, I. stykke, syn);

[ komme til at gøre noget]

( tilfældigt) happen to do something, chance to do something,

( uheldigvis) do something by accident;

( efterhånden) come (el. get) to do something ( fx I had come (el.

got) to hate him);

( i fremtiden) will do something ( fx the prices will be higher),

( nødvendigvis) will have to do something ( fx you will have to change it);

[ han kom til at sige at] he chanced to say that, by mistake he said that,

( røbede) he blurted out that;

[ han kom aldrig til at se hende mere] he never saw her again;

F he was never to see her again;

[ når alt kommer til alt] after all;

[ når han kan komme til det] when he has a chance;

[ det kom til forsoning (, til slag)] there was a reconciliation (, a battle);

[ komme noget til] get hurt, be injured;

[ komme til sig selv]

( fatte sig) recover,

( efter bevidstløshed) come round, come to oneself;

[ komme tilbage] get (, come) back, return;

[ komme ud] come out, get out,

(se også II. udkomme);

[ hans nummer kom ud]

( i lotteri) his number came up;

[ han kommer meget ud] he goes out a great deal;

[ der kom intet ud af planen] the plan came to nothing; nothing came of the plan;

[ der kom ikke ret meget ud af det] it did not come to much;

(se også sted);

[ hvad skal der komme ud af dette?] how is this going to end?

[ komme ud af det med] get on with;

(se også ud);

[ komme ud for] meet with ( fx an accident, criticism, opposition);

[nummeret er kommet ud med £500] the number has won £500;

[ komme ud over]

( klare) manage;

[ komme ud på ét] come to the same thing; be all one;

[ det kan man ikke komme uden om]

(dvs benægte) there is no denying it (el. getting round it);

[ man kan ikke komme uden om at] one cannot ignore that, there is no getting away from the fact that, there is no denying that;

[ komme ` ved] concern;

[ komme hinanden ved] care about each other;

( betyde noget for) matter to each other;

[ hvad kommer det dig ved?] what business (el. concern) is that of yours?

[ det kommer ikke dig ved] it is no business (el. concern) of yours, it is none of your business;

[ det kommer ikke sagen ved], se sag.

Danish-English dictionary > komme
3 наступление ночи

1) General subject: nightfall

2) Makarov: approach of night, the approach of night

Универсальный русско-английский словарь > наступление ночи
4 приближение ночи

Makarov: approach of night, the approach of night

Универсальный русско-английский словарь > приближение ночи
5 prope

prope adv. with comp. propius (for sup., see proximē); also praep. with acc.—In space, near, nigh: tam prope Italiam videre: adulescentia voluptates prope intuens (opp. procul): prope est spelunca quaedam: bellum tam prope a Siciliā, so near to: prope a meis aedibus, close by: propius accedamus, T.: paulo propius accedere: ubi propius ventum est, S.—With acc, near, near to, hard by: prope oppidum, Cs.: prope amnem, V.: non modo prope me sed plane mecum habitare: nec propius urbem admovere: castra propius hostem movit, L.: hi propius mare Africum agitabant, S.—With dat. (only comp.): propius stabulis armenta tenere, V.: propius Tiberi quam Thermopylis, N.—In time, near, at hand: partus instabat prope, T.: Prope adest, quom alieno more vivendumst mihi, the time is at hand, T.: nox prope diremit conloquium, i. e. the approach of night, L. —With acc, near, in the phrase, prope diem (less correctly, propediem), at an early day, very soon, shortly, presently: vero nuntio hoc prope diem sentiemus: sperabat prope diem se habiturum, etc., S.: similes prope diem exitūs sequerentur, L.—Fig., in degree, nearly, almost, about: filiam amare, Prope iam ut pro uxore haberet, T.: dolor prope maior quam ceterorum: prope funeratus Arboris ictu, H.: annos prope nonaginta natus: cum hostes prope ad portas essent, L.: prope moenibus succedere, almost to the walls, L.: prope desertum oppidum, L.: princeps prope Stoicorum: his prope verbis: iam prope erat, ut ne consulum maiestas coërceret iram, it had almost come to this, L.: nec quicquam propius est factum, quam ut illum persequerentur.—With acc, near to: prope metum res fuerat, almost a panic, L.: ea contentio cum prope seditionem veniret, L.: ut propius periculum fuerint, qui vicerunt, L.—In the phrase, prope modum (less correctly, propemodum), nearly, almost, just about: quid enim sors est! idem prope modum, quod micare: adsentior.
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I
PREP ACC

near
II
propius, proxime ADV

near, nearly; close by; almost

Latin-English dictionary > prope
6 prope

prŏpe, adv. and prep. [pro and demonstr suff. -pe (cf.: nempe, quippe), = Sanscr. -pa].
I.
Adv. ( comp. propius, and sup. proxime, v. under propior), near, nigh (class.).
A.
Lit., in space:
quaenam vox mihi prope hic sonat? Quis hic loquitur prope?
Plaut. Rud. 1, 4, 10:
prope ad aliquem adire,
id. Cas. 3, 5, 32:
aedes accedere,
id. Most. 2, 2, 16:
prope alicubi esse,
Cic. Fam. 9, 7, 1:
intueri aliquid (opp. procul),
id. Sen. 14, 48.—
2.
With ab, near to, near by, hard by:
bellum tam prope a Siciliā,
Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 2, § 6:
prope a meis aedibus,
id. Pis. 11, 26:
prope ab domo detineri,
id. Verr. 2, 2, 3, § 6.—So, comp.:
stellae, aliae propius a terris, etc.,
Cic. N. D. 1, 31, 87:
propius visere mala reipublicae,
Tac. A. 6, 26.—
B.
Transf.
1.
In time, near, not far off: partus instabat prope, was near at hand, Ter Ad. 3, 2, 9.—Esp. with quando, cum, ut, the time is near or not far off, when, etc.:
prope est, quando herus pretium exsolvet,
Plaut. Men. 5, 6, 25:
prope adest, quom alieno more vivendum est mihi,
Ter. And. 1, 1, 125:
partitudo prope adest, ut fiat palam,
Plaut. Aul. 2, 3, 9; Flor. 3, 17, 2:
nox prope diremit colloquium,
i. e. the approach of night, Liv. 34, 33, 3; cf. id. 32, 28, 7; 5, 16, 5.—
2.
In degree, nearly, almost, about (cf.:
pene, ferme, fere): ejus filiam ille amare coepit perdite, Prope jam ut pro uxore haberet,
Ter. Heaut. 1, 1, 45; Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 4, § 10:
prope funeratus Arboris ictu,
Hor. C. 3, 8, 7:
prope firmissima earum regionum civitas,
Caes. B. G. 5, 20:
annos prope nonaginta natus,
Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 25, § 62:
prope desperatis rebus,
id. Fam. 7, 28, 1:
sic prope oneratum est sinistrum cornu, ni, etc.,
Liv. 2, 65, 4; cf. id. 40, 32:
prope est factum ut exirent,
id. 25, 21:
prope est ut aliquid fiat,
something must be done, Dig. 35, 1, 67:
prope perditae res,
Liv. 5, 46, 7:
Fidenae prope saepius captae, quam, etc.,
id. 4, 32, 2:
prope desertum oppidum,
id. 4, 51, 8.—After the word it qualifies:
biennium prope,
Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 25, § 62:
princeps prope Stoicorum,
id. Ac. 2, 33, 107:
eisdem prope verbis,
id. Leg. 2, 25, 64: his prope verbis id. Fin. 4, 6, 15: cursu prope Chalcidem contendit, Liv. 31, 24, 2:
admirabilior prope,
id. 22, 37, 3:
omnes prope,
id. 1, 14, 4; 23, 49, 14; 30, 30, 8.— Comp.:
propius nihil est factum, quam ut, etc.,
Cic. Q. Fr. 1, 2, 5, § 15:
neque quidquam propius est factum, quam ut, etc.,
id. Clu. 21, 59.—
C.
Trop., comp. propius, with inspicio, considero, nosco, etc., more closely, better (post - Aug.):
qualis esset ejus (mortis) velut propius inspectae natura,
Sen. Ep. 30, 8:
propius inspicere aliquem,
id. ib. 5, 6:
dixit futurum ut diviti displiceret propius inspectus,
id. Contr. 2, 9, 21, B.; 4, 15, 3;
10, 95, 1: quam (lancem) cum Agamemnon propius consideraret,
Petr. 1, 50:
propius noscendum,
Plin. Ep. 6, 16, 7; cf. penitus.—
II.
Prep. with acc.
A.
Lit., in space, near, near by, hard by:
prope oppidum,
Caes. B. G. 7, 36:
prope hostium castra,
id. ib. 1, 22:
prope amnem,
Verg. A. 8, 597:
non modo prope me, sed plane mecum habitare,
Cic. Fam. 7, 23, 4:
sedens prope limina tecti,
Ov. F. 1, 137.—
B.
Transf.
1.
In time, nigh, towards, about:
prope lucem,
towards daybreak, Suet. Claud. 44.—
2.
Of abstract proximity, near to, almost to, not far from:
prope metum res fuerat,
Liv. 1, 25 fin.:
prope seditionem ventum est,
Tac. H. 3, 21; Dig. 17, 1, 29.

Lewis & Short latin dictionary > prope
7 ἄγυια

ἄγυια ( ἄγω): road, way, street; σκιόωντο δὲ πᾶσαι ἄγυιαι, ‘shadowy grew all the ways,’ of the approach of night.

A Homeric dictionary (Greek-English) (Ελληνικά-Αγγλικά ομηρικό λεξικό) > ἄγυια
8 de

prep.

1 of.

el coche de mi padre/mis padres my father's/parents' car

es de ella it's hers

la pata de la mesa the table leg

La casa de mi padre The house of my father [My father's house]

2 from (procedencia, distancia).

salir de casa to leave home

soy de Bilbao I'm from Bilbao

de la playa al apartamento hay 100 metros it's 100 meters from the beach to the apartment

3 (made) of (materia).

un vaso de plástico a plastic cup

un reloj de oro a gold watch

4 about (asunto).

hablábamos de ti we were talking about you

libros de historia history books

5 as.

trabaja de bombero he works as a fireman

6 from (time) (since).

trabaja de nueve a cinco she works from nine to five

de madrugada early in the morning

a las cuatro de la tarde at four in the afternoon

trabaja de noche y duerme de día he works at night and sleeps during the day

7 with (causa, modo).

morirse de hambre to die of hunger

llorar de alegría to cry with joy

de una patada with a kick

de una sola vez in one go

de tres en tres three at a time

8 if.

de ir a verte, sería este domingo if I do visit you, it'll be this Sunday

de no ser por ti, me hubiese hundido if it hadn't been for you, I wouldn't have made it

9 to.

Está ansiosa de obtener ese trabajo She is anxious to have that job.

f.

1 letter d.

2 SD, standard deviation.

3 ED, dose of erythema, erythema dose.

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de

► nombre femenino

1 name of the letter d

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de

► preposición

1 (posesión, pertenencia) of

■ el libro de Juan Juan's book

■ el coche de mis padres my parents' car

■ el hermano de mi padre my father's brother

■ la mesa de mi habitación the table in my bedroom

2 (procedencia, origen) from

■ soy de Córdoba I'm from Córdoba

■ viene de Barcelona she comes from Barcelona

3 (descripción) with

■ la niña de ojos castaños the girl with dark eyes, the dark-eyed girl

■ el señor del abrigo azul the man in the blue coat

4 (tema) of, on, about

■ hablaron del tiempo they talked about the weather

5 (materia) made of, of

■ una mesa de madera a wooden table

■ un anillo de oro a gold ring

■ lo hicieron de plástico they made it out of plastic

6 (contenido) of

■ un vaso de agua a glass of water

7 (uso) for

■ aguja de calcetar knitting needle

■ gallo de pelea fighting cock

8 (oficio) by, as

■ trabaja de profesor he works as a teacher

■ es médico de profesión he's a doctor by profession

9 (modo) on, in, as

■ de pie standing up

■ estar de moda to be in fashion

10 (tiempo) at, by, in

■ de día by day, during the day

■ de noche at night

■ a las diez de la mañana at ten in the morning

11 (lugar) varias traducciones

■ la vecina de arriba our upstairs neighbour

■ el lavabo de abajo the downstairs toilet

■ la ventana de la derecha the window on the right

■ la puerta de la calle the street door

12 (precio) at

■ manzanas de dos euros el kilo apples at two euros a kilo

13 (medida) measuring

■ una botella de dos litros a two litre bottle

■ una mesa de un metro de ancho a metre-wide table

14 (causa) with, because of, of

■ llorar de alegría to cry with joy

■ morir de frío to die of cold

15 (agente) by

■ es una obra de Lope a play by Lope

16 (con superlativo) in, of

■ el mejor de España the best in Spain

■ el mayor de los tres the eldest of the three

17 (suposición) if

■ de haberlo dicho if he had told us

18 (en una aposición) of

■ la ciudad de Barcelona the city of Barcelona Table 1 NOTA See also del/Table 1

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prep.

1) of

2) from

3) in, at

4) than

5) by

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PREPOSITION

1) [relación] of

las calles de Madrid — the streets of Madrid

el alcalde de Valencia — the mayor of Valencia

cabo de Buena Esperanza — Cape of Good Hope

la ciudad de Madrid — the city of Madrid

en el mes de agosto — in the month of August

un libro de consulta — a reference book

un millón de euros — a million euros

la carretera de Valencia — the Valencia road, the road to Valencia

el interés del préstamo — the interest on the loan

la llave de mi cuarto — the key to my room

en el día de hoy — today

tuvieron la desgracia de perder el partido — they were unlucky enough to lose the match

ya era hora de que vinieses — it's about time you got here

el hecho de que yo no supiera nada — the fact that I didn't know anything about it

2) [pertenencia]

la casa de Isabel — Isabel's house

el coche de mi amigo — my friend's car

un familiar de mi vecina — a relative of my neighbour's

los coches de mis amigos — my friends' cars

el vestuario de las actrices — the actresses' dressing room

la señora de Pérez — Pérez's wife, Mrs Pérez

es de ellos — it's theirs

esa contestación es muy de ella — that answer is typical of her

3) [característica, material]

una cadena de oro — a gold chain

no es de oro — it's not gold

una puerta de cristal — a glass door

una cocina de gas — a gas cooker

este modelo es de electricidad — this model uses electricity, this is an electric model

ropa de buena calidad — good-quality clothes

un billete de primera clase — a first-class ticket

la niña de pelo largo — the girl with the long hair

ese tío del sombrero — that chap with o in the hat

pintado de rojo — painted red

lo tengo de varios colores distintos — I have it in several different colours

4) [contenido]

una caja de bombones — a box of chocolates

una copa de vino — [llena] a glass of wine; [vacía] a wine glass

una bolsita de té — a tea bag

estaba hecha un saco de nervios — she was a bundle of nerves

5) [origen, distancia, espacio temporal] from

soy de Galicia — I'm from Galicia

Julia no es de aquí — Julia is not from round here

los de Madrid son los mejores — the ones from Madrid are the best, the Madrid ones are the best

es de buena familia — he's from a good family

vuelo 507 (procedente) de Londres — flight 507 from London

vive a 20km de Madrid — she lives 20km from Madrid

aléjate del fuego — move away from the fire

marcó un gol a dos minutos del final del partido — he scored two minutes from the end of the match

el tren de Santiago — the Santiago train

el avión pasó a muy poca altura del suelo — the plane flew by at very low altitude

salir del cine — to come out of the cinema
de... a...
vivió de 1898 a 1937 — he lived from 1898 to 1937

de mi casa a la suya hay 5km — it is 5km from my house to his

de mayo a julio — from May to July

del 15 al 30 — from the 15th to the 30th

6) [causa]

murió de viejo — he died from old age

me dolían los pies de tanto andar — my feet were sore from all that walking

de puro cansado — out of sheer tiredness

no podía moverse de miedo — he was rigid with fear

estar loco de alegría — to be wild with joy

saltar de alegría — to jump for joy

7) [manera]

lo derribó de un solo puñetazo — he felled him with a single blow

se puso a mi lado de un salto — he jumped to my side

se lo bebió de un trago — he drank it all down in one go
de... en...
iban entrando de dos en dos — they came in two by two

bajó la escalera de tres en tres — he came down the stairs three at a time

de puerta en puerta — from door to door

8) (=respecto de)

estar mejor de salud — to be in better health, be better

es fuerte de brazos — he has strong arms

paralizado de las dos piernas — paralysed in both legs

es muy estrecho de hombros — he doesn't have very broad shoulders

9) [tema] about

un libro de biología — a biology book, a book on o about biology

hablaba de política — he was talking about politics

no sé nada de él — I don't know anything about him

una clase de francés — a French class

10) [uso]

máquina de coser — sewing machine

goma de mascar — chewing gum

11) [cantidad, medida, valor]

un chico de quince años — a fifteen-year-old boy

un viaje de dos días — a two-day journey

un embarazo de siete meses — a seven-month pregnancy

una moneda de 5 pesos — a 5-peso coin

tiene un metro de alto — it's a metre high

12) [con horas y fechas]

a las siete de la mañana — at seven o'clock in the morning, at seven a.m.

son las dos de la tarde — it's two o'clock in the afternoon, it's two p.m.

muy de mañana — very early in the morning

el 3 de mayo — 3 May ( leído May the third {o}2} the third of May)

13) [tiempo]

de día — during the day(time)

de noche — at night

de niño — as a child

de mayor voy a ser médico — when I grow up I'm going to be a doctor

14) [proporción]

tres de cada cuatro — three out of every four

15) [uso partitivo] of

uno de nosotros — one of us

comió un poco de pastel — she ate a bit of cake

¡había una de gente! — * there were loads of people there! *

16) [autoría] by

un libro de Cela — a book by Cela, a book of Cela's

las películas de Almodóvar — Almodóvar's films

17) [como complemento agente] by

fue amado de todos — he was loved by all

el rey entró seguido de su séquito — the king entered, followed by his entourage

tiene dos hijos de su primera mujer — he has two children by his first wife

18) [en aposición a sustantivos o adjetivos]

el bueno/pobre de Pedro — good/poor old Pedro

el imbécil de Fernández — that idiot Fernández

es un encanto de persona — he's a lovely person

19) [en comparaciones] than

es más difícil de lo que creía — it's more difficult than I thought

más/menos de siete — more/less than seven

más de 500 personas — more than o over 500 people

20) [con superlativos] in

el peor alumno de la clase — the worst pupil in the class

el más caro de la tienda/mundo — the most expensive in the shop/world

es el coche más caro del mercado — it's the dearest car on the market

21) + infin

un problema fácil de resolver — an easily solved problem

un libro agradable de leer — a nice book to read
ser de ({+ infin}8})
es de admirar su lealtad — his loyalty is admirable

es de esperar que recibamos una pronta respuesta — it is to be hoped that we receive a prompt reply

sería de desear que actualizaran su información — it would be desirable for them to update their information

22) [dependiente de formas verbales]

la acusaban de hipócrita — they accused her of being a hypocrite

colmar de elogios a algn — to shower praise on sb

se dio cuenta de que lo sabía — she realized (that) she knew it

de esto se deduce que... — from this it can be deduced that...

disfrutar de la vida — to enjoy life

¿qué esperabas de él? — what did you expect from him?

limpiar algo de polvo — to dust sth

llenar algo de algo — to fill sth with sth

se sirvió de sus amigos para salir de un mal trago — he turned to his friends to help him through a difficult patch

trabaja de camarero — he works as a waiter

lo uso de despensa — I use it as a pantry

vestido de azul — dressed in blue

23) [uso condicional] if

de ser posible — if possible

de haberlo sabido no habría venido — if I had known, I wouldn't have come

de resultar esto así — if this turns out to be true

de no ser así — if it were not so, were it not so

de no — LAm (=si no) otherwise

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I
preposición

Sentido I

1) (en relaciones de pertenencia, posesión)

la casa de mis padres/de la actriz — my parents'/the actress's house

el rey de Francia — the king of France

el cumpleaños de Luis — Luis's birthday

no es de él/de ella/de ellos — it isn't his/hers/theirs

su padre de usted — (frml) your father

es un amigo de mi hijo/de la familia — he's a friend of my son's/the family

un estudiante de quinto año — a fifth-year student

la correa del perro — the dog's leash

un avión de Mexair — a Mexair plane

la tapa de la cacerola — the saucepan lid

las calles de la capital — the streets of the capital

la subida de los precios — the rise in prices

al término de la reunión — at the end of the meeting

2)

a) ( introduciendo un nombre en aposición) of

la ciudad de Lima — the city of Lima

el aeropuerto de Barajas — Barajas airport

el mes de enero — the month of January

b) ( con apellidos)

[de is also part of certain surnames like de León and de la Peña]

Sra. Mónica Ortiz de Arocena — ≈Mrs Mónica Arocena

los señores de Díaz — (frml) Mr and Mrs Díaz

las señoritas de Paz — (frml) the Misses Paz (frml)

c) ( en exclamaciones)

pobre de él! — poor him!

ay de mí! — (liter) woe is me! (liter)

Sentido II

3) (expresando procedencia, origen, tiempo) from

volvía del banco — I was on my way back from the bank

es de Bogotá — she's/she comes from Bogotá

una carta de Julia — a letter from Julia

lo saqué de la biblioteca — I got it out of the library

lo recogió del suelo — she picked it up off the floor

un hijo de su primera mujer — a son by his first wife

al salir de la tienda — as he left the store

un amigo de la infancia — a childhood friend

la literatura de ese período — the literature of o from that period

de un día para otro — from one day to the next

de... a... — from... to...

de aquí a tu casa — from here to your house

de nueve a cinco — it's open from nine to five

4) (al especificar material, contenido, composición)

son de plástico — they're (made of) plastic

una mesa de caoba — a mahogany table

una inyección de morfina — an injection of morphine, a morphine injection

un curso de secretariado — a secretarial course

un vaso de agua — a glass of water

una colección de sellos — a stamp collection

un millón de dólares — a million dollars

5) (expresando causa, modo)

murió de viejo — he died of old age

verde de envidia — green with envy

estaba ronco de tanto gritar — he was hoarse from shouting so much

temblando de miedo — trembling with fear

de memoria — by heart

lo tumbó de un golpe — he knocked him down with one blow

de dos en dos or (CS) de a dos — two at a time

de a poco/de a uno — (CS) little by little/one by one

Sentido III

6)

a) (introduciendo cualidades, características)

es de una paciencia increíble — he is incredibly patient

objetos de mucho valor — objects of great value

¿de qué color lo quiere? — what color do you want it?

tiene cara de aburrido — he looks bored

tienes cosas de niño — sometimes you act like a child

una botella de un litro — a liter bottle

un niño de tres meses — a three-month-old child

la chica de azul/del abrigo rojo — the girl in blue/in the red coat

un hombre de pelo largo — a man with long hair

b) ( refiriéndose a una etapa en la vida) as

de niño — as a o when he was a child

7) (indicando uso, destino, finalidad)

el cepillo de la ropa — the clothes brush

copas de vino — wine glasses

ropa de cama — bed clothes

dales algo de comer — give them something to eat

¿qué hay de postre? — what's for dessert?

8)

a) (al definir, especificar)

el botón de abajo — the bottom button

el vecino de al lado — the next-door neighbor

es muy bonita de cara — she has a pretty face

¿qué tal vamos de tiempo? — how are we doing for time?

tiene dos metros de ancho — it's two meters wide

es fácil/difícil de pronunciar — it's easy/difficult to pronounce

b) ( sentido partitivo) of

¿quién de ustedes fue? — which (one) of you was it?

se llevó uno de los míos — she took one of mine

el mayor de los Soto — the eldest of the Soto children

9) ( con sentido ponderativo)

lo encontré de viejo...! — he seemed so old!

qué de coches! — (fam) what a lot of cars!

10)

a) ( con cifras)

el número de estudiantes es de 480 — there are 480 students

pagan un interés del 15% — they pay 15% interest o interest at 15%

b) ( en comparaciones de cantidad) than

cuesta más de £100 — it costs more than o over £100

pesa menos de un kilo — it weighs less than o under a kilo

un número mayor/menor de 29 — a number over/under 29

c) ( con un superlativo)

es el más caro de todos — it's the most expensive one

la ciudad más grande del mundo — the biggest city in the world

11) ( refiriéndose a una parte del día)

duerme de día y trabaja de noche — she sleeps during the day and works at night

salieron de madrugada — they left very early in the morning

12) ( en calidad de) as

trabaja de secretaria — she works as a secretary

hace de rey en la obra — he plays (the part of) a king in the play

13) (en expresiones de estado, actividad)

de mal humor — in a bad mood

estamos de limpieza general/fiesta — we're spring-cleaning/having a party

14) ( en oraciones pasivas) by

una novela de Goytisolo — a novel by Goytisolo

una casa rodeada de árboles — a house surrounded by trees

Sentido IV

15) ( con sentido condicional)

a)

de + inf: de haberlo sabido, habría venido antes if I had known o had I known, I would have come earlier; de no ser así no será considerada — otherwise it will not be considered

b)

ser de + inf — (expresando necesidad, inevitabilidad)

es de esperar que... — it is to be hoped that...

es de destacar su actuación — her performance is worthy of note
II
femenino: name of the letter d

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= across, in respect for, of, off, out of, from, featuring.

Ex. This arrangement may facilitate browsing across different kinds of materials.

Ex. The author of a document is the person or organisation responsible for its creation, that is, the writer of a text, the illustrator in respect for illustrations and others responsible for the intellectual content of a work.

Ex. These institutes brought together some of the most influential people in the field.

Ex. Having entered the next state and a highway off the turnpike, he was amazed by the extraordinary flatness of the land, especially in contrast to the hilly terrain he had grown up with back home.

Ex. However, out of the enormous abundance of information produced, only 50% is new while the rest is redundant.

Ex. From the analysis of some 5760 questions, Wilkinson and Miller developed a 'step approach' to differentiate reference questions according to how many judgmental steps were required to answer them.

Ex. The exhibition also contains a group of ink drawings featuring self-portraits and portraits inspired by classical sculpture.

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* abogado de oficio = legal aid.

* actuar de otro modo = do + otherwise.

* alabanza de boquilla = lip service.

* alabar de boquilla = give + lip service.

* autorizado de antemano = pre-authorised [pre-authorized, -USA].

* cambiar de una vez a otra = change from + time to time, vary + from time to time.

* comenzar de nuevo = start + all over again.

* de... a = through.

* de abajo hacia arriba = bottom-up.

* de abolengo = well-born.

* de abordo = in-flight.

* de absorción = absorptive.

* de acá para allá = back and forth, to and fro.

* de acceso público = publicly accessible.

* de acceso rápido = fast-access.

* de acceso restringido = closed access.

* de acción = action-centered.

* de acompañante = in tow.

* de actitud = attitudinal.

* de actuación = for action.

* de actualidad = topical.

* de acuerdo = okay, granted, all right, in concert, in agreement, okeydokey! [okidoki], in consort.

* de acuerdo a = according to.

* de acuerdo con = according to, as far as + Nombre + be + concerned, consistent with, in harmony with, in accordance with, in concert with, in keeping with, in line with, in step with, in tune with, by, pursuant to, in concurrence with, based on, in agreement with, as far as + Sujeto + Verbo, in consonance with, in accord with, judging by, to judge by, in conformity with, in + Posesivo + view, judging from.

* de acuerdo con el tema = thematically.

* de acuerdo con este documento = hereunder.

* de acuerdo con esto = accordingly.

* de acuerdo con la búsqueda de cadenas de caracteres = on a string search basis.

* de acuerdo con la estación del año = seasonally.

* de acuerdo con la ley = according to law.

* de acuerdo con la tendencia hacia = in the trend towards.

* de acuerdo con + Nombre = going on + Nombre.

* de acuerdo con + Posesivo + opinión = in + Posesivo + view, in + Posesivo + opinion.

* de acuerdo con + Posesivo + parecer = in + Posesivo + view, in + Posesivo + opinion.

* de acuerdo con + Posesivo + bolsillo = according to + Posesivo + pocket.

* de acuerdo con + Pronombre = in + Posesivo + opinion, in + Posesivo + opinion.

* de adaptación = adaptive.

* de †frica = African.

* de Africa occidental = West African.

* de agua = water-based.

* de aguas profundas = deep-sea.

* de ahí = therefrom.

* de ahí que = hence.

* de ahora en adelante = from now on, from this point on.

* de Alaska = Alaskan.

* de Albania = Albanian.

* de alcance estatal = nationwide [nation-wide].

* de alcance nacional = nationwide [nation-wide].

* de alcohol = spirit-based.

* de alguna forma = in one way or another, one way or another.

* de alguna manera = in some sense, in some way, somehow, in any sense, some way.

* de alguna otra forma = in any other way.

* de algún modo = in any way [in anyway], somehow, after a fashion, in some form, some way.

* de algún modo + Adjetivo = otherwise + Adjetivo.

* de algún modo u otro = of some sort.

* de algún tiempo a esta parte = for some time now.

* de algún tipo = of some description.

* de algún tipo u otro = of some sort.

* de alta alcurnia = well-born.

* de alta cuna = well-born.

* de alta densidad = high-density.

* de alta energía = high energy.

* de alta fidelidad = hi-fi.

* de alta mar = offshore, sea-going, ocean-going.

* de alta potencia = high power.

* de alta presión = high-pressured, high-pressure.

* de alta productividad = high-performance.

* de alta resistencia = heavy-duty.

* de alta tecnología = high-tech, high-technology.

* de alta tensión = heavy-current.

* de alta velocidad = high-speed.

* de alto abolengo = well-born.

* de alto ahorro energético = energy-saving.

* de alto nivel = of a high order, high level [high-level], high-powered.

* de alto rango = high-ranking, highly placed.

* de alto rendimiento = high-performance, heavy-duty.

* de altos vuelos = high-flying, high-powered.

* de alto voltaje = high-voltage.

* de altura = high, top-notch.

* de altura regulable = height-adjustable.

* de aluvión = alluvial.

* de ámbito estatal = statewide [state-wide].

* de amplio alcance = broad in scope.

* de antaño = of old, age-old, old-time, of yore, of olden days, of yesteryear, bygone, gone by.

* de antemano = in advance (of), beforehand.

* de antes de la guerra = pre-war [prewar].

* de antigua generación = low-end.

* de antiguo = from time immemorial.

* de apariencia = cosmetic.

* de apariencia engañosa = meretricious.

* de aplicación específica = special-purpose.

* de aplicación específica a un equipo de ordenador = hardware-based.

* de aplicación general = general-purpose, of general application.

* de apoyo = enabling, supportive.

* de aprovechamiento = exploitative.

* de aquel entonces = of that day.

* de aquí para allá = back and forth.

* de aquí te espero = tremendous, enormous, humongous [humungous], gianormous.

* de Arabia Saudí = Saudi Arabian.

* de archivo = archival, archive.

* de armas tomar = redoubtable.

* de arranque = bootable.

* de arriba abajo = from top to bottom, from head to toe, from head to foot.

* de arriba hacia abajo = top-down.

* de ascendencia + Adjetivo = of + Adjetivo + descent.

* de asesoramiento = consultative.

* de aspecto = looking.

* de aspecto antiguo = old-face.

* de aspecto complicado = complicated-looking.

* de aspecto delgado = lean-looking.

* de aspecto digno = dignified.

* de aspecto impresionante = impressive-looking.

* de aspecto nuevo = new-looking.

* de aspecto poco profesional = botched-up.

* de aspecto profesional = professional-looking.

* de aspecto ruinoso = run-down.

* de aspecto solemne = dignified.

* de atención básica = preattentive.

* de atención primaria = preattentive.

* de atrás = rear.

* de atrás para adelante = back and forth.

* de aupa = royal.

* de autodesprecio = self-deprecating.

* de autogestión = self-managing.

* de autoprotección = self-protective.

* de autosuficiencia = self-satisfied.

* de baja calidad = poor in detail, low-grade [lowgrade], low-quality, third rate [third-rate], low-end, trashy [trashier -comp., trashiest -sup.].

* de baja intensidad = low-intensity [low intensity].

* de baja ralea = ignoble.

* de bajísima calidad = shoddy.

* de bajo consumo = low energy.

* de bajo contenido en grasas = low fat.

* de bajo crecimiento = low-growing.

* de bajo nivel = lower-level, low-level.

* de bajo precio = low-priced.

* de bajo riesgo = low-risk.

* de balde = for free.

* de barrio = neighbourhood-based.

* de base popular = grassroots [grass-roots].

* de bienvenida = salutatory.

* de boca en boca = word-of-mouth, by word of mouth.

* de bodas = bridal.

* de Boole = Boolean.

* de bote en bote = packed to capacity, choc-a-block, chock-full, densely packed, packed, packed to the rafters.

* de broma = humorously, teasingly.

* de bronce = brass.

* de buena calidad = good-quality.

* de buena disposición = good-natured.

* de buena fama = of good repute.

* de buena fe = bona fide, in good faith.

* de buena manera = good-humouredly, good-humoured.

* de buena reputación = of good repute.

* de buenas = on good terms.

* de buenas a primeras = right off the bat, suddenly, without warning, all of a sudden, just like that.

* de buena vecindad = neighbourly [neighborly, -USA].

* de buena voluntad = in good faith.

* de buen corazón = kind-hearted, good-hearted, big-hearted.

* de buen grado = willing, good-humouredly, good-humoured, good-naturedly.

* de buen gusto = tasteful.

* de buen humor = good-humouredly, good-humoured, in good humour.

* de buenos modales = well-mannered.

* de buen vecino = neighbourly [neighborly, -USA].

* de buen ver = good looking.

* de bulla y corriendo = in a rush.

* de caballo = huge, humongous [humungous], massive, gianormous.

* de cabo a rabo = lock, stock and barrel, from head to toe, from head to foot.

* de cachondeo = teasingly.

* de cada día = day to day [day-to-day].

* de cada + Número + veces + Número = Número + times out of + Número.

* de caderas anchas = wide-hipped.

* de cajón = no-brainer.

* de calidad = authoritative, qualitative, quality, well-made, high-end, quality assured, value-added.

* de calidad inferior = low-grade [lowgrade], substandard [sub-standard], low-end.

* de calidad superior = best-quality, top quality.

* de camino = on the way, while we're at it.

* de camino a = en route for, on + Posesivo + way to, en route to.

* de campo = free-range.

* de campos fijos = fixed-field.

* de campus = campus-wide [campuswide].

* de capa caída = at a low ebb, in (the) doldrums.

* de capa y espada = cloak-and-dagger.

* de capital importancia = momentous, of cardinal importance.

* de cara a = face-to-face [face to face], facing.

* de carácter = in character.

* de carácter público = state-owned, government-owned, state-run, government-run, publicly owned [publicly-owned], publicly supported, publicly held.

* de carne = meaty [meatier -comp., meatiest -sup.].

* de carne y hueso = flesh-and-blood.

* de castigo = punitive.

* de casualidad = by accident, by a fluke, by chance, accidentally, by a stroke of (good) luck, by luck.

* de causas desconocidas = idiopathic.

* de cerámica = ceramic.

* de cerca = at close range, at close quarters.

* de chiripa = by a fluke, by a stroke of (good) luck, by chance, by luck.

* de cierto tipo = of a sort, of sorts.

* de cinco años = five yearly [five-yearly].

* de cinco días de duración = five-day.

* de cinco estrellas = 5-star [five-star].

* de cinco meses de duración = five-month-long.

* de civil = in plain clothes.

* de clasificación = classificatory.

* de clausura = cloistered.

* de clausura de congreso = end-of-conference.

* de cobre = cupric.

* de cojones = badass.

* de colegas = collegial, buddying.

* de Colombia = Colombian.

* de color = coloured [colored, -USA], non-white [nonwhite], full-colour, in colour.

* de color crema = creamy [creamier -comp., creamiest -sup.], creamy [creamier -comp., creamiest -sup.], cream-coloured.

* de color de bronce = brassy.

* de colores = full-colour, multi-colour [multi-color -USA].

* de colores vivos = colourful [colorful, -USA].

* de colorines = brightly coloured.

* de color marroncillo = brownish tinged.

* de color rojo = red-coloured.

* de color rosa = rose-coloured.

* de color verde botella = bottle green.

* de color verde oscuro = bottle green.

* de color y textura parecidos al carbón = carbonaceous.

* de comienzos de + Expresión Temporal = earliest + Expresión Temporal.

* de cómo = as to how.

* de compañeros = collegial.

* de complicidad = knowing.

* de comportamiento = behavioural [behavioral, -USA].

* de comportamiento impecable = prim and proper.

* de conceptos = concept-based.

* de conceptos múltiples = multiple-concept.

* de conducta = behavioural [behavioral, -USA].

* de confianza = reliable, trusted, trusting, reputable.

* de confirmación = confirmatory.

* de conformidad con = in compliance with, in keeping with.

* de conformidad con eso = accordingly.

* de conífera = coniferous.

* de construcción básica = brick and frame.

* de construcción sólida = solidly-built.

* de consulta fácil = scannable.

* de consulta mediante órdenes = command-based.

* de consumo = consumptive.

* de contenido enriquecido = content-enriched.

* de contrabando = bootleg.

* de contrapunto = contrapuntal.

* de Corea = Korean.

* de Corea del Sur = South Korean.

* de corral = free-range.

* de corta duración = short term [short-term].

* de corte + Adjetivo = of a + Adjetivo + nature.

* de cosecha propia = home-grown [home grown/homegrown].

* de costa a costa = coast-to-coast.

* de coste cero = zero-cost.

* de costumbre = usual, usually.

* de creación = authorial.

* de crecimiento continuo = steadily growing.

* de crecimiento más rápido = fastest-growing.

* de crecimiento rápido = fast-growing, fast-evolving.

* de cría intensiva = battery-caged.

* de crianza intensiva = battery-caged.

* de Crimea = Crimean.

* de cristal = glass.

* de crucial importancia = crucially important.

* de cualquier forma = in any event, in any way [in anyway], in any case, in any way at all.

* de cualquier forma posible = in any and all ways.

* de cualquier manera = anyhow, higgledy-piggledy, willy-nilly, in any way at all, in any way [in anyway].

* de cualquier modo = however, either way.

* de cualquier tipo = in any way [in anyway], in all forms.

* de cuando en cuando = every once in a while, every so often, every now and then, every now and again.

* de cuatro días de duración = four-day.

* de cuatro estrellas = four-star.

* de Cuba = Cuban.

* de cuerpo largo = long-bodied.

* de deficiente calidad = poor-quality, of poor quality.

* de delante hacia atrás = front to back, fore and aft.

* de densidad doble = double-density.

* de dentro hacia fuera = inside outwards.

* de derechas = right-wing.

* de derecho = de jure [iure].

* de derecho pero no de hecho = in name only.

* de desarrollo = developmental.

* de desarrollo autónomo = self-evolving.

* de desarrollo rápido = fast-evolving.

* de descargo = exonerating, exculpatory.

* de desconexión = cut-off.

* de descubrimiento reciente = newly-discovered.

* de desecho = discarded.

* de desempate = tie-breaker [tiebreaker], tie-breaking [tiebreaking].

* de desguace = written-off.

* de despedida = valedictory.

* de día = in the daytime, during the daytime, during daytime.

* de día a día = from day to day.

* de diámetro = in diameter.

* de diario = everyday.

* de día y de noche = day and night, night and day.

* de diesel = diesel-powered.

* de diferente modo = differently.

* de diferentes niveles = multi-tiered [multitiered], multi-tier [multitier].

* de diferentes tonalidades de gris = grey scale [gray scale].

* de difícil solución = intractable.

* de dinero = well-to-do, well-off.

* de dirección = directorial, administrative.

* de diseño abierto = open-plan, open-planned.

* de diversa índole = kaleidoscopic, of one type or another, of one sort or another, of one kind or another.

* de diversos tipos = of one type or another, of one sort or another, of one kind or another.

* de diverso tipo = of one type or another, of one sort or another, of one kind or another.

* de doble cara = double-hinged, double-sided.

* de doble filo = double-edged.

* de doble hoja = double-hinged.

* de doble sentido = double-edged, two-way.

* de doble uso = dual-use.

* de dolor = in pain.

* de dominio público = publicly owned [publicly-owned].

* de donde = whence, whence, from whence.

* ¿de dónde si no...? = where else...?, where else...?.

* de dos caras = two-sided, two-faced.

* de dos días de duración = two-day [2-day].

* de dos en dos = two at a time.

* de dos letras = two-letter.

* de dos niveles = two-tier.

* de dos páginas = two-page.

* de dos partidos políticos = bipartisan [bi-partisan].

* de dos patas = two-legged.

* de dos piernas = two-legged.

* de dos pies = two-legged.

* de dos plantas = two-storey [two-story].

* de dos tonalidades = bitonal.

* de dos tonos = bitonal.

* de dos volúmenes = two-volume.

* de duelo = in mourning.

* de duración limitada = timebound [time-bound].

* de Ecuador = Ecuadorian.

* de edad = elderly.

* de edad avanzada = over the hill.

* de edad escolar = school-age.

* de edad mediana = middle-aged.

* de edad universitaria = college-age.

* de elaboración de políticas = policy-forming.

* de ello = thereof, therefrom.

* de ellos = theirs.

* de embalsamar = embalming.

* de emisor a receptor = downstream.

* de encaje = lacy.

* de enmienda = amendatory.

* de ensueño = dream-like [dreamlike], picture-perfect.

* de entonces = of the day.

* de entreguerras = interwar.

* de entre los nuestros = in our ranks.

* de entretenimiento = recreational.

* de envergadura = heavy lifting.

* de época = vintage.

* de epopeya = epic.

* de esa época = of the period.

* de escándalo = outrageous.

* de ese modo = in doing so, in this,, thereby.

* de eso = thereof.

* de espaldas anchas = broad-shouldered.

* de especial importancia = of particular note.

* de espíritu cívico = public-spirited.

* de espíritu comunitario = public-spirited.

* de espíritu libre = free-spirited.

* de esta forma = in this fashion, in this manner, in this way.

* de esta manera = in this fashion, in this manner, in this way.

* de este modo = accordingly, by so doing, by this means, in so doing, in this fashion, in this manner, thereby, this way, thus, this way round, in this way, by doing so, in these ways, this is how, in doing so.

* de este modo, de esta forma, de esta manera = in this way.

* de esto, de lo otro y de lo de más allá = about this and that and everything else.

* de Estonia = Estonian.

* de esto y de lo otro = about this and that.

* de estructura de acero = steel-framed.

* de estructura de madera = timber-framed.

* de Europa del Este = Eastern European.

* de Europa Occidental = Western-European, West European.

* de evaluación = evaluative.

* de éxito = successful.

* de éxito asegurado = sure-fire [surefire].

* de éxito garantizado = sure-fire [surefire].

* de éxito seguro = sure-fire [surefire].

* de expansión = expanded.

* de explotación = exploitative.

* de extensión = in length.

* de extensión normal = standard-length.

* de extremada urgencia = serious.

* de fabricación casera = homemade.

* de fácil acceso = easily available, over the counter, handy.

* de fácil alcance para = within easy reach of.

* de fácil manejo = liftable.

* de facto = de facto.

* de fama = of note.

* de fama internacional = of international renown.

* de fama mundial = world-renowned, internationally renowned, world-renown.

* de felpa = plush.

* de fiar = legit.

* de fichas = card-based.

* de fijación de normas = standard(s) setting.

* de final de año = end-year.

* de final de mes = end-of-the-month.

* de finales del siglo XIX y principios del XX = turn-of-the-century.

* de fin de año = end of the year.

* de fin de milenio = millennial.

* de forma = in form.

* de forma abrumadora = overwhelmingly.

* de forma aceptable = adequately, acceptably.

* de forma adecuada = adequately, fitly, appropriately.

* de forma alternada = in alternating fashion.

* de forma alternativa = alternatively.

* de forma anónima = anonymously.

* de forma aplastante = overwhelmingly.

* de forma apreciable = markedly.

* de forma apropiada = properly, fitly, appropriately.

* de forma audible = audibly.

* de forma autónoma = autonomously.

* de forma caprichosa = capriciously.

* de formación = formative.

* de forma clara = clearly.

* de forma cognitiva = cognitively.

* de forma colegiada = collegially.

* de forma combinada = in combination.

* de forma competitiva = competitively.

* de forma complemenetaria = complimentarily.

* de forma completa = in full.

* de forma completa, en su totalidad, completamente, por extenso = in full.

* de forma concisa = concisely.

* de forma conjunta con = in partnership with.

* de forma considerable = considerably.

* de forma continuada = continuously.

* de forma cuadrada = squarish, square-shaped.

* de forma deductiva = deductively.

* de forma desastrosa = disastrously.

* de forma deshonesta = dishonestly.

* de forma diferente = differently shaped.

* de forma digital = digitally.

* de forma divertida = funnily.

* de forma económica = cost-effectively.

* de forma errática = erratically.

* de forma escandalosa = outrageously.

* de forma especulativa = speculatively.

* de forma estructurada = in a structured fashion.

* de forma exquisita = exquisitely.

* de forma extraña = oddly, funnily.

* de forma federal = federally.

* de forma general = widely, bulk.

* de forma global = holistically.

* de forma graciosa = funnily.

* de forma gratis = on a complimentary basis.

* de forma gratuita = on a complimentary basis.

* de forma grotesca = grotesquely.

* de forma heterogénea = heterogeneously [heterogenously].

* de forma heurística = heuristically.

* de forma humorística = in a humorous vein.

* de forma imaginativa = imaginatively.

* de forma indirecta = circuitous route.

* de forma inesperada = out of the blue, like a bolt out of the blue, like a bolt from the blue.

* de forma innata = innately.

* de forma irregular = erratically.

* de forma lamentable = miserably.

* de forma lógica = in a meaningful way.

* de forma mágica = magically.

* de forma mecánica = mechanically.

* de forma mordaz = pungently.

* de forma mordaz, mordazmente, con sarcasmo = pungently.

* de forma muy parecida a = in much the same way as.

* de forma muy similar a = in much the same way as.

* de forma negativa = in a negative light.

* de forma neutral = neutrally.

* de forma notoria = markedly.

* de forma opcional = optionally.

* de forma óptima = optimally.

* de forma personalizada = on a one-to-one basis.

* de forma poco ética = unethically.

* de forma poco imaginativa = unimaginatively.

* de forma poco profesional = unprofessionally.

* de forma poco razonable = unreasonably.

* de forma positiva = in a positive light, constructively.

* de forma práctica = pragmatically.

* de forma precisa = precisely.

* de forma provocativa = provocatively.

* de forma puntual = occasionally, when necessary.

* de forma que = in ways that.

* de forma que resulta más fácil de entender = in digestible form.

* de forma rara = oddly, funnily.

* de forma recíproca = reciprocally.

* de forma rentable = cost-effectively.

* de forma residual = residually.

* de forma ridícula = grotesquely.

* de forma saludable = healthily.

* de forma sana = healthily.

* de forma significativa = to any significant extent, to a significant extent.

* de forma sistemática = in a systematic fashion.

* de forma sofisticada = sophisticatedly.

* de forma subconsciente = subconsciously.

* de forma sublime = subliminally.

* de forma suscinta = in brief.

* de forma terapéutica = therapeutically.

* de forma tosca = in crude form.

* de forma trágica = tragically.

* de fotograma completo = full-frame.

* de fotograma doble = half-frame.

* de frente = head-on, frontal.

* de fuera = outside, off-side.

* de fuera de la ciudad = out-of-town.

* de fuerza = forceful.

* de funcionamiento = operating, operational.

* de fundamental importancia = of prime importance, critically important.

* de gala = gala.

* de Galileo = Galilean.

* de Gambia = Gambian.

* de gas = gas-powered.

* de generación a generación = from generation to generation.

* de generación en generación = from generation to generation.

* de geofísica = geophysical.

* de gestión = managerial, back-office.

* de gestión del museo = curatorial.

* de Glasgow = Glaswegian.

* de golpe = in one lump, all at once, all at once.

* de grado básico = junior grade.

* de gran ahorro energético = energy-saving.

* de gran belleza = scenic.

* de gran calibre = high-calibre.

* de gran calidad = high-quality, high-grade [high grade], high-calibre.

* de gran capacidad = large-capacity, high capacity.

* de gran colorido = brightly coloured.

* de gran corazón = big-hearted.

* de gran efecto = wide-reaching.

* de gran éxito comercial = high selling.

* de gran formato = oversized, oversize.

* de gran impacto = high impact [high-impact].

* de gran influencia = seminal.

* de granja = free-range.

* de gran lucidez = clear-sighted.

* de gran lujo = top-class.

* de gran potencia = high-powered.

* de gran repercusión = far-reaching, wide-reaching, far-ranging.

* de gran talento = talented.

* de gran valor = highly valued, highly valuable.

* de gran valor histórico = of great historical value.

* de gran venta = high selling.

* de guardia = on duty, duty + Profesión, on call.

* de guasa = teasingly.

* de habla afrikaans = Afrikaans-speaking.

* de habla alemana = German-speaking.

* de habla francesa = French-speaking.

* de habla inglesa = English-speaking.

* de habla portuguesa = Portuguese-speaking.

* de hace años = of years ago.

* de hace muchos años = long-standing.

* de hace mucho tiempo = age-old, long-lost.

* de hace siglos = of yore.

* de hace varios siglos = centuries-old.

* de hasta + Número = of up to + Número.

* de hecho = actually, as a matter of fact, as it happened, de facto, in actual fact, in effect, in fact, indeed, in point of fact, in actuality, as it happens, as it is, effectively, for all intents and purposes, to all intents and purposes, for that matter.

* de hierbas = herbal.

* de hierro = iron, ferric.

* de higos a brevas = once in a blue moon.

* de hoja caduca = deciduous.

* de hoja perenne = evergreen.

* de hojas largas = long-leaved.

* de Homero = Homeric.

* de hongos = fungal.

* de horticultura = horticultural.

* de hoy = present-day.

* de hoy día = of today.

* de hoy en adelante = as from today.

* de hoy en día = of today.

* de huelga = striking.

* de humor = funny [funnier -comp., funniest -sup.].

* de ida y vuelta = return, round-trip.

* de ideas afines = like-minded.

* de igual a igual = as a peer.

* de igual forma = in like manner, in a like manner, in like fashion, in like vein.

* de igual longitud = of equal length.

* de igual manera = by the same token, in like fashion, in like manner, in like vein, in equal measure(s).

* de igual modo = alike, equally, in like fashion, in like manner, in like vein.

* de igual modo que = just as, just as well... as..., along the lines of, on the lines (of).

* de igual + Nombre = equally + Adjetivo.

* de ilusiones vive el hombre = We are such stuff as dreams are made on.

* de imitación = copycat.

* de importancia = of note, of consequence.

* de importancia creciente = of growing importance.

* de importancia crucial = crucially important.

* de importancia fundamental = critically important.

* de improviso = unawares, spur-of-the-moment, on the spur of the moment, unexpectedly.

* de incalculable valor = priceless.

* de incógnito = incognito.

* de inferior calidad = low-end, sub-par.

* de inflexión = inflexional [inflectional].

* de inmediato = immediately.

* de inspiración = inspirational.

* de interés especial = of particular concern, special-interest.

* de intereses similares = of like interest.

* de interés general = general-interest, of general interest.

* de interés humano = human interest.

* de interés periodístico = newsworthy.

* de investigación = exploratory.

* de isótopos = isotopic.

* de izquierdas = left-wing, leftist, lefty.

* de jabón = soapy [soapier -comp., soapiest -sup.].

* de jarana = out on the town, a (late) night out on the town.

* de juerga = out on the town, a (late) night out on the town.

* de Kenia = Kenyan.

* de la "a" a la "zeta" = a to z [a/z o a-z].

* de la adolescencia = teenage.

* de la alcaldía = mayoral.

* de la cabeza a los pies = from head to foot, from head to toe.

* de la cara = facial.

* de la Ceca a la Meca = from pillar to post.

* de la clase blanca, protestante y anglosajona americana = WASPish.

* de la cóclea = cochlear.

* de la columna vertebral = spinal.

* de la comedia = comedic.

* de la corteza = crustal, cortical.

* de la cría de aves = avicultural.

* de la duramadre = dural.

* de la edad media = dark-age.

* de la embajada = ambassadorial.

* de la época = of the time(s), of the day.

* de la época isabelina = Elizabethan.

* de la época victoriana = Victorian.

* de la espina dorsal = spinal.

* de la extensión de un libro = book-length.

* de la fama al olvido = riches to rags.

* de la forma más difícil = the hard way.

* de la forma más fácil = the easy way .

* de la fortuna a la pobreza = riches to rags.

* de la fóvea = foveal.

* de la gama alta = high-end.

* de la gama baja = low-end.

* de la gama inferior = low-end.

* de la guerra = wartime [wart-time].

* de la hipótesis = hypothesised [hypothesized, -USA].

* de la localidad = locally based [locally-based].

* de la malaria = malarial.

* de la mama = mammary.

* de la mandíbula inferior = mandibular.

* de la mandíbula superior = maxillar, maxillary.

* de la manera normal = in the normal manner.

* de la mañana = a.m. (latín - ante meridiam), in the morning.

* de la máquina y el hombre = human-machine.

* de la marina = marine.

* de la mejor forma posible = to the best of + Posesivo + abili.

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I
preposición

Sentido I

1) (en relaciones de pertenencia, posesión)

la casa de mis padres/de la actriz — my parents'/the actress's house

el rey de Francia — the king of France

el cumpleaños de Luis — Luis's birthday

no es de él/de ella/de ellos — it isn't his/hers/theirs

su padre de usted — (frml) your father

es un amigo de mi hijo/de la familia — he's a friend of my son's/the family

un estudiante de quinto año — a fifth-year student

la correa del perro — the dog's leash

un avión de Mexair — a Mexair plane

la tapa de la cacerola — the saucepan lid

las calles de la capital — the streets of the capital

la subida de los precios — the rise in prices

al término de la reunión — at the end of the meeting

2)

a) ( introduciendo un nombre en aposición) of

la ciudad de Lima — the city of Lima

el aeropuerto de Barajas — Barajas airport

el mes de enero — the month of January

b) ( con apellidos)

[de is also part of certain surnames like de León and de la Peña]

Sra. Mónica Ortiz de Arocena — ≈Mrs Mónica Arocena

los señores de Díaz — (frml) Mr and Mrs Díaz

las señoritas de Paz — (frml) the Misses Paz (frml)

c) ( en exclamaciones)

pobre de él! — poor him!

ay de mí! — (liter) woe is me! (liter)

Sentido II

3) (expresando procedencia, origen, tiempo) from

volvía del banco — I was on my way back from the bank

es de Bogotá — she's/she comes from Bogotá

una carta de Julia — a letter from Julia

lo saqué de la biblioteca — I got it out of the library

lo recogió del suelo — she picked it up off the floor

un hijo de su primera mujer — a son by his first wife

al salir de la tienda — as he left the store

un amigo de la infancia — a childhood friend

la literatura de ese período — the literature of o from that period

de un día para otro — from one day to the next

de... a... — from... to...

de aquí a tu casa — from here to your house

de nueve a cinco — it's open from nine to five

4) (al especificar material, contenido, composición)

son de plástico — they're (made of) plastic

una mesa de caoba — a mahogany table

una inyección de morfina — an injection of morphine, a morphine injection

un curso de secretariado — a secretarial course

un vaso de agua — a glass of water

una colección de sellos — a stamp collection

un millón de dólares — a million dollars

5) (expresando causa, modo)

murió de viejo — he died of old age

verde de envidia — green with envy

estaba ronco de tanto gritar — he was hoarse from shouting so much

temblando de miedo — trembling with fear

de memoria — by heart

lo tumbó de un golpe — he knocked him down with one blow

de dos en dos or (CS) de a dos — two at a time

de a poco/de a uno — (CS) little by little/one by one

Sentido III

6)

a) (introduciendo cualidades, características)

es de una paciencia increíble — he is incredibly patient

objetos de mucho valor — objects of great value

¿de qué color lo quiere? — what color do you want it?

tiene cara de aburrido — he looks bored

tienes cosas de niño — sometimes you act like a child

una botella de un litro — a liter bottle

un niño de tres meses — a three-month-old child

la chica de azul/del abrigo rojo — the girl in blue/in the red coat

un hombre de pelo largo — a man with long hair

b) ( refiriéndose a una etapa en la vida) as

de niño — as a o when he was a child

7) (indicando uso, destino, finalidad)

el cepillo de la ropa — the clothes brush

copas de vino — wine glasses

ropa de cama — bed clothes

dales algo de comer — give them something to eat

¿qué hay de postre? — what's for dessert?

8)

a) (al definir, especificar)

el botón de abajo — the bottom button

el vecino de al lado — the next-door neighbor

es muy bonita de cara — she has a pretty face

¿qué tal vamos de tiempo? — how are we doing for time?

tiene dos metros de ancho — it's two meters wide

es fácil/difícil de pronunciar — it's easy/difficult to pronounce

b) ( sentido partitivo) of

¿quién de ustedes fue? — which (one) of you was it?

se llevó uno de los míos — she took one of mine

el mayor de los Soto — the eldest of the Soto children

9) ( con sentido ponderativo)

lo encontré de viejo...! — he seemed so old!

qué de coches! — (fam) what a lot of cars!

10)

a) ( con cifras)

el número de estudiantes es de 480 — there are 480 students

pagan un interés del 15% — they pay 15% interest o interest at 15%

b) ( en comparaciones de cantidad) than

cuesta más de £100 — it costs more than o over £100

pesa menos de un kilo — it weighs less than o under a kilo

un número mayor/menor de 29 — a number over/under 29

c) ( con un superlativo)

es el más caro de todos — it's the most expensive one

la ciudad más grande del mundo — the biggest city in the world

11) ( refiriéndose a una parte del día)

duerme de día y trabaja de noche — she sleeps during the day and works at night

salieron de madrugada — they left very early in the morning

12) ( en calidad de) as

trabaja de secretaria — she works as a secretary

hace de rey en la obra — he plays (the part of) a king in the play

13) (en expresiones de estado, actividad)

de mal humor — in a bad mood

estamos de limpieza general/fiesta — we're spring-cleaning/having a party

14) ( en oraciones pasivas) by

una novela de Goytisolo — a novel by Goytisolo

una casa rodeada de árboles — a house surrounded by trees

Sentido IV

15) ( con sentido condicional)

a)

de + inf: de haberlo sabido, habría venido antes if I had known o had I known, I would have come earlier; de no ser así no será considerada — otherwise it will not be considered

b)

ser de + inf — (expresando necesidad, inevitabilidad)

es de esperar que... — it is to be hoped that...

es de destacar su actuación — her performance is worthy of note
II
femenino: name of the letter d

* * *

= across, in respect for, of, off, out of, from, featuring.

Ex: This arrangement may facilitate browsing across different kinds of materials.

Ex: The author of a document is the person or organisation responsible for its creation, that is, the writer of a text, the illustrator in respect for illustrations and others responsible for the intellectual content of a work.

Ex: These institutes brought together some of the most influential people in the field.

Ex: Having entered the next state and a highway off the turnpike, he was amazed by the extraordinary flatness of the land, especially in contrast to the hilly terrain he had grown up with back home.

Ex: However, out of the enormous abundance of information produced, only 50% is new while the rest is redundant.

Ex: From the analysis of some 5760 questions, Wilkinson and Miller developed a 'step approach' to differentiate reference questions according to how many judgmental steps were required to answer them.

Ex: The exhibition also contains a group of ink drawings featuring self-portraits and portraits inspired by classical sculpture.

* abogado de oficio = legal aid.

* actuar de otro modo = do + otherwise.

* alabanza de boquilla = lip service.

* alabar de boquilla = give + lip service.

* autorizado de antemano = pre-authorised [pre-authorized, -USA].

* cambiar de una vez a otra = change from + time to time, vary + from time to time.

* comenzar de nuevo = start + all over again.

* de... a = through.

* de abajo hacia arriba = bottom-up.

* de abolengo = well-born.

* de abordo = in-flight.

* de absorción = absorptive.

* de acá para allá = back and forth, to and fro.

* de acceso público = publicly accessible.

* de acceso rápido = fast-access.

* de acceso restringido = closed access.

* de acción = action-centered.

* de acompañante = in tow.

* de actitud = attitudinal.

* de actuación = for action.

* de actualidad = topical.

* de acuerdo = okay, granted, all right, in concert, in agreement, okeydokey! [okidoki], in consort.

* de acuerdo a = according to.

* de acuerdo con = according to, as far as + Nombre + be + concerned, consistent with, in harmony with, in accordance with, in concert with, in keeping with, in line with, in step with, in tune with, by, pursuant to, in concurrence with, based on, in agreement with, as far as + Sujeto + Verbo, in consonance with, in accord with, judging by, to judge by, in conformity with, in + Posesivo + view, judging from.

* de acuerdo con el tema = thematically.

* de acuerdo con este documento = hereunder.

* de acuerdo con esto = accordingly.

* de acuerdo con la búsqueda de cadenas de caracteres = on a string search basis.

* de acuerdo con la estación del año = seasonally.

* de acuerdo con la ley = according to law.

* de acuerdo con la tendencia hacia = in the trend towards.

* de acuerdo con + Nombre = going on + Nombre.

* de acuerdo con + Posesivo + opinión = in + Posesivo + view, in + Posesivo + opinion.

* de acuerdo con + Posesivo + parecer = in + Posesivo + view, in + Posesivo + opinion.

* de acuerdo con + Posesivo + bolsillo = according to + Posesivo + pocket.

* de acuerdo con + Pronombre = in + Posesivo + opinion, in + Posesivo + opinion.

* de adaptación = adaptive.

* de frica = African.

* de Africa occidental = West African.

* de agua = water-based.

* de aguas profundas = deep-sea.

* de ahí = therefrom.

* de ahí que = hence.

* de ahora en adelante = from now on, from this point on.

* de Alaska = Alaskan.

* de Albania = Albanian.

* de alcance estatal = nationwide [nation-wide].

* de alcance nacional = nationwide [nation-wide].

* de alcohol = spirit-based.

* de alguna forma = in one way or another, one way or another.

* de alguna manera = in some sense, in some way, somehow, in any sense, some way.

* de alguna otra forma = in any other way.

* de algún modo = in any way [in anyway], somehow, after a fashion, in some form, some way.

* de algún modo + Adjetivo = otherwise + Adjetivo.

* de algún modo u otro = of some sort.

* de algún tiempo a esta parte = for some time now.

* de algún tipo = of some description.

* de algún tipo u otro = of some sort.

* de alta alcurnia = well-born.

* de alta cuna = well-born.

* de alta densidad = high-density.

* de alta energía = high energy.

* de alta fidelidad = hi-fi.

* de alta mar = offshore, sea-going, ocean-going.

* de alta potencia = high power.

* de alta presión = high-pressured, high-pressure.

* de alta productividad = high-performance.

* de alta resistencia = heavy-duty.

* de alta tecnología = high-tech, high-technology.

* de alta tensión = heavy-current.

* de alta velocidad = high-speed.

* de alto abolengo = well-born.

* de alto ahorro energético = energy-saving.

* de alto nivel = of a high order, high level [high-level], high-powered.

* de alto rango = high-ranking, highly placed.

* de alto rendimiento = high-performance, heavy-duty.

* de altos vuelos = high-flying, high-powered.

* de alto voltaje = high-voltage.

* de altura = high, top-notch.

* de altura regulable = height-adjustable.

* de aluvión = alluvial.

* de ámbito estatal = statewide [state-wide].

* de amplio alcance = broad in scope.

* de antaño = of old, age-old, old-time, of yore, of olden days, of yesteryear, bygone, gone by.

* de antemano = in advance (of), beforehand.

* de antes de la guerra = pre-war [prewar].

* de antigua generación = low-end.

* de antiguo = from time immemorial.

* de apariencia = cosmetic.

* de apariencia engañosa = meretricious.

* de aplicación específica = special-purpose.

* de aplicación específica a un equipo de ordenador = hardware-based.

* de aplicación general = general-purpose, of general application.

* de apoyo = enabling, supportive.

* de aprovechamiento = exploitative.

* de aquel entonces = of that day.

* de aquí para allá = back and forth.

* de aquí te espero = tremendous, enormous, humongous [humungous], gianormous.

* de Arabia Saudí = Saudi Arabian.

* de archivo = archival, archive.

* de armas tomar = redoubtable.

* de arranque = bootable.

* de arriba abajo = from top to bottom, from head to toe, from head to foot.

* de arriba hacia abajo = top-down.

* de ascendencia + Adjetivo = of + Adjetivo + descent.

* de asesoramiento = consultative.

* de aspecto = looking.

* de aspecto antiguo = old-face.

* de aspecto complicado = complicated-looking.

* de aspecto delgado = lean-looking.

* de aspecto digno = dignified.

* de aspecto impresionante = impressive-looking.

* de aspecto nuevo = new-looking.

* de aspecto poco profesional = botched-up.

* de aspecto profesional = professional-looking.

* de aspecto ruinoso = run-down.

* de aspecto solemne = dignified.

* de atención básica = preattentive.

* de atención primaria = preattentive.

* de atrás = rear.

* de atrás para adelante = back and forth.

* de aupa = royal.

* de autodesprecio = self-deprecating.

* de autogestión = self-managing.

* de autoprotección = self-protective.

* de autosuficiencia = self-satisfied.

* de baja calidad = poor in detail, low-grade [lowgrade], low-quality, third rate [third-rate], low-end, trashy [trashier -comp., trashiest -sup.].

* de baja intensidad = low-intensity [low intensity].

* de baja ralea = ignoble.

* de bajísima calidad = shoddy.

* de bajo consumo = low energy.

* de bajo contenido en grasas = low fat.

* de bajo crecimiento = low-growing.

* de bajo nivel = lower-level, low-level.

* de bajo precio = low-priced.

* de bajo riesgo = low-risk.

* de balde = for free.

* de barrio = neighbourhood-based.

* de base popular = grassroots [grass-roots].

* de bienvenida = salutatory.

* de boca en boca = word-of-mouth, by word of mouth.

* de bodas = bridal.

* de Boole = Boolean.

* de bote en bote = packed to capacity, choc-a-block, chock-full, densely packed, packed, packed to the rafters.

* de broma = humorously, teasingly.

* de bronce = brass.

* de buena calidad = good-quality.

* de buena disposición = good-natured.

* de buena fama = of good repute.

* de buena fe = bona fide, in good faith.

* de buena manera = good-humouredly, good-humoured.

* de buena reputación = of good repute.

* de buenas = on good terms.

* de buenas a primeras = right off the bat, suddenly, without warning, all of a sudden, just like that.

* de buena vecindad = neighbourly [neighborly, -USA].

* de buena voluntad = in good faith.

* de buen corazón = kind-hearted, good-hearted, big-hearted.

* de buen grado = willing, good-humouredly, good-humoured, good-naturedly.

* de buen gusto = tasteful.

* de buen humor = good-humouredly, good-humoured, in good humour.

* de buenos modales = well-mannered.

* de buen vecino = neighbourly [neighborly, -USA].

* de buen ver = good looking.

* de bulla y corriendo = in a rush.

* de caballo = huge, humongous [humungous], massive, gianormous.

* de cabo a rabo = lock, stock and barrel, from head to toe, from head to foot.

* de cachondeo = teasingly.

* de cada día = day to day [day-to-day].

* de cada + Número + veces + Número = Número + times out of + Número.

* de caderas anchas = wide-hipped.

* de cajón = no-brainer.

* de calidad = authoritative, qualitative, quality, well-made, high-end, quality assured, value-added.

* de calidad inferior = low-grade [lowgrade], substandard [sub-standard], low-end.

* de calidad superior = best-quality, top quality.

* de camino = on the way, while we're at it.

* de camino a = en route for, on + Posesivo + way to, en route to.

* de campo = free-range.

* de campos fijos = fixed-field.

* de campus = campus-wide [campuswide].

* de capa caída = at a low ebb, in (the) doldrums.

* de capa y espada = cloak-and-dagger.

* de capital importancia = momentous, of cardinal importance.

* de cara a = face-to-face [face to face], facing.

* de carácter = in character.

* de carácter público = state-owned, government-owned, state-run, government-run, publicly owned [publicly-owned], publicly supported, publicly held.

* de carne = meaty [meatier -comp., meatiest -sup.].

* de carne y hueso = flesh-and-blood.

* de castigo = punitive.

* de casualidad = by accident, by a fluke, by chance, accidentally, by a stroke of (good) luck, by luck.

* de causas desconocidas = idiopathic.

* de cerámica = ceramic.

* de cerca = at close range, at close quarters.

* de chiripa = by a fluke, by a stroke of (good) luck, by chance, by luck.

* de cierto tipo = of a sort, of sorts.

* de cinco años = five yearly [five-yearly].

* de cinco días de duración = five-day.

* de cinco estrellas = 5-star [five-star].

* de cinco meses de duración = five-month-long.

* de civil = in plain clothes.

* de clasificación = classificatory.

* de clausura = cloistered.

* de clausura de congreso = end-of-conference.

* de cobre = cupric.

* de cojones = badass.

* de colegas = collegial, buddying.

* de Colombia = Colombian.

* de color = coloured [colored, -USA], non-white [nonwhite], full-colour, in colour.

* de color crema = creamy [creamier -comp., creamiest -sup.], creamy [creamier -comp., creamiest -sup.], cream-coloured.

* de color de bronce = brassy.

* de colores = full-colour, multi-colour [multi-color -USA].

* de colores vivos = colourful [colorful, -USA].

* de colorines = brightly coloured.

* de color marroncillo = brownish tinged.

* de color rojo = red-coloured.

* de color rosa = rose-coloured.

* de color verde botella = bottle green.

* de color verde oscuro = bottle green.

* de color y textura parecidos al carbón = carbonaceous.

* de comienzos de + Expresión Temporal = earliest + Expresión Temporal.

* de cómo = as to how.

* de compañeros = collegial.

* de complicidad = knowing.

* de comportamiento = behavioural [behavioral, -USA].

* de comportamiento impecable = prim and proper.

* de conceptos = concept-based.

* de conceptos múltiples = multiple-concept.

* de conducta = behavioural [behavioral, -USA].

* de confianza = reliable, trusted, trusting, reputable.

* de confirmación = confirmatory.

* de conformidad con = in compliance with, in keeping with.

* de conformidad con eso = accordingly.

* de conífera = coniferous.

* de construcción básica = brick and frame.

* de construcción sólida = solidly-built.

* de consulta fácil = scannable.

* de consulta mediante órdenes = command-based.

* de consumo = consumptive.

* de contenido enriquecido = content-enriched.

* de contrabando = bootleg.

* de contrapunto = contrapuntal.

* de Corea = Korean.

* de Corea del Sur = South Korean.

* de corral = free-range.

* de corta duración = short term [short-term].

* de corte + Adjetivo = of a + Adjetivo + nature.

* de cosecha propia = home-grown [home grown/homegrown].

* de costa a costa = coast-to-coast.

* de coste cero = zero-cost.

* de costumbre = usual, usually.

* de creación = authorial.

* de crecimiento continuo = steadily growing.

* de crecimiento más rápido = fastest-growing.

* de crecimiento rápido = fast-growing, fast-evolving.

* de cría intensiva = battery-caged.

* de crianza intensiva = battery-caged.

* de Crimea = Crimean.

* de cristal = glass.

* de crucial importancia = crucially important.

* de cualquier forma = in any event, in any way [in anyway], in any case, in any way at all.

* de cualquier forma posible = in any and all ways.

* de cualquier manera = anyhow, higgledy-piggledy, willy-nilly, in any way at all, in any way [in anyway].

* de cualquier modo = however, either way.

* de cualquier tipo = in any way [in anyway], in all forms.

* de cuando en cuando = every once in a while, every so often, every now and then, every now and again.

* de cuatro días de duración = four-day.

* de cuatro estrellas = four-star.

* de Cuba = Cuban.

* de cuerpo largo = long-bodied.

* de deficiente calidad = poor-quality, of poor quality.

* de delante hacia atrás = front to back, fore and aft.

* de densidad doble = double-density.

* de dentro hacia fuera = inside outwards.

* de derechas = right-wing.

* de derecho = de jure [iure].

* de derecho pero no de hecho = in name only.

* de desarrollo = developmental.

* de desarrollo autónomo = self-evolving.

* de desarrollo rápido = fast-evolving.

* de descargo = exonerating, exculpatory.

* de desconexión = cut-off.

* de descubrimiento reciente = newly-discovered.

* de desecho = discarded.

* de desempate = tie-breaker [tiebreaker], tie-breaking [tiebreaking].

* de desguace = written-off.

* de despedida = valedictory.

* de día = in the daytime, during the daytime, during daytime.

* de día a día = from day to day.

* de diámetro = in diameter.

* de diario = everyday.

* de día y de noche = day and night, night and day.

* de diesel = diesel-powered.

* de diferente modo = differently.

* de diferentes niveles = multi-tiered [multitiered], multi-tier [multitier].

* de diferentes tonalidades de gris = grey scale [gray scale].

* de difícil solución = intractable.

* de dinero = well-to-do, well-off.

* de dirección = directorial, administrative.

* de diseño abierto = open-plan, open-planned.

* de diversa índole = kaleidoscopic, of one type or another, of one sort or another, of one kind or another.

* de diversos tipos = of one type or another, of one sort or another, of one kind or another.

* de diverso tipo = of one type or another, of one sort or another, of one kind or another.

* de doble cara = double-hinged, double-sided.

* de doble filo = double-edged.

* de doble hoja = double-hinged.

* de doble sentido = double-edged, two-way.

* de doble uso = dual-use.

* de dolor = in pain.

* de dominio público = publicly owned [publicly-owned].

* de donde = whence, whence, from whence.

* ¿de dónde si no...? = where else...?, where else...?.

* de dos caras = two-sided, two-faced.

* de dos días de duración = two-day [2-day].

* de dos en dos = two at a time.

* de dos letras = two-letter.

* de dos niveles = two-tier.

* de dos páginas = two-page.

* de dos partidos políticos = bipartisan [bi-partisan].

* de dos patas = two-legged.

* de dos piernas = two-legged.

* de dos pies = two-legged.

* de dos plantas = two-storey [two-story].

* de dos tonalidades = bitonal.

* de dos tonos = bitonal.

* de dos volúmenes = two-volume.

* de duelo = in mourning.

* de duración limitada = timebound [time-bound].

* de Ecuador = Ecuadorian.

* de edad = elderly.

* de edad avanzada = over the hill.

* de edad escolar = school-age.

* de edad mediana = middle-aged.

* de edad universitaria = college-age.

* de elaboración de políticas = policy-forming.

* de ello = thereof, therefrom.

* de ellos = theirs.

* de embalsamar = embalming.

* de emisor a receptor = downstream.

* de encaje = lacy.

* de enmienda = amendatory.

* de ensueño = dream-like [dreamlike], picture-perfect.

* de entonces = of the day.

* de entreguerras = interwar.

* de entre los nuestros = in our ranks.

* de entretenimiento = recreational.

* de envergadura = heavy lifting.

* de época = vintage.

* de epopeya = epic.

* de esa época = of the period.

* de escándalo = outrageous.

* de ese modo = in doing so, in this,, thereby.

* de eso = thereof.

* de espaldas anchas = broad-shouldered.

* de especial importancia = of particular note.

* de espíritu cívico = public-spirited.

* de espíritu comunitario = public-spirited.

* de espíritu libre = free-spirited.

* de esta forma = in this fashion, in this manner, in this way.

* de esta manera = in this fashion, in this manner, in this way.

* de este modo = accordingly, by so doing, by this means, in so doing, in this fashion, in this manner, thereby, this way, thus, this way round, in this way, by doing so, in these ways, this is how, in doing so.

* de este modo, de esta forma, de esta manera = in this way.

* de esto, de lo otro y de lo de más allá = about this and that and everything else.

* de Estonia = Estonian.

* de esto y de lo otro = about this and that.

* de estructura de acero = steel-framed.

* de estructura de madera = timber-framed.

* de Europa del Este = Eastern European.

* de Europa Occidental = Western-European, West European.

* de evaluación = evaluative.

* de éxito = successful.

* de éxito asegurado = sure-fire [surefire].

* de éxito garantizado = sure-fire [surefire].

* de éxito seguro = sure-fire [surefire].

* de expansión = expanded.

* de explotación = exploitative.

* de extensión = in length.

* de extensión normal = standard-length.

* de extremada urgencia = serious.

* de fabricación casera = homemade.

* de fácil acceso = easily available, over the counter, handy.

* de fácil alcance para = within easy reach of.

* de fácil manejo = liftable.

* de facto = de facto.

* de fama = of note.

* de fama internacional = of international renown.

* de fama mundial = world-renowned, internationally renowned, world-renown.

* de felpa = plush.

* de fiar = legit.

* de fichas = card-based.

* de fijación de normas = standard(s) setting.

* de final de año = end-year.

* de final de mes = end-of-the-month.

* de finales del siglo XIX y principios del XX = turn-of-the-century.

* de fin de año = end of the year.

* de fin de milenio = millennial.

* de forma = in form.

* de forma abrumadora = overwhelmingly.

* de forma aceptable = adequately, acceptably.

* de forma adecuada = adequately, fitly, appropriately.

* de forma alternada = in alternating fashion.

* de forma alternativa = alternatively.

* de forma anónima = anonymously.

* de forma aplastante = overwhelmingly.

* de forma apreciable = markedly.

* de forma apropiada = properly, fitly, appropriately.

* de forma audible = audibly.

* de forma autónoma = autonomously.

* de forma caprichosa = capriciously.

* de formación = formative.

* de forma clara = clearly.

* de forma cognitiva = cognitively.

* de forma colegiada = collegially.

* de forma combinada = in combination.

* de forma competitiva = competitively.

* de forma complemenetaria = complimentarily.

* de forma completa = in full.

* de forma completa, en su totalidad, completamente, por extenso = in full.

* de forma concisa = concisely.

* de forma conjunta con = in partnership with.

* de forma considerable = considerably.

* de forma continuada = continuously.

* de forma cuadrada = squarish, square-shaped.

* de forma deductiva = deductively.

* de forma desastrosa = disastrously.

* de forma deshonesta = dishonestly.

* de forma diferente = differently shaped.

* de forma digital = digitally.

* de forma divertida = funnily.

* de forma económica = cost-effectively.

* de forma errática = erratically.

* de forma escandalosa = outrageously.

* de forma especulativa = speculatively.

* de forma estructurada = in a structured fashion.

* de forma exquisita = exquisitely.

* de forma extraña = oddly, funnily.

* de forma federal = federally.

* de forma general = widely, bulk.

* de forma global = holistically.

* de forma graciosa = funnily.

* de forma gratis = on a complimentary basis.

* de forma gratuita = on a complimentary basis.

* de forma grotesca = grotesquely.

* de forma heterogénea = heterogeneously [heterogenously].

* de forma heurística = heuristically.

* de forma humorística = in a humorous vein.

* de forma imaginativa = imaginatively.

* de forma indirecta = circuitous route.

* de forma inesperada = out of the blue, like a bolt out of the blue, like a bolt from the blue.

* de forma innata = innately.

* de forma irregular = erratically.

* de forma lamentable = miserably.

* de forma lógica = in a meaningful way.

* de forma mágica = magically.

* de forma mecánica = mechanically.

* de forma mordaz = pungently.

* de forma mordaz, mordazmente, con sarcasmo = pungently.

* de forma muy parecida a = in much the same way as.

* de forma muy similar a = in much the same way as.

* de forma negativa = in a negative light.

* de forma neutral = neutrally.

* de forma notoria = markedly.

* de forma opcional = optionally.

* de forma óptima = optimally.

* de forma personalizada = on a one-to-one basis.

* de forma poco ética = unethically.

* de forma poco imaginativa = unimaginatively.

* de forma poco profesional = unprofessionally.

* de forma poco razonable = unreasonably.

* de forma positiva = in a positive light, constructively.

* de forma práctica = pragmatically.

* de forma precisa = precisely.

* de forma provocativa = provocatively.

* de forma puntual = occasionally, when necessary.

* de forma que = in ways that.

* de forma que resulta más fácil de entender = in digestible form.

* de forma rara = oddly, funnily.

* de forma recíproca = reciprocally.

* de forma rentable = cost-effectively.

* de forma residual = residually.

* de forma ridícula = grotesquely.

* de forma saludable = healthily.

* de forma sana = healthily.

* de forma significativa = to any significant extent, to a significant extent.

* de forma sistemática = in a systematic fashion.

* de forma sofisticada = sophisticatedly.

* de forma subconsciente = subconsciously.

* de forma sublime = subliminally.

* de forma suscinta = in brief.

* de forma terapéutica = therapeutically.

* de forma tosca = in crude form.

* de forma trágica = tragically.

* de fotograma completo = full-frame.

* de fotograma doble = half-frame.

* de frente = head-on, frontal.

* de fuera = outside, off-side.

* de fuera de la ciudad = out-of-town.

* de fuerza = forceful.

* de funcionamiento = operating, operational.

* de fundamental importancia = of prime importance, critically important.

* de gala = gala.

* de Galileo = Galilean.

* de Gambia = Gambian.

* de gas = gas-powered.

* de generación a generación = from generation to generation.

* de generación en generación = from generation to generation.

* de geofísica = geophysical.

* de gestión = managerial, back-office.

* de gestión del museo = curatorial.

* de Glasgow = Glaswegian.

* de golpe = in one lump, all at once, all at once.

* de grado básico = junior grade.

* de gran ahorro energético = energy-saving.

* de gran belleza = scenic.

* de gran calibre = high-calibre.

* de gran calidad = high-quality, high-grade [high grade], high-calibre.

* de gran capacidad = large-capacity, high capacity.

* de gran colorido = brightly coloured.

* de gran corazón = big-hearted.

* de gran efecto = wide-reaching.

* de gran éxito comercial = high selling.

* de gran formato = oversized, oversize.

* de gran impacto = high impact [high-impact].

* de gran influencia = seminal.

* de granja = free-range.

* de gran lucidez = clear-sighted.

* de gran lujo = top-class.

* de gran potencia = high-powered.

* de gran repercusión = far-reaching, wide-reaching, far-ranging.

* de gran talento = talented.

* de gran valor = highly valued, highly valuable.

* de gran valor histórico = of great historical value.

* de gran venta = high selling.

* de guardia = on duty, duty + Profesión, on call.

* de guasa = teasingly.

* de habla afrikaans = Afrikaans-speaking.

* de habla alemana = German-speaking.

* de habla francesa = French-speaking.

* de habla inglesa = English-speaking.

* de habla portuguesa = Portuguese-speaking.

* de hace años = of years ago.

* de hace muchos años = long-standing.

* de hace mucho tiempo = age-old, long-lost.

* de hace siglos = of yore.

* de hace varios siglos = centuries-old.

* de hasta + Número = of up to + Número.

* de hecho = actually, as a matter of fact, as it happened, de facto, in actual fact, in effect, in fact, indeed, in point of fact, in actuality, as it happens, as it is, effectively, for all intents and purposes, to all intents and purposes, for that matter.

* de hierbas = herbal.

* de hierro = iron, ferric.

* de higos a brevas = once in a blue moon.

* de hoja caduca = deciduous.

* de hoja perenne = evergreen.

* de hojas largas = long-leaved.

* de Homero = Homeric.

* de hongos = fungal.

* de horticultura = horticultural.

* de hoy = present-day.

* de hoy día = of today.

* de hoy en adelante = as from today.

* de hoy en día = of today.

* de huelga = striking.

* de humor = funny [funnier -comp., funniest -sup.].

* de ida y vuelta = return, round-trip.

* de ideas afines = like-minded.

* de igual a igual = as a peer.

* de igual forma = in like manner, in a like manner, in like fashion, in like vein.

* de igual longitud = of equal length.

* de igual manera = by the same token, in like fashion, in like manner, in like vein, in equal measure(s).

* de igual modo = alike, equally, in like fashion, in like manner, in like vein.

* de igual modo que = just as, just as well... as..., along the lines of, on the lines (of).

* de igual + Nombre = equally + Adjetivo.

* de ilusiones vive el hombre = We are such stuff as dreams are made on.

* de imitación = copycat.

* de importancia = of note, of consequence.

* de importancia creciente = of growing importance.

* de importancia crucial = crucially important.

* de importancia fundamental = critically important.

* de improviso = unawares, spur-of-the-moment, on the spur of the moment, unexpectedly.

* de incalculable valor = priceless.

* de incógnito = incognito.

* de inferior calidad = low-end, sub-par.

* de inflexión = inflexional [inflectional].

* de inmediato = immediately.

* de inspiración = inspirational.

* de interés especial = of particular concern, special-interest.

* de intereses similares = of like interest.

* de interés general = general-interest, of general interest.

* de interés humano = human interest.

* de interés periodístico = newsworthy.

* de investigación = exploratory.

* de isótopos = isotopic.

* de izquierdas = left-wing, leftist, lefty.

* de jabón = soapy [soapier -comp., soapiest -sup.].

* de jarana = out on the town, a (late) night out on the town.

* de juerga = out on the town, a (late) night out on the town.

* de Kenia = Kenyan.

* de la "a" a la "zeta" = a to z [a/z o a-z].

* de la adolescencia = teenage.

* de la alcaldía = mayoral.

* de la cabeza a los pies = from head to foot, from head to toe.

* de la cara = facial.

* de la Ceca a la Meca = from pillar to post.

* de la clase blanca, protestante y anglosajona americana = WASPish.

* de la cóclea = cochlear.

* de la columna vertebral = spinal.

* de la comedia = comedic.

* de la corteza = crustal, cortical.

* de la cría de aves = avicultural.

* de la duramadre = dural.

* de la edad media = dark-age.

* de la embajada = ambassadorial.

* de la época = of the time(s), of the day.

* de la época isabelina = Elizabethan.

* de la época victoriana = Victorian.

* de la espina dorsal = spinal.

* de la extensión de un libro = book-length.

* de la fama al olvido = riches to rags.

* de la forma más difícil = the hard way.

* de la forma más fácil = the easy way.

* de la fortuna a la pobreza = riches to rags.

* de la fóvea = foveal.

* de la gama alta = high-end.

* de la gama baja = low-end.

* de la gama inferior = low-end.

* de la guerra = wartime [wart-time].

* de la hipótesis = hypothesised [hypothesized, -USA].

* de la localidad = locally based [locally-based].

* de la malaria = malarial.

* de la mama = mammary.

* de la mandíbula inferior = mandibular.

* de la mandíbula superior = maxillar, maxillary.

* de la manera normal = in the normal manner.

* de la mañana = a.m. (latín - ante meridiam), in the morning.

* de la máquina y el hombre = human-machine.

* de la marina = marine.

* de la mejor forma posible = to the best of + Posesivo + abili

* * *

de¹

prep

[ Grammar notes (Spanish) ]

Sentido I

A

(en relaciones de pertenencia, posesión): la casa de mi hermano/de mis padres/de la actriz my brother's/my parents'/the actress's house

el rey de Francia the king of France

el cumpleaños de Luis Luis's birthday

el cumpleaños de la esposa de un compañero a colleague's wife's birthday, the birthday of the wife of one of my colleagues

no es de él/de ella/de ellos it isn't his/hers/theirs

su padre de usted ( frml); your father

un amigo de mi hijo a friend of my son's

es un amigo de la familia he's a friend of the family o a family friend

un estudiante de quinto año a fifth-year student

el nieto de los Arteaga the Arteagas' grandson

la mesa de la cocina the kitchen table

la correa del perro the dog's leash

un avión de Mexair a Mexair plane

la tapa de la cacerola the saucepan lid

las calles de la capital the streets of the capital, the capital's streets

la subida de los precios the rise in prices

al término de la reunión at the end of the meeting

B

1 (introduciendo un nombre en aposición) of

la ciudad de Lima the city of Lima

el aeropuerto de Barajas Barajas airport

el mes de enero the month of January

el imbécil de tu hermano that stupid brother of yours, your stupid brother

el bueno de Ricardo le aguanta cualquier cosa Ricardo is so good, he puts up with anything from her

2

(en exclamaciones): ¡pobre de él! poor him!

¡triste de quien no conozca ese sentimiento! ( liter); pity the person who has never experienced that feeling! ( liter)

C

(con apellidos): Sra. Mónica Ortiz de Arocena ≈ Mrs Mónica Arocena

los señores de Rucabado ( frml); Mr and Mrs Rucabado

las señoritas de Paz ( frml); the Misses Paz ( frml) [de is also part of certain surnames like de León and de la Peña]

D

( Arg crit) (a casa de): voy del médico I'm going to the doctor's

Sentido II

A

1

(expresando procedencia, origen): volvía de clase/del banco I was on my way back from my class/from the bank

es de Bogotá she's from Bogotá, she comes from Bogotá

lo saqué de la biblioteca I got it out of the library

lo recogió del suelo she picked it up off the floor

mis amigos de América my American friends, my friends from America

he recibido carta de Julia I've had a letter from Julia

un hijo de su primera mujer a son by his first wife

al salir de la tienda as he left the store

DE … A …:

de aquí a tu casa from here to your house

2 (en el tiempo) from

un amigo de la infancia a childhood friend

data del siglo XVII it dates from the 17th century

la literatura de ese período the literature of o from that period

lo conozco de cuando estuve en Rosales I know him from when I was in Rosales

de un día para otro from one day to the next

DE … A …:

está abierto de nueve a cinco it's open from nine to five o between nine and five

de aquí a que termine tenemos para rato it'll be a while yet before he finishes, he won't be finished for a while yet

B

(expresando causa): murió de viejo he died of old age

verde de envidia green with envy

estaba ronco de tanto gritar he was hoarse from shouting so much

eso es de comer tan poco that's what comes from o of eating so little

Sentido III

A

(introduciendo cualidades, características): es de una paciencia increíble he is incredibly patient, he is a man of incredible patience

un chiste de muy mal gusto a joke in very bad taste

objetos de mucho valor objects of great value

un pez de agua dulce a freshwater fish

¿de qué color lo quiere? what color do you want it?

tiene cara de aburrido he looks bored

ese gesto es muy de su madre that gesture is very reminiscent of his mother

tienes cosas de niño malcriado sometimes you act like a spoiled child

una botella de un litro a liter bottle

un niño de tres meses a three-month-old child

déme de las de 200 pesos el kilo give me some of those o some of the ones at 200 pesos a kilo

la chica del abrigo rojo the girl with o in the red coat

la señora de azul the lady in blue

un hombre de pelo largo a man with long hair

un anciano de bastón an old man with a stick [de is part of many compounds like cinturón de seguridad, hombre de negocios, válvula de escape, etc ]

B

(al especificar material, contenido, composición): una mesa de caoba a mahogany table

una inyección de morfina an injection of morphine, a morphine injection

el complemento ideal de todo plato de pescado the ideal complement to any fish dish

son de plástico they're (made of) plastic

un curso de secretariado a secretarial course

nos sirvió una copa de champán she gave us a glass of champagne

una colección de sellos a stamp collection, a collection of stamps

un millón de dólares a million dollars

C

(con sentido ponderativo): ¡lo encontré de viejo …! he seemed so old!

¡qué de coches! ( fam); what a lot of cars!

D

(al definir, especificar): tuvo la suerte de conseguirlo she was lucky enough to get it

aprieta el botón de abajo press the bottom button

E

1

(con cifras): el número de estudiantes es de 480 the number of students is 480, there are 480 students

pagan un interés del 15% they pay 15% interest o interest at 15%

2 (en comparaciones de cantidad) than

cuesta más de £100 it costs more than o over £100

pesa menos de un kilo it weighs less than o under a kilo

un número mayor/menor de 29 a number over/under 29

3

(en expresiones de modo): lo tumbó de un golpe he knocked him down with one blow

subió los escalones de dos en dos he went up the stairs two at a time

de a poco (CS); little by little, gradually

4

(CS): de a cuatro/ocho/diez: colócalos de a dos/cuatro put them in twos/fours

entraron de a uno they went in one by one o one at a time [de is part of many expressions entered under frente² m A 2. (↑ frente (2)), improviso, prisa etc]

F (en calidad de) as

está de profesor en una academia he's working as a teacher in a private school

le ofrecieron un puesto de redactor they offered him a job as an editor

hace de enanito en la obra he plays (the part of) a dwarf in the play

le habló de hombre a hombre he talked to him man to man

G

1

(limitando lo expresado a determinado aspecto): es muy bonita de cara she has a pretty face

es corto de talle/ancho de hombros he's short-waisted/broad-shouldered

es sorda de un oído she's deaf in one ear

¿qué tal vamos de tiempo? how are we doing for time?

tiene dos metros de ancho it's two meters wide

2

(refiriéndose a una etapa de la vida): de niño as a child, when he was a child

H

(en expresiones de estado, actividad): estaba de mal humor she was in a bad mood

estamos de limpieza general we're spring-cleaning [de is part of many expressions entered under juerga, picnic, obra etc]

I

(indicando uso, destino, finalidad): el cepillo de la ropa the clothes brush

el trapo de limpiar la plata the cloth for cleaning the silver

lo sirvió en copas de champán he served it in champagne glasses

dales algo de comer give them something to eat

¿qué hay de postre? what's for dessert? [de is part of many compounds like cuchara de servir, máquina de coser, saco de dormir, etc]

J (introduciendo el complemento agente) by

una novela de Goytisolo a novel by Goytisolo, a Goytisolo novel

seguidos del resto de la familia followed by the rest of the family

una casa rodeada de árboles a house surrounded by trees

viene acompañado de arroz it is served with rice

acompañado de su señora esposa ( frml); accompanied by his wife

Sentido IV

A

1 (sentido partitivo) of

¿quién de ustedes fue? which (one) of you was it?

se llevó uno de los míos she took one of mine

el mayor de los Rodríguez the eldest of the Rodríguez children

un cigarrillo de ésos que apestan one of those cigarettes that stink

2

(con un superlativo): eligió el más caro de todos she chose the most expensive one of all

la ciudad más grande del mundo the biggest city in the world

B

(refiriéndose a una parte del día): a las once de la mañana/de la noche at eleven in the morning/at night

duerme de día y trabaja de noche she sleeps during the day and works at night

salieron de madrugada they left very early in the morning

ver tb mañana³ f A. (↑ mañana (3)), tarde² (↑ tarde (2)), etc

Sentido V (con sentido condicional)

A DE + INF:

de haberlo sabido, habría venido antes if I had known, I would have come earlier o had I known, I would have come earlier

de no ser así no será considerada otherwise it will not be considered

de continuar este estado de cosas if this state of affairs persists

B SER DE + INF

(expresando necesidad, inevitabilidad): es de esperar que … it is to be hoped that …, one hopes that …

no son de fiar they are not to be trusted

es de destacar la actuación de Marta Valverde Marta Valverde's performance is worthy of note

C

de no ( AmL); if not

de²

feminine

name of the letter D

* * *

Del verbo dar: ( conjugate dar)

dé es:

1ª persona singular (yo) presente subjuntivo

3ª persona singular (él/ella/usted) presente subjuntivo

3ª persona singular (él/ella/usted) imperativo

Multiple Entries:
dar
de
dé
dar ( conjugate dar) verbo transitivo
1
a) ( entregar) to give;

◊ dale las llaves a Pedro give the keys to Pedro;

déme un kilo de peras can I have a kilo of pears?;
See Also→ conocer verbo transitivo 3 b, entender verbo transitivo
b) ‹cartas/mano› to give

2
a) (donar, regalar) ‹sangre/limosna› to give;

◊ me dio su reloj she gave me her watch

b) ( proporcionar) ‹fuerzas/valor/esperanza› to give;

‹información/idea› to give
3
a) (conferir, aportar) ‹sabor/color/forma› to give

b) ( aplicar) ‹mano de pintura/barniz› to give

c) ‹sedante/masaje› to give

4 ( conceder) ‹prórroga/permiso› to give;
◊ el dentista me dio hora para el miércoles I have an appointment with the dentist on Wednesday;

nos dieron un premio we won o got a prize
5
a) (expresar, decir) ‹parecer/opinón› to give;

◊ ¿le diste las gracias? did you thank him?, did you say thank you?;

dales saludos give/send them my regards;
tuve que déle la noticia I was the one who had to break the news to him
b) (señalar, indicar): me da ocupado or (Esp) comunicando the line's busy o (BrE) engaged;

◊ el reloj dio las cinco the clock struck five

1
a) ( producir) ‹fruto/flor› to bear;

‹ dividendos› to pay;
◊ un negocio que da mucho dinero a business which makes a lot of money

b) (AmL) ( alcanzar hasta):

◊ da 150 kilómetros por hora it can do o go 150 kilometres an hour;

venía a todo lo que daba it was travelling at full speed;
ponen la radio a todo lo que da they turn the radio on full blast
2 (causar, provocar) ‹placer/susto› to give;
‹ problemas› to cause;
◊ dé trabajo to be hard work;

el calor le dio sueño/sed the heat made him sleepy/thirsty
1 ( presentar) ‹ concierto› to give;
◊ ¿qué dan esta noche en la tele? what's on TV tonight? (colloq);

¿dónde están dando esa película? where's that film showing?
2
a) ‹fiesta/conferencia› to give;

‹baile/banquete› to hold;
‹ discurso› (AmL) to make
b) (CS) ‹ examen› to take o (BrE) sit;

ver tb clase 4
( realizar la accion que se indica) ‹ grito› to give;
◊ dé un paso atrás to take a step back;

dame un beso give me a kiss;
ver tb golpe, paseo, vuelta, etc
( considerar) dé algo/a algn por algo:
◊ lo dieron por muerto they gave him up for dead;

ese tema lo doy por sabido I'm assuming you've already covered that topic;
¡dalo por hecho! consider it done!
verbo intransitivo
1
◊ dar a [ puerta] to give onto, open onto;

[ventana/balcón] to look onto, give onto;
[fachada/frente] to face
2 (ser suficiente, alcanzar) dé para algo/algn to be enough for sth/sb;
◊ no me dio (el) tiempo I didn't have time;

dé de sí ‹zapatos/jersey› to stretch
3 ( arrojar un resultado):
◊ el análisis le dio positivo her test was positive;

¿cuánto da la cuenta? what does it come to?;
a mí me dio 247 I made it (to be) 247
4 ( importar):
◊ da lo mismo it doesn't matter;

¡qué más da! what does it matter!;
¿qué más da? what difference does it make?;
me da igual I don't mind
5 ( en naipes) to deal
1
a) (pegar, golpear): déle a algn to hit sb;

( como castigo) to smack sb;
◊ dale al balón kick the ball;

el balón dio en el poste the ball hit the post
b) ( acertar) to hit;

◊ dé en el blanco to hit the target

2 (accionar, mover) déle a algo ‹a botón/tecla› to press sth;
‹ a interruptor› to flick sth;
‹a manivela/volante› to turn sth
3
◊ dar con ( encontrar) ‹ persona› to find;

‹ solución› to hit upon, find;
‹ palabra› to come up with
4 (hablando de manías, ocurrencias) déle a algn por hacer algo ‹por pintar/cocinar› to take to doing sth;
◊ le ha dado por decir que … he's started saying that …

5 [sol/luz]:
◊ aquí da el sol toda la mañana you get the sun all morning here;

la luz le daba de lleno en los ojos the light was shining right in his eyes
darse verbo pronominal
1 ( producirse) [fruta/trigo] to grow
2 ( presentarse) [oportunidad/ocasión] to arise
3 ( resultar) (+ me/te/le etc):
◊ se le dan los idiomas she's good at languages

a) ( refl) ( realizar lo que se indica) ‹ducha/banquete› to have;

◊ dárselas de algo: se las da de valiente/de que sabe mucho he likes to make out he's brave/he knows a lot;

dárselas de listo to act smart
b) (golpearse, pegarse):

◊ se dio con el martillo en el dedo he hit his finger with the hammer;

se dieron contra un árbol they crashed into a tree;
se dio dé un golpe en la rodilla he hit his knee
( considerarse) dése por algo:
◊ con eso me déía por satisfecha I'd be quite happy with that;

ver tb aludir a, enterado 1
de 1 preposición
1
a) (pertenencia, posesión):

◊ la casa dé dé mis padres my parents' house;

el rey dé Francia the king of France;
no es dé él it isn't his;
es un amigo dé mi hijo he's a friend of my son's;
un estudiante dé quinto año a fifth-year student;
la tapa dé la cacerola the saucepan lid;
un avión dé Mexair a Mexair plane
b) ( con un nombre en aposición) of;

◊ la ciudad dé Lima the city of Lima;

el aeropuerto dé Barajas Barajas airport;
el mes dé enero the month of January
2
a) (procedencia, origen, tiempo) from;

◊ es dé Bogotá she's/she comes from Bogotá;

una carta dé Julia a letter from Julia;
un amigo dé la infancia a childhood friend;
la literatura dé ese período the literature of o from that period;
dé aquí a tu casa from here to your house
b) (material, contenido, composición):

◊ son dé plástico they're (made of) plastic;

una mesa dé caoba a mahogany table;
un vaso dé agua a glass of water;
un millón dé dólares a million dollars
c) (causa, modo):

◊ murió dé viejo he died of old age;

dé tanto gritar from shouting so much;
verde dé envidia green with envy;
temblando dé miedo trembling with fear;
dé memoria by heart;
lo tumbó dé un golpe he knocked him down with one blow
d) ( en oraciones pasivas) by;

◊ un poema dé Neruda a poem by Neruda;

rodeada dé árboles surrounded by trees
3
a) (cualidades, características):

◊ de gran inteligencia of great intelligence;

objetos dé mucho valor objects of great value;
¿dé qué color lo quiere? what color do you want it?;
tiene cara dé aburrido he looks bored;
una botella dé un litro a liter bottle;
la chica dé azul the girl in blue
b) (al definir, especificar):

◊ el botón dé abajo the bottom button;

tiene dos metros dé ancho it's two meters wide;
es fácil de pronunciar it's easy to pronounce;
uno dé los míos one of mine;
el mayor dé los Soto the eldest of the Soto children
4
a) ( con cifras):

◊ pagan un interés dél 15% they pay 15% interest o interest at 15%

b) ( en comparaciones de cantidad) than;

◊ más dé £100 more than o over £100;

pesa menos dé un kilo it weighs less than o under a kilo;
un número mayor/menor dé 29 a number over/under 29
c) ( con un superlativo):

◊ es el más caro dé todos it's the most expensive one;

la ciudad más grande dél mundo the biggest city in the world
d) ( refiriéndose a una parte del día):

◊ dé día/noche during the day/at night;

dé madrugada early in the morning
5
a) ( en calidad de) as;

◊ trabaja dé secretaria she works as a secretary;

hace dé rey en la obra he plays (the part of) a king in the play
b) (en expresiones de estado, actividad):

◊ dé mal humor in a bad mood;

estamos dé fiesta we're having a party
c) (indicando uso, destino, finalidad):

◊ el cepillo dé la ropa the clothes brush;

copas dé vino wine glasses;
ropa dé cama bed clothes;
dales algo dé comer give them something to eat;
¿qué hay dé postre? what's for dessert?
6 ( con sentido condicional):
◊ dé haberlo sabido if I had known, had I known;

dé no ser así otherwise
de 2 sustantivo femenino: name of the letter d
dé see
◊ dar

dar
I verbo transitivo
1 to give: dame la mano, hold my hand
2 (conceder) to give: mi padre me dio permiso, my father gave me permission
le doy toda la razón, I think he is quite right
3 (transmitir una noticia) to tell
(un recado, recuerdos) to pass on, give
dar las gracias, to thank
4 (retransmitir u ofrecer un espectáculo) to show, put on
5 (organizar una fiesta) to throw, give
6 (producir lana, miel, etc) to produce, yield
(fruto, flores) to bear
(beneficio, interés) to give, yield
7 (causar un dolor, malestar) dar dolor de cabeza, to give a headache
(un sentimiento) dar pena, to make sad
le da mucha vergüenza, he's very embarrassed
8 (proporcionar) to provide: su empresa da trabajo a cincuenta personas, his factory gives work to fifty people
9 (una conferencia, charla) to give
(impartir clases) to teach
(recibir una clase) to have
US to take
10 (presentir) me da (en la nariz/en el corazón) que eso va a salir bien, I have a feeling that everything is going to turn out well
11 (estropear) to ruin: me dio la noche con sus ronquidos, he spoilt my sleep with his snoring
12 (abrir el paso de la luz) to switch on
(del gas, agua) to turn on
13 (propinar una bofetada, un puntapié, etc) to hit, give
14 (aplicar una mano de pintura, cera) to apply, put on
(un masaje, medicamento) to give
15 (considerar) dar por, to assume, consider: lo dieron por muerto, he was given up for dead
ese dinero lo puedes dar por perdido, you can consider that money lost
dar por supuesto/sabido, to take for granted, to assume
16 (la hora, un reloj) to strike: aún no habían dado las ocho, it was not yet past eight o'clock
17 (realizar la acción que implica el objeto) dar un abrazo/susto, to give a hug/fright
dar un paseo, to go for a walk
dar una voz, to give a shout
II verbo intransitivo
1 (sobrevenir) le dio un ataque de nervios, she had an attack of hysterics
2 dar de comer/cenar, to provide with lunch/dinner 3 dar a, (mirar, estar orientado a) to look out onto, to overlook
(una puerta) to open onto, lead to: esa puerta da al jardín, this door leads out onto the garden 4 dar con, (una persona, objeto) to come across: no fuimos capaces de dar con la contraseña, we couldn't come up with the password
dimos con él, we found him 5 dar de sí, (una camiseta, bañador) to stretch, give 6 dar en, to hit: el sol me daba en los ojos, the sun was (shining) in my eyes 7 dar para, to be enough o sufficient for: ese dinero no me da para nada, this money isn't enough for me
♦ Locuciones: dar a alguien por: le dio por ponerse a cantar, she decided to start singing
le dio por nadar, he got it into his head to go swimming
dar a entender a alguien que..., to make sb understand that...
dar la mano a alguien, to shake hands with sb
dar para: el presupuesto no da para más, the budget will not stretch any further
dar que hablar, to set people talking
dar que pensar: el suceso dio que pensar, the incident gave people food for thought
dar a conocer, (noticia) to release
de preposición
1 (pertenencia, posesión) of
la dirección de mis padres, my parents' address
el teclado de este ordenador, this computer's keyboard
la primera página del libro, the first page of the book
2 (material) of: está hecho de madera, it's made of wood
una pajarita de papel, a paper bird
(contenido) un vaso de vino, a glass of wine
3 (asunto) about, on: sabe mucho de economía, she knows a lot about economics
un curso de inglés, an English course
un libro de arte, a book on art
4 (oficio) as: está/trabaja de enfermera, she is working as a nurse
5 (cualidad) una persona de carácter, a person with character
una rubia de pelo largo, a blonde with long hair
6 (procedencia) from: es de Bilbao, he is o comes from Bilbao
de Madrid a Cáceres, from Madrid to Cáceres
7 (parte) un poco de leche, a little milk
un trozo de carne, a piece of meat
8 (causa) with, because of
llorar de alegría, to cry with joy
morir de hambre, to die of hunger
9 (modo) lo bebió de un trago, she downed it in one
un gesto de satisfacción, an expression of satisfaction
10 (localización) el señor de la camisa azul, the man in the blue shirt
la casa de la esquina, the house on the corner
11 (tiempo) a las cinco de la mañana, at five in the morning
de año en año, year in year out
de día, by day
de noche, at night
de miércoles a viernes, from Wednesday to Friday
de pequeño, as a child
12 (finalidad) jornada de reflexión, eve of polling day
libro de consulta, reference book
máquina de escribir, typewriter
13 (instrumento) derribó la puerta de una patada, he kicked the door down
lo mataron de una puñalada, he was stabbed to death
14 (comparación) el discurso fue más largo de lo esperado, the speech was longer than expected
(con superlativo) in
el coche más caro del mundo, the most expensive car in the world
15 (precio) for
un pantalón de dos mil pesetas, a pair of trousers costing two thousand pesetas 16 una avenida de quince kilómetros, an avenue fifteen kilometres long
una botella de litro, a litre bottle
17 (condicional) de haberlo sabido no le hubiera invitado, if I had known I wouldn't have invited him
de no ser así, if that wasn't o weren't the case
de ser cierto, if it was o were true
18 (reiteración) de puerta en puerta, from door to door
de tres en tres, in threes o three at a time

'dé' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
A
- a. C.
- a.m.
- abajo
- abanderada
- abanderado
- abandonar
- abandonarse
- abandono
- abanico
- abarrotar
- abarrotada
- abarrotado
- abarrotería
- abastecer
- abastecerse
- abastecimiento
- abasto
- abatir
- abatimiento
- abatirse
- abdicar
- abertura
- abierta
- abierto
- abismo
- ablandar
- abogar
- abogacía
- abogada
- abogado
- abominar
- abominable
- abono
- abortar
- abrir
- abridor
- abrigo
- abrupta
- abrupto
- absoluta
- absolutamente
- absoluto
- abstenerse
- abstención
- abstinencia
- abstraerse
- abuelo
- abuhardillada
- abuhardillado
English:
A
- A-level
- a.m.
- AA
- abandon
- ABC
- ability
- ablaze
- aboard
- about
- about-face
- about-turn
- above
- abreast
- abroad
- abrupt
- absence
- absent
- absolve
- absorb
- abstain
- abstract
- abundance
- abuse
- AC
- accepted
- access road
- accident
- accidental
- acclaim
- accommodate
- accommodation
- accomplished
- accomplishment
- accordance
- account
- account for
- accountable
- accumulation
- accuracy
- accurate
- accurately
- accuse
- accused
- accusingly
- accustom
- ache
- Achilles heel
- aching
- acid test

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de prep de combines with the article el to form the contraction del (e.g. del hombre of the man).

1. [posesión, pertenencia] of;

el automóvil de mi padre/mis padres my father's/parents' car;

es de ella it's hers;

la maleta es de Eva the suitcase is Eva's o belongs to Eva;

el padre de la niña the girl's father;

el director de la empresa the manager of the company, the company's manager;

la boda o [m5] el casamiento de un amigo de mi hermano the wedding of a friend of my brother's, a friend of my brother's wedding;

un equipo de segunda división a second division team;

la comida del gato the cat's food;

el título de la novela the novel's title, the title of the novel;

la pata de la mesa the table leg;

una subida de precios a price rise;

los señores de Navarro Mr and Mrs Navarro

2. [procedencia, distancia] from;

salir de casa to leave home;

soy de Bilbao I'm from Bilbao;

no soy de aquí I'm not from round here;

de la playa al apartamento hay 100 metros it's 100 metres from the beach to the apartment;

estamos a 10 kilómetros de Buenos Aires we're 10 kilometres away from Buenos Aires;

el rey de España the king of Spain;

tuvo dos hijos de su primera esposa he had two children by his first wife;

b de Barcelona [deletreando] b for Barcelona

3. [en razonamiento]
de su sonrisa se deduce que todo ha ido bien you can tell from o by her smile that it all went well;

del resultado del experimento concluyo que la fórmula no funciona I infer from the result of the experiment that the formula doesn't work

4. [con nombre en aposición]
la ciudad de Caracas the city of Caracas;

el túnel del Canal the Channel Tunnel;

el signo de tauro the sign of Taurus;

el puerto de Cartagena the port of Cartagena

5. [en descripciones]
una película de terror a horror movie o Br film;

la señora de verde the lady in green;

el chico de la coleta the boy with the ponytail;

una actriz de veinte años a twenty-year-old actress;

¿de qué tamaño? what size?;

un político de fiar a trustworthy politician

6. [materia] (made) of;

un vaso de plástico a plastic cup;

un reloj de oro a gold watch;

una mesa de madera a wooden table

7. [contenido]
un vaso de agua a glass of water;

un plato de lentejas a plate of lentils

8. [precio]
he comprado las peras de 80 céntimos el kilo I bought the pears that were 80 cents a kilo;

un sello de 50 céntimos a 50-cent stamp

9. [uso]
una bici de carreras a racing bike;

ropa de deporte sportswear;

una máquina de escribir a typewriter;

una máquina de coser a sewing machine;

esta sartén es la del pescado y ésta la de las tortillas this frying pan's for fish and this one's for omelettes

10. [asunto] about;

hablábamos de ti we were talking about you;

libros de historia history books

11. [en calidad de] as;

trabaja de bombero he works as a fireman;

aparece de cosaco he appears as a Cossack, he plays a Cossack;

estás muy guapa de uniforme you look very pretty in uniform;

al desfile de carnaval iré de Napoleón I'll go as Napoleon in the carnival parade

12. [tiempo] [desde] from;
[durante] in;
trabaja de nueve a cinco she works from nine to five;

vivió en Bolivia de 1975 a 1983 she lived in Bolivia between 1975 and 1983, she lived in Bolivia from 1975 to 1983;

de madrugada early in the morning;

a las cuatro de la tarde at four in the afternoon;

trabaja de noche y duerme de día he works at night and sleeps during the day;

es de día it's daytime;

de niño solía jugar en la calle as a child I used to play in the street;

¿qué quieres ser de mayor? what do you want to be when you grow up?;

un compañero del colegio a friend from school;
Urug
de mañana/tarde in the morning/afternoon;
Urug
de noche at night;
Urug
ayer salimos de noche we went out last night

13. [causa] with;

morirse de hambre to die of hunger;

llorar de alegría to cry with joy;

temblar de miedo to tremble with fear;

eso es de fumar tanto that's what comes from smoking so much

14. [manera, modo] with;

de una patada with a kick;

rompió el cristal de una pedrada he shattered the window with a stone;

de una sola vez in one go;

lo bebió de un trago he drank it down in one go;

de tres en tres/cuatro en cuatro/ etc[m5]. three/four/ etc at a time;
CSur
de a tres/cuatro/ etc[m5]. in threes/fours/ etc;

de fácil manejo user-friendly;

ponerse de rodillas to kneel down

15. [con valor partitivo] of;

uno de los nuestros one of ours;

varios de nosotros several of us;

¿quién de vosotros sabe la respuesta? which of you knows the answer?

16. Literario [sobre]
de la paz y la guerra of war and peace

17. [en valoración]
lo tacharon de vulgar they branded him as vulgar, they accused him of being vulgar

18. [en lugar de]
yo de ti no lo haría I wouldn't do it if I were you;

yo de Eduardo le pediría perdón if I were Eduardo, I'd say sorry to her

19. [en comparaciones]
más/menos de… more/less than…;
[con superlativos]
el mejor de todos the best of all;

el más importante del mundo the most important in the world;

la peor película del año the worst film this year o of the year;

la impresora más moderna del mercado the most up-to-date printer on the market

20. (antes de infinitivo) [condición] if;

de querer ayudarme, lo haría if she wanted to help me, she'd do it;

de no ser por ti, me hubiese hundido if it hadn't been for you, I wouldn't have made it;

de ir a verte, sería este domingo if I do visit you, it'll be this Sunday

21. (después de adjetivo y antes de sustantivo) [enfatiza cualidad]
el idiota de tu hermano your stupid brother;

la buena de Susana good old Susana;

¡pobre de mí! poor me!

22. (después de adjetivo y antes de infinitivo)
es difícil de creer it's hard to believe;

una velada imposible de olvidar an unforgettable evening

23. (después del verbo “haber”) [obligación]
he de trabajar más I have to work harder;

has de gastar menos you should spend less

24. (antes de complemento agente)
una película de Buñuel a film by Buñuel, a Buñuel film;

vino acompañado de su familia he was accompanied by his family

25. (antes de adverbio de lugar)
el apartamento de abajo the downstairs Br flat o US apartment;

la fila de delante the front row

♦ de no loc conj
Am otherwise;
dime la verdad, de no te castigaré tell me the truth, otherwise I'm going to punish you

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de

prp

1 origen from;

de Nueva York from New York;

de … a from … to

2 posesión of;

el coche de mi amigo my friend’s car

3 material (made) of;

un anillo de oro a gold ring

4 contenido of;

un vaso de agua a glass of water

5 cualidad

:

una mujer de 20 años a 20 year old woman

6 causa with;

temblaba de miedo she was shaking with fear

7 hora

:

de noche at night, by night;

de día by day

8 en calidad de as;

trabajar de albañil work as a bricklayer;

de niño as a child

9 agente by;

de Goya by Goya

10 condición if;

de haberlo sabido if I’d known

11 en aposición

:

la ciudad de Lima the city of Lima

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de prep

1) : of

la casa de Pepe: Pepe's house

un niño de tres años: a three-year-old boy

2) : from

es de Managua: she's from Managua

salió del edificio: he left the building

3) : in, at

a las tres de la mañana: at three in the morning

salen de noche: they go out at night

4) : than

más de tres: more than three

dé dar

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de prep

1. (posesión de alguien) 's

el coche de Alberto Alberto's car

los gatos de Emma Emma's cats

la profesora de Marta Marta's teacher

es de mi hermano it's my brother's

2. (posesión de algo) of

la ciudad de Roma the city of Rome

el mes de noviembre the month of November

el teléfono del colegio the school phone

los árboles del jardín the trees in the garden

3. (materia)

un balón de cuero a leather ball

muebles de madera wooden furniture

un vaso de plástico a plastic cup

4. (contenido) of

una botella de agua a bottle of water

un paquete de arroz a packet of rice

un vaso de leche a glass of milk

5. (materia, tema)

profesor de inglés English teacher

novela de aventuras adventure story

película de terror horror film

6. (origen, procedencia) from

es de Asturias he's from Asturias

esta carretera va de Salamanca a Zamora this road goes from Salamanca to Zamora

7. (descripción) with / in

la chica del pelo largo the girl with long hair

el hombre de negro the man in black

un chico de doce años a twelve year old boy

8. (agente) by

un libro de Rosa Montero a book by Rosa Montero

9. (con expresiones de tiempo)

es la una de la tarde it's one o'clock in the afternoon

el tren de las diez the ten o'clock train

abren de nueve a siete they open from nine until seven

nunca viajamos de noche we never travel at night

de niño when I was a child

10. (con números, una parte) than / of

había más de mil personas there were more than a thousand people

pesa menos de 5 kilos it weighs less than 5 kilos

un trozo de pan a piece of bread

Spanish-English dictionary > de
9 approche

approche [apʀɔ∫]

feminine noun

   a. ( = arrivée) approach

• à mon approche il sourit he smiled as I came up to him

• à l'approche de l'hiver as winter approached

• à l'approche de la cinquantaine, il... as he approached fifty, he...

   b. ( = abord) être d'approche difficile [personne] to be unapproachable

   c. ( = façon d'envisager) approach

• l'approche de ce problème the approach to this problem

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apʀɔʃ
1.

nom féminin

1) ( arrivée) approach (de of)

il s'est enfui à mon approche — he ran off as I approached

2) (imminence, proximité) approach (de of)

à l'approche or aux approches de l'hiver — as winter approaches

à l'approche de la nuit — at dusk

à l'approche or aux approches de la trentaine il décida que... — as he neared thirty, he decided that...

3) ( manière d'aborder) approach (de to)

d'approche difficile/aisée — [œuvre, auteur] hard/easy to get to grips with

personne d'approche difficile — unapproachable person

personne d'approche aisée — friendly person

2.

approches nom féminin pluriel

aux approches de la ville — on the outskirts of town

aux approches de la côte — near the coast

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apʀɔʃ
1. nf

1) (= arrivée) approach

à l'approche du bateau — as the ship approached, as the ship drew closer

à l'approche de l'ennemi — as the enemy approached, as the enemy drew closer

à l'approche de l'automne — at the approach of autumn

2) (= abord)

d'une approche facile (personne) — approachable, (texte) accessible

travaux d'approche fig — groundwork

3) (= démarche conceptuelle) approach

l'approche d'un problème — the approach to a problem

2. approches nfpl

(= abords) surroundings

aux approches de [ville] — on the outskirts of

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approche

A nf

1 ( arrivée) approach (de of); il s'est enfui à mon approche he ran off as I approached;

2 (imminence, proximité) approach (de of); à l'approche or aux approches de l'hiver as winter approaches; la campagne s'intensifia à l'approche du scrutin the campaign intensified as the election drew nearer ou approached; il partit à l'approche de la nuit he left as night was falling; à l'approche or aux approches de la trentaine il décida que… as he neared thirty, he decided that…; ralentis à l'approche du virage slow down as you approach the bend;

3 ( manière d'aborder) approach (de to); approche commerciale/romantique commercial/romantic approach; leur nouvelle approche du problème their new approach to the problem; marche d'approche ( en alpinisme) approach; travail d'approche ( manœuvres) Mil, fig approaches (pl); ( préparation) groundwork; d'approche difficile/aisée [lieu] hard/easy to get to; [œuvre, auteur] hard/easy to get to grips with; personne d'approche difficile unapproachable person; personne d'approche aisée friendly person; ce n'est qu'une approche de la théorie it's only an introduction to the theory;

4 Aviat approach; procédure d'approche approach procedure;

5 Sport ( au golf) approach shot;

6 Imprim ( espace) spacing.

B approches nfpl ( accès) approaches (de to); ( alentours) gén (general) vicinity (de of); ( de ville) outskirts (de of); aux approches de la ville on the outskirts of town; aux approches de la côte near the coast.

[aprɔʃ] nom féminin

1. [venue] approach

l'approche des examens the coming of the exams, the approaching exams

2. [accès] approachability

il est d'approche facile/difficile he is approachable/unapproachable

sa fiction est plus facile d'approche que son théâtre her novels are more accessible than her plays

3. [conception] approach

une approche écologique du problème an ecological approach to the problem

4. IMPRIMERIE [espacement] spacing

[erreur] spacing error

[signe] close-up mark

5. AÉRONAUTIQUE approach

6. SPORT approach (shot)

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approches nom féminin pluriel

les approches de l'aéroport the area surrounding the airport, the vicinity of the airport

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à l'approche de locution prépositionnelle

1. [dans le temps]

tous les ans, à l'approche de l'été every year, as summer draws near

à l'approche de la trentaine as one nears ou approaches (the age of) thirty

2. [dans l'espace]

à l'approche de son père, il s'est enfui he ran away as his father approached

aux approches de locution prépositionnelle

1. [dans le temps]

tous les ans, aux approches de l'été every year, as summer draws near

2. [dans l'espace]

aux approches de la frontière, il y avait davantage de soldats there were more soldiers as we approached ou neared the border

Dictionnaire Français-Anglais > approche
10 approché

approche [apʀɔ∫]

feminine noun

   a. ( = arrivée) approach

• à mon approche il sourit he smiled as I came up to him

• à l'approche de l'hiver as winter approached

• à l'approche de la cinquantaine, il... as he approached fifty, he...

   b. ( = abord) être d'approche difficile [personne] to be unapproachable

   c. ( = façon d'envisager) approach

• l'approche de ce problème the approach to this problem

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apʀɔʃ
1.

nom féminin

1) ( arrivée) approach (de of)

il s'est enfui à mon approche — he ran off as I approached

2) (imminence, proximité) approach (de of)

à l'approche or aux approches de l'hiver — as winter approaches

à l'approche de la nuit — at dusk

à l'approche or aux approches de la trentaine il décida que... — as he neared thirty, he decided that...

3) ( manière d'aborder) approach (de to)

d'approche difficile/aisée — [œuvre, auteur] hard/easy to get to grips with

personne d'approche difficile — unapproachable person

personne d'approche aisée — friendly person

2.

approches nom féminin pluriel

aux approches de la ville — on the outskirts of town

aux approches de la côte — near the coast

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apʀɔʃ
1. nf

1) (= arrivée) approach

à l'approche du bateau — as the ship approached, as the ship drew closer

à l'approche de l'ennemi — as the enemy approached, as the enemy drew closer

à l'approche de l'automne — at the approach of autumn

2) (= abord)

d'une approche facile (personne) — approachable, (texte) accessible

travaux d'approche fig — groundwork

3) (= démarche conceptuelle) approach

l'approche d'un problème — the approach to a problem

2. approches nfpl

(= abords) surroundings

aux approches de [ville] — on the outskirts of

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approche

A nf

1 ( arrivée) approach (de of); il s'est enfui à mon approche he ran off as I approached;

2 (imminence, proximité) approach (de of); à l'approche or aux approches de l'hiver as winter approaches; la campagne s'intensifia à l'approche du scrutin the campaign intensified as the election drew nearer ou approached; il partit à l'approche de la nuit he left as night was falling; à l'approche or aux approches de la trentaine il décida que… as he neared thirty, he decided that…; ralentis à l'approche du virage slow down as you approach the bend;

3 ( manière d'aborder) approach (de to); approche commerciale/romantique commercial/romantic approach; leur nouvelle approche du problème their new approach to the problem; marche d'approche ( en alpinisme) approach; travail d'approche ( manœuvres) Mil, fig approaches (pl); ( préparation) groundwork; d'approche difficile/aisée [lieu] hard/easy to get to; [œuvre, auteur] hard/easy to get to grips with; personne d'approche difficile unapproachable person; personne d'approche aisée friendly person; ce n'est qu'une approche de la théorie it's only an introduction to the theory;

4 Aviat approach; procédure d'approche approach procedure;

5 Sport ( au golf) approach shot;

6 Imprim ( espace) spacing.

B approches nfpl ( accès) approaches (de to); ( alentours) gén (general) vicinity (de of); ( de ville) outskirts (de of); aux approches de la ville on the outskirts of town; aux approches de la côte near the coast.

( féminin approchée) [aprɔʃe] adjectif

[idée, calcul] approximate

Dictionnaire Français-Anglais > approché
11 अहन् _ahan

अहन् n. [न जहाति न त्यजति सर्वथा परिवर्तनं, न हा-कनिन् Uṇ.1.55.] (Nom. अहः, अह्नी-अहनी, अहानि, अह्ना, अहोभ्याम् &c.; अहरिति हन्ति पाप्मानं जहाति च Śat. Br.)

1 A day (including day and night); अहः शब्दो$पि अहोरात्रवचनः । रात्रिशब्दो$पि । ŚB. on MS.8.1.16. अघाहानि Ms.5.84.

-2 Day time सव्यापारामहनि न तथा पीडयेन्मद्वियोगः Me.9; यदह्ना कुरुते पापम् by day; अग्निर्ज्योतिरहः शुक्लः Bg.8.54.

-3 The sky (as traversed by the sun); समारूढे च मध्यमह्नः सवितरि K.99; M.2.

-4 A sacrificial or festival day.

-5 A day's work.

-6 Viṣṇu.

-7 Night.

-8 A portion of a book appointed for a day.

-9 A day personified as one of the eight Vasus.

-नी (du.) Day and night (At the end of comp. अहन् is changed to अहः, हम् or to अह्न; see P.V.4.88-91; VI.3.11, VIII.4.7. Note: At the beginning of comp. it assumes the forms अहस् or अहर्; e. g. सप्ताहः, एकाहः, पूर्वाह्णः, अपराह्णः पुण्याहं, सुदिनाहं, अहःपतिः or अहर्पतिः &c. &c.).

-Comp. -अहः (अहरहः) ind. Day by day, daily. अहरहःस्नात्वा सन्ध्यामुपासीत; अहरहर्नयमानो गामश्वं पुरुषं पशुम् Mbh. on 2.2.29.

-आगमः (अहरा˚) the approach of day

-आदिः dawn; शशधरमहरादौ रागवानुष्णरश्मिः Śi.11.62.

-करः (˚हः or ˚स्करः)

1 the sun; अलंचकारास्य वधूरहस्करः Śi 1.58; (P.III.2.21.)

-2 a kind of tree.

-गणः, (˚हर्ग˚)

1 a series of sacrificial days.

-2 a month.

-3 any calculated term (Wilson).

-जरः [अहोभिः परिवर्तमानो लोकान् जरयति जृ-णिच् अच्, अहानि वा अस्मिन् जीर्यन्ति आधारे अप्-वा Tv.] Ved. the year as making days old.

-जात a. Ved. born in the day or from day, not belonging to night.

-दिव a. (˚हर्दि˚) existing every day. (

-वम्) ind. [अहश्च दिवा च समा ˚द्व˚] daily, every day, day by day; य इत्थमस्वास्थ्यमहर्दिवं दिवः Śi.1.51.

-दिवि ind. day by day, every day, constantly; यथा श्येनात् पतत्रिणः संविजन्ते अहर्दिवि सिंहस्य स्तनयोर्यथा Av.5.21.6.

-दृश् a. Ved. belonging to the day, living; इन्द्रो विश्वान् बेकनाटाँ अहर्दृशः Rv.8.66.1.

-नाथः 1 the sun, the lord of the day.

-2 a kind of tree.

-निशम् [अहश्च निशा च समा˚ द्व˚] a day and night, a whole day; तस्य सोहर्निशस्यान्ते प्रसुप्तः प्रतिबुद्धयते Ms.1.74,4.97. (

-शम्) ind. day and night, during the whole day, continually.

-पतिः [अहःपतिः, अहर्पतिः, अहस्पतिः P.VIII.2.7 Mbh. Vārt.]

1 the sun; ननु राह्वाह्वमहर्पतिं तमः Śi.16.57; R.1.54.

-2 an epithet of Śiva.

-3 a kind of tree.

-4 swallow, wort.

-बान्धवः the sun.

-भाज्, -लोक a. Ved. partaking of the day.

-मणिः the sun.

-मुखम् commencement of the day, morning, dawn.

-स्थन्तरम् (P.VIII.2.68 Vārt.) a portion of Sāma to be chanted at day.

-रात्रः (

-त्रम् also)

1 a day and night (P.II.4.29.); त्रीनहोरात्रान् Nala.12.44; त्रिंशत्कला मुहूर्तः स्यादहोरात्रं तु तावतः Ms.1.64.65; Y.1.147.

-2 a day of the Pitṛis, a month of the gods and a year of Brahmā.

-विद् a. Ved.

1 existing many days.

-2 known long ago.

-3 one who knows the fit time or season of a sacrifice.

-शेषः, -षम् (˚हः शेषम्)

1 evening.

-2 the last day of defilement.

Sanskrit-English dictionary > अहन् _ahan
12 visita

f.

1 visit (acción) (en general).

estar de visita to be visiting o on a visit

hacer una visita a alguien to visit somebody, to pay somebody a visit

hacer una visita a un museo to visit o go to a museum

hacer una visita turística de la ciudad to do some sightseeing in the city

ir de visita to go visiting

pasar visita (medicine) to see one's patients

visita de cortesía o cumplido courtesy visit o call

visita guiada guided tour

visitas médicas doctor's rounds

visita relámpago flying visit

2 visitor (visitante).

tener visita o visitas to have visitors

pres.indicat.

3^rd person singular (él/ella/ello) present indicative of spanish verb: visitar.

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visita

► nombre femenino

1 (acciión) visit

2 (invitado) visitor, guest; (invitados) visitors plural, guests plural

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FRASEOLOGÍA

estar de visita en to be visiting

hacer una visita a alguien to pay somebody a visit

ir de visita a casa de alguien to pay somebody a visit

tener visita (uno) to have a visitor 2 (varios) to have visitors

horas de visita MEDICINA surgery hours

visita de cortesía / visita de cumplido courtesy visit

visita de médico familiar short visit

visita relámpago flying visit, lightning visit

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noun f.

1) call, visit

2) visitor

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SF

1) (=acción) visit; (breve) call

horas de visita — visiting hours

tarjeta de visita — business card, visiting card

estar de visita en un lugar — to be on a visit to a place

ir de visita — to go visiting

devolver o pagar una visita — to return a visit

hacer una visita a — to visit, pay a visit to

visita conyugal — conjugal visit

visita de cortesía, visita de cumplido — formal visit, courtesy call

visita de despedida — farewell visit

visita de Estado — state visit

visita de intercambio — exchange visit

visita de médico — *very short call, brief visit

visita de pésame — visit to express one's condolences

visita en grupo — group visit

visita guiada — guided tour

visita íntima — conjugal visit

visita oficial — official visit

visita relámpago — flying visit

2) (=persona) visitor, caller

hoy tenemos visita — we have visitors today

"no se admiten visitas" — "no visitors"

3) (en la aduana) search

derecho de visita — right to search

4) (Internet) hit

5) (Caribe) (Med) enema

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femenino

a) ( acción) visit

hacer(le) una visita (a alguien) — to pay (somebody) a visit

ir de visita — to go visiting

devolver una visita — to return a visit

sólo estoy/vine de visita — I'm just visiting

horario de visita — visiting hours o times

visita de médico — (fam) flying visit

b) ( visitante) visitor, caller; ( invitado) guest

tener visita — to have visitors/guests

- visita a domicilio

- visita de cortesía

- visita de pésame

- visita guiada

- visita relámpago

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femenino

a) ( acción) visit

hacer(le) una visita (a alguien) — to pay (somebody) a visit

ir de visita — to go visiting

devolver una visita — to return a visit

sólo estoy/vine de visita — I'm just visiting

horario de visita — visiting hours o times

visita de médico — (fam) flying visit

b) ( visitante) visitor, caller; ( invitado) guest

tener visita — to have visitors/guests

- visita a domicilio

- visita de cortesía

- visita de pésame

- visita guiada

- visita relámpago

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visita¹

¹ = tour, visit, sojourn, viewing, trip, excursion.

Ex: After a quick tour of the facilities and after meeting a few staff members, Bibeau was ushered into the 'Board Room,' where he was introduced to the other remaining trustees.

Ex: The advise was based upon the assumption that students were taught, chalk in hand, in large classroom-based groups with little or no fieldwork or visits.

Ex: The author briefly describes two professional sojourns, one in Barbados and the other in Kenya.

Ex: There will be a private viewing for conference-goers of Chicago's Art Institute and a reception at the Newberry Library with culinary delights created by Chef Louis Szathmary.

Ex: The approach may differ according to whether the person is preparing for a trip, settling a bet, beginning work on a 15-minute talk to a service club, or is undertaking to write a book on the subject.

Ex: Excursions are arranged to historically important libraries.

* equipo para escuchar visitas grabadas = audio tour unit.

* hacer una visita = make + visit.

* hacer visitas a domicilio = make + house calls.

* organizar una visita a = arrange + expedition to.

* tarjeta de visita = calling card, carte de visite, visiting card, business card.

* visita a centros profesionales = study tour.

* visita a domicilio = house call.

* visita a los enfermos = work round.

* visita a pie = walking tour.

* visita autoguiada = self-guided tour.

* visita breve = short stay.

* visita con conferencia a varios lugares de un país = lecture tour.

* visita cultural = cultural visit.

* visita de complemento de formación = visit.

* visita de estado = state visit.

* visita de intercambio = exchange visit.

* visita de larga duración = long stay.

* visita de representación = sales call.

* visita de representante = sales call.

* visita de trabajo = field trip.

* visita guiada = guided tour, orientation tour.

* visita guiada a la biblioteca = library tour, library orientation.

* visita guiada virtual = virtual tour.

* visita médica = grand round.

* visita nocturna = night tour.

* visita oficial = official visit.

* visita organizada = guided tour.

* visita por la ciudad = city tour.

* visita por motivos de investigación = research trip, research visit.

* visita por razones de investigación = research trip, research visit.

* visita profesional = study tour.

* visita relámpago = whistle-stop [whistlestop].

* visitas a la biblioteca = library visits.

* visita turística = sightseeing tour, sightseeing [sight-seeing].

* visita turística de una día de duración = day trip.

visita²

² = guest, visiting guest.

Ex: And making matters worse, this uncomfortable group sat in a suburban sitting-room flooded with afternoon sunlight like dutifully polite guests at a formal coffee party.

Ex: As a visiting guest, you naturally have the same use of all the amenities as also enjoyed by our permanent customers.

* cuarto para visitas = spare room, guest room.

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visita

feminine

A

1 (acción) visit

nos hizo una visita she paid us a visit o visited us

ir de visita to go visiting

devolver una visita to return a visit

sólo estoy de visita I'm just visiting

horas or horario de visita visiting hours o times

visita de médico ( fam); flying visit

2

(persona, personas): espera una visita importante he is expecting an important visitor

las visitas llegarán para la cena the guests will be arriving in time for dinner

no me quedé porque tenían visita I didn't stay because they had visitors o guests

Compuestos:

● visita a domicilio

house call

● visita conyugal

conjugal visit

● visita de cumplido or de cortesía

courtesy call, duty visit

● visita de pésame or de duelo

visit to offer one's condolences

● visita guiada

( AmL) guided tour

● visita pastoral

pastoral visit

● visita relámpago

flying visit, lightning visit

B ( fam euf)

(menstruación): tener la visita to have one's period

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Del verbo visitar: ( conjugate visitar)

visita es:

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

2ª persona singular (tú) imperativo

Multiple Entries:
visita
visitar
visita sustantivo femenino
a) ( acción) visit;

◊ hacer(le) una visita (a algn) to pay (sb) a visit;

ir de visita to go visiting;
horario de visita visiting hours o times;
visita a domicilio house call;
visita de cortesía courtesy call, duty visit;
visita guiada (AmL) guided tour
b) ( visitante) visitor;

( invitado) guest;
◊ espera una visita importante he's expecting an important visitor;

tener visita to have visitors/guests
visitar ( conjugate visitar) verbo transitivo
a) ‹ persona› to visit, visit with (AmE)

b) ‹ lugar› to visit

visitarse verbo pronominal ( recípr) to visit each other
visita sustantivo femenino
1 visit: me hizo una visita, she paid me a visit o she visited me
estar de visita, to be visiting
visita de cortesía, courtesy call
2 (el invitado) visitor: tienen visita, they have visitors
visitar verbo transitivo to visit
' visita' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
aviar
- compromiso
- consulta
- dejar
- esperar
- formularia
- formulario
- imprevista
- imprevisto
- incomodar
- mensual
- obligada
- obligado
- provecho
- terciarse
- abreviar
- animar
- ánimo
- apresurado
- carácter
- cortesía
- corto
- cumplido
- devolver
- fin
- frecuente
- fugaz
- hacer
- inoportuno
- oportuno
- prolongar
- realizar
- tarjeta
English:
call
- caller
- calling card
- card
- casual
- deduce
- favor
- favour
- flying
- follow-up
- guided tour
- infrequent
- listen for
- listen out for
- Mecca
- odd
- pay
- receive
- show up
- sneak
- state
- stay
- tour
- trip
- unauthorized
- unexpected
- unwelcome
- visit
- visiting
- visiting hours
- visitor
- company
- home
- mileage
- set

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visita nf

1. [a casa, hospital] [en general] visit;
[breve] call;
estar de visita to be visiting o on a visit;

hacer una visita a alguien to visit sb, to pay sb a visit;

horas de visita visiting hours;

ir de visita to go visiting

Comp
visita de cortesía courtesy visit o call;
visita de cumplido courtesy visit o call;

visita relámpago flying visit

2. [de turismo] visit;

hacer una visita a un museo to visit o go to a museum

Comp
visita guiada guided tour;
visita turística: [m5] hacer una visita turística de la ciudad to do some sightseeing in the city

3. [de médico]
pasar visita to see one's patients

Comp
visitas médicas doctor's rounds
4. [programada en hospital] appointment

5. [visitante] visitor;

tener visita o [m5] visitas to have visitors

6. Informát [a página web] hit

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visita

f visit;

hacer una visita a alguien visit s.o.;

visita de(l) médico fig quick visit

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visita nf

1) : visit, call

2) : visitor

3)

ir de visita : to go visiting

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visita n

1. (en general) visit

te haré una visita I'll pay you a visit / I'll visit you

2. (visitante) visitor / visitors

esta tarde espero visita I'm expecting visitors this afternoon

Spanish-English dictionary > visita
13 visita1

¹ = tour, visit, sojourn, viewing, trip, excursion.

Ex. After a quick tour of the facilities and after meeting a few staff members, Bibeau was ushered into the 'Board Room,' where he was introduced to the other remaining trustees.

Ex. The advise was based upon the assumption that students were taught, chalk in hand, in large classroom-based groups with little or no fieldwork or visits.

Ex. The author briefly describes two professional sojourns, one in Barbados and the other in Kenya.

Ex. There will be a private viewing for conference-goers of Chicago's Art Institute and a reception at the Newberry Library with culinary delights created by Chef Louis Szathmary.

Ex. The approach may differ according to whether the person is preparing for a trip, settling a bet, beginning work on a 15-minute talk to a service club, or is undertaking to write a book on the subject.

Ex. Excursions are arranged to historically important libraries.

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* equipo para escuchar visitas grabadas = audio tour unit.

* hacer una visita = make + visit.

* hacer visitas a domicilio = make + house calls.

* organizar una visita a = arrange + expedition to.

* tarjeta de visita = calling card, carte de visite, visiting card, business card.

* visita a centros profesionales = study tour.

* visita a domicilio = house call.

* visita a los enfermos = work round.

* visita a pie = walking tour.

* visita autoguiada = self-guided tour.

* visita breve = short stay.

* visita con conferencia a varios lugares de un país = lecture tour.

* visita cultural = cultural visit.

* visita de complemento de formación = visit.

* visita de estado = state visit.

* visita de intercambio = exchange visit.

* visita de larga duración = long stay.

* visita de representación = sales call.

* visita de representante = sales call.

* visita de trabajo = field trip.

* visita guiada = guided tour, orientation tour.

* visita guiada a la biblioteca = library tour, library orientation.

* visita guiada virtual = virtual tour.

* visita médica = grand round.

* visita nocturna = night tour.

* visita oficial = official visit.

* visita organizada = guided tour.

* visita por la ciudad = city tour.

* visita por motivos de investigación = research trip, research visit.

* visita por razones de investigación = research trip, research visit.

* visita profesional = study tour.

* visita relámpago = whistle-stop [whistlestop].

* visitas a la biblioteca = library visits.

* visita turística = sightseeing tour, sightseeing [sight-seeing].

* visita turística de una día de duración = day trip.

Spanish-English dictionary > visita1
14 रात्र्यागम

rātry-āgama
m. the coming on orﾠ approach of night Bhag.

Sanskrit-English dictionary > रात्र्यागम
15 наближавам

approach, draw near (to), draw on, be on the way, come/draw close (to), near

наближава обяд/полунощ it's getting on for dinner-time/midnight

наближава 7 часа it is close upon seven, it's getting on for seven (o'clock), it is going on for seven o'clock

стана ли 12? is it twelve yet?

наближава, струва ми се close on I think

тя наближава 50 години she's getting/going on for fifty

наближаваше нощ the night was near at hand, the night was drawing in

наближаваше буря a storm was brewing, a storm was coming on

наближава есен autumn is coming on/isn't far away

населението на страната наближава 8 000 000 the country's population is getting on to 8 000 000

наближава три месеца откак не съм го виждал it's going on for/it's nearly three months since I saw him last

той чувствуваше, че краят му наближава he felt that he was nearing his end/that his end was near at hand

когато и наближи (времето) да ражда when she got near her time

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наближа̀вам,

гл. approach, draw near (to), draw on, be on the way, come/draw close (to), near; когато ѝ наближи (времето) да ражда when she got near her time; наближава обяд/полунощ it’s getting on for dinner-time/midnight; наближава 7 часа it is close upon seven, it’s getting on for seven (o’clock), it is going on for seven o’clock; наближава три месеца откак не съм го виждал it’s going on for/it’s nearly three months since I saw him last; наближаваше буря a storm was brewing, a storm was coming on; наближаваше нощ the night was near at hand, the night was drawing in; стана ли 12? наближава, струва ми се is it twelve yet? close on I think; тя наближава 50 години she’s getting/going on for fifty.

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approach; draw near: He felt that he was наближавамing his end. - Той чувстваше, че краят му наближава.

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1. 2? наближава, струва ми се is it twelve yet?close on I think 2. 3 години she's getting/going on for fifty 3. 4 4. 5 5. 6 the country's population is getting on to 6. 7 7. 8 8. 910 9. approach, draw near (to), draw on, be on the way, come/draw close (to), near 10. когато й наближи (времето) да ражда when she got near her time 11. наближава 1 часа it is close upon seven, it's getting on for seven (o'clock), it is going on for seven o'clock 12. наближава есен autumn is coming on/isn't far away 13. наближава обяд/полунощ it's getting on for dinner-time/midnight 14. наближава три месеца откак не съм го виждал it's going on for/it's nearly three months since I saw him last 15. наближаваше буря a storm was brewing, a storm was coming on 16. наближаваше нощ the night was near at hand, the night was drawing in 17. населението на страната наближава 18. стана ли 19. той чувствуваше, че краят му наближава he felt that he was nearing his end/that his end was near at hand 20. тя наближава

Български-английски речник > наближавам
16 avvicinare

approach

avvicinare qualcosa a qualcosa move something closer to something

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avvicinare v.tr.

1 to draw* up, to bring* near (er): avvicina la sedia, draw up your chair; avvicinare qlco. a qlcu., a qlco., to bring sthg. near (er) to s.o., sthg.

2 ( conoscere) to approach, to meet*, to get* to know: non è facile avvicinarlo, he's not easy to get to know.

◘ avvicinarsi v.rifl. o intr.pron.

1 to approach (s.o.), to get* near (s.o., sthg.): l'uomo mi si avvicinò, the man came up to me; la fine si avvicina, the end is approaching; la notte si avvicina, night is drawing on; l'ora si avvicina, the hour is drawing near; avvicinare al vero, to come close to the truth

2 ( somigliare) to be similar: per carattere si avvicina al padre, his character resembles his father's.

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[avvitʃi'nare]
1. vt

1)

(mettere vicino) avvicinare (a) — to bring near (to)

avvicina la sedia al tavolo — bring the chair nearer to the table, draw the chair up to the table

dovrò avvicinare il tavolo alla finestra — I'll have to move the table closer to the window

il dolore li ha avvicinati fig — their sorrow has brought them closer together

2) (farsi vicino a: persona) to approach

lo avvicinò per strada e si presentò — she came up to him in the street and introduced herself

2. vip (avvicinarsi)

1) (andare vicino)

avvicinarsi (a) — to approach, go (o come) up to

il treno si avvicinava alla stazione — the train was approaching the station

avvicinati! — come here!, come closer!

mi ha fatto cenno di avvicinarmi — he beckoned to me to come closer

mi si avvicinò un mendicante — a beggar came up to me

2) (essere imminente: stagione, periodo) to draw near

3) (somigliare)

avvicinarsi (a) — to be similar (to), be close (to)

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[avvitʃi'nare] 1.
verbo transitivo

1) (accostare) to draw* up, to pull up [ sedia]

avvicinare i letti — to push the beds close together

avvicinare il bicchiere alle labbra — to raise one's glass to one's lips

2) (attaccare discorso) to approach [ persona]
2.
verbo pronominale avvicinarsi

1) (nello spazio) to go* near(er), to go* close(r), to come* near(er), to come* close(r), to move near(er), to move close(r), to approach; [nemico, inseguitore] to close (a on)

avvicinati! — come closer!

2) fig. (nel tempo) [stagione, data, avvenimento] to draw* near(er), to draw* close(r), to approach

- rsi ai cinquanta — to be in one's late forties, to be pushing fifty

- rsi alla fine — to be nearing the end of one's life

3) fig. (essere simile)

questo rosso si avvicina al viola — this red verges on purple

questo si avvicina di più alla verità — that's closer (to) the truth

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avvicinare

/avvit∫i'nare/ [1]

I verbo transitivo

1 (accostare) to draw* up, to pull up [ sedia]; avvicinare i letti to push the beds close together; avvicinare il bicchiere alle labbra to raise one's glass to one's lips

2 (attaccare discorso) to approach [ persona]

II avvicinarsi verbo pronominale

1 (nello spazio) to go* near(er), to go* close(r), to come* near(er), to come* close(r), to move near(er), to move close(r), to approach; [nemico, inseguitore] to close (a on); avvicinati! come closer!

2 fig. (nel tempo) [stagione, data, avvenimento] to draw* near(er), to draw* close(r), to approach; - rsi ai cinquanta to be in one's late forties, to be pushing fifty; - rsi alla fine to be nearing the end of one's life

3 fig. (essere simile) questo rosso si avvicina al viola this red verges on purple; questo si avvicina di più alla verità that's closer (to) the truth.

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аварийная ситуация в полете
in-flight emergency
аварийное табло в кабине экипажа
cabin emergency light
аварийный клапан сброса давления в системе кондиционирования
conditioned air emergency valve
автоматическая информация в районе аэродрома
automatic terminal information
автомат тяги в системе автопилота
autopilot auto throttle
аэровокзал в форме полумесяца
crescent-shaped terminal
аэродинамическая труба для испытаний на сваливание в штопор
spin wind tunnel
аэродинамическая труба для испытания моделей в натуральную величину
full-scale wind tunnel
балансировка в горизонтальном полете
horizontal trim
балансировка в полете
operational trim
безопасная дистанция в полете
in-flight safe distance
билет в одном направлении
one-way ticket
билет на полет в одном направлении
single ticket
боковой обзор в полете
sideway inflight view
в аварийной обстановке
in emergency
введение в вираж
banking
введение в действие пассажирских и грузовых тарифов
fares and rates enforcement
ввод в эксплуатацию
introduction into service
вводить воздушное судно в крен
roll in the aircraft
вводить в штопор
put into the spin
вводить в эксплуатацию
1. go into service
2. come into operation 3. place in service 4. enter service 5. introduce into service 6. put in service 7. put in operation вводить шестерни в зацепление
mesh gears
в воздухе
1. up
2. aloft вентилятор в кольцевом обтекателе
duct fan
вертолет в режиме висения
hovering helicopter
верхний обзор в полете
upward inflight view
ветер в верхних слоях атмосферы
1. upper wind
2. aloft wind ветер в направлении курса полета
tailwind
в заданном диапазоне
within the range
в западном направлении
westward
взлет в условиях плохой видимости
low visibility takeoff
в зоне влияния земли
in ground effect
в зоне действия луча
on the beam
видимость в полете
flight visibility
видимость в пределах допуска
marginal visibility
видимость у земли в зоне аэродрома
aerodrome ground visibility
визуальная оценка расстояния в полете
distance assessment
визуальный контакт в полете
flight visual contact
визуальный ориентир в полете
flight visual cue
в интересах безопасности
in interests of safety
висение в зоне влияния земли
hovering in the ground effect
вихрь в направлении линии полета
line vortex
в конце участка
at the end of segment
(полета) в конце хода
at the end of stroke
(поршня) в конце цикла
at the end of
в начале участка
at the start of segment
(полета) в начале цикла
at the start of cycle
в обратном направлении
backward
в ожидании разрешения
pending clearance
возвращаться в пункт вылета
fly back
воздух в пограничном слое
boundary-layer air
воздух в турбулентном состоянии
rough air
воздухозаборник в нижней части фюзеляжа
belly intake
воздушная обстановка в зоне аэродрома
aerodrome air picture
воздушное судно в зоне ожидания
holding aircraft
воздушное судно в полете
1. making way aircraft
2. aircraft on flight 3. in-flight aircraft воздушное судно, дозаправляемое в полете
receiver aircraft
воздушное судно, занесенное в реестр
aircraft on register
воздушное судно, находящееся в воздухе
airborne aircraft
воздушное судно, находящееся в эксплуатации владельца
owner-operated aircraft
воздушное судно, нуждающееся в помощи
aircraft requiring assistance
воздушное судно, прибывающее в конечный аэропорт
terminating aircraft
в подветренную сторону
alee
в поле зрения
in sight
в пределах
within the frame of
в процессе взлета
during takeoff
в процессе полета
1. while in flight
2. in flight в процессе руления
while taxiing
в рабочем состоянии
operational
в режиме
in mode
в режиме большого шага
in coarse pitch
в режиме готовности
in alert
в режиме малого шага
in fine pitch
в режиме самоориентирования
when castoring
время в рейсе
1. chock-to-chock time
2. ramp-to-ramp time 3. block-to-block hours 4. block-to-block time 5. ramp-to-ramp hours время налета в ночных условиях
night flying time
время налета в часах
hour's flying time
время фактического нахождения в воздухе
actual airborne time
в ряд
abreast
в случае задержки
in the case of delay
в случае происшествия
in the event of a mishap
в случая отказа
in the event of malfunction
в соответствии с техническими условиями
in conformity with the specifications
в состоянии бедствия
in distress
в состоянии готовности
when under way
в условиях обтекания
airflow conditions
в хвостовой части
1. abaft
2. aft вход в зону аэродрома
1. entry into the aerodrome zone
2. inward flight входить в глиссаду
gain the glide path
входить в зону глиссады
reach the glide path
входить в круг движения
enter the traffic circuit
входить в облачность
enter clouds
входить в разворот
1. roll into the turn
2. initiate the turn 3. enter the turn входить в условия
penetrate conditions
входить в штопор
enter the spin
входить в этап выравнивания
entry into the flare
вхожу в круг
on the upwind leg
в целях безопасности
for reasons of safety
выполнять полет в зоне ожидания
hold over the aids
выполнять полет в определенных условиях
fly under conditions
выполнять полет в режиме ожидания над аэродромом
hold over the beacon
выполнять установленный порядок действий в аварийной ситуации
execute an emergency procedure
выравнивание в линию горизонта
levelling-off
выравнивание при входе в створ ВПП
runway alignment
высота в зоне ожидания
holding altitude
высота в кабине
cabin pressure
высота плоскости ограничения препятствий в зоне взлета
takeoff surface level
высота полета в зоне ожидания
holding flight level
высотомер, показания которого выведены в ответчик
squawk altimeter
выход в равносигнальную зону
bracketing
в эксплуатации
in service
в эксплуатацию
in operation
гасить скорость в полете
decelerate in the flight
головокружение при полете в сплошной облачности
cloud vertigo
горизонт, видимый в полете
in-flight apparent horizon
господство в воздухе
air supremacy
граница высот повторного запуска в полете
inflight restart envelope
грубая ошибка в процессе полета
in flight blunder
груз, сброшенный в полете
jettisoned load in flight
давление в аэродинамической трубе
wind-tunnel pressure
давление в кабине
cabin pressure
давление в невозмущенном потоке
undisturbed pressure
давление в свободном потоке
free-stream pressure
давление в системе подачи топлива
fuel supply pressure
давление в системе стояночного тормоза
perking pressure
давление в скачке уплотнения
shock pressure
давление в спутной струе
wake pressure
давление в топливном баке
tank pressure
давление в тормозной системе
brake pressure
давление в точке отбора
tapping pressure
давление на входе в воздухозаборник
air intake pressure
дальность видимости в полете
flight visual range
дальность полета в невозмущенной атмосфере
still-air flight range
данные в узлах координатной сетки
grid-point data
данные о результатах испытания в воздухе
air data
двигатель, расположенный в крыле
in-wing mounted
двигатель, установленный в мотогондоле
naccele-mounted engine
двигатель, установленный в отдельной гондоле
podded engine
двигатель, установленный в фюзеляже
in-board engine
движение в зоне аэродрома
aerodrome traffic
движение в зоне аэропорта
airport traffic
действия в момент касания ВПП
touchdown operations
делать отметку в свидетельстве
endorse the license
делитель потока в заборном устройстве
inlet splitter
держать шарик в центре
keep the ball centered
дозаправка топливом в полете
air refuelling
дозаправлять топливом в полете
refuel in flight
допуск к работе в качестве пилота
act as a pilot authority
доставка пассажиров в аэропорт вылета
pickup service
единый тариф на полет в двух направлениях
two-way fare
завоевывать господство в воздухе
gain the air supremacy
задатчик высоты в кабине
cabin altitude selector
задержка в базовом аэропорту
terminal delay
зал таможенного досмотра в аэропорту
airport customs room
замер в полете
inflight measurement
заносить воздушное судно в реестр
enter the aircraft
запись вибрации в полете
inflight vibration recording
запись в формуляре
log book entry
запись переговоров в кабине экипажа
cockpit voice recording
запускать воздушное судно в производство
put the aircraft into production
запускать двигатель в полете
restart the engine in flight
запуск в воздухе
1. air starting
2. airstart запуск в полете
inflight starting
запуск в полете без включения стартера
inflight nonassisted starting
запуск в режиме авторотации
windmill starting
заход на посадку в режиме планирования
gliding approach
заход на посадку в условиях ограниченной видимости
low-visibility approach
зона движения в районе аэродрома
aerodrome traffic zone
изменение направления ветра в районе аэродрома
aerodrome wind shift
измерение шума в процессе летных испытаний
flight test noise measurement
иметь место в полете
be experienced in flight
имитация в полете
inflight simulation
имитация полета в натуральных условиях
full-scale flight
индекс опознавания в коде ответчика
squawk ident
индикатор обстановки в вертикальной плоскости
vertical-situation indicator
инструктаж при аварийной обстановке в полете
inflight emergency instruction
искусственные сооружения в районе аэродрома
aerodrome culture
испытание в аэродинамической трубе
wind-tunnel test
испытание в воздухе
air trial
испытание в гидроканале
towing basing test
испытание в двухмерном потоке
two-dimensional flow test
испытание вертолета в условиях снежного и пыльного вихрей
rotocraft snow and dust test
испытание воздушного судна в термобарокамере
aircraft environmental test
испытание в реальных условиях
direct test
испытание в режиме висения
hovering test
испытание в свободном полете
free-flight test
испытание двигателя в полете
inflight engine test
испытания в барокамере
altitude-chamber test
испытания по замеру нагрузки в полете
flight stress measurement tests
испытываемый в полете
under flight test
испытывать в полете
test in flight
исследование конфликтной ситуации в воздушном движении
air conflict search
канал в ступице турбины
turbine bore
канал передачи данных в полете
flight data link
карта особых явлений погоды в верхних слоях атмосферы
high level significant weather chart
кнопка запуска двигателя в воздухе
flight restart button
кок винта в сборе
cone assy
компенсация за отказ в перевозке
denied boarding compensation
компоновка кресел в салоне первого класса
first-class seating
компоновка кресел в салоне смешанного класса
mixed-class seating
компоновка кресел в салоне туристического класса
economy-class seating
компоновка приборной доски в кабине экипажа
cockpit panel layout
контракт на обслуживание в аэропорту
airport handling contract
контроль в зоне
area watch
контур уровня шума в районе аэропорта
airport noise contour
концевой выключатель в системе воздушного судна
aircraft limit switch
кривая в полярной системе координат
polar curve
крутящий момент воздушного винта в режиме авторотации
propeller windmill torque
курс в зоне ожидания
holding course
летать в курсовом режиме
fly heading mode
летать в режиме бреющего полета
fly at a low level
летать в светлое время суток
fly by day
летать в строю
fly in formation
летать в темное время суток
fly at night
летать по приборам в процессе тренировок
fly under screen
лететь в северном направлении
fly northbound
летная подготовка в условиях, приближенных к реальным
line oriental flight training
линия руления воздушного судна в зоне стоянки
aircraft stand taxilane
люк в крыле
wing manhole
маневр в полете
inflight manoeuvre
маршрут перехода в эшелона на участок захода на посадку
feeder route
маршрут полета в направлении от вторичных радиосредств
track from secondary radio facility
меры безопасности в полете
flight safety precautions
метеоусловия в пределах допуска
marginal weather
механизм для создания условий полета в нестабильной атмосфере
rough air mechanism
механизм открытия защелки в полете
mechanical flight release latch
мешать обзору в полете
obscure inflight view
набор высоты в крейсерском режиме
cruise climb
навигация в зоне подхода
approach navigation
нагрузка в полете
flight load
нагрузка в полете от поверхности управления
flight control load
надежность в полете
inflight reliability
направление в сторону подъема
up-slope direction
направление в сторону уклона
down-slope direction
направляющийся в
bound for
наработка в часах
1. running hours
2. endurance hours на участке маршрута в восточном направлении
on the eastbound leg
необходимые меры предосторожности в полете
flight reasonable precautions
неожиданное препятствие в полете
hidden flight hazard
неправильно оцененное расстояние в полете
misjudged flight distance
неправильно принятое в полете решение
improper in-flight decision
нижний обзор в полете
downward inflight view
носитель информации в виде металлической ленты
metal tape medium
носитель информации в виде пластиковой пленки
plastic tape medium
носитель информации в виде фольги
engraved foil medium
носитель информации в виде фотопленки
photographic paper medium
обзор в полете
inflight view
оборудование для полетов в темное время суток
night-flying equipment
обслуживание в процессе стоянки
standing operation
обслуживание пассажиров в городском аэровокзале
city-terminal coach service
обучение в процессе полетов
flying training
объем воздушных перевозка в тоннах груза
airlift tonnage
обязанности экипажа в аварийной обстановке
crew emergency duty
обязательно к выполнению в соответствии со статьей
be compulsory Article
ограничения, указанные в свидетельстве
license limitations
ожидание в процессе полета
hold en-route
опознавание в полете
aerial identification
опробование систем управления в кабине экипажа
cockpit drill
опыт работы в авиации
aeronautical experience
органы управления в кабине экипажа
flight compartment controls
осадки в виде крупных хлопьев снега
snow grains precipitation
осадки в виде ледяных крупинок
ice pellets precipitation
ослабление видимости в атмосфере
atmospheric attenuation
ослабление сигналов в атмосфере
atmospheric loss
ослаблять давление в пневматике
deflate the tire
осмотр в конце рабочего дня
daily inspection
особые меры в полете
in-flight extreme care
оставаться в горизонтальном положении
remain level
отводить воздух в атмосферу
discharge air overboard
отказ в перевозке
1. denial of carriage
2. denied boarding 3. bumping отработка действий на случай аварийной обстановки в аэропорту
aerodrome emergency exercise
отражатель в механизме реверса тяги
power reversal ejector
отсутствие ветра в районе
aerodrome calm
оценка пилотом ситуации в полете
pilot judgement
ошибка в настройке
alignment error
падение в перевернутом положении
tip-over fall
парить в воздухе
sail
перебои в зажигании
misfire
перебои в работе двигателя
1. rough engine operations
2. engine trouble переводить воздушное судно в горизонтальный полет
put the aircraft over
перевозка с оплатой в кредит
collect transportation
передача в пункте стыковки авиарейсов
interline transfer
передвижной диспетчерский пункт в районе ВПП
runway control van
передний обзор в полете
forward inflight view
переход в режим горизонтального полета
puchover
переходить в режим набора высоты
entry into climb
повторный запуск в полете
flight restart
подача топлива в систему воздушного судна
aircraft fuel supply
подниматься в воздух
ago aloft
пожар в отсеке шасси
wheel-well fire
поиск в условном квадрате
square search
полет в восточном направлении
eastbound flight
полет в зоне ожидания
1. holding
2. holding flight полет в направлении на станцию
flight inbound the station
полет в направлении от станции
flight outbound the station
полет в невозмущенной атмосфере
still-air flight
полет в нормальных метеоусловиях
normal weather operation
полет в обоих направлениях
back-to-back flight
полет в одном направлении
one-way flight
полет в пределах континента
coast-to-coast flight
полет в режиме висения
hover flight
полет в режиме ожидания
holding operation
полет в режиме ожидания на маршруте
holding en-route operation
полет в связи с особыми обстоятельствами
special event flight
полет в сложных метеоусловиях
bad-weather flight
полет в строю
formation flight
полет в условиях болтанки
1. bumpy-air flight
2. turbulent flight полет в условиях отсутствия видимости
nonvisual flight
полет в условиях плохой видимости
low-visibility flight
полет в установленной зоне
standoff flight
полет в установленном секторе
sector flight
полетное время, продолжительность полета в данный день
flying time today
полет по кругу в районе аэродрома
aerodrome traffic circuit operation
полет с дозаправкой топлива в воздухе
refuelling flight
полеты в районе открытого моря
off-shore operations
полеты в светлое время суток
daylight operations
полеты в темное время суток
night operations
положение амортизатора в обжатом состоянии
shock strut compressed position
положение в воздушном пространстве
air position
помпаж в воздухозаборнике
air intake surge
попадание в порыв ветра
gust penetration
попадание в турбулентность
turbulence penetration
порядок действий в аварийной обстановке
emergency procedure
порядок эксплуатации в зимних условиях
snow plan
посадка в режиме авторотации в выключенным двигателем
power-off autorotative landing
посадка в светлое время суток
day landing
посадка в сложных метеоусловиях
bad weather landing
посадка в темное время суток
night landing
потери в воздухозаборнике
intake losses
поток в промежуточных аэродромах
pick-up traffic
потолок в режиме висения
hovering ceiling
правила полета в аварийной обстановке
emergency flight procedures
представлять в закодированном виде
submit in code
предупреждение столкновений в воздухе
mid air collision control
препятствие в зоне захода на посадку
approach area hazard
препятствие в районе аэропорта
airport hazard
прибывать в зону аэродрома
arrive over the aerodrome
приведение в действие
actuation
приведение эшелонов в соответствие
correlation of levels
приводить в действие
actuate
приводить воздушное судно в состояние летной годности
return an aircraft to flyable status
приводить в рабочее состояние
prepare for service
приводить в состояние готовности
alert to
пригодный для полета только в светлое время суток
available for daylight operation
приспособление для захвата объектов в процессе полета
flight pick-up equipment
проверено в полете
flight checked
проверка в кабине экипажа
cockpit check
проверка в полете
flight check
проверка в процессе облета
flyby check
прогноз в графическом изображении
pictorial forecast
продолжительность в режиме висения
hovering endurance
продувать в аэродинамической трубе
test in the wind tunnel
производить посадку в самолет
emplane
происшествие в районе аэропорта
airport-related accident
прокладка в системе двигателя
engine gasket
прокладка маршрута в районе аэродрома
terminal routing
пропуск на вход в аэропорт
airport laissez-passer
просвет в облачности
cloud gap
пространственная ориентация в полете
inflight spatial orientation
пространственное положение в момент удара
attitude at impact
противобликовая защита в кабине
cabin glare protection
профиль волны в свободном поле
free-field signature
профиль местности в районе аэродрома
aerodrome ground profile
пружина распора в выпущенном положении
downlock bungee spring
(опоры шасси) пункт назначения, указанный в авиабилете
ticketed destination
пункт назначения, указанный в купоне авиабилета
coupon destination
работа в режиме запуска двигателя
engine start mode
работа только в режиме приема
receiving only
радиолокационный обзор в полете
inflight radar scanning
радиус действия радиолокатора в режиме поиска
radar search range
разворот в процессе планирования
gliding turn
разворот в режиме висения
hovering turn
разворот в сторону приближения
inbound turn
разворот в сторону удаления
outbound turn
размещать в воздушном судне
fill an aircraft with
разница в тарифах по классам
class differential
разрешение в процессе полета по маршруту
en-route clearance
разрешение на полет в зоне ожидания
holding clearance
расстояние в милях
mileage
расстояние в милях между указанными в билете пунктами
ticketed point mileage
расчетное время в пути
estimated time en-route
регистрация в зале ожидания
concourse check
регулятор давления в кабине
cabin pressure regulator
режим воздушного потока в заборнике воздуха
inlet airflow schedule
режим малого газа в заданных пределах
deadband idle
речевой регистратор переговоров в кабине экипажа
cockpit voice recorder
руководство по производству полетов в зоне аэродрома
aerodrome rules
рулежная дорожка в районе аэровокзала
terminal taxiway
сближение в полете
air miss
сваливание в штопор
spin stall
сдавать в багаж
park in the baggage
сдвиг ветра в зоне полета
flight wind shear
сигнал бедствия в коде ответчика
squawk mayday
сигнал входа в глиссаду
on-slope signal
сигнал действий в полете
flight urgency signal
сигнализация аварийной обстановки в полете
air alert warning
сигнал между воздушными судами в полете
air-to-air signal
сигнальные огни входа в створ ВПП
runway alignment indicator lights
система предупреждения конфликтных ситуаций в полете
conflict alert system
система распространения информации в определенные интервалы времени
fixed-time dissemination system
система регулирования температуры воздуха в кабине
cabin temperature control system
скольжение в направлении полета
forwardslip
скорость в условиях турбулентности
1. rough-air speed
2. rough airspeed скрытое препятствие в районе ВПП
runway hidden hazard
сложные метеоусловия в районе аэродрома
aerodrome adverse weather
служба управления движением в зоне аэродрома
aerodrome control service
служба управления движением в зоне аэропорта
airport traffic service
смесеобразование в карбюраторе
carburetion
с момента ввода в эксплуатацию
since placed in service
снежный заряд в зоне полета
inflight snow showers
снижение в режиме авторотации
autorotative descent
снижение в режиме планирования
gliding descent
снижение в режиме торможения
braked descent
снимать груз в контейнере
discharge the cargo
событие в результате непреднамеренных действий
unintentional occurrence
совершать посадку в направлении ветра
land downwind
согласованность в действиях
coherence
списание девиации в полете
airswinging
списание девиации компаса в полете
air compass swinging
списание радиодевиации в полете
airborne error measurement
способность выполнять посадку в сложных метеорологических условиях
all-weather landing capability
срок службы в часах налета
flying life
срываться в штопор
1. fall into the spin
2. fail into the spin ставить в определенное положение
pose
столкновение в воздухе
1. mid-air collision
2. aerial collision схема в зоне ожидания
holding pattern
схема входа в диспетчерскую зону
entry procedure
схема входа в зону ожидания
holding entry procedure
схема движения в зоне аэродрома
aerodrome traffic pattern
схема полета в зоне ожидания
holding procedure
схема полета по приборам в зоне ожидания
instrument holding procedure
счетчик пройденного километража в полете
air-mileage indicator
считывание показаний приборов в полете
flight instrument reading
тариф в местной валюте
local currency fare
тариф в одном направлении
directional rate
тариф для полета в одном направлении
single fare
тариф за перевозку грузов в специальном приспособлении для комплектования
unit load device rate
тариф на полет в ночное время суток
night fare
тариф на полет с возвратом в течение суток
day round trip fare
телесное повреждение в результате авиационного происшествия
accident serious injury
температура в данной точке
local temperature
температура воздуха в трубопроводе
duct air temperature
температура газов на входе в турбину
turbine entry temperature
температура на входе в турбину
turbine inlet temperature
траектория полета в зоне ожидания
holding path
трение в опорах
bearing friction
тренировка в барокамере
altitude chamber drill
турбулентность в атмосфере без облаков
clear air turbulence
турбулентность в облаках
turbulence in clouds
турбулентность в спутном следе
wake turbulence
тяга в полете
flight thrust
угроза применения взрывчатого устройства в полете
inflight bomb threat
удельный расход топлива на кг тяги в час
thrust specific fuel consumption
удерживать контакты в замкнутом положении
hold contacts closed
удостоверяющая запись в свидетельстве
licence endorsement
указания по условиям эксплуатации в полете
inflight operational instructions
указатель входа в створ ВПП
runway alignment indicator
указатель высоты в кабине
cabin altitude indicator
указатель местоположения в полете
air position indicator
указатель перепада давления в кабине
cabin pressure indicator
указатель уровня в баке
tank level indicator
уменьшение ограничений в воздушных перевозках
air transport facilitation
упаковывать в контейнере
containerize
упаковывать груз в контейнере
containerize the cargo
управление в зоне
area control
управление в зоне аэродрома
aerodrome control
управление в зоне захода на посадку
approach control
уровень шума в населенном пункте
community noise level
уровень шумового фона в кабине экипажа
flight deck aural environment
уровень шумового фона в районе аэропорта
acoustic airport environment
уровень электролита в аккумуляторе
battery electrolyte level
усилие в системе управления
control force
условия в полете
in-flight conditions
условия в районе аэродрома
aerodrome environment
условия в районе ВПП
runway environment
условия нагружения в полете
flight loading conditions
условное обозначение в сообщении о ходе полета
flight report identification
условное обозначение события в полете
flight occurrence identification
устанавливать наличие воздушной пробки в системе
determine air in a system
установка в определенное положение
positioning
установка в положение для захода на посадку
approach setting
установленные обязанности в полете
prescribed flight duty
установленный в гондоле
nacelle-mounted
устойчивость в полете
inflight stability
устройство отображения информации в кабине экипажа
cockpit display
устройство разворота в нейтральное положение
self-centering device
уточнение плана полета по сведениям, полученным в полете
inflight operational planning
ухудшение в полете
flight deterioration
участие в расследовании
participation in the investigation
форма крыла в плане
wing planform
характеристика в зоне ожидания
holding performance
цифровая система наведения в полете
digital flight guidance system
чартерный рейс в связи с особыми обстоятельствами
special event charter
число оборотов в минуту
revolutions per minute
чрезвычайное обстоятельство в полете
flight emergency circumstance
шаг в режиме торможения
braking pitch
шасси, убирающееся в фюзеляж
inward retracting landing gear
шлиц в головке винта
screw head slot
эксплуатировать в заданных условиях
operate under the conditions
эксплуатировать в соответствии с техникой безопасности
operate safety
этапа полета в пределах одного государства
domestic flight stage
этап входа в глиссаду
glide capture phase
этап полета, указанный в полетном купоне
flight coupon stage
эшелонирование в зоне ожидание
holding stack

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полет сущ
1. flight
2. journey 3. operation 4. trip 5. voyage аварийная ситуация в полете
in-flight emergency
автоматический полет
1. automatic flight
2. computer-directed flight автоматическое управление полетом
automatic flight control
административные полеты
executive flying
административный полет
business operation
анализ безопасности полетов
safety investigation
аэродинамическая труба имитации свободного полета
free-flight wind tunnel
аэродром на трассе полета
en-route aerodrome
аэродромный круг полетов
aerodrome traffic circuit
аэродромный полет
local flight
база для обслуживания полетов
air base
балансировка в горизонтальном полете
horizontal trim
балансировка в полете
operational trim
безаварийное выполнение полетов
accident-free flying
безаварийный полет
accident-free flight
без достаточного опыта выполнения полетов
beyond flight experience
безопасная дистанция в полете
in-flight safe distance
безопасность полетов
1. flight safety
2. flight operating safety беспосадочный полет
1. nonstop flight
2. continuous flight билет на полет в одном направлении
single ticket
бланк плана полета
flight plan form
боковой обзор в полете
sideway inflight view
бортовой вычислитель управления полетом
airborne guidance computer
бреющие полеты
contour flying
бреющий полет
1. scooping
2. contour flight 3. hedge-hopping 4. low-level flight бустерная система управления полетом
flight control boost system
быть непригодным к полетам
inapt for flying
ввод данных о полете
flight data input
верхний обзор в полете
upward inflight view
верхний эшелон полета
upper flight level
ветер в направлении курса полета
tailwind
видимость в полете
flight visibility
визуальная оценка расстояния в полете
distance assessment
визуальный контакт в полете
flight visual contact
визуальный ориентир в полете
flight visual cue
визуальный полет
1. visual flight
2. contact flight визуальный полет по кругу
visual circling
вихрь в направлении линии полета
line vortex
влиять на безопасность полетов
effect on operating safety
внутренние полеты
local operations
воздушная яма на пути полета
in flight bump
воздушное пространство с запретом визуальных полетов
visual exempted airspace
воздушное судно большой дальности полетов
long-distance aircraft
воздушное судно в полете
1. making way aircraft
2. in-flight aircraft 3. aircraft on flight воздушное судно, готовое к полету
under way aircraft
воздушное судно для полетов на большой высоте
high-altitude aircraft
воздушное судно, дозаправляемое в полете
receiver aircraft
воздушное судно, имеющее разрешение на полет
authorized aircraft
возобновление полетов
flight resumption
возобновлять полет
1. resume the flight
2. resume the journey возобновлять полеты
resume normal operations
восходящий поток воздуха на маршруте полета
en-route updraft
ВПП, не соответствующая заданию на полет
wrong runway
в процессе полета
1. while in flight
2. in flight временная разница пунктов полета
jetlag
временные полеты
1. sojourn
2. part time operations время горизонтального полета
level flight time
время полета по внешнему контуру
outbound time
время полета по маршруту
trip time
время самолетного полета
solo flying time
всепогодные полеты
1. all-weather operations
2. all-weather flying всепогодный полет
all-weather flight
вспомогательный маршрут полета
side trip
выбирать маршрут полета
select the flight route
вывозной полет
introductory flight
выдерживание высоты полета автопилотом
autopilot altitude hold
выдерживание заданной высоты полета
preselected altitude hold
выдерживание курса полета с помощью инерциальной системы
inertial tracking
выдерживание траектории полета
flight path tracking
выдерживать заданный график полета
maintain the flight watch
выдерживать заданный эшелон полета
maintain the flight level
выдерживать требуемую скорость полета
maintain the flying speed
выдерживать установленный порядок полетов
maintain the flight procedure
выполнение горизонтального полета
level flying
выполнение полетов
1. flight operation
2. flying выполнение полетов с помощью радиосредств
radio fly
выполнять групповой полет
fly in formation
выполнять круг полета над аэродромом
carry out a circuit of the aerodrome
выполнять полет
carry out the flight
выполнять полет в зоне ожидания
hold over the aids
выполнять полет в определенных условиях
fly under conditions
выполнять полет в режиме ожидания над аэродромом
hold over the beacon
выполнять полет по курсу
fly the heading
выполнять полеты с аэродрома
operate from the aerodrome
высота перехода к визуальному полету
break-off height
высота полета
flight altitude
высота полета вертолета
helicopter overflight height
высота полета вертолета при заходе на посадку
helicopter approach height
высота полета в зоне ожидания
holding flight level
высота полета по маршруту
en-route altitude
высота установленная заданием на полет
specified altitude
высотный полет
1. hing-altitude flight
2. altitude flight вычислитель параметров траектории полета
flight-path computer
гарантия полета
flight assurance
гасить скорость в полете
decelerate in the flight
гиперзвуковой полет
hypersonic flight
годность к полетам
flight fitness
годный к полетам
airworthy
головокружение при полете в сплошной облачности
cloud vertigo
горизонтальный полет
1. horizontal flight
2. level flight 3. level горизонтальный полет на крейсерском режиме
level cruise
горизонт, видимый в полете
in-flight apparent horizon
готовый к выполнению полетов
flyable
готовый к полету
in flying condition
граница высот повторного запуска в полете
inflight restart envelope
график полета
flight schedule
грубая ошибка в процессе полета
in flight blunder
груз, сброшенный в полете
jettisoned load in flight
группа, выполняющая полет по туру
tour group
дальность активного полета
all-burnt range
дальность видимости в полете
flight visual range
дальность горизонтального полета
horizontal range
дальность полета
1. range ability
2. flight range дальность полета без дополнительных топливных баков
built-in range
дальность полета без коммерческой загрузки
zero-payload range
дальность полета без наружных подвесок
clean range
дальность полета в невозмущенной атмосфере
still-air flight range
дальность полета воздушного судна
aircraft range
дальность полета до намеченного пункта
range to go
дальность полета до полного израсходования топлива
flight range with no reserves
дальность полета до пункта назначения
flight distance-to-go
дальность полета на предельно малой высоте
on-the-deck range
дальность полета на режиме авторотации
autorotation range
дальность полета по замкнутому маршруту
closed-circuit range
дальность полета по прямой
direct range
дальность полета при полной заправке
full-tanks range
дальность полета при попутном ветре
downwind range
дальность полета с максимальной загрузкой
full-load range
дальность полета с полной коммерческой загрузкой
commercial range
дальность управляемого полета
controllable range
данные об условиях полета
flight environment data
действующий план полета
operational flight plan
деловой полет
business flight
деловые полеты
business flying
демонстрационный полет
1. demonstration flight
2. demonstration operation диапазон изменения траектории полета
flight path envelope
диапазон режимов полета
flight envelope
диспетчер по планированию полетов
flight planner
диспетчерское управление полетами
1. operational control
2. flight control дистанция полета
flight distance
дневной полет
day flight
доводить до уровня годности к полетам
render airworthy
доворот для коррекции направления полета
flight corrective turn
дозаправка топливом в полете
air refuelling
дозаправлять топливом в полете
refuel in flight
дозвуковой полет
subsonic flight
докладывать о занятии заданного эшелона полета
report reaching the flight level
донесение о полете
voyage report
донесение о ходе полета
flight report
дополнительный план полета
supplementary flight plan
допускать пилота к полетам
permit a pilot to operate
допустимый предел шума при полете
flyover noise limit
единый тариф на полет в двух направлениях
two-way fare
завершать полет
1. complete the flight
2. terminate the flight зависимость коммерческой загрузки от дальности полета
payload versus range
заводской испытательный полет
1. factory test flight
2. production test flight заданная траектория полета
assigned flight path
заданные условия полета
given conditions of flight
заданный режим полета
basic flight reference
заданный уровень безопасности полетов
target level of safety
заданный эшелон полета
preset flight level
закрытая для полетов ВПП
idle runway
закрытие плана полета
closing a flight plan
замер в полете
inflight measurement
замкнутый маршрут полета
circle trip
занимать заданный эшелон полета
reach the flight level
запасной маршрут полета
alternate air route
запасной план полета
alternate flight plan
запись вибрации в полете
inflight vibration recording
запланированный полет
prearranged flight
запрет полетов
curfew
запрет полетов из-за превышения допустимого уровня шума
noise curfew
запускать двигатель в полете
restart the engine in flight
запуск в полете
inflight starting
запуск в полете без включения стартера
inflight nonassisted starting
зарегистрированный план полета
filed flight plan
заход на посадку после полета по кругу
circle-to-land
защитная зона для полетов вертолетов
helicopter protected zone
заявка на полет
flight request
зона воздушного пространства с особым режимом полета
airspace restricted area
зона ожидания для визуальных полетов
visual holding point
зона полетов
operational area
зона полетов вертолетов
helicopter traffic zone
зона тренировочных полетов
training area
изменение маршрута полета
flight diversion
изменение плана полета
flight replanning
изменение траектории полета
takeoff profile change
измерять маршрут полета
replan the flight
иметь место в полете
be experienced in flight
имитатор условий полета
flight simulator
имитация в полете
inflight simulation
имитация полета в натуральных условиях
full-scale flight
имитируемый полет
simulated flight
имитируемый полет по приборам
simulated instrument flight
индикатор хода полета
flight progress display
инспектор по производству полетов
operations inspector
инструктаж по условиям полета по маршруту
route briefing
инструктаж при аварийной обстановке в полете
inflight emergency instruction
инструктор по производству полетов
flight operations instructor
инструкция по обеспечению безопасности полетов
air safety rules
инструкция по производству полетов
operation instruction
интенсивность полетов
flying intensity
информация о ходе полета
flight progress information
испытание в свободном полете
free-flight test
испытание двигателя в полете
inflight engine test
испытание на максимальную дальность полета
full-distance test
испытание путем имитации полета
simulated flight test
испытания по замеру нагрузки в полете
flight stress measurement tests
испытательные полеты
test fly
испытательный полет
1. test operation
2. shakedown flight 3. test flight 4. trial flight испытываемый в полете
under flight test
испытывать в полете
test in flight
Исследовательская группа по безопасности полетов
Aviation Security Study Group
исходная высота полета при заходе на посадку
reference approach height
исходная схема полета
reference flight procedure
канал передачи данных в полете
flight data link
карта планирования полетов на малых высотах
low altitude flight planning chart
карта полета
aerial map
карта полетов
1. flight chart
2. flight map категория ИКАО по обеспечению полета
facility performance ICAO category
квалификационная отметка о допуске к визуальным полетам
visual flying rating
Комитет по безопасности полетов
Safety Investigation Board
коммерческий полет
commercial operation
компьютерное планирование полетов
computer flight planning
контролируемое воздушное пространство предназначенное для полетов по приборам
instrument restricted airspace
контролируемый полет
controlled flight
контроль за полетом
flight monitoring
контроль за производством полетов
operating supervision
контроль за ходом полета
flight supervision
контрольный полет
1. check
2. checkout flight контрольный полет перед приемкой
flight acceptance test
контроль полета
flight watch
конфигурация при полете на маршруте
en-route configuration
короткий полет
hop
крейсерская скорость для полета максимальной дальности
long-range cruise speed
крейсерский полет
1. cruise
2. cruising flight кресло, расположенное перпендикулярно направлению полета
outboard facing seat
кресло, расположенное по направлению полета
forward facing seat
кресло, расположенное против направления полета
aft facing seat
кривая зависимости коммерческой от дальности полета
payload-range curve
кривая изменения высоты полета
altitude curve
кривизна траектории полета
flight path curvature
круговой маршрут полета
round trip
кругосветный полет
around-the-world flight
круг полета над аэродромом
1. aerodrome circuit
2. aerodrome circle курсограф траектории полета
flight-path plotter
курс полета
flight course
курсы подготовки пилотов к полетам по приборам
instrument pilot school
левый круг полета
left circuit
летать в режиме бреющего полета
fly at a low level
летная полоса, оборудованная для полетов по приборам
instrument strip
линия полета
line of flight
линия полета по курсу
on-course line
линия пути полета
flight track
магистральный полет
long-distance flight
малошумный полет
noiseless flight
маневр в полете
inflight manoeuvre
маршрут минимального времени полета
minimum time track
маршрутная карта полетов на малых высотах
low altitude en-route chart
маршрутное планирование полетов
en-route flight planning
маршрут полета
1. flight route
2. flight lane маршрут полета в направлении от вторичных радиосредств
track from secondary radio facility
медицинская служба обеспечения полетов
aeromedical safety division
меры безопасности в полете
flight safety precautions
местные полеты
local flying
метеосводка по трассе полета
airway climatic data
методика выполнения полета с минимальным шумом
minimum noise procedure
механизм для создания условий полета в нестабильной атмосфере
rough air mechanism
механизм открытия защелки в полете
mechanical flight release latch
мешать обзору в полете
obscure inflight view
минимальная высота полета по кругу
minimum circling procedure height
минимальная крейсерская высота полета
minimum cruising level
минимальная скорость полета
minimum flying speed
минимум для полетов по кругу
circling minima
многоэтапный полет
multistage flight
моделирование условий полета
flight simulation
набирать высоту при полете по курсу
climb on the course
набирать заданную скорость полета
obtain the flying speed
нагрузка в полете
flight load
нагрузка в полете от поверхности управления
flight control load
надежность в полете
inflight reliability
наземный ориентир на трассе полета
en-route ground mark
накладывать ограничения на полеты
restrict the operations
намеченный маршрут полета
the route to be flown
направление полета
flight direction
начинать полет
commence the flight
незамкнутый маршрут полета
open-jaw trip
неконтролируемый полет
uncontrolled flight
необходимые меры предосторожности в полете
flight reasonable precautions
неожиданное препятствие в полете
hidden flight hazard
неофициальная информация о полете
unofficial flight information
неправильно оцененное расстояние в полете
misjudged flight distance
неправильно принятое в полете решение
improper in-flight decision
непрерывная запись хода полета
continuous flight record
непригодный к выполнению полетов
unflyable
непроизвольное увеличение высоты полета
altitude gain
неразрешенный полет
unauthorized operation
несбалансированный полет
out-of-trim flight
несоответствие плану полета
flight discrepancy
неуправляемый полет
incontrollable flight
неустановившийся полет
1. unsteady flight
2. transient flight нижний обзор в полете
downward inflight view
нижний эшелон полета
lower flight level
нормы шума при полетах на эшелоне
level flight noise requirements
ночной полет
night flight
ночные полеты
night-time flying
ночные учебные полеты
night training
обеспечение безопасности полетов
promotion of safety
обеспечение эшелонирования полетов воздушных судов
aircraft separation assurance
обеспечивать соблюдение правил полетов
enforce rules of the air
обзор в полете
inflight view
оборудование автоматического управления полетом
automatic flight control equipment
оборудование для демонстрационных полетов
sign towing equipment
оборудование для полетов в темное время суток
night-flying equipment
оборудование для полетов по приборам
blind flight equipment
обратный маршрут полета
return trip
обратный полет
return
обучение в процессе полетов
flying training
огни на трассе полета
airway lights
ограничение времени полета
flight duty period
ограничение по скорости полета
air-speed limitation
односторонний маршрут полета
single trip
ожидание в процессе полета
hold en-route
ознакомительный полет
familiarization flight
опасные условия полета
hazardous flight conditions
оперативное планирование полетов
operational flight planning
оперировать органами управления полетом
1. handle the flight controls
2. manipulate the flight controls описание маршрута полета
route description
опознавание в полете
aerial identification
определять зону полета воздушного судна
space the aircraft
организация полетов
flight regulation
ориентировочный прогноз на полет
provisional flight forecast
особые меры в полете
in-flight extreme care
особые случаи выполнения полетов
abnormal operations
особые явления погоды на маршруте полета
en-route weather phenomena
остановка на маршруте полета
en-route stop
остановка при полете обратно
outbound stopover
остановка при полете туда
inbound stopover
осуществлять контроль за ходом полета
exercise flight supervision
отклонение от курса полета
deviation
отклонение от линии горизонтального полета
deviation from the level flight
отклоняться от плана полета
deviate from the flight plan
открытая для полетов ВПП
operational runway
открытый для полетов
navigable
отменять полет
1. cancel the flight
2. cancel operation отрезок полета
portion of a flight
отсчет показаний при полете на глиссаде
on-slope indication
отчет о полете
flight history
оценка пилотом ситуации в полете
pilot judgement
очередность полетов
air priority
панель контроля хода полета
flight deck
парящие полеты
sail fly
парящий полет
1. soaring flight
2. sailing flight первый полет
maiden flight
переводить воздушное судно в горизонтальный полет
put the aircraft over
перегоночный полет
1. delivery flight
2. ferry operation 3. ferry flight передний обзор в полете
forward inflight view
переход в режим горизонтального полета
puchover
перечень необходимого исправного оборудования для полета
minimum equipment item
персонал по обеспечению полетов
flight operations personnel
планирование полетов
flight planning
планирование полетов экипажей
crew scheduling
планируемый полет
intended flight
планирующий полет
gliding flight
план повторяющихся полетов
repetitive flight plan
план полета
flight plan
план полета, переданный с борта
air-filed flight plan
план полета по приборам
instrument flight plan
планшет хода полета
flight progress board
повторный запуск в полете
flight restart
погрешность выдерживания высоты полета
height-keeping error
подвергать полет опасности
jeopardize the flight
подготовка для полетов по приборам
instrument flight training
подготовленная для полетов ВПП
maintained runway
поисковый полет
search operation
полет без крена
wings-level flight
полет в восточном направлении
eastbound flight
полет в зоне ожидания
1. holding flight
2. holding полет в направлении на станцию
flight inbound the station
полет в направлении от станции
flight outbound the station
полет в невозмущенной атмосфере
still-air flight
полет вне расписания
1. nonscheduled flight
2. unscheduled flight полет вне установленного маршрута
off-airway flight
полет в нормальных метеоусловиях
normal weather operation
полет в обоих направлениях
back-to-back flight
полет в одном направлении
one-way flight
полет в пределах континента
coast-to-coast flight
полет в режиме висения
hover flight
полет в режиме ожидания
holding operation
полет в режиме ожидания на маршруте
holding en-route operation
полет в связи с особыми обстоятельствами
special event flight
полет в сложных метеоусловиях
bad-weather flight
полет в строю
formation flight
полет в условиях болтанки
1. bumpy-air flight
2. turbulent flight полет в условиях отсутствия видимости
nonvisual flight
полет в условиях плохой видимости
low-visibility flight
полет в установленной зоне
standoff flight
полет в установленном секторе
sector flight
полет для выполнения наблюдений с воздуха
1. aerial survey flight
2. aerial survey operation полет для выполнения работ
1. aerial work operation
2. aerial work flight полет для контроля состояния посевов
crop control flight
полет для контроля состояния посевов с воздуха
crop control operation
полет для ознакомления с местностью
orientation flight
полет для оказания медицинской помощи
aerial ambulance operation
полет для проверки летных характеристик
performance flight
полет для разведки метеорологической обстановки
meteorological reconnaissance flight
полет на автопилоте
autocontrolled flight
полет на аэростате
ballooning
полет на буксире
aerotow flight
полет на дальность
distance flight
полет над водным пространством
1. overwater flight
2. overwater operation полет над облаками
overweather flight
полет над открытым морем
flight over the high seas
полет на конечном этапе захода на посадку
final approach operation
полет на короткое расстояние
1. flip
2. short-haul flight полет на крейсерском режиме
normal cruise operation
полет на критическом угле атаки
stall flight
полет на малой высоте
low flying operation
полет на малой скорости
low-speed flight
полет на малом газе
idle flight
полет на малых высотах
low flight
полет на номинальном расчетном режиме
with rated power flight
полет на одном двигателе
single-engined flight
полет на ориентир
directional homing
полет на полном газе
full-throttle flight
полет на продолжительность
endurance flight
полет на режиме авторотации
autorotational flight
полет на среднем участке маршрута
mid-course flight
полет на участке между третьим и четвертым разворотами
base leg operation
полетное время, продолжительность полета в данный день
flying time today
полет, открывающий воздушное сообщение
inaugural flight
полет под наблюдением
supervised flight
полет по дополнительному маршруту
extra section flight
полет по заданной траектории
desired path flight
полет по заданному маршруту
desired track flight
полет по замкнутому кругу
closed-circuit flight
полет по замкнутому маршруту
round-trip
полет по индикации на стекле
head-up flight
полет по инерции
1. coasting flight
2. coast полет по коробочке
box-pattern flight
полет по круговому маршруту
1. round-trip flight
2. circling полет по кругу
circuit-circling
полет по кругу в районе аэродрома
aerodrome traffic circuit operation
полет по кругу над аэродромом
1. aerodrome circuit-circling
2. aerodrome circling полет по курсу
flight on heading
полет по локсодромии
rhumb-line flight
полет по маршруту
1. en-route operation
2. en-route flight полет по маякам ВОР
VOR course flight
полет по наземным ориентирам
visual navigation flight
полет по наземным ориентирам или по командам наземных станций
reference flight
полет по полному маршруту
entire flight
полет по приборам
1. blind flight
2. instrument flight 3. head-down flight 4. instrument flight rules operation полет по приборам, обязательный для данной зоны
compulsory IFR flight
полет по размеченному маршруту
point-to-point flight
полет по расписанию
1. scheduled flight
2. regular flight полет по сигналам с земли
directed reference flight
полет по условным меридианам
grid flight
полет по установленным правилам
flight under the rules
полет с боковым ветром
cross-wind flight
полет с визуальной ориентировкой
visual contact flight
полет с выключенным двигателем
engine-off flight
полет с выключенными двигателями
power-off flight
полет с дозаправкой топлива в воздухе
refuelling flight
полет с инструктором
1. dual flight
2. dual operation полет с креном
banked flight
полет с набором высоты
1. nose-up flying
2. climbing flight полет с несимметричной тягой двигателей
asymmetric flight
полет с обычным взлетом и посадкой
conventional flight
полет со встречным ветром
head-wind flight
полет со снижением
1. downward flight
2. nose-down flying 3. descending operation 4. descending flight полет со сносом
drift flight
полет с отклонением
diverted flight
полет с парированием сноса
crabbing flight
полет с пересечением границ
border-crossing flight
полет с помощью радионавигационных средств
radio navigation flight
полет с попутным ветром
tailwind flight
полет с посадкой
entire journey
полет с постоянным курсом
single-heading flight
полет с промежуточной остановкой
one-stop flight
полет с работающим двигателем
engine-on flight
полет с работающими двигателями
1. powered flight
2. power-on flight полет с сопровождающим
chased flight
полет с убранными закрылками
flapless flight
полет с уменьшением скорости
decelerating flight
полет с ускорением
accelerated flight
полет с целью перебазирования
positioning flight
полет с целью установления координат объекта поиска
aerial spotting operation
полет с частного воздушного судна
private flight
полет туда-обратно
1. turn-around operation
2. turnround flight полет туда - обратно
out-and-return flight
полет хвостом вперед
rearward flight
полеты авиации общего назначения
general aviation operations
полеты воздушных судов
aircraft flying
полеты в районе открытого моря
off-shore operations
полеты в светлое время суток
daylight operations
полеты в темное время суток
night operations
полеты гражданских воздушных судов
civil air operations
полеты на высоких эшелонах
high-level operations
полеты на малых высотах
low flying
полеты планера
glider flying
полеты по воздушным трассам
airways flying
полеты по изобаре
pressure flying
полеты по контрольным точкам
fix-to-fix flying
полеты по кругу
circuit flying
полеты по наземным естественным ориентирам
terrain fly
полеты по низким метеоминимумам
low weather operations
полеты по обратному лучу
back beam flying
полеты по ортодромии
great-circle flying
полеты по прямому лучу
front beam flying
полеты по радиолучу
radio-beam fly
полеты с использованием радиомаяков
radio-range fly
получать задания на полет
receive flight instruction
по полету
looking forward
порядок действий во время полета
inflight procedure
посадка на маршруте полета
intermediate landing
правила визуального полета
1. visual flight rules
2. contact flight rules правила полета в аварийной обстановке
emergency flight procedures
правила полета по кругу
circuit rules
правила полетов
1. rules of the air
2. flight rules правила полетов по приборам
instrument flight rules
правый круг полета
1. right circuit
2. right-hand circle предварительная заявка на полет
advance flight plan
предварительные меры по обеспечению безопасности полетов
advance arrangements
предписанный маршрут полета
prescribed flight track
предполагаемая траектория полета
intended flight path
представление плана полета
submission of a flight plan
представлять план полета
submit the flight plan
предупреждение опасных условий полета
avoidance of hazardous conditions
преимущественное право полета
traffic privilege
препятствие на пути полета
air obstacle
прерванный полет
aborted operation
прерывать полет
1. break the journey
2. abort the flight пригодность для полета на местных воздушных линиях
local availability
пригодный для полета только в светлое время суток
available for daylight operation
придерживаться плана полета
adhere to the flight plan
приемно-сдаточный полет
acceptance flight
приспособление для захвата объектов в процессе полета
flight pick-up equipment
проведение работ по снижению высоты препятствий для полетов
obstacle clearing
проверено в полете
flight checked
проверка в полете
flight check
проверка готовности экипажа к полету
flight crew supervision
проверка обеспечения полетов на маршруте
route-proving trial
программа всепогодных полетов
all-weather operations program
прогулочные полеты
pleasure flying
прогулочный полет
1. pleasure operation
2. pleasure flight 3. с осмотром достопримечательностей sight-seeing flight продолжать полет
continue the flight
продолжать полет на аэронавигационном запасе топлива
continue operating on the fuel reserve
продолжительность полета
1. flight endurance
2. flight duration продолжительность полета без дозаправки топливом
nonrefuelling duration
прокладка маршрута полета
flight routing
прокладка маршрута полета согласно указанию службы управления движением
air traffic control routing
пространственная ориентация в полете
inflight spatial orientation
против полета
looking aft
прямолинейный полет
straight flight
пункт трассы полета
airway fix
пункт управления полетами
operations tower
рабочий эшелон полета
usable flight level
радиолокационный обзор в полете
inflight radar scanning
разбор полета
postflight debriefing
разворот на курс полета
joining turn
разрешение в процессе полета по маршруту
en-route clearance
разрешение на выполнение плана полета
flight plan clearance
разрешение на выполнение полета
permission for operation
разрешение на полет
1. flight clearance
2. operational clearance разрешение на полет в зоне ожидания
holding clearance
разрешение на полет по приборам
instrument clearance
разрешенные полеты на малой высоте
authorized low flying
разрешенный полет
authorized operation
районный диспетчерский пункт управления полетами
area flight control
район полетов верхнего воздушного пространства
upper flight region
распечатка сведений о полете
navigation hard copy
расписание полетов
flight timetable
расходы при подготовке к полетам
pre-operating costs
расчет времени полета
time-of-flight calculation
расчетная дальность полета
design flying range
расчетная скорость полета
reference flight speed
расчетное время полета
estimated time of flight
реальные условия полета
actual flight conditions
регистратор параметров полета
1. flight data recorder
2. black box регистрация плана полета
flight plan filing
регистрировать план полета
file the flight plan
регулярность полетов
regularity of operations
режим полета
1. mode of flight
2. flight mode резервный план полета
stored flight plan
рекламный полет
advertizing flight
рекомендации по обеспечению безопасности полетов
safety recommendations
рекомендуемая траектория полета
desired flight path
руководство по полетам воздушных судов гражданской авиации
civil air regulations
руководство по производству полетов в зоне аэродрома
aerodrome rules
руководство по управлению полетами
flight control fundamentals
самостоятельный полет
1. solo flight
2. solo operation сближение в полете
air miss
сбор за аэронавигационное обслуживание на трассе полета
en-route facility charge
сверхзвуковой полет
supersonic flight
свидетельство о допуске к полетам
certificate of safety for flight
свободный полет
free flight
свободный эшелон полета
odd flight level
связь для управления полетами
control communication
связь по обеспечению регулярности полетов
flight regularity communication
сдвиг ветра в зоне полета
flight wind shear
Секция полетов и летной годности
operations-airworthiness Section
(ИКАО) сертификационный испытательный полет
certification test flight
сертифицировать как годный к полетам
certify as airworthy
сигнал действий в полете
flight urgency signal
сигнализация аварийной обстановки в полете
air alert warning
сигнал между воздушными судами в полете
air-to-air signal
сигнал полета по курсу
on-course signal
система имитации полета
flight simulation system
система инспектирования полетов
flight inspection system
система информации о состоянии безопасности полетов
aviation safety reporting system
система обеспечения полетов
flight operations system
система предупреждения конфликтных ситуаций в полете
conflict alert system
система управления полетом
1. flight control system
2. flight management system сквозной полет
through flight
скольжение в направлении полета
forwardslip
скоростной полет
high-speed flight
скорость горизонтального полета
level-flight speed
скорость набора высоты при полете по маршруту
en-route climb speed
скорость полета
flight speed
скорость полета на малом газе
flight idle speed
скорость установившегося полета
steady flight speed
следить за полетом
monitor the flight
служба безопасности полетов
airworthiness division
служба обеспечения полетов
flight service
смещенный эшелон полета
staggered flight level
снежный заряд в зоне полета
inflight snow showers
снижать высоту полета воздушного судна
push the aircraft down
создавать опасность полету
make an operation hazardous
сообщение о ходе выполнения полета
progress report
составлять план полета
complete the flight plan
состояние годности к полетам
flyable status
состояние готовности ВПП к полетам
clear runway status
списание девиации в полете
airswinging
списание девиации компаса в полете
air compass swinging
списание радиодевиации в полете
airborne error measurement
способствовать выполнению полета
affect flight operation
средства обеспечения полета
flying aids
средства обеспечения полетов по приборам
nonvisual aids
срок представления плана на полет
flight plan submission deadline
станция службы обеспечения полетов
flight service station
схема визуального полета по кругу
visual circling procedure
схема полета
flight procedure
схема полета в зоне ожидания
holding procedure
схема полета по кругу
1. circling procedure
2. circuit pattern схема полета по маршруту
en-route procedure
схема полета по приборам
instrument flight procedure
схема полета по приборам в зоне ожидания
instrument holding procedure
схема полета с минимальным расходом топлива
fuel savings procedure
схема полетов
bug
схема полетов по кругу
traffic circuit
счетчик дальности полета
distance flown counter
счетчик пройденного километража в полете
air-mileage indicator
счисление пути полета
flight dead reckoning
считывание показаний приборов в полете
flight instrument reading
таблица эшелонов полета
flight level table
тариф для отдельного участка полета
sectorial fare
тариф для полета в одном направлении
single fare
тариф для полетов внутри одной страны
cabotage fare
тариф на отдельном участке полета
sectorial rate
тариф на полет в ночное время суток
night fare
тариф на полет по замкнутому кругу
round trip fare
тариф на полет с возвратом в течение суток
day round trip fare
текущий план полета
current flight plan
теория полета
theory of flight
техника выполнения полетов
operating technique
тип полета
flight type
точность слежения за траекторией полета
path tracking accuracy
траектория горизонтального полета
1. horizontal flight path
2. level flight path траектория неустановившегося полета
transient flight path
траектория полета
flight path
траектория полета в зоне ожидания
holding path
траектория полета наименьшей продолжительности
minimum flight path
траектория полета по маршруту
en-route flight path
траектория полета с предпосылкой к конфликтной ситуации
conflicting flight path
траектория полетов по низким минимумам погоды
low weather minima path
трансконтинентальный полет
overland flight
тренажер для подготовки к полетам по приборам
instrument flight trainer
тренировочный полет
1. practice flight
2. training flight 3. practice operation 4. training operation тренировочный полет с инструктором
training dual flight
тренировочный самостоятельный полет
training solo flight
тяга в полете
flight thrust
увеличивать дальность полета
extend range
угол наклона траектории полета
flight path angle
угрожать безопасности полетов
jeopardize flight safety
угроза безопасности полетов
flight safety hazard
угроза применения взрывчатого устройства в полете
inflight bomb threat
удостоверение на право полета по авиалинии
airline certificate
удостоверение на право полета по приборам
instrument certificate
указания по условиям эксплуатации в полете
inflight operational instructions
указатель местоположения в полете
air position indicator
указатель утвержденных маршрутов полета
routing indicator
управление воздушным движением на трассе полета
airways control
управление полетом
flight management
управляемый полет
1. man-directed flight
2. vectored flight управлять ходом полета
govern the flight
уровень безопасности полетов воздушного судна
aircraft safety factor
условия в полете
in-flight conditions
условия нагружения в полете
flight loading conditions
условное обозначение в сообщении о ходе полета
flight report identification
условное обозначение события в полете
flight occurrence identification
устанавливать режим полета
establish the flight conditions
установившийся полет
1. stationary flight
2. unaccelerated flight 3. stabilized flight 4. steady flight установленная схема полета по кругу
fixed circuit
установленные обязанности в полете
prescribed flight duty
установленный маршрут полета
the route to be followed
установленный порядок выполнения полета
approved flight procedure
устойчивость в полете
inflight stability
устойчивость на траектории полета
arrow flight stability
утвержденный план полета
approved flight plan
уточнение задания на полет
flight coordination
уточнение плана полета
change to a flight plan
уточнение плана полета по сведениям, полученным в полете
inflight operational planning
уточнять план полета
modify the flight plan
ухудшение в полете
flight deterioration
участник полета
1. flyer
2. flier участок крейсерского полета
cruising segment
участок маршрута полета
1. air leg
2. airborne segment участок полета без коммерческих прав
blind sector
участок траектории полета
flight path segment
учебные полеты
instruction flying
учебный полет
instructional operation
учебный полет с инструктором
instructional dual flight
учебный проверочный полет
instructional check flight
учебный самостоятельный полет
instructional solo flight
фактическая траектория полета
actual flight path
фигурный полет
acrobatic flight
характеристика набора высоты при полете по маршруту
en-route climb performance
целевой полет
itinerant operation
цепь поля возбуждения
exciting circuit
цифровая система наведения в полете
digital flight guidance system
чартерный рейс при наличии регулярных полетов
on-line charter
чартерный рейс при отсутствии регулярных полетов
off-line charter
частота на маршруте полета
en-route frequency
частота полетов
frequency of operations
челночные полеты
shuttle flights
чрезвычайное обстоятельство в полете
flight emergency circumstance
широковещательная радиостанция службы обеспечения полетов
aerodynamic broadcast station
шторка слепого полета
instrument flying bind
экспериментальный полет
1. experimental flight
2. experimental operation эксплуатационная дальность полета
flight service range
эксплуатационная дальность полета воздушного судна
aircraft operational range
электронная система управления полетом
flight management computer system
этапа полета в пределах одного государства
domestic flight stage
этап полета
1. operation phase
2. flight stage этап полета над другим государством
international flight stage
этап полета по маршруту
en-route flight phase
этап полета, указанный в полетном купоне
flight coupon stage
эшелонирование полетов воздушных судов
aircraft spacing
эшелон полета
flight level

Русско-английский авиационный словарь > полет
19 bueno

adj.

1 good, fine, okay.

2 good-hearted, decent, kind, good.

3 good, suitable, wholesome.

4 favorable, good.

intj.

1 okay.

2 now then.

3 hello.

* * *

bueno

► adjetivo

1 (gen) good

■ es una película muy buena it's a very good film

■ los niños buenos obedecen a sus padres good children obey their parents

■ lo que necesitas es una buena taza de café what you need is a nice cup of coffee

2 (persona - amable) kind; (- agradable) nice, polite

3 (tiempo) good, nice

■ hizo un día muy bueno the weather was very good

4 (apropiado) right, suitable; (correcto) right

■ no es bueno para los niños pequeños it's not suitable for small children

■ esta llave no es la buena this key isn't the right one

5 (de salud) well

■ ¿ya estás buena? are you better now?

6 (grande) big; (considerable) considerable

■ un buen número de participantes quite a few participants

► interjección ¡bueno!

1 (sorpresa) well, very well; (de acuerdo) all right!

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FRASEOLOGÍA

de buenas a primeras familiar all of a sudden, just like that

estar bueno,-a to be in good health 2 familiar to be good-looking

estar de buen ver to be good-looking

por la buenas willingly

¡ésta sí que es buena! familiar that's a good one!

buen humor good humour (US humor)

buenas noches good evening

buenas tardes good afternoon

buenos días good morning

la buena mesa good food

la buena vida the good life Table 1 NOTA See also buen/Table 1

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(f. - buena)

adj.

1) good

2) kind, nice

3) large, considerable

4) healthy, well

* * *
bueno, -a
1. ADJ
( antes de sm sing buen)
1) [gen] good; [tiempo] fine, good, fair

es un buen libro — it's a good book

está muy bueno este bizcocho — this sponge cake is lovely o really good

tiene buena voz — she has a good voice

les gusta la buena vida — they like the good life

es buen traductor — he's a good translator

hace buen tiempo — the weather's fine o good o fair

los buenos tiempos — the good old days

la mano buena — hum the right hand

¡bueno está! — LAm that's enough!

¡qué bueno! — esp LAm excellent!, great!

lo bueno es que... — the best thing is that..., the best part is that...

lo bueno fue que ni siquiera quiso venir — the best thing o part was that he didn't even want to come

- lo bueno, si breve, dos veces bueno

2) (=bondadoso) [persona] kind, good

fue muy bueno conmigo — he was very kind o good to me

es usted muy bueno — you are very kind

sé bueno — be good

es buena persona — he's a nice person, he's a good sort

- es más bueno que el pan

3) (=apropiado) good

este es un buen momento para comprar — this is a good time to buy

no es bueno que esté solo — it's not good for him to be alone

ser bueno para — to be good for

esta bebida es buena para la salud — this drink is good for your health

4) [de salud]

estar bueno — to be well

ponerse bueno — to get better

5) * (=atractivo)

está muy bueno — he's a bit of all right *, he's gorgeous *

6) (=considerable) good, large

un buen número de... — a good o large number of...

una buena cantidad de dinero — a large amount of money

un buen trozo de... — a nice big piece of...

le eché un buen rapapolvo — I gave him a good telling-off

le di un buen susto — I gave him a real fright

ganó buenos duros — she earned a good deal of money

7) iró

¡buen conductor! — a fine driver you are!, some driver you are!

¡esa sí que es buena! — that's a good one!

¡buena la has liado o hecho! — you've really gone and done it now!

¡en buen lío me he metido! — I've got myself into a fine mess!

¡estaría bueno! — * I should hope not!

estaría bueno que... — it would be just great if...

luego verás lo que es bueno — * then you'll see

le pusieron bueno — * (=lo pegaron) they beat the living daylights out of him *; (=lo criticaron) they slagged him off *

le dio un tortazo de los buenos — he gave him a hell of a thump *

8) [en saludos]

¡buenas! — hello!

buenos días — good morning

buenas tardes — [a primera hora] good afternoon; [más tarde] good evening

¿qué hay de bueno? — what's new?

9)

- estar de buenas

- estar en la buena

- hacer algo a la buena de Dios

por las buenas —

resolver algo por las buenas — to settle sth amicably

irás por las buenas o por las malas — you'll go whether you like it or not

si no me obedeces por las buenas, tendrás que hacerlo por las malas — you can either do as I say willingly, or I'll have to force you to do it

- de buenas a primeras

decir una noticia a algn de buenas a primeras — to spring a piece of news on sb

2.

ADV

¡bueno! — all right!, O.K.!; Méx (Telec) hello!

bueno, pues... — well...

bueno, resulta que... — well, it so happens that...

bueno, ¿y qué? — well, so what?, well?

¡pero bueno, cómo puedes ser tan bruto! — honestly, how can you be so stupid!

pero bueno, no nos vamos a meter en historias — but anyway, let's not go into this

3. SM / F

1)

el bueno — [de la película] the goody *, the good guy *

2)

el bueno de Manolo — good old Manolo

* * *
I
- na adjetivo

[ buen is used before masculine singular nouns]

Sentido I

1)

a) [ser] ( de calidad) <hotel/producto> good

tiene buena memoria — she has a good memory

ropa buena — good-quality clothes

hizo un buen trabajo — she did a good job

lo bueno si breve dos veces bueno — brevity is the soul of wit

b) ( valioso) good

qué buena idea! — what a good idea!

buenos consejos — good o useful advice

c) (válido, correcto) <razón/excusa> good

bueno está lo bueno (pero no lo demasiado) — (fam) you can have too much of a good thing

2)

a) [ser] ( competente) <médico/alumno> good

ser bueno en algo — to be good at something

es muy buena en francés — she's very good at French

ser bueno para algo: es muy buena para los negocios — she's got a very good head for business

b) <padre/marido/amigo> good

c) (eficaz, efectivo) <remedio/método> good

es bueno para la gripe/los dolores de cabeza — it's good for the flu/headaches

3) ( favorable) <oferta/suerte> good

buenas noticias — good news

la novela tuvo muy buena(s) crítica(s) — the novel got very good reviews

están en buena posición económica — they're comfortably off

en las buenas — (CS) in the good times

estar de buenas — ( de buen humor) (fam) to be in a good mood; ( afortunado) (Col fam) to be lucky

por las buenas — willingly

4) [ser] ( conveniente) good

no es buena hora para llamar — it's not a good time to phone

sería bueno que hablaras con él — it would be a good idea if you spoke to him

no es bueno comer tanto — it isn't good to eat so much

5) (ingenioso, divertido) <chiste/idea> good, great (colloq)

lo bueno fue que... — the funny thing was...

6)

a) ( agradable) nice

hace muy buen tiempo — the weather's lovely

b) ( agradable al paladar - en general)

ser bueno — to be good, be nice; (- de algo en particular)

estar bueno — to be good, be nice

el guacamole es buenísimo — guacamole is really good

qué buena está la carne! — the meat is delicious

c)

qué bueno! — (AmL) great!

qué bueno que lo trajiste! — it's a good thing you brought it

7) [estar] ( en buen estado)

esta leche no está buena — this milk is off o sour

¿este pescado estará bueno? — do you think this fish is all right?

8) [estar] (fam) ( sexualmente atractivo)

está muy buena — she's gorgeous (colloq)

está buenísimo — he's really gorgeous o hunky (colloq)

9) (saludable, sano) <costumbre/alimentación> good

tiene muy buen semblante — she looks very well

bueno y sano — (Chi) ( sin novedad) safe and sound; ( sobrio) sober

10) (en fórmulas, saludos) good

buenos días! or (RPl) buen día! — good morning

buenas tardes! — ( temprano) good afternoon; ( más tarde) good evening

buenas noches! — ( al llegar) good evening; ( al despedirse) good night

dale las buenas noches a la abuela — say good night to Grandma

buen viaje! — have a good trip!

buen provecho! — enjoy your meal, bon appetit

de buenas a primeras — ( de repente) suddenly

Sentido II

11)

a) [ser] ( en sentido ético) good

fueron muy buenos conmigo — they were very good to me

b) [ser] < niño> good

sé bueno — behave (yourself)

Sentido III

12) (iró & fam)

estaría bueno que ahora dijera que no! — it'd be just great if he said no now! (iro & colloq)

en buena nos hemos metido! — this is a fine mess we've got(ten) ourselves into

de los buenos/de las buenas — (fam)

nos echó un sermón de los buenos — she gave us a real dressing down (colloq)

13) (delante del n) ( uso enfático)

se llevó un buen susto — she got a terrible fright

se metió en un buen lío — he got himself into a fine mess

todavía nos falta un buen trecho — we still have a fair way to go

una buena cantidad — a fair amount

14)

un buen día — one day

un buen día se va a cansar y... — one day o one of these days she's going to get fed up and...

un buen día llegó y dijo... — one (fine) day she came home and said...

•

- buena forma

- buena mesa

- buena pieza
II
- na masculino, femenino

a) (hum o leng infantil) (en películas, cuentos) goody (colloq)

los buenos y los malos — the good guys and the bad guys (colloq)

b) (bonachón, buenazo)

el bueno de Juan/la buena de Pilar — good old Juan/Pilar
III
interjección

1)

a) (expresando conformidad, asentimiento) OK (colloq), all right

¿un café? - bueno — coffee? - OK o all right

b) (expresando duda, indecisión, escepticismo) well

bueno... ¿qué quieres que te diga? — well... what can I say?

c) ( expresando resignación)

bueno, otra vez será — never mind, maybe next time

2)

a) ( expresando irritación)

bueno, se acabó a la cama! — right, that's it, bed!

pero, bueno ¿lo quiere o no? — well, do you want it or not?

y bueno! ¿qué querías que hiciera? — (RPl) well, what did you expect me to do?

b) (expresando sorpresa, desagrado) (well) really!

bueno! esto era lo único que faltaba — (iró) oh, great! that's all we needed (iro)

3)

a) ( introduciendo o reanudando un tema) now then, right then

bueno, ¿dónde estábamos? — now (then) o right (then), where were we?

b) ( calificando lo expresado) well

no es un lugar turístico, bueno, no lo era — it isn't a tourist resort, well o at least, it didn't use to be

4) (Méx) ( al contestar el teléfono)

bueno! — hello

* * *

= fantastic, good [better -comp., best -sup.], neat [neater -comp., neatest -sup.], nice, sound [sounder -comp., soundest -sup.], seemly, decent, creditable, fantastical, good-natured, good-hearted, kind [kinder -comp., kindest -sup.].

Ex. GODORT has done a fantastic job of dealing with and solving documents problems.

Ex. A good thesaurus is a list that has been compiled to serve in the retrieval environment in which it is called upon to operate.

Ex. What is possibly less easy is to making sure that the guiding stays clean, neat and accurate.

Ex. One time he showed me a photograph in an art book of a woman's bare breasts and said ' Nice tits, uh?'.

Ex. Thus the scheme has a sound organisational backing.

Ex. They were the first cloth bindings that were intended to compete with paper boards as seemly but inexpensive covers for ordinary books.

Ex. At present, the Internet's international expansion is hampered by the lack of a good supporting infrastructure, namely a decent telephone system.

Ex. Maybe there is not creditable model, but a lot of publishers are trying to be the onw who discovers the best approach.

Ex. Adorno's distinction between fantastical thought & the commodification of fantasy in the form of literature is addressed.

Ex. The illustrations were projected on a large screen and the children were able to see that it was a locus amoenus and a reflection of the character of the good-natured host.

Ex. Relaxing, joking and just being around guys and gals who are good-hearted people was just the ticket we needed.

Ex. I would like to extend my thanks to our host who was kind enough to invite me.

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* a buen recaudo = in a safe place, in safekeeping.

* acabarse la buena racha = the good times + run out.

* acabarse la (buena) suerte = run out of + luck, luck + run out.

* actuar de buena fe = act in + good faith.

* a la buena de Dios = out in the cold.

* algo bueno = a good thing.

* amante de la buena bebida = drink enthusiast.

* amante de la buena mesa = food enthusiast.

* apartarse del buen camino = go off + the rails, stray from + the straight and narrow.

* buen = good [better -comp., best -sup.].

* buena calidad = goodness.

* buena causa = good cause.

* buena comida, la = good food.

* buena compañía = good company.

* buena compra = good buy.

* buena condición física = physical fitness.

* buena decisión = good judgement.

* buena disposición = good nature, goodwill [good will], readiness.

* Posesivo + buena estrella = Posesivo + lucky star.

* buena fama = well respected, good repute, good reputation.

* buena fe = goodwill [good will].

* buena forma física = fitness, physical fitness.

* buena fortuna = good fortune.

* buena idea = cool idea.

* buena influencia = good influence.

* buen ajuste = good fit.

* buen amigo = good friend.

* buena oferta = good deal.

* buena racha = winning streak.

* buena relación = rapport.

* buena relación calidad-precio = value for money.

* buena reputación = well respected, good repute, good reputation.

* buena salud = good health.

* buenas costumbres = propriety, mores, decorum.

* buenas noticas, las = good word, the.

* buenas noticias = glad tidings.

* buenas prácticas = best practices.

* buena suerte = good luck!, good fortune, good luck.

* ¡buena suerte! = break a leg!.

* buena suma de dinero = hefty sum of money.

* buenas vibraciones = vibrations, good vibes.

* buena tierra = good soil.

* buena vecindad = neighbourliness [neighborliness, -USA].

* buena vida = good life.

* buena voluntad = goodwill [good will].

* buen camino, el = straight and narrow (path), the.

* buen carácter = good humour.

* buen comedor = hearty eater.

* buen estado físico = fitness, physical fitness.

* buen funcionamiento = smooth-running.

* buen gusto, el = good taste.

* buen humor = cheerfulness, good humour.

* buen juicio = good judgement.

* bueno de la película, el = good guy, the.

* bueno, el = good guy, the.

* Buenos Aires = Buenos Aires.

* buenos días = good morning.

* buenos, los = goodies, the.

* buenos propósitos de Año Nuevo = New Year's resolution.

* buenos tiempos = good times.

* buen partido = eligible party, eligible bachelor.

* buen ritmo de aprendizaje = learning curve.

* buen rollo = good vibes.

* buen samaritano = good samaritan.

* buen sitio para pescar = fishing spot.

* buen tiempo = fair weather.

* buen tirador = good shot.

* buen tocho de dinero = hefty sum of money.

* buen trabajador = hard worker.

* causar buena impresión = impress, come across.

* causar una buena primera impresión = make + a good first impression.

* código de buenas prácticas = code of practice, code of good practice.

* comenzar Algo con buen pie = start + Nombre + off on the right foot.

* comenzar con buen pie = start + Nombre + on the right footing.

* con buena fama = respected.

* con buena reputación = respected, reputable.

* con buenas conexiones = well-connected.

* con buenas intenciones = in good faith, well-intentioned, well-intended, well-meaning.

* con buen gusto = tastefully.

* con buen humor = good-humouredly.

* con buenos contactos = well-connected.

* con buenos modales = politely.

* conseguir una buena formación en = get + a good grounding on.

* con tan buenos resultados = to such good effect.

* contar con el visto bueno = meet with + approval.

* contar con + Posesivo + visto bueno = meet + Posesivo + approval.

* continuar con el buen hacer = keep up + the good work, keep up + the great work.

* con una buena financiación = well-funded.

* con una buena plantilla = well-staffed.

* con un buen nivel = fluent.

* cosecha extraordinariamente buena = bumper crop.

* crear una buena impresión en = make + a good impression on.

* dar buen uso a Algo = put to + good use.

* dar el visto bueno = approve.

* dar el visto bueno a una factura = clear + invoice.

* darle un buen repaso a Alguien = take + Nombre + to the cleaners.

* dar una buena paliza = whitewash, thrash.

* de buena calidad = good-quality.

* de buena disposición = good-natured.

* de buena fama = of good repute.

* de buena fe = bona fide, in good faith.

* de buena manera = good-humouredly, good-humoured.

* de buena reputación = of good repute.

* de buenas = on good terms.

* de buenas a primeras = right off the bat, suddenly, without warning, all of a sudden, just like that.

* de buena vecindad = neighbourly [neighborly, -USA].

* de buena voluntad = in good faith.

* de buen corazón = kind-hearted, good-hearted, big-hearted.

* de buen grado = willing, good-humouredly, good-humoured, good-naturedly.

* de buen gusto = tasteful.

* de buen humor = good-humouredly, good-humoured, in good humour.

* de buenos modales = well-mannered.

* de buen vecino = neighbourly [neighborly, -USA].

* de buen ver = good looking.

* dejar a la buena de Dios = leave + Nombre + out in the cold.

* dejar (un) buen sabor de boca = leave + a good taste in + Posesivo + mouth.

* desempeñar una buena función = produce + the goods.

* desviarse del buen camino = go off + the rails.

* difundir buena imagen de = earn + credit for.

* disfrutar de buena salud = be in good health.

* echar una buena bronca = give + Nombre + a good roasting.

* el bueno de + Nombre = good old + Nombre.

* el cielo rojo al atardecer augura buen tiempo, el cielo rojo al amanecer aug = red sky at night, (shepherd/sailor)'s delight, red sky in the morning, (shepherd/sailor)'s warning.

* empezar Algo con buen pie = start + Nombre + off on the right foot.

* empezar con buen pie = start + Nombre + on the right footing, hit + the ground running.

* en buena condición = in good condition, in good shape, in good nick.

* en buena forma = in good nick.

* en buena parte = for the most part.

* en buenas condiciones para navegar = seaworthy.

* en buenas manos = in a safe place, in safekeeping.

* en buen estado = in good condition, in good working condition, in good shape, in good nick.

* en buen estado de funcionamiento = in good working condition.

* en estado de buena esperanza = pregnant, in the family way.

* en sus buenos tiempos = in + Posesivo + heyday.

* entrar con buen pie = start + Nombre + off on the right foot.

* estar de buen humor = be high.

* estar en buenas manos = be in safe hands.

* estar en estado de buena esperanza = have + a bun in the oven, be up the spout.

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

* estudiante con buenas notas = high achiever.

* ganar un buen sueldo = make + good money, earn + good money.

* hacer buenas migas = hit it off.

* hacer buen uso de Algo = put to + good use.

* hacer un buen trabajo = do + a good job.

* ir por buen camino = be on the right track.

* ir por el buen camino = be right on track.

* la buena noticia = the good news.

* llever a buen término = bring to + a close.

* lo bueno de = the beauty of.

* lo bueno es que = the good news is (that)..., on the positive side, on the bright side.

* lo bueno viene en frascos pequeños = small is beautiful.

* lo bueno y lo malo = the rights and wrongs.

* lo que es bueno para uno es bueno para otro = what's good for the goose is good for the gander, what's sauce for the goose is sauce for the gander.

* los buenos tiempos = the good old days.

* luchar por una buena causa = fight + the good fight.

* mamá pija y tía buena = yummy mummy.

* mantener Algo en el buen camino = keep + Nombre + on track.

* mantenerse en buen estado físico = keep + fit.

* más bueno que un pan = as good as gold.

* más vale malo conocido que bueno por conocer = better the devil you know (than the devil you don't).

* no andar en nada bueno = be up to no good, get up to + no good.

* no apartarse del buen camino = keep on + the right track.

* no caer en buenas manos = fall into + the wrong hands.

* no ser lo suficientemente bueno = not be good enough.

* no ser tan bueno como se dice = not + it's cracked up to be.

* no tan bueno = not-so-good.

* no tener noticias es buena señal = no news is good news.

* no ver buenos ojos = not take + kindly to.

* obrar de buena fe = act in + good faith.

* obras son amores y no buenas razones = actions speak louder than words.

* otro bueno + Nombre = the next best + Nombre.

* parecer bueno = look + good.

* Participio Pasado + bastante bueno = decently + Participio Pasado.

* pasar un buen rato = disport + Reflexivo.

* poner a mal tiempo buena cara = keep + Posesivo + chin up.

* por buena dirección = a step in the right direction.

* por buen camino = a step in the right direction.

* por las buenas o por las malas = by hook or by crook.

* presentar un buen aspecto = look + good.

* provisto de buenos fondos = stockholding.

* que no haya noticias es buena señal = no news is good news.

* quitarse un (buen) peso de encima = get + a (real) weight off + Posesivo + chest.

* racha de buena suerte = winning streak.

* realizar una buena labor = produce + the goods.

* recibir + Posesivo + visto bueno = meet + Posesivo + approval.

* saber de buena boca = have + it on good word.

* saber de buena tinta = have + it on good word.

* seguir con el buen hacer = keep up + the good work, keep up + the great work.

* seguir el buen camino = keep on + the right track, keep on + the straight and narrow.

* seguir por el buen camino = keep out of + trouble, keep on + the right track.

* ser algo bueno = be a good thing.

* ser buenísimo + Gerundio = be terrific at + Gerundio.

* ser bueno = make + good + Nombre.

* ser bueno en = be good at.

* ser bueno para Alguien = be to + Posesivo + advantage.

* ser muy buena señal = bode + well.

* ser tan buen momento como cualquier otro = be as good a time as any.

* ser una buena época = be a good time.

* ser una buena ocasión para + Infinitivo = be a good time to + Infinitivo.

* ser un buen chico = be a sport.

* ser un buen comedor = be a hearty eater.

* ser un momento tan bueno como cualqu = be as good a time as any.

* si hace buen tiempo = weather permitting.

* tan bueno como ningún otro = as good as any.

* tener buena mano con las plantas = have + a green thumb, have + green fingers.

* tener buen apetito = have + a good appetite.

* tener buenas intenciones = be well-intentioned, mean + well.

* tener buenas perspectivas para = be well-placed to.

* tener buen ojo para juzgar a la gente = be a good judge of character.

* tener una buena disposición = be well disposed.

* tener un buen aspecto = look + good.

* tener un buen concepto de Alguien = hold in + high regard.

* tener un buen día = have + a good day.

* tener un buen saque = be a hearty eater.

* terminarse la (buena) suerte = run out of + luck, luck + run out.

* tía buena = hottie [hotty], crumpet.

* tierra buena = good soil.

* tío bueno = stud, hunk, hunk of a man, hottie [hotty].

* tomarse Algo de buen grado = take + Nombre + in good humour.

* una buena alternativa a = the next best thing to.

* una buena cantidad de = a fair amount of.

* una buena cosa = a good thing.

* una buena forma de empezar = a good way to start.

* una buena parte de = a large measure of, a good deal of, a great deal of.

* una buena pesca = a good catch.

* un buen lugar de partida = a good place to start.

* un buen número de = a good number of.

* un buen partido = a good catch.

* usar Algo con buen provecho = use + Nombre + to good advantage.

* venir con buenas intenciones = come in + peace.

* visto bueno = approval, endorsement, seal of approval.

* * *
I
- na adjetivo

[ buen is used before masculine singular nouns]

Sentido I

1)

a) [ser] ( de calidad) <hotel/producto> good

tiene buena memoria — she has a good memory

ropa buena — good-quality clothes

hizo un buen trabajo — she did a good job

lo bueno si breve dos veces bueno — brevity is the soul of wit

b) ( valioso) good

qué buena idea! — what a good idea!

buenos consejos — good o useful advice

c) (válido, correcto) <razón/excusa> good

bueno está lo bueno (pero no lo demasiado) — (fam) you can have too much of a good thing

2)

a) [ser] ( competente) <médico/alumno> good

ser bueno en algo — to be good at something

es muy buena en francés — she's very good at French

ser bueno para algo: es muy buena para los negocios — she's got a very good head for business

b) <padre/marido/amigo> good

c) (eficaz, efectivo) <remedio/método> good

es bueno para la gripe/los dolores de cabeza — it's good for the flu/headaches

3) ( favorable) <oferta/suerte> good

buenas noticias — good news

la novela tuvo muy buena(s) crítica(s) — the novel got very good reviews

están en buena posición económica — they're comfortably off

en las buenas — (CS) in the good times

estar de buenas — ( de buen humor) (fam) to be in a good mood; ( afortunado) (Col fam) to be lucky

por las buenas — willingly

4) [ser] ( conveniente) good

no es buena hora para llamar — it's not a good time to phone

sería bueno que hablaras con él — it would be a good idea if you spoke to him

no es bueno comer tanto — it isn't good to eat so much

5) (ingenioso, divertido) <chiste/idea> good, great (colloq)

lo bueno fue que... — the funny thing was...

6)

a) ( agradable) nice

hace muy buen tiempo — the weather's lovely

b) ( agradable al paladar - en general)

ser bueno — to be good, be nice; (- de algo en particular)

estar bueno — to be good, be nice

el guacamole es buenísimo — guacamole is really good

qué buena está la carne! — the meat is delicious

c)

qué bueno! — (AmL) great!

qué bueno que lo trajiste! — it's a good thing you brought it

7) [estar] ( en buen estado)

esta leche no está buena — this milk is off o sour

¿este pescado estará bueno? — do you think this fish is all right?

8) [estar] (fam) ( sexualmente atractivo)

está muy buena — she's gorgeous (colloq)

está buenísimo — he's really gorgeous o hunky (colloq)

9) (saludable, sano) <costumbre/alimentación> good

tiene muy buen semblante — she looks very well

bueno y sano — (Chi) ( sin novedad) safe and sound; ( sobrio) sober

10) (en fórmulas, saludos) good

buenos días! or (RPl) buen día! — good morning

buenas tardes! — ( temprano) good afternoon; ( más tarde) good evening

buenas noches! — ( al llegar) good evening; ( al despedirse) good night

dale las buenas noches a la abuela — say good night to Grandma

buen viaje! — have a good trip!

buen provecho! — enjoy your meal, bon appetit

de buenas a primeras — ( de repente) suddenly

Sentido II

11)

a) [ser] ( en sentido ético) good

fueron muy buenos conmigo — they were very good to me

b) [ser] < niño> good

sé bueno — behave (yourself)

Sentido III

12) (iró & fam)

estaría bueno que ahora dijera que no! — it'd be just great if he said no now! (iro & colloq)

en buena nos hemos metido! — this is a fine mess we've got(ten) ourselves into

de los buenos/de las buenas — (fam)

nos echó un sermón de los buenos — she gave us a real dressing down (colloq)

13) (delante del n) ( uso enfático)

se llevó un buen susto — she got a terrible fright

se metió en un buen lío — he got himself into a fine mess

todavía nos falta un buen trecho — we still have a fair way to go

una buena cantidad — a fair amount

14)

un buen día — one day

un buen día se va a cansar y... — one day o one of these days she's going to get fed up and...

un buen día llegó y dijo... — one (fine) day she came home and said...

•

- buena forma

- buena mesa

- buena pieza
II
- na masculino, femenino

a) (hum o leng infantil) (en películas, cuentos) goody (colloq)

los buenos y los malos — the good guys and the bad guys (colloq)

b) (bonachón, buenazo)

el bueno de Juan/la buena de Pilar — good old Juan/Pilar
III
interjección

1)

a) (expresando conformidad, asentimiento) OK (colloq), all right

¿un café? - bueno — coffee? - OK o all right

b) (expresando duda, indecisión, escepticismo) well

bueno... ¿qué quieres que te diga? — well... what can I say?

c) ( expresando resignación)

bueno, otra vez será — never mind, maybe next time

2)

a) ( expresando irritación)

bueno, se acabó a la cama! — right, that's it, bed!

pero, bueno ¿lo quiere o no? — well, do you want it or not?

y bueno! ¿qué querías que hiciera? — (RPl) well, what did you expect me to do?

b) (expresando sorpresa, desagrado) (well) really!

bueno! esto era lo único que faltaba — (iró) oh, great! that's all we needed (iro)

3)

a) ( introduciendo o reanudando un tema) now then, right then

bueno, ¿dónde estábamos? — now (then) o right (then), where were we?

b) ( calificando lo expresado) well

no es un lugar turístico, bueno, no lo era — it isn't a tourist resort, well o at least, it didn't use to be

4) (Méx) ( al contestar el teléfono)

bueno! — hello

* * *

el bueno

(n.) = good guy, the

Ex: From the viewpoint of periodical prices, learned society publishers are the ' good guys' and libraries should switch from commercial publishers to learned society publishers in order to reduce costs.

= fantastic, good [better -comp., best -sup.], neat [neater -comp., neatest -sup.], nice, sound [sounder -comp., soundest -sup.], seemly, decent, creditable, fantastical, good-natured, good-hearted, kind [kinder -comp., kindest -sup.].

Ex: GODORT has done a fantastic job of dealing with and solving documents problems.

Ex: A good thesaurus is a list that has been compiled to serve in the retrieval environment in which it is called upon to operate.

Ex: What is possibly less easy is to making sure that the guiding stays clean, neat and accurate.

Ex: One time he showed me a photograph in an art book of a woman's bare breasts and said ' Nice tits, uh?'.

Ex: Thus the scheme has a sound organisational backing.

Ex: They were the first cloth bindings that were intended to compete with paper boards as seemly but inexpensive covers for ordinary books.

Ex: At present, the Internet's international expansion is hampered by the lack of a good supporting infrastructure, namely a decent telephone system.

Ex: Maybe there is not creditable model, but a lot of publishers are trying to be the onw who discovers the best approach.

Ex: Adorno's distinction between fantastical thought & the commodification of fantasy in the form of literature is addressed.

Ex: The illustrations were projected on a large screen and the children were able to see that it was a locus amoenus and a reflection of the character of the good-natured host.

Ex: Relaxing, joking and just being around guys and gals who are good-hearted people was just the ticket we needed.

Ex: I would like to extend my thanks to our host who was kind enough to invite me.

* a buen recaudo = in a safe place, in safekeeping.

* acabarse la buena racha = the good times + run out.

* acabarse la (buena) suerte = run out of + luck, luck + run out.

* actuar de buena fe = act in + good faith.

* a la buena de Dios = out in the cold.

* algo bueno = a good thing.

* amante de la buena bebida = drink enthusiast.

* amante de la buena mesa = food enthusiast.

* apartarse del buen camino = go off + the rails, stray from + the straight and narrow.

* buen = good [better -comp., best -sup.].

* buena calidad = goodness.

* buena causa = good cause.

* buena comida, la = good food.

* buena compañía = good company.

* buena compra = good buy.

* buena condición física = physical fitness.

* buena decisión = good judgement.

* buena disposición = good nature, goodwill [good will], readiness.

* Posesivo + buena estrella = Posesivo + lucky star.

* buena fama = well respected, good repute, good reputation.

* buena fe = goodwill [good will].

* buena forma física = fitness, physical fitness.

* buena fortuna = good fortune.

* buena idea = cool idea.

* buena influencia = good influence.

* buen ajuste = good fit.

* buen amigo = good friend.

* buena oferta = good deal.

* buena racha = winning streak.

* buena relación = rapport.

* buena relación calidad-precio = value for money.

* buena reputación = well respected, good repute, good reputation.

* buena salud = good health.

* buenas costumbres = propriety, mores, decorum.

* buenas noticas, las = good word, the.

* buenas noticias = glad tidings.

* buenas prácticas = best practices.

* buena suerte = good luck!, good fortune, good luck.

* ¡buena suerte! = break a leg!.

* buena suma de dinero = hefty sum of money.

* buenas vibraciones = vibrations, good vibes.

* buena tierra = good soil.

* buena vecindad = neighbourliness [neighborliness, -USA].

* buena vida = good life.

* buena voluntad = goodwill [good will].

* buen camino, el = straight and narrow (path), the.

* buen carácter = good humour.

* buen comedor = hearty eater.

* buen estado físico = fitness, physical fitness.

* buen funcionamiento = smooth-running.

* buen gusto, el = good taste.

* buen humor = cheerfulness, good humour.

* buen juicio = good judgement.

* bueno de la película, el = good guy, the.

* bueno, el = good guy, the.

* Buenos Aires = Buenos Aires.

* buenos días = good morning.

* buenos, los = goodies, the.

* buenos propósitos de Año Nuevo = New Year's resolution.

* buenos tiempos = good times.

* buen partido = eligible party, eligible bachelor.

* buen ritmo de aprendizaje = learning curve.

* buen rollo = good vibes.

* buen samaritano = good samaritan.

* buen sitio para pescar = fishing spot.

* buen tiempo = fair weather.

* buen tirador = good shot.

* buen tocho de dinero = hefty sum of money.

* buen trabajador = hard worker.

* causar buena impresión = impress, come across.

* causar una buena primera impresión = make + a good first impression.

* código de buenas prácticas = code of practice, code of good practice.

* comenzar Algo con buen pie = start + Nombre + off on the right foot.

* comenzar con buen pie = start + Nombre + on the right footing.

* con buena fama = respected.

* con buena reputación = respected, reputable.

* con buenas conexiones = well-connected.

* con buenas intenciones = in good faith, well-intentioned, well-intended, well-meaning.

* con buen gusto = tastefully.

* con buen humor = good-humouredly.

* con buenos contactos = well-connected.

* con buenos modales = politely.

* conseguir una buena formación en = get + a good grounding on.

* con tan buenos resultados = to such good effect.

* contar con el visto bueno = meet with + approval.

* contar con + Posesivo + visto bueno = meet + Posesivo + approval.

* continuar con el buen hacer = keep up + the good work, keep up + the great work.

* con una buena financiación = well-funded.

* con una buena plantilla = well-staffed.

* con un buen nivel = fluent.

* cosecha extraordinariamente buena = bumper crop.

* crear una buena impresión en = make + a good impression on.

* dar buen uso a Algo = put to + good use.

* dar el visto bueno = approve.

* dar el visto bueno a una factura = clear + invoice.

* darle un buen repaso a Alguien = take + Nombre + to the cleaners.

* dar una buena paliza = whitewash, thrash.

* de buena calidad = good-quality.

* de buena disposición = good-natured.

* de buena fama = of good repute.

* de buena fe = bona fide, in good faith.

* de buena manera = good-humouredly, good-humoured.

* de buena reputación = of good repute.

* de buenas = on good terms.

* de buenas a primeras = right off the bat, suddenly, without warning, all of a sudden, just like that.

* de buena vecindad = neighbourly [neighborly, -USA].

* de buena voluntad = in good faith.

* de buen corazón = kind-hearted, good-hearted, big-hearted.

* de buen grado = willing, good-humouredly, good-humoured, good-naturedly.

* de buen gusto = tasteful.

* de buen humor = good-humouredly, good-humoured, in good humour.

* de buenos modales = well-mannered.

* de buen vecino = neighbourly [neighborly, -USA].

* de buen ver = good looking.

* dejar a la buena de Dios = leave + Nombre + out in the cold.

* dejar (un) buen sabor de boca = leave + a good taste in + Posesivo + mouth.

* desempeñar una buena función = produce + the goods.

* desviarse del buen camino = go off + the rails.

* difundir buena imagen de = earn + credit for.

* disfrutar de buena salud = be in good health.

* echar una buena bronca = give + Nombre + a good roasting.

* el bueno de + Nombre = good old + Nombre.

* el cielo rojo al atardecer augura buen tiempo, el cielo rojo al amanecer aug = red sky at night, (shepherd/sailor)'s delight, red sky in the morning, (shepherd/sailor)'s warning.

* empezar Algo con buen pie = start + Nombre + off on the right foot.

* empezar con buen pie = start + Nombre + on the right footing, hit + the ground running.

* en buena condición = in good condition, in good shape, in good nick.

* en buena forma = in good nick.

* en buena parte = for the most part.

* en buenas condiciones para navegar = seaworthy.

* en buenas manos = in a safe place, in safekeeping.

* en buen estado = in good condition, in good working condition, in good shape, in good nick.

* en buen estado de funcionamiento = in good working condition.

* en estado de buena esperanza = pregnant, in the family way.

* en sus buenos tiempos = in + Posesivo + heyday.

* entrar con buen pie = start + Nombre + off on the right foot.

* estar de buen humor = be high.

* estar en buenas manos = be in safe hands.

* estar en estado de buena esperanza = have + a bun in the oven, be up the spout.

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

* estudiante con buenas notas = high achiever.

* ganar un buen sueldo = make + good money, earn + good money.

* hacer buenas migas = hit it off.

* hacer buen uso de Algo = put to + good use.

* hacer un buen trabajo = do + a good job.

* ir por buen camino = be on the right track.

* ir por el buen camino = be right on track.

* la buena noticia = the good news.

* llever a buen término = bring to + a close.

* lo bueno de = the beauty of.

* lo bueno es que = the good news is (that)..., on the positive side, on the bright side.

* lo bueno viene en frascos pequeños = small is beautiful.

* lo bueno y lo malo = the rights and wrongs.

* lo que es bueno para uno es bueno para otro = what's good for the goose is good for the gander, what's sauce for the goose is sauce for the gander.

* los buenos tiempos = the good old days.

* luchar por una buena causa = fight + the good fight.

* mamá pija y tía buena = yummy mummy.

* mantener Algo en el buen camino = keep + Nombre + on track.

* mantenerse en buen estado físico = keep + fit.

* más bueno que un pan = as good as gold.

* más vale malo conocido que bueno por conocer = better the devil you know (than the devil you don't).

* no andar en nada bueno = be up to no good, get up to + no good.

* no apartarse del buen camino = keep on + the right track.

* no caer en buenas manos = fall into + the wrong hands.

* no ser lo suficientemente bueno = not be good enough.

* no ser tan bueno como se dice = not + it's cracked up to be.

* no tan bueno = not-so-good.

* no tener noticias es buena señal = no news is good news.

* no ver buenos ojos = not take + kindly to.

* obrar de buena fe = act in + good faith.

* obras son amores y no buenas razones = actions speak louder than words.

* otro bueno + Nombre = the next best + Nombre.

* parecer bueno = look + good.

* Participio Pasado + bastante bueno = decently + Participio Pasado.

* pasar un buen rato = disport + Reflexivo.

* poner a mal tiempo buena cara = keep + Posesivo + chin up.

* por buena dirección = a step in the right direction.

* por buen camino = a step in the right direction.

* por las buenas o por las malas = by hook or by crook.

* presentar un buen aspecto = look + good.

* provisto de buenos fondos = stockholding.

* que no haya noticias es buena señal = no news is good news.

* quitarse un (buen) peso de encima = get + a (real) weight off + Posesivo + chest.

* racha de buena suerte = winning streak.

* realizar una buena labor = produce + the goods.

* recibir + Posesivo + visto bueno = meet + Posesivo + approval.

* saber de buena boca = have + it on good word.

* saber de buena tinta = have + it on good word.

* seguir con el buen hacer = keep up + the good work, keep up + the great work.

* seguir el buen camino = keep on + the right track, keep on + the straight and narrow.

* seguir por el buen camino = keep out of + trouble, keep on + the right track.

* ser algo bueno = be a good thing.

* ser buenísimo + Gerundio = be terrific at + Gerundio.

* ser bueno = make + good + Nombre.

* ser bueno en = be good at.

* ser bueno para Alguien = be to + Posesivo + advantage.

* ser muy buena señal = bode + well.

* ser tan buen momento como cualquier otro = be as good a time as any.

* ser una buena época = be a good time.

* ser una buena ocasión para + Infinitivo = be a good time to + Infinitivo.

* ser un buen chico = be a sport.

* ser un buen comedor = be a hearty eater.

* ser un momento tan bueno como cualqu = be as good a time as any.

* si hace buen tiempo = weather permitting.

* tan bueno como ningún otro = as good as any.

* tener buena mano con las plantas = have + a green thumb, have + green fingers.

* tener buen apetito = have + a good appetite.

* tener buenas intenciones = be well-intentioned, mean + well.

* tener buenas perspectivas para = be well-placed to.

* tener buen ojo para juzgar a la gente = be a good judge of character.

* tener una buena disposición = be well disposed.

* tener un buen aspecto = look + good.

* tener un buen concepto de Alguien = hold in + high regard.

* tener un buen día = have + a good day.

* tener un buen saque = be a hearty eater.

* terminarse la (buena) suerte = run out of + luck, luck + run out.

* tía buena = hottie [hotty], crumpet.

* tierra buena = good soil.

* tío bueno = stud, hunk, hunk of a man, hottie [hotty].

* tomarse Algo de buen grado = take + Nombre + in good humour.

* una buena alternativa a = the next best thing to.

* una buena cantidad de = a fair amount of.

* una buena cosa = a good thing.

* una buena forma de empezar = a good way to start.

* una buena parte de = a large measure of, a good deal of, a great deal of.

* una buena pesca = a good catch.

* un buen lugar de partida = a good place to start.

* un buen número de = a good number of.

* un buen partido = a good catch.

* usar Algo con buen provecho = use + Nombre + to good advantage.

* venir con buenas intenciones = come in + peace.

* visto bueno = approval, endorsement, seal of approval.

* * *

bueno¹ -na

adjective

[ The form buen is used before masculine singular nouns. buen]

Sentido I

A

1 [ SER] (de calidad) ‹hotel/producto› good

tiene buena memoria she has a good memory

siempre lleva ropa buena he always wears good-quality clothes

hizo un buen trabajo she did a good job

¿es bueno o de bisutería? is it real or imitation?

lo bueno si breve dos veces bueno brevity is the soul of wit

2 (valioso) good

¡qué buena idea! what a good idea!

me dio muy buenos consejos she gave me (some) very good o useful advice

3 (válido, correcto) ‹razón/excusa› good

¿tienes buena hora or hora buena? do you have the right o correct time?

la bola fue buena the ball was in

bueno está lo bueno (pero no lo demasiado) ( fam); you can have too much of a good thing

B

1 [ SER] (competente) ‹médico/alumno› good

como secretaria es muy buena she's a very good secretary

es muy buena en francés she's very good at French

2 ‹padre/marido/amigo› good

3 (eficaz, efectivo) ‹remedio/método› good ser bueno PARA algo to be good for sth

es bueno para el hígado it's good for the liver

C (favorable) ‹oferta/suerte› good

traigo buenas noticias I have good news (for you)

la novela tuvo muy buena crítica the novel got very good reviews o was very well reviewed

están en buena posición económica they're comfortably off

en las buenas (CS); in the good times

estar de buenas (de buen humor) ( fam) to be in a good mood; (afortunado) ( Col fam) to be lucky

estar en la buena (CS); to be having a lucky streak, be on a run of good luck

hoy no estoy en la buena it's not my lucky day

por las buenas: si no lo hace por las buenas … if he won't do it willingly …

intenta convencerlo por las buenas try persuading him nicely

D [ SER] (conveniente) good

no es buena hora para llamar it's not a good time to phone

sería bueno que hablaras con él it would be a good idea o thing if you spoke to him

no es bueno comer tanto it isn't good for you to eat so much

E (ingenioso, divertido) ‹chiste/idea› good, great ( colloq)

lo bueno fue que ella tampoco tenía ni idea the funny thing was she didn't have a clue either

F

1 (agradable) nice

¡qué buena pinta tiene esa ensalada! that salad looks delicious o really good

hace muy buen tiempo the weather's lovely o very nice

hace bueno ( Esp); it's a nice day

2 (agradable al paladar — en general) ser bueno; to be delicious, be nice (— de algo en particular) estar bueno; to be good, be delicious, be nice

el guacamole es buenísimo guacamole is delicious o really nice

¡qué buena está la carne/esta pera! the meat/this pear is delicious

la paella no te quedó or salió tan buena como la última vez the paella didn't turn out as well as last time

3

¡qué bueno! ( AmL); great!

¡qué bueno que se te ocurrió traerlo! it's a good thing you thought of bringing it

G [ ESTAR]

(en buen estado): esta leche no está buena this milk is off o has gone off

estos zapatos todavía están buenos these shoes are still OK o still have some wear in them

¿este pescado estará bueno? do you think this fish is all right?

H [ ESTAR] ( fam)

(sexualmente atractivo): está muy buena she's quite a looker (sl), she's gorgeous ( colloq), she's a bit of all right ( BrE sl)

está buenísimo he's really gorgeous o dishy o hunky ( colloq), he's a real looker (sl), he's a bit of all right ( BrE sl)

I

(saludable, sano): tiene muy buen semblante she looks very well

háblale por el oído bueno speak to him in his good ear

aún no está bueno del todo ( Esp); he still hasn't recovered completely o isn't completely better

bueno y sano ( Chi) (sin novedad) safe and sound; (sobrio) sober

J (en fórmulas, saludos) good

¡buenos días! or ( RPl) ¡buen día! good morning

¡buenas tardes! (temprano) good afternoon; (más tarde) good evening

¡buenas noches! (al llegar) good evening; (al despedirse) good night

dale las buenas noches a la abuela say good night to Grandma

¡buenas! ¿qué tal? ( fam); hi! o hullo! how are things? ( colloq)

¡buen viaje! have a good journey!

¡buen provecho! enjoy your meal, bon appetit

de buenas a primeras (de repente) suddenly, all of a sudden, without warning

no lo puedo decidir así, de buenas a primeras I can't make up my mind just like that

Sentido II

A [ SER] (en sentido ético) ‹persona› good; ‹conducta/obra/acción› good

fueron muy buenos conmigo they were very good to me

un buen hombre a good man

dígame, buen hombre … tell me, my good man …

B [ SER] ‹niño› good

sé buenito y no hagas ruido be a good little boy and don't make any noise

Sentido III

A ( iró fam):

¡estás tú buena si crees que te va a ayudar! you must be crazy if you think he's going to help you

¡estaría bueno que ahora dijera que no! it'd be just great if he said no now! ( iro colloq)

¡en buena nos hemos metido! this is a fine mess we've got(ten) ourselves into

darle una buena a algn ( fam); to give sb a good hiding ( colloq)

de los buenos/de las buenas ( fam): nos echó un sermón de los buenos she gave us a real dressing-down ( colloq)

B ( delante del n)

(uso enfático): se llevó un buen susto she got a terrible fright

lo que necesita es una buena paliza what he needs is a good thrashing

se metió en un buen lío he got himself into a fine mess

todavía nos falta un buen trecho we still have a fair way to go

una buena cantidad a lot, a fair amount

C

un buen día one day

un buen día se va a cansar y … one day o one of these days she's going to get fed up and …

un buen día llegó y dijo … one (fine) day she came home and said …

Compuestos:

● buena forma

feminine physical fitness

está en muy buenoa forma she's very fit, she's in very good shape

● buena mesa

feminine:

la buenoa mesa good cooking

es un amante de la buenoa mesa he's a lover of good food o cooking

● Buena Nueva

feminine:

la Buenoa Nueva the Good News

● buena pieza

feminine ( fam):

¡buenoa pieza resultó ser Ernesto! a fine one o a right one Ernesto turned out to be! ( colloq)

● buena vida

feminine:

la buenoa vida the good life

● buen nombre

masculine good name

● Buen Pastor

masculine:

el Buen Pastor the good Shepherd

bueno² -na

masculine, feminine

1 ( hum o leng infantil) (en películas, cuentos) goody ( colloq)

los buenos y los malos the goodies and the baddies ( colloq hum), the good guys and the bad guys ( colloq)

2

(bonachón, buenazo): el bueno de Juan/la buena de Pilar good old Juan/Pilar

bueno³

interjection

A

1 (expresando conformidad, asentimiento) OK ( colloq), all right

¿un café? — bueno coffee? — OK o all right

2 (expresando duda, indecisión) well

3

(expresando resignación): bueno, otra vez será never mind, maybe next time

4 (expresando escepticismo) well

5 (intentando calmar a algn) okay, all right

bueno, bueno, tranquilízate okay, okay, calm down o all right, calm down

B

1

(expresando irritación): bueno, se acabó, ¡a la cama! right, that's it, bed!

¡bueno, ya está bien! ¡os calláis los dos! right, that's enough, be quiet the pair of you!

pero, bueno, ¿lo quiere o no lo quiere? well, do you want it or not?

¡y bueno! ¿qué querías que hiciera? ( RPl); well, what did you expect me to do?

2 (expresando sorpresa, desagrado) (well) really!

¡bueno!, ¿qué manera de hablar es ésa? really! that's no way to talk!

¡bueno! esto era lo único que faltaba ( iró); oh, great! that's all we needed ( iro)

C

1 (introduciendo o reanudando un tema) now then, right then

bueno, ¿dónde estábamos? now (then) o right (then), where were we?

2

(calificando lo expresado): no es un lugar turístico, bueno, no lo era it isn't a tourist resort, well o at least o at any rate, it didn't use to be

era amarillo, bueno, más bien naranja it was yellow; well, actually it was more like orange

D

( Méx) (al contestar el teléfono) [ Vocabulary notes (Spanish) ] ¡bueno! hello

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bueno 1
◊ -na adjetivo buen is used before masculine singular nouns

1 [ser]
a) ‹hotel/producto/trabajo› good;

◊ ropa buena good-quality clothes;

la buena mesa good cooking
b) ‹remedio/método› good;

◊ es bueno para la gripe/los dolores de cabeza it's good for the flu/headaches

c) ‹médico/alumno› good;

◊ un buen padre/amigo he's a good father/friend;

es muy buena en francés she's very good at French;
es buena para los negocios she's got a good head for business
d) (amable, bondadoso) good, kind;

◊ fueron muy buenos conmigo they were very good o kind to me

e) (conveniente, correcto) good;

◊ no es buena hora it's not a good time;

no es bueno comer tanto it isn't good to eat so much;
es bueno para la salud it's good for your health;
su inglés es bueno her English is good
2
a) ( agradable) nice;

◊ hace muy buen tiempo the weather is nice

b) ‹ comida› ( en general)

◊ ser bueno to be good, be nice;

( en particular)
◊ estar bueno to be good, be nice;

el guacamole es buenísimo guacamole is really good;
esta sopa está muy buena this soup is very good
c) ( favorable) ‹oferta/crítica› good;

◊ una buena noticia a piece of good news

3 [estar]
a) ( en buen estado) ‹leche/pescado› fresh;

◊ esta leche no está buena this milk is off o sour

b) (fam) ( sexualmente atractivo):

◊ está buenísimo he's really gorgeous

4 (saludable, sano) ‹costumbre/alimentación› good;
◊ estar en buena forma to be in good shape

5
a) (en fórmulas, saludos) good;

◊ ¡buenos días! good morning;

¡buenas tardes! ( temprano) good afternoon;

( más tarde) good evening;
◊ ¡buenas noches! ( al llegar) good evening;

( al despedirse) good night;
◊ ¡buen viaje! have a good trip!;

¡buen provecho! enjoy your meal
b) ( delante del n) ( uso enfático) ‹ susto› terrible;

◊ una buena cantidad a fair amount;

un buen día one day
c)

◊ ¡qué bueno! (AmL) great

d)

◊ de buenas a primeras suddenly;

por las buenas willingly
■ sustantivo masculino, femenino
a) (hum o leng infantil) (en películas, cuentos) goody (colloq);

◊ los buenos y los malos the good guys and the bad guys (colloq)

b) (bonachón, buenazo):

◊ el bueno de Juan/la buena de Pilar good old Juan/Pilar

bueno 2 interjección
1
a) ( expresando — duda) well;

(— conformidad) OK (colloq), all right;
◊ ¿un café? — bueno coffee? — OK o all right

b) ( expresando resignación):

◊ bueno, otra vez será never mind, maybe next time

c) ( expresando irritación):

◊ bueno, se acabó ¡a la cama! right, that's it, bed!;

¡y bueno! ¿qué querías que hiciera? (RPl) well, what did you expect me to do?
2 (Méx) ( al contestar el teléfono)
◊ ¡bueno! hello

bueno,-a
I adjetivo
1 good
un café muy bueno, a very good coffee
2 (bondadoso, bonachón) good, kind: es muy buena persona, she's a very kind soul
3 (saludable) well, in good health: el niño se pondrá bueno en unos días, the child will be well again in a few days
4 Meteor (apacible) good
hoy hace muy buena noche, it's a lovely night tonight
5 (rico, sabroso) good, nice: la cena estaba muy buena, the dinner was delicious
6 (conveniente, provechoso) good: no es bueno que leas con esa luz, it's not good for you to read in this light
sería bueno que nos reuniéramos los lunes, it would be a good idea if we met on Mondays
7 (grande) considerable: un buen montón de dinero, a considerable amount of money
8 fam (macizo) gorgeous, sexy: Javier está muy bueno, Javier's gorgeous
9 irón fine, real: armó un buen jaleo, he kicked up quite a fuss
¡en buen lío nos hemos metido!, that's a fine mess we've got ourselves into!
II sustantivo masculino y femenino (cándido, buenazo) el bueno de Pedro, good old Pedro
III exclamación ¡bueno!, (vale) all right, OK
(sorpresa) ¡bueno!, no me digas que te vas a casar, well!, don't tell me you're getting married!
♦ Locuciones: ¡buena la hemos hecho!, that's done it!
¡buenas!, hello!
dar algo por bueno, to approve sthg
estar de buenas, to be in a good mood
¡estaría bueno!, I should jolly well hope not!
librarse de una buena, to get off scot free
de buenas a primeras, suddenly, all at once
por las buenas, willingly
' bueno' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
admitir
- buen
- buena
- campeonato
- canela
- en
- enrollada
- enrollado
- estar
- estival
- excedente
- fantástica
- fantástico
- formidable
- infravalorar
- infravalorarse
- inmejorable
- magistral
- más
- mejor
- pan
- redundar
- saber
- saludable
- vista
- visto
- antología
- cara
- conmigo
- decir
- igualmente
- ir
- malo
- rollo
- ser
- súper
- y
English:
anyhow
- approval
- as
- assent
- beauty
- bright
- brilliant
- censor
- clear
- conducive
- connotation
- crush
- decent
- devil
- endorse
- endorsement
- fair
- fine
- good
- hot
- hunk
- indifferent
- nearly
- nice
- OK
- okay
- quite
- reasonable
- right
- satisfying
- seal
- short
- so
- something
- such
- sweet
- thick
- tick
- to
- upside
- well
- wind
- worthy
- allow
- all right
- anyway
- be
- better
- bill
- charitable

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bueno, -a buen is used instead of bueno before masculine singular nouns (e.g. buen hombre good man). The comparative form of bueno is mejor (better), and the superlative form is el mejor (masculine) or la mejor (feminine) (the best).

♦ adj

1. [en general] good;

tu hijo es muy buen estudiante your son's a very good student;

hacer ejercicio es bueno para la salud exercise is good for your health;

la cena estaba muy buena the meal was very good;

una buena oportunidad a good opportunity;

los buenos tiempos the good times;

¿tienes hora buena? do you have the right time?;

el juez de silla señaló que la bola fue/no fue buena the umpire said the ball was good/called the ball out;

golpeó la pelota con la pierna buena he struck the ball with his stronger foot;

tener buena acogida to be well received;

tener buen aspecto [persona] to look well;
[cosa] to look good;
ir por buen camino to be on the right track;

tener buen concepto de to think highly of;

creo que éste no es un buen momento para decírselo I don't think this is a good time to tell her;

Prov

lo bueno si breve dos veces bueno you can have too much of a good thing

Comp
el buen salvaje the noble savage;
el buen samaritano the Good Samaritan

2. [bondadoso, amable] kind, good;

ser bueno con alguien to be good to sb;

¡sé bueno! be good!

3. [curado, sano] well, all right;

ya estoy bueno I'm all right now;

todavía no estoy bueno del todo I'm not completely better o recovered yet;

ponerse bueno to get well

4. [apacible] nice, fine;

buen tiempo good o fine weather;

hizo buen tiempo the weather was good;
Esp
¿hace bueno ahí fuera? is it nice out?

5. [aprovechable] all right;
[comida] fresh;
esta lecha no está buena this milk is bad o off

6. [uso enfático]
ese buen hombre that good man;

una buena cantidad de comida a good o considerable amount of food;

tiene una buena cantidad de libros she has a large amount of books, she has quite a few books;

un buen susto a real fright;

un buen lío a real o fine mess;

un buen día se va a llevar un disgusto one of these days she's going to get a nasty shock;

le cayó una buena reprimenda he got a stern ticking-off;

le pegó un puñetazo de los buenos he punched her really hard, he gave her an almighty punch

7. Fam [atractivo]
estar bueno to be gorgeous o Br a bit of all right o Br tasty;

¡qué bueno está tu vecino! your neighbour's gorgeous o a real hunk!

8. Irónico [muy malo] fine;

¡bueno es lo bueno! enough's enough!;

¡bueno está! that's enough!;

¡buen amigo te has echado! some friend he is!;

¡buen granuja estás hecho! you rascal!, you're a real rascal!;

¡buena la has armado o [m5] hecho! you've really gone and done it now!;

librarse de una buena to have a lucky o narrow escape;

de buena te libraste you had a lucky o narrow escape;

¡si te pillo no te librarás de una buena! if I catch you, you'll be in for it!;

estaría bueno that would really cap it all;

si te crees que va a aceptar, estás bueno you're kidding yourself if you think she's going to accept;

estamos buenos como tengamos que esperarle if we have to wait for him we've had it;

te has metido en una buena this is a fine mess you've got o US gotten yourself into!;

poner bueno a alguien to criticize sb harshly

9. [en saludos]
¡buenas! hello!;

¡buenas!, ¿qué tal? hi o hello, how are you?;

¡buenos días!, RP [m5]¡buen día! good morning!;

¡buenas tardes! [hasta las cinco] good afternoon!;
[después de las cinco] good evening!;
¡buenas noches! good night!;

no me dio ni los buenos días she didn't even say good morning to me

10. [en frases]
¡buen provecho! enjoy your meal!;

¡buen viaje! have a good trip!;

de buen ver good-looking, attractive;

de buena gana willingly;

¡me comería un bocadillo de buena gana! I'd really like o Br I really fancy a sandwich!;

lo hizo, y de buena gana he did it willingly;

lo haría de buena gana, pero estoy ocupado I'd be pleased o more than happy to do it, but I'm busy;

dar algo por bueno to approve sth;
Am Fam
estar en la buena to be on a roll;

lo bueno es que… the best thing about it is that…;

prueba este pastel y verás lo que es bueno try this cake, it's excellent;
Irónico
como no me lo des, verás lo que es bueno if you don't give it to me, you'll be in for it

♦ nm,f

1. Cine
el bueno the goody;

los buenos siempre ganan the good guys always win

2. [bonachón]
el bueno de tu hermano your good old brother

♦ adv

1. [vale, de acuerdo] all right, O.K.;

¿te acompaño hasta la esquina? – bueno would you like me to walk up to the corner with you? – O.K.;

le pregunté si quería ayuda y me dijo que bueno I asked her if she needed any help and she said all right;

¿quieres venir con nosotros? – bueno do you want to come with us? – if you like o sure;

bueno, yo ya me voy right, I'm off now;

¡te has equivocado! – bueno ¿y qué? you were wrong – yeah, so what?

2. [pues] well;

bueno, el caso es que… well, the thing is…

3. Am [bien]
¡qué bueno! (that's) great!;

¡qué bueno que vinieron! I'm so glad that you could come!

♦ interj

1. [expresa sorpresa]
¡bueno!, ¡qué alegría verte por aquí! hey, how nice to see you!;

¡bueno, mira quien está aquí! well, look who's here!

2. [expresa irritación]
¡bueno!, ¡lo que faltaba! great, that's just what we needed!

3. Col, Méx [al teléfono] hello

♦ buenas nfpl

Comp

estar de buenas [bien dispuesto] to be in a good mood;

de buenas a primeras [de repente] all of a sudden;
[a simple vista] at first sight, on the face of it;
así, de buenas a primeras, no sé qué decir I'm not sure I know what to say without thinking about it first;

por las buenas willingly;

intentamos persuadirlo por las buenas we tried to convince him the nice way;

lo hará por las buenas o por las malas she'll do it whether she likes it or not;

¿quieres hacerlo por las buenas o por las malas? do you want to do it the easy or the hard way?

* * *

bueno

I adj

1 good;

buena voluntad goodwill;

lo bueno es que … the best thing about it is that …;

estar de buenas be in a good mood;

ponerse bueno get well;

dar algo por bueno approve sth;

ahora viene lo bueno irón here comes the good bit;

¡ésta sí que es buena! irón fam that’s a good one!;

¡estaría bueno! irón fam oh, terrific!;

lo bueno, si breve, dos veces bueno brevity is the soul of wit

2 ( bondadoso) kind;

ser buena gente be nice

3 ( sabroso) nice

4

:

por las buenas willingly;

por las buenas o por las malas whether we/they/etc like it or not;

de buenas a primeras without warning;

a la buena de Dios any which way, Br any old how

II int

:

¡bueno! well!;

¿bueno? Méx hello;

¡buenas! hello!;

buenos días, Rpl

bueno día good morning;

buenas noches good evening;

buenas tardes good evening

* * *

bueno, -na adj, ( buen before masculine singular nouns)

1) : good

una buena idea: a good idea

2) bondadoso: nice, kind

3) apropiado: proper, appropriate

4) sano: well, healthy

5) : considerable, goodly

una buena cantidad: a lot

6)

buenos días : hello, good day

7)

buenas tardes : good afternoon

8)

buenas noches : good evening, good night

bueno interj

1) : OK!, all right!

2) Mex : hello! (on the telephone)

* * *

bueno¹ adj

1. (en general) good [comp. better; superl. best]

los niños buenos good children

un buen coche a good car

2. (agradable) nice

hace un día muy bueno it's a really nice day

es buena persona he's a nice person

¡estas fresas están buenas! these strawberries are nice!

3. (atractivo) gorgeous / good looking

ese tío está muy bueno that guy's gorgeous

4. (sano) better

cuando te pongas bueno, podrás salir a la calle you'll be able to go out when you get better

5. (uso intensivo) big [comp. bigger; superl. biggest] / huge

cayó un buen chaparrón there was a huge downpour

una buena ración de croquetas a nice big portion of croquettes

estar de buenas to be in a good mood

por las buenas willingly

bueno² adv (de acuerdo) OK / all right

bueno³ n (en una película) good guy

Spanish-English dictionary > bueno
20 visión

f.

1 vision, far-sightedness, foresight, long sight.

2 vision, sight.

3 vision, apparition, presence.

4 vision, sense of vision.

* * *

visión

► nombre femenino

1 (acción) vision

2 (vista) sight

3 (ilusión) vision

4 figurado (persona fea) fright, sight

\

FRASEOLOGÍA

quedarse como quien ve visiones familiar to look as if one has seen a ghost

ver visiones to dream, see things

visión de conjunto figurado overall view

* * *

noun f.

1) vision

2) view

* * *

SF

1) (Anat) vision, (eye)sight

perder la visión de un ojo — to lose the sight in o of one eye

visión borrosa — blurred vision

visión de túnel — tunnel vision

visión doble — double vision

visión reducida — impaired vision

2) (Rel) vision; (=fantasía) fantasy; (=ilusión) illusion

ver visiones — to be seeing things, suffer delusions

se le apareció en visión — it came to him in a vision

3) (=vista) view

un político con visión de futuro — a farsighted politician

visión de conjunto — complete picture, overall view

4) (=punto de vista) view, point of view

su visión del problema — his view of the problem

5) pey scarecrow, fright *

ella iba hecha una visión — she looked a real sight *

han comprado una visión de cuadro — they've bought an absolutely ghastly picture

* * *

femenino

1)

a) ( vista) vision, sight

pérdida de visión — loss of vision o sight

perdió la visión de un ojo — she lost the sight of one eye

b) ( acción de ver)

la visión de aquella escena lo impresionó — seeing o witnessing that scene shocked him

c) ( aparición) vision

ver visiones — to be seeing things

2) (enfoque, punto de vista) view

una visión de futuro — a forward-looking approach

una visión de conjunto — an overview

* * *

= eye vision, perspective, picture, standpoint, view, vision, sight.

Ex. I can see a staff member in a sitting position with hand held on the brow covering the eye vision and engrossed in reading.

Ex. It is easy to see that users and separate pieces of literature may hold different perspectives on one subject.

Ex. No pretence is made of their being either a balanced or complete picture of the article.

Ex. So it seems to me you should try to resolve this point of approach, whether you're going to approach it from the standpoint of the user or from the standpoint of the group being listed.

Ex. There is an alternative method for the design of subject retrieval devices, and that is to build languages or schemes which depend upon some theoretical views about the nature and structure of knowledge.

Ex. On a pair of ordinary glasses is a square of fine lines near the top of one lens, where it is out of the way of ordinary vision.

Ex. The seers -- the sybils and prophets -- of Michelangelo's Sistine Ceiling reveal imperfections of bodily sight (such as near- and far-sightedness), emphasizing their spiritual foresight.

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* ángulo de visión = viewing angle.

* campo de visión = breadth of vision, viewing position, field of vision.

* con poca visión de futuro = short-sighted [shortsighted].

* con visión de futuro = far-sighted, forward-thinking, far-seeing, long-sighted.

* dar una visión = present + view, provide + an understanding.

* dar una visión general = give + a general picture.

* dar una visión global = give + overview, present + an overview, present + an overall picture, give + an overall picture, overview.

* dar una visión total = give + a complete picture.

* falta de visión de futuro = shortsightedness, nearsightedness [near-sightedness], myopia.

* falto de visión de futuro = myopic.

* ofrecer una visión = provide + a picture.

* ofrecer una visión de = offer + an account of.

* ofrecer una visión de conjunto = provide + a picture, provide + overview.

* ofrecer una visión muy releveladora de = provide + insight into, give + an insight into, give + an inside look at.

* pago por visión = pay-per-view.

* perder la visión = lose + Posesivo + sight.

* presentar una visión = present + a picture.

* presentar una visión global = give + overview, present + an overview, present + an overall picture, give + an overall picture, overview.

* visión bifocal = bifocal vision.

* visión comercial = business acumen.

* visión contada por una persona de adentro = insider's look, insider's perspective.

* visión contrapuesta = opposing view.

* visión de cerca = ringside view, ringside seat.

* visión de conjunto = overview, sweep, broad view.

* visión de futuro = foresight, future vision, farsightedness [far-sightedness], vision, vision into the future.

* visión del futuro = insight into the future.

* visión del mundo = world view [worldview/world-view].

* visión del panorama = overview.

* visión de primera fila = ringside view, ringside seat.

* visión de túnel = tunnel vision, tunnel vision.

* visión de una persona de adentro = insider's look, insider's perspective.

* visión estratégica = strategic vision.

* visión foveal = foveal vision.

* visión general = overview, conspectus, broad view.

* visión global = overview, big picture, the, snapshot [snap-shot], broad view.

* visión globlal = overall picture.

* visión más clara = heightened awareness.

* visión nocturna = night vision, nocturnal vision.

* visión panorámica = overview.

* visión para los negocios = business acumen.

* visión parcial = one-way view.

* visión periférica = peripheral vision.

* visión puntual = snapshot [snap-shot].

* visión retrospectiva = flashback [flash back].

* * *

femenino

1)

a) ( vista) vision, sight

pérdida de visión — loss of vision o sight

perdió la visión de un ojo — she lost the sight of one eye

b) ( acción de ver)

la visión de aquella escena lo impresionó — seeing o witnessing that scene shocked him

c) ( aparición) vision

ver visiones — to be seeing things

2) (enfoque, punto de vista) view

una visión de futuro — a forward-looking approach

una visión de conjunto — an overview

* * *

= eye vision, perspective, picture, standpoint, view, vision, sight.

Ex: I can see a staff member in a sitting position with hand held on the brow covering the eye vision and engrossed in reading.

Ex: It is easy to see that users and separate pieces of literature may hold different perspectives on one subject.

Ex: No pretence is made of their being either a balanced or complete picture of the article.

Ex: So it seems to me you should try to resolve this point of approach, whether you're going to approach it from the standpoint of the user or from the standpoint of the group being listed.

Ex: There is an alternative method for the design of subject retrieval devices, and that is to build languages or schemes which depend upon some theoretical views about the nature and structure of knowledge.

Ex: On a pair of ordinary glasses is a square of fine lines near the top of one lens, where it is out of the way of ordinary vision.

Ex: The seers -- the sybils and prophets -- of Michelangelo's Sistine Ceiling reveal imperfections of bodily sight (such as near- and far-sightedness), emphasizing their spiritual foresight.

* ángulo de visión = viewing angle.

* campo de visión = breadth of vision, viewing position, field of vision.

* con poca visión de futuro = short-sighted [shortsighted].

* con visión de futuro = far-sighted, forward-thinking, far-seeing, long-sighted.

* dar una visión = present + view, provide + an understanding.

* dar una visión general = give + a general picture.

* dar una visión global = give + overview, present + an overview, present + an overall picture, give + an overall picture, overview.

* dar una visión total = give + a complete picture.

* falta de visión de futuro = shortsightedness, nearsightedness [near-sightedness], myopia.

* falto de visión de futuro = myopic.

* ofrecer una visión = provide + a picture.

* ofrecer una visión de = offer + an account of.

* ofrecer una visión de conjunto = provide + a picture, provide + overview.

* ofrecer una visión muy releveladora de = provide + insight into, give + an insight into, give + an inside look at.

* pago por visión = pay-per-view.

* perder la visión = lose + Posesivo + sight.

* presentar una visión = present + a picture.

* presentar una visión global = give + overview, present + an overview, present + an overall picture, give + an overall picture, overview.

* visión bifocal = bifocal vision.

* visión comercial = business acumen.

* visión contada por una persona de adentro = insider's look, insider's perspective.

* visión contrapuesta = opposing view.

* visión de cerca = ringside view, ringside seat.

* visión de conjunto = overview, sweep, broad view.

* visión de futuro = foresight, future vision, farsightedness [far-sightedness], vision, vision into the future.

* visión del futuro = insight into the future.

* visión del mundo = world view [worldview/world-view].

* visión del panorama = overview.

* visión de primera fila = ringside view, ringside seat.

* visión de túnel = tunnel vision, tunnel vision.

* visión de una persona de adentro = insider's look, insider's perspective.

* visión estratégica = strategic vision.

* visión foveal = foveal vision.

* visión general = overview, conspectus, broad view.

* visión global = overview, big picture, the, snapshot [snap-shot], broad view.

* visión globlal = overall picture.

* visión más clara = heightened awareness.

* visión nocturna = night vision, nocturnal vision.

* visión panorámica = overview.

* visión para los negocios = business acumen.

* visión parcial = one-way view.

* visión periférica = peripheral vision.

* visión puntual = snapshot [snap-shot].

* visión retrospectiva = flashback [flash back].

* * *

visión

feminine

A

1 (vista) vision, sight

pérdida de visión loss of vision o sight

perdió la visión del ojo izquierdo she lost the sight of her left eye

visión de túnel tunnel vision

2

(acción de ver): la visión de aquella escena lo impresionó seeing o witnessing that scene shocked him

3 (aparición) vision

ver visiones to be seeing things

te digo que no hay nadie, tú ves visiones I tell you there's nobody there, you're seeing things

B (enfoque, punto de vista) view

tiene una visión muy romántica de la vida he has a very romantic view of life

la visión de futuro de la empresa the company's forward-looking approach

una visión de conjunto an overview

* * *

visión sustantivo femenino
1
a) ( vista) vision, sight;

◊ perdió la visión de un ojo she lost the sight of one eye

b) ( aparición) vision;

◊ ver visiones to be seeing things

2 (enfoque, punto de vista) view;
◊ una visión romántica de la vida a romantic view of life;

tener visión de futuro to be forward-looking
visión sustantivo femenino
1 (vista, sentido) sight, vision
(alucinación) vision
2 (opinión) viewpoint, view
3 (capacidad de anticipación) sense
visión de futuro, forward-looking approach
' visión' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
aparición
- binocular
- campo
- global
- imponer
- nublarse
- panorama
- vista
- desvanecerse
- espectáculo
- fugaz
- pesadilla
- previsor
- turbio
- visual
English:
blur
- cloud
- overview
- range
- seeing
- short-sighted
- sight
- vision
- acumen
- blurred
- breadth
- far
- field
- glimpse
- grand
- impair
- line
- sighted
- survey
- view

* * *

visión nf

1. [capacidad] vision, sight;

presenta una evidente pérdida de visión there has been a noticeable loss of vision

Comp
visión artificial artificial sight;
visión binocular binocular vision

2. [acción] seeing, witnessing;

tan sólo la visión de tal espectáculo ya le daba deseos de huir just witnessing such a spectacle was enough to make him want to flee

3. [alucinación] vision;

ver visiones to be seeing things

4. [interpretación] view;

una visión clara de la situación a clear view o appreciation of the situation

Comp
visión de conjunto overall view o appreciation;
visión de futuro vision

* * *

visión

f

1 vision, sight; fig

vision;

ver visiones be seeing things

2 ( opinión) view;

tener visión de futuro be forward-looking

* * *

visión nf, pl visiones

1) : vision, eyesight

2) : view, perspective

3) : vision, illusion

ver visiones: to be seeing things

* * *

visión n

1. (vista) sight / vision

en el accidente perdió la visión he lost his sight in the accident

2. (punto de vista) view

tiene una visión positiva de la vida she's got a positive view of life

ver visiones to be seeing things

Spanish-English dictionary > visión

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