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soft1) (not hard or firm; easily changing shape when pressed: a soft cushion.) blando2) (pleasantly smooth to the touch: The dog has a soft, silky coat.) suave3) (not loud: a soft voice.) suave4) ((of colour) not bright or harsh: a soft pink.) suave5) (not strict (enough): You are too soft with him.) blando6) ((of a drink) not alcoholic: At the party they were serving soft drinks as well as wine and spirits.) no alcohólico7) (childishly weak, timid or silly: Don't be so soft - the dog won't hurt you.) tonto, bobo•- softly- softness
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- soft-boiled
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- have a soft spot for
soft adj1. blando / suave2. tenue / suavetr[sɒft]2 (skin, hair, fur, etc) suave3 (light, music, colour) suave; (words) tierno,-a; (breeze, steps, knock) ligero,-a; (outline) difuminado,-a5 (person - lenient) blando,-a, indulgente; (- weak) débil; (- gentle, kind) dulce; (- easily upset) sensiblero,-a■ you're too soft on/with the kids eres demasiado blando con los niños6 (water) blando,-a7 SMALLLINGUISTICS/SMALL (consonant) suave\SMALLIDIOMATIC EXPRESSION/SMALLto be soft in the head ser tonto,-a del culo, ser estúpido,-ato be soft on somebody (attracted) gustarle alguien a unoto have a soft spot for somebody tener debilidad por alguien, tenerle cariño a alguiensoft copy datos nombre masculino plural contenidos en la memoria del ordenadorsoft currency moneda débilsoft drink refresco, bebida no alcohólicasoft drug droga blandasoft furnishings (tejidos nombre masculino plural para) cortinas, fundas de sofá, etcsoft landing aterrizaje nombre masculino suavesoft option camino fácilsoft palate velo del paladarsoft porn pornografía blandasoft sell venta basada en la persuasiónsoft soap cobasoft toy muñeco de peluche, animal nombre masculino de peluchesoft ['sɔft] adj1) : blandoa soft pillow: una almohada blanda2) smooth: suave (dícese de las texturas, de los sonidos, etc.)3) nonalcoholic: no alcohólicoa soft drink: un refrescoadj.• blando, -a adj.• delicado, -a adj.• débil adj.• dócil adj.• esponjoso, -a adj.• flexible adj.• fláccido, -a adj.• fofo, -a adj.• mole adj.• muelle adj.• pastoso, -a adj.• remolón, -ona adj.• suave adj.• tenue adj.• tierno, -a adj.adv.• blandamente adv.• suavemente adv.sɔːft, sɒftadjective -er, -est1)a) ( not hard) blando; <cushion/mattress> blando, mullido; <dough/clay/pencil> blando; < metal> maleable, dúctil2)a) (mild, subdued) < breeze> suave; <light/color> suave, tenue3)a) ( lenient) blando, indulgenteto be soft ON o WITH somebody — ser* blando or indulgente con alguien
b) ( feeble-minded) (colloq)to be soft (in the head) — ser* estúpido
soft sell — venta f blanda ( venta sin técnicas agresivas)
5) ( emotionally attached)to be soft on somebody — tener* debilidad por alguien
6) < drugs> blando; < pornography> blando8) < consonant> débil[sɒft]1. ADJ(compar softer) (superl softest)1) (=not hard) [ground, water, cheese, pencil, contact lens] blando; [bed, mattress, pillow] blando, mullido; [metal] maleable, dúctil; pej [muscles, flesh] blandoto go soft — [biscuits etc] ablandarse
his muscles have gone soft — sus músculos han perdido su fuerza, se le han ablandado los músculos
2) (=smooth) [skin, hair, fur, fabric, texture] suaveto make soft — [+ skin, clothes] suavizar; [+ leather] ablandar
3) (=gentle, not harsh) [breeze, landing] suave; [accent] ligero, leve; [music] suave; [light] tenue; [colour] delicado; [line] difuminadosoft lighting — luz f tenue
4) (=quiet) [whisper, laugh, step] suave; [whistle] flojo; [voice] suave, tenue5) (=kind) [smile, person] dulce; [words] tierno, dulce6) (=lenient, weak) blandothe soft left — (Pol) la izquierda moderada, el centro-izquierda
to be (too) soft on/with sth/sb — ser (demasiado) blando or indulgente con algo/algn
7) (=easy) fácilsoft option — camino m fácil
touch 1., 2)soft target — blanco m fácil
8) * (=foolish) bobo *, tontoyou must be soft! — ¡tú eres tonto!, ¡has perdido el juicio!
9) (=fond)10) (Ling) débil11) (Econ) [prices, economy] débil; [sales, market, growth] flojo2.CPD [currency, drug, fruit] blandosoft brown sugar N — azúcar f morena blanda, azúcar m moreno blando
soft centre N — relleno m blando
soft commodities NPL — (Econ) bienes mpl perecederos, bienes mpl no durables
soft copy N — (Comput) copia f transitoria
soft drink N — bebida f refrescante, refresco m
soft fruit N — (Brit) bayas fpl
soft furnishings NPL — textiles mpl
soft goods NPL — (Comm) géneros mpl textiles, tejidos mpl
soft landing N — aterrizaje m suave
soft margarine N — margarina f (fácil de untar)
soft money N — (US) papel m moneda
soft palate N — (Anat) velo m del paladar
soft-pedalsoft pedal N — (Mus) pedal m suave
soft phone N — (Comput) teléfono m de software
soft porn, soft pornography N — pornografía f blanda
soft shoulder N — (US) arcén m de tierra (para frenazos de emergencia)
soft-soapsoft skills NPL — habilidades fpl interpersonales
soft top N — (esp US) descapotable m
* * *[sɔːft, sɒft]adjective -er, -est1)a) ( not hard) blando; <cushion/mattress> blando, mullido; <dough/clay/pencil> blando; < metal> maleable, dúctil2)a) (mild, subdued) < breeze> suave; <light/color> suave, tenue3)a) ( lenient) blando, indulgenteto be soft ON o WITH somebody — ser* blando or indulgente con alguien
b) ( feeble-minded) (colloq)to be soft (in the head) — ser* estúpido
soft sell — venta f blanda ( venta sin técnicas agresivas)
5) ( emotionally attached)to be soft on somebody — tener* debilidad por alguien
6) < drugs> blando; < pornography> blando8) < consonant> débil -
2 go
go [gəʊ]━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━2. modal verb4. noun5. compounds━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━a. ( = move) aller• where are you going? où allez-vous ?• there he goes! le voilà !• you can go next allez-y(, je vous en prie) !► to go + preposition• the train goes at 90km/h le train roule à 90 km/h• where do we go from here? qu'est-ce qu'on fait maintenant ?• to go to France/to London aller en France/à Londres• to go up the hill monter la colline► to go + -ing• to go swimming (aller) nager► go and...• go and get me it! va me le chercher !• now you've gone and broken it! (inf) ça y est, tu l'as cassé !• when does the train go? quand part le train ?• after a week all our money had gone en l'espace d'une semaine, nous avions dépensé tout notre argent• he'll have to go [employee] on ne peut pas le garder• there goes my chance of promotion! je peux faire une croix sur ma promotion !• going, going, gone! une fois, deux fois, trois fois, adjugé, vendu !► to let sb go ( = allow to leave) laisser partir qn ; ( = make redundant) se séparer de qn ; ( = stop gripping) lâcher qn• let go! lâchez !• to let go of sth/sb lâcher qch/qn• eventually parents have to let go of their children tôt ou tard, les parents doivent laisser leurs enfants voler de leurs propres ailes► to let sth goc. ( = start) [car, machine] démarrer ; ( = function) [machine, watch, car] marcher• how do you make this go? comment est-ce que ça marche ?• to be going [machine, engine] être en marche► to get going [person] ( = leave)• once he gets going... une fois lancé...• to get things going activer les choses► to keep going ( = continue) [person] continuer ; [business] se maintenir• the police signalled her to stop but she kept going la police lui a fait signe de s'arrêter mais elle a continué son chemin• a cup of coffee is enough to keep her going all morning elle réussit à tenir toute la matinée avec un caféd. ( = begin) there he goes again! le voilà qui recommence !• here goes! (inf) allez, on y va !e. ( = progress) aller, marcher• how's it going? (comment) ça va ?• all went well for him until... tout s'est bien passé pour lui jusqu'au moment où...• add the sugar, stirring as you go ajoutez le sucre, en remuant au fur et à mesuref. ( = turn out) [events] se passer• how did your holiday go? comment se sont passées tes vacances ?• that's the way things go, I'm afraid c'est malheureux mais c'est comme çag. ( = become) devenir• have you gone mad? tu es devenu fou ?h. ( = fail) [fuse] sauter ; [bulb] griller ; [material] être usé ; [sight] baisser ; [strength] manqueri. ( = be sold) how much do you think the house will go for? combien crois-tu que la maison va être vendue ?• it went for $550 c'est parti à 550 dollarsj. ( = be given) [prize, reward, inheritance] revenir (to à)k. ( = be accepted) the story goes that... le bruit court que...l. ( = apply) that goes for you too c'est valable pour toi aussi• that goes for me too ( = I agree with that) je suis aussi de cet avis• as far as your suggestion goes... pour ce qui est de ta suggestion...• this explanation is fine, as far as it goes cette explication vaut ce qu'elle vautm. ( = available) are there any jobs going? y a-t-il des postes vacants ?• is there any coffee going? est-ce qu'il y a du café ?n. [tune] the tune goes like this voici l'airo. ( = make sound or movement) faire ; [bell, clock] sonnerp. ( = serve) the money will go to compensate the victims cet argent servira à dédommager les victimes► as... go• he's not bad, as estate agents go il n'est pas mauvais pour un agent immobilier2. modal verb► to be going to + infinitive allera. ( = travel) [+ distance] faireb. ( = make sound) faire• he went "psst" « psst » fit-il4. noun(plural goes)a. ( = motion) (inf) it's all go! ça n'arrête pas !• at one or a go d'un seul coup► to have a go ( = try) essayerc. ( = success) to make a go of sth réussir qch5. compounds• to give sb the go-ahead (to do) (inf) donner le feu vert à qn (pour faire) ► go-between noun intermédiaire mf► go-karting noun = go-carting► go abouta. allerb. [rumour] courira. [+ task, duties] he went about the task methodically il s'y est pris de façon méthodique• how does one go about getting seats? comment fait-on pour avoir des places ?( = cross) traverser• she went across to Mrs. Smith's elle est allée en face chez Mme Smith[+ river, road] traverser( = follow) suivre ; ( = attack) attaquer• go after him! suivez-le !a. ( = prove hostile to) [vote, judgement, decision] être défavorable àb. ( = oppose) aller à l'encontre de• conditions which went against national interests des conditions qui allaient à l'encontre des intérêts nationaux• it goes against my principles c'est contre mes principes► go ahead intransitive verb passer devant ; [event] avoir (bien) lieu ; [work] avancer• go ahead! allez-y !• why don't you go along too? pourquoi n'iriez-vous pas aussi ?• I can't go along with that at all je ne suis pas du tout d'accord là-dessus► go around intransitive verba. = go about ; go roundb. what goes around comes around tout finit par se payer► go away intransitive verb partir ; (on holiday) partir (en vacances) ; [pain] disparaître• we need to go away and think about this nous devons prendre le temps d'y réfléchir► go back intransitive verba. ( = return) retourner• it's getting dark, shall we go back? il commence à faire nuit, on rentre ?b. ( = retreat) reculerd. ( = revert) revenir (to à)e. ( = extend) s'étendre• the cave goes back 300 metres la grotte fait 300 mètres de long► go back on inseparable transitive verb[+ decision, promise] revenir sur( = happen earlier)[person] passer ; [period of time] (se) passerb. ( = be swallowed) it went down the wrong way j'ai (or il a etc) avalé de traversc. ( = be accepted) I wonder how that will go down with her parents je me demande comment ses parents vont prendre ça• to go down well/badly être bien/mal accueillid. [value, price, standards] baissere. ( = be relegated) être reléguéf. [stage curtain] tomber ; [theatre lights] s'éteindreg. ( = go as far as) allerh. [balloon, tyre] se dégonfler• my ankle's OK, the swelling has gone down ma cheville va bien, elle a désenflé► go down as inseparable transitive verb( = be regarded as) être considéré comme ; ( = be remembered as) passer à la postérité comme• the victory will go down as one of the highlights of the year cette victoire restera dans les mémoires comme l'un des grands moments de l'année► go down with (inf) inseparable transitive verb[+ illness] attrapera. ( = attack) attaquerc. ( = strive for) essayer d'avoir ; ( = choose) choisir• the theory has a lot going for it cette théorie a de nombreux mérites► go forward intransitive verba. ( = move ahead) avancer ; [economy] progresserb. ( = take place) avoir lieuc. ( = continue) maintenir• if they go forward with these proposals s'ils maintiennent ces propositions► go in intransitive verba. ( = enter) entrerb. ( = attack) attaquera. [+ examination] se présenter à ; [+ position, job] poser sa candidature à ; [+ competition, race] prendre part àb. [+ sport] pratiquer ; [+ hobby] se livrer à ; [+ style] affectionner ; [+ medicine, accounting, politics] faire• he doesn't go in for reading much il n'aime pas beaucoup lire► go into inseparable transitive verba. [+ profession, field] he doesn't want to go into industry il ne veut pas travailler dans l'industrieb. ( = embark on) [+ explanation] se lancer dansc. ( = investigate) étudierd. ( = be devoted to) être investi dansa. ( = leave) partirb. [alarm clock] sonner ; [alarm] se déclencherc. [light, radio, TV] s'éteindre ; [heating] s'arrêtere. [event] se passer• I used to like him, but I've gone off him lately je l'aimais bien mais depuis un certain temps il m'agace► go off with inseparable transitive verb partir aveca. ( = proceed on one's way) (without stopping) poursuivre son chemin ; (after stopping) continuer sa route ; (by car) reprendre la route• go on trying! essaie encore !• go on! continuez !• if you go on doing that, you'll get into trouble si tu continues, tu vas avoir des ennuis• don't go on about it! ça va, j'ai compris !• she's always going on at him about doing up the kitchen elle n'arrête pas de le harceler pour qu'il refasse la cuisinee. ( = proceed) passer• he went on to say that... puis il a dit que...• he retired from football and went on to become a journalist il a abandonné le football et est devenu journaliste• how long has this been going on? depuis combien de temps est-ce que ça dure ?• what's going on here? qu'est-ce qui se passe ici ?• as the day went on he became more and more anxious au fil des heures, il devenait de plus en plus inquiet• what a way to go on! en voilà des manières !i. ( = progress) [person, patient] aller• how is he going on? comment va-t-il ?( = be guided by) we don't have much to go on yet nous n'avons pas beaucoup d'indices pour l'instant► go on for inseparable transitive verba. ( = leave) sortirb. [fire, light] s'éteindrec. ( = travel) aller (to à)d. [sea] se retirer ; [tide] descendref. [invitation] être envoyé ; [radio programme, TV programme] être diffusé• an appeal has gone out for people to give blood un appel a été lancé pour encourager les dons de sanga. ( = cross) allerb. ( = be overturned) se retournera. ( = examine) [+ accounts, report] vérifierb. ( = review) [+ speech] revoir ; [+ facts, points] récapituler• let's go over the facts again récapitulons les faits► go over to inseparable transitive verb passer àa. ( = turn) tournerc. ( = be sufficient) suffire (pour tout le monde)d. ( = circulate) [document, story] circuler• there's a rumour going round that... le bruit court que...e. = go about► go through( = be agreed) [proposal] être accepté ; [business deal] être conclua. ( = suffer, endure) endurerb. ( = examine) [+ list] examiner ; [+ book] parcourir ; [+ mail] regarder ; [+ subject, plan] étudier ; [+ one's pockets] fouiller dans• I went through my drawers looking for a pair of socks j'ai cherché une paire de chaussettes dans mes tiroirsc. ( = use up) [+ money] dépenser ; ( = wear out) userd. ( = carry out) [+ routine, course of study] suivre ; [+ formalities] accomplir ; [+ apprenticeship] faire► go through with inseparable transitive verb( = persist with) [+ plan, threat] mettre à exécution• in the end she couldn't go through with it en fin de compte elle n'a pas pu le faire► go together intransitive verb[colours, flavours] aller (bien) ensemble ; [events, conditions, ideas] aller de paira. ( = sink) [ship, person] coulerb. ( = fail) [person, business] faire faillite► go upa. monter[+ hill] gravira. [circumstances, event, conditions] aller (de pair) avec• mothers feed their children and go without themselves les mères nourrissent leurs enfants et se privent elles-mêmes de tout* * *[gəʊ] 1.1) (move, travel) aller ( from de; to à, en)to go to Wales/to California — aller au Pays de Galles/en Californie
to go to town/to the country — aller en ville/à la campagne
to go up/down/across — monter/descendre/traverser
to go by bus/train — voyager en bus/train
to go by ou past — [person, vehicle] passer
there he goes again! — ( that's him again) le revoilà!; fig ( he's starting again) le voilà qui recommence!
where do we go from here? — fig et maintenant qu'est-ce qu'on fait?
2) (on specific errand, activity) allerto go on a journey/on holiday — partir en voyage/en vacances
3) ( attend) allerto go to school/work — aller à l'école/au travail
5) ( depart) partir7) ( disappear) partir8) (be sent, transmitted)9) ( become)to go mad — devenir fou/folle
10) ( change over to new system)to go Labour — Politics [country, constituency] voter travailliste
11) (be, remain)12) (weaken, become impaired)13) ( of time)14) ( be got rid of)six down and four to go! — six de faits, et encore quatre à faire!
15) (operate, function) [vehicle, machine, clock] marcher, fonctionnerto set [something] going — mettre [quelque chose] en marche
to get going — [engine, machine] se mettre en marche; fig [business] démarrer
to keep going — [person, business, machine] se maintenir
16) ( start)here goes! —
once he gets going, he never stops — une fois lancé, il n'arrête pas
17) ( lead) aller, conduire (to à)the road goes down/goes up — la route descend/monte
18) ( extend in depth or scope)a hundred pounds doesn't go far these days — on ne va pas loin avec cent livres sterling de nos jours
you can make £5 go a long way — on peut faire beaucoup de choses avec 5 livres sterling
19) (belong, be placed) aller20) ( fit) gen rentrer22) ( be accepted)23) ( be about to)24) ( happen)how's it going? — (colloq)
how are things going? — comment ça va? (colloq)
how goes it? — hum comment ça va? (colloq)
25) ( be on average)it's old, as Australian towns go — c'est une ville assez vieille pour une ville australienne
it wasn't a bad party, as parties go — c'était une soirée plutôt réussie par rapport à la moyenne
26) ( be sold)the house went for over £100,000 — la maison a été vendue à plus de 100000 livres
‘going, going, gone!’ — ‘une fois, deux fois, trois fois, adjugé!’
27) ( be on offer)I'll have some coffee, if there's any going — je prendrai bien un café, s'il y en a
28) ( contribute)29) ( be given) [award, prize] aller (to à); [estate, inheritance, title] passer (to à)30) ( emphatic use)then he had to go and lose his wallet — comme s'il ne manquait plus que ça, il a perdu son portefeuille
31) ( of money) (be spent, used up)32) (make sound, perform action or movement) gen faire; [bell, alarm] sonnerthe cat went ‘miaow’ — le chat a fait ‘miaou’
33) (resort to, have recourse to)to go to war — [country] entrer en guerre; [soldier] partir à la guerre
to go to law GB ou to the law US — aller en justice
34) (break, collapse etc) [roof] s'effondrer; [cable, rope] se rompre; [light bulb] griller35) ( take one's turn)you go next — c'est ton tour après, c'est à toi après
36) ( be in harmony)37) ( in takeaway)2. 3.whose go is it? — gen à qui le tour?; ( in game) à qui de jouer?
2) (colloq) ( energy)to be full of go —
•Phrasal Verbs:- go about- go after- go ahead- go along- go at- go away- go back- go below- go by- go down- go for- go in- go into- go off- go on- go on at- go out- go over- go round- go under- go up- go with••all systems are go! — Aerospace tout est paré pour le lancement!
he's all go! — (colloq) il n'arrête pas!
that's how it goes! —
there you go! — (colloq) voilà!
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