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81 empezar Algo con buen pie
(v.) = start + Nombre + off on the right footEx. Nobody likes to see the end of summer; but if you can end it on a high note, it will start the new school and work year off on the right foot.* * *(v.) = start + Nombre + off on the right footEx: Nobody likes to see the end of summer; but if you can end it on a high note, it will start the new school and work year off on the right foot.
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82 entrar con buen pie
figurado to get off on the right foot* * *(v.) = start + Nombre + off on the right footEx. Nobody likes to see the end of summer; but if you can end it on a high note, it will start the new school and work year off on the right foot.* * *(v.) = start + Nombre + off on the right footEx: Nobody likes to see the end of summer; but if you can end it on a high note, it will start the new school and work year off on the right foot.
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83 flamante
adj.1 resplendent (vistoso).2 shiny, spick-and-span, flamboyant.* * *► adjetivo1 (vistoso) splendid, brilliant2 (nuevo) brand-new* * *ADJ1) (=nuevo) [automóvil, traje] brand-new; [campeón, director] new2) (=estupendo) brilliant, fabulous; (=lujoso) luxurious, high-class3) (=resplandeciente) brilliant, flaming* * ** * *= brand new, spic(k)-and-span, spanking new.Ex. Information on small, sometimes brand new, companies in the chemical and biotechnology industries is often difficult to find.Ex. ' Spick and Span' is a comedy that examines how individuals cope with death in a society that likes to sweep things under the rug.Ex. She has brought out a spanking new album to please the ears of her fans.* * ** * *= brand new, spic(k)-and-span, spanking new.Ex: Information on small, sometimes brand new, companies in the chemical and biotechnology industries is often difficult to find.
Ex: ' Spick and Span' is a comedy that examines how individuals cope with death in a society that likes to sweep things under the rug.Ex: She has brought out a spanking new album to please the ears of her fans.* * *1 (nuevo) ‹coche/zapatos› brand-new2 ( period); ‹ministro› new3 (vistoso, brillante) bright* * *
flamante adjetivo ( gen delante del n) ( nuevo) brand-new;
( vistoso) smart (colloq)
flamante adjetivo
1 (recién estrenado) brand-new
2 (llamativo, atractivo) splendid, brilliant
' flamante' also found in these entries:
English:
flamboyant
- new
* * *flamante adj1. [vistoso] resplendent;nos enseñó fotos de su flamante yate he showed us photos of his magnificent yacht2. [nuevo] brand-new;el flamante campéon del mundo the new world champion* * *adj ( nuevo) brand-new* * *flamante adj1) : bright, brilliant2) : brand-new* * * -
84 nato
adj.born, inchoate.* * *► adjetivo1 born* * *ADJ1) [gen] born2) [por derecho] ex officioel secretario es miembro nato de... — the secretary is ex officio a member of...
* * *- ta adjetivoa) < artista> born (before n)b) < cargo> ex officio* * *= natural-born, ex officio.Ex. Giving a natural-born leader a new book to read for himself will mean that, if he likes it, very soon other children in the group will be wanting to read it too = Dar a un líder nato un nuevo libro para que lo lea por su cuenta significa que, si le gusta, muy pronto otros niños del grupo querrán leerlo también.Ex. While deputy administrators are frequently involved ex officio as chairpersons of these groups, the chief librarian usually will reserve the final decision-making authority on major issues to him or herself.----* miembro nato = ex officio.* * *- ta adjetivoa) < artista> born (before n)b) < cargo> ex officio* * *= natural-born, ex officio.Ex: Giving a natural-born leader a new book to read for himself will mean that, if he likes it, very soon other children in the group will be wanting to read it too = Dar a un líder nato un nuevo libro para que lo lea por su cuenta significa que, si le gusta, muy pronto otros niños del grupo querrán leerlo también.
Ex: While deputy administrators are frequently involved ex officio as chairpersons of these groups, the chief librarian usually will reserve the final decision-making authority on major issues to him or herself.* miembro nato = ex officio.* * *nato -ta1 ‹criminal/deportista/artista› born ( before n)2 ‹cargo› ex officioquien ocupe la presidencia es comandante nato del ejército the president is automatically o ex officio commander of the army* * *
Multiple Entries:
nato
ñato
nato
ñato -ta adjetivo (AmS fam) ‹ persona› snub-nosed;
‹ animal› pug-nosed
nato,-a adjetivo born: este muchacho es un líder nato, this boy is a natural born leader
ñato,-a adj LAm snub-nosed
' ñato' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
nata
- ñata
- nato
- OTAN
English:
born
- NATO
- natural
* * *nato, -a adj[de nacimiento] born;un criminal nato a born criminal* * *adj born;un poeta nato a born poet* * *nato adj born -
85 pasar el tiempo
(v.) = pass + the time, hang around, spend + Posesivo + days, hang about, hang outEx. At other times they may be doing nothing else but relax: passing the time in a pleasant if untaxing recreation.Ex. His characters are gullible and easily led, dependent on the kindness of strangers and vulnerable to parasites and touts who hang around train stations and hotels.Ex. He now spends his days drawing, painting and counting himself lucky that he actually gets paid for doing what he loves.Ex. A new report says that we waste three hours a day faffing around, doing nothing in particular, pootling, dawdling, pottering, hanging about.Ex. Bigfoot or Sasquatch is generally depicted as a night creature but at times he will come out at daylight and likes to hang out in the woods.* * *(v.) = pass + the time, hang around, spend + Posesivo + days, hang about, hang outEx: At other times they may be doing nothing else but relax: passing the time in a pleasant if untaxing recreation.
Ex: His characters are gullible and easily led, dependent on the kindness of strangers and vulnerable to parasites and touts who hang around train stations and hotels.Ex: He now spends his days drawing, painting and counting himself lucky that he actually gets paid for doing what he loves.Ex: A new report says that we waste three hours a day faffing around, doing nothing in particular, pootling, dawdling, pottering, hanging about.Ex: Bigfoot or Sasquatch is generally depicted as a night creature but at times he will come out at daylight and likes to hang out in the woods. -
86 acabar con un broche de oro
(v.) = end + Nombre + on a high (note)Ex. Nobody likes to see the end of summer; but if you can end it on a high note, it will start the new school and work year off on the right foot.* * *(v.) = end + Nombre + on a high (note)Ex: Nobody likes to see the end of summer; but if you can end it on a high note, it will start the new school and work year off on the right foot.
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87 acabar con una nota de optimismo
(v.) = end + Nombre + on a high (note)Ex. Nobody likes to see the end of summer; but if you can end it on a high note, it will start the new school and work year off on the right foot.* * *(v.) = end + Nombre + on a high (note)Ex: Nobody likes to see the end of summer; but if you can end it on a high note, it will start the new school and work year off on the right foot.
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88 acabar de forma positiva
(v.) = end + Nombre + on a high (note)Ex. Nobody likes to see the end of summer; but if you can end it on a high note, it will start the new school and work year off on the right foot.* * *(v.) = end + Nombre + on a high (note)Ex: Nobody likes to see the end of summer; but if you can end it on a high note, it will start the new school and work year off on the right foot.
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89 terminar con un broche de oro
(v.) = end + Nombre + on a high (note)Ex. Nobody likes to see the end of summer; but if you can end it on a high note, it will start the new school and work year off on the right foot.* * *(v.) = end + Nombre + on a high (note)Ex: Nobody likes to see the end of summer; but if you can end it on a high note, it will start the new school and work year off on the right foot.
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90 terminar con una nota de optimismo
(v.) = end + Nombre + on a high (note)Ex. Nobody likes to see the end of summer; but if you can end it on a high note, it will start the new school and work year off on the right foot.* * *(v.) = end + Nombre + on a high (note)Ex: Nobody likes to see the end of summer; but if you can end it on a high note, it will start the new school and work year off on the right foot.
Spanish-English dictionary > terminar con una nota de optimismo
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91 terminar de forma positiva
(v.) = end + Nombre + on a high (note)Ex. Nobody likes to see the end of summer; but if you can end it on a high note, it will start the new school and work year off on the right foot.* * *(v.) = end + Nombre + on a high (note)Ex: Nobody likes to see the end of summer; but if you can end it on a high note, it will start the new school and work year off on the right foot.
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92 comedor
adj.gluttonous.m.1 dining room (habitación) (de casa).2 dining-room suite (muebles).3 eater, person who eats.4 refreshment room rail.5 place to eat.* * *► adjetivo1 with a huge appetite► nombre masculino,nombre femenino1 (persona) big eater2 (muebles) dining-room suite————————2 (muebles) dining-room suite* * *noun m.* * *1. SM1) [en casa] dining room; [en barco, tren] restaurant; [en colegio, facultad] dining hall, lunch room (EEUU); [en trabajo] canteensalón 1)2) (=mobiliario) dining-room suite2.ADJJuan es muy buen comedor — Juan's a big eater, Juan likes his food
* * *I- dora adjetivo (fam)IImasculino (sala - en casa, hotel) dining room; (- en colegio, universidad) dining hall, refectory; (- en fábrica, empresa) canteen, cafeteria* * *I- dora adjetivo (fam)IImasculino (sala - en casa, hotel) dining room; (- en colegio, universidad) dining hall, refectory; (- en fábrica, empresa) canteen, cafeteria* * *comedor11 = canteen, lunch room, refectory, dining room.Ex: Works dealing with employee lunch rooms, sometimes called canteens, are entered under the heading Restaurants, Lunch Rooms etc..
Ex: Works dealing with employee lunch rooms, sometimes called canteens, are entered under the heading Restaurants, Lunch Rooms etc..Ex: The south side of this Cistercian cloister was reorganised so that the refectory was perpendicular to the library.Ex: Dining rooms tend to be stagnant spaces where the interior decoration never changes.* comedor de beneficiencia = soup kitchen.* mesa de comedor = dining table, dining-room table.* salón comedor = dining room.comedor2* buen comedor = hearty eater.* ser un buen comedor = be a hearty eater.* * *( fam):son todos muy comedores they're all big eatersA1 (sala — en una casa, un hotel) dining room; (— en un colegio) dining hall; (— en una fábrica) canteen, cafeteria; (— en una universidad) dining hall, refectory ( BrE)2 (conjunto de muebles) dining-room furnitureCompuesto:breakfast room* * *
comedor sustantivo masculino
(— en colegio, universidad) dining hall, refectory;
(— en fábrica, empresa) canteen, cafeteria
comedor,-ora
I sustantivo masculino
1 (habitación de la casa) dining room, (conjunto de muebles) suite of dining room furniture
2 (de una fábrica, universidad, etc) canteen
II adjetivo eater
' comedor' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
comedora
- carro
- desnivel
- mobiliario
English:
canteen
- dining room
- double
- head
- higher-up
- hotplate
- mess
- sitting
- soup kitchen
- staff canteen
- buffet
- dining
- hatch
- refectory
- restaurant car
* * *comedor, -ora♦ adjes muy comedor he's a big eater, he likes his food♦ nm1. [habitación] dining room2. [muebles] dining-room suite3. [establecimiento] [de fábrica] canteencomedor escolar dining hall;comedor universitario refectory* * *I adj:es muy comedor he’s a big eaterII m dining room* * *comedor nm: dining room* * *comedor n1. (de casa) dining room2. (de colegio, fábrica, etc) canteen -
93 quisquilloso
adj.touchy, delicate, jumpy, finicky.* * *► adjetivo1 finicky, fussy, touchy► nombre masculino,nombre femenino1 fusspot* * *ADJ1) (=susceptible) touchy, oversensitive; (=irritable) irritable; (=perfeccionista) pernickety *, persnickety (EEUU) *, choosy, fussy2) (=preocupado por nimiedades) too bothered about petty details* * *- sa adjetivo (meticuloso, exigente) fussy, picky (colloq); ( susceptible) touchy* * *= fastidious, nitpicking [nit-picking], irritable, fussy [fussier -comp., fussiest -sup.], quibbler, finicky [finickier -comp., finickiest -sup.], fusspot, fussbudget, picky [pickier -comp., pickiest -sup.].Ex. Some of them will be sufficiently bizarre to suit the most fastidious connoisseur of the present artifacts of civilization.Ex. Librarians are expected, by their popular media image, to be fussy, nit-picking, pedants.Ex. 'Searching' or even 'ordering' would be better, so long as we didn't imply by either of them an ' irritable reaching after fact and reason'.Ex. Librarians are expected, by their popular media image, to be fussy, nit-picking, pedants.Ex. They attacked him, not as grammarians and philologists, but as quibblers, cavillers; not with arguments, but insults.Ex. After all, even a healthy cat can become finicky when offered an unfamiliar meal.Ex. As for Steve, he traded his days as a bachelor for life with a fusspot.Ex. And they're playing an odd couple reminiscent of Neil Simon's classic pairing of a fussbudget and a slob.Ex. If by chance she gets close to a boy that she likes she suddenly get very picky and think of all his negative points.----* ser demasiado quisquilloso = put + too fine a point on, split + hairs.* ser muy quisquilloso = be picky.* * *- sa adjetivo (meticuloso, exigente) fussy, picky (colloq); ( susceptible) touchy* * *= fastidious, nitpicking [nit-picking], irritable, fussy [fussier -comp., fussiest -sup.], quibbler, finicky [finickier -comp., finickiest -sup.], fusspot, fussbudget, picky [pickier -comp., pickiest -sup.].Ex: Some of them will be sufficiently bizarre to suit the most fastidious connoisseur of the present artifacts of civilization.
Ex: Librarians are expected, by their popular media image, to be fussy, nit-picking, pedants.Ex: 'Searching' or even 'ordering' would be better, so long as we didn't imply by either of them an ' irritable reaching after fact and reason'.Ex: Librarians are expected, by their popular media image, to be fussy, nit-picking, pedants.Ex: They attacked him, not as grammarians and philologists, but as quibblers, cavillers; not with arguments, but insults.Ex: After all, even a healthy cat can become finicky when offered an unfamiliar meal.Ex: As for Steve, he traded his days as a bachelor for life with a fusspot.Ex: And they're playing an odd couple reminiscent of Neil Simon's classic pairing of a fussbudget and a slob.Ex: If by chance she gets close to a boy that she likes she suddenly get very picky and think of all his negative points.* ser demasiado quisquilloso = put + too fine a point on, split + hairs.* ser muy quisquilloso = be picky.* * *quisquilloso -sa1(meticuloso, exigente): es terriblemente quisquilloso y no le gusta que nadie toque sus cosas he is terribly particular and he doesn't like anyone touching his thingsningún hotel le vino bien, es tan quisquilloso none of the hotels suited him, he's so hard to please o so choosy o so fussy2 (susceptible) touchy* * *
quisquilloso
( susceptible) touchy
quisquilloso,-a adjetivo & sustantivo masculino y femenino
1 (meticuloso) fussy
2 (suspicaz) touchy
' quisquilloso' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
quisquillosa
- chinche
- fastidioso
English:
fussy
- nit
- picky
* * *quisquilloso, -a♦ adj1. [detallista] pernickety2. [susceptible] touchy, oversensitive♦ nm,f1. [detallista] nit-picker2. [susceptible] touchy person;ser un quisquilloso to be touchy* * *adj touchy* * *quisquilloso, -sa adj: fastidious, fussyquisquilloso, -sa n: fussy person, fussbudget* * *quisquilloso adj -
94 monologar
v.1 to give a monologue.2 to soliloquize.* * *1 to soliloquize* * *VI to soliloquize; (Teat) to give a monologue* * *verbo intransitivo (Teatr) to soliloquize; ( hablar mucho) to hold forth; ( hablar consigo mismo) to talk to oneself* * *verbo intransitivo (Teatr) to soliloquize; ( hablar mucho) to hold forth; ( hablar consigo mismo) to talk to oneself* * *monologar [A3 ]vi1 ( Teatr) to deliver a monologue2 (hablar) to talknos encantaba oírlo monologar sobre sus viajes we used to love listening to his monologues about his travels, we used to love listening to him talk about his travelses difícil hablar con él, ya sabes que le gusta monologar ( fam); it's difficult to have a conversation with him, you know how he likes the sound of his own voice o how he likes to hold forth o how he likes to talk* * *monologar vito give a monologue -
95 rumbero
1. ADJ2) Caribe [juerguista] party-going, fond of a good time2.* * *- ra adjetivo (Col, Ven fam)es muy rumbero — he really likes to party (colloq)
* * *- ra adjetivo (Col, Ven fam)es muy rumbero — he really likes to party (colloq)
* * *rumbero -ra( Col fam): es muy rumbero he really likes to party ( colloq), he's always out on the town ( colloq)* * *rumbero, -a♦ adj1. [de la rumba] rumba;ritmo rumbero rumba beat♦ nm,fCol, Perú Fam [cumbiambero] party animal -
96 correr un velo sobre las cosas
(v.) = sweep + things under the rugEx. 'Spick and Span' is a comedy that examines how individuals cope with death in a society that likes to sweep things under the rug.* * *(v.) = sweep + things under the rugEx: 'Spick and Span' is a comedy that examines how individuals cope with death in a society that likes to sweep things under the rug.
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97 limpísimo
adj.very clean, squeaky clean, immaculate, most neat.* * *= spic(k)-and-span, speckless, spotless, spanking clean.Ex. ' Spick and Span' is a comedy that examines how individuals cope with death in a society that likes to sweep things under the rug.Ex. He wore black speckless clothes, silk stockings, silver buckles, and either a slim green silk umbrella, or a genteel brown cane.Ex. A look into Jennifer's life revealed few clues -- she had a spotless reputation and was loved by everyone around her.Ex. Upstairs spanking clean rooms come with all expected amenities, as well as grandstand views of the skyline.* * *= spic(k)-and-span, speckless, spotless, spanking clean.Ex: ' Spick and Span' is a comedy that examines how individuals cope with death in a society that likes to sweep things under the rug.
Ex: He wore black speckless clothes, silk stockings, silver buckles, and either a slim green silk umbrella, or a genteel brown cane.Ex: A look into Jennifer's life revealed few clues -- she had a spotless reputation and was loved by everyone around her.Ex: Upstairs spanking clean rooms come with all expected amenities, as well as grandstand views of the skyline. -
98 ocultar las cosas
(v.) = sweep + things under the rugEx. 'Spick and Span' is a comedy that examines how individuals cope with death in a society that likes to sweep things under the rug.* * *(v.) = sweep + things under the rugEx: 'Spick and Span' is a comedy that examines how individuals cope with death in a society that likes to sweep things under the rug.
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99 escucharse
1 to speak in an affected way* * *VPR* * *vprparece que se escucha cuando habla he likes the sound of his own voice* * *v/r like the sound of one’s own voice* * *vr -
100 a la luz de las estrellas
Ex. He likes long walks on the beach and reading by starlight.* * *Ex: He likes long walks on the beach and reading by starlight.
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