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1 tiene unos treinta años
гл.Испанско-русский универсальный словарь > tiene unos treinta años
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2 un
adj.one.art.an, a.* * *un1 a, an► adjetivo1 (numeral) one2 (indef) some* * *1. adj. 2. = una, art.a, an- una vez- unos I- unas I* * *un, -a1. ART INDEF1) [en singular] [refiriéndose a algo no conocido o de forma imprecisa] a; [antes de vocal o de h] an; [dando mayor énfasis, con expresiones temporales] one2) [en plural]a) [uso indefinido] (=algunos) some; (=pocos) a fewhay unas cervezas en la nevera — there are a few o some beers in the fridge
b) [con partes del cuerpo]c) [con objetos a pares] somed) [con cantidades, cifras] about, aroundhabía unas 20 personas — there were about o around 20 people, there were some 20 people
unos 80 dólares — about o around 80 dollars, some 80 dollars
3) [enfático]¡se dio un golpe...! — he banged himself really hard!
¡había una gente más rara...! — there were some real weirdos there! *
¡sois unos vagos! — you're so lazy!
2.ADJ [numeral] oneunouna excursión de un día — a one-day trip, a day trip
* * *[the masculine article un is also used before feminine nouns which begin with stressed a or ha e.g. un arma poderosa, un hambre feroz]1) (sing) a; (delante de sonido vocálico) an; (pl) some2) ( con valor ponderativo)tú haces unas preguntas... — you do ask some questions!
me dio una vergüenza... — I was so embarrassed!
3) ( con nombres propios) a4) (sing) ( como genérico)5) (pl) ( expresando aproximación) about* * *[the masculine article un is also used before feminine nouns which begin with stressed a or ha e.g. un arma poderosa, un hambre feroz]1) (sing) a; (delante de sonido vocálico) an; (pl) some2) ( con valor ponderativo)tú haces unas preguntas... — you do ask some questions!
me dio una vergüenza... — I was so embarrassed!
3) ( con nombres propios) a4) (sing) ( como genérico)5) (pl) ( expresando aproximación) about* * *un2= a (an).Ex: A good example is the British Catalogue of Music Classification.
* a uno u otro lado de = on either side of.* a un paso asombroso = at an astounding pace.* cada uno = apiece, each.* cambiar de una vez a otra = vary + from time to time.* cercano uno del otro = in close proximity.* cerca uno del otro = in close proximity.* dedicar unos minutos = take + a few minutes.* de uno a otro = across.* en unos momentos = momentarily, at any moment.* estar hecho el uno para el otro = be well suited to each other, be two of a kind, be a right pair.* estar un poco anticuado = be some years old.* los unos a costa de los otros = at each other's expense.* lo uno es tan malo como lo otro = one is as bad as the other.* más de unos cuantos + Nombre = not a few + Nombre.* ni lo uno ni lo otro = in-between, betwixt and between.* por mencionar sólo unos pocos = to name but a few.* por mencionar unos pocos = just to name a few.* por nombrar sólo unos cuantos = to name only some.* pospuesto una y otra vez = ever-postponed.* ser complementario el uno del otro = be integral one to another.* ser uno de entre varios + Nombre = be one of a number of + Nombre.* todos y cada uno = all and sundry, each and everyone.* todos y cada uno de = any and every, any and all.* tropezar los unos con los otros = trip over + each other.* una amplia gama de = a wide band of, a wide variety of, a wide range of, a broad variety of, a broad range of.* una amplia variedad de = a broad variety of, a wide range of, a broad range of.* una apuesta segura = a sure bet.* una avalancha de = a flood of, a flood tide of.* un abanico de = a palette of.* una bobadita = a little something.* 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.* una cadena de = a necklace of.* una cadena de + Montañas = a range of + Montañas.* una cantidad ingente de = a wealth of.* una capa fina de = a skim of.* una causa perdida = a dead dog.* una cierta cantidad de = a measure of, a proportion of.* una clase de = a kind of.* una colección desordenada de = a scrapbook of.* una combinación de = a mixture of, a mix of, a rollup of.* una comparsa de = a cavalcade of.* una constelación de = a galaxy of.* una convocatoria de = a call for.* una cosa no + tener + nada que ver con la otra = one thing + have + nothing to do with the other.* una cosita = a little something.* una cubeta llena de = a pailful of.* una cucharadita de = a teaspoon of.* una cuestión de principios = a matter of principle.* una cuestión de vida o muerte = a matter of life and death.* una desgracia = a crying shame.* una de varios = one of a variety of.* una diversidad de = a variety of, an array of, a mosaic of, a diversity of, a menu of.* una escasez de = a dearth of.* una especie de = a kind of.* una especie de + Nombre = Nombre + of sorts.* una espléndida variedad de = a panoply of.* una estaca en el corazón = a stake in the heart.* una estructura de = a pattern of.* una eternidad = ages and ages (and ages).* una fortuna = a king's ransom.* una fuente de = a treasure trove of.* una gama de = a suite of, a palette of.* una gama de posibilidades = a palette of possibilities.* una gama muy variada de = a whole gamut of.* una gama variada de = a trawling of.* una gran = a large measure of.* una gran cantidad de = a good deal of, a great deal of, a large degree of, a mass of, a plethora of, a supply of, a vast amount of, a city of, a wealth of, a sea of, a cascade of, an army of, a good many, a huge number of, a great number of, a multitude of, scores of, a host of, a vast corpus of, a whole host of.* una gran cantidad y variedad de = a wealth and breadth of.* una gran diversidad de = a wide range of, a broad variety of, a wide variety of.* una gran experiencia = a wealth of experience.* una gran extensión de = a sea of.* una gran gama de = a wide range of, a rich tapestry of, a wide band of, a broad variety of, a wide variety of, a broad range of, a whole gamut of.* una gran mayoría de = a large proportion of.* una gran parte de = a broad population of, a lion's share of.* una gran pérdida = a great loss.* una gran proporción de = a large proportion of.* una gran variedad de = a wide range of, a multiplicity of, a rich tapestry of, a plurality of, a broad variety of, a broad range of, a whole gamut of.* una grupo impreciso de = a cloud of.* una guía general = a rough guide.* una idea general = a rough guide.* una inmensa cantidad de = a treasure chest of, a huge number of.* una intentona de = attempted.* un aire de = an air of, a whiff of.* una joya = a little gem.* una lotería = hit (and/or) miss.* un alto en el camino = a stop on the road, a pit stop on the road.* un aluvión de = a flood of, a rash of, a barrage of, a flurry of.* una manera de empezar = a foot in the door.* un amante = a little something on the side.* una mayor variedad de = a wider canvas of.* una mejor ocasión = a better time.* una mezcla de = a mixture of, a blend of, a mix of, a rollup of.* una mina de = a treasure trove of.* una mina de información = a mine of information.* una mina inagotable de = a treasure house of.* una minoría de = a minority of.* una minoría selecta = a select few.* una miscelánea de = a miscellany of.* una misma cosa = one and the same.* una montaña de = a mountain of.* un amplio espectro de = a broad band of, a broad spectrum of, a wide band of.* una muestra variada de = a mosaic of.* una mujer de mundo = a woman of the world.* una multidud de = a host of.* una multiplicidad de = a multiplicity of.* una multitud de = a swarm of.* una necesidad cada vez mayor = a growing need.* una negociación justa = a square deal.* una noche tras otra = night after night.* una nube de = a haze of, a cloud of, a swarm of.* un año tras otro = year after year.* una ola de = a wave of, a tide of.* una oleada de = an army of, a flurry of, a swell of.* una oportunidad casi segura = a sporting chance.* una oportunidad como es debido = a fair chance.* una oportunidad de triunfar = a fighting chance.* una oportunidad única en la vida = once in a lifetime opportunity.* una organización de = a pattern of.* una palmada en la espalda = a pat on the back.* una palmadita en la espala = a pat on the back.* una pareja ideal = a match made in heaven.* una pareja perfecta = a match made in heaven.* una parte de = a share of, a snatch of.* una pequeña minoría de = a marginal fringe of.* una pérdida constante de = a haemorrhage of.* una pila de = a pile of, a stack of, a sackful of, a whole slew of, a raft of, a mass of.* una pincelada de = a splash of, a hint of.* una pizca de = a dash of, a grain of, a pinch of.* una pizca de verdad = a grain of truth.* una plena convicción de = a strong sense of.* una posibilidad muy remota = a long shot.* una primera y última vez = a first and last time.* una probabilidad muy alta = a sporting chance.* una profusión de = a profusion of.* una provisión constante de = a diet of.* una racha de = a rash of, a stretch of.* una retahíla de = a volley of, a string of.* una ristra de = a long tail of, a volley of.* un arraigado sentido de = a strong sense of.* un arte = a fine art.* un arte en extinción = a dying art.* un arte que se está perdiendo = a dying art.* una salva de = a volley of.* una sarta de = a volley of.* una sarta de mentiras = a sackful of lies, a pack of lies.* unas cuantas ideas = a rough guide.* una segunda opinión = a second opinion.* una segunda vez = a second time around, a second time.* una selecta minoría, una minoría selecta, unos pocos elegidos = a select few.* una semblanza de = an air of.* una serie de = a choice of, a number of, a range of, a series of, a suite of, an array of, a string of, a pattern of, a stream of, a battery of, a succession of.* una serie de + Nombre + organizados por turnos = a rota of + Nombre.* un aspecto de = an air of.* una sucesión de = a succession of.* una tanda de = a flurry of.* un ataque de = an access of, a shock of.* una tentativa de = attempted.* una tira de = a raft of.* un atisbo de = a hint of.* una tontería = a little something.* una tormenta en un vaso de agua = a tempest in a teapot.* una última vez = one last time.* una única fuente para Algo = one-stop, one-stop shopping, one stop shop.* un auténtico infierno = a living hell.* una variada gama de = a whole gamut of.* una variedad de = a range of, a variety of, an array of, an assortment of, a spectrum of, a menu of, a diversity of, a palette of.* una variedad muy rica de = a treasure of.* una vasta cantidad de = a vast amount of.* una verdadera lástima = a crying shame.* una verdadera pena = a crying shame.* una vez cada quincena = once a fortnight.* una vez cumplimentado = completed.* una vez + Participio = upon + Nombre.* una vez + Participio Pasado = having + Participio Pasado, having + just + Participio Pasado.* una vez + Participio Pasado + Nombre = with + Nombre + Participio Pasado.* una vez que + Frase = once + Frase.* una vez quincenalmente = once a fortnight.* una vez relleno = completed.* una vista digna de contemplar = a sight to behold.* una vista digna de ver = a sight to behold.* una yarda de largo = a yard long.* una zona de = a stretch of.* un bariburrillo de = a welter of.* un bebé = a babe in arms.* un bocadito = a little something.* un bombardeo de = a barrage of.* un buen lugar de partida = a good place to start.* un buen número de = a good number of.* un buen partido = a good catch.* un camino largo y difícil = a long haul.* un camión de = a truckload of.* un caso perdido = a dead dog.* un caudal de experiencia = a wealth of experience.* un centro único = one stop shop.* un chorreón de = a splash of, a hint of.* un chorretón de = a splash of, a hint of.* un cierto grado de = a certain amount of, a modicum of.* un cierto número de = a number of.* un conglomerado de = a conglomeration of.* un conjunto cada vez mayor de = a growing body of.* un conjunto de = a set of, a suite of, a pool of, an assembly of, a pattern of, a universe of, a harvest of, a complement of.* un corpus de = a body of.* un costal de = a sackful of.* un cuarto = one in four.* un cuarto de = a quarter of.* un cúmulo de = a treasure trove of.* un detalle = a little something.* un día de descanso = a day away from.* un día fuera = a day out.* un día haciendo algo diferente = a day away from.* un día normal = on a typical day.* un día sí y otro no = every other day.* un día sí y otro también = day in and day out.* un día tras otro = day after day.* un día y medio = one and a half days.* un dineral = a king's ransom, a huge amount of money.* un donnadie = a nobody.* un ejemplo claro = a case in question, a case in point.* un ejército de = an army of.* un enjambre de = a swarm of.* un equipo de = a team of.* un espectáculo digno de contemplar = a sight to behold.* un espectáculo digno de ver = a sight to behold.* un fuerte sentimiento de = a strong sense of.* un gran diversidad de = a broad range of.* un gran espectro de = a wide band of, a wide band of.* un gran número de = a good deal of, a great deal of, a plethora of, a wide range of, a full roster of, a fair number of, a great number of, a broad variety of, a wide variety of, a broad range of, a vast corpus of.* un grano de arena en el desierto = a drop in the ocean, a drop of water in a bucket.* un gran repertorio de = an arsenal of, an armoury of [armory].* un gran volumen de = a vast corpus of.* un grupo aferrado de = a hard core of.* un grupo cada vez mayor de = a growing body of.* un grupo de = a set of, a bunch of, a crop of, a pool of, a cadre of, a cluster of, a galaxy of, a clutch of, a company of.* un grupo de gente variada = a cast of people.* un grupo incondicional de = a hard core of.* un grupo variado de = a collection of.* un halo de bruma = a veil of mist.* un hombre de gentes = a man of the people.* un hombre de mundo = a man of the world.* un hombre de palabra = a man of his word.* un hombre de pocas palabras = a man of few words, a man of few words.* un intento de = an exercise in, attempted.* un juego de = a battery of.* un kaleidoscopio de = a mosaic of.* un lecho de rosas = a bed of roses.* un lujo asiático = the lap of luxury.* un manojo de llaves = a set of + keys.* un manojo de nervios = a bundle of nerves.* un mar de = a sea of.* un mar de papel = a sea of + paper.* un medio para alcanzar un fin = a means to an end.* un medio para conseguir un fin = a means to an end.* un medio para llegar a fin = a means to an end.* un mejor momento = a better time.* un mequetrefe = a nobody.* un minuto en los labios, para siempre en las caderas = a minute on the lips, forever on the hips.* un momento bueno de = a peak of.* un momento determinado = a frozen moment in time, a given moment in time.* un montón = like crazy, like mad.* un montonazo = like crazy, like mad.* un montonazo de = a truckload of, a whole slew of, a raft of.* un montonazo de dinero = a huge amount of money.* un montón de = a pile of, a stack of, a bundle of, a truckload of, a sackful of, a raft of.* un montón de dinero = a huge amount of money.* un mundo aparte = a world apart, a breed apart.* un + Nombre + a altas horas de la noche = a late night + Nombre.* un + Nombre + a primera hora de la mañana = an early morning + Nombre.* un + Nombre + a última hora de la mañana = a late morning + Nombre.* un + Nombre + por la mañana temprano = an early morning + Nombre.* un no sé qué = a je ne sais quoi.* un nuevo comienzo = a fresh start.* un nuevo impulso = a new lease of life.* un número cada vez mayor = growing numbers.* un número cada vez mayor de = a growing number of, a growing body of.* un número de = a series of.* un número reducido de = a residue of, a small number of.* un número variado de + Nombre = any number of + Nombre.* un oásis de = an oasis of.* uno de los + Nombre + más + Adjetivo = not the least + Adjetivo + Nombre, not the least of the + Adjetivo + Nombre.* uno de los + Nombre + más importante = not the least + Nombre.* uno de los + Nombre + más importantes = not the least of + Nombre.* uno de tantos = little fish in a big pond.* uno más = one of equals.* unos + Cantidad = around + Cantidad.* unos con otros = one another.* unos cuantos = a few, a smattering of + Nombre Contable, a sprinkling of.* unos de otros = one another.* unos días más tarde = a few days later.* unos encima de los otros = one on another.* unos + Fecha = about + Fecha.* unos + Número = some + Número.* unos pocos elegidos = a select few.* unos segundos de reflexión = a moment's thought, a moment's reflection.* uno u otro = one or another.* un paquete de = a suite of.* un paquete integrado de programas = a suite of + programmes.* un paquete ofimático integrado = a suite of office automation software.* un par de = a couple of.* un par de minutos = a couple of moments.* un pasado oscuro = a dark past.* un paso por delante de = one step ahead of.* un pequeño puntito = just a little dot.* un período de = a stretch of.* un período determinado = a frozen moment in time.* un periodo intenso de = a flurry of.* un pilón de = a raft of, a mass of, a stack of.* un poco = a bit, somewhat, slightly, something of, a little bit, kinda [kind of].* un poco áspero = roughish.* un poco como = kind of like.* un poco de = a measure of, a touch (of), a bit of, a piece of, a spot of, a splash of, a hint of.* un poco + Nombre = a shade + Nombre.* un poco obscuro = dusky.* un poco perdido = a bit at sea.* un poco rugoso = roughish.* un popurrí de = a potpourri of, a welter of.* un poquito = a wee bit.* un poquito (de) = a dash of, a tiny bit of, a splash of, a hint of, a touch (of).* un porrón de tiempo = donkey's years.* un puñado de = a bunch of, a handful of, a clutch of.* un querido = a little something on the side.* un rato = awhile.* un rayo de = a shimmer of.* un rayo de esperanza = a faint glimmer of light.* un rayo de luz esperanzador = a faint glimmer of light, a peep of light.* un regalito = a little something.* un revoltijo de = a jumble of, a welter of.* un rosario de = a rash of.* un saco de = a sackful of.* un saco lleno de = a sackful of.* un servicio las 24 horas = a 24-hour service.* un sinfín de = a myriad of, a host of, a whole host of.* un sinnúmero de = a myriad of, a host of, a whole host of.* un sueño hecho realidad = a dream come true.* un surtido de = an assortment of.* un tanto + Adjetivo = vaguely + Adjetivo.* un tiempo = awhile.* un tipo de = a kind of.* un toque de = a touch of, a splash of, a hint of.* un torrente de = a cascade of.* un total de = a universe of, a total of.* un trabajo bien hecho = a job well done.* un trabajo cualquiera = casual job.* un tramo de = a stretch of.* un trato justo = a square deal.* un trozo de = a piece of, a snatch of, a stretch of.* un velo de bruma = a veil of mist.* un viso de = a whiff of.* variar de una vez a otra = vary + from time to time.* * *UN(en Col) = Universidad Nacional* * *
un (pl◊ unos), una (pl unas) art the masculine article un is also used before feminine nouns which begin with stressed a or ha e.g. un arma poderosa, un hambre feroz
1 ( sing) a;
( delante de sonido vocálico) an;
(pl) some;
un asunto importante an important matter;
hay unas cartas para ti there are some letters for you;
tiene unos ojos preciosos he has lovely eyes
2 ( con valor ponderativo):◊ tú haces unas preguntas … you do ask some questions!
3 ( con nombres propios) a;
4 (pl) ( expresando aproximación) about;
un, una
I art indet
1 a
una azafata, a hostess
(antes de vocal) an
un paraguas, an umbrella
2 unos,-as, some: pasamos unos días en la playa, we spent some days by the sea
II adj (cardinal) one: solo queda una, there is only one
un kilo de azúcar, one kilo of sugar ➣ tb uno,-a
'un' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
A
- abajo
- abanderar
- abandonar
- abandono
- abanico
- abatirse
- aberración
- abertura
- abierta
- abierto
- abismo
- ablandar
- abogada
- abogado
- abordar
- abrir
- abrazar
- abrazo
- abreviar
- abrigar
- abrochar
- abrupta
- abrupto
- absoluta
- absoluto
- absurda
- absurdo
- abusar
- abusiva
- abusivo
- abusón
- abusona
- acá
- acabada
- acabado
- acariciar
- acaudillar
- accidental
- accidente
- acelerón
- acento
- achatamiento
- achicar
- acidez
- acierto
- aclimatarse
- acoger
- acogida
- acompañar
English:
A
- abandon
- abandoned
- about
- abridged
- abroad
- abrupt
- absent
- absolute
- abuse
- academy
- accent
- accept
- acceptable
- accepted
- accidentally
- accommodation
- accomplishment
- accuracy
- accurate
- accustom
- achievement
- acknowledgement
- across
- act
- action
- actual
- addicted
- adjourn
- adjust
- administer
- administration
- admission
- admit
- advance
- advertise
- advice
- advise
- adviser
- afford
- Afro
- after
- after-sales
- aged
- agent
- aggravating
- aggregate
- aggressive
- agree
- agreement
* * *un, una1 (mpl unos, fpl unas) art indeterminado Un is used instead of una before feminine nouns which begin with a stressed “a” or “ha” (e.g. un águila an eagle; un hacha an axe).1. [singular] a;[ante sonido vocálico] an;un hombre/tren a man/train;una mujer/mesa a woman/table;una hora an hour;tengo un hambre enorme I'm extremely hungry;un Picasso auténtico a genuine Picasso;un niño necesita cariño children need o a child needs affection2. [plural] some;tengo unos regalos para ti I have some presents for you;llegaremos en unos minutos we will arrive in a few minutes;había unos coches mal estacionados there were some badly parked cars;son unas personas muy amables they are very kind people;tiene unas ganas enormes de viajar he is extremely keen to travel;unas tijeras/gafas a pair of scissors/glasses;llevaba unas gafas de sol she was wearing sunglasses3. [ante números] [indica aproximación]había unos doce muchachos there were about o some twelve boys there4. [con valor enfático]¡me dio una pena! I felt so sorry for her!;se te ocurren unas ideas you have some really odd ideas* * *un, unaunos coches/pájaros some cars/birds* * *un uno1) : a, an: some, a fewhace unas semanas: a few weeks ago: about, approximatelyunos veinte años antes: about twenty years before* * *un det a / an -
3 cincuenta
adj.1 fifty.2 fiftieth.f. & m.fifty.los (años) cincuenta the fifties;* * *► adjetivo1 (cardinal) fifty; (ordinal) fiftieth* * *noun m. adj.* * *ADJ INV PRON SM [gen] fifty; [ordinal] fiftieth* * *Iadjetivo invariable/pronombre fiftylos (años) cincuenta or la década de los cincuenta — the fifties
cincuenta y tantos/pico — fifty-odd, fifty something
IIel número/la página cincuenta — number/page fifty
masculino (number) fifty* * *= fifty.Ex. The shelflist itself had problems, since it consisted of cataloging practices that spanned some fifty years.----* edad entre los cuarenta y cincuenta = middle-age.* los años cincuenta = fifties.* * *Iadjetivo invariable/pronombre fiftylos (años) cincuenta or la década de los cincuenta — the fifties
cincuenta y tantos/pico — fifty-odd, fifty something
IIel número/la página cincuenta — number/page fifty
masculino (number) fifty* * *= fifty.Ex: The shelflist itself had problems, since it consisted of cataloging practices that spanned some fifty years.
* edad entre los cuarenta y cincuenta = middle-age.* los años cincuenta = fifties.* * *adj inv/pron[ Vocabulary notes (Spanish) ] fiftyen los (años) cincuenta in the fiftiesla década de los cincuenta the fiftiestiene unos cincuenta años she's about 50 years oldcincuenta y tantos/pico fifty-odd, fifty somethinghabía unas cincuenta personas there were about 50 people therecincuenta y cinco fifty-fiveciento cincuenta a hundred and fiftyel número/la página cincuenta number/page fiftyel cincuenta aniversario de su muerte the fiftieth anniversary of his deathfifty, number fifty* * *
cincuenta adj inv/m/pron
fifty;
los (años) cincuenta or la década de los cincuenta the fifties;
cincuenta y tantos/pico fifty-odd, fifty something;
la página cincuenta page fifty;
el cincuenta aniversario the fiftieth anniversary
cincuenta adjetivo & sustantivo masculino fifty
' cincuenta' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
A
- acontecer
- acoquinar
- ahí
- andar
- dar
- declive
- ser
- hacer
- tanta
- tanto
- ver
- como
- cuarenta
- ir
- noventa
- ochenta
- sesenta
- setenta
- treinta
- veinte
English:
A
- about
- anniversary
- do
- fifty
- foundation
- mid
- price
- sting
- thereabout
- thereabouts
- voter
- late
* * *cincuenta númfifty;los (años) cincuenta the fifties;ver también treinta* * *adj fifty* * *cincuenta adj & nm: fifty* * *cincuenta num fifty -
4 лета
мн.ско́лько вам лет? — ¿cuántos años tiene Ud.?ей о́коло тридцати́ лет — tiene unos treinta años, frisa en los treinta añosони́ одни́х лет — son de la misma edadво цве́те лет — en la flor de la vida (de la edad)сре́дних лет — de edad mediaна ста́рости лет — en la vejez, en la senectudс де́тских лет — desde la infanciaпрошло́ де́сять лет — han pasado (pasaron) diez años••за вы́слугой лет — por años de servicioпо мо́лодости лет — por inexperiencia -
5 cuánto
adj.as much.conj.as much as, all.* * *► adjetivo (pl cuántos,-as)1 (singular) as much as; (plural) as many as1 (singular) everything, all2 (plural) all who, everybody who\cuanto a with respect to, regarding, as forcuanto antes as soon as possiblecuanto más (máximo) all the morecuanto más... más the more... the morecuantos,-as más, mejor the more, the merriercuanto menos... menos the less... the less■ cuanto menos comas, menos engordarás the less you eat, the less weight you'll put oncuantos,-as... tantos,-as as many... as■ cuantas cabezas, tantos sombreros as many heads as hatsen cuanto as soon as, when■ en cuanto llegue dile... as soon as he arrives tell him...en cuanto a with respect to, regarding, as for■ en cuanto a mí as for me, as far as I'm concerneden cuanto que insofar as, inasmuch aspor cuanto given that, sinceunos,-as cuantos,-as some, a few————————1 FÍSICA quantum* * *1. adv. 2. (f. - cuanta)pron.all what, everything3. (f. - cuanta)adj.- cuanto menos* * *1. ADJ1) [indicando cantidad]daremos cuantos créditos se precisen — we will give as many loans as (are) needed o whatever loans are needed
2) [en correlación]cuantos más invitados vengan más comida habrá que preparar — the more guests come, the more food we'll have to prepare
cuanto menos dinero tiene la gente, menos gasta en salir a comer — the less money people have, the less they spend on eating out
cuantos menos errores hagas mejor — the fewer mistakes you make, the better
3)• unos cuantos — (=no muchos) a few; (=bastantes) quite a few
solo unos cuantos funcionarios permanecerán en el país — only a few officials will stay in the country
2. PRON1) [indicando cantidad] alltiene todo cuanto desea — he has everything o all (that) he wants
tome cuanto quiera — take as much as you want, take all you want
2) [en correlación]3)• unos cuantos — (=no muchos) a few; (=bastantes) quite a few
lo sabíamos unos cuantos, pero la mayoría no — a few of us knew, but most people didn't
hay unos cuantos en clase que no hacen más que molestar — there are a few people in the class who do nothing but cause trouble
-¿cuántos vinieron? -unos cuantos — "how many people came?" - "quite a few"
3. ADV CONJ1) [expresando correlación]•
cuanto antes mejor — the sooner the bettercuanto más intentes convencerlo, menos caso te hará — the more you try to persuade him, the more he will ignore you
cuanto más corto mejor — the shorter, the better
cuanto menos se hable sobre este asunto mejor — the less (that is) said about this issue, the better
2) [locuciones]a)• cuanto antes — as soon as possible
ven cuanto antes — come as soon as you can o as soon as possible
b)en cuanto — (=tan pronto como) as soon as; (=en calidad de) as
el cuento infantil, en cuanto género literario — children's stories, as a literary genre
c)en cuanto a — as regards, as for
en cuanto a tu aumento de sueldo, lo discutiremos en diciembre — as regards o as for your pay rise, we'll discuss it in December
el sistema tiene ventajas en cuanto a seguridad y comodidad — as regards o with regard to safety and comfort, the system has advantages
d)e)• cuanto más — especially
siempre está nervioso, cuanto más en época de exámenes — he's always nervous, all the more so o especially at exam time
no escribe a nadie, cuanto más a nosotros — he doesn't write to anyone, let alone us
f)• cuanto menos — to say the least
esta interpretación es, cuanto menos, discutible — this interpretation is debatable to say the least
g)• por cuanto — in that, inasmuch as frm
es un delito por cuanto vulnera los derechos constitucionales — it is a crime in that o inasmuch as frm it violates constitutional rights
llama la atención por cuanto supone de innovación — it attracts attention because of its novelty value
* * *I1) ( tanto como) as much as2) (como conj)cuantos más/menos seamos, mejor — the more/the fewer of us there are the better
cuanto antes empecemos, más pronto terminaremos — the sooner we begin, the sooner we'll finish
3) (en locs)es duro para una persona sana, cuanto más para un enfermo — it's hard enough for a healthy person, let alone somebody who's ill
en cuanto — ( tan pronto como) as soon as; (como, en calidad de) as
en cuanto a — ( en lo que concierne) as for, as regards
en cuanto a rentabilidad — as for o as regards profitability
en cuanto a conocimientos del tema... — as far as knowledge of the subject is concerned...
IIpor cuanto — (liter o frml) insofar as (frml)
- ta adjetivo1)a) (todo, todos)b) (sing) ( con valor plural)2)IIIhabía unas cuantas personas — there were several o quite a few people there
- ta pronombreIVmasculino quantum* * *= how much, just how much.Ex. 'I don't know how much I have to work with then?' he said, moving his neck as though his collar was not comfortable.Ex. Yet just how much greater the cost would be depends on the application.----* cada cuantos + Nombre = every few + Nombre.* con cuanta creatividad = how creatively.* con unos cuantos + Expresión de Tiempo + de antelación = at a few + Expresión Temporal + notice.* cuantas veces se quiera = any number of times.* cuanto antes = as soon as possible (asap).* cuanto antes mejor = sooner the better, the.* cuanto ha progresado + Nombre = how far along + Nombre + be.* cuanto más = all the more so, all the more, a fortiori.* cuanto más..., más... = the + Comparativo..., the + Comparativo....* cuanto menos = at least, let alone, at best.* cuantos más, mejor = the more the merrier, the more the better.* cuántos + Nombre Contable = how many + Nombre Contable.* cuantos + Nombre + se quiera = any number of + Nombre.* dentro de unos cuantos años = in a few years' time.* durante cuánto tiempo = how long.* en cuanto a = as to, in extent of, in regard to, in terms of, in the way of, with regard(s) to, as for, as regards, as to the matter of, in reference to, now as to, moving on to.* en cuanto a él = as for him.* en cuanto a ella = as for her.* en cuanto a ellos = as for them.* en cuanto a los hechos = factually.* en cuanto a mí = as for me.* en cuanto a nosotros = as for us.* en cuanto a ti = as for you.* en cuanto a usted = as for you.* en cuanto a vosotros = as for you.* en cuanto + nacer = at birth.* en cuanto que = in that.* en tanto en cuanto = as long as, so long as.* en tanto en cuanto que = inasmuch as, insomuch as.* en tanto en cuanto + Subjuntivo = provided (that).* en unos cuantos años = within a few years, in a few years' time.* hace unos cuantos días = a few days ago.* más de unos cuantos + Nombre = not a few + Nombre.* otros cuantos = several other.* por cuanto que = because.* por mencionar sólo unos cuantos = to mention only a few.* por nombrar sólo unos cuantos = to name only some, to name only some.* predecible en cuanto a lo que dice = platitudinous.* unas cuantas ideas = a rough guide.* unos cuantos = a few, a smattering of + Nombre Contable.* y cuanto mucho menos = much less.* y unos cuantos más = and a few others.* * *I1) ( tanto como) as much as2) (como conj)cuantos más/menos seamos, mejor — the more/the fewer of us there are the better
cuanto antes empecemos, más pronto terminaremos — the sooner we begin, the sooner we'll finish
3) (en locs)es duro para una persona sana, cuanto más para un enfermo — it's hard enough for a healthy person, let alone somebody who's ill
en cuanto — ( tan pronto como) as soon as; (como, en calidad de) as
en cuanto a — ( en lo que concierne) as for, as regards
en cuanto a rentabilidad — as for o as regards profitability
en cuanto a conocimientos del tema... — as far as knowledge of the subject is concerned...
IIpor cuanto — (liter o frml) insofar as (frml)
- ta adjetivo1)a) (todo, todos)b) (sing) ( con valor plural)2)IIIhabía unas cuantas personas — there were several o quite a few people there
- ta pronombreIVmasculino quantum* * *= how much, just how much.Ex: 'I don't know how much I have to work with then?' he said, moving his neck as though his collar was not comfortable.
Ex: Yet just how much greater the cost would be depends on the application.* cada cuantos + Nombre = every few + Nombre.* con cuanta creatividad = how creatively.* con unos cuantos + Expresión de Tiempo + de antelación = at a few + Expresión Temporal + notice.* cuantas veces se quiera = any number of times.* cuanto antes = as soon as possible (asap).* cuanto antes mejor = sooner the better, the.* cuanto ha progresado + Nombre = how far along + Nombre + be.* cuanto más = all the more so, all the more, a fortiori.* cuanto más..., más... = the + Comparativo..., the + Comparativo....* cuanto menos = at least, let alone, at best.* cuantos más, mejor = the more the merrier, the more the better.* cuántos + Nombre Contable = how many + Nombre Contable.* cuantos + Nombre + se quiera = any number of + Nombre.* dentro de unos cuantos años = in a few years' time.* durante cuánto tiempo = how long.* en cuanto a = as to, in extent of, in regard to, in terms of, in the way of, with regard(s) to, as for, as regards, as to the matter of, in reference to, now as to, moving on to.* en cuanto a él = as for him.* en cuanto a ella = as for her.* en cuanto a ellos = as for them.* en cuanto a los hechos = factually.* en cuanto a mí = as for me.* en cuanto a nosotros = as for us.* en cuanto a ti = as for you.* en cuanto a usted = as for you.* en cuanto a vosotros = as for you.* en cuanto + nacer = at birth.* en cuanto que = in that.* en tanto en cuanto = as long as, so long as.* en tanto en cuanto que = inasmuch as, insomuch as.* en tanto en cuanto + Subjuntivo = provided (that).* en unos cuantos años = within a few years, in a few years' time.* hace unos cuantos días = a few days ago.* más de unos cuantos + Nombre = not a few + Nombre.* otros cuantos = several other.* por cuanto que = because.* por mencionar sólo unos cuantos = to mention only a few.* por nombrar sólo unos cuantos = to name only some, to name only some.* predecible en cuanto a lo que dice = platitudinous.* unas cuantas ideas = a rough guide.* unos cuantos = a few, a smattering of + Nombre Contable.* y cuanto mucho menos = much less.* y unos cuantos más = and a few others.* * *A (tanto como) as much aspuedes gritar cuanto quieras you can shout all you like o as much as you like [ for examples with adjectives see cuan]B ( como conj):cuantos menos seamos, mejor the fewer of us there are the bettercuanto antes empecemos, más pronto terminaremos the sooner we begin, the sooner we'll finishC ( en locs):cuanto antes as soon as possiblecuanto más: es un trabajo duro para una persona fuerte, cuanto más para un enfermo it's hard work for a healthy person, let alone o never mind someone who's illtienen mal tiempo en verano, cuanto más en invierno they have bad weather in summer, and the winter's even worsevendré en cuanto pueda I'll come as soon as I canen cuanto a (en lo que concierne) as for, as regardsen cuanto a rentabilidad as for o as regards profitabilityen cuanto a conocimientos del tema, no lo supera nadie as far as knowledge of the subject is concerned nobody can match himno le dieron ninguna indicación en cuanto a la forma de hacerlo he was given no indication as to how to do itA1(todo, todos): llévate cuantos discos quieras take as many records as you want o like2 ( sing)(con valor plural): se ha leído cuanto libro hay sobre el tema she's read every book there is on the subjectle compran cuanto juguete se le antoja they buy him any toy(s) he wantsBunos cuantos: ponle unas cuantas cucharadas de jugo de limón add several spoonfuls of lemon juiceya había unas cuantas personas there were already several o quite a few people theresólo unos cuantos amigos just a few friendsle di todo cuanto tenía I gave her everything I hadno fuimos todos, sólo unos cuantos we didn't all go, only a few of usunos cuantos que yo conozco a few people I can think of o I could mentionquantum* * *
Multiple Entries:
cuanto
cuánto
cuanto 1 adverbio
b) ( como conj):◊ cuántos más/menos seamos, mejor the more/the fewer of us there are the better;
cuánto antes empecemos, más pronto terminaremos the sooner we begin, the sooner we'll finishc) ( en locs)
en cuanto ( tan pronto como) as soon as;
en cuanto a ( en lo que concierne) as for, as regards
cuanto 2◊ -ta adjetivo: llévate cuántos discos quieras take as many records as you want o like;
unos cuántos amigos a few friends;
tiene cuánto libro hay sobre el tema she has every book there is on the subject
■ pronombre: le di todo cuánto tenía I gave her everything I had;
fuimos solo unos cuántos only a few of us went
cuánto 1 adverbio
b) ( uso indirecto):◊ si supieras cuánto la quiero/lo siento if you knew how much I love her/how sorry I am
cuánto 2◊ -ta adjetivo
(pl) how many;◊ ¿cuánto café queda? how much coffee is there left?;
¿cuántos alumnos tienes? how many students do you have?;
¿cuántos años tienes? how old are you?;
¿cuánto tiempo tardarás? how long will you take?
(pl) how many;◊ no sé cuánto dinero/cuántos libros tengo I don't know how much money/how many books I havec) ( en exclamaciones):◊ ¡cuánto vino! what a lot of wine!;
¡cuánto tiempo sin verte! I haven't seen you for ages! (colloq)
■ pronombre
1 ( en preguntas)
(pl) how many;◊ ¿cuánto pesas? how much do you weigh?;
¿cuánto mides? how tall are you?;
¿cuántos quieres? how many do you want?;
¿a cuánto estamos hoy? what's the date today?
◊ ¿cuánto falta para llegar? how long before we get there?
◊ ¿cuánto cuesta? how much is it?;
¿cuánto es? how much is that (altogether)?
2 ( uso indirecto):
no sé cuánto puede costar/cuántos tiene I don't know how much it might cost/how many she has
3 ( en exclamaciones):◊ ¡cuánto has tardado! it's taken you a long time!
cuanto,-a
I adjetivo all: come cuanto arroz quieras, eat as much rice as you want
unas cuantas veces, a few times
II pron rel as much as: dice todo cuanto piensa, he says everything he thinks
gasta cuanto tiene, he spends all he has
III pron indef pl unos cuantos, a few
IV adverbio
1 (cantidad) cuanto más..., más, the more... the more: cuanto más trabajo, más me canso, the more I work the more tired I get
cuantos más (seamos), mejor, the more the merrier
2 (tiempo) ven cuanto antes, come as soon as possible
cuanto antes, mejor, the sooner the better
♦ Locuciones: en cuanto, (tan pronto como) as soon as
(en condición de) as
en cuanto a, with respect to, regarding
en cuanto a Javier, as for Javier o as far as Javier is concerned
cuánto,-a
I adjetivo & pron interr sing how much?
(pl) how many?: ¿cuánto es?, how much is it?
¿cuántos días faltan?, how many days are left?
¡cuánta gente!, what a lot of people!
II adverbio how, how much: ¿cuánto quieres a mamá?, how much do you love mummy?
¡cuánto dormiste!, what a long time you slept!
' cuánto' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
acostumbrar
- amanecer
- antes
- cada
- cerrojo
- cómo
- congelación
- contumaz
- costar
- cuanta
- cuánta
- cuanto
- desbandada
- desorden
- despojar
- dicotomía
- ducha
- durante
- embalarse
- ser
- estar
- honda
- hueso
- interesar
- irresoluta
- irresoluto
- larga
- largo
- limitación
- moscón
- mucha
- mucho
- mullida
- mullido
- rebotarse
- saber
- tardar
- tiempo
- apenas
- equivaler
- hoy
- más
- mejor
- mientras
- posible
- vanidoso
English:
action
- ago
- ahead
- altogether
- as
- asap
- be
- better
- bring round
- chance
- come to
- complaint
- disagree
- divorce
- doze off
- dread
- due
- duration
- far
- few
- for
- heavy
- height
- hold out
- how
- immediately
- ingrained
- less
- line
- lionise
- long
- more
- much
- play down
- possible
- publicity
- rate
- realize
- respect
- scrap
- soon
- strength
- subscription
- tall
- term
- the
- unpack
- wage
- what
- worth
* * *cuanto1, -a♦ adjsoporté todas cuantas críticas me hizo I put up with every single criticism he made of me;todos cuantos intentos hicimos fracasaron every single one of our attempts met with failurenecesitaré unas cuantas hojas I'm going to need a few sheets of paper3. (antes de adv) [expresa correlación]cuantas más mentiras digas, menos te creerán the more you lie, the less people will believe you;cuantos más amigos traigas, tanto mejor the more friends you bring, the better♦ pron relativo1. [todo lo que] everything, as much as;come cuanto quieras eat as much as you like;comprendo cuanto dice I understand everything he says;herederás todo cuanto tengo you will inherit everything I have;esto es todo cuanto puedo hacer this is as much as o all I can do2.[cosas] everything (that);cuantos [todos] [personas] everyone who;cuantos fueron alabaron el espectáculo everyone who went said the show was excellent;dio las gracias a todos cuantos le ayudaron he thanked everyone who helped him3.unos cuantos [algunos] some, a few;no tengo todos sus libros, sólo unos cuantos I don't have all of her books, only some o a few of them♦ adv[expresa correlación]cuanto más se tiene, más se quiere the more you have, the more you want;cuantos menos vayamos, más barato saldrá the fewer of us who go, the cheaper it will be;cuanto más come, más gordo está the more he eats, the fatter he gets;cuanto más lo pienso, menos lo entiendo the more I think about it, the less I understand it;cuanto menos nos distraigas, mejor the less you distract us, the better;cuanto antes llegues, antes empezaremos the sooner you arrive, the sooner we'll start♦ cuanto antes loc advas soon as possible;hazlo cuanto antes do it as soon as possible o as soon as you can♦ en cuanto loc prep[en calidad de] as;en cuanto cabeza de familia as head of the family♦ en cuanto loc conj[tan pronto como] as soon as;en cuanto acabe as soon as I've finished;la reconocí en cuanto la vi I recognized her as soon as I saw her o instantly♦ en cuanto a loc prepas regards;en cuanto a tu petición as regards your request, as far as your request is concerned;en cuanto a temas de literatura, nadie sabe más que él no one knows more about literature than he does, when it comes to literature, no one knows more than he doescuanto2 nmFís quantum* * *1I adj:cuanto dinero quieras as much money as you want;unos cuantos chavales a few boysII pron all, everything;se llevó cuanto podía she took all o everything she could;le dio cuanto necesitaba he gave her everything she needed;unas cuantas a few;todo cuanto everythingIII adv:cuanto antes, mejor the sooner the better;en cuanto as soon as;en cuanto a as for;cuanto más the more;cuanto más, mejor the more the better;cuanto más … más … the more …, the more …;por cuanto inasmuch as;todos cuantos all those who2 m FÍS quantum;teoría de los cuantos quantum theory* * *cuánto adv: how much, how many¿a cuánto están las manzanas?: how much are the apples?no sé cuánto desean: I don't know how much they wantcuánto, -ta adj: how much, how many¿cuántos niños tiene?: how many children do you have?cuánto pron: how much, how many¿cuántos quieren participar?: how many want to take part?¿cuánto cuesta?: how much does it cost?cuanto adv1) : as much ascome cuanto puedas: eat as much as you can2)cuanto antes : as soon as possible3)en cuánto : as soon as4)en cuanto a : as for, as regardscuanto, -ta adj: as many, whateverllévate cuantas flores quieras: take as many flowers as you wishcuanto, -ta pron1) : as much as, all that, everythingtengo cuanto deseo: I have all that I want2)unos cuantos, unas cuantas : a few* * *cuanto1 adj allcuantos más / menos... the more / fewer...cuanto2 adv as much ascuanto más / menos... the more / less...cuanto más dinero tiene, más avaro es the more money he has, the greedier he iscuanto menos trabajes, menos cobrarás the less you work, the less you'll earnen cuanto a as for / regardingcuanto3 pron everything / all -
6 edad
f.age.¿qué edad tienes? how old are you?tiene 25 años de edad she's 25 years olduna persona de mediana edad a middle-aged personuna persona de edad an elderly person¡son cosas de la edad! it's (just) his/her/their age!la edad antigua ancient timesla edad de Bronce the Bronze Agela edad contemporánea the modern ageedad del juicio age of reasonla edad de Hierro the Iron Agela edad Media the Middle Agesla edad de Piedra the Stone Ageedad de la razón age of reason* * *1 age■ ¿qué edad tiene usted? how old are you?2 (tiempo, época) time, period\de cierta edad eufemístico elderlyde mediana edad middle-ageden edad escolar of school ageedad de oro golden ageedad del pavo awkward ageEdad Media Middle Ages pluralEdad Moderna Modern Agela tercera edad eufemístico old age, retirement age* * *noun f.* * *SF1) [de persona, animal, árbol] age¿qué edad tiene? — how old is he?, what age is he?
jóvenes de edades comprendidas entre los 18 y los 26 años — young people aged 18 to 26, young people between the age of 18 and 26
¿qué edad le echas? — how old do you think he is?
llegar a la edad adulta — to become an adult, reach adulthood
murió a los 85 años de edad — she died when she was 85 o at the age of 85
•
un señor de cierta edad — a gentleman of a certain age•
un niño de corta edad — a young child•
una persona de edad — an elderly person•
mediana edad — middle ageno tener edad para hacer algo — (=ser muy joven) not to be old enough to do sth, not to be of an age to do sth; (=ser muy mayor) to be too old to do sth
llegar a la tercera edad es traumático para muchas personas — for many people, reaching old age is traumatic
mayor 1., 4), mayoría 2), menor 1., 1), d)edad penal — age of legal responsibility, age of criminal responsibility
2) ( Hist) ageEdad Antigua — period from the beginning of history to the decline of the Roman Empire
Edad Contemporánea — Modern Age, Modern Period
Edad de Oro — (Literat) Golden Age ( of Spanish literature)
Edad Media — Middle Ages pl
Edad Moderna — period from the Middle Ages to the French Revolution
* * *1) (de persona, árbol) age¿qué edad tiene? — how old is he?
se saca or quita la edad — (AmL) he makes out (that) he's younger than he actually is
aún no tiene la edad suficiente — he's still not old enough...
de edad madura or de mediana edad — middle-aged
estar en edad de merecer — (ant o hum) to be of courting age (dated)
2) (Hist) ( época) age, period•* * *= age, age, age range, age level.Ex. The needs of readers housebound by physical disability, or made immobile by increasing age, are met by a supply of reading material from a van delivery service.Ex. A helpful arrangement supports browsing by grouping documents which have some characteristic in common, for example, author, subject, age.Ex. If the local number is used to store the birth date of the borrower, all borrowers in a specified age range can be selected.Ex. Second, I chose specific books appropriate to the age level and the educational level.----* alcanzar la mayoría de edad = come of + age.* Alta Edad Media, la = Early Middle Ages, the, High Middle Ages, the, Dark Ages, the.* baja Edad Media, la = late Middle Ages, the.* ciudadano de edad avanzada = elderly citizen.* ciudadano de la tercera edad = senior citizen.* con la edad = with age.* consumo de bebidas alcohólicas por menores de edad = underage drinking.* cuidados para personas de la tercera edad = elderly care, elder care [eldercare].* de edad = elderly.* de edad avanzada = over the hill.* de edad mediana = middle-aged.* de edad universitaria = college-age.* de la edad media = dark-age.* de mayor edad = senior.* de mediana edad = middle-aged.* de + Número + años de edad = aged + Número.* de trece años de edad = thirteen-year-old.* de treinta y ocho años de edad = thirty-eight-year-old.* dimensión de la edad = age dimension.* discriminación por razones de edad = ageism [agism].* discriminatorio por razones de edad = ageist [agist].* distribución por edades = age distribution.* diversidad de edades = age-spread.* dominio de las personas con más edad = senior power.* edad adulta = adulthood.* edad de finalización de los estudios = terminal education age.* edad de hielo = ice age.* Edad de Hierro, la = Iron Age, the.* edad de jubilación = retirement age.* edad de la cita = citation age.* edad de oro = golden age.* Edad de Piedra, la = Stone Age, the.* edad de votar = voting age.* edad dorada = golden age.* edad en la que un niño aprende a andar = toddlerhood.* edades = age group [age-group].* edad escolar = school age.* edad media = mediaeval ages [medieval ages, -USA], Middle Ages, average age.* edad media de las referencias = mean reference age.* en edad de trabajar = working-age.* en la edad de la piedra = in the dark ages.* entre diferentes edades = cross-age [cross age].* grupo de edad = age bracket, age group [age-group].* grupo de personas o cosas de la misma edad o categoría = peer group.* grupo según edad = age group [age-group].* hombre de la edad del hielo = iceman [icemen, -pl.].* la edad se lleva en el alma = you are as old as you feel.* la juventud no es cuestión de edad sino de espíritu = you are as old as you feel.* límite de edad = age limit.* margen de edad = age group [age-group].* mayoría de edad = adulthood.* media de edad = mean age.* mediana de edad = median age.* menor de edad = underage.* niño de edad escolar = school-age child.* niño en edad escolar = school-age child.* niño en edad preescolar = preschooler.* persona de edad avanzada = elderly person.* persona de la tercera edad = elder.* personas de la tercera edad, las = elderly, the.* promedio de edad = average age.* que afecta a varias edades = cross-age [cross age].* relacionado con la edad = age-related.* relativo a varias edades = cross-age [cross age].* tercera edad = third age.* * *1) (de persona, árbol) age¿qué edad tiene? — how old is he?
se saca or quita la edad — (AmL) he makes out (that) he's younger than he actually is
aún no tiene la edad suficiente — he's still not old enough...
de edad madura or de mediana edad — middle-aged
estar en edad de merecer — (ant o hum) to be of courting age (dated)
2) (Hist) ( época) age, period•* * *= age, age, age range, age level.Ex: The needs of readers housebound by physical disability, or made immobile by increasing age, are met by a supply of reading material from a van delivery service.
Ex: A helpful arrangement supports browsing by grouping documents which have some characteristic in common, for example, author, subject, age.Ex: If the local number is used to store the birth date of the borrower, all borrowers in a specified age range can be selected.Ex: Second, I chose specific books appropriate to the age level and the educational level.* alcanzar la mayoría de edad = come of + age.* Alta Edad Media, la = Early Middle Ages, the, High Middle Ages, the, Dark Ages, the.* baja Edad Media, la = late Middle Ages, the.* ciudadano de edad avanzada = elderly citizen.* ciudadano de la tercera edad = senior citizen.* con la edad = with age.* consumo de bebidas alcohólicas por menores de edad = underage drinking.* cuidados para personas de la tercera edad = elderly care, elder care [eldercare].* de edad = elderly.* de edad avanzada = over the hill.* de edad mediana = middle-aged.* de edad universitaria = college-age.* de la edad media = dark-age.* de mayor edad = senior.* de mediana edad = middle-aged.* de + Número + años de edad = aged + Número.* de trece años de edad = thirteen-year-old.* de treinta y ocho años de edad = thirty-eight-year-old.* dimensión de la edad = age dimension.* discriminación por razones de edad = ageism [agism].* discriminatorio por razones de edad = ageist [agist].* distribución por edades = age distribution.* diversidad de edades = age-spread.* dominio de las personas con más edad = senior power.* edad adulta = adulthood.* edad de finalización de los estudios = terminal education age.* edad de hielo = ice age.* Edad de Hierro, la = Iron Age, the.* edad de jubilación = retirement age.* edad de la cita = citation age.* edad de oro = golden age.* Edad de Piedra, la = Stone Age, the.* edad de votar = voting age.* edad dorada = golden age.* edad en la que un niño aprende a andar = toddlerhood.* edades = age group [age-group].* edad escolar = school age.* edad media = mediaeval ages [medieval ages, -USA], Middle Ages, average age.* edad media de las referencias = mean reference age.* en edad de trabajar = working-age.* en la edad de la piedra = in the dark ages.* entre diferentes edades = cross-age [cross age].* grupo de edad = age bracket, age group [age-group].* grupo de personas o cosas de la misma edad o categoría = peer group.* grupo según edad = age group [age-group].* hombre de la edad del hielo = iceman [icemen, -pl.].* la edad se lleva en el alma = you are as old as you feel.* la juventud no es cuestión de edad sino de espíritu = you are as old as you feel.* límite de edad = age limit.* margen de edad = age group [age-group].* mayoría de edad = adulthood.* media de edad = mean age.* mediana de edad = median age.* menor de edad = underage.* niño de edad escolar = school-age child.* niño en edad escolar = school-age child.* niño en edad preescolar = preschooler.* persona de edad avanzada = elderly person.* persona de la tercera edad = elder.* personas de la tercera edad, las = elderly, the.* promedio de edad = average age.* que afecta a varias edades = cross-age [cross age].* relacionado con la edad = age-related.* relativo a varias edades = cross-age [cross age].* tercera edad = third age.* * *A [ Vocabulary notes (Spanish) ] (de una persona, un árbol) ageun joven de unos quince años de edad a boy of about fifteen¿qué edad tiene/le calculas? how old is he/do you think he is?a la edad de veinte años at (the age of) twentytienen la misma edad they are the same ageaparenta más edad de la que tiene she looks older than she isniños de edades comprendidas entre los siete y los catorce años children between the ages of seven and fourteensu marido le dobla la edad her husband is twice her agese saca or quita la edad ( AmL); he makes out (that) he's younger than he actually isaún no tiene edad para decidir por sí mismo he's still not old enough to decide for himselfyo a tu edad ya ayudaba en casa at your age I was already helping around the housede edad madura or de mediana edad middle-ageduna persona de edad an elderly personun señor de cierta edad a gentleman of a certain ageuna niña de corta edad a young girldesde temprana edad from an early agea tan tierna edad at such a young o tender ageyo ya no estoy en edad de hacer esas cosas I'm too old for that sort of thingniños en edad escolar children of school agela edad adulta adulthoodCompuestos:( fam):están en la edad del pavo they're at that awkward agevoting agemental ageage of criminal o legal responsibilitymanhoodCompuestos:la edad antigua ancient times (pl)Bronze AgeIron Agespace agegolden ageStone Agela edad media the Middle Ages (pl)la edad moderna the period from the last decade of the 15th Century up until the French Revolution* * *
edad sustantivo femenino
1 (de persona, árbol) age;
un joven de unos quince años de edad a boy of about fifteen;
¿qué edad tiene? how old is he?;
aún no tiene la edad suficiente he's still not old enough …;
de edad madura or de mediana edad middle-aged;
una persona de edad an elderly person;
niños en edad escolar children of school age;
estar en la edad del pavo to be at that awkward age
2 (Hist) ( época) age, period;◊ la Eedad de bronce/de hierro/de piedra the Bronze/Iron/Stone Age;
la Eedad media the Middle Ages (pl)
edad sustantivo femenino
1 age: ese niño es de mi edad, that boy is my age
no tienes edad para votar, you aren't old enough to vote
¿qué edad tiene tu prima?, how old is your cousin?
aprendió a leer a una edad avanzada, she learned to read late in life
2 (periodo) age: Edad de Oro, Golden Age
edad del pavo, the awkward age
Edad Media, Middle Ages pl ➣ Ver nota en año
♦ Locuciones: ser mayor de edad, to be of age
ser menor de edad, to be under age
de corta edad, young
de edad avanzada, elderly
' edad' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
acusarse
- ambientar
- año
- antigüedad
- baja
- bajo
- bronce
- cabeza
- datar
- escolar
- flexible
- juventud
- llevar
- madura
- maduro
- mayor
- menor
- mentira
- minoría
- pavo
- pequeña
- pequeño
- representar
- resaltar
- residencia
- respetable
- tercera
- tercero
- vasallaje
- adelantado
- alcanzar
- aparentar
- asilo
- avanzado
- cierto
- corto
- doblar
- encoger
- grande
- indiscreción
- mayoría
- mediano
- moderno
- para
- preescolar
- que
- quitar
- tener
- tiempo
- tope
English:
abandon
- adulthood
- age
- at
- attain
- awkward age
- boyish
- early
- fifty
- for
- growing
- Iron Age
- lie
- limber
- look
- mental age
- middle age
- Middle Ages
- middle-aged
- midlife
- minor
- nursing home
- old
- one
- overgrown
- preschool
- qualify
- reach
- rest home
- senior
- Stone Age
- tell
- under
- aged
- ageism
- ageist
- consent
- contemporary
- dark
- date
- elderly
- eldest
- generation
- golden
- grow
- ice
- infant
- irrespective
- lower
- middle
* * *edad nf1. [de persona, objeto] age;¿qué edad tienes? how old are you?;tiene veinticinco años de edad she's twenty-five years old;un joven de veinte años de edad a young man of twenty;él aparenta más edad que ella he looks older than she does;tiene el doble de edad que él she's twice his age;la edad media de los participantes es de treinta años the average age of the participants is thirty;a/desde temprana edad at/from an early age;se casó a la edad de veintidós años he got married at (the age of) twenty-two;a mi edad uno se cansa con facilidad one gets tired easily at my age;a tu edad yo ya trabajaba I already had a job at your age;mujeres entre los treinta y cuarenta años de edad women aged between thirty and forty;una persona de edad an elderly person;una señora de cierta edad a lady of a certain age;un niño de corta edad a young child;una persona de mediana edad a middle-aged person;¡son cosas de la edad! it's (just) his/her/their age!;ya estás en edad de salir con chicos you're old enough now to be going out with boys;estar en edad de merecer to be of marriageable age;estar en edad de trabajar to be of working age;por edad le correspondería estar en un curso más avanzado by age he should be in a higher year;distribuir/ordenar un grupo por edades to divide/organize a group by ageedad adulta adulthood, adult age;edad escolar school age;estar en edad escolar to be of school age;edad de jubilación retirement age;edad del juicio age of reason;edad madura middle age;edad mental mental age;Fam edad del pavo:está en la edad del pavo she's at that awkward age;Méx Fam edad de la punzada:está en la edad de la punzada she's at that awkward age;edad de la razón age of reason2. [periodo] agela edad antigua ancient times;la Edad Contemporánea the modern age [since the French revolution];la Edad Media the Middle Ages;la edad de los metales = period comprising the Copper, Bronze and Iron Ages (c. 4000-500 BC);la Edad Moderna = period between 1492 and the French Revolution;la edad de oro the golden age;la edad de oro de la pintura holandesa the golden age of Dutch painting;la Edad de Piedra the Stone Age* * *f1 age;a la edad de at the age of;a mi edad at my age;¿qué edad tienes? how old are you?;de corta edad niño young;en edad escolar school-age, of school age;en edad penal old enough to be sent to prison;de mediana edad middle-aged;la tercera edad the over 60s;una señora de edad an elderly lady;estar en la edad del pavo be at that awkward age2 ( época):la Edad Media the Middle Ages pl ;de oro fig the golden age* * *edad nf1) : age¿qué edad tiene?: how old is she?2) época, era: epoch, era* * *edad n age¿qué edad tienes? how old are you?ser mayor de edad to be eighteen / to be an adult -
7 poco
adj.not much, a small amount of, a small quantity of, little.adv.little, not very, not much.m.little.* * *► adjetivo1 little (plural) few, not many1 little (en plural) not many■ pocos conocen la importancia del descubrimiento not many people realize the importance of the discovery► adverbio1 little, not much■ voy poco por allí I rarely go there, I go there very little1 a little, a bit■ ¿me das un poco? could you give me a little?\a poco de shortly afterdentro de poco soon, presentlyhace poco not long agopocas veces rarely, not often, seldompoco a poco slowly, gradually, bit by bitpoco antes shortly beforepoco después shortly afterwardspoco después de shortly afterpoco más o menos more or lesspoco menos que almost, nearlypor poco nearlypor si fuera poco as if that weren't enough, to top it all, on top of everything————————1 little (en plural) not many■ pocos conocen la importancia del descubrimiento not many people realize the importance of the discovery► adverbio1 little, not much■ voy poco por allí I rarely go there, I go there very little* * *1. adv.little, few- por poco 2. (f. - poca)pron.little, few3. (f. - poca)adj.little, few, not much* * *1. ADJ1) [en singular] little, not muchtenemos poco tiempo — we have little time, we don't have much time
hay muy poco queso — there's very little cheese, there's hardly any cheese
con poco respeto — with little respect, with scant respect
el provecho es poco — the gain is small, there isn't much to gain
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poca cosa, no te preocupes por tan poca cosa — don't worry about such a little thingcomemos, jugamos a cartas, leemos y poca cosa más — we eat, play cards, read and do little else o and that's about it
es poca cosa — (=no mucho) it's not much; (=no importante) it's nothing much
es muy guapa pero poca cosa — she's very pretty, but there isn't much to her
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y por si fuera poco — and as if that weren't enough, and to cap it all2) [en plural] few, not manypocos niños saben que... — few o not many children know that...
tiene pocos amigos — he has few friends, he hasn't got many friends
2. PRON1) [en singular]a) (=poca cosa)la reforma servirá para poco — the reform won't do much good o won't be much use
b)• un poco — a bit, a little
-¿tienes frío? -un poco — "are you cold?" - "a bit o a little"
he bebido un poco, pero no estoy borracho — I've had a bit to drink, but I'm not drunk
le conocía un poco — I knew him a bit o slightly
espera un poco — wait a minute o moment
estoy un poco triste — I am rather o a little sad
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un poco como, es un poco como su padre — he's rather o a bit like his father•
un poco de, un poco de dinero — a little money¡un poco de silencio! — let's have some quiet here!
c) [referido a tiempo] not longtardaron poco en hacerlo — it didn't take them long to do it, they didn't take long to do it
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a poco de — shortly after•
cada poco — every so often•
dentro de poco — shortly, soon•
hace poco — not long agofuimos a verla hace poco — we visited her not long ago, we visited her quite recently
la conozco desde hace poco — I haven't known her long, I've only known her for a short while
2) [en plural] fewpocos son los que... — there are few who...
como hay pocos —
3. ADV1) [con verbos] not much, littlecuesta poco — it doesn't cost much, it costs very little
vamos poco a Madrid — we don't go to Madrid much, we hardly ever go to Madrid
lo estiman poco — they hardly value it at all, they value it very little
2) [con adjetivos: se traduce a menudo por medio de un prefijo]poco inteligente — unintelligent, not very intelligent
3) [otras locuciones]*¡poco a poco! — steady on!, easy does it!
¿a poco? — never!, you don't say!
¡a poco no! — not much! *
¿a poco no? — (well) isn't it?
¿a poco crees que...? — do you really imagine that...?
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de a poco — LAm gradually•
tener en poco, tiene en poco a su jefe — she doesn't think much of her boss•
por poco — almost, nearlypor poco me ahogo — I almost o nearly drowned
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a poco que, a poco que pueda — if at all possiblea poco que corras, lo alcanzas — if you run now you'll catch it
* * *Ihabla poco — he doesn't say much o a lot
II... con lo poco que le gusta el arroz —... and he doesn't even like rice; para locs ver poco III 4)
qué poco sentido común tienes! — you don't have much common sense, do you?
IIIfue asombroso, todo lo que te pueda decir es poco — it was amazing, I can't (even) begin to tell you
- ca pronombre1) (poca cantidad, poca cosa)por poco que gane... — no matter how little o however little she earns...
lo poco que gana se lo gasta en vino — he spends the little o what little he earns on wine
compra más lentejas, nos quedan muy pocas — buy some more lentils, we've hardly any left
2) poco ( refiriéndose a tiempo)lo vi hace poco — I saw him recently o not long ago
a poco de venir él — soon o shortly after he came
poco antes de que... — a short while o shortly before...
3) un pocoa) ( refiriéndose a cantidades) a little; ( refiriéndose a tiempo) a whileb)un poco de: un poco de pimienta/vino a little (bit of) pepper/wine; come un poco de jamón — have a bit of ham
c)un poco + adj/adv: un poco caro/tarde — a bit o a little expensive/late
4) (en locs)a poco — (Méx)
¿a poco no lees los periódicos? — don't you read the newspapers?
de a poco — (AmL) gradually
agrégale la leche de a poquito — add the milk gradually o a little at a time
en poco: en poco estuvo que no viniéramos we almost didn't come; tienen en poco la vida ajena they set little value on other people's lives; me tienes bien en poco si crees que... you can't think very highly o much of me if you think...; poco a poco gradually; poco más o menos approximately, roughly; poco menos que nearly; poco menos que la mata (fam) he almost killed her; poco menos que los echan a patadas (fam) they practically kicked them out; por poco — nearly
* * *= little [less -comp., least -sup.], low [lower -comp., lowest -sup.], scant, trifle, tad, little in the way of.Ex. Explanatory references give a little more explanation as to why the link between two names is being made in the catalogue or index.Ex. Carlton Duncan discussed the difficulties built into the educational processes which led to under-performance at school and the resulting low representation in higher education and low entry into the professions.Ex. Scant attention is paid to evaluation and the needs of users.Ex. She had been a trifle nervous until it was formally announced that the position was hers.Ex. Williams is one of those rare poets who satisfies the yearning that many of us have for the memorable phrase we wish we had said were our perceptions a tad keener.Ex. Without any significant restructuring, the LIS programme in Iran will provide little in the way of riding out the rapid transition that the field is currently experiencing.----* abultar poco = be skimpy.* acercarse poco a poco (a) = edge (toward(s)).* actuar con poca consideración hacia = play + fast and loose with.* agua poco profunda = shallow water.* aguas poco profundas = shallows.* alimentos poco saludables = unhealthy foods.* a poca distancia = not far behind.* a poca distancia andando = within walking distance, within an easy walk.* a poca distancia a pie = within an easy walk, within walking distance.* a pocos minutos andando = within walking distance, within easy walking distance, within an easy walk.* a pocos minutos a pie = within walking distance, within easy walking distance, within an easy walk.* avanzar poco a poco (hacia) = edge (toward(s)).* cada pocos años = every few years.* comida poco saludable = unhealthy foods.* comportamiento poco cívico = uncivic behaviour.* con muchos huesos y poca carne = bony [bonier -comp., boniest -sup.].* con muy poca antelación = at (a) very short notice.* con muy poca anticipación = at (a) very short notice.* con muy poca frecuencia = all too seldom.* con muy pocas excepciones = with few exceptions.* con muy pocos medios = on a shoestring (budget).* con poca claridad = indistinctly.* con poca exactitud = loosely.* con poca experiencia = inexperienced.* con poca iluminación = dimly illuminated.* con poca imaginación = unimaginatively.* con poca naturalidad = stiltedly.* con poca población = thinly populated.* con pocas habilidades = poor-ability.* con poca visión de futuro = short-sighted [shortsighted].* con poco dinero = on the cheap.* con poco entusiasmo = half-heartedly.* con pocos recursos = under-resourced.* con pocos recursos económicos = low-budget.* consumir poco a poco = eat away at.* con tan poca antelación = at such short notice.* con tan poca anticipación = at such short notice.* correr poco a poco = eat away at.* cuestiones poco claras = grey area [gray area].* de forma poco ética = unethically.* de forma poco imaginativa = unimaginatively.* de forma poco profesional = unprofessionally.Ex. When the security services carry out acts of terror, they employ patsies who often are petty criminals or people who are mentally backward or mentally unstable.----* de manera poco ética = unethically.* de manera poco profesional = unprofessionally.* demasiado poco común = all too rare.* de modo poco imaginativo = unimaginatively.* dentro de poco = before long.* de población poco densa = sparsely populated.* de poca importancia = menial, small-time.* de poca monta = hack, small-time.* de pocas luces = dim [dimmer -comp., dimmest -sup.], dim-witted [dimwitted].* de poco impacto = low impact [low-impact].* de poco peso = pat, feeble.* de poco provecho = fruitless.* de poco uso = low-use.* de poco valor = a dime a dozen.* desaparecer poco a poco = fade into + the sunset.* de todo un poco = about this and that and everything else, about this and that.* de un modo poco constructivo = unconstructively.* de un modo poco económico = wastefully.* de un modo poco natural = unnaturally.* donde cabe mucho también cabe poco = what holds a lot will hold a little.* durar poco = be short term.* echar poco a poco = dribble.* el que mucho abarca poco aprieta = jack of all trades, master of none.* en el caso poco probable de que = in the unlikely case (that).* en muy poco tiempo = before long.* en pocas palabras = simply put, in brief, to say the least, to put it (quite) simply, in short, to cut a long story short, bottom line, the, put simply, to make a long story short, the short story + be, simply stated.* en poco tiempo = before very long, in quite a short time, in a short time, in a short span of time.* en unos pocos años = within a few years.* estar poco dispuesto = be reluctant.* estar poco representado = underrepresent [under-represent].* estar un poco anticuado = be some years old.* excusa poco convincente = lame excuse.* faltar poco (para) = have + a short way to go (before).* faltar un poco = be some way off.* gente de poca importancia = small fry, the.* haber poca duda de que = there + be + little doubt that.* hace muy poco tiempo = a short time ago.* hace poco tiempo = a short time ago.* hacer poca distinción entre... y... = make + little distinction between... and....* hacer poco = do + little.* hacer que sea poco probable = render + unlikely.* hace unos pocos años = a few years ago.* hace unos pocos días = a few days ago.* hasta hace muy poco = until recently, up until recently.* hasta hace relativamente poco tiempo = until relatively recently.* horas de poca actividad = slack hours.* horas de poco movimiento = slack hours.* introducirse poco a poco = ease + Reflexivo + in.* ir poco más allá de + Infinitivo = go little further than + Gerundio.* llegar poco a poco = dribble in.* lo poco común = rarity, rareness.* mucho ruido para pocas nueces = much ado about nothing.* mucho ruido y pocas nueces = storm in a teacup, Posesivo + bark is worse than + Posesivo + bite.* muchos jefes y pocos trabajadores = too many chiefs and not enough Indians.* muy poco = minimally.* ofrecer poco = low-ball.* operación de poca monta = one-room, one-person operation.* pagando un poco más = at additional cost.* parece tener poco sentido que = there + seem + little point in.* pasar poco a poco = slide into.* período de poca actividad = slack time.* perro ladrador, poco mordedor = barking dogs seldom bite, Posesivo + bark is worse than + Posesivo + bite.* poca cantidad = trickle.* poca cosa = small fry, the.* poca iluminación = poor lighting.* poca importancia = unimportance, low profile.* poca notoriedad = low profile.* poca probabilidad = slim chance.* poca severidad = lenience, leniency.* pocas expectativas = low expectation.* poca utilidad = unhelpfulness.* poco abundante = light [lighter -comp., lightest -sup.].* poco accesible = unapproachable.* poco acertado = clumsy [clumsier -comp., clumsiest -sup.], injudicious.* poco acogedor = inhospitable.* poco aconsejable = unwise, inadvisable.* poco adecuado = unsuited, unsuitable, inapt.* poco + Adjetivo = slightly + Adjetivo, less than + Adjetivo.* poco afortunado = unhappy, ill-favoured [ill-favored, -USA].* poco agraciado = ill-favoured [ill-favored, -USA].* poco amable = off-putting, surly [surlier -comp., surliest -sup.], crusty [crustier -comp., crustiest -sup.], unkind.* poco americano = un-American.* poco amistoso = off-putting, unfriendly.* poco antes de + Fecha = shortly before + Fecha.* poco a poco = gradually, piecemeal, slowly, incrementally, at a snail's pace, little by little, bit by bit.* poco apreciado = unappreciated.* poco apropiado = unsuited, unsuitable, inapt.* poco apto = inapt.* poco arriesgado = low-risk.* poco asequible = unapproachable.* poco atractivo = off-putting, unattractive, unglamorous, uninviting, unappealing.* poco atrevido = unadventurous.* poco audaz = unadventurous.* poco aventurero = unadventurous.* poco cabelleroso = ungentlemanlike.* poco cálido = lukewarm.* poco científico = hit-or-miss, unscientific.* poco cívico = uncivic.* poco claro = confusing, fuzzy [fuzzier - comp., fuzziest -sup.], indistinct, obscure, unclear, untidy, hazy, inconclusive, slurred, clouded, blurry [blurrier -comp., blurriest -sup.], undistinguished, uncleared, indistinctive, bleary [blearier -comp., bleariest -sup.].* poco colaborador = unresponsive.* poco comercial = uncommercial.* poco competitivo = uncompetitive.* poco complicado = uncomplicated, uncomplicatedly.* poco comprensivo = unsympathetic.* poco común = rare, unfamiliar, unusual, uncommon, unordinary, out of the ordinary.* poco comunicativo = uncommunicative, reserved.* poco confortable = uncomfortable.* poco conocido = obscure, little known.* poco convencido = unconvinced.* poco convencional = unconventional.* poco convincente = unconvincing, inconclusive, pat, feeble.* poco convincentemente = unconvincingly.* poco correcto = ungentlemanlike.* poco cortés = impolite, ungentlemanlike.* poco culto = unenlightened.* poco decidido = half-hearted [halfhearted].* poco definido = blurry [blurrier -comp., blurriest -sup.], bleary [blearier -comp., bleariest -sup.].* poco denso = rarefied.* poco deportivo = unsportsmanlike.* poco después = soon afterwards, shortly afterwards, shortly after, not long after.* poco después de = soon after (that), shortly after.* poco después de que = shortly after.* poco diestro = poor-ability.* poco diplomático = indiscreet.* poco dispuesto = disinclined.* poco dispuesto a colaborar = uncooperative.* poco ducho en las nuevas tecnologías = technologically challenged.* poco económico = uneconomical.* poco efectivo = ineffectual.* poco eficaz = non-efficient.* poco elegante = inelegant, awkward, dowdy [dowdier -comp., dowdiest -sup.].* poco embarazoso = unembarrassing.* poco entusiasta = half-hearted [halfhearted], lukewarm.* poco envidiable = unenviable.* poco estable = unsettled.* poco estético = unaesthetic.* poco estimulador = unchallenging.* poco estimulante = unexciting, uninspiring, unmoving.* poco estricto = lax.* poco ético = unethical.* poco evidente = unnoticed, unnoted.* poco exigente = untaxing, undemanding.* poco favorable = unpromising.* poco favorecedor = unflattering.* poco fiable = unreliable, undependable, flaky [flakey].* poco firme = tenuous, rocky [rockier -comp., rockiest -sup.].* poco flexible = monolithic, inelastic.* poco frecuente = infrequent.* poco fructífero = unfruitful.* poco gratificante = unrewarding, unsatisfying.* poco grato = unwelcome.* poco hábil = poor-ability.* poco habitual = unaccustomed.* poco halagador = unflattering.* poco halagüeño = unflattering.* poco hospitalario = inhospitable.* poco idóneo = unsuited, unsuitable, inapt.* poco iluminado = dimly illuminated.* poco imaginativo = unimaginative.* poco importante = menial, small-time.* poco impresionado = unimpressed.* poco informativo = uninformative.* poco intelectual = lowbrow [low-brow].* poco inteligente = unintelligent.* poco intenso = light [lighter -comp., lightest -sup.].* poco interesante = dull, jackdaw, uninteresting, uninspiring, unremarkable.* poco juicioso = injudicious.* poco justificado = ill-justified.* poco listo = underprepared.* poco maduro = underripe.* poco más = little else.* poco materialista = unworldly.* poco memorable = forgettable.* poco mundano = unwordly.* poco natural = unnatural, stilted.* poco nítido = untidy.* poco normal = unnatural, unordinary, out of the ordinary.* poco novedoso = trite.* poco original = unoriginal.* poco ortodoxo = unorthodox.* poco poblado = thinly populated.* poco práctico = impractical, awkward.* poco preparado = underprepared.* poco probable = unlikely, far-fetched [farfetched].* poco productivo = unproductive.* poco profesional = amateurish, unprofessional.* poco profundo = shallow [shallower -comp., shallowest -sup.].* poco prometedor = bleak, unpromising.* poco propicio = unpromising, unpromising.* poco provechoso = fruitless, unrewarding.* poco prudente = ill-advised, ill-judged.* poco pulido = unpolished.* poco razonable = unreasonable.* poco realista = unrealistic, unreal, unwordly, way out in left field, airy-fairy.* poco recomendable = inadvisable.* poco refinado = unrefined, unpolished.* poco rentable = uneconomical.* poco representativo = unrepresentative.* poco romántico = unromantic.* poco sabido = little known.* poco saludable = unwholesome, insalubrious.* poco sano = unwholesome, insalubrious.* poco seguro = dicey [dicier -comp., diciest -sup.].* poco sensato = ill-advised, injudicious, ill-judged.* poco sentimental = unsentimental.* poco serio = flippant.* poco sincero = insincere.* poco sistemático = sloppy [sloppier -comp., sloppiest -sup.].* poco social = unsocial.* poco sofisticado = elementary, unsophisticated, corn-fed.* poco sólido = insubstantial.* poco tiempo = short while, short time.* poco tiempo después = shortly afterwards.* poco tradicional = untraditional.* poco unido = loosely knit.* poco uniforme = patchy [patchier -comp., patchiest -sup.].* poco usado = little-used.* poco usual = unusual.* poco útil = clumsy [clumsier -comp., clumsiest -sup.], unhelpful.* poquito a poco = little by little.* por mencionar sólo unos pocos = to name but a few.* por mencionar uno pocos = just to name a few.* por nombrar sólo unos pocos = to name but a few.* por nombrar unos pocos = to name a few.* por poco dinero = cheaply.* por poco o nada = at little or no extra cost.* por si era poco = for good measure.* por si fuera poco = to boot, for good measure, to add insult to injury, to add salt to injury, to rub salt in the wound.* prestar poca atención a = give + little thought to.* pretexto poco convincente = lame excuse.* quedar poco (para) = have + a short way to go (before).* quedar un poco = be some way off.* quedar un poco perjudicado = be a little worse prepared, be a little worse off.* que ocupa poco espacio = space-saving.* qué poco común = how odd.* quien mucho abarca poco aprieta = bite off more than + Pronombre + can chew.* reducirse poco a poco = dribble off.* resultar poco fructífero = prove + unfruitful.* roer poco a poco = eat away at.* saber un poco de todo y mucho de nada = jack of all trades, master of none.* sacar poco a poco = tease out.* salir un poco perjudicado = be a little worse prepared, be a little worse off.* sangre poco espesa = thin blood.* ser algo muy poco frecuente = be a rare occurrence.* ser algo poco común = be the exception rather than the rule.* ser algo poco conocido que = it + be + a little known fact that.* ser algo poco frecuente = be a rare occurrence.* ser algo poco sabido que = it + be + a little known fact that.* ser de poco valor = be of little use, be of little value.* ser muy poco probable = be remote.* ser poco = be under-provided.* ser poco agradecido = be thankless.* ser poco eficaz = do + little.* ser poco reconocido = be thankless.* ser pocos = be few in number, be small in number.* ser un hecho poco conocido que = it + be + a little known fact that.* ser un hecho poco sabido que = it + be + a little known fact that.* servir de poco = be of little use.* servir de poco o nada = be of little or no avail.* solución poco real = pie in the sky solution.* tener poca información = be information poor.* tener pocas luces = as thick as a brick, as thick as two (short) planks, as daft as a brush, knucklehead.* tener pocas posibilidades de = have + little recourse.* tener poco que ver = have + little to do.* tener poco valor = be of little value.* trabajo de poca monta = odd-job.* un hombre de pocas palabras = a man of few words.* unos pocos elegidos = a select few.* un poco = a bit, somewhat, slightly, something of, a little bit, kinda [kind of].* un poco áspero = roughish.* un poco como = kind of like.* un poco de = a measure of, a touch (of), a bit of, a piece of, a spot of, a splash of, a hint of.* un poco + Nombre = a shade + Nombre.* un poco obscuro = dusky.* un poco perdido = a bit at sea.* un poco rugoso = roughish.* usado con poca frecuencia = seldom used [seldom-used].* usuario que hace poco uso del préstamo = light borrower.* utilizar poco = underutilise/under-utilise [underutilize/under-utilize, -USA].* vivienda poco digna = poor housing.* y poco más = and little more.* * *Ihabla poco — he doesn't say much o a lot
II... con lo poco que le gusta el arroz —... and he doesn't even like rice; para locs ver poco III 4)
qué poco sentido común tienes! — you don't have much common sense, do you?
IIIfue asombroso, todo lo que te pueda decir es poco — it was amazing, I can't (even) begin to tell you
- ca pronombre1) (poca cantidad, poca cosa)por poco que gane... — no matter how little o however little she earns...
lo poco que gana se lo gasta en vino — he spends the little o what little he earns on wine
compra más lentejas, nos quedan muy pocas — buy some more lentils, we've hardly any left
2) poco ( refiriéndose a tiempo)lo vi hace poco — I saw him recently o not long ago
a poco de venir él — soon o shortly after he came
poco antes de que... — a short while o shortly before...
3) un pocoa) ( refiriéndose a cantidades) a little; ( refiriéndose a tiempo) a whileb)un poco de: un poco de pimienta/vino a little (bit of) pepper/wine; come un poco de jamón — have a bit of ham
c)un poco + adj/adv: un poco caro/tarde — a bit o a little expensive/late
4) (en locs)a poco — (Méx)
¿a poco no lees los periódicos? — don't you read the newspapers?
de a poco — (AmL) gradually
agrégale la leche de a poquito — add the milk gradually o a little at a time
en poco: en poco estuvo que no viniéramos we almost didn't come; tienen en poco la vida ajena they set little value on other people's lives; me tienes bien en poco si crees que... you can't think very highly o much of me if you think...; poco a poco gradually; poco más o menos approximately, roughly; poco menos que nearly; poco menos que la mata (fam) he almost killed her; poco menos que los echan a patadas (fam) they practically kicked them out; por poco — nearly
* * *= little [less -comp., least -sup.], low [lower -comp., lowest -sup.], scant, trifle, tad, little in the way of.Ex: Explanatory references give a little more explanation as to why the link between two names is being made in the catalogue or index.
Ex: Carlton Duncan discussed the difficulties built into the educational processes which led to under-performance at school and the resulting low representation in higher education and low entry into the professions.Ex: Scant attention is paid to evaluation and the needs of users.Ex: She had been a trifle nervous until it was formally announced that the position was hers.Ex: Williams is one of those rare poets who satisfies the yearning that many of us have for the memorable phrase we wish we had said were our perceptions a tad keener.Ex: Without any significant restructuring, the LIS programme in Iran will provide little in the way of riding out the rapid transition that the field is currently experiencing.* abultar poco = be skimpy.* acercarse poco a poco (a) = edge (toward(s)).* actuar con poca consideración hacia = play + fast and loose with.* agua poco profunda = shallow water.* aguas poco profundas = shallows.* alimentos poco saludables = unhealthy foods.* a poca distancia = not far behind.* a poca distancia andando = within walking distance, within an easy walk.* a poca distancia a pie = within an easy walk, within walking distance.* a pocos minutos andando = within walking distance, within easy walking distance, within an easy walk.* a pocos minutos a pie = within walking distance, within easy walking distance, within an easy walk.* avanzar poco a poco (hacia) = edge (toward(s)).* cada pocos años = every few years.* comida poco saludable = unhealthy foods.* comportamiento poco cívico = uncivic behaviour.* con muchos huesos y poca carne = bony [bonier -comp., boniest -sup.].* con muy poca antelación = at (a) very short notice.* con muy poca anticipación = at (a) very short notice.* con muy poca frecuencia = all too seldom.* con muy pocas excepciones = with few exceptions.* con muy pocos medios = on a shoestring (budget).* con poca claridad = indistinctly.* con poca exactitud = loosely.* con poca experiencia = inexperienced.* con poca iluminación = dimly illuminated.* con poca imaginación = unimaginatively.* con poca naturalidad = stiltedly.* con poca población = thinly populated.* con pocas habilidades = poor-ability.* con poca visión de futuro = short-sighted [shortsighted].* con poco dinero = on the cheap.* con poco entusiasmo = half-heartedly.* con pocos recursos = under-resourced.* con pocos recursos económicos = low-budget.* consumir poco a poco = eat away at.* con tan poca antelación = at such short notice.* con tan poca anticipación = at such short notice.* correr poco a poco = eat away at.* cuestiones poco claras = grey area [gray area].* de forma poco ética = unethically.* de forma poco imaginativa = unimaginatively.* de forma poco profesional = unprofessionally.Ex: When the security services carry out acts of terror, they employ patsies who often are petty criminals or people who are mentally backward or mentally unstable.* de manera poco ética = unethically.* de manera poco profesional = unprofessionally.* demasiado poco común = all too rare.* de modo poco imaginativo = unimaginatively.* dentro de poco = before long.* de población poco densa = sparsely populated.* de poca importancia = menial, small-time.* de poca monta = hack, small-time.* de pocas luces = dim [dimmer -comp., dimmest -sup.], dim-witted [dimwitted].* de poco impacto = low impact [low-impact].* de poco peso = pat, feeble.* de poco provecho = fruitless.* de poco uso = low-use.* de poco valor = a dime a dozen.* desaparecer poco a poco = fade into + the sunset.* de todo un poco = about this and that and everything else, about this and that.* de un modo poco constructivo = unconstructively.* de un modo poco económico = wastefully.* de un modo poco natural = unnaturally.* donde cabe mucho también cabe poco = what holds a lot will hold a little.* durar poco = be short term.* echar poco a poco = dribble.* el que mucho abarca poco aprieta = jack of all trades, master of none.* en el caso poco probable de que = in the unlikely case (that).* en muy poco tiempo = before long.* en pocas palabras = simply put, in brief, to say the least, to put it (quite) simply, in short, to cut a long story short, bottom line, the, put simply, to make a long story short, the short story + be, simply stated.* en poco tiempo = before very long, in quite a short time, in a short time, in a short span of time.* en unos pocos años = within a few years.* estar poco dispuesto = be reluctant.* estar poco representado = underrepresent [under-represent].* estar un poco anticuado = be some years old.* excusa poco convincente = lame excuse.* faltar poco (para) = have + a short way to go (before).* faltar un poco = be some way off.* gente de poca importancia = small fry, the.* haber poca duda de que = there + be + little doubt that.* hace muy poco tiempo = a short time ago.* hace poco tiempo = a short time ago.* hacer poca distinción entre... y... = make + little distinction between... and....* hacer poco = do + little.* hacer que sea poco probable = render + unlikely.* hace unos pocos años = a few years ago.* hace unos pocos días = a few days ago.* hasta hace muy poco = until recently, up until recently.* hasta hace relativamente poco tiempo = until relatively recently.* horas de poca actividad = slack hours.* horas de poco movimiento = slack hours.* introducirse poco a poco = ease + Reflexivo + in.* ir poco más allá de + Infinitivo = go little further than + Gerundio.* llegar poco a poco = dribble in.* lo poco común = rarity, rareness.* mucho ruido para pocas nueces = much ado about nothing.* mucho ruido y pocas nueces = storm in a teacup, Posesivo + bark is worse than + Posesivo + bite.* muchos jefes y pocos trabajadores = too many chiefs and not enough Indians.* muy poco = minimally.* ofrecer poco = low-ball.* operación de poca monta = one-room, one-person operation.* pagando un poco más = at additional cost.* parece tener poco sentido que = there + seem + little point in.* pasar poco a poco = slide into.* período de poca actividad = slack time.* perro ladrador, poco mordedor = barking dogs seldom bite, Posesivo + bark is worse than + Posesivo + bite.* poca cantidad = trickle.* poca cosa = small fry, the.* poca iluminación = poor lighting.* poca importancia = unimportance, low profile.* poca notoriedad = low profile.* poca probabilidad = slim chance.* poca severidad = lenience, leniency.* pocas expectativas = low expectation.* poca utilidad = unhelpfulness.* poco abundante = light [lighter -comp., lightest -sup.].* poco accesible = unapproachable.* poco acertado = clumsy [clumsier -comp., clumsiest -sup.], injudicious.* poco acogedor = inhospitable.* poco aconsejable = unwise, inadvisable.* poco adecuado = unsuited, unsuitable, inapt.* poco + Adjetivo = slightly + Adjetivo, less than + Adjetivo.* poco afortunado = unhappy, ill-favoured [ill-favored, -USA].* poco agraciado = ill-favoured [ill-favored, -USA].* poco amable = off-putting, surly [surlier -comp., surliest -sup.], crusty [crustier -comp., crustiest -sup.], unkind.* poco americano = un-American.* poco amistoso = off-putting, unfriendly.* poco antes de + Fecha = shortly before + Fecha.* poco a poco = gradually, piecemeal, slowly, incrementally, at a snail's pace, little by little, bit by bit.* poco apreciado = unappreciated.* poco apropiado = unsuited, unsuitable, inapt.* poco apto = inapt.* poco arriesgado = low-risk.* poco asequible = unapproachable.* poco atractivo = off-putting, unattractive, unglamorous, uninviting, unappealing.* poco atrevido = unadventurous.* poco audaz = unadventurous.* poco aventurero = unadventurous.* poco cabelleroso = ungentlemanlike.* poco cálido = lukewarm.* poco científico = hit-or-miss, unscientific.* poco cívico = uncivic.* poco claro = confusing, fuzzy [fuzzier - comp., fuzziest -sup.], indistinct, obscure, unclear, untidy, hazy, inconclusive, slurred, clouded, blurry [blurrier -comp., blurriest -sup.], undistinguished, uncleared, indistinctive, bleary [blearier -comp., bleariest -sup.].* poco colaborador = unresponsive.* poco comercial = uncommercial.* poco competitivo = uncompetitive.* poco complicado = uncomplicated, uncomplicatedly.* poco comprensivo = unsympathetic.* poco común = rare, unfamiliar, unusual, uncommon, unordinary, out of the ordinary.* poco comunicativo = uncommunicative, reserved.* poco confortable = uncomfortable.* poco conocido = obscure, little known.* poco convencido = unconvinced.* poco convencional = unconventional.* poco convincente = unconvincing, inconclusive, pat, feeble.* poco convincentemente = unconvincingly.* poco correcto = ungentlemanlike.* poco cortés = impolite, ungentlemanlike.* poco culto = unenlightened.* poco decidido = half-hearted [halfhearted].* poco definido = blurry [blurrier -comp., blurriest -sup.], bleary [blearier -comp., bleariest -sup.].* poco denso = rarefied.* poco deportivo = unsportsmanlike.* poco después = soon afterwards, shortly afterwards, shortly after, not long after.* poco después de = soon after (that), shortly after.* poco después de que = shortly after.* poco diestro = poor-ability.* poco diplomático = indiscreet.* poco dispuesto = disinclined.* poco dispuesto a colaborar = uncooperative.* poco ducho en las nuevas tecnologías = technologically challenged.* poco económico = uneconomical.* poco efectivo = ineffectual.* poco eficaz = non-efficient.* poco elegante = inelegant, awkward, dowdy [dowdier -comp., dowdiest -sup.].* poco embarazoso = unembarrassing.* poco entusiasta = half-hearted [halfhearted], lukewarm.* poco envidiable = unenviable.* poco estable = unsettled.* poco estético = unaesthetic.* poco estimulador = unchallenging.* poco estimulante = unexciting, uninspiring, unmoving.* poco estricto = lax.* poco ético = unethical.* poco evidente = unnoticed, unnoted.* poco exigente = untaxing, undemanding.* poco favorable = unpromising.* poco favorecedor = unflattering.* poco fiable = unreliable, undependable, flaky [flakey].* poco firme = tenuous, rocky [rockier -comp., rockiest -sup.].* poco flexible = monolithic, inelastic.* poco frecuente = infrequent.* poco fructífero = unfruitful.* poco gratificante = unrewarding, unsatisfying.* poco grato = unwelcome.* poco hábil = poor-ability.* poco habitual = unaccustomed.* poco halagador = unflattering.* poco halagüeño = unflattering.* poco hospitalario = inhospitable.* poco idóneo = unsuited, unsuitable, inapt.* poco iluminado = dimly illuminated.* poco imaginativo = unimaginative.* poco importante = menial, small-time.* poco impresionado = unimpressed.* poco informativo = uninformative.* poco intelectual = lowbrow [low-brow].* poco inteligente = unintelligent.* poco intenso = light [lighter -comp., lightest -sup.].* poco interesante = dull, jackdaw, uninteresting, uninspiring, unremarkable.* poco juicioso = injudicious.* poco justificado = ill-justified.* poco listo = underprepared.* poco maduro = underripe.* poco más = little else.* poco materialista = unworldly.* poco memorable = forgettable.* poco mundano = unwordly.* poco natural = unnatural, stilted.* poco nítido = untidy.* poco normal = unnatural, unordinary, out of the ordinary.* poco novedoso = trite.* poco original = unoriginal.* poco ortodoxo = unorthodox.* poco poblado = thinly populated.* poco práctico = impractical, awkward.* poco preparado = underprepared.* poco probable = unlikely, far-fetched [farfetched].* poco productivo = unproductive.* poco profesional = amateurish, unprofessional.* poco profundo = shallow [shallower -comp., shallowest -sup.].* poco prometedor = bleak, unpromising.* poco propicio = unpromising, unpromising.* poco provechoso = fruitless, unrewarding.* poco prudente = ill-advised, ill-judged.* poco pulido = unpolished.* poco razonable = unreasonable.* poco realista = unrealistic, unreal, unwordly, way out in left field, airy-fairy.* poco recomendable = inadvisable.* poco refinado = unrefined, unpolished.* poco rentable = uneconomical.* poco representativo = unrepresentative.* poco romántico = unromantic.* poco sabido = little known.* poco saludable = unwholesome, insalubrious.* poco sano = unwholesome, insalubrious.* poco seguro = dicey [dicier -comp., diciest -sup.].* poco sensato = ill-advised, injudicious, ill-judged.* poco sentimental = unsentimental.* poco serio = flippant.* poco sincero = insincere.* poco sistemático = sloppy [sloppier -comp., sloppiest -sup.].* poco social = unsocial.* poco sofisticado = elementary, unsophisticated, corn-fed.* poco sólido = insubstantial.* poco tiempo = short while, short time.* poco tiempo después = shortly afterwards.* poco tradicional = untraditional.* poco unido = loosely knit.* poco uniforme = patchy [patchier -comp., patchiest -sup.].* poco usado = little-used.* poco usual = unusual.* poco útil = clumsy [clumsier -comp., clumsiest -sup.], unhelpful.* poquito a poco = little by little.* por mencionar sólo unos pocos = to name but a few.* por mencionar uno pocos = just to name a few.* por nombrar sólo unos pocos = to name but a few.* por nombrar unos pocos = to name a few.* por poco dinero = cheaply.* por poco o nada = at little or no extra cost.* por si era poco = for good measure.* por si fuera poco = to boot, for good measure, to add insult to injury, to add salt to injury, to rub salt in the wound.* prestar poca atención a = give + little thought to.* pretexto poco convincente = lame excuse.* quedar poco (para) = have + a short way to go (before).* quedar un poco = be some way off.* quedar un poco perjudicado = be a little worse prepared, be a little worse off.* que ocupa poco espacio = space-saving.* qué poco común = how odd.* quien mucho abarca poco aprieta = bite off more than + Pronombre + can chew.* reducirse poco a poco = dribble off.* resultar poco fructífero = prove + unfruitful.* roer poco a poco = eat away at.* saber un poco de todo y mucho de nada = jack of all trades, master of none.* sacar poco a poco = tease out.* salir un poco perjudicado = be a little worse prepared, be a little worse off.* sangre poco espesa = thin blood.* ser algo muy poco frecuente = be a rare occurrence.* ser algo poco común = be the exception rather than the rule.* ser algo poco conocido que = it + be + a little known fact that.* ser algo poco frecuente = be a rare occurrence.* ser algo poco sabido que = it + be + a little known fact that.* ser de poco valor = be of little use, be of little value.* ser muy poco probable = be remote.* ser poco = be under-provided.* ser poco agradecido = be thankless.* ser poco eficaz = do + little.* ser poco reconocido = be thankless.* ser pocos = be few in number, be small in number.* ser un hecho poco conocido que = it + be + a little known fact that.* ser un hecho poco sabido que = it + be + a little known fact that.* servir de poco = be of little use.* servir de poco o nada = be of little or no avail.* solución poco real = pie in the sky solution.* tener poca información = be information poor.* tener pocas luces = as thick as a brick, as thick as two (short) planks, as daft as a brush, knucklehead.* tener pocas posibilidades de = have + little recourse.* tener poco que ver = have + little to do.* tener poco valor = be of little value.* trabajo de poca monta = odd-job.* un hombre de pocas palabras = a man of few words.* unos pocos elegidos = a select few.* un poco = a bit, somewhat, slightly, something of, a little bit, kinda [kind of].* un poco áspero = roughish.* un poco como = kind of like.* un poco de = a measure of, a touch (of), a bit of, a piece of, a spot of, a splash of, a hint of.* un poco + Nombre = a shade + Nombre.* un poco obscuro = dusky.* un poco perdido = a bit at sea.* un poco rugoso = roughish.* usado con poca frecuencia = seldom used [seldom-used].* usuario que hace poco uso del préstamo = light borrower.* utilizar poco = underutilise/under-utilise [underutilize/under-utilize, -USA].* vivienda poco digna = poor housing.* y poco más = and little more.* * *poco1es muy poco agradecido he is very ungrateful, he isn't at all gratefules un autor muy poco conocido he is a very little-known authorme resultó poco interesante I didn't find it very interesting, I found it rather uninterestinghabla poco he doesn't say much o a lotduerme poquísimo she sleeps very little, she doesn't sleep very muchviene muy poco por aquí he hardly ever comes aroundpoco y nada me ayudaron they hardly helped me at all… con lo poco que le gusta el arroz … and he doesn't even like ricemuy poco vino very little winemuy pocos niños very few childrenhemos tenido muy poca suerte we've been very unlucky, we've had very little luck¡qué poco sentido común tienes! you don't have much common sense, do you?tengo muy poca ropa I have hardly any clothes, I have very few clothesa poca gente se le presenta esa oportunidad not many people get that opportunityhay muy pocas mujeres en el gremio there are very few women in the tradeéramos demasiado pocos there were too few of us, there weren't enough of usfue asombroso, todo lo que te pueda decir es poco it was amazing, I can't begin to tell youa esta mujer todo le parece poco this woman is never satisfiedme he olvidado del poco francés/de las pocas palabras que sabía I've forgotten the little French/the few words I knewle dio unos pocos pesos she gave him a few pesosA(poca cantidad, poca cosa): le serví sopa pero comió poca I gave her some soup but she only ate a little o she didn't eat muchsírvele poco, desayunó muy tarde don't give him (too) much, he had a late breakfastpor poco que gane, siempre es otro sueldo no matter how little o however little she earns o even if she doesn't earn much, it's still another salary coming inse conforma con poco he's easily satisfiedpoco faltó para que me pegara he nearly hit mepoco y nada saqué en limpio de lo que dijo what he said made little or no sense to melo poco que gana se lo gasta en vino he spends the little o what little he earns on winecompra más lentejas, nos quedan muy pocas buy some more lentils, we've hardly any left o we have very few leftes un profesor como pocos there aren't many teachers like himpocos pueden permitirse ese lujo not many people can afford to do thatBhace muy poco que lo conoce she hasn't known him for very long, she's only known him a little whiletardó poco en pintar la cocina it didn't take him long to paint the kitchenfalta poco para las navidades it's not long till Christmas, Christmas isn't far offa poco de terminar el bombardeo soon o shortly after the bombing stoppeddentro de poco sale otro tren there'll be another train soon o shortlypoco antes de que ella se fuera a short while o shortly before she leftC1 (refiriéndose a cantidades) a little; (refiriéndose a tiempo) a while¿te sirvo un poco? would you like a little o some?descansemos un poco let's rest for a while, let's have a little restespera un poquito wait a little whiletodavía le duele un poquitín or poquitito it still hurts him a little2un poco de: ponle un poco de pimienta/vino add a little (bit of) pepper/winetiene un poco de fiebre he has a slight fever, he has a bit of a temperature o a slight temperature ( BrE)come un poco de jamón have a bit of o some o a little ham3un poco (hasta cierto punto): es un poco lo que está pasando en Japón it's rather like what's happening in Japanun poco porque me dio lástima partly because I felt sorry for him4 un poco + ADJ/ADV:un poco caro/tarde a bit o a little expensive/lateme queda un poco corto it's a bit short o a little short o slightly too short (for me)habla un poco más fuerte speak up a bit o a littleD ( en locs):¡a poco no está fabuloso Acapulco! isn't Acapulco just fantastic!¡a poco ganaron! don't tell me they won!nos sacamos el gordo de la lotería — ¡a poco ! we won the big lottery prize — you didn't!agrégale la leche de a poquito add the milk gradually o a little at a timede a poquito se lo fue comiendo little by little o slowly she ate it all upen poco: en poco estuvo que nos ganaran they came very close to beating us, they very nearly beat usen poco estuvo que no viniéramos we almost didn't cometienen en poco la vida ajena they set little value on other people's livesme tienes bien en poco si me crees capaz de eso you can't think very highly o much of me if you think I could do such a thingpoco a poco or ( Méx) a poquito graduallypoco a poco la fueron arreglando they gradually fixed it up, they fixed it up little by littlepoco más o menos approximately, roughlyhabrán gastado unos dos millones, poco más o menos they must have spent in the neighborhood o ( BrE) region of two millionpoco menos que nearlyes poco menos que imposible it's well-nigh o almost o very nearly impossiblele pegó una paliza que poco menos que la mata ( fam); he gave her such a beating he almost o nearly killed herpoco menos que los echan a patadas ( fam); they practically kicked them outpor poco nearlypor poco nos descubren we were nearly found out* * *
poco 1 adverbio:◊ habla poco he doesn't say much o a lot;
es muy poco agradecido he is very ungrateful;
un autor muy poco conocido a very little-known author;
viene muy poco por aquí he hardly ever comes around;
para locs ver poco 2 4
poco 2 -ca adjetivo ( con sustantivos no numerables) little;
( en plural) few;
muy pocos niños very few children;
había poquísimos coches there were hardly any cars
■ pronombre
1 (poca cantidad, poca cosa):
por poco que gane … no matter how little o however little she earns …;
se conforma con poco he's easily satisfied;
todo le parece poco she is never satisfied;
pocos quisieron ayudar few were willing to help;
pocos pueden permitirse ese lujo not many people can afford to do that
2
hace muy poco que lo conoce she hasn't known him for very long;
tardó poco en hacerlo it didn't take him long to do it;
falta poco para las navidades it's not long till Christmas;
a poco de venir él soon o shortly after he came;
dentro de poco soon;
poco antes de que … a short while o shortly before …
3◊ un poco
( refiriéndose a tiempo) a while;◊ dame un poco I'll have some o a little;
espera un poco wait a whileb)
c) un poco + adj/adv:◊ un poco caro/tarde a bit o a little expensive/late
4 ( en locs)◊ a poco (Méx): ¡a poco no está fabuloso Acapulco! isn't Acapulco just fantastic!;
¡a poco ganaron! don't tell me they won!;
de a poco (AmL) gradually, little by little;
poco a poco gradually;
poco más o menos approximately, roughly;
por poco nearly
poco,-a
I adjetivo
1 (con el sustantivo en singular) not much, little: tengo poco apetito, I haven't got much appetite
2 (con el sustantivo en plural) not many, few: conozco pocos lugares de Italia, I don't know many places in Italy
II pron (singular) little, not much
(plural) (objetos) few, not many
(personas) few people, not many people ➣ Ver nota en few
III adverbio
1 (con verbo) not (very) much, little: entiendo poco del tema, I don't understand much about the issue
2 (con adjetivo) not very: está poco claro, it's not very clear
3 (de tiempo) hace poco que nos conocemos, we met a short time ago
IV sustantivo masculino
1 (acompañado de adjetivo o adverbio) lo noté un poco molesto, I thought he was a bit annoyed
tendré que hacerlo un poco después, I'll have to do it a little later
2 (acompañando a un sustantivo) dame un poco de agua, give me a little water ➣ Ver nota en little
♦ Locuciones: a poco de, shortly after
dentro de poco, soon
poco a poco, little by little, gradually
poco antes/después, shortly before/afterwards
por poco, almost
' poco' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
abreviar
- aclimatarse
- adelgazar
- aguantar
- ahora
- alcornoque
- alentador
- alentadora
- algo
- antes
- apercibirse
- bagatela
- baja
- bajo
- brusca
- brusco
- bruta
- bruto
- buscar
- calentar
- cargada
- cargado
- cascada
- cascado
- cerebral
- chapucera
- chapucero
- chispa
- clara
- claro
- común
- cruda
- crudo
- cualquiera
- de
- dentro
- descuidada
- descuidado
- descuidarse
- desigual
- desmoronada
- desmoronado
- despatarrarse
- despistada
- despistado
- despreciable
- después
- desvaído
- disipar
- dudosa
English:
accomplice
- add to
- adjust
- aerial
- after
- afterwards
- along
- aloof
- amateurish
- balding
- bark
- belly
- bit
- black
- blind
- blow up
- boot
- by
- can
- careless
- chat
- comedown
- confusing
- cowboy
- degree
- derivative
- desultory
- disagreement
- disingenuous
- diving
- do
- dodgy
- doubtful
- dowdy
- earthy
- easy-going
- edge
- effect
- element
- evasion
- exist
- expect
- fall apart
- far-fetched
- fine
- flippant
- forge
- furnish
- fuzzy
- gradually
* * *poco, -a♦ adj(singular) little, not much; (plural) few, not many;de poca importancia of little importance;poca agua not much water;pocas personas lo saben few o not many people know it;hay pocos árboles there aren't many trees;tenemos poco tiempo we don't have much time;hace poco tiempo not long ago;dame unos pocos días give me a few days;esto ocurre pocas veces this rarely happens, this doesn't happen often;tengo pocas ganas de ir I don't really o much feel like going;poca sal me parece que le estás echando I don't think you're putting enough salt in, I think you're putting too little salt in;con lo poco que le gusta la ópera, y la han invitado a La Traviata it's ironic, considering how she dislikes opera, that they should have invited her to see La Traviata♦ pron1. [escasa cantidad] (singular) little, not much;* * *I adj sg little, not much; pl few, not many;un poco de a little;unos pocos a fewII adv little;trabaja poco he doesn’t work much;ahora se ve muy poco it’s seldom seen now;estuvo poco por aquí he wasn’t around much;poco conocido little known;poco a poco little by little;dentro de poco soon, shortly;hace poco a short time ago, not long ago;desde hace poco (for) a short while;por poco nearly, almost;¡a poco no lo hacemos! Méx don’t tell me we’re not doing it;de a poco me fui tranquilizando Rpl little by little I calmed down;por si fuera poco as if that weren’t o wasn’t enoughIII m:un poco a little, a bit* * *poco adv1) : little, not muchpoco probable: not very likelycome poco: he doesn't eat much2) : a short time, a whiletardaremos poco: we won't be very long3)poco antes : shortly before4)poco después : shortly afterpoco, -ca adj1) : little, not much, (a) fewtengo poco dinero: I don't have much moneyen no pocas ocasiones: on more than a few occasionspoca gente: few people2)pocas veces : rarelypoco, -ca pron1) : little, fewle falta poco para terminar: he's almost finisheduno de los pocos que quedan: one of the remaining few2)un poco : a little, a bitun poco de vino: a little wineun poco extraño: a bit strange3)¿a poco no se te hizo difícil?: you mean you didn't find it difficult?4)de a poco : little by little5)hace poco : not long ago6)poco a poco : little by little7)dentro de poco : shortly, in a little while8)por poco : nearly, almost* * *poco1 adj1. (singular) not much2. (plural) few / not manytiene pocos amigos he has few friends / he hasn't got many friendspoco2 adv1. (con verbos) not much2. (no mucho tiempo) not long3. (con adjetivos) not verypoco3 n a little / a bittengo de sobra, toma un poco I've got plenty, take a littlepoco4 pron1. (singular) not muchcompra café, que queda muy poco buy some coffee, there's not much left2. (plural) few / not many¿cuántos vinieron? pocos how many came? not many -
8 año
m.anus.* * *1 anus* * *noun m.1) year2) grade•- Año Nuevo
- tener cinco años
- tener años* * *SM anus* * *masculino anus* * *= year, grade.Ex. Over the past two to three years the numbers of full text data bases and data banks has started to escalate considerably.Ex. Each grade tackles a different genre e.g. fifth graders read historical fiction.----* 365 días al año = year-round.* a años luz de = light years away from.* al año = per annum, per year.* algunos años más tarde = some years on.* alumno de cuarto año = fourth grader.* alumno de primer año = first grader.* alumno de quinto año = fifth grader.* alumno de segundo año = second grader.* alumno de séptimo año = seventh grader.* alumno de sexto año = sixth grader.* alumno de tercer año = third grader.* alumno de un año = grader.* a medida que + avanzar + el año = as the year + wear on.* a medida que + pasar + el año = as the year + wear on.* a medida que + transcurrir + el año = as the year + wear on.* anormal para la época del año = unseasonably.* año a año = year by year.* año académico = academic year, school year.* año anterior, el = past year, the.* año bisiesto = leap year.* año civil = calendar year.* año contable = accounting year.* año del calendario = calendar year.* año de trabajo = man year.* año económico = financial year.* año entrante, el = coming year, the.* año escolar = school year.* año financiero = financial year.* año fiscal = fiscal year, business year, accounting year, tax year.* año luz = light year.* año maravilloso = annus mirabilis.* año natural = calendar year.* Año Nuevo = New Year.* año pasado, el = last year.* año próximo = next year, following year.* año próximo, el = coming year, the.* año que viene = next year, following year.* año sabático = gap year.* años anteriores = earlier years.* años de antigüedad = length of service.* años de entreguerras = inter-war years.* años de posguerra, los = post-war years, the.* años de vacas flacas = lean years.* año siguiente = next year, following year.* años sesenta, los = sixties, the.* años veinte, los = twenties, the.* años venideros, los = years ahead, the.* año terrestre = earth year.* año tras año = year after year, year by year, year in and year out.* a partir de ahora y + Cuantificador + algunos años = for + Cuantificador + years to come.* apto para mayores de 13 años o menores acompañados = PG-13.* atípico para la época del año = unseasonably.* a través de los años = over the years, down the years.* buenos propósitos de Año Nuevo = New Year's resolution.* cada año = annually, on a yearly basis, year-on-year, yearly.* cada diez años = ten-yearly.* cada dos años = biennially.* cada pocos años = every few years.* chico o chica de trece años = thirteen-year-old.* con el paso de los años = with the passing of (the) years.* con el transcurso de los años = over the years, with the passing of (the) years.* conforme + avanzar + el año = as the year + wear on.* conforme + pasar + el año = as the year + wear on.* conforme + transcurrir + el año = as the year + wear on.* con + Número + año(s) de antelación = Número + year(s) ahead.* con una antelación de un año = a year ahead of schedule.* crisis de los siete años = seven-year itch.* de acuerdo con la estación del año = seasonally.* de cinco años = five yearly [five-yearly].* de final de año = end-year.* de fin de año = end of the year.* de hace años = of years ago.* de hace muchos años = long-standing.* del año catapún = from the year dot.* del año de la nada = from the year dot.* del año de la pera = from the year dot.* del año de Maricastaña = from the year dot.* del año maricastaño = from the year dot.* de mediados de año = mid-year [midyear].* de mitad de año = mid-year [midyear].* dentro de unos años = in a few years' time.* dentro de unos cuantos años = in a few years' time.* de + Número + años de edad = aged + Número.* desde hace años = over the years, for years past, for years.* desde hace muchos años = for years.* desde hace varios años + Presente = for several years + Pretérito Perfecto.* desde hace ya años = for years now.* de tercer año = third-year.* de trece años de edad = thirteen-year-old.* de un año a otro = from year to year, from one year to another, from one year to the next.* dos años = two-year period.* dos veces al año = twice yearly [twice-yearly], semiannual [semi-annual].* durante algunos años = for some years, over a period of years.* durante años = for years.* durante años y años = for years and years (and years).* durante casi todo el año = for the best part of the year.* durante el año pasado = over the past year.* durante el próximo año = over the next year.* durante el transcurso de muchos años = over many years.* durante el último año = over the last year.* durante la mayor parte del año = for the best part of the year.* durante los primeros años = during the early years.* durante los próximos años = for the next few years, over the next few years, during the next few years.* durante los últimos años = over the past few years, over recent years.* durante los últimos + Número + años = over the last + Número + years.* durante miles de años = for aeons and aeons, for aeons.* durante millones de años = for aeons and aeons, for aeons.* durante muchos años = for many years, for years to come, for many years to come, over many years, for years and years (and years).* durante varios años = for a number of years, for several years.* el año próximo = the year ahead.* en años anteriores = in prior years, in years past, in past years.* en + Cantidad + años = in + Cantidad + years' time.* en dos años = over a two-year period.* en el año catapún = in the dim and distant past.* en el año del Señor = in the year of our Lord.* en el año entrante = in the coming year.* en el año próximo = in the coming year.* en el año venidero = in the coming year.* en el mismo número de años = in as many years.* en el próximo año = in the year ahead.* en el transcurso de algunos años = over a period of years.* en esta época del año = around this time of year.* en los años intermedios = in the intervening years.* en los años que siguieron = over the ensuing years.* en los primeros años de = early in.* en los primeros años de vida = early in life.* en los próximos años = in the next few years.* en los últimos años = in recent years, over the recent past, in the last few years.* en los últimos años de = in the last years of.* en sus años de apogeo = in + Posesivo + heyday.* en sus años de auge = in + Posesivo + heyday.* entrado en años = long in the tooth.* en unos años = within a few years, in a few years' time.* en unos cuantos años = within a few years, in a few years' time.* en unos pocos años = within a few years.* época del año = season.* estar a años de distancia = be years away.* estudiante de penúltimo año = junior student, junior.* estudiante de primer año = freshman [freshmen, -pl.], first-year student.* estudiante de segundo año = sophomore.* estudiante de último año = senior student, senior.* existir desde hace años = be around for years.* fin de año = EOY (end of year), end of the year.* hace algunos años = some years ago.* hace años = years ago.* hace miles de años = aeons ago.* hace muchísimos años = a great many years ago.* hace muchos años = many years ago.* hace + Número + años = Número + years ago.* hace unos pocos años = a few years ago.* hace un par de años = a couple of years ago.* hace varios años = several years ago.* los 365 días del año = year-round.* los años cincuenta = fifties.* los años maravillosos = the halcyon days.* los años treinta = thirties.* mayor de 25 años = mature adult.* menores de cinco años, los = under-fives, the.* miles de años = aeon [eon], thousands of years.* millones de años = aeon [eon].* niños entre cinco y siete años = five-to-sevens.* Número + al año = Número + annually.* Número + años de diferencia = Número + year gap.* Número + años después = Número + years on.* Número + cada año = Número + annually.* para el año próximo = for the year ahead.* pasar al siguiente año fiscal = roll over.* pasar año(s) antes de que = be year(s) before.* período de cinco años = five-year period, period of five years.* por dos años = two-year.* Posesivo + años mozos = Posesivo + salad days.* primer año de carrera = freshman year.* primer año de estudios superiores = freshman year.* próximos años, los = years ahead, the.* próximos años, the = next few years, the.* que dura todo el año = year-round.* según la estación del año = seasonally.* todo el año = year-round.* todos los años = on a yearly basis, year in and year out, year-on-year.* un año antes de = a year ahead of.* un año antes de lo previsto = a year ahead of schedule.* un año tras otro = year after year.* una vez al año = annually, once a year.* veinticuatro horas al día, siete días a la semana, 365 días al año = 24/7/365.* víspera de Año Nuevo = New Year's Eve.* * *masculino anus* * *= anus.Ex: Homosexuality, cuckoldry, flowering anuses, zombies, monstrosity, gambling, banquets, viral contagion all become signs of a historical epoch which exists in a repetitious & catastrophic crisis.
* * *anusCompuestos:colostomy( RPl) colostomy* * *
Multiple Entries:
ano
año
ano sustantivo masculino
anus
año sustantivo masculino
1 ( período) year;
el año pasado last year;
una vez al año once a year;
hace años que no lo veo I haven't seen him for o in years;
el año de la pera or de Maricastaña (fam): ese peinado es del año de la pera that hairstyle went out with the ark (colloq), that hairstyle is really old-fashioned;
un disco del año de la pera a record that's really ancient;
año bisiesto leap year;
año fiscal fiscal year (AmE), tax year (BrE);
año luz light year;
Año Nuevo New Year
2 ( indicando edad):◊ soltero, de 30 años de edad single, 30 years old o (frml) 30 years of age;
¿cuántos años tienes? how old are you?;
tengo 14 años I'm 14 (years old);
hoy cumple 29 años she's 29 today;
ya debe de tener sus añitos he must be getting on (a bit);
quitarse años: se quita años she's older than she admits o says
3 ( curso) year;◊ año académico/escolar academic/school year
ano sustantivo masculino anus
año sustantivo masculino
1 year: el año pasado nos fuimos a Bahía, we went to Bahía last year
el año que viene acabará la carrera, she'll finish her university studies next year
hace años que no nos vemos, we haven't seen each other for ages
en el año 1945, in 1945
2 (de edad) years old: mi hija tiene cuatro años, my daughter is four (years old)
cumple años el 15, it's her birthday on the 15th
3 año académico/escolar/sabático, academic/school/sabbatical year
año bisiesto, leap year
años luz, light years
Año Nuevo, New Year
los años cuarenta, the forties
Recuerda que para expresar la edad no se usa el verbo to have sino el verbo to be: Tiene trece años. He is thirteen o he is thirteen years old. Nunca debes decir he is thirteen years. Si quieres expresar la edad de un bebé: tiene once meses, tienes que decir he is eleven months old.
' año' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
adelantarse
- ano
- antes
- bisiesto
- caer
- cara
- caza
- cosecha
- curso
- de
- dentro
- dividendo
- edad
- escalonar
- escolar
- estación
- estirón
- fin
- floración
- ir
- gustar
- ingresar
- inocentada
- judicial
- mediada
- mediado
- ordenarse
- pera
- polca
- presente
- proceso
- sabática
- sabático
- salida
- sangrar
- ubérrima
- ubérrimo
- víspera
- acabar
- académico
- altura
- antepasado
- apertura
- aquí
- comparación
- correr
- corriente
- cursar
- día
- entrante
English:
academic year
- afford
- after
- anniversary
- anus
- appreciate
- apprentice
- arms control
- attain
- attribute
- before
- best
- borrower
- bumper
- bundle
- bust
- clock up
- come out
- coming
- current
- curtail
- date back to
- date from
- day off
- disturbance
- downturn
- due
- early
- eventful
- expand
- expatriate
- extend
- financial year
- first
- flower
- focus
- fold
- free
- freeze
- freshman
- get
- go out
- go through
- go under
- happy
- hold
- leap year
- light year
- move away
- next
* * *ano nmanus* * *m ANAT anus* * *ano nm: anus* * *año n yeartener... años to be... years oldtengo 16 años I'm 16 years old / I'm 16¿cuántos años tienes? how old are you? -
9 representar
v.1 to represent.este cuadro representa la Última Cena this painting depicts the Last SupperEllos representan campiñas They depict fields.María representa a la madrastra Mary plays the part of the stepmom.Esto representa lo malo This represents the bad.2 to represent (actuar en nombre de alguien).representa a varios artistas she acts as an agent for several artists3 to look.representa unos 40 años she looks about 404 to mean.representa el 50 por ciento del consumo interno it accounts for 50 percent of domestic consumptionrepresenta mucho para él it means a lot to him5 to perform (Teatro) (función).6 to act out, to represent, to act.Ella representó bien esa escena She acted the scene out very well.7 to act in someone's representation, to represent, to act in behalf of, to act in representation of.María representa a Ricardo Mary acts in John's representation.* * *1 (gen) to represent■ esta redacción representa varias horas de trabajo this composition represents several hours of work2 (símbolo) to represent, stand for4 (aparentar) to appear to be, look5 (importar) to mean1 (imaginarse) to imagine, picture* * *verb1) to represent2) perform3) portray•* * *1. VT1) (=actuar en nombre de) [+ país, votantes] to represent; [+ cliente, acusado] to act for, representla cantante que representará a España en el festival — the singer who will represent Spain at the festival
el príncipe representó al rey en la ceremonia — the prince attended the ceremony on behalf of the king o representing the king
2) (=simbolizar) to symbolize, representDon Quijote representa el idealismo — Don Quixote symbolizes o represents idealism
cuando éramos pequeños nuestros padres representaban el modelo a seguir — when we were small our parents were our role models
3) (=reproducir) to depictnuevas formas de representar el mundo — new ways of representing o portraying o depicting the world
esta columna del gráfico representa los síes — this column of the graph shows o represents those in favour
4) (=equivaler a) [+ porcentaje, mejora, peligro] to represent; [+ amenaza] to pose, representobtuvieron unos beneficios de 1,7 billones, lo que representa un incremento del 28% sobre el año pasado — they made profits of 1.7 billion, which represents an increase of 28% on last year
los bantúes representan el 70% de los habitantes de Suráfrica — the Bantu account for o represent 70% of the inhabitants of South Africa
la ofensiva de ayer representa una violación de la tregua — yesterday's offensive constitutes a violation of the truce
no sabes lo mucho que representa este trabajo para él — you don't know how much this job means to him
5) (=requerir) [+ trabajo, esfuerzo, sacrificio] to involve6) (Teat) [+ obra] to perform; [+ papel] to play¿quién va a representar el papel que tenía antes la URSS? — who's going to play the part o role previously played by the USSR?
7) (=aparentar) [+ edad] to look8) (=hacer imaginar) to point outnos representó las dificultades con que nos podíamos encontrar — she pointed out the difficulties we might come up against
2.See:* * *1.verbo transitivo1) <persona/organización/país> to represent2) < obra> to perform, put on3) ( aparentar) to look4) ( simbolizar) to symbolize5) ( reproducir) dibujo/fotografía/escena to show, depict; obra/novela to portray, depict6) (equivaler a, significar) to representesto representa un aumento del 5% — this represents a 5% increase
2.eso representaría tres días de trabajo — that would mean o involve three days' work
representarse v pron to picture, imagine* * *= account for, act out, become + cast, depict, depict, embody, package, represent, stage, stand for, render, portray, symbolise [symbolize, -USA], enact, dramatise [dramatize, -USA], plot, chart, map, incarnate, stand as, betoken, picture, construct, encapsulate.Ex. The major four categories of physical forms outlined so far account for most of the published indexes and catalogues.Ex. The use of the form connotes peculiarity (the people so described are acting out a somewhat inappropriate role) and passiveness (they are not actively participating in that role).Ex. Any action that is repeated frequently become cast into a pattern which can be reproduced with an economy of effort which, ipso facto, is apprehended by its performer as a pattern.Ex. Trial procedures aiming to increase service recognition and service usage, and the evaluation thereof, are then depicted.Ex. A globe is a model of a celestial body, usually the earth or the celestial sphere, depicted on the surface of a sphere.Ex. In alphabetical indexing languages, such as are embodied in thesauri and subject headings lists, subject terms are the alphabetical names of the subjects.Ex. Documents rarely exactly match a user's requirements because information can be packaged in almost as many different ways as there are participants in a subject area.Ex. Cartographic materials are, according to AACR2, all the materials that represent, in whole or in part, the earth or any celestial body.Ex. Book shops also participated by staging similar special features.Ex. MARC stands for Machine Readable Cataloguing.Ex. The eventuality is, admittedly, remote but it is also necessary to render the imprint statement in this amount of detail.Ex. Hardy had a tragic vision of life and that indeed is what the novels portray.Ex. The library symbolises freedom for the reader to pursue his own desires, however inchoate.Ex. The author describes how, as a teacher, she introduced pre-school children to books by reading to them, and developed older children's critical interest by reading, discussing and enacting popular fables.Ex. This article describes how a group of 12-18 teenage volunteers formed a group to dramatise children's books for young children and their parents at a public library.Ex. The technique 'Trend Projection' graphically plots future trends based on past experience.Ex. This article describes how Australia was depicted on early maps of the world charted by the Portuguese and Dutch seafarers from 1452 to the present day.Ex. Defining a revolution in progress is like mapping the lava flow from an active volcano well nigh impossible and extremely dangerous.Ex. For them, it incarnated modernity and materialism, civilization rather than culture, materialism rather than spiritualism.Ex. Meantime, our new library stand as as a confident symbol of the importance of ALL librarires to the nation's cultural, educational and economic success.Ex. The faintly irritating moralising tone of this book betokens a real human interest, which must be recovered if there is to be a dialogue of real content.Ex. In most cases authors pictured incest as an assault against the innocent, but they often saw the abuser, especially the father, as a victim of himself and he is rarely punished with prison.Ex. It is argued that newspaper reporting of bigamy constructs bigamists as being a threat to the institution of marriage.Ex. The Manifesto encapsulates the principles and priorities of public libraries in widely varying contexts.----* estar demasiado representado = overrepresent.* imposible de representar = unmappable.* que no representa reto = unchallenging.* representar a = act for.* representar con una gráfica = graph.* representar en exceso = overrepresent.* representar en mente = visualise [visualize, -USA].* representar gráficamente = map.* representar insuficientemente = underrepresent [under-represent].* representar la diferencia entre... y = represent + the difference between... and.* representar mal = misrepresent.* representar una idea = dramatise + idea.* representar una obra = put on + performance, put on + play.* representar un peligro = pose + danger.* término que representa un único concepto = one concept term.* volver a representar = remap.* * *1.verbo transitivo1) <persona/organización/país> to represent2) < obra> to perform, put on3) ( aparentar) to look4) ( simbolizar) to symbolize5) ( reproducir) dibujo/fotografía/escena to show, depict; obra/novela to portray, depict6) (equivaler a, significar) to representesto representa un aumento del 5% — this represents a 5% increase
2.eso representaría tres días de trabajo — that would mean o involve three days' work
representarse v pron to picture, imagine* * *= account for, act out, become + cast, depict, depict, embody, package, represent, stage, stand for, render, portray, symbolise [symbolize, -USA], enact, dramatise [dramatize, -USA], plot, chart, map, incarnate, stand as, betoken, picture, construct, encapsulate.Ex: The major four categories of physical forms outlined so far account for most of the published indexes and catalogues.
Ex: The use of the form connotes peculiarity (the people so described are acting out a somewhat inappropriate role) and passiveness (they are not actively participating in that role).Ex: Any action that is repeated frequently become cast into a pattern which can be reproduced with an economy of effort which, ipso facto, is apprehended by its performer as a pattern.Ex: Trial procedures aiming to increase service recognition and service usage, and the evaluation thereof, are then depicted.Ex: A globe is a model of a celestial body, usually the earth or the celestial sphere, depicted on the surface of a sphere.Ex: In alphabetical indexing languages, such as are embodied in thesauri and subject headings lists, subject terms are the alphabetical names of the subjects.Ex: Documents rarely exactly match a user's requirements because information can be packaged in almost as many different ways as there are participants in a subject area.Ex: Cartographic materials are, according to AACR2, all the materials that represent, in whole or in part, the earth or any celestial body.Ex: Book shops also participated by staging similar special features.Ex: MARC stands for Machine Readable Cataloguing.Ex: The eventuality is, admittedly, remote but it is also necessary to render the imprint statement in this amount of detail.Ex: Hardy had a tragic vision of life and that indeed is what the novels portray.Ex: The library symbolises freedom for the reader to pursue his own desires, however inchoate.Ex: The author describes how, as a teacher, she introduced pre-school children to books by reading to them, and developed older children's critical interest by reading, discussing and enacting popular fables.Ex: This article describes how a group of 12-18 teenage volunteers formed a group to dramatise children's books for young children and their parents at a public library.Ex: The technique 'Trend Projection' graphically plots future trends based on past experience.Ex: This article describes how Australia was depicted on early maps of the world charted by the Portuguese and Dutch seafarers from 1452 to the present day.Ex: Defining a revolution in progress is like mapping the lava flow from an active volcano well nigh impossible and extremely dangerous.Ex: For them, it incarnated modernity and materialism, civilization rather than culture, materialism rather than spiritualism.Ex: Meantime, our new library stand as as a confident symbol of the importance of ALL librarires to the nation's cultural, educational and economic success.Ex: The faintly irritating moralising tone of this book betokens a real human interest, which must be recovered if there is to be a dialogue of real content.Ex: In most cases authors pictured incest as an assault against the innocent, but they often saw the abuser, especially the father, as a victim of himself and he is rarely punished with prison.Ex: It is argued that newspaper reporting of bigamy constructs bigamists as being a threat to the institution of marriage.Ex: The Manifesto encapsulates the principles and priorities of public libraries in widely varying contexts.* estar demasiado representado = overrepresent.* imposible de representar = unmappable.* que no representa reto = unchallenging.* representar a = act for.* representar con una gráfica = graph.* representar en exceso = overrepresent.* representar en mente = visualise [visualize, -USA].* representar gráficamente = map.* representar insuficientemente = underrepresent [under-represent].* representar la diferencia entre... y = represent + the difference between... and.* representar mal = misrepresent.* representar una idea = dramatise + idea.* representar una obra = put on + performance, put on + play.* representar un peligro = pose + danger.* término que representa un único concepto = one concept term.* volver a representar = remap.* * *representar [A1 ]vtA ‹persona/organización/país› to representno estaba representado por un abogado he was not represented by a lawyerrepresentó a Suecia en los campeonatos he represented Sweden in the championships, he played ( o swam etc) for Sweden in the championshipslos que no puedan asistir deben hacerse representar por alguien those who cannot attend should send a representative o proxyB ‹obra› to perform, put on; ‹papel› to playrepresentó el papel de Cleopatra she played Cleopatra o the part of CleopatraC (aparentar) to lookno representa la edad que tiene he doesn't look the age he isrepresenta unos cuarenta años she looks about fortyno representa lo que costó it doesn't look as expensive as it wasD (simbolizar) to symbolizela paloma representa la paz the dove symbolizes o is a symbol of peaceE (reproducir) «dibujo/fotografía» to show, depictla medalla representa a la Virgen the medallion depicts the Virgin Maryla escena representa una calle de los arrabales the scene shows o depicts a street in the poor quartersla obra representa fielmente la sociedad de fines de siglo the play accurately portrays society at the turn of the centuryF (equivaler a, significar) to representesto representa un aumento del 5% con respecto al año pasado this represents a 5% increase on last yearpara él no representa ningún sacrificio it's no sacrifice for himnos representa un gasto inesperado it means o involves an unexpected expenseintroducir la modificación representaría tres días de trabajo introducing the modification would mean o involve three days' workto picture¿te lo puedes representar sin barba? can you picture o imagine him without a beard?* * *
representar ( conjugate representar) verbo transitivo
1 ‹persona/organización/país› to represent
2 ‹ obra› to perform, put on;
‹ papel› to play
3 ( aparentar) to look;
4 ( simbolizar) to represent, symbolize
5 ( reproducir) [dibujo/fotografía/escena] to show, depict;
[obra/novela] to portray, depict
6 (equivaler a, significar) to represent;◊ esto representa un aumento del 5% this represents a 5% increase;
eso representaría tres días de trabajo that would mean o involve three days' work
representar verbo transitivo
1 (un símbolo) to symbolize, represent: la paloma representa la paz, the dove stands for peace
2 (un cuadro, fotografía, ilustración) to depict: el cuadro representa una escena de caza, the painting depicts a hunting scene
3 (un ejemplo o modelo) to represent
4 (a una persona, un país, una institución) to represent
5 (una edad) to look: no representa la edad que tiene, she doesn't look her age
6 (en la imaginación) to imagine
7 (en valor, importancia) to mean, represent: su ascenso representó una gran alegría, I/he/she, etc. was overjoyed by his promotion
ese chico no representa nada para mí, that guy means nothing to me
8 Teat (una obra) to perform
(un papel) to play: mi amigo representa al emperador Augusto, my friend plays Emperor Augustus
' representar' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
aparentar
- constituir
- hacer
- jugar
- vida
- significar
English:
act
- act out
- depict
- deputize
- do
- enact
- nation
- perform
- picture
- play
- portray
- represent
- role-play
- speak for
- stage
- stand for
- pose
* * *representar vt1. [simbolizar, ejemplificar] to represent;este cuadro representa la Última Cena this painting depicts the Last Supper;la coma representa los decimales the comma indicates decimal places;Dalí representa perfectamente el surrealismo Dali is the ultimate surrealist painter2. [actuar en nombre de] to represent;el delegado sindical representaba a sus compañeros the shop steward represented his fellow workers;ha participado en dos festivales representando a su país she has represented her country at two festivals;representa a varios artistas she acts as an agent for several artists3. [aparentar] to look;representa unos cuarenta años she looks about forty;representa muchos menos años de los que tiene she looks a lot younger than she is4. [significar] to mean;representa el 50 por ciento del consumo interno it accounts for 50 percent of domestic consumption;diez millones no representan nada para él ten million is nothing to him;representa mucho para él it means a lot to him[papel] to play6. Com to represent* * *v/t1 ( simbolizar) represent3 ( aparentar):representar menos años look younger* * *representar vt1) : to represent, to act for2) : to perform3) : to look, to appear as4) : to symbolize, to stand for5) : to signify, to mean* * *representar vb1. (un papel) to play2. (una obra) to performla compañía representará "Yerma" the company will perform "Yerma"3. (simbolizar) to represent4. (actuar en nombre de otro) to represent5. (aparentar) to look -
10 ahí
adv.there.* * *► adverbio1 there, in that place\de ahí que hence, therefore* * *adv.* * *ADV1) [en un lugar] there¿Nina, estás ahí? — Nina, are you there?
•
ahí dentro — in there, inside•
ahí fuera — out there, outsidehoy podemos ir a cenar por ahí — we can go out for dinner tonight, we can eat out tonight
¿no dicen por ahí que vivimos en un país libre? — don't they say we live in a free country?
por ahí se le ocurre llamar — Cono Sur he might think to phone
•
¡ahí va!, ahí va el balón, ¡cógelo! — there goes the ball, catch it!¡ahí va, qué bonito! — wow, it's lovely!
¡ahí va, no me había dado cuenta de que eras tú! — well well! I didn't realise it was you
ahí donde lo ves, come más que tú y yo juntos — believe it or not he eats more than you and me put together
2) [en una situación]¡ahí está el problema! — that's the problem!
ahí está, por ejemplo, el caso de Luis — there's the case of Luis, for example
ahí estaba yo, con casi cincuenta años, y todavía soltero — there was I, about to turn fifty, and still a bachelor
-¿está mejor tu mujer? -ahí anda o LAm ahí va — "is your wife better?" - "she's doing all right"
¡hombre, haber empezado por ahí! — why didn't you say so before!
•
de ahí — that's whyde ahí las quejas de los inquilinos — that's why the tenants are complaining, hence the tenants' complaints frm
de ahí se deduce que... — from that it follows that...
•
hasta ahí, hasta ahí llego yo — I can work that much out for myselfbueno, hasta ahí de acuerdo — well, I agree with you up to there o that point
¡hasta ahí podíamos llegar! — what a nerve!, that's the limit!, can you credit it!
•
he ahí el dilema — that's the dilemma, there you have the dilemmasi hubiéramos ido más rápido, ahí sí que nos matamos — if we'd gone any faster, we'd definitely have been killed
3) [en el tiempo]•
a partir de ahí — from then on* * *1)a) ( en el espacio) thereahí está/viene — there he is/here he comes
ahí arriba/abajo — up/down there
ahí mismo or (AmL) nomás o (Méx) mero — right o just there
b) (en locs)debe estar como a 200 pesetas - sí, por ahí anda — it must be about 200 pesetas - yes, that's about right
ahí sí que — (AmL)
de ahí a que: de ahí a que venga es otra cosa — whether or not he actually comes is another matter
2)de ahí a la drogadicción sólo hay un paso — from there it's just a short step to becoming a drug addict
de ahí a decir que es excelente hay un buen trecho — there's a big difference between that and saying it's excellent
b)de ahí que — (+ subj)
3) ( en el tiempo) thenahí es cuando... — that's when...
4) (AmL) ( más o menos)¿cómo sigue tu abuelo? - ahí anda — how's your grandfather getting on? - oh, so-so
* * *= therein.Ex. The ASLIB handbook of special library and information work discusses literature searching techniques and the role of literature guides therein.----* ahí está el problema = herein lies the rub, there's the rub.* ahí está la dificultad = herein lies the rub, there's the rub.* andar por ahí = go + (a)round, be out and about, get out and about.* de ahí = therefrom.* de ahí que = hence.* en algún lugar (de por ahí) = somewhere out there.* ir por ahí = go + (a)round, be out and about, get out and about.* no quedarse ahí = there + be + more to it than that.* por ahí = out there.* sueltos por ahí = hanging about.* * *1)a) ( en el espacio) thereahí está/viene — there he is/here he comes
ahí arriba/abajo — up/down there
ahí mismo or (AmL) nomás o (Méx) mero — right o just there
b) (en locs)debe estar como a 200 pesetas - sí, por ahí anda — it must be about 200 pesetas - yes, that's about right
ahí sí que — (AmL)
de ahí a que: de ahí a que venga es otra cosa — whether or not he actually comes is another matter
2)de ahí a la drogadicción sólo hay un paso — from there it's just a short step to becoming a drug addict
de ahí a decir que es excelente hay un buen trecho — there's a big difference between that and saying it's excellent
b)de ahí que — (+ subj)
3) ( en el tiempo) thenahí es cuando... — that's when...
4) (AmL) ( más o menos)¿cómo sigue tu abuelo? - ahí anda — how's your grandfather getting on? - oh, so-so
* * *= therein.Ex: The ASLIB handbook of special library and information work discusses literature searching techniques and the role of literature guides therein.
* ahí está el problema = herein lies the rub, there's the rub.* ahí está la dificultad = herein lies the rub, there's the rub.* andar por ahí = go + (a)round, be out and about, get out and about.* de ahí = therefrom.* de ahí que = hence.* en algún lugar (de por ahí) = somewhere out there.* ir por ahí = go + (a)round, be out and about, get out and about.* no quedarse ahí = there + be + more to it than that.* por ahí = out there.* sueltos por ahí = hanging about.* * *A1 (en el espacio) there¿qué tienes ahí? what have you got there?¿y Juan? — ahí está/viene where's Juan? — there he is/here he comes nowahí arriba/abajo up/down there¡bájate de ahí! get down from there!no, ahí no, allí no, not there, (over) thereestá ahí nomás or no más, a la vuelta ( AmL); it's only just around the cornerlo dejé ahí mismo or ( Méx) ahí mero I left it right o just therepara egoísta ahí tienes a tu primo if we're talking about selfishness you need look no further than your cousin2 ( en locs):por ahí somewherehe debido dejarlo por ahí I must have left it somewheresiempre anda por ahí she's always out somewherepor ahí hay quien dice que … there are those who say that …debe estar como a 2 euros — sí, por ahí anda it must be about 2 euros — yes, that's about right o yes, round about thattendrá unos 35 años o por ahí he must be 35 or so, he must be around 35por ahí se le da por venir ( RPl); he may decide to comeahí sí que ( AmL): ahí sí que me cogiste or ( RPl) agarraste or ( Chi) pillaste you've really got me there! ( colloq)no estar ni ahí ( Chi fam): no estoy ni ahí (no me importa) I couldn't care less ( colloq) (no me interesa) it leaves me cold ( colloq)B1(refiriéndose a un lugar figurado): ahí está el truco that's the secret, that's where the secret liesde ahí a la drogadicción sólo hay un paso from there it's just a short step to becoming a drug addictde ahí a decir que es excelente hay un buen trecho there's a big difference between that and saying it's excellenthasta ahí llego yo (al resolver un problema) I worked that much out myself; (al negarse a hacer algo) that's as far as I'm prepared to gohasta por ahí no más (CS): mi paciencia llega hasta por ahí no más there's a limit to my patience, my patience only goes so fares generoso hasta por ahí no más he's only generous up to a point2de ahí hencede ahí la importancia de esta reunión hence the importance of this meetingde ahí que (+ subj) that is whyde ahí que haya perdido popularidad that is why her popularity has declinedC (en el tiempo) thende ahí en adelante from then on, from that time o point onahí es cuando debió decírselo, no después that's when he should have told her, not laterahí cambié de táctica then o at that point I changed my tacticsahí mismo there and thenD( AmL) (más o menos): ¿cómo sigue tu abuelo? — ahí anda how's your grandfather getting on? — oh, so-so* * *
ahí adverbio
1
◊ ahí está/viene there he is/here he comes;
ahí arriba/abajo up/down there;
ahí mismo or (AmL) nomás or (Méx) mero right o just thereb)
debe estar por ahí it must be around somewhere;
fue a dar una vuelta por ahí she went off for a walk;
se fue por ahí she went that way;
yo he estado por ahí I've been around there;
tendrá unos 35 años o por ahí he must be 35 or thereabouts
2
◊ ahí está el truco/problema that's the secret/problem;
de ahí a la drogadicción solo hay un paso from there it's just a short step to becoming a drug addict;
hasta ahí llego yo that's as far as I'm prepared to gob)
de ahí mi sorpresa hence my surprise;
de ahí que hayan fracasado that is why they failed;
de ahí a que venga es otra cosa whether or not he actually comes is another matter
3 ( en el tiempo) then;
ahí mismo there and then
ahí adverbio there: está ahí, it's there
ponlo por ahí, put it over there
ahí tienes, here you are
tiene cincuenta años o por ahí, he's fifty or thereabouts
ve por ahí, go that way
de ahí, hence
de ahí que, so
' ahí' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
alguien
- anda
- andar
- apestosa
- apestoso
- arriba
- biruji
- crisma
- detrás
- ir
- hostia
- lado
- le
- los
- mañana
- media
- medio
- pregonar
- quienquiera
- quitarse
- Tiro
- yo
- agarrar
- apartar
- bien
- brazo
- colgar
- cuidar
- dentro
- izquierda
- mover
- parado
- poner
- por
- quedar
- quitar
- recordar
- salir
English:
hand up
- hence
- hustle
- leave
- loose
- mooch
- nobody
- peace
- rest
- rub
- stand about
- stand around
- stay
- there
- thereabout
- thereabouts
- tissue
- around
- d'
- flash
- go
- hand
- happen
- lucky
- out of
- reason
- swear
- way
* * *ahí adv1. [lugar determinado] there;ahí arriba/abajo up/down there;desde ahí no se ve nada you can't see anything from there;ponlo ahí put it over there;vino por ahí he came that way;¡ahí están! there they are!;¡ahí tienes! here o there you are!;ahí vienen los niños here o there come the children;ahí mismo right there;déjalo ahí mismo leave it (over) there;Amahí nomás right over therela solución está ahí that's where the solution lies;de ahí a la fama hay muy poco it's not far to go from there to being famous;de ahí a llamarle tonto hay poca distancia there's little difference between saying that and calling him stupid;las llaves están por ahí the keys are around there somewhere;está por ahí [en lugar indeterminado] she's around (somewhere);[en la calle] she's out;se ha ido a pasear por ahí she's gone out for a walk;Famandar por ahí con los amigos to hang out with one's friends;andan por ahí diciendo tonterías they're going around talking nonsense;por ahí [aproximadamente eso] something like that;¿te costó 10 euros? – por ahí, por ahí it cost you 10 euros, did it? – yes, somewhere around that o more or less;por ahí va la cosa you're not too far wrong;por ahí no paso that's one thing I'm not prepared to do;Am¡ahí está! (you) see!;todavía no me contestaron – ahí está, yo te dije they still haven't answered – (you) see, I told you so;CAm, Méx Fam¡ahí muere! forget it!;¡ahí es nada!: subió al Everest sin oxígeno, ¡ahí es nada! guess what, he only climbed Everest without any oxygen!;ha vendido ya dos millones, ¡ahí es nada! she's sold two million already, not bad, eh?;Famahí le duele: a pesar de su éxito, la crítica sigue sin aceptarlo, ¡ahí le duele! frustratingly for him, he still hasn't achieved critical acclaim despite his success;¡ahí me las den todas! I couldn't care less!;Méx Famahí se va (it's no) big deal;Méx Famhacer algo al ahí se va to do sth any old how3.de ahí que [por eso] and consequently;es un mandón, de ahí que no lo aguante nadie he's very bossy, that's why nobody likes him;de ahí su enfado that's why she was so angry4. [momento] then;de ahí en adelante from then on;ahí me di cuenta de que estaba mintiendo that was when I realized he was lying* * *adv there;ahí mismo right there;irse por ahí go out;por ahí voy that’s what I’m getting at;ahí me las den todas fam I couldn’t ocould care less, BrI couldn’t care less;¡ahí va! fam there you go! fam ;de ahí que that is why* * *ahí adv1) : thereahí está: there it is2)por ahí : somewhere, thereabouts3)de ahí que : with the result that, so that* * *ahí adv there -
11 pronto
adj.1 ready, willing.2 prompt.3 keen.adv.soon, before long, in a short time, in a short while.pres.indicat.1st person singular (yo) present indicative of spanish verb: prontar.* * *► adjetivo1 quick, fast■ la pronta reacción del conductor evitó un desastre the driver's quick reaction prevented a disaster■ le dio un pronto de los suyos y se puso a pintar el piso he was overcome by a sudden urge and started to paint the flat► adverbio1 (rápido) soon■ no llores que pronto vendrá tu mamá don't cry, your mummy will be here soon2 (temprano) early\de pronto suddenly¡hasta pronto! see you soon!lo más pronto posible as soon as possible————————■ le dio un pronto de los suyos y se puso a pintar el piso he was overcome by a sudden urge and started to paint the flat► adverbio1 (rápido) soon■ no llores que pronto vendrá tu mamá don't cry, your mummy will be here soon2 (temprano) early* * *1. (f. - pronta)adj.1) quick2) ready2. adv.1) quickly2) soon•* * *1. ADV1) (=dentro de poco) soontodavía es pronto para salir — it's too soon o early to leave
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cuanto más pronto mejor — the sooner the better•
¡ hasta pronto! — see you soon!2) Esp (=temprano) early3) (=rápidamente) quickly¡venid aquí, pronto! — come here, right now o quickly!
- se dice muy pronto4) [otras locuciones]•
al pronto — at first•
de pronto — (=repentinamente) suddenly; (=inesperadamente) unexpectedly; Col, Cono Sur (=a lo mejor) maybe, perhapsde pronto no sabe — maybe o perhaps he doesn't know
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por de o lo pronto — (=por ahora) for now, for the moment; (=en primer lugar) for a start, for one thingpor lo pronto toma setenta euros, mañana te daré el resto — take seventy euros for now o for the moment, and I'll give you the rest tomorrow
-¿por qué no viniste? -bueno, por lo pronto estaba demasiado cansado — "why didn't you come?" - "well, for a start o for one thing I was too tired"
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tan pronto se ríe, tan pronto llora — one minute he's laughing, the next he's cryingtan pronto es amigo tuyo, como de repente ya no lo es — one minute he's your friend, the next he doesn't want to know
2. ADJ2) Cono Sur (=preparado) ready•
estar pronto para algo — to be ready for sth3.SM Esp* (=arrebato)* * *I- ta adjetivo1)a) ( rápido) <entrega/respuesta> promptle deseo una pronta mejoría — I wish you a speedy recovery, I hope you get well soon
b) (despierto, vivaz) sharp2) (RPl) ( preparado) readyII1) ( en poco tiempo) soonven aquí pronto! — come here, right now!
eso se dice muy pronto — (fam) that's easy to say
hizo los dos a la vez, que se dice pronto — he made them both at the same time, which is not as easy as it sounds
2) (Esp) ( temprano) early3) (en locs)de pronto — ( repentinamente) suddenly; ( a lo mejor) (AmS) perhaps, maybe
por lo pronto or por de pronto — for the moment, for now
IIItan pronto: tan pronto llueve, como hace sol one minute it's raining and the next it's sunny; tan pronto como — as soon as
masculino (fam)* * *I- ta adjetivo1)a) ( rápido) <entrega/respuesta> promptle deseo una pronta mejoría — I wish you a speedy recovery, I hope you get well soon
b) (despierto, vivaz) sharp2) (RPl) ( preparado) readyII1) ( en poco tiempo) soonven aquí pronto! — come here, right now!
eso se dice muy pronto — (fam) that's easy to say
hizo los dos a la vez, que se dice pronto — he made them both at the same time, which is not as easy as it sounds
2) (Esp) ( temprano) early3) (en locs)de pronto — ( repentinamente) suddenly; ( a lo mejor) (AmS) perhaps, maybe
por lo pronto or por de pronto — for the moment, for now
IIItan pronto: tan pronto llueve, como hace sol one minute it's raining and the next it's sunny; tan pronto como — as soon as
masculino (fam)* * *pronto1= hunch, gut feeling, gut instinct, feelings in + Posesivo + bones.Ex: Choice of manual or automated solution to a search problem depends mainly on the questions' complexity, but also on the librarian's hunch.
Ex: There is some fascinating research that has confirmed that 'hunches,' 'gut instincts,' ' gut feelings' are real and should be paid attention to.Ex: There is some fascinating research that has confirmed that 'hunches,' ' gut instincts,' 'gut feelings' are real and should be paid attention to.Ex: But the people's justice is hasty, mean-spirited and based on vague feelings in the bones and we need the cold hand of the law to save us from ourselves.pronto2= early [earlier -comp., earliest -sup.], shortly, soon [sooner -comp., soonest -sup.], before long, it wasn't long before + Nombre, it won't be long before + Nombre, momentarily.Ex: It is too early to dismiss those physical forms associated with non-computerised cataloguing and indexing.
Ex: We shall return to the problem of synonyms shortly.Ex: Not surprisingly, he soon found that the inventory lists were not quite adequate for his purposes.Ex: News of boundless timber reserves spread, and before long lumberjacks from the thinning hardwood forests of New England swarmed into the uncharted area with no other possessions than their axes and brawn and the clothing they wore.Ex: It wasn't long before the idea of a railhead was the talk of the town.Ex: It won't be long before Singaporeans take to the streets in protest.Ex: Regular service will be resumed momentarily.* ¡eso se dice pronto! = easier said than done.* adelantarse pronto en el marcador = take + an early lead.* alcanzar + Posesivo + mejor momento demasiado pronto = peak + too early.* así de pronto = off-hand [offhand].* demasiado pronto = too soon.* de pront = without warning.* de pronto = suddenly, of a sudden, all of a sudden, just like that, cold turkey, all at once.* desarrollarse demasiado pronto = peak + too early.* hasta pronto = bye for now, I'll see you on the flipside, I'll catch you on the flipside.* hazte rico pronto = get-rich-quick.* muy pronto = before long, pretty soon.* por lo pronto = for the time being.* se dice pronto, pero no es tan fácil = easier said than done.* tan pronto = quite so soon.* tan pronto como = as soon as, just as soon as, no sooner... than.* tan pronto como + Pronombre + sea posible = at + Posesivo + earliest convenience.* tan pronto como sea posible = as soon as possible (asap), at an early a juncture as possible.* volver pronto = haste back.* * *A1 (rápido) promptle deseo una pronta mejoría I wish you a speedy recovery, I hope you get well soonesperamos una pronta respuesta we look forward to your prompt o early reply2 (despierto, vivaz) sharptiene la mente clara y el juicio pronto he has a clear mind and sharp o keen judgmentB ( RPl) (preparado) readyestá pronto para salir he's ready to go outla comida está pronta dinner's readyA (en poco tiempo) soonpronto cumple 40 años she'll soon be 40los efectos se hicieron sentir muy pronto the effects made themselves felt very quickly, the effects very soon made themselves feltven aquí ¡pronto! come here, right now!¡hasta pronto! see you soon!lo más pronto posible as soon as possiblepronto no se va a poder salir a la calle de noche soon o before long you won't be able to go out at nighteso se dice muy pronto ( fam); that's easy to sayhizo los dos a la vez, que se dice pronto he made them both at the same time, which is not as easy as it soundsB ( Esp) (temprano) early¿tú tan pronto por aquí? what are you doing here so early?C ( en locs):de pronto se abrió la puerta y entró Roberto suddenly the door opened and Roberto walked inde pronto no se han enterado maybe o perhaps they haven't heardpor lo pronto or por de pronto (para empezar) for a start; (por el momento) for the moment, for nowpor lo or de pronto el primer capítulo es bastante flojo for a start o for one thing, the first chapter is rather weakJulián, por lo or de pronto, dijo que no vendría Julián, for one, said he wouldn't be comingtan pronto: tan pronto ríe, tan pronto llora ( liter); one moment she's laughing and the next she's cryingtan pronto te saluda, como te da la espalda he might say hello to you, but he's just as likely to turn his back on youtan pronto como as soon as( fam)le dio un pronto y me tiró el plato he had a fit of temper and threw the plate at metiene un pronto muy malo she has a very quick temperen uno de sus prontos in one of his fits of temper o bouts of anger* * *
pronto 1◊ -ta adjetivo
pronto 2 adverbio
1
◊ ¡hasta pronto! see you soon!;
lo más pronto posible as soon as possible
2 ( en locs)
por lo pronto or por de pronto for the moment, for now;
tan pronto como as soon as
pronto,-a
I adjetivo
1 prompt, speedy
una pronta respuesta, a prompt reply
II adverbio
1 (en poco tiempo) soon, quickly: espero verte pronto, I hope to see you soon
2 (temprano) early: debemos levantarnos pronto, we must get up early ➣ Ver nota en soon
III m (reacción repentina) a fit of temper: le dio un pronto y se marchó, he had a fit of temper and went away
♦ Locuciones: de pronto, suddenly
por lo pronto, (para empezar) to start with
tan pronto como, as soon as
' pronto' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
apenas
- bien
- comunicar
- cuanta
- cuanto
- cuidar
- dejar
- librarse
- muy
- nido
- pronta
- próximamente
- recién
- recua
- repente
- si
- soltar
- tarde
- ahora
- ahorita
- hacer
- hasta
- luego
- posible
- tanto
- venta
- ver
English:
accustom
- blow
- early
- go
- hang back
- last
- like
- long
- mean
- offhand
- outgrow
- pass on
- prick up
- prompt
- smart
- soon
- spawn
- suddenly
- turn
- up
- become
- get
- grow
- look
- mobile
- novelty
- one
- presently
- quickly
- ready
- roll
- see
- set
- speedy
- stricken
- sudden
- warm
* * *pronto, -a♦ adj1. [rápido] quick, fast;[respuesta] prompt, early; [curación, tramitación] speedy;pronto pago prompt payment2. RP [preparado] ready;¿demorás mucho? – no, ya estoy pronto are you going to be long? – no, I'm ready;prontos, listos, ¡ya! ready, steady, go!, on your marks, get set, go!♦ adv1. [rápidamente] quickly;tan pronto como as soon as;lo más pronto posible as soon as possiblesalimos pronto we left early;llegó muy pronto a la cita she arrived very early for the appointment3. [dentro de poco] soon;¡hasta pronto! see you soon!;ya verás cómo encontrarás casa pronto you'll soon find a house, don't worry;pronto se acabará el año the year will soon be over♦ nmFamtiene unos prontos de rabia inaguantables she gets these sudden fits of rage which are really unbearable;le dio un pronto y se fue something got into him and he left♦ al pronto loc advat first♦ de pronto loc adv1. [imprevistamente] suddenly;el ladrón apareció de pronto en la salida the robber suddenly appeared in the exit2. Andes, RP [tal vez] perhaps, maybe;de pronto se perdieron perhaps o maybe they got lost♦ por de pronto, por lo pronto loc adv[de momento] for the time being; [para empezar] to start with;por de o [m5]lo pronto pon los niños a dormir, luego hablaremos for the moment just put the children to bed, we'll talk later* * *I adj1 prompt;por lo ode pronto for now, for the momentII advtan pronto como as soon as;lo más pronto posible as soon as possible;¡hasta pronto! see you soon!;más pronto o más tarde sooner or later2 ( temprano) early;de pronto suddenly;eso se dice pronto that’s easy for you/him etc to say, that’s easily saidIII m fam:le dio un pronto y dejó el trabajo he left his job on impulse;tiene unos prontos de celos inaguantables he has fits of unbearable jealousy* * *pronto adv1) : quickly, promptly2) : soon3)de pronto : suddenly4)lo más pronto posible : as soon as possible5)tan pronto como : as soon aspronto, -ta adj1) rápido: quick, speedy, prompt2) preparado: ready* * *pronto adv1. (en seguida) soon2. (rápidamente) quickly -
12 mocito
adj.juvenile, youthful.m.a very young person.* * *mocito, -a †1.ADJ very young2.SM / F youngster* * *I- ta adjetivo (fam)IItiene dos hijos mocitos — he has two youngsters o boys (colloq)
- ta masculino, femenino (fam)ya no es ningún mocito — he's no longer a lad o a youngster
una mocita de unos 15 años — a young girl o a youngster of about 15
* * *I- ta adjetivo (fam)IItiene dos hijos mocitos — he has two youngsters o boys (colloq)
- ta masculino, femenino (fam)ya no es ningún mocito — he's no longer a lad o a youngster
una mocita de unos 15 años — a young girl o a youngster of about 15
* * *( fam):tus niñas ya son mocitas your daughters are very grown-up nowtiene dos hijos mocitos que pronto entrarán a la universidad he has two youngsters o boys o young lads who are about to go to university ( colloq)masculine, feminine( fam):ya no es ningún mocito he's no longer a lad o a youngstersu sobrina es una mocita de unos 15 años her niece is a young girl o a youngster of about 15* * *mocito, -a♦ adjvery young♦ nm,fyoungster, f young girl;está hecha una mocita she's quite a young lady now -
13 aparentar
v.1 to look, to seem.no aparenta más de treinta she doesn't look more than thirty2 to feign.aparentó estar enfadado he pretended to be angry, he feigned angerSilvia aparentó un gran dolor de cabeza Silvia feigned a great headache.3 to show off.viste así sólo para aparentar she just dresses like that to show offRicardo aparenta cuando ve chicas Richard shows off when he sees girls.4 to feign to, to seem to.Silvia aparentó irse pero se devolvió Silvia feigned to leave but came back.El sol aparenta partirse en dos The sun seems to split in half.* * *1 (simular) to pretend, affect■ aparenta indiferencia she pretends not to care, she affects indifference2 (tener aspecto de) to look1 to show off* * *verb1) to look, seem2) feign, pretend* * *1. VT1) (=parecer) to lookno aparenta su edad o sus años — she doesn't look her age
2) (=fingir) [+ interés, sorpresa, indiferencia] to feignaparentó ignorancia de su obra — frm she feigned ignorance of his work, she pretended not to know his work
2.VI to show off* * *1.verbo transitivoa) ( fingir) <indiferencia/interés> to feignb) ( parecer)2.aparenta ser el líder — he seems o appears to be the leader
aparentar via) persona to show offb) regalo/joya to look impressive* * *= feign, put on + an act, keep up + appearances, show off, pretend.Ex. 'You're sure you know what to do?' 'I'm sure,' she replied, with a confidence still slightly feigned = "¿Estás segura de que sabes qué hacer?" "Estoy segura", respondió con una seguridad todavía ligeramente fingida.Ex. Singers, dancers, and actors must now all know how to sing, dance and put on an act.Ex. As many as 15 million Britons are using credit cards in the struggle to keep up appearances as they mistakenly consider themselves to be middle class.Ex. The district will proudly show off its historical heritage: the monastic library at Broumov, founded in the 13th century by Benedictine monks.Ex. We do not pretend to have equipped you with an instant expertise in the subject analysis and classification of documents.* * *1.verbo transitivoa) ( fingir) <indiferencia/interés> to feignb) ( parecer)2.aparenta ser el líder — he seems o appears to be the leader
aparentar via) persona to show offb) regalo/joya to look impressive* * *= feign, put on + an act, keep up + appearances, show off, pretend.Ex: 'You're sure you know what to do?' 'I'm sure,' she replied, with a confidence still slightly feigned = "¿Estás segura de que sabes qué hacer?" "Estoy segura", respondió con una seguridad todavía ligeramente fingida.
Ex: Singers, dancers, and actors must now all know how to sing, dance and put on an act.Ex: As many as 15 million Britons are using credit cards in the struggle to keep up appearances as they mistakenly consider themselves to be middle class.Ex: The district will proudly show off its historical heritage: the monastic library at Broumov, founded in the 13th century by Benedictine monks.Ex: We do not pretend to have equipped you with an instant expertise in the subject analysis and classification of documents.* * *aparentar [A1 ]vt1 (fingir) ‹indiferencia/entusiasmo› to feignaparentaban indiferencia they feigned indifference, they pretended to be indifferent2(parecer): no aparentas la edad que tienes you don't look your agetiene 15 pero aparenta muchos más he's 15 but he looks much olderaparenta ser el que más sabe he seems o appears to be the one who knows most■ aparentarvi1 «persona» to show offles gusta aparentar they like to show offsólo por aparentar just for show2 «regalo» to look good o impressive* * *
aparentar ( conjugate aparentar) verbo transitivo
b) ( parecer):
verbo intransitivo
aparentar
I verbo transitivo
1 (fingir) to affect
2 (representar, parecer) to look: no aparenta los años que tiene, she doesn't look her age
II vi (presumir) to show off
' aparentar' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
simular
- lucir
- parecer
- representar
English:
face
- look
- pretend
- purport
- show
- carry
* * *♦ vt1. [parecer] to look, to seem;no aparenta más de treinta she doesn't look more than thirty2. [fingir] to feign;aparentó estar enfadado he pretended to be angry, he feigned anger♦ vi[presumir] to show off;viste así sólo para aparentar she just dresses like that to show off* * *v/t1 pretend;aparentar hacer algo pretend to do sth2:no aparenta la edad que tiene she doesn’t look her age* * *aparentar vt1) : to seem, to appearno aparentas tu edad: you don't look your age2) fingir: to feign, to pretend* * *aparentar vb1. (parecer) to look2. (fingir) to pretend -
14 mínimo
adj.minimal, lowest, least, minimum.m.minimum.* * *► adjetivo1 minimum, lowest1 minimum\como mínimo at leastni la más mínima idea not the faintest (idea)mínimo común múltiplo lowest common multiple————————1 minimum* * *1. noun m. 2. (f. - mínima)adj.1) least, smallest2) minimum* * *1. ADJ1) (=inferior) [nivel, cantidad] minimumno llegaron a alcanzar el nivel mínimo exigido — they did not manage to reach the minimum level required
quería conseguirlo todo con el mínimo esfuerzo — he wanted to achieve everything with a o the minimum of effort
tarifa mínima: 2 euros — minimum fare: 2 euros
el tamaño mínimo del dibujo deberá ser de 20 x 30 centímetros — the drawing should not be less than 20 x 30 centimetres
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lo mínimo, es lo mínimo que podemos hacer — it's the least we can do•
lo más mínimo — the least o the slightestel dinero no me interesa lo más mínimo — I'm not the least o the slightest bit interested in money
los sueldos no se verán afectados en lo más mínimo — salaries will not be affected in the least o in the slightest
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precio mínimo — minimum price•
en un tiempo mínimo — in no time at allmúltiplo 2., salario, servicio 1), c)el microondas calienta la comida en un tiempo mínimo — the microwave heats up food in next to no time o in no time at all
2) (=muy pequeño) [habitación, letra] tiny, minute; [detalle] minute; [gasto, beneficio] minimalesto es solo una mínima parte de lo que hemos gastado — this is just a tiny fraction of what we have spent
3) [plazo]no existe un plazo mínimo para entregar el trabajo — there's no set date for the work to be handed in
2. SM1) (=cantidad mínima) minimum¿cuál es el mínimo? — what is the minimum?
el equipo salió al campo con la moral bajo mínimos — the team took to the field with their morale at rock bottom
con el presupuesto bajo mínimos — with the budget cut back to a minimum, with a very low budget
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como mínimo — at leasteso costará, como mínimo, 40 euros — that will cost at least 40 euros
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un mínimo de algo — a minimum of sthsi tuviera un mínimo de vergüenza no vendría más por aquí — if he had any shame at all he wouldn't come back here
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reducir algo al mínimo — to keep o reduce sth to a minimumhan intentado reducir los gastos al mínimo — they have tried to keep o reduce expenditure to a minimum
2) (Econ) record low, lowest pointhoy se ha llegado en la bolsa al mínimo anual — today the stock exchange reached this year's record low o lowest point
3) (Mat) [de una función] minimum4) (Meteo)mínimamínimo de presión — low-pressure area, trough
5) Caribe (Aut) choke* * *I- ma adjetivoa) <temperatura/peso> minimum (before n)el trabajo no le interesa en lo más mínimo — he is not in the least (bit) o slightest (bit) interested in his work
no tengo la más mínima idea — I haven't the faintest o slightest idea
b) ( insignificante) < detalle> minorc) ( muy pequeño) minute, tinyIImasculino minimumcon un mínimo de esfuerzo — with a o the minimum of effort
con un mínimo de sentido común — with the least bit of (common) sense, with a modicum of sense (frml)
* * *= bare [barer -comp., barest -sup.], low [lower -comp., lowest -sup.], minimal, minimum, negligible, reduced, baseline [base line], monadic, lower bound, razor-thin, paltry [paltrier -comp., paltriest -sup.], measly [measlier -comp., measliest -sup.].Ex. Those are just the bare beginnings.Ex. Carlton Duncan discussed the difficulties built into the educational processes which led to under-performance at school and the resulting low representation in higher education and low entry into the professions.Ex. The intellectual input at the indexing stage is minimal, even in systems where in the interest of enhanced consistency there is some intervention at the indexing stage.Ex. When used by skilled abstractors this mixture of styles can achieve the maximum transmission of information, within a minimum length.Ex. Microforms are obviously very compact, and the microforms themselves occupy negligible space.Ex. The model shows that market concentration rises with inelastic demand, reduced marginal costs and efficient technology.Ex. This article describes the development of the first baseline inventory of information resources at the U.S.Ex. Modern economic theory, with its bias in favor of atomistic or monadic analysis, fails to take into account ethical questions.Ex. The resulting cost and benefit models permit estimating a lower bound on benefits and the calculations of net benefits (benefits less costs).Ex. Let's not squabble about the fact that Bush actually eked out a razor-thin victory in the popular vote.Ex. And there is no guarantee that any of the paltry sums of extra money available will actually benefit the workers in the recipient countries.Ex. Despite the Bank of England's base rate having risen by a full percentage point, the average savings rate is still ' measly'.----* a un coste mínimo = at (a) minimum cost.* como mínimo = at least, conservatively, at a minimum.* como mínimo hasta que = minimally until.* con sólo una mínima idea de = with only the sketchiest idea of.* con unos costes mínimos = with minimum costs.* coste mínimo = minimal cost, minimum cost.* diferencia entre... y... es mínima = line between... and... is thin.* en lo más mínimo = not in the least + Nombre Negativo.* grupo mínimo relacionado = minimum zone cohort.* lo más mínimo = so much as.* lo mínimo = bare necessities, the.* mantener Algo al mínimo = keep + Nombre + at a minimum.* mínima parte = fraction.* nivel mínimo del agua = low-water mark.* no importar lo más mínimo = could not care less.* no tener la más mínima idea sobre Algo = Negativo + have + the foggiest idea.* precio mínimo = threshold price.* reducción al mínimo = minimisation [minimization, -USA].* reducido al mínimo = stripped down.* reducir al mínimo = minimise [minimize, -USA], reduce to + a minimum, cut down to + a minimum, keep to + a (bare) minimum, cut to + the bone.* reducir a lo mínimo = cut to + the bone.* salario mínimo = living wage, minimum salary, poverty level.* salario mínimo, el = minimum wage, the.* ser mínimo = be at a minimum.* servicios mínimos = skeleton staff.* sin la más mínima de duda = without a shadow of a doubt.* sin la más mínima duda = beyond a shadow of a doubt.* temperatura mínima = minimum temperature.* vivir con lo mínimo = live on + a shoestring (budget).* * *I- ma adjetivoa) <temperatura/peso> minimum (before n)el trabajo no le interesa en lo más mínimo — he is not in the least (bit) o slightest (bit) interested in his work
no tengo la más mínima idea — I haven't the faintest o slightest idea
b) ( insignificante) < detalle> minorc) ( muy pequeño) minute, tinyIImasculino minimumcon un mínimo de esfuerzo — with a o the minimum of effort
con un mínimo de sentido común — with the least bit of (common) sense, with a modicum of sense (frml)
* * *= bare [barer -comp., barest -sup.], low [lower -comp., lowest -sup.], minimal, minimum, negligible, reduced, baseline [base line], monadic, lower bound, razor-thin, paltry [paltrier -comp., paltriest -sup.], measly [measlier -comp., measliest -sup.].Ex: Those are just the bare beginnings.
Ex: Carlton Duncan discussed the difficulties built into the educational processes which led to under-performance at school and the resulting low representation in higher education and low entry into the professions.Ex: The intellectual input at the indexing stage is minimal, even in systems where in the interest of enhanced consistency there is some intervention at the indexing stage.Ex: When used by skilled abstractors this mixture of styles can achieve the maximum transmission of information, within a minimum length.Ex: Microforms are obviously very compact, and the microforms themselves occupy negligible space.Ex: The model shows that market concentration rises with inelastic demand, reduced marginal costs and efficient technology.Ex: This article describes the development of the first baseline inventory of information resources at the U.S.Ex: Modern economic theory, with its bias in favor of atomistic or monadic analysis, fails to take into account ethical questions.Ex: The resulting cost and benefit models permit estimating a lower bound on benefits and the calculations of net benefits (benefits less costs).Ex: Let's not squabble about the fact that Bush actually eked out a razor-thin victory in the popular vote.Ex: And there is no guarantee that any of the paltry sums of extra money available will actually benefit the workers in the recipient countries.Ex: Despite the Bank of England's base rate having risen by a full percentage point, the average savings rate is still ' measly'.* a un coste mínimo = at (a) minimum cost.* como mínimo = at least, conservatively, at a minimum.* como mínimo hasta que = minimally until.* con sólo una mínima idea de = with only the sketchiest idea of.* con unos costes mínimos = with minimum costs.* coste mínimo = minimal cost, minimum cost.* diferencia entre... y... es mínima = line between... and... is thin.* en lo más mínimo = not in the least + Nombre Negativo.* grupo mínimo relacionado = minimum zone cohort.* lo más mínimo = so much as.* lo mínimo = bare necessities, the.* mantener Algo al mínimo = keep + Nombre + at a minimum.* mínima parte = fraction.* nivel mínimo del agua = low-water mark.* no importar lo más mínimo = could not care less.* no tener la más mínima idea sobre Algo = Negativo + have + the foggiest idea.* precio mínimo = threshold price.* reducción al mínimo = minimisation [minimization, -USA].* reducido al mínimo = stripped down.* reducir al mínimo = minimise [minimize, -USA], reduce to + a minimum, cut down to + a minimum, keep to + a (bare) minimum, cut to + the bone.* reducir a lo mínimo = cut to + the bone.* salario mínimo = living wage, minimum salary, poverty level.* salario mínimo, el = minimum wage, the.* ser mínimo = be at a minimum.* servicios mínimos = skeleton staff.* sin la más mínima de duda = without a shadow of a doubt.* sin la más mínima duda = beyond a shadow of a doubt.* temperatura mínima = minimum temperature.* vivir con lo mínimo = live on + a shoestring (budget).* * *1 ‹temperatura/cantidad/peso› minimum ( before n)los beneficios han sido mínimos profits have been minimalno le importa lo más mínimo he couldn't care less, he doesn't care in the leastel trabajo no le interesa en lo más mínimo he is not in the least o slightest bit interested in his work[ S ] consumición/tarifa mínima 2 euros minimum charge 2 eurosno tengo la más mínima idea I haven't the faintest o slightest ideano se preocupa en lo más mínimo por su familia she doesn't show the slightest concern for her familyme contó hasta los detalles más mínimos de su experiencia he told me about his experience in minute detailera lo mínimo que podía hacer it was the least I could do2 (muy pequeño) minute, tinyuna casa de proporciones mínimas a tiny house, a house of minute proportionsCompuesto:mínimo común denominador/múltiplolowest common denominator/multiplela bolsa ha alcanzado el mínimo del año the stock exchange has reached its lowest point this yearpretende hacer todo con un mínimo de esfuerzo he tries to do everything with a minimum of effort o with as little effort as possiblegana un mínimo de $50.000 she earns a minimum of $50,000no tiene ni un mínimo de educación she has absolutely no mannersal menos podría tener un mínimo de respeto he could at least show a little (bit of) o a modicum of respectpara hacer ese trabajo tiene que tener un mínimo de inteligencia a modicum of intelligence is required to do this jobsi tuvieras un mínimo de sentido común, no habrías hecho eso if you had any sense at all o if you had a modicum of sense, you wouldn't have done thattendrá, como mínimo, unos 40 años he must be at least fortycomo mínimo podrías haberle dado las gracias you could at least have thanked himhabrá que reducir al mínimo los gastos costs will have to be kept to a minimum* * *
mínimo 1◊ -ma adjetivo
el trabajo no le interesa en lo más mínimo he is not in the slightest (bit) interested in his work;
no tengo la más mínima idea I haven't the faintest idea
‹diferencia/beneficios› minimal
mínimo 2 sustantivo masculino
minimum;
como mínimo at least
mínimo,-a
I adjetivo
1 (muy pequeño) minute, tiny
2 (muy escaso) minimal
3 (menor posible) minimum
sueldo mínimo, minimum wage/salary
II sustantivo masculino minimum
un mínimo de dos meses, a minimum of two months
mil pesetas como mínimo, a thousand pesetas at least
' mínimo' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
baja
- bajo
- denominador
- ínfima
- ínfimo
- mínima
- mínimamente
- múltipla
- múltiplo
- salario
- tasar
- consumo
- minimizar
English:
bare
- cheap
- deposit
- least
- low
- lowest
- minimal
- minimum
- minimum wage
- say
- sense
- skeleton
- slight
- light
- lowest common denominator
- marginal
- minimize
- minute
- modicum
- quick
- scrap
- very
* * *mínimo, -a♦ superlativover pequeño♦ adj1. [lo más bajo posible o necesario] minimum;la mínima puntuación para aprobar es el cinco you need a minimum score of five to pass;lo mínimo que podría hacer es disculparse the least she could do is apologizeMat mínimo común denominador lowest common denominator; Mat mínimo común múltiplo lowest common multiple2. [muy pequeño] [efecto, importancia] minimal, very small;[protesta, ruido] slightest;no tengo la más mínima idea I haven't the slightest idea;sus hijos no le importan lo más mínimo he couldn't care less about his children;en este país no existe la más mínima libertad there's absolutely no freedom at all in this country;en lo más mínimo in the slightest♦ nmminimum;trabaja un mínimo de 10 horas she works a minimum of 10 hours;al mínimo to a minimum;pon la calefacción al mínimo put the heating at minimum;la libra alcanzó un mínimo histórico frente al dólar the pound reached an all-time low against the dollar;no tiene un mínimo de sentido común he hasn't an ounce of common sense;si tuviera un mínimo de decencia la llamaría if he had an ounce of decency he'd call her;estar bajo mínimos [de comida, gasolina] to have almost run out;la popularidad del presidente se encuentra bajo mínimos the president's popularity is at rock bottom;el equipo se presenta a la final bajo mínimos the team is going into the final well below strength o with a severely depleted side♦ como mínimo loc adv[como muy tarde] at the latest; [como poco] at the very least;llegaremos como mínimo a las cinco we'll be there by five at the latest;si te vas, como mínimo podrías avisar if you're going to leave, you could at least let me know* * *I adj minimum;como mínimo at the very least;no me interesa lo más mínimo I’m not in the least interestedII m minimum* * *mínimo, -ma adj1) : minimumsalario mínimo: minimum wage2) : least, smallest3) : very small, minutemínimo nm1) : minimum, least amount2) : modicum, small amount3)como mínimo : at least* * *mínimo1 adj minimumel más mínimo... the slightest...mínimo2 n minimum -
15 ven
intj.come here.pres.indicat.3rd person plural (ellos/ellas) present indicative of spanish verb: ver.imperat.2nd person singular (tú/usted) Imperative of Spanish verb: venir.* * ** * ** * ** * ** * *
Del verbo venir: ( conjugate venir)
ven es:
2ª persona singular (tú) imperativo
Del verbo ver: ( conjugate ver)
ven es:
3ª persona plural (ellos/ellas/ustedes) presente indicativo
Multiple Entries:
ven
venir
ver
ven see venir, ver 2
venir ( conjugate venir) verbo intransitivo
1
¿a qué vino? what did he come by o around for?;
vine dormida todo el tiempo I slept (for) the whole journey;
ven por or (Esp) a por algn/algo to come for sb/sth, come to pick sb/sth up;
la vino a buscar su madre her mother came to pick her up;
ven a ver esto come and see this
no vengas tarde don't be late home o backc) ( salir):
no me vengas con exigencias don't start making demands
2a) ( tener lugar):
¿qué viene después de las noticias? what's on after the news?;
ya vendrán tiempos mejores things will get betterb) ( indicando procedencia) ven de algo to come from sth;
le viene de familia it runs in his family;
¿a qué viene eso? why do you say that?
d) ( estar incluido):
no viene nada sobre la huelga there's nothing about the strike
3 ( convenir):
el jueves no me viene bien Thursday's no good for me;
me vendría bien un descanso I could do with a rest
4 ( como aux):
hace mucho que lo venía diciendo I'd been saying so all along
venirse verbo pronominal ( enf)
vense abajo [ persona] to go to pieces;
[ techo] to fall in, collapse;
[ estante] to collapse;
[ ilusiones] to go up in smoke;
[ proyectos] to fall through
ver 1 sustantivo masculino
1 ( aspecto):◊ ser de buen ven to be good-looking o attractive
2 ( opinión):◊ a mi/su ven in my/his view
ver 2 ( conjugate ver) verbo transitivo
1
◊ ¿ves algo? can you see anything?;
no se ve nada aquí you can't see a thing in here;
lo vi hablando con ella I saw him talking to her
esa película ya la he visto I've seen that movie before;
no poder (ni) ven a algn: no la puede ven he can't stand her
2 (entender, notar) to see;◊ ¿no ves lo que está pasando? don't o can't you see what's happening?;
se la ve preocupada she looks worried;
hacerse ven (RPl) to show off
3
¡ya venás lo que pasa! you'll see what happens;
¡ya se vená! we'll see
◊ ¡nunca he visto cosa igual! I've never seen anything like it!;
¡si vieras lo mal que lo pasé! you can't imagine how awful it was!;
¡hubieras visto cómo se asustaron! (AmL) you should have seen the fright they got!
4◊ a ver: (vamos) a ven ¿de qué se trata? OK o all right, now, what's the problem?;
está aquí, en el periódico — ¿a ven? it's here in the newspaper — let's see;
apriétalo a ven qué pasa press it and see what happens;
a ven si escribes pronto make sure you write soon
5a) ( estudiar):
tengo que ven cómo lo arreglo I have to work out how I can fix it;
ya vené qué hago I'll decide what to do later
◊ ¿la ha visto un médico? has she been seen by a doctor yet?
6a) (juzgar, considerar):
a mi modo or manera de ven the way I see it
no le veo la gracia I don't think it's funny
7 (visitar, entrevistarse con) ‹amigo/pariente› to see, visit;
‹médico/jefe› to see;◊ ¡cuánto tiempo sin vente! I haven't seen you for ages!
8◊ tener … que ver: ¿y eso qué tiene que ven? and what does that have to do with it?;
no tengo nada que ven con él I have nothing to do with him;
¿qué tiene que ven que sea sábado? what difference does it make that it's Saturday?
verbo intransitivo
1 ( percibir con la vista) to see;
no veo bien de lejos/de cerca I'm shortsighted/longsighted
2 ( constatar):◊ ¿hay cerveza? — no sé, voy a ven is there any beer? — I don't know, I'll have a look;
pues venás, todo empezó cuando … well you see, the whole thing began when …
3 ( pensar) to see;
estar/seguir en venemos (AmL fam): todavía está en venemos it isn't certain yet;
seguimos en venemos we still don't know anything
verse verbo pronominal
1 ( refl) (percibirse, imaginarse) to see oneself
2 ( hallarse) (+ compl) to find oneself;
me vi obligado a despedirlo I had no choice but to dismiss him
3 (esp AmL) ( parecer):
no se ve bien con ese peinado that hairdo doesn't suit her
4 ( recípr)
◊ nos vemos a las siete I'll meet o see you at seven;
¡nos vemos! (esp AmL) see you!
vense con algn to see sb
venir verbo intransitivo
1 to come
ven y mira lo que he dibujado, come and see what I've drawn
2 (llegar) to come: viene el invierno, winter is coming
acaba de venir de la tienda, he's just come from the shop
3 (volver) to come back: vengo en un minuto, I'll be back in a minute
4 (proceder) to come from: estos juguetes vienen de China, these toys come from China
5 (surgir, sobrevenir) me vino la gripe, I went down with flu
(suceder) entonces vino la guerra civil, then came the civil war
6 (quedar) este jersey me viene grande, this sweater is too big for me
7 (aparecer, presentarse) to come: esa información viene en el capítulo dos, that information comes in chapter two
¿viene algo del terremoto?, is there anything about the earthquake?
viene en un estuche verde, it comes in a green case
8 (indicando aproximación) este libro viene a tener unos cien años, this book must be about a hundred years old
♦ Locuciones: venir al mundo, to be born
venir de lejos, to come from afar
ver 1 m (aspecto exterior) aún estás de buen ver, you're still good-looking
ver 2 I verbo transitivo
1 to see: vi tu cartera sobre la mesa, I saw your wallet on the table
no veo nada, I can't see anything
puede ver tu casa desde aquí, he can see your house from here ➣ Ver nota en see; (mirar la televisión) to watch: estamos viendo las noticias de las tres, we are watching the three o'clock news
(cine) me gustaría ver esa película, I'd like to see that film
2 (entender) no veo por qué no te gusta, I can't see why you don't like it
(considerar) a mi modo de ver, as far as I can see o as I see it
tus padres no ven bien esa relación, your parents don't agree with that relationship
(parecer) se te ve nervioso, you look nervous
3 (averiguar) ya veremos qué sucede, we'll soon see what happens
fam (uso enfático) ¡no veas qué sitio tan bonito!, you wouldn't believe what a beautiful place!
4 a ver, let's see: a ver si acabamos este trabajo, let's see if we can finish this job
me compré un compacto, - ¿a ver?, I bought a compact disc, - let's have a look!
5 (ir a ver, visitar) to see, visit: le fui a ver al hospital, I visited him in hospital
II verbo intransitivo
1 to see: no ve bien de lejos, he's shortsighted, US nearsighted
2 (dudar, pensar) ¿me prestas este libro?, - ya veré, will you lend me this book?, - I'll see
3 (tener relación) no tengo nada que ver con ese asunto, I have nothing to do with that business
solo tiene cincuenta años, - ¿y eso qué tiene qué ver?, he's only fifty, - so what?
♦ Locuciones: no poder ver a alguien: no puede (ni) verle, she can't stand him
¿To see, to watch o to look?
Los tres verbos reflejan tres conceptos muy distintos. To see hace referencia a la capacidad visual y no es fruto de una acción deliberada. A menudo se usa con can o could: I can see the mountains from my bedroom. Puedo ver las montañas desde mi dormitorio.
To look at implica una acción deliberada: I saw an old atlas, so I opened it and looked at the maps. Vi un atlas antiguo, así que lo abrí y miré los mapas.
To watch también se refiere a una acción deliberada, a menudo cuando se tiene un interés especial por lo que ocurre: I watched the planes in the sky with great interest. Miraba los aviones en el cielo con gran interés. Igualmente puede indicar el paso del tiempo (we watched the animals playing for half an hour, durante media hora observamos cómo jugaban los animales), movimiento (they stood there watching the cars drive off into the distance, se quedaron allí de pie viendo cómo se marchaban los coches) o vigilancia (the policemen have been watching this house because they thought we were thieves, los policías estaban vigilando la casa porque pensaban que éramos ladrones).
Para hablar de películas u obras de teatro usamos to see: Have you seen Hamlet?, ¿Has visto Hamlet? To watch se refiere a la televisión y los deportes en general: I always watch the television in the evening. Siempre veo la televisión por las noches. I like to watch football. Me gusta ver el fútbol. Al hablar de programas o partidos específicos podemos usar tanto to watch como to see: I like to see/watch the news at 9:00. Me gusta ver las noticias a las 9.00. Did you see/watch the match last night?, ¿Viste el partido anoche?
' ven' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
acá
- achantarse
- antaño
- borde
- cuanta
- cuanto
- donde
- en seguida
- enseguida
- nosotras
- nosotros
- remolonear
- ver
- venir
- verse
- abrigado
- acta
- adentro
- afuera
- aguinaldo
- ahorrista
- alebrestarse
- alfiler
- almacén
- alzado
- amañar
- amarrado
- ancianato
- andadera
- angina
- anginas
- ansia
- apenas
- apersonarse
- aplazar
- aplicación
- aplicar
- arrecho
- arrimar
- bacenilla
- baúl
- billetero
- binoculares
- bocadillo
- bodega
- bodeguero
- bohío
- boludo
- bomba
- bombillo
English:
and
- any
- beside
- come
- here
- intersperse
- intervention
- minute
- no
- one
- pad
- prevention
- pucker
- quickly
- sometime
- stand about
- stand around
- us
- venerable
- venerate
- Venezuela
- Venezuelan
- venison
- venom
- venomous
- venomously
- way
- whenever
- applicant
- apply
- banana
- bang
- bar
- bean
- bin
- blond
- boot
- boxer
- briefs
- broad
- bruise
- bubble
- bucket
- bulb
- bull
- bumper car
- can
- carpet
- cashew (nut)
- celery
* * ** * ** * * -
16 vino
adj.nosey.m.wine, grape wine.vino blanco/tinto white/red winevino de la casa house winevino clarete light red winevino dulce/seco sweet/dry winevino espumoso sparkling winevino generoso full-bodied winevino de mesa table winevino rosado rosépret.indicat.3rd person singular (él/ella/ello) Preterite Indicative of Spanish verb: venir.* * *1 wine\ahogar las penas en vino familiar to drown one's sorrowsbautizar el vino figurado to water down winedormir el vino to sleep it offir de vinos to go out for a few drinkstener mal vino figurado to become aggressive when drunkvino a granel wine from the barrelvino abocado fortified winevino añejo vintage winevino blanco white winevino clarete dark rosé winevino de aguja slightly sparkling winevino de Jerez sherryvino de la casa house winevino de mesa table winevino dulce sweet winevino espumoso sparkling winevino generoso full-bodied winevino peleón familiar plonkvino rosado rosévino seco dry winevino tinto red wine* * *noun m.* * *SM1) (=bebida) wineaguar o bautizar el vino — to water the wine
vino del año — new wine, wine for early drinking
vino peleón — cheap wine, plonk *
2) (=recepción) drinks [pl], receptionvino de honor — official reception; ( Cono Sur) special wine
* * *I1) ( bebida) winevino dulce/seco — sweet/dry wine
bautizar el vino — (fam) to water down the wine
2) ( recepción) reception•II* * *= wine.Ex. This article evaluates the wine journals of the world with the exception of those devoted to the discussion of grape growing or technical aspects of wine making.----* aficionado al vino = wine lover.* amante del vino = wine lover.* barril de vino = wine cask.* bodega de vinos = winery, wine cellar.* carta de vinos = wine list.* cata de vinos = wine tasting.* conocedor del vino = wine lover.* copa de vino = glass of wine.* copa para el vino = wine glass.* degustación de vinos = wine tasting.* echar vino = pour + wine.* elaboración de vinos = winemaking.* escanciar vino = pour + wine.* lista de vinos = wine list.* llamar al pan pan y al vino vino = call + a spade a spade.* producción de vino = winemaking.* productor de vino = winemaker.* tonel de vino = wine cask.* vaso de vino = glass of wine.* vino de cosecha = young wine.* vino de crianza = young wine.* vino de Jerez = sherry.* vino de Oporto = port.* vino de reserva = mature wine.* vino dulce = sweet wine.* vino espumoso = sparkling wine.* vino fortificado = fortified wine.* vino joven = young wine.* vino nuevo en pellejos viejos = new wine in old wineskins, new wine in old bottles.* vino peleón = plonk.* vino perfumado = perfumed wine.* vino viejo en pellejos nuevos = old wine in new bottles.* * *I1) ( bebida) winevino dulce/seco — sweet/dry wine
bautizar el vino — (fam) to water down the wine
2) ( recepción) reception•II* * *= wine.Ex: This article evaluates the wine journals of the world with the exception of those devoted to the discussion of grape growing or technical aspects of wine making.
* aficionado al vino = wine lover.* amante del vino = wine lover.* barril de vino = wine cask.* bodega de vinos = winery, wine cellar.* carta de vinos = wine list.* cata de vinos = wine tasting.* conocedor del vino = wine lover.* copa de vino = glass of wine.* copa para el vino = wine glass.* degustación de vinos = wine tasting.* echar vino = pour + wine.* elaboración de vinos = winemaking.* escanciar vino = pour + wine.* lista de vinos = wine list.* llamar al pan pan y al vino vino = call + a spade a spade.* producción de vino = winemaking.* productor de vino = winemaker.* tonel de vino = wine cask.* vaso de vino = glass of wine.* vino de cosecha = young wine.* vino de crianza = young wine.* vino de Jerez = sherry.* vino de Oporto = port.* vino de reserva = mature wine.* vino dulce = sweet wine.* vino espumoso = sparkling wine.* vino fortificado = fortified wine.* vino joven = young wine.* vino nuevo en pellejos viejos = new wine in old wineskins, new wine in old bottles.* vino peleón = plonk.* vino perfumado = perfumed wine.* vino viejo en pellejos nuevos = old wine in new bottles.* * *A (bebida) winevino dulce/seco sweet/dry winetomamos unos vinos we had a few drinks o a few glasses of winebautizar el vino ( fam); to water down the wineCompuestos:white winerosé winehouse winelocal winetable winesparkling winesparkling winerosé winered wineB (recepción) receptionCompuesto:reception* * *
Del verbo venir: ( conjugate venir)
vino es:
3ª persona singular (él/ella/usted) pretérito indicativo
Multiple Entries:
venir
vino
venir ( conjugate venir) verbo intransitivo
1
¿a qué vino? what did he come by o around for?;
vine dormida todo el tiempo I slept (for) the whole journey;
vino por or (Esp) a por algn/algo to come for sb/sth, come to pick sb/sth up;
la vino a buscar su madre her mother came to pick her up;
ven a ver esto come and see this
no vengas tarde don't be late home o backc) ( salir):
no me vengas con exigencias don't start making demands
2a) ( tener lugar):
¿qué viene después de las noticias? what's on after the news?;
ya vendrán tiempos mejores things will get betterb) ( indicando procedencia) vino de algo to come from sth;
le viene de familia it runs in his family;
¿a qué viene eso? why do you say that?
d) ( estar incluido):
no viene nada sobre la huelga there's nothing about the strike
3 ( convenir):
el jueves no me viene bien Thursday's no good for me;
me vendría bien un descanso I could do with a rest
4 ( como aux):
hace mucho que lo venía diciendo I'd been saying so all along
venirse verbo pronominal ( enf)
vinose abajo [ persona] to go to pieces;
[ techo] to fall in, collapse;
[ estante] to collapse;
[ ilusiones] to go up in smoke;
[ proyectos] to fall through
vino sustantivo masculino ( bebida) wine;◊ vino dulce/seco sweet/dry wine;
vino blanco/rosado/tinto white/rosé/red wine;
vino de la casa house wine
venir verbo intransitivo
1 to come
ven y mira lo que he dibujado, come and see what I've drawn
2 (llegar) to come: viene el invierno, winter is coming
acaba de venir de la tienda, he's just come from the shop
3 (volver) to come back: vengo en un minuto, I'll be back in a minute
4 (proceder) to come from: estos juguetes vienen de China, these toys come from China
5 (surgir, sobrevenir) me vino la gripe, I went down with flu
(suceder) entonces vino la guerra civil, then came the civil war
6 (quedar) este jersey me viene grande, this sweater is too big for me
7 (aparecer, presentarse) to come: esa información viene en el capítulo dos, that information comes in chapter two
¿viene algo del terremoto?, is there anything about the earthquake?
viene en un estuche verde, it comes in a green case
8 (indicando aproximación) este libro viene a tener unos cien años, this book must be about a hundred years old
♦ Locuciones: venir al mundo, to be born
venir de lejos, to come from afar
vino sustantivo masculino wine
vino de mesa, table wine
vino espumoso, sparkling wine
vino rosado/clarete, rosé
vino tinto/blanco/dulce, red/white/sweet wine
' vino' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
afrutada
- afrutado
- añeja
- añejo
- aroma
- ayuda
- bar
- bautizar
- bebible
- bodega
- bota
- cabeza
- cabezón
- cabezona
- caja
- caldo
- cava
- cielo
- comarca
- concesión
- copa
- criar
- de
- envejecer
- escanciar
- espumosa
- espumoso
- evanescente
- excelente
- fantástica
- fantástico
- fina
- fino
- fogosidad
- generosa
- generoso
- granada
- granado
- idea
- innegablemente
- intención
- ligue
- manzanilla
- ninguna
- ninguno
- obviedad
- oporto
- pan
- picada
- picado
English:
appreciate
- appreciation
- averse
- awfully
- barrel
- best
- body
- boot
- bottle
- bottled
- bouquet
- Burgundy
- butt
- case
- cave in
- cellar
- champagne
- chill
- come along
- crack
- disagree
- dry wine
- fall apart
- full-bodied
- fuzzy
- glass
- go
- go around
- goblet
- godsend
- heady
- hunt
- last
- leave
- little
- mature
- mellow
- minus
- never
- nobody
- old
- over
- plonk
- pop in
- port
- pour out
- prefer
- pretext
- quarter
- red
* * *♦ nm1. [bebida] wine;se tomaron un vino they had a glass of wine;ir de vinos to go out for a few glasses of wine;tiene mal vino he turns nasty when he's had one too manyvino añejo mature wine;vino blanco white wine;vino de la casa house wine;vino clarete light red wine;vino dulce sweet wine;vino espumoso sparkling wine;vino generoso full-bodied wine;vino de Jerez sherry;vino de mesa table wine;vino de Oporto port;vino peleón cheap wine, Br plonk;Andes vino rojo red wine;vino rosado rosé;vino seco dry wine;vino tinto red wine♦ adj invcolor vino wine-coloured;unos zapatos color vino wine-coloured shoes* * *I m wineII vb → venir* * *vino nm: wine* * *vino n wine -
17 buscar
v.1 to look.2 to look for.estoy buscando trabajo I'm looking for workse fue a buscar fortuna a América he went to seek his fortune in AmericaMaría busca su bolso Mary looks for her purse.3 to look up.Busca esa palabra en el diccionario Look up that word in the dictionary.4 to search for (computing).El detective buscó incansablemente The detective searched tirelessly.5 to push, to try the patience of (informal) (provocar).buscar bronca/camorra to look for trouble6 to pick up.voy a buscar el periódico I'm going for the paper o to get the paperir a buscar a alguien to pick somebody uppasará a buscarnos a las nueve she'll pick us up at nine7 to seek to, to attempt to, to try to, to try how to.Ese plan busca destruirnos That plan seeks to destroy us.* * *1 (gen) to look for, search for■ la policía busca un hombre de unos treinta años the police are searching for a man of about thirty2 (en lista, índice etc) to look up3 (ir a coger) to go and get, fetch■ busca un médico, ¡rápido! fetch a doctor, quick!4 (recoger) to pick up■ iré a buscarte a la estación I'll pick you up at the station, I'll meet you at the station■ a la una voy a buscar a los chicos al colegio at one o'clock I go to pick the children up from school5 (intentar conseguir) to try to achieve1 (mirar) to look\buscársela familiar to be looking for troublebuscarse la vida familiar to try and earn one's living'Se busca...' "... wanted"* * *verb1) to look for, seek2) search* * *1. VT1) (=tratar de encontrar)a) [+ persona, objeto perdido, trabajo] to look forestuvieron buscando a los montañeros — they were searching for o looking for the mountaineers
llevo meses buscando trabajo — I've been job-hunting for months, I've been looking for a job for months
el ejército busca a un comando enemigo — the army is searching for o looking for an enemy commando unit
"se busca piso" — "flat wanted"
"chico busca chica" — "boy seeks girl"
b) [en diccionario, enciclopedia] to look upc) [con la vista] to try to spot, look forlo busqué entre el público pero no lo vi — I tried to spot him o looked for him in the crowd but I didn't see him
2) (=tratar de conseguir) [+ solución] to try to findno sé lo que buscas con esa actitud — I don't know what you're aiming to o trying to achieve with that attitude
con esta novela se busca la creación de un estilo diferente — this novel attempts to o aims to create a different style
solo buscaba su dinero — he was only out for o after her money
como tienen una niña ahora van buscando la parejita — as they've got a girl they're trying for a boy now
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buscar hacer algo — to seek to do sth, try to do sthsiempre buscaba hacerlo lo mejor posible — she always sought o tried to do the best possible thing
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ir a buscar algo/a algn, ha ido a buscar una servilleta — she's gone to fetch o get a napkinve a buscar a tu madre — go and fetch o get your mother
- buscarlavino buscando pelea — he was looking for trouble o a fight, he was spoiling for a fight *
3) (=recoger) to pick up, fetch¿vais a ir a buscarme a la estación? — are you going to pick me up o fetch me from the station?
vino a buscar sus plantas — she came to pick up o fetch her plants
4) (Inform) to search5) (=preguntar por) to ask for¿quién me busca? — who is asking for me?
2.VI to lookya puedes dejar de buscar, aquí tienes las llaves — you can stop looking, here are the keys
¿has buscado bien? — have you looked properly?
¡busca! — [al perro] fetch!
3.See:* * *1.verbo transitivo1) ( intentar encontrar)a) <persona/objeto> to look for; <fama/fortuna> to seek; <trabajo/apartamento/solución> to look for, try to findla policía lo está buscando — the police are looking for him, he's wanted by the police
b) (en libro, lista) to look up2)a) ( recoger) to collect, pick upvengo a buscar mis cosas — I've come to collect o pick up my things
b) ( conseguir y traer) to getfue a buscar un médico/un taxi — he went to get a doctor/a taxi
3)a) ( intentar conseguir)¿qué buscas con eso? — what are you trying to achieve by that?
buscar + inf — to try to + inf, set out to + inf
el libro busca destruir ese mito — the book sets out o tries o attempts to explode that myth
b) ( provocar) <bronca/camorra> to look for2.buscar vi to lookbusca en el cajón — look o have a look in the drawer
¿has buscado bien? — have you looked properly?
3.el que busca encuentra or busca y encontrarás — seek and ye shall find
buscarse v pron1) ( intentar encontrar) to look fordebería buscarse (a) alguien que le cuidara los niños — she should look for o find somebody to look after the children
2) < problemas>no quiero buscarme complicaciones/problemas — I don't want any trouble
tú te lo has buscado — you've brought it on yourself, it serves you right
buscársela(s) — (fam)
te la estás buscando — you're asking for trouble, you're asking for it (colloq)
* * *= chase, dig out, dig up, find, hunt, investigate, locate, look for, look out, look under, look up, probe for, prowl through, search (for), seek (after), seek out, trace, track, trawl, burrow through, woo, root out, look out for, go for, look (a)round, fish (for), track down, jockey for, search out, line up, check for, forage, perform + search.Ex. Also, in controlled indexing language data bases, there is often an assumption that a user will be prepared to chase strings of references or to consult a sometimes complex thesaurus.Ex. I would also have dug out information references to which readers can be directed who want to know more about the setting.Ex. The list of changed headings is almost literally endless if you have the patience to dig them all up.Ex. The command function ' FIND' is used to input a search term.Ex. Nonetheless, we would still not wish to hunt through the file in order to change all subdivisions of that heading.Ex. Kaiser also investigated the effect of grouping subheadings of a subject.Ex. This order suffices for a list whose purpose is to identify and locate documents, whose bibliographic details are already known.Ex. A user might start by looking for a map of London, when he really wants a map of Camden.Ex. Discovering these tales, looking out printed versions and comparing them with the oral tradition would have introduced us step by step into the rich lode of folklore.Ex. In a printed catalogue or index a user is constrained to look under the headings in the catalogue.Ex. If so, the call number of the document is looked up and displayed.Ex. No one complained about Duff to her, and she decided not to probe for discontents.Ex. A user searching for Smith's 'History as Argument' who was not sure under which subject it would be entered, would have to prowl through a huge number of cards in a card catalog to find the entry under SMITH.Ex. This access is achieved by organising the tools so that a user may search under a specific access point or heading or index term, for example, subject term, author, name, title, date.Ex. A popular book will always be sought after by public librarians.Ex. Her article urges librarians not to buy inferior biographies simply to fill gaps in their collections but to seek out the best of the genre.Ex. The author approach remains an important means of tracing a specific document.Ex. The index fields are used for tracking annual indexes.Ex. The Internet search engines, such as AltaVista and Excite, send out robots or Web crawlers to trawl the Internet and automatically index the files that they find.Ex. This article explains how to use gophers to burrow through the Internet.Ex. Rumour had it that he was being wooed by Technicomm, Inc.Ex. The article has the title ' Rooting out journals on the Net'.Ex. Panellists presented the criteria they adopted and features they looked out for when selecting a library automation system.Ex. In an exclusive conversation Gates reveals where he goes for information knowledge, insights and ideas.Ex. One has only to look around in bookshops to see how many paperbacks on show have film or TV links.Ex. The article 'Catfish ain't ugly' reviews the range of Web sites providing information about the catfish in the USA and places to go to fish for catfish.Ex. In stepping away from the genre's glamorous robberies and flashy lifestyle, this stealthy, potent movie tracks down the British gangster icon to its inevitable end.Ex. Librarians are not yet very successful in jockeying for position and power in the political world.Ex. On any one occasion there will always be children who do not want to borrow or buy, but they are still learning to live with books and how to search out the ones that interest them.Ex. The actress flaked out again and the director is trying to line up a replacement.Ex. This was important before computers were invented, when calculations were all done by hand, and also were done repeatedly to check for calculation errors.Ex. We both woke up bright and early to forage for food nearby, which was a breeze.Ex. When viewing a record, you can also display its references and perform citation searches directly from the reference display.----* buscando = in search of.* buscando como loco = in hot pursuit of.* buscar amparo = seek + shelter.* buscar apoyo = line up + support.* buscar a tientas = grope (for/toward).* buscar a través de los índices = browse.* buscar ayuda = seek + assistance, seek + help.* buscar cobijo = seek + shelter.* buscar con ahínco = look + hard.* buscar detenidamente = look + hard.* buscar el apoyo de = woo.* buscar el camino = wind + Posesivo + way.* buscar el modo de = explore + ways in which, explore + ways and means of.* buscar el origen de = trace + the origin of.* buscar el origen de la relación entre = trace + the relationship between.* buscar el peligro = court + danger, flirt with + danger.* buscar empleo = seek + employment.* buscar en = sift through, search through.* buscar en Google = google.* buscar en las posas entre las rocas de la orilla = rock-pool.* buscar en otro sitio = go + elsewhere.* buscar entre la basura = scavenge.* buscar en varios + Nombre + a la vez = search across + Nombre.* buscar información = mine + information, seek + information.* buscar interiormente = probe + Reflexivo + for.* buscar la controversia = court + controversy.* buscar la fama = grab at + a headline.* buscar la forma de = look for + ways to.* buscar la forma de + Infinitivo = develop + way of + Gerundio.* buscar la identidad de uno = trace + Posesivo + identity.* buscar la manera de = explore + ways in which, explore + ways and means of.* buscar la noticia = grab at + a headline.* buscar la oportunidad = make + an opportunity.* buscar la protección de = burrow back into.* buscarle cinco pies al gato = split + hairs.* buscarle los tres pies al gato = nitpick.* buscarle tres pies al gato = split + hairs.* buscar los servicios de = engage.* buscar material = pursue + material.* buscar oro = pan for + gold.* buscar placer = seek + pleasure.* buscar por autor y título = search by + name-title key.* buscar por título = search by + title key.* buscar por todas partes = scour + Nombre + for.* buscar por todo el mundo = search + the world (over).* buscar por todo + Nombre = search across + Nombre.* buscar problemas = ask for + trouble, court + disaster, make + trouble.* buscar razones que expliquen Algo = ascribe + reasons to.* buscar refugio = seek + shelter.* buscar satisfacción = seek + satisfaction.* buscárselo = have it + coming.* buscar simultáneamente en varios sitios = cross-search [cross search].* buscar solución = seek + solution.* buscar trabajo = seek + employment.* buscar trabajo en la calle = work + the streets.* buscar una forma de hacer Algo = develop + way + to make + Nombre, develop + way + to make + Nombre.* buscar una oportunidad = look for + an opportunity.* buscar una respuesta = pursue + answer.* buscar una solución = contrive + solution.* buscar y encontrar = match.* en busca de quimeras = in pursuit of + windmills.* encargado de buscar a los alumnos que hacen novillos = truant officer.* en el que se puede buscar = searchable.* estar siempre buscando = be on the lookout for.* hallar lo buscado = achieve + match.* mandar a buscar = send for.* no buscarle las pulgas al perro = let + sleeping dogs lie.* no poderse buscar = be unsearchable.* peinar en busca de = scour + Nombre + for.* que busca el beneficio propio = self-serving.* que se puede buscar = searchable.* respuesta + buscar = answer + lie.* saber buscar con inteligencia = be search-savvy.* * *1.verbo transitivo1) ( intentar encontrar)a) <persona/objeto> to look for; <fama/fortuna> to seek; <trabajo/apartamento/solución> to look for, try to findla policía lo está buscando — the police are looking for him, he's wanted by the police
b) (en libro, lista) to look up2)a) ( recoger) to collect, pick upvengo a buscar mis cosas — I've come to collect o pick up my things
b) ( conseguir y traer) to getfue a buscar un médico/un taxi — he went to get a doctor/a taxi
3)a) ( intentar conseguir)¿qué buscas con eso? — what are you trying to achieve by that?
buscar + inf — to try to + inf, set out to + inf
el libro busca destruir ese mito — the book sets out o tries o attempts to explode that myth
b) ( provocar) <bronca/camorra> to look for2.buscar vi to lookbusca en el cajón — look o have a look in the drawer
¿has buscado bien? — have you looked properly?
3.el que busca encuentra or busca y encontrarás — seek and ye shall find
buscarse v pron1) ( intentar encontrar) to look fordebería buscarse (a) alguien que le cuidara los niños — she should look for o find somebody to look after the children
2) < problemas>no quiero buscarme complicaciones/problemas — I don't want any trouble
tú te lo has buscado — you've brought it on yourself, it serves you right
buscársela(s) — (fam)
te la estás buscando — you're asking for trouble, you're asking for it (colloq)
* * *= chase, dig out, dig up, find, hunt, investigate, locate, look for, look out, look under, look up, probe for, prowl through, search (for), seek (after), seek out, trace, track, trawl, burrow through, woo, root out, look out for, go for, look (a)round, fish (for), track down, jockey for, search out, line up, check for, forage, perform + search.Ex: Also, in controlled indexing language data bases, there is often an assumption that a user will be prepared to chase strings of references or to consult a sometimes complex thesaurus.
Ex: I would also have dug out information references to which readers can be directed who want to know more about the setting.Ex: The list of changed headings is almost literally endless if you have the patience to dig them all up.Ex: The command function ' FIND' is used to input a search term.Ex: Nonetheless, we would still not wish to hunt through the file in order to change all subdivisions of that heading.Ex: Kaiser also investigated the effect of grouping subheadings of a subject.Ex: This order suffices for a list whose purpose is to identify and locate documents, whose bibliographic details are already known.Ex: A user might start by looking for a map of London, when he really wants a map of Camden.Ex: Discovering these tales, looking out printed versions and comparing them with the oral tradition would have introduced us step by step into the rich lode of folklore.Ex: In a printed catalogue or index a user is constrained to look under the headings in the catalogue.Ex: If so, the call number of the document is looked up and displayed.Ex: No one complained about Duff to her, and she decided not to probe for discontents.Ex: A user searching for Smith's 'History as Argument' who was not sure under which subject it would be entered, would have to prowl through a huge number of cards in a card catalog to find the entry under SMITH.Ex: This access is achieved by organising the tools so that a user may search under a specific access point or heading or index term, for example, subject term, author, name, title, date.Ex: A popular book will always be sought after by public librarians.Ex: Her article urges librarians not to buy inferior biographies simply to fill gaps in their collections but to seek out the best of the genre.Ex: The author approach remains an important means of tracing a specific document.Ex: The index fields are used for tracking annual indexes.Ex: The Internet search engines, such as AltaVista and Excite, send out robots or Web crawlers to trawl the Internet and automatically index the files that they find.Ex: This article explains how to use gophers to burrow through the Internet.Ex: Rumour had it that he was being wooed by Technicomm, Inc.Ex: The article has the title ' Rooting out journals on the Net'.Ex: Panellists presented the criteria they adopted and features they looked out for when selecting a library automation system.Ex: In an exclusive conversation Gates reveals where he goes for information knowledge, insights and ideas.Ex: One has only to look around in bookshops to see how many paperbacks on show have film or TV links.Ex: The article 'Catfish ain't ugly' reviews the range of Web sites providing information about the catfish in the USA and places to go to fish for catfish.Ex: In stepping away from the genre's glamorous robberies and flashy lifestyle, this stealthy, potent movie tracks down the British gangster icon to its inevitable end.Ex: Librarians are not yet very successful in jockeying for position and power in the political world.Ex: On any one occasion there will always be children who do not want to borrow or buy, but they are still learning to live with books and how to search out the ones that interest them.Ex: The actress flaked out again and the director is trying to line up a replacement.Ex: This was important before computers were invented, when calculations were all done by hand, and also were done repeatedly to check for calculation errors.Ex: We both woke up bright and early to forage for food nearby, which was a breeze.Ex: When viewing a record, you can also display its references and perform citation searches directly from the reference display.* buscando = in search of.* buscando como loco = in hot pursuit of.* buscar amparo = seek + shelter.* buscar apoyo = line up + support.* buscar a tientas = grope (for/toward).* buscar a través de los índices = browse.* buscar ayuda = seek + assistance, seek + help.* buscar cobijo = seek + shelter.* buscar con ahínco = look + hard.* buscar detenidamente = look + hard.* buscar el apoyo de = woo.* buscar el camino = wind + Posesivo + way.* buscar el modo de = explore + ways in which, explore + ways and means of.* buscar el origen de = trace + the origin of.* buscar el origen de la relación entre = trace + the relationship between.* buscar el peligro = court + danger, flirt with + danger.* buscar empleo = seek + employment.* buscar en = sift through, search through.* buscar en Google = google.* buscar en las posas entre las rocas de la orilla = rock-pool.* buscar en otro sitio = go + elsewhere.* buscar entre la basura = scavenge.* buscar en varios + Nombre + a la vez = search across + Nombre.* buscar información = mine + information, seek + information.* buscar interiormente = probe + Reflexivo + for.* buscar la controversia = court + controversy.* buscar la fama = grab at + a headline.* buscar la forma de = look for + ways to.* buscar la forma de + Infinitivo = develop + way of + Gerundio.* buscar la identidad de uno = trace + Posesivo + identity.* buscar la manera de = explore + ways in which, explore + ways and means of.* buscar la noticia = grab at + a headline.* buscar la oportunidad = make + an opportunity.* buscar la protección de = burrow back into.* buscarle cinco pies al gato = split + hairs.* buscarle los tres pies al gato = nitpick.* buscarle tres pies al gato = split + hairs.* buscar los servicios de = engage.* buscar material = pursue + material.* buscar oro = pan for + gold.* buscar placer = seek + pleasure.* buscar por autor y título = search by + name-title key.* buscar por título = search by + title key.* buscar por todas partes = scour + Nombre + for.* buscar por todo el mundo = search + the world (over).* buscar por todo + Nombre = search across + Nombre.* buscar problemas = ask for + trouble, court + disaster, make + trouble.* buscar razones que expliquen Algo = ascribe + reasons to.* buscar refugio = seek + shelter.* buscar satisfacción = seek + satisfaction.* buscárselo = have it + coming.* buscar simultáneamente en varios sitios = cross-search [cross search].* buscar solución = seek + solution.* buscar trabajo = seek + employment.* buscar trabajo en la calle = work + the streets.* buscar una forma de hacer Algo = develop + way + to make + Nombre, develop + way + to make + Nombre.* buscar una oportunidad = look for + an opportunity.* buscar una respuesta = pursue + answer.* buscar una solución = contrive + solution.* buscar y encontrar = match.* en busca de quimeras = in pursuit of + windmills.* encargado de buscar a los alumnos que hacen novillos = truant officer.* en el que se puede buscar = searchable.* estar siempre buscando = be on the lookout for.* hallar lo buscado = achieve + match.* mandar a buscar = send for.* no buscarle las pulgas al perro = let + sleeping dogs lie.* no poderse buscar = be unsearchable.* peinar en busca de = scour + Nombre + for.* que busca el beneficio propio = self-serving.* que se puede buscar = searchable.* respuesta + buscar = answer + lie.* saber buscar con inteligencia = be search-savvy.* * *buscar [A2 ]vt1 ‹persona/objeto› to look for; ‹fama/fortuna› to seek; ‹trabajo/apartamento› to look for, try to find; ‹solución› to look for, try to findlo he buscado en or por todas partes I've looked o searched for it everywhereno trates de buscar excusas don't try to make excusesla policía lo está buscando the police are looking for him, he's wanted by the police[ S ] se busca wantedlos hombres como él sólo buscan una cosa men like him are only after one thing ( colloq)te buscan en la portería someone is asking for you at receptionlas flores buscan la luz flowers grow towards the lightla buscaba con la mirada or los ojos he was trying to spot herestá buscando la oportunidad de vengarse he's looking for a chance to get his own back ( colloq)busca una manera más fácil de hacerlo try and find an easier way of doing it2 (en un libro, una lista) to look upbusca el número en la guía look up the number in the directoryB1 (recoger) to collect, pick upfuimos a buscarlo al aeropuerto we went to pick him up from o fetch him from o collect him from o meet him at the airportvengo a buscar mis cosas I've come to collect o pick up my things2 (conseguir y traer) to getfue a buscar un médico he went to get a doctor, he fetched a doctorsalió a buscar un taxi/el pan he went to get a taxi/the breadsube a buscarme las tijeras go up and get me o bring me o fetch me the scissorsC1(intentar conseguir): una ley que busca la igualdad de (los) sexos a law which aims to achieve sexual equality o equality between the sexes¿qué buscas con eso? what are you trying to achieve by that?tiene cuatro hijas y busca el varón ( fam); she has four girls and she's trying for a boybuscar + INF to try to + INF, set out to + INFel libro busca destruir ese mito the book sets out o tries o attempts to explode that myth2 (provocar) ‹bronca/camorra› to look forsiempre están buscando pelea they're always looking o spoiling for a fightme está buscando y me va a encontrar he's looking for trouble and he's going to get it■ buscarvito lookbusca en el cajón look o have a look in the drawer¿has buscado bien? have you looked properly?, have you had a proper look?¡busca! ¡busca! (a un perro) fetch!el que busca encuentra or busca y encontrarás seek and ye shall find■ buscarseA (intentar encontrar) to look fordebería buscarse a alguien que le cuidara los niños she should look for o find somebody to look after the childrenB ‹complicaciones/problemas›no quiero buscarme complicaciones I don't want any troubletú te lo has buscado you've brought it on yourself, it serves you rightse está buscando problemas she's asking for troublebuscársela(s) ( fam): te la estás buscando you're asking for trouble, you're asking for it ( colloq)no te quejes, la verdad es que te la buscaste don't complain, the truth is you had it coming to you o you brought it on yourself ( colloq)* * *
Multiple Entries:
buscar
buscar algo
buscar ( conjugate buscar) verbo transitivo
1
‹fama/fortuna› to seek;
2
(— en tren, a pie) I went to meet him at the airport;◊ vengo a buscar mis cosas I've come to collect o pick up my things
fue a buscar un médico/un taxi he went to get a doctor/a taxi;
¿qué buscas con eso? what are you trying to achieve by that?
verbo intransitivo
to look;◊ busca en el cajón look o have a look in the drawer
buscarse verbo pronominal
1 ( intentar encontrar) to look for
2 ‹ problemas› to ask for;◊ no quiero buscarme complicaciones/problemas I don't want any trouble;
tú te lo has buscado you've brought it on yourself, it serves you right;
buscársela(s) (fam): te la estás buscando you're asking for trouble, you're asking for it (colloq)
buscar verbo transitivo
1 to look for
2 (en la enciclopedia, en el diccionario) to look up
3 (conseguir, traer) to fetch: ve a buscar un poco de agua, go and fetch some water
4 (recoger cosas) to collect
(recoger personas) to pick up: fue a buscarme al trabajo, she picked me up from work
' buscar' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
acudir
- condicionamiento
- ir
- mirar
- sistema
- tienta
- aguja
- andar
- bronca
- camorra
- colocación
- pelea
- perro
- recoger
- refugio
- trabajo
- venir
English:
advertise
- collect
- dig around
- down-market
- expressly
- fetch
- fish
- forage
- fumble
- get
- go for
- hunt
- instrumental
- kerb-crawl
- look
- look for
- look out for
- look up
- meet
- needle
- pick
- pick up
- prospect
- pursue
- scout around
- search
- search for
- seek
- seek after
- spoil for
- want
- afield
- call
- collection
- court
- dig
- feel
- ferry
- go
- grope
- house
- job
- nook
- scout
- send
- trouble
- woo
* * *♦ vt1. [para encontrar] to look for, to search for;[provecho, beneficio propio, fortuna] to seek;estoy buscando trabajo I'm looking for work;la policía busca a los terroristas the police are searching o hunting for the terrorists;lo busqué, pero no lo encontré I looked o hunted for it, but I couldn't find it;¿me ayudas a buscar las llaves? can you help me to look for the keys?;se fue a buscar fortuna a América he went to seek his fortune in America;fui a buscar ayuda I went in search of help;¡ve a buscar ayuda, rápido! quick, go for help o go and find help!;es como buscar una aguja en un pajar it's like looking for a needle in a haystack;CSur Fambuscar la vuelta a algo to (try to) find a way of doing sth2. [recoger] to pick up;vino a buscar sus libros he came to pick up his books;voy a buscar el periódico I'm going for the paper o to get the paper;ir a buscar a alguien to pick sb up;ya iré yo a buscar a los niños al colegio I'll go and pick the children up from school;pasará a buscarnos a las nueve she'll pick us up at nine3. [en diccionario, índice, horario] to look up;buscaré la dirección en mi agenda I'll look up the address in my address bookno sé qué está buscando con esa actitud I don't know what he is hoping to achieve with that attitude;con estas medidas buscan reducir la inflación these measures are intended to reduce inflation, with these measures they are seeking to reduce inflation;Famése sólo busca ligar he's only after one thing5. Informát to search forno me busques, que me voy a enfadar don't push me o it, I'm about to lose my temper;♦ vito look;busqué bien pero no encontré nada I had a thorough search, but didn't find anything;buscamos por toda la casa we looked o searched throughout the house, we searched the house from top to bottom* * *v/t search for, look for;ir/venir a buscar fetch;se la estaba buscando he was asking for trouble o for it* * *buscar {72} vt1) : to look for, to seek2) : to pick up, to collect3) : to provokebuscar vi: to look, to searchbuscó en los bolsillos: he searched through his pockets* * *buscar vb1. (tratar de encontrar) to look for2. (consultar) to look up4. (traer) to fetch / to get"Se busca" "Wanted" -
18 efectivamente
adv.1 precisely, exactly.2 really, in fact, indeed.3 effectively, effectually.intj.quite so, in effect.* * *► adverbio1 (realmente) in fact, actually2 (de verdad) indeed* * *adv.1) indeed2) really* * *ADV1) (=verdaderamente) really2) [confirmando algo] indeedefectivamente, el robo fue llevado a cabo por dos personas — the theft was indeed carried out by two people
-fue ese retraso lo que le salvó la vida -efectivamente, así es — "it was that delay that saved his life" - "yes, that's right o indeed it was"
pensé que iba a llegar tarde, y, efectivamente, así fue — I thought he would be late, and sure enough, he was
* * *a) ( realmente) reallysi efectivamente es así... — if that is really the case...
b) (indep)sí, efectivamente, así fue — yes, that's right, that's how it was
dijo que estaría allí y, efectivamente, allí estaba — he said he'd be there and, sure enough, there he was
* * *= to be sure.Ex. To be sure, there is not much flexibility in the classical bookform catalog.* * *a) ( realmente) reallysi efectivamente es así... — if that is really the case...
b) (indep)sí, efectivamente, así fue — yes, that's right, that's how it was
dijo que estaría allí y, efectivamente, allí estaba — he said he'd be there and, sure enough, there he was
* * *= to be sure.Ex: To be sure, there is not much flexibility in the classical bookform catalog.
* * *1 (realmente) reallysi efectivamente es así, hay que hacer algo if that is really the case, something must be done2 ( indep):sí, efectivamente, así fue yes indeed o yes, that's right, that's how it wasentonces lo único que podemos hacer es esperar — efectivamente so all we can do is wait — that's right o correctdijo que estaría a las siete y, efectivamente, allí estaba he said he'd be there at seven and, sure enough, there he was* * *
efectivamente adverbio exactly, quite!
' efectivamente' also found in these entries:
English:
indeed
- sure
* * *efectivamente adv[sí, eso es] precisely, exactly;¿o sea que te casas? – efectivamente in other words you're getting married – precisely;¿es usted el dueño del vehículo? – efectivamente, yo soy are you the owner of the vehicle? – I am, yes;tendrá unos cuarenta años – efectivamente, tiene cuarenta y dos he'll be about forty – correct, he's forty-two;efectivamente, tal y como dijo el hombre del tiempo, llovió todo el día sure enough, just as the weatherman said, it rained all day;negó haber estado allí y, efectivamente, era cierto she denied having been there, and this was in fact true* * *adv indeed* * *efectivamente adv: really, actually* * *efectivamente adv1. (confirmación) indeed2. (respuesta) that's right -
19 suponer
v.1 to suppose.supongo que ya habrán llegado I suppose o expect (that) they'll have arrived by nowsupongo que sí/no I suppose o expect so/notsupongamos que me niego supposing I refusees de suponer que se disculparán I would expect them to apologizesuponiendo que… supposing o assuming that…María supone bien Mary supposes well.Esto supone un riesgo This entails a risk.2 to involve, to entail.Supone muchos peligros It involves much danger.3 to mean.4 to imagine.lo suponía I guessed as muchte suponía mayor I thought you were older5 to be important.* * *1 (gen) to suppose, assume2 (significar) to mean3 (conllevar) to mean, entail, require4 (adivinar) to guess; (imaginar) to imagine, think5 (creer) to think1 familiar supposition\como es de suponer as is to be expectedser de suponer to be likely* * *verb1) to suppose, presume2) assume3) involve* * *( pp supuesto)1. VT1) (=imaginar) to imagineestoy muy satisfecho, como puedes suponer — I'm very pleased, as you can imagine
ya puedes suponer lo que pasó — you can guess o imagine what happened
le pagaron, supongamos, diez millones — he was paid, say, ten million
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es de suponer, es de suponer que haya protestas — I would imagine there will be protests, presumably there will be protestsestán muy apenados, como es de suponer — they are very upset, as you would expect
como era de suponer, llegaron tarde — as was to be expected, they arrived late
2)• suponer que — [intentando adivinar] to imagine that, suppose that, guess that *; [como hipótesis] to suppose that; [dando por sentado] to assume that, presume that
supongo que necesitaréis unas vacaciones — I imagine o suppose you'll need a holiday, I guess you'll need a holiday *
sí, supongo que tienes razón — yes, I suppose you're right, yes, I guess you're right *
eso nos hace suponer que ha habido un cambio de actitud — this would suggest (to us) that there has been a change of attitude
supón que tuvieras mucho dinero, ¿qué harías? — suppose o supposing you had a lot of money, what would you do?
suponiendo que todo salga según lo previsto — assuming o presuming everything goes according to plan
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supongo que no, -¿crees que llegará tarde? -no lo sé, supongo que no — "do you think he'll be late?" - "I don't know, I don't suppose so"-no será fácil -no, supongo que no — "it won't be easy" - "no, I suppose not"
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supongo que sí — I suppose so, I imagine so, I guess so *3) (=atribuir)[con objeto indirecto de persona]os suponía informados de este asunto — I assumed o presumed you had been informed about this matter
le supongo unos 60 años — I would say o guess he's about 60
se le supone una gran antigüedad — it is thought o believed to be very old
el equipo no mostró la calidad que se le suponía — the team did not show the talent expected of them o they had been credited with
4) (=implicar) to meanla mudanza no nos supondrá grandes gastos — the move won't mean o involve a lot of expense for us
el nuevo método supuso una auténtica revolución — the new method brought about a complete revolution
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un suponer, a ver, un suponer, si tú fueras su marido, ¿qué harías? — OK, just supposing you were her husband, what would you do?si te ofrecen el puesto, es un suponer, ¿lo aceptarías? — supposing o suppose they were to offer you the job, would you accept?
supongamos, es solo un suponer, que eso sea verdad — let us suppose, for the sake of argument, that it is true
* * *Isi quebraran, es un suponer,... — suppose o supposing they were to go bankrupt,...
IIsi, es un suponer, perdieses tu trabajo... — just supposing for the sake of argument that you were to lose your job
verbo transitivo1)a) ( tomar como hipótesis) to suppose, assumesupongamos que lo que dice es cierto — let's suppose o assume what he says is true
supongamos que los dos ángulos son iguales — let us suppose o assume that both angles are equal
b) ( imaginar)nada hacía suponer que... — there was nothing to suggest that...
¿va a venir hoy? - supongo que sí — is she coming today? - I should think so o I imagine so
es de suponer que se lo habrán dicho — presumably o I should think o I would imagine he's been told
c) ( atribuir) (+ me/te/le etc)le suponía más edad — I imagined o thought he was older
se le suponía un valor aproximado de... — it was thought to be worth approximately...
2) (significar, implicar) to meaneso supondría tener que empezar desde el principio — that would mean having to start from the beginning again; (+ me/te/le etc)
* * *= assume, entail, guess, involve, mean, presume, surmise, suppose, gather, account for.Ex. The foregoing discussion concerning analytical entries assumes implicitly a conventional catalogue format, that is, card, microform or other printed catalogue.Ex. Secondly, the admission of rules incompatible with the general ideology adopted inevitably entails subsequent remedial revision.Ex. 'Anything wrong?' 'Oh, I'm okay, I guess,' volunteered Datto cautiously.Ex. Generating author indexes or catalogues involves creating headings from author's names, that is the names of persons or organisations.Ex. These changes have meant modifications, some very time-consuming, to serials catalogues in libraries.Ex. We presumed this principle of organization in the case of searching the public library for a document about programmed instruction.Ex. One is to read a portion of the newspaper and to surmise under what headings it has been indexed.Ex. Suppose we are searching for information about the subject 'The use of television in remedial teaching in primary schools'.Ex. The script was improvised on an outline which, I gathered, was the result of three sessions' hard talking to decide whose ideas out of the many suggested should be used.Ex. The major four categories of physical forms outlined so far account for most of the published indexes and catalogues.----* como cabría suponer = as might be expected.* es de suponer que = presumably.* gastos que no suponen un gran desembolso de dinero = out-of-pocket costs.* no suponer gran cosa = not add up to much.* no suponer nada = add up to + nothing.* que supone = associated with.* según cabe suponer = presumably, supposedly.* según sabe suponer = allegedly.* suponer la diferencia entre el éxito o el fracaso = make or break.* suponer peligro = hold + danger.* suponerse que + Subjuntivo = be alleged + Infinitivo.* suponer una avance sobre = move + one away from.* suponer una diferencia sobre = move + one away from.* suponer un avance = be a step forward.* suponer un cambio = bring about + change.* supongo que = I daresay that.* * *Isi quebraran, es un suponer,... — suppose o supposing they were to go bankrupt,...
IIsi, es un suponer, perdieses tu trabajo... — just supposing for the sake of argument that you were to lose your job
verbo transitivo1)a) ( tomar como hipótesis) to suppose, assumesupongamos que lo que dice es cierto — let's suppose o assume what he says is true
supongamos que los dos ángulos son iguales — let us suppose o assume that both angles are equal
b) ( imaginar)nada hacía suponer que... — there was nothing to suggest that...
¿va a venir hoy? - supongo que sí — is she coming today? - I should think so o I imagine so
es de suponer que se lo habrán dicho — presumably o I should think o I would imagine he's been told
c) ( atribuir) (+ me/te/le etc)le suponía más edad — I imagined o thought he was older
se le suponía un valor aproximado de... — it was thought to be worth approximately...
2) (significar, implicar) to meaneso supondría tener que empezar desde el principio — that would mean having to start from the beginning again; (+ me/te/le etc)
* * *= assume, entail, guess, involve, mean, presume, surmise, suppose, gather, account for.Ex: The foregoing discussion concerning analytical entries assumes implicitly a conventional catalogue format, that is, card, microform or other printed catalogue.
Ex: Secondly, the admission of rules incompatible with the general ideology adopted inevitably entails subsequent remedial revision.Ex: 'Anything wrong?' 'Oh, I'm okay, I guess,' volunteered Datto cautiously.Ex: Generating author indexes or catalogues involves creating headings from author's names, that is the names of persons or organisations.Ex: These changes have meant modifications, some very time-consuming, to serials catalogues in libraries.Ex: We presumed this principle of organization in the case of searching the public library for a document about programmed instruction.Ex: One is to read a portion of the newspaper and to surmise under what headings it has been indexed.Ex: Suppose we are searching for information about the subject 'The use of television in remedial teaching in primary schools'.Ex: The script was improvised on an outline which, I gathered, was the result of three sessions' hard talking to decide whose ideas out of the many suggested should be used.Ex: The major four categories of physical forms outlined so far account for most of the published indexes and catalogues.* como cabría suponer = as might be expected.* es de suponer que = presumably.* gastos que no suponen un gran desembolso de dinero = out-of-pocket costs.* no suponer gran cosa = not add up to much.* no suponer nada = add up to + nothing.* que supone = associated with.* según cabe suponer = presumably, supposedly.* según sabe suponer = allegedly.* suponer la diferencia entre el éxito o el fracaso = make or break.* suponer peligro = hold + danger.* suponerse que + Subjuntivo = be alleged + Infinitivo.* suponer una avance sobre = move + one away from.* suponer una diferencia sobre = move + one away from.* suponer un avance = be a step forward.* suponer un cambio = bring about + change.* supongo que = I daresay that.* * *imagínate que te toca la lotería, es un suponer, ¿qué harías? imagine you won the lottery, just supposing, what would you do?si la empresa quebrara, es un suponer, … just suppose o just supposing the company were to go bankrupt, …, if the company were to go bankrupt, just for the sake of argument, …vtA1 (tomar como hipótesis) to supposesupongamos que lo que dice es cierto let's suppose o assume what he says is truesuponiendo que todo salga como está previsto assuming everything goes according to plansupongamos que los dos ángulos son iguales let us suppose o assume that both angles are equalni aun suponiendo que fuera verdad, no tiene derecho a hablar así even supposing it were true, he has no right to talk like that2supongo que tienes razón I suppose you're rightnada hacía suponer que ocurriría una cosa así there was nothing to suggest o there was no reason to suppose that something like that would happen¿va a venir hoy? — supongo que sí is she coming today? — I should think so o I imagine soes de suponer que se lo habrán dicho presumably o I should think o I would assume o I would imagine he's been toldera de suponer que se lo iban a dar it was to be expected that they would give it to himse supone que tendría que empezar a las nueve it's supposed to start at nine¿dónde se supone que vamos? where are we supposed o meant to be going?3 (atribuir) (+ me/te/le etc):le suponía más edad I imagined o thought he was olderse le suponen propiedades medicinales it is believed o held to have medicinal qualitiesal cuadro se le suponía un valor aproximado de … the painting was thought to be worth approximately …B (significar, implicar) to meanel proyecto supondrá una inversión de cinco millones de dólares the project will mean an investment of five million dollarsla preparación del congreso supuso cinco meses de trabajo the preparation for the convention involved o took five months' workeso supondría tener que empezar desde el principio that would mean having to start from the beginning again(+ me/te/le etc): ese negocio no le supuso ningún beneficio that deal didn't make him any profitno me supone problema ninguno/ninguna molestia it's no trouble at allel traslado nos va a suponer muchos inconvenientes the move will cause us a great deal of inconvenience, the move will mean o will involve a great deal of inconvenience* * *
suponer ( conjugate suponer) verbo transitivo
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◊ supongamos que lo que dice es cierto let's suppose o assume what he says is true;
suponiendo que todo salga bien assuming everything goes OKb) ( imaginar):
¿va a venir hoy? — supongo que sí is she coming today? — I should think so o I suppose so;
es de suponer que se lo habrán dicho presumably o I should think he's been told;
se supone que empieza a las nueve it's supposed to start at nine
2 (significar, implicar) to mean;
suponer verbo transitivo
1 (creer, imaginar) to suppose: supongamos que..., let's assume o suppose that...
supongo que me llamarán, I presume they're going to phone me
supongo que sí, I suppose so
se supone que acaba a las seis, it's supposed to finish at six
se supone que él es el entendido, he's supposed to be the expert
te suponía en París, I thought you were in Paris
2 (conllevar, significar) to mean, involve: no supone ningún riesgo, it doesn't involve any risk
(la amistad, el aprecio) to mean ➣ Ver nota en mean
♦ Locuciones: ser de suponer: es de suponer que se lo han contado, presumably o I would imagine she's been told
ser un suponer, to be conjecture
' suponer' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
condicionamiento
- creer
- esperar
- hacer
- imaginar
- imaginarse
- jugar
- significar
- asumir
- supuse
English:
assume
- entail
- expect
- guess
- imagine
- imply
- involve
- mean
- pose
- presumably
- presume
- suppose
- surmise
- take
- say
* * *♦ nmimagino que nos invitarán – eso es un suponer I imagine they'll invite us – that's pure conjecture o you can't say for sure;imagina, y es un suponer, que te quedas sin dinero imagine, for the sake of argument, that you didn't have any money♦ vt1. [creer, presuponer] to suppose;supongo que ya habrán llegado I suppose o expect (that) they'll have arrived by now;supongo que tienes razón I suppose o guess you're right;supongo que sí/no I suppose o expect so/not;supongamos que me niego supposing I refuse;es de suponer que se disculparán I would expect them to apologize;es de suponer una nueva bajada de los tipos de interés a further drop in interest rates seems likely, we can expect a further drop in interest rates;al final lo perdí todo – era de suponer in the end I lost everything – it was only to be expected o that's hardly surprising;nada hacía suponer que… there was nothing to suggest that…;todo hacía suponer que se llegaría a un acuerdo everything pointed to an agreement;suponiendo que… supposing o assuming that…;suponiendo que no te moleste as long as o assuming it doesn't bother you2. [implicar] to involve, to entail;una dieta así supone mucho sacrificio a diet like that involves a lot of sacrifices;no me supuso ningún esfuerzo it was no trouble (for me)3. [significar] to mean;supone mucho para mí it means a lot to me;este descubrimiento supone un importante avance para la ciencia this discovery constitutes a major advance for science4. [conjeturar] to imagine;lo suponía I guessed as much;te suponía mayor I thought you were older* * *<part supuesto> v/t suppose, assume;supongamos que … let’s suppose o assume that …;supongo que sí I suppose so* * *suponer {60} vt1) presumir: to suppose, to assumesupongo que sí: I guess so, I suppose sose supone que van a llegar mañana: they're supposed to arrive tomorrow2) : to imply, to suggest3) : to involve, to entailel éxito supone mucho trabajo: success involves a lot of work* * *suponer vb1. (creer) to suppose / to expect3. (implicar, conllevar) to involve / to besupongamos que... supposing... -
20 uno
pron.1 one, one item.2 one, oneself, one man.m.one, number one.pres.indicat.1st person singular (yo) present indicative of spanish verb: unir.* * *► adjetivo1 (numeral) one1 one2 (impersonal) one, you1 (número) one1 (hora) one o'clock► adjetivo pl unos,-as1 (indefinido) some; (aproximado) about, around\a (la) una togetherde uno,-a en uno,-a one by onehacerle una a alguien to play a dirty trick on somebodyme dieron una buena I got a really good thrashinguno,-a a uno,-a one by oneuna de dos it's either one thing or the otheruno,-a y no más (Santo Tomás) once bitten, twice shy————————1 (número) one* * *1. noun m.one, number one2. (f. - una)adj.3. = una, pron.- unos II- unas II* * *SF ABR Nic= Unión Nacional Opositora* * *Iuna adjetivo1)a) ( refiriéndose al número) oneno había ni un asiento libre — there wasn't one empty seat o a single empty seat
b) uno (pospuesto al n) oneel capítulo/número uno — chapter/number one
2) ( único)IIser uno y lo mismo or ser todo uno: vernos y empezar a pelear es uno y lo mismo — as soon as we see each other we start arguing
una pronombre1) ( numeral) oneentraban de a uno/una — they were going in one at a time o one by one
uno a or por uno — one by one
más de uno/una — (fam)
eso le molestó a más de uno — that annoyed quite a few people o a number of people
(ni) una — (fam) not a thing (colloq)
no dar una — (fam)
no doy ni una — I can't get a thing right (colloq)
una de dos — one thing or the other; ver tb una
2) ( personal) (sing) one; (pl) some¿te gustaron? - unos sí, otros no — did you like them? - some I did, others I didn't
ser uno/una de tantos/tantas — to be nothing special
3) (fam) ( alguien) (m) some guy (colloq); (f) some woman (colloq)4) ( uso impersonal)a) ( como sujeto) youuno no sabe qué decir — you don't o (frml) one doesn't know what to say
b) ( como complemento) youIIIdel uno — (Chi fam)
pasarlo del uno — to have a great time (colloq)
estar del uno — ( hablando - de persona) to be hot stuff; (- de comida) to be delicious
hacer del uno — (Méx, Per fam) to have a pee (colloq)
* * *Iuna adjetivo1)a) ( refiriéndose al número) oneno había ni un asiento libre — there wasn't one empty seat o a single empty seat
b) uno (pospuesto al n) oneel capítulo/número uno — chapter/number one
2) ( único)IIser uno y lo mismo or ser todo uno: vernos y empezar a pelear es uno y lo mismo — as soon as we see each other we start arguing
una pronombre1) ( numeral) oneentraban de a uno/una — they were going in one at a time o one by one
uno a or por uno — one by one
más de uno/una — (fam)
eso le molestó a más de uno — that annoyed quite a few people o a number of people
(ni) una — (fam) not a thing (colloq)
no dar una — (fam)
no doy ni una — I can't get a thing right (colloq)
una de dos — one thing or the other; ver tb una
2) ( personal) (sing) one; (pl) some¿te gustaron? - unos sí, otros no — did you like them? - some I did, others I didn't
ser uno/una de tantos/tantas — to be nothing special
3) (fam) ( alguien) (m) some guy (colloq); (f) some woman (colloq)4) ( uso impersonal)a) ( como sujeto) youuno no sabe qué decir — you don't o (frml) one doesn't know what to say
b) ( como complemento) youIIIdel uno — (Chi fam)
pasarlo del uno — to have a great time (colloq)
estar del uno — ( hablando - de persona) to be hot stuff; (- de comida) to be delicious
hacer del uno — (Méx, Per fam) to have a pee (colloq)
* * *uno1 (1)= one (1).Ex: Legal advice centres are usually run and staffed part-time by groups of solicitors working to a rota system and open one or two evenings a week.
* a excepción de uno = with one exception.* dos no se pelean si uno no quiere = it takes two to tangle, it takes two to tango, it takes two to make a quarrel.* enemigo público número uno = public enemy number one.* en uno o dos segundos = in an instant or two.* número uno = number one.* que sólo se hace una vez = once-off.* que tiene lugar una vez a la semana = once-weekly.* todo en uno = all in one.* una cuarta parte = one-quarter (1/4), one in four.* una cuarta parte (1/4) = one fourth (1/4).* una cuarta parte de = a fourth of.* una décima parte = one tenth [one-tenth], one in ten.* una imagen vale más que mil palabras = a picture is worth more than ten thousand words.* una imagen vale mil palabras = every picture tells a story.* una manzana podrida echar a perder el resto de la cesta = one rotten apple spoils the whole barrel.* un año antes de = a year ahead of.* un año antes de lo previsto = a year ahead of schedule.* una octava parte = one in eight.* una pieza más en el engranaje = a cog in the wheel, a cog in the machine.* una pieza más en la organización = a cog in the wheel, a cog in the machine.* una quinta parte = one-fifth [one fifth], one in five.* una quinta parte de = a fifth of.* una tajada = a slice of the cake.* una tercera parte = one third (1/3), one in three.* una vez = once, one time.* una vez al año = annually, once a year.* una vez a la semana = once a week.* una vez al mes = once a month.* una vez cada dos semanas = once a fortnight.* una vez en la vida = once in a lifetime.* una vez en + Posesivo + vida = once in + Posesivo + lifetime.* una vez más = again, yet again.* una vez que = when.* una y otra vez = over and over, repeatedly, repetitively, time after time, time and time again, again and again, time and again, over and over again.* un cuarto (1/4) = one fourth (1/4).* uno a cero = one down.* uno a uno = in turn, one at a time, one by one, on a one-to-one basis, one for one.* un octavo = one in eight.* uno de cada cinco = one in five.* uno de cada cuatro = one in four.* uno de cada diez = one in ten.* uno de cada ocho = one in eight.* uno de cada tres = one in three.* uno de los dos investigadores principales = co-principal investigator.* uno de los padres = parent.* uno de más = one too many.* uno de sobra = one too many.* uno de tantos en la organización = a cog in the wheel.* uno entre mil = one of a thousand.* uno más de tantos en la organización = a cog in the machine.* uno por uno = in turn, one by one.* uno tras otro = in turn, one after the other, sequentially, one after another.* un quinto (1/5) = one-fifth [one fifth].* un tercio = one in three.* un tercio (1/3) = one third (1/3), a third (1/3).uno3= one.Nota: Cualquier persona.Ex: None of these labels is entirely accurate, in that some packages which one would want to include in this category do not match one or other of these labels.
* aprender el uno del otro = learn from + one another.* escogido por uno mismo = self-chosen.* hecho el uno para el otro = made for each other.* hecho por uno mismo = self-made.* imagen de uno mismo = self-presentation.* impuesto por uno mismo = self-imposed.* la personificación de la confianza en uno mismo = confidence personified.* por parte de uno = on + Posesivo + part.* por uno mismo = on + Posesivo + own.* presentación de uno mismo = self-presentation.* todos y cada uno = in full force.* uno mismo = oneself.* valérselas por uno mismo = negotiate + Posesivo + way.* * *A1 (refiriéndose al número) oneniños de entre uno y cinco años de edad children between the ages of one and fiveno había ni un asiento libre there wasn't one empty seat o a single empty seatme costó un dólar y pico/una libra y pico it cost me a dollar something/one pound somethingtreinta y un pasajeros thirty-one passengerscuarenta y una mujeres forty-one womencuesta ciento un pesos/ciento una libras it costs a hundred and one pesos/poundscincuenta y un mil euros fifty-one thousand euros2 uno (pospuesto al n) oneel capítulo/la sala uno chapter/room oneB1(único): la solución es una there's only one solution2(único e indivisible): Dios es uno God is oneser uno y lo mismo: llegar mi hermano y empezar a pelearnos es uno y lo mismo as soon as o the minute my brother arrives we start arguingA (numeral) one12 votos a favor y uno en contra 12 votes in favor and one against¿quieres media o una entera? do you want a half or a whole one?iban entrando de a uno/una they were going in one at a time o one by oneun pasillo de tres por uno a corridor three meters (long) by one (wide)los revisé uno por uno I went through them one by onees la una it's one o'clockhoy es uno de abril ( esp Esp); today is the first of Aprilmás de uno/una ( fam): más de una va a lamentar su partida there'll be quite a few sorry to see him go ( colloq)eso le debe haber molestado a más de uno that must have annoyed quite a few people o a number of peoplea ése no se le va (ni) una he doesn't miss a thingno le aguanta (ni) una al marido she won't put up with any nonsense from her husbandno dar or ( Chi) ver (ni) una ( fam): los meteorólogos no dan or ven ni una the weathermen just never get it right ( colloq)no doy or veo una I can't get a thing right ( colloq), I can't seem to get anything rightuna de dos one thing or the otheruna y no más, Santo Tomás ( Esp fam): lo pasamos horrible, una y no más, Santo Tomás we had a terrible time, never again!¿puedo comer una? — bueno, pero una y no más, Santo Tomás can I have one? — OK, but just one and that's your lot o and no more ( colloq)uno es profesor y el otro estudiante one's a teacher o one of them is a teacher and the other's a studenttiene cuatro dormitorios pero uno (de ellos) es diminuto it has four bedrooms but one of them is tiny¿te gustaron sus cuadros? — unos sí, otros no did you like his paintings? — some I did o I liked some, others I didn'tse envidian el uno al otro they're jealous of each otherse ayudan los unos a los otros they help one anotherser uno/una de tantos/tantas to be nothing special, be pretty ordinary, be run-of-the-millC ( fam) (alguien) ( masculine) some man ( colloq), this man ( colloq); ( feminine) some woman ( colloq), this woman ( colloq)les preguntamos a unos que estaban allí we asked some o ( colloq) these people who were thereD(uso impersonal): restaurantes donde se sirve uno mismo restaurants where you serve yourself o ( frml) one serves oneself¡qué horror cuando le dicen a uno que está gordo! or a una que está gorda! isn't it awful when people tell you you're fat!uno3lo pasamos del uno we had a great time ( colloq)* * *
Del verbo unir: ( conjugate unir)
uno es:
1ª persona singular (yo) presente indicativo
Multiple Entries:
unir
uno
unir ( conjugate unir) verbo transitivo
1
(con cola, pegamento) to stick … together;
‹ esfuerzos› to combine
uno algo a algo to combine sth with sth
2 ( comunicar) ‹ lugares› to link
3 ( fusionar) ‹empresas/organizaciones› to merge
unirse verbo pronominal
1 ( aliarse) [personas/colectividades] to join together;
2 ( juntarse) [ caminos] to converge, meet
3 ( fusionarse) [empresas/organizaciones] to merge
uno 1,
no había ni un asiento libre there wasn't one empty seat o a single empty seat;
treinta y un pasajeros thirty-one passengers;
el capítulo uno chapter one
■ pronombre
1 ( numeral) one;
uno a or por uno one by one;
más de uno/una (fam) quite a few
2 ( personal) ( sing) one;
(pl) some;◊ uno es mío, el otro no one's mine, the other isn't;
¿te gustaron? — unos sí, otros no did you like them? — some I did, others I didn't;
se ayudan los unos a los otros they help one another
3 (fam) ( alguien) (m) some guy (colloq);
(f) some woman (colloq);
4 ( uso impersonal) you;◊ uno no sabe qué decir you don't o (frml) one doesn't know what to say;
nunca le dicen nada a uno they don't tell you anything
uno 2 sustantivo masculino
(number) one;
para ejemplos ver◊ cinco
unir verbo transitivo
1 (cables, conexiones) to join, unite
2 (esfuerzos, intereses) to join
(asociar, fusionar) unieron sus empresas, they merged their companies
3 (comunicar) to link: ese camino une las dos aldeas, that path links the two villages
uno,-a
I adjetivo
1 (cardinal) one
una manzana y dos limones, one apple and two lemons
necesito unas zapatillas, I need a pair of slippers
unos árboles, some trees
2 (ordinal) first
el uno de cada mes, the first of every month
II pron one: falta uno más, we need one more
hubo uno que dijo que no, there was one person who said no
vi unas de color verde, I saw some green ones
uno de ellos, one of them
unos cuantos, a few: unos cuantos nos arriesgamos, some of us took the chance
el uno al otro, each other
III sustantivo femenino
1 (hora) comimos a la una, we had lunch at one o'clock
2 (impers) you, one: uno tiene que..., you have to...
IV m Mat one
' uno' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
andana
- anillo
- atenerse
- balancearse
- batalla
- cada
- cara
- cavar
- china
- concretamente
- consigo
- contaminante
- curso
- decirse
- encerrarse
- encima
- encogerse
- enfadarse
- enjabonar
- faltar
- generador
- lengua
- mal
- menos
- mí
- misma
- mismo
- mundialmente
- nuestra
- nuestro
- pantalón
- pelarse
- pensamiento
- pequeña
- pequeño
- presentarse
- rasgo
- resbalar
- reunir
- salir
- satisfecha
- satisfecho
- seguida
- seguido
- sí
- tema
- tocarse
- toda
- todo
- trece
English:
after
- airport
- also
- another
- apart
- apiece
- awe-inspiring
- blind
- bookworm
- celebrated
- charity
- colour
- come
- count out
- cow
- defeat
- deserts
- die off
- diffidence
- distrust
- do-it-yourself
- double back
- drool
- drop
- each
- either
- every
- fall away
- fascinating
- field
- first
- give
- have
- have up
- heel
- hoot
- house
- individual
- keep
- lad
- lose
- match
- mind
- name
- neither
- nil
- number one
- object
- odds
- of
* * *uno, -a Un is used instead of uno before singular masculine nouns (e.g. un perro a dog; un coche a car).♦ adj1. [indefinido] one;un día volveré one o some day I'll return;unos cuantos a few2. [numeral] one;un hombre, un voto one man, one vote;una hora y media an hour and a half, one and a half hours;treinta y un días thirty-one days;cincuenta y una páginas fifty-one pages3. [después de sustantivo] [con valor ordinal] one;la fila/página uno row/page one;ver también tres♦ pron1. [indefinido, numeral] one;toma uno take one;uno de ellos one of them;de uno en uno, uno a uno, uno por uno one by one;uno contra uno [en baloncesto] one on one;uno más uno [en baloncesto] one and one;juntar varias cosas en una to combine several things into one;más de uno piensa que es una mala decisión more than a few people o no small number of people think it's a bad decision;uno de tantos one of many;unos estaban a favor, otros en contra some were in favour, others (were) against;uno a otro, el uno al otro each other, one another;se miraron el uno al otro they looked at each other o one another;(los) unos a (los) otros each other, one another;se odian los unos a los otros they hate each other o one another;uno y otro [ambos] both (of them);unos y otros [todos] all of them;¡a la una, a las dos y a las tres! [en carrera] ready, steady, go!;[al saltar, lanzarse] one, two, three!;lo uno por lo otro it all evens out in the end;una de dos it's either one thing or the other;una y no más once was enough, once bitten, twice shyhablé con uno que te conoce I spoke to someone o somebody who knows you;conocí a una de Tijuana I met a woman from Tijuana;me lo han contado unos certain people told me so3. [yo] one;uno ya no está para estos trotes one isn't really up to this sort of thing any more4. [con valor impersonal] you;se trabaja mucho, pero uno se termina acostumbrando it's hard work but you get used to it eventually;hay que tener confianza en uno mismo you have to believe in yourself♦ nm(number) one;el uno number one;el número termina en uno the number ends in a one;ver también tres* * *I pron1 one;es la una it’s one o’clock;uno a uno, uno por uno, de uno en uno one by one;una de dos one thing or the otherme lo dijo uno someone o somebody told me:unos cuantos a few, some;unos y otros everyone;unos niños some children;unos a otros one another, each other4 impersonal you, one fml ;do?:unas mil pesetas about a thousand pesetas;unos 20 kilómetros about 20 kilometers, some 20 kilometers6:a una at the same time;una y no más never again;no dar ni una fam not get anything right7 en baloncesto:uno contra uno one on one;uno más uno one-and-oneII art:unos niños some childrenIII m one;el uno de enero January first, the first of January* * *una silla: one chairtiene treinta y un años: he's thirty-one years oldel tomo uno: volume oneuno nm: one, number one1) : one (number)uno por uno: one by onees la una: it's one o'clock2) : one (person or thing)una es mejor que las otras: one (of them) is better than the othershacerlo uno mismo: to do it oneself3) unos, unas pl: some (ones), some people4)uno y otro : both5)unos y otros : all of them6)el uno al otro : one another, each otherse enseñaron los unos a los otros: they taught each other* * *uno1 adj oneuno2 num1. (en general) one2. (en fechas) firstuno3 pron1. (en general) one2. (alguien) somebody3. (la gente) you / one
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