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to have one's head

1 head

قَصَدَ \ head: to go in a certain direction: The ship was heading for Liverpool. intend: to plan; have as one’s purpose: What do you intend to do with the money? I intend to buy a new car. make for: to aim for; go towards: The ship was making for port. mean, (meant): to intend: I didn’t mean to hurt you. This money is meant for you. \ See Also توجه (تَوَجَّهَ)، نوى (نَوَى)‏

Arabic-English glossary > head
2 у кого своя голова на плечах (to have)

Set phrase: one's own head on the shoulders

Универсальный русско-английский словарь > у кого своя голова на плечах (to have)
3 tener la cabeza bien puesta

• have one's hands tied

• have one's head in its place

• have one's head in the clouds

• have one's heart in one's mouth

Diccionario Técnico Español-Inglés > tener la cabeza bien puesta
4 estar con el alma de un hilo

• have one's head in the clouds

• have one's heart in one's work

Diccionario Técnico Español-Inglés > estar con el alma de un hilo
5 tener el alma en un hilo

• have one's head in the clouds

• have one's heart in one's work

Diccionario Técnico Español-Inglés > tener el alma en un hilo
6 poner toda su alma en el trabajo

• have one's head screwed on the right way

• have one's heart in the right place

Diccionario Técnico Español-Inglés > poner toda su alma en el trabajo
7 vivir en la luna

• have one's hands tied up in

• have one's head screwed on the right way

Diccionario Técnico Español-Inglés > vivir en la luna
8 aklı bir karış havada olmak

have one's head in the clouds

Turkish-English dictionary > aklı bir karış havada olmak
9 dalgın olmak

have one's head in the clouds

Turkish-English dictionary > dalgın olmak
10 hayâl aleminde olmak

have one's head in the clouds

Turkish-English dictionary > hayâl aleminde olmak
11 постричься наголо

have one's head shaved

Американизмы. Русско-английский словарь. > постричься наголо
12 cabeza

f.

1 head.

me duele la cabeza I've got a headache

lavarse la cabeza to wash one's hair

por cabeza per head

tirarse de cabeza (al agua) to dive (into the water)

cabeza de ajo head of garlic

cabeza (lectora) (gen)&(computing) head

cabeza nuclear nuclear warhead

2 unit.

3 lead, leading position.

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cabeza

► nombre femenino

1 (gen) head

■ diez mil por cabeza ten thousand a head

■ dos mil cabezas de ganado two thousand head of cattle

2 figurado (juicio) good judgement; (talento) talent, intelligence

■ tiene una buena cabeza she's intelligent

3 (de región) main town

► nombre masculino

1 (jefe) head, leader

■ el cabeza de familia the head of the family

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FRASEOLOGÍA

a la cabeza de at the front of, at the top of

■ a la cabeza de la lista at the top of the list

andar de cabeza / ir de cabeza to be rushed off one's feet

■ andamos de cabeza estos días we've been rushed off our feet for the past few days

andar de cabeza por alguien to be crazy about somebody

cabeza abajo upside down

cabeza arriba the right way up, upright

calentarse la cabeza por algo to get worked up about something

de cabeza (mentalmente) in one's head 2 (de memoria) from memory

darse de cabeza contra algo to bang one's head against something

de pies a cabeza from head to toe, from top to toe

estar mal de la cabeza figurado not to be right in the head

írsele a uno la cabeza figurado to feel dizzy

meterse algo en la cabeza familiar to get something into one's head

no levantar cabeza familiar (en deporte) not to find form 2 (en negocios) not to get off the ground

no tener ni pies ni cabeza figurado to be absurd, make no sense

pasarle a alguien por la cabeza figurado to occur to somebody

perder la cabeza figurado to lose one's head

quitarle a alguien algo de la cabeza figurado to talk somebody out of something

quitarse algo de la cabeza to get something out of one's head, forget something

ser un cabeza dura to be stubborn

subirse algo a la cabeza figurado to go to one's head

tengo la cabeza como un bombo familiar my head is splitting

tirarse de cabeza to dive head first (a/en, into)

traer a alguien de cabeza / llevar a alguien de cabeza to drive somebody crazy, drive somebody mad

volver la cabeza to look round

cabeza cuadrada familiar bigot

cabeza de ajo bulb of garlic

cabeza de chorlito familiar scatterbrain

cabeza de espárrago asparagus tip

cabeza de lista main candidate

cabeza de partido administrative capital

cabeza de puente bridgehead

cabeza de turco scapegoat

cabeza hueca scatterbrain

cabeza loca familiar scatterbrain

cabeza rapada skinhead

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noun f.

head

- cabeza de familia
- cabeza de serie
- cabeza de turco
- cabeza dura
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1. SF

1) [de persona] head

se rascó la cabeza — he scratched his head

me duele la cabeza — I've got a headache, my head aches

los aviones pasan por encima de nuestras cabezas — the planes are flying overhead

• afirmar con la cabeza — to nod (one's head)

• agarrarse la cabeza — to hold one's head in one's hands

• asentir con la cabeza — to nod (one's head)

• caer de cabeza — to fall headfirst o headlong

se tiró al agua de cabeza — he dived headfirst into the water

marcar de cabeza — (Dep) to score with a header

• lavarse la cabeza — to wash one's hair

• levantar la cabeza — (=mirar) to look up

• negar con la cabeza — to shake one's head

• por cabeza, cinco dólares por cabeza — five dollars a head, five dollars per person

• se me va la cabeza — I feel giddy

• volver la cabeza — to look round, turn one's head

al oírlos volví la cabeza — when I heard them I looked round o turned my head

• me da vueltas la cabeza — my head's spinning

2)

- andar o ir de cabeza

- andar en cabeza

cortar cabezas —

será necesario cortar cabezas — heads will have to roll

- esconder la cabeza

írsele a algn de la cabeza —

se me fue de la cabeza — it went right out of my mind

- jugarse la cabeza

- lanzarse de cabeza a

- levantar cabeza

el Sporting sigue sin levantar cabeza — Sporting still haven't managed to end their poor run of form, Sporting haven't managed to turn the corner

el país no termina de levantar cabeza — the country still hasn't managed to turn the corner

hay sectores como la construcción que empiezan a levantar cabeza — some sectors, such as construction, are starting to pick up

estar mal de la cabeza *, no estar bien de la cabeza * —

hace falta estar mal de la cabeza para hacer eso — you'd have to be out of your mind to do that

no quiero acabar mal de la cabeza — I don't want to go off my head

- mantener la cabeza fuera del agua

- meter la cabeza en la arena

meter algo en la cabeza a algn —

por fin le metimos en la cabeza que... — we finally got it into his head that...

metérsele a algn en la cabeza —

se le ha metido en la cabeza hacerlo solo — he's taken o got it into his head to do it alone

esa melodía la tengo metida en la cabeza — I can't get that tune out of my head

pasársele a algn por la cabeza —

jamás se me pasó por la cabeza — it never entered my head

- perder la cabeza por

- es cabeza de pescado

- hablar cabezas de pescado

- tener cabeza de pollo

quitar algo de la cabeza a algn — to get sth out of sb's head

- romper la cabeza a algn

- romperse la cabeza

- sacarse una idea de la cabeza

- sentar cabeza

subirse a la cabeza —

el vino se me subió a la cabeza — the wine went to my head

- tener cabeza

- tengo la cabeza como un bombo

- tener la cabeza dura

- tener la cabeza sobre los hombros

- tener mala cabeza

- estar tocado de la cabeza

- traer de cabeza a algn

- vestirse por la cabeza

3) (=frente)

• a la cabeza de, a la cabeza de la manifestación — at the head o front of the demonstration

con Pérez a la cabeza del gobierno — with Pérez at the head of the government

• ir en cabeza — to be in the lead

ir en cabeza de la lista — to be at the top of the list, head the list

4) (=distancia) head

ganar por una cabeza (escasa) — to win by a (short) head

le saca una cabeza a su hermano — he is a head taller than his brother

5) [de montaña] top, summit

6) (=objeto)

cabeza atómica — atomic warhead

cabeza buscadora — homing head, homing device

cabeza de ajo — bulb of garlic

cabeza de biela — (Mec) big end

cabeza de dragón — (Bot) snapdragon

cabeza de escritura — (Tip) golf ball

cabeza de guerra — warhead

cabeza de impresión — (Inform) head, printhead

cabeza de partido — administrative centre

cabeza de plátanos — LAm bunch of bananas

cabeza de playa — beachhead

cabeza de puente — bridgehead

cabeza explosiva — warhead

cabeza grabadora — recording head

cabeza impresora — (Inform) head, printhead

cabeza nuclear — nuclear warhead

cabeza sonora — recording head

2. SMF

1) (=líder) head, leader

es cabeza de las fuerzas armadas — he's head o the leader of the armed forces

es cabeza del grupo rebelde — he's the leader of the rebel group

2)

cabeza caliente — extremist

cabeza cuadrada — * bigot

cabeza de chorlito — * scatterbrain

cabeza de familia — head of the household

cabeza de serie — (Dep) seed

cabeza de serrín — * airhead *

cabeza de turco — scapegoat

cabeza dura — stubborn person

es un cabeza dura — he's as stubborn as a mule

cabeza hueca — idiot

cabeza pelada — ( Hist) Roundhead

cabeza rapada — skinhead

cabeza sin seso — idiot

cabeza visible — head, leader

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femenino

1)

a) (Anat) head

me duele la cabeza — I've got a headache

marcó de cabeza — he scored with a header

un día vas a perder la cabeza — (fam & hum) you'd lose your head if it wasn't screwed on (colloq & hum)

de la cabeza a los pies — from head to toe o foot

pararse en la or de cabeza — (AmL) to do a headstand

b) ( medida) head

ganó por una cabeza — he won by a head

le lleva or saca una cabeza a su hermana — he's a head taller than his sister

c) ( pelo) hair

me lavé la cabeza — I washed my hair

d) ( inteligencia)

tiene cabeza — he's bright, he has a good head on his shoulders

usa la cabeza — use your head

qué poca cabeza! — have you/has he no sense?

e) ( mente)

que cabeza la mía! se me había olvidado — what a memory! I had forgotten

tenía la cabeza en otra cosa — my mind was on other things

tú estás mal de la cabeza — you're out of your mind

se me ha ido de la cabeza — it's gone right out of my head

se le ha metido en la cabeza que... — she's got it into her head that...

lo primero que me vino a la cabeza — the first thing that came into my head

no se me pasó por la cabeza — it didn't cross my mind

andar or ir de cabeza — (fam)

ando de cabeza con tanto trabajo — I'm up to my eyeballs o eyes in work

anda de cabeza por ella — he's crazy about her

calentarle a algn la cabeza con algo — (fam) to fill sb's head with sth

calentarse la cabeza — (fam) to get worked up (colloq)

cortar cabezas: en cuanto asumió el cargo entró a cortar cabezas as soon as she took up her post, heads started to roll; darse (con) la cabeza contra la pared ver cabezazo; ir con la cabeza ( bien) alta to hold one's head high; írsele a algn la cabeza: se me va la cabeza I feel dizzy; jugarse la cabeza (RPl fam): va a llegar tarde, me juego la cabeza you can bet your bottom dollar she'll be late (colloq); levantar cabeza (fam) ( superar problemas) to get back on one's feet; levantar la cabeza: ha estado estudiando sin levantar la cabeza she's had her head buried in her work; si tu padre levantara la cabeza! if your father was alive today...!; meterse de cabeza en algo (fam) to throw oneself into sth; no caberle a algn en la cabeza (fam): no me cabe en la cabeza que te guste I just can't understand how you can like it; en qué cabeza cabe! how could anyone be so stupid!; perder la cabeza: no perdamos la cabeza let's not panic o lose our heads; perdió la cabeza por esa mujer he lost his head over that woman; quebrarse la cabeza (Andes fam) to rack one's brains; quitarle a algn algo de la cabeza to get sth out of sb's head; quitarse algo de la cabeza < idea> to get sth out of one's head; romperse la cabeza (fam) ( preocuparse) to rack one's brains; ( lastimarse) to break one's neck (colloq); sentar (la) cabeza (fam) to settle down; subírsele a algn a la cabeza vino/éxito to go to one's head; tener la cabeza sobre los hombros (fam) to have one's head screwed on tight (AmE colloq) o (BrE colloq) screwed on; tener la cabeza llena de pájaros (fam) to have one's head in the clouds; tengo/tiene la cabeza como un bombo (fam) (me/le duele) my/his/her head feels ready to burst (colloq); (estoy/está confundido) my/his/her head's spinning; traer or llevar a algn de cabeza (fam) to drive sb crazy (colloq); nadie escarmienta en cabeza ajena — people only learn from their own mistakes

- cabeza de chorlito

- cabeza de jabalí

- cabeza de turco

- cabeza dura

- cabeza hueca

- cabeza rapada

2)

a) ( individuo)

por cabeza — each, a head

b) ( de ganado) head

50 cabezas de ganado — 50 head of cattle

3) (primer lugar, delantera)

a la or en cabeza: estamos a la cabeza del sector we are the leading company in this sector; se colocaron a la cabeza de los otros partidos they took the lead over the other parties; iban a la cabeza de la manifestación they were at the front o head of the demonstration; el equipo va en cabeza de la clasificación — the team is at the top of the division

- cabeza de familia

- cabeza de la Iglesia

- cabeza de lista

- cabeza de partido

- cabeza de puente

- cabeza de serie

4)

a) (de alfiler, clavo, fósforo) head

b) ( de misil) warhead

- cabeza atómica

- cabeza nuclear

5) (Audio, Video) head

6) ( de plátanos) hand, bunch

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- cabeza de ajo

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= head, knocker.

Ex. From the way his left shoulder is tipped forward, from the set of his head and the length of his stride, one gets the feeling that he is a fully clothed sprinter just leaving the starting blocks.

Ex. He got hit with a cricket ball, smack right on top of his knocker.

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* abrirse la cabeza = smash + Posesivo + head, smash + Posesivo + head open.

* águila de cabeza blanca = bald eagle.

* a la cabeza de = in the forefront of/in.

* apostarse la cabeza = bet + Posesivo + life.

* asentimiento con la cabeza = head-nod [head nod], nodding assent, nod.

* asentir con la cabeza = nod, nod + assent, concur with + an assenting nod, agree with + a nod.

* asomar la cabeza = poke + Posesivo + head, pop + Posesivo + head.

* caber en la cabeza = get + Posesivo + head around, wrap + Posesivo + head around.

* cabeza de ajo = head of garlic, bulb of garlic.

* cabeza de chorlito = scatterbrain, ditzy [ditzier -comp., ditziest -sup.], ditz, dits, ditsy [ditsier -comp., ditsiest -sup.], airhead, airheaded, empty-headed, bonehead, birdbrain, nong, ning-nong.

* cabeza de familia = head of the household, householder, head of the family.

* cabeza de impresión = print head.

* cabeza de la manada = leader of the pack.

* cabeza de lanza = spearhead.

* cabeza de lectura = scanning head.

* cabeza de línea = railhead.

* cabeza de muñeco que se balancea ligeramente = bobble head.

* cabeza de playa = beachhead.

* cabeza de puente = bridgehead.

* cabeza de puente aéreo = airhead.

* cabeza de semillas = seed head.

* cabeza de serrín = ditz, dits, airhead, airheaded.

* cabeza de turco = patsy, scapegoat, whipping boy.

* cabeza dura = pigheaded.

* cabeza fría = cool head.

* cabeza hueca = empty-headed, ditzy [ditzier -comp., ditziest -sup.], ditz, dits, ditsy [ditsier -comp., ditsiest -sup.], airhead, airheaded, bonehead, nong, ning-nong.

* cabeza lectora = read head, reading head.

* cabeza lectora de disco = disc reading head.

* cabeza llena de pájaros = head in the clouds.

* cabeza nuclear = warhead.

* cabeza + rodar = head + roll.

* caer de cabeza = go over + Posesivo + head.

* cigüeña de cabeza pelada = wood stork.

* con la cabeza en las nubes = ditzy [ditzier -comp., ditziest -sup.], ditsy [ditsier -comp., ditsiest -sup.].

* cortar la cabeza = behead.

* dar quebraderos de cabeza = give + headaches.

* declarar la guerra a muerte a = declare + open season on.

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

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

* desde la cabeza hasta los pies = from head to toe.

* desde la cabeza hasta los pies = head to toe, from head to foot.

* destornillador de cabeza plana = flathead screwdriver.

* dolor de cabeza = headache.

* dolor de cabeza espantoso = splitting headache.

* echar una cana al aire antes de sentar la cabeza = sow + Posesivo + wild oats.

* en + Posesivo + cabeza = on + Posesivo + mind.

* entrar en la cabeza = get + Posesivo + head around, wrap + Posesivo + head around, get it into + Posesivo + head.

* esconder la cabeza como el avestruz = bury + Posesivo + head in the sand (like an ostrich), stick + Posesivo + head in the sand.

* herida en la cabeza = head injury.

* irse la cabeza = go + bananas.

* írsele la cabeza = go off + Posesivo + head.

* jugarse la cabeza = bet + Posesivo + life.

* lanzarse de cabeza = jump in with + both feet.

* lavarse la cabeza = wash + Posesive + hair, shampoo + Posesivo + hair.

* lesión en la cabeza = head injury.

* levantar la cabeza = cock + Posesivo + head.

* liarse la manta a la cabeza = jump in + head first, jump in at + the deep end, throw + caution to the wind.

* mantener la cabeza = keep + Posesivo + head, keep + Posesivo + head together.

* mantener la cabeza alta = hold + Posesivo + head high.

* mantener la cabeza fría = keep + a cool head, remain + cool-headed, play it + cool.

* mantenerse a la cabeza = stay + ahead of the pack.

* meter en la cabeza = get it into + Posesivo + head.

* mover la cabeza = shake + head.

* mover la cabeza de arriba abajo = bob.

* mover la cabeza de forma brusca hacia delante y hacia atrás = jerk + head.

* no dejar títere con cabeza = turn + everything upside down.

* no encontrar ni el pie ni la cabeza = can't make head(s) or tail(s) of.

* no perder la cabeza = keep + a cool head, remain + cool-headed, play it + cool.

* no poder quitarse Algo de la cabeza = can't get it out of my mind.

* no tener ni pies ni cabeza = can't make head(s) or tail(s) of, be pointless.

* pasar por encima de la cabeza = go over + Posesivo + head.

* pedir la cabeza de Alguien = bay for + Posesivo + blood.

* pensamiento que ronda la cabeza de uno = thought + run through + Posesivo + head.

* perder la cabeza = lose + Posesivo + mind, lose + Posesivo + head, lose + Posesivo + marbles, go + bonkers, fly off + the handle, go (right) off + Posesivo + rocker, go out of + Posesivo + mind, go + soft in the head.

* piojo de la cabeza = head louse.

* poner a + Nombre + a la cabeza de = put + Nombre + ahead in.

* poner precio a la cabeza de Alguien = put + a price on + Posesivo + head.

* por cabeza = per person.

* quebradero de cabeza = headache.

* rascarse la cabeza = scratch + Posesivo + head.

* reventarse la cabeza = smash + Posesivo + head.

* romperse la cabeza = puzzle + Reflexivo, scratch + Posesivo + head, rack + Posesivo + brains.

* sentar la cabeza = settle down.

* señal con la cabeza = nod.

* sin cabeza = headless, decapitated.

* sin pies ni cabeza = without rhyme or reason.

* subírsele a la cabeza, creérselo = go to + Posesivo + head.

* subírsele los humos a la cabeza = get + too big for + Posesivo + boots, get + too big for + Posesivo + breeches.

* tirarse de cabeza = jump in + head first, dive in, dive + head-first.

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femenino

1)

a) (Anat) head

me duele la cabeza — I've got a headache

marcó de cabeza — he scored with a header

un día vas a perder la cabeza — (fam & hum) you'd lose your head if it wasn't screwed on (colloq & hum)

de la cabeza a los pies — from head to toe o foot

pararse en la or de cabeza — (AmL) to do a headstand

b) ( medida) head

ganó por una cabeza — he won by a head

le lleva or saca una cabeza a su hermana — he's a head taller than his sister

c) ( pelo) hair

me lavé la cabeza — I washed my hair

d) ( inteligencia)

tiene cabeza — he's bright, he has a good head on his shoulders

usa la cabeza — use your head

qué poca cabeza! — have you/has he no sense?

e) ( mente)

que cabeza la mía! se me había olvidado — what a memory! I had forgotten

tenía la cabeza en otra cosa — my mind was on other things

tú estás mal de la cabeza — you're out of your mind

se me ha ido de la cabeza — it's gone right out of my head

se le ha metido en la cabeza que... — she's got it into her head that...

lo primero que me vino a la cabeza — the first thing that came into my head

no se me pasó por la cabeza — it didn't cross my mind

andar or ir de cabeza — (fam)

ando de cabeza con tanto trabajo — I'm up to my eyeballs o eyes in work

anda de cabeza por ella — he's crazy about her

calentarle a algn la cabeza con algo — (fam) to fill sb's head with sth

calentarse la cabeza — (fam) to get worked up (colloq)

cortar cabezas: en cuanto asumió el cargo entró a cortar cabezas as soon as she took up her post, heads started to roll; darse (con) la cabeza contra la pared ver cabezazo; ir con la cabeza ( bien) alta to hold one's head high; írsele a algn la cabeza: se me va la cabeza I feel dizzy; jugarse la cabeza (RPl fam): va a llegar tarde, me juego la cabeza you can bet your bottom dollar she'll be late (colloq); levantar cabeza (fam) ( superar problemas) to get back on one's feet; levantar la cabeza: ha estado estudiando sin levantar la cabeza she's had her head buried in her work; si tu padre levantara la cabeza! if your father was alive today...!; meterse de cabeza en algo (fam) to throw oneself into sth; no caberle a algn en la cabeza (fam): no me cabe en la cabeza que te guste I just can't understand how you can like it; en qué cabeza cabe! how could anyone be so stupid!; perder la cabeza: no perdamos la cabeza let's not panic o lose our heads; perdió la cabeza por esa mujer he lost his head over that woman; quebrarse la cabeza (Andes fam) to rack one's brains; quitarle a algn algo de la cabeza to get sth out of sb's head; quitarse algo de la cabeza < idea> to get sth out of one's head; romperse la cabeza (fam) ( preocuparse) to rack one's brains; ( lastimarse) to break one's neck (colloq); sentar (la) cabeza (fam) to settle down; subírsele a algn a la cabeza vino/éxito to go to one's head; tener la cabeza sobre los hombros (fam) to have one's head screwed on tight (AmE colloq) o (BrE colloq) screwed on; tener la cabeza llena de pájaros (fam) to have one's head in the clouds; tengo/tiene la cabeza como un bombo (fam) (me/le duele) my/his/her head feels ready to burst (colloq); (estoy/está confundido) my/his/her head's spinning; traer or llevar a algn de cabeza (fam) to drive sb crazy (colloq); nadie escarmienta en cabeza ajena — people only learn from their own mistakes

- cabeza de chorlito

- cabeza de jabalí

- cabeza de turco

- cabeza dura

- cabeza hueca

- cabeza rapada

2)

a) ( individuo)

por cabeza — each, a head

b) ( de ganado) head

50 cabezas de ganado — 50 head of cattle

3) (primer lugar, delantera)

a la or en cabeza: estamos a la cabeza del sector we are the leading company in this sector; se colocaron a la cabeza de los otros partidos they took the lead over the other parties; iban a la cabeza de la manifestación they were at the front o head of the demonstration; el equipo va en cabeza de la clasificación — the team is at the top of the division

- cabeza de familia

- cabeza de la Iglesia

- cabeza de lista

- cabeza de partido

- cabeza de puente

- cabeza de serie

4)

a) (de alfiler, clavo, fósforo) head

b) ( de misil) warhead

- cabeza atómica

- cabeza nuclear

5) (Audio, Video) head

6) ( de plátanos) hand, bunch

•

- cabeza de ajo

* * *

= head, knocker.

Ex: From the way his left shoulder is tipped forward, from the set of his head and the length of his stride, one gets the feeling that he is a fully clothed sprinter just leaving the starting blocks.

Ex: He got hit with a cricket ball, smack right on top of his knocker.

* abrirse la cabeza = smash + Posesivo + head, smash + Posesivo + head open.

* águila de cabeza blanca = bald eagle.

* a la cabeza de = in the forefront of/in.

* apostarse la cabeza = bet + Posesivo + life.

* asentimiento con la cabeza = head-nod [head nod], nodding assent, nod.

* asentir con la cabeza = nod, nod + assent, concur with + an assenting nod, agree with + a nod.

* asomar la cabeza = poke + Posesivo + head, pop + Posesivo + head.

* caber en la cabeza = get + Posesivo + head around, wrap + Posesivo + head around.

* cabeza de ajo = head of garlic, bulb of garlic.

* cabeza de chorlito = scatterbrain, ditzy [ditzier -comp., ditziest -sup.], ditz, dits, ditsy [ditsier -comp., ditsiest -sup.], airhead, airheaded, empty-headed, bonehead, birdbrain, nong, ning-nong.

* cabeza de familia = head of the household, householder, head of the family.

* cabeza de impresión = print head.

* cabeza de la manada = leader of the pack.

* cabeza de lanza = spearhead.

* cabeza de lectura = scanning head.

* cabeza de línea = railhead.

* cabeza de muñeco que se balancea ligeramente = bobble head.

* cabeza de playa = beachhead.

* cabeza de puente = bridgehead.

* cabeza de puente aéreo = airhead.

* cabeza de semillas = seed head.

* cabeza de serrín = ditz, dits, airhead, airheaded.

* cabeza de turco = patsy, scapegoat, whipping boy.

* cabeza dura = pigheaded.

* cabeza fría = cool head.

* cabeza hueca = empty-headed, ditzy [ditzier -comp., ditziest -sup.], ditz, dits, ditsy [ditsier -comp., ditsiest -sup.], airhead, airheaded, bonehead, nong, ning-nong.

* cabeza lectora = read head, reading head.

* cabeza lectora de disco = disc reading head.

* cabeza llena de pájaros = head in the clouds.

* cabeza nuclear = warhead.

* cabeza + rodar = head + roll.

* caer de cabeza = go over + Posesivo + head.

* cigüeña de cabeza pelada = wood stork.

* con la cabeza en las nubes = ditzy [ditzier -comp., ditziest -sup.], ditsy [ditsier -comp., ditsiest -sup.].

* cortar la cabeza = behead.

* dar quebraderos de cabeza = give + headaches.

* declarar la guerra a muerte a = declare + open season on.

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

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

* desde la cabeza hasta los pies = from head to toe.

* desde la cabeza hasta los pies = head to toe, from head to foot.

* destornillador de cabeza plana = flathead screwdriver.

* dolor de cabeza = headache.

* dolor de cabeza espantoso = splitting headache.

* echar una cana al aire antes de sentar la cabeza = sow + Posesivo + wild oats.

* en + Posesivo + cabeza = on + Posesivo + mind.

* entrar en la cabeza = get + Posesivo + head around, wrap + Posesivo + head around, get it into + Posesivo + head.

* esconder la cabeza como el avestruz = bury + Posesivo + head in the sand (like an ostrich), stick + Posesivo + head in the sand.

* herida en la cabeza = head injury.

* irse la cabeza = go + bananas.

* írsele la cabeza = go off + Posesivo + head.

* jugarse la cabeza = bet + Posesivo + life.

* lanzarse de cabeza = jump in with + both feet.

* lavarse la cabeza = wash + Posesive + hair, shampoo + Posesivo + hair.

* lesión en la cabeza = head injury.

* levantar la cabeza = cock + Posesivo + head.

* liarse la manta a la cabeza = jump in + head first, jump in at + the deep end, throw + caution to the wind.

* mantener la cabeza = keep + Posesivo + head, keep + Posesivo + head together.

* mantener la cabeza alta = hold + Posesivo + head high.

* mantener la cabeza fría = keep + a cool head, remain + cool-headed, play it + cool.

* mantenerse a la cabeza = stay + ahead of the pack.

* meter en la cabeza = get it into + Posesivo + head.

* mover la cabeza = shake + head.

* mover la cabeza de arriba abajo = bob.

* mover la cabeza de forma brusca hacia delante y hacia atrás = jerk + head.

* no dejar títere con cabeza = turn + everything upside down.

* no encontrar ni el pie ni la cabeza = can't make head(s) or tail(s) of.

* no perder la cabeza = keep + a cool head, remain + cool-headed, play it + cool.

* no poder quitarse Algo de la cabeza = can't get it out of my mind.

* no tener ni pies ni cabeza = can't make head(s) or tail(s) of, be pointless.

* pasar por encima de la cabeza = go over + Posesivo + head.

* pedir la cabeza de Alguien = bay for + Posesivo + blood.

* pensamiento que ronda la cabeza de uno = thought + run through + Posesivo + head.

* perder la cabeza = lose + Posesivo + mind, lose + Posesivo + head, lose + Posesivo + marbles, go + bonkers, fly off + the handle, go (right) off + Posesivo + rocker, go out of + Posesivo + mind, go + soft in the head.

* piojo de la cabeza = head louse.

* poner a + Nombre + a la cabeza de = put + Nombre + ahead in.

* poner precio a la cabeza de Alguien = put + a price on + Posesivo + head.

* por cabeza = per person.

* quebradero de cabeza = headache.

* rascarse la cabeza = scratch + Posesivo + head.

* reventarse la cabeza = smash + Posesivo + head.

* romperse la cabeza = puzzle + Reflexivo, scratch + Posesivo + head, rack + Posesivo + brains.

* sentar la cabeza = settle down.

* señal con la cabeza = nod.

* sin cabeza = headless, decapitated.

* sin pies ni cabeza = without rhyme or reason.

* subírsele a la cabeza, creérselo = go to + Posesivo + head.

* subírsele los humos a la cabeza = get + too big for + Posesivo + boots, get + too big for + Posesivo + breeches.

* tirarse de cabeza = jump in + head first, dive in, dive + head-first.

* * *

cabeza

feminine

A

1 ( Anat) [ Vocabulary notes (Spanish) ] head

negó con la cabeza she shook her head

asintió con la cabeza he nodded, he nodded his head

sacó la cabeza por la ventanilla he stuck o put his head out of the window

volvió la cabeza para ver si lo seguían he looked around o turned his head to see if he was being followed

bajó la cabeza avergonzado he lowered his head in shame

me duele la cabeza I've got a headache, my head aches

es para darse de or la cabeza contra la pared it's enough to make you cry

se tiró al agua de cabeza she dived into the water (head first)

marcó de cabeza he scored with a header o with his head, he headed the ball into the net

un día vas a perder la cabeza ( fam hum); you'd lose your head if it wasn't screwed on ( colloq hum)

me unté de grasa de la cabeza hasta los pies I got covered in grease from head to toe o foot

pararse en la or de cabeza ( AmL); to stand on one's head, to do a headstand

2 (medida) head

ganó por una cabeza he won by a head

le lleva una cabeza a su hermana he's a head taller than his sister, his sister only comes up to his shoulder

3 (pelo) hair

me tengo que lavar la cabeza I have to wash my hair

4

(inteligencia): tiene cabeza, pero es muy vago he's bright o ( AmE) smart o he has a good head on his shoulders, but he's very lazy

al pobre niño no le da la cabeza the poor kid doesn't have the brains for it

usa la cabeza use your head

nunca tuve cabeza para las ciencias I never had a head for science

no lo copié, salió todo de mi cabeza I didn't copy it, it was all out of my own head

¡qué poca cabeza! have you/has he no sense?

5

(mente): ¡que cabeza la mía! se me había olvidado completamente su cumpleaños what a memory! I had totally forgotten her birthday

tenía la cabeza en otra cosa my mind was elsewhere o I was thinking about something else

tú estás mal or no estás bien de la cabeza you're crazy, you're out of your mind, you're out of ( AmE) o ( BrE) off your head ( colloq)

con tantos halagos se le llenó la cabeza de humos all that praise went to his head

se me ha ido de la cabeza it's gone right out of my head

¿quién te ha metido esas ideas en la cabeza? who's put those ideas into your head?

se le ha metido en la cabeza que se quiere casar she's got it into her head that she wants to get married

le dije lo primero que me vino a la cabeza I said the first thing that came into my head

jamás se me pasó por la cabeza semejante idea the idea never even crossed my mind

ya te puedes ir quitando or sacando a esa mujer de la cabeza you'd better start getting that woman out of your head, you'd better start forgetting about that woman

andar or ir de cabeza ( fam): ando de cabeza con tanto trabajo I'm up to my eyeballs o eyes in work

anda de cabeza por ella he's crazy about her

calentarle a algn la cabeza con algo ( fam); to fill sb's head with sth

calentarse la cabeza ( fam); to get worked up ( colloq)

como malo de la cabeza ( fam): se puso a comer como malo de la cabeza he stuffed himself silly ( colloq), he ate like there was no tomorrow ( colloq)

cortar cabezas: en cuanto asumió el cargo entró a cortar cabezas as soon as she took up her post, heads started to roll

darle por la cabeza a algn ( RPl); to criticize sb, knock sb ( colloq)

darse (con) la cabeza contra la pared ver cabezazo:

esconder la cabeza ( Chi fam); to make oneself scarce

ir con la cabeza alta to hold one's head high

írsele a algn la cabeza: se me va la cabeza I feel dizzy

jugarse la cabeza ( RPl fam): seguro que llega tarde, me juego la cabeza you can bet your life o your bottom dollar she'll be late ( colloq)

levantar cabeza ( fam); to get back on one's feet

aún tienen muchas deudas pero ya levantarán cabeza they've still got a lot of debts but they'll pull through o pick themselves up o get back on their feet

la selección no levanta cabeza the national team can't get out of its rut

levantar la cabeza: ha estado estudiando todo el día sin levantar la cabeza she's had her head buried in her work all day

¡si tu padre levantara la cabeza! your father would turn in his grave!, if your father was alive today … !

meterse de cabeza en algo ( fam); to throw oneself into sth

no caberle a algn en la cabeza ( fam): no me cabe en la cabeza que te guste vivir aquí I just can't understand how you like living here

¡en qué cabeza cabe meter un plato de plástico en el horno! who'd be stupid enough to put a plastic plate in the oven?

perder la cabeza: tranquilidad, no perdamos la cabeza keep calm, let's not panic o lose our heads

¿has perdido la cabeza? have you gone crazy?, are you out of your mind?

perdió la cabeza por esa mujer he lost his head over that woman

romperse or ( Andes) quebrarse la cabeza ( fam) (preocuparse) to rack one's brains; (lastimarse) to break one's neck ( colloq)

sentar (la) cabeza ( fam); to settle down

ser duro de cabeza ( fam); to be stupid

subírsele a algn a la cabeza: el vino/éxito se le ha subido a la cabeza the wine/her success has gone to her head

tener la cabeza como un bombo ( fam): tengo la cabeza como un bombo (me duele) I have o I've got a splitting headache! ( colloq), my head feels ready o ( BrE) fit to burst ( colloq) (estoy confundido) my head's spinning, my head feels ready o ( BrE) fit to burst ( colloq)

tener la cabeza como un colador to have a head like a sieve

tener la cabeza en su sitio or bien puesta or sobre los hombros ( fam); to have one's head screwed on tight ( AmE colloq), to have one's head screwed on ( BrE colloq)

tener la cabeza llena de pájaros ( fam); to have one's head in the clouds, be living in a fantasy world, be living in cloud-cuckoo-land

traer or llevar a algn de cabeza ( fam); to drive sb crazy ( colloq)

trae a los hombres de cabeza she drives men wild o crazy ( colloq)

más vale ser cabeza de ratón que cola de león it's better to be a big fish in a small pond than a small fish in a big pond

nadie escarmienta en cabeza ajena people only learn from their own mistakes, you have to make your own mistakes

Compuestos:

● cabeza caliente

masculine and feminine ( Ven fam) pinko ( AmE colloq), leftie ( BrE colloq)

● cabeza de chorlito

masculine and feminine ( fam) scatterbrain ( colloq)

● cabeza de jabalí

headcheese ( AmE), brawn ( BrE)

● cabeza de ñame

masculine and feminine ( Ven fam) clumsy idiot ( colloq)

● cabeza de pescado

feminine ( Chi fam): salió con su cabeza de pescado he made a silly remark

hablaban cabezas de pescado they were talking a load of nonsense ( colloq)

● cabeza de pollo

masculine and feminine ( Chi fam) scatterbrain ( colloq)

● cabeza de turco

masculine and feminine scapegoat

● cabeza dura

A

masculine and feminine ( fam): es un cabeza dura he's so stubborn o ( colloq) pigheaded

B adjective pigheaded ( colloq), stubborn

● cabeza hueca

masculine and feminine ( fam) scatterbrain ( colloq)

● cabeza rapada

masculine and feminine skinhead

B

1

(individuo): por cabeza each, a head

pagamos $50 por cabeza we paid $50 a head o each

2 (de ganado) head

tienen más de 600 cabezas (de ganado) they have more than 600 head of cattle

C

(primer lugar, delantera): se hizo con la cabeza she got to the front, she went into the lead

a la or en cabeza: estamos a la cabeza de las empresas del sector we are the leading company in this sector

se colocaron a la cabeza de los otros partidos en los sondeos they took the lead over the other parties in the opinion polls

iban a la cabeza de la manifestación they were at the front o head of the demonstration, they were leading o heading the demonstration

el equipo va en cabeza de la clasificación the team is at the top of o leads the division

Compuestos:

● cabeza de cordada

masculine and feminine leader, lead climber

● cabeza de familia

masculine and feminine head of the family

● cabeza de la Iglesia

masculine head of the Church

● cabeza de lista

masculine and feminine candidate at the top of an electoral list

● cabeza de partido

feminine administrative center of a partido² m E. (↑ partido (2))

● cabeza de playa

feminine beachhead

● cabeza de puente

feminine bridgehead

● cabeza de serie

masculine and feminine seed

derrotó a Guillén, cabeza de serie número cuatro he beat Guillén, seeded number four o the fourth seed o the number four seed

D

1 (de un alfiler, un clavo, una cerilla) head

2 (de un misil) warhead

Compuestos:

● cabeza atómica

atomic warhead

● cabeza de biela or émbolo

main bearing, big end ( BrE)

● cabeza explosiva

warhead

● cabeza nuclear

nuclear warhead

E ( Audio, Vídeo) head

Compuestos:

● cabeza de escritura

write head

● cabeza de grabación

recording head

● cabeza de reproducción

playback head

● cabeza lectora

playback head

F (de plátanos) hand, bunch

Compuesto:

cabeza de ajo

bulb of garlic

G (de un camión) tractor unit

* * *

cabeza sustantivo femenino
1
a) (Anat) head;

◊ de la cabeza a los pies from head to toe o foot;

me duele la cabeza I've got a headache;
marcó de cabeza he scored with a header;
pararse en la or de cabeza (AmL) to do a headstand;
cabeza rapada skinhead
b) ( medida) head;

◊ me saca una cabeza he's a head taller than me

c) ( pelo) hair;

◊ me lavé la cabeza I washed my hair

d) ( inteligencia):

◊ usa la cabeza use your head;

¡qué poca cabeza! have you/has he no sense?
e) ( mente):

◊ ¡que cabeza la mía! what a memory!;

tú estás mal de la cabeza you're out of your mind;
se me ha ido de la cabeza it's gone right out of my head;
se le ha metido en la cabeza que … she's got it into her head that …;
no se me pasó por la cabeza it didn't cross my mind;
cabeza de chorlito sustantivo masculino y femenino (fam) scatterbrain (colloq);
írsele a algn la cabeza to feel dizzy;
levantar cabeza (fam) ( superar problemas) to get back on one's feet;
perder la cabeza: no perdamos la cabeza let's not panic o lose our heads;
perdió la cabeza por esa mujer he lost his head over that woman;
quitarle a algn algo de la cabeza to get sth out of sb's head;
romperse la cabeza (fam) ( preocuparse) to rack one's brains;

( lastimarse) to break one's neck (colloq);
◊ subírsele a algn a la cabeza [vino/éxito] to go to one's head;

tener la cabeza llena de pájaros (fam) to have one's head in the clouds
2
a) ( individuo):

◊ por cabeza each, a head

b) ( de ganado) head;

◊ 50 cabezas de ganado 50 head of cattle

3 (primer lugar, delantera):
◊ estamos a la cabeza del sector we are the leading company in this sector;

a la cabeza de la manifestación at the front o head of the demonstration;
el equipo va en cabeza de la clasificación the team is at the top of the division;
cabeza de familia head of the family;
cabeza de serie seed
4
a) (de alfiler, clavo, fósforo) head

b) ( de misil) warhead

5 (Audio, Video) head
6 ( de plátanos) hand, bunch;
◊ cabeza de ajo bulb of garlic

cabeza sustantivo femenino
1 head: le dolía la cabeza, she had a headache
2 (sentido común) sense
3 (mente) mind, head: no se me pasó por la cabeza it didn't even occur to me
no puedo quitármelo de la cabeza, I can't get it out of my mind
me vino a la cabeza la idea, the idea sprang to my mind
4 (habilidad) no tiene cabeza para los negocios, he hasn't got a good head for business
5 (cabellera) hair: se lavó la cabeza, he washed his hair
6 (responsable, líder) es la cabeza pensante de la banda, he's the brains behind the gang
la cabeza de la Iglesia Anglicana, the head of the Anglican Church
cabeza de familia, head of the family 7 cabeza de ajo, bulb of garlic
8 familiar cabeza de chorlito, scatterbrain, featherhead
cabeza dura, stubborn o obstinate person
cabeza de turco, scapegoat
cabeza rapada, skinhead
Dep cabeza de serie, heat, seed: jugará contra el cabeza de serie número 2, she's going to play against the second seed
9 cabeza de ganado, head of cattle
♦ Locuciones: a la cabeza de, at the front o top of
con la cabeza alta, with one's head held high: puedes decirlo con la cabeza bien alta, you can say it with your head held high
de cabeza, (de lleno) completely
(en natación) se tiró de cabeza a la piscina, he dived headfirst into the pool
Dep metió un gol de cabeza, he headed a goal
en cabeza, in the lead
estar mal/tocado de la cabeza, to be a mental case
perder la cabeza, to lose one's temper
rodar cabezas: si baja la cotización, van a rodar cabezas, if the share price goes down heads will roll
romperse la cabeza, to rack one's brains
traer a alguien de cabeza, to drive sb mad
por cabeza, per person: debemos poner cinco mil pesetas por cabeza, we should charge five thousand pesetas per head
sentar la cabeza: ya tienes edad de sentar la cabeza, it's about time you settled down
' cabeza' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
acéfala
- acéfalo
- ajo
- asentir
- bajar
- brecha
- cabecear
- caber
- cabezazo
- cabezón
- cabezona
- cabezudo
- calentar
- calentarse
- cantidad
- casco
- chorlito
- coco
- dar
- descolgarse
- descontar
- desgraciada
- desgraciado
- entrar
- escalabrar
- escarmentar
- gacha
- gacho
- girar
- hueca
- hueco
- inclinar
- infernal
- jaqueca
- ladear
- matar
- melón
- mover
- negación
- pájaro
- pañuelo
- pie
- por
- quebradero
- reclinar
- remate
- reposar
- romperse
- rondar
- sacar
English:
above
- ache
- aching
- ahead
- bad
- balance
- bang
- bare
- bash
- bash in
- bend
- bonk
- bow
- bump
- catch up
- clear
- cock
- crack
- crush
- crushing
- dive
- dizzy
- excruciating
- giddy
- grave
- hair
- hammer
- hang
- head
- head-first
- headache
- headroom
- hit
- hold
- idea
- incline
- keep down
- knock
- lead
- lift
- look round
- lose
- mind
- monstrous
- nod
- nut
- one-track
- overhead
- pat
- per capita

* * *

cabeza

♦ nf

1. [de persona, animal] head;

me duele la cabeza I've got a headache;

bajar o [m5] doblar la cabeza to bow one's head;

de cabeza [en fútbol] with a header;

marcó de cabeza he scored with his head o with a header, he headed a goal;

tirarse de cabeza (al agua) to dive (into the water);

se tiró de cabeza a la piscina she dived into the pool;
Am
en cabeza [sin sombrero] bareheaded;

le lleva una cabeza a su madre she's a head taller than her mother;
Fam
le abrieron la cabeza de un ladrillazo they split his skull with a brick;

lavarse la cabeza to wash one's hair;

Comp
Fam
alzar o [m5] levantar cabeza to get back on one's feet, to recover;

desde que perdieron la final, no han conseguido alzar o [m5] levantar cabeza they still haven't recovered from losing the final, they still haven't managed to pick themselves up after losing the final;

no hay manera de que alce o [m5] levante cabeza it's hard to see her recovering o getting over it;

Comp

¡si tu padre levantara la cabeza…! your father would turn in his grave…!;

Comp
Fam
calentar o [m5] hinchar la cabeza a alguien to drive sb mad;

no te calientes más la cabeza, no hay nada que hacer stop getting worked up o Br het up about it, there's nothing we can do;

Comp

con la cabeza (bien) alta with one's head held high;

Comp
Fam
la cabeza me da vueltas my head's spinning;

Comp

darse de cabeza en la pared: se dio de cabeza en la pared por haber actuado tan torpemente she kicked herself for behaving so stupidly;

Comp
Fam
se me va la cabeza [me mareo] I feel dizzy;

Comp
RP Fam
jugarse la cabeza to be absolutely sure;

¿te parece que al final se van a casar? – ¡me juego la cabeza! do you think that they'll end up getting married? – you can bet on it!;

me juego la cabeza que hoy gana Nacional I'll give you any odds Nacional wins today;

Comp

meter la cabeza to get one's foot in the door;

Comp

meterse de cabeza en algo to plunge into sth;

Comp
Fam
tengo la cabeza como un bombo my head is throbbing;
Fam
me estás poniendo la cabeza como un bombo con tantas preguntas estúpidas you're making my head spin o hurt with all those stupid questions;

Comp
Fam
rodar cabezas: si no se producen resultados, rodarán cabezas if things don't get better, heads will roll;

Comp
Fam
romperse o [m5] quebrarse la cabeza to Br rack o US cudgel one's brains;

le amenazó con romperle la cabeza he threatened to smash her head in o to bash her brains in;

Comp

sacar la cabeza [aparecer] to show one's face;
[atreverse] to speak up;
Comp
Fam
subirse a la cabeza: se le subió a la cabeza it went to his head;

el vino se le subió a la cabeza the wine went to her head;

se le ha subido a la cabeza el ascenso his promotion has gone to his head;

Comp
Fam
tener la cabeza a pájaros o [m5] llena de pájaros to have one's head in the clouds;

Comp
Fam
tener la cabeza como una olla de grillos to be round the bend;

Comp
Fam
tenía la cabeza en otra parte my mind was wandering, my thoughts were elsewhere;

Comp
Fam
tener la cabeza en su sitio o [m5] bien puesta to have a sound head on one's shoulders, to have one's head screwed on (properly);

Comp

volver la cabeza [negar el saludo] to turn away;

Prov

más vale ser cabeza de ratón que cola de león it's better to reign in Hell than to serve in Heaven

Comp
Culin cabeza de jabalí Br brawn, US headcheese
2. [mente]
tiene buena cabeza para los números she has a (good) head for numbers;

Comp
Fam
andar o [m5]estar mal de la cabeza, RP [m5] estar de la cabeza to be funny in the head;

Comp

no me cabe en la cabeza I simply can't understand it;

no me cabe en la cabeza que haya sido él I can't believe it was him;

Comp

írsele a alguien de la cabeza: se me ha ido completamente de la cabeza it's gone clean out of my mind o head;

no consigo que el accidente se me vaya de la cabeza I can't get the accident out of my mind;

Comp

meter algo en la cabeza a alguien to get sth into sb's head;

métete en la cabeza que no vas a poder ir get it into your head that you're not going to be able to go;

se le ha metido en la cabeza que… he has got it into his head that…;

Comp

se me pasó por la cabeza it crossed my mind;

Comp

venir a la cabeza to come to mind;

ahora no me viene a la cabeza I can't think of it right now;

Comp

me he olvidado, ¡qué mala cabeza tengo! how silly of me to forget!

Comp

tener mucha cabeza to have brains

3. [juicio] sense;

tener poca cabeza to have no sense;

obrar con cabeza to use one's head;

tener mala cabeza to act foolishly;

perder la cabeza to lose one's head;

Pedro ha perdido la cabeza por esa chica Pedro has lost his head over that girl;

¿has perdido la cabeza o qué? are you out of your mind?

4. [posición] front, head;

cabeza abajo upside down;

cabeza arriba the right way up;

a la o [m5] en cabeza [en competición] in front, in the lead;
[en lista] at the top o head;
el equipo francés está a la cabeza de la clasificación the French team is top of the league;

está situado en (la) cabeza del pelotón he's at the front of the pack, he's amongst the leaders of the pack;

a la cabeza de [delante de] at the head of;
[al cargo de] in charge of;
estar a la cabeza de la empresa to run the company;

Juan está a la cabeza de la expedición Juan is the leader of the expedition;

la cabeza visible del movimiento the public face of the movement

Comp
cabeza de mina coalface; Mil cabeza de playa beachhead; Mil & Fig cabeza de puente bridgehead;
5. [de clavo, alfiler, fémur, cometa] head

Comp
cabeza de ajo head of garlic;
cabeza atómica nuclear warhead;
Aut cabeza de biela big end; Informát & TV cabeza de borrado erase head;
cabeza buscadora [en misil] homing device;

cabeza de combate warhead;

cabeza grabadora [en vídeo, casete] recording head;

cabeza de guerra warhead;

cabeza lectora [en vídeo, casete] (read) head;
Informát cabeza lectora-grabadora read-write head;
cabeza magnética magnetic head;

cabeza nuclear nuclear warhead;

cabeza reproductora [en vídeo, casete] (playback) head

6. [animal cuadrúpedo]
cabeza (de ganado) head (of cattle)

7.
por cabeza [persona] per head;

costará 500 por cabeza it will cost 500 per head;

pagamos diez euros por cabeza we paid ten euros each

8. [población] cabeza de partido Br ≈ county town, US ≈ county seat

9. Comp
Esp Fam
andar o [m5] ir de cabeza [muy atareado] to be snowed under;

esta semana voy de cabeza y no he tenido tiempo de llamar a nadie I'm really snowed under this week and I haven't had time to call anyone;
Esp
escarmentar en cabeza ajena to learn from another's mistakes;
RP
darle por la cabeza a alguien to really lay o slang into sb;
Fam
ir de cabeza a to head straight for;
Esp Fam
ir de cabeza con alguien [enamorado] to be head over heels in love with sb;
Esp Fam
llevar a alguien de cabeza: los hijos la llevan de cabeza the children drive her up the wall;
Fam
sentar la cabeza to settle down;
Fam
(estar) tocado de la cabeza (to be) touched;
Esp Fam
traer de cabeza a alguien to drive sb mad

♦ nmf
Fam cabeza de chorlito [despistado] scatterbrain; [estúpido] airhead; Fam cabeza cuadrada:
es un cabeza cuadrada he's got his ideas and he won't listen to anyone else;
Fam cabeza dura:
es un cabeza dura he's got his ideas and he won't listen to anyone else;

cabeza de familia head of the family;
Fam cabeza hueca airhead; Pol cabeza de lista = person who heads a party's list of candidates;
va como cabeza de lista por Salamanca he's the head of the party list for Salamanca;
Fam cabeza loca airhead; RP cabeza de novia airhead;
cabeza pensante: [m5] las cabezas pensantes de la derecha venezolana the policy-makers of the Venezuelan right;

las cabezas pensantes de la organización the brains behind the organization;

cabeza rapada skinhead;
Dep cabeza de serie seed;
el primer cabeza de serie se enfrenta al segundo the top o number one seed will play the second o number two seed;

cabeza de turco scapegoat

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cabeza

I f

1 ANAT head;

de cabeza caerse, tirarse etc headlong;

estar mal o

no estar bien de la cabeza fam not be right in the head fam ;

írsele la cabeza feel giddy o dizzy;

con la cabeza alta with one’s head held high;

subírsele a alguien a la cabeza fig go to s.o.’s head;

llevarse las manos a la cabeza fig throw one’s hands up (in the air);

andar o

ir de cabeza be snowed under;

sentar la cabeza settle down;

levantar cabeza ( recuperarse) pick up;

no levantar cabeza fig be knocked sideways;

tras la derrota, el equipo no consiguió levantar cabeza the team was knocked sideways by the defeat

2 ( razón)

:

perder la cabeza fig lose one’s head;

llevar o

traer a alguien de cabeza drive s.o. crazy;

3 ( memoria)

:

tener mala cabeza have a bad memory

4 ( pensamiento)

:

pasarle a alguien por la cabeza occur to s.o.;

se me viene a la cabeza … it occurs to me …;

meterse algo en la cabeza get sth into one’s head;

quitarse algo de la cabeza get sth out of one’s head;

calentarle la cabeza a alguien fig fill s.o.’s head with ideas;

calentarse la cabeza get worked up;

mantener la cabeza fría keep a cool head;

romperse la cabeza fig rack one’s brains

5 ( persona)

:

por cabeza per head, per person

6

:

el equipo a la cabeza o

en cabeza the team at the top;

estar a la cabeza be out in front, be the leader

II m/f de familia, grupo head

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cabeza nf

1) : head

2)

cabeza hueca : scatterbrain

3)

de cabeza : head first

4)

dolor de cabeza : headache

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cabeza n

1. (en general) head

se ha dado un golpe en la cabeza he's bumped his head

2. (seso) intelligence

tiene muy buena cabeza she's very intelligent

3. (memoria) memory

tiene mala cabeza he's forgetful

ir a la cabeza / ir en cabeza to be at the top / to lead [pt. & pp. led]

meter en la cabeza to get into your head

perder la cabeza to lose your head [pt. & pp. lost]

tener la cabeza dura to be stubborn

de cabeza headlong / headfirst

por cabeza a head / per head

cabeza de ajo head of garlic

cabeza de familia head of the family

cabeza de serie seed

cabeza rapada skinhead

Spanish-English dictionary > cabeza
13 tête

tête [tεt]

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1. feminine noun

2. compounds

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1. <

   a. [de personne, animal] head

• être tête nue to be bareheaded

• avoir mal à la tête to have a headache

• j'ai la tête lourde my head feels heavy

• tomber la tête la première to fall headfirst

• se laver la tête to wash one's hair

• c'est à se cogner la tête contre les murs it's enough to drive you up the wall (inf)

• j'en donnerais ma tête à couper I would stake my life on it

• des têtes vont tomber heads will roll

• faire la tête au carré à qn (inf!) to smash sb's face in (inf!)

• tenir tête à qn/qch to stand up to sb/sth

• réclamer la tête de qn to demand sb's head

• jurer sur la tête de qn to swear on sb's life

• risquer sa tête to risk one's neck

• sauver sa tête to save one's neck

• gagner d'une tête [cheval] to win by a head

• garder la tête froide to keep a cool head

• avoir la tête dure ( = têtu) to be stubborn

• être une tête de mule (inf) to be as stubborn as a mule

   b. ( = visage, expression) face

• il a une tête sympathique he has a nice face

• il a une tête sinistre he has a sinister look about him

• il a une bonne tête he looks a decent sort

• quand il a appris la nouvelle il a fait une drôle de tête ! you should have seen his face when he heard the news!

• il en fait une tête ! just look at his face!

• faire la tête to sulk

• c'est une tête à claques (inf) he has got the sort of face you'd love to smack

• c'est à la tête du client (inf) it depends on the person

• avoir ses têtes (inf) to have one's favourites

   c. ( = personne) head

• de nouvelles têtes new faces

• le repas coûtera 150 € par tête de pipe (inf!) the meal will cost 150 euros a head

   d. ( = partie supérieure) [de clou, marteau] head ; [d'arbre] top

• tête d'ail head of garlic

• tête d'épingle pinhead

   e. ( = partie antérieure) head

• l'équipe conserve la tête du classement the team retains its lead

• prendre la tête to take the lead

   f. ( = facultés mentales) avoir toute sa tête to have all one's faculties

• n'avoir rien dans la tête to be empty-headed

• où ai-je la tête ? whatever am I thinking of?

• avoir une petite tête to be dim-witted

• avoir une tête de linotte to be a scatterbrain

• être tête en l'air to be a scatterbrain

• c'est une tête (inf) he's really brainy (inf)

• c'est une tête en maths he's (or she's) really good at maths

• avoir la tête sur les épaules to be level-headed

• calculer qch de tête to work sth out in one's head

• chercher qch dans sa tête to search one's memory for sth

• fourrer qch dans la tête de qn (inf) to put sth into sb's head

• se mettre dans la tête que to get it into one's head that

• avoir la tête à ce que l'on fait to have one's mind on what one is doing

• avoir la tête ailleurs to have one's mind on other matters

• n'en faire qu'à sa tête to do as one pleases

• se prendre la tête to get in(to) a state (inf)

• il me prend la tête (inf) he drives me nuts (inf)

• la géométrie, ça me prend la tête (inf) geometry does my head in (inf)

• j'y réfléchirai à tête reposée I'll think about it when I've got a quiet moment

   g. (Football) header

• faire une tête to head the ball

   h. (locutions)

► tête baissée

• foncer or se jeter tête baissée dans to rush headlong into► la tête haute

• marcher la tête haute to walk with one's head held high► coup de tête head-butt ; (figurative) sudden impulse

• donner un coup de tête à qn to head-butt sb

• agir sur un coup de tête to act on impulse► à la tête de

• à la tête du cortège at the head of the procession

• être à la tête d'un mouvement/d'une affaire ( = diriger) to head a movement/a business

• se trouver à la tête d'une petite fortune to find o.s. the owner of a small fortune► de la tête aux pieds from head to foot

► en tête

• je n'ai plus le nom en tête I can't recall the name

• se mettre en tête de faire qch to take it into one's head to do sth

• on monte en tête ou en queue ? shall we get on at the front or the back?

• être en tête to be in the lead

• dans les sondages, il arrive largement en tête he's well ahead in the polls

• en tête de phrase at the beginning of the sentence

• être en tête de liste to come at the top of the list

• il arrive en tête du scrutin he's leading in the elections

2. <

► tête d'affiche top of the bill

• être la tête d'affiche to be top of the bill ► tête brûlée ( = baroudeur) desperado

► tête d'enregistrement recording head

► tête de lecture [de magnétophone, magnétoscope] play-back head ; (Computing) reading head

► tête de ligne terminus

► tête de liste (Politics) chief candidate (in list system of voting)

► tête de lit bedhead

► tête de mort ( = emblème) death's-head ; (sur pavillon) skull and crossbones

► tête de nœud (vulg!) dickhead (vulg!)

► tête nucléaire nuclear warhead

► tête de série (Tennis) seeded player

• il est tête de série numéro 2 he's the number 2 seed ► tête de Turc whipping boy

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tɛt
nom féminin

1) gén head

la tête basse — ( humblement) with one's head bowed

la tête haute — ( dignement) with one's head held high

tête baissée — [se lancer, foncer] headlong

la tête en bas — [être suspendu, se retrouver] upside down

au-dessus de nos têtes — ( en l'air) overhead

sans tête — headless

coup de tête — headbutt

donner un coup de tête à quelqu'un — to headbutt somebody

être tombé sur la tête — (colloq) fig to have gone off one's rocker (colloq)

2) ( dessus du crâne) head

se laver la tête — to wash one's hair

j'ai la tête toute mouillée — my hair's all wet

3) ( visage) face

une bonne/sale tête — a nice/nasty face

tu en fais une tête! — what a face!, why the long face?

ne fais pas cette tête-là! — don't pull such a face!

quelle tête va-t-il faire? — how's he going to react?

il (me) fait la tête — he's sulking

ne fais pas ta mauvaise tête — don't be so difficult

elle fait sa mauvaise tête — she's being difficult

il a une tête à tricher — he looks like a cheat

tu as une tête à faire peur, aujourd'hui! — you look dreadful today!

4) ( esprit) mind

de tête — [citer, réciter] from memory; [calculer] in one's head

tu n'as pas de tête! — you have a mind like a sieve!

je n'ai pas la référence en tête — I can't recall the reference

où avais-je la tête? — whatever was I thinking of?

ça (ne) va pas, la tête? — (colloq) are you out of your mind or what?

j'avais la tête ailleurs — I was thinking of something else

n'avoir rien dans la tête — to be empty-headed

c'est lui qui t'a mis ça dans la tête! — you got that idea from him!

mets-lui ça dans la tête — drum it into him/her

se mettre dans la or en tête de faire — to take it into one's head to do

monter la tête à Pierre contre Paul — to turn Pierre against Paul

monter à la tête de quelqu'un, faire tourner la tête de quelqu'un — [alcool, succès] to go to somebody's head

elle t'a fait tourner la tête — she's turned your head

il n'est pas bien dans sa tête — (colloq) he isn't right in the head

il a encore toute sa tête (à lui) — he's still got all his faculties

n'en faire qu'à sa tête — to go one's own way

tenir tête à quelqu'un — to stand up to somebody

sur un coup de tête — on an impulse

5) ( personne) face

avoir ses têtes — to have one's favourites [BrE]

en tête à tête — [être, dîner] alone together

rencontrer quelqu'un en tête à tête — to have a meeting with somebody in private

un dîner en tête à tête — an intimate dinner for two

6) ( mesure de longueur) head

avoir une tête de plus que quelqu'un — to be a head taller than somebody

gagner d'une courte tête — [personne] to win by a narrow margin; [cheval] to win by a short head

avoir une tête d'avance sur quelqu'un — to be a short length in front of somebody

7) ( unité de troupeau) head (inv)

8) ( individu)

par tête — gén a head, each; ( dans des statistiques) per capita

par tête de pipe — (colloq) each

9) ( vie) head

vouloir la tête de quelqu'un — ( mort) to want somebody's head; ( disgrâce) to be after somebody's head

risquer sa tête — to risk one's neck (colloq)

des têtes vont tomber — fig heads will roll

10) ( direction)

le groupe de tête — the leading group

c'est lui la tête pensante du mouvement — he's the brains behind the movement

il restera à la tête du groupe — he will stay on as head of the group

prendre la tête du parti — to become leader of the party

prendre la tête des opérations — to take charge of operations

être à la tête d'une immense fortune — to be the possessor of a huge fortune

11) ( premières places) top

être en tête — (de liste, classement) to be at the top; (d'élection, de course, sondage) to be in the lead

venir en tête — to come first

marcher en tête — to walk at the front

marcher en tête d'un cortège — to head a procession

le gouvernement, le premier ministre en tête, a décidé que... — the government, led by the Prime Minister, has decided that...

des tas de gens viendront, ta femme en tête — heaps of people are coming, your wife to begin with

en tête de phrase — at the beginning of a sentence

12) ( extrémité) ( de train) front; (de convoi, cortège) head; (d'arbre, de mât) top; (de vis, rivet, clou) head

une place en tête de train — a seat at the front of the train

en tête de file — first in line

13) Sport ( au football) header

faire une tête — to head the ball

14) Armée ( d'engin) warhead

15) ( en électronique) (d'enregistrement, effacement) head; ( d'électrophone) cartridge

tête de lecture — (de magnétophone, magnétoscope) head

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Phrasal Verbs:

- tête d'affiche

- tête en l'air

- tête brûlée

- tête de chapitre

- tête à claques

- tête de cochon

- tête d'épingle

- tête de lard

- tête de linotte

- tête de liste

- tête de lit

- tête de mort

- tête de mule

- tête d'oiseau

- tête de pioche

- tête de série

- tête de Turc

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j'en mettrais ma tête à couper or sur le billot — I'd swear to it

en avoir par-dessus la tête — (colloq) to be fed up to the back teeth (colloq)

se prendre la tête à deux mains — (colloq) ( pour réfléchir) to rack one's brains (colloq)

prendre la tête — (colloq) to be a drag (colloq)

se prendre la tête — (colloq) to do one's head in (colloq)

te prends pas la tête pour ça! — don't worry about it!

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tɛt nf
1) [personne, animal] head

de la tête aux pieds — from head to toe

la tête en bas — with one's head down

la tête la première [tomber] — head first

se laver la tête — to wash one's hair

gagner d'une (courte) tête — to win by a (short) head

2) (= visage, expression) face

faire la tête — to sulk

3) FOOTBALL header

faire une tête — to head the ball, to do a header

4) (= position)

wagon de tête — front carriage

en tête SPORT — in the lead, (d'un cortège) at the front, at the head

en tête de SPORT — leading, [cortège] leading

en tête de la course — in the lead

en tête des meilleures ventes — at the top of the best-seller list

à la tête de [organisation] — at the head of, in charge of

prendre la tête de [peloton, course] — to take the lead in, [organisation, société] to become the head of

5) (autres locutions)

calculer qch de tête — to work sth out in one's head, to do a mental calculation of sth

avoir la tête dure — to be thickheaded

perdre la tête (= s'affoler) — to lose one's head, (= devenir fou) to go off one's head

ça ne va pas, la tête? * — are you crazy?

se mettre en tête que — to get it into one's head that

se mettre en tête de faire — to take it into one's head to do

une forte tête — a rebel

la tête basse — hanging one's head

par tête — per head

tenir tête à qn — to stand up to sb, to defy sb

en avoir par-dessus la tête — to be fed up

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tête ⇒ Le corps humain nf

1 gén (d'animal, insecte, de personne, plante) head; bouger la tête to move one's head; dessiner une tête de femme to draw a woman's head; statue à tête de chien statue with a dog's head; en pleine tête (right) in the head; blessure à la tête head injury; frapper qn à la tête to hit sb on the head; la tête la première [tomber, plonger] head first; la tête basse ( humblement) with one's head bowed; la tête haute ( dignement) with one's head held high; garder la tête haute fig to hold one's head high; tête baissée [se lancer, foncer] headlong; la tête en bas [être suspendu, se retrouver] upside down; au-dessus de nos têtes ( en l'air) overhead; sans tête [corps, cadavre] headless; coup de tête headbutt; donner un coup de tête à qn to headbutt sb; tomber sur la tête lit to fall on one's head; être tombé sur la tête○ fig to have gone off one's rocker○; salut, p’tite tête○! hello, bonehead○!; ⇒ bille, coûter, donner, gros;

2 ( dessus du crâne) head; se couvrir/se gratter la tête to cover/to scratch one's head; avoir la tête rasée to have a shaven head; sortir tête nue or sans rien sur la tête to go out bareheaded; se laver la tête to wash one's hair; j'ai la tête toute mouillée my hair's all wet;

3 ( visage) face; une bonne/sale tête a nice/nasty face; il a une belle tête he's got a nice face; si tu avais vu ta tête! you should have seen your face!; t'as vu la tête qu'il a tirée○? did you see his face?; tu en fais une tête! what a face you're pulling!; ne fais pas cette tête-là! don't pull such a face!; faire une tête longue comme ça○ to look miserable; il a fait une drôle de tête quand il m'a vu he pulled a face when he saw me; quelle tête va-t-il faire? how's he going to react?; faire une tête de circonstance to assume a suitable expression; à cette nouvelle, il a changé de tête on hearing this, his face fell; il (me) fait la tête he's sulking; ne fais pas ta mauvaise tête don't be so difficult; elle fait sa mauvaise tête she's being difficult; il a une tête à tricher he looks like a cheat; elle a une tête à être du quartier she looks like a local; tu as une tête à faire peur, aujourd'hui! you look dreadful today!; se faire la or une tête de Pierrot to make oneself up as (a) Pierrot; ⇒ six;

4 ( esprit) de tête [citer, réciter] from memory; [calculer] in one's head; tu n'as pas de tête! you have a mind like a sieve!; avoir en tête de faire to have it in mind to do; avoir qch en tête to have sth in mind; j'ai bien d'autres choses en tête pour le moment I've got a lot of other things on my mind at the moment; je n'ai pas la référence en tête I can't recall the reference; où avais-je la tête? whatever was I thinking of?; ça (ne) va pas, la tête○? are you feeling all right?; j'ai la tête vide my mind is a blank; j'avais la tête ailleurs I was dreaming, I was thinking of something else; elle n'a pas la tête à ce qu'elle fait her mind isn't on what she's doing; avoir la tête pleine de projets, avoir des projets plein la tête to have one's head full of plans; quand il a quelque chose dans la or en tête, il ne l'a pas ailleurs○ once he's got GB ou gotten US something into his head, he can't think of anything else; n'avoir rien dans la tête to be empty-headed, to be an airhead○; c'est lui qui t'a mis ça dans la tête! you got that idea from him!; mets-lui ça dans la tête drum it into him/her; se mettre dans la or en tête que to get it into one's head that; se mettre dans la or en tête de faire to take it into one's head to do; mets-toi bien ça dans la tête! get it into your head once and for all!; mettez-vous dans la tête que je ne signerai pas get it into your head that I won't sign; passer par la tête de qn [idée] to cross sb's mind; on ne sait jamais ce qui leur passe par la tête you never know what's going through their minds; passer au-dessus de la tête de qn to be ou go (right) over sb's head; sortir de la tête de qn to slip sb's mind; ça m'est sorti de la tête it slipped my mind; cette fille lui a fait perdre la tête he's lost his head over that girl; monter la tête à Pierre contre Paul to turn Pierre against Paul; j'ai la tête qui tourne my head's spinning; ça me fait tourner la tête it's making my head spin; monter à la tête, faire tourner la tête de qn [alcool, succès] to go to sb's head; elle t'a fait tourner la tête she's turned your head; il n'est pas bien dans sa tête○ he isn't right in the head; il a encore toute sa tête (à lui) he's still got all his faculties ou marbles○; il n'a plus sa tête à lui he's no longer in possession of all his faculties, he's lost his marbles○; n'en faire qu'à sa tête to go one's own way; tenir tête à qn to stand up to sb; sur un coup de tête on an impulse; ⇒ fort;

5 ( personne) face; j'ai déjà vu cette tête-là quelque part I've seen that face somewhere before; voir de nouvelles têtes to see new faces; avoir ses têtes to have one's favourites^GB; en tête à tête [être, rester, dîner] alone together; être (en) tête à tête avec qn to be alone with sb; rencontrer qn en tête à tête to have a meeting with sb in private; un dîner en tête à tête an intimate dinner for two;

6 ( mesure de longueur) head; avoir une tête de plus que qn, dépasser qn d'une tête to be a head taller than sb; gagner d'une courte tête [personne] to win by a narrow margin; [cheval] to win by a short head; avoir une tête d'avance sur qn to be a short length in front of sb;

7 ( unité de troupeau) head ( inv); 30 têtes de bétail 30 head of cattle; un troupeau de 500 têtes a herd of 500 head;

8 ( individu) par tête gén a head, each; Stat per capita; par tête de pipe○ each; ça fera 100 euros par tête it'll be 100 euros each ou a head; le PNB par tête the per capita GNP;

9 ( vie) head; ma tête est mise à prix there's a price on my head; vouloir la tête de qn ( mort) to want sb's head; ( disgrâce) to be after sb's head; risquer sa tête to risk one's neck○; des têtes vont tomber fig heads will roll;

10 ( direction) frapper une révolte à la tête to go for the leaders of an uprising; le groupe de tête the leading group; c'est lui la tête pensante du projet/mouvement/gang he's the brains behind the project/movement/gang; être à la tête d'un mouvement/parti to be at the head of a movement/party; il restera à la tête du groupe he will stay on as head of the group; il a été nommé à la tête du groupe he was appointed head of the group; on l'a rappelé à la tête de l'équipe he was called back to head up ou lead the team; prendre la tête du parti to become leader of the party; prendre la tête des opérations to take charge of operations; être à la tête d'une immense fortune to be the possessor of a huge fortune;

11 ( premières places) top; les él èves qui forment la tête de la classe the pupils at the top of the class; les candidats en tête de liste the candidates at the top of the list; être en tête (de liste, classement) to be at the top; (d'élection, de course, sondage) to be in the lead; venir en tête to come first; marcher en tête to walk at the front; à la tête d'un cortège at the head of a procession; marcher en tête d'un cortège to head ou lead a procession; il est en tête au premier tour Pol he's in the lead after the first round; il est en tête dans les sondages he's leading in the polls; l'équipe de tête au championnat the leading team in the championship; arriver en tête [coureur] to come in first; [candidat] to come first; le gouvernement, le premier ministre en tête, a décidé que… the government, led by the Prime Minister, has decided that…; des tas de gens viendront, ta femme en tête heaps of people are coming, your wife to begin with; en tête de phrase at the beginning of a sentence;

12 ( extrémité) ( de train) front; (de convoi, cortège) head; (d'arbre, de mât) top; (de vis, rivet, clou) head; les wagons de tête the front carriages GB ou cars US; une place en tête de train a seat at the front of the train; je préfère m'asseoir en tête I prefer to sit at the front; la tête du convoi s'est engagée sur le pont the head of the convoy went onto the bridge; l'avion a rasé la tête des arbres the plane clipped the tops of the trees ou the treetops; en tête de file first in line; ⇒ queue;

13 Sport ( au football) header; faire une tête to head the ball;

14 Mil ( d'engin) warhead; tête chimique/nucléaire chemical/nuclear warhead; missile à têtes multiples multiple-warhead missile;

15 Électron (d'enregistrement, effacement) head; ( d'électrophone) cartridge; tête de lecture (de magnétophone, magnétoscope) head.

Composés

tête d'affiche Cin, Théât top of the bill; tête d'ail Bot, Culin head of garlic; tête en l'air scatterbrain; être tête en l'air to be scatterbrained; tête blonde ( enfant) little one; nos chères têtes blondes hum our little darlings; tête brûlée daredevil; tête de chapitre chapter heading; tête chercheuse Mil homing device; missile à tête chercheuse homing missile; tête à claques○ pain○; quelle tête à claques, ce type! he's somebody you could cheerfully punch in the face; tête de cochon○ = tête de lard; tête couronnée crowned head; tête de delco® Aut distributor cap; tête d'écriture Ordinat write ou writing head; tête d'effacement Ordinat erase ou erasing head; tête d'épingle lit, fig pinhead; tête flottante Ordinat floating head; tête de lard○ péj ( têtu) mule; ( mauvais caractère) grouch; tête de ligne Transp end of the line; tête de linotte scatterbrain; tête de liste Pol chief candidate; tête de lit bedhead GB, headboard; tête magnétique magnetic head; tête de mort ( crâne) skull; ( symbole de mort) death's head; ( emblème de pirates) skull and crossbones (+ v sg); tête de mule○ mule; être une vraie tête de mule to be as stubborn as a mule; tête de nègre Culin chocolate marshmallow; tête de nœud● offensive prick●; tête d'oiseau○ péj featherbrain; tête de pioche○ = tête de mule; tête de pont Mil bridgehead; tête de série Sport seeded player; tête de série numéro deux number two seed; tête de Turc○ whipping boy; être la tête de Turc de qn to be sb's whipping boy; tête de veau Culin calf's head.

Idiomes

j'en mettrais ma tête à couper or sur le billot I'd put my head on the block; en avoir par-dessus la tête to be fed up to the back teeth○ (de with); se prendre la tête à deux mains ( pour réfléchir)○ to rack one's brains○; prendre la tête○, être une (vraie) prise de tête○ to be a drag○.

[tɛt] nom féminin

A.[PARTIE DU CORPS]

1. ANATOMIE head

la tête haute with (one's) head held high

la tête la première head first

de la tête aux pieds from head to foot ou toe

avoir mal à la tête to have a headache

avoir la tête lourde to have a thick head (UK), to feel fuzzy

j'ai la tête qui tourne [malaise] my head is spinning

ne tourne pas la tête, elle nous regarde don't look round, she's watching us

dès qu'il m'a vu, il a tourné la tête as soon as he saw me, he looked away

en avoir par-dessus la tête (familier) to be sick (and tired) of it

avoir la tête sur les épaules to have a good head on one's shoulders

faire une grosse tête (familier) ou la tête au carré (familier) à quelqu'un to smash somebody's head ou face in

j'en donnerais ou j'en mettrais ma tête à couper I'd stake my life on it

être tombé sur la tête (familier) to have a screw loose

il ne réfléchit jamais, il fonce tête baissée he always charges in ou ahead without thinking

se cogner ou se taper la tête contre les murs to bang one's head against a (brick) wall

se jeter à la tête de quelqu'un to throw oneself at somebody

2. [en référence à la chevelure, à la coiffure]

se laver la tête to wash one's hair

tête nue bareheaded

nos chères têtes blondes [les enfants] our little darlings

3. [visage, expression] face

avoir une bonne tête to look like a nice person

ne fais pas cette tête! don't pull (UK) ou make such a long face!

il a fait une de ces têtes quand je lui ai dit! you should have seen his face when I told him!

elle n'a pas une tête à se laisser faire she doesn't look the sort to be pushed around

il a ou c'est une tête à claques (familier) you just want to smack him in the mouth

tête de nœud (vulgaire) dickhead (vulgaire)

faire la tête to sulk

faire la tête à quelqu'un to ignore somebody

avec lui, c'est à la tête du client

a. [restaurant] he charges what he feels like

b. [professeur] he gives you a good mark if he likes your face

4. [mesure] head

il a une tête de plus que son frère he's a head taller than his brother

5. CUISINE head

tête pressée (Belgique) [fromage de tête] pork brawn (UK), headcheese (US)

6. SPORT header

B.[SIÈGE DE LA PENSÉE]

1. [siège des pensées, de l'imagination, de la mémoire] mind, head

il a des rêves plein la tête he's a dreamer

une drôle d'idée m'est passée par la tête I had a strange idea

se mettre dans la tête que to get it into one's head that

se mettre dans la tête ou en tête de faire quelque chose to make up one's mind to do something

une tête bien faite Montaigne (allusion) a good mind

avoir la grosse tête (familier) to be big-headed

avoir toute sa tête to have all one's faculties

faire sa mauvaise tête to dig one's heels in

avoir la tête chaude, avoir la tête près du bonnet to be quick-tempered

monter la tête à quelqu'un to give somebody (big) ideas

monter à la tête de quelqu'un

a. [succès] to go to somebody's head

b. [chagrin] to unbalance somebody

se monter la tête to get carried away

tourner la tête à quelqu'un to turn somebody's head

avoir la tête vide/dure to be empty-headed/stubborn

il est tête en l'air he's got his head in the clouds

excuse-moi, j'avais la tête ailleurs sorry, I was thinking about something else ou I was miles away

il n'a pas de tête [il est étourdi] he is scatterbrained ou a scatterbrain

ça m'est sorti de la tête I forgot, it slipped my mind

il ne sait plus où donner de la tête he doesn't know whether he's coming or going

n'en faire qu'à sa tête to do exactly as one pleases

je le lirai à tête reposée I'll take the time to read it in a quiet moment

2. [sang-froid, présence d'esprit] head

avoir ou garder la tête froide to keep a cool head

C.[PERSONNE, ANIMAL]

1. [individu] person

plusieurs têtes connues several familiar faces

prendre une assurance sur la tête de quelqu'un to take out an insurance policy on somebody

être une tête de lard ou de mule to be as stubborn as a mule, to be pig-headed

tête de linotte ou d'oiseau ou sans cervelle scatterbrain

tête de cochon bloody-minded individual

tête couronnée crowned head

forte tête rebel

une grosse tête (familier) a brain

petite tête (familier) pinhead

avoir ses têtes (familier) to have one's favourites

2. [vie d'une personne] head, neck

le procureur réclame la tête de l'accusé the prosecution is demanding the prisoner's execution

jouer ou risquer sa tête to risk one's skin

sauver sa tête to save one's skin ou neck

3. [meneur, leader] head, leader

les têtes pensantes du comité the brains of the committee

4. [animal d'un troupeau] head (invariable)

D.[PARTIE HAUTE, PARTIE AVANT, DÉBUT]

1. [faîte] top

la tête d'un arbre a treetop

2. [partie avant] front end

la tête du train the front of the train

tête de lit bedhead

mets la tête du lit vers le nord turn the head of the bed towards the north

prendre la tête du défilé to head ou to lead the procession

prendre la tête

a. [marcher au premier rang] to take the lead

b. [commander, diriger] to take over

tête de ligne

a. [généralement] terminus, end of the line

b. RAIL railhead

3. [début]

faites ressortir les têtes de chapitres make the chapter headings stand out

4. [dans un classement] top, head

les dix élèves qui forment la tête de la classe the ten best pupils in the class

tête d'affiche top of the bill

tête de série SPORT seeded player

tête de série numéro huit number eight seed

5. [extrémité - d'un objet, d'un organe] head ; [ - d'un os] head, caput

tête d'ail head of garlic

tête de bielle big end

tête d'épingle pinhead

gros comme une tête d'épingle the size of a pinhead

6. ACOUSTIQUE head

tête d'effacement erase head

tête de lecture head

7. IMPRIMERIE head, top

8. INFORMATIQUE head

9. MILITAIRE head

tête de pont

a. [sur rivière] bridgehead

b. [sur plage] beachhead

10. PHYSIQUE NUCLÉAIRE head

tête chercheuse homing device

tête nucléaire nuclear warhead

à la tête de locution prépositionnelle

1. [en possession de]

elle s'est trouvée à la tête d'une grosse fortune she found herself in possession of a great fortune

2. [au premier rang de] at the head ou front of

à la tête d'un groupe de mécontents heading a group of protesters

3. [à la direction de] in charge of, at the head of

être à la tête d'une société to head a company

il est à la tête d'un cabinet d'assurances he runs an insurance firm

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de tête locution adjectivale

1. [femme, homme] able

2. [convoi, voiture] front (avant nom)

3. IMPRIMERIE head (modificateur)

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de tête locution adverbiale

[calculer] in one's head

de tête, je dirais que nous étions vingt at a guess I'd say there were twenty of us

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en tête locution adverbiale

1. [devant]

monter en tête to go to the front

être en tête

a. [généralement] to be at the front

b. [dans une course, une compétition] to (be in the) lead

2. [à l'esprit]

avoir quelque chose en tête to have something in mind

je ne l'ai plus en tête I can't remember it

en tête à tête locution adverbiale

alone together

dîner en tête à tête avec quelqu'un to have a quiet dinner (alone) with somebody

en tête de locution prépositionnelle

1. [au début de] at the beginning ou start of

tous les mots placés en tête de phrase the first word of every sentence

2. [à l'avant de] at the head ou front of

les dirigeants syndicaux marchent en tête du défilé the union leaders are marching at the head of the procession

3. [au premier rang de] at the top of

en tête des sondages leading the polls

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par tête locution adverbiale

per head, a head, apiece

ça coûtera 40 euros par tête it'll cost 40 euros a head ou per head ou apiece

par tête de pipe (familier)

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sur la tête de locution prépositionnelle

1. [sur la personne de]

le mécontentement populaire s'est répercuté sur la tête du Premier ministre popular discontent turned towards the Prime Minister

2. [au nom de] in the name of

3. [en prêtant serment]

je le jure sur la tête de mes enfants I swear on my mother's grave

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tête brûlée nom féminin

hothead

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tête de mort nom féminin

1. [crâne] skull

2. [emblème] death's head, skull and crossbones

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tête de nègre

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tête de Turc nom féminin

whipping boy, scapegoat

Dictionnaire Français-Anglais > tête

14 testa

f head

a testa each, a head

alla testa di at the head of

essere in testa lead

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testa s.f.

1 head: la testa mi duole terribilmente, my head aches dreadfully (o I have a splitting headache); mal di testa, headache; chinare la testa, to bend (o to bow) one's head; scrollare, sollevare la testa, to shake, to raise one's head; tagliare la testa a qlcu., to cut (o to chop) s.o.'s head off (o to behead s.o.); cadere a testa in giù, to fall headlong; tuffarsi a testa in giù, to dive head first; mi mise la testa sulla spalla, she laid her head on my shoulder; avere il cappello in testa, to be wearing one's hat; si mise in testa il cappello e uscì, he put his hat on and went out; si è ferito alla, rotto la testa contro lo spigolo del tavolo, he cut his head on the edge of the table; gli diedero una botta in testa, they hit him on the head; quando lo vide girò la testa da un'altra parte, when he saw him he looked the other way // testa di rapa, di legno, ( persona ottusa) block-head (o dolt o ass); testa dura, ( persona ostinata) stubborn person; testa quadrata, ( persona equilibrata) well-balanced person; testa vuota, fool: è una testa vuota, he has a thick head; essere una testa calda, to be hot-headed (o impulsive); avere una bella testa, ( essere intelligente) to have a fine brain // (mus.) voce di testa, first voice

2 ( persona, individuo) head: ci sono troppe teste coinvolte nella decisione, there are too many people involved in the decision // a testa, per head (o a head o each): staremo svegli due ore a testa, we'll each stay awake for two hours; vi spettano tre copie a testa, there are three copies each (o per head o a head); si mangiarono un pollo a testa, they ate a chicken each; cento euro a testa, one hundred euros a head; pagare un tanto a testa, to pay so much per head (o each)

3 ( testata) head: la testa del letto, the bedhead (o headboard); la testa di un chiodo, di uno spillo, the head of a nail, of a pin; testa d'aglio, head of garlic // (mil.): testa di ponte, bridgehead; testa di sbarco, beachhead // (mecc.): testa a croce, crosshead; testa di biella, big end; testa del cilindro, cylinder head; battere, picchiare in testa, to knock; battito in testa, knocking

4 (ferr.) vettura di testa, the first carriage, the carriage at the front of the train; la carrozza ristorante è in testa, the restaurant car is at the front of the train; stazione di testa, terminal station

5 (zool.) testa di rame, ( Agkistrodon contortrix mokasen) copperhead.

◆ FRASEOLOGIA: avere la testa tra le nuvole, to have one's head in the clouds; il vino gli dà subito alla testa, wine goes straight to his head; speriamo che il successo non gli dia alla testa, let's hope that his success won't go to his head; non sa più dove andare a sbattere la testa, he doesn't know where to turn; mettere la testa a posto, to sort oneself out; spero che non vi passino altre idee strane per la testa, I hope you won't get any other strange ideas into your head; ma cosa ti è venuto, saltato in testa?, what has come over you?; avere la testa sulle spalle, to have one's (o a good) head on one's shoulders; avere debiti, lavoro fin sopra la testa, to be up to one's eyes in debt, in work; ne ho fin sopra la testa dei suoi discorsi, I have had all I can take of his speeches; mi ha fatto una testa così con le sue chiacchiere, he wore me out with his talking; mettere un'idea in testa a qlcu., to put an idea into s.o.'s head; mettersi un'idea in testa, to take an idea into one's head; fare di testa propria, to do sthg. off one's own bat (o to do sthg. one's own way); andare a testa alta, to hold one's head high; andò via a testa bassa, he walked away crestfallen (o hanging his head): la squadra lasciò il campo a testa bassa, the team were downhearted when they left the field; ''Ho perso il portafoglio!'' ''Ma dove hai la testa?'', ''I have lost my wallet'' ''What were you thinking of?''; essere fuori di testa, (fam.) non esserci con la testa, to be out of one's mind; andare fuori di testa, (fam.) to go off one's head, to go crazy; non avere la testa a posto, to be off one's head; nascondere la testa nella sabbia, to bury one's head in the sand; agire con la testa nel sacco, to act like a fool; perdere la testa, to lose one's head; piegare la testa di fronte all'evidenza, to bow to evidence; possiamo solo chinare la testa e obbedire, we'll just have to bow down (o to give in) and obey; non riesce a farsi entrare in testa la matematica, he just can't get maths into his head; non ha testa per la matematica, he has no head for maths; rompersi la testa per qlco., to rack one's brains for sthg.; tenere testa a qlcu., ( non sottomettersi) to stand up to s.o., ( mantenersi al passo) to keep up with s.o.; uscirne con la testa rotta, to have the worst of it // essere in testa, to be in the lead (o at the top): il nostro paese è in testa nella produzione di automobili, our country leads the field in car production; le Ferrari sono in testa, the Ferraris are in the lead; essere, passare in testa alla classifica, to be at, to move up to the top of the league; il suo nome è in testa alla lista dei ricercati, his name is at the top of the wanted list; andare in testa, to take the lead; essere in testa a tutti, to be ahead of everybody // essere alla testa di un corteo, to be heading a procession; essere alla testa di un esercito, di un'impresa commerciale, to be at the head of an army, of a business; essere alla testa di un partito, to be the leader of a party // testa a testa, neck and neck // teste di cuoio, special forces, anti-terrorist (police) forces, commando units; (in GB) SAS // (sport) testa di serie, seed, seeded player ∙ Per ulteriore esemplificazione vedere anche alla voce 'capo'.

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['tɛsta]
sostantivo femminile

1) head

muovere la testa — to move one's head

coprirsi la testa — to cover one's head

lavarsi la testa — to wash one's hair

dalla testa ai piedi — from head to foot o toe

mal di testa — headache

a testa in giù, di testa — [cadere, tuffarsi] headfirst

a testa in giù — [ essere sospeso] upside down

mettersi il cappello in testa — to put on one's hat

a testa alta — (senza vergogna) with one's head held high

a testa bassa — (vergognandosi) with one's head bowed; (con grande impegno) [ lanciarsi] headfirst, headlong

sulle nostre -e — (per aria) over our heads

testa a testa — [lottare, scontrarsi] head to head; [correre, arrivare] neck and neck, nip and tuck AE

mettere una taglia sulla testa di qcn. — fig. to put a price on sb.'s head

2) fig. (mente)

avere in testa di fare — to have it in mind to do

avere qcs. in testa — to have sth. on one's mind

usare la testa — to use one's head

avere la testa altrove — to be miles away, to have one's mind elsewhere

è una bella testa — colloq. she's a great mind o a heavyweight

non ci sta (tanto) con la testa — colloq. he's not right in the head, he's not all there

3) (individuo)

a testa — each, per o a head

4) (estremità) (di treno, convoglio) front; (di corteo, fila) head, front; (di chiodo, spillo, fiammifero, martello) head

i vagoni di testa — the front carriages o cars

5) (comando)

il gruppo di testa — the leaders, the leading group

essere alla testa di — to be at the head of, to head [movimento, partito]

in testa a o alla testa di un corteo at the front o head of a procession; essere in testa (in elezioni, sondaggio, gara, classifica) to lead, to be in the lead, to have the lead; essere in testa a to head [ lista]; to be at the top of [ classifica]; la squadra in testa al campionato the leading team in the championship; passare in testa — to go into the lead, to take the lead

6) aut.

battere in testa — [ motore] to knock; [ automobile] to backfire

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testa d'aglio — head of garlic

testa d'asino — mutton head

testa di biella — tecn. stub-end

testa calda — hothead, hotspur

essere una testa calda — to be hot-headed

testa di cavolo — colloq. cabbagehead, pinhead

testa di cazzo — volg. dickhead, prick

testa o croce — heads or tails

fare a testa o croce — to call heads or tails, to toss up, to flip a coin

testa di cuoio — mil. = member of a special anti-terrorist police team

testa dura — testa di legno

avere la testa dura — to be strongheaded

testa di legno — woodenhead, thickhead, blockhead

testa matta — madcap

testa di moro — dark chocolate

testa di morto — (teschio) death's head; entosostantivo maschile death's head moth

testa quadra — (persona testarda) bullhead, blackhead

testa quadrata — (persona razionale) squareheaded person

testa di rapa — colloq. testa di legno

testa di serie — sport seed

testa d'uovo — colloq. egghead

testa vuota — dimwit, rattle-brain, airhead AE, bubblehead AE

avere la testa vuota — to be in a vacuum

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fare una testa così a qcn., fare la testa come un pallone a qcn. — to talk sb.'s head off

averne fin sopra la testa — to be tired o sick to death (di of), to have it up to there (di with)

avere la testa tra le o nelle nuvole to have one's head in the clouds; avere la testa sulle spalle o sul collo o a posto to have one's head screwed on, to have a good head on one's shoulders, to have all one's buttons colloq.; dare alla testa o far girare la testa a qcn. [alcol, lodi] to go to sb.'s head; [ successo] to go to sb.'s head, to turn sb.'s head; montarsi la testa to get big-headed, to have a swollen head; non montarti la testa don't let it go to your head; tenere testa a qcn. to be a match for sb.; far entrare qcs. in testa a qcn. to drill sth. into sb., to get o beat o drive sth. into sb.'s head; mettere la testa a posto to get oneself sorted out, to buck up one's ideas colloq.; mettere qcs. in testa a qcn. to put sth. into sb.'s head; mettersi in testa di fare to take it into one's head to do, to set one's mind on doing; mettersi in testa che to get the notion into one's head that; mettitelo bene in testa! get that into your (thick) skull! get it into your head once and for all! perdere la testa to go off one's head; fare qcs. di testa propria to do sth. on one's own initiative; fare (sempre) di testa propria to (always) do it one's own way; rompersi la testa (scervellarsi) to rack one's brains; essere fuori di testa colloq. to be as nutty as a fruit cake, to be out to lunch; andare fuori di testa, uscire di testa colloq. to go off one's head, to flip, to go (a)round the bend, to go bananas; fare uscire di testa qcn. colloq. to drive sb. (a)round the bend; ma sei fuori di testa? are you off your head? are you out of your mind? tagliare la testa al toro — to clinch the question once and for all

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testa

/'tεsta/ ⇒ 4

sostantivo f.

1 head; muovere la testa to move one's head; coprirsi la testa to cover one's head; lavarsi la testa to wash one's hair; dalla testa ai piedi from head to foot o toe; mal di testa headache; a testa in giù, di testa [cadere, tuffarsi] headfirst; a testa in giù [ essere sospeso] upside down; mettersi il cappello in testa to put on one's hat; a testa alta (senza vergogna) with one's head held high; a testa bassa (vergognandosi) with one's head bowed; (con grande impegno) [ lanciarsi] headfirst, headlong; sulle nostre -e (per aria) over our heads; testa a testa [lottare, scontrarsi] head to head; [correre, arrivare] neck and neck, nip and tuck AE; mettere una taglia sulla testa di qcn. fig. to put a price on sb.'s head

2 fig. (mente) avere in testa di fare to have it in mind to do; avere qcs. in testa to have sth. on one's mind; usare la testa to use one's head; avere la testa altrove to be miles away, to have one's mind elsewhere; è una bella testa colloq. she's a great mind o a heavyweight; non ci sta (tanto) con la testa colloq. he's not right in the head, he's not all there

3 (individuo) a testa each, per o a head

4 (estremità) (di treno, convoglio) front; (di corteo, fila) head, front; (di chiodo, spillo, fiammifero, martello) head; i vagoni di testa the front carriages o cars

5 (comando) il gruppo di testa the leaders, the leading group; essere alla testa di to be at the head of, to head [movimento, partito]; in testa a o alla testa di un corteo at the front o head of a procession; essere in testa(in elezioni, sondaggio, gara, classifica) to lead, to be in the lead, to have the lead; essere in testa a to head [ lista]; to be at the top of [ classifica]; la squadra in testa al campionato the leading team in the championship; passare in testa to go into the lead, to take the lead

6 aut. battere in testa [ motore] to knock; [ automobile] to backfire

IDIOMS

fare una testa così a qcn., fare la testa come un pallone a qcn. to talk sb.'s head off; averne fin sopra la testa to be tired o sick to death (di of), to have it up to there (di with); avere la testa tra le o nelle nuvole to have one's head in the clouds; avere la testa sulle spalle o sul collo o a posto to have one's head screwed on, to have a good head on one's shoulders, to have all one's buttons colloq.; dare alla testa o far girare la testa a qcn. [alcol, lodi] to go to sb.'s head; [ successo] to go to sb.'s head, to turn sb.'s head; montarsi la testa to get big-headed, to have a swollen head; non montarti la testa don't let it go to your head; tenere testa a qcn. to be a match for sb.; far entrare qcs. in testa a qcn. to drill sth. into sb., to get o beat o drive sth. into sb.'s head; mettere la testa a posto to get oneself sorted out, to buck up one's ideas colloq.; mettere qcs. in testa a qcn. to put sth. into sb.'s head; mettersi in testa di fare to take it into one's head to do, to set one's mind on doing; mettersi in testa che to get the notion into one's head that; mettitelo bene in testa! get that into your (thick) skull! get it into your head once and for all! perdere la testa to go off one's head; fare qcs. di testa propria to do sth. on one's own initiative; fare (sempre) di testa propria to (always) do it one's own way; rompersi la testa (scervellarsi) to rack one's brains; essere fuori di testa colloq. to be as nutty as a fruit cake, to be out to lunch; andare fuori di testa, uscire di testa colloq. to go off one's head, to flip, to go (a)round the bend, to go bananas; fare uscire di testa qcn. colloq. to drive sb. (a)round the bend; ma sei fuori di testa? are you off your head? are you out of your mind? tagliare la testa al toro to clinch the question once and for all

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COMPOUNDS

testa d'aglio head of garlic; testa d'asino mutton head; testa di biella tecn. stub-end; testa calda hothead, hotspur; essere una testa calda to be hot-headed; testa di cavolo colloq. cabbagehead, pinhead; testa di cazzo volg. dickhead, prick; testa o croce heads or tails; fare a testa o croce to call heads or tails, to toss up, to flip a coin; testa di cuoio mil. = member of a special anti-terrorist police team; testa dura → testa di legno; avere la testa dura to be strongheaded; testa di legno woodenhead, thickhead, blockhead; testa matta madcap; testa di moro dark chocolate; testa di morto (teschio) death's head; entosostantivo maschile death's head moth; testa quadra (persona testarda) bullhead, blackhead; testa quadrata (persona razionale) squareheaded person; testa di rapa colloq. → testa di legno; testa di serie sport seed; testa d'uovo colloq. egghead; testa vuota dimwit, rattle-brain, airhead AE, bubblehead AE; avere la testa vuota to be in a vacuum.

Dizionario Italiano-Inglese > testa

15 gł|owa

f 1. (część ciała) head
- pokiwać głową to nod (one’s head)

- pokręcić a. potrząsnąć głową to shake one’s head

- pochylać głowę to bow one’s head

- podnosić głowę to raise one’s head; przen. to rebel, to revolt

- ból głowy a headache

- cierpieć na ból głowy to have a headache

- głowa mi/jej pęka a. puchnie od hałasu/waszego gadania all the noise/your chatter is giving me/her a splitting headache

- włożyć czapkę na głowę to put a cap on

- chodzić z gołą a. odkrytą głową to go bareheaded

- głową naprzód [upaść, skoczyć] headlong, head first

- od stóp do głów from head to toe a. foot

- zmierzyć kogoś wzrokiem od stóp do głów to look sb up and down, to look sb over from head to foot

- ubrana na czerwono od stóp do głów dressed in red from head to toe

- przerastać kogoś o głowę (być wyższym) to be a head taller than sb; przen. to be head and shoulders above sb

- głowa ci/mu się kiwała (ze zmęczenia) you were/he was nodding off; (od alkoholu) you were/he was tipsy

- krew uderzyła mu/jej do głowy the blood rushed to his/her head

- kręciło się jej/mi w głowie she/I felt dizzy, her/my head was spinning

- szumiało mu w głowie his head was spinning a. whirling

- leje mi się na głowę my roof leaks

- (mieć) dach nad głową (to have) a roof over one’s head
2. (umysł) head, mind
- z głowy (z pamięci, bez sprawdzania) from memory

- chodzi mi po głowie myśl a. pomysł, żeby zmienić pracę I’ve been toying with the idea of changing jobs

- siedzieć komuś w głowie [myśl, wydarzenie] to be on sb’s mind, to weigh on sb’s mind

- ten problem od tygodnia siedzi mi w głowie I haven’t been able to get my mind off the problem all week

- nie mieścić się komuś w głowie to be unbelievable a. incredible, to boggle sb’s mind

- nie mieści mi się w głowie, jak mogłeś zapomnieć o jej urodzinach I can’t believe you forgot her birthday

- nie postać komuś w głowie [myśl, pomysł] to not occur to sb, to not enter sb’s mind a. head

- nawet w głowie mi nie postało, żeby się jej sprzeciwiać it never even occured to me to contradict her

- nic mi nie przychodzi do głowy nothing comes to mind, I can’t think of anything

- nie przyszło jej do głowy, żeby do niego zadzwonić a. że powinna do niego zadzwonić it didn’t occur to her to phone him a. that she ought to phone him

- przelecieć a. przemknąć komuś przez głowę [myśl, pomysł] to cross sb’s mind

- przeleciało a. przemknęło mu przez głowę, żeby do nich napisać the idea of writing to them crossed his mind

- wchodzić/nie wchodzić komuś do głowy [nauka, przedmiot szkolny] to come/to not come easily to sb

- daty zawsze łatwo wchodziły jej do głowy she’s always had a good head for dates

- języki obce łatwo wchodzą mu do głowy he picks up foreign languages easily, foreign languages come easily to him

- matematyka w ogóle nie wchodzi mi do głowy I have no head for maths

- wylecieć komuś z głowy to slip sb’s mind

- wszystko, czego się uczyłem, na egzaminie wyleciało mi z głowy I’d studied really hard, but during the exam my mind went blank, everything that I’d learned went out of my head during the exam

- wyleciało mi z głowy, że miałam pojechać po niego na lotnisko I was supposed to pick him up at the airport but it completely slipped my mind

- kłaść a. wbijać coś komuś w głowę a. do głowy to hammer sth into sb’s head

- kłaść a. pakować coś komuś łopatą do głowy to cram sth into sb’s head

- kręcić a. mącić a. mieszać komuś w głowie to mix sb up; to do sb’s head in GB pot.

- miałam/miał/miała pustkę w głowie my/his/her mind went blank

- mieć mętlik w głowie to be all mixed up

- moja w tym głowa, żeby… it’s up to me to…

- mieć coś z głową to be off one’s head

- mieć dobrze w głowie to be sensible

- mieć głowę do czegoś to have a (good) head for sth [matematyki, interesów]

- mieć głowę zajętą czymś/kimś to be preoccupied with sth/sb

- mieć spokojną głowę to have nothing to worry about

- mieć wolną głowę to have a clear head a. mind

- miesza a. mąci a. plącze mi/jej się w głowie I’m/she’s confused a. mixed up

- nabić a. zaprzątnąć sobie głowę czymś to stuff one’s head with sth

- nie mam teraz głowy do tego I’ve got too many other things on my mind to think about that right now

- robić coś z głową/bez głowy to use/to not use one’s head a. one’s common sense when doing sth

- wyjazd na wycieczkę zaplanowany z głową/zupełnie bez głowy a well-/thoughtlessly planned trip

- zaświtać komuś w głowie [myśl, pomysł] to dawn on sb

- już mi coś zaczęło świtać w głowie I was beginning to get the idea

- rozjaśniło mi/mu się w głowie it became clearer to me/him

- po rozmowie z matką rozjaśniło mi się w głowie talking to a. with my mother helped me sort it all out

- tracić głowę pot. to lose one’s head
3. (człowiek inteligentny) brain pot.
- człowiek z głową a man/woman with a good head on his/her shoulders

- mądra głowa a brain pot.

- tęga głowa a brainbox GB pot., a brain pot.

- jej siostra to tęga a. mądra głowa her sister is a real brain

- z tego matematyka to nie lada głowa this mathematician is a real brain
4. (fryzura) hair(cut), hairstyle
- modnie uczesana głowa a fashionable hairstyle

- miała głowę prosto od fryzjera she’d just had her hair done

- zrób coś z tą głową, wyglądasz jak czupiradło do something with your hair, you look a fright
5. (w wyliczeniach) na głowę a. od głowy each, per person
- do zapłacenia jest 100 zł na głowę a. od głowy it costs 100 zlotys each a. per person

- dochód na głowę mieszkańca per capita income

- spożycie alkoholu na głowę mieszkańca per capita alcohol consumption
6. (przywódca) head
- głowa rodziny the head of the family

- koronowane głowy crowned heads

- głowa państwa Polit. the head of state

- głowa kościoła anglikańskiego/(rzymsko)katolickiego Relig. the head of the Anglican/(Roman) Catholic church

■ kapuściana a. ośla a. zakuta głowa pot., obraźl. dimwit pot., obraźl., thickhead pot., obraźl.

- pójść a. skoczyć po rozum do głowy pot. to see the light (of reason) iron.

- łamać sobie głowę nad czymś pot. to puzzle over sth, to chew sth over

- łamać sobie głowę czymś to (w)rack a. cudgel one’s brain(s) about sth, to chew sth over

- mieć na tyle oleju w głowie, żeby… pot. to have the wit(s) a. the brains a. the sense to… pot.

- nie mieć oleju a. rozumu w głowie pot. not to have the sense one was born with

- mieć źle a. niedobrze w głowie pot. to need to have one’s head examined pot.

- mieć zielono a. pstro w głowie pot. to be an airhead pot.

- zawracać komuś głowę to bug sb pot.; to bother a. pester sb

- suszyć komuś głowę to nag sb

- przewracać komuś w głowie [zaszczyty, pochlebstwa, sukcesy] to go to sb’s head

- mieć coś/kogoś z głowy pot. (pozbyć się) to get rid of sb/sth; (załatwić sprawę) to get sth out of the way a. over (and done) with pot.

- wybić coś sobie z głowy pot. to get sth out of one’s head pot.

- wybij sobie z głowy wakacje za granicą you can just forget about going abroad for the holidays pot.

- wybić coś komuś z głowy pot. to put sb off sth

- muszę mu wybić z głowy ten pomysł I have to put him off that idea

- wziąć sobie kogoś/coś na głowę pot. to take sb/sth on one’s shoulders

- siedzieć komuś na głowie pot. to stay with sb

- rodzina z Kanady siedzi mi na głowie od miesiąca I’ve had relatives from Canada on my hands all month pot.

- zwalić się komuś na głowę pot. to descend on sb

- mieć z kimś/czymś urwanie głowy pot. to have one’s hands full with sb/sth pot.

- w domu było urwanie głowy there was bedlam in the house

- zachodzić w głowę pot. to go nuts trying to figure sth out pot.

- zachodzę w głowę, gdzie mogłam wsadzić paszport/zostawić teczkę I’m going nuts trying to figure out where I could’ve put my passport/left my briefcase

- zawrócić komuś w głowie (zbałamucić) to lead sb astray; (rozkochać) to turn sb’s head

- mieć głowę na karku a. nie od parady to have one’s head screwed on right a. screwed the right way, to have a good head on one’s shoulders

- przewyższać kogoś o głowę to be head and shoulders above sb

- (po)bić kogoś na głowę to outdo sb; to run a. make rings (a)round sb pot.

- konkurencja bije nas na głowę pod względem liczby sprzedanych egzemplarzy/kontroli jakości the competition is running rings around us in terms of sales/quality control

- mieć mocną/słabą głowę to have/to not have a strong head (for alcohol), to hold/to not hold (one’s) liquor well

- iść a. uderzać komuś do głowy [alkohol] to go (straight) to sb’s head

- kurzyło mu się z głowy he was drunk

- dać głowę (stracić życie) to lose one’s life

- głowę dam, że… I’m positive a. absolutely certain (that)…

- skrócić kogoś o głowę a. uciąć komuś głowę to behead sb

- nadstawiać głowy a. głowę to risk one’s neck

- odpowiadać a. ręczyć głową za kogoś/coś to stick one’s neck out for sb/sth

- naznaczyć cenę na czyjąś głowę to put a price on sb’s head

- chodzić z głową w chmurach to have one’s head in the clouds

- chować głowę w piasek to bury one’s head in the sand

- stać a. być postawionym na głowie pot. to make no sense

- wisieć (komuś) nad głową to be hanging over sb a. over sb’s head

- nosić głowę wysoko to hold up one’s head a. to hold one’s head (up) high

- rwać a. drzeć włosy z głowy to tear one’s hair out

- schylać a. pochylać głowę przed kimś to bow (down) before sb

- stawać na głowie (żeby coś zrobić) pot. to bend over backwards (to do sth), to break one’s neck (to do sth)

- tłuc a. walić głową o mur to beat a. bang one’s head against the wall a. against a brick wall

- ukręcić czemuś głowę pot. to hush sth up [sprawie, aferze]; to nip sth in the bud [plotce]

- wchodzić komuś na głowę pot. to walk all over sb

- wylać komuś kubeł zimnej wody na głowę pot. to bring sb (back) down to earth

- wylewać komuś pomyje na głowę pot. to bad-mouth sb pot.

- wziąć kogoś za głowę pot. to take sb in hand

- zmyć komuś głowę pot. to give sb what for pot.

- woda sodowa uderzyła mu do głowy pot. he’s become big-headed pot.

- włos ci/mu z głowy nie spadnie it won’t harm a hair on your/his head

- włos się mi/jej na głowie jeży (od czegoś) sth makes my/her hair stand on end, sth makes my/her hair curl

- życie a. los nie głaszcze go/jej po głowie he/she doesn’t have an easy life

- spokojna głowa not to worry pot.; don’t worry

- spokojna głowa, zdążymy don’t worry, we’ll be on time

- niech cię o to głowa nie boli that’s not your problem, don’t worry about it

- głowa do góry! chin up!, cheer up!

- marzenie ściętej głowy a pipe dream

- czapki z głów! hats off!

- co dwie głowy to nie jedna przysł. two heads are better than one przysł.

The New English-Polish, Polish-English Kościuszko foundation dictionary > gł|owa

16 głowa

- owy; - owy; dat sg - owie; gen pl; -ów; f

head; (pot: umysł) brain, mind

na głowę — per capita

głowa państwa — head of state

głowa do góry! — chin up!

mieć głowę na karku — to have one's head screwed on

stracić ( perf) głowę — to lose one's head

z głowy — (przen) off the cuff lub the top of one's head

całkiem mi to wyleciało z głowy — it completely slipped my mind

koniak/sukces uderzył mu do głowy — the brandy/success went to his head

nie zawracaj sobie głowy — don't bother

przyszło mi do głowy, że... — it (has) just occurred to me, that...

mieć coś/kogoś na (swojej) głowie — (przen) to have sth/sb on one's hands

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głowa

f.

Gen.pl. głów

1. (człowieka, zwierzęcia) head; ból głowy headache; marzenie ściętej głowy pie in the sky, wishful thinking; trupia głowa skull and crossbones; od stóp do głów from head to foot; z odkrytą l. gołą głową bare-headed; bić kogoś na głowę be more than a match for sb; być czyimś oczkiem w głowie be the apple of sb's eye; chować głowę w piasek bury l. hide one's head in the sand; domagać się czyjejś głowy call for sb's head; drapać się w głowę scratch one's head; kręcić głową shake one's head; mieć dach nad głową have a roof over one's head; mieć głowę na karku pot. have a good head on one's shoulders; mieć słabą głowę pot. not be able to hold one's liquor; mieć urwanie głowy w pracy be having a hectic time at work; skinąć głową nod one's head; stawać na głowie, żeby coś robić stand on one's head l. bend over backwards to do sth; strzec kogoś/czegoś jak oka w głowie watch sb/sth like a hawk; zmyć komuś głowę pot. rake sb over the coals; dam sobie głowę uciąć, że... I'd bet my life that...; głowa mi pęka I've got a splitting headache; kręci mi się w głowie my head is spinning l. reeling; niech cię o to głowa nie boli never you mind; od przybytku głowa nie boli there is never too much of a good thing; ręczę za to głową I can vouch for it; włos z głowy mu nie spadnie not a hair of his head shall be injured, I can vouch for his safety; woda sodowa uderzyła mu do głowy pot. sb has got a big head, sb has grown too big for his/her britches; wszystko stoi na głowie everything has been turned upside down l. topsy turvy; głowa do góry! cheer up!

2. (= rozum) head, mind; człowiek z głową na karku a man with a good head on his shoulders; łamać sobie głowę nad czymś rack one's brains over sth; mieć coś z głowy have sth off one's mind; mieć olej w głowie have one's head screwed on right; przychodzić do głowy spring to mind; przyszło mi do głowy, że... it just came l. occurred to me that...; nic mi nie przychodzi do głowy nothing springs to mind; robić coś z głową use one's head to get sth done; suszyć komuś głowę give sb grief, bitch at sb; tracić głowę lose one's head; wylecieć z głowy slip one's mind; zawrócić komuś w głowie cast a spell on sb; zawracać komuś głowę pester l. bug sb about sth; nie zawracaj sobie tym głowy don't bother l. worry yourself about it; chodzi mi po głowie pewien pomysł I have an idea; chyba masz coś z głową pot. I think you have sth wrong upstairs; chyba masz nie po kolei w głowie pot. I don't think you have all your marbles; jego nazwisko wyleciało mi z głowy I had his name on the tip of my tongue; mam inne sprawy na głowie I've got other things to worry about; mam pustkę w głowie my mind is a blank, I have a mental block; moja w tym głowa, żeby... I'll make sure that...; nie mam głowy do interesów I don't have a head for business; to się nie mieści w głowie it staggers the mind l. imagination; wybij to sobie z głowy get that idea out of your head; spokojna głowa! pot. stay cool!; rusz głową! use your head!; zawracanie głowy! nonsense!; kto nie ma w głowie, ten ma w nogach little wit in the head makes much work for the feet l. heels.

3. (= człowiek jako osoba myśląca) head; co dwie głowy, to nie jedna two heads are better than one; co głowa, to rozum so many men, so many minds; mądrej głowie dość dwie słowie a word to the wise is sufficient.

4. (= człowiek jako jednostka) head; pół litra na głowę a half liter per head; płacić od głowy pay by the head.

5. (= zwierzchnik) head; głowa państwa head of state; koronowana głowa crowned head.

6. (np. kapusty) head; głowa cukru loaf of sugar.

The New English-Polish, Polish-English Kościuszko foundation dictionary > głowa

17 hoofd

hoofd

1 [lichaamsdeel] head

2 [als zetel van het verstand, de wil] head ⇒ mind, brain(s)

3 [persoon] head

4 [het bovenste, hoogste gedeelte] 〈 tafel〉 head, top; 〈brief e.d.〉 head

5 [het voorste gedeelte] head ⇒ front, vanguard

6 [(van personen) leider, meerdere] head ⇒ chief, leader, 〈 school〉 principal (teacher), 〈 school〉 headmaster 〈 mannelijk〉, headmistress 〈 vrouwelijk〉

7 [in samenstellingen] [(van zaken) (het) de voornaamste] main ⇒ chief

♦voorbeelden:

1   met gebogen hoofd • with head bowed

     een hoofd groter/kleiner zijn (dan) • be a head taller/shorter (than)

     met een kaal/rood hoofd • bald-headed/red-faced

     met opgeheven hoofd • 〈 figuurlijk〉 with head held high

     〈 figuurlijk〉 een zwaar/een hard hoofd in iets hebben • have grave doubts about something

     〈 figuurlijk〉 iets het hoofd bieden • stand/face up to something 〈 moeilijkheden〉; meet, defy 〈 concurrentie, aanvallen〉

     het hoofd buigen • 〈 figuurlijk〉 bow one's head, give in/submit (to)

     〈 figuurlijk〉 iemands hoofd eisen 〈aftreden/val〉 • demand someone's head

     het hoofd in de nek gooien • 〈 letterlijk〉 fling/throw/toss back one's head; 〈 figuurlijk〉 bristle/bridle up

     〈 figuurlijk〉 het hoofd laten hangen • hang one's head, be downcast

     〈 figuurlijk〉 het hoofd niet laten hangen • hold one's head high

     hij heeft zijn hoofd gestoten • 〈 figuurlijk〉 he has been put in his place

     het hoofd boven water houden • 〈 figuurlijk〉 keep one's head above water

     〈 figuurlijk〉 het hoofd in de schoot leggen • give up the fight

     het hoofd schudden bij/over • shake one's head at/over

     〈 figuurlijk〉 de hoofden bij elkaar steken • put one's heads together

     〈 figuurlijk〉 zijn hoofd eronder durven verwedden • stake one's life (on)

     wat hangt ons nu weer boven het hoofd? • 〈 figuurlijk〉 what's hanging over our heads now?, what's in store for us now?

     〈 figuurlijk〉 het werk is hem boven het hoofd gegroeid • he can't cope with his work anymore

     〈 figuurlijk〉 hij groeit mij boven het hoofd • he's leaving me behind/standing

     heb je geen ogen in je hoofd! • can't you look where you're going?

     licht/zwaar in het hoofd zijn • be light-headed, have a heavy head

     〈 ook figuurlijk〉 met zijn hoofd tegen de muur knallen/lopen • bang one's head against the wall

     〈 figuurlijk〉 met zijn hoofd in de wolken lopen • have one's head in the clouds; 〈 gelukkig zijn〉 walk on air

     iemand een verwijt naar het hoofd slingeren • hurl a reproach at someone('s head)

     het succes is hem naar het hoofd gestegen • success has gone to his head

     〈 figuurlijk〉 hij kreeg van alles naar zijn hoofd • 〈 figuurlijk〉 he had all kinds of abuse thrown at him

     een beloning op iemands hoofd zetten • put a price on someone's head

     men kon er wel over de hoofden lopen • it was choc-a-bloc with people

     iets over het hoofd zien • 〈 figuurlijk〉 overlook something

     〈 figuurlijk〉 dat moet je maar over het hoofd zien • let that go by

     iemand voor het hoofd stoten • offend someone

     een hoofd hebben als een boei • have a face as red as a beetroot

2   uit het blote hoofd spreken • speak ad lib/off the cuff

     〈 figuurlijk〉 zich het hoofd (niet) over iets breken • (not) rack one's brains over something

     zijn hoofd gebruiken 〈 nadenken〉 • use one's head

     〈 figuurlijk〉 het hoofd er niet bij hebben • have one's mind on other things

     〈 figuurlijk〉 het hoofd loopt mij om • my head is reeling

     〈 figuurlijk〉 mijn hoofd staat er niet naar • I'm not in the mood for it

     〈 figuurlijk〉 het hoofd verliezen/niet verliezen • lose/keep one's head

     hij heeft veel aan zijn hoofd • he has a lot of things on his mind

     je bent niet goed bij je hoofd! • you're out of your (tiny) mind

     dat is mij door het hoofd gegaan/geschoten • it slipped my mind

     zich iets in het hoofd zetten • get something in(to) one's head

     hoe haalt hij het in zijn hoofd? • where does he get such an idea?

     zij kreeg het in haar hoofd om • she took it into her head to

     zoiets komt niet in mijn hoofd op • it would never enter my head/mind to do such a thing

     feiten in zijn hoofd stampen • cram

     de drank stijgt hem naar het hoofd • the drink is going to his head

     iets uit het hoofd kennen • learn something by heart/rote

     ik zal die gekheid wel uit mijn hoofd laten • I know better than to do something crazy like that

     iemand iets uit zijn hoofd praten • talk someone out of something

     dat zou ik maar uit mijn hoofd zetten • I'd forget it if I were you

     uit het hoofd spelen/zingen • play/sing from memory

     〈 figuurlijk〉 iemand het hoofd op hol brengen • turn someone's head

     het hoofd koel houden • keep one's head, stay level-headed

3   we moeten de hoofden tellen • we must count heads

     per hoofd • per head/capita

     per hoofd van de bevolking • per head of (the) population

     〈 spreekwoord〉 zoveel hoofden, zoveel zinnen • so many men, so many opinions

4   〈 boekhouden〉 iets onder een apart hoofd boeken • book something under a separate heading

5   hij ging aan het hoofd van de troepen • he was at the head of the troops

     〈 figuurlijk〉 hij stelde zich aan het hoofd van de beweging • he assumed the leadership of the movement

     aan het hoofd staan van • be at the head of; 〈 leger〉 be in command of; 〈 bedrijf, departement〉 be in charge of

7   hoofdbureau • head/main office

     hoofdingang • main entrance

¶   uit hoofde van • by reason of 〈 het weer, zijn leeftijd〉; by virtue of 〈 zijn ambt〉

     uit hoofde van zijn functie van/als • in his capacity as

Van Dale Handwoordenboek Nederlands-Engels > hoofd

18 spalla

f shoulder

girare le spalle a qualcuno turn one's back on someone

era di spalle he had his back to me

stringersi nelle spalle shrug

vivere alle spalle di qualcuno live off s.o.

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spalla s.f.

1 shoulder: avere le spalle larghe, (anche fig.) to have broad shoulders; ha una spalla più alta dell'altra, he has one shoulder higher than the other; mi diede un'amichevole pacca sulla spalla, he gave me a friendly clap on the shoulder; il tuo vestito è troppo stretto sulle spalle, your dress is too narrow across the shoulders; portare il fucile a spalla, to carry one's rifle on one's shoulder // alzare le spalle, to shrug one's shoulders // abbiamo lavorato spalla a spalla per due anni, (fig.) we worked side by side for two years // ha bisogno di una spalla per piangere, (fig.) he needs a shoulder to cry on // (teatr.) far da spalla a qlcu., to act as s.o.'s stooge // (mus.) violino di spalla, second violin

2 pl. ( dorso, schiena) back (sing.): una pugnalata alle spalle, (anche fig.) a stab in the back; portare qlco., qlcu. sulle spalle, to carry sthg., s.o. on one's back; voltare le spalle a qlcu., to turn one's back to s.o.; (fig.) to turn one's back on s.o.: quando ha avuto bisogno d'aiuto, tutti gli hanno voltato le spalle, when he needed help everyone turned their backs on him; non puoi voltare le spalle alla fortuna, you can't turn your back on luck // non mi stare alle spalle, don't stand behind me; mi prendi quel libro alle tue spalle?, would you give me that book that is behind you? // lo presero alle spalle, they took him from behind; attaccarono il nemico alle spalle, they attacked the enemy from the rear

3 ( fianco) side: la spalla della montagna, del fiume, the side of the mountain, of the river

4 (tip.) shoulder

5 (mar.) spalla del timone, rudder bow

6 (arch.) abutment

7 (cuc.) ( prosciutto di) spalla, shoulder of ham.

◆ FRASEOLOGIA: avere una famiglia numerosa sulle spalle, to have a large family to support (o on one's hands); vivere alle spalle di qlcu., to live on (o off) s.o.: mangia e beve sempre a casa di suo zio, praticamente vive alle sue spalle, he always eats and drinks at his uncle's, practically speaking he's living off him; avere la testa sulle spalle, to have a head on one's shoulders; prendersi una responsabilità sulle spalle, to take a responsibility upon oneself: non puoi lasciare tutta la responsabilità sulle sue spalle, you can't saddle him with all the responsibility; ascoltate i suoi consigli, ha molti anni di esperienza alle, sulle spalle, listen to his advice, he has years of experience behind him; dire qlco. alle spalle di qlcu., to say sthg. behind s.o.'s back: ridere alle spalle di qlcu., to laugh at s.o. behind his back; mettere qlcu. con le spalle al muro, to put s.o. with his back to the wall; occhio alle spalle!, look out!; con tipi come lui bisogna guardarsi le spalle, with fellows like him you've got to be ready for anything; può permettersi di rischiare perché ha le spalle coperte, he can afford to take risks because he's well covered.

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['spalla]
sostantivo femminile

1) shoulder

avere le -e larghe — to have broad shoulders; fig. to have a broad back

alzare le -e — to shrug one's shoulders

questa giacca è stretta di -e — this jacket is tight across the shoulders

mettersi il fucile in spalla — to shoulder one's gun

una spalla su cui piangere — a shoulder to cry on

2) (schiena) back

dare le -e a qcn. — to have one's back to sb.

essere di -e — to face backwards

appena giro le -e — as soon as my back is turned

scusate le -e — I'm sorry I have my back to you

voltare le -e a qcn., qcs. — to turn one's back on sb., sth. (anche fig.)

3) arch. (di ponte) abutment

4) teatr. stooge, straight man*

fare da spalla a o la spalla di — to stooge for

5) alle spalle behind

lasciarsi qcs. alle -e — to leave sth. behind

ha due anni di esperienza alle -e — he has two years' experience behind him

guardarsi alle -e — to cast a glance over one's shoulder

attaccare il nemico alle -e — to attack the enemy in the rear

pugnalare qcn. alle -e — to backstab sb., to stab sb. in the back (anche fig.)

guardati alle -e! — watch your back! (anche fig.)

6) alle spalle di

fare qcs. alle -e di qcn. — to do sth. behind sb.'s back

ridere alle -e di qcn. — to laugh at sb.'s expense

vivere alle -e di qcn. — to live off sb.'s back

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buttarsi tutto dietro le -e — to put all that behind one

essere con le -e al muro — to have one's back to the wall, to be in a tight corner

avere qcn., qcs. sulle -e — to have sb., sth. on one's shoulders

avere la testa sulle -e — to have one's head screwed on o a good head on one's shoulders

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spalla

/'spalla/ ⇒ 4

sostantivo f.

1 shoulder; avere le -e larghe to have broad shoulders; fig. to have a broad back; alzare le -e to shrug one's shoulders; questa giacca è stretta di -e this jacket is tight across the shoulders; mettersi il fucile in spalla to shoulder one's gun; una spalla su cui piangere a shoulder to cry on

2 (schiena) back; dare le -e a qcn. to have one's back to sb.; essere di -e to face backwards; appena giro le -e as soon as my back is turned; scusate le -e I'm sorry I have my back to you; voltare le -e a qcn., qcs. to turn one's back on sb., sth. (anche fig.)

3 arch. (di ponte) abutment

4 teatr. stooge, straight man*; fare da spalla a o la spalla di to stooge for

5 alle spalle behind; lasciarsi qcs. alle -e to leave sth. behind; ha due anni di esperienza alle -e he has two years' experience behind him; guardarsi alle -e to cast a glance over one's shoulder; attaccare il nemico alle -e to attack the enemy in the rear; pugnalare qcn. alle -e to backstab sb., to stab sb. in the back (anche fig.); guardati alle -e! watch your back! (anche fig.)

6 alle spalle di fare qcs. alle -e di qcn. to do sth. behind sb.'s back; ridere alle -e di qcn. to laugh at sb.'s expense; vivere alle -e di qcn. to live off sb.'s back

IDIOMS

buttarsi tutto dietro le -e to put all that behind one; essere con le -e al muro to have one's back to the wall, to be in a tight corner; avere qcn., qcs. sulle -e to have sb., sth. on one's shoulders; avere la testa sulle -e to have one's head screwed on o a good head on one's shoulders.

Dizionario Italiano-Inglese > spalla

19 nube

f.

1 cloud.

como caído de las nubes out of the blue

estar en las nubes to have one's head in the clouds

poner algo/a alguien por las nubes (informal) to praise something/somebody to the skies

estar por las nubes (informal) to be terribly expensive (caro)

nubes de tormenta storm clouds

nube de verano (figurative) short fit of anger

2 swarm.

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nube

► nombre femenino

1 cloud

2 figurado (multitud - de personas) swarm, crowd; (- de insectos) cloud

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FRASEOLOGÍA

caído,-a de las nubes out of the blue

estar por las nubes (precio) to be sky-high

estar en las nubes / vivir en las nubes to have one's head in the clouds

poner a alguien por las nubes figurado to praise somebody to the skies

nube de verano (nube) sudden summer storm 2 (enfado) storm in a teacup

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noun f.

cloud

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SF

1) [gen] cloud

nube de lluvia — rain-cloud

nube de tormenta — storm cloud

nube de verano — (lit) summer shower; (fig) brief burst of annoyance

2) [de humo, insectos, polvo] cloud; [de gente] crowd, multitude

una nube de periodistas — a crowd o pack of journalists

una nube de críticas — a storm of criticism

una nube de pordioseros — a swarm of beggars

3) (Med) [en el ojo] cloud, film

4)

- andar por las nubes

- estar en una nube

- los precios están por las nubes

- poner a algn en o por o sobre las nubes

- ponerse por las nubes

5) (=golosina) candy-floss, cotton candy (EEUU)

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femenino

1) (Meteo) cloud

un cielo cubierto de nubes — an overcast o a cloudy sky

ninguna nube enturbiaba su felicidad — (liter) not a single cloud marred her happiness (liter)

como caído de las nubes — out of the blue

estar or andar en las nubes — (fam) to have one's head in the clouds

estar/ponerse por las nubes — (fam)

las casas están por las nubes — house prices are sky-high (colloq)

la carne se está poniendo por las nubes — the price of meat is going through the roof (colloq)

poner a alguien por las nubes — to sing somebody's praises

vivir en las nubes — to live in cloud-cuckoo land (colloq)

- nube de verano

2) (de polvo, humo) cloud; ( de insectos) cloud, swarm

una nube de fotógrafos — a swarm of photographers

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- nube atómica

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= plume, cloud.

Ex. During this nuclear accident a famous laboratory supplied a continuous flow of meteorological and radioactive plume transport and diffusion data.

Ex. The design depicts gods and muses in the clouds and is in the collection of the library.

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* bajarse de las nubes = get real.

* con la cabeza en las nubes = ditzy [ditzier -comp., ditziest -sup.], ditsy [ditsier -comp., ditsiest -sup.].

* costes + ponerse por las nubes = costs + spiral.

* costes por las nubes = soaring cost, spiralling costs.

* estar por las nubes = be through the roof.

* fumar hasta desaparecer en una nube de humo = smoke + Reflexivo + into a cloud.

* nube de humo = smoke pall, pall of smoke, smokescreen, puff of smoke, plume of smoke.

* nube de mosquitos = mosquito cloud, cloud of mosquitoes.

* nube de polvo = cloud of dust, dust cloud.

* nube de puntos = scatterplot, cloud of points.

* nube de tormenta = storm cloud.

* nube nuclear = mushroom cloud.

* poner por las nubes = praise + highly, praise + highly, wax + lyrical, wax + rapturous, praise + Nombre + to the skies, sing + Posesivo + praises.

* ponerse por las nubes = go + ballistic.

* por las nubes = soaring.

* precio + ponerse por las nubes = price + go through the roof, price + spiral out of control, price + soar through the roof.

* precios + ponerse por las nubes = prices + spiral.

* precios por las nubes = spiralling prices.

* sentirse como flotando en las nubes = float on + air.

* sin nubes = unclouded, uncloudy, cloudless.

* sin una nube = unclouded, uncloudy, cloudless.

* una nube de = a haze of, a cloud of, a swarm of.

* vivir en las nubes = be in cloud cuckoo land, live in + cloud cuckoo land.

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femenino

1) (Meteo) cloud

un cielo cubierto de nubes — an overcast o a cloudy sky

ninguna nube enturbiaba su felicidad — (liter) not a single cloud marred her happiness (liter)

como caído de las nubes — out of the blue

estar or andar en las nubes — (fam) to have one's head in the clouds

estar/ponerse por las nubes — (fam)

las casas están por las nubes — house prices are sky-high (colloq)

la carne se está poniendo por las nubes — the price of meat is going through the roof (colloq)

poner a alguien por las nubes — to sing somebody's praises

vivir en las nubes — to live in cloud-cuckoo land (colloq)

- nube de verano

2) (de polvo, humo) cloud; ( de insectos) cloud, swarm

una nube de fotógrafos — a swarm of photographers

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- nube atómica

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= plume, cloud.

Ex: During this nuclear accident a famous laboratory supplied a continuous flow of meteorological and radioactive plume transport and diffusion data.

Ex: The design depicts gods and muses in the clouds and is in the collection of the library.

* bajarse de las nubes = get real.

* con la cabeza en las nubes = ditzy [ditzier -comp., ditziest -sup.], ditsy [ditsier -comp., ditsiest -sup.].

* costes + ponerse por las nubes = costs + spiral.

* costes por las nubes = soaring cost, spiralling costs.

* estar por las nubes = be through the roof.

* fumar hasta desaparecer en una nube de humo = smoke + Reflexivo + into a cloud.

* nube de humo = smoke pall, pall of smoke, smokescreen, puff of smoke, plume of smoke.

* nube de mosquitos = mosquito cloud, cloud of mosquitoes.

* nube de polvo = cloud of dust, dust cloud.

* nube de puntos = scatterplot, cloud of points.

* nube de tormenta = storm cloud.

* nube nuclear = mushroom cloud.

* poner por las nubes = praise + highly, praise + highly, wax + lyrical, wax + rapturous, praise + Nombre + to the skies, sing + Posesivo + praises.

* ponerse por las nubes = go + ballistic.

* por las nubes = soaring.

* precio + ponerse por las nubes = price + go through the roof, price + spiral out of control, price + soar through the roof.

* precios + ponerse por las nubes = prices + spiral.

* precios por las nubes = spiralling prices.

* sentirse como flotando en las nubes = float on + air.

* sin nubes = unclouded, uncloudy, cloudless.

* sin una nube = unclouded, uncloudy, cloudless.

* una nube de = a haze of, a cloud of, a swarm of.

* vivir en las nubes = be in cloud cuckoo land, live in + cloud cuckoo land.

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nube

feminine

A ( Meteo) cloud

un cielo cubierto de nubes an overcast o a cloudy sky

ninguna nube enturbiaba su felicidad ( liter); not a single cloud marred her happiness ( liter)

como caído de las nubes out of the blue

estar or andar en las nubes to be daydreaming, have one's head in the clouds

estar/ponerse por las nubes: la carne se está poniendo por las nubes the price of meat is going through the roof o ( AmE) is going out of sight ( colloq)

por aquí las casas están por las nubes around here house prices are sky-high o ( AmE) out of sight ( colloq)

poner a algn por las nubes to praise sb to the skies, sing sb's praises

vivir en las nubes to live in cloud-cuckoo land ( colloq)

Compuesto:

nube de verano

( Meteo) summer shower

el enfado fue una nube de verano the quarrel was short-lived o blew over very quickly

un interés que no fue más que una nube de verano an interest that turned out to be very short-lived o to be a nine days' wonder

B (de polvo, humo) cloud; (de insectos) cloud, swarm

una nube de fotógrafos a swarm of photographers

Compuesto:

nube atómica

mushroom cloud

C (en una piedra preciosa) cloud; (en el ojo) film

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nube sustantivo femenino (Meteo) cloud;
(de polvo, humo) cloud;
( de insectos) cloud, swarm;
◊ un cielo cubierto de nubes an overcast o a cloudy sky;

nube atómica mushroom cloud;
estar or andar en las nubes (fam) to have one's head in the clouds
nube sustantivo femenino
1 cloud
2 (de periodistas, acreedores, etc) swarm
♦ Locuciones: estar en las nubes, to have one's head in the clouds
el aceite está por las nubes, the price of oil is sky-high
poner a alguien por las nubes, to praise sb to the skies

' nube' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
salir
English:
cloud
- pall
- puff
- sail
- cloudless

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nube nf

1. [de lluvia] cloud;

Comp

como caído de las nubes out of the blue;

Comp
Fam
estar en las nubes to have one's head in the clouds;

Comp
Fam
poner algo/a alguien por las nubes to praise sth/sb to the skies;

Comp
Fam
estar por las nubes [caro] to be terribly expensive

Comp
nube de tormenta thundercloud;
nube de verano summer shower;

¿se enfadó mucho? – no, sólo fue una nube de verano was she very angry? – no, it soon blew over

2. [de humo] cloud

Comp
nube de polvo dust cloud
3. [de personas, moscas] swarm;

una nube de periodistas rodeó al ministro a swarm of reporters surrounded the minister

4. [en ojo] film

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nube

f cloud;

nube tóxica toxic cloud, cloud of poison gas;

estar en las nubes fig be miles away, be day-dreaming;

estar por las nubes fig fam be incredibly expensive;

poner en las nubes fig praise to the skies

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nube nf

1) : cloud

andar en las nubes: to have one's head in the clouds

por las nubes: sky-high

2) : cloud (of dust), swarm (of insects, etc.)

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nube n

1. (en general) cloud

2. (de gente, insectos) swarm

estar en las nubes to have your head in the clouds

poner por las nubes to praise to the skies

Spanish-English dictionary > nube

20 luna

f.

1 moon.

la luna the Moon

media luna half moon

estar en la luna (figurative) to be miles away

pedir la luna (figurative) to ask the impossible

luna creciente crescent moon

luna llena (when waxing) full moon

luna menguante crescent moon

luna nueva (when waning) new moon

2 window (pane).

3 Luna.

4 glass, glass pane.

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luna

► nombre femenino

1 (satélite) moon

2 (cristal) window pane; (de coche) window; (de ventana) glass

3 (espejo) mirror

4 (de uña) half-moon

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dejar a la luna de Valencia to thwart, disappoint

estar en la luna familiar to be miles away

pedir la luna familiar to ask for the moon

quedarse a la luna de Valencia familiar to be thwarted, be disappointed

luna creciente waxing moon

luna llena full moon

luna menguante waning moon

luna nueva new moon

luna de miel honey moon

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noun f.

moon

- luna de miel

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SF

1) (=astro) moon

claro de luna — moonlight

media luna — half moon

- estar de buena/mala luna

- estar en la luna

- estar en la luna de Valencia

hablar de la luna —

eso es hablar de la luna — that's nonsense

- quedarse a la luna de Valencia

- quedarse en la luna de Paita

luna creciente — crescent moon, waxing moon

luna de miel — [de novios] honeymoon; (fig) (Pol) honeymoon (period)

luna llena — full moon

luna menguante — waning moon

luna nueva — new moon

2) (=vidrio) (=escaparate) plate glass; (=espejo) mirror; [de gafas] lens; (Aut) window; [de ventana] pane; [de puerta] panel

luna térmica — (Aut) heated rear window

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femenino

1) (Astron) moon

a la luz de la luna — in the moonlight

hay luna — the moon's out

estar en la luna — (fam) to have one's head in the clouds

ladrarle a la luna — to talk to a brick wall (colloq)

pedir la luna — to ask (for) the impossible

- luna creciente/menguante

- luna de miel

- luna llena/nueva

2) ( espejo) mirror; (de puerta, ventana) glass; ( escaparate) window; ( parabrisas) windshield (AmE), windscreen (BrE)

3) ( de la uña) half-moon, lunule (tech)

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* a la luz de la luna = by moonlight, in the moonlight, moonlit.

* en la luna = absent-minded.

* fase de la luna = phase of the moon.

* hace muchas lunas = all those many moons ago, many moons ago.

* iluminado por la luna = moonlit.

* ladrarle a la luna = bay at + the moon, bark at + the moon.

* luna creciente = waxing moon.

* luna de miel = honeymoon.

* luna, la = moon, the.

* luna llena = full moon.

* luna menguante = waning moon.

* luna nueva = new moon.

* luz de la luna = moonlight.

* Media Luna Roja, la = Red Crescent, the.

* noche de luna = moonlit night.

* noche de luz de luna = moonlight night.

* pasar la luna de miel = honeymoon.

* pedir la luna = cry for + the moon, ask for + the moon, reach for + the moon.

* rayo de luna = moonbeam.

* sin luna = moonless.

* sin luz de luna = moonless.

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femenino

1) (Astron) moon

a la luz de la luna — in the moonlight

hay luna — the moon's out

estar en la luna — (fam) to have one's head in the clouds

ladrarle a la luna — to talk to a brick wall (colloq)

pedir la luna — to ask (for) the impossible

- luna creciente/menguante

- luna de miel

- luna llena/nueva

2) ( espejo) mirror; (de puerta, ventana) glass; ( escaparate) window; ( parabrisas) windshield (AmE), windscreen (BrE)

3) ( de la uña) half-moon, lunule (tech)

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la luna

= moon, the

Ex: It is certainly true that many users begin a search by specifying a much broader subject than they in fact want; needing information on the Moon they ask for information on Astronomy.

* a la luz de la luna = by moonlight, in the moonlight, moonlit.

* en la luna = absent-minded.

* fase de la luna = phase of the moon.

* hace muchas lunas = all those many moons ago, many moons ago.

* iluminado por la luna = moonlit.

* ladrarle a la luna = bay at + the moon, bark at + the moon.

* luna creciente = waxing moon.

* luna de miel = honeymoon.

* luna, la = moon, the.

* luna llena = full moon.

* luna menguante = waning moon.

* luna nueva = new moon.

* luz de la luna = moonlight.

* Media Luna Roja, la = Red Crescent, the.

* noche de luna = moonlit night.

* noche de luz de luna = moonlight night.

* pasar la luna de miel = honeymoon.

* pedir la luna = cry for + the moon, ask for + the moon, reach for + the moon.

* rayo de luna = moonbeam.

* sin luna = moonless.

* sin luz de luna = moonless.

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luna

feminine

A ( Astron) moon

a la luz de la luna in the moonlight

esta noche hay luna the moon's out tonight, there's a moon tonight

estar de mala luna to be in a bad mood

estar or vivir en la luna (de Valencia or ( Per) de Paita) ( fam); to have one's head in the clouds

este niño vive en la luna de Valencia this child has his head in the clouds

perdón, estaba en la luna sorry, I was miles away

ladrarle a la luna to talk to a brick wall ( colloq)

pedir la luna to ask (for) the impossible

Compuestos:

● luna creciente

waxing moon

● luna de miel

honeymoon

se fueron de luna de miel a Roma they went to Rome on o for their honeymoon, they honeymooned o had their honeymoon in Rome

una nueva luna de miel entre los dos países a new honeymoon period between the two countries

● luna llena

full moon

● luna menguante

waning moon

● luna nueva

new moon

B

1 (espejo) mirror; (de una puerta, ventana) glass

2 (escaparate) window

3 (parabrisas) windshield ( AmE), windscreen ( BrE)

C (de la uña) half-moon, lunule ( tech)

D ( RPl fam) (mal humor) foul mood ( colloq)

estar con or de luna to be in a foul mood ( colloq)

se debe haber levantado con or de luna she must have got out of bed the wrong side o out of the wrong side of the bed

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luna sustantivo femenino
1 (Astron) moon;
◊ a la luz de la luna in the moonlight;

hay luna the moon's out;
luna creciente/menguante/llena/nueva waxing/waning/full/new moon;
luna de miel honeymoon;
estar en la luna (fam) to have one's head in the clouds
2 ( espejo) mirror;
(de puerta, ventana) glass;
( escaparate) window;
( parabrisas) windshield (AmE), windscreen (BrE)
3 ( de la uña) half-moon, lunule (tech)
luna sustantivo femenino
1 moon
luna creciente, crescent moon
luna llena, full moon
luna menguante, waning moon
luna nueva, new moon
media luna, half moon
figurado luna de miel, honeymoon
2 (de una tienda) window
(de un espejo) mirror
♦ Locuciones: estar en la Luna to have one's head in the clouds
pedir la Luna, to ask for the moon
' luna' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
brillo
- clara
- claro
- crecer
- deleitarse
- fase
- gravitatoria
- gravitatorio
- llena
- lleno
- menguar
- menguante
- salir
- salida
- superficie
- creciente
- rayo
- resplandecer
- resplandeciente
- resplandor
English:
break through
- crescent
- fall apart
- full moon
- further
- go down
- half-moon
- honeymoon
- land
- light
- lighten
- moon
- moonbeam
- moonlight
- moonlit
- quarter
- set
- wane
- half
- honey

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luna nf

1. [astro] moon;

la Luna the Moon;

media luna [bandera islámica] half moon;

Comp

estar en la luna to be miles away;

Comp

pedir la luna to ask the impossible;

Comp
Esp Fam
se quedó a la luna de Valencia his hopes were dashed

Comp
luna creciente crescent moon [when waxing];
luna llena full moon;

luna menguante crescent moon [when waning];

luna nueva new moon

2. [cristal] window (pane)

3. [espejo] mirror

4. luna de miel [de novios] honeymoon;

se fueron de luna de miel al Caribe they went to the Caribbean for their honeymoon;

las relaciones entre los dos países atraviesan una luna de miel relations between the two countries are going through a honeymoon period

5. RP Fam [mal humor]
estar de luna to be in a mood, Br to be in a strop

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luna

f

1 moon;

a la luz de la luna in the moonlight;

estar en la luna fam have one’s head in the clouds fam ;

pedir la luna ask for the moon, ask the impossible;

quedarse a la luna de Valencia fam have one’s head in the clouds;

media luna L.Am.
GASTR croissant
2 de tienda window; de vehículo windshield, Br

windscreen

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luna nf

1) : moon

2)

luna de miel : honeymoon

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luna n

1. (astro) moon

me gustaría viajar a la Luna I'd like to go to the Moon

Cuando se refiere al satélite de la Tierra, se suele escribir con mayúscula

2. (lámina de cristal) window pane

¡has roto la luna del escaparate! you've broken the shop window!

estar en la luna to be miles away

luna de miel honeymoon

luna llena full moon

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