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1 tic

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Diccionario Técnico Español-Inglés > tic
2 tic

m.

1 tic.

2 ICT, information and communications technologies.

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tic

► nombre masculino (pl tiques)

1 tic, twitch

2 figurado (manía) habit

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FRASEOLOGÍA

tic nervioso nervous tic, nervous twitch

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SM
(pl tics)
1) (=sonido) click; [de reloj] tick

2) (Med) tic

tic facial — facial tic

tic nervioso — nervous tic

3) (=costumbre) habit

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masculino

1) ( movimiento) tb

tic nervioso — nervous tic

2) ( marca en escrito) tick

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= tic, twitch.

Ex. During the phase of recovery from cerebral malaria a 32-year-old Papuan developed tics involving the face and shoulders.

Ex. Drinking beverages with caffeine can also cause eyelid twitches.

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* tic nervioso = tic.

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masculino

1) ( movimiento) tb

tic nervioso — nervous tic

2) ( marca en escrito) tick

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= tic, twitch.

Ex: During the phase of recovery from cerebral malaria a 32-year-old Papuan developed tics involving the face and shoulders.

Ex: Drinking beverages with caffeine can also cause eyelid twitches.

* tic nervioso = tic.

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TIC

fpl

( Inf)

(= Tecnologías de la Información y la Comunicación) ICT

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tic sustantivo masculino
1 ( movimiento) tb
◊ tic nervioso nervous tic

2 ( marca en escrito) tick
tic sustantivo masculino
1 (movimiento involuntario) tic, twitch
2 (manía, gesto peculiar) mannerism
' tic' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
tic-tac
- tictac
- ta-te-ti
- tres
English:
tic
- tick
- twitch
- check

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tic nm

1. [involuntario] tic

Comp
tic nervioso nervous tic
2. [manía] mannerism

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tic

m MED tic;

tic nervioso nervous tic

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tic nm

1) : click, tick

2)

tic nervioso : tic

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tic n twitch [pl. twitches]

Spanish-English dictionary > tic
3 grama

f.

1 creeping cynodon. (Botany)

2 grass, Bermuda grass, couchgrass, quack grass.

3 lawn.

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grama

► nombre femenino

1 Bermuda grass

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SF esp LAm (=hierba) Bermuda grass; Caribe * (=césped) lawn

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femenino (AmC, Ven) ( césped) lawn

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= twitch grass, couch grass.

Ex. If your garden is not very big, practically the only way to eradicate twitch grass is to cover the whole area with a light-excluding cover.

Ex. We are fully aware that the quickest and easiest way to clear an area of couch grass is to strim the grass to a height of about 2cm.

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femenino (AmC, Ven) ( césped) lawn

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= twitch grass, couch grass.

Ex: If your garden is not very big, practically the only way to eradicate twitch grass is to cover the whole area with a light-excluding cover.

Ex: We are fully aware that the quickest and easiest way to clear an area of couch grass is to strim the grass to a height of about 2cm.

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grama

feminine

1 (hierba, planta) Bermuda grass

2 (AmC, Ven) (césped) lawn

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grama sustantivo femenino (AmC, Ven) ( césped) lawn
grama f Bot couch-grass
' grama' also found in these entries:
English:
grass
- lawn

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grama nf

1. [planta] Bermuda grass

Comp
grama del norte couch grass;
grama de olor vernal grass

2. Am [césped] lawn

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grama

f

1 BOT Bermuda grass

2 L.Am. ( césped) lawn

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grama nf

: grass

Spanish-English dictionary > grama
4 hacer una mueca con la boca

(v.) = twitch + Posesivo + mouth

Ex. Some reference librarians tapp their finger(s) on the counter when a request is made and twitch their mouth upon movement to fulfil the request.

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(v.) = twitch + Posesivo + mouth

Ex: Some reference librarians tapp their finger(s) on the counter when a request is made and twitch their mouth upon movement to fulfil the request.

Spanish-English dictionary > hacer una mueca con la boca
5 parpadear

v.

1 to blink (ojos).

Ricardo parpadeó en la luz Richard blinked in the light.

2 to flicker, to gutter, to twinkle, to quiver.

Las candelas parpadearon en la noche The candles flickered in the night.

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parpadear

► verbo intransitivo

1 (ojos) to blink, wink

2 (luz) to flicker, twinkle

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verb

to blink

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VI [ojos] to blink; [luz] to flicker; [estrella] to twinkle

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verbo intransitivo

a) persona to blink; ojo to blink, twitch

me miró sin parpadear — she stared at me without blinking

b) luz to blink, flicker; estrellas to twinkle

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= blink.

Ex. A machine will be considerably faster, and Supercalc, for example, simply ' blinks' and the calculation is done.

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verbo intransitivo

a) persona to blink; ojo to blink, twitch

me miró sin parpadear — she stared at me without blinking

b) luz to blink, flicker; estrellas to twinkle

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= blink.

Ex: A machine will be considerably faster, and Supercalc, for example, simply ' blinks' and the calculation is done.

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parpadear [A1 ]

vi

1 «persona» to blink; «ojo» to blink, twitch

me miró sin parpadear she stared at me without blinking

me parpadea el ojo izquierdo my left eye keeps blinking o twitching, I have a twitch in my left eye

2 «luz» to blink, flicker; «estrellas» to twinkle

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parpadear ( conjugate parpadear) verbo intransitivo
a) [persona/ojo] to blink

b) [ luz] to flicker;

[ estrellas] to twinkle
parpadear verbo intransitivo
1 (pestañear) to blink
2 fig (una bombilla, las estrellas) to flicker
' parpadear' also found in these entries:
English:
blink
- flicker
- wink

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parpadear vi

1. [pestañear] to blink

2. [luz] to flicker;
[estrella] to twinkle
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parpadear

v/i

1 de persona blink

2 de luz, llama flicker

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parpadear vi

1) : to blink

2) : to flicker

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parpadear vb (ojos) to blink

Spanish-English dictionary > parpadear
6 titilar

v.

1 to tremble.

2 to flicker (estrella, luz).

3 to twinkle, to blink.

4 to twitch.

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titilar

► verbo intransitivo

1 (temblar) to quiver

2 (luz) to flicker; (de estrella) to twinkle

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VI [luz, estrella] to twinkle; [párpado] to flutter, tremble

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verbo intransitivo

a) estrella to twinkle; luz to flicker

b) párpado to twitch

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= shimmer.

Ex. Dressed to the nines, the three characters shimmer like tropical fish beached in the desert.

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verbo intransitivo

a) estrella to twinkle; luz to flicker

b) párpado to twitch

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= shimmer.

Ex: Dressed to the nines, the three characters shimmer like tropical fish beached in the desert.

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titilar [A1 ]

vi

1 «estrella» to twinkle; «luz» to flicker

2 «párpado» to twitch

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titilar vi (un cuerpo luminoso) to twinkle
' titilar' also found in these entries:
English:
blink
- shimmer
- twinkle

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titilar vi
Literario
1. [estrella, luz] to flicker

2. [temblar] to tremble

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titilar vi

: to twinkle, to flicker

Spanish-English dictionary > titilar
7 temblar

v.

1 to tremble (person) (de miedo).

le temblaba la voz de la emoción (de frío) her voice was trembling with emotion

tiemblo por lo que pueda pasarle (figurative) I shudder to think what could happen to him

temblar como un flan to shake like a jelly

Me tiemblan las manos My hands tremble.

2 to shudder, to shake.

El conejito tiembla The little rabbit trembles.

Su voz temblaba His voice trembled.

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temblar

Conjugation model [ ACERTAR], like link=acertar acertar

► verbo intransitivo

1 (de frío) to shiver (de, with); (de miedo) to tremble (de, with); (con sacudidas) to shake

2 (voz) to quiver

3 figurado (tener miedo) to shake with fear, shudder, fear

■ tiemblo por su vida I fear for his life

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verb

to shiver, tremble

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VI

1) [persona]

a) [por miedo] to tremble, shake; [por frío] to shiver

me temblaba la mano — my hand was trembling o shaking

temblar de miedo — to tremble o shake with fright

temblar de frío — to shiver with cold

- temblar como un azogado

b) (=sentir miedo)

echarse a temblar — to get frightened

tiemblo de pensar en lo que pueda ocurrir — I shudder to think what may happen

temblar ante la escena — to shudder at the sight

temblar por su vida — to fear for one's life

2) [edificio] to shake, shudder; [tierra] to shake

- dejar una botella temblando

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1.
verbo intransitivo

a) persona ( de frío) to shiver; (por nervios, miedo) to shake, tremble

tiemblo de pensar lo que podría haber pasado — I shudder to think what might have happened; (+ me/te/le etc)

me tiembla el párpado — my eyelid is twitching

le temblaba la mano — his hand was shaking

la voz le temblaba de emoción — her voice was trembling with emotion

temblar como un flan — to shake like a jelly o leaf

b) edificio/tierra to shake
2.
temblar v impers

está temblando! — (AmL) it's an earthquake!

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= tremble, quail, shiver, wince, dodder, quiver, twitch.

Ex. The organization was trembling on the brink of financial disaster, and only the journal, American Documentation, was holding it together.

Ex. But Elwood Bibeau quailed no more now than he had quailed at being assigned tasks in his present position as an assistant director.

Ex. I shivered with the intensity of my desire to do this wondrous thing myself.

Ex. Librarians across the country winced at that notion.

Ex. The book portrays orchid growers as elderly with huge greenhouses where they doddered around caring for these erotic plants.

Ex. With blood trickling from his mouth, his glazed eyes staring up at the ring lights, and his left foot quivering, the Swede was counted out.

Ex. He was really fat, too, with a massive pink beard and eyes that twitched all the time and looked in different directions to each other.

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* echarse a temblar con sólo pensar en = shudder at + the thought of.

* estar temblando de miedo = be frightened to death.

* hacer temblar los cimientos de Algo = shake + foundations.

* ponerse a temblar con sólo pensar en = shudder at + the thought of.

* temblar como una hoja = shake like + a leaf, tremble like + a leaf.

* temblar como un azogado = shake like + a leaf, tremble like + a leaf.

* temblar como un flan = shake like + a leaf, tremble like + a leaf.

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verbo intransitivo

a) persona ( de frío) to shiver; (por nervios, miedo) to shake, tremble

tiemblo de pensar lo que podría haber pasado — I shudder to think what might have happened; (+ me/te/le etc)

me tiembla el párpado — my eyelid is twitching

le temblaba la mano — his hand was shaking

la voz le temblaba de emoción — her voice was trembling with emotion

temblar como un flan — to shake like a jelly o leaf

b) edificio/tierra to shake
2.
temblar v impers

está temblando! — (AmL) it's an earthquake!

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= tremble, quail, shiver, wince, dodder, quiver, twitch.

Ex: The organization was trembling on the brink of financial disaster, and only the journal, American Documentation, was holding it together.

Ex: But Elwood Bibeau quailed no more now than he had quailed at being assigned tasks in his present position as an assistant director.

Ex: I shivered with the intensity of my desire to do this wondrous thing myself.

Ex: Librarians across the country winced at that notion.

Ex: The book portrays orchid growers as elderly with huge greenhouses where they doddered around caring for these erotic plants.

Ex: With blood trickling from his mouth, his glazed eyes staring up at the ring lights, and his left foot quivering, the Swede was counted out.

Ex: He was really fat, too, with a massive pink beard and eyes that twitched all the time and looked in different directions to each other.

* echarse a temblar con sólo pensar en = shudder at + the thought of.

* estar temblando de miedo = be frightened to death.

* hacer temblar los cimientos de Algo = shake + foundations.

* ponerse a temblar con sólo pensar en = shudder at + the thought of.

* temblar como una hoja = shake like + a leaf, tremble like + a leaf.

* temblar como un azogado = shake like + a leaf, tremble like + a leaf.

* temblar como un flan = shake like + a leaf, tremble like + a leaf.

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temblar [A5 ]

vi

1 «persona» (por el frío) to shiver; (por nervios, miedo) to shake, tremble

estaba tan asustado que estaba temblando he was quaking o shaking o trembling with fear

sus amenazas me hicieron temblar I trembled at her threats

tiemblo de pensar lo que podría haber pasado I shudder to think what might have happened

temblaba de rabia she was shaking o quivering with rage

(+ me/te/le etc): me tiembla el párpado my eyelid is twitching

estaba tan nervioso que le temblaba la mano he was so nervous that his hand was shaking

la voz le temblaba de emoción/de ira her voice was quivering o trembling with emotion/rage

temblar como un flan to shake like a jelly o leaf

2 «edificio/tierra» to shake

sus gritos hicieron temblar las paredes her shouts made the walls shake

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v impers

¡está temblando! ( AmL); it's a tremor o an earthquake!, it's shaking! ( AmE colloq)

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temblar ( conjugate temblar) verbo intransitivo
a) [ persona] ( de frío) to shiver;

(por nervios, miedo) to shake, tremble;
(+ me/te/le etc) [ párpado] to twitch;
[ mano] to shake;
[ voz] to tremble;
◊ la voz le temblaba de emoción her voice was trembling with emotion

b) [edificio/tierra] to shake

temblar v impers:
◊ ¡está temblando! (AmL) it's an earthquake!;

tembló ayer there was a(n earth) tremor yesterday
temblar verbo intransitivo
1 (de emoción: la voz) to quiver
(: el pulso) to shake: estoy tan nerviosa que me tiemblan las piernas, I'm so nervous that my legs are shaking
2 (de miedo, temor) to tremble: temblaba de miedo, she was trembling with fear
tiemblo solo de pensarlo, I shudder to think about it
3 (de frío) to shiver: temblaba por la fiebre, he was shivering with fever
4 (la tierra, un edificio) to shake
5 fam (acabar con algo) dejamos el jamón temblando, we ate almost all the ham
la factura me dejó la cuenta temblando, the bill cleaned out my bank account

' temblar' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
sacudir
English:
falter
- feel
- quake
- quaver
- quiver
- shake
- shiver
- tremble
- waver
- wobble
- quail

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temblar vi

1. [persona] [de miedo, por nervios] to tremble, to shake (de with); [de frío] to shiver (de with);
la fiebre le hacía temblar the fever made her shiver;

me tiemblan las piernas my legs are shaking;

me tiembla el pulso my hands are shaking;

le temblaba la voz de la emoción her voice was trembling with emotion;
Fig
tiemblo por lo que pueda pasarle I shudder to think what could happen to him;
Fig
tiemblo sólo de pensarlo I shudder just thinking about it;

Comp
Fam
dejar algo temblando [la despensa, la nevera, una botella] to leave sth almost empty;

Comp

dejar a alguien temblando [asustar, preocupar] to leave sb quaking in their boots, to give sb a fright;

Comp

temblar como un flan to shake like (a) jelly

2. [suelo, edificio, máquina] to shudder, to shake;

tembló la tierra the ground shook;

tiembla la imagen del televisor the television picture is shaky

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temblar

v/i tremble, shake; de frío shiver

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temblar {55} vi

1) : to tremble, to shake, to shiver

le temblaban las rodillas: his knees were shaking

2) : to shudder, to be afraid

tiemblo con sólo pensarlo: I shudder to think of it

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temblar vb

1. (en general) to shake [pt. shook; pp. shaken]

temblaba de miedo he was shaking with fear

2. (de frío) to shiver

temblaba de frío she was shivering with cold

Spanish-English dictionary > temblar
8 tirón

m.

pull, jerk, tug, haul.

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tirón

► nombre masculino

1 pull, tug

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FRASEOLOGÍA

dar el tirón familiar (robar) to snatch somebody's handbag

dar un tirón de orejas a alguien to pull somebody's ear

de un tirón familiar in one go

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noun m.

pull, tug

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I
SM

1) (=acción) pull, tug

dar un tirón a algo — to give sth a pull o tug, pull o tug at sth

me dio un tirón del jersey — she pulled o tugged at my jumper

le dio un tirón de pelo — she pulled his hair

dar un tirón de orejas a algn — (lit) to pull o tug sb's ear; (fig) to tell sb off

me lo arrancó de un tirón — she suddenly jerked it away from me

- aguantar el tirón

2) [en músculo, tendón]

sufrió un tirón en la pantorrilla — he pulled a calf muscle

tirón muscular — pulled muscle

3) (=robo) bag-snatching

el tirón es el delito más común — bag-snatching is the most common crime

intentó darle el tirón — he tried to snatch her bag

4) [de un coche, motor] sudden jerk, sudden jolt

5)

de un tirón —

leyó la novela de un tirón — he read the novel straight through in one go

se lo bebió de un tirón — he drank it down in one go

trabajan diez horas de un tirón — they work ten hours at a stretch

he dormido toda la noche de un tirón — I slept right through the night
II
SM (=persona) tyro, novice

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masculino

a) ( movimiento) tug, pull

pégale un tirón fuerte a la cuerda — give the string a good hard pull o tug

dale un tirón de orejas — tweak his ears for him (colloq)

me dio un tirón de pelo — he pulled my hair

el autobús avanzaba a tirones — the bus jerked along

de un tirón: me arrancó la cadena de un tirón he ripped the chain from my neck; hicimos el viaje de un tirón (fam) we did the journey without stopping; lo leyó/bebió de un tirón (fam) she read/downed it in one go; trabajamos 12 horas de un tirón — (fam) we worked 12 hours at a stretch

b) ( de músculo)

sufrió un tirón en la pierna — he pulled a muscle in his leg

sentí un tirón en la espalda — I felt something pull in my back

c) ( forma de robo)

le dieron un or el tirón — they snatched her bag

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= pull, jerk, twitch.

Ex. A printer would use incompressible packing in the head mortises to intensify the effect of the pressman's pull by bringing it up with a jolt.

Ex. He then dropped the metal suddenly into the mouth of the mould, and at the same instant gave it a jerk or toss to force the metal into the recesses of the matrix (the precise form of the jerk varying with the different letters).

Ex. Drinking beverages with caffeine can also cause eyelid twitches.

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* a tirones = jerky [jerkier -comp., jerkiest -sup.].

* dar un tirón = jerk.

* dar un tirón de orejas a Alguien = slap + Nombre + on the wrist.

* dar un tirón muscular = pull + a muscle.

* de una tirón = in one action.

* de (un) tirón = with a jolt, at one pull, at one whack, in one shot, non-stop, in one lump, in one go, in one fell swoop, at one fell swoop, without stopping.

* robo por medio del tirón = purse snatching.

* tener un tirón muscular = pull + a muscle.

* tirón de orejas = slap on the wrist.

* tirón en el cuello = crick in the neck, neck crick.

* tirón muscular = crick.

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masculino

a) ( movimiento) tug, pull

pégale un tirón fuerte a la cuerda — give the string a good hard pull o tug

dale un tirón de orejas — tweak his ears for him (colloq)

me dio un tirón de pelo — he pulled my hair

el autobús avanzaba a tirones — the bus jerked along

de un tirón: me arrancó la cadena de un tirón he ripped the chain from my neck; hicimos el viaje de un tirón (fam) we did the journey without stopping; lo leyó/bebió de un tirón (fam) she read/downed it in one go; trabajamos 12 horas de un tirón — (fam) we worked 12 hours at a stretch

b) ( de músculo)

sufrió un tirón en la pierna — he pulled a muscle in his leg

sentí un tirón en la espalda — I felt something pull in my back

c) ( forma de robo)

le dieron un or el tirón — they snatched her bag

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= pull, jerk, twitch.

Ex: A printer would use incompressible packing in the head mortises to intensify the effect of the pressman's pull by bringing it up with a jolt.

Ex: He then dropped the metal suddenly into the mouth of the mould, and at the same instant gave it a jerk or toss to force the metal into the recesses of the matrix (the precise form of the jerk varying with the different letters).

Ex: Drinking beverages with caffeine can also cause eyelid twitches.

* a tirones = jerky [jerkier -comp., jerkiest -sup.].

* dar un tirón = jerk.

* dar un tirón de orejas a Alguien = slap + Nombre + on the wrist.

* dar un tirón muscular = pull + a muscle.

* de una tirón = in one action.

* de (un) tirón = with a jolt, at one pull, at one whack, in one shot, non-stop, in one lump, in one go, in one fell swoop, at one fell swoop, without stopping.

* robo por medio del tirón = purse snatching.

* tener un tirón muscular = pull + a muscle.

* tirón de orejas = slap on the wrist.

* tirón en el cuello = crick in the neck, neck crick.

* tirón muscular = crick.

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tirón

masculine

1 (movimiento) tug

hay que pegarle un tirón fuerte a la cuerda you have to give the string a good hard pull o tug

dale un tirón de orejas tweak his ears for him ( colloq)

me dio un tirón de pelo he pulled my hair

el autobús avanzaba a tirones the bus jerked along

de un tirón: me arrancó la cadena de un tirón he ripped the chain from my neck

arráncate el esparadrapo de un tirón pull the dressing off in one go

hicimos el viaje de un tirón ( fam); we did the journey without stopping o in one go

la leyó de un tirón ( fam); she read it at a single sitting o in one go

dormí nueve horas de un tirón ( fam); I slept nine hours right o straight off

2

(de un músculo): sufrió un tirón en la pierna derecha he pulled a muscle in his right leg

sentí un tirón en la espalda I felt something pull in my back

3

(forma de robo): le dieron un or el tirón they snatched her bag

le dieron un tirón y le robaron la cadena they ripped her chain from her neck

le robaron el bolso por el procedimiento del tirón ( period); she had her bag snatched

4 ( RPl fam) (buen trecho) tirada f C. (↑ tirada)

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tirón sustantivo masculino
a) ( movimiento) tug, pull;

◊ me dio un tirón de pelo he pulled my hair;

dale un tirón de orejas tweak his ears for him (colloq);
el autobús avanzaba a tirones the bus jerked along;
de un tirón: me arrancó la cadena de un tirón he ripped the chain from my neck;
lo leyó/bebió de un tirón (fam) she read/downed it in one go
b) ( de músculo):

◊ sufrió un tirón en la pierna he pulled a muscle in his leg

c) ( forma de robo): le dieron un or el tirón they snatched her bag

tirón sustantivo masculino
1 tug
un tirón fuerte, a hard pull o tug
2 (sacudida de un vehículo) jerk
3 (de un músculo) le dio un tirón, he pulled a muscle
4 (robo) dar el tirón a alguien, to snatch sb's bag
♦ Locuciones: fam (sin parar) de un tirón, in one go: leyó la novela de un tirón, she read the novel in one go
' tirón' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
dormir
- jalada
- jalón
English:
haul
- heave
- jerk
- pull
- reel off
- slap
- straight
- tug
- twitch
- wrench
- yank
- go
- reel
- swoop

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tirón nm

1. [estirón] pull;

le dio un tirón de orejas she tweaked his ears;

dar tirones (de algo) to tug o pull (at sth);

Comp
Fam
de un tirón in one go;

dormir diez horas de un tirón to sleep ten hours straight through

2. [muscular] pull;

me ha dado un tirón I've pulled a muscle;

sufrir un tirón to pull a muscle

3. [robo]
el tirón bag-snatching;

le dieron un tirón she had her bag snatched

4. Fam [atractivo]
tiene mucho tirón entre los jóvenes she's a big hit with young people

5. [aceleración]
les salvó el tirón de las fiestas navideñas they were saved by the Christmas spending spree;

la economía ha crecido debido al tirón del euro the economy has grown due to the impetus given by the euro

6. Fam [distancia]
hay un buen tirón hasta allá it's quite a trek (to get there)

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tirón

m

1 tug, jerk;

de un tirón at a stretch, without a break;

dormir de un tirón sleep through;

dar tirones de pelo pull, tug

2 MED

:

tirón muscular pulled muscle

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tirón nm, pl tirones

1) : pull, tug, yank

2)

de un tirón : all at once, in one go

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tirón n

1. (acción brusca) tug

el niño pegó un tirón de la falda de su madre the child tugged at his mother's skirt

2. (robo) snatch

le han robado el bolso por método del tirón her bag was snatched

de un tirón in one go

sufrir un tirón en un músculo to pull a muscle

Spanish-English dictionary > tirón
9 boca

f.

1 mouth.

boca arriba/abajo face up/down

(respiración) boca a boca mouth-to-mouth resuscitation

hacer el boca a boca a alguien to give somebody mouth-to-mouth resuscitation, to give somebody the kiss of life

2 mouth (entrada) (de botella, túnel).

a boca de jarro (informal) point-blank

boca del estómago pit of the stomach

boca de incendios fire hydrant

boca de metro tube o underground entrance (British), subway entrance (United States)

boca de riego hydrant

3 muzzle, fauces, maw.

4 hors d'oeuvre.

5 os.

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boca

► nombre femenino

1 ANATOMÍA mouth

2 (de río) mouth

3 (abertura) entrance, opening

■ hay una boca de metro en la esquina there's an entrance to the underground on the corner

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FRASEOLOGÍA

abrir boca to whet one's appetite

hacer boca to whet one's appetite

andar en boca de todos to be the talk of the town, be on everyone's lips

arreglarse la boca to have one's teeth seen to

boca abajo face downwards

boca arriba face upwards

callarse la boca to shut up, shut one's mouth

correr de boca en boca to be the talk of the town, be common knowledge

en boca cerrada no entran moscas silence is golden

hacérsele la boca agua a alguien to make somebody's mouth water

me lo has quitado de la boca you've taken the words right out of my mouth

no abrir boca not to say a word

no decir esta boca es mía not to say a word

por la boca muere el pez silence is golden

boca a boca kiss of life, mouth-to-mouth resuscitation

boca de incendios fire hydrant

boca de riego hydrant

boca del estómago pit of the stomach

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noun f.

mouth

- boca abajo
- boca arriba
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1. SF

1) (Anat) mouth

no debes hablar con la boca llena — you shouldn't talk with your mouth full

tengo que arreglarme la boca — I must get my teeth seen to

aceituna de boca — eating olive

(respiración) boca a boca — mouth-to-mouth resuscitation

¡cállate la boca! — * shut up! *, shut your mouth! **

• boca abajo — face down

estar tumbado boca abajo — to be lying face down

se cuelgan los manojos boca abajo — hang the bunches upside down

• boca arriba — face up

poner a algn boca arriba — to turn sb on his back

boca de escorpión — wicked tongue

boca de mar — (Culin) crab stick

2)

• en boca de, suena extraño en boca de un socialista — it sounds odd coming from a socialist

está en boca de todos — it's on everybody's lips

puso esa frase en boca de un personaje suyo — he gave that phrase to one of his characters

• por boca de — through

hablan por boca del negociador — they speak through the negotiator

lo sabemos por boca de los propios autores del delito — we know so from the people responsible for the crime

3)

- no abrió la boca en toda la tarde

- buscar la boca a algn

- coserse la boca

- dar boca

de boca en boca —

la cosa anda de boca en boca — the story is doing the rounds

ella anda de boca en boca — everyone is talking about her

de boca para afuera —

apoyó la idea de boca para afuera — he paid lip-service to the idea

eso lo dice de boca para afuera — he's just saying that, that's what he says (but he doesn't mean it)

- decir algo con la boca chica o pequeña

- sin decir esta boca es mía

- hablar por boca de ganso

- hacer boca

- se me hace la boca agua

irse la boca a algn —

se me fue la boca — it just slipped out

llenársele la boca a algn —

esa Europa con la que se les llena la boca — this Europe that they're always talking about

se le llena la boca del coche — all he can talk about is the car

- meter a algn en la boca del lobo

- meterse en la boca del lobo

- oscuro como boca de lobo

- partir la boca a algn

a pedir de boca —

todo salió a pedir de boca — it all turned out perfectly

- quedarse con la boca abierta

- me lo has quitado de la boca

- ¡que tu boca sea santa!

- tapar la boca a algn

- torcer la boca

- en boca cerrada no entran moscas

- el que tiene boca se equivoca

- por la boca muere el pez

4) (=abertura, entrada) [de túnel, cueva, vasija] mouth; [de tonel] bunghole; [de puerto] entrance; [de arma] muzzle

a boca de jarro —

beber a boca de jarro — to drink to excess

disparar a boca de jarro — to shoot point-blank, shoot at close range

boca de incendios — hydrant

boca del estómago — pit of the stomach

boca de metro — underground o (EEUU) subway entrance

boca de mina — pithead, mine entrance

boca de riego — hydrant

boca de río — river mouth, estuary

5) [de vino] flavour, flavor (EEUU)

tener buena boca — to have a good flavour

6) [de crustáceo] pincer

7) [de herramienta] cutting edge

8)

boca de dragón — (Bot) snapdragon

9) (Inform) slot

10) pl bocas (=personas) mouths

son seis bocas las que tengo que alimentar — I have six mouths to feed

2. SM

1)

boca a boca, aplicar o hacer o practicar el boca a boca a algn — to give sb mouth-to-mouth resuscitation, give sb the kiss of life

2) ** [de cárcel] screw **, warder

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femenino

1)

a) (Anat, Zool) mouth

tener la boca seca/pastosa — to have a dry/furry mouth

la boca te huele a ajo — your breath smells of garlic

tengo que ir a arreglarme la boca — I have to go and get my teeth seen to o fixed

como no te calles te voy a partir la boca — if you don't shut up I'll smash your face in (colloq)

b) (en locs)

boca abajo/arriba — <dormir/echarse> on one's stomach/back

puso los naipes boca arriba — she laid the cards face up

de boca de — from

lo supimos de boca de ella — we heard it (directly) from her

uno no espera oír palabras así de boca de un cura — you don't expect to hear such words from (the mouth of) a priest

en boca de: la pregunta que anda en boca de todos los niños the question which is on every child's lips; el escándalo andaba en boca de todos the scandal was common knowledge; por boca de: la organización ha dejado claro por boca de su secretario general... the organization has made it clear through its general secretary...; lo supe por boca de su hermana I heard it from his sister; abrir la boca to open one's mouth; mejor es que no abra la boca it's best if he keeps his mouth shut; andar/correr de boca en boca: la noticia ya corría de boca en boca the news was spreading like wildfire; a pedir de boca just fine; todo salió a pedir de boca everything turned out just fine; callar(se) la boca to shut up; en situaciones así más vale callarse la boca in situations like that it's best to keep your mouth shut; cerrarle or taparle la boca a alguien to keep somebody quiet, shut somebody up (colloq); hablar por boca de ganso to repeat other people's opinions (o ideas etc) parrot fashion; hacer or abrir boca (fam) to whet the o one's appetite; hacerle el boca a boca a alguien to give somebody the kiss of life; hacérsele la boca agua a alguien (Esp): se le hacía la boca agua mirando los pasteles looking at the cakes made her mouth water; llenársele la boca a alguien con algo (fam): se le llena la boca con su apellido she's always boasting about her surname; meterse en la boca del lobo to take one's life in one's hands; no decir esta boca es mía: no dijo esta boca es mía he didn't say a word; no tener qué llevarse a la boca: no tienen qué llevarse a la boca they haven't got a penny to their name, they don't have a red cent to their name (AmE); (oscuro) como boca de lobo pitch-black, pitch-dark; quedarse con la boca abierta to be dumbfounded o (colloq) flabbergasted; quitarle algo a alguien de la boca to take the words (right) out of somebody's mouth; ser pura boca (Chi fam) to be all talk; tener una boquita de piñón (fam) to have a little mouth; en boca cerrada no entran moscas if you keep your mouth shut, you won't put your foot in it (colloq); por la boca muere el pez talking too much can be dangerous; quien or el que tiene boca se equivoca — (fam) to err is human

c) ( persona)

tiene muchas bocas que alimentar — she has a lot of mouths to feed

d) (Vin) flavor*

2) ( de buzón) slot; ( de túnel) mouth, entrance; ( de puerto) entrance; (de vasija, botella) rim

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- boca de dragón or sapo

- boca de incendios

- boca del estómago

- boca de metro or subte

- boca de riego
•• Cultural note:
La Boca

A neighborhood on the Riachuelo River in Buenos Aires, near the mouth of the River Plate. It was the city's first port, where Genoese immigrants settled in the early twentieth century. Its brightly painted wooden houses with corrugated iron roofs make it a major tourist destination

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= mouth, gob, muzzle.

Nota: De un arma de fuego.

Ex. He was drumming on his desk with exasperated fingers, his mouth quirked at the corners, as if saying: 'Wriggle out of that!'.

Ex. I just smiled and told him to naff off cos short of punching him in the gob what can you do?.

Ex. She looked up and saw the muzzle of a rifle pointed at her.

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* ¡punto en boca! = not a word to anyone!.

* a boca de jarro = at close range.

* abrir la boca = open + Posesivo + mouth.

* andar de boca en boca = be the talk of the town.

* a pedir de boca = without a hitch.

* boca 7 dejar un sabor amargo en la boca = leave + a bitter aftertaste.

* boca abajo = upside-down.

* boca de alcantarilla = manhole.

* boca de colector = manhole.

* boca de incendios = fire hydrant.

* boca del estómago, la = pit of the stomach, the.

* boca de sumidero = manhole.

* boca reseca = dry mouth.

* cielo de la boca, el = roof of the mouth, the.

* ¡cierra la boca! = shut your mouth!, shut your face!.

* con el corazón en la boca = on tenterhooks.

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

* decir con la boca llena = say in + full confidence.

* dejar (un) buen sabor de boca = leave + a good taste in + Posesivo + mouth.

* dejar un grato sabor de boca = leave + a good taste in + Posesivo + mouth.

* dejar un mal sabor de boca = leave + a bad taste in + Posesivo + mouth.

* de + Posesivo + propia boca = straight from the horse's mouth.

* echar espuma por la boca = froth at + the mouth.

* echar espumarajos por la boca = froth at + the mouth.

* hablar con la boca llena = speak with + Posesivo + mouth full, talk with + Posesivo + mouth full.

* hacerse la boca agua = make + Posesivo + mouth water.

* hacer una mueca con la boca = twitch + Posesivo + mouth.

* herpes de la boca = fever blister, cold sore.

* mal sabor de boca = bad taste in + Posesivo + mouth.

* mantener la boca cerrada = keep + Posesivo + mouth shut.

* meterse en la boca del lobo = come into + the lion's den.

* negro como boca de lobo = pitch-black.

* oír de la boca de = hear + from the lips of.

* oscuro como boca de lobo = pitch-black, pitch-dark.

* para abrir boca = as a kind of + appetiser.

* poner las cartas boca arriba = lay + Posesivo + cards on the table, put + Posesivo + cards on the table.

* por boca de = by word of mouth.

* ¡punto en boca! = mum's the word!.

* ¡punto en boca! = shut your mouth!, shut your face!.

* que hace la boca agua = mouth-watering.

* que se carga por la boca = muzzle-loading.

* que se derrite en la boca = mellow [mellower -comp., mellowest -sup.].

* respiración boca a boca = kiss of life.

* saber de buena boca = have + it on good word.

* salir a pedir de boca = come up + roses, go off without + a hitch.

* salud de la boca = oral health.

* úlcera de la boca = canker sore.

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femenino

1)

a) (Anat, Zool) mouth

tener la boca seca/pastosa — to have a dry/furry mouth

la boca te huele a ajo — your breath smells of garlic

tengo que ir a arreglarme la boca — I have to go and get my teeth seen to o fixed

como no te calles te voy a partir la boca — if you don't shut up I'll smash your face in (colloq)

b) (en locs)

boca abajo/arriba — <dormir/echarse> on one's stomach/back

puso los naipes boca arriba — she laid the cards face up

de boca de — from

lo supimos de boca de ella — we heard it (directly) from her

uno no espera oír palabras así de boca de un cura — you don't expect to hear such words from (the mouth of) a priest

en boca de: la pregunta que anda en boca de todos los niños the question which is on every child's lips; el escándalo andaba en boca de todos the scandal was common knowledge; por boca de: la organización ha dejado claro por boca de su secretario general... the organization has made it clear through its general secretary...; lo supe por boca de su hermana I heard it from his sister; abrir la boca to open one's mouth; mejor es que no abra la boca it's best if he keeps his mouth shut; andar/correr de boca en boca: la noticia ya corría de boca en boca the news was spreading like wildfire; a pedir de boca just fine; todo salió a pedir de boca everything turned out just fine; callar(se) la boca to shut up; en situaciones así más vale callarse la boca in situations like that it's best to keep your mouth shut; cerrarle or taparle la boca a alguien to keep somebody quiet, shut somebody up (colloq); hablar por boca de ganso to repeat other people's opinions (o ideas etc) parrot fashion; hacer or abrir boca (fam) to whet the o one's appetite; hacerle el boca a boca a alguien to give somebody the kiss of life; hacérsele la boca agua a alguien (Esp): se le hacía la boca agua mirando los pasteles looking at the cakes made her mouth water; llenársele la boca a alguien con algo (fam): se le llena la boca con su apellido she's always boasting about her surname; meterse en la boca del lobo to take one's life in one's hands; no decir esta boca es mía: no dijo esta boca es mía he didn't say a word; no tener qué llevarse a la boca: no tienen qué llevarse a la boca they haven't got a penny to their name, they don't have a red cent to their name (AmE); (oscuro) como boca de lobo pitch-black, pitch-dark; quedarse con la boca abierta to be dumbfounded o (colloq) flabbergasted; quitarle algo a alguien de la boca to take the words (right) out of somebody's mouth; ser pura boca (Chi fam) to be all talk; tener una boquita de piñón (fam) to have a little mouth; en boca cerrada no entran moscas if you keep your mouth shut, you won't put your foot in it (colloq); por la boca muere el pez talking too much can be dangerous; quien or el que tiene boca se equivoca — (fam) to err is human

c) ( persona)

tiene muchas bocas que alimentar — she has a lot of mouths to feed

d) (Vin) flavor*

2) ( de buzón) slot; ( de túnel) mouth, entrance; ( de puerto) entrance; (de vasija, botella) rim

•

- boca de dragón or sapo

- boca de incendios

- boca del estómago

- boca de metro or subte

- boca de riego
•• Cultural note:
La Boca

A neighborhood on the Riachuelo River in Buenos Aires, near the mouth of the River Plate. It was the city's first port, where Genoese immigrants settled in the early twentieth century. Its brightly painted wooden houses with corrugated iron roofs make it a major tourist destination

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= mouth, gob, muzzle.

Nota: De un arma de fuego.

Ex: He was drumming on his desk with exasperated fingers, his mouth quirked at the corners, as if saying: 'Wriggle out of that!'.

Ex: I just smiled and told him to naff off cos short of punching him in the gob what can you do?.

Ex: She looked up and saw the muzzle of a rifle pointed at her.

* ¡punto en boca! = not a word to anyone!.

* a boca de jarro = at close range.

* abrir la boca = open + Posesivo + mouth.

* andar de boca en boca = be the talk of the town.

* a pedir de boca = without a hitch.

* boca 7 dejar un sabor amargo en la boca = leave + a bitter aftertaste.

* boca abajo = upside-down.

* boca de alcantarilla = manhole.

* boca de colector = manhole.

* boca de incendios = fire hydrant.

* boca del estómago, la = pit of the stomach, the.

* boca de sumidero = manhole.

* boca reseca = dry mouth.

* cielo de la boca, el = roof of the mouth, the.

* ¡cierra la boca! = shut your mouth!, shut your face!.

* con el corazón en la boca = on tenterhooks.

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

* decir con la boca llena = say in + full confidence.

* dejar (un) buen sabor de boca = leave + a good taste in + Posesivo + mouth.

* dejar un grato sabor de boca = leave + a good taste in + Posesivo + mouth.

* dejar un mal sabor de boca = leave + a bad taste in + Posesivo + mouth.

* de + Posesivo + propia boca = straight from the horse's mouth.

* echar espuma por la boca = froth at + the mouth.

* echar espumarajos por la boca = froth at + the mouth.

* hablar con la boca llena = speak with + Posesivo + mouth full, talk with + Posesivo + mouth full.

* hacerse la boca agua = make + Posesivo + mouth water.

* hacer una mueca con la boca = twitch + Posesivo + mouth.

* herpes de la boca = fever blister, cold sore.

* mal sabor de boca = bad taste in + Posesivo + mouth.

* mantener la boca cerrada = keep + Posesivo + mouth shut.

* meterse en la boca del lobo = come into + the lion's den.

* negro como boca de lobo = pitch-black.

* oír de la boca de = hear + from the lips of.

* oscuro como boca de lobo = pitch-black, pitch-dark.

* para abrir boca = as a kind of + appetiser.

* poner las cartas boca arriba = lay + Posesivo + cards on the table, put + Posesivo + cards on the table.

* por boca de = by word of mouth.

* ¡punto en boca! = mum's the word!.

* ¡punto en boca! = shut your mouth!, shut your face!.

* que hace la boca agua = mouth-watering.

* que se carga por la boca = muzzle-loading.

* que se derrite en la boca = mellow [mellower -comp., mellowest -sup.].

* respiración boca a boca = kiss of life.

* saber de buena boca = have + it on good word.

* salir a pedir de boca = come up + roses, go off without + a hitch.

* salud de la boca = oral health.

* úlcera de la boca = canker sore.

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boca

feminine

A

1 [ Vocabulary notes (Spanish) ] ( Anat, Zool) mouth

no te metas eso en la boca don't put that in your mouth

tener la boca seca/pastosa to have a dry/furry mouth

te huele la boca a ajo your breath smells of garlic

tengo que ir a arreglarme la boca I have to go and get my teeth seen to o fixed

no hables con la boca llena don't speak with your mouth full

como no te calles te voy a partir la boca if you don't shut up I'll smash your face in ( colloq)

pide por esa boca ( fam); just ask o all you have to do is ask

¡esa boca …! language …!

blando/duro de boca ( Equ) soft/hard mouthed

2 ( en locs):

boca abajo/arriba: échate boca abajo lie on your stomach o front

duerme boca arriba he sleeps on his back

puso los naipes boca arriba she laid the cards face up

boca a boca respiración:

a boca de jarro bocajarro 2. (↑ bocajarro):

de boca de from

lo supimos de boca de las mismas personas implicadas we heard it from the horse's mouth

uno no espera oír palabras así de boca de un cura you don't expect to hear such words from the mouth of o from a priest

en boca de: términos de la psicología que están en boca de todo el mundo psychology terms which are part of everyday speech

la pregunta que anda en boca de todos los niños the question which is on every child's lips

se enteró cuando ya el escándalo andaba en boca de todos by the time he heard about the scandal it was already common knowledge, everybody was talking about the scandal by the time he found out about it

por boca de: la organización ha dejado claro, por boca de su secretario general … the organization has made it clear, through the general secretary …

lo supe por boca de su hermana I heard it from his sister

abrir la boca to open one's mouth

abra más la boca, por favor open (your mouth) wider please

mejor es que no abra la boca it's best if he keeps his mouth shut

no abrió la boca en toda la noche he didn't open his mouth all evening

andar/correr de boca en boca: la noticia ya corría de boca en boca the news was by now common knowledge

desde que se enrolló con él anda de boca en boca since she got involved with him she's set a lot of tongues wagging

su nombre anda de boca en boca her name is on everybody's lips

a pedir de boca just fine

todo saldrá a pedir de boca everything will turn out just the way you want it to o just fine

callar(se) la boca to shut up

¡cállate la boca! shut up! ( colloq), shut your face o trap! (sl)

en situaciones así más vale callarse la boca in situations like that it's best to keep your mouth shut

cerrarle or taparle la boca a algn to keep sb quiet, shut sb up ( colloq)

con la boca chica or pequeña: lo dijo con la boca chica he didn't mean it o he said it insincerely o he said it without meaning it

coserse la boca: yo te lo digo pero te coses la boca I'll tell you but you have to keep quiet about it o ( colloq) keep it under your hat

de (la) boca para afuera: nos apoya de (la) boca para afuera he supports us in name only, he says he supports us

es radical sólo de (la) boca para afuera he pays lip service to radicalism

hablar por boca de ganso to repeat other people's opinions ( o ideas etc) parrot fashion

hacer or abrir boca ( fam); to whet the o one's appetite

hacérsele la boca agua a algn or ( AmL) hacérsele agua la boca a algn: se le hacía la boca agua mirando los pasteles looking at the cakes made her mouth water

llenársele la boca a algn con algo ( fam): se le llena la boca con su apellido she's always boasting about her surname

meterse en la boca del lobo to take one's life in one's hands, put one's head in the lion's mouth

no decir esta boca es mía: no dijo esta boca es mía he didn't say a word o open his mouth

no tener qué llevarse a la boca: no tienen qué llevarse a la boca they haven't got a penny to their name, they don't have a red cent to their name ( AmE), they haven't got two brass farthings to rub together ( BrE)

(oscuro) como boca de lobo pitch-black, pitch-dark

parar la boca ( fam); to cut the cackle ( colloq)

quedarse con la boca abierta to be dumbfounded o ( colloq) flabbergasted

que la boca se te haga de un lado ( RPl fam); Heaven forbid!

quitarle algo a algn de la boca to take the words (right) out of sb's mouth

quitarse algo de la boca: se lo quita todo de la boca para que sus hijos estudien he goes o does without in order to pay for his children's education

ser pura boca ( Chi fam): eso de sus viajes es pura boca all that stuff about his travels is all talk o is just a lot of hot air

tener algo/a algn siempre en la boca to go on o harp on about sth/sb ( colloq)

tener una boquita de piñón ( fam); to have a little mouth

en boca cerrada no entran moscas if you keep your mouth shut, you won't put your foot in it ( colloq)

por la boca muere el pez talking too much can be dangerous

quien or el que tiene boca se equivoca ( fam); to err is human

3

(persona): muchas bocas comen de ese trabajo that work provides a living for a lot of people

tiene muchas bocas que alimentar she has a lot of mouths to feed

4 ( Vin) taste

B

1 (de un buzón) slot

2 (de un túnel) mouth, entrance

3 (de un puerto) entrance

4 (de una vasija, botella) rim

Compuestos:

● boca de dragón or (Ur) sapo

snapdragon

● boca de expendio

( RPl frml) sales outlet

la falta de nafta se presentó en muchas bocas de expendio there was a shortage of gasoline ( AmE) o ( BrE) petrol at many filling stations

● boca de incendios

fire hydrant, fireplug ( AmE)

● boca del estómago

( fam); pit of the stomach

● boca de metro or ( RPl) subte

subway entrance ( AmE), underground o tube station entrance ( BrE)

● boca de riego

hydrant

● boca sucia

masculine and feminine

( RPl fam): no seas boca sucia don't be so foulmouthed

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boca sustantivo femenino
1
a) (Anat, Zool) mouth

b) ( en locs)

◊ boca abajo/arriba ‹dormir/echarse› on one's stomach/back;

puso los naipes boca arriba she laid the cards face up;
en boca de: la pregunta que anda en boca de todos los niños the question which is on every child's lips;
el escándalo andaba en boca de todos the scandal was common knowledge;
por boca de from;
lo supe por boca de su hermana I heard it from his sister;
a pedir de boca just fine;
hacerle el boca a boca a algn to give sb the kiss of life;
hacérsele la boca agua a algn (Esp): se le hacía la boca agua mirando los pasteles looking at the cakes made her mouth water;
quedarse con la boca abierta to be dumbfounded o (colloq) flabbergasted
2 ( de buzón) slot;
( de túnel) mouth, entrance;
( de puerto) entrance;
(de vasija, botella) rim;
◊ boca de incendios fire hydrant, fireplug (AmE);

boca del estómago (fam) pit of the stomach;
boca de metro or (RPl) subte subway entrance (AmE), underground o tube station entrance (BrE)
boca sustantivo femenino
1 mouth
2 (entrada) entrance
boca de metro, entrance to the tube o underground station
boca de riego, hydrant
el boca a boca, kiss of life o mouth-to-mouth respiration
♦ Locuciones: figurado andar de boca en boca, to be the talk of the town
familiar ¡cierra la boca!, shut up!
familiar hacerse la boca agua: cuando ve un bombón se le hace la boca agua, his mouth waters every time he sees a chocolate
írsele la fuerza por la boca, to be all talk (and no action)
familiar meterse en la boca del lobo, to put one's head in the lion's mouth
figurado salir a pedir de boca, to turn out perfectly
boca abajo, face down(ward)
boca arriba, face up(ward)
con la boca abierta, open-mouthed: nos dejó a todos con la boca abierta, she left us flabbergasted
' boca' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
amordazar
- callar
- chiflar
- cielo
- decir
- difusor
- difusora
- enjuagarse
- frenética
- frenético
- fruncir
- llaga
- loba
- lobo
- negra
- negro
- palabra
- pastosa
- pastoso
- pedir
- pico
- reseca
- reseco
- respiración
- revés
- sabor
- tararear
- tener
- abierto
- acostar
- agua
- arreglar
- calentura
- cerrado
- cerrar
- comer
- enchuecar
- enjuagar
- entreabierto
- herpes
- ir
- jeta
- limpiar
- llenar
- mordaza
- morro
- seco
- sensual
- sensualidad
- silbido
English:
abscess
- better
- black
- cut
- dislodge
- face
- fire hydrant
- froth
- gob
- hydrant
- kiss
- mouth
- muzzle
- open
- parched
- pit
- pitch-black
- pitch-dark
- prone
- puff
- rinse
- roof
- spout
- stomach
- tongue
- upward
- upwards
- wash out
- water
- wide
- word
- word-of-mouth
- belch
- do
- down
- drool
- foam
- hum
- man
- mum
- nozzle
- pipe
- purse
- put
- roll
- sewer
- spoon
- take
- ulcer
- up

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boca

♦ nf

1. [de persona, animal] mouth;

una boca más para alimentar one more mouth to feed;

me he arreglado la boca por muy poco dinero I had my teeth seen to for a very reasonable price;

te huele la boca a tabaco your breath smells of tobacco;

boca abajo face down;

no es aconsejable poner a los bebés boca abajo it's best not to lie babies on their front;

boca arriba face up;

ronca más cuando duerme boca arriba he snores more when he sleeps on his back;

poner las cartas boca arriba to turn one's cards face up;

este paseo me ha abierto boca this walk has whetted my appetite;
Fig
no abrió la boca he didn't open his mouth, he didn't say a word;

será mejor que no abras la boca it would be best if you didn't say anything;

si te hace falta algo, pide por esa boca if you need anything, just say so o ask;

Comp

andar o [m5] correr o [m5] ir de boca en boca to be on everyone's lips;

Comp

andar o [m5] estar en boca de todos to be on everyone's lips;

Comp

buscar la boca a alguien to draw sb out;

Comp
Fam
¡cállate o [m5] cierra la boca! shut up!;

siempre que hay problemas calla la boca whenever there are problems, he keeps very quiet;

apareció en público para cerrar la boca a quienes lo daban por muerto he appeared in public in order to silence everyone who thought he was dead;

Comp

de boca: de boca promete mucho, pero luego no hace nada he's all talk, he makes a lot of promises, but then he never keeps them;

es muy valiente, pero de boca he's all mouth;

Comp

de boca de: sorprendió escuchar insultos de boca de un obispo it was surprising to hear insults from the lips of a bishop;

lo escuchamos de boca de los protagonistas we heard it (straight) from the horse's mouth;

Comp
Fam
lo dice con la boca chica he doesn't really mean it;

Comp

hablar por boca de ganso to repeat what one has heard;

Comp

hacer boca: dimos un paseo para hacer boca we went for a walk to work up an appetite;

Comp

se me hace la boca agua, Am [m5] se me hace agua la boca it makes my mouth water;

cuando paso delante de una pastelería, se me hace la boca agua whenever I go past a cake shop, my mouth starts to water;

Comp

irse de la boca to let the cat out of the bag;

se fue de la boca he let the cat out of the bag;

lo han detenido porque su cómplice se ha ido de la boca he has been arrested because his accomplice gave him away;

Comp

meterse en la boca del lobo to put one's head into the lion's mouth;

Comp

este cuarto está oscuro como la boca del lobo this room is pitch-black;

Comp

no decir esta boca es mía not to open one's mouth;

Comp

no tienen nada que llevarse a la boca they don't have a crust to eat;

Comp
Fam
partir la boca a alguien to smash sb's face in;

Comp

salir/ir a pedir de boca to turn out/to go perfectly;

Comp

poner algo en boca de alguien to attribute sth to sb;

Comp

por boca de: [m5]el gobierno, por boca de su portavoz… the government, through its spokesperson…;

Comp

quedarse con la boca abierta to be left speechless;

Comp

me lo has quitado de la boca you took the words right out of my mouth;

Comp

tapar la boca a alguien to silence sb;

Comp

su nombre no me viene ahora a la boca I can't think of her name right now;

siempre dice lo primero que le viene a la boca he always says the first thing that comes into his head;

Prov

en boca cerrada no entran moscas silence is golden;

Prov

por la boca muere el pez silence is golden;

Prov

quien tiene boca se equivoca to err is human, everybody makes mistakes

2. [entrada] opening;
[de botella, túnel] mouth; [de buzón] slot; [de cañón] muzzle; [de escenario] stage door; [de puerto] entrance;
las bocas del Danubio the mouth of the Danube;
Fam
a boca de jarro point-blank

Comp
boca del estómago pit of the stomach; RP boca de expendio outlet;
boca de fuego firearm;

boca de gol goalmouth;

boca de incendios hydrant;

boca de metro Br tube o underground entrance, US subway entrance;

boca de riego hydrant;
RP boca de subte Br tube o underground entrance, US subway entrance; RP boca de tormenta drain
3. Zool [pinza] pincer

4. [filo] cutting edge

5. [del vino] flavour

6. Bot boca de dragón snapdragon

7. CAm [aperitivo] snack

♦ nm

Comp
boca a boca mouth-to-mouth resuscitation;
hacer el boca a boca a alguien to give sb mouth-to-mouth resuscitation, to give sb the kiss of life

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boca

f

1 mouth;

boca a boca mouth to mouth;

hacer el boca a boca a alguien MED give s.o. mouth-to-mouth resuscitation;

boca abajo upside down; persona, cartas, libro face down;

boca arriba right way up; persona, cartas, libro face up;

dejar con la boca abierta leave open-mouthed;

quedarse con la boca abierta be dumbfounded, be open-mouthed with astonishment;

se me hace la boca agua my mouth is watering;

abrir o

hacer boca whet one’s appetite;

a pedir de boca perfectly;

andar o

ir o

correr de boca en boca circulate, go around;

callar la boca shut up;

estar en boca de todos be on everybody’s lips;

hablar por boca de ganso o

de otro fam parrot someone else’s views;

no decir esta boca es mía not say a word;

meterse en la boca del lobo put one’s head in the lion’s mouth;

taparle la boca a alguien fig keep s.o. quiet, fam

shut s.o. up;

con la boca chica without much conviction;

partirle la boca a alguien pop smash s.o.’s face in fam ;

poner algo en boca de alguien attribute sth to s.o.;

quitarle a alguien la palabra de la boca take the words right out of s.o.’s mouth;

llenarse la boca (hablando) de fig talk of nothing but;

quitarse algo de la boca fig go o

do without sth, deny o.s. sth

2 ZO crab claw

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boca nf

1) : mouth

2)

boca arriba : face up, on one's back

3)

boca abajo : face down, prone

4)

boca de riego : hydrant

5)

en boca de : according to

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boca n

1. (de persona, animal) mouth

límpiate la boca wipe your mouth

2. (entrada) entrance

quedamos en la boca del metro I'll meet you at the entrance to the underground

boca abajo (persona) face down (cosa) upside down

se tumbó boca abajo she lay face down

boca arriba (persona) face up / on your back (cosa) the right way up

se tumbó boca arriba she lay down on her back

decir con la boca pequeña not to mean what you say

hacerse la boca agua to make your mouth water

cuando pienso en la comida, se me hace la boca agua when I think about food, it makes my mouth water

boca a boca kiss of life

Spanish-English dictionary > boca
10 espasmo

m.

spasm.

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espasmo

► nombre masculino

1 spasm

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SM spasm

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masculino spasm

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= spasm, twitch.

Ex. Beneath his courteous exterior he hid a sudden spasm of profound agitation.

Ex. Drinking beverages with caffeine can also cause eyelid twitches.

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= muscle spasm.

Ex. It causes muscle spams which can be deadly if the breathing muscles are affected.

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* espasmo nefrítico = renal spasm, kidney spasm.

* espasmo renal = renal spasm, kidney spasm.

* espasmos mortales = death rattle.

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masculino spasm

* * *

= spasm, twitch.

Ex: Beneath his courteous exterior he hid a sudden spasm of profound agitation.

Ex: Drinking beverages with caffeine can also cause eyelid twitches.

= muscle spasm.

Ex: It causes muscle spams which can be deadly if the breathing muscles are affected.

* espasmo nefrítico = renal spasm, kidney spasm.

* espasmo renal = renal spasm, kidney spasm.

* espasmos mortales = death rattle.

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espasmo

masculine

spasm

por poco me da un espasmo ( fam); I nearly had a fit ( colloq)

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espasmo sustantivo masculino
spasm
espasmo sustantivo masculino spasm
' espasmo' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
calambre
English:
spasm

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espasmo nm

spasm;

le daban espasmos he had spasms

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espasmo

m spasm

* * *

espasmo nm

: spasm

Spanish-English dictionary > espasmo
11 golpear ligeramente la punta de los dedos en sucesión sobre una superficie

(v.) = tap + fingers

Ex. Some reference librarians tapp their finger(s) on the counter when a request is made and twitch their mouth upon movement to fulfil the request.

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(v.) = tap + fingers

Ex: Some reference librarians tapp their finger(s) on the counter when a request is made and twitch their mouth upon movement to fulfil the request.

Spanish-English dictionary > golpear ligeramente la punta de los dedos en sucesión sobre una superficie
12 menear

v.

1 to move.

El perro meneó su cola The dog waggles his tail.

2 to get moving.

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menear

► verbo transitivo

1 (cabeza) to shake; (cola) to wag; (cuerpo, caderas) to wiggle

► verbo pronominal menearse

1 (moverse) to move

2 (darse prisa) to hurry (up), get a move on

\

FRASEOLOGÍA

de no te menees familiar a hell of a

■ se armó un follón de no te menees there was a hell of a fuss

meneársela tabú to wank, US jerk off

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1. VT

1) [+ cola] to wag; [+ cabeza] to shake; [+ líquido] to stir; [+ pelo] to toss; [+ caderas] to swing

sin menear un dedo — without lifting a finger

peor es menearlo — it's best not to stir things up

- ¡me la menean!

2) [+ asunto] to get on with, get moving on; [+ negocio] to handle, conduct

3)

menear cálamo — to wield a pen

2.

See:

menearse

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1.
verbo transitivo

a) < rabo> to wag; < cabeza> to shake; < caderas> to wiggle

b) (fam) <asunto/problema> to go on about (colloq)
2.
menearse v pron

a) ( con inquietud) to fidget

b) ( provocativamente) to wiggle one's hips

c) (fam) ( apresurarse) to hurry up

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= stir, wiggle.

Ex. The article is entitled 'Take 25 branches and stir gently... a recipe for success'.

Ex. I have read that 'Spanish men are twice as likely to wiggle their ears as are women,' but don't know the trustworthiness of this statistic.

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* menear el esqueleto = trip the light fantastic.

* menearse = twitch.

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1.
verbo transitivo

a) < rabo> to wag; < cabeza> to shake; < caderas> to wiggle

b) (fam) <asunto/problema> to go on about (colloq)
2.
menearse v pron

a) ( con inquietud) to fidget

b) ( provocativamente) to wiggle one's hips

c) (fam) ( apresurarse) to hurry up

* * *

= stir, wiggle.

Ex: The article is entitled 'Take 25 branches and stir gently... a recipe for success'.

Ex: I have read that 'Spanish men are twice as likely to wiggle their ears as are women,' but don't know the trustworthiness of this statistic.

* menear el esqueleto = trip the light fantastic.

* menearse = twitch.

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menear [A1 ]

vt

1 ‹rabo› to wag; ‹cabeza› to shake

caminaba meneando las caderas she wiggled her hips as she walked

2 ( fam); ‹asunto/problema› to go on about ( colloq)

■ menearse

v pron

1 (con inquietud) to fidget

2 (provocativamente) to wiggle one's hips

de no te menees ( Esp fam): se armó un escándalo de no te menees there was one hell of a scandal ( colloq), the shit really hit the fan (sl)

meneársela ( vulg); to jerk off ( vulg), to wank ( BrE vulg)

3 ( fam) (apresurarse) to hurry up

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menear ( conjugate menear) verbo transitivo ‹ rabo› to wag;
‹ cabeza› to shake;
‹ caderas› to wiggle
menearse verbo pronominal
a) ( con inquietud) to fidget

b) ( provocativamente) to wiggle one's hips

menear verbo transitivo
1 to shake, move: mira cómo menea a la muñeca, look how he shakes the doll
2 (el rabo) to wag, waggle
' menear' also found in these entries:
English:
swing
- wag
- whisk
- wriggle
- sway

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menear

♦ vt

1. [mover] to move;
[cabeza] to shake; [cola] to wag; [caderas] to wiggle;
el viento meneaba las aguas the wind ruffled the water;

Comp
Ven Fam
menear la mata to shake things up

2. [activar] to get moving;

Comp
Fam
más vale no menearlo o [m5]meneallo: el tema ése, más vale no menearlo o [m5] meneallo it would be best not to mention that subject

♦ See also the pronominal verb menearse

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menear

v/t

1 ( agitar) shake

2 las caderas sway;

menear la cola wag its tail;

menear la cabeza shake one’s head

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menear vt

1) : to shake (one's head)

2) : to sway, to wiggle (one's hips)

3) : to wag (a tail)

4) : to stir (a liquid)

♦ See also the reflexive verb menearse

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menear vb

1. (cabeza) to shake [pt. shook; pp. shaken]

2. (cola) to wag [pt. & pp. wagged]

el perro meneaba el rabo the dog was wagging its tail

Spanish-English dictionary > menear
13 menearse

menearse

► verbo pronominal

1 (moverse) to move

2 (darse prisa) to hurry (up), get a move on

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VPR

1) [gen] to shake; [cola] to wag; (=contonearse) to swing, sway

yo de aquí no me meneo — I'm staying right here, I'm staying put

de no te menees * —

un vapuleo de no te menees — a good hiding

una multa de las que no te menees — a hefty fine

- menearse o meneársela

2) (=apresurarse) to get a move on

¡menearse! — get going!, jump to it!

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(v.) = twitch

Ex. He was really fat, too, with a massive pink beard and eyes that twitched all the time and looked in different directions to each other.

* * *

(v.) = twitch

Ex: He was really fat, too, with a massive pink beard and eyes that twitched all the time and looked in different directions to each other.

* * *

vpr

1. [moverse] to move (about);
[agitarse] to shake; [oscilar] to sway;
siéntate ahí y ni te menees sit there and don't move o budge

2. [darse prisa, espabilarse] to get a move on

3. muy Fam
meneársela [masturbarse] Br to wank, US to jerk off;

Comp
Esp
me la menea I couldn't give a shit o Br toss

4. Comp
Esp Fam
de no te menees: un susto de no te menees a hell of a scare;

es un idiota de no te menees he's a complete idiot;

cogí un resfriado de no te menees I caught a stinking cold

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menearse

v/r

1 ( moverse) fidget

2 ( apresurarse) hurry up

* * *

vr

1) : to wiggle one's hips

2) : to fidget

Spanish-English dictionary > menearse
14 mueca

f.

face, expression (gesto).

hacer una mueca to pull a face

hizo una mueca de dolor she winced in pain, she grimaced with pain

los niños hacían muecas a espaldas del profesor the children were making o pulling faces behind the teacher's back

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mueca

► nombre femenino

1 (de burla) mocking gesture, face

2 (de dolor) grimace

\

FRASEOLOGÍA

hacer muecas (de burla) to pull faces 2 (de dolor) to wince

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SF (wry) face, grimace

hacer muecas — to make faces, pull faces (a at)

una mueca de asco/estupor/desesperación — a disgusted/astonished/despairing expression

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femenino

le hacían muecas al profesor — they were making o (BrE) pulling faces at the teacher

sus graciosísimas muecas — her funny faces

su rostro se retorció en una mueca de dolor — she grimaced with pain

una mueca burlona — a sneer

* * *

= grimace.

Ex. She was once photographed in a slaughter house showing disgust as she turned away from a bloody carcass with a grimace on her face.

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* hacer una mueca = quirk, grimace.

* hacer una mueca con la boca = twitch + Posesivo + mouth.

* hacer una mueca con los labios = curl + lips.

* hacer una mueca de dolor = wince.

* mueca de dolor = wince of pain, wince.

* * *

femenino

le hacían muecas al profesor — they were making o (BrE) pulling faces at the teacher

sus graciosísimas muecas — her funny faces

su rostro se retorció en una mueca de dolor — she grimaced with pain

una mueca burlona — a sneer

* * *

= grimace.

Ex: She was once photographed in a slaughter house showing disgust as she turned away from a bloody carcass with a grimace on her face.

* hacer una mueca = quirk, grimace.

* hacer una mueca con la boca = twitch + Posesivo + mouth.

* hacer una mueca con los labios = curl + lips.

* hacer una mueca de dolor = wince.

* mueca de dolor = wince of pain, wince.

* * *

mueca

feminine

le hacían muecas al profesor they were making o ( BrE) pulling faces at the teacher

nos hizo reír a todos con sus graciosísimas muecas she made us all laugh with her funny faces

su rostro se retorció en una mueca de dolor she grimaced with pain

no hacía más que muecas de asco he just screwed his face up in disgust

lo dijo haciendo una mueca burlona he said it with a sneer

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mueca sustantivo femenino:
◊ hacerle muecas a algn to make o (BrE) pull faces at sb;

sus graciosísimas muecas her funny faces;
una mueca burlona a sneer
mueca sustantivo femenino
1 (gesto de burla) mocking face
hacer muecas, to make o pull faces
2 (gesto de dolor, reprobación) grimace

' mueca' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
cómico
- grotesco
- puchero
English:
grimace
- pull
- wince
- sneer

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mueca nf
[gesto] face, expression;
hacer una mueca to make o pull a face;

hizo una mueca de dolor she winced in pain, she grimaced with pain;

esbozó la mueca de una sonrisa he forced a smile;

los alumnos hacían muecas a espaldas del profesor the children were making o pulling faces behind the teacher's back

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mueca

f de dolor grimace;

hacer muecas make faces

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mueca nf

: grimace, face

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mueca n

1. (de burla) face

2. (de dolor) grimace

hacer muecas to make faces / to pull faces

Spanish-English dictionary > mueca
15 cortina

f.

1 curtain.

cortina de agua (figurative) sheet of water

cortina de hierro (history) Iron Curtain (Am)

cortina de humo (también figurative) smoke screen

2 drape, curtain, mud flap.

3 cortin.

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cortina

► nombre femenino

1 curtain

2 figurado curtain, screen

\

FRASEOLOGÍA

correr las cortinas to draw the curtains

cortina de fuego MILITAR barrage

cortina de humo smoke screen

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noun f.

curtain

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SF [para ventana] curtain, drape (EEUU); (Téc) retaining wall; (fig) screen

- correr la cortina

- descorrer la cortina

cortina de ducha — shower curtain

cortina de fuego — (Mil) barrage

cortina de hierro — (Pol) iron curtain

cortina de humo — smoke screen

cortina de tienda — tent flap

cortina musical — Cono Sur (TV) musical interlude

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femenino curtain, drape (AmE)

- cortina de ducha

- cortina de hierro

- cortina de humo

- cortina metálica

- cortina musical

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= curtain, drape, draping.

Ex. Zilg claims that his book 'Du Pont: Behind the Nylon curtain', which is highly critical of Du Pont, was allowed to go out of print prematurely as a direct result of pressure being brought to bear on the publisher by Du Pont = Zilg afirma que se consintió que se agotara prematuramente su libro "Du Pont: dentrás de la cortina de Nylon", que es muy crítico con Du Pont, como resultado directo de la presión que Du Pont ejerció sobre el editor.

Ex. By effective use of drapes and blinds, books can be protected from damage through exposure to ultraviolet light.

Ex. Above the columns, weighing a total of 37000 kgs, is the impressive draping, decorated with festoons that seem to flutter in the breeze.

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* barra de cortina = curtain pole.

* cortina de ducha = shower curtain.

* cortina de hierro, la = iron curtain, the.

* cortina de humo = smokescreen, pall of smoke, smoke pall.

* dividir con una cortina = curtain off.

* raíl de cortina = curtain rail.

* separar con una cortina = curtain off.

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femenino curtain, drape (AmE)

- cortina de ducha

- cortina de hierro

- cortina de humo

- cortina metálica

- cortina musical

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= curtain, drape, draping.

Ex: Zilg claims that his book 'Du Pont: Behind the Nylon curtain', which is highly critical of Du Pont, was allowed to go out of print prematurely as a direct result of pressure being brought to bear on the publisher by Du Pont = Zilg afirma que se consintió que se agotara prematuramente su libro "Du Pont: dentrás de la cortina de Nylon", que es muy crítico con Du Pont, como resultado directo de la presión que Du Pont ejerció sobre el editor.

Ex: By effective use of drapes and blinds, books can be protected from damage through exposure to ultraviolet light.

Ex: Above the columns, weighing a total of 37000 kgs, is the impressive draping, decorated with festoons that seem to flutter in the breeze.

* barra de cortina = curtain pole.

* cortina de ducha = shower curtain.

* cortina de hierro, la = iron curtain, the.

* cortina de humo = smokescreen, pall of smoke, smoke pall.

* dividir con una cortina = curtain off.

* raíl de cortina = curtain rail.

* separar con una cortina = curtain off.

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cortina

feminine

curtain, drape ( AmE)

correr las cortinas (cerrar) to draw o pull o close the curtains; (abrir) to draw (back) o pull back o open the curtains

Compuestos:

● cortina de ducha

shower curtain

● cortina de enrollar

( Arg) blind

● cortina de hierro

( AmL): la cortina de hierro the Iron Curtain

● cortina de humo

smokescreen

● cortina de voile

( RPl) net curtain

● cortina metálica

(metal) shutter

● cortina musical

(CS) theme song ( AmE), signature tune ( BrE)

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cortina sustantivo femenino
curtain, drape (AmE);
◊ cortina de ducha shower curtain;

cortina de humo smokescreen
cortina sustantivo femenino
1 curtain
2 cortina de humo, smoke screen

' cortina' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
correr
- anilla
- arrastrar
- descolgar
- deslizar
English:
curtain
- drape
- grommet
- put up
- rail
- rise
- screen
- shower-curtain
- smokescreen
- twitch
- barrage
- iron
- roller
- signature
- smoke

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cortina nf

curtain

Comp
cortina de agua sheet of water;
cayó una cortina de agua there was a downpour;
RP cortina de enrollar rolling shutter; Am cortina de hierro steel shutter; Am Hist la cortina de hierro the Iron Curtain; también Fig cortina de humo smoke screen; CSur cortina musical theme tune/song
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cortina

f curtain

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cortina nf

: curtain

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cortina n curtain

cortina de baño shower curtain

Spanish-English dictionary > cortina
16 crispar

v.

1 to set on edge (los nervios).

este trabajo me crispa los nervios this work sets my nerves on edge

2 to tense, to nettle, to irritate, to jar on.

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crispar

► verbo transitivo

1 ANATOMÍA to contract, tense

2 figurado (irritar) to irritate, annoy, infuriate

■ ese tipo me crispa that guy infuriates me

► verbo pronominal crisparse

1 ANATOMÍA to contract, tense

2 figurado (irritarse) to get annoyed, get angry

\

FRASEOLOGÍA

crispar los nervios a alguien figurado to get on somebody's nerves

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1. VT

1) [+ músculo] to cause to twitch, cause to contract

con el rostro crispado por la ira — with his face contorted with anger

eso me crispa (los nervios) — that gets on my nerves *

tengo los nervios crispados — my nerves are all on edge

2) (=enfadar)

crispar a algn — * to annoy sb intensely, really get on sb's nerves *

2.

See:

crisparse

* * *
1.
verbo transitivo

a) ( contraer)

con la expresión crispada por el dolor — his face tensed/contorted with pain

b) ( exasperar) to infuriate

me crispa los nervios — it really irritates me o gets on my nerves
2.
crisparse v pron rostro/expresión to tense up; persona to get irritated

su rostro se crispó de dolor — her face contorted with pain

* * *

= grate on.

Ex. His personality, furthermore, appeared to grate on the average television viewer.

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* crisparse = get + (all) worked up (about), get + hot under the collar.

* * *
1.
verbo transitivo

a) ( contraer)

con la expresión crispada por el dolor — his face tensed/contorted with pain

b) ( exasperar) to infuriate

me crispa los nervios — it really irritates me o gets on my nerves
2.
crisparse v pron rostro/expresión to tense up; persona to get irritated

su rostro se crispó de dolor — her face contorted with pain

* * *

= grate on.

Ex: His personality, furthermore, appeared to grate on the average television viewer.

* crisparse = get + (all) worked up (about), get + hot under the collar.

* * *

crispar [A1 ]

vt

1

(contraer): con la expresión crispada por el dolor his face tensed/contorted with pain

2 (exasperar) to infuriate

me crispan sus estúpidas bromas his stupid jokes infuriate o really annoy o really irritate me

tiene una risa que me crispa los nervios her laugh really irritates me o gets on my nerves, her laugh sets my nerves jangling o jars on me

■ crisparse

v pron

1 «rostro/expresión» to tense up

sintió que se le crispaba el rostro she felt the muscles of her face tense up

2 «persona» to get irritated

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crispar ( conjugate crispar) verbo transitivo
a) ( contraer):

◊ con la expresión crispada por el dolor his face tensed/contorted with pain

b) ( exasperar) to infuriate;

◊ me crispa los nervios it really irritates me o gets on my nerves

crisparse verbo pronominal [rostro/expresión] to tense up;
[ persona] to get irritated
crispar verbo transitivo
1 to make tense
2 (irritar) to annoy, infuriate
♦ Locuciones: crispar los nervios, irritate: su actitud me crispa los nervios, his attitude sets my nerves on edge

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crispar

♦ vt

1. [nervios] to set on edge;

este trabajo me crispa los nervios this work sets my nerves on edge;

su actitud crispa a los que la rodean her attitude gets on the nerves of everyone around her

2. [músculos] to tense;
[puño] to clench
♦ See also the pronominal verb crisparse

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crispar

v/t irritate;

crisparle a alguien los nervios get on s.o.’s nerves

* * *

crispar vt

1) : to cause to contract

2) : to irritate, to set on edge

eso me crispa: that gets on my nerves

♦ See also the reflexive verb crisparse

Spanish-English dictionary > crispar
17 crisparse

crisparse

► verbo pronominal

1 ANATOMÍA to contract, tense

2 figurado (irritarse) to get annoyed, get angry

* * *

VPR [músculo] to twitch, contract; [cara] to contort; [nervios] to get all on edge; [situación] to become tense, get tenser

* * *

(v.) = get + (all) worked up (about), get + hot under the collar

Ex. Ordinary people can sit around and get morally worked up about the evil of drugs the way they once got worked up about the 'red menace'.

Ex. She is quick to get hot under the collar, but once the problem is ironed out she forgets it entirely.

* * *

(v.) = get + (all) worked up (about), get + hot under the collar

Ex: Ordinary people can sit around and get morally worked up about the evil of drugs the way they once got worked up about the 'red menace'.

Ex: She is quick to get hot under the collar, but once the problem is ironed out she forgets it entirely.

* * *

vpr

1. [persona] to get annoyed

2. [músculo] to become tense;

se le crisparon las manos he clenched his fists

* * *

crisparse

v/r get irritated

* * *

vr

: to tense up

Spanish-English dictionary > crisparse
18 fibrilación

f.

fibrillation, twitch.

* * *

= fibrillation.

Ex. This paper describes an oscillating chemical reaction, and discusses numerous parallels to it in research, such as in fibrillation of the heart, body-clock rhythms of animals and plants, the self-assembly of multicellular organisms, and certain stripes in volcanic rock.

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* fibrilación atrial = atrial fibrillation.

* fibrilación ventricular = ventricular fibrillation.

* * *

= fibrillation.

Ex: This paper describes an oscillating chemical reaction, and discusses numerous parallels to it in research, such as in fibrillation of the heart, body-clock rhythms of animals and plants, the self-assembly of multicellular organisms, and certain stripes in volcanic rock.

* fibrilación atrial = atrial fibrillation.

* fibrilación ventricular = ventricular fibrillation.

* * *

fibrilación

feminine

fibrillation

* * *

fibrilación nf
Med fibrillation
* * *

fibrilación

f MED fibrillation

Spanish-English dictionary > fibrilación
19 mover

v.

1 to move.

el fútbol profesional mueve mucho dinero a lot of money changes hands in the world of professional soccer

Ricardo movió el auto Richard moved the car.

2 to shake (menear, agitar) (caja, sonajero).

la vaca movía la cola the cow was swishing its tail

el perro movía la cola the dog was wagging its tail

mover la cabeza to nod; (afirmativamente) to shake (negativamente)

3 to do something about.

4 to energize, to activate, to power.

La gasolina mueve el auto Gasoline energizes the car.

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MOVER

CONJUGACIÓN

(o changes to ue in stressed syllables)

Present Indicative

muevo, mueves, mueve, movemos, movéis, mueven.

Present Subjunctive

mueva, muevas, mueva, movamos, mováis, muevan.

Imperative

mueve (tú), mueva (él/Vd.), movamos (nos.), moved (vos.), muevan (ellos/Vds.).

* * *

verb

1) to move

2) shift

3) shake

4) prompt

5) stir

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1. VT

1) (=cambiar de posición)

a) [+ objeto, mano, pierna] to move

no muevas la mesa — don't move the table

• mover a algn de algún sitio — to move sb from somewhere

de aquí no nos mueve nadie — we're staying right here, we're not moving from here

"no nos moverán" — "we shall not be moved"

b) [en juegos] [+ ficha, pieza] to move

2) (=agitar) to stir

muévelo para que no se pegue — stir it o give it a stir so that it doesn't stick

el perro se acercó moviendo la cola — the dog came up to us wagging its tail

el viento movía sus cabellos — the wind blew her hair

• mover la cabeza — [para negar] to shake one's head; [para asentir] to nod, nod one's head

movió la cabeza negando la pregunta — she shook her head in answer to the question

movió la cabeza afirmativamente — she nodded (her head)

3) (Mec) (=accionar) [+ máquina] to work, power

el agua movía el molino — the water turned o drove the wheel

el vapor mueve el émbolo — the steam drives o works the piston

4) (=incitar)

el interés propio nos mueve a todos — self-interest motivates all of us

lo hice movida por la curiosidad — it was curiosity that prompted o moved me to do it

actuaba movido por sus instintos — he acted on his instincts

su mensaje movía a las masas — his message roused the masses

• mover a algn a algo — to move sb to sth

su pobreza te mueve a la compasión — their poverty moves you to pity

mover a algn a las lágrimas — to move sb to tears

mover a algn a la risa — to make sb laugh

• mover a algn a hacer algo — to prompt sb to do sth, move sb to do sth

¿qué fue lo que te movió a actuar de ese modo? — what prompted o moved you to act in that way?

5) (=agilizar) [+ asunto, tema] to push; [+ trámite] to handle

ella le movió todo el papeleo — she handled all the paperwork for him

• mover una guerra contra algn — to wage war on sb

• mover un pleito contra algn — to start proceedings against sb

6) [+ dinero] to move, handle

esta empresa mueve miles de millones anualmente — this company moves o handles thousands of millions each year

el tráfico de armas mueve mucho dinero — arms trading involves o moves a lot of money

7) * [+ droga] to push

2. VI

1) [en juegos] to move

¿con qué ficha has movido? — what piece have you moved?

¿a quién le toca mover? — whose move is it?

2) (=incitar)

• mover a algo, esta situación mueve a la risa — this situation makes you (want to) laugh

3) (Bot) to bud, sprout

3.

See:

moverse

* * *
1.
verbo transitivo

1)

a) (trasladar, desplazar) to move

b) (Jueg) <ficha/pieza> to move

c) ( agitar)

no muevas la cámara — keep the camera still

el viento movía las hojas de los árboles — the wind shook the leaves on the trees

movió la cabeza — ( asintiendo) he nodded (his head); ( negando) she shook her head

mueve la cola — it wags its tail

d) ( accionar) to drive

el agua mueve la rueda del molino — the water turns the millwheel

e) ( manejar) < dinero> to handle

f) (fam) < droga> to push (colloq)

2) (incitar, inducir)

actuó movida por razones políticas — her actions were politically motivated

¿qué lo movió a hacer eso? — what moved him to do that?
2.
mover vi

1) (Jueg) to move

2) (incitar, inducir)

mover A algo: su situación mueve a la compasión — his predicament moves one to pity
3.
moverse v pron

1)

a) ( desplazarse) to move

no te muevas de ahí — stay right where you are, don't move

b) ( menearse) to move

dejá de moverte — stop fidgeting, stop moving about

la lámpara se movía con el viento — the lamp was moving o swaying in the wind

2)

a) ( alternar) to move

se mueve en las altas esferas — she moves in high circles

b) ( hacer gestiones)

si no te mueves no encontrarás empleo — if you don't get moving you'll never find a job (colloq)

se movió como loca para sacarlo de la cárcel — she moved heaven and earth to get him out of jail

c) ( apresurarse) to hurry up, get a move on (colloq)

* * *

= shift, move, wiggle.

Ex. In general, then, a post-co-ordinate index is simpler to produce than a pre-co-ordinate index, because it shifts the responsibility for co-ordination of index terms to the searcher.

Ex. This article describes a special dolly designed to move stack ranges easily and quickly using a minimum of labour.

Ex. I have read that 'Spanish men are twice as likely to wiggle their ears as are women,' but don't know the trustworthiness of this statistic.

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* el dinero mueve al mundo = money makes the world go (a)round.

* estar moviéndose en terreno seguro = be on secure ground.

* la fe mueve montañas = faith will move mountains.

* mover Algo = make + Nombre + spin.

* mover el culo = shake + a leg, rattle + Posesivo + dags, get + a wiggle on, get off + Posesivo + ass, get off + Posesivo + arse.

* mover el esqueleto = trip the light fantastic.

* 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.

* mover lateralmente = move from + side to side.

* mover montañas = move + mountains.

* moverse = shift about, get around, wiggle, wave.

* moverse de aquí para allá = move about.

* moverse en el sitio = shuffle.

* moverse en terreno desconocido = be out of + Posesivo + depth, be in over + Posesivo + head.

* moverse hacia atrás y hacia delante = move back and forth.

* no moverse = stay + put.

* sentarse sin moverse = sit + still.

* sin moverse del sitio = in place.

* * *
1.
verbo transitivo

1)

a) (trasladar, desplazar) to move

b) (Jueg) <ficha/pieza> to move

c) ( agitar)

no muevas la cámara — keep the camera still

el viento movía las hojas de los árboles — the wind shook the leaves on the trees

movió la cabeza — ( asintiendo) he nodded (his head); ( negando) she shook her head

mueve la cola — it wags its tail

d) ( accionar) to drive

el agua mueve la rueda del molino — the water turns the millwheel

e) ( manejar) < dinero> to handle

f) (fam) < droga> to push (colloq)

2) (incitar, inducir)

actuó movida por razones políticas — her actions were politically motivated

¿qué lo movió a hacer eso? — what moved him to do that?
2.
mover vi

1) (Jueg) to move

2) (incitar, inducir)

mover A algo: su situación mueve a la compasión — his predicament moves one to pity
3.
moverse v pron

1)

a) ( desplazarse) to move

no te muevas de ahí — stay right where you are, don't move

b) ( menearse) to move

dejá de moverte — stop fidgeting, stop moving about

la lámpara se movía con el viento — the lamp was moving o swaying in the wind

2)

a) ( alternar) to move

se mueve en las altas esferas — she moves in high circles

b) ( hacer gestiones)

si no te mueves no encontrarás empleo — if you don't get moving you'll never find a job (colloq)

se movió como loca para sacarlo de la cárcel — she moved heaven and earth to get him out of jail

c) ( apresurarse) to hurry up, get a move on (colloq)

* * *

= shift, move, wiggle.

Ex: In general, then, a post-co-ordinate index is simpler to produce than a pre-co-ordinate index, because it shifts the responsibility for co-ordination of index terms to the searcher.

Ex: This article describes a special dolly designed to move stack ranges easily and quickly using a minimum of labour.

Ex: I have read that 'Spanish men are twice as likely to wiggle their ears as are women,' but don't know the trustworthiness of this statistic.

* el dinero mueve al mundo = money makes the world go (a)round.

* estar moviéndose en terreno seguro = be on secure ground.

* la fe mueve montañas = faith will move mountains.

* mover Algo = make + Nombre + spin.

* mover el culo = shake + a leg, rattle + Posesivo + dags, get + a wiggle on, get off + Posesivo + ass, get off + Posesivo + arse.

* mover el esqueleto = trip the light fantastic.

* 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.

* mover lateralmente = move from + side to side.

* mover montañas = move + mountains.

* moverse = shift about, get around, wiggle, wave.

* moverse de aquí para allá = move about.

* moverse en el sitio = shuffle.

* moverse en terreno desconocido = be out of + Posesivo + depth, be in over + Posesivo + head.

* moverse hacia atrás y hacia delante = move back and forth.

* no moverse = stay + put.

* sentarse sin moverse = sit + still.

* sin moverse del sitio = in place.

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mover [E9 ]

vt

A

1 (trasladar, desplazar) to move

2 ( Jueg) ‹ficha/pieza› to move

3

(agitar): no muevas la cámara keep the camera still

el viento movía las hojas de los árboles the wind shook the leaves on the trees

está vivo, acaba de mover la mano he's alive, he just moved his hand

movió la cabeza (asintiendo) he nodded (his head); (negando) she shook her head

mueve la cola cuando está contento it wags its tail when it's happy

4

(accionar): el agua mueve la rueda del molino the water turns o drives the millwheel

5 (manejar) ‹dinero› to handle

la Bolsa movió casi 300 millones de pesos dealings on the Stock Market amounted to almost 300 million pesos, almost 300 million pesos were moved o handled on the Stock Market

mueve enormes cantidades de dinero he handles huge amounts of money

6 ( fam); ‹droga› to push ( colloq)

B

(incitar, inducir): actuó movida por razones políticas her actions were politically motivated

mover a algn A algo:

¿qué lo movió a hacer eso? what moved o prompted him to do that?

me preguntan qué me mueve a escribir este tipo de poema I am asked what it is that inspires o moves me to write this kind of poem

aquellas imágenes los movían a compasión they were moved to pity by those pictures

■ mover

vi

A ( Jueg) to move

te toca a ti, yo acabo de mover it's your turn, I've just moved

B (incitar, inducir) mover A algo:

su situación mueve a la compasión his predicament moves one to pity

■ moverse

v pron

A

1 (desplazarse) to move

no me he movido de aquí en toda la tarde I haven't moved from here o I've been right here all afternoon

no te muevas de ahí stay right where you are, don't move

no pienso moverme de aquí hasta que me atiendan I have no intention of moving (from this spot) until I get some service

2 (sin desplazarse) to move

¡no te muevas! te voy a sacar una foto don't move o keep still! I'm going to take your photograph

no puedo moverme, me duele todo I can't move, I ache all over

aunque me ve tan ocupado ella no se mueve she can see I'm busy but she doesn't lift a finger to help ( colloq)

deja de moverte, me estás poniendo nerviosa stop fidgeting, you're getting on my nerves

no se le mueve un pelo durante la pelea he never has a hair out of place throughout the fight

B

1 (alternar) to move

ella se mueve en las altas esferas she moves in high circles

yo no me muevo en ese ambiente I don't move in those circles, that's not my scene ( colloq)

2

(hacer gestiones): si no te mueves no conseguirás encontrar piso if you don't get moving you'll never find an apartment ( colloq)

se movió como loca para sacarlo de la cárcel she moved heaven and earth to get him out of jail

3 (apresurarse) to hurry up, get a move on ( colloq)

si no nos movemos, vamos a perder el tren if we don't hurry up o get a move on, we'll miss the train

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mover ( conjugate mover) verbo transitivo
1
a) (trasladar, desplazar) to move

b) (Jueg) ‹ficha/pieza› to move

c) ( agitar):

◊ no muevas la cámara keep the camera still;

el viento movía los árboles the wind shook the trees;
movió la cabeza ( asintiendo) he nodded (his head);

( negando) she shook her head;
◊ mueve la cola it wags its tail

d) ( accionar) to drive

2 ( inducir):
◊ mover a algn a hacer algo to move sb to do sth

verbo intransitivo (Jueg) to move
moverse verbo pronominal
a) ( en general) to move;

◊ no te muevas de ahí don't move;

la lámpara se movía con el viento the lamp was moving o swaying in the wind
b) ( apresurarse) to hurry up, get a move on (colloq)

mover verbo transitivo
1 to move: movimos la mesa, we moved the table
mover la cabeza, (afirmativamente) to nod
(negativamente) to shake one's head
2 (empujar, decidir) aquello me movió a viajar, that led me to travel
le mueve la codicia, she's driven by greed
no sabemos qué le movió a hacerlo, we don't know what made him do it
3 (activar) to drive: el aire mueve las aspas, the wind drives the sails
' mover' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
arrancar
- ayudar
- bigote
- cabecear
- tocar
- avanzar
- dar
- desplazar
- echar
- mueva
- pala
English:
dart
- displace
- ease
- flick
- fly
- get back
- heave
- hustle
- jerk
- manhandle
- move
- move back
- pass
- pound
- prompt
- pull
- roll
- run
- shift
- shoot
- shovel
- sideways
- slink
- sneak
- softly
- speed
- spring
- stick
- stone
- string
- struggle
- to
- twitch
- whip
- whisk
- wiggle
- drive
- furniture
- jiggle
- jog
- man
- mover
- play
- ply
- stir

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mover

♦ vt

1. [desplazar, trasladar] to move (de/a from/to); [mecánicamente] to drive;

el viento mueve las palas the wind drives o turns the blades;
Informát
mover un fichero to move a file;

mover una ficha [en juegos] to move a counter;

el fútbol profesional mueve mucho dinero a lot of money changes hands in the world of professional soccer;

ese cantante mueve masas huge numbers of people go to see that singer wherever he performs;

Comp
Esp
mover ficha: ahora le toca al gobierno mover ficha it's the government's move, it's the government's turn to make the next move

2. [menear, agitar] [caja, sonajero] to shake;
[bandera] to wave;
movía las caderas she was wiggling o swinging her hips;

la vaca movía la cola the cow was swishing its tail;

el perro movía la cola the dog was wagging its tail;

mover la cabeza [afirmativamente] to nod;
[negativamente] to shake one's head;
muévelo bien [removiéndolo con cucharilla] stir it well;
[agitándolo con las manos] shake it well
3. [impulsar]
mover a alguien a hacer algo to make sb do sth, to prompt sb to do sth;

¿qué te movió a hacerlo? what made you do it?, what prompted you to do it?;

eso fue lo que nos movió a la huelga that was what made us strike o prompted us to strike;

sólo la mueve la ambición she is driven solely by ambition;

mover a alguien a compasión to move sb to pity

4. [hacer trámites con] to do something about;

hay muchos interesados en mover este asunto there are several people who are interested in doing something about this issue

♦ vi

1. [en ajedrez, damas, juego de mesa] to move;

tú mueves it's your move

2. [provocar]
su triste mirada movía a compasión her sad gaze made you feel pity for her

♦ See also the pronominal verb moverse

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mover

v/t

1 move

2 ( agitar) shake

3 ( impulsar, incitar) drive

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mover {47} vt

1) trasladar: to move, to shift

2) agitar: to shake, to nod (the head)

3) accionar: to power, to drive

4) inducir: to provoke, to cause

5) : to excite, to stir

♦ See also the reflexive verb moverse

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mover vb to move

has movido el sofá you've moved the sofa

ahora te toca mover a ti it's your turn to move now

Spanish-English dictionary > mover
20 moverse

moverse

► verbo pronominal

1 (gen) to move

■ no te muevas de aquí hasta que yo vuelva don't move till I get back

2 familiar (darse prisa) to get a move on

■ ¡muévete, que llegaremos tarde! get a move on or we'll be late!

3 familiar (espabilarse) to get a move on

■ como no te muevas, no encuentras piso if you don't get a move on you won't find a flat

■ hay que saber moverse en este mundo you've got to be able to find you way around in this world

4 (relacionarse) to move

■ se mueve en ambientes muy selectos he moves in very high circles

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VPR

1) (=cambiar de posición o lugar) to move

se mueve con dificultad — he has difficulty moving, he finds it difficult to move

no te muevas, que te voy a hacer una foto — keep still o don't move, I'm going to take your photo

se mueve mucho en la cama — she fidgets o moves around a lot in bed

muévete un poco para allá — move up a bit

no te muevas de ahí hasta que yo vuelva — stay right there o don't move until I come back

lleva horas sin moverse de ese sofá — he hasn't moved o stirred from that sofa in hours

no hay quien la haga moverse — no one can get her to move

la máquina se movía sola — the machine moved on its own

2) (=agitarse) [mar] to be rough; [barco] to roll; [cortina, hojas] to move

las cortinas se movían con el viento — the curtains stirred o moved in the wind

¿se ha movido mucho el barco? — was the sea rough?

3) (=ponerse en marcha) to move o.s., get a move on *

¡venga, muévete, que tenemos prisa! — come on, move yourself o get a move on, we're in a hurry! *

4) (=ser activo) [persona] to be on the move *, be on the go *; [ciudad] to be lively

esta moviéndose continuamente — she's always on the move o go *

tuvo que moverse mucho para conseguir ese trabajo — he had to pull out all the stops to get that job

Londres es una ciudad que se mueve — London is a really lively city

5) (=relacionarse) [en un ambiente] to move; [entre cierta gente] to mix

siempre me he movido en ambientes financieros — I have always moved in financial circles

se mueve mucho entre aristócratas — he mixes a lot with the aristocracy

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(v.) = shift about, get around, wiggle, wave

Ex. The cheeks were braced from their tops to the ceiling, to prevent the press from twisting or shifting about in use.

Ex. The main reasons for non use were reported as being: not enough time to read (46 per cent); lack of confidence in how to use the library (5 per cent); unable to drive (4 percent); unable to get around (2 per cent); sight or hearing too poor (less than 1 per cent).

Ex. I have read that 'Spanish men are twice as likely to wiggle their ears as are women,' but don't know the trustworthiness of this statistic.

Ex. The floor lamp swayed and the window curtains waved back and forth.

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(v.) = shift about, get around, wiggle, wave

Ex: The cheeks were braced from their tops to the ceiling, to prevent the press from twisting or shifting about in use.

Ex: The main reasons for non use were reported as being: not enough time to read (46 per cent); lack of confidence in how to use the library (5 per cent); unable to drive (4 percent); unable to get around (2 per cent); sight or hearing too poor (less than 1 per cent).

Ex: I have read that 'Spanish men are twice as likely to wiggle their ears as are women,' but don't know the trustworthiness of this statistic.

Ex: The floor lamp swayed and the window curtains waved back and forth.

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■moverse verbo reflexivo
1 to move
2 (apurarse) to hurry up: ¡muévete!, get a move on!
' moverse' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
andar
- bailar
- clavada
- clavado
- desplazarse
- mariposear
- quebrar
- desplazar
- echar
- gracia
- hacer
- mover
- traquetear
English:
advance
- budge
- come forward
- creep
- dash
- dive
- draw
- fidget
- flash
- jolt
- labour
- move
- move over
- movement
- painfully
- quietly
- shift
- shift about
- shift around
- shove along
- shove up
- smoothly
- stationary
- stay on
- steal
- stir
- tear
- tight
- twitch
- wash
- work
- wriggle
- zip
- drift
- wag

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vpr

1. [desplazarse, trasladarse] to move;
[en la cama] to toss and turn;
no te muevas don't move;

yo no me he movido de aquí I've been here the whole time, I haven't left this spot;

si no dejas de moverte no te puedo vestir if you don't stop moving about I won't be able to dress you;

Comp
Esp Fam
el que se mueva, no sale en la foto step out of line and you're out of the frame

2. [darse prisa] to get a move on;

muévete, que es tarde get a move on, it's late

3. Fam [hacer gestiones] to get things going o moving;

me moví mucho para conseguir la subvención I did everything I could to get the grant;

si te mueves puedes encontrar trabajo if you make an effort o try you can get a job

4. [relacionarse]
moverse en/entre to move in/among;

se mueve con gente de la universidad she mixes with people from the university

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moverse

v/r move;

¡muévete! get a move on! fam, hurry up!

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vr

1) : to move, to move over

2) : to hurry, to get a move on

3) : to get moving, to make an effort

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moverse vb

1. (en general) to move

no te muevas don't move

2. (apresurarse) to get a move on

si no te mueves, perderás el tren unless you get a move on, you'll miss the train

Spanish-English dictionary > moverse

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