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121 avanzar
avanzar ( conjugate avanzar) verbo intransitivo [negociaciones/proyecto] to progress verbo transitivo
avanzar verbo transitivo to advance, make progress ' avanzar' also found in these entries: Spanish: sacudida - salto - tantear - adelantar English: advance - come forward - crawl - edge - freewheel - go forward - headway - move - move along - pace - proceed - progress - struggle along - struggle on - surge - wind - fast - head - hover - inch - lumber - scroll - somewhere -
122 cada
cada adjetivo invariable 1 ( con énfasis en la totalidad del conjunto) every; hay un bar en cada esquina ther's a bar in every corner; cada día every day, each day; ¿cada cuánto viene? how often does she come?; hay cinco para cada uno there are five each; cuestan $25 cada uno they cost $25 each; cada uno or cual sabe qué es lo que más le conviene everyone o each individual knows what's best for him or her; cada vez que viene every time o whenever he comes siete de cada diez seven out of (every) ten 2 ( indicando progresión): lo hace cada vez mejor she's getting better all the time; cada vez más gente more and more people; cada vez menos tiempo less and less time
cada adjetivo
1 (distribución) (entre dos) each (entre más) each, every
seis de cada diez, six out of (every) ten
2 (frecuencia) cada día, every day
cada dos días, every second day o every other day
¿cada cuánto vas al cine?, how often do you go the cinema?
3 fam (intensificador) ¡tu hija hace cada pregunta!, your daughter asks such awkward questions!
4 (todas las personas) cada uno hace lo que quiere, everyone does as they like (en una serie) cada uno de ellos dará una conferencia, each of them will give us a lecture Locuciones: a cada instante/paso, constantly
a cada uno/a cada cual lo suyo, fair shares for all (para ser justo) es una mujer pesadísima pero muy servicial, a cada uno lo suyo, to be fair, she's a pain in the neck but she's awfully helpful (a cada uno lo que le pertenece) es una reivindicación justa, sólo pretende dar a cada uno lo suyo, it's a fair claim which only aims to give everyone their fair share
cada dos por tres, every other minute
cada vez, every time: cada vez que viene nos acabamos enfadando, everytime he comes we end up getting angry
cada vez veo peor, my sights getting worse and worse
cada vez más, more and more
cada vez menos, less and less La diferencia entre each y every es muy pequeña. Every se refiere a un grupo y each a los individuos en el grupo: Cada trabajador debe empezar a las ocho. Every worker should begin at eight. Hablaré con cada trabajador durante la semana. I will speak to each worker during the weak. Como ves, el uso depende únicamente de cómo quieres considerar a los trabajadores: como individuos o como un grupo. ' cada' also found in these entries: Spanish: A - cañería - curso - dos - instante - más - menos - ocurrencia - pasar - paso - patada - quisque - quisqui - rato - repetirse - salir - siempre - solicitada - solicitado - tema - toda - todo - una - uno - verso - vez - viñeta - a - bimestral - correspondiente - cosa - cual - cuando - día - el - intercalar - lado - mejor - nervioso - peor - poner - semestre - sendos - tanda - tiempo - valer English: A - and - annoy - apiece - bash out - begrudge - better - bread - busy signal - butt in - carbon copy - checkup - commute - Dick and Harry - each - either - every - everyplace - exercise - expect - for - fortnightly - growing - half-hourly - head - hourly - how - in - increasingly - interval - less - magazine - match - measure out - meet - milk - misspell - mist - more - nightly - nine - other - out of - outflow - particular - percentage - sea - second - time - Tom -
123 casa
Del verbo casar: ( conjugate casar) \ \
casa es: \ \3ª persona singular (él/ella/usted) presente indicativo2ª persona singular (tú) imperativoMultiple Entries: casa casar
casa sustantivo femenino 1 casita del perro kennel; casa adosada or pareada semi-detached o terraced house; Ccasa Blanca White House; casa de acogida refuge; casa de huéspedes boardinghouse; casa de socorro first-aid post; casa de vecinos or (Méx) de vecindad tenement house; Ccasa Real Royal Household; casa refugio refuge o hostel for battered women; casa rodante (CS) trailer (AmE), caravan (BrE) a los 18 años se fue de casa or (AmL) de la casa she left home at 18; no está nunca en casa or ( AmL) en la casa he's never (at) home; ¿por qué no pasas por casa or (AmL) por la casa? why don't you drop in?; de or para andar por casa ‹ vestido› for wearing around the house; ‹definición/terminología› crude, rough; echar or tirar la casa por la ventana to push the boat out 2 casa de cambios bureau de changeb) (bar, restaurante):invita la casa it's on the house 3 (Dep):
casar ( conjugate casar) verbo transitivo [cura/juez] to marry verbo intransitivo [ piezas] to fit together; [ cuentas] to match, tally casa con algo to go well with sth casarse verbo pronominal to get married; se casó con un abogado she married a lawyer; casase en segundas nupcias to marry again, to remarry
casa sustantivo femenino
1 (edificio) house ➣ Ver nota en chalet
2 (hogar) home: vete a casa, go home
estábamos en casa de Rosa, we were at Rosa's
hay mucha gente que no tiene casa, there are a lot of homeless people
3 (empresa) company, firm
casa matriz, head office
4 (estirpe) la casa de los Austria, the House of Habsburg
5 casa de empeños, pawnshop
casa de huéspedes, boarding house familiar casa de locos, madhouse
casa de socorro, first aid post
casa de la villa, town hall Locuciones: tengo que salir a pasear, si no, se me cae la casa encima, I've got to go out for a walk or this house is going to drive me up the wall familiar como Pedro por su casa, as if I/you/he owned the place
de andar por casa, (ropa) everyday (explicación) crude, rough
no parar en casa, to be on the go
tirar la casa por la ventana, to roll out the red carpet
casar
I verbo transitivo (unir en matrimonio) to marry (dar en matrimonio) to marry (off): casó muy bien a sus dos hijos, she successfully married off her two sons
II verbo intransitivo (encajar) to match, go o fit together: las cuentas no le casan, he can't make the figures balance, figurado things don't seem to be right to him ' casa' also found in these entries: Spanish: A - abajo - abstraerse - acercar - acoger - acogedor - acogedora - acuerdo - adosada - adosado - afuera - agencia - ajena - ajeno - alquilar - alquiler - ama - amañarse - amo - ampliación - andar - antirrobo - arriba - así - ático - atusar - aviar - barrer - bata - benjamín - benjamina - bienvenida - bienvenido - borde - cabida - cacho - calentar - cambiar - camino - cara - cargar - carpintería - casera - casero - chalet - cocina - comedor - comedora - consentir - convivir English: address - advantage - agent - amenities - ancestral - anyone - appraisal - appreciate - approximately - around-the clock - as - ask round - at - attractive - back - be - bed - before - below - better - big - blast away - bleak - boarding house - body - bookshelf - break into - built-in - burglar alarm - burglarize - burglary - busline - bustle - buyer - call - caller - care - caretaker - clean up - come out - congregate - convenience - cottage - curious - customary - cut out - daily - dear - decorate - design -
124 caso
Del verbo casar: ( conjugate casar) \ \
caso es: \ \1ª persona singular (yo) presente indicativo
casó es: \ \3ª persona singular (él/ella/usted) pretérito indicativoMultiple Entries: casar caso
casar ( conjugate casar) verbo transitivo [cura/juez] to marry verbo intransitivo [ piezas] to fit together; [ cuentas] to match, tally caso con algo to go well with sth casarse verbo pronominal to get married; se casó con un abogado she married a lawyer; casose en segundas nupcias to marry again, to remarry
caso sustantivo masculino 1 (situación, coyuntura) case; yo en tu caso … if I were you …; en último caso if it comes to it, if the worst comes to the worst; en el mejor de los casos at (the very) best; en el peor de los casos te multarán the worst they can do is fine you; eso no venía al caso that had nothing to do with what we were talking about; pongamos por caso que … let's assume that …; en caso de incendio in case of fire; en caso contrario otherwise; en cualquier caso in any case; en tal caso in that case, in such a case (frml); en todo caso dijo que llamaría in any case she said she'd ring; llegado el caso if it comes to it; según el caso as appropriate; no hay/hubo caso (AmL fam) it is no good o no use/it was no good o no use 2 (Der, Med) case;◊ ser un caso perdido (fam) to be a hopeless case (colloq)3 ( atención): hacerle caso a algn to pay attention to sb, take notice of sb; hacer caso de algo to pay attention to sth, to take notice of sth;
casar
I verbo transitivo (unir en matrimonio) to marry (dar en matrimonio) to marry (off): casó muy bien a sus dos hijos, she successfully married off her two sons
II verbo intransitivo (encajar) to match, go o fit together: las cuentas no le casan, he can't make the figures balance, figurado things don't seem to be right to him
caso sustantivo masculino
1 (suceso) case
2 Med case
3 Jur affair
4 (circunstancia, situación) yo en tu caso no iría, if I were you, I wouldn't go
el caso es que..., the fact o thing is that...
(en) caso contrario, otherwise
en el mejor/peor de los casos, at best/worst
en ese/tal caso, in that case Locuciones: hacer caso a o de alguien, to pay attention to sb
hacer caso omiso de, to take no notice of: intenté convencerle, pero no me hizo ni caso, I tried to convince him but he just ignored me
no venir al caso, to be beside the point
poner por caso, to suppose: pongamos por caso que no viene, let's say he doesn't come
ser un caso perdido, to be a hopeless case
en caso de que, if
en caso de necesidad, if need be
en todo caso, in any case
en último caso, as a last resort
ni caso, don't pay attention ' caso' also found in these entries: Spanish: amargada - amargado - aparte - callar - casar - casarse - ceñirse - comisionar - como - concreta - concreto - correo - emergencia - eximente - genuina - genuino - hecha - hecho - hipócrita - histórica - histórico - igualmente - lengua - nocturnidad - nupcias - omisa - omiso - prescindir - referencia - señor - sobreseer - viaje - voto - a - acaso - aislado - cerrar - clásico - conveniencia - cuyo - desde - ejemplo - entretelones - estudio - evento - examinar - excepcional - extremo - fumar - ignorar English: act - affair - agree - always - anyhow - arbitration - argue - attention - beneath - blatant - borderline - brush aside - brushoff - but - case - chronic - circumstance - clear up - clear-cut - client - deploy - dismiss - disregard - do - doubt - emergency - event - fall back on - go before - head - hear - hearing - heedless - heedlessly - here - history - ignore - implication - instance - lady - make out - medical - necessity - notice - occur - open-and-shut - override - pass - point - prejudice -
125 chocado
Del verbo chocar: ( conjugate chocar) \ \
chocado es: \ \el participioMultiple Entries: chocado chocar
chocado
◊ -da adjetivo (AmL fam) smashed up (colloq);( superficialmente) dented
chocar ( conjugate chocar) verbo intransitivo 1 ( entre sí) to collide;◊ chocado de frente to collide o crash head-on;chocado con or contra algo [ vehículo] to crash o run into sth; ( con otro en marcha) to collide with sth; chocado con algn [ persona] to run into sb; ( con otra en movimiento) to collide with sbb) ( entrar en conflicto) chocado con algn to clash with sbc) chocado con algo ‹con problema/obstáculo› to come up against sth2a) ( extrañar):3 (Col, Méx, Ven fam) (irritar, molestar) to annoy, bug (colloq) verbo transitivo◊ ¡chócala! (fam) put it there! (colloq), give me five! (colloq)( de otra persona) to run into chocarse verbo pronominal (Col) 1 ( en vehículo) to have a crash o an accident 2 (fam) ( molestarse) to get annoyed
chocar
I verbo intransitivo
1 (colisionar) to crash, collide
chocar con/contra, to run into, collide with
2 (discutir) to clash [con, with]
3 (sorprender, extrañar) to surprise
II verbo transitivo
1 to knock (la mano) to shake familiar ¡chócala!, ¡choca esos cinco!, shake (on it)!, US give me five! -
126 chocar
chocar ( conjugate chocar) verbo intransitivo 1 ( entre sí) to collide;◊ chocar de frente to collide o crash head-on;chocar con or contra algo [ vehículo] to crash o run into sth; ( con otro en marcha) to collide with sth; chocar con algn [ persona] to run into sb; ( con otra en movimiento) to collide with sbb) ( entrar en conflicto) chocar con algn to clash with sbc) chocar con algo ‹con problema/obstáculo› to come up against sth2a) ( extrañar):3 (Col, Méx, Ven fam) (irritar, molestar) to annoy, bug (colloq) verbo transitivo◊ ¡chócala! (fam) put it there! (colloq), give me five! (colloq)( de otra persona) to run into chocarse verbo pronominal (Col) 1 ( en vehículo) to have a crash o an accident 2 (fam) ( molestarse) to get annoyed
chocar
I verbo intransitivo
1 (colisionar) to crash, collide
chocar con/contra, to run into, collide with
2 (discutir) to clash [con, with]
3 (sorprender, extrañar) to surprise
II verbo transitivo
1 to knock (la mano) to shake familiar ¡chócala!, ¡choca esos cinco!, shake (on it)!, US give me five! ' chocar' also found in these entries: Spanish: cristalera - empotrar - estamparse - estrellarse - incidir - tris - tropezar - estrellar - frente - impactar English: avoid - barge into - bump into - cannon - clash - collide - conflict - crash - hit - plough - ram - run into - she - smash - bump - go - knock - run - strike -
127 descontado
Del verbo descontar: ( conjugate descontar) \ \
descontado es: \ \el participioMultiple Entries: descontado descontar
descontado adjetivo: doy por descontado que vendrás a cenar I'm assuming that you're coming to dinner
descontar ( conjugate descontar) verbo transitivo 1a) ( rebajar):◊ me descontó el 15% he gave me a 15% discount‹ horas› to deduct 2 ( exceptuar):◊ si descontamos a Pedro/los domingos … if we don't count Pedro/Sundays …3 ‹letra/pagaré› to discount
descontado,-a adj fam Locuciones: dar por descontado, to take for granted: dimos por descontado que vendrías con nosotros, we took it for granted that you would come with us
por descontado, needless to say, of course
descontar verbo transitivo
1 (rebajar) to deduct, give a discount (no incluir) to leave out, disregard: descontando a tus padres, tocamos a mil por cabeza, not counting your parents, we'll pay a thousand per head
2 Dep (tiempo) to add on ' descontado' also found in these entries: Spanish: descontada -
128 empresa
empresa sustantivo femenino 1 ( compañía) company, firm (BrE); 2 (tarea, labor) venture, undertaking
empresa sustantivo femenino
1 Com Ind company, firm
empresa pública, state-owned company
2 (proyecto, tarea) undertaking, task: es una empresa muy arriesgada, it's a very risky venture ' empresa' also found in these entries: Spanish: administración - ámbito - amenaza - asegurar - bacalao - casa - CEPYME - compañía - constructor - constructora - contabilidad - contrata - dar - decorar - deficitaria - deficitario - definitivamente - departamento - depurar - dirección - dirigir - diversificarse - económica - económico - ejecutiva - ensalzar - entablar - escala - escáner - espaldarazo - estatal - estructuración - forjar - gestión - hipotecar - hostelería - imagen - imposición - inspección - juez - lanzamiento - ligarse - llevar - mecánica - nacional - negocio - negrera - negrero - patrón - patrona English: administration - amount to - association - audit - backbone - bankrupt - base - be - being - boss - branch out - builder - business - by-law - carrier - climb down - cock-up - collapse - come in - company - creativity - credit bureau - dark horse - deal with - department - developer - disorganized - division - do - down-market - effective - engineer - enter - enterprise - equal - established - exploit - firm - fixture - float - flourish - go down - go under - head - house - in-house - insider - intimidate - launch - launching
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