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plural; see personpeople npl gente / personasone person, two people una persona, dos personastr['piːpəl]■ people say that... dicen que..., se dice que...■ power to the people! ¡poder para el pueblo!3 (family) familia, gente nombre femenino1 (nation, race) pueblo, nación nombre femenino1 poblar\SMALLIDIOMATIC EXPRESSION/SMALLold people los viejos nombre masculino plural, los ancianos nombre masculino plural, la gente nombre femenino mayorpeople carrier monovolumen nombre masculinopeople's republic república popularthe common people la gente nombre femenino corrienteyoung people los jóvenes nombre masculino plural, la juventud nombre femenino, la gente nombre femenino jovenpeople ns & pl1) people npl: gente f, personas fplpeople like him: él le cae bien a la gentemany people: mucha gente, muchas personasthe Cuban people: el pueblo cubanon.pl.• gente s.f.• mundo s.m.• nación s.f.• persona s.f.• personas s.f.pl.• pueblo s.m.v.• poblar v.
I 'piːpəl1) (+ pl vb, no art)a) ( in general) gente fwhat will people say? — ¿qué dirá la gente?
people say that... — dicen que..., se dice que...
some people don't like it — a algunos no les gusta, a algunas personas no les gusta, hay gente a la que no le gusta
b) ( individuals) personas fplwell, really, some people! — hay cada uno!
c) ( specific group)tall/rich people — la gente alta/rica, las personas altas/ricas, los altos/ricos
young people — los jóvenes, la juventud
local people — la gente del lugar, los lugareños
my people are from Illinois — mi familia or (fam) mi gente es de Illinois
2)a) ( inhabitants) (+ pl vb)the people of this country — la gente de este país, este pueblo
b) (citizens, nation) (+ pl vb)c) ( race) (+ sing vb) pueblo m
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transitive verb poblar*['piːpl]1. N1) (with pl vb)a) (seen as a mass) gente fwhat will people think? — ¿qué va a pensar la gente?
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country people — la gente del campo•
they don't mix much with the local people — no se tratan mucho con la gente del lugar•
what a lot of people! — ¡cuánta gente!•
old people — los ancianos, la gente mayor•
people say that... — dicen que..., la gente dice que...•
young people — los jóvenes, la gente jovenb) (=persons, individuals) personas fplmillions of people — millones mpl de personas
how many people are there in your family? — ¿cuántos sois en tu familia?
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he got a knighthood, him of all people! — le han nombrado sir, ¡precisamente a él!•
English people — los ingleses•
the gas people are coming tomorrow — los del gas vienen mañana•
people like you are not welcome — no queremos gente como tú•
many people think that... — mucha gente cree que..., muchos creen que...•
most people like it — a la mayoría de la gente le gusta•
several people have told me — me lo han dicho varias personas•
some people are born lucky — hay gente que nace de pie, hay gente con suerte•
they're strange people — son gente raralittle I, 2.•
what do you people think? — y ustedes ¿qué opinan?c) (=inhabitants) habitantes mplthe people of London — los habitantes de Londres, los londinenses
the people of Angola — los habitantes or la gente de Angola
d) (=citizens, public) pueblo mthe will of the people — la voluntad popular or del pueblo
the king and his people — el rey y su pueblo or sus súbditos
a people's army/democracy/republic — un ejército/una democracia/una república popular
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a man of the people — un hombre del pueblo- go to the peoplecommon 1., 1)e) (=family) gente f, familia fmy people come from the north — mi familia or mi gente es del norte
have you met his people? — ¿conoces a su familia?
f) (=colleagues)I asked one of our people in Boston to handle it — pedí a uno de los nuestros en Boston que se encargara de ello
Spanish-speaking peoples — los pueblos or las gentes de habla hispana
2.VT poblarthe country is peopled by nomads — el país está poblado or habitado por nómadas
his novels are peopled with outlandish characters — sus novelas están pobladas de personajes extravagantes
3.CPDpeople carrier N — monovolumen m
people mover N — (US) cinta f transbordadora, pasillo m móvil
people skills NPL —
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to have good people skills — tener habilidades socialesgood people skills are essential — fundamental tener facilidad para relacionarse, fundamental tener habilidades sociales
people trafficking N — tráfico m de personas
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I ['piːpəl]1) (+ pl vb, no art)a) ( in general) gente fwhat will people say? — ¿qué dirá la gente?
people say that... — dicen que..., se dice que...
some people don't like it — a algunos no les gusta, a algunas personas no les gusta, hay gente a la que no le gusta
b) ( individuals) personas fplwell, really, some people! — hay cada uno!
c) ( specific group)tall/rich people — la gente alta/rica, las personas altas/ricas, los altos/ricos
young people — los jóvenes, la juventud
local people — la gente del lugar, los lugareños
my people are from Illinois — mi familia or (fam) mi gente es de Illinois
2)a) ( inhabitants) (+ pl vb)the people of this country — la gente de este país, este pueblo
b) (citizens, nation) (+ pl vb)c) ( race) (+ sing vb) pueblo m
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transitive verb poblar*
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