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torn out pages

Толкование Перевод

1 arrancar una página

(v.) = tear out + page

Ex. The offenders vary from forgetful lecturers to a student who lost the books and cannot pay the fine, to a student who had torn out pages from a book and now faces an expulsion from the Institute.

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(v.) = tear out + page

Ex: The offenders vary from forgetful lecturers to a student who lost the books and cannot pay the fine, to a student who had torn out pages from a book and now faces an expulsion from the Institute.

Spanish-English dictionary > arrancar una página
2 expulsión

f.

1 expulsion, deportation, ejection, putting out.

2 second stage of labor.

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expulsión

► nombre femenino

1 expulsion, ejection

2 (dep) sending off

3 (alumno) expulsion; (de universidad) sending down, US expulsion

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noun f.

expulsion

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SF

1) (=acto) [de gases, humo, persona] expulsion; [de país] deportation; (Dep) sending-off, ejection (EEUU)

2) (Econ) crowding out effect

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femenino

1) (de institución, territorio) expulsion; (Dep) sending-off

2) ( de aire) expulsion; ( de cálculos) passing, expulsion; ( de la placenta) expulsion, delivery

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= expulsion.

Ex. The offenders vary from forgetful lecturers to a student who lost the books and cannot pay the fine, to a student who had torn out pages from a book and now faces an expulsion from the Institute.

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femenino

1) (de institución, territorio) expulsion; (Dep) sending-off

2) ( de aire) expulsion; ( de cálculos) passing, expulsion; ( de la placenta) expulsion, delivery

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= expulsion.

Ex: The offenders vary from forgetful lecturers to a student who lost the books and cannot pay the fine, to a student who had torn out pages from a book and now faces an expulsion from the Institute.

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expulsión

feminine

A

1 (de una organización) expulsion

2 (de un territorio) expulsion

3 (de la escuela) expulsion

4 ( Dep) sending-off, ejection from the game ( AmE)

B (de aire) expulsion; (de cálculos) passing, expulsion; (de la placenta) expulsion, delivery

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expulsión sustantivo femenino
expulsion;
(Dep) sending-off
expulsión sustantivo femenino
1 (permanente) expulsion
2 Dep sending off
' expulsión' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
depuración
- inobservancia
English:
ejection
- expulsion
- sending-off
- suspension

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expulsión nf

1. [de clase, organización, país] expulsion

2. Dep sending-off

3. [de humo, fuego, lava] discharge, expulsion;
[de objeto, sustancia] expulsion
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expulsión

f

1 expulsion

2 DEP expelling from the game, Br

sending off

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expulsión nf, pl - siones : expulsion

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expulsión n

1. (en general) expulsion

2. (en deportes) sending off

Spanish-English dictionary > expulsión
3 instituto

m.

1 institute.

2 high school (centro) (de enseñanza secundaria). (peninsular Spanish)

instituto de belleza beauty salon

instituto de Formación Profesional technical college (peninsular Spanish)

3 institution.

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instituto

► nombre masculino

1 (asociación) institute

2 EDUCACIÓN state secondary school, US high school

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FRASEOLOGÍA

instituto de bachillerato state secondary school, US high school

instituto de belleza beauty salon

instituto de enseñanza media state secondary school, US high school

instituto de formación profesional ≈ technical college

Instituto Nacional de la Vivienda ≈ Ministry of Housing

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noun m.

institute

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SM

1) (=organismo) institute, institution

instituto financiero — financial institution

los institutos armados — the army, the military

el benemérito instituto — the Civil Guard

instituto de belleza — Esp beauty parlour, beauty parlor (EEUU)

Instituto de la Mujer — Institute of Women's Affairs

Instituto Nacional de Empleo (INEM) — ≈ Department of Employment

Instituto Nacional de Industria (INI) — Esp ( Hist) ≈ Board of Trade

2) Esp (Educ) ≈ secondary school (Brit), ≈ high school (EEUU)

nos conocemos desde que íbamos al instituto — we've known each other since we were at secondary school together

Instituto de Enseñanza Secundaria — ≈ (state) secondary school (Brit), ≈ high school (EEUU)

Instituto Nacional de Bachillerato — ≈ (state) secondary school (Brit), ≈ high school (EEUU)

3) (=regla) [gen] principle, rule; (Rel) rule

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masculino institute

- instituto nacional de bachillerato

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= High (School), high school, institute, college, grammar school.

Ex. The article 'Why girls flock to Sweet Valley High' investigates the appeal to girls of adolescent romances and what, if anything, could be done to broaden the reading habits of such fans of formula fiction.

Ex. The two had spent almost an hour in an informal discussion of various matters that came within his jurisdiction as head of the library media center at John Brown Junior high school in Los Pasos.

Ex. The offenders vary from forgetful lecturers to a student who lost the books and cannot pay the fine, to a student who had torn out pages from a book and now faces an expulsion from the institute.

Ex. Special colleges were established offering technical and practical programs for farmers and laborers.

Ex. Even so, school library provision has been improved and increased out of all recognition since the days when only the long established grammar schools and public schools had libraries of their own.

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* Instituto Americano de Documentación (ADI) = American Documentation Institute (ADI).

* Instituto Australiano de Bibliotecarios (IAB) = Australian Institute of Librarians (AIL).

* Instituto de Cartografía Americano = US Geological Survey (USGS).

* Instituto de Cartografía Británico = Ordnance Survey.

* Instituto de Cartografía Estatal = State Geological Survey.

* instituto de desarrollo = development institute.

* instituto de enseñanza secundaria = secondary school.

* instituto de estadística = statistical institute.

* instituto de formación profesional = technical school.

* Instituto de Información Científica (ISI) = Institute of Scientific Information (ISI).

* instituto de investigación = research institute.

* Instituto Nacional de la Salud (INSALUD) = National Institutes of Health (NIH).

* instituto para el desarrollo = development institute.

* instituto para la investigación y el desarrollo = research and development institute.

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masculino institute

- instituto nacional de bachillerato

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= High (School), high school, institute, college, grammar school.

Ex: The article 'Why girls flock to Sweet Valley High' investigates the appeal to girls of adolescent romances and what, if anything, could be done to broaden the reading habits of such fans of formula fiction.

Ex: The two had spent almost an hour in an informal discussion of various matters that came within his jurisdiction as head of the library media center at John Brown Junior high school in Los Pasos.

Ex: The offenders vary from forgetful lecturers to a student who lost the books and cannot pay the fine, to a student who had torn out pages from a book and now faces an expulsion from the institute.

Ex: Special colleges were established offering technical and practical programs for farmers and laborers.

Ex: Even so, school library provision has been improved and increased out of all recognition since the days when only the long established grammar schools and public schools had libraries of their own.

* Instituto Americano de Documentación (ADI) = American Documentation Institute (ADI).

* Instituto Australiano de Bibliotecarios (IAB) = Australian Institute of Librarians (AIL).

* Instituto de Cartografía Americano = US Geological Survey (USGS).

* Instituto de Cartografía Británico = Ordnance Survey.

* Instituto de Cartografía Estatal = State Geological Survey.

* instituto de desarrollo = development institute.

* instituto de enseñanza secundaria = secondary school.

* instituto de estadística = statistical institute.

* instituto de formación profesional = technical school.

* Instituto de Información Científica (ISI) = Institute of Scientific Information (ISI).

* instituto de investigación = research institute.

* Instituto Nacional de la Salud (INSALUD) = National Institutes of Health (NIH).

* instituto para el desarrollo = development institute.

* instituto para la investigación y el desarrollo = research and development institute.

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instituto

masculine

instituto (↑ instituto a1)

institute

Compuestos:

● instituto de belleza

( Esp) beauty parlor*

● instituto de enseñanza secundaria

(en Esp) secondary school

● instituto nacional de bachillerato

( Esp) high school ( AmE), secondary school ( BrE)

CULTURAL NOTE

instituto

In Spain, a center of secondary education providing ESO - Educación Secundaria Obligatoria (↑ ESO a1), Bachillerato (↑ bachillerato a1). Institutos are part of the state school system so are free of charge.

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instituto sustantivo masculino
institute;
◊ instituto nacional de bachillerato (Esp) high school (AmE), secondary school (BrE)

instituto sustantivo masculino
1 (institución cultural) institute
2 Educ state secondary school, US high school 3 instituto de belleza, beauty parlour o salon

' instituto' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
cátedra
- catedrática
- catedrático
- echar
- geográfica
- geográfico
- INEM
- Insalud
- INSERSO
- secundaria
English:
at
- attend
- college
- comprehensive school
- grammar school
- high school
- homecoming
- institute
- National Trust
- old
- prep school
- school
- schoolmaster
- schoolmistress
- schoolteacher
- secondary school
- comprehensive
- high
- secondary
- stamp
- teacher
- technical

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instituto nm

1. [corporación] institute

Comp
Instituto Cervantes = organization that promotes Spain and its language in the rest of the world, Br ≈ British Council;
Instituto Nacional de Meteorología = Spanish national weather forecasting agency, Br ≈ Met Office

2. Esp [militar]
el instituto de la Guardia Civil the Civil Guard, = armed Spanish police force who patrol rural areas and highways, and guard public buildings in cities and police borders and coasts

3. Esp [colegio] high school;
Antes
Instituto (Nacional) de Bachillerato o [m5] Enseñanza Media = state secondary school for 14-18-year-olds, US ≈ Senior High School

Comp
instituto de Formación Profesional technical college
4. [salón] instituto de belleza beauty salon;

instituto capilar hair clinic

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instituto

m

1 institute

2 Esp

high school, Br

secondary school

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instituto nm

: institute

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instituto n

1. (organización) institute

2. (de enseñanza) secondary school

En inglés americano se llama high school

Spanish-English dictionary > instituto
4 olvidadizo

adj.

forgetful, oblivious, absent-minded, unmindful.

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olvidadizo

► adjetivo

1 forgetful

■ no te hagas el olvidadizo don't pretend you've forgotten

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ADJ

1) (=desmemoriado) forgetful

2) (=ingrato) ungrateful

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- za adjetivo forgetful

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= forgetful.

Ex. The offenders vary from forgetful lecturers to a student who lost the books and cannot pay the fine, to a student who had torn out pages from a book and now faces an expulsion from the Institute.

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- za adjetivo forgetful

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= forgetful.

Ex: The offenders vary from forgetful lecturers to a student who lost the books and cannot pay the fine, to a student who had torn out pages from a book and now faces an expulsion from the Institute.

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olvidadizo -za

adjective

forgetful

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olvidadizo
◊ -za adjetivo

forgetful
olvidadizo,-a adjetivo forgetful

' olvidadizo' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
despistada
- despistado
- olvidadiza
English:
forgetful

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olvidadizo, -a adj

forgetful

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olvidadizo

adj forgetful

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olvidadizo, -za adj

: forgetful, absent-minded

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olvidadizo adj forgetful

Spanish-English dictionary > olvidadizo
5 roto

adj.

broken, cracked, broken-down, bust-up.

past part.

past participle of spanish verb: romper.

pres.indicat.

1^st person singular (yo) present indicative of spanish verb: rotar.

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roto

► nombre masculino

1 (agujero) hole, tear

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roto

► participio pasado

1→ link=romper romper

► adjetivo

1 (gen) broken

2 (tela, papel) torn

3 (gastado) worn out

4 (andrajoso) tattered, in tatters, ragged

5 (cansado) tired

► nombre masculino roto

1 (agujero) hole, tear

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FRASEOLOGÍA

con el corazón roto figurado heartbroken

servir igual para un roto que para un descosido figurado to be a jack of all trades

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(f. - rota)

adj.

1) broken

2) ripped, torn

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roto, -a
1.

PP de romper

2. ADJ

1) (=partido, destrozado) [juguete, mueble, cristal, puerta] broken

tengo la pierna rota — I've broken my leg, I've got a broken leg

2) (=rasgado) [tela, papel] torn

la bolsa está rota — the bag is torn

tienes rota la manga del vestido — the sleeve of your dress is ripped o torn

la cuerda estaba rota por los extremos — the rope was frayed at the ends

3) (=estropeado) [lavadora, televisor] broken; [coche, motor] broken down

4) [zapato] worn, worn-out

5) (=destrozado) [persona] broken; [vida] shattered

estar roto de cansancio — to be exhausted, be worn-out

6) †† (=libertino) debauched, dissipated

7) Chile * (=de clase baja) common, low-class; (=maleducado) rude

3. SM / F

1) (=persona chilena)

a) Perú, Bol * Chilean, Chilean person

b) Chile

el roto chileno — the average Chilean

2) Chile
*
a) (=pobre) pleb *

b) (=persona) guy * /woman

es una rota con suerte — she's a lucky woman

el rotito quería que le pagáramos el viaje — the cheeky devil wanted us to pay for his trip *

c) (=maleducado)

esta rota no sabe comportarse a la mesa — she's so rude o such a pig **, she doesn't know how to behave at the dinner table

4.

SM (=agujero) [en pantalón, vestido] hole

te has hecho un roto en la manga — you've got a hole in your sleeve

- valer o servir lo mismo para un roto que para un descosido

- nunca falta un roto para un descosido

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I
- ta adjetivo

1)

a) < camisa> torn, ripped; < zapato> worn-out

b) <vaso/plato> broken

c) < papel> torn

me devolvió el libro roto — the book was falling apart when he gave it back to me

d) <pierna/brazo> broken

2) (RPl) <televisor/heladera> broken; < coche> broken down

3) (Chi fam & pey)

a) <barrio/gente> lower-class (pej), plebby (colloq & pej)

b) ( mal educado) rude
II
- ta masculino, femenino

1) (Chi)

a) (fam) ( individuo) (m) man, guy (colloq); (f) woman, girl (colloq)

b) (fam & pey) ( de clase baja) pleb (colloq & pej)

c) (fam & pey) ( mal educado)

es una rota, nunca saluda — she's so rude, she doesn't even say hello

2) (Per fam) ( chileno) Chilean

3) roto masculino (Esp) ( agujero) hole

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= torn, broken, tatty [tattier -comp., tattiest -sup.], tear, in tatters.

Ex. Torn pages may be repaired by using special transparent tapes obtainable from library suppliers.

Ex. Just as Ivan finds that by taking pleasure in finding and managing to keep a broken and discarded hacksaw blade he makes survival possible and beats Stalin and his jailors at heir own game.

Ex. Putting books on show is a way of making recommendations by, as it were, remote control and anything tatty, botched-up and sloppily makeshift should be avoided.

Ex. The best concentration of PVA solutions for restoring is 8 per cent for mending tears and suturing cuts.

Ex. Israeli bombardment leaves telecom infrastructure in tatters.

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* blanco roto = off-white.

* con el corazón roto = broken-hearted.

* familia rota = broken home.

* hueso roto = broken bone.

* letra rota o a medio imprimir = broken letter.

* pagar los platos rotos = carry + the can, pick up + the pieces.

* palabras + caer en + saco roto = words + fall on + deaf ears.

* promesa rota = broken promise.

* recoger los platos rotos = pick up + the pieces, sort out + the mess.

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I
- ta adjetivo

1)

a) < camisa> torn, ripped; < zapato> worn-out

b) <vaso/plato> broken

c) < papel> torn

me devolvió el libro roto — the book was falling apart when he gave it back to me

d) <pierna/brazo> broken

2) (RPl) <televisor/heladera> broken; < coche> broken down

3) (Chi fam & pey)

a) <barrio/gente> lower-class (pej), plebby (colloq & pej)

b) ( mal educado) rude
II
- ta masculino, femenino

1) (Chi)

a) (fam) ( individuo) (m) man, guy (colloq); (f) woman, girl (colloq)

b) (fam & pey) ( de clase baja) pleb (colloq & pej)

c) (fam & pey) ( mal educado)

es una rota, nunca saluda — she's so rude, she doesn't even say hello

2) (Per fam) ( chileno) Chilean

3) roto masculino (Esp) ( agujero) hole

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= torn, broken, tatty [tattier -comp., tattiest -sup.], tear, in tatters.

Ex: Torn pages may be repaired by using special transparent tapes obtainable from library suppliers.

Ex: Just as Ivan finds that by taking pleasure in finding and managing to keep a broken and discarded hacksaw blade he makes survival possible and beats Stalin and his jailors at heir own game.

Ex: Putting books on show is a way of making recommendations by, as it were, remote control and anything tatty, botched-up and sloppily makeshift should be avoided.

Ex: The best concentration of PVA solutions for restoring is 8 per cent for mending tears and suturing cuts.

Ex: Israeli bombardment leaves telecom infrastructure in tatters.

* blanco roto = off-white.

* con el corazón roto = broken-hearted.

* familia rota = broken home.

* hueso roto = broken bone.

* letra rota o a medio imprimir = broken letter.

* pagar los platos rotos = carry + the can, pick up + the pieces.

* palabras + caer en + saco roto = words + fall on + deaf ears.

* promesa rota = broken promise.

* recoger los platos rotos = pick up + the pieces, sort out + the mess.

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roto¹ -ta

adjective

A

1 ‹camisa› torn, ripped; ‹zapato› worn-out

2 ‹vaso/plato› broken

3 ‹papel› torn

le presté el libro y me lo devolvió roto I lent him the book and it was falling apart when he gave it back, I lent him the book and he gave it back all battered

4 ‹pierna/brazo› broken

5 (del dolor) ‹familia/compañero› devasted, heart-broken

B ( RPl) ‹televisor/heladera› broken; ‹coche› broken down

C ( Chi fam pey)

1 ‹barrio/gente› lower-class ( pej), plebby ( colloq pej)

2 (mal educado) rude

roto² -ta

masculine, feminine

A ( Chi)

1 ( fam) (individuo) ( masculine) man, guy ( colloq); ( feminine) woman, girl ( colloq)

al Caribe el rotito, la suerte que tiene the lucky devil's off to the Caribbean ( colloq)

2 ( fam pey) (de clase baja) pleb ( colloq pej)

3 ( fam pey)

(mal educado): es una rota, nunca saluda she's so rude, she doesn't even say hello

Compuesto:

roto chileno

masculine ( Chi fam) average Chilean man

B ( Per fam) (chileno) Chilean

C

roto masculine ( Esp) (agujero) hole

tienes un roto en la camisa you've got a hole o tear o rip in your shirt

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Del verbo romper: ( conjugate romper)

roto es:

el participio

Del verbo rotar: ( conjugate rotar)

roto es:

1ª persona singular (yo) presente indicativo

rotó es:

3ª persona singular (él/ella/usted) pretérito indicativo

Multiple Entries:
romper
rotar
roto
romper ( conjugate romper) verbo transitivo
1
a) ‹loza/mueble› to break;

‹ ventana› to break, smash;
‹lápiz/cuerda› to break, snap
b) ‹hoja/póster› ( rasgar) to tear;

( en varios pedazos) to tear up
c) ‹ camisa› to tear, split

2
a) ‹silencio/monotonía› to break;

‹ tranquilidad› to disturb
b) ‹promesa/pacto› to break;

‹relaciones/compromiso› to break off
verbo intransitivo
1
a) [ olas] to break

b) (liter) [ alba] to break;

◊ al roto el día at daybreak, at the crack of dawn

c) ( empezar):

◊ rompió a llorar/reír she burst into tears/burst out laughing

2 [ novios] to break up, split up;
roto CON algn ‹ con novio› to split o break up with sb;
roto CON algo ‹ con el pasado› to break with sth;
‹ con tradición› to break away from sth
romperse verbo pronominal
a) [vaso/plato] to break, smash, get broken o smashed;

[ papel] to tear, rip, get torn o ripped;
[televisor/ascensor] (RPl) to break down
b) [pantalones/zapatos] to wear out

c) ( refl) ‹brazo/pierna› to break

rotar ( conjugate rotar) verbo transitivo/intransitivo
to rotate
rotarse verbo pronominal ( en trabajo) to work on a rota system;
◊ rotose para hacer algo to take it in turns to do sth

roto 1 -ta adjetivo
1
a) ‹ camisa› torn, ripped;

‹ zapato› worn-out
b) ‹vaso/plato/brazo› broken

c) ‹ papel› torn;

◊ me devolvió el libro roto the book was falling apart when he gave it back to me

d) (RPl) ‹televisor/heladera› broken;

‹ coche› broken down
2 (Chi fam & pey)
a) ‹barrio/gente› lower-class (pej), plebby (colloq & pej)

b) ( mal educado) rude

■ sustantivo masculino, femenino
1 (Chi)
a) (fam & pey) ( de clase baja) pleb (colloq & pej)

b) (fam & pey) ( mal educado):

◊ es una rota, nunca saluda she's so rude, she doesn't even say hello

2 (Per fam) ( chileno) Chilean
roto 2 sustantivo masculino (Esp) ( agujero) hole
romper
I verbo transitivo
1 to break
(un cristal, una pieza de loza) to smash, shatter
(una tela, un papel) to tear (up): rompió el contrato en pedazos, he tore the contract into pieces
2 (relaciones, una negociación) to break off
3 (una norma) to fail to fulfil, break
(una promesa, un trato) to break
4 (el ritmo, sueño, silencio) to break
II verbo intransitivo
1 (empezar el día, etc) to break: al cabo de un rato rompió a hablar, after a while she started talking
rompió a llorar, he burst into tears
2 (poner un fin) to break [con, with]: he roto con el pasado, I've broken with the past
(relaciones de pareja) rompieron hace una semana, they broke up a week ago ➣ Ver nota en break
rotar
I verbo intransitivo
1 (alrededor de un eje) to rotate
2 (en un trabajo o función) to take it in turns
II vtr Agr to rotate
roto,-a
I adjetivo
1 broken
(una camisa, un papel) torn
2 (una persona) worn-out: estaba roto del esfuerzo, he was all worn out from the exertion
II sustantivo masculino tear, hole: tengo un roto en el abrigo, I have a tear in my coat
' roto' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
consiguientemente
- estropearse
- jodida
- jodido
- polvo
- romper
- romperse
- rota
- saco
- tripa
- quebrado
English:
admit
- break
- broken
- bust
- crack
- deaf
- flagstone
- fragment
- his
- sweep up

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roto, -a

♦ participio
ver romper
♦ adj

1. [partido, rasgado] broken;
[tela, papel] torn; [zapato] worn out
2. [estropeado] broken

3. [deshecho] [vida] destroyed;
[corazón] broken
4. Fam [exhausto] Br shattered, US tuckered-out;

la carrera me dejó roto I was Br shattered o US tuckered-out after the race

5. Chile Fam Pey [ordinario] common

6. Chile Fam Pey [pobre] penniless

♦ nm,f
Chile Fam
1. [tipo] guy;
[mujer] woman
2. Pey [trabajador] worker

3. Pey [persona ordinaria] pleb, Br oik

♦ nm
Esp [en tela] tear, rip;
tengo un roto en el calcetín there's a hole in my sock;

Comp
Fam
vale o [m5] sirve lo mismo para un roto que para un descosido [persona] he can turn his hand to all sorts of different things

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roto

I part → romper

II adj pierna etc broken; ( hecho añicos) smashed; tela, papel torn

III m, rota f Chi

one of the urban poor

IV m en prenda de vestir tear, rip;

valer o

servir lo mismo para un roto que para un descosido fig fam be useful for lots of things

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roto pp romper

roto, -ta adj

1) : broken

2) : ripped, torn

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roto¹ adj

1. (en general) broken

mi reloj está roto my watch is broken

2. (papel, tela) torn

esta camisa está rota this shirt is torn

3. (persona, ropa, zapatos) worn out

llegó roto a casa he arrived home worn out

roto² n tear

tiene un roto en el pantalón you've got a tear in your trousers

Spanish-English dictionary > roto
6 rajado

adj.

1 cracked, ruptured, broken.

2 chappy.

past part.

past participle of spanish verb: rajar.

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rajado

► participio pasado

1→ link=rajar rajar

► adjetivo

1 familiar (que falta a su palabra) who backs out

2 familiar (cobarde) yellow

► nombre masculino,nombre femenino

1 familiar (que falta a su palabra) quitter

2 familiar (cobarde) chicken, coward

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rajado, -a
* SM / F
1) (=canalla) swine *

2) (=cobarde) coward, chicken *

* * *
I
- da adjetivo

1) (fam) ( cobarde) cowardly

2) (Chi fam)

a) ( tarambana) wild (colloq)

b) < conductor> reckless

ir or andar rajado — (Chi fam) to go at top speed (colloq)
II
- da masculino, femenino (fam) coward, chicken (colloq)

* * *

= torn, quitter, wimp, wimpy [wimpier -comp., wimpiest -sup.], wimpish.

Ex. Torn pages may be repaired by using special transparent tapes obtainable from library suppliers.

Ex. Here are a few examples of some famous quitters, people who didn't always stick it out.

Ex. I am the wimpiest wimp who ever wimped when it comes to surgery.

Ex. I am the wimpiest wimp who ever wimped when it comes to surgery.

Ex. What is not true is the assumption that art that is modest and discreet automatically lacks nerve and is intrinsically boring and wimpish.

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I
- da adjetivo

1) (fam) ( cobarde) cowardly

2) (Chi fam)

a) ( tarambana) wild (colloq)

b) < conductor> reckless

ir or andar rajado — (Chi fam) to go at top speed (colloq)
II
- da masculino, femenino (fam) coward, chicken (colloq)

* * *

= torn, quitter, wimp, wimpy [wimpier -comp., wimpiest -sup.], wimpish.

Ex: Torn pages may be repaired by using special transparent tapes obtainable from library suppliers.

Ex: Here are a few examples of some famous quitters, people who didn't always stick it out.

Ex: I am the wimpiest wimp who ever wimped when it comes to surgery.

Ex: I am the wimpiest wimp who ever wimped when it comes to surgery.

Ex: What is not true is the assumption that art that is modest and discreet automatically lacks nerve and is intrinsically boring and wimpish.

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rajado¹ -da

adjective

A ( fam) (cobarde) cowardly, yellowbellied ( colloq), wimpish ( colloq)

B ( Chi fam)

1 (muy generoso) generous

2 (tarambana) wild ( colloq)

3 ‹conductor› reckless

ir or andar rajado ( Chi fam); to go full tilt o at top speed ( colloq)

pasó rajado y no me vio he whizzed o shot past without seeing me ( colloq)

rajado² -da

masculine, feminine

( fam)

coward, chicken ( colloq), yellowbelly ( colloq), wimp ( colloq)

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rajado, -a nm,f
Fam [cobarde] chicken;
¡eres un rajado! [siempre te echas atrás] you're always backing o pulling out at the last minute!;
[nunca participas] you never join in anything!

Spanish-English dictionary > rajado
7 enajenado

adj.

1 insane, mad, mentally perturbed.

2 legally insane.

past part.

past participle of spanish verb: enajenar.

* * *

ADJ deranged

* * *

- da adjetivo [estar] out of one's mind, deranged

enajenada de furia — beside herself with rage

* * *

= deranged, out of + Posesivo + mind, out of + Posesivo + senses.

Ex. Accessing the web today is like entering a large library, where there is no catalogue but where a deranged janitor has assembled in the lobby a few pages torn from the indexes of randomly selected volumes.

Ex. The article ' Out of their minds: legal theory in neural networks' criticises the use of neural networks in law.

Ex. He means well for his country, is always an honest man, often a wise one, but sometimes and in some things, absolutely out of his senses.

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* arma enajenada = deactivated weapon.

* enajenado mental = deranged, out of + Posesivo + mind, out of + Posesivo + senses.

* * *

- da adjetivo [estar] out of one's mind, deranged

enajenada de furia — beside herself with rage

* * *

= deranged, out of + Posesivo + mind, out of + Posesivo + senses.

Ex: Accessing the web today is like entering a large library, where there is no catalogue but where a deranged janitor has assembled in the lobby a few pages torn from the indexes of randomly selected volumes.

Ex: The article ' Out of their minds: legal theory in neural networks' criticises the use of neural networks in law.

Ex: He means well for his country, is always an honest man, often a wise one, but sometimes and in some things, absolutely out of his senses.

* arma enajenada = deactivated weapon.

* enajenado mental = deranged, out of + Posesivo + mind, out of + Posesivo + senses.

* * *

enajenado -da

adjective

[ ESTAR] out of one's mind, deranged

terminó enajenado he went out of his mind

enajenada de furia beside herself with rage

estaba enajenado de dolor he was going out of his mind with pain

tiene las facultades mentales enajenadas she is deranged o very disturbed

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Del verbo enajenar: ( conjugate enajenar)

enajenado es:

el participio

Multiple Entries:
enajenado
enajenar
enajenado,-a adj frml insane
enajenar verbo transitivo
1 Med (volver loco) to drive insane
2 Jur to transfer
' enajenado' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
alienada
- alienado
- enajenada

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enajenado

adj insane, out of one’s mind

* * *

enajenado, -da adj

: out of one's mind

Spanish-English dictionary > enajenado
8 loco

adj.

1 crazy, cracked, batty, crazed.

2 crazy.

m.

madman, crackpot, crazy person, head case.

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loco

► adjetivo

1 (gen) mad, crazy, insane

2 (muy ocupado) terribly busy

3 familiar (asombroso) amazing

■ tiene unas ganas locas de casarse she's dying to get married

► nombre masculino,nombre femenino

1 lunatic, insane person

\

FRASEOLOGÍA

a lo loco any old how

como un,-a loco,-a like mad

estar loco,-a de alegría to be over the moon

estar loco,-a por alguien to be mad about somebody

hacer el loco to act wild

hacerse el/la loco,-a to pretend to know nothing, act dumb

¡ni loco,-a! no way!

volver loco,-a a alguien to drive somebody crazy, drive somebody mad

■ este ruido me vuelve loco this noise is driving me mad

■ esa chica me vuelve loco I'm crazy about that girl

volverse loco,-a to go mad

loco,-a de remate stark raving mad

* * *
1. (f. - loca)
adj.

crazy, mad

- volverse loco
2. (f. - loca)
noun

crazy person

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loco, -a
1. ADJ

1) (=no cuerdo) mad, crazy

¿estás loco? — are you mad o crazy?

no seas loco, eso es muy arriesgado — don't be stupid, that's very risky

una brújula loca — a compass whose needle no longer points north

estaba loco de alegría — he was mad o wild with joy

• andar o estar loco con algo — (=preocupado) to be worried to death about sth; (=contento) to be crazy about sth

ando loco con el examen — the exam is driving me crazy

está loca con su moto nueva — she's crazy about her new motorbike

• está loco por algn/algo, está loco por esa chica — he's mad o crazy about that girl

anda o está loca por irse a Inglaterra — she's mad keen to go to England

• tener o traer loco a algn, este asunto me tiene o trae loco — this business is driving me crazy

• volver loco a algn — to drive sb mad, drive sb round the bend

el marisco me vuelve loco — I'm crazy about seafood

• volverse loco — to go insane, go mad

estoy para volverme loco — I'm at my wits' end

este caos es para volverse loco — this is absolute chaos

- estar loco de atar o de remate

- estar más loco que una cabra

- no lo hago ni loco

- hacer algo a lo loco

- loco de verano

2) (=frenético) hectic

hoy he tenido un día loco — I've had a really hectic day today

3) * (=enorme)

llevo una prisa loca — I'm in a tremendous o real rush *

he tenido una suerte loca — I've been fantastically lucky *

2.

SM / F lunatic, madman/madwoman

el loco de César se ha comprado otro coche — that lunatic o madman César has bought another car

esta es una casa de locos — this place is a madhouse

• correr como un loco — to run like mad

• gritar como un loco — to shout like a madman, shout one's head off

• hacerse el loco — to act the fool

• es un loco perdido — he's stark raving mad

• ponerse como un loco — to start acting like a madman/madwoman

- cada loco con su tema

3.

SM Chile abalone, false abalone

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I
- ca adjetivo

1)

a) (Med, Psic) mad, insane

b) ( chiflado) crazy (colloq), nuts (colloq)

este tipo está medio loco — (fam) the guy's not all there (colloq)

no seas loco, te vas a matar — don't be stupid, you'll kill yourself

eso no lo hago (pero) ni loco — there's no way I'd do that

¿disculparme yo? ni (que estuviera) loco! — what, me apologize? not in a million years!

hacer algo a lo loco — to do something any which way (AmE) o (BrE) any old how (colloq)

gasta dinero a lo loco — he spends money like water

estar loco de remate or de atar — (fam) to be completely nuts (colloq)

tener or (Esp) traer loco a alguien — to be driving somebody crazy (colloq)

volver loco a alguien — to drive somebody crazy (colloq)

el chocolate me vuelve loca — I adore chocolate

volverse loco — to go mad

c) (contento, entusiasmado)

están locos con el nieto — they're besotted with their grandchild

está loca por él — she's crazy about him (colloq)

está loco por volver — he's dying to come back (colloq)

d) (fam) ( ajetreado)

anda (como) loco con los preparativos — the preparations are driving him mad (colloq)

2)

a) ( indicando gran cantidad)

tengo unas ganas locas de verla — I'm dying to see her (colloq)

tuvo una suerte loca — she was incredibly lucky

b)

loco de algo: estaba loca de alegría she was blissfully happy; está loco de celos he's wild with jealousy; estaba loco de dolor he was racked with pain; está loca de amor — she's madly in love
II
- ca masculino, femenino

1) ( enfermo mental) (m) madman; (f) madwoman

se puso como un loco — he went crazy o mad

maneja or (Esp) conduce como un loco — he drives like a lunatic

corrimos como locos — (fam) we ran like crazy o mad (colloq)

gritaba como una loca — she was shouting her head off (colloq)

esto es de locos! — this is sheer madness!

el loco de Javier se vino a pie — Javier walked here, mad fool that he is

hay mucho loco suelto — (fam) there are a lot of weirdos about (colloq)

cada loco con su tema — (fam) to each his own

hacerse el loco — to act dumb (colloq)

la loca de la casa — (liter) the imagination

2) loco masculino (Zool) abalone

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= crazy [crazier -comp., craziest -sup.], demented, crazed, daft [dafter -comp., daftest -sup.], bananas, mad, insane, deranged, out of + Posesivo + mind, lunatic, nut, bonkers, wacko, dolally tap, dolally [do-lally], imbecile, berserk, wacky [wackier -comp., wackiest -sup.], madman, nutter, off + Posesivo + nut, kook, daffy [daffier -comp., daffiest -sup.], loony [loonier -comp., looniest -sup], maniac, out of + Posesivo + senses, off + Posesivo + knocker, off + Posesivo + rocker, moonstruck.

Ex. Lest it appear that Ms Marshall's committee and a few others of us, notoriously associated with that kind of work, are little more than crazy, fire-breathing radicals, let me add this gloss immediately.

Ex. Without the ability to select when faced with these choices we would be like demented dogs chasing every attractive smell that reaches our noses in complete confusion of purpose.

Ex. Many of the inhabitants were shot dead or injured by a crazed gunman.

Ex. Ranking among the dafter exercises sometimes imposed on children is the one that requires them to describe a screwdriver or a vase or the desks they sit at, or any familiar object.

Ex. It is frequently lack of that causes teachers to accuse children of being lazy, uncooperative, insubordinate, rude, or plain bananas.

Ex. When J D Brown allowed the public of Islington to have open access to the books in the 1890s he was regarded by many of his colleagues as mad!.

Ex. Ramakrishna was deemed holy by his followers but considered insane by many non-Hindus chiefly because of his behavior when interacting with the goddess Kali.

Ex. Accessing the web today is like entering a large library, where there is no catalogue but where a deranged janitor has assembled in the lobby a few pages torn from the indexes of randomly selected volumes.

Ex. The article ' Out of their minds: legal theory in neural networks' criticises the use of neural networks in law.

Ex. This put the matter down to the work of a marginal fringe of hotheads & lunatics.

Ex. The ratings war between TV programmes has produced an emphasis on ' nuts, sluts, & perverts' & their victims, & discussion of sexual problems are commonplace on TV talk shows.

Ex. This client was bonkers, but believable.

Ex. Varieties of bad bosses include disagreeable taskmasters, overly ambitious artists, and outright ' wackos'.

Ex. Now I know this country of ours is totally dolally tap!.

Ex. The server has gone dolally by the looks of it.

Ex. The same evil is done in slaving, tormenting and killing, say, chimpanzees as is done in so injuring human imbeciles.

Ex. Today, hyperbolic comic and cartoon imagery is an established movie aesthetic -- a berserk but ironic Pop Art expressionism.

Ex. 'Open Season' is a wild and wacky animated comedy set in the town of Timberline.

Ex. Since January of 2006 we have had to deal with the raving lunatics and suicidal madmen of the ruling party of Hamas.

Ex. Even if we do come up with an alternative to nuclear power, in the future, there will be nutters protesting that as well.

Ex. A few years later Stewart went completely off his nut, staged a series of bombings, and wound up in prison after a bizarre kidnapping stunt.

Ex. He then ended his affair with Mia, Bram's housekeeper cum lottery winner and daughter of the kook who swears he was abuducted by aliens.

Ex. This isn't as daffy as it seems to us as we hustle about on the verge of the third millennium.

Ex. Some loud loonies are not dangerous to the library while others may be; the librarian needs to be able to guess which is which.

Ex. The novel is a crude barbaric mixture of verse and prose, poetry and realism, crammed with ghosts, corpses, maniacs all very unlike Racine.

Ex. He means well for his country, is always an honest man, often a wise one, but sometimes and in some things, absolutely out of his senses.

Ex. Every firearm hast its pros and cons and anyone who tells you otherwise is off their knocker.

Ex. I find it fascinating how Bradley can be perfectly reasonable one moment, and off his rocker the next.

Ex. ' Moonstruck' has all the fun of movies about weddings: a reluctant groom, an overeager bride, and an emotionally distraught family.

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* a lo loco = helter-skelter, like there's no tomorrow.

* a tontas y locas = like there's no tomorrow, without rhyme or reason.

* buscando como loco = in hot pursuit of.

* casa de locos = lunatic asylum, madhouse, bedlam.

* casa de los locos = asylum, mental asylum, madhouse.

* chillar como un loco = shout + Posesivo + head off, scream + Posesivo + head off, shout at + the top of + Posesivo + lungs, scream at + the top of + Posesivo + head, shout at + the top of + Posesivo + voice, scream at + the top of + Posesivo + voice, scream at + the top of + Posesivo + lungs, scream like + a banshee, wail like + a banshee.

* como loco = like hell, like crazy, like mad, like a lunatic, like a madman.

* como un loco = like crazy, like crazy, like mad, like a lunatic, madly, like a madman.

* estar loco = be off + Posesivo + rocker.

* estar loco de alegría = be chuffed to bits, thrill + Nombre + to bits, be tickled pink.

* estar loco de contento = be beside + Reflexivo + with joy, be over the moon.

* estar loco de remate = be a real nutter.

* estar loco por = have + a crush on.

* gritar como un loco = shout + Posesivo + head off, scream + Posesivo + head off, shout at + the top of + Posesivo + lungs, scream at + the top of + Posesivo + head, shout at + the top of + Posesivo + voice, scream at + the top of + Posesivo + voice, scream at + the top of + Posesivo + lungs, scream like + a banshee, wail like + a banshee.

* hacerse el loco = act + dumb, turn + a blind eye to, pretend + not to have heard, pretend + not to have seen, turn + a deaf ear to.

* idea loca = wild thought.

* loco como una cabra = raving lunatic.

* loco de alegría = chuffed to bits.

* loco de atar = stark raving mad, raving mad, raving lunatic, stir-crazy.

* loco de contento = chuffed to bits.

* loco del deporte = sports freak.

* loco de remate = barking mad, certified madman.

* loco perdido = stark raving mad, raving mad, raving lunatic.

* ¡ni loco! = Not on your life!, You won't catch me doing it.

* parecer loco = sound + crazy.

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

* ponerse loco = go + berserk, go + postal, work up + a lather.

* sine loco (s.l.) = s.l. (sine loco).

* trabajar como un loco = work off + Posesivo + shoes.

* volver a Alguien loco = drive + Alguien + up a wall, drive + Alguien + to despair, drive + Alguien + mad, drive + Alguien + insane, drive + Alguien + crazy, drive + Alguien + nuts, drive + Alguien + potty.

* volver loco = drive + Alguien + (a)round the bend, piss + Nombre + off.

* volver loco a Alguien = have + Nombre + jump through the hoops, push + Alguien + over the edge.

* volverse loco = go + bananas, take + leave of + Posesivo + senses, go + mad, run + amok, lose + Posesivo + marbles, go + bonkers, go + berserk, go + postal, go + wild, go + crazy, go + nuts, go + potty, get + a buzz from, go out of + Posesivo + mind, throw + a wobbly, go off + the rails, throw + a wobbler, go + haywire, go off + Posesivo + rocker.

* volverse loco de alegría = thrill + Nombre + to bits, be chuffed to bits, be tickled pink.

* volverse loco por = sweep + Nombre + off + Posesivo + feet, go + gaga (over).

* * *
I
- ca adjetivo

1)

a) (Med, Psic) mad, insane

b) ( chiflado) crazy (colloq), nuts (colloq)

este tipo está medio loco — (fam) the guy's not all there (colloq)

no seas loco, te vas a matar — don't be stupid, you'll kill yourself

eso no lo hago (pero) ni loco — there's no way I'd do that

¿disculparme yo? ni (que estuviera) loco! — what, me apologize? not in a million years!

hacer algo a lo loco — to do something any which way (AmE) o (BrE) any old how (colloq)

gasta dinero a lo loco — he spends money like water

estar loco de remate or de atar — (fam) to be completely nuts (colloq)

tener or (Esp) traer loco a alguien — to be driving somebody crazy (colloq)

volver loco a alguien — to drive somebody crazy (colloq)

el chocolate me vuelve loca — I adore chocolate

volverse loco — to go mad

c) (contento, entusiasmado)

están locos con el nieto — they're besotted with their grandchild

está loca por él — she's crazy about him (colloq)

está loco por volver — he's dying to come back (colloq)

d) (fam) ( ajetreado)

anda (como) loco con los preparativos — the preparations are driving him mad (colloq)

2)

a) ( indicando gran cantidad)

tengo unas ganas locas de verla — I'm dying to see her (colloq)

tuvo una suerte loca — she was incredibly lucky

b)

loco de algo: estaba loca de alegría she was blissfully happy; está loco de celos he's wild with jealousy; estaba loco de dolor he was racked with pain; está loca de amor — she's madly in love
II
- ca masculino, femenino

1) ( enfermo mental) (m) madman; (f) madwoman

se puso como un loco — he went crazy o mad

maneja or (Esp) conduce como un loco — he drives like a lunatic

corrimos como locos — (fam) we ran like crazy o mad (colloq)

gritaba como una loca — she was shouting her head off (colloq)

esto es de locos! — this is sheer madness!

el loco de Javier se vino a pie — Javier walked here, mad fool that he is

hay mucho loco suelto — (fam) there are a lot of weirdos about (colloq)

cada loco con su tema — (fam) to each his own

hacerse el loco — to act dumb (colloq)

la loca de la casa — (liter) the imagination

2) loco masculino (Zool) abalone

* * *

= crazy [crazier -comp., craziest -sup.], demented, crazed, daft [dafter -comp., daftest -sup.], bananas, mad, insane, deranged, out of + Posesivo + mind, lunatic, nut, bonkers, wacko, dolally tap, dolally [do-lally], imbecile, berserk, wacky [wackier -comp., wackiest -sup.], madman, nutter, off + Posesivo + nut, kook, daffy [daffier -comp., daffiest -sup.], loony [loonier -comp., looniest -sup], maniac, out of + Posesivo + senses, off + Posesivo + knocker, off + Posesivo + rocker, moonstruck.

Ex: Lest it appear that Ms Marshall's committee and a few others of us, notoriously associated with that kind of work, are little more than crazy, fire-breathing radicals, let me add this gloss immediately.

Ex: Without the ability to select when faced with these choices we would be like demented dogs chasing every attractive smell that reaches our noses in complete confusion of purpose.

Ex: Many of the inhabitants were shot dead or injured by a crazed gunman.

Ex: Ranking among the dafter exercises sometimes imposed on children is the one that requires them to describe a screwdriver or a vase or the desks they sit at, or any familiar object.

Ex: It is frequently lack of that causes teachers to accuse children of being lazy, uncooperative, insubordinate, rude, or plain bananas.

Ex: When J D Brown allowed the public of Islington to have open access to the books in the 1890s he was regarded by many of his colleagues as mad!.

Ex: Ramakrishna was deemed holy by his followers but considered insane by many non-Hindus chiefly because of his behavior when interacting with the goddess Kali.

Ex: Accessing the web today is like entering a large library, where there is no catalogue but where a deranged janitor has assembled in the lobby a few pages torn from the indexes of randomly selected volumes.

Ex: The article ' Out of their minds: legal theory in neural networks' criticises the use of neural networks in law.

Ex: This put the matter down to the work of a marginal fringe of hotheads & lunatics.

Ex: The ratings war between TV programmes has produced an emphasis on ' nuts, sluts, & perverts' & their victims, & discussion of sexual problems are commonplace on TV talk shows.

Ex: This client was bonkers, but believable.

Ex: Varieties of bad bosses include disagreeable taskmasters, overly ambitious artists, and outright ' wackos'.

Ex: Now I know this country of ours is totally dolally tap!.

Ex: The server has gone dolally by the looks of it.

Ex: The same evil is done in slaving, tormenting and killing, say, chimpanzees as is done in so injuring human imbeciles.

Ex: Today, hyperbolic comic and cartoon imagery is an established movie aesthetic -- a berserk but ironic Pop Art expressionism.

Ex: 'Open Season' is a wild and wacky animated comedy set in the town of Timberline.

Ex: Since January of 2006 we have had to deal with the raving lunatics and suicidal madmen of the ruling party of Hamas.

Ex: Even if we do come up with an alternative to nuclear power, in the future, there will be nutters protesting that as well.

Ex: A few years later Stewart went completely off his nut, staged a series of bombings, and wound up in prison after a bizarre kidnapping stunt.

Ex: He then ended his affair with Mia, Bram's housekeeper cum lottery winner and daughter of the kook who swears he was abuducted by aliens.

Ex: This isn't as daffy as it seems to us as we hustle about on the verge of the third millennium.

Ex: Some loud loonies are not dangerous to the library while others may be; the librarian needs to be able to guess which is which.

Ex: The novel is a crude barbaric mixture of verse and prose, poetry and realism, crammed with ghosts, corpses, maniacs all very unlike Racine.

Ex: He means well for his country, is always an honest man, often a wise one, but sometimes and in some things, absolutely out of his senses.

Ex: Every firearm hast its pros and cons and anyone who tells you otherwise is off their knocker.

Ex: I find it fascinating how Bradley can be perfectly reasonable one moment, and off his rocker the next.

Ex: ' Moonstruck' has all the fun of movies about weddings: a reluctant groom, an overeager bride, and an emotionally distraught family.

* a lo loco = helter-skelter, like there's no tomorrow.

* a tontas y locas = like there's no tomorrow, without rhyme or reason.

* buscando como loco = in hot pursuit of.

* casa de locos = lunatic asylum, madhouse, bedlam.

* casa de los locos = asylum, mental asylum, madhouse.

* chillar como un loco = shout + Posesivo + head off, scream + Posesivo + head off, shout at + the top of + Posesivo + lungs, scream at + the top of + Posesivo + head, shout at + the top of + Posesivo + voice, scream at + the top of + Posesivo + voice, scream at + the top of + Posesivo + lungs, scream like + a banshee, wail like + a banshee.

* como loco = like hell, like crazy, like mad, like a lunatic, like a madman.

* como un loco = like crazy, like crazy, like mad, like a lunatic, madly, like a madman.

* estar loco = be off + Posesivo + rocker.

* estar loco de alegría = be chuffed to bits, thrill + Nombre + to bits, be tickled pink.

* estar loco de contento = be beside + Reflexivo + with joy, be over the moon.

* estar loco de remate = be a real nutter.

* estar loco por = have + a crush on.

* gritar como un loco = shout + Posesivo + head off, scream + Posesivo + head off, shout at + the top of + Posesivo + lungs, scream at + the top of + Posesivo + head, shout at + the top of + Posesivo + voice, scream at + the top of + Posesivo + voice, scream at + the top of + Posesivo + lungs, scream like + a banshee, wail like + a banshee.

* hacerse el loco = act + dumb, turn + a blind eye to, pretend + not to have heard, pretend + not to have seen, turn + a deaf ear to.

* idea loca = wild thought.

* loco como una cabra = raving lunatic.

* loco de alegría = chuffed to bits.

* loco de atar = stark raving mad, raving mad, raving lunatic, stir-crazy.

* loco de contento = chuffed to bits.

* loco del deporte = sports freak.

* loco de remate = barking mad, certified madman.

* loco perdido = stark raving mad, raving mad, raving lunatic.

* ¡ni loco! = Not on your life!, You won't catch me doing it.

* parecer loco = sound + crazy.

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

* ponerse loco = go + berserk, go + postal, work up + a lather.

* sine loco (s.l.) = s.l. (sine loco).

* trabajar como un loco = work off + Posesivo + shoes.

* volver a Alguien loco = drive + Alguien + up a wall, drive + Alguien + to despair, drive + Alguien + mad, drive + Alguien + insane, drive + Alguien + crazy, drive + Alguien + nuts, drive + Alguien + potty.

* volver loco = drive + Alguien + (a)round the bend, piss + Nombre + off.

* volver loco a Alguien = have + Nombre + jump through the hoops, push + Alguien + over the edge.

* volverse loco = go + bananas, take + leave of + Posesivo + senses, go + mad, run + amok, lose + Posesivo + marbles, go + bonkers, go + berserk, go + postal, go + wild, go + crazy, go + nuts, go + potty, get + a buzz from, go out of + Posesivo + mind, throw + a wobbly, go off + the rails, throw + a wobbler, go + haywire, go off + Posesivo + rocker.

* volverse loco de alegría = thrill + Nombre + to bits, be chuffed to bits, be tickled pink.

* volverse loco por = sweep + Nombre + off + Posesivo + feet, go + gaga (over).

* * *

loco¹ -ca

adjective

A

1 ( Med, Psic) mad, insane

2 (chiflado) crazy ( colloq), nuts ( colloq), mad ( BrE colloq)

este tipo está medio loco ( fam); this guy's not all there ( colloq), this guy's a bit cracked ( colloq)

¡pero ustedes están or ( AmL) son locos! you must be crazy o mad o insane o out of your mind! ( colloq)

no seas loco, te vas a matar don't be so stupid o foolish, you'll kill yourself

eso no lo hago (pero) ni loco there's no way I'd do that, nothing in the world would make me do that o induce me to do that

¿disculparme yo? ¡ni (que estuviera) loco! what, me apologize? not in a million years o no way o never!

llenó el formulario a lo loco she completed the form any which way ( AmE) o ( BrE) any old how ( colloq)

gasta dinero a lo loco he spends money like water o like there's no tomorrow

estar loco de remate or de atar ( fam); to be stark raving o stark staring mad, to be nutty as a fruitcake ( colloq), to be completely nuts ( colloq), to be mad as a hatter ( BrE)

traer or tener loco a algn ( Esp); to be driving sb mad o crazy o up the wall o round the bend ( colloq)

volver loco a algn to drive sb mad o crazy ( colloq)

vuelve locos a los hombres she drives men wild ( colloq)

el chocolate me vuelve loca I adore chocolate, I'm a chocolate addict ( colloq)

volverse loco to go mad

este desorden es para volverse loco this mess is enough to drive you crazy ( colloq)

3

(contento, entusiasmado): están locos con el nieto they're besotted with o crazy about their grandchild

está loca por él she's mad o crazy o wild about him ( colloq)

está loco por verla/por que le presenten a Laura he's dying o ( BrE) mad keen to see her/to be introduced to Laura ( colloq)

es loco por las aceitunas (CS); he's crazy about o mad on olives ( colloq)

4 ( fam) (preocupado) worried sick ( colloq)

anda (como) loco con las pruebas he's worried sick about the tests

B

1

(indicando gran cantidad): tengo unas ganas locas de verla I'm really looking forward to seeing her, I'm dying to see her ( colloq)

tuvo una suerte loca she was incredibly lucky

la obra tuvo un éxito loco the play was hugely successful

tienen la guita loca ( RPl arg); they're rolling in it ( colloq), they're absolutely loaded ( colloq)

2 loco DE algo:

estaba loca de alegría or de contenta she was incredibly happy, she was over the moon ( BrE colloq)

está loco de ira/celos he's wild with anger/jealousy

estaba loco de dolor he was racked with pain

está loca de amor por él she's madly in love with him

3

(CS fam) (indicando poca cantidad): por cuatro clientes locos que puedan venir, no vamos a abrir it's not worth opening up just for a few odd customers

loco² -ca

masculine, feminine

A (enfermo mental) ( masculine) madman; ( feminine) madwoman

se puso como un loco al oír la noticia he went crazy o mad when he heard the news

maneja or ( Esp) conduce como un loco he drives like a madman o lunatic

corrimos como locos para alcanzar el autobús ( fam); we ran like crazy o mad to catch the bus ( colloq)

gritaba como una loca she was shouting like a madwoman, she was shouting her head off ( colloq)

¡qué desorganización, esto es de locos! what chaos! this is pure o sheer madness!

el loco de Javier se ha venido a pie Javier walked here, madman that he is

hoy en día hay mucho loco suelto ( fam); there are a lot of loonies o nutcases o weirdos about these days ( colloq)

cada loco con su tema ( fam); to each his own, each to his own ( BrE)

ahora le ha dado por el budismo — cada loco con su tema she's into Buddhism now — oh well, each to his own o ( colloq) whatever turns you on

hacer el loco ( Chi fam); to make a fool of oneself

hacerse el loco to act dumb ( colloq)

no te hagas el loco don't act dumb, don't pretend you haven't seen/heard

la loca de la casa ( liter); the imagination

B

loco masculine ( Chi) ( Zool) abalone

C

loco masculine ( RPl arg) (hombre) guy ( colloq), bloke ( BrE colloq)

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loco 1
◊ -ca adjetivo

a) (Med, Psic) mad, insane

b) ( chiflado) crazy (colloq), nuts (colloq);

◊ este tipo está medio loco (fam) the guy's not all there (colloq);

eso no lo hago (pero) ni loco there's no way I'd do that;
hacer algo a lo loco to do sth any which way (AmE) o (BrE) any old how (colloq);
estar loco de remate (fam) to be completely nuts (colloq);
tener or (Esp) traer loco a algn to be driving sb crazy (colloq);
volver loco a algn to drive sb crazy (colloq);
volverse loco to go mad
c) ( entusiasmado):

◊ está loca por él she's crazy about him (colloq);

está loco por volver he's dying to come back (colloq)
d) (fam) ( ajetreado):

◊ anda (como) loco con los preparativos the preparations are driving him mad (colloq)

e) ( indicando gran cantidad):

◊ tengo unas ganas locas de verla I'm dying to see her (colloq);

tuvo una suerte loca she was incredibly lucky
f) estar loco de algo: ‹de entusiasmo/furia/celos› to be wild with sth;

‹de dolor/remordimiento› to be racked with sth;
◊ estaba loca de alegría she was blissfully happy

■ sustantivo masculino, femenino ( enfermo mental) (m) madman;
(f) madwoman;
◊ se puso como un loco he went crazy o mad;

corrimos como locos (fam) we ran like crazy o mad (colloq);
hacerse el loco to act dumb (colloq)
loco 2 sustantivo masculino (Chi) (Zool) abalone
loco,-a
I adjetivo
1 mad, crazy
volverse loco, to lose one's mind o to go mad
2 (deseoso) estoy loco por ir a París, I'm eager to travel to Paris
3 (entusiasmado) está loca de alegría, she's thrilled
está loco por las motos, he's crazy about motorbikes
II m,f (hombre) madman, (mujer) madwoman
♦ Locuciones: hacerse el loco, to act the fool
familiar ¡ni loco!, I'd sooner die!
familiar traer/volver loco a alguien, to drive sb crazy
a lo loco, crazily

' loco' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
atar
- chiflada
- chiflado
- conforme
- enajenar
- enajenarse
- estragos
- hormigueo
- ida
- ido
- loc. cit.
- loca
- tema
- tocada
- tocado
- trastocarse
- trastornar
- volver
- volverse
- carro
- maniaco
- perdido
- poner
- rayado
- rayar
- rematado
English:
amok
- away
- bend
- berserk
- beside
- bit
- bonkers
- certifiable
- change over
- cracker
- crazy
- cuckoo
- delirious
- demented
- drive
- gaga
- head
- hijack
- insane
- loony
- lunatic
- mad
- madly
- madman
- maniac
- mind
- moon
- nut
- nuts
- nutter
- nutty
- parched
- potshot
- rampage
- raving
- roadhog
- send
- some
- something
- stark
- wall
- wild
- wildly
- wind up
- wit
- bumper car
- cracked
- fear
- flap
- go

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loco, -a

♦ adj

1. [demente] mad, crazy;

volver loco a alguien [enajenar, aturdir] to drive sb mad;

esos martillazos en la pared me van a volver loco that hammering on the wall is driving me mad;

el dolor lo volvía loco the pain was driving him mad;

volverse loco to go mad;

este niño me trae loco this child is driving me mad;

Comp

estar loco de atar o [m5] de remate to be stark raving mad;

Comp

¡ni loco! (absolutely) no way!;

¡no lo haría ni loco! there's no way you'd get me doing that!

2. [insensato] mad, crazy;

no seas loca, es muy peligroso don't be (so) stupid, it's very dangerous;

está medio loco pero es muy simpático he's a bit crazy, but he's very nice with it;

a lo loco [sin pensar] hastily;
[temerariamente] wildly;
conduce o Am [m5] maneja a lo loco he drives like a madman

3. [apasionado, entusiasmado] mad, crazy;

la abuela está loca con su nieto the grandmother's mad o crazy about her grandson;

estar loco de contento/pasión to be wild with joy/passion;

estar loco de amor to be madly in love;

estar loco de celos to be wildly o insanely jealous;

estar loco de ira to be raging mad;

estar o CSur [m5]ser loco por algo/alguien to be mad about sth/sb;

está o CSur [m5] es loco por ella [enamorado] he's madly in love with her, he's crazy about her;

está loca por conocerte she's dying to meet you;

está (como) loco por que lleguen los invitados he's desperate for the guests to arrive, he can't wait for the guests to arrive;

le vuelve loco el fútbol he's mad about soccer o Br football, he's soccer-crazy o Br football-crazy;

la vuelve loca la paella she absolutely adores paella

4. [muy ajetreado] mad, hectic;

llevamos una semana loca it's been a mad week for us

5. [enorme]
tengo unas ganas locas de conocer Italia I'm absolutely dying to go to Italy;

tuvimos una suerte loca we were extraordinarily o amazingly lucky;
RP Fam
tener la guita loca to be rolling in it

6. RP Fam [insignificante]
sólo van a venir tres o cuatro invitados locos only a handful of guests will show up;

no nos vamos a pelear por dos pesos locos let's not quarrel over a few measly pesos

♦ nm,f

1. [enfermo] [hombre] lunatic, madman;
[mujer] lunatic, madwoman;
conduce o Am [m5] maneja como un loco he drives like a madman;

corrimos como locos we ran like mad o crazy;

el loco de tu marido se puso a chillar that madman husband of yours started shouting;

ponerse como un loco [enfadarse] to go mad;

sería de locos empezar de nuevo todo el trabajo it would be crazy o madness to start the whole job over again;
Fam
¡deja de hacer el loco! stop messing around!;

Comp

cada loco con su tema: ya está otra vez Santi con lo del yoga, cada loco con su tema Santi's going on about yoga again, the man's obsessed!;

Comp
Fam
hacerse el loco to play dumb, to pretend not to understand

2. RP, Ven Fam [como apelativo]
este loco se encarga de todo this guy's in charge of everything;

loco, vení para acá come over here, Br mate o US buddy

3. Chile [molusco comestible] false abalone

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loco

I adj mad, crazy;

a lo loco fam ( sin pensar) hastily;

es para volverse loco it’s enough to drive you mad o crazy;

loco de atar o

remate completely mad;

estar loco de alegría be insanely happy;

estar loco por alguien be mad o crazy about s.o.

II m

1 madman;

cada loco con su tema each to his own;

hacer el loco make a fool of o.s.

2 Rpl fam

guy;

loco, ayudame help me, pal

* * *

loco, -ca adj

1) demente: crazy, insane, mad

2)

a lo loco : wildly, recklessly

3)

volverse loco : to go mad

loco, -ca n

1) : crazy person, lunatic

2)

hacerse el loco : to act the fool

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loco¹ adj crazy [comp. crazier; superl. craziest] / mad [comp. madder; superl. maddest]

volver loco (molestar) to drive crazy [pt. drove; pp. driven] (encantar) to be crazy about

me estás volviendo loco you're driving me crazy

me vuelve loca el chocolate I'm crazy about chocolate

volverse loco to go mad

loco² n lunatic

Spanish-English dictionary > loco
9 desquiciado mental

adj.

mentally ill, insane, crazy, demented.

m.

insane person, crazy person, crazy individual, insane individual.

* * *

= deranged, out of + Posesivo + mind, out of + Posesivo + senses

Ex. Accessing the web today is like entering a large library, where there is no catalogue but where a deranged janitor has assembled in the lobby a few pages torn from the indexes of randomly selected volumes.

Ex. The article ' Out of their minds: legal theory in neural networks' criticises the use of neural networks in law.

Ex. He means well for his country, is always an honest man, often a wise one, but sometimes and in some things, absolutely out of his senses.

* * *

= deranged, out of + Posesivo + mind, out of + Posesivo + senses

Ex: Accessing the web today is like entering a large library, where there is no catalogue but where a deranged janitor has assembled in the lobby a few pages torn from the indexes of randomly selected volumes.

Ex: The article ' Out of their minds: legal theory in neural networks' criticises the use of neural networks in law.

Ex: He means well for his country, is always an honest man, often a wise one, but sometimes and in some things, absolutely out of his senses.

Spanish-English dictionary > desquiciado mental
10 enajenado mental

= deranged, out of + Posesivo + mind, out of + Posesivo + senses

Ex. Accessing the web today is like entering a large library, where there is no catalogue but where a deranged janitor has assembled in the lobby a few pages torn from the indexes of randomly selected volumes.

Ex. The article ' Out of their minds: legal theory in neural networks' criticises the use of neural networks in law.

Ex. He means well for his country, is always an honest man, often a wise one, but sometimes and in some things, absolutely out of his senses.

* * *

= deranged, out of + Posesivo + mind, out of + Posesivo + senses

Ex: Accessing the web today is like entering a large library, where there is no catalogue but where a deranged janitor has assembled in the lobby a few pages torn from the indexes of randomly selected volumes.

Ex: The article ' Out of their minds: legal theory in neural networks' criticises the use of neural networks in law.

Ex: He means well for his country, is always an honest man, often a wise one, but sometimes and in some things, absolutely out of his senses.

Spanish-English dictionary > enajenado mental
11 trastornado mental

= deranged, out of + Posesivo + mind, out of + Posesivo + senses

Ex. Accessing the web today is like entering a large library, where there is no catalogue but where a deranged janitor has assembled in the lobby a few pages torn from the indexes of randomly selected volumes.

Ex. The article ' Out of their minds: legal theory in neural networks' criticises the use of neural networks in law.

Ex. He means well for his country, is always an honest man, often a wise one, but sometimes and in some things, absolutely out of his senses.

* * *

= deranged, out of + Posesivo + mind, out of + Posesivo + senses

Ex: Accessing the web today is like entering a large library, where there is no catalogue but where a deranged janitor has assembled in the lobby a few pages torn from the indexes of randomly selected volumes.

Ex: The article ' Out of their minds: legal theory in neural networks' criticises the use of neural networks in law.

Ex: He means well for his country, is always an honest man, often a wise one, but sometimes and in some things, absolutely out of his senses.

Spanish-English dictionary > trastornado mental
12 doblar

v.

1 to fold.

Ricardo repliega la bandera Richard folds the flag.

2 to bend.

doblar el espinazo (figurative) to bend the knee (someterse)

Ella dobla los alambres She bends the wires.

3 to turn, to go round (esquina).

al doblar la esquina when you turn the corner

dobla en la primera a la derecha take the first right

Ella dobló She made a turn.

4 to double.

dobló la apuesta he doubled the bet

su padre le dobla la edad his father is twice his age

Ella dobló el precio She doubled the price.

5 to dub.

doblar una película al español to dub a film into Spanish

6 to lap.

7 to toll (campanas).

Las campanas doblaron tristemente The bells tolled sadly.

8 to turn around, to swing around.

Ella dobla la esquina She turns around the corner.

9 to translate, to double.

Ricardo dobló la voz de María Richard translated Ann's voice.

10 to deflect, to deviate, to refract.

El agua dobla la luz Water deflects light.

* * *

doblar

► verbo transitivo

1 (duplicar) to double

■ le doblo la edad I'm twice as old as she is

2 (plegar) to fold

■ doblar en cuatro to fold in four

3 (torcer) to bend

■ doblar un dedo to bend a finger

4 (esquina) to turn, go round

5 (película) to dub

6 (a un actor) to stand in (a, for), double (a, for)

■ una bailarina la dobla en esa escena a dancer stands in for her in that scene

► verbo intransitivo

1 (girar) to turn

■ doblar a la derecha to turn right

2 (campana) to toll

3 CINEMATOGRAFÍA to play two parts, double

► verbo pronominal doblarse

1 (plegarse) to fold

2 (torcerse) to bend

3 (rendirse) to give in

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verb

1) to double

2) fold

3) dub

4) toll

5) turn

* * *

1. VT

1) (=plegar) [+ carta, tela, periódico] to fold; [+ alambre, pierna] to bend

dobló el mapa y se lo guardó — he folded up the map and put it away

dóblales el bajo para afuera a tus pantalones — turn up (the hem of) your trousers

no puedo doblar la rodilla del dolor — I can't bend my knee because of the pain

2) (=torcer) [+ esquina] to turn, go round; [+ cabo] (Náut) to round

3) (=tener el doble de)

su marido le dobla el sueldo — her husband earns twice as much as her, her husband earns double what she does

te doblo la edad — I'm twice your age

4) (=duplicar) [+ cantidad, oferta] to double

doblen sus apuestas, señores — double your bets, gentlemen

en verano nos doblan el trabajo — in summer our work doubles o is doubled

5) (Cine)

a) [en la voz] [+ película, actor] to dub

una película doblada al francés — a film dubbed into French

b) [en la acción] [+ actor] to stand in for

en las escenas de peligro lo dobla un especialista — a stunt man stands in for him in the dangerous scenes

6) * [+ persona]

lo dobló de una patada — he kicked him and doubled him up from the pain

doblar a algn a palos — to beat sb up

el sacrificio lo ha doblado — having to make this sacrifice has torn him apart

7) (Dep) [+ ciclista, corredor] to lap

ha conseguido doblar a los últimos corredores — he has managed to lap the last runners

8) (Teat)

doblar dos papeles — to take two parts

9) Méx (=matar) to shoot down

2. VI

1) (=girar) [persona, vehículo] to turn

doblar a la derecha — to turn right

doblar a la izquierda — to turn left

2) [campana] to toll

doblar a muerto — to sound the death knell

3) (Taur) [toro] to collapse

4) ** (=morir) to peg out **

3.

See:

doblarse

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1.
verbo transitivo

1) <camisa/papel> to fold; <brazo/vara> to bend

2) < esquina> to turn, go around; < cabo> to round

3) ( aumentar al doble) <oferta/apuesta/capital> to double; ( tener el doble que)

le dobla la edad or la dobla en edad — he's twice her age

4)

a) < película> to dub

una película doblada al castellano — a film dubbed into Spanish

b) < actor> ( en banda sonora) to dub; ( en escena) to double for
2.
doblar vi

1) (torcer, girar) persona to turn; camino to bend, turn

dobla a la izquierda — turn left

2) campanas to toll

doblar a muerto — to knell (liter), to sound a death knell
3.
doblarse v pron

1) rama/alambre to bend

doblarse de dolor/risa — to double up with pain/laughter

2) precios/población to double

* * *

= bend, double, fold, turn down, push out of + alignment, dub, flex.

Ex. Flexibility of course does not mean that the structure is flexible and will bend or move under stress.

Ex. There is the possibility of doubling or trebling the communication outlets in the not too distant future.

Ex. Other commercially available wallets are made of a more pliable transparent plastic - again with a separate pocket for each slide - and these can be folded to fit into a cardboard box.

Ex. Do not turn down the corners of pages to mark one's place.

Ex. This article argues that box designs for small books have 3 shortcomings: their corners tend to gape; strings, buttons and other fixing arrangements clutter the outside of the box; and the box flaps are too soft causing it to be pushed out of alignment.

Ex. A DVD disc holds between 7 and 20 times as much data as a standard CD-ROM, enough to carry a feature-length film dubbed into 8 languages.

Ex. The following recommendations are made: select copying machines carefully (edge-flush platens are best; don't flex a book more than 180 degrees; educate patrons and staff to be gentle with books; and limit the number of pages copied from each volume.

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* doblar a muerto = sound + the death knell for.

* doblar el dedo = curl up + finger.

* doblar la rodilla = genuflect.

* doblarse = curl up, deflect, buckle, bend down, bend over.

* doblar una esquina = turn + a corner.

* sin doblarse = unfolded.

* * *
1.
verbo transitivo

1) <camisa/papel> to fold; <brazo/vara> to bend

2) < esquina> to turn, go around; < cabo> to round

3) ( aumentar al doble) <oferta/apuesta/capital> to double; ( tener el doble que)

le dobla la edad or la dobla en edad — he's twice her age

4)

a) < película> to dub

una película doblada al castellano — a film dubbed into Spanish

b) < actor> ( en banda sonora) to dub; ( en escena) to double for
2.
doblar vi

1) (torcer, girar) persona to turn; camino to bend, turn

dobla a la izquierda — turn left

2) campanas to toll

doblar a muerto — to knell (liter), to sound a death knell
3.
doblarse v pron

1) rama/alambre to bend

doblarse de dolor/risa — to double up with pain/laughter

2) precios/población to double

* * *

= bend, double, fold, turn down, push out of + alignment, dub, flex.

Ex: Flexibility of course does not mean that the structure is flexible and will bend or move under stress.

Ex: There is the possibility of doubling or trebling the communication outlets in the not too distant future.

Ex: Other commercially available wallets are made of a more pliable transparent plastic - again with a separate pocket for each slide - and these can be folded to fit into a cardboard box.

Ex: Do not turn down the corners of pages to mark one's place.

Ex: This article argues that box designs for small books have 3 shortcomings: their corners tend to gape; strings, buttons and other fixing arrangements clutter the outside of the box; and the box flaps are too soft causing it to be pushed out of alignment.

Ex: A DVD disc holds between 7 and 20 times as much data as a standard CD-ROM, enough to carry a feature-length film dubbed into 8 languages.

Ex: The following recommendations are made: select copying machines carefully (edge-flush platens are best; don't flex a book more than 180 degrees; educate patrons and staff to be gentle with books; and limit the number of pages copied from each volume.

* doblar a muerto = sound + the death knell for.

* doblar el dedo = curl up + finger.

* doblar la rodilla = genuflect.

* doblarse = curl up, deflect, buckle, bend down, bend over.

* doblar una esquina = turn + a corner.

* sin doblarse = unfolded.

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doblar [A1 ]

vt

A

1 ‹camisa/papel/servilleta› to fold

2 ‹brazo/rodilla› to bend; ‹vara› to bend

dóblale los puños hacia adentro/afuera turn the cuffs in/up

lo dobló de un puñetazo he punched him and doubled him up

B ‹esquina› to turn, go around; ‹cabo› to round

C

1 (aumentar al doble) ‹oferta/apuesta/capital› to double

2

(tener el doble que): le dobla la edad or la dobla en edad he's twice her age

el nuevo edificio dobla en altura al antiguo the new building is twice as high as the old one

D

1 ‹película› to dub

una película doblada al castellano a film dubbed into Spanish

2 ‹actor› (en la banda sonora) to dub; (en una escena) to stand in for, double for

E

1 (vencer) to beat

2 (ablandar — con ruegos) to win … over; (— con presión) to make … give in

doblar las manos or las manitas ( Méx); to give in

■ doblar

vi

A (torcer, girar) «persona» to turn; «camino» to bend, turn

dobla a la izquierda turn left

B «campanas» to toll

doblar a muerto to knell ( liter), to sound a death knell

C «toro» to collapse

D (ceder) to give in

■ doblarse

v pron

A «rama/alambre» to bend

doblarse de dolor/risa to double up with pain/laughter

B «precios/población» to double

C ( Méx) (en el dominó) to put down a double

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doblar ( conjugate doblar) verbo transitivo
1 ‹camisa/papel› to fold;
‹brazo/vara› to bend
2 ‹ esquina› to turn, go around;
‹ cabo› to round
3 ( aumentar al doble) ‹oferta/apuesta/capital› to double;
( tener el doble que):
◊ la dobla en edad he's twice her age

4 ‹ actor› ( en banda sonora) to dub;
( en escena) to double for;
‹ película› to dub;
◊ doblada al castellano dubbed into Spanish

verbo intransitivo
1 (torcer, girar) [ persona] to turn;
[ camino] to bend, turn;
◊ dobla a la izquierda turn left

2 [ campanas] to toll
doblarse verbo pronominal
1 [rama/alambre] to bend
2 [precios/población] to double
doblar
I verbo transitivo
1 (duplicar) to double: mi mujer me dobla el sueldo, my wife earns twice as much as I
2 (un mapa, la ropa) to fold
3 (flexionar) to bend
4 (torcer) to bend: dobló la barra de metal, he bent the metal bar
5 (girar) lo verás nada más doblar la esquina, you'll see it as soon as you get round the corner
6 (una película) to dub
II verbo intransitivo
1 (girar) to turn
doblar a la derecha/izquierda, to turn right/left
2 (repicar) to toll
' doblar' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
duplicar
- esquina
English:
bend
- come round
- crook
- curve
- double
- double up
- dub
- flex
- fold
- intensify
- lap
- round
- toll
- turn
- turn down
- turn in
- come
- crease
- go
- kowtow
- swing

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doblar

♦ vt

1. [duplicar] to double;

dobló la apuesta he doubled the bet;

su padre le dobla la edad o [m5] en edad his father is twice his age

2. [plegar] to fold;

dobla bien tu ropa fold your clothes carefully;

dobla los bajos del pantalón hacia dentro fold the hems of your Br trousers o US pants up inside

3. [torcer] to bend;

doble el brazo, por favor bend your arm, please;

Comp

doblar el espinazo [someterse] to bend the knee

4. [esquina] to turn, to go round;

al doblar la esquina when you turn the corner

5. [actor] [con la voz] to dub;
[en escena] to stand in for;
doblar una película al español to dub a film into Spanish

6. [corredor] to lap

♦ vi

1. [girar] to turn;

dobla en la primera a la derecha take the first right

2. [campanas] to toll

3. [toro] to collapse [after receiving the bullfighter's sword thrust]

♦ See also the pronominal verb doblarse

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doblar

I v/t

1 fold; pierna, brazo bend

2 cantidad double;

me dobla la edad he’s twice my age

3 película dub

4 MAR round; en una carrera pass, Br

overtake;

doblar la esquina go round o turn the corner

II v/i

1 turn;

doblar a la derecha turn right

2 de campana toll;

doblar a muerto sound the death knell

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doblar vt

1) : to double

2) plegar: to fold, to bend

3) : to turn

doblar la esquina: to turn the corner

4) : to dub

doblar vi

1) : to turn

2) : to toll, to ring

♦ See also the reflexive verb doblarse

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doblar vb

1. (plegar) to fold

dobló los folios she folded the sheets of paper

2. (torcer) to bend [pt. & pp. bent]

dobla las piernas bend your legs

3. (duplicar) to double

ha doblado su capital he's doubled his capital

le dobla la edad he's twice her age

4. (girar) to turn / to go round

dobló la esquina he turned the corner / he went round the corner

Spanish-English dictionary > doblar
13 arrancar

v.

1 to uproot (sacar de su sitio) (árbol).

arrancar a alguien de un sitio (figurative) to shift somebody from somewhere

2 to start (poner en marcha) (coche, máquina).

El carro no arranca The car won't start.

3 to set off.

4 to pull out, to break off, to break away, to pluck.

Juana arrancó las hierbas Johanna pulled out the weeds.

5 to start up, to boot up, to boot, to get started.

Ricardo arrancó el auto sin problemas Richard started the car up without trouble

6 to begin, to start.

Arrancamos el año con optimismo We began the year with optimism.

7 to blow off.

El huracán arrancó las plantas The hurricane blew off the plants.

8 to avulse, to pull off forcibly.

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arrancar

Conjugation model [ SACAR], like link=sacar sacar

► verbo transitivo

1 (árbol) to uproot; (flor) to pull up

2 (plumas, cejas) to pluck; (cabello, diente) to pull out; (con violencia - página) to tear out

3 (arrebatar) to snatch, grab

■ me arrancó el bolso he snatched my bag

4 (obtener - aplausos, sonrisa) to get; (- confesión, información) to extract

5 (rescatar) to rescue, save

■ intentaron arrancarle de la droga they tried to get him off drugs

6 (coche) to start

► verbo intransitivo

1 (partir) to begin, start

2 (salir) to go, leave

3 (coche) to start; (tren) to pull out

4 figurado (provenir) to stem (de, from)

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FRASEOLOGÍA

arrancar a correr to break into a run

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verb

1) to pull out, tear out

2) pluck

3) snatch

4) start

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1. VT

1) (=sacar de raíz)

a) [+ planta, pelo] to pull up; [+ clavo, diente] to pull out; [+ pluma] to pluck; [+ ojos] to gouge out; [+ botón, esparadrapo, etiqueta] to pull off, tear off; [+ página] to tear out, rip out; [+ cartel] to pull down, tear down

he estado arrancando las malas hierbas del jardín — I've been pulling up the weeds in the garden

le arrancó la oreja de un mordisco — he bit off his ear

azulejos arrancados de las paredes de una iglesia — tiles that have been pulled off the walls of a church

b) [explosión, viento] to blow off

una explosión le arrancó las dos piernas — an explosion blew both his legs off

el vendaval ha arrancado varios árboles — the gale has uprooted several trees

el golpe le arrancó dos dientes — the blow knocked two of his teeth out
cuajo, raíz
c) (Med) [+ flema] to bring up

2) (=arrebatar) to snatch (a, de from)
[con violencia] to wrench (a, de from)
le arrancó al niño de los brazos — she snatched the baby from his arms

no podían arrancarle el cuchillo — they were unable to get the knife off him, they were unable to wrest o wrench the knife from him

el viento me lo arrancó de las manos — the wind blew it out of my hands, the wind snatched it from my hands más frm

3) (=provocar) [+ aplausos] to draw; [+ risas] to provoke, cause

el tenor arrancó una gran ovación — the tenor received a great ovation

hemos conseguido arrancarle una sonrisa — we managed to get a smile out of him

el beso arrancó algunos suspiros entre el público — when they kissed part of the audience let out a sigh

• arrancar las lágrimas a algn — to bring tears to sb's eyes

4) (=separar)

• arrancar a algn de — [+ lugar] to drag sb away from; [+ éxtasis, trance] to drag sb out of; [+ vicio] to wean sb off a bad habit

no había forma de arrancarla del teléfono — there was no way I could drag her away from the phone

5) (=obtener) [+ apoyo] to gain, win; [+ victoria] to snatch; [+ confesión, promesa] to extract; [+ sonido, nota] to produce

no hubo forma de arrancarle una palabra — we couldn't get a word out of him

• arrancar información a algn — to extract information from sb, get information out of sb

6) (Aut) [+ vehículo, motor] to start

un motor de los que se arrancan con manivela — an engine that you crank up

7) (Inform) [+ ordenador] to boot, boot up, start up

tengo problemas para arrancar el ordenador — I have problems starting up o booting the computer

2. VI

1) [vehículo, motor] to start

el coche no arranca — the car won't start o isn't starting

esperé hasta que arrancó el tren — I waited until the train left

2) (=moverse) to get going, get moving

¡venga, arranca! — * come on, get going o get moving!, come on, get a move on! *

3) (=comenzar) to start

¿desde dónde arranca el camino? — where does the road start?

el momento donde arrancó nuestra relación — the moment when our relationship started

• arrancar a hacer algo — to start doing sth, start to do sth

arrancó a hablar a los dos años — she started talking o to talk when she was two

arrancó a cantar/llorar — he broke o burst into song/tears

• arrancar de — to go back to, date back to

esta celebración arranca del siglo XV — this celebration dates o goes back to the 15th century

problemas que arrancan de muy antiguo — problems that go back a long way

4) (Náut) to set sail

5) (Arquit) [arco] to spring (de from)

6) Chile
* (=escapar)
salieron arrancado — they ran away

arranquemos de aquí — let's get away from here

tuvieron que arrancar del país — they had to get out of the country

- arrancar a perderse

3.

See:

arrancarse

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1.
verbo transitivo

1) < hoja de papel> to tear out; < etiqueta> to tear o rip off; < botón> to tear o pull off; < planta> to pull up; < flor> to pick; <diente/pelo> to pull out; < esparadrapo> to pull off

hubo un forcejeo y le arrancó la pistola — there was a struggle and he wrenched the pistol away from her

le arrancó el bolso — he snatched her bag

2) <confesión/declaración> to extract

no hay quien le arranque una palabra — no one can get a word out of him

consiguió arrancarle una sonrisa — she managed to get a smile out of him

3) <motor/coche> to start
2.
arrancar vi

1)

a) motor/vehículo to start

el tren está a punto de arrancar — the train is about to leave

no arranques en segunda! — don't try and move off in second gear!

b) (moverse, decidirse) (fam) to get going

no hay quien lo haga arrancar — it's impossible to get him going

c) ( empezar)

arrancar a + inf — to start to + inf, to start -ing

2) (provenir, proceder)

a) costumbre to originate

esta tradición arranca del siglo XIV — this tradition dates from the 14th century

de allí arrancan todas sus desgracias — that's where all his misfortunes stem from

b) carretera to start

3) (Chi fam) ( huir) to run off o away

arrancar de algo/alguien — to get away from something/somebody
3.
arrancarse v pron

1) (refl) <pelo/diente> to pull out; <piel/botón> to pull off

2) (Taur) to charge

3) (Chi fam) ( huir) to run away

arrancarse de algo/alguien — to run away from something/somebody

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1.
verbo transitivo

1) < hoja de papel> to tear out; < etiqueta> to tear o rip off; < botón> to tear o pull off; < planta> to pull up; < flor> to pick; <diente/pelo> to pull out; < esparadrapo> to pull off

hubo un forcejeo y le arrancó la pistola — there was a struggle and he wrenched the pistol away from her

le arrancó el bolso — he snatched her bag

2) <confesión/declaración> to extract

no hay quien le arranque una palabra — no one can get a word out of him

consiguió arrancarle una sonrisa — she managed to get a smile out of him

3) <motor/coche> to start
2.
arrancar vi

1)

a) motor/vehículo to start

el tren está a punto de arrancar — the train is about to leave

no arranques en segunda! — don't try and move off in second gear!

b) (moverse, decidirse) (fam) to get going

no hay quien lo haga arrancar — it's impossible to get him going

c) ( empezar)

arrancar a + inf — to start to + inf, to start -ing

2) (provenir, proceder)

a) costumbre to originate

esta tradición arranca del siglo XIV — this tradition dates from the 14th century

de allí arrancan todas sus desgracias — that's where all his misfortunes stem from

b) carretera to start

3) (Chi fam) ( huir) to run off o away

arrancar de algo/alguien — to get away from something/somebody
3.
arrancarse v pron

1) (refl) <pelo/diente> to pull out; <piel/botón> to pull off

2) (Taur) to charge

3) (Chi fam) ( huir) to run away

arrancarse de algo/alguien — to run away from something/somebody

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arrancar¹

¹ = rip off, wrench, pluck up, rip + open, pluck out, strip off, winkle out, pull up, rip.

Ex: Within the social sciences psychology journals are the most ripped off.

Ex: The first thing that's worrying me is that things are getting wrenched out of context.

Ex: The article is entitled 'To everything there is a season...a time to plant and a time to pluck up that which is planted: a life-cycle analysis of education for librarianship'.

Ex: The tidal wave ripped open the steel security shutters of the shops.

Ex: According to a myth about the phases of the moon, the wicked god Seth plucked out the eye of Horus and tore it to bits.

Ex: They gathered a whole sackful, stripped off the husks, and filled the sack again.

Ex: Small business operators can be easy prey for scamsters trying to winkle out money for unsolicited - and unneeded - 'services'.

Ex: Hundreds of pounds worth of damage was caused when youths pulled up and smashed two floodlights and kicked roof tiles from the chapel of rest.

Ex: He punched her in the head and forced her to another room where he pinned her to the floor and ripped her shirt trying to remove it.

* abrir arrancando = rip + open.

* arrancar a la fuerza = prise + Nombre + away.

* arrancar con los dientes = bite off.

* arrancar de = wretch from.

* arrancar de un mordisco = bite off.

* arrancar el cuero cabelludo a Alguien = scalp.

* arrancar haciendo palanca = pry.

* arrancar la cabellera a Alguien = scalp.

* arrancar + Nombre + de = wring + Nombre + out of/from.

* arrancarse el pelo a manojos = tear + Posesivo + hair out.

* arrancar una página = tear out + page.

arrancar²

² = boot, boot up, crank up.

Ex: In computer science to boot means to start up a computer system.

Ex: Since then, the computer has started to make a whirring noise everytime it is booted up.

Ex: As the sun begins to move toward the horizon, you want to crank up the engine again and head back home.

* al arrancar = at startup.

* arrancar con cables = jump-start [jump start].

* arrancar + Sistema Operativo = start + Sistema Operativo.

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arrancar [A2 ]

vt

A ‹hoja de papel/página› to tear out; ‹etiqueta› to tear o rip off; ‹esparadrapo› to pull off; ‹botón› to tear o rip o pull off; ‹planta› to pull up; ‹flor› to pick; ‹diente› to pull out

arrancó la planta de raíz she pulled the plant up by the roots, she uprooted the plant

le arrancó un mechón de pelo he pulled out a clump of her hair

no le arranques hojas al libro don't tear pages out of the book

arrancó la venda he tore off the bandage

me arrancó la carta de las manos she snatched the letter out of my hands

hubo un forcejeo y le arrancó la pistola there was a struggle and he wrenched the pistol away from her

le arrancó el bolso he snatched her bag, he grabbed her bag from her

cuando se apoltrona no hay quien consiga arrancarlo de casa when he gets into one of his stay-at-home moods it's impossible to drag him out

arrancar a algn de los brazos del vicio ( liter); to rescue sb from the clutches of evil ( liter)

el teléfono lo arrancó de sus pensamientos the sound of the telephone brought him back to reality with a jolt

B ‹confesión/declaración› to extract

consiguieron arrancarle una confesión they managed to extract a confession from o get a confession out of her

no hay quien le arranque una palabra de lo ocurrido no one can get a word out of him about what happened

por fin consiguió arrancarle una sonrisa she finally managed to get a smile out of him

C ‹motor/coche› to start; ( Inf) to boot; ( Inf) to boot (up)

■ arrancar

vi

A

1 ( Auto, Mec) «motor/vehículo» to start

el coche no arranca the car won't start

el tren está a punto de arrancar the train is about to leave

¡no arranques en segunda! don't try and move off o pull away in second gear!

2 (moverse, decidirse) ( fam):

no hay quien lo haga arrancar it's impossible to get him moving o to get him off his backside ( colloq)

tarda horas en arrancar it takes him hours to get started o to get down to doing anything ( colloq)

3 (empezar) arrancar A + INF to start to + INF, to start -ING

arrancó a llorar he burst into tears, he started crying o to cry

B (provenir, proceder)

1 «problema/crisis/creencia»: arrancar DE algo; to stem FROM sth

esta tradición arranca del siglo XIV this tradition dates from o back to the 14th century

de allí arrancan todas sus desgracias that's where all his misfortunes stem from

2 «carretera» to start

la senda que arranca de or en este punto the path that starts from this point

3 ( Const):

el punto del cual arranca el arco the point from which the arch springs o stems

de la pared arrancaba un largo mostrador a long counter came out from o jutted out from the wall

C ( Inf) to boot up

volver* a arrancar to reboot

D «toro» to charge

E ( Chi fam) (huir) to run off o away arrancar DE algo/algn to get away FROM sth/sb

fueron los primeros en arrancar del país they were the first to get out of o skip the country ( colloq)

arrancar a perderse ( Chi fam); to be off like a shot ( colloq)

■ arrancarse

v pron

A ( refl) ‹pelo/diente› to pull out; ‹piel› to pull off; ‹botón› to pull off

B

1 ( Taur) to charge

2 ( Mús):

arrancarse por sevillanas to break into dance o into a sevillana ; sevillanas

C

1 ( Chi fam) (huir) to run away

se les arrancó el prisionero the prisoner got away from them o ran away ( colloq)

arrancarse DE algo/algn to run away FROM sth/sb

2 ( Chi fam) «precios» to shoot up ( colloq)

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arrancar ( conjugate arrancar) verbo transitivo
1 ‹ hoja de papel› to tear out;
‹ etiqueta› to tear off;
‹botón/venda› to pull off;
‹ planta› to pull up;
‹ flor› to pick;
‹diente/pelo› to pull out;
◊ le arrancó el bolso he snatched her bag

2 ‹confesión/declaración› to extract
3 ‹motor/coche› to start
verbo intransitivo [motor/vehículo] to start
arrancarse verbo pronominal
1 ( refl) ‹pelo/diente› to pull out;
‹piel/botón› to pull off
2 (Chi fam) ( huir) to run away
arrancar
I verbo transitivo
1 (una planta) to uproot, pull up
arrancar de raíz, to uproot
2 (una página) to tear out
(un diente) to pull out
3 fig (una confesión) to extract
4 (mover) no había manera de arrancar a Rodrigo de allí, it was impossible to pull Rodrigo away
5 Auto Téc to start
II verbo intransitivo
1 Auto Téc to start
2 (empezar) to begin: estábamos tan tranquilos y de repente arrancó a llorar, everything was quiet when he suddenly started crying
' arrancar' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
arrebatar
- mala
- malo
- calentar
- cuajo
- raíz
English:
boot
- crank
- dig up
- extract
- get
- light
- pick off
- pluck
- pull away
- pull off
- pull up
- rip off
- root out
- root up
- scalp
- start
- start up
- tear
- tear away
- tear off
- tear out
- tear up
- wrench
- yank
- dig
- draw
- exact
- jump
- kick
- move
- pull
- push
- rip
- root
- strip
- up

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arrancar

♦ vt

1. [sacar de su sitio] [árbol] to uproot;
[malas hierbas, flor] to pull up; [cable, página, pelo] to tear out; [cartel, cortinas] to tear down; [muela] to pull out, to extract; [ojos] to gouge out; [botón, etiqueta] to tear o rip off;
arranqué el póster de la pared I tore the poster off the wall;

arrancar la cabellera a alguien to scalp sb;

arrancar de cuajo o [m5] de raíz [árbol] to uproot;
[brazo, pierna] to tear right off; Fig
arrancar a alguien de un sitio to shift sb from somewhere;
Fig
arrancar a alguien de las drogas/del alcohol to get sb off drugs/alcohol

2. [arrebatar]
arrancar algo a alguien to grab o snatch sth from sb;

arrancar algo de las manos de alguien to snatch sth out of sb's hands;

tenía el bolso muy bien agarrado y no se lo pudieron arrancar she was holding on very tight to her handbag and they couldn't get it off her;

el vigilante consiguió arrancarle el arma al atracador the security guard managed to grab the robber's gun;

el Barcelona consiguió arrancar un punto en su visita a Madrid Barcelona managed to take a point from their visit to Madrid;

la oposición arrancó varias concesiones al gobierno the opposition managed to win several concessions from the government

3. [poner en marcha] [coche, máquina] to start;
Informát to start up, to boot (up)
4. [obtener]
arrancar algo a alguien [confesión, promesa, secreto] to extract sth from sb;
[sonrisa, dinero, ovación] to get sth out of sb; [suspiro, carcajada] to bring sth from sb;
no consiguieron arrancarle ninguna declaración they failed to get a statement out of him

♦ vi

1. [partir] to leave;

¡corre, que el autobús está arrancando! quick, the bus is about to leave;

el Tour ha arrancado finalmente the Tour has finally got o is finally under way

2. [máquina, coche] to start;

no intentes arrancar en segunda you shouldn't try to start the car in second gear

3. [empezar] to get under way, to kick off;

ya arrancó la campaña electoral the election campaign is already under way;

el festival arrancó con un concierto de música clásica the festival got under way o kicked off with a classical music concert;

empataron al poco de arrancar la segunda mitad they equalized shortly after the second half had got under way o kicked off

4. Fam
arrancar a hacer algo [persona] to start doing o to do sth;

arrancó a llorar de repente she suddenly started crying, she suddenly burst into tears

5. [provenir]
la tradición arranca de la Edad Media the tradition dates back to the Middle Ages;

el río arranca de los Andes the river has its source in the Andes;

todos los problemas arrancan de una nefasta planificación all the problems stem from poor planning

♦ See also the pronominal verb arrancarse

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arrancar

I v/t

1 planta, página pull out

2 vehículo start (up)

3 ( quitar) snatch;

le arrancaron el bolso they snatched her purse

II v/i

1 de vehículo, máquina start (up)

2 INFOR boot (up)

3

:

arrancar a hacer algo start to do sth, start doing sth

4 Chi ( huir) run away

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arrancar {72} vt

1) : to pull out, to tear out

2) : to pick, to pluck (a flower)

3) : to start (an engine)

4) : to boot (a computer)

arrancar vi

1) : to start an engine

2) : to get going

♦ See also the reflexive verb arrancarse

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arrancar vb

1. (sacar) to pull out

el dentista me ha arrancado un diente I've had a tooth out

2. (página) to tear out [pt. tore; pp. torn]

arrancó una hoja del libro she tore a page out of the book

3. (planta) to pull up

han arrancado todas las plantas all the plants have been pulled up

4. (arrebatar) to snatch

me arrancó el libro de las manos he snatched the book out of my hands

5. (motor, coche) to start

el motor no arranca the engine won't start

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