turno en una cola

pedir turno — (Esp) to ask who is last in the line (AmE) o (BrE) queue

pedir turno — (Esp) to ask who is last in the line (AmE) o (BrE) queue

Ex: Evidence for identification is rarely available, but in a few cases very full printers' records have survived in which individual stints are accounted for.

cola de caballo — (=en el pelo) pony tail; (=planta) horsetail

cola de milano, cola de pato — (Téc) dovetail

cola de rata — (Pesca) fly line

¡a la cola! — get in the queue!, get in line! (EEUU)

hacer cola — to queue (up), line up (EEUU)

ponerse a la cola — to join o get into the queue, join o get into the line (EEUU)

el ciclista estaba en o a la cola del pelotón — the cyclist was at the back of o at the tail end of the pack

los equipos en la cola de la tabla — the teams at the foot o bottom of the table

pedir cola — to ask for a lift o ride (EEUU)

pintura a la cola — distemper; (Arte) tempera

traer or tener cola — to have repercussions

no hay mucha cola — there isn't much of a line o queue

hacer cola — to line up (AmE), to queue (up) (BrE)

a la cola! — get in line! o in the queue!

pónganse a la cola por favor — please join the (end of the) line o queue

brincarse or saltarse la cola — (Méx) to jump the line o queue

en lo que se refiere a la investigación estamos a la cola — as far as research is concerned, we are at the bottom of the pile o the league (colloq)

no pegar ni con cola: esos colores no pegan ni con cola those colors just don't go together; aquí no pega ni con cola — it just doesn't look right here (colloq)

darle la cola a alguien — to give somebody a lift o a ride

traer or tener cola — to have repercussions

no hay mucha cola — there isn't much of a line o queue

hacer cola — to line up (AmE), to queue (up) (BrE)

a la cola! — get in line! o in the queue!

pónganse a la cola por favor — please join the (end of the) line o queue

brincarse or saltarse la cola — (Méx) to jump the line o queue

en lo que se refiere a la investigación estamos a la cola — as far as research is concerned, we are at the bottom of the pile o the league (colloq)

no pegar ni con cola: esos colores no pegan ni con cola those colors just don't go together; aquí no pega ni con cola — it just doesn't look right here (colloq)

darle la cola a alguien — to give somebody a lift o a ride

Ex: At first he tried self-treatment by rubbing it with the tail of a cat, but eventually gave in and consulted a local physician.

Ex: The sheets of paper were dipped by handfuls into hot size, a solution of animal gelatine made from vellum or leather shavings boiled in water, to make them relatively impermeable.

•a la vez, hablaban todos a la vez — they were all talking at once o at the same time

•¿has estado alguna vez en...? — have you ever been to...?

• las más de las veces — mostly, in most cases

• por primera vez — for the first time

• toda vez que... — since..., given that...

• por última vez — for the last time

lo he hecho cien veces — I've done it hundreds o lots of times *

•a veces, [algunas] veces — sometimes, at times

• contadas veces — seldom

• de vez en cuando — now and again, from time to time, occasionally

•¿ cuántas veces? — how often?, how many times?

• dos veces — twice

•en... veces, se fríen las patatas en dos veces — fry the potatoes in two batches

• por enésima vez — for the umpteenth time *

• muchas veces — often

• otra vez — again

• pocas veces — seldom, rarely

• rara vez, [raras] veces — seldom, rarely

• repetidas veces — again and again, over and over again

• una vez — once

érase o había una vez una princesa... — once upon a time there was a princess...

• varias veces — several times

• de una vez — (=en una sola ocasión) in one go; (=definitivamente) once and for all *

¡acabemos de una vez! — let's get it over with (once and for all)! *

¡cállate de una vez! — for the last time, shut up! *

•en vez de — instead of

• hacer las veces de — to serve as

• una vez que — once

• de una vez para siempre, de una vez por [todas] — once and for all *, for good

• ceder la vez — (gen) to give up one's turn; (en cola) to give up one's place

• pedir la vez — to ask who's last in the queue

• quitar la vez a algn — to push in in front of sb

mil veces or miles de veces — a thousand times o thousands of times

la de veces or las veces que se lo dije! — the (number of) times I told him!

érase or había una vez — (liter) once upon a time (liter)

¿por qué no lo dejamos para otra vez? — why don't we leave it for another time o day?

una vez más — once again o more

cada vez — every o each time

se utiliza cada vez más — it's being used increasingly o more and more

de una vez — ( expresando impaciencia) once and for all; ( simultáneamente) in one go

una vez que hayan terminado — once o when you have finished

hacer las veces de algo — caja/libro to serve as something; persona to act as something

¿quién tiene or me da la vez? — who's last?

mil veces or miles de veces — a thousand times o thousands of times

la de veces or las veces que se lo dije! — the (number of) times I told him!

érase or había una vez — (liter) once upon a time (liter)

¿por qué no lo dejamos para otra vez? — why don't we leave it for another time o day?

una vez más — once again o more

cada vez — every o each time

se utiliza cada vez más — it's being used increasingly o more and more

de una vez — ( expresando impaciencia) once and for all; ( simultáneamente) in one go

una vez que hayan terminado — once o when you have finished

hacer las veces de algo — caja/libro to serve as something; persona to act as something

¿quién tiene or me da la vez? — who's last?

Ex: In particular note, for example by ticking them, those terms that merit a turn in the lead position, and those that do not.

el agua se cuela por las rendijas — the water seeps (in) through o gets in through the cracks

¡huy! ¡me colé! — oops! I got it wrong! *

Ex: Too frequently absurd errors creep past the abstractor who does not know the field.