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1 costa
costa sustantivo femenino 1 (Geog) ( del mar — área) coast; (— perfil) coastline; la costa atlántica the Atlantic coast 2 ( en locs)◊ a costa de: lo terminó a costa de muchos sacrificios he had to make a lot of sacrifices to finish it;a costa mía/de los demás at my/other people's expense; a toda costa at all costs 3
costa
I sustantivo femenino coast (litoral) coastline (playa) beach, seaside, US shore
II costas fpl Jur costs Locuciones: vive a nuestra costa, he lives off us
a costa de, at the expense of
a toda costa, at all costs, at any price ' costa' also found in these entries: Spanish: bañar - colón - Costa de Marfil - Costa Rica - costarricense - costarriqueña - costarriqueño - destellar - escollera - faro - flotante - lengua - notoria - notorio - accidentado - bordear - este - mar - muelle - norte - oeste - orillar - recorrer - relieve - sur - tico English: chase down - coast - coastline - cost - Costa Rica - Costa Rican - expense - flourishing - from - Ivory Coast - joke - offshore - price - process - regardless - scrounge - sea - seaboard - seaside - shore - some - sponge off - sponge on - yacht - allow - down - inshore - ivory - lie - live - off - right - Riviera -
2 costa
f.1 coast (litoral).pasan las vacaciones en la costa they spend their holidays on the coastla costa Azul the Côte d'Azurla costa Brava the Costa Brava2 cost.* * *1 FINANZAS cost, price1 DERECHO costs\a toda costa at all costs, at any pricecondenar a costas to order to cover the costspagar las costas to pay costs————————■ tenemos una casa en la costa we have a house at the seaside, US we have a house on the shore* * *noun f.coast, shore* * *ISF1)a costa de algo/algn: nos estuvimos riendo a costa suya — we had a laugh at his expense
quiere quedarse en el poder a costa de lo que sea — he wants to remain in power at all costs o no matter what o whatever happens
hay que impedir a toda costa que esto se repita — we must prevent this from happening again at all costs
2) pl costas (Jur) costsIISF1) (Geog) [del mar] coast2) (Náut) shore* * *1) (Geog)a) ( del mar - área) coast; (- perfil) coastline2) (en locs)a costa de: lo terminó a costa de muchos sacrificios he had to make a lot of sacrifices to finish it; a costa mía/de los demás at my/other people's expense; a toda costa or a costa de lo que sea — at all costs
3) costas femenino plural (Der) costs (pl)* * *1) (Geog)a) ( del mar - área) coast; (- perfil) coastline2) (en locs)a costa de: lo terminó a costa de muchos sacrificios he had to make a lot of sacrifices to finish it; a costa mía/de los demás at my/other people's expense; a toda costa or a costa de lo que sea — at all costs
3) costas femenino plural (Der) costs (pl)* * *costa11 = coast, shore, coastline, shoreline, seaboard, seafront, littoral, sea-coast.Ex: I am frequently taken to task as someone who would try to destroy the integrity of certain catalogs on the West coast.
Ex: The author chronicles the Russian geographical explorations of the northwestern shores of North Americas which were financed and organized by Count Nikolai Rumiantsev from 1803 to 1825 = El autor narra las expediciones geográficas rusas de la costa del noroeste de Norteamérica que fueron financiadas y organizadas por el Conde Nikolai Rumiantsev de 1803 a 1825.Ex: The department has undertaken studies of dinosaurs from material excavated on the Victorian coastline.Ex: This will help scientists expand their understanding of erosion, deforestation and desertification, and whether there have been any shifts in rainfall levels and shoreline changes.Ex: This article reports on a workshop and subsequent visits to library schools on the eastern seaboard of the USA.Ex: Side-effects on the environment include beaches losing sand because of seafront embankments, littoral dunes deteriorating and marinas becoming silted.Ex: Abandonment of the region -- except for the littoral -- followed in the second half of the first millennium.Ex: Esculent nests are principally found in Java, in caverns that are most frequently, though not always, found on the sea-coast.* a cierta distancia de la costa = offshore.* bordear la costa = coast.* Costa de Marfil = Ivory Coast, the.* costa marítima = sea-coast.* costa mediterránea, la = Mediterranean coast, the.* Costa Rica = Costa Rica.* de costa a costa = coast-to-coast.* en la costa = at the seaside.* navegar siguiendo la costa = coast.* sin costas = land-bound [landbound], land-locked [landlocked].costa2* a costa de = at the cost of, at the expense of, at + Nombre's + expense, at cost of.* a costa de mucho = at (a) great expense.* a costa de otro = at someone else's expense.* a costa de otros = at other people's expense.* a + Posesivo + costa = at + Posesivo + expense.* a toda costa = absolutely, come what may, at all costs, at any cost, at any price.* los unos a costa de los otros = at each other's expense.* * *A ( Geog)1(del mar): una costa muy accidentada a very rugged coastlinea lo largo de la costa atlántica along the Atlantic coastveranean en la costa they spend their summers on the coastla Costa Azul the Côte d'AzurB ( en locs):a costa de: lo terminó a costa de muchos sacrificios he had to make a lot of sacrifices to finish ita costa de los demás at other people's expense¡ya está bien de reírse a costa mía! all right, you've had enough laughs at my expense!triunfó a costa de su matrimonio she succeeded at the expense of her marriagea toda costa or a costa de lo que sea: tengo que terminarlo hoy a toda costa I must finish it today at all costs o whatever happens o no matter whatcondenar a algn en costas to order sb to pay costs* * *
costa sustantivo femenino
1 (Geog) ( del mar — área) coast;
(— perfil) coastline;
la costa atlántica the Atlantic coast
2 ( en locs)◊ a costa de: lo terminó a costa de muchos sacrificios he had to make a lot of sacrifices to finish it;
a costa mía/de los demás at my/other people's expense;
a toda costa at all costs
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costa
I sustantivo femenino coast
(litoral) coastline
(playa) beach, seaside, US shore
II costas fpl Jur costs
♦ Locuciones: vive a nuestra costa, he lives off us
a costa de, at the expense of
a toda costa, at all costs, at any price
' costa' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
bañar
- colón
- Costa de Marfil
- Costa Rica
- costarricense
- costarriqueña
- costarriqueño
- destellar
- escollera
- faro
- flotante
- lengua
- notoria
- notorio
- accidentado
- bordear
- este
- mar
- muelle
- norte
- oeste
- orillar
- recorrer
- relieve
- sur
- tico
English:
chase down
- coast
- coastline
- cost
- Costa Rica
- Costa Rican
- expense
- flourishing
- from
- Ivory Coast
- joke
- offshore
- price
- process
- regardless
- scrounge
- sea
- seaboard
- seaside
- shore
- some
- sponge off
- sponge on
- yacht
- allow
- down
- inshore
- ivory
- lie
- live
- off
- right
- Riviera
* * *costa nf1. [marina] coast;pasan las vacaciones en la costa they spend their holidays on the coastla Costa Azul the Côte d'Azurlo hizo a costa de grandes esfuerzos he did it by dint of much effort;aún vive a costa de sus padres he's still living off his parents;a toda costa at all costsDer costas (judiciales) (legal) costs3. Costa de Marfil Ivory Coast;Costa Rica Costa Rica* * *1 f:a costa de at the expense of;a toda costa at all costs2 f GEOG coast* * *costa nf1) : coast, shore2) : costa toda costa: at all costs* * *costa n coast -
3 accidentada
f., (m. - accidentado)* * *
accidentado,-a
I adjetivo
1 (irregular, montañoso) uneven, hilly
2 (agitado, complicado) eventful: tuvimos una cena muy accidentada, we had a most eventful supper
II sustantivo masculino y femenino casualty, accident victim
' accidentada' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
accidentado
- costa
* * *I adj2 viaje eventful3:personas accidentadas people who have had an accident;el vehículo accidentado the vehicle involved in the accidentII m, accidentada f casualty -
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accidentado,-a
I adjetivo
1 (irregular, montañoso) uneven, hilly
2 (agitado, complicado) eventful: tuvimos una cena muy accidentada, we had a most eventful supper
II sustantivo masculino y femenino casualty, accident victim ' accidentada' also found in these entries: Spanish: accidentado - costa -
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adj.1 uneven, rugged, up-and-down.2 victim of an accident.3 full of unforeseen obstacles.f. & m.accident victim, victim of an accident.past part.past participle of spanish verb: accidentar.* * *1→ link=accidentarse accidentarse► adjetivo1 (persona) injured2 (con incidentes) eventful, agitated■ vida accidentada stormy/troubled life3 (terreno) uneven, rough, bumpy► nombre masculino,nombre femenino1 casualty, accident victim* * *(f. - accidentada)adj.1) rough, uneven2) troubled, eventful* * *accidentado, -a1. ADJ1) [terreno] rough, uneven2) (=turbado) [vida] troubled, eventful; [historial] variable, up-and-down; [viaje] eventful3) (Med) injured2.SM / F accident victim, casualty* * *I- da adjetivo1)a) < viaje> eventful; < historia> turbulent; <carrera/pasado> checkered* (before n); < vida> troubled2) < persona> hurt, injuredII- da masculino, femeninollevaron a los accidentados al hospital — those injured o hurt in the accident were taken to hospital
* * *= rugged, hilly [hillier -comp., hilliest -sup.], chequered [checkered, -USA].Ex. Due to their lighter weight optical-fibre cables can be suspended to form aerial cables in the rugged countryside of Wales where the laying of ducts would be prohibitively expensive.Ex. Having entered the next state and a highway off the turnpike, he was amazed by the extraordinary flatness of the land, especially in contrast to the hilly terrain he had grown up with back home.Ex. An appraisal of the reforms following the report suggests that local councillors' workload has increased, and community councils have had a chequered career, although local authorities generally are stronger.----* historia accidentada = chequered history.* pasado accidentado = chequered history, chequered past.* * *I- da adjetivo1)a) < viaje> eventful; < historia> turbulent; <carrera/pasado> checkered* (before n); < vida> troubled2) < persona> hurt, injuredII- da masculino, femeninollevaron a los accidentados al hospital — those injured o hurt in the accident were taken to hospital
* * *= rugged, hilly [hillier -comp., hilliest -sup.], chequered [checkered, -USA].Ex: Due to their lighter weight optical-fibre cables can be suspended to form aerial cables in the rugged countryside of Wales where the laying of ducts would be prohibitively expensive.
Ex: Having entered the next state and a highway off the turnpike, he was amazed by the extraordinary flatness of the land, especially in contrast to the hilly terrain he had grown up with back home.Ex: An appraisal of the reforms following the report suggests that local councillors' workload has increased, and community councils have had a chequered career, although local authorities generally are stronger.* historia accidentada = chequered history.* pasado accidentado = chequered history, chequered past.* * *A1 ‹viaje› eventful, full of incidentla accidentada historia española de este período the troubled o turbulent history of Spain during this period2 ‹terreno/camino› rough, rugged; ‹costa› brokenB ‹persona› hurt, injuredno hubo ningún pasajero accidentado none of the passengers was hurtmasculine, femininelos accidentados fueron trasladados al hospital those injured o hurt in the accident o the injured were taken to hospital* * *
Del verbo accidentar: ( conjugate accidentar)
accidentado es:
el participio
accidentado◊ -da adjetivo
1
‹ historia› turbulent;
‹carrera/pasado› checkered( conjugate checkered) ( before n);
‹ vida› troubled
‹ costa› broken
2 ‹ persona› hurt, injured
■ sustantivo masculino, femenino:◊ llevaron a los accidentados al hospital those injured o hurt in the accident were taken to hospital
accidentado,-a
I adjetivo
1 (irregular, montañoso) uneven, hilly
2 (agitado, complicado) eventful: tuvimos una cena muy accidentada, we had a most eventful supper
II sustantivo masculino y femenino casualty, accident victim
' accidentado' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
accidentada
- escarpada
- escarpado
- relieve
English:
hilly
- rugged
- ruggedness
- checkered
* * *accidentado, -a♦ adj1. [vida] turbulent;[viaje, fiesta] eventful2. [terreno, camino] rough, rugged♦ nm,finjured person;los accidentados the people injured in the accident* * *I adj2 viaje eventful3:personas accidentadas people who have had an accident;el vehículo accidentado the vehicle involved in the accidentII m, accidentada f casualty* * *accidentado, -da adj1) : eventful, turbulent2) : rough, uneven3) : injuredaccidentado, -da n: accident victim* * *accidentado adj (terreno) rugged -
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Del verbo accidentar: ( conjugate accidentar) \ \
accidentado es: \ \el participio
accidentado
◊ -da adjetivo1 ‹ historia› turbulent; ‹carrera/pasado› checkered( conjugate checkered) ( before n); ‹ vida› troubled ‹ costa› broken 2 ‹ persona› hurt, injured ■ sustantivo masculino, femenino:◊ llevaron a los accidentados al hospital those injured o hurt in the accident were taken to hospital
accidentado,-a
I adjetivo
1 (irregular, montañoso) uneven, hilly
2 (agitado, complicado) eventful: tuvimos una cena muy accidentada, we had a most eventful supper
II sustantivo masculino y femenino casualty, accident victim ' accidentado' also found in these entries: Spanish: accidentada - escarpada - escarpado - relieve English: hilly - rugged - ruggedness - checkered -
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i'reɡjulə1) (not happening etc regularly: His attendance at classes was irregular.) irregular2) (not formed smoothly or evenly: irregular handwriting.) irregular3) (contrary to rules.) inadmisible, irregular4) ((in grammar) not formed etc in the normal way: irregular verbs.) irregular•- irregularity
irregular adj irregular
irregular adjetivo ( en general) irregular; ‹letra/superficie› irregular, uneven
irregular adjetivo irregular: es una situación absolutamente irregular, it's a highly irregular situation ' irregular' also found in these entries: Spanish: accidentada - accidentado - ahorcarse - alisar - dato - desigual - alterar - desnivelado - dispar English: board - do - erratic - fitful - irregular - lie - patchy - spasmodic - spasmodically - uneven - fitfully - jagged - raggedtr[ɪ'regjələSMALLr/SMALL]2 (unusual, abnormal) raro,-a, anormal; (against the rules) inadmisible3 (troops) irregular1 (troops) tropas nombre femenino plural irregulares\SMALLIDIOMATIC EXPRESSION/SMALLirregular verb verbo irregularirregular [ɪ'rɛgjələr] adj: irregular♦ irregularly adv1) : soldado m irregular2) irregulars npl: artículos mpl defectuososadj.• avieso, -a adj.• de forma irregular adj.• informal adj.• irregular adj.n.• irregular s.m.ɪ'regjələr, ɪ'regjʊlə(r)1) (in shape, positioning, time) irregularto keep irregular hours — tener* un horario irregular
2) ( contrary to rules) inadmisible, contrario a las normasit would be most irregular for me to discuss a client with you — estaría totalmente fuera de lugar que yo hablara de un cliente con usted
3) ( Ling) irregular5) ( substandard) (AmE) < goods> defectuoso[ɪ'reɡjʊlǝ(r)]1. ADJ1) (=uneven) [shape, surface, pattern] irregularJohn had sharp, irregular features — las facciones de John eran duras, irregulares
an irregular pentagon — (Geom) (=asymmetrical) un pentágono irregular
2) (=spasmodic) [attendance, meals, breathing, heartbeat] irregularI am not usually irregular — euph normalmente voy como un reloj
3) (=unorthodox) [practice] poco ortodoxo, irregular; [treatment] poco ortodoxo; [action] poco ortodoxo, contrario a la práctica; [payment] irregularher behaviour was irregular, to say the least — su comportamiento era un tanto irregular, por no decir algo peor
irregular business practices — negocios mpl poco ortodoxos
this is most irregular! — ¡esto es totalmente inadmisible!
it was highly irregular of Blake to do it alone — era totalmente contrario a la práctica que Blake lo hiciese solo
4) (Ling) [verb, adjective, noun] irregular5) (Mil) [soldiers, forces, troops] irregular2.N soldado mf irregular* * *[ɪ'regjələr, ɪ'regjʊlə(r)]1) (in shape, positioning, time) irregularto keep irregular hours — tener* un horario irregular
2) ( contrary to rules) inadmisible, contrario a las normasit would be most irregular for me to discuss a client with you — estaría totalmente fuera de lugar que yo hablara de un cliente con usted
3) ( Ling) irregular5) ( substandard) (AmE) < goods> defectuoso
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