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1 despejar

v.

1 to clear.

Los policías despejaron la calle The police cleared the street.

2 to clear up, to put an end to.

3 to solve, to resolve, to clear, to clear up.

El detective despejó el asesinato The detective solved the crime.

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despejar

► verbo transitivo

1 (desalojar) to clear

2 (espabilar) to wake up, clear the head of

3 figurado (aclarar) to clarify, clear up

4 DEPORTE to clear

5 MATEMÁTICAS to find

6 INFORMÁTICA to clear

► verbo pronominal despejarse

1 METEREOLOGÍA to clear up

2 (espabilarse) to wake oneself up, clear one's head

■ voy a tomar el aire para despejarme I'm going to get some fresh air to wake myself up

3 (aclararse) to become clear

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1. verb
to clear
2. verb
clear

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1. VT

1) [lugar] to clear

los bomberos despejaron el teatro — the firemen cleared the theatre of people

la policía obligó a despejar el tribunal — the police ordered the court to be cleared

2) (Dep) [balón] to clear

3) (=resolver) [+ misterio] to clear up; (Mat) [+ incógnita] to find

4) (Inform) [+ pantalla] to clear

5) (Med) [+ nariz] to unblock; [+ cabeza] to clear; [+ persona] to wake up

2. VI

1) [de un lugar]

¡despejen! — [al moverse] move along!; [haciendo salir] everybody out!

2) (Dep) to clear, clear the ball

3) (Meteo) to clear

3.

See:

despejarse

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1.
verbo transitivo

1)

a) (desocupar, desalojar) to clear

despejen la sala — clear the room

b) < nariz> to unblock, clear

2)

a) ( espabilar) to wake... up

b) ( desembotar)

el paseo me despejó — the walk cleared my head

c) < borracho> to sober... up

3) < incógnita> (Mat) to find the value of

4) < balón> ( en fútbol) to clear; ( en fútbol americano) to punt
2.
despejar vi ( en fútbol) to clear; ( en fútbol americano) to punt
3.
despejar v impers (Meteo) to clear up

ya despejó — it has cleared up now
4.
despejarse v pron ( espabilarse) to wake (oneself) up; ( desembotarse) to clear one's head; borracho to sober up

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= clear out.

Ex. Pockets of resistance still remain in Fallujah, but the vast majority of insurgents have been cleared out.

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* despejar la carretera = clear + route.

* despejar la mente = blow + the cobwebs away/off/out.

* despejar una incertidumbre = relieve + uncertainty.

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1.
verbo transitivo

1)

a) (desocupar, desalojar) to clear

despejen la sala — clear the room

b) < nariz> to unblock, clear

2)

a) ( espabilar) to wake... up

b) ( desembotar)

el paseo me despejó — the walk cleared my head

c) < borracho> to sober... up

3) < incógnita> (Mat) to find the value of

4) < balón> ( en fútbol) to clear; ( en fútbol americano) to punt
2.
despejar vi ( en fútbol) to clear; ( en fútbol americano) to punt
3.
despejar v impers (Meteo) to clear up

ya despejó — it has cleared up now
4.
despejarse v pron ( espabilarse) to wake (oneself) up; ( desembotarse) to clear one's head; borracho to sober up

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= clear out.

Ex: Pockets of resistance still remain in Fallujah, but the vast majority of insurgents have been cleared out.

* despejar la carretera = clear + route.

* despejar la mente = blow + the cobwebs away/off/out.

* despejar una incertidumbre = relieve + uncertainty.

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despejar [A1 ]

vt

A

1 (desocupar, desalojar) to clear

despejen la sala clear the room

la policía despejó la plaza de manifestantes the police cleared the square of demonstrators o cleared the demonstrators from the square

2 ‹nariz› to unblock, clear

B

1 (espabilar) to wake … up

2

(desembotar): el paseo me despejó the walk cleared my head

3 ‹borracho› to sober … up

C ‹incógnita› ( Mat) to find the value of

la investigación no ha logrado despejar esta incógnita the investigation failed to clear up o to find an answer to this question

D ‹balón› (en fútbol) to clear; (en fútbol americano) to punt

■ despejar

vi

(en fútbol) to clear; (en fútbol americano) to punt

■

v impers

( Meteo):

en cuanto despeje salimos as soon as it clears up we'll go out

■ despejarse

v pron

1 (espabilarse) to wake (oneself) up

voy a darme una ducha a ver si me despejo I'm going to have a shower to try and wake myself up

2 (desembotarse) to clear one's head

3 «borracho» to sober up

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despejar ( conjugate despejar) verbo transitivo
1
a) (desocupar, desalojar) to clear

b) ‹ nariz› to unblock, clear;

◊ el paseo me despejó the walk cleared my head

2 ‹ balón› ( en fútbol) to clear;
( en fútbol americano) to punt
verbo intransitivo ( en fútbol) to clear;
( en fútbol americano) to punt
despejar v impers (Meteo) to clear up
despejarse verbo pronominal ( espabilarse) to wake (oneself) up;
( desembotarse) to clear one's head;
[ borracho] to sober up
despejar verbo transitivo
1 (quitar obstáculos, vaciar) to clear
2 (aclarar un misterio, una duda) to clear up
3 Mat to work out the value of
4 Ftb (el balón) to clear
' despejar' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
espabilar
- franquear
- apartar
English:
clear
- sober

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despejar

♦ vt

1. [habitación, camino, carretera] to clear;
[nariz] to unblock; [mente] to clear;
¡despejen la sala! clear the room!

2. [pelota] to clear;

el portero despejó la pelota a córner the goalkeeper cleared the ball for a corner;

despejar el balón de cabeza/de puños to head/punch the ball away

3. [misterio, incógnita] to clear up, to put an end to;

su respuesta no despejó mis dudas her answer didn't clear up the things I wasn't sure about

4. Mat [incógnita] to find

5. [persona] [de desmayo] to bring round;

el aire fresco lo despejó [de aturdimiento, borrachera] the fresh air cleared his head;

el paseo le despejó las ideas the walk helped him get his ideas in order

♦ vi

1. [en fútbol, rugby, hockey] to clear;

el defensa despejó a córner the defender cleared the ball for a corner;

despejar de cabeza/de puños to head/punch the ball away

2. [apartarse]
¡despejen, por favor! move along there, please!

♦ v impersonal
[aclarar el tiempo] to clear up; [aclarar el cielo] to clear
♦ See also the pronominal verb despejarse

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despejar

v/t

1 calle, sala etc clear

2 persona wake up

3 DEP pelota clear

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despejar vt

1) : to clear, to free

2) : to clarify

despejar vi

1) : to clear up

2) : to punt (in sports)

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despejar vb

1. (lugar, pelota) to clear

la policía ha despejado la zona the police have cleared the area

2. (dudas) to clear up / to clarify [pt. & pp. clarified]

has despejado todas mis dudas you've cleared up all my doubts

Spanish-English dictionary > despejar
2 amenazar

v.

1 to threaten (person).

amenazar a alguien con hacer algo to threaten somebody with doing something

amenazar a alguien con el despido/de muerte to threaten to sack/kill somebody

El pandillero amenazó al guarda The gang member threatened the guard.

La droga amenaza al vecindario Drugs threaten the neighborhood.

2 to threaten to, to look like it is going to, to look like it's going to.

Esa pared amenaza caerse That wall threatens to fall down.

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amenazar

Conjugation model [ REALIZAR], like realizar

► verbo transitivo

1 (coaccionar) to threaten

■ lo amenazaron con el despido they threatened to sack him

2 (presagiar) to threaten

■ el edificio amenaza ruina the building is on the verge of collapse

► verbo intransitivo

1 (coaccionar) to threaten

■ amenaza con suicidarse she's threatening to kill herself

2 figurado (presagiar) to threaten

■ amenazaba lluvia it looked like rain

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FRASEOLOGÍA

amenazar de muerte a alguien to threaten to kill somebody

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verb

to threaten

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1.

VT to threaten

amenazar a algn de muerte — to threaten to kill sb

me amenazó con despedirme — he threatened to fire me

una especie amenazada de extinción — a species threatened with extinction

la tarde amenazaba lluvia — it looked like rain in the evening

amenazar violencia — to threaten violence

2.

VI to threaten, impend

amenazar con hacer algo — to threaten to do sth

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1.
verbo transitivo

a) persona to threaten

lo amenazaron de muerte — they threatened to kill him

nos amenazó con llamar a la policía — he threatened to call the police

b) ( dar indicios de)

el edificio amenaza derrumbarse — the building is in danger of collapsing

esas nubes amenazan lluvia — those clouds look threatening
2.
amenazar vi

a) persona

amenazar con algo — to threaten something

amenazan con una nueva huelga — they are threatening a further strike

amenazar con + inf — to threaten to + inf

b) ( dar indicios de)

amenazar con + inf — to threaten to + inf

el incendio amenazaba con extenderse — the fire threatened to spread
3.
amenazar v impers (Meteo)

amenaza tormenta — there's a storm brewing

amenaza lluvia — it's threatening to rain

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= pose + threat, threaten, make + threats, menace, rattle + Posesivo + saber, bare + Posesivo + teeth, show + Posesivo + teeth.

Nota: En señal de amenaza y/o defensa.

Ex. Some would speculate that optical publishing poses a threat to online information retrieval.

Ex. Besides, any second edition threatened to require some recataloguing.

Ex. He knew that Kate Lespran was not one to make empty threats.

Ex. Her sympathy for small, helpless creatures suggests that she sees herself as an imprisoned, helpless creature herself, vulnerable to men who would menace or tyrannize her.

Ex. President Bush is rattling his saber and has declared open season on Saddam personally.

Ex. He kept his eyes on Aethon and bared his teeth in a silent snarl as he allowed himself to be led backward.

Ex. Wind raged over the sea; waves snarled and showed their teeth.

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1.
verbo transitivo

a) persona to threaten

lo amenazaron de muerte — they threatened to kill him

nos amenazó con llamar a la policía — he threatened to call the police

b) ( dar indicios de)

el edificio amenaza derrumbarse — the building is in danger of collapsing

esas nubes amenazan lluvia — those clouds look threatening
2.
amenazar vi

a) persona

amenazar con algo — to threaten something

amenazan con una nueva huelga — they are threatening a further strike

amenazar con + inf — to threaten to + inf

b) ( dar indicios de)

amenazar con + inf — to threaten to + inf

el incendio amenazaba con extenderse — the fire threatened to spread
3.
amenazar v impers (Meteo)

amenaza tormenta — there's a storm brewing

amenaza lluvia — it's threatening to rain

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= pose + threat, threaten, make + threats, menace, rattle + Posesivo + saber, bare + Posesivo + teeth, show + Posesivo + teeth.

Nota: En señal de amenaza y/o defensa.

Ex: Some would speculate that optical publishing poses a threat to online information retrieval.

Ex: Besides, any second edition threatened to require some recataloguing.

Ex: He knew that Kate Lespran was not one to make empty threats.

Ex: Her sympathy for small, helpless creatures suggests that she sees herself as an imprisoned, helpless creature herself, vulnerable to men who would menace or tyrannize her.

Ex: President Bush is rattling his saber and has declared open season on Saddam personally.

Ex: He kept his eyes on Aethon and bared his teeth in a silent snarl as he allowed himself to be led backward.

Ex: Wind raged over the sea; waves snarled and showed their teeth.

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amenazar [A4 ]

vt

1 «persona» to threaten

lo amenazaron de muerte they threatened to kill him, they issued a death threat against him

me amenazaron con una navaja they threatened me with a knife

amenazar a algn CON + INF:

nos amenazó con llamar a la policía he threatened to call the police

2

(dar indicios de): el edificio amenaza derrumbarse the building is in danger of collapsing o of collapse

esas nubes amenazan lluvia those clouds look threatening, it looks like rain (judging from those clouds)

■ amenazar

vi

1 «persona»: amenazar CON algo; to threaten sth

los mineros amenazan con una nueva huelga the miners are threatening a further strike

amenazar CON + INF to threaten to + INF

amenazó con dimitir she threatened to resign

2 (dar indicios de) amenazar CON + INF to threaten to + INF

el incendio amenazaba con extenderse the fire threatened to spread

■

v impers

( Meteo):

amenaza tormenta there's a storm brewing

amenaza lluvia it's threatening to rain, it looks like rain, it looks as if it's going to rain

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amenazar ( conjugate amenazar) verbo transitivo
a) [ persona] to threaten;

◊ nos amenazó con llamar a la policía he threatened to call the police

b) ( dar indicios de):

◊ esas nubes amenazan lluvia those clouds look threatening

verbo intransitivo amenazar con hacer algo to threaten to do sth
amenazar v impers (Meteo):
◊ amenaza tormenta there's a storm brewing;

amenaza lluvia it's threatening to rain
amenazar verbo transitivo to threaten: los secuestradores le amenazaron de muerte, the kidnappers threatened to kill him

' amenazar' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
acechar
- advertir
- ruina
- intimidar
English:
loom
- menace
- overhang
- threaten
- shake

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amenazar

♦ vt

1. [persona] to threaten;

amenazar a alguien con hacerle algo to threaten to do sth to sb;

amenazar a alguien con hacer algo to threaten sb with doing sth;

amenazar a alguien con el despido to threaten to fire o sack sb;

amenazar a alguien de muerte to threaten to kill sb

2. [dar señales de]
esos nubarrones amenazan lluvia those dark clouds are threatening rain;

esa casa amenaza ruina that house is in danger of collapsing

♦ vi

1. [persona]
amenazó con su dimisión she threatened to resign;

amenazaron con ejecutar a los rehenes they threatened to execute the hostages

2.
amenazar con [dar señales de] to threaten to;

una huelga que amenaza con crear un caos de transporte a strike which threatens to cause transport chaos;

una especie que amenaza con desaparecer an endangered species, a species which is in danger of extinction

♦ v impersonal

amenaza lluvia/tormenta it looks like it's going to rain/there's going to be a storm

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amenazar

I v/t threaten (con, de with);

amenazar a alguien de muerte threaten to kill s.o.;

amenazar ruina threaten to collapse, be on the verge of collapse;

amenaza tempestad there’s a storm brewing

II v/i

:

amenazar con threaten to

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amenazar {21} v

: to threaten

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amenazar vb

1. (a una persona) to threaten

lo amenazaron de muerte they threatened to kill him

el director amenazó con dimitir the manager threatened to resign

2. (una cosa) to look like

amenaza lluvia it looks like rain

Spanish-English dictionary > amenazar
3 despejado

adj.

1 cloudless, clear, unclouded.

2 unobstructed, unhindered, uncluttered, clear.

past part.

past participle of spanish verb: despejar.

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despejado

► participio pasado

1→ link=despejar despejar

► adjetivo

1 (seguro) assured, self-confident

2 (sin sueño) wide awake; (listo) bright, smart clever; (lúcido) clear-headed

3 (espacioso, ancho) wide, spacious

■ tiene una frente despejada she's got a broad forehead

4 (sin nubes) cloudless, clear

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(f. - despejada)

adj.

clear

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ADJ

1) (=sin obstáculos) [camino, mente] clear; [campo] open; [habitación, plaza] spacious

2) [cielo, día] clear

3) (=despierto) awake, wide awake; (Med) free of fever

4) [persona]

ser despejado — to be bright, be smart

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- da adjetivo

1) (Meteo) <día/cielo> clear

cielos totalmente despejados — cloudless skies

2) (libre, vacío) <carretera/camino> clear

quedó mucho más despejado sin el piano — it felt much more spacious without the piano

3)

a) ( despierto)

todavía no estoy despejado — I'm not properly awake yet

se sentía con la mente despejada — he felt clearheaded

b) [estar] ( sobrio) sober

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= uncluttered, unobstructed, uncloudy, unclouded, cloudless.

Ex. Google, the search engine, became popular because of its efficiency, simple structure uncluttered by advertising and its non-commercial look and feel.

Ex. From the library she could see miles and miles of unobstructed vistas of rich, coffee-brown, almost black soil, broken only by occasional small towns, farms, and grain elevators.

Ex. In that case, the peak of solar energy could be at an uncloudy moment in the morning or afternoon, even though the sun wasn't highest in the sky at that moment.

Ex. As they grow up in those heady post-war years, in the blue unclouded weather of the late 1940s, these are the sisters you'll never forget.

Ex. This is the first cloudless image of the Earth from space.

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* cielo despejado = cloudless sky, clear sky.

* zona despejada = open area.

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- da adjetivo

1) (Meteo) <día/cielo> clear

cielos totalmente despejados — cloudless skies

2) (libre, vacío) <carretera/camino> clear

quedó mucho más despejado sin el piano — it felt much more spacious without the piano

3)

a) ( despierto)

todavía no estoy despejado — I'm not properly awake yet

se sentía con la mente despejada — he felt clearheaded

b) [estar] ( sobrio) sober

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= uncluttered, unobstructed, uncloudy, unclouded, cloudless.

Ex: Google, the search engine, became popular because of its efficiency, simple structure uncluttered by advertising and its non-commercial look and feel.

Ex: From the library she could see miles and miles of unobstructed vistas of rich, coffee-brown, almost black soil, broken only by occasional small towns, farms, and grain elevators.

Ex: In that case, the peak of solar energy could be at an uncloudy moment in the morning or afternoon, even though the sun wasn't highest in the sky at that moment.

Ex: As they grow up in those heady post-war years, in the blue unclouded weather of the late 1940s, these are the sisters you'll never forget.

Ex: This is the first cloudless image of the Earth from space.

* cielo despejado = cloudless sky, clear sky.

* zona despejada = open area.

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despejado -da

adjective

A ( Meteo) [ Vocabulary notes (Spanish) ] ‹día/cielo› clear

amaneció despejado the day dawned clear

buen tiempo con cielos despejados good weather with cloudless o clear skies

B

(despierto, lúcido): fue una buena borrachera, pero ya está despejado he was pretty drunk but he's sobered up now

es muy temprano y todavía no estoy despejado it's too early, I'm not properly awake yet

se sentía descansado y con la mente despejada he felt rested and clearheaded

C (libre, vacío) ‹carretera/camino› clear

queda mejor con la frente despejada he looks better with the hair off his forehead

el comedor queda mucho más despejado sin el piano the dining room feels much roomier o more spacious o more uncluttered without the piano

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Del verbo despejar: ( conjugate despejar)

despejado es:

el participio

Multiple Entries:
despejado
despejar
despejado
◊ -da adjetivo

1 (Meteo) ‹día/cielo› clear
2 (libre, vacío) ‹carretera/camino› clear
3
a) ‹ persona› clearheaded;

‹ mente› clear
b) [estar] ( sobrio) sober

despejar ( conjugate despejar) verbo transitivo
1
a) (desocupar, desalojar) to clear

b) ‹ nariz› to unblock, clear;

◊ el paseo me despejó the walk cleared my head

2 ‹ balón› ( en fútbol) to clear;
( en fútbol americano) to punt
verbo intransitivo ( en fútbol) to clear;
( en fútbol americano) to punt
despejado v impers (Meteo) to clear up
despejarse verbo pronominal ( espabilarse) to wake (oneself) up;
( desembotarse) to clear one's head;
[ borracho] to sober up
despejado,-a adjetivo
1 (sin obstáculos) clear
2 (sin nubes) cloudless
3 (espabilado) wide awake, quick
despejar verbo transitivo
1 (quitar obstáculos, vaciar) to clear
2 (aclarar un misterio, una duda) to clear up
3 Mat to work out the value of
4 Ftb (el balón) to clear
' despejado' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
clara
- claro
- despejada
- espabilada
- espabilado
English:
clear
- cloudless
- broad

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despejado, -a adj

1. [tiempo, día] clear;

tiempo seco y cielo despejado dry with clear skies

2. [sin sueño] wide awake;

no estaba aún despejado he still wasn't properly awake

3. [lúcido] clear-headed;

tener la mente despejada to have a clear head;

cuando está despejado es encantador, pero cuando bebe… he's charming when he's sober, but when he drinks…

4. [espacioso] spacious;

tener una frente despejada to have a wide o broad forehead

5. [sin estorbos] clear, uncluttered;

tener la nariz despejada to have an unblocked nose;

seguiremos cuando el camino esté despejado de nieve we'll go on when the road is clear of snow

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despejado

adj cielo, cabeza clear

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despejado, -da adj

1) : clear, fair

2) : alert, clear-headed

3) : uncluttered, unobstructed

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despejado adj

1. (cielo, calle) clear

2. (persona) awake

Spanish-English dictionary > despejado
4 relampaguear

v.

1 to flash.

La cámara relampaguea The camera flashes.

2 to be lightning, to be flash lightning, to be flashing with lightning.

El cielo relampaguea The sky is flashing with lightning.

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relampaguear

► verbo intransitivo (Used only in the 3rd pers; it does not take a subject)

1 to flash

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VI

1) (Met)

relampagueó toda la noche — there was lightning all night

2) (=arrojar luz) to flash

3) Caribe (=parpadear) to twinkle, flicker; (=brillar) to gleam, shine

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1.
verbo impersonal

estuvo relampagueando — there were some flashes of lightning

relampagueó — the lightning flashed
2.
relampaguear vi ojos to flash

le relampagueaban los ojos de ira — her eyes flashed with anger

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= flash.

Ex. Since Disc #1 is not in the CD-ROM drive the system 'queues' your requests by placing it into the 'disc queue' (shown flashing below).

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* llueva, truene o relampaguee = come hell or high water.

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1.
verbo impersonal

estuvo relampagueando — there were some flashes of lightning

relampagueó — the lightning flashed
2.
relampaguear vi ojos to flash

le relampagueaban los ojos de ira — her eyes flashed with anger

* * *

= flash.

Ex: Since Disc \#1 is not in the CD-ROM drive the system 'queues' your requests by placing it into the 'disc queue' (shown flashing below).

* llueva, truene o relampaguee = come hell or high water.

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relampaguear [A1 ]

v impers

ha estado relampagueando toda la tarde there have been flashes of lightning o there has been lightning all afternoon

vi

to flash

le relampagueaban los ojos de ira her eyes flashed with anger

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relampaguear
I verbo intransitivo to flash
II v impers Meteo to lighten: está relampagueando, there's some lightning

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relampaguear

♦ v impersonal

relampagueó lightning flashed

♦ vi

to flash

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relampaguear

v/i

:

relampagueó y tronó mucho there was a lot of thunder and lightning

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relampaguear vi

: to flash

Spanish-English dictionary > relampaguear
5 amenaza

f.

threat.

amenaza de bomba bomb scare

amenaza de muerte death threat

pres.indicat.

3^rd person singular (él/ella/ello) present indicative of spanish verb: amenazar.

imperat.

2^nd person singular (tú) Imperative of Spanish verb: amenazar.

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amenaza

► nombre femenino

1 threat, menace

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noun f.

menace, threat

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SF threat

amenaza amarilla — yellow peril

amenaza de bomba — bomb scare

amenaza de muerte — death threat

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femenino threat

no me vengas con amenazas — don't threaten me

amenaza de algo: amenaza de bomba/muerte bomb/death threat; respondieron con amenaza de huelga — they responded by threatening to strike

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= threat, menace.

Ex. The ' threat' is less tangible when viewed from the standpoint of providers and consumers of such courses.

Ex. Fears in the late 1960s about the menace of pollution led to the creation of programmes on environmental protection.

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* amenaza asimétrica = asymmetric threat.

* amenaza comunista, la = red scare, the, red menace, the.

* amenaza de bomba = bomb threat.

* amenaza de guerra = threat of war.

* amenaza de tormenta = gathering storm.

* amenaza ficticia = bogeyman [bogeymen], bogey [bogie].

* amenaza militar = military threat.

* amenaza nuclear = nuclear threat.

* amenaza terrorista = terror threat.

* bajo amenaza = under threat.

* estado de amnaza terrorista = terror alert.

* hacer frente a una amenaza = address + threat.

* ¿incentivos o amenazas? = the carrot vs. the stick.

* incentivos y amenazas = carrots and sticks.

* insultos y amenazas racistas = hate speech.

* lanzar amenazas = rattle + Posesivo + saber.

* libre de la amenaza de = unthreatened (by).

* presentar una amenaza = pose + threat.

* romper con una amenaza = slay + dragon.

* sin la amenaza de = unthreatened (by).

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femenino threat

no me vengas con amenazas — don't threaten me

amenaza de algo: amenaza de bomba/muerte bomb/death threat; respondieron con amenaza de huelga — they responded by threatening to strike

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= threat, menace.

Ex: The ' threat' is less tangible when viewed from the standpoint of providers and consumers of such courses.

Ex: Fears in the late 1960s about the menace of pollution led to the creation of programmes on environmental protection.

* amenaza asimétrica = asymmetric threat.

* amenaza comunista, la = red scare, the, red menace, the.

* amenaza de bomba = bomb threat.

* amenaza de guerra = threat of war.

* amenaza de tormenta = gathering storm.

* amenaza ficticia = bogeyman [bogeymen], bogey [bogie].

* amenaza militar = military threat.

* amenaza nuclear = nuclear threat.

* amenaza terrorista = terror threat.

* bajo amenaza = under threat.

* estado de amnaza terrorista = terror alert.

* hacer frente a una amenaza = address + threat.

* ¿incentivos o amenazas? = the carrot vs. the stick.

* incentivos y amenazas = carrots and sticks.

* insultos y amenazas racistas = hate speech.

* lanzar amenazas = rattle + Posesivo + saber.

* libre de la amenaza de = unthreatened (by).

* presentar una amenaza = pose + threat.

* romper con una amenaza = slay + dragon.

* sin la amenaza de = unthreatened (by).

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amenaza

feminine

1 (aviso, intimidación) threat

no me vengas con amenazas don't threaten me

amenaza DE algo:

intentó asustarlos con amenazas de cerrar la fábrica he tried to frighten them by threatening to o with threats to close down the factory

la amenaza de bomba the bomb threat o warning

amenaza de muerte death threat

2 (peligro, riesgo) threat

con amenaza de lluvias en el oeste with a threat of rain in the west

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Del verbo amenazar: ( conjugate amenazar)

amenaza es:

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

2ª persona singular (tú) imperativo

Multiple Entries:
amenaza
amenazar
amenaza sustantivo femenino
threat;
◊ no me vengas con amenazas don't threaten me;

amenaza de bomba/muerte bomb/death threat
amenazar ( conjugate amenazar) verbo transitivo
a) [ persona] to threaten;

◊ nos amenazó con llamar a la policía he threatened to call the police

b) ( dar indicios de):

◊ esas nubes amenazan lluvia those clouds look threatening

verbo intransitivo amenaza con hacer algo to threaten to do sth
amenaza v impers (Meteo):
◊ amenaza tormenta there's a storm brewing;

amenaza lluvia it's threatening to rain
amenaza sustantivo femenino threat, menace: estas medidas son una amenaza para el futuro de la empresa, these measures are a threat to the future of the company
amenazar verbo transitivo to threaten: los secuestradores le amenazaron de muerte, the kidnappers threatened to kill him

' amenaza' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
amago
- fantasma
- O
- peligro
- velada
- velado
- amenazar
- ay
- eh
- espectro
- responder
- ruina
English:
danger
- implicit
- menace
- pose
- settle
- stave off
- threat
- utter
- veiled
- bomb
- scare
- whole

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amenaza nf

threat;

proferir amenazas contra alguien to threaten sb;

una amenaza para el medio ambiente a threat to the environment, an environmental hazard;

lo hizo bajo amenaza she did it under duress

Comp
amenaza de bomba bomb scare;
amenaza de muerte death threat

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amenaza

f threat

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amenaza nf

: threat, menace

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amenaza n threat

hacer una amenaza a alguien to threaten somebody

Spanish-English dictionary > amenaza
6 despeje

m.

clearance (sport).

pres.subj.

1^st person singular (yo) Present Subjunctive of Spanish verb: despejar.

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despeje

► nombre masculino

1 clearance

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SM

1) (Dep) clearance

2) [de mente] clarity, clearness of mind

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masculino

1) (de camino, espacio) clearing

2) (Dep) clearance; ( en fútbol americano) punt

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masculino

1) (de camino, espacio) clearing

2) (Dep) clearance; ( en fútbol americano) punt

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despeje

masculine

A (de un camino, espacio) clearing

B ( Dep) clearance; (en fútbol americano) punt

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Del verbo despejar: ( conjugate despejar)

despejé es:

1ª persona singular (yo) pretérito indicativo

despeje es:

1ª persona singular (yo) presente subjuntivo

3ª persona singular (él/ella/usted) presente subjuntivo

3ª persona singular (él/ella/usted) imperativo

Multiple Entries:
despejar
despeje
despejar ( conjugate despejar) verbo transitivo
1
a) (desocupar, desalojar) to clear

b) ‹ nariz› to unblock, clear;

◊ el paseo me despejó the walk cleared my head

2 ‹ balón› ( en fútbol) to clear;
( en fútbol americano) to punt
verbo intransitivo ( en fútbol) to clear;
( en fútbol americano) to punt
despeje v impers (Meteo) to clear up
despejarse verbo pronominal ( espabilarse) to wake (oneself) up;
( desembotarse) to clear one's head;
[ borracho] to sober up
despejar verbo transitivo
1 (quitar obstáculos, vaciar) to clear
2 (aclarar un misterio, una duda) to clear up
3 Mat to work out the value of
4 Ftb (el balón) to clear
despeje m Dep clearance: gracias al fabuloso despeje del portero ganamos el partido, thanks to the fabulous clearance of the goalkeeper, we won the game
' despeje' also found in these entries:
English:
clearance

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despeje nm
[en deporte] clearance;
hacer un despeje to clear the ball, to make a clearance;

hacer un despeje de cabeza/puños to head/punch the ball clear

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despeje

m DEP clearance

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despeje nm

1) : clearing

2) : punt (in sports)

Spanish-English dictionary > despeje
7 clarear

v.

1 to light up.

2 to clear up, to brighten up.

saldremos cuando claree we'll go out when it clears up

3 to dawn, to break day.

Clareó luego de una interminable noche It dawned after an endless night.

4 to get clear, to clear, to lighten, to light up.

Clareó luego de una terrible tempestad It got clear after a terrible storm

5 to dawn upon.

Nos clareó el significado The meaning dawned upon us.

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clarear

► verbo transitivo

1 (dar claridad) to light up, illuminate

2 (aclarar un color) to make lighter

■ tienes que clarear ese azul you have to make that blue lighter

► verbo intransitivo (Used only in the 3rd pers; it does not take a subject)

1 (amanecer) to dawn

2 (despejar el cielo) to clear up

► verbo pronominal clarearse

1 (transparentarse) to let the light through, be transparent

2 figurado (delatarse) to give oneself away

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1. VI

1) (Meteo) (=despejarse) to clear up

2) [al amanecer] [día] to dawn, break; [cielo] to grow light

ya empieza a clarear — it's starting to get light now

3) (=escasear)

con la altura el monte ya clarea — as you go up the vegetation becomes more sparse

ya le empieza a clarear el pelo — he's beginning to lose his hair

4) (=transparentarse) [tela] to be transparent

ya empiezan a clarearle las sienes — he's beginning to go grey at the temples

2.

VT (=iluminar) to light up; (=aclarar) to make lighter

3.

See:

clarearse

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1.
verbo impersonal

a) ( amanecer)

estaba clareando — it was getting light o day was breaking

b) (Meteo)

comenzó a clarear — the sky/the clouds began to clear
2.
clarear vi ( pelo) to go gray*/white

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1.
verbo impersonal

a) ( amanecer)

estaba clareando — it was getting light o day was breaking

b) (Meteo)

comenzó a clarear — the sky/the clouds began to clear
2.
clarear vi ( pelo) to go gray*/white

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clarear [A1 ]

v impers

1

(amanecer): clareaba cuando se pusieron en camino it was getting light o day was breaking when they set out

2 ( Meteo):

comenzó a clarear the sky/the clouds began to clear

vi

to go gray*/white

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clarear ( conjugate clarear) v impers
a) ( amanecer):

◊ estaba clareando it was getting light o day was breaking

b) (Meteo):

◊ comenzó a clarear the sky/the clouds began to clear

verbo intransitivo [ pelo] to go gray^{( conjugate gray)}/white
clarear verbo intransitivo
1 (despuntar el alba) to dawn
2 (despejarse el cielo) to clear up
3 (perder tupidez o intensidad de color) to wear thin, become transparent
' clarear' also found in these entries:
English:
thin out
- dawn

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clarear

♦ vt

to light up

♦ v impersonal

1. [amanecer]
empezaba a clarear dawn was breaking

2. [despejarse] to clear up, to brighten up;

saldremos cuando claree we'll go out when it clears up

♦ See also the pronominal verb clarearse

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clarear

v/i del cielo get light;

al clarear el día at daybreak

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clarear v impers

1) : to clear, to clear up

2) : to get light, to dawn

clarear vi

: to go gray, to turn white

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clarear vb to get light

Spanish-English dictionary > clarear
8 abrir

v.

1 to open.

la tienda abre a las cinco the shop opens at five (o'clock)

Ricardo abre la celda de Mario Richard opens Mario's cell.

El Dr. Zus abre el abdomen Dr. Zus opens=cuts open the abdomen.

2 to dig.

le abrieron la cabeza de un botellazo they smashed his head open with a bottle

abrir paso o camino (también figurative) to clear the way

3 to open (negocio, colegio, mercado).

4 to whet (apetito).

la natación abre el apetito swimming makes you hungry

5 to head.

6 to open the door (abrir la puerta).

¡abra, policía! open up, it's the police!

7 to draw open, to open.

Ricardo abre las cortinas Richard draws the curtains open.

8 to turn on.

Ricardo abre el paso de corriente Richard turns on the electricity.

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abrir

(pp abierto,-a)

► verbo transitivo

1 (gen) to open

■ abre la ventana open the window

■ abriré esta botella de cava I'll open this bottle of cava

■ abrid vuestros libros en la página diez open your books at page ten

■ ya puedes abrir los ojos you can open your eyes now

■ quisiera abrir una cuenta corriente I would like to open a current account

2 (con llave) to unlock

■ sacó una llave y abrió la caja he took out a key and unlocked the safe

3 (cremallera) to undo

■ abrió la cremallera de la maleta she undid the zip on the case, she unzipped the case

4 (negocio) to open

■ van a abrir un bar en la esquina they're going to open a bar on the corner

5 (túnel) to dig; (agujero) to make

6 (luz) to switch on, turn on; (gas, grifo) to turn on

7 (iniciar) to start, begin

■ abrieron una investigación para aclarar la causa del incendio they started an investigation into the causes of the fire

8 (encabezar) to head, lead

■ un niño con una cruz abría la procesión a boy with a cross headed the procession

► verbo pronominal abrirse

1 (gen) to open

■ la puerta se abre hacia fuera the door opens outwards

■ le dieron puntos para que no se le abriera la herida they gave her stitches so that the wound wouldn't open

2 (flor) to open, come out

■ las rosas se están abriendo the roses are opening

3 (iniciarse) to begin, start, open

■ la película se abre con una escena muy bella the film opens with a very beautiful scene

4 (extenderse) to spread out, unfold

5 (dar) to open (a, onto), look (a, onto)

■ la casa se abre al mar the house looks onto the sea

6 (ligamentos) to sprain

7 figurado (sincerarse) to open out

8 argot (largarse) to clear off, be off,

■ ¡adiós, me abro! bye, I'm off!, US I'm out of here!

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FRASEOLOGÍA

abrir fuego MILITAR to open fire

abrir la mano figurado to relax standards

abrir paso to make way

abrir un expediente DERECHO to start proceedings

abrir una posibilidad to open up a possibility

■ la nueva ley abre la posibilidad de que los terroristas se reinserten en la sociedad the new law makes it possible for terrorists to be reintegrated into society

abrirle la cabeza a alguien familiar to smash somebody's head in

abrirse paso en la vida figurado to make one's way in life

en un abrir y cerrar de ojos familiar in the twinkling of an eye

no abrir (la) boca figurado not to say a word

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verb

1) to open

2) unlock

3) undo

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( pp abierto)
1. VT

1) [algo que estaba cerrado]

a) [+ puerta, armario, libro, ojos] to open; [+ cremallera, bragueta] to undo

abre la ventana — open the window

abrir una puerta/ventana de par en par — to open a door/window wide

le abrían las cartas — they were opening his letters

abre la boca — open your mouth; [en el dentista] open wide

no encuentro la llave para abrir la puerta — I can't find the key to open o unlock the door

abrid el libro por la página 50 — turn to page 50 in the book, open the book at page 50

- en un abrir y cerrar de ojos

b) [desplegando] [+ mapa, mantel] to spread out; [+ paraguas] to open, put up; [+ mano, abanico, paracaídas] to open

c) [haciendo una abertura] [+ pozo] to sink; [+ foso, cimientos] to dig; [+ agujero, perforación] to make, bore; [+ camino] to clear; LAm [+ bosque] to clear

tuvimos que abrir camino cortando ramas — we had to cut a path through the branches

he abierto un sendero en el jardín — I've made a path in the garden

la explosión abrió una brecha en la pared — the explosion blew a hole in the wall

las lluvias han abierto socavones en las calles — the rain has caused potholes to appear on the streets

d) [haciendo un corte] [+ sandía] to cut open; [+ herida] to open

abre el pan por la mitad — cut the loaf in half

e) [+ grifo, luz, agua] to turn on; [+ válvula] to open

abre el grifo del agua caliente — turn the hot water tap on

abre un poco más el grifo — open the tap a bit more

¿has abierto el gas? — have you turned the gas on?

2) (=encabezar) [+ manifestación, desfile] to lead, head; [+ baile] to open, lead off; [+ lista] to head

3) (=inaugurar)

a) [+ acto, ceremonia] to open

se acaban de volver a abrir las negociaciones con los sindicatos — negotiations with the unions have been reopened

el plazo para las solicitudes se abre en abril — applications may be made from April

ya han abierto el plazo de matrícula — registration has already started

b) (Com) [+ negocio] to set up, start; [+ cuenta] to open

ha decidido abrir su propio negocio — she has decided to set up o start her own business

han abierto un centro de atención al cliente — they've opened a customer service centre

he abierto la cuenta con 400 euros — I opened the account with 400 euros

abrir un expediente a algn — [investigación] to open a file on sb; [proceso] to begin proceedings against sb

abrir una información — to open o start an inquiry

c) (Tip)

abrir comillas — to open quotes

abrir paréntesis — to open brackets

d) (Mil)

¡abran fuego! — (open) fire!

4) (=ampliar) [+ perspectivas] to open up

este acuerdo abre nuevas perspectivas de paz — this agreement offers new hope of peace

vivir en el extranjero le abrió la mente — living abroad opened up his mind o made him more open-minded

estos países han abierto sus economías — these countries have opened their economy up

5) [+ apetito]

las vitaminas te abrirán el apetito — taking vitamins will improve your appetite

ese olor me está abriendo el apetito — that smell is making me hungry

esta selección abre el apetito a los lectores — this selection is intended to whet the readers' appetite

2. VI

1) [puerta, cajón] to open

esta puerta no abre — this door won't open

2) [persona] to open the door, open up

¡abre, soy yo! — open the door o open up, it's me!

llamé pero no abrió nadie — I knocked at the door, but nobody answered

esta llave no abre bien — this key is a bit stiff

3) [comercio, museo] to open

las tiendas abren a las diez — the shops open at ten o'clock

los sábados no abrimos al público — we're not open to the public on Saturdays

el banco abre de 9 a 1 — the bank is open from 9 to 1

el almacén volverá a abrir en septiembre — the warehouse will reopen in September

4) [flor] to open

5) [en operación quirúrgica]

vamos a tener que abrir — we're going to have to open him up

6) (Meteo) to clear up

parece que está empezando a abrir — it looks like it's starting to clear up

7) (Bridge) to open

abrir de tres a un palo — to open three in a suit

abrir de corazones — to open (with a bid in) hearts

8) Caribe * (=huir) to escape, run off

3.

See:

abrirse

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1.
verbo transitivo

1) ( en general) to open; < paraguas> to open, put up; < mapa> to open out, unfold; < cortinas> to open, draw back; < persianas> to raise, pull up; < cremallera> to undo

2) <llave/gas> to turn on; < válvula> to open; < cerradura> to unlock

3)

a) <zanja/túnel> to dig; < agujero> to make

le abrió la cabeza de una pedrada — he hit her with a stone and gashed her head

b) < absceso> to open... up; < paciente> (fam) to open... up (colloq)

4)

a) <comercio/museo> ( para el quehacer diario) to open; ( inaugurar) to open (up)

¿a qué hora abren la taquilla? — what time does the box office open?

abrir algo al público — to open something to the public

b) <carretera/aeropuerto> to open; < frontera> to open (up)

c) (Com) to open up

5)

a) ( iniciar) < cuenta bancaria> to open; < negocio> to start, set up; < suscripción> to take out; < caso> to open; < investigación> to begin, set up

el plazo para la presentación de solicitudes se abrirá el 2 de junio — applications will be accepted from June 2

no han abierto la matrícula aún — registration hasn't begun yet

b) <acto/debate/baile> to open

c) <desfile/cortejo> to head, lead

d) <paréntesis/comillas> to open

e)

abrir fuego — to open fire

6) < apetito> to whet

7) < perspectivas> to open up; < etapa> to mark the beginning of

el acuerdo abre un panorama desolador — the agreement points to a bleak future

8) ( hacer más receptivo)

le abrió la mente — it made her more open-minded

abrir algo a algo — to open something up to something

para abrir nuestro país a nuevas tendencias — to open our country up to new trends
2.
abrir vi

1) persona to open up

abre! soy yo — open the door o open up! it's me

2) puerta/cajón to open

esta ventana no abre (bien) — this window doesn't open (properly)

3) comercio/museo to open

abre de nueve a tres — it opens from nine till three

4) acto/ceremonia to open; (Jueg) to open
3.
abrir v impers (fam) (Meteo)

parece que quiere abrir — it looks as if it's going to clear up
4.
abrirse v pron

1)

a) puerta/ventana to open

abrirse a algo — a jardín/corredor to open onto something

b) flor/almeja to open; paracaídas to open

2)

a) (refl) <chaqueta/cremallera> to undo

b) ( rajarse) madera/costura to split

se cayó y se abrió la cabeza — she fell and split her head open

3)

a) (liter) ( ofrecerse a la vista) to appear, unfold

un espléndido panorama se abrió ante sus ojos — the most wonderful view unfolded before their eyes (liter)

b) porvenir to lie ahead; perspectivas to open up

con este descubrimiento se abren nuevos horizontes — this discovery opens up new horizons

4) período/era to begin

con este tratado se abre una nueva etapa — this treaty marks o heralds a new era

5)

a) ( confiarse)

abrirse a alguien — to open up to somebody

b) ( hacerse más receptivo)

abrirse a algo — to open to something

c) ( hacerse más accesible)

abrirse a alguien/algo — to open up to somebody/something

China se ha abierto a los extranjeros — China has opened up to foreigners

6) (AmL fam) ( echarse atrás) to back out, get cold feet

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= forge, open up, open, unfold, unfurl, unlock, splay, unzip.

Nota: Aplicado generalmente a cremalleras.

Ex. This article calls on libraries to forge a renewed national commitment to cooperate in the building of a national information network for scholarly communications.

Ex. Here is a key paper by a non librarian which opens up a new and constructive approach to library purpose.

Ex. The 1st phase of a cultural centre, with library, art gallery, swimming pool, cafe and day centre for the elderly, was opened in Sept 87.

Ex. This algorithm handles cyclic graphs without unfolding the cycles nor looping through them.

Ex. This volume is in fact three books shuffled together under one luscious cover, unfurling as a fantasia on technique that explores, among other things, Mau's riffs on modernism.

Ex. This allows borrowers to browse but it is tedious for staff to keep unlocking the case every time a cassette is borrowed or returned.

Ex. Walk your feet up the wall, then take the belt and place it on your upper arms right above your elbows to keep your arms from splaying.

Ex. The full-length, two-direction zipper makes it easy to get on and off, and the bottom is easy to unzip for diaper changes.

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* ¡ábrete sésamo! = open sesame!.

* abrir arrancando = rip + open.

* abrir camino (a) = make + way (for).

* abrir con lanceta = lance.

* abrir con llave = unlock.

* abrir cortando = lance.

* abrir de nuevo = reopen [re-open].

* abrir de un empujón = fling + open.

* abrir dinamitando = blast.

* abrir el apetito = whet + the appetite.

* abrir el corazón = bare + Posesivo + soul.

* abrir el debate = open + the debate.

* abrir el mercado = open up + market.

* abrir forzando = force + Nombre + open.

* abrir forzando con palanca = prise + Nombre + open.

* abrir fronteras = break + new ground, break + ground.

* abrir fuego = open + fire.

* abrir haciendo palanca = pry + Nombre + open.

* abrir horizontes = open out + horizons.

* abrir la boca = open + Posesivo + mouth.

* abrir la mente = broaden + Posesivo + outlook.

* abrir la puerta a = throw + open the door to.

* abrir la puerta empujándola = push + open + door.

* abrir las puertas de = unlock.

* abrir los brazos = spread + hands.

* abrir los ojos a = open + Posesivo + eyes to.

* abrir + Nombre + al debate = open + Nombre + to discussion.

* abrir nuevas fronteras = forge + new frontiers.

* abrir nuevas posibilidades = open up + new territory, open up + possibilities, open + possibilities.

* abrir nuevos caminos = break + new ground, push + Nombre + into new latitudes, break + ground, blaze + trail.

* abrir nuevos horizontes = open + new realms, forge + new frontiers.

* abrir nuevos mercados = branch out (into), branch into.

* abrir paso (a) = make + way (for).

* abrir puertas = open + avenues, open + doors.

* abrirse = gape, swing + open, hew.

* abrirse a = render + open to, open + Posesivo + mind up to.

* abrirse a posibilidades = be open to possibilities.

* abrirse camino = plough through, elbow + Posesivo + way into, elbow into, foist + Posesivo + way into, make + Posesivo + way in the world.

* abrirse camino (a empujones) = push + Posesivo + way across/into.

* abrirse camino en el mundo = make + Posesivo + way in the world.

* abrirse camino en la vida = get on in + life.

* abrirse en espiral = spiral out.

* abrirse la cabeza = smash + Posesivo + head, smash + Posesivo + head open.

* abrirse paso = jostle, break through, elbow + Posesivo + way into, elbow into.

* abrirse un socavón = cave in.

* abrir una brecha = breach.

* abrir una cerradura con ganzúa = pick + lock.

* abrir una consulta = hang out + Posesivo + shingle.

* abrir un agujero = cut + hole.

* abrir una interrogante sobre = leave + open the question of.

* abrir una negociación = open up + negotiation.

* abrir una ventana = switch on + window.

* abrir un camino = chart + direction.

* abrir un menú = pop up + a menu.

* a medio abrir = half-opened.

* en un abrir y cerrar de ojos = in a jiffy, in the time it takes to flick a switch, at the flick of a switch, with the flick of a switch, in a flash, in no time at all, in next to no time, in no time, with the tip of a hat, in and out in a flash, in a heartbeat, as quick as a wink, at the drop of a hat, in a trice.

* en un abrir y cerrar de ojos = in the blink of an eye, in the twinkling of an eye, in a snap.

* paréntesis que abre = left parenthesis.

* sin abrir = unopened.

* sin abrirse = unfolded.

* volver a abrir = be back in business.

* * *
1.
verbo transitivo

1) ( en general) to open; < paraguas> to open, put up; < mapa> to open out, unfold; < cortinas> to open, draw back; < persianas> to raise, pull up; < cremallera> to undo

2) <llave/gas> to turn on; < válvula> to open; < cerradura> to unlock

3)

a) <zanja/túnel> to dig; < agujero> to make

le abrió la cabeza de una pedrada — he hit her with a stone and gashed her head

b) < absceso> to open... up; < paciente> (fam) to open... up (colloq)

4)

a) <comercio/museo> ( para el quehacer diario) to open; ( inaugurar) to open (up)

¿a qué hora abren la taquilla? — what time does the box office open?

abrir algo al público — to open something to the public

b) <carretera/aeropuerto> to open; < frontera> to open (up)

c) (Com) to open up

5)

a) ( iniciar) < cuenta bancaria> to open; < negocio> to start, set up; < suscripción> to take out; < caso> to open; < investigación> to begin, set up

el plazo para la presentación de solicitudes se abrirá el 2 de junio — applications will be accepted from June 2

no han abierto la matrícula aún — registration hasn't begun yet

b) <acto/debate/baile> to open

c) <desfile/cortejo> to head, lead

d) <paréntesis/comillas> to open

e)

abrir fuego — to open fire

6) < apetito> to whet

7) < perspectivas> to open up; < etapa> to mark the beginning of

el acuerdo abre un panorama desolador — the agreement points to a bleak future

8) ( hacer más receptivo)

le abrió la mente — it made her more open-minded

abrir algo a algo — to open something up to something

para abrir nuestro país a nuevas tendencias — to open our country up to new trends
2.
abrir vi

1) persona to open up

abre! soy yo — open the door o open up! it's me

2) puerta/cajón to open

esta ventana no abre (bien) — this window doesn't open (properly)

3) comercio/museo to open

abre de nueve a tres — it opens from nine till three

4) acto/ceremonia to open; (Jueg) to open
3.
abrir v impers (fam) (Meteo)

parece que quiere abrir — it looks as if it's going to clear up
4.
abrirse v pron

1)

a) puerta/ventana to open

abrirse a algo — a jardín/corredor to open onto something

b) flor/almeja to open; paracaídas to open

2)

a) (refl) <chaqueta/cremallera> to undo

b) ( rajarse) madera/costura to split

se cayó y se abrió la cabeza — she fell and split her head open

3)

a) (liter) ( ofrecerse a la vista) to appear, unfold

un espléndido panorama se abrió ante sus ojos — the most wonderful view unfolded before their eyes (liter)

b) porvenir to lie ahead; perspectivas to open up

con este descubrimiento se abren nuevos horizontes — this discovery opens up new horizons

4) período/era to begin

con este tratado se abre una nueva etapa — this treaty marks o heralds a new era

5)

a) ( confiarse)

abrirse a alguien — to open up to somebody

b) ( hacerse más receptivo)

abrirse a algo — to open to something

c) ( hacerse más accesible)

abrirse a alguien/algo — to open up to somebody/something

China se ha abierto a los extranjeros — China has opened up to foreigners

6) (AmL fam) ( echarse atrás) to back out, get cold feet

* * *

= forge, open up, open, unfold, unfurl, unlock, splay, unzip.

Nota: Aplicado generalmente a cremalleras.

Ex: This article calls on libraries to forge a renewed national commitment to cooperate in the building of a national information network for scholarly communications.

Ex: Here is a key paper by a non librarian which opens up a new and constructive approach to library purpose.

Ex: The 1st phase of a cultural centre, with library, art gallery, swimming pool, cafe and day centre for the elderly, was opened in Sept 87.

Ex: This algorithm handles cyclic graphs without unfolding the cycles nor looping through them.

Ex: This volume is in fact three books shuffled together under one luscious cover, unfurling as a fantasia on technique that explores, among other things, Mau's riffs on modernism.

Ex: This allows borrowers to browse but it is tedious for staff to keep unlocking the case every time a cassette is borrowed or returned.

Ex: Walk your feet up the wall, then take the belt and place it on your upper arms right above your elbows to keep your arms from splaying.

Ex: The full-length, two-direction zipper makes it easy to get on and off, and the bottom is easy to unzip for diaper changes.

* ¡ábrete sésamo! = open sesame!.

* abrir arrancando = rip + open.

* abrir camino (a) = make + way (for).

* abrir con lanceta = lance.

* abrir con llave = unlock.

* abrir cortando = lance.

* abrir de nuevo = reopen [re-open].

* abrir de un empujón = fling + open.

* abrir dinamitando = blast.

* abrir el apetito = whet + the appetite.

* abrir el corazón = bare + Posesivo + soul.

* abrir el debate = open + the debate.

* abrir el mercado = open up + market.

* abrir forzando = force + Nombre + open.

* abrir forzando con palanca = prise + Nombre + open.

* abrir fronteras = break + new ground, break + ground.

* abrir fuego = open + fire.

* abrir haciendo palanca = pry + Nombre + open.

* abrir horizontes = open out + horizons.

* abrir la boca = open + Posesivo + mouth.

* abrir la mente = broaden + Posesivo + outlook.

* abrir la puerta a = throw + open the door to.

* abrir la puerta empujándola = push + open + door.

* abrir las puertas de = unlock.

* abrir los brazos = spread + hands.

* abrir los ojos a = open + Posesivo + eyes to.

* abrir + Nombre + al debate = open + Nombre + to discussion.

* abrir nuevas fronteras = forge + new frontiers.

* abrir nuevas posibilidades = open up + new territory, open up + possibilities, open + possibilities.

* abrir nuevos caminos = break + new ground, push + Nombre + into new latitudes, break + ground, blaze + trail.

* abrir nuevos horizontes = open + new realms, forge + new frontiers.

* abrir nuevos mercados = branch out (into), branch into.

* abrir paso (a) = make + way (for).

* abrir puertas = open + avenues, open + doors.

* abrirse = gape, swing + open, hew.

* abrirse a = render + open to, open + Posesivo + mind up to.

* abrirse a posibilidades = be open to possibilities.

* abrirse camino = plough through, elbow + Posesivo + way into, elbow into, foist + Posesivo + way into, make + Posesivo + way in the world.

* abrirse camino (a empujones) = push + Posesivo + way across/into.

* abrirse camino en el mundo = make + Posesivo + way in the world.

* abrirse camino en la vida = get on in + life.

* abrirse en espiral = spiral out.

* abrirse la cabeza = smash + Posesivo + head, smash + Posesivo + head open.

* abrirse paso = jostle, break through, elbow + Posesivo + way into, elbow into.

* abrirse un socavón = cave in.

* abrir una brecha = breach.

* abrir una cerradura con ganzúa = pick + lock.

* abrir una consulta = hang out + Posesivo + shingle.

* abrir un agujero = cut + hole.

* abrir una interrogante sobre = leave + open the question of.

* abrir una negociación = open up + negotiation.

* abrir una ventana = switch on + window.

* abrir un camino = chart + direction.

* abrir un menú = pop up + a menu.

* a medio abrir = half-opened.

* en un abrir y cerrar de ojos = in a jiffy, in the time it takes to flick a switch, at the flick of a switch, with the flick of a switch, in a flash, in no time at all, in next to no time, in no time, with the tip of a hat, in and out in a flash, in a heartbeat, as quick as a wink, at the drop of a hat, in a trice.

* en un abrir y cerrar de ojos = in the blink of an eye, in the twinkling of an eye, in a snap.

* paréntesis que abre = left parenthesis.

* sin abrir = unopened.

* sin abrirse = unfolded.

* volver a abrir = be back in business.

* * *

abrir [ I33 ]

vt

A

1 ‹puerta/ventana/armario› to open ver tb puerta

2 ‹ojos/boca› to open ver tb

ojo, abrir, etc

3 ‹paquete/maleta› to open; ‹carta/sobre› to open

4 ‹botella/frasco/lata› to open

5 ‹paraguas› to open, put up; ‹abanico› to open; ‹mapa› to open out, unfold; ‹libro› to open; ‹mano› to open

6 ‹cortinas› to open, draw back; ‹persianas› to raise, pull up

B ‹grifo/agua/gas› to turn on; ‹válvula› to open

C

1 ‹zanja/túnel› to dig; ‹agujero› to make

la bomba abrió un boquete en la pared the bomb blew o blasted a hole in the wall

abrieron una entrada en la pared they made o smashed a hole in the wall

abrieron una zanja en la calzada they dug a trench in the road

le abrió la cabeza de una pedrada he hit her with a stone and gashed her head

abrió un abismo insondable entre los dos países it created a yawning gulf between the two countries

2 ‹absceso› to open … up ‹paciente›

va a haber que abrirlo ( fam); they're going to have to open him up o cut him open ( colloq)

D

1 ‹comercio/museo/restaurante› (para el quehacer diario) to open; (inaugurar) to open (up)

¿a qué hora abren el mercado? what time does the market open?

¿a qué hora abren la taquilla? what time does the box office open?

van a abrir un nuevo hospital they're going to open a new hospital

la exposición se abrirá al público mañana the exhibition will open to the public tomorrow

2 ‹carretera/aeropuerto› to open; ‹frontera› to open (up) camino m B 1. (↑ camino), paso¹ (↑ paso (1))

3 ( Com) to open up

con el fin de abrir nuevos mercados para nuestros productos with the aim of opening up new markets for our products

4 ( Inf) ‹documento/fichero› to open

E (iniciar) ‹cuenta bancaria› to open; ‹negocio› to start, set up; ‹suscripción› to take out; ‹caso› to open; ‹investigación› to begin, set up

el plazo para la presentación de solicitudes se abrirá el 2 de junio applications will be accepted from June 2

todavía no se ha abierto la matrícula registration hasn't begun yet

F

1 (dar comienzo a) ‹acto/debate/ceremonia› to open

abrieron el baile los novios the bride and groom opened the dancing

¡abran fuego! open fire!

2 ‹desfile/cortejo› to head, lead

3 ‹paréntesis/comillas› to open

G ‹apeitito› to whet

la caminata me abrió el apetito the walk whetted my appetite

H ‹perspectivas› to open up

el acuerdo abre un panorama desolador para la flota pesquera the agreement points to o ( frml) presages a bleak future for the fishing fleet

este descubrimiento abre nuevas posibilidades en este campo this discovery opens up new possibilities in this field

abriría una etapa de entendimiento mutuo it was to mark the beginning of o to herald the beginning of o to usher in a period of mutual understanding

I

(hacer más receptivo): le había abierto la mente it had made her more open-minded

abrir algo A algo to open sth up TO sth

para abrir nuestro país a las nuevas corrientes ideológicas to open our country up to new ways of thinking

■ abrir

vi

A «persona» to open up

¡abre! soy yo open the door o open up! it's me

llaman al timbre, ve a abrir there's someone ringing the bell, go and answer it

B «puerta/ventana/cajón» to open

esta ventana no abre/no abre bien this window doesn't open/doesn't open properly

C «comerciante/comercio/oficina» to open

no abrimos los domingos we don't open on Sundays, we're not open on Sundays

la biblioteca abre de nueve a tres the library is open from nine till three

el museo abrirá al público el próximo lunes the museum will open to the public next Monday

D

1 «acto/ceremonia» to open

2 ( Jueg) to open

E ( fam)

(para operar): va a haber que abrir we're going to have to open him up ( colloq), we're going to have to cut him open ( colloq)

■

v impers

( fam) ( Meteo):

parece que quiere abrir it looks as if it's going to clear up

■ abrirse

v pron

A

1 «puerta/ventana» to open

la puerta se abrió violentamente the door flew open

abrirse A algo to open INTO/ ONTO sth

las habitaciones se abren a un corredor/a un patio interior the rooms open onto a corridor/into a courtyard

2 «flor/almeja» to open

3 «paracaídas» to open

B

1 ( refl) ‹chaqueta/cremallera› to undo

2

(rajarse): se cayó y se abrió la cabeza she fell and split her head open

3 ( refl) ‹venas›

se abrió las venas he slashed his wrists

4 ‹muñeca/tobillo› to sprain

5 «madera/costura» to split

la tela se está abriendo en las costuras the fabric's going o beginning to go o beginning to split at the seams

camino m B 1. (↑ camino), paso¹ (↑ paso (1))

C

1 ( liter)

(ofrecerse a la vista): un espléndido panorama se abrió ante sus ojos the most beautiful view unfolded before their eyes ( liter)

al final de la calle se abría una plazuela the end of the street opened out into a little square

2 «perspectivas» to open up

con este descubrimiento se abren nuevos horizontes this discovery opens up new horizons

un maravilloso porvenir se abre ante nosotros a wonderful future lies ahead of us, we have a wonderful future ahead of us

D ‹período› to begin

con este tratado se abre una nueva etapa en las relaciones bilaterales this treaty marks o heralds a new era in bilateral relations

E

1 (confiarse) abrirse A algn to open up TO sb

2 (hacerse más receptivo) abrirse A algo to open up TO sth

nuestro país debe abrirse a las influencias externas our country must open up to outside influences

F

1 ( arg) (marcharse) to be off ( colloq), to take off ( AmE colloq)

yo a las cinco me abro come five o'clock I'm off o I'll be off o I'm taking off

2 ( AmL fam) (echarse atrás) to back out, get cold feet

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abrir ( conjugate abrir) verbo transitivo
1 ( en general) to open;
‹ paraguas› to open, put up;
‹ mapa› to open out, unfold;
‹ cortinas› to open, draw back;
‹ persianas› to raise, pull up;
‹ cremallera› to undo
2 ‹llave/gas› to turn on;
‹ válvula› to open;
‹ cerradura› to unlock
3
a) ‹zanja/túnel› to dig;

‹ agujero› to make
b) (fam) ‹ paciente› to open … up (colloq)

4
a) ‹comercio/museo› ( para el quehacer diario) to open;

( inaugurar) to open (up);
◊ ¿a qué hora abren la taquilla? what time does the box office open?

b) ‹carretera/aeropuerto› to open;

‹ frontera› to open (up)
5
a) ( iniciar) ‹ cuenta bancaria› to open;

‹ negocio› to start, set up;
‹ suscripción› to take out;
‹ investigación› to begin, set up;
◊ no han abierto la matrícula aún registration hasn't begun yet;

abrir fuego to open fire
b) ‹acto/debate/baile› to open

c) ‹desfile/cortejo› to head, lead

d) ‹paréntesis/comillas› to open

6 ‹ apetito› to whet
abrirse verbo pronominal
1
a) [puerta/ventana] to open;

abrirse a algo ‹a jardín/corredor› to open onto sth
b) [flor/almeja] to open;

[ paracaídas] to open
2 ( refl) ‹chaqueta/cremallera› to undo
3
a) [ porvenir] to lie ahead;

[ perspectivas] to open up;
◊ con este descubrimiento se abren nuevos horizontes this discovery opens up new horizons

b) [período/era] to begin

abrir
I verbo transitivo
1 (separar, permitir el acceso, desplegar) to open
(una cerradura) to unlock
(una cremallera) to undo
2 (una llave, un grifo) to turn on
3 (hacer una zanja, un túnel, etc) to dig
(hacer un ojal, el agujero de una ventana) to make: abriremos una ventana en esta pared, we'll make an opening for a window on this wall
4 (iniciar un discurso, una actividad) to open, start: van a abrir una tienda en la esquina, they're going to open a shop on the corner
tienes que abrir una cuenta en este banco, you've got to open an account at this bank
5 (ampliar, expandir) to open: deberíamos abrir nuestro mercado, we should open up our market
6 (rajar) to slit: cuando abrimos la sandía resultó que no estaba madura, when we cut open the watermelon we realised that it wasn't ripe
abrieron la res en canal, they slit open the animal
7 Jur a Álvarez le han abierto un expediente, they have started investigating Álvarez
II verbo intransitivo
1 to open
♦ Locuciones: en un abrir y cerrar de ojos, in the twinkling of an eye
' abrir' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
caja
- canal
- dar
- fuego
- ojo
- poner
- tardar
- zanja
- apalancar
- baile
- correr
- cuenta
- grifo
- intención
- palanca
- paso
English:
answer
- blaze
- claw
- door
- draw
- fire
- force
- get
- hurtle
- instruct
- light
- manage
- open
- open up
- prise
- put on
- put up
- reopen
- sharpen
- snap
- trice
- turn on
- twinkling
- unlock
- unwrap
- whet
- whisk away
- whisk off
- work up
- wrench
- bore
- breach
- downstairs
- gouge
- ground
- lance
- lever
- pick
- put
- quarry
- set
- sink
- splay
- start
- time
- try
- tunnel
- turn
- undo
- unopened

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abrir

♦ vt

1. [en general] to open;
[alas] to spread; [agua, gas] to turn on; [cerradura] to unlock, to open; Informát [archivo] to open; [cremallera] to undo; [melón, sandía] to cut open; [paraguas] to open; [cortinas] to open, to draw; [persianas] to raise; [frontera] to open (up);
ella abrió la caja she opened the box;

abre el grifo turn the Br tap o US faucet on;

abrir un libro to open a book;

abrir la licitación/sesión to open the bidding/session;

Comp

en un abrir y cerrar de ojos in the blink o twinkling of an eye

2. [túnel] to dig;
[canal, camino] to build; [agujero, surco] to make;
la explosión abrió un gran agujero en la pared the explosion blasted a big hole in the wall;

le abrieron la cabeza de un botellazo they smashed his head open with a bottle

3. [iniciar] [cuenta bancaria] to open;
[investigación] to open, to start
4. [inaugurar] to open;

van a abrir un nuevo centro comercial they're going to open a new shopping centre

5. [apetito] to whet;

la natación abre el apetito swimming makes you hungry

6. [signo ortográfico] to open;

abrir comillas/paréntesis to open inverted commas/brackets

7. [encabezar] [lista] to head;
[manifestación, desfile] to lead
8. [mentalidad] to open;

viajar le ha abierto la mente travelling has opened her mind o made her more open-minded

9. [posibilidades] to open up;

el acuerdo abre una nueva época de co-operación the agreement paves the way for a new era of co-operation;

la empresa intenta abrir nuevos mercados en el exterior the company is trying to open up new markets abroad

10. [comenzar] to open;

el discurso del Presidente abrió el congreso the President's speech opened the congress;

abrió su participación en el torneo con una derrota she opened o started the tournament with a defeat

11.
abrir fuego (sobre o [m5] contra) [disparar] to open fire (on)

12. también Fig
abrir paso o [m5] camino to clear the way;

su dimisión abre paso a una nueva generación his resignation clears the way for a new generation

13. Dep
abrir el juego to play a more open o expansive game

14. Fam [operar]
tuvieron que abrir al paciente para sacarle la bala they had to cut the patient open to remove the bullet

15. Col, Cuba [desbrozar] to clear

♦ vi

1. [en general] to open;

la tienda abre a las nueve the shop opens at nine (o'clock);

abrimos también los domingos [en letrero] also open on Sundays

2. [abrir la puerta] to open the door;

abre, que corra un poco el aire open the door and let a bit of air in here;

¡abra, policía! open up, it's the police!

3. [en juego de cartas] to open;

me toca abrir a mí it's my lead

4. Fam [en operación]
será una intervención sencilla, no hará falta abrir it's a straightforward procedure, we won't need to cut her open

♦ See also the pronominal verb abrirse

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abrir

< abierto>

I v/t

1 open; nuevos mercados open (up);

abrir los ojos open one’s eyes;

abrir al tráfico open to traffic;

abrir camino fig pave the way;

le abrió el apetito it gave him an appetite

2 túnel dig

3 grifo turn on

II v/i de persona open up; de ventana, puerta open (a onto);

a medio abrir half-open;

en un abrir y cerrar de ojos in the twinkling of an eye

* * *

abrir {2} vt

1) : to open

2) : to unlock, to undo

3) : to turn on (a tap or faucet)

abrir vi

: to open, to open up

♦ See also the reflexive verb abrirse

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abrir vb

1. (en general) to open

abre los ojos open your eyes

¿a qué hora abren los bancos? what time do the banks open?

2. (grifo, gas) to turn on

abre el grifo turn the tap on

Spanish-English dictionary > abrir
9 helar

v.

1 to freeze.

El viento heló las rosas The wind froze the roses.

2 to dumbfound.

3 to frostbite.

El viento frío heló mis pies The icy wind frostbit my feet.

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helar

Conjugation model [ ACERTAR], like link=acertar acertar

► verbo transitivo

1 (congelar) to freeze

2 (plantas) to kill, freeze

■ el frío ha helado los geranios the frost has killed the geraniums

► verbo intransitivo (Used only in the 3rd person; it does not take a subject)

1 METEREOLOGÍA to freeze

■ anoche heló it froze last night

► verbo pronominal helarse

1 (congelarse) to freeze

■ el estanque se ha helado the pond has frozen over

2 (planta) to be killed by frost

3 (persona) to freeze, freeze to death

■ me estoy helando I'm freezing

\

FRASEOLOGÍA

se me heló la sangre figurado my blood ran cold

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verb

to freeze

* * *

1. VT

1) (Meteo) to freeze, ice up

2) (=congelar) [+ líquido] to freeze; [+ bebidas] to ice, chill

3) (=pasmar) to dumbfound, amaze

4) (=aterrar) to scare to death

2.

VI (=hacer frío) (Meteo) to freeze

3.

See:

helarse

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1.
verbo transitivo/ intransitivo to freeze
2.
helar v impers

anoche heló — it went below freezing last night (AmE), there was a frost last night (BrE)
3.
helarse v pron

1)

a) río/charco to freeze (over); agua to freeze

b) plantas/cosecha to freeze

2) (fam)

a) persona to freeze

me estoy helando — I'm freezing

b) comida/café to get o go cold

* * *

= ice.

Ex. The loins were divided into 2 lots: one lot was iced immediately and the other lot was left at room temperature for 6 hours before icing.

* * *
1.
verbo transitivo/ intransitivo to freeze
2.
helar v impers

anoche heló — it went below freezing last night (AmE), there was a frost last night (BrE)
3.
helarse v pron

1)

a) río/charco to freeze (over); agua to freeze

b) plantas/cosecha to freeze

2) (fam)

a) persona to freeze

me estoy helando — I'm freezing

b) comida/café to get o go cold

* * *

= ice.

Ex: The loins were divided into 2 lots: one lot was iced immediately and the other lot was left at room temperature for 6 hours before icing.

* * *

helar [A5 ]

vt

1 ‹estanque/agua› to freeze

2 ‹plantas/cosecha› to freeze

■ helar

vi

«congelador» to freeze

■

v impers

[ Vocabulary notes (Spanish) ]

anoche heló there was a frost last night

■ helarse

v pron

A

1 «río» to freeze, freeze over; «estanque/charco» to freeze, freeze over, ice over; «agua» to freeze

2 «plantas/cosecha» to freeze

B ( fam)

1 «persona» to freeze

cierra la ventana, que me estoy helando close the window, I'm freezing

2 «comida/café» to get o go cold

* * *

helar ( conjugate helar) verbo transitivo/intransitivo
to freeze
helar v impers:
◊ anoche heló it went below freezing last night (AmE), there was a frost last night (BrE)

helarse verbo pronominal
1 [río/charco] to freeze (over);
[agua/plantas/cosecha] to freeze
2 (fam)
a) [ persona] to freeze

b) [comida/café] to get o go cold

helar
I vtr (congelar) to freeze
II verbo impersonal to freeze: anoche heló, there was a frost last night
' helar' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
hiela
English:
freeze
- frost

* * *

helar

♦ vt

1. [líquido] to freeze

2. [planta]
el frío heló las plantas the plants were caught by the frost

3. [dejar atónito] to dumbfound

♦ v impersonal

anoche heló there was a frost last night

♦ See also the pronominal verb helarse

* * *

helar

I v/t freeze

II v/i freeze;

anoche heló there was a frost last night

* * *

helar {55} v

congelar: to freeze

helar v impers

: to produce frost

anoche heló: there was frost last night

♦ See also the reflexive verb helarse

* * *

helar vb to freeze [pt. froze; pp. frozen]

el frío ha helado los charcos the puddles have frozen

el agua se hiela a 0º centígrados water freezes at 0º centigrade

anoche heló there was a frost last night

Spanish-English dictionary > helar
10 gotear

v.

1 to drip.

Esta vieja cafetera chorrea demasiado This old coffeepot drips too much.

2 to spit, to drizzle.

3 to be dripping, to be running.

Me gotea la nariz My nose is running.

* * *

gotear

► verbo intransitivo

1 (grifo) to drip; (tejado) to leak

2 (Used in 3rd person only; it does not take a subject) (lluvia) to drizzle

* * *

verb

1) to drip

2) leak

* * *

VI

1) [líquido, grifo, vela] to drip; [cañería, recipiente] to leak

pintó el techo sin gotear — he painted the ceiling without spilling a drop

2) (Meteo) to rain lightly

* * *
1.
verbo intransitivo líquido/grifo to drip; vela to drip; cañería to leak
2.
gotear v impers ( lloviznar) to spit, drizzle

* * *

= trickle, dribble, leak, drip, spring + a leak.

Ex. Data buffers receive data from the computer and let it ' trickle through' to the printer at the appropriate speed, thus freeing the computer for the next task.

Ex. Beaten stuff was dribbled steadily across the width of an endless belt of woven wire which carried it away from the vat in an even film = La pasta de papel goteaba constantemente sobrre una cinta sin fin hecha de tela metálica, o tamiz, que la transportaba desde la tina formando una capa uniforme.

Ex. The article is entitled 'Sometimes the roof doesn't just leak, it caves in!'.

Ex. The film seemed like a cross between theatrics and hippiedom, including the disembowelment of a bull, a unison hooting of brass bands, and the creation of paintings by dripping blood onto white surfaces.

Ex. While the region grapples with fixing its sewer infrastructure, another set of underground pipes are springing leaks.

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* que gotea = leaky [leakier -comp., leakiest -sup], leaking.

* * *
1.
verbo intransitivo líquido/grifo to drip; vela to drip; cañería to leak
2.
gotear v impers ( lloviznar) to spit, drizzle

* * *

= trickle, dribble, leak, drip, spring + a leak.

Ex: Data buffers receive data from the computer and let it ' trickle through' to the printer at the appropriate speed, thus freeing the computer for the next task.

Ex: Beaten stuff was dribbled steadily across the width of an endless belt of woven wire which carried it away from the vat in an even film = La pasta de papel goteaba constantemente sobrre una cinta sin fin hecha de tela metálica, o tamiz, que la transportaba desde la tina formando una capa uniforme.

Ex: The article is entitled 'Sometimes the roof doesn't just leak, it caves in!'.

Ex: The film seemed like a cross between theatrics and hippiedom, including the disembowelment of a bull, a unison hooting of brass bands, and the creation of paintings by dripping blood onto white surfaces.

Ex: While the region grapples with fixing its sewer infrastructure, another set of underground pipes are springing leaks.

* que gotea = leaky [leakier -comp., leakiest -sup], leaking.

* * *

gotear [A1 ]

vi

«líquido» to drip; «grifo/vela» to drip; «cañería» to leak

■

v impers

(lloviznar) [ Vocabulary notes (Spanish) ] to spit, drizzle

* * *

gotear ( conjugate gotear) verbo intransitivo [líquido/grifo/vela] to drip;
[ cañería] to leak
gotear v impers ( lloviznar) to spit, drizzle
gotear verbo intransitivo & impers to drip: el grifo gotea, the tap o faucet is dripping
' gotear' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
estilar
English:
dribble
- drip
- leak

* * *

gotear

♦ vi
[líquido] to drip; [techo, depósito] to leak; Fig to trickle through;
el grifo gotea the tap is dripping

♦ v impersonal
[chispear] to spit, to drizzle
* * *

gotear

v/i drip; filtrarse leak

* * *

gotear v

1) : to drip

2) : to leak

gotear v impers

lloviznar: to drizzle

* * *

gotear vb

1. (grifo) to drip [pt. & pp. dripped]

2. (cañería) to leak

Spanish-English dictionary > gotear
11 trueno

m.

1 clap of thunder (Meteo).

truenos thunder

2 thunder, boom (ruido).

pres.indicat.

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

* * *

trueno

► nombre masculino

1 thunder, thunderclap

2 familiar (joven) hare brain

* * *

noun m.

thunder

* * *

SM

1) (Meteo)

un trueno — a clap of thunder, a thunderclap

truenos — thunder sing

2) (=ruido) [de cañón] boom, thundering

trueno gordo — * (lit) finale ( of firework display); (fig) big row, major scandal

3) * (=tarambana) wild youth, madcap; (=libertino) rake

4) Caribe (=juerga) binge *, noisy party

5) pl truenos Caribe (=zapatos) stout shoes

* * *

masculino

a) (Meteo) thunderclap, clap of thunder

truenos — thunder

b) ( de cañones) thunder

* * *

= thunder.

Ex. He then investigates the three features of the passage: the lightnings, thunders, and voices emanating from the throne.

* * *

masculino

a) (Meteo) thunderclap, clap of thunder

truenos — thunder

b) ( de cañones) thunder

* * *

= thunder.

Ex: He then investigates the three features of the passage: the lightnings, thunders, and voices emanating from the throne.

* * *

trueno

masculine

1 ( Meteo) clap of thunder, thunderclap

¿oíste los truenos? did you hear the thunder?

2 (de cañones) thunder, thundering

* * *

Del verbo tronar: ( conjugate tronar)

trueno es:

1ª persona singular (yo) presente indicativo

Multiple Entries:
tronar
trueno
tronar ( conjugate tronar) v impers
to thunder
verbo intransitivo
1 [cañones/voz] to thunder
2 (Méx fam)
a) ( en relación) to split up (colloq)

b) ( fracasar) to flop (colloq);

( en examen) to fail
verbo transitivo
1 (AmC, Méx fam) ( fusilar) to shoot
2 (Méx fam) ‹examen/alumno› to fail, flunk (AmE colloq)
trueno sustantivo masculino
a) (Meteo) thunderclap, clap of thunder;

◊ truenos thunder

b) ( de cañones) thunder

tronar verbo impersonal to thunder
trueno sustantivo masculino thunder
' trueno' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
retumbar
English:
boom
- clap
- roar
- roll
- rumble
- thunder
- thunderclap
- peal

* * *

trueno

♦ ver tronar

♦ nm

1. [por descarga eléctrica] clap of thunder;

truenos thunder;

Comp

abrir la caja de los truenos to cause a storm

2. [ruido] thunder;

se oía el trueno de las voces/del torrente you could hear the boom of voices/the thunder of the torrent;

truenos thunder, thundering

* * *

trueno

m thunder

* * *

trueno nm

: thunder

* * *

trueno n clap of thunder

se oían truenos you could hear thunder

rayos y truenos thunder and lightning

Spanish-English dictionary > trueno
12 nieve

f.

1 snow.

nieves snows, snowfall (nevada)

nieve carbónica dry ice

nieves perpetuas permanent snow

nieve en polvo powder (snow)

2 snow (informal) (cocaína).

3 sorbet, sherbet, water ice.

4 Nieve.

pres.subj.

3^rd person singular (él/ella/ello) Present Subjunctive of Spanish verb: nevar.

* * *

nieve

► nombre femenino

1 snow

* * *

noun f.

snow

* * *

SF

1) (Meteo) snow

nieve abundante o copiosa — heavy snow

copo de nieve — snowflake

las primeras nieves — the first snows, the first snowfall

nieve artificial — artificial snow

nieve en polvo — powdery snow

nieves perpetuas — perpetual snow

2) (Culin)

a punto de nieve — stiff, beaten stiff

batir a punto de nieve — to beat until stiff

3) LAm (=polo) ice lolly; (=sorbete) sorbet, water-ice

4) ** (=cocaína) snow *, coke *

5) (TV) (=interferencia) snow

* * *

femenino

1)

a) (Meteo) snow

blanco como la nieve — as white as snow

b) nieves femenino plural ( nevada) snows (pl)

2) (liter) ( blancura) snowy whiteness

3)

a) (Coc)

batir las claras a (punto de) nieve — whisk the egg whites until stiff

b) (Méx) ( helado) sorbet, water ice

4) (arg) ( cocaína) snow (sl)

* * *

= snow, snow.

Nota: Cocaína.

Ex. A scene involving the book's protagonist and a snowfall, for example, might lead to talk about the reader's experience of snow.

Ex. It would be nice for libraries to practice more creative cross-referencing, for instance introducing cross-references from Flapjacks and Hotcakes to the primary heading, PANCAKES, WAFFLES, etc.; or from 'Coke' and 'Snow' to COCAINE.

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* aislado por la nieve = snowbound.

* blanco como la nieve = snow-white.

* bloqueado por la nieve = snowbound.

* bola de cristal con nieve dentro = snow globe.

* copo de nieve = snowflake.

* cubierto de nieve = snow-covered.

* de nieve = snowy [snowier -comp., snowiest -sup.].

* efecto bola de nieve = snowball effect.

* límite de las nieves perpetuas = snowline.

* lluvia nieve = freezing rain.

* manto de nieve = cloak of white.

* más frío que la nieve = as cold as ice.

* pala de quitar nieve = snow shovel.

* pala para quitar nieve = snow shovel.

* pinzón de las nieves = snowbird.

* raqueta de andar por la nieve = snowshoe.

* raqueta para la nieve = snowshoe.

* tormenta de nieve = snowstorm, blizzard.

* * *

femenino

1)

a) (Meteo) snow

blanco como la nieve — as white as snow

b) nieves femenino plural ( nevada) snows (pl)

2) (liter) ( blancura) snowy whiteness

3)

a) (Coc)

batir las claras a (punto de) nieve — whisk the egg whites until stiff

b) (Méx) ( helado) sorbet, water ice

4) (arg) ( cocaína) snow (sl)

* * *

= snow, snow.

Nota: Cocaína.

Ex: A scene involving the book's protagonist and a snowfall, for example, might lead to talk about the reader's experience of snow.

Ex: It would be nice for libraries to practice more creative cross-referencing, for instance introducing cross-references from Flapjacks and Hotcakes to the primary heading, PANCAKES, WAFFLES, etc.; or from 'Coke' and 'Snow' to COCAINE.

* aislado por la nieve = snowbound.

* blanco como la nieve = snow-white.

* bloqueado por la nieve = snowbound.

* bola de cristal con nieve dentro = snow globe.

* copo de nieve = snowflake.

* cubierto de nieve = snow-covered.

* de nieve = snowy [snowier -comp., snowiest -sup.].

* efecto bola de nieve = snowball effect.

* límite de las nieves perpetuas = snowline.

* lluvia nieve = freezing rain.

* manto de nieve = cloak of white.

* más frío que la nieve = as cold as ice.

* pala de quitar nieve = snow shovel.

* pala para quitar nieve = snow shovel.

* pinzón de las nieves = snowbird.

* raqueta de andar por la nieve = snowshoe.

* raqueta para la nieve = snowshoe.

* tormenta de nieve = snowstorm, blizzard.

* * *

nieve

feminine

A

1 ( Meteo) snow

blanco como or más blanco que la nieve as white as snow, snow-white

2 nieves fpl (nevada) snows (pl)

las primeras nieves del año the first snows o snowfalls o snow of the year

Compuesto:

nieves eternas or perpetuas

fpl perennial snows (pl), permanent snow

B ( liter) (blancura) snowy whiteness

C

1 ( Coc):

batir las claras a (punto de) nieve whisk the egg whites until stiff o until they form peaks

2 ( Méx) (helado) sorbet, water ice

D ( arg) (cocaína) snow (sl)

* * *

Del verbo nevar: ( conjugate nevar)

nieve es:

1ª persona singular (yo) presente subjuntivo

3ª persona singular (él/ella/usted) presente subjuntivo

3ª persona singular (él/ella/usted) imperativo

Multiple Entries:
nevar
nieve
nevar ( conjugate nevar) v impers
to snow
nieve sustantivo femenino
a) (Meteo) snow

b) (Coc):

◊ batir las claras a (punto de) nieve whisk the egg whites until stiff

c) (Méx) ( helado) sorbet, water ice

nevar verbo impersonal to snow
nieve sustantivo femenino
1 Meteor snow
2 argot (cocaína) snow
' nieve' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
cañón
- copo
- cuajar
- derretir
- derretirse
- incomunicada
- incomunicado
- precipitación
- raqueta
- ventisquero
- alud
- amanecer
- bola
- cadena
- capa
- crujido
- crujir
- cubrir
- deshacer
- espeso
- fundir
- hundir
- mono
- muñeco
- punto
- raro
- sepultar
- temporal
- tormenta
English:
account
- come up to
- drift
- fall
- flake
- flurry
- footprint
- from
- havoc
- in
- lie
- plough through
- settle
- shovel
- slush
- slushy
- snow
- snow in
- snow machine
- snow-blind
- snow-blindness
- snow-covered
- snowball
- snowbound
- snowdrift
- snowflake
- snowman
- snowshoe
- snowy
- takeoff
- thick
- bank
- ice

* * *

nieve nf

1. [precipitación] snow

Comp
nieve carbónica dry ice;
nieves perpetuas permanent snow;

nieve en polvo powder (snow)

2.
nieves [nevada] snows, snowfall

3. Fam [cocaína] snow

4. Carib, Méx [dulce] sorbet

* * *

nieve

f

1 snow;

nieve polvo powder snow

2 Méx

water ice, sorbet

* * *

nieve nf

1) : snow

2) Cuba, Mex, PRi : sherbet

* * *

nieve n snow

Spanish-English dictionary > nieve
13 refrescar

v.

1 to refresh.

2 to be refreshing (bebida).

3 to brush up (conocimientos).

refrescar la memoria a alguien to refresh somebody's memory

4 to cool down.

* * *

refrescar

Conjugation model [ SACAR], like link=sacar sacar

► verbo transitivo

1 (poner fresco) to cool, refresh

2 figurado (la memoria) to refresh; (idiomas) to brush up on

■ necesito refrescar un poco el francés I need to brush up on my French a bit

► verbo intransitivo

1 (el tiempo) to get cooler, cool down, turn cooler

2 (comida, bebida) to be refreshing

► verbo pronominal refrescarse

1 (gen) to cool down, cool off; (lavarse) to freshen up; (tomar el fresco) to get a breath of fresh air

2 (beber) to have a cold drink

* * *

verb

to refresh

* * *

1. VT

1) (=enfriar) to cool, cool down

2) [+ conocimiento] to brush up, polish up

refrescar la memoria — to refresh one's memory

3) [+ acto] to repeat; [+ enemistad, interés] to renew

2. VI

1) (Meteo) to get cooler, cool down

en septiembre ya refresca — it starts to get cooler in September

2) [bebida] to be refreshing

3) Méx (Med) to get better

3.

See:

refrescarse

* * *
1.
verbo transitivo

a) < bebida> to cool; < ambiente> to make... fresher o cooler

b) < conocimientos> to brush up (on)

te voy a refrescar la memoria — let me refresh your memory
2.
refrescar v impers to turn cooler
3.
refrescarse v pron to cool (oneself) down

* * *

= refresh, freshen, buff up on, brush up on.

Ex. It thrives on ambiguity, irony, paradox, which bring the disparate and hitherto unconnected into relationship, revealing new shades of meaning, or refreshing the worn, the tired, the cliched.

Ex. Baking soda can also freshen musty carpets by simply sprinkling on it.

Ex. The author also displays a need to buff up on her mastery of today's street slang.

Ex. The course targets people who would like to either like to brush up on their French or even learn French from scratch.

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* que ayuda a refrescar la memoria = memory-jogging.

* refrescar la memoria = jog + Posesivo + memory, refresh + memory.

* refrescarse = cool down, cool off.

* * *
1.
verbo transitivo

a) < bebida> to cool; < ambiente> to make... fresher o cooler

b) < conocimientos> to brush up (on)

te voy a refrescar la memoria — let me refresh your memory
2.
refrescar v impers to turn cooler
3.
refrescarse v pron to cool (oneself) down

* * *

= refresh, freshen, buff up on, brush up on.

Ex: It thrives on ambiguity, irony, paradox, which bring the disparate and hitherto unconnected into relationship, revealing new shades of meaning, or refreshing the worn, the tired, the cliched.

Ex: Baking soda can also freshen musty carpets by simply sprinkling on it.

Ex: The author also displays a need to buff up on her mastery of today's street slang.

Ex: The course targets people who would like to either like to brush up on their French or even learn French from scratch.

* que ayuda a refrescar la memoria = memory-jogging.

* refrescar la memoria = jog + Posesivo + memory, refresh + memory.

* refrescarse = cool down, cool off.

* * *

refrescar [A2 ]

vt

1 (enfriar) ‹bebida› to cool; ‹ambiente› to make … fresher o cooler

2 ‹conocimientos› to brush up (on) memoria

■

v impers

to turn cooler

por la noche ya refresca the nights are already getting o turning cooler

abrígate, que ha refrescado wrap up well, the weather's turned cooler o it's turned cooler

■ refrescarse

v pron

to cool (oneself) down

* * *

refrescar ( conjugate refrescar) verbo transitivo
a) ‹ bebida› to cool;

‹ ambiente› to make … fresher o cooler
b) ‹ conocimientos› to brush up (on)

refrescar v impers to turn cooler
refrescar
I verbo transitivo
1 to refresh
(enfriar) to cool
2 familiar (la memoria, los conocimientos) to refresh, brush up (on)
II vi (el tiempo) to get cooler
' refrescar' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
gaznate
English:
jog
- nudge
- refresh
- sweeten
- freshen

* * *

refrescar

♦ vt

1. [enfriar] to refresh;
[bebidas] to chill
2. [conocimientos] to brush up;

refrescar la memoria a alguien to refresh sb's memory

3. Informát to refresh

♦ vi
[bebida] to be refreshing
♦ v impersonal

esta noche refrescará it will get cooler tonight

♦ See also the pronominal verb refrescarse

* * *

refrescar

I v/t

1 tb fig

refresh

2 conocimientos brush up

II v/i cool down

* * *

refrescar {72} vt

1) : to refresh, to cool

2) : to brush up (on)

3)

refrescar la memoria : to refresh one's memory

refrescar vi

: to turn cooler

* * *

refrescar vb

1. (enfriar) to cool / to chill

las bebidas se ponen a refrescar en la nevera we put the drinks to chill in the fridge

2. (descender la temperatura) to get cooler

a mediados de septiembre ya empieza a refrescar it begins to get cooler by the middle of September

refrescar la memoria to refresh your memory

Spanish-English dictionary > refrescar
14 chispear

v.

1 to spark.

Las joyas chispean formidablemente The jewels spark formidably.

2 to sparkle.

3 to spit (with rain).

empezó a chispear a few spots of rain started to fall

4 to be witty, to sparkle.

Ese chico chispea That boy is witty.

* * *

chispear

► verbo intransitivo

1 (echar chispas) to spark, throw out sparks

2 (In this sense used only in the 3rd pers; it does not take a subject) METEREOLOGÍA to drizzle, spit

3 figurado (relucir) to sparkle, shine

■ sus ojos chispeaban de ilusión her eyes shone with hope

* * *

verb

1) to throw out sparks

2) sparkle

* * *

VI

1) [leña, fuego] to throw out sparks

2) (=destellar) to sparkle, scintillate

3) (Meteo) to drizzle

* * *
1.
verbo intransitivo

a) leña to spark

b) (Elec) to spark, give off sparks
2.
chispear v impers (fam) ( lloviznar) to spit, spot

* * *
1.
verbo intransitivo

a) leña to spark

b) (Elec) to spark, give off sparks
2.
chispear v impers (fam) ( lloviznar) to spit, spot

* * *

chispear [A1 ]

vi

1 «leña» to spark

2 ( Elec) to spark, give off sparks

■

v impers

( fam) (lloviznar) to spit, spot

* * *

chispear ( conjugate chispear) verbo intransitivo
a) [ leña] to spark

b) (Elec) to spark, give off sparks

chispear v impers (fam) ( lloviznar) to spit, spot
chispear verbo intransitivo
1 to spark, throw out sparks
2 (lloviznar) to spit, drizzle

* * *

chispear

♦ vi

1. [chisporrotear] to spark

2. [relucir] to sparkle;

un talento que chispea ocasionalmente a talent with occasional flashes of genius

♦ v impersonal
[llover] to spit (with rain);
empezó a chispear a few spots of rain started to fall

* * *

chispear

v/i

1 spark; fig

sparkle

2 de lluvia spit

* * *

chispear vi

1) : to give off sparks

2) : to sparkle

Spanish-English dictionary > chispear
15 granizar

v.

to hail.

* * *

granizar

Conjugation model [ REALIZAR], like realizar

► verbo intransitivo (3rd person only; it does not take a subject)

1 to hail

* * *

verb

to hail

* * *

VI (Meteo) to hail; (fig) to shower, rain

* * *

verbo impersonal to hail

* * *

= hail.

Ex. It was hailing cats and dogs the other day, and I was still tailgated by a moron in a large SUV (sport utilitarian vehicle).

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verbo impersonal to hail

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= hail.

Ex: It was hailing cats and dogs the other day, and I was still tailgated by a moron in a large SUV (sport utilitarian vehicle).

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granizar [A4 ]

v impers

[ Vocabulary notes (Spanish) ] to hail

está granizando it's hailing

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granizar ( conjugate granizar) v impers
to hail
granizar verbo impersonal to hail
' granizar' also found in these entries:
English:
hail

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granizar v impersonal

to hail;

está granizando it's hailing

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granizar

v/i hail

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granizar {21} v impers

: to hail

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granizar vb to hail

está granizando it's hailing

Spanish-English dictionary > granizar
16 llover

v.

to rain.

está lloviendo it's raining

está lloviendo a cántaros o a mares (figurative) it's pouring, it's bucketing down (British)

nunca llueve a gusto de todos you can't please everyone

llueve sobre mojado it's just one thing after another

él, como quien oye llover (figurative) he wasn't paying a blind bit of attention

ha llovido mucho desde entonces (figurative) a lot of water has passed o gone under the bridge since then

Llovieron piedras It rained stones.

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llover

Conjugation model [ MOVER], like link=mover mover

► verbo intransitivo (Used only in the 3rd pers; it does not take a subject)

1 to rain

■ llueve it's raining

■ no llueve desde hace meses it hasn't rained for months

■ parece que va a llover it looks like rain

\

FRASEOLOGÍA

como llovido del cielo out of the blue

como quien oye llover like water off a duck's back

ha llovido mucho desde entonces a lot of water's passed under the bridge since then

llover a cántaros to pour down, rain cats and dogs

siempre llueve sobre mojado it never rains but it pours

nunca llueve a gusto de todos you can't please everyone

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verb

to rain

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VI

1) (Meteo) to rain

está lloviendo — it is raining

- llover a cántaros

como llovido del cielo —

llegar o venir (como) llovido del cielo — [inesperado] to come (totally) out of the blue; [muy oportuno] to be a godsend, come just at the right time

- llover a mares

- está llovido en la milpita

llover sobre mojado —

luego llovió sobre mojado — then on top of all that something else happened

- ya ha llovido desde entonces

- nunca llueve a gusto de todos

- ¡cómo ahora llueve pepinos o uvas!

- siempre que llueve escampa

- llueva o truene

2)

lloverle algo a algn —

le llovieron regalos encima — he was showered with gifts

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1.
verbo impersonal to rain

parece que va a llover — it looks as though it's going to rain

nos llovió todo el fin de semana — it rained all weekend

llovió con ganas — (fam) it poured (with rain)

ha llovido mucho desde entonces — a lot of water has flowed o passed under the bridge since then

llover sobre mojado: a este pobre país le llueve sobre mojado it's just one disaster after another in this wretched country; llueva o truene come rain or shine; llueve/llovía a cántaros or mares it's/it was pouring (with rain); mandar a alguien a ver si llueve — (AmL hum) to send somebody on a fool's errand
2.
llover vi

las desgracias llovieron sobre él — misfortunes rained down on him; (+ me/te/le etc)

le llovieron regalos — she was showered with gifts

le han llovido las ofertas de trabajo — she's been inundated with job offers

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= rain.

Ex. Then early in the morning it had begun raining -- a cold, steady, autumnal downpour.

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* llover a cántaros = rain + cats and dogs, tip + it down with rain, pelt + (it down) with rain, chuck + it down with rain, piss + it down with rain, lash + it down with rain, teem with + rain, hammer + it down with rain, the heavens + open, rain + pour down, pour down, pour down with + rain.

* llover a mantas = hammer + it down with rain, teem with + rain, lash + it down with rain, piss + it down with rain, chuck + it down with rain, pelt + (it down) with rain, tip + it down with rain, rain + cats and dogs, the heavens + open, rain + pour down, pour down, pour down with + rain.

* llover a mares = rain + cats and dogs, tip + it down with rain, pelt + (it down) with rain, chuck + it down with rain, piss + it down with rain, lash + it down with rain, teem with + rain, hammer + it down with rain, the heavens + open, rain + pour down, pour down, pour down with + rain.

* llovido del cielo = heaven-sent.

* llueva o truene = come rain or shine, come hell or high water.

* llueva, truene o relampaguee = come hell or high water.

* llueve o truene = rain or shine.

* regalo llovido del cielo = boon.

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1.
verbo impersonal to rain

parece que va a llover — it looks as though it's going to rain

nos llovió todo el fin de semana — it rained all weekend

llovió con ganas — (fam) it poured (with rain)

ha llovido mucho desde entonces — a lot of water has flowed o passed under the bridge since then

llover sobre mojado: a este pobre país le llueve sobre mojado it's just one disaster after another in this wretched country; llueva o truene come rain or shine; llueve/llovía a cántaros or mares it's/it was pouring (with rain); mandar a alguien a ver si llueve — (AmL hum) to send somebody on a fool's errand
2.
llover vi

las desgracias llovieron sobre él — misfortunes rained down on him; (+ me/te/le etc)

le llovieron regalos — she was showered with gifts

le han llovido las ofertas de trabajo — she's been inundated with job offers

* * *

= rain.

Ex: Then early in the morning it had begun raining -- a cold, steady, autumnal downpour.

* llover a cántaros = rain + cats and dogs, tip + it down with rain, pelt + (it down) with rain, chuck + it down with rain, piss + it down with rain, lash + it down with rain, teem with + rain, hammer + it down with rain, the heavens + open, rain + pour down, pour down, pour down with + rain.

* llover a mantas = hammer + it down with rain, teem with + rain, lash + it down with rain, piss + it down with rain, chuck + it down with rain, pelt + (it down) with rain, tip + it down with rain, rain + cats and dogs, the heavens + open, rain + pour down, pour down, pour down with + rain.

* llover a mares = rain + cats and dogs, tip + it down with rain, pelt + (it down) with rain, chuck + it down with rain, piss + it down with rain, lash + it down with rain, teem with + rain, hammer + it down with rain, the heavens + open, rain + pour down, pour down, pour down with + rain.

* llovido del cielo = heaven-sent.

* llueva o truene = come rain or shine, come hell or high water.

* llueva, truene o relampaguee = come hell or high water.

* llueve o truene = rain or shine.

* regalo llovido del cielo = boon.

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llover [E9 ]

v impers

[ Vocabulary notes (Spanish) ] to rain

parece que va a llover it looks as though it's going to rain, it looks like rain

se puso or ( AmL) se largó a llover it started o began to rain

nos llovió todo el fin de semana ( fam); it rained all weekend, we had rain all weekend

ayer llovió con ganas it poured (with rain) yesterday

ha llovido mucho desde entonces a lot of water has flowed o passed under the bridge since then

llover sobre mojado: a este pobre país le llueve sobre mojado it's just one disaster after another in this wretched country

decirnos que ha gastado el dinero es llover sobre mojado telling us he's spent the money only makes matters worse o is really adding insult to injury

llueva o truene come rain or shine, no matter what

llueve/llovía a cántaros or chuzos or mares it's/it was raining cats and dogs, it's/it was pouring o ( BrE) bucketing down

mandar a algn a ver si llueve ( AmL hum); to send sb on a fool's errand

nunca llueve a gusto de todos you can't please everybody

oír

vi

las desgracias llovieron sobre nosotros misfortunes rained down on us

(+ me/te/le etc): le llovieron golpes blows rained down on him

le llovieron piropos/regalos she was showered with compliments/gifts

le han llovido las ofertas de trabajo she's been deluged o inundated with offers of work

■ lloverse

v pron

‹techo/azotea› to leak

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llover ( conjugate llover) v impers
to rain;
◊ aquí llueve mucho it rains a lot here;

llueve a cántaros or a mares or a chuzos it's pouring (with rain)
llover verbo impersonal to rain
♦ Locuciones: ha llovido mucho desde entonces, a lot of water has passed under the bridge since then
llover a mares, to rain cats and dogs
llovido del cielo, out of the blue

' llover' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
cántaro
- oscurecerse
- que
- chuzo
- creer
- dicha
- duro
- fuerte
- gana
- hasta
- llueva
- parar
- parecer
- poner
English:
afraid
- alter
- as
- begin
- bound
- bucket
- cease
- certain
- close
- come on
- come out
- fortunately
- go
- hard
- heavily
- inside
- let up
- pelt
- piss
- pour down
- rain
- rain down
- shower
- steadily
- teem
- tend
- beat
- cat
- hold
- in
- pour
- relief
- roll
- soon
- stop

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llover

♦ v impersonal

to rain;

está lloviendo it's raining;
CSur
se largó a llover it suddenly started raining;

Comp

está lloviendo a cántaros o [m5] a mares o Méx [m5] duro it's pouring, Br it's bucketing down;

Comp

nunca llueve a gusto de todos you can't please everyone;

Comp

llueve sobre mojado it's just one thing after another;

Comp

él, como quien oye llover he wasn't paying the slightest bit of attention o Br a blind bit of notice;

Comp

ha llovido mucho desde entonces a lot of water has passed o gone Br under the bridge o US over the dam since then;

Comp

como llovido del cielo: el trabajo me cayó o [m5] llegó como llovido del cielo the job fell into my lap;

la ayuda cayó o [m5] llegó como llovida del cielo the help came just at the right moment, the help was a godsend;

Comp
Am Hum
anda a la esquina a ver si llueve go and play with the traffic

♦ vi

le llueven las ofertas offers are raining down on him;

las peticiones de indulto llovieron sobre el presidente the president was inundated with pleas for pardon;

le llovieron las felicitaciones everyone rushed to congratulate her;

sobre esa familia han llovido las desgracias misfortune has rained down on that family, that family has suffered one misfortune after another

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llover

v/i rain;

llueve it is raining;

llover sobre mojado fig fam be one thing after another;

es como quien oye llover it’s like talking to a wall;

nunca llueve a gusto de todos you can’t please everybody

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llover {47} v impers

: to rain

está lloviendo: it's raining

llover a cántaros: to rain cats and dogs

llover vi

: to rain down, to shower

le llovieron regalos: he was showered with gifts

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llover vb to rain

¿llueve? is it raining?

llover a cántaros to pour

Spanish-English dictionary > llover
17 tronar

v.

1 to thunder.

está tronando it's thundering

2 to explode (estallar). (Mexican Spanish)

3 to split up, to break up (informal) (en relación).

4 to let off (hacer estallar) (cohetes). (Mexican Spanish)

5 to get rid of, to do away with (informal) (destruir, acabar con).

6 to fail (informal) (suspender).

7 to thunder to.

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tronar

Conjugation model [ CONTAR], like link=contar contar

► verbo intransitivo

1 (Used only in the 3rd person; it does not take a subject) (trueno) to thunder

2 (cañón etc) to thunder

3 familiar figurado (blasfemar) to swear, curse

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verb

1) to thunder

2) be furious

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1. VI

1) (Meteo) to thunder

- por lo que pueda tronar

2) [cañones etc] to boom, thunder

3) * (=enfurecerse) to rave, rage

tronar contra — to spout forth against, rage o thunder against

4) * (=reñir)

tronar con algn — to fall out with sb

5) * (=arruinarse) to go broke *; (=fracasar) to fail, be ruined

2. VT

1) CAm, Méx * (=fusilar) to shoot

2)

la tronó — Méx * he blew it **, he messed it up

3.

See:

tronarse

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1.
verbo impersonal to thunder
2.
tronar vi

1) cañones to thunder; voz/persona to thunder, roar

salió tronando de la reunión — he was seething when he came out of the meeting

por lo que pueda tronar — (fam) just in case

2) (Méx fam)

a) ( en relación) to split up (colloq)

b) ( fracasar) to flop (colloq); ( en examen) to fail
3.
tronar vt

1) (AmC, Méx fam) ( fusilar) to shoot

2) (Méx fam) <examen/alumno> to fail, flunk (AmE colloq)

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= thunder.

Ex. The juggernaut of 'new British' history thunders on with Smyth's textbook on the United Kingdom between 1660 and 1800.

----

* llueva o truene = come rain or shine, come hell or high water.

* llueva, truene o relampaguee = come hell or high water.

* llueve o truene = rain or shine.

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1.
verbo impersonal to thunder
2.
tronar vi

1) cañones to thunder; voz/persona to thunder, roar

salió tronando de la reunión — he was seething when he came out of the meeting

por lo que pueda tronar — (fam) just in case

2) (Méx fam)

a) ( en relación) to split up (colloq)

b) ( fracasar) to flop (colloq); ( en examen) to fail
3.
tronar vt

1) (AmC, Méx fam) ( fusilar) to shoot

2) (Méx fam) <examen/alumno> to fail, flunk (AmE colloq)

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= thunder.

Ex: The juggernaut of 'new British' history thunders on with Smyth's textbook on the United Kingdom between 1660 and 1800.

* llueva o truene = come rain or shine, come hell or high water.

* llueva, truene o relampaguee = come hell or high water.

* llueve o truene = rain or shine.

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tronar [ A10 ]

v impers

to thunder

ha estado tronando toda la mañana there have been rumbles of thunder o it has been thundering all morning

vi

A «cañones» to thunder; «voz/persona» to thunder, roar

-¡que se callen! -tronó el profesor be quiet! roared o thundered the teacher

salió tronando de la reunión he was furious o seething o in a rage when he came out of the meeting

por lo que pueda/pudiera tronar ( fam); just in case

B (AmC, Méx fam) (estallar) «llanta/globo/balazo» to go bang; «cohete» to go off

C ( Méx fam)

1 (en una relación) to split up ( colloq)

2 (fracasar) to flop ( colloq)

3 (en un examen) to fail, flunk ( colloq)

■ tronar

vt

A (AmC, Méx) (hacer estallar) ‹globo› to pop; ‹cohete› to set off

B (AmC, Méx fam) (fusilar) to shoot

tronárselas ( Méx fam); to do drugs ( colloq)

C ( Méx fam) ‹examen› to fail, flunk ( colloq); ‹persona› to fail, flunk ( AmE colloq)

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tronar ( conjugate tronar) v impers
to thunder
verbo intransitivo
1 [cañones/voz] to thunder
2 (Méx fam)
a) ( en relación) to split up (colloq)

b) ( fracasar) to flop (colloq);

( en examen) to fail
verbo transitivo
1 (AmC, Méx fam) ( fusilar) to shoot
2 (Méx fam) ‹examen/alumno› to fail, flunk (AmE colloq)
tronar verbo impersonal to thunder
' tronar' also found in these entries:
English:
thunder
- boom
- click
- finger

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tronar

♦ v impersonal

to thunder;

está tronando it's thundering

♦ vt

1. Chile Fam [volar] to blow up

2. Méx [hacer estallar] to let off;

a fin de año la gente truena cohetes people let off fireworks at New Year

3. Méx Fam [destruir, acabar con] to get rid of, to do away with;

el gobierno quiere tronar a la institución the government wants to do away with the institution;

este remedio es para tronar anginas this medicine is to get rid of sore throats

4. Méx Fam [suspender] to fail

♦ vi
Méx
1. [estallar]
a punto de tronar about to explode

2. [despotricar] to rant on;

siempre está tronando por algo he's always ranting on about something

3. Fam [cortar]
tronar con alguien to split up with sb, to break up with sb

4. [estropearse]
esta planta estaba a punto de tronar this plant had almost had it

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tronar

I v/i

1 thunder

2 Méx: con persona break up;

tronar con alguien break up with s.o.

II v/t Méx fam ( catear) flunk

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tronar {19} vi

1) : to thunder, to roar

2) : to be furious, to rage

3) CA, Mex fam : to shoot

tronar v impers

: to thunder

está tronando: it's thundering

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tronar vb to thunder

Spanish-English dictionary > tronar
18 escampar

v.

1 to clear up, to stop raining.

2 to clear up for.

Me escampó la lluvia The rain cleared up for me.

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escampar

► verbo transitivo

1 to clear out

► verbo intransitivo (Used only in the 3rd person; it does not take a subject)

1 METEREOLOGÍA to stop raining, clear up

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1. VI

1) (Meteo) [cielo] to clear; [lluvia] to stop; [tiempo] to clear up

2) Caribe, Méx [de la lluvia] to shelter

3) LAm * (=largarse) to clear off *, scarper *

2.

VT [+ sitio] to clear out

* * *
1.
verbo impersonal to stop raining, to clear up
2.
escampar vi (Col) to shelter

* * *
1.
verbo impersonal to stop raining, to clear up
2.
escampar vi (Col) to shelter

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escampar [A1 ]

v impers

to stop raining, to clear up

esperemos a que escampe let's wait until it stops raining o clears up

vi

( Col) to shelter

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escampar ( conjugate escampar) v impers
to stop raining, to clear up
verbo intransitivo (Col) to shelter
escampar verbo intransitivo to stop raining, clear up
' escampar' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
aclarar

* * *

escampar v impersonal

to clear up, to stop raining;

saldremos cuando escampe we'll go out when it clears up

* * *

escampar

v/i clear up, stop raining

Spanish-English dictionary > escampar

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