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1 carta
carta sustantivo femenino 1 (Corresp) letter;◊ ¿hay carta para mí? are there any letters for me?;echar una carta al correo to mail (esp AmE) o (esp BrE) post a letter; carta adjunta or explicatoria covering letter; carta blanca carte blanche; carta certificada registered letter; carta de amor love letter; carta de recomendación reference, letter of recommendation; carta urgente special-delivery letter 2 ( naipe) card; dar las cartas to deal the cards; echarle las cartas a algn to tell sb's fortune; poner las cartas sobre la mesa to put o lay one's cards on the table 3 ( en restaurante) menu; carta de vinos wine list
carta sustantivo femenino
1 letter
carta abierta, open letter
carta certificada, registered letter
carta de presentación, letter of introduction
2 (de un restaurante) menu: comeremos a la carta, we'll eat à la carte
carta de vinos, wine list
3 Naipes card
jugar a las cartas, to play cards
4 Av Náut chart
5 (documento oficial) papers
carta blanca, carte blanche
carta de naturaleza, naturalization papers 6 carta magna, constitution Locuciones: figurado adquirir carta de naturaleza, to become widely accepted
echarle las cartas a alguien, to tell somebody's fortune
no saber a qué carta quedarse, not to know what to think about sthg figurado poner las cartas sobre la mesa, to put o lay one's cards on the table
tomar cartas en un asunto, to intervene in an affair ' carta' also found in these entries: Spanish: abierta - abierto - acompañar - anónima - anónimo - astral - atentamente - avión - certificar - desalentador - desalentadora - destilar - destinataria - destinatario - dictar - disimulo - don - encabezamiento - estimada - estimado - grafológica - grafológico - jugarse - olvidarse - personal - recomendación - sacar - saludar - sellar - señora - servidor - servidora - tenor - a - anexo - borrador - buzón - cerrado - certificado - cifrar - comercial - comodín - contenido - contestar - corazón - correo - de - despachar - destinado - difamatorio English: acknowledge - acknowledgement - address - answer - apologetic - attachment - bear - best - bomb - card - carte blanche - chain letter - chart - charter - compose - convey - cover letter - covering - date - direct - egg - express - faithfully - forget - formality - from - get - gram - heading - include - insufficient - leeway - letter - letter bomb - letterhead - look forward to - love - manage - menu - missive - notepaper - on - penfriend - post - postmark - receive - receiver - recipient - redirect - reference -
2 generally
adverb (usually; by most people; on the whole: He is generally disliked; He generally wins.) generalmente, corrientemente, por lo generalgenerally adv por lo general / generalmentetr['ʤenərəlɪ]1 generalmente, por lo general, en general\SMALLIDIOMATIC EXPRESSION/SMALLgenerally speaking... hablando en términos generales...generally ['ʤɛnrəli, 'ʤɛnərə-] adv: generalmente, por lo general, en generaladv.• en general adv.• generalmente adv.• por lo general adv.'dʒenrəlia) (usually, as a rule) generalmente, por lo general, en generalb) ( broadly) (indep)generally (speaking) — por lo general, en general, por regla general
c) ( as a whole) en generald) ( by everyone)it is generally admitted that... — en general se reconoce que...
['dʒenǝrǝlɪ]ADV1) (=on the whole) en general, en líneas generalesgenerally, the course is okay — en general or en líneas generales el curso está bien
his account was generally accurate — su relato fue en general or en líneas generales exacto
they broke the toys, fought, and generally misbehaved — rompieron los juguetes, se pelearon y en general se portaron mal
2) (=usually) generalmente, por lo generalwe generally meet on Tuesdays — generalmente or por lo general nos reunimos los martes
3) (=widely) generalmentea generally accepted definition — una definición generalmente aceptada, una definición aceptada por casi todo el mundo
it is generally believed that... — la mayoría de la gente cree que..., generalmente, se cree que...
it's not yet generally available — (on sale) no está todavía a la venta or en el mercado
4)generally speaking — por lo general, en términos generales
* * *['dʒenrəli]a) (usually, as a rule) generalmente, por lo general, en generalb) ( broadly) (indep)generally (speaking) — por lo general, en general, por regla general
c) ( as a whole) en generald) ( by everyone)it is generally admitted that... — en general se reconoce que...
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