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1 empapado
adj.soaking, soaking-wet, soppy, drenched.past part.past participle of spanish verb: empapar.* * *1→ link=empapar empapar► adjetivo1 soaked* * *(f. - empapada)adj.* * *ADJ soaked, soaking wet* * *= sodden, water-soaked, bedraggled, saturated, soggy [soggier -comp., soggiest -sup.], drenched to the skin, wringing wet, soaking wet, wet through to the skin.Ex. He looked up and descried a gym class, all wet and draggled, scurrying back across the sodden football field.Ex. This article describes the freezing, drying and cleaning of water-soaked and smoke-damaged books.Ex. This novel's far-fetched but intriguing plot places a rather bedraggled and unimpressive Hitler on Australian soil in 1919.Ex. Place a drop of a saturated solution of sugar in water on the paper and dab up the excess liquid with cotton wool.Ex. The snakes had been kept in the soggy bilges for forty days and forty nights and were in pretty sad shape.Ex. A large party braved the elements on foot, and when they reached the summit they were drenched to the skin.Ex. The water washes in over the sides of the raft and from the waist down you will be wringing wet.Ex. NASA scientists say the Mars rovers have found what they were looking for -- hard evidence that the red planet was once soaking wet.Ex. It rained all the way and we arrived about 12.45, wet through to the skin.----* empapado en sudor = sweaty [sweatier -comp., sweatiest -sup.].* empapado hasta los huesos = drenched to the skin, soaked to the skin, wringing wet, soaking wet, wet through to the skin.* * *= sodden, water-soaked, bedraggled, saturated, soggy [soggier -comp., soggiest -sup.], drenched to the skin, wringing wet, soaking wet, wet through to the skin.Ex: He looked up and descried a gym class, all wet and draggled, scurrying back across the sodden football field.
Ex: This article describes the freezing, drying and cleaning of water-soaked and smoke-damaged books.Ex: This novel's far-fetched but intriguing plot places a rather bedraggled and unimpressive Hitler on Australian soil in 1919.Ex: Place a drop of a saturated solution of sugar in water on the paper and dab up the excess liquid with cotton wool.Ex: The snakes had been kept in the soggy bilges for forty days and forty nights and were in pretty sad shape.Ex: A large party braved the elements on foot, and when they reached the summit they were drenched to the skin.Ex: The water washes in over the sides of the raft and from the waist down you will be wringing wet.Ex: NASA scientists say the Mars rovers have found what they were looking for -- hard evidence that the red planet was once soaking wet.Ex: It rained all the way and we arrived about 12.45, wet through to the skin.* empapado en sudor = sweaty [sweatier -comp., sweatiest -sup.].* empapado hasta los huesos = drenched to the skin, soaked to the skin, wringing wet, soaking wet, wet through to the skin.* * *
Del verbo empapar: ( conjugate empapar)
empapado es:
el participio
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empapar
empapar ( conjugate empapar) verbo transitivo
empaparse verbo pronominal ( mojarse mucho) [persona/zapatos/ropa] to get soaking wet
empapado,-a adjetivo soaked
empapar verbo transitivo
1 (mojar, calar) to soak: llegó con la camisa empapada en sudor, she came home with her shirt soaked in sweat
2 (con un paño) to soak up
' empapado' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
calada
- calado
- chorrear
- empapada
English:
all
- soak
- soaking
- sodden
- soggy
- sopping
- wet
- dripping
- water
* * *empapado, -a adjsoaked, drenched;iba empapado en sudor he was soaked o drenched in sweat* * *adj soaked, dripping wet* * *empapado, -da adj: soggy, sodden* * *empapado adj soaking / soaked -
2 calado hasta los huesos
= soaked to the skin, wringing wet, soaking wet, wet through to the skinEx. Soaked to the skin in the pelting rain of a tropical storm, they said that guarding the tomb was the highest honor that can be afforded to a serviceperson.Ex. The water washes in over the sides of the raft and from the waist down you will be wringing wet.Ex. NASA scientists say the Mars rovers have found what they were looking for -- hard evidence that the red planet was once soaking wet.Ex. It rained all the way and we arrived about 12.45, wet through to the skin.* * *= soaked to the skin, wringing wet, soaking wet, wet through to the skinEx: Soaked to the skin in the pelting rain of a tropical storm, they said that guarding the tomb was the highest honor that can be afforded to a serviceperson.
Ex: The water washes in over the sides of the raft and from the waist down you will be wringing wet.Ex: NASA scientists say the Mars rovers have found what they were looking for -- hard evidence that the red planet was once soaking wet.Ex: It rained all the way and we arrived about 12.45, wet through to the skin. -
3 chorreando
= drenched to the skin, wringing wet, soaking wet, wet through to the skin.Ex. A large party braved the elements on foot, and when they reached the summit they were drenched to the skin.Ex. The water washes in over the sides of the raft and from the waist down you will be wringing wet.Ex. NASA scientists say the Mars rovers have found what they were looking for -- hard evidence that the red planet was once soaking wet.Ex. It rained all the way and we arrived about 12.45, wet through to the skin.* * *= drenched to the skin, wringing wet, soaking wet, wet through to the skin.Ex: A large party braved the elements on foot, and when they reached the summit they were drenched to the skin.
Ex: The water washes in over the sides of the raft and from the waist down you will be wringing wet.Ex: NASA scientists say the Mars rovers have found what they were looking for -- hard evidence that the red planet was once soaking wet.Ex: It rained all the way and we arrived about 12.45, wet through to the skin. -
4 empapado hasta los huesos
= drenched to the skin, soaked to the skin, wringing wet, soaking wet, wet through to the skinEx. A large party braved the elements on foot, and when they reached the summit they were drenched to the skin.Ex. Soaked to the skin in the pelting rain of a tropical storm, they said that guarding the tomb was the highest honor that can be afforded to a serviceperson.Ex. The water washes in over the sides of the raft and from the waist down you will be wringing wet.Ex. NASA scientists say the Mars rovers have found what they were looking for -- hard evidence that the red planet was once soaking wet.Ex. It rained all the way and we arrived about 12.45, wet through to the skin.* * *= drenched to the skin, soaked to the skin, wringing wet, soaking wet, wet through to the skinEx: A large party braved the elements on foot, and when they reached the summit they were drenched to the skin.
Ex: Soaked to the skin in the pelting rain of a tropical storm, they said that guarding the tomb was the highest honor that can be afforded to a serviceperson.Ex: The water washes in over the sides of the raft and from the waist down you will be wringing wet.Ex: NASA scientists say the Mars rovers have found what they were looking for -- hard evidence that the red planet was once soaking wet.Ex: It rained all the way and we arrived about 12.45, wet through to the skin. -
5 hecho una sopa
= drenched to the skin, wringing wet, soaked to the skin, soaking wet, wet through to the skinEx. A large party braved the elements on foot, and when they reached the summit they were drenched to the skin.Ex. The water washes in over the sides of the raft and from the waist down you will be wringing wet.Ex. Soaked to the skin in the pelting rain of a tropical storm, they said that guarding the tomb was the highest honor that can be afforded to a serviceperson.Ex. NASA scientists say the Mars rovers have found what they were looking for -- hard evidence that the red planet was once soaking wet.Ex. It rained all the way and we arrived about 12.45, wet through to the skin.* * *= drenched to the skin, wringing wet, soaked to the skin, soaking wet, wet through to the skinEx: A large party braved the elements on foot, and when they reached the summit they were drenched to the skin.
Ex: The water washes in over the sides of the raft and from the waist down you will be wringing wet.Ex: Soaked to the skin in the pelting rain of a tropical storm, they said that guarding the tomb was the highest honor that can be afforded to a serviceperson.Ex: NASA scientists say the Mars rovers have found what they were looking for -- hard evidence that the red planet was once soaking wet.Ex: It rained all the way and we arrived about 12.45, wet through to the skin. -
6 chorrear
v.1 to drip (gotear) (gota a gota).estar chorreando to be soaking o wringing wet (estar empapado)Esta vieja cafetera chorrea demasiado This old coffeepot drips too much.María chorreó la leche Mary poured the milk.2 to spurt or gush (out).3 to steal, to rob. (River Plate)4 to besprinkle, to bedabble, to stain.Ricardo chorreó su camisa preferida Richard besprinkled his favorite shirt.* * *1 (caer a chorro) to spout, gush, spurt2 (gotear) to drip3 familiar (ir sin interrupción) to flow1 (echar) to drip2 familiar (abroncar) to tick off, give a dressing-down to\estar chorreando familiar to be dripping wet, be soaking 2 (de sudor) to pour with sweat, be dripping with sweat* * *verb1) to drip2) pour* * *1. VI1) (=salir a chorros) to gush (out), spoutla sangre le chorreaba por la frente — blood was gushing (out) o spouting from his forehead
2) (=gotear) to dripla ropa chorrea todavía — the clothes are still dripping water o wringing wet
3) [dinero] to trickle in, come in in dribs and drabschorrean todavía las solicitudes — applications are still trickling in o coming in in dribs and drabs
2. VT1) (Mil) * (=regañar) to tick off *, dress down *2) (=verter) to pour3) Cono Sur (=robar) to pinch *4) And (=mojar) to soak3.See:* * *1.verbo intransitivo to drip2.chorrear vt1) (AmL fam) ( manchar)2) (Col, RPl arg) ( robar) to swipe (colloq)3.chorrearse v pron1) (refl) (CS, Per fam) ( mancharse)2) (Col, RPl arg) ( robar) to swipe (colloq)* * *= trickle, drip.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. 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.* * *1.verbo intransitivo to drip2.chorrear vt1) (AmL fam) ( manchar)2) (Col, RPl arg) ( robar) to swipe (colloq)3.chorrearse v pron1) (refl) (CS, Per fam) ( mancharse)2) (Col, RPl arg) ( robar) to swipe (colloq)* * *= trickle, drip.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: 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.* * *chorrear [A1 ]vito dripten cuidado, que esa tetera chorrea be careful, that teapot dripslas sábanas todavía están chorreando the sheets are still dripping wettengo el pelo chorreando my hair is soaking wetllegó chorreando de sudor she arrived dripping with sweatla sangre le chorreaba por la nariz blood was pouring from his nose■ chorrearvtA1(gotear): las sábanas chorrean agua the sheets are dripping wetesta pluma está chorreando tinta this pen's leakingchorreaba sudor he was dripping with sweat2( AmL fam) (manchar): el mantel está todo chorreado de café the tablecloth is covered in coffee stainstienes el abrigo chorreado de pintura you've got paint all over your coatA ( refl)* * *
chorrear ( conjugate chorrear) verbo intransitivo
to drip;
chorreando de sudor dripping with sweat;
la sangre le chorreaba de la nariz blood was pouring from his nose
verbo transitivo
1 (AmL fam) ( manchar):
2 (Col, RPl arg) ( robar) to swipe (colloq)
chorrearse verbo pronominal ( refl) (CS, Per fam) ( mancharse):
chorrear
I verbo intransitivo
1 to drip, trickle
familiar estoy chorreando de sudor, I'm pouring with sweat
2 fam (estar empapado) to be soaked: traigo los zapatos chorreando, my shoes are dripping wet
II verbo transitivo to flow out: el jamón chorreaba grasa, the ham was oozing with grease
' chorrear' also found in these entries:
English:
spurt
- drip
* * *♦ vi1. [gotear] [gota a gota] to drip;[en un hilo] to trickle;esa cafetera chorrea that coffee pot leaks;el helado le chorreaba por la cara he had ice cream running down his face2. [brotar] to spurt o gush (out)♦ vt1. [sujeto: prenda] to drip;[sujeto: persona] to drip with;ese tubo chorrea aceite that pipe drips oil;acabó la carrera chorreando sudor he was dripping with sweat when he finished the race* * *v/i1 gush out, stream out2 ( gotear) drip* * *chorrear vi1) : to drip2) : to pour out, to gush out* * *chorrear vb1. to pour2. to be dripping -
7 hueso
m.1 bone.acabar o dar con sus huesos en (informal figurative) to end up inno poder con sus huesos (informal figurative) to be ready to drop, to be exhaustedhueso de santo (cooking) = small marzipan roll filled with egg yolk2 stone (British), pit (United States) (of fruit).aceitunas sin hueso pitted olives3 very strict person (informal) (person).4 contacts, influence (informal) (enchufe). (Mexican Spanish)5 pit.6 safe government job.7 cushy job, soft job, prebend, sinecure.8 personal connection.* * *1 ANATOMÍA bone2 (de fruta) stone, US pit\dar con los huesos en figurado to end up indar con los huesos en el suelo to end up on the floordarle a la sin hueso to talk one's head offestar en los huesos figurado to be all skin and boneno poder con sus huesos figurado to be all inromperle los huesos a alguien figurado to beat somebody upser un hueso duro de roer figurado to be a hard nut to cracktener los huesos molidos to be exhausted, be dead beat* * *noun m.1) bone2) pit, stone* * *SM1) (Anat) bonedar con los huesos en —
dio con sus huesos en la cárcel — he landed o ended up in jail
darle a la sin hueso — * to talk a lot
irse de la sin hueso, soltar la sin hueso — * to shoot one's mouth off *
hueso de santo — filled roll of marzipan
2) (Bot) stone, pit (EEUU)ser un hueso * —
4) And mule5)hueso colorado — Méx strong northerly wind
* * *1)a) (Anat) bonecalado or empapado hasta los huesos — soaked to the skin, wet through
dar con los or sus huesos en algo: fue a dar con sus huesos en la cárcel he finished up o ended up in jail; en los huesos — (fam) nothing but skin and bone(s) (colloq)
b)(de) color hueso — off-white, bone-colored
c) (Méx fam) ( puesto público) safe (government) job (colloq); ( sinecura) cushy job (colloq)2) ( de fruta) pit (AmE), stone (BrE)ser un hueso (duro de roer) — ( ser difícil) to be a hard o tough nut to crack
* * *1)a) (Anat) bonecalado or empapado hasta los huesos — soaked to the skin, wet through
dar con los or sus huesos en algo: fue a dar con sus huesos en la cárcel he finished up o ended up in jail; en los huesos — (fam) nothing but skin and bone(s) (colloq)
b)(de) color hueso — off-white, bone-colored
c) (Méx fam) ( puesto público) safe (government) job (colloq); ( sinecura) cushy job (colloq)2) ( de fruta) pit (AmE), stone (BrE)ser un hueso (duro de roer) — ( ser difícil) to be a hard o tough nut to crack
* * *hueso11 = bone.Ex: The large stores of inscription on bones or tortoise shells of the Yin and Shang dynasties unearthed by paleontologists are the seeds of the earliest ancient Chinese archives.
* blanco hueso = off-white.* calado hasta los huesos = drenched to the skin, soaked to the skin, wringing wet, soaking wet, wet through to the skin.* carne + desprenderse del hueso = meat + fall off + the bone.* color hueso = off-white.* con muchos huesos y poca carne = bony [bonier -comp., boniest -sup.].* cortar llegando al hueso = cut to + the bone.* de carne y hueso = flesh-and-blood.* empapado hasta los huesos = drenched to the skin, soaked to the skin, wringing wet, soaking wet, wet through to the skin.* en carne y hueso = in the flesh.* helado hasta la médula de los huesos = frozen to the bone, frozen to the marrow (of the bones), chilled to the bone, chilled to the marrow (of the bones).* hueso de la risa = funny bone.* hueso duro = tough nut.* hueso duro de roer = uphill struggle, tough nut to crack, hard nut to crack.* hueso metatarsiano = metatarsal.* hueso roto = broken bone.* hueso temporal = temporal bone.* lleno de huesos = bony [bonier -comp., boniest -sup.].* salud de los huesos = bone health.* ser un saco de huesos = be a bag of bones.* sin hueso = boneless.hueso22 = pit, stone.Nota: De la fruta.Ex: On Crete the locals eat them by the handful and spit out the pits like watermelon seeds.
Ex: Once you have removed the stones from fruits such as apricots and plums, you can turn the fruit halves inside out, then place them skin down on the tray.* * *A1 ( Anat) [ Vocabulary notes (Spanish) ] bonecalado or empapado hasta los huesos soaked to the skin, wet throughdar con los or sus huesos en algo: fue a dar con sus huesos en la cárcel he finished up o ended up in jaildio con los huesos en el suelo he ended up o landed up o finished up on the floordar or pinchar en hueso ( Esp fam): con éste hemos dado en hueso we've come up against a tricky o difficult customer here ( colloq)está/se ha quedado en los huesos he's nothing but o he's all skin and bone(s)2(de) color hueso off-white, bone-coloredCompuestos:● hueso or huesito de la suertewishbonempl marzipan shapes ( traditionally eaten on All Saints' Day)ser un hueso (duro de roer) (ser difícil): su rival es un hueso (duro de roer) ( fam); his opponent is a tough o hard nut to crack ( colloq)para mí la química es un hueso duro de roer chemistry is an uphill struggle for me* * *
hueso sustantivo masculino
1a) (Anat) bone;◊ en los huesos (fam) nothing but skin and bone(s) (colloq)b)
2 ( de fruta) pit (AmE), stone (BrE)
hueso sustantivo masculino
1 Anat bone
2 (de una fruta) stone, US pit
3 (persona difícil de complacer) hard nut
4 fig (tarea trabajosa) hard work
5 LAm (enchufe) contact
♦ Locuciones: estar en los huesos, to be all skin and bone
Esp pinchar/dar en hueso, to come up against a tricky or difficult person: conmigo has pinchado en hueso en cuanto a la financiación de tu aventura, to get me to pay for your adventure will be tricky
la sin hueso, the tongue
' hueso' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
caballete
- caña
- carne
- carné
- desencajar
- desencajada
- desencajado
- desencajarse
- desenterrar
- frontal
- médula
- pepita
- roer
- romperse
- rotura
- soldarse
- tuétano
- zafarse
- aceituna
- astilla
- astillarse
- componer
- fragmento
- pelado
- pómulo
- quebradizo
- quebrado
- saliente
English:
ankle bone
- bone
- bony
- break
- crack
- dislodge
- flesh
- for
- life
- live
- mend
- nut
- off-white
- pit
- set
- splinter
- stone
- off
* * *hueso nm1. [del cuerpo] bone;Famnos calamos hasta los huesos we got soaked to the skin;de color hueso ivory (coloured);Famtropezó y dio con sus huesos en el suelo she tripped and tumbled to the ground;la descubrieron y acabó con sus huesos en la cárcel she was caught out and ended up in jail;Famestar en los huesos to be all skin and bones;Famno puedo con mis huesos I'm ready to drop, I'm exhausted;Famser un hueso duro de roer to be a hard nut to crack;Famla sin hueso [la lengua] the tongue;soltar la sin hueso to shoot one's mouth offhueso del cráneo skull bone;hueso maxilar jawbone, Espec mandible;hueso de santo [pastel] = small roll of marzipan filled with sweetened egg yolk2. [de fruto] Br stone, US pit;aceitunas sin hueso pitted olivesel profe de inglés es un hueso our English teacher is dead strict5.huesos [restos] bones;el cementerio en el que descansan sus huesos the cemetery where her bones were laid to rest[trabajo fácil] cushy job* * *m1 ANAT bone;estar en los huesos be all skin and bone;moler/romper los huesos a alguien beat s.o. up;dar con sus huesos en la cárcel end up in jailhueso duro de roer fig fam hard nut to crack fam3 Méx famcushy number fam4 Méx fam ( influencia) influence, pull fam* * *hueso nm1) : bone2) : pit, stone (of a fruit)* * *hueso n1. (del cuerpo) bone2. (de aceituna, cereza) stone -
8 sopa
f.1 soup.sopa de ajo garlic soupsopa instantánea instant soupsopa juliana vegetable soupsopa de sobre packet soupsopa de verduras vegetable soup2 sop, piece of soaked bread.hacer sopas (en) to dip bread (into)* * *1 (plato) soup1 pieces of bread soaked in a liquid, sops\comer de la sopa boba / vivir de la sopa boba familiar to be a parasite, live off somebodydar sopas con honda a alguien figurado to outshine somebodyestar hasta en la sopa familiar to be everywhereestar hecho,-a una sopa / quedar hecho,-a una sopa familiar to be soaked to the skinsopa de ajo garlic soupsopa de cebolla onion soupsopa de fideos noodle soupsopa de sobre packet soup, instant soupsopa juliana vegetable soup* * *noun f.* * *SF1) (=caldo) souphasta en la sopa —
los encontramos hasta en la sopa — they're everywhere, they're ten a penny
sopa chilena — And corn and potato soup
sopa de cola — CAm oxtail soup
sopa de verduras, sopa juliana — vegetable soup
2) (=pan mojado) sophacer sopas — to dunk *
3)sopa de letras — word search, word search game
4) Méx(tb: sopa seca) second course* * *sopa de sobre — packaged soup (AmE), packet soup (BrE)
comer or vivir a la sopa boba — (Esp fam) to live at somebody else's expense, live off somebody
hasta en la sopa — (fam) all over the place (colloq)
hecho una sopa — (fam) soaked to the skin (colloq), drenched
* * *= chowder, soup.Ex. My favourite recipe with chorizo sausage is a corn and potato chowder with chorizo and baby spinach, made in the crockpot.Ex. One of the first types of soups can be dated to about 6000 BC.----* cazo para la sopa = soup ladle.* darle sopas con hondas a Alguien = knock + spots off + Nombre.* hecho una sopa = drenched to the skin, wringing wet, soaked to the skin, soaking wet, wet through to the skin.* querer tetas y sopas = have + Posesivo + cake and eat it.* sopa de bote = canned soup, tinned soup.* sopa de fideos = noodle soup.* sopa de letras = alphabet soup.* sopa deshidratada = dehydrated soup.* sopa de sobre = instant soup, packet soup.* sopa en lata = tinned soup, canned soup.* sopa enlatada = canned soup, tinned soup.* sopa natural = fresh soup.* * *sopa de sobre — packaged soup (AmE), packet soup (BrE)
comer or vivir a la sopa boba — (Esp fam) to live at somebody else's expense, live off somebody
hasta en la sopa — (fam) all over the place (colloq)
hecho una sopa — (fam) soaked to the skin (colloq), drenched
* * *= chowder, soup.Ex: My favourite recipe with chorizo sausage is a corn and potato chowder with chorizo and baby spinach, made in the crockpot.
Ex: One of the first types of soups can be dated to about 6000 BC.* cazo para la sopa = soup ladle.* darle sopas con hondas a Alguien = knock + spots off + Nombre.* hecho una sopa = drenched to the skin, wringing wet, soaked to the skin, soaking wet, wet through to the skin.* querer tetas y sopas = have + Posesivo + cake and eat it.* sopa de bote = canned soup, tinned soup.* sopa de fideos = noodle soup.* sopa de letras = alphabet soup.* sopa deshidratada = dehydrated soup.* sopa de sobre = instant soup, packet soup.* sopa en lata = tinned soup, canned soup.* sopa enlatada = canned soup, tinned soup.* sopa natural = fresh soup.* * *A (caldo) soupsopa de verduras/cebolla vegetable/onion soupdarle a algn una sopa de su propio chocolate to give sb a taste of his/her own medicinedarle sopas con honda(s) a algn ( Esp fam); to run rings around sb ( colloq), to knock spots off sb ( colloq)hacer la sopa ( Méx); to shuffle (the dominoes)últimamente me lo encuentro hasta en la sopa lately I've been running into him all over the placeCompuestos:consommé with hard boiled egg, garlic and sometimes bread( RPl) triflejulienneCompuesto:C( Méx): ¡sopas! ( como interj) (expresando — sorpresa) wow! ( colloq), jeez ( AmE colloq) (— entusiasmo) great! ( colloq)* * *
sopa sustantivo femenino ( caldo) soup;
sopa sustantivo femenino (de verdura, fideos, etc) soup
♦ Locuciones: dar sopas con honda, to be clearly better: en matemáticas le da sopas con honda, he's miles better than her in maths
fam (omnipresencia) estar hasta en la sopa, to be everywhere
estar/quedarse sopa, to be/fall sound asleep
figurado quedar hecho una sopa, to get soaked
familiar vivir a la sopa boba, to scrounge one's meals
fam (aburrido, soso) ser un sopas, to be a bore
' sopa' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
honda
- sobre
- soluble
- aguado
- bueno
- claro
- crema
- cuchara
- entonar
- hartar
- humeante
- humear
- picatoste
- probar
- quemar
- terminar
- tomar
- verdura
English:
consistency
- detect
- dish up
- dishwater
- gumbo
- leek
- minestrone
- Scotch broth
- soup
- thin
- vegetable soup
- water down
- watery
- nice
* * *♦ nf1. [guiso] soup;Esp Famandar a la sopa boba to scrounge;Esp Famdar sopas con hondas a alguien to run rings round sb, Br to knock the spots off sb;Méx Famdar a alguien una sopa de su propio chocolate to give sb a taste of his/her own medicine;Famestar hasta en la sopa: últimamente ese cantante está hasta en la sopa that singer has been everywhere you look, recently;Famme lo encuentro hasta en la sopa I bump into him wherever I go;Famestar como una sopa to be sopping wet;Méx Famno haber más que una sopa to be Hobson's choicesopa de ajo garlic soup;sopa de cebolla onion soup;sopa de fideos noodle soup;Am sopa inglesa trifle;sopa instantánea instant soup;sopa juliana vegetable soup;sopa de letras [alimento] alphabet soup;[pasatiempo] wordsearch;sopa de pollo chicken soup;sopa de sobre packet soup;sopa de verduras vegetable soup2. [de pan] sop, piece of soaked bread;no hagas sopas en la salsa don't dip your bread into the sauce♦ adjFam [dormido]estar sopa to be crashed out;* * *f soup;estar hecho una sopa fam be sopping wet;hasta en la sopa fam all over the place fam ;dar sopas con honda fam run rings around* * *sopa nf1) : soup2)estar hecho una sopa : to be soaked to the bone* * *sopa n soup -
9 calado
adj.1 openwork.2 soaked, drenched.m.1 draft of a ship, draft, draught, draught of a ship.2 openwork, fretwork, embroidery, drawnwork.past part.past participle of spanish verb: calarse.* * *1 (de un barco) draught (US draft)2 (del agua sobre el fondo) depth3 COSTURA openwork, embroidery————————1→ link=calar calar► adjetivo1 familiar soaked1 (de un barco) draught (US draft)2 (del agua sobre el fondo) depth3 COSTURA openwork, embroidery\estar calado,-a hasta los huesos to be soaked to the skin* * *1. (f. - calada)adj.2. noun m.1) draft2) openwork* * *1. ADJ1) (=mojado) soaked2) (Cos) openwork antes de s3) [gorro etc]4) [bayoneta] fixed2. SM1) (Téc) fretwork; (Cos) openwork2) (Náut) depth of water; [de barco] draught, draft (EEUU)3) (fig) depth; (=alcance) scope; (=importancia) importance4) (Mec) stall, stalling* * *I- da adjetivo1) ( empapado) soaked2) <jersey/tela> openwork (before n)II1) ( en costura) openwork2)a) ( de barco) draftun barco de gran/poco calado — a ship with a deep/shallow draft
b) ( altura del agua) depth* * *----* calado hasta los huesos = soaked to the skin, wringing wet, soaking wet, wet through to the skin.* * *I- da adjetivo1) ( empapado) soaked2) <jersey/tela> openwork (before n)II1) ( en costura) openwork2)a) ( de barco) draftun barco de gran/poco calado — a ship with a deep/shallow draft
b) ( altura del agua) depth* * ** calado hasta los huesos = soaked to the skin, wringing wet, soaking wet, wet through to the skin.* * *A (empapado) soaked, drenchedllegamos calados hasta los huesos we arrived soaked to the skinB ‹jersey/tela› openwork ( before n)A1 (en costura) openwork2 (en la madera, el cuero) fretworkB1 (de un barco) draftun barco de gran/poco calado a ship with a deep/shallow draft2 (altura del agua) depth3 (profundidad) depthun análisis de mayor calado a deeper o more profound analysisC1 (importancia) significanceuna sandía de este calado a watermelon about this big o this size* * *
Del verbo calar: ( conjugate calar)
calado es:
el participio
Multiple Entries:
calado
calar
calado◊ -da adjetivo
1 ( empapado) [estar] soaked, drenched
2 ‹jersey/tela› openwork ( before n)
calar ( conjugate calar) verbo transitivo
1 [ líquido] ( empapar) to soak;
( atravesar) to soak through;
2 (fam) ‹persona/intenciones› to rumble (colloq), to suss … out (BrE colloq)
3 [ barco] to draw
4 (Esp) ‹coche/motor› to stall
verbo intransitivo
1 [ moda] to catch on;
[costumbre/filosofía] to take root
2 [zapatos/tienda de campaña] to leak, let water in
calarse verbo pronominal
1 ( empaparse) to get soaked, get drenched
2 (Esp) [coche/motor] to stall
calado,-a
I adjetivo
1 (empapado) soaked: estaba calada hasta los huesos, I was drenched through
2 Cost (con agujeros) fretwork
una blusa calada, an openwork blouse
II sustantivo masculino
1 Náut (de una embarcación) draught, US draft
2 fig (de un asunto) significance
3 Cost openwork
calar
I verbo transitivo
1 (empapar) to soak, drench:
2 (atravesar) to pierce, penetrate
3 familiar (a alguien o sus intenciones) to rumble: ¡te tenemos calado!, we've got your number!
II verbo intransitivo
1 (permitir que pase el líquido) to let in water
2 (impresionar) to make an impression [en, on]
(penetrar) to catch on
3 Náut to draw
' calado' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
calar
- calada
English:
soak through
- soaking
- tape
- wet
- soak
- sopping
* * *calado, -a♦ adj1. [empapado] soaked;calado hasta los huesos soaked to the skin2. [en costura] embroidered [with openwork]♦ nm1. [de barco] draught;un buque de gran calado a deep-draughted vessel2. [profundidad] depth;un puerto de poco calado a shallow port3. [bordado] openworkel calado se produce al cambiar de marcha the engine stalls when you change gear5. [importancia] significance, importance;reformas de gran calado reforms of great significance;países del calado de Francia y Alemania countries of the importance o stature of France and Germany;un nombramiento de gran calado político an appointment of great political significance* * *I adj soaked;calado hasta los huesos soaked to the skinII m1 MAR draft, Brdraught;de gran calado fig important, significant2 AUTO stall* * *calado, -da adj1) : drenched2) : open-workedcalado nm1) : draft (of a ship)2) : openwork* * *calado adj soaked -
10 hueso1
1 = bone.Ex. The large stores of inscription on bones or tortoise shells of the Yin and Shang dynasties unearthed by paleontologists are the seeds of the earliest ancient Chinese archives.----* blanco hueso = off-white.* calado hasta los huesos = drenched to the skin, soaked to the skin, wringing wet, soaking wet, wet through to the skin.* carne + desprenderse del hueso = meat + fall off + the bone.* color hueso = off-white.* con muchos huesos y poca carne = bony [bonier -comp., boniest -sup.].* cortar llegando al hueso = cut to + the bone.* de carne y hueso = flesh-and-blood.* empapado hasta los huesos = drenched to the skin, soaked to the skin, wringing wet, soaking wet, wet through to the skin.* en carne y hueso = in the flesh.* helado hasta la médula de los huesos = frozen to the bone, frozen to the marrow (of the bones), chilled to the bone, chilled to the marrow (of the bones).* hueso de la risa = funny bone.* hueso duro = tough nut.* hueso duro de roer = uphill struggle, tough nut to crack, hard nut to crack.* hueso metatarsiano = metatarsal.* hueso roto = broken bone.* hueso temporal = temporal bone.* lleno de huesos = bony [bonier -comp., boniest -sup.].* salud de los huesos = bone health.* ser un saco de huesos = be a bag of bones.* sin hueso = boneless. -
11 hecho2
2 = executed.Ex. What was pinned up ranged from sheets of paper with nothing more written on them than a title and author to elaborate and beautifully executed illustrations.----* a lo hecho, pecho = no use crying over spilt/spilled milk, you've made your bed, now you must lie in it!.* bien hecho = well-rendered, well done.* cartón hecho de paja = strawboard.* comprar Algo hecho en serie = buy + off-the-shelf.* comprar Algo ya hecho de antemano = buy + off-the-shelf.* cosa hecha = plain sailing, walkover.* dado por hecho = foregone.* dando por hecho que = based on the understanding that, on the understanding that.* dar por hecho = take for + granted.* dejar hecho polvo = screw + Nombre + up.* dicho y hecho = no sooner said than done.* estar hecho a escala = be to scale.* estar hecho con la intención de = be intended for/to.* estar hecho con la mismas dimensiones que el original = be to scale.* estar hecho el uno para el otro = be two of a kind, be a right pair.* estar hecho para = be geared to, be intended for/to, mean, be cut out for.* estar hecho polvo = be + wreck.* estar hecho un desastre = be a shambles, look like + the wreck of the Hesperus, look like + drag + through a hedge backwards, be (in) a mess.* estar hecho un esqueleto = be a bag of bones.* frase hecha = bound phrase, cliche, formulaic words, formulaic phrase.* hecho a base de parches = patchwork.* hecho a mano = hand-made, hand-drawn, handcrafted.* hecho a máquina = machine-made.* hecho a medida = customised [customized, -USA], purpose-designed, tailored, tailor-made [tailormade], custom-made, custom-built [custom built], custom-designed [custom designed], custom-tailored [custom tailored], bespoke, made to measure, fitted, made-to-order.* hecho añicos = shattered.* hecho a propósito = tailor-made [tailormade], custom-made, custom-built [custom built], custom-designed [custom designed], custom-tailored [custom tailored].* hecho cisco = wrecked.* hecho como de pasada = throwaway.* hecho de antemano = off-the-peg, ready-made.* hecho de encaje = lacy.* hecho de grava = metalled [metaled, -USA].* hecho de trozos = piecewise.* hecho de un modo gratuito = pro bono.* hecho en América = American-built.* hecho en casa = homespun, homemade.* hecho en el extranjero = foreign-made.* hecho en el Reino Unido = British-made.* hecho en lugar de otra persona = delegated.* hecho exclusivamente para = born and bred.* hecho exclusivamente para la web = Web-centric.* hecho expresamente para = intended for.* hecho para una situación específica = niche-specific.* hecho para una única ocasión = one shot.* hecho polvo = wrecked, dog tired.* hecho por el autor = author-designated, author-prepared.* hecho por el hombre = man-made.* hecho por encargo = tailor-made [tailormade], bespoke, custom-made, custom-built [custom built], custom-designed [custom designed], custom-tailored [custom tailored], made-to-order, made to measure.* hecho por la OCLC = OCLC-produced.* hecho por la propia biblioteca = in-house [inhouse].* hecho por multicopista = mimeographed.* hecho por uno mismo = home-grown [home grown/homegrown], home-produced, self-made.* hecho puré = mashed.* hecho recientemente = fresh-made.* hechos el uno para el otro = made for each other.* hecho una salsa = saucy [saucier -comp., sauciest -sup.].* hecho una sopa = drenched to the skin, wringing wet, soaked to the skin, soaking wet, wet through to the skin.* hecho un desastre = in shambles, like the wreck of the Hesperus, upside down.* hecho un toro = as strong as an ox.* hecho y derecho = full-bodied, full-scale, full-service, fully-fledged.* ir hecho un desastre = look like + drag + through a hedge backwards, look like + the wreck of the Hesperus.* lo hecho hecho está = no use crying over spilt/spilled milk.* mal hecho para = ill suited to/for.* medio hecho = halfway done, half done.* menos hecho = rarer.* páguese por el uso hecho = pay-as-you-go.* papel hecho a mano = hand-made paper.* papel hecho a máquina = machine-made paper.* papel verjurado hecho a máquina = machine-made laid paper.* ponerse hecho una fiera = go + ballistic, go + berserk, go + postal, lose + Posesivo + temper.* ponerse hecho una furia = go + berserk, go + postal, lose + Posesivo + temper.* ponerse hecho un basilisco = go + ballistic, go + berserk, go + postal, lose + Posesivo + temper.* ponerse hecho un energúmeno = go + ballistic.* recién hecho = hot off the griddle.* resumen hecho para una disciplina concreta = discipline-oriented abstract.* sistema informático hecho por encargo = tailored system.* solución hecha = cut-and-dried solution.* tener Algo hecho a la medida de uno = have + Nombre + cut out.* tenerlo todo hecho = have + an easy ride.* un trabajo bien hecho = a job well done. -
12 hecho
adj.1 made, done.2 made, created.intj.1 done.2 agreed.m.1 fact, point of fact, event, happening.2 act, feat, deed, action.past part.past participle of spanish verb: hacer.* * *1 (realidad) fact2 (suceso) event, incident————————1→ link=hacer hacer► adjetivo1 (carne) done2 (persona) mature3 (frase, expresión) set4 (ropa) ready-made1 (realidad) fact2 (suceso) event, incident► interjección ¡hecho!1 done!, agreed!\a lo hecho pecho it's no use crying over spilt milk¡bien hecho! well done!de hecho in factel hecho es que... the fact is that...eso está hecho figurado that won't take long, that'll only take a minuteestar hecho,-a un,-a... to be...■ está hecho un vago he's a real waster, he's a real layabouthecho,-a a mano handmadehecho,-a a máquina machine-madehecho,-a en casa home-madehechos son amores actions speak louder than wordslo hecho hecho está what's done is doneser un hombre hecho y derecho to be a real manhecho consumado fait accomplihecho de armas feat of armsHechos de los Apóstoles RELIGIÓN Acts of the Apostles* * *1. noun m.1) fact2) deed3) event2. (f. - hecha)adj.1) done, made2) finished* * *1.PP de hacer2. ADJ1) (=realizado) donesi le dijiste que no fuera, mal hecho — if you told him not to go, then you were wrong o you shouldn't have
¡hecho! — (=de acuerdo) agreed!, it's a deal!
2) (=manufacturado) made¿de qué está hecho? — what's it made of?
3) (=acabado) done, finished; (=listo) readyel trabajo ya está hecho — the work is done o finished
¿está hecha la comida? — is dinner ready?
4) (Culin)a) (=maduro) [queso, vino] mature; [fruta] ripeb) (=cocinado)muy hecho — (=bien) well-cooked; (=demasiado) overdone
no muy hecho, poco hecho — underdone, undercooked
un filete poco o no muy hecho — a rare steak
5) (=convertido en)ella, hecha una furia, se lanzó — she hurled herself furiously
6) [persona]hecho y derecho —
7) (=acostumbrado)3. SM1) (=acto)hechos, y o que no palabras — actions speak louder than words
2) (=realidad) fact; (=suceso) eventel hecho es que... — the fact is that...
un hecho histórico — (=acontecimiento) an historic event; (=dato) a historical fact
hecho imponible — (Econ) taxable source of income
3)de hecho — in fact, as a matter of fact
de hecho, yo no sé nada de eso — in fact o as a matter of fact, I don't know anything about that
4) (Jur)* * *I1) ( manufacturado) madebien/mal hecho — well/badly made
2) ( refiriéndose a acción)lo hecho, hecho está — what's done is done
3) ( convertido en)tú estás hecho un vago — you've become o turned into a lazy devil
4) ( acostumbrado)hecho a algo — used o accustomed to something
5) (como interj) ( expresando acuerdo)IIhecho! — it's a deal!, done!
- cha adjetivo1) < ropa> ready-to-wear, off-the-rack (AmE), off-the-peg (esp BrE)hecho y derecho — < hombre> (fully) grown; < abogado> fully-fledged
3) (esp Esp) < carne> doneIIIun filete muy/poco hecho — a well-done/rare steak
1)a) (acto, acción)ésas son palabras y yo quiero hechos — those are just words, I want action o I want something done
b) (suceso, acontecimiento) event2) (realidad, verdad) factel hecho es que... — the fact (of the matter) is that...
3)* * *I1) ( manufacturado) madebien/mal hecho — well/badly made
2) ( refiriéndose a acción)lo hecho, hecho está — what's done is done
3) ( convertido en)tú estás hecho un vago — you've become o turned into a lazy devil
4) ( acostumbrado)hecho a algo — used o accustomed to something
5) (como interj) ( expresando acuerdo)IIhecho! — it's a deal!, done!
- cha adjetivo1) < ropa> ready-to-wear, off-the-rack (AmE), off-the-peg (esp BrE)hecho y derecho — < hombre> (fully) grown; < abogado> fully-fledged
3) (esp Esp) < carne> doneIIIun filete muy/poco hecho — a well-done/rare steak
1)a) (acto, acción)ésas son palabras y yo quiero hechos — those are just words, I want action o I want something done
b) (suceso, acontecimiento) event2) (realidad, verdad) factel hecho es que... — the fact (of the matter) is that...
3)* * *hecho11 = event, fact, deed.Ex: The concept of corporate body includes named occasional groups and events, such as meetings, conferences, congresses, expeditions, exhibitions, festivals, and fairs.
Ex: Apart from the fact that different librarians may consult different reference sources, there are other factors which may lead different cataloguers to different decisions.Ex: Books were kept for historical records of deeds done by the inhabitants: their worthy acts as well as their sins.* apuntar el hecho de que = point to + the fact that.* cegarse ante el hecho de que = blind + Pronombre + to the fact that.* de derecho pero no de hecho = in name only.* de hecho = actually, as a matter of fact, as it happened, de facto, in actual fact, in effect, in fact, indeed, in point of fact, in actuality, as it happens, as it is, effectively, for all intents and purposes, to all intents and purposes, for that matter.* del dicho al hecho hay mucho trecho = easier said than done.* del dicho al hecho hay mucho trecho = There's many a slip 'twixt cup and lip.* demostración del hecho de que = evidence of the fact that.* desde el punto de vista de los hechos = factually.* dicho sin hecho no tiene provecho = actions speak louder than words.* el hecho es que = fact is, the fact is (that).* el hecho es que... = the fact of the matter is that....* en cuanto a los hechos = factually.* en el lugar de los hechos = at the scene.* enfrentarse al hecho de que = face + (up to) the fact that.* entre el dicho y el hecho hay un gran trecho = many a slip between the cup and the lip.* enunciado de los hechos = statement of fact.* estado de hecho = rule of men.* explicar + Posesivo + versión de los hechos = explain + Posesivo + side of the story.* exposición de los hechos = statement of fact.* hacer frente al hecho de que = face + (up to) the fact that.* hacer frente a los hechos = face + facts.* hecho casual = coincidence, chance happening.* hecho consumado = fait accompli.* hecho demostrado = established fact.* hecho ineludible = hard fact.* hecho real = brute fact.* hechos dispersos = random facts.* hechos, los = plain fact, the.* hechos reales = true story.* no prestar atención al hecho de que = overlook + the fact that.* olvidarse del hecho de que = lose + sight of the fact that.* pareja de hecho = common-law husband, common-law wife, common-law marriage.* partiendo del hecho de que = based on the understanding that.* perder de vista el hecho de que = lose + sight of the fact that.* por el hecho de que = because of the fact that.* por el mero hecho de saber = for knowledge's sake.* presunción de hecho = prima facie.* prueba del hecho de que = evidence of the fact that.* ser un hecho ampliamente aceptado = it + be + widely agreed.* ser un hecho ampliamente reconocido = it + be + widely recognised.* ser un hecho bien conocido que = it + be + a (well)-known fact that.* ser un hecho bien sabido que = it + be + a (well)-known fact that.* ser un hecho poco conocido que = it + be + a little known fact that.* ser un hecho poco sabido que = it + be + a little known fact that.* sin meternos en el hecho de que = to say nothing of.* sin tener en cuenta el hecho de que = overlook + the fact that.* verificación de los hechos = fact checking.hecho22 = executed.Ex: What was pinned up ranged from sheets of paper with nothing more written on them than a title and author to elaborate and beautifully executed illustrations.
* a lo hecho, pecho = no use crying over spilt/spilled milk, you've made your bed, now you must lie in it!.* bien hecho = well-rendered, well done.* cartón hecho de paja = strawboard.* comprar Algo hecho en serie = buy + off-the-shelf.* comprar Algo ya hecho de antemano = buy + off-the-shelf.* cosa hecha = plain sailing, walkover.* dado por hecho = foregone.* dando por hecho que = based on the understanding that, on the understanding that.* dar por hecho = take for + granted.* dejar hecho polvo = screw + Nombre + up.* dicho y hecho = no sooner said than done.* estar hecho a escala = be to scale.* estar hecho con la intención de = be intended for/to.* estar hecho con la mismas dimensiones que el original = be to scale.* estar hecho el uno para el otro = be two of a kind, be a right pair.* estar hecho para = be geared to, be intended for/to, mean, be cut out for.* estar hecho polvo = be + wreck.* estar hecho un desastre = be a shambles, look like + the wreck of the Hesperus, look like + drag + through a hedge backwards, be (in) a mess.* estar hecho un esqueleto = be a bag of bones.* frase hecha = bound phrase, cliche, formulaic words, formulaic phrase.* hecho a base de parches = patchwork.* hecho a mano = hand-made, hand-drawn, handcrafted.* hecho a máquina = machine-made.* hecho a medida = customised [customized, -USA], purpose-designed, tailored, tailor-made [tailormade], custom-made, custom-built [custom built], custom-designed [custom designed], custom-tailored [custom tailored], bespoke, made to measure, fitted, made-to-order.* hecho añicos = shattered.* hecho a propósito = tailor-made [tailormade], custom-made, custom-built [custom built], custom-designed [custom designed], custom-tailored [custom tailored].* hecho cisco = wrecked.* hecho como de pasada = throwaway.* hecho de antemano = off-the-peg, ready-made.* hecho de encaje = lacy.* hecho de grava = metalled [metaled, -USA].* hecho de trozos = piecewise.* hecho de un modo gratuito = pro bono.* hecho en América = American-built.* hecho en casa = homespun, homemade.* hecho en el extranjero = foreign-made.* hecho en el Reino Unido = British-made.* hecho en lugar de otra persona = delegated.* hecho exclusivamente para = born and bred.* hecho exclusivamente para la web = Web-centric.* hecho expresamente para = intended for.* hecho para una situación específica = niche-specific.* hecho para una única ocasión = one shot.* hecho polvo = wrecked, dog tired.* hecho por el autor = author-designated, author-prepared.* hecho por el hombre = man-made.* hecho por encargo = tailor-made [tailormade], bespoke, custom-made, custom-built [custom built], custom-designed [custom designed], custom-tailored [custom tailored], made-to-order, made to measure.* hecho por la OCLC = OCLC-produced.* hecho por la propia biblioteca = in-house [inhouse].* hecho por multicopista = mimeographed.* hecho por uno mismo = home-grown [home grown/homegrown], home-produced, self-made.* hecho puré = mashed.* hecho recientemente = fresh-made.* hechos el uno para el otro = made for each other.* hecho una salsa = saucy [saucier -comp., sauciest -sup.].* hecho una sopa = drenched to the skin, wringing wet, soaked to the skin, soaking wet, wet through to the skin.* hecho un desastre = in shambles, like the wreck of the Hesperus, upside down.* hecho un toro = as strong as an ox.* hecho y derecho = full-bodied, full-scale, full-service, fully-fledged.* ir hecho un desastre = look like + drag + through a hedge backwards, look like + the wreck of the Hesperus.* lo hecho hecho está = no use crying over spilt/spilled milk.* mal hecho para = ill suited to/for.* medio hecho = halfway done, half done.* menos hecho = rarer.* páguese por el uso hecho = pay-as-you-go.* papel hecho a mano = hand-made paper.* papel hecho a máquina = machine-made paper.* papel verjurado hecho a máquina = machine-made laid paper.* ponerse hecho una fiera = go + ballistic, go + berserk, go + postal, lose + Posesivo + temper.* ponerse hecho una furia = go + berserk, go + postal, lose + Posesivo + temper.* ponerse hecho un basilisco = go + ballistic, go + berserk, go + postal, lose + Posesivo + temper.* ponerse hecho un energúmeno = go + ballistic.* recién hecho = hot off the griddle.* resumen hecho para una disciplina concreta = discipline-oriented abstract.* sistema informático hecho por encargo = tailored system.* solución hecha = cut-and-dried solution.* tener Algo hecho a la medida de uno = have + Nombre + cut out.* tenerlo todo hecho = have + an easy ride.* un trabajo bien hecho = a job well done.* * *ppA (manufacturado) madehecho a mano handmadehecho a máquina machine-made, machine-producedun traje hecho a (la) medida a made-to-measure suitestá muy bien/mal hecho it's very well/badly madeB(refiriéndose a una acción): ¡bien hecho! así aprenderá well done! o good for you! that'll teach himtomé la decisión yo solo — pues mal hecho, tenías que haberlo consultado I took the decision myself — well you shouldn't have (done), you should have discussed it with himlo hecho, hecho está it's no use crying over spilled milkC(convertido en): estaba hecho una fiera or furia he was livid o furiousestá hecha una foca she's got(ten) really fatse apareció hecho un mamarracho he turned up looking a real messme dejaron con los nervios hechos trizas when they finished my nerves were in tatters o in shreds o ( colloq) shot to piecestú estás hecho un vago you've become o turned into a lazy devilD (acostumbrado) hecho A algo used o accustomed TO sthun hombre muy hecho a la vida en el campo a man well used to o quite accustomed to life in the countryE ( como interj)(expresando acuerdo): ¡hecho! it's a deal!, done!A ‹ropa› ready-to-wear, off-the-pegcon ese físico se puede comprar los trajes hechos with his build he can buy ready-to-wear suits o he can buy his suits off the pegB (terminado) ‹trabajo› donehecho y derecho: un hombre hecho y derecho a grown o a fully grown manun abogado hecho y derecho a fully-fledged lawyerya es un jugador hecho y derecho he is already an inveterate o a confirmed gamblerC ( esp Esp) ‹carne› doneun filete muy/poco hecho a well-done/rare steakEA1(acto, acción): ésas son palabras y yo quiero hechos those are just words, I want actiondemuéstramelo con hechos prove it to me by doing something about itno es el hecho en sí de que me lo haya robado lo que me duele sino … it's not the actual theft that upsets me but …, it's not the fact that she stole it from me that upsets me but …2 (suceso, acontecimiento) eventhechos como la caída del gobierno de Castillo events such as the fall of the Castillo governmentlos documentos hallados en el lugar de los hechos the documents found at the scene of the crimelimítese el testigo a relatar los hechos the witness will please limit o confine his testimony to the factsCompuestos:fait accompli( frml); battle( frml); violent crime ( involving bloodshed)mpl:los hecho de los Apóstoles The Acts of the ApostlesB (realidad, verdad) factes un hecho conocido por todos it's a well-known factpara esa fecha los viajes espaciales ya eran un hecho by that time space travel was already a realityel hecho es que … the fact (of the matter) is that …es un gran conocedor del país, debido al hecho de que … he knows the country very well owing to the fact that o because …el hecho de que habla tres idiomas le da una gran ventaja the fact that he speaks three languages gives him a great advantageel hecho DE QUE + SUBJ:el hecho de que mucha gente lo compre no quiere decir que sea un buen periódico the fact that a lot of people buy it doesn't make it a good newspaper, just because a lot of people buy it doesn't mean that it's a good newspaperCde hecho: de hecho, ya es significativo que haya hecho esa propuesta the fact that he has made such a proposal is in itself significantno fue una sorpresa, de hecho, me avisaron el mes pasado it didn't come as a surprise; in fact they warned me only last monthél es el director pero de hecho la que manda es ella he's the director, but she's the one who actually runs the place, he's the director, but in reality o in actual fact she's the one who runs the place* * *
Del verbo hacer: ( conjugate hacer)
hecho es:
el participio
Multiple Entries:
hacer
hecho
hacer ( conjugate hacer) verbo transitivo
1
‹casa/carretera› to build;
‹ nido› to build, make;
‹ túnel› to make, dig;
‹dibujo/plano› to do, draw;
‹ lista› to make, draw up;
‹ resumen› to do, make;
‹ película› to make;
‹nudo/lazo› to tie;
‹pan/pastel› to make, bake;
‹vino/café/tortilla› to make;
‹ cerveza› to make, brew;
hacen buena pareja they make a lovely couple
estos zapatos me hacen daño these shoes hurt my feet
2
‹ milagro› to work, perform;
‹deberes/ejercicios/limpieza› to do;
‹ mandado› to run;
‹transacción/investigación› to carry out;
‹ experimento› to do, perform;
‹ entrevista› to conduct;
‹gira/viaje› to do;
‹ regalo› to give;
‹ favor› to do;
‹ trato› to make;
aún queda mucho por hecho there is still a lot (left) to do;
dar que hecho to make a lot of work
3 (formular, expresar) ‹declaración/promesa/oferta› to make;
‹proyecto/plan› to make, draw up;
‹crítica/comentario› to make, voice;
‹ pregunta› to ask;
4
◊ hecho caca (fam) to do a poop (AmE) o (BrE) a pooh (colloq);
hecho pis or pipí (fam) to have a pee (colloq);
hecho sus necesidades (euf) to go to the bathroom o toilet (euph)
◊ las vacas hacen `mu' cows go `moo'
5 ( adquirir) ‹dinero/fortuna› to make;
‹ amigo› to make
6 (preparar, arreglar) ‹ cama› to make;
‹ maleta› to pack;◊ hice el pescado al horno I did o cooked the fish in the oven;
tengo que hecho la comida I must make lunch;
ver tb comida b
7 ( recorrer) ‹trayecto/distancia› to do, cover
8 (en cálculos, enumeraciones):◊ son 180 … y 320 hacen 500 that's 180 … and 320 is o makes 500
1
¿hacemos algo esta noche? shall we do something tonight?;
hecho ejercicio to do (some) exercise;
¿hace algún deporte? do you play o do any sports?;
See Also→ amor 1b
◊ ¿qué hace tu padre? what does your father do?
2 (realizar cierta acción, actuar de cierta manera) to do;◊ ¡eso no se hace! you shouldn't do that!;
¡qué le vamos a hecho! what can you o (frml) one do?;
toca bien el piano — antes lo hacía mejor she plays the piano well — she used to play better;
hechola buena (fam): ¡ahora sí que la hice! now I've really done it!;
See Also→ tonto sustantivo masculino, femenino
1 (transformar en, volver) to make;
hizo pedazos la carta she tore the letter into tiny pieces;
ese vestido te hace más delgada that dress makes you look thinner;
hecho algo de algo to turn sth into sth;
quiero hecho de ti un gran actor I want to make a great actor of you
2a) (obligar a, ser causa de que)
me hizo abrirla he made me open it;
me hizo llorar it made me cry;
hágalo pasar tell him to come in;
me hizo esperar tres horas she kept me waiting for three hours;
hecho que algo/algn haga algo to make sth/sb do sthb)◊ hacer hacer algo to have o get sth done/made;
hice acortar las cortinas I had o got the curtains shortened
verbo intransitivo
1 (obrar, actuar):◊ déjame hecho a mí just let me handle this o take care of this;
¿cómo se hace para que te den la beca? what do you have to do to get the scholarship?;
hiciste bien en decírmelo you did o were right to tell me;
haces mal en mentir it's wrong of you to lie
2 (fingir, simular):
haz como si no lo conocieras act as if o pretend you don't know him
3 ( servir):◊ esta sábana hará de toldo this sheet will do for o as an awning;
la escuela hizo de hospital the school served as o was used as a hospital
4 ( interpretar personaje) hecho de algo/algn to play (the part of) sth/sb
(+ compl) ( sentar):
(+ me/te/le etc)
la trucha me hizo mal (AmL) the trout didn't agree with me
hecho v impers
1 ( refiriéndose al tiempo atmosférico):◊ hace frío/sol it's cold/sunny;
hace tres grados it's three degrees;
(nos) hizo un tiempo espantoso the weather was terrible
2 ( expresando tiempo transcurrido):
hace mucho que lo conozco I've known him for a long time;
hacía años que no lo veía I hadn't seen him for o in years;
¿cuánto hace que se fue? how long ago did she leave?;
hace poco/un año a short time/a year ago;
hasta hace poco until recently
hacerse verbo pronominal
1 ( producirse) (+ me/te/le etc):
se le hizo una ampolla she got a blister;
hacérsele algo a algn (Méx): por fin se le hizo ganar el premio she finally got to win the award
2
se hizo la cirugía estética she had plastic surgery
3 ( causarse):◊ ¿qué te hiciste en el brazo? what did you do to your arm?;
¿te hiciste daño? did you hurt yourself?
4 ( refiriéndose a necesidades fisiológicas):◊ todavía se hace pis/caca (fam) she still wets/messes herself
5 ( refl) ( adquirir) to make;
1
se están haciendo viejos they are getting o growing oldb) ( resultar):
(+ me/te/le etc)
se me hace difícil creerlo I find it very hard to believec) ( impers):
se está haciendo tarde it's getting late
e) (AmL) ( pasarle a):◊ ¿qué se habrá hecho María? what can have happened to María?
2 ( acostumbrarse) hechose a algo to get used to sth
3 ( fingirse):
¿es bobo o se (lo) hace? (fam) is he stupid or just a good actor? (colloq);
hechose pasar por algn (por periodista, doctor) to pass oneself off as sb
4 ( moverse) (+ compl) to move;
5
( de amigos) to make
hecho 1
1 ( manufacturado) made;
un traje hecho a (la) medida a made-to-measure suit;
bien/mal hecho well/badly made
2 ( refiriéndose a acción):◊ ¡bien hecho! well done!;
no le avisé — pues mal hecho I didn't let him know — well you should have (done);
lo hecho, hecho está what's done is done
3 ( convertido en):
tú estás hecho un vago you've become o turned into a lazy devil
■ adjetivo
◊ un filete muy/poco hecho a well-done/rare steak
hecho 2 sustantivo masculino
1a) (acto, acción):◊ yo quiero hechos I want action, I want something done;
demuéstramelo con hechos prove it to me by doing something about it
2 (realidad, verdad) fact;
hacer
I verbo transitivo
1 (crear, fabricar, construir) to make
hacer un jersey, to make a sweater
hacer un puente, to build a bridge
2 (una acción) to do: eso no se hace, it isn't done
haz lo que quieras, do what you want
¿qué estás haciendo?, (en este momento) what are you doing?
(para vivir) what do you do (for a living)?
hace atletismo, he does athletics
hacer una carrera/ medicina, to do a degree/ medicine
3 (amigos, dinero) to make
4 (obligar, forzar) to make: hazle entrar en razón, make him see reason
5 (causar, provocar) to make: ese hombre me hace reír, that man makes me laugh
estos zapatos me hacen daño, these shoes are hurting me
no hagas llorar a tu hermana, don't make your sister cry
6 (arreglar) to make
hacer la cama, to make the bed
hacer la casa, to do the housework
7 Mat (sumar, dar como resultado) to make: y con éste hacen cincuenta, and that makes fifty
8 (producir una impresión) to make... look: ese vestido la hace mayor, that dress makes her look older
9 (en sustitución de otro verbo) to do: cuido mi jardín, me gusta hacerlo, I look after my garden, I like doing it
10 (representar) to play: Juan hizo un papel en Fuenteovejuna, Juan played a part in Fuenteovejuna
11 (actuar como) to play: no hagas el tonto, don't play the fool
12 (suponer) te hacía en casa, I thought you were at home
II verbo intransitivo
1 (en el teatro, etc) to play: hizo de Electra, she played Electra
2 ( hacer por + infinitivo) to try to: hice por ayudar, I tried to help
3 (simular) to pretend: hice como si no lo conociera, I acted as if I didn't know him
4 fam (venir bien, convenir) to be suitable: si te hace, nos vamos a verle mañana, if it's all right for you, we'll visit him tomorrow
III verbo impersonal
1 (tiempo transcurrido) ago: hace mucho (tiempo), a long time ago
hace tres semanas que no veo la televisión, I haven't watched TV for three weeks
hace tres años que comenzaron las obras, the building works started three years ago
2 (condición atmosférica) hacía mucho frío, it was very cold
¿To make o to do?
El significado básico del verbo to make es construir, fabricar algo juntando los componentes (aquí hacen unos pasteles maravillosos, they make marvellous cakes here), obligar (hazle callar, make him shut up) o convertir: Te hará más fuerte. It'll make you stronger. También se emplea en expresiones compuestas por palabras tales como dinero ( money), ruido ( a noise), cama ( the bed), esfuerzo ( an effort), promesa ( a promise), c omentario ( a comment), amor ( love), guerra ( war).
El significado del verbo to do es cumplir o ejecutar una tarea o actividad, especialmente tratándose de los deportes y las tareas domésticas: Hago mis deberes por la noche. I do my homework in the evening. ¿Quién hace la plancha en tu casa? Who does the ironing in your house? También se emplea con palabras tales como deber ( duty), deportes ( sports), examen ( an exam), favor ( a favour), sumas ( sums).
hecho,-a
I adjetivo
1 (realizado) made, done: está muy bien hecho, it's really well done
2 (acostumbrado) used: está hecho a trabajar en este clima, he's used to working in this climate
3 (cocinado, cocido) done
un filete muy/poco hecho, a well-cooked/rare steak
4 (persona) mature
5 (frase) set
(ropa) ready-made
II sustantivo masculino
1 (suceso real) fact
el hecho es que..., the fact is that...
de hecho, in fact ➣ Ver nota en actually 2 (obra, acción) act, deed
3 (acontecimiento, caso) event, incident
III interj ¡hecho!, it's a deal! o all right!
' hecho' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
acontecer
- actual
- asesinar
- braga
- bribón
- bribona
- buena
- bueno
- casera
- casero
- chapucera
- chapucero
- chapuza
- chaval
- chavala
- como
- conmoverse
- considerable
- consumada
- consumado
- Cristo
- de
- despeluchar
- desvarío
- dicha
- dicho
- documentalista
- elemento
- encubrir
- entrar
- exquisita
- exquisito
- fideo
- fiera
- flan
- furia
- haber
- habilidosa
- habilidoso
- hallar
- hecha
- higo
- hojalata
- humanamente
- incidencia
- interdisciplinaria
- interdisciplinario
- jirón
- jugarreta
- lástima
English:
accept
- action
- actual
- actually
- adjust
- admission
- admit
- advance
- angry
- appease
- asbestos
- bandwagon
- bargain
- basis
- beat
- by
- challenge
- cock-up
- collar
- come
- confirm
- cry
- custom
- cut out
- damage
- deal
- decree
- delay
- deliberately
- done
- dream
- effect
- effectively
- enforce
- established
- fact
- failure
- fait accompli
- find out
- fitted
- freshly
- fully-fledged
- good
- grown
- gumbo
- hand
- handmade
- however
- hurried
- in
* * *hecho, -a♦ participiover hacer♦ adjhecho a máquina machine-made;una película bien hecha a well-made film;¡eso está hecho! it's a deal!, you're on!;¡bien hecho! well done!;¡mal hecho, me tenías que haber avisado! you were wrong not to tell me!;¿me podrás conseguir entradas? – ¡eso está hecho! will you be able to get me tickets? – it's as good as done!;lo hecho, hecho está what is done is done;Fama lo hecho, pecho: no me gusta, pero a lo hecho, pecho I don't like it, but what's done is done;tú lo hiciste, así que a lo hecho, pecho you did it, so you'll have to take what's coming2. [acabado] mature;una mujer hecha y derecha a fully grown woman;estás hecho un artista you've become quite an artist3. [carne, pasta] done;quiero el filete muy hecho/poco hecho I'd like my steak well done/rare4. [acostumbrado]estar hecho a algo/a hacer algo to be used to sth/to doing sth;está hecha a la dureza del clima she's used to the harsh climate;no estoy hecho a levantarme tan temprano I'm not used to getting up so earlycon la compra de estos zapatos creo que estoy hecho after buying these shoes I think I've got everything I need;me faltan dos materias de la carrera y estoy hecha I need to do two more subjects in my degree and that's me done♦ nm1. [suceso] event;los hechos tuvieron lugar de madrugada the events took place in the early morning;el cuerpo de la víctima fue retirado del lugar de los hechos the victim's body was removed from the scene of the crimehecho consumado fait accompli2. [realidad, dato] fact;el hecho de que seas el jefe no te da derecho a comportarte así just because you're the boss doesn't mean you have the right to behave like that;es un hecho indiscutido que… it is an indisputable fact that…;el hecho es que… the fact is that…;hecho ineludible fact of life3. [obra] action, deed;sus hechos hablan por él his actions speak for him;queremos hechos, y no promesas we want action, not promiseslos Hechos de los Apóstoles the Acts of the Apostles; Mil hecho de armas feat of arms4.de hecho [en realidad] in fact, actually;claro que lo conozco, de hecho, fuimos juntos al colegio of course I know him, indeed o in fact we actually went to school together5. [en la práctica] de facto;es el presidente de hecho he's the de facto president♦ interjit's a deal!, you're on!;te lo vendo por un millón – ¡hecho! I'll sell it to you for a million – done! o it's a deal!* * *:hecho a mano hand-made;un traje hecho an off-the-peg suit;¡bien hecho! well done!;¡hecho!, ¡eso está hecho ! done!, it’s a deal!;a lo hecho, pecho what’s done is doneII adj finished;un hombre hecho y derecho a fully grown manIII m1 ( realidad) fact;de hecho in fact;el hecho es que the fact is that2 ( suceso) event3 ( obra) action, deed;un hecho consumado a fait accompli* * *1) : made, done2) : ready-to-wear3) : complete, finishedhecho y derecho: full-fledgedhecho nm1) : fact2) : eventhechos históricos: historic events3) : act, action4)de hecho : in fact, in reality* * *hecho1 adj1. (manufacturado) made¿de qué está hecho? what's it made of?2. (cocinado) done¡bien hecho! well done!¡hecho! done!hecho2 n1. (en general) fact2. (acto) actiondemuéstraselo con hechos y no con palabras prove it with actions, not words -
13 estrujador
• wring out• wringing-wet -
14 exprimidor
• clothes wringer• extractor• squeezer• wring out• wringing-wet -
15 exprimidor de ropa
• clothes wringer• wring out• wringing-wet -
16 inarrugable
• crease resistant• creaseless• wringing-wet• wrinkle one's brow -
17 retorcer
v.1 to twist (torcer) (brazo, alambre).2 to twist.* * *1 (gen) to twist2 (ropa) to wring (out)3 figurado (un argumento) to twist4 figurado (tergiversar) to distort1 (gen) to become twisted, twist2 (doblarse) to bend\retorcerse de dolor figurado to writhe in painretorcerse de risa figurado to double up with laughter, split one's sides laughing* * *verb* * *1. VT1) [+ brazo] to twist; [+ manos, lavado] to wring; [+ hebras] to twine, twine togetherretorcerle el pescuezo a algn — * to wring sb's neck *
2) [+ argumento] to turn, twist; [+ sentido] to twist2.See:* * *1.verbo transitivo1)a) <alambre/cuerda> to twist; <alambres/hilos> to twist... together; < ropa> to wringb) < brazo> (+ me/te/le etc) to twist2) < palabras> to twist2.retorcerse v pron1)a) ( enrollarse) to become tangled (up)b) serpiente to writhec) persona2) (refl) < manos>* * *= wring, twist, twirl.Ex. The statue depicted a nymph coming out of the water and wringing her wet hair.Ex. The cheeks were braced from their tops to the ceiling, to prevent the press from twisting or shifting about in use.Ex. A hula hoop is a toy hoop that is twirled around the waist, limbs, or neck.----* retorcerse = writhe, squirm.* retorcerse las manos = wring + Posesivo + hands.* * *1.verbo transitivo1)a) <alambre/cuerda> to twist; <alambres/hilos> to twist... together; < ropa> to wringb) < brazo> (+ me/te/le etc) to twist2) < palabras> to twist2.retorcerse v pron1)a) ( enrollarse) to become tangled (up)b) serpiente to writhec) persona2) (refl) < manos>* * *= wring, twist, twirl.Ex: The statue depicted a nymph coming out of the water and wringing her wet hair.
Ex: The cheeks were braced from their tops to the ceiling, to prevent the press from twisting or shifting about in use.Ex: A hula hoop is a toy hoop that is twirled around the waist, limbs, or neck.* retorcerse = writhe, squirm.* retorcerse las manos = wring + Posesivo + hands.* * *vtA1 ‹alambre/cuerda› to twist; ‹alambres/hilos› to twist … together; ‹ropa› to wring2 ‹brazo› (+ me/te/le etc) to twistle retorció el pescuezo she wrung its neckB ‹palabras› to twistA1 (enrollarse) to become tangled (up), get twisted (up)2 «serpiente» to writhe3«persona»: retorcerse de dolor to writhe with pain, to writhe in agonyretorcerse de risa to double up with laughter, to fall about laughingB ( refl) ‹manos/pelo›se retorcía las manos con nerviosismo she was wringing her hands nervouslysiempre se está retorciendo el pelo/la barba he is always twiddling (with) his hair/his beard* * *
retorcer ( conjugate retorcer) verbo transitivo
to twist
retorcerse verbo pronominal
1
c) [ persona]:
See Also→ risa
2 ( refl) ‹ manos› to wring
retorcer verbo transitivo
1 (una cuerda, un brazo, etc) to twist
2 (ropa) to wring (out)
3 (las palabras) to twist
' retorcer' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
torcer
English:
contort
- twist
- wring
- squeeze
* * *♦ vt1. [torcer] [brazo, alambre] to twist;[ropa, cuello] to wring;¡le voy a retorcer el pescuezo como lo vea! I'll wring his neck if I get my hands on him!2. [tergiversar] to twist* * *v/t twist* * *retorcer {14} vt1) : to twist2) : to wring* * *retorcer vb1. (brazo) to twist -
18 estrujar
v.1 to squeeze.Estrujamos la ropa mojada We squeezed the wet clothes.2 to squeeze (persona, mano).me estrujó un pie he squashed my foot¡no me estrujes! don't squash o crush me!3 to bleed dry (sacar partido).4 to extrude.Estrujaron comida para perros They extruded dog food.* * *1 (exprimir) to squeeze2 (apretar - alguien) to crush; (- algo) to screw up3 (ropa) to wring4 figurado (sacar partido) to drain, bleed dry1 (apretujarse) to crowd, throng\estrujarse los sesos / estrujarse el cerebro familiar to rack one's brains* * *verb1) to squeeze2) press* * *1. VT1) (=exprimir) to squeeze2) (=apretar) to press3) (=escurrir) [+ bayeta, trapo] to wring4) (=aprovecharse de) to drain, bleed white2.See:* * *verbo transitivo1)a) ( apretar arrugando) < papel> to crumple up, scrunch up; < tela> to crumple (up)b) ( para escurrir) to wring (out)c) < uvas> to press2) < persona> to squeeze, hold... tightly* * *= squeeze, extrude, wring.Ex. Squeezed between the upper and nether milestones of increasing demand and dwindling resources, individual librarians develop ways in which to make their jobs easier.Ex. In theory, at least, information provision has always been seen as an integral part of the library service, but in practice this had tended to become extruded to the point of non-existence by the time it reaches the smaller rural branches and mobile libraries = En teoría, al menos, la difusión de la información siempre se ha visto como una parte integral del servicio bibliotecario, aunque en la práctica se ha tendido a forzarla hasta el punto de su inexistencia cuando llega a las bibliotecas sucursales rurales más pequeñas y a las bibliotecas móviles.Ex. The statue depicted a nymph coming out of the water and wringing her wet hair.----* estrujarse el cerebro = rack + Posesivo + brains.* estrujarse los sesos = rack + Posesivo + brains.* que queda por estrujar = unsqueezed.* * *verbo transitivo1)a) ( apretar arrugando) < papel> to crumple up, scrunch up; < tela> to crumple (up)b) ( para escurrir) to wring (out)c) < uvas> to press2) < persona> to squeeze, hold... tightly* * *= squeeze, extrude, wring.Ex: Squeezed between the upper and nether milestones of increasing demand and dwindling resources, individual librarians develop ways in which to make their jobs easier.
Ex: In theory, at least, information provision has always been seen as an integral part of the library service, but in practice this had tended to become extruded to the point of non-existence by the time it reaches the smaller rural branches and mobile libraries = En teoría, al menos, la difusión de la información siempre se ha visto como una parte integral del servicio bibliotecario, aunque en la práctica se ha tendido a forzarla hasta el punto de su inexistencia cuando llega a las bibliotecas sucursales rurales más pequeñas y a las bibliotecas móviles.Ex: The statue depicted a nymph coming out of the water and wringing her wet hair.* estrujarse el cerebro = rack + Posesivo + brains.* estrujarse los sesos = rack + Posesivo + brains.* que queda por estrujar = unsqueezed.* * *estrujar [A1 ]vtA1 (apretar arrugando) ‹papel› to crumple up, scrunch up, crumple; ‹tela› to crumple, crumple up2 (para escurrir) to wring, wring out3 ‹uvas› to pressB ‹persona› to squeeze, hold … tightlyllevaba al niño estrujado entre sus brazos she carried the child tightly in her armsB( Chi) (reírse mucho) ( fam): me estrujé con los chistes que contó he creased me up with his jokes ( colloq)¡cómo nos estrujamos al verla vestida así! we really fell about o cracked up when we saw her dressed like that ( colloq)* * *
estrujar ( conjugate estrujar) verbo transitivo
1
‹ tela› to crumple (up)
2 ‹ persona› to squeeze, hold … tightly
estrujar verbo transitivo
1 (apretar con fuerza) to crush: estrujó el papel, he crumpled up the paper
2 (exprimir) to squeeze
' estrujar' also found in these entries:
English:
squeeze
* * *♦ vt1. [limón, naranja] to squeeze;[trapo, ropa] to wring (out); [esponja] to squeeze out2. [papel] to screw up;[caja] to crush3. [persona, mano] to squeeze;me estrujó un pie he squashed my foot;¡no me estrujes! don't squash o crush me!4. [aprovecharse de] to bleed dry* * *v/t1 famcrumple up, scrunch up fam2 trapo wring out3 persona squeeze, hold tightly* * *estrujar vtapretar: to press, to squeeze* * *estrujar vb1. (limón) to squeeze2. (papel) to crumple up -
19 escurrir
v.1 to drain (platos, verdura).2 to drip.deja los platos a escurrir leave the dishes to drain3 to slide.una lágrima escurrió por su mejilla a tear slid down her cheek* * *1 (destilar) to drip, trickle2 (deslizar) to slip, slide1 (platos etc) to drain2 (líquido) to drip, trickle3 (deslizarse) to slip, slide5 familiar (decir demasiado) to let slip\escurrir el bulto familiar to dodge the issue* * *verb* * *1.VT [+ ropa] to wring, wring out; [+ platos, líquido, botella] to drain; [+ verduras] to strain2.VI [líquido] to drip3.See:* * *1.verbo transitivo < ropa> to wring out, wring; <verduras/pasta> to strain, drain; <líquido/vaso> to drain2.escurrir vi to drain3.escurrirse v pron1)a) líquidodéjalas en una servilleta de papel para que se escurra el aceite — leave them to drain on some kitchen paper
b) verduras/vajilla to drain2)a) (fam) (escaparse, escabullirse) to slip awayescurrirse de algo — to wriggle o get out of something
b) (resbalarse, deslizarse) to slip* * *= drain away, drain off, drain, strain, wring.Ex. As the water was draining away between the wires of the sieve, he gave the mould a sideways shake locking the fibres together and 'shutting' the sheet.Ex. When removed from the sink the items were left to drain off for half an hour at room temperature, then packaged in polythene in separate bundles and placed in a domestic refrigerator for 7 weeks.Ex. The garden had obviously been flooded with sea-water although now it was all drained.Ex. Sampling for immature stages of mosquito was done weekly between May 1999 and January 2000 by straining them from the water in ravines and gutters.Ex. The statue depicted a nymph coming out of the water and wringing her wet hair.----* escurrir el bulto = pass + the buck, weasel (on/out of), duck out.* sin escurrir = undrained.* * *1.verbo transitivo < ropa> to wring out, wring; <verduras/pasta> to strain, drain; <líquido/vaso> to drain2.escurrir vi to drain3.escurrirse v pron1)a) líquidodéjalas en una servilleta de papel para que se escurra el aceite — leave them to drain on some kitchen paper
b) verduras/vajilla to drain2)a) (fam) (escaparse, escabullirse) to slip awayescurrirse de algo — to wriggle o get out of something
b) (resbalarse, deslizarse) to slip* * *= drain away, drain off, drain, strain, wring.Ex: As the water was draining away between the wires of the sieve, he gave the mould a sideways shake locking the fibres together and 'shutting' the sheet.
Ex: When removed from the sink the items were left to drain off for half an hour at room temperature, then packaged in polythene in separate bundles and placed in a domestic refrigerator for 7 weeks.Ex: The garden had obviously been flooded with sea-water although now it was all drained.Ex: Sampling for immature stages of mosquito was done weekly between May 1999 and January 2000 by straining them from the water in ravines and gutters.Ex: The statue depicted a nymph coming out of the water and wringing her wet hair.* escurrir el bulto = pass + the buck, weasel (on/out of), duck out.* sin escurrir = undrained.* * *escurrir [I1 ]vt1 ‹ropa› to wring out, wring2 ‹verduras› to strain, drain; ‹pasta› to drain3 ‹líquido› to drain, drain off4 ‹botella/jarra› to drain, get the last drops out of5 ‹buñuelos/pescado› to drain■ escurrirvideja los platos ahí para que escurran leave the plates there to draindejé escurrir la camisa I left the shirt to drip-drypon la botella boca abajo para que escurra turn the bottle upside down to drain out the last few dropsA1«líquido»: cuelga la camisa para que se vaya escurriendo el agua hang the shirt out to drip-drydéjalas en una servilleta de papel para que se escurra el aceite leave them to drain on some kitchen paper2 «verduras» to drainB1 ( fam) (escaparse, escabullirse) to slip awayintentaré escurrirme de la fiesta I'll try to slip away from the partyle pusimos una trampa pero logró escurrirse we laid a trap for him but he managed to wriggle o get out of it2 (resbalarse, deslizarse) to slipel vaso/jabón se le escurrió de (entre) las manos the glass/soap slipped through her fingersse fue escurriendo entre la multitud she slipped through the crowdme estoy escurriendo de la silla I keep sliding off this chair* * *
escurrir ( conjugate escurrir) verbo transitivo ‹ ropa› to wring out, wring;
‹verduras/pasta› to strain, drain;
‹ líquido› to drain (off)
verbo intransitivo
to drain;
‹ camisa› to leave … to drip-dry
escurrirse verbo pronominal
1a) [ líquido]:
2
escurrirse de algo to wriggle o get out of sth
escurrir vtr (ropa) to wring out
(vajilla) to drain
♦ Locuciones: escurrir el bulto, to dodge the issue
' escurrir' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
bulto
- estilar
- estrujar
English:
drain
- pass
- strain
- wring
- wring out
- skive off
* * *♦ vt1. [platos] to drain;[verdura, pasta] to drain; [huevos fritos, pescado] to drain the fat off; [ropa] to wring out;escúrrele el líquido a la lata de atún drain the liquid from the can of tuna;Famescurrir el bulto [trabajo] to get out of it;[cuestión] to evade the issue2. [botella] to empty (out)♦ vi1. [soltar líquido] to drain;[gotear] to drip;deja los platos a escurrir leave the dishes to drain;deja aquí el paraguas para que vaya escurriendo leave the umbrella here so it can dry off2. [resbalar] to slide;una lágrima escurrió por su mejilla a tear slid down her cheek3. [estar resbaladizo] to be slippery* * *I v/t1 ropa wring outII v/i1 de platos drain2 de ropa drip-dry* * *escurrir vt1) : to wring out2) : to drainescurrir vi1) : to drain2) : to drip, to drip-dry* * *escurrir vb2. (platos, verduras) to drain¿has escurrido la pasta? have you drained the pasta?
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wringing wet — So wet that water can be wrung out • • • Main Entry: ↑wring * * * wringing wet : very wet His clothes were wringing wet from the rain. • • • Main Entry: ↑wring * * * ˌwringing ˈwet f5 [wringing wet … Useful english dictionary
wringing wet — adj. Wet through and through; soaked; dripping. * /He was wringing wet because he was caught in the rain without an umbrella./ * /He was wringing wet after working in the fields in the hot sun./ … Dictionary of American idioms
wringing wet — adj. Wet through and through; soaked; dripping. * /He was wringing wet because he was caught in the rain without an umbrella./ * /He was wringing wet after working in the fields in the hot sun./ … Dictionary of American idioms
wringing\ wet — adj Wet through and through; soaked; dripping. He was wringing wet because he was caught in the rain without an umbrella. He was wringing wet after working in the fields in the hot sun … Словарь американских идиом
wringing-wet — | ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷| ̷ ̷ adjective : so wet that liquid may be wrung out … Useful english dictionary
wet — [adj] damp, moist aqueous, clammy, dank, dewy, drenched, dripping, drizzling, foggy, humid, misty, moistened, muggy, pouring, raining, rainy, saturate, saturated, showery, slimy, slippery, slushy, snowy, soaked, soaking, sodden, soggy, sopping,… … New thesaurus
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wet — See: ALL WET, GET ONE S FEET WET, MAD AS A WET HEN, WRINGING WET … Dictionary of American idioms
wet — See: all wet, get one s feet wet, mad as a wet hen, wringing wet … Словарь американских идиом