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1 cualquiera
adj.1 any.a cualquier hora any timeen cualquier lugar anywherede cualquier manera o modo, no pienso ayudar I've no intention of helping, anyway o in any caseen cualquier momento at any timecualquier día vendré a visitarte I'll drop by one of these daysno es un escritor cualquiera he's no ordinary writer2 ordinary, common.pron.anyone.cualquiera te lo dirá anyone will tell you¡cualquiera lo sabe! who knows!¡cualquiera se lo come! nobody could eat that!cualquiera que te vea se reiría anyone who saw you would laughcualquiera que sea la razón whatever the reason (may be)cualesquiera que sean las razones whatever the reasons (may be)f.tart (informal) (prostituta).f. & m.nobody (don nadie).* * *► adjetivo (pl cualesquiera)1 (indefinido) any2 (ordinario) ordinary1 (persona indeterminada) anybody, anyone; (cosa indeterminada) any, any one2 (nadie) nobody■ ¡cualquiera lo coge! nobody would take it!1 peyorativo nobody1 peyorativo (prostituta) hussy, floozy, tart■ cualquiera que diga eso, miente whoever says that is lying* * *1. adj.1) any2) everyday, ordinary2. pron.1) anybody, anyone, whoever2) whichever, whatever* * *Icualquier cosa/persona — anything/anyone
de cualquier forma or manera te llamaré — I'll call you in any case
IIcomo cualquier día or como un día cualquiera — just like (on) any other day
a) ( refiriéndose - a dos personas o cosas) either (of them); (- a más de dos cosas) any one; (- a más de dos personas) anybody, anyone¿cuál de los dos? - cualquiera — which one? - either (of them)
pregúntaselo a cualquiera — ask anybody o anyone (you like)
¿puedo elegir cualquiera? — can I choose any one (I like)?
cualquiera que elijas estará bien — whichever (one) you choose o any one you choose will be fine
b) (iró) ( nadie)IIIfemenino (pey)IVuna cualquiera — a hussy, a floozy o (BrE) tart (colloq & pej)
* * *= anybody, anyone, anybody else.Ex. An authority file that is not accessible to anybody is only a limited authority file.Ex. Anyone using LC copy and the AACR is well aware of the stimulating challenges provided by superimposed headings.Ex. On first thought, it might appear that an author would be the best person to write the abstract, since presumably he or she knows more about the paper than anybody else.----* acostarse con cualquiera = sleep around.* al alcance de cualquiera = within anyone's reach, within anybody's reach.* cualquiera que fuere = any... whatsoever.* cualquiera que fuese = any... whatsoever.* * *Icualquier cosa/persona — anything/anyone
de cualquier forma or manera te llamaré — I'll call you in any case
IIcomo cualquier día or como un día cualquiera — just like (on) any other day
a) ( refiriéndose - a dos personas o cosas) either (of them); (- a más de dos cosas) any one; (- a más de dos personas) anybody, anyone¿cuál de los dos? - cualquiera — which one? - either (of them)
pregúntaselo a cualquiera — ask anybody o anyone (you like)
¿puedo elegir cualquiera? — can I choose any one (I like)?
cualquiera que elijas estará bien — whichever (one) you choose o any one you choose will be fine
b) (iró) ( nadie)IIIfemenino (pey)IVuna cualquiera — a hussy, a floozy o (BrE) tart (colloq & pej)
* * *= anybody, anyone, anybody else.Ex: An authority file that is not accessible to anybody is only a limited authority file.
Ex: Anyone using LC copy and the AACR is well aware of the stimulating challenges provided by superimposed headings.Ex: On first thought, it might appear that an author would be the best person to write the abstract, since presumably he or she knows more about the paper than anybody else.* acostarse con cualquiera = sleep around.* al alcance de cualquiera = within anyone's reach, within anybody's reach.* cualquiera que fuere = any... whatsoever.* cualquiera que fuese = any... whatsoever.* * *(pl cualesquiera ora la altura de cualquier capital europea on a par with any European capitalen cualquier momento (at) any timesi ves cualquier cosa/persona que te resulte sospechosa if you see anything/anyone suspiciousponlo en cualquier lado put it anywherede cualquier forma que se haga whichever way you do itde cualquier forma or manera or modo te llamaré anyhow o anyway, I'll call youlo voy a hacer de cualquier forma I'm going to do it anywayvino a trabajar como cualquier día or como un día cualquiera he came to work just like (on) any other daytráeme uno cualquiera bring me any of them o any one (at all)son unos mercenarios cualesquiera they're nothing but mercenaries1 (refiriéndose — a dos personas o cosas) either (of them); (— a más de dos cosas) any one; (— a más de dos personas) anybody, anyone¿cuál de los dos? — cualquiera which one? — either (of them)cualquiera de los dos es capaz de hacerlo either (one) of them could do itpregúntaselo a cualquiera ask anybody o anyone (you like)¿puedo elegir cualquiera? can I choose any one (I like)?cualquiera + QUE:cualquiera que elijas va a ser mejor que éste whichever (one) you choose, it'll be better than this one, any one you choose will be better than this onecualesquiera que hayan sido sus motivos whatever his motives may have been2 ( iró)(nadie): ¡a ti cualquiera te entiende! I just don't understand you!¡cualquiera sabe dónde lo habrá puesto! heaven knows where he's put it!¡cualquiera se atreve! I don't think anybody would dare!( pey)una cualquiera a floozy o tart ( colloq pej)un cualquiera a nobody* * *
cualquiera 1 (pl
en cualquier momento (at) any time;
cualquier cosa/persona anything/anyone;
en cualquier lado anywhere;
de cualquier forma que se haga whichever way you do it;
lo voy a hacer de cualquiera forma I'm going to do it anyway;
es un mercenario cualquiera he's nothing but a mercenary
■ pronombre ( refiriéndose — a dos personas o cosas) either (of them);
(— a más de dos personas) anybody, anyone;
(— a más de dos cosas) any one;◊ ¿cuál de los dos? — cualquiera which one? — either (of them);
pregúntaselo a cualquiera ask anybody o anyone (you like);
cualquiera que elijas estará bien whichever (one) you choose o any one you choose will be fine
cualquiera 2 sustantivo masculino y femenino: un cualquiera a nobody;
una cualquiera a floozy o (BrE) tart (colloq &
pey)
cualquiera
I adjetivo indef
1 (indefinido, no importa cual) any: coge un libro cualquiera, take any book
2 (corriente, poco importante) ordinary: no es un libro cualquiera, it isn't just any book
II pron indef
1 (persona) anybody: cualquiera sabe cocer un huevo, anybody knows how to boil an egg
cualquiera de los dos es un buen partido, either of them is a good catch
¡cualquiera le dice algo!, nobody dares to say a word to him!
2 (cosa, animal) any one
3 cualquiera que sea, whatever it is
III mf fig pey ser un cualquiera, to be a nobody: es una cualquiera, she's a floosy
' cualquiera' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
acudir
- comida
- error
- obnubilar
- resucitar
- se
- segundón
- segundona
- así
- cualquier
- fulano
- pasar
- rendir
English:
any
- anybody
- Dick and Harry
- either
- infuriating
- one
- sleep around
- Tom
- whichever
- much
- see
- sleep
- whatever
* * *cualquiera (pl cualesquiera) Note that cualquier is used before singular nouns (e.g. cualquier hombre any man).♦ adjany;no es un escritor cualquiera he's no ordinary writer;cualquier día vendré a visitarte I'll drop by one of these days;cualquier cosa vale anything will do;a cualquier hora any time;hazlo de cualquier manera do it any old how;hace las cosas de cualquier manera he does things any old how o carelessly;de cualquier manera o [m5]modo, no pienso ayudar I've no intention of helping, anyway o in any case;en cualquier momento at any time;en cualquier lado/lugar anywhere♦ pronanyone;cualquiera te lo dirá anyone will tell you;cualquiera haría lo mismo anyone would do the same;¡cualquiera se lo cree! if you believe that, you'll believe anything!;que lo haga cualquiera, pero rápido I don't care who does it as long as it's done quickly;¡cualquiera lo sabe! who knows!;¡cualquiera se lo come! nobody could eat that!;¡cualquiera entiende a tu madre! I don't think anyone understands your mother!;con el mal humor que tiene, ¡cualquiera se lo dice! it's a brave man who would tell her in that mood!;cualquiera que [persona] anyone who;[cosa] whatever;cualquiera que te vea se reiría anyone who saw you would laugh;cualquiera que sea la razón whatever the reason (may be);avísame, cualquiera que sea la hora a la que llame let me know, whatever time she calls;cualesquiera que sean las razones whatever the reasons (may be)♦ nmfPey [don nadie] nobody;ser un cualquiera to be a nobody♦ nfFam Pey [prostituta] tart* * *pron1 persona anyone, anybody;un cualquiera a nobody;¡cualquiera lo comprende! nobody can understand it!;¡así cualquiera! anyone can do it like that!;cualquiera diría … you o anyone would think …2 cosa any (one);fuera whichever it is o was* * *1) : any, whichevercualquier persona: any person2) : everyday, ordinaryun hombre cualquiera: an ordinary mancualquiera pron, pl cualesquiera1) : anyone, anybody, whoever2) : whatever, whichever* * *cualquiera1 adj anycualquiera2 pron1. (cualquier persona) anyone2. (entre dos) either / either one3. (entre varios) any / any one -
2 armar bulla
v.to make a racket.* * *(v.) = kick up + a stink, kick up + a fuss, raise + a stink, make + a stink (about), make + a racket, make + a row, make + a ruckus, kick up + a rowEx. Encouraging an interest in maths among grown-ups is fine and dandy, but kicking up a stink about the lack of maths teachers is far more important.Ex. If the cafe say it's butter and it's marge they could be in trouble if anyone cared to kick up a fuss.Ex. 'I'll call the young fellow and tell him there's been a mix-up -- I hope his parents don't raise a stink -- and I want you to know that it really sticks in my craw, it violates all my principles' = "Llamaré al joven y le diré que ha habido una confusión (espero que sus padres no me armen un escándalo) y quiero que sepas que es algo que me da patadas en el estómago, va en contra de todos mis principios".Ex. After all, making a stink is bad news for any public company, let alone a life-insurance company.Ex. In this illustrated book, children are encouraged to make a racket before slowly quietening down for a sound night's sleep.Ex. Some people have a neurotic, exaggerated sense of self-importance and will nitpick and make a row over just everything in every shop or restaurant.Ex. At most summer camps, children shriek, laugh and generally make a ruckus.Ex. The environmentalists have now kicked up a row over the cutting of trees along the Palace Road charging that the work was illegal.* * *(v.) = kick up + a stink, kick up + a fuss, raise + a stink, make + a stink (about), make + a racket, make + a row, make + a ruckus, kick up + a rowEx: Encouraging an interest in maths among grown-ups is fine and dandy, but kicking up a stink about the lack of maths teachers is far more important.
Ex: If the cafe say it's butter and it's marge they could be in trouble if anyone cared to kick up a fuss.Ex: 'I'll call the young fellow and tell him there's been a mix-up -- I hope his parents don't raise a stink -- and I want you to know that it really sticks in my craw, it violates all my principles' = "Llamaré al joven y le diré que ha habido una confusión (espero que sus padres no me armen un escándalo) y quiero que sepas que es algo que me da patadas en el estómago, va en contra de todos mis principios".Ex: After all, making a stink is bad news for any public company, let alone a life-insurance company.Ex: In this illustrated book, children are encouraged to make a racket before slowly quietening down for a sound night's sleep.Ex: Some people have a neurotic, exaggerated sense of self-importance and will nitpick and make a row over just everything in every shop or restaurant.Ex: At most summer camps, children shriek, laugh and generally make a ruckus.Ex: The environmentalists have now kicked up a row over the cutting of trees along the Palace Road charging that the work was illegal. -
3 armar la de San Quintín
(v.) = kick up + a fuss, kick up + a stink, raise + a stink, make + a stink (about), make + a racket, make + a row, make + a ruckus, kick up + a rowEx. If the cafe say it's butter and it's marge they could be in trouble if anyone cared to kick up a fuss.Ex. Encouraging an interest in maths among grown-ups is fine and dandy, but kicking up a stink about the lack of maths teachers is far more important.Ex. 'I'll call the young fellow and tell him there's been a mix-up -- I hope his parents don't raise a stink -- and I want you to know that it really sticks in my craw, it violates all my principles' = "Llamaré al joven y le diré que ha habido una confusión (espero que sus padres no me armen un escándalo) y quiero que sepas que es algo que me da patadas en el estómago, va en contra de todos mis principios".Ex. After all, making a stink is bad news for any public company, let alone a life-insurance company.Ex. In this illustrated book, children are encouraged to make a racket before slowly quietening down for a sound night's sleep.Ex. Some people have a neurotic, exaggerated sense of self-importance and will nitpick and make a row over just everything in every shop or restaurant.Ex. At most summer camps, children shriek, laugh and generally make a ruckus.Ex. The environmentalists have now kicked up a row over the cutting of trees along the Palace Road charging that the work was illegal.* * *(v.) = kick up + a fuss, kick up + a stink, raise + a stink, make + a stink (about), make + a racket, make + a row, make + a ruckus, kick up + a rowEx: If the cafe say it's butter and it's marge they could be in trouble if anyone cared to kick up a fuss.
Ex: Encouraging an interest in maths among grown-ups is fine and dandy, but kicking up a stink about the lack of maths teachers is far more important.Ex: 'I'll call the young fellow and tell him there's been a mix-up -- I hope his parents don't raise a stink -- and I want you to know that it really sticks in my craw, it violates all my principles' = "Llamaré al joven y le diré que ha habido una confusión (espero que sus padres no me armen un escándalo) y quiero que sepas que es algo que me da patadas en el estómago, va en contra de todos mis principios".Ex: After all, making a stink is bad news for any public company, let alone a life-insurance company.Ex: In this illustrated book, children are encouraged to make a racket before slowly quietening down for a sound night's sleep.Ex: Some people have a neurotic, exaggerated sense of self-importance and will nitpick and make a row over just everything in every shop or restaurant.Ex: At most summer camps, children shriek, laugh and generally make a ruckus.Ex: The environmentalists have now kicked up a row over the cutting of trees along the Palace Road charging that the work was illegal. -
4 armar un escándalo
to kick up a fuss* * ** * *(v.) = raise + a stink, kick up + a fuss, kick up + a stink, make + a stink (about), make + a racket, make + a row, make + a ruckus, kick up + a rowEx. 'I'll call the young fellow and tell him there's been a mix-up -- I hope his parents don't raise a stink -- and I want you to know that it really sticks in my craw, it violates all my principles' = "Llamaré al joven y le diré que ha habido una confusión (espero que sus padres no me armen un escándalo) y quiero que sepas que es algo que me da patadas en el estómago, va en contra de todos mis principios".Ex. If the cafe say it's butter and it's marge they could be in trouble if anyone cared to kick up a fuss.Ex. Encouraging an interest in maths among grown-ups is fine and dandy, but kicking up a stink about the lack of maths teachers is far more important.Ex. After all, making a stink is bad news for any public company, let alone a life-insurance company.Ex. In this illustrated book, children are encouraged to make a racket before slowly quietening down for a sound night's sleep.Ex. Some people have a neurotic, exaggerated sense of self-importance and will nitpick and make a row over just everything in every shop or restaurant.Ex. At most summer camps, children shriek, laugh and generally make a ruckus.Ex. The environmentalists have now kicked up a row over the cutting of trees along the Palace Road charging that the work was illegal.* * *(v.) = raise + a stink, kick up + a fuss, kick up + a stink, make + a stink (about), make + a racket, make + a row, make + a ruckus, kick up + a rowEx: 'I'll call the young fellow and tell him there's been a mix-up -- I hope his parents don't raise a stink -- and I want you to know that it really sticks in my craw, it violates all my principles' = "Llamaré al joven y le diré que ha habido una confusión (espero que sus padres no me armen un escándalo) y quiero que sepas que es algo que me da patadas en el estómago, va en contra de todos mis principios".
Ex: If the cafe say it's butter and it's marge they could be in trouble if anyone cared to kick up a fuss.Ex: Encouraging an interest in maths among grown-ups is fine and dandy, but kicking up a stink about the lack of maths teachers is far more important.Ex: After all, making a stink is bad news for any public company, let alone a life-insurance company.Ex: In this illustrated book, children are encouraged to make a racket before slowly quietening down for a sound night's sleep.Ex: Some people have a neurotic, exaggerated sense of self-importance and will nitpick and make a row over just everything in every shop or restaurant.Ex: At most summer camps, children shriek, laugh and generally make a ruckus.Ex: The environmentalists have now kicked up a row over the cutting of trees along the Palace Road charging that the work was illegal. -
5 armar un lío
to make a fuss* * *(v.) = kick up + a fuss, kick up + a stink, raise + a stink, make + a stink (about), make + a racket, make + a row, make + a ruckus, kick up + a rowEx. If the cafe say it's butter and it's marge they could be in trouble if anyone cared to kick up a fuss.Ex. Encouraging an interest in maths among grown-ups is fine and dandy, but kicking up a stink about the lack of maths teachers is far more important.Ex. 'I'll call the young fellow and tell him there's been a mix-up -- I hope his parents don't raise a stink -- and I want you to know that it really sticks in my craw, it violates all my principles' = "Llamaré al joven y le diré que ha habido una confusión (espero que sus padres no me armen un escándalo) y quiero que sepas que es algo que me da patadas en el estómago, va en contra de todos mis principios".Ex. After all, making a stink is bad news for any public company, let alone a life-insurance company.Ex. In this illustrated book, children are encouraged to make a racket before slowly quietening down for a sound night's sleep.Ex. Some people have a neurotic, exaggerated sense of self-importance and will nitpick and make a row over just everything in every shop or restaurant.Ex. At most summer camps, children shriek, laugh and generally make a ruckus.Ex. The environmentalists have now kicked up a row over the cutting of trees along the Palace Road charging that the work was illegal.* * *(v.) = kick up + a fuss, kick up + a stink, raise + a stink, make + a stink (about), make + a racket, make + a row, make + a ruckus, kick up + a rowEx: If the cafe say it's butter and it's marge they could be in trouble if anyone cared to kick up a fuss.
Ex: Encouraging an interest in maths among grown-ups is fine and dandy, but kicking up a stink about the lack of maths teachers is far more important.Ex: 'I'll call the young fellow and tell him there's been a mix-up -- I hope his parents don't raise a stink -- and I want you to know that it really sticks in my craw, it violates all my principles' = "Llamaré al joven y le diré que ha habido una confusión (espero que sus padres no me armen un escándalo) y quiero que sepas que es algo que me da patadas en el estómago, va en contra de todos mis principios".Ex: After all, making a stink is bad news for any public company, let alone a life-insurance company.Ex: In this illustrated book, children are encouraged to make a racket before slowly quietening down for a sound night's sleep.Ex: Some people have a neurotic, exaggerated sense of self-importance and will nitpick and make a row over just everything in every shop or restaurant.Ex: At most summer camps, children shriek, laugh and generally make a ruckus.Ex: The environmentalists have now kicked up a row over the cutting of trees along the Palace Road charging that the work was illegal. -
6 armar una bronca
to kick up a fuss* * *(v.) = kick up + a fuss, kick up + a stink, raise + a stink, make + a stink (about), make + a racket, make + a row, make + a ruckus, kick up + a rowEx. If the cafe say it's butter and it's marge they could be in trouble if anyone cared to kick up a fuss.Ex. Encouraging an interest in maths among grown-ups is fine and dandy, but kicking up a stink about the lack of maths teachers is far more important.Ex. 'I'll call the young fellow and tell him there's been a mix-up -- I hope his parents don't raise a stink -- and I want you to know that it really sticks in my craw, it violates all my principles' = "Llamaré al joven y le diré que ha habido una confusión (espero que sus padres no me armen un escándalo) y quiero que sepas que es algo que me da patadas en el estómago, va en contra de todos mis principios".Ex. After all, making a stink is bad news for any public company, let alone a life-insurance company.Ex. In this illustrated book, children are encouraged to make a racket before slowly quietening down for a sound night's sleep.Ex. Some people have a neurotic, exaggerated sense of self-importance and will nitpick and make a row over just everything in every shop or restaurant.Ex. At most summer camps, children shriek, laugh and generally make a ruckus.Ex. The environmentalists have now kicked up a row over the cutting of trees along the Palace Road charging that the work was illegal.* * *(v.) = kick up + a fuss, kick up + a stink, raise + a stink, make + a stink (about), make + a racket, make + a row, make + a ruckus, kick up + a rowEx: If the cafe say it's butter and it's marge they could be in trouble if anyone cared to kick up a fuss.
Ex: Encouraging an interest in maths among grown-ups is fine and dandy, but kicking up a stink about the lack of maths teachers is far more important.Ex: 'I'll call the young fellow and tell him there's been a mix-up -- I hope his parents don't raise a stink -- and I want you to know that it really sticks in my craw, it violates all my principles' = "Llamaré al joven y le diré que ha habido una confusión (espero que sus padres no me armen un escándalo) y quiero que sepas que es algo que me da patadas en el estómago, va en contra de todos mis principios".Ex: After all, making a stink is bad news for any public company, let alone a life-insurance company.Ex: In this illustrated book, children are encouraged to make a racket before slowly quietening down for a sound night's sleep.Ex: Some people have a neurotic, exaggerated sense of self-importance and will nitpick and make a row over just everything in every shop or restaurant.Ex: At most summer camps, children shriek, laugh and generally make a ruckus.Ex: The environmentalists have now kicked up a row over the cutting of trees along the Palace Road charging that the work was illegal. -
7 armarla
familiar to cause trouble, kick up a fuss* * *(v.) = kick up + a fuss, kick up + a stink, make + a stink (about), kick up + a row, raise + a stink, make + a racket, make + a row, make + a ruckusEx. If the cafe say it's butter and it's marge they could be in trouble if anyone cared to kick up a fuss.Ex. Encouraging an interest in maths among grown-ups is fine and dandy, but kicking up a stink about the lack of maths teachers is far more important.Ex. After all, making a stink is bad news for any public company, let alone a life-insurance company.Ex. The environmentalists have now kicked up a row over the cutting of trees along the Palace Road charging that the work was illegal.Ex. 'I'll call the young fellow and tell him there's been a mix-up -- I hope his parents don't raise a stink -- and I want you to know that it really sticks in my craw, it violates all my principles' = "Llamaré al joven y le diré que ha habido una confusión (espero que sus padres no me armen un escándalo) y quiero que sepas que es algo que me da patadas en el estómago, va en contra de todos mis principios".Ex. In this illustrated book, children are encouraged to make a racket before slowly quietening down for a sound night's sleep.Ex. Some people have a neurotic, exaggerated sense of self-importance and will nitpick and make a row over just everything in every shop or restaurant.Ex. At most summer camps, children shriek, laugh and generally make a ruckus.* * *(v.) = kick up + a fuss, kick up + a stink, make + a stink (about), kick up + a row, raise + a stink, make + a racket, make + a row, make + a ruckusEx: If the cafe say it's butter and it's marge they could be in trouble if anyone cared to kick up a fuss.
Ex: Encouraging an interest in maths among grown-ups is fine and dandy, but kicking up a stink about the lack of maths teachers is far more important.Ex: After all, making a stink is bad news for any public company, let alone a life-insurance company.Ex: The environmentalists have now kicked up a row over the cutting of trees along the Palace Road charging that the work was illegal.Ex: 'I'll call the young fellow and tell him there's been a mix-up -- I hope his parents don't raise a stink -- and I want you to know that it really sticks in my craw, it violates all my principles' = "Llamaré al joven y le diré que ha habido una confusión (espero que sus padres no me armen un escándalo) y quiero que sepas que es algo que me da patadas en el estómago, va en contra de todos mis principios".Ex: In this illustrated book, children are encouraged to make a racket before slowly quietening down for a sound night's sleep.Ex: Some people have a neurotic, exaggerated sense of self-importance and will nitpick and make a row over just everything in every shop or restaurant.Ex: At most summer camps, children shriek, laugh and generally make a ruckus. -
8 dar patadas en el estómago
(v.) = stick in + Posesivo + crawEx. 'I'll call the young fellow and tell him there's been a mix-up -- I hope his parents don't raise a stink -- and I want you to know that it really sticks in my craw, it violates all my principles' = "Llamaré al joven y le diré que ha habido una confusión (espero que sus padres no me armen un escándalo) y quiero que sepas que es algo que me da patadas en el estómago, va en contra de todos mis principios".* * *(v.) = stick in + Posesivo + crawEx: 'I'll call the young fellow and tell him there's been a mix-up -- I hope his parents don't raise a stink -- and I want you to know that it really sticks in my craw, it violates all my principles' = "Llamaré al joven y le diré que ha habido una confusión (espero que sus padres no me armen un escándalo) y quiero que sepas que es algo que me da patadas en el estómago, va en contra de todos mis principios".
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9 hacer bulla
v.to make noise.* * *(v.) = kick up + a stink, kick up + a fuss, raise + a stink, make + a stink (about), make + a racket, make + a row, make + a ruckus, kick up + a rowEx. Encouraging an interest in maths among grown-ups is fine and dandy, but kicking up a stink about the lack of maths teachers is far more important.Ex. If the cafe say it's butter and it's marge they could be in trouble if anyone cared to kick up a fuss.Ex. 'I'll call the young fellow and tell him there's been a mix-up -- I hope his parents don't raise a stink -- and I want you to know that it really sticks in my craw, it violates all my principles' = "Llamaré al joven y le diré que ha habido una confusión (espero que sus padres no me armen un escándalo) y quiero que sepas que es algo que me da patadas en el estómago, va en contra de todos mis principios".Ex. After all, making a stink is bad news for any public company, let alone a life-insurance company.Ex. In this illustrated book, children are encouraged to make a racket before slowly quietening down for a sound night's sleep.Ex. Some people have a neurotic, exaggerated sense of self-importance and will nitpick and make a row over just everything in every shop or restaurant.Ex. At most summer camps, children shriek, laugh and generally make a ruckus.Ex. The environmentalists have now kicked up a row over the cutting of trees along the Palace Road charging that the work was illegal.* * *(v.) = kick up + a stink, kick up + a fuss, raise + a stink, make + a stink (about), make + a racket, make + a row, make + a ruckus, kick up + a rowEx: Encouraging an interest in maths among grown-ups is fine and dandy, but kicking up a stink about the lack of maths teachers is far more important.
Ex: If the cafe say it's butter and it's marge they could be in trouble if anyone cared to kick up a fuss.Ex: 'I'll call the young fellow and tell him there's been a mix-up -- I hope his parents don't raise a stink -- and I want you to know that it really sticks in my craw, it violates all my principles' = "Llamaré al joven y le diré que ha habido una confusión (espero que sus padres no me armen un escándalo) y quiero que sepas que es algo que me da patadas en el estómago, va en contra de todos mis principios".Ex: After all, making a stink is bad news for any public company, let alone a life-insurance company.Ex: In this illustrated book, children are encouraged to make a racket before slowly quietening down for a sound night's sleep.Ex: Some people have a neurotic, exaggerated sense of self-importance and will nitpick and make a row over just everything in every shop or restaurant.Ex: At most summer camps, children shriek, laugh and generally make a ruckus.Ex: The environmentalists have now kicked up a row over the cutting of trees along the Palace Road charging that the work was illegal. -
10 infringir un principio
(v.) = violate + principleEx. 'I'll call the young fellow and tell him there's been a mix-up -- I hope his parents don't raise a stink -- and I want you to know that it really sticks in my craw, it violates all my principles' = "Llamaré al joven y le diré que ha habido una confusión (espero que sus padres no me armen un escándalo) y quiero que sepas que es algo que me da patadas en el estómago, va en contra de todos mis principios".* * *(v.) = violate + principleEx: 'I'll call the young fellow and tell him there's been a mix-up -- I hope his parents don't raise a stink -- and I want you to know that it really sticks in my craw, it violates all my principles' = "Llamaré al joven y le diré que ha habido una confusión (espero que sus padres no me armen un escándalo) y quiero que sepas que es algo que me da patadas en el estómago, va en contra de todos mis principios".
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11 ir en contra de todos + Posesivo + principios
(v.) = violate + principleEx. 'I'll call the young fellow and tell him there's been a mix-up -- I hope his parents don't raise a stink -- and I want you to know that it really sticks in my craw, it violates all my principles' = "Llamaré al joven y le diré que ha habido una confusión (espero que sus padres no me armen un escándalo) y quiero que sepas que es algo que me da patadas en el estómago, va en contra de todos mis principios".* * *(v.) = violate + principleEx: 'I'll call the young fellow and tell him there's been a mix-up -- I hope his parents don't raise a stink -- and I want you to know that it really sticks in my craw, it violates all my principles' = "Llamaré al joven y le diré que ha habido una confusión (espero que sus padres no me armen un escándalo) y quiero que sepas que es algo que me da patadas en el estómago, va en contra de todos mis principios".
Spanish-English dictionary > ir en contra de todos + Posesivo + principios
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12 llamar
v.1 to call.Lisa llamó a su madre Lisa called her mother.2 to call, to phone.llamar a los bomberos/al médico to call the fire brigade/doctorte ha llamado Luis Luis phoned (for you), there was a call from Luis for you3 to call (dar nombre, apelativo, apodo).me llamó mentiroso he called me a liar4 to summon, to call.llamar a la huelga to call out on strike5 to attract.6 to knock (a la puerta) (con golpes).están llamando there's somebody at the door7 to phone.8 to address as, to call by the title of, to call, to call by the name of.Lisa llamó a su madre Lisa called her mother.Lisa llamó a Ricardo padre Lisa addressed Richard as father.En un bar, un trago llama a otro. In a bar, one drink calls for another one.9 to hail.Ellos llamaron un taxi They hailed a cab.10 to call on the phone, to give a bell, to call, to phone.* * *1 (gen) to call■ llámalo, creo que no te ha visto call him, I don't think he's seen you2 (convocar) to summon■ llueve, mejor que llamemos un taxi it's raining, we'd better call a taxi3 (dar nombre) to name■ ¿cómo vais a llamar al niño? what are you going to call the baby?4 (atraer) to appeal to■ ¿quién llama? who's there?1 (tener nombre) to be called■ me llamo Juan my name is Juan, I'm called Juan\llamar a alguien por señas to wave at somebodyllamar a filas to call upllamar a alguien de todo familiar to call somebody everything under the sunllamar a la huelga to call out on strikellamar por teléfono to call, phone, GB ring, ring up* * *verb1) to call2) knock3) name•- llamarse* * *1. VT1) (=nombrar) to callhache¿cómo van a llamar al niño? — what are they going to name o call the baby?
2) (=considerar) to calllo que se dio en llamar la nueva generación — what became known as the new generation, what came to be called the new generation
3) (=avisar) [+ médico, fontanero] to call; [+ taxi] [por teléfono] to call; [con la mano] to hailmandar 1., 1)no te metas donde no te llaman — * don't poke your nose in where it's not wanted *
4) (Telec) (tb: llamar por teléfono) to call, ring, phoneque me llamen a las siete — ask them to call o ring o phone me at seven
te llaman desde París — they're calling you o they're on the phone from Paris
¿quién me llama? — who's on the phone?
5) (=atraer)atención 1)6) (=convocar) to call, summon frmlo llamaron a palacio — he was called o summoned frm to the palace
Dios lo ha llamado a su lado — euf he has been called to God
llamado 1., 3)•
pronto seremos llamados a las urnas — an election/a referendum will soon be called2. VI1) (Telec) [persona] to call, ring, phone; [teléfono] to ring¿quién llama? — who's calling?
ha llamado Maribel — Maribel called o rang o phoned
2) [a la puerta] [con el puño] to knock; [al timbre] to ring¿quién llama? — who's there?, who is it?
3.See:* * *1.verbo transitivo1)a) ( hacer venir) <bomberos/policía> to call; < médico> to call (out); <camarero/criada/ascensor> to call; <súbditos/servidores> to summon; < taxi> ( por teléfono) to call; ( en la calle) to hailDios la llamó (a su lado) — (euf) God called her to him (euph)
su madre lo mandó llamar — (AmL) his mother sent for him
b) ( instar)me sentí llamada a hacerlo — I felt driven o compelled to do it
2) ( por teléfono) to phone, to call3)a) ( dar el nombre de) to call, name; (dar el título, apodo de) to calllo que se ha dado en llamar... — what has come to be known as...
b) ( considerar) to call2.llamar vi1) ( con los nudillos) to knock; ( tocar el timbre) to ring (the doorbell)¿quién llama? — who's calling?
3) ( gustar) to appeal3.no me/le llaman las pieles — fur coats don't appeal to me/her
llamarse v pron to be called¿cómo te llamas? — what's your name?
... como que (yo) me llamo Ana —... as sure as my name's Ana
* * *= beckon, call, dub, label, summon, denominate, dial, baptise [baptize, -USA], beckon forth.Ex. Some hypnotism beckoned him in, and since he was in no hurry he submitted to it.Ex. The creation of a series of entries for inclusion in a catalogue or printed index is an indexing process which must involve some system, which we might call an indexing system.Ex. Carlyle Systems Inc has recently issued version 2.1 of their cataloguing input/edit module, dubbed CATIE.Ex. Its primer purpose is the finding of specific documents, and consequently this type of catalogue has been labelled a finding list catalogue or an inventory catalogue.Ex. All interested parties were summoned to further cooperate for the success of the show.Ex. The result of UNESCO's activity has been the growth of mass of international activity accompanied by a daunting array of jargon and initialese aptly denominated by P.J. Judge as 'alphabet soup'.Ex. This would herald the age of computer commuting, with customers dialling for bank statements and shopping orders.Ex. This article defines a user friendly micro-language, baptized MILAMU, that facilitates both access to these multimedia databases and formulation of multimedia queries = Este artículo explica un microlenguaje de programación, denominado MILAMU, que facilita tanto el acceso a estas bases de datos multimedia como la formulación de enunciados de búsqueda de documentos multimedia.Ex. Our academic curriculum and is designed to stimulate, challenge, and beckon forth the best from each student.----* el éxito llama al éxito = success breeds success (SBS).* llamar a = call in.* llamar a cobro revertido = telephone collect, call collect.* llamar a filas = draft.* llamar a la puerta = knock on + door, rap at + door.* llamar al pan pan y al vino vino = call + a spade a spade.* llamar al trabajo para excusarse por enfermedad = call in + sick.* llamar la atención = call + attention to, conspicuousness, attract + attention, excite + attention, grab + Posesivo + attention, catch + Posesivo + eye, admonish, strike + Posesivo + fancy, capture + the attention, eye + catch, stand out, make + Reflexivo + conspicuous, cut + a dash, seek + attention, make + heads turn, catch + Posesivo + fancy, catch + Posesivo + attention, peak + Posesivo + interest, make + a splash, make + a big noise, hit + home.* llamar la atención a Alguien = rap + Nombre + knuckles, censure.* llamar la atención de = draw + the attention of.* llamar la atención de Alguien = hold + Posesivo + attention.* llamar la atención sobre = draw + attention to, pull + Nombre + to, bring + Nombre + into the public eye, raise + awareness, enhance + awareness.* llamar las cosas por su nombre = call + a spade a spade.* llamarle la atención a Alguien = reprimand, slap + Nombre + down, slap + Nombre + on the wrist.* llamar por el busca = bleep.* llamar por teléfono = call up.* llamarse = refer to as.* llamarse así = be so called.* llamarse así por = get + Posesivo + name from.* para llamar la atención = for effect.* que no llama la atención = inconspicuous.* sin llamar la atención = inconspicuously.* tratar de no llamar la atención = keep + a low profile, lie + low.* * *1.verbo transitivo1)a) ( hacer venir) <bomberos/policía> to call; < médico> to call (out); <camarero/criada/ascensor> to call; <súbditos/servidores> to summon; < taxi> ( por teléfono) to call; ( en la calle) to hailDios la llamó (a su lado) — (euf) God called her to him (euph)
su madre lo mandó llamar — (AmL) his mother sent for him
b) ( instar)me sentí llamada a hacerlo — I felt driven o compelled to do it
2) ( por teléfono) to phone, to call3)a) ( dar el nombre de) to call, name; (dar el título, apodo de) to calllo que se ha dado en llamar... — what has come to be known as...
b) ( considerar) to call2.llamar vi1) ( con los nudillos) to knock; ( tocar el timbre) to ring (the doorbell)¿quién llama? — who's calling?
3) ( gustar) to appeal3.no me/le llaman las pieles — fur coats don't appeal to me/her
llamarse v pron to be called¿cómo te llamas? — what's your name?
... como que (yo) me llamo Ana —... as sure as my name's Ana
* * *= beckon, call, dub, label, summon, denominate, dial, baptise [baptize, -USA], beckon forth.Ex: Some hypnotism beckoned him in, and since he was in no hurry he submitted to it.
Ex: The creation of a series of entries for inclusion in a catalogue or printed index is an indexing process which must involve some system, which we might call an indexing system.Ex: Carlyle Systems Inc has recently issued version 2.1 of their cataloguing input/edit module, dubbed CATIE.Ex: Its primer purpose is the finding of specific documents, and consequently this type of catalogue has been labelled a finding list catalogue or an inventory catalogue.Ex: All interested parties were summoned to further cooperate for the success of the show.Ex: The result of UNESCO's activity has been the growth of mass of international activity accompanied by a daunting array of jargon and initialese aptly denominated by P.J. Judge as 'alphabet soup'.Ex: This would herald the age of computer commuting, with customers dialling for bank statements and shopping orders.Ex: This article defines a user friendly micro-language, baptized MILAMU, that facilitates both access to these multimedia databases and formulation of multimedia queries = Este artículo explica un microlenguaje de programación, denominado MILAMU, que facilita tanto el acceso a estas bases de datos multimedia como la formulación de enunciados de búsqueda de documentos multimedia.Ex: Our academic curriculum and is designed to stimulate, challenge, and beckon forth the best from each student.* el éxito llama al éxito = success breeds success (SBS).* llamar a = call in.* llamar a cobro revertido = telephone collect, call collect.* llamar a filas = draft.* llamar a la puerta = knock on + door, rap at + door.* llamar al pan pan y al vino vino = call + a spade a spade.* llamar al trabajo para excusarse por enfermedad = call in + sick.* llamar la atención = call + attention to, conspicuousness, attract + attention, excite + attention, grab + Posesivo + attention, catch + Posesivo + eye, admonish, strike + Posesivo + fancy, capture + the attention, eye + catch, stand out, make + Reflexivo + conspicuous, cut + a dash, seek + attention, make + heads turn, catch + Posesivo + fancy, catch + Posesivo + attention, peak + Posesivo + interest, make + a splash, make + a big noise, hit + home.* llamar la atención a Alguien = rap + Nombre + knuckles, censure.* llamar la atención de = draw + the attention of.* llamar la atención de Alguien = hold + Posesivo + attention.* llamar la atención sobre = draw + attention to, pull + Nombre + to, bring + Nombre + into the public eye, raise + awareness, enhance + awareness.* llamar las cosas por su nombre = call + a spade a spade.* llamarle la atención a Alguien = reprimand, slap + Nombre + down, slap + Nombre + on the wrist.* llamar por el busca = bleep.* llamar por teléfono = call up.* llamarse = refer to as.* llamarse así = be so called.* llamarse así por = get + Posesivo + name from.* para llamar la atención = for effect.* que no llama la atención = inconspicuous.* sin llamar la atención = inconspicuously.* tratar de no llamar la atención = keep + a low profile, lie + low.* * *llamar [A1 ]vtA1 (requerir, hacer venir) ‹bomberos/policía› to call; ‹médico› to call, call out; ‹camarero/criada› to call; ‹ascensor› to call; ‹súbditos/servidores› to summonla llamó a gritos he shouted to her to comelo llamó por señas she beckoned to him, she beckoned him overel juez lo llamó a declarar the judge called on him to testifyla madre lo mandó llamar ( AmL); his mother sent for himlo llamaron para hacer el servicio militar he was called up for military service2 (instar) llamar a algn A algo:el sindicato llamó a sus afiliados a la huelga the union called its members out on strike o called upon its members to strikese sintió llamado a hacerlo he felt driven o compelled to do itB [ Vocabulary notes (Spanish) ] ( Telec) (por teléfono) to phone, to call, to call up ( AmE), to ring ( BrE)la voy a llamar I'm going to call o phone o ring her, I'm going to call her up, I'm going to give her a call o ring ( BrE)te llamó Ernesto Ernesto phoned (for you), Ernesto called (you) o rangC1 (dar el nombre de) to call, name; (dar el título, apodo de) to calllos amigos lo llaman Manolo his friends call him Manolola llamó imbécil/de todo he called her an idiot/every name under the sunlo que se ha dado en llamar el movimiento postmodernista what has become known o what has come to be known as the postmodernist movement2 (considerar) to calleso es lo que yo llamo un amigo that's what I call a friendD (atraer) to drawlos llama lo suyo they feel drawn to their rootsel dinero lo llama mucho he is very interested in money■ llamarviA (con los nudillos) to knock; (tocar el timbre) to ring, ring the doorbellllaman a la puerta there's someone at the door¿quién llama? who is it?, who's there?¿quién llama? who's calling?, who's speaking?te llamo or te llamaré mañana I'll call you tomorrowpara más información llame or llámenos al (teléfono) 111-12-20 for more information call us ON o AT 111 12 20C (gustar) to appeala mí no me llaman las pieles fur coats don't appeal to me, I don't like fur coats■ llamarseto be calledsu padre se llama Pedro his father is called Pedro, his father's name is Pedro¿cómo te llamas? what's your name?no sé cómo se llama el libro I don't know what the book's calledése acabará en la cárcel como que (yo) me llamo Beatriz he'll end up in prison as sure as my name's Beatriz* * *
llamar ( conjugate llamar) verbo transitivo
1 ‹bomberos/policía› to call;
‹ médico› to call (out);
‹camarero/criada/ascensor› to call;
‹súbditos/servidores› to summon;
‹ taxi› ( por teléfono) to call;
( en la calle) to hail;
el sindicato los llamó a la huelga the union called them out on strike
2 ( por teléfono) to phone, to call;
llamar a algn al celular (AmL) or (Esp) al móvil to call sb on their cell phone (AmE) o mobile (BrE)
3
(dar el título, apodo de) to call
verbo intransitivo
1 ( con los nudillos) to knock;
( tocar el timbre) to ring (the doorbell);
2 (Telec) [ persona] to telephone, phone, call;
[ teléfono] to ring;◊ ¿quién llama? who's calling?;
ver tb cobro b
llamarse verbo pronominal
to be called;
¿cómo te llamas? what's your name?
llamar
I verbo transitivo
1 to call
2 (telefonear) to call up, phone, ring: la llamé esta mañana, I rang her this morning
3 (suscitar vocación, interés) to appeal
llamar la atención, to attract attention
4 (por un nombre de pila) to name
(por un apodo, mote, diminutivo) to call
II vi (con los nudillos) to knock
(con el timbre) to ring
' llamar' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
atención
- avisar
- cantar
- cobro
- dejar
- eh
- encargarse
- GEO
- instancia
- más
- molestarse
- nombre
- ocurrirse
- orden
- palmada
- pan
- retraer
- show
- sin
- sudaca
- timbre
- titular2
- tratar
- amenazar
- bombero
- golpear
- intuir
- licitar
- mandar
- oír
- puerta
- tal
- teléfono
- tocar
English:
alternatively
- attention
- attract
- beckon
- call
- call in
- call out
- call up
- collect
- dispose
- draw
- engage
- entitle
- eye
- for
- get in
- hail
- have in
- knock
- name
- ought
- page
- reverse
- ring
- ring back
- ring up
- send for
- spade
- telephone
- certainly
- conspicuous
- draft
- effect
- get
- good
- kind
- more
- muster
- phone
- radio
- recall
- send
- summon
- use
* * *♦ vt1. [dirigirse a, hacer venir] to call;[con gestos] to beckon;llamó por señas/con la mano al camarero she beckoned to the waiter;llamar a alguien a voces to shout to sb to come over;llamar (a) un taxi [en la calle] to hail a cab;[por teléfono] to call for a taxi2. [por teléfono] to phone, to call, Br to ring;[con el buscapersonas] to page;llamar a los bomberos/al médico to call the fire brigade/doctor;te ha llamado Luis Luis phoned (for you), there was a call from Luis for you;te han llamado de la oficina there was a call from the office for you;¿quién lo/la llama, por favor? who's calling, please?3. [dar nombre, apelativo, apodo] to call;¿ya sabes cómo vas a llamar al perro? have you decided what you're going to call the dog yet?;me llamó mentiroso she called me a liar;fue lo que se dio en llamar la Guerra de los Seis Días it was what came to be known as the Six Day War;¿a eso llamas tú un jardín? do you call that a garden?;eso es lo que yo llamo un buen negocio that's what I call a good deal;es un aparato para el aire, un humidificador, que lo llaman it's a device for making the air more humid, a humidifier as they call it o as it is known4. [convocar] to summon, to call;el jefe me llamó a su despacho the boss summoned o called me to his office;la han llamado para una entrevista de trabajo she's got an interview for a job;lo llamaron a filas he was called up, US he got drafted;llamar a los trabajadores a la huelga to call the workers out (on strike);llamar a alguien a juicio to call sb to trial5. [atraer] to attract;nunca me han llamado los deportes de invierno I've never been attracted o drawn to winter sports♦ vi1. [a la puerta] [con golpes] to knock;[con timbre] to ring;llamar a la puerta [con golpes] to knock on the door;están llamando there's somebody at the door;por favor, llamen antes de entrar [en letrero] please knock/ring before entering2. [por teléfono] to phone* * *ringring;llaman (a la puerta) there’s someone at the door;el fútbol no me llama nada football doesn’t appeal to me in the slightest* * *llamar vt1) : to name, to call2) : to call, to summon3) : to phone, to call up* * *llamar vb1. (en general) to call¿me has llamado? did you call me?si es niño, le llamarán Ignacio if it's a boy, they'll call him Ignacio2. (telefonear) to phone / to call3. (a la puerta) to knock -
13 montar bulla
(v.) = kick up + a fuss, raise + a stink, make + a stink (about)Ex. If the cafe say it's butter and it's marge they could be in trouble if anyone cared to kick up a fuss.Ex. 'I'll call the young fellow and tell him there's been a mix-up -- I hope his parents don't raise a stink -- and I want you to know that it really sticks in my craw, it violates all my principles' = "Llamaré al joven y le diré que ha habido una confusión (espero que sus padres no me armen un escándalo) y quiero que sepas que es algo que me da patadas en el estómago, va en contra de todos mis principios".Ex. After all, making a stink is bad news for any public company, let alone a life-insurance company.* * *(v.) = kick up + a fuss, raise + a stink, make + a stink (about)Ex: If the cafe say it's butter and it's marge they could be in trouble if anyone cared to kick up a fuss.
Ex: 'I'll call the young fellow and tell him there's been a mix-up -- I hope his parents don't raise a stink -- and I want you to know that it really sticks in my craw, it violates all my principles' = "Llamaré al joven y le diré que ha habido una confusión (espero que sus padres no me armen un escándalo) y quiero que sepas que es algo que me da patadas en el estómago, va en contra de todos mis principios".Ex: After all, making a stink is bad news for any public company, let alone a life-insurance company. -
14 montar un cirio
(v.) = kick up + a fuss, kick up + a stink, raise + a stink, make + a stink (about), make + a racket, make + a row, make + a ruckus, make + a ruckus, kick up + a rowEx. If the cafe say it's butter and it's marge they could be in trouble if anyone cared to kick up a fuss.Ex. Encouraging an interest in maths among grown-ups is fine and dandy, but kicking up a stink about the lack of maths teachers is far more important.Ex. 'I'll call the young fellow and tell him there's been a mix-up -- I hope his parents don't raise a stink -- and I want you to know that it really sticks in my craw, it violates all my principles' = "Llamaré al joven y le diré que ha habido una confusión (espero que sus padres no me armen un escándalo) y quiero que sepas que es algo que me da patadas en el estómago, va en contra de todos mis principios".Ex. After all, making a stink is bad news for any public company, let alone a life-insurance company.Ex. In this illustrated book, children are encouraged to make a racket before slowly quietening down for a sound night's sleep.Ex. Some people have a neurotic, exaggerated sense of self-importance and will nitpick and make a row over just everything in every shop or restaurant.Ex. At most summer camps, children shriek, laugh and generally make a ruckus.Ex. At most summer camps, children shriek, laugh and generally make a ruckus.Ex. The environmentalists have now kicked up a row over the cutting of trees along the Palace Road charging that the work was illegal.* * *(v.) = kick up + a fuss, kick up + a stink, raise + a stink, make + a stink (about), make + a racket, make + a row, make + a ruckus, make + a ruckus, kick up + a rowEx: If the cafe say it's butter and it's marge they could be in trouble if anyone cared to kick up a fuss.
Ex: Encouraging an interest in maths among grown-ups is fine and dandy, but kicking up a stink about the lack of maths teachers is far more important.Ex: 'I'll call the young fellow and tell him there's been a mix-up -- I hope his parents don't raise a stink -- and I want you to know that it really sticks in my craw, it violates all my principles' = "Llamaré al joven y le diré que ha habido una confusión (espero que sus padres no me armen un escándalo) y quiero que sepas que es algo que me da patadas en el estómago, va en contra de todos mis principios".Ex: After all, making a stink is bad news for any public company, let alone a life-insurance company.Ex: In this illustrated book, children are encouraged to make a racket before slowly quietening down for a sound night's sleep.Ex: Some people have a neurotic, exaggerated sense of self-importance and will nitpick and make a row over just everything in every shop or restaurant.Ex: At most summer camps, children shriek, laugh and generally make a ruckus.Ex: At most summer camps, children shriek, laugh and generally make a ruckus.Ex: The environmentalists have now kicked up a row over the cutting of trees along the Palace Road charging that the work was illegal. -
15 montar un follón
(v.) = raise + a stink, make + a stink (about), make + a racket, make + a row, make + a ruckusEx. 'I'll call the young fellow and tell him there's been a mix-up -- I hope his parents don't raise a stink -- and I want you to know that it really sticks in my craw, it violates all my principles' = "Llamaré al joven y le diré que ha habido una confusión (espero que sus padres no me armen un escándalo) y quiero que sepas que es algo que me da patadas en el estómago, va en contra de todos mis principios".Ex. After all, making a stink is bad news for any public company, let alone a life-insurance company.Ex. In this illustrated book, children are encouraged to make a racket before slowly quietening down for a sound night's sleep.Ex. Some people have a neurotic, exaggerated sense of self-importance and will nitpick and make a row over just everything in every shop or restaurant.Ex. At most summer camps, children shriek, laugh and generally make a ruckus.* * *(v.) = raise + a stink, make + a stink (about), make + a racket, make + a row, make + a ruckusEx: 'I'll call the young fellow and tell him there's been a mix-up -- I hope his parents don't raise a stink -- and I want you to know that it really sticks in my craw, it violates all my principles' = "Llamaré al joven y le diré que ha habido una confusión (espero que sus padres no me armen un escándalo) y quiero que sepas que es algo que me da patadas en el estómago, va en contra de todos mis principios".
Ex: After all, making a stink is bad news for any public company, let alone a life-insurance company.Ex: In this illustrated book, children are encouraged to make a racket before slowly quietening down for a sound night's sleep.Ex: Some people have a neurotic, exaggerated sense of self-importance and will nitpick and make a row over just everything in every shop or restaurant.Ex: At most summer camps, children shriek, laugh and generally make a ruckus. -
16 montar un número
familiar to make a scene* * *(v.) = kick up + a fuss, kick up + a stink, raise + a stink, make + a stink (about), make + a racket, make + a row, make + a ruckus, kick up + a rowEx. If the cafe say it's butter and it's marge they could be in trouble if anyone cared to kick up a fuss.Ex. Encouraging an interest in maths among grown-ups is fine and dandy, but kicking up a stink about the lack of maths teachers is far more important.Ex. 'I'll call the young fellow and tell him there's been a mix-up -- I hope his parents don't raise a stink -- and I want you to know that it really sticks in my craw, it violates all my principles' = "Llamaré al joven y le diré que ha habido una confusión (espero que sus padres no me armen un escándalo) y quiero que sepas que es algo que me da patadas en el estómago, va en contra de todos mis principios".Ex. After all, making a stink is bad news for any public company, let alone a life-insurance company.Ex. In this illustrated book, children are encouraged to make a racket before slowly quietening down for a sound night's sleep.Ex. Some people have a neurotic, exaggerated sense of self-importance and will nitpick and make a row over just everything in every shop or restaurant.Ex. At most summer camps, children shriek, laugh and generally make a ruckus.Ex. The environmentalists have now kicked up a row over the cutting of trees along the Palace Road charging that the work was illegal.* * *(v.) = kick up + a fuss, kick up + a stink, raise + a stink, make + a stink (about), make + a racket, make + a row, make + a ruckus, kick up + a rowEx: If the cafe say it's butter and it's marge they could be in trouble if anyone cared to kick up a fuss.
Ex: Encouraging an interest in maths among grown-ups is fine and dandy, but kicking up a stink about the lack of maths teachers is far more important.Ex: 'I'll call the young fellow and tell him there's been a mix-up -- I hope his parents don't raise a stink -- and I want you to know that it really sticks in my craw, it violates all my principles' = "Llamaré al joven y le diré que ha habido una confusión (espero que sus padres no me armen un escándalo) y quiero que sepas que es algo que me da patadas en el estómago, va en contra de todos mis principios".Ex: After all, making a stink is bad news for any public company, let alone a life-insurance company.Ex: In this illustrated book, children are encouraged to make a racket before slowly quietening down for a sound night's sleep.Ex: Some people have a neurotic, exaggerated sense of self-importance and will nitpick and make a row over just everything in every shop or restaurant.Ex: At most summer camps, children shriek, laugh and generally make a ruckus.Ex: The environmentalists have now kicked up a row over the cutting of trees along the Palace Road charging that the work was illegal. -
17 no tragar Algo o Alguien
(v.) = stick in + Posesivo + crawEx. 'I'll call the young fellow and tell him there's been a mix-up -- I hope his parents don't raise a stink -- and I want you to know that it really sticks in my craw, it violates all my principles' = "Llamaré al joven y le diré que ha habido una confusión (espero que sus padres no me armen un escándalo) y quiero que sepas que es algo que me da patadas en el estómago, va en contra de todos mis principios".* * *(v.) = stick in + Posesivo + crawEx: 'I'll call the young fellow and tell him there's been a mix-up -- I hope his parents don't raise a stink -- and I want you to know that it really sticks in my craw, it violates all my principles' = "Llamaré al joven y le diré que ha habido una confusión (espero que sus padres no me armen un escándalo) y quiero que sepas que es algo que me da patadas en el estómago, va en contra de todos mis principios".
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18 rato
m.while.estuvimos hablando mucho rato we were talking for quite a whilea cada rato viene a hacerme preguntas he keeps coming and asking me questions (all the time)¡hasta otro rato! see you soon!al poco rato (de) shortly aftercon esto hay para rato that should keep us going for a whilepasar el rato to kill time, to pass the timepasar un mal rato to have a hard time of itratos libres spare timea ratos at timesa ratos perdidos at odd momentstenemos lluvia para rato the rain will be with us for some timeva para rato it will take some (considerable) timeun rato (largo) (informal) really, terribly (mucho) (peninsular Spanish)* * *1 (tiempo) time, while, moment2 (espacio) way\al poco rato shortly aftera ratos at timesa ratos perdidos at odd momentshacer pasar un mal rato a alguien to give somebody a rough time¡hasta otro rato! see you later!hay para rato it'll take a whilepasar el rato to kill timepasar un buen rato to have a good timepasar un mal rato to have a bad timeratos libres free time sing* * *noun m.* * *SM1) (=espacio de tiempo)a) [uso incontable]lleva bastante rato hablando — he's been talking for quite a while o for quite some time
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hace rato — a while ago, some time agohace rato que se fue — he left a while ago, he left some time ago
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largo rato — a long time•
mucho rato — a long time¿vas a tardar mucho rato? — will you be long?
para rato —
cuerda 2)tenemos para rato con este trabajo — we still have quite a lot to do to get this work finished, we're still a long way from finishing this work
b) [uso contable]estoy encantada de haber tenido este rato para charlar contigo — I'm delighted to have had this time to chat to you
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otro rato, ya lo llamaré otro rato — I'll call him back another time¡hasta otro rato! — so long!, I'll see you!
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todo el rato — the whole time, all the timec)• un rato — a (short) while
al cabo de un rato dijo... — after a (short) while he said...
me tuvo esperando un buen rato — she kept me waiting a good while o quite some time
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dar un mal rato a algn — to give sb a hard timemujer, no te des mal rato — don't let yourself be upset
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pasar un buen/mal rato — to have a good/bad time•
tener sus ratos — to have one's momentsratos libres — spare time, free time
2) [otras expresiones temporales]•
al rato — shortly afterwards, shortly after, a short while lateral poco rato sonó el teléfono — shortly afterwards o shortly after o a short while later the phone rang
llamaron al poco rato de irte — they called a short while after o shortly after you left
al rato viene — Méx * he'll be here soon o in a (short) while
voy a comer al rato — Méx * I'm going to eat soon o in a moment
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a cada rato — every other minutecaminaba despacio, parándose a cada rato — she walked slowly, stopping all the time o every other minute
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de rato en rato — every so often3)• ratos: a ratos — at times
a ratos, me parece sincero y a otros no — at times he seems sincere and at other times not
el enfermo solo se levanta a ratos — the patient only gets up from time to time o now and again
4) *pesan un rato — they weigh quite a bit, they're pretty heavy *
* * *a) ( tiempo breve) whileya hace rato que volvieron — they've been back a while o some time now
espera un ratito — wait a minute (colloq)
en mis ratos libres or de ocio — in my spare time
b) (en locs)a cada rato — (AmL)
al poco rato de irte tú — shortly o just after you left
a ratos — from time to time, now and again
para rato — (fam)
tengo para rato — I'll be a while, I'll be some time
un rato (largo) — (Esp fam) a lot
* * *----* a cada rato = every so often, every now and then, every now and again, every once in a while.* a ratos = intermittently.* disponer de un rato libre = spare + time.* durar mucho rato = take + a long time.* en los ratos libres de Uno = in + Posesivo + own time, on + Posesivo + own time.* estar con amigos en la calle pasando el rato sin hacer nada = hang out + on the street.* hace un rato = earlier on.* lugar donde pasar el rato = hang out.* matar el rato = hang around, hang about, pootle, dawdle.* pasar el rato = hang out.* pasar el rato con = kick + it with.* pasar el rato con los amigos = hang out with + Posesivo + friends.* pasar un buen rato = disport + Reflexivo.* pasar un rato = say + hi.* por pasar el rato = (just) for the fun of (doing) it, (just) for the hell of (doing) it.* rato libre = free moment.* tener tarea para rato = have + Posesivo + work cut out for + Pronombre, have + Posesivo + job cut out for + Pronombre.* tener trabajo para rato = have + Posesivo + work cut out for + Pronombre, have + Posesivo + job cut out for + Pronombre.* tener un rato libre = spare + time.* todo el rato = all the while.* un rato = awhile.* * *a) ( tiempo breve) whileya hace rato que volvieron — they've been back a while o some time now
espera un ratito — wait a minute (colloq)
en mis ratos libres or de ocio — in my spare time
b) (en locs)a cada rato — (AmL)
al poco rato de irte tú — shortly o just after you left
a ratos — from time to time, now and again
para rato — (fam)
tengo para rato — I'll be a while, I'll be some time
un rato (largo) — (Esp fam) a lot
* * ** a cada rato = every so often, every now and then, every now and again, every once in a while.* a ratos = intermittently.* disponer de un rato libre = spare + time.* durar mucho rato = take + a long time.* en los ratos libres de Uno = in + Posesivo + own time, on + Posesivo + own time.* estar con amigos en la calle pasando el rato sin hacer nada = hang out + on the street.* hace un rato = earlier on.* lugar donde pasar el rato = hang out.* matar el rato = hang around, hang about, pootle, dawdle.* pasar el rato = hang out.* pasar el rato con = kick + it with.* pasar el rato con los amigos = hang out with + Posesivo + friends.* pasar un buen rato = disport + Reflexivo.* pasar un rato = say + hi.* por pasar el rato = (just) for the fun of (doing) it, (just) for the hell of (doing) it.* rato libre = free moment.* tener tarea para rato = have + Posesivo + work cut out for + Pronombre, have + Posesivo + job cut out for + Pronombre.* tener trabajo para rato = have + Posesivo + work cut out for + Pronombre, have + Posesivo + job cut out for + Pronombre.* tener un rato libre = spare + time.* todo el rato = all the while.* un rato = awhile.* * *1 (tiempo breve) whilehace un rato que se fue he left a while ago, it's a while since he leftya hace rato que volvieron they've been back a while o some time now¿puedes salir un rato? can you come out for a while?espera un ratito que ya acabo wait a minute o ( colloq) hang on a second, I've nearly finishedllevo un buen rato esperando I've been waiting for quite some time o for quite a whileen mis ratos libres or de ocio in my spare timepasé un mal rato it was terribledentro de un ratito te llamo, que ahora estoy ocupado I'll call you in a little while, I'm busy right now2 ( en locs):a cada rato ( AmL): me interrumpe a cada rato he keeps interrupting me every five minutes o the whole timeal (poco) rato: llegó al poco rato de irte tú he arrived shortly o just after you leftal rato se me quitó el dolor shortly afterward(s) o a short time later the pain wentsólo al rato me di cuenta de la gravedad del asunto I only realized how serious the situation was a little while later¿quieres bailar? — al rato ( Méx); do you want to dance? — later o in a whilea ratos from time to time, now and againa ratos perdidos now and then, now and againde a rato or ( Esp) de a ratos from time to time, now and againvoy a guardar este pedazo para más rato I'm going to save this piece for laterpara rato ( fam): no me esperes, tengo para rato don't wait for me, I'll be a while o I'll be some time o I'll be quite a long timetodavía hay para rato there's still a long way to go ( o a lot to do etc)si está hablando con Juan tenemos para rato if she's talking to Juan, we'll be here all day/all night ( colloq hum)pasar el rato to while away o pass the timeme puse a leer una revista para pasar el rato I started reading a magazine to while away o pass the timeun rato largo ( Esp fam): sabe un rato largo de música she sure knows a lot o she knows a hell of a lot about music ( colloq)¡esto pesa un rato largo! this weighs a ton! ( colloq)* * *
rato sustantivo masculino
espera un ratito wait a minute (colloq);
en mis ratos libres in my spare time;
pasé un mal rato it was terrible;
iré dentro de un rato I'll go shortlyb) ( en locs)◊ a cada rato (AmL): me interrumpe a cada rato he keeps interrupting me;
al (poco) rato shortly afterwards;
al poco rato de irte tú shortly o just after you left;
a ratos from time to time;
para rato (fam): tengo para rato I'll be a while, I'll be some time;
todavía hay para rato there's still a long way to go;
pasar el rato to while away the time
rato sustantivo masculino
1 (porción de tiempo) while, time: al poco rato llegó Juan, shortly after Juan came
me hizo pasar un mal rato, she gave me an awful time
ratos libres, spare time sing
♦ Locuciones: no tengas prisa, hay para rato, take it easy, it'll take a while
pasar el rato, to while away the time
a cada rato, every other minute
a ratos, at times, now and again
un buen rato, a long time
familiar un rato (largo), very o a lot: sabe un rato (largo) de ajedrez, she knows a good deal about chess
' rato' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
aprovechar
- cacho
- correa
- decir
- entretenerse
- expansión
- hueca
- hueco
- llevar
- menudencia
- reposar
- romper
- tela
- trago
- amable
- conversar
- libre
- para
English:
after
- awhile
- fill in
- mess about
- mess around
- spell
- stop off
- time
- wait
- while
- while away
- bit
- by
- come
- linger
- pass
- snatch
- talk
* * *rato nmwhile;estuvimos hablando mucho rato we were talking for quite a while;te llamaré en que tenga un rato (libre) I'll call you as soon as I've got a free moment;hace un rato estaba en la oficina she was in the office just a short while ago;a cada rato viene a hacerme preguntas he keeps coming and asking me questions (all the time);al poco rato (de) shortly after;al rato me di cuenta de que no le había dado mi teléfono a bit later I realized I hadn't given her my phone number;Méx¿vamos a comer algo? – al rato shall we go and have something to eat? – in a while;a ratos at times;a ratos perdidos at odd moments;un buen rato [momento agradable] a good time;[mucho tiempo] a good while, quite some time;pasamos un buen rato con ellos we had a good time with them;con esto hay para rato this should keep us going for a while;va para rato it will take some (considerable) time;tenemos lluvia para rato the rain will be with us for some time;pasar el rato to kill time, to pass the time;pasar un mal rato to suffer;me hizo pasar un mal rato he made me suffer;ratos libres spare time;Esp Famun rato (largo): se enfadó un rato largo she was dead annoyed;Esp Famhay que saber un rato (largo) de economía para ocupar ese puesto you have to know loads about economics in that job* * *m1 time, while;ratos libres spare time sg ;al poco rato after a short time o while;todo el rato all the time;a ratos at times, from time to time;a ratos perdidos now and again;a cada rato always;un buen rato a good while, a pretty long time;pasar el rato pass the time;he pasado un buen/mal rato I’ve had a great/an awful time;¡hasta otro rato! see you later!2 ( mucho):hay para rato there is a lot to do;saber un rato largo de algo know a lot about sth* * *rato nm1) : while2)pasar el rato : to pass the time3)a cada rato : all the time, constantlyles sacaba dinero a cada rato: he was always taking money from them4)al poco rato : later, shortly after* * *rato n whileno nos esperes, tenemos para rato don't wait for us, we'll be quite a while -
19 violar un principio
(v.) = violate + principleEx. 'I'll call the young fellow and tell him there's been a mix-up -- I hope his parents don't raise a stink -- and I want you to know that it really sticks in my craw, it violates all my principles' = "Llamaré al joven y le diré que ha habido una confusión (espero que sus padres no me armen un escándalo) y quiero que sepas que es algo que me da patadas en el estómago, va en contra de todos mis principios".* * *(v.) = violate + principleEx: 'I'll call the young fellow and tell him there's been a mix-up -- I hope his parents don't raise a stink -- and I want you to know that it really sticks in my craw, it violates all my principles' = "Llamaré al joven y le diré que ha habido una confusión (espero que sus padres no me armen un escándalo) y quiero que sepas que es algo que me da patadas en el estómago, va en contra de todos mis principios".
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20 ya
adv.1 already.ya me lo habías contado you had already told me¿llamaron o han llamado ya? have they called yet?¿habrán llegado ya? will they have arrived yet o by now?ya en 1926 as long ago as 1926Ya hemos estado aquí antes We have already been here before...2 now (ahora).bueno, yo ya me voy right, I'm off now¡ya voy! I'm coming!3 at once (inmediatamente).hay que hacer algo ya something has to be done now o at once4 right now, at once, now, right away.intj.1 right now, right away.2 that's enough.* * *ya► adverbio1 already■ ¿que ya se han casado? what! they've got married already?2 (más tarde) later3 (ahora mismo) at once, right now, straightaway■ ¡ya voy! I'm coming!4 (ahora) now■ es facilísimo, ya verás it's dead easy, you'll see■ y ya no es por el dinero... and it's not the money that matters...■ ¡ya tenemos coche nuevo! we've got the new car!■ ¡ya están aquí! they're here!■ ¡ya verás ya! just you wait!■ ¡ya está bien! enough is enough!■ ya encontrarás trabajo, ya verás como sí you'll find a job, you'll see10 (para afirmar) I know, yes■ tienes que estudiar -- ya, pero... you have to study -- I know, but...1 irónico oh yes!\ya... ya... now... now...■ ya ríe, ya llora now she laughs, now she weeps■ fantasmas que ya surgen, ya se esfuman ghosts which first appear and then vanish■ ya fueran católicos, ya protestantes whether they be Catholic or Protestantya entiendo I seeya era hora about time too¡ya está! there we are!, all done!ya nos veremos see you soonya que since, seeing that■ ya que estás aquí, quédate a cenar seeing that you're here, why don't you stay for supper?* * *adv.1) already2) now3) anymore, no longer4) later, soon•- ya que* * *1. ADV1) [con acción pasada] already¿ya has terminado? — have you finished already?
¿ya habías estado antes en Valencia? — had you been to Valencia before?
2) [con verbo en presente]a) [con una acción esperada]¿ya anda? — is she walking yet?
b) [expresando sorpresa]¿ya te vas? — are you leaving already?
c) (=ahora) now¡cállate ya! — oh, shut up!
¡ya voy! — coming!
una estrategia que empiezo a poner en marcha desde ya mismo — a strategy which I will start to adopt as of now o as of this very moment
3) [con acción futura]ya verás como todo se arregla — it'll all work out, don't you worry
4)• ya no — not any more, no longer
ya no vive aquí — he doesn't live here any more, he no longer lives here
ya no viene a visitarnos — he doesn't come to see us any more, he no longer comes to see us
Javier ya no es tan alto como su hermano — Javier isn't as tall as his brother any more, Javier is no longer as tall as his brother
5) [expresando que se ha entendido o se recuerda algo]¡ya lo sé! — I know!
-¿no te acuerdas de ella? es la hija de Ricardo -¡ah, ya! — "don't you remember her? she's Ricardo's daughter" - "oh yes, of course!"
6) [expresando acuerdo o incredulidad]ya, pero... — yes, but...
¡ya, ya! — iró yes, yes!, oh, yes!, oh, sure!
ya, y luego viste un burro volando ¿no? — iró sure, and pigs might fly!
7) [con valor enfático]pues ya gasta ¿eh? — he really does spend a lot, doesn't he?
¿una hora tardas en llegar al trabajo? pues ya está lejos ¿eh? — it takes you an hour to get to work? it must be quite some way away!
¿que no se ha casado? ya lo creo que sí — you say she hasn't got married? I think you'll find she has
es más pobre que Haití, que ya es decir — it's poorer than Haiti, and that's saying something
¡murió con 104 años, que ya es decir! — she was 104 when she died, which is no mean achievement!
pues si él no viene, ya me dirás qué hacemos — you tell me what we'll do if he doesn't come
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¡ya está! — that's it¡ya está bien! — that's (quite) enough!
¡ya me gustaría a mí poder viajar! — I wouldn't mind being able to travel either!
¡ya era hora! — about time too!
¡ya podían haber avisado de que venían! — they could have said they were coming!
¡ya puedes ir preparando el dinero! — you'd better start getting the money ready!
2. CONJ1) [uso distributivo]ya por una razón, ya por otra — whether for one reason or another
ya te vayas, ya te quedes, me es igual — whether you go or stay is all the same to me
ya dice que sí, ya dice que no — first he says yes, then he says no, one minute he says yes, the next he says no
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no ya — not onlyno ya aquí, sino en todas partes — not only here, but everywhere
debes hacerlo, no ya por los demás, sino por ti mismo también — you should do it, not just for everyone else's sake but for your own sake too
2)• ya que — (seeing) as, since
ya que no viene, iremos nosotros — (seeing) as o since she's not coming, we'll go
ya que ha dejado de llover, ¿por qué no salimos a dar una vuelta? — (seeing) as o since it's stopped raining, why don't we go for a walk?
ya que no estudia, por lo menos podía ponerse a trabajar — seeing as she isn't studying, the least she could do is get a job
* * *Iadverbio [Both the simple past ya terminé and the present perfect ya he terminado are used to refer to the recent indefinite past. The former is the preferred form in Latin America while in Spain there is a tendency to use the latter]1)a) ( en frases afirmativas o interrogativas) already¿ya te has gastado todo el dinero? — have you spent all the money already?
¿ya ha llegado Ernesto? — has Ernesto arrived yet?, did Ernesto arrive yet? (AmE)
aprietas este botón y ya está! — you press this button, and that's it!
le teníamos tanta fe y ya ves, nos ha defraudado — we had such faith in him and look what happened, he's let us down
b) ( expresando que se ha comprendido) yes, sure (colloq)dile que venga - ya, pero ¿si no quiere? — tell her to come - yes, but what if she doesn't want to?
me he pasado el día estudiando - ya, ya! — (iró) I spent the whole day studying - oh sure! (iro)
2)a) ( en frases negativas) any moreestaba muy segura pero ya no sé qué pensar — I was very sure about it, but now I don't know what to think
b)no ya... sino — not (just)... but
estamos hablando no ya de cambios sino de una total reestructuración — we are not (just) talking about changes but about a total restructuring
3) (enseguida, ahora) right nowpreparados listos ya! — on your mark(s), get set, go!
desde ya te digo que no puede ser — (esp AmL) I can tell you right now that it's not possible
ya mismo — (esp AmL) right away, straightaway (BrE)
4) ( con verbo en futuro)5) ( en comparaciones)6) ( uso enfático)¿te parece que allí se vive mejor? - ya lo creo! — do you think people live better there? - you bet! (colloq)
7)ya que — since, as
ya que estás aquí — since o as you're here
IIya que estoy, limpio éste también — while I'm at it I may as well clean this one too
ya por tierra, ya por mar — (liter) whether by land or by sea
se puede solicitar ya sea en persona o por teléfono — it can be ordered either in person or by telephone
* * *= already, by now.Ex. Some revisions have already been announced.Ex. It will be evident by now that the microcomputer market is a complex place.----* algo ya muy conocido y usado = old nag.* basta ya = enough is enough.* estar aquí ya = be upon us.* hace ya mucho tiempo que = gone are the days of.* hace ya tiempo = long since.* no ser así ya = be no longer the case.* ¡Preparados, listos, ya! = On your mark, get set, go!, ready, set, go!.* ser hora ya de que = be about time (that), be high time (that/to/for).* ser ya hora de que = it + be + well past the time for, be high time (that/to/for).* ya ¡venga ya! = on your bike!.* ya basta = enough is enough.* ya cortado en lonchas = pre-sliced [presliced].* ya cortado en rodajas = pre-sliced [presliced].* ya de por sí escaso = already-scarce.* ya en + Expresión Temporal = as far back as + Expresión Temporal.* ya en + Fecha = as early as + Fecha.* ya era hora = not a moment too soon, not a minute too soon.* ya es bastante = enough is enough.* ya es hora (de que) = it's about time (that).* ya existente = pre-existing [preexisting].* ya hace algún tiempo = for quite some time.* ya hace bastante tiempo = for quite a while now.* ya hemos hablado bastante de = so much for.* ya ir siendo hora de que = be high time (that/to/for), be about time (that).* ya + lleva + desde hace + Expresión Temporal = have + now + been + for + Expresión Temporal.* ya lo quitas, ya lo pones = burn-'em-down-build-'em-up.* ya mencionado = aforementioned.* ya no = any longer, no longer, not... anymore.* ya parte de la empresa = on board.* ya perforado = pre-drilled.* ya preparado = preformatted [pre-formatted].* ya que = as, for, since, in that, seeing that/as.* ya que estamos en ello = while we're at it.* ya sea... o... = whether... or....* ya ser hora de que = be about time (that), be high time (that/to/for).* ya tradicional = long-established.* ya usado = second-hand [secondhand].* * *Iadverbio [Both the simple past ya terminé and the present perfect ya he terminado are used to refer to the recent indefinite past. The former is the preferred form in Latin America while in Spain there is a tendency to use the latter]1)a) ( en frases afirmativas o interrogativas) already¿ya te has gastado todo el dinero? — have you spent all the money already?
¿ya ha llegado Ernesto? — has Ernesto arrived yet?, did Ernesto arrive yet? (AmE)
aprietas este botón y ya está! — you press this button, and that's it!
le teníamos tanta fe y ya ves, nos ha defraudado — we had such faith in him and look what happened, he's let us down
b) ( expresando que se ha comprendido) yes, sure (colloq)dile que venga - ya, pero ¿si no quiere? — tell her to come - yes, but what if she doesn't want to?
me he pasado el día estudiando - ya, ya! — (iró) I spent the whole day studying - oh sure! (iro)
2)a) ( en frases negativas) any moreestaba muy segura pero ya no sé qué pensar — I was very sure about it, but now I don't know what to think
b)no ya... sino — not (just)... but
estamos hablando no ya de cambios sino de una total reestructuración — we are not (just) talking about changes but about a total restructuring
3) (enseguida, ahora) right nowpreparados listos ya! — on your mark(s), get set, go!
desde ya te digo que no puede ser — (esp AmL) I can tell you right now that it's not possible
ya mismo — (esp AmL) right away, straightaway (BrE)
4) ( con verbo en futuro)5) ( en comparaciones)6) ( uso enfático)¿te parece que allí se vive mejor? - ya lo creo! — do you think people live better there? - you bet! (colloq)
7)ya que — since, as
ya que estás aquí — since o as you're here
IIya que estoy, limpio éste también — while I'm at it I may as well clean this one too
ya por tierra, ya por mar — (liter) whether by land or by sea
se puede solicitar ya sea en persona o por teléfono — it can be ordered either in person or by telephone
* * *= already, by now.Ex: Some revisions have already been announced.
Ex: It will be evident by now that the microcomputer market is a complex place.* algo ya muy conocido y usado = old nag.* basta ya = enough is enough.* estar aquí ya = be upon us.* hace ya mucho tiempo que = gone are the days of.* hace ya tiempo = long since.* no ser así ya = be no longer the case.* ¡Preparados, listos, ya! = On your mark, get set, go!, ready, set, go!.* ser hora ya de que = be about time (that), be high time (that/to/for).* ser ya hora de que = it + be + well past the time for, be high time (that/to/for).* ya ¡venga ya! = on your bike!.* ya basta = enough is enough.* ya cortado en lonchas = pre-sliced [presliced].* ya cortado en rodajas = pre-sliced [presliced].* ya de por sí escaso = already-scarce.* ya en + Expresión Temporal = as far back as + Expresión Temporal.* ya en + Fecha = as early as + Fecha.* ya era hora = not a moment too soon, not a minute too soon.* ya es bastante = enough is enough.* ya es hora (de que) = it's about time (that).* ya existente = pre-existing [preexisting].* ya hace algún tiempo = for quite some time.* ya hace bastante tiempo = for quite a while now.* ya hemos hablado bastante de = so much for.* ya ir siendo hora de que = be high time (that/to/for), be about time (that).* ya + lleva + desde hace + Expresión Temporal = have + now + been + for + Expresión Temporal.* ya lo quitas, ya lo pones = burn-'em-down-build-'em-up.* ya mencionado = aforementioned.* ya no = any longer, no longer, not... anymore.* ya parte de la empresa = on board.* ya perforado = pre-drilled.* ya preparado = preformatted [pre-formatted].* ya que = as, for, since, in that, seeing that/as.* ya que estamos en ello = while we're at it.* ya sea... o... = whether... or....* ya ser hora de que = be about time (that), be high time (that/to/for).* ya tradicional = long-established.* ya usado = second-hand [secondhand].* * *ya1[ Both the simple past ya terminé and the present perfect ya he terminado are used to refer to the recent indefinite past. The former is the preferred form in Latin America, while in Spain there is a tendency to use the latter.]A1(en frases afirmativas o interrogativas): ¿ya te has gastado todo el dinero que te di? have you spent all the money I gave you already?ya terminé I've (already) finishedya te dije que no I've already said no, I already said no¿ya ha llegado Ernesto? has Ernesto arrived yet?, did Ernesto arrive yet? ( AmE)a las nueve ya estaban durmiendo by nine o'clock they were already asleep¿ya estás molestando a tu hermana otra vez? are you bothering your sister again?ya lo sé, me lo dijo Sonia I (already) know, Sonia told meluego aprietas este botón ¡y ya está! then you press this button, and that's it! o that's that! o there you are!le teníamos tanta fe y ya ves, nos ha defraudado we had such faith in him and look what happened, he's let us down2 (expresando que se ha comprendido) yes, sure ( colloq)tú le dices que venga — ya, pero ¿si no quiere? you tell her to come — yes, but what if she doesn't want to?3(buscando acuerdo): te vas a portar bien ¿ya? you're going to be a good boy, okay? o ( BrE) aren't you?B1 (en frases negativas) any more, no longerya no trabaja aquí he doesn't work here any more, he no longer works hereese estilo de zapatos ya no se lleva nobody wears shoes like that any moreya ni siquiera me escribe he doesn't even write (to) me any more, he no longer even writes (to) meestaba muy segura pero ya no sé qué pensar I was very sure about it, but now I don't know what to thinkson las once, yo creo que ya no vienen it's eleven o'clock, I don't think they'll come nowsi perdemos este tren ya no llegamos if we miss this train we won't get there in time2no ya … sino not (just) … butestamos hablando no ya de cambios sino de una total reestructuración we are not (just) talking about changes but about a total restructuringC (enseguida, ahora) right now¡Pilar! — ¡ya voy! Pilar! — coming!¿le falta mucho a la comida? — no, ya va a estar will lunch be long? — no, it's almost readypreparados or prontos or en sus marcas, listos ¡ya! on your mark(s), get set, go!ya puedes ir despidiéndote de ese dinero you can kiss that money goodbyeeste fin de semana no sales, así que ya puedes ir haciéndote a la idea you're not going out this weekend, so you'd better start getting used to the ideadesde ya te digo que lo veo muy difícil ( esp AmL); I can tell you right now I think it's going to be pretty difficultD(expresando promesa, esperanza, amenaza): ya te contaré cuando nos veamos I'll tell you all about it next time we meetya lo entenderás cuando seas mayor you'll understand one day, when you're olderE(en comparaciones): éste es precioso, éste ya no me gusta tanto this one is beautiful, but I don't like this one so muchpintado de blanco ya es otra cosa it really does look much better painted whiteF(uso enfático): ¡ya quisiera yo! I should be so lucky!, chance would be a fine thing! ( BrE)¡ya era hora! about time (too)!ya es hora de que empieces a buscar trabajo it's (about) time you started to look for a job¡ya me tienes harta con tus quejas! I'm just about fed up with your complaining all the time!¿te parece que allí se vive mejor? — ¡ya lo creo! do you think people live better there? — you bet! ( colloq)ya me dirás or contarás qué hacía él en un sitio así what on earth he was doing in a place like that, I don't know ( colloq)Gya que since, asya que estás aquí since o as you're hereya que estoy, lo limpio por dentro también while I'm at it I may as well clean the inside tooya2ya por tierra, ya por mar ( liter); whether by land or by sease puede solicitar ya sea en persona o por teléfono it can be ordered either in person or by telephone* * *
ya adverbio Both the simple past◊ ya terminé and the present perfect ya he terminado are used to refer to the recent indefinite past. The former is the preferred form in Latin America while in Spain there is a tendency to use the latter
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◊ ¿ya te has gastado todo el dinero? have you spent all the money already?;
ya terminé I've (already) finished;
¿ya ha llegado Ernesto? has Ernesto arrived yet?, did Ernesto arrive yet? (AmE);
aprietas este botón ¡y ya está! you press this button, and that's it!
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b)◊ no ya … sino not (just) … but
3 (enseguida, ahora) right now;
ya mismo (esp AmL) right away, straightaway (BrE);
¡ya voy! coming!;
preparados listos ¡ya! on your mark(s), get set, go!
4 ( con verbo en futuro):
ya lo entenderás you'll understand one day
5 ( uso enfático):◊ ¡ya quisiera yo! I should be so lucky!;
ya era hora about time (too)!;
¡ya me tienes harta! I'm (just about) fed up with you!
6
ya que estás aquí since o as you're here
■ conjunción:◊ se puede solicitar ya sea en persona o por teléfono it can be ordered either in person or by telephone
ya
I adverbio
1 already
2 (presente) ya lo sé, I already know
ya puedes empezar, you can start now
(inmediatamente) now: decídelo ya, decide right now
3 (pasado) already: ya entonces nos conocíamos, we already knew each other
ya en 1213, as early as 1213
4 (futuro) ya veré lo que hago, I'll see
ya tendremos tiempo para hacerlo, we'll have time to do it later ➣ Ver nota en already
5 (con frases negativas) ya no lo soporto más, I can't bear him any more
ya no trabaja aquí, she no longer works here
6 (uso enfático) ya era hora, about time too
¡ya está bien!, enough is enough!
II conj ya que, since: llámale hoy, ya que mañana se irá de viaje, call him today, because tomorrow he'll be away
Como regla general, cuando ya se refiere al pasado se traduce por already: Ya lo he hecho. I've already done it. Cuando hace referencia al presente se traduce por now (ya podemos irnos, we can go now) y en el futuro se traduce por later o no se traduce: Ya hablaremos. We'll talk about it ( later).
'ya' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
abrigar
- achacosa
- achacoso
- aclimatarse
- acreditar
- adiós
- ajustar
- altura
- amañarse
- ambientarse
- antaño
- anterioridad
- avisar
- bañera
- barbaridad
- bien
- bote
- caber
- cabeza
- caer
- canción
- cara
- celo
- cerca
- colocar
- como
- coña
- constructor
- constructora
- creer
- cuento
- deber
- despedirse
- desventura
- devolución
- dicha
- dicho
- distraerse
- don
- doña
- Ecuador
- empezar
- emplazamiento
- enferma
- enfermo
- enfriar
- entrada
- entrado
- ser
- escacharrar
English:
about
- act
- act up
- advertise
- ago
- alive
- already
- antics
- any
- as
- asleep
- can
- care
- clog up
- come off
- cut out
- damage
- day
- decide
- do
- elderly
- enough
- far
- foregone
- forenamed
- format
- fuck
- gazumping
- given
- go
- go off
- gone
- have
- he's
- high
- inflammation
- it
- just
- knack
- lay off
- let up
- like
- long
- more
- move
- neither
- nervous
- no
- now
- obtainable
* * *ya♦ adv1. [en el pasado] already;ya me lo habías contado you had already told me;¿habrán llegado ya? will they have arrived yet o by now?;ya dejó de llover it has stopped raining;ya en 1926 as long ago as 19262. [expresando sorpresa] already;¿ya has vuelto? are you back already?;son las siete – ¿ya? it's seven o'clock – already?3. [en presente] now;bueno, yo ya me voy right, I'm off now;ya es hora de cenar it's time for dinner;ya eres mayor para esas cosas you're too old for that sort of thing;¡ya voy! I'm coming!4. [inmediatamente] at once;hay que hacer algo ya something has to be done now o at once;Famdesde ya right now;hay que empezar desde ya we have to start right now o away;desde ya considérate invitado consider yourself invited as of now;ya mismo right awayya no es así it's not like that any more, it's no longer like that;ya no me duele it doesn't hurt any more, it no longer hurts;para entonces ya no quedarán entradas there won't be any tickets left by thenya hablaremos we'll talk later;ya nos habremos ido we'll already have gone;ya me dirás si te gustó you can tell me later if you liked it;ya verás you'll (soon) see;ya verás cuando se enteren just wait till they find out;¡ya te agarraré yo a ti! I'll get you sooner or later!7. [con valor enfático o intensivo]ya entiendo/lo sé I understand/know;sin el uniforme ya parece otro he looks completely different without his uniform on;¡ya está! ¿ves qué fácil? that's it o there you are, see how easy it is?;¡ya no aguanto más! I can't take any more!, I've had enough!;¿es éste tu coche? – ¡ya me gustaría a mí! o [m5]¡ya quisiera yo! is this your car? – I wish! o if only!;ya podías haberlo dicho antes you could have said so before;ya puedes hacer las maletas y largarte I suggest you pack your bags and leave;¿qué haces despierto? – ya ves, que no puedo dormir what are you doing awake? – well, I can't get to sleep, you see;te matas a trabajar y, ya ves, luego se olvidan de ti you work yourself to death and then what happens…? they forget about you♦ conj1. [distributiva]ya sea por unas cosas ya sea por otras, siguen pasando hambre for one reason or another, they are still going hungry;manden sus datos ya sea por carta o por correo electrónico send in your details (either) by post or by e-mail2. [adversativa]ya no… sino…, no ya… sino… not only… but…;confían no ya en clasificarse sino en llegar a la final they are not only confident of qualifying but also of reaching the final♦ interj[indica asentimiento] right!; [indica comprensión] yes!;¡ya! no me eches más leche that's enough milk, thanks!;preparados, listos, ¡ya! ready, steady, go!, on your marks, get set, go!;Irónico¡ya, ya! sure!, yes, of course!♦ ya que loc conjsince;ya que has venido, ayúdame con esto since you're here, give me a hand with this;ya que te pones, podías hacer también la cena you could get dinner ready while you're at it;ya que eres tan listo, dime… if you're so clever o since you're so smart, tell me…* * *yaadv1 already;ya lo sé I knowya viene she’s coming now3:¿lo puede hacer? - ¡ya lo creo!; can she do it ? – you bet!;¡ya! incredulidad oh, yeah!, sure!; comprensión I know, I understand; asenso OK, sure; al terminar finished!, done!;4 en frases negativas:ya no vive aquí he doesn’t live here any more, he no longer lives here;ya no lo tengo I don’t have it any more, I no longer have it5:ya que since, as6:ya … ya … either … or …* * *ya adv1) : alreadyya terminó: she's finished already2) : now, right now¡hazlo ya!: do it now!ya mismo: right away3) : later, soonya iremos: we'll go later on4) : no longer, anymoreya no fuma: he no longer smokes¡ya lo sé!: I know!ya lo creo: of course6)no ya : not onlyno ya lloran sino gritan: they're not only crying but screaming7)ya que : now that, sinceya que sabe la verdad: now that she knows the truthya conjya... ya : whether... or, first... thenya le gusta, ya no: first he likes it, then he doesn't* * *ya1 adv1. (en general) already¿ya te vas? are you going already?2. (ahora) nowno grites, ya voy don't shout, I'm coming3. (luego) laterya no no longer / not any moreya no vive aquí she no longer lives here / she doesn't live here any moreya2 interj yes / of course
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