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your white T-shirt's in the wash

1 to be in the wash

to be in the wash

estar para lavar, estar en la colada

■ your white T-shirt's in the wash tu camiseta blanca está para lavar

English-spanish dictionary > to be in the wash
2 wash

woʃ
1. verb
1) (to clean (a thing or person, especially oneself) with (soap and) water or other liquid: How often do you wash your hair?; You wash (the dishes) and I'll dry; We can wash in the stream.) lavar(se)

2) (to be able to be washed without being damaged: This fabric doesn't wash very well.) lavarse

3) (to flow (against, over etc): The waves washed (against) the ship.) chapotear; batir (contra)

4) (to sweep (away etc) by means of water: The floods have washed away hundreds of houses.) arrastrar, llevarse

2. noun
1) (an act of washing: He's just gone to have a wash.) baño; lavado

2) (things to be washed or being washed: Your sweater is in the wash.) (estar para) lavar; (estar en la) colada

3) (the flowing or lapping (of waves etc): the wash of waves against the rocks.) chapoteo

4) (a liquid with which something is washed: a mouthwash.) enjuague; líquido (detergente, desinfectante, i2etc/i2)

5) (a thin coat (of water-colour paint etc), especially in a painting: The background of the picture was a pale blue wash.) capa

6) (the waves caused by a moving boat etc: The rowing-boat was tossing about in the wash from the ship's propellers.) remolinos; estela

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- washable
- washer
- washing
- washed-out
- washerwoman
- washerman
- washcloth
- wash-basin
- washing-machine
- washing-powder
- washing-up
- washout
- washroom
- wash up

wash¹ n lavado

to be in the wash estar para lavar

all my socks are in the wash todos mis calcetines están para lavar

to have a wash lavarse

to give something a wash lavar algo

wash² vb lavar / lavarse

wash your face, it's dirty lávate la cara, la tienes sucia

wash

tr[wɒʃ]

noun

1 (act) lavado

■ the car needs a wash el coche necesita un lavado

■ the colour comes out after six washes el tinte desaparece después de seis lavados

■ he had a quick wash before dinner se lavó rápidamente antes de cenar

2 (laundry) ropa sucia, colada

■ I do the weekly wash every Monday hago la colada cada lunes

3 (of ship) estela; (of water) remolinos nombre masculino plural; (sound) chapoteo

4 SMALLMEDICINE/SMALL enjuague nombre masculino

5 (thin layer of paint) capa

6 (swill) bazofia

transitive verb

1 (gen) lavar; (dishes) fregar

■ have you washed your hands? ¿te has lavado las manos?

■ wash dark colours separately lavar los colores oscuros por separado

■ the cat washed its kittens la gata lavó los gatitos

■ she hates washing clothes by hand odia lavar la ropa a mano

■ who's going to wash the dishes? ¿quién fregará los platos?

2 (carry) llevar, arrastrar

■ the dolphin was washed ashore el delfín fue arrastrado a la playa

3 (flow against, flow past) lamer, besar

■ the waves wash the shore las olas lamen la playa

4 (form by erosion) erosionar

5 (cover thinly) bañar

intransitive verb

1 (gen) lavarse

■ have you washed behind your ears? ¿te has lavado detrás de las orejas?

■ I hate washing in cold water odio lavarme con agua fría

■ this new jumper washes well este jersey nuevo se lava bien

2 (flow, lap) batir

■ the waves washed against the cliff las olas batían contra el acantilado

3 familiar (be believed) colar

■ that won't wash eso no cuela

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SMALLIDIOMATIC EXPRESSION/SMALL

to be in the wash estar para lavar, estar en la colada

■ your white T-shirt's in the wash tu camiseta blanca está para lavar

to come out in the wash (turn out all right) salir bien

to wash one's dirty linen in public lavar los trapos sucios en público

to wash one's hair lavarse la cabeza, lavarse el pelo

to wash one's hands of something/somebody desentenderse de algo/alguien

to wash oneself lavarse

wash house lavadero

wash ['wɔʃ, 'wɑʃ] vt

1) clean: lavar(se), limpiar, fregar

to wash the dishes: lavar los platos

to wash one's hands: lavarse las manos

2) drench: mojar

3) lap: bañar

waves were washing the shore: las olas bañaban la orilla

4) carry, drag: arrastrar

5)

to wash away : llevarse (un puente, etc.)

wash vi

1) : lavarse (dícese de una persona o la ropa)

the dress washes well: el vestido se lava bien

2)

to wash againstor to wash over : bañar

wash n

1) : lavado m

to give something a wash: lavar algo

2) laundry: artículos mpl para lavar, ropa f sucia

3) : estela f (de un barco)

wash

v.

• baldear v.

• bañar v.

• fregar v.

• jabonar v.

• lavar v.

• lavar la ropa v.

• moverse el agua v.

n.

• colada s.f.

• estela s.f.

• jabonado s.m.

• lavación s.f.

• lavado s.m.

• lavadura s.f.

• lavatorio s.m.

• loción s.f.

• movimiento de agua s.m.

• ropa para lavar s.f.

= Washington

[wɒʃ]
1. N

1) (=act of washing)

that jacket could do with a wash — a esa chaqueta no le vendría mal un lavado

to give sth a wash — (gen) lavar algo

to give one's hands/face a wash — lavarse las manos/la cara

to have a wash — lavarse
brush-up
2) (in washing-machine) lavado m

this setting gives you a cool wash — en esta posición la máquina hace un lavado en frío

3) (=laundry) colada f

I do a big wash on Mondays — los lunes hago una colada grande

I had two washes on the line — tenía dos coladas en el tendedero

your jeans are in the wash — (=being washed) tus vaqueros se están lavando; (=with dirty clothes) tus vaqueros están con la ropa sucia

the colours run in the wash — los colores destiñen con el lavado

- it'll all come out in the wash

4) [of ship, plane] estela f

5) [of paint, distemper] capa f; (Art) aguada f

2. VT

1) (=clean) [+ clothes, car] lavar; [+ floor] fregar

to wash the dishes — fregar (los platos), lavar los platos

the rain had washed the verandah clean — la lluvia había limpiado la terraza

to get washed — lavarse

to wash one's hands/hair — lavarse las manos/el pelo

- wash one's hands of sth

- wash one's hands of sb
linen 1., 2)
2) (=paint)

to wash the walls with distemper — dar una mano de pintura (al temple) a las paredes

3) liter (=lap) [sea, waves] bañar

an island washed by a blue sea — una isla bañada por el mar azul

4) (=sweep, carry) arrastrar

the sea washed it ashore — el mar lo arrastró hasta la playa

the house was washed downstream — la casa fue arrastrada río abajo

he was washed overboard — cayó del barco arrastrado por las olas

3. VI

1) (=have a wash) lavarse; (=wash the dishes) fregar; (=do the washing) lavar (la) ropa

I'll wash and you dry — yo friego y tú secas

2) (=be washable) [fabric]

will it wash? — ¿se puede lavar?

man-made fabrics usually wash well — los tejidos sintéticos suelen lavarse bien

- that excuse won't wash!

3) [sea, waves]

the sea washed against the cliffs — el mar batía contra los acantilados

small waves gently washed over the coral reef — las pequeñas olas bañaban suavemente el arrecife de coral

the oil washed ashore quite near here — el petróleo fue arrastrado a la orilla bastante cerca de aquí

4.

CPD

wash bag N — (US) neceser m

wash cycle N — ciclo m de lavado

wash house N — lavadero m

wash leather N — gamuza f

wash sale N — (US) venta f ficticia

- wash away

- wash down

- wash off

- wash out

- wash over

- wash through

- wash up

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= Washington

English-spanish dictionary > wash
3 sucio

adj.

1 dirty, messy, filthy, nasty.

2 dirty.

3 dirty, evil-minded.

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sucio

► adjetivo

1 (con manchas) dirty, filthy

2 (que se ensucia fácilmente) which dirties easily, which shows the dirt

3 figurado (deshonesto) shady, underhand

4 figurado (color) dirty

5 DEPORTE figurado foul, dirty, unfair

6 figurado (trabajo, lenguaje) dirty, filthy

► adverbio sucio

1 figurado in an underhand way, dirty

■ jugar sucio to play dirty

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FRASEOLOGÍA

en sucio in rough

tener una lengua sucia to be foul-mouthed

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sucio

► adverbio

1 figurado in an underhand way, dirty

■ jugar sucio to play dirty

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(f. - sucia)

adj.

dirty, filthy, messy

* * *

1. ADJ

1) (=manchado) [cara, ropa, suelo] dirty

llevas los zapatos muy sucios — your shoes are very dirty

tienes las manos sucísimas — your hands are filthy

hazlo primero en sucio — make a rough draft first, do it in rough first

2) [color] dirty

3) (=fácil de manchar)

los pantalones blancos son muy sucios — white trousers show the dirt, white trousers get dirty very easily

4) (=obsceno) dirty, filthy

palabras sucias — dirty words, filthy words

5) (=deshonesto) [jugada] foul, dirty; [táctica] dirty; [negocio] shady

6) [conciencia] bad

7) [lengua] coated, furred

2.

ADV

jugar sucio — to play dirty

3.

SM And bit of dirt

* * *
I
- cia adjetivo

1)

a) [ESTAR] <ropa/casa/vaso> dirty

tengo las manos sucias — my hands are dirty

¿de quién es este cuaderno tan sucio? — whose is this grubby exercise book?

hacer algo en sucio — to do a rough draft of something (AmE), do something in rough (BrE)

b) < lengua> furred, coated

2) [SER]

a) ( que se ensucia fácilmente)

el blanco es muy sucio — white really shows the dirt terribly

b) < color> dirty (before n)

c) < trabajo> dirty; <dinero/negocio/juego> dirty

d) < lenguaje> filthy; < mente> dirty

tener la conciencia sucia — to have a guilty conscience

una jugada sucia — a dirty trick
II
masculino (Ven fam) dirty mark

* * *

= brown, dingy [dingier -comp., dingiest -sup.], dirty [dirtier -comp., dirtiest -sup.], murky [murkier -comp., murkiest -sup.], grubby, dirty [dirtier -comp., dirtiest -sup.], messy [messier -comp., messiest -sup.], soiled, grungy, unclean, squalid, minging, mucky [muckier -comp., muckiest -sup.], tarnished, unwashed.

Ex. The horrid thing broke out with a screeching laugh, and pointed his brown finger at me.

Ex. Shortly after he began as director, he moved the library from a dingy Carnegie mausoleum to a downtown department store that had become vacant.

Ex. An authority file can also be used to clean up an inconsistent, dirty data base.

Ex. There are extraordinary uncertainties in the murky future of higher education and to change the character of our library at this stage would be too extreme a measure.

Ex. The copy was grubby from use, a paperback with a photographically realistic full-color painting on its cover of an early teenage boy slumped in what looked to me like a corner of a very dirty back alley, a can of Coke in his hand.

Ex. The copy was grubby from use, a paperback with a photographically realistic full-color painting on its cover of an early teenage boy slumped in what looked to me like a corner of a very dirty back alley, a can of Coke in his hand.

Ex. The author discusses current attempts to organize electronic information objects in a world that is messy, volatile and uncontrolled.

Ex. The painting is a still life depiction of a soiled tablecloth on a table.

Ex. It is primarily a story about a girl who, pregnant, flees her disapproving family to search for the father of her child in the grungy and sinister Midlands of England.

Ex. The causes were accumulated dust on the books and an influx of unprocessed and unclean materials into the room.

Ex. The author examines Whistler's visits to the more squalid sections of the city, his views along the Thames and his portrayals of street urchins.

Ex. Everyone is attractive to someone, there is no such thing as a minger, but there are many people who I think are minging.

Ex. Bulrush prefers full or partial sun, wet conditions, and soil that is mucky or sandy.

Ex. Coca-Cola appears to be taking pains to buff up its tarnished image -- a controversy continues to brew over pesticides found in its soda products.

Ex. It was Burke who first called the mob 'the great unwashed,' but the term ' unwashed' had been applied to them before.

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* blanquear dinero sucio = launder + dirty money.

* capa de espuma sucia = scum.

* cesta de la ropa sucia = linen basket, wash basket.

* cesto de la ropa sucia = linen basket, wash basket.

* conciencia sucia = guilty conscience.

* dinero sucio = dirty money.

* guerra sucia = dirty war.

* persona encargada de hacer los trabajos sucios = hatchetman.

* sacar a relucir los trapos sucios delante de otros = wash + dirty linen in front of others.

* sacar a relucir los trapos sucios en público = air + dirty linen in public.

* trabajo en sucio = rough work.

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I
- cia adjetivo

1)

a) [ESTAR] <ropa/casa/vaso> dirty

tengo las manos sucias — my hands are dirty

¿de quién es este cuaderno tan sucio? — whose is this grubby exercise book?

hacer algo en sucio — to do a rough draft of something (AmE), do something in rough (BrE)

b) < lengua> furred, coated

2) [SER]

a) ( que se ensucia fácilmente)

el blanco es muy sucio — white really shows the dirt terribly

b) < color> dirty (before n)

c) < trabajo> dirty; <dinero/negocio/juego> dirty

d) < lenguaje> filthy; < mente> dirty

tener la conciencia sucia — to have a guilty conscience

una jugada sucia — a dirty trick
II
masculino (Ven fam) dirty mark

* * *

= brown, dingy [dingier -comp., dingiest -sup.], dirty [dirtier -comp., dirtiest -sup.], murky [murkier -comp., murkiest -sup.], grubby, dirty [dirtier -comp., dirtiest -sup.], messy [messier -comp., messiest -sup.], soiled, grungy, unclean, squalid, minging, mucky [muckier -comp., muckiest -sup.], tarnished, unwashed.

Ex: The horrid thing broke out with a screeching laugh, and pointed his brown finger at me.

Ex: Shortly after he began as director, he moved the library from a dingy Carnegie mausoleum to a downtown department store that had become vacant.

Ex: An authority file can also be used to clean up an inconsistent, dirty data base.

Ex: There are extraordinary uncertainties in the murky future of higher education and to change the character of our library at this stage would be too extreme a measure.

Ex: The copy was grubby from use, a paperback with a photographically realistic full-color painting on its cover of an early teenage boy slumped in what looked to me like a corner of a very dirty back alley, a can of Coke in his hand.

Ex: The copy was grubby from use, a paperback with a photographically realistic full-color painting on its cover of an early teenage boy slumped in what looked to me like a corner of a very dirty back alley, a can of Coke in his hand.

Ex: The author discusses current attempts to organize electronic information objects in a world that is messy, volatile and uncontrolled.

Ex: The painting is a still life depiction of a soiled tablecloth on a table.

Ex: It is primarily a story about a girl who, pregnant, flees her disapproving family to search for the father of her child in the grungy and sinister Midlands of England.

Ex: The causes were accumulated dust on the books and an influx of unprocessed and unclean materials into the room.

Ex: The author examines Whistler's visits to the more squalid sections of the city, his views along the Thames and his portrayals of street urchins.

Ex: Everyone is attractive to someone, there is no such thing as a minger, but there are many people who I think are minging.

Ex: Bulrush prefers full or partial sun, wet conditions, and soil that is mucky or sandy.

Ex: Coca-Cola appears to be taking pains to buff up its tarnished image -- a controversy continues to brew over pesticides found in its soda products.

Ex: It was Burke who first called the mob 'the great unwashed,' but the term ' unwashed' had been applied to them before.

* blanquear dinero sucio = launder + dirty money.

* capa de espuma sucia = scum.

* cesta de la ropa sucia = linen basket, wash basket.

* cesto de la ropa sucia = linen basket, wash basket.

* conciencia sucia = guilty conscience.

* dinero sucio = dirty money.

* guerra sucia = dirty war.

* persona encargada de hacer los trabajos sucios = hatchetman.

* sacar a relucir los trapos sucios delante de otros = wash + dirty linen in front of others.

* sacar a relucir los trapos sucios en público = air + dirty linen in public.

* trabajo en sucio = rough work.

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sucio¹ - cia

adjective

A

1 [ ESTAR] ‹ropa/casa/vaso› dirty

tengo las manos sucias my hands are dirty

¿de quién es este cuaderno tan sucio? whose is this grubby exercise book? ( colloq)

la habitación está tan sucia que da asco the room is disgustingly dirty o is filthy

en sucio in rough

primero haz el ejercicio en sucio first do the exercise in rough

2 ‹lengua› furred, coated, furry ( colloq)

B [ SER]

1

(que se ensucia fácilmente): las alfombras tan claras son muy sucias such light carpets get very dirty o show the dirt terribly

2 ‹verde/amarillo› dirty ( before n)

3 ‹trabajo› dirty

es una tarea sucia y aburrida it's a dirty, tedious job

4 ‹dinero/negocio/juego› dirty

5 ‹palabras/lenguaje› dirty, filthy; ‹mente› dirty

tener la conciencia sucia to have a guilty conscience

sucio²

masculine

( Ven fam)

dirty mark

sucio³

adverb

jugar

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sucio
◊ - cia adjetivo

1
a) [ESTAR] ‹ropa/casa/vaso› dirty;

◊ hacer algo en sucio to do a rough draft of sth (AmE), do sth in rough (BrE)

b) ‹ lengua› furred, coated

2 [SER]
a) ‹ trabajo› dirty;

‹dinero/negocio/juego› dirty
b) ‹ lenguaje› filthy;

‹ mente› dirty;
◊ una jugada sucia a dirty trick

sucio,-a
I adjetivo
1 dirty: tienes las manos sucias, your hands are dirty
2 (obsceno) filthy, dirty
3 (inmoral, deshonesto) juego sucio, foul play
una jugada sucia, a dirty trick
negocio sucio, shady business o deal
trabajo sucio, dirty work
(fraudulento) underhand
4 (que se ensucia con facilidad) el blanco es un color muy sucio para vestir, white clothes get dirty so easily
II adverbio unfairly
jugar sucio, to play unfairly
' sucio' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
asquerosa
- asqueroso
- cerdo
- cochina
- cochino
- jugar
- manchada
- manchado
- marrana
- marrano
- negra
- negro
- puerca
- puerco
- roñosa
- roñoso
- sucia
- tinglado
- zarrapastrosa
- zarrapastroso
- chancho
- juego
- negociado
- piojoso
- repugnar
- rozado
- tufo
English:
dingy
- dirty
- filthy
- foul play
- greasy
- grimy
- grubby
- grungy
- low
- mess
- messy
- murky
- play
- soiled
- foul

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sucio, -a

♦ adj

1. [sin limpieza] dirty;

estar sucio to be dirty;

tiene muy sucia la cocina his kitchen is very dirty;

la ropa sucia the dirty clothes

2. [al comer, trabajar] messy;

ser sucio to be messy

3. [que se ensucia]
el blanco es un color muy sucio white is a colour that really shows the dirt

4. [color] dirty;

un pantalón de un color blanco sucio off-white Br trousers o US pants

5. [lenguaje] dirty, filthy

6. [conciencia] bad, guilty

7.
en sucio [escribir] in rough

♦ adv

jugar sucio to play dirty

♦ nm
Ven Fam stain, dirty mark
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sucio

adj tb fig

dirty;

en sucio in rough;

blanco sucio off-white

* * *

sucio, - cia adj

: dirty, filthy

* * *

sucio adj dirty [comp. dirtier; superl. dirtiest]

esta camisa está muy sucia this shirt is very dirty

en sucio in rough

primero siempre escribe los textos en sucio she always writes the texts in rough first

Spanish-English dictionary > sucio
4 mancha

f.

1 stain, spot.

tienes una mancha en la camisa you've got a stain on your shirt

una mancha de petróleo an oil slick (en el mar)

2 blotch (in skin).

3 blemish.

este suspenso supondrá una mancha en su expediente this fail will be a blot on his academic record

4 tache.

pres.indicat.

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

* * *

mancha

► nombre femenino

1 stain, spot

2 figurado blemish

\

FRASEOLOGÍA

sin mancha flawless, spotless

mancha solar sunspot

* * *

noun f.

mark, stain, spot

* * *

SF

La Mancha — La Mancha

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femenino

1)

a) ( de suciedad) spot, mark; ( difícil de quitar) stain

una mancha de grasa — a grease stain

manchas de humedad — damp patches

no le pude quitar or (AmL) sacar la mancha — I couldn't get the stain out

b) ( borrón) blot

extenderse como una mancha de aceite — noticia to spread like wildfire

- mancha de petróleo

- mancha solar

2)

a) ( en la piel) mark

una mancha de nacimiento — a birthmark

b) (en el pelaje, las plumas) patch

negro con manchas blancas — black with white patches

las manchas del leopardo — the leopard's spots o markings

3) ( en pulmón) shadow

4) ( de vegetación) patch

5) (liter) (imperfección, mácula) stain

sin mancha — < alma> pure; < reputación> spotless

6) (Per fam) ( pandilla) gang

7) (RPl) ( juego)

la mancha — tag

* * *

= deposit, spot, blemish, blob, stain, blotch, taint, blot, mottle.

Ex. Can you wonder that it should carry such deposits of jam, egg, butter, coffee and personal dirt?.

Ex. If the spot stays yellow the paper is decidedly acid; an in-between colour (green, grey, grey-green, yellow-green) indicates mild acidity; while if the spot goes purple, the paper is near-neutral or alkaline.

Ex. The third and final stage of proof correction was the press proof, when a sheet was read for residual blemishes.

Ex. Reciprocal RT references work both ways and are marked with a kind of blob in the shape of a distorted inverted comma.

Ex. Even though the facsimilist's paper is of the same period as that of the rest of the book, he is most unlikely to be able to match it precisely in all its characteristics thickness, texture, colour, chain-lines, watermark, and the propinquity of worm-holes and stains.

Ex. Typing errors cannot be obliterated with a normal erasing fluid as this would print and appear as a blotch on the copies.

Ex. The article is entitled 'The classification of literature in the Dewey Decimal Classification: the primacy of language and the taint of colonialism' = El artículo se titula "La clasificación de la literatura en la Clasificación Decimal de Dewey: la primacía del lenguaje y el daño del colonialismo".

Ex. Some editorial departments claim indexes are unnecessary and a typographical blot.

Ex. The preservation and size of iron mottles in the paste suggests that clays were minimally processed before vessel manufacture.

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* mancha de la piel = age spot.

* mancha de petróleo = oil slick, oil spill.

* mancha de sangre = blood stain.

* mancha de tinta = set-off, inkblot.

* mancha en + Posesivo + honor = blot on + Posesivo + escutcheon.

* mancha producida por goteo = drip mark.

* mancha resistente = stubborn stain.

* manchas = staining.

* ser una mancha para = be a blot on.

* sin mancha = unblemished, untainted, stainless.

* * *

femenino

1)

a) ( de suciedad) spot, mark; ( difícil de quitar) stain

una mancha de grasa — a grease stain

manchas de humedad — damp patches

no le pude quitar or (AmL) sacar la mancha — I couldn't get the stain out

b) ( borrón) blot

extenderse como una mancha de aceite — noticia to spread like wildfire

- mancha de petróleo

- mancha solar

2)

a) ( en la piel) mark

una mancha de nacimiento — a birthmark

b) (en el pelaje, las plumas) patch

negro con manchas blancas — black with white patches

las manchas del leopardo — the leopard's spots o markings

3) ( en pulmón) shadow

4) ( de vegetación) patch

5) (liter) (imperfección, mácula) stain

sin mancha — < alma> pure; < reputación> spotless

6) (Per fam) ( pandilla) gang

7) (RPl) ( juego)

la mancha — tag

* * *

= deposit, spot, blemish, blob, stain, blotch, taint, blot, mottle.

Ex: Can you wonder that it should carry such deposits of jam, egg, butter, coffee and personal dirt?.

Ex: If the spot stays yellow the paper is decidedly acid; an in-between colour (green, grey, grey-green, yellow-green) indicates mild acidity; while if the spot goes purple, the paper is near-neutral or alkaline.

Ex: The third and final stage of proof correction was the press proof, when a sheet was read for residual blemishes.

Ex: Reciprocal RT references work both ways and are marked with a kind of blob in the shape of a distorted inverted comma.

Ex: Even though the facsimilist's paper is of the same period as that of the rest of the book, he is most unlikely to be able to match it precisely in all its characteristics thickness, texture, colour, chain-lines, watermark, and the propinquity of worm-holes and stains.

Ex: Typing errors cannot be obliterated with a normal erasing fluid as this would print and appear as a blotch on the copies.

Ex: The article is entitled 'The classification of literature in the Dewey Decimal Classification: the primacy of language and the taint of colonialism' = El artículo se titula "La clasificación de la literatura en la Clasificación Decimal de Dewey: la primacía del lenguaje y el daño del colonialismo".

Ex: Some editorial departments claim indexes are unnecessary and a typographical blot.

Ex: The preservation and size of iron mottles in the paste suggests that clays were minimally processed before vessel manufacture.

* mancha de la piel = age spot.

* mancha de petróleo = oil slick, oil spill.

* mancha de sangre = blood stain.

* mancha de tinta = set-off, inkblot.

* mancha en + Posesivo + honor = blot on + Posesivo + escutcheon.

* mancha producida por goteo = drip mark.

* mancha resistente = stubborn stain.

* manchas = staining.

* ser una mancha para = be a blot on.

* sin mancha = unblemished, untainted, stainless.

* * *

mancha

feminine

A

1 (de suciedad) spot, mark; (difícil de quitar) stain

una mancha de grasa/sangre a grease/blood stain

la mancha no salió the stain didn't come out

manchas de humedad damp patches

no le pude quitar or ( AmL) sacar la mancha I couldn't get rid of the stain, I couldn't get the stain out

este mantel está lleno de manchas this tablecloth is covered in stains

la sábana tiene manchas de óxido the sheet has rust marks on it

2 (borrón) blot

extenderse como una mancha de aceite «noticia» to spread like wildfire

estas barriadas pobres se están extendiendo como una mancha de aceite these shantytowns are spreading rapidly

¿qué le hace una mancha más al tigre? ( Arg); what difference does/will it make?

Compuestos:

● mancha de hielo

patch of ice

● mancha de petróleo

oil slick

● mancha solar

sunspot

B

1 (en la piel) mark

una mancha de nacimiento a birthmark

2 (en el pelaje, las plumas) patch

negro con manchas blancas black with white patches

las manchas del tigre the tiger's stripes o markings

las manchas del leopardo the leopard's spots o markings

Compuesto:

mancha amarilla

yellow spot

C (en el pulmón) shadow

D (de vegetación) patch

E ( liter) (imperfección, mácula) stain

un alma sin mancha a pure soul

una reputación sin mancha a spotless reputation

una mancha imborrable en el honor de la familia an indelible stain on the family honor

F ( Per fam) (pandilla) gang

G

( RPl) (juego): la mancha tag

* * *

Del verbo manchar: ( conjugate manchar)

mancha es:

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

2ª persona singular (tú) imperativo

Multiple Entries:
mancha
manchar
mancha sustantivo femenino
1
a) ( de suciedad) spot, mark;

( difícil de quitar) stain;
◊ una mancha de grasa a grease stain;

manchas de humedad damp patches;
mancha de petróleo oil slick
b) ( borrón) blot

2
a) ( en la piel) mark

b) (en el pelaje, las plumas) patch;

( del leopardo) spot
3 (liter) (imperfección, mácula) stain;
◊ sin mancha ‹ alma› pure;

‹ reputación› spotless
4 (Per fam) ( pandilla) gang
manchar ( conjugate manchar) verbo transitivo
1 ( ensuciar) to mark, get … dirty;
( de algo difícil de quitar) to stain
2 ‹reputación/honra/memoria› to tarnish
verbo intransitivo
to stain
mancharse verbo pronominal
a) [ropa/mantel] to get dirty;

( de algo difícil de quitar) to get stained;
manchase DE or con algo to get stained with sth
b) ( refl) [ persona] to get dirty;

◊ me manché la blusa de aceite I got oil stains on my blouse

mancha sustantivo femenino
1 (de grasa, pintura, etc) stain
2 (en la piel) spot: le ha salido una mancha roja en la mano, she has a red spot on her hand
manchar verbo transitivo to stain: su implicación mancha el nombre de la Universidad, his involvement is a disgrace to the University
' mancha' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
canal
- guiso
- lamparón
- manchar
- penetrar
- pinta
- quitar
- quitarse
- rebelde
- sacar
- salpicadura
- aparecer
- aureola
- borrón
- cerco
- dejar
- desaparecer
- gotera
- ir
- manchego
- salir
- tenaz
English:
blemish
- blob
- blot
- blotch
- Channel Tunnel
- chunnel
- come off
- come out
- fleck
- get off
- get out
- mark
- patch
- removal
- remove
- rub off
- scrub away
- shift
- show
- show up
- slick
- smear
- smudge
- smut
- somewhere
- spot
- stain
- stubborn
- sunspot
- untarnished
- wash out
- wipe off
- birth
- blood
- channel
- cross
- dab
- marking
- sun
- wash

* * *

mancha nf

1. [de suciedad] stain, spot;
[de tinta] blot;
me he echado una mancha en la camisa I've stained my shirt, I've got a stain on my shirt;

no consiguió que se fuera la mancha she couldn't get the stain out;

una mancha de petróleo [en el mar] an oil slick;

una mancha de aceite an oil stain;

Comp

extenderse como una mancha de aceite to spread like wildfire

2. [de color] spot, mark;

un caballo con manchas negras a horse with black patches;

Comp
RP
¿qué le hace una mancha más al tigre? what difference does one more make?, one more won't make any difference

3. [en la piel] [por reacción] blotch;
[de la vejez] liver spot;
le han salido unas manchas en la piel he's come out in blotches

Comp
mancha de nacimiento birthmark
4. Astron mancha solar sunspot

5. [deshonra] blemish, blot;

este suspenso supondrá una mancha en su expediente this fail will be a blot on his academic record;

tiene un historial sin mancha she has a spotless record

6. Perú Fam [grupo de amigos] gang

7. RP
la mancha [juego] tag

* * *

Mancha

:

Canal de la Mancha English Channel;

la Mancha La Mancha

* * *

mancha nf

1) : stain, spot, mark

mancha de sangre: bloodstain

2) : blemish, blot

una mancha en su reputación: a blemish on his reputation

3) : patch

* * *

mancha n

1. (en general) stain

2. (en la pared, tierra) patch [pl. patches]

3. (de animal) spot

Spanish-English dictionary > mancha
5 color

m.

1 color (que se ve).

¿de qué color? what color?

es de color azul it's blue

a todo color in full color

de colores colorful

televisión en color color television

colores complementarios complementary colors

color primario primary color

2 tone (aspecto).

no tienes muy buen color you look a bit off-color

3 paint.

colores colored pencils (lápices)

4 suit.

5 color (raza).

sin distinción de credo ni color regardless of creed or color

de color colored (persona)

* * *

color

► nombre masculino

1 colour (US color)

■ es de color verde it's green

2 formal figurado (carácter) character

3 figurado (tendencia) tendency

► nombre masculino & nombre femenino

1 (del rostro) colour (US color), complexion

► nombre masculino plural colores

1 (bandera) colours (US colors), flag sing; (equipo) team sing

\

FRASEOLOGÍA

dar color (colorear) to colour (US color) 2 figurado to liven up

de color (en color) in colour (US color), coloured (US colored) 2 (persona) coloured (US colored)

en color / en colores (cine, foto) in colour (US color)

coger color (cebolla) to turn brown 2 (hojas etc) to turn yellow, turn brown

no haber color to be no comparison

■ entre tu coche y el mío no hay color, porque el mío es mucho mejor your car isn't a patch on mine

sacarle a alguien los colores familiar to make somebody blush

subido,-a de color figurado risqué

tener color to be lively

verlo todo de color de rosa figurado to see life through rose-coloured (US rose-colored) spectacles

color local figurado local colour (US color)

color sólido fast colour (US color)

* * *

noun m.

color

* * *

SM
[a veces] SF
1) (=coloración) colour, color (EEUU)

los colores del arco iris — the colours of the rainbow

el color azul — blue

¿de qué color es? — what colour is it?

¿de qué color tiene los ojos? — what colour are her eyes?, what colour eyes does she have?

es de color verde — it's green

una falda (de) color rojo — a red skirt

un traje (de) color canela — a cinnamon-coloured suit

lo quisiera en color verde — I'd like it in green

• a color — colour antes de s, color antes de s (EEUU)

fotocopias a color — colour photocopying

a todo color — full-colour

• dar color a algo — to colour sth in

le dio color al dibujo — he coloured in the drawing

• de color, ropa de color — coloured o (EEUU) colored clothes

viste de color — she wears coloured clothes

• en color — colour antes de s

película en color — colour film

televisión en color — colour television

• tomar o coger color, esa tela no ha tomado o cogido bien el color — that material has not dyed at all well

cuando la cebolla haya tomado color — when the onion has gone o turned golden brown

el proyecto empieza a tomar o coger color — the project is starting to take shape

color apagado — subdued colour

color pastel — pastel colour

color primario — primary colour

2) [de la cara] colour, color (EEUU)

tener buen color — to have good colour

tener mal color — to look off colour

- ponerse de mil colores

- sacar los colores a algn

- le salieron los colores

3) (=raza) colour, color (EEUU)

sin distinción de sexo o color — regardless of sex or colour

persona de color — coloured person

4) (=tipismo)

la feria ha perdido el color de antaño — the festival has lost the flavour o (EEUU) flavor o feel it used to have

color local — local colour

5)

de color de rosa —

lo describió todo de color de rosa — she described it all in very rosy terms

verlo todo de color de rosa — to see everything through rose-tinted o rose-coloured spectacles

- la vida no es de color de rosa

- no hay color

- subido de color

6) pl colores (tb: lápices de colores) coloured pencils, crayons

una caja de colores — a box of coloured pencils o crayons

7) pl colores (Dep) colours

una bufanda con los colores del Barcelona — a scarf with the Barcelona colours

los colores nacionales — the national colours

8) (=cosmético) blusher, rouge

ponerse color — to put on blusher o rouge

9) (=interés) colour

el partido no tuvo color — the game lacked colour

10) ††

so color de — under pretext of

* * *

masculino

1)

a) color*

ha cambiado de color — it has changed color

¿de qué color es? — what color is it?

un sombrero de un color oscuro/claro — a dark/light hat

las banderitas de color amarillo/verde — the yellow/green flags

una blusa (de) color carne — a flesh-colored blouse

ilustraciones a todo color — full color illustrations

papeles de colores — pieces of colored paper

cintas de colores — colored ribbons

globos de todos los colores or (CS, Méx) de todos colores — balloons of all different colors

televisión en colores or (Esp) en color or (Andes, Méx) a color — color television

fotos en colores or (Esp) en color — color photos

dar color a algo — to add color* to something

color de hormiga — (AmL)

la cosa se puso color de hormiga — things started looking pretty grim o black

no hay color — (Esp) there's no comparison

ponerse de mil colores or de todos los colores — to blush to the roots of one's hair

subido de color — ( chiste) risqué

subírsele el color or los colores a alguien — ( por esfuerzo) to flush, become flushed; ( por vergüenza) to blush, turn red, go red (BrE)

b)

tomar or (esp AmL) agarrar or (esp Esp) coger color — pollo to brown; cebolla frita/pastel to turn golden-brown; fruta to ripen; piel to become tanned

c) ( tintura) color*, dye

d) colores masculino plural ( lápices) colored* pencils (pl), crayons (pl)

e) colores masculino plural ( señal distintiva) colors* (pl)

los colores nacionales — the national colors

correr con colores propios — (Chi, Ven) to act on one's own initiative

- color complementario/primario

2) ( raza) color*

sin distinción de credo ni color — regardless of creed or color

una chica de color — (euf) a colored girl (dated)

3) (colorido de relato, de fiesta) color*

una celebración de gran color — a celebration full of color

4) ( cúrcuma) turmeric

* * *

= colour [color, -USA], hue.

Ex. This indicated whether a work is illustrated, whether the illustrations are coloured o black and white, and the type of illustrations to be found in the work, for example maps.

Ex. The store was gutted and rebuilt, according to his specifications, into a beautiful, modern facility, decorated in vibrant hues and furnished with the latest Herman Miller offerings.

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* a color = multi-colour [multi-color -USA].

* a todo color = full-colour, in full colour.

* barras de color = colour bar.

* carta de barras de color = colour bar.

* codificación mediante colores = colour coding.

* color caoba = bole colour.

* color ciruela = plum-coloured.

* colores distintivos = livery.

* color hueso = off-white.

* color primario = primary colour, true colour.

* color puro = true colour.

* color que se corre = running colour.

* color secundario = secondary colour.

* color verde = green.

* combinación de colores = colour pattern, colour scheme.

* de color = coloured [colored, -USA], non-white [nonwhite], full-colour, in colour.

* de color crema = creamy [creamier -comp., creamiest -sup.], cream-coloured.

* de color de bronce = brassy.

* de colores = full-colour, multi-colour [multi-color -USA].

* de colores vivos = colourful [colorful, -USA].

* de color marroncillo = brownish tinged.

* de color rojo = red-coloured.

* de color rosa = rose-coloured.

* de color verde botella = bottle green.

* de color verde oscuro = bottle green.

* de color y textura parecidos al carbón = carbonaceous.

* de todos los colores = of all stripes, a rainbow of.

* de varios colores = multi-coloured [multicoloured], multi-colour [multi-color -USA].

* diferenciación mediante colores = colour coding.

* diferenciado con colores = colour-coded.

* discusiones sobre gustos y colores = flame war.

* en color = coloured [colored, -USA], full-colour.

* fijar un color = fix + colour.

* gama de colores = colour space, palette, palette of colours.

* gente de color = coloured people.

* hacer que un color no se corra = fix + colour.

* hombre de color = coloured man.

* ilustración en color = coloured illustration.

* imagen en color = colour image.

* impresión a color = colour printing.

* indicado con colores = colour-coded.

* juego de colores = colour scheme.

* marcado con colores = colour-coded.

* menú de colores = palette menu, palette, palette of colours.

* mujer de color = coloured woman.

* multicolor = rainbow.

* paleta de colores = palette, palette of colours.

* papel de colores = coloured paper.

* parcheado de colores = dappled.

* perder el color = fade.

* persona de color = non-white [nonwhite], coloured man, coloured woman, coloured [colored, -USA].

* personas de color = coloured people.

* pez de colores = goldfish, tropical fish.

* piedra litográfica de color = colour stone.

* ponerse de mil colores = go + bright red.

* ropa de color = coloureds [coloreds, -USA].

* salpicado de colores = dappled.

* según el color del cristal con que se mire = in the eye of the beholder.

* seleccionar en pantalla usando el contraste de colores = highlight.

* sistema de televisión en color = colour system.

* subírsele los colores = go + bright red.

* tabla de colores = palette, palette of colours.

* variedad de colores = variegation.

* * *

masculino

1)

a) color*

ha cambiado de color — it has changed color

¿de qué color es? — what color is it?

un sombrero de un color oscuro/claro — a dark/light hat

las banderitas de color amarillo/verde — the yellow/green flags

una blusa (de) color carne — a flesh-colored blouse

ilustraciones a todo color — full color illustrations

papeles de colores — pieces of colored paper

cintas de colores — colored ribbons

globos de todos los colores or (CS, Méx) de todos colores — balloons of all different colors

televisión en colores or (Esp) en color or (Andes, Méx) a color — color television

fotos en colores or (Esp) en color — color photos

dar color a algo — to add color* to something

color de hormiga — (AmL)

la cosa se puso color de hormiga — things started looking pretty grim o black

no hay color — (Esp) there's no comparison

ponerse de mil colores or de todos los colores — to blush to the roots of one's hair

subido de color — ( chiste) risqué

subírsele el color or los colores a alguien — ( por esfuerzo) to flush, become flushed; ( por vergüenza) to blush, turn red, go red (BrE)

b)

tomar or (esp AmL) agarrar or (esp Esp) coger color — pollo to brown; cebolla frita/pastel to turn golden-brown; fruta to ripen; piel to become tanned

c) ( tintura) color*, dye

d) colores masculino plural ( lápices) colored* pencils (pl), crayons (pl)

e) colores masculino plural ( señal distintiva) colors* (pl)

los colores nacionales — the national colors

correr con colores propios — (Chi, Ven) to act on one's own initiative

- color complementario/primario

2) ( raza) color*

sin distinción de credo ni color — regardless of creed or color

una chica de color — (euf) a colored girl (dated)

3) (colorido de relato, de fiesta) color*

una celebración de gran color — a celebration full of color

4) ( cúrcuma) turmeric

* * *

= colour [color, -USA], hue.

Ex: This indicated whether a work is illustrated, whether the illustrations are coloured o black and white, and the type of illustrations to be found in the work, for example maps.

Ex: The store was gutted and rebuilt, according to his specifications, into a beautiful, modern facility, decorated in vibrant hues and furnished with the latest Herman Miller offerings.

* a color = multi-colour [multi-color -USA].

* a todo color = full-colour, in full colour.

* barras de color = colour bar.

* carta de barras de color = colour bar.

* codificación mediante colores = colour coding.

* color caoba = bole colour.

* color ciruela = plum-coloured.

* colores distintivos = livery.

* color hueso = off-white.

* color primario = primary colour, true colour.

* color puro = true colour.

* color que se corre = running colour.

* color secundario = secondary colour.

* color verde = green.

* combinación de colores = colour pattern, colour scheme.

* de color = coloured [colored, -USA], non-white [nonwhite], full-colour, in colour.

* de color crema = creamy [creamier -comp., creamiest -sup.], cream-coloured.

* de color de bronce = brassy.

* de colores = full-colour, multi-colour [multi-color -USA].

* de colores vivos = colourful [colorful, -USA].

* de color marroncillo = brownish tinged.

* de color rojo = red-coloured.

* de color rosa = rose-coloured.

* de color verde botella = bottle green.

* de color verde oscuro = bottle green.

* de color y textura parecidos al carbón = carbonaceous.

* de todos los colores = of all stripes, a rainbow of.

* de varios colores = multi-coloured [multicoloured], multi-colour [multi-color -USA].

* diferenciación mediante colores = colour coding.

* diferenciado con colores = colour-coded.

* discusiones sobre gustos y colores = flame war.

* en color = coloured [colored, -USA], full-colour.

* fijar un color = fix + colour.

* gama de colores = colour space, palette, palette of colours.

* gente de color = coloured people.

* hacer que un color no se corra = fix + colour.

* hombre de color = coloured man.

* ilustración en color = coloured illustration.

* imagen en color = colour image.

* impresión a color = colour printing.

* indicado con colores = colour-coded.

* juego de colores = colour scheme.

* marcado con colores = colour-coded.

* menú de colores = palette menu, palette, palette of colours.

* mujer de color = coloured woman.

* multicolor = rainbow.

* paleta de colores = palette, palette of colours.

* papel de colores = coloured paper.

* parcheado de colores = dappled.

* perder el color = fade.

* persona de color = non-white [nonwhite], coloured man, coloured woman, coloured [colored, -USA].

* personas de color = coloured people.

* pez de colores = goldfish, tropical fish.

* piedra litográfica de color = colour stone.

* ponerse de mil colores = go + bright red.

* ropa de color = coloureds [coloreds, -USA].

* salpicado de colores = dappled.

* según el color del cristal con que se mire = in the eye of the beholder.

* seleccionar en pantalla usando el contraste de colores = highlight.

* sistema de televisión en color = colour system.

* subírsele los colores = go + bright red.

* tabla de colores = palette, palette of colours.

* variedad de colores = variegation.

* * *

color¹

masculine

A

1 color*

¿de qué color vas a pintar la puerta? what color are you going to paint the door?

ha cambiado de color it has changed color

¿de qué color es? what color is it?

colores fríos/cálidos/vivos/apagados cold/warm/bright/subdued colors

un sombrero de un color oscuro/claro a dark/light hat

colores pastel pastel colors o shades

las banderitas de color amarillo/verde the yellow/green flags

una blusa (de) color carne/salmón a flesh-colored/salmon blouse

encaje (de) color crudo écru lace

es del color de la sangre/del trigo maduro it is blood red/the color of ripened wheat

ilustraciones a todo color full color illustrations

dejó el luto y empezó a comprarse ropa de color she came out of mourning and began buying clothes in different colors

no lo laves con la ropa de color don't wash it with the colored things o coloreds

una chica de color ( euf); a colored girl ( dated)

lápices/cintas de colores colored pencils/ribbons

había globos de todos los colores or (CS) de todos colores there were balloons of all different colors

un globo de todos los colores or (CS) de todos colores a multicolored balloon

fotos en colores or ( Esp) en color color photos

película en colores or ( Esp) en color color film, film for color photos

televisión en colores or ( Esp) en color or ( Andes) a color color television

pintó la situación con colores trágicos she painted a very tragic picture of the situation

color de hormiga ( AmL): la cosa se puso color de hormiga things started looking pretty grim o black

correr con colores propios (Chi, Ven); to act alone o off one's own bat o on one's own initiative

ponerse de mil colores or de todos los colores to blush to the roots of one's hair, turn o ( BrE) go bright red

subir de color «discusión» to become o get heated

un chiste subido de color a risqué joke

subírsele el color or los colores a algn (por un esfuerzo) to flush, become flushed; (por vergüenza) to blush, turn red, go red ( BrE)

rosa² (↑ rosa (2))

2

tomar or ( esp AmL) agarrar or ( esp Esp) coger color «pollo» to brown;

«cebolla frita/pastel» to turn golden-brown; «fruta» to ripen, turn red ( o yellow etc); «piel» to become tanned

3 (pintura) color*; (tintura) color*, dye

mezcló los colores en la paleta he mixed the colors on his palette

las telas sintéticas no agarran or ( Esp) cogen bien el color synthetic fabrics do not dye well o take dye well

4 colores mpl (lápices) colored* pencils (pl), crayons (pl)

5 colores mpl (señal distintiva) colors* (pl)

los colores nacionales the national colors

vistió los colores nacionales por primera vez en 1990 he first represented his country in 1990, he first played ( o ran etc) for his country o for the national team in 1990

Compuestos:

● color complementario

complementary color*

● color fundamental or primario

primary color*

● color secundario

secondary color*

B (raza) color*

sin distinción de credo ni color regardless of creed or color

C (colorido — de un relato) color*; (— de una fiesta) color*

una celebración de gran color local a celebration full of local color

D (cúrcuma) turmeric

E

1

( Ven fam) (tamaño): se le pusieron los ojos de este color his eyes popped out of his head ( colloq)

tiene las manos de este color he has hands this big ( colloq)

2 ( Ven fam) (expresión de cariño) honey ( AmE colloq), darling ( BrE colloq)

color²

feminine

(Chi, Ven fam)

comerle la color a algn to be unfaithful to sb, cheat on sb ( colloq)

* * *

color sustantivo masculino
a) color^{( conjugate color)};

◊ ¿de qué color es? what color is it?;

cambiar de color to change color;
un sombrero de un color oscuro/claro a dark/light hat;
las de color amarillo the yellow ones;
ilustraciones a todo color full color illustrations;
cintas de colores colored ribbons;
fotos en colores or (Esp) en color color photos;
sin distinción de credo ni color regardless of creed or color;
una chica de color (euf) a colored girl (dated);
tomar color [ pollo] to brown;

[cebolla frita/pastel] to turn golden-brown;
[ fruta] to ripen;
[ piel] to become tanned;
◊ ponerse color de hormiga (AmL) to start looking pretty grim;

subido de color ( chiste) risqué
b)

◊ colores sustantivo masculino plural ( lápices) colored^{( conjugate colored)} pencils (pl), crayons (pl)

color sustantivo masculino
1 colour, US color
2 frml euf persona de color, coloured person
♦ Locuciones: a todo color, full- colour
de colores, multicoloured
de color de rosa, in glowing colours
en color, in colour
no hay color, there's no comparison
' color' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
A
- a.m.
- abajeña
- abajeño
- abajo
- abalanzarse
- abalorio
- abanderar
- abanderada
- abanderado
- abandonar
- abandonada
- abandonado
- abandonarse
- abandono
- abanicar
- abanicarse
- abanico
- abarcar
- abaratar
- abarquillada
- abarquillado
- abarquillar
- abarquillarse
- abarrotar
- abarrotada
- abarrotado
- abarrotería
- abastecer
- abastecerse
- abatir
- abate
- abatible
- abatida
- abatido
- abatimiento
- abatirse
- abdicar
- abdomen
- abdominal
- abecé
- aberración
- aberrante
- abertura
- abierta
- abierto
- abigarrada
- abigarrado
- abigarrar
- abismal
English:
A
- AA
- aback
- abandon
- abandoned
- abate
- abbey
- abbot
- abbreviate
- abbreviation
- ABC
- abdicate
- abdication
- abdomen
- abduct
- aberration
- abhor
- abide by
- abiding
- ability
- abject
- ablaze
- able
- abnormal
- abnormally
- aboard
- abolish
- abolition
- abominable
- aborigine
- abort
- about
- above
- above-board
- above-mentioned
- abrasive
- abreast
- abroad
- abrupt
- abruptly
- absence
- absent
- absent-minded
- absent-mindedly
- absentee
- absently
- absolute
- absolutely
- absolve
- absorb

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color nm

1. [que se ve] colour;

lápices de colores coloured pencils;

un vestido de colores a colourful o brightly coloured dress;

¿de qué color? what colour?;

color azul blue;

color rojo red;

es de color azul it's blue;

pintó las sillas de color verde she painted the chairs green;

a todo color in full colour;

nos dieron un folleto con fotos a todo color they gave us a full-colour brochure;

ha agarrado un color muy bueno durante sus vacaciones she got a nice tan on her Br holiday o US vacation;

cambiar o [m5] mudar de color to change colour;
Fig [palidecer] to turn pale; Fig [sonrojarse] to blush;
dar color a algo to colour sth in;
Fig to brighten o liven sth up;
de color [persona] coloured;

voy a hacer una colada con ropa de color I'm going to wash the coloureds;

fotos en color colour photos;

televisión en color colour television;

deja el pollo en el horno hasta que comience a tomar color leave the chicken in the oven until it starts to brown

Comp
Imprenta color aditivo additive colour;
colores complementarios complementary colours;
Imprenta color directo spot colour; Imprenta color plano spot colour;
color primario primary colour;

color sólido fast colour

2. [para pintar] paint;

colores [lápices] coloured pencils;

le gusta darse un poco de color en la cara antes de salir she likes to put a bit of colour o rouge on her cheeks before going out

3. [aspecto] tone;

no tienes muy buen color you look a bit off-colour;

la situación adquirió un color trágico the situation took on tragic overtones

4. [ideología]
se le nota su color político you can tell his political persuasion;

la televisión pública tiene un claro color gubernamental the state-run television channels are clearly biased in favour of the government

5. [raza] colour;

sin distinción de credo ni color regardless of creed or colour

6. [animación] colour;

las fiestas de mi pueblo han ido perdiendo color the festivals in my home town have lost a lot of their colour;

el carnaval es una fiesta llena de color carnival is a colourful festival

Comp
color local local colour
7. [en los naipes] suit

8. [bandera, camiseta]
los colores nacionales the national colours;

defender los colores del Académico [el equipo] to play for Académico;

el equipo defendió con orgullo sus colores the players showed great pride in fighting for their team

9. Formal [pretexto]
so color de under the pretext of

10. Comp
Esp
no hay color it's no contest;

entre tu modelo y el mío, no hay color there's no comparison between my model and yours;
Fam
ponerse de mil colores: le descubrieron copiando y se puso de mil colores she went bright red o as red as a beetroot when they caught her copying;

sacar los colores (a la cara) a alguien to make sb blush;

subido de color [chiste etc] risqué, esp US off-colour;

ver las cosas de color de rosa to see things through rose-coloured o rose-tinted spectacles

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color

m color, Br

colour;

de color black, colored, Br coloured;

sacarle a alguien los colores embarrass s.o., make s.o. blush;

salirle a alguien los color flush, blush;

se puso de mil colores he turned bright red;

subido de color risqué;

mudar o

cambiar de color fig change color, go pale

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color nm

1) : color

2) : paint, dye

3) colores nmpl

: colored pencils

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color n

1. (en general) colour

¿de qué color es el coche de tu madre? what colour is your mother's car?

tengo una camisa de color amarillo I've got a yellow shirt

2. (lápiz) coloured pencil / crayon

en color colour

una televisión en color a colour television

color avellana hazel

color púrpura purple

Spanish-English dictionary > color
6 hair

heə
1. noun
1) (one of the mass of thread-like objects that grow from the skin: He brushed the dog's hairs off his jacket.) pelo, cabello

2) (the mass of these, especially on a person's head: He's got brown hair.) pelo, cabello

•

- - haired
- hairy
- hairiness
- hair's-breadth
- hair-breadth
- hairbrush
- haircut
- hair-do
- hairdresser
- hairdressing
- hair-drier
- hairline
- hair-oil
- hairpin
2. adjective
((of a bend in a road) sharp and U-shaped, especially on a mountain or a hill.) (curva) en horquilla, cerrada

- hair-raising
- hairstyle
- keep one's hair on
- let one's hair down
- make someone's hair stand on end
- make hair stand on end
- not to turn a hair
- turn a hair
- split hairs
- tear one's hair

hair n

1. pelo

the bath is full of hairs la bañera está llena de pelos

2. pelo / cabello

you've had your hair cut! ¡te has cortado el pelo!

3. vello

he has hair on his arms tiene vello en los brazos

to make your hair stand on end ponerte los pelos de punta

hair

tr[heə^SMALLr/SMALL]

noun

1 (on head) cabello, pelo, cabellera

2 (on body) vello

3 (horse's mane) crin nombre femenino

\

SMALLIDIOMATIC EXPRESSION/SMALL

keep your hair on! familiar ¡tranquilo,-a! ¡cálmate!

not to turn a hair no inmutarse

to have long hair tener el pelo largo, tener melena

to have one's hair cut cortarse el pelo

to have white hair / have grey hair tener canas

to let one's hair down figurative use desmadrarse

to make somebody's hair stand on end figurative use ponerle a alguien los pelos de punta

to split hairs figurative use hilar muy fino, buscar tres pies al gato

to tear one's hair out figurative use desesperarse, volverse loco,-a

hair lacquer laca

hair pin horquilla

hair remover depilatorio

hair ['hær] n

1) : pelo m, cabello m

to get one's hair cut: cortarse el pelo

2) : vello m (en las piernas, etc.)

hair

adj.

• de pelo adj.

• para el pelo adj.

n.

• cabello s.m.

• filamento s.m.

• hebra s.f.

• pelambre s.m.

• pelo s.m.

• vello s.m.

her, heə(r)
noun

1) u ( on human head) pelo m, cabello m (frml o liter)

a girl with long hair — una chica de pelo largo

to have o get one's hair cut — cortarse el pelo

to do one's hair — arreglarse el pelo, peinarse

to have one's hair done — peinarse ( en la peluquería)

to lose one's hair — perder* el pelo

to get in somebody's hair — (colloq) molestar a alguien

keep your hair on! — (BrE colloq) no te sulfures! (fam)

to let one's hair down — ( relax) soltarse* la melena (fam); ( lit) soltarse* el pelo

to make somebody's hair stand on end — (colloq) ponerle* los pelos de punta a alguien (fam)

to tear one's hair (out) — (colloq) subirse por las paredes (fam); (before n) <gel, lacquer, oil> para el pelo

hair transplant — transplante m capilar

2) u

a) ( on human body) vello m; (before n)

hair remover — depilatorio m

b) (on animal, plant) pelo m

3) c ( single strand) pelo m

with not a hair out of place — impecable

not to harm a hair of somebody's head — no tocarle* un pelo a alguien

not to turn a hair — no inmutarse, quedarse como si nada or como si tal (fam)

to split hairs — buscarle* tres or cinco pies al gato; see also hair's breadth

[hɛǝ(r)]
1. N

1) (=head of hair) pelo m, cabello m; (on legs etc) vello m; [of animal] pelo m, piel f; (=fluff) pelusa f

• to comb one's hair — peinarse

• to get/have one's hair cut — cortarse el pelo

• to do one's hair, to have one's hair done — arreglarse el pelo

• grey hair — canas fpl

• a fine head of hair — una hermosa cabellera

he still has a full head of hair — aún conserva todo su pelo

• she's got long hair — tiene el pelo largo

• to part one's hair — hacerse la raya

• to remove unwanted hair — depilarse

• to put one's hair up — recogerse el pelo

• to wash one's hair — lavarse la cabeza or el pelo

• white hair — canas fpl

- get in sb's hair

- get sb out of one's hair

- keep your hair on!

- let one's hair down

- make sb's hair stand on end

it was enough to make your hair stand on end — te ponía los pelos de punta, era espeluznante

- tear one's hair out

2) (=single hair) pelo m

by a hair's breadth — por un pelo or los pelos

to be within a hair's breadth of — estar a dos dedos de

- the hair of the dog

what you need is a hair of the dog that bit you — lo que te hace falta es tomarte otra para que se te pase la resaca

to put hairs on one's chest —

this will put hairs on your chest! * — ¡esto te hará la mar de bien! *

- split hairs

to turn a hair —

he didn't turn a hair — ni se inmutó, ni siquiera pestañeó

2.

CPD [follicle, implant, transplant] capilar; [lacquer] para el pelo; [mattress] de cerda

hair appointment N —

to have/make a hair appointment — tener/pedir hora en la peluquería

hair care N — cuidado m del cabello

hair clippers NPL — maquinilla f para cortar el pelo

hair colour N — (=dye) tinte m de pelo

hair conditioner N — suavizante m or (LAm) enjuague m para el cabello

hair curler N — rulo m, bigudí m

hair extension N — postizo m; (=false plait) trenza f postiza

hair follicle N — folículo m capilar

hair gel N — fijador m

hair implant N — implante m capilar

hair loss N — pérdida f de cabello, caída f de pelo

total hair loss — pérdida f total del cabello, caída f total del pelo

hair oil N — brillantina f

hair removal N — depilación f

hair remover N — depilatorio m

hair restorer N — loción f capilar

hair salon N — salón m de peluquería

hair shirt N — cilicio m

hair slide N — (Brit) pasador m, hebilla f (S. Cone)

hair specialist N — especialista mf capilar

hair straighteners NPL — alisador msing de pelo

hair style N — peinado m

hair stylist N — peluquero(-a) m / f estilista

hair transplant N — trasplante m capilar

hair trigger N — gatillo que se dispara con un ligero toque
hair-trigger
hair wash N — (=act) lavado m de pelo; (=substance) champú m

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[her, heə(r)]
noun

1) u ( on human head) pelo m, cabello m (frml o liter)

a girl with long hair — una chica de pelo largo

to have o get one's hair cut — cortarse el pelo

to do one's hair — arreglarse el pelo, peinarse

to have one's hair done — peinarse ( en la peluquería)

to lose one's hair — perder* el pelo

to get in somebody's hair — (colloq) molestar a alguien

keep your hair on! — (BrE colloq) no te sulfures! (fam)

to let one's hair down — ( relax) soltarse* la melena (fam); ( lit) soltarse* el pelo

to make somebody's hair stand on end — (colloq) ponerle* los pelos de punta a alguien (fam)

to tear one's hair (out) — (colloq) subirse por las paredes (fam); (before n) <gel, lacquer, oil> para el pelo

hair transplant — transplante m capilar

2) u

a) ( on human body) vello m; (before n)

hair remover — depilatorio m

b) (on animal, plant) pelo m

3) c ( single strand) pelo m

with not a hair out of place — impecable

not to harm a hair of somebody's head — no tocarle* un pelo a alguien

not to turn a hair — no inmutarse, quedarse como si nada or como si tal (fam)

to split hairs — buscarle* tres or cinco pies al gato; see also hair's breadth

English-spanish dictionary > hair
7 passer

passer [pαse]

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1. intransitive verb

2. transitive verb

3. reflexive verb

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► passer is conjugated with être unless it has an object, when the auxiliary is avoir.

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► Lorsque passer fait partie d'une locution comme passer sous le nez de qn, reportez-vous à l'autre mot.

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1. <

   a. (d'un endroit à un autre) to go

• l'autobus vient de passer the bus has just gone past

• passer en courant to run past

• faire passer les piétons to let the pedestrians cross

• la balle n'est pas passée loin the bullet didn't miss by much

• où passe la route ? where does the road go?

► passer à ( = passer par, aller à)

la Seine passe à Paris the Seine flows through Paris

• si nous passions au salon ? shall we go into the sitting room?

• passer à table to sit down to eat

• passer à l'ennemi to go over to the enemy

• passer d'un extrême à l'autre to go from one extreme to the other► passer après

• le confort, ça passe après comfort is less important► passer avant

• le travail passe avant tout work comes first► passer dans

• les camions ne passent pas dans notre rue lorries don't go along our street

• passer dans les mœurs to become the custom

• passer dans la langue to enter the language

• l'alcool passe dans le sang alcohol enters the bloodstream► passer derrière to go behind

► passer devant to go in front of

• passer devant la maison de qn to go past sb's house

• je passe devant vous pour vous montrer le chemin I'll go in front to show you the way

• passez donc devant ! you go first!

• passer devant Monsieur le maire to get married

• il est passé devant le conseil de discipline he came up before the disciplinary committee► passer par to go through

• pour y aller, je passe par Amiens I go there via Amiens

• par où êtes-vous passé ? (pour venir ici) which way did you come? ; (pour aller ailleurs) which way did you go?

• pour téléphoner, il faut passer par le standard you have to go through the switchboard to make a call

• il est passé par des moments difficiles he's been through some hard times

• passer par un lycée technique to go through technical college

• nous sommes tous passés par là we've all been through that

• il faudra bien en passer par là there's no way round it

• une idée m'est passée par la tête an idea occurred to me

• ça fait du bien par où ça passe ! (inf) that's just what the doctor ordered! (inf)► passer sous to go under

• il est passé sous l'autobus he was run over by the bus

• l'air passe sous la porte there's a draught from under the door► passer sur to go over ; ( = ignorer) to ignore

• passons sur les détails let's not worry about the details

• et je passe sur la saleté du lieu ! not to mention how dirty the place was!► laisser passer [+ air, lumière] to let in ; [+ personne, procession] to let through ; [+ erreur, occasion] to miss

• nous ne pouvons pas laisser passer ça we cannot let this pass

   b. ( = faire une halte rapide) passer au bureau to call in at the office

• passer chez un ami to call in at a friend's

• je ne fais que passer (chez qn) I can't stay long ; (dans une ville) I'm just passing through

• le facteur est passé the postman has been

► passer + infinitif

• passer prendre qn to call for sb

• passer chercher qn to call for sb

• passer voir qn to call on sb

• puis-je passer te voir en vitesse ? can I pop round?► en passant ( = sur le chemin) on the way ; ( = dans la conversation) in passing

• j'irai le voir en passant I'll call in and see him on the way

• il l'a dit en passant he mentioned it in passing

• il aime tous les sports, du football à la boxe en passant par le golf he likes all sports, from football to golf to boxing

   c. (Automobiles) les vitesses passent mal the gears are stiff

• passer en première to go into first

• passer en marche arrière to go into reverse

   d. ( = franchir un obstacle) [véhicule] to get through ; [cheval, sauteur] to get over

• ça passe ? (en manœuvrant) have I got enough room?

   e. ( = s'écouler) [temps] to go by

• comme le temps passe ! how time flies!

   f. ( = être digéré) to go down

• ça ne passe pas [repas] I've got indigestion

   g. ( = être accepté) [demande, proposition] to be accepted

• je ne pense pas que ce projet de loi passera I don't think this bill will be passed

• il est passé de justesse à l'examen he only just passed the exam

• il est passé dans la classe supérieure he's moved up to the next class (Brit) he's been promoted to the next grade (US)

• l'équipe est passée en 2^e division the team have moved up to the second division

• ça passe ou ça casse it's make or break time

   h. ( = devenir) to become

• passer directeur to become director

   i. ( = être montré) [film, émission, personne] to be on

• passer à la radio to be on the radio

• passer à la télévision to be on television

   j. ( = disparaître) [douleur] to pass ; [orage] to blow over ; [beauté, couleur] to fade ; [colère] to subside ; [mode] to die out

• faire passer à qn l'envie de faire qch to cure sb of doing sth

• cela fera passer votre rhume that will help get rid of your cold

• le plus dur est passé the worst is over

• il voulait être pompier mais ça lui est passé he wanted to be a fireman but he grew out of it

   k. (Cards) to pass

   l. (locutions) qu'il soit menteur, passe encore,... he may be a liar, that's one thing,...

► passer pour

• il pourrait passer pour un Allemand you could take him for a German

• il passe pour intelligent he's supposed to be intelligent

• se faire passer pour to pass o.s. off as

• tu veux me faire passer pour un idiot ! do you want to make me look stupid?► y passer (inf)

on a eu la grippe, tout le monde y est passé we've all had flu

• toute sa fortune y est passée he spent all his fortune on it

• si elle veut une promotion, il faudra bien qu'elle y passe (sexuellement) if she wants to be promoted, she'll have to sleep with the boss► passons let's say no more about it

2. <

   a. ( = franchir) [+ frontière] to cross ; [+ porte] to go through

• passer la douane to go through customs

• passer une rivière à la nage to swim across a river

   b. ( = donner, transmettre) to give ; [+ consigne, message] to pass on

• passer qch à qn to give sth to sb

• passe-moi une cigarette give me a cigarette

• passer le ballon à qn to pass the ball to sb

• tu fais passer pass it round

• il m'a passé un livre he's lent me a book

• je vous passe M. Duroy [standard] I'm putting you through to Mr Duroy ; ( = je lui passe l'appareil) here's Mr Duroy

• passer qch en fraude to smuggle sth

• passer sa mauvaise humeur sur qn to take one's bad temper out on sb

   c. ( = mettre) [+ vêtement] to put on

• passer la tête à la porte to poke one's head round the door

   d. ( = dépasser) [+ gare, maison] to pass

• tu as passé l'âge you're too old

• il ne passera pas la nuit he won't last the night

   e. ( = omettre) [+ mot, ligne] to leave out

• passer son tour to miss one's turn

• et j'en passe ! and that's not all!

   f. ( = permettre) passer un caprice à qn to humour sb

• on lui passe tout [+ bêtises] he gets away with anything ; [+ désirs] he gets everything he wants

• passez-moi l'expression if you'll pardon the expression

   g. [+ examen] to take

• passer son permis (de conduire) to take one's driving test

• passer une visite médicale to have a medical

   h. [+ temps, vacances] to spend

• passer sa vie à faire to spend one's life doing

• j'ai passé la soirée chez Luc I spent the evening at Luc's

• ça fait passer le temps it passes the time

   i. [+ film, diapositives] to show ; [+ disque] to play

   j. [+ commande] to place

• passer un accord avec qn to reach an agreement with sb

• passer un marché avec qn to do a deal with sb

   k. (à la passoire) to sieve ; (au mixer) to blend

   l. (locutions) passer la serpillière dans la cuisine to wash the kitchen floor

• passer le balai dans une pièce to sweep a room

• passer l'aspirateur dans une pièce to vacuum a room

• passer une couche de peinture sur qch to give sth a coat of paint

• passe-toi de l'eau sur le visage splash your face with water

• qu'est-ce qu'il lui a passé comme savon ! (inf) he gave him a really rough time! (inf)

3. <

► se passer

   a. ( = avoir lieu) to happen

• qu'est-ce qui s'est passé ? what happened?

• que se passe-t-il ? what's going on?

• tout s'est bien passé everything went off smoothly

• ça s'est mal passé it turned out badly

• ça ne se passera pas comme ça ! I won't stand for that!

   b. ( = se mettre à soi-même) elle s'est passé de la crème solaire sur les épaules she put some sun cream on her shoulders

• se passer les mains sous l'eau to rinse one's hands

   c. (se transmettre) [+ ballon] to pass to each other ; [+ notes de cours, livre, plat] to pass around

   d. ( = finir) il faut attendre que ça se passe you'll have to wait till it's over

   e. ► se passer de [+ chose] to do without ; [+ personne] to manage without

• je peux me passer de ta présence I can manage without you around

• on peut se passer d'aller au théâtre we can do without going to the theatre

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+1! La traduction la plus courante de passer n'est pas to pass ; passer un examen se traduit par to take an exam.

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pɑse
1.

verbe transitif

1) ( franchir) to cross [fleuve, frontière]; to go through [porte, douane]; to get over [obstacle]

ils ont fait passer la rivière au troupeau — they took the herd across the river

il m'a fait passer la frontière — he got me across the border

2) ( faire franchir)

passer quelque chose à la douane — to get something through customs

3) ( dépasser) to go past, to pass

quand vous aurez passé le feu, tournez à droite — turn right after the lights

j'ai passé l'âge — I'm too old

le malade ne passera pas la nuit — the patient won't last the night

4) ( mettre)

passer le doigt sur la table — to run one's finger over the table-top

passer la tête à la fenêtre — to stick one's head out of the window

elle m' a passé le bras autour des épaules — she put her arm around my shoulders

5) ( transmettre) to pass [objet] (à to); to pass [something] on [consigne, maladie] (à to); ( prêter) (colloq) to lend ( à quelqu'un to somebody); ( donner) (colloq) to give ( à quelqu'un to somebody)

fais passer la nouvelle à tes amis — pass the news on to your friends

passer sa colère sur ses collègues — to take one's anger out on one's colleagues

6) ( au téléphone)

tu peux me passer Chris? — can you put Chris on?

attends, je te la passe — hold on, here she is, I'll put her on

je vous le passe — ( sur un autre poste) I'm putting you through

pourriez-vous me passer le poste 4834? — could you put me through to extension 4834 please?

7) ( se présenter à) to take, to sit [examen scolaire, test]; to have [visite médicale, entretien]

faire passer un test à quelqu'un — to give somebody a test

c'est moi qui fais passer l'oral de français aux nouveaux — I'm taking the new pupils for the French oral

8) ( réussir) to pass [examen, test]

9) ( dans le temps) to spend [temps] ( à faire doing)

nous avons passé de bons moments ensemble — we've had some good times together

dépêche-toi, on ne va pas y passer la nuit! — (colloq) hurry up, or we'll be here all night!

10) ( pardonner)

elle leur passe tout — she lets them get away with murder

il passe tous ses caprices à sa fille — he indulges his daughter's every whim

passez-moi l'expression — if you'll pardon the expression

11) ( omettre) to skip [mot, page, paragraphe]

je vous passe les détails — I'll spare you the details

j'en passe et des meilleures — (colloq) ( après énumération) and so on and so forth, I could go on

12) ( utiliser)

passer un chiffon sur les meubles — to go over the furniture with a cloth

passer un coup de fer sur une chemise — to give a shirt a quick iron

passer l'aspirateur dans le salon — to hoover® GB ou vacuum the lounge

13) ( étendre)

passer un peu de baume sur une brûlure — to dab some ointment on a burn

passer une couche de peinture sur quelque chose — to give something a coat of paint

14) ( soumettre)

passer quelque chose à la flamme — to hold something over a flame

qu'est-ce qu'elle nous a passé! — (colloq) she really went for us! (colloq)

15) ( à travers une grille) to filter [café]; to strain [jus, sauce]; to purée [légumes]

16) ( enfiler) to slip [something] on [vêtement, anneau]; to slip into [robe]

ils ont essayé de me passer la camisole — they tried to put me in a straitjacket

17) ( faire jouer) to play [disque, cassette audio]; ( projeter) to show [film, diapositives, cassette vidéo]; ( diffuser) to place [annonce]

18) ( signer) to sign [contrat]; to enter into [accord]; to place [commande]; to pass [loi, décret]

passer un marché — (colloq) to make a deal

19) Automobile ( enclencher)

passer la troisième/la marche arrière — to go into third gear/into reverse

20) Jeux

passer son tour — to pass

2.

verbe intransitif

1) ( parcourir son chemin) [personne, animal, véhicule, ballon] to go past ou by, to pass

passer entre — to pass between

nous sommes passés près du lac — we went past the lake

passer sur un pont — to go over a bridge

l'autobus vient juste de passer — the bus has just gone

le facteur n'est pas encore passé — the postman hasn't come ou been yet

je suis passé à côté du monument — I passed the monument

nous sommes passés près de chez toi — we were near your house

passer à pied/à bicyclette — to walk/to cycle past

un avion est passé — a plane flew overhead

il est passé en courant — he ran past

le ballon est passé tout près des buts — the ball narrowly missed the goal

2) (se trouver, s'étendre)

la route passe à côté du lac — the road runs alongside the lake

ils ont fait passer la route devant chez nous — they built the road in front of our house

ligne qui passe par les centres de deux cercles — line that goes through the centres [BrE] of two circles

en faisant passer une ligne par ces deux villes — drawing a line through these two towns

3) ( faire un saut)

je ne fais que passer — I've just popped in GB ou dropped by for a minute

quand je suis passé au marché — when I went down to the market

il est passé déposer un dossier — he came to drop off a file

passer dans la matinée — to call in the morning GB, to come over in the morning

passe nous voir plus souvent! — come and see us more often!

passer prendre quelqu'un/qch — to pick somebody/sth up

4) ( se rendre) to go

les contrebandiers sont passés en Espagne — the smugglers have crossed into Spain

passez derrière moi — follow me

il est passé devant moi — ( dans une queue) he pushed in front of me

passer devant une commission — to come before a committee

5) ( aller au-delà) to get through

il est passé au rouge — he went through the red lights

il n'a pas attendu le feu vert pour passer — he didn't wait for the lights to turn green

il m'a fait signe de passer — he waved me on

vas-y, ça passe! — go on, there's plenty of room!

laisser passer une ambulance — to let an ambulance through

le volet laisse passer un peu de lumière — the shutter lets in a chink of light

la cloison laisse passer le bruit — the partition doesn't keep the noise out

passer par-dessus bord — to fall overboard

il est passé par la fenêtre — ( par accident) he fell out of the window; ( pour entrer) he got in through the window

il est passé sous un train — he was run over by a train

passer derrière la maison — to get round GB ou around US the back of the house

6) ( transiter)

passer par — [personne] lit to pass ou go through; fig to go through

nous sommes passés par Édimbourg — we went via Edinburgh

passer par quelqu'un pour faire quelque chose — to go through somebody to do

passer par de rudes épreuves — to go through the mill

passer par une rue — to go along a street

passer au bord de la faillite — to come very close to bankruptcy

la formation par laquelle il est passé — the training (that) he had

il dit tout ce qui lui passe par la tête — he always says the first thing that comes into his head

je ne sais jamais ce qui te passe par la tête — I never know what's going on in your head

une idée m'est passée par la tête — an idea occurred to me

qu'est-ce qui lui est passé par la tête? — what was he/she thinking of?

un sourire passa sur ses lèvres — he/she smiled briefly

des reptiles à l'homme, en passant par le singe — from reptiles to man, including apes

7) (colloq) ( avoir son tour)

il accuse le patron, ses collègues, bref, tout le monde y passe — he's accusing the boss, his colleagues - in other words, everyone in sight

que ça te plaise ou non, il va falloir y passer — whether you like it or not, there's no alternative

on ne peut pas faire autrement que d'en passer par là — there is no other way around it

je sais, j'en suis déjà passé par là — I know all about that, I've been there (colloq)

8) ( négliger)

je préfère passer sur ce point — I'd rather not dwell on that point

il est passé sur les détails — he didn't go into the details

si l'on passe sur les frais de déplacement — if we ignore the travel expenses

passons! — ( injonction) let's hear no more about it!

passer à côté d'une question — ( involontairement) to miss the point

laisser passer quelque chose — ( délibérément) to overlook something

laisser passer une occasion — to miss an opportunity

laisser passer plusieurs fautes — ( par inadvertance) to let several mistakes slip through

9) ( ne pas approfondir)

notons en passant que — we should note in passing that

soit dit en passer — incidentally

10) (être admis, supporté) [aliment, repas] to go down; [commentaires, discours, critiques] to go down well ( auprès de with); [loi, candidat] to get through; [attitude, pensée] to be accepted

ce doit être le concombre qui passe mal — it must be the cucumber

prends un peu de cognac, ça fait passer! — have a drop of brandy, it's good for the digestion

vos critiques sont mal passées — your criticism went down badly

ils n'ont jamais pu faire passer leurs idées — they never managed to get their ideas accepted

que je sois critiqué, passe encore, mais calomnié, non! — criticism is one thing, but I draw the line at slander

avec lui, la flatterie, ça ne passe pas — flattery won't work with him

passer au premier tour — Politique to be elected in the first round

passer dans la classe supérieure — to move up to the next year ou grade US

(ça) passe pour cette fois — (colloq) I'll let it go this time

11) ( se déplacer)

passer de France en Espagne — to leave France and enter Spain

passer de la salle à manger au salon — to move from the dining room to the lounge

passer à l'ennemi — to go over to the enemy

passer sous contrôle de l'ONU — to be taken over by the UN

passer sous contrôle ennemi — to fall into enemy hands

passer de main en main — to be passed around

passer constamment d'un sujet à l'autre — to flit from one subject to another

passer de la théorie à la pratique — to put theory into practice

leur nombre pourrait passer à 700 — their number could reach 700

passer à un taux supérieur — to go up to a higher rate

faire passer quelque chose de 200 à 300 — to increase something from 200 to 300

12) ( être pris)

passer pour un imbécile — to look a fool

il passe pour l'inventeur de l'ordinateur — he's supposed to have invented computers

il pourrait passer pour un Américain — he could be taken for an American

il veut passer pour un grand homme — he wants to be seen as a great man

faire passer quelqu'un/qch pour exceptionnel — to make somebody/sth out to be exceptional

se faire passer pour malade — to pretend to be ill

se faire passer pour mort — to fake one's own death

il se fait passer pour mon frère — he passes himself off as my brother

13) ( disparaître) [douleur, événement] to pass

quand l'orage sera or aura passé — lit when the storm is over; fig when the storm dies down

ça passera — ( sa mauvaise humeur) it'll pass; ( ton chagrin) you'll get over it

la première réaction passée — once we/they calmed down

nous avons dû attendre que sa colère soit passée — we had to wait for his/her anger to subside

passer de mode — to go out of fashion

cette mode est vite passée — that fashion was short-lived

faire passer à quelqu'un l'envie de faire — to cure somebody of the desire to do

je vais leur faire passer l'envie de tirer sur ma sonnette! — I'll teach them to ring my bell!

ce médicament fait passer les maux d'estomac — this medicine relieves stomach ache

cette mauvaise habitude te passera — it's a bad habit you'll grow out of

14) (apparaître, être projeté, diffusé) [artiste, groupe] ( sur une scène) to be appearing; (à la télévision, radio) to be on; [spectacle, film] to be on; [cassette, musique] to be playing

15) ( être placé)

passer avant/après — ( en importance) to come before/after

la santé passe avant tout — health comes first

il fait passer sa famille avant ses amis — he puts his family before his friends

16) (colloq) ( disparaître)

où étais-tu (encore) passé? — where (on earth) did you get to?

où est passé mon livre? — where has my book got to?

17) ( s'écouler) [temps] to pass, to go by

deux ans ont passé — two years have passed

je ne vois pas le temps passer — I don't know where the time goes

le week-end a passé trop vite — the weekend went too quickly

18) ( se mettre à) to turn to

passons aux choses sérieuses — let's turn to serious matters

passer à l'étape suivante — to move on to the next stage

passons à autre chose — let's change the subject

nous allons passer au vote — let's vote now

passer à l'offensive — to take the offensive

19) ( être transmis)

passer de père en fils — to be handed down from father to son

l'expression est passée dans la langue — the expression has become part of the language

ça finira par passer dans les mœurs — it'll eventually become common practice

il a fait passer son émotion dans la salle — he transmitted his emotion to the audience

20) ( être promu) to be promoted to

être passé maître dans l'art de faire — to be a past master at doing

elle est passée maître dans l'art de mentir — she's an accomplished liar

21) ( être dépensé) [argent, somme] to go on ou in ou into; [produit, matière] to go into

22) (colloq) ( mourir)

y passer — to die

si tu continues à conduire comme ça, tu vas finir par y passer — if you keep driving like that, you'll kill yourself

on y passera tous, mais le plus tard sera le mieux — we've all got to go sometime, the later the better

23) ( se décolorer) [teinte, tissu] to fade

passer au soleil — to fade in the sun

24) ( filtrer) [café] to filter

faire passer la soupe — to put the soup through a sieve

25) ( changer de vitesse)

passer en troisième/marche arrière — to go into third/reverse

la troisième passe mal or a du mal à passer — third gear is a bit stiff

26) Jeux (au bridge, poker) to pass

3.

se passer verbe pronominal

1) ( se produire) to happen

tout se passe comme si l'euro avait été dévalué — it's as if the euro had been devalued

2) ( être situé) to take place

la scène se passe au Viêt Nam — the scene is set in Vietnam

3) ( se dérouler) [opération, examen, négociations] to go

tout s'est passé très vite — it all happened very fast

ça va mal se passer pour toi — you're going to be in trouble

ça ne se passera pas comme ça! — I won't leave it at that!

4) ( s'écouler) [période] to go by, to pass

deux ans se sont passés depuis — that was two years ago

attendons que ça se passe — let's wait till it's over

nos soirées se passaient à regarder la télévision — we spent the evenings watching television

5) ( se dispenser)

se passer de — [personne] to do without [objet, activité, personne]; to go without [repas, nourriture, sommeil]

se passer de commentaires — to speak for itself

ne pas pouvoir se passer de faire — not to be able to help doing

6) ( se mettre)

se passer la langue sur les lèvres — to run one's tongue over one's lips

se passer la main sur le front — to put a hand to one's forehead

7) ( l'un à l'autre)

ils se sont passé des documents — they exchanged some documents

nous nous sommes passé le virus — we caught the virus from each other

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pɒse
1. vi

1) (= aller) to go, to pass, to pass by, to go by

passer au salon — to go through to the sitting room

passer par — to go through

Ils sont passés par Paris. — They went through Paris.

passez devant! — go in front!

passez par ici! — go this way!

passer à table — to sit down to eat

2) (= faire une halte rapide) [facteur] to come, to call, (pour rendre visite) to call in, to drop in

Je passerai chez vous ce soir. — I'll call in this evening., I'll drop in this evening.

passer prendre qn — to come and collect sb

en passant — in passing

Je lui ai dit en passant que j'allais me marier. — I told him in passing that I was getting married.

3) CARTES to pass

4)

passe encore de le penser, mais de le dire! — it's one thing to think it, but to say it!

passons! — let's say no more about it!

passer sur qch [faute, détail inutile] — to pass over sth

5) (= s'écouler) [temps, jours] to go by, to pass

6) (= disparaître) [douleur] to pass, to go away, [mode] to die out, [couleur, papier] to fade

faire passer à qn le goût de qch [homme] — to cure sb of his taste for sth, [femme] to cure sb of her taste for sth

7) (= franchir un obstacle, traverser) [personne] to get through, [courant, air, lumière] to get through, [liquide, café] to go through

faire passer [message] — to get over, to get across

laisser passer [air, lumière, personne] — to let through, [occasion] to miss, [erreur] to overlook

Il m'a laissé passer. — He let me through.

8) (= être digéré, avalé) to go down

9) ÉDUCATION, [personne] to move up (to the next class)

10) (= être diffusé) [film, émission] to be on

passer à la télévision — to be on TV

"Titanic" passe à la télé ce soir. — "Titanic" is on TV tonight.

Mon père passe à la radio demain soir. — My father's on the radio tomorrow night.

11) (autres locutions)

passer à [ennemi, opposition] — to go over to

passer aux aveux — to confess, to make a confession

passer avant qch/qn fig — to come before sth/sb

passer dans les mœurs — to become the custom

passer dans l'usage — to become normal usage

passer en seconde AUTOMOBILES — to change into second

passer pour; Il passe pour riche. — He is thought to be rich.

il passait pour avoir — he was said to have

faire passer qn/qch pour — to make sb/sth out to be

2. vt

1) (= franchir) [frontière, rivière] to cross, [douane] to go through

Nous avons passé la frontière belge. — We crossed the Belgian border.

faire passer qch dans qch — to get sth into sth

faire passer qch par qch — to get sth through sth

2) (= transmettre, donner)

passer qch à qn — to pass sth to sb, to give sb sth

Passe-moi le sel, s'il te plaît. — Pass me the salt, please.

je vous passe M. Cousin (au téléphone) — I'm putting you through to Mr Cousin

passer qch en fraude (= faire entrer) — to smuggle sth in, (= faire sortir) to smuggle sth out

passer la parole à qn — to hand over to sb

3) [temps, journée] to spend

Elle a passé la journée à ne rien faire. — She spent the day doing nothing.

Ils passent toujours leurs vacances au Danemark. — They always spend their holidays in Denmark.

4) (= subir) [examen] to sit, to take, [visite médicale] to have

Gordon a passé ses examens la semaine dernière. — Gordon took his exams last week.

5) (= mettre) [vêtement] to slip on

passer la main par la portière — to stick one's hand out of the door

passer la seconde AUTOMOBILES — to change into second

6) (= faire passer) [thé, soupe] to strain

passer qch dans qch — to put sth into sth

passer qch par qch — to put sth through sth

passer l'aspirateur — to hoover

7) (= jouer) [film] to show, [disque, CD] to play, to put on

On passe "Le Kid" au cinéma cette semaine. — They're showing "The Kid" at the cinema this week.

8) (= conclure) [marché] to agree on, [accord] to reach

9) (= tolérer)

passer qch à qn — to let sb get away with sth

et j'en passe! — and that's not all!

10) (= devenir)

passer président — to become president

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passer verb table: aimer

A vtr

1 ( franchir) to cross [fleuve, pont, frontière, col]; to go through [porte, douane]; to get over [haie, obstacle]; ils ont fait passer la rivière au troupeau they took the herd across the river; il m'a fait passer la frontière he got me across the border;

2 ( faire franchir) passer qch à la douane to get sth through customs; passer qch en fraude or contrebande to smuggle sth; passer qn en fraude ( vers l'intérieur) to smuggle sb in; ( vers l'extérieur) to smuggle sb out; ⇒ gauche;

3 ( dépasser) to go past, to pass; quand vous aurez passé le feu, tournez à droite turn right after the lights; passer la barre des dix euros to pass the ten-euro mark; on a passé l'heure it's too late; j'ai passé l'âge I'm too old; le malade ne passera pas la nuit the patient won't last the night;

4 ( mettre) passer le doigt sur la table to run one's finger over the table-top; passer la tête à la fenêtre to stick one's head out of the window; elle m'a passé le bras autour des épaules she put her arm around my shoulders; elle m'a passé la main dans les cheveux she ran her fingers through my hair;

5 ( transmettre) to pass [objet] (à to); to pass [sth] on [consigne, maladie] (à to); ( prêter)○ to lend (à qn to sb); ( donner)○ to give (à qn to sb); passer le ballon au gardien de but to pass the ball to the goalkeeper; passe-moi le sel pass me the salt; passe le vin à ton père pass your father the wine; faites passer le plat entre vous pass the dish around; fais passer la bonne nouvelle à tes amis pass the good news on to your friends; elle a attrapé la grippe et l'a passée à son mari she caught flu and gave it to her husband; il m'a passé son vélo○ ( prêté) he lent me his bike; ( donné) he gave me his bike; il m'a passé son rhume he's given me his cold;

6 ( au téléphone) tu peux me passer Chris? can you put Chris on?; attends, je te la passe hold on, here she is, I'll put her on; je vous le passe ( sur un autre poste) I'm putting you through; pourriez-vous me passer le poste 4834/le service de traduction? could you put me through to extension 4834/the translation department, please?; il est sorti, je vous passe sa secrétaire he's out, I'll put you through to his secretary;

7 ( se présenter à) to take, to sit [examen scolaire, test]; to have [visite médicale, entretien]; passer son permis de conduire to take one's driving test; faire passer un test à qn to give sb a test; c'est moi qui fais passer l'oral de français aux nouveaux I'm taking the new pupils for the French oral;

8 ( réussir) to pass [examen, test];

9 ( dans le temps) to spend [temps, jour, vie, vacances] (à faire doing); passer une nuit à l'hôtel to spend a night at a hotel; nous avons passé de bons moments ensemble we've had some good times together; dépêche-toi, on ne va pas y passer la nuit○! hurry up, or we'll be here all night!; passer sa colère sur son chat/ses collègues to take one's anger out on the cat/one's colleagues;

10 ( pardonner) passer qch à qn to let sb get away with sth; il ne me passe rien he doesn't let me get away with anything; elle leur passe tout she lets them get away with murder; passez-lui ses écarts de langage excuse his/her strong language; il passe tous ses caprices à sa fille he indulges his daughter's every whim; passez-moi l'expression/le terme if you'll pardon the expression/the word;

11 ( omettre) to skip [mot, page, paragraphe]; je vous passe les détails I'll spare you the details; j'en passe et des meilleures ( après énumération) and so on and so forth, I could go on;

12 ( utiliser) passer un chiffon humide sur les meubles to go over the furniture with a damp cloth; passer un coup de fer sur une chemise to give a shirt a quick press; n'oublie pas de passer l'aspirateur dans le salon don't forget to hoover® GB ou vacuum the lounge;

13 ( étendre) en passant un peu de cire, les rayures disparaîtront if you go over it with a bit of wax, the scratches will disappear; passer un peu de baume sur une brûlure to dab some ointment on a burn; passer une couche de peinture sur qch to give sth a coat of paint;

14 ( soumettre) passez le plat au four put the dish in the oven; passer la pointe d'une aiguille à la flamme to hold the point of a needle over a flame; passer le plancher à la cire to put some wax on the floor; passer qch à l'eau ( pour rincer) to give sth a rinse; ( pour obtenir une réaction) to soak sth briefly in water; qu'est-ce qu'elle nous a passé○! she really went for us○!; ⇒ peigne;

15 ( à travers une grille) to filter [café]; to strain [jus de fruit, sauce]; to purée [légumes]; passer des légumes au moulin à légumes to purée vegetables;

16 ( enfiler) to slip [sth] on [vêtement, anneau]; to slip into [robe]; ils ont essayé de me passer la camisole they tried to put me in a straitjacket;

17 ( faire jouer) to play [disque, cassette audio]; ( projeter) to show [film, diapositives, cassette vidéo]; ( diffuser) to place [annonce];

18 ( signer) to sign [contrat]; to enter into [accord]; to place [commande]; to pass [loi, décret]; passer un marché○ to make a deal;

19 Compta ( entrer) to enter, to post spéc [somme, dépense];

20 Aut ( enclencher) to go into [vitesse]; passer la troisième/la marche arrière to go into third gear/into reverse;

21 Jeux ( renoncer à) passer son tour to pass.

B vi

1 ( parcourir son chemin) [personne, animal, véhicule, ballon] to go past ou by, to pass; passer entre to pass between; regarder passer les trains to watch the trains go past ou by; nous sommes passés devant le palais/près du lac we went past the palace/the lake; passer sous/sur un pont to go under/over a bridge; l'autobus vient juste de passer the bus has just gone; le facteur n'est pas encore passé the postman hasn't been yet; quand passe le prochain car pour Caen? when is the next coach GB ou bus for Caen?; je suis passé à côté de lui/du monument I passed him/the monument; nous sommes passés près de chez toi ce matin we were near your house this morning; passer à pied/à cheval/en voiture/à bicyclette to walk/ride/drive/cycle past; un avion est passé a plane flew past overhead; il est passé en courant/boitant he ran/limped past; j'ai renversé le vase en passant I knocked over the vase as I went by; en passant, achète du lait buy some milk while you're out; le ballon est passé tout près des buts the ball narrowly missed the goal;

2 (se trouver, s'étendre) la route passe à côté du lac the road runs alongside the lake; le ruisseau passe derrière la maison the stream runs behind the house; ils ont fait passer la route devant chez nous/près de l'église/derrière le village they built the road in front of our house/near the church/behind the village; ligne qui passe par les centres de deux cercles line that connects the centres^GB of two circles; en faisant passer une ligne par ces deux villes drawing a line through these two towns;

3 ( faire un saut) je ne fais que passer I've just popped in GB ou dropped by for a minute; quand je suis passé au marché when I went down to the market; quand je suis passé à l'école when I dropped by the school; quand je suis passé chez lui when I called in to see him GB, when I dropped by his place; passer à la banque to call in at the bank GB, to drop by the bank; il est passé déposer un dossier he came to drop off a file; il est passé quelqu'un pour toi someone was looking for you; je passerai un de ces jours I'll drop by one of these days; passer dans la matinée [plombier, représentant] to call in the morning GB, to come over in the morning; passe nous voir plus souvent! come and see us more often!; passer prendre qn/qch to pick sb/sth up; je passerai te prendre à six heures I'll pick you up at six; je passerai prendre le gâteau dans une heure I'll pick up the cake in an hour;

4 ( se rendre) to go; passez au guichet numéro 3 go to counter 3; passons au salon let's go into ou through to the lounge; les contrebandiers sont passés en Espagne the smugglers have crossed into Spain; passez derrière moi, je vous montrerai le chemin follow me, I'll show you the way; il est passé devant moi, il m'est passé devant○ ( dans une queue) he pushed in front of me; passer à la visite médicale to go for a medical examination; passer devant une commission to come before a committee;

5 ( aller au-delà) to get through; tu ne passeras pas, c'est trop étroit you'll never get through, it's too narrow; on ne peut pas passer à cause de la neige we can't get through because of the snow; impossible de passer tant il y avait de monde you couldn't get through, there were so many people; il est passé au rouge he went through the red lights; il n'a pas attendu le feu vert pour passer he didn't wait for the lights to turn green; il m'a fait signe de passer he waved me on; il a fait passer la vieille dame devant lui he let the old lady go first; vas-y, ça passe! ( à un automobiliste) go on, there's plenty of room!; laisser passer qn to let sb through; laisser passer une ambulance to let an ambulance through; le volet laisse passer un peu de lumière the shutter lets in a chink of light; la cloison laisse passer le bruit the partition doesn't keep the noise out; passer par-dessus bord to fall overboard; il est passé par la fenêtre ( par accident) he fell out of the window; ( pour entrer) he got in through the window; il est passé sous un train he was run over by a train; nous n'avons pas pu faire passer l'armoire par la porte we couldn't get the wardrobe through the door; à cause des travaux, on ne peut pas passer derrière la maison because of the road works, we can't get round GB ou around US the back of the house; ⇒ caravane, casser;

6 ( transiter) passer par [personne] lit to pass ou go through; fig to go through; nous sommes passés par Édimbourg we went via Edinburgh; ça ira plus vite en passant par la Belgique it'll be quicker to go via Belgium; la manifestation passera dans cette avenue the demonstration will come along this avenue; passer par qn pour faire qch to do sth through sb; passer par de rudes épreuves to go through the mill, to have a rough time; passer par l'opératrice to go through the operator; passer par une rue to go along a street; passer par l'escalier de service to use the service stairs; nous sommes passés par une agence matrimoniale we met through a marriage bureau; il est passé par tous les stades de la formation he went through the various different stages of training; passer au bord de la faillite to come very close to bankruptcy; il est passé par une très bonne école he went to a very good school; la formation par laquelle il est passé the training (that) he had; il dit tout ce qui lui passe par la tête he always says the first thing that comes into his head; je ne sais jamais ce qui te passe par la tête I never know what's going on in your head; une idée m'est passée par la tête an idea occurred to me; mais qu'est-ce qui lui est passé par la tête? what on earth was he/she thinking of?; ça fait du bien par où ça passe○! [aliment, boisson] I needed that!; un éclair de malice passa dans ses yeux his/her eyes gleamed with mischief, he/she had a mischievous glint in his/her eyes; un sourire passa sur ses lèvres he/she smiled for a second; en passant par including; des reptiles à l'homme, en passant par le singe from reptiles to man, including apes; ⇒ maire;

7 ○( avoir son tour) il accuse le patron, ses collègues, le cuisinier, bref, tout le monde y passe he's accusing the boss, his colleagues, the cook-in other words, everyone in sight; le rock, le blues, la musique classique, tout y passe rock, blues, classical music, you name it; que ça te plaise ou non, il va falloir y passer whether you like it or not, there's no alternative; la nouvelle secrétaire va y passer aussi the new secretary will get it as well; on ne peut pas faire autrement que d'en passer par là there is no other way around it; je sais, j'en suis déjà passé par là I know all about that, I've been there○;

8 ( négliger) passer sur to pass over [question, défaut, erreur]; je préfère passer sur ce point pour l'instant I'd rather not dwell on that point for the moment; il est or a passé sur les détails he didn't go into the details; si l'on passe sur les frais de déplacement if we ignore the travel expenses; passons (là-dessus)! ( injonction) let's hear no more about it!; ( pardon) let's say no more about it!; passer à côté d'une question ( volontairement) to sidestep a question; ( involontairement) to miss the point; laisser passer qch ( délibérément) to let sth pass, to overlook sth; ( par inadvertance) to let sth slip through, to overlook sth; laisser passer une occasion, passer à côté d'une occasion to miss an opportunity, to let an opportunity slip ou go by; laisser passer quelques erreurs par gentillesse to overlook a few errors out of soft-heartedness; on ne peut pas laisser passer une telle erreur we cannot let a mistake like that through; le réviseur a laissé passer plusieurs fautes the proofreader let several mistakes slip through; il leur laisse passer tous leurs caprices he indulges their every whim;

9 ( ne pas approfondir) en passant in passing; notons en passant que we should note in passing that; en passant, il a ajouté que in passing, he added that; soit dit en passer incidentally;

10 (être admis, supporté) [aliment, repas] to go down; [commentaires, discours, critiques] to go down well (auprès de with); [loi, règlement, mesure] to get through; [attitude, pensée, doctrine] to be accepted; [candidat] to get through; je ne me sens pas bien, ce doit être le concombre qui passe mal I don't feel well, it must be the cucumber; prends un peu de cognac, ça fait passer! have a drop of brandy, it's good for the digestion; vos critiques sont mal passées/ne sont pas passées your criticism went down badly/didn't go down well; ils n'ont jamais pu faire passer leur réforme/leurs idées they never managed to get their reform through/their ideas accepted; que je sois critiqué, passe encore, mais calomnié, non! criticism is one thing, but I draw the line at slander; avec lui, la flatterie, ça ne passe pas flattery won't work with him; passer au premier tour Pol to be elected in the first round; passer dans la classe supérieure to move up to the next year ou grade US; (ça) passe pour cette fois○ this time, I'll let it go;

11 ( se déplacer) passer de France en Espagne to leave France and enter Spain; passer de la salle à manger au salon to move from the dining room to the lounge; passer à l'ennemi to go over to the enemy; passer dans le camp adverse to go over to the other side; passer sous contrôle de l'ONU/de l'État to be taken over by the UN/the government; passer sous contrôle ennemi to fall into enemy hands; passer de main en main to be passed around; passer constamment d'un sujet à l'autre to flit from one subject to another; passer d'un amant à un autre to go from one lover to the next; passer de l'opulence à la misère to go from extreme wealth to extreme poverty; passer de la théorie à la pratique to put theory into practice; leur nombre pourrait passer à 700 their number could reach 700; passer à un taux supérieur/inférieur to go up to a higher rate/down to a lower rate; faire passer qch de 200 à 300 to increase sth from 200 to 300; faire passer qch de 300 à 200 to decrease sth from 300 to 200; expression passée en proverbe expression that has become a proverb;

12 ( être pris) passer pour un imbécile/pour être une belle ville to be generally thought of as stupid/as a beautiful town (auprès de by); passer pour un génie to pass as a genius; son excentricité passe pour de l'intelligence his/her eccentricity passes for intelligence; il passe pour l'inventeur de l'ordinateur he's supposed to have invented computers; passer pour quelqu'un d'autre to be taken for someone else; il pourrait passer pour un Américain he could be taken for an American; il veut passer pour un grand homme he wants to be seen as a great man; faire passer qn/qch pour exceptionnel/exemplaire to make sb/sth out to be exceptional/a model of perfection; se faire passer pour malade to pretend to be ill; se faire passer pour mort to fake one's own death; il se fait passer pour mon frère he passes himself off as my brother; se faisant passer pour un agent d'assurance by passing himself off as ou by impersonating an insurance salesman; il m'a fait passer pour un imbécile he made me look like a fool;

13 ( disparaître) [douleur, événement] to pass; quand l'orage sera or aura passé lit when the storm is over; fig when the storm dies down; ça passera ( sa mauvaise humeur) it'll pass; ( ton chagrin) you'll get over it; la première réaction passée, il a été possible de faire once we/they calmed down it was possible to do; nous avons dû attendre que sa colère soit passée we had to wait for his/her anger to subside; passer de mode [vêtement, style, chanson, expression] to go out of fashion; cette mode est vite passée or a vite passé that fashion was short-lived; faire passer à qn l'envie or le goût de faire to cure sb of the desire to do; les sales gosses, je vais leur faire passer l'envie or l'habitude de tirer sur ma sonnette! those damn kids, I'll teach them to ring my bell!; ce médicament fait passer les maux d'estomac this medicine relieves stomach ache; cette mauvaise habitude te passera it's a bad habit you'll grow out of; ça lui passera avant que ça me reprenne○ it won't last;

14 (apparaître, être projeté, diffusé) [artiste, groupe] ( sur une scène) to be appearing; (à la télévision, radio) to be on; [spectacle, film] to be on; [cassette, musique] to be playing; mon ami passe à la télévision ce soir my friend is on television tonight; les films portugais qui passent à la télévision/au Rex/à Paris the Portuguese films (that are) on television/on at the Rex/on in Paris;

15 ( être placé) passer avant/après ( en importance) to come before/after; la santé passe avant tout health comes first; il fait passer sa famille avant ses amis he puts his family before his friends;

16 ○( disparaître) où étais-tu (encore) passé? where (on earth) did you get to?; où est passé mon livre/le chat? where has my book/the cat got to?;

17 ( s'écouler) [temps] to pass, to go by; deux ans ont passé depuis l'événement two years have passed since it happened; le temps a passé, et les gens ont oublié time has passed and people have forgotten; je ne vois pas le temps passer I don't know where the time goes; le week-end a or est passé trop vite the weekend went too quickly;

18 ( se mettre à) to turn to; passons aux choses sérieuses let's turn to serious matters; nous pouvons passer à l'étape suivante we can move on to the next stage; passons à autre chose let's change the subject; nous allons passer au vote let's vote now; passer à l'offensive to take the offensive;

19 ( être transmis) passer de père en fils/de génération en génération/à ses héritiers to be handed down from father to son/from generation to generation/to one's heirs; l'expression est passée dans la langue the expression has become part of the language; ça finira par passer dans les mœurs it'll eventually become common practice; il a fait passer son émotion dans la salle he transmitted his emotion to the audience;

20 ( être promu) to be promoted to; il est passé général he's been promoted to general; elle est passée maître dans l'art de mentir she's an accomplished liar;

21 ( être dépensé) [argent, somme] to go on ou in ou into; [produit, matière] to go into; la moitié de mon salaire passe en remboursement de mes dettes half my salary goes on paying off my debts; toutes mes économies y sont passées○ all my savings went into it;

22 ○( mourir) y passer to die; si tu continues à conduire comme ça, tu vas finir par y passer if you keep driving like that, you'll kill yourself; on y passera tous, mais le plus tard sera le mieux we've all got to go sometime, the later the better;

23 ( se décolorer) [teinte, tissu] to fade; passer au soleil to fade in the sun;

24 ( filtrer) [café] to brew; faire passer la soupe to put the soup through the vegetable mill;

25 ( changer de vitesse) passer en troisième/marche arrière to go into third/reverse; la troisième passe mal or a du mal à passer third gear is a bit stiff; passer de seconde en troisième to go from second into third;

26 Jeux (au bridge, poker) to pass.

C se passer vpr

1 ( se produire) to happen; ça s'est passé en Chine/à Pékin/le matin/au bon moment it happened in China/in Beijing/in the morning/at the right time; il ne se passe jamais rien dans ce village nothing ever happens in this village; que se passe-t-il?, qu'est-ce qui se passe? what's happening, what's going on?; tout se passe comme si le dollar avait été dévalué it's as if the dollar was devalued;

2 ( être situé) to take place; la scène se passe au Viêt Nam/dans les années trente/de nos jours the scene is set in Vietnam/in the thirties/in the present day;

3 ( se dérouler) [opération, examen, négociations] to go; comment s'est passée la réunion? how did the meeting go?; tout s'est bien passé everything went well; ça s'est mal passé it didn't go well; la réunion s'est très mal passée the meeting went very badly; tout s'est passé très vite it all happened very fast; ça va mal se passer pour toi si tu continues! you're going to be in trouble if you carry on GB ou continue doing that!; ça ne se passera pas comme ça! I won't leave it at that!;

4 ( s'écouler) [période] to go by, to pass; il s'est passé deux ans depuis, deux ans se sont passés depuis that was two years ago; il ne se passe guère de jour (sans) qu'elle ne trouve à se plaindre hardly a day goes by without her finding something to complain about; attendons que ça se passe let's wait till it's over; nos soirées se passaient à regarder la télévision we spent the evenings watching television; ⇒ jeunesse;

5 ( se dispenser) se passer de [personne] to do without [objet, activité, personne]; to go without [repas, nourriture, sommeil]; nous nous sommes passés de voiture we did without a car; nous nous passerons de lui we'll do without him; je me passerais bien de tes remarques I can do without your comments; se passer de commentaires to speak for itself; ne pas pouvoir se passer de faire not to be able to help oneself from doing; se passer des services de qn to do without sb's services;

6 ( se mettre) se passer la langue sur les lèvres/la main dans les cheveux to run one's tongue over one's lips/one's fingers through one's hair; se passer la main sur le front to put a hand to one's forehead;

7 ( l'un à l'autre) ils se sont passé des documents they exchanged some documents; nous nous sommes passé le virus we caught the virus from each other.

[pase] verbe intransitif (auxiliaire être)

A.[EXPRIME UN DÉPLACEMENT]

1. [se déplacer - personne, véhicule] to pass (by), to go ou to come past

regarder passer les coureurs to watch the runners go past

passer à: passer à droite/gauche to go right/left

passer au-dessus de: l'avion est passé au-dessus de la maison the plane flew over the house

passer dans: pour empêcher les poids lourds de passer dans le village to stop lorries from driving ou going through the village

passer devant quelque chose to go past something

passe devant si tu ne vois pas

a. [devant moi] go in front of me if you can't see

b. [devant tout le monde] go to the front if you can't see

passer sous: passer sous une échelle to go under a ladder

passer sous une voiture [se faire écraser] to get run over (by a car)

passer sur: passer sur un pont to go over ou to cross a bridge

des péniches passaient sur le canal barges were going past ou were sailing on the canal

[fugitivement]

j'ai vu un éclair de rage passer dans son regard I saw a flash of anger in his eyes

un sourire passa sur ses lèvres a smile played about her lips, she smiled briefly

elle dit tout ce qui lui passe par la tête she says the first thing that comes into her head

qu'est-ce qui a bien pu lui passer par la tête? whatever was he thinking of?

ne faire que passer: le pouvoir n'a fait que passer entre leurs mains they held power only briefly

2. [s'écouler - fluide] to flow, to run

il y a de l'air qui passe sous la porte there's a permanent draught coming under the door

3. [emprunter un certain itinéraire]

si vous passez à Paris, venez me voir come and see me if you're in Paris

passer par: le voleur est passé par la fenêtre the burglar got in through the window

passe par l'escalier de service use the service stairs

[fleuve, route] to go, to run

le tunnel passera sous la montagne the tunnel will go under the mountain

le pont passe au-dessus de l'avenue the bridge crosses the avenue

4. MATHÉMATIQUES to pass

soit une droite passant par deux points A et B given a straight line between two points A and B

5. [sur un parcours régulier - démarcheur, représentant] to call ; [ - bateau, bus, train] to come ou to go past

le facteur n'est pas encore passé the postman hasn't been yet

le facteur passe deux fois par jour the postman delivers ou comes twice a day

le bus passe toutes les sept minutes there's a bus every seven minutes

le bateau/train est déjà passé the boat/train has already gone ou left

le prochain bateau passera dans deux jours the next boat will call ou is due in two days

6. [faire une visite] to call

passer chez quelqu'un to call at somebody's place

j'ai demandé au médecin de passer I asked the doctor to call (in) ou to come ou to visit

j'essaierai de passer dans la soirée I'll try and call in the evening

je ne fais que passer I'm not stopping

(suivi de l'infinitif)

passer voir quelqu'un to call on somebody

je passerai te chercher I'll come and fetch you

7. [franchir une limite] to get through

ne laissez passer personne don't let anybody through

il est passé au rouge he went through a red light

ça passe ou ça casse it's make or break (time)

8. [s'infiltrer] to pass

passer dans le sang to pass into ou to enter the bloodstream

la lumière passe à travers les rideaux the light shines through the curtains

le café doit passer lentement [dans le filtre] the coffee must filter through slowly

9. [aller, se rendre] to go

où est-il passé? where's he gone (to)?

où sont passées mes lunettes? where have my glasses got ou disappeared to?

passons à table let's eat

passons au salon let's go through to the living room

passer de Suisse en France to cross over ou to go from Switzerland to France

passer à l'ennemi to go over to the enemy

10. CHASSE to pass, to go ou to come past

B.[EXPRIME UNE ACTION]

1. [se soumettre à]

passer à to go for

passer au scanner to go for a scan

ce matin, je suis passé au tableau I was asked to explain something at the blackboard this morning

y passer (familier) : je ne veux pas me faire opérer — il faudra bien que tu y passes, pourtant! I don't want to have an operation — you're going to have to!

avec lui, toutes les femmes du service y sont passées he's had all the women in his department

tout le monde a cru que tu allais y passer everybody thought you were a goner

2. [être accepté] to pass

elle est passée à l'écrit mais pas à l'oral she got through ou she passed the written exam but not the oral

j'ai mangé quelque chose qui ne passe pas I've eaten something that won't go down

sa dernière remarque n'est pas passée (figuré) his last remark stuck in my throat

ton petit discours est bien passé your little speech went down well ou was well received

la deuxième scène ne passe pas du tout the second scene doesn't work at all

le film passe mal sur le petit écran/en noir et blanc the film just isn't the same on TV/in black and white

passe (encore): l'injurier, passe encore, mais le frapper! it's one thing to insult him, but quite another to hit him!

3. [être transmis] to go

la ferme est passée de père en fils depuis cinq générations the farm has been handed down from father to son for five generations

la carafe passa de main en main the jug was passed around

la locution est passée du latin à l'anglais the phrase came ou passed into English from Latin

4. [entrer] to pass

c'est passé dans le langage courant it's passed into ou it's now part of everyday speech

c'est passé dans les moeurs it's become standard ou normal practice

5. [être utilisé, absorbé] to go

tout son salaire passe dans la maison all her salary goes on the house

y passer: les deux bouteilles y sont passées both bottles were drunk

toutes ses économies y passent all her savings go towards ou into it

6. POLITIQUE [être adopté - projet de loi, amendement] to pass, to be passed

la loi est passée the law was passed

[être élu - député] to be elected, to get in

si les socialistes passent if the socialists get in ou are elected

7. CINÉMA & THÉÂTRE to be on, to be showing

sa dernière pièce passe au Galatée her latest play is on at the Galatée

RADIO & TÉLÉVISION

les informations passent à 20 h the news is on at 8 pm

passer à la radio [émission, personne] to be on the radio ou the air

passer à la télévision

a. [personne] to be ou to appear on television

b. [film] to be on television

8. DROIT [comparaître]

passer devant le tribunal to come up ou to go before the court

passer en correctionnelle ≃ to go before the magistrate's court

l'affaire passera en justice le mois prochain the case will be heard next month

9. JEUX to pass

C.[EXPRIME UN CHANGEMENT D'ÉTAT]

1. [accéder - à un niveau]

passer dans la classe supérieure to move up to the next form (UK) ou grade (US)

passer en seconde ÉDUCATION to move up to the fifth form (UK) ou to tenth grade (US)

il est passé au grade supérieur he's been promoted

2. [devenir] to become

il est passé ailier he plays on the wing now

passer professionnel to turn professional

3. [dans des locutions verbales]

passer à [aborder]: passons à l'ordre du jour let us turn to the business on the agenda

passer à l'action to take action

passer de... à [changer d'état]: passer de l'état liquide à l'état gazeux to pass ou to change from the liquid to the gaseous state

quand on passe de l'adolescence à l'âge adulte when you pass from adolescence to adulthood

la production est passée de 20 à 30/de 30 à 20 tonnes output has gone (up) from 20 to 30/(down) from 30 to 20 tonnes

passer du français au russe to switch from French to Russian

comment êtes-vous passé du cinéma au théâtre? how did you move ou make the transition from the cinema to the stage?

il passe d'une idée à l'autre he jumps ou flits from one idea to another

4. AUTOMOBILE

passer en troisième to change ou go into third (gear)

la seconde passe mal second gear is stiff

D.[EXPRIME UNE ÉVOLUTION DANS LE TEMPS]

1. [s'écouler - temps] to pass, to go by

la journée est passée agréablement the day went off ou passed pleasantly

comme le temps passe! how time flies!

2. [s'estomper - douleur] to fade (away), to wear off ; [ - malaise] to disappear ; [ - mode, engouement] to die out ; [ - enthousiasme] to wear off, to fade ; [ - beauté] to fade, to wane ; [ - chance, jeunesse] to pass ; [ - mauvaise humeur] to pass, to vanish ; [ - rage, tempête] to die down ; [ - averse] to die down, to stop

mon envie est passée I don't feel like it anymore

cette habitude lui passera avec l'âge he'll grow out of the habit

faire passer: ce médicament fait passer la douleur très rapidement this medicine relieves pain very quickly

3. [s'altérer - fruit, denrées] to go off (UK), to spoil, to go bad

[se faner - fleur] to wilt

[pâlir - teinte]

le papier peint a passé au soleil the sun has faded the wallpaper

4. (auxiliaire avoir) (vieilli) [mourir]

il a passé cette nuit he passed on ou away last night

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[pase] verbe transitif (auxiliaire avoir)

A.[EXPRIME UN DÉPLACEMENT]

1. [traverser - pont, col de montagne] to go over (inseparable), to cross ; [ - écluse] to go through (inseparable)

passer une rivière à la nage to swim across a river

passer un ruisseau à gué to ford a stream

2. [franchir - frontière, ligne d'arrivée] to cross

3. [dépasser - point de repère] to pass, to go past (inseparable)

passer l'arrêt de l'autobus [le manquer] to miss one's bus stop

passer le cap Horn to (go) round Cape Horn, to round the Cape

quand on passe les 1 000 mètres d'altitude when you go over 1,000 metres high

l'or a passé les 400 dollars l'once gold has broken through the $ 400 an ounce mark

4. [transporter] to ferry ou to take across (separable)

5. [introduire]

passer de la drogue/des cigarettes en fraude to smuggle drugs/cigarettes

6. [engager - partie du corps] to put

passer son bras autour de la taille de quelqu'un to put ou to slip one's arm round somebody's waist

je n'arrive pas à passer ma tête dans l'encolure de cette robe my head won't go through the neck of the dress

il a passé la tête par l'entrebâillement de la porte he poked his head round the door

7. [faire aller - instrument] to run

passer un peigne dans ses cheveux to run a comb through one's hair

passer une éponge sur la table to wipe the table

passer un chiffon sur les meubles to dust the furniture

passer l'aspirateur to vacuum, to hoover (UK)

passer le balai to sweep up

passe le balai dans l'escalier give the stairs a sweep, sweep the stairs

8. ÉQUITATION [haie] to jump, to clear

9. SPORT [franchir - obstacle, haie] to jump (over)

passer la barre à deux mètres to clear the bar at two metres

passer tous les obstacles (figuré) to overcome ou to surmount all the obstacles

[transmettre - ballon] to pass

[dépasser - coureurs] to overtake, to pass

B.[EXPRIME UNE ACTION]

1. [se soumettre à - permis de conduire] to take ; [ - examen] to take, to sit (UK) ; [ - entretien] to have ; [ - scanner, visite médicale] to have, to go for (inseparable)

la voiture doit passer un contrôle technique the car has to go for its MOT

2. (vieilli) [réussir - examen] to pass ; [ - épreuve éliminatoire] to get through (inseparable)

il a passé l'écrit, mais attendons l'oral he's passed the written exam, but let's see what happens in the oral

3. [omettre] to miss ou to leave out (separable), to omit

je passe toutes les descriptions dans ses romans I miss out ou I skip all the descriptions in her novels

4. [tolérer]

elle lui passe tout she lets him get away with anything

passez-moi l'expression/le mot if you'll pardon the expression/excuse the term

5. [soumettre à l'action de]

passer les parquets à l'encaustique to polish the floors

passer des légumes au mixeur to put vegetables through the blender, to blend vegetables

passer quelque chose sous l'eau to rinse something ou to give something a rinse under the tap

passer quelque chose au four to put something in the oven

passer quelque chose à quelqu'un (familier) to give somebody a good dressing-down, to tick somebody off (UK)

se faire passer quelque chose (familier) to get a good ticking off (UK), to get a good chewing-out (US)

6. [donner, transmettre - généralement] to pass, to hand, to give ; [ - maladie] to give ; [ - au téléphone] to put through (separable)

passe(-moi) le couteau give me the knife

passe-moi le sel pass me the salt

fais passer à ton voisin pass it to your neighbour

passer ses pouvoirs à son successeur to hand over power to one's successor

je te passe Fred here's Fred, I'll hand you over to Fred

passe-moi Annie let me talk to Annie, put Annie on

7. [rendre public - annonce]

passer une petite annonce to place a small ad

il a passé une annonce dans le journal de cette semaine he put an ad in this week's paper

8. (familier) [prêter] to lend

9. [appliquer - substance] to apply, to put on (separable)

passer de la cire sur quelque chose to wax something

passer une couche de peinture sur un mur to paint a wall

il faudra passer une deuxième couche it needs a second coat

je vais te passer de la crème dans le dos I'm going to put ou to rub some cream on your back

10. [filtrer, tamiser - thé, potage] to strain ; [ - farine] to sieve

11. [enfiler - vêtement] to slip ou to put on (separable)

je passe une robe moins chaude et j'arrive I'll put on a cooler dress and I'll be with you

elle passa l'anneau à son doigt she slipped the ring on her finger

12. AUTOMOBILE

passer la marche arrière to go into reverse

passer la troisième to change ou to shift into third gear

13. CINÉMA & TÉLÉVISION [film] to show, to screen

[diapositive] to show

RADIO [émission] to broadcast

[cassette, disque] to play, to put on (separable)

on passe un western au Rex there's a western on at the Rex

14. COMMERCE [conclure - entente] to conclude, to come to (inseparable), to reach ; [ - marché] to agree on (inseparable), to strike, to reach ; [ - commande] to place

passez commande avant le 12 order before the 12th

15. [en comptabilité] to enter, to post

passer un article en compte to enter a sale into a ledger

16. DROIT [faire établir - acte juridique] to draw up (separable)

un acte passé par-devant notaire a deed drawn up in the presence of a notary

C.[EXPRIME UNE NOTION TEMPORELLE]

1. [employer - durée] to spend

j'ai passé un an en Angleterre I spent a year in England

passez un bon week-end/une bonne soirée! have a nice weekend/evening!

passer ses vacances à lire to spend one's holidays reading

il va venir passer quelques jours chez nous he's coming to stay with us for a few days

as-tu passé une bonne nuit? did you sleep well last night?, did you have a good night?

pour passer le temps to pass the time

2. [aller au-delà de - durée] to get through (inseparable), to survive

elle ne passera pas la nuit she won't see the night out, she won't last the night

3. [assouvir - envie] to satisfy

passer sa colère sur quelqu'un to take one's anger out on somebody

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passer après verbe plus préposition

il faut le faire libérer, le reste passe après we must get him released, everything else is secondary

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passer avant verbe plus préposition

to go ou to come before

ses intérêts passent avant tout his own interests come before anything else, he puts his own interests before everything else

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passer par verbe plus préposition

1. [dans une formation] to go through

il est passé par une grande école he studied at a Grande École

elle est passée par tous les échelons she rose through all the grades

2. [dans une évolution] to go through, to undergo

le pays est passé par toutes les formes de gouvernement the country has experienced every form of government

elle est passée par des moments difficiles she's been through some difficult times

3. [recourir à] to go through

je passe par une agence pour avoir des billets I get tickets through an agency

en passer par: il va falloir en passer par ses exigences we'll just have to do what he says

passer par là: je suis passé par là it's happened to me too, I've been through that too

pour comprendre, il faut être passé par là you have to have experienced it to understand

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passer pour verbe plus préposition

1. [avec nom] to be thought of as

dire qu'il passe pour un génie! to think that he's considered a genius!

je vais passer pour un idiot I'll be taken for ou people will take me for an idiot

se faire passer pour quelqu'un to pass oneself off as somebody

il se fait passer pour un professionnel he claims to be a professional

2. [avec adj]

son livre passe pour sérieux her book is considered to be serious

il s'est fait passer pour fou he pretended to be mad

3. [avec verbe]

elle passe pour descendre d'une famille noble she is said to be descended from an aristocratic family

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passer sur verbe plus préposition

[ne pas mentionner] to pass over, to skip

[excuser] to overlook

passons sur les détails let's pass over ou skip the details

il l'aime et passe sur tout he loves her and forgives everything

passons! let's say no more about it!, let's drop it!

tu me l'avais promis, mais passons! you promised me, but never mind!

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se passer verbe pronominal intransitif

1. [s'écouler - heures, semaines] to go by, to pass

la soirée s'est passée tranquillement the evening went by ou passed quietly

si la journée de demain se passe sans incident if everything goes off smoothly tomorrow

2. [survenir - événement] to take place, to happen

qu'est-ce qui se passe? what's happening?, what's going on?

(tournure impersonnelle)

il se passe que ton frère vient d'être arrêté, (voilà ce qui se passe)! your brother's just been arrested, that's what's!

il ne se passe pas une semaine sans qu'il perde de l'argent aux courses not a week goes by without him losing money on the horses

3. [se dérouler - dans certaines conditions] to go (off)

l'opération s'est bien/mal passée the operation went (off) smoothly/badly

si tout se passe bien, nous y serons demain if all goes well, we'll be there tomorrow

tout se passe comme prévu everything's going according to plan ou going as planned

ça ne se passera pas comme ça! it won't be as easy as that!

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se passer verbe pronominal transitif

[s'appliquer, se mettre - produit] to apply, to put on (separable)

il se passa un peigne/la main dans les cheveux he ran a comb/his fingers through his hair

elle se passait un mouchoir sur le front she was wiping her forehead with a handkerchief

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se passer de verbe pronominal plus préposition

1. [vivre sans] to do ou to go without

si tu crois pouvoir te passer de tout le monde! if you think you can manage all by yourself!

il ne peut pas se passer de télévision he can't live without the television

2. [s'abstenir]

je me passerais (volontiers) de ses réflexions! I can do very well without her remarks!

3. [ne pas avoir besoin de]

sa déclaration se passe de tout commentaire her statement needs no comment

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en passant locution adverbiale

1. [dans la conversation] in passing

faire une remarque en passant to remark in passing, to make a casual remark

soit dit en passer it must be said

2. [sur son chemin]

il s'arrête de temps à autre en passant he calls on his way by ou past from time to time

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en passant par locution prépositionnelle

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1. [dans l'espace] via

l'avion va à Athènes en passant par Londres the plane goes to Athens via London ou stops in London on its way to Athens

2. [dans une énumération] (and) including

toutes les romancières de Sand à Sarraute en passant par Colette every woman novelist from Sand to Sarraute including Colette

Dictionnaire Français-Anglais > passer

8 estropear

v.

1 to break (aparato).

2 to ruin (ropa, vista).

el exceso de sol estropea la piel too much sun is bad for the skin

Elsa estropeó a su hijo Elsa ruined her son.

3 to ruin, to spoil (plan, cosecha).

siempre tienes que estropearlo todo you always have to ruin everything

Ese chico estropeó mis planes That boy spoiled my plans.

4 to age.

5 to damage, to ruin, to bang up, to batter.

Elsa estropeó mi auto Elsa damaged my car.

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estropear

► verbo transitivo

1 (máquina) to damage, break, ruin

2 (cosecha) to spoil, ruin

3 (plan etc) to spoil, ruin

4 (salud) to be bad for

5 (envejecer) to age

6 (manos, pelo) to ruin

► verbo pronominal estropearse

1 (máquina) to break down

2 (cosecha) to be spoiled, get damaged

3 (plan etc) to fail, fall through, go wrong

4 (comida) to go bad

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verb

1) to spoil, ruin

2) damage

•

- estropearse

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1. VT

1) (=averiar) [+ juguete, lavadora, ascensor] to break; [+ vehículo] to damage

2) (=dañar) [+ tela, ropa, zapatos] to ruin

te vas a estropear la vista — you'll ruin your eyesight

esa crema le ha estropeado el cutis — that cream has damaged o ruined her skin

3) (=malograr) [+ plan, cosecha, actuación] to ruin, spoil

la lluvia nos estropeó la excursión — the rain ruined o spoiled our day out

el final estropeaba la película — the ending ruined o spoiled the film

la luz estropea el vino — light spoils wine, light makes wine go off

4) (=afear) [+ objeto, habitación] to ruin the look of, spoil the look of; [+ vista, panorama] to ruin, spoil

estropeó el escritorio pintándolo de blanco — he ruined o spoiled the look of the desk by painting it white

ese sofá estropea el salón — that sofa ruins the look of the living room, that sofa spoils (the look of) the living room

el centro comercial nos ha estropeado la vista — the shopping centre has ruined o spoiled our view

5) (=envejecer)
[+ persona]
los años la han estropeado — she has aged really badly

2.

See:

estropearse

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1.
verbo transitivo

1)

a) <aparato/mecanismo> to damage, break; < coche> to damage

b) ( malograr) <plan/vacaciones> to spoil, ruin

2) (deteriorar, dañar) < piel> to damage, ruin; < juguete> to break; < ropa> to ruin

el calor estropeó la fruta — the heat made the fruit go bad

estropeó la comida echándole mucha sal — he spoiled the food by putting too much salt in it
2.
estropearse v pron

1)

a) ( averiarse) to break down

la lavadora está estropeada — the washing machine is broken

b) plan to go wrong

2)

a) ( deteriorarse) frutato go bad; leche/pescado to go off

los zapatos se me estropearon con la lluvia — the rain ruined my shoes

b) (Esp) persona ( afearse) to lose one's looks

* * *

= break down, mar, ruin, spoil, mutilate, disfigure, vandalise [vandalize, -USA], corrupt, despoil, deface, bungle, fudge, wash out, cast + a blight on, blight.

Ex. It describes our experience in combatting mould which grew as a result of high humidity and temperatures when the air conditioning system broke down for several days after several days of rain.

Ex. Unfortunately, much of Metcalfe's writing is marred by what appears to be a deep-rooted prejudice against the classified approach, particularly as exemplified by Ranganathan.

Ex. Besides, winding up in an exclusive arrangement with a distributor that has rotten customer service ruins any advantage.

Ex. But if set-off did occur and threatened to set back and spoil subsequent impressions of the first forme, the tympan cloth could be rubbed over with lye to clean it.

Ex. Prompt responses are required to bomb threats and reports of such dangerous or criminal conduct as sprinkling acid on chairs or clothing, mutilating books, tampering with the card catalog, or obscene behavior.

Ex. Whichever he chooses he will still have to sift out and categorize the numerous errors that disfigure all the early texts of the play.

Ex. This article argues in favour of the term 'conservator' rather than 'restorer' of books as the former does not conjure up a picture of the Victorian artisan vandalising documents with irreversible treatments simply for effect.

Ex. Libraries which have public access computers should take precautions to prevent their systems being corrupted.

Ex. The main justifications, couched mostly in race-neutral terms, were that the squatters would increase crime, decrease property values, spread disease, & despoil the natural environment.

Ex. Do not write or scribble in books or otherwise deface them.

Ex. Regrettably, the well-intentioned publication of Devereux's typescript has been incurably bungled, and Rastell remains without either a complete or trustworthy bibliography.

Ex. This adaptation of David Leavitt's novel wobbles between comedy and melodrama, ultimately fudging the novel's spiky empathy.

Ex. Some sections of road washed out by flood waters.

Ex. Rampant commercialisation of publishing is casting a blight on literature.

Ex. The global outbreak of swine flu has spread fear through the travel sector, blighting any green shoots of recovery from the financial crisis.

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* algo que estropea el paisaje = a blot on the landscape.

* estar estropeándose = be on the way out.

* estropear el efecto = spoil + effect.

* estropear el placer = spoil + pleasure.

* estropearlo = crap it up.

* estropear los planes = upset + the applecart.

* estropear los planes, chaflar los planes, desbaratar los planes, desbaratar = upset + the applecart.

* estropear + Posesivo + imagen = ruin + Posesivo + style, cramp + Posesivo + style.

* estropear + Posesivo + planes = upset + Posesivo + plans, ruin + Posesivo + plans.

* estropearse = go down, sour, give up + the ghost, conk out, go + kaput, be kaput, go to + seed, go + haywire, go + haywire, be up the spout.

* estropear una relación = poison + a relationship.

* estropear un chiste = kill + a joke, kill + a joke.

* que estropea el paisaje = eyesore.

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1.
verbo transitivo

1)

a) <aparato/mecanismo> to damage, break; < coche> to damage

b) ( malograr) <plan/vacaciones> to spoil, ruin

2) (deteriorar, dañar) < piel> to damage, ruin; < juguete> to break; < ropa> to ruin

el calor estropeó la fruta — the heat made the fruit go bad

estropeó la comida echándole mucha sal — he spoiled the food by putting too much salt in it
2.
estropearse v pron

1)

a) ( averiarse) to break down

la lavadora está estropeada — the washing machine is broken

b) plan to go wrong

2)

a) ( deteriorarse) frutato go bad; leche/pescado to go off

los zapatos se me estropearon con la lluvia — the rain ruined my shoes

b) (Esp) persona ( afearse) to lose one's looks

* * *

= break down, mar, ruin, spoil, mutilate, disfigure, vandalise [vandalize, -USA], corrupt, despoil, deface, bungle, fudge, wash out, cast + a blight on, blight.

Ex: It describes our experience in combatting mould which grew as a result of high humidity and temperatures when the air conditioning system broke down for several days after several days of rain.

Ex: Unfortunately, much of Metcalfe's writing is marred by what appears to be a deep-rooted prejudice against the classified approach, particularly as exemplified by Ranganathan.

Ex: Besides, winding up in an exclusive arrangement with a distributor that has rotten customer service ruins any advantage.

Ex: But if set-off did occur and threatened to set back and spoil subsequent impressions of the first forme, the tympan cloth could be rubbed over with lye to clean it.

Ex: Prompt responses are required to bomb threats and reports of such dangerous or criminal conduct as sprinkling acid on chairs or clothing, mutilating books, tampering with the card catalog, or obscene behavior.

Ex: Whichever he chooses he will still have to sift out and categorize the numerous errors that disfigure all the early texts of the play.

Ex: This article argues in favour of the term 'conservator' rather than 'restorer' of books as the former does not conjure up a picture of the Victorian artisan vandalising documents with irreversible treatments simply for effect.

Ex: Libraries which have public access computers should take precautions to prevent their systems being corrupted.

Ex: The main justifications, couched mostly in race-neutral terms, were that the squatters would increase crime, decrease property values, spread disease, & despoil the natural environment.

Ex: Do not write or scribble in books or otherwise deface them.

Ex: Regrettably, the well-intentioned publication of Devereux's typescript has been incurably bungled, and Rastell remains without either a complete or trustworthy bibliography.

Ex: This adaptation of David Leavitt's novel wobbles between comedy and melodrama, ultimately fudging the novel's spiky empathy.

Ex: Some sections of road washed out by flood waters.

Ex: Rampant commercialisation of publishing is casting a blight on literature.

Ex: The global outbreak of swine flu has spread fear through the travel sector, blighting any green shoots of recovery from the financial crisis.

* algo que estropea el paisaje = a blot on the landscape.

* estar estropeándose = be on the way out.

* estropear el efecto = spoil + effect.

* estropear el placer = spoil + pleasure.

* estropearlo = crap it up.

* estropear los planes = upset + the applecart.

* estropear los planes, chaflar los planes, desbaratar los planes, desbaratar = upset + the applecart.

* estropear + Posesivo + imagen = ruin + Posesivo + style, cramp + Posesivo + style.

* estropear + Posesivo + planes = upset + Posesivo + plans, ruin + Posesivo + plans.

* estropearse = go down, sour, give up + the ghost, conk out, go + kaput, be kaput, go to + seed, go + haywire, go + haywire, be up the spout.

* estropear una relación = poison + a relationship.

* estropear un chiste = kill + a joke, kill + a joke.

* que estropea el paisaje = eyesore.

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estropear [A1 ]

vt

A

1 ‹aparato/mecanismo› to damage, break; ‹coche› to damage

2 (malograr) ‹plan› to spoil, ruin, wreck ( colloq)

este niño se ha empeñado en estropearnos las vacaciones this child is determined to spoil o ruin o wreck our holidays (for us)

B

(deteriorar, dañar): no laves esa camisa con lejía que la estropeas don't use bleach on that shirt, you'll ruin it

el calor ha estropeado la fruta the heat has made the fruit go bad

el exceso de sol puede estropear la piel too much sun can damage o harm your skin

si lo estropeas, no te compro más juguetes if you break it, I won't buy you any more toys

estropeó la comida echándole mucha sal he spoiled the food by putting too much salt in it

■ estropearse

v pron

A

1 (averiarse) to break down

el coche se ha vuelto a estropear the car's broken down again

la lavadora está estropeada the washing machine is broken

2 «plan» to go wrong

B

1

(deteriorarse): los zapatos se me han estropeado con la lluvia the rain has ruined my shoes, my shoes have been ruined by the rain

mete la fruta en la nevera, que se va a estropear put the fruit in the fridge or it'll go bad

2 ( Esp) «persona» (afearse) to lose one's looks

últimamente se ha estropeado mucho lately she's really lost her looks

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estropear ( conjugate estropear) verbo transitivo
1
a) ‹aparato/mecanismo› to damage, break;

‹ coche› to damage
b) ( malograr) ‹plan/vacaciones› to spoil, ruin

2 (deteriorar, dañar) ‹ piel› to damage, ruin;
‹ juguete› to break;
‹ ropa› to ruin;
◊ el calor estropeó la fruta the heat made the fruit go bad

estropearse verbo pronominal
1
a) ( averiarse) [motor/coche] to break down;

◊ la lavadora está estropeada the washing machine is broken

b) [plan/vacaciones] to go wrong

2 ( deteriorarse) [ fruta] to go bad;
[leche/pescado] to go off;
[zapatos/chaqueta] to get ruined
estropear verbo transitivo
1 (causar daños) to damage: hemos estropeado la impresora porque usamos el papel equivocado, we have ruined the printer because we used the wrong kind of paper
2 (frustrar, malograr) to spoil, ruin: ¡lo has estropeado todo con tus meteduras de pata!, you've ruined everything with your big mouth!
3 (una máquina) to break
' estropear' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
aguar
- cargarse
- dar
- dañar
- deshacer
- destripar
- joder
- jorobar
- perder
- salar
- embromar
- estropeado
- fastidiar
English:
botch
- break
- bungle
- damage
- damper
- mar
- mess up
- muck up
- ruin
- screw up
- spoil
- unspoilt
- wreck
- disfigure
- kill
- mess

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estropear

♦ vt

1. [averiar] to break

2. [dañar] to damage;

no juegues al fútbol con esos zapatos, que los estropearás don't play football in those shoes, you'll ruin them;

la lejía estropea la ropa bleach damages clothes;

el exceso de sol estropea la piel too much sun is bad for the skin

3. [echar a perder] to ruin, to spoil;

la lluvia estropeó nuestros planes the rain ruined o spoiled our plans;

siempre tienes que estropearlo todo you always have to ruin everything

4. [envejecer] to age

♦ See also the pronominal verb estropearse

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estropear

v/t

1 aparato break

2 plan ruin, spoil

* * *

estropear vt

1) arruinar: to ruin, to spoil

2) : to break, to damage

♦ See also the reflexive verb estropearse

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estropear vb

1. (en general) to ruin / to spoil [pt. & pp. spoilt]

la lluvia estropeó la cosecha the rain ruined the crop

2. (aparato) to damage

la cal del agua estropea las lavadoras lime in the water damages washing machines

Spanish-English dictionary > estropear

9 desteñir

v.

to discolor, to fade, to discolour.

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desteñir

Conjugation model [ CEÑIR], like link=ceñir ceñir

► verbo transitivo

1 to discolour (US discolor), fade

■ tus pantalones han desteñido mi camisa blanca your trousers have discoloured my white shirt

■ el sol destiñó la ropa del escaparate the sun faded the clothes in the shop window

► verbo intransitivo

1 to lose colour (US color), fade, run

■ si lavas esa camiseta en agua caliente desteñirá if you wash that T-shirt in hot water it will run

► verbo pronominal desteñirse

1 to lose colour (US color), fade

■ la camiseta se destiñó the T-shirt faded

* * *

verb

to fade

* * *

1.

VT (=quitar el color a) to fade, discolour, discolor (EEUU)

2.

VI

See:

desteñirse

* * *
1.
verbo intransitivo prenda/color to run; ( decolorarse) to fade
2.
desteñir vt to fade
3.
desteñirse v pron to run; ( decolorarse) to fade

* * *

= discolour.

Ex. These tapes effect a permanent repair and do not discolour.

* * *
1.
verbo intransitivo prenda/color to run; ( decolorarse) to fade
2.
desteñir vt to fade
3.
desteñirse v pron to run; ( decolorarse) to fade

* * *

= discolour.

Ex: These tapes effect a permanent repair and do not discolour.

* * *

desteñir [ I15 ]

vi

A «prenda/color» (despintar) to run; (decolorarse) to fade

B

( Chi fam) «persona»: no podía desteñir con un regalo tan pobre I couldn't show myself up by giving them such a mean present

■ desteñir

vt

to fade

■ desteñirse

v pron

(decolorarse) to fade; (despintar) to run

* * *

desteñir ( conjugate desteñir) verbo intransitivo [prenda/color] to run;
( decolorarse) to fade
desteñirse verbo pronominal
to run;
( decolorarse) to fade
desteñir verbo intransitivo & verbo transitivo to discolour, US discolor
' desteñir' also found in these entries:
English:
come out
- fade
- run

* * *

desteñir

♦ vt
[decolorar] to fade, to bleach; [manchar] to discolour
♦ vi

to run;

esta camisa destiñe the colour in this shirt runs

♦ See also the pronominal verb desteñirse

* * *

desteñir

v/t discolor, Br

discolour, fade

* * *

desteñir {67} vi

: to run, to fade

♦ See also the reflexive verb desteñirse

* * *

desteñir vb

1. (apagar el color) to fade

el sol destiñe los toldos the sun fades the awnings

2. (manchar) to run [pt. ran; pp. run]

esa camiseta destiñe the colour in that T shirt runs

Spanish-English dictionary > desteñir

10 grasa

adj.&f.

feminine of GRASO.

f.

1 fat.

grasa vegetal vegetable fat

2 grease, oil (lubricante).

3 grease.

4 shoe polish, shoe cream, shoeblacking, bitumen.

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grasa

► nombre femenino

1 grease, fat

* * *
1. noun f.
1) fat

2) grease
2. f., (m. - graso)
* * *

1. SF

1) [de alimentos] fat

alimentos bajos en grasas — low-fat foods

reducir el consumo de grasas — to cut down on fatty foods

tener mucha grasa — [carne] to be fatty; [guiso, plato] to be (very) greasy

grasa de ballena — blubber

grasa de pescado — fish oil

grasa no saturada — unsaturated fat

grasa saturada — saturated fat

grasa vegetal — vegetable fat

2) (Anat) fat

eliminar grasas — to get rid of fat

3) (=suciedad) grease

la cocina está llena de grasa — the kitchen is really greasy

4) (Aut, Mec) (=lubrificante) grease

grasa para ejes — axle grease

5) Méx * [para el calzado] shoe polish

6) Arg * working-class person

7) pl grasas (=escorias) slag sing

2. ADJ *

1) Arg (=torpe) stupid, slow

2) Cono Sur pey common

3.

SMF

es un grasa — Cono Sur * he's common

* * *

femenino

1)

a) (Biol, Coc) fat

la comida tenía mucha grasa — the food was very greasy

un corte de carne con mucha grasa — a very fatty cut of meat

b) ( suciedad) grease

está lleno de grasa — it's all greasy

c) (Mec) grease

2) (Méx) ( betún) shoe polish

dale grasa a tus zapatos — polish your shoes

3) grasa masculino y femenino (RPl fam) ( ordinario)

es un grasa — he's so common

* * *

= grease, fat, blubber.

Nota: Generalmente de animal marino (cetáceos), como las ballenas.

Ex. Some grease had been transferred to the surface of the stone and the grease was repelling the rain water.

Ex. In a subject headings list non-approved headings are normally shown in light face type and the indexer is directed towards the preferred heading, for example, Grease USE oils and fats.

Ex. Large white sharks will also scavenge on the carcasses of whale sharks, and on the fat-rich blubber layer of dead whales.

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* bajo en grasas = low fat.

* bulto de grasa = fat lump.

* de bajo contenido en grasas = low fat.

* grasa animal = animal fat.

* grasa corporal = body fat.

* grasa de cerdo = pork fat.

* grasa de la leche = milk fat, butterfat.

* grasas saturadas = saturated fat.

* grasa vegetal = shortening.

* producto derivado de la grasa animal = fat product.

* rico en grasa = fat-rich.

* sin grasa = nonfat.

* sin grasas = nonfat, fat free.

* volver a untar grasa al cojinete = repack + bearing.

* * *

femenino

1)

a) (Biol, Coc) fat

la comida tenía mucha grasa — the food was very greasy

un corte de carne con mucha grasa — a very fatty cut of meat

b) ( suciedad) grease

está lleno de grasa — it's all greasy

c) (Mec) grease

2) (Méx) ( betún) shoe polish

dale grasa a tus zapatos — polish your shoes

3) grasa masculino y femenino (RPl fam) ( ordinario)

es un grasa — he's so common

* * *

= grease, fat, blubber.

Nota: Generalmente de animal marino (cetáceos), como las ballenas.

Ex: Some grease had been transferred to the surface of the stone and the grease was repelling the rain water.

Ex: In a subject headings list non-approved headings are normally shown in light face type and the indexer is directed towards the preferred heading, for example, Grease USE oils and fats.

Ex: Large white sharks will also scavenge on the carcasses of whale sharks, and on the fat-rich blubber layer of dead whales.

* bajo en grasas = low fat.

* bulto de grasa = fat lump.

* de bajo contenido en grasas = low fat.

* grasa animal = animal fat.

* grasa corporal = body fat.

* grasa de cerdo = pork fat.

* grasa de la leche = milk fat, butterfat.

* grasas saturadas = saturated fat.

* grasa vegetal = shortening.

* producto derivado de la grasa animal = fat product.

* rico en grasa = fat-rich.

* sin grasa = nonfat.

* sin grasas = nonfat, fat free.

* volver a untar grasa al cojinete = repack + bearing.

* * *

grasa¹

adj inv

( RPl fam) common ( colloq pej)

grasa²

feminine

A

1 ( Biol, Coc) fat

la comida tenía mucha grasa the food was very greasy

un corte de carne con mucha grasa a very fatty cut of meat

el deporte ayuda a eliminar la(s) grasa(s) exercise helps get rid of fat

2 (suciedad) grease

está lleno de grasa it's all greasy

3 ( Mec) grease

Compuestos:

● grasa animal

animal fat

● grasa de pella

( RPl) suet

● grasas monoinsaturadas

fpl monounsaturated fats (pl)

● grasas poliinsaturadas

fpl polyunsaturated fats (pl)

● grasas saturadas

fpl saturated fats (pl)

● grasa vegetal

vegetable fat

B ( Méx) (betún) shoe polish o cream

dale grasa a tus zapatos polish o shine your shoes, give your shoes a polish o shine

C

grasa masculine and feminine ( RPl fam) (ordinario): es un grasa he's so common ( colloq pej)

* * *

grasa sustantivo femenino
1
a) (Biol, Coc) fat;

◊ la comida tenía mucha grasa the food was very greasy

b) ( suciedad) grease;

◊ está lleno de grasa it's all greasy

c) (Mec) grease

2 (Méx) ( betún) shoe polish
graso,-a adjetivo
1 (pelo, piel) greasy, oily: champú para el pelo graso, shampoo for oily hair
2 (adiposo) fatty
ácido graso, fatty acid
grasa sustantivo femenino
1 (para lubricar, cocinar) grease
2 (de un cuerpo) fat: me gusta la grasa del jamón, I like ham fat
' grasa' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
chorrear
- engrasar
- magra
- magro
- mancha
- manteca
- pringosa
- pringoso
- sebo
- ensuciar
- gordura
- mugre
- nadar
- piel
- pringar
- quemar
English:
blubber
- coat
- congeal
- fat
- film
- grease
- greasy
- livid
- nowadays
- roll
- smear
- trim
- wash off
- lard
- mincemeat
- suet

* * *

grasa¹ nf

1. [en comestibles] fat;
[de cerdo] lard;
la comida de la región tiene mucha grasa the food of the region is very greasy;

necesitas eliminar grasas you need to get rid of some fat

Comp
grasa de ballena blubber;
grasa saturada saturated fat;

grasa vegetal vegetable fat

2. [lubricante] grease, oil

3. [suciedad] grease;

esta camisa está llena de grasa this shirt is covered in grease o is all greasy

4. Méx [betún] shoe polish;

dar grasa a algo to polish sth

grasa² RP Fam

♦ adj

common

♦ nmf

sos un grasa you're so common

* * *

grasa

f

1 BIO, GASTR fat;

bajo en grasa low in fat, low-fat atr

2 lubricante, suciedad grease

3 Méx ( betún) shoe polish

* * *

grasa nf

1) : grease

2) : fat

3) Mex : shoe polish

* * *

grasa n

1. (parte del animal, producto comestible) fat

la grasa animal animal fat

esta carne tiene mucha grasa there is a lot of fat on this meat

2. (para engrasar motores, sebo indeseable) grease

pon un poco de grasa en esta rueda put a bit of grease on this wheel

este lavavajillas elimina toda la grasa this washing up liquid gets rid of all the grease

una mancha de grasa a grease stain

Spanish-English dictionary > grasa

11 dirty

adjective

1) (not clean: dirty clothes.) sucio

2) (mean or unfair: a dirty trick.) sucio

3) (offensive; obscene: dirty books.) porno, indecente

4) ((of weather) stormy.) malo

dirty adj sucio

your face is dirty llevas la cara sucia

El comparativo de dirty se escribe dirtier; el superlativo se escribe dirtiest

dirty

tr['dɜːtɪ]

adjective (comp dirtier, superl dirtiest)

1 (not clean, soiled) sucio,-a; (stained) manchado,-a

■ a dirty mark una mancha

■ your bedroom is filthy dirty tu habitación está hecha un asco

■ cleaning the oven is dirty work limpiar el horno es trabajo sucio

2 (obscene - magazine, film) porno; (story, book) indecente, cochino,-a, guarro,-a; (- joke) verde; (- mind, sense of humour) pervertido,-a

■ you've got a dirty mind! ¡tienes una mente pervertida!

3 (night, weather) asqueroso,-a, de perros

4 familiar (unfair, dishonest - gen) sucio,-a, deshonesto,-a; (- player, fighter) sucio,-a, tramposo,-a; (- thief, cheat) vil, despreciable; (- lie) descarado,-a; (- deed) malo,-a

■ you dirty rat! ¡canalla!

adverb

1 familiar (very) muy

■ a dirty great hole un agujero enorme

2 (play) sucio

transitive verb

1 ensuciar

intransitive verb

1 ensuciarse

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SMALLIDIOMATIC EXPRESSION/SMALL

a dirty old man un viejo verde

to do somebody's dirty work hacerle el trabajo sucio a alguien

to do the dirty on somebody jugarle una mala pasada a alguien

to get dirty ensuciarse

to give somebody a dirty look fulminar a alguien con la mirada, lanzar a alguien una mirada asesina

to talk dirty decir guarradas

dirty language palabrotas nombre femenino plural

dirty trick cochinada, guarrada

dirty weekend aventura de fin de semana

dirty word (swear word) palabrota, taco 2 (disapproved word) palabra tabú

dirty ['dərt̬i] vt, dirtied ; dirtying : ensuciar, manchar

dirty adj, dirtier ; - est

1) soiled, stained: sucio, manchado

2) dishonest: sucio, deshonesto

a dirty player: un jugador tramposo

a dirty trick: una mala pasada

3) indecent: indecente, cochino

a dirty joke: un chiste verde

dirty

adj.

• astroso, -a adj.

• chancho, -a adj.

• desaseado, -a adj.

• guarro, -a adj.

• inmundo, -a adj.

• manchado, -a adj.

• marrano, -a adj.

• mugriento, -a adj.

• puerco, -a adj.

• roñoso, -a adj.

• sucio, -a adj.

• terroso, -a adj.

v.

• ciscar v.

• emporcar v.

• ensuciar v.

I 'dɜːrti, 'dɜːti
adjective -tier, -tiest

1) ( soiled) sucio

the floor is dirty — el suelo está sucio

my hands are dirty — tengo las manos sucias

to get dirty — ensuciarse

to get one's hands dirty — ensuciarse or mancharse las manos

2)

a) ( obscene) <story/book> cochino (fam), guarro (Esp fam); <leer/grin> lascivo; < joke> verde or (Méx) colorado; < magazine> porno adj inv

to have a dirty mind — tener* una mente de cloaca

b) ( shameful) <job/work> sucio

dirty money — dinero m sucio or negro

to do somebody's dirty work — hacerle* el trabajo sucio a alguien

c) ( despicable) (colloq)

he played a dirty trick on me — me jugó una mala pasada

to do the dirty on somebody — (BrE) jugársela* a alguien

d) ( unfair) < tactics> sucio

he's a dirty player — juega sucio

3) (angry, accusing)

a dirty look — una mirada asesina

II

transitive verb dirties, dirtying, dirtied ensuciar; \<\<reputation\>\> manchar

III

adverb (colloq)

1)

a) ( unfairly) <fight/play> sucio

b) ( indecently)

to talk dirty — decir* cochinadas

2) (BrE sl) (as intensifier)

dirty great — tremendo

['dɜːtɪ]
1. ADJ
(compar dirtier) (superl dirtiest)
1) (=unclean) [hands, clothes, dishes] sucio

your hands are dirty — tienes las manos sucias

• to get (o.s.) dirty — ensuciarse

to get sth dirty — ensuciar algo

to get one's hands dirty — ensuciarse or mancharse las manos

• his dirty habits get on my nerves — tiene unas costumbres asquerosas que me sacan de quicio

• cleaning the cooker is a dirty job — limpiar la cocina es un trabajo muy sucio

• there was a dirty mark on his shirt — tenía una mancha en la camisa

- wash one's dirty linen in public
nappy 1.
2) (=dull) [grey, white] sucio

the sky was a dirty grey — el cielo tenía un color gris sucio

3) (=nasty) [weather] horrible, feo; [night] horrible

4) (=indecent) [story, joke] verde, colorado (Mex); [book] cochino *, de guarrerías (Sp) *; [magazine, film] porno *; [laugh] lascivo

• to have a dirty mind — tener una mente pervertida, tener una mente guarra (Sp) *

• dirty old man — viejo m verde

• dirty weekend — (Brit) * hum fin m de semana de lujuria hum

to go on a dirty weekend (with sb) — ir a pasar un fin de semana de lujuria (con algn)

• dirty word — palabrota f, lisura f (And, S. Cone)

communism has become almost a dirty word — "comunismo" se ha convertido casi en una palabrota

5) * (=underhand) sucio

• dirty business — negocio m sucio

• dirty money — dinero m sucio

• dirty play — (Sport) juego m sucio

• there are some dirty players in the team — algunos de los miembros del equipo juegan sucio

• dirty pool — (US) ** juego m sucio

• a dirty trick — una mala pasada, una jugarreta *

to play a dirty trick on sb — jugar una mala pasada a algn, hacer una jugarreta a algn *

• dirty tricks — chanchullos mpl

dirty tricks department — sección de actividades secretas para desacreditar al contrario

• dirty war — guerra f sucia

• to do sb's dirty work, he always gets other people to do his dirty work — siempre consigue que los demás le hagan el trabajo sucio

6) * (=despicable) asqueroso *, de mierda ***

you're a dirty liar ** — eres un cerdo mentiroso **, eres un mentiroso de mierda ***

you dirty rat! ** — ¡canalla! **, ¡cerdo! **

7) * (=angry)

to give sb a dirty look — echar una mirada asesina a algn *

2. ADV

1) (Sport) (=unfairly)

• to fight dirty — [boxer] no luchar limpiamente

• to play dirty — [footballer] jugar sucio

2) (=indecently)

to talk dirty — decir cochinadas *, decir guarrerías (Sp) *

3) **

dirty great: a dirty great dog/lorry/hole — un perrazo/camionazo/agujerazo *

his dirty great hands — sus manazas *, sus manotas *

3.

VT ensuciar

don't dirty your clothes — no te ensucies la ropa

4.

N

to do the dirty on sb — (Brit) * jugar una mala pasada a algn, hacer una jugarreta a algn *

5.

CPD

dirty bomb N — bomba f sucia

dirty dog — † * tipo m asqueroso *, tío m guarro (Sp) *

* * *

I ['dɜːrti, 'dɜːti]
adjective -tier, -tiest

1) ( soiled) sucio

the floor is dirty — el suelo está sucio

my hands are dirty — tengo las manos sucias

to get dirty — ensuciarse

to get one's hands dirty — ensuciarse or mancharse las manos

2)

a) ( obscene) <story/book> cochino (fam), guarro (Esp fam); <leer/grin> lascivo; < joke> verde or (Méx) colorado; < magazine> porno adj inv

to have a dirty mind — tener* una mente de cloaca

b) ( shameful) <job/work> sucio

dirty money — dinero m sucio or negro

to do somebody's dirty work — hacerle* el trabajo sucio a alguien

c) ( despicable) (colloq)

he played a dirty trick on me — me jugó una mala pasada

to do the dirty on somebody — (BrE) jugársela* a alguien

d) ( unfair) < tactics> sucio

he's a dirty player — juega sucio

3) (angry, accusing)

a dirty look — una mirada asesina

II

transitive verb dirties, dirtying, dirtied ensuciar; \<\<reputation\>\> manchar

III

adverb (colloq)

1)

a) ( unfairly) <fight/play> sucio

b) ( indecently)

to talk dirty — decir* cochinadas

2) (BrE sl) (as intensifier)

dirty great — tremendo

English-spanish dictionary > dirty

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