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1 resquicio
m.1 chink (abertura).2 glimmer (pizca).3 opportunity, opening.* * *1 (abertura) crack, chink* * *noun m.1) crack, slit2) chance* * *SM1) (=abertura) chink, crack2) (=oportunidad) opening, opportunity3) LAm (=vestigio) sign, trace4) Caribe (=pedacito) little bit, small piece* * *2) ( oportunidad) opportunity, opening3) (huella, resto) trace* * *= chink.Ex. War of words exposed chinks in coalition.----* resquicio de esperanza = ray of hope, beacon of hope.* * *2) ( oportunidad) opportunity, opening3) (huella, resto) trace* * *= chink.Ex: War of words exposed chinks in coalition.
* resquicio de esperanza = ray of hope, beacon of hope.* * *A1 (grieta) crack; (abertura) gap2(espacio, lugar): no queda el menor resquicio para ponerlo there isn't even the tiniest corner left where we can put itB (oportunidad) opportunity, openingCompuesto:( frml); loopholeC (huella, resto) tracequedaba un resquicio de esperanza there was still a glimmer of hopedesapareció sin dejar resquicio she disappeared without trace* * *
resquicio sustantivo masculino
1 ( grieta) crack;
( abertura) gap
2 (huella, resto) trace
resquicio sustantivo masculino
1 (en una puerta, pared, etc) chink, gap
2 fig (posibilidad) chance: aún queda un resquicio para la esperanza, there's still a glimmer of hope
' resquicio' also found in these entries:
English:
chink
* * *resquicio nm1. [abertura] chink;[grieta] crack;un resquicio legal a loophole in the law2. [pizca] glimmer;el mal tiempo no deja resquicio alguno a la esperanza de encontrar supervivientes the bad weather does not permit even a glimmer of hope of finding survivors;el comunicado de la organización revelaba sin resquicio de duda su actitud beligerante the communiqué made by the organization left not the slightest trace of doubt as to its belligerent attitude* * *m gap* * *resquicio nm1) : crack2) : opportunity, chance3) : tracesin un resquicio de remordimiento: without a trace of remorse4)resquicio legal : loophole -
2 resquicio
• chink• crack• crevice• openhearted• opening act -
3 resquicio de esperanza
(n.) = ray of hope, beacon of hopeEx. 'What if we got the other departments to pay for their own services and materials?' she parried, seeing a faint ray of hope in the idea.Ex. In the fight against HIV/AIDS, Senegal stands out as a beacon of hope on a continent ravaged by the syndrome.* * *(n.) = ray of hope, beacon of hopeEx: 'What if we got the other departments to pay for their own services and materials?' she parried, seeing a faint ray of hope in the idea.
Ex: In the fight against HIV/AIDS, Senegal stands out as a beacon of hope on a continent ravaged by the syndrome. -
4 resquicio interdental
m.embrasure. -
5 resquicio legal
m.loophole, legal loophole, loophole in law. -
6 esperanza
f.hope (deseo, ganas).dar esperanzas a to encourage, to give hope tomantengo la esperanza de volver a verla I still hope to see her againperder la esperanza to lose hopetengo esperanza de que todo se arregle I have hopes that everything will be sorted outtener esperanza de hacer algo to hope to be able to do somethingesperanza de vida life expectancypres.indicat.3rd person singular (él/ella/ello) present indicative of spanish verb: esperanzar.imperat.2nd person singular (tú) Imperative of Spanish verb: esperanzar.* * *1 hope, expectance\abrigar esperanzas to foster hopescon la esperanza de... in the hope of...con la esperanza de que... in the hope that...dar esperanzas a alguien to give somebody hopeestar en estado de buena esperanza to be pregnant, be expectingtener la esperanza puesta en algo to have one's hopes pinned on somethingtener muchas esperanzas to have high hopestener pocas esperanzas to have little hopeesperanza de vida life expectancy* * *noun f.hope, expectation* * *SF hopeya no abrigamos esperanzas de encontrarlo con vida — we no longer hold out any hope of finding him alive
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con la esperanza de que... — in the hope that...•
dar esperanza(s) a algn — to give sb hope•
perder la esperanza — to lose hope•
poner la esperanza en algn/algo — to pin one's hopes on sb/sth•
tener esperanza en algo — to have hope for sth* * *femenino hopecifró or puso todas sus esperanzas en su hijo — he pinned all his hopes on his son
esperanza de algo — hope of o for something
ello suscita nuevas esperanzas de un acuerdo — that raises new hopes for o of a settlement
hay esperanzas de éxito — there are hopes that he/it/they will succeed
esperanza de + inf — hope of -ing
perdimos toda esperanza de encontrarlos vivos — we gave up o lost hope of finding them alive
tengo esperanzas de encontrar algo mejor — I hope to find o I have hopes of finding something better
esperanza de que: ya no abrigaba ninguna esperanza de que volviera (liter) she no longer held out any hope of him returning (liter); fue con la esperanza de que... he went in the hope that...; me dio esperanzas de que el niño mejoraría he gave me hope that the child would recover; alimentarse or vivir de esperanzas to live on hopes; qué esperanza(s)! (fam) you must be joking! (colloq); la esperanza es lo último que se pierde — we live in hope
* * *= hope, prospect.Ex. Some users hope that market forces will force some of the smaller hosts out of the marketplace, but with cheaper telecommunications and computing technology this seems something of a vain hope.Ex. At the time OCLC started, there was no prospect for a national authority file.----* abandonar toda esperanza = give up + hope.* abandonar (toda = abandon + (all) hope.* abrigar esperanza = foster + hope, cherish + hope.* albergar esperanza = hold out + hope, hold out + prospect, hold out + promise.* alentar la esperanza = foster + hope.* alimentar la esperanza = nurture + hope.* con esperanza = in hopeful expectation.* con la esperanza de = in hope(s) of, with the hope(s) of.* con la esperanza de que = in the hope(s) that, in hope(s) that.* dar alguna esperanza = give + some cause for hope.* dar esperanza = nurture + hope, give + hope, bring + visions of.* dar esperanzas = raise + expectations, raise + hopes.* destruir la esperanza = shatter + Posesivo + hopes.* devolver las esperanzas = a new lease of life.* en estado de buena esperanza = pregnant, in the family way.* esperanza de vida = life expectancy, lifespan [life span].* esperanza + estar = hope + lie.* esperanzas renovadas = a new lease of life.* esperanza vana = forlorn hope.* estar en estado de buena esperanza = be up the spout, have + a bun in the oven.* frustrar las esperanzas = shatter + Posesivo + hopes, dampen + Posesivo + hopes, dash + Posesivo + hopes.* guardar muchas esperanzas = get + Posesivo + hopes up.* hacer perder las esperanzas = dampen + Posesivo + hopes.* mientras hay vida hay esperanza = where there's life there's hope.* ofrecer esperanzas = hold + promise.* perder esperanza = lose + hope.* perder la esperanza = despair, throw in + the towel, give up + hope, throw in/up + the sponge.* perder (toda = abandon + (all) hope.* rayito de esperanza = glimmer of hope.* rayo de esperanza = ray of hope, silver lining, the light at the end of the tunnel, glimmer of hope, beacon of hope, ray of light.* resquicio de esperanza = ray of hope, beacon of hope.* siempre queda una esperanza = where there's life there's hope.* sin esperanza = hopeless, dispiritedly, hopelessly.* truncar la esperanza = dash + Posesivo + hopes, dampen + Posesivo + hopes.* un rayo de esperanza = a faint glimmer of light.* * *femenino hopecifró or puso todas sus esperanzas en su hijo — he pinned all his hopes on his son
esperanza de algo — hope of o for something
ello suscita nuevas esperanzas de un acuerdo — that raises new hopes for o of a settlement
hay esperanzas de éxito — there are hopes that he/it/they will succeed
esperanza de + inf — hope of -ing
perdimos toda esperanza de encontrarlos vivos — we gave up o lost hope of finding them alive
tengo esperanzas de encontrar algo mejor — I hope to find o I have hopes of finding something better
esperanza de que: ya no abrigaba ninguna esperanza de que volviera (liter) she no longer held out any hope of him returning (liter); fue con la esperanza de que... he went in the hope that...; me dio esperanzas de que el niño mejoraría he gave me hope that the child would recover; alimentarse or vivir de esperanzas to live on hopes; qué esperanza(s)! (fam) you must be joking! (colloq); la esperanza es lo último que se pierde — we live in hope
* * *= hope, prospect.Ex: Some users hope that market forces will force some of the smaller hosts out of the marketplace, but with cheaper telecommunications and computing technology this seems something of a vain hope.
Ex: At the time OCLC started, there was no prospect for a national authority file.* abandonar toda esperanza = give up + hope.* abandonar (toda = abandon + (all) hope.* abrigar esperanza = foster + hope, cherish + hope.* albergar esperanza = hold out + hope, hold out + prospect, hold out + promise.* alentar la esperanza = foster + hope.* alimentar la esperanza = nurture + hope.* con esperanza = in hopeful expectation.* con la esperanza de = in hope(s) of, with the hope(s) of.* con la esperanza de que = in the hope(s) that, in hope(s) that.* dar alguna esperanza = give + some cause for hope.* dar esperanza = nurture + hope, give + hope, bring + visions of.* dar esperanzas = raise + expectations, raise + hopes.* destruir la esperanza = shatter + Posesivo + hopes.* devolver las esperanzas = a new lease of life.* en estado de buena esperanza = pregnant, in the family way.* esperanza de vida = life expectancy, lifespan [life span].* esperanza + estar = hope + lie.* esperanzas renovadas = a new lease of life.* esperanza vana = forlorn hope.* estar en estado de buena esperanza = be up the spout, have + a bun in the oven.* frustrar las esperanzas = shatter + Posesivo + hopes, dampen + Posesivo + hopes, dash + Posesivo + hopes.* guardar muchas esperanzas = get + Posesivo + hopes up.* hacer perder las esperanzas = dampen + Posesivo + hopes.* mientras hay vida hay esperanza = where there's life there's hope.* ofrecer esperanzas = hold + promise.* perder esperanza = lose + hope.* perder la esperanza = despair, throw in + the towel, give up + hope, throw in/up + the sponge.* perder (toda = abandon + (all) hope.* rayito de esperanza = glimmer of hope.* rayo de esperanza = ray of hope, silver lining, the light at the end of the tunnel, glimmer of hope, beacon of hope, ray of light.* resquicio de esperanza = ray of hope, beacon of hope.* siempre queda una esperanza = where there's life there's hope.* sin esperanza = hopeless, dispiritedly, hopelessly.* truncar la esperanza = dash + Posesivo + hopes, dampen + Posesivo + hopes.* un rayo de esperanza = a faint glimmer of light.* * *hopeya no le queda esperanza alguna he has no hope leftno todo se ha perdido, todavía hay esperanzas all is not lost, there's still hopeno quiero darles esperanzas vanas I don't want to build your hopes up o to give you false hopehabía puesto todas sus esperanzas en su hijo he had pinned all his hopes on his sontú eres mi última esperanza you're my last hopeesperanza DE algo hope OF o FOR sthel encuentro suscita nuevas esperanzas de un acuerdo the meeting raises new hopes for o of a settlementhay esperanzas de éxito there are hopes that he/it/they will succeedesperanza DE + INF hope OF -INGhemos perdido toda esperanza de encontrarlos vivos we have given up o lost hope of finding them aliveno tengo ni la menor esperanza de ganar I don't have a hope of winningtodavía tengo esperanzas de encontrar algo mejor I still hope to find something better, I still have hopes of finding something bettermantiene la esperanza de volver a verlo she hasn't given up hope of seeing him againesperanza DE QUE:¿no hay ninguna esperanza de que se salve? is there no hope of her recovering o that she will recover?todavía tiene esperanzas de que se lo devuelvan he still hopes that they will return it to himya no abrigaba ninguna esperanza de que volviera ( liter); she no longer held out any hope of him returning ( liter)fuimos con la esperanza de que nos concediera una entrevista we went in the hope that he would agree to see usme dio esperanzas de que el niño mejoraría he gave me hope o he held out hope that the child would recoveralimentarse or vivir de esperanzas to live on hopesmás largo que esperanza de pobre or largo como esperanza de pobre ( RPl fam); ‹libro/discurso› really longla espera fue más larga que esperanza de pobre we had to wait a really long time o ( colloq) for agesla esperanza es lo último que se pierde we live in hopeCompuesto:life expectancy* * *
Del verbo esperanzar: ( conjugate esperanzar)
esperanza es:
3ª persona singular (él/ella/usted) presente indicativo2ª persona singular (tú) imperativo
Multiple Entries:
esperanza
esperanzar
esperanza sustantivo femenino
hope;
puso todas sus esperanzas en su hijo he pinned all his hopes on his son;
hay esperanzas de éxito there are hopes that he/it/they will succeed;
perdimos toda esperanza de encontrarlos vivos we gave up o lost hope of finding them alive;
fue con la esperanza de que … he went in the hope that …;
me dio esperanzas de que el niño mejoraría he gave me hope that the child would recover;
esperanza de vida life expectancy
esperanza sustantivo femenino hope: hay esperanzas de solución para el conflicto, there are hopes of a solution to the conflict
tengo la esperanza puesta en este proyecto, I have my hopes pinned on this project
esperanza de vida, life expectancy ➣ Ver nota en esperar
' esperanza' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
aferrarse
- concebir
- desesperada
- desesperado
- desesperarse
- esperar
- estado
- frustrar
- frustrarse
- gravedad
- rayo
- resquicio
- truncar
- abandonar
- abrigar
- alentar
- alimentar
- cifrar
- dar
- expectativa
- ilusión
- remoto
- renacer
- renovar
English:
Cape of Good Hope
- cheer
- cherish
- crumble
- despair
- disappoint
- evaporate
- expectation
- flicker
- foster
- glimmer
- heart
- heighten
- helpline
- hope
- illusion
- inject
- instil
- instill
- little
- live up to
- ray
- revive
- shatter
- slight
- white hope
- expectancy
- straw
* * *esperanza nf1. [confianza] hope;la reunión ha suscitado nuevas esperanzas de una solución the meeting has given rise to new hopes of a solution;tengo esperanza de que todo se arregle I have hopes that everything will be sorted out;mantengo la esperanza de volver a verla I still hope to see her again;él es nuestra única esperanza he's our only hope;te queda la esperanza de que nadie se haya enterado you can only hope that o your only hope is that no one has found out;se dirigió a él con la esperanza de que le firmara un autógrafo she approached him hoping that he would give her his autograph;dar esperanzas a alguien to give sb hope;le dio esperanzas y él pensó que podría ser su novio she raised his hopes and he thought he could be her boyfriend;los médicos no nos han querido dar esperanzas the doctors haven't wanted to build up our hopes;no quiero darles falsas esperanzas I don't want to build your hopes up for nothing, I don't want to give you false hope(s);perder la esperanza to lose hope;habíamos perdido toda esperanza we had lost all hope;perdimos la esperanza de llegar a ser rescatados we lost hope of ever being rescued;aún tengo esperanzas de volver algún día I still hope to go back one day;la esperanza es lo último que se pierde where there's life there's hopeesperanza de vida life expectancy;esperanza de vida al nacimiento life expectancy at birth2. Rel hope* * *f hope;estar en estado de (buena) esperanza be pregnant, be expecting (a baby)* * *esperanza nf: hope, expectation* * *esperanza n hope -
7 abertura
f.1 opening (agujero).2 aperture (photography).abertura del diafragma apertureAbertura del lente Aperture of the lens.3 slit, crevice, crack.4 openness, outspokenness, frankness.5 rima.* * *2 (valle) pass3 (ensenada) cove, creek* * *noun f.1) opening2) hole* * *SF1) [gen] opening, gap; (=agujero) hole; (=grieta) crack; (=corte) slit; (=brecha) gap2) (Geog) (=cala) cove; (=valle) wide valley, gap; (=puerto) pass3) (Cos) vent4) (=franqueza) openness, frankness* * ** * *= chink, opening.Ex. War of words exposed chinks in coalition.Ex. The cyber criminals are persistent -- if they can't get through one opening, they will keep trying until they find the chink in the armour.* * ** * *= chink, opening.Ex: War of words exposed chinks in coalition.
Ex: The cyber criminals are persistent -- if they can't get through one opening, they will keep trying until they find the chink in the armour.* * *por una abertura que había en la valla through a gap o an opening in the fencequeda una abertura entre los dos postigos there's a gap between the two shutters* * *
abertura sustantivo femenino ( en general) opening;
( agujero) hole;
( rendija) gap;
(corte, tajo) slit
abertura sustantivo femenino
1 (grieta) crack, slit
2 (de una prenda) slit
3 (de telescopio, ángulo, etc) aperture
(de un tubo) opening: la abertura de ese conducto es muy estrecha, this tube has a very narrow opening
' abertura' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
colar
- raja
- resquicio
- ventilador
English:
aperture
- opening
- vent
- chink
- split
* * *abertura nf1. [agujero] opening;[ranura] crack2. Fot apertureabertura del diafragma aperture* * *f opening* * *abertura nf1) : aperture, opening2) agujero: hole3) : slit (in a skirt, etc.)4) grieta: crack* * *abertura n1. (hueco) gap2. (grieta) crack -
8 crack
m.1 star, superstar (estrella).2 crash (finance).3 crack (droga).4 rock cocaine, crack, crack cocaine.* * *1 (droga) crack2 (persona) star, ace* * *SM2) * (=droga) crack *** * *1) ( droga) crack* * *----* adicto al crack = crackhead.* * *1) ( droga) crack* * ** adicto al crack = crackhead.* * *(pl cracks)A (droga) crackes un crack jugando al polo he's a crack polo player* * *
crack sustantivo masculino (pl
crac o crack sustantivo masculino
1 Fin crash
2 (droga) crack
' crack' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
abertura
- agrietar
- agrietarse
- boquera
- cascar
- cascarse
- chascar
- chasquear
- chasquido
- chorro
- crac
- despepitarse
- grieta
- hendidura
- mondarse
- raja
- rajar
- rajarse
- rendija
- resquebrajarse
- roer
- rotura
- trallazo
- traquetear
- alba
- cortar
- crujir
- introducir
- latigazo
- partir
- paso
- quebradura
- quebrar
- rayar
- resquebrajar
- resquicio
- romper
- trizarse
English:
crack
- crack down
- crack up
- hairline
- nut
- crash
- fill
- poke
- split
- stop
* * *1. [estrella] star, superstar2. Fin crashHist el crack del 29 the Wall Street Crash3. [droga] crack* * *m DEP star, ace -
9 grieta
f.1 crack.2 chap.* * *1 crack, crevice2 (en la piel) chap, crack* * *noun f.* * *SF1) (=fisura) fissure, crack; (=hendidura) chink; (=quiebra) crevice; [en la piel] chap, crack2) (Pol) rift* * ** * *= cleavage, fissure, crack, cranny, crevice, crevasse, chink, fracture.Ex. After the Civil War, Emerson saw in collegiate education 'a cleavage occurring in the hitherto firm granite of the past'.Ex. Fissures within British society and inadequate public funding meant that libraries were not linked to communities to the degree that they were in America.Ex. The author attempts to explain the events of 1997 in which the cracks and crumbling of the information industry showed in mergers and closures.Ex. Where harm over the Internet is caused by viruses, hidden in ' crannies' in the network, traditional legal enforcement is more difficult.Ex. Rampant commercialism is seeping into every crevice of American culture.Ex. Solutions proposed by climbers included using more latrines and using crevasses to dispose of waste.Ex. War of words exposed chinks in coalition.Ex. In soccer, females injured their toe 17% more than males and sustained 19% more fractures.----* grieta del grosor de un pelo = hairline crack.* grietas = cracks and crevices.* salir grietas = develop + cracks.* tapar grietas = caulk + cracks, chink.* * ** * *= cleavage, fissure, crack, cranny, crevice, crevasse, chink, fracture.Ex: After the Civil War, Emerson saw in collegiate education 'a cleavage occurring in the hitherto firm granite of the past'.
Ex: Fissures within British society and inadequate public funding meant that libraries were not linked to communities to the degree that they were in America.Ex: The author attempts to explain the events of 1997 in which the cracks and crumbling of the information industry showed in mergers and closures.Ex: Where harm over the Internet is caused by viruses, hidden in ' crannies' in the network, traditional legal enforcement is more difficult.Ex: Rampant commercialism is seeping into every crevice of American culture.Ex: Solutions proposed by climbers included using more latrines and using crevasses to dispose of waste.Ex: War of words exposed chinks in coalition.Ex: In soccer, females injured their toe 17% more than males and sustained 19% more fractures.* grieta del grosor de un pelo = hairline crack.* grietas = cracks and crevices.* salir grietas = develop + cracks.* tapar grietas = caulk + cracks, chink.* * *la luz entraba por una pequeña grieta en la pared the light was coming in through a chink in the wall* * *
grieta sustantivo femenino ( en una pared) crack;
( en la tierra) crack, crevice;
( en la piel) crack
grieta (en la pared, terreno) crack
(en la piel, los labios) chap, crack
' grieta' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
abertura
- chorro
- rellena
- relleno
- salirse
- introducir
- rellenar
- rendija
- resquicio
- salir
- superficial
English:
aperture
- breach
- break
- chink
- cleft
- crack
- crevice
- fill in
- hairline
- slide
- split
- stop
* * *grieta nf[ranura] crack; [entre montañas] crevice; [en glaciar] crevasse; [que deja pasar luz] chink* * *f crack* * *grieta nf: crack, crevice* * *grieta n crack -
10 huella
f.1 footprint.huella digital o dactilar fingerprinthuella genética genetic fingerprint2 trace (vestigio).3 mark.dejar huella to leave one's mark4 step.pres.indicat.3rd person singular (él/ella/ello) present indicative of spanish verb: hollar.* * *1 (de pie) footprint; (de ruedas) track2 figurado (vestigio) trace, sign\dejar huella to leave one's mark (en, on)no quedar ni huella not to be a traceseguir las huellas de alguien figurado to follow in somebody's footstepshuella dactilar fingerprint* * *noun f.1) footprint2) fingerprint3) track* * *SF1) [en el suelo] (=pisada) footprint, footstep; [de coche, animal] trackhuella dactilar, huella digital — fingerprint
2) (=rastro) tracesin dejar huella — without leaving a trace, leaving no sign
3) (=impronta)el presidente dejó huella inconfundible en el partido — the president left his unmistakable mark o stamp on the party
4) (=acto) tread, treading5) [de escalera] tread* * *a) ( pisada - de persona) footprint, footstep; (- de rueda) tracklas huellas del animal — the animal's tracks o pawprints (o hoofmarks etc)
b) ( vestigio) markc) ( de escalón) tread* * *= trace, footprint, imprint, footprint, footprint, track, print.Ex. But there was no trace of sinisterness in Balzac's manner.Ex. Such compact drives are attractive devices for laptop computers and for internal installation in desktop computers with compact footprints.Ex. Harris was a librarian par excellence, whose imprint will become indelible in the history of Nigerian librarianship.Ex. In later years, the famous book mythological significance of muddy footprints introduced me to the ancient Hippopotamian culture.Ex. The article is entitled 'The Information footprint: a satellite-based information service'.Ex. Topics include trees, leaf coloration, buds, seeds, vertebrate animals, animal tracks, insects and other arthropods, earthworms, characteristics of living things, and microhabitats.Ex. Some of the exhibition's objects are plaster casts of such perishables as dying daffodil heads and hoof prints.----* borrar + Posesivo + huellas = cover up + Posesivo + tracks.* dejar huella = leave + Posesivo + mark, cut + a swath(e), leave + a trace, touch + Posesivo + life, leave + an impression, leave + an imprint, make + an impression.* dejar huellas = leave + footprints.* dejar una huella imborrable = leave + a lasting memory.* dejar una huella imborrable = leave + a lasting impression.* desaparecer sin dejar huella = evaporate into + thin air, vanish into + thin air, disappear into + thin air, disappear without + a trace, disappear into + the blue, vanish into + the blue.* hacer huella = leave + an impression, touch + Posesivo + life, leave + Posesivo + mark, cut + a swath(e), leave + an imprint, make + an impression.* huella dactilar = fingerprint [finger-print].* huella de carbono = carbon imprint, carbon footprint.* huella dejada por el pulgar = thumb-mark.* huella ecológica = ecological imprint, ecological footprint.* huellas = set of tracks.* identificación mediante las huellas dactilares = finger-print identification.* sin dejar huella = into thin air.* * *a) ( pisada - de persona) footprint, footstep; (- de rueda) tracklas huellas del animal — the animal's tracks o pawprints (o hoofmarks etc)
b) ( vestigio) markc) ( de escalón) tread* * *= trace, footprint, imprint, footprint, footprint, track, print.Ex: But there was no trace of sinisterness in Balzac's manner.
Ex: Such compact drives are attractive devices for laptop computers and for internal installation in desktop computers with compact footprints.Ex: Harris was a librarian par excellence, whose imprint will become indelible in the history of Nigerian librarianship.Ex: In later years, the famous book mythological significance of muddy footprints introduced me to the ancient Hippopotamian culture.Ex: The article is entitled 'The Information footprint: a satellite-based information service'.Ex: Topics include trees, leaf coloration, buds, seeds, vertebrate animals, animal tracks, insects and other arthropods, earthworms, characteristics of living things, and microhabitats.Ex: Some of the exhibition's objects are plaster casts of such perishables as dying daffodil heads and hoof prints.* borrar + Posesivo + huellas = cover up + Posesivo + tracks.* dejar huella = leave + Posesivo + mark, cut + a swath(e), leave + a trace, touch + Posesivo + life, leave + an impression, leave + an imprint, make + an impression.* dejar huellas = leave + footprints.* dejar una huella imborrable = leave + a lasting memory.* dejar una huella imborrable = leave + a lasting impression.* desaparecer sin dejar huella = evaporate into + thin air, vanish into + thin air, disappear into + thin air, disappear without + a trace, disappear into + the blue, vanish into + the blue.* hacer huella = leave + an impression, touch + Posesivo + life, leave + Posesivo + mark, cut + a swath(e), leave + an imprint, make + an impression.* huella dactilar = fingerprint [finger-print].* huella de carbono = carbon imprint, carbon footprint.* huella dejada por el pulgar = thumb-mark.* huella ecológica = ecological imprint, ecological footprint.* huellas = set of tracks.* identificación mediante las huellas dactilares = finger-print identification.* sin dejar huella = into thin air.* * *siguieron las huellas del animal they followed the animal's tracks o pawprints ( o hoofmarks etc)2 (vestigio) markla huella islámica en la literatura española the Islamic influence on Spanish literatureen su rostro se veía la huella del tiempo time had left its mark on his face ( liter)desaparecieron sin dejar huella they disappeared without (a) trace3 (de un escalón) treadCompuestos:carbon footprintecological footprintgenetic fingerprint● huellas dactilares or digitalesfpl fingerprints (pl)social impact; social footprint* * *
Del verbo hollar: ( conjugate hollar)
huella es:
3ª persona singular (él/ella/usted) presente indicativo2ª persona singular (tú) imperativo
Multiple Entries:
hollar
huella
huella sustantivo femenino
(— de rueda) track;
huellas dactilares fingerprints
huella sustantivo femenino
1 (pisada) footprint
(de vehículo, animal) track
huella dactilar o digital, fingerprint
2 fig (rastro, señal) trace, sign
dejar la huella, to leave one's mark: dejó una huella en el cristal, it left a mark on the glass
' huella' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
dactilar
- estampar
- imprimir
- marca
- pisada
- seña
- señal
- señalar
- dejar
- impacto
- indicio
- marcar
- mordida
- perro
- rastro
- reciente
- resquicio
English:
fingerprint
- footprint
- impression
- imprint
- mark
- print
- sign
- skidmark
- suspicion
- track
- finger
- foot
* * *♦ nf1. [de persona] footprint;[de animal, rueda] track;seguir las huellas de alguien to follow in sb's footstepshuella dactilar fingerprint;huella digital fingerprint;huella genética genetic fingerprint2. [vestigio] trace;todavía no han desaparecido las huellas de las inundaciones you can still see the signs of the flooding3. [impresión profunda] mark;su rostro reflejaba las huellas del esfuerzo her face showed signs of the effort she was putting in;dejar huella: desaparecieron sin dejar huella they vanished without trace;un estilo de componer que ha dejado huella a style of composing that has been very influential;sus enseñanzas dejaron huella en sus discípulos her teachings influenced her followers4. [de escalón] tread* * *f mark; de animal track;seguir las huellas de alguien follow in s.o.’s footsteps* * *huella nf1) : footprintseguir las huellas de alguien: to follow in someone's footsteps2) : mark, impactdejar huella: to leave one's marksin dejar huella: without a trace3)huella dactilar : fingerprint* * *huella n1. (de persona) footprint2. (de animal, vehículo) track -
11 pared
f.1 wall.entre cuatro paredes cooped up at homelas paredes oyen walls have earssi las paredes hablasen… if the walls could talk…subirse por las paredes (figurative) to hit the roof, to go up the wallestá que se sube por las paredes she's in an absolute rage, she's fit to be tiedintenté convencerle, pero como si hablara a la pared (informal) I tried to persuade him, but it was like talking to a brick wallpared maestra main wallpared medianera party wall2 side.3 one-two (sport).hacer la pared to play a one-two* * *1 wall2 (de una montaña) side\las paredes oyen walls have earsponer a alguien contra la pared to put somebody in a tight spotpared maestra main wall, structural wallpared medianera party wall* * *noun f.* * *SF1) [de edificio, habitación] wallestar cara a la pared — (Escol) to be stood in the corner
entre cuatro paredes —
hablar a la pared —
- ponerse blanco como la pared2) (Anat) wall3) (Alpinismo) face wall4) (Ftbl)hacer la pared — to make o do a one-two *
* * *1)a) (Arquit, Const) walles como darse contra las paredes — (fam) it's like banging your head against a brick wall
es como hablarle a la pared — (fam) it's like talking to a brick wall
hasta la pared de enfrente — (Chi, Méx fam) loads (pl) (colloq)
las paredes oyen — walls have ears
subirse or trepar por las paredes — (fam) (de rabia, irritación) to go through the roof (colloq); ( de aburrimiento) to be climbing the walls (with boredom) (colloq)
b) ( de recipiente) sidec) (Anat) walld) ( de montaña) face2) ( en fútbol) one-twohacer la pared — to play a one-two, to play a wall pass (AmE)
* * *= wall, lining.Ex. The planning arrangements can also be seen to be much more flexible if the number of walls in the building are reduced to a minimum.Ex. The conference brought together the disciplines of painting, paper and textile conservation and covered their approaches and problems with regard to lining.----* biblioteca sin paredes = library without walls.* cogido entre la espada y la pared = caught between two stools.* con la espalda contra la pared = up against the wall, with + Posesivo + back against the wall.* con las dimensiones de una pared = wall-sized.* contra la pared = up against the wall, with + Posesivo + back against the wall, against a/the wall.* contra una pared = against a/the wall.* decoración de paredes = wall covering.* entre la espada y la pared = between the rock and the hard place, between the devil and the deep blue sea, between a rock and a hard place.* estar con la espalda contra la pared = Posesivo + back + be + against the wall.* estar entre la espada y la pared = be on the horns of a dilemma.* estar que + subirse + por las paredes = tear + Posesivo + hair out.* interruptor de pared = wall switch.* montado en la pared = wall-mounted.* pared abdominal, la = abdominal wall, the.* pared arterial = artery wall.* pared con cámara de aire = cavity wall.* pared del acantilado = cliff face.* pared de ladrillo = brick wall.* pared del precipio = cliff face.* pared divisoria = partition wall.* pared energética = energy wall.* poner en la pared = pin up.* poner entre la espada y la pared = press to + the point.* recubrimiento de paredes = wall covering.* revestimiento de paredes con paneles de madera = wood panelling.* revestimiento de paredes con paneles de madera de roble = oak panelling.* ser como hablar con la pared = be like talking to a brick wall.* subirse por las paredes = be beside + Reflexivo.* * *1)a) (Arquit, Const) walles como darse contra las paredes — (fam) it's like banging your head against a brick wall
es como hablarle a la pared — (fam) it's like talking to a brick wall
hasta la pared de enfrente — (Chi, Méx fam) loads (pl) (colloq)
las paredes oyen — walls have ears
subirse or trepar por las paredes — (fam) (de rabia, irritación) to go through the roof (colloq); ( de aburrimiento) to be climbing the walls (with boredom) (colloq)
b) ( de recipiente) sidec) (Anat) walld) ( de montaña) face2) ( en fútbol) one-twohacer la pared — to play a one-two, to play a wall pass (AmE)
* * *= wall, lining.Ex: The planning arrangements can also be seen to be much more flexible if the number of walls in the building are reduced to a minimum.
Ex: The conference brought together the disciplines of painting, paper and textile conservation and covered their approaches and problems with regard to lining.* biblioteca sin paredes = library without walls.* cogido entre la espada y la pared = caught between two stools.* con la espalda contra la pared = up against the wall, with + Posesivo + back against the wall.* con las dimensiones de una pared = wall-sized.* contra la pared = up against the wall, with + Posesivo + back against the wall, against a/the wall.* contra una pared = against a/the wall.* decoración de paredes = wall covering.* entre la espada y la pared = between the rock and the hard place, between the devil and the deep blue sea, between a rock and a hard place.* estar con la espalda contra la pared = Posesivo + back + be + against the wall.* estar entre la espada y la pared = be on the horns of a dilemma.* estar que + subirse + por las paredes = tear + Posesivo + hair out.* interruptor de pared = wall switch.* montado en la pared = wall-mounted.* pared abdominal, la = abdominal wall, the.* pared arterial = artery wall.* pared con cámara de aire = cavity wall.* pared del acantilado = cliff face.* pared de ladrillo = brick wall.* pared del precipio = cliff face.* pared divisoria = partition wall.* pared energética = energy wall.* poner en la pared = pin up.* poner entre la espada y la pared = press to + the point.* recubrimiento de paredes = wall covering.* revestimiento de paredes con paneles de madera = wood panelling.* revestimiento de paredes con paneles de madera de roble = oak panelling.* ser como hablar con la pared = be like talking to a brick wall.* subirse por las paredes = be beside + Reflexivo.* * *Aviven pared por medio they live next doordarse contra las paredes ( fam): estaba que se daba contra las paredes he was furious o ( colloq) hopping mades como darse contra las paredes it's like banging your head against a brick wallentre cuatro paredes cooped upme he pasado el día (encerrado) entre cuatro paredes I've been cooped up o stuck indoors all dayes como hablarle a la pared ( fam); it's like talking to a brick wallhabía gente hasta la pared de enfrente there were loads of people there, the place was absolutely packedle echó sal hasta la pared de enfrente he put half a ton of salt in ( colloq)las paredes oyen walls have earssubirse or treparse por las paredes ( fam) (de rabia, irritación) to go through the roof ( colloq) (de aburrimiento) to be climbing the walls (with boredom) ( colloq); (de angustia) to go spare o frantic ( colloq)2 (de un recipiente) side3 ( Anat) wallpared abdominal stomach wall; (parte interior) stomach liningla pared del intestino the intestinal wall4 (de una montaña) faceCompuestos:wall of the arterycell wallcurtain wallmain wall, supporting wallparty wallB (en fútbol) one-two* * *
pared sustantivo femenino
1a) (Arquit, Const) wall;
las paredes oyen walls have ears
2 ( en fútbol) one-two
pared sustantivo femenino wall: mi casa da pared con pared con el salón de Juan, my house runs adjacent to Juan's living room
♦ Locuciones: las paredes oyen, walls have ears
poner a alguien contra la pared, to have sb up against the wall
subirse por las paredes, to go up the wall
' pared' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
abrir
- acolchada
- acolchado
- atravesar
- brecha
- cara
- desconchada
- desconchado
- desconcharse
- enyesar
- espada
- estampar
- grieta
- llenar
- los
- montante
- pegar
- pelada
- pelado
- perchero
- proyectar
- reloj
- rendija
- réplica
- resquicio
- revocar
- tabique
- tirar
- acolchar
- agrietarse
- alfombra
- alisar
- almanaque
- alto
- apoyar
- arrimar
- bajar
- blanquear
- comba
- combarse
- contra
- delgado
- descascararse
- empapelar
- emparejar
- escalar
- escarpado
- estrellar
- fijo
- frontón
English:
barrel
- blow
- brace
- chink
- crack
- devil
- face
- grime
- hang
- hole
- mend
- notice
- paintbrush
- plaster
- ricochet
- scrape
- sheer
- smear
- split
- thick
- tile
- wall
- wall socket
- wall-to-wall carpet
- attach
- down
- fitted
- knock
- rock
- through
* * *pared nf1. [de construcción] wall;entre cuatro paredes cooped up at home;me pusieron contra la pared they had me up against the wall;las paredes oyen walls have ears;si las paredes hablasen… if the walls could talk…;subirse por las paredes to hit the roof, to go up the wall;está que se sube por las paredes she's in an absolute rage, she's fit to be tied;Fames como hablar a la pared it's like talking to a brick wallpared maestra main wall;2. [de montaña] facepared artificial climbing wall3. [de nariz, intestino] wall;[caja] side pared arterial arterial wall;pared celular cell wall4. Dep one-two;hacer la pared to play a one-two* * *f wall;subirse por las paredes hit the roof;las paredes oyen walls have ears;poner a alguien contra la pared fig force s.o. into a corner* * *pared nf: wall* * *pared n wall -
12 posibilidad
f.possibility, chance.cabe la posibilidad de que… there is a chance that…posibilidades económicas financial means o resources* * *1 possibility■ ¿hay alguna posibilidad de que salga elegida? is there any chance of her being elected?1 (económicas) means plural* * *noun f.* * *SF1) (=oportunidad) chance, possibilityno existe posibilidad de que venga — there's no chance o possibility that he'll come
no tenemos ninguna posibilidad — we don't have the slightest chance, we don't stand a chance
¿tienes posibilidad de aprobar el examen? — do you have any chance of passing the exam?
me han dado la posibilidad de elegir — they have given me the choice o the chance to choose
2) (=alternativa) possibilityhay dos posibilidades: operación o radioterapia — there are two alternatives o possibilities: an operation or radiotherapy
3) pl posibilidades (=recursos) meansun deportivo no está dentro de mis posibilidades — a sports car is beyond my means o out of my price range
* * *1) ( circunstancia) possibilityposibilidad DE + INF — chance of -ing
¿qué posibilidad(es) tiene de ganar? — what chance does she have o what are her chances of winning?
2) posibilidades femenino plural ( medios económicos) means (pl)vivir más allá/dentro de or por encima de las posibilidades de uno — to live beyond/within one's means
la casa está por encima de mis posibilidades — the house is out of my price range, I can't afford the house
* * *= ability, avenue, chance, eventuality, facility, feasibility, possibility, probability, prospect, scope, potentiality, maybe, eligibility, sporting chance.Ex. The ability to search on word stems is particularly valuable where the text to be searched is in free-language format.Ex. In the attempt to match the above criteria, there are two fundamentally distinct avenues to the construction of the schedules of a classification scheme.Ex. In some authority files (titles, ISBN/ISSN, national bibliographic record numbers), no search of the file is made because there is little chance of finding the new entry in the file.Ex. It was not our intention, not indeed is it feasible, to cover every eventuality that will be encountered in producing A/Z index entries.Ex. Apart from this additional facility Double-KWIC indexes have most of the facilities, features and drawbacks of KWIC and KWOC indexes.Ex. However, even with selective indexing in combination, the limit of feasibility is usually reckoned to be compound subjects consisting of five terms.Ex. Apart from the names of subjects, the names of corporate bodies, persons, chemicals, trade products, and trade names are some other possibilities.Ex. Our system should be one which reduces the probability of error as far a possible.Ex. At the time OCLC started, there was no prospect for a national authority file.Ex. They permit much more scope for flexible synthesis than can be achieved with DC or LCC.Ex. The combination of optical projection and photographic reduction is already producing some results in microfilm for scholarly purposes, and the potentialities are highly suggestive.Ex. Instead of ranking the documents retrieved in probable order of relevance, the conventional search sorts the relevant sheep from the irrelevant goats and ignores the fact that there are a lot of ' maybe's' involved.Ex. The advantages of a foundation include tax-deductible donations, increased eligibility for grants, and the involvement of affluent and influential local figures as advocates for the public library service.Ex. The bear was shot in his cage and was never given a sporting chance to fight for his life.----* abanico de posibilidades = kaleidoscope, kaleidoscope of possibilities.* abarcar todas las posibilidades = run + the gamut.* abrir nuevas posibilidades = open up + new territory, open up + possibilities, open + possibilities.* abrirse a posibilidades = be open to possibilities.* alcanzar el límite de + Posesivo + posibilidades = reach + the limits of + Posesivo + potential.* analizar la posibilidad de (que) = examine + the possibility that/of.* analizar las posibilidades de = look at + the prospects for.* analizar una posibilidad = explore + idea.* ante la posibilidad de = at the prospect of.* anular las posibilidades = close off + possibilities.* anular una posibilidad = block off + alley.* aprovechar al máximo las posibilidades = realise + the potential.* aprovechar las posibilidades de Algo = achieve + Posesivo + full potential, develop + potential, develop + Nombre + to its full potential.* aprovechar las posibilidades que nos ofrece = harness + the power of.* aprovechar + Posesivo + posibilidades = achieve + Posesivo + potential.* aumentar las posibilidades = increase + the odds.* barajar la posibilidad = entertain + the possibility.* como otra posibilidad = as an alternative.* con posibilidades comerciales = commercially viable.* considerar la posibilidad = entertain + the possibility.* considerar las posibilidades de Algo = consider + possibilities.* contemplar la posibilidad = toy with, toy with + idea of, entertain + the possibility.* contemplar la posibilidad de suicidarse = contemplate + suicide.* contemplar posibilidades = envision + possibilities.* crear posibilidades = open + window, create + possibilities.* dar una posibilidad = afford + opportunity.* dejar abierta la posibilidad de que = leave + open the possibility that.* dentro de las posibilidades económicas de = within the price range of.* dentro de + Posesivo + posibilidades = in the ballpark for + Pronombre, in + Posesivo + ballpark range.* desarrollar las posibilidades = live up to + Posesivo + potential.* disminuir la posibilidad = lessen + possibility.* estar a la altura de las posibilidades = live up to + Posesivo + potential.* estar dentro de las posibilidades de uno = lie within + Posesivo + power.* estar fuera de las posibilidades de Alguien = be out of + Posesivo + league.* estudiar la posibilidad = explore + the possibility.* estudiar una posibilidad = explore + idea.* examinar la posibilidad de (que) = examine + the possibility that/of.* existir la posibilidad de = there + be + scope for.* existir la posibilidad de que = there + be + room for.* fuera del alcance de las posibilidades de Alguien = beyond + Posesivo + powers.* hacer realidad las posibilidades de Algo = unleash + Posesivo + potential.* hasta el límite de las posibilidades de Algo/Alguien = to + Posesivo + full potential.* hasta el máximo de las posibilidades de Algo = to + Posesivo + full potential.* incluir todas las posibilidades = run + the gamut.* ir más allá de las posibilidades de Alguien = be beyond + Posesivo + capabilities.* las posibilidades son infinitas = the possibilities are endless.* mostrar posibilidades = show + potential.* no tener ni la más mínima posibilidad = not to have a prayer.* no tener ni la más remota posibilidad = not to have a prayer.* no tener posibilidades = be dead meat.* ofrecer la posibilidad = afford + possibility, provide + facility.* ofrecer la posibilidad de = have + the potential (to/for), offer + the facility.* ofrecer la posibilidad de que = usher in + the day when.* ofrecer posibilidades = have + potential, offer + options, offer + possibilities, hold + potential, present + possibilities, open (up) + avenues.* ofrecer una posibilidad = afford + opportunity.* otra posibilidad = as an alternative.* otra posibilidad es = for what it's worth [FWIW].* otra posibilidad es que = alternatively.* otra posibilidad + ser = another possibility + be.* perjudicar las posibilidades de = prejudice + chances of.* permitir la posibilidad = afford + possibility, allow for.* plantear la posibilidad = raise + possibility.* plantear la posibilidad de = discuss + the possibility of.* plantear una posibilidad = pose + possibility.* por debajo de las posibilidades (de una persona) = below + Posesivo + capabilities.* por la posibilidad de = at the prospect of.* posibilidad de = facility for.* posibilidad de conseguir Algo = attainability.* posibilidad de desarrollo = potential for development.* posibilidad de descascararse = flakiness.* posibilidad de descascarillarse = flakiness.* posibilidad de descubrir = discoverability.* posibilidad de expandir = expandability.* posibilidad de insertar hiperenlaces = linkability.* posibilidad de localizar = traceability.* posibilidad de pelarse = flakiness.* posibilidad de realización = potential for fulfilment.* posibilidad de reubicación = relocatability.* posibilidad de ser alcanzable = achievability.* posibilidad de ser comparado = comparability.* posibilidad de ser localizado = traceability.* posibilidad de ser realizable = satisfiability.* posibilidad de ser solucionado = satisfiability.* posibilidad de ser usado de nuevo = reusability [re-usability].* posibilidad de toma de decisiones = decidability.* posibilidades = capabilities, catalogue [catalog, -USA], potential, full potential.* posibilidades de acceso = access capabilities.* posibilidades de búsqueda = searching capabilities, searchability, retrieval facilities, search facilities.* posibilidades de futuro = future possibilities.* posibilidades muy variadas = rich possibilities.* presentar posibilidades = present + possibilities, open (up) + avenues.* reducir la posibilidad = minimise + possibility.* reducir las posibilidades de = narrow + the vision of.* sobrepasar las posibilidades de Alguien = be beyond + Posesivo + capabilities.* sobrepesar las diferentes posibilidades = ponder + the various possibilities.* sugerir una posibilidad = float + possibility.* tener alguna posibilidad = have + a fighting chance.* tener alguna posibilidad de triunfar = have + a fighting chance.* tener en cuenta las posibilidades de Algo = consider + possibilities.* tener la posibilidad de = have + chance.* tener pocas posibilidades de = have + little recourse.* tener posibilidades = stand + chance, be in with a chance.* tener presente las posibilidades de Algo = consider + possibilities.* tener todas las posibilidades de = have + every possibility of.* tratar la posibilidad de = discuss + the possibility of.* una gama de posibilidades = a palette of possibilities.* una posibilidad muy remota = a long shot.* ver la posibilidad = see + the possibility.* * *1) ( circunstancia) possibilityposibilidad DE + INF — chance of -ing
¿qué posibilidad(es) tiene de ganar? — what chance does she have o what are her chances of winning?
2) posibilidades femenino plural ( medios económicos) means (pl)vivir más allá/dentro de or por encima de las posibilidades de uno — to live beyond/within one's means
la casa está por encima de mis posibilidades — the house is out of my price range, I can't afford the house
* * *= ability, avenue, chance, eventuality, facility, feasibility, possibility, probability, prospect, scope, potentiality, maybe, eligibility, sporting chance.Ex: The ability to search on word stems is particularly valuable where the text to be searched is in free-language format.
Ex: In the attempt to match the above criteria, there are two fundamentally distinct avenues to the construction of the schedules of a classification scheme.Ex: In some authority files (titles, ISBN/ISSN, national bibliographic record numbers), no search of the file is made because there is little chance of finding the new entry in the file.Ex: It was not our intention, not indeed is it feasible, to cover every eventuality that will be encountered in producing A/Z index entries.Ex: Apart from this additional facility Double-KWIC indexes have most of the facilities, features and drawbacks of KWIC and KWOC indexes.Ex: However, even with selective indexing in combination, the limit of feasibility is usually reckoned to be compound subjects consisting of five terms.Ex: Apart from the names of subjects, the names of corporate bodies, persons, chemicals, trade products, and trade names are some other possibilities.Ex: Our system should be one which reduces the probability of error as far a possible.Ex: At the time OCLC started, there was no prospect for a national authority file.Ex: They permit much more scope for flexible synthesis than can be achieved with DC or LCC.Ex: The combination of optical projection and photographic reduction is already producing some results in microfilm for scholarly purposes, and the potentialities are highly suggestive.Ex: Instead of ranking the documents retrieved in probable order of relevance, the conventional search sorts the relevant sheep from the irrelevant goats and ignores the fact that there are a lot of ' maybe's' involved.Ex: The advantages of a foundation include tax-deductible donations, increased eligibility for grants, and the involvement of affluent and influential local figures as advocates for the public library service.Ex: The bear was shot in his cage and was never given a sporting chance to fight for his life.* abanico de posibilidades = kaleidoscope, kaleidoscope of possibilities.* abarcar todas las posibilidades = run + the gamut.* abrir nuevas posibilidades = open up + new territory, open up + possibilities, open + possibilities.* abrirse a posibilidades = be open to possibilities.* alcanzar el límite de + Posesivo + posibilidades = reach + the limits of + Posesivo + potential.* analizar la posibilidad de (que) = examine + the possibility that/of.* analizar las posibilidades de = look at + the prospects for.* analizar una posibilidad = explore + idea.* ante la posibilidad de = at the prospect of.* anular las posibilidades = close off + possibilities.* anular una posibilidad = block off + alley.* aprovechar al máximo las posibilidades = realise + the potential.* aprovechar las posibilidades de Algo = achieve + Posesivo + full potential, develop + potential, develop + Nombre + to its full potential.* aprovechar las posibilidades que nos ofrece = harness + the power of.* aprovechar + Posesivo + posibilidades = achieve + Posesivo + potential.* aumentar las posibilidades = increase + the odds.* barajar la posibilidad = entertain + the possibility.* como otra posibilidad = as an alternative.* con posibilidades comerciales = commercially viable.* considerar la posibilidad = entertain + the possibility.* considerar las posibilidades de Algo = consider + possibilities.* contemplar la posibilidad = toy with, toy with + idea of, entertain + the possibility.* contemplar la posibilidad de suicidarse = contemplate + suicide.* contemplar posibilidades = envision + possibilities.* crear posibilidades = open + window, create + possibilities.* dar una posibilidad = afford + opportunity.* dejar abierta la posibilidad de que = leave + open the possibility that.* dentro de las posibilidades económicas de = within the price range of.* dentro de + Posesivo + posibilidades = in the ballpark for + Pronombre, in + Posesivo + ballpark range.* desarrollar las posibilidades = live up to + Posesivo + potential.* disminuir la posibilidad = lessen + possibility.* estar a la altura de las posibilidades = live up to + Posesivo + potential.* estar dentro de las posibilidades de uno = lie within + Posesivo + power.* estar fuera de las posibilidades de Alguien = be out of + Posesivo + league.* estudiar la posibilidad = explore + the possibility.* estudiar una posibilidad = explore + idea.* examinar la posibilidad de (que) = examine + the possibility that/of.* existir la posibilidad de = there + be + scope for.* existir la posibilidad de que = there + be + room for.* fuera del alcance de las posibilidades de Alguien = beyond + Posesivo + powers.* hacer realidad las posibilidades de Algo = unleash + Posesivo + potential.* hasta el límite de las posibilidades de Algo/Alguien = to + Posesivo + full potential.* hasta el máximo de las posibilidades de Algo = to + Posesivo + full potential.* incluir todas las posibilidades = run + the gamut.* ir más allá de las posibilidades de Alguien = be beyond + Posesivo + capabilities.* las posibilidades son infinitas = the possibilities are endless.* mostrar posibilidades = show + potential.* no tener ni la más mínima posibilidad = not to have a prayer.* no tener ni la más remota posibilidad = not to have a prayer.* no tener posibilidades = be dead meat.* ofrecer la posibilidad = afford + possibility, provide + facility.* ofrecer la posibilidad de = have + the potential (to/for), offer + the facility.* ofrecer la posibilidad de que = usher in + the day when.* ofrecer posibilidades = have + potential, offer + options, offer + possibilities, hold + potential, present + possibilities, open (up) + avenues.* ofrecer una posibilidad = afford + opportunity.* otra posibilidad = as an alternative.* otra posibilidad es = for what it's worth [FWIW].* otra posibilidad es que = alternatively.* otra posibilidad + ser = another possibility + be.* perjudicar las posibilidades de = prejudice + chances of.* permitir la posibilidad = afford + possibility, allow for.* plantear la posibilidad = raise + possibility.* plantear la posibilidad de = discuss + the possibility of.* plantear una posibilidad = pose + possibility.* por debajo de las posibilidades (de una persona) = below + Posesivo + capabilities.* por la posibilidad de = at the prospect of.* posibilidad de = facility for.* posibilidad de conseguir Algo = attainability.* posibilidad de desarrollo = potential for development.* posibilidad de descascararse = flakiness.* posibilidad de descascarillarse = flakiness.* posibilidad de descubrir = discoverability.* posibilidad de expandir = expandability.* posibilidad de insertar hiperenlaces = linkability.* posibilidad de localizar = traceability.* posibilidad de pelarse = flakiness.* posibilidad de realización = potential for fulfilment.* posibilidad de reubicación = relocatability.* posibilidad de ser alcanzable = achievability.* posibilidad de ser comparado = comparability.* posibilidad de ser localizado = traceability.* posibilidad de ser realizable = satisfiability.* posibilidad de ser solucionado = satisfiability.* posibilidad de ser usado de nuevo = reusability [re-usability].* posibilidad de toma de decisiones = decidability.* posibilidades = capabilities, catalogue [catalog, -USA], potential, full potential.* posibilidades de acceso = access capabilities.* posibilidades de búsqueda = searching capabilities, searchability, retrieval facilities, search facilities.* posibilidades de futuro = future possibilities.* posibilidades muy variadas = rich possibilities.* presentar posibilidades = present + possibilities, open (up) + avenues.* reducir la posibilidad = minimise + possibility.* reducir las posibilidades de = narrow + the vision of.* sobrepasar las posibilidades de Alguien = be beyond + Posesivo + capabilities.* sobrepesar las diferentes posibilidades = ponder + the various possibilities.* sugerir una posibilidad = float + possibility.* tener alguna posibilidad = have + a fighting chance.* tener alguna posibilidad de triunfar = have + a fighting chance.* tener en cuenta las posibilidades de Algo = consider + possibilities.* tener la posibilidad de = have + chance.* tener pocas posibilidades de = have + little recourse.* tener posibilidades = stand + chance, be in with a chance.* tener presente las posibilidades de Algo = consider + possibilities.* tener todas las posibilidades de = have + every possibility of.* tratar la posibilidad de = discuss + the possibility of.* una gama de posibilidades = a palette of possibilities.* una posibilidad muy remota = a long shot.* ver la posibilidad = see + the possibility.* * *A (circunstancia) possibilityno se ha descartado esa posibilidad we haven't ruled out that possibilityhay que estudiar todas las posibilidades we have to explore all the possibilities o optionshemos previsto todas las posibilidades we have anticipated every eventuality ( frml)posibilidad DE + INF chance OF -ING¿qué posibilidad(es) tiene de ganar? what chance does she have o what are her chances of winning?tiene muchas posibilidades de salir elegido he has a good chance of being electedhay pocas posibilidades de encontrarlo con vida there is little chance of finding him aliveposibilidad DE QUE + SUBJ:esto aumenta las posibilidades de que gane this makes it more likely that he will win, this shortens the odds on him winningexiste la posibilidad de que estés equivocado you might just be wrong, it's just possible that you're wronggente que vive dentro de/más allá or por encima de sus posibilidades people who live within/beyond their meanseso está por encima de mis posibilidades that's out of my price range, I can't afford that* * *
posibilidad sustantivo femenino
1 ( circunstancia) possibility;
tiene muchas posibilidades de salir elegido he has a good chance of being elected;
existe la posibilidad de que estés equivocado you might just be wrong
2◊ posibilidades sustantivo femenino plural
la casa está por encima de mis posibilidades I can't afford the house
posibilidad
I sustantivo femenino possibility
II mpl (recursos, medios) means: pasar las Navidades en París no está dentro mis posibilidades, I can't afford to spend Christmas in Paris
' posibilidad' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
contemplar
- entrever
- explorar
- O
- ofrecer
- poder
- remota
- remoto
- resquicio
- caber
- considerar
- excluir
- igual
- oportunidad
- paso
- perspectiva
- plantear
- ventilación
English:
another
- avenue
- can
- cat
- chance
- consider
- danger
- daunt
- hopeful
- may
- option
- outside
- physical
- ponder
- possibility
- prospect
- question
- remote
- scenario
- shot
- slender
- slim
- would
- write off
- any
- bargain
- definite
- further
- likelihood
- might
- open
* * *posibilidad nf1. [circunstancia] possibility, chance;no descartamos ninguna posibilidad we are not ruling anything out;cabe la posibilidad de que… there is a chance o possibility that…;tienes muchas posibilidades de que te admitan you have a good chance of being accepted;no hay ninguna posibilidad de que aprueben la propuesta there is no chance that they will approve the proposal2. [opción] possibility;tienes tres posibilidades, ¿cuál eliges? you've got three options, which will you choose?;una posibilidad sería que fuéramos en avión one possibility would be for us to go by plane3.comprar una casa no entra dentro de nuestras posibilidades we don't have the means o we can't afford to buy a house* * *f possibility;vivir por encima de sus posibilidades live beyond one’s means* * *posibilidad nf1) : possibility2) posibilidades nfpl: means, income* * *posibilidad n possibility [pl. possibilities] -
13 queda
f.curfew.pres.indicat.3rd person singular (él/ella/ello) present indicative of spanish verb: quedar.imperat.2nd person singular (tú) Imperative of Spanish verb: quedar.* * *1 desuso curfew* * *SF* * *----* quedarse en el sitio = die on + the spot.* toque de queda = curfew, last post, the.* * ** quedarse en el sitio = die on + the spot.* toque de queda = curfew, last post, the.* * *curfew toque* * *
Del verbo quedar: ( conjugate quedar)
queda es:
3ª persona singular (él/ella/usted) presente indicativo2ª persona singular (tú) imperativo
Multiple Entries:
queda
quedar
quedar ( conjugate quedar) verbo intransitivo
1 (en un estado, una situación):◊ queda viudo/huérfano to be widowed/orphaned;
quedó paralítico he was left paralyzed;
el coche quedó como nuevo the car is as good as new (now);
y que esto quede bien claro and I want to make this quite clear;
¿quién quedó en primer lugar? who was o came first?
2 ( en la opinión de los demás):◊ si no voy quedaé mal con ellos it won't go down very well o it'll look bad if I don't turn up;
lo hice para queda bien con el jefe I did it to get in the boss's good books;
quedé muy bien con el regalo I made a very good impression with my present;
me hiciste queda muy mal diciendo eso you really showed me up saying that;
nos hizo queda mal a todos he embarrassed us all;
quedó en ridículo ( por culpa propia) he made a fool of himself;
( por culpa ajena) he was made to look a fool
3 ( permanecer):◊ ¿queda alguien adentro? is there anyone left inside?;
le quedó la cicatriz she was left with a scar;
esto no puede queda así we can't leave things like this;
nuestros planes quedaon en nada our plans came to nothing;
queda atrás [ persona] to fall behind;
[rencillas/problemas] to be in the past
4 (+ me/te/le etc)a) [tamaño/talla]:
la talla 12 le queda bien the size 12 fits (you/him) fineb) ( sentar):◊ el azul le queda bien/mal blue suits her/doesn't suit hera) (acordar, convenir):◊ ¿en qué quedaon? what did you decide?;
¿entonces en qué quedamos? so, what's happening, then?;
quedaon en or (AmL) de no decirle nada they agreed o decided not to tell him anything;
quedó en or (AmL) de venir a las nueve she said she would come at nineb) ( citarse):◊ ¿a qué hora quedamos? what time shall we meet?;
quedé con unos amigos para cenar I arranged to meet some friends for dinner
( estar situado) to be;
me queda muy lejos it's very far from where I live (o work etc)
(en 3a pers)
1
◊ ¿te queda algo de dinero? do you have any money left?;
¿queda café? is there any coffee left?;
solo quedan las ruinas only the ruins remain;
no nos queda más remedio que ir we have no choice but to go
2 ( faltar):
¿cuántos kilómetros quedan? how many kilometers are there to go?;
todavía le quedan dos años he still has two years to go o do;
queda mucho por ver there is still a lot to see;
aún me queda todo esto por hacer I still have all this to do;
no me/le queda otra (fam) I have/he has no choice
quedarse verbo pronominal
1
b) (en un estado, una situación) (+ compl):
quedase dormido to fall asleep;
quedase sin trabajo to lose one's job
2 (+ me/te/le etc)a) ( permanecer):
no me gusta quedame sola en casa I don't like being alone in the house;
no te quedes ahí parado don't just stand there!;
nos quedamos charlando hasta tarde we went on chatting until late in the evening;
se me quedó mirando he sat/stood there staring at me;
de repente el motor se quedó (AmL) the engine suddenly died on meb) (Andes) ( olvidarse):
c) (Esp) ( llegar a ser):
‹cambio/lápiz› to keep;
me quedo con este I'll take this one
quedo,-a
I adjetivo quiet, soft
II adverbio quietly, softly
quedar verbo intransitivo
1 (en un estado) quedar bien, (una persona) to make a good impression
(un objeto) to look nice
quedar en ridículo, to make a fool of oneself
2 (en un lugar) to be: mi casa no queda lejos, my house is not far from here
3 (sobrar) to be left: ¿queda más té?, is there any tea left?
4 (faltar) (tiempo) to go: quedan dos días para las vacaciones, there are two days to go till the holidays
5 (convenir) to agree: quedamos en ir al cine, we agreed to go to the cinema
6 (citarse) to meet: quedaré con mi hermana, I'll arrange to meet my sister
7 (una ropa, un peinado, etc) to suit: te queda grande, it's too big for you
' queda' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
algo
- ancha
- ancho
- cojera
- compartir
- desenganchar
- desmano
- entonces
- grupo
- levantamiento
- media
- medio
- mucha
- mucho
- ninguna
- ninguno
- pancha
- pancho
- plaza
- quedar
- remedio
- resquicio
- suelo
- toque
- trasmano
- un
- una
- ajustado
- apretado
- automático
- bien
- camino
- casi
- ceñido
- cintura
- cuánto
- derecho
- dicho
- discreción
- grande
- hacer
- hacia
- largo
- lejos
- libertad
- mal
- mano
- otro
- pequeño
- pero
English:
air
- any
- arrest
- barrel
- curfew
- down
- fit
- go
- homemaker
- it
- last
- leave
- monopolize
- none
- on
- option
- over
- phrase
- pinch
- rest
- still
- there
- up
- way
- away
- be
- boggle
- do
- feel
- further
- gone
- good
- little
- no
- past
- remain
- some
- street
- supply
- whole
* * *queda nftoque de queda curfew* * *queda nf: curfew -
14 resto
m.1 return (of serve).al resto, Jiménez Jiménez to return2 rest, remain, remnant, leftover.pres.indicat.1st person singular (yo) present indicative of spanish verb: restar.* * *1 remainder, rest2 MATEMÁTICAS remainder3 DEPORTE return2 (de comida) leftovers\echar el resto familiar to give something all one has got, go all outrestos mortales mortal remains* * *noun m.- restos* * *SM1) (=lo que queda) rest; (Mat) remainderpara los restos * —
2) pl restos [de edificio, muralla] remains; [de comida] leftovers, scraps; [de avión, naufragio] wreckage sing ; (=escombros) debris sing, rubble singrestos de serie — leftovers, remainders
3) (Dep) (=devolución de pelota) return (of service); (=jugador) receiver4) (=apuesta) stakeechar el resto — * (=apostar) to stake all one's money; (=esforzarse al máximo) to do one's utmost
echar el resto por hacer algo — to go all out to do sth, do one's utmost to do sth
* * *1)a) (lo demás, lo que queda)el resto del dinero — the rest o the remainder of the money
¿qué importa lo que haga el resto (de la gente)? — what does it matter what everybody else does?
b) (Mat) remainder2) restos masculino plurala) ( despojos) remains (pl)b) ( de comida) leftovers (pl)3) (Esp) (Dep) return (of service)4) (Col, Méx fam) ( montón)un resto de gente — loads of people (colloq)
* * *= deposit, residue, trace, remnant, residuum, remainder, hangover [hang-over], holdover.Ex. Can you wonder that it should carry such deposits of jam, egg, butter, coffee and personal dirt?.Ex. I have noted elsewhere that structure is the residue of function.Ex. But there was no trace of sinisterness in Balzac's manner.Ex. What survived was a tiny remnant, sometimes, to judge from the binding, a relic of earlier antiquarianism.Ex. Any representative sample, any cross-section, any week's harvest of queries in a busy library is sure to include a residuum that does not fit into any of the categories so far outlined.Ex. The article 'Bargains or bummers? remainders' suggests that despite problems attaching to buying remainders, judicious purchasing of this stock can add valuable books to a library's collection at a very reasonable cost.Ex. English's dominant role is a hangover from colonialism.Ex. As I've said before, these conventions are antiquated -- they are holdovers from an older era.----* el resto = rest, the.* el resto (de) = the remainder (of), the rest (of).* en el resto = everywhere else.* en el resto de = elsewhere.* una manzana podrida echar a perder el resto de la cesta = one rotten apple spoils the whole barrel.* * *1)a) (lo demás, lo que queda)el resto del dinero — the rest o the remainder of the money
¿qué importa lo que haga el resto (de la gente)? — what does it matter what everybody else does?
b) (Mat) remainder2) restos masculino plurala) ( despojos) remains (pl)b) ( de comida) leftovers (pl)3) (Esp) (Dep) return (of service)4) (Col, Méx fam) ( montón)un resto de gente — loads of people (colloq)
* * *= deposit, residue, trace, remnant, residuum, remainder, hangover [hang-over], holdover.Ex: Can you wonder that it should carry such deposits of jam, egg, butter, coffee and personal dirt?.
Ex: I have noted elsewhere that structure is the residue of function.Ex: But there was no trace of sinisterness in Balzac's manner.Ex: What survived was a tiny remnant, sometimes, to judge from the binding, a relic of earlier antiquarianism.Ex: Any representative sample, any cross-section, any week's harvest of queries in a busy library is sure to include a residuum that does not fit into any of the categories so far outlined.Ex: The article 'Bargains or bummers? remainders' suggests that despite problems attaching to buying remainders, judicious purchasing of this stock can add valuable books to a library's collection at a very reasonable cost.Ex: English's dominant role is a hangover from colonialism.Ex: As I've said before, these conventions are antiquated -- they are holdovers from an older era.* el resto = rest, the.* el resto (de) = the remainder (of), the rest (of).* en el resto = everywhere else.* en el resto de = elsewhere.* una manzana podrida echar a perder el resto de la cesta = one rotten apple spoils the whole barrel.* * *A1(lo demás, lo que queda): el resto the restel resto del dinero the rest o the remainder of the money, the remaining moneyel resto ya lo conoces you already know the restquiere vivir aquí el resto de sus días he wants to spend the rest of his days here¿qué importa lo que haga el resto (de la gente)? what does it matter what everybody else does?2 ( Mat) remainder1 (despojos, residuos) remains (pl)restos arqueológicos archaeological remainslos restos del avión siniestrado the wreckage of the airplane2 (de comida) leftovers (pl)Compuestos:mpl end-of-line goods (pl)mpl end-of-season goods (pl)D( Col fam) (montón): todavía falta un resto para llegar there's a long way to go yet, we won't be there for ages yet ( colloq)había un resto de gente there were loads of people ( colloq)* * *
Del verbo restar: ( conjugate restar)
resto es:
1ª persona singular (yo) presente indicativo
restó es:
3ª persona singular (él/ella/usted) pretérito indicativo
Multiple Entries:
restar
resto
restar ( conjugate restar) verbo transitivo
resto algo DE algo to take (away) o subtract sth from sth
c) ( quitar):◊ restole importancia a algo to minimize o play down the importance of sth
verbo intransitivo
1 (Mat) to subtract, take away
2 (Esp) (Dep) to return (service)
resto sustantivo masculino
1a) (lo demás, lo que queda)
b) (Mat) remainder
2
(de avión, barco siniestrado) wreckage;
( de comida) leftovers (pl)
3 (Esp) (Dep) return (of service)
restar
I verbo transitivo
1 Mat to subtract, take away
2 (quitar) to minimize: me estáis restando autoridad, you are undermining my authority
le restó importancia, she played down its importance
3 (en tenis) to return
II vi (quedar) to be left, remain: solo me resta decir..., it only remains for me to say...
¿Cómo se dice 8 - 2 = 6?
Two from eight leaves/is six.
Eight take away two leaves/is six.
What's two from eight?
What's eight minus two?
resto sustantivo masculino
1 rest, remainder: el resto de mi familia vive en Segovia, the rest of my family lives in Segovia
2 Mat remainder
3 Tenis return 4 restos, remains
Arqueol remains
restos mortales, mortal remains
(de alimento) leftovers
♦ Locuciones: echar el resto, to go for broke
' resto' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
eclipsar
- honda
- protagonismo
- remanente
- rescoldo
- restar
- saldo
- vitalicia
- vitalicio
- diferencia
- pucho
- resquicio
English:
remainder
- remnant
- rest
- apart
- balance
- catch
- end
- just
- off
- unaccounted for
* * *resto nm1.el resto [lo que queda] the rest;el resto se fue a bailar the rest (of them) went dancing;me da igual lo que opine el resto I don't care what the rest of them think o what the others think;… y el resto de la historia ya la sabes … and you already know the rest of the story;Famechar el resto: tenemos que echar el resto we have to give it our all3.[cadáver] remains; [ruinas] ruins;restos [sobras] leftovers;encontraron los cuerpos entre los restos del naufragio the bodies were found amidst the wreckage of the shiprestos mortales (mortal) remains4. [en tenis] return (of serve);al resto, Jiménez Jiménez to receive* * *m rest, remainder;los restos mortales the (mortal) remains;echar el resto go all out* * *resto nm1) : rest, remainder2) restos nmpl: remainsrestos de comida: leftoversrestos arqueológicos: archeological ruins3)restos mortales : mortal remains* * *resto n1. (lo que queda) rest2. (en matemáticas) remainder -
15 aun
adv.1 even.aun los más fuertes lloran even the strongest people cry2 still, as yet, yet.conj.even.aun estando cansado, lo hizo even though he was tired, he did itni aun puesta de puntillas logra ver she can't see, even on tiptoeaun así even soaun así, deberías decirle algo even so, you ought to say something to herni aun así lograron la victoria even then they still didn't manage to win* * *► adverbio1 even■ te compraré la camiseta y aun el pantalón si sacas buenas notas I'll buy you the T-shirt and even the trousers if you get good marks1 (+ infinitivo o participio) although, even though■ aun llegando tarde, lo recibieron amablemente although he was late, he was given a warm reception\aun así even so, even thenaun cuando although, even thoughaun más even more* * *adv.* * *ADV1) (=incluso) evenyo pagaría mil y aun dos mil — I'd pay a thousand, even two thousand
aun los ricos sufrirán la crisis — frm even the rich will suffer the effects of the crisis
2)aun así: aun así, no creo que fuera — even so, I don't think I'd go
3)aun cuando: aun cuando me lo rogara, no se lo daría — even if he begged me I wouldn't give it to him
4)* * *adverbio evenaun así, creo que... — even so, I think...
* * *adverbio evenaun así, creo que... — even so, I think...
* * *aun1= even, yet.Ex: Even a dictionary catalogue uses the symbols of a classification scheme to indicate the shelf location of documents.
Ex: This will make it yet more difficult for the information worker and the end user to keep up to date with the full range of data bases.* acercarse aun más = bring + closer together, come closer together, draw + closer together.* acercarse más aun = bring + closer together, come closer together, draw + closer together.* aun así = even so.* aun cuando = even if, even though, even when.* aun entonces = even then.* aún más = Verbo + further, even further, all the more, further, furthermore, beyond that, a fortiori.* aun mejor = better still.* aun peor = worse, even worse, worse still.* con más intensidad aun = with a vengeance.* con más razón aún = a fortiori.* desarrollar aun más = develop + further.* distanciar aun más = widen + the gap between... and.* ir aun más lejos = go + a/one step further.* lo que es aun más inquietante = more disturbingly.* lo que es aun más preocupante = more disturbingly.* lo que es aun mejor = better still.* lo que es aun peor = worse still.* lo que es mejor aun = better still.* lo que es peor aun = worse still.* más aun = beyond that, furthermore.* más importante aun = more significantly.* mejor aun = better still.* para complicar aun más las cosas = to add to the confusion.* para confundir aun más las cosas = to add to the confusion.* peor aun = even worse.* separar aun más = widen + the gap between... and.* ser aun más = be all the more.* y aun mejor = better yet.* y mejor aun = better yet.* * *evenni aun trabajando 12 horas al día podríamos hacerlo we'd never be able to do it, (not) even if we worked 12 hours a dayaun así, creo que le debes una explicación even so, I think you owe him an explanationy aun así nos costó una fortuna and it still cost us a fortune, and even then it cost us a fortuneaun cuando pudiera, no lo haría I wouldn't do it even if I could* * *
Multiple Entries:
aun
aún
aun adverbio
even;
aún así, creo que … even so, I think …;
ni aún así me quedaría even then I wouldn't stay
aún adverbio
1 ( todavía)
¿aún estás aquí? are you still here?
2 ( en comparaciones) even
aun adverbio even
aun así, even so, even then
aun cuando, even though
aún adverbio still
(en negativas) yet
aún estamos aquí, we're still here
aún no, not yet ➣ Ver nota en still y yet
' aún' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
aun
- calentar
- cicatrizar
- cobrar
- colear
- confesar
- convalecer
- cuando
- dar
- empezar
- entonces
- estar
- faltar
- fase
- fragmentaria
- fragmentario
- herida
- herido
- identidad
- incluso
- letra
- machacar
- maleta
- no
- pervivir
- pesar
- quién
- resentirse
- resquicio
- rumiar
- sellar
- sobreponerse
- suelo
- suelta
- suelto
- ver
- victoria
- vivir
- abrir
- caber
- edad
- golpe
- hacer
- lejos
- mantener
- quedar
- sin
- tanto
- tardar
- todavía
English:
air
- alive
- as
- blind
- cause
- click
- decision
- early
- even
- his
- in
- permanent
- spell out
- still
- undecided
- worse
- yet
- alone
- further
- late
- owing
- unconvinced
- what
* * *♦ adveven;aun los más fuertes lloran even the strongest people cry♦ conjeven;aun estando cansado, lo hizo even though he was tired, he did it;aun sin dinero, logró sobrevivir she managed to survive even without any money;ni aun puesta de puntillas logra ver she can't see, even on tiptoe;aun cuando [a pesar de que] even though, although;[incluso si] even if;es muy pesimista, aun cuando todos los pronósticos le son favorables she's very pessimistic, even though all the predictions seem to favour her;aun cuando nos cueste, tenemos que hacerlo even if it's difficult, we have to do it;aun así even so;aun así, deberías decirle algo even so, you ought to say something to her;ni aun así lograron la victoria even then they still didn't manage to win* * *adv even;aun así even so;aun cuando even if, even when;ni aun not even* * *aun adv1) : evenni aun en coche llegaría a tiempo: I wouldn't arrive on time even if I drove2)aun así : even so3)aun más : even moreaún adv1) todavía: still, yet¿aún no ha llegado el correo?: the mail still hasn't come?2)más aún : furthermore* * * -
16 aún
adv.1 even.aun los más fuertes lloran even the strongest people cry2 still, as yet, yet.conj.even.aun estando cansado, lo hizo even though he was tired, he did itni aun puesta de puntillas logra ver she can't see, even on tiptoeaun así even soaun así, deberías decirle algo even so, you ought to say something to herni aun así lograron la victoria even then they still didn't manage to win* * *► adverbio1 even■ te compraré la camiseta y aun el pantalón si sacas buenas notas I'll buy you the T-shirt and even the trousers if you get good marks1 (+ infinitivo o participio) although, even though■ aun llegando tarde, lo recibieron amablemente although he was late, he was given a warm reception\aun así even so, even thenaun cuando although, even thoughaun más even more* * *adv.* * *ADV1) (=incluso) evenyo pagaría mil y aun dos mil — I'd pay a thousand, even two thousand
aun los ricos sufrirán la crisis — frm even the rich will suffer the effects of the crisis
2)aun así: aun así, no creo que fuera — even so, I don't think I'd go
3)aun cuando: aun cuando me lo rogara, no se lo daría — even if he begged me I wouldn't give it to him
4)* * *1) ( todavía)a) ( en frases afirmativas o interrogativas) still¿aún estás aquí? — are you still here?
b) ( en frases negativas) yet2) ( en comparaciones) even3) (fam) ( encima) still¿y aún tuvo la frescura de...? — you mean she still had the nerve to...?
* * *adverbio evenaun así, creo que... — even so, I think...
* * *aun1= even, yet.Ex: Even a dictionary catalogue uses the symbols of a classification scheme to indicate the shelf location of documents.
Ex: This will make it yet more difficult for the information worker and the end user to keep up to date with the full range of data bases.* acercarse aun más = bring + closer together, come closer together, draw + closer together.* acercarse más aun = bring + closer together, come closer together, draw + closer together.* aun así = even so.* aun cuando = even if, even though, even when.* aun entonces = even then.* aún más = Verbo + further, even further, all the more, further, furthermore, beyond that, a fortiori.* aun mejor = better still.* aun peor = worse, even worse, worse still.* con más intensidad aun = with a vengeance.* con más razón aún = a fortiori.* desarrollar aun más = develop + further.* distanciar aun más = widen + the gap between... and.* ir aun más lejos = go + a/one step further.* lo que es aun más inquietante = more disturbingly.* lo que es aun más preocupante = more disturbingly.* lo que es aun mejor = better still.* lo que es aun peor = worse still.* lo que es mejor aun = better still.* lo que es peor aun = worse still.* más aun = beyond that, furthermore.* más importante aun = more significantly.* mejor aun = better still.* para complicar aun más las cosas = to add to the confusion.* para confundir aun más las cosas = to add to the confusion.* peor aun = even worse.* separar aun más = widen + the gap between... and.* ser aun más = be all the more.* y aun mejor = better yet.* y mejor aun = better yet.* * *evenni aun trabajando 12 horas al día podríamos hacerlo we'd never be able to do it, (not) even if we worked 12 hours a dayaun así, creo que le debes una explicación even so, I think you owe him an explanationy aun así nos costó una fortuna and it still cost us a fortune, and even then it cost us a fortuneaun cuando pudiera, no lo haría I wouldn't do it even if I could* * *
Multiple Entries:
aun
aún
aun adverbio
even;
aún así, creo que … even so, I think …;
ni aún así me quedaría even then I wouldn't stay
aún adverbio
1 ( todavía)
¿aún estás aquí? are you still here?
2 ( en comparaciones) even
aun adverbio even
aun así, even so, even then
aun cuando, even though
aún adverbio still
(en negativas) yet
aún estamos aquí, we're still here
aún no, not yet ➣ Ver nota en still y yet
' aún' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
aun
- calentar
- cicatrizar
- cobrar
- colear
- confesar
- convalecer
- cuando
- dar
- empezar
- entonces
- estar
- faltar
- fase
- fragmentaria
- fragmentario
- herida
- herido
- identidad
- incluso
- letra
- machacar
- maleta
- no
- pervivir
- pesar
- quién
- resentirse
- resquicio
- rumiar
- sellar
- sobreponerse
- suelo
- suelta
- suelto
- ver
- victoria
- vivir
- abrir
- caber
- edad
- golpe
- hacer
- lejos
- mantener
- quedar
- sin
- tanto
- tardar
- todavía
English:
air
- alive
- as
- blind
- cause
- click
- decision
- early
- even
- his
- in
- permanent
- spell out
- still
- undecided
- worse
- yet
- alone
- further
- late
- owing
- unconvinced
- what
* * *♦ adveven;aun los más fuertes lloran even the strongest people cry♦ conjeven;aun estando cansado, lo hizo even though he was tired, he did it;aun sin dinero, logró sobrevivir she managed to survive even without any money;ni aun puesta de puntillas logra ver she can't see, even on tiptoe;aun cuando [a pesar de que] even though, although;[incluso si] even if;es muy pesimista, aun cuando todos los pronósticos le son favorables she's very pessimistic, even though all the predictions seem to favour her;aun cuando nos cueste, tenemos que hacerlo even if it's difficult, we have to do it;aun así even so;aun así, deberías decirle algo even so, you ought to say something to her;ni aun así lograron la victoria even then they still didn't manage to win* * *adv even;aun así even so;aun cuando even if, even when;ni aun not even* * *aun adv1) : evenni aun en coche llegaría a tiempo: I wouldn't arrive on time even if I drove2)aun así : even so3)aun más : even moreaún adv1) todavía: still, yet¿aún no ha llegado el correo?: the mail still hasn't come?2)más aún : furthermore* * * -
17 chance
f. & m.opportunity, chance. ( Latin American Spanish)tener chance de hacer algo to have the chance to do something¿me das un chance? can I have a go?m.1 chance, shot, turn, opportunity.2 risk, chance.3 probability, chance, odds, likelihood.* * *1 chance* * *1. SM[a veces] SF LAm1) (=oportunidad) chance2) (=suerte) good luck2.CONJ Méx maybe, perhaps* * *femenino o masculino (AmL) ( oportunidad) chancetiene pocas chances de ganar — he doesn't have o stand much chance of winning
* * *femenino o masculino (AmL) ( oportunidad) chancetiene pocas chances de ganar — he doesn't have o stand much chance of winning
* * *orA ( AmL) (oportunidad) chanceno me dio chance de defenderme he didn't give me the chance to defend myselfno hay ningún chance de que se salve he has no chance of escapingeste caballo tiene pocas chances de ganar this horse doesn't have o stand much chance of winningB1le salió un chance con una muchacha del pueblo he got involved with one of the village girls ( colloq)* * *
chance f or m (AmL) ( oportunidad) chance;
tiene pocas chances de ganar he doesn't have o stand much chance of winning
chance sustantivo masculino LAm opportunity
' chance' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
accidental
- accidente
- asomo
- azar
- casual
- casualidad
- casualmente
- chiripa
- cielo
- coincidir
- destinada
- destinado
- encuentro
- entrever
- fortuita
- fortuito
- inesperada
- inesperado
- juego
- malograr
- mía
- mío
- momento
- ninguna
- ninguno
- ocasión
- ocasional
- opción
- oportunidad
- presentarse
- primera
- primero
- probabilidad
- resquicio
- suerte
- terciarse
- última
- último
- una
- uno
- arriesgar
- carambola
- coincidencia
- facilidad
- hablar
- posibilidad
English:
avail
- blow
- bungle
- by
- cat
- chance
- encounter
- fact
- fair
- fifty
- fighting chance
- forfeit
- game
- hang back
- happy
- jump at
- last
- lifetime
- off-chance
- outside
- parting
- remote
- second
- accident
- accidentally
- any
- bump
- casual
- fifty-fifty
- grab
- have
- jump
- leave
- life
- miss
- muff
- now
- off
- pass
- proper
- providence
- purely
- seize
- slight
- slim
- to
* * *♦ nm o nfAm opportunity, chance;me dio una segunda chance he gave me a second chance;aprovechar la chance to seize the opportunity;tener chance de hacer algo to have the chance to do sth;¿me das un chance? can I have a go?♦ advMéx maybe;iré al cine hoy, chance mañana I'm going to the movies o Br cinema today, or maybe tomorrow* * *I m L.Am.chance;dame chance let me have a goII conj Méxperhaps, maybe* * *chance nmoportunidad: chance, opportunity
См. также в других словарях:
resquicio — sustantivo masculino 1. Abertura estrecha entre el quicio y la puerta: Entra frío por el resquicio de la puerta. 2. Cualquier abertura estrecha por donde pasa o puede pasar una cosa: El ratón se coló por un resquicio de la pared. 3. Posibilidad,… … Diccionario Salamanca de la Lengua Española
resquício — s. m. 1. Fenda. 2. Fragmento; vestígio. 3. Pequeno resto. 4. Sobras insignificantes … Dicionário da Língua Portuguesa
resquicio — (Del ant. rescrieço). 1. m. Abertura que hay entre el quicio y la puerta. 2. Hendidura pequeña. 3. Coyuntura u ocasión que se proporciona para un fin. 4. Ven. resto (ǁ parte que queda de un todo). 5. coloq. Ven. huella (ǁ rastro) … Diccionario de la lengua española
resquicio — ► sustantivo masculino 1 Abertura que hay entre el quicio y la puerta: ■ supe que había alguien porque se veía luz por el resquicio de la entrada. 2 Abertura pequeña o estrecha: ■ el terremoto sólo provocó resquicios en las paredes. SINÓNIMO… … Enciclopedia Universal
resquicio — {{＃}}{{LM R34055}}{{〓}} {{SynR34894}} {{［}}resquicio{{］}} ‹res·qui·cio› {{《}}▍ s.m.{{》}} {{＜}}1{{＞}} Abertura estrecha que queda entre el quicio y la puerta. {{＜}}2{{＞}} Abertura pequeña y estrecha. {{★}}{{＼}}ETIMOLOGÍA:{{／}} Del antiguo… … Diccionario de uso del español actual con sinónimos y antónimos
resquicio — sustantivo masculino 1) hendidura, grieta. 2) coyuntura, ocasión, oportunidad. * * * Sinónimos: ■ abertura, grieta, ranura, hendidura … Diccionario de sinónimos y antónimos
resquicio — m. Abertura que hay entre el quicio y la puerta. cualquier hendidura pequeña. Coyuntura que se presenta … Diccionario Castellano
abertura — sustantivo femenino 1) rendija, grieta, hendidura, hendedura, quebradura, resquebrajadura, resquebradura, resquicio, boquete, brecha*, rotura, ranura. Una he … Diccionario de sinónimos y antónimos
Caos (mitología) — Para otros usos de este término, véase Caos (desambiguación). En algunos relatos cosmogónicos griegos, el Caos es aquello que existe antes que el resto de los dioses y fuerzas elementales, es decir, el estado primigenio del cosmos infinito. El… … Wikipedia Español
brecha — (Del fr. breche < germ. breka, roto.) ► sustantivo femenino 1 Rotura o abertura de forma irregular hecha en una pared o muralla: ■ el terremoto dejó brechas en las paredes medianeras. SINÓNIMO boquete 2 Herida, en especial en la cabeza: ■ se… … Enciclopedia Universal
escapar — (Del lat. vulgar *excappare, salirse de un estorbo < cappa, capa.) ► verbo intransitivo/ pronominal 1 Salir una persona o un animal de un peligro o de un lugar donde estaba encerrado: ■ escapó de los dos terremotos. REG. PREPOSICIONAL + a, de… … Enciclopedia Universal
