Angličtina | Španielčina |
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-on ((physics) subatomic particles) | -ón{m} |
-one (ketone) | -ona{f} |
-onym (word) | -ónimo{m} |
-naut (forms nouns meaning a voyager, farer or tripper) | -nauta{m} {f} |
-ness (appended to adjectives to form nouns meaning "the state of being...", "the quality of being...", or "the measure of being...") [UK: nes] [US: ˈnes] | |
a chain is only as strong as its weakest link (aphorism) phrase | |
accidentally on purpose (deliberately but seemingly accidentally) adverb | sin querer queriendoadverb |
according to one's understanding (as far as one can understand) preposition | según mi entenderpreposition |
ace up one's sleeve (a surprise of which others are not aware) noun | as bajo la manganoun as en la manganoun |
act one's age (to be mature and not childish) verb | comportarseverb |
add-on [add-ons] (software: extension of core application) noun | extensiónnoun |
ahead of one's time (in advance of commonly accepted ideas) preposition [UK: ə.ˈhed əv wʌnz ˈtaɪm] [US: ə.ˈhed əv wʌnz ˈtaɪm] | adelantado a su épocapreposition |
all hands on deck (order) interjection | todos manos a la obrainterjection |
all one word (term that is written in a single word) adverb | juntoadverb todo juntoadverb |
angels dancing on the head of a pin (arcane intellectual speculation) noun | el sexo de los ángelesnoun |
ants in one's pants (agitated and fidgety state) noun | culo inquietonoun |
as far as one knows (to the best of my knowledge) adverb | hasta donde yo séadverb por lo que sepaadverb que yo sepaadverb |
at once (at the same time) adverb [UK: ət wʌns] [US: ət ˈwəns] | a la vezadverb |
at once (immediately) adverb [UK: ət wʌns] [US: ət ˈwəns] | ahora mismoadverb enseguidaadverb |
at one blast (at once, at the same moment in time) adverb | de un plumazoadverb |
at one's own risk (taking personal responsibility for any harm that arises from a dangerous activity) preposition [UK: ət wʌnz əʊn rɪsk] [US: ət wʌnz ˈoʊn ˈrɪsk] | por su cuenta y riesgopreposition |
at the top of one's lungs preposition | a pleno pulmónpreposition |
at the top of one's voice preposition [UK: ət ðə tɒp əv wʌnz vɔɪs] [US: ət ðə ˈtɑːp əv wʌnz ˌvɔɪs] | a grito limpiopreposition a grito peladopreposition a voz en cuellopreposition a voz en gritopreposition |
base on (to ground (an opinion etc.)) verb | basarse enverb |
bat one's eyes (to flutter one's eyelashes, romantically) verb | hacer ojitosverb |
believe one's ears (to believe that something which one hears is truly the case) verb | dar créditoverb |
believe one's eyes (to believe that something which one directly sees is truly the case) verb | dar créditoverb |
beside oneself (consumed by an emotion) preposition [UK: bɪ.ˈsaɪd wʌn.ˈself] [US: bə.ˈsaɪd wʌn.ˈself] | fuera de sípreposition |
bide one's time (to wait, especially for a suitable opportunity) verb [UK: baɪd wʌnz ˈtaɪm] [US: ˈbaɪd wʌnz ˈtaɪm] | |
bite off more than one can chew (To try to do too much) verb [UK: baɪt ɒf mɔː(r) ðæn wʌn kæn tʃuː] [US: ˈbaɪt ˈɒf ˈmɔːr ˈðæn wʌn ˈkæn ˈtʃuː] |