Español | Inglés |
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a las últimas preposition | at death's door(about to die) |
al aire preposition | on airpreposition |
al aire libre adjective | alfresco(outdoors) open-air(taking place outdoors) overt(open and not concealed or secret) |
al aire libre adverb | outdoors(in the open air) |
al alba adverb | betimes(in good season or time) |
al alimón adverb | jointly(together) |
al-Ándalus proper noun {m} | al-Andalus(Islamic Spain) |
al apa adverb | piggyback(on somebody's back or shoulders) |
al azar preposition | at random(randomly) |
al azar adjective | random(apropos of nothing) |
al azar adverb | randomly(in a random way) |
a caballo regalado phrase | don't look a gift horse in the mouth(a phrase referring to unappreciatively questioning of a gift or handout too closely) |
a caballo regalado no le mires el diente phrase | beggars can't be choosers(when resources are limited, one must accept even substandard gifts) don't look a gift horse in the mouth(a phrase referring to unappreciatively questioning of a gift or handout too closely) |
a caballo regalado no se le miran los dientes phrase | don't look a gift horse in the mouth(a phrase referring to unappreciatively questioning of a gift or handout too closely) |
a escala preposition | to scale(such that each dimension has the same proportion to the original) |
a gran escala adjective | large-scaleadjective |
a palabras necias phrase | sticks and stones may break my bones, but words will never hurt me(a response to taunting proclaiming the speaker's indifference) |
a prueba de balas adjective | bulletproof(capable of withstanding a bullet) |
a punta de pala noun | ton [tons](large amount) |
a punta pala preposition | in spades(to excess) |
abadejo de Alaska noun | Alaska pollock(Gadus chalcogrammus) |
abalanzarse verb | pounce [pounced, pouncing, pounces]verb swoop [swooped, swooping, swoops](to fly downwards suddenly) |
acalambrarse verb | cramp [cramped, cramping, cramps](to contract painfully and uncontrollably) |
acanalador de fruta noun {m} | zester(kitchen implement) |
acanaladura noun {f} | chase [chases](A groove cut in an object) flute [flutes](architecture: vertical groove in a pillar) groove [grooves](long, narrow channel) |
acanalar verb | furrow [furrowed, furrowing, furrows](to make one or more cuts or grooves in) |
acaudalado adjective | affluent(abounding in goods or riches; materially wealthy) |
aceite de bacalao noun {m} | cod liver oil [cod liver oils](nutritional supplement) |
aceite de hígado de bacalao noun {m} | cod liver oil [cod liver oils](nutritional supplement) |
acicaladura noun {f} | grooming [groomings](caring for horses) |
acicalar verb | groom [groomed, grooming, grooms](to attend to one's appearance) polish [polished, polishing, polishes](make a surface smooth or shiny) |
acicalarse verb | spruce up(to dress smartly, elegantly) |
ácido galacturónico noun {m} | galacturonic acid(carboxylic acid) |