Engleză | Spaniolă |
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-one (ketone) | -ona{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] | |
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 |
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 one word (term that is written in a single word) adverb | juntoadverb todo juntoadverb |
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 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 |
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] | abarcar más de lo que se puedeverb poco aprietaverb |
bite the hand that feeds one (cause harm to a benefactor) verb | |
blow one's nose (to expel mucus from nose) verb [UK: bləʊ wʌnz nəʊz] [US: ˈbloʊ wʌnz noʊz] | mocarseverb sonarse la narizverb |
blow up in one's face (fail disastrously) verb | |
born with a silver spoon in one's mouth (born rich or in a wealthy family) adjective | criarse en buena cunaadjective nacer en cuna de oroadjective |
break one's fast (archaic: to eat breakfast) verb [UK: breɪk wʌnz fɑːst] [US: ˈbreɪk wʌnz ˈfæst] | desayunarverb |
brush one's teeth (to clean one's teeth with a toothbrush) verb [UK: brʌʃ wʌnz tiːθ] [US: ˈbrəʃ wʌnz ˈtiːθ] | |
burn one's bridges verb | quemar las navesverb |