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-one meaning in Spanish

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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]

-idad

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 de mal asientonoun

culo inquietonoun

hormigas en la colanoun

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]

esperar su tiempoverb

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

quien mucho abarcaverb

bite the hand that feeds one (cause harm to a benefactor)
verb

morder la mano que te da de comerverb

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

explotar en la cara deverb

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]

cepillarse los dientesverb

burn one's bridges verb

quemar las navesverb

quemar los puentesverb

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