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a lot (very much) adverb [UK: ə lɒt] [US: ə ˈlɑːt] | un montónadverb una barbaridadadverb |
a new broom sweeps clean (new management will often make radical changes) phrase [UK: ə njuː bruːm swiːps kliːn] [US: ə nuː ˈbruːm ˈswiːps ˈkliːn] | escoba nueva barre bienphrase |
a nod is as good as a wink (the hint, suggestion etc can be understood without further explaining) phrase | a buen entendedorphrase pocas palabras bastanphrase |
a picture is worth a thousand words (visualisation is better than verbal description) phrase | |
a posteriori (in a manner that deduces theories from facts) adverb [UK: ˈeɪ.pɒs.ˌte.rɪ.ˈɔː.raɪ] [US: ˈeɪ.pɒs.ˌte.rɪ.ˈɔː.raɪ] | a posterioriadverb |
a priori (derived by logic) adverb [UK: ˈeɪ.praɪ.ˈɔː.raɪ] [US: ˈeɪ.praɪ.ˈɔː.raɪ] | a prioriadverb |
a promise is a promise (one must keep one's promises) phrase | lo prometido es deudaphrase |
a rolling stone gathers no moss (a person who never settles in one place will never be successful) phrase | el que viaja no produce pero sí gastaphrase hombre de muchos oficios pobre segurophrase piedra movediza nunca moho la cobijaphrase |
a spoonful of sugar helps the medicine go down (An otherwise unpleasant situation can be pleasant.) phrase | |
a stitch in time saves nine (a timely effort can prevent larger problems) phrase [UK: ə stɪtʃ ɪn ˈtaɪm seɪvz naɪn] [US: ə ˈstɪtʃ ɪn ˈtaɪm ˈseɪvz ˈnaɪn] | |
a stopped clock is right twice a day (something or someone unreliable is right sometimes, even by accident) phrase | hasta un reloj parado acierta la hora dos veces al díaphrase |
a thing or two (considerable amount) phrase | un ratophrase un rato largophrase |
a watched pot never boils (a process appears to go more slowly if one waits for it) phrase | desesperaphrase quien esperaphrase |
a woman without a man is like a fish without a bicycle (a woman is capable of living a complete and independent life) phrase | |
a (name of the letter A, a) noun [UK: ə] [US: ə] | anoun |
a.m. (before noon) adverb | a. m.adverb AMadverb de la mañanaadverb |
Aachen (city in North Rhine-Westphalia) proper noun [UK: ˈɑː.kən] [US: ˈɑː.kən] | Aquisgránproper noun |
aah (expressing amazement or surprise) interjection | ¡ah!interjection ¡ay!interjection |
Aalborg (city in northern Denmark) proper noun [UK: ˈɑːlbɔːɡ] [US: ˈɑːlboːrɡ] | Aalborgproper noun |
Aalenian (of or pertaining to the Aalenian epoch) adjective | aalenianoadjective |
Aalenian (subdivision of the Middle Jurassic epoch) proper noun | aalenianoproper noun |
aalii (Dodonaea viscosa) noun | chircanoun |
aardvark [aardvarks] (mammal) noun [UK: ˈɑːd.vɑːk] [US: ˈɑːrd.vɑːrk] | cerdo hormigueronoun |
aardwolf (the mammal Proteles cristatus) noun [UK: ˈɑː.dwʊlf] [US: ˈɑːr.dwʊlf] | lobo de tierranoun protelesnoun |
Aaron (biblical brother of Moses) proper noun [UK: ˈeə.rən] [US: ˈe.rən] | Aarónproper noun |
Aaronic (pertaining to Aaron) adjective | aarónicoadjective |
ab initio (referring to the time from when a legal document comes into force) adverb [UK: ˈæb ˌɪ.ˈnɪ.tiəʊ] [US: ˈæb ˌɪ.ˈnɪ.tio.ʊ] | ab initioadverb desde el principioadverb |