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around (near) preposition [UK: ə.ˈraʊnd] [US: ə.ˈraʊnd] | cerca depreposition |
around the clock (all the time) preposition [UK: ə.ˈraʊnd ðə ˈklɒk] [US: ə.ˈraʊnd ðə ˈklɑːk] | día y nochepreposition noche y díapreposition |
around the corner (imminent; very soon) adjective | a la vuelta de la esquinaadjective |
background [backgrounds] (computing: activity not visible to the user) noun [UK: ˈbæk.ɡraʊnd] [US: ˈbæk.ˌɡrɑːwnd] | en segundo planonoun |
background [backgrounds] (computing: computer background) noun [UK: ˈbæk.ɡraʊnd] [US: ˈbæk.ˌɡrɑːwnd] | fondo de pantallanoun |
background [backgrounds] (less important feature) noun [UK: ˈbæk.ɡraʊnd] [US: ˈbæk.ˌɡrɑːwnd] | segundo planonoun |
background [backgrounds] (part of picture) noun [UK: ˈbæk.ɡraʊnd] [US: ˈbæk.ˌɡrɑːwnd] | fondonoun trasfondonoun |
background [backgrounds] (relevant information) noun [UK: ˈbæk.ɡraʊnd] [US: ˈbæk.ˌɡrɑːwnd] | antecedentenoun |
background [backgrounds] (social heritage) noun [UK: ˈbæk.ɡraʊnd] [US: ˈbæk.ˌɡrɑːwnd] | formaciónnoun |
background check (report on an individual) noun | verificación de antecedentesnoun |
background music (music played in a public space) noun [UK: ˈbæk.ɡraʊnd ˈmjuː.zɪk] [US: ˈbæk.ˌɡrɑːwnd ˈmjuː.zɪk] | hilo musicalnoun música de fondonoun música fondalnoun |
beat around the bush (to delay or avoid talking about something difficult or unpleasant) verb [UK: biːt ə.ˈraʊnd ðə bʊʃ] [US: ˈbiːt ə.ˈraʊnd ðə ˈbʊʃ] | |
beat around the bush (to treat a topic but omit its main points) verb [UK: biːt ə.ˈraʊnd ðə bʊʃ] [US: ˈbiːt ə.ˈraʊnd ðə ˈbʊʃ] | |
breeding-ground (figuratively) noun [UK: ˈbriːd.ɪŋ ɡraʊnd] [US: ˈbriːd.ɪŋ ˈɡraʊnd] | caldo de cultivonoun semilleronoun |
common ground dove (Columbina passerina) noun [UK: ˈkɒ.mən ɡraʊnd dʌv] [US: ˈkɑː.mən ˈɡraʊnd ˈdəv] | tortolita azulnoun |
fishing ground (area of water used for fishing) noun | caladeronoun |
fool around (to waste time) verb [UK: fuːl ə.ˈraʊnd] [US: ˈfuːl ə.ˈraʊnd] | pelar la pavaverb |
foreground [foregrounds] (the elements of an image which lie closest to the picture plane) noun [UK: ˈfɔː.ɡraʊnd] [US: ˈfɔːr.ˌɡrɑːwnd] | primer planonoun |
from the ground up (from the beginning) adverb | desde ceroadverb |
fuck around (to fool around; joking, bugging) verb [UK: fʌk ə.ˈraʊnd] [US: ˈfək ə.ˈraʊnd] | fregarverb huevearverb mamarverb molestarverb putearverb |
fuck around (to procrastinate) verb [UK: fʌk ə.ˈraʊnd] [US: ˈfək ə.ˈraʊnd] | joderverb |
gain ground (to make progress or obtain advantage) verb [UK: ɡeɪn ɡraʊnd] [US: ˈɡeɪn ˈɡraʊnd] | ganar terrenoverb |
get around verb [UK: ˈɡet ə.ˈraʊnd] [US: ˈɡet ə.ˈraʊnd] | sortearverb |
go round in circles (To repeatedly do the same thing) verb | dar vueltasverb |
ground [grounds] (basis, foundation, groundwork) noun [UK: ɡraʊnd] [US: ˈɡraʊnd] | basenoun fundamentonoun |
ground [grounds] (bottom of a body of water) noun [UK: ɡraʊnd] [US: ˈɡraʊnd] | fondonoun |
ground (crushed or reduced to small particles) adjective [UK: ɡraʊnd] [US: ˈɡraʊnd] | molidoadjective picadoadjective |