Spanish | English |
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-mano | -maniac(indicating a person who experiences compulsion) |
-ano {m} | -an(of or pertaining to) -ane(alkanes) |
a mano preposition | at hand(within easy reach; nearby) by handpreposition on hand(available) |
a mano adjective | handy [handier, handiest](within reach) |
a mano adverb | manually(by hand) |
a mano alzada adjective | freehandadjective |
anda cogidos de la mano verb | go hand in hand(to walk while holding somebody's hand) |
apretón de manos noun {m} | handshake [handshakes](grasping of hands by two people) |
atado de las manos noun {m} | handfast(contract) |
atar de pies y manos verb | |
atraco a mano armada noun | daylight robbery(practice of cheating or of imposing an exorbitant charge for a product or service; an instance of this) |
barrena de mano noun {f} | gimlet [gimlets](tool) |
batidora de mano noun {f} | hand mixer(hand-held mixer) |
calle de mano única noun {f} | one-way street(road in which traffic is only allowed to proceed in one direction) |
cambiar de manos verb | change hands(to become the property of someone else.) |
como la palma de mi mano adverb | inside out(of knowledge: thoroughly) |
comunidad de mano común noun {f} | joint tenancynoun |
con la candela en la mano preposition | on one's last legs(about to die) |
con las manos desnudas adverb | barehanded(without tool or weapon) |
con las manos en la masa preposition | in the act(in the process of doing something) |
con las manos en la masa adjective | red-handed(in the act of wrongdoing) |
con las manos vacías adjective | emptyhanded(having nothing to give) |
con una mano atrás y otra delante adjective {m} | down and out(in a condition of poverty or debility) |
conocer algo como la palma de su mano verb | know like the back of one's hand(be intimately knowledgable about) |
crema de manos noun {f} | hand cream(cream) |
de la mano adverb | hand in hand(holding or clasping hands) |
de la mano a la boca desaparece la sopa phrase | there's many a slip twixt cup and lip(in any situation something can always go wrong) |
de las manos adjective | out of hand(not under control, out of control) |
de mano adjective | carry-on(taken onto an airplane with a passenger) |
de mano dura adjective | tough [tougher, toughest](difficult or demanding) |
de primera mano adjective | firsthand(direct, without intermediate stages) |
de segunda mano adjective | secondhand(not new; previously owned and used by another) |
echar mano de verb | make use(to use) put to use(to utilise) |
echar una mano verb | lend a hand(to help or assist) |
en buenas manos preposition | in good hands(under guidance) |
en manos de preposition | at the hands of(by the actions of) |