Multiple Entries: after afterthought Pocket Oxford Spanish Dictionary © 2005 Oxford University Press:after1 /'æftər / ||/'ɑ:ftə(r)/ preposición - (following in time) después de;
I'll be at home ~ eight o'clock estaré en casa después de or a partir de las ocho;
it's just ~ midnight son las doce pasadas;
it's a quarter ~ two (AmE) son las dos y cuarto;
the day ~ the party al día siguiente de la fiesta - (in sequence, rank) tras;
day ~ day día tras día;
do go in — ~ you! pase — ¡primero usted! - (behind): shut the door ~ you cierra la puerta al salir
- (in pursuit of) tras;
he ran ~ them corrió tras ellos;
he's ~ her money anda a la caza de su dinero (fam);
see also ask after
- after all después de todo
after2 conjunción: it happened ~ you left ocurrió después de que tú te fuiste;
~ examining it después de examinarlo after3 adverbio - (afterward, following) después;
the day ~ al día siguiente - (behind) detrás
after:aftereffect /'æftərɪˌfekt / || /'ɑ:ftərɪˌfekt/ sustantivo (of drug) efecto m secundario;
(of problem) secuela f after: aftershave (lotion)~shave (lotion) n uncountable loción f para después de afeitarse, aftershave m;
afterthought~thought sustantivo: it occurred to me as an ~thought that … después se me ocurrió qué …;
it was added on as an ~thought fue una idea de último momento Subscribe to the Oxford Concise or Unabridged dictionary for more translations, meanings and examples. Diccionario Espasa Concise © 2000 Espasa Calpe:afterthought ['ɑ:ftəɵɔ:t] nombre ocurrencia tardía, idea de último momento
after: WordReference English-Spanish Dictionary © 2009| Compound Forms: |
| after hours | adj | | a deshora nm |
| after hours | adj | | after hours nm |
| after hours | adj | | fuera de horario x |
| after-dinner speaker | n | | orador que pronuncia discurso después de la cena nm |
| after-shave | n | | after-shave nm |
| after-shave | n | | loción para después del afeitado nm |
| after-sun | adj | | after-sun nm |
| after-sun | adj | | loción para después de tomar el sol nm |
| after-tax | adj | | después de impuestos |
| after-tax | adj | | neto |
| after-tax | n | | después de impuestos x |
| be after | | | andar tras vi |
| chase after | vtr | (pursue, try to capture: sb) | perseguir vtr | | The police chased after the burglar and caught him in my neighbour's garden. |
| chase after | vtr | (seek: sth unrealistic) | andar tras lo imposible loc verb | | John is rather homely, but he's always chasing after the pretty girls. | | Juan no tiene los pies en la tierra, anda tras lo imposible. |
| | | cazador de quimeras nm | | Es un cazador de quimeras, siempre va tras lo imposible. |
| chase after girls | | US | andar detrás de las chicas |
| day after | n | (following day, next day) | el día después nm | | At supper I ate so much that the day after I felt quite ill. |
| | | el día siguiente nm |
| | | al día siguiente loc adv | | Al día siguiente, con más calma, tomó la decisión de pedir disculpas. |
| | | día posterior, día inmediato posterior nm |
| day after day | | | día tras día |
| day after tomorrow | n | (two days from now) | pasado mañana loc adv | | Don't worry, the meeting isn't until the day after tomorrow - that gives us all today and tomorrow to prepare for it. |
| go after | vtr | (pursue) | ir por vi + prep | | Mark is now going after a Master's degree in science. |
| | | perseguir vtr | | Vivió siempre persiguiendo quimeras. |
| go after | vtr | informal (attack verbally) | caerle a vi+prep | | He really decided to go after him when he saw him flirting with his wife. |
| | fig | irse encima vpron+adv |
| go after | vtr | (be next ) | seguir a vtr+prep | | In the alphabet, the letter B goes after the letter A. |
| | | venir después v+prep | | En el alfabeto, la B viene después de la A. |
| half after | | | poco después adv |
| half after three | n | (time: half past three, three thirty) | tres y media nfpl | | School generally got over by half after three, but today was an exception! |
| hour after hour | | | hora tras hora adv |
| immediately after | | | inmediatamente después |
| income after taxes | | | sueldo neto nm |
| inquire after sb's health | | | interesarse por la salud de ag |
| look after of somebody | | | tener al cuidado a alguien v |
| look after of somebody | | | encargarse de alguien v |
| look after sb/sth | | | mirar por vi |
| look after sb/sth | | | velar por vi |
| lust after | | | codiciar vi |
| mad after | | | ávido |
| make after | | | perseguir |
| make after | | | buscar |
| make after | | | cazar |
| month after month | | | mes tras mes |
| morning-after pill | n | medicina | píldora del día después nf |
| one after the other | | | uno tras otro |
| pattern after sb | | | imitar a alguien v |
| see after | | | encargarse v |
| soon after | | | poco después |
| tag after | | | seguir v |
| take after | | | parecerse a v |
| thirst after | | | estar sediento de |
| thirst after | | | tener ansias de |
| year after year | | | año tras año | | | Report an error | Forum discussions with the word(s) "afterthought" in the title:' afterthought' also found in these entries:
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