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US - UKPocket Oxford Spanish Dictionary © 2005 Oxford University Press:
and /ænd/ , weak form /ənd/ conjunciónNote:
The usual translation of and, y, becomes e when it precedes a word beginning with i, hi, or y.
The usual translation of and, y, becomes e when it precedes a word beginning with i, hi, or y.
- y;
bread ~ butter pan con mantequilla
- (in numbers): one ~ a half uno y medio;
two hundred ~ twenty doscientos veinte
- (showing continuation, repetition): faster ~ faster cada vez más rápido
- (with inf): try ~ finish this today trata de terminar esto hoy
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Diccionario Espasa Concise © 2000 Espasa Calpe:
and [ænd, forma débil ənd, ən] conj
1 y, e: father and son, padre e hijo
Caesar and Cleopatra, César y Cleopatra
and so on etcétera
2 (repetición) the phone rang and rang, el teléfono no dejó de sonar
3 cada vez: I feel better and better, me siento cada vez mejor
4 (con números) a thousand and three, mil tres
four and a half, cuatro y medio
5 (delante del infinitivo) come and see me, ven a verme
try and come, intenta venir
wait and see, espera a ver
1 y, e: father and son, padre e hijo
Caesar and Cleopatra, César y Cleopatra
and so on etcétera
2 (repetición) the phone rang and rang, el teléfono no dejó de sonar
3 cada vez: I feel better and better, me siento cada vez mejor
4 (con números) a thousand and three, mil tres
four and a half, cuatro y medio
5 (delante del infinitivo) come and see me, ven a verme
try and come, intenta venir
wait and see, espera a ver
and: WordReference English-Spanish Dictionary © 2009
| Compound Forms: | |||||||||
| Accident and Emergency Unit | n | servicio de urgencias nm | |||||||
| Accident and Emergency Unit | n | unidad de urgencias | |||||||
| assault and battery | adj | leyes | acometimiento con lesiones n | ||||||
| assault and battery | adj | leyes | asalto y lesiones n | ||||||
| assault and battery | n | leyes | acometimiento y agresión | ||||||
| assault and battery | n | leyes | asalto y agresión | ||||||
| backward and forward | adelante y atrás adv | ||||||||
| backwards and forwards | adelante y atrás adv | ||||||||
| bag and baggage | UK (Locution) irse | con la casa a cuestas loc | |||||||
| ball and chain | n | figurado | atadura | ||||||
| ball and chain | n | grillete con bola | |||||||
| ball-and-socket joint | n | mecánica | articulación de rótula | ||||||
| ball-and-socket joint | n | mecánica | articulación esférica | ||||||
| ball-and-socket joint | n | mecánica | articulación universal | ||||||
| ball-and-socket joint | n | mecánica | junta articulada | ||||||
| ball-and-socket joint | n | mecánica | junta de rótula esférica | ||||||
| bed and board | n | cama y comida | |||||||
| bed and board | n | pensión completa | |||||||
| bed and breakfast | n | (small hotel offering half board) Esp | alojamiento y desayuno nm | ||||||
| hostal nm | |||||||||
| posada nf | |||||||||
| bed and breakfast | n | (half board) Esp | media pensión nm | ||||||
| beginning and end | principio y fin | ||||||||
| between now and then | adv | (from this moment until a specified future time) Esp | de/desde ahora hasta/a entonces loc adv | ||||||
| Llega a las 3. De/desde ahora hasta entonces tenemos tiempo para terminar. | |||||||||
| España | desde ahora hasta el día X loc adv | ||||||||
| Desde ahora hasta el jueves próximo tenemos de tiempo para finalizar el trabajo | |||||||||
| between you and me | entre tú y yo | ||||||||
| betwixt and between | adj | entre una cosa y otra | |||||||
| black and blue | adj | informal (badly bruised) México | amoratado adj | ||||||
| En vez del clavo, se pegó en el pulgar y le quedó amoratado. | |||||||||
| Esp | con más golpes que una estera loc adj | ||||||||
| Argentina | lleno/a o cubierto/a de moretones loc adj | ||||||||
| Después de rodar por las escaleras, quedó lleno/cubierto de moretones. | |||||||||
| black and tan | adj | UK (drink: mix of pale and dark beer) Méx (slang) | campechana nf | ||||||
| black-and-white | n | literal (image: monochrome) Esp | en blanco y negro loc adj | ||||||
| black-and-white | n | figurative (clarity of typed text) Puerto Rico | en blanco y negro loc adv | ||||||
| Queremos que el acuerdo esté en blanco y negro para que no haya dudas al respecto. | |||||||||
| Esp | negro sobre blanco loc adj | ||||||||
| Queremos el acuerdo negro sobre blanco para que haya constancia del compromiso alcanzado | |||||||||
| black-and-white | adj | literal (in monochrome) Méx | monocromático adj | ||||||
| black-and-white film | n | (movie filmed in black and white) Arg | película en blanco y negro nf | ||||||
| black-and-white television | n | (TV set that cannot display colours) Esp | televisor en blanco y negro nm | ||||||
| black-and-white television | n | (TV shows filmed in black and white) Chile | televisión en blanco y negro nm | ||||||
| blood-and-thunder | n | melodrama nm | |||||||
| blood-and-thunder | n | melodramático adj | |||||||
| boom-and-bust cycle | n | (alternating extremes in economic situation) España | altibajos nmpl | ||||||
| Arg | auge y decadencia n | ||||||||
| bound hand and foot | adj | (with hands and feet tied) Esp | atado de pies y manos loc adj | ||||||
| bound hand and foot | adj | figurative (inescapably obligated) | atado de pies y manos loc adj | ||||||
| Durante toda mi gestión estuve atado de pies y manos porque el presupuesto que nos habían asignado era irrisorio. | |||||||||
| España | sin escapatoria loc adv | ||||||||
| bow and arrow | npl | (weapon used in archery) | arco y flecha n | ||||||
| bread and butter | n | literal (bread with butter spread on it) | pan con mantequilla nm | ||||||
| Argentina | pan con manteca nm | ||||||||
| bread and butter | n | informal, figurative (livelihood, means of earning a living) | (ganarse el) pan nm | ||||||
| Diversos trabajos en Internet permiten hoy en día ganarse el pan con una mínima inversión. | |||||||||
| España fam | (ganarse las) lentejas nf | ||||||||
| Juan se gana las lentejas haciendo de fontanero | |||||||||
| bread and butter | adj | informal, figurative (staple, basic) | básico adj | ||||||
| de uso diario loc adj | |||||||||
| de primera necesidad loc. adj | |||||||||
| El pan y la leche son productos de primera necesidad. | |||||||||
| España | el pan y la sal n | ||||||||
| Saber inglés es el pan y la sal para conseguir un buen empleo. | |||||||||
| breaking and entering | n | (forced entry into sb else's property) Der | allanamiento de morada / de propiedad nm | ||||||
| Condenado por allanamiento de morada. | |||||||||
| bribery and corruption | n | (crime: abuse of legal power) | soborno y corrupción nm, nf | ||||||
| Miembros del Consorcio San Lorenzo rechazaron ayer cualquier participación en actos de soborno y corrupción. | |||||||||
| bricks-and-mortar | npl | literal (building materials) | ladrillos y mortero nm | ||||||
| Ese muro de carga está hecho de ladrillos y mortero. | |||||||||
| Argentina | ladrillos y mezcla n | ||||||||
| bright and early | adj | (at an early hour) coloq | tempranito adv | ||||||
| a primera hora loc adv | |||||||||
| La salida para el recorrido de campo será mañana a primera hora. | |||||||||
| España | de buena mañana loc adv | ||||||||
| bring and buy sale | n | UK colloquial | venta a beneficio de productos hechos o cosechados por el vendedor nf | ||||||
| bring and buy sale | n | UK colloquial | venta de cooperación a beneficio nf | ||||||
| bubble and squeak | n | UK culinaria | carne picada frita con papas y col | ||||||
| buy and sell | v | (trade) | comercio nm | ||||||
| compraventa nf | |||||||||
| buying and selling | n | (trade, business) | comercio nm | ||||||
| compraventa nf | |||||||||
| by and by | adv | (in a while from now) | en un rato loc adv | ||||||
| dentro de un rato loc adv | |||||||||
| de aquí a un rato loc verb | |||||||||
| Ya tú veras que de aquí a un rato nos vamos para la playa! | |||||||||
| tarde o temprano loc adv | |||||||||
| by and by | adv | (after a while) | luego adv | ||||||
| Nos vemos luego. | |||||||||
| después de un rato loc adv | |||||||||
| cap and gown | n | (formal academic clothing) | toga y birrete n | ||||||
| Héctor se tomará una foto con su toga y birrete. | |||||||||
| carrot and stick | n | (figurative phrase: attraction and repulsion) fig: herramientas para motivar | el palo y la zanahoria x | ||||||
| cash-and-carry | adj | venta al por mayor en régimen de autoservicio nf | |||||||
| cash-and-carry | adj | venta mayorista en régimen de autoservicio nf | |||||||
| cat and dog | el perro y el gato | ||||||||
| cat and mouse | (play cat and mouse) | jugar al gato y al ratón | |||||||
| cats and dogs | npl | literal (felines and canines) | perros y gatos nm pl | ||||||
| Look at all of the cats and dogs in this pet store. | |||||||||
| cats and dogs | npl | figurative (heavy rain) | llover a cántaros loc verb | ||||||
| Note: Also has figurative meaning of "in constant conflict", i.e., "they fight like cats and dogs." | |||||||||
| I won't be going out today - it's raining cats and dogs out there. | |||||||||
| diluviar vi impers | |||||||||
| España fam | caer chuzos de punta loc verb | ||||||||
| No salgas a la calle, están cayendo chuzos de punta. | |||||||||
| cause and effect | causa y efecto | ||||||||
| checks and balances | equilibrio de poderes en organismos de gobierno | ||||||||
| cloak and dagger | adj | figurative (mysterious, furtive, sinister) | de intriga y misterio loc adj | ||||||
| Note: hyphen used when term is before a noun | |||||||||
| It was a great cloak-and-dagger novel; nobody was what they first seemed. | |||||||||
| El Topo de John le Carré: una excelente novela de intriga y misterio que lo mantendrá en vilo hasta la última página. | |||||||||
| de capa y espada loc adj | |||||||||
| Cyrano de Bergerac era un personaje de la época de las novelas y el teatro de capa y espada. | |||||||||
| cock-and-bull story | n | coloquial | cuento camelo nm | ||||||
| cock-and-bull story | n | coloquial | cuento chico nm | ||||||
| come and get | v | (fetch) | venir a buscar loc verb | ||||||
| If you want it come and get it, but you better hurry 'cause it's goin' fast. | |||||||||
| Si querés un vaso de agua vení a buscarlo. | |||||||||
| pasar a buscar loc verb | |||||||||
| Podés pasar a buscarlo cuando quieras. | |||||||||
| come and go | v | (walk to and fro) | moverse a sus anchas loc verb | ||||||
| During recess the students are allowed to come and go as they please. | |||||||||
| ir y venir loc verb | |||||||||
| come and go | v | (be intermittent) | venir de a ratos loc verb | ||||||
| The wireless reception is unreliable here, my connection keeps coming and going. | |||||||||
| La luz viene de a ratos y después se corta de nuevo. | |||||||||
| ir y venir loc verb | |||||||||
| La señal viene y va. | |||||||||
| come and go | v | (be fleeting) | ser inestable loc verb | ||||||
| As the Great Depression taught us, financial security can come and go. | |||||||||
| viene y va loc verb | |||||||||
| coming and going | n | (walking to and fro) | yendo y viniendo loc adv | ||||||
| There are people coming and going everywhere in the busy city centre. | |||||||||
| yendo de acá para allá loc adv | |||||||||
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'and' also found in these entries:
English:
accuracy - ache - add - administration - advantage - after - afterwards - again - ahead - alike - alive - all - appropriate - Arabian - around - art - assault - back - bacon - banger - barrier - bass - be-all and end-all - beast - beat - beck - bed - beside - besides - better - between - bird - bit - black - blink - BLT - blue-collar - blunder - board - bob - body - bomb - border - born - both - bread - bread-and-butter - breaking and entering - bride - bungle
Spanish:
A - abismo - abordar - abrirse - abundancia - acalorada - acalorado - acercar - achacosa - achacoso - adiós - agigantada - agigantado - agridulce - alejarse - alfabetizar - alguna - alguno - alternar - altibajos - alza - amén - amontonarse - amoratada - amoratado - añadidura - anochecer - aparato - apear - apoltronarse - aprovecharse - aquél - aquélla - aquí - arriba - arroba - arrumaco - atar - aterrizar - atravesada - atravesado - ávida - ávido - balancearse - bártulos - bastar - batería - berrido - besucón - besucona
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