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US - UKPocket Oxford Spanish Dictionary © 2005 Oxford University Press:
away /ə'weɪ/ adverbio
- (from place, person): I looked ~ aparté la vista;
he limped ~ se alejó cojeando
- (in the distance): it isn't far ~ no queda lejos;
it's 20 miles ~ queda a 20 millas;
Easter is a long way ~ falta mucho para Pascua
- (absent): she's ~ in Canada está en Canadá;
I'll be ~ all next week toda la semana que viene no voy a estar
- (esp BrE Sport): to play ~ jugar(conj.⇒) fuera (de casa)
- (in the distance): it isn't far ~ no queda lejos;
- (continuously): he's been painting ~ all morning se ha pasado toda la mañana pintando;
I could hear him singing ~ lo oía cantar
- away from (as prep)
- (in opposite direction to): she pulled him ~ from the cliff edge lo apartó del borde del acantilado
- (at a distance, separated from) lejos de;
to get ~ from it all alejarse del mundanal ruido
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Diccionario Espasa Concise © 2000 Espasa Calpe:
away [ə'weɪ] adverbio
1 (posición) lejos: it's 20 kilometres away from here, está a 20 kilómetros de aquí
to be away, estar ausente o estar fuera
to keep away from sthg, apartarse de algo
Dep to play away, jugar fuera
2 (movimiento) to go away, irse: go away!, ¡lárgate!
to look away, apartar la vista
right away, en seguida
3 (como parte de verbos compuestos) to give sthg away, regalar algo
(secreto) revelar algo
to run away, irse corriendo
4 to work away, trabajar sin parar: he was working away when I called him, estaba trabajando como un loco cuando le llamé
1 (posición) lejos: it's 20 kilometres away from here, está a 20 kilómetros de aquí
to be away, estar ausente o estar fuera
to keep away from sthg, apartarse de algo
Dep to play away, jugar fuera
2 (movimiento) to go away, irse: go away!, ¡lárgate!
to look away, apartar la vista
right away, en seguida
3 (como parte de verbos compuestos) to give sthg away, regalar algo
(secreto) revelar algo
to run away, irse corriendo
4 to work away, trabajar sin parar: he was working away when I called him, estaba trabajando como un loco cuando le llamé
away: WordReference English-Spanish Dictionary © 2010
| Compound Forms: | |||||||||
| be backing away from sth | ir abandonando algo vt | ||||||||
| bear away | (nautical) Náutica | zarpar vi | |||||||
| blast away | vi | US informal (shoot repeatedly ) | acribillar vtr | ||||||
| coser a tiros loc verb | |||||||||
| carried away | dejado llevar por lo emocionante | ||||||||
| carried away | llevado por lo emocionante | ||||||||
| carry away | dejarse llevar | ||||||||
| cart away | vtr | informal (remove, evict sb troublesome) | deshacerse v pron | ||||||
| Note: Can be used for inanimates as well as for people. | |||||||||
| There was so much junk in the garage that she had to rent a truck to cart it all away. | |||||||||
| The guards carted away the guy who got into a fight. | |||||||||
| quitarse de encima loc verb | |||||||||
| llevarse vpron | |||||||||
| Podamos el jardín y sacamos las ramas a la calle para que se las llevaran los recolectores. | |||||||||
| chase away | vtr | literal (shoo) | ahuyentar vtr | ||||||
| Chase away that dog before it eats your food. | |||||||||
| Si no ahuyentamos a esos bichos no comeremos tranquilos | |||||||||
| espantar vtr | |||||||||
| chase away | vtr | figurative (banish, get rid of) | ahuyentar vtr | ||||||
| It was a good luck charm to chase away nightmares. | |||||||||
| Es un ritual especial para ahuyentar las pesadillas. | |||||||||
| sacarse de encima loc verb | |||||||||
| Y para sacarse de encima a los oficiales opositores los mandaba en misiones militares lo más lejos posible de Buenos Aires. | |||||||||
| crumble away | vi | (disintegrate) | caerse a pedazos loc verb | ||||||
| It they don't spend at least one million Euros for its restoration, the building will simply crumble away. | |||||||||
| La casa se estaba cayendo a pedazos. | |||||||||
| desmoronarse vpron | |||||||||
| Si no lo reparan pronto, el edificio se va a desmoronar. | |||||||||
| crumbling away | adj | (disintegrating) | viniéndose abajo loc verb | ||||||
| The team found their once comfortable lead slowly crumbling away. | |||||||||
| Todo su esfuerzo estaba viniéndose abajo a causa de rencillas personales | |||||||||
| cayéndose a pedazos loc verb | |||||||||
| desmoronándose v pron | |||||||||
| La moral de la sociedad se está desmoronando con el correr del tiempo. | |||||||||
| cut-away, cutaway | vtr | (remove by cutting) | extirpar vtr | ||||||
| Note: hyphen used when term is an adj; single-word form used when term is a noun or an adj before a noun | |||||||||
| To repair the table I had to cut away the damaged veneer and replace it with a matching new piece. | |||||||||
| cortar vtr | |||||||||
| frml | escindir vtr | ||||||||
| cut-away, cutaway | vtr | (tv, cinema: inserted shot) | cambiar de plano loc verb | ||||||
| Recomienda cambiar de plano en mitad de un movimiento porque así se consigue mejor continuidad de la escena. | |||||||||
| die away | desvanecerse | ||||||||
| die away | amainar | ||||||||
| do away with | vtr | slang (eliminate, get rid of) | eliminar vtr | ||||||
| To improve the overall quality of our milk, we wanted to do away with the use of antibiotics on our cows. | |||||||||
| Eliminó a todos los que se interponían entre él y la corona. | |||||||||
| acabar con loc verb | |||||||||
| De una vez por todas debemos acabar con la corrupción. | |||||||||
| deshacerse de vpron | |||||||||
| De sus enemigos se deshacía declarándolos herejes y enviándolos a la hoguera. | |||||||||
| do away with | vtr | slang (sb; kill) | deshacerse de vpron+prep | ||||||
| He was a liability to our gang, and we knew sooner or later we would have to do away with him. | |||||||||
| Se deshizo de su marido envenenándolo con arsénico. | |||||||||
| fam | cargarse (a alguien) v pron | ||||||||
| Al hijo del mafioso se lo cargaron cuando se detuvo en la cabina de peaje. | |||||||||
| eliminar vtr | |||||||||
| Sin pestañar siquiera lo eliminó de un tiro en la frente. | |||||||||
| España fam | dar el paseíllo loc verb | ||||||||
| Durante la Guerra Civil lo que más temido era que le dieran el paseíllo a uno. | |||||||||
| do away with oneself | (kill) | suicidarse v | |||||||
| draw away | vi | (retreat, move back) | retroceder vi | ||||||
| retirarse vi | |||||||||
| recular, retroceder vi | |||||||||
| Reculó para evitar que la salpicara el auto que pasaba. | |||||||||
| separarse vi | |||||||||
| Se separó de la chimenea porque habían empezado a saltar chispas. | |||||||||
| draw away | vtr | (cause sb to leave) | separar de vtr + prep | ||||||
| My wife diplomatically drew me away from the pompous guest as she could see I was about to lose my temper with him. | |||||||||
| alejar de vtr + prep | |||||||||
| drift away | vi | literal (be carried away, float off) | irse a la deriva loc verb | ||||||
| He fell asleep on the lilo and slowly drifted away from the beach. | |||||||||
| ser arrastrado (por las olas) loc verb | |||||||||
| estar a la deriva loc verb | |||||||||
| drift away | vi | figurative (lose contact, become estranged) | distanciarse, alejarse vi pron | ||||||
| Sometimes husbands and wives just drift away from each other and end up getting divorced. | |||||||||
| irse separando, irse alejando loc verb | |||||||||
| La rutina de todos los días hace que las parejas se vayan alejando poco a poco. | |||||||||
| drive away | vi | (depart in a vehicle) | irse manejando loc verb | ||||||
| She wiped a tear from her eye as he drove away. | |||||||||
| alejarse conduciendo loc verb | |||||||||
| drive away | vtr | (repel, force to leave) | ahuyentar vtr | ||||||
| She drove him away with her constant nagging. | |||||||||
| espantar vtr | |||||||||
| Mientras me espantaba los mosquitos me paré a prender el clima. | |||||||||
| repeler vtr | |||||||||
| alejar vtr | |||||||||
| Ella hizo que sus amigos se alejaran con sus constantes quejas. | |||||||||
| drop away | desplomarse v | ||||||||
| drop away | (become fewer) | disminuir v | |||||||
| drop away | (become worse) | empeorar v | |||||||
| eat away | gastar gradualmente v | ||||||||
| eat away | (eat as much as you like) | comer a sus anchas v | |||||||
| eat away | (dissolve, to) | disolver v | |||||||
| eat away at | corroer v | ||||||||
| edge away from | alejarse poco a poco v | ||||||||
| fade away | vi | literal (grow fainter or less distinct) | disiparse v pron | ||||||
| From here, it looks like the mountains fade away into the distance. | |||||||||
| The further we walked from the disco, the more the music faded away. | |||||||||
| desvanecerse v pron | |||||||||
| esfumarse v pron | |||||||||
| desaparecer vi | |||||||||
| Los colores de la pintura fueron desapareciendo con el pasar de los años. | |||||||||
| perderse vpron | |||||||||
| palidecer vi | |||||||||
| Con la edad la voz de la cantante palideció pero ganó en interpretación. | |||||||||
| fig | desdibujarse v prnl | ||||||||
| difuminar vtr | |||||||||
| atenuar vtr | |||||||||
| fall away | vi | (diminish) | decrecer vi | ||||||
| Attendance at the church fell away as more and more people moved to the suburbs. | |||||||||
| menguar vi | |||||||||
| disminuir vtr | |||||||||
| decaer vi | |||||||||
| fall away | vi | (abandon, forsake sth) | abandonar vtr | ||||||
| As he got older he fell away from the church. | |||||||||
| desertar vi | |||||||||
| alejarse v pron | |||||||||
| separarse vpron | |||||||||
| dejar vtr | |||||||||
| fall away | vi | (disappear spontaneously: troubles, worries) | disiparse vpron | ||||||
| Eventually her emotional burdens simply fell away, and she was her old self again. | |||||||||
| desaparecerse (como por obra de magia) loc verb | |||||||||
| ¿Vas a hacer algo o crees que tus problemas se desaparecerán como por obra de magia? | |||||||||
| Argentina | desaparecer vi | ||||||||
| fire away | vi | slang (begin asking questions) fam | dispara interj | ||||||
| Professor, could we ask you a few questions? "Sure! Fire away.". | |||||||||
| ¿Puedo hacerle una pregunta? ¡Por supuesto! Dispara | |||||||||
| Argentina fam | preguntar nomás loc verb | ||||||||
| Yo estoy en la oficina de al lado cualquier duda que tengas... ¡preguntá nomás! | |||||||||
| fire away | vi | informal (begin shooting) | disparar vtr | ||||||
| When you have a clear shot at the deer, fire away. | |||||||||
| fam | empezar a los tiros loc verb | ||||||||
| Los asaltantes empezaron a los tiros cuando Antonio intentó resistirse, al parecer para proteger a su nieta. Tres de los disparos le dieron en el abdomen. | |||||||||
| flush away | vtr | echar por el fregadero | |||||||
| flush away | vtr | echar por el inodoro | |||||||
| fritter away | vtr | (waste, squander) | desperdiciar vtr | ||||||
| You can't fritter away your time and expect to accomplish anything. | |||||||||
| derrochar vtr | |||||||||
| malgastar vtr | |||||||||
| frittering away | de una fortuna | dilapidación nm | |||||||
| frittering away | derroche nm | ||||||||
| gamble away | vtr | (lose through gambling) | jugarse v pron | ||||||
| His wife left him after he gambled away all of their savings at the track. | |||||||||
| He gambled away next month's rent money. | |||||||||
| Su mujer lo dejó tras que se jugara todos sus ahorros en el hipódromo | |||||||||
| tener pérdidas en el juego loc verb | |||||||||
| get away | vi | (go on holiday) | hacer una escapada vtr | ||||||
| I have been working late all week and need to get away this weekend. | |||||||||
| El próximo fin de semana vamos a hacer una escapada sólo de chicas. | |||||||||
| irse por ahí v pron | |||||||||
| He estado trabajando hasta tarde toda la semana y necesito irme por ahí este fin de semana. | |||||||||
| get away | interj | UK, slang (you're joking!) España fam | ¡anda ya! / ¡vete por ahí! interj | ||||||
| You called her! Get away man. | |||||||||
| Argentina, fam | ¡salí! interj | ||||||||
| ¿Me vas a decir que corriste 3 km y no estás cansado?, ¡salí! | |||||||||
| Costa Rica, fam | ¡va jalando! interj | ||||||||
| get away | vi | (escape) | escapar vi | ||||||
| I was almost mugged but I managed to get away. | |||||||||
| The robbers were trapped in the house and could not get away. | |||||||||
| fugarse v pron | |||||||||
| Uno de los ladrones intentó fugarse por los techos pero fue capturado poco después por la policía. | |||||||||
| escabullirse v pron | |||||||||
| Casi teníamos al espía, mi comandante, pero se nos escabulló en el último minuto. | |||||||||
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3 meters away - grammar
5 hours away, 10 kilometers away
50 kilometers away
50 metres away
a bus ride away
A click away...
a cut-away view
A dream away
a far-away land
a few feet away
a few minutes' walk away.
a get away
a good stepping stone away from
A Gun Shot Or Two Away From A Military Coup
A key take-away
A lover's rain will wash away (song)
a real heading, moving away from
a ride away
a short distance away
a stones throw away
a ways away
a world away.
able to give away...
about 45 minutes away from
About half a mile away from here
abstract away
action + away
actually causes... wear away... the way they look
add to or take away from
more...
3 meters away - grammar
5 hours away, 10 kilometers away
50 kilometers away
50 metres away
a bus ride away
A click away...
a cut-away view
A dream away
a far-away land
a few feet away
a few minutes' walk away.
a get away
a good stepping stone away from
A Gun Shot Or Two Away From A Military Coup
A key take-away
A lover's rain will wash away (song)
a real heading, moving away from
a ride away
a short distance away
a stones throw away
a ways away
a world away.
able to give away...
about 45 minutes away from
About half a mile away from here
abstract away
action + away
actually causes... wear away... the way they look
add to or take away from
more...
'away' also found in these entries:
English:
around-the clock - atmosphere - back away - beaver away - behave - blast away - blow away - break away - breath - burning - call away - carry away - cast away - cat - chase away - chip away - chuck away - chuck out - clear away - cobweb - come away - dart - die away - divert - dizziness - do away with - doorbell - drain - eat away - edge - explode - fade away - fall away - far - flap - fold - forbidding - frighten away - frighten off - fritter away - gabble away - gamble away - game - get away - get away with - give away - go away - grief-stricken - hustle - idle away
Spanish:
A - ahuyentar - alejar - alejada - alejado - alejarse - aliento - amohinarse - apartar - apartarse - archivar - arramblar - arrancar - bailar - barrer - basura - bestia - bregar - broza - cañón - cara - carbonizarse - carcomer - cascar - compensar - congeniar - consumirse - decir - delatar - desbocarse - descartarse - descubrir - desechar - desechable - desperdiciar - desprenderse - desproveer - disipar - distanciarse - doparse - enjugar - enjugarse - escabullirse - escapar - escaparse - espantar - estar - fallecer - foro - fuera
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