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by1 /baɪ/ preposición
- (indicating agent, cause) (with passive verbs) por The passive voice is, however, less common in Spanish than it is in English she was brought up ~ her grandmother la crio su abuela;
a play ~ Shakespeare una obra de Shakespeare
- (indicating means, method): made ~ hand hecho a mano;
to travel ~ car/train/plane viajar en coche/tren/avión;
to pay ~ credit card pagar(conj.⇒) con tarjeta de crédito;
I'll begin ~ introducing myself empezaré por presentarme
- (owing to, from): ~ chance por casualidad;
they have lost public support ~ being too extreme han perdido apoyo popular por ser demasiado extremistas
- (indicating means, method): made ~ hand hecho a mano;
- (at the side of, near to) al lado de;
it's right ~ the door está justo al lado de la puerta
- (to hand) (AmE): I always keep some money ~ me siempre llevo algo de dinero encima
- (at the side of, near to) al lado de;
- (past): I said hello, but he walked right ~ me lo saludé pero él pasó de largo
- (via, through) por;
~ land/sea/air por tierra/mar/avión
- (indicating rate) por;
we are paid ~ the hour nos pagan por hora(s)
- (indicating extent of difference): she broke the record ~ several seconds batió el récord en or por varios segundos
- (indicating gradual progression): one ~ one uno por uno
- (indicating rate) por;
- (not later than): he told her to be home ~ 11 le dijo que volviera antes de las 11;
they should be there ~ now ya deberían estar allí;
~ the time he arrived, Ann had left cuando llegó, Ann se había ido
- (during, at) ~ day/night de día/noche
- (not later than): he told her to be home ~ 11 le dijo que volviera antes de las 11;
- (according to): ~ that clock it's almost half past según ese reloj son casi y media;
that's fine ~ me por mí no hay problema
- (Math) por;
multiply two ~ three multiplica dos por tres;
a room 20ft ~ 12ft una habitación de 20 pies por 12
- by oneself (alone, without assistance) solo
by2 adverbio
- (past): she rushed ~ without seeing me pasó corriendo y no me vio;
they watched the parade march ~ vieron pasar el desfile
- (to sb's residence): call o stop ~ on your way to work pasa por casa de camino al trabajo
- (in phrases) by and by: ~ and ~ they came to the clearing al poco rato llegaron al claro;
by and large por lo general, en general
by: bygone~gone adjetivo (liter) (before n) ‹age/days› de antaño (liter);
to let ~gones be ~gones olvidar el pasado;
bylaw~law sustantivo (BrE) ordenanza f municipal
to let ~gones be ~gones olvidar el pasado;
bylaw~law sustantivo (BrE) ordenanza f municipal
by: by-product~-product sustantivo (in manufacture) subproducto m;
(consequence) consecuencia f;
byroad~road sustantivo
carretera f secundaria;
bystander~stander /'baɪˌstændər / || /'baɪˌstændə(r)/ sustantivo: they opened fire, killing innocent ~standers abrieron fuego y mataron a varias personas inocentes or a varios transeúntes
(consequence) consecuencia f;
byroad~road sustantivo
carretera f secundaria;
bystander~stander /'baɪˌstændər / || /'baɪˌstændə(r)/ sustantivo: they opened fire, killing innocent ~standers abrieron fuego y mataron a varias personas inocentes or a varios transeúntes
by: byway~way sustantivo
camino m (apartado);
byword~word sustantivo: to be a ~word for sth ser(conj.⇒) sinónimo de algo;
by-your-leave~-your-leave /'baɪjər'li:v / || /ˌbaɪjɔ:'li:v/ sustantivo: without so much as a ~-your-leave sin (ni) siquiera pedir permiso
camino m (apartado);
byword~word sustantivo: to be a ~word for sth ser(conj.⇒) sinónimo de algo;
by-your-leave~-your-leave /'baɪjər'li:v / || /ˌbaɪjɔ:'li:v/ sustantivo: without so much as a ~-your-leave sin (ni) siquiera pedir permiso
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Diccionario Espasa Concise © 2000 Espasa Calpe:
by [baɪ]
| I | preposición 1 (agente) por: this was painted by Velázquez, esto fue pintado por Velázquez a poster by Picasso, un póster de Picasso 2 (manera) by bus/car/train, en autobús/coche/tren to pay by cheque, pagar con talón made by hand, hecho,-a a mano 3 (vía) he went in by the front door, entró por la puerta principal 4 (resultado) he got his job by bribing the boss, consiguió el trabajo sobornando al jefe by accident, por accidente by chance, por casualidad 5 (cantidad, ritmo) eggs are sold by the dozen, los huevos se venden por docenas this film is better by far, esta película es mejor con diferencia she's paid by the hour, cobra por horas it increased by 10%, aumentó en un 10% day by day, día a día little by little, poco a poco 6 (espacio) al lado de, junto,-a: she sat by my side, se sentó a mi lado 7 (movimiento) he passed by the church, pasó delante o al lado de la iglesia 8 to be by oneself, estar solo,-a to do sthg by oneself, hacer algo sin ayuda 9 (tiempo) para: I need it by six, lo necesito para las seis 10 de by day/night, de día/noche 11 según: do it by the rules, hazlo según las reglas that's fine by me, por mí, vale 12 by the way, por cierto 13 Mat ten by (times) ten is one hundred, diez por diez son cien |
| II | adverbio 1 cerca, al lado as time goes by, con el paso del tiempo to walk by, pasar de largo two cars went by, pasaron dos coches 2 I'll stop by and see you tomorrow, pasaré a verte mañana 3 by and by, con el tiempo 4 by and large, en conjunto: by and large, the interview went well, con todo, la entrevista fue bastante bien |
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| baptism by fire | n | (difficult first experience, initiation) | bautismo de fuego nm | ||||||
| bautismo de fuego nm | |||||||||
| baptism by fire | n | (first combat experience for a soldier) nm | bautismo de fuego nm | ||||||
| bautismo de fuego nm | |||||||||
| be advised by | ser aconsejado por | ||||||||
| be amazed by | estar asombrado por | ||||||||
| be bounded by | (Law) Derecho | estar vinculado por | |||||||
| be bounded by | tener límites de | ||||||||
| be constituted by | estar constituido por | ||||||||
| be guided by | ser guiado por | ||||||||
| be limited by | estar limitado por | ||||||||
| blow by | vi | (be swept past by the wind) Esp | ser arrastrado por el viento vi + pp | ||||||
| blow by blow | adj | (step by step, as it happened) | paso a paso loc adv | ||||||
| Esp | paso por paso loc adv | ||||||||
| by a great deal | adv | (by a large amount or extent) | por mucho loc adv | ||||||
| por una gran cantidad loc adv | |||||||||
| Fue coreado por una gran cantidad de sus fans. | |||||||||
| por un gran número loc adv | |||||||||
| by a hair's breadth | adv | (by the slightest margin) | por un pelo loc adv | ||||||
| Ganó la carrera por un pelo. | |||||||||
| Perú fam | con las justas loc adv | ||||||||
| Ganó la carrera con las justas. | |||||||||
| México | por un pelito loc adv | ||||||||
| Se salvó de tener un accidente por un pelito. | |||||||||
| by a majority | adv | (by most people, by more than half) | por mayoría loc adv | ||||||
| Salió elegido por mayoría simple. | |||||||||
| por la mayoría loc adv | |||||||||
| La decisión fue tomada por la mayoría. | |||||||||
| by a narrow margin | adv | (by a very small number or amount) | por un estrecho margen loc adv | ||||||
| Perdieron las elecciones por un estrecho margen | |||||||||
| by a show of hands | adv | (with an impromptu vote) | por votación a mano alzada loc adv | ||||||
| Los allí reunidos votaron a mano alzada. | |||||||||
| by airmail | adv | (postal delivery: via plane) | por correo aéreo, por avión loc adv | ||||||
| La carta tiene que estar allí mañana: envíala por avión. | |||||||||
| vía aérea 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 | |||||||||
| by any chance | adv | (possibly) | por casualidad loc adv | ||||||
| ¿Tiene un bolígrafo, por casualidad? | |||||||||
| de casualidad loc adv | |||||||||
| ¿De casualidad tiene una pluma que me pueda prestar? | |||||||||
| acaso adv | |||||||||
| Si acaso surgiera un problema, llámeme sin importar la hora que sea. | |||||||||
| by any means | adv | (in any way, via any method) | por cualquier medio loc adv | ||||||
| Argentina | como sea loc adv | ||||||||
| Vení como sea pero ya, está muy grave. | |||||||||
| by birth | adv | (through one's family) | por nacimiento loc adv | ||||||
| de nacimiento loc adv | |||||||||
| by choice | adv | (willingly, of one's free will) | por elección propia loc adv | ||||||
| by command | adv | (by giving orders) | por obligación loc adv | ||||||
| by common consent | adv | (by the agreement of everyone) | por consenso loc adv | ||||||
| por mutuo / común consentimiento loc adv | |||||||||
| Se acepta lo propuesto por consentimiento común/mutuo de los presentes. | |||||||||
| de común acuerdo loc adj | |||||||||
| by comparison | adv | (when compared) | por comparación loc adv | ||||||
| by comparison with | prep | (compared with, relative to) | en comparación con loc prep | ||||||
| by consensus | adv | (by general agreement) | por consenso loc adv | ||||||
| by dint of | a fuerza de | ||||||||
| by force | adv | (using physical strength or violence) | por la fuerza loc adv | ||||||
| by freight | adv | (via cargo transport) | por flete/por transporte de carga loc adv | ||||||
| mediante flete loc adv | |||||||||
| by half | adv | (by 50 per cent) | por la mitad, a la mitad loc adv | ||||||
| La propuesta pretende reducir por la mitad el déficit. | |||||||||
| by half | adv | informal (by a great deal) fam | por goleada loc adv | ||||||
| Argentina fam. | por lejos loc adv | ||||||||
| No sé que pensarán ustedes, pero para mí El Señor de los Anillos le gana por lejos a Harry Potter. | |||||||||
| by hand | adv | (manually, not by machine) | a mano loc adv | ||||||
| El aparato está hecho totalmente a mano | |||||||||
| manual, manualmente adj, adv | |||||||||
| by heart | adv | (from memory) | de memoria loc adv | ||||||
| by instalments | adv | (a bit at a time) | poco a poco loc adv | ||||||
| de a poco loc adv | |||||||||
| by instinct | adv | (intuitively) | por intuición loc adv | ||||||
| por instinto loc adv | |||||||||
| Los animales, por instinto, luchan por sus vidas. | |||||||||
| by intuition | adv | (instinctively) | por instinto loc adv | ||||||
| intuitivamente adv | |||||||||
| Se dice que las mujeres piensan intuitivamente. | |||||||||
| por intuición loc adv | |||||||||
| by itself | adv | (on its own) | por sí mismo, por sí solo loc adv | ||||||
| by Jove | interj | (expressing amazement) | ¡por Dios! ¡Mi Dios! interj | ||||||
| España | por Júpiter interj | ||||||||
| España | por las barbas de Júpiter interj | ||||||||
| México | ¡Santa Cachucha! interj. | ||||||||
| España | Ostras interj | ||||||||
| por los clavos de Cristo interj | |||||||||
| by land | adv | (via land transport) | por tierra loc adv | ||||||
| El paquete no se puede enviar por tierra tiene que ser por avión. | |||||||||
| vía terrestre nf | |||||||||
| por carretera loc adv | |||||||||
| by mail | adv | (in the post, via the postal service) | por correo loc verb | ||||||
| by mail | adv | informal (via e-mail) | por mail loc adv | ||||||
| por correo electrónico loc adv | |||||||||
| Enviaré la invitación por correo electrónico. | |||||||||
| by marriage | adv | (through the family of one's spouse) | por razón de matrimonio loc verb | ||||||
| by means of | prep | (via) | por medio de loc prep | ||||||
| by memory | adv | (using one's memory) | de memoria loc adv | ||||||
| by mistake | adv | (accidentally, not on purpose) | por error loc adv | ||||||
| accidentalmente adv | |||||||||
| by necessity | adv | (unavoidably) | necesariamente adv | ||||||
| by night | adv | (at night-time) | de noche, por la noche adv | ||||||
| by rail | adv | (via train) | por tren loc adv | ||||||
| Me mandan la bici por tren. | |||||||||
| by reason of | prep | (because of) | debido a loc prep | ||||||
| Fue absuelto debido a su enfermedad mental. | |||||||||
| a causa de loc prep | |||||||||
| por razón de loc prep | |||||||||
| Nadie puede ser discriminado por razón de sexo. | |||||||||
| by reflex | adv | (automatically, instinctively) | por reflejo loc adv | ||||||
| automáticamente,instintivamente adv | |||||||||
| Cuando tiembla, automáticamente corro para la calle. | |||||||||
| by request | adv | (in response to a request) | a solicitud de loc prep | ||||||
| Acudió a la reunión a solicitud de su jefe | |||||||||
| a petición de loc prep | |||||||||
| a pedido loc adv | |||||||||
| en respuesta a un pedido loc adv | |||||||||
| Llegaron muchas revistas en respuesta a un pedido emitido por la secretaria. | |||||||||
| by sea | adv | (via boat or ship) | por mar loc adv | ||||||
| Traen la mercancía por mar. | |||||||||
| vía marítima nf | |||||||||
| Enviaremos el pedido por vía marítima | |||||||||
| by sight | adv | (visually) | de vista loc adv | ||||||
| Nunca hablé con él pero lo conozco de vista. | |||||||||
| by telephone | adv | (by means of a phone call) | por teléfono loc adv | ||||||
| Llámame esta tarde por teléfono. | |||||||||
| vía telefónica nf | |||||||||
| El aviso le puede llegar por correo o vía telefónica. | |||||||||
| by-the-book | adv | (according to rules or convention) | a rajatabla loc adv | ||||||
| En esta empresa se sigue el manual a rajatabla. | |||||||||
| Next 100 | |||||||||
| Report an error | |||||||||
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16 bit by 16 bit Integer Divide (unsigned) (computing)
28 inches high by 36 inches wide ( painting)
30mg PO - Per os (by mouth) - medical
310 cm × 276 cm: 310 'by' 276
a car had actually been driving by
a course by
A crime punishable by death"
a day doesn't go by
A Dios le pido - use of subjunctive (song by Juanés) - grammar
A facing to either side is identified by both a reference on the side ....
a group led by small-scale planters
a heart saddened by the chidings
A man of means by no means
a model of gene-by-environment interaction
a model of gene-by-environment interaction
a name batted about by music buffs
a number increased/decreased by
A parent may not be forced by any person...
a person cannot pull himself up by his own shoe-strings
a personal (omission by Cortázar) - grammar
a pistola / by gun
A plan authored in 1910 by Francisco I. Madero that calls for a war against the dicta
A Plant TQM or OPEX day should be installed by management
A poem by philip larkin
a quote he works by
A real woman is one who gets fucked by men
A rose by any other name (...would smell as sweet)
A rose by any other name would smell as sweet
more...
'by' also found in these entries:
English:
aback - abide by - abrupt - absence - absorb - abuse - accident - accompany - account - advance - aggravate - aim to - air - airmail - alarmed - alert - alone - annihilate - appal - appall - appearance - appreciate - apprise - arms control - army - around - arr - astray - augment - aware - baffle - barbarian - barricade - bay - be - benefit - bicycle - bit - blind - blissful - blow - boat - bolster - book - bootstrap - brighten up - bulk - bull - burst - by-election
Spanish:
A - abordaje - abrumar - absoluta - absoluto - acalorada - acalorado - accidente - aclamación - acometer - acribillar - acuerdo - adelantar - aérea - aéreo - afectar - afectada I - afectado - agigantada - agigantado - aguijonear - altura - alzada - alzado - anillo - apoderarse - apreciarse - arrasar - arrastrar - arrugarse - arte - atenerse - atufarse - avión - azar - bañar - barrer - base - beneficiarse - brillar - butrón - cabalgata - cabe - caducidad - caer - cálculo - cañón - canto - cargo - carrerilla
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