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corner1 /'kɔ:rnər / || /'kɔ:nə(r)/ sustantivo

corner2 verbo transitivo

verbo intransitivo
tomar una curva;
this car ~s well este coche tiene buen agarre en las curvas

corner:cornerstone /'kɔ:rnərstəʊn / || /'kɔ:nəstəʊn/ sustantivo
piedra f angular

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corner ['kɔ:nəʳ]

I	nombre 1 (interior) rincón 2 (de la calle) esquina (just) round the corner, a la vuelta de la esquina figurado to cut corners, reducir tiempo y/o costes, atajar to turn the corner, superar una crisis 3 (de carretera) curva
II	verbo transitivo 1 (a un adversario) arrinconar: the enemy was cornered, el enemigo estaba arrinconado 2 Com acaparar, monopolizar to corner the market, hacerse con el mercado
III	vi Auto tomar una curva

Compound Forms:
corner cupboard	n		esquinera nf
corner cupboard	n		rinconera nf
corner market	n	US (small convenience store)	la tienda de la esquina nf
She did not have enough flour to make a cake, so she went to the corner market to buy more.
		Argentina	almacén nm
corner of the eye	n	(peripheral vision)	rabillo del ojo nm
She could not describe the man accurately because she had only seen him out of the corner of her eye.
			de reojo loc adv
			de refilón loc adv
Lo vio de refilón cuando iba caminando por la calle.
corner the market	v	(have an effective commercial monopoly)	monopolizar el mercado loc vrb
			acaparar loc verb
dark corner		(metaphor) metafórico	oscuro rincón nm
dark corner			rincón oscuro nm
have a corner on	vtr	idiom (own enough of to control market) México	acaparar vtr
I tried to have a corner on the silver market by buying low priced contracts, but I failed miserably.
			monopolizar v tr
			manejar el cotarro loc verb
Como Pepe tiene el 75% de las acciones de Yogurtu Airways, él es quien maneja el cotarro.
hole-and-corner	adj	UK colloquial (secret)	clandestino
hole-and-corner	adj	UK colloquial (secret)	encubierto
hole-and-corner	adj	UK colloquial (secret)	secreto
in a corner			en un rincón
in a dark corner			en un oscuro rincón
just around the corner			a la vuelta de la esquina
turn a corner		figurative figurativo	cambiar
turn a corner			dar la vuelta a la esquina
turn down the corner of			doblar
turn the corner		figurativo	salir del apuro v
turn the corner			cambiar de comportamiento

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