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US - UKPocket Oxford Spanish Dictionary © 2005 Oxford University Press:
early1 /'ɜ:rli / || /'ɜ:li/ adjetivo -lier, -liest
- (before expected time) ‹arrival/elections› anticipado;
to be ~ [person] llegar(conj.⇒) temprano;
the bus was ~ el autobús pasó (or salió etc) antes de la hora
- (before normal time): to have an ~ night acostarse(conj.⇒) temprano;
~ retirement jubilación f anticipada
- ‹crop/variety› temprano, tempranero
- (before normal time): to have an ~ night acostarse(conj.⇒) temprano;
- (far back in time): ~ man el hombre primitivo;
his earliest memories sus primeros recuerdos
- (toward beginning of period): it's too ~ to tell es demasiado pronto para saber;
in ~ June a principios de junio;
he was in his ~ twenties tenía poco más de veinte años
early2 adverbio -lier, -liest
- (before expected time) temprano
- (before usual time) temprano, pronto (Esp)
- (toward beginning of period): ~ in the morning por la mañana temprano;
~ in the year a principios de año;
~ (on) in her career en los comienzos de su carrera
- (soon) pronto;
they won't be here till nine at the earliest por temprano que lleguen no estarán aquí antes de las nueve
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Diccionario Espasa Concise © 2000 Espasa Calpe:
early ['ɜ:lɪ] (earlier, earliest)
| I | adjetivo 1 (antes de la hora prevista) temprano,-a, anticipado,-a: the bus was early, el autobús llegó antes de tiempo you were 10 minutes early, llegaste 10 minutos antes de tiempo we had an early diner, cenamos pronto an early death, una muerte prematura 2 (en la primera etapa) it's still early days, aún es pronto at an early age, a una edad temprana early Mayan art, arte primitivo maya in the early days of the century, en los primeros días del siglo in her early twenties, a los veinte y pocos 3 (en un futuro cercano) pronto an early decision, una decisión pronta |
| II | adverbio 1 (antes de la hora prevista) temprano, pronto: passengers should check in an hour early, los pasajeros deberán facturar con una hora de adelanto they left early, se fueron pronto at the earliest, como muy pronto earlier on, antes 2 (cerca del principio) don't forget to book early, no te olvides de reservar con tiempo early in the book, en las primeras páginas del libro early in the morning, de madrugada early on this year, al principio de este año in early summer, a principios del verano |
early: WordReference English-Spanish Dictionary © 2009
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| be early | ser temprano | ||||||||
| 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 | ||||||||
| early bird | figurative | madrugador nm | |||||||
| early childhood | n | (infancy, earliest years of childhood) | infancia temprana nf | ||||||
| I have few memories of my early childhood. | |||||||||
| tierna infancia nf | |||||||||
| Los recuerdos de mi más tierna infancia están relacionados con mi abuela. | |||||||||
| primera infancia nf | |||||||||
| Los lazos que se forman durante la primera infancia son importantes. | |||||||||
| early closing | n | (shop closure at earlier hour than usual) | cerrar antes loc verb | ||||||
| The sign on the door said; 'Early closing due to a death in the family.' | |||||||||
| Hoy cierran antes, por la final del mundial. | |||||||||
| horario reducido nm | |||||||||
| early death | n | (death before reaching old age) | muerte prematura nf | ||||||
| His smoking habit led to an early death. | |||||||||
| muerte temprana nf | |||||||||
| La falta de alegría aumenta el riesgo de muerte temprana. (elconfidencial.com) | |||||||||
| early edition | n | (newspaper's first edition of the day) | primera edición nf | ||||||
| edición matutina nf | |||||||||
| La edición matutina del periódico no recogía la noticia. | |||||||||
| early enough | adj | (arriving in good time) | suficientemente temprano loc adj | ||||||
| Detectado en un estadio suficientemente temprano, es posible extirpar el tumor por completo mediante cirugía. / No contamos con otra fuente histórica confiable y suficientemente temprana que corrobore este hecho que se menciona en la Biblia. | |||||||||
| con tiempo loc adv | |||||||||
| temprano adv | |||||||||
| early enough | adv | (in good time) | con antelación loc adv | ||||||
| Debió comunicarlo con la debida antelación, ahora es imposible hacer nada al respecto. | |||||||||
| con tiempo loc adv | |||||||||
| con anticipación loc adv | |||||||||
| early grapes | (Horticulture) Horticultura | uvas tempranas nfpl | |||||||
| early grave | muerte prematura nf | ||||||||
| early hour | primera hora nf | ||||||||
| early on | en primer momento | ||||||||
| early retirement | jubilación anticipada nf | ||||||||
| early riser | n | (sb who gets up early in the morning) | madrugador adj | ||||||
| He was quite the early riser who enjoyed gazing at the sunrise each morning. | |||||||||
| fam | tempranero adj | ||||||||
| early stage | primera fase nf | ||||||||
| early symptom | n | (sign of illness at an early stage) | síntoma temprano loc nom | ||||||
| Coughing is an early symptom of lung disease. | |||||||||
| La ronquera es con frecuencia un síntoma temprano del cáncer de la laringe. | |||||||||
| primeros síntomas nmpl | |||||||||
| síntomas iniciales nmpl | |||||||||
| early times | (History) Historia | prehistoria nf | |||||||
| early warning | adj | de alerta temprana | |||||||
| early warning | adj | de aviso temprano | |||||||
| early warning | n | alerta temprana nf | |||||||
| early warning | n | aviso temprano nm | |||||||
| early warning system | n | sistema de alerta precoz nm | |||||||
| early warning system | n | sistema de alerta temprana nm | |||||||
| early warning system | n | sistema de aviso temprano nm | |||||||
| early years | npl | (initial period) | primeros años nmpl | ||||||
| The early years of any marriage are difficult. | |||||||||
| inicios nmpl | |||||||||
| Los inicios fueron poco prometedores pero con los años el negocio fue mejorando mucho. | |||||||||
| periodo inicial nm | |||||||||
| años iniciales nmpl | |||||||||
| early years | npl | (infancy, childhood) | niñez nf | ||||||
| infancia nf | |||||||||
| get up early | vi | (rise early in the morning) | madrugar vi | ||||||
| I have a conference this Saturday, so I will have to get up early for it. | |||||||||
| levantarse temprano loc verb | |||||||||
| too early | demasiado temprano | ||||||||
| Report an error | |||||||||
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a single pristine early City edition of tomorrow's New York Times
Above proficient - Early intermediate
achieve a year early
all of whom would become principle early players
an adult looks at the bare back of a child in his/her early teens
Arrive Late/Arrive Early
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as early as
as early as
as early as
as early as (in?) the fifteenth century
As early as 1963, the agency began to question...
as early as in the 1800s
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as early as the 13th C
as early as the late 1800s
as early as upon
At an early age
At an early age...
at an early stage
At dawn/early this morning
At least as early as
at such an early date
at your early convenience
BA in Early Childhood Education
Beginning early in life
beginning, early intermediate
bright and early
broyles - Early Modern English
more...
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adelantarse - alejarse - anticipada - anticipado - anticiparse - bien - breva - fase - fastidio - jubilación - madrugar - madrugada - madrugón - mañana - mantilla - objeto - precoz - primera - primero - pronta - pronto - sarao - tanta - tanto - temprana - tempranera - tempranero - temprano - verde - victoria - víspera - ya - aclarar - acostumbrado - adelantar - adelanto - antelación - anticipar - comienzo - como - costumbre - de - dormir - gustar - hacer - hora - madrugador - mañanero - sietemesino - tratar
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