great - English-Spanish Dictionary

WordReference.com English-Spanish Dictionary

great:

Listen:

US - UK

Pocket Oxford Spanish Dictionary © 2005 Oxford University Press:

great1 /greɪt/ adjetivo

(before n) (large in size, number, quantity) (sing) gran (delante del n);
(pl) grandes (delante del n);
a ~ many people muchísima gente

(before n)
1. (important) ‹landowner/occasion› (sing) gran (delante del n);
  (pl) grandes (delante del n);
  Catherine the G~ Catalina la Grande
1. (genuine, real) ‹friend/rival› (sing) gran (delante del n);
  (pl) grandes (delante del n)

(excellent) (colloq) ‹goal/movie/meal› sensacional;
he's a really ~ guy es un tipo or (Esp tb) tío sensacional (fam);
(as interj) (that's) ~! ¡fenomenal!, ¡estupendo! (fam)

great2 adverbio (esp AmE colloq) fenomenal (fam)

great: great-aunt~-aunt /'greɪt'ænt / ||/ˌgreɪt'ɑ:nt/ sustantivo
tía f abuela;
Great BritainG~ Britain sustantivo
Gran Bretaña f;
Great DaneG~ Dane sustantivo
gran danés m;
great-granddaughter~-granddaughter /'greɪt'grænˌdɔ:tər / || /ˌgreɪt'grænˌdɔ:tə(r)/ sustantivo
bisnieta f, biznieta f;
great-grandfather~-grandfather /'greɪt'grænˌfɑ:ðer / || /ˌgreɪt'grænˌfɑ:ðə(r)/ sustantivo
bisabuelo m;
great-grandmother~-grandmother /'greɪt'grænˌmʌðər / || /ˌgreɪt'grænˌmʌðə(r)/ sustantivo
bisabuela f;
great-grandson~-grandson /'greɪt'grænsʌn/ sustantivo
bisnieto m, biznieto m

great:great-uncle /'greɪt'ʌŋkəl/ sustantivo
tío m abuelo

Subscribe to the Oxford Concise or Unabridged dictionary for more translations, meanings and examples.

great [greɪt]

I	adjetivo 1 grande: the great majority, la gran mayoría a great many, muchos,-as 2 importante: he was a great writer, fue un gran escritor 3 (emoción, calor, etc) fuerte, intenso,-a 4 familiar estupendo,-a, magnífico,-a: we had a great time, lo pasamos fenomenal
II	adv fam fenomenal

Compound Forms:
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
do great harm	vi	(hurt sb greatly)	hacer mucho daño vtr
Smoking can do great harm to your body.
			ser muy perjudicial vi
do great harm	vi	(cause serious trouble or damage)	causar graves daños vtr
The hurricane did great harm to the coastline.
great abundance			gran abundancia nf
great age	n	(advanced age, old age)	edad avanzada nf
Turtles can live to a great age.
great ape	n	(large ape: gorilla, etc.)	grandes simios nmpl
The power and the majesty of the Silverback make it clear why it is considered to be the greatest of the great apes.
			grandes monos nmpl
great aunt	n		tía abuela nf
great bear		(Zoology) Zoología	gran oso nm
great beauty	n	(immense physical attractiveness)	gran belleza nf
The people admired the great beauty of the statue.
			hermosura nf
great beauty	n	(very beautiful woman)	verdadera belleza nf
His wife was a great beauty.
			gran belleza nf
		fam	diosa nf
		España, fam	bellezón nm
A los sesenta años, Elena sigue siendo un bellezón espectacular.
great bell			gran campana nf
great big	adj		enorme
great big	adj		inmenso
great black-backed gull		(Ornithology) ornitología	gavión atlántico nm
great blue heron		(Ornithology) ornitología	gran garza azul nf
great blue heron		(Ornithology) ornitología	garza ceniza nf
great cause	n	(sb or sth deserving of charity)	causa noble nf+adj
			una buena causa nf
			gran causa nf
			causa meritoria nf+adj
great circle		(Mathematics) matemáticas	gran círculo nm
great crested grebe		(Ornithology) ornitología	somormujo lavanco nm
great distance	n	(long way)	gran distancia nf
Radio waves are capable of travelling a great distance.
			larga distancia nf
great effort	n	(hard work, exertion)	gran esfuerzo nm
It was a great effort for her to walk up the hill.
			ingentes esfuerzos nmpl
great effort	n	(sincere attempt)	gran esfuerzo nm
They made a great effort to move the heavy rock, but did not succeed.
			ahínco nm
great friend	n	(sb loved and trusted)	gran amigo nm
He was a great friend of mine and I will sorely miss him.
			buen amigo nm
Es un buen amigo mío, voy a echarlo de menos cuando se vaya a vivir a Vancouver.
			muy buen amigo nm
		Argentina	amigazo nm
Mario es un amigazo mío.
great fun			muy divertido adj
great grandchild	n		bisnieto nm
great granddaughter	n		bisnieta nf
great grandfather	n	(father of one's grandparent)	bisabuelo nm
My great-grandfather fought in the First World War.
great grandmother	n	(mother of one's grandparent)	bisabuela nf
Cars hadn't even been invented when my great grandmother was a young girl.
great gray owl		US (ornithology; UK = great grey owl) ornitología	cárabo lapón nm
great gun		informal (also: big gun)	pez gordo nm
great guns		(to go great guns)	a gran velocidad adv
great horned owl		(Ornithology) ornitología	búho virginiano nm
great horned owl		(Ornithology)	búho cornudo nm
great lady	n	(woman who is prominent or influential)	mujer influyente nm
The president's wife is a great lady.
			gran dama, gran mujer nf
great man	n	(man who is prominent or influential)	hombre influyente nm
Napoleon was a great man, although not in terms of stature.
			gran hombre nm
Napoleón era un gran hombre aunque no en términos de altura.
great minds think alike		(proverb) refrán	los genios pensamos igual
great nephew	n		sobrino nieto nm
great niece	n		sobrina nieta nf
great one for	n	informal (sb who tends to do sth frequently)	buenísimo para... adj + prep
He's a great one for telling stories.
Buenísimo para contar chistes
			uno que se pinta solo para... fr hecha
Él se pinta solo para contar historias.
great organ		(Music) música	gran órgano nm
great pace			buen paso nm
great point			buen argumento nm
great power	n	(authority and influence)	gran poder nm
The Church had great power over the population in the past.
la Iglesia Católica tuvo un gran poder en España.
great power	npl	(politics: leading states)	gran potencia nf
Brazil is a great power in Latin America.
Brasil es una gran potencia de América Latina
great price			buen precio nm
great respect			gran respeto nm
great respect for	n	(esteem, high regard for)	gran respeto por nm + prep
I have great respect for people who help others.
Tengo gran respeto por la gente que ayuda a otros.
			profundo respeto por nm + prep
great satisfaction	n	(strong feeling of gratification)	gran satisfacción nf
Finishing a book written in a foreign language gives me great satisfaction.
great scale	n	(large dimensions)	gran escala nf
great scale, on a	adv	(far reaching, extensively )	a gran escala loc adv
Operations are being conducted on a great scale in order to track down the flight recorder in the aftermath of last week's plane crash.
great scope			grandes posibilidades nfpl
great seal			gran sello nm
great spotted woodpecker		(Ornithology) ornitología	pico picapinos nm
great success	n	(sth or sb very successful or popular)	gran éxito nm
The trade show was a great success, attracting a large number of visitors.
La canción Macarena fue un gran éxito de los 80. Los Del Río tuvieron un gran éxito con la canción Macarena.
			resonante suceso nm
great tit		(Ornithology) ornitología	carbonero común nm
great toe		(anatomy; also big toe) Anatomía	dedo gordo del pie nm
great tower			gran torre nf
great value			gran valor nm
great white heron		(Ornithology) ornitología	garza blanca (grande) nf
great white shark		(Zoology) Zoología	gran tiburón blanco nm
great work			buen trabajo nm
great year			gran año nm
great-aunt	n	(sister of one's grandparent)	tía abuela nf
My great-aunt lives with her sister, who is also my great-aunt.
great-great grandchild	n		tataranieto nm
great-uncle	n	(brother of one's grandparent)	tío abuelo nm
My great-uncle owns a small farm.
great, smashing			estupendo adj
in great measure			en gran medida
to a great degree			en grado sumo
to a great degree			en gran parte
to a great extent			en buena medida
to a great extent			en mayor medida
with great care			con mucho cuidado adv

Report an error

Forum discussions with the word(s) "great" in the title:

'great' also found in these entries:

English:

achievement - amount to - asset - attrition rate - boon - Britain - catch - consider - demand - dismay - drain - effect - entail - exercise - expectation - face - forehand - GB - Great Britain - great-aunt - great-grandchild - great-grandfather - great-grandmother - great-uncle - hit on - hit upon - impartiality - in-laws - inconvenience - intensity - length - liking - making - many - orator - pain - pal - perception - relief - self-control - shake - show - song - spirit - store - stress - temptation - while - worth - attraction

Spanish:

acabose - acierto - acojonante - antiterrorista - ascendiente - bebible - bien - bisabuela - bisabuelo - bisnieta - bisnieto - bombo - chévere - chula - chulo - cojón - colosal - complacer - conmemorativa - conmemorativo - conquistar - considerable - crasa - craso - danés - danesa - deliciosa - delicioso - derroche - detalladamente - detalle - dotada - dotado - eco - ejemplo - enana - enano - enrollada - enrollado - escepticismo - esmero - estima - estratega - estruendo - estupenda - estupendo - fabulosa - fabuloso - facultad - fenomenal

Add WordReference search box to your Google
homepage:

	Google.com
Español:
Universal:

Add WordReference
to Firefox searchbox

Ver También:

Links: