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Pocket Oxford Spanish Dictionary © 2005 Oxford University Press:

Miss = Mississippi

Pocket Oxford Spanish Dictionary © 2005 Oxford University Press:

miss1 /mɪs/ sustantivo

1. Miss (as title) señorita f;
   M~ Jane Smith la señorita Jane Smith;
   (in correspondence) Sra Jane Smith

2. (failure to hit) fallo m;
   to give sth a ~ (colloq): I think I'll give swimming a ~ this afternoon creo que esta tarde no voy a ir a nadar

miss2 verbo transitivo

1. 1. 1. (fail to hit): the bomb ~ed its target la bomba no cayó en el blanco;
         the bullet just ~ed him la bala le pasó rozando
      2. (overlook, fail to notice): you ~ed three mistakes se te pasaron (por alto) tres errores;
         you can't ~ it lo va a ver enseguida, no tiene pérdida (Esp)
      3. (fail to hear, understand) no oír^(conj.⇒);
         he's ~ed the point no ha entendido
      4. ‹chance› perder^(conj.⇒)
   2. (fail to catch) ‹bus/flight› perder^(conj.⇒);
      sorry, you've just ~ed him lo siento, acaba de irse
   3. 1. (fail to experience) perderse^(conj.⇒);
         you didn't ~ much no te perdiste nada
      2. (fail to attend) ‹meeting› faltar a;
         ‹party/show› perderse^(conj.⇒)

2. 1. (regret absence of) ‹friend/country/activity› echar de menos, extrañar (esp AmL)
   2. (notice absence of) echar en falta;
      when did you first ~ the necklace? ¿cuándo echaste en falta el collar?

verbo intransitivo [marksman] errar^(conj.⇒) el tiro, fallar;
[bullet] no dar^(conj.⇒) en el blanco

Phrasal Verbs
miss out

1. v + o + adv, v + adv + o ‹line/paragraph› saltarse

2. v + adv to ~ out on sth perderse^(conj.⇒) algo

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Diccionario Espasa Concise © 2000 Espasa Calpe:

miss [mɪs]

I	verbo transitivo 1   (un golpe, tiro) errar, fallar 2   (un avión, tren) perder: he missed his plane, perdió el avión 3   (una experiencia, oportunidad) perder(se), dejar pasar 4   no percibir: I missed her at the station, no la vi en la estación      I missed what he said, no oí lo que dijo      to miss the point, no captar la idea 5   omitir, saltarse: I missed one of the questions on the exam, me salté una de las preguntas del examen 6   (gentío, tráfico) evitar 7   (un país, una persona) añorar, echar de menos: she misses her mother, añora a su madre 8   (algo perdido) echar en falta
II	nombre 1   fallo      near miss, librarse por un pelo 2   tiro fallido 3   GB familiar I'm giving the party a miss, no voy a la fiesta
III	verbo intransitivo fallar: I threw the ball and missed, tiré la pelota y fallé     Cuando to miss significa echar de menos o perder y quieres usar un verbo, tiene que ser un gerundio: I'll miss hearing her voice. Echaré de menos oír su voz. I'm sorry I missed seeing you the other day. Siento no haberte visto el otro día.

Miss nf señorita

miss: WordReference English-Spanish Dictionary © 2009

Compound Forms:
hit and miss			al azar adj
hit or miss			al azar adj
hit-and-miss	adj		al azar
hit-and-miss	adj		fortuito
hit-and-miss	adj		una lotería x
junior miss	n		chica adolescente nf
main armament miss			falta de armamento principal
miss an opportunity			perder una oportunidad vt
miss out			pasar por algo vt
miss the bus			perder el camión vt
miss the chance			perder la oportunidad vt
near miss			que casi sucede
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'miss' also found in these entries:

English:

boat - footing - inch - miss out - Miss World - point - so - afford - hit - Miss

Spanish:

añorar - aunque - cruzarse - desaprovechar - desperdiciar - destinada - destinado - echar - errar - espectáculo - extrañar - falta - miss - pasar - perder - pérdida - saltarse - señorita - Srta. - tierra - comer - escapar - falla - fallar - faltar - ir - mundo - saltar - señor - tiro

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