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narrow1 /'nærəʊ/ adjetivo
- (not wide) ‹path/opening/hips› estrecho, angosto (esp AmL)
- (slender) ‹margin› escaso;
‹win/victory› conseguido por un escaso margen;
to have a ~ escape salvarse de milagro
- (restricted) ‹range/view› limitado;
‹attitude/ideas› cerrado
narrow2 verbo transitivo
Phrasal Verbs
narrow down v + o + adv, v + adv + o: they've ~ed their investigation down to this area han restringido su investigación a esta área;
we ~ed it down to only three candidates fuimos descartando candidatos hasta quedar con solo tres
- (reduce width of) estrechar, angostar (esp AmL)
- (restrict) ‹range/field› restringir(conj.⇒)
verbo intransitivo
- [road/river/valley] estrecharse, angostarse (esp AmL)
- [options/odds] reducirse(conj.⇒)
Phrasal Verbs
narrow down v + o + adv, v + adv + o: they've ~ed their investigation down to this area han restringido su investigación a esta área;
we ~ed it down to only three candidates fuimos descartando candidatos hasta quedar con solo tres
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Diccionario Espasa Concise © 2000 Espasa Calpe:
narrow ['nærəʊ]
| I | adjetivo 1 estrecho,-a 2 limitado,-a (selección) reducido,-a |
| II | verbo transitivo (una distancia) estrechar |
| III | vi (carretera, río, etc) estrecharse ♦ LOC: we had a narrow escape, nos salvamos por los pelos |
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| 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 | |||||||||
| narrow boat | n | barcaza de canal nf | |||||||
| narrow boat | n | barco angosto apropiado para usarse en canales nm | |||||||
| narrow boat | n | también narrowboat | |||||||
| narrow escape, to have a | ligera ventaja, tener una v | ||||||||
| narrow gauge | adj | vía de tren | estrecho | ||||||
| narrow gauge | adj | entrevía angosta nf | |||||||
| narrow margin | margen estrecho n | ||||||||
| narrow the gap | acortar distancias v | ||||||||
| something long and narrow | algo largo y estrecho nm | ||||||||
| wander from the straight and narrow | desviarse del buen camino v | ||||||||
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