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above [əˈbʌv]
preposición
1. por encima de (physically)
- above sea level -> sobre el nivel del mar
- the Ebro above Zaragoza -> el Ebro, antes de llegar a Zaragoza
2. (with numbers)
- above twenty -> por encima de veinte
- above $100 -> más de 100 dólares
- the temperature didn't rise above 10°C -> la temperatura no pasó de or superó los 10 grados
3. (in importance, rank)
- above all -> por encima de todo, sobre todo
- he is above me -> está por encima de mí
4. (not subject to)
- to be above suspicion -> estar libre de sospecha
- she thinks she's above criticism -> cree que está por encima de las críticas
5. (superior to)
- he thinks he's above all that -> cree que hacer eso sería humillarse
- he's not above telling the occasional lie -> incluso él miente de vez en cuando
- to get above oneself -> darse muchos humos
adverbio
6. (in general)
- the tenants (of the flat) above -> los inquilinos de arriba
- to have a view from above -> ver desde arriba
- imposed from above -> impuesto(a) desde arriba
7. (in book, document)
- the paragraph above -> el párrafo anterior
- as noted above,… -> como se dice más arriba,…
8. (with numbers)
- women aged eighteen and above -> las mujeres a partir de los dieciocho años
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above [a-bóuf]
preposición
1. Encima, sobre, superior, más alto en cuanto a situación, dignidad, poder, etc. -
adverbio
2. Arriba, la parte alta o lugar en alto.
- Above all -> sobre todo, principalmente
- Above-board -> abiertamente, públicamente, a vista de todos
- Above cite -> o above mentioned, ya citado o ya mencionado, supracitado, susodicho
- Above ground -> vivo; expresión que denota que aún no ha muerto alguno
- From above -> de arriba, de lo alto, del cielo
- To be above a thing -> (a) Ser incapaz de una cosa, ser superior a, no usar de
- He was not above three hours in doing it -> no empleó más de tres horas en hacerlo
- I value honor above life -> precio mi honra más que la vida
(b) Más que, o de; ej.
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- ablaut
- ablaze
- able
- -able.
- able-bodied
- able-bodied seaman
- ablegate
- ableness
- ablepsy
- ablest
- abloom
- abluent
- ablush
- ablution
- ably
- -ably.
- abnegate
- abnegation
- abnegator
- abnodation
- abnormal
- abnormality
- abnormity
- aboard
- abode
- abolish
- abolishable
- abolisher
- abolishment
- abolition
- abolitionism
- abolitionist
- abomasum
- a-bomb
- abominable
- abominableness
- abominably
- abominate
- abomination
- aboral
- aboriginal
- aborigines
- abort
- abortion
- abortive
- abortively
- abortiveness
- abound
- abounding
- about
- above
- abradant
- abrade
- Abraham
- abrasion
- abrasive
- abreast
- abrenunciation
- abreption
- abreuvoir
- abridge
- abridged
- abridger
- abridgment
- abroach
- abroad
- abrogable
- abrogate
- abrogation
- abrogative
- abrotanum
- abrupt
- abruption
- abruptly
- abruptness
- abscess
- abscind
- abscissa
- abscission
- abscond
- absconder
- absence
- absent
- absentaneous
- absentee
- absenteeism
- absenter
- absinthe
- absinthian
- absinthiated
- absinthium
- absolute
- absolutely
- absoluteness
- absolution
- absolutism
- absolutist
- absolutor
- absolvatory
- absolve
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