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el aire

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air

[eər]

sustantivo

1aire (m) (in general)

by air -> en avión
to be on the air -> estar en el aire (person, program)
to throw something (up) in the air -> lanzar algo al aire
our plans are up in the air -> nuestros planes están en el aire (undecided)
there's a feeling of hope in the air -> hay (un) ambiente de esperanza
air bag (automóbiles) -> airbag (m)
air bed -> colchón (m) hinchable
air fare -> (precio (m) del) billete (m) or (español de España) boleto (m) or (Am) pasaje (m) (Am)
air filter -> filtro (m) del aire
the Air Force -> las Fuerzas Aéreas
air freight -> transporte (m) aéreo
air freshener -> ambientador (m)
air hostess -> azafata (f) de vuelo, aeromoza (f) (Am)
air marshal -> teniente (m) general de las fuerzas aéreas
air pollution -> contaminación (f) atmosférica, polución (f) ambiental
air pressure -> presión (f) atmosférica
air raid -> ataque (m) aéreo
air rifle -> escopeta (f) de aire comprimido
air show -> demostración (f) or exhibición (f) aérea
air steward -> auxiliar (m) de vuelo
air stewardess -> auxiliar (f) de vuelo, azafata (f) de vuelo, aeromoza (f) (Am)
air terminal -> terminal (f) de vuelo
air traffic control -> control (m) (del tráfico) aéreo
air traffic controller -> controlador(ora) (sustantivo masculino o femenino) aéreo(a)

2melodía (f) aire (m) (melody)

3aire (m) (look)

he has the air of somebody who has traveled -> tiene aire de haber viajado mucho
to give oneself airs, to put on airs -> darse aires, darse tono

verbo transitivo

4ventilar, airear (room, opinions, grievances); airear, orear (clothing, bedding)

air [éa]

sustantivo

1Aire, la atmósfera, el fluido que respiramos.

To take the air -> Tomar el aire

2Zéfiro, viento ligero.

3Tono, tonada, aire de música.

4Cara, semblante, aire o disposición personal de alguno.

To have the air of a gentleman -> tener aires de gran señor

5Olor; vapor.

Factitious airs o gases -> aire ficticio
Open air -> al raso
Foul air -> aire viciado
By air -> en avión, por avión

Ademán, exterior, modo, porte de una persona.

To air a room -> airear o ventilar un cuarto
To air a skirt -> secar una camisa a la lumbre o al fuego

va. Airear, estar o poner al aire; secar.

air [ɛəʳ]

noun

1 aire; (m)

I need some air! ¡necesito un poco de aire!

draughts help to circulate air Keith opened the window and leaned out into the cold air

by airby [+travel] en avión; [+send] por avión; por vía aérea

it's much more expensive if you go by air the United Nations have been unable to distribute food around the country, other than by air it'll get there quicker if you send it by air

(seen) from the airfrom desde el aire

a photograph of Buckingham Palace from the air

to get some fresh airget tomar un poco el aire

to throw sth (up) in into the airinorinto lanzar algo al aire

the balloon rose (up) in into the airor el globo se elevó en el aire

we let the air out of his tyresletout le desinflamos las ruedas

one can't live on airlive no se puede vivir del aire

the cold night airnight el aire frío de la noche

in the open airopen al aire libre

the air rang with their laughterrang su risa resonaba en el aire

the sea airsea el aire del mar

spring is in the airspring ya se siente la primavera

to take the airtake (old-fashioned) tomar el fresco; airearse

they would walk along the sea front every afternoon to take the air

to take to the airtake to [+bird] alzar levantar el vuelo;or [+plane] despegar

Birds taking to the air hastily in a single cloud when one approaches them Iraqi aircraft that take to the air in violation of the cease-fire travelers took to the air in record numbers this past summer police are taking to the air to crack down on speeding motorists a passenger who never wanted to take to the air again after his pilot died at the controls

to fly through the airthrough volar por el aire por los aires;or

[war] in the air

to be in the air

it's still very much in the air está todavía en el aire; todavía no es seguro; there's something in the air se respira algo

there was great excitement in the air government troops broke up the protest by firing their guns in the air

to leave sth (hanging) in the air dejar algo en el aire pendiente;or

these ideas have been left hanging in the air since the new government came to power she walked away and left the question hanging in the air Marshall's greeting was left hanging in the air and nobody moved

our plans are up in the air nuestros planes están en el aire

he told reporters today that the president's trip to Moscow is up in the air though it does not leave you up in the air, is nevertheless an unfinished book this project is very much up in the air the issue was left up in the air the location of the second phase of talks is up in the air next week's Middle East peace talks are still up in the air

to be walking floating on airor no caber en sí de alegría

as soon as I know I'm in the team it's like I'm walking on air

breath change clear hot thin

2 (Rad) (TV)

off airoff fuera de antena

the argument continued off air la discusión continuó fuera de antena; to go off (the) air [+broadcaster, station] cerrar la emisión; [+programme] finalizar

10 minutes after the programme went off the air

to be on (the) airon [+programme, person] estar en el aire; [+station] emitir; estar en el aire

we are on (the) air from six to seven emitimos de seis a siete; estamos en el aire de seis a siete; the programme could be on (the) air within a year el programa podría emitirse dentro de un año; you're on (the) air estás en el aire; estamos emitiendo

don't expect to talk about it on the air if we weren't on air, I could show you

would you be prepared to talk about it on (the) air? ¿estaría dispuesto a hablar de ello durante la emisión del programa?; ¿estaría dispuesto a hablar de ello una vez estemos en el aire?

some of the things he said off-air

to go on (the) air salir al aire

the programme won't go on the air till 7 he was hoping to prompt calls from those too shy to go on the air otherwise singer Dani Behr, 17, is going on the air as presenter of Channel 4's `The Word' the rule was amended and we were able to go on the air as originally planned the new station goes on the air in the Autumn any information you give them will be held in strictest confidence until they come on the air Britaion's first national commercial radio station to cater for classical music buffs went on air yesterday by the time it goes on air, probably in the autumn 10 minutes before the show was due to go on air

3 (appearance, manner) aire; (m)

he looked at me with an air of surprise me miró con aire de sorpresa; me miró algo sorprendido; he has an air of importance tiene cierto aire de importancia

he has a distinguished air an air of distinction about him with a guilty air his air of moral superiority Jennifer took a drag on her cigarette, regarding him with an air of amusement the meal gave the occasion an almost festive air

to give o.s. airsgiveput on airsput on darse aires (de importancia)

he gives himself airs, he does - he thinks he's so smart

airs and gracesgraces afectación; (f)

the old cliche of the customer being always right is what gives them airs and graces

4 (Mús) aire; (m)

an adaptation of an old Scottish air

5 (old-fashioned) (breeze) brisa; (f)

verb:transitive

1 (ventilate) [+room] ventilar; airear; [+clothes, bed] airear; orear

2 (make public) [+idea, grievance] airear; hacer público

it gives them a chance to air their views les da la oportunidad de airear hacer públicos sus puntos de vista;or

both sides aired their differences one day a week her mother systematically cleaned and aired each room when the shirts were clean, I ironed them myself, aired them and placed them in drawers in his room They gave orders to air the house, change the bed linen the whole issue was thoroughly aired at the meeting this wouldn't be the appropriate time to air her feelings these forums gave the public a chance to air their concerns and demands for change a few of the soldiers aired their complaints on television he never missed a chance to air his talent naturally he had to air his superior knowledge in front of me

he always has to air his knowledge in front of me siempre tiene que hacer alarde de lucir lo que sabe delante de mí;or

you can be sure that there will be someone far more erudite in the audience who will be itching to air his knowledge by asking questions, to the speaker's discomfort

3 (US) (Rad) (TV) [+programme] emitir

the largest television network in France has aired a number of stories on Clarence Thomas this week officials have said they doubt Iraq will air the Bush message

4 (US) (transport) transportar por avión; aerotransportar

verb:intransitive

1 [+clothes] airearse; orearse

I hung the blankets out to air colgué las mantas fuera para que se aireasen se oreasen;or

2 (US) (TV) (Rad) [+programme] emitirse

the programme will air tonight as scheduled

modifier

air alert (n) alerta aérea; (f)

they didn't hear the air alert

air ambulance (n) (plane) avión sanitario; (m) avión ambulancia; (m) (helicopter) helicóptero sanitario; (m) helicóptero ambulancia; (m)

air attack (n) ataque aéreo; (m)

we were very vulnerable to air attack they intensified their air attacks on Germany

air bag (n) airbag; (m) bolsa de aire; (f)

Chrysler has said that it's going to make air bags standard on all cars

air base (n) base aérea; (f)

the allied air base where the US forces are in Saudi Arabia

air bed (n) colchón inflable; (m)

air bladder (n) (Zool) vejiga natatoria; (f)

air brake (n) (Aut) (Ferro) freno neumático de aire; (m)or (Aer) freno aerodinámico; (m)

Sounds of truck air brakes releasing pressure a cord that can be pulled to set the air brakes on a plane you can use your main wing flaps as airbrakes

air brick (n) ladrillo de ventilación; (m)

air bridge (n) puente aéreo; (m)

the government is trying to set up an air bridge to ferry blankets and food

air bubble (n) burbuja de aire; (f)

a sailor was trapped in an air bubble for 90 minutes after a lifeboat overturned there were no air bubbles to give the divers away

air burst (n) explosión en el aire; (f)

air cargo (n) carga aérea; (f)

an Emory Express air cargo plane made an emergency landing today an air cargo company

air carrier (n) aerolínea; (f)

the Australian government's international air carrier Qantas Airways most major air carriers are honoring usair tickets

air chamber (n) cámara de aire; (f)

air chief marshal (n) (Britain) comandante supremo de las Fuerzas Aéreas; (m)

air commodore (n) (Britain) general de brigada aérea; (m)

air conditioner (n) acondicionador de aire; (m)

air conditioning (n) aire acondicionado; (m)

a cinema with air conditioning un cine climatizado

air corridor (n) pasillo aéreo; (m) corredor aéreo; (m)

Serbs have said they will allow an air corridor to be opened to the Muslim town of Tuzla

air cover (n) (Mil) cobertura aérea; (f)

There would be extensive air cover from Skyhawks, Harriers and F-16s the United States is still prepared to provide air cover for the international relief mission

air current (n) corriente de aire; (f)

golden eagles coasted down the air currents the pilot battled against the vicious air currents

air cushion (n) (inflatable cushion) almohada inflable; (f)

We'll find you an air cushion. You can go back after the bed's made

(Aer) colchón de aire; (m)

air cylinder (n) bombona de aire; (f)

the oxygen-rich mixture from the air cylinders burned his throat

air disaster (n) catástrofe aérea; (f)

a survivor of the Manchester air disaster of 1985 the inquiry into the Lockerbie air disaster

air duct (n) tubo de aire; (m) tubo de ventilación; (m)

Mack had heard him through the air duct that snaked up behind the walls There was a big air duct in the ceiling of his apartment

air express (n) (US) avión de carga; (m)

it got to the airport in time for it to be sent air express

air fare (n) tarifa aérea; (f) precio del billete de avión; (m)

a 10% reduction in air fares un descuento del 10% en las tarifas aéreas los precios de los billetes de avión;or I'll pay for the air fare yo pagaré el billete de avión

the airfare wars put the company out of business they have the cheapest airfares to the States he couldn't afford the airfare

air ferry (n) transbordador aéreo; (m)

the splendid bulbous-nosed air ferries that, until the 1970s, used to fly from Lydd in Kent to Le Touquet, carrying the cars of the few who could afford the huge fares

air filter (n) filtro de aire; (m)

brakes, cables, lights, air filters, body parts and panels ionizers are available combined with air filters

air force (n) fuerzas aéreas; (f) ejército del aire; (m)

an air force pilot the French air force

air force base (n) especially (US) base aérea; (f)

Air Force One (n) (US) avión presidencial; (m)

air freight (n) (transport, charge) flete aéreo; (m) (goods) carga aérea; (f)

to send sth by air freight transportar algo por avión

the air freight was prohibitively expensive so I sent it by sea there were hundreds of containers of air freight being held up by the strike

air freight terminal (n) terminal de mercancías transportadas por aire; (f) (transportadas por aire)

air freshener (n) ambientador; (m)

the perfume of a pine-scented air freshener masked the ripe odour of cat litter

air guitar (n) guitarra imaginaria; (f)

Dad is downstairs playing air guitar to the Rolling Stones with punk you could spit and with heavy metal you got to play air guitar

air gun (n) (pistol) pistola de aire (comprimido); (f) (rifle) escopeta de aire (comprimido); (f)

He sometimes shot at my legs with an air gun and I would have to pick up the pellets

air hole (n) respiradero; (m)

air hostess (n) (Britain) azafata; (f) aeromoza; (f) (LAm) cabinera; (f) (Col)

The air hostess told us to fasten our seatbelts

air intake (n) (in engine) entrada de aire; (f) toma de aire; (f) (when breathing) aire inhalado; (m) capacidad pulmonar; (f)

the huge air intake and exhausts obstructed the view forward if you pull in your abdomen as you breathe in, this restricts the air intake

air lane (n) pasillo aéreo; (m) corredor aéreo; (m)

the worlds crowded air lanes

air letter (n) aerograma; (m)

I received an air letter this morning

air marshal (n) (Britain) mariscal del aire; (m)

plans to honour Air Marshall Arthur `Bomber" Harris

air mass (n) masa de aire; (f)

Forecasters say another Arctic air mass is on its way to the Pacific Northwest

air mattress (n) colchón inflable; (m)

air miles (n) puntos (acumulables para viajar); (m)

Executive Club members who take any return flight in the UK will earn 120 Air Miles The deal offers 10 air miles for every £100 deposited in either of the bank's two high interest savings accounts

air miss (n) air-miss; (m) aproximación peligrosa entre dos aviones; (f)

the number of risk-bearing air misses has risen

air pocket (n) bolsa de aire; (f)

the plane suddenly hit an air pocket

air pollutant (n) contaminante atmosférico; (m)

legislation aimed at reducing the release of toxic air pollutants The most dangerous air pollutant to come to light in the past decade is undoubtedly formaldehyde

air pollution (n) contaminación del aire; (f) contaminación atmosférica; (f)

a major source of indoor air pollution is the odor or fumes of paint there is no problem with air pollution in Denver

air power (n) fuerza aérea; (f)

the most extensive British use of air power between the wars was in the Middle East 2,000 combat aircraft, about one-third of their total air power we clearly didn't win that war with air power tactical air power

the use of air power el uso de la fuerza aérea

he ruled out the use of air power against civilian targets their army was smashed by a force of mostly American air power and mostly American tanks air power can be used not merely for reconnaissance and interdiction, but as a highly mobile source of firepower an impressive display of high-tech allied air power

air pressure (n) presión atmosférica; (f)

the air pressure began to fall a sudden change in air pressure

air pump (n) bomba de aire; (f)

There was nothing in the boat except the oars, a plastic baler and an air pump

air purifier (n) purificador de aire; (m)

air rage (n) síndrome del pasajero alborotador; (m)

air raid (n) ataque aéreo; (m)

air-raid

air rifle (n) escopeta de aire (comprimido); (f)

air shaft (n) pozo de ventilación; (m)

air show (n) (commercial) feria de la aeronáutica; (f) (air display) exhibición de acrobacia aérea; (f)

the Farnborough air show King Hussein visited an air show at a military base near Middle Wallop in 1980

air shuttle (n) puente aéreo; (m)

Egypt and Tunisia are setting up air shuttle services to help passengers traveling to the country

air sock (n) manga (de viento); (f)

veleta $ >

air space (n) espacio aéreo; (m)

Spanish air space espacio aéreo español; (m)

air steward (n) auxiliar de vuelo; (m)

air stewardess (n) auxiliar de vuelo; (f) azafata; (f)

air strike (n) ataque aéreo; (m)

air superiority (n) supremacía aérea; (f)

Iraq would lose planes because of overwhelming allied air superiority if they flaunted the air exclusion zone the US still hasn't established air superiority over Iraq

air suspension (n) (Aut) suspensión neumática; (f)

air taxi (n) aerotaxi; (m)

he operated his air taxi service from this airfield about one out of every three air taxi operators are involved in an incident or an aircraft accident during the year

air terminal (n) terminal (de aeropuerto); (f)

the police are watching all seaports, air terminals and railway stations

air ticket (n) billete de avión; (m)

air time (n) (Rad) (TV) tiempo en antena; (m)

air traffic (n) tráfico aéreo; (m)

air traffic in London will be in chaos unless action is taken the strike has brought air traffic to a standstill

air-traffic

air travel (n) viajes en avión; (m)

air travel will continue to grow at about 6% per year until 2000 before the advent of air travel cheaper air travel has become a reality

air valve (n) respiradero; (m)

air vent (n) (in building) respiradero; (m)

It is important that all air vents in rooms remain open There was a small air vent in the ceiling

(in clothing) abertura en prenda de ropa; (f) (en prenda de ropa)

THE Halfords Trax Aerolite cycle helmet is sleek and aerodynamic, comes in either charcoal or purple and has air vents to ensure maximum comfort plastic macks have to have air vents in them

(on dryer) tobera de aire caliente; (f)

if you have a ready-made barbecue, adjust the heat by opening and closing the air vents

air vice-marshall (n) (Britain) general de división de las Fuerzas Aéreas; (m)

Air Vice Marshall Peter Beer

air waybill (n) hoja de ruta aérea; (f)

Verb Conjugation for "air"

Imperative

air
you air
he/she airs
we air
you air
they air

Preterite

I aired
you aired
he/she aired
we aired
you aired
they aired

Present Continuous

I am airing
you are airing
he/she is airing
we are airing
you are airing
they are airing

Present Perfect

I have aired
you have aired
he/she has aired
we have aired
you have aired
they have aired

Past Continuous

I was airing
you were airing
he/she was airing
we were airing
you were airing
they were airing

Past Perfect

I had aired
you had aired
he/she had aired
we had aired
you had aired
they had aired

Future

I will air
you will air
he/she will air
we will air
you will air
they will air

Future Perfect

I will have aired
you will have aired
he/she will have aired
we will have aired
you will have aired
they will have aired

Future Continuous

I will be airing
you will be airing
he/she will be airing
we will be airing
you will be airing
they will be airing

Present Perfect Continuous

I have been airing
you have been airing
he/she has been airing
we have been airing
you have been airing
they have been airing

Future Perfect Continuous

I will have been airing
you will have been airing
he/she will have been airing
we will have been airing
you will have been airing
they will have been airing

Past Perfect Continuous

I had been airing
you had been airing
he/she had been airing
we had been airing
you had been airing
they had been airing

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