appearance

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la presencia

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appearance
[əˈpɪərəns]
sustantivo
1aparición (f) (arrival)
  • to put in an appearance -> hacer acto de presencia
2aparición (f) (of actor)
3publicación (f) (of publication)
4comparecencia (f) (Law) (in court)
5apariencia (f) aspecto (m) (looks, demeanor)
  • you should not judge by appearances -> no se debe juzgar por las apariencias
  • it has all the appearances of a conspiracy -> tiene todo el aspecto de ser una conspiración
  • appearances can be deceptive -> las apariencias engañan
  • to keep up appearances -> guardar las apariencias

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appearance [a-pía-rans]
sustantivo
1Vista, la acción de dejarse ver alguna cosa; aparición, llegada, presentación al público.
  • To make an appearance -> aparecer, dejarse ver
2Apariencia, semejanz
adjetivo
3Apariencia, exterioridad.
  • His dishevelled appearance -> su aspecto desaliñado
4Comparecencia, el acto de comparecer ante el juez o tribunal.
5Porte, la disposición, decencia o lucimiento de alguna persona.
6Probabilidad, verisimilitud.
7Aparición, fenómeno.
  • At first appearance -> a primera vista
  • Appearances are deceptive -> las apariencias engañan

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appearance [əˈpɪərəns] ?
noun
1 (act of showing o.s.) aparición; (f)
to make an appearancemake aparecer; dejarse ver
Gus sat next to Eddie, waiting for his partner Gordie to make an appearance on the scene At some time, another adult may make an appearance, a new girlfriend or boyfriend of the parent This is an extremely complicated story, involving ghostly giants and beautiful princesses long before the fabulous "coffeebird" even makes an appearance
to make a personal appearance aparecer en persona
to put in an appearanceput in hacer acto de presencia
2 (Teat) (TV) aparición; (f)
to make one's first appearance hacer su primera aparición; debutar
his appearance as Don Mendoas su actuación en el papel de Don Mendo
his appearance in "Don Mendo"in su actuación en "Don Mendo"
cast in order of appearanceorder personajes en orden de aparición en escena; (m)
3 (Jur) comparecencia; (f)
to make an appearance in court comparecer ante el tribunal
4 [of book etc] publicación; (f)
5 (look) aspecto; (m)
she takes great care over her appearance cuida mucho su aspecto
at first appearancefirst a primera vista
to have a dignified appearancehave tener aspecto solemne
to have the appearance of sth
he had the appearance of an executive parecía ejecutivo; tenía aspecto de ejecutivo
He had the appearance of a college student The frozen blood had the appearance of some sort of obscene decoration The higher we climbed the steeper became the rock face: in some places it had the appearance of sloping outwards or towards one
in appearancein de aspecto
6 appearances apariencias; (f)
appearances can be deceptive las apariencias engañan
to by all appearancesorall al parecer
contrary to all appearances en contra de las apariencias
Contrary to all appearances, Bettina was an imaginative lover
you shouldn't go by appearancesby no hay que fiarse de las apariencias
to judge by appearances, ... a juzgar por las apariencias, ...
to keep up appearanceskeep up guardar las apariencias
for the sake of appearancessakefor appearances' sakesake para guardar las apariencias

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