bare

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bare
[beə(r)]
adjetivo
1desnudo(a) (not covered)
  • to strip a house bare -> llevarse absolutamente todo de una casa (thieves)
  • to fight with one's bare hands -> luchar sin armas
  • in one's bare feet -> descalzo(a)
  • to lay something bare -> poner algo de manifiesto, descubrir algo
2(just sufficient)
  • the bare minimum -> lo imprescindible, lo indispensable
  • the bare bones of the case are… -> lo esencial del caso es…
  • the bare necessities (of life) -> lo indispensable (para vivir)
  • a bare pass -> un aprobado raspado or por los pelos (in exam)
  • a bare majority -> una mayoría por los pelos
verbo transitivo
3descubrir
  • to bare one's head -> descubrirse (la cabeza)
  • to bare one's teeth -> enseñar los dientes
  • he bared his heart or soul to me -> me abrió su corazón or alma

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bare [bear]
pretérito del verbo TO BEAR.

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bare [bɛəʳ]
adjective
barer (comparative)barest (superlative)
1 (uncovered) [+body, skin, shoulders, person] desnudo; [+head] descubierto; [+feet] descalzo; [+landscape] pelado; [+tree] sin hojas; [+ground] árido; sin vegetación; [+floorboards] sin alfombrar; (Electricity and Electronics) [+wire] pelado; sin protección
bare to the waist desnudo hasta la cintura
the dog had a few bare patches on his back
to sleep on bare boardsboards dormir en una tabla
in one's bare feetfeet descalzo
racing through woods in her bare feet she hurried in her bare feet across the wooden floorboards with his bare [hands]
he put his bare hand in the flamehand puso la mano directamente en la llama
she grabbed the blade of a sword with her bare hand without apparent injury Ignoring forensic priorities now he picked up the receiver in his bare hand. [criminal, ungloved]
he killed the lion with his bare hands mató al león solo con las manos sin armas;or
he pulled the child from the rubble with his bare hands he ripped the telephone directory in two with his bare hands
to lay sth barelay [+flaw, mistake] poner algo de manifiesto; [+intentions, plans] poner algo al descubierto
to lay bare one's heart to sb abrir el corazón a algn; to lay bare a secret revelar un secreto
bare of sthof desprovisto de algo
bare patchpatch (on lawn, carpet) calva; (f)
in one's bare [skin] the clearing out of disused workshops laid bare thousands of Italianate glazed tiles the builders started to clear the site, in the process laying bare an ancient Roman mozaic
2 (empty, unadorned) [+room] sin muebles; [+wall] desnudo; [+statement] escueto
the food cupboard was bare la despensa estaba vacía
they only told us the bare factsfacts se limitaron a contarnos estrictamente los hechos
Such are the bare facts of Gauguin's life the editor refused to allow him to publish anything but the bare facts of the arrests the chances of intelligent life on Mars cannot easily be dismissed. That may seem a huge imaginative leap from the bare facts presented to the American Astronomical Society There is only room here to outline the bare facts
3 (meagre) [+majority] escaso
the bare bonesbones lo esencial
to strip sth down to the bare bones reducir algo a lo esencial
she told him the bare bones of the story
the bare essentials necessitiesessentialsornecessities lo estrictamente indispensable
to earn a bare livingliving ganar lo justo para vivir
the bare minimumminimum lo justo; lo indispensable
4 (mere)
the match lasted a bare 18 minutes el partido duró apenas 18 minutos; sales grew at a bare 2% a year las ventas ascendieron apenas a un 2% al año
verb:transitive
[+body] desnudar; [+wire] pelar; [+sword] desenvainar
to bare one's headhead descubrirse
to bare one's soul to sbsoul abrir el corazón a algn
the dog bared its teethteeth el perro enseñó mostró los dientes;or

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Verb Conjugation for "bare"

Imperative
  • bare
  • you bare
  • he/she bares
  • we bare
  • you bare
  • they bare
Preterite
  • I bared
  • you bared
  • he/she bared
  • we bared
  • you bared
  • they bared
Present Continuous
  • I am baring
  • you are baring
  • he/she is baring
  • we are baring
  • you are baring
  • they are baring
Present Perfect
  • I have bared
  • you have bared
  • he/she has bared
  • we have bared
  • you have bared
  • they have bared
Past Continuous
  • I was baring
  • you were baring
  • he/she was baring
  • we were baring
  • you were baring
  • they were baring
Past Perfect
  • I had bared
  • you had bared
  • he/she had bared
  • we had bared
  • you had bared
  • they had bared
Future
  • I will bare
  • you will bare
  • he/she will bare
  • we will bare
  • you will bare
  • they will bare
Future Perfect
  • I will have bared
  • you will have bared
  • he/she will have bared
  • we will have bared
  • you will have bared
  • they will have bared
Future Continuous
  • I will be baring
  • you will be baring
  • he/she will be baring
  • we will be baring
  • you will be baring
  • they will be baring
Present Perfect Continuous
  • I have been baring
  • you have been baring
  • he/she has been baring
  • we have been baring
  • you have been baring
  • they have been baring
Future Perfect Continuous
  • I will have been baring
  • you will have been baring
  • he/she will have been baring
  • we will have been baring
  • you will have been baring
  • they will have been baring
Past Perfect Continuous
  • I had been baring
  • you had been baring
  • he/she had been baring
  • we had been baring
  • you had been baring
  • they had been baring
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to beat; to overcome, to surpass, to overtake