bean

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el frijol

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bean
[biːn]
sustantivo
1alubia (f) (vegetable) (español de España)judía (f) (español de España)frijol (m) (Am salvo RP)poroto (m) (Andes, RP); grano (m)
  • (green) bean (of coffee) -> judía (f) verde (español de España), habichuela (f) (español de España, Carib, español de Colombia), chaucha (f) (español de Bolivia, RP), poroto (m) verde (Andes, RP), ejote (m) (español de México, CAm), vainita (f) (español de Venezuela)
  • bean curd -> tofu (m)
2(idioms) (familiar)
  • to be full of beans -> estar lleno(a) de vitalidad (energy)
  • it isn't worth a bean -> no vale un pimiento
  • he hasn't a bean -> no tiene (ni) un duro

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bean [bin]
sustantivo
1Haba, 2.
2Mex., Cuba) Frijol (dried).
  • String beans -> (Mex.) ejotes; habichuelas o judías tiernas o verdes (fresh, in pod) Green bean
  • To spill the beans -> descubrir el pastel, levantar la liebre/la perdiz
  • Coffee bean -> grano de café
3Coloq.) It isn’t worth a bean, no vale nada (scrap, trace).
sustantivo
  • Not to have a bean -> estar pelado
  • Not to know beans about something -> no saber ni papa de algo
  • Beanba -> (chair), sillón formado por una gran bolsa de cuentas de poliestireno, etc. Pequeño saco relleno que se arroja para que otro lo ataje (toy)
  • Bean curd -> tofu, queso de soja
  • Beanpole -> rodrigón (person)
  • She’s a beanpole -> es un espárrago, es muy larguirucha
  • Beanshoot, bean sprout -> frijol germinado o judía germinada o poroto germinado
Judía, habichuela, fréjol, alubia. To be full of beans, estar lleno de vida. (GB) Coco, mate (head). Brote germinado de soya o soja (of soy bean).
  • To bean somebody -> darle un mamporro en la cabeza a alguien
va.

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bean [biːn]
noun
1 (gen) frijol; (m) alubia; (f) (Esp) (kidney) frijol; (m) judía; (f) (Esp) poroto; (m) (S. Cone) (broad, haricot) haba; (f) (green) habichuela; (f) judía verde; (f) (Esp) ejote; (m) (Méx) poroto verde; (m) (S. Cone) (coffee) grano; (m)
not a bean! (informal) ¡nada en absoluto!; I haven't a bean (Britain) (informal) estoy pelado; (informal) no tengo un duro; (Esp) (informal) no tengo un peso; (LAm) (informal) I didn't make a bean on the deal (informal) no saqué ni un céntimo del negocio
to be full of beans (Britain) (informal) estar lleno de vida
to know how many beans make five (Britain) (old-fashioned) (informal) saber cuántas son dos y dos
Children should be taught the basics, so that when they leave school they can talk nicely, spell properly and know how many beans make five not to know beans about sth
he doesn't know beans about it (US) (informal) no sabe ni papa de eso; (informal) no tiene ni zorra idea; (Esp) (informal)
not to amount to a hill row of beansor (informal) no valer nada
In this world the problems of people like us don't amount to a hill of beans
spill
2 (as form of address)
hello, old bean! (Britain) (old-fashioned) (informal) ¡hola, macho!; (Esp) (informal) ¡hola, viejo!; (LAm) (informal)
3 (US) (informal) (head, brain) coco; (informal) (m)
modifier
bean counter (informal) (n) (pejorative) contable o gerente obsesionado por los números
He believes the reason for their failure is that "we have bean counters running our companies"
bean curd (n) tofu; (m)

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Verb Conjugation for "bean"

Imperative
  • bean
  • you bean
  • he/she beans
  • we bean
  • you bean
  • they bean
Preterite
  • I beaned
  • you beaned
  • he/she beaned
  • we beaned
  • you beaned
  • they beaned
Present Continuous
  • I am beaning
  • you are beaning
  • he/she is beaning
  • we are beaning
  • you are beaning
  • they are beaning
Present Perfect
  • I have beaned
  • you have beaned
  • he/she has beaned
  • we have beaned
  • you have beaned
  • they have beaned
Past Continuous
  • I was beaning
  • you were beaning
  • he/she was beaning
  • we were beaning
  • you were beaning
  • they were beaning
Past Perfect
  • I had beaned
  • you had beaned
  • he/she had beaned
  • we had beaned
  • you had beaned
  • they had beaned
Future
  • I will bean
  • you will bean
  • he/she will bean
  • we will bean
  • you will bean
  • they will bean
Future Perfect
  • I will have beaned
  • you will have beaned
  • he/she will have beaned
  • we will have beaned
  • you will have beaned
  • they will have beaned
Future Continuous
  • I will be beaning
  • you will be beaning
  • he/she will be beaning
  • we will be beaning
  • you will be beaning
  • they will be beaning
Present Perfect Continuous
  • I have been beaning
  • you have been beaning
  • he/she has been beaning
  • we have been beaning
  • you have been beaning
  • they have been beaning
Future Perfect Continuous
  • I will have been beaning
  • you will have been beaning
  • he/she will have been beaning
  • we will have been beaning
  • you will have been beaning
  • they will have been beaning
Past Perfect Continuous
  • I had been beaning
  • you had been beaning
  • he/she had been beaning
  • we had been beaning
  • you had been beaning
  • they had been beaning
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