button

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button
[ˈbʌtən]
sustantivo
1botón (m) (on shirt, machine)
  • button mushroom -> champiñón (m) (pequeño)
2chapa (f) (badge) (Estados Unidos)
verbo transitivo
3abotonar (shirt)
  • to button one's shirt -> abotonarse la camisa
  • button it! (familiar) -> ¡cierra el pico!

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button [baton]
sustantivo
1Botón (clothing), el que se pone al canto de los vestidos para que los afiance y abroche.
2Cascabel, el remate en forma casi esférica que tiene por la parte posterior el cañón de artillería. (Arte)
3(Prov. Ingl.) Botón o capullo que echan las plantas o flores.
4Apéndice parecido a un nudo, como el término de la cola de la serpiente de cascabel, o la extremidad posterior de las orugas de ciertas mariposa
sustantivo
5Toda protuberancia parecida a un botón, como el llamador de un timbre eléctrico o el botón de un florete. (n)
6Botón, pequeño glóbulo o disco de metal que se halla en el crisol después de la fusión. (n)
  • Button-hook -> abotonador, abrochador
  • Button-maker -> botonero
  • His answer was right on the button -> dio en el clavo con su respuesta
  • She arrived on the button -> llegó en el punto o muy puntual
  • To be as bright as a button -> ser muy despierto, ser más listo que el hambre
  • Button mushroom -> champiñón pequeño
  • Button nose -> nariz chata y pequeña
verbo neutro (intransitivo)
1Abotonarse, abrocharse. (n)
  • Button up -> abotonar, abrochar
va. Abotonar, abrochar.

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button [ˈbʌtn]
noun
1 (on garment, machine) botón; (m)
on the button (informal) [+arrive] en punto; (absolutely exact) exacto
to press push the right buttonor dar en la tecla
Buchanan pushed all the right buttons, appealing to Maher's loyalty and to his guilt For all his cleverness, for all his ruthlessness, el jefe was a child to be manipulated once you knew the right buttons to push
2 (US) (badge) insignia; (f)
The festival staff wear buttons saying `Ask me for help."
3
Buttons especially (Britain) (in hotel) botones; (m)
verb:transitive
(also button up) abrochar; abotonar
to button one's lip (informal) no decir ni mu; (informal)
verb:intransitive
abrocharse
it buttons in front se abrocha por delante
modifier
button mushroom (n) champiñón pequeño; (m)

Collins Complete Spanish Electronic Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers 2011

Verb Conjugation for "button"

Imperative
  • button
  • you button
  • he/she buttons
  • we button
  • you button
  • they button
Preterite
  • I buttoned
  • you buttoned
  • he/she buttoned
  • we buttoned
  • you buttoned
  • they buttoned
Present Continuous
  • I am buttoning
  • you are buttoning
  • he/she is buttoning
  • we are buttoning
  • you are buttoning
  • they are buttoning
Present Perfect
  • I have buttoned
  • you have buttoned
  • he/she has buttoned
  • we have buttoned
  • you have buttoned
  • they have buttoned
Past Continuous
  • I was buttoning
  • you were buttoning
  • he/she was buttoning
  • we were buttoning
  • you were buttoning
  • they were buttoning
Past Perfect
  • I had buttoned
  • you had buttoned
  • he/she had buttoned
  • we had buttoned
  • you had buttoned
  • they had buttoned
Future
  • I will button
  • you will button
  • he/she will button
  • we will button
  • you will button
  • they will button
Future Perfect
  • I will have buttoned
  • you will have buttoned
  • he/she will have buttoned
  • we will have buttoned
  • you will have buttoned
  • they will have buttoned
Future Continuous
  • I will be buttoning
  • you will be buttoning
  • he/she will be buttoning
  • we will be buttoning
  • you will be buttoning
  • they will be buttoning
Present Perfect Continuous
  • I have been buttoning
  • you have been buttoning
  • he/she has been buttoning
  • we have been buttoning
  • you have been buttoning
  • they have been buttoning
Future Perfect Continuous
  • I will have been buttoning
  • you will have been buttoning
  • he/she will have been buttoning
  • we will have been buttoning
  • you will have been buttoning
  • they will have been buttoning
Past Perfect Continuous
  • I had been buttoning
  • you had been buttoning
  • he/she had been buttoning
  • we had been buttoning
  • you had been buttoning
  • they had been buttoning
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