caja
caja
feminine noun
1. box (recipiente); crate (para transporte, embalaje)
- una caja de cervezas -> a crate of beer
- caja de cambios -> gearbox
- caja de cerillas -> matchbox, box of matches
- caja de herramientas (Elec) -> tool box
- caja de música -> music box
- caja negra -> black box, flight recorder
- la caja de Pandora (figurative) -> Pandora's box
- la caja tonta (informal figurative) -> the box, the telly (British), the boob tube (United States)
- caja torácica -> thorax
2. cash box (para el dinero); till (en tienda, supermercado); cashier's desk (en banco)
- hacer caja (commerce) -> to cash up
- caja de ahorros -> savings bank (peninsular Spanish)
- caja fuerte o de caudales -> safe, strongbox
- caja rápida -> express checkout
- caja registradora -> cash register
3. coffin (ataúd)
4. body (de violín, guitarra)
CAJA DE AHORROS In Spain, apart from the conventional banks, there are also cajas de ahorros (savings banks). These usually carry the name of the region or province where they are based, e.g. “Caja Soria”, “Caja de Andalucía”. They differ from conventional banks in that part of their profits has to be reinvested in social projects or cultural events which benefit their region.
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caja [cah’-hah]
noun
1. Box, case. (f)
2. Coffin. (f)
verb
3. ATAÚD.
4. Chest in which money is kept; cash-box or safe.
noun
5. Cash, funds; cashier’s office. (Commerce) (m)
6. A sheath. (m)
7. Drum. (m)
8. Printer’s case. (m)
9. Room in post-office where letters are sorted. (m)
10. Portable writing-desk. (m)
11. The well or cavity in which a staircase is raised. (m)
12. Wooden case of an organ. (m)
- Caja alta -> caja baja, (Typ.) upper case, lower case
- Caja de polvo -> snuffbox
- Caja de brasero -> a wooden case where the brasier is placed in the room
- Caja de coche -> body of a coach
- Caja de balas -> shotlocker
- Caja de bombas -> (Naut.) Pump-well of a ship
- Caja de cartuchos -> (Mil.) cartridge-box
- Libro de caja -> among merchants, cash-book
- Estar en caja -> to equilibrate, to be in equipoise
- Caja de música -> music box
- Caja de herramientas -> toolbox
- Caja del tambor -> del tímpano, (Anat.) Eardrum
- Caja de seguridad -> safe-deposit
- Caja de engranajes -> gear-box
- Caja de empalmes -> junction box
13. Cash-box, safe-deposit box (de caudales). (Commerce) (m & n)
- Caja de compensación -> equalization fund
- Hacer caja -> to make up the accounts for the day
- Ingresar en caja -> to pay in
14. (Cono Sur) Riverted (lecho seco de río). (m & n)
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