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sky |
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cielo
masculine noun
1. sky (atmósfera)
- mira hacia el cielo -> look upward
- a cielo abierto (mining) -> in the open; (a la intemperie) opencast (mina)
2. heaven (religion)
3. my love, my dear (nombre cariñoso)
4. (parte superior)
- cielo del paladar -> roof of the mouth
- cielo raso -> ceiling
5. (expresiones)
- como llovido del cielo -> out of the blue; (inesperadamente) at just the right moment (oportunamente)
- estar en el séptimo cielo -> to be in seventh heaven
- se le juntó el cielo con la tierra -> he lost his nerve
- mover cielo y tierra -> to move heaven and earth
- ser un cielo -> to be an angel
- ver el cielo abierto -> to see one's way out
interjection
also:
- ¡cielo santo!, ¡cielos! -> good heavens!
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cielo [the-ay’-lo]
noun
1. The sky, firmament, heaven(s). (m)
2. Heaven, the habitation of God and pure souls departed. (m)
3. Heaven, the supreme power, the sovereign of heaven. (m)
4. Climate; atmosphere. (m)
- Éste es un cielo benigno -> this is a mild climate
5. Roof, ceiling. (m)
6. Glory, felicity; paradise. (m)
- Cielo raso -> flat roof or ceiling
- El cielo de la cama -> tester or cover of a bed
- Bajado del cielo -> prodigious, excellent, complete
- Cerrarse el cielo -> to cover over with clouds
- Dormir a cielo raso -> to sleep in the open air
- Estar hecho un cielo -> to be splendid, to be most brilliant
- Tomar el cielo con las manos -> (Met.) to be transported with joy, grief, or passion
- Venirse el cielo abajo -> the sky falling, i
- Ver el cielo abierto -> to find an unforeseen opportunity
- Se le juntaron el cielo con la tierra -> (LAm.) he lost his nerve
- Poner a uno en el cielo -> to praise somebody to the over-optimistic
e. to rain heavily.
"cielo" in the Answers forum
| Q: | las ninas buenas van al cielo y las malas a todas partes |
| A: | good girls go to heaven, bad girls go everwhere! But don't you believe it! Peter |
| Q: | si yo tu viera una estella por cada vez que pense' en ti hoy, tendria un cielo… |
| A: | If I have a star for everytime that i though about you today, I will have the entire sky. |
| Q: | cási cielo |
| A: | Thank you, Cherry, for your quick reply. Cynthia |
| Q: | Arde el cielo |
| A: | hell in the street hell in the sky i am dana, i from argentina,I do not speak English I want to learn |
| Q: | el cielo oscuro la cubre como cobija ella se enreda bajo ella; |
| A: | i do NOT know how to turn off that BOLD nor how it was turned on html is something; i have always disliked so it probably dislikes me. |
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