cielo

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sky

noun

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!

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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