cold

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frío

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cold
[k??ld]
sustantivo
1 frío (m) (low temperature)
  • he doesn't seem to feel the cold -> parece que no siente el frío
  • to be left out in the cold (sentido figurado) -> ser dejado(a) de lado
2 catarro (m) (illness) resfriado (m) (español de España, español de México) resfrío (m) (Andes, RP)
  • to have a cold -> estar acatarrado(a), tener un resfriado or (español de España, español de México) resfrío (Andes, RP)
  • to catch a cold -> agarrar or coger or (español de España) pescar un resfriado (español de México), agarrarse or pescarse un resfrío (Andes, RP)
adjetivo
3 frío(a) (in temperature)
  • to be cold -> tener frío; (person) estar frío(a) (thing)
  • it's cold -> hace frío
  • to get cold -> enfriarse
  • to be in a cold sweat -> tener sudores fríos
  • cold calling -> contacto (m) en frío or sin previo aviso (in marketing)
  • cold cream -> crema (f) de belleza
  • cold cuts -> fiambres mpl y embutidos (Estados Unidos)
  • cold front (Met) -> frente (m) frío
  • cold meats -> fiambres mpl y embutidos
  • cold sore -> herpes m inv labial , calentura (f) (español de España), fuego (m) (español de México)
  • cold start -> arranque (m) en frío (of car)
  • cold storage -> conservación (f) en cámara frigorífica
  • cold war -> guerra (f) fría
4 frío(a) (person, manner, welcome)
5 (idioms) (familiar)
  • it leaves me cold -> ni me va ni me viene (doesn't interest or impress me), me deja frío(a) (español de España)
  • in cold blood -> a sangre fría
  • that's cold comfort -> eso no es un consuelo
  • to get cold feet -> echarse atrás
  • to give somebody the cold shoulder -> dar de lado a alguien
adverbio
también:
  • to do something cold -> hacer algo en frío (without preparation)
  • to be out cold (familiar) -> estar inconsciente (unconscious)

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cold [kould]
adjetivo
1 Frío (water, weather, drink).
  • I’m cold -> tengo frío
  • My feet are cold -> tengo los pies fríos, tengo frío en los pies
  • It’s cold today/in here -> hoy/aquí hace frío
  • The soup is cold -> la sopa está fría
  • I’m getting cold -> me está entrando frío
  • It’s getting cold -> está empezando a hacer frío
  • The engine starts straight from cold -> el motor arranca en frío
  • The trail had gone cold -> se habían borrado las huellas
2 Frío, indiferente, insensible; sereno; casto, sin pasiones (unfriendly, unenthusiastic).
  • I got a very cold reception -> me recibieron con mucha frialdad o muy fríamente
  • To be cold to/with somebody -> tratar a alguien con frialdad, estar/ser frío con alguien
  • That leaves me cold -> (eso) me deja frío o tal cual, (eso) no me da ni frío ni calor
3 Frío, insulso, soso, desagradable, sin energía ni gracia. (Coloquial)
4 Frío, tibio, flojo.
5 Reservado, esquivo, serio, poco tratable, seco en el trato.
  • To be cold -> tener frío (hablando de personas); hacer frío (hablando del tiempo)
  • In cold blood -> a sangre fría
  • To turn the cold shoulder -> proceder con tibieza; ser indiferente
  • To throw cold water on -> desanimar con tibieza o frialdad
  • Cold-chisel -> cortafrío
  • Cold-cream -> pomada o ungüento para el cutis
  • I came to the job cold -> empecé el trabajo sin ninguna preparación (without preparation)
(Coloq.) Frío (impersonal, logic). (El ungüento de agua rosada).
sustantivo
1 Frío (low temperature).
  • To shiver with temblar de frío -> To feel the ser friolero, sentir el frío
2 Frío, frialdad, sensación de frío.
3 Resfriado, constipado, catarro, resfrío. (Medicina)
  • To have a estar resfriado -> To catch a resfriarse, coger un resfriado; constiparse, tener una fluxión
  • A cold in the head -> un romadizo
  • To leave out in the dejar a uno a la luna de Valencia; menospreciar con premeditación ->
adverbio
1 (as intensifier).
  • I’ve got the part down cold now -> ahora me sé el papel perfectamente o de pe a pa

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cold [kəʊld]
adjective
colder (comparative)coldest (superlative)
1 (lacking heat) frío
a cold buffet un buffet frío
a salad of cold chicken a variety of hot and cold snacks will be available rinse the vegetables under cold running water
to be coldbe [+person] tener frío; [+thing] estar frío
I'm cold tengo frío; my hands are cold tengo las manos frías
it was cold the weather was cold hacía frío
the house was cold la casa estaba fría; en la casa hacía frío
it was cold outside this is the coldest winter I can remember I was freezing cold
to get coldget [+food, coffee] enfriarse
your dinner's getting cold se te está enfriando la cena; the nights are getting colder está haciendo más frío por las noches; I'm getting cold me está entrando frío; no, no, you're getting colder (in game) no, no, cada vez más frío
the weather was getting colder it was getting colder
to go coldgo
your coffee's going cold se te está enfriando el café; I went cold at the very thought solo de pensarlo me entraron escalofríos; the trail went cold in Athens las huellas desaparecieron en Atenas
to get have cold feet I was beginning to get have cold feet use trans entrarle miedo a algn? to get cold feet to have cold feet
to pour throw cold water on over sthoror poner pegas trabas a algo;or
I don't want to pour cold water on your idea the Bank of England poured cold water on expectations of interest rate rises he threw cold water all over my plans
comfort foot
2 (hostile) [+look, voice, person] frío
he threw me a cold look what a cold woman she was "send her away" Eve said, in a cold voice
to get receive a cold receptionorreception [+person] tener un recibimiento frío; [+proposal] tener una acogida fría
the president will receive a cold reception when he speaks today the next time you call him, you'll get a cold reception
to give sb a cold reception recibir a algn con frialdad; to give sth a cold reception acoger algo con frialdad; the proposal was given a cold reception by the banks los bancos acogieron la propuesta con frialdad
They fully support the White House in the cold reception it gave today to the Soviet proposal for peace a cold gaze/welcome
to be cold to with sbtoorwith mostrarse frío con algn
3 (informal) (indifferent)
to leave sb cold dejar frío a algn
his music leaves me cold su música me deja frío
4 (dispassionate)
he approached everything with cold logic lo enfocaba todo con fría lógica; the cold facts la cruda realidad
let me give you the cold facts we are faced with the cold fact that ... in cold [blood]
blood light
5 [+colour, light] frío
in paintings warm colours advance and cold colours recede the cold blue light from a streetlamp the scene inside the room was cold and sad it was a cold little story with an unhappy ending
6
from cold en frío; I can't sing it from cold no puedo cantarlo en frío
looks like we're going to have to start this research from cold
7 (unconscious)
to be [out] cold to [knock] sb (out) cold she was out cold but still breathing
out
noun
1 (cold weather) frío; (m)
her hands were blue with cold tenía las manos moradas del frío; come in out of the cold! ¡entra, que hace frío!
he came inside to get out of the cold he doesn't like the cold
to feel the cold ser friolento friolero;or (Esp)
I don't feel the cold - I hardly ever put the central heating on, even in winter
to leave sb out in the cold dejar a algn al margen; dar a algn a un lado
she felt left out in the cold sintió que la habían dejado al margen dado de lado;or
you might see others around you having a good time and being happy while you feel left out in the cold buying a house is feasible only as a joint venture but one in five working couples are left out in the cold Syria must build up a counterweight alliance so that it doesn't get left out in the cold without any influence
2 (Med) resfriado; (m) catarro; (m) constipado; (m) resfrío; (m) (LAm)
I've got a cold estoy resfriado acatarrado constipado;oror
to catch a coldcatch resfriarse; constiparse
to have a chest coldchest tener el pecho congestionado cargado;or
you'll catch your death of colddeath (informal) vas a pillar un resfriado de muerte
to get a coldget resfriarse; constiparse
I keep sneezing - I think I'm getting a cold
to give sb a/one's coldgive contagiar pegar un/el resfriado a algn;or
I went round to visit him and he gave me his cold
to have a head coldhead estar resfriado constipado;or
adverb
to [do] sth cold
2 (abruptly)
she turned him down cold lo rechazó rotundamente; he stopped cold in his tracks se paró en seco
3 (without preparation)
he played his part cold representó su papel en frío sin haberse preparado de antemano;or to come to sth cold llegar a algo frío sin preparación;or
you'll have to be patient with me - I'm coming to this job completely cold he believes he gets more insight into a character if he comes to it cold without reading up the background of the play
modifier
cold calling (n) venta en frío; (f)
a toughened-steel chisel
cold cream (n) crema hidratante; (f)
cold cuts (n) (US)
cold meats See culture box in entry cold.
cold fish (n) persona seca; (f)
cold frame (n) vivero para plantas; (m)
cold front (n) (Metal) frente frío; (m)
cold meats (n) fiambres; (f) embutidos; (m)
cold snap (n) ola de frío; (f)
cold sore (n) herpes labial; (m) pupa; (informal) (f)
cold start (n) (Aut) arranque en frío; (m)
cold storage (n) conservación en cámaras frigoríficas; (f)
to put sth into cold storage [+food] refrigerar algo; (informal) [+project] aparcar algo; (informal)
strawberries are picked before they are ripe and transported in cold storage people who suffer from depression often put their feelings in cold storage the idea has been in cold storage for years
cold store (n) cámara frigorífica; (f)
cold sweat (n) sudor frío; (m)
he broke into a cold sweat le entró un sudor frío
just thinking about it brought me out in a cold sweat
cold turkey (informal) (n) mono; (informal) (m) síndrome de abstinencia; (m)
to go cold turkey dejar la droga en seco
he decided to go cold turkey (like the man in Trainspotting) the only way to get off drugs is to go cold turkey you can't suddenly sign the pledge, go cold turkey, because that option is never on offer rather than go cold turkey he'd dissolved some kind of capsules in hot water and shot that up
he quit smoking cold turkey dejó de fumar a base de aguantarse el mono; (informal)
cold war (n) guerra fría; (f)

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