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high [haɪ]
sustantivo
1. punto (m) álgido (peak)
- to reach a new high -> alcanzar nuevas cotas de éxito; (in career, performance) alcanzar un nuevo máximo or récord (unemployment, inflation)
- to be on a high -> estar colocado(a); (from drugs) estar ebrio(a) de triunfo (from success)
- highs and lows -> altibajos mpl
2. anticiclón (m) (Met)
adjetivo
3. alto(a) (mountain, building)
- it's 2 meters high -> tiene dos metros de altura
- to be left high and dry (familiar) -> quedarse en la estacada
- highheels -> tacones mpl or tacos mpl altos (Am)
- high jump -> salto (m) de altura, salto (m) alto (Am)
- you'll be for the high jump (familiar) -> vas a cobrar(will be punished) (británico), te vas a enterar de lo que vale un peine (español de España)
- high jumper -> saltador(ora) (sustantivo masculino o femenino) de altura
- high tide -> marea (f) alta
- high wire -> cuerda (f) floja
4. alto(a), elevado(a) (price, speed, standards)
- to have a high opinion of somebody -> tener una buena opinión de alguien
- in high spirits -> muy animado(a)
- high beam (automóbiles) -> luces (f pl) largas or (Estados Unidos) altas, luces (f pl) de carretera (Am)
- high explosive -> explosivo (m) de gran potencia
- high jinks (familiar) -> juerga (f) , jarana (f)
- high point -> momento (m) culminante
- high treason (Law) -> alta traición (f)
- high winds -> viento (m) fuerte
5. elevado(a), alto(a) (rank, position)
- to act all high and mighty -> comportarse de forma arrogante
- to have a high profile -> ser muy prominente or destacado(a)
- high command (militar) -> alto mando (m)
- high Commission -> = embajada de un país de la Commonwealth en otro
- high Court -> Tribunal (m) Supremo
- high Mass -> misa (f) solemne
- high school -> instituto (m) de enseñanza secundaria
- high society -> alta sociedad (f)
- high street -> calle (f) principal (británico)
6. agudo(a) (in tone, pitch)
- high note (sentido figurado) -> punto (m) culminante (of career, performance)
7. (of time)
- it's high time you got yourself a job -> ya es hora de que te busques un trabajo
- high noon -> mediodía (m)
- high summer -> pleno verano (m)
- high tea -> merienda (f) cena (británico)
8. pasado(a) (meat)
9. (on de)
- to be high -> estar colocado(a) or (on drugs) entregado(a); (RP) estar eufórico(a) (sentido figurado) (on success, excitement)
adverbio
10. alto (to aim, jump)
- to hunt high and low for something -> buscar algo por todas partes
- feelings were running high -> los ánimos estaban exaltados or caldeados
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high [jai]
adjetivo
1. Alto, levantado, elevado.
2. Difícil, dificultoso, arduo (difficult).
3. Altivo, jactancioso, orgulloso (arrogant).
4. Severo, opresivo.
5. Fuerte, poderoso.
6. Noble, ilustre, grande, sublime.
7. Violento o tempestuoso (wind), vehemente, impetuoso; ardiente, fogoso, vivo; borrascoso (sea).
8. Solemne.
9. Turbulento, indómito.
10. Lleno, cumplido.
11. Alto, grande, enorme.
12. Caro.
13. (Mús.) Alto, agudo.
14. Maleado, maloliente, corrompido: se dice de la carne.
- High color -> color muy vivo o muy subido
- High sauces o spices -> salsas o especias muy fuertes o picantes
- High treason -> alta traición, delito de lesa majestad
- It was high time to do so -> Ya era hora de hacerlo
- High-water -> marea alta
- The Most High -> el Altísimo
- High road -> camino real
- High mass -> misa mayor
- A high look -> una mirada altanera
- A high hand -> audacia, befa del derecho y de la autoridad
- High and dry -> en seco, completamente fuera del agua
- High and mighty -> poderoso, arrogante
- A high day -> un gran día, un día solemne, o de fiesta
- A high compliment -> un gran cumplimiento, de alto carácter
- With a high hand -> despóticamente, tiránicamente
- High passions -> pasiones ardientes
- High words -> palabras altivas, arrogantes
- In high terms -> en términos lisonjeros
- At high noon -> en pleno mediodía
- High-aimed, high-aspiring -> el que tiene grandes designios o aspira a cosas grandes
- High-arched -> lo que consta de bóvedas alta
- High-bles -> Supremamente feliz
- High-blown -> inflado, hinchado con aire
- High-born -> noble, ilustre de nacimiento
- High-built -> elevado: se dice de los edificios
- High-climbing -> que sube en alto
- High-colored -> subido de color
- High-day -> fino, primoroso
- High-designing -> el que tiene grandes proyectos
- High-embowed -> se dice del edificio cuyas bóvedas son muy elevadas
- High-engendered -> engendrado en el aire
- High-fed -> atracado
- High-flaming -> lo que echa llama muy alta
- High-flier -> el extravagante en sus opiniones o pretensiones
- High-flown -> altivo, orgulloso; hinchado; fiero, soberbio presuntuoso
- High-flushed -> elevado; henchido, lleno, colmado
- High-flying -> extravagante en alguna cosa
- High-grown -> muy crecido o alto
- High-heaped -> colmado, amontonado altamente
- High-hearted -> animoso, de pelo en pecho
- High-heeled -> de tacones altos
- high-hung -> suspendido en alto, colgado
- High mettled -> osado, atrevido
- High-placed -> elevado en situación, posición o grado
- High-principled -> extravagante en sus opiniones o sentimientos
- High-raised -> (a) De pensamientos elevados
- High-reaching -> lo que se extiende hacia arriba: ambicioso
- High-reared -> de estructura alta
- High-resolved -> resuelto, determinado
- High-roofe -> Que tiene el tejado alto (un edificio)
- High-seasoned -> picante, demasiadamente sazonado con especias
- High-seated -> fijado o asentado arriba
- High-spirited -> osado, atrevido, valeroso
- High-stomached -> altivo, obstinado
- High-tasted -> picante
- High-towered -> lo que tiene torres altas
adverbio
15. Arriba, sobre; alto; poderosamente, sumamente, profundamente.
- On high -> arriba; a voces, en alto, particularmente en el cielo; sobre
(b) Muy alto o muy elevado.
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