long

largo

adjective

long
[l??]
sustantivo
también:
  • the long and the short of it is that? -> el caso es que?
adjetivo
1 largo(a) (in size)
  • how long is the table? -> ¿cuánto mide or tiene la mesa de largo?
  • it's 4 meters long -> mide or tiene 4 metros de largo
  • to go the long way (round) -> ir por el camino más largo
  • the best by a long way (sentido figurado) -> con mucho or de lejos el/la mejor
  • she'll go a long way (sentido figurado) -> llegará lejos
  • to go a long way toward doing something (sentido figurado) -> contribuir mucho a hacer algo
  • to be long on charm/good ideas (familiar) -> estar lleno(a) de or andar sobrado(a) de encanto/buenas ideas (español de España)
  • the long arm of the law -> el largo brazo de la ley
  • to have/pull a long face (sentido figurado) -> tener/poner cara triste
  • it's a long shot, but it's our only hope -> es difícil que funcione, pero es nuestra única esperanza
  • not by a long shot or chalk -> ni muchísimo menos
  • long johns -> calzoncillos mpl largos
  • long jump -> salto (m) de longitud , salto (m) largo (español de Chile, español de Colombia), salto (m) en largo (RP)
2 largo(a) (in time)
  • a long time ago -> hace mucho tiempo
  • it's been a long day -> ha sido un día muy largo
  • the days are getting longer -> se están alargando los días
  • three days at the longest -> tres días como mucho
  • it looks like being a long job -> parece que el trabajo va a llevar mucho tiempo
  • to take a long look at something -> mirar algo largamente
  • in the long term or run -> a largo plazo, a la larga
  • to have a long memory -> no olvidar con facilidad
  • long weekend -> fin de semana (m) largo, puente (m) (corto)
adverbio
3 durante mucho tiempo, mucho (for a long period)
  • I didn't wait long -> no esperé mucho
  • I won't stay for long -> no me voy a quedar mucho tiempo
  • it won't take long -> no llevará mucho tiempo
  • she won't be long -> no tardará or demorará mucho (Am)
  • long live the King/Queen! -> ¡viva el Rey/la Reina!
  • as long as -> mientras, siempre que (providing)
  • as long as he is alive,? -> mientras viva,?
  • to think long and hard (about something) -> reflexionar profundamente (sobre algo)
  • I have long been convinced of it -> llevo mucho tiempo convencido de ello
  • how long have you known her? -> ¿cuánto (tiempo) hace que la conoces?
  • so long! (familiar) -> ¡hasta luego!
  • long before/after -> mucho antes/después
  • long ago -> hace mucho (tiempo)
4 (for the duration of)
  • all day/winter long -> todo el día/el invierno, el día/el invierno entero
5 (idioms)
  • I could no longer hear him -> ya no lo oía
  • I couldn't wait any longer -> no podía esperar más
  • five minutes longer -> cinco minutos más
verbo intransitivo
también:
  • to long to do something -> desear or anhelar hacer algo
  • to long for the day when? -> desear que llegue el día en que?
  • to long for something to happen -> desear que ocurra algo
  • a longed-for holiday -> unas ansiadas vacaciones
1 long., longitud (f) (geografía)

long [long]
adjetivo
1 Largo, extenso en espacio o en duración; de largo, de longitud.
  • Longer -> más largo
  • Longest -> el más largo
  • Longest liver -> sobreviviente
  • A long way about -> un gran rodeo
  • A piece of timber seventy feet long -> un madero de setenta pies de largo
  • Two inches long -> dos pulgadas de largo o de longitud
  • Long measure -> medida de longitud
2 Dilatorio, tardo, lento; enfadoso, afectadamente, circunspecto.
3 Extenso, prolongado; continuo.
4 Que retiene acciones o valores esperando un alza en los precios. (Comercio) (m)
adverbio
5 A una gran distancia; mucho.
  • Long after -> mucho después
  • Long ago, long since -> hace tiempo
  • Ere long -> antes de mucho
  • As long as I live -> mientras viva
  • At long last -> por fin
  • So long as -> mientras que, en tanto que
  • All my life long -> toda mi vida
  • How long is it since? -> ¿cuánto hace o cuánto tiempo hace
  • Not long before -> poco antes o poco tiempo antes
  • Longer -> más tiempo
6 En consecuencia de, debido
adjetivo & sustantivo
sustantivo
7 Longa, una antigua nota de música.
  • The long and the short -> lo largo y lo corto, es decir, el todo; la sustancia, el resumen
  • She left before long -> se marchó muy pronto
  • Long clothes -> las primeras ropas de una criatura, vestido largo que se extiende más allá de los pies
  • Long-drawn -> prolongado; fastidioso
  • Long-headed -> astuto, sagaz, prudente
  • Long staple -> de fibra larga (algodón)
verbo neutro (intransitivo)
1 Desear con vehemencia alguna cosa, anhelar, ansiar, suspirar por algo. (n)
  • To long for something -> desear, anhelar algo
  • To long for somebody -> añorar a alguien
  • I long to see him -> tengo mucho deseo de verlo
2 Antojarse; (fam.) pirrarse. (m)

long [lɒŋ] longer (comparative)longest (superlative)
adjective
1 (in size) [+dress, hair, journey] largo
it's six metres long tiene seis metros de largo; it's a very long book es un libro muy largo; he has long legs tiene las piernas largas
it's a long distance from the schooldistance está (muy) lejos del colegio
to make pull a long faceorface poner cara larga
to get longerget [+queue] hacerse más largo
Every day the queue seems to get longer
[+hair] crecer (más)
When my hair gets longer I plan to wear it in a ponytail
how long is it?how (table, hallway, piece of material, stick) ¿cuánto mide de largo?; (more precisely) ¿qué longitud tiene?; (river) ¿qué longitud tiene?
how long is her hair? ¿cómo tiene el pelo de largo?
to be long in the legleg [+trousers] tener piernas largas
the speech was long on rhetoric and short on detailson el discurso tenía mucha retórica y pocos detalles
the long arm of the law el brazo de la ley; el alcance de la ley
a list as long as your arm una lista larguísima
not by a long chalk ni con mucho
he's a bit long in the tooth (informal) es bastante viejo ya
2 (in distance)
it's a long way está lejos
It'll take a couple of hours to get there. It's a long way, remember
it's a long way to the shops las tiendas están lejos; we walked a long way caminamos mucho
3 (in time) [+film] largo; [+visit] prolongado; [+wait] largo; prolongado
two hours long de dos horas; the course is six months long el curso es de seis meses; el curso dura seis meses; a long walk un paseo largo; a long holiday unas vacaciones largas
it has been a long dayday ha sido un día muy atareado
there will be long delaysdelays habrá grandes retrasos; habrá retrasos considerables
there will be long delays all day on the central line
he took a long drink of waterdrink se bebió un vaso grande de agua
the days are getting longergetting los días se están alargando
how long is the film?how ¿cuánto (tiempo) dura la película?
how long are the holidays? ¿cuánto duran las vacaciones?
to be long in doing sthin tardar en hacer algo
the reply was not long in coming la respuesta no tardó en llegar
it will be a long jobjob será un trabajo que llevará mucho tiempo
at long lastlast por fin
to take a long look at sthlook mirar algo detenidamente
he has a long memorymemory es de los que no perdonan fácilmente
in the long runrun a la larga
a long time agotime hace mucho tiempo
that was a long, long time ago what a long time you've been! it will be a long time before I see her again it will be remembered for a long time to come it'll be a long time before I do that again! for a long time I had to stay in bed have you been studying English for a long time? it's a long time since I last saw him he has not been seen for a long time for a long time now he has been unable to work you took a long time to get here getting here it takes a long time for the drug to act it took a long time for the truth to be accepted
it takes a long time lleva mucho tiempo; I've been waiting a long time llevo esperando mucho tiempo; long time no see! (informal) ¡cuánto tiempo sin verte!
to take the long view He insists that the Soviets "are patient and take the long view," believing "that eventually they will be supreme - not necessarily in this century but certainly in the next" He took the long view, looking to the interests not merely of the living but of the unborn
it's a good place to go for a long weekendweekend es un buen sitio para ir durante un fin de semana largo
he's not long for this world (informal) no le queda mucho de vida
4 (Ling) [+vowel] largo
adverb
1 (a long time)
don't be long! ¡vuelve pronto!; I shan't be long (in finishing) termino pronto; no tardo; (in returning) vuelvo pronto; no tardo; will you be long? ¿vas a tardar mucho?; we didn't stay long nos quedamos poco tiempo; he hasn't been gone long no hace mucho que se ha ido; have you been waiting long? ¿hace mucho que espera?
long may this situation continue
I have long believed that ... creo desde hace tiempo que ...; hace tiempo que creo que ...; this method has long been used in industry este método se viene usando desde hace mucho tiempo en la industria
long after he diedafter mucho tiempo después de morir
he died long after his wife murió mucho tiempo después que su mujer
long agoago hace mucho (tiempo)
how long ago was it? ¿cuánto tiempo hace de eso?; as long ago as 1930 ya en 1930; not long ago no hace mucho (tiempo)
"When did he leave?" "Not long ago" He arrived not long ago
long beforebefore mucho antes
not long before poco antes
She had died not long before
long before now hace mucho tiempo; long before you came mucho antes de que llegaras; not long before the war poco antes de la guerra; not long before his wife died poco antes de que muriera su mujer; they left before long se marcharon muy pronto
I only had long enough to buy a paperenough solo tuve tiempo para comprar un periódico
we won't stay for longfor nos quedamos un rato nada más
are you going away for long? ¿te vas para mucho tiempo?; he hesitated, but not for long dudó, pero solo por un instante; "are you still in London?" — "yes, but not for much longer" —¿todavía estás en Londres? —si, pero por poco tiempo ya
how long will you be?how (in finishing) ¿cuánto (tiempo) tardarás?; (in returning) ¿cuánto tiempo te quedarás?
how long have you been here? ¿cuánto tiempo llevas aquí?; how long will it take? ¿cuánto tiempo llevará?; how long did he stay? ¿cuánto tiempo se quedó?; how long have you been learning Spanish? ¿desde cuándo llevas aprendiendo español?; how long is it since you saw her? ¿cuánto tiempo hace que no la ves?
it didn't last longlast fue cosa de unos pocos minutos días etc;oretc
to live longlive tener una vida larga
women live longer than men las mujeres son más longevas que los hombres; he hasn't long to live no le queda mucho de vida; long live the King! ¡viva el rey!
it's not long since he diedsincehe died not long sincesince no hace mucho que murió; murió hace poco
long since dead muerto hace mucho
He thought of friends long since dead
so long!so especially (US) (informal) ¡hasta luego!
it won't take longtake no tardará mucho
it didn't take him long to realize that ... no tardó en darse cuenta de que ...
he talked long about politicstalked habló largamente de política
2
longer más tiempo; we stayed longer than you quedamos más tiempo que vosotros; wait a little longer espera un poco más; how much longer can you stay? ¿hasta cuándo podéis quedaros?; how much longer do we have to wait? ¿hasta cuándo tenemos que esperar?; two hours longer dos horas más
I can't stay any longerany no me puedo quedar por más tiempo
I can't stand it any longer ya no lo aguanto más
no longerno ya no
he no longer comes ya no viene
he is no longer living there
3
longest: six months at the longest seis meses, como máximo como mucho;or
"How long will it take?" "6 months at the longest"
4
as long as so long as (while) mientras
as long as the war lasts mientras dure la guerra; as long as I live mientras viva; stay (for) as long as you like quédate hasta cuando quieras; as long as (is) necessary el tiempo que haga falta; lo que haga falta
Sanctions will remain in place as long as is necessary
5
as long as so long as (provided that) siempre que
I'll come as long as it's not too expensive
you can borrow it as long as John doesn't mind lo puedes tomar prestado siempre que a John no le importe si a John no le importa;or
6 (through)
all day longday todo el (santo) día
all night longnight toda la noche
all summer longsummer todo el verano
noun
1
the long and the short of it is that ... en resumidas cuentas, es que ...; concretamente, es que ...
2 longs (Economics) valores a largo plazo; (m)
modifier
long division (n) (Mat) división larga; (f)
long drink (n) refresco; (m) bebida no alcohólica; (f)
long johns (n) calzoncillos largos; (m)
long jump (n) salto de longitud; (m)
long jumper (n) saltadorasaltadora de longitud;a saltadora (m) (f)
long shot (n) (Cine) toma a distancia; (f)
The picture dissolved into a long shot of a catwalk
(in race) desconocidoadesconocida;a desconocida (m) (f)
... the 40-1 long shot that won the 1982 Derby
it's a long shot (informal) dudo que resulte
not by a long shot ni con mucho
long sight (n) presbicia; (f) hipermetropía; (f)
to have long sight ser présbita
the long term (n)
in over the long termor a largo plazo
In the long term this has been a healthy process The noise may not be an immediate problem, but in the long term there could be adverse psychological effects The results, in the long term, were academic success stories Industry needs to compete effectively over the long term
long trousers (n) (as opposed to shorts) pantalones largos; (m)
when I was old enough to wear long trousers
the long vacation the long vac (informal) (n) (Britain) (Univ) las vacaciones de verano
long wave (n) (Rad) onda larga; (f)
It is possible to receive BBC Radio 4 by tuning in to 1500m on long wave
(used as adj) de onda larga
long [lɒŋ]
verb:intransitive
to long for sth anhelar algo; desear algo; to long for sb suspirar por algn; añorar a algn; to long to do sth tener muchas ganas de hacer algo; estar deseando hacer algo; to long for sb to do sth desear que algn haga algo

Verb Conjugation for "long"

Imperative
  • long
  • you long
  • he/she longs
  • we long
  • you long
  • they long
Preterite
  • I longed
  • you longed
  • he/she longed
  • we longed
  • you longed
  • they longed
Present Continuous
  • I am longing
  • you are longing
  • he/she is longing
  • we are longing
  • you are longing
  • they are longing
Present Perfect
  • I have longed
  • you have longed
  • he/she has longed
  • we have longed
  • you have longed
  • they have longed
Past Continuous
  • I was longing
  • you were longing
  • he/she was longing
  • we were longing
  • you were longing
  • they were longing
Past Perfect
  • I had longed
  • you had longed
  • he/she had longed
  • we had longed
  • you had longed
  • they had longed
Future
  • I will long
  • you will long
  • he/she will long
  • we will long
  • you will long
  • they will long
Future Perfect
  • I will have longed
  • you will have longed
  • he/she will have longed
  • we will have longed
  • you will have longed
  • they will have longed
Future Continuous
  • I will be longing
  • you will be longing
  • he/she will be longing
  • we will be longing
  • you will be longing
  • they will be longing
Present Perfect Continuous
  • I have been longing
  • you have been longing
  • he/she has been longing
  • we have been longing
  • you have been longing
  • they have been longing
Future Perfect Continuous
  • I will have been longing
  • you will have been longing
  • he/she will have been longing
  • we will have been longing
  • you will have been longing
  • they will have been longing
Past Perfect Continuous
  • I had been longing
  • you had been longing
  • he/she had been longing
  • we had been longing
  • you had been longing
  • they had been longing
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