man

el hombre

noun

man
[mæn]
sustantivo (pl men [men])
1hombre (m) (adult male)
  • hey man! (familiar) -> ¡oye, tío!
  • a man's jacket/bicycle -> una cazadora/bicicleta de hombre
  • the army will make a man of him -> el ejército lo hará un hombre
  • he took it like a man -> lo aceptó como un hombre
  • this will separate the men from the boys -> así se verá quién vale de verdad
  • to be man enough to do something -> tener el valor suficiente para hacer algo
  • to talk to somebody man to man -> hablar con alguien de hombre a hombre
  • he's just the man for the job -> es el hombre indicado (para el trabajo)
  • to be one's own man -> ser dueño de sí mismo
  • he's a man's man -> le gustan las cosas de hombres
  • the man in the street -> el hombre de la calle
  • a man of God -> un clérigo
  • a man of the world -> un hombre de mundo
2persona (f) hombre (m) (individual, person)
  • any man -> cualquiera
  • few men -> pocos, pocas personas
  • they replied as one man -> respondieron como un solo hombre
  • they were patriots to a man -> hasta el último de ellos era un patriota
3marido (m) (husband)
  • to live as man and wife -> vivir como marido y mujer
4el hombre (humanity)
5empleado(a) (sustantivo masculino o femenino) (employee) (in factory); criado (m) (servant); hombre (m) (soldier)
  • our man in Rome -> nuestro agente en Roma; (spy) nuestro representante en Roma; (diplomat) nuestro corresponsal en Roma (reporter)
6pieza (f) (in chess); ficha (f) (in drafts)
verbo transitivo (pt & pp manned)
7manejar (machine); tripular (plane, boat); atender (phone, reception desk)
  • a manned flight -> un vuelo tripulado

man [ma-nech]
1Tripular, poner gente en; armar. (Marina)
  • To man the capstan -> (Mar.) armar o guarnir el cabrestante
2Guarnecer o fortalecer con gente una plaza o fortalez
adjetivo
3(Poco us.) Amaestrar, adiestrar un halcón. (n)
  • To want the yards -> disponer la gente sobre las vergas para poder maniobrar con las velas
va.

man [mæn]
noun
men (plural)
1 (not woman) hombre; (m) (husband) marido; (m) (boyfriend) novio; (m) (servant) criado; (m) (workman) obrero; (m) (ordinary soldier) soldado; (m) (ordinary sailor) marinero; (m)
he's been a different man since he got married es otro hombre desde que se casó; the man who does the garden el señor que hace el jardín; when a man needs a wash cuando uno necesita lavarse; her man is in the army (husband) su marido está en el ejército; (boyfriend) su novio está en el ejército; officers and men (soldiers) oficiales y soldados; (sailors) oficiales y marineros; he's not the man to do it él no es la persona adecuada para hacerlo
man and boy
I've lived here man and boyboy vivo aquí desde pequeño
he's not the man for the jobfor no es el más indicado para esa tarea
man of GodGod religioso; (m) clérigo; (m)
good man!good ¡bravo!; ¡muy bien!
my good man (old-fashioned) buen hombre; amigo mío; all good men and true (literary) todos los que merecen llamarse hombres
man of lettersletters literato; (m)
it's got to be a local manlocal tiene que ser uno de aquí
to make a man of sbmake hacer un hombre de algn
the army will make a man out of him el ejército le hará un hombre
man of meansmeans hombre acaudalado; (m)
the man in the moonmoon el rostro de (mujer en) la luna
to feel (like) a new mannew sentirse como nuevo
look here, old manold (old-fashioned) mira, amigo
my old man (informal) el viejo; (informal)
the man on the Clapham omnibusomnibus el hombre de la calle
our man in Washingtonour (agent) nuestro agente en Washington; (representative) nuestro representante en Washington; (ambassador) nuestro embajador en Washington
man of partsparts hombre de talento; (m)
man of propertyproperty hombre acaudalado; (m)
man of strawstraw (person of no substance) monigote; (m) títere; (m)
Gorbachov had to do something before he began to appear as a man of straw
especially (US) (front man) hombre de paja; (m) testaferro; (m)
the man in the streetstreet el hombre de la calle
the strong man of the governmentstrong el hombre fuerte del gobierno
that man Jonesthat aquel Jones
man to manto de hombre a hombre
he's a man about towntown es un gran vividor
man and wifewife marido y mujer
to live as man and wife vivir como casados en matrimonio;or
a man of the worldworld un hombre de mundo
a young manyoung un joven
her young man su novio
this will separate sort the men from the boysor con esto se verá quiénes son hombres y quiénes no
to be man enough to do sth ser lo bastante hombre tener valor suficiente como para hacer algo;or
are you man [enough] to do it?
to reach man's estate (formal) llegar a la edad viril
2 (humanity in general) (also Man) el hombre
man proposes, God disposes el hombre propone y Dios dispone
3 (individual, person) persona; (f)
what else could a man do? ¿es que se podía hacer otra cosa?; men say that ... se dice que ...
any manany cualquiera; cualquier hombre
no manno ninguno; nadie
as one manone como un solo hombre
the Conservatives rose as one man and roared out "For he's a jolly good fellow"
one man one voteone un voto para cada uno
they agreed to a manto no hubo voz en contra
they're communists to a man todos sin excepción son comunistas
then I'm your manyour entonces soy la persona que estás buscando
4 (type)
he's a six pints a night man es de los que se beben seis pintas en una noche; he's a Celtic man es del Celtic
I'm not a drinking mandrinking yo no bebo
he's a family manfamily (with family) es padre de familia; (home-loving) es muy casero
I'm not a football manfootball no soy aficionado al fútbol; no me gusta mucho el fútbol
he's a man's manman's es un hombre estimado entre otros hombres
he's his own manown es un hombre muy fiel a sí mismo
I'm a whisky man myselfwhisky yo prefiero el whisky
5 (Chess) pieza; (f) (Draughts) ficha; (f)
6 (informal) (excl)
hey man! ¡oye, tronco!; (informal) you can't do that, man hombre, no puedes hacer eso; man, was I startled! ¡vaya susto que me dio!; ¡qué susto me pegué!
verb:transitive
[+ship] tripular; [+fortress, watchtower] guarnecer; [+guns] servir; [+pumps] acudir a; hacer funcionar
the gun is manned by four soldiers cuatro soldados manejan el cañón; the telephone is manned all day el teléfono está atendido todo el día
modifier
man day (n) (Comm) (Ind) día-hombre; (m)
man Friday (n) criado fiel; (m)
men's doubles (n) (Tennis) dobles masculinos; (m)
men's final (n) (Dep) final masculina; (f)
men's room (n) especially (US) lavabo de caballeros; (m)

Verb Conjugation for "man"

Imperative
  • man
  • you man
  • he/she mans
  • we man
  • you man
  • they man
Preterite
  • I manned
  • you manned
  • he/she manned
  • we manned
  • you manned
  • they manned
Present Continuous
  • I am manning
  • you are manning
  • he/she is manning
  • we are manning
  • you are manning
  • they are manning
Present Perfect
  • I have manned
  • you have manned
  • he/she has manned
  • we have manned
  • you have manned
  • they have manned
Past Continuous
  • I was manning
  • you were manning
  • he/she was manning
  • we were manning
  • you were manning
  • they were manning
Past Perfect
  • I had manned
  • you had manned
  • he/she had manned
  • we had manned
  • you had manned
  • they had manned
Future
  • I will man
  • you will man
  • he/she will man
  • we will man
  • you will man
  • they will man
Future Perfect
  • I will have manned
  • you will have manned
  • he/she will have manned
  • we will have manned
  • you will have manned
  • they will have manned
Future Continuous
  • I will be manning
  • you will be manning
  • he/she will be manning
  • we will be manning
  • you will be manning
  • they will be manning
Present Perfect Continuous
  • I have been manning
  • you have been manning
  • he/she has been manning
  • we have been manning
  • you have been manning
  • they have been manning
Future Perfect Continuous
  • I will have been manning
  • you will have been manning
  • he/she will have been manning
  • we will have been manning
  • you will have been manning
  • they will have been manning
Past Perfect Continuous
  • I had been manning
  • you had been manning
  • he/she had been manning
  • we had been manning
  • you had been manning
  • they had been manning
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