NUBE
nube
feminine noun
1
cloud
(de lluvia, humo)
- como caído de las nubes -> out of the blue
- estar en las nubes -> to have one's head in the clouds
- poner algo/a alguien por las nubes (informal) -> to praise something/somebody to the skies
- estar por las nubes (informal) -> to be terribly expensive (caro)
- nubes de tormenta -> storm clouds
- nube de verano (figurative) -> short fit of anger
2
swarm
(de personas, moscas)
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nube [noo’-bay]
noun
1
A cloud. (f)
2
Cloud, a crowd, a multitude, anything that spreads wide so as to interrupt the view (humo, insectos). (f)
3
Film which obstructs the sight (en ojo). (f)
4
Cloud or shade in precious stones. (f)
- Anda -> or estar por las nubes, (1) V
- Subir a las nubes -> to raise or increase prices very much
Subir a las nubes. (2) To run mountain high: said of waves. (3) To be extremely annoyed.
nube
sustantivo:femenino
1 (gen) cloud
nube de lluvia rain-cloud
nube de tormenta storm cloud
nube de verano summer shower; brief burst of annoyance
2 [de humo, insectos, polvo] cloud; [de gente] crowd; multitude
una nube de periodistas a crowd pack of journalists;o una nube de críticas a storm of criticism; una nube de pordioseros a swarm of beggars
4
andar por las nubes
estar en las nubes
to have one's head in the cloudsestar en una nube to be on cloud nine
los precios están por las nubes prices are sky high
poner a algn en por sobre las nubesoo to praise sb to the skies
ponerse por las nubes [+persona] to go up the wall; (familiar) [+precio] to rocket; soar
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