pare [pɛəʳ]
pare [peə(r)]
verbo transitivo
1pelar (vegetable); cortar (nails); recortar (expenses)
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pare [pear]
1Recortar, cortar o cercenar alguna cosa.
2Mondar, quitar la cáscara a las frutas, pelar patatas, etc. 3.
- To pare the nails -> cortar las uñas
- To pare a horse’s foot -> despalmar el casco de una caballería para que siente la herradura
- To pare bread -> raspar la corteza del pan
- To pare an apple -> mondar una manzana, To pare away/down, reducir (Fig.)
va. Cercenar, escatimar, reducir disminuyendo poco a poco.
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pared
feminine noun
1
wall
(de construcción)
- entre cuatro paredes -> cooped up at home
- las paredes oyen -> walls have ears
- si las paredes hablasen… -> if the walls could talk…
- subirse por las paredes (figurative) -> to hit the roof, to go up the wall
- está que se sube por las paredes -> she's in an absolute rage, she's fit to be tied
- intenté convencerle, pero como si hablara a la pared (informal) -> I tried to persuade him, but it was like talking to a brick wall
- me pusieron contra la pared (figurative) -> they had me up against the wall
- pared maestra -> main wall
- pared medianera -> party wall
2
side
(de montaña)
3
one-two
(sport)
- hacer la pared -> to play a one-two
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pared [pah-red’]
noun
1
Wall of bricks or stones. (f)
2
Surface of a field of barley which is close and even. (f)
- Entre cuatro paredes -> confined, retired: imprisoned
- Darse contra las paredes -> to butt against the wall, to struggle ineffectively
- Las paredes oyen -> walls have ears
- Pegado a la pared -> to be broke
- Se sube por las paredes -> he’s hopping mad
- Es como si hablara a una pared -> it’s like talking to a brick wall
- Estaba blanco como la pared -> he was as white as a sheet/ghost
pared
sustantivo:femenino
1 [de edificio, habitación] wall
estar pared con pared con algo to be right next door to sth
estar cara a la pared (Escol) to be stood in the corner
entre cuatro paredes
se pasa la vida entre cuatro paredes he spends his life cooped up at home
hablar a la pared
es como hablarle a la pared it's like talking to a brick wall
las paredes oyen the walls have ears
ponerse (blanco) como la pared to go as white as a sheet
subirse por las paredes (familiar) to go up the wall; (familiar)
pared de carga load-bearing wall
pared divisoria dividing wall
pared maestra main wall
pared medianera party wall
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