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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" in the Answers forum
| Q: | Un policía pareciendo aburrido se apoya un poco contra la pared; Corrections?… |
| A: | >Lucinda promete que él la visitará, pero advierte es una cosa intrépida, Lucinda promete que él la visitará, pero advierte **que** es una cosa intrépida,… |
| Q: | en una pared de la clase hay una pizarra inmensa |
| A: | Using the "translator tool would give almost the same answer (it supplies "slate" instead of "blackboard"). |
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