la pared. 'la pared'. This feminine noun means '(interior) wall'. For example, 'en la pared se ve colgada una pintura' / 'There is a painting hanging on the wall'. La pared.
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
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 to go up the wall (familiar)
pared de carga load-bearing wall
pared divisoria dividing wall
pared maestra main wall
pared medianera party wall
Collins Complete Spanish Electronic Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers 2011
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