scene

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la escena

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scene
[siːn]
sustantivo
1escena (f) (Theat & cine)
  • a touching/terrifying scene (also sentido figurado) -> una escena conmovedora/aterradora
  • behind the scenes (sentido figurado) -> entre bastidores
  • a scene of devastation -> una escena de destrucción
  • I can picture the scene -> me puedo imaginar la escena
  • scene shifter (Theat) -> tramoyista (sustantivo masculino)
2escenario (m) (event)
  • a change of scene would do him good -> un cambio de aires le vendría bien
  • to arrive or come on the scene -> aparecer (en escena)
  • the scene of the crime/accident -> el escenario or lugar del crimen/accidente
3(fuss)
  • to make a scene -> hacer una escena, montar un número (español de España)
4(world)
  • the political/sporting scene -> el panorama político/deportivo
  • it's not my scene (familiar) -> no me va mucho

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scene [sin]
sustantivo
1Escena, perspectiva, vista, paisaje; una localidad y todo lo que con ella se relaciona.
2Escena, sitio o tablado del teatro en que se representa una obra dramática u otro espectáculo; teatro, lugar donde sucede un acontecimiento, real o fingido (stage).
3Escena, división de un acto; la acción o asunto de la pieza que se representa.
4Escena, escenario, las decoraciones del teatro.
5Acción notable, extraordinario, sea o no intencional; especialmente un arrebato, un impulso apasionado, un escándalo.
  • To bring on the scene -> poner en escena
  • The scene of war -> el teatro de la guerra
  • The scene is at Granada -> la escena pasa en Granada
  • Scene-painter -> pintor escénico, o de decoraciones

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scene [siːn]
noun
1 (Teat) (Cine) (TV) (Literat) escena; (f)
Act I, Scene 1 acto I, escena 1
a bedroom scenebedroom una escena de dormitorio
behind the scenesbehind entre bastidores
It's an exciting opportunity to learn \what goes on behind the scenes\ But behind the scenes Mr Kane will be working quietly to try and get a deal done
the big scene in the filmbig la principal escena de la película
indoor sceneindoor interior; (m)
love sceneslove escenas de amor; (f)
outdoor sceneoutdoor exterior; (m)
the scene is set in a castleset la escena tiene lugar en un castillo
to set the scene for a love affair crear el ambiente para una aventura sentimental; now let our reporter set the scene for you ahora permitan que nuestro reportero les describa la escena
this set the scene for the discussion to set the scene
2 (sight) escena; (f)
it was an amazing sceneamazing era una escena asombrosa
it was a scene of utter destructiondestruction la escena el panorama era de destrucción total;or
Television broadcasters were warned to exercise caution over depicting \scenes of violence\ You can just picture the scene, can't you? It's a scene of complete devastation
there were scenes of violenceviolence hubo escenas de violencia
3 (view) vista; (f) panorama; (m) (landscape) paisaje; (m)
the scene from the top is marvellous desde la cumbre la vista es maravillosa el panorama es maravilloso;or the scene spread out before you el panorama que tienes delante; it is a lonely scene es un paisaje solitario
4 (place) escenario; (m) lugar; (m)
the scenes of one's early life los lugares frecuentados por uno en su juventud
to appear come on the sceneappearorcome llegar
when I came on the scene cuando llegué; he appeared unexpectedly on the scene se presentó inesperadamente
I need a change of scenechange necesito un cambio de aires
You've been doing that job for ages, you need a change of scene a change of scene would do you good
the scene of the crimecrime el lugar escenario del crimen;or
to disappear from the scenedisappear desaparecer (de escena)
Harris disappeared from the scene as quickly as he had appeared
the scene of the disasterdisaster el lugar de la catástrofe
the police were soon on the sceneon la policía no tardó en acudir al lugar de los hechos
(Mil) the scene of operationsoperations el teatro de operaciones
Thick black smoke billowed over the scene The area has been \the scene of fierce fighting\ for three months traces left at \the scene of the crime\ Fire and police crews rushed to the scene Riot vans were at the scene within minutes He could react rather jealously when and if another child comes on the scene The trouble started when he appeared on the scene
5 (sphere of activity)
to be part of the Madrid sceneMadrid formar parte de la movida madrileña; (informal)
the music scenemusic la escena musical
it's not my scenemy (informal) no me interesa llama la atención;or
Lying on the beach all week isn't my scene
the political scene in Spainpolitical el panorama político español
to disappear from the political scene desaparecer de la escena política
the pop scenepop el mundo del pop
Sandman's experimentation has made him something of a cult figure on the local \music scene\ A youth guide to When he first burst onto the national political scene at 28 the gay scene
6 (painting, drawing) escena; (f)
country scenes escenas campestres; (f)
Lynch's \country scenes\ The picnic looked like a typical Turner scene
7 (informal) (fuss) escena; (f) escándalo; (m) bronca; (f) especially (LAm)
try to avoid a sceneavoid procura que no se monte una escena el número;or (informal)
I hate sceneshate detesto las escenas los escándalos;or
to make a scenemake hacer montar una escena;or montar un número; (informal)
she had a scene with her husbandwith riñó con su marido
if you tried making a scene like that in this country, you'd be in a lot of trouble he's always making a scene about something: arguing, shoving and not caring. Whoever called him Fisticuffs got it right.
8 (display of emotion)
there were emotional scenes as the hostages appearedemotional hubo escenas de emoción cuando aparecieron los rehenes
There were \emotional scenes\ as the refugees enjoyed their first breath of freedom
their argument ended in an ugly sceneugly su discusión acabó mal
there were unhappy scenes at the meetingunhappy en la reunión pasaron cosas nada agradables
modifier
scene change (n) (Teat) cambio de escena; (m)
scene painter (n) (designer) escenógrafoaescenógrafa;a escenógrafa (m) (f) (workman) pintorapintora (de paredes);a pintora (m) (f)
scene shift (n) cambio de escena; (m)
scene shifter (n) tramoyista; (m)

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