school

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la escuela

∗ noun

school
[sku?l]
sustantivo
1 colegio (m) escuela (f) (for children) (up to 14) ; instituto (m) (from 14 to 18) ; escuela (f) academia (f) (of dance, languages etc) (private)
  • to go to school -> ir al colegio
  • I went to or was at school with him -> fuimos juntos al colegio
  • there is no school tomorrow -> mañana no hay colegio or clase
  • when does school start? -> ¿cuándo empiezan las clases?
  • school of art -> escuela (f) de bellas artes
  • of school age -> en edad escolar
  • school board -> consejo (m) escolar (británico)
  • school book -> libro (m) de texto (escolar)
  • school bus -> autobús (m) escolar
  • school day -> día (m) de colegio
  • school friend -> amigo(a) (sustantivo masculino o femenino) del colegio
  • school holidays -> vacaciones (f) escolares
  • school hours -> horas (f pl) de clase
  • school leaver -> = alumno que ha finalizado sus estudios
  • school uniform -> uniforme (m) escolar
  • school year -> año (m) escolar or académico
2 universidad (f) (college, university) (Estados Unidos)
3 facultad (f) (university department)
4 escuela (f) (of artists, thinkers)
  • school of thought -> corriente (f) or escuela de pensamiento
  • he's one of the old school (sentido figurado) -> es de la vieja escuela
verbo transitivo
5 educar (educate) ; instruir, adiestrar (train) (child, mind)
  • to school somebody in something -> instruir a alguien en algo
sustantivo
1 banco (m) (of fish)

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school [skul-bord]
1 Instruir, enseñar.
2 Amaestrar, adiestrar.
3 Reprender enseñando sus obligación al que faltó a ella, disciplinar.
va.
verbo neutro (intransitivo)
1 Ir o moverse juntos, como los peces; moverse en masa. (n)
sustantivo
2 Ribazón, manjúa, majal, la multitud de peces que nadan juntos, como en tropa.

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school [skuːl]
noun
1 (for children) (institution) escuela; (f) colegio; (m)
a boy who was in my class at school I took the kids for a picnic in the park after school there's a boy at school who's been bullying her
what did you learn at school today?at ¿qué has aprendido hoy en el colegio?
to be at school asistir a la escuela
is Jimmy at school yet? where are the children? - at school we didn't learn that when I was at school
which school were you at? ¿a qué colegio fue?; we have to be at school by nine tenemos que estar en el colegio a las nueve; you weren't at school yesterday ayer faltaste a la clase
to go to schoolgo ir a la escuela
which school did you go to? ¿a qué colegio fue?
to leave schoolleave terminar el colegio
primary secondary high
(lessons) clase; (f)
after school después de clase; there's no school today hoy no hay clase; school starts again in September las clases empiezan de nuevo en septiembre
the whole school's going to hate you
2 (Univ) (faculty) facultad; (f)
art schoolart Facultad de bellas artes; (f)
School of LanguagesLanguages departamento de lenguas modernas; (m)
law schoollaw Facultad de derecho; (f)
medical schoolmedical Facultad de medicina; (f)
 (US) (university) universidad; (f)
I went back to school at 35 a los 35 años volví a la universidad
3 (group of artists, writers, thinkers) escuela; (f)
the Dutch school la escuela holandesa; Plato and his school Platón y su escuela; Platón y sus discípulos
the Chicago school of economists
4 (specialist) escuela; (f)
a riding school near Chepstow the Kingsley School of English
school of artart escuela de bellas artes; (f)
school of dancingdancing escuela de baile; (f)
school of motoringmotoring autoescuela; (f) escuela de manejo; (f) (LAm)
school of musicmusic academia de música; (f) conservatorio; (m)
ballet driving riding
5 (in expressions)
I am not of that school yo no soy de esa opinión; yo no pertenezco a esa escuela; I am not of the school that ... yo no soy de los que ...
I am not of the school that thinks all politicians are corrupt
of the old schoolold de la vieja escuela
he is one of the old school who still believes in honour in public life an elderly gentleman of the old school
school of thoughtthought corriente de opinión; (f)
school of [hard] knocks/school of [life] I served my apprenticeship in the school of hard knocks/life
verb:transitive
[+horse] amaestrar
She bought him as a colt and schooled him
 [+person] educar; instruir
She's been schooling her kids herself
 [+reaction, voice etc] dominar
he has been well schooled ha recibido una buena educación
to be schooled in sth older generations were heavily schooled in the classics the intense, detached curiosity of a man long schooled in disaster like a patient country doctor schooled in platitudes
to school sb in sth educar instruir a algn en algo;or
Many mothers schooled their daughters in the myth of female inferiority
to school sb to do sth preparar a algn para hacer algo
He is schooled to spot trouble
to school o.s. instruirse; to school o.s. in patience aprender a tener paciencia
to school o.s. in sth
modifier
school age (n) edad escolar; (f)
school-age child niño en edad escolar; (m)
school attendance (n) asistencia a la escuela; (f)
school attendance officer inspector de educación encargado de problemas relacionados con la falta de asistencia o el bajo rendimiento de los alumnos
school bus (n) autobús escolar; (m)
school dinner (n) comida escolar; (f) comida de colegio; (f)
I usually take sandwiches to school, but my friend has school dinners
school doctor (n) médico de escuela; (m)
school fees (n) matrícula (escolar); (f)
school friend (n) amigoaamiga de clase;a amiga (m) (f)
school holidays (n) vacaciones escolares; (f)
school hours (n)
during school hours durante las horas de clase
school inspector (n) inspectorainspectora de enseñanza;a inspectora (m) (f)
school leaver (n) persona que termina la escuela; (f)
she joined the firm as a school-leaver We are the only country in Europe to guarantee a training place to every 16 and 17-year-old school-leaver who wants one
school life (n) vida escolar; (f)
school lunch (n) comida escolar; (f) comida de colegio; (f)
to take school lunches comer almorzar en la escuela;or
school meal (n) comida provista por la escuela; (f)
school outing (n)
to go on a school outing to the zoo ir de visita al zoo con el colegio
school playground (n) (Britain) patio (de recreo); (m)
school report (n) boletín escolar; (m)
school time (n)
school hours See culture box in entry school.
school trip (n)
school outing See culture box in entry school.
school uniform (n) uniforme escolar; (m)
school yard (n) (US)
school playground See culture box in entry school.
school year (n) año escolar; (m)
school [skuːl]
noun
[of fish, dolphins, whales] banco; (m)

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Verb Conjugation for "school"

Imperative
  • school
  • you school
  • he/she schools
  • we school
  • you school
  • they school
Preterite
  • I schooled
  • you schooled
  • he/she schooled
  • we schooled
  • you schooled
  • they schooled
Present Continuous
  • I am schooling
  • you are schooling
  • he/she is schooling
  • we are schooling
  • you are schooling
  • they are schooling
Present Perfect
  • I have schooled
  • you have schooled
  • he/she has schooled
  • we have schooled
  • you have schooled
  • they have schooled
Past Continuous
  • I was schooling
  • you were schooling
  • he/she was schooling
  • we were schooling
  • you were schooling
  • they were schooling
Past Perfect
  • I had schooled
  • you had schooled
  • he/she had schooled
  • we had schooled
  • you had schooled
  • they had schooled
Future
  • I will school
  • you will school
  • he/she will school
  • we will school
  • you will school
  • they will school
Future Perfect
  • I will have schooled
  • you will have schooled
  • he/she will have schooled
  • we will have schooled
  • you will have schooled
  • they will have schooled
Future Continuous
  • I will be schooling
  • you will be schooling
  • he/she will be schooling
  • we will be schooling
  • you will be schooling
  • they will be schooling
Present Perfect Continuous
  • I have been schooling
  • you have been schooling
  • he/she has been schooling
  • we have been schooling
  • you have been schooling
  • they have been schooling
Future Perfect Continuous
  • I will have been schooling
  • you will have been schooling
  • he/she will have been schooling
  • we will have been schooling
  • you will have been schooling
  • they will have been schooling
Past Perfect Continuous
  • I had been schooling
  • you had been schooling
  • he/she had been schooling
  • we had been schooling
  • you had been schooling
  • they had been schooling
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