1 [of table, skin, lake, sun] superficie (f); [of road] firme (m) stain must be able to penetrate the surface of the wood to achieve a uniform colouring the surface of the rock-face behind her felt ice-cold against her head and shoulders the surface of the eyeball blood vessels near the surface of the skin ripples across the surface of the lake tiny little waves on the surface of the water the glimmering icy surface of the lake use a sheet of glass, melamine, perspex, or anything with a smooth surface for a palette try sleeping on a hard surface pastel does not work well on shiny surfaces the Earth's surface his back is as pitted and rough as the surface of the moon ozone forms a protective layer between 12 and 30 miles above the Earth's surface This electromagnetic energy comes from a gigantic flare on the surface of the sun
beneath or below or under the surface Lurking just beneath the surface are dangerous rocks the body was buried just 18 inches below the surface at the very bottom of the garde
the box was buried two metres beneath or below the surface la caja estaba enterrada a dos metros por debajo de la superficie; the tensions that simmer beneath or below the surface in our society las tensiones que bullen por debajo de la superficie en nuestra sociedad
Julie was a clown, but Ann suspected there was something deeper simmering below the surface and felt protective of her but beneath the surface Garfunkel fumed at being the junior partner you don't have to look far to encounter the tensions beneath the surface the tensions that had been simmering beneath the surface were too powerful to hold back we always thought that they were so easy-going and well-balanced. Who could have imagined all that jealousy and rage simmering beneath the surface? she took it calmly at first but under the surface was she seething his eyes hinted at the pain and rage that may be bubbling under the surface It's what was going on under the surface that I'm trying to bring out under the surface very little changed
she appeared calm, but beneath or below the surface she was seething with rage parecía estar tranquila pero en el fondo or por dentro hervía de rabia
to break the surface romper la superficie a furry head suddenly broke the surface of the water
to be close to the surface estar cerca de la superficie the bedrock was too close to the surface a porpoise swimming close to the surface the box was buried quite close to the surface
her grief was still close to the surface su dolor estaba todavía a flor de piel
those feelings are not as close to the surface any more to dig beneath the surface it is also worth digging beneath the surface of the problem to see if there is another more fundamental issue at stake
ethnic tensions are never far from the surface las tensiones étnicas siempre parece que están a punto de estallar simmering ethnic tensions are never far from the surface in the Transcaucasus region social unrest, never far from the surface in Brazil a [flat] surface una superficie llana lisa place the fish on a flat surface and sprinkle the flesh with lemon juice and pepper lie down on a flat surface [on] the surface his job was not as enviable as it appeared on the surface
on the surface it seems that ... a primera vista parece que ...
outer surface capa (f) exterior or externa the outer surface of the skin is made up of dead cells
to come or rise to the surface salir a la superficie air-bubbles rise to the surface in a continuous, soothing stream
aflorar (a la superficie) years of pent-up frustration suddenly came to the surface try to express the feelings that come to the surface during the exercise
these feelings may come or rise to the surface estos sentimientos pueden aflorar (a la superficie)
some topics will doubtless rise to the surface and others sink
upper surface superficie (f) de la parte superior the upper surface of the leaf
to scratch or touch the surface (of sth) arañar la superficie (de algo) this book only scratches the surface of philosophical thought este libro aborda el pensamiento filosófico solo por encima; este libro solo araña la superficie del pensamiento filosófico
we've barely scratched or touched the surface we've only scratched the surface
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