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tune

[tjuːn]

sustantivo

1. melodía (f)

I can't sing in tune -> desafino al cantar
to be out of tune -> estar desafinado(a); (instrument) desafinar (person)

2. (idioms)

to be in tune with one's surroundings -> estar a tono con el entorno
to call the tune -> llevar la batuta
to change one's tune -> cambiar de actitud
to the tune of -> por valor de

verbo transitivo

3. afinar (musical instrument); poner a punto (engine); sintonizar (TV, radio)

tune [tiun]

sustantivo

1. Tono, la canción métrica para la música compuesta de varias coplas; tonada.

2. Tono, el sonido que hace la voz cuando se habla o canta y el que hace un instrumento cuando se toca.

3. Concordancia o armonía, tanto, hablando de la música como hablando metafóricamente de costumbres, actos morales, etc. 4.

Tono, el estado particular del ánimo y a veces también del cuerpo para ejecutar, aprender, etc. The fiddle is in tune or out of tune, el violín está afinado o desafinado.

1. Templar un instrumento músico.

2. Cantar armoniosamente.

3. Poner acordes dos o más cosas o ajustarlas perfectamente entre sí.

verbo neutro (intransitivo)

4. Modular, cantar con armonía y variedad de la voz. (n)

5. Ajustarse o concertar dos o más voces o instrumentos. (n)

va.

tune [tjuːn]

noun

1 (melody) melodía (f)

tonada $ >

(piece) tema (m); (song) canción (f)

can you remember the tune? ¿te acuerdas de la melodía or la música?; the cello has the tune at that point el chelo lleva la melodía en esa parte; it hasn't got much tune no es muy melódico; no tiene mucha melodía

dance tune canción (f) bailable

come on, give us a tune! (sing) ¡vamos, cántanos algo!

he gave us a tune on the piano nos tocó un tema al piano

to hum a tune tararear una melodía/canción

he was playing my favourite tune the orchestra was playing a selection of tunes from The Merry Widow. she was humming a merry tune you couldn't tell what they were playing - there was no tune at all to [dance] to sb's tune the churches end up dancing to the tune of their big business sponsors

to the tune of sth

(sung) to the tune of Rule Britannia con la música de Rule Britannia; repairs to the tune of £300 arreglos por la bonita suma de 300 libras; he was in debt to the tune of £4,000 tenía deudas que llegaban a 4.000 libras

to the tune of £500 the prison is overpopulated to the tune of 1600 try singing X to the tune of Y

to call the tune llevar la voz cantante

she calls the tune in their house

to change one's tune cambiar de parecer

you've changed your tune since this morning, haven't you? he soon changed his tune and started working as hard as the others

to sing another or a different tune bailar a un son distinto

11 months ago, the Government was singing a different tune to sing the same tune it doesn't help when politicians argue in public - we should all be singing the same tune

the same old tune: I'm bored with politicians singing the same old tune estoy harto de oír a los políticos siempre hablar de lo mismo

dance piper signature

2 (accurate pitch)

to be in tune [+instrument] estar afinado

he can't sing in tune no sabe cantar sin desafinar; no sabe cantar afinado

to be out of tune [+instrument] estar desafinado

to go out of tune desafinar; to sing out of tune cantar desafinado; desafinar

the guitar is a bit out of tune she sings out of tune

to be in/out of tune with sth/sb

he is in/out of tune with the people sintoniza con/está desconectado con el pueblo; his ideas were in/out of tune with the spirit of his age sus ideas estaban a tono/desentonaban con el espíritu de su época

to be in tune with the times the president is more in tune with the times than his predecessor this is one more sign that the party is in tune with the interests of the people this is one more sign that the party is out of tune with the interests of the people men are less in tune with their bodies than women

verb:transitive

1 (Mús) [+piano, guitar] afinar

we tune our guitars before every performance they were tuning up their instruments we had to have the piano tuned after we moved house

2 (Mec) [+engine, machine] poner a punto; afinar

it is capable of 100mph with a well-tuned engine

3 (TV) (Rad) sintonizar

I came across the programme while tuning my radio tune your TV or video recorder to the show tomorrow to be [tuned] to

you are tuned (in) to ... está usted sintonizando (la cadena) ...

my radio is permanently tuned to Radio 4

stay tuned to this station for a further announcement sigan en sintonía con esta emisora para escuchar otro anuncio

she spent years spent tuning her physique to compete against top athletes I've tuned my style to that of the journal I write for now

verb:intransitive