1 (class, kind) tipo; (m) clase; (f) what type of desk did you want? ¿qué tipo clase de escritorio quería?;or what type of person is he? ¿qué tipo clase de persona es?;or I'm not the type to get carried away no soy de la clase del tipo de personas que se dejan llevar;or I know the type of thing you mean tengo una idea de a qué te refieres
injuries caused by rubber bullets, tear gas, grenades and this type of thing he'll be locked up so he can't do this type of thing again he's a bit tight with money, you know the type of thing I mean he wasn't the type to commit murder I am a very determined type of person we have all heard people describe some men as the "strong silent type" this type of crime is becoming increasingly common she had the type of boss we all dread he's the type of student who is fascinated by anything he doesn't understand /there is a certain type of person who/ will always be attracted to the unusual what type did you want? have you done this type of work before? this is the type of accident drivers fear most the second type of defenders are lymphocytes this is a very different type of film five different types of lentil what type of car is it? there are several types of roses this dog is the only one of its type in Britain
nightclubs are not my type of thing los clubes nocturnos no son lo mío; she's/he's not my type no es mi tipo; it's my type of film es una película de las que a mí me gustan
I didn't think he was my type at first
she's the motherly typemotherly es una madraza
he's an outdoor typeoutdoor es el tipo la clase de persona a la que le gusta la vida al aire;or
a moisturizer suitable for all skin typesskin una crema hidratante apropiada para todo tipo de pieles
2 (character, essence) tipo; (m) she was the very type of Spanish beauty era el tipo exacto de la belleza española
the true type of the breed he's/she's [a] type He is a type, but as bad of the type as you can imagine
to cast sb against typeagainst (Teat) (Cine) darle a algn un papel atípico there was some interesting casting against type in the film en la película varios actores interpretaban papeles atípicos y el resultado es interesante
to revert to typerevert (Bio) volver a su estado primitivo; volver a ser el mismo de siempre she didn't believe men could really become more sensitive - after a while they would become more macho, would revert to type
the government, true to type, tried to make us believe nothing was wrongtrue el gobierno, como es característico en él como siempre, intentó hacernos creer que no ocurría nada malo;or
3 (informal) (individual) tipoatipa;a tipa (informal) (m) (f) she's a strange type es un bicho raro; (informal) es una tipa rara; (informal)
a pleasant type
4 (Tip) (typeface) tipo; (m) (printed characters) letra; (f) (blocks of characters) tipos; (m) they are often printed in plain type or capitals Helvetica type, fourteen-point The Times was founded to advertise the most revolutionary new printing technology since Gutenberg: whole words preset in type instead of single letters the first book ever printed using movable type the printers kept the type intact for several years afterwards the valuable copper type was stolen
in bold typebold en negrita
in italic typeitalic en cursiva
in large/small typelargesmall en letra grande/pequeña underneath, in much smaller type, was an address
