1 (Anat) brazo (m)with one's arms folded con los brazos cruzados he leaned back against the table with his arms folded across his chest he was sitting at the desk with his arms folded when they had finished she stood with folded arms admiring the new look the children should be seated properly, with folded arms on their desks
to give sb one's arm dar el brazo a algn give me your arm and let's walk slowly away
to hold sth/sb in one's arms coger algo/a algn en brazos he held her in his arms till she quieted she holds the infant in her arms
arm in arm he walked arm in arm with his wife iba cogido del brazo de su mujer; they were walking along arm in arm iban cogidos del brazo
they rushed into each other's arms corrieron a echarse uno en brazos del otro this pushed them into the arms of the French esto les obligó a buscar el apoyo de los franceses
he held it at arm's length lo sujetaba con el brazo extendido he struck a match and held it at arm's length
she came in on her father's arm entró del brazo de su padre
with his coat over his arm con el abrigo sobre el brazo
to put one's arm(s) round sb abrazar a algn
within arm's reach al alcance de la mano she left a glass on the bedside table, within arm's reach
to take sb's arm coger a algn del brazo to take sb in one's arms tomar a algn en sus brazos
to throw one's arms round sb's neck echar los brazos al cuello a algn
he had a parcel under his arm llevaba un paquete debajo del brazo or bajo el brazo
to cost an arm and a leg costar un ojo de la cara (informal) a week at a health farm can cost an arm and a leg
to keep sb at arm's length mantener las distancias con algn she had bodyguards to keep the fans at arm's length he invented that story to keep me at arm's length
a list as long as your arm una lista kilométrica he has a string of convictions as long as your arm
the (long or strong) arm of the law el brazo de la ley if it becomes a crime knowingly to pass on the AIDS virus, AIDS sufferers must deal with a double threat: The long arm of the law and the possibility of a painful death the long arm of the law will catch up with him eventually if he carries on that way
to welcome sth/sb with open arms recibir algo/a algn con los brazos abiertos we welcomed the idea with open arms he ran to me with open arms they would no doubt welcome the action with open arms many Panamanians welcomed the troops with open arms
to put the arm on sb (US) presionar a algn you got Cotter to put the arm on Lilian and now you're putting the arm on me
I'd give my right arm to own it daría mi brazo derecho por que fuera mío
2 (part) [of chair, river, crane, pick-up] brazo (m); [of spectacles] patilla (f); [of coat] manga (f) we rowed down a quiet arm of the river she sat on the arm of my chair at the other end of Cardigan Bay is Bardsey Island Robodoc, a mechanical arm with a drill on the end, helped surgeons carry out a complicated hip replacement the arm seems to be bent there's a tear in the arm
arm of the sea brazo (m) de mar
I looked out of the window at the end of the room, across to the arm of the sea which looked like some sort of backwater in the arm of the sea our ships and floating batteries pounded the enemy
[of organization, company, also Mil] (division) división (f); (section) sección (f); (Pol) brazo (m) Millicom Holdings is the British arm of an American company the research arm of Congress the research arm of Moorfields Eye Hospital he had entered the Italian Army in 1890 as an artillery officer and moved into the air arm twenty years later
the military arm of the Western alliance el brazo armado de la alianza occidental
were currently vying for control over the naval air arm Gerry Adams, the leader of the IRA's political arm Sinn Fein
the political arm of a terrorist group el brazo político de un grupo terrorista
Herri Batasuna (HB) is considered to be the political arm of ETA-Militar
