at university/the stationen la universidad/la estaci贸n
at the sideal lado
at John's (house)en casa de John
at homeen casa
2.(with time)
a.
at six o'clocka las seis
at Christmasen Navidad
at a good timeen un momento oportuno
at the beginning/endal principio/final
at (the age of) twentya los veinte a帽os
3.(with price, speed)
a. a
at 60 km/ha 60 km/h
at 50p a kiloa 50 peniques el kilo
4.(with direction)
a. a
to throw a stone at somebodytirarle una piedra a alguien
to look at something/somebodymirar algo/a alguien
5.(with cause)
a.
to be angry at somebodyestar enfadado(a), enojado(a) con alguien
to be surprised at somethingsorprenderse de algo
6.(with activity)
a.
to be at work/playestar trabajando/jugando
she's been at it all weekendha pasado todo el fin de semana trabajando
while you're at it, could you buy some sugar?ya que vas, 驴podr铆as comprar az煤car?
I am good at languagestengo facilidad para los idiomas los idiomas se me dan bien
he's bad at sportno tiene habilidad para los deportes se le dan mal los deportes
do you know him at all?驴lo conoces de algo?
anything at allcualquier cosa
nothing at allnada en absoluto
not at allen absoluto
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at[æt]
When at is an element in a phrasal verb, eg look at, look up the verb.
preposition
1(position)(specifying rough location)en
there weren't many people at the party/lectureno había mucha gente en la fiesta/conferencia;at the hairdresser's/supermarketen la peluquería/el supermercado;at the officeen la oficina;at schoolen la escuela;en el colegio;at seaen el mar;at tableen la mesa;at John'sen casa de Juan
he's still at the officeHe's at the officeyou can always get me at the office during the weekWhy weren't you at church this morning?I'll wait for you at the bottom of the stairs
where it's at
Glasgow's where it's aten Glasgow es donde está la movida (informal);en Glasgow es donde está el rollo (informal); (Esp)
where we're at
I'll just run through where we're atte voy a poner al tanto or al corriente de cuál es la situación
this is where it's atDoubtful about above two trans. If meaning is "this is the important thing/bit", then tran should be "aquí está lo importante". Existing trans do not sound natural with ES. MS.
(specifying position)
my room's at the back of the housemi dormitorio está en la parte de atrás de la casa
the dress fastens at the backel vestido se abrocha por detrás
at the bottom of the stairsal pie de las escaleras
to stand at the doorestar de pie or parado en la puerta; (LAm)
at the edgeen el borde
my room's at the front of the housemi dormitorio está en la parte delantera de la casa
the dress fastens at the frontel vestido se abrocha por delante
at the top(gen)en lo alto;(of mountain)en la cumbre
to be at the windowestar junto a la ventana
he came in at the windowentró por la ventana
especially(Internet)(name of @ symbol)arroba (f)
"my email address is jones at collins dot uk"(jones@collins.uk)—mi dirección electrónica es jones arroba collins punto uk
2(direction)(towards)hacia
the car was coming straight at usel coche venía directo hacia nosotros
he came at me with a knife
to look at sthmirar algo
3(time, age)a
at four o'clocka las cuatro;at middaya mediodía;at 16 he was already a household namea los 16 años era ya un nombre muy conocido;at lunchtimea la hora de la comida;a la hora de almorzar
at an early agede pequeño/pequeña
she began playing the piano at a very early age
at Christmaspor or en Navidades
at Easteren Semana Santa
at the momenten este momento
at that moment the bomb went offen aquel momento estalló la bomba
At that moment a shot rang outEn ese instante sonó un disparoat that [moment]en aquel momento
at nightde noche;por la noche
at a time like thisen un momento como este
at my time of lifecon los años que tengo
4(rate)a
at 50p a kiloa 50 peniques el kilo;at 50p each(a) 50 peniques cada uno;at a high pricea un precio elevado;at 4% interestal 4% de interés;two at a timede dos en dos;to go at 100km an hourir a 100km por hora
5(activity)
he's good at gamesse le dan bien los deportes
the Church of England is the Tory party at prayer
at it
while you're at it(doing it)de paso;(by the way)a propósito;she's at it againotra vez con las mismas
boys at playmuchachos que juegan;los muchachos cuando juegan
I could tell she'd been at the whiskyse notaba que le había estado dando al whisky (informal)
at waren guerra
we're at warBritain at war
to be at work(working)estar trabajando;(in the office)estar en la oficina
6(manner)
acting at its bestuna actuación de antología
at peaceen paz
at a runcorriendo;a la carrera
at full speeda toda velocidad
7(cause)
to awaken at the least sounddespertarse al menor ruido;at her criesal escuchar sus gritos;at my requesta petición mía;at his suggestiona sugerencia suya
I was shocked/surprised at the newsme escandalizó/sorprendió la noticia