(f) means that a noun is feminine. Spanish nouns have a gender, which is either feminine (like la mujer or la luna) or masculine (like el hombre or el sol).
(f) means that a noun is feminine. Spanish nouns have a gender, which is either feminine (like la mujer or la luna) or masculine (like el hombre or el sol).
(f) means that a noun is feminine. Spanish nouns have a gender, which is either feminine (like la mujer or la luna) or masculine (like el hombre or el sol).
(m) means that a noun is masculine. Spanish nouns have a gender, which is either feminine (like la mujer or la luna) or masculine (like el hombre or el sol).
(m) means that a noun is masculine. Spanish nouns have a gender, which is either feminine (like la mujer or la luna) or masculine (like el hombre or el sol).
People crowd the streets to buy flowers and books on St. George's Day in Barcelona.La gente atesta las calles para comprar flores y libros el Día de Sant Jordi en Barcelona.
(f) means that a noun is feminine. Spanish nouns have a gender, which is either feminine (like la mujer or la luna) or masculine (like el hombre or el sol).
(m) means that a noun is masculine. Spanish nouns have a gender, which is either feminine (like la mujer or la luna) or masculine (like el hombre or el sol).
(f) means that a noun is feminine. Spanish nouns have a gender, which is either feminine (like la mujer or la luna) or masculine (like el hombre or el sol).
(f) means that a noun is feminine. Spanish nouns have a gender, which is either feminine (like la mujer or la luna) or masculine (like el hombre or el sol).
(f) means that a noun is feminine. Spanish nouns have a gender, which is either feminine (like la mujer or la luna) or masculine (like el hombre or el sol).
he disappeared into the crowddesapareció entre la multitud or la muchedumbre or el gentío;she lost him in the crowdlo perdió de vista entre la multitud or la muchedumbre or el gentío;crowds of peopleuna multitud de gente;there was quite a crowdhabía bastante gente;they always go round in a crowdsiempre salen en grupo
a huge crowd gathered in the squareit took two hours to disperse the crowdtroops opened fire on a crowd of protesters
accidents always draw a crowdlos accidentes siempre atraen a un gentío;she's the sort of person who stands out in a crowdes la típica persona que (se) destaca en un grupo de gente
it got mixed up with a crowd of other papersthere was a whole crowd of books all over the floorthe note was lost in a crowd of pieces of paper on the board
2(spectators)público (m);espectadores (m)
a crowd of 10,000 watched the parade10.000 espectadores presenciaron el desfile
\the crowd surged forward\ when a goal was scoredthe noise of the crowd was deafening
the away/home crowd(Ftbl)los seguidores del equipo visitante/de casa;the match drew a big crowdel partido atrajo mucho público;he certainly draws the crowds[+performer]no cabe duda de que atrae mucho público
3(social group)gente (f)
I don't like that crowd at allesa gente no me gusta nada;she got in with a nice crowd at workse juntó con (una) gente maja en el trabajo;all the old crowd have come out for the occasionla antigua pandilla ha salido para celebrar la ocasión
4(common people)
the crowd: she's just one of the crowdes del montón;to follow the crowddejarse llevar por los demás or por la corriente;he likes to stand out from the crowdle gusta distinguirse de los demás
transitive verb
1(fill)[+place]atestar;llenar
demonstrators crowded the streetslos manifestantes atestaron or llenaron las calles;new buildings crowd the narrow lanes of the old townlos nuevos edificios se apiñan en los estrechos callejones del casco viejo;the thoughts that crowded her mindlos pensamientos que le inundaban la mente
don't crowd the pan - fry a few at a timeantique dealers crowd the showrooms each weekpeople crowded the aisles of the supermarket at Christmasit's mainly women and children who crowd doctors' waiting roomsto crowd a place [with]
2(squeeze, force)apiñar
things into a place
they crowded the prisoners into trucksapiñaron a los prisioneros en unos camiones
a group of journalists were crowded into a minibus
3(press against)empujar
they crowded me against the wallme empujaron contra la pared
they started crowding me against a line of carsso then he, this man, started crowding her. Back against the walldrug-dealers crowded him off the pavements
4(harass)agobiar
I do things at my own pace, so don't crowd medeja de agobiarme, me gusta trabajar a mi ritmo
I feel as if you're crowding me when you question me all the timeI think my mother-in-law would rather I didn't crowd her until it's necessary - she prefers to be mistress in her own kitchenit had been a tense day, with people crowding her all the time
intransitive verb
(gather together)apiñarse
they crowded at the window to see himse apiñaron en la ventana para verlo;to crowd inentrar en tropel;memories crowded in on meme inundó una ola de recuerdos;dense vegetation crowded in on both sides of the roadla vegetación crecía espesa a ambos lados de la carretera;I feel as if everything's crowding in on meme siento desbordado por todo;we all crowded into her little flattodos nos metimos en su pisito, abarrotándolo de gente;thousands of people have crowded into the capitalmiles de personas han llegado en tropel a la capital
party workers chanted as they crowded in the main hall
to crowd around or round sth/sbapiñarse alrededor de algo/algn
he lay on the pavement as people crowded aroundthey crowded round the television setthe hungry refugees crowded around the tractorspolice blocked off the road as hotel staff and guests crowded aroundthey crowded [together] near the door
modifier
crowd control (n)control (m) de masas
crowd scene (n)(Cine)(Teat)escena (f) masiva or multitudinaria
