disco [ˈdɪskəʊ]
disco(
dihs
-
ko
)A noun is a word referring to a person, animal, place, thing, feeling or idea (e.g. man, dog, house).
1. (discothèque)
A word or phrase that is seldom used in contemporary language and is recognized as being from another decade, (e.g. cat, groovy).
(old-fashioned)
a. la discoteca
(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).
I miss the seventies. Dancing at the disco was so much fun.Extraño la década de los setenta. Bailar en la discoteca era muy divertido.
b. la disco
(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).
A word or phrase that is commonly used in conversational speech (e.g. skinny, grandma).
(colloquial)
My parents met dancing at a disco in 1978.Mis padres se conocieron bailando en una disco en 1978.
2. (music)
a. la música disco
(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).
The band's latest album is heavily influenced by disco.El álbum más reciente de la banda está fuertemente influenciado por la música disco.
disco(
dees
-
koh
)A masculine noun is used with masculine articles and adjectives (e.g. el hombre guapo, el sol amarillo).
1. (audio)
2. (computing)
a. disk
Ahora son muchos los laptops que se venden sin una unidad de disco.There are a lot of laptops sold now without a disk drive.
3. (sports)
a. discus
¿Sabes quién tiene el récord en el lanzamiento de disco masculino?Do you know who holds the record in the men's discus throw?
4. (traffic)
a. traffic light (automobile)
¿Por qué seguiste de largo? ¿No viste que el disco estaba rojo?Why did you keep on driving? Didn't you see the red traffic light?
b. signal (railroad)
Un maquinista borracho que manejaba un tren lleno de pasajeros pasó un disco en rojo.A drunk train driver ran a red signal when his train was full of passengers.
5. (anatomy)
a. disk
Regionalism used in the United States
(United States)
Los discos intervertebrales se pueden desplazar si se los somete a presión.The disks between the vertebrae are liable to displacement when put under strain.
b. disc (United Kingdom)
Los humanos tienen 23 discos en la columna vertebral.Humans have 23 discs in the spinal column.
6. (telecommunications)
a. dial
Mis abuelos siguen teniendo un teléfono con un disco giratorio.My grandparents still have a telephone with a rotary dial.
7. (mechanics)
a. disk
Regionalism used in the United States
(United States)
Puedes conseguir dos tipos de frenos de disco: mecánicos e hidráulicos.You can get two types of disk brakes: mechanical, and hydraulic.
b. disc (United Kingdom)
La mayoría de las ruedas delanteras de los autos tienen frenos de disco.Most front wheels of cars have disc brakes.
A feminine noun is almost always used with feminine articles and adjectives (e.g. la mujer bonita, la luna llena).
8. (discotheque)
A word or phrase that is commonly used in conversational speech (e.g. skinny, grandma).
(colloquial)
a. disco
A word or phrase that is commonly used in conversational speech (e.g. skinny, grandma).
(colloquial)
Cuando era joven, me encantaba bailar en la disco.When I was young, I loved dancing at the disco.
disco
A noun is a word referring to a person, animal, place, thing, feeling or idea (e.g. man, dog, house).
1. (anat, astron & geom)
a. disk
disco solarthe sun
2. (de música)
a. record
3. (fam fig)
a.
This refers to an idiomatic word or phrase for which there is no word-for-word translation.
no direct translation
ser como un disco rayadoto go on like a cracked record
disco compactocompact disk
disco de éxitohit (record)
disco de larga duraciónLP, long-playing record
4. (semáforo)
a. (traffic) light
5. (sports)
a. discus
6. (computers)
a. disk
disco de arranque/del sistemastartup/system disk
disco duro/flexiblehard/floppy disk
disco magnéticomagnetic disk
disco ópticooptical disk
disco removible/rígidoremovable/hard disk
disco virtualvirtual disk
7. (del teléfono)
a. dial
8. (colloquial)
a. disco
disco
1 (Música) record
siempre está con el mismo disco no cambia de disco he's like a cracked record (familiar)
disco compacto compact disc
disco de larga duración long-playing record
disco de oro golden disc
disco de plata silver disc
disco de platino platinum disc
disco microsurco long-playing record
disco sencillo single
disco
(discoteca) disco
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