door

la puerta

door(dor)

noun

1. (entrance)

a. la puerta

(F)

I always knock on the door before coming into her room.

Siempre le toco a la puerta antes de entrar en su habitación.

2.

(figurative)

(gateway)

a. la puerta

(F)

Languages are the door to a successful career.

Los idiomas son la puerta a una carrera exitosa.

3. (box office)

a. la puerta

(F)

We had to buy our tickets for the play at the door.

Tuvimos que comprar las entradas para la obra en la puerta.

4. (distance)

a. la puerta

(F)

He lives only five doors down the street.

Vive a solo cinco puertas calle abajo.

door

Noun

1. (general)

a. la puerta

(F)

to see somebody to the dooracompañar a alguien a la puerta or a la salida

to show somebody the doorechar a alguien

out of doorsal aire libre

to shut the door in somebody's facedar a alguien con la puerta en las narices

she lives two doors awayvive a dos portales de aquí

2. (fig)

a.

to lay something at somebody's doorachacar algo a alguien

door handlemanilla f, tirador m

door knockeraldaba f, llamador m

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door [dɔːʳ]

noun

1 (hinged object) [of room, vehicle] puerta (f)

she heard footsteps near the kitchen door

to answer the door (ir a) abrir la puerta

she answered the door as soon as I knocked llamé a la puerta y vino a abrir al momento

to [open]/[shut] close the door would you mind shutting the door please? shut the door behind you! doors open at ...

performance starts at 8pm, doors open at 7 la actuación empieza a las 8, pero las puertas se abrirán a las 7

to shut or slam the door in sb's face cerrar la puerta a algn en las narices (informal); dar a algn con la puerta en las narices (informal)

he wouldn't speak to me, just shut the door in my face to get one's [foot] [toe] in the door the deal gives the company a foot in the door of a new market

to lay the blame for sth at sb's door echar la culpa de algo a algn

the blame is always laid at the door of the government siempre se le echa la culpa al gobierno; I'm not sure his death can be laid at the doctor's door no estoy seguro de que se le pueda achacar su muerte al médico; no estoy seguro de que se pueda echar la culpa or culpar al médico de su muerte

to lay the blame at sb's door

to close the door on sth (make impossible) cerrar la puerta a algo; (bring to an end) poner punto final a algo

this effectively closes the door on any further negotiations a comprehensive solution which will close the door on a shameful chapter of Italy's history she knew as she left that she was also closing the door on what was left of her marriage we never close the door on a successful series

behind closed doors a puerta cerrada

decisions taken in secret, behind closed doors

to open the door to sth abrir la(s) puerta(s) a algo

meeting him opened the door to success for me el encuentro con él me abrió la(s) puerta(s) al éxito; this could open the door to a flood of claims for compensation esto podría dar pie a una avalancha de reclamaciones de indemnización

researchers are pushing back frontiers and opening doors

as one door shuts, another opens cuando una puerta se cierra, otra se abre

darken knock sliding slam

2 (entrance) puerta (f)

[at] the door

he stopped at the door of his office se detuvo a or en la puerta de su oficina

to pay at the door (Cine) (Teat) pagar a la entrada or al entrar

to be on the door [of nightclub] hacer de portero; estar en la puerta; (Teat) hacer de acomodadoraacomodadora (m) (f);a acomodadora

there was a bouncer on the door of the pub I do all sorts of work at the theatre; last night I was on the door

tickets £5 in advance, £6 on the door la entrada cuesta 5 libras por adelantado, 6 en la puerta

to see or show sb to the door acompañar a algn a la puerta

don't bother seeing me to the door, I know the way

to show sb the door decir a algn dónde está la puerta

if they don't work they are soon shown the door would they forgive and forget, or show him the door? can you hold the tickets on the door for me? her job is to greet customers at the door

3 (building) puerta (f)

she lived a few doors down from me ella vivía unas cuantas puertas más abajo (de mí); three doors down the street tres puertas más abajo

they sent a car to our door to collect us

(from) door to door de puerta en puerta

building to building

it took seven hours to get there, door to door de puerta a puerta tardamos siete horas

they are collecting money from door to door tickets covering the whole journey from door to door

next door (in the next house) en la casa de al lado; (in the next room) en la habitación de al lado

I went next door to wake her up entré en la habitación de al lado para despertarle he has the room next door to me at the hotel

out of doors al aire libre

the weather was fine enough for working out of doors [by] [through] the back door he attacked the Government for bringing in privatization by the back door the government would not allow anyone to sneak in by the back door and seize power

foot

modifier

door chain (n) cadena (f) (de seguridad) de la puerta

door handle (n) (gen) picaporte (m); [of car] manija (f)

door jamb (n) jamba (f) de la puerta

door key (n) llave (f) (de la puerta)

I've locked my door keys in the car I've got a spare door key you can have

door knocker (n) aldaba (f); llamador (m)

there was a brass door knocker in the shape of a lion's head in the centre of the door