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fila

See the entry forfila.

fila

-he/she loosens

,you loosen

Presentél/ella/ustedconjugation offilar.

fila

-loosen

Affirmative imperativetúconjugation offilar.

fila

line

fila(

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A feminine noun is almost always used with feminine articles and adjectives (e.g. la mujer bonita, la luna llena).

feminine noun

1. (sequence of people or things)

a. line

Nos pusimos en fila para comprar los boletos para el concierto.We got in line to buy the concert tickets.

b. queue (United Kingdom)

Esperamos en fila la llegada de un taxi.We waited in a queue for a taxi to arrive.

c. row (side by side)

Sally acomodó sus muñecas en una fila ordenada en un estante.Sally arranged her dolls into a neat row on a shelf.

filas

A plural noun indicates that there is more than one person, place, thing, or idea.

plural noun

2. (group)

a. ranks

Los candidatos buscan enrolar más personas en las filas de su campaña.The candidates are seeking to enroll more people in their campaign ranks.

fila

A noun is a word referring to a person, animal, place, thing, feeling or idea (e.g. man, dog, house).

Noun

1. (hilera)

a. line

2. (de asientos)

a. row

en fila, en fila indiain line, in single file

aparcar en doble filato double-park

ponerse en filato line up

3. (military)

a. ranks

4. (fig)

cerrar filasto close ranks

en filasdoing military service

llamar a filas a alguiento call somebody up

romper filasto fall out

5. (de partido)

a. ranks

militaba en las filas socialistasshe was an active member of the socialist party

fila

1 (hilera) [de personas, cosas] (una tras de otra) line

una fila de coches a line of cars; nos colocaron en fila they lined us up; they put us in a row; ponerse en fila to line up; get into line; salirse de la fila to step out of line; una chaqueta de dos filas de botones a double-breasted jacket

(una al lado de otra)

había cuatro coches en fila there were four cars in a row; aparcar en doble fila to double-park; iban andando en filas de tres they were walking three abreast

(Mil)

¡en fila! fall in!; formar filas to form up; fall in; romper filas to fall out; break ranks; ¡rompan filas! fall out!; dismiss!

fila india

en fila india in single file

2 [de asientos] row

en primera/segunda fila in the front/second row

fila cero VIP row

3 filas (Mil) (servicio)

estar en filas to be on active service; incorporarse a filas to join up; llamar a algn a filas to call sb up; draft sb; (EEUU)

(Política) ranks

en las filas del partido in the ranks of the party

ha pasado a engrosar las filas del partido conservador

cerrar filas to close ranks

4 (antipatía)

tener fila a algn to have it in for sb (familiar); el jefe le tiene fila the boss has it in for him (familiar)

5 (Centroamérica) (cumbre) peak; summit

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Examples

Phrases

hacer fila	to get in line
mucha gente camina o marcha en fila durante un desfile	many people walk or march in line during a parade
en fila	in line
los pasajeros esperan en fila para facturar las maletas	the passengers wait in line to check in the suitcases
en una cola o fila hay mucha gente	there's a lot of people on in a line or in a queue
caminar en fila	to walk in line
fila de a dos	no direct translation
en una fila de a dos	two abreast