Beto's grand plan required the participation of certain key people in the government.El gran plan de Beto requería la participación de ciertas personas clave del gobierno.

b. grande

He has dedicated his life to fighting for grand ideals.Ha dedicado su vida a luchar por grandes ideales.

c. ambicioso

Her grand scheme ended up bilking taxpayers for millions.Su maquinación ambiciosa terminó por estafar a los contribuyentes millones.

3. (wonderful)

a. fabuloso

We always remember the grand adventures we had overseas.Siempre recordamos las fabulosas aventuras que vivimos fuera del país.

b. estupendo

The weather at the beach has been grand this week.El clima en la playa ha estado estupendo esta semana.

4. (in names)

a. gran

They stayed at the Grand Hotel in Michigan.Se hospedaron en el Gran Hotel en Michigan.

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

noun

A word or phrase that is commonly used in conversational speech (e.g. skinny, grandma).

(colloquial)

(amount of money)

a. mil dólares

He spent a grand on the new computer.Se gastó 1,000 dólares en la nueva computadora.

b. mil libras

A grand for a mobile? That's too much money!¿Mil libras por un celular? ¡Es mucho dinero!

A word or phrase that is commonly used in conversational speech (e.g. skinny, grandma).

(colloquial)

(musical instrument)

a. el piano de cola

(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)

The pianist says he prefers playing a grand.El pianista dice que prefiere tocar en un piano de cola.

grand

[grænd]

adjective

1. grandioso(a), imponente (imposing); ambicioso(a) (plan, scheme)= delito de robo por un valor superior a 500 dólares = carrera hípica de obstáculos que se celebra anualmente en Aintree, Gran Bretaña = conseguir derrotar a los otros cuatro países en el Torneo de las Cinco Naciones

on a grand scale a gran escala
grand finale final (m) apoteósico, apoteosis f inv final
grand jury jurado (m) de acusación (Estados Unidos)
grand larceny
grand master gran maestro(a) (sustantivo masculino o femenino) (in chess) (Estados Unidos)
the grand National el Grand National (británico),
grand piano piano (m) de cola
grand slam Gran Slam (m) (in rugby),
a grand total of £5,000 una suma total de 5.000 libras

2. genial (familiar) (excellent), chévere (Am salvo RP), padre (español de México), bárbaro(a) (RP)

noun

3. mil libras (f pl) (familiar) (thousand pounds); mil dólares mpl (thousand dollars)

GRAND JURY En el sistema judicial de los Estados Unidos el llamado grand jury es el jurado que decide si hay suficientes pruebas para llevar a juicio al acusado de un delito. Pueden ser federales o estatales. Tienen potestad para llamar a juicio a testigos y colectar pruebas y la mayoría puede además investigar asuntos civiles y criminales. Sus deliberaciones se celebran a puerta cerrada y los testigos no suelen tener derecho a la presencia de su abogado.

grand [ɡrænd] grander (comparative)grandest (superlative)

adjective

1 (impressive) [+building, architecture] imponente; grandioso; [+clothes] elegante

She had no grand clothes and did not give parties any more her clothes looked very grand

[+person] distinguido

as noble and grand as a thousand queens a grand lady he looked frightfully grand and important his title sounds frightfully grand these ladies, corpulent and grand, were certainly dressed for the occasion Hattie had never before set eyes on such a grand lady people put their smart invitations on display to prove to their friends how very grand they are the grand [staircase] A grand staircase leads up to a reception room hung with pictures and momentoes of the War

the job isn't as grand as it sounds el trabajo no es de tanta categoría como parece; I went to a rather grand dinner fui a una cena bastante lujosa or solemne

to make a grand entrance hacer una entrada solemne

You can guarantee Edward will arrive last. He always likes to make a grand entrance. (solemne) Why don't you just wear your costume to make a grand entrance, and then take the mask and tail off

grand finale broche (m) de oro

for the grand finale ... como broche de oro ...

for the grand finale we'll have all the dancers on stage together to do the Can Can What are you going to do for the grand finale?

last night diplomats were preparing for the summit's grand finale anoche los diplomáticos se preparaban para la apoteosis de la conferencia cumbre

a grand gesture (magnanimous) un gesto magnánimo; (ostentatious) un gesto grandilocuente

surrendering to majority opinion would be a grand gesture small steps, rather than grand gestures, are the substance of a developing peace process

in the grand manner por todo lo alto

he was a genial host and entertained in the grand manner this was a magnificent essay in the grand manner alobby featuring a sweeping staircase in the grand manner of the great transatlantic ocean liners

it was a very grand occasion fue una ocasión muy espléndida

the opening of the parliament is always a very grand occasion

the grand old man of English politics el patriarca de la política inglesa

grand opening apertura (f) solemne

the grand old man of the party

on a grand scale a gran escala

this is delusion on a grand scale this was disaster on a grand scale the prospect of being humiliated on a grand scale

to do sth in grand style hacer algo a lo grande or por todo lo alto

he celebrated his eightieth birthday in grand style they did a wonderful job putting this event together and bringing it off in grand style!

2 (ambitious) [+scheme, plan, design, strategy] ambicioso

The homelands were created under apartheid's grand strategy of rigidly separating blacks and whites

3 (great) [+adventure, experience] maravilloso; fabuloso; [+weather, day, person] estupendo

what grand weather we've been having! ¡qué tiempo más estupendo nos ha estado haciendo!; ¡qué tiempo tan estupendo hemos tenido!

it's a grand day for going to the seadside

we've had some grand times together, haven't we? nos lo hemos pasado estupendamente juntos, ¿verdad?; that's grand! ¡fabuloso!

He took a sip of the beer in the glass. Ah, that's grand The dinner was a grand success

4 (in hotel names) gran

noun

1 (thousand)

ten grand (Britain) diez mil libras; (US) diez mil dólares; we still need another couple of grand aún necesitamos otras dos mil

2 (also grand piano) piano (m) de cola

baby

modifier

the Grand Canyon (n) (US) el Gran Cañón del Colorado

grand duchess (n) gran duquesa (f)

grand duchy (n) gran ducado (m)

grand duke (n) gran duque (m)

grand jury (n) especially (US) (Jur) jurado (m) de acusación que decide si hay suficiente causa para llevar a algn a juicio; (que decide si hay suficiente causa para llevar a algn a juicio)

En el sistema legal estadounidense, un grand jury es un jurado de consulta que decide si debe acusarse a una persona de un delito y llevarla a juicio. Este jurado está compuesto por un número de miembros que oscila entre doce y veintitrés, y normalmente llevan a cabo sus reuniones en secreto. El grand jury tiene autoridad para citar a testigos a prestar declaración.

Además del grand jury, existe en la legislación americana otro jurado llamado trial jury (jurado de juicio) o petit jury, compuesto de doce miembros, cuya función es la de determinar la inocencia o culpabilidad del acusado ante el tribunal.

grand larceny (n) (US) (Jur) hurto (m) de mayor cuantía

grand mal (n) (Med) grand mal (m)

grand master (n) (Chess) gran maestro (m) (de ajedrez)

the Grand National (n) (Britain) (Horse Racing) el Grand National

the Grand Old Party (n) (US) mote que tiene el partido republicano de Estados Unidos desde 1880

grand opera (n) gran ópera (f)

grand piano (n) piano (m) de cola

Grand Prix (n) Grand Prix (m); Gran Premio (m)

grand slam (n) (Dep) gran slam (m)

to win the grand slam ganar el gran slam

grand total (n) total (m)

Add the three scores together to produce a grand total