hand

la mano

pasar

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hand(

)

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

noun

1. (anatomy)

a. la mano

(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)

The pianist had small, delicate hands.El pianista tenía las manos pequeñas y finas.

2. (instrument part)

a. la manecilla

(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)

He watched the slow movement of the hands of the clock.Miró el movimiento lento de las manecillas del reloj.

b. la aguja

(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)

We couldn't measure the barometric pressure because the instrument's hand had fallen off.No pudimos medir la presión barométrica porque la aguja del instrumento se había caído.

3. (card games)

a. la mano

(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)

(set of cards)

You should bet all your chips when you're dealt a hand like that.Deberías apostar todas las fichas que tengas cuando se te reparte una mano así.

b. la partida

(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)

(game)

Shall we play another hand?¿Echamos otra partida?

4. (help)

a. la mano

(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)

Would you give me a hand moving this couch? It's really heavy.¿Me echarías una mano para mover este sofá? Pesa mucho.

5. (ovation)

a. el aplauso

(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)

They gave him a big hand at the end of the song.Le dieron un fuerte aplauso al final de la canción.

6. (side)

a. la mano

(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)

It's not this street, but the next one, on the left-hand side.No es esta calle, sino la siguiente, a mano izquierda.

7. (writing)

a. la letra

(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)

This has to be my father's diary. I recognize his hand.Este tiene que ser el diario de mi padre. Reconozco su letra.

8. (agency)

a. la mano

(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)

He nearly died from the wounds, but he was saved by the hand of God.Casi se muere de las heridas, pero lo salvó la mano de Dios.

9. (worker)

a. el obrero

(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)

, la obrera

(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)

We don't have enough hands to finish the work on time.No tenemos obreros suficientes para terminar el trabajo a tiempo.

b. el peón

(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 hands worked all day until they were exhausted.Los peones trabajaron todo el día hasta que se agotaron.

c. el marinero

(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)

, la marinera

(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)

(nautical)

Three hands climbed onto the boom to furl the sail.Tres marineros subieron a la botavara para aferrar la vela.

10. (equine measurement)

a. el palmo

(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)

It was the biggest horse I had ever seen. He measured 20 hands!Era el caballo más grande que jamás he visto. ¡Medía 20 palmos!

A transitive verb is a verb that requires a direct object (e.g. I bought a book.).

transitive verb

11. (to give)

a. pasar

The teacher handed a piece of candy to each of the students.La maestra pasó un caramelo a cada uno de los alumnos.

12. (to give credit)

This refers to an idiomatic word or phrase for which there is no word-for-word translation.

no direct translation

I'll hand it to you; this is the best cheeseburger I've ever had.Me quito el sombrero, esta es la mejor hamburguesa con queso que jamás he comido.

You've got to hand it to him; he's good at publicity.Hay que reconocerlo, es bueno con la publicidad.

hands

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

plural noun

13. (control)

a. manos

Possession of Alsace has changed hands many times over the course of history.La posesión de Alsacia ha cambiado de manos muchas veces a lo largo de la historia.

hand

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

Noun

1. (part of body)

a. la mano

(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)

2. (of clock, watch)

a. la manecilla

(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)

to hold handscogerse de las manos

hand in hand(cogidos) de la mano

to hold something in one's handsostener algo en la mano

to take somebody by the handcoger a alguien de la mano

on one's hands and kneesa cuatro patas

by handa mano

hands off!¡las manos fuera!

hands up!¡manos arriba!

hand ballmano m

hand basinlavabo lavamanos m

hand creamcrema de manos

hand grenadegranada de mano

hand luggageequipaje de mano

3. (worker)

a. el brazo

(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)

to be an old hand at somethingser veterano(a) en algo

4. (handwriting)

in his own handde su puño y letra

5. (in cards)

a. la mano

(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)

6. (fig)

to show one's handponer las cartas boca arriba or sobre la mesa

7. (idioms)

at handa mano

on handdisponible

to have something to handtener algo a mano

to ask for somebody's hand (in marriage)pedir la mano de alguien

to be in good handsestar en buenas manos

to fall into the wrong handscaer en malas manos

it's out of my handsno está en mi mano

to change handscambiar de mano

I had a hand in designing the coursetuve que ver or puse de mi parte en el diseño del curso

to go hand in hand with somethingestar asociado(a) a algo

to try one's hand at somethingintentar algo alguna vez

to turn one's hand to somethingdedicarse a algo

to give or lend somebody a handechar una mano a alguien

to give somebody a big handdar un gran aplauso a alguien

to suffer at somebody's handssufrir a manos de alguien

on the one handpor una parte

on the other handpor otra parte

to have time on one's handstener tiempo libre

to have a situation in handtener una situación bajo control

to take somebody in handhacerse cargo de alguien

to get out of handescaparse de las manos

the children got out of handlos niños se desmandaron

to dismiss a suggestion out of handrechazar una sugerencia sin más ni más

to have one's hands fullestar completamente ocupado(a)

to have one's hands tiedtener las manos atadas

to be hand in glove with somebodycolaborar estrechamente con alguien

to live from hand to mouthvivir de forma precaria

to lose money hand over fistperder dinero a raudales

to make money hand over fistganar dinero a espuertas

to win hands downganar con comodidad

A transitive verb is a verb that requires a direct object (e.g. I bought a book.).

transitive verb

8. (general)

a. pasar

to hand something to somebodypasar algo a alguien

9. (fig)

to hand something to somebody on a plateponerle algo a alguien en bandeja

10. (fig)

you've got to hand it to himtienes que reconocérselo

hand [hænd]

noun

1 (part of body) mano (f)

to have sth in one's hand tener algo en la mano

to be clever or good with one's hands ser hábil con las manos; ser un manitas

a piece for four hands (Mús) una pieza para (piano a) cuatro manos

to hold hands [+children] ir cogidos de la mano; ir tomados de la mano; (LAm) [+lovers] hacer manitas

on (one's) hands and knees a gatas

hands off! ¡fuera las manos!; ¡no se toca!

hands off those chocolates! ¡los bombones ni tocarlos!; hands off pensions! ¡no a la reforma de las pensiones!; ¡dejad las pensiones en paz!; to keep one's hands off sth no tocar algo

hands up! (to criminal) ¡arriba las manos!; (to pupils) ¡que levanten la mano!

hand over fist

to be making money hand over fist ganar dinero a espuertas; to be losing money hand over fist hacerle agua el dinero

to be hand in glove with sb (very close) ser uña y carne con algn; (in cahoots) estar conchabado con algn

they're allegedly hand in glove with their competitors to fix prices

to work hand in glove with sb trabajar en estrecha colaboración con algn

the UN inspectors work hand in glove with the western intelligence agencies

to live from hand to mouth vivir al día

my hands are tied tengo las manos atadas; no puedo hacer nada

I could do it with one hand tied behind my back lo podría hacer con una mano atada a la espalda

he never does a hand's turn no da golpe

many hands make light work muchas manos facilitan el trabajo

shake

2 (needle) [of instrument] aguja (f); [of clock] manecilla (f); aguja (f)

the big hand la manecilla grande; el minutero; the little hand la manecilla pequeña; el horario

3 (agency, influence) mano (f); influencia (f)

his hand was everywhere se notaba su influencia por todas partes; su mano se notaba en todo; to have a hand in tomar parte en; intervenir en; he had no hand in it no tuvo arte ni parte en ello

4 (worker) (in factory) obreroaobrera (m) (f);a obrera (farm hand) peón (m); (deck hand) marinero (m) (de cubierta)

all hands on deck! (Náut) ¡todos a cubierta!

to be lost with all hands hundirse con toda la tripulación

to be an old hand (at sth) ser perro viejo (en algo)

5 (help) mano (f)

would you like a hand with moving that? ¿te echo una mano a mover eso?

to give or lend sb a hand echar una mano a algn

can you give or lend me a hand? ¿me echas una mano?

6 (handwriting) letra (f); escritura (f)

he writes a good hand tiene buena letra; in one's own hand de su (propio) puño y letra

7 (Cards) (round) mano (f); partida (f); (cards held) mano (f)

a hand of bridge/poker una mano or una partida de bridge/póker

8 (measurement) [of horse] palmo (m)

he's 15 hands high mide 15 palmos de alto

9 (round of applause)

they gave him a big hand le aplaudieron calurosamente; let's have a big hand for ...! ¡muchos aplausos para ...!

10 (phrases with verb)

to ask for sb's hand (in marriage) pedir la mano de algn

to [bear] a hand

to change hands cambiar de mano or de dueño

just wait till I get my hands on him! ¡espera (a) que le ponga la mano encima!

to [join] hands

to lay hands on (get) conseguir; (Rel) imponer las manos a

I don't know where to lay my hands on ... no sé dónde conseguir ...; she read everything she could lay her hands on leía todo lo que caía en sus manos

to put or set one's hand to sth emprender algo

to raise one's or a hand to or against sb poner a algn la mano encima

Every time you raise a hand to your child - whether it's a slap in the supermarket or a beating behind closed doors - you are, in effect, showing him that the only way to solve a problem is with violence It was a moment politicians and others have warned repeatedly could come - when Jew would raise his hand against Jew

to take a hand in sth tomar parte or participar en algo

everybody took a hand in the preparations for the party the government took a hand in drawing up the plan

to try one's hand at sth probar algo

to [force] sb's hand

to get one's hand in adquirir práctica; irse acostumbrando

to give with one hand and take away with the other quitar con una mano lo que se da con la otra

to keep one's hand in conservar or no perder la práctica;at de

to [show] one's hand

to sit on one's hands (US) [+audience] aplaudir con desgana; [+committee etc] no hacer nada

to turn one's hand to sth dedicarse a algo

he can turn his hand to anything vale tanto para un barrido como para un fregado

to [wash] one's hands of

to wait on sb hand and foot desvivirse por algn; ponérselo todo en bandeja a algn

she expects to be waited on hand and foot to [win] hands down

eat force join show show throw wash win win

to [throw up] one's hands (in horror)

11 (phrases with adjective)

to rule with a firm hand gobernar con firmeza

to have a free hand tener carta blanca

to give sb a free hand dar carta blanca a algn

to have one's hands full (with sth/sb) no parar un momento (con algo/algn); estar muy ocupado (con algo/algn)

I've got my hands full with the kids con los niños no paro un momento; I've got my hands full running the firm while the boss is away estoy muy ocupado llevando la empresa mientras el jefe está fuera

don't worry, she's in good hands no te preocupes, está en buenas manos

with a heavy hand con mano dura

to give sb a helping hand echar una mano a algn

with a high hand despóticamente

if this should get into the wrong hands ... si esto cayera en manos de quien no debiera ...

to get or gain the upper hand empezar a dominar

to have the upper hand tener or llevar la ventaja

12 (after preposition)

don't worry, help is at hand no te preocupes, disponemos de or contamos con ayuda

winter was at hand se acercaba el invierno

to be close near at hand

keep the book close at hand ten el libro a mano; we're close at hand in case she needs help nos tiene a mano or muy cerca si necesita ayuda; at first hand de primera mano; I heard it only at second hand lo supe solo de modo indirecto; at the hands of a manos de

her family had suffered at the hands of the Nazis

they suffered a series of defeats at the hands of the French sufrieron una serie de derrotas a manos de los franceses

European governments have suffered severely at the hands of structural disarmament here was another woman suffering at the hands of an abusive husband they suffered a series of demoralizing defeats at the hands of the Viet Minh insurgents

made by hand hecho a mano

to raise an animal by hand criar un animal uno mismo; to send a letter by hand enviar una carta en mano; delivered by hand entregado en mano

by hand (on envelope) en su mano

to take sb by the hand coger or tomar a algn de la mano

hand [in] hand

they were going along hand in hand iban cogidos de la mano

it goes hand in hand with está estrechamente relacionado con; these plans should go hand in hand estos proyectos deben realizarse al mismo ritmo; gun in hand el revólver en la mano; empuñando el revólver; to be in sb's hands estar en manos de algn; it's in his hands now depende de él ahora; I put myself in your hands me pongo en tus manos; to have £50 in hand tener 50 libras en el haber; I like to have sth in hand me gusta tener algo en reserva; money in hand dinero (m) disponible

to have sth in hand

the cases I have in hand at the moment los casos que tengo entre manos en este momento; the situation is in hand tenemos la situación controlada or bajo control; he has them well in hand sabe manejarlos perfectamente; let's concentrate on the job in hand centrémonos en el trabajo que tenemos entre manos; to take sth in hand tomar algo a cuestas; to take sb in hand (take charge of) hacerse cargo de algn; (discipline) imponer disciplina a algn

to play into sb's hands hacer el juego a algn

to fall into the hands of the enemy caer en manos del enemigo; to put sth into a lawyer's hands poner un asunto en manos de un abogado; to take justice into one's own hands tomar la justicia por su propia mano

to get sth off one's hands (get rid of) deshacerse de algo; (finish doing) terminar de hacer algo

to take sth off sb's hands desembarazar a algn de algo; the children are off our hands now nuestros hijos ya han volado del nido

on the right/left hand a derecha/izquierda; a mano derecha/izquierda

on the one hand ... on the other hand por una parte ... por otra parte; por un lado ... por otro lado; on the other hand, she did agree to do it pero el caso es que ella (sí) había accedido a hacerlo

on every hand on all hands por todas partes

there are experts on hand to give you advice hay expertos a su disposición para ofrecerle asesoramiento; I've got him on my hands all day está conmigo todo el día; we've got a difficult job on our hands tenemos entre manos una difícil tarea; he's got time on his hands tiene todo el tiempo del mundo; to have sth left on one's hands tener que quedarse con algo; he was left with the goods on his hands tuvo que quedarse con todo el género; el género resultó ser invendible

to dismiss sth out of hand descartar algo sin más

the situation was getting out of hand la situación se estaba escapando de las manos; the children were getting out of hand los niños se estaban desmandando

to have sth to hand tener algo a mano

I don't have the information to hand just now ahora mismo no tengo a mano la información; I hit him with the first thing that came to hand le golpeé con lo primero que tenía a mano or que pillé

I make a meal out of whatever comes to hand

your letter of the 23rd is to hand he recibido su carta del día 23

cap

transitive verb

(pass)

to hand sb sth hand sth to sb pasar algo a algn

he handed me the book me pasó el libro

you've got to hand it to him hay que reconocérselo

modifier

[+lotion, cream] para las manos

hand baggage (n) (US)

hand luggage See culture box in entry hand.

hand controls (n) controles (m) manuales

hand drier hand dryer (n) secamanos (m) automático

hand grenade (n) granada (f) (de mano)

hand luggage (n) equipaje (m) de mano

hand print (n) manotada (f)

hand puppet (n) títere (m)

hand signal (n) (Aut) señal (f) con el brazo

with both indicators broken, he had to rely on hand signals con los intermitentes rotos tenía que hacer señales con el brazo or la mano; they had to communicate in hand signals tuvieron que comunicarse por señas

hand towel (n) toalla (f) de manos

hand-wash

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Participles

Present:	handing
Past:	handed

Indicative

	Present	Past	Future
I	hand	handed	will hand
you	hand	handed	will hand
he/she	hands	handed	will hand
we	hand	handed	will hand
you	hand	handed	will hand
they	hand	handed	will hand

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on the other hand	por otro lado
raise your hand	levanta la mano levantar la mano
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on one hand	por un lado
hand sanitizer	el gel antibacterial
hand out	repartir
right-hand	derecho
right hand	la mano derecha
on the one hand	por una parte
left-hand	de la izquierda
left hand	la mano izquierda
hand over	entregar
by hand	a mano
second hand	el segundero
hand in hand	tomados de la mano
hand soap	el jabón de mano
hold my hand	tomar mi mano
my hand hurts	me duele la mano
hand luggage	el equipaje de mano
hand, foot, and mouth disease	la enfermedad de manos, pies y boca