(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)

There is going to be a rally in front of city hall to protest the proposed cuts in health care.Va a haber una concentración frente a la alcaldía para protestar contra los recortes de sanidad propuestos.

b. el mitin

(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)

Our senator will be speaking at the rally this afternoon.Nuestra senadora hablará en el mitin esta tarde.

2. (automobile)

a. el rally

(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)

Lee restored an old Cadillac for the rally.Lee restauró un antiguo Cadillac para el rally.

3. (recovery)

a. la recuperación

(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)

There was a mild rally in stocks as the interest rate dropped.Hubo una leve recuperación de la bolsa mientras la tasa de interés se desplomaba.

b. el repunte

(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)

(finance)

We saw a rally in the gold market as stocks fell.Vimos un repunte en el mercado de oro mientras caían las acciones.

c. la remontada

(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)

(sports)

The tennis player made a spectacular rally from 2-1 to win the game.La tenista hizo una remontada espectacular y pasó del 2-1 a ganar el partido.

4. (sports)

a. el intercambio de golpes

(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 had an amazing rally that lasted for more than 15 minutes.Tuvieron un increíble intercambio de golpes que duró más de 15 minutos.

b. el peloteo

(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)

I thought Martina was going to miss, but she kept the rally going.Pensé que Martina iba a fallar, pero mantuvo el peloteo.

5. (military)

a. el repliegue

(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 general ordered for a rally of the troops and called for supplies and ammunition to be amassed.El general ordenó un repliegue de las tropas y pidió que se suministraran provisiones y municiones.

An intransitive verb is one that does not require a direct object (e.g. The man sneezed.).

intransitive verb

6. (to gather to support together)

a. congregarse

A group of women rallied at the bus station to protest the reduction in routes.Un grupo de mujeres se congregó en la estación de autobuses para protestar por la reducción de las rutas.

b. concentrarse

Thousands rallied in the streets to ask for a tuition-free college education.Miles de personas se concentraron en las calles para pedir una educación universitaria libre de colegiatura.

c. reunirse

Hundreds of people rallied behind the police chief after the mayor threatened to fire him.Cientos de personas se reunieron detrás del jefe de la policía después de que el alcalde amenazara con despedirlo.

d. reunirse en apoyo

The townspeople held a parade to rally around the troops.Los habitantes de la ciudad organizaron un desfile para reunirse en apoyo de las tropas.

7. (automobile)

a. correr rallys

Judy rallies with classic and vintage cars.Judy corre rallys con autos clásicos y de época.

b. correr un rally

Guillermo rallies every August in Reno.Guillermo corre un rally cada agosto en Reno.

8. (to recover)

a. recuperarse

After the coach's pep talk at halftime, the team rallied and won the game.Después de la charla motivadora del entrenador en el medio tiempo, el equipo se recuperó y ganó el partido.

b. repuntar (finance)

The economy rallied after the new minimum wage law went into effect.La economía repuntó después de que la nueva ley de salario mínimo entrara en vigor.

9. (medicine)

a. recuperarse

Tim was doing poorly, but he has rallied nicely with the new treatments.Tim estaba mal, pero se ha recuperado muy bien con los nuevos tratamientos.

b. reponerse

Edna's health rallied quickly after her surgery.La salud de Edna se repuso rápidamente después de su cirugía.

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

transitive verb

10. (to rouse from depression or weakness)

a. recobrar

Andy listened to some jazz to rally his spirits.Andy escuchó un poco de jazz para recobrar su ánimo.

b. levantar el ánimo de

Jessica rallied everyone with her rousing dance routine.Jessica levantó el ánimo de todos con su entusiasta rutina de baile.

11. (to gather for support)

a. reunir en apoyo de

The president gave a speech to rally allies to the cause of preserving democracy.El presidente dio un discurso para reunir a los aliados en apoyo de la causa de la preservación de la democracia.

b. reunir

The union president rallied the members to prepare for a strike.El presidente del sindicato reunió a los socios para prepararse para una huelga.

c. recabar

Donna's speech rallied support from Latino voters.El discurso de Donna recabó apoyo de los votantes latinos.

12. (military)

a. reagrupar

The general rallied the troops and went on to win the war.El general reagrupó a las tropas y se dispuso a ganar la guerra.

rally

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

Noun

1. (protest gathering)

a. la concentración (de protesta)

(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. (in tennis)

a. el intercambio de golpes, peloteo

(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)

3. (car race)

a. el rally

(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)

rally driverpiloto de rallys

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

transitive verb

4. (troops)

a. reagrupar

5. (support)

a. reunir, recabar

to rally somebody's spiritselevar el ánimo a alguien

rallying cryconsigna f, grito de guerra

An intransitive verb is one that does not require a direct object (e.g. The man sneezed.).

intransitive verb

6. (recover)

a. recuperarse

to rally to somebody's defensesalir en defensa de alguien

rally [ˈrælɪ]

noun

1 (mass meeting) (gen) concentración (f); (with speeches) mitin (m)

there was a rally in Trafalgar Square hubo una concentración en Trafalgar Square

a nationwide rally against unemployment she was invited to address a big anti-government rally in Hyde Park in the peace rally some twenty-five-thousand people linked hands one of the biggest protest rallies held in the capital in the past 20 years de Klerk denounced an ANC program of protest rallies and labor strikes to [hold] [stage] a rally the group held a rally outside the United Nations about three thousand people held a rally to mark international human rights day tens of thousands of people staged a rally in the centre of the city to protest at the state of emergency a small group of communists staged a rally outside the Parliament building all strikes and political rallies have been banned

2 (Aut) (competition) rally (m)

the Monte Carlo Rally el Rally de Montecarlo

3 (Tennis) intercambio (m) de golpes

4 (Economics) (revival) recuperación (f)

after a brief rally the shares returned to 126p the recent stock market rally petered out yesterday the US dollar [staged] a rally in Tokyo today the shares staged a rally to close at 176p

5 (Med) (recovery) recuperación (f); (improvement) mejora (f)

6 (Mil) repliegue (m)

transitive verb

1 (gather) (Pol) concentrar; (Mil) reunir

he is doing little to rally the voters he is doing little to rally the voters they made a final effort to rally their supporters on the day before the vote an issue around which they could rally voters in the next election the president is trying to rally support for his reforms do you think he can rally support for his plan? Mitterrand tried to rally support for the Maastricht Treaty to rally the [troops] he decided to rally the troops still loyal to him in a last- ditch effort to cling to power his speech was designed to rally the troops for a tough campaign

2 (exhort, unite in spirit) levantar el ánimo de; fortalecer el espíritu de; [+strength, spirits] recobrar;

intransitive verb

1 (gather in support)

to rally to or behind sb rally to sb's side or support solidarizarse con algn

to rally to the call acudir a la llamada

they all rallied to her support her cabinet colleagues have continued to rally to her support

2 (in demonstration) concentrarse; reunirse

100,000 people rallied in Moscow today in support of Boris Yeltsin over 85,000 protesters rallied in cities across the former East Germany hundreds of pro-Communist demonstrators rallied outside the embassy

3 (Mil) reorganizarse

the troops rallied for a final assault the enemy's forces rallied, and made a fresh attack on the town

4 (Economics) (Med) (recover) recuperarse; (improve) mejorar

5 (Aut) (compete) competir en rallys

modifier

rally car (n) coche (m) de rally

rally driver (n) piloto (m) de rally

rally [ˈrælɪ]

transitive verb

(tease) tomar el pelo a

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