school

la escuela

enseñar

school(skul)

noun

1. (educational institution)

a. la escuela

(F)

Their children go to the same school on the bus.

Sus hijos van a la misma escuela en el autobús.

b. el colegio

(M)

We have to go back to school at the end of August.

Tenemos que regresar al colegio a finales de agosto.

2. (institution for higher education)

(United States)

a. la universidad

(F)

My school didn't have a football team.

Mi universidad no tenía un equipo de fútbol americano.

b. la facultad

(F)

(department)

I went to law school after college.

Fui a la facultad de derecho después de la universidad.

3. (group)

a. la escuela

(F)

Louis Sullivan is my favorite architect of the Chicago School.

Louis Sullivan es mi arquitecto favorito de la escuela de Chicago.

b. el banco

(M)

(fish)

After locating a school of tuna, we caught it in the fishing net.

Tras localizar un banco de atunes, lo atrapamos en nuestra red de pescar.

transitive verb

4. (to train)

a. enseñar

She feels children are no longer schooled in good manners.

Cree que a los niños ya no se les enseñan los buenos modales.

b. instruir

The bakers were schooled in the use of alternative fats.

Los panaderos fueron instruidos en el uso de grasas alternativas.

5. (education)

(United States)

a. educar

Were both their sons schooled in the UK?

¿Sus hijos fueron educados en el Reino Unido los dos?

adjective

6. (related to the school)

a. escolar

We'll send a letter to the parents specifying what school materials the children need.

Enviaremos una carta a los padres especificando qué material escolar necesitan los niños.

school

Noun

1. (of fish)

a. el banco

(M)

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school [skuːl]

noun

1 (for children) (institution) escuela (f); colegio (m)

a boy who was in my class at school I took the kids for a picnic in the park after school there's a boy at school who's been bullying her

what did you learn at school today? ¿qué has aprendido hoy en el colegio?

to be at school asistir a la escuela

is Jimmy at school yet? where are the children? - at school we didn't learn that when I was at school

which school were you at? ¿a qué colegio fue?; we have to be at school by nine tenemos que estar en el colegio a las nueve; you weren't at school yesterday ayer faltaste a la clase

to go to school ir a la escuela

which school did you go to? ¿a qué colegio fue?

to leave school terminar el colegio

primary secondary high

(lessons) clase (f)

after school después de clase; there's no school today hoy no hay clase; school starts again in September las clases empiezan de nuevo en septiembre

the whole school's going to hate you

2 (Univ) (faculty) facultad (f)

art school Facultad (f) de bellas artes

School of Languages departamento (m) de lenguas modernas

law school Facultad (f) de derecho

medical school Facultad (f) de medicina

(US) (university) universidad (f)

I went back to school at 35 a los 35 años volví a la universidad

3 (group of artists, writers, thinkers) escuela (f)

the Dutch school la escuela holandesa; Plato and his school Platón y su escuela; Platón y sus discípulos

the Chicago school of economists

4 (specialist) escuela (f)

a riding school near Chepstow the Kingsley School of English

school of art escuela (f) de bellas artes

school of dancing escuela (f) de baile

school of motoring autoescuela (f); escuela (f) de manejo; (LAm)

school of music academia (f) de música; conservatorio (m)

ballet driving riding

5 (in expressions)

I am not of that school yo no soy de esa opinión; yo no pertenezco a esa escuela; I am not of the school that ... yo no soy de los que ...

I am not of the school that thinks all politicians are corrupt

of the old school de la vieja escuela

he is one of the old school who still believes in honour in public life an elderly gentleman of the old school

school of thought corriente (f) de opinión

school of [hard] knocks/school of [life] I served my apprenticeship in the school of hard knocks/life

transitive verb

[+horse] amaestrar

She bought him as a colt and schooled him

[+person] educar; instruir

She's been schooling her kids herself

[+reaction, voice etc] dominar

he has been well schooled ha recibido una buena educación

to be schooled in sth older generations were heavily schooled in the classics the intense, detached curiosity of a man long schooled in disaster like a patient country doctor schooled in platitudes

to school sb in sth educar or instruir a algn en algo

Many mothers schooled their daughters in the myth of female inferiority

to school sb to do sth preparar a algn para hacer algo

He is schooled to spot trouble

to school o.s. instruirse; to school o.s. in patience aprender a tener paciencia

to school o.s. in sth

modifier

school age (n) edad (f) escolar

school-age child niño (m) en edad escolar

school attendance (n) asistencia (f) a la escuela

school attendance officer inspector de educación encargado de problemas relacionados con la falta de asistencia o el bajo rendimiento de los alumnos

school bus (n) autobús (m) escolar

school dinner (n) comida (f) escolar; comida (f) de colegio

I usually take sandwiches to school, but my friend has school dinners

school doctor (n) médico (m) de escuela

school fees (n) matrícula (f) (escolar)

school friend (n) amigoaamiga (m) (f) de clase;a amiga

school holidays (n) vacaciones (f) escolares

school hours (n)

during school hours durante las horas de clase

school inspector (n) inspectorainspectora (m) (f) de enseñanza;a inspectora

school leaver (n) persona (f) que termina la escuela

she joined the firm as a school-leaver We are the only country in Europe to guarantee a training place to every 16 and 17-year-old school-leaver who wants one

school life (n) vida (f) escolar

school lunch (n) comida (f) escolar; comida (f) de colegio

to take school lunches comer or almorzar en la escuela

school meal (n) comida (f) provista por la escuela

school outing (n)

to go on a school outing to the zoo ir de visita al zoo con el colegio

school playground (n) (Britain) patio (m) (de recreo)

school report (n) boletín (m) escolar

school time (n)

school hours See culture box in entry school.

school trip (n)

school outing See culture box in entry school.

school uniform (n) uniforme (m) escolar

school yard (n) (US)

school playground See culture box in entry school.

school year (n) año (m) escolar

school [skuːl]

noun

[of fish, dolphins, whales] banco (m)