size

el tamaño

ordenar

size(

sayz

)

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

noun

1. (related to dimension)

a. el tamaño

(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)

What size is your car?¿De qué tamaño es su coche?

2. (measurement)

a. la talla

(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)

(clothing)

What size dress do you want?¿De qué talla quieres el vestido?

b. el talle

(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)

(clothing) (River Plate)

The shirt size is a 42.La camisa es del talle 42.

c. el número

(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)

(footwear)

What size tennis shoe did you buy?¿Qué número de zapatillas de tenis compraste?

3. (magnitude)

a. el tamaño

(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)

He was impressed by the size of the hotel.El tamaño del hotel lo dejó impresionado.

4. (specific dimensions)

a. la medida

(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 glass was cut to size for our bathroom door.Nos cortaron el vidrio a medida para la puerta del baño.

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

transitive verb

5. (to sort)

a. ordenar

The musician sized the bells from smallest to largest.El músico ordenó las campanas de la más pequeña a la más grande.

6. (to alter)

a. ajustar a un tamaño

When replacing a bicycle chain, it must be properly sized.Al ponerle una cadena nueva a una bicicleta hay que ajustarla al tamaño correcto.

size

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

Noun

1. (of person)

a. el talla f, tamaño

(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)

2. (of place, object)

a. el tamaño

(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. (of problem, undertaking)

a. la envergadura f, dimensiones

(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)

4. (colloquial)

a.

that's about the size of itasí están las cosas

5. (of clothes)

a. la talla

(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. (of shoes)

a. el número

(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)

what size do you take?, what size are you?¿qué talla usas or gastas?

size 10 shoes≃ zapatos del número 44

to try something (on) for sizeprobarse algo para ver qué tal queda de talla

size [saɪz]

noun

[of object, place] tamaño (m); [of person] talla (f); estatura (f); [of garments] talla (f); medida (f); [of shoes, gloves] número (m); (scope) [of problem] magnitud (f); envergadura (f)

plates of various sizes platos de varios tamaños; it's the size of a brick es del tamaño de un ladrillo; the skirt is two sizes too big la falda es dos tallas grande; a hall of immense size una sala de vastas dimensiones

try this (on) for size prueba esto a ver si te conviene

to try sth for [size] I know this isn't the colour you'd like, but try it for size Devlin found two glasses and the whisky and poured. "Try this for size and calm down"

they're all of a size tienen todos el mismo tamaño

it's quite a size es bastante grande

I take size nine (shoes) uso or tengo el número nueve

I take size 14 (blouse etc) uso or tengo la talla 14

to cut sth to size cortar algo al tamaño que se necesita

what size is the room? ¿de qué tamaño or qué tan grande es el cuarto?; (LAm)

what size are you? ¿qué talla usas or tienes?; ¿de qué talla eres?; what size shoes do you take? ¿qué número (de zapato) calzas or gastas?; what size shirt do you take? ¿qué talla de camisa tiene or es la de usted?

he's about your size tiene más o menos tu talla

that's about the size of it eso es lo que puedo decirle acerca del asunto; es más o menos eso

to cut sb down to size bajar los humos a algn

transitive verb

clasificar según el tamaño

size [saɪz]

noun

(for plaster, paper) cola (f); (for cloth) apresto (m);

transitive verb

[+plaster, paper] encolar; [+cloth] aprestar;

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Participles

Present:	sizing
Past:	sized

Indicative

	Present	Past	Future
I	size	sized	will size
you	size	sized	will size
he/she	sizes	sized	will size
we	size	sized	will size
you	size	sized	will size
they	size	sized	will size

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shoe size	el número de zapatos
what size	de qué talla
clothing size	la talla de ropa
What size do you wear?	¿Qué talla usas? ¿Qué número calzas?
What size are you?	¿Qué talla usas? ¿Qué número calzas?
serving size	tamaño de la porción
king-size bed	cama king-size
What is your shoe size?	¿Cuánto calzas?
What size do you need?	¿Qué tamaño necesitas? ¿Qué talla necesitas?
average size	tamaño medio
one size fits all	tamaño único
queen-size bed	cama queen
load size	tamaño de la carga
king-size	king-size
life-size	tamaño natural
size up	tantear
fit waist size	ajuste de la cintura
shirt size	talla de camisa
What size is it?	¿De qué talla es?
choose a size	elige un tamaño elegir un tamaño