through [θruː]
When through is an element in a phrasal verb, eg break through, fall through, look up the verb.
preposition
1 (place) por
to look through a telescope mirar por un telescopio; to walk through the woods pasear por el bosque; he shot her through the head le pegó un tiro en la cabeza
I saw him through the crowd lo vi entre la multitud
to go through sth
to go through a tunnel atravesar un túnel; the bullet went through three layers la bala penetró tres capas; it went right through the wall atravesó por toda la pared; to go through sb's pockets/belongings/papers hurgar en los bolsillos/entre las cosas/entre los papeles de algn
to post a letter through the letterbox echar una carta al buzón
2 (time, process)
we're staying through till Tuesday nos quedamos hasta el martes; (from) Monday through Friday (US) de lunes a viernes
to go through a bad/good period pasar una mala/buena racha
we've been through a lot together hemos pasado mucho juntos
to be halfway through a book ir por la mitad de un libro
halfway through the film a la mitad de la película
all or right through the night durante toda la noche
right through the year durante el año entero or todo el año
3 (means) por
through lack of resources por falta de recursos; through him I found out that ... por or a través de él supe que ...; it was through you that we were late fue por tu culpa que llegamos tarde
to act through fear obrar movido por el miedo
he got the job through friends consiguió el trabajo por mediación de or a través de unos amigos
adverb
1 (place)
it's frozen (right) through está completamente helado
does this train go through to London? ¿este tren va directamente a Londres?
he went straight through to the dining room pasó directamente al comedor; the nail went right through el clavo penetró de parte a parte
can you put me through to sales, please? (Telec) ¿puede ponerme or pasarme con el departamento de ventas, por favor?
the wood has rotted through la madera se ha podrido completamente
the window was dirty and I couldn't see through la ventana estaba sucia y no podía ver nada
wet through [+person] mojado hasta los huesos; empapado; [+object] empapado
2 (time, process)
I read the book right through leí el libro entero
to sleep the whole night through dormir la noche entera
did you stay right through to the end? ¿te quedaste hasta el final?
we're staying through till Tuesday nos quedamos hasta el martes
he is through to the finals of the competition pasó a la final del concurso
adjective
2 (finished) terminado
we'll be through at seven terminaremos a las siete; you're through! ¡se acabó (para ti)!; are you through criticizing? ¿has terminado or acabado de criticarme?; she told him they were through ella le dijo que todo había acabado entre ellos
I'm through with my girlfriend he roto or terminado con mi novia
are you through with that book? ¿has terminado de leer ese libro?; I'm through with bridge renuncio al bridge; ya no vuelvo a jugar al bridge; I'm not through with you yet todavía no he terminado contigo; when I'm through with him cuando haya terminado con él
