(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) 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).
... she said with a smile... dijo con una sonrisa;... dijo sonriente or sonriendo
a smile of contempta self-satisfied smile
to be all smilesser todo sonrisas
Prime Minister Major and the king were all smiles for the TV camerashe opened the door all smilesLast night Mr Mellor and his wife were all smiles as they put on a show of unity for their first public appearance since the news brokePatrese was all smiles after grabbing his first win for more than a year
her story brought a smile to my facesu historia me alegró la cara
to force a smileforzar una sonrisa
to give sb a smilesonreír a algn
he gave me a big smileme sonrió de oreja a oreja;come on, give me a smile!¡vamos, una sonrisa!;she gave a wry smilesonrió irónicamente
with a smile on one's lipscon una sonrisa en los labios
he managed a smilesonrió a duras penas
his jokes failed to raise a smilesus chistes no hicieron reír a nadie
she was barely able to raise a smile
to wipe the smile off sb's facequitar a algn las ganas de reír
intransitive verb
sonreír
"yes" I said, smiling—sí, dije sonriente or sonriendo
Hooper smiled and leaned back in his chairHe smiled coldly
to smile at sbsonreír a algn
to smile at sthreírse de algo;what are you smiling at?¿de qué te ríes?;to smile at dangerreírse del peligro
she's had her problems but she always comes up smilingha tenido sus problemas, pero siempre se la ve sonriente
to keep smilingseguir con la sonrisa en los labios
keep smiling!¡ánimo!
The Queen kept smiling as if she hadn't a care in the world when she greeted Sea Cadets forming a guard of honour
fortune smiled on himle sonrió la fortuna
to smile to o.s.reírse por dentro or para sus adentros
Grace smiled to herself as she put down the telephone
transitive verb
"of course!" she smiled—por supuesto —dijo sonriente or sonriendo
"That remains to be seen," smiled Mrs Barrett"Uncle Jack," smiled Peter, "you can't mean it"
she smiled a faint smilesonrió débilmente
he smiled his boyish smileto smile a broad smile
he smiled his thanksdio las gracias sonriente or sonriendo
to smile one's [appreciation] [approval]She smiled her approval
