town

el pueblo

town(taun)

noun

1. (general)

a. el pueblo

(M)

(smaller)

My town doesn't have a shopping mall or a movie theater.

Mi pueblo no tiene un centro comercial ni un cine.

b. la ciudad

(F)

(bigger)

If you go into town, would you drop this off at the post office?

Si vas a la ciudad, ¿me llevarías esto a la oficina de correos?

town

Noun

1. (big)

a. la ciudad

(F)

2. (smaller)

a. el pueblo

(M)

to go into townir al centro (de la ciudad)

he's out of townestá fuera (de la ciudad)

3. (fam fig)

a.

to go to towntirar la casa por la ventana

town centercentro urbano

town clerksecretario(a) del ayuntamiento

town councilayuntamiento m, cabildo m

town hallayuntamiento m

town plannerurbanista mf

town planningurbanismo m

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town [taʊn]

noun

ciudad (f); (smaller) pueblo (m); población (f)

town and gown (Univ) ciudadanos (m) y universitarios; ciudad (f) y universidad; to live in a town vivir en una ciudad; Jake's back in town! ¡ha vuelto Jake!; to be out of town [+place] estar fuera de la ciudad; [+person] estar de viaje; he's from out of town (US) es forastero; no es de aquí; to go into town ir al centro

to go out on the town salir de juerga or de parranda (informal)

to go to town (on sth) dedicarse con entusiasmo (a algo); no cortarse nada (con algo); (spending) no reparar en gastos (con algo)

paint

modifier

town centre town center (US) (n) centro (m) urbano

town clerk (n) secretarioasecretaria (m) (f) del ayuntamiento;a secretaria

town council (n) ayuntamiento (m)

town councillor (n) concejalaconcejala (m) (f);a concejala

town crier (n) pregonero (m) público

town dweller (n) habitante (m) de la ciudad

he is popular in the country but he has had great difficulty winning adherence among town dwellers the environmental future is for all of us # town-dweller and farmer alike the moral superiority that country dwellers like to assert over town dwellers

town hall (n) ayuntamiento (m); municipalidad (f)

town house (n) casa (f) adosada; (not country) residencia (f) urbana

town meeting (n) (US) pleno (m) municipal

town plan (n) plan (m) de desarrollo urbano

town planner (n) (Britain) urbanista (m)

town planning (n) (Britain) urbanismo (m)