will be dying

Future progressiveconjugation ofdie. There are other translations for this conjugation.

die

morir

el dado

USAGE NOTE

The plural of "die" is "dice."

die(

day

)

An intransitive verb is one that does not require a direct object (e.g. The man sneezed.).

intransitive verb

1. (to perish)

a. morir

Her father died of cancer ten years ago.Su padre murió de cáncer hace diez años.

b. morirse

It makes me very sad to think that my mother died without ever getting to know her grandchildren.Me da mucha pena pensar que mi madre se murió sin llegar a conocer a sus nietos.

c. fallecer

She died in hospital.Falleció en el hospital.

2. (to fade away)

a. extinguirse

The daylight died and he turned his flashlight on.La luz del día se extinguió y él encendió su linterna.

b. apagarse

When the fire died, the room got very cold.Al apagarse la chimenea, la habitación quedó muy fría.

3. (to stop working)

a. dejar de funcionar

My phone died, just like that.Mi teléfono dejó de funcionar, sin más.

b. apagarse

The engine died and there was no way to start it again.El motor se apagó y no hubo forma de arrancarlo de nuevo.

4. (to calm down)

a. calmarse

Let's wait until the storm dies down before heading out.Esperemos a que se calme la tormenta antes de salir.

A word or phrase that is commonly used in conversational speech (e.g., skinny, grandma).

(colloquial)

(to want very badly)

a. morirse

I'm dying for a drink.Me muero de sed.

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

transitive verb

6. (to perish from)

a. morir de

Many drug dealers die a violent death.Muchos traficantes de drogas mueren de forma violenta.

b. morirse de

Against all odds, the dictator died a natural death.Contra todo pronóstico, el dictador se murió de muerte natural.

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

noun

7. (games)

a. el dado

(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)

We need one more die to play.Necesitamos un dado más para poder jugar.

8. (for molding metal)

a. la matriz

(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)

Dies are used to shape sheet metal into automobile doors.Se utilizan matrices para moldear el metal laminado y transformarlo en puertas de automóvil.

9. (for stamping coins)

a. el cuño

(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)

The decoration on the borders is stamped out with steel dies.La ornamentación de los bordes se consigue mediante un troquelado con cuños de acero.

die

An intransitive verb is one that does not require a direct object (e.g. The man sneezed.).

intransitive verb

1. (general)

a. morir

she is dyingse está muriendo

to die from or of one's woundsmorir de las heridas recibidas

to die hardser difícil de eliminar

2. (colloquial)

never say die!¡nunca te des por vencido!

3. (colloquial)

I nearly died (laughing/of shame)casi me muero (de risa/de vergüenza or

4. (colloquial)

to be dying to do somethingmorirse de ganas de hacer algo

5. (colloquial)

I'm dying for a cigaretteme muero de ganas de fumar un cigarrillo

the engine died on mese me estropeó el motor

their love diedsu amor se extinguió

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

transitive verb

6. (general)

to die a natural/violent deathmorir de muerte natural/violenta

7. (fig)

his proposal died the deathsu propuesta no llegó a cuajar

die [daɪ] dying (participle:present)

intransitive verb

1 [+person, animal, plant] morir;of, from de

her father was dying su padre se moría or se estaba muriendo or estaba moribundo; to die a natural death morir de muerte natural; to die a violent death tener una muerte violenta; he died a hero murió convertido en un héroe; to die for one's country morir por la patria; the secret died with her se llevó el secreto a la tumba; I nearly died! (laughing) ¡me moría de la risa!; (with embarrassment) ¡me moría de vergüenza!; (with fear) ¡casi me muero del susto!

to die like flies morir como chinches; caer como moscas

a dress/house to die for un vestido/una casa para caerse de espaldas (informal); un vestido/una casa de ensueño

Next take out a bank loan to buy a dress to die for He has a voice to die for, richly sinister and strangely sexy His focaccia is a loaf to die for - easily the best bread I've ever tasted

never say die no hay que darse por vencido

old habits die hard genio y figura hasta la sepultura