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Un falso amigo es un cognado que tiene cara de ser un amigo verdadero, pero tienen significados diferentes.
bare / desnudo
bare
A. -adjective
barer comparative
barest superlative
1. (=uncovered) [body, skin, shoulders, person] desnudo [head] descubierto [feet] descalzo [landscape] pelado [tree] sin hojas [ground] árido, sin vegetaciónoun [floorboards] sin alfombrar (electricity) [wire] pelado, sin protecciónoun
·bare to the waist
·desnudo hasta la cintura
a. to sleep on bare [boards] = dormir en una tabla
b. in one'noun bare [feet] = descalzo
c. he put his bare [hand] in the flame = puso la mano directamente en la llama
·he killed the lion with his bare [hands]
·mató al leónoun nounólo con las manos or sin armas
d. to [lay] something bare
[+flaw, mistake] poner algo de manifiesto
[+intentions, plans] poner algo al descubierto
·to lay bare one'noun heart to somebody
·abrir el corazónoun a somebody, someone
·to lay bare a secret
·revelar un secreto
e. bare [of] something = desprovisto de algo
f. bare [patch] (on lawn, carpet) calva (f)
2. (=empty, unadorned) [room] sin muebles [wall] desnudo [statement] escueto
·the food cupboard was bare
·la despensa estaba vacía
a. they only told us the bare [facts] = se limitaron a contarnos estrictamente los hechos
3. (=meagre) [majority] escaso
a. the bare [bones] (figurative) lo esencial
·to strip something down to the bare bones
·reducir algo a lo esencial
b. the bare [essentials] or [necessities] = lo estrictamente indispensable
c. to earn a bare [living] = ganar lo justo para vivir
d. the bare [minimum] = lo justo, lo indispensable
4. (=mere)
·the match lasted a bare 18 minutes
·el partido duró apenas 18 minutos
·sales grew at a bare 2% a year
·las ventas ascendieron apenas a un 2% al año
B. -transitive verb
[+body] desnudar
[+wire] pelar
[+sword] desenvainar
a. to bare one'noun [head] = descubrirse
b. to bare one'noun [soul] to somebody = abrir el corazónoun a somebody, someone
c. the dog bared its [teeth] = el perro enseñó or mostró los dientes
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged and Audio Headword Pronunciation (Spanish) 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co Ltd. 1971,1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992,1993,1996,1997,2000,2003,2005.
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