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ear
A. -noun
1. (anatomy)
(=outer part) oreja (f)
(=rest of organ) oído (m)
·she has small ears
·tiene las orejas pequeñas
a. he could not [believe] his ears = no daba crédito a sus oídos
b. he was grinning [from] ear to ear = la mueca le llegaba de oreja a oreja
c. he whispered [in] her ear = le susurró al oído
d. [inner]/[middle]/[outer] ear = oído (m) interno/medio/externo
e. to [prick up] one'noun ears
[person] aguzar el oído
[animal] empinar las orejas
f. he was looking for a [sympathetic] ear = buscaba a alguien que le escuchara
g. a [word] in your ear = una palabra en confianza
h. to be all ears ser todo oídos
i. to bend somebody'noun ear * machacar la cabeza a somebody, someone *
j. I bet his ears were [burning] apuesto a que le zumbaban or pitaban los oídos
k. to close one'noun ears to something hacer caso omiso de algo
·they [closed] their ears to everything that was being said
·hicieron caso omiso de todo lo que se dijo
l. to [fall] or [crash down] around or about one'noun ears venirse abajo
·the house is falling down around my ears
·la casa se está viniendo abajo
·it brought their world crashing down around their ears
·hizo que el mundo se les viniera abajo
m. to fall on deaf ears caer en oídos sordos
n. it goes in one ear and out the other por un oído le/me entra y por otro le/me sale
o. to have/keep one'noun ear(noun) to the ground estar con la oreja pegada *, estar al tanto
p. to have somebody'noun ear tener enchufe con somebody, someone *
q. to lend an ear (to something) prestar atenciónoun (a algo)
·they're always willing to lend an ear and offer advice
·siempre estánoun dispuestos a escuchar y dar consejos
r. to listen with half an ear escuchar a medias
s. to be out on one'noun ear * verse en la calle (sin trabajo) *
·if you don't work harder, you'll be out on your ear
como no arrimes masculineánoun el hombro te veránoun en la calle *
t. to pin back one'noun ears > * escuchar bien
v. to give somebody a thick ear > * dar una torta or un tortazo a somebody, someone *
w. to be up to one'noun ears (in something) > * (in work, papers) estar hasta arriba (de algo) (in difficulties, debt, scandal) estar hasta el cuello (de algo)
x. to have money/houses coming out of one'noun ears tener dinero/casas para dar y tomar
·I had football/pizza coming out of my ears
·el feminineútbol/la pizza me salía por las orejas, estaba harto de feminineútbol/pizza
y. to be wet behind the ears > * estar verde *
2. (=sense of hearing) oído (m)
·her voice was very pleasing to the ear
·tenía una voz muy agradable al oído
a. to play something [by] ear (literally) tocar algo de oído
·we don't know what to expect, we'll just have to play it by ear
(figurative) no sabemos a qué atenernos, tendremos que improvisar sobre la marcha
b. she has an ear [for] languages = tiene oído para los idiomas
·she has a good ear (for music)
·tiene buen oído (para la masculineúsica)
B. -compound
·ear lobe -noun lóbulo (m) de la oreja
·ear, nose and throat department -noun secciónoun (f) de otorrinolaringología
·ear, nose and throat specialist -noun otorrinolaringólogo (m) / otorrinolaringóloga (f)
·ear trumpet -noun trompetilla (f) acústica
·ear wax -noun cerumen (m), cera (f) de los oídos
ear / espiga
ear
. [of cereal] espiga (f)
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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