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measure / medida
measure
A. -noun
1. (=system) medida (f)
·[liquid]/[dry] measure
·medida para líquidos/áridos
·a suit [made] to measure
·un traje hecho a (la) medida
a. beyond measure
·our knowledge has increased [beyond] measure
·nuestros conocimientos han aumentado enormemente or de manera inconmensurable
·he irritated her [beyond] measure
·la irritaba hasta masculineánoun no poder
b. to have the measure of somebody tener a somebody, someone calado *
·the government had failed to get the measure of the crisis
·el gobierno no había apreciado la magnitud de la crisis
2. (=measuring device)
(=rule) metro (m)
(=glass) probeta (f) graduada
3. (=indication) indicativo (m)
·it is a measure of how serious the situation is
·es un indicativo de lo grave de la situaciónoun
4. (=amount measured) cantidad (f)
·I poured two equal measures into the glasses
·eché dos cantidades iguales en los vasos
·to give (somebody) [good] or [full] measure
·dar la medida exacta (a somebody, someone)
·to give (somebody) [short] measure
·dar una medida escasa (a somebody, someone)
a. for good measure
·he gave me a few extra for good measure
·me dio unos pocos masculineánoun por añadidura
·I repeated my question for good measure
·repetí la pregunta por si acaso
5. (=step) medida (f)
·to take measures [against] somebody
·tomar medidas contra somebody, someone
·to take measures [to] do something
·tomar medidas para hacer algo
·they took no measures to avoid the disaster
·no tomaron ninguna medida para evitar el desastre
6. (=extent)
·we had some measure of success
·tuvimos cierto éxito
·it gives a measure of protection
·da cierta protecciónoun
·in [large] measure
·en gran parte or medida
·this is due in [no small] measure to the problems we have had
·esto se debe en gran parte or medida a los problemas que hemos tenido
·in [some] measure
·hasta cierto punto, en cierta medida
7. [of spirits] cantidad (f) (sold in pub) medida (f)
8. (music)
(=beat) ritmo (m)
(=bar) compánoun (m)
B. -transitive verb
1. [+object, speed, length, width, height] medir
[+person] (for height) medir (for clothes) tomar las medidas a
·to measure the height of something
·medir la altura de algo
·I have to be measured for my costume
·me tienen que tomar las medidas para el traje
·how can you measure success?
·¿cómo puedes medir el éxito?
·to measure one'noun length (on the floor/ground)
·caerse todo lo largo que se es (al suelo)
2. (=compare)
·to measure something/somebody [against] something/somebody
·comparar algo/a somebody, someone con algo/somebody, someone
·I don't like being measured against other people
·no me gusta que se me compare con otra gente
·the competition will be a chance for him to measure himself against the best
·la competiciónoun será una ocasiónoun para medirse con los mejores
C. -intransitive verb medir
·what does it measure?
·¿cuánto mide?
·the room measures four metres across
·la habitaciónoun mide cuatro metros de ancho
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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