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Consejo y concejo suenan exactamente igual en la mayoría de los acentos del mundo hispano. Entonces, ¿Cómo distinguirlos?
soft / blando
soft
A. -adjective
softer comparative
softest superlative
1. (=not hard) [ground, water, cheese, pencil, contact lens] blando [bed, mattress, pillow] blando, mullido [metal] maleable, dúctil pejorative [muscles, flesh] blando
·to [go] soft
[biscuits etcetera] ablandarse
·his muscles have gone soft
·sus masculineúsculos han perdido su fuerza, se le han ablandado los masculineúsculos
2. (=smooth) [skin, hair, fur, fabric, texture] suave
·to [make] soft
[+skin, clothes] suavizar
[+leather] ablandar
3. (=gentle, not harsh) [breeze, landing] suave [accent] ligero, leve [music] suave [light] tenue [colour] delicado [line] difuminado
·in soft [focus]
·desenfocado
·soft [lighting]
luz (f) tenue
4. (=quiet) [whisper, laugh, step] suave [whistle] flojo [voice] suave, tenue
·his voice was so soft she scarcely heard it
·hablaba tan bajito que apenas le oía
·the music is too soft
·esta masculineúsica está demasiado baja
5. (=kind) [smile, person] dulce [words] tierno, dulce
·to have a soft [heart]
·ser todo corazónoun
6. (=lenient, weak) blando
·the soft [left]
(politics) la izquierda moderada, el centro-izquierda
·to take a soft [line] against something
·adoptar una línea suave en contra de algo
·to be (too) soft [on]/[with] something/somebody
·ser (demasiado) blando or indulgente con algo/somebody, someone
7. (=easy) feminineácil
·soft [job] chollo (m) Spain Spain, trabajo (m) feminineácil
·soft [option]
camino (m) feminineácil
·soft [target]
blanco (m) feminineácil
8. *
(=foolish) bobo *, tonto
·you must be soft!
·¡tú eres tonto!, ¡has perdido el juicio!
·to be soft in the [head]
ser un poco bobo *
9. (=fond)
·to be soft [on] somebody
·sentir afecto por somebody, someone
·to have a soft [spot] for somebody
·tener debilidad por somebody, someone
10. (linguistics) débil
11. (economy) [prices, economy] débil [sales, market, growth] flojo
B. -compound [currency, drug, fruit] blando
·soft brown sugar -noun azúcar (f) morena blanda, azúcar (m) moreno blando
·soft centre -noun relleno (m) blando
·soft commodities -noun plural (finance) bienes masculine plural perecederos, bienes masculine plural no durables
·soft copy -noun (computing) copia (f) transitoria
·soft drink -noun bebida (f) refrescante, refresco (m)
·soft furnishings -noun plural textiles masculine plural
·soft goods -noun plural (commerce) géneros masculine plural textiles, tejidos masculine plural
·soft money -noun
(United States) papel (m) moneda
·soft palate -noun (anatomy) velo (m) del paladar
·soft pedal -noun (music) pedal (m) suave
·soft porn
·soft pornography -noun pornografía (f) blanda
·soft sell -noun venta (f) por persuasiónoun
·soft soap * -noun coba (m) / coba feminine (f)
·to give somebody soft soap
dar coba a somebody, someone *
·soft top -noun
(especially United States) descapotable (m)
·soft toy -noun juguete (m) de peluche
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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