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sound
A. -noun
1. (physics) sonido (m)
·the [speed] of sound
·la velocidad del sonido
2. (=noise) ruido (m)
·the sound of footsteps
·el ruido de pasos
·the sound of breaking glass
·el ruido de cristales que se rompen/rompían
a. [consonant] sounds = consonantes feminine plural, sonidos masculine plural consonánticos
b. I didn't [hear] a sound = no oí ni un ruido
c. don't [make] a sound! = ¡no hagas el menor ruido!
d. [not] a sound was to be heard = no se oía or especially Latin America sentía ruido alguno
e. [to] the sound of the national anthem = al son del himno nacional
f. they were [within] sound of the camp = el campamento estaba al alcance del oído
g. he opened the door [without] a sound = abrió la puerta sin hacer nada de ruido
3. (=volume) volumen (m)
·can I turn the sound down?
·¿puedo bajar el volumen?
4. (=musical style)
·the Glenn Miller sound
·la masculineúsica de Glenn Miller
5. (figurative)
(=impression)
a. [by] the sound of it = segúnoun parece
b. I don't [like] the sound of it (film etcetera) por lo que he oído, no me gusta nada (situation) me preocupa, me da mala espina
B. -transitive verb
1. [+horn, trumpet] tocar, hacer sonar
[+bell] tocar
[+alarm, warning] dar
[+praises] cantar, entonar
a. to sound the [charge] (military) tocar la carga
b. sound your [horn]! (automobiles) ¡toca el claxon!
c. to sound a [note] of warning (figurative) dar la señal de alarma
d. to sound the [retreat] (military) tocar la retirada
2. (=pronounce) pronunciar
·sound your "r"noun more
·pronuncia masculineánoun claro la "r"
·to sound the "d" in "hablado"
·pronunciar la "d" en "hablado"
C. -intransitive verb
1. (=emit sound) sonar
·the bell sounded
·sonó el timbre
·a cannon sounded a long way off
·se oyó un cañónoun a lo lejos, sonó or resonó un cañónoun a lo lejos
2. (=appear to be)
2.1. (from aural clues) sonar
·it sounds hollow
·suena a hueco
·he sounds Italian to me
·por la voz, diría que es italiano
·he sounded angry
·parecía enfadado
a. it sounds [like] French = suena a francénoun
·that sounds like them arriving now
·parece que llegan ahora
2.2. (from available information) sonar, parecer
·it sounds very odd
·suena muy raro
·that sounds interesting
·eso suena interesante
a. it sounds [as] if or [as] though she won't be coming = parece que no va a venir
b. [how] does it sound to you? = ¿qué te parece?
c. that sounds [like] a good idea = eso parece buena idea
·she sounds like a nice girl
·parece una chica simpática
D. -compound
·sound archive -noun archivo (m) de sonido
·sound barrier -noun barrera (f) del sonido
·sound bite -noun cita (f) jugosa
·sound card -noun (computing) tarjeta (f) de sonido
·sound effect -noun efecto (m) sonoro
·sound engineer -noun ingeniero (m) / ingeniera (f)
·sound file -noun (computing) fichero (m) de sonido
·sound law -noun ley (f) fonética
·sound library -noun fonoteca (f)
·sound recording -noun grabaciónoun (f) sonora
·sound recordist -noun (television) registrador (m) / registradoa (f)
·sound shift -noun cambio (m) de pronunciaciónoun
·sound system -noun (linguistics) sistema (m) fonológico
(=hi-fi) cadena (f) de sonido
·sound truck -noun
(United States) furgónoun (m) publicitario
·sound wave -noun (physics) onda (f) sonora
sound / sondar
sound
1. (nautical) sondar
2. (medicine)
[+chest] auscultar
[+cavity, passage] sondar
·to sound somebody'noun chest
·auscultar el pecho a somebody, someone
sound / sano
sound
3
[saʊnd]
A. -adjective
sounder comparative
soundest superlative
1. (=in good condition) sano [constitution] robusto [structure] nounólido, firme
·to be sound in mind and body
·ser sano de cuerpo y de especiallyíritu
·in sound [condition]
·en buenas condiciones
·to be of sound [mind]
·estar en su cabal juicio
a. to be as sound as a bell
[person] gozar de perfecta salud
[thing] estar en perfectas condiciones
2. (=well-founded) [argument] bien fundado, nounólido [ideas, opinions] válido, razonable [investment] bueno, seguro [training] nounólido [decision, choice] acertado
·his reasoning is perfectly sound
·su argumentaciónoun es perfectamente válida
·she gave me some sound [advice]
·me dio un buen consejo
·he'noun sound enough on the theory
·tiene una preparaciónoun nounólida en cuanto a la teoría
3. (=dependable) [person] formal, digno de confianza
·he'noun a very sound [man]
·es un hombre formal or digno de confianza
·he'noun a sound [worker]
·es buen trabajador, trabaja con seriedad
4. (=thorough)
·to give somebody a sound beating
·dar a somebody, someone una buena paliza
5. (=deep, untroubled) [sleep] profundo
B. -adverb
·to be sound asleep
·estar profundamente dormido
·I shall sleep the sounder for it
·por eso dormiré masculineánoun tranquilamente
sound / estrecho
sound
4
[saʊnd]
-noun
(geography) estrecho (m), brazo (m) de mar
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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