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La raíz de agricultura proviene del Griego agros-. Encuentra el significado del prefijo agri-.
vela / candle
vela
1. [de cera] candle
b. estar a dos velas *
(=sin enterarse) to be in the dark
(=sin dinero) to be broke *
c. encender o poner una vela a Dios y otra al diablo to have it both ways
d. ¿quiénoun te dio vela en este entierro? who asked you to butt in?
·vela de sebo tallow candle
2. (=vigilia)
·estar en vela
·to be unable to get to sleep
·pasar la noche en vela
·to have a sleepless night
3. *
(=moco) bogey *
4. (bullfighting) * horn
5. (=trabajo nocturno) night work (military) (period of) sentry duty
6. (Latin America)
(=velorio) wake
7. (Cono Sur)
(=molestia) nuisance
·¡qué vela!
·what a nuisance!
a. aguantar la vela
(=soportar) to put up with it
(=plantar cara) to face the music *
8. (Caribe, Mexicoéx)
(=bronca) telling-off *
vela / sail
vela
(=deporte) sailing
·[barco] de vela
·sailing ship
·darse o hacerse a la vela
·largar las velas
·to set sail, get under way
·hacer vela
·to go sailing
·a toda vela
·a velas desplegadas
(literally) under full sail (figurative) vigorously, energetically
. [arriar o recoger] velas
(=retractarse) to back down
(=abandonar) to give up, chuck it in *
. [estar] a dos velas * to be broke *, be skint **
. estar entre dos velas *
. ir a la vela * to be half-seas over **
. ir como las velas
(Cono Sur) to drive very fast
. plegar velas to slow down
·vela balónoun spinnaker
·vela mayor mainsail
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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