Between in spanish
pronunciation: entɹ̩e part of speech: adverb
between = entre. [Pincha en para ver otras palabras formadas añadiendo "be" a otra palabra ya existente]
Example: Citations to 33 Ph.D.theses produced at the University between 1974 and 1978 were analysed.more:
» anything between + Número + and/to + Número = entre + Número + y + Número.
Example: They produce anything between 9 to 10 millions barrel per day andy at a pinch could throw a couple millions more on the market.» be few and far between = ser escaso, escasear, ser habas contadas.
Example: Good bookshops are few and far between and the kind to be found in most towns are as educationally healthy as a river rich in industrial effluent is physically salubrious.» be the difference between life and death = ser la diferencia entre la vida y la muerte.
Example: She said such decisions could have been the difference between life and death as those who left hours later perished.» between a rock and a hard place = entre la espada y la pared.
Example: As for me, I sit, as the saying goes, between a rock and a hard place.» between its covers = en su interior.
Example: This 15 page report has a vast amount of valuable information between its covers derived from a variety of sources.» between + Nombre Plural = entre + Nombre Singular + y + Nombre Singular.
Example: Although the elements to be included in a citation may match those in the ISBD(M), the extent of the detail presented in each area may vary between publications.» between ourselves = entre tú y yo, entre nosotros, que quede entre nosotros.
Example: Just between ourselves - and please, not a word to anyone -- this is the new official web site, available now via your computer.» between the covers of = entre las páginas de.
Example: I treasure the note sent by a reader to a publisher which said 'between the covers of your books I can ignore the TV, transistors, politics, and the weather'.» between the devil and the deep blue sea = entre la espada y la pared.
Example: The article 'Between the devil and the deep blue sea' gives some impressions of a librarian elected to the municipal council and agreeing, with some misgivings, to serve on the library committee.» between then and now = desde entonces (y) hasta ahora.
Example: Between then and now I have visited Europe for vacation nine or ten times.» between you and me = entre tú y yo, entre nosotros, que quede entre nosotros.
Example: That's why it's also correct to to keep the secret 'between you and me'.» betwixt and between = ni una cosa ni la otra, a medias entre... y..., ni lo uno ni lo otro.
Example: The villages live betwixt and between the nomadic pastoral culture of the interior and seafaring culture of the coast.» caught between two stools = cogido entre la espada y la pared, cogido entre dos fuegos.
Example: Do people of mixed race feel caught between two stools or are they nestling in the best of both worlds?.» choose between + one thing or another = escoger entre una cosa u otra.
Example: He found himself in a tight knot where he had to choose between one thing or the other.» draw + the line between ... and ... = distinguir entre... y....
Example: Also, it is difficult to draw the line between information and advice.» fall between = estar entre.
Example: In the second example, records with the terms 'catalog' and 'catalogues,' as well as any other terms in the Basic Index that fall between the two, are retrieved.» fall (between/through) + the cracks = quedarse a medias, no conseguir ni una cosa ni otra.
Example: Thus we see many students falling between the cracks -- achieving neither mainstream success nor maintenance of their own cultural traditions.» fall between + two stools = no ser ni una cosa ni otra, nadar entre dos aguas, estar entre dos aguas.
Example: The article is entitled 'ADONIS: a happy medium or falling between two stools'.» go back and forth between = oscilar entre, ir de uno a otro.
Example: I used to think guys were either chauvinists or cowards but then I noticed I would go back and forth between the two.» go between = ir entre, incluir entre, insertar entre.
Example: This usually added up to about 150 sorts, and there were in addition spaces to go between words (short pieces of type of various thicknesses without letters cast on them) and quads (very wide spaces) for filling out blank lines.» go-between = intermediario, mediador, correveidile.
Example: Particular attention is being paid to the need for boundary spanning go-betweens to manage the vital communication aspects of technology transfer.» half way between ... and ... = a mitad de camino entre... y..., a caballo entre... y....
Example: Sometime in the later eighteenth century an ingenious version of stereotyping called dabbing was developed, whereby a pattern of wood or metal was dabbed into the surface of a quantity of type-metal that was half way between its solid and its molten state; the dabbed metal was then used as a matrix for striking a copy of the original in similarly half-molten metal.» healing of the breach between = reconciliación entre.
Example: There is no doubt that the healing of the breach between the DCD and BNB has been directly due to his influence.» in between = entre medias, entre.
Example: The reason for this is that the qualifier, Public Libraries, is randomly distributed depending on whether other facets are cited in between.» in-between = intermedio, ni una cosa ni la otra, ni lo uno ni lo otro.
Example: If the spot stays yellow the paper is decidedly acid; an in-between colour (green, grey, grey-green, yellow-green) indicates mild acidity; while if the spot goes purple, the paper is near-neutral or alkaline.» interpose + Reflexivo + between... and... = interponerse entre... y....
Example: The police immediately came to interpose themselves between the two opposing groups, both of which were now vehemently shouting at each other and coming close to blows.» many a slip between the cup and the lip = del dicho al hecho hay mucho trecho, entre el dicho y el hecho hay un gran trecho.
Example: The article is entitled 'Towards academic status: many a slip between the cup and the lip'.» midway between ... and ... = a mitad de camino entre... y..., a caballo entre... y....
Example: The indicative abstract can thus be seen as occupying a place midway between the usual form of entries in an indexing service on the one hand and a fully developed abstracting service on the other.» read between + the lines = leer entre líneas.
Example: He believed that in order to understand the Bible you had to read between the lines.» slip in between = insertar, introducir.
Example: At all periods, but uncommonly before the eighteenth century, the lines of type might be 'leaded', thin strips of typemetal, reglet, or card being slipped in between each one.» stand + midway between ... and ... = estar a caballo entre... y....
Example: Cutter stands midway on this subject between the AA and the BM.» there + be + not much/no/little love lost between = no aguantarse, no soportarse, no poderse ver, odiarse.
Example: It was obvious that there was no love lost between the two candidates during last night's political debate.» there is a thin line between love and hate = del amor al odio hay (sólo) un paso.
Example: His confident and somewhat arrogant persona makes her blood boil, but as the saying goes: there is a thin line between love and hate.» tread + a delicate line between ... and = estar a caballo entre... y..., intentar encontrar un término medio entre... y....
Example: Juxtaposing harrowing scenes of a family in grief with high comedy, this film does not so much tread a delicate line between these two modes as career wildly between them like a drunken mourner.» tread + a fine line between ... and = star a caballo entre... y..., intentar encontrar un término medio entre... y....
Example: These ferocious competitors tread a fine line between controlled aggression and illegality.» tread + a middle path between ... and = estar a caballo entre... y..., intentar encontrar un término medio entre... y....
Example: This lavishly illustrated book ultimately fails in its attempt to tread a middle path between the scholarly and popular approaches to the Roman amphitheatre.» tread + the thin line between ... and = estar a caballo entre... y..., andarse con mucho cuidado.
Example: Therapists must be able to tread the thin line between too much involvement with patients and too little.