Buttons in spanish
pronunciation: boʊtoʊnes part of speech: noun
button1 = botón.
Example: If you have a stand-alone CD-ROM drive, open and close the drawer by pushing the 'open/close' button.more:
» (as) bright as a button = más listo que el hambre, muy espabilado, muy despabilado, sabe latín. [Usado generalmente para cosas o seres pequeños]
Example: She was as bright as a button and proudly told me that she was at 99 the second oldest person in Tenby.» as cute as a button = monada, monería, ricura, majo, collejo. [Generalmente usado para cosas o seres pequeños]
Example: She would pinch my brother's cheek and tell him, in Ukrainian, that he was as cute as a button.» at the press of a button = con sólo pulsar un botón, con sólo apretar un botón.
Example: The interface usually includes a control keyboard, a modem, and an auto-dialler (for calling the data-base computer and identifying the calling terminal at the press of a button).» at the push of a button = al pulsar un botón, con sólo pulsar un botón, con sólo apretar un botón.
Example: A rubber blanket or hinged lid covers the document to cut out extraneous light and then, at the push of a button, paper is fed into the machine and charged with electricity.» at the touch of a button = con sólo pulsar un botón, con sólo apretar un botón.
Example: Connect with your data and your patients at the touch of a button.» be a button short = ser duro de mollera, ser de efectos retardados, ser un poco torpe, ser un poco lelo, .
Example: He is a button short, if you don't mind my saying so.» belly button = ombligo.
Example: If you ask the average person considering the belly button rings or other navel jewelry, you will probably hear that it is just plain sexy.» be not worth a button = no valer nada, no valer gran cosa, no valer un comino.
Example: Not worth a button until you have seen it and lived it.» button accordion = acordeón de botones.
Example: This had not been possible before as there were so many different button accordions with different systems.» button battery = pila de botón.
Example: If swallowed, a lithium button battery needs to be removed within 2 hours.» button-down = abrochado. [Con los botones abrochados]
Example: Here, people can talk in the library, be loud, eat, drink, and not see a single librarian wearing a button-down sweater or orthotic shoes.» button hole = ojal.
Example: Equally, broken zips or frayed button holes mean that our clothes will not fit us properly.» button mushroom = champiñón.
Example: The white button mushroom is the most widely cultivated mushroom in the USA.» button-pushing = pulsar botones. [Acción de]
Example: The stereotype of the decision-maker as a person who does nothing but finger-snapping and button-pushing fades with systematic research and analysis.» depress + a button = pulsar un botón.
Example: The reader's ticket is placed alongside the stack of transaction cards and a button is depressed to activate the camera in the photocharger.» have + a button missing = ser duro de mollera, ser de efectos retardados, ser un poco torpe, ser un poco lelo, .
Example: Payley is retarded and described by Ruth as having a 'button missing'.» have + all + Posesivo + buttons = estar cuerdo, estar en + Posesivo + sano juicio, estar en + Posesivo + cabales. [También usado frecuentemente en frases negativas]
Example: He stands straight and understands every single thing you say -- he still has all his buttons and you can discuss any subject with him.» hit + a hot button = irritar, enojar, exasperar, enervar, cabrear, levantar ampollas.
Example: She's relatively patient, but when you hit a hot button with her, she can go from calm to stark-raving mad and cursing in about .00001 seconds .» mute button = botón de silencio.
Example: My wife says I push all of her buttons but, unfortunately, I still haven't been able to find the 'mute button'.» panic button = botón de alarma.
Example: In fact the only time I ever intentionally use the panic button is when I'm trying to locate my truck in a parking garage.» press + a button = pulsar un botón.
Example: First, the required channel is selected by pressing the appropriate key and then pressing the button marked 'text'.» push + (all of) + Posesivo + buttons = provocar, chinchar, meterse con, hostigar, tocar la fibra sensible, poner de los nervios, sacar de las casillas, sacar de quicio.
Example: My wife says I push all of her buttons but, unfortunately, I still haven't been able to find the 'mute' button.» push + all (of) the right buttons = saber (cómo) hacer las cosas bien, jugar bien + Posesivo + cartas.
Example: If you want me to unleash my wild side, you'll have to push all of the right buttons.» push + button = pulsar un botón.
Example: If you have a stand-alone CD-ROM drive, open and close the drawer by pushing the 'open/close' button.» push-button = botón.
Example: A timing control is set prior to pressing a push-button which activates a light source within the machine so that the correct exposure can be given.» push + Posesivo + buttons = provocar, irritar, exasperar, sacar de quicio, sacar de las casillas.
Example: You have got to stand up and put her in her place until then she will keep trying to push your buttons.» radio button = botón de selección.
Example: The questionnaire takes the form of 15 or so radio buttons, one of which has to be checked in order to proceed.» tummy button = ombligo.
Example: Your new baby's tummy button or umbilical can give you a lot of worry in the first few weeks after birth.button2 = insignia, pin.
Example: The mere indication of support through the wearing of a button or the posting of a slogan may deter persons with questions unrelated to the issue being aired.button (up)3 = abrochar, abotonar.
Example: He was a tall, fat, long-bodied man, buttoned up to the throat in a tight green coat.more:
» unbutton = desabrochar, desabotonar.
Example: First the women undressed, pulled on their bathing dresses and covered their heads in hideous caps like sponge bags; then the children were unbuttoned.