Floor in spanish
pronunciation: pisoʊ part of speech: noun
floor1 = piso, planta. [Arquitectura]
Example: The library, which is of split-level design on 2 floors, includes a lending collection, children's library, study area, and audio-visual section.more:
» flat-floor = de un solo piso, de piso llano, de piso corrido.
Example: Counting the media center (which everyone persists in calling the library), there are 26 classrooms, 2 shops (one for auto repair and one for woodworking), a basement gymnasium, and a flat-floor auditorium.» floorboard = duela, tabla del entarimado.
Example: The original floorboards are in bad nick with gaps between them and a few that are cracked.» floor walker = supervisor.
Example: Frank Hatt championed the idea of libraries being closely concerned with what the user reads, advocating such things as floor walkers and records of books read.» floor wax = cera para suelos.
Example: Beginning in the far corner of the room, apply a thin coating of floor wax with a new (or perfectly clean) mop-head.» give + the floor to = dar la palabra a, ceder la palabra a.
Example: The aim of the conference is both to give the floor to international specialists and to Belgian researchers.» ground floor = planta baja, bajo. [Piso de un edificio situado al nivel de la calle]
Example: The ground floor of the library contains a foyer with separate entrance to different departments.» Posesivo + jaw + drop (open/to the floor) = quedarse boquiabierto. [También es normal la combinación Posesivo + jaw + drop + open y Posesivo + jaw + drop + to the floor]
Example: Their jaws dropped, like they had found the secret of success from a guy they respected so much.» open floor = piso de diseño abierto.
Example: Librarians must be made aware of the dangers of open floor bookstacks and open stairways and budgets must provide funds to achieve an acceptable level of fire safety.» penthouse floor = ático, planta de áticos.
Example: The top storey of each building is designed as a penthouse floor with spacious apartments and roof terraces.» reading floor = área de lectura.
Example: On the two main reading floors the user is encouraged physically to pass through the bookstacks en route for the perimeter reading areas.» shop floor = taller.
Example: The system is being used daily on the shop floor and has virtually eliminated the production of low quality parts that must be scrapped.» shop floor = obreros, trabajadores.
Example: The system requires close cooperation between the library and shop floor.» take + the floor = tomar la palabra, coger la palabra, hacer uso de la palabra, salir a la palestra, saltar a la palestra.
Example: A panel of experts will take the floor to respond to questions posed by the delegates.» top-floor = en el último piso, del último piso.
Example: This top-floor apartment offers commanding views of the lake.» top floor, the = último piso, el; última planta, la.
Example: Since many people like having a top-floor apartment, the top floor may cost you more than just extra calories as you huff it up and down the stairs.» turn + the floor over to = dar la palabra a, ceder la palabra a.
Example: After housekeeping matters had been completed, Stymiest then turned the floor over to Heins, who laid out more details of the company's turnaround strategy.floor2 = suelo.
Example: An enquirer wishes to retrieve documents on the 'finishing of concrete floors for industrial buildings'.more:
» dance floor = pista de baile.
Example: Drinks, food, cigarettes, chewing gum or any other foreign substance should never be brought onto the dance floor.» deep-sea floor = fondo marino, profundidades marinas.
Example: This is a collection of igneous and metamorphic rocks from the deep-sea floor.» dirt-floored = con el suelo de tierra.
Example: The writer portrays it as colorful town of peasants, mangoes, papayas, yams, donkeys, dirt-floored cottages, and the market place.» drop + Nombre + to/on(to) the floor = caerse al suelo, caerse al suelo accidentalmente, dejar caer al suelo. [Las posibilidades son drop + Nombre + to the floor o drop + Nombre + on the floor o drop + Nombre + onto the floor]
Example: Stopping at the lectern to say thanks, he then walked to center stage, took off his tie and coat, and dropped them to the floor.» drop through/to + the floor = desplomarse.
Example: It started last Friday week when I had to abandon a training session as my energy levels dropped through the floor.» floating wood floor = tarima flotante.
Example: Quality floating wood floors should last 40 to 50 years!.» floor area = área útil.
Example: We can only depend upon a rectangular building to fulfil this if it has a small floor area.» floor boarding = entarimado, tarima, suelo de madera, piso de madera, tablado.
Example: This is difficult to do, so plumbers frequently cut a notch out of the top of the joists and lay the pipe just below the floor boarding.» floor boards = entarimado, tarima, suelo de madera, piso de madera, tablado.
Example: If you've ever tried removing old floor boards before you'll know what an utter bastard it can be.» floor covering = recubrimiento de suelos.
Example: Teaching units cover insulating, drywall, painting and wall covering, glass and glazing, floor covering, and landscaping.» floor lamp = lámpara de pie.
Example: The floor lamp swayed and the window curtains waved back and forth.» floor-length = largo, hasta el suelo.
Example: This floor-length wedding dress is made of fine apple green taffeta, high waisted, with a small train, and the bodice lined with coarse white linen.» floor plan = plano, distribución.
Example: The winning entry in the competition to produce a design for the main library building is described and a floor plan of the building is presented.» floor polish = abrillantador de suelos, abrillantador para el suelo.
Example: Furniture polish and floor polish are set to drop by average annual rates of more than 3% and 2% respectively.» floor space = superficie útil, área útil, superficie habitable, espacio físico disponible.
Example: Interior decoration is white and there is ample floor space = La decoración interior es de color blanco y la superficie útil es amplia.» floor surface = suelo.
Example: Floor surfaces should be chosen as a guide for the blind while avoiding deep carpets which snag wheel chairs = Se debería el suelo para guiar a los ciegos aunque debe evitarse las alfombras gruesas ya que dificultan el deslizamiento de las sillas de ruedas.» floor tile = baldosa, losa, loseta.
Example: Today's floor tiles can be created to look like many other materials too, and there really are no limits to the effects that can be created.» from the floor = del público asistente.
Example: The second hour of the forum is reserved for questions from the floor and for broad-ranging discussion.» hog + the floor = tomar la palabra sin dejar hablar a los demás.
Example: He will be particularly employed, of course, as the chair of the session, seeing that the floor is not hogged by a few articulate public speakers.» knock + Nombre + to the floor = derribar a Alguien de un golpe, tirar a Alguien al suelo, tirar a Alguien al suelo de un golpe, tumbar a Alguien al suelo de un golpe.
Example: Several times the two clinched and vigorously pounded each other s heads and bodies, and finally Blade was again knocked to the floor.» mop (up) + the floor = fregar el suelo, pasar la fregona al suelo, dar al suelo con la fregona.
Example: The bathroom is very cramped, and there is even a mop & bucket so you can mop the floor after taking a shower.» mop (up) + the floor with = fregar el suelo con, vapulear, machacar, dar una paliza.
Example: By the time that he woke, Sarine felt as if someone had mopped the floor with him and run him through the wringer for good measure.» ocean floor = lecho marino, fondo del mar, fondo del océano.
Example: The continental shelf regions also contain the highest amount of benthic life (plants and animals that live on the ocean floor).» parquet floor = suelo de parquet, tarima flotante.
Example: Scratches are a part of life when you have parquet floors.» pelvic floor = suelo pélvico.
Example: She has vaginismus, a condition of involuntary contractions of the pelvic floor muscles surrounding the vagina resulting in tightness of the vagina during attempted intercourse.» pin + Nombre + to the floor = sujetar + Nombre + contra el suelo.
Example: He yelped in pain and she grabbed his wrists and pinned his arms to the floor.» plank floor = entarimado, tarima, suelo de madera, piso de madera, tablado.
Example: It still has its original plank floors and vintage pool table.» radiant floor = suelo radiante.
Example: Because radiant floors heat homes from below, the air temperature is always highest at the floor level and decreases steadily towards the ceiling.» radiant-floor heating = calefacción por suelo radiante.
Example: Radiant heat can be installed in walls or ceilings, although radiant-floor heating is the most popular form.» raised floor = suelo alzado. [Doble suelo que se levanta por razones de acondicionamiento especial (por ej., para amortiguar el ruido)]
Example: There is still the need to have the centralised computer room with special air-conditioning, power supply and raised floor.» seafloor [sea floor] = lecho marino, fondo del mar.
Example: The mapping of the seafloor also revealed that these huge underwater mountain ranges are bisected by a deep trench which in places is more than 2000 meters deep.» subfloor = subsuelo, debajo del suelo.
Example: A wide range of water monitoring and signaling equipment is available for subfloor and ceiling installation to detect and warn of water problems.» sweep + the floor = barrer el suelo.
Example: Portrait of a woman sweeping the floor with a broom picture.» tiled floor = suelo enlosado.
Example: Here's a few tips on ways to make tiled floors more visually interesting and realistic.» wet floor = piso húmedo, suelo mojado.
Example: If someone does slip on your wet floors and the area is marked correctly with warning signs the court will usually side in your favor.» wipe + the floor with = destrozar, hacer trizas, hacer cisco.
Example: One by one, he wiped the floor with opponents who had spoken in the debate -- with a ferocious blend of rant, rhetoric and rumbustious counterattack.floor3 = dejar sin palabras, dejar estupefacto, dejar sin aliento, dejar atónito, dejar anodadado, dejar helado, impresionar, deslumbrar, dejar de una pieza, dejar de piedra.
Example: My best friend floored me recently when casually revealed that women are constantly having a dig at her for deciding not to have children.more:
» floor + Posesivo + opponent = derribar a + Posesivo + contrincante, derribar a + Posesivo + oponente, derribar a + Posesivo + contrario.
Example: He dominated the fight and floored his opponent with a left hook in the second round.» floor + the accelerator (pedal) = acelerar a fondo, pisar el acelerador a fondo, pisar a fondo.
Example: The long, open straight where we can floor the accelerator pedal is becoming an exotic rarity.» floor + the gas pedal = acelerar a fondo, pisar el acelerador a fondo, pisar a fondo.
Example: When I floor the gas pedal, the engine revs up like you would expect, but the truck slows down, almost like the engine isn't powering the wheels.