Frozen in spanish
pronunciation: koʊnxelɑdoʊ part of speech: adjective
freeze2 = congelar, paralizar. [Verbo irregular: pasado froze, participio frozen]
Example: So far has the computerization of cataloguing processes gone in the Library of Congress that a decision was taken in 1978 to 'freeze' the traditional reading room card catalogue and operate instead a fully automated system.more:
» be (so) cold (enough) to freeze the balls off/of a brass monkey = hacer un frío que pela, hacer un frío de cojones.
Example: Well right now I am on the horns of a dilemma as the weather outside is so cold it would freeze the balls off a brass monkey but I would be barking mad not to go home and get a good heavy coat for later this evening.» freeze + a frame = congelar una imagen.
Example: For example, the most recent range of video recorders includes features like freeze frame, slow motion, fast motion and rapid search for individual frames.» freeze in + time = congelar en el tiempo.
Example: Many of the stories associated with this infamous experiment are wild such as whispers of men frozen in time for months and rumors of men traveling through time.» freeze over = helarse, congelarse.
Example: Arctic belugas migrate southward in large herds when the sea freezes over.» freeze + Posesivo + assets = congelar + Posesivo + bienes, congelar + Posesivo + activos, intervenir + Posesivo + bienes.
Example: The district court judge issued a temporary restraining order barring the defendants' illegal business practices and freezing their assets.» freeze + Posesivo + eggs = congelar los óvulos.
Example: She doesn't have a boyfriend at the moment but she is planning to freeze her eggs in two or three years if she hasn't met Mr Right by then.» freeze + Posesivo + nuts off = morirse de frío, congelarse de frío, quedarse patitieso.
Example: He excused himself because he was snivelling a bit as a result of sitting outside on Sunday for five hours in pouring driving rain, freezing his nuts off.» freeze + salaries = congelar los salarios, congelar los sueldos.
Example: Some companies experiencing financial difficulties may choose to freeze salaries for a while in order to minimize layoffs.» freeze + the budget = congelar el presupuesto.
Example: One possible way to deal with this financial crisis is to freeze all budgets.» freeze + the expenditure = congelar los gastos. [Verbo irregular: pasado froze, participio frozen]
Example: During the last 10 years the service level in the City has fallen and music has stagnated, since the local council library committee froze all expenditure on music in 1984.» freeze to + death = morirse de frío, congelarse de frío, quedarse patitieso.
Example: The deportees died in part starving and freezing to death in concentration camps and in part working themselves to death under a barbaric police regimen.» re-freeze [refreeze] = volver a congelarse. [Verbo irregular: pasado re-froze, participio re-frozen. Pincha en para ver otras palabras que comienzan con este prefijo]
Example: Libraries in effect will need to unfreeze themselves to adopt change, then re-freeze around the new structure to exploit and secure the advances.» unfreeze = descongelar. [Verbo irregular: pasado unfroze, participio unfrozen]
Example: Libraries in effect will need to unfreeze themselves to adopt change, then re-freeze around the new structure to exploit and secure the advances.» until/till hell freezes over = hasta que las ranas críen pelos, hasta el final de los tiempos, hasta el día del juicio final.
Example: But while he detested abolitionism, he passionately loved the Union and felt even greater hatred toward secessionists, vowing to 'fight them till hell freezes over'.» when hell freezes over = cuando las ranas críen pelos.
Example: After claiming they'd get back together 'when hell freezes over,' The Eagles did exactly that and this excellent album is the result.frozen = Participio pasado del verbo freeze. [Véase éste y sus derivados para los distintos significados]
Example: The problem used was the riddle of the frozen wooly mammoths.more:
» a frozen moment in time = un momento determinado, un período determinado.
Example: The printed catalog could only represent a frozen moment in time.» be frozen stiff = estar helado, estar congelado, quedarse helado, quedarse congelado, quedarse tieso, quedarse tieso de frío, estar tieso de frío, estar muerto de frío.
Example: There was no snow upon the ground, but the earth was frozen stiff and the road was rough with little ridges.» frozen budget = presupuesto congelado.
Example: Of course, this frozen budget is the product of cutbacks, austerity measures, and a five-year budget freeze that was put together in the mid-1990s.» frozen foods = alimentos congelados, congelados.
Example: Growing use of fridges and freezers and of ovens has created demand for frozen foods and baked goods.» frozen meat = carne congelada.
Example: The author discusses historico-geographical approaches to studying New Zealand's frozen meat and timber industries.» frozen to the bone = helado hasta la médula de los huesos, congelado de frío, muerto de frío.
Example: I will never forget the biting cold on our cheeks; our feet and hands frozen to the bone.» frozen to the marrow (of the bones) = helado hasta la médula de los huesos, congelado de frío, muerto de frío.
Example: Finally, when the two workers, frozen to the marrow, emerged from beneath the water, they were stunned to hear the spectators burst into side-splitting laughter.