Gold in spanish
pronunciation: oʊɹ̩oʊ part of speech: noun
gold1 = oro.
Example: In a thesaurus on dentistry, for example, the term gold will be an NT under FILLING MATERIALS; it would make little sense to create a 'metals' or 'precious metals' hierarchy.more:
» All that glitters is not gold = No todo lo que reluce es oro, las apariencias engañan.
Example: The article 'All that glitters may not be gold' argues that media literacy must become an integrated part of school curricula.» as good as gold = más bueno que el pan, ser un pedazo de pan, buenísimo, maravilloso, fiable, valiosísimo, un santo, un angelito.
Example: It may look like junk, but to thieves scrap metal has become as good as gold.» be worth + Posesivo + weight in gold = valer + Posesivo + peso en oro.
Example: Any guy who can score 30 goals a season is worth his weight in gold for the team.» fool's gold = oro de los tontos. [Usado también para referirse a la pirita]
Example: Despite being nicknamed fool's gold, pyrite is sometimes found in association with small quantities of gold.» gold bullion = oro en lingotes.
Example: The submarine was sunk while en route to German-occupied France with a cargo of pure silver and gold bullion valued at about $2.3 million by 1944 standards.» gold dig = cazar fortunas.
Example: Gays are the only fashionable, successful, good-looking men women can't sexually manipulate to gold dig.» gold digger = cazafortunas. [Generalmente referido a una mujer]
Example: The premise of the show is that gold diggers would do anything to marry money.» gold digger = buscador de oro.
Example: In this little town of about a dozen log houses, they were initiated into the mysteries, pleasures, and sufferings of a gold-digger's life.» gold digging = búsqueda de oro.
Example: After a string of failed robbery attempts including a purse snatching that goes terribly wrong, the two inept protagonists turn to gold digging.» gold digging = cazafortunas.
Example: He is right when he says there is an 'epidemic of gold digging whores,' but he is wrong to think it is a new phenomenon.» goldfish = pez de colores. [Generalmente usado con significado de plural]
Example: This resource book presents 37 behavioral experiments that can be performed with commonly-found classroom animals including hamsters, gerbils, mice, goldfish, guppies, lizards, kittens, and puppies = Este cuaderno de prácticas contiene 37 experimentos conductistas que se pueden realizar con animales que comúnmente se usan en los laboratorios de las escuelas como los hámsters, jerbos, ratones, peces de colores, lebistes, lagartijas, gatitos y cachorros.» gold leaf = pan de oro, oro batido. [En encuadernación, hoja muy fina de oro que se coloca sobre los moldes decorativos para decorarlos tras su fundición]
Example: Finally gold leaf was laid in place over the blind impressions, and fixed into them with further impressions of the hot tools, surplus gold being rubbed off.» gold-leafed = en pan de oro, adornado con pan de oro.
Example: Our digital facsimile editions can replicate manuscripts of alternating red and blue capitals, and gold-leafed illuminations, with hypertext commentaries.» gold medal = medalla de oro.
Example: She came up from behind to win an Olympic gold medal in Atlanta.» gold medalist = medallista de oro, ganador de la medalla de oro.
Example: Derice's father, Ben Bannock, was a gold medalist in the 200 metres.» gold mine = mina de oro. [Sentido figurado]
Example: Databases which should be gold mines degenerate into dustbins, and inter-departmental strife tears apart the organization's commitments.» gold-plated = enchapado en oro.
Example: Of the more than 560,000 items exhibited, 98 percent were candlesticks cast in bronze, some silver-plated and some gold-plated.» gold prospector = buscador de oro.
Example: Based on real events on the Australian goldfields in the 1850s, 'Three Diggers' chronicles the adventures of three gold prospectors.» gold rush, the = fiebre del oro, la.
Example: However, in California, after the gold rush, the number of libraries grew much faster that population.» goldsmith = orfebre.
Example: In the earliest days of printing one or two printers may have cut their own punches, but even then most punch-cutters appear to have been specialist engravers such as die-sinkers or goldsmiths.» gold standard, the = patrón oro, el.
Example: Rocket scientists, long considered the gold standard in intelligence among all professionals, are not nearly as smart as originally thought.» gold-toning process = ?.
Example: Both films were treated with a gold-toning process to give increased protection from atmospheric pollution, including nuclear fallout.» gold tooling = impresión en oro, estampado en oro. [Decoración de las letras o adornos de la cubierta o lomo de un libro en color oro]
Example: For gold tooling, impressions of the tools were first made in blind and then an adhesive glair of egg white was next brushed into the blind impression, allowed to dry, and greased.» have + a heart of gold = tener un corazón de oro, ser un pedazo de pan, ser un cacho de pan, ser todo corazón, ser más bueno que el pan.
Example: Though my old man's a dustman he's got a heart of gold.» heart of gold = corazón de oro.
Example: Hollis is an orphan who is shuffled from foster home to foster home despite her heart of gold.» Not all that glitters is gold = No todo lo que reluce es oro.
Example: Not all that glitters is gold but Earth would have a lot less of the glittery stuff if not for a massive rain of meteors about 3.9 billion years ago.» Not all that is gold glitters = No todo lo que reluce es oro.
Example: Now, you could pay for the privilege of being able to use such a tool; but not all that is gold glitters.» nugget of gold = pepita de oro. [Metafóricamente, algo muy valioso]
Example: They do have the problem, however, of being able to sort out the nuggets of literary gold from amongst the torrents of published dross.» pan for + gold = buscar oro. [Utilizando un plato grande de metal para lavar la tierra]
Example: They didn't go there because life was good, but because there, in the back of beyond, you could pan for gold without the threat of being robbed.» pay + Nombre + in gold = pagarle a Alguien en oro.
Example: It was said that the faeries paid her in gold as they favoured mortal children over their own.» pay + Nombre + Posesivo + weight in gold = pagarle a Alguien su peso en oro.
Example: Although Beckham is paid his weight in gold, he's not actually worth it.» sell + Reflexivo + for gold = venderse por oro, venderse a cambio de oro.
Example: We all agreed that he was a spy and a deserter, who had gone over to the enemy camp and sold himself for gold.» solid-gold = de oro macizo.
Example: A thief has swiped the solid-gold medallion given as a Nobel Prize in Physics to Ernest Lawrence.» strike + gold = hacerse rico, hacerse millonario, hacer fortuna, encontrar una mina de oro, descubrir una mina de oro, tener suerte, aparecérsele la virgen a Alguien.
Example: That was a Gold Rush term: the money a miner needed for grub until he struck gold.» the crock of gold at the end of the rainbow = el cofre de oro al final del arco iris. [Expresión utilizada para indicar algo que es inalcanzable o imposible]
Example: It seems to me that trying to pin down 'quality' is a bit like trying to find the crock of gold at the end of the rainbow.» the pot of gold at the end of the rainbow = el cofre de oro al final del arco iris. [Expresión utilizada para indicar algo que es inalcanzable o imposible]
Example: They agreed that whenever a rainbow appeared, they would contact each other and would try to find the pot of gold at the end of the rainbow.» turn to + gold = convertir en oro.
Example: And now the singer wants to turn her hand to fashion designing -- no doubt another trend that she will turn to gold.gold2 = dorado, aurífero.
Example: It was a grand day, one of those dazzling spectacular blue and gold days of early fall.more:
» gold bar = lingote de oro.
Example: For grades 3-4, children estimate the value of treasure chests filled with gold coins and explore the size and weight of gold bars.» goldfield = yacimiento de oro, yacimiento aurífero.
Example: Based on real events on the Australian goldfields in the 1850s, 'Three Diggers' chronicles the adventures of three gold prospectors.» gold mine = mina de oro.
Example: An overview is given of an expert system for the evaluation of seismic hazard in gold mines.