Grand in spanish
grandioso
pronunciation: gɹ̩ɑndioʊsoʊ part of speech: noun, adjective
pronunciation: gɹ̩ɑndioʊsoʊ part of speech: noun, adjective
In gestures
grand [grander -comp., grandes -sup.]1 = sublime, grandioso, estupendo, fabuloso. [Pincha en o en para ver otros adjetivos cuyo grados comparativos y superlativos se formas añadiendo "-er" o "-est" (o sus variantes "-r" o "-st") al final]
Example: As Carlyle saw it, 'the grand use of any catalog is to tell you, in any intelligible way, that such and such books are in the library'.more:
» grand design = plan magistral, plan grandioso.
Example: The grand design is visible in the sweep of development from baked clay tablets to computerized typesetting.» grand-duchy = gran ducado. [Territorio]
Example: When Finnish was adopted as the language of learning and culture in the 19th century autonomous grand-duchy, printing business began to flourish and resulted in a dramatic growth of printed products.» grand mansion = gran mansión.
Example: They are a youngish, unstuffy couple residing in a grand mansion with decent lawns and a vegetable patch.» grand opening = inauguración, fiesta de inauguración, estreno, fiesta de estreno.
Example: The hair salon didn't even have its grand opening before being burglarised.» grand piano = piano de cola.
Example: One woodworking expert estimates that half the cost of a grand piano is in its shiny finish, obtained by sanding the wood (and applying layers of lacquer).» grand round = visita médica.
Example: But in recent years, grand rounds have become didactic lectures focusing on technical aspects of the newest biomedical research.» grandstand = tribuna.
Example: The main grandstand runs along one side of the field and seats about 1000.» grandstand = alardear, pavonear, ufanarse, vanagloriarse, fanfarronear, fardar, presumir.
Example: Low key and humble, he would never be the type to grandstand and bluster about injustice.» grand theory = superteoría.
Example: There is a potential for diversity in software engineering with the valorization of differences, pluralities and heterogeneities at the expense of grand theory.» grand total = suma total, total.
Example: The grand total of 4,300 exhibitors was 4 per cent up on 1996.» in the grand scheme of things = a fin de cuentas.
Example: This is largely clueless enthusiasm focused on things that don't matter in the grand scheme of things.» Monaco Grand Prix, the = Gran Premio de Mónaco, el.
Example: Next up it's the glitz and glamour of the famous Monaco Grand Prix where the racing is just a part of all the razzmatazz that goes with it.» on a grand scale = a lo grande, a gran escala, por todo lo alto.
Example: A 'toxic combination' of poverty and social injustice is killing people on a grand scale, a World Health Organisation report said Thursday.» the Grand Canyon = el Gran Cañón.
Example: A powerful and inspiring landscape, the Grand Canyon overwhelms our senses through its immense size.grand2 [Prefijo]
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» grandchild [grandchildren, pl.] = nieto.
Example: If we can regard the card catalog as a tool that has been terrific and one about which our grandchildren going to the Smithsonian Institution will say, 'That's what my grandmother used in the olden days,' then we're on our way to letting it die with dignity = Si podemos considerar el catálogo de fichas como una herramienta que ha sido fabulosa y de la que nuestros nietos cuando vayan a la Institución Smithsoniana digan, "Esto es lo que mi abuela usaba antiguamente", entonces estamos empezando a dejarlo morir con dignidad.» gran(d)dad = abuelo, abuelito.
Example: This tool enables people to click on the type of person they're having difficulty in choosing a gift for (e.g. mum, dad, granddad, grandma etc) and provides a selection of the most popular present for that person.» granddaddy = abuelito.
Example: Their granddaddy hated black people, and so did their cousins and their friends and neighbors -- ignorance breeds bigotry and bigotry can be dangerous.» granddaughter = nieta.
Example: The author describes various objects formerly the personal property of Herman Melville and donated by his granddaughter to the library.» grandfather = abuelo.
Example: Their grandfathers and great-grandfathers are dead, and the library belongs to the living, who inhabit a different world.» grandkid = nieto.
Example: She went to the dollar store and bought a whole bunch of stickers and junk (hair bobbles etc) to send to her grandkids.» grandma = abuela, abuelita.
Example: This tool enables people to click on the type of person they're having difficulty in choosing a gift for (e.g. mum, dad, granddad, grandma etc) and provides a selection of the most popular present for that person.» grandmother = abuela.
Example: If we can regard the card catalog as a tool that has been terrific and one about which our grandchildren going to the Smithsonian Institution will say, 'That's what my grandmother used in the olden days,' then we're on our way to letting it die with dignity = Si podemos considerar el catálogo de fichas como una herramienta que ha sido fabulosa y de la que nuestros nietos cuando vayan a la Institución Smithsoniana digan, "Esto es lo que mi abuela usaba antiguamente", entonces estamos empezando a dejarlo morir con dignidad.» grandpa = abuelo, abuelito.
Example: Librarians also provide some assistance with that most familiar and awkward-to-handle enquiry from library users concerning the possible value of Grandpa's old Bible or other old book unearthed in the attic during a clear-out.» grandparents = abuelos.
Example: The study comprises three generations of readers/users: children aged about 12 years, their parents and grandparents.» grandson = nieto.
Example: A writer of children's books reflects on how observing the way in which her grandson played during a stay reminded her of how she approached learning by observation and experience and how this was the way in which she learned how to write children's books.