Heaps in spanish
pronunciation: mutʃisimoʊ part of speech: noun
heap1 = montón, pila.
Example: The raw material of white paper was undyed linen -- or in very early days hempen -- rags, which the paper-maker bought in bulk, sorted and washed, and then put by in a damp heap for four or five days to rot.more:
» a heap of = una pila de, un montón de.
Example: A battered three-cornered hat stuck out of the heap of rubbish that was piled in the chest.» cost + a heap of money = costar un montón de dinero, costar un montonazo de dinero, costar un dineral, valer un dineral.
Example: Jackets of this kind could sometimes be found in second-hand clothes stores, but very rarely, and they cost a heap of money.» muck heap = estercolero, montón de estiércol.
Example: No one likes mucking out, and a muck heap is an unwanted but necessary part of horse keeping.» slag heap = escombrera.
Example: Sometimes slag will be the most visible sign of the siting of a furnace nearby -- large slag heaps sometimes have a different vegetation cover to that of the surrounding area.» slump in + a heap = caer desplomado, desplomarse.
Example: One day she indulged in her habit of swigging too much gin before going to feed the porker and after opening its pen she slumped in a heap.» spoil heap = escombrera.
Example: The quarry is disused and most of the area is covered in spoil heaps which are now overgrown.heap2 = acumular, amontonar.
Example: It is true that assignments were being heaped upon him with immense rapidity, but he would be able to sort them out and contrive solutions.more:
» heap up = apilar, amontonar, acumular.
Example: Her clothes were all heaped up in a corner, half-folded.» heap (up) + abuse on/upon = acribillar con insultos.
Example: So the basic strategy is to heap up abuse on the Democratic candidate.» heap (up) + favours on/upon = colmar de favores.
Example: Domitian had been arbitrary and high-handed, and had heaped favours on the soldiery while humiliating the senate.» heap up + money = acumular dinero, amasar una fortuna.
Example: The question is that we, from the lower echelons, cannot understand how the rich can be so egoistic as to go on and on with heaping up money.» heap (up) + praise on/upon = colmar de elogios, colmar de alabanzas.
Example: It's been a while since pop-music writers have heaped praise on a blues guitarist as the next big thing.» heap up + problems = acumular problemas, amontonar problemas.
Example: The Minister again is heaping up problems for the future with that provision.» heap up + riches = acumular riquezas, amasar una fortuna.
Example: He heaps up riches for someone else to spend.» heap up + wealth = acumular riquezas, amasar una fortuna.
Example: As the merchants continued to heap up wealth, it naturally followed that they began to look beyond the narrow horizons of the Middle Ages.