Home in spanish
pronunciation: kɑsɑ part of speech: noun
home1 = casa, hogar, vivienda, familia.
Example: It is recommended for a variety of applications, amongst which are records of suppliers, staff, household possessions and so on, and is likely to find users in both the home and business worlds.more:
» ancestral home = casa ancestral, casa solariega.
Example: After lunch we'll travel southwards to Culzean Castle, the ancestral home of the Kennedy family.» an Englishman's home is his castle = para el inglés su casa es su castillo.
Example: Reputedly, an Englishman's home is his castle.» a woman's place is in the home = la mujer honrada, la pierna quebrada y en casa; la mujer atada a la pata de la cama.
Example: Research shows that the majority of people believe that a woman's place is in the home.» be at home in = utilizarse en, usarse en.
Example: During its first decade, TEX has been at home mainly in the academic world, but latterly it has spread into industry = Durante su primera decada, TEX se ha utilizado principalmente en el mundo académico, aunque recientemente se ha difundido a la industria.» become + home to = convertirse en residencia de, convertirse en la ciudad de, convertirse en el paraje natural de.
Example: This city park has been designed as an ecological preserve for local flora and fauna but has recently become home to about 150 feral dogs.» become + the home-from-home of = convertirse en la ciudad de (uno). [Sensación de sentirse integrado en un lugar aunque no sea el lugar de origen de uno]
Example: Now a major centre for all international Arabic newspapers, London has become the home-from-home of the Arab press.» be home = estar en casa.
Example: Many kids report they are lonesome -- kids who are home alone often aren't allowed to have other kids over when mom or dad isn't there.» be home and dry = estar sano y salvo, estar a salvo, poder respirar tranquilo, sentirse satisfecho, tener el éxito asegurado.
Example: The advantage with rice as a crop is that you don't apply fertilizer to it; once you plant, you are home and dry -- not bothered until harvest time.» be home free = estar sano y salvo, estar a salvo, poder respirar tranquilo, sentirse satisfecho, tener el éxito asegurado.
Example: If she makes it for a year without a relapse, there's a good chance she'll be home free.» be home to = ser residencia de, ser la ciudad de, ser el paraje natural de, estar habitado por.
Example: This region, known as the Kimberley, has been home to Aborigines for more than 40,000 years.» be nothing to write home (to mom) about = no valer gran cosa, no ser nada del otro mundo, no ser nada especial, no estar/ser (como) para tirar cohetes.
Example: He really does not have that great of a voice and his looks are nothing to write home to mom about.» bring + back home = traer a casa.
Example: The article 'Bringing it all back home: insourcing what you do well' examines one library's ability to insource some of its operations.» bring + home = hacer ver, hacer comprender, hacer entender, hacerse patente.
Example: The demands made of libraries by new technologies have brought home the need for rethinking in the areas of electrical cabling and soundproofing.» bring + home = llevar a casa.
Example: What he actually brings home from his shopping spree is dependent on further factors, such as the actual availability of the goods or his resources.» bring + home the bacon = mantener (a) la familia, traer el pan a casa, ganarse el pan, ganarse las habichuelas, ganarse los garbanzos, ganarse las lentejas.
Example: Are you one of the millions of people, who are still unemployed, and wondering how you are going to bring home the bacon?.» bring + home the bacon = tener éxito, triunfar.
Example: Offensively, the fella who's brought home the bacon in the last two games is Brent Egbert.» bring + problems home = llevarse los problemas a casa.
Example: 'I'm getting tired of it, really, and my bringing these problems home to my husband every night is not at all helpful, you know what I mean?' She lowered her voice.» broken home = hogar deshecho, familia rota.
Example: A new wave of books dealing frankly with such concerns as sex, alcoholism and broken homes was seen as a breakthrough, but plots and styles have begun to show a wearying sameness.» call + home = ser + Posesivo + casa.
Example: You'll share this tropical environment with beautiful birds, flowers, monkeys, and more aboard a restored riverboat you'll call home during your expedition.» call + home = llamar a casa.
Example: The best way to call home from the US are the prepaid phone cards.» care home = residencia de ancianos, asilo de ancianos, hogar de ancianos.
Example: Grams is kicking up a storm at the care home she is currently residing in and is about to have her ass hauled onto the sidewalk if she doesn't quit at it any time soon.» charity begins at home = la caridad empieza por uno mismo.
Example: The article is entitled 'International co-operation between art libraries II: charity begins at home'.» closer to home = más fácil de entender para nosotros.
Example: Perhaps closer to home is the assertion that 'librarians could not have helped us to organize and make available the most important research resources in the field'.» coast + home = ganar fácilmente, vencer fácilmente, superar fácilmente, ganar sobradamente, ganar de sobra, ganar de calle, llevarse de calle.
Example: To no one's surprise, Vladimir Putin coasted home in Sunday's presidential election with 71.2 percent support.» come + home = volver a casa, regresar a casa.
Example: Don't wait up for her tonight 'cause she won't be coming home.» come + home to roost = pagar las consecuencias. [Generalmente usado en la expresión chickens come home to roost]
Example: I can't help but thinking that we are seeing the 'jobless recovery' of the 2001 recession coming home to roost.» convalescence home = hogar de convalecencia, hogar de reposo, clínica de reposo.
Example: When WWII broke out her large home became a convalescence home for wounded soldiers.» convalescent home = hogar de convalecencia, hogar de reposo, clínica de reposo.
Example: This convalescent home provides high quality rest, recuperation and respite care for adults of all ages and from all walks of life.» cruise + home = ganar sobradamente, ganar de forma aplastante, ganar de forma abrumadora, ganar cómodamente, ganar fácilmente, ganar sin ninguna dificultad, vencer fácilmente, ganar de sobra, ganar de calle, llevarse de calle.
Example: He made no mistake in the second race of the day as he cruised home to a comfortable 12 second win over his nearest competitor.» detention home = centro tutelar de menores.
Example: Juvenile offenders aged ten through seventeen are housed at the detention home year-round and attend school on the premises.» drive + home + Posesivo + point = recalcar lo que Uno quiere decir, resaltar lo que Uno quiere decir.
Example: When President Ford was telling New York City to drop dead last month, he evoked a vision of the city as a wayward family to drive home his point.» elderly persons' home = residencia de ancianos.
Example: In addition to providing books the staff have introduced topic packs which are used for group discussion, and take to the elderly persons' homes old but familiar household objects which can stimulate reminiscences.» family home = casa familiar.
Example: 5 bedroom detached family home with a magnificent mature southernly rear garden.» feel at + home = sentirse a gusto, sentirse como en casa, sentirse en casa.
Example: The writer goes out of her way to make her meaning plain, and to achieve a level of language and simplicity of structure she assumes most of her intended readers will feel at home with.» feel like + home (away) from home = sentirse como en casa.
Example: The apartment was full of character and it really felt like home away from home.» find + a home = encontrar un hueco, encontrar aceptación, encontrar + Posesivo + sitio.
Example: It has become apparent that videodisc technology is finding a home among the designers and developers of health-related information systems = Es obvio que la tecnología del videodisco está encontrando un hueco entre los diseñadores y desarrolladores de los sistemas de información relacionados con la salud.» find + a home = encontrar casa, encontrar alojamiento.
Example: This service concentrated on helping people to purchase houses and to find jobs and homes outside London.» find + Posesivo + home = encontrar + Posesivo + lugar, encontrar + Posesivo + sitio.
Example: She majored in Economics and was in the corporate world before finding her home in higher education.» foster care home = familia adoptiva, familia de acogida.
Example: The aim of the project is to put library materials in the hands of young adults in juvenile correctional facilities, rehabilitation clinics, runaway shelters, and foster care homes.» foster home = familia de acogida, casa de acogida.
Example: Hollis is an orphan who is shuffled from foster home to foster home despite her heart of gold.» foundling home = inclusa, casa cuna, orfelinato.
Example: By contrast, in the foundling home, the infants were cared for by nurses, each of whom was responsible for seven children.» funeral home = funeria.
Example: When death certificates are unavailable due to cost, law, practice, legibility, time or proximity, the identification and availability of mortuary, cemetery and funeral home records becomes important to the family historian.» funeral home library = archivo de funeraria.
Example: The funeral home library also serves professionals, including the clergy and the medical profession.» get back + home = volver a casa, regresar a casa.
Example: A tourist concocted a novel plan to get back home from his holiday in Malta after he ran out of money -- but it backfired.» get + home = llegar a casa, volver a casa.
Example: As it happened, the snowfall was moderate and all the rest of us worked all day and got home without difficulty.» get + Reflexivo + home = volver a casa, regresar a casa.
Example: She wasn't particularly worried though, she knew the ropes and could get herself home safe and sound.» go back + home = volver a casa, regresar a casa.
Example: He says he moved to Denver for culinary school, but quickly realized he wanted to go back home.» go + home = irse a casa.
Example: Shortly after lunch, he went home without permission.» go + home again = volver a casa, regresar a casa.
Example: The article is entitled 'Going home again: a review of computers and writing 1999'.» hammer + home + message = dejar claro, hacer ver claramente.
Example: Stanley C Holliday hammers home the same message by more whimsical means hinting darkly that a sticky end at the hands of irritated colleagues awaits all librarians who fail to make adequate and accurate notes.» head back + home = volver a casa, regresar a casa, emprender el camino de vuelta a casa.
Example: After a few more hours, we joined the traffic caravan and headed back home.» hit + home = darse cuenta, calar, calar hondo, dar en el blanco, dar en la diana, hacer diana, dar de lleno, tocar una vena sensible, hacer mella, llamar la atención.
Example: With our students, with our employees, the stress of the pulp and paper mill's shutdown is starting to hit home.» holiday home = casa de alquiler vacacional.
Example: In recent decades tourism has vastly increased in the area and many once empty houses have been restored as second or holiday homes.» home address = domicilio, domicilio particular.
Example: The ease with which the home addresses of company directors may be obtained from databases has been highlighted by the dangers faced by directors of biotechnology companies by animal rights activists.» home affairs = asuntos de la casa, los.
Example: Women were encouraged to manage home affairs thriftily.» home appliances = aparatos eléctricos del hogar.
Example: This is a bibliography of titles on repairing the most common home appliances including refrigerators, dishwashers, ovens, air conditioners, telephones and more..» home arrest = arresto domiciliario.
Example: She was sentenced to 90 days home arrest for careless driving in the death of a cyclist.» home automated = domótico.
Example: With a home automated security system, your house can directly contact you, sending an alert about a specific security related event that has occurred on your property.» home automation = automatización del hogar, domótica.
Example: In this article, the author describes the process I used to create a home automation system using off-the-shelf products.» home automation system = sistema domótico.
Example: Adding voice activation to your home automation system can be as easy as adding a microphone and installing a software program on your computer.» home (away) from home = un hogar lejos de casa, un hogar fuera de casa, sentirse como en casa, sentirse en casa, como si estuviera en + Posesivo + (propia) casa.
Example: It is a cosy and bijou cottage laid out on two floors that aims to provide home from home comfort.» home banking = banco en casa.
Example: Applications include home banking, booking holidays and theatre tickets and ordering from mail order companies.» home base = base de operaciones.
Example: The library will become the 'home base' for multi media projects.» home-based = que trabaja desde casa.
Example: Data base producers will increasingly rely on home-based abstractors who receive, create and send all their material by electronic means.» home bird = persona muy hogareña, persona muy casera.
Example: I'm a bit of a home bird -- I like to go out and travel of course, but I always love coming home too.» homebody = persona muy hogareña, persona muy casera.
Example: I see myself as having the soul of a wide-eyed wanderer when in fact I'm a homebody, destined to see the world simply through the eyes of my friends.» home breaker = rompehogares, quitamaridos, quitaesposas.
Example: I'm not a home breaker and I can never be -- I haven't been brought up to create havoc in other people's homes.» home buyer = comprador de vivienda.
Example: In many cases, buying a repo for sale through this department is to the great advantage of the home buyer.» home cinema = cine en casa.
Example: The main thing that sets a home cinema apart from an ordinary television setup is the surround sound.» home city = ciudad natal, patria chica.
Example: Lisa Woodman has been banned from every nightclub in her home city for dressing too skimpily.» home collection = biblioteca personal, colección personal.
Example: The larger the home collection, the more use is made of the public library.» home comforts = comodidades del hogar, comodidades, lujos.
Example: I would like to find a place to stay that offers some of the home comforts that I missed out on on my previous trip.» homecoming = vuelta a casa, regreso a casa.
Example: On his homecoming, he arrived at the train station to be met by hundreds of people who carried him shoulder-high to a taxi.» home computer = ordenador personal. [Ordenador personal que una familia posee como opuesto al ordenador que una persona usa en la escuela, trabajo, etc]
Example: The home computer will also serve as a means of aids to learning of a more serious type, giving a semblance of a one-to-one relationship between tutor and learner.» home cook = cocinero de casa.
Example: The market for books on cooking is increasingly made up of home cooks with an amazingly sophisticated set of skills and tastes.» home cooking = cocina casera, comidas caseras.
Example: One of the most demanded CD-ROMS was 'Home Cooking with Master Chefs'.» home counties, the = condados de alrededor de Londres, los.
Example: Westminster libraries have a fairly representative clientele from Inner London and the home counties.» home country = país de origen.
Example: Exchange students may have different enrolment procedures, depending on the university's agreement with the university in the student's home country.» home crowd = afición local.
Example: It was fantastic that he managed to get two victories, and the cherry on the cake was winning on the last day of the season in London, in front of a home crowd.» home decorating = decoración del hogar.
Example: The article 'Growing the collection: crafty home decorating' makes recommendations on how to acquire homecraft books.» home delivery = servicio a domicilio, reparto a domicilio, entrega a domicilio.
Example: This article reviews some of the Internet sites for food enthusiasts and gourmets, including sources for home delivery of pizzas.» home environment = entorno familiar.
Example: Educational theory is based upon the assumption that the home environment complements the school.» home front = retaguardia, casa.
Example: The ongoing threat of terrorist attacks on North American soil and assets abroad, have brought asymmetric warfare to the home front.» home furnishings = mobiliario y decoración interior.
Example: The author discusses the image of the US projected by the American Pavilion through its fashion shows, home furnishings and kitchen appliances exhibits and food.» home furniture = mobiliario del hogar, muebles del hogar.
Example: Whether you are looking for kitchen furniture, or home furniture for the rest of your house, you will find it here.» home game = partido de vuelta, encuentro de vuelta, partido que se juega en casa.
Example: Watford gaffer believes his team's home games hold the key to their ability to survive in the Premiership.» home goal = gol marcado en casa.
Example: He has extended his home goal streak to 11 games.» home ground = terruño, tierra natal.
Example: For many soldiers, war doesn't end just because your plane has touched down on home ground.» home ground = propio terreno de juego, propio campo de juego.
Example: The fact that they have suffered no more than one defeat at home ground this season is giving the fans a reason for optimism ahead of Tuesday's clash.» home-grown [home grown/homegrown] = propio, de cosecha propia, de propia cosecha, hecho por uno mismo, casero.
Example: Most media centers have not used AACR in the past but have followed their own home-grown rules.» home help = asistente, cuidador. [Persona que presta ayuda doméstica a personas mayores, enfermas, etc. en su propia casa]
Example: A library service for home helps and their pensioner clients has been set up.» home improvement = bricolaje, reforma del hogar, mejora del hogar, reforma de la casa, mejora de la casa, reforma de la vivienda, mejora de la vivienda.
Example: The self help category is particularly rich in titles relating to accounting, law, medicine and home improvement.» home improvement store = tienda de bricolaje, almacén de bricolaje, tienda de mejoras para el hogar.
Example: The impact of television series' and home improvement stores is in the process of transforming a solid handyman niche market into a publishing and bookselling bonanza in the US.» home institution = lugar de trabajo, institución a la que se pertenece.
Example: These resources are too often on individual computers or on computers at a scholar's home institution.» home insurance = seguro de la casa.
Example: You can shave off as much as 50% or even more from your current rate for home insurance in Arizona.» home invasion = invasión del hogar, robo con los inquilinos dentro.
Example: Thanks to fingerprints left on a glass of water, police have made a quick arrest in a home invasion last week in which two intruders terrorized an elderly couple.» Home key = tecla de inicio.
Example: The <Home> and <End> keys move the cursor to the far left (beginning) or far right (end) of the line.» home learning = aprendizaje a distancia, enseñanza a distancia.
Example: Teachers will usually give students at least two days to complete the home learning task.» home lending = préstamo a domicilio.
Example: Home lending to the elderly is not well developed in Finland.» home lending service = servicio de préstamo a domicilio.
Example: Legislation is needed to improve home lending services and to encourage public libraries to respond to the new demands they will face with the growth in community care of the elderly.» home library = biblioteca personal.
Example: Several enquiries about how to start home libraries have been received.» home library = biblioteca local.
Example: In spite of this, students made extensive use of libraries and visited libraries other than their own for access to material not held by the home library.» home life = vida hogareña, vida doméstica, vida en el hogar.
Example: In larger library systems there will be a welfare or personnel officer who can assist staff with personal problems relating to home life or their employment.» homemade = casero, de fabricación casera, local, hecho en casa.
Example: And may I say parenthetically that two publishers out of the enormous number that are so often touted as belonging to the CIP program are now printing their own homemade and superior cataloging in publication data.» home maintenance = mantenimiento del hogar.
Example: It's never too late to learn to be handy around the house -- home maintenance doesn't have to be scary.» homemaker = amo de casa, ama de casa. [Expresión neutra para referirse tanto al hombre como a la mujer que se encarga principalmente de las tareas domésticas de la casa. Pincha en para ver otras palabras que acaban con esta terminación]
Example: Homemaker, widow and volunteer are acceptable terms and roles.» home match = partido de vuelta, encuentro de vuelta, partido que se juega en casa.
Example: Our home match has been cancelled today due to a snow-covered pitch.» home owner = propietario de vivienda.
Example: It is our experience homeowners get themselves worked up into virtual panic mode when a house surveyor starts asking questions.» home ownership = propiedad inmobiliaria.
Example: She works with people from all walks of life and truly believes that home ownership is within anybody's reach.» home page [homepage] = home page, página de inicio, página web principal, portada de presentación, página de presentación. [En Internet, página principal con información sobre una empresa, organización o persona]
Example: The more common meaning of 'home page' refers to the main web page for a business, organization, person or simply the main page out of a collection of web pages.» home-produced = hecho por uno mismo, de cosecha propia.
Example: A golf-ball typewriter is very useful as a variety of typefaces can be used, thus giving a very professional look to home-produced reports and booklists.» home purchase = compra de vivienda, adquisición de vivienda.
Example: You can choose from various types of mortgage loans to finance your home purchase.» home remedy = remedio casero.
Example: Garlic is used as a home remedy to help speed recovery from strep throat or other minor ailments because of its antibiotic properties.» home repair = bricolaje, arreglos del hogar.
Example: Many products used in home repair contain hazardous solvents.» home rule = autonomía.
Example: If secondary concepts such as parliamentary reform or Irish home rule had been stated in the subject analysis it would have been representative of the policy of depth indexing.» home sale = venta de viviendas.
Example: Seasonally adjusted home sales reached their highest level in 30 months during the fourth quarter of 2009.» homeschool = escolarización en casa, escolarización en el hogar. [Enseñanza escolar de los padres a los hijos en su propia casa generalmente por disconformidad con el sistema estatal]
Example: This article provides a list of homeschool resources including World Wide Web sites, books and journal articles.» homeschool = escolarizar en casa. [Enseñanza escolar de los padres a los hijos en su propia casa generalmente por disconformidad con el sistema estatal]
Example: Upon hearing that we homeschool, she responded with, 'You must have the patience of a Saint!'.» homeschooler [home schooler] = niño que recibe la educación escolar en su casa.
Example: Librarians can keep the lines of communication with homeschoolers open and approach homeschooling families to find out what they need in a public library.» homeschooling [home schooling] = enseñanza escolar en casa, realización de los estudios escolares en casa, escolarización en casa, escolarización en el hogar.
Example: This is an annotated bibliography of materials dealing with the issue of homeschooling, that is parents teaching their children at home rather than sending them to school.» home shopping = telecompra.
Example: Current news, weather, travel information, home shopping, airline reservations, consumer information, film reviews and sports news are available.» homesick = con morriña, nostálgico, con añoranza.
Example: You were probably the most homesick person in your dorm, with the possible exception of the hawaiians.» home side = equipo de casa.
Example: Then in a grandstand finish the home side, on top throughout, were kept at bay by the agility of the visiting team's goalkeeper.» homespun = popular, sencillo, casero, hecho en casa.
Example: The author chronicles the exuberant stories, hyperbole, homespun speech and demigod characteristics of American 'tall tales'.» home stay = alojamiento en familia.
Example: The decision whether to do a home stay or to live in a dorm while studying abroad is a personal one.» homestead = aldea, hacienda, finca, cortijo, alquería, granja.
Example: The scattered remains of homesteads also dot the rugged landscape.» home stereo system = equipo de música.
Example: The signals that can be viewed with an oscilloscope or be made audible with a home stereo system.» home straight, the = recta final, la; fase final, la.
Example: The more energy you save at this point of the race the more energy you will have for the last 50m in the home straight.» home stretch, the = recta final, la; fase final, la.
Example: 68190 words in and I'm finally on the home stretch of my novel.» home system = sistema personal.
Example: However, as phone systems improve, you can expect this to change too; more and more, you'll see smaller sites (even individuals home systems) connecting to the Internet.» home team = equipo de casa.
Example: This finding contradicts the general belief that spectators' cheering encourages better performance in a home team.» home territory = territorio conocido, terreno conocido, terruño.
Example: Some of them were a little overbearing, but that was presumably because they were on home territory and liked swanking about it to others.» home theatre = cine en casa.
Example: DVD players, CD players, speakers and cassette decks that have provisions for expanding a stereo system into a complete home theater are the recommended best buys.» home things = cosas de la casa.
Example: I spent the rest of Sunday with my family and shopping for home things with my sister for her new place.» home town = ciudad natal, patria chica.
Example: It occurred to him that the library might subscribe to his boyhood home town newspaper.» home truth = verdad amarga, cuatro verdades, cuatro verdades bien dichas.
Example: The book `Life's Like That' demystifies some myths, hopefully triggered some change and established some home truths about homosexuality.» home turf = terruño, tierra natal.
Example: She often sets her fiction in places other than the American South, places she knows just as familiarly as her home turf, though -- namely, Italy and Canada.» home turf = propio terreno de juego, propio campo de juego.
Example: It was a huge team effort to beat a team who we knew would come at us strong on their home turf.» home user = usuario particular.
Example: Publishers can deliver machine-readable databases direct to customers such as libraries, companies, home users, schools and financial institutions.» home video = vídeo. [En español, vídeo también se escribe sin acento video]
Example: Satellite and cable, home video, CD-ROM and laser disc all have huge implications for the reuse of archive material which exists on the library shelves of broadcasters.» home video recorder = aparato de vídeo.
Example: Videodiscs can provide high capacity secondary storage and it is possible for the personal computer enthusiast to make use of a home video recorder in this way.» home visit = visita a domicilio, visita domiciliaria.
Example: Florida teen who pretended to be a doctor has been arrested again on fraud charges after stealing from elderly woman during a home visit.» home-visiting = ir a visitar, ir a ver a Alguien a su casa.
Example: Some problems are simply 'undealable with' on the phone, so some back-up such as home-visiting is necessary.» home waters = aguas territoriales.
Example: It is not surprising, quite the contrary, that the war has at last been brought to our home waters.» homework = deberes, tarea escolar, trabajo de clase.
Example: When a schoolboy, coming to the library with nothing better than grades in mind, discovers incidentally the fascination of books that have nothing to do with his homework.» homeworker = trabajador a domicilio.
Example: The majority of homeworkers are married women with childcare responsibilities who are not interested in promotion.» homewrecker = rompehogares, quitamaridos, quitaesposas.
Example: Alicia Babcock is a homewrecker that has no qualms in trying to ruin a marriage.» illiterate home = familia analfabeta.
Example: There is, however, no reason to despair of schools having an influence on children from subliterate and illiterate homes.» in the home = en casa.
Example: The author discusses a new book of which he is editor about the response of children to the information revolution at school, in the home, at study and at play.» journey home = vuelta a casa, regreso a casa.
Example: When she discovers that she has been stricken with a terminal illness, she embarks on a journey home to the place where so many sad things happened to her.» juvenile detention home = centro tutelar de menores.
Example: Hawaii's juvenile detention home still has the glow of a building that's less than two years old.» juvenile home = centro tutelar de menores.
Example: Another boy wonder is Kip Kreiling, who spent most of his childhood in foster homes, juvenile homes and eventually behind bars = Una joven promesa es Kip Kreiling, quien pasó la mayoría de su infancia en casas de acogida, centros tutelares de menores y posteriormente entre rejas.» leave + home = irse de casa.
Example: Few researchers have applied this experience to the last remaining sibling when all other siblings have left home.» leave + home = salir de casa.
Example: The symptoms of agoraphobia, a condition in which an individual fears entering public areas, include fears of leaving home, fainting, entering open and closed spaces, shopping, entering social situations, and traveling far from home.» like home (away) from home = como en casa.
Example: As a first time vacation home renter, the experience was like home away from home.» live at + home = vivir en casa.
Example: Increasingly, more grown-up kids are living at home in their twenties and thirties.» make + a home for + Reflexivo = instalarse.
Example: This is a story about a thirteen-year-old boy who lives in New York and is so often the victim of street bullies that he hides in the subway, where he manages to make a home for himself.» make + Nombre + feel at home = hacer sentir como en casa, hacer sentir en casa.
Example: For over a week now, he had done everything possible to make her feel welcome and at home.» mansion home = mansión.
Example: From the impressive library of his mansion home on Beacon Hill, Ticknor ruled over Boston's intellectual life and was looked to as the leading arbiter of intellectual and social life in that great city.» manufactured home = casa prefabricada.
Example: Over 17 million people in the U.S. live in manufactured homes.» maternity home = casa de maternidad.
Example: For example, an unwed woman who fears she is pregnant may have appointments made with an attorney in a legal assistance society and conselors in abortion clinics or maternity homes.» mobile home = casa móvil, caravana fija, casa remolque.
Example: The cost of buying the home itself, combined with the cost of renting the site, most often makes even mobile homes less than affordable without a subsidy.» mobile home park = zona para casas móviles.
Example: Mobile home parks originally became popular among laborers flocking to urban areas for war-related employment during World War II.» motorhome [motor home] = autocaravana.
Example: The case of an arson fire that destroyed a house trailer and motorhome in Forestburg has been finally cracked.» move away from + home = irse de casa, independizarse de la familia.
Example: Going to university for the first time can be a daunting prospect, what with moving away from home and meeting a whole new set of friends.» move + home = cambiarse de casa, mudarse de casa.
Example: We know moving home can be stressful, which is why we have a dedicated team who are here to make things run as smooth as possible.» nursing home = residencia de ancianos.
Example: The library may circulate materials at off-site outlets such as shopping malls, community facilities, nursing homes, jails, and so forth.» old people's home = residencia de ancianos, asilo de ancianos, hogar de ancianos.
Example: If you add to this other access points, such as collections housed in old people's homes or day centres, prisons, hospitals, youth clubs, playgroups etc the coverage is vast.» homelover = persona muy hogareña, persona muy casera.
Example: For me, as such a homelover, having a peaceful and warm home is more important than anything else.» on + Posesivo + way (back) home = de vuelta a casa, de regreso a casa, de camino de vuelta a casa.
Example: She was on her way back home after a double shift at work when the crash happened.» on + Posesivo + way home = de camino a casa.
Example: A 15-year-old girl was mowed down on her way home from school by a driver speeding away from police in a stolen car.» on the way (back) home = de vuelta a casa, de camino a casa, en dirección a casa.
Example: A pensioner who carried around her life savings because she was afraid of being burgled was mugged on the way home from a casino.» on the way (back) home from work = de vuelta a casa del trabajo.
Example: On the way home from work me and five other cars were hit by a breakdown lorry coming down the hill whose brakes had stopped working.» orphan home = orfanato, orfelinato.
Example: Many New York citizens blamed the street arabs for crime and violence in the city and wanted them placed in orphan homes or prisons.» out-of-home = fuera de la casa, en la calle.
Example: Fighting among adolescents was tested for association with alcohol/drug use & out-of-home activities without adult control (such as 'hanging out' on the streets).» Posesivo + childhood home = la casa de + Posesivo + infancia.
Example: When the bottom fell out of the market, the couple were forced to move back into Gina's childhood home, which, after the inconveniently-timed death of her mother, no one would buy.» private home = casa particular.
Example: Private homes and public buildings had fallout shelters that were stocked with canned goods and other necessities.» provide + a home = ofrecer refugio, ofrecer cobijo, refugiar, cobijar.
Example: The Ndzevane Refugee Settlement in south eastern Swaziland provides a home to Swazis displaced from South Africa and those fleeing the RENAMO terrorists in Mozambique.» repossess + Posesivo + home = embargar la casa de Alguien.
Example: Regardless of the reason, the borrower must take action quickly or the lender will end up repossessing their home.» residential care home = residencia asistida.
Example: The mobiles serve over 300 residential care homes, nursing homes, sheltered accommodation and day centres across the county.» residential home = residencia de ancianos.
Example: In Feb 92 Sutton launched a mobile library service for older and disabled people living in sheltered housing, residential homes or attending a day care centre.» rest home = residencia de ancianos.
Example: Naidex is an international exhibition of equipment and services for disabled and elderly people, nursing and rest homes.» return + home = volver a casa, regresar a casa.
Example: The relief driver on board a coach which crashed and burst into flames in France has returned home to his family.» romp + home = ganar sobradamente, ganar de forma aplastante, ganar de forma abrumadora, ganar cómodamente, ganar fácilmente, ganar sin ninguna dificultad, vencer fácilmente, ganar de sobra, ganar de calle, llevarse de calle.
Example: With an impressive 32,614 votes, she romped home with a majority of over 25,000 votes compared to her nearest competitor.» second home = segunda casa.
Example: In recent decades tourism has vastly increased in the area and many once empty houses have been restored as second or holiday homes.» shelter home = centro de acogida, casa de acogida.
Example: Many elderly people residing in publicly-funded shelter homes are underweight and may be at risk of undernutrition.» show home = casa piloto, piso piloto.
Example: Viewing show homes is becoming a popular way for people to keep up with the latest trends and seek inspiration for their own homes.» stately home = mansión, casa solariega, casa señorial.
Example: Librarians are no strangers to the use of mobile vans as a means of taking books to scattered rural communities, even individual farms and stately homes.» stay-at-home = persona que no se sale del lugar donde vive.
Example: The same person cannot be both a man and a woman, a saint and a sinner, a stay-at-home and an explorer, an ancient Roman and a modern Russian.» stay at + home = quedarse en casa.
Example: More than a third of working mothers would like to give up their jobs and stay at home with their children.» step out of + the front door of + Posesivo + home = salir de + Posesivo + casa, salir por la entrada principal de la casa.
Example: A young mum had to call firefighters after stepping out of the front door of her home briefly and then realising she had locked herself out with her baby still sleeping inside.» strike + home = dar en el clavo, dar en el blanco, dar en la diana, hacer diana, poner el dedo en la llaga, darse cuenta, atinar, acertar.
Example: Among many observations in this widely bruited report, one in particular struck home: fewer books had been translated into Arabic in a millennium than were translated into Spanish in a year.» students' home = residencia de estudiantes.
Example: A simple PC connection to a place outside the library (e.g. in a students' home) is not counted as an external sercive point.» subliterate home = familia casi analfabeta.
Example: There is, however, no reason to despair of schools having an influence on children from subliterate and illiterate homes.» take + Nombre + home = llevarse a casa.
Example: She has no faith in doctors, blames his paralysis on black magic and wishes to take him home so the curse can be lifted by faqirs.» terrace(d) home = casa adosada, chalet pareado.
Example: A study centre has recently been developed in one of Hove's terrace homes.» the chickens come home to roost = cría cuervos y te sacarán los ojos; el que la hace, la paga; donde las dan, las toman; cosechas lo que siembras; el mundo da muchas vueltas; siembra vientos y recogerás tempestades; aquellos polvos traen estos lodos. [Derivado de la expresión original "Curses, like chickens, come home to roost"]
Example: These particular chickens do come home to roost = Derivado de la expresión original "Curses, like chickens, come home to roost".» there's no place like home = como en casa no se está en ningún sitio.
Example: The article 'There's no place like home: the Web, the World, and you' discusses what home pages could include, how to maintain them, and possible future styles.» until/till the cows come home = hasta que las ranas críen pelos, hasta el final de los tiempos, hasta el día del juicio final, hasta que + Pronombre + dar + las uvas.
Example: I put you on notice that you may argue till the cows come home about Jabari having blood on his hands, but the plain truth in this case is that Jabari and Hamas were honoring the ceasefire.» vacation home = casa de vacaciones.
Example: As a first time vacation home renter, the experience was like home away from home.» VHS (Video Home System) = VHS (Sistema de Vídeo Familiar).
Example: The video playback units are all Betamax format because it is felt that the picture quality is far superior to VHS (Video Home System) and other formats.» work away from + home = trabajar fuera de casa.
Example: Aside from just being able to get out of the house, there are a number of other reasons why working away from home from time to time is a great idea.» work from + home = trabajar desde casa, trabajar a distancia.
Example: In fact, there are more scams than real work from home opportunities.home2 = nacional.
Example: Exports of school texts seem to do well, with a total contribution of 7.34 per cent to total turnover compared to 9.21 per cent from the home sales.more:
» at home = en nuestro país.
Example: The market for children's books is much greater at home (6.87 per cent of turnover) than abroad, where it is only 2.» back home = ciudad natal, país natal.
Example: Having entered the next state and a highway off the turnpike, he was amazed by the extraordinary flatness of the land, especially in contrast to the hilly terrain he had grown up with back home.» home market = mercado nacional.
Example: Publishers in the United Stated benefit from a larger home market which serves to sustain the production of an information tool.» Home Office, the = Ministerio del Interior, el. [Expresión usualmente acompañada del artículo]
Example: Funding for advice centres can originate from any one of four government departments: the Department of Trade, the Home Office, the Lord Chancellor's Office and the Department of the Environment.» Home Secretary = Ministro del Interior.
Example: Home Secretary David Blunkett says an 'airy fairy, libertarian' view of the world is no good for fighting terrorism.home3
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» home in on = centrarse en, dedicarse a.
Example: This article discusses the organisations that develop standards in information management and homes in on the US national bodies central to many of the international standards.