Island in spanish
pronunciation: islɑ part of speech: noun
island = isla.
Example: The reading interests on Robinson's Crusoe island seem to be well defined though somewhat one-sided.more:
» be stranded on a desert island = quedarse abandonado en una isla desierta.
Example: In the context of being stranded upon a desert island, identifies 10 themes for reference works and selects a representative title for each theme.» be stranded on an inhabited island = quedarse abandonado en una isla desierta.
Example: The theme of being stranded on an uninhabited island has inspired many films and novels.» Canary Islands, the = Islas Canarias, las.
Example: Canaries are native to the Azores, the Canary Islands, and Madeira and were formerly used by miners to warn of dangerous gases.» Cape Verde Islands = Islas de Cabo Verde, República de las Islas de Cabo Verde.
Example: This is one of the few histories of the Cape Verde Islands to appear since their occupation by the Portuguese in 1460.» Caribbean islands, the = islas caribeñas, las; islas del Caribe, las.
Example: Some of the Caribbean islands with libraries with music collections include Aruba, Barbados, Bermuda, Cuba, Curaçao, Haiti, Jamaica, Martinique, Puerto Rico, and Trinidad.» be cast away on a deserted island = quedarse abandonado en una isla desierta.
Example: Robinson Crusoe tells the story of a man who is cast away on a deserted island and spends twenty-eight years there until rescued.» Cayman Islands, the = Islas Caimán, las.
Example: The Cayman Islands are safe, relaxing, tranquil and best of all, home to some of the friendliest people in the Caribbean.» desert island = isla desierta.
Example: The article carries the title 'Accessing medical information from a desert island with telephone service: how to get and organize the information you need to practice most effectively'.» Easter Island = Isla de Pascua.
Example: This volume contains abstracts and author/subject indexes for the scholarly articles in the journal specializing in the culture and prehistory of Easter Island.» Faroe Islands, the = Islas Fereo, las.
Example: This issue is devoted to public library legislation in Denmark including the Faroe Islands and Greenland.» inhabitant of the Canary Islands = canario.
Example: The sum of the evidence from the skeletal remains shows that the early inhabitants of the Canary Islands belonged to different ethnical groups.» island-hop = saltar de una isla a otra.
Example: The main ferry company provides a range of packages and tickets, thus enabling people either to focus on one area of exploration, or just island-hop.» island nation = estado isleño.
Example: Micronesia is comprised of seven island nations peopled by distinctly unique cultural groups.» kitchen island = isla de cocina.
Example: It's as if the life force itself emanates directly from the oven and swirls around the kitchen island.» Maltese Islands, the = Islas de Malta, las.
Example: This collection includes also works about the Maltese Islands and those written by Maltese nationals but published abroad.» mysterious island = isla misteriosa.
Example: The mission of the game is to play the role of some castaway washed onto a mysterious island.» native of the Canary Islands = canario.
Example: Strangely enough, in 1434 Pope Eugene IV's papal bull established a complete prohibition on selling the natives of the Canary Islands into slavery.» no man is an island = el hombre no es una isla.
Example: No man is an island entire of itself; every man is a piece of the continent, a part of the main.» paradise island = isla paradisiaca.
Example: Many of Africa's paradise islands are effectively still undiscovered.» Prince Edward Island = Isla del Príncipe Eduardo.
Example: This study considers what qualifications are needed to be certified as a teacher librarian in the following Canadian provinces: Newfoundland, Prince Edward Island, New Brunswick, and British Columbia.» Reunion Island = Isla de Reunión.
Example: At 4:30 in the afternoon on Reunion Island last week tragedy struck when a bodysurfer was viciously attacked by a shark 20 yards from the shoreline = A las 4:30 de la tarde de la semana pasada en la Isla de Reunión ocurrió una tragedia cuando un tiburón atacó brutalmente a un bodysurfista a 20 metros de la costa.» Solomon Islands, the = Islas Salomón, las.
Example: About a quarter of the Melanesian population in the Solomon Islands archipelago has an extremely unusual trait -- dark skin and blonde hair.» spice island = isla de las especias.
Example: The spice island of Zanzibar is home to some of the best big game and deep sea fishing opportunities in the Indian Ocean.» traffic island = rotonda, isleta de tráfico, glorieta de tráfico.
Example: According to Lance Armstrong, whoever invented roundabouts and traffic islands must have hated bike racing = Según Lance Armstrong, quienquiera que haya inventado las rotondas e isletas de tráfico debe haber odiado las carreras de ciclismo.» Treasure Island = La Isla del Tesoro. [Novela]
Example: One of the exercises was to list all the unfamiliar words found in 'Treasure Island'.» tropical island = isla tropical.
Example: French explorer and adventurer Xavier Rosset is about to embark on a 300 day trip to live alone on a remote tropical island in the South Pacific.» uninhabited island = isla deshabitada, isla desierta.
Example: The theme of being stranded on an uninhabited island has inspired many films and novels.» Virgin Islands, the = Islas Vírgenes, las.
Example: The author describes the damage done to the University of the Virgin Islands library on the Caribbean island of St Thomas on 15 Sep 95 by Hurricane Marilyn.» volcanic island = isla volcánica.
Example: The weather cleared enough that we could get in to the volcanic islands (still spouting plumes of smoke) by copter in safety.» vote + Nombre + off the island = echar por votación, eliminar por votación.
Example: Psychologist have found that unselfish workers who are the first to throw their hat in the ring are also among those that coworkers most want to, in effect, vote off the island.