Street in spanish
pronunciation: kɑje part of speech: noun
street = calle.
Example: Peter was trying to convince himself that it wasn't his fault as he navigated the glistening slippery streets.more:
» across the street = al otro lado de la calle, en la acera de enfrente.
Example: Just across the street from the terminal building, the parkade offers the perfect spot for business passengers or those who simply prefer the convenience of being close to the airport.» at street level = a nivel de calle, a pie de calle.
Example: At street level we find the shop window where we enjoy a sample of what can be found inside.» back-street = clandestino, ilegal, de los barrios pobres.
Example: Women should be free to have legal abortions so that they are not 'forced' to go to 'back-street' abortionists.» be (right) up + Posesivo + street = ser lo que a Uno le gusta, ser lo que a Uno le encanta, ser lo que a Uno le interesa, venir de perilla, venir de maravilla, venir de perlas, ser justo lo que Uno necesita, ser ideal para Uno, venir como anillo al dedo, ser lo que a Uno le va, ser lo de Uno, venir a(l) pelo, venir como agua de mayo.
Example: She is known to be a good talker and listener so this role is right up her street.» city street = calle de la ciudad.
Example: He has became the third athlete to successfully defend their title after a runaway victory around a loop course in the city streets of Daegu.» cobblestone street = calle adoquinada, calle empedrada.
Example: Oxford is a magical place with winding cobblestone streets, historic buildings, and countless nooks and crannies.» cross street = transversal, calle transversal.
Example: It will be incumbent upon you to give the exact location -- address and nearest cross street -- in order for the police to find the incident location.» cross + the street = cruzar la calle.
Example: Two researchers have created electronic goggles that help blind people cross streets safely.» dead end street = callejón sin salida, impás, punto muerto.
Example: The article is entitled 'The Internet: superhighways, virtual alleys and dead end streets'.» deserted street = calle desierta.
Example: Never walk unaccompanied at night in poorly-lit streets or along deserted streets.» fill + the streets = aglomerar las calles, abarrotar las calles, llenar las calles.
Example: More then 30,000 demonstrators filled the streets around the White House today chanting, 'Stop the US-Israeli war against Lebanon and Palestine'.» give onto + the street = dar a la calle.
Example: But in the country the processes of printing always provoke such lively curiosity that the customers preferred to go in by a glazed door set in the shop-front and giving onto the street.» go out into + the street = salir a la calle, echarse a la calle.
Example: You see, it's easy to sit here at a keyboard and call for revolution, but how about going out into the street and actually starting it?.» hang out on + the street = estar con amigos en la calle pasando el rato sin hacer nada.
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).» high street, the = calle principal, la. [Expresión usualmente acompañada del artículo]
Example: Most centres will be found in Town Halls, but a few have put on a more attractive image by being located in shop-front premises in the high street.» hit + the streets = lanzarse al mercado, salir a la calle, echarse a la calle.
Example: This highly anticipated follow-up album is due to hit the streets shortly, and not a minute too soon.» main street, the = calle principal, la; calle mayor, la. [Expresión usualmente acompañada del artículo]
Example: The vista of main street shows in addition to the jumble and squeeze of shops, a 12-story skyscraper, several impressive banks, and a few elderly housing units.» man in the street, the = hombre de la calle, el; hombre de a pie, el; simple ciudadano, el.
Example: But the man in the street wouldn't know them from Adam.» man-on-the-street = hombre de la calle, el; hombre de a pie, el; simple ciudadano, el.
Example: On December 8, 1941, Lomax sent a telegram urging folklorists around the United States to collect and record man-on-the-street reactions to the bombing of Pearl Harbor and the subsequent declaration of war by the United States.» no-way-out street = callejón sin salida.
Example: It sounds weird but in my short no-way-out street there are two wheelchairs parked permanently.» pedestrian street = calle peatonal.
Example: The market is designed as a long pedestrian street with shops on both sides.» pound + the streets = patear las calles, recorrer las calles, callejear. [Referido generalmente a la policía]
Example: Police Chief McMahon wants more officers pounding the streets.» pour into + the streets = aglomerar las calles, abarrotar las calles, llenar las calles.
Example: The quake was so intense that people poured into the streets through fear.» residential street = calle residencial.
Example: Road humps are placed only on residential streets with not more than two lanes and with a speed limit of 30 mph.» run into + the street = salir corriendo a la calle.
Example: She ran into the street stark naked, waving her arms wildly and screaming at the top of her voice, 'Stop, stop!'.» Sesame Street = Barrio Sésamo.
Example: The author briefly discusses some of the research findings of the US children's TV programme 'Sesame Street'.» shanty-lined street = calle llena de chabolas.
Example: New Delhi is all at once chaotic and calm, a complicated city where cows often wander the shanty-lined streets.» shopping street = calle de tiendas.
Example: In a typical city, there is only one leading shopping street.» side-street = callejón, transversal, calle transversal.
Example: To gain an idea of the fineness of detail necessary to produce the circuit elements on the chip, imagine a map of the British Isles showing sufficient detail to identify even the narrowest side-street in London.» spill (out) into + the streets = tirarse a la calle, echarse a la calle, salir a la calle en avalancha.
Example: Tens of thousands of immigrants spilled out into the streets in dozens of cities across the nation Monday in peaceful protests.» street accident = accidente en la calle.
Example: Such writing can spring off from things that happen in the local community such as robberies, things that happen in the local community: robberies, street accidents, big sports events, a strike and the like.» street arab = pillo, pilluelo, golfo, golfillo, granuja.
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.» street bully = matón callejero.
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.» streetcar = tranvía.
Example: The first streetcars were also pulled by horses but instead of riding along a regular street they rolled along special steel rails in the middle of the street.» street clothes = ropa de calle.
Example: Illustrated sources indicate that in the 18th Century women gave the same importance to change in their housedress, as they did to street clothes.» street corner = esquina de una calle.
Example: An aggressive approach is made to publicity, with posters and leaflets distributed widely, visits to local shops, post offices, doctors surgeries etc, to drum up business, and the use of volunteers to hand out leaflets at street corners = Se inicia una campaña de publicidad enérgica, distribuyendo de forma general folletos y pósteres, visitando las tiendas, oficinas de correos y consultorías médicas de la localidad, etc., para promocionar el negocio, además de utilizar voluntarios para distribuir prospectos por las esquinas de las calles.» street cred = imagen, reputación.
Example: Barack Hussein Obama has lost a lot of street cred with the country as of late, but maybe not in his world.» street credibility = imagen, reputación.
Example: These robbers carry out their vicious attacks for 'kicks' and street credibility rather than cash, a chilling study reveals.» street crime = delincuencia callejera, inseguridad ciudadana.
Example: Because most street crime is committed to obtain cash, elimination of cash will dramatically reduce crime.» street directory = directorio comercial por calles.
Example: The reference department contain quick reference material including street and trade directories, bus, train and air timetables, year-books, gazetteers, list of addresses, booklets, guide books, etc.» street dog = perro callejero, chucho.
Example: They tend to wash their hands at the kitchen sink, have street dogs and cats in their community, and had poor sewage disposal.» street fight = pelea callejera, riña callejera.
Example: The number of people so seriously injured in street fights that they need hospital treatment has increased by almost half.» street fighter = camorrista.
Example: Anyway, she's not a 'street fighter'; she seems to believe that if you treat people decently, they'll treat you decently.» street gamin = pillo, pilluelo, golfo, golfillo, granuja.
Example: On arrival in Algiers we were besieged by boot-blacks and street gamins whenever we stopped to inquire the way.» street gang = banda callejera.
Example: For millions of people around the world, street gangs are a way of life.» street harassment = acoso (sexual) en la calle.
Example: It's a myth that street harassment is just a bit of harmless fun.» street knowledge = picardía callejera.
Example: A contrast is made between academic knowledge (or theory) and street knowledge (or praxis).» street lamp = farola.
Example: To compare the performance of street lamps, the energy use of each lamp will have to assessed.» street-level = a nivel de calle, a pie de calle.
Example: A characteristic of 80% of those involved in street-level prostitution in the UK is the need to finance a serious drug habit.» street light = farola.
Example: To report problems with street lights, traffic lights, pedestrian crossings or illuminated bollards, please call our hotline.» street lighting = alumbrado público.
Example: Furthermore libraries simply are not as essential to the life of the community as better police protection, improved fire-fighting and public works equipment, increased street lighting, and the like.» street market = mercadillo, mercado al aire libre, mercadillo al aire libre, mercado ambulante.
Example: Street markets for fresh food, once the main source for the UK urban population, are now a minor contributor to overall sales.» street musician = músico callejero, perroflauta.
Example: I made a deal to be a full time street musician for a semesters worth of credit if I would write a paper about my experiences.» street/outdoor drinking gathering = botellón.
Example: We're not talking about a couple of people, many nights the street drinking gatherings number 40, 50, 60.» street performer = artista callejero, perroflauta.
Example: Going out into the world busking as a street performer can be a very rewarding experience.» street plan = plano de la ciudad.
Example: Large-scale maps and street plans of the locality and surrounding areas may be consulted, as may current traders' lists and catalogues.» street protest = manifestación, protesta popular.
Example: The Chinese seem to have gone off their rocker with the recent street protests against revisions of Japanese schoolbooks.» street row = fila de casas, hilera de casas.
Example: A man bled to death when he was impaled on a large shard of glass after throwing his girlfriend through a shop window in a street row.» street shoes = zapatos de calle.
Example: I had seen that he was wearing street shoes while they had given me sandals.» street-side = con terraza, en la calle.
Example: It's a rather arty hangout particularly with writers and theatrical types, who adore both the contemporary street-side cafe and the dining room further inside.» street slang = lenguaje de la calle.
Example: The author also displays a need to buff up on her mastery of today's street slang.» street-smart = curtido en la calle, criado en la calle.
Example: The street-smart kid's descent into crime and heroin addiction is now too familiar a story.» street sweeper = barrendero, barredora mecánica, barredera mecánica.
Example: The estimated likelihood of unpunctuality was higher with a street sweeper's job than with a manager's job.» street terrace = terraza, acera.
Example: What we found was a bar with a street terrace that wouldn't have been out of place in Paris.» street urchin = pillo, pilluelo, golfo, golfillo, granuja.
Example: The author examines Whistler's visits to the more squalid sections of the city, his views along the Thames and his portrayals of street urchins.» street vendor = vendedor ambulante, puesto ambulante.
Example: In a city were most families do not have a car, street vendors play an important role.» street violence = violencia callejera.
Example: The relationship between screen violence and street violence has been studied ever since the early days of television.» streetwalker = mujer de la vida, mujer de la calle, prostituta callejera, golfa.
Example: She ain't some streetwalker who gets schlonged by just anybody.» street watch = mirar a la gente que pasa.
Example: Other than sleeping, I enjoy wandering around aimlessly, street watching, and staring vacantly into space.» streetwise [street-wise] = espabilado, despabilado, pillo, astuto.
Example: And because it refuses to express itself in the kind of language we have to assume would be natural to Slake himself slangy, staccato, flip, street-wise we are forced into the position of observing him rather than feeling at one with him.» streetworthy = apto para circular.
Example: Her car needs some work to get it streetworthy, but nothing major.» take (to) + the streets = lanzarse a la calle, echarse a la calle.
Example: It won't be long before Singaporeans take to the streets in protest.» (the) word on the street is that = se dice que, corre el rumor de que, corre la voz de que, se rumorea que, circula el rumor de que, dicen las malas lenguas que, la gente dice que.
Example: Word on the street is that the hottest thing when it comes to fashion for men right now is pantyhose.» two-way street = vía de doble sentido.
Example: The problem is that a lot of people on the web don't seem to get the fact that the web is a two-way street.» walk down + the street = andar por la calle, bajar por la calle, pasar por la calle, pasear por la calle.
Example: A woman was walking down the street when she was accosted by a particularly dirty and shabby-looking homeless woman who asked her for a couple of dollars for dinner.» walk + the streets = callejear.
Example: That is not the case for the over 200000 homeless people in this country who are still walking the streets, looking for food and shelter.» walk + the streets of misery = vivir en la miseria, vivir en la pobreza.
Example: He will dwell in the church that is built by martyrs fighting for justice, by children starving of hunger, by mothers and fathers walking the streets of misery.» winding street = calle tortuosa, calle sinuosa.
Example: The volunteers were asked to follow the experimenter through the winding streets of a medieval town centre.» work + the streets = buscar trabajo en la calle, trabajar como prostituta en la calle.
Example: Study finds four-fifths of prostitutes don't work the streets.