Ancha in english
Wide
pronunciation: waɪd part of speech: adjective
pronunciation: waɪd part of speech: adjective
In gestures
ancho = broad ; loose fitting ; wide ; baggy ; saggy .
Example: In 'upper town' streets are broad, quiet, and tree-shaded; the homes are tall and heavy and look like battleships, each anchored in its private sea of grass.Example: Documents should be kept in acid free boxes with loose fitting tops on shelves preferably made from baked enamel steel.Example: Located in an isolated section of the Southwest, Los Pasos sits under the brassy sun on a wide plain below a low range of hills.Example: After he returned from the outing, students were complaining that he was wearing the same baggy pants, minus boxers and with zipper undone.Example: The most overlooked secret to perfect skin is avoiding conditions that lead to wrinkling, age spots, saggy skin and in general all around skin damage.more:
» a lo ancho = crosswise ; crossways .
Example: Peel onions, halve lengthways and slice very thinly crosswise. Example: The best way to eat starfruit is to slice it crossways first so you get star shapes.» a lo largo y ancho del país = countrywide [country-wide] [Adverbio] .
Example: Countrywide there are many examples of local and regional cooperation among other universities and higher education institutions generally.» a lo largo y ancho de + Lugar = up and down + Lugar .
Example: The Institute has a very small paid staff and a very large supporting cast of people up and down the country who serve it for the experience they gain from it.» ancho de banda = bandwidth .
Example: Digital transmission is therefore more profligate in its use of bandwidth for the same information.» ancho de caderas = pear-shaped ; wide-hipped .
Example: Pear-shaped bodies carry their extra weight below the waistline, and do not seem to have as high a risk of developing health problems like diabetes, heart disease, stroke, high blood pressure. Example: Our sense of beauty serves an evolutionary function: it helps us choose the best mates -- the wide-hipped woman best suited to bearing children, or the broad-shouldered hunk of a man who could protect and provide.» ancho de espaldas = broad-shouldered .
Example: Our sense of beauty serves an evolutionary function: it helps us choose the best mates -- the wide-hipped woman best suited to bearing children, or the broad-shouldered hunk of a man who could protect and provide.» anchos de diferentes tamaños = graded widths .
Example: The plastic sleeving material can be purchased either in continuous rolls of varying widths from which lengths can be cut or in flat sleeves of graded widths which are ready for use without cutting.» banda ancha = broadband ; wide-band .
Example: Information transmission will be improved by ISDN, broadband communication and satellites. Example: The terms 'narrow-band' and 'wide-band' are ill-defined but they are usually taken to describe bandwidths below and above the telephone circuit bandwidth of 3500 Hz.» cinta adhesiva ancha para libros = book tape .
Example: Many extra circulations can be gotten from the judicious application of transparent book tape, staples, and other emergency repairs = Se pueden conseguir muchos más préstamos de cualquier tebeo reparándolo con cinta adhesiva ancha transparente especial para libros, grapas y otras arreglos de emergencia.» cinta ancha adhesiva plateada = duct tape .
Example: Materials needed for this procedure are duct tape and a single-edge razor blade.» corbata ancha de colorines = kipper tie .
Example: Goatee beards, sideburns, kipper ties and flares are the things that we will look back on and remind us of our youth.» de caderas anchas = wide-hipped .
Example: Our sense of beauty serves an evolutionary function: it helps us choose the best mates -- the wide-hipped woman best suited to bearing children, or the broad-shouldered hunk of a man who could protect and provide.» de espaldas anchas = broad-shouldered .
Example: Our sense of beauty serves an evolutionary function: it helps us choose the best mates -- the wide-hipped woman best suited to bearing children, or the broad-shouldered hunk of a man who could protect and provide.» hacer más ancho = make + Nombre + wider .
Example: After the bark has been beaten to make it wider and longer, it is hung out to dry.» meter de ancho = take in [Usado principalmente para la ropa] .
Example: Don't worry about it being too loose around your waist, have a someone take the shirt in where it is too baggy.» Número + de ancho = Número + wide .
Example: Newsprint machines, on the other hand, have grown ever larger and faster, and there are newsprint Fourdriniers working today which can eject a web 1,000 cm. wide at speeds of up to 1,000 metres per minute (which is 60 k.p.h.).» pantalla ancha = widescreen .
Example: All of the games designed for a screen that has a standard aspect ratio seem to be ruined when played on a widescreen.» pantalones anchos = baggy pants .
Example: Good heavens, if American culture isn't about wearing baggy pants, baseball caps and talking like a rube, what is it all about then?.» sombrero de alas anchas = broad-brimmed hat .
Example: The men who rushed to California soon adopted a unique uniform of broad-brimmed hats, flannel shirts, coarse trousers cinched with a leather belt, and tall boots.» tener manga ancha con = be too lenient with .
Example: The reason violent crime continues to plague us is that our criminal justice system is far too lenient with criminals.