Cielo in english

Sky

pronunciation: skaɪ part of speech: noun

In gestures

cielo¹ = sky [skies, -pl.].

Example: She lingered there a moment and watched the cars move on the highway with a hushing swiftness against the cold gray sky.

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» azul cielo = sky blue .

Example: Her love of nostalgia is apparent in the decoration -- the walls are bright pistachio green and sky blue.

» cielo amenazador = threatening skies .

Example: Despite threatening skies and warm temperatures, the 20th annual Festival in Sycamore enjoyed record success.

» cielo + amenazar + lluvia = sky + look + menacing .

Example: The sky looks menacing, as it gets ready to dump another layer of snow to blanket the ground.

» cielo azul = blue sky .

Example: A perfect day almost always involves two things -- a blue sky and plenty of smiles.

» cielo azulado = blue sky .

Example: A perfect day almost always involves two things -- a blue sky and plenty of smiles.

» cielo de la boca, el = roof of the mouth, the .

Example: The roof of the mouth (palate) is divided into two parts. The front part has ridges and is hard (hard palate); the back part is relatively smooth and soft (soft palate) .

» cielo despejado = cloudless sky ; clear sky .

Example: An example is a picture of an aircraft moving from right to left across a cloudless sky.

Example: The day dawned with clear skies and a slight breeze.

» cielo encapotado = overcast sky .

Example: It's brass monkey weather here at the moment, but at least the sun is shining on the snow and ice, and we have no overcast skies and rain.

» cielo estrellado = starry sky .

Example: The third heaven is not the sky, for Genesis reveals that the empyrean heaven was created on the first day, and the starry skies not till the second.

» cielo gris = grey sky .

Example: By Friday night the weather turned for the worst as the hot spell gave way to strong winds and a heavy grey sky.

» cielo nocturno = night sky .

Example: That means that over the next week and a half, we're expected to see frequent fireballs -- extremely bright meteors -- lighting up the night sky.

» cielo nublado = overcast sky .

Example: It's brass monkey weather here at the moment, but at least the sun is shining on the snow and ice, and we have no overcast skies and rain.

» cielo raso = cloudless sky .

Example: An example is a picture of an aircraft moving from right to left across a cloudless sky.

» cielo soleado = sunny sky .

Example: The current forecast for Sunday's race is clear and sunny skies with periodic clouds.

» el cielo rojo al atardecer augura buen tiempo, el cielo rojo al amanecer augura mal tiempo = red sky at night, (shepherd/sailor)'s delight, red sky in the morning, (shepherd/sailor)'s warning [En inglés británico se utiliza shepherd y en americano sailor] .

Example: The old adage of 'red sky at night, shepherd's delight, red sky in the morning, shepherd's warning', has bearing only in the Northern Hemisphere.

» mirar al cielo = look up to + the sky .

Example: Not too long ago, when the work week came to an end, a large segment of the population who worked hard all week looked up to the sky, exclaimed 'Thank God It's Friday', and promptly headed for the neighborhood bar.

» mover cielo y tierra = move + heaven and earth .

Example: I say in the interests of the club and its supporters, Phil Gartside should swallow his pride and move heaven and earth to get Sam back here.

» poner el grito en el cielo = be (all) up in arms ; kick up + a stink ; kick up + a fuss ; blow + Posesivo + top ; make + a row ; make + a ruckus ; kick up + a row ; blow + Posesivo + lid ; blow + Posesivo + stack ; scream + blue murder ; froth at + the mouth ; shout + blue murder ; be in full cry (over) ; foam at + the mouth ; hit + the roof ; kick up + a storm ; hit + the ceiling ; go through + the roof ; go through + the ceiling ; raise + the roof ; shout + bloody murder ; scream + bloody murder ; make + a big deal about ; make + a to-do ; raise + a ruckus .

Example: And everyone who reads, writes, sings, does research, or teaches should be up in arms but the real question is why so few people are complaining.

Example: Encouraging an interest in maths among grown-ups is fine and dandy, but kicking up a stink about the lack of maths teachers is far more important.

Example: If the cafe say it's butter and it's marge they could be in trouble if anyone cared to kick up a fuss.

Example: Yoga is better for people who are always blowing their top and who are therefore prone to high blood pressure.

Example: Some people have a neurotic, exaggerated sense of self-importance and will nitpick and make a row over just everything in every shop or restaurant.

Example: At most summer camps, children shriek, laugh and generally make a ruckus.

Example: The environmentalists have now kicked up a row over the cutting of trees along the Palace Road charging that the work was illegal.

Example: Of course her initial reaction was to blow her lid, but she didn't -- instead she took the high road and simply just left.

Example: She really blew her stack as she stomped out of the sales manager's office talking to herself.

Example: She hates water for some reason, and whenever we go to put her togs on, she screams blue murder, and it is a 15 minute struggle to get her togs on.

Example: This luxurious hotel was not a likely setting for union leaders to froth at the mouth over government cutbacks.

Example: There are more religously motivated killings in America than what you have in Nigeria and yet nobody is shouting blue murder.

Example: The left, meanwhile, is in full cry over the commission's allegedly draconian cuts in Social Security benefits.

Example: All of Washington is foaming at the mouth over the prospect of more pork-barrel spending.

Example: When she heard that, she hit the roof -- and she was still hitting the roof about it almost fifty years after it had happened.

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.

Example: It is by no means certain that Congress will vote soon enough to increase the debt ceiling and some people, for good reason, are hitting the ceiling about that.

Example: Harry was out of the country when the contract was signed, and he went through the roof when he found out about it.

Example: I finally told him the night before I left, and he went through the ceiling, just as I expected him to.

Example: I understand he raised the roof when he read the report.

Example: I can picture Mr. Mukhtar in the stands on a cold winter's afternoon, beer in hand, wearing his scarf, shouting bloody murder.

Example: Within ten minutes, the child suddenly woke up out of her semi-comatose state, stood up in the crib and started screaming bloody murder.

Example: He's the type of person who gets frustrated and makes a big deal about taking the wrong exit on the freeway or has a short fuse when something doesn't get done exactly the way he wants it.

Example: She must be mad to make a to-do about such trifling matters.

Example: Here's to a night of endless shenanigans, raising a ruckus, and any other tomfoolery we can get into.

» recorrer cielo y tierra = travel + far and wide .

Example: But some folks will still travel far and wide to pick up that perfect pet.

» regalo llovido del cielo = boon .

Example: Originally the advent of on-line interactive searches was hailed by some as a boon to users who could henceforward conduct their own searches.

» remover (el) cielo y (la) tierra = hunt + high and low ; look + high and low ; leave + no stone unturned ; move + heaven and earth ; search + high and low ; search + high and wide .

Example: They hunted high and low, even examining the waste-paper baskets, but to no avail.

Example: They went backstage and looked high and low for Andre, but he was gone.

Example: In out search for Mom's wedding ring, we left no stone unturned.

Example: I say in the interests of the club and its supporters, Phil Gartside should swallow his pride and move heaven and earth to get Sam back here.

Example: After searching high and low I found a company with one of the cheapest prices.

Example: I've been searching high and wide for this without any luck.

cielo² = heaven.

Example: His eyes lift up to heaven, the best of books in his hand.

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» bendición del cielo = gift from God .

Example: And in his still beating heart, he knew that his recovery was a miracle: a gift from God, a stroke of luck.

» caído del cielo = heaven-sent ; God-given .

Example: He was heaven sent for me and I'll always be grateful that he helped us the way he did.

Example: A winner is someone who recognizes his God-given talents, works his tail off to develop them into skills, and uses these skills to accomplish his goals.

» cielo, el = heavens, the [Expresión usualmente acompañada del artículo] .

Example: Standing in the early morning on the balcony of her apartment, she was smote as she always was by the grandeur of the sky turning to scarlet as the rim of darkness in the east released the sun for its sluggish trek through the heavens.

» cielo en la tierra, el = heaven on earth .

Example: Eden was supposed to be like heaven on earth, and Adam and Eve and their descendants were meant to live forever.

» ¡Cielos! = Good heavens! .

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?.

» ¡Cielo Santo! = Good heavens! .

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?.

» clamar al cielo = be an absolute outrage .

Example: I cannot believe the total disregard to the public interest that we have seen here this afternoon, it is an absolute outrage.

» ¡el Cielo nos guarde! = heaven forbid ; God forbid! .

Example: As far as Hernandez could determine, no one dared to approach him with suggestions for needed changes in library policy or procedure or, heaven forbid, in his personal management style.

Example: Disability can affect us all and God forbid you have an accident or something and become disabled ... How would you feel?.

» estar en el séptimo cielo = be on cloud nine ; float on + air ; walk on + air ; tread on + air ; be in seventh heaven .

Example: The author hypothesized that schizophrenia patients would show impaired idiom processing for literally plausible idioms (e.g., kick the bucket) but not for literally implausible idioms (e.g., be on cloud nine).

Example: She felt the rush of adrenaline and sense of floating on air as the plane lifted off for a tour over the harbor.

Example: She is 'walking on air' after grabbing the limelight by flaunting her fabulous new figure.

Example: Who is this young woman who goes out stealthily like this, and meets a young man, and comes back feeling as if she had been treading on air?.

Example: The salary was barely enough to get by, but I was in seventh heaven: at long last, I had the opportunity to do scientific research.

» ir al cielo = go to + heaven .

Example: When most religious people die, they would like to go to heaven and be in paradise.

» írsele a Alguien el santo al cielo = lose + Posesivo + train of thought .

Example: She was so shocked by the man's response that she lost her train of thought.

» írsele a Uno el santo al cielo = lose + track of time ; it + go + right/straight out of + Posesivo + mind ; lose + all notion of time ; lose + all sense of time .

Example: eBay is the absolute easiest way to lose track of time and the world going on around you.

Example: I should have answered the letter yesterday, but it went right out of my mind.

Example: Deep meditation can also make us lose all notion of time because our mental activity is situated on the subconscious level.

Example: Once there, however, the three men abandon themselves to an orgy of slaughter, so caught up in killing buffalo that they lose all sense of time.

» llamar a las puertas del cielo = knock on + heaven's door .

Example: After knocking on heaven's door, cemeteries are the keepsakes of our abandoned shells.

» llovido del cielo = heaven-sent ; God-given .

Example: He was heaven sent for me and I'll always be grateful that he helped us the way he did.

Example: A winner is someone who recognizes his God-given talents, works his tail off to develop them into skills, and uses these skills to accomplish his goals.

» maná caído del cielo, el = manna from heaven .

Example: A brief selection of possible scientific explanations for a number of biblical miracles -- Noah's flood, the parting of the Red Sea, the burning bush, the ten plagues, manna from heaven, and the raising of Lazarus -- is provided = Se aporta una breve selección de posibles explicaciones científicas a numerosos milagros bíblicos: El diluvio de Noé, El paso del Mar Rojo, la zarza ardiente, las diez plagas, el maná del cielo y la resurrección de Lázaro.