Cintura in english
pronunciation: weɪst part of speech: noun
cintura = waist ; waistline ; middle.
Example: Library staff and volunteers used power boats and struggled waist high in water to rescue books and files.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: The supermodel put her cleavage on show with a daring neckline that plunged right down to her middle.more:
» a la altura de la cintura = waist high ; waist deep .
Example: The shepherd led them across meadows where the warm, scented grass grew nearly waist high, toward the mighty waterfall. Example: More than a score or two of the young female members waded the stream that in places was waist deep.» cintura de avispa = wasp waist .
Example: Let us consider the wasp waist, beloved of the Victorians and in fashion up to the early years of this century.» con cintura de avispa = wasp-waisted .
Example: Elizabethan men would sometimes wear girdles, the equivalent of the female corset, to obtain the wasp-waisted look!.» desnudarse de la cintura para abajo = strip from + the waist downwards .
Example: Dope tests are usually done with the athletes stripped from the waist downwards and with the same sex officials in the room.» desnudarse de la cintura para arriba = strip from + the waist upwards .
Example: hI hate X-rays and scan cos they always make me strip from the waist upwards.» desvestirse de la cintura para abajo = strip from + the waist downwards .
Example: Dope tests are usually done with the athletes stripped from the waist downwards and with the same sex officials in the room.» desvestirse de la cintura para arriba = strip from + the waist upwards .
Example: hI hate X-rays and scan cos they always make me strip from the waist upwards.» estar unidos por la cintura = be joined at the hip .
Example: As twins joined at the hip at birth they were abandoned by their parents who could not afford the cost of surgery.» hasta la cintura = waist deep ; waist high ; waist length .
Example: More than a score or two of the young female members waded the stream that in places was waist deep. Example: The shepherd led them across meadows where the warm, scented grass grew nearly waist high, toward the mighty waterfall. Example: Since hair only grows an average of ½-inch per month, waist-length hair would require at least six years of growth.» que llega hasta la cintura = waist high ; waist deep ; waist length .
Example: The shepherd led them across meadows where the warm, scented grass grew nearly waist high, toward the mighty waterfall. Example: More than a score or two of the young female members waded the stream that in places was waist deep. Example: Since hair only grows an average of ½-inch per month, waist-length hair would require at least six years of growth.» quitarse la ropa de la cintura para abajo = strip from + the waist downwards .
Example: Dope tests are usually done with the athletes stripped from the waist downwards and with the same sex officials in the room.» quitarse la ropa de la cintura para arriba = strip from + the waist upwards .
Example: hI hate X-rays and scan cos they always make me strip from the waist upwards.