Cuarenta in english
Forty
pronunciation: fɔrti part of speech: noun, adjective
pronunciation: fɔrti part of speech: noun, adjective
In gestures
cuarenta (40) = forty (40).
Example: SLIS differ in size from about eighty to 400 students with staff numbers of from six to forty plus, implying staff to student ratios of 1:8 to 1:18.more:
» andar por los cuarenta = be fortyish .
Example: The other woman was fortyish, overweight and had a face like a potato.» crisis de los cuarenta = mid-life crisis ; middle-age crisis ; middle-age blues .
Example: 'I hope this doesn't sound like an off-the-wall remark but have you ever heard of or read anything about the so called mid-life crisis?'. Example: The article is entitled 'The public library: middle-age crisis or old age?'. Example: The article is entitled 'Fighting the middle-age blues -- is the public library winning the battle?'.» cuarenta aproximadamente = fortyish .
Example: Seriously, will a story about a fortyish woman in love with a younger man sell?.» cuarenta y algo = forty something .
Example: At forty something, I face my days with even more push and drive than I did at twenty something.» cuarenta y tantos = forty odd ; forty something .
Example: You spend forty odd years wishing you didn't have to be up and out before 8am every morning -- so why do pensioners never lie in?. Example: At forty something, I face my days with even more push and drive than I did at twenty something.» edad entre los cuarenta y cincuenta = middle-age .
Example: I like the confidence that middle-age brings.» hasta el cuarenta de mayo no te quites el sayo = cast no clout till May is out .
Example: As she walked out of the library, he warned her 'cast no clout till May is out'.» los 40 principales = Top 40 singles chart .
Example: Billboard Top 40 singles chart data were examined to determine if the frequency distribution of artist productivity fits either of 2 laws of scattering.» mediados de los cuarenta = mid-forties .
Example: As far back as the mid-forties, scientists, some of national stature, became seriously concerned = Ya a mediados de los cuarenta, los científicos, algunos de prestigio nacional, estaban muy preocupados.