Desierto in english
pronunciation: dezɜrt part of speech: noun
desierto1 = desert.
Example: The author points to the 900 or more airliners parked in the world's deserts as an example of the type of stranded investment that can arise when competition is taken too far.more:
» como el desierto = desert-like .
Example: Desertification is the diminution or destruction of the biological potential of the land, and can lead ultimately to desert-like conditions.» desierto interior de Australia, el = outback, the ; Australian outback, the .
Example: She was born in the outback of Australia where all people were powerless in the face of the vacillations of nature. Example: Worn, rusty and very, very rustic this old billycan is a little reminder of the Australian outback.» en el desierto = in the wilderness .
Example: Beckham is currently back in the starting line-up after a year in the wilderness under Steve McClaren and even skippered the side again on Sunday.» habitante del desierto = desert dweller .
Example: Residents will be forced to live as the earliest desert dwellers, without any of today's conveniences.» lluvia con polvo del desierto = blood rain [En el Reino Unido, lluvia que deja tras sí una capa fina de polvo rojo procedente del norte de Africa] .
Example: Weather gets even weirder as sun, snow and 'blood rain' predicted for the next few weeks.» parecido a un desierto = desert-like .
Example: Desertification is the diminution or destruction of the biological potential of the land, and can lead ultimately to desert-like conditions.» rata del desierto = desert rat .
Example: This area is visited only by desert rats, biologists, military personnel, and those desperate people willing to walk across as much as 60 miles of waterless trail.» rosa del desierto = desert rose [Nombre de planta y de formación cristalina encontrada típicamente en el desierto con forma de rosa] .
Example: The book is entitled 'Desert rose' = El libro se titula "Rosa del desierto".» ser como predicar en el desierto = fall (up)on + deaf ears ; meet + deaf ears .
Example: I realize that our pleas are no doubt continuing to fall on deaf ears at Thomson. Example: The same argument on the part of librarians met deaf ears.» un grano de arena en el desierto = a drop in the ocean ; a drop of water in a bucket .
Example: The article 'Shipboard libraries: a drop in the ocean?' stresses the importance of shipboard libraries to present-day crews. Example: Now, I do not know, if this particular information is correct, but a million people seems lake a drop of water in the bucket for Chinese.desierto2 = deserted ; uninhabited.
Example: The best sequence in the movie takes place at a deserted train station where the children play hide and seek amongst the abandoned train cars.Example: This long, rugged island, cloaked in rainforest and fringed with biodiverse reefs, is the largest uninhabited tropical island in the Southern Hemisphere.more:
» calle desierta = deserted street .
Example: Never walk unaccompanied at night in poorly-lit streets or along deserted streets.» isla desierta = deserted island ; desert island ; uninhabited island .
Example: Gilligan, Skipper and the rest of the crew were finally rescued fifteen years after shipwrecking on a mysterious deserted island. Example: The article carries the title 'Accessing medical information from a desert island with telephone service: how to get and organize the information you need to practice most effectively'. Example: The theme of being stranded on an uninhabited island has inspired many films and novels.» quedarse abandonado en una isla desierta = be stranded on an inhabited island ; be cast away on a deserted island .
Example: The theme of being stranded on an uninhabited island has inspired many films and novels. Example: Robinson Crusoe tells the story of a man who is cast away on a deserted island and spends twenty-eight years there until rescued.