Revés in english
Reverse
pronunciation: rɪvɜrs part of speech: noun, verb, adjective
pronunciation: rɪvɜrs part of speech: noun, verb, adjective
In gestures
revés1 = back ; backhand drive ; backhand ; backhander.
Example: In addition, one must not forget such mundane matters as door bells (front and back), a closing bell, fire bells, security alarms and possibly others all of which must be noticeably different.Example: The forehand drive is stronger than the backhand drive due to the fact that the body is not in the way of the shot.Example: It is perfectly acceptable to hit the backhand with two hands.Example: Then he scored again with a backhander for his third goal this season.more:
» al revés = vice versa ; in reverse ; mirror-fashion ; wrong way round, the [Expresión usualmente acompañada del artículo] ; inside-out [Usado generalmente para una prenda de vestir que se lleva con la parte de dentro hacia fuera] ; the other way (a)round ; back to front [Usado generalmente para una prenda de vestir que se lleva con la parte de atrás por delante y viceversa] .
Example: Thus we all agree that one component of a building is a roof (and not vice versa!), and that chemistry is a branch of science. Example: The design for a woodcut, which was probably the work of a specialist other than the back cutter, was either drawn in reverse directly on to the block, or traced on to it from paper. Example: The composing stick contained a line of type which read (from his point of view) from left to right but of which the letters were upside down and mirror-fashion. Example: A blemish which looks like wrong imposition, but is not, occurred when the second forme of a sheet was laid on the press the wrong way round. Example: The article is entitled 'Inside-out: The shape of New Library'. Example: In France and Germany it was usual to lay 4 formes on the press the other way round. Example: He is approximately 20 years old and was wearing a black T-shirt, dark trousers and a baseball cap worn back to frontt.» del revés = inside-out [Usado generalmente para una prenda de vestir que se lleva con la parte de dentro hacia fuera] ; back to front [Usado generalmente para una prenda de vestir que se lleva con la parte de atrás por delante y viceversa] .
Example: The article is entitled 'Inside-out: The shape of New Library'. Example: He is approximately 20 years old and was wearing a black T-shirt, dark trousers and a baseball cap worn back to frontt.» el revés de la mano = the back of + Posesivo + hand .
Example: The woman downed it in one swig, wiped her mouth with the back of her hand, and sat down to play some cards.» golpe de revés = backhand drive [Usado generalmente en los juegos de raqueta] ; backhand [Usado generalmente en los juegos de raqueta] ; backhand stroke [Usado generalmente en los juegos de raqueta] ; backhand shot [Usado generalmente en los juegos de raqueta] ; backhander .
Example: The forehand drive is stronger than the backhand drive due to the fact that the body is not in the way of the shot. Example: It is perfectly acceptable to hit the backhand with two hands. Example: The coach can also teach the student both the two-handed backhand and the one-handed backhand strokes. Example: Anyone who plays badminton should be comfortable hitting both forehand shots and backhand shots. Example: Then he scored again with a backhander for his third goal this season.» poner al revés = upend .
Example: Religious freedom is in danger of being upended.» poner la casa al revés = turn + everything upside down .
Example: The offenders broke into rooms and systematically turned everything upside-down, throwing papers out of drawers and off shelves.» poner + Posesivo + vida del revés = turn + Posesivo + world upside-down .
Example: But that belief changed after she met Liang Jing Hao, a wisecracking guy who turned her world upside down.» volver Algo del revés = turn + Nombre + inside-out ; turn + Nombre + on its head .
Example: The article is entitled 'Umbrella in a hurricane: new winds of change may turn it inside-out'. Example: This interpretation turns Dewey's social critique on its head by re-enforcing the political status-quo.» volver la casa al revés = turn + everything upside down .
Example: The offenders broke into rooms and systematically turned everything upside-down, throwing papers out of drawers and off shelves.revés2 = setback ; blow ; reversal ; snafu ; swipe ; slap ; whammy.
Example: This article traces the beginning of library automation in Denmark, outlining the plans and setbacks which were experienced.Example: The Great War of 1914-18 was a heavy blow for the Bulletin, from which it never really recovered, and in the 1920s it gradually sank under its own weight, helped by a forced move from its previous quarters to make room for a trade fair.Example: Libraries are struggling to hold on and maintain quality in the face of adversity and reversal.Example: The article is entitled 'Thirty years on -- an age of snafu problems of coordinating libraries'.Example: In fact it is an exaltation of the Kyoto protocol and a thinly disguised swipe at those countries who have not signed up.Example: And actually a good slap is said to be statistically more likely to result in a child with agression and conduct problems, you may be interested to hear.Example: Just remember that alcohol and low blood sugars together are a real whammy for diabetics.more:
» dar un revés = deal + a blow ; give + Nombre + a blow ; strike + a blow ; slap ; slap in the face ; throw + Nombre + a curved ball .
Example: The Internet has dealt a blow to the librarian's comfortable role as an information gatekeeper at the centre of the information providing business. Example: It was as if she had been given a dizzying blow = Fue como si le hubieran dado un golpe y se hubiera mareado. Example: This ultimately resulted in a Supreme Court decision that supported the defendants, striking what the music industry claimed would be a 'mortal blow' to its livelihood. Example: Suddenly there was a loud 'whack-whack-whack' and I looked back to see the guide slapping the water with his fishing pole. Example: Today one of the nursing students was slapped in the face by a grumpy old man. Example: He couldn't understand why life had again dealt him a bad hand, threw him a curved ball -- why someone like her was now a mere name on a gravestone.» duro revés = cruel blow .
Example: Prisoners and detainees have been dealt a cruel blow by the delay of the opening of the new jail, prisoners' rights advocates say.» revés de la fortuna = reversal of fortune .
Example: The article 'A reversal of fortune' reports on 2 recent USA Supreme Court cases which have favoured the interests of copyright defendants over those of plaintiffs.» revés demoledor = shattering blow .
Example: The death of a loved one, no matter when and how it happens, is one of life's most shattering blows.» revés devastador = shattering blow .
Example: The death of a loved one, no matter when and how it happens, is one of life's most shattering blows.» revés fulminante = crushing blow .
Example: This was a crushing blow to European economies, which were already sinking into depression.» revés terrible = shattering blow .
Example: The death of a loved one, no matter when and how it happens, is one of life's most shattering blows.» sufrir un revés = take + an unfortunate turn ; take + a pounding ; take + a beating .
Example: If events take an unfortunate turn and a dismissal action must be initiated, the supervisor must make certain that the applicable personnel rules and procedures have been followed. Example: He took a pounding in the press after his first tax cut when a deep recession pushed unemployment to 10 percent. Example: Devastated by natural disasters and caught in the middle of the war on terror, Asia's economy took a beating in 2001.