post room in the Oxford Spanish Dictionary

Translations for post room in the English»Spanish Dictionary

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I.room [Am rum, rʊm, Brit ruːm, rʊm] N

1. room C:

room (in house, building)
habitación f
room (in house, building)
pieza f esp LatAm
room (bedroom)
habitación f
room (bedroom)
dormitorio m
room (bedroom)
cuarto m
room (bedroom)
pieza f esp LatAm
room (bedroom)
recámara f esp Mex
a two-/four-room house
una casa de dos/de cuatro habitaciones
a two-/four-room house
una casa de dos/de cuatro ambientes CSur
we'll hire a room for the meeting/reception
alquilaremos una sala para la reunión/recepción
single/double room
habitación individual/doble
the smallest room (in the house) euph, hum
el (cuarto de) baño
rooms to hire or for rent or Brit also to let
se alquilan habitaciones
room and board
pensión f completa

2. room U (space):

room
espacio m
room
lugar m
room
sitio m
there's room for one more
cabe uno más
there's room for one more
hay espacio or sitio or lugar para uno más
there's no room for anything else
no cabe nada más
there's no room for anything else
no hay sitio or lugar or espacio para nada más
they made room for me
me hicieron sitio
this table takes up too much room
esta mesa ocupa demasiado espacio or lugar
there's still room for improvement
todavía se puede mejorar
she's improved a lot — there was room!
ha mejorado mucho — ¡y buena falta le hacía!
there is no room for delay/error
uno no puede atrasarse/equivocarse
there is no room for delay/error
no hay ningún margen para retrasos/errores
I need room to breathe
necesito mi espacio vital

II.room [Am rum, rʊm, Brit ruːm, rʊm] VB intr

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See also cat2, cat1

cat → catalog or catalogue

1.1. cat (domestic animal):

cat
gato m / gata f
has the cat got your tongue? inf
¿te comieron la lengua los ratones? inf
has the cat got your tongue? inf
¿te ha comido la lengua el gato? Spain
he thinks he's the cat's whiskers or pajamas
se cree el súmmum
look what the cat's brought or dragged in! inf
¡hombre, mira quién viene por aquí!
you look like something the cat dragged in
¡parece que vinieras de la guerra!
not to have a cat in hell's chance Brit inf
no tener la más mínima posibilidad
there's not enough or no room to swing a cat inf
no cabe ni un alfiler inf
to be like a cat on hot bricks or on a hot tin roof
estar sobre ascuas
to fight like cat and dog
andar como (el) perro y (el) gato
those two are like cat and dog
esos dos se llevan or están siempre como el perro y el gato
to grin like a Cheshire cat
sonreír de oreja a oreja
to let the cat out of the bag
descubrir el pastel
to let the cat out of the bag
levantar la liebre
to let the cat out of the bag
levantar la perdiz RioPl
to play cat and mouse (with sb)
jugar al gato y al ratón (con alguien)
to rain cats and dogs
llover a cántaros or a mares
to see which way the cat jumps
ver por dónde van los tiros
to set or put the cat among the pigeons
levantar un revuelo
when the cat's away the mice will play
cuando el gato duerme, bailan los ratones
a cat may look at a king
los ojos son para mirar
a cat may look at a king
con mirar no se desgasta

3. cat inf → caterpillar

I.post1 [Am poʊst, Brit pəʊst] N U

II.post1 [Am poʊst, Brit pəʊst] VB trans

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I.post2 [Am poʊst, Brit pəʊst] N

1. post U (mail):

post esp Brit
correo m
to send sth by post or through the post
mandar or enviar algo por correo
by return of post
a vuelta de correo
by separate post
en sobre aparte or por separado
first class post
correo de entrega más rápida
it must have got lost in the post
se ha debido perder en el correo
to drop sth in the post
echar algo al correo or al buzón
it's in the post
ya ha sido enviado or está en camino
this came for you in the post
te llegó esto en el correo or por correo
was there any post this morning?
¿llegó alguna carta esta mañana?
the first/second post (collection)
la primera/segunda recogida
the first/second post (delivery)
el primer/segundo reparto
to catch/miss the post
llegar a/perder la recogida

II.post2 [Am poʊst, Brit pəʊst] VB trans

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I.post3 [Am poʊst, Brit pəʊst] N

II.post3 [Am poʊst, Brit pəʊst] VB trans

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post room in the PONS Dictionary

Translations for post room in the English»Spanish Dictionary

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I.post1 [pəʊst, Am poʊst] N no pl Brit

II.post1 [pəʊst, Am poʊst] VB trans Brit, Aus

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I.post2 [pəʊst, Am poʊst] N (job)

II.post2 [pəʊst, Am poʊst] VB trans

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I.post3 [pəʊst, Am poʊst] N

II.post3 [pəʊst, Am poʊst] VB trans

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The package containing the spiral-bound book never reached the psychiatrist however and sat unopened in a post room.
www.telegraph.co.uk
The house was built with a brick core, wood frame post rooms, a cabinet/loggia, and front gallery.
en.wikipedia.org
The boys from the post room were always coming up to the fifth floor.
www.radiotimes.com
Declining in popularity perhaps, as firms these days become less hierarchical, the org chart can shed light on the labyrinthine links between the post room staff and the company chairman.
www.theregister.co.uk
Another former inmate said staff had taken parcels directly from the post room to a prisoner without them being scanned.
www.bbc.co.uk
There is now a backlog of 140,000 cases and a quick tour around the post room illustrates the complexity of the linguistic challenge alone.
www.bbc.co.uk
Customers are a mix, she says: bankers, post room workers and electricians.
www.ft.com
The trailer units were delivered with three different layouts: with standard seating, with seating and a freight room, and with seating and a freight and post room.
en.wikipedia.org
However, when he failed to get past a secure door to the post room, the pair left.
www.thenorthernecho.co.uk
Hospital bosses say that this is a significant improvement on the previous centre which was housed in a windowless office near the hospital's post room.
www.london-se1.co.uk

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