'back-to-back' tiene referencia cruzada con 'back to back'. Se encuentra en una o más de las líneas abajo.'back-to-back' is cross-referenced with 'back to back'. It is in one or more of the lines below.
Locuciones verbales
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| date back to [sth] vi phrasal + prep | (exist since) | datar de, existir desde vi + prep |
| | | remontarse a v prnl +prep |
| | The fossils dated back to the Precambrian eon. |
| | Los fósiles datan de la Era Precambriana. |
| | Los fósiles se remontan a la Era Precambriana. |
| echo back to [sth] vi phrasal + prep | (computing: relay or send to) | reenviar⇒ vtr |
| echo back to [sth] vi phrasal + prep | figurative (recall, bring to mind) (coloquial, figurado) | sonar a algo expr |
| | The band's latest album echoes back to the cheerful uptempo music of their first album twenty years ago. |
| get back to [sth] vtr phrasal insep | informal (resume) (retomar) | volver a vi + prep |
| | I'd love to talk more but I have to get back to my work now. |
| | Me encantaría charlar más, pero ahora tengo que volver a trabajar. |
| get back to [sth] vtr phrasal insep | (return) (regresar) | volver a vi + prep |
| | It would be nice to get back to my hometown one day. |
| | Hay veces que siento ganas de volver al pueblo donde nací. |
| hark back to [sth] vi phrasal + prep | (recall the past) | remontarse a v prnl + prep |
| | James is always harking back to what he calls "the good old days". |
| | Es una tradición que se remonta a los primeros días del asentamiento. |
| hark back to [sth] vi phrasal + prep | (be like [sth] from the past) | recordar a vtr + prep |
| | The story harks back to the ancient epics. |
hearken back to [sth],
harken back to [sth] vi phrasal + prep | literary (recall) (formal) | rememorar⇒ vtr |
| | | recordar⇒ vtr |
| report back to [sb] vi phrasal + prep | (give an account of [sth]) | informarle a alguien loc verb |
| | Go see what's happening over there, and report back to me. |
| | Vaya a ver qué está ocurriendo allí y regrese para informarme. |
| roll back to [sth] vtr phrasal insep | figurative (revert) | restaurar⇒ vtr |
| | I rolled back to the previous version of the software and it worked fine. |
| | Restauré la versión anterior del software y funcionó bien. |
Compound Forms:
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| back to front adv | (clothing: wrong way around) | al revés loc adv |
| back to front adv | figurative (completely, thoroughly) | de principio a fin loc prep |
| | (coloquial, figurado) | de pé a pá expr |
| | I've read this book so many times that I know it back to front. |
| back to normal adv | (reverting to usual state) | de vuelta a la normalidad loc adv |
| | In television, at the end of an episode usually everything goes back to normal. |
| | En televisión, al final de un episodio generalmente todo está de vuelta a la normalidad. |
| back to school expr | (return to school after vacation) | regreso a clases expr |
| | | de vuelta al colegio expr |
| | The sign above the supermarket shelf laden with books and stationery read "Back to school". |
| | El letrero sobre la góndola de supermercado lleno de libros y artículos de librería decía "regreso a clases". |
| back-to-school adj | (relating to return to school) (coloquial) | de vuelta al cole expr |
| | | de vuelta a clases expr |
| Note: Hyphens are used when the term is an adjective. |
| | We like to buy our children's clothes at back-to-school sales, when the prices are low. |
| | Nos gusta comprar la ropa de nuestros hijos en las ofertas de vuelta al cole, cuando los precios son más bajos. |
| back to the drawing board adv | figurative, informal (starting over) | empezar de cero loc verb |
| bring [sb] back to life v expr | (resuscitate) | revivir vtr + prep |
| bring [sth] back to life v expr | figurative (reintroduce) (figurado) | resucitar⇒ vtr |
| | | retomar⇒ vtr |
| | The idea, once rejected, has been brought back to life by proponents. |
| | La idea, alguna vez rechazada, fue resucitada por los defensores. |
| come back to bite you v expr | figurative, informal (cause problems later) | pasar factura expr |
come back to bite you in the ass (US),
come back to bite you in the arse (UK) v expr | vulgar, figurative, slang (cause problems later) (figurado) | salir el tiro por la culata expr |
| | | volverse en tu contra expr |
| come back to haunt you v expr | figurative, informal (cause regret later) | volverse algo en contra expr |
| | | pagar algo caro expr |
echo back [sth] to [sb],
echo [sth] back to [sb] v expr | figurative (repeat [sb]'s opinion words back to) (AR, coloquial, ofensivo) | repetir algo como un loro loc verb |
| | You will not receive a good grade if you simply echo back the author's words to the teacher. |
be fed up to the back teeth of doing [sth],
be sick to the back teeth of doing [sth] v expr | figurative, informal (be exasperated by [sth] repeated) | estar hasta acá de loc verb |
| | (ES) | estar hasta la coronilla de loc verb |
| | (AR) | estar hinchado los huevos de loc verb |
| Note: also "with doing sth" |
| | She said angrily that she was fed up to the back teeth of hearing us bicker. |
| | Dijo muy enojada que estaba hasta acá de escucharnos discutir. |
| go back to bed v expr | (return to bed) | volver a la cama loc verb |
| | When I saw it was raining outside I decided to go back to bed. |
| | Cuando vi que afuera llovía, decidí volver a la cama. |
| go back to school v expr | (return to school) | volver a clases loc verb |
| | | regresar a clases loc verb |
| | The children go back to school on 6th September this year. |
| go back to the drawing board v expr | (start planning again) | empezar de cero loc verb |
| | | comenzar desde cero loc verb |
| go to hell and back v expr | informal, figurative (experience great difficulties, worry) | pasar por el infierno loc verb |
| | | vivir un infierno loc verb |
| have your back to the wall v expr | figurative (be in a difficult situation) | estar entre la espada y la pared loc verb |
| | | estar arrinconado loc verb |
it's back to the drawing board,
it's back to the drawing board for [sb] expr | figurative, informal (need to start over) | empezar de cero, empezar otra vez desde cero, volver al punto de partida, hacerlo de nuevo, volver a loc verb |
| | Well, my boss vetoed my proposal - I guess it's back to the drawing board. |
| | Bueno, mi jefe vetó mi propuesta, así que que supongo que habrá que empezar de cero. |
| stretch back to [sth] v expr | (time: go back as far as) | remontarse a v prnl + prep |
| | Los problemas económicos actuales se remontan a muchos siglos antes de nuestra era. |